The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-01-03
Editorial Correspondence.

Dear reader, If you want % get an
mixing OF the progress of affairs, or to be
'osted on the magnitude and tendency OF
he Revolution, just put yourself aboard
he cars and come 10 Knoxville. There
5 no disputing the fact it is u great city, !
md at present. filed up pretty much =; |
,reat men. We used to, in the days Of
Andrew jackson, talk about the Age Of |
IRON" This is emphatical.y an Ago Of
Brass. The military element is not only
predominant, but supreme and all-sbsofb-
ing. So much 80 that man without the
button on bis coat and stripes
on his brooches, rs liable to be regarded
as Of questionable loyalty. | certainly
mean no disrespeet to7tbe military, or the
"meelish," but there b, no misiaking that
loaferism in that line i being reduced to
a perfect sciencey can't tell how il may
be in Lincoln's dominions, but il he is
running his machine with the same de-
gree of looseness and the same reckless
disregard Of public economy, the war is
bound to come to close in short time.
his 100 Zig and too FAST a thing 10 last forever.
Any one with half grain of common
sense can see that. 1t looks like there
T ere men enough here wearing the insig'
ia of the service, TO clean the Federals
of Kentucky IN two weeks; and yet
~ few days we hear of raids Of Lin
'h8ihites into Scott county, a distance Of
not more than As miles from Knoxville.
No well,informed man dreams of the
South being subjugated by Federal arms;
and vet it is easy tosco how the South can
subjugate itself. There is spirit Of spec
ulahon, disposition to make a id
good thing out Of the war" raging here
and elsewhere throughout the Confedera-
cy like an epidemic. Honest lagos com
mendation to his friend--"Put money in
thy purse"--is the text from which fam.
ing patriots draw their inspiration, and all
seem to think that the Government is n
subject upon which they may legitimately
prey. Another evil is, an inordinate con.
sumption Of whiskey. From the time
when Noah got on his first bust, the like
was never seen. As concession to taste,
am willing to admit that an occasional
glass of good liquor is admissible; but its
constant use will incapacitate any man
for wise and discreet discharge o! his
duties, whether his position be high OF
low. But perhaps have said enough on
this point for the present, though know
much harm isdaily resulting to the South
ern cause fiom the evils briefly alluded
TO.
1t is proper to remark that there is q
tolerablc degree of order here--more than
might beexpected, considering the crowd
and the uariety you meet with.
visited Camp Cook and Camp Key
on the first day of the week." and had
the pleasure of taking good many o.
the McMinn, Monroe, and Bradley boy
by the hand. Capt. VIM. D. Smith
company is stationed at the Magazine
guarding that important place. Burct
Cooke is candidate for Colonel Of the
Regiment now forming, and, as learn
with fair prospects OF success. | have
known Burch Cooke, man and boy, fol
twenty odd years, and know that he will dc
to tic to under any and all circumstances
Without dispangement to others, hi
Company, the Haley Miles," is compos
cd of as good material as any in the ser
vice, and was named in complimentof AL
LEN HALEY, of McMinn county, one Of the
| truest-hearted men in the Contederacy.
Col. Nose Whites Regiment left or
Saturday 10 join zollicofer's Brigade.
A portion Of Gen. Floyd's command
arrived here on Saturday and Sunday, Ell
route for Bowling Green, and the Genera
| himself passed down Tuesday. Large
numbers of sick ard disabled men are
continually passing from the direction o.
| Virginia, and II is evident we are losing
many moro by disease than by the
bullets of the enemy.
have been stopping at the Hum
phreys House, kept by Col. Hit. Hum
phreys, formerly OF Athens, which has the
reputation Of being the best hotel Of tn,
place. can certainly bear testimony L
the good and ample fare he spreads befor,
his guests, and to his unremtting effort,
to accommodate and make as comrortabl,
as possible the crowds with which he j,
constantly thronged. .
paid flying visit yesterday to my ole
friend Shields, Of Granger county, will
whom made arrangements for suppl,
of printing paper, and am indebted to The
clever and enterprising President OF the
East Tennessee and Virginia line for a
complimentary ride on his road.
Disappointment.
The New York Times says "thoro has
been considerable disappointment felt
that tho landing of Yankee troops on the
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