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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24
Tho War and its Callsna

The n. Y. Daily News" anticipates an
early clash Of arms, am. after pointing to
the activity OF the tro6 ,''5oth North and
South, says:
There cannot be less than from forty 10
fifty thousand troops, under the commuad
of Generals Cooke and Rurgles at Fled-
ricksburg, Richmond, IIarpcr's Ferry,
Lynchburg, and Culpcppcr Court House,
and it is thought probable that they are
concentrating near Dumirics, on the
banks of the Potomac, fity-live miles
south Of Alexandria, under General Lee,
in expectation Of aggressive action on the
part of their enemies.
General Scott appears to have become
suddenly aware that he has no feeble or
inefficient adversaIieS to contend with,
and is ordering forward soldiers, and mu-
nitions of war, from New York, Pennsyl-
vania, and New England, to such an ex-
tent that he will have at his disposal
nearly sixty thousand men, in the District
OF Columbia, and on the heights which
command the Potomac. before the close
of another week. Under such circum-
stances, it is highly probable that a battle
is impending, and that bloody collision
may be looked for within II lew days
This will, practically, open Mr.. Lincolns
long wished for civil war The "rrepres-
sible conflict" will have brought forth its
most hideous fruits at last. Where, Oh,
where will it end?
\ little while ago an all-poworful Aho-
litionist in Boston, "invoked Gods curse
on all compromises, and, amidst the APP
plause of those who listened to him de-
mandcd that the slave States should be
shovelled out of the Union" Since then,
he has addressed the same audience again.
and has issued his fiat that they must be
bloodily "shoyelled" in again. He is but
the type of the war policy Republicans,
who support the Lincoln administration
Since 1887, when Abolitionism first be-
came apolitical balance of power in some
OF the Northern States. it has worked
steadlastIy onward, in the path Of seces-
sion, and never faltered in its atrocous,
infamous task, Of destroying the unity OF
the Republic. 1t denounced the Consti-
tuition of the United States, and unceas-
ingly proclaimed its hatred of a Union
which tolerated slavery in any of its
parts
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

LlNcoLN's IDEA OF KENTUCKY NrurRALI-
TY.--Hon. W. L. Underwood, of KY, in
a letter to a friend in st. Louis, states
that Mr., Lincoln told him that he hoped
Kentucky would stand by the Govern
ment in tho present difficulties; but if
she could not do that, "iet her stand stu,
and take no part against il, anil that no hostile
step shOuH Head Ter soR" Scarcely had the
citizens of Kentucky read Mr.. Under
woods letter before theenIire Northwest
crn borderoT that State is menaced by Lin
coins mercenary soldiers, and her COM
merce on the Ohio river almost entirely
broken up. Yet the people of Kentucky
are conjured to remain neutral
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

OvTRAGGs AT THE NoRru.--A gentleman
an editor of a paper in Pennsylvania, call
ed at the office Of the New York Day
Book, and stated that he had been driven
from his home by parties who had threat
encd his life for expressing sympathy
with the South, and scarcely had he left
when mob surrounded his house and
rendered even his family unsafe. 1t Is
only the other day that Democratic cd
itor in Troy, n. Y, who condemned the
war policy of Linconln, was forced to flee
20 Canada for his life, and the Day Bcok
is credbly informed that man was hang
ed in Ulster county, y. Y, for expressing
his sympathy for the South in the present
struggle.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

The STATE OF AFFAlRs.-The New
York journal of Commerce closes a
lengthy review of the past and present OF
our country, by the following paragraph
as 10 the future, should Lincoln's war
policy be continued:
A successful result, G., an evident sub
.iugation or eXtinguishment Of the white
Southern people, cannot bring honor,
prosperity, or glad conscience to the
North. Bereavement, sickness, poverty,
and frightful decentralization, will
march hand in hand with the triumph.
Increased debt, increased taxes, dimin-
ished value Of all property. The custom
of the South, now amounting to hun
dreds of millions, lost; its productions,
which rendered the world tributary to
us, almost annihilated and tho relative
position of this country with the nations
of the earth, hopelessly reduced. We
cannot conquer peaceful and cordial
Union. 1t is the last mode by which it
can be done.
That is significant of return to rea-
son.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

THE PRoBABILITY OF A REcoGNITIoN.-
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Express, forming his conclu-
sion from the position occupied by the
foreign ministers at Washington, says:
whenever the Southern Confederacy
can manage to stand alone, it will find no
difficulty in securing its recognition by
the leading Powers of Europe. Such at
least is the belief of neutral Southern
men of great intelligence, resident in
this city.O
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

THE COMING CoNFLIcT.-All the North
ern papers concur that the armies of Lin
coin will speedily invade the soil of Vir-
ginia. Some say the invasion will begin
this week, but none defer it longer than
the 23d-the day Of the election-when
it is estimated, the Federal mercenaries
will throw their swords into the scales
Three simultaneous inroads are spoken
of, one at Harper's Ferry, one at Norfolk,
and one at Alexandria. Some things are
easiel said than done.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

SUPERVISION OF THE TELEGRAru.-J.
Hoyt, Superintendent of the telegraph
at Halifax, n. S., plblishes the following
notice:
"All messages from points South of
Washington will, until further notice, be
subjectto the supervision of the Govern
ment of the United States"
The telegraph lines, it will thus be
seen, are in the hands Of our enemies,
who employ lying agents to prepare the
dispatches sent South. With this eX-
PLANTATION, the reader will understand
what reliance should be placed in the
dispatches sent us. With few eXcep-
tions, they are prepared without any re-
gard whatever to truth.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

NECESSITY VS.. CONFERENCE.-THE editor
of the Brookhayen (Miss,) Advertiser
offers tho following unique argument in
favor Of raising moro ccn than cotton;
1--WE have always been presistently in
favor of planting large crop of corn,
even il cotton has to be little neglected,
particularly in times like these, when
communication with the Ohio may be cut
oii'at any moment. Corn is a necessity,
but cotton is only q convenience. man
can very well live without shirt, but
what can he do without whisky"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

THE LITTLE GIANT" TO TAKE THE FIELD.
The Indiana Seminal hears it stated by
those whose information is entitled to
respect, that the Hon. Stephen A. Doug
las will be appointed Lieutenant General
by President Lincoln. In view this an
nouncement we may as well add that it
is reported that Senator Wigrall is to COM
mand regiment of thousand picked
men, selected from the whole army, no
man in the regiment TO weigh under 10
pounds or be under six feet high, or over
SO years of age. Each man will he armed
with an Enfield rifle, two Navy reyolvers,
and six pound Dowie knife.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

SPIES IN TIE SoUTu.-We have little
doubt, says the Richmond dispatch, that
Lincoln has his agents in every Southern
locality, and strict lookout should be
kept for them. Strangers especially, no
matter how pacific the pretenses on which
they profess to come, should be closely
watched, and, if necessary, prevented
from leaving.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24
Tnsurroction Among Ohio Troops at
CaO11, TTar1-iso,,- T21oojxr T,o;1 T,;o.t4

In5urroction Among Ohio Troops at
Camp Bloody Rail Fight.
The Louisville Courier says: BY private
advices we are informed Of a grand row
and insurrection among Lincoln's volun-
teers at Camp Harrison, Cincinnati. II oc-
cured on "Wednesday last, yet the papers
up there have not yet heard the news
rhe list of killed and wounded we did
not get, but hear that none were killed
outright, though good many were badly
wounded. The mass of the men in camp
had been in partial revolt for several
days, but the immediate cause of the row
We did not ascertain, beyond the fact that
there was bloody fight, in which fully
five hundred men participated. The en-.
closure was torn down, tents rent, and
material scattered TO the winds by the
mob, who assailed each other with fence
rails, palings, fist and skull, turning the
military camp into pandemonium. I'm
fortunately the great mass of the combat
ants had no offensive arms, and could on
ly batter each others noses The officer
in command finally succeeded in quelling
the mutiny by marching an armed force
against them, and threating to dose them
with cold lead. The muskcteers finally
conquered a peace, and comparative order
was restored.
We also learn thai privatcs, musicians,
and purveyors to the army in that quar-.
ter are descrting in scores. This is only
the beginning of the end.
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

DIsGRuNTLED.-Someo of our Cincinnati
exchanges complain bitterly that their
people are not permitted to ship provis-
ions to the South, while Louisville aud
st. Louis arc permitted to do SO. The
benefits of this unholy war are beginning
to be felt.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

SELr-MuRDER.-Some of the Northern
States have the following fundamental
declaration in their Bills Of Rights:
"All power is inherent in the people;
all free governments are founded on their
authority and instituted for their beneft
they have therefore an inalienable and
indcfcasble right to institute government,
and alter, reform, or totally change
the same, when their safety and happiness
require it,"
This undeniahle postulate and law of
Republican liberty, embraced MS it is in
State papers. refers to the people Of the
State, ms distinct political community,
1t is this incstimable right Of selt-govern-
ment that, by a strange iatuity, these very
people are now fighting to destroy. They
are so blind by rago that they do not see
that they are fighting against their own
rights as wcll as against ours. The war
they are rallying for is a war of scll-de-
strucliou and suIcide.-Riehmond Wing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

Ga The Montgomery correspondent
of the Savannah Republican says the Con-
gress will not make Richmond the Capt.
tai of the Confederate States. We think
Atlanta, Huntsville, Nashville, or ne,o
city, to be built on the Charleston and
Memphis Road at the point of contact of
the States of Alabama, Mississippi and
Tennessee, would either be preferable to
chmond.-Au9usia Chronicle.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24
The Steam Gun,

ALEXANDRIA, May 13.-Mr. Dickinson,
the agent of Winans, for the steam gun,
was not arrested, as has been reported.-
A few pieces of the machinery were ta-
ken by the Lincolnites under Butter, but
the essential and useful parts is safe.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

FoRr PlcKENs.--The Montgomery Con-
federation says:
"We learn from a gentleman who ar
rived from Pensacola yesterday, that old
Brown is making every preparation for an
attack. Gen. Bragg keeps himself well
posted about his movements"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

may Dc cODUSCat-
You ask me for my opinion in refer.
ence to our national difficulties. | will
give it TO you frankly.
Inc affairs OF our country, as YOU saw.
are in deplorable condition.. The gov,
ernment OF Mr.. Lincoln is managed with
as much despotism as any monarchy in
Europe. All our letters North are broken
open, and no Southern man is safe North
OF Mason and Dixon's line. That Mr..
Lincoln intends the subjugation of the
whole South with fire and sword, to NV
mind admits not doubt.
Tho immense armies he has called out
are Intended for more than the protection
OF Washington, or the preservation of the
public property. If it be for the rrotec-
ton oil government property, why is il
That he has had burned and DESTROYED by
his own soldiers that very propertv at
liarper's Ferry and Gosport NAVY YardP
No, Sir-from the instructions of Mr..
Seward to his foreign ministers, and from
the whole tenor of the Northern press.
Mr.. Lincoln intends to conquer us, or to
use their own phrase, "wipe as QUIZ
You know that | have been as warm
Union man as any in Tennessee. About
these things you and myself have thought
alike; and have Condemned the hot head
ed men of the South as well as the black
hearted abolitionists of the North. But
the timo has gone past to look back to
The causes that led into our present diff
culties. We have to take them az thew
are, and to meet them as best we can
The house is on fire, and we cannot now
stop to enquire who fired it. We must
inst 60 to work and put it out.
We have no longer a Union-it is gone,
and forever. Regret it as we may, it is a
stubborn fact, and we have to deal with it
accordingly. | have loved the Union
and the stars and stripes almost to idola-
try. l loved them for tho character
they gave, and protection they afforded
| the American citizen throughout the civ
iiized world. | can no longer love the
remnant ofthat Union that is to be used
for the slaughter of our wives and chill
dren, nor bow down to that flag that has
become the emblem of oppression. / be-
lieve that our only chance of safety is for
the South to meet Mr.. Lincoln in Virgin
ia, and at all points upon the border, with
AN unbroken front, and say, Sir, you shall
| not overrun the South as long as we have
| an arm left to strike a blow. Already
there are one hundred thousand men on
the Northern line of Virginia armed to the
teeth and determined to dispute every
inch OF ground. My son is volunteer
and Will leave in few days. l trust in
| God that when Mr.. Lincoln sees such unit
Cd determinatiin he will let us 90 in peace.
IL Is peaceaUle separation or the blood
lest war that has ever been known on this
continent, or perhaps in the world.
Ihey even deny us armed neutrality
and say that We shall f;M on one side or Ue
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

nS5" The clearances at the Boston Gus
tom House last week show a falling off
in the sales OF boots and shoes of l5,l7l
on the same week last year. Wonder if
ANYBODY is hurt?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

nSS- The Senate of Kentucky has pass
ed on its third reading, a bill to suspend
the courts of that State until the first Of
January, 1862, by vote of 90 to 10,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24
Movements of Iincolnism

ALEXANDRIA, May l3.-Major Anderson
and Mrs. Lincoln wero in Philadelphia
on Friday.
Major Anderson will not command the
Kentucky brigade.
1t is reported that Stephen Arnold
Douglas will be Lieutenant General to
succeed Winfield Scott.
Daniel Z. Sckles has offered brigade
to Lincoln.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24
Plant Grain and Grass.

Mr.. Ewing introduced into the House of
Representatives of Tennessee, on the Goth
April, the following resolution, which was
adopted and sent to the Senate for con-
currence:
Resolved By tie General assembly Of the
STATE Of Tennessee That in view of the
dearth Of the past two years, and the pro-
bable extraordinary demand for cereal
and forage, to supply the absolute wants
of our State and tho entire South, that
the agriculturists Of the State be and they
are hereby requested to devote the breadth
of arabic land in the State to the culture
Of grain and grass.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

TnE LoNuoN TlMEs.-TAe New York
papers publish an article from tho Lon
don Times, Of May lst, in which it express
es great surprise that Mr.. Lincoln should
think it possible to coerce the seeding
States. The Times had not then heard Of
the secession Of Virginia though it was
expected. ltsays that Lincoln may prob
ably repeat the British enterprise ut Nac
Cr'eans. 1t leans towards the independ-
once Of the Southern Confederacy.
The WORKING or THE MORRILL, TARIFF
BiLL.-0r the SO vessels arriving in New
Yori, from the lst to the Sth inst, not
one had Il cargo, all coming in under
ballast. They are all from European
ports.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

ISzJs Percussion caps never can become
scarce. There are two establishments in
Southern States now manufacturing
them at the rate of $4,000 per day. This
will furnish within fraction of one mil
lion per months.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

"TmNGs ARE WORKING. Tho New
York journal Of Commerce of Tuesday, has
in its advertising columns, twenty-nins
ships for sale, and forty others for rent.
The Northern ship owners have already
found out that Lincoln's blockade will
not pay.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

Those who are filed with sympathy or
apprehension for the South. lest their
people shall starve for want of our bread
stutis, will do well to look little into
the statistics OF trade between the two
sections They will thus perhaps discov-
er that in ordinary seasons (the last was
an exception, on account of the drought
III the Southwest,) we take as much food
from the South as they purchase from us.
If we supply them with some of their
articles of necessity, we take from them
large quantities of flour and wheat, of
beef rice, sugar, &c., to say nothing of
the luXures in the way of sweet potatoes,
peas. strawberries, and other articles
which the palates of epicures even now
miss from that region of country We
may as well make up our minds to wait
for these articles this year unless they
mature on Northern soil
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

geyA There are some Union men in the
South-we admit so much of thruth in
the Northern journals--and two Of them,
Messrs. Vance and Leach, were lately
members of Congress from North Caroli-
ma, and are now Captains of volunteer
Companies ready to fight for the South.
ssy- A northern spy was hung at Col.
umbus, Ky, Friday.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24
THE POSITION OF KENTUCKY.

We publish to-day an nterestingrcport
ofa meeting recently held in Louisville,
to decide Oh the ground to be occupied
by the State OF Kentucky in the present
national struggle. Tie decision come to
was, that Kentucky shall remain neutral
while the government is putting downre
beIlion. This is all very well to say, but
it won't do. We now stand in position
where there can be no neutrals. Like
the old Spartans, the State must take ono
side or the other. Kep:ucky. therefore,
must either support tie lawful govern
mcnt or aid in the trcasanahe war waged
against it. At tho same time il is well
for her TO consider that. once out of the
Union, She will be totally ruined; in the
Union. she will not only retain her moral
force, but will 90 on from prosperity TO
prosperity.
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The subjugation Of Maryland and
KentnclSv.
from the New York ueral6. |

Maryland is still in the Union, and with
in few days, from the presence of an
overpowering force ini ide of her borders
and ON every side Of her disorderly cap
ital, we hope for a reaction against the
miserable mob o. ruiiians which has usurp-
ed the control of the State. She must
stand by the Union as Il good child, or she
will be soundly thrashed into submission
as bad one. This is as true as that the
sun will rise tomorrow morning; and we
apprehend that this alternative of repen-
tnnce or terrible punishment will apply
to ell the seeded States.
Virginia, next to Maryland, will be sub
jec.ed to this test. She has seeded. and
hence she will probably risk the breaking
Of every bone in her body.
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learn that on receiving intelligence by
tho telegraph that Gen, liarney had been
enlisting troops for Lincoln, Gov. Edward
Clark, Of Texas, Immediately despatched
a portion of the Austin City Infantry to
the suburban residence of Gen. Harney
at that place, and took possession of four
by his agents in Austin. They are now
at the Capital of Texas, and ready for
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A Cneerinp Indication.

Tho Washington correspondent OF the
New York Erpress May 10y says:
We find here in Washington the Fronch,
English, Prussian, Russian, Austrian,
Spanish and Brazilian Ministers are Sc
cretly or openly rejoicing at the downfall
of the American Rcpublic-and the
Chavalicr Bertinatti alone the Minister
from Sardinia, regrctting it. And why
does Bertinatti regret it? Maniiestly be-
cause he regards it as weal<ning the cause
of "united Italy" If the American
Union can be disbanded, why not the
Italian Union. Bertinatti, with his clear
seeing Italian intellect, plainly enough
breads the effect of our wrangling upon
the future of his own country.
Whenever then, the Southern Confed-
eracy can manage to stand alone it will
find no difficulty in securing its recogni-
Such, at least, is the belief of neutral
Southern men Of great intelligence, resi-
ding in this city.
We have never supposed any other re-
suit possible. As to the satisfaction it
gives absolutists to see our institutions
destroyed, that can no longer be prevent
ed. If the Union is not dismem5ered, it
can only be held together by force, and
that is despotism-military despotism. -
We prefer to see the South any day under
Alexander Napoleon, Francis Joseph,
Victoria, or any other crowned head of
Europe, than under Abraham Lincoln.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

THIRTEEN TuoUsAND ALABANGANs OFFER
ED.-rhe Montgomery AdrstiSer gives the
following cheering news from Alabama:
About one hundred and thirty-fye
companies have offered their services TO
the Governor Of this State since he issued
his first proclamation, calling for three
thousand men. In each company there
is an average of one hundred men, which,
in the aggregate, will amount TO about
1900. Alabamians are certainly mani
Testing something of the Spartan spirit in
their readiness to defend their country.