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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-09-19
The Butler Resolution.

The following is the resolution offered
in the House of Representatives on
Wednesday by Mr.. Swan, of Tennessee.
and referred to the Military Committee:
"Whereas, Benjamin r. Butler, an Off
Ger commanding the forces of the United
States now occupying portion of the
territory of the Confederate States, has,
by repeated atrocities committed on the
citizens of the Confederate States, of
both sexes and of all ages, shown the
most utter disregard of the amenities of
civilized warfare and of the obligations
of social and Christian life, and an utter
contempt for that protection which is
awarded by all Christian conquerors to
the defenceless nop-combattants that
may either temporarily or permanently
be subjected to their rule, therefore,
"IAe Congress Of the Confederate States do
Resolve, That the said Benjamin F. But
Ter is hereby declared Hosts hunaani gene.
ris,' and as such to be treated by all citi-
zens and soldiers of the Confederate
States of America, whenever and wher-
ever they may find the same Benjamin
F. Butler. And the exemption from
punishment which this resolution ex-
tends to any citizen or soldier of the
Confederate States is hereby extended to
any citizen or subject of any foreign
country whatever"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-09-19
From MARYLAND.

The following, copied from the Rich
mond Dispatch, of Monday, seems to be
about as reliable as any thing received
from ''our army in Marylaud,"
Our latest news from the army, through
private sources, Is to Thursday last. which
Is derived from parties who left Frederick
on that day. UP to that time our army
was bivouacked around the city, but
marching orders has been received The
direction contemplated was not under
stood by our informants, though 1t was
conjectured that our forces would move
on the Relay. Others state that on
Thursday morning the army, or large
portion of it, moved in the direction OF
Hagerstown.
These parties state that our soldiers
were receiving every attention from the
people of Frederick and the neighbor-
hood, and articles were sold them at rates
that seemed astonishingly low, compared
with the high prices they have had to pay
in Virginia At Frederick hundreds Of
soldiers purchased shoes at g., so TO S.,
and other articles Of clothing at proper
tomato rates. Coffee was bought by them
in great abundance at rs cents per III.
A recruiting Office was opened in Fred.
eTlCh iulHeuiutely oittT OuT dIlhy tooN
possession of the city, and the stars and
bars were flung to the breeze. Up to the
10th inst. about fifteen hundred gallant
Mary FLANDERS, from Frederick and Mont
2 gomery counties, had enrolled themselve.
!. in the service of the Confederate States
4 The condition OF the army is said to be
excellent, and the spirits Of the mer
buoyant. The universal desire of tn,
81 soldiers was to move on Pennsylvania
!, 4 with a,view to- have an opportunity I,
visit some of the effects of war upoi
those who have been clamorous for tn,
: subjugation of the South. The conduc
of our men at Frederick had great,
+ strengthened feeling in our favor in Ma
ryland and it was believed that tn,
lUnionism which has heretofore existee
in the State would materially subside il
that part of it occupied by our army
This Unionism has not manifested itsel
i'm any offensive form since our force.
lcrossed the Potomac.
Passengers by the Central train stat
hat rumor prevailed at Gordonsvill
( that body of Yankee cavalry were ad
> yancing from Alexandria, in the direction
Of Warrenton; but this rumor was Of s
indefinite a character that little attention
was given to it. 1t is by no means ur
! likely that Yankee raids will be attempt
, ed, but we presume the wisdom and prr
, dence of our military authorities bav
made ample preparation for such contir
gencies.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-09-19
From Kentucky,

Louisville dates of the Sd inst, con-
tains Bull Nelson's letter to the Cincin-
natl Gazette, admitting the total rout at
Richmond, and censures Gen. Manson
for bringing on the battle in violation. of
All the government stores We're re-
moved from Lexington before itssAp.
ture. 1t was evacuated on the lst-fnst.
The Legislature is now in session at
Louisville. and has passed resolutions cal.
ling out $4,000 men for 30 days. Gov.
Robinson's proclamation calls the people
to arms, and appoints rendezvous at
Paris. .s,.
In Louisville, Bowling Green, and Pa
ducah perfect panic prevails.
Five hundred negroes, freed by Curtis,
arrived at St. Louis on the 3lst ult., and
200 moro were expected. Our men are
rallying in Missouri. Z.
A dispatch from jackson the 18th
says: 1000 Confederate prisoners arrived
at Vicksburg yesterday principally ,,oi
those captured at Fort Done,son. They
complain Of barbarous treatment"
Yankee official information has beer
received, that Gen. Pratt, with a force o.
Texans and Louisianaps attacked the en-
envy at Bayou Liesallna, killing forty AM
capturing one hundred and fortyfonl
prisoners, with battery of field pieces
Our loss one. ~ p g
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-09-19
Order In Regard to Conscripts.
ADJ T q INSPECTOR GEN'L'S OFFICE
Richmond, Sept. 3, 1862.

hlch1nOnd, sept. D, lool.
General Orders, No. "a.
l. Conscripts in the employment of the
government, who leave their employment
without authority, will be arrested as de-
serters on the order of the officer under
whom they are employed.
Conscripts working for contractors will,
under like circumst ances, be arrested as
deserters by the enrolling officer of the
district on complaint and proof by the
contractor.
II. The reception of substitutes under
Is years OF age is hereby prohibited.
The reception of substitutes into Par
tizan corps is prohibited, as is also the
reception of substitutes into any company
not fully organized and received by the
Department.
A substitute becoming liable to con
scription renders his principal also liable
unless exempt on other grounds.
III. Commissaries of subsistence in the
fald A..i- o. Aa,,nta--..iil -Anansfas all the
hides Of slaughtered beeves to officers ol
the auartermaster's department. who vii
receive them and preserve the same to bt
| tanned.
w. Commanders of army corps, regi
ments and battalions, will make to this
Office monthly returns of their respective
commands, on the forms furnished, and
according to the directions expressed ON
| them.
Officers in charge of Camps of Instruc.
ton will make to this office, on the 10th,
goth and Both of each month, returns oil
the state of the recruiting service, show,
ing the number Of Conscripts enrolled in
camp at the date of last report; the mum
Der enrolled and accepted during the pc
riod for which report is made; the mum
Der sent forward to regiments, and thu
total remaining in camp.
V. Paragraph II, General Orders No
60, current series, is amended SO as t.
read as follows:
1t is hereby announced that no oath O
allegiance to the United States, and n
parole by person not in military service
pledging himself not to bear arms agains
the United States, will be regarded as al
exemption from service in the armies G
the Confederate States but persons liabl
4 to conscription, taking such oath, O
giving such parole will be enrolled for sci
vice. If captured by the enemy they vii
be demanded as prisoners of war.
By order. Signed] S. COOPER,
| Adjutant and Inspector Genera
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-09-19

WASHINGTON, August Il, 1867.
. John A Duble, formerly master Of the
Connestoga, Ex-Governor Denison, and
one or two other gentlemen are here for
the purpose of urging the Administra-
ton to place fleet of light draft steam
ers upon the Ohio river. They propose
to use light swift boats, make them proof
against musketry, arm them with three
guns, and keep them moving on the
None Of the boats will draw over twenty
six inches, and consequently they will be
available at all stages of water. The en-
about 500 900 per month, or about one
third the cost of running the iron-clads
| for the same time.
All our western gunboats have thus
far been unwieldly failures. They took
| Fort Henry, since which they have done
| but little more than burn coal, plug up
shot holes made by rebel ball and raise
themselves as fast as the rebels chose to
! sink them. The Mound City and Essex
have both been blown up. or at least suf-
! 6oicntly so to ecala to horrible death
two thirds of their crew; the first action
that the costly and much Wanted and
'impregnable" Benton ever engaged in,
rebel shot came ripping through her,
as if she were made OF pasteboard-a
little later, and a rebel ram, nearly but
ted her out of existence, two other of
the iron-clads gracefully dived to the
bottom; in short, it has been failure
everywhere. The light rams had the
battle before Memphis two.thirds won.
before the heavy gunboats got into ac-
ton; and even in the late br;ll;an.
achievement before Baton Rouge. the
Arkansas was disposed of MS fishermen,
dispose of stranded whales without dam
age to the attacking party, and without
chance Of escape for the floundering vic
tim.
| If these war vessels have TO be built, or
even fitted up, Kirby Smith and Bragg
will be over the Ohio, before the Eight
| draftsD can he made ready
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-09-19
The Conscription Bill.

The following is copy of the Conscrip-
ton Bill as IL passed the Senate on the
4th instant. The bill has yet to be acted
upon by the House Of Representatives:
SEcrIoN. !. The Congress Of the Confed-
crate States Of America do Enact: That the
President be, and he is hereby, author
lied to call out and place in the military
service of the Confederate States for three
years, unless the war shall have been
sooner ended, all white men who are res
idents of the Confederate States. between
the ages of thrty.ive and forty five years
at the time the call or calls may be made,
and who are not. at such time or times,
legally exempted from military service
such call or calls to be made under the
provisions and according TO the terms Of
the act to which this is an amendment /;
Provided, That nothing herein contain
ed shall be understood as repeating or
modifying any part of the act to which
this is amendatory except as herein ex-
pressed: And provided further: That
those called out under this act and the
act to which this is an amendment, shall
be first and Immediately ordered to fill
to their maximum number the compa
MES, battalions, squadrons, and regiments
in the service for the respective States
at .he time the Act further to provid,
for the public defence" approved l6tl
April, 1852, was passed, and the surplus
ifany, shall be assigned to organization
from each State since the passage of thi
act or placed in new organizations or di
posed of as now provided by law: Pr
+, yided, That the President is authorize
e to suspend the execution Of this act I
d the acts to which this is an amendment
or any special provision of said acts
any locality where he believes such su
pension will promote the public interes
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-09-19
A Candid Admission.

The New York Times of the 9Th, in a
leading editorial, makes the following re.
markabls confession
1t is perfectly idle to conceal the fact
that, as we stand to day, ws are beaten;
and the same faults which have beaten
us hitherto, if continued, will beat us to
the end Of the chapter. If we persist in
the policy thus far pursued; if we have
not better Generals in the army, and bet
ter councils in the Cabinet, and more Wig
or, . more heightened energy, a more
resolute and well.aimed determination
in the Government. than we have had
hitherto. the rebellion will conquer the
Government, JEFF Davis will take Mr..
Lincoln's seat, and the Constitution of
the Confederacy will replace the Consti-
tuition of the United States. But with
such q reform, promptly started and Wig
orously carried out, we can conquer the
rebels and restore the ascendsnoy Of the
national Gag.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-09-19
A Good Suggestion.

The Rebel makes the following good
suggestion:
There are men who are engaged in the
business of specializing upon the neces'
sites of the country, and wants OF the
soldiers. Their sole object seems to be
to make money for themselves, regard
less of the interests of the community
We think the best disposition that can be
made OF such men, is to require them te
90 iuto the army, for if they have physi
cal strength sufficient to engage in the
a.duous 1abors of speculation, they Ger
tainly have enough to enable them tc
perform some of the duties of soldier
We wish the present Congress would pass
bill requiring all men engaged in spec
ulating to be Immediately put in the ar
my. This would do more to put stor
to their odious business than any othel
measure that could be adopted.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-09-19
Proclamation of Gen. Smith to the
People of Kentucky.

Rentuckians: am authorized by the
President of the Confederacy to organize
troops and issue commissions. l appeal
to you to make one effort for your princi.
Piles, for your institutions and for your
State; rally under your flag, organize and
muster your men in the cause of the
South.
Breckenridge, Buckner, and their brave
Kentuckians are on their way to join
you. Make one effort. Strike one blow
and your State will be saved from Yam
kee thraldom, and take place in the
van of the Confederacy, where her insti
tutions and her principles rightfully
place her.
(Signed,) KIRBY SIXTH,
Maior-General, C, s. A.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-09-19
Letter From Murfreesboro,.
MURFREEsBoRo', TENN.
Cant II 1850

Editor Chattanooga Rebel:
have just time to write you line
Buell., after evacuating Nashville, attempt
ed to retreat across the river and into
Kentucky, but finding he was cut off by
the army under Gen. Bragg, which had
crossed the river above previous, his re.
treating force turned and came back 10
Nashville. .
There is some doubt here as to their
future movements, but one thing certain,
they have 10000 or $4,000 stolen negroes
at work on the Notifications at Nashville.
These negroes are literally starving to
death, and many of them are running
away and endeavoring to go back to their
masters. ~
l have attended two public meetings
-one at Winchester and one at Shelby
vile. The latter was rousing meeting,
and everywhere the cry is, let the last
man die, rather than see the Vandals en-.
ter our country again!" "
Tennessee is fully aroused, wherever
have been, and have no doubt, will, sl
most to man, sustain General Bragg In
the business of crushing this vast army oil
thieves and robbers.
Let everybody come on and we viii
first invest and then whip out this army
| of outlaws
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-09-19

courier, we learn, arrived from with
in few miles of Nashville this morning,
and brings the news that tho city is com.
pletely invested by our guerri.las, who
are in all the roads. Forests force hne
been increased TO six thousand by the
citizens, old'men and boys joining him.
Buell. cannot put out any pickets more
than two miles from the city; if he does
they are shot. All communication is,
we infer. cut off between Buell. and his
government. What he intends to do is
yet a matter of doubt. Some think he
intends to retreat down the Tennessee
river, if he can. Where Gen. Bragg's ar.
my is we are not informed, but we feel
satisfied 1t is in the right place. Chatta.
nooqa Rebel, l7thsinst.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-09-19
Important From the West.

The news from the West Is important.
The Confederates, numbering about 1000
infantry and 1000 cavalry, arrived in
sight Of Covington. Ky, on the 10TH
Business was again suspended in cincin.
natl, and military companies were order
ed to report for duty at o'clock on the
morning Of the llth. Three thousand
laborers were ordered TO commence work
on the trenches. A dispatch from Gin
cinnati Wednesday night, at 10 o'clock,
says:
A train Of thirty ambplances, with a
flag of truce. left here yesterday after
noon, for the use of our wounded al
Richmond. When they were twelve
miles distant they were ordered to halt
by the pickets of Gene. Ewing. They
did so, and the officer in command of tho
ambulances was taken before General
Heath, who informed him that he could
not pass the train; as he was not receiv-
ing flags Of truce at present. An appeal
was then made to General Kirby Smith,
who promptly allowed our ambulances
to proceed.
Our scouts report that the rebels are
moving in two divisions, numbering TO-
600 men. Early this morning large
robel cavalry force attacked our pickets
on Licking river, driving them back a
mile, several of whom were wounded
Our whole force over the river was drawn
up in line of battle at noon to-day. One
OF our men was killed in the picket Skin
mish.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. 1O.-Hon. Richard
Apperson, from Mount Sterling, report
Humphrey Marshall, there, with 1000
troops, including cavalry and artillery,
arresting citizens, searching houses, &c
1t is reported that a force of rebel caval
ry took possession of Eminence, KY, last
night. John ii. Morgan occupies the
Observer and Reporter Office as head9uar
tiers. Hon. John F. Bell, recently un.
conditionally released by the rebels, ar
rived at the Gait House to-day. 1t is ru
mored that about 1000 rebels from Lex
; ington last Sunday took possession o
Lebanon today.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-09-19
Salt.

The following communication appears
in the Knoxville Register, of last Satur-
day:
AN UNNECESSARY FEAR.-I am reliably
informed that many of our farmers speak
of not tattening their hogs on account of
the probabilities that they will be un-
less fear. My information is that East
Tennessee will have Salt enough for all
necessary purposes. Ample arrange
ments are now being made, at the Vir-
ginia Salt Works, by Messrs. McClung &
Jacques. These gentlemen are men of
means and energy, and will accomplish
what they undertake. So all may rest
assured that they will have Salt enough
to pack their Pork.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-09-19
Polk County,

In accordance with law and promise,
Circuit Court convened at Benton last
Monday. There were but two cases on
the docket for trial. One of them, which
consumed Monday and Tuesday, was that
of preacher, who was charged with
yielding to the promptings of the world,
the flesh and the devil, and meddl:ng
more with things below than things above.
The trial excited great interest, and eli
cited the grandest display of forensic elo.
quence it has ever been our good fortune
to listen to. The charge of the honora-
bic Judge was pointed and perspicacious.
and when VIC left Benton, -lates Tuesday
evening. the jury were reclining in grace
full ease under the outrageous shade Of
the locusts that beautify and adorn the
Courthouse yard, seriously celebrating
verdict.
Money is unusually plenty in Polk
Portions of the county have suffered from
drought, and the corn crop will be short.
The present mail schedule between
Cleveland and Ducktown delays the ar.
rival OF our paper in Polk until Monday
following publication. We have been or
dered to report ourself at Richmond
and while there will endeavor to effect
an arrangement by which the delay may
be removed.
Among other distinguished personage'
We met at Benton, whose presence wa
giving character and responsibility to the
occasion, we should mention our clever
and versatile neighbor of the Cleveland
Banner.
we are under many obligations to the
people Of Polk for favors in the past. and
hsve % thankth them for substa ntial tqkens
q their regard during our recent visit
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-09-19
WThe NeWs.N

Absence from our post portion OF the
week has prevented us reading up the
News as carefully as we could desire.
Last week, for once in his life the 're-
liable gentleman" was a little in advance
OF the facts in reporting that Kirby Smith
had reached the banks of the Ohio,
captured Newport and Covington, and
demanded the surrender Of the Queen
City Of the West. No doubt "Old Spec
tacles" had his head set in that direction,
but the latest accurate information estab
lished his headquarters ct Lexington
where the gallant Kentuckians were
focking to him by thousands. COT Scot
had captured Frankfort. and Loisted thu
Stars and Bars over the Capitol, midst thu
acclsmations Of the people. The las,
report assigns the Confederate advance
within twelve miles of Covington. The
signs IRE all favorable Kentucky is com.
ing South.
Gen. Bragg is in Kentucky-at Bow.
ling Green or beyond. Buel il said to have
fallen back to Nashville, where he is re-
ported to be fortifying-no doubt to Gov
er an attempt to get away. We suspect
he is little too late.
From Maryland, reports are plenty
The most definite and ineligible placed
Gen. Lees headquarters at Frederic City,
though portions of the army were advano-
ing into Pennsylvania. Gov. Curtin had
called out the militia to repel invasion.
ITO repel inyasion!" Think of that, Mas
ter Brook!
The Northern papels are covered with
accounts showing q fearful panic and
alarm throughout the Middle and West
ern States, at the audacious movements
of the Rebels" The. wave has reached
even to the city of New York, though
old Bennett, of the Herald, continues to
bluster and blunder abou. Mcclellan be-
ing master of the situation" and having
"the Confederates in trap"-the same
sort Of stuff that he has been feeding Q
eullible people with for the last fifteer
months. How the tables are turned!-
Instead of overruning, conquering ane
subjugating the South, the ''yeomanry o
Ohio and Pennsylvania" are appealed t.
in eloquent terms to rally to the defenc
of their homes, their affairs, and thei
fresides." Some of the leading minds {
thu ConfadArany hnua dnnhted the expt
diency of advancing into the enemy
country, but since the Rubicon has bee
crossed, we trust there will be no turnin
back until he is made to feel tho presenc
Of ,oar.
From Cumberland Gap there is nothing
conclusive, and possibly never will be.
The amended Conscript hangs fire il
the lower house, most of the time bein,
consumed in the discussion of constitu
tional niceties and diffusive dissertation
on the abstruse and improbable doctrine
of State Rights. Some men never learr
anything.
The latest Southern advices represen
Gen. Price at Iuka on the Memphis anc
Charleston road, where he had captured
large amount of Federal stores. Gen
Bragg is reported at Glasgow, KY.
A telegram is afioat that Stonewal
jackson has captured Harper's Ferry
taking 5000 Federal prisoners and 100
negroes.
A general summary Of the news will
found in our columns.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-09-19
tugpenGn'

~ Boys, if you don't want to fall in
love, keep away from muslin. You can
no more play with those girls without los
ing your heart. than you can play with
gamblers without losing your money
The heart string Of q woman, like tendriis
of vine. ere always. raaehine out for
something to cling to. The consequence
is that before you are going ycuare 'gons.'
like lot at auction.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-09-19
Monetary Stampede,

A dispstoh.from Indianapolis, to the
Chicago Times, dated septemSxr 3D.,
says;
Specie continues to arrive from Ken,
lucky. About two millions are now here
and stored. The specie was forwarded
" Adams Express, bat BY. priyst4 1e3ss,
: ya.t amount q money u bsuk hf!f hsss
Esached here. The movable vAlua9Ies Of
kentucky are now pretty extensively in
lndiana and Ohio. From Cinoinneti the
coin is being sent East