The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-08-23
VOL. XIlI---NO. GA.
By tho Governor of Tenressee.-A
Proclamation.

! Gfoclamat1On.
! WHEREAS, by The act of the General
Assembly passed May 9th, 1861, it is made
the duty Of the Governor "to raise organ
i1c, and equip, provisional force Of fifty
five thousand volunteers, twenty-five
thousand Of whom, or any less number
which the wants of the service may dc.
mond, shall be fitted for tho field at the
earliest practicable moment, and the re-
mainder Of Which shall be held in reserve.
ready to march at short notices" and
whereas the provisional force which has
been organized armed, equipped and
fitted for the field has been transferred
| to the service of the Confederate States:
and whereas, the President and Congress
Of the United States have been deaf to
the promptings of Justice, and notwith-
Standing their troops have been inglori-
ously defeated in their plans of subiuga-
ton by the intrepid valor of the South,
have appropriated immense amounts of
money and are bringing into the field
large additional almaments to effect their
purpose of overriding and trampling upon
the rights and liberties of our people;
Now therefore, !, Isham G.. Harris,
Governor of the State Of Tennessee, by
virtue of the authority in me vested by
the above act, do issue this, my proclama-
ton, appealing TO til patriotism of the
people, 10 raise, organize, and tifofouehly
prepare reserve force of thirty thousand
volunteers, to be styled "the Reserve
Corps OF Tennessee" which shall be or
gNni2cd into companies, battalions, regi-
mcnts and brigades. and mustered into
the service of the State and held ready
to march at short notice, but not put on
! pay or subsistence, or Withdrawn from
their ordinary vocations until the necessi-
! ty for acteal service shall arise. When thcy
will be ordered out on duty and placed
on dire same footing of the other twelve
months volunteers. Officers will be ap-
, pointed to visit the respective counties.
in which companies may be raised and
! organized, and muster them into service,
after they shall have reported themselves
by companies to the Adjutnnt-General-
When thus mustered into service they
will be required to drill by companies at
least once week, and by Battalions and
/ Regiments as often MS once month, and
when on duty, will be subject to the rules
and articles of war.
! 49,, In witness whereof have here
| LIS. unto set my hand and caused
/ - the great seal Of the State 10 be
oiliXod ut the Executive Office, in Nash
willie this, the 7th day Of August, 1861.
By tho Governor. IsnAM G. Hams.
! J.E. r. Ray, Secretary of State.
For tho Permanent Constitution.
The pycrshufg RecorRsr alluding TO the
result Of the election in that county on
the lShI, states the following rather anus
ing foct
an counting out the votes, those for
the Permanent Constitution in some in
stances were discarded, owing to the be-
lief Of the proper officers that they were
not to be counted. In one district il was
thought that "l'or the Permanent Consti.
tuition was the name of the ticket. The
vote would have been much greater had
the people Of the county generally read
the Constitution, but many Of them
"would not vote for thing they had
never read