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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01
nss-. The Southern Congress is begin

BGS~ The Southern Congress is begin
ming to find critics. In the Augusta (Ga.
Chronicle and Sentinel writer re-asserts
the editorial declaration of that journal,
that 1.-The Government organized will not
be binding on the people of any State un-
til it receives their consent" The claim
is. that the people should be satisfied, and
that the Montgomery Congress is going
beyond its powers, and that the action
there will produce strife and dissension.
The writer alluded to asks why there has
been such hot haste to prepare q perma-
nent Constitution, and adds that other
Slater not in the Congress will be driven
off by such preciptancy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

POSTAL AFFAIRS IN MIssIssIPPI.-Since
Mississippi has declared her indepen-
dence the Vicksburg Wing" complains
that its publishers are subjected to repeat.
ed loss of money by mail. 1t says:
For some time past we hoped it had
been stopped, but it appears we are mis-
taken, and the system Of plunder" has
begun again. The present political diff
culties, and the almost utter mpossibility
ofapplying an effective remedy, has start
ed every rascal connected with the mail
service, and We suppose we shall have to
bear it until something like order is
broughtout of present chaos.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

ray The signal defeat of the Conveu.
ton has taken us somewhat by surprise.
Even where the immediate secessionists
were supposed to be predominant-in
Memphis, for instance--the result has
been the same. We regret its defeat, not
because we favor immediate secession,
but because we fear that the failure to
call Convention, taken in connection
with Andy Johnson's speeches, may have
the effect to strengthen the backbone OF
the Republicans and increase the difficult
ties of settlement. This failure, too,
is trumpeted by the secessionists as an
act of unconditional submission, and by
this means the true position of Tennessee
is misrepresented abroad, as we'll as at
home. To avert the evils attendant up.
on its failure. we voted for the Conven-
tion; but an overwhelming majority Of
the people differed with US, and whatev-
er may be the consequences, acquies.
cence in their decision is our duty
CiarksviKe Chronicle. Y. q
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Fading, still Fading.

Fading, still fading! is traced on zach flower,
And written with gold in the west,
When crimson tinged clouds, at the sunsets sweet
hour
Raise the heart to the land of the blcst
Faded and gone are the hopes of our youth,
That painted the future so fair;
And oh! how impressive these three words Ct truth
Fading, still fading-ah, yes, everywhere!
Fading still fading!-wherever turn,
Some beautiful thing is passing away;
For death claims the fairest to sleep in his urn,
Far down in the graveyard's cold clay.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

ReA. Commander w. d. Porter, of Unit
ed States ship st. Marys stationed at Pa
mama, has written spirited and patriot
lc reply to j. H. Hamilton, late Lieuten-
ant in the Navy, who recently issued
disloyal address to the officers of the Ma.
Wy. Com. Porter, who is native of Lou
isiana, says:
"You, sir, have called upon your broth
or officers, not only to become traitors to
their country, but to betray their sacred
trust and deliver up the ships under their
command. This infamous appeal would,
in ordinary times, be treated with the
contempt it deserves. But feel it du-
ty owe to myself and brother officers
with whom am associated to reply, and
state that all under my command are true
and loyal to the stars and stripes and to
the Constitution. NV duty. is plain be-
fore me. The constitutional government
of the United States has entrusted me
with the command of this beautiful ship,
and before | will permit any other flag to
fly at her peak than the stars and stripes,
| will fire pistol in her magazine and
blow her up. This is my answer to your
infamous letter."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

AMUSING lSCIDEST.-'Sigma,' the Mont
gomery (Ala.) correspondent of the Char
lesion Courier, relates the following very
amusing incident, which occurred at the
Montgomery Theatre few nights since
Quite an amusing incident occurred at
the Theatre last evening. Miss Mitchell
was performing the Wept of the Wish
ton-Wish, in one of the scenes of which
it is necessary to introduce young child.
This accordingly done, and said infantile
production RECALLED the audience with a
series OF operatic screams, in consequence
of which the curtain dropped and the
audience left in doubt as to whether it
was the child or the actors who failed in
their parts. To settle their minds upon
this point and to apologize for the inter-
ruption, one of the Indians, clothed with
ali the toggery of the savage, but who was
evidently avery modest novice of the
stage, came in front ofthe green drop and
innocently delivered himself of the follow
ing speech:
Ladies and gentlemen I'VE must ask
your indulgence for few moments, as
the child we had in the last Act disturbed
the play, and we have to delay the second
Act until we can get another child"
IL is needless for me to say that the
effect was terrific.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

ACT IN RELATION TO THE TARIFF.-The
following is the official and correct copy
of an Act passed and ratified by the South.
era Congress relative to the new Tariff:
BE 1t enacted, That the following articles
shall be exempt from duty, and admit.
ted free into the several States, to wit
Bacon, Pork, Ham, Lard, Beef, Fish ot
all kinds, Wheat, and Flour of all other
grains, Indian Corn and Meal, Barley and
Barley Flour, Rice and Rice Flour, Oats
and Oat Meal, Gunpowder and all the
materials OF which it is made, Lead in all
forms, Arms of every description, and
Munitions of Warand Military Acquire
ments, Percussion Caps. and living Ami
mails ofall kinds; also, all Agricultural
Products in their natural state.
Sec. 2. Enacts that all Goods, Wares
and Merchandise imported from any one
of the late United States of America, MT
being member of this Contederacy be-
fore the fourth of March next, which may
have been bona tide purchased heretofore.
or within ten days after the passage OF
this Act, shall be exempt and free from
duty.
SEQ. 3. Enacts that the State of Texas
be and is hereby exempted from the ope-
ration of the Tariff laws heretofore passed
or adopted by this Congress.
Signed, HOWELL COBB,
President of the Congress.
ID. HooPER, Secretary.
Passed February IL 1861
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Southern Congress,

MONTGOMERY. Feb. 20.-The Depart
ments of War, the Navy, Justice, Postal
Arrangements the Treasury, were organ
lied to-day. The Cabinet will probably
be nominated tomorrow.
1t is understood that Yancey declines
seat in the Cabinet, prefsrring, at the
suggestion of his friends, to represent the
Confederate States in Europe.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01
Death of an Aged Patriot.

The venerable John johnson. of Ohio,
whose arrival at this city was mentioned
in December last, regret to learn, was
found dead in his bed at the Clay House
yesterday morning. He was one of the
companions Of the immortal Daniel
Boone. and when the remains of that
celebrated pioneer were few years ago
removed and consigned to a final resting
place, the Legislature of. Kentucky sent
for Mr.. johnson to act as one of tbs pail
bearers and follow him to his last grave.
Mr.. johnson was Sc years of age, and had
been regular subscriber to the National
lntelligencer sixty years.-Nationai InteiN-
gencer.
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The Southern Confederacy.

MoNrooxERY, Feb. 2l.-Mr. Cobb intro
duced a resolution in the Congress to-day
instructlng the Committee on Finance to
inquire into the expediency of laying a
duty on cotton exported from the Confed-
crate States to any foreign country, which
was adopted.
The President then nominated and the
Congress confirmed the following: Mr..
Toombs, Of Georgia, Secretary Of State;
NJ. Memminger. of S. c., Secretary of the
Treasury; and l.. Pope Walker, of Ala
bama, Secretary of War. A private dis
patch reports that Philip Clayton, of
Georgia, has been nominated and confirm
ed as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

Obstruction OF CHARLESTON HARDoR.-A
late letter from Charleston says: "One sad
accident has been the result of the fool
shness of the State in putting out all the
lights at the entrance the harbor. The
brig James Madison, from Attakapas,
with cargo ofsugar and molasses, bound
for Baltimore, in attempting to make this
harbor on the night of the llth instant,
in distress, but not seeing any lights, got
among the breakers, struck, and soon
went to pieces. The captain and four
men We're lost, only one man being saved.
The harbor is so difficult to enter that
most of the goods that come here are
shipped by the way of Savannah as in
surance cannot be effected on goods ship
ped directly here"
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Mighty Mean Looking.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati En-.
quirer, writing under date of the l1th
instant, thus graphically describes Old
Abe
"His Excellency, the President of what
there is left of the United States, arrived
duly on time, by his special train from
Springfield, at five o'clock p. NJ. He
rode down Washington street in an open
carriage, accompanied by Governor Nor.
ton who looked every inch king beside
him. and Gov. Morton, in my Judgment.
though Pm poor Judge OF human Black
Republican nature, is a mighty mean
looking man. There was not a cheer
went up from the citizens thronging the
side walks while His Excellency progress.
from the West to the East, going towards
his supper at the Bates House,"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

Bfy- The secession "fuss-makers" are
constantly harping upon their favorite
word, coercion" and are forever and
ever expressing their fears about being
coerced to stay in the Union. The fear"
probably grows out of desire. This anxi-
ETY. to be coerced is of the same kind as the
propriety of the single Kentucky female,
who had single beau. After setting up
at respectful distance, she suddenly
squeaked out, "Quit squeezin' mew
The startled Kehtuckian exclaimed, II
hain't fetched you"
"Well," said she, you're goin' to, amt
you?"
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ST.. LOUIS, Feb. 19.-Missouri has gone
overwhelmingly for the Union, there will
not be ten secessionists in the Conven-
ton. This news created greal excite
ment at Washington, the secessionists
constituting it to mean that Missouri will
not leave the Union under any circum-
stances,
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From Richmond,

RICHMOND, Feb. 19.--Preston's speech
was received with great interest. He
says that the Union cannot be recon-
structed; and that Virginia must join the
Southern Contederacy.
A resolution, asserting the legal right
of Virginia to secede, was referred to the
Committee on Federal Relations.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

TUE SILVER CRoP.-The New York
Commercial Advertiser says "the silver
crop" of 1861 promises to out-yield the
golden harvest of the year. The Mexican
mines, as is learned from a traveller, re-
Gently returned from that country, are
about startling the world with develop
ments more extraordinary than Humboldt
predicted, or old Spain imagined at the
time OF her CONQUEST.
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Prayer.

'T often say my prayers,
But do I ever pray?
Or do the wishes of my heart
Suggest the words I say'
~ may as well knccl down
And worship gods Of stone,
As offer to the Living God
A prayer of words alone"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

Athens, Friday, March 1, 1891.
Fort Sumter to be Attacked before
the 4th of March.

A special Washington dispatch to the
Cincinnati Gazette, Of Wednesday says:
notwithstanding all the sensational
paragraphs about an attack on Fort Sum-
ter, q letter very definite and earnest has
been received here by E. Kingnian, from
a gentleman formerly member of Con-
gress from South Carolina, stating that
Fort Sumter will be taken at whatever
cost of life, before the 4th Of March. The
writer himself is to take part in the
enterprise, and full credit is given to his
declarations here by gentlemen of high
character.
The same writer also asserts that South
Carolina will demand free trade in the
Montgomery Congress, and that she and
other Cotton States will oppose any tariff
duties on imports at higher rate than six
and quarter per cent.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

s9r The Charleston Mercury, in notic-
ing the fact that Mr.. Buchanan lately
recognized Spanish Consul for Charles
ton, intimates that he will not be permit
ted to enter upon his duties, and adds
that the President has "now no more
right to recognize foreign consul for a
port of the Southern Confederaoy than
he would have to do the same thing for
the Fegee Islands,"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

UNION OF SPAIN AND PoRruGAL.-A late
number of the EpOca, of Madrid, has the
following:
The English papers contain number
ofletters from Lisbon, which speak of the
publication of pamphlets, the object of
which is to prepare the Union of the
lberian peninsular as a necessity of the
new condition of Spain. 1t is useless to
add that these projects meet with terri
BILE resistance in Portugal, and that if any
power in Europe should favor them, Eng.
land would oppose it with all her might
This news agrees perfectly with a Lis
hon letter, which says that pamphlet
is circulating in that capitol favoring the
annexation Of Portugal to Spain. 1t is
believed there that this work. although
printed in Paris was originated in Lisbon
and that it rep esents the ideas of party
Of no mean influence. -
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

CRoP PRosPEcTs ABRoAD.-A London
letter, of January "a, says Of the crop
prospects:
The chances against good harvest this
year are ten to one. We have had one
of the worst seed times ever known. But
half the usual autumn wheat is sown, and
the most OF the seed bad for want of
sunshine.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

b@- Women are said 10 have stronger
affection and attachment than men. 1t
is not so. Strength of attachment is evil
denced in little things. A man is often
attached to an old hat; but did you ever
know of woman having an attachment
for an old bonnet?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01
From Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, Feb. l0.-The Convention
called by the people adopted resolutions
in favor of calling State Convention in
the event of failure oil the Peace Con-
ference
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

Bag The New Orleans Bulletin anoun-
ces that Messrs. George II. Rozlet and
Paul Queyrouse have established a bro
gan manufactory in that city, which al
ready turns out six hundred pairs per
day, and is expected, when in full blast,
to make sixteen hundred.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01
A Beautiful Sketch.

1t was night. Jerusalem slept as quiz
city among her hills as child upon the
breast of it's mother. She noiseless senti-
mel stood like statue at his post, and
the philosophers lamp burned dimly in
the recess of his chamber.
But a,dprker, night was abroad upon
the15 !. A moral darkness involved
the nations in its unlighted shadows
Reason shed a faint ,glimmering over the
minds of men, like the cold inefficient
shinings of distant star. The immortali-
ty of mans spiritual nature was unknown,
his relati4 p heaven undiscovered. and
his future Diny obscured in cloud of
mystery.
1t was at this period that two forms of
ethereal mould hovsrsd over the earth
on some embassy of hYe. The one was
of majestic stature, and in the well-form-
ed limbs, which her snowy drapery hard
ly concealed, in her erect bearing and
steady eyes, exhibited the highest degree
of strength and confidence. Her right
arm was extended in an impressive ges-
ture upwards, where night appeared to
have placed her darkest pavilion, while
on her left reclined her delicate compan-
ion, in form and countenance, the con-
trast of the other, for she was dropping
like flower, when moistened by refresh
ing dews, and her bright but troubled
eye scanned the air with ardent but vary
ing glances. Suddenly light like the
sun flashed out from the heavens, and
Faith and Hope hailed with exulting
songs the ascending Star of Bethlehem.
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

MONTGOMERY, Feb. l9.-The acts of the
Provisional Government not to 0e submit
ted to the State Conventions. Tho plan
OF the Permanent Government will not
be binding until ratified by the State
Conventions. ALEX. III. SrEpuxss.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

ap0- A meroiless landlord in Washing
ton took poor widows last bed for two
dollar debt, lately. leaving her with two
small children TO lie on the floor.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

SeA- Thos. Wyans, Of Baltimore. next
to Astor. of New York, is the wealthiest
person in the United States. He is said
to be worth S20,o00,o0o. and made his
splendid fortune by railway speculstions
in Russia. en o
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

sS- Here is something that may be
worth considering. The Jor~ai ef Health
informs us that a thin shawl may be made.
warm by folding Newspaper inside of it.
The paper is impervious to the wind and
cold from the outside, and prevents the
rapid escape Of the warm air beneath it,
We would ask II the temper of the paper
may not have something to do with it, as
great deal moro heat is manifested in
some papers than others, 50
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

pa- An old man, who had fought in
the war of 1912, committed suicide in
Kinds county, Mississippi, recently, be-
cause the Union was dissolved.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

p0rThe Legislature Of Ohio has passed
an act guaranteeing the bonds of the fed.
eral govern ment to the amount Of 80, ,7OO,-
O0O
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NEwARK, N. j., Feb. l2.-Linooln in
reply to his welcome, said:
~ shall do all in my power to promote
peaceful settlement of all our difficult
ties, The man does not live who is more
devoted TO peace than myself-(C Cheers)
or who would do more to preserve it, but
1t may be necessary to put the foot down
firmly (vociferous cheers) and il do my
duty and do right you will sustain me,
will you notf (Cries of Y es, yes we will y
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

FoRr KERANEY, Feb. 2l.--The California
Pony Express of the 9th has arrived.-
Several large dry goods houses had failed.
The Legislature was doing nothing. 1t
is reported that from 800 to 800 Knights
of the Golden Circle are enrolled in Ban
Francisco, with the object of establishing
. Pacific Republic.
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From Arkansas,

FoRr SMITH, Feb. 20.-An extra over
land coach has arrived from Sherman,
Texas.
1t is reported that the Texans seized
the over due coach with the mail, and
the mail company's property, and inn
prisoned its agents and other employees.
II is reported that Forts Chadbourne
and Belknap have been captured.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l9.-Tho proceed
ings at Montgomery have led the border
States men here to talk of the expedien-
cy of separate confederacy.
T. Kingman, formerly Representative
from South Carolina, received letter
stating that Fort Sumter will be taken at
whatever cost before the 4th of March.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-The Post Office
Department has informed Postmasters in
the seeding States thai they must be
paid by drafts against the postal receipts
in those States.
The Republicans in both Houses are
ready 10 vote unanimously for National
Convention to settle the difficulties Of
the country.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

s@- When men, by age, fail In their
sight and hearing, they had better con-
sole themselves with the thought that
they have seen and heard quite enough.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-01

nea- Dobos thinks that instead of Civ
ing credit to whom credit is due, the cash
had better be paid.