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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-01-25
From Memphis.

memphis, Jan. 2l.-The steamer Cora
Anderson, from New Orleans for st. Louis,
snagged and sunk near Vicksburg, Fri
day night. Her cargo is damaged. No
lives lost.
A battery of sixteen 80 Founders is be-
ing erected here. A foundry for the
manufacture Of cannon and shells will be
established
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plan proposed by the Hon. John J. Crit;
ienden, OF Kentucky, or by his Excel
lency, Governor Harris, of Tennessee
lst To continue the line of 500 30> to the
Pacific ocean, fixing forever in the Con-
sttution permanent line between the
slave and free territory. I'd. That Con-
gress shall never abolish slavery in the
District of Columbia, or any district what
ever in the limits of any slave State.
3D.. To fix suitable guarantees in the Con.
stitution relative to the enforcement of
the fugitive slave laws, &c, ....,-.,-,
Entertaining faint hope that the de;
mnnds of the Southern people, in their
sovereign capacity, for redress in the
Union will be afforded us by the North,
in the way of amendments 10 the Con-
stitution, should be happy to see the
strong arm that Yields the digger, ready
to be plunged into his brother, stayed until
contamination so devoutly to be. de-
sired, could be Effected $50.
l.. r. HURST
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Treasury Loan.

Washington, Jan. l9.-The bids for the
five million lean were Opened to-day
The bank of Commerce, at New York,
bid for upwards of the whole amount, be-
sides many others for large AMI small
amounts. The bank Of Commerce bid for
four millions at eleven centum interest,
and for two and half millions at twelve
centum. Nearly all the bids were from
New York.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-01-25
From Georgia.

MWedgerde, Ga, Jan 19.-The Convention
has been in secret session nearly all day.
Ben. Hill introduced n substitute for the benc-
fit of all the secessionsts but it was lest. Sub
sequcntly he voted for the ordinance, declaring as
he did it, that as Georgia had determined for
cession, he would share her fate, for veal woe.
Judge Linton Stephens said that while he ap-
proved Of the ordinance, he saw no reason for it's
sign it,
motion to postpone the operation Of tho ora
dinancc Of secession until the 3D. Of March was
lost by about 30 majority.
Alexander ii. Stephens and Hcrschel Y. John
son are among those who voted against the ordi-
nance.
resolution was adopted to continue the pres
ent postal and revenue system until it shall be
dered otherwise; also, to continue all the civil
Federal officers.
The Ordinance of Secession was ordered to DO
engrossed on parchment and to be signed on Mon
day at noon. 8H E.
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The Virginia Proposition.

The correspondent of the Charleston
Courier gives the following synopsis Of
the Virginia propositions: s>
There is plan now before the Com
mittee on Federal Relations for an adj
justment. II proceeds from the House
of Delegates Of the Virginia Legislature,
and attracts much interest in political
circles. The idea emanated from Mr..
Pryor, Congressman from Virginia.
This plan, il is understood, receives the
cordial endorsement. of Messrs. Critten-
den, Douglas, Breckenridge, w. C. Riv-
es. and other distinguished gentlemen
embracing all shades of Southern and
conservative opinion. The plan is:
l. There must be some definite and
conclusive settlement of the slavery ques-
ton, or separation is inevitable.
=. The Crttenden compromise is pro-
posed, as amended by Douglas, as the
basis for fair and honorable adjustment.
D. The appointment of a Commission
or to each State OF the Union, to con-
fer respecting the action of Virginia, and
inviting response to this proposition for
Cancellation.
\. A strong appeal to the Federal
Government to stay its hand, and avoid
all acts which may lead to collision pend.
ing the mediation of Virginia,
D. An appeal 20 the seeding States to
preserve the existing status, and abstain
from all acts which might precipitate col
lision.
Mr. Pryor declares this plan is tho least
Virginia can take.
y dispatch from distinguished source
in Virginia, says; "rhere can be no doubt
that this plan will pass both Houses of
the legislature"
Similar movements will he made in the
LegislattxSe Missouri, North Carolina,
Tennessee, and Kentucky. Arrange.
ments are being made to that end.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-01-25
Union Meeting in Pittsbure.

PHsJury, Jan. 20.-The Union meeting
last night was one OF the largest ever held
here. 1t wa s exceedingly disorderly and
A large portion of the
meeting opposed the Crittenden or any
other compromise. Several sets of resolu-
lions, of divers tenor. were offered, but,
amidst the confusion, it was difficult to
decide the real sentiments of the meeting,
which broke up in confusion, the lights
being extinguished by order of the Mayor.
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Large Public Meeting in Philadel-
mia

Philadelphia, Jan. l7.-An immense
meeting, irrespective of party, has been
held in this city. Resolutions in favor of
Cancellation instead of coercion, and
peaceable separation rather than civil
war, were passed.
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Preliminary Meeting.

Those gentlemen who signed the call for a
Union meeting, on the 22d proximo, for the pur-
pose of commemorating tho birth day Of the inn
loving citizens who may find it convenient to do
so, are earnestly requested to meet at the Court
house Saturday evening, 26th inst, at 7o'clock,
to make arrangements appropriate to the august
day. @s@
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News.

As usual the papers from all directions
are filled with sensation paragraphs
some reliable and others not. We give
them to our readers as we find them
and they can SIT for themselves.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-01-25
Virginia News,

Petersburg, Jan. l6.-One thousand
pounds of powder and two thousand
pounds of shot and shell went to Charles
ton by special train to-day. The pow
der and shot were from the Tredegar
works, per order of Gov Pickens.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-01-25

HUNG AND BURNED IN EFFIGY.-Hon.
Andrew johnson, of Tennessee, together
with Abraham Lincoln, President elect,
were hung in etiigy, in Tusoumbia, Ala,
Friday night last, and upon the arrival OF
the train from Stephenson, on Saturday,
were publicly burned.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-01-25

1kS- Gen. Scott is the largest man in
the American service. He is six feet six
inches tall, and weighs two hundred and
sixty pounds. He is seventy-four years
old yet his health is good, and his whole
system is apparently vigorous-much of
which is owing, doubtless, to his very
temperate habits.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-01-25
Maine LEGISLATURE.

augusta, Jan. ia joint resolution
passed the State Legislature to-day, unani-
monsly. requesting tho Governor to tend
err to the President of the United States
all the resources of Maine, both in men
and money, for the maintenance of the
Union and the enforcement of the laws.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-01-25
4theas gast.
TERMS

Two DoLL,us YnAn, payable In advance.
Announcing names Of candidates for Office $500,
Dash.
Obituary Netices over twelve lines, charged at
the regular advertising rates.
An Communications intended to promote the pri-
vate ends or interests of Corporations, Societies,
Schools or individuals, will be charged as adver-
tisements.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-01-25

pG- Gen. Hickey informed us day or
two ago that Meeting had been held in
Roane county on the LIST Monday of the
present Month. and the proceedings
forwarded to this Office for publication.
They have never come to hand, or we
should have published them, of course.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-01-25

HS~ The withdrawal Of government patronage
from the columns of the Consultation, Mt Wash
ington, seems to have had the effect of convert
ing that sheet into vehicle os blaokguardsm.
Southern men'a good deal like the yankee
Doodles," after all hit them on the pocket, and
IL they have any thing mean In their composition,
II Ia certain to leak out.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-01-25
MeAIinn co., January %, 1861.

sDs> number of communications have reach
cd us within the last two months, bearing upon
various subjects, which we could not publish
We must give the people the news of the day, and
to do so we have had to exclude the favors of our
friends.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-01-25
The Republic of GEORGIA.

Inc Augusta COnsntutionailSt. OF the
Goth, announces the Secession Of Georgia
in the following strain:
Let us exult-let us rejoice in the day.
which beheld our State resume all her
delegated sovereignty, and take her place
amid the nations of the earth.
Let the hour of two o'clock, in the af-
ternoon of the 10Th day OF January 1861,
be held forever in happy and proud re-
membrance, for then it was that Georgia
redeemed her pledge so often given by
her sons, to be equal in the Union, or
independent out OF it, and having ex-
hausted argument and compromise, she,
as the last resort, severed every tie which
bound her to the Federal Union.
We learn it was in silence and in tears,
that the old banner of stars and stripes
slowly descended from the Capitol, bu [
Georgia selected her own imperia, star
from the fading constellation of the
Union; and the people who in other
days consecrated the old flag with hope
and prayer, and dyed its blushing stripes
in hero blood; looked up and pledged
their fealty to the new.
With heart exhultant at the idea of
being out of the United States, and
throbbng with the lapse and pulse of a
thousand new and happy emotions, we
cannot think coherently, or write con-
nected thoughts; and while bells are
ringing out their jubilant notes, and the
roar of the cannon announces to other
States that the Keystone State of the
South has taken its place in the arch
while Georgia hearts send greetings to
the Stntes none bef0ro and tho Stnfes IN
come; let us paraphrase the words o.
Webster, and mako them toast and
motto in the South as they once were in
the Union: Liberty and the Southern
Republic, now and forever, one and in
separable."
Let us make new one for ourselves
Georgia and Political Independence, twin
sisters, nursed in the same great cradle
of the Western world, they will live or
or perish together.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-01-25

Washington, Jan. l7--Although the Re-
publican Senators yesterday voted against
the Crittenden Compromise, their chief
objection was to that part of it relating to
n division of the Territories which may
hereafter be acquired but measure of
that character, confined to the present
Territory, must meet with some degree
OF favor from the Republicans in both
branches OF Congress. "A
1t is known in the most reliable Repub-
lcan circles, that so far, Messrs. Seward
and Bates are the only gentlemen select
ed for Mr.. Lincoln's Cabinet, and, proba-
bly,, Mr.. Welles, of Connecticut. The.
others will not be absolutely determined
upon till the arrival here ofthe President
elect. 1faHiIFh
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-01-25

Washington Jan. 1.-THE President o..
the Alabama Conventionto-day telegraph
ed the Alabama Senators not to leave
theirseats until further advised, on ao-.,
count, OF the refusal of the North Ala
bama Delegates to sign the ordinace of
secession unless the time therein is post
poned till the fourth of March. ,enif
Every Foreign Government represent
ed here Is distinctly opposed to Secession
schemes and will publish their views.
Gen. Scott has been avised that 1000
Baltimoreans are ready to come to Wash
ington at the shortest notice TO defend
the District and Capital.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-01-25
Branch Bank of Tennessee.

Below we give list of Directors for the Branch
Bank of Tennessee at Athens, for the next twelve
months:
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-01-25

!, Caicinaat. Jan. 2l.-Flour steady, 4 60.
Corn 35(045. Whisky 234. Mess Pork
firm, SOS 1900 bbls., II 90. Lard 97-s
@l0.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-01-25

VIM. II. Ballew,
Jos. McCulley,
J. W. Blackwell,
WINS. Mayfeld, NJ,
t. p. Wells, "e"'"" county,
W. s. Galloway,
John McMahan,
Moses Cunningham,
G.. w. Mabry. Knor.
j. l.. Cox, Biounl
W. A. Upton, Monroe.
Henry Liggett, Roone.
Caleb Moore, Neigs.
J. d. Chattin, Rhea.
Il. ii. Dunn, Potk.
j. +. Rogers, B,odiey.
S. II. McCamy, Hamilton.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-11-01

or not who may offer them to the national
government; you will employ such persons
in such services rs they may be fitted for,
either as ordinary employees Of, if special cir
cumstances seem to require it, in any other
capacity, with such organization, in squads,
companies, or otherwise as you deem most
beneficial to the service. This, however not
to mean general arming of them for military
service. Houwill assure all loyal masters that
Congress will provide just compensation to
them for the loss Of the services of the per-
sons so employed 1t is believed that the
course thus indicated will best secure the sub
staniial rights Of loyal masters, and the bene-
fits TO the United States Of the services of all
disposed to support the government, while 1t
avoids all interference with the social systems
of localinstitutons of every State, beyond
that which insnrrection makes unavoidable,
and which a restoration of peaceful relations
to the Union, under the constitution, will inn
mediately remove Respectfully,
SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-11-01
The Court Of Anncals.

II affords ms pleasure says the st. Mary
Beacou-to he able 10 announce to our readers
anl.iho Southern Rights men Of this, the Sc
cond judicial District, that RoBEar Fond, Esq,
Of this county, has consented TO become a
candidate for the Court Of Appeals Although
no; nominated for the position, wc claim u,at
Mr. Ford is justly, and upon party grounds,
entitled to the support 81 the Southern Rights
men Of the district. In the FIRST place, there
Is no other candidate of Southern Rights
views IN the field. Whatever the merits Of his
opponents ia other respects, it cannot be justly
claimed for either Of thcm, that they have
new or ever had any sympathy or utilization
with the Southern Rights party OF Mary land.
Mr. Ford. on the contrary, has been identified
with this party from lis birth, and whenever
it has fallen, he has fallen with IL, ana is wilt
ing 10 fail with il again and again, II such Is
10 be It's fate The claims Of the county, which
presents Mr.. Ford to the district, are also, we
think, entitled to the consideration Of South
ern Rights men. Surely, no Southern Rights
man in the district orany where in Mary land.
requires to be told that st. Mary's has ever
done her duty to the party aud has ever stood
foremost for peace and the Constitution. What
does she now ask Of Southern Rights men i?
Not that they shall support Mr.. Ford in pre-.
ference to a gentleman d similar principles,
but that they shall support him 10 preference
togentlemen Of directly opposite principles.
l. there anything unreasonahl' n this? IN
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-11-01
TO THE PUBLIC.
OFFICE or THE PLANTERS ADVOCATE,

OFFICE or THE PLANTERS ADVOCATE,
OPPer Marlborough, Oct. 81, 1861.
On Wednesday last the following commune
cation, covering the order annexed to it, was
received by the Postmaster ofthis village from
the Postoilice Department of the United States:
PosroFFIcE DEPARTMENT,
Appointment Office,
October 3, 1861 J
SIR; Your attention is called to the enclosed
order, excluding TIE PLANTERS ADVOCATE, /"
from the mails and post offices Of the United
States
From and after this date, no copies of said
paper are to he forwarded as addressed by
mail; but any packages of such publication
as may be placed IN your office, should be for
warded TO the dead Letter Office" of this
Department You will give notice to all con-
tractors in your vicinity and all ncighboring
postmasters, to desist from carry ing, circulate
ing or distributing any issues Of said paper.
| am respectfully, &C.,
JONATHAN KASSON,
First Assist. Z. NJ. Gen.
E. j. X. ScorT, Esq, p NJ.
dpPcr marlborough, p. G. Co. Nd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-11-01
From the Baltimore News Sheet, Oct. 30.
MIR. BOERNSTEIN'S LETTER.

We publish to-day remarkable letter from
Mr.. BOernstein the United States Consul at
Bremen, in regard 10 the popular feeling ex-
hibited in Europe with respect TO American
affairs Mr., BOernstein addresses his letter
to the St. Louis Aazeiger, and it has since
been published in the German Cofrespondeit
Of this city, From the latter paper our trans
ation is made, The Consul states frankly
and unequiyocaly that all the active and en-
ergetic sympathy displayed in Europe, and
more especially 10y all classes except the very
poor, is undoubtedly in favor of the South
erH Coniedcracy. The almost universal belief
in Europe, he says, is that neither reunion
nor reconstruction is possible except upon the
Southern basis. He deplores the GOODNESS
evinccd towards the North among all the in
telligent classes without exception, aud the
evident dis.avor in which the war policy Of
the Federal Government is held. lie states
that American securities have fallen into dis
reputc and leaves it to be inferred that Mr..
Chase will find no takers for bis loan in that
quarter Of the world.
This letter, cmanating rs il does from one
Of the most prominent Of the Rcyolutionsts
Of 1913, and also one Of Mr.. Lincoln warmest
supporters is not only bold, frank and manly
in its tone but is especially valuable at this
time, ~ coming from awriter whose thorough
acquaintance with The popular mind Of Ger
many and Of other European States, cannot
be doubted.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-11-01

view Of the persecution and prescription to
which the Southern Rights men of Maryland
have been and are now subjected, is it not a
sacred duty they owe to each other to stand
or fall together? But it is not upon party
considerations alone that we claim for Mr.
Ford the support Of the Southern Rights men
of the district. We claim that his qualifca-
tons and fitness for the Office are at least equal
to those of his opponents, and we intend no
disparagement to either of them when We say
so, Upon this point, we reproduce with plea
sure sketch of Mr.. Ford by Marshall, :"
published in the Beacon of the DIST of March
last, and we submit it to the consideration of
the voters of the district with the remark,
that it does no more than justice to him as n
man and as a jurist
can acquaintance Of some years standing,
enables me to speak with some degree Of con-
iidence as well of the personal character of
Mr.. Ford as of his legal and mental quali6ca-
tons for the exalted position for which have
just named him. And first Of his personal
character. He is gentleman in the noblest
and truest acceptation of the word A man
OF purer character and of kinder nature does
not i've within the limits OF our state. 10
genial manners, flowing courtesy, and dis
position emnenty social he unites a firmness
Of character, directncss and singleness Of
purpose that neither threats nor blandishmeuts
can disturb. Accomplished in all the eruai-
ton Of the schools, thoroughly read in the
| literature and science Of modern times, n
graceful and forciblo writer, of a Judgment
singularly clear and well-baldnced, and ana
lytic ability Of the first order, Mr.. Ford is
moreover deeply vcrsed in the varied and
manifold learning as well as the philosophy
Of his profession. His emincncc as a lawyer
and his fitness for judicial station, are shown
by the honors which our own and neighbour
ing bar have frequently paid him. In nearly
every case in which Judge Grain has been dis
qualified by Constitutional provision from
acting as Judge in the Courts of Charles and
ST. Mary's, Mr.. Ford has been selected by the
bars Of these counties as Special Judge, and
his decisions in the judgment OF the ablest
members of the profession in these counties,
entitle him to a high and honorable position
among those great learned and upright ma
gistates whose names adorn our judicial
annals
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-11-01

The victory of Colonel (now GeneraD Evans
at Lecsburg, on Monday, waseven more COM
plete and glorious than we yesterday reported
it. In addition to the dispatches we then
published, one was received by the President,
Tuesday night from the chief of Gen. Beau
regard staff, Col Jordan, in which he saws:
=" have to report the capture of 600 pr-
soncrs and 200 stand Of arms. Their kill
ed and wounded amount to between 900
and 200 The rout was total, The fight
was an infantry engagement exclusively The
forces engaged were the sth Virginia and the
18th and 18th Mississippi regiments--the 18th
Mississippi being held in reserve. No artilic-
ry was fired by US.
Thcse-grea results, be it remembered, were
achieved by $500 men. fighting against TO-
600, with five batteries of artillery on their
sioe, and none, in use, on ours. one man to
Jour, with strong artillery force helping the
four. History shows Few feats Of arms so
splendid. Hcncelorth the name of General
Evans will take its place on the roll of heroes
and his uncOnqucrable troops have achieved a
deed that will make their memories glorious
for generations to come TO have been with
Evans at Lcesburg will be for each one Of
them, hereafter, an indisputablc proof Of
dduntess yalor and will constitute for each
Il tide and passport to the gratitude of his
countrymcn. With forces cruelty djspropor-
toned, they have stricken the presumptuous
invaders a blow that has sent them staggering
and shrielling back from the soil their foot
steps polluted, and that mast make the giant
usurpation at Washington shudder through
all its frame.
We are as vet, without the names of any
Of the brave men who have fallen on our side,
martyrs ia the sacred struggle for imperllud
liberty and bcleagured land We sympu-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-11-01

Having been nominated for the Governor
ship of the State by several assemblagcs Of
citizens who are entitled to my highest re-
spect, and having already accepted the nomi-
nation, although not in formal way, deem
it now proper and respectful to the people of
the Slate to make some more explicit an
nouncement of my acceptance; and to say,
that if it shall be their pleasure to elect me to
that high office, will endeavor to discharge
its important duties so as to promote the honor
and interest of the State in the very perilous
circumstances by which we are all surround
ed. BENJAMIN C. HOWARD.
PlEEsyILE, Baltimore CO., Oct. %, 1861.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-11-01

But four working-days more remain be-
tween this and the day Of election; YET, Oh
7aetIue, much can be done If orr iFf,4+ll4 q {.
Ihen LET every -a4+ who desires TO
u eace and quiet abide .n our good old
State, do his duty, and his whole duty. Let
him see that every voter comes to the polls
and if there be any who have no conveyance,
let them be provided with one. Explain to
the voters the.importance Of the coming cleo
tion Call to their minds the fact, that Ma
ryland cannot vote for war, and not partici-
nate in il