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Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-13
Sound Advice to the freedman.

Capt. n. G. Parker, of the SD q. S. G. l. and
Provost Marshal having recently been requested to
visit the farm Of Col. Legare, near Aiken, s. G,
gave to the negro freedmen there the following ex-
cellent advice We transfer it TO our columns trust
ing it will exercise proper influence on the freed
men throughout the wide limits of our own State.
he says to them:
You are free-but you are not to be insolent. You
are not free to be roaming about from place to place.
neglecting your families and living by begging or
stealing, for both are crimes. Be honest be truth
full be polite-be all which the law of the land and
the law of God require of you, and you will have
friends, and be great people in time. Be as many
of you are now and your teachers would make you
and you will dssppoint your few friends and please
your enemies, and your end will be bitter.
Many of you are now violating your contracts, Oh
agreements, with those with whom you made them
warn you of the danger you arein Many OF you
refuse to make any contract at all, and you are a
| guilty as those who have made them and violate
them, because you have been directed to do So Th'
| same Government protects you that does me, anC
! the same Government protects your former master
and mistresses that does US and their rights are a
sacred as yours and when you encroach upon then
| you know not what you do-there Is prayer 70
you, but II will hardly save you if you sin agains
every light. Lord forgive them, they know no
what they do will hardly be offered up in -earnes
for you If you persist in the wrong continually.
You are frse-but you are poor you don't own
single acre of landi and you never will until ye
earn it. Your former masters and owners own a.
the lands and houses-you are now dependent upo
them for the shelter which protects you from tn
sun, and which must protect you from the bitin
cold of the coming winter. Many of you don't thin
of this. You are proud, and boastful and lazy, an
Independent. All those faults will bring you to su
fering. Look ahead-there is another year coming
you all want homes next year. Government won
compel your former owners to provide you wit
them. You are free-but you are poor. You hay
nothing but your hands, and you must use them dl
igently and constantly, or you will die Freedol
imposes duty upon you which you little unde
stand, but you must learn it. tell you the trut
and whether you believe it now or not you WI
sooner or later believe it. l could tickle you If, III
, some of your own foolish ones, and make you D
lieve more palatable dose, and you would foo
, around me and call me your friend; but L cam
deceive you. You are free, but you have life
labor before you-a life of toll and suffering, but
will be rich life, if you accept the toll as bic
sing which it really is, and not a curse; and {
, that remains for you to do is TO work-pray, lea
and want-and all will be well.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-13
sonlh 0r me River OeIebratIOn.

W. s,,.nded the Sunday School celebration and
r,oesing of returned soldiers on Thursday last, at
New Salem Church, SIX miles south of the river
We have often attended political meetings at the
same place during the past fifteen years and We have
never before seen such a crowd in attendance. The
gathering was overwhelming citizens soldiers Ia
dies and children. The very best Of order and the
finest state of feeling prevailed and pervaded all
classes. An appropriate stand was erected IN the
lovely grove and the comfortable seats were taken
out Of the large church for the accommodation oil
the ladies And the music Of the brass band, for
merv attached to the 9th Tennessee Infantry, made
the hills and hollows echo and re-echo with such
soul-stirring airs as Rally Round the Flag Boys,
&C. &c.
The speaking commenced at eleven O'Clock, and
speeches were delivered by Judge Rodgers, Cover
nor Brownlow and Prof. Spence. Tie Judge and
Governor both urged obedience to the law of the
State and alike deprecated any resort to mob VIC
lence declaring such remedies for existing wrongs
far worse than the evils proposed to be remedied.-
The Governor assured the audience that the Supreme
Bench was adorned with able and loyal Judges and
that every Circuit and District in the State oc
cupied by loyal Judge and Chancellor, as well as
loyal Attorney for the State, and he called upo1
the citizens and soldiers having complaints to max
against rebels and bad men, to bring them befor
the lawfully constituted legal tribunals He fel
certain that justice would be done to Union meR il
the Courts and if they got justice rebels would ge
1 the same.
True both the Judge and the Governor dealt som
heavy and telling blows to the leading rebels of tn
country, who aided in bringing on this rebellion
filling the country with restitution, mourning an
trouble, and consigning many valuable youn
men to premature graves. For these great an
guilty offenders the speakers said they had not aba
ed any of their dislike. During these speeches man
ewes were filled with tears.
Professor Spence followed in Sunday School &C
dress to the children which was both apProprlat
and well received. All in all, it was great day
and a great meeting, and the effect was fine, an
will prove of lasting benefit. We can but hope thf
such meetings will be held all over the several cour
ties Of East Tennessee. The loyal women-Go
bless them-brought their baskets and buckets file
with everything good to cat; while, to the credit
citizens and soldiers there was no liquor on hand
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-13
The State Of AffairS.-.RemOVal OF Col,
Ored Troops.


but might be worse, in view of the materials at
work The following letter is from Union man,
Intelligent and well informed, whose truthfulness we
can most readily endorse
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. i, 1865.
GocerVoF BrolgHLolg
DEAR SIR hope you will pardon me for troub-
ling you with a short SCROLL giving you the state Of
affairs hereabouts.
Our condition here is fearful in the extreme the
frequent collisions between white and negro soldiers,
and between citizens and negro soldiers. The ne
groes leave Chattanooga and sale out into the coun-
try, committing outrages of various kinds and de-
grees The white loyal citizens and discharged sol
diers are not prepared to stand by ana see their
houses pillaged by negroes The result Is and must
be- the murder of many negroes and white men
These murders are frequent in and around Chatta-
nooga, and growing more frequent daily. The ne
gro soldiers in Chattanooga allowed to police the
Streets and stand guard with loaded guns, (which
was never to my knowledge allowed white soldiers
and l am informed often fire without calling to
halt.
On the day before yesterday negro soldier shot
white soldier, and one of the balls passed through
a group of citizens that happened to be standing
near, and the ball killed a small boy. Now, Gov
ernor, can you not prevail on General Thomas to
have the Chattanooga post garrisoned with white
soldiers? We cannot live at this rate, but anarchy
and confusion must be the result. l have had nc
difficulty with negroes or whites but awful out
RACES are being committed frequently by negroes
upon the families of Union men, and discharged sol
ders in the country round Chattanooga.
The foregoing is only one of many letters coming
to US deploring the state of feeling existing and
growing into dreadful maturity between white and
COIOrcd folks
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nnn'f Feel Safe Here

There are few persons here, and in other local.
ties in sympathy with rebels, who came from dis-
lance and from other States and Mortified at see
ing or hearing Of the fights that occur between
rebels and Union men. They say they don't feel
safe in the country. Well let them leave-they came
without any special invitation, and if their views
are not in harmony with the loyal men of the coun-
try the sooner they leave the better. If they are
here to uphold rebels and denOunce Union men, we
agree with them that they are not safe. And every
day they act in this way, they rendering them
selves more insecure. The real people of East Ten
nessee want none but loyal men on guard.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-13

kNoXVILLE Is the headousrtor s If tho ,,,,,,,,s5r
OF the Department Of Tennessee Homicides riots
and fracasses are Of frequent occurrence There >
Prison Prs walls even furnish no Protection to prisoners
duties Of the military whether tbs,- -, tli9
II intended ornaments, they answer the 49,
excellently well. Pun PO'e
Duty TO country and 10 society demands Ina, ~,
should "just once say this much.-Cbatta,oooo
Ga.ctte
And yet, heo days before the publication Of this
ding at Knoxville and the military commanders
here, there WAS regular fight in Chattanooga be-
tween regiment Of cavalry and the negroes, in
which, as passengers report, several negroes were
killed and wounded and one white lost his life.
Passengers report the cavalry as having made a
Ore charge Would not the Gazette do well to reg
ulate its own town, before undertaking to reform
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-13
A Religious Revival.

Mr.. Millburn, of the Knoxville circuit has just
closed a fifteen days protracted meeting at NJ Ut
phys Chapel, where he was assisted by Mr. LYLE,
Of the Presbyterian Church. There were So co Il
versions and Sc added to the Church
Mr.. Millburn and others will commence a Car CD
and Basket Meeting at Fountain Head Can ny
Ground, on Friday evening, 9th of October. bis
charming grove and magnificent spring is six mi les
noF'n Of Knoxville and is place of popular resc ut
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-13
The Reason Why.

y correspondent enquiries Of us, "the reason ~hy
the advertisements Of the Federal Court, when Ia
ken from the WIG, were not given to the Jones-
borough or GrseneviIle papers o.. We suppose 1t
was because their politics were as offensive as our
as they are both for the Union cause without any
#. and against rebels and rebel sympathizers- The
change. we are told, was made ty order Of the Gears
and not BY the Marshal or Clerk. The order andmo-
tfves governing it. all IN all maketh very small as'f
hut we really care nothing for it, as We are crowded
with paving dvertising custom
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-13
Fifth Tennessee Cavalry.

\ Nashville exchange in referring TO the muster
out of FIFTH TENNESSEE CAVALRY, thus recounts
the services of the regiment. This is the regiment
recruited and commanded by Col W. &. Stokes
Congressman elect from the Sd District:
They are worthy veterans whose services in Mid
die Tennessee should not be forgotten. In August
1862 after Buells retreat the 5th Tennessee, then
in process of organization, was the principal cav
airy there was to depend upon for protection against
Braggs forces that closely invested this city. Nor
gan had destroyed our communication with the
North, and Nashville depended much for provisions
and forage upon the country. In foraging, scout
ing and picketing the men were often weeks upon
duty without being relieved. This regiment acted
a noble part in the battle of Stone River and in
driving Bragg from Tennessee in the summer of
1863 They bore their full part at Shelbyvile and
Chicamauga. Having a thorough knowledge of
Middle Tennessee they have been retained since and
done much to crush the rebels in that part of the
State. Although the ravages of the war have laid
many of them low, yet by recruiting their depleted
ranks have been filed. They deserve the gratitude
of all true patriots for the service rendered to
country. They are credit to the State, and Ten
nessee may be proud of them. They were mustered
out at Pulaski on the 10Th ult., and are come for
final settlement and discharge In few days these
worthy soldiers will be at their homes enjoying
the smiles Of wives and sweethearts.
The Nashville Gazette is savage on Gov. Brown
low. We publish its article in another column
Chattanooga Gazette.
Yes, and the dirty, lying drunken editor of the
Gazette, publishes the above with appreciation, it
does all the slang it find in rebel sheets Cry
ing whining, and begging like whipped spaniel,
at the hands of Post Master james, saved him from
whipping for his lies and abuse of the new Post
Master
After residing in Hamilton county for years, and
editing the only paper there, he was able to com
mand l36 votes in a race for Congress Returning
from Washington and circulating lie against the
President the latter corrected it by telegraph and
Stokes read it on him from the stump. The creature
has sunk beneath contempt
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-13
Knoxville, Tenn, Sept. 10, 1865.

The WHO can be had every week at the News
Depot of R. H. Singleton Post Office Building
Nashville, Tenn.
LOUIS MCGLAUFLIN is authorized to act As Oui
agent along the whole Pacific Coast His address
IL San Francisco, California.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-13

Tar school for young and boys the Hampden 81 ID
ney Academy, viii open repairs the building
be made The tuition will be s. Il per MONTH an
Mr. j. h PAYNE graduate of ale College, to be PRIV
cipal. Mr. Payne to city well recommended as
teacher and scholar and has the and good wishes
Il. IL
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-13
Fires.

On sunday night fire broke out in the house occupied by
Hugh Brown, Water street, the mouth of First
Creek, and entirely consumed with all contents the
inmates barely escaping with their lives.
On Monday at midnight, the large fine house belonging I,
Mr. Geo. NJ Branner, known the Shields house. neal
Shiedstown DESTROYED by FIRE It Is said to be b,
work Of an ncendary.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-13

AoA d. AIoN once said: 1.-THE troubles of the
0olneS nom mercinary politicians-its SAT ETY.
from the tranquil masses" We see the trutb of his
in the getting up of the late rebellion bv disappo
ed, ambitious, corrupt politicians And the r. on
gull masses brought safety by going into battle and
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-13

Mr.. Heiskel got the full strength OF the ConSer-
e-Opposition-McC party, and IN the
ttgcLce counties got all of 2l7 votes Knox gave
l26 of these votes, leaving lsss than one hundred
votes for the other cLerl counties or an average of
eight to the county. We think tllat the Opposition
party ought to learn lesson from this vote. They
had no man who was any stronger than Mr.. HE'S
kel, but if they think they have e them trot him
out for future race.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-13

The Nashville Dispatch tells of an old man, 10
years of age, going from Missouri to Nashville, all
the way on foot, to procure from Gen. Thomas the
liberation of his son. who had been sentenced to
four wears imprisonrnent for stealing SIS. After
hearing the story of the aged parent the youth was
liberated and the father with tears OF JOY, poured
ont his soul in gratitude to Gen. Thomas.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-13

THE Raleigh Progress gives the following cure
for a felon: Gas soon as the part begins to swell
get the tincure of lobeIia and wrap the part aec-
ted with cloth satuated thoroughly with the tlncure
and the felon is dead. An old physician says ne
has known it to in scores OF cases. and never
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-13
Asking for Andy'S Mercy.

A letter from Washington, which ilas been shown
US states that john hoop-ee cro-e lat of Knox coun-
ty is there, prayerfully soliciting the pardon of the
President He used to make speeches here, on every
fresh arrival of rebel troops exhorti ng the chiyary
to die in the last ditch, and pleds ing himself to
" fight until the last little niger IS gone" Johns
time is OUT the last little niger Is gone and he has
a right to ground his arms!
~ Listen at the jay bl5Ii,
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THERE viii be held Camp Meeting al Carpou
tsr's @. G. on the Maryville circuit which viii 10
the I'd quarterly meeting, commencing on Friday
Sent. 22d. 1862. J. ALBERT HYDEN, Pr.
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Vote of the Knoxville District.

The vote in this Congressional District turns out
TO be larger than WIS anticipated. The official re-
firms show this result:
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-13

/" Listen at the jay bar
Listen at the jay bird,
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1865-01-06

A PRINTER PROMOTED is with much pleasure
we record the fact that j. NJ Henson, formerly a
printer in this City, and native Of Rutherford
County in this State, has been promoted to the of
fee of Captain of the "Oak City Guards" 14th
Regiment N. q. r. He volunteered at the COM
mencement of the war and went as private. Col.
Daniel appointed him as flag bearer while stationed
at Suffolk, Va. On che reorganization of the COM
pany, after the passage Of the Conscript law, he
was elected I'd Lieutenant. By the death of the
LIST Lieutenant Msrcellus Thompson, he succeeded
to that Office; and by the death of Capt Pool, he
now succeeds to the post of Captain. Lieut.. Thomp-
son and Capt Pool we're both killed in battle.
Capt. Henson has been with Gen. Early in the
Valley, the past year, and has shared the dangers,
hardships and glory of that campaign. He was
taken prisoner but effected his escape the same
day. He has been in nearly one hundred fights,
including skirmishes, and has so far escaped with
only few bruises, though balls have frequently
passed through his clothing For printer he has
been a remarkably "lucky fellow" and we trust
his good luck will continue and that he will yet be
spared for many years of happiness and usefulness
He has proved himself brave soldier and all who
know him know that his honor is unimpeachable,
and his pety sincere and that while he fearlessly
performs his every duty, he looks with unfailing
confidence to the highest Power for guidance and
protection.-Pr0greSs
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1865-01-06

PICTURE OF Waffle following lines are from
the opening Of Mrs. Barabuld's beautiful poem,
g Eighteen Hundred and Eleven" How many sad
hearts in the present day, will find their own sor-
rows echoed in these pathetic words:
Still the loud death. drum laundering from afar,
Ger the vext nations pours the storm of war;
Bounteous in vain, with frantic man at strife,
Glad Nature pours the mesns-the joys Of life;
Man calls TO Famine nor invokes In vain,
Disease and Rapine follow in her train;
The tramp of marching hosts disturb the plough,
The sword, not SICKLE resps the harvest now, 49,.
And where the soldier CLEANS the scant supply,
The helpless peasant but retires to die:
No laws his hut from licensed outrage shield,
And wars least honor, is the ensanguined field.
Fruitful in vain, the matron courts with'pride,
The blooming youths that grace her hOnored side
No son returns to press her widowed hand,
Her fallen blossoms strew a distant strand.
Fruitful in vain, she boasts her virgin race, 49,.
Whom cultured arts adorn, and gentlest virtues
grace; '.- -...
Defrauded of its homage, Beauty mourns,
And the rose withers on its virgin thoFns.
Frequent some stream obscure, some uncoath
name,
By deeds of blood is lifted into fame;
Oft DER the daily page some Soft one bends,
To learn the fate of husband, brothers, friends,
On the spread map with anxious eye explores,
Its dotted boundaries and penclled shores;
Asks where the spot that wrecked her bliss is
found,
And learns its name but to detest the sound.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1865-01-06

., On PEAoE.-The Washington Chronicle
19th) has a liberal and creditable editorial
on the people of the South entitled "Wor-
thy Thought" After asking the question,
if the people of, the South are SO tired Of
the war, why do they fight with such te-
nacity? 1t answers it. by reference to
the social influences, and their high sense
of honor. 1t AYERS that no gentlemen
could be more agreeable and no ladies
more fascinating 1t closes as follows:
Personal honor was the absorbing pas
sion of the Southerner's life. The stand
ard may have been faulty, but was rigidly
adhered to. Such men may be heartily
sick of strife, but they will not abandon
those engaged in it. They may long for
the close of the war, but they will not de-
sert their colors. They may deplore the
necessity for the dread onsets of forlorn
battle fields, but once on them they will con-
quer or die.
As deserters or willing captives, they
know they will be ostracised from the
homes of the friends they love when the
contest is over. Hence the war will be con-
timed and desperate battles fought, until,
\ by common consent, the struggle is regard
ed as utterly hopeless, or until such terms
are offered as they feel at liberty to &C
eett. - ~.
Shall we deal with them as plucky, but
erring brethere9, whose sense of honor,
defective as we may think, it must be re-
spected, aud whose pride of character
should not be broken down; or should we
undertake to regard them as lawless, def
ant rebels, who are to be humbled, if not
exterminated9 Do we not want these
courageous men, these enduring high spir-
tied men, to unite with us in laying
broad and deep the democratic society
that under the inspiration of free institu
tons, shall throw all past prosperity, bril-
liant as it was, in the shades