The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1863-04-03

'Hi t-O va avn 90 EOihE Oh
in Bledsoe county, generally by the bush
rangers from the mountain and the Ken
lucky border. II the citizens would turn
out, capture few Of the marauders and
hitch them up 10 a swingin' limb, II would
no doubt have q wholesome effect in
checking the depredations. The Knox
vile system of taking up offenders, and,
after few days confinement in duIance
vile, turning them loose with the gentle
admoaition to go and Sin no more" will
not Shswer forth class OF depredators.
s1-The Courthouse at Sbelbyville, in
this State, caught fire on the night Of the
Goth, and burned to the ground.
Bx> The report in some of the papers
that Humphrey Marshall had captured
Carters regiment of East Tennessee rene
gades, was without foundation. Hum
phreye has done nothing of the sort, and,
though brave and gallant man it is
hardly possible he ever will, He runs
slow schedule, and is generally behind
time In all his movements.
Soy 1t is repeatedly said that many of
the East Tennessee renegades, who fled
to Lincolndom at one time or another
since the commencement of the war, are
anxious to return 10 their homes and fam
lilies. If it be true, we don't see anything
in the way to prevent their returning
The military authorities are very lenient
and mercifnl, and have an abundance of
that charity which commends to forgive
and cherish ones enemies.
sa- 1t is stated upon good authority.
that in several instances Kentuckians
who had deserted the Federal army and
come through the lines for the avowed
purpose of entering the Confederate SER
vice, have been sent to Richmond as pris-
opers of war and to be exchanged. We
know but little or nothing Of military
matters or war regulations, but it strikes
US that this practice is little novel,
though it is strictly in accordance with
the doctrines taught by the Government
organ, that those who have once been en-
emies must be made to remain enemies
BsS" Brownlow, the inevitable, publish
es letter in a late issue of the Louisville
,lsw',al, in which he processes to he reg,,-
larly posted upon the condition of affairs
in East Tennessee, and asserts that there
is large military force gathering at
Knoxville and in the neighborhood of
Rogersvillc, for the purpose of invading
and overrunning Kentucky, and to burn
and destroy Louisville and Cincinnati
We suspect that some Of the fugitives
have been hoaxing the Doctor, or else he
is falling into his old habit of drawing up
on his imagination for his facts.
REJUCED.-A gentleman informed US q
day or two since, that he had met with a
copy Of the Louisville Journal which con
tanned a list of the officers reduced to the
ranks by Rosencranz since the battle of
Murfreesboro'. The grade ranges from
Colonel down, and the number is four
hundred and twenty-four.
MARAUDLRs.-There are said to be quite
number of marauders, many of them
runaway conscr!pts, gathered in the
mountains near the North Carolina line,
who occasionally come out from their
holes and hiding places and commit dep
relations upon the unprotected settle
ments. Whether any steps have been Ia
ken to check them in their mad career,
we are not at present prepared to say.
ndS- We regret to learn that there is a
report in circulation, that Gen. VAUGHN,
whose name was announced for CONGRESS
a few weeks ago at the Instance Of lis
friends in Monroe county, mad been
brought forward by .ne Athens clique"
Now we beg ,eave to state, in the most
pereaptory manner, that there is no
ATHENS clique" and has not been, for
10 these many years. We knocked all
that sort of thing on the head long since.
GosH TO THE BoTToN.-Four submarine
contrivances, intended for work in the
ChRrlest0n harbor, we're recently sent
from New York in tow Of the steamer
Erickson. After fourteen days passage
tho. steamer arrived at Port Royal with
only one Of the machines, the others hay
ing broken loose and gone to the bottom,
WHEAT-ENcoURAGING REPoRTs.-A bus,
mess letter received by the Columbus In.
quirer from Lee county, GA, says THE
high price Of -four has induced planters
in this section to SOW wheat more extern.
sively, on better land, and more thor.
oughly prepared. Everything seems 70
indicate that there will be abundant har
vest this year, as tho crops never looked
more healthy than at present"
The Educational Jotrad forsyth, Ga
says: "The wheat prospect is fiattering.
Our farmers tell us that il never was SO
good as at present in old Monroe"
RaS- j. D. A., Capt Lynche's Battery,
Vicksburg, sends list Of nineteen new
subscribers. All right.
Bsg- Hon. +. l.. Gardenhire has our
thanks for public documents.
.as> MARI came ip like a lion this year and