Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-16


tIses he saa q . battle at bridgeport. on
So Tekhessse river, below chattanooga,
sod o. runhing lite tarksy. md rhnst dis
eshcslhl eowardies. he hes ben published
81 BIS rebel csmrass. ana Is tafsatsAsd With
violence. Just what / would expect Of . ty-
rant and murderer, such as he has shown
himself 10 BE- Generous and humane men
alone are brave; tyrants and sssassins are.
alwsys towards, aud when real danger ap-
pear they take 10 their heels. Ia this way
this aImp Of Sin" may escape hanging when
The Federal forces enter East Tennessee
whrn DR. Johnson beard that man
whoso Iifs had heea oue uninterrupted
eoarse Of siIIainy. oppression and wrong.
had committed suicide by hHnging himself
he repIied-"Tt vas right that life which
bad been uniformly obiigae shssld be termi,
mated By perpesdievtqr. So. b5 sIl means.
let this traitort bis ti0rsr1ne 10 Ri God.
and to his loyal relatives, ewh,s to per
peRslicHlar
| find you are correct in 9Qor account Of
this villain The Bangor. Cosrisr confirms
your Statements. and adds that Leadbctt,r
was Dcpafy Clerk Of the Court Of Mr.
ridgewoek, on the Konnebcc river, AMI was
transferred from there, through the inau.
cnce Of DR. DATEs. then member ofCoa
grcss, to West Point, where the base villain
was educated at the expense the Govern
lnent Of the United States, which he nov
seeks 20 destroy.
Iscadbetter married bis first wife in Con
nectieut, not far from Norwieh. Miss
WATERMAS, . worthy woman, who died
broken-hearteds and frsm neglect by the
beast 10 whom she WAS bound in wedloek.
have denounced this miserable secsndreI,
LeadbcftT, in every speech I have made
North, and my denuneiations, though bitter
in the extreme, have been most enthusiast
tleally misunderstanding that l am not in
advance Of the public miad and feeling re-
garding such traitors. The truth ., that
the moanest rebels We have 1T the South are
NortherniInen, who have settled here and
become shareholders, either by marrying
ar trading. Knowing themselves To b
Northern men. and that a. such they viii
be suspected, they have to do something
ertra in the work Of cruelty, murder. and
robbery, to prove their devotion to the
South
Bat there is an important item IN Lead
beiters history that I have neglected 20 give
you. While stationed at Oswtgp, in charge
Of the United States fortifcations, then n
coarse Of erection. he se3scei yoHng Tut
iBnoecn, girl, Of poor but resPoeishie IsF-
enssge, ui,d,r circumstances that or'ii'ed
him 70 ride upon u rail, and even harg-
ing. Il was there thar his bad treaim, nj Of
his lawful wife, and his seduction Of this
I girl led The citizens to ask, nay, demand his
removal from their midst, aud hence his
transfer to Mobile. / have these facts from
the first citizens Of Oswego who knew TIE
villain well, and despised him most sineer,lr.
A suitable scoundrel every way 10 serve IA
the rebel army, and to represent traitors
North and South, in war Originating in
perjury, stealing, lying. and desire 10
plumber.
Though somewhat advanced in life, ] sx-
pect to outiive this rebellion, and hence il
is my purpose, and certainly the highest
ambition Of my life, TO return to the loved
hills, vallies and streams Of East Tennessee
Ia country from which have been driven
By traitors, because scoald not tara traitor
When return, as I hope and believe I
shall, win re-publish. my paper, and tell
the people Of the South what seoundrei
the patriotic State of Maine has got rid Of
in the person Of B1Rriis Let4b<tter
have the honor In be, &c.
W. G. BRowNL0w.
| Late ef Ear TeNacSsee-