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Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-21
The Temnerance Cause.

Foremost among the evils of our day is the vice
of intemperance How to suppress the evils OF this
vice is now the question of the day. During the
all efforts bytemperance societies and by South
ern churches were relaxed and the evil increased to
fearful extent, having literally taken the country
What is to be done? is the anxious enquiry of many
a parent, sister brother, wife What is to be done?
is the anxious enquiry of the faithful pastor whose
dram drinking members stay away from the sanctu-
airy, and whose officials are publicly intoxicated on
all occasionsI No force of argument or array Of
facts will now convince the confirmed drunkard or
dram drinking church member of the folly, the
guilt and consequent ruin of their course. The
presence of dram-shops and the articles of rum
sellers set aside all the arguments and facts that
be brought to bear The family influence, theteach-
ings at church. ard the lessons at school, would be
adequate to the work of reformation but for the e-
galized schools of drunkenness throughout the land,
where young men and boys, and orderly members
of the church, learn to drink. Drunkenness is a
foe to national prosperity domestic peace and indi-
vdual happiness. Intoxication is at the bottom of
nearly all the crimes of the age The four robbers
and murderers recently hung in Nashville acknowl-
edged that whisky stimulated them to commit these
crimes Two-thirds Of all the convcts in the State
prison admit that ardent spirits brought them to
shame and disgrace. Aad two-thirds of all the
prisoners in our county jails will admit the same
fact The thief draws audaeity, the bully insolence
and the rowdy recklessness, from the of whisky
The of the assassin is nerved to strike the fatal
blow by charge Of alcohol. The brothel and
gambling bells fed by the passions aroused By
liquor In a word it is the main spring of all the
machinery of ungodliness with which the country
abounds
Total abstinence is the only safety. The moderate
use Of liquor Is ont Of the question. Most men, i
they drink at all will drink to excess. Every drunk
ard has been n moderate drinker, and every moder
ate drinker is on the road to drunkenness We ex
pect nothing from legislation at Nashville. The
/ proceedings of that body show, that but the othe
day, a grocery opened in one of the committed
rooms was expelled from the Hall Of the House, by
/ a resolution of that body! 1t only changed tc
different locality. for the of such members a
are bound to have it. This is Il bad example to Sc
before the world and before the rum-selers of ou
drunken State.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-21
Hon, Solomon Garrett.

Garrett, who halls from Overton county duun z
= recent debate in the Tennessee Legislature, was
more violent and incorporate in MS language than
the rebel papers are. He was more violent thah DC
was when he triea to against Stokes Tor Con
gress. He denounced the Congress Of the United
States as band of trajtorous scoundres, headed by
Sumner and Stevens. He denied that the PresI-
dent was in favor OF limiting the righ: Of suffrage
70 Ioyal men, or that he favored negro testimony
He was Just from Washington and claimed to know
If this Solomon would take another trip to Wash
ington he would revolutionize the Government
And if something is not done to neutraize MS vast
influence, power learning, and eloquence IN Tonnes
zee be will vet annex the State to Mexico
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-21
President .Johnson's Policy.

The traitors of the South have not accepted the
kind Offers of the President in the proper spirit or
in the spirit in which be made them. Bis kindness
has not been reciprocated. They have elected men
to serve as Senators and Representatives who were
either Senators or Representatives in the rebel Con-
gress, or were in command of armed regiments and
brigades in fighting to destroy the Government
They are men who cannot take the Congressional
test OATH cannot be admitted to their seats, and
ought not to be admitted The Southern States have
really treated the President badly, and have proven
TO the world that the old disease of secession still
turks in their hearts. Their papers, all over the
South, are bold bitter, and defiant many of them
even threatening another rebellion. We do not
claim to he competent to advise the President nor
do we assume TO do so nov; but if we had been the
President when Congress assembled, we SHOULD have
said to them that in sll honesty and kindness we
had endeavored to restore the rebeous States that
their bad faith and worse conduct had rendered our
efforts failure and we hand the whole matter
over to the peoples representatives in Congress tc
do as their wisdom and sense of justice might die
tate. and with them we would pledge our hearty CO
operation This it seems TO US, is the only cours'
left for the President and this course will be de
manded by Congress, who united firm, and res
olute upon doing what they think is right as be
tween rebels and the Government. There are thou
sands urging the President to different course, bu
they are that elias, Of who have no real friend
ship for him. who seek to distract the councils OF tn
nation, and divide the friends of the Union throug
him, and after they have done that have no turtle
use for him or his policy. We are not able to ga
what the President will do, but if he shall play int
the hands of the enemies of the country he is nc
that far-seeing man, and jddge of men, that we ha
supposed him to be. Oar mind is made up-we al
with the Union party in Congress, and with ther
we intend to sink or swim. The people are also wit
them, and for the country, and against Its enemle
and the men who refused to vote men and money
carry on the This latter class are the men mo
loud in their praise of the President laboring da
and night to create split between him and tt
party that elected him and saved the country.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-21
Amendment TO the Constitution OF
Tennessee Proposed.

Senator Frazier, of Knox, has introduced bill
into the State Senate TO amend the Constitution o.
Tennessee SO to allow the privilege OF the cleo
tive franchise TO every male inhabitant OF the age
of twenty-one years, who is citizen of the United
States, and citizen of the county wherein ne may
offer his vote SIX months next preceding the cleo
ton; Provided that person of African or Indian
descent shall be qualified to vote unless ne is able t.
read and write and be the owner of at least $3.50 II
cash or property; and further, that no person wh'
has voluntarily given aid and assistance to the lat
rebellion, and who has never been Pardoned by TAX
ing the oath of amnesty, or by the Presidents spe
esl pardon shall be permitted to vote many election
in this State,
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-21
Do We Endorse the President.

The rebel batterers and newborn admirers Of
President johnson ask with insolence, if such and
such men endorse the President and his re-construc-
ton policy? By this standard they measure every
mans patriotism and love of country We are call
ed to an account, and an answer demanded OF Us
upon this point. In answering the question we
would be pleased to have some one say '9hat thGt
ooIi.v is and what Is contemplated by a. We en-
dorse all the orders proclamations and speeches Of
the President as reported and published while he was
Military Governor Of Tennessee. Throughout that
entire period he contended that treason should be
stamped with nfamy; that leading intelligent, con-
sc;ous traitors should be tried and punished; that
treason should be made odious, and the demands OF
Justice satifed by Furnishing lis guilty authors that
s the guarantees of the Government In fact as wei
a. in form be placed beyond the danger OF recall
and that if there were but 5000 loyal men IN Ten
,s.see thew should control the State and further
that rebels should occupy the back seats. We ART
On this natform and if the President is still on this
.I.,form ve are with him II his reconstruction
,,oli,v proposes to reverse this policy aud to aoan
don this platform 1e are not ruth hi' nor are the
lov,l and true men Of Tennessee. If be intend *
.rdon and turn loose upon the country all the oac
men that led Of in this rebellion; or If he intends
"a reconstruct the late rotten Democratic party
and to force upon Congress the rebel delegates talk
ing treason, and Boosting of what they did 10 dc
stroy the Government, we are not with him nor are
the true men of toe nation. If he holds to th'
principles Of the Baltimore Platform, upon which
himself and Mr.. Lincoln were nominated, We are
with him. If he has crawed of OF that platform
we will not 60 off with him, nor viii the loyal mer
Of the country.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-21
Case of r. 3. REYNOLDS.

This man resigned the Office of Paymaster in the
United States Army, and accepted that OF Brigade
Quartermaster in the Confederate service, with the
rank of Major. He afterwards appointed Con-
federate States Commissioner and was active and
bitter in trying and imprisoning Union men-after
presenting cooked pistol at them backed up by
Confederate ruffians in uniform. In the house of
Reynolds in Knox county, has been found his letter
book and diary kept during the war, the contents
Of which reveal him as q most bitter and violent
man. He enters the following record TO the
Richmond Congressman, Su0Gn:
Honorable William G. Swan declared to me in
the presence of General John c. Ramsey, that he
was willing to be known to the public the echo OF
John Mitchell and that he drew from Mr.. Mitchell
all of his information on all great questions This
he said at Knoxville, on the 18th Of Feb. 1863"
He enters the following on the subject of negro
education, evidently written for the Knoxville
Register
mr.. SPEERI Have you such thing in Knox
vile as negro schools7 Ii so, the sooner they are
put own the better am told that several of youl
! free negroes read and write One free negro, bar
ber has been known to write letters from Ohio, en-
largng upon the abolition doctrines. Your slaves
Mr.. Editor, growing quite impudent, and are
inurjng the country slaves no little Sundays they
hire hacks at way high figures and visit the coun
try, contrary TO the statute They pretend to wor
ship but it is all pretense. This practice ought Il
| be stopped. The public can see by the present dc
mOrallzatiOn of the slaves what we would suffer By
general emancipation Lincolns proclamation i
not worth the paper that it was written upon, bu
we must draw the reins tighter on theslaVes now il
! our midst, or they will be q nuisance
Reynolds is now in Illinois, and has recently ap
piled to the President for pardon. If such men ar
turned loose upon the community it is useless to op
pose treason and traitors any longer.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-21
Paving LOYAL ClaiInS.

A new elias of claims has lately been presented to
Congress and by the House referred to the Military
COMMITTEES. County Commissioners from Mary
land have fled claims for the value of bridges &c
stroyed by the rebels during the invasion Of that
State. Kentucky Turnpike Companies are asking
damages for injuries done to their roads during the
war. This character Of claims together with the
large, fraudulent, and vllainious claims urged by
noted rebels, many of which have been paid, has
induced Congress to stop the work Of paying claims
Of all descriptions. Thus loyal men whose claims
are just, and who are suffering for want OF money
Justly due them, are made TO suffer by the re52
claims urged and paid and which ought never Il
have been entertained or paid
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-21
To the Voters Of the 18th judicial Cir.
cult of Tennessee.

FELLOW CIT1zENs:-I had not desired,
nor intended, to be candidate for Judge
of the 18th Judicial Circuit, but on my re
turn from Washington, few days ago, 1
found my friends had circulated my name
for that important Office; and after consul
tation with many of those who have the
right to command my service, l do not feel
authorized to reject what seems to be a gen
eral desire for me to be a candidate. l
therefore ask your votes to make me Judge.
If elected, l will exert every energy to fill
the position with satisfaction to you, and
credit to myself.
The election is THURSDAY, the 1st day Of
MARCH Can't hope to see many Of you
before the election. Profoundly grateful
for your past support, l ask renewal O
your confidence. Very Respectfully,
L. G. HoUK
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-21
SAFE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.

10y VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF THE
Circuit Court Of Rogersve made at the January Term
1896 in Of Smith Woods Admir- of Jacob Miller dec d.
Vs. Daniel c. Miller and Others the undersigned as Conms
sioacr viii sell the highest bidder at the court house
door R0sersge Wednesday May 3D. 1866 the
onehaf IF Three Lots lying the Rosersvle anu 'e
Tuesday April 10TH 1885, the late residence OF jacob NIL
lcr deceased, late Of Hawkins county VII S :. INV Id
belonging to the estate said deceased sad land VIII De
sf in to uit uurchasers. There is quantity OF
River bottom and the premises well tnbered and waered
There is GOOD dwelling house and out buildings on the pre-
T which are included the Widows Dover, but the whole
If fb lands will be sold subject to the Dover Estate sad
e wifi he made a credit of tee ee mouths except the sum Of
ire ~ f b Be paid hand and note with good seeurl ty
viii required the purchase money and lien retained TO
the same w. "a, III IN,
feb2I-6t Clerk anu commissioners
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-21

clearly LAYING down the principles and measures
which they mean by the Presidents policy. fthey
mean the immediate admission Of Congressmen,
from the rebel States without conditions, they should
say so. If they mean their exclusion until the
rebel States have provided equal laws for the pro-
lection of their people and have ratified such con-
stitutional amendments needed for the settle
ment of peace on q sure foundation, and have shown
loyal disposition, and have established peace and
security at home, they should say so.
If they mean that the war did not affect the
rights and powers of the rebel State governments,
| and that any interference with them by the United
States Government is as improper and unconstltu-
tonal as the would be in the Northern States,
they should so lay it down. for although this con-
dennis Mr.. Johnsons course yet there are those who
All rm this, and at the time resolve their sup
port of his policy. In short, such resolutions offer
ed for the adoption of so respectable body the
General Assembly of Ohio ought to be, should be
honest and straightforward and not a mere perso-
nal bid of politicians for favors in the executive
dispensation
And the deliberate expression of the General As
sembly on national affairs, should pay due regard
to the constitution organization of our Government
which places the control of such political affairs al
the for the reconstruction of civil govern
ment in the hands of the Congress of the represen
tatives of the people This great body is the con
stitutionai exponent of the national will. With j
all the other departments of governments should har
monize and toward this harmony the expressions o
local sentiment and pledges of support should b
addressed Cincinnati Gazette
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-21
The Result.

Ii will not be denied by any intelligent and can
did man. that al the caamites and bloodshed that
have occurred during the last four years are attrb-
table TO the Secessonis and that in their conduct
is an exempliacation of the Scrptural passage that
teaches, "They who take the sword shall perish by
the sword" and that, "A naughty spirit goeth be-
fore a fall" Such has been the result Of this great
conflict, and although it Is plain as the nose on
mans face, the arrogant, npudent selfish leaders OF
the rebellion refuse to see it, and stubborny continue
their war upon the Government, and all who have
been its fast friends and supporters.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-21

MEk1No SHEEp.-A leading feature in the
Michigan State Fair was the display of
merino Sheep. About six hundred Of these
animals were exhibited A correspondent
of the Chicago Tribune says
"The exhibition of Spanish merinOs has
never been excelled, if equalled in the West,
and it shows a most commendable enter
prise on the part of our Western farmers
to introduce the production of the very best
woods that grow. When we state that within
twelve months, as we are credibly informed,
as high as $1,000 have been paid for single
Spanish merino buck, and in several in
stances $4,000 to $4,000, while payment Of
81 900 is of daily occurrence, the people
will readily understand the deep interest
which our leading farmers take in WOO
growing. The coming year will develop
| new and vast resources in this branch Of
| domestic economy
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-21
CIRCUIT COURT-NEWPORT.
second Judicial Circuit, Cooke county, Tenness
PETITION To SELL LAND.

Robert Mantooth Executor of John MantoOth, dec d.
vs. Thomas Mantootb, and Samuel Mantooth, ct ais
TT APPEARING FROM THE PETI-
Triton and affidavit OF the plaintiff this that
Thomas Manooh Samuel Mantooth, Aaron Bryant, John
Man+ootb Perninta Mantooth, Hugh Mantooth, Amanda
CIevincer and Clevingcr, who defendants in this
are nonresdents of the State OF Tennessee 1t Is there
f ordered that publication made for four successive
weeks in Brownlow Whig notifying the said nonresident
attendants T. Manooth, Msntooth j. Mantooth, p Man
tooth H aantooth Bryant, A. Clevinger and Cley
10 appear at the next ofths Circuit Court TO be held
aajT after the fourth Monday March next, then and
there - plead answer or the petition Of the plain
tiF or the SANE will be taken confessed them and
cecIs5 with OK marie. n. II. BAER, Clerk.
" sI,SvrrN Solicitor. feb2I-4t%
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-21
Knoxville, Tenn, February q, 1861

q 6 UrRRApp. Of New Haven Connecticut, is our
regularly appointed agent receive subscriptions lo o
paper in the STATES Of Connecticut and Massachusetts
The wHIe can be had every week at the News
Depot Of R. H. Singleton, Post Office Building
Nashville, Tenn.
LOUIS McGLAUFL1H is authorized 70 act as oui
agent along the whole Pacific Coast. Ills aoures'
is San Francisco, California.
Col JOHN II. JAMES, Chief Quarternlsster o
the District of East Tennessee authorized 10 re-
eeive payment for subscriptions to TINS paper
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-21
". c. Kahn W. John Nihlo and others.
n ACCORDANCE WITH A DECREE

made in this the Janury Term 1866 Of said court
will offer sale, at the court house door in Knoxville on
Thursday the I'D day March, 1856, small tract Of land
bonrng 20 said NibO lying the sOuthside Of the road
leading from Knoxville cambridge, adjoining the lands OF
Iobn Williams A. C. Jackson and K. McNutt Selling first
~ Acres and aftewar, if necessary Acres, sold by Nib
10 To Jo1n Pedgo. Note with interest, at months, with
~ security required and lien retained for payment OF the
purchase money The saswi be without the equity Of re-
demption. u u. DE1ADEl'ID n ~ - -
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-21

KENTUCKY DEMoCRAcT.-The Louisville Jour
nal says
Some twenty-odd primary " Democratic meet
ings have been held in as many counties in the
State, 10 nominste delegates TO the approaching
Convention, and ali of them, we believe, have re-
commended Col. Howard Smith, (John Morgan S
Adjutant General, as a suitable Democratic" can
didate for the Clerkship of the Court of Appeals,
Of the most lucrative and responsible offices in
the Commonwealth
Kentucky De,nocracx..js exactly like Tennessee
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Attachm ent.
L. Z. Walk ms vs. A. 7. NJ. Provence.
HE PLAINTIFF ON AEEIDANlI.

TE7HE PLAINTIFF, ON AFFIUA III
saws the deendan Mt is ind him and absconds
cJncas that the ordinary process OF law cannot
upon him, and having obtained an original attah
against the estate Of the defendant made Teturnabs be-
fore Fuller Justice of the Peace for Jefferson county
and tho having levied defendants property III
is ordered BY said Justice the defendant before
him. office Cambridge Jefferson county, Isnneses
on the first Monday August 1866, the same wes Pro-
ceeed parte. It further ordered BY said Justice
that this notice published for four successive weeks IN
BrovnJov's Wing feb2I-ita JAMES FULLER, J. P.
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Will am IL. Graves, Trustee &C., vs.. 6. Mcfarland and
wife, ct ais.
IN OREDIENCE TO DECREE

this cause at the January Term 1865, Of said
court will sell at the door of the court house IN
Thursday 22d March the house and lot IN
Knoxville the northeast Of Church and CROOKED
Streets which the widow Of said Mcfarland now lives
Half the purchase will be required down, and the
idue il six months taking bearing interest and retain
Ing a lien till paid D. \. DEADERICk, {. d "
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Thos }. Carter vs. James E. Carter, Ell al
n ACCORDANCE WITH n ORDER

made in this cause at the January 1866, of said
court will sell at the court house door IN knoxville on
fine 1866, eight Acres, more or less, Of
III bsTnnr 10 Jas E Carter Brother, lying Roseber
w. Cresk in Knox county, credit of and Il months
taking bonds interest with good security and retain
ing a lien till payment is made. - 80 . =.
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LAND FOR SALE Or EXCHANGE.
r WIFI, EXCHANGE FOR IMPROY

Ed or unfmproved property in Knoxville % Acres,
small improvement ID miles north of Knoxville GOOD TIM
her and suitable for Wagonm aker Blacksmiths, &e Ad-
dress the undersigned in of Edward Hail. who VIII at
tedthe Circuit Court, February Term, Knoxville Tenn
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Knoxville and Kentucky Railroad Co. vs.. CamPb-il
Wallace.
IN nREnIENGE TO a RENlN ED

Tt in this cause for cash, the residue OF repon-
J Stock in the Tennessee and Georgia Railroad CO..
49, Ia shares or an amount sufficient pay complainant
% I'D costa some $500 The sale will be made at the court
S"nsa door on Thursday, March, 22d, ls6G. .
mouse ooo'' W. D. A. DEADERICK, c. & =.
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JOHN ". cLANPITr.
AIKEN & CLAMPITq
CHANCERv CoURT-KNoxvILLE.
knoxville Kentucky Railroad &c. ParFeE . Mel
IN ACCORDANCE WITH A DECREE

this at the January Term 1866 OF said
the court house door IN Knoxville on
Thursday the 22d day of March next part of lots No 70
and &C. in swan, Nelson Mabrys addition to Knoxville
fronting Mabry 100 feet aud running back 80 feet
credit of six months without the right OF
redemption Bond without interest with good security will
required. and lien retained for the purchase money
D. j. DEADERICK, C. & II.