Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-07
Return Of The Bank of Tennessee TO
Nashyllle...Arriyal Of Isham G. Har.
ris' Cabinet...Capture OF $500, 900
In C0ln...Grand Escort or the Cap.
tured Specie, Assets, and Archives or
the State. Back TO the Capital.

The dispatch from General Upton 70 Governor
Brownlow announcing the capture Of the arcpiycs
Of the State and the assets of the State Bank With
100000 in coin, together with the arfst of three
members of King Ishams Cabinet has lroaiy been
given to our readers. Yesterday mornlg the Gov
ernor and Hon. A. j. Fletcher Secretly OF State,
went 10 the Chattanooga Depot to akeformal pos
session OF the captured property of theState The
/ property was in the charge of Capt 1hos G. Gil
pin, of Gen Uptons staff, who brought6t from Au-
gusta. Capt. Cravens, Of the I'D Indiaa Mounted
Infantry captured the archives at jones Lands
house. three miles from Buzzard Roost Itation near
Gum Swamp. The archives filed fortAono boxes
containing the papers belonging to the ate Seqc-
tary, Treasurer and Comptroller, together with
large amount OF papers belonging to th, Adjutant
General OF the State, much of which reRtes TO the
secret service OF the rebel army. Therehre proba-
by some very interesting documents amsng them,
relating 10 petitions for appointments id he rebel
service, which the writers would be glal to have
consigned TO the flames, or to the bottom of the
Cumberland river. But treason like muher will
out The specie and papers Of the Bank Of Iennes-
nessee were captured in Augusta by Gen. Upton's
command The precious metal filed So boxes and
two email casks. On several Of the boxes we. Oh
served the imprint OF tho Mexican cap with the
motto, Libertad upon its rim Possibly the officers
OF the bank have been using tho spccioos the bank
Tor blockade-running and cotton spectlations, and
have thus got hold OF some of Macmillan. gold
Captain Gipin bad also bag contaiiing $1,000 in
new Mexican gold coin, about the size and value of
rS a2pSs saEe u Th, ia% was cai yspsrfy psd
Mitchell, the father in-aw Of John 4. Fisher the
abscouding cashier of The mother Bank NJ Tonnes
soc. Fisher showed himself to b. Thoroughbred
swindler, in accordance with his former character
for he lied FROM Augusta with $4,000 in gold and
is now shulking through the awamps Of Georgia,
~ oscar hn tr,a 10 q
justice The notorious rebel President ofthe bank
G. c. Torbett, formerly Of the Union aid Anleri-
can, accompanied him in his flight. wa strongly
suspect that when an investigation shall nave been
had the abstraction will reach d much larger sum
The robbers have shown a discrimination to take
good care Of themselves, whatever suffering might
be.al the State. And these thieves were the load.
ers OF Tennessee. We blush at the thought ~
Dunlap, Battle and Ray, the Comptroller, Treas.
urer, and Secretary Of State under Hairs we're
brought to this city by Capt. Gipin as prisoners,
and are held on parole The other fugitites cannot
possibly escape the vigilance Of our troop ''.e.
After brief and hasty examination, hat-a-do1en
Of the large red wagons belonging to the Quarter
masters Department marked ~. S. TRANSFER" IN
the sides were ordered up, and the valuable cargo,
the last relics of rebel authority in Tennessee were
placed in them. The load being completed the
Governor and Secretary, in all the simplicity of
" plcbciansm mounted the specie wagon and the
imposing procession drove up the streets towards hb
Capitol. Everybody had hoard Of the great arrival
OF boxes OF gold and silver, and OF course every.
body gazed earnestly at tho train il was new
chapter this in the work of restoration, and some
thing very different from that which the rebls had
a.rssined for four years ago. 1t was the res.ora-
ton OF stolen goods II struck Us rs an odd in
stance OF retrbntiye justice that the transfer Of tbs
property should be made by United States officer
in United States Transfer wagons The procession
was an imposing one, Is We think we said, and II
we didnt say IT, we ought ~ have aid t. It's nor
sonal constituents were unexceptonable The CEN
trail team carried Gov Brownlow, Secretary Flctch-
err Capt. Gilpn and ,.., ,ulw
a youth 70 or,imAc' dhd to s fsrd5e L Unknown
whom modcty foriids Us to mention. In tdditin
" this invaluable personal freight, there were a
large number Of boxes Of coin, and two toxes of
State archive On one of these sat tho plsiply lint
lecorously CARRIED Governor, holding gold headed
cane, and looking pacidly down upon the caskets Of
coin which were his footstool. He was laerally
walking the golden street as the reward Of hissturdy
and inhcAbic fidelity to the cause Of patriotism and
good morals. He smiled, for he had struck a min.
which would make sensation in the digging of
Arizona. His administration was established on a
gold basis, and Tennessee would probably bo the
lrs, State in the South ~ resume specie pay monts
The modest Secretary sat upon another chest, hold
ng IN his hand red silk handkerchief containing
he private correspondence Of one Of the rebel STATE
officials, and feeling no doubt much more comfort
,blc than he did during the reign OF terror in Greene
1ille, when Ledbetters assassins hunted Union men
Ike wild beasts TO their places Of concaalment. -
a good deal, perhaps one or two hundred thou
and dollars Of the bank funds, has been stolen bv
he Fisher gang but under all the circumstances thu
people may thank their star tina. matter. ara mo-
worse The boxes are now all safely and parma.
lcntly lodged in the Capitol and their contents viii,
~ duly investigated rs early as pos,iblr N.s5:U