Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-05-10
$1,000 Reward.

$1,000 Reward.
The Legislature Of Tonnasses, rev in s.s ion hav.
ing ADOPTED The Believing proceedings Ia hoth Houses
with absolute uasnimity therefore !. wflI1Aa q.
BHewEtew Governor Ct Tennessee, de issue this
my Proclamation, sud eteT = revssa Of Eve thoa.
sana dollars fot the apprehension sha delivery 20
me al Sashville, Of the fugitive Ishsm G.. Harris
whsreNs Treason Is The highest crime khowA "a
she laws ef The land. snd no ere msn Is presumed
10 understand The true meaning 81 Ihe iB,n better
than Governon Of States aEd certainly no 0ae
should De held to more ssrlci acsoaht FOR the oom-
ynisSen Of the crime Of treason; ana where's, the
sss.s q Tennessee before the rubelbcn enioyei \
hirh sceial neral and political pgstioI4 sud bore
&c eel earned reputation 81 tsa NohsnieeF State
spa whereas hy the treasoe ef cue Ishsn g. Har-
ia Ex- Governor ef Tennessee tha Stste haa lost
yetliions Of dollars and thousands Of her ycBRE mea
Who have heen KILLED IN battle aad died of disease.
while theasands Of the middle sEed and Old nIen
have bssn murdered OF imprisoned, aud aefencelcss
,eessoa and children driven from the State heart
broken and peanioss; snd, whereas, the voters Of
Tennessee did IN the mCutb 81 February, 1861, by
a majority Of sixty thousand. repudAts treason ana
reheiiion but the aforesaid Isham 6. Harris, well
knowing the sentiment u the people treason
aid rebelliOA and entirsly aisvegaedisg the over
vhelnisg expression Of popular sentiment did use
A.s position Is Governor Of tue State 20 preeptse
n IN rehsoa and hostility 80 the government of the
United Stsses; ard, whereas by such aesa be i
gulty Of treason perary sRd thsf ard Is FespeRsi-
bla 10 A great extent. fcF The misery and death Of
thousands Of The citizens Of the STATE and the de-
Vsststien OF the same from east 70 Eess Aad from
noah % touth--the cries Of The wounded and d.
inr Tie wall of the wiAox, and weeping Of the or
phan, are waited on every breeze, tnploring just
rs.ribgtioa the nsigason Of this rebellion beis
therefore
Resolved. By tbs General Assembly of TIE State
If Tennessee that the Governor # this State Is
hereby authorised and instructed 20 caeF reward
Of ave thousand dollars Cot the apprehension Aad
delivery Of ne sai3 Isham 9. Harris 70 The civil
authorize. q the State. He shall f1ily describe
said fugitive rom jsstce and cause the publication
OF the same 20 be made Tor three months or longer
As he NAY deem proper, in one Newspaper in each
u he ihrec grand divisions q the state and ia pa
psrs pc hlashsd Ia Richmond Va Raleigh n C.. Sa-
vaunah, Ca Little Rock Ark New OrieaAs La.
and puslhh these preEmbies ard resolutions With
bis proclamation.
Passed Nay /, 1865
va HusKELL
Speaker Of the E0ass Of Representatives
SAMUEL T. ROpsEkS,
Speaker Il the Stnat1
Thr AFORESAID refugees fIoB, jastieS Wi!hoai tie 1
susheEsly q law and ia violation Of sli law. hu-
nan snd Divine WA The chief instrument in thrust
ing ,sron Tennessee this terrible rebeion and Il.
iaulaersble evils; rebellion which has siorIRea 1
the very citadel os order every defence Of yirtue
every sanctuary Of right and every abode Of de- +
Usacv. wben those EiilaiBoas bgt frantic effort
were astonishing mankind wiIh bes Success ss much
~ appalling thea with their ssrOcly when the fair
60, portioa Ct this crest Commonwealth bad been 4
sssde bideosss by tho triumphs Of this aralsiFatsr
aad As osFsupt nAI iresoaable associates aud their
urslasive oTies had pEcfsHed cat ehusehes ke iss-
tss5. they inglorioasly aeI. upon the srProSeb Of
lie national Gag Of beauty snd glory carrying with
them - lhe hasst Of treason the funds and othcr
gaiusbles OF the State. From that period Bhtil
aow, the aid Ishan o. Harris has been rowing
through the South, swept slobg by the unparalleled
hrr.eane Of licentioosness and furious tempest q
anarchy, aeser beloFe e4ualed uPoa earth SAID
Harris has been periodically visiting The border
eoanlies Of This State issuing bcgas pTocapaiions
ad collecting revenue, falsely pretending 10 be the
Governor Ct Tennessee
Til. culprii Harris, Is about Bse fee. Ten luchss
5!gh veights sbo4t one hundred and foTty-aye
poaaas, ard Is sboat 6f!y-ASa years y sge. HIS
complexion is Ealo~--his eyes dark anA pene-
tratiug-a perfect linden x the hesit Of traitor
vita he scoNl snd fr0wn Of demon resting upon
ala bFGNs Ac etasf - HtAsS1iS u3is
4 erias ssve brought uPon him premature bald
uess and greg beard With bFszen-facod iHpadonee.
Ae talks oadly and boassiDgly shout The overthrow
Of Tie Yankee arny. and entertsins 20 doubt bat
lie South vii achieve her independence He chews
tobacco rapidly and Is inordinstely find Of liquor
L. bis moral sgraeturs. be Is an inscriptions msn
-ssseped 10 the H0se and ehip in personal and pO-
i.i.al proa5gsey--a0W about lost 70 ali sense Of
hoHor and sbsms--with heart reckless Is sosnl
i-iy, and fatally beat upon mischief.
Is csPsared be aiil be found laEkiag il tbs rvbsl
stroBgboIas Of Mississippi AlAbuIns, or Georgia
sni IN spsLe sgcisiy alleging with the shqspfseed
-BOdesty Of virluoas usn, that il IL not wbuo-
.J-5e state Of pubic sentiment u taste that fr-
I.ds AZ indiscTininate mixing togsthrF Of married
.a.n and women. II captured the has1tive ns,,st
bs delivered y me alis 70 me cad that lusi ice Tray
ns dore Llal here, upon the tbeatrs u bis fogisF
yillaiDoas dseds'
Tbs city papsrs Vi Nsshyil.e and AenIpbs ss
.el Is the Chattanooga Gazette and kaoS Yiile
wbg iil zach iasers three saes, IL addition - lie
oL.sr pspers suggested BY the Legislature.
In testimony whereof have Lereaulo
I :. L. sst nay hand aAd sfizod the zeal Of the
- Stats, - Tho city Of Nashville, thst % q
May 1865.
By Tie Governor
ANpREw J PLEIcHIJsl Secretary 81 State
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