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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18
The War.
rFrom the Columbia Is. c.l Bannsr'l

TFrom the Columbia (S.C.l Bannehl
What Is the North fighting fcrs They
have set aside the Constitution anu hus'
~ under it--so they are not hghuhg ior
constitutional liberty.
They have set ABIDE the honor OF an
American citizen, by pretending 70 re
spect property and then destroying i'-s0
they are not Fighting for honor:
They have set aside respect Tor women
and children, which savage nations nave
always entertained, by numbering them
in cold blood-sO they are not hghuhg
for the principles of humanity.
They have set aside the commandment,
"Thou shalt not steal, 10y marauding ana
appropriating, or destroying all 'hey can
lay their hands on. ..,.
They have abandoned the American
Declaration of Independence, Which
claimed that all men are entitled 10 me
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness =
so they are not fighting for political pf'h-
ciple. 80
They have inearcerated men and wo-
men on suspicion of certain political prin-
ciples professed by them, and universally
acknowledges they are not hghtlns
for the rights of man.
They have imprisoned editors for as
sorting political rights-so they are not
fighting for the liberty Of the press.
They have imprisoned age, and WORTH
and excellence in man and woman be-
cause they have dared to express the Ian
guage OF fleemen--so they fight not iol
free speech.
: They are fighting against the ballot, boz
by surrounding it 10y their myrmldon'
) with bayonets--so' they are struggling
against the right of democratic represen
tation, and in favor of tyranny.
For what else. then, are they lighting
: For the unlimited power of numbers
t the right of might-the first element o
l. savage society.
They are fighting for the subjugation g
a civilized people far superior to them
Is the appreciation of liberty and right, an
IS TO reduce to the yoke OF harbarous Of
Il preston those who have given chaiactt
to Government which, by fraud upo
the South, they have subverted.
u They are fighting for the means OF O.
a shaving a noble race, exalted among u
10 nations of the earth, on pretence of q
NJ votion TO an inferior race better cared K
and enjoying more freedom than the
II own class of laboring population.
They are fighting for their own e
ID istence as a people, who can only live
N preying upon the labor and rights
, others.
u This is the Yankee nation--this Il
re great Lincoln Government, which is gre
only in iniquity and its nefarious effor
to propagate its wicked want of princip
among a population imported to vote f
H. the good of the few at the expense of IL
It: many.
or 1t is against such people that Il
g South has to assert and defend its glorio,
u prerogative liberty of conscience, liber
.. - of thought and speech, and liberty
=, o. action; all of which will be defendC
. while life last.
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Da~ The final result Of The struggle in

D@y~ The final result of the struggle in
Tennessee, says the Selma ALA Reporter,
will be determined, in great measure,
by the relative advantages possessed by
the combatants of concentrating their re-
spective forces qt given point on the
line of their operations, reaching on our
side, from Stevenson, Alabama, to Corinth,
Missssippi; for active operations we may
say from Decatur instead of Stevenson,
which is the extreme tight wing Of our
army-that being at the head of naviga-
ton. Corinth may be considered the
centre of our lines. The distance from
Corinth to jackson is about sixty miles !;
from Decatur to Corinth is something like
one hundred miles. With no lack Of
rolling stock on the railroads connecting
these places-aud we understand that.
there is all that could be desired-the
distance in point of time from the right
and the left to any position chosen for
concentration of our forces, is inconsider
able. In twelve hours, at the hrthest,
such concentration could be effected.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18
Martial Law.

East Tennessee has been placed under
Martial Law. See Presidents Proclama-
ton. 1t was high tune, as the element of
disloyalty has become so rampant as to
require the strong arm of military power
to keep it in subsection. The policy OF
Cancellation has been exhausted, and
henceforward there is to be a stern, rigid
and unrelenting administration Of the
measures which disloyalty has made ne
cessary. Temporary inconvenience and
occasional cases of hardship will, no doubt,
occur. The fault, however, will not be
with the Government, but with those who
have insisted upon course contrary to
the dictates of common patriotism and
O. communion of interests. The more
prominent leaders - such as johnson,
Maynard, Brownlow, and Trigg fled and
are safe within the Federal lines, while
their dupes are left behind to eat the
rotten fruit and drink of the bitter wa
ters-to foot the bill and pay for the whis-
key. Hitherto Treason has ragged ram
pant-he has proclaimed his disloyalty
from the house-tops and in emphatic
English at the street corners in open day.
Now let him fear and tremble, and be 81
lent; or only deal in husky whispers be-
hind barred doors, and among the caves
and holes of the mountains. A keen and
sleepless eye is watching, and the Strong
Hand is ready to grip.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18
Business at Nashville.

The following is from the Nashville Ban
ner of the I'd:
We notice IN several Northern and East
ern.papers statements in regard to the
business Of Nashville, which are entirely
incorrect. So far as legitimate business is
concerned, there is literally nothing do
ing here. Many of our principal stores
are entirely closed, and those which are
open are doing nothing worth speaking
of. There is no manufacturing going on
printing establishments are closed, with
the exception OF that portion of the news
papers now published here, and indeed
we may say briefly that only bakers, con-
fectioners, and hotelkeepers are doing
enough business to pay rent, to say moth
ing of other expenses.
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MARYLAND.

The Federalists are evidently afraid
Of the secession sentiment of Maryland
which is reported to have been lately
much inhamed. The line of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad, from the Relay
House to Frederick, was under strict
guard. In the loves counties much BIT
terness had been occasioned on account
of the government having practically adj
mitted the evidence of slaves to convict
their masters Of treason, disloyalty, and
the like
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Yours, respectfully,
MILTON L, JARNAGiN.
Slavery in the District of Columbia

The Baltimore .Nc,eS Sheet, of the 4th,
says that in the Senate of the United
States the bill emancipating the slaves in
the District Of Columbia, with compensa-
ton to loyal owners, was finally passed by
vote of 90 to IA. Among the amend
ments adopted was one allowing the evil
dence of negroes to be taken before civil
tribunals against white persons.
The bill, as finally passed, requires ev-
cry STAKEHOLDER in the District to come
forward and prove his loyalty within
three months; after the term of two years
all the slaves in the District are to be pos
lively emancipated, and their masters,
who are loyal, to be compensated at the
rate of two hundred and fifty dollars per
head, old and young.
The number of slaves in the district is
estimated to be about three thousand.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18
From Nashville,

We clip the following from the local col
umn of the Na8hvi2e Patriot of the LIST inst;
River and Steamboat Ne,cs.-The river
continues to recede, and is now fast as
suming the appearance Of ely time" 1t
is only navigable for small class steamers.
At the wharf yesterday were the fol-
lowing boats: Mormora, Shenango Ste
phen Decatur, Sir VIM. Wallace, and
Gen. Anderson.
Col. Matthews regiment, which COM
prises the Provost Guard of Nashville,
was on dress parade yesterday afternoon.
We were at once wildly reminded OF the
palmy days of the city pike corps" at
present performing "alarm" duty every
where in general and nowhere in particu-
lar. Fix-pikes! Charge-cheese-knives!
Sever the column Absquatulate!
SCENE Corner Of pace al 81. Cloud Hotel
-ScgeruL yo1mg men standing al caSe"-
another approaches.
"Why Bon, when did you arrive?"
Got in last night about o'clock"
GLOW did you leave MORGAN"
"Alive and in fine spirits"
"When are you going back?"
ain day or two"
Great stir amongst federal by ISLANDERS
A moment's conversation amongst them,
and Bon was arrested and hurried off to
the lookup. He did but jest, but the
joke was a serious one, and it was late at
night before his friends got him off.
MQrdl-Neyer pass yourself off as one
of MoRGAN's men.
. Take any shape but that"
The Campbell Miastrels, at the Masonic
Hall, were greeted again last night by a
large audience, and as heretofore, their
performance was received with rapturous
applause. They will make their first APP
pearance at the Peoples Theatre tonight
with an entire change of programme.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18
Resignation of Federal Officers.

The Memphis Aralanche learns that up
on the reception at Nashville of Lincoln's
message to Congress on the subject of
emancipation, eighteen Federal officers
resigned their commissions and returned
home. The fact was stated in n private
letter from a source entitled to full Gre
dence. 1t was addressed to one of the
most distinguished citizens of Memphis.
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Pensacola.

The following extract from a Pensacola
letter tolhe Montgomery Advertiser may
serve to encourage those who have here,
tolore convinced themselves that Pensa.
cola was. to DO abandoned to the enemy.
'Eyerything is quiet at Pensacola
Several who thought the condition OF af.
fairs few weeks ago justified leaving
are now returning, satisfied that the en,
ergetic policy Of Gov. Shorter to strength
en'the place will put lie capture beyond
the reach Of Federal arms
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18
The Enomy Leaving the west.

a gentleman from the Kanawha Valley
informs US that the enemy is leaving
Western Virginia with great celebrity
All his stores and army provisions are be-
ing removed, and the redoubtable Pier
pont is speaking to the people from the
stump, urging them to defend the coun-
try, and to rely upon their own powers
and esources--Rehmoud Enquirer.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18
The Nashville Patriot.n

A gentleman from Chattanooga has
presented us with copy of the Nashville
Patriot of April /. 1862. In mechanical
execution it resembles the Nashville
Patriot" OF former times, which did much |
good work in theSouthern cause-but the
resemblance ends there, and there is moth
ing TO indicate who it is published by, or
who tile editors are; but staring at you
from the head of its columns is --latest
News from the North" while other per
tons are filled with villainous compound
of fabricstions. falsehoods and eXaggera-
tions in regard TO the war and the ''se-
scesh, copied from the mendacious jour
nails of Cincinnati and louisville. 4 Free
Press is the Palladium of Liberty! Hur
rah for the -. No, id if we dol
Thy spirit, ISpEPESpEScE, let us share,
Lord Of the lion heart and eagle eyei
Thy steps well follow with our bosom bare,
Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky
We find the following under the edito-
rial head of the number of the Patriot be-
fore us:
ARRESTS.
Last Saturday the Messrs. Brennan, OF
this city, were arrested 10y Col. Matthews,
Provost. Marshal, and paroled until 10
o'clock, A. NJ, yesterday, when they were
again paroled till noon today.
Sunday r. b. Cheatham, Esq, Mayor
of this city, was arrested and paroled till
u NJ. yesterday He appeared at that
hour, and his parole was extended till l.
today.
Yesterday Messrs. Sharp & Hamilton
of the Nashville Plough Mandatory
were also arrested, and put under bonds
for SO 900 for their appearance.
The charge against these gentlemen Il
treason.
: The Messrs. Brennan, iron founders
are said to have manufactured cannon
shells, and balls for the Confederate States
and upon this, we believe, the charge
against them is founded.
Aiding and abetting the enemy-tha
is, the Confederate States-is the basis
, the charge against the Mayor.
Messrs. Sharp & Hamilton, it is report
ed, instead of turning {" swords int
: plough-shares," converted plough share
: into swords and knives for the ContedC
: rates, and thus made themselves amen;
! BILE to the charge of treason against tn
= United States.
We presume these cases will be handle
J. over to the civil authorities, as we learn
C session of the Federal Court will soon b
! held in Nashville.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18
From the Border.

Our latest advices from the Kentucky
border represent that the Small Pox is
raging, with great virulence, among the
East Tennessee refugees. The poor de-
luded devils are said to be dying like
sheep with the rot.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18
Another Company.

Capt. J. B. CoBB's Company of Volun-
teers were mustered into the service Of
the Confederate States, on Monday last,
by Major EAKIN, who was here for that
purpose. This makes, we believe, the
ninth Company for McMinn county.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18
Enough to Suppress the Rebellion,

A Washington telegram says;
All officers engaged in the recruiting
service have been ordered to their regi.
ments, and notice given to the Govern
ors OF States that no new enlistments or
new leyies will be received until further
orders from the War Department. Tho
force now in the field is deemed amply
sufficient for the suppression ofthe rebel
lion and the speedy termination of tho
war
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18
Athens, Friday. ApriIIs, 1889.
The Frank Ramsey Hospital.

Attention is invited to the communica-
ton of DIR. ALTERNATELY, on the first page
of our paper. A large number of patients
is being thrown upon the Hospital ana
contributions are very much needed.
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atheus Cost.
TERMS:

Two DOLLARS YEAR, payable in advance.
Announcing names Of candidates Cor Office S., 90
Cash.
Obituary Notices over twelve lines, charged a.
the regular advertising rates.
All communications intended to promote the pr
vate ends or interests Of Corporations, Societies
Schools or individuals, will be charged as adyer
tisements.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18
Effect of the Blockade.

We learn that the largest and most
popular Grocery in the place has closed
up--sold out to foreigner lock, stock
and barrel. Thanks to General Smiths
blockade.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18

nD' The Washington Republican com.
plains that the Federal army was kept at
bay, for no telling how long, by mum.
Der OF pine logs arrayed behind the reb.
el breastworks to represent cannon.
Such performances, it says, were reserved
for the 10Th century to behold.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18

TT0TTI u - W 81 T'TV '1I'7VT u VVTI ~ Vo5
Richmond April 2, 1869. Capt. -:
Dear Sir-Upon the receipt of your let
ter, called upon the Secretary OF War
and requested him to grant what you de.
sired. III informed me that the Govern
ment had determined to grant no more
powers to raise companies or regiments,
because the CONSUMPTION bill recommend
ed by the President will, il passed, make
every man between the ages of eighteen
and thirty-fye a member of the Confeder-
ate army, and their intention is to fiji up
all regiments and companies from this
source
Regretting my inability to serve you in
this matter, am, Yours, truly, &c.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18

pa~ ltwould seem that the entire coun-
try was engaged in the laudable business
of falsehoct and Misrepresentation
Were il not'for the moral and restraining
influences Of the press, we should soon
become n nation Of liars.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18

nay 1t is said the work of "swearin
'em in" has commenced at Nashville
A citizen of Tennessee who can take the
oath to support the despotism at Wash
ington, must be hard up for something to
cuss about.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18
Produce.

The demand for staple articles of pro-
duce has diminished smartly since the
government laid its rugged paw upon the
spectators, Bacon, fair TO middYag, can
now be had at 25 cents Mound.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18
The Battles of the 9th and 18th.

Owing to the communication having
been cut off on the Memphis and Char
lesion road, we are still without details
of the fight at Corinth We are advised
that regular communication will be re-
stored in q few DAYS.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18
Southern VS.. Northern Money.

The Cincinnati papers quote North and
South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and
Alabama money, at forty per cent. dis
count. Cincinnati money don't stand
quite so fair even as that here, being
worth about ten cents bushel.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18

Dsg- Prentice of the Louisville Journal,
in reply to contemporary, says he is re-
sponable for what he writes and publishes.
If he means morally, he'll have a warm
time Of il in the next world.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18

DsyA Circuit Courts are getting to be
rather diminutive institutions. On Mon
day morning we heard Sheriff Burke pro.
claiming, at the top Of his voice, that the
Honorable Circuit Court had met pursu-
ant to adjournment; and in three or four
hours afterwards the same officer announ-
ced that the Honorable Court had adj
journed to the next term. The lawyer
business must oe profitable these times.
nay Passengers from Chattanooga Thurs
day morning, report the capture of nine
teen Of the men who stole the railroad
train on the Georgia Road,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18
Tho Conservation.

The Consumption Bill has passed both
houses of the Confederate Congress. We
are unadvised as to its details.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18
Confaderate Court.

JIG. WALLACE, Esq, of Blount county,
has been appointed Confederate District
Attorney for the District of East Tennes-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18
Remains Of Gen. Johnston.
The Atlanta Commonwealth says.

We learn that ih6 friends Of this dis.
tinguished military leader are preparing
to have his remains brought to this place
for temporary intermcnt, his sister and
one or more nieces being sojourners here.
His wife is in California, and thiiher. at
some future day, his body may be car
ried for permanent burial.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18
Lincoln Spies in Georgia.

A company Of Lincoln spies, on last
Saturday morning, while the engineer.
hands and passengers were at breakfast at
Big Shanty, near Marietta, seized the en-
CINE and three cars and put out up the
road. At various points along the line
they cut the telegraph wires and tore up
rails, TO prevent pursuit They were, how
ever pursued, and overtaken two miles
above Ringgold, when they left the en-
CINE and took to the brush. Some of
them have since been captured and taken
to Chattanooga, where they will be tried
as spies and put through on another inc
They represent themselves as belonging
to anOhio regiment with theFederal army
in Middle Tennessee. 1t was bold adj
venture, whatever the object may have
been. The system Of military police in
Georgia must be very efficient.
bay We have seen dispatch from
Corinth, which states that two members
OF Capt Lowry's Company were killed in
the fight on the 9th. Lieut.. wilkins was
wounded in the hand. The names of
the killed, are John Buclner, and -
Cheek.
Lieut.. Wallis, of Capt. Colylle's Com
pany, Rhea county, was shot through
both thighs. 10 is now at Chattanooga
and will get well.
ntsv> Our neiphbor or H. C,,-,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18
Hair Dive.

Now that the Conscript Bill has passed,
it is thought the demand for hair dye will
rapidly diminish.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18

p3y' The directors Of the Mechanics
Bank Of Augusta, Ca, have voted TO sub.
scribe one per cent on tho capital stock
5000 to the Ladies Gunboat Fund.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-18

Ba~ Our neighbor of the Cleveland Ban.
aer was with us on Monday. As usual no
was carrying high head
The New York herald., 1862-01-20

THE WAR AND THE PRACTICE OF ECONOMY
The great prosperity Of the United States, the
long prevalence Of peace, and the absence of
taxation, have combined to render us the most
extrsvagant people on the face Of the earth,
Mechanics and shopkeepers here dress about as
well as the nobility and gentry Of England
Every European who visits this country, and
every American who visits Europe. are struck
with this contrast between the Old World and
the New, more than with any other thing. In
Europe man Of fortune will wear hat for
year. Here people will scorn to wear hat
more than two months. The same observation
applies to clothes in general. Four suits in the
year are not uncommon in this country. One
suit in the year Is q fair average in England.
In the case of the fair sex the extravaganza is
still greater--ladies with bursting wardrobes
still crying out, like Flora McFlimsey, that they
have nothing to wear. Dresses which cost, per-
haps, as high as fifty dollars, given to SER
want after being worn two or three times Other
expenditures of women are in keeping with
this, and the dress of the ladies of New York
costs more on an average than it does for the
duchesses marchionesses and countesses of
Great Britain. In mere extravaganza we have
been taxing ourselves at the rate of $50 100000
year. That must be all changed now. What
was spent in that way must now be spent in
taxation for the salvation Of the Union. To do
this rigid economy must be practised in every
household. Even rags must be saved. BY
adopting this course we will not seriously feel
the effect Of taxation, except perhaps in render
ing us better men and women, and in establish
ing habits Of saving and economy hitherto un-
known to Americans. Our superduitiss alone
would pay the whole tax for the war. We are
the only people in tho world. Of whom D much
could be said.
The New York herald., 1862-01-20

AMERICAN MUSIC HALL. ~ Broadway. -SoNos BAL
LETS, PArronrHES &c.-GHosr SPITE or HIMSELF
The New York herald., 1862-01-20

HELODEON CONCERT HALL. No. $50 Broadway
SoNos, DANCES, BuRLxsouEs. &c-BoHKxIAS GIRL
The New York herald., 1862-01-20

CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERT HALL No. As Bowery- :
busLEsoUxs, SoNGs, DANCES, &c.-BRIGAND's OATH
The New York herald., 1862-01-20

REBEL DEVICES TO BREAK UP THE UNITY OF
THE NoRTH.-We have before us q singular
document, which was found amongst the con-
iscatsd effects of Colonel Pegram, the rebel
officer who has just been liberated from Fort
Warren and permitted to go South to seek an
exchange. 1t processes to be an erpose of
conspiracy on the part of Massachusetts,
statesmen, orators and public men generally
to break up the Union. To prove this, it cites
every petition, every abolition speech, every
newspaper and magazine article which can, by
implication, be twisted into a squint in that
direction. If Massachusetts, were to be held
responsible for all the rabid utterances of the
abolitionists by whose presence she has been
cursed, she would certainly have much to
answer for. A faction, however, is not COM
munity, and the people of that State have given
the lie to all such charges of treason to the
constitution by pouring forth their blood and
treasure in its defence. No other State has
done so much for the Union, and none has
proved itself more sincerely conservative, as
General Butler and others of her distinguished
soldiers have proved by their conduct on the
contraband question.