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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-09-26

Athens. Friday, September go, 1859.

RIcHYoND, Sept. 17.--Gen. Loring's
command entered the Kanawha Salines
last Saturday morning, and took posses
sion of the salt works, closely pursuing
the enemy en- route for Charleston.
The salt works were not much injured.
very large quantity of salt was on
hand, which was selling at. thirty five
cents per bushel.
An order has been issued urging the
farmers to send forward their wagons Ia
den with forage, and return with salt
There were two obstinately contested
fights on Sunday--one at Cotton Hill, and
the other nj Gauley, in which the enemy
were put to fight down the Kanawha,
and General Loring taking possession of
their fvrmer position at ouuiey,-vv with.
their wagons, trains and some stores. -
The magazine and many more things
we're burned before they fled. Seven
hundred barrels of salt were taken.
RICHMOND, Sept. 18.-The report of the
fight at Harper's Ferry and the capture
of 1000 prisoners is confirmed.
On Sunday Gen. D. II. Hill was attack
ed in Maryland with $4,000 men. The
fight continued all day, with heavy loss
on both sides. On Monday Hill was re-
inforced by Longstreet. The battle was
renewed, and the enemy driven back
three miles. Gen. Garnett, of Va, was
killed in Sundays fight. His body arriv-
ed this afternoon.
CAMP MooRE, La, Sept. II, via Mont
gomery, Sept. 8.--The Yankees 200
strong, came up the railroad to Ponchi-
toula on Monday, and burnt seven or eight
cars. The Yankees lost five or six killed
and about the same number wounded,
and few prisoners. Our loss was one
killed and q few wounded.
MOBILE, Sept. 18.-A special to the
Advertiser, from Iuka the 10th, says: This
place was captured Sunday morning last.
The enemy advanced during the night
But for premature attack we should
have captured the whole garrison. We
captured over a million of dollars worth
of property. Our loss was fve--the on
emy's 80, of whom 10 were left dead on
the field Our forces arrived in time to
save the town from destruction. The
citizens were found with their household
goods out Of doors, awaiting the applica-
ton of the torch by the vandals.
The enemy carried off 200 negroes-30
of which were recaptured by our scouts.
Twelve houses and three mills were de-
stroyed on the line of their march from
Marietta to 1uka. They retreated in the
direction Of Corinth.
They made a demonstration on our
lines last night-'tis believed as feint to
cover their retreat. They are crossing
the Tennessee river at Hamburg.
The Chicago Times of the 18th instant
says, Stonewall jackson left Baltimore
and Washington to the right, and is
marching bn Harrisburg. His cavalry
advance is or every road, creating con
sternation, it not being known upon what
point he will make demonstration.
Gov. Curtin has called on the Mayor of
Philadelphia to furnish 10000 men in
twelve hours, for the defense of the city.
The hour for retaliation has come.
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Reputation Foreshadow we'd.

AT recent "war meeting" held in
Brooklyn, the Hon. II. B. Stanton, in orde,
to stimulate the bellicose feelings of his
auditors, said, amongst other things, that
"if our government went to pieces there
would be no United States to pay the
debt and he would advise those who had
anything invested in United States stock.
to save all and spend half"
This looks good deal like preparing
the public mind in Lincolndom for a, re
pudiatlon OF the enormous war deb
which is running up there at the rate Of
some six millions day. There is nc
other way Of ever paying it.
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A Voice from Chicago

The Chicago Times" of the 9th instant
leads off with the following note of DIES
pair:
The people are restless, dissatisfied, ca
gerry asking for hope and counsel. The,
are conscious of bad management in Con
gress and cabinet. They know the,
have made immense sacrifices, and tha
success has not been commensurate witt
the sacrifice. The war has assumed un
expected magnitude and proportions, ant
there is an unlocked for unanimity il
the South-a determination evinced t.
do and dare all that can be done by hu
man courage and perseverance.
The anticipations of the greater part o
the North upon the breaking out of tn,
rebellion have been disappointed.
We relied upon the material Interests
that would be affected-upon the venera
ton of the South for the flag and its his
tory-upon the ties of kindred and tn,
protection which the government has al
ways extended TO every just and costitu
tlonal right, for at least division of sen
timent in the South. All these have fail
eel, and the Southern people have tough
with daring and perseverance that in
better cause would have earned them.th
sympathy of the civilized world. Ours
periority in numbers and resources hav
as yet enabled US to make but slight pro
gress.
lnthe second year of the war, whel
the past discloses too much of reverse, an
heavy load of taxation looms up in the fu
ture, The people aroused and anxious, ar
mourning the wherefore. They find tn
answer in fact that everv theory an
prophecy ofabolitionism was false. The
feel deception, and demand chang,
The democratic conventions of the sevel
al States have truthfully declared the caus
Of failure, and pointed out the remed,
Along and sad experience has enlightene
the people, and they anxiously turn ono
more to the old charts for guidance
The instinct of self preservation lead
them back to the constitution. We ar
not over confident, and indulge in n
hope that is not warranted by the sign
of the times, when we say that the mex
Congress will be conservative.
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Battle at Harper,s Ferry.

From tho Lynchburg Republican of the lsth.l
We have information of a very anthem
tic character, that a severe battle took
place at Harper's Ferry, on last Sunday
evening and Monday morning, between
General jackson and the Yankees, which
resulted in the total defeat of the enemy,
and the surrender of their army, mum.
bering ten thousand men. A combined
movement was made upon the place by
the forces of jackson, Walker and Nc
Call. the former recrossing the Potomac
at Williamsport; General Walker at Cheat
Ford, and General Mccall approaching
from the North, and operating from
Maryland Heights, overlooking the town.
The several bodies arrived at their desti-
nation on Sunday morning. and prepar-
ed fdr an immediate attack. The feht
commenced about 8 o'clock in the even
ing and was contested with desperate
stubborness until night forced a cessation
OF hostillties. Our artillery, however,
played upon the Yankee entrenchmsnts
the whole night, and as was afterwards
ascertained. with fearful effect
At daylight on Monday. the combat
was renewed with more fierceness, if DOS.
sible, than on the previous evening, but
in short time the enemy's fire began to
slacken, and at 9 o'clock the Yankee
commander, General Miles, proposed to
surrender. The proposition was acceded
to, and in short time our troops march
ed in and took possession of the enemy's
works.
The fruits of this glorious victory are
reported to be 10000 prisoners, fifty piec-
es of artillery, large amount of ord
nance, commissary and quartermaster's
stores, and one thousand negroes, whom
the Yankees had. stolen.
Our loss is said to be very severe, and
that of the enemy also. The latter were
exposed to the deadly fire of our artille-
ry from the heights around town, and
the execution done among them was
dreadful. No approximation of the loss
on either side has reached us.
Gen. Sain'l Garland, Jr., is reported to
have been killed during the engagement,
but the rumor of his death is so vague
and indefinite as to lead to the hope that
it is untrue. Most deeply would we re-
greet to have confirmation of the sad
news, of the loss of so gallant an officer
ard SO estimable gentleman. Our VIC
tory would be dearly purchased by his
sacrifice, without counting the other brave
men who fell in the battle. J
We have no report of any other casu-
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Clear Case Of Treason at washing.
ton and Elsewhere.

The New York Tribune says that ru.
mors OF "a meditated pro-slavery military
combination at Washington have been
rife II some days, and takes.san extract
from D Washington letter In the New
YoriSal.cpreSs to show Il. Tie letter is
grandPuif for the yo,s Napoleon, and
the "Heason" lies in this part of it:
Suct men as Wilson, Chandler, and
lovely, should beware how they con.
Duct themselves in these times. They
dare Fot now stand in the streets and no.
tells ohour city and ven. their curses up
on onlYleader--the day for that is past;
politIef demagogism has achieved its all:
and tyre is to be no more listening to
the cefpings of such men. As for Sena-
tor W&son, it does not become him TO
! lie r. SssiAsr drawer commanders, and to med
a.e . much in the affairs of the nation
lie had better 1eavesthat to drawer men.
Iif they must be interferred with, but for
Massachusetts Colonel, who resigned
after having paraded his regiment
through Pennsylvania avenue, and hay
ing heard afar off dreadful notes of Balls
Bluff, this interference is really out of
place. The thing, however, has come to
this pass: The people want no more alb.
clifton and fanatical intermeddling with
the National affairs. Members OF Con-
gress should stay at home after Congress
has adjourned, and not very TO death
the Chief Magistrate of the nation with
questions and uncalled for advice. The
people are becoming convinced of these
things and they will demand it. Area
dy can be heard the muttering, the dis
approval of their traitorous designs upon
the President, should he not accede to
their demands, and as sure as the sun will
rise tomorrow there wiH be tenfoM more calam.
tiles than the present TO relate, if Abolition NAL.
ice and bile political schen,ing is alLoDed much
longer 10 rear its head while the national
existence is threatened SO sternly.
The Tribune finds further traitorous
symptoms in the speech of Hon. B. D.
Noxon, President of the Union Consti-
tutional Convention" which met at Sy-
racuse; N. Y, on the 9th. In his address
he said:
Gentlemen, the crisis of this hour is
appalling. = 1t is not alone that our ar
mics are defeated. The painful truth is
manifested that the President of the
United States and our Generals in the
field are embarrassed and threatened by
the leaders of party whose object is not
the restoration of this Union, but the
abolition of slavery. Their fanaticism
renders them unfit for the high duties of
craftsmanship, and their sectional mall
ice deprives them of the magnanimity
essential in our imperial Republic.
Our duty is clear. Let US animate and
cheer our soldiers in the field, contribut-
ing to their wants and swelling their
numbers. At the same time, let us crush
at the ballot box those reckless men who
are ready to throw away their own liber
si<s anu destroy tiue-rtrit ,--se- RsPsah
lie. so that they may wreak upon State.
which now are and shall forever remain
our sister States, the unmtigated curse
of abolition.
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Death ofthe Hon. VIM. s. Ashe.

On Friday evening the l4th inst, Hon.
VIM. s.. Ashe of N. c., President of the
Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, was rid
ing over the road on hand car and
came in collision with the Passenger
train near Goldsbore. He was horribly
mangled and bruised-one leg being cut
offat the thigh by the wheel of the en-.
CINE running across it. The other leg
was broken and had to be amputated,
with many other wounds and bruises.
He died on Sunday evening, the l4th
instant
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Address of Gen. Lee to the People
of Maryland.

OF maryland.
The following address of Gen. Lee to
the people of Maryland has been issued
from his headquarters at Frederick:
HEADQUARTERS Army OF NORTHERN Va,
NearFrederick Town, Sept. 8, 1902. !
10 he People Of Maryland:.
1t is right that you should. know the
purpose that has brought the army under
my command within the limits Of your
yourselves.
The people Of the Confederate State2
have long watched, with the deepest
sympathy, the wrongs and outrares that
have been inflicted upon the citizens of
Commonwealth allied to the States OF
the South by the strongest social, politi.
cal, and commercial ties.
They have seen, with profound indip-
nation, their sister State deprived of eve.
~ right. and reduced to the condition al
q conquered provinces. =.
Under the pretence of supporting The
Constitution, but in violation. of its most
valuable provisions, your citizens have
been arrested and imprisoned upon no
charge. and contrary to all forms of law.
The faithful and manly protest against
this outrage, made by the venerable and
illustrious Marylanders, to whom, in bet
ter days, no citizen appealed for right in
vain, was treated with scorn and con-
tempt. The government of your chief
city has been usurped by armed strangers;
your Legislature has been dissolved by
the unlawful arrest of its members; free.
dom OF the press and of speech have
been suppressed; words have been declar-
ed offences by an arbitrary decree of the
Federal Executive, and citizens ordered
to be tried by military commission for
what they may dare to speak.
Believing that the people Of MARYLAND
possessed spirit too lofty to submit to
such Government, the people of the
South have long wished to aid you in
throwing off this foreign yoke, to enable
you again to enjoy the inalienable rights
OF treemen, and restore independence
and sovereignty to your State.
In obedience to this wish our army has
come among you, and is prepared to as,
sist you with the power of its arms in re.
gaining the rights of which you have
been despoiled.
This, citizens Of Maryland, is our mis-.
sion, so far as you are concerned.
NO constraint upon your free will is
intended-no intimidation will be allow.
ed.
Within the limits of this army, at
least, Marylanders shall once more en-
joy their ancient freedom of thought and
speech.
We know no enemies among you, and
will protect all, of every opinion.
1t is for you to decide your destiny,
and without constraint.
This army will respect your choice,
whatever it may be; and while the South
ern people will rejoice to welcome you
to your natural position among them,
| they will only welcome you when YOU
come of your own free will.
RoB'T E. LEE,
General Commanding.
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The Northern Press on the War.

The New York Herald has very little
editorial except "puffs of Mcclellan,
who, it says, is now master Of the situa-
ton, and has it in his power to "pluck
the GROWING victory of the war;" The
Boston Argus begs Lincoln to dismiss his
Cabinet and make fresh start. The
Philadelphia Inquirer don't feel safe. 1t
wants Philadelphia defended. 1t says:
We have one hundred thousand men
here capable of bearing arms of these,
fifty thousand are vigorous and strong !;
ten thousand have already respectable
knowledge of the drill, and can be read
lily maneuvred on the field. In the
event of an advance upon Philadelphia,
these troops, aided by those which shall
have fallen back before the enemy, would
make strong defence.
Position should at once be chosen at
the most vulnerable points of approach
for artillery light tugs should be in read
mess for receiving cannon with which to
sweep the Delaware, and, above ALL we
repeat, all the ridiculous counter-claim
of commanders and organizations should
be set at rest by the sending of a United
States General here to take command,
and by forcing all those who are indiffer-
ent or disinclined. to take their places in
the ranks of the defenders as volunteers.
| There will not be wanting those who,
| if the danger pass, will be inclined to
laugh at all present preparation and
precaution but it will be the vacant
laugh of the fool, who could not descern
tire danger simply because he escaped
destruction. The apathy, the confusion,
the want of confidence in military lead
ers, which are found in Philadelphia to-
day, are without parallel, ard will re-
main so until our advice is followed.
Asletter from New York, dated the 9th
inst, says:
The exciting reports from the Upper
Potomac and Maryland are making a
profound impression upon our people,
There is no panic, 1t Is true, and hut lit
tie actual excitement. The feeling is too
deep for either. Men feel, for the first
time, that there is at least possibility
that the refluent waves of the rebellion,
from Richmond, may sweep near enough
their own hearths and homes to make
them realize what the horrors of war re-
ally are, and hence, whilst there Is every
confidence in the ability of General Nc
Clellan to beat back the advancing hordes,
there is general desire that moro ener-
getic action should be had, on the part of
our municipal authorities and leading
citizens, to provide for any contingency
that may arise.
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Brilliant Exploits of General Jen-
kins.

RICHMOND, Sept. 17.-An official dis
patch from General Loring thus reports
the success ofGeneral Jenkins command:
Jenkins captured Buchanan, Upshur
G. H., General Kelley's main depot, with
5000 stand of arms and immense stores,
all Of which were destroyed. He took
the commanding officer and thirty pris-
oners. The next day he captured Yves.
ton. The next day he took Glensville.-
The next day he took Colonel Rathbone
and his regiment at Roane Court House.
The next day he drove a force of the en-
envy from Ravenswood, and the next
day he crossed into Ohio, marching
twelve miles in that State. He was at
last accounts on the Kanawha.
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allies.
The Real Rebels.

A sturdy old revolutionary patriot of
North Carolina, who was stigmatized by
Lord CORVALLIS as ga rebel against King
George" replied to him, that it was the
King who was rebel against the prnci-
Piles Of the British Constitution and the
rights of the colonies. In like manner,
it is Lincoln, Seward & Co., who are the
real rebels in the present contest-rebels
against every principle of the American
Constitution, of Liberty, and the rights
man. If there is any set of men guilty
of the crime, and deserving all the pains
and penalties Of treason, they are the
men. No King in Europe was ever
brought to the block for betraying the
rights of his people, who more merited
such doom than Lincoln and Seward
They are the real conspirators and rebels
against American liberty, and as such
they will be registered by the impartial
pen of history, no matter how they may
succeed for the moment in fixing the
name of rebels upon true patriots and
champions of Freedom.
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Spttial Notites.
The Last Chance.

The undersigned are authorized by Maj. Gen.
John P. McCown to raise Regiment of Infantry
for the Confederate service, for three years or
during the war This will be the last chance to
avoid CONSUMPTION, and enter the service volunta-
rily. Enrolling officers have already been ap-
pointed, and those in authority have determined
to bring the entire available force Of the Govern
ment into the field as soon as possible. The
sooner we all shoulder our muskets and enter the
contest the sooner we will be permitted to return
to our homes in peace. The officers Of the Regi-
ancnt will all be elected by the men, and each
volunteer will receive bounty of Fifty Dollars
when mustered in and organized. We are assur-
ed that the Regiment will receive good arms and
equipments.
Persons engaged in raising Companies, and de-
string to join this Regiment, will address either
of the undersigned as indicated below.
WILLIE LOWRY, Charleston, Tenn.
A. CALDWELL, Athens, Tenn.
MATT. ATKINSON, Charleston, Tenn.
Sept. 10, 1S62-5t
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A. Gem of Purest Rav.

In these stirring times, when the cla-
rion of war has drowned all the sweet me-
mories of the soul, we can scarcely hope
that the following beautiful wait, which
we have rescued from the sea of litera-
ture, will arrest the attention of the read
er. We gathered it as we do many wild
Hover spriuging up along the path of life,
when beauty and fragrance caught our
eye, though we were ignorant of its bo-
tanioal name or family. We reproduce it
that its parent may claim his precious
truant. Will some one, more familiar
with the creation of literary genius than
we profess to be, furnish the name of the
auther. We do not know when we have
seen more beautiful piece of ,cordpaint-
ing:
"Men seldom think of the great event
of death until the shadow fall across
their own path, hiding forever from their
eyes the traces of the loved ones, whose
living smile was the sunlight of their ex.
tence. Death is the great antagonist of
life, and the cold thought of the tomb is
the skeleton of all feasts. We do not
want to 60 through the dark valley, all.
though its passage may lead to paradise;
and, with Charles Lamb, we do not want
to lie down in the muddy grave, even
with kings and princes for our bed fell
lows. But the fat Of nature is inexora-
BILE. There is no appeal, or relief, from
the great law which dooms us to DUST
We flourish and we fade as the leaves Of
the forest, and the flower that blooms and
withers in a day has not Trailer hold
upon life than the mightiest monarch
who ever shook the earth with his foot
steps. Generations of men appear and
vanish as the grass, and the countless
multitude which throngs the world today
will tomorrow disappear as the footsteps
on the shore. In the beautiful drama of
Ion, the instinct of immortality so elo-
quently uttered by the death devoted
Greek, finds deep response in every
thoughtful soul When about to quit his
young existence as a sacrifice to fate, his
beloved Clemanthe asks "if they shall
not meet again." to which he replies: 81
have asked THAT dreadful question of the
hills that look eternal-of the clear
streams that flow forever-of the stars
among whose fields OF azure my raised
spirit hath walked in glory. All were
dumb. But while gaze upon thy living
face I feel that there is something in tht
love that mantles through it' beauty can
not perish. We shall meet again, Gle
MANTLE"