Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-01

The Judge returned the following endorsement
upon this petition;
The application made in the accompanying pet-
tion cannot be granted lst, Because it is now too
late to permit the petitioner to intervene the case
having been finally disposed of at the last term Of
the court. I'd, The petitioner, not being party on
the record is not entitled to writ of error and if
he were, the would 60 up upon the record as it
Is, and the relief sought could not be granted upon
It, CoNNALLY f. TRGG.
February =, 1865,
As Il consequence, on Monday last the United
States Marshal, under the direction of the court
summoned the posse, and proceeded to the farm to
dispossess Mullins |, on the other hand, called
upon the Commanding General to furnish me de-
tail of soldiers, which he did and to whom gave
this document;
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Feb 20, 1865.
The detail of men furnished me by Gen Tillson
will proceed to Lyons farm, five miles west of Knox
Vile the river and there resist any effort that
may be made to dispossess Mr. Mullins who has
rented the farm from this Agency and entitled to
an undsturbed possession for the year 1865.
W. G. BRowNLow,
asst Spec Agt. Treas Dept
These soldiers made their appearance but the
forces of the court did not attend On the second
day, retained the soldiers under similar instruc-
tions, but nothing was attempted, and here for the
present. the matter rests. The rights Of hrd party
hariag intcrre,,ed, the Government is bound, in all
honor, to see justice done to Mullins, and as the
agent of the Government, | have undertaken to see
it done. If the court has no regard for the Just
rights of Mullins have, and will not yield what
is due to the Government TO the rebel heirs of Il
rebel estate
make this publication to correct in part, the er-
roneous impression that there has been collision
between the military authorities and the Federal
court. The collision has been between the court and
the Treasury Agency, two civil departments
simply called upon the mil itary, as have done in
former cases for force to protect an honest loyal
renter, against an unjust assumption of power on
the part of the court If the court had thought
proper to direct that the rent be paid over to other
parties than TO the United States Government
though unjust, | would have obeyed it-but to turn
a loyal renter off farm he had rented from the
Government, and paid fair rent for, in order to
the rebel heirs of traitors reported to be dead
was Just what would not be party to-
Here might close this publication, but ] choose
to say more. l will not play into the hands of
iceay and influential rebels in violation of the laws
of Congress, even though incur the dspleasure of
the Federal court l am willing to measure arms
with the court or in other words TO let the loyal
people of East Tennessee decide upon our respective
merits. l have never heard more general COM
plant against any organization, than is made by
loyal men against the doings of this court. 1t ha.
never, as Lawyers say decided in favor of the Gov
eminent when there was opposition made. II has
not convicted any man of treason or of high INSIDE
mcanor, out Of t,oelrc hundrcd indictments and be-
lieve never will 1t admits rebel Lawyer TO prac-
tice in the court indicted for treason and il turns
traitors loose upon the community who come in and
take the amnesty oath, after they have been indicted
for treason In word, it is popular with the reb-
els, and unpopular with loyal men--I mean the
masses Of the loyal men of the country. Its ses-
sions are doing the Union cause no good, and the
best interests of the country would not suffer if it
to suspend its operations until the close Of the
war W. G.. BRowNIow,
Asst. Spec. Agt Treas. DPt
February 2s, ls65.