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Attention, Militia!'
7a The ta AID ID Battatioas Of 3la Regimen

fsn#sssee Nilitis, tif
You arc hereby notified to attend at your re-
spective Company Mustcr Grounds, Saturday, 27th
July, 1851, for the purpose Of Drilling, according
to General Orders from head quarters. 1F
/ The Captain of each Company 10 required
TO report 10 mo on that day the number Of
rides, shot guns, muskets, swords and other weap-
ons Of war owned by those subject 70 military
duty, or living In his said command. In tho ah-
senee af captsins Lieutenants will make said 70.
port. BY command Of 4g 0clf.Tst~
A GATE CoI Car.c..uJ.uk
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A GOOD BARGAIN!

"E OFFER FOR SALE, TO THE HIGH
w est bidder, the undivided FARM Of c.
Howard, decd, lying one mile West of Cleveland,
Bradley county. Tennessee, containing Four Hun
dred Acres of Good Upland, one hundred and
fifty acres cleared and in cutivation-with three
nice separate dwellings on tho Farm, with other
necessary out houses; and one large orchard, with
every variety Of fruit; fne springs at each Of the
dwellings, and also water in ell the fields for stock
Any person wishing to buy or lay in bid for tho
Land can do so by applying to W. II. Howard, at
Athens, Tenn or D. S. Howard, Cleveland Tenn,
who are legally authorized to receive bids until
the first Tuesday Of the next Circuit Court for
Bradley county, Tonn, on the first of September
next, when the Land, if not previously Sold WILL
BE OFFERED TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER,
for one half cash down, the remainder in two
equal instruments, paid annually, with interest,
from date of sale the purchaser giving bond aud
security, with lien upon the Land until paid.
Possession given of part Of the Land on day of
sale, the remainder at Now Year. ri
r-' ...- w. II. HOWARD,
.-. B. S. HOWARD.
Executors of c. Towards estate.
June Z, 1S6l-tds-663
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james A. TullOss, Admir- of Jas, s. Pankey, decd,
Araminta Senter, william Senter and James Sen.


nN MOTION, AND 1T APPEARING FROM
" the allegations in the camplainant's BILL that
the defendants William and James Senter are
nor-residents Of tho State Of Tennessee, SO that
on them, II Il therefore ordered that publication
be'made for four successive weeks In the Athens
Post, a newspaper Published 10 the town of Athens,
Tennessee, requiring said deNndsnts to appear on
orbefore the next term Of the Chancery Court NJ
Pikeyille, 'Bledsoo county, Tennessee, on the Sd
Monday Of September next aud plead, answer or
taken for confessed and set for hearing sr parte
as to thom.. s. g. NORWOOD, g. d M.
Juno 81, 1S61--4t--prs foo t3--60S
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Notice.

90 av Notice. DA a-l ~
TINE INSOLVENCY OF THE ESTATE OF
Il Of Michael Baysinger, deceased, having
been suggested to the Clerk of the County
Court Of McMinn county, Tennessee, all persons
having claims against said estate are hereby not-
fed to file the same with the Administrator of said
estate on or before tho 25th of October next duly
authenticated in tho manner prescribed by law, or
they will be forever barred, ~
L. P. BAYsINGER, Admir-.
July 10, lS6l--3t-66O -t-7 mon
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r. II. BUTNEH, '
(Reesn'y q cs:as!asdt Tsnn.,)

BOOT AND SHOE MAXINE.
d EspEcTfgLLf ISToKNs ,THS CITE
IN Isns Of Athens snfI vicinity TIA Is 4 ~
pared, with the best stock that can y prss4FaRi
from the Northern cities, 10 sreeuts III esdSsSf6f
Fine Boots, and shess! 81. .a
interest 10 procure some Of his beautiful Shoes
and Slippers By striet punctualityto BUSINESS
he hopes to receive liberal patronage. He was-'
rants bis work In every particular.
Shop on Main street. one door East Of Joba
Crawford, IRE, residence.
Athens, ApfI s, lsel-tf--eA
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MACHINE and REPAIR SHOP.

Il near the Depot, Athens, for the Repairing and
Of all kinds Of Machinery, and is
ready to execute any orders with which he may
BIO favored. Also, Biaoksmithing done. A prac-
teal workman himself, he hopes to receive share
Of patronage. IT,, ~, ]. II. SMITH.
MAY 10. 186l-tf-f5Q
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u Chancery Sale.
B. W. Smith and D. NJ. Roddy. Administrators of
Benjamin D. Smith, decd,

The Heirs and Creditors of D. d. Smith.
TN OBEDIENCE TO A DECREE RENDER
Il ed in this cause at tho April term, 1861, of the
Chaneery Court at Washington. Tenn, will, on
the 10th day Of August, 1861, at the Court. house
in Washington, Rhea county, Tenn. offer for sale,
to the highest bidder, on 4 credit Of four and ten
months ONE FAMILY OF NEGROES, consist-
ONE FAMILY, consisting Of one woman and
two children; also ONE NEGRO GIRL, separate
from any family. Bond and approved security
will DO required and lien retained on said Ne
groes ..l- W. K. C0LvILLE, O. 4 n,
: June 20, 1s6l-6t-prs fec $s,6o-666 r.- ~ -
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s ,','', e,frron d knp.yfIs R.ei,,.r.l 4
br 1TxAp QgAsssss EAsr TExr. Baroapr.A
1toiagl Il Knoxville, July Itch, 1851,
-sb Whereas, the object and purposes OF
n tho military organization and rnovenaen ts
% q troops under my command are misun-
2 people Of Eass tennessee, dat S thew s sre
(, only intended to secure the safety Of the
: lives and property of all our peaceful
70 citizcnsL-to ptbtect them lnothe Quiet en-.
j6yment Of all their rights and to 3bre.
vent an enemy from invading the State
|. with forces from other States and
with munitions of war, and bringing I'M
ID on Us q conflict in which our homes NAV
be destroyed by fire, and ourselves and
+ families put TO- the sword. To prevent
such horrors as these ! earnestly solicit
the assistance of every citizen of East
Tennessee. assure all classes of our
people engaged in peaceful occupations.
that, SO far from being n,olested on in
jured, they shall be protected, if needed,
in their persons and property by the
troops under my command. Idle and
extrayagant stories may be. circulated in
reference to the conduct of the soldiers.
take pleasure Ia saying that they are
the best behaved soldiers have ever
known, and they have shown themselves
gentlemen Is well as soldiers. Few COM
;plais.ts have been made against them
and regret that any one Of them should
have given any cause of offence. have
= strictly ordered them not to modest or
injure any one by action or language,
and If this order has been, or shall be
violated by any soldier, he shall suffer
the merited punishment.
n also take this occasion to announce
that no companies of cavalry, other than
. those already accepted, will be received
at present unless armed with double-bar-
relied shot-guns; and no other companies
of infantry will be received unless armed
with rifles; the State in each case will
pay the owner the fair value of the gun
furnished. ~ w. r. CASWELL,
md -agl .'n1'' Brigadier General.
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Hardware and Farmers Implements.
TUsT Received, THE BEST AssoRT-
% msnt that has ever boon offered In this place,
Of almost every thing that Farmer or Mechanic
wants Call and examipe'
= April 81 GEoR. ". ROSS.
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Sherifs Sale.

-. Sheriffs Sale.
TN OBEDIENCE TO AN ORDER OF SALE
l. issued by tho Clerk of the Circuit Court of
McMinn county, and to me directed will, on
Monday, tho 9th dry of August next, at the
Courthouse door in Athens, sell TO the highest
bidder, for cash in hand all the right title, in
terest and claim that A. P. McClatchey has in and
to Four Hundred Acres of Land, more or less,
adjoining the Lands of W. j. McClatchey and
others, lying in McMinn county, Tennessee. Sold
10 satisfy ajudgment and costs recovered by Weir
4 Lafferty, use of Wesley Avans, against said A.
p. MeClatchey, before j. A. billiard, Esq.
'4is.oI sf s... r' go WIN. BURK, Sheriff.
June %, 1S6l--3t-prs fee 50, 20--8G8 &c.
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THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT
Il fully inform the public that he has become
tho sole Agent for the lower part Of East Tsnnes-
see, of VIM. Knabe Cos celebrated and unsus.
passed GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, and that BIO
Is prepared to supply them ct short notits, II
manufacturers prices.
In respect TO power aud sweetness Of tone, sliy
and agreeable touch, beauty Of finish, durability
and their peculiar sdaptedness 70 the Southern J
climate, they have been pronounced snrisaktea by
such judges rs Thalberg, srakssch, SITTER, viess-
temps, &c. M hl', ~
All instruments Of this srm srs gsarsa.sxd sor
five years. For Circulars and further ipfbysaa-
ton apply 70 GUST, R. KNARy,
$1,000. Cleveland, TsaAssses. :
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A FALL OF CASA correspondent Of
the Petersburg Express, writing from o

Ho"f rVFIUfK, sHysIT Il-T y IN
A balloon, supposed to have been man
ned by Brig. Gen. Prof Lowe, passed in
sight Of our camp on the 4th. When
over Town Point it took fire ard was
consumed, aud the supposition is that
tile aerial navigator was let down Lover
than he had calculated upon, and that
his visit will for the future be discontin-
ued. ~ --
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sensation Dispatches.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer has the fol.
lowing "take off," under flaring caption,
of the Sensation Special Dispatches of
the New York and Cincinnati papers"
Hashingto,, July l7.-Lipcoln is undoub-
teddy elected. A small Republican gain
reported off Cape Horn. A gentleman
who just came through Charleston in
mans disguise, says Soath Carolina will
undoubtedly secede. Nobody believes it
here. aln'i -" 'sm'''H e'f.ti- .
A bill will come up before Congress for
the annexation of Texas. have this
from Bills brother, and it is reliable. iI !
4. i obtained some information from q
prominent Kentuckiana this morning.
lie says the weather is delightful there
at present. and the little niggers appear
to enjoy II SO much. A good desl Of wa
: ter falls there whenever it rains very hard.
> q A, squad of laborers left Washington to
day: to work out o poll tax on the Hamp-
ton Roads. Observation-Disclosures is o
small town in Oneida county, New York,
near Utica. Firing was heard today in
the direction, Of Fort Sumter. q Several
batteries, including the battery at New
jackson, in o private conversation with
$50 shso AAfosthitfES outu t1utheCT buOutu DC
reinforced Reinforced by whom?r' said
l. "By the Eternalp replied the veteran,
playfully '!chugging my ribs. with the end
of n hickory cane. siiI70 lYrHL4 aursr
q "rhereport that the Confederate States
have plenty of cannon Is untrue The
heaviest ordnance they have is the Or
'dinance Of Secession but that, is heavy
enough 70 knock the d--l out Of Lin
coin. Han ~ 4 .ua7 aid o3.g ct yho71
LATEST FaoM EUROPE. ,guora'
e. "Msy .30.-Christppher Columbus. sail.
ed today on 70 voyoge Of discovery He
is a little crazy and talks about a West
-ern Hemisphere. rHaI hal hal q (Derisive
laughter on the part Of our European re-
porter.) Christopher was presented with
u bosom pin as he was about to leave
AS he boughti it himself, the presentation
was Of coufsewholly unexpected.
Martin Luther and Peter, the Hermit,
have just had an interview ON the state of
the country" Peter is loud in his denun-
citation of old Abe. ~ iaN-.ss 'a~
o. "rhe following are the very, latest ad.
vices from Russia: ~ i-''n'''
'i"' Bosaparss has reached Moscow. -
Treating all hands, 'rr .. t.-~
"Moscow burning. $780,
SAlr hands gs.tysatiilg."
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MOUNT HARMONY HIGH SCHOOL,
For Males and Females.

For Males and Females.
TENTH SESSION OPENS MONDAY, JULY
Il 22d, next.
Terms, per Session Of 81 Weeks.
First Class, per scholar, $500
2" Second Glass, s,or
Third Glass, 1000
Contingent fee, IS
Boarding, per week, 81 so to $1,15.
Deductions In case Of sickness, only.
s. P. HALE, Principal.
Dan1 Lowry, I. j. Lowry,
VIM. L. Rice, VIM. L. Burn,
James Lowry, James Forrest, A'"''ee''
John d, Lowry, '.'
juno %, lSGl-tf-666 .....
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Negroes to Hire!
TNoUR LIKELY YOUNG NEGRO WOMEN,
IL one Negro Man, and Boy about ten years
old, to hire. Enquire at the Office Of the Poet.
June 7, 1s61-tf-663
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Fine Boots and Shoe.

T AIDES FINE KID AND CALF BOOTS |;
IL Gcntlemen's fine French Calf Boofs and
Shoes, Of all kinds just received and for sale I'M
commonly cheap, at
IAprfi 10 - A.wnKrNs 4 cos.
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More of the Monroe Bows.

u O' NheuhN
Psi shall return to Virginia soon. !,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-16
LAW REPORT
SUPERIOR OousT.

John Beattie Us. J. K. Hurin and others.
Before the General Term, on d question as
to whether the terms Of an agreement for an
extension of time to Hurin & Co. applied
also to the security on the note ~. L. Ross.
Shoenberger and others gs. Kilgour and
others. A form of entry dismissing the PEE
titicn was presented to the Court, but With
held until submitted for consent Of plaintiffs
attorney.
MILITARY HoNoRs-The huzzas of an as
semblage of people in the Rotunda interfsr-
ing with the progress of business ia the
court, a messenger was sent to make in-
quiry, and returned with the information
that addresses were being delivered by Gem
eral Dohmeyer and Others, on the occasion
of a sword being presented by Messrs. Helf
fericb, Thielman, and some other friends, TO
Captain Baker, a German citizen who served
in the Mexican War.
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l. OAhOONj
Surveyor Of Customs.

To E. 4. Carson: The Office of Surveyor
of Customs has been duly advised of my
brief official transactions. Suffice it to say,
l have, under authority, designated several
competent persons as assistants at the several
railroad, steamboat, ferry. boat and express
offices, who have been confirmed by. the
Surveyor OF Customs, and duly qualified
and sworn. AS | have had considerable
trouble in these selections, and the details
and organization consequent thereto, | do
not now feel disposed to assume the labor of
dischargiDg them further than by this gem
eral order. If you want them removed, you
must do it yourself.
So far as the public good is concerned, and
the successful accomplishment Of the require
ments of the General Government, the sys.
tematic arrangements insugurated in the
short period of time since instructions from
the General Government have been received
at this port should be carried out, and the
persons already selected should be permitted
to discharge the duties assigned them at the
several points of egress from the city, aud
for which duties | believe them to be well
fitted and qualified.
@. H. SARGENT,
Late Special Inspector for six days.
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ANDY JOHNSON GUARDs.-A meeting of
the Andy johnson Guards was held last
night at their hall, No. l7s Central avenue,
between Fourth and Fifth. Nominations for
officers were made, and q resolution adopted,
requesting the representatives to Council
from the Fourteenth Ward to vote for the
appropriation asked for, for armiDg and
equipping the Cincinnati Reserved Militia
Companies. The Guards number sixty able
bodied men. The election takes place on
Saturday, between the hours of ten A. NJ,
and three P. NJ. The name which the COM
paDy has adopted is in honor of the Tonnes
see patriot, Andy johnson. An opportunity
is offered to a few more persons to enroll
themselves, to make up the required number
of one hundred. The company meets for
drill, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
evenings, at the Home Guard Hall, on Plum
street, opposite the Cathedral.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-16

THE observation-disclosures OF AND ADvANT-
AGE TO VIRGINIA FROM SEoEssIoN.-Virginia,
says a Richmond paper, thought nothing of
policy in her act Of Secession. 1t was with
no purpose Of augmenting her political
power that she severed an association which
had become disbOnor and contamination.
She was moved by the same disinterested
impulses, in taking this step, which impelled
her to the front of the Revolution, and has
since made her foremost and most conspicu-
Gus in all acts of self-sacrifice for the Uuion
which she SO long cherished and which she
has now abandoned forever.
in the Southern Confederacy, Virginia
will resume her ancient and wonted position
Of influence and prominence. She will be no
ffth-rste power but will be the leader as of
old. She will stand first in white pOpula.
ton, in black population, in geographical
importance, in commerce and manufactures,
in representative votes and in political con.
troll. We do not know what will be the
ratio fixed for representation; but on the
basis Of that adopted by the late census, Civ
ing a member TO every one hundred and
t~wenty-six thousand people, she would have
eleven votes in eighty three, or thirteen per
cent. of power in the voting. She would
have two more representatives than the
largest of the other States she would be the
chief and the leader.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-16

DISMISSAL OF THE INSPECTOR OF Goods
The following correspondence between the
collector of customs and the inspector of
goods explains itself:
CINCINNATI, May Is, 1861.
General Charles IA. Sargeat,-Sir: Your
services in the employ of the United States
shipped from this place, under the direction
of the Surveyor of Customs, is dispensed with
from this date.
You will please dismiss all the assistants
you may have employed to assist you in said
duties.
If ANY property may lave fallen into your
hands belonging to the United States Gov
eminent, while engaged in your official du-
ties, you will report the same at once to this
Office. Respectfully yours,
ENOCH T. CARSON,
Surveyor Of Customs.
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Of l~oMtfmuAna VI HnEs
The foIlowiag definitions from Bouviefe
Law Dictionary win be found useful 70
many Of our readers
Garabond (Mariae Ldvl.-Tts most en-
tensive sense means ell commerce which 10
carried on contrary to the laws Of the State.
This term is also used 70 designate all kinds
ofmerchandise which are used or transported
against the interdictions published By a ban
OF solemn CRY.
2. The term is usually applied to that
unlawful commerce which is so carried on
in time of war. Commodities particularly
useful in war are contraband, as arms, ann
munitieng horses, timber for ship building,
and every kind of naval stores. When artf-
cles come into use a. implements Of war.
which were before innocent, they may be
declared to be contraband. The greatest
difficulty TO decide what is contraband seems
to have occurred in:the case of provisions.
which have not been held 70 be universally
contrabsnd. Though Vattel admits that
they become so on certain occasions, when
there is an expectation Of reducing an
enemy by famine.
3. In modern times one of the principal
criteria adopted by the courts for the decision
of the question whether any particular cargo
of provisions, be coniscable as a contraband,
is TO examine whether those provisions be
in a rude OF manufactured state, for all arti-
cles in such examinations are treated with
greater indulgence in their natural condition
than when wrought up for the convenience
of the enemy's immediate use. Iron I'M
wrought, is therefore treated with indulgence,
though anchors and other instruments fabric
Gated out Of it are directly contraband.
a. OODtraband Of war, is the act by which
in times of war, a neutral vessel introduces
or attempts to introduce, into the territory
of one Of the belligerent parties arms, ammu-
milton, or other effects intended for, or which
may serve hostile operations.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-16
FIatterIng Prospects OF the Southern Con-
faderneN

The whole prospects of the Southern Con-
federacy depended on the prestige of some
great victory. If they could have siezed the
navy yard at Norfolk, with its ships and
stores, swept the Chesapeake and the Poto.
mac, blown up the public buildings in Wash
iDgton, threatened Philadelphia and New
York, then, by paralyzing the great centers
Of credit and exchange, they might have re-
duced the whole country to utter anarchy,
and in the confusion, possibly escaped with
their own independence acknowledged.
Such was undoubtedly the plan of Davis and
his insane and reckless comrades. For this
it was that the army was scattered in Texas
and in Utah, for this the South was filled
with arm without any force to guard or use
them, for this the navy was dispersed, and
for this Howell Cobb did his utmost to break
down the credit of the Government, and
Secretary Thompson permitted his under
lings to plumber the Indian Trust Fund of
near o million Of dollars.
General Scott completely penetrated the
whole plan of the Southern campaign, and
defeated 1t by one bold stroke, in destroying
the ships and stores at Norfolk, an~dstrength.
ening Fortress Monroe, and obtaining by his
feet command of the Potomac and the
Chesapeake. Bafled by these movements,
Governor Letcher now is himself holding the
arms Of Jefferson Davis, and resisting all
opportunities 10 commence UDo Offensive.
Heproclaims IL as bis policy to remain simply
on the defensive. This will require more
courage and a better cause than Virginia
possesses while in the arms of the Secession
lets, and engaged in perjured and traitorous
schemes against all order and constitutional
government.
What will be the final effect of the de-
mcnstration at Harper's Ferry remains to be-
seen in its bearings on the people of
Virginia, but all attempts for the rebel army
in Virginia to remain on tho defensive will
prove destructive to them. Virginia will
not long want TO have such Deighbors en-
camped in her midst and eating up her food,
demoralized, debased and insubordinate TO
the last degree.
Yet the moment they return home and
disband, without means, without employ
ment, and without food, their knives win be
at the throats Of each other, aud of the
neighborhood upon which they alight. A.
H. Stephens told them it would be so, and it
must and will. The privateers will become
pirates, and the soldiers robbers of planta-
lions.
If the negroes catch the insubordination
and lawlessness of the whites, as they most
probably will, no one can see the end Of
this. But, before a year is over, the South
will be without credit and without money,
without clothes and without commerce.
They may possibly raise corn enough TO
keep them from starvation; but, without a
cotton crop, they can neither pay their
expenses nor get any more credit. Such
anarchy, misery and decentralization as must
ensue, will make them anxious for peace.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-16

FAL|sIFIcATIoN Another SECESSION VIRTUE.
Mr.. Emperor Davis is obliged to let out in
his message the humiliating fact, that after
all only eight millions Of the Confederate
loan have been taken. In his unavoidable
requisition upon his Congress" for imme-
date steps to replenish the treasury, he is
also obliged to confess that no more money
can be squeezed ont by the proposals now
inhabitants will now be the only resource of
the new military despotism. Nobody can
tell how many times the world bias been as
sured hat the fifteen million loan had all
been taken up. Are lying and stealing both
inseparable landmarks of treason2 We
shouldn't wonder.