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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10
Negro Emancipation.

The following is from the Chicago
Times. 1t would be almost as much as
the mans life is worth to say the same
thing no,0:
The President owes it 10 his own dig
nifty and self.respect to mike short nm
ever to the committee appointed by a
meeting of religious fanatics in this city
to importune him with respect to negro
emancipation. He has long since COM
planned bitterly of the pressure" upon
him in that respect. and more recently
he has announced his policy in the same
respect with an emphasis which would
have put to rest all further effort at "pres-
sure;" and no consideration of courtesy
required that he should give ear for a
single moment to those whose tactics are
to weary him into the preparation of an
act monstrous in itself, and from which
the dictates of his own Judgment compel
him to shrink in dread and dismay.
Religious fanaticism has borne too
large part in bringing the country to
its present verge of ruin to he entitled to
any tolerance in its new attempt to orga-
nize for the control of the government
This movement in Chicago is avowedly
incipient to general similar movement
all over the country, and avoW eddy de.
signed to procure from the President a
decree of universal negro emancipation!
proposition which one year ago had
not found Judgment in the brain of any
lunatic. and the execution ofwhich would
be the finishing stroke to the small hope
yet remainingof restored Union.
We denounce the movement as one oil
the most diabolically wicked that has
been conceived by fanatics and bigots in
any age or in any country.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10
Hon. r. A n Nalaon.

We take pleasure in copying into our
columns from the Knoxville Register of
Sunday the Address Of this gentleman
TO the People of East Tennessee. Belong
ing 10 the same political faith in former
days, marching under the same banner
in'the good old times, and knowing him
to be an honest, earnest, patriotic man, IL
is just such paper as we have confident
ly believed would sooner or later emanate
from Mr.. NELSON. Bold, frank, manly,
and candid, IL is a true exposition Of the
views he entertained at the commence
ment of the fierce and unhappy struggle
in which the country is engaged, and his
position up to the time Of the issuing Of
Lincoln's recent infamous proclamation.
Clinging with commendable devotion TO
the Union and the Constitution of his
fathers as long as he thought there was
hope of their preservation or restoration.
Mr.. Nelson planted himself upon con.
tingency which he, in common with thou
sands Of conscientious and patriotic men,
uusteo hieHe never hdppeH' lne Coti-
tingency, however, has come--the last
link is sundered by mad and ruthless
hand-and, true to his promise and his
nature, he steps forth in the full proper
tons of his manhood, boldly declaring
his own determination in regard to the
future, and earnestly appealing to the peo-
pie as to the course they should pursue
10 escape the wrongs, horrors and vassal-
tage the Northern Despotism is trying to
force upon them. In expressing our graft
! fcation at the appearance Of Mr.. Nell
sons Address, we have no regrets to Of
fer that its publication did not occur at
an earlier day. We know he acts from
the solemn convictions of duty and judy
ment alone, and we would not have had
him act moment earlier if these were
wanting.
We bespeak for the Address general
and careful reading, and more especially
do we commend il to the attention of such
of our old wing friends and former polit
zeal associates as are still doubling and
halting-lingering over what must now
prove idle and delusive hopes Of a resto-
ration of the former order of things.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10

armor, and, without awaiting the slow
and tedious process of CONSUMPTION, at
once volunteer to aid in the struggle
against him. The race is not always to
the swift nor the battle to the strong,
and it cannot, in the nature Of things.
be possible that just God will prosper
the efforts of man or government
which has hypocriticaly pretended to
wage war in behalf of the Constitution,
but now throws off the mask and sets ~
utteffys6t defiance. No despot in Europe
would dare to exercise the powers which
Mr.. Lincoln, in less than two brief years.
has boldly usurped. He has suspended
the writ Of kobcds corpus in regard to all
persons who have been or may be I'M
prisoned by military authority, and thus
destroyed right essential to the liberty
of the citizen, right which the mailed
barons Of England wrested by force from
King John. and inserted in the great
charter of British freedom; right which
it caused centuries of contest to engraft
upon the British constitution; q right for
which our fathers sternly struggled, and
which is Incorporated in every American
constitution. He has called armies into
the field, without authority, according to
his own acknowledgement, and has be-
come military Dictator. He now claims
the prerogative to abolish slavery with
out our consent; and, if he can thus take
our negroes, why may he not take our
lands and every thing else we possess,
and reduce us to state of vassalage TO
which no parallel can be found save in
the history of the Middle Ages.
THOS. A. r. NELSON.
Knoxville, Sd October, 1862.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10

MEssRs. EDIroas:-Please publish the
extract, from letter from the Quarter.
master General at Richmond, addressed
to an assistant Quartermaster of the Cor
federate States, for the information of the
public:
mo officer or agent of the Quarter
masters Department is Empowered to i'm
press private property. 1t can only be
taken possession of by the order of the
Commanding General or the Command
ing Officer of districts under martial Law.
Whenever under such orders impress.
ments are made. the officer or agent shall
exhibit the oriaen authority to act, and
their receipts for the property, shall de-
signate the officer who is to pay for it.y'
A. c. MYREs, Or. Master Gen.
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nss- We take The following it.m. fro,

B@- We take the following items from
the Memphis (Grenada) appeal of the Sd
inst:
KANDoLPa DEsrRoYLD.--We learn from
the st. Louis Republican of the 28th. that
Randolph. Tennessee, was entirely de.
stroyed last week. The Federal steamer
Eugena was fred upon by a company of
rangers on the 23d ult., and an unsuc.
cessful attempt was made to capture her.
The affair coming to the knowledge of
Gen. Sherman at Memphis, he ordered
the town destroyed, and every house was
fred. Randolph was an old town of
some ninety houses, situated sixty miles
above Memphis, and was at one time the
site OF some extensive Confederate forti-
hcations.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10

aG- What wicked and perverse gene.
ration this is! The blockade is continu-
ally run, men get gloriously tight, and do
pretty much as they - please-in some
localities. Meanwhile Temperance and
Sobriety cry aloud in the streets, and no
one heeds them. 1t seems the more they
are told they shan't, the more some peo-
pie will. The Governments should either
buy up and monopolize the whole liquor
business, or pull the machine wide open
and let her rip. We wouldn't give
copper for that sort Of liberty and equali-
ty which permits one fellow to guzzle
himself into obliviousness, while another
must perish with drouth.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10
Our Army Re- Crossing the Potomac

Personne of the Charleston Courier
sneaking of the battle Of Sharpsburg
says:
Hal, our army been in COED condition,
the fight would have been resumed on
Thursday; but we were rs badly off as
the enemy. Besides, the gathering
clouds foretold storm, and the Poto.
mac rises suddenly to height that rem
ders it impossible, it was deemed prudent
by Gen. Lee to withdraw his forces under
cover of the night, and await coming
events upon the Virginia shore. Our
cavalry picket however, are to-day again
upon the opposite side, and some have
been as far into the interior as Hagers-
town.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10
The Last Chance.

We have just read dispatch from
the proper authorities, announcing that
the Regiment Of Volunteers now being
raised by Maj. Lowry, and Messrs. CALp-
WELL and BARKsDALE. will be received be.
yond question. Some of the companies
are already full and ready TO report, 9TH
ers are rapidly filling up. and we are re-
quested to notify all WHO wish to join the
Regiment to report at Athens immediate.
ly. This. we believe. is the last chance to
volunteer and avoid the CONSUMPTION,
which is now being enforced in some of
the adjoining counties, and will be en-.
forced here in a few days. The Conscrip.
ton includes all persons between the
ages OF eighteen and forty.five, that are
not classified in the Exemption Act lust
passed into law, a copy of which will
be found in this paper. COL RowAN's
Regiment was organized at Sweetwater,
on Wednesday. More Companies were
reported than could be received. These,
we understand, will enter the REGIMENT
forming here. So the prospect is, that
the complement will be full in a short
time, and those who would avail them.
selves OF this. the last opportunity. to
volunteer, should report at the earliest
possible hour.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10
From Nashville.

A gentleman direct from Nashville
brings intelligence that the Yankees
are about 5000 in number and strongly
intrenched. They have a considerable
amount Of Cotton there, and have made
breast works and baricaded the streets
with it. Rife pits are dug In the streets
at several points.
Our forces are at Lavergne. sixteenmiles
this side. Tney are not suficiently
strong to attack and take Nashville with
all it's Notifications. Tho cars run daily
from Chattanooga to Lavergna. This
station is sixteen miles beyond Murfrees.
boro. A2anta Contedvacy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10
Bull Nelson Shot by Gen. Davis.

polow wo onrex ,be nor,;culors in 70.
~. -, >,
gard TO the kii'ihg OF Gen Bun Nell
son:
Louisville, Sept. 29-P. M.-One of the
saddest incidents of the war has just oc-
CURED here. A few minutes before Q
o'clock, Gen. Jefferson C. Davis, OF Indi-
ana, met Gen. Nelson in the hall OF the
Calf House and attempted to speak to
him, Gen. Nelson refused to listen, and
turned away. Davis followed him to the
other end OF the hail. and again address
sed him. Nelson now turned to him,
saying. do you wish to insult me, you
cowardiy puppy and struck him at the
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10

mar The Cincinnati Gazette says that
with mon enough in the field they have
failed to whip the Conlederates. and is
not sure that the result would have been
different If the 100000 new troops had
been in the field. While in the East
they are quarrelling about the incapaci,
" of Generals. it thinks Two in the
West" sec that tho plans marked out
could not have been successful with any
force. -
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10
The Balance Sheet.

We learn from Richmond that the
Confederacy is in excess of the Lincoln
government in the exchange Of prison :,
ers of War, about 10000 men. AS it will
take some time for our enemies to make
up this deficiency, government should
not relax its police regulations over the
interest.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10
A Proclauat,on-

The proclamation of Major.Gen. SAN.
JONES, the head of this Military Depart.
ment, can be found on the first page. 1t
is an important document, and we trust
its provisions and intentions will be en-
forced and carried out, that much good
may ensue.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10
News from the West.

Reports from the West represent that
the three days desperate fight at Corinth
ended in the retreat of our forces, the
enemy being heavily reinforced on Sun
day. Reported loss on both sides i'm.
mense. All we have received in regard to
the battle will be found under the tele-
graphic head. Nothing late from Bragg's
army.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10
Confederate Congress-.

The Confederate Congress, we believe,
has not yet adjourned. Whether it is en-.
gagged in discussion of the Forced Loan
Bill a Ia Napoleon III, or acting upon
some other equally wise and polite mea.
sure, we are unable to say, as the parla-
niccntary reports tina. reach Us through
the metropolitan journals are exceeding
ly meagre and indefinite.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10
~ The Knoxville nansr .nno,.

- The Knoxville paper announces
saa' coi. D. G. VAUGHN has received the
appointment Of Brisadier General. Col.
Vaughn was among the 6rst to rush to
the defence Of his country. and, with hi.
Regiment. the Tennessee Third, was ban.
Used In fireand blood on the plains ~
Manassas. He has proved himself ! al.
liant and meritorious officer. and wo q, .
glad to learn Of his promotion,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10
HOW to Make Yinaaar.

Take one pint of Molasses, put it in a
jug, pourone'gallon Of warm water, not
boiling. let it stand for two months and
you will have good vinegar, We have
tried IL, ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10

We are requested to give notice that
the Funeral Sermon Of w. c. Writ, de.
ceased, will be preached in Decatur, on
the I'd Sabbath of November, BY Rev. 2.
RosE. His friends are invited 10 attend.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10
Yellow Fever in Wilmington.

Forty new cases and ten deaths occur
red on the Sd inst.
For the week commencing Saturday
the 9th September, and ending Friday,
Sd October, there had been 267 cases and
so deaths-over 80 per cent of the cases
reported.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10
Salt.
say- What n ,aicked and nerve

There is in our paper today letter
of much relish from the Virginia Salines.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10

b6r Hon. WIZ. G. SWAN. the able Rep
resentative of the Second District. has our
thanks for his attention.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10
The Meeting on Monday.

The meeting Mt the Courthouse on
Monday last, the proceedings Of which
will be found elsewhere, was largely at.
tended-indeed, there were more people
present than we have witnessed at any
public gathering here for long time
and the proceedings were marked by good
feeling. decency, and propriety. Yet we
regret to say that, in regard to bringing
up the Union sentiment to a participa-
tion, 1t was pretty clearly failure. It is
proper we should state the fact. While
there were several Of the Union men. So
called, from the country at the Court
house, the leading men of that element
who live in this town-who by their acts
and conversation have msled and delud.
ed many with less opportunities for de.
irving correct information-wer not there
mot one of them, but studiously, pur-
posely. and determinedly absent. Lin
coins Proclamation, palpably intended to
incite servile instruction and whelm this
fair land with fire and blood-the open,
bold, frank, and manly Address of THos.
A. R. NELSON, wherein he calls Upon all
East Tennesseans TO rally against the in
vader, to the defence of their institu.
tions and homes, their family affairs and
their household gods-all seem to have no
effect upon these persistent and obdurate
gentlemen, and we are reluctantly led to
the conclusion that they are determined
to cling to the Lincoln despotism come
what may, sink or swim. live or die, sur.
vive or perish. We seek no. to penetrate
the motives OF men, or comprehend the i'm
pulses which move them. We can east.
ly understand why the few abolitionists
in our midst should keep their hearts tx
ed upon the Northern power. but how
some Of the largest shareholders in the
county should incline in that direction af
ter what has recently TRANSFERRED, is un.
fathomable. If there were doubts before
as to the objects Of the war, there can
be none now. Mr.. Lincoln has made the
issue Enthusiastically plain and distinct to
the dullest capacity. Even our simpl.
friend, Gid, can see and grasp it, And
henceforth. we say, LET Ephraim alone e,
he is joined to his idols"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10
Funeral Sermon,

Athens, Friday, October 10, 1899.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-10-10

I0- The New York World, of the ODD
ult., just before the assembling of the
New York Republican Convention, call.
ed upon it for the adoption of platform
as follows:
"'The Convention must adopt an une-
qulvocal conservative platform which
shall in terms repudiate all emancipation
schemes, all the new tangled heresies of
the radicals. and the arbitrary arrests
which strike at the very root OF consti.
tutional liberty and personal freedom"
Not only did the Convention scout the
counsel of the World, but Lincoln has
laid down rule which is the exact OPP
posite, save that it goes far beyond 1t in
its inconceivable fiendishness." And the
World dares not say a word in the land of
free speech" and under; "tlie best GOV.
eminent the world ever saw!"
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-05-07

who shall be elected Governor of this State
at the next regular election on the first
Thursday in August next, as now provided
for by law, shall also gil the office and dis
charge the duties OF Governor OF this State
from the I'd Monday of September, until his
successor shall be qualified.
2. The proper returning officers OF every
county shall. as soon as the result Of the
election is known in his coanty, transmit to
the Secretary of State statement OF the
votes taken in his county for Governor,
which statement shall be made up IRON the
poll books Of his county, as is now prescrib-
ed by law.
s. That the Secretary Of State, the Treas
urer and Comptroller, shall, on the 4th
Thursday in August next, and in the presence
Of the Governor, proceed to examine said
returns and ascertain and declare what per-
son shall have received the greatest number
Of votes, whereupon the Governor shall issue
his proclamation declaring such person duly
elected Governor of This State from the Cd
Monday OF September, A. D., 1869, until his
successor shall be qualified.
4 That the person SO declared aud pro-
claimed Governor, as aforesaid, shall. on
the 2d Monday Of September 1862. appear
before some Judge Of the Supreme Court or
some one of the Judges of the Superior
Courts of Law, and take and subscribe the
oath now prescribed by law for the qualif,
cation OF Governor Of this State, and shall
Immediately enter upon the discharge OF the
duties of his office. which oath, so taken and
subscribed, shall be filed in the Office Of the
Secretary Of State.
5. That his Excellency Henry I. CLARK
shall continue to holdshe office and discharge
all the duties Of Governor OF this State IRON
J the first Thursday in August until the 2
Monday in September next, OF until hls sue
cessor shall be qualified. as fully 10 all IN.
tents and purposes as he has heretofore dune
and shall receive the usual salary in proper
( ton to his extended term Of sersice.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-05-07

10 lead an army to The field II had one at
command, and know still less how TO sur
render an undefended place, held as this IS
at the mercy Of your gunners and your NOR
tars. To surrender such a place were an
idle and unmeaning ceremony. The city is
yours by power Of mere brutal force-not by
my choice, or by the consent Of It's inhab-
itants. II is for you to determine what will
be the fate that awaits US here.
Sir, you have manifested sentiments which
would become one engaged in better cause
than that to which you have devoted your
sword. | doubt not but that they spring
from noble thoughts. but deluded nature,
and know how to appreciate the emotions
which inspired them.
You will have gallant people to administer
to during your occupation OF this city. ana
people sensitive to all that can, in the least,
affect their dignity and self respect. Pay,
sir, do not fail to regard their suscepti5lli.
ties. The obligation which | shall assume
in their name shall be religiously complied
with. You may trust their honor, though
you might not count on their submission TO
unmerited wrong.
As to hosting any flag other than The flag
Of our own adoption and allegiance, let me
say to you that the man lives not in our
midst whose hand and heart would not be
palsied at the mere thought Of such an act
nor could find in my entire constituency
so wretched and desperate renegade a.
would dare to profane with his hand the sa,
cred emblem Of our hottest aspirations.
In conclusion, | beg you TO understand
that the people Of New Orleans, while una
bic to resist your force, will not allow them.
selye. 10 be insulted BY the interference o
such as have rendered themselves odious and
contemplate by the dastardly deserlion ol
our cause in the mighty struggle in which
We are engaged. Or such as might remind
them ton painfully, that they are the con
quered aud you the cnnguerers.
Peace and order may be preserved with
out resort to measures which could not a
this moment prevent. BE assured that you
occupancy Of this city does not transfer theil
allegiance from the Government OF thel
choice, to one they have deliberately repu
dated. and that they yield simply that ODE
dirnce 10 which the conquerors are entities
to extort from the conquered.
(Signed) Respectfully,
JOHN +. MONROE, Mayor.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-05-07
CONCENTRATING OUR ARMIES.

Ii IS painful to leave any portion OF Nir-
GINA in the hands Of the enemy. and n0th-
Ing but the demands of necessity could N.
duce the Government TO make such a sacri-
fee. But il is impossible, with the means
at its command. to defend all sections OF lis
vast territory, and il i had an army OF mil
lion 81 men il could not accomplish this OBJ
ject. Washington. in the Revolution. made
the attempt 10 the beginning 10 defend the
seaboard aud other exposed portions Of the
frontier, but was compelled TO abandon the
system as impracitcable, and perilous 10 The
general welfare. In our judgment, Il would
have been better Tor Us at the beginning 10
have concentrated our forces around Few
vital points. and then TO make rapid and
vigorous blows upon the vulnerable points Of
The enemy. The seaboard, u least, Is Of lit
tle Importance TO Us at The present moment.
The immense fleets Of the North give IL an
advantage Of attack which We cannot pre-
tend 10 cope with. IL Is only BY drawing
The enemy on TO the interior, where we shall
increase his difficulties Of transportation. and
the expense and peril Of his movements, that
We can carry on the war with efficiency and
success.
These considerations will be fully appre.
ciaied by the loyal people Of the South.
whose country nav for season be occupied
BY tne enemy. We have no fear that their
intercourse with the invaders will have any
other effect than 10 animate and intensity
their pltriotism. They will keep alive in
their hearts the hope Of better future. The
day VI thEir deliserance will ultimately
come. and IL will be all the mnre bright and
beautiful for the temporary eclipse.
Richmond Dispateh.