The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1863-03-20
Athens, friday. March go. ,sGs.
"The News"

mississippi, was tOtdIly ueslTo.euj Two
succeeded in passing the batteries in a
crippled condition. The remainder Of
the feet was driven of, and disappeared
down the river. Confederate loss small.
Fort Pemberton, at the mouth Of Tai
lahatchie river, was attacked by the enc
my's gunboats, sixteen in number, on
the 18th. The Fort promptly responded
70 the call. The engagement lasted toul
hours, when the boats Withdrew. An &C.
count of the affair will be found in ano
ther place. 'AN
Letters from yicksburg state that our
. troops are Suffering for want of sutficiency
Of provisions. The Government is prob
ably trying an experiment, of half starV-
ing the men in. the field, while an album
dance tofeed them well is being wasted
upon loaferss, hangers on and wor bless
dependents But the soldiers should not
complain, as the Official paper at Rich
mond announces that things are not near
st their worst yet and that the time Is
coming when half ration Of mule meat
will be perfect luxury. Encouraging
that, to come from a fellow who had prob
ably a halfho previous risen from table
as sumptuously served rs the one enjoyed
BY Dives the night before he lifted up his
eyes in he'll.
There are plenty of reports, rumors
&C., from Middle Tennessee, but general
ly too unreliable and contradictory to
merit notice. During the recent high
waters, the Federals had. out a heavy
force to capture Van Dorm, who happen
ed to be. with his command, on their side
the branch; but he skillrully defeated
the scheme, and sent them back cha
grined and mortified at their splendid
failure. Some reports allege that Rosey.
posey is preparing to advance; others,
that he seriously meditates a change Of
base that will land him on the west bank
of the Ohio river. We attach but little
credit to either report. 1t is certain, how
ever, that he will have to do one or the
other before either attempt to come
forward or fall back. Affairs in his rear
are growing more complicated and en-
barrassing every day, and if he attempts
10 advance and sustains a repulse, it
will be impossible to prevent Kentucky
from rsing--and then, good night, Ros-
encranz.
Prentice, of the Louisville Journal,
made speech at Cincinnati a short time
ago, in which he INDUCED the most gloo,
my forebodings in regard tosthe future OF
the war. He told his audience, which
was large one ofcourse, that Kentucky
was thoroughly revolutionized in senti
ment, ripe for revolt, and utterly lost tot the
Union. 1t was painful to him to make
the statement, but IL was true, and there
fore ought to be made. 1t was right the
country ard the administration should
know that Kentucky was disloyal to the
Federal government and no longer to be
depended upon. And this result wal
mainly attributable to the unwise and ia
tai policy adopted by Mr.. Lincoln upor
the negro question. Information derveC
through olhefchannels corrobora es these
statements OF Prentice, and lead us t.
believe that his tears are we'll grounded
TheFpirit OF revolution, and resistance tC
the Lincoln dynasty is at work beyonc
the Ohio, and no power, either-North OF
South, not even the press, can arrest it un
Ill its mission is accomplishment i
is not too much to expect that Kentucky
will avail itself of the first favorable op
portunity to retrieve the terrible mistak,
made at the commencement Of the strug
gle,
From Charleston, Savannah and Mo
bile there is nothing alarming, nor an!
positive indications of an early attack OF
either place.
Richmond advices are more regula
sninteresting The Enquirer is combat
ting the idea ola revolution in the North
west with a bold and vigorous pen, am
becomes spasmodic every lew days unde
an apprehension that ourpeople are abou
TO be demoralized and the army la,
down its guns and rush, with extended
hands, TO welcome and embrace the enc
my. The Reporter for that paper ha
been deprived place upon the floor o
the Senate. The reflections from tia
body were dim enough before; wheih
or they are to cease altogether mus
now depend upon circumstances. Tn,
currency question is not yet disposed Of
while gold continues to advance and pa
per declines.
1t is announced in one Of the mstropo
Titan journals. with something like a sh "
OF exnltation, that the revolution in tn,
North is at an end, and that the war i
10 be wagsd with unparalleled unanimity
and feroeity for tho space Of ninety day
when, We presume. il the rebellion
should not be crushed. the North vii
pause and reyolutionize again. If true
1t is certainly great triumph for the wa
journals, both North and South.
1t lie TO be regretted that Congressman
advioes are so meagre and unsatisfactory
A synopsis Of the tax bill, "a it passed on,
branch viii DO found in our paper.
A gentleman from Cumberland Gan in
forms US tbatevery thing is quiet in tina
direction. No Federal force nearer III,
Gap than Lexington, though the roadso,