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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-12-05

VISIT OF THE ALABAMA LEGISLATURE
TO GEoReM.-We see it suggested (snys
the Savannah Republican, in an Alabama
paper. that the members of the legislature
of that State, now in session, should pay q
visit 10 our legislature at Milledgeville. for
the purpose Of examining the Railroads Of
Georgia. There are but few miles OF Rail-
Road in Alabama, end it is thought that the
members might acquire much valuable in
formation on the subject ofinternal improve.
ments BY personal examination of those in
this State. We need not say, our people
would be glad Of an opportunity 10 welcome
the legislature Of Alabama to this State
Should they determine to make the visit, we
can assure them. in advance, Of o real
"Georgia welcome"
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Athens. Friday. Dec. 5. 1851.

NJ The Clrcu, Cour, for McMlnn coua'
~ meets in Athens, ON Monday next, the
S.h inst
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-12-05

We find in la Cronica the Spanish
paper published in New York, a copy
Of the autograph letter sent by the
Queen of Spain TO her Cuban subjects.
We sui oin translation Of it:
To my erer .taat1ful and Legal Island
of Cuba:
1t is with great satisfaction have
learned the distinguished proofs of
your loyalty and adhesion TO my
Royal Person, which you have Just
given mc--Cubans. And as a testi.
mony of my estimation, | send you
this, my autograph, as proof of my
love towards you. 1t is true with
this great satisfaction. there is allowed
much pain. To learn thai the blood
of an il!ustrious General and valiant
soldiers has been shed on your classic
and faithful soil, and by the hands Of
proillgate and impious invaders.
The God of all goodness in his
mercy, has already recompcnsed their
virtues.
On me, as Queen, is devolved the
duty to care for the object of their love.
Your conduct Cubans. has been
that which corresponds with men true
to their God, to their Country, and to
their Kings. It is that which shall
always wish TO test your not too over
estimated loyalty.
The old world as the new, coniides
in what you have been, what you are
now, and ever will be true and loyal.
Return tranquil to your hearths,
from whence you left armed to meet
the invasion of foreign Pirates, who
attempted to disturb and overthrow
all those principles of religion and
morals, which you have inherited from
your ancestors. Return and repose
tranquil in the protection of lasting
peace, and of my maternal soIicltude.
1t affords me pleasure 10 contemplate
your happiness and the rapid increase
OF your coveted wealth. Receive
this, my autograph. as a proof of nv
love and care. and with it. the con.
gratulations and compliments o. which
your conduct so well merits. II has
augmented if it is possible to be aug.
mented. the lively interest and con.
slant desire of seeing happy and for.
tunate my provinces.
Nice LADIEs.--The nice old lady
in Virginia. who scrubbed through the
floor and fell into the kitchen, is but
one among many of the very nice
females with which our country
abounds. We know a good lady, in
New Jersey, who whitcwashed all
the wood she burnt; another in Con-
necilcut, who used three times q day
TO scour the nose of her lap dog, TO
keep him from soiling the Gish out of
which he ate his meals. The same
good lady took her own food through
a napkin ring. TO .eep it from coming
in contact with her lips.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-12-05

A New BrEEAr.-A Washington cor
,esponden, Of the Baltimore Patriot, says
tina, the President and Secretary OF the In
terror have decide 10 recommend in strong
terms TO Congress, the establishment oil an
Agriculture. and Statistical Bureau, on the
plan OF similar branches OF service IN
France and Belgium. The report OF the
SUPERINTENDENT of the Census and OF the
Commissioner Of Patents. will develope the
importance and necessity of such bureau.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-12-05

Willard Fillmore is the most popular per.
sonngc that now belongs to the Wing party.
Hc is one of the best Pres dents TINT we hive
had since the days Of Washington, and COW
the cboc, of two thirds of the Wings for the
next Presidency. He has been the Presi-
dent of The people and not of factiou.-
Conncrsrillc, (hd.) Times.
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Mr.. Yulee will, it is stated, contest the
right of Mr.. Mallory, Senator elect, to n
sea, 10 the Senate Of the United S'a,rs.-
The ground Of contest IS that Mr.. Yn'ee,
on the frs, ballot. was cons,itutionnlly and
legally elected, he having twen'y-ninc votes
and there being lwcn'y>nine blanks, which
banks, as is con.cnded, would not be no.
ticcd.
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LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.


| In The Senate, on the 25lh, the commit
Tee on the Lunalic Asylum reported lavora
oily upon the bill! for The protection Of idiot
) and unatics, which was concurred in an
bill passed third reading. The House bill
TO amend an act passed 4,h Feb, lS4S, en-
TITLED an act authorizing c. w. Nelson Il
build a turnpike road and for other pur
poses, passed third reading. Also, Hous
bill 10 charter the Manchester and Tullaho
ma and The Hllsboro and Tullahoma ,u:n
pike companies, passed third reading
The bill TO amend an act passed Dec. 9Th
lS4S, entitled an act to make uniform the
attachment laws OF the State, and for othel
purposes. passed.
oS,h. Mr.. Deaderck, from the committee
on Internal Improvements, reported the bill
10 incorporate the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad company, and recommended its
passage. Amendments adopted and bill
passed third reading. The bill TO create a
conventional interest. and suppress note
sh,vln.. was called up and advocated by
Nj. Wester. Mr.. Dunlap. Of Shelby,
moved 10 amend by striking out 8 per cent
and inserting 0 as The legal interest. The
amendmen, was lost, and Mr.. Pavalt spoke
in favor Of the bill, and Mr.. McClain in
opposition. Mr.. Davis, Of Marshall, moved
10 amend by striking out 8 and inserting
9. and the bill and amendment were laid on
the table and made the special order for
Wednesday. The bill 10 incorporate the
Nashville and Cincinnati railroad company,
was taken up on motion Of Mr.. McClain,
and passed its third and last reading. The
House resolution in regard to the expenses
Of river Improvements, passed. The Sem
ate ordered the printing Of so copies Of the
report Of Dr.. Ramsey, in regard 10 the
sale of Slate bonds.
In the House, Mr.. Henry, Of Bradley,
introduced q resolution directory 10 the
Comptroller in favor Of the pubic printer.
Rule suspended, resolution adopted. and
ordered 10 be sent 10 the Senate. MIR.
Bowles, resolution in regard 10 the State
Capitol, directing the committee on that
building TO inquire into the expediency Of
d'smssing the architect. Mr.. Houston,
reported from the Internal improvement
committee a substitute for the bill 10 au-
thorize the Governor to issue bonds Of the
East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad
Company 10 raise means 10 build bridges
and recommended its passage. The bill
authorizes the issuance Of bonds TO the
amount of 100000. Report concurred in
and bill passed I'd reading. Mr.. Jackson
presented written report from the MINOR.
ty Of the committee in opposition to the
bill, which was ordered TO be spread upon
the journals.
Goth. In the Senate, the bill TO regulate
weights and measures passed third reading
ayes Is: noes o. The bII 10 amend the
criminal laws Of the State was read
third time and withdrawn fur amendment.
In the House, on motion Of Mr.. Polk.
the proposition &c amend the constitution,
10 allow the establishment Of certain new
counties, was taken up and adop,ed-yeas
SO, nays 6.
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The New York Times has letter from
Washington which runs thus:

washington winch runs thus:
The reconciliation dinner which took
place at Mr.. Webster's, the other day, went
off, it is said, very well. Don Caderon de
Ia Barca, the Spanish Minister, was highly
gra,fcd at the Kind manner in which the
restoration ofa good understanding between
Spain and the United States was thus cee-
brated BY Mr.. Webster. A few of Mr..
Caldrron's personal friends were present.
The British Charge, Mr.. Champion, was al
so guest. The French Minister was not;
and MIR. Champion, was the only diplomat
present, Mr.. Champion it is believed, in.
terposed with success. and under the in
struclons of his government, his good Off,
ces between The two parties.
1t has been suggested that Mr.. Champion
alone Of all tho dplomatisls was influential
in inducing Mr.. Caderon to accept, and our
Government 10 propose, proper terms; for
it is known that the French Minister sup
ported the highest demands of the Court Of
Madrid. President Louis Napoleon, by the
way does not state with what an answer
this Government met his orLers for the EN- :.
ployment of the French and naval forces in
opposing the"audacious al,emp, against the
Island of Cuba" Those orders would not
have been enforced, without involving the
assertion of q right to visit and srarbh our
American vessels, and the attempt to en-
force them would have led to some interes-
ting and difficult questions.
In fine, we have got better out Of the Gu
ban difficulty than could have been expects
ed
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TERus-s2 a year, payable in ddrdnee,
or g. at The expiration Of The year.,
~ M, papcr Discontinued until all nrrfar-
a,es are raid, except at The option Of The PUB
For announcing the namescf candidates for
office So, Cash.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-12-05

THE New POSTAGE LAw.-On the LIST Of
July the law for the reduction Of postage
took effect. The returns for the first quar-.
ter under the new system are not entirely
received Or digested IN the department. but
we understand from Washington letter wri'
ters that enough is known to establish the
fac, that tho falling of in receipts for the
first quarter. ending September Both, will
be between twenty and thirty per cent, as
compared with the first quarter of the last
fiscal year. Difference of opinion exists
among the superior officers Of the Depart.
meut, but the Post Master General estimates
the decrease as high as 80 per cent.
Should this estimate be correct, and also
the belief that, owing TO the great extent Of
new service in Texas, Oregon, California
and the Territories, there will be no change
in the expense Of the Department, il may be
calculated ,kat about 2.OOO,O 900 over the
receipts of the year, 10 BE- obtained from
ex,raneous sources. will be necessary to de-
frny the ascer,ained and probable expenses
of the esta Enlistment. The means for this
expenditure are already provided. for the
Department had on hand. at the beginning
Of this fiscal year, S2.632 ,0i5, over the re.
ceip,s of postage, applicable to The service
of 1851: I. may not be surely anticipated.
however, that this falling off for the first
quarter, will continue through the year.
But even should such be the case, il will be
no cause Of Encouragement to the advo-
Gates of Low Postage. Precisely the same
result was experienced for the first year or
two of the penny postage of England.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-12-05

NOMINATION OF Nh FILLMORE.
Wings of Henry county, Indinnn, held
mass convention few days since, ut which
The following resolutions were adopted, DO
cInring Mr.. Fillmore to be their frs, choice
for the Presidency:
Resolred. That our present National Elk
ccu'vc, Millard Fillmore. By his patriotic
devotion to the interest of all sections Of
this great ronfcdrracy, his able, impartial
and faithful execution of the Cons,itu ion
and Jaws, his firm adherence to the m"as>
ures Of peace and concord. adopted br
The last Congress for the adjustment Of our
domestic troubles, his fidelity 10 the Wash
ing,oninn policy of non-inIrrfrrcncr in the
affair OF other nariona, his attachment to
claw and order and dsapprn5a'ion Of the
policy Of resisting the laws, now ~ nlarm :
ingly prevalent, merits the grateful appro.,
baton of his cOnnrymen and n continue nee
of the power with which he is already in
vested.
ResolUcd. That whilst this meeting is
fully impressed with the merits. and would
by no means deprcciate the claims OF other
eminent men, to popular favor, who hav"
aided in carrying out the same wise and
patriotic policy. yet in view Of all crcum-
stances, they hereby declare ihn. Willard
Fillmore is their first oholcc for the next
Presidential term.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
NOVEMBER 26.


The departments are very busy preparln!
for Congress. Taey are very DESTROYS o
bringing up their business as far as posi-
bic. in order to escape the ever dreaded
complain, of Congr S.. Tne pension Office
is much b. hind hand, but still vast daa
of labor has of late hern performed there -
The Treasury Department is, on the whole
more efficiently organized now than it ho,
been for years. The business is despatched
with something like the promplness of a
merchants counlins-house. They now mn.
swer letters and applications within reu-
sonabe time, and dispose promptly of the
ordinary routine of business, which they
did no. formerly do.
In the Census bureau, though there are
lao clerks employed, it is found impossible
to digest and arrange the mass Of statistical
returns before them, in lime for presenting
them 10 Congress early in The session. 1t
has, therefore, been determined to arrange
The details of all the returns from n single
a'e--Mnrylnnd-nhd lay the work before
Congress for their examination md approv-
al. This work will embrace. tirst, the emu.
meration and statistics under the Iatc Gen
sus; second, the statistics Of the State dcriv'
ed from the census Of lS40; third, history
of the progress Of the STATE in population
and commerce. &c, from its origin; and
fourth. geological view of the State, with
q view Of the agricultural and mineral Dc.
po>itcs. Much Of oil this is entirely OK
trnnvous to the objects provided for in tn"
Census Ac'; but if Congress approve of the
work and its execution, and 60 to arprnpri-
ate money enough, then all the States of the
Union arc to be presented in like nInnner.-
1t will carve out work enough to employ
many officers, clerks. gcol"gists, &c. for
some years. The work will not be complete
without q Typographical survey Of each
State. with view to exhibit its capacities
for Internal improvements.
The Presiden, and Secretary O. the Tren-
sury will be enabled to lay bcf re Congress
a gratifying statement of the c,ndiinn of
the finances of the Government. TIC rev.
enuc for last year. ending June Both, was
Ghy.one millions, two of which were from
the puollc lands. eight millions of the pub
lie debt, have been eX'inguished during the
year, by the purchase of the U. S. Securi-
ties, at market value. Mr.. Meredith. ii
will be recoIlec'eG, at the beginning Of the
3lst Congress. gave it as his opinion, .hnt
loan would be necessary for the service of
that y-ur. The President, in his Message,
last December, stated tha, The portion Of the
public debt falling due within two years.
must be provided for by loan. or other
wise. The revenue for the next year, will
BE- larger than for the last, and the public
debt will be rapidly diminished. oven if the
ordinary expenditures Of the Government
should be increased to forty Millions
Cor. Char. Courier,
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TIE NEXT CONGRESS

Will no doubt, like all the pns'. be mnde
NJ of many homogeneous materials. "he'h'
or The cognominal description Of It, as g'V'
en- by some Iaborious quidnunc, in the fo'-
lowing paragraph, will properly represent
its moral qualities. is ma'tar OF doubt. Az
all events, it sulli.es to show how nssor'eo
are the materials. If it takes all SORTS VI
rcople to make world, it may be ASSUME
cd that nil sorts of animals must he employ
ed in making Il Congress, which IS very
ant to become a menagcrie. In color. then
the members will be "Grny. Green an"
Brown, with considerable White. 1t VIII
have, from Kentucky, alone, O"r bnl'''hs')
Wood. Stone, Clay, ard n Mason; and the
House will contain such useful h1nd'cra''S'
men usu Miller. Taylor. Carter, Fuller
Chandler and Miner, together Tor It's a
musemant,) with Harper; and t" furnish
IFS game, a Fcwc md Hunter. There is
n Hunter, also. in the Senate, which boasts
too, Ol us tOhNPT. NilileT h"u i"-'"' "'''
Of course. Smith. The elements nre to
he we'll mixed in the composition at the b">
DIV, New York furnishes Wells, BROOKS ana
Snow. and New Hampshire supplies Hal"
There will be Something good t" drink nj
the Cspi,o'; for Virginia sends Meade. and
Missouri, Porter; and to en-, New lork
sends Fish, and lo"a HEM! Music,
too. from two Bells, besides n CnmpBc'',
and though n republican leg isln'ure, tn"
Senate will huvc one K ng.au'! the House
two, besides q Mcqueen, snG a supply "i
Gentry, md on. GAYLORD. II" offset So
much mobility. Tennessee throws in Saw
nnr, and North Carolina an On|aW and n
Badger. There will be all SORTS OF men
,here-IIoracc Mann, C'ingm.n. Chapman,
Femninan. besides Senator Man>gnm. and
Mr.. Price. whose christian name is Rod.
man. Vermont and MissIsspoI viii each
have n Foot there, but this will be balanced
by tho Morthcad Kentucky sends"
The southern press., 1851-04-07
Foreign Sympathisers.

Tire common cant of the compromisers, whose
great triumph was the surrender of all the new
territory TO the Free-soers-is to twit the ad-
vocatcs of the South with British afinities.
The London Times thus rejoices over the
great end achieved by the compromise and
shows who are entitled to foreign sympathy.
aThc point Of the greatest interest is, of
course, the struggle between shareholders and
Abolitionists, and here the balance shows total
loss to the former of six members, who are, of
course, transferred to the ranks Of their oppo-
nents 1t is not to be presumed, however, that
these Southern States have remained stationary
or that they are lacking in the general enter
prise of their countrymcn. The activity Of
Georgia has been prodigious, and it has sue
ceeded in maintaining itself in its former posi-
ton. Arkansas, too, has increased its popula-
tion at rate exceeding that Of any State in the
Union, and II even gains a member; but its
numbers are too small at present to tell with
any weight upon the general poll The decline
of the slave States arises from the greater popu-
larity Of the free States in the eyes of foreign
eniigrants, the fluctuations in their own popula-
tions being dependent chiefly on themselves
Slaves and shareholders migrate according to
another, 30 that what is gained by the second is
1Ost by the first, and their utmost efforts, have
hitherto failed in enlarging their orrn sphere Of
action By the introduction Of SLAVERY into any TER
riioru nearip acquired"
The southern press., 1851-04-07
Pennsylvania Polttios.

Mr. WEBsTER's mission to Pennsylvania was
heralded by some growls at the Wings of the
Legislature, for their presentation of the name of
Gen. Scorr for the Presidency.
The State Journal, Harrisburg, says
"These dictatoral and ill-timed movements
are not only injurious to Gen. Scott, but epince
great Dam Of courtesy towcrds the present
Whig National Administration and should be
Indignantly frowned down, &C."
The York Advocate condemns the movement,
and adds by way of advice, that
"The members had better attend TO their own
business"
The Chambcrsburgh Wing intimates in very
plain terms
"That this is not the business for which the
members of the Legislature we're sent to Harris
burg, and that they have transcribed the powers
delegated to them representatives Of the pnrty,
and thus established most dangerous prece-
dent"
The southern press., 1851-04-07
A Central Shot.

The PennsylDanian is perpexcd about the
Central American business, which is rs mud
and murmut ut The Godike," thus, unnndlul
of his prase of Pennsylvania:
"Since the Wing National Administration
came into power, one OF its achievements has
been to produce as profound n riddle to solve as
that Of the natural history OF the Sphinx. We
allude to the business concerning Nicaragua, the
Musquito King and Great Britain, so important
in reference to the question as to n ship canal
to connect the waters of the Atlantic and the
Pacific. Can any one tell precisely how the
matter stands-where was the beginning and
what is to be the end--and how, the mus
which has been made Of it," is to be cleared
away? We suspect that the Wing employers
who have been in the State Department,are often
tempted, like the Irish ambassador, to enquire
what they have been doing and what it is all
about, for the purpose offinding some difficulty
in understanding the mattar?
The southern press., 1851-04-07

u. 3. LrGnr ARTILLERY DIsBANpEp.--Wc
regret TO learn that the Secretary of War. under
direction Of the President, has sent on orders TO
Fort Mclienry for tho disbanding of Company
A, of the Second Artillery. now at that post,
commanded by the gallant Major Sedgewck,
MAJOR Ripley and Lieut. Barry. This company
was known as Dnncan's battery during the
Meyican war. where it immortaized itself, and
W. deem it a most unpopular measure to dis
band il under present circumstances. Congress
appropriated money sufficient for the mainten-
ance of all the Light Artillery Batteries in the
Army, but there being demand for money to
support other arms Of the service, it has been
decided to sell the horses attached to this
splendid corps, house the batteries. and place
muskcts in the hands of the men as infantry
IL requires time and labor to drill the men, ns
we'll as the horses attached to the Light Artil-
lcry, and consequently their place cannot DC sup
piled very readily in case Of need.-Bai''more
Clipper
The southern press., 1851-04-07

~ The reception of the Virginia rescla-
tons IN South Caroline, Is not such as to graft
fy, tho ''sympathetic" souls OF the acquescents
of her legislaAure.
The Camden Journal quotes the resolutions
first proposed, and adds the following signif-
cant remarks:
"Ths, wesuppose, is the first step toward the
Virginia mediation, that has been talked OF, aud
We do sincerely hope, it will be the last. On
what ground can Virginia offer her mediation
between South Caroliua, and the North! as
friend This We deny. Would you consider
him your friend, who would counsel you to dir
graceg Would you consider him your friend,
who would advise you, or offer his mediation,
to cause you TO become the trucking, succumh-
ing slave of vile and oppressive master how
then can we consider Virginia as friend il she
advise US to course, so low and degraded?
We differ with the Carolinian in hoping that
Virginia will send any delegates to our conven-
ton. We want no advisers who give us the
farewell address Of Washington, as II passport
into the land Of submissohism. What have
we to hope from her, when she says she is afraid
to commit herself so far as a Southern congress
Alas for Virginia, ''the days of her glory are
us il they had never been"--entombed with the
"illustrious Southerncr" seems TO bo all her
high and holy patriotism. Tho voice of Pat
rick Henry, il silent, and with it the high strung
chords of her State pride seems to be untuned
Mason, Hunter Meade, and Seddon, Tucker aud
few more OF those who keep alive the past
are scattered here and there rs flowers over
some deserted garden, in which the rank weeds
and tI,orns had chokcd, all that once won the
admiration of the beholder ii Virginia will
submit--let her submit But who wonld have
thought, that land Of Lee, of Henry, of Writ,
and of Washington, could thus have fallen"