The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-05
Governor BrOwnIOw Again at the Edi-
tOrial Desk.

Governor Brownlow went to his home in
Knoxville to eat his Christmas turkey, and
amused the leisure Of holiday week by writing
whole number of his paper, the Knoxville
Whig. Here are some spicy extracts:-
THE sNEED AND oRozIER PROPERTY
''Some men having deep concern for the noto,
rious and unrelenting Rebels named ABOVE have
indulged in words against the undersigned for
recovering and holding their property in a
damage suit For man kno wing all the facts in
the case and censuring me, have no more re.
gard for him than for any other malicious villain.
And for the information of those not posted |
will give facts. These two men advised my ar
rest and imprisonment, and had me thrown
into Jail in the dead of winter-going in with a
good constitution, and coming out with
1t broken down, after confinement for three
months and third. / proved on the trial bv
testimony from their own side of the question:
that they held meetings in Ramsey's law office,
after was incarcerated, and debated whether to
hang me, send me 10 Southern prison, to be
held during the war, or turn me out and let me
be disposed OF by Rebel soldiers, several thou
sand OF whom were here asking that be turned
over to them. Several of the rutfians in guard
ing the Jail fired at the windows, and falsely
claimed that their muskets went off by accident
When was arrested by that thief and scoundrel,
Fox, their Confederate jailor, and was marched
through the streets to prison, Sneed and Crozier
exulted, and approved the act. l propose to
make them laugh the other side of their mouths
before / am done with them. / owned in nv
owneright Sl2,OOO;of the issue of the Bank Of
East Tennessee, sued for the money and re-
covered in both the Chancery and Supreme
Courts, and got an order for sale, and hold the
bank property for my benefit. After | was
banished from the country, Crozier made a
motion in court to have the money deposited by
the Clerk and Master in the branch of the Bank
of Tennessee OF which his brother.in-law was
President.
''When General Burnside came in. DR. Ram
sey the President, fed South, taking nv money
with him. And L might now as well have a
claim on iay-bird as ON him or his securities
l shall, therefore, pursue Sneed and Crozier to
the end OF the law, and in their absence those
who represent them. l will teach them what it
is to imprison me tor opinions sake, rob me of
my moderate effects, and then drive my family
out of the country Meanwhile / don't want
the good opinion of those who are in sympathy
with them, and will try so TO conduct myself as
not to be burdened with their praise
REBEL EDITOR.
''The notorious j. A. SpeTy, editor and pub
Usher OF the Knoxville Register was brought
before the Federal court last week and dis
charged, as a gentleman tells us, ON the ground
that there was no charge against him. This man
has edited and published, until Burnside came
in, one of the most reasonable sheets that ever
yilihed the Federal Government and persecuted
Union men in this or any other Stale. Every
cowardly writer and vindictive blackguard that
chose to abuse the Government, and sandel
loyal men, would do so through the Register,
and Sperry would father their articles as edi
torlals OF his own. The result was that con
stant nre was kept up against the Government