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Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27
Our Local HabilaliOn.

There seems to be u controversy among
the copperhcads Of Indiana and Illinois MS
to whre we rcside--somc locating MS in
Knoxville and others contending that we
reside in Cincinnati, We would us soon
that party would locate us one place rs
another, but for the information of honest
men and patriots, we will take occasion to
say that we reside in KHorpMe, and that
here We issue our paper regularly
Owing to the want Of mail facilities and
the impossibiIty Of getting paper here we
have every issue rc-publshcd in Cincinnati,
At the North east corner Of Sixth and Vine
streets, ut the office Of the National Union
where the paper is regularly mailed to sub
scribers in the loyal States--where new
subscriptions and advertisements are re
ceiyed and attended to by our agent, Capt
4, i, BLUNT, late Of East Tennessee Let
all orders from States not in rebellion, and
whore there are mail facilities, be addressed
TO him-accoupanied by the subscription
price--Two DOLLARS.
This course W are compelled to adopt
The paper we give four dollars per rcam for
in Cincinnati, We have had to pay eight for
here, and now it not to be had ut any
price, We shall have, in few days, to 60
TO Nashville or Louisville for lot Of paper
for our home subscribers, rs We are now
out,
The paper issued at Cincinnati does not
differ from the one put forth here but is Il
literal copy, 1t will also reach subscribers
sooner from that point than it could from
here with our limited mail facilities As
soon as East Tennessee is cleared out and
regular mails are established, we shallprint
and forward to all from here, At present,
we are taking the only course left us We
hope all interested will now understand us,
and appreciate our difficulties. Send ON
your names and money and We will send
you the paper W. G, BRowNlow,
Editor and Pl&liShcr.
KNOXVILLE, Feb, -, 1864
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27
Robert Ramsey About!

promising youth, known as Bob Ram
scy," the son Of old Mecklinburg, has bccu
prowling about between the rivers east Of
here for two or three weeks, sending mes
sagcs into town and threatening what he
would do some of these days. Whatever
he may conclude to do, he had better do
soon, as he is one of the murderers of Pierce,
and his friends boast that he pulled the
trigger that deprived Pierce of life and
made his children orphans No proclama-
ton of amnesty, no oath of allegiance he
can take, or bond he can give, will secure
him life in this community Let the war
terminate as it may, and when it may, this
murderer can never circulate in this quar-
ter without having shown to him thatmcrcy
he has shown to others
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27
Trade RegulatiOns...-A NtliCe.

|. As one Of the Assistant SPECIAL Agents
of the Treasury Department, hating con
troll Of the Trade Regulations fol all East
Tennessee, ] have been too lcnicnt, too nc
ccmmodating; and in my dcsrcto have
supplies brought into the country hqual to
the demand, ! have extended privileges that
! promise in the future to curtail and to
cease to give.
2. Hereafter men who have becl active
and bitter rebels shall not have my sig
nature to any permit to sell gods or to
deal in cotton or tobacco They my take
all the oaths prescribed by the President,
by Congress, by the military, and by Gov.
JOHNSON, and with their bitter prciudces
remaining, and showing themselves by
their conversation, their associations, their
cunning and their conveying of news to
the rebel authorities, my signature shall No.
Z, 49, l--l,'oi uP sucn men.
3. Loyal men who have obtained permits
to open trade stores, and afterwards have
taken disloyal men in as partners and clerks,
will, upon application for renewal, be refused
most positively. And men secretly using
the fund Of rebels, if / can make the proof
shall have their business houses closed and
their goods confscated / have the au-
thority, and / am resolved to exercise it.
4. ] am going, in few days, to Cincn-
natl, to confer with the Supervising Special
Agent, and to have several questions set
tied in which East Tennessee is interested
questions raised by merchants and by
persons smuggling, whose goods have been
seized.
3. | shall apply for authority to increase
my police fore and when this is done, as
it no doubt vii ne. | will seize and confs-
cate all lots of goods brought into towns
not open to trade. The towns open are
Knoxville Loudou, Kingston, Clinton and
Jacksborough ! therefore, warn men who
have opened stores at other points Of what
awaits them
6. expect to authorize trade at other
towns very soon, but this ! can only do
with the advice and consent of Generals
GRANT and ScHoFIELD, with whom | shall
consult upon my return from Cincinnati.
W. G. BRowNLow,
1sstSpecial 1geat Treasury Dept.
Knoxville Feb u, 1864
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27
The Early Stages Of the Rebellion

When the turbulent, the discontinued, the
adventures, the thoughtless, the young
and ardent, first volunteered in the South
ern rebellion, they had no very definite oh.
ject in view, except the general one of Sc
curing their rights" and the independence
of the South" These men were got out by
means of popular feeling in the South for
the getting up of which the whole credit is
due to the abOlitioniSts Of the North, the
unprincipled secession leaders taking ad.
vantage of the prejudiccs against abolition.
lists,
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27
Knoxville, Saturday, Feb. q, 1864,
Notice 10 Subscribers.

Complaints reach us from all the sur
rounding country Of the irregularity with
which our paper is received. There is ~
remedy for the evil until regular mails are
established, and this we have reason to be-
lieve will be done before long For the
present, our friends up the country, and
south of the Holston and French Broad
must continue to send to our printing office
for their papers.
New subscriptions and advertisements
and the pay for both, will be received by Mr.
HAws, our foreman, and the manager Of the
affairs in the office. We shall keep our ma.
chine running, if life is spared, and when
the weather improves, the leaves and bios
SONS come out we shall run upon an i'm.
proved schedule pitching into rebels and
rebclsympathizers, and doing for them what
they have deserved-showing up their vii.
lainy, toryism, and Internal purposes.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27
Increase or National Wealth.

The increase of our national wealth, for
the ten years ending 1860, is without paral-
lei in the history of nations, Not only was
this increase IN the kind Of wealth which
denotes luxury, taste and refinement, but in
all the SaJSiaHtidlS Of life aud Of social
greatness, In jcwelry, silycrwarc and such
articles the increase was never so great in
any country, New York manufactured five
and half millions, Pennsylvania over four
millions, Rhode Island over three millions,
Massachusetts, over two and half millions,
New Jersey over two millions, and Con
necticut nearly two million dollars worth,
The increase in the manufacture of musical
instruments was one hundred and fifty per
cent, The increase in the furniture manu-
factories Of the country was fully two hun.
drod per cent, and the demand kept pace
with the increase. There was capital of
fifteen millions employed, and the value Of
the products amounted to forty millions,
In all parts Of the South the increase of
wealth was as great, and prosperity and
happiness were everywhere visible, In the
Gulf States the increase Of the culture of
cotton, rice, sugar, &C. was startling In
the border States the increased culture of
grain Of all kinds, and Of stock raising. was
astounding But see where this wicked
rebellion has placed the country. See,
especially what this fell and destructive
rule Of war has done for the South, the
very scct~ which naugurated the war.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27
The Situation.

Under this head newspapers generally
give the situation Of contending armies as
far as they have the information, 1t will
take longer headed man than we are to
give the situation Of the contending armies
here Longstreet is certainly retreating,
and that upon an improved scale, leaving
nothing of his in his rear, and but little be-
longing to loyal citizens.
Our army, in force, took after them on
Wednesday and Thursday of this week
going east, on both sides of the Holston
river, driving the chivalry faster than they
have been accustomed to travel We are
looking for stirring news, provided always,
that we can overtake the best blood Of the
South, or come up with "the flower Of the
Southern youth.
OF one thing our distant friends may rest
satisfied, and that is, that the rebels will be
driven out of East Tennessee before this
campaign closes We understand that Gen
SCHoFIELD will give them his personal attcn-
tioni
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27
A Hotel Wanted.

There is no locality in the Federal lines
where a decent hotel would pay better than
in Knoxville and there is no locality where
one is as greatly needed. There is not n
house at which stranger or visitor can get
a meal or nights lodging. They are turned
out of cold and uncomfortable cars at dark
with no place to call at. This ought to be
remedied at once, and could be if our au-
thorities would set apart the Lamar House
or some one Of the other two large hotels
for public house. Competent men can be
found by the dozen who would 60 into this
sort of enterprise.
We urge this matter upon Gen. ScuoFlELD
as both a civil and military necessity, and
we hope he will cause a notice to be given
that the Lamar House will be set apart for
a hotel, inviting some loyal man, of cx-
periencc, to occupy and keep the house
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27
Letting Down a Little.

The Southern leaders told the people
when they first urged them to go into the
rebellion, that the North was dependent on
the South for its prosperity-that suspen-
sion of Southern trade and patronage with
the North would be attended with starva-
ton and bread riots. They brought on the
war, the North was prosperous all the time
fought the South upon her own soi-and
in less than one year after the war was
commenced the entire South was resortng
to every dirty shift and contemplate de-
vice, to resume as much Of the old trade,
by running the blockade and by smuggling
through the lines, as would keep them from
nakedness and starvation
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27

word East Tennessee IL the Switzerland of
America and hence the desperate efforts of
the rebels 10 regain its possession, Hence,
also, the unwilingness Of the oppressed
Union men TO be driven from the country
by tho more than savage beasts who have
so long pursued them,
The llolston River courses through the
entire valley of East Tennessee loosing it..
self in tho Tennessee twenty miles south Of
Knoxville, and is nayigablc for small class
of steamboats, nine months in the year, Its
tributaries above Knoxville are Pigeon,
French Broad, ChucIy and Watauga rivers,
besides numerous large creeks, sufficient for
all manner of machinery, Below Knox.
willie it receives Little River, CIinch and
lliwassec rivers, There is no better waterod
country on the continent, and wherever well
waterod ii is equally well timbcrcd adapted
to the age Of progress in which we live, and
to the enterprises Of men of genius and in
dustry, When this war is over, this will
become what nature intended it should be
the garden spot Of all the border States.
Gold has been found in considerable guam
titles, but the most abundant metallic min
erals are iron, copper zinc and lead Coal,
Of Il superior quality, abounds, and especial
~ in all the counties bordering on the Cum
bcrIand Mountains, There are also gypsum
Of fine quality, beautiful varieties Of mar
bic, Nitro, slate and salt Salt has been
manufactured within twenty-five miles of
Knoxville, in Anderson county, but the
works were abandoned for the want of
capital, The abundance of accessible iron
ore biluminous coal, and watcr-powcr, will
attract capitalists and enterprise rs soon as
this war is over. Thousands in the Federal
army have expressed their admiration Of the
country, and they have seen it under the
most uniayorable circumstances.
Knoxville is the metropolis of East Ten
ncsscc, and is one Of the first towns settled
in the State. 1t is situated in the middle of
East Tennessee both as to east and west
north and south. A railroad must be built
from here to Kentucky, and will be during
the next one or two years, We already
have the great road connecting lis with
Nashville. We want in Knoxville even
now, carpenters, shoe and boot makers, ma
chinests, and all the varieties of mechanics
We want saw mills to cut up our lumber,
pine poplar, walnut oak, ash, and other
varieties. We want planning machines,
cabinct-shops, and other establishments too
tedious to mention
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27
Leeture...GeD. Burnside.

Tickets for the Lecture on next Tuesday
night at the Episcopal Church. by the Rev.
C. Kennedy, on 'two weeks of Gen. Burn.
sides campaign" may be had at Morrow 5
Bank, st Cowan 4 Dicknson's store, at the
Custom House Agency, and at the Office OF
the Christian Commission, under the Lamar
House. Price fifty cents. The Lecture
will be for the benefit of the East Tennessee
Relief Association.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27
OUtPageS BY Our Soldiers.

IT will be conceded on all hands that we
never aan,I,la;.-. .r eh0 I-cueraI officers and
privates but defend them and the govern
mcnt. 1t pains us now to complain Of out
RACES perpetratcd by our men, and upon the
very best Union men in America. When
our soldiers are on forced marches, weary
and tired down at night it is natural enough
that they should build their fires out of fence
rails, but when they are marching and
counter marching lcisurcIy, in a country as
well timbcred and as well watered as this.
it is an outrage, a sin and a shame to destroy
fences indiscriminatcly, and it ought to be
prohibited by the officers in command
Gen. Cook last summer, at Carthage com
PEELED his men to make rails and rebuild
the fences they destroyed. This ought to
be done in East Tennessee, where Union
mems fences have been destroyed Our
Union farmers wish to raise crops, and
must do SO or suffer, but they cant do this,
at this late period, if their fences are nds-
criminately destroyed. The rebels acted
better than this, for they Disseminated be-
tween their friends and enemies
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27
Southern Bishops vs.. Slavery.

The Bishops of the Episcopal Church held
a Convention at Augusta, Georgia, in 1862,
in the midst of the war, and puts forth a
Pastoral Letter. that would have caused
an equal number of Northern Divnes to
ride rail We have perused the letter with
more than ordinary interest and pronounce
il one Of ability. marked with singular good
temper. It's most remarkable feature. how.
ever. is the confession made with regard to
the false and unchristian position which
they have heretofore maintained on the sub
ject of slavery! They use these words
1.-THE time has come when the Church should re-
pudiae the allacy that the slaves of the South are
merely so much property, and that there Is much in
their system that is inconsistent with the duties Of
Christians and that ought to be annullcd"
This is a bold and daring confession, and
a solemn declaration TO come from board
of Southern Bishops and Prclates But
they follow it up with an unqualified con
demnation Of the practice of "the separation
of parents and children, and of husbands
and wives, so common at the South True
they relieve themselves of all seeming awl,
wardness, by previously dcnouncing Abo-
litionism How jeff Davis has tolerated
such an address is a mystery, and is account
cd for only on the ground that he is mem
Der Of that branch of the Church Had IRE
issued such a document over our signature,
we should have been denounced by all the
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27
EXtrayagant Rents.

There is no species of villainy and ex-
tortion practced here that we despise more
than the outrageous rents charged men for
store houses. Men get permits to bring in
goods, and arrive here with their wagons in
the street, and at once look after house in
which to open. Men holding sNch houses in
their own right, or as the agents of others,
take advantage Of their necessities, and at
once exact three times the amount they ought
to charge.
The military authorities have said that
merchants shall not sell their goods at ex-
travagant rates. They ought, at once, to
regulate these rents and see to it that the
retailer Of the goods shall not be swinded
in open daylight, and at a ratepcrfectly dis
graceful.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27
Military ACtiIity.

The military activity that has been dis
played here during the past six or eight
days, and which is still in the full tide Of
operation, has resulted in waking up the
whole country.
When these movements subsidc, it will
be found that they have turned out badly
for the rebels. The whole batch Of their
movements will have received their qlietaS
at the hands of the brave soldiers of the
Union army. LoNGsTREET is advancing on
Knoxville as we write, threatening an at
tack on the east from Strawberry Plains.
and on the South side of the river, coming
out Of Sewer county. This, their sympa-
thizers on our street are Boosting, is to be
be the great stroke Of the winter campaign
But mark our prediction--it will share the
fate Of their other aggressive movements.
The key to these aggressive movements
is that hunger is pinching them, and the
hope Of plumber is the only hope or prize
that is moving them. 1t Is now our turn at
initiating movements, and we will cause the
rebels to see sights before next autumn
Gen. SHERMAN is moving now upon Mobile
Gen, GRANT will soon stir up a strife in
Georgia. The military activity Of the sea
son has commenced in this quarter, and it
will result in cleaning out all Eastern Ten
ncsSec
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27

hdeiiag and prostuHed sheets in the South
MS Liacointe, and Ms having gone over to
Phillips, Beochors, Greeley 4 Co., oras hay
ing abandoned the interests of the South,
aud sold onrsolf to the Abolition hoards OF
the North, Why, even the Northern De-
mocrdcywill repudiatc the Pastoral Letter
OF these doyout Bishops, ms coming in con,
hic with their IDEAS of the freedom of cleo
tons, to say nothing Of the position they
have taken upon the slavery question
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27
Hatred OF COpperheads.

The hatred of the ooprcrhcads among our
soldiers is most intense, and we are glad of
it, az it is hating in the right direction. They
merit the demonac rancor of all who are in
the Union army, and they merit the loath-
ing and curses of all who are out of the ar
my The whole race of Northern copper
heads should he plunged into the lowest
depths of the raging maelstroms of hating
hearts. The Northern copperhcad is bascr
man than the lnathing traitor of the South
now in arms He'll has no gulph too deep
for such wrciches. They are the Maoves,
the Appaches, the Wnllapas, and the Tratos
of the human race in this country,
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-27
lNvlNClBLE BANNER.

inyincible Bannerl the flag Of the Freol
o. where treads the foot that would iator for theef
Or the hands 10 be folded til triumph 10 won,
And the eagle looks proud, as Of old, TO the sum-
Give tears for the parting-a murmur of prayer
Then Forward the fame Of our standard TO shared
with welcome to woundng, and combat and scars,
And the glory of deah-for the Stripes and the Stars
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East TcnneSSce--Face OF The Country
Climate, Soil, and liz Productions
Waler-pOwer ana Mlnerals--iiS Fu-


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Wldlh from my TO ScNehly-hVe miles 1t IS
separated from Neh'ucNy on inc norm ny
lh' range o. mountains known rs Oom0'r-
la"d Mountains extending westward ana
southwark ana lying between the great
valley Of East tennessee ana lhe VHmoer-
I''hd lNVcr one OF the largest aillucnIs-the
tennessee eNc'P'ed-oi The ONO rising
among inc MOUNTAINS III 'he southeast por-
toh 81 kentucky Inc Cumberland range
OF mountains belongs to the Appalachian
chaIh, ana extends the whole length OF the
great valley OF East Tennessee Over this
range OF mountains, through It's dense groves
and lntcrmnablo laurcl-thlckcts, some 20
ooo prosecuted Union men OF East Ienncs-
see have forced Their way into Kentucky,
ONO, ana Indiana, most OF whom have there
gone into the Federal army. They Travelled
after night and lay up in daytime, and as
they scaled the mountain heights they gave
one long and lingering look upon their loved
and native land, bidding sorroWiu adicu
to their families and friends
On the south, East Tennessee is separated