The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13

ITO LNOWos
StonewaltJ ackson, who bids fair to be-
come the hero of this war, has again flax
ed out the Feds in the Valley, defeating
and putting to roytmas the telegraph re-
ports, both shiel Ind Fremont, and
capturing large smount of stores and
munitions.
Our advices from Richmond date to the
10th inclusive, 9nd represent "all quiet
along the lines today" No considerable
affair had occurred since the battles of the
3lst and lst,. The Northern papers re.
ceived theHNw great depression in the
stock mark Caused by McClcllen's tar
diness in the work Of capturing the IRE.
bel Capital" And some of them even
venture to express doubt as to whether
the "Young Napoleon" who has his frs
battle TO win, will be able TO complete the
rather heavy job he has on hand.
From Washington, we learn the alarm
growing out of Banks rout and defeat,
and the repofted advance Of tho Stone.
wall Division against what was once the
Capital Of great nation, but now the
headquarters of despotism without o
parallel in history is subsiding, though
large numbers of troops are hourly arriv-
ing. The city is full of runaway and sto.
len niggers, who are daily fed by Abe's
bounteous hand at government expense
Mr.. Seward had dispatched special mis-.
clone 10 (fn,,,.e - Q, T.. n
sailles, asking for an extension of sixty
days more to wipe out the rebellion
Gen. Scott was at Elizabeth Point New
Jersey, studying a new theory for the
suppression Of riots" He is said to have
become temperate in one respect, and
takes nothing stronger than 1.-The oath"
From the Army of the West we have
nothing definite or important, except that
it had fallen back from Corinth, and is
now encamped in healthier and better
watered region. Whether Halleck will
attempt to follow Gen. Beaurecard re.
mains to be seen. We hope he will.
AT Chattanooga all quiet. The Yanks,
as they are unfortunately styled left
on Sunday night, after burying a brass
field-piece which had been dismounted
and six OF their comrades who were kill.
ed in the fight. En- passant of the attack
on Chattanooga. While it was going on
and the air was filled with rumors of tens
of thousands of advancing Federals, Lin.
coin stock here was brisk and lively, with
an upward tendency. But, alas. at this
writing it is down again, and will not COM
mand ten cents to the dollar. The ora
cles who have been giving out every ten
days through the last nine months that
East Tennessee was about to fall, will
have to 60 through another wearisome
course OF CESSATION. Mahomet can 90
10 the mountain, perhaps-but if he
waits for it to come to him, he is not
likely to see it soon. We anticipate right
smart fighting along the border this sum.
mer, but Federal victories, over any thing
but isolated smoke-houses and remote
hen-roosts, will be few and far between.
Rumors are rife Of an engagement at
Big Creek Gap; but they come in such
questionable shape that we attach no i'm.
portance to them.
The last advices from pandemonium
represent the devil to be in great perplex.
lty as to which OF his special favorites 10
most worthy to succeed him: Geo. D. Prem.
tice, OF the Louisville Journal, or James
1ordon Bennett, of the New York Her.
AID. The friends of each were PRESSING
their respective claims with great vehe.
mence. 1t was thought Prentice would
.s.hef get his Northern competitor. BUTT
IS hard to obtain reliable news from there
as all the lines connecting in that direc.
ton are under the exclusive control and
supervision OF the Lincoln government