The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-15
The Southern Confederacy.
We clip tho following paragraphs from
tho Charleston Courier. of Snturdny,

tingushcd citizen Of Mississippi to whom
President Davis rendered the place o.
roslmastcr.Gencral for the Conle,crat,
States, has not found II compatible with
Ids private duties, and that important
post has been offered to John II. Reagan
Of Texas, rs will be seen by our dispatch
Mr., Reagan is native Of SEWER CDuty
Tennessee, born in 1913, and. after nd
mission rs an attorney, cmigrated to the
Republic of Texas, where he soon recciv'
ed the office Of Deputy Surveyor.
He served that Republic faithfully and
ncceptnby in several trusts, civil. military
and judicial, and in 1857 was elected to
Congress, where he was an active and
useful member. serving prominently on
the Committees OF Indian Affairs and
Postotiice Expenditures
Fort ,yum'cr.-Threc soldiers, whose en-.
listmcnt terms Ind expired. left Fort
Sumter with discharge, on Wednesday,
and were brought to the city by the mail
steamer. There is no doubt that Others
would gladly receive discharge.
7rait Of die Ciy.-Therc has been de.
cidcd improvement in all departments of
trade since our last review of the market.
Quite a number of merchants are here
from The interior making their spring
purchases. They very prudently, how
ever, buy lightly.
Boston. There have been but three ar.
rivals at the hotels in Boston from the
Confederate States III the last two weeks.
The books Of these large buildings show Il
vastly diminished number of names, as
compared with the average Of previous
years.
Montgomery March 6.--Mr. Curry has
introduced a resolution in the Congress.
instructing the Judiciary Committee to
inquire into the expediency OF prohibit
ing the importation of Slaves into the
Contedcracy from the United States, en-
cept owned by persons enigrating for
settlement or residence.
Congress went into Secret Session.
.MoaI,omety, March MIR. Clayton. of
Mississippi, rcporteda Bill providing that
in the event Of conflict of arms, or re-
fusal of the United States to recognize
the independence of the Confederate
States, no Court in the Confederate States
shall take cogniAnce of civil cases from
citizens of the United States, and that all
pending cases be dismissed.
A resolution was adopted authorizing
the President to instruct the Commission
ers to Europe to enter into treaty for the
extension OF international copyright pr;vi-
lodges. ....
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60. ~ tIo Arrv of ,he ConreIerate
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we woa'd not r"snlessly u.s.ur" smI
quiet ana repose OF i''eutena".'e"e'.
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some places no. very h'r 'rom ~ n"" w
the M'uu'e ot"'e:,, are ~ ''o'v u""f.'
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auGuratioh'
The policy OF the Lincoln Government
will be put to positive test IN o DAY or
two. They must either attempt to rem
force Forts Pickens and Sumter. or a.
rect the officers IL command to surrender
them upon the demand OF the state
authorities, or those OF the Confederate
States.
1t is conlectured by weli.iniormeo mill
tary men that the officers in commann OF
the above named ports will be instructed
to capitulate upon the first lntimatlon OF
attack.
as,y, Read what the LaGrangc, Georgia
.pono,tor" saws Of the Disunion Dress;
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we regret ~ sec r." " ~,
"hce "i'h''e'''" ~" p'' '''' .r, ~, 49," soam,
union papers o. 'a,S ,, ,,' Ivy IVY nr a.; rn
10 nave "rr"s'veo " e'''" I,;,;'I .La. Jno,
OF censor: everything Pol''lr'. .,..' , uo''
' ',o.o u"om a. ,ro,snn,hle and seem to
insinuatc that anything but their own
views will not be tolerated in the South
ern Conieaeracy. nas inc rel" 81 o. p ,e'l
Tor otian "' ~, ,a. coma ~ his
t,an We are certainly undone. We are
us ready as any man 10 o'ler up our me;
1t need be- m defense OF .he rights VI
the South ana we hoio t"a' we are Nv
less true to those rights than these . .n.
spurs when we express our inVe ior tne
old Union OF our fathers. II " IS 're','
son for citizen OF t"e oou.nerm oon '':.,,
eracy to express ms dissatisfaction nv. M'. w.
the present Union, was II n no.. eGr1,y a.
great crime to denonnce the o.a onlo''
Treason has ne same asn"'e'o" I" ms "e0 ID
Hhadm Tie old Constitution.
The Atlanta, Ga, intelligencer. strong
secession paper. excerpts to the continu
ance Of the Southern Congress in session.
1t SAYS the people had no voice in elect
ing the members of that Congress, and
its business was simply to form proVis