Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-04-19

'npie Justice 9 pay fhsu sks interest slrssdy due
fhem.
Tbs EaaAyilIs and cA.ssAsooxs Rsllroad ives sa-
tRn possession pf BY the Federsi authorities on tbs
ah Of March, 1882, and hw been hah and used
sser slnee, and regarded - 8 military nsessssy Il
s. hava kept the aeeqanE strictly, she b nov about
&aay "a make settlement Ny infofmsiioa Il that
eeFtAin allpsrs af the eompanF visited " ashinetoa
q two alasrst oecasiona aos tie pesposs u otlAin-
ing ps,tlelnent With ths oaaFiermnsssz General
They fsiled In lheif eoFsA thossh ths President cf
90 Usited statss, who was present on both eeca-
Iona oppressed his views xsshaly a. faEoriag the
fhyment 81 ths eompany for he ne Of glss Foaa.-
los should nov ealI epGa tks pRoeee aash0fitius at
darlington foe payment of slis aHd other eoBpa-
es, requiring the money reesived 70 Be applied 70
tns pAytnent Of Interest % their6onds Ths anoupt
sdorsed by the State SoR the Eashvsis snd Chaata.
spoga Rsiiroad Company Is q, $4,000, ard The In
trest accrued thereon Il now nearfy $500 coo. ItM
ellssea ihss epof 3eF setfsfnent 80 Government
vii oRs tie cornpapy hfgsiy over that nulvant -
This road ebat The eoHpany - sts 900 including he
efuipnsents and depofs
Tie other roads "a fhe STATE are .Enaiariy ssaassa
And demand yoat attent,oR. Thoss sfaceFs Of roads
ard stock holders wac ae South, carrying With them
BE rolling stock end faeds, should b hid 70 strict
aecoantsh shlfty, and taiF pfopeFty end stoek shouh
b made, tn paet 10 atoms fof these Losses 70 tks
state and countfy The case o. the East Tshnes-'
Afe ana 6eofg1a halirosd and vs. f1Ehlss Ffeklasnt
requires your especial astaatloh.
Il l. believed he time hsa now cone for The COM
paBies sgain 70 use their foads--foF ths Govern
nent, II need bs under evenA Military SapeFihtsn-
lendent thereby sfect8ng vast aaying to he Gov
efhnsnt asking only The same pay feF fteights and
Passengers they are nov paying 70 The louisville
md Nashville Railroad Company. As this var +
fpr the benefit Of the whole nation L Is not believed
5hst the 0sneFai Government intends that TanAes-
eo shaH pay more than her Just proportion Of The
war debt
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILHOAD.
Your ssseasion Is calsa % The fact that The Lois
vile and Nashville Railroad Company. b running q
portion Of that road in Ehis State say about sixty
miles, with another branch from Bowling Green 70
CIarksville; and Ger al that poFsioh Of road In
state The Govesnnent pays The Kentacky company
q if ths road we're in any athsF loyal State. The
laformation have is 70 the eject that the Kentuc
ky company treats With indifference the claims Of
tennessee upon that road. Il is your duty 10 LET
sat company khew, in decided but respectful termS
chat your rghts are. and that you viii dare sssert
aDd maintain them.
CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION.
The duty devoixes upon you al this session, Of
aacting two Senstcrs 70 the Congress Of the United
States and Of re-dstrc.ing the State 90 a. without
delay 70 provide for the election Of eight Represen
ssAives 20 the next Congress. II e With profound
regret that have observed seveFal Rspnblicsn Jour
nails ana some eAdiag politicians Of ability and in
auence are opposed 70 The admission Of Sanatoa and
Representatives from Tennessee. They take the
Rfound that the state should be treated as Terri
orv and continued under military government sub
ci 10 the arbitrary orders cf military rula II their
Dangerous and revolutionary dOctrins b adhered 10
ky any considerable portions Of Senators aud Rep
fssentatvss in Congress, shall for one dread the
feassoaeRrS. SAnhsors Fsa 7ls6prA1enWrIvsS, lcEuR
me to believe they Win discard, indignantly, any
such proposition Tho loyal people Of tennessee
have resolved through the baIlotbox to rule them
selves under the Federal Gag, taking the ground
that the State has never been oat Of the union and
boldly denyiag that the unoonstit tonai and trcas-
onabie acts Of those IN febelloa ever carried them
out Of the Union. Besldes, the snsngurstion Of the
Vice President from this SEase and The withdrawal
81 Military Governor, 70 give plass 70 evil su-
fhority AZ the status Of Tennessee IN the estimstio
OF the FEDERAL authorities proper. And 70 your good
sense and nnyielding Hrmnsss, submit this grave
question, not doubling that your acon viii be cor
Fect
STATE PRISON.
Your attention IL called 10 tho condition OF Affairs
Ia the State Prison Iull end sPecae details Of which
re given in the report Of the eoer who Is IN charge
Of that inssitutien. ] have every ooRfdsnes that
the Legislators will look iAto The waists Of the in
sttution and do for it What, IN the Judgment q
members, may seem proper. Meanwhile. suggest
the establishments of heinches of tho Pehitentisry
in theWestern District and in East Tennessee. The
cost Of building on moderate scale, would eesayed
% the State Ia Hfeen OF twenty yeass in the angle
iseui Of cash market in each end ef the State, for
prueisons 20 sastains and raw material to keep the
coHviets employed in manufacturing Rs lunl-
Der, marble iron coal leather, etc. The erection Of
buildings would furnish employment sAd cash wa
ees 10 number Of mechanics; snd Is there are
several saiariel ocer atsAched 10 such an insitu-
ton, It would distribute the patFoaAge Of the State
IN her three natural diyisohs II this b BOT done,
an enlargeuentaf The State Prison will be required
The domeralized condition Of both our wAisa and
coored population, VIII cause scores 70 Be sent u
the Ponitentlary as our courts SO into opsralic9.
ASYLUM FoR the INSANE.
Ths Tennessee Hospital foF the Insane, oae Of The
charitable ns it1tieAs u the Staie located in th
vicinity, deserves your attention, and yCas aid. Ths
nrusnerity and suesess ef .hst noble State charts
sar an ihas IA friends and the fFiands of humanit,
could desire St the breakiag oat Of this wicked rs
beliian but The Institution has stFagglsd hard Z
keen above tho waves &c Oblivon Coz four yeaFs paat
Ii keeps it, deposits IN the Baak Of Tennessee ans
nay AloTmafioa s that WbeR tka fAithess aslesss =
lhs bank ted, on the appsoash af tbs natieaal Gag
they carried with them sons s3e.o00 Belonging 4
he Inatittion. For The ae1ais "a regard % is pas
epcratiaRs aud present necessities refer you 10 81
repost of the Superintendent aud Chief Surgeon
nithfal and inseliigenl eisizsn.
ASYLUM FcR rHE BLIND,
The Teanessee Hind School, State iasfitulivi
ii this city has been nttsriy assfeysd By the Fed
aral forees and the unfortanata pup solne forty
nnfnher ere diEtrihatei among theis friends, an
the friends cf humanity. II vas not military NJ
cessty that saed ibF The destrueten of ths 1as.it
tien, but II was the work Of reeks1nsss and Il thi
aeaerai Assembly viii preseat DE sahiect 70 th
GOyeFamenl Al Washington 10 this hghk Il Ia b
iieyed thai proper steps viii Be taken 70 rteFe thl
noble charity. The hoReA q saose paplh q bes
We have done all that lice Ia our power. We leol
I ont uppn The world and We know i b Il vlsfbi
/ beanly--ws klow eBs wives by their aaeetionsi
locks car ehildFsa ~ their smiIea and tAtnfes oa
neiahhus by their faces sna aiaHner 81 sdress; b
these aad an other earthly things sreso those him
psopls shsuudea Ia aafknass. and aisndh rhiidFe'
! aud she world nFe kst - them aFsyeR.
pEAF ASH DrxB ASYLUM