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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
A Revolution in the Government
A United south--Lincoln's Profess
sions, &C., &c.

WASHINGTON, Nov. l6.
We are in the midst of revolution.
No one can doubt this who accurately
discerns the signs Of the times. -
They who foolishly derdo the present
terrible commissions of the extreme South
will, before the Winter is over, be COM
PEELED to admit it, as they witness the
frightful desolation of their own towns,
with famished multitudes, raving for
bread around them, and all the elements
of civil commotion in an uproar ut their
very doors.
Mr.. Corwin, during his recent visit to
this city, expressed himself in favor Of
coercion at first-but changed his views
materially, when he oscertaincd from
our wisest and most patriotic citizens,
that such policy would inevitably unite
the whole South against the general Gov
crnment.
For the last two or three days | have
made it point to orestion every South
ern man whom met, on this point, and
Tie answer has invariably been the same.
1--WE would he compelled to stand by the
South, however reluctant we might be to
oppose the general Government. We
could not avoid it," The gentlemen
thus answering, were in every instance,
Old Line Wings, and supporters of Bell
and Everett, and as hostile to nullifica-
ton and disunion, as ever Clay and Web
ster were. Your readers can. therefore,
judge what answers Southern Democrats
would make to the same question.
1t is stated on high authority that the
President WILL in his Message. while ex-
horting our people to adhere to the Union,
admit the right of State to secede.-
This, if true, will still further complicate
the present difficulties. If the President
has any friends remaining, they ought to
allure him, by every method in their
power, to recede from position SO fatal
to the existence of the Union.
Gen. Cass has been n heavy loser in
stocks, and at the last Cabinet meeting
was so excited by his losses as to cause
quite an explosion by his denunciation of
| the disunionists.
The Republicans wear terribly long
faces, and many of them admit the pos
sibility of their having gained barren
victory. If four Union Wings of the
South, and three conservative Republic
cans, like Corwin, Ewing, Ten Eyck and
Andrew Stewart of the North, are to
form Lincoln's cabinet, what is to become
of the Wilson's, Grecleys, Raynnonds,
Wades, ETC., etc.
Corwin declares that New England hav-
ing the Vice President, will have no
member of the Cabinet, that Seward is
out of the question, and that consequent
ly he will not be offended by offering a
place to any other New Yorker. This
, arrangement disposes Of seven Republic
can States quite summarily As Mark
Tapley would say, it is decidedly jolly"
w
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
South Carolina.

Ncr York, Nov. l6.--Thc Worlds cor
respondent from Charleston 18th, says
that South Carolina will, under no cir
cumstances, retreat from her POSITION
She is now virtually out of the Union.-
The United States flag is not recognized
in any part of the State. 1t is said that
Senator Chestnut will preside over the
Convention. Baltimore offers Governor
Gist 1000, and New Jersey 500 men. APP
pication for military appointments are
numbcrlcss.
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Southern Reflector.

This journal has ceased to exist Mr. Ford hav-
ing sold his printing materials to Messrs. Metcalfe
4 Hood, of the Chattanooga Gazette and his SUBJ
scription list becomes merged in that of the Ad-
vertiscr. Mr.. Ford has been connected with the
press since 1878, and finds himself now with
shattered constitution, and much poorer in world
ly goods than when he commemorative COM
mon fate of inetenths Of those who engage in
the newspaper business South and West. In
whatever situation our old friend may hereafter
labor, we wish him success and happiness.
Ess- Friend Hood, Of the Chattanooga Gazette,
paid US visit last week. lie has recently asso-
cated with him in business r. L. Metcalfe, Esq,
formerly of this county. With their joint man
agcmeni, the "old Gazette Is bound to 20 ahead.
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Fealinp in Virginia.

The New York Times publishes the
following extract of private letter from
Hon John NJ. Bolts:
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 1860.
NY DEAR: The letters published in
the Herald from this place, in regard to
the feeling and condition of things in
this State, are fabulous and unfounded
to the last degree. There is nothing in
the world going on here. relative to rails
ing and arming and drilling troops. that
would not have occurred if there had
been no election at all-even to the en-
campment and parade of cavalry in this
vicinity, which was gotten up last spring
for the purpose of getting up an esprit du
corps" and which broke up last night,
and all have returned to their homes and
daily avocations-yet it is announced by
the correspondent of the Herald, among
q thousand-andone other stories, equal
ly as unfounded, that it was prepare
ton for war, growing out of the election
of Lincoln. Virginia is sound to the
core on the Union question, and has no
idea of being hitchod to, or dragged in
to any movement that looks like one of
disunion.
am truly and sincerely yours,
JOHN NJ. Bolts.
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Cincinnati General Markets.
The Gazette has the following.

The'tone of the hog market, to-day,
did not diff; r materially from yesterday.
Buyers generally were indifferent, and
sellers had n continuation of bad spell
of the blues. The receipts are too large
- 900 to day-and the weather too warm
to allow hope for reaction under pres
ent circumstances. About 2,400 heal
sold to-day, including so. av. 2l0, at
S6.l5; 10, av. 200, at Sc; 900, av. 900. de-
liverabie the first good weather, at 1925:
100, on the spot, av. 200, at $500; and
1850, in lots, at 1925. There was pan.
ic in Chicago yesterday, and prices fell to
So gross. Provisions keep pace with
hogs in the downward movement. Mess
pork sold to-day at SIG. Green meats at
5(d7i and 7a(dS for shoulders, sides, an 4
hams, and lO2 for tierce lard. Flour con-
tinues dull. There was little or no de.
mand for wheat at yesterdays Decline
Corn very firm. and there were sales to.
day as high as 81 for new in bulk.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

Macon, Ga, Nov. l6.-Thc Senate pass
ed the bill appropriating one million dol.
lars for the defence of the State. The
joint committee on the state Of the Re-
public unanimously agreed tereport a
bill recommending resistance. 1t is I'M
dcrstood that Governor Brown, A. II.
Stephens, II. V. johnson, and all the
other leading men endorse the bill, and
it is expected to pass unanimously, The
majority.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
South Carolina Money,

We incline to the opinion that the scare
about South Carolina money is uncalled
for. Weare satisfied that State is going out
of the Union in a month or two; but be-
cause she intends to act foolislly, it is no
reason to suppose she will act dishonest
ly. AT any rate, we have between four
and five thousand dollars on our office
books now due, and will take South Caro-
lima money from any one who may have
the nerve to tender it in payment of their
indebtedness.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
Consolidated Southern Government

In report of Mr.. Bartow's speech at
Milledgeville, the correspondent of the
Augusta Dispatch says:
Col. Barlow was called out, and made
an eloquent appeal for secession. He urg-
ed the establishment of Southern Con-
federacy, in which all sovereignty should
reside in the Federal power, and State
lines should be oblterated."
In addition to the above. another step
in the programme of forming a Great
Southern Confederacy is, that the Presi-
dent thereof shall hold office during Htc.
II the madmen North and South who are
laboring to break up the government,
succeed, instead of posterity blessing
them, their children will rise up and
curse their memories.
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Movements in Alabama.

Montgomery, Ala, Nov. l7.--An i'm.
mense meeting was held in the Capitol
to-day to nominate delegates to the State
Convention, which meets on the ninth
of January next. Resolutions in favor
OF separate State action were adopted
The Hons. VIM. L. Yancey and Thos. II.
Watts, were nominated as delegates by
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

Accounts and Notes due for Advertising
and Job Work, not paid by the LIST ofJan-
uary, 1861, will be placed out for collec-
ton. illegal advertising, of course. ex-
cepted, the fees on such not required I'M
til paid to the respective Clerks.( We
hope the indebted will not compel us to
sue them. We have host hundreds of dol
lars because it was repugnant to our feel
ings to force collections. But we have
now nothing but the earnings of the Of
fee to rely upon, and must either collect
or suspend.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
From Baltimore.

Bulimorc, Nov. l4.-Ex-Mayor Swami
addressed large Bell meeting, advising
II General Convention from all the South
ern States, at which the North should
guarantee the enforcement of the Fugi-
tive Slave law, and the equal rights of
the South to occupy the territories.
The Breckenridge General Committee
have issued an address deprecating Sc
cession.
Baltimore, Nov. l4.-'rhe money mar
ket is very tight and no discounting is
done by the banks. Two firms in Mar.
ket street have suspended payment.
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New York Items.

New York, Nov. 1S.-The steam ship
Cot"mbia, Capt. Berry, left this port with
the Palmetto flag flying in proud defiance
from her mainmast. Three cheers for
the Col,mbia and Commodore Berry.
n. ii. Wolfe 4 Co., large Flour and
Grain dealers, have failed.
The large manufacturers have dis
charged most of their hands. Some of
our wisest men predict general crash.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

!. We are ccoll'cncd fS-drge those who
iowe us to pay up. With weekly ex-
pensc Of $50. necessarily cash, we cannot
continue our business without collecting
more closely than we have been doing FOR
the past twelvemonth. We ask no tavoFs
OF our patrons. we simply ask justice at
their hands. We have matter of serious
complaint against many of them-they
are not acting the clean thing--they are
holding back like whccl-horscs--and if
they don't do better, respond promptly.
there will DO no alternative for us but to
go under. There is large amount due
for advertising and job work, as well for
subscriptions, and we need and must have
it. As to hereafter sending papers out of
our own range unless paid for in advance,
we shall not do it. Four or five years ago
we Melted some $4,000 by gambling in
Swans Lottery, and have since sunk eve
ry dime of it in sending papers to men
who proved too mean to pay for them.
and to good fellows who belonged to he
party. In addition to which, we are now
loaded with debt, and unless those who
owe come up, and quickly Cash us" we
arc bound to sink. Delinquent Reader!
now devouring this paragraph with n
smirk on your face, YOU are the very
man we are talking to, and nobody else.
Let us hear from you, right speedily.
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Athens, Friday, November ga, 1880.
The Call for Q Meeting To- Morrow.

= ~ ~s-s@ 40 - AsApoehhS
a call was made In our paper Of hast
week, at the instance of number OF citi-
zcns Of tho county, for meeting to be
held In this place tomorrow, to make
some expression'in regard to the national
disturbances now existing. We regret to
learn il has sipcc been circulated in this
and adjoining counties that the proposed
meeting was party movement, gotten up
by members Of the Opposition. The OBJ
ject Of the meeting was honestly expires
sed in the call, and we have positive as
surances from men Of all parties, that il
will be held and conducted with sole and
exclusive reference to the welfare OF the
Union and rights OF the South under the
Constitution. Its proceedings will rise to
the level Of patriotism. and all party dis
'tinctions will be disrcgardcd. Come then,
one and all! Ono day for our common
country.
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From Now York.

Nev York, Nov. l0.-Informstion here.
says Ex-Governor Aiken opposes seces-
sion.
Tho Californians in Washington advo-
cate On independent Republic on the Pa
ci6c. y
The Bank Of Sing Sing closed Saturday.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
The Force Bill.

A writer to the Charleston Courier says:
"You will notice that the jackson
"Force Bill" of 1882 has expired by limi-
tation, and that there is no law in exis-
tence which now empowers and enables
the President to bring force to bear for
the purpose of even enforcing the Reve-
nue. Laws of the United States against re-
sistIng State authorities"
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Virginia.

Ritimosi, Va. Nov. l5.-Gov. Lctcher
hasSssued APPROXIMATION calling an ex-
ira SESSION OF the Legislature, to meet on
the eth Of January next, to take into con.
sideration the condition of public affairs,
and to determine calmly and wisely what
action may be necessary in this emergcn-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
From Augusta.

The Augusta papers of the 18th, con-
tain the following: ....
Kentucky and Tennessee Money.--Our bro
kers are now purchasing the bills of the
best Kentucky and Tennessee banks, at
5per cent. discount, and payable in Geor-
gia and South Carolina bank bills.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
Financial Panic in New York,

The leading Now York journals of the nth
inst, concur in representing the excitement in
financial circles in that city as very great. They
compare it to the panic of 1857 OF course it is
all traccable to the unsettled condition of our po-
litical affairs. The Herald publishes the follow
ing table showing the market prices of leading
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

s. X. Rceder, who is in bad health,
proposes TO sell his entire Stock Of Goods
aud Wares. The stand is one OF the
very best in the town, and to an enter
prising man. the opportunity to make
money IL a good one. See advertisement.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
Agricultural Association.

We are requested by several gentle
men 10 call meeting of the citizens of
McMinn, to be held at the Courthouse,
Athens, on the I'd Monday of December,
for the purpose of forming an Agricultu-
raj Society.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
A Woolly Rock.

On aposter advertising negro opera
troupe, now performing down East, is a
big cut Of a darkey's head Some wag
recently wrote beneath the cut on one of
the bills: This is the rock on which the
Democratic, party split"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
B6s- The Lynchburg virginian con-

S@r The Lynchburg yirginian con-
dennis the resignation Of Senators Chest
nut, Hammond and Toombs. and adds.
1--WE hope the example of the gentle
men We have named win not be followed
by others, but that full Southern repre-
sentation in the Senate will be present on
the 4th of March, TO exercise Q proper
control over all the appointments of Mr..
Lincoln, and prevent gentlemen Of the
Greeley, Seward and Sumner stripe from
securing any offices Of dignity under the
Administration" %
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

LINcoLN's Position TOWARD THE Souri,
A dispatch to the Charleston Courier,
dated Washington, Nov. IL, says: Hon.
Thomas Corwin, of Ohio, arrived in this
city to-day. He says tho South shall have
no cause Of complaint against Lincoln
The Administration is against coercion.
All parties here concur that the best
policy is to leave the South to the South
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

R6- The GAINESVILLE Chronicle learns.
that sixty laborers, on the Bowling Green
Branch-road. were discharged on Wednes-
day last. The stringenoy in the money
market is the cause assigned, and it may
be argued as one Of the fearful pressures.
likely to follow the distracted condition.
of political affairs H"t' 90 i:oda
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

IMHed9eriHe, Nov. l9.-After a strong
conservative speech from Stephens, az
fairs became much quieter and the Con-
vention Bill passed the Senate unani-
mously. The Convention meets on the
ninth of January.
The Mobile Register declares for seces.
sion.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

Mr.. Breckenridge lacks 1857 votes Of q
majority in Georgia. So that the duty of
choosing the Presidential electors de-
wolves upon the Legislature.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
Peaceable Secession.

The opinion is daily gaining strength
that il South Carolina secedes, there will
be no attempt to coerce her back into the
Union
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Goods at Wholesale.

The Legislature is to be convened on
the 10th of December.
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TERMS /:

I've DolLARs A YeAR, payable In advance.
Announcing names Of candidates for once ~, 90,
Cush.
Obituary Notices over twelve lines, charged nj
the regular advertising rates.
All c.mmunicatious intended to promote tho pri-
vats ends or interests OF Corporations, Societies,
Schools or Individuals, win DO charged as sdver-
tisements.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
Virginia for Bell.

Richmond, Nov. lS.-Bell has carried
this State by 400 majority. There is no
mistake this time.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

Ne1 York, Nov. l8.-Hurst, the Staley
bride Infant, won the prize fight with
Paddock for the championship Of Eng
land
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Resigned.
Louisiana,

NJ. Il. Bonham, Representative to Con-
gress from South Carolina. has resigned
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Ex-Goy. Wise.
Going it Alone,

The Virginia papers state that Ex Gov
Wise is insane.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

NOBLE New JERsEY.-The Cincinnati
Enquirer pays a deserved compliment to
the loyalty of this State, though it falls
into error in saying it was the first that
ratified the Constitution after its adoption.
Little Delaware wears the blue ribbon for
that action and Pennsylvaia the red,
though New Jersey is entitled to "honor-
able MENTION" having come in third. In
the patriotic race however a blanket would
have covered all three, for on the 7th,
18th and 18th December respectively of
the year 1887, these States ratified the
convention. But the Enquirer says: ut
was in New Jersey that Washington stay
ed the wave of British conquest in 1776
and l777, when it threatened to sweep
over and desolate all the infant Colonies.
The loyalty and devotion of the Jersey
Blues" to the Union and the Constitution
have been proverbial. The late act Of
New Jersey, in voting against Lincoln,
solitary and alone among her sister free
States this side of the Rocky Mountains,
is an instance of patriotism we'll worthy of
her previous history. The first State to
ratify the Constitution, she is determined
to be The last to abandon it, or to do any
act which shall lead to its destruction.-
The record of New Jersey is a proud one,
and will always be matter of felicitation
to her sons in future times."1o isigT
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
The Question of Secession.

A very able article in support of the
right of secession as a State Right, APP
pears in the Ohio Anti-Slavery Bugle of
the 10th inst. 1t concludes as follows:
"The idea of tho eternity of govern
ment compacts belongs--if anywhere
to past age, and too often involves the
idea of the Capitalization of political
power, a principle and practice toward
which this government is fast drifting,
and the establishment of which is the
best security for despotism."
Elk PresidentJ. Q. Adams and about
twenty members of Congress signed n
circular in 1913, upon the annexation of
Texas, which assumes the right, not only
OF secession but of dissolution, for the
aggrieved free States.
Nothing" says the Ohio paper, "has
occurred since lS43 to invalidate that
right, and we place ourselves by the side
OF the men named and their co.adiutors
in defending it, whether exercised at the
North or the South"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
A Plea in Bar,

The practicing Attorneys of Lowndes county,
Alabama, have signed the following;
Resolved, That we will not in future collect or
receive for collection, any claim in favor of any
merchant or other creditor living or doing bust
ness in any non -slayeholding State, against any
citizen of this State; and that we will use orr in.
fuenee to prevent such collections by others, as
far as We properly can.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
Douglas Carries California.

San Francisco gave Lincoln above 5000
majority, but Douglas has probably car
ried the State. The Legislature will
probably elect Douglas Senator.
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Stocks in New York.
Vote of Georria.

Tennessee Skies were quoted, on The
10Th at u. Missouri 60 and I.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

.SrOcKBRIDGE, MASS, Nov. l5.-Platner
& Smith, paper dealers, have failed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

GEoRGIA.-fhe Atlanta American, speak
ing of the proposed Convention in that
State:
This would indicate, after all, that
moderate counsels prevail at Milledge-
vile, Notwithstanding the extreme views
reported to be held, and the excited
harangues which have been delivered.-
The sober, second thought will work out
the problem, and carry us safely through
the present storm-and make us stronger
and safer in the Union than ever, or make
us unit in all measures looking to So
cession and an independent government.
We are truly glad oil this, for the motives
and designs Of those men who are afraid
to leave this question to the people may
we'll be suspected.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

~ The communication from Pike.
vile, shall appear next week.