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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21
East Tennessee.


The very tcnacity with which the
Union masses OF East Tennessee chung
to the symbols of pershcd Union was
a high evidence, if viewed Alright, of their
patriotism and their law-abiding charac-
ter. They were led to believe that their
right of suffrage, and their rights in 9TH
cr respects, would be assailcd by those
differing with them upon the issue invol-
we'd. That they could be thus misled
and imposed upon by the cmissarics of
a nsurping dcspotsm, was owing to that
inherent Jealousy OF their rights which
Is the characteristic of every indcpcnd-
cnt people. Their determination to
maintain the rights they believed to be
threatened or assailed was not unworthy
OF brave people. They have sufficient
ly .vndicated their bravery by voting
their sentiments upon the Sth instant,
and the events of that day, we trust.
have sufficiently undecoivcd Them, and
they will now bow to the verdict of that
free popular will OF which they profcssed
themselves tho champions.
In the result of the election of Satur-
day there is nothing to justify anything
like an exhibition of partiznn cxulta-
ton. 1t was triumph of the great
cause Of human liberty and free govern
ment. Notwithstanding the excited pas
sions of men, that grand safeguard of
republican liberty, the freedom of the
ballot box, was most scrupulously re-
spectcd 10y dominant party of tho State
alike in those sections where the Union
sentiment prevailed, as in those where
the secession feeling was ascendant. 1t
was thus triumph of which the people
of Tennessee may all be justly proud,
without regard to differences of opinion
previously prevailing.
The will of tho people OF Tennessee
being thus so emphatically expressed,
let us bury all past differences; unite
heart and hand in sustaining the govern
ment we have asserted our right to
choose. and shoulder to shoulder go forth
to repel the invader of our common lib
critics. Let us be equally united in put
ting down evil-minded and scditious per-
sons in our midst, if any there should
be, who may seek by cur division and
distraction to make US an easy prey to
those Northern mercenaries who hope to
satiatc their vengeance with our blood:
their thirst 70? plunder with the pillagc
OF our homes: and their black hearted
lust with the dishonor of our beauty.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21
The Defeat Admitted by the North
ern Press,

The special Washington correspondent
Of the Cincinnati Enquirer fully confirms
the news of the great victory gained by
the Southern forces at Great Bethel, Va.
His report is as follows, under date Of
Washington, June IL:
Although no one is dshesrtened by the
sad affair at Bethel, Va, yet deep gloom
is spread over The city to-day when the
sacrifice of those noble fellows is thought
of. The official report, which you have
no doubt received, is feared has not given
the full return of the dead and wounded.
| have conversed with a gentleman who
was on board of the Baltimore boat when
the news of tho disaster was brought to
the fortress. He says that the boat was
detained two hours over her time, and
when she left some twenty dead bodies
had been brought to the fortress, and tho
men engaged in the sad work said that
there were double that number still on the
field. 1t is believed that the wounded
number nearly two hundred.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

A BET Losr-We Wheat Crop.-The
reader will remember that some weeks
ago we stated bet had been offered and
accepted that certain field o! wheat in
Jones county would not average thirty
bushels to the acre. |. is lost bet. The
worst part of the field has been gathered,
and the average is over thirty-one bushels.
A half-dozen bottles of pure Jones county
Catawba were lost and won in that way.
The yield of wheat in Middle Georgia is
enormous-bcyond all precedent Plant
ers who heretofore have been gathering
300 bushels are now harvesting 1000
The belief is that wheat enough for two
or three years has been produced.-Ma-
con IsLeWdph.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21
From louisville,

LOUISVILLE, June l2.-The following
despatch was received by Gov. Magoflin.
E.. CINCINNATI, June IL.
To Gov. B. MAGoFFIN, Frankfort:
have received information that Ten
.nessee troops are under orders to occupy
Island No. |, six miles below Cairo. In
accordance with my understanding with
Gen. Buckner, | call upon you to prevent
this step. Do you regard the islands in
the Mississippi river above the Tennessee
line as within your jurisdiction, and if so,
what ones? Respectfully,
G.. b. McCLELLAND,
.. .... Adjt. Gen. u. S. a.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

To Sror BLEEDlNG.-Asa Kemper, Ross
county, Ohio, writes to the American
Agriculturist that bleeding from wound
on man or beast may be stopped by
mixture of wheat -four and common salt,
in equal parts, bound on with cloth. If
the bleeding be proruse, use large guam
tity, say from one to three pints. 1t may
be left on for hours, or even days, if ne
cossary. In this manner he saved the liro
ola horse Which was bleeding from
wounded artery; the bleeding ceased in
five minutes after the application. 1t was
left on three days when it worked loose,
healed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21
Test Of tho Sporting Rife by the
Military Board for 1000
Voluntoers to be Armed with tho
Rifle and Minnie Ball.

Volunteers to be Armed with tho
Rifle and Minnie Ball.
1t will be seen hv the rcport OF the
trial, made by the Military Board. Of the
ordinary sporting rife with the Minnie
ball, that tho experiment is an admirable
succoss-the Minnie ball holding I'D with
great force and precision for four hun
drcd yards. The Military Board have,
in consequence, had moulds prepared.
adapted to the bore OF this weapon. and
will prepare the balls for the use of such
corps as may be armed with them.
Mai. Gen. Anderson has also issued q
call, which we publish this morning, cal.
ling for 1000 rifiemen, whom he propo-
ses to muster into the service. each vol
unteer to furnish his own weapon, and
the state to furnish the Minnie ball.
We trust that this call will be promptly
responded TO by the brave young men Of
Tennessee, who are painting FOR action
There is an ample supply of arms, to
arm every regiment, which has been ac-
ccpted. Tho arms Of some, however,
have not been furnished, because they
have not yet organized their regiments.
As soon as this is done, the arms will be
placed in their hands The call for
1900 ritlemen is outside Of the volun-
:eers that have been, or may he mustered
in, exclusive of the call. We are gratifi-
ed to know that the work connected
with the ordnance department, under
the direction of Col. G.. II. Monsarrat, is
progressing with great activity. and pro-
iciency. The volunteers will, in few
days, receive full equipments, 20 far as
they are now wanting. More than $50
hands are actiVp,y pmpiOvpd in u1uDulac-
turing the various articles needed for the
service. There is also call for the pur-
chase of shot guns, in this department,
which are by many considered superior
TO the carbne. The carbines in the arse
nal are also being put in perfect order.
We would reilerate that we expect to
see tho ranks filled up. in very few
days. with the rihcmen called for. These
arc the men with whom jackson won
his glorious victories against the Indians
and British. Let them come forward
and repeat the deeds of their fathers
Nash. Uaion and Amcr'cQn.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

A CoLuMBIAD TEsTED.-A correspond
ent Of the Louisville Courier, writing
from Harper's Ferry under date of May
%, speaking of trial of one of the Col
umbiads there says:
Ia Yesterday afternoon one of our big
Columbiads was tested. Its deep-.oned
reverborations through the glens and val
leys and over the mountain peaks, were
as if awhole park of heavens artillery
had been discharged. The immense ball
;splashed the waters of the Potomac with
the fury and effect of waterspout, and
then glancing onward, buried itself in
the river bank at q distance of over two
miles and half
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21
State of the Public Mind.

Whatever may be the tone of the Re-
publican press with regard to the war,
and the earncstness with which the State
governments of the North are preparing
for it, it cannot be disguised. there is .
deep feeling Of concern and anxiety
with regard 10 the future, pervading the
public mind. And this feeling is not
confined to tho Democratic portion of
the community. It pcrvadcs with an
equal degree of intensity, the hearts and
minds Of our Republican icllow-citizens.
We have conyersed with many of the
latter, and know that they participate in
the common anxiety and concern.
The people entertain an indefnahlc
dread of the results and consequences of
the war. 'Ehcy are not SO confident rs
many OF their newspaper organs profess
to be, of conquering and reducing the
South back to obedience to the Govern
ment of the Union. And more than
that, they see in the future, an immense
load of debt and taxation, which is to
W, igh upon their industry and hard Ia
bor during their own lives, and for gene
rations afterwards. This is sure and
certain result of the war, which all see
and comprehend.
But moro than all this, they fear q
substantial change in the government of
the Republic. They know, too we'll, that
civil war in Republics, results in the pros
tration Of free institutions. They sap
and undermine the institutions of law
and order, and establish in their places
the empire of the sword. TcY JthoH a
Military Dc$potism in prospect, as one Of tie
consequences Of tbs ,ca. And hence they
desire peace.
They desire that this fratricidal war
should cease. They feel that the time to
restore the Union, was before it was so
badly broken-when patriotic mcn en-
dcavored to save it by reasonable and
timely concession of the just constitu-
tional rights of the South. But, the par
ty in power would not yield an inch"
And hence the dangerous civil war that
is upon us.-C5Hcord (N. H. Stamford.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21
Manassas Junction-Its Stregetical
Importance,
A correspondent of the New Orleans
Delta writes as follows:

A correspondent of the New Orleans
Delta writes as follows:
The stragelical importance Of Manassas
| junction to both sides is obvious. Rich
mond is ut the lower and obtuse angle cf
| the irregular quadrilatcral which bounds
the seat OF war. 1t is to be the military
as well as civil headquarters of the Con-
| federate Government, and it should by all
means command the two lines Of which
| it is the intersection--one leading to Nor
folk, the other to TTarper's Ferry. Now,
Manassas Junction is on the line to IIari
per's Ferry, about midway. Advancing
into Virginia, the United States Army
could not well afford to leave Confeder-
ate force, say from ten to fifteen thousand,
and constantly increasing, in its rear to
IIarper's Ferry. Nor could Confederate
commander at Richmond afford to have
20 ir~re.ta.,t q portion, of hfs urIny as that
at Harpcr's Ferry cut off by the seizure
OF his line OF communication at Manas.
sas junction. The precnution bad already
been taken to destroy railroad bridges to
that point and Alexandria. The enemy
can only reach 1t on foot; and depend
upon il, an attempt to do SO will bring on
one Of the most desperate and bloody
contests related in the annals of war.
The South Carolinians, under Gen.
Beauregard, have the post of honor, as
well as danger, at Manassas Junction.
They asked to be placed where the storm
OF battle seemed most likely to burst
Their ardent wish is to meet the enemy
face to face, hand to hand. They feel
not the least doubt of the result. They
reduce the question to the simple one Of
victory or death. The enemy must kill
them, be killed, or fly for his life. In fact,
this is the spirit OF the Southern soldiery,
in general. The Southern soldier has
Romans faith in cold steel-a faith whose
terrible illustration caused the vultures
to gather to their anticipated banquet
when they heard the ''long, stern swell
which babe the Romans close" Assured
it will be dreadful day when, after the
thunder of artillery is hushed, and the
rattle of musketry has subsidized, q South
ern column, with one terrific shout, shall
leap with rapture to close encounter
the enemy, and commence the harvest of
death with bayonet, cutlass and Bowie
knife.
The idea is prevalent in Richmond, wo
hear, that Scott will advance upon Ma
nassas at an carly day. 1t is said, too,
that Gen Beauregard is fully prepared for
him, so we may expect to hear of hot
work in that section, before another week
rolls around.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

p DoN'T UNDERsTASD Us.-A correspond
ent of the New York Herald, writing
from Pensacola. says: ~iHi
-Gg The truth is, Greeley & Co., can never be
made to understand these Southern peo-
q ple.o They are called idle, and so they
are when they have nothing to do. But
give them an object, and the ID him
selfis not more industrious. They are a
unit too--there is no division amongst
them. Reconstruction is thrown over
, board, and with such man as Jeif Davis
at the head of the new Confederacy =
clear sighted, calm, resolute and firm, in
s twelve months it will be firmly establish
ed as one of the Powers of the earth.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

bSyN Forney, in his Philadelphia Press,
boasts Of a united North aud divided
South, and says
The idea Of divided North and united
South has been dispelled. II has been re-
rerse1. We have no Andrew Johnson in
the free States, no Emerson Etheridge,
no Frank Blair, no Sherrod Clemens, no
George d. Prentice, to divide our solid
column.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

AIMING IN ARKANsAs,-The people of
Western Arkasas are arming for proper
reception of Jim Lane marauders, or any
others which may venture into that sec
ton. The steamer Handrha Valley, on
her last trip, took round to Jacksonport
972 stand of arms, together with cannon,
for distribution in the northern part Of
Arkansas. More are now at Little Rock
awaiting TRANSFORMATION.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

raS" The New York Day Book says
"All New York is failing. The suspen-
sions and failures for the past few days
have been fearful, and the war promises
to bankrupt every merchant in New
York. The retail business is as bad off
as the wholesale. Trade is killed."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

SAVE YouR SEEp.-Planters and gard
eners must not rely, as heretofore, on
8 getting their garden seeds from the
Northern States. We advise them to be
careful in saving good supply of all
kinds, as they will soon be ripe. Plant
10 late crop of Irish potatoes, they will
} mako seed potatoes, if nothing moro
. Look to your interests in time.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21
nsy.The Nashville Onion understands

ng.The Nashville Union understands
that Col. Yaughn's regiment OF Tennss-
see volunteers voted in Lynchburg, Va,
on the sth, casting SOC votes for separa-
ton and representation and none against.
The reason of the small vote ia that the
Judges would not permit any to vote who
had not resided in the State one year
and in tho county from which they hailed
six months preceding tho election
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

The CnIoKAsAw NArloS.-This tribe Of
Indians says the Memphis Appeal, have,
through their legislature, declared their
independence of the abolition Rump at
Washington. The proclamation Of their
governor announcing the fact, and chill
ing them to arms, will be found in an
other column this morning,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

An INTEvIEw WITH fuss AND FEATiI-
ERs. The Lynchburg Virginian, of yes
tcrday, says;
A Virginia gentleman relative Of Gen.
cral Scott who has been in public en-
ployment AT Washington for some years,
determined last week to leave that city
and return to his native State. Appre-
hensive that he might not be able to get
through the lines of the Federal troops,
he applied to Gen Scott for pass. iIe
found the old soldier at his Office with
his feet ancles and lower extremities in
a tub of cold water. The old General
was suffering with gout, ard said that it
was getting up to his stomach. When
he was informed by the gentleman In
question of the object of his visit, the
General told him to go, "but be careful
lest the Federal troops should kill him
after he got to Virginia" The same gen
tleman who has also made a visit to our
campat Manassas Junction, says that
our soldiers are incomparably superior to
tho forces he saw at Washington.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

Soy The Washington correspondent of
the New York Express reveals pro-
cct on foot to dccapitate Old Abe, and
put George Law in his place. ...
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

sss- A bottle of essence of Jamaica
ginger will be found a pleasant and
healthful companion to the soldiers can
teen, corrective of bad water, a preven-
tive of disease arising from change OF
water, and in all respects better than
alcoholic stimulants. Think of this,
mothers, wives and sisters, in filling up
the outfit and farewell tokens for the de-
parting volunteer.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

S.G" The London correspondent of the
Independent Beige, writing on May 9th,
says:
Birmingham derives temporary profit
from the existence of the war in America.
am assured that agents from the South
ern States have purchased two hundred
thousand rifles there, not to speak OF
cannous.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

Is5- Wheat was cut in Lagrange, Ca,
on tho 18th of last month,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-06-21

In q few minutes our scouts and vi
dcttcs commenced firing and coming in,
announcing the advance. The cannonicrs
and infantry in the line of Qualifications
were notified and stood ready, ammuni-
ton in hand. Our men (Col. Stcwarl's) J
were ordered in the trenches, when they
were compelled to knecl, in order to cs.
cape observation, it being our object to
conceal our position until the enemy ad-
vanccd to- the middle OF the field, and
then open fire. The approach to the for
tifcations can only be made through a
field GOO yards wide, and by the bridge
spanning the creek running along the
line southeast of our position.
The Nevada journal., 1861-04-12

KNoTTY QUEsTroNs.-A citizen of German
origin pIopounds the following pertinent
questions to the New York Tribune. Greeley
say that he won't pretend to answer them,
but offers the columns of the Tribune to
any Compromiser who will undertake to do
so:
1st. If the Republicans are to blame for
the Secession movement who was to blame
for the secession from the National Demo-
cratic Convention?
I'd. If the Republicans are to blame for
keeping up the present crisis by their un-
willingness to compromise (which means
concession) for the sake of the Union, why
didn't the Douglas Democrats make conces
sion in the National Convention for the
sake o: the union of the Democratic party ?
Sd. Why didn't the Democratic party let
the niger question alone ION which il
split,) and sacrifice their principles for the
sake of the Union, when they knew perfectly
well that the separation would cause their
defeat2
4th. If the South would not accept Popu-
lar Sovereignty as compromise in the Ma
tional Democratic Convention, would they
accept it now2
The Nevada journal., 1861-04-12
wI,ANGLING IN THE SENATE.


The Senate of the United States has
been the scene of more wrangling in which
the demagogue Douglas played conspicu-
Gus part. History records numerous in-
stances of distraction to the State by the
wrangling of petty chieftains On the eve of
national trials. History is likely to record
another instance and this time for our Re-
public. How disgraceful it is when the need
of moderation and patriotism is felt to see
the selfish feelings of men in the country's
counsels predominate How admirable to
see defeated aspirant for the Presidency
taunt the people who chose another, with
sectionalism and with being the cause Of
bringing the country to disaster Such is
the course Of Douglas. He knows his doc
trines were repudiated as intolerable by
the secession States, and vet in the face OF
the fact that the leading men in the seces-
sion movement boldly declared they pre-
ferred Lincoln to him because the former
was the more conservative; in the face Of
the fact that the South had emphatically
declared they would never submit to the
expulsion Of slavery from Territories by
local enactmepts; in the face of the fact
that they emphstical,y demanded the right
to their slaves into the Territories Of the
United States and hold them there and the
right must be recognized, all of which the
doctrines Of Douglas denied, lie yet has the
audacity to declare that had he been elect
ed the Union would have been saved At
the same time he accuses the Republicans
of carrying ont his doctrines. Was ever
more consummate assship displayed?
Douglas seems to entertain the idea that
by constant and repeated accusation he will
succeed in defrsuding history of his right
to be called the father of the disorders of
the country. Like the chicken thief with
the inmates of the roost in his pocket, he
cries " stop thief" to turn attention from
himself. The immediate cause of disorder
lies in the ill-starred and itching efforts of
Douglas for popularity. The repeal of the
Missouri Compromise was the stab fatal to
the peace of the country. Mr.. Douglas may
attempt to shift the responsibility to the
shoulders of the Republicans. 1t will not
do. Impartial history will take note of the
mark of the beast on his own forehead. He
cannot dodge the verdict of the future
The annals of time will tell how that in
1860 in the American Republic, turbulent
minority demanded the success of their own
candidate 70. the Presidency, and the une-
quivocal acknowledgement of the political
principles he professed; how they expressed
their implacable hostility to either Mr..
Douglas or Mr.. Lincoln, and declared posi-
lively they would submit to the principles
of neither; how the latter was elected in
spite of threats, and how little magnanimity
or patriotism the former exhibited in the
dark hour of his country that followed. 1t
will spread all this before the eyes of gene
rations to come, where will be exhibited the
that if the secessionists were true
to their threats had Douglas been elected
his boasted salvation of the American Union
could have been accomplished only by |
treachery to the principles he had pro-
feSsed