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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-23
AProfltahle Investment.

A lady of Greensboro, Alabama. not
long since. gave very fine quilt to Rev.
]. ]. Hutchison TO he sold for the gun.
boat fund. He offered it for sale in Ma
rion, and got over hundred dollars for
it, The crowd gave it back TO him TO be
sold over again. He carried it to lusoa'
loosa and got about five hundred dollars
for II and received it back again. He
then carried it to summerheld and got
another five hundred and the quilt back
again. He then carried it to Selma and
sold it for one thousand and Ave hum
dred dollars for tho benefit OF soldiers
families. and we suppose will continue
to sell and resell it until he foots up
thousands moro.
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The war in which we are now engaged,
has most fully demonstrated what 10
good man before doubted, that "tcomun il
nv isttr's 1,ssss=.f orv'srorr, for whist the
men vino manufacture Cotton Yarns are
dFmaading sirty cents for that which cost
them, ready for delivery, only fifteen
cents; merchants. charging from twenty
five to two and three hundred per cent
on their merchandise; farmers. asking
four prices Tor almost every article which
they offer in market; and other extor
TONERS are fleeing the poor and needy
and all others who are compelled to pur
chase the necessnii s OF life, to degree
which is disgraceful 10 humanity, we See
the merful and aniablr and we will
add patriotic Don,en, casting their watches
their j-welry and other valuable articles.
into the public treasury, thus devoting
them to the public service, regardless oil
their own adornment and personal com
fort, and looking only 10 the delverance
of their country from the hands of their
enemies.
The contrast is as honorable to the lat
ter as it is disgraceful and damning to
the Lords OF creation."- DanviRe Reg
iSter
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Mobile to be Defended.

Brigade, General John II. Forney,
commanding the Department of Alabama
and the West. has announced to the cit
liens that should the enemy make an at
tack on Mobile he will defend it, and cx-
poets to do so with success. The Adver-
,iser says: Gen. Forney is confident of
his ability to make the defence success
full, provided the people who are to be
protected in their property, liberties and
lives are true to themselves. 1t is not
proper to divulse the plans of Defence
1t is sufficient to say that they are formed
and being rapidly carried into cxecu-
ton"
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The EXtortloner.

Gold is. in its last analysis, the sweat of the
poor and the blood Of the brave.Joseph Bona
pGre.
The thunder Of cannon is hoard from afar,
And the people are rushing in haste to the war;
They burn with the fire that patriots feel,
And are bearing their breasts to the shot and the
steel;
They battle for liberty, honor and life,
For homestead, for sister, for children and wife;
He heeds not the tumult- be seeks not to save
The sweat of the poor and the blood of the brave.
sweet to HE ear is the cink of the gold,
Tho tits muffie6 by blood that encrmsons the
mould;
And dear to his sight is the gold dust, ween,
Tho the tears of the orphan have furnished its
sheen;
His religion is based on extartion sad Freed.
With Mammon its god and Plumber it's creed;
His anchor of Hope is sunk in the wave
OF the sweat of the poor and the bloed Of the brave
Tho Famine should stalk like ghost thro' the
land,
And women fall faint at the touch of his hand
Tho children, with tears in their suppiant eyes,
Should startle the air with their furnishing cries !;
Tho they toll till the blood forth with the
sweat,
The god that he worships no cannot forget;
Still hcaping his shrine as be sinks % the grave,
With the sweat of the poor and the blood of the
brave.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-23
The Folly of Attempting to Sub
jugate the South.

The London Herald of the 18th March.
contains the following suggestive remarks
upon the contest in America:
If the Northerners and iSouthernors
can on ~ agree to an equitable partition
OF territory, strife may be ended OF
which no one can fnresee the end. Years
OF bloody war, with advantages some.
tines to one, sometimes to the other par
T., the lives Of thousands of brave men.
the desolation of ten thousand homes.
nay be saved by such arrangement.
When the North have doubled the
sim OF their debt, already enormous and
entailed on their bodies forever the bur.
thn oftaxation, which even the weather.
Eiglishmen cannot bear without chsfinr.
when they have thrown their hardly won
liberties. one after another into the cruel
BILE OF military rule, which will reduce
them to ashes, they will have paid too
dearly for the honor which the raw
schoolboy can teach them as the moral
of their history-that it is impossible to
reduce to subsection ten millions of free
men determined on seperate govern.
lmpDt
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-23
Additional from Norfolk.

Through conversation and reliable facts
from unquesrionable sources, we are nddi-
tonally advised in regard TO the evacua-
ton and destruction of the works at
Norfolk, viz: That the Navy Yard was
successfully fred and destroyed by par
ty of eight or ten Marylanders. under
command of Lieutenant Spotswood. The
dock was blown w by pyrotechnics, un'
der direction Of Mr.. Thompson, also q
Mnrylander; lis gates and end being eff
.f~ela..liy ilnwn out; so that the damage
may be considered irreparnble. Every
building and shed in the yard was totally
consumed. except the moulding del'srt-
menl, which unavoidablv was left unin-
jured. owing to the want of | + per com.
bustibles. Having laid waste everything,
and applied the torch wherever plactica.
bile, the firing party" proceeded 10 ST.
Helena, opposite, destroyed or burnt all
the quarters tie re. and arriving at Ports
mouth fired every pound of cotton and
tobacco, &C.. leaving nauglt but ashes in
their wake. Such was the success OF the
party under Lieutenant Sp"iswood, that
scarcely anything of va tie was lef un.
ouclied or intact-all was complete ieck
and destruction. All steamers and ves-
sells in both orts were burned and con-
snmed TO ashes. the old United States
being filled with rock and sunk in the
harbor. After leaving the latter place. n
party of Marylanders, under Lieut. A. 2.
Butt. burned all the quarters and Govern.
ment buildings below Portsmouth and
Suffolk Thus the enemy. in occupation
If those places, will find nothing hut ru-
ms and ashes to reward their labors. We
are indebted for these items to Messrs.
Mncguire Hngsr. and Barr. who were
participants in the incendiary duty, and
acknowledge our Indebtedness for their
poSiteness and attention.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-23
The Negro at Home What One
Who Saw for Hims elf has to Say.

Col Gibson, of the 49th Ohio, recently
wrote letter from Tennessee, which is
attracting some notice. Gibson will be
recollected as the Republican successor
to Breslin as State Treasurer of Ohio, and
that under his administration the great
dedication WIS discovered. He writes
thus about the condition Of the slaves,
as observed by himself
In this region every one owns one or
more slaves. Here. as elsewhere. where
have been, the slaves are we'll treated
and well provided for. They appear hap
pier and certainly live and dress better
than the poor whites or the free negrces
OF OHIO or the North. fney all supposed
we were about to liberate them. This
lie had been trumpeted in the South,
and hundreds of honest people, aside
from slaves, believed it. But the negro
here instinctively breads the North
They love the South and are devoted to
their masters.
/ have witnessed some touching scenes
homes, and their faithful slaves. II is
strange how few try to escape or run
away. doubt if twenty have come to
the army with which have been conneo-
ted since last September.
About the farm houses and in the city
the white children and the black play
together like brothers and sisters. 1t is
my deliberate opinion that, in their pres
ent state of ignorance, the slave rather
fears than desires emancipation. They
only regard their appetites and comforts.
They are well housed, we'll dressed, and
we'll fed. They appear to want no more.
These facts constitute no excuse for slave
ry, but mention them US tending to
show that statesmen had better let the
"ngger" alone at present, and address
themselves to suppressing this great re-
bellion
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Late Northern News.
WHAT IS TO De DONE WITH RUNAWAY. NE


GRoEs.
The following instructions have been
sent to the Flag Officer of each of the
blockading squadrons
Navy DEPARTMENT. April 10 1862.
SIR:-The approach of the hot and
sicklv season upon the Southern coast of
the United States renders il imperative
that every precsution should be made by
the officers commanding vessels to con.
tinue The excellent sanitary condition of
their crews. The large number Of per.
sons known as contrabands. hockinp
to the protection of the United States
flag affords an Opportunity 10 provide in
every department of the ship, especially
tor boats crews, acclinuted labor. The
Flag Officers sre required to obtsin the
services of those persons for the country
by enlisting them freely in the navy,
rating them as boys, at So, SO or $40 per
month. and full rations. Each month
list to be made up of the number of this
class OF persons employed on each vessel
under your command.
am, respectfully, your ob't. serv't,
GIDEON WELLrs.
WASHINGTON. May 4.-The following
two important circulars have been adj.
dressed TO the Foreign Ministers, an.
nouncing the re.opening OF communion
ton with Southern localities re.conoue..
ed from the insurgents:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, May 2,
SIR:--1 have the honor to state for
your information that the mails are now
allowed to pass to and from New Orleans.
and other places which, having hereto
fore been seized by insurgent forces have
been recovered and are now re occupied
by land and naval forces of the United
States.
1t is, proper. however, to add that q
surveillance is maintained over
such mails so far as the Cover nment finds
it necessary for the public safety.
l am, sir, your ob't. serv't,
WV. H. SEWARD.
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Vicksburg.

This place will be certainly attacked by
The Yankee gunboats within few days.
We learn that stores are being removed,
and all the cotton liable to capture that
could not be removed has been burnt.
We sincerely hope that Vicksburg, for
the honor of Mississippi, will exhibit
spunk enough to defend the place. what
ever may be the consequences. We hope
that those defending it will not be ready
to run at the first approach of danger,
and that the little city of Viokshurg will
cause the blush Of shame to mantle the
checks of those who tamely surrendered
New Orleans. LIT the enemy shell to his
hearts content, hut let there be no dis
graceful capitulationl Commit tho place
TO the flames and fight over it's ashes un-
til the last foe expires. This is the true
policy. 1t is safest and cheapest in the
end Vicksburg Mississippian.
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From Jackson's Command.

Intelligence was received from Jack
sons army yesterday, by telegraph, to
the effect that jackson had secured the
passes OF the Cheat Mountain, and had
forces at Franklin. Perdleton county,
whereby the enemy's retreat had been
cut of'--'fhvy uro-rrProocnrrd us being
in the most deplorable condition. utterly
broken up. having thrown away their
arms and are wandering about the noun
tains without either food or arms. 1t is
said that some 500 of them were captured
on Monday. Large quantities of ammu-
milton taken from the enemy have been
sent by jackson to Staunton. A more
utter discomteiture never happened. to
any army than that which has overtaken
Millroy's forces.-Lynchbwy Vuyinian
nj he 11f6
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gsy- The London Standard SAYS: "

Bag The London Standard says; "By
recognizing this blockade ofthe Southern coast
zoe are condenniag thousands Of Enshshmen 10
starvation, and arc giving a most unfair assis-
lance TO tie Federal Government. The feet
which it ought to employ in the block
ade is devoted to predatory incursions on
the enemys territory. We are aiding to
protract harbarous war. and putting our
selves forward to pay its costs. The law
of blockade is one which must be con-
strued strictly. A nation which avails
itself of a measure so injurious to neutrals
must fulfill every one Of the conditions
under which its exercise is permitto L.
fit makes default in one it's right is lost.
Tho Federal Government has made de-
fault in the most important requisite of
blockade. The default amounts, in the
language of great Federal authority. to
an entire defeasanoe to the measure.'-
1t should be understood in Lancashire
that the distress which prevails. and the
starvation which threatens, have no 9TH
er cause thar Ear! Rpsssel's sympathy rith
tho North.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-23
The gust.
Athens, Friday, May go, 1899.
Lead For the Defence of the South.

S. X. Reeder, of Athens, Tenn, with
patriotism that is worthy of all common.
dation. has furnished the government l1O
pounds of lead. He modestly calls it
small lot, but if every loyal citizen OF East
Tennessee would do as much for the
cause, the Feds would not have to COM
plain of scarcity of bullets to make
their reception warm. We give Mr..
Reeder's letter to the Chief of Ordnance
here's
ATHENS, Tenn, May 8, 1862.
Mr.. S, Fl. Reynoils--D Sir: see you
inquire for lead. send you ITO pounds.
1t is a small lot, but it is all have. You
are welcome to it, and wish l had ten
times as much to give you
Yours, respectfully,
s. X. REEpER.
KnoruiNe Register.
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Nashville Unsonnd.

The Nashville correspondent of the
Louisville Democrat says, so sure as Grant
and Buell. are defeated and have to pass
through Nashville in retreat, just so sure
will every house have concealed weap-
on-every woman will glut her revenge
in murder. The same writer says it is
impossible to convince the people there
that the South will be defeated at Cor
NTH. The citizens remain firm and true
to the cause of the Confederacy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-23
Not Willing to Fight.

We heard yesterday of a man living
not thousand miles from this city. who.
TO avoid the action Of tho CONSUMPTION
law, deliberately laid one Of his hands up
on block and cut off the third and
fourth fingers. When the enrolling off,
Ger comes across that man, his name
should he taken by all means; having
heen bled little. he may yet make a
good soldier. and learn to shoot we'll
with his remaining fngers.--Mon.gonn,y
Advertiser.
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The Wheat Crop in Georgia.
The following notice appears in the At
Al, S.l,

lanta MtcAigeacer Of the 18th:
MAY l3, 1862.
Col. Gaulding--I send for your exami.
nation. bundle of wheat from " 200
ncre field Of Maj. j. 5. Rowland, from
which you will see, if corresponding
improvement is going on in the whole
wheat crop of the country. our army will
not want for bread. Although leaves are
the breathing organs Of plants. my OBJ
servatlon has satisfied Inc that they may
be considerably diseased by spot, mil
dew, or rust, and still keep the stem or
stalk vigorous enough to mature a full
plump berry. but if the stalk becomes ef-
fected, the berry will be small and light,
or entirely fail The stalks Of the speci-
men l send, are entirely healthy, and if
we escape excessive rains for the next
two weeks, have no doubts of fair
crop. 1t would be we'll to notice this
favorable change in our important crop
in YOUR next issue. Yours, etc.,
G. T. PHILLIPS.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-23
Federal Officers Captured.

On Sunday last, the pickets of the 18th
Regt. Ga. Volunteers. near Savannah,
captured Is men-mostly officers-be-
longing to the United States Navy while
going in barge from Whitemarsh, aim
ing to get to Fort Pulaski. They by some
means took the wrong channel. which
led them in the way of our men-said to
be four in number; and being unarmed,
were easily captured. They all belonged
to the y. S. steamer Sumter. Their names
are as follows:
Low Crowell, Acting Master.
Chas G. Stevens, Engineer.
Warren Ewin, "
Robt. F. Russ, Masters Mate.
Frank w. Turner, :.
Alfred w. Minor Cd Steward.
W. I. Sprague. CoclSswain.
John Miller, Seaman.
Henry Statler, {"
John E. Ward, :"
James Denham, =" :"
Oliver F Stone. Ordinary Seaman.
VIM. j. G. Nc. +"
David Wooster, Landsman.
Thomas Fay, I"
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TERMS:
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TERMS:

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All communications intended to promote the
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All letters addressed to the Proprietor, will be
promptly attended TO.
Ne communication inserted unless accompanied
ny tho nsHie OF the author.
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Prlce of Paper.

To show the extraordinary prices NO
which paper is now selling, we copy from
the Charleston papers, those OF two Anc-
tion sales, one OF which was last weak'-
Blue laid fools cap paper S23 90 20 sao o W
per ream; blotring paper (thin) 30 20.
copy books So rs per doz, Az ano'heF
sale common letter paperS!o 10 per reami
white letter. ruled Sl4 20; noie paper
50 25; envelopes slt 00to SIT w pei, ,hor-
sand. Most Of this paIer, IN nrdinary
times. did no. sell over 81 % TO 81 % per
reap,
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IMPAIRMENT OF STATE,
Washington. Nav 9
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

washington, MAY y.
SIR 81 have the honor to state for the
information of your Government that a
Collector has been appointed by the
President for New Orleans. and that the
necessary preparations are being made to
modify the blockade so far as to permit
limited shipments 10 be made to and
from that and one or more other ports
which are now closed by the blockade
at times and upon conditions which will
be made known by proclamation.
| am, sir, your obi. serv't,
WM II SruApn
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nag We find the following paragraph,

Bss~ We find the following paragraph
in the Philadelphia Inquirer, telegraph
ed from Washington;
The probable opening of all the ports,
at an early day. from Richmond to New
Orleans has caused an excitement among
the salt spectators. which is only to DO
equaled by the excitement among the
Boston and New York merchants. APP
pioations are pouring into the Depart
ments for the privilege Of sending South
vessels freighted with ice and salt, The
proposed tariff OF rs cents per sack and
IL cents in bulk per cwt, Of salt, and the
demand for the saline staple in the South
ern markets. will no doubt cause an up,
ward and peculiar tendency. Salt and
ice are two commodities which will prove
great blessings to the South at the pres
emf time.
That Is Yankee, all over
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-23

Sdr In answer to a serenade from Gen.
Prices Band. few nights since, at Cor
NTH, Gen. Beauregard made speech in
which he said he hoped soon TO DO in pos.
session of some Northern cities to com
pensate for the loss Of New Orleans.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-23
essy- The New York Herald assar,s

the Republican party of New York is un-
dergoing orystalisation into two hostile
factons--the one looking to Mr.. Secreta.
ry Seward for the next Presidency, and
the other 10 Mr., Secretary Chase.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-23
rhat IS Yankoe, all over.l

eJ~ The Vicksburg Wing of the 9th,
learns that all the cotton along the Mis-
sissippi river is being burned. Judge
Perkins alone Consigned 1900 bales to
the flames
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-23

Ba5- Mr.. Brown, you said the defend.
ant vas honest and intelligent. What
makes you think SO? Are you acquaint-
ed with him?'
No sir. | have never seen him."
why then do you come to such a con-
clusion?"
Cause no takes ten newspapers. and
always pays for them in advanced"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-23
The Wheat Crop,

The Jomnot and Messenger, Macon, con-
tains the following:
We have watched the notices that
have been published in papers from va
rious sections of the country respecting
this important crop, and find them quite
conflicting. A portion OF this we charge
to the peculiar temperament of some per-
sons, who always look to the dark side
of any question or matter, and magnify
facts on all occasions. We were advised
by experienced planters some time since,
that whatever the disease that existed
on wheat, was not. what has been usually
known rs rust" but mildew, OCCASION
ed by continued rains. This seems TO
have proved to be the fact. Most OF the
wheat which was despaired of, has with.
in the last two weol.s, tarrr u,aturia,
change in appearance. The stalk has
shot up above the diseased blades, with
a healthy look, and with very fair show
of making good heads. Taking the crop
generally, it has been considerably injur-
ed, especially on poor land. On rich
land it suffered much less in proportion,
and in many sections scarcely any thing.
We can safely say. tibet in consequence
of the large quantity OF wheat sown, the
product will be q eater than that of last
year, which was the largest ever harvest,
ed in the State. For few days past. the
weather has been very favorable for ma.
turing the crop.
The Dat crop is somewhat injured by
the mildew but on rich land presents a
very fair appearance. The Rye and Bar
ley could hardly be better than they are.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-23
Away from their Gunboats.

The steady courage and impetuous val
or of Southern troops are again shedding
light upon our path to Independence
Again is victory gliding the Confederate
banner. Again are our brave soldiers
demonstrating to the world their vast SUI
periority in military proves over the
banded rutfians and mercenares whom
Northern fanaticism and malignity have
poured down upon our devoted land.-
The enemy are now getting away from
their gunboats. and are doomed to utter
defeat and route whenever they can be
met with anything like equal numbers
The battles Of Williamsburg, of Barhams-
vile, and Mcdowell, in Virginia, and of
Pennington, in Tennessee, are but pddi-
tional illustrations of the truth so clearly
shown on a dozen furious battle-felds,
that the Southern people are invincible
on their own soil. The dream Of con-
quest and subjugation over which North
ern imaginatlons gloat and which their
gunboat successes had gilded with new
hopes, must now fade away. 1t must
soon give way to the sober reality that
the spirit of the South cannot be stricken
down by.reyerses, but grows more deter
mined under defeat. The capture Of sea
port cities is not the conquest of coun-
try. On the contrary. the South is now
demonstrating her ability to achieve as
many triumphs on land as superior re-
sources and equipments have given the
enemy upon the seashore and navigable
rivers. Before the war closes. this ability
viii. be illustrated on Northern soil. This
may prove the only sure road to conquer
ing peace.-Memphis appeal.