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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21
Post Master, NASHVILLE, Tenn.
Plan for the Invasion OF Memphis

Hlan 1or the invasion Oh melnpn1S.
4 gentleman recently from Cairo fur
,;.Lcs tho r,1lo,cir,, 70 tba NTannbi. R,I.
le'iH
On Wednesday, when our informant
was there, there were at Cairo 5,3uO
troops, ut Bird Point TOTO troops, and
in that vicinity there are several thou
sand more. lie says they have aban-
doncd the original plan Of bringing 80
900 men down in steamboats, as that
would probably result in discontinue.
They have greatly enlarged the plan OF
their operations, which, up to Wednes.
day, is a, follows: Colonel Prentiss said
last Wednesday that he wanted at least
seyenIy-liye thousand troops TO inyad,
the South, and that they did not intend
to move at all till they obtained them
lie said he expected to get them ready
in ten days, and that il they did, they
would march down the river in three
columns. one column OF %, 600 troops in
twenty live steamboats,, to proceed down
the river, supported by column on each
side Of the river Of $4,000 troops. The
forces by land vii 20 in advance Of the
river column, and are expected 10 turn
all the batteries and conquer all the fore
es that they may come across in their
triumphant career. Indeed the force Is
so large that Col. PrentiSs expresses II as
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

ADVANCE OF THE INvADERs.-Th Lex
ington Gazette of Thursday last has the
following;
We learn froma member of the Rock
bridge I'd Dragons, who has been with
our gallant little army since they were
sent to West Virginia, that our forces had
retreated to the pass in the Cheat noun
tains, about ninety miles West of Staun-
ton-that they are some $500 strong mil
itia and volunteers-that the enemy had
advanced upon them rs far as Beverly,
Randolph equity, II miles in the rear. The
invaders in Tygrats River Valley are esti-
mated at 10 to 10000, with reinforce
ments behind them.
The marauders, it thus appears, are
making their way into the heart of the
State. Our people must look to their safe
ty and prepare to drive them back. 1t Is
high time to be fully aroused, and let the
cry of To Arms resound through the hills
of West Augusta.
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Wheat Harvest.

The farmers are in the midst Of the
wheat harvest. While here and there a
field has been injured by rust, or smut,
generally the crop is heavy and of excel
lent quality. The oats crop is suffering for
want of rain, and will be short in this
pei1hborbood
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21
Constitutional Liberty at an End.
tFrom thc Nashville patriot1

From the Nashville Patrot.l
Tho arbitrary acts IF the Government
at Washington in ruspending- the Con-
sti!ution, and erecting military despo-
tism in its stead have already destroyed
the constitutional liberty Of the people.
The open violations Of the organic law
in numerous Instances, which ii is now
unnecessary TO repeat, had prepared the
people of this State to throw off. that
government and take their rights and
their honor into their own hands. accept
ing all the responsibilities of that act
1t is fortunate for us that such was the
decision on the 9Th inst, as will be seen
from the following from the New York
World of the same day:
"The disloyal States, once thoroughly
beaten, would gladly enough accept the
status of equality offered them by the
Federal Constitution, however calling it
might be to their pride TO come down
from their higher independent prcten'
lions. Bet allowing they would remain
so pcgyersc as to make it impossible to
carry on the government in conjunction
with them, there is nothing to prevent
their being reduced TO a condition ofsub-
ordination. and kept there until they
should see fit Loyalty to perform their
civil functions. II the federal govern
mcnt has the superior fore, rs England
admits, it can conquer them; and the
government, driven to that necessity,
would have tho right to hold them as
conquered districts, and to govern them
as e''c''Ilia'.i,icS sil"ui" reluIre. ~ 'iie
[or ,Ln lima incomnati,,Ie with lie due
authority Of the federal government, the
State governments might 10y the laws OF
war ana lnG il4llS G' CONQUEST, DC "DDi,
iojcroI coz contrnl he snLstiintcd We do
not ourselves believe it possible that
this rebellion can be so stubborn as to
maze $. S9,n an extreme rG ;}i necessary;
rngIoml ma NAV rnIy ,iro,, if t%,t onr GOV.
eminent would use il and carry it thor
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21
Our Mails,

We find the following dispatch in the
Memphis APpeal:
Richmond, June l5.-The authority of
this department. over the postal affairs of
the State of Tennessee commences from
the date OF the ratification of the ordin-
ance of secession by the people,
Please give it publicity.
Very respectfully.
b. n. CLEMENTS,
Chief the appointment Bureau.
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For Congress-.

P. 7. Scruggs and Il. G.. Payne are an
nounced in the Memphis papers as can
didates for the Congress of the Confed-
crate States.
1t is also. stated that Col. Coins, of
Sparta, is n candidate in the Fourth Dis
trict.
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The Fight at Bethel Cburcb

"a Full particulars of the fight at Bethel
Church will be found on the first page of
Our paper. Later accounts state the loss
of the Federalists, in killed anil wound
ed, much greater than was at first re-
ported.
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Atheus Cost.
IERMS.

Two DOLLARS A YEAR, payable In advance.
Announcing names of candidates for oidee S5,Oo,
Cssh.
Obituary Notices over twelve lines, charged al
the regular advertising rates.
All osmmunicatons intended to promote the pri-
waite ends or interests of Corporations, Societies,
Schools or individuals, will be charged as adyer-
tisemcnts.
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The Press.

Tucker, of the st. Louis journal, has
been arrested and imprisoned by the
Black Republicans in Missouri for dis
approaching Lincolns war policy. What
have old Abe's sympathisers, who have
been bowling about "reigu Of terror"
got to say to that?
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Andrew Johnson.

This man, whom the people of Tennes-
see have nourishcd and fed by their boun-
ty and confidence from his fist appear
ance within its limits, is reported to have
left the State, ria Cumberland Gap, for
the Black Republican camp. 1t is said
that on his way TO the Gap, he halted al
Tazewell and made speech, in which he
counselled the people of East Tennessee
to resist the recent action of the State and
!asten their fortunes to the Black Rcpubli-
can concern at Washington. Ire also told
them that Federal troops would be sent
to their assistance. Such is the parting
advice and counsel of Andrew Johnson
advice, which, if followed, would at once
iraugurate civil war among the hills and
valleys of East Tennessee, and lay in desc
lation and ashes its now peaceful affairs
and homes. This is his advice as he
leaves the confines of the State-this the
legacy of blood, aud fire and ruin he ten
ders the people among whom he has liv-
ed for more than quarter Of q century.
When years ago it was charged by the
old wing press that Andrew johnson was
bad man, not to be trusted who would
sooner or later work mischief and ruin,
it was vehementls denied and the charge
imputed to party prejudice. But behold
the man today, and his history lie has
more than proved all that his most bitter
| po,i,ivul orpeuonts in this end Of the
Stale ever predicted, afrJ,now eliminates
his infamy and audacity by advising thoso
| opponents to 90 to worl; deliberately and
rend and cut each others throats. To
| crafty his malice against John Bell and
other Of the old wing leaders, he was with
| the Secessionists in the incipient stages
of the revolution. TO crafty his lust OF
place and power, he struck hands with
the Black Republican party as soon as it
had secured possession Of the govern
ment; and for price and consideration,
that Andrew johnson may still have
place, lie now proposes toraise the bloody
banner of civil war and send troops into
East Tennessee, such as are oyerrunning
Maryland end Missouri, to lay waste with
fire and sword. II upper East Tennessee
wishes TO follow his advice, it will of
course do so. The people of lower East
Tennessee will have nothing to do with it
or him. or the few miserable and dcluded
men among them who are disposed 10 aid
him in dcspairing effort to prolong Il
political existence which never ought to
have had a beginning lie, his advice and
suggestions be avoided rs full of Voc and
ruin. Shakespeare was daguerreotyping
just such a character when lie wrote the
following:
"oh. Buckingham, beware Of yondor dog
Look when he fawns he bites and when he bites
! His venom tooth will rauklc to the death:
Have not to do with him, beware of hiIn,
Sin. death and hell have set their marks on him,
And all their ministers attend on him."
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--latest From Missouri.

Passengers off the Memphis and Char
lesion road Thursday morning, announce
that Gov. Jackson had captured the no.
torious Lyon, commander of the Federal
forces in Missouri, after having killed
three hundred Of his (Lyon'sl men,
From present indications that $4,000 pre-
pairing to be hurled on Memphis, will
hardly make the connection.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21
From Pennsylyania.

GRAFTON, Juno lit is reported that
IN Inc Southerners are moving on Romney.
me report causes great excitement here.
The Cumberland, and Romney, and
the Baltimore, and Ohio rails from Mar
hnsburg to Harper's Ferry are carried
away.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21
MARYLAND,

Henry Winter Davis has been defeated
for Congress. \ report is aiioat that the
Legislature had passed an Ordinance Of
Secession by two-thirds vote. 1t needs
confirmation
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

Tories IN TExAs.-lhe Austin fTexas,)
State Gazette has been informed of n GO.
oret "union Association" forming in that
State. The matter is being investigated,
ana the reasonable plot will be efiectual-
iy broken up. There are no doubt q fow
Johnsons, Etheridges and Hickses in
Texas, but they will DO taken care of
whenever they venture to- show their
heads.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

SALTPETER. j. p. Borin exhibited
to us on Monday a sample of the saltpe-
ter he and Others are now manufacturing
at Sauta Cave, near Larkinsyille, Jackson
county, Ala. 1t is a beautiful article, clear
and very pure. Tho company have com
menced operations, and can turn out 700
pounds per day. The deposits in the
cave are rioh,and the article ready for use
at once. Orders for saltpetre for the
powder mill at Nashville, Tenn, King-
ston, Ga, and elsewhere, WILDE promptly
filled if addressed to Larkinsville, Ala. We
have specimen Of the saltpetre at our
Office. HuBtSViM Aoyocate.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

JUDGE TANEY.--lhe French Courier, in
noticing the revolutionary progress of
events in this country, such as the attacks
on Judge fancy, and the suspension of
the right Of haJeas corpus. says:
/ is not six weeks since tho North was
called to arms, and in that short period
there has been talk of 'inciting a seryile
war, of superseding the President for in
capcity,of suppressing summarily the fun
damental guarantees of individual liber-
ty, OF establishing the laws Of suspected
persons of constituting permanent ar
my" This is going both fast and far. In
matters less important, but no less slgnif-
cant, il is proposed to institute sort of
distinction in favor of those who will take
part in the war, under the forms of COM
missions OF honor. Whoever should have
suggested a single one OF all these ideas
only two months ago, would have either
been ridieuled numerically or sharply
reminded of the Republican sentiment.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21
Athens, Friday, June 81, 1861.

nay- We are compelled to omit much
news this week that would interest our
readers, Tor want of space. We must ask
our correspondents TO be as brief as pos
sihln
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21
Elaction OF Omnera-

A Second Regiment Of Volunteers was
organized in this city, on Tuesday, and
David II. Cummings was elected Color el
F. NJ. Walker, Lieutenant Colonel
and A. Fulkerson, Major. Those best
acquainted with the parties, say they are
good selections. Col. Cummings, is a
gentleman, an honorable man, and sol
der, as brave as he is generous-and sec
ond to no man in the Confederate ranks,
in all that makes man.-HnorriWe Wig.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21
From Jefferson Citv

JcGtrson City, June lS.-Lyon's expedi.
tious on two steamers proc eeded towards
BoaRyillc yesterday. Several hours after.
waf3 ireing was heard. The telegraph
lines are emf
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

eor The Memphis APPEAL says the son
Of Geo. d. Prentice, Of the louisville
Journal, is in that oity for the purpose of
offering the services of his Company, now
n Nashville, to Gen. Pillow.
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johnson at Lexington.

The telegraph reports Andy johnson
as having made speech at Lexington,
Ky, on Wednesday. He is one of the
malignants who helped to hunt Henry
Clay tohis grave, and his approach to the
vicinage of Ashland should have been
characterized by demonstrations of pro-
foundest gratitude and admiration
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

Ba5- The New York Herald recon-
mends the passage by the Congress of the
United States of a general Bankrupt Law
and the establishment of q National
Bank,
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Instructions to Post Masters.

BY the vote of the citizens cast on the
Sth inst, Tennessee has become n mem
Der Of the Southern Confederacy. The
following are the instructions to Post
Masters of that Confcderacy, which you
will please observe and be governed by:
NEW POSTAGE ACTS.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC AND INSTRUCTIONS TO
roST MASTERS.
The following laws have been enacted
by the Congress Of the Confederate States
of Americas:
Letter Postage.
An Act to prescribe the Rates of Postage in the
Confederate States Of America, and for other
purposes
"The Congress ofthe Confederate States
OF America do enact, That from and af-
ter such period as the Post Master Gen
eral may 10y proclamation announce,
there shall be charged the following rates
Of postage, to-wit: For every single seal
ed letter, and for every letter in manu-
script or paper of any kind, upon which
| information shall be asked for or COM
munioated in writing or by marks or
! signs, conveyed in the mail for any dis
/ lance between places within the Conied-
/ crate States of America, not exceeding
/ five hundred miles, five cents and tor
/ any distance exceeding five hundred
miles, double chat rate; and every letter
oil parcel not exceeding half an ounce in
| weight shall be deemed a single letter,
and every additional weight Of hall an
ounce, or additional weight OF less than
half ali ounce shall DO charged with adj
/ ditional single postage; end al packages
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

i=3- The Standard, published at the
homo of Ex-President Pierce, says:
Those who are urging on the war are n
set of reckless men who are making all
immense fortunes out of the wealth of
the country. Look to this matter, men
OF all parties, fol, your property is to be
taxed to pay the bills,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

The Recent Election.
The majority for Separation is about
6O0OO.
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From Virginia.

ALEXANDRIA. June 1.-THE thernomc,
ter stands at los deg. in the shade.
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08

THR policy which has thus far triumphed at Montgomery is known as the < Mississippi Policy" Its triumph gives serious offense to South Carolina. 4 late letter to The Charles ton Mercury from Montgomery, understood to have been written by R. B. Rhett, who is a delegate to the Confederate Convention, says, after describing the scheme of the majority:
 "There is graver matter than its absurdi- ty behind this scheme. Is it anything else than he policy cf rcconstyuctiag Mc Inoa |? Take the Constitution of the United States as it is, with all its constructive powers, and get the frontier States in the Confederacy with us and will the Constitution ever be altered Will we ever be freed from the same troubles and dangers we have been contending against for the last thirty years? Maryland, Ken lucky and Missouri have been protective tariff States, and all of them in favor of ill., ternal improvements. Suppose the Constitu- ton of the Uuited States is taken as 1t is, with its consolidation constructions to obtain their union with us. Will they consent to have 1t altered so as to prevent constructive abuse? And if not altered, will we not have the same battle to fight over again with them, after a few years, which we have been com pelled to fight with the Northern States We will only have changed masters But will a Southern Confederacy exist at all with such policy? Will not all the Northern States come again into a union with us? Why should they not They are satisfied with the Constitution of the United States as 1t is open to their interpretation. It establishes a capital despotsm under their power. Of course they will seek to reconstruct the Union And will 1t not be done Yes, surely under this scheme After all, we will have to run round a circle, and end where we started The Union will be restored, with few guar antees about negroes, such as the frontier States want, but which are of no consequence whatever to the cotton States and we will again enter upon the broad road of cons0lida- tion and ruin If the Mississippi policy is carried out the Convention need not sit : week"
 The Mercury, edited by R. B. Rhett, jr. says editorialy upon the subject:
 We warn the public in time, that theil eyes may be open to the danger. We trus that if such an effort is made at Montgomery as there is reason to believe will be made there will yet be sufficient sincerity, manhood and statesmanship in that body to put dowr the nsduous proposition, under whateve pretext it is professedly proposed. A Provi sional Government, if it be deemed necessary for the military exigencies of the times, bu permanent government also as soon as prac ! ticable."
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08
THE FR4NKLIN NENDHENT.

The Peace Congress, which recently ad- journed at Washington, settled upon the fol lowing plan of adjusting the difficulties be- tween the North and South on the slavery question in the Territories The resolution was offered by Mir Franklin, of Pennsylva- nia, as an amendment to the Guthrie propo- sition:
 |" In all the present territory of the United States, not embraced by the Cherokee treaty north of the parallel of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes of north latitude, involuntary servitude, except in punishment of crime, is prohibited. In all the present territory south of that line, the status of persons held to ser vice or labor, as it now exists, shall not be changed nor shall any law be passed to hin- der or prevent the taking of such persons to said territory, nor to impair the rights arising from said relation but the same shall be sub ject to judicial cognizance in the Federal Courts according to the common law. When they say territory, north or south of said line within such territory as Congress may pre- scribe, shall contain a population equal to that required for member of Congress, it shah If its form of government be republican, be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, with or without in- voluntary sefyitude, as the Constitution O such State may require3
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08

TIE PRESIDENTS LAST LEvEE. - The Presidents leyee on Tuesday night was Mr. Buchanan's last It was the largest of his Administration, and was very brilliant It is estimated that at least five thousand people were in attendance The venerable heads of the Peace Conference were prominent among the throng. In contrast with these were the representatives of the army and navy, attired in their brilliant warlike trappings. All the leaders of the incoming Administration now in the city were present including Governor Chase, of Ohio, whose chances for the Cabi net increase. Of the officers of the present Cabinet Mr King was present; also nearly all the foreign ministers.
 The President expressed no regret that his end had come, and Miss Lane never did the honors more gracefully. She was attired in pure white, and during the evening was sur rounded with hosts of friends and admirers each one of whom seemed to have parting word to say. Everybody seemed to be merry the outgoing as well as incoming. The band played Away Down in Dixie and closed with Yankee Doodle
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08
Our Job Office.

Those who wish job work, of any and all kinds, executed in the most tasteful style and shortest time, are informed that we are now fully prepared to put it through. Handbills, billheads, dray-tickets, funeral and business cards, and every other variety of cards and job work, can.b be turned out at this office with out delay We have press, devoted to the printing of bills, billheads, cards, etc, alone, capable of working off fifteen hundred copies per hour, in the neatest manner Blanks of all kinds constantly on hand.
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08

REVENUE AND TAXATION OF ENGLAND. The whole net revenue of England for the year ending December 3l, 1860, amounted to G71 ,967 ,495 about equal, in round num- bers, to 0,000, 900. This is but the net sum. The cost of collection, estimated at an average of per cent, would make the gross amount of English taxation G77,700,0 600. or S38S 100000, to be paid by population smaller than our own, and the majority of them much poorer
 This vast amount is raised thus Customs, e23, ,000; excise, sl,000,000 stamps, 92, ,250 900; post-ofice, 93, ,500,005 crown lands, G250, 900; miscellaneous items, nearly 92,00O 900, and property tax nearly 93 ,000,- 000 Yet immense as this amount is, 1t falls short nearly three million pounds of meeting the years expenditures. It is estimated that the late war with China will cost England S75,000,000 In return for which she gets indemnity to the amount of S7 100000, in installments, running on for several years This is profitable speculation for John Bull but the poor taxpayers have to pay the bill
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08
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Lincoln's TnauguraI.

Elsewhere We publish so much of the in- augural speech of Mr.. LINCOLN as we have received over the telegraph. If it has been reported correctly, the rail-splitting President indicates that his policy toward the seeded States willbe to let slip the dogs of war " in order to induce them toreturn to the support of his Administration which, if he were any thing else save an empty headed imitation of a man, he ought to know will not succeed as long as there is man or musket south of the line which divides the sections which are now rapidly assuming a hostile attitude toward each other. We are half way disposed to think, however, that the telegraphic abstract of the inaugural has not spoken as LINCOLN would have 1t nominated in the bond ; for 1t hard ly seems consistent that man who so cow ardly sneaked through a Southern city, while on his way to the Capital, could dream of binding his brow with < victorious wreaths ," gathered from battle fields, whereon will be assembled So many of those Southerners, of whom he was so stricken with terror at Bati- more. We shall know his sentiments beyond all doubt in a few days when the entire message reaches us, and spread them before our readers