The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-02-24
! Richmond Times Narrates q
Ten aessce Incident.

Tebupsscc Influefih
boc Of Go, srnor ;,'rownlow'' spec.
lions has come TO grief, and wc
Il saw We cannot rtsrct IT, not
hstanding he belongs TO It nroies,-
(thc clcrgy) with whose trials
losses we always have the deepest
bpa,hy. II seems he was in too
ri hurry, aud the good book
Uses us that they who make haste
be rich, cannot keep their hands
from evil and stain. II seems
a gentleman at Knoxville,
ned Sneed, In obedience to a call
bis State, at the breaking ont of
war, had cast his lot with Ten
Dec, and gone forth like an Indian
die with his tribe. Thereupon,
worthy and excellent man OF
a, Parson Brownlow, appeared as
creditor Of Snced's, and made a
i'm Of twenty-five thousand dollars
inst him. Whether ii was in the
Iurc of damages for The suffering
pwnlow went through for his coun-
8 cause we do not know, as the
ree of the Court that we have
y does not show the nature of the
I'm. However, Sneed's property
J grabbed in his absence, attach
uts were issued and levied, and it
sold, and Parson Brownlow
light it, and gathered the rents
rcof into his own garner. But
Bed came home, and it being an
pleasant thing to see another man,
he a stranger, too, domiciled in
rs own house, he invoked the aid
the beni6cent laws of the United
htes to restore to him his own. He
a taken the oath prescribed in the
Exclamation of President Lincoln,
q under and by virtue Of that had
come possessed of all the privi-
es, rights, and immunities of q
-blooded American citizen-hC
not even need a pardon-and
liked the streets of Knoxville, .
ppy man, under the broad egis O.
9 Constitution, that palladium O.
e rights and liberties. The caus'
Sneed vs.. Brownlow was heart
fore that able lawyer, Judge Trigg
g Of Mr.. Lincoln's appointees
rownlow fought stoutly-as h,
ways does-but came out Of th'
ntcst a sadder, if not wiser man
IA with his hatred of "rebels" in
eased tenfold in an inverse Chris
hn ratio. Sneed got his propert,
lck, and the ex-parson lost wha
rs not his own. 1t seems that il
e hurry and excitement of so ricI
prize, he was willing to make us
some "rebel legislation" and ha'
! 3 attachment, ETC., made returnabl
a term of the Knoxville Court
eated BY the Tennessee Legislature
Nbcl" so-called. Here was tn
efect, and Judge Trigg in the deere
rdcring the restitution Of the proT
Fty TO Sneed, declares that beside
nfcrmalities attending the whole pr,
eeding of the plaintiff, that ii
erm Of Court to which the wri'
vcre returnable, was no term at al
he could not recognize any Of III
cts Of the Legislature that create
So the Governor walked out
: Court minus some valuable tow
y in Knoxville, speculating upc
~ maxim that the "wicked mu
n0er," and breathing fury and brin
one against Tennessee rebel
hether he Is going to resign u
nbernatorial chair and move Nor
HI his household goods is n
hted. II he does, doubtless d
eeping and wailing and gnashing
eth In Tennessee will be fearful
BAR and behold, and the announc
ent will spread, as It were, a p
ser the State. There are many j.
hch titles as this that will doubtl'
! thoroughly ventilated and sift
n able, upright judges in the FL
Sal Courts. Many patriots, inste
4 going to the wars and seeki
the bubble reputation Of the ca
IONS mouth" from a wholesome d
ke of salipetre, remained behi
nd gathered up their neighbo
roperty In too great hurry, and cc
.sqaently got titles perfectly wor
In this case Mr.. Sneed ought to
fstefui to Governor Bnwnlow,
his attachment saved the propc
|om a sale under the coaf;scat
It. There are some curious poi
y this act, by the way, and the =
eedings under Il, and the sales, : :
bat we propose to discuss hsreaI
q convenient season. There
kuch In the matter Of great inteI
y our people.
QuEnY.-How many quarter I
1nusre blocks will iill an inch squ