Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-06-12
MILITARY DISTRICT.
KENTUCKY Conservatism Illustrated
LET BY-GoNES BE BY-GoNEs -AssAssINs
LIoNIZED BY THE oHIvALRY-YoUNG REB-
Ell WOMEN GIGGLING OVER THE COFFIN OF
MURDERED UNION SOLDIER

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The following letter will furnish food for reaec-
ton to the people who participated in the late Win
chester meeting. How would they like to see Ken
| lucky Conservatism take the place Of BrownlowIs
Government 2?
Bainbrdge, Christian county KY correspondence MAY
24) of the Cincinnati Commercial.
A Union man dare not speak to any but reliable
Union men OF some of the murders and rascalities
recently committed, and then they do it, some Of
them with bated breath, and almost afraid to hear
| the utterance of their own lips For it is a Gods
truth, some OF them who we're in the Federal army
and especially those who were with Sherman, have
great cause to fear Since the murder Of Houston
Averett, short time since, while at work on his
farm it is the general belief and expectation that
IN short time we will hear of others being killed
in the same way. FL. Averett was murdered by s
son OF the DR.. Lexington, who was killed by some
OF the Twentieth Kentucky for ordering wagons to
be driven over some of their command while they
were prisoners, who becoming exhausted, were
crushed to death under the wheels.
ABOUT hve weeks ago this same murderer killed
Lieut.. Guess. of Crttenden county, below Marion,
kentucky. From the scene of the murder he Wsnd-
ed his way to John w. Davis of Caldwell county
kentucky and from thence to G. G. Goddins, of
Trigg. He remained there until he killed Houston
Averett, under the most eowardly and brutal cir
cumstances, which are these: Some time in the day
he came up to the house where Houston Averett
and Thomas Williamson lived, and inquireaif they
had seen horse-and who lived there Averett
told him he did. He then inquired the way to a
nelg hbors, and went away, grumbling to himself.
Not great while after this but after the boys had
returned to their work, the assassin sneaked along
the lane, and, getting tree between himself aud
Averett, commenced firing Averett ran, and the
murderer followed and continued firing, until at
the fifth shot, AVerett fell, MORALLY wounded The
bend then went up and shot him. the ball entering
between the shoulders and coming out near his
throat
Thus was brutalls murdered one of the most
peaceable indus5ri GUS sober and exemplary young
men in our community. He had recently married
and left poor widowed mother, q sister and two
young brothers to mourn his sad fate He was a
Federal officer, and belonged TO the Third Kentucky
Cavalry, fought through the whole war, was with
Sherman on his march to the sea. When killed he
was still lame from a wound he got while in the
service. Now do you people north of the Ohio
river suppose we have men and women right in our
midst, who in their hearts rejoice at this sad caam-
ltyY People, too, who profess to be guided by the
precepts and teachings Of the Holy Bible Why.
sir rebel female, when his coffin was opened al
the grave, came Up and looked in at the corpse
sRiekering and laughing Another of the same
stripe tauntingly remarked that she heard that his
coffin was too short and that his feet ought to be
cut of and put by his head
a man, when hearing of the murder said that
four thousand more Just like him ought 10 ba killed
he is one of the pillars of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. 81
traveller who stopped all night with Union
man last winter when he on his horse .eady to
leave, told him that every man, black and white, |
who belonged to the Union army would be killed |
one by one, unless they put their nanesin certain
book.
Ever since the disafection of Andrew johnson
and the vetoes of the Civil Rights bill, the rebs,
humble friendly and quiet before, suddenly became
sullen and defiant and in many instances failed to
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in the Federal service. Women in church, during |
worship, would gesticulate toward then stare fierce
ly, and make mouths at them.
colored man was killed near the Cerulean |
Springs Trigg county, because he carried pistol /
and the men left the church on The Sabbath to do
it-a peaceable, good msn, who had never left his /
own masters place TO join the army or 20 to Carks-
vile, and no notice has ever been taken Of it..