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Doings of Brown low and Maynard.--Intelligence from
Knoxville shows pretty clearly that the
Yankees contemplate a permanent occupation of
East Tennessee.
The
Atlanta Register has the following information of affairs there:
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W. G. Brownlow and
Horace Maynard had both reached the city, and had pronounced characteristic addresses before the populace.
John Brownlow, a
Lieutenant-Colonel, is with his father.
In fact,
Brownlow and
Maynard have brought with them their families.
They surely deem their occupation of
East Tennessee permanent.
The ferocity of
Brownlow is fearful.
His violence was never comparable to its exhibitions which have occurred since his arrival at
Knoxville.
He evidently deems himself the master of the situation, and expects to reign a lordly potentate in
East Tennessee.
In his speech
Brownlow said that he had no apologies to make for the acts and proclamations of
President Lincoln--in fact, that the
Northern President had not gone half far enough.
Brownlow further declared that he was not only in favor of arming every negro in the
South, but that he would turn loose wild beasts to prey upon the population of the country. "Rattle snakes and all reptiles," exclaimed the infuriated monster, "should be showered upon Southern homesteads until secession is extinct.
A more deadly poison should be distilled from their fangs, and the mountains should be searched to gather them for the invasion of the
Gulf States." In the presence of men and women who crowded the street he pronounced Ron.
John H. Crozier a little son of a b — h; and, "gentlemen" continued this genuine exponent of Lincolnism, "in reference to
the Revs. Messrs. Martin,
Harrison, and other rebel clergymen, if I were
Gen. Burnside I would bind their necks together with a single chain and sink them to the lowest caverns of hell!"
We are assured that this speech of
Brownlow transcended in obscenity and blasphemy all that ever fell from his envenomed lips.
We may add that he repeated a favorite allusion to his newspaper, declaring, "so help me God, that it was the only religious publication in the
South, and that even it was not hurt with piety."
The speech of
Horace Maynard was hardly less violent than that of
Brownlow.
He was especially denunciatory of the Messrs.
McClung and other citizens, male and female.
After these speeches,
Col. Pryor, an old citizen of
Knox, who was under arrest, called on
Brownlow, in order to induce him to effect his release from prison.
Col. Pryor, who is 65 years of age, was led from prison into Brownlow's house, expecting to secure his assistance in effecting his release from confinement.
For many years he and
Brownlow have been intimate friends.
When the old man was led into
Brownlow's presence,
Brownlow, raving like a madman, a pistol, declared that he would murder any scoundrel or rebel who dared to ask a favor of his hands.
The guard interposed to save
Col. Pryor's life, and Jed him back to prison.
A. L. Maxwell, the great railway bridge builder of the
South, is under arrest, paroled, and required to report to
Burnside every morning.
Dr. Wm. Baker,
George Mabry, (not the
General,) and
Mr. Moulding, are the only citizens deemed Southerners who have not taken the
Federal oath.
The
Yankees have given several concerts in
Knoxville.
The front seats are assigned to the negro wenches of the city, who are escorted to church and to places of amusement by Federal soldiers and officers.
Negro balls are frequent, in which the belles are Ethiopian damsels, and Federal officers the gayest gallants.
The Federal at
Knoxville, have not the most remote idea that
Bragg contemplates a movement on that city.
They were engaged in plundering the country everywhere.
Great numbers of people from the country have come into the city begging for bread.
The most devout
Unionists are disgusted and maddened by the acts of infamy and despotism constantly perpetrated.
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