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ReheIs Rringing Suits.

We understand that the head devils Of the late
rebellion, whose property has been turned over 10
Union men by juries Of the country in suits of
damages, have sent their rebel kin and their women
back to for the recovery of their effects and that
they have employed rebel lawyers to go at the work
regularly They viii see many days of sorrow and
anxiety before they succeed The heaviest damages
recovered were in the Circuit Court of Knox county
by the heirs of Judge Pickens VS.. VIM. H. Sneed
and others. They we're allowed 100000
1t was in testimony, on the trial, that Sneed had
pointed 10 Judge Pckens as he was marched through
the streets under rebel bayonets under arrest and
said There goes Id old traitor, who ought
to be shot and quartered.r Judge Pickens was be-
tween sixty and seventy years of age, State Sena-
tor at the time, and man of high standing. His
entire ofense was that he was a Union man. We
shall never forget the morning he was marched out
of Jail from US and sent to Tuscaloosa on which
trip he died. He was in very bad health, and we
remarked at the time to our fellow-prisoners re-
manning, that we would never see Judge Pickens
again. He was shamefully murdered, mainly at the
instance of VIM. H. Sneed and John H. Crozier.-
The news of his death so shocked his aged and af-
hcted wife, that she sank under it to her grave.
loved daughter also died from the same cause, and
three gallant sons entered the Federal army, and
have been fighting the battles Of the Union.
Our only astonishmont is, that the survivors of
the family have contonted themselves with suits for
damages, against the wicked, malignant, secession
murderers Of their venerable, aged, afflicted, and
esteemed parent. True, these men keep out of the
way, from consciousness of guilt and danger, and
they would do well to keep array, in our humble
INDIGNANT
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In company with Gen. Fisk and staff, Mr. Mercer,
Of the Nashville Times Mr.. Scriven, Of Tie New
York Herald and Thompson, Of the Cincinnati
Commercial, we performed most agreeable trip to
and from the watauga River, twelve miles cast Of
Jonesborough, special car, under the control of
General Fisk. The General is the Commissioner of
the Bureau Of Refugees and Freedmen, for the Dis
trict representing the Department under the COM
mand of Gen. Thomas Gen. Fisk is the prince Of
clever fellows and was much at home in this his
new field of labor, as he was two years ago at the
head of an army, When in Arkansas, he captured
the notorious JEFF Thompson and his forces The
General is clear headed man, and just and mer-
ciful man. and makes n favorable impression wher-
ever he goes. Heis christian gentleman, and is
one Of the few general officers identified with the
Church. who entered the service praying, upri ght
and pure man, and comes out unhurt and with a
moral character untarnished.
AT Greeneville we spent several hours on Mon
day, and got fine dinner with Major Maloney-
We were marched to the hotel by the coored tro OPS
and a very fine colored band, under the comma and
of Gen. Cruft, veteran soldier and gallant off,
Ger, who bears the scars of honorable wounds re-
Greeneville we visited the oak tree where Fry and
Hensie were hung by the roadside for their loyal
! ty, upon false and groundless charge of bridge
burning. They were buried in common grave
just under the tree And it is that class of murder
! ers, hanging such men, and leaving their widows
and orphans to mourn the loss Of, that we are now
called upon to treat with leniencyl
| AT Jonesborough we all spent the night at the
Railroad House, and were greatly refreshed Mex
morning several prominent citizens accompanied u.
| to and from the Watauga River. At Jonesborough
and other points, We met with many old friends
who took us by the hand with will, and gave every
evidence that they were glad to see US still in the
! land of the living.
| The country all along the line is Fighting itse
up, and in a few years will be fourishing again
The corn crop is fine and the yield will be abun.
dant. Oats are good, and SO are potatoes The hay
crop will sustain twice theamount of stock the coun
try affords. The ravages of war are everywhere tc
be seen and in no respect more plainly than il
the loss Of citizens either killed in battle, died
of grief drunkenness, or who have ingloriousl,
| fled from the country.
! We were not surprised to hear Of the death o
of Alexander Blair. Presbyterian preacher
and rebel Captain. His career was one cslcu
lated to bring him TO premature grave. Few mel
went into the rebellion who acted worse If hi
doctrine Of dcerees be true, be has a prop to fal
back upon; but if doctrine of 1r0rEs be correct
| the case will be materially changed
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Hard Lying by a Religious Paper.

The Richmond Christian Observer comes to hand
with q leading article headed the ,rorE Of peace
and in addition to the bad spirit it breathes through
out We call attention to the following glazing false
hoods in regard to the preaching of politics in the
Southern pupits given in the concluding paragraph
Of the article:
The course of the Southern Church and ministers
in these years of blood with very few exceptions)
may well be commended to christians in every part
Of our country The politics and strifes of the day
have very generally been excluded from their pull
pits and ecclesiastical udcatOries. While conscen-
tiously rendering true allegiance to the govern
ment under which they lived, they have not deemed
it proper to make tie pulpit platform for political
discussion to prescribe the duty of the Northern
people in regard to the rights Of suffrage or any
other question affecting their civil and social rea-
tons Nor have they inscribed in their ecclesissti
cal records the wrongs they have endured. They
have sent forth ecclesiastical censures against
their brethren for sustaining mode Of warfare by
which thousands Of citizens have been plundered
their houses burnt and their plantations homes and
Churches, utterly desolated and destroyed The for
bearance the magnanimity evinced by the Southern
Church in this respect will be appreciated and hon
ored when the passions Of the day shall have sub
sided and impartial history shall review the truth
full records Of the late war.
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RebelliIg in Alabama,

General Gillen, it seems, who is in command al
Chattanooga sent detachment of twenty-five cay
airy to Cherokee county, Ala TO collect large num-
Der of Government horses and mules. which had
been stolen by rebel guerrillas and taken into the
county. The detachment, upon arriving at their
place of destination, divided into squads and after
securing the country collected most Of the stock
The Sheriff Of the county, who had summoned about
one hundred citizens and returned rebel soldiers,
o'erpowered the soldiers and arrested portion of
tnein' Lieutenant Thompson and four Of the SOL
diers gave them bsttIerecsptured the soldiers and
took nineteen of the Alabama bpsbwbsckers nris-
oners, and they have been lodged in the military
prison at Chattanooga, as we are informed. They
ought to be executed, as warning TO ether rebel
iious thieves IN orth Alabama. Let this reelious
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Shirt OF the South.

y gang Of rebel highwayman but the other day,
attacked Gen. Wilson, in open daylight Oh the
streets of Macon, Georgia, and by serious resis-
tence, he drove them before him, capturing one
william and took him to his headquarters. There
were four of them in the crowd This shows the
spirit of the rebels South and shows that this war
has been suspended about two or three years too
soon.
Up in Virginia. say in the counties Of Wythc
Washington and Smyth, they are said to be as re-
bellious as at any time of the war-carrying their
arms, spouting treason, and making their threats
what they can and will do The Federal authori-
ties have recently been compelled to send troops to
two of those counties to regulate these wild and re-
bellious rebels. If we had the command of our
forces would send into that section, few regi-
ments of lmbLeached Americans, and there keep
them until the T. F. VS. learned to behave them
selves and respect the old flag.
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Bricks and Lumber Wanted.

There Is great demand for bricks in this city
and we are rather surprised that men of enterprise
are not engaged in making and burning millions Of
them. The former price of furnishing and laying
them was SO per thousand-now the charge is 500
per thousand. Certainly some parties wanting to
make money viii engage in making them. But lit.
tie capital is required and that little capital will
pay well.
Lumber Is generally in demand here-plank,
scantling, shingles and all that goes to aid in build
ing and fencing, and the very highest prices are
paid for everything. Carpenters, mechanics and
laborers are wanted. We have any number of free
coored people here but they don't seem inclined to
work, looking, as general thing, to the Govern
ment for "rations and employ. The Govern
ment Is rapidly withdrawing all its property and
forces, and those who remain will either have 10
labor or do worse
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This Is simple statement Of the facts furnished
us by Col Blackburn, who says that Wheeler has
robbed him of all he had and threatened in his or
der, to hang him and his men If he caught them
No arrest was made up 10 o'clock last night
We take the foregoing from the Nashville Dispatch
Col. Blackburn i Of Stokes Cavalry, and Is brave
and gallant officer. Wheeler, some sixteen months
ago, issued an order directing that if Col. Black
burn, or any of his command, should fall into the
hands of his troops, they were &c be shot. We re-
gard Blackburns late visit to his room as a very
moderate rebukef
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What the Government Cauuot IN

In April 1852 Judge Sprague of the United
Ststes District Court in Boston, rendered aaoi.;-
in The Amy Warwick case, The following i a.
extract from that decision
II has been supposed that after the rebellion is
Impressed the Government viii have the right Of
.solGuest: that State and its inhabitants may be
permanently divested Of all political privileges, and
treated IS foreign territory acquired by This
Is an error Under dcspOtic governments the pow
nr-of municipal confscation may be unlimited; but
under our Government the right Of sovereignty
over any portion Of State is given and limited by
he Constitution and viii be the same after the war
Il Il was before. When the United States takes
possession Of any rebel district they acquire no new
.itle but merely yindieate that which previously
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COIOrcd Men Shooting White Men!

Sabbath Hgss y week ago q c0l0red soldier shot
whito mau IL the leg. Friday last, near the depot
ssTersl col0red soldiers fred on white man, but
fortunately no one shot took effect. List Sabbath
% tbs train at Loudon, colored soldier shot and
killed member OF the sth Tennessee Cavalry, on
Tia way here 70 be mustered out. The particular:
at these tight we have not been able u learn, and
ID the absence Of al information VIC are free to con-
,a1e that both parties may have been 10 blame
But on Sabbath, on Gay street. ALLEN HENDRGcKs
- Company \, 9TH Tennessee Cavalry, was run
through the elect by colorcd soldier with bay
eae., and died instantly The colored man had q
difficulty with drunken soldier Of the Ninth, and
Hendricks stepped forward to take the intoxicated
nan 10 bis regiment. Hi object WI: to make peace
sd he Iemeanei himself quietly. But the colored
older, in s most understandable manner, drove his
'ayguet through him, and he died, leaving Us We
.75 Informed wife and children to mourn his loss.
This murder has produced intense feeling among the
Tennessee troop, and it will require irmness and
Kill on the part Of the officers commanding both
psrties, 70 prevent serious trouble.
We are opposed 10 any war upon the colored
t-lgps because they are in uniforms with guns on
fb.ir shoulders. The Government put them into
the service, snd they entitled 10 fair showing
Bat va sTs opposed 10 the freedom with which they
their bsyonets and level their muskets at white
-ueu. Loyal men who have been driven from their
h5me= into the Federal army-have served their
nme out and returned 70 be mustered out-don't
propose TO be shot down like dogs by men Of any
color Or 10 be run through with bayoncts at every
s2rneT Of the street.
The truth Is, that no troops axe needed in East
tennessee and The sooner they are removed the bet
Tor Ger thennd the country, unless better order is
ob-erveI. Each Sheriff, in each county, Is author
-ed 70 keep force adequate 10 the order and quiet
demanded and each county fcot5 the bill
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Our Prison Warrant.

lie l1iIoving Is the original warrant upon which
10 we're imprisoned On the memorable 9Th Of De-
csmbe 1851 Issued upon the application and swear
ilg Of J. e Ramsey, Confederate Attorney for the
seooded State Of Tennessee. We are proud Of the
chaTges made. and plead guilty, and glory in hav-
ing gone to Jail upon these charges
CONFEDERATE STATS OF AMERICA, .
District Of Tennessee. I
T. ttc M-rshG! u sa.d District:
J. e. Ramsey, Confederate States District Attor-
2sy for said district, having MADE OATH before
me that lie is informed and believes that William
9. Brovllow, 8 citizen Of said district, and owing
allegiance o. the Confederate States but being
moved and seducei by the instigation of the devil
md nc. having the fear Of God before his eyes did
wi5ully. knowingly, and with malice aforethought,
and teloni0usly, commit the crime Of TREASON
against the Confederate States, by then and there,
within said district and 5ilcs the 1914 3Gy OF June
.-Sk, publishing a weekly and tri-weekly paper,
known rs BroHncw's Knoxville Wing said pa
per had large circulation in said district and also
circulated in the United States, and contained
weekly, divers Of editorials written by the said
BroYnlow which said editorials were reasonable
against the Confederate States Of America and did
then and there commit treason, and prompt Others
y commit treason, by speech well publication;
nd a. Aforesaid commit treason, and did give aid
md comfort 10 the United States both Of said Gov
e:naents being in j state Of war with each other
Io- aye therefore commanded 10 arrest the said
it'll ss the law directs
L, B. REYSor1,s co,rr,iss;.,Dor Sc
J. {. RAMSEY, Z. s Dist. Atf.v
December G. 1851.
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InsOlenee of a New York LAWYER.
The following CORE spondence explains itself, bu
is not without interest in this locality

The following CORE spondence explains itself, but
is not without interest in this locality
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. y.
Among the rebels in Tennessee who were partic-
ulary noted for their barbarous treatment of Union
citizens whether male or female none we're more
notorious than W. e. Kahn, Of Knoxville This W.
G. Kahn had married Connecticut lady who was
kindly permitted to dispose Of her effects at Knox
VILE after the Federal occupation of that city, and
to return to her people in Connecticut. Forgetful
Of the courte5ies extended to his own family this
American Haynau made himself particularly OBJ
noxious by the most wanton insults to Union ladies
passing through the rebel lines, stripping them of
their effects even to the clothing not actually on
their persons For some time he ran a career Of
crime sufficient TO shock even a savage. Some time
since he indicted by grand jury for the highest
crimes known 70 The laws, murder and treason was
arrested and lodged in jail at Knoxville. Among
the counsel employed for his defense is one Geo. T.
Curtis, prominent copperhead lawyer, of New
York. As Mr. Curtis zeal for his client manifested
in the following correspondence, may commend him
to the confidence of other rebel murderers forward
it for your columns. Kahn was the rebel Provost
Marshal at Knoxville)
New YORK, Aug. ,.
His EcccLLeHcy GoccJa0r Broeuloly:
SIR have been retained rs counsel to assist in
the defense Of W. q. Kahn, now under Indictment in
one Of the courts Of your State for murder and
treason. No one has requested ME to write TO you;
DuL NllCu ld5L uC&Eu MAIN, lie mentioned
the manner OF his confinement, and could not help
being shocked by its unnecessary rigor. I am not
ignorant Of the state of feeling in Tennessee toward
persons on the Confederate side, who may be- moro
or less justly obnoxious to popular Indignation
Into the merits or dement's Of their case do not
wish to enter excepting in the instance of Mr.. Kahn
as may have duty TO discharge on the issues
which the State has formally made with him in its
legal tribunals But cannot think it unbecoming
in to suggest to the authorities of the State that
indictment and trial capital accusations and the
determination necessary therefor, are punishment
enough in advance Of the possible end of such pro-
ceedingsi and that all unnecessary rgor attending
the confinement, whatever the supposed provoca-
tiOns, Is what ali men may justly deplorc. [ am
sensible that the Union people OF your State have
endured great suffering but the dignity and human
ity with which it shall administer its laws and vim
dictate liz sovereignty will have much 10 DO with
its good name.
Let me beg you, sir, to use your influence or your
authority and TO that this person Is treated With
no more severity than his detention require
am, sir, very respectfully,
Your Cbodient servant.
GEO T. CUErI~.
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Dissertation Of the Sabbath.

The boys of Knoxville, white and colored, con-
gregate on the Streets idle away their time, play
marbles, curse and swear, BLACKBOARD decent peo-
pie and cut up generally. The war, we knew, had
demoralzed all classes, and all ages but we had not
expected 10 hear little fellows not yet free from the
apronstrings Of their mothers swearing at the tops
Of their voices 50 profaDely. "a. -
Throughout tae entire week this army Of boys
are idle upon these streets If white parents can't
be induced to keep their children within bounds, we
intreat the colored people TO set them an example.
They are training up army for the State prison.
Let the nuisance be abated at once
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KNOXVILLE. Tenn Aug. ~. 1855.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug -, 1853
HcssrS. Editors K.oceHle Wing
GENTs:-In looking over some of the old files Of
your paper, my absence from East Tennessee hav-
ing deprived me for 4 time from reading the Whig)
1 find in the issue of May 2ith an article headed
Letter of Gen. Stoneman,7 and in which you men
ton casually, that Gen. Carter then Provost Mar
shall General of East Tennessee United Mr.. Harri-
son, rebel Presbyterian minister of this place.
and the leading members of the denomination to
open their church for worship"
Ridiculous as anything like the following suppo-
sition would seem TO a reasonable man, have
heard several gentlemen of East Tennessee say
that they construed the part of that article speak
ing of Gen Carter 10 imply that the latter iuvi
ted Mr.. Harrison to preach, knowing him to be
rebel.
Us 1 know the facts in regard TO this matter and
do not desire TO have man Of whose loyalty, hon
esty and integrity, there cannot be- the slightest
doubt insuIted by Inference ! viii make this
short statement:
After the occupation Of this city by the Federals,
some members of the Presbyterian denomination
waited upon General Carter asking permission for
Mr.. HARRISON TO continue worship in their church.
The General, knowing the strong rebel feelings
entertained by Mr.. Harrison, and Judging very
rightly that the sermons delivered by rebel, would
not particularly influence the minds of generally
dsloyal congregation, and direct them to loyalty to-
wards their Goyernment-rgssedp positively to grant
t:ir reqHfst. The same party afterwards obtained
permission from General Burnside 10 have Mr..
Harrison preach once.
Afterwards, as Mr. Harrison insisted upon enter
tanning disloyal sentiments and as the soil Of East
Tennessee, under Federal rule Yas not intended 10
foster such plants Gen. Carter ordered Mr.. Harri-
son out of our lines and sent him South, under pro-
test Of the latter.
Gen Carter has always doise his duty in accord
anec with the instructions received from higher au-
thOrities, and in Furnishing men, he was guided by
that noble influence and doctrine Of true religion,
d" Justice tempered with mercy.
Since leaving this place, upon his request,
and assuming command of a Division in the field, |
the General has rendered very fine service and for
gallant conduct on the battlefield of kinston n !
c. Oh Marth 10th, the President has brcvcttcd him
Naior-General of Volunteers. The General is now
commanding the Twenty-Third Army Corps, at |
Greensboro \. e.. ZTARGAL /
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GOV. BROWNLOW' 5 REPLY.
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Nashville. Aug. Is, IcG

dSl1N Ii4t' -NuE &C. lcp''
Geo. I. Curtis, Esq, Ne,g York:
SIR-GOur favor Of the 9TH inst is received. Upon
some letter or message from one W. G. Kahn felon
IN jail at Knoxville, your shocked by the unne-
cessary rigor of his confinement, and suggest that
"the dignity and humanity with which the State
shall administer its laws have much to do with its
good name" l know nothing of the nature of the
report your client may have made TO you, but
know the Sheriff Of Knox county, to whom your
letter should have been addressed and know him TO
be an excellent man, who has rendered gallant ser
vice as an officer in Our-army and l am confident
that any statements Of Your client charging the
Sheriff with barbarous treatment of prisoners, are
untrue. Your client no doubt thinks it very hard
that he should be confined at all for the consclen-
tious O. discharge of his dztg officer, in such
Insignificant matters as hanging and starving few
Union citizens, whipping Others at the stake, or at
the cart wheel, and stripping Union ladies who
were passing through the rebel lines OF all their
clothing except what they had upon their persons,
for the henous ofense of thinking the rebellion
wrong. In this opinion you may agree with him.
l. who do not profess to DO deeply versedin Vat
tel and Pufendorf, cannot.
shall endeayor to see that the State vindicates
its sovereignty by administering It's laws with dig
nitv and humanity; and while profoundly grateful
for the olicude YOU manifest for the reputation OF
Tennessee must be allowed 10 say that, when fully
convinced that l. or the subordinate executive OH
Ger of the State need instructions TO the proper
discharge Of the grave official duties deyoynS upon
us, from attorneys residing in other States, of your
well known proclivities will give you due notice
lures as yours be regarded in no other light than
r. an ableimpertinence.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant
W. G. BRowKLow,
Governor of Tennessee.