The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-08-22

1thsole o. Indy iduals, will be charged - Adver
"A shsns, Friaay, AAkpst -. 1859.
~ The Nsws.' s :
Tho ineviiable Mofeap has turned UP.
ssfsiu oysrin Lincolndon, and been put
. tins tkings Through II the fAstest and
NEST approved style. The Federal ofaeers
are ssid 10 be very much disguised With
bis manner Of doing business. and some
Of them even threaten to resign and go
home unless he is estopped. A running
account of the gallant Coll. lastsexpedi-
ton will be found elsewhere in our paper.
The, gallant commander Of the Sd Ten
snessee. Col Vaughn. recently had an in.
terview with some Of the FAst Tennessee
reneeades, now in the FEDERAL army
among them Bob. Byrd snd jim Shelley
Of Roane county, both&sanking as Co
lone,s. Byrd. Col. vsuehn thinks, 4
sick Of hs pcsition. but sHeiiAyi...-'is
afbol ssever and Insists That Lincoln i,
Srisht. Jim Brownlow &. Lieut.. Colonel
OF Bob johnson . regiment Of renegades.
There's spectacle for you-or rather. a
pair Of them. Dan Trewitt is aid to Brig.
General Speers, formerly of Bledsoe coun-
ty. Trewitt used to be an astute lawyer
and gifted speaker, while Speers was
never more than a fourth rate county
coult pettifogger. But IN Lincolndom, as
everywhere else, the bigger fool the bet.
ter luck. Mitch Edwards is over there
trying to raise regiment OF mounted
men. But it don't make much difererc e
where Mitch is. he'll Fever set the river
on Ere, not even Tar river, nor do any
thing else calculated tosiartle nature and
alarm the world. Col. Vaughn mentions
the names Of several Others formerly citl-
zens Of East Tennessee who ore now in
Abe's service and sporting the Federal
uniform. ~
The Register also contains an account Of
a chunk Of fight in Scott county, on
the 18th, between Nick's command OF
Georgia Partisan Rangers and Federal
force under old man Cliff. The Federal,
were encamped on mountain, up which
the Georgians charged, routing the enc
my end capturing his works, one hun
dred head Of horses, ammunition, com
missary stores. arms, &c. The enemy lef
eight dead bodies on the field Loss q
partisans, one wounded. s5-
From lower East Tennessee we hav
nothing ofspecial Importance. If ther
isany thing going on in that direction
the public will no doubt find it out i
good time. -
r.. Severalreturned soldiers from Missi
sippi represent the sickness in our arm
- heavy. The wisdom and efficiency
the powers that beissirikinply manifest
one or two things. Last winter they ser
numbers of the brave sons of the SUM
South to battle with the rigors and fros,
Of the higher latitudes, and now, Will
the dog-star RACES and the heavens .plo,
with fervent beat, they keep the mour
tain boys among the bayous and lagoon
Of the Mississippi, where tile miasmati
vapors and death-infusing malaria 800
dispose of them. But military command
era are not expected. like editors and al
! my correspondents, to know every thin1
While on the subject of sickness, Their
are complaints in some of the Souther
papers in regard to the hospitals of Eas
Tennessee. 1t is said that there is wan
Of suitable provisions and delicacies 70
the sick, and that the ladies never visi
them. We can't say in regard to tn
military hospitals, but whenever any sicl
and wounded are left at this place the
receive prompt and kind attention, an,
no day passes without witnessing more o
less ladies at the depot TO minister I'd sucl
= may be- on,the passing trains. We or
Informed the same attentions are show
ct nearly every station-on the line. sc
There is another matter. we will her
digress little to notice. Tho army %,
respondents Of the Journals South, Of. u,
almost invariably speak of East Tennis
see as thought was nothing but a NJ
of tories. We beg to dissent from al,
such slanderous conclusion. We kno
very wellthere is a heavy tory element i
some portions of Fest Tennessee, bu
1t contains plenty of as good loyal men q
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