Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-02
TUE nLUFF GAME.
Some One, Afraid Ia give Ills Name.
Rcck ons without uIs Host.

Rcckons without Ills Host.
| On yesterday Gen. j. A. Cooper received
! the following anonymous note through the Post
office: t"..
STATE OF Missouri, July, 1871.
| Mr.. Jos. A. COOPER, Knoxville, Tenn: tL
Sir have kept an eye on you ever since
! your pretended purchase of the land belonging
| my relative and friend, r. b. Reynolds You
arc not an innocentpurchaser because you were
aware of the worthlessness of the title derived
! from Brownlow. have noticed with what i'm.
prudence you enjoy your i'll gotten gains, You
| do not practice the noble principle of do unto
others what you would have them do unto
you"
| Now sir, rather than see you further enjoy
| the property of my relative and friend, would
prefer TO SEQ it sank into the bottomless pit, or
| grow up in thorns and brambles. Let this be
your last year of cultivatng that tract of land.
| | have no malice at your wife or children but
neither you nor they shall enjoy that place after
this year. ' .ril kEt
shall hold any one responsible who cultivatcs
It be he yourself sons, tenants or hired laborers
| 1t does not belongto you, and you haveno right
| to its use. BE warned, then, that one who owes
| a relative and friend debt of gratitude will SEQ
to it that you shall not cultivate that land du-
ring the year 1872, either by yourself or others
Let it be occupied by savage beasts first and
the fertile fields become desoatc. a- ~
Now. sir, you may think you can escape any
harm; but tell you l have my plans so ar
ranged that you will not escape tho punishment
Their occupation of that property. II you yield
possession you will be unframed; otherwise
you may look for the worst. In,ean nhat say.
o. =. H.
The foregoing, it will be seen, was written in
the State of Missouri, the writer failing to give
what point, though the post mark shows that il
was mailed at st. Louis.
For the benefit Of those who may not UNDER
stand 1t, we will state that Gen. Cooper lives on
farm five miles from Knoxville, which he
purchased from Gov. Brownlow the same hay-
ing been sold by the Sheriff of KnoA county, %
satisfy Judgment against r. b. Reynolds, lac
Confederate States Commissioner the former
owner. Since then Reynolds has commenced
suit for the recovery of the property. The case
Was heard in the United States Circuit Court,
where decision adverse to Coopers claims was
rendered. He appealed, and the Supreme Court
of the United States, last winter, reversed the
decision of Judge Trigg and rcmanded the case
for new trial. This is now about the state of
the case. Cooper occupies the place, and is en-
gagged in an effort to make an honest living upon
It, Whenever the courts of the country say he
IS not entitled TO it, after proper hearing of
the case he is ready to vacatc, but not before.
We can say to this anonymous writer, that he
is evidently luboring under a deusion. He
knows nothing of the character of j Cooper
or he wouldn't have addressed him ms he has
If we were going to play game of bluff, Cooper
would be one of the last subjects we would
think of practicing, on. 20. p. H., whoever
he may be- will find out this if he persists in
carrying out his cowardly threats.
1t will be seen that the letter is not the pro-
duGtion of an ignoramus 1t is well written,
and betrays the author to be man of some cul-
ture, such as it is, and we shouldn't be surprised
if he is scion of that defunct, played-out class
that formerly gloried in the souJyiquet of
Southern chivalry" He has, perhaps, writ
ten what he has after consultation with those
who would not like to have it understood pub
licly that they would engage in such cowardly
way of carrying out neiarious designs, but who,
when behind the scenes, afford striking illus
traton of mans total dcpravity. They would,
perhaps, like to associate with gentlemen, and
do, but if the secrets of their hearts could be
OWNED, they would show traits that would
make them loathed and scordcd by decent men
of all scots md nnrties