Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-02-21
all S0rts Of 6roA gtaOing,
Didn't that Man Suffer I

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An occasional correspondent wiring from
Knoxville, Tennessee, to the Republican Ban
mel. gets off the following on " Old Smut :"
There are few East Tennesseans who do
not know John Fleming, of this county a
lawyer of much sharpness, with good prac-
tiee, and as far as I can learn, of undoubted
loyalty. Well, John tells most amusing
anecdote of our Reverend Governor, which
is too good to be lost, and, what is more to
the point, he gives it as coming from Andy
Knott, who is, also, record for loyalty
The pith of the matter is contained in a de-
scTiption OF Brownlows terrible suferings
and maryirdom, of which the world has
heard so much for the last years.
a few months ago Brownlow sued Sneed,
Crozier and Reynolds for damages, and re-
covered S25, 900 in the Circuit Court at Knox
vile, causing the property of those gentle
men to be sold out and buying it ht his own
price; property that would, in all probabii-
ty, in peaceahle times, have brought twice
the amount of the judgment. After all this
had occurred, Squire Knott meets Fleming,
who was one of the Governors lawyers, (by
the way, they are all Colonel Heiskells con
stituents,) on Gay street, and accosts him
thus:
well, Fleming, suppose you succeeded
in recovering S25, 900 damages for Governor
BrOwnlow, and on account Of his suffer
ings as Union man 2"
Fleming said, " Yes, Andy, and we had
no trouble, and could have recovered $50
900 just as easy. if we had laid it.
Kno:t-Well, John, there's no telling how
much that man has suffered. When he was
put in Jail at Knoxville, / was in for my
UnionisnI, also, with about one hundGed 9th
ers. We eat bull beef and sour bread, and
slept on the muddy floor without cover, while
Brownow had feather bed to sleep on, and
chickens, coffee, ham biscuit and anything
that his family and friends desired TO send
him. Great God Fleming, didn't That man
suffer! Directly we were all sent TO Mobile
an Tuscaloosa, and treated worse than dam
ned dogs, while Brownlow was furnished
with guard to protect him from rebels, and
sent safely through the lines to Abraham's
boSome Great Godl Fleming, didn't that
man 81 Well, we lay in prison, and
came dAtaed nigh starving and being eat up
with vermin, itch, etc, while Br1wnlow
collected halt dozen East Tennessecans IN
Yankee land, crgaized travelling meEagerie,
and showed at fifty cents night, children
and niqgers half price, and made lots Of mon
ey, and kept it all himself, and never, fed his |
animals at ALL Fleming, Good God, did you
ever hear of such suffering? Then he wrote
a book-an Abolition book-and sold an in
terest in the copyright. for $4,000 in cash,
and the damned rebels then sent his family |
through the lineslto him, where they were
all feted, toasted ndlionized. Fleming, how |
could mortal man endure such suffering? No |
sooner had old Burnside taken East Tennes-
see than he and bis family were sent back |
home, the United States Government fur
nishing alnbulances, teams and guards for
them. When Brownlow reached Knoxville !
he took possession of the custom house as
special treasury agent, at a large salary, and
appointed a set of revenue aid, ," and he |
soon collected about $50, 900 worth of aban-
ioned rebel property, which has never been
for to this day Great God Flem-
ing, didn't that man suffer