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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-10-11
Govarnor,s Message.

y We received the Governors Message
on Thursday morning, but have not had
time 10 read it yet. The Nashville U"io"
and americaa, noticing the Message, says:
The analysis contained in it Of the
causes of the great revolution, which has
eliminated in the separation of Tonnes
see from the sectionalized Union, is one
of the most forcible, succinct aud ccmpre'
hsnsiye reviews Of that great question
which has emanated from the pen of amy
statesman. So also, the just tribute to
the patriotism of the people Of The State
in the promptitude with which they re-
sponded to the call for volunteers, viii be
interesting to every Tennesseean who
feels pride in his native or adopted
State, ..t .t...I f..-
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The sugar, sugar Crop.
We clip the following interesting item
from the Franklin (La.) Register

We clip the following interesting item
from the Franklin Lag Register:
Nearly two weeks have elapsed since
the last rain, and the clouds still indicate
that we are TO have a continuance Of the
present delightful spell for several days
more. The planters, to use an old phrase,
are making hay while the sun shines, and
are now, with but few exceptions, ready
TO commence harvesting the immense su
gar crop, which will exceed-if not cut
short by an early frost-that of any form
er year, by an hundred thousand hogs
heads. All agree in saying that they have
never seen the cane so large, and so full
of saccharine juice, although we are yet
thirty days behind the usual time to COM
mence rolling, will yield fully fifteen hun
bred pounds of sugar to the acre. All our
planters will be fully employed in rolling
between now and the Goth day of the
month. Nt H
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No More Picket Firing.


The order of Gen. McClelland, prohibit.
ing the Union troops from firing on the
rebel pickets. except to repel the assaults
OF the lat err is being faithfully carried out.
The enemy seem to be DESTROYS to initiate
the order of Gen. Mcclellan, and to-day
there was general cessation of the usual
musketry fusilade along the lines. This
fact has had the effect to bring the pckets
OF both armies within speaking distance,
and to-day many social confabs took place
between the soldiery. Captain Morse, of
the Michigan Regiment, had converse
ton with a Georgia Captain, in which the
latter stated that he was happy to hear
that General Mcclellan had issued the
humane order in regard to firing on pick
cts, and said that the rebels would recip-
rocate s.lF
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The Hum of Industry flushed.

We find .he following paragraph in a
late Cincinnati Enquirer. 1t is but one of
many of a similar character that now APP
pear in the columns Of the Northern jour
mails: ,.. r
The cheerful whiz of the machinery of
the cotton tectory on Third street is hush
ed, and the lights, which in the early por-
ton of the night shown forth from every
easement, are no more TO be seen. The
hum OF the hundreds of girls, as they
swarmed from the industrial hive after
each busy day, is no more heard, and the
life of the establishment has departed.
The irrepressible conclusion of a lack of
cotton has caused lack of employment.
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"Big Inian MeIn

We find the following specimen Of Yam
kee gasconade in the N. Y. Herald"
After the IKg.-At the conclusion of this
war we shall have in the field over three
hundred thousand veteran soldiers; and
our navy will comprise over five hundred
shipslof war, and we shall have naval
brigade of about fifty thousand men,. Let
European governments be careful, then,
how they treat us during the continuance
of this war, for when we have settled our
domestiejtroubles the slightest word OF
insult or provocation may let loose upon
Canada and Cuba this terrible force, and
sweep the last pestige of monarchial rule
from the continent.l M ~ iea oIg lal
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FOREIGN News.

'H We have been Kindly furnished (says
the Nashville Banner, with the New York
Journal of Commerce of September 25th,-
from which we extract the following items
Of foreign news: .'' ''''
The European mails per steamship Per-
STA, previously reported off Cape Race, ar
rived at this port this morning. We make
the following extracts
The most painful intelligence from
France is the deficiency of the last har-
vest. This deficiency, it is now ascertain
ed, is much greater than was previously
supposed France, it is estimated, will
be compelled to spend forty millions ster-
ling this year to make up the deficiency.
The price of -four is rising throughout
France. We stated recently that large
quantities Of hour were being shipped
from Liverpool TO various ports in France;
and we now learn that sixty millions of
francs in goldihaye been sent to Russia to
purchase grain. This sad disaster will re-
act upon the English market, and will
affect, more or less seriously, all the grain
markets in world. Happily, plenty of
grain for expectation is to be had in Rus
STA and on the western shores of the At
lantic. Both Carada and the United
States will be importing largely into
France the moment this intelligence ar
| rives out.--Emopcan Times, It'll uh.
The Evangelical Alliance Conference,
lately sitting atGeneva, has under its con-
sideration the question Of American slave
ry, and it was resolved to hold q meeting
of English and Americans to consult upon
the form of q resolution embodying the
feelings sympathy Of the alliance toward
America in the present crisis of her histo-
ry-a crisis attributed entirely to the in
stitution of slavery. a rs,
1t is stated that a newspaper in the in
terest of the Confederated States Of Ameri-
ca will shortly be started in London.
A strange piece Of information comes
from Paris, to the effect that number of
French Canadians have arrived there, to
claim the aid of the Government-in re-
lieying the colony from its connection
with the British Crown Remarking on
thisrfact,l the Europedr Times says .7g .
| usl Perhaps this uneasy feeling amongst
the habitants may account for the militia
~ reinforcement which has already been
semitic Lower Canada, and the other rein
forceinent not Vet sent which has been
talked about. Now that this fact has
transpired, we see a notire Of which, we
were previously ignorant, and the Ameri-
Gains will see one also, whichewill 'fsileve
us of'the imputationr of t'istuastingtthehi
1t would have been better Tor the Govern.
ment, when informed of this ridifHl9eus
plot, or whatever it may be called, to have
! published the affair to the world and abid
ed by the worlds verdict, which In thif
case would have 9beeno Unanimous and
1 iustV adj, t-, ,Jni,, o14 ,So,,-,,,t |
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That Iron Clad Vessel.

1t has been announced, on the authori.
ty of Georgia paper, the arrival at Sa-
yannah Of an iron-clad vessel, frelghted
with munitions of war, etc. The y. o.
Delta Of the 18th says: "A reliable gen.
tleman informs us that he was shown a
copy Of the manifest of the cargo of the
vessel alluded TO above, and that among
other articles were the following: % can
mons, $500 Enfield rifles; 10000 army
pistols, $1,000 sabres, 100000 blankets,
$1,000 army shoes, 2,900,o0o percussion
caps, . tons powder, large lot of quinine
and other articles much needed by the
Confederate army"
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The General Assembly.

The Nashville Patriot says: "The Gem
eral Assembly Of Tennessee convened at
the Capitol in This city on Monday. In the
Senate, one.of the mewbers, Mr. Dickens,
representing one Of tie Fast Tennessee
Senatorial Districts, declined 10 fake the
oath to support the Provisional Conssitu-
ton of the Confederate States. on the
ground. if wccorrectly understood him,
that there was no law authorizing the adj
mnistration of such an oath. This gave
rise TO some discussion, and seemed at
one time likely 10 delay the organization
of that body. The subject was finally
passed over, for the time being, the Sena-
tor qualifying in the usual mode. Edward
Cheatham, the Senator from Robertson,
Montgomery and Stewart, was elected
Speakers Franc M. Paul, Of Shelby, Prin-
cipal Clerk; Mr.. Rogan, Of Hawkins, En-
crossing Clerk; and w. J. Moss, Of Viii
Hanson, Dooikeeper. Several ballots were
made for Messenger, without making an
election. The organization of the Senate
will be complete so soon as the Messenger
| is chosen. I..... ,...,.. ..i.,.. l.........
The House was partially organized by
the election OF 4. A. Keeble, of Ruthcr-
ford, Speaker: +. $. DeWolic, Principal
l Clerk; 'Thos. L. S. Russworm, Assistant,
and Henry liegett, Jr., Engrossing Clerk.
The Speaker Of the Senate is an old
able and experienced member, and ha.
heretofore filled the same chair, to tn,
satisfaction Of the Senate, and with homo
to himself The Speaker of the House i
a new member, never having served in
legislative body, but he brings to the 20
sition very high order of intellect, emf
nent attainments, sound Judgment, AM
decision of character, and we predict 70
him. a wise and efficient administration
OF his Office" .#..
The organization of the Senate wa
completed on Tuesday, by electing Julu
l b. Bridges, of Athens Messenger.
Jabez g. Mitchell, of Warren, was elect
: cd Principal Door.Keeper of the House
and Anderson Hill, Of Knox, Assistan
Door-Keeper. ...
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The War Department.

The RiqlmQnd correspondent of the
Momphiya #pda1 Al islsssN written on
the 27thI I'LL, shyA--"The talk on the
street howi4 thai mn lssANmin will be
itsthe Wmlbeps{ lAAent ms Sec
tetary, and, somebody elss wili be chosen
|hs Attoi lei rGenerd1 lies has devoted
|'liimself 10 The iaborfoos duties of his new
position With SO much zesl, industry and
intelligence, that fresh vitality and vigor
seem to have been infused into the ser
vice. The army transportation will no
longer be a slow coach-rogiments are TT
ted out and sent off to different points
with the least possible delay, and the
change may even extend to the army Of
the. potomac, and terminate the oinaction
of that splendid body Of fighting men. !
have heard that among other matters de.
termined upon under the new regime is a
Reorganization of the cavalry, with view
to the increase and greater efficiency Of
this important arnof the national. de-
fense,and oiiensean Already we have a
magnificent cerpsof horsemen inthe field,
men of areatsendurance and audadity,
who oan ride and fight, to whom the sad
dleis'n better md suferer resting place
while inlthe charge than the slippery,turf,
and when iheyshall have been mashhled
into a grand cavalry army, they williproye
far more terrible TO the people of the
| North than ever the Cossacks or Name
lukes were to Napoleon. The officer
whom it is proposed to place. over our
bold dragons, is a manwhose name gives
promise of othe most brilliant and COM
plete success in whatever heundertases
This is ibepepal, Earl,Van Dorm. lie will
be assigned to service, it is said, at an ear
ly day, with Johnston and Beauregard,
where he will find, in the Black Horse
troop of Payne and the dashing followers
of the brave Col. Stuart, the material on
which TO form the invincible cavalry that
she'll stable their horses, before the war is
over, in the maiket-houses Of Philadel-
phia" Hr1vgD notrg r.1Ht ~ gvggu9
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Arrest of d Prominent Lincofnite.

We learn from gentlemen Who reached
the city Yesterday !. that, the noted Lin
colnite. Col. ]. S. Buckner, has been ar
rested by party Of Southerpers. He, was,
it will be recollected, in command Of the
Ihncolnites at Hopkinsville, whom Gen.
s, b. Buckaer routed few days since,
and he was on his way to Louisville when
captured He warSrought to Humboldt
yesterday 9sst1hence taken to Columbus,
TO be tYphed over to the tender meroies Of
IIGen. Johnston. This Col. Buckner resid-
ed in 'lIopkinsvile, and was the life and
soul Of the Lincolnites in that section, and
his arrest is anImportant one. OF course
he is in no way related to our Gen. Buck
,ner. Memphis Avalanche, OotnImmn0 l
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Insurance Of Property in Seeded
f Stat0a.ita lltf imp

In answer to the inquiry +if loyal cit.
liens of New York State may insure
what property they possess n the seced
ed States against fire, without infringing
the proclamation prohibiting CONNER
cial intercourse" ~ the following official
reply was received: ''1i
49, nFh To- DkpARrMEST or STATE,
Washington, Sept. 81, 1861. !
My DEAR Sir: | see no, objections to
loyal citizens Of the United States insur-
ing what property they may posses in
the seeded States" against loss by fire.
Hi b. oiet Very truly yours, b'aii
WILLIAM Ii. SEWARD.
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seouestration in Arkansas.

The sequestration act will, it is said,
operate to the extent of securing to the
South more than one million of dollars
in Arkansas, The Democrat says that
Mr.. Woodruff, of Little Rock, has the
largest land agency OF any person in that
State 1t has been estimated that he
controls, or has charge of at least half a
million dollars worth of property owned
by parties resident in the Northern
States. Of course all this will be seques
trated. iHt
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Omitted this Week.

,A In consequence of the press of legal adj
yertsements on our columns this week,
; we have been compelled to omit the pub
lication OF proceedings of meetings of La
dies, organizing Soldiers Aid Societies, at
the following places :-Pikeville, Yellow
Creek, Loudon, Sewee, Cantrell's X Roads
and Decatur. They shall appear just as
soon as we can find room for them. In
the meantime, we hope the good work
will 20 on.
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Later from Kentucky.

The Memphis Appeal learns from pas
sengers who came down from Bowling
Green on the Sth that information had
been obtained there that the enemy had
received heavy reinforcements at Louis
vile and other points, mostly along the
railroad lines. Their force between Eliza.
BEETHOVEN and the Ohio river is now esti-
mated as high as 20,0O0-the late acquisi-
ton having, as is supposed, come from the
East. We cannot say that great credit
should be attached to the rumor.
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Treason in Indiana.

Federal papers admit that all the peo-
pie of Indiana do not by any means
bend the suppliant knee to the Illinois
dictator. A large meeting was held at
cambridge, Putnam county, n few days
ago, at which strong peace resolutions
were passed, and dcnunciations of Lin
coins unholy war expressed. A still lar.
ger meeting of the same description was
held in Franklin, also, in the same State.
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/ Fremont on the Reserve.

Fremont and his proclamation are
popular On the Reserve. AT the late
Senatorial Convention Of Portage and
Summit counties, the following resolution
was adopted pr aa{ n gp1ib@'p taf !
4, ."1ftsohed,' That Notwithstanding any
reservations Or QUALIFICATIONS, we approve
qt The late proclamation 81 Gen. John q Z.
The Convention. then adjourned with
three, cheers for John 9. FREMONT On.
En-. ~ ~ ~, ,.si.,i
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The Atlanta (Ga.) Intelligencer says:-
We notice Tint public attention is being
calledto the mqniaSfor specializing, which
appears u prevail An Georgia and ,1en.
nessce 10 a verygfe extent. The Nsshl
WILD papcrs are coming hard down upon
those who, forgetting the condition Of
the couassy, its distress, and the Nhard
times that.now oppress all classes, espel
cialIy the poor, arg engaged in heortless
speculation on the accessories of life. We
gather from them that a combination ex.
ISIS in that city'to Grtoa high prices even
for coal, 9n article that everybody must
use I'M that city. But this is not ALL
Throughout that and. this State, .speoula-
tors are ep gagged in an effort to ,rn,onopo-
lie the wheat crop y unusually abund-
ant one, and which article, instead of be-
ing lower in 1Cpricel in the market now
than itmhs some weeks ago, is getting
\ niger and higher every dayJi Flour is
gradually going up, and wbys The pa
\ pefs ut Nashville say THAT, some of their
i"monicd men not satisfediwitlf the prof
its of other sliedulationsg have now turn
ed their attention to tour andlIcoaspircci
htogctherto get possession Of all that can
Fbe,thrown into the lmhrketl for some
months to come, and when they have
done this, put up prices, and thus
force the consumer to contribute to
their gains" Ifnot not to the same
extent, yet we can see the same spirit
manifested in Georgia that exists in Ten
nessee. God forbid that Il should keep
on growing! There are widows and or
Iplnns in the land whoInust be fed. The
poor must have food; and the people waI
act ssbat to speculation Of the character
We describe for any length oftime: Woe
! to them whose duartrs shall arouse COM
n,unities TO project themselves from the
lextortions of the hard-hearted speeula'
tor upon the meat and, bread (which the
/ people must have upr starve! Man, be
generous and just TO- your fellowrman..
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Great Loss in East Tennessee.

The Jonesboro' Express of the 4th, says:
The heavy rain that fell on last Thurs.
day night and Friday proved very destruc.
tive to property ir upper East Tennessee
On llolston, Watauga and Chucky Rivers,
particularly the two last) majority OF
the mills and bridges have been carried
away; while the rich islands and bottoms
were sweptclean OF the corn which prom.
ised such an abundant harvest. In sever
al instances dwelling houses were washed
off, the inmates saving nothing but them.
selves. The loss, it is estimated, will
amount to several millions of dollars.
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DE- It has been ascertained that Gen.
Pattersons campaign ingVirginia cost the
Lincoln Government fully ten millions
of dollars. The sole result was the cap.
ture Of some twenty fugitive, slaves, near
ily all of whom were subsequently sse'
turned to their masters q I..6 Z s'9e. /
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Signs OF the Times.

o The New York Times ofthe Goth inst,
has the following. "Therecruiting returns
for the week are most unsatisfactory
There has not been Isueha lack of bust
ness during any periodwithin the last five
years. The difficulty is to get men Of any
kind. aThe standard of hightsd has beeh
lowered, and the next step will probably
be the suspension Of the regulation pro
hibiting the enlistment Il marrriea .msn.
Apparently, there was nsthipgddons, at
Boston and Rhiladslpliiap and no dstacli
ments arrived from those cities during the
week, nor yethohi Rochester of BqanaaalE9.l I
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Cos! of the War 70 the North. . >

According to the verbal statement OF
Gen. Scott,ylately there ereunder arms
and in the pay of the United States, 22O,-
900 men, Tomaintain the army after its
equipment, will require, 81 ,00o, 200 anru-
ally TO each regiment. OF S230,00Q, 0Op
year. 1 The Eayy,SAl require, in addition,
at least that sum, 40 that with tho or
binary expense Of, the, government, we,
may safely put down our national expense
At this time at the rate Of $S365 100000 a
year, OF 81 600, 600, a day.-TN, y, Tinfsr.
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aoy- Every one should strive W

triotic devotion, says the New Orleans
Picayune, to dispense, as far as possible,
with everything regarded as a necessary
Of life that may have tendency to in
crease prices, and to stimulate the cupid
ity Of those whose dispositions to realize
profits outstrips their attachment to their
country and It's interests. f'i. an''
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Fremont in Trouble.

Fremont appears to be IN considerable
more than "a peck Of trouble" He de-
tails some Of his grievances in q letter to
"a friend in New Y ofk," which letter is
Published in the Cincinnati Gazette Of the
18th ult. ms follows: 'ai Fl. 3' ~ il1
y ST. Loril Sept. 20, 1sGl.-My Dear Sir:
leave at blight in the morning. and send
you this hurried note in the midst of the
last arranAe dement's before starting, We
have to contend with an enemy having
no posts tolgarrison, no lines of transpor-
tation to defend or guard, whose whole
force can be turned at will to any one
point, while we have from Leavenworth
to Cairo, and from Fort Scott to Patueah,
to keep protectede YmrAct' gcaE
wish to say to- you, that though the
position is difficult, am competent to it
and to the enemy in the field. / am not
able at the same time to attend to the
enemy at home. IL is a shame to the
country that an officer going INFO the
field, his life in his hand, solely actuated
| by the desire to serve his country and
win for himself its good opinions with no
other object, should be destroyed by a
system Of concerted attacks utterly with
out, foundation. Charges are spoken of
when there are no charges; explanations
where there are none to be made. What
is the object of the repetition of these
falsehoods, except to familiarize the pub
lie mind to the idea that something is
wrong?
Already our credit, which was good; is
shaken in consequence of newspaper in.
| timations of my being removed.
Money is now demanded by those furn.
ishing supplies. TO defend himself now
would require the time that is necessary
to and belongs to my duty against the
enemy. r. Du. enls ltr"In
If permitted by the. country, this state
of things will not fail to bring on disas
tiers. But never would have been at
tackedin my capacity as an individual.
am an exponant of a part of the force
| of the nation directed against 1.-the enemy
Of the country. Everything that is direc
te,, against me is directed against it, and
gives lis enemy aid and comfort. My
| private character comes in only incident
ally-I defend it because naturally his
reputatioilis dear 10 any man but only
incidentally.
This is the foundation of many of my
acts and will be- IL j stay here. Every.
1thing that hiirts;1mpedes or embarresses
4 the work Entrusted to ne, strike with
out besitationr. | take the consequences
THE worst that cab happen to me is relief
from great lab6r. l 'hTsti OF Srl's"f1 .
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Athens, Friday, october II, 1851.
Gone to Nashville.

rhscsstor lcft for Snshrilie on Inst Friday
evening, and hos. mot yet returned, us the only
oppIcv we shslf oTcr-fof any deficiencies that
may appear in the present issue of the Post
Guess "Uldabe Blockade" has been playing the
,pisehicf with the Stationery business over about
Nashville. III W
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Southern Commissioners.

A Charleston dispatch Of the Both, says:
3 Aessrs. Mason and Slidell, Commissions
ers to England and France, arrived here
this morning, and will leave shortly for
their respective courts via U. &. r.
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Nashville and Memphis.

Mr.. Memminger, Secretary ofthe Treas
ury, by virtue of an act OF the last Con-
gress, has ordered the establishment of
ports of entry and delivery at Nashville
. and Memphis, for goods, wares and mer-
chandize imported or exported.
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I'The Great Eastern Disabled.

|hF InThe Great Eastern Disabled.
ii,rhe offieersof the steamship Persia,
arrived at N CIV YORK, make the following
report ofSthe injuries Just Sustained by
the Great Eastern. haJoTa ahi 40 'hnRd
II oootf the 4Cvh inst, d 1850 AZ. 1f.ght
81 10, lomta4 l0gi passed. the british
steamship .ireat Eastern, RETURNING to
bort, 1wNhgbss or b6typs,tie ohses, an her
bonis (exoeptmiey on aho port side, ibul-
wagks stoyeand ship rolling h@gY.udIAe
Irudder was also dRmased, a. al, ~
.ioi rm.lT