Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-07
Return or the Bank OF tennessee 70
NashVille...ArFlVal Of lsham G. HAr.
ris' Cablnet-..Captare OF eeee, 600
In C0ln...Grand RscOFt OF the Gap.
tHred specie, Assets, and Archives Of
the state, Back 90 the Capital.

/ tne STATE, BACK 10 the Uapttai.
/ The dispatch from General Upton 70 Governor
/ Brownlow announcing the capture Of the archives
OF the SAte and the assets Of the btate Bank with
$500 900 In coin, together with the arrest q three
members Of King Ishsm's Cabinet has ALREADY becn
ornor and Hon. A. ]. Fletcher Secretary q State,
went 70 the Chattanooga Depot 10 take formal pos
session Of the eaptrsd property Of the State. The
property was in the charge Of Capt Thos. Q. Gil
pin, Of Gen. uptons ssaf who brought Il from Au-
{ gusts. Capt CFRxeas, Of the I'D Indians Mounted
Infantry, captured the archives at James Lands
house threa miles from B1zEard ROost stAtol neaz
Gum Swamp. The archives allied kosty.oue boxes,
containing Che papers belonging 70 the State secre
tary, Treasurer and ComptFcller sOgesher With
largo amount Of papers belonging % she ASlutsns
General Of the StatA much ct which relates 70 the
secret servicc Of the rebal army There are proha-
bly, sonne very interesting docamonts among them,
relating 10 petitions for appointments IL tho rebel
service, which the writers would Be glad 10 have
consigned b the flames, Or 30 sbe bottom Of the
Cumberland river, But treason, like murder, viii
out The specie and papers Of the Bank 81 Talnes-
nessee were captured IN Augusta by Gen. Upton's
command The precious metal allied IS toxes And
two small essks. On several - The boxes We OBJ
served the imprint Of the kB14,a cap, with he
naotto Lihsrtad upon ik Fina Ss.ibiy the eaacsrs
Of ths bank have bssn using the specie u The hank
Tor blockade running aid cotton sPeoalasiona, and
have thus got held Of some Of MGximiIiaa's gold.
Captain Gfipih hsa aIsc BAG containing 81, 100 in
psE NezIoan gold eoin about De q s,.s sslus q
from Captain Gilpin, Is private property BY Mr..
MITCHELL the father-in.law Of John 4. Fisher, The
absounaing cashier Of The mother Bank u TenRes-
Sea. Fisher showed himself . De Thoroughbred
swsndlar IN aceordAnee with HE former character,
Cor he Aed from Augusta with s6o,ooe In gold, and
e now skulking through the swamps Of Georgia,
seeking 70 escape the country and the demands Of
justice The notorious rebel President Of the bank,
6. @ ToFbe.t formerly Of the Union and Amsri-
can accompanied hi;I n bis highl We strongly
suspect that when 80 investigation shail have bssn
had the abstraction viii reach much larger sum.
The robbers have shown 3 dissemination 20 take
good care Of themselves whatever suffering might
bclall the State And thea thieves we're tie lead
ers Of Tennessee. We blush a the thoaghtt
Dunlap Battle and Ray, the Comptroller Treas
urer and Secretary Of State undsr Harris, were
brought % this city by Capt Gilpin . prisoners
And are held on parole. The other fagilives cannot
possibly escape the vigilance Of our troops.
Aiier brief and hasty examination, half-a-dosen
of the large red wagons belonging 70 tho QusFtar-
masters Department, marked az. s. TRA1aY9as an
the ddss were ordered up, ana the valuable cargo
The last relics Of rebel authority in TnHesses we're
placed in them. The load being completed, The
Governor and Secretary, IN 81 the simplicity of
"plsbeianism, mounted The specie Wagca, aud tha
imposing procession drove up The stree towards the
Capitol. Everybody had heard Of the great arrival
Of boxes ct gold and silver, and Of course every.
body gazsd earnestly al do train II ssas q new
chapter this 10 the work Of reskoratiea and some.
thing very diherent from that which the rchsls had
b4rgained for four years age Il Was the ressora-
ton Vi stolen goods. Il struck a ~ an odd in
stance u reributivs justice that the transfer OF this
property should be made by United StAtss ofacer
in United States TraRsfsT wagons. TIE procession
was an imposing one, a VIC think va sald, ard II
We didn't say IT, We ought 10 have aid t. It's per.
sonal constis&ents were unaxeeptionable The cen
trail team carried Gov Brownlow, Secretary Fletah-
sr, Capt. Gilpin snd
:" 4 youth 10 fortune and 10 fame ankao~n.n
whom nodesty forbids Us 10 mention. In addition
10 this invaluable personal freight there were 3
large number Of boxes Of coin, and two boxes of
State archives On Of these eat the plainIy but
dccorously garbod Governor, holding gold-hsaded
cane and looking plaeldy dewn upon tie easkets al
coin which bis fo0tstool. He psaa Hter.Ily
walking the golden street the reward Il his stardy
and nae1iblo fdety 10 the cause Of patriotism and
good m0Fais. lie smiled for he had struck a nine
which would mako sensation iRstke di9xlngs of
Arizona. HE administration WAS essablished On !
gold basis, and Tennessee would probably b The
arst State in the South 10 resume specie payments
The modest Secretary sat upon another chest hold
ing in bis hand red silk handkerchief CONTAINING
the private correspondence Of one Of the faba Snt
officials and fsellRg no doubt much more ooeafa,t
able than be did during the reign Of terror In rasne
VILE when Lsdbotters Rssassins hunted Union men
like Wild beasts 10 their places Of eoncsalHsnt
good deal, perhaps one or two hundred khss,
sand dollars Of the bank funds, hss been ste,ss ~
tho Fisher gang. but under all eiFcasesnce ths
people may thank thsir stars that matters ara no
worse, Tbs boxes are all safaly aud nsrnna
nenty lodged IN the Capitol and thsss ccnists ,~iIl
Be duly investigated ~ early ~ possible Nsskvile
Frees AID Times.