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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-02

pJ" Henry +. Prentiss, who we sup
pose is the Yankee General taken prison.
er at Shiloh, graduated from West Point
in 1884, "a native Of Maine) and served
for some time as assistant professor in bis
Military Alma Mater. lie was afterwards
Commissary of Subsistence, but resigned
in 1885.
He is connected, we believe, with tho
family Of the late distinguished orator
and advocate Sargent s. Prentiss, bat
has not the dishoaor Of say rslaiiop.:ss
George D. Prentice. -.
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News from the North.

Baltimore, April 25.-Our dispatches
from Yorktown state that preparations
are radidly making for an attack.
The armored steam gunboat Gala" ar.
rived at Hampton Roads on Wednesday.
Sherman's amendment to the confisca.
ton bill naming certain classes of per-
sons subject to the penalties of the bill,
has been adopted.
The French Minister after his return
from Richmond to Washington, had
long interview with Seward.
nay- The Legion which the Hon. Hen.
~ W. billiard, Of Montgomery, was au
thorzed to raise. is a splendid Success
u numbers eleven companies already.
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athens Cost.
TERMS

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Announcing names Of candidates for Office $500,
Cash.
Obituary Notices over twelve lines, charged at
The regular adyertisingrates.
Accommodations intended to promote the pri-
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Schools or individuals, will be charged as adyer-
tisements.
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Court Week,

Next Monday will be the regular time
for opening Circuit Court at Athens under
the two term system. We understood
Judge GAuT 10 say that, in consequence
of Court occurring at Cleveland on the
same day as provided he would not be
here on Monday, but as soon after as pos
ciI1a
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The Nashville,

New York, April 24.-Advices here from
Nassau, N. p, state that the Nashville
had returned 10 that place, after an un-
successful attempt to run the blockade
at Charleston, with one paddle-box bad
ly injured. She has full cargo of guns
and ammunition brought by the Gladia.
tor from England.
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Bsya 1t is to be hoped that as the lead
ing "Unionites' have induced many un.
informed men to abandon their homes
and fee to Kentucky, they will contri.
bute literally to the support Of the fani-
lies thus deprived, and not throw the
whole buIthen upon their Southern
nelghbors.
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Athens, Friday, Nay 2, isGe.
Independent Comnanv.

All who have Joined, or expect to join the In
dependent Company, are requested to meet at the
Courthouse, in Athens, on next Monday, 9Th inst
Important business to be transacted 1t is hoped
that all the members will be in attendance.
May 2, 1852
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Da~ The Federal Secretary Of War
says that the increased transportation re
quired by the advance in the enemy's
territory, has increased the war expenses
to five million per day--more than the
printing machine has the power to sup
ply; .a.s-
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A Lie.

1t is not true that tho Federal soldiers
are at Chattanooga, and that deputa,ion
Of three leading Linoolites of Athens had
gone down to invite them to visit this
place. People who get up such reports
ought to be ashamed Of themselves.
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a Sklrmlsh.

PiasJwg, April 24.--General Granger,
with 500 cavalry, had a skirmish with the
|, Rebels lasting All hour. Both sides re-
cord the loss as small. General affairs
are unchanged.
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NY We are without any relinblo il

RsS- We are without any reliable in
telligencc in regard to army operations in
the West The Richmond papers Of the
2Sth report on the faith of a dispatch
dated tho Goth, that New Orleans had
been surrendered to the enemy without
fight We shall await further adyices
before believing IL.
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80 1t is reported that the bridge
across the Tennessee River Nashville and
Chattanooga road, has been destroyed
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rEly" This section has generally been re-
garded as the healthest in the Confede-
racy, but our physicians say there is an
immense number Of Ealing people at
present. The cases, however, are not of
a very yirulent type, and readily yield to
treatment II may be the whiskey block
ade has something to do with tive can't
all
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ray Our mails from the South failed
Thursday morning.
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Yankee Sympathy for the Negro.

The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore SIN shows off the usua, sympa-
thy of the Yankee for the poor negro in
the following paragraph of his correspon-
dence:
Prominent aboltlonists are already ex-
periencing some Inconvenience from per-
sonal applications Of contrabands for ma
teral and. In one instance n senatorw
called upon, but he could no nothing for
even one Of class which had been the
subject of so much sympathy in fair words
and speeches.
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The Cotton Schemes of the NORTH.

The North, so far, has tailed in its
schemes for cotton. A Washington paper
says:
The costly expeditions are failures so
lar as opening cotton trade is concern
ed The season has passed, also, in which,
as was proposed while ago, the cultiya-
ton of cotton on the Sea Islands, &C.,
was TO be established under lessecs or
agents Of the government.
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B9y. The Federal Congress is quarrel
ling over the Confscation Bill. Old man
Crittenden opposes it. The following are
his remarks, as reported in Washington
paper:
Mr. Crittenden, of Kentucky, said the
President had no powers only those
granted him 10y Congress. He regarded
all these measures unconstitutional, be-
cause it authorizes the President to man
unit every slave in the Union. Such
power is not given to him by the Consti-
tuition. The President has sworn to adj
minister the laws. If judge dies the
President has no right to preside, if the
clerk dies the President cannot issue pro-
cesses. If the sheriff refuses to act, the
President has no right to arrest. In all
these cases the President has right to
appoint and Gil vacancies according to
the Constitution. His main argument
was the elevation Of the public mind by
the possession of property and the re-
spcct and recognition of rights and prop
erty. BY the laws Of England and Amer.
lea the dearest rights of man are those
of his property, and he could not be de-
priyed of it except by due process of law,
and it any one attempted to take his
property violently he had a right to take
life.
The war was for the restoration of the
Union and not for the abolition of slave
ry, and if it was considered to be a war
for the confscation of property there
would be nobody to fight but the aboli.
tonists. Congress at tho extra session
declared they did not intend to assail the
institutions of any of the States, but as
soon as this rebellion was put down.the
war ought to end. We have ample means
to put down this rebellion, and now gen
tlemen seek to throw in another object,
to wit; to abolish slavery. he would beg
them to let this unnecessary measure
is no necessity for it. Mr.
Lincoln has an opportunity to occupy the
place next to Washington if he chooses
TO accept it, but il he makes it party
matter it is lost.
The House then adjourned.
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Cumberland Gnn.

Bumors Of fight at Cumberland Gap
have been rife for several days. We hope
there are no Federal Gun boats in the
neighborhood Of the Gap.
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Inundated.

Cairo, Winois.-The country between
here and Mound City is inundated. A
large portion Of the Cairo and Fulton
Ralroad is wished awaY.
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Bay Rumor has it that Col. Bob Byrd
formerly Of Roans county, but late Of
Lincolns army. is dead.
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Lincoln Spies,

gentleman just from Knoxville says
it is understood there that LINCOLN spies
daily infest the railway stations along the
East Tennessee roads, If true, why don't
the Guard on tho trains arrest them?
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Abolition Tendency of the War.


The North shows its hand more plainly
on the subject of slavery us its policy Of
the war becomes developed. Tho Wash
ton correspondent of the Baltimore Sim,
abiding to the confiscation bill in the
Senate, says:
Senator Powell, in his speech on the
confscation bill today, argued that the
object of that and other measures of this
session was todestroy slaveryin the States.
He alleged that in one instance ninety
slaves had been sent through Banks col
umn to Philadelphia, and the forty.fve
slaves belonging TO loyal citizen of Ken
lucky had been sent by military authori-
ty to Illinois. The military arm was used
to take slaves to the free States; and
without the objections which were made
to the return Of fugitive slaves 10y military
officers to their owners.
Vehement denunciations are uttered
here against General Burnside on account
of his refusal to harbor and protect fugi-
tive slaves. We have reports from army
officers employed on the Southern coast
to The effect that the slaves who como
within their lines in numbers are great
nuisances.
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ga" Since the establishment Of the
whiskoy. blockade, the price for niloh
cove has advanced 50 per cent.
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The Tennessee.

In consequence of there being no Fer
ry-boats at present on the Tennessee river
between Chattanooga and Kingston, the
mail routes from Athens to Pikevillc and
to Sulphur Springs, and the cross route
direct to Kingston, are suspended. We
trust the distractions will soon be remov-
ed. Our papers for Bledsoe and Rhea
we shall send pia Chattanooga until 9th
erwise advised; and our patrons in Meigs
thus cut off, will have to send to the rail
road for theirs until such time as the
routes may be opened again. The efforts
of the Lincolnite leaders in East Tennes-
see have resulted in an immense amount
of evil, inconvenience and loss to the
people.
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Regulations Of the War Department
In today's issue our readers will find
the "RCguIotionS" of the War Department
nnder the Conscript Law.
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Hon. II, A. r, Nelson.

A correspondent Of the Charleston
Mercury, writing from Fast Tennessee, has
the following ns to lac position of this
gentleman
In his secluded home, Withdrawn from
the popular gaze, in his quiet, unpretend-
ing isolation, in a little village Of East
Tennessee dwells the accomplished orator,
scholar, and profound thinker, Thos. A.
h. Nelson-an East Tennesseean in moth
ing but his apparel. lie, too, was borne
along by the irresistible current Of Union
ism which swept over a district of coun-
try secluded from the world--whose peo-
pie were never conscious, in the midst of
their simple pursuits, of the numberless
wrongs heaped upon the South by those
who love nothing in the South except
Southern gold. Nelson is poet and
dreamer, as well as a statesman and ora-
tor. There is not a more indeiatigable
student in the South than Mr.. Nelson,
and there is not one who in all the rela-
tons of life, is more faultless AMI more
beloved. His weaknesses all 'incline to
virtues side" and his chivalrous spirit
has never been questioned.
In the bygone history of partisan con-
tests in East Tennessee Nelson is the only
opponent of Andrew johnson who never
covered before that coarse bully and
blackguard With the omnipotence of
virtue, truth, genius and eloquence, as
these are embodied in Thos, A. X. Nelson,
Unionism found an adherent who could
neither be bought nor driven. He has
fixed point beyond which he will not
support the domination of Federal au-
thority Whenever Abraham Lincoln
pronounces the doom of African slavery,
Nelson will proclaim himself the support
er of the Confederate government. From
this course nothing can deter him; and
having fixed his determination, however
absurd we may deem it, he will never
change it. He declares himself loyal
Tennesseean, and consequently will rot
raise his hand against his State in the war
now pending. Such, ! am told are the
sayings and opinions of the greatest man
in East Tennessee.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-02-15
Fort Henry Taken.

The gun boat expedition, which left Cal
70, few weeks ago, and put into the Ten
nessee river has been giving a good account
of itself. Commander Foote attacken Fort
Henry, ON the Tennessee river, on the 9th,
and after a fight of little over an hour, com
PEELED the rebel general Tighlman to surren-
der. The rebel force was said to be up
wards, of fifteen hundred. Seven of the
boats were engaged in the attack. The
land forces, under Gen. Grant did not par
ticipate. The following is flag Officer
Foots account of the fight: ....-...,
The gunboats under my command, F's-
sex, Commander Porter, the Carondolet,
Commander Walker, the Cincinnati, Com
mander Steinbell, the St. Louis, Lieut..
CONG Paulding, the Conestogs, Lieut.
Cong Given, and the Lexington, Lieut..
Cong Shirk, after severe and rapid
fire of an hour and quarter, have captur-
ed Fort Henry and taken Gen. Lloyd Tighl-
man and his staff and sixty men prisoners.
The surrender of the gunboats was uncon-
ditional, as we kept an open fire upon the
enemy until their flag vas struck. In half
an hour after the surrender I handed the
Fort and prisoners over to Gen. Grant COM
manding. the army on his arrival at the
Fort in force. -a- --e
The Essex had shot in her boiler after
fighting most effectively for two-thirds of
the action, and was obliged to drop down
the river. / hear that several of her men
were scalded to death, including two pilots,
She with the other gunboats officers and
men fought with the greatest gallantry.
The Cincinnati received thirtv-one shots
and had one man killed and eight wounded,
two seriously. -....E sEl .fzas
The Fort with twenty guns and seven
teen mortars was defended by Gen. Tgihl-
man with the most determined gallantry.
will write as soon as possible have sent
Lieut.. CONG Phillips and three gunboats
up after the rebel gunboats. -aG 1rE
o. A.H. FoorE, Flag Officer
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PREPARE FoR WORK.

In ayfev weeks our farmers will CONF
mencS making preparations for the next
seasons crop. The task before them for
the summer is. not an easy one. Not a.
foot-of ground which can be got ready for
crops this year, should be permitted to he
idle. Many have been taken from the field
to fight in the armies of the Union, and the
work will fall heavier on those that are left.
Whether the war continues or nots every
ear of corn. and every bushel of wheat,
oats, and all kinds of grain which can pos
sibIy be raised, will be in demand, from the
simple fact that so many thousands, who
have usually been tillers Of the soil, are
now drawn off from that occupation-mak-
ing, the number of those engaged in pro-
ducing these articles many thousands less,
and placing them in the capacity of con-
sumers. Under no circumstances will the
war close in time to throw them back to
the business of farming in time to raise
crops this year. If the fighting continues,
the army will want corn and breadstutfs'
| If it ends, thousands will return to their
homes who will have to buy their supplies,
until they can raise crop. Some may say
that the war has now been going on nearly
year, and corn and wheat were scarcely
ever known to be so cheap. They must
recollect that nearly all those who enlisted
raised crop before they started. The eff
feet of the great number drawn from the
farming interests will be felt in far great
er degree this season than it was last The
effect of the marching of Hunters army
south will be the same upon those States il
which he operates, as military movement
were last year on Missouri-the utter de
struction of all growing crops. We remem
Der how wheat and corn fields were left t.
go to destruction in Missouri, by the drivin:
out of both Unionists and Secessionists
It is reasonable to suppose that there vii
be little raised in Missouri this season, ant
less in the country south of US. The arm.
and the people must look to Kansas 70
their supplies of the necessaries of life
next winter. This seems clear to US.
The winter has been very favorable, an
we are insured against drouth to blight tn
efforts of the farmer next year. Our pre-
dic:ion is, that those who engage in farmin
next eeason will make money, and hav
cause to rejoice. Let every nerve be straine
and every acre be titled. ;.r.. ..faaq ,.a -
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GEN. DE1TzLER.

G. w. Deitzler has been made an actino
Brigadier General. by Gen. Hunter, and is
now in command of FIVE regiments ordered
to rendezvous at Fort Scott, and prepare
for the march south. The title of Briga-
der was never conferred on more meri.
torious man than Gen. Deitzler. He is a
true soldier aud commander. His career
since he entered the service has been active.
brave and patriotic. At Springfield, while
in command of his regiment, he was wound
ed severely, but was soon in the field again.
His exploits in Missouri during the past
winter have made his name terror to reb-
els. and himself the proper man for promo
ton. His sterling qualities have been ap-
preciated by Gen. Hunter. On his arrival
at Leavenworth, where the First had grand
reception, Gen. Deitzler was presented with
a sword belt and sash by his men as token
OF the esteem in which they held him. q 3
Col. Jennison has also been made an
acting Brigadier by Gen. Hunter. Since
he@entered the service. Gen. Jennisonl has
won name for bravery and military skill
which will follow him through life. He is
now at Humboldt. where his brigade will
rendezvous for Hunters expedition. -
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LEGISLATIVE.

In consequence of the failure of the To-
peka mail on Tuesday, and the Lawrence
on Thursday, we have no news from the
Legislature, this week, except few items
from the Leavenworth dailies.
The following are the Lane resolutions,
which caused considerable discussion. be-
ing opposed bitterly by Messrs. Potter OF
Cofey county. and Clark of Allen-th
latter of whom was an officer in Lanes
Brigade, last summer. The resolutions
passed by considerable majority, and have
been transmitted to the President: RI
RESOLVED, That we most earnestly rec
ommend to the President Of the United
States the immediate appointment of Gen.
James II. Lane as Major General, and
that he at once be assigned the command OF
the contemplated expedition south, from the
Department of Kansas.
ResolOed, That copies of the foregoing
resolution be forwarded, by the Speaker of
this House, to the President and to each OF
our Senators and Representative in Con
gress.
On the 9Th, the Governor sent in his mes.
sage, approving the following bills: Bill
No. IL, "An Act to change the name o
Breckenridge county to Lyon" Bill No. rs
can Act setting apart Washington Park il
the town of Emporia, Breckenridge county
in the State of Kansas, for county build
ings;" Bill No. 10, An Act entitled car
Act to establish Code of Civil Proceed
ure;;" Bill No. As, "An Act providing TO
the transfer of certain cases from the Dis
trict Court of the county of Morris, to tn
county of Chase
1t will be seen that the bill changing tn
name of this county is now a law. We ar
now living in Lyon county. Our count,
bears the name of one of the purest an,
bravest patriots that ever lived, instead o
the vilest and meanest rebel.
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FRAUDS.

1t is not enough that there should be
frauds and corruption in the army disgrace
full and humiliating to those who have been
in the habit of looking upon their fellow
men. as having some degree of honesty and
love of country left. It is not enough that
Uncle Sam. should be f,eced out of mill
e ions, and have his treasury emptied by
thieves. of the rebel and Union persuasion.
But even our poor young State must be
Preyed upon by these leeches. A commit
tee was lately appointed in the House to ex-
anime the books and accounts of the State
officers. Some startling developments are
already made duplicating several of these
functionaries, including Gov. Robinson, in
frauds amounting to a large sum. We shall
withhold further remarks until we have tie
report of the committee. The Topeka cor
respondent of the Leavenworth Conservative
gives the following information in regard
to the matter:
You are aware that the last Legislature
authorized the Auditor, Secretary of State
and Treasurer to negotiate 100000 of the
bonds of the State, and afterwards authorized
the negotiation of $4,000 additional for war
purposes; but they expressly stipulated
that none should be sold for less than sep
enty cents on the dollar. It is in evidence
before the Committee that Robert s. Ste
vens sold to the Department of the Interior
the 100000 of bonds at seventy tDo cents on
the dollar, paying into the Treasury of the
State, as per agreement, sixty cents on the
dollar, and retaining the balance as his
commission! The bonds authorized for
war purposes were sold to Robert s. Ste
vens at forty cents, and he sold the same
to the Department of the Interior at NINETY
-fOs cents; leaving the handsome margin of
forty fire cents on the dollar $50 .@5.a
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Southern Items.

i2 The Philadelphia Inquirer of the 18th
has the following items of Southern news:
Mostof the rifles and considerable guam
tity of ammunition from the wrecked steam.
er City of New York, one of the Burnside
expedition, have been recovered uninjured.
a gentlemen from Norfolk says that the
rebels are under the impression that the
Burnside expedition has been completely
wrecked. aI
Rebel troops at Norfolk are being sent
South as far as Mobile .rl.-a 80
Drafting will commence in the rebel
States on the 1st of March. ea5 1855
Beauregard is at Nashville.
Bishop An1es and Hon. Hamilton Fish
will not be received by the rebel govern
ment. s5Ts8 3sesa7' - = @.7a Ez.s,t
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Summons.


* go. A. MOULTON and N. B. MOULTON.
" of parts unknown, will take notice that
James Means, of Breckenridge county, Kansas,
did, on the 7th day of January, A. D. 1862. file
his petition in the District Court within and for
the county of Chase. in said State, against the
said George A. Moulton and N. B. MoultOn, de-
PENDANTS. setting forth that the said defendants
were indebted to the said plaintiff in the sum Of
forty one dollars and twenty eight cents, on an
account stated, for labor performed upon dwell
ing house, situated in said county; and that, to
secure the payment of said stated account, said
plaintiff did file the said account. duly verified
by affidavit, in the Office of the Register of Deeds
in and for said county thereby securing lien upon
said dwelling and the lots on which it was stu
ated, for the said amount SO, as aforesaid, alleged
I to be due for labor performed upon said dwelling.
The prayer of said petition is, that the said dwell
ing and lots may be ordered to be sold, and the
proceeds applied to the payment of said debt Of
forty one dollars and twentyeight cents.
due and unpaid. And the said defendants are
hereby notified that they are required to appear
and answer said petition on or before the 9ls
day of March, A. D. 1862.
- g 4 JAMES MEANS.
By PLUMB s PLANrz, his Attorneys.
January l8, 1862. Sl0.50 223-2S