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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08

B@- The Southern Confederacy," a
journal published at Atlanta, Georgia. in
announcing the passage of the ordinance
of secession by the Convention of that
Slate, accompanies 1t with the following
commentary:
"Posterity will regard the act as want
ing in craftsmanship, and the greatest
folly ever committed by great and pros
porous people, But undue prosperity
begets luxury and restlessness, and grave
deeds are often committed without re-
Election or reason. Posterity will censurc
the act of secession, for the reason that
the seeding States, in their several Con-
ventions, made no demands for the re-
dress Of grievances, but madly-yea,
blindly-preciptated revolution. To
stand justifird in the eye of the future,
and before the scrutiny of civilization.
We should demand redress in Conyen-
ton of all the States"
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The gost.
Athens, Friday, February s, 1861.
Kansas.

hUuSaS.
The act for the admission of the Ter.
ritory of Kansas into the Union as a
State having passed both Houses of Con-
gress, it may be presumed that the State
officers of Kansas elected last Decem-
Der will soon enter upon their respective
duties. They are as follows:
Charles Robinson, Governor: j P. Root,
Lieutenant Governor; Martin +. Conway,
Congressman; j. W. Robinson, Secretary
of State; William Tholen, Treasurer; Geo.
1illyer, Auditor; B. F. Simpson, Attor-
ney General; w. b. Griffin, Superintend.
ent OF Public Instruction; Thomas Ew-
ing.jr., Chief Justice; Samuel A. King
man and J.. ID. Railey, Associate Judges.
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08

DECLINE IN MULEs.-The Nicholasville
(ky.) Democrat says that Mr.. j. Funk,
OF that county. offered lot of fat mules
for sale at public auction in Lexington OH
County Court day, in December last, for
which the highest bid was one hundred
and twenty-six dollars per head On last
Monday he offered the same lot in the
same market, and the highest bid was
only ninety five dollars, thus showing u
decline of more than twenty five per cent
in their value in the short space of one
month. AtH y a1 tf4s
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08
From PHILADELPHIA.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26.-The working
mems meeting, numbering six thousand,
stood ankle deep in the snow, listening to
speeches Of conciliation and expressive
of appreciation of Crittenden's resolu-
tions. Resolutions wcra passed declaring
that any collision between the Govern
ment and States would strike q death
blow to all hopes Of settlement Of our
national difficulties
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08

Bay We know several people who are
always boasting of having been born in
South Carolina. This is wrong. 1t is
dscourteous to taunt Mississippians, AMI
Gcorgians and Alabamians with what is
less a fault thar misfortune. We were
born in Alabama but we could have been
born in South Carolina just as easy-ifwe
had thought about it.-Prairie Ne,cs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08

PRErrY GooD,--The Hon. James Nc
Quade, Of Utica, says of Lincoln's Cabi-
net: Zone thing is settled--Greeley is
to go into the Cabinet; he is to be Seore-
tary Of the Exterior--his principal du-
ties, to watch the thermometer and tell
how cold it is out there" f,s.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08

l.i pas- Brevet Major GeneraF David e,
Twiggs, United States Army. has been re-
lieved lat his own request) from the COM
mand of the military depot of Texas,
{. which command is deyolved on Colonel
q Carlos A White, lst infantry. 1t is said
that Gen Twiggs proposes to resign.
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New JerSaY.

New Jersey, the only Northern State
that was not overwhelmed by Lincolnism,
has glorious record in the following eX-
tract from late report of the Judiciary
Committee of the Senate:
New Jersey has fulfilled every obliga-
ton to the Constitution; she has no per-
sonal liberty bills on her statute book,
and her laws for the redition of tugitives
from service were enacted to carry out
the provisions Of the Fugitive Slave Law
of 1903. Being border State, Fugitives
have great facilities for taking refuge on
her SOIL but they have invariably been
delivered upon claim of the party entitled
thereto, under her laws. The Act con-
cerning fugitive slaves authorizes their
reclamation either by the Acts of the
Legislature or OF Congress, and the keeper
of the State Prison, Sherifls and County
Jailors are required to receive and safely
keep in their prisons all persons commit.
ted under the authority of tho United
States, till discharged by due course of
law"
The report also mentions that citizens
of Southern States having temporary
residence in New Jersey, are permitted to
bring with them personal slaves, and dtake
with them their servants on removal out
of the State.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08

tbs MAIL SERVICE IN OuIo.-South
Carolina is not the only State which does
not pay its mail expenses. The account
of Ohio for the year ending June 80, 1860,
4 stands; Expenditures, ssl2,72l 90; re-
oeipts, S532,250 06. .eavinga deficit of
N $3.50, ,4G2 S7--double that of South Caro-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08
Riding O Hobby.

There is deal of sound sense at times
in the remarks of insane persons. At
the South Boston asylum, few days
since, patient was asked if he was fond
of riding horseback. mo, sir, ride a
hobby" "There's not much difference
between the two," carelessly remarked a
gentleman. "Oh, yes, there is" said the
patient, "and it is this: If you ride q
horse, you can stop him and get of, but
when you mount a hobby you can't stop
and you can't get Off" There's wisdom
for you!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08
NODElt L AN DERSON,
"Mnjor United States Army"

GEN. JACKSON on CoERcIoN.--Gen. jack
son, in his farewell address to the Ameri-
can people, in March, 1887, thus alluded
to coercion. lie said:
IF such a struggle is ever begun, and
the citizens of one section of the country
are arrayed in arms against those of anoth-
er IN Doubtful conflict let The battle result as il
may, there wiN be an end TO tie Union, and
ViM aan end Of The hopes Of freemen. The
victory of the victors would not secure
to them the blessings of liberty. Itwould
avenge their wrongs, but they would
themselves share in the common ruin"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08

BE- Louisville journal says that troops
are being rapidly raised and enrolled in
all parts Of Kentucky subject to the call
of the military authorities of the State.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08

.;o WiLMISGTox. N. c., Jan. 29.-A large
n and enthusiastic secession meeting was
% held ins the Theatre. Many prominent
. gentlemen, formerly opponents Of seces-
sion, took part with the South.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08

eay They say that marriage makes two,
one. But it generally makes them half
a-dozcn or more,
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RS For the first time in years, says
the Philadelphia American, we have a
plain statement of the condition of the
Treasury. Mr.. Dix sums up his accounts
of liabilities certain to accrue, exclusive
Of any thing that Congress may expend
at this session, and to require payment
before the close of the present fiscal year,
tJune Both, at S44,077 ,524.. So much of
regular and proper expenditure must be
provided for, at least, and the next ques-.
ton is, what are the resources to pay it
from? These resources Mr. Dix states to
be:
"Pirst, the balance of the Sel 100000
loan authorized in June last, of which
loan only S7,022, 900 has been taken,
leaving Sl3, ,979,000 yet open to negotia-
ton. BY converting this loan into Trea-
sury notes, we find that they may be tn.
ken at about IL per cent. of current in
terest, as shown by the bidding a day or
two since. The revenue from customs he
puts at SIG, 900 only for tho half year,
that from public lands at $1,000, 900. and
from miscellaneous sources at S400,0 ,000--
n total of regular revenue for six months
of only Sl7. 100000. Tho Treasury notes
Just sold add Sj,000,000 to available
means, but this sum is to come from the
loan authorized in June last, leaving but
about seven and three-quarter millions to
come from that source in any case. The
sum now required, beyond all revenues,
loans, and notes actually issued, is stated
at S2l ,677,524 for the first six months Of
1861, or fourteen millions beyond all that
would be supplied if the whole of the
loan authorized in juno last should be
realized. This fourteen millions must be
provided by some new measure without
DELAY - ~, ~, -..ias. y "a e.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08


A SENSIBLE LASDLoRD.-An exchange
says; A little inei,lents transpired some
time ago, at one of our hotels, which IS
worthy of notice. ets- ~
A little girl entered the bar-roonr and
in pitiful tones told the keeper that her
mother had sent her there 10 get eight
cents. e 49,.
Eight cents" said the keeper.
"Yes. SIR"
What does your mother want with
eight cen,sg don't owe her any thing"
s.Well," said the child, ''father spends
all his money here for rum, and we have
nothing to eat today. Mother wants to
buy loaf of breadD = sass
loafer remarked to the bar-keeper to
''kiek the brat out" ssss.
"No," said the baf-keeper. "Ill give
her the money, and if her father comes
back again IN kick him out"
SECESSION Down EAsr.-A Quebec ps.
per says; 81
While the North and the South are on
the eve of.civil war. it is interesting to
learn, as we do on unquestionable author-
i,y,. that the leading men of the State Of
Maine are prepariag the way for annexa-
ton TO the British American Union, 1t !
! the most hopeful movement Of the hour.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08
War Taxes in South Carolina

A legislative committee to whom was
referred the subject of raising supplies for
the present fiscal year report deficiency
of 81, ,647 ,496, to raise which sum they
have submitted bill OF taxation which
will produce, it is estimated, Sl,724, 900.
Among the items OF taxation Te as fol-
lows:
Upon every one hundred dollars of the
value of all lands an ad valorem tax of 50.
ON all slaves tax of Sl6G per head; $3 .25
on each free negro, mulato, or mestizo,
between the age of fifteen and fifty years,
except such as are incapable of procuring
q livelihood; twenty-seven cents ad valo-
rem OH every one hundred dollars on all
lots, lands and buildings within any city,
town, or village; one hundred cents per
500 on factorage, and all professions and
employments, except clergymen and
mechanics; the same on commissions &C.;
forty-fve cents per 800 on capital stock
of all incorporated gas companies, and
| one and half per centum on all premi-
| ums taken by insurance companies; and
| twenty-eight cents on every 500 Of the
sales, merchandise, &c., made between the
lst of January, 1860, and January, 1861 /;
| 1.-THE product of the State and the unman.
ufactnred products of any of the United
States are excepted from this provision;)
500 per day for all circus exhibition, $50
per day for all theatrical or other shows;
Sl.50 on every 500 of interest received
during the past year on all bonds and
notes; 81. so on every private carriage, mot
kept for sale,) and $3.50 on each buggy,
provided that not more than one tax of
this kindshall be charged against any one
individual; 81 upon every gold watch, and
| fifty cents upon every silver watch used
| in the State &c &c t
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08

THE COMMITTEE OF TnIRrY-TnREE AND
TIE NEwspArERs.-The following para
graph occurs in the Report of the Majority
of the Committee of Thirty-Three. signed
Thomas Corwin:
Publications emanating from the news.
paper or periodical press having tend
ency to promote domestic insurrectlon in
any of the States, and circulated with
that intent, are, in the Judgment of the
Committee, highly criminal, and should
be SO treated 10y the laws of the several
States. The right of free discussion,
while i is regarded as absolutely necess-
AIRY to the maintenance of free govern
ment, may be expected, in times of great
excitement, to run into occasional licen-
tousness. The corrective for this evil re-
mains with the State Governments, and
the Committee do not doubt that the de-
sired corrective will be promptly supplied
in all cases when the evil shall have as
sumed formidable aspect, while the just
and rational freedom Of speech and of the
press will be carefully preserved"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08
TparKrDlr,rr,s-.


The following is froma Charleston cor
respondent to the National Intelligen-
GER: ar ia 5r
The port Of Charleston no longer exr
lists. 1t is for time blotted from the
charts, its lighthouses dark, its beacons
destroyed, the channel to its harbor 4
pathless maze, or worse--a lure to unwary
captains. As | write, it is voyage of
great peril for q vessel to either arrive or
leave this port, and if underwriters and
captains govern their action by the ship
pers' interest, the port of Charleston win
be avoided as curse. This view leaves
out of question all other than self-inter-
est, and on that ground is tenable. The
feverish anxiety about the feeling in
Europe regarding secession exists only
among politicians. Merchants here have
already decided that the trade Of Charles
ton, and, in reality, of the whole States
no longer endures. Men whose passions
are not controlled by the dictatorship OF
the Generals and Colonels in power here
know that to the world this is "a fore
gone conclusion" No dignity, however,
imposing, will carry weight on promis-
sorry note unless backed by hard cash,
and no European correspondent will trust
his advances unless there is good value
for the accommodation, and a sure set
off against the markets. The whole
basis of this revolution is an assumed
credit which cannot be proved, and which
will not bear examination. At the pres
ent moment the sovereign State of South
Carolina is insolvent, and has now no
collateral security to offer other than
prospective crops, which cannot be mort
gagged on account of the difficulty of fore
closure in the event of non-payment.
| have been led to these remarks by
the actual state of affairs here, which in.
dicate helpless condition, fatal to the
cash and credit Of the State.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08

ANOTHER TicKEr.-The Natchez Free
Trader suggests the following ticket for
the Southern Confederacy:
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LETTER FROM MAJOR AyDERsoN.-Ma jor
Anderson having received an invitation
to attend a Masonic festival at Albany,
New York, sent the following reply:
Fort Sampler, January Is.
"Pcrmit me to express the gratifica-
ton your Union-loving sentiments have
given me. The time is at hand when all
who see the glorious Union, under whose
flag the country has won the admiration
of the civilized world, shall show them
selves good and true men. Our fellow
countrynien in this region have deter
mined to raise another flag. | trust in
God that wisdom and forbearance may
be given by Him to our rulers, and that
this severance may not he 'ee"'e"tel in
':Reyretting that it will not be permit
ted me to be with you on the 30th, am,
sincerely yours,
''ROBERT ANDERSON,
"Major United States Army"
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wAsnINaros, Jan. 30--SESArE.-The
Pacific Railroad bill passed by a vote Of
81 to Ii. N
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08

WAsnlScroS, Jan, 30.--Thc daily over
land mail proposition passed the House
yesterday by vote Of l0l against 64.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08

ssS- The light Of friendship is like the
light Of phosphorus--seen plainest when
all around is dark.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08

A TRIuMru OF CoNsERvArsM.-The Leg
islature yesterday, by resolution, instruct
ed the delegates elected to aSouthern Con-
vention to go to Washington City. All the
efforts ofthe disunionsts backed by the
active official and personal cooperation Of
Gov. Harris signally failed in IL deliberate
attempt to instruct them ~ 90 to Mont
gomery, to attend the meeting of delegates
from tho seeding States, called to form a
Provisional Government We calculate
tho disunonists will shortly find that they
are cutting very ridiculous figure about
this city. Recent developments seem to
indicate that their hopes of ''precipita-
ting" anybody but themselves are grow
ing small by degrees and beautifully les" !"
--NaSh. Banner.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08

pD- For the past ten years the single
article Of sugar has paid the duty of fifty
seven millions of dollars in the United
States Treasury, as stated in the last anu
al report of Secretary Cobb, Of the Trea-
ury Department.. u s7-z s.
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sy-A union man told a secession friend

eJ-A union man told secession friend
Of his the other day, that he wished to
read him an extract from a speech he
had, which seemed to fit the existing
condition of things better than anything
he had seen; and thereupon, without let
ting him know what it was, read him a
passage from Gen. Washington's Farewell
address. The secessionist forthwith in
terrupted him by saying "hold on, I've
heard enough of thatstu don't know
who made that speech, but it is plain
enough that he is a d---d Submissions
ist.'' -erft a' en -f
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08

" D9s- Every morning We enter upon a
new day carrying still an unknown fu-
turo in its bosom. Thoughts may be
born to-day, which may never be extin-
gu!shed. Hopes may be excited to-day
which may never expire. Acts may be
performed to-day. the consequences Of
which may not be realized till eternity.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08

MuNcmAUsEN REDrvIvus. An Illinois
paper-the Lake County Democrat-has a
South Carolina correspondent who fur
nishes it, among others things with the
following:
They have recently invented some efned
cruelties for testing how strongly suspect
ed strangers may be tinctured with Aboli-
tiopism. tits true that they barrel up men
and throw them into the streams, butthis
is only done after they are proved to be
Abolitionists; prior to this they undergo
the following formula of tests, in which
have been an eye witness: They take the
unfortunate and tie him by the feet to
the tail of a cart, and let the horse run a.
way; they fasten him down to the side
walks, pin back his eye-lids, and compel
passers' by (men and women to spit tobacco
juice in his eyes; they then stand him up,
bore into him with small augers, fill the
holes with Chinese crackers and touch
them off; finally they take Off the top OF
his head, scoop out his brains, and FIJI the
cavity with Republican ideas and princi-
pies. IF he survive these tests, they con-
clude he Is "sound on the goose" and after
upjointing his legs. allow him to hareR
DaJ- A Canada paper announces that
the English Government will acknowl.
edge the independence of the Southern
Confederacy. The information would be
more authentic II conveyed through a
less indirect channel. esar
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-02-08

IMPORTANT ARMY INTELLIGENcE.--Ge
Scott has issued orders to the following
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TIKI RALLY.

The. correct secounts Of tho BATH OK Bulls
Run give il totally diGerent compilation from
the fast, and tie public pulse beats higher ac-
c,rdiDd,. IL remains true that our troops en-
esgea .wese LARGELY Outaumbcred AM compelled
TO retreat, losing some Of their gu1i ADD bae'
cage. aul h!.t e. about all that reiains Of the
appalling stories told BY the iug'tlTes wac ran
for dear life to Alexandria, and reported thai
our agIuy had been roated and Latred IN COZ
fusion, throwing. away everything a iher hight
This is true Of those who reported t-but n''
Of our brave army. On the contrary, the reai-
gard held Ceutrq3ale (thr@ rules from ne
battle-Geld) nat sie next mO.aiDg, and I'm
retired in perfect ogder and NM llcsted, brhf ns
! away cannon, &e., that had been abandonci ~
the fugitiAes. Oar last man lei1 that village nj :
q. m There WA pursuit y tho Dsuii0mS's'
enormously superior in numbers as they were,
and ten 70. one in cavalry. When Bc1;aegard
telegTaPhed 10 Richmond after the close OF the
fight, be oajy claimed to have repuisea our Of
tack, which was all he hGa done Ald he hat
only accomplished this OF a fearful coat to him
self alt was a terrible battle aays the dis
patch from bis headquarters "with great slaleh
ter on bob sides This proves, at least, Sis
there was great slaughter on his side. Ous lO'
a we know 10 be less than fltceG hundred.
This battle has proved that the rebels dar
{ not meet tho Union soldiers on equal terra
IS They had net less than Seventy thousand MC
d engage1 in this action or in position to epgnt
d wheh called on, while We had but Forty IhoI
10 sand in all beyond Fairfax, of whom but Iwcnt
IA Eve thousand were actually under ire y
m with this immense disparity aided by On cGp
az difference in pOstiOn-thcy, fighting behind
a trenchments in wooded rayines swarmlng W
~ masked batteries, and on difficult ground
:. which they knew everything, our troops nothh
vera driven from battery after battery
:, a mile and a-half, though they we're eon'lAl
:, reinforced and hnsv they were nearly double
Io Numbers Of the Union troops Ia 40 case
their lnGaatgy stand charge tTon oa'''