Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-02-17

aD1pr'r Fsar MAN su,,ss!n-The
Knoxville correspondent Of the Nash
vile Banner gets of the following q VIM good
thing la On Brownlow Ha Elat.
- III KsoxyuLE, Jan 8. 1860.
There are few East Tennesseeans who
Il Mt know John Fleming of this coun.
=. alswyer of much sharpness, with .
cood practice, and. as far y I can
learn. of undoubted loyalty. Well, John
sella I most amusing anecdote of our rev.
.r.nd Governor, which is too good to be
lost. and. what is more to the point, be
o;ves it as coming from Andy Knott,
gho 4 also . well known citizen, and
one Who bears . good record for consis-
teut loyalty. The pith Of the matter is
contained 10 q description Of Bnownlow's
terrible suferiogs and ma~rtyrdom. iof
which the world has heard 30 much for
the past two years. vs..l asl5F !.
A few months ago Brownlow sued
sneed Crozier and Reynolds for damages,
and recovered $4,000 in the Circuit
Court at Knoxville, causing the property
of these gentlemen to be sold out, and
buyipe It at his own price ; property that
would in all probability, in peaceful
times, have brought that amount of the
judgement. After all this occurred, Squire
Knott meets Fleming, who was one Of
the Governors lawyers (by the way they
are all Col. Heiskilps .coDstituents,) on
Cav Street, and accosts him thus: =.
sWell, Fleming. l suppose you sue
ceeded il recovering $25, 900 damages
for Gov. Brownlow for and on account
Of his suferings as . Union man ~ 8 .9|
Weming-"Yes, Andy, we had no
trouble, and we could have recovered
$4,000 Just as easy if we had laid it"
Knon-"Well John, there's nc telling
how mnch that man has suffered. when
he was put injail at Knoxville. / was in
there for my Unionism also, with about
one hundred others. We eat bull beef
and sour bread, and slept on the muddy
floor without cover, while Brownlow had
a feather bed to sleep on, and had chick
en-, coffee, warm biscuits, and anything
his family and friends desired to send
him. Great God! Fleming, didn't he suE
fer. Directly we we're all sent to Mo
lille and Tuscaloosa, and treated worse
than damaged dogs. while Brownlow was
furnished with q guard to protect him
from rebels, and sent safely through the
lines to Abraham's bosom. Great God!
Fleming, dsdnr he suffer- fs1.a 7az
Well, we lay 10 prison and came darn
ed nigh starving and being eat up with
vermin, itch, etc, while Brownlow col
lected half . dozen East Tennesseeans
in yankee land, organized . travelling
managerie, and showed at fifty cents .
night, children and niggers half price.
and made lots Of money and kept, it all
himself, and never fed his animals at all.
Fleming, Great God, did you ever hear
Of such suffering? Then he wrote q
book-an abolition book-and sold an in
terest in the copyright for $4,000 in
cash, and the id rebels then sent his
family through the lines to, him, where
they were all feted, toasted and lioDized.
Fleming. how could mortal nan endure
such suffering! No SOONER had old Burnside
taken East Tennessee than be and his
family were sent back home, the United
States Government furnishing subsist-
ance, teames, and guards for them. When
Brownlow reached Knoxille, he took pos
session of the Custom-House as special
Treasury Agent, at salary, and appoint.
ed a set Of "reveuue aids.",and be soon
collected $4,000 worth Of abandoned
rebel property, which has never been &C.
counted for TO this day. Great God Elem.
ing, didn't that man suffer !?
~ The report Of the United States