The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-12-19
Foreign News.

from Liverpool on the 22d ult.
Gen. McClellan's removal caused de-
preston in American securities. The
London Times says it is the firsl effect of
the recent elections on President Lincoln.
Mcclellan is sacrificed to the political
iealousies of the party in power, being
known to be conservative, and opposed
to the violent acts OF the Executive
The editor questions the success OF the
movement, as it makes Gen. Mcclellan a
conservative martyr.
The Army ond Navy Gazette regards the
removal of Gen. Mcclellan as a defiance
oftbe beGovernment Democrats. No move
naent,,it says has been more favorable
sla Gasfsssasea ABILITY for the ap
poin tment
The text of the Russians not refusing
the French proposition for mediation,
fully bears out the telegraph summary.
There are vague rumors that France
has sent another note to England in re-
sponse to Lord Russells reply.
The Liverpool Post explains that the
steamer ''290," recently launched, is not
for the Confederate, but for the China
trade.
The Tines and Post replies to Mr.. Sew
ards reflections on the case of the Ala
bama, and emphatically deny that there
are grounds for the Federals to complain
in the matter, where they reaped the
greatest benefits.
The Times, of Saturday, again expa-
tiates on the probable effects of the Dem
ocratic successes in the American cleo
tons. 1t says that no sudden change in
the Federal policy can be anticipated,
but it is enough to know that the most OF
President Lincoln's measures have been
condemned, and will probably be aband-
oned.
The .naorning Herald regards Gen. Nc
Clellan's removal as terrible mistake OF
President Lincoln, both in military and
political point of view.
The Saturday ReUiew thinks that the
which do not appear on the surface of
his mediation scheme, and says that the
express mention of the name Conieder-
ate States, which they selected for them
selves, virtually involves recognition; and
the proposed arnlistice implies an opin-
ion which may shortly be altered into
lasssis paper hints at IroSsDre aiilal.0v
with the Southern States in connection
with the Emperor's designs on Mexico.
Report of the Federal Secretary of
War.
This is a very voluminous document,
but one more barren in its information it
is impossible to imagine. The Yankee
functionary is discretely silent as to re-
suits, tut very copious in relation to de-
tails. Thus he says nothing of the bat
ties of the Chickahomminy, not a word
of Cedar Mountain or Manassas, not a
| syllable of Harper's Ferry, nothing of
| Perryyille, but he makes flourish in
this wise, which is the only consolatory
and compensatory statement he has been
able to make for the failure of the ''on
to Richmond" part of the plan of South
ern invasion:
''If the campaigns of the armies, in
these departments, have not equalled in
their results the expectations Of the Gov
ernment and the public hope, still they
have not been unproductive of good re-
suits. Theinvading army which
recently threatened the capitol and the
borders OF Maryland and Pennsylvania,
has been driven back beyond the Kappa
hammock; Norfolk captured by General
Wool. is in our possession; Suffolk and
Yorktown are held; a strong army corps
under an able and vigorous commander,
Mai. Dix, at Fortress Monroe, threat
ems and harasses the enemy; and what
is especially gratifying, it has been prov
en- that the loyalty of the State Of Mary
land cannot be shaken, even by the pres
ence of a rebel army.
Consumption in Alabama.