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Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-05-03

SrArE of TENNEssEE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Nashville, April goth, 1863 !
Lieut. C5L StrbQdeid C. s. A.i
Your note seems merely designed to lot your
friends in East Tennessee know how you are and
publish rs your advertisement to them You have
neglected to tell them rhcyr you are, dating your
note in the Confederate States Of America. We
don't know in Tennessee, ,ohere these Suites are
We all know where they once iCerC, But now there
Is not State this side of Texas where rebel Log
sature dare assemble, nor is there city this side Of
Mexico where the rebel Congress dare hold II meet
ing A mark on your envelope shows that your
episte starts from Emory and Henry College in
Virginia, some twenty miles from the Tennessee
line, One month ago rebel officer secreted there
might feel that he in the Confederate States of
America" but he would scarcely think so ao,o. The
Federal force is too large there now 10 Justify the
conclusion that the Confederate lines incose that
section. And if you are still alive and kicking,
have no idea that you are there. 1t is indeed doubt
ful whether you have any local habitation or not
Like your great chief Davis, you are itinerating
and looking out for safe quarters
You say you are cheerful, and not half whipped
yet, You possess a remarkable temperament TO be
cheerful in the midst of such crushing defeats
Richmond has gone up, so has Petersburg, Raleigh
Mobile, Lynchburg, and nil your principle cities and
towns. We have taken from you all your artillery
and small arms and destroyed your stores. We have
all your seaports and your cowardly and trcacher-
GUS leaders can't find gap through which to escape
Lees army has surrendered. The Mobile forces are
ours. Johnstons army knocks under. In word
you have no army now in the field, and your SOL
ders cheated and deceived by iathles. leaders, are
everywhere Struggling through the woods, hunting
their way home. And yet, you, Lieutenant Col
onel are cheerful Your cheerfulness argues one of
two thing, either you are very cheerful man, or
you don't have the rebel cause al heart
As you are only half whipped, ! would like 10
meet with rebel ,rhoie whipped, so as to SEQ how
man looks who has found the last ditch You al
lude to former days. Great changes have come over
the country since you and last met ] was three
years ago in the Knoxville Jail, for refusing TO be-
come REBEL and you were a commissioned officer,
sending out squads of Indians t@rrest and bring in
Union men. You are now hiding out like a bush
whacker and avoiding heservice of process charg-
ing you with TREASON. l am at the head of the
Executive Department of the great State of Tennes-
see. And on account Of former friendship when
you are sent 10 the State prison, will sec that you
have some lighter work than dressing stone
am, very truly &c,
Nv {, RpnuNtow
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negro, and advancing the Interests Of the law The
courts should avail themselves of all the testimony
thoy can bring to bear in the trial of cases The
negro Is human being, endowed with all the in
stincs of the white man, and II does not follow that
the courts are compelled TO take the testimony Of
the negroes for more than their value They were
entitled 70 this right, and II was the duty of the
Legislature to confer il upon him, He was not afraid
to boldly meet this question, and ii was expected Of
us by the people of the State, He would, MS u mat
ter OF course vote for the passage of the bill when
II came up For tho present, however, he would
move 10 refer il TO the Committee ON Judiciary.
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Those wishing to purchase valuable property in
Knoxville, and a valuable farm with a fine house
thereon, five miles west of town, would do well to
consult the advertisement of Sheriff Bearden, and
attend the sale of the Snced Crozier and Reynolds
property, in front of the Court House on Monday,
the 9Th of May, 1866.
The property is valuable, and the title to thepur-
chasers will be good The property is to besold fol
cash. but it will sell at low rates, considering the
war is about over and this great and glorious coun-
try Of East Tennessee will loom up before the
world
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-05-03
General StOneman on Guerrillas.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF EAST TENNESSEE
Knoxville Tenn, April 10Th, 1865,

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF EAST TENNESSEE,
Knoxville, Tenn, April 10th, 1865, I
Col. J, Parsons commanding Oh Tenn, CacalJy'
SIR If the Rogorsyillc Branch Railroad is in
such condition as to enable you to procure supplies
at its terminus, wish you to move with your whole
Regiment to the east branch of the Holston River
Arrived there you will leave all your impedments
on the east side, and with the mounted portion OF
your Regiment you will cross the river and thor.
oughly scour and clean of guerrilla and other band.
of outlaws, all that portion of East Tennessee and
Southwestern Virginia lying between the Holston
River on the east and the Cumberland mountains on
the west
In the performance of this duty you are author
lied and instructed TO use the most vigorous and
severe measures, The persons with whom you have
to deal are outlaws so long as they are at liberty
and as such should be treated. When taken pris-
they must be treated prisoners and are en-
titled to trial, which takes time and entails trouble
and expense. Give them TO understand that no false
mercy will be shown them, and no prisoners taken
and that every man found in arms, under whatever
preense, and acting without authority from Federal
Ocers OF lne constituted authorities OF tne state OF
Tennessee will be treated as II public enemy and
outlaw, and killed like mad-dog by any one who
N Gets him.
See that your command does not interfere in any
way, either in their persons or property, with the
peacefully disposed, and with those who stay at
home and mind their own business In case the
Railroad is not in running order to the River Hols-
ton, you will make your depot camps at or near the
u .-o....:u- n------i-i-s- r-.--. $50 van
draw your supplies. You will give all the aid and
assistance in your power TO all civil officers in the
execution of their functions and urge upon the peo-
pie the necessity of rcestablishing civil authority
and the supremacy Of State laws as soon as possible
and before the United States forces are dbanded
withdrawn from this section Of the country.
Make me- either by courier or telegraph Il daily
report of your operations,
] am Colonel
Very respectfully, W,
Signed GEORGE SLOVENIAN,
Maj Gen. L, S. Vols, Com. Dis of L. Tenn
Official n. a, REED, JRq
1t. A. ID. c. and \. a. A. Gen
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Knoxville, Tenn, May 8, 1865.
The Gillem Vouchers.

am desired TO give notice to the loyal men OF
East Tennessee, by Quartermaster General james, Of
my staff, that he is now in funds, prepared to pay
of what are known as the Gillem vouchers, whore
they are in FIRST HANDS or may be presented by the
ORIGINAL HoLDERs-not pledging anything to spec
ulators, either now or at any time hereafter Let
those who hold such vouchers present them, either
in person or through some reliable and trustworthy
Unionist, and the money will be paid by General
James, whose Office is here, give the notice for
the benefit of the needy and deserving and not with
view to call out bushel Of letters cause vouch-
ors to be incosed to me- Having stated the whole
case here will not roapond to letters on the SUBJ
ject Nor will / collect any claim sent to me, | ain
otherwise employed
W. g. BRowNLOw.
Governor Of Tennessee,
Nashville Anr 2Gtl lsCJ
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Enforcement of Civil Law.

Numerous letters have been written TO Governor
Brownlow, by citizens, and few by Sherhs o.
counties, asking that he ordr hare ordrea to diff
fcrent localities in East Tennessee companies or de-
tachments of soldiers to aid the civil authorities
in the enforcement of the laws
To all persons who have thus written to the Cover
nor, or contemplate writing to this effect have
few words TO say.
In the first place there are no United States
troops subject to the order of the Governor of Ten
nessee or any civil officer of any State. In the
second place if there were there is no necessity of
calling on Governor Brownlow for aid in this mat
ter as long as Major General Stoneman commands
the district of East Tennessee
By reference to the letter of General Stoneman
10 Colonel Jo Parsons. which we publish this week
Il will be seen that General s. is doing all to aid the
civil authorities that any one could desire. We
py..i.-t .,..i-~-i.y' L. .i--. c0UnC-
man has given TO every officer commanding troops
in East Tennessee orders similar to those to Colonel
Parsons. We call attention TO General Orders No.
This order, and the policy laid down in the letter
Of General Stonoman 10 Colonel Parsons. " i'll soon
give perfect security to loyal people in every county
in East Tennessee.
Orders are eiicacious only when enforced. The
TACT that those in question omanate from General
Stcncman is a guaranty TO those who know this Of
Acer that loyal men, in their persons and property
will be made secure or guerrillas and rebels e\ter-
minated
We are glad part Of the work of 'cieaa5ty out
these rebel thieves mas been entrusted to Colonel
Parsons aud the 9TH Tennessee Cavalry We served
nearly two years with the gallant men of this regi-
ment and know their views about rebel Thieves and
mode Of dealing with them. Boys no man in the
capacity of a rebel soldier, has right to carry
gun in East Tennessee because the rebel armies are
dsbanded in all of Tennessee and adjacent States.
Your commanding General orders "that crely man
toNid IN arms .guier ,chatecer 0ret,,tse mi act
ing lcithOm authority iron. Federal officers Or the
toyally constituted authorities Of tie STATE Of Teiaes-
see, cH be treated as public aie0,y and az olar,
mt Killed Ike D,ad-aog By my one ,cho meets hD,
Execute this order to the letter and you will re-
in East Tennessee You do not desire the re.
.pect Of any other class. To them,
1--WE have proved our view -are orthodox,
BY stubborn blow. and harder knocks
Allow your friend 70 advise you to go for them"
and make as clean work Of them as Poephemu,
did when he dev CURED the comrades Of Ulysses
Until
No entrails, blood nor solid bone reuain."
Until you exterminate these thieves and outlaw.
you cannot in security, return to your wives and
sweethesrts.
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School Books.

A large stock of school books, selected by Prot
Spence from the most improved standard works.
and adapted to the use of the common schools and
academic course are now for sale at reduced prices
in the Book Store of Cone g. Tunnel, Gay street.
between Main and Cumberland. The lover of a sys-
tematc education is invited to call and examine the
stock
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Correspondence Extraordinary.

The following letter is from rebel officer whose
home Is ut strawberry Plains in East Tcnnessoo--
The letter has been forwarded to the Editor of this
paper nj Nashville whose reply accompanies it,
The correspondence will explain itself
CONFEDERATE STATES or AMERICA
March Esd, 1865.
Dr, H. q, byormor,
DEAR SIR Allow friend Of former years space
enough in your columns to say to his friends in East
Tennessee That he rey ,oei cheerful and not hait
whipped yet Respects to all my old friends,
Truly yours,
W. W, STRINGFlLLD,
Lieut. COL, e. $, 4,
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COUNTY COURT KNOX COUNTY.

Emma Bridwe and her husband James NJ. Bridwef,
VS.. James and Edwin Boothc and others.
TT APPEARING FROM THE PETITION
in this cause, which Is to- that James and Ed
win Boothe VIM z Massengill and Stephen II bradshaw
are residents Of the State 1t ordered that publ
cation be made for four successive weeks in Brownows
Wing, notifying said defendants to appear before the
County Court Of Knox county on the first Monday Of
june 1885, then and there to make their defense to the
petition, the same will be taken for confessed to
them and set for hearing OK parte
WIN L SEAY, Clerk
my3-4wpf5 ByJ CRAWFORD, d Clerk
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CHANCERY CoURT-TAzEWELL.

W. r. Evans VS. WIN. r. Gibson and z. s. Gibson.
TNHE DEFENDANTS WIN. r.. GIBSON and z. s.
l. Gibson being non-rcsidents of Tennessee as shown
in the BILL 1t is ordered that publication be made for
four successive weeks in Brownow's Wing, notifying
said defendants to appear before the Chancey Court at
Tazewel the first Monday of June, 1885, then and
there to make defense to the bill, the will be TIA
ken for confessed and set for hearing ex parte.
my} iwpf5S p n RODDY, c an
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NEW ADyERTIsEMENT.-We call the attention
OF the people of East Tennessee to the advertise
ment Of W. W. Woodruff Mr.. Woodruff has every
thing in the Hardware line, which farmers or me-
in the Federnl nrmY.
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ga Letter Writers, Dream Books, Fortune Tel
lcrs, and all the late literature of the day, can al
ways be found at the Book Store of Cone & Tun-
nell Gay street.
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tt9a Harpers Magazine, Atlantic Monthly
Godys Ladys Book, Frank Leslies Book of FASH
ion, lie Bon Ton, Our Young Folks, all for May,
can be found at Cone & Tunnels, Gay street.
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Dse~ Methodist and Baptist Hymn Books in all
variety Of styles and binding, can be had at Gone
Il Tunnels Book Store, Gay street
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va" Testaments, Bibles, Prayer Books, &c, can
be had of Cone q Tunnel
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CAPT. ROBERT MoRRow.-This officer, so highly
complimented in the official report of Major General
Stoneman, is a citizen Of Knoxville. We are glad
10 inform his friends in East Tennessee that he i.
rapidly recovering from his wound
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ATTACHMENT.

Z.
THE PLAINTIFF, ON AFFIDAVIT,
says the defendant indebted her. and so sbscond
themselves that the ordinary law cannot
be served upon him, having obtained original attachment
against the OF defendant reurnabe before Joseph
Buner Justice Of the Peace for Bount nounty and the same
having been levied their property Is ordered BY said
Justice that the defendants appear before him his the
18th civil district Of Blount county the 10th day sepe.
ber 1865 1t will be proceeded with pare Il further
ordered that this notice be published for four weeks in Brown.
lows Wing. my3-4wpf5+ JOSEPH bRUNER, J. p
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G r OC ERIES
not eguaod in the country North or South.
J. w. Patterson & Co.,
my3-u Gay street, Knoxville, Tenn.
ATTACHMENT.

VIM. A, Walker, Ex'r of VIM. Wallace, dc'd, vs. Henry
Miller.
THE PLAINTIFF, ON AFFIDAVIT,
the defendant is indebted them absconds that
the ordinary Of upon him. having
obtained an original attachment against his estate made
turnable before Joseph Ambrr Justice the Peace for
Bount county, and the having levied on his pro-
pery ordered by said Justice that the defendant appear
before him at his house in Boun county third Saturday
Of August 1865 the will be confessed and sci
for hearing parte II Is further ordered that published for
four successive weeks in Brownows Wing.
my34w pf5 JOSEPH AMBRISTER, J. P.
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ATTACHMENT.
Milas Hooper, Admir-, VS.. Alexander McClain.
THE PLAINTIFF, ON AFFIDAVIT,

Il the defendant Is indebted to him and absconds
that be served him. having obtained
original attachment against the defendant made reurnabe be-
fore Thomas Pken Justice OF the Peace for Bount and
the having been levied his property ordered By
said Justice that the defendant appear before him his once
In Bount county, the 18th Of June 1866, Il will be
proceeded With exparte II is further ordered that this notice
be Published for four successive weeks In the knoxve Whg
my3tv pb' THOMAS PIckENs, JP.
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w. 6. BROwSLow,

P.S-Since the above was put in type, Colonel
Slrinrtnld has hnen l.ds.nA =; A. ly-.---:ir- -
lie nor. says there is no hope for the Conledcracy
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Valuable Property for Sale.
W. q. BRowNLow,
Governor Of Tennessee

Nashville, April goth, 1868.
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VI
ISignedl GEORGE SroNEMAN,
Maj. Gen. T. S. Vols, Com Dis. of L. Tenn
Official n. A, REED, JR.
1t. A. ID. c. and \. \. \. Gen
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1865-11-29
The Best Bed.

| A feather bed is ruinous to health. A mat
| tress is better; but in the course of {, a,genera-
| tion or two, either Will become considerably
| loaded with the emanations from the bodies
of those who sleep on them.-When we con-
slider the immense amount Of animal refuse
which is constantly escaping from the pores
| of tn. skin, the conviction is forced upon US,
that what We sleep on needs puriication once
in while just as the clothes we wear have
need to be taken to the wash-tub. A straw
bed is better than mattress, or wecan throw
the straw away, and the expense is not heavy.
But nice and clean as a straw bed is it has o
troublesome rattle, while it is new, which 10
some persons is suggestive Of ghosts or mid
night robbers. i light, elastic plank is very
pleasant, if Supported at the ends, and cover
ed with blanket. Sleeping on tie floor is
pleasanter than it seems, and there is no dan
ger of breaking ones bones by tumbllng out
of bed. Many Of our soldiers hare found
sleeping in snow-drifts or mud-puddles, to
agree with them; and it is certain that mud
puddle in pure atmosphere, is more whole
some sleeping accommodation than the most
luxurious bed in an unventilated chamber.
But Of all beds ever invented, the best, most
wholesome, and perhaps the cheapest, is the
hanamock. You need no bedstead no mat
tress, no cumbrous trappings of any kind.
You can lie at perfect ease in it, all the 'mali-
ing of the bed' that is necessary being to hang
it up, and to put a blanket or sheet into it, as
you prefer.-It should be well hung on two
stout wrought iron hooks, which are securely
fastened into the wall on opposite sides of the
room. Ifyou want to rock yourself as you
rock your baby in the cradle, you can do it
with no trouble at all. There is none Of that
feeling OF unventilated closeness which there
is about feather bed, for the whole concern
is as open as shad net. There is no fear of
vermin taking up their lo~gings in it, for eve
ry shred of it is exposed to view, and there is
no room for the creatures to hide. There is
no difficulty about cleaning it, for you can
dip it into bucket Of scalding water.-Nor is
there any trouble in moving it, for when it is
rolled up and tied, the bundle is no larger
than your hat.
Anybody who will try a hammock for few
nights will wonder that they ever could enjoy
the ponderous old thing known as bed and
bedstcad.
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NisceliaQeoVs.
Wonderful Natural objects.

The opening of the great country lying west
of US has always brought to light some ggan-
tic works Of nature, in comparison with which
Niagara, the Natural Bridge and the Nam
moth Cave dwindle into curiosity, objects
of third-rate Importance. A closer familiar
ity with the mountain, valley and plain re.
gion, stretching towards the Pacific will de-
velop, in all likelihood, still grander displays
The greatest discovery is that of lake in the
Cascade mountains, about eighty five miles
north east Of Jacksonville, Oregon. From the
description, we should suppose this sheet of
water occupies the mouth Of an extinct volca-
no. 1t is twelve miles in length by ten in
bredth, and forms to all appearance, regular
circle. The walls surrounding it are perpen-
dicular, and rise above the surface of the wa
ter to an altitude of several thousand feet
Of course no human bark has ever rippled
this deeply emboSomed retreat of the maids.
Only the feathered tribe, with broad and
strong wing, can venture to approach and
rest upon its bosom
In this mountain region has also been dis
covered waterfall of the grandest proper
tions All others, so far as known, are but
general cascades compared with it. If the
accounts are to be credited-and they come
lOill Cl Ill SOuISSSi dlL OSoI D VI III
teligence, and the corroborative evidences of
consistency and similarity in description,
measurements and details-this natural won
der is without parallel, in the waterfall line,
yet brought to the civilized world. Niagara,
with its pitch of one huhdred and sixty feet,
is but slight undulation, an almost imper
ceptible break, when contemplated with the
leap of river six or eight times that dis
tance
Near the northern line of Arizona is the
great cannen De Chile, another of these
wonderful phenomena, where nature not only
exhibits her grandeur in vastness of proper
ton, but in the force which she wields. A
mountain has been torn aSunder from top to
base, and the two parts separated for a dis
tance varying from one hundred to thou
sand feet. The extent Of the chasm in length
is forty miles.
In the late war with the Navajo Indians,
Col. Kit Carson marched through this canon
and routed large body Of the enemy who
had taken refuge in it's fastnesses The walls
are described by our military officers as be-
ing nearly perpendicular, and ofsuch height
that an arrow discharged from the top loses
its propulsion long befooreit reaches the bot
tom, and comes floating to the ground
with the simple force Of it's own gravity.
The indians inhabit the locality, and Gu tivate
grain-felds and orchards with great success.
- TSt. Louis Democrat
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

NEwDgRRY DIsTRIcr--IN EoUIFYs
David Il. Buzhardt, Administrator with viii
annexed, vs.. Catherine Buzhardt, Sarah Jones,
Josephine Buzhardt, Mary Buzhardt. <
Bill to sell property to aid in payment of debts
&c.
pse Peeder in on m oash % to- the % undsrsgnsd TIER re-
spect:ve claims against said estate, within two
months from publication hereof, or they will be-
excluded. SILAS JOHNSTON, c. n. D.
CONS. Office, Oct 2, I665.-2m.- $40.