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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1863-06-12
Che 9pst.
Athens, Friday, june 1e, 1868.
From the Southwest.

Jackson, June "A special dispatch tc
the Mobile Tribune says the rumor is cur
rent here that Grant is retrcating towards
Grand Gulf. If true we have gained q
great victory
Grant is in close quarters and he knows
it. We must, however, wait a little lon
ger.
There is nothing positive from our lines
to-day.
learn from passengers who arrived to-
day that there has been great battle at
Port Hudson.
General Sherman is wounded and in a
critical condition. Gen. Neil Dow badly
wounded, Generals Nichols, Averill and
Payne killed, and between twenty and
forty Colones aud Majors killed.
One negro regiment Of nine hundred
lost seven hundred.
The negroes and men, whose time was
nearly out, were put in front
The Federals report that the black flag
was raised on the negroes and their off
GERS.
The loss of officers was so great that or
ders have been issued for all officers on
detached duty to report Immediately for
duty at Port Hudson.
The military courts have adjourned un-
til July.
1t is reported ia the city that the men
refused to make another assault, and that
Confederate success had been gained in
Teche country.
Every available man is being sent from
the city
Passengers from New Orleans confirm
the news of the Yankee defeat at Port
Hudson.
Three steamboats, loaded with wounded
Yankees arrived at New Orleans Satur-
day. Gen. Sherman had nis leg amputa-
ted and is since dead.
The steamer Brown and several schoon
ers are expected to-day loaded with exiles.
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Hints for Planting Troas.

ID the precaution be- taken to mark tho
north side Of the tree before taking. up
for re-plantins ard TO plant the slmo
side north, the life Of almost every tree
may be saved. Mono Of them scarcely
will die. H. our latitude the sun shting
upon tho southern half Of a tree ,on.
stantly stimulates the growth Of thN f.
bres on that considerably above tho her,
10 that, in many cases, the annual %
arc much larger on tho southern thar on
tho northern side.
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kirby Smith at Port Hudson.

A courier reports that Kirby Smith
crossed 70 Port Hudson on Sunday.
The gunboats made a furious assault
and sunk one steamboat, drowning two
hundred of our men.
The seige of Port Hudson will be raised.
No doubts are felt with regard to the re-
suit.
Interesting details of Thursdays and
Fridays fight at Vicksburg are being re-
ceived.
Grant used cotton bales for movable
breastworks in the attack.
Pemberton mounted 200-pounders and
directed the FIRE at the cotton bales, now
ing down whole platoons Of the enemy.
Official dispatches say the enemy's loss
was 10000. Our entire loss, including
the action at Bakers Creek, was Eve thou
sand. Confidence in Pemberton is fully
restored. No fears are felt with regard to
the result at either vicksburG or Port
Hudeou.
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Mrs. Semmes.

A Fortress Monroe correspondent OF
the Rochester Democrat, writing May ID
announcing the arrival at that point ol
Mrs. Semmes, the wife o! the commander
oil the Alabama says
She is accompanied by three daughters
and two sons. Having little curiosity
10 see the wife OF so notorious a man %.
Semmes and hear her talk, accompan.
led them on the boat from the wharf 70
the steamboat Express. Mrs. Semmes is
about fifty or fifty-hve years Of age, and
by no means prepossessing in her man.
ner, and very homely. She has no front
teeth, and has sarcastic smile and look
She was very indignant about having hel
baggage searched, and said all sorts oN
hard things about the officer. The office.
that had her in charge informed me thai
although she was a rank secessionlst, heI
conduct in Cincinnati had been such thai
no fault could be found with her. Sh,
has two sons in the rebel army, and th,
letters that were intercepted by Gen
Burnside from them say that they hay,
not heard from their mother Tor nearil
Two years. The three daughters are m
very plain looking girls, but are very LADY
like.
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The Presidential ELECTORS of 1864.
The New York HerlH has a long ed.
:orial on The Presidential election of 1904
in which it says; :
1t will be the most important. .isncf
W.shlngton's frst election. The canvas s
will be one of intense excitement ar 3
bitterness, with great danger OF leading
to bloodshed and revolution at tlp Nort
The politicians art increasing rather thar
allsying the animosity between factions
and parties The radicals sre snleav0r-
ing with all their power % force then
rabid and revolutionary view upon AL
connected with the Gogeumeut.-
They caused VGihniishsm's arrest A
State Convention is to he held at Utica
on the 9th, when there viii be grand
explosion OF tongue pallotsm--un open
ing day Of The Presidential campaign
for 1874, for the riggerheld.
The Copperheads are as full Of revo'u-
ton as the other side. Already afalrs
nave reached All alarming attitude, Jy-
fore the campaign IS really opened 10 the
puhiie. Or its. course fnlly deteFmined-
Fortuntely, other clements W. si work
Thlch NAV prevent iae Ghaaes or %sl-
lauoighlu.s irom controlling matter -
AnotAer programme contemplate Iu-
coin for "a re-lCuIual,0h and election as
a compromise candid1te. If he consents.
be will not let Seward and Chase use the
patronage of their Departments for their
owe political advancement The probe
biAtie, are that a grand mass meeting
and popular demonstration will be h Id
at Washington about the 4th of July, at
which Lincoln will preside, and thai viii
be the initiation OF the important move
ment. The contest will assume a differ
ent shape from the present; btt whether
it will be any the less bitter or revolu-
tionary the rapid transpiring Of events
alone can determine, Let Us with pa
tience await and hope for The best for our
ever glorious country.
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| 7 he Gubernatorial Race---The
Claims Of East tennessee ---Col.
Vim. IL. Cooke.
[Pron The Knoxville Registerl
Col, WIN. A GJeke, of Knox county, ,
has been proposed in our columns rs a
candidate for The nest Governorship Of
Tennessee. After due reflection, and con.
suliation with gentlemen from several
neighboring counties, Rho, from their
character and I sition, we believe to be
acquaintedkitl hse gener.l public senti.
ment OF Eastg dsassee, are confirm
ed in Our ,prsie oe for ol. Cooke as a
suitable sandiap a. our ext Cove nor
But IN sxfst+slf iIs pref renee, we have
not one word 70 a in a paragement of
the genterhens Son Other 1ortiops of the
State, whose names haget zen men ,ioned
prominently lorthh htt ice, We take
the ground that Eslt tennessee is ent-
tleS to shs uext Glfss.er. Before the.
revolution, we beheyeit vas q taGt un,
derstanding among ali pgtdes htt Cos.
Harris successor should te from this "a
vision of the State. There is toe mma
propriety in keeping tbs implied cove
nant, now thatit is quite probable that
the vote OF East Tennessee will be main
ly instrumental in the election OF our
next State Executive.
Col. Wm. N. Cooke is a gentleman
whose ability and qualifcations as a
statesman are wen known Throughout, the
country. For two terms he ably repre-
sented the Second Congressional District
Of Tennessee il ;be United States Con
gress. He was originally Union man;
but ever took ground against coercion.-
When the first gun, in the war, was fred
at Fort Sumter, Inc at oace, true to his
proclaimed principles, took the stump in
advocacy of Southern lights. Some of
his former associates, who had protested
to stand upon the same platform, notori
ously violated their pledges. and gave
their adhesion to the Northern despot-
ism. Col. Cooke, with singleness of
mind and purpose. uns~ayed by the hope
of political preferment, look his stand,
where he and they had Placed themselves
for the South, If the North attempted
coercion. A great personal risk be main
tanned his position befoyp popular assem-
blies in East Tennessed who had been
against the Southern move
mont, Jy such rartizln leaders as John
son, Maynard and Btowrlow and to his
appssls was due much of the
ready yolun eerng fqH the Confederate
army which charaote eriasd the incipiency
Of this struggle in East tennessee.
Col Cooke now stands forth as the
champion of eternal sepsration between
the North and the South. There is not a
taint Of ''rec.nstructioaS on his garments,
With his great personal popularity with
the people, we believe tnm 10 be q, availa-
bic candidate as any that has been men
toned III connection with theGubernato
rial canvass We thersfore declare our.
for him, suejeo, to the deer
sion Of the State Convention which las
recently been clled.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1863-06-12
Trade on the Mexican Border.

\. 1t Is stated that nearly all the wagon.
in Texas are taken up with the trade on
the Mexican border. Quantities of flour
and bacon in the interior OF Texas can.
not be carried forward to the army for
want of transportation which is now EN-.
ployed in this pernicious traffic. This
trade is permitted by the Yankees for the
purpose of procuring our cotton, and re-
turns tons of nothing but the most per
ishabie goods, which are sold at fabulous
prices.
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A Scrap OF History.

Jius lsi, lsJJ. AndyHipc yars agn TO-
alE a lrer Sfar printer 10 the King,
ISSUED tto hri number OF the Cape Fear
Guette and Wilmington Advertiser .
II WAS the ira paper published IN the
town OF Wilmington and the sec md
published u tA State.
The ir-t printing press was brought
from Virginia in l749. and the first paper
printed with il in the town OF NeWbern.
by.Jamos Davis. It's title was the Cato-
l.uI Gazette. ana its existence was kf.
taan .. prior 70 that OF the Gazette
and Advertiser -. Wilmington, a. -
Jgya4L
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Yankee Raid in South Carolina

CHARLESTON, June Am official dis
patch from Gen. W. S. Walker, at POGO.
taligo, reports that the enemy fred the
town of Bluffton to-day. Our forces en-.
gagged them and prevented their further
advance.
A later dispatch from Lieut.. Col. John
ston says: "We are now in Blutllon,
which place is in flames. The enemy
have returned. Noone hurt on our side y
In the raid on the Oombahee. the enc
my carried away about one thousand ne.
groes, and destroyed nearly amillion do!
lars worth Of property.
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Stragglers.

Gov. Brown has issued the following
important order "to the people of Geor-
gia." Every good citizen, as well as the
military of the State, should be prompt
in rendering all possible assistance to car
ry it out. 1t is no time 10 countenance
home stayers and straglers:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Milledgeyille, Ga, May 26th, 1865
To The FecY.e q Georgia.
| have this day received dispatch
from Gen Joseph + Johnston, command
ing the army in Mississippi, stating that
he Is informed that numbers 0i -uaeg -.a
from the army are reporud gong Lr.
through Georgia, especially the Northern
part, and requesting mr 20 hage them
officers as wei as men. arrested and seut
back to jackson, employing 10, that
purpose, associations Of citizens rs well a.
State Troops"
- llassao ~. Ghdaniher rconlrnaaAiaQ 1fh-
GERS OF the state Troops, aud a m.ul
officers oi Tins State, and request .... GOOD
citizens, % be v.r.|arr ual active lu ar-
resting all slae.u and da 1ar wheth-
er officers or men, and when arrested, to
deliver them to Col. q. W. Lee, CON.
manding post at Atlanta, TO be by him
sent to jackson in obedience to the or
ders of Gen. Johnston. Prompt and en
ergetic action is necessary.
JOSEPH L. BROWN.
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From Port Hudson.

MOBILE, June 4. 4.-Refugees at Pasca-
goula report another brilliant victory at
Port Hudson.
1t is said that Banks has lost an arm.
The corn crops in Alabama and South
western Georgia are in houIishing con-
dition, and promise an abundant yield
The late rains were very beneficial.
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gag- A touching incident occurred in
Columbus, Ohio. A negro girl, with her
clothes packed in the satchel, ran to the
cars as the prisoners were about TO start
and begged them 10 take her with them.
She said she had been trying to get back
to her master for many months, and now
was determined to accompany them.
The guards drove her back, and they left
her wringing hsr hands and shrioking
that she wanted 20 be taken home.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1863-06-12

rag Tho Augusta CoasftutonatSt says:
II is stated that MOCauley, the telegraph
operator who disappeared from Chatta.
noogn few days aso, has gone over to
The eremy.
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aeA. A Northern paper states that thir-
ty guns have been mounted on the earth
works around New Haven Harbor, Con.
neoticut. This looks as though the nut
megs" we're getting frightened.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1863-06-12

n9~ A gentleman in Newberry. So s,h
Carolina, has succeeded in sp.Pring
thread from raw uncirdcd cotton. Here
s an idea for some genius to enlarge npon
and mako himself useful
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New oAoans---Port hudson.

New Orleans---P Port Hudson.
a letter in regard to the fight at Port
Hudson says;
Gen. Paul.s' entire staff was captured.
Otone negro regiment which made the
assault 610 were kill. We further learn
ell that our gallant Genl Gardner had
gwen orders to take no negro soldiers
prisoners. If this il correct, We axe glad
/ to learn that he has taken the initiative
| ia that respect, and have no doubt ne
gill receive, which he well deserves, the
thanks Of every true Southener.
A minor was prevalent on our streets
ltiat the fre,aan of New Orleans had
liaised riot there, and had not only
whipped the Yankee troops, but that
Gen Bowen, the Yankee commander,
had been killed; also, that the tiremen
had fred nearly the whole Of the Third
district. This, however, as much as we
wish tito be so, requires confirmation.
LATER AND coNIEAAToRY.
The following y a copy Of hasty note
written at New Orleans just beIore'the
t,sat CONSUMING tise prisoners ieis-tiIs
wharf II is from gentleman OF high
character
NV ORLEANS, May2a 1859. -Tremend,
ous fight at Port Hudson on the 9Th
Yankees driven back with a loss OF 5000
killed and wounded. Gems. sherman,
(since reported dead, Neal Dow, Chaplin,
aud Nickerson, wounded. Gen. Payne
killed. Negroes, to use the language OF
an cid OF Gen. Sherman to R. Evans,
''massacreed."
They held our ou,works for two hours,
but the 18th Connecticut and 26th New
Hampshire caught the infection and the
whole concern broke and fed. They
report the U. $. s.oop.ofwar Richmond
sunk: some say it was another vessel
This is their own version. Bouks not in
the fight. All under The direction OF
Sherman: He was brought here last
night. Registered enemies will appa-
rently be left alone for awhile
Improved Conditions Of our Postal
Revenues.
The expenditures of the Post Office
Department for the year
which ended June 80, 1862,
were S2,92i, 200 IS
The receipts for the same
period were I,9ll,lS9 O5
Excess of expenditures over
receipts Sl,Ol3,lOl 43
The law increasing postage to aunitorm
rate of 10 cents letter wentinto operation
on the lst July, 1862. The expenditures
for the next succeeding quarter end
ing September 3Oth, 1862,
were SiS9.jl -
Receipts for same quarter, Il7l9l 60
Excess of expenditure over
receipts, S7LsS0 II.
The receipts for The next
succeeding llartar ending
December ~. 1862 vEorc STT2T76 q
Expenditures for same quar-
ter, 6jI745 4j
Excess of receipts for this
quarter over the expendl-
ture, $ll5,O2O 28
The total receipts for the
first six months Of the pres
ent year, Sl,4S9, ,957 81
Total expenditures Tor same
period, l,4i7,3l7 %
Excess Of receipts over eX-
penditures, S+2.640 f5
This is, indeed, a most gratis ing re.
suit compared with the hesyy ezcess Of
expenditures Of last wear, and ona that
the country will contemplate with pleas
ure
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segr The manner in which the Yanke

AE3r The manner IN which the ankee
Government has determined to pay It's
negro soldiers is worthy it's financial
fame. Banks orders at New Orleans
rectes that they are to be paid accord.
ing to the value of their seyice" Thi-
puts the whole thing in the hands Of the
Yankees, as the negroes are very sure 10
render no service that will more than
cover their rations.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1863-06-12
From Vicksburg,

JACKSON, June 3,-All quiet.
No firing was heard at Vicksburg yes
terday
Grant is evidently preparing to move
in some direction.
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Johnston Moving.

MOBILE, June4. 4.--Johnston commenced
to advance from Canton towards Vicks-
burg via Yazoo, on the Both ult.
The army is in splendid condition,
and buoyant spirits.
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nay The faculty of Antioch College at
0berln, undertook to admit a negro stu
dent few days since. A row was the
consequence. Sambo is getting rather
unpopular even in Abolition Ohio.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1863-06-12

ea- A CO. oporteur going with tracts in
log house OF a dwellor in ohio, aiked the
woman if they had the gospel there. She
said "No; but they have 1t dreadful bad
about four miles below.
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Grierson's Command Captured.

JACKSON, June 4.-Report says Grier-
sons command was captured near Wood
vile by our forces. Nothing further from
Vicksburg
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GeV" iua R.c.mpul D,sDaltk says con
cerning the large nuuiber Of Yankee let
ters picked up on tlqfold 0. olu great
victories in Virginia, and taken from the
prisoners in those battles, that all oI
them are cxceedingly Urgent upon the
men to come home.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1863-06-12

nea.. General Wild anil staff sailed from
New York for Newoern, May 18th, to or
ganize a negro brigade.
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s@5' The Paris correspondent Of The

New York Times says, e'The Cabinets OF
Pw.saud London have again commenced
negotiations on the subject o, mediation
in Amouel. bun this tple or o new basis
Of operations They are first to com
mence with the Confidence who will
be asked a. a preliminary step, to guar.
ante1 the waduth emancipation OF
slavery and this guarl,htee once secured,
it is thought the North will be willing to
accept a separation
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ral- Jim Lane is organizing another
regiment o! runaway slaves in Kanns,
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WonrH RrNExBEEIvo. 1t is not wha

WoRTH REMEMBERING. is not what
we earn. but what we save, that makes ui
rich. II is not what we eat, but what we
digest that makes US fat. II is not whal
we read, but what we remember, that
makes Us learned. All this 10 very tim
pie, but IL Is worth remembering
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Tho Drnlt in New YORK.

The New York Times Of the 10Th says.
The eur0llmautof citizens under the
conscriptiou Iar commenced in this CITY
yesterday The books prepared last year
by Judge Advocate Anlhon will be used
as guide n The present enrolmenL--
The eurolmcutwiii extend over the first
.uiue Congressional Districts under .le
jurisdiction Of Ptoyost Marshal Geneal
NuscHt al aliens win BE- enrolled, and
tho question Of citizenship will bodeo.d-
e3 by Board Of Examiiers, which will
5it for that purpose, and which win also
deci@oo questions gsrding the age of
parties chanting exemption on that score
a arce number of men lave been en-
pioyad by the Provost Marshal 70 make
lhe e1'oIIment, and the work was coul-
meucol yesterday in lhe First Ward
Negroes well as whi1e persons arc to
be enrolled from whob il appears that
they will Jso be iutecl to the draft.
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Sl,4S9,95 81
l,4f,3l7 %

Excess Of receipts over eX-
penditures, @t2640 65
This is, indeed, a most gratis ing re-.
suit, compared with the hesyy aeoess Of
expenditures Of last year, and on that
the country will contemplate with pleas
ure.
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Excess of receipts for this
quarter over the eXpendI-
tule.
The total receipts for the
first six months Of the pres
ent year,
Total expenditures Tor same
period,
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-02-20

II would do hard-mnney man good
to 60 to Canada. The currency con-
slsts almost entirely exclusively OF
American silver. Silver abounds every.
where. Everybody is loaded with it.,
and ever, body trles to get rid of il, as
people do OF doubtful funds. The taxes
are paid in silver, and the collectors
take 1t by the bushel. The City Treas
urer Of Toronto has halt ton of it
The merchants have large bags OF It in
their safes. The banks won't receive il :.
The Great Western railway has issued
printed notices that only five per cent.
Of silver will he received for fare or
freight. Only think Of country where
you cannot pay your fare on the cars in
silver coin. AT Toronto, London, and
elsewhere, the business men and firms
have united ia general resolution to
receive silver only at discount Of five
per cent. for Canada bank paper. This
of course applies to American silver, As
the Canadian and English coinage is a
legal tender. Think again Of a region
within one mile OF Detroit, in which
the dirty rags" issued ty the banks
are worth FIVE cents on the dol AT more
than the shining coin i--LetfeI Adee,
ftstr