Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-16
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PoRfLASD June ID, 1852.
Rec A '60lby I received your esteemed
favoron Friday last. at the barof "Prcbie
iioasc. the Gre znd well conducted hotel at
whieh ana ssayiagdHriag ny brief sojourn
here 4 hastsn 20 asknowledge is Fees'p,
BEFORE leaving Cor Boston. aud 20 thank saa
i;,r possing ne iE regard d, that chief ot
seoandrsls. D.saeiile LeaReeftsr.
sinee received your letter have faIleH
IN with seysr,l gentlemen who know Lead
better, and wlsp confirm the truth Of what
you say. They tell me- that he halls from
the poss.township Of Concert. Somerset
county. on the waters q the Pcnohseot
river. forming. 10 part the western boundary
between Maine and Canada. And although
il Is a village Of only some six hundred in
habitants, situated Sly miles North By
West from Aagasta, Il may boast Of having
produced one Of the most unmitigalOd seoun.
tlrsls tnenesl up by tins rebellion, and one Of
the NEST epwsrliy murderers whose traitor
feet ever pressed the sailo Tennessee he
i the tool Of d Setessiga atiiaRce, formed BY
an inglorious pack OF Southern traitors, and
most saitable man to serve such an organi-
zatieIa. bsSslase he 40 made up Of perjury
f5risitett'r ash ,nssty cuwardiec and false
hood Iaassd have quilted your citizens
by iislSsssg kia up 70 tncs4led ssorn and
eonteiapt tsr two nlgats in succession, and
If they ,s not say that did hia anPte jas
tice, am wiiiing to remain day longer.
aud take RnotiIer turn at the infamous eal-
prit aud traitor.
Lassdhetter lathe vile murderer u Aessrs.
FRY aud HESslE, whom be hangs upon the
same hmb in Gresneyilles seine asyenty 1--we
miles east Of my own town, and was Ia
formed By gentlemen from thatcounty, who
were eoallaai IN llhe annO nif I9SAs. that
I.eadbotter .i@i the rope arsaad both OF
these uAioa sufferers neekss aad boosted 81
the exploit. lie. oFsl~rsd thar bodies q
hang under the same litab, in Cab view 6i
the town and depet. tos four slsysanS nights,
~ q failure warning 10 all UnieR men, And
when they were taken down and harisa,
befsre the foaF days espirek it was because
ofthe eAraest solicitationsof his rsbcl friends
I.esdbetter's wife il said 10 have died in Ma-
bile nn tie same day 81 THE hangihg. Thus
wlsilaa be WAS elsoaking oat the existence d
two innocent Union men IN East tennessee
the AlmiEhly, claimrd 70 be On abe Fisle q
the rebellion, was extingaishiHg The lie q
| the woman through whom, be h.eAme thu
owner Of some sevenay-Gse ne rosss. ths
ownership Of whom hss made 10 God for
sakea sss,andPvI se iascnsely SoalheFn On
he will consider the death Of his wife pe
eaeiary blessing. rs he viii hold her prop
eriy and stand : ehance q marry aaothe
gang 81 lssgrxs ls IL she hrst wife b
has las,. lor = iasa.ss vie hs aided IN ffes
ing lssa, she trsalass. aerrews. and suffer
nap u Dc!
4 Bon ear East Tennessee programme i
nggd 70 Lsadbeilsr i, 70 suizn him -
prisoner when va re take shat ranch ahass
aud patriotic country then saks him 10 Il
sane linllsaA ekieh kA eatsad these ~
uaian men le hang and thupe hang him
at fpar days and nights. bet GTsy days "a
nights. n lshs ~ God Wa sending rai
apea thaesbsls $40 lived IA ths days !
. koahsl.aOa Aud - Frys widow Is b
behind. Icol, with several small children
pnsidp ass. ws shnli deem Il pFepss a.
! right thai che lie enc and % = rope aroan
sAs snsssaai nsrk q tAla graseless villail
and Tie iiskff end krelnd NE sinhl
Sinee lie h<xsnl murder q linx sud llG.
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