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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

WING PRosPECTs!- Prentice, Of the Louis
vile Journal, has long leader in his paper of
the 9Th, on the Presidential election, from
which we extract a couple of paragraphs
We print them not as the opinion alone of m
old and experienced editor and politician, but
as more particularly specimen of the senti-
ments generally entertained and expressed by
our Wing friends throughout the Union:
ssLast week we spoke encOuragingly of tho
prospects of the Wing party throughout the
Nation. We can now speak still more en-
couragingIy than we did then. We are con-
WINGED, that, during the lapse of the seven
last days, the Wings have been increasing IN
enthusiasm and in numbers in nearly every
State of the Union, and we are also conyipc-
ed that they will go on increasing IN enshasi-
asm and in numbers during each Cf the TWEEN
ty-eight days that remain.
"Never before since We first took an iater-
est in political matters did we know party
gather as much strength and confidence fT =
single month as the Wing party has gathereu
within the last month. a month ago, the
Wing party everywhere seemed to have mis-
rivings as to the result of the election; but
now a presentiment Of Gen. SCOTS election
fills every Wing heart, and the whole coun..
try echoes with Wing shouts Of anticipated
triumph,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

IMMENSE ENTHUSIASM AMONGST THE de-
MocRAcY.-It is known to our readers that
Messrs. Bright and Carter, two distinguished
democratic missionaries from Middle Ten
nessee had been sent over to enlighten the
benighted inhabitants of this dark region
and had accordingly made appointments en-
tending from Morgan Court House TO
Chattanooga. Well, the distinguished gen.
temen passed along the other day, loaded
down with newspapers and documents and
brimful of most excellent spceches-but,
alas, the ungrateful people, not having taste
enough to appreciate their disinterested Ia
bors, or to suffer themselves to be aroused by
their brilliant eloquence, declined to attend
their speakings and numerically remained
at home, pursuing their quiet avocations. AT
Morgan c. H., at Kingston, at Philadelphia,
and ut Athens the gentlemen attended in
due time, but to their utter establishment the
people were not there! and they made no
speeches at all! preferrng to save their lungs
rather than harangue to "beggarly account
of empty boxes!!!'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15
WINGS OF BIIOUNT AND SEWER,
DO YOU HEAR THAT!

The last Chattanooga Vindicator is bonst-
ing most Justify over reported dlsaffection
in your ranks. The editors informant says
that Scott will lose three hundred votes in
Sewer and as many in Blount. VIII not the
"Banner County" give the lie to that charge
and will the gallant wings of Old Blount,
who have so long been " faithful found
amongst the faithless," at last prove reereant
TO their trust! We know that you will give
the lie to the charge. Sec how democracy IS
chuckling noD over any rumor Of a falling on
in our ranks, and then judge how they will
crow, how they will exult, aye, how they will
shout after the election, if by the apathy OF
the wings the State is gone for Pierce Will
YOU in this last struggle give your State to
the enemy, Never Never!!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15
The Tribune, in an article on Gen. Scott

sIys: .
aside from every other distinction Gen
Scott is model citizen. No charge of vice
of extravaganza, or discrcdtabIe indulgence
of sordid aims, or mercenary motives, can be
brought against him. Simply us man, Gen
Scott stands before the world unimpeached
and unimpcachable. lie has passed through
n thousand scenes of temptation in his public
career; he has enjoyed opportunities to amass
the wealth of potentate, yet he is to-day a
man without a spot or blensh; and though
always living frugal life, yet is he wholly
without fortune. OF the millions that have
passed through his hands, and of the millions
he might have clutched had he stopped to il,
not dollar has stuck to his palm"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

Ely An individual in Bradley county has
sent notice to this office advertising his
wife. We do not know the parties, and can
not publish the advertisement 1t sometimes
happens that the husband is more to blame
for the separation than the wife. Again, we
always require the fee in such cases to be
paid in advance, MS we don't like to credit n
man who will advertise his wife; and, third.
" and lastly, rs the preachers say, we would
rather not publish them at all.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

CHARLESTON Mass MEETING Messrs
Nicholson and Eastman, came up on the Cars
ON Yesterday evening, on their return from
the Charleston Mass Meeting, They inform.
cd us that there was from 1000 to 5000 De.
mocrats present ut the meeting, and that the
greatest possible enthusiasm prevailed upon
the occasion. - Hamilton Vindicdtor.
W-h-e.w!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15
Athens, Friday, Oct. Is, 1852.
THE BARBECUE AND MASS MEETING
At CHARLESTON ON THE BOTH.


AT CHARLESTON ON THE BOTH.
Great preparations are being made for tins
ingathering of the masses. Let the word 60
out to the People that all are invited to the
Feast, Wings and Democrats, men, women,
and children-and let it be a feast worthy OF
East Tennessee. The late meeting there as
everybody admits, was n signal failure r and
LET us show to the world that Mass Meeting
worthy of the name can be held at Calhoun
and Charleston.
Is it not enough to say that HENRY will
be there! We tell you, friends, ii is worth
ride of hundred miles through hard rain
to hear him speak. He has all the fire in his
veins Of his great ancestor, the immortal
Henry of the Revolution. Come and hear
him! 1t will be your last opportunity.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

The Supreme Court of PENNSYLVANIA has
decided in favor of the principle that whether
sun OF divorce Is Drought by husband or
w,,e, .ne nusoa r i must pay 'ne wires attor-
"ey oNP'''''' Vi 'u''
PREPARING FOR THE CHoLERA.-Meeting
are oelng heia IN various parts OF England to
prepare ior tne cnoIera' wh'ch IS now devas.
taunS RUSSIA ana foiand, and has reached
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

LOOK AT THIs.-In ls4S, John Van Buren,
supported the Buffalo Platform and declared
at Utica that "he would not support any man
for the Presidency who does not believe sla-
very to be an unmitigated evil and who will
not use all the power which the constitution
and laws may place in his hands for its over
throw"
Now LOOK AT Tms.-John Van Buren, is
now actively stumping New England for
Pierce, and at the late Pierce Festival at Hills
borough New Hampshire, he said there was
nothing consistent in his present position of
support Of General Pierce, with his course
in lS4S, when he went for the Buffalo Plat
form" .....
Does any Southern democrat suppose that
John Van Buren, does not know what he is
about.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

"THEY DON'T INTEND TO DE CnEATEDw-
The Abingdon Virginiap, referring to the
great reaction in Western Virginia against
Pierce, says:
"They don't intend to be cheated. They
have discovered that Pierce is no Statesman,
no Hero, no Southern man, that he was never
South of Mason and Dixons line but once,
and then he tainted. They also know him
to be two-faced mana slavery man at the
South and an anti.slayery man at the North
- that he has, like Cass had two lives pub
lished - the one for the North, and the other
for the South. That for the North, at the
2Sth page, has an extract from his Manchester
speech, in which he says that "the men who
would dissolve the Union did not hate or de-
plore slavery more than he did," and that for
the South is as silent as the grave upon the
subject"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

A SMALL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES n man
drinks four glasses of liquor a day, at 5 cts. d
glass. In a week he spends $l,4O, and in 4
year, $72,sO. This will buy the following
article: barrels of flour, say $24: A pair OF
boots, say 1915; 40 pounds of butter, $40; 200
pounds of beef, SO; a new hat, 81; new
satin vest, $5; a bonnet for wife, S.; sugar
plums for children, $l.SO.-Total, $72.SO.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

A gentleman proposes through the COL
umns of the Cincinnati Atlas to bet $500 that
General Scott will carry Ohio; $500 that he
will carry Pennsylvania, and $500 that he
will carry New York.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15
Coon News FROM VIRGINIA!-The Charles

ton (Va.) Republican of the 29th ult., says
We are sorry that we have not room this
week, to give our readers the cheering news
that we have of the prospect of carrying Vir-
ginia for old Chippewa. The Scott fire is
spreading in all directions. The Southwest
is coming into line in grand style. Eastern
Virginia is rousing up. A confidence is eve
rywhcre being ditl'used among the friends of
Scott and Graham, that Virginia can be car
ried and in the spirit Of the Wings of '76,
they are resolving that il shall be carried for
them. Let the word pass along the whole
line from the Ohio to the Atlantic, VIRGINIA
CAN AND SHALL BE REDEEMED. -
Virginia wants no more "Northern men with
Southern feelings"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

A BANK IN A Fx.-The Commercial Bank,
at Albany, was closed on Saturday, in consc-
ouence of the officers being unable TO unlock
n new patent lock on the front door, They
were compelled to send to New York for tho
patentee.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

ryT The Treaties negotiated in the Terri
tory of Minnesota in the summer of 1851
with the Sioux or Dakotah Indians, by which
the Indian title to fertile region ofcountry
as extensive as the State Of Pennsylvania
was extinguished, were ratified by the Senate
at its late Session, with amendments
The treaties, with the amendments, were re-
Gently submitted by Governor Ramsey to the
Indians for their assent; which was given; and
this country is now open to settlement from
the United States. This information the cd
itors of the Washington National Intelligent
Ger derive from the Governor himself, who is
at present in Washington on business con-
nected with the treaties.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

Ex-senator Hannegan, has been acquitted
of the charge of numbering Capt. Duncan in
the Indiana Circuit Court, the jury having
failed to find an indictment.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

READ, REAp.-In the London Despatch, OF
September 9Th, we find the following article,
which we commend to the serious attention
and consideration of every voter:
"The two parties of the Republic, Wing
and Democrat - that is, Conservative and Pro-
gressive, Protectionists and Free-Trader-
appear to have marshalled their forces, and
selected their candidates for the coming cleo
ton. Every Engishman, of almost every
class, reioices in the expectation of success
for the Democratic, Progressive, Free-Trade
party"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

sy'The sale of the Bank property is post
poned until Monday, the LIST November, which
is County Court day.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

The New York and Erie Rail Road COM
pany have arrived and at sea, $4,000 tons Of
iron rails for their second track. 1t is stated
that the same Company have commenced
widening the track of the Ramapo road, so ns
to run their wide equippage to Paterson. 1t
is proposed to lay down third rail on the
Paterson, so as to accommodate both the Erie
equipagc, as well as that of the Paterson, and
thus the Erie trains, before winter sets in,
could run directly from Dunkirk on the Lake
to Jersey City, opposite the city of New York.
If this should be done, it will, it is said, be the
only instance in the United States of track
capable of accommodating both narrow 'and
wide guage equiprage.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15
Letter from Mr.. Fillmore.


WASHINGTON Cry, Aug. 7, 1852.
SIR: Your letter of the 25th ult., is receiv-
ed. You say that it has been rumored since
the Wing Convention at Baltimore, that sent
a Geographic despatch to my friends at the
convention "to go for Webster and save the
party" and you desire to know whether this is
true. In reply to which may state that il is
not; that made no telegraphic communica-
ton during the sitting Of the convention to
any member of it. or to any other person for
its information.
| am your obedient servant,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

WISCONSIN returns ofthe election
held in Wisconsin on Monday of last week,
for Chief Justice and two Associate Justices
of the Supreme Court of that State, do not
indicate the success of the Democratic ticket
So far MS returns have been received the sum-
ming IN is Ms follows
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15
We extract the following from the last
Louisville Courier:

"HOGS.-The rapid decline in the price of
Pork in New York, and Bacon in the South
and west within the last week. it seems, at-
fected the views of operators in Hogs. One
of our city packers assures us that the orders
they have received for a few days past are
limited to So so gross, and 81 rs nett. This
is decline of fully zoe per 100 pounds, upon
the price of hogs two and three weeks ago"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

Col. VIM. Preston is the Wing nominee
for Congress in the Louisville district Ken
lucky, vice Marshall, resigned.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15
ANOTHER FALSE STATEMENT NAILED. 1t

ANOTHER FALSE STATEMENT NAILED. 1t
will be remembered that the rumor of which
President Fillmore speaks, in the following
ctterto d. II. Lindsay, of Mississippi, was
widely circulated in the democratic newspa-
pers. 1t is one of brood, (hatched out H.
bout the time of the nomination to mislead
patriotic wings in the South,O nearly all
of which have now been shown to be totally
destitute of truth:
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15
W.HIG ELECTORAL TICKET.
FOR THE STATE AT LARGE.

FOR THE STATE AT LARGE.
GUSTAVUS A. HENRY. of Montgomery.
WILLIAM T. HASKELL, of Madison.
FOR TUE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
I. NATHANIEL G. TAYLOR, Of Carter.
Q. HORACE MAYNARD, of Knox.
3. GEORGE BRowN, of Monroe.
4. SAML NJ. FIFE, of Smith.
s. JORDAN STOKES, of Wilson.
6. JAS. NJ. Dawson, of Lincoln.
7. f. r. OSBORNE, of Giles.
8. JONI A. MCEwEN, Of Davidson.
Q. A. G. SHREWSBURY, of Henderson.
10. JosKpn r. MosBY, Of Fayette.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15
BALTIMORE, Oct, {

Dhbllmohb, oCl. V.
General Scott has arrived at Cincinnati
where he met with brilliant reception. The
greatest enthusiasm is said 10 have prevail ed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

The Boston Courier in speaking of the
death of the Duke of Wellington says:
II is somewhat remarkable that the year
1896 should have seen the birth of several OF
the most distinguished men of the century
past Napoleon, the Duke of Wellington,
Louis Philippe, Sir Walter Scott and Mar
shall Soult being among them"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15
WING PRospEcTs IN New YoRK.-Tht
New York Times of the lst inst, says:

awe have never questioned the vote of this
great State for Gen. Scott, since his nomna-
ton. Our opponents make a show of fight,
to be sure, but this, it is to be presumed, is
more for effect abroad, than in the indulgence
of a reasonable hope at home"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15
sElectors chosen by the Legislature.
BALTIMORE, October 6

BALTIMORE, October 6.
The Hon. James Whitcomb, senior United
States Senator from Indiana, died at New
York on Monday night. Had he lived he
would have held his seat until 1855.
The New York Express says that Mr..
Webster will shortly write a letter relative to
the Presidential contest, and intimates that he
will decline being considered as a candidate.
BALTIMORE, October s.
General Scott left Cincinnati on Thursday
for Hamilton, Ohio, and on his arrival there
met most enthusiastic reception.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15
MONTGOMERY. Ala, October 6

The Hon. George NJ. Troup, of Georgia,
has accepted the nomination of the Alabama
Southern Rights Convention for the Presi-
dcncy. His friends here are much elated.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

A SHOT THAT TELLs--A DEMOCRATIC
SPEECH FOR ScoTT.-The last GAINESVILLE
Chronicle says
On last Saturday night, Mr.. Oscar shrop.
shire. Young man of fine promise, addressed
the Scott Club, and in a very handsome man
ncr, renowned his allegiance to the Democra-
tic party, and in his adhesion to the principles
and policy and nominees of the Wings.
The speech was highly appropriate to the
occasion, as its reception by the audience full
ly demonstrated.
Mr.. Shropshire is a worthy and intelligent
young man. His democratic friends cannot
fail to heed his voice. He dwelt with power
full effect upon the inconsistency of the de-
mocratic party in Tennessee upon the Com
promise question, and the general barrenness
and negativeism of their party creed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

PROSPECTS, IN New YoRK.-That dignified
and able journal, the National lntelligencer,
of yesterday week says:
awe publish the following extracts from
letters received in this city, believed to be
from authentic sources:
New YoRK.-We are perfectly confident in
this State, writes one of the best informed
gentlemen in New York. We have worked
New York up to 10000 for Scott.
A gentleman writing from New York city
says: feel very much encouraged as to New
York, and believe we shall carry the city
Our friends are in high spirits. Stock up!
Another writing from Troy says Scott will
carry this county by 800 majority; the rest of
the ticket will get about 400. In this State
all looks WELL We shall carry it large, and
will lead the highest on the State ticket full
five thousand votes"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

ANOTHER SIGN. That General Pierce did
not achieve distinction in Congress we con-
slider a settled point. From such statements
as the following we conclude that he did not
satisfy southern gentlemen who had oppor-
tunities actually observing his course while
there. We quote from the Charlotte IN. c.
Wing:
"We learn that the Hon. Henry w. Con-
ner, ex-member of Congress from this dis
trict, is opposed to the election Of General
Pierce, and will not support him. Now when
it is remembered that these two gentlemen
served most of their time together in Con-
gress, it may be regarded as pretty strong
proof that the General lives too far North to
suit the tastes of the honorable eX-member
and that the former did not stand side by side
with Calhoun in favor of the South
The Mr. Conner referred to sat in the
House of Representatives when Mr. Pierce
occupied place there, and was then, ms he
has been since, a warm Democrat. We are
assured through private channel that the
statement of the Charlotte Wing is correct
so far as relates to Mr.. Corners determine
ton not to vote for Pierce. Republic.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

49, San Francisco contains 10000 inhabi-
tants, thirteen Churches and nine Sunday
Schools. There are over fifteen hundred
children in the city of a suitable age to attend
public schools, and nine hundred attend Sun
day Schools.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15
am your obedient servant,
WILLARD FILLMORE.
d. II. LINpsLy, ESD, Houston, Miss.

WHAT'S GONG TO HAPPEs.-In fifty years
the steam engine will be as old anoton, and
as queer invention, as the press Ben Franklin
worked, is now. In fifty years, copper plate,
steel plate, photography, and other fine en-
cravings, will be multiplied for mere song,
in a beautiful manner, by the now infantile
art of Daguerreoiyping. A passage to Cali
fornia will then be accomplished in twenty
four hours, by air carriages and electricity; or,
perhaps they'll go in buckets down Artesian
holes, clean through the earth. The art OF
agrcultureand horticulture will produce hams
ready roasted, natural pies baked with all
sorts of cookies. About that time, man may
live forever at n cent day, and sell fora
he's worth at last for soap fat
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

the "littIe Frank" as they so facetiOusly
called their great Captain. An attempt was
made by one of the "Lnncers," the afore-
mentioned fellow with the red cravat who
was trying to hold up flag, to grolh for
Gen. Scott, but it was no go-the effort died
away in an indistinct noise, resembling the
braying of donkey. And this was the re-
nowned company of "Young Hickory Lam
GERS" from the city of Knoxville, and they
passed on with their fliphaps futtering in the
breeze, to the no small merriment of the
wings, many of whom had assembled at the
depot to witness the tremendous outpouring
of the masses from Knox, Roane, Blount
and Monroe!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-10-15

Friends are queer things. 1t is an old say
ing they are absent when you need their
help; but, as soon you can do without them,
they swarm about you like bees about hogs
head of sugar. Lucky are you if misfortune
does not convert them into enemies. Wound
n porpoise, and all his comrades pitch into
him without mercy. So with human beings,
a prosperous rogue we can respect, but the
greatest of crimes is to be unfortunate. "Ilit
him again - he has no business to be horse"
rSyDSan Francisco contains 10000 inhabi-
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his sores and such as indeed were never sol-
diers; the cankcrs of a calm world and long
pcace;"-"that you would think he had a
hundred and fifty tattered prodigals, lately
come from swine-keeping, from eating draft
and husks" -"as if he had unloaded oil the
gibbets and pressed the dead bodies" "No
not say that this was an erdct description of
the "young hickory lancers," but we toere
forcibly reminded when looking at them of
the pitiiul fellows which Falstaff said were
STOOD for POWDER" "good enough to toss
and would fill phi as nell as BETTER"
But the "big ball" was the grandest affair
connected with the entire demonstration.
This was a large piece Of domestic pasted
over some hoop-poles about six feet in d.
ameter, with the names of the States on it,
and tapped about good deal like wagon
cover after hard rain. II was an appendage
to the "young hickory's lancers," and for a
while we thought it was Falstaff himself, as
far rs gone as the skinned horse" who was
trying to hold it up" This gentleman
swore that the "Ball" was the life of Frank
Pierce, and so thought we, for one had had
about as much Significance as the other. A
red-eyed fellow was lying under it, overcome
so early in the action, that we supposed he
was intended as an additional illustration Of
Litchfield enquirer., 1852-11-04

TA Post Office has been established at the kac!,6eIds Station on, the Naugatuck. Railroad, called East Litchfeld-William Butler. Esq, Postmaster. This will ac, conmoda;e d gJodly number of fam lilies in
 Litch6e.d and Harwinton Our subscwi- bnrs in thai vicinity. whose papers have hitherto been. sent by stass,.will DOW re- ceiva;Eezn. REGULARLY by stage. By the way. we hope to nuke large additions to our subscription list in the nelghbo, hood uf th4 new Offi:e. Mr. Butler is an hutllor.. Ized Agent for the E 'qnrer. Price per anna'n only, ,Oae D 'll,r. and free postage