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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
Northern Financial Crisis.

A correspondent from Norfolk, who has
the opportunity Of reading the Northern
papers, writes az follows:
"The financial crisis in the North is in.
creasing There will be break down
soon that will throw the great "Mssissip
pi bubblc'in the shade, The banks Of
New York have capital total 81 banks
in the city, of 500, 1857. They have
loaned the Government S72, 100000. Thus
you will see the New York banks have
loaned the Government SS.00G, 423 more
than their capital. No wonder crisis is
IMMINENT In the Legislature at Harris
burg, Penn. there was a caucus IN which
iorty-seven Democrats refused 10 go with
the Government. There was only seven
Union Democrats, Mr.. Gnllntin boldly
charges Secretary Chase with fraud and .
violation Of obligation with regard to f.
nance. Go on fighting, Oh Yankees !
Wonderful peoplel What pack Of XII
kenny cats ~
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To Those Who Wish 10 Send Let.
tiers North.

HEApa'Rs Drp'r or Noarolk, !
Norfolk, Jan. 9th. 1862.
Persons wishing to send letters to the
United States will observe the following
directions;
|. Letters must have on the envelope,
in addition 10 the address Of the person
for whom they are intended, via Nor
folk and Flag Of Truce"
2, Write not more than one page,
3. Enclose money TO pay United States
postage.
4. Do not address letters 10 Gen. Huger.
BksJ. HuatR, Jr.,
lst. Lieut. and A. d.. c.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
The Cash System.

Our cosy little contemporary, the C4thber'
Georgian, gives excellent advice in the fol.
lowing paragraph:
We are glad to see that every body is
adopting the cash system. 1t is better
for both buyer and seller. Credit is G
great tempter. Credit wants thousand
articles that Cash never dreamed of. Cash
is practical, while Credit takes horribly to
taste aud romance. Credit believes in
double breasted pins and extra suppers.
Cash is more easily satisfied. Credit is a
good fellow to be on visiting terms with,
but il you want double.chins and con-
tentment, do business with Cash.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
Western Virginia.

'fhe Richmond Dispatch, Of the 18Th,
makes the following announcement,
We have il IN our power 10 siste that
the Confederate Government. 20 Tar from
being unss;adssl al the neoessiiles Of the
Western and Northwestern portioa ofthis
state, intends 10 pursue a policy calca.
lated 10 reasSure and encourage the loyal
people Of tina, section. At present II,
would be imprudent 10 make further rev.
Citations; but may state that our informA.
ton comes from source that entities il
10 full and perfect confidence.
We clip the following paragraph from
the same paper;
Epsrsaiaea u Rom4ey.--lntellieenoe has
been received from source entitled to
credit that The Fclerals evacuated Rom.
ney, Hampshire county, on Friday nigh;
last. and that our troops took possession
early Saturday morniis. 10 Is further
stated that a considerable quantity Of
stores fell into the hands OF our forces.
From NaF McHco.--we have advices
from the army Of New Mexico. in pri.
yate letter. dated December 10th. Gen.
Sibley had taken possession. BY proolams.
ton. OF Arizona and New Mexico, and
declared martial Law therein. The letter
speaks in high terms 81 the condition OF
Col. Baylor's command, who were about
TO commence an active campaign against
the Fedsrals, with determination TO
clean them out.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
The Legislature.

The Union and american, of the Odd,
says;-
There was not quorum in eitherhouse
Of the Legislature yesterday. Two days
have been spent in fruitless effort to re-
sumo the work of the session, which has
been suspended for month. 1t is prob
able, however, that there will be quo
rum present.
The Senators and Representatives are
fresh from their constituents, with whom
they have spent four weeks, resting from
their iabors, and they come prepared, we
doubt not, to transact the important bust
ness before them and then ADJOURN
This we know to be the wish Of the peo'
nla of the State.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
Affairs in Kentucky.

There are rumors of an early fight in
t,sss,.s.ky., We subjoin the latestw have
A~a.Ls .-..s disSctions an.......
The Fort Henry correspondent OF the
| Union and American, under date OF Sat
urday morning, says that three Federal
gunboats came within three or four miles
Of the fort on Saturday. and fred twenty
shots from behind the island, about three
miles below. All their shots fell short
more than mile. They then RETIRED
| Il is, however, since ascertaine6 that they
landed twenty five hundred troops at the
ferry, twenty-five miles below the fort.
IL Is understood that between eight and
| ten thousand Federals were marching
from Mayfeld eitherupon Fort Henry or
Paris. Tennessee. go.
Memphis, Jan. 2l.-The latest intelli.
gence from Paris is to the effect that q
large Federal force was at Murray, Gallo
way county, Kentucky threatening Foft
Henry and the Memphis and Ohio Rail-
road. Their object is supposed to be to
cut of communication between Memphis
and Bowling Green. =.
Paris is twenty 1--we miles from Murray,
and the greatest excitement prevails at
Paris. Several Shareholders have already
come to Memphis with their negroes,
fearing an inoursion Of the Fcderals.
The news from Columbus Is TO the e.
feet that an attack is momentarlly ex-
pectea.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
Bill Seward.


Wendell Phillips, the abolition lectur.
err, in an Grafton delivered at Pennington,
near Boston, last July, paid his friend
Mr.. Seward, the following handsome com.
pliment:
"As to Mr.. Seward, there is no conf
dence to be placed in him. If he lies he
tells the truth if he tells the truth he
hes"
And again
"He has neither the beginning nor The
end of principle. His own colleagues
know that he is traitor. Every man in
Washington says that he is traitor, and
every honest man in the country, espe
cially in New York, knows it"
In the same grafton Phillips ridiculed
the idea that the North could conquer
the South. He said
"Did any one believe that within any
assignable time we should conquer the
South by Our present means? Did any
one believe that Virginia and South
Carolina would stay suBdueds Until
zoe dspopulate the GuB States we can neuer
sabdue them. Let this war 20 on twelve
months, and England will acknowledge
the independence of the Southern States,
and ougbtio. and the old Union can ne
yer be rebuilt
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
From Knoxville.

Carr CcoEE, Near Knoxville, Tenn,
January Il, ls62-a
Efir Pxf.- Mud and confusion pre-
vail In camps. and have Tor several DAYS,
and il is dlfhcult TO determine which
predomipa.es, but we hope in q shcit
time both Willis dispelled. We were
very sorry 10 hear OF the death Of one Of
our men. Geo. W. Qnsener, who died on
his way 10 hizfathers house. His death
~ very much deploaed. for George Was
truly promising young man; but alas!
how soon are The fond hopes Of parents
and friends biighiedl Aaron Cross, PR
vate in Capt. J. P. Browns company,
died last night in the general Hospital at
Knoxville-diseasem easels. Measels and
mumps atiiict our boys powerfully, and it
is astonishing to me how many of our
brave boys die in the service. Mr.. Edi'
tor, II you were at the Knoxville Depot
just few days and see the number OF
dead bodies going down the Road. and
see their friends who have their remains
in charge, and hear them tell the sad sto-
ry of their sickness and death, and OF
their destination, as unfeeling as Editor4
too generally are, ] think Won would be
moved. War is truly great calamity,
and in It's train follows pestilence, ''that
walketh in darkness and wasteth at noon
aay." Vice and immortality, with their
deformed face, almost in every grade Of
socislg, is emboldened--the love Of many
that protested christianity is waxing cold,
| and IL ever there was time that the man
of the pulpit should double his diligence
now is thet time. Grinding the face Of
! the poor is another evil that prevails to
an alarming extent throughout our wide
spread Confederacy, just at this time
Aud | fear that our young government
has committed great biunder in suffer
ing their agents to give such exceeding
high prices for the real necessaries Of
life, thereby putting those articles al
famine prices, and in many cases put
ting it out OF the power Of the poor man
to support his family. The government
could, as you know, have pressed theiI
pork and wheat, and could have regula'
ted the prices Of the articles that are in
dispensably necessary To the support Of
the poor at much lower figures. But as
times now are, the vampires and cormo'
rants Of the Southern Confederacy Wit
suck the life blood Of the poor. and IT will
be said of them al it was of the ancient
spectators, ''They have the spoil Of the
| poor in their houses.' Perhaps you may
think that am considerably exercised
about the poor. Well, | am, and dc
most earnestly invoke and respectfully
request that our Legislature intervene
between them and their oppressors.-- =
Other Legislatures have restricted the
speculation on pork, wheat, leather and
many articles, which will occasion many
a glad heart. Tremsin yours, as hereto.
fore. one OF the "HALEY Rifles"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
I,atar from w ashington

1t is now reported that Welles OF the
Navy, and Smith Of the Interior Depart
ments followed Cameron's example, and
retired from Lincoln's Cabinet. Their
places are said to be filed by Colfax Of
indiana. and Holt, Of Kentucky.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24

Dr.. HopsptN's CAsE. DR.. iiodsden, The
floater for Knox and Sewer, was brought
into the Confederate Court yesterday TO
answer warrant for treason issued by
the Attorney General, and agreed 10 give
bond and security ia the sum Of ten
thousand dollars tor good behavior du.
ring the war and loyalty 10 the confed.
crate government, and upon assuming
TO pay the costs OF tho case, n noie prose.
qd was entered by the Attorney General
and tho prisoner was discharged. Sever,
al other GASES Of minor importance were
disposed Of by the Court--hnor. Reg.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
The Wheat crop oftho south

Macon, Ga, Jan. II ,--lntelligence from
many portions Of the wheat growing re.
gion, represent tho prospect Of an abund
ant crop as very favorable, The growing
crop never appeared better at this carly
season
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
Negro Labor in pnxns

The Gonzales Inquirer says at negro
hiring there last week negro boys aud
men hired az from s75 to 1891 and wo.
men from $3.50 to s2O5. Negro labor
don't appear to be choarened much by
the MAr.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24

Cav. PAGES ARNr.--.The Little Rock
Jovraai says that the prisoners captured
In Missouri were not "Prioes men" but
disbanded soldiers, formerly belonging to
Col. Hughes regiment, who bad been
discharged from service and were on
their way home Price has not lost man
since he left Springfield the first time.
His headquarters are now st Humsnsvillc,
10 miles north Of Springfield. General
Mcbride occupies Springfield. Gen Price
fell back from 0sccola 10 humansyillc
for the purpose Of selecting better forage
quarters. He has about ~. 900 mon, and
recruits are rapidly coming IN. The ar.
my is well prepared 10 defend themselves
aud protect the country,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
The Department of Missouri

Our Richmond correspondent, states
that Gen. Earl Van Dorm has been APP
pointed to take command as MJor-Gen-
eral Of the Department Of Missouri and
Arlansas
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
The Cotton Crop.

The cotton planters Of Natchitoches
parish, La, have,,In public urSsi.-S -
solved that no planter, no matter what
may be his force, should plant or raise
more than five bales Of cotton Of 500
pounds each in 1862, unless the blocade
Is raised By the first Of March next.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
Indiana.

The Democracy OF this State have come
out fair and square against Hncoln's war
policy. Movements Of a similar oharac-
ter are going on in other Of the Western
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24

Laws or MrsusIrpL--AlAw has been
passed by the present Legislature subject
ing any STAKEHOLDER 70 fine Of not lcss
than $500 nor moro than $1,000. who sui.
fers his slaves to be quartsrsd a, any dis
tanoe over ono milo from the residence
Of the master unless an overeor or other
able.bodied white man shall BE- kept with
them.
A law has also been enacted IN punish
parties who may remoye property from
the State which may be under written
pledge. moteage, deed Of iruat, OF cover.
ed by judgement. The puniabmeb, for
an infiacton Of this Law. u ono years no
mi onnent IN the reniten'iary.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24

bar George n. Sanders, the man who
sent Jeans Buchanan the tolegrsphio die.
patch, il candidate for tho Confederate
Congress from the 18th Congressional die.
srIct Of konlueky.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
Levi III. knight,

This individual, the express rider be-
tween the Lincolnites Of Kentucky and
their sympathisers in East Tennessee, vas
arrested, o. we learn, in Meigs county, a
few days ago, If Lees respiration is not
prematurcly suspended, he will, no doubt,
make some interesting disclosures.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
Fnop BrLow.--Matlers on the coost

FRos BsLow.--Matiers ON the coast re-
main pretty much as they were a week
ago On Tssee tho Yankees keep out OF
both range aud sight but are understood
10 be strengthening their batteries, which
command the entrance TO our barbor. ---
lfany works are preparing for operations
on Pulaski, they have not been discover
ed.
Quite q neet--it Is said ten yessels--
came in at Warsaw Wednesday evening.
probably for shelter against The rough
weatherat sea. Yesterday al except three
disappeared, and went TO sea.
The utmost activity prevails along our
coast, old batteries being strengthened
and new ones erecting. if the Yankees
should succeed in reaching the Georgia
main, they will do II with ranks fcarfuIly
thinned, and find their troubles Just be
gun.---Sivonnah Republican, liza.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
Latest from Missouri.

There is report from Missouri we
learn, that five regiments sent out to at
tack Price, met with terrible defeat; q
large portion of them being killed and
The remainder taken prisoners. Z.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
Hogs.

The Knoxville Register has some infor-
nation as to the number Of Hogs the
Government has purchased and is having
slaughtered and packed in Tennessee,
and gives the following approximate es-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
Tnr PrRuAyrSr CArlroL.--Thc Charles.

NE TEkNANENT LAPIT0L. sd no EhAfIeb-
ton Courier has the following.
We have proposed site near sUniyer.
sity Place" in Franklin county, Tenncs.
see, for the permanent establishment OF
the capitol OF the confederate States, and
I've do not think u better choice could DO
made.
II is healthy, aforling n pleasant TEN.
pcrsturc in summer and winter, central
and accessible.
The Capitol should be built Up anew
and without the evils and anomaly OF u
Federal district.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
Facts

The facts commonly reported by toll.
egraph reminds us Of a saying by the wit
ty Sidney Smith: "0h don't tell mo Of
facts; never believe facts. Nothing IL
so fallacious as facts except figures"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24

tsS- A Northern paper says that Ho-
race Greeley will receive the appointment
Of Minister Plenipoteniiary and Envoy
Extraordinary TO the Court Of Liberia. --
Bully for Horace.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24

There ID good deal Of complaint about
the msils. II il snnoying--bu. every
thing connected with public affairs is
sincerity out Of Ok II this time, end We
must al submis 10 the inccnysnience
with the best grace We can. The old fogy
idea thst postroutes and post-offce' were
sstabiishss for the accommodation Of the
public, wD long since exploded, Besides,
there u manifest incapacity, and inatten-
tion 70 Che details Of business, in the do
partment at Richmond; snd II Is not to
be presumed thatths subordinstss will DO
very particular when the head Of the ma.
cains IL working so loosely. E.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24

sas- A report has been circulating for
several days that Levi Trcwhitt, of Brad.
ley county, recently sent to the military
prison ut Tuscaloosa, had died. We have
not been able 10 trace IL to any response.
bio quarter--the report Of isdeath may
be true, or not, but the statement con.
nected with it, that the prisoners are not
allowed any salt with their food, we sus.
pect Is untrue, and had it's origin with
some hollow submssionist who is anxious
TO keep up prejudice against the Govern
ment. There are lots Of them scattered
round, who, Il they ever get within sight
of the Lincoln camp-hres, will 60 over
certain. We know nothing Of the evi-
denoo upon which Major Trewhitt was
sent to Tuscaloosa, but we have little
doubt worse and more guilty men were
permitted to escape, some of whom are
now the most noisy patriots in the land
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24

r@-To cure hams, first ascertain what
is the matter with them, then apply the
proper remedies, and if You do not sue.
coed in curing them, it isent your fault
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
BtSy- We regret to learn there Is goo,

BkS- We regret to learn there Is good
deal Of excitement and confusion among
the troops Of the new regiment at Knox.
Vile, 10 regard TO the election Of officers
There is said to be large Union element
il: the regiment, and that that is one Of
the main causes Of want Of harmony
Whether so or not, we think IL the vol.
unteors would lay violent handsupon and
severely "buck" every outsider who pre-.
sumes 10 interfere with their organization,
no matter who he may be, or who he Is
for, they would do the State good service
and rid themselves of much annoyance
That is the best advice we can give in the
premises. Whenever you see an outsider
ranging and sneaking through the camps,
triggering and interferingin the selections,
you may swear at once that he has an
axe Of his own to grind. We wouldn't
trust such patriots bit further than we
could sling a full grown buffalo by the
tail
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
"Silver Sinkers."

The Houston Texas, Telegraph, has a
capital article in regard to persons who
sink out Of sight every dime and five cent
piece they can get their clutches on. We
copy part Of Il for the benefit Of such OF
the tribe as live about here;
II you pass about the streets in ordina-
~ business, and find a picayune trader Of
any sort whining about the times, and
about the alleged depreciation Of Con-
federate currency. and at the same time
declaring his willingness to take shinplas.
tiers for anything he has got, rely upon il,
that man Is a silver sinker. We has-
watched such men, and seen them when
some customer has bought yard Of tape
and paid q silver dime for ii. We have
seen the light spread over their counter.
anee. As soon as the customer Is gone,
and thinks no one observes, il is sight to
see them take that dime away to some
retired corner of their shop, open the
strong chest and pnt il away out of sight.
One can almost imagine he hears shrek
Of the head Of liberty, stamped upon it,
rs II is thrown into that dungeon.
Z A silver sinker is naturally mean man.
His soul isone ofthose infnitisimal things
that no combinations Of mag1ifers has
ever been able to make visible--a some
thing which may perhaps be demonstrate
cd by some mystical mathematical theory
10 exist. but such demonstration only
leaves an impression after oil that it is a
mere imaginary shadow. A something
that by the laws Of nature ought to be-
in certain place, but which no human
-t,eirg ever could prove ohave been there
by actual knowledge. We know them
the moment we see them. A souless face
is as marked an object as q noseless face
would be. We could 60 up and down the
streets and point them out by tens, and
faith 'twould be treat TO do II.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
!ne Evacusaon OF Rompey by the
Enemy.

The reported evacuation % Romuey by
the Yankees is now ascer,ained 10 DO
true, and so great was their haste 10 save
their own precious carcasses, that they
left in the town an immense amount Of
army stores, ammunition, clothing. &c.
all Of which fell into the hands of the
Confederate troops, Tho amount OF
property thus captured Is estimated 10 DO
worth at least two hundred aud iihy or
three hundred thousand dollars. Our
men are said to have taken several thou.
sand splendid new oyeIeoats. socks, shoes,
and other articles Of clothing too nu.
merous TO mention.
The cause for this sudden stampede
has not transpired, but VIC presume Stone.
wall Jacksons movements had some.
thing 10 do with il.
There is not now Yankee in Tho
counties Of Hampshire. Berkeley or Nor
gan, which were so recently orerrun by
them. -LyneAbsry Rppbioun.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
nnhor. Roana County.

Friend Sharp, At Tabor. has our thanks
for his successful efforts in extending the
circulation Of the Post in his neighbor-
hood. Our thanks are also due brother
Sellers, Barnardsville. One such friend
in every neighborhood where there is a
postoffice, would enable us to weather
the adverse gales which all newspaper es.
Establishments have TO encounter in this
stormy period. -
n6y> As a side chapter in the history Of
the times. we publish, on the first page
Of our paper, the letter Of Col. Baxter on
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS affair. We trust
this is the last of it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-24
More Troubles Among the Yanks


The New York Hoax, Of the 9th ins'
has an editorial. from which We make
the following extract
We learn nom the Boston Libsra,or
tina, a meeting Was held in Massachusetts
Of laeobin re,olut~nasy club 10 'su.
pereesie" the President. a. was recon.
mended in the beginning Of The war BY
the Little William" Of the Nex York
Times. aud be has been openly threaten.
ed hy the Tribune ana other abolition
ioasnals frequently since. The Iissern.
men, has been alSo warned publicly BY
audAGioos demsgogucs IN Goperrss aud
by itiherant lecturers that h stands upon
q preeipice. liable 10 be dashed 20 pieces
At any moment unless il win Weld 10
tLeu fAnstioal one idea. lutimAlions OF
an equally useaacing nature have been
made IN secret % the President aud his
Cabiae; by the leaders 81 the lsecbin
Uluhs, The objects Of these threats " 10
in,inssla,e the presid,ai into eompli,
anoe with their infamous demands.
One portion OF the agencies ascd by
the clubs j. the manuiaesvre OF pahlic
opinion BY MEANS OF lectures m favor 81
their revolutionary views. aud instiitns
them amonethe Generals and subordiG1
ate officers Of The array, in order 10 cor
rup, their minds, aud render them dis-
low 10 tine Government and the Cosxti-
tuition. Washington has been speciAll,
selected for the purpose, and the Smith
sonian Institute Is proetitpted 70 the trea
SON Already Brownson. Claiming. sum
ner and Greeley have leotnredb and the
next is TO he cheeven then Beeeher,
Curtis and Wendell Phillips. Such ar,
the dyed.ir -the.wooi abolition pruparan
dists who, at the very seat OF Govern.
pent are tainting the army and It's off
Snlth their revolutionary ideas.