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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-08-08
The DeclsiYn Hour

We are on the eve (says the Richmond
DiYateh) of great events. The hour of
decision has been placed by Providence
in our own hands. In that Providence
we cherish an abiding faith and an unfal-
teiing trust. But we do not believe that
the Providence Of God conflicts with the
free agency Of man. 1t works for and
with Us in temporal as well as spiritual
things; but in one as in the other, we
must use the means youchsatcd and the
opportunities afforded, and work out or
own salvation. The hand Of God has eu-
abled us to smite back the enemy from
the Chickahominy; but this was only the
beginning of the work. If we do not fol
low it up--if we do not heap blow upon
blow--it we permit our enemy again ts
rally and organize indeed. shall
the summer be past The harvest ended,
and the day of our salvation DELAYED, if
not Forever gone. We rejoice to believe
that our Government fully appreciates
this momcntous truth Now is the time
to strike; now, whilst our banners are
flashing M the light of victory: whilst ev-
cry Southern sword mirrors the bright
forms of glory and hope; whilst the nc
cursed foe is preparing once more for
final spring-now is the time for blow
that shall crush this hydra-headed despo-
'tism forever, and send an electric thrill
of deiiVerance and JOY from one end to
the other of this struggling, valiant, and
glorious country.
Soldiers of the South, Napoleon told his
warriors in Egypt that from the summit
of the pyramids forty centuries look ed
down upon them. Without the language
of rhetorical exaggeration, we can say to
you that from ten thousand anxious
homes the eyes of mothers, sisters, wives,
and children are looking upon you--
looking upon you, their brave and ,belov-
ed-looking upon you as their only help
and hope, save that'God in whose hands
are the issues Of battles, and to whose Al
mighty Throne arise day and night those
prayers Of faith which he has promised
to answer and to bless. lnspi cd by such
reflections, let our gallant sons OF the
South once more give their glorious ban
ners to the breeze, and let the resolve oil
every heart be victory or death" The
whole South loolison; the world looks on
the fate of future generations trembles in
the balance. Never did such calamitio'
visit civilized and christian people as
those which now threaten every Southern
home, and which can only be avcrted by
the power of Heaven and your owl
str9ng arms! The result we cannot doubt
l,Now: let there be no delay; not an hour
procrastination; it may be now or never
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Active Operations in North Ala,
hama

bama.
The Chattanooga RCJcL of the Sd SOY
that on the Goth ult., a detachment of
the LIST Kentucky Cavalry, commanded
by 1t. Col. Russell and Capt lIucy, COM.
manding about GO Partisan Rangols, On
gagged 200 Federal cavalry nearly opgo
site the mouth ofCoon creek, few N IS
from Stevenson. Eight Yankees -yo
killed and wounded--our loss none, and
the Yankees put to fight. We captured
horses, guns, pistols, sabres and 40 beef
cattle.
On the Goth, lour OF Capt. IIucy's men
crossed the Tennessee river and engaged
p Federal cavalry in three miles Of Ste
venson, killing three and putting the re-
mainder to fight In the past tcu days
Capt. lluey's command has killed and
wounded 81 Yankees, with only one of
our men wounded and none killed..
On Wednesday last the Yankees at.
tackled Guntersvile with 1000 infantry
and five pieces of anticipating from
the opposite side of the river. They cross
ed a part Of their force. After fight of
eight hours they were repulsed by the
Confederates under Capt. Weston, LIST
Kentucky Cavalry, and Capt Goats of
Forests old regiment. One la " was
killed and two wounded, and one dwell
ing and a warehouse burnt. Feldial loss
in killed and wounded, o.
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athens, Friday, August s. 1859.
Stockholders, Meeting.

OFFICE Z. TENN. & Ga. RAIL RoAD Co.,
Knoxville, July 2s, 1852. }
The regular Annual Meeting of the stockhOld-
srs of tbs Company will be held at this Once, On
Wednesday, de 30 dag Of September inert, at II
o'clock, A. NJ. HI. Il. McChINp'
Auolid .Sec,sfdyy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-08-08
FROM THE HON. MR.. OWEN, NJ. Z

LLMIRA, July 3, I662.
Dcar Sir ri shall be with you in day
Or two. Don't say caak Don't say that
we must resort to drafting. We have
not tho time to draft. We must end hs
war soon or .Ggit tie moyM We can end it
now We can't fight the world success.
fully; you know we can't But, as | am
to see you soon, no moro now.
In haste, yours, A. s. DlyLY.
Hon. Charles Cook.
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atheus Cost.
TERMS

Do,t,rs YEAR, payable in sd7anee a.
tno,neimr names Of candidates Tor once S''O''
Cash. ..,,.. tines charged at
.the regular advertising rates. .A.i
'He !, ,a,,nieations intended to promote the pr
,la,,,i|, nv interests Of Corporations. Socieu'''
srbsols or Individuals, will be charged as adYer-
easements.
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Carrying Away the stolen Negroes.

The Federal troops on Edisto Island,
S. c., having been sent to reinforce Nc
Clellan, the negro refugees" there were
sent to st. Helena Island. a correspon.
dent of the New York World says:
Thoywcro removed en- massc. Nearly
ono thousand camo here at one timo on
one of our smaller steamboats,. The scene
was hoart rcuding, They were literally
slowed on tho decks and between decks
1t was a shadow Of the middle passage. 49,
And yet how far short Of tho reality
Several births occurred during tho trip
We trust the little strangers were free
born "
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-08-08

E.ag- meeting held III Detroit to facll.
itaie the raising Of new regiments for the
war, broke up in a row. Cause not sta.
ted
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DsB' Business engagements prevented
NJ from hearing tho Discourse of brother
SrLtiys, last Saturday, on the "Cond.
ton Of the Country" We hear IL highly
spokcn Of by some parties who were for
tunate enough to be present
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-08-08

G.st- We arc under obligation for many fg"ar.
10 Mcars EuSfsr and Jon,soy The clever route
agent, Bat Tennessee ,nd Gcorgis Railroad
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-08-08

aEg" Three hundred bass Of coffee sold
in Cbarlston 8 r., rulv 2lt at = rs per
pound
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Athens Female COLLEGE,.

The next session will commence OH
tho I'd Monday 18th day of September
mr. Our amiablo friend and neigbbor, Mr.
O., has our shanks for the present n = fine
melon he product II hcr o-n garden
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Extensive Countorfoiting.

The Columbus EaYtrer of the Goth con.
tains an account of the detection of a
large amount of Confederate notes Of
the denomination of tens and tiit,es.
Thirteen hundred dollars was found At
the jewish mercantile establishment Of
b. G. & $. Stcarn, and other amounts
have. been paid out for cotton. &c. $,
Steam and his brother-in law, named
Rosenberg, (who had been circulating
about Nashville, Charleston, Montgome
y, &o.,) have been arrested and arc in
jail The Eu9nircr says
The investigation, wo learn, brought
out Tho sdmis ion By Slearu that he re
ceiyod the money from Rosenberg, bis
brother-in-law; and the confession by
Rosenberg that he obtained it in Nash.
vile since the Federal occupation Of that
city paying for it but trillo by the pack
age. They were committed to jail, 10
gether with man named Johnson, hail
ing from Montgomery, Alabama, who Is
strongly suspected Of completely with
thom. An application to bail them has
boon 80 for refused. Tho punishment by
tho law Of the Confederate States IS
death.
There is reason TO believe chat an cx.
tenive game Of this kind is carried on in
various parts OF tho South, and that 9th
crs are connected with this transaction
Since writing the first part Of this ar.
ticIc, wc learn that some Of the $50 note
arc so we'll executed as to mako dctec.
ton difficult. We again warn every
body to be on tho lookout.
"rhrow Physio to the Dogs"
A correspondent Of the Atlanta Corf1
crocy writing from Morristown, says in re.
ference To the treatment at The military
hospitals
Instead Of administering 80 much cal.
omcl, quinno, yarb tea, aud cumfrcy .y0o,
the Doctor is dosing out mental phy5ic
to tho patients. He has subscribed for
Is or 20 newspapers, and the GONZALES
cents set around n large centre table and
read the news. Nine physicians ont Of
ton scare their patients by long face,
looking at the tongue often, humping
tho Ghost, shake their heads significantly,
and dosing them with quinine and ipecac
The first makes you deaf aud dumb tho
other turns you inside out. We therefore
admire This new regime, aud hail itas u
ucr way 10 cheat death NJ its victims
80 death, Nl geek .u'hg Fhole brigade
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Blot at New Albany, Indiana.

The ill-fedling between the whites and
blacks, which has lately been exhibited
at Toledo, Columbus, and Cincinnati, O.
hio and Chicago, Illinois, has also begun
to ripen in Indiana. We find the follow
ing in the Louisville papers of Wednes.
day
can ARRAY occurred in &ew Albany,
Ind. Jon aonday between aparty ofwhite
men and some negroes, in which John
Locke was killed, and Chas. Lanslord was
wounded in the leg. Both were white
boys Four notorious negroes, named
johnson, Simms, Poll, and Price, were ar
rested, charged with being connected
with the shooting. A good deal Of ex-
citcment existed in New Albany on Tu-
esday, which grew out OF the affair, and
two w three innocent negroes were as
sau.tcd on the street by white men.
/. was rumored that an attack would
be made on Tuesday night ON a settle
ment OF negroes about a mile back Of the
city, called West Union or Dog Town,
and unless prevented, the only result
would be fearful story of death. We
sincerely trust, for the fair fame of our
sister city, and the welfare of its people,
that The officers Of the law will prove
themselves vigilant and efficient, and pre-
vent any more outbreaks.
P.S,-Wo learn by passengers on the
night train from st. Louis that, as they
came through New Albany, about 81 ?.
NJ, the city was full of excitement, men
running about drunk, adding all they
could to tho alarm, causing great fears OF
further rioting. The negroes are said to
have all deserted the settlement back of
the city, not soul being left in it. No
.roting had taken place at the time the
passengers came through though there
were serious fears that there would be.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-08-08

Important from Lincolndom'
From the Baltimore sun, Of July -.
WASHINGTON, July lS.-lhe following
important Executive order has Just been
made public:
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The Coming Election in kentucky.
Gen. Boyle has issued an order declar-
ing that no person hostile in opinion to
tho us. Government. aud desiring It's
overthrow will bo allowed TO stand for
Office in Kentucky The attempt of such
a person to stand for Office will be re-
garded as in itself sufficient evidence Of
his Reasonable intent 10 warrant arrest
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-08-08
McClellan's Army.

The Yankee fleet in Jamesryer is now
reported to comprise about $50 vessels Of
every description, among the number
are the Vanderbilt, tho Matamora, and
many other fine vessels. Wednesday four
large transports came up the river crow.
dcd with troops.
On Wednesday balloon was sont up
which remained poised over McClellan's
headquarters some two or three hours
making observations. The name Of tho
balloon was read by parties on this sido
of tho river. 1t was Tho Intrepid. -
There were two persons in it who seemed
to boouite busy making observations. The
enemy evidently feels uneasy in his pro.
sent position and keeps a sharp look oWt
in all directions.
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Alarmed Significant Correspond
pnlC q
The Ithaca IN. " Citizen publishes
the following nervous correspondence:
FROM SECRETARY SEWARD.
DEPARTMENT OF S.

UEFAK1MENT OF NTATE,
Washington, July G. 1862. !
M DeH Cook You must help 0ivcn
and Van VallSenburg raise men. IN IS
,0cH II ce instantly shOw our strength.
send him (Divenl home for that porposc
Faithfully yours,
WM. II, SEWARD.
Hon. Ghares Cook.
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Washington, July It, IeU2. -
Ordered, That Maio General Henry W
Ilallecly be assigned TO the command oil
the whole land forces Of the United sta
tcs AS General in. Chief, and that lac repair
to tl.is capital as soon rs he can with
safety to the position and operations With
in the Department now under hiS Spec'"'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-08-08

WAsuINGToN, July 23.--Major General
Pope has issued orders to the different
Generals commanding. divisions in his ar
my corps requiring them to seize. all
horses and mules in thoir vicinity, cspe-
cially in Culpoppcr county, not absolutely
needed by the inhabitants Of the sur
rounding country. They arc also direct
ed to seize all stores not absolutely need
ed for the maintenance or subsistence OF
the inhabitants.
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From the Washington star July p.
A CONSULTATION.

This forenoon the President, Secretary
of War and Major General Ilalleck wcrc
long IA consultation at the War Depart
ment. For portion of the time Gems.
Pope and Burnside we're with them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-09-18

EMANcIpATIoN.-At a meeting of the New
York Republican Central Committee, held in
the City of New York on Friday last, the fol-
lowing preamble and resolution were passed
Whereas The President Of the United
States recommended, and the Congress of the
United States adopted in the highest spirit of
pstriotism, plan for compensated emancipa-
ton in the border slave States:
And Whereas, The State OF Kentucky has
recently refused, through her representatives, in
her General Assembly, to accept the terms of
fered by the Government of the United States,
but has refused the noble appeal of the Pres-
dent in a report full of misrepresentation, re
proaches and calumnes, upon the loyal people
of the Free States
1,m Whereas, The other Border Slave States
have neglected entirely to accede to the system
of Compensated Emancipation offered in the
spirit Of enlarged and generous liberality there
FORE
Resolred, That in the opinion of this COM
mittee, the hour has arrived when it is the sol
emn and imperative dIty of the President OF
the United States, for the purpose of saving
our nationality-of preserving our republican
governmenl-and of securing to us and our
posterily the blessings of liberty, to issus Il
Proclamation of Emancipation, and declare
that all slaves OF Rebels in this Union are for
ever free.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-09-18

MARRYING CoUsINs.-Some interesting stat
isics were given at the meeting of the Acade-
my of Sciences in Paris, by DIR. Brochard, in
relation to matter which is now occupying
good deal of attention among the medical fra
ternity-'he results of consanguineous inter-
marriages. DIR. Brochard states that during
the fifteen years in the Deaf and Dumb Asv-
lum of Nogentle- Rotrou-out of y-five chill
dren born deaf and dumb who were admitted
fifteen were from first cousins and one of the
parents issued from first cousins. At La Forte
Mesnard, the Department of the Sarthe, he
mentions family of eight children born of first
cousins, four of whom were born deaf and
dumb and in this family the singular fact oc-
ours that the birth of each deaf and dumb child
was followed regularly by that of one possess
ing all its faculties. This last mentioned fam
lily is very poor; but out of the other fifteen
cases, eleven belonged to wealthy people, four
to day laborers in ordinary circumstances
Two of the fifteen are only children. One, a
very Intelligent girl is also afflicted with her.
merdidpid, or blindness after sunset. The
others have brothers and sisters who hear and
speak perfectly well, except one. One sister is
deaf, and another whose brother was born deaf
and dumb. In all the cases the parents are
well constituted, ard nothing but the circum
stance of consanguinty can have led to the i'm
perfect organization of the children. Combin-
| ing these results with those previously presen-
ted to the Academy BY DIR. Boudin it appears
that in marriages within the limits of consang-
UNITY the births of deaf and dumb are in the
proportion of 25 to 80 per cent. A frightful
warming this to young ladies and gentleman
who have any regard for their posterity not to
fall in love with their cousins.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-09-18

WHOM TO WRITE TO AT WASHINGTON I'M
poRTANT TO BUSINESS MEN.-As there are
many persons who wish to communicate with
the different bureaus Of the war departments, a
memorandum of the proper persons to address
may be useful to our readers:
All letters relating to pay of soldiers on fur
lough or in hospitals should be addressed to
General b. +. Learned, paymaster general.
Applications for the back pay and the 800
bounty of deceased soldiers should be address
ed to Hon. B. B. French, second auditor.
Applications for pay of teamsters, employees
of the quartermasler's department, or for horses
killed in service, should be addressed to Hon.
II. |. Atkinson, third auditor
Applications relating to pay and bounty in
the marine or naval service, should be address
ed to Hon. Hobart Berrien, fourth auditor.
Letters concerning soldiers in the army
should be addressed to Adjutant General Lo
renzo Thomas.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-09-18

six wells near Grand Rapids, which vary in
depth foom 400 to 800 feet. On the Saginaw
river there are eight salt wells, varying from
$50 500 feet in depth. The basin in which
these salt springs are found is of great extent.
In the basin the straits are made up of salt
bearing sholes of the maximum thickness of
lS4 feet.
The annual consumption of salt in the Uni
ted States for the year 1859, is estimated at
52 l-2 lbs. per cDpita, or in the aggregate,
about 30692 900 bushels Of this amount
not quite so per cent is of domestic manufac-
ture-the balance being an imported article.
There is still considerable margin to be filled
up by our home producers of salt to supply the
entire demand.-ScieHtifc american.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-09-18

ToRNADo.-On Friday the I'd inst, de-
structiye tornado passed over Hartford. It
made track through the woods near wood
stock station. The monarchs of the forest
were broken down and uprooted. A barn be-
longing to George Newton was unrooted The
barn and sheds belonging to Norman Newton
were swept sway. But, strange to say, the hay
was left in its place almost undisturbed. Anew
buggy. the property of the latter, was smashed.
His house was moved little. The apple trees
in his orchard were torn up by the roots. The
damage to him will be about $780, The barns
of VIM. Gllett were also injured. So far Ns
we have heard, no lives were lost We pre-
sumo more destruction in other localities was
caused by this terrible tornado.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-09-18

OTTAWA CITY, Canada, August 2j, 1862.
There are some very exaggerated and errone-
Gus impressions in the States in regard to the
Canada feeling on the American war question.
1t seems to be thought by many that Canada is
unit against the North.
This is not so. The tory or conservative
party, embracing many but not all of the veal
thier class, are in favor of the South. When
asked how they can conscientiously uphold n
slave-holding community, in arms ayowedly to
maintain and extend slavery they reply that
the North is as much in favor of slavery as the
South, and tina. the triumph of the tedelals
WILL according to the declared policy of the
government, only more firmly establish the in
stitution. They acknowledge that entire eman-
cipation proclaimed by our government, and
followed out as far as possible by our generals,
their excuse for upholding the South would be
taken away; they would, from a sense of moral
justice, be obliged, however much against their
will, to confess that the North represented the
right, and they would not dare to openly de-
fend the wrong. AS yet, there are no avowed
defenders of slavery per Sc in Canada. There
only because they wish to get rid Of the free
negroes in Canada, who they think would, in
such case voluntarily return South.
The other party upholding the North, in
cludes many Americans settled in Canada, who
are loyal to their old flag, most of the candid
thinking classes and The laboring population in
general. 1t is very difficult to say who are in
the majority, the northern or southern sympa-
thiSers but ii is quite certain that the secession
sympathy here is by no means unanimous.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-09-18
WHAT Cow Has DONE FOR THE WAR.

WHAT A Cow Has Done FOR THE WAR
A RECRUITING INCIDENT.-We heard of an in
cident yesterday, which should make some of
our rich men blush who are subscribing their
paltry fves and tens to the recruiting funds Of
their several localities. 1t was this "A few
days since, subscriptions were set on foot in
Orleans county. A farm..r of moderate means
contributed $50 and cow Every one conced-
ed that this was liberal; but it occurred to
friend that the COW might be turned to excel
lent account. Lots were to be cast for her, and
205 tickets at 81 each were distributed and
paid for This practically brought up the far
mer's subscription to $3.50. But the COW was
destined to do better. The winner pnt her up
at auction, and $50 more were added to the
fund--making the aggregate $3.50. But it was
deemed pity that COW 50 thoroughly patri-
otic should be sold so cheap and the result was
that $40 we're added to the purchase money
making the cows aggregate contribution to the
fund $3.50, besides the so from her original
owner There are great many rich men. all
over the country, who will not do half as much
for the war as this cow !-Albany Ecening Jour
nal.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-09-18

EFFECT OF CoNFIscATING THE NEGRoEs.-A
Memphis letter referring to the campaign in
Arkansas says;
"Nolhing has so efcctually shorn the rebels
cf strength as depriving them of their negroes
All the labor of the camps and fortihcatons
was done by these swarthy sons of toll, and
without them the burden was thrown upon the
soldery, never, even in times of peace, either
accustomed or Injured to manual labor When
it became necessity, they shrank from it, not
only because physically unequal to the task, but
because it degraded them, as they said, to the
level of ne ;roes and rather than submit to the
degradation they throw down their arms and
desert. Many of these deserters flock to the
Union standardand enroll themselves in Curtis's,
army, two full regiments of which is entirely
made up of Arkansas travellers
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-09-18

son of force applied to meet force, and of fight
ing the devil with his own fire, even to exter-
mnatiou. Slavery is as well the weakness as
the strength of the rebellion. In sentiment,
the civilized world is against it, if not against
the rebels. Wherever the northern army
moves. it is annihiIatad. As was truly re-
marked in a speech of democrat of late, who
is in the service, the rebels now term every free
state man an aboltionist, and when the latter
goes to the war every tendency is to make him