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President Davis to the Army of
Richmond.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE. I'd June. 1st

EXECUTIVE OFFICE, I'd June, 1862.
render to you my grateful acknowl-
Judgements for the gallantry and good
conduct you displayed in the battles of
the Slst May and 1st inst, and with
pride and pleasure recognize the steadi
ness and intrepidity with which you at.
tackled the enemy in position, captured
his advanced intrenchments, several bat.
teries of artillery and many standards,
and everywhere drove him from the open
field.
At a part Of your operations it was my
fortune to be present. On no other occa-
sion have | witnessed more of calmness
and good order than you exhibited while
advancing into the very jaws of death,
and nothing could exceed the proves
with which you closed upon the enemy
when q sheet OF fire was blazing in your
face!
In the renewed struggle in which you
are on the eve of engaging, | ask, and
can desire, but n continuance of the
same conduct which now attracts the adj,
miration and pride of the luYcd ones YOU
have left at home.
You are fighting for all thatis dearest
20 men; and, though opposed TO foe
who disregards many of the 'sages Of
civilized war, your humanity to the
wounded and the prisoners was the fl
ard browning glory to your valor. De
tenders OF a just cause, may God have
you! in His holy keeping.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The General will cause the above to bt
read to the troops under his commend
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Judge Mckinney.


The Knoxville Register of the 18th has
column OF so in regard to the recent cleo
ton sorSupremc Judge, the text for which !
is a short paragraph OF ours that appeared |
after the election, in which we stated that
Judge Mckinney was q good Southern
man. We intended no rejection upon the
Register, and this "old and influential
journal" can have no controversy with
that paper, nor anybody else, on the sub
iect. Our information was derived from
gentleman whom we have known for
years, and who never deceived us. AS to
Judge McKinney's antecedents on the
niger question, dating back some thirty
years-wc know nothing about them, and
care less. Antecedents don't amount to
much now---for we can take up the re-
cord and, without travelling back more
/ than dozen years, convict every promi-
nent man in East Tennessee, with per
| haps one exception of the giossest blum
! ders and Inconsistencies. The largest
STAKEHOLDER in this county, owning half a
hundred niggers, is an uncompromising
Union man. The bitterest and most Ill
ira pro-slavery man in the South three
years ago was VIM. G. Brownlow, We re-.
peat antecedents are of little account al
this moment. One half the men from
Tennessee who arc in the army fighting
the battles of the South, were good
Union men" q little more than twelve
months since, and we who keep the peace
at home, though we do belong to the
original panel, cannot well question TIER
loyalty. The fact that the Union mtn
generally voted for Judge Mckinney does
not prove that he is unsound-but that
they wero made to believe so by some
body.
We regret Mr.. Heiskcll was prevailed
upon to run for the office at the time he
did, rs he already held highly honora-
bic position, and is really gentleman of
eminent abilities. We could readily show
why he received so small a vote i5r the
Judgeship; but it is not Necessary, and
would do no good. We have great deal
our Knoxville friends; but they have a
habit of poking and raking among the
dead ashes Of the past, thai, in view of
the living present, is really contemplate.
And they had better quit it, or just as
like as not some of these times they'll
succeed in "rustling up a d N big snake"
| Every man Of sense secs that the present
revolution must be followed by another
of different character, but thorough and
sweeping Those who are anxious to APP.
propriate all the emoluments and honors
of the first on the claim of their radical.
ism, should be cautious lest they receive
more than full share of the penalties Of
the second. The South will Conquer Its
independence of the North, despite the
energy OF foes and the imprudence Of
friends. But there will be right smart
job on hand after that. If any man doubts
it, let him clap his ear to the ground and
listen.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13
The Death Penalty Paid.

Anore"S' me Spy ana leader OF the
desperate oaha ihat recently stole and
Runaway Win locomotive ana cars on
!lie w es'erh A'iantio ran hoad, nav
my peen convicted as such ny Military
courv marVIHi' was oHecu'eu yesterday
ut a. ~ ~. neaI suhuown' IN the SUBURBS
~ ~ WIS Ii'y 1us' before ms execution
pc AZ. MS euil'-rs'uting 10 .he
T 80, 49, $500 "io, WIN tle heV. MI
oTnyer ouiiililis'freo 10 nm me last con-
Soia'lons OF Kenyon, mat he was Undue
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An Appeal to Every Southern SOL
der

We turn to you in mute agony! Be-
hold our wrongsl Fathers! husbands
brothers! sons! we know these hitter
burning wrongs will be fully avenged,
nerer did Southern women appeal in vain
for protection from INSULT But, for tbe
sakes of our sisters throughout the South.
with tears we implore you not to surren.
der your cities, I'm consideration of the
defenseless women and children Do
not leave your women to the mercy of
this merciless foe Would it NOT have
been better for New. Orleans to have
been laid in ruins, and we buried he.
meath the mass, than that we should be
subjected to these untold sufferingsY Ia
life so priceless boon that for the pres.
eryation of it no sacrifice is too greatY.-
All no! alb no! rather let us die with YOU.
Oh our Fathers Rather. like Virginius,
plunge your own swords into our breasts
saying This is all we can give our daugh-
tiers
The DAuGHTERs OF New ORLEANS.
New Orleans, May "a, 1862.
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More Three Months, Men,

When this rebellion" broke out Lin
coin called into the field an army Of
three months" men, The ''rebellion
was to be crushed out in three mouths"
so wrote Secretary Seward to the foreign
powers. Under the recent call of Lin.
coin for moro men, "three months" men
are again accepted into service:
New York, May 80, 1862.
In consequence of reports industrious
ly circulated, | am directed to request
that you will state authoritatively that
the Militia regiments recently ordered to
Washington are expressly accepted by
the Secretary OF War for the period of
three months, unless sooner discharged.
They cannot and will not be detained
longer. Your obedient servant,
GEORGE Bliss, JR.,
Colonel Commanding Department
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Gen. Pope's Report of the Farming

"P. w. A." writing to the Savannah
Republican from Corinth, the Goth ult,
says;
Gen. Pope is guilty Of downright lying.
He says the Confederates suffered Sc
verely"--that our batteries were COM
pletely disabled, and our infantry line
driven back several times" while his
command was eager for an advance."-
Each and all Of these assertions are I'M
mtigated falsehoods. and known by Gen.
Pope to be such at the time he was pen.
ming them. His command, instead of
being eager for an advance" ran like
frightened sheep; ard his retreat or
fight, so far from being conducted "in
good order" was disorderly rout. In
deed. lying seems to be regarded as
professional accomplishment in the mill
tary service Of the North. / have never
read an official report by Federal officer
of which had any personal knowledge,
that did not abound in unblushing false
hoods, and known 20 be such BY the
authors OF the renorts Themselves
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The Evacuation of Corinth,

The Richmond Examiner of the 5th
says:--
1--WE now know the reason of the long
silence of the telegraph at Corinth. The
explanation is found in the extracts from
the New York Herald to be found in this
days paper. Some Yankees went near
to Corinth one day, and, finding nothing
10 interrupt them, went nearer;--fnally,
went into the town-and found that Co
rinth was evacuated, Beauregard gone
gone they know notlong, and gone where
they only imagine. Among all the evacu-
ations, here is one that can be announced
with lively satisfaction. Corinth was only
a camp, and the object of holding it has
been more than answered. New Orleans
is lost, and the great heats of summer
are gained. They will protect the coun-
try commanded by the camp at Corinth
better than trenches and guns. The OBJ
iect of an army at that point has been an.
swered, and to keep them lying there was
simply waste of force. Although now
puzzled 10 know where General Beaure-
gard has gone, the curiosity of the Feoe-
raj Government and Yankee people will
aoon be relieved in the most complete
manner. But it must DO remembered that
there is very little probability that Hal
leck's army will attempt to follow him
That is an impossible calculation. The
call for troops TO defend Washington is
too srFat. and We shall next hear that
Helleck's army is moving TO the east with
all. the speed Of steam.
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Memphis.

A rumor comes by the way Of Mobile
that Memphis has been evacuated since
our army left Corinth; that all the cot
ton, ard so much Of sugar, molasses and
tobacco as was not needed by the inhab.
itants, were burnt by the authorities, and
all the public stores removed. The ri
NOR also includes the evacuation of Fort
Pillow. We have no ositiveinformation
on that subject.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13
Lincoln and the Railroads.

Lincoln has issued an order by which
he takes military possession of all the
railroads in the United States, and di-
reefs that all the railroad companies,
their officers, and servants, shall hold
themselves in readiness for the transpor-
tation of troops and munitions of war as
may be ordered by the military authori-
ties
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13
Northern Account of the Late Battle

a gentleman who saw New York pa
per of Wednesday last, informs us that
the Federals admit loss Of 800 killed
and 4,000 wounded in the late battle be-
low the city. AS might have been ex
pected, they assert that the Confederate
loss is much heavier, though they ac,
knowledge that the Rebels " fouobt
desperately. Among the Federals killed
are three Brigadier-G Generals, whose names
We could not learn.
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Savannah.

A gentleman from Georgia, attached to
the army Of Savannah, passed through
this city yesterday en- route for Corinth.-
He tells us that the enemy has given up,
for the present, the attempt to take Sa-
vannah. They found Savannah hard
nut TO crack, because the Georgians made
up their minds to fight for and defend
their beautiful seaport. What has been
done there can and will be done at Mo
bile.-1fobiic Reqister.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13
StoneWall Jackson.

The following is the latest from The
hero Of the war:
Richmond, june 10.--The following was
received this morning by Gen. Cooper:
Fort Republic, Pa, June 9. ria Staunton
10th June.-Through Gods blessing,
the enemy near Port Republic was
this day routed, with loss of six pieces
of his artillery.
(Signed,) Y. j. JACKSON,
Maj. Gen. Commanding.
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The New York Herald.

The Lincoln oracle pretends to feel con
tident that the rebellion is about crush
ed out" yet at the same time calls for
two or three hundred thousand additional
troops. The Herald says;
1--WE are prepared for such news from
General Halleck and General Mcclellan
at any moment as will substantially end
TINS war; but the complete work will on
ly be the more speedily and cheaplv
accomplished with an additional army
force OF two or three hundred thousand
men,"
And with just such stuff as that tho
Northern public are daily crammed.-
They claim to have force of 100000
men in the field-and with the rebellion
almost ended, as they pretend, are howl
ing for 800, 900 more.
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ANDY johnson

mere is a report in circulation that
ANDY johnson was killed at Nashville ON
rae ON instant, by Ex-Governor NeiIl S.
brown. We don't believe it, because it
'ou,a nave never been intended that
Anoy should die by the hand Of q .an
tleman. VI gen.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13
CHATTANOOGA.

The Atlanta Co,ycderacy of the 18th
contains the following official notice
CHATTANOOGA, June 10, 1862
To E. B. Walker Esq:
Our trains commence running as usual
to the coal mines to-day. The enemy
have left in double quick.
r. IL. HooKE,
Agent Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad.
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More encouragement for tho ~,
COlnnnona

Inc Louisville Democrat says a bin has
passed the lower house of tho Faaa. a,
Congress, "abolishing slavery in all tha
territories of the United states.o Bers
is 'another step forward for the encopr.
agement of Lincoln-loving Shareholders.
81 The towns along the lower Missis
slppi are being plundered and sacked by
me rederals Abe's army is restoring
the Union" fast
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13
From Pittsburg Landing.

Intelligence just received from the
Federal army states that fifteen transports
loaded with sick, passed down the Ten
nessee in two days last week. The health
of the Yankees is represented to be in a
most encouragingly debilitated condition,
while the. men are becoming disguised
with the hard work and bad water which
rewards their patriotism. Coup dc sohel is
quite as bad as le coup desabre.
A dispatch had been received by Hal.
leck from Washington, stating that
France had recognized the independence
of the Southern Confederacy. The 70.
port was credited in camp. Our recent
movement at Corinth was not known ot
the time our informant left Memn6is
appeal, June 3d.
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Methodist Book Concern.

The Nashville Dispatch, Federal dirt
eater contains the following paragraph:
The printing Offices of the Methodist
Book Concern, Union and American,
Banner and Gazette, were taken posses.
sion Of by tho United States Marshal yes
terday. Proceedings to con6scate these
offices, and the real estate attached to
them, we believe have been instituted"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13

RsS~ The army correspondents OF the
press express great surprise that Beaure-
gard should turn them out of his camps.
Now that they have leisure. if thearmy cor
respondents will revise some of their pre-
cious pen performances. they will be still
more surprised that the General did not
start them earlier.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13

aA "stoneYall " Jackson, is descend.
ed from the same parent stock with "Old
Hickory" The grandfather of Stonewall
served in Congress with "old Hickory"
They traced the relationship, and, in af-.
ter life, frequently correspondent as re-
lations.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13

BeS~ VIM. A. Jackson, the runaway he.
gro coachman of President Davis, is lioni-
zing in New York. Barnum tried to
make contract with him, but the sharp
darkey, like DR.. Brownlow, concluded to
exhibit on his own responsibility, at so
cents head.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13
What Has Become of Themp

President Lincoln calls loudly through
whistle for more troops to carry on the
war OF su6jugation and emancipation
Their boosted seven hundred thousand
or eight hundred thousand are not enough.
Thepeople, before rushing into the ranks,
as did their German and Irish kindred
before them, will ask, "Where are they
all gone tor" The hundred thousand
dead answer Gone to manure Southern
soil!"
Send them along. few more acres
OF fallow land need their proportion Of
phosphate of bone lime.
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bay The New York Herald, although
it heads the battle Of Shiloh "a great
Victory" very quietly says in its editorial
column that two more such victories as
those of Donelson and Shiloh will leave
us without any army in the Southwest"
The Express says there is no paper pub
lished in the North of sufficient volume
to hold the list of killed and wounded at
Shiloh s ft''
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DkDr The Chicago Times, one of the
most ably edited papers in Illinois, and
Douglas paper in the last canvass. has
been suppressed by the Lincoln govern.
ment on account Of alleged disloyaltv.
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Athens. Friday, June 1s. 1899.
The News.

UsrrrA.--Ar right. Three for Donaldson, and
ono for Griffitts.
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ass~ Jonce Hooper died at Richmond a
few days since. We knew him we'll, man
and boy. He possessed rare abilities, and
had hoart as big as all out doors. May
the flowers bloom above his grave, and
his noble qualities be long remembered.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13

S<S- Tho New Orleans Della, of lasea
aate' learns that Mr.. soule "has been ar
rested on high political charge, and that
ne VIII probably go North in the course
of tow daYsU -
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Atheus Cost.
TERMS

no,nARs YrAF, payable in advance:
xro,ncing names of candidates for Office $780,
Cash. - .., H.. .h.sr,d n,
Obituary Notices over twelve lines charged At
sbc regular advertising rates.
All Recommendations intended to promote the pri-
vate ends or interests Of Corporations. Societies,
Schools or individuals, will be charged as advcr-
tiscments.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13

StonewalhJ ackson, who bids fair to be-
come the hero of this war, has again flax.
ed out the Feds in the Valley, defeating
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euplOy, suo uuueE hiSu pay, WeEe lying l0le Oy
the week at the wharf In one instance, which
came under my personal notice, one of these
boats, while under the pay Of the Government,
was occupied by pleasure party of curiosity
seekers for ton days or two weeks.
Knowing that the remains of their dead hus
bands and sons were subject to this mode OF
burial, Of course occasions great anxiety to pro-
cure them for removal and intermeut at their
Occasioned by Gen. Halleck's order, excluding
oil civilians from the battle field of Pittsburg
Landing. Hundreds of fathers and mothers,
and wives, and sisters. CONS and brothers we're
Fastening to this terrible scene of carnage,
with the hope Of rescuing their beloved ones
wounded in that awful battle; or, if two late
Tor thus, to secure their remains for q decent
burial Every boat twas crowded with these
messengers OF mercy, when the Generals order
met them at Cairo. No pen can describe the
bitter anguish this order occasioued.
Twill mention one instance. a. a sample Of
the whole ! saw young man who had trsy
eled long distance to Cairo, on his v.v to the
battle Geld to recover the rensins of dearly
beloved and only brother, Who had heon k;;ieS
on the 6rst day Of the battle He had nrocnred
his pass and was aboard one of the Cover mon,
transports, then about to start from C.;.o -
Pittsburg Landing, in company with abou, ono
hundred others, nearly all of whom were ~
similar business, when the order of General Hal
leck was received, directing the General in com.
mand of the post to permit no more civilian.
to pass-statipg that oil the sick end wounded
had been sent below. The faithful General il
command at Cairo was, of course, compelled I,
obey the order. and, although deeply sympathis
ing with these disappointed messengers Of mer
cy to the sick and wounded, cleared the boat
This young man, learning that would be Der
mitted 70 pass, came to me with tears in hi
eyes and begged me to intercede in bis behalf
He said he had promised his aged and Widowed
mother, ~bo had cheerfully given her son to tn,
service and who had bravely given his life t
hia country on the battle field, that be woult
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D.0C
or places, the chops and tools, and other appur.
tenances for this great work, must be provided
IN season. The experience We have had admon.
ishes US not to permit war to come upon rs
unprepared: yet such an event may be pending
aud the responsibilities and calamties that would
follow neglect should be 4 warning for US to be
prepared. No amount of money would repair
the wrong that might be inflicted from present
neglect. A million or two of dollars, iudicious.
iy expended at the present time, may ssve hun.
dreds Of millions and the honor of the nation
after HOSTILE les shall have commenced"
Mr.. President, these are wise suggestions, and
We would do we'll to heed them.
The policy of civilized nations, in their deal.
ings With each other, is dictated principally by
facts relating to geographical position md com:
mercal interests. We have not been comnel.
LED to maintain an army corresponding to those
OF European nations, only because Of our re.
moteness from that continent and the inability
OF either of those nations to support an ar,nv an
tar as we are from the center of their ,uppiies.
on the ocean our jurisdictions adjoiu and be.
come concurrent. Causes Of grievance will con.
stantiy arise, as they have arisen, but we shall
no longer nave that great pacifcator denom,.
mated king cotton between us to settle our
differences The days of American acton as a
political power are numbered and 4nshed.-
Hereafter We shall stand like other nations, able
only to maintain and enforce peace by the mag
nitude and completeness of our prepar atoms for
war, and that . naval war. This nation never
need fear any hostile military force on this con.
tinent. The warlike developments and the
military tendencies shown by our peorle during
the last IL months ought to satisfy u, Of that
II IS upon the water that We must prepare to
meet our foes. These preparations must lie,
not in the building of ships alone, hut in our
ability to build or repair them speedily aad in
safety when the emergency arises
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ing slips.
At Hare two building slips.
And at Bayomne several building slips and
basin, which are only used in time of war.
Let US now turn from these magnificent es.
Adjustments of France and England to the pig.
my navy yards of the United States. We have
upon the Atlantic coast six yards, including the
one at Norfolk, now destroyed, besides one at
Pensacola, also destroyed, and one on the Paci.
6c coast at Mare Island, which is in very in.
complete condition.
The yard at Portsmouth embraces an area of
sixty three and one eighth acres, four and seven
eighths acres require to be filled to make it
available. Being on an island, it can furnish
about one thousand feet of water front, has one
floating dock and three building slips.
The Boston (Charlestown) yard has surface
OF eighty and three eighths acres, sixteen and
one eighth acres of which are marsh and accre.
tons, and unavailable, and frontage of only
about six hundred feet that is of any value
This yard has one dry dock and three building
slips.
The Meo York (Brooklyn) yard has an area of
eignty ana one quarter acres, thrty-nine and
I'VE eighth acres of which are fats that require
70 oe TILED up, making an aggregate of one hun
dred and nineteen and seven eiehths acres.-
This yard has an available frontage If twelve
hundred feet, one stone dry dock and two bull
ding slips
The Ptilaatlphia navy yard has surface of
only nisesn and three eightbs acres, one and
one e'gnth acre OF which requires to be filed
TO make 1t useful to the Government. Here Are
q noatng dock, two building slips, and a water
front Of about six hundred feet. "'~'
In Washington, the yard has an Area of f,,,,
one and seven eighths acres, one and sevan
e:go'ns Q, wnen is marsh; useful frontage of
slips, and no dock of any kind. ~