The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-03-07

Askeas, FRIDAY, March ., fs8s.



RcnxosD, March lst.--The Confede
rate war steamer Na,hpiHe arrived at tn,
port OF Beaufort, N. G. The Fedora
blookaders fred % shots at her without
effect. She brings about S3.000,0 900 woril
Of stores--principally for the Confederate
departments. She destroyed, near tbs
Gulf stream, Yankee schooner, bound
from Philadelphia to 81. Domingo.
The NashrRe steamed up to the block
aders in defiant style, although at one
time within musket shot Of them. She
came by the guns Of Fort Macon, and was
- soon beyond the reach Of her chagrincd
pursuers.
Commander Pegram and PaymasteI
Taylor, of the Nashrllc, have arrived al
Richmond, and part of her freight is
now being delivered in front of the
Treasury Department.
Pegram speaks in glowing terms Of the
hospitalities of England, and thinks Bel.
gium will soon recognize the Confederate
States.
Bermuda has prohibited Federal ycs.
sells from coaling there.
The Sumter was at Gibralter at last ac-
counts. She had captured and destroyed
tweIty-one Yankee vessels.
NORFOLK, Feb. 2S.-The Federal steam
or Express is reported lost on the Eas-
tern Shore Of Virginia, in the gale of the
oath.
The steamer lIoboken, engaged in lay
ing telegraphic cable from the bay
shore to Cape Henry is going to pieces
Her crew were saved by the steamer
Spaulding. The attempt to lay the tele-
graphic cable across the Chesapeake is a
failure. Half of it is laid and buried up,
and the balance lost. The gunboats
which were at Fortress Monroe, are
ashore at Nng's Head. One ship, four
brigs, and two schooners are ashore at
Holmes Hole.
The Paris correspondent Of the New
York Herald" writing on the 7th Feb
ruary, says the distress at Rouen and
Lyons is so great among the working pop
ulation that disturbances are seriously
feared. The want of cotton has thrown
many thousands out Of employment, and
unless the emperor inierferes in the
American quarrel must starye; and unless
Mcclellan speedily strikes blow the
Washington government will be exposed
toa pressure from France and perhaps
England. The people Of France are
losing confidence in the ability Of the
Northern government to put down the
revolution; and the cry for help from the
manufacturing depots will soon be heard,
headed BY the Imperial government.
At Now York, on the Goth, there was
sposm in the money market. The
bauks we're lending all their money at 7
per cent. and inquiries for Federal and
State stocks were active. Missouris and
Tenncssees were lower, and the leading
railroad shares were lower. Virginia 6's
were 6i, and North Carolinas ~.
NoRroLk, Feb. 27.--A flag Of truce has
arrived, bringing late Northern papers
and sixty passengers, principally women
and children bound South.
The N. Y. Herald thinks great battle
will soon occur near Nashville.
The Confederate troops were actively
engaged a. Columbus on Monday for i'm.
portant movements. A flag Of truce was
sent from Columbus by tho Confcdcrates
to the Federal gunboa,s, and some South.
ern officers went aboard and held con.
sulta.ion Of two hours.
Lincoln has signed tho Treasury note
bill for 5000, ,o00,0 900. The 0,000. 900 pre-
yiously issued is TO be n legal tender.
A bill passed the House on Tuesday,
prohibiting all military officers from re.
storing fugitives from service, thus virtu'
ally repeating the fugitive slave law.
A resolution was adopted, instructing
the committee on Ways and Means to in.
quire into the cxpcdiency Of taxing Cot
ton three cents per pound, anu requiring
that mono be carried away until tho tax
be paid.
The Herald says General Tilghman has
been sent to The illinois Penitentiary un-
III his blood oools.
Tho Yankee Government has taken
military possession of all the telegraph
lines.
A skirmish took place on Tuesday, near
occoquon, between body oi Texas Ran
gers and Lincoln troops, in which several
Yankees we're killed and wounded.
Tho nomination OF Winfield Scott as