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Two returned Confederate soldiers wen. 10 the
house OF Dr.. Cliff in Franklin on last Wednesday.
ana demanded some food in a very rude manner Of
the lduies, who were the only persons present. One
q mem SAID that he had been fighting the Yankees,
ana the people owed him "a support. He then pro
eeeNea TO abuse the ladies in the most insulting IAN
SsaEe -oF some time, telling them they were pack
o. Yankees While he was going on IN this strain
General j. ?. Brownlow arrived. and 1asrnirr- Tho
state o. aiiSirs proceeded to give the two utr3ders
d terrible ihrashlng, knocking them down and DIV
ing them q hearty kicking for their inz5le1csS
Press ard Times
The General pitched into the two drunken black
guards with an Old sword, and gave them a sound
and telling drubbing. These men viii be arrested
for violation Of their parole
TIE next evening the General and Col. Maynard
Were way-laid and robbed in four miles OF Frank
lin, rs they were going from Nashville in buggy.
The ball fired at the General passed through his
clothes and cut his shirt In his hurried attempt to
get out his revolver it slipped down his pants into
bis bootleg or he would haYe killed one of the gang
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Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-15

SD AyH FATAE AcC.DES--I- f. with extreme resra
that we have 20 rcc0-d the death Of Col VIM Homer,
Custom House agent, By drowning. On lEs Isv soyo
yesterday, ne started on horseback for Ezl5ehou, gu
while attempting to cross the Watayza River 20 Hass
Ford four miles this side Of Eza5eth5u his horse STUN
5ed and tel, while in deep water and there being
near enough TO render him any assistance, be vas drown
ed His body was recovered caC sane dey His remains
were taken through this place yesterday morning
train, on their way TO Knoxville where bis b5reare @
lily reside. Col. Homer was one Of East Tennessee
best and truest Union men, and she wiz mourn ms loss
Of her nobest He old ard sslaelae1
citizen Of Knoxville, and leaves family ana countless
friends his unfortunate and Unriel dla-a On
the establishment Of the Custom House. m AaoS'le, u
1863 he was appointed by Governor Br3Tn0T special
Custom House Agent, aud was most alniu anu eueI-
cient ofieer-EGd Tennessee UaiaH f|11.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-15

The instructions given BY the President to North
Carolina and Georgia, are sufficient 70 show to the
rebel world that the debts created in warring upon
the Union viii never be paid by the sanctioned loyal
men. But if anybody still thinks that the United
states Government recognizes any sort of response
oiilty Tor the payment of any kind of obligations
contracted by the insurgents duringthe late rebel
hon' we advise them to read the following letters
from Secretary Seward:
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u. SeicGrd ~ Mr.. adams.
DEPARTNEST or STATE,
WASHINGTON March u I
arte8 Franci8 -4danls, Es9, SC.

CHaTteS FTanciS Adanls Es9, &c.
:, SIR; An impression is understood to prevail in
Europe, especially among the holders of the insur-
gent loan for which cotton was pledged as security
that In the event of the restoration of peace in this
country this Government viii assume the public
debt OF the insurgents, or, certainly the particular
debt referred to- 1t is believed, however, that no
impression could be more erroneous. There is no
likelihood that any part of that debt viii be assumed
or recognized by the United States Government 1t
proper and advisable, therefore that by any proper
means at your command you should authoritativelv
undeceiye the public in England on this point /
am your obedent servant,
WILLIAM II. SEWARD
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Knoxville, Tenn, November IS, 1865.

C. S. HUBBARD, OF New Haven, Connecticut, is or
ggulart appointed agent receive subscriptions for our
paper in the States Of Connecticut and Massachusetts
The WING can be had every week at the News
Depot Of r. II. Singleton, Post Office Building
Nashville Tenn.
LOUIS MCGLAUFLIN Is authorized 70 act as our
agent along the whole Pacific Coast HIS address
is San Francisco. California.
Col john II. JAMES, Chief Quarterm&sier oil
the District Of East Tennessee IS authorized 10 Io-
esive payment for subscriptions 20 this paper
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-15

TEXAS CoEy ESTION.-Gentlemcn from
Texas report that Gov Hamilton, actuated
by sinister motives, refuses to call conyen-
ton Of the people Of that State IN time TO
send members to the next Congress. 1t has
been remarked heretofore that he has issued
no proclamation to that effect, but as he IS
simply an agent of the government, receiv-
ing his appointment and authority from it,
and not directly from the people Of Texas,
If is to be inferred that he in all cases is gov
ernor by instruction. This being the infer
ence. the motive, for deferring the COnven-
ton can only be cOnjectwcd.
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Waking ED i'm MeXic0.

The papers report that Maximilium has appoint
ed Sterling Price Isham G. Harris and Lieut.. Maui
~, as commissioners Of colonization and immigra-
ton. If the French subaltern will furnish these
men with money, liquor and women enough they
will run the sle-bans successfully.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-15
EE>0LtII0N RELATIVE TO DIVIDING THE STATE
INTO CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS

INTO CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
Whereas, By the second section and third clause
of the Constitution Of the United States the basis
of representation in Congress IS determined by
adding 10 the whole number Of free persons, incud-
ing those bound to service for term of years and
excluding Indians not taxed three Ghs Of all other
persons and whereas, it appears not to have been
the intention Of the trainers of the Federal
Constitution that property in slaves should
constitute any part OF the basis Of the immediate
representation Of the people in Congret but that it
should constitute portion OF the data upon which
the representation Of the States As independent SOW
eTeigntles should rest; and whereas, Congress has
no power under the Constitution to prescribe the
manner and mode OF laying OF the States into Con-
gIesslOnal districts further than 10 secure to them
their full quota Of representation in the Congress of
the United States, members Of the confederacy.
Resolrea, therefore, That in dividing the State into
Congressional Districts, consistency and sound poll
y require that the slave population within the
sgec-lve districts should not be made an element of
political power.
Rc5oi-sa, That the data TO be regarded in adjust
ing the State into Congressional Districts shall be
tae whole number of those who are entitled to the
right of suffrage S. MILLIGAN
ISDORSED.
Hon. Rep. Oct. 6, IS42-Read and laid on the
table. THos. j. BROWN Clerk.
Hou Rep, Oct Is, l842-Indefnitely postponed.
THO. A. Brown, Clerk.
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Centre Building, Coffin Block.
Gay Street, Knoxville, Tenn

hEEr YOUR DISCHARGE PAPERs Every
soldier should be particularly careful in
keeping his discharge Papers, and not per
NIT them to get into the hands Of brokers
and spectators for little or nothing When
Congress shall have appropriated lands to
the use and benefit Of volunteers honorably
discharged from the service, discharge pa
pers viii be very valuable.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-15

To TIE MERCHANTS AND FARMERS or EAST Ten
NESsEE.
Having secured q cJmmgdioUs Store Room in ia.
Coffin Block, Gay Street Knoxville Tenn. I shall
LARGELY increase my stock Of Hardware Asricul-
tural Implements, Window Glass, Guns Pistols,
Ammunition and Notions and viii be happy TO
meet my old friends at all times.
We earnestly request every merchant and farmer
visiting Knoxville from distant parts OF East Ten
uesseo to make our house their Head quarters. Call
and examine our Stock.
No Charqe f9E .hgrly Gy.-sL
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Fair Warming.

Persons wishing to insert Communications or ai'er-
--eep. in our weekly paper re notified that they must
hind them into our oscc by Monday morning Of each
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Fletcher on COpnerheads.

Les than halldozcn cnvous men in the House,
have been making war upon Secretary Fletcher
lie has shown them up in the following card in their
true coIors. If they were capable of shame they
would hide their diminished heads:
SEgRETAEYs OFFICE, Oct 50, 1869.
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Card.

To His EAeclIeucy, ". 6. Brownlov, of Ter
Ic-SCc.
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". c. WILLIS, Secretary.
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N'E H. SEWARD, Secretary oil State.
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Joseph Fucgau, ESD, or Col. Geo. W. Call
Lose no time about the Navy Yard and
forts ut Pensacola.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-03-22
A Solemn Scene.

One day last week, says the Eastern
States Journal, the School Street Church
was the scene of a sad funeral, that of
Joseph S. DeGrees and wife, of Billiards.
vile, who were found dead in their bed
in that town a few mornings since, in
each others arms. They had been suffo-
Gated by coal gas, having lad a coal fire
in the stove the previous evening and
the damper being discovered shut square
ly after the room door was forced. Mr..
Defrees formerly lived in Boston, and at
tended the Rev. DR., Miiler's church.
That gentleman. united them in wedlock
scarcely a year since, and he now oficia-
ted at tina: funeral. The deceased lay in
the position in which they were found,
nearly on their backs, his arm extended
under her neck, and his hand under her
shoulder, their faces slightly inclined to-
ward each other. Her cheeks wore a
slight tinge almost like life, for she was
naturally Of good color, and their dark
hair seemed but to rest in sleep on the
silken pillow. 1t was a picture Of con.
genial affection, saddened by the pres
ence of death. The silver plate bore an
inscription showing that Mr.. Dcfree.
was aged twcuty.seven years and three
months, aud his wife twenty-six years
and three months.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-03-22
The Late Brittle Near Kinston
NnrthN Carolina.

We have received some detailed ac.
counts Of the late fight of General Cox
with the C~onfsderates near Kinstoa,
North Carolina. They are taken from
the Philadelphia Inquirer. The cores
pondent, in speaking of the battle Of the
9th inst, says:
THE BATTLE OF THE STH INST.
Wednesday forenoon, the 9Th, the enc
nv gave evidence of a determination to
attempt to turn our left flank, where the
18th Connecticut and the 2Sth Massa-
chusetta were occupying the advance
line. The rebel force that made this un
expected onset is supposed to have been
Hoke's division. They came upon us
furiously. and the consequence was that
a large portion Of the two regiments men,
toned above were taken prisoners, they
having been completely outAanked by the
rebels, who pressed in upon them from
the rear and sides, and gobbled them up
neatly en- mdsse.
The 9th Massachusetts, numbered not
far from two bundred,y Lieutenant Colon
Ell Bartholomew being in command. BE
was captured with his regiment. 1t is
his second misfortune Of the kind. &c
was once before captured, when in Hook.
mans brigade, at Drugs Bluff. He is
a most worthy officer, and his command
fought like heroes before %surrendering
but it was against far too great odds
The 18th Connecticut numbered twelve
or thirteen hundred, including a few
fragments Of other regiments that were
with them, and a large proportion o.
them were captured. Major Osborne
who was in command, was wounded ant
taken prisoner.
Just previous to this the enemy haC
advanced with similar impetuosity il
front Of the First aud Second Divisions
and captured portions of three or fou,
companies of the Twelfth New Yorl
Cavalry.
Many of these thre, commands mad,
good their escape in the confusion tina
occurred and a~iterward, and some hav'
struggled in from time to time even u
, to the present moment.
At the close of the action, the CORE
i, spondent says:
At this, night coming on, the actiol
! ceased. Captain Fish, Of the Twelfth
: New York Cavalry, had lost two smal
howitzers, and Captain Kelsey, Of tn
, Third New York Artillery, had last
; Napoleon gun. We had taken, perhaps
two hundred prisoners during the day.
!, On the 9th, the enemy attacked agai
but were severely repulsed.
f As to the character of the Cenfedel
ates, we are told:
; The prisoners we took were mostl
Georgians. and South aud North Care
e %linians. The most of the prisoners wer
well dressed, and had with them dupl
Gates of jackets, shirts, shoes, aud pei
sonal outfit generally, including goo
Q knapsacks. canteens, &c. They wer
generally robust young men Of eightee
or twenty years of age.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-03-22
The Present Financial Phe-
namana.

The country-fnansially--is in a CON
dition similar to that Of a man who has
been bled every day until the practice
has grown into a habit which can neither
be safely intermitted nor continued. If
the process is persisted in, be will die
with exhaustion; if abandoned, he will
die with congestion. The numerous fail
ures that are taking place under the cur
rent advance in paper securities indicate
that the time has arrived when luctua-
tions either way are about equally dan
gerous. When gold goes up, one set of
men are FRUSTRATED; when it goes down,
another. 1t is observable that they who
are now failing are, by the public jour.
nails, put in the category Of spectators
This is only partially true-only true to
the extent that, in times like these, all
men in active business are speculators.-
There is not, in the old sense, any such
thing as regular trade upon established
rules Of profit. The changes in the pa
per price of the standard St mercantile
values which take place within the period
bounded by the purchase or manufacture
on the one hand, and the sale upon the
other, are sufficient to override all the old
laws Of thrift and establish q new and
speculative basis for business transaO-
tions. IA n
We have been looking for the au-
nouncement Of numerous mercantile fail
urcs, under the present depression in the
gold market. We have heard persons
sagacious in financial phenomena predict
that the descent of gold to one dollar and
a half would break great numbers OF
merchants in the cities Of the country.
The word "panic" is now used to des-
cribe the state of the public mind in
those localities. A fall in gold-that
movement which many look upon with
so much gratiication-is producing a
panic. Panic is that loss Of confidence
in the immediate future which indicates
an %oyerpowering sense of the unsound-
ness of that which has hitherto been its
foundation. 1t is economical anarchy,
the equivalent of the cry Of the members
Of a routed army-"every man for him
self" 1t is the natural termination Of a
period of extreme speculation. AS things
stand, we can not afford to have gold &C
down very much, nor up very much. We
are balancing between congestion apt
exhaustion, with the certainty that both
will result in the same fnality.- Gin,
Enquirer.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-03-22
The Election.

The Spring Elections will soon take
place, and it behooves our Democratic
friends to be up and doing. Many men
seem to regard the local elections which
occur annually in the boroughs and town.
ships where they reside, as of but little
importance. This is an entirely wrong
view Of the matter. The Offices to be fill
ed, if of comparatively little magnitude,
are nevertheless highly important. Much
depetis upon having the right kind of
men for officers. 1t is the duty of every
good citizen to take an interest and a
part 10 the selection and election of those
who are to gil the comparatively humble
positions.
To Democrats, we would say, nominate
your very best men, and then make a Wig.
orous effort to secure their election. A
manly effort made in the spring gives
strength and energy for the more import.
ant contests that come off in the fall
Let our friends throughout the county
see how we'll they can do at the coming
election. A properly directed effort, il
vigorously and judiciously made, may en-.
able them to carry townships they never
carried before. We hope that every rea.
der Of the Union will take such an in
terest in this matter as its Importance de
mands.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-03-22
HhMILIATING.

ANDY JOHNSON, the Vice President
Of the United States, was drunk when he
was sworn into Office Oh, shame, where
is thy blush He is a disgrace to the
country, and the Republican press are
calling upon him to resign and retire
from tho position he has disgraced in the
eyes Of the nations of the world Such
dishonor makes the cheek Of every lover
Of his country tingle with shame. When
such men as JOHNSON are chosen to fll
the highest Offices in the nation, merely on
account Of being "sound' on a fanatical
idea or ism, the people can expect moth
ing but disgrace and disaster. How graf
fled must be the preachers and Christians
in Ashland, as we'll as elsewhere, who
voted for JOHNSON, at this exhibition Of
his brutality, and what a magnificent ex
change the country made, instead Of the
gifted, Tie moral, the high.miuded gen.
tleman aud statesman, P~ENDLEToN, the
Democratic candidate for the place SO
dishouored by the present incumbent.
The Editor Of the Times, who makes
great ~preteasions to Christianity, has!not
a word of rebuke for the disgraceful con-
duet of JOHNSON. Speak out, JEFFER.
SON. Give US your opinion Of this mis-.
cradle, degraded wretch.
The following lines, taken from Sit
WALTER ScoTT's beautiful poem, "The
Last Lay of the Minstrel" are very appli
cable to the "plebian' Vice President:
High though his titles, proud his name
Bcundless his wealth as wish can claim;
Despite those titles power, and pelf,
The wretch, concentered all in self,
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust from whence he sprung,
Unwept, .unhonored, and unsung.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-03-22
The Great Obstacle TO Peace.

Is it not possible that the great obsta-
Gle to q return Of peace, which is so gen.
orally conceded to be the want Of mag
nanimity and of libcrality Of views and
Of conditions, on the part of the admins
%tration. may be accounted for, in addition
to narrowness of intellect and want of
statesmanlike ability, by some more
weightv and convincing arguments-cer-
tainly applied to subordinates in every
c~apacity-and which are now being made
use of SO openly and shamelessly, as to
prove that DO one is exempt from suspi-
cion? Is it not the interest Of almost
every Administration politician to pro-
tect the war, and are not the exceptions
those who have already feathered their
nests, and can therefore affect a more
liberal spirit? And when this influence
has not directly been used with Cabinet
officers, Senators and Representatives, is
it not almost as potent indirectly through
their friends and supporters, hundreds oil
thousands of whom are dependent upon
the continuation of the war as a means
Of support or speculation? Is it not easy
for these men to assure their leaders that
"it will never do to stop this thing now, y
hat sit must be continued to the bitter
end" that :.'peace would be the ruin o.
the party?' And when these Leaders
hear these arguments and see what
good thing it is for their friends, are they
not easily convinced that the true policy
is what they wish?
It looks like it, and it makes the hon
est and conservative almost despair wher
they see what has to be contended agains
in addition to the military strength o.
the rebellion, in order to restore harmon,
and union. - Detroit Free Press.