The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-23

The LONDON CoYsULsmP-The appoints
mcnt of Mr. Sanders as consul to London is
one of the worst acts of Mr. Pierce. Not
that Mr. Sanders himself is personally ex-
ceptionable, for he is far better we suspect
| than Il large body of the Presidents appoint
tees. Indeed it is not the appointment of
| Sanders that is excepted to SO much as il is
/ the removal of Col. Aspinwal. Col. A. has
/ been in the office since 1915, three-fourths of
the whole time that franklin Pierce has liv-
ed. He was 4 gallant soldier in the war of
| 1912. He lost an arm in battle, and, in con-
sideration of the services rendered during
that contest and his own eminent Quaiica-
/ tons, President Madison appointed him con-
sui to London. President after President
assembled and retired from office, and not enc
of them, Wing or Democrat was willing TO
disgrace himself by the removal OF the old
one armed veteran from office. The office in
| itself has 4 salary of two thousand dollars
year attached to it, which, together with
some fees, will just about enable man to live
as Il consul in London must live and extend
such inequalities us are expected.
We think that the removal of this old and
crippled soldier from office not only shows
/ that Franklin Pierce has harder heart than
any Of his Presidential predecessors, but also
/ proves that all his proiesscd sympathies with
soldiers are shallow and hollow. No man,
who respects those that have distinguished
themselves in battle and that bear on their
persons n soldiers wounds, would have re-
moved Col Aspinwall from office We have
no doubt that every President, Wing and
Locofoco, since the elevation of Gen Jack
son, has been besought earnestly to give the
London consuship to oneR&more hungry
claimants to office. Other Presidents refused
to sacrifice an old soldier to reward some clam
orous partisan. They, whether military men
or mere civilians, refused to do an act which
under the circumstances was both cruel and
disgraccful. 1t was reserved for Il Mexican
war hero-a Brigader General-for q man
who did more damage to horse flesh than he
ever did TO men on the field of battle, to turn
out of office in his old age and poverty vet
eran who had lost his arm while calamity
fighting at the head of his regiment while
the pseudo cheitan who turned him out of
office was boy IN rouDdabOutsl
Now we should like to see some Locofoco
orator undertake to justify Mr.. Pierce's con-
duct in turning the old veteran out of office.
We should like to see the faces of n crowd of
honest men while the orator was holding
forth. We can fancy the gathering blackness
on their brows, the indignant flashes of their
eyes, the solemn mutterings which would es-
cape their lips preparatory to an outburst of
wrath at the outrage-an outburst which
would induce the Locofoco orator to believe
that his safety was to be consulted rattle. by
putting his heels than his tongue into further
reQuisiton. 1t is well that Franklin Pierce
stands alone in such meanncss, as he already
stands alone among other Presidents us the
author of other very small acts-Lou Jour
SINGULAR CASE OF SoMNoLENoY.-Mss
Araminto, daughter of Fielding S. Raglan, of
llarrisonburg, Va aged about IA years, with
out complaining at all of being sick, went to
sleep on the 3lst ut., and has continued in
that situation, with scarcely any intermission
ever since. The Register says she has eaten
nothing of consequence since the appalling
stupor came over her senses-and has spoken
but once or twice since she went to Sleep
Once, on the day she was taken, animation
seemed entirely suspended. 1t is with ex-
IRENE difficulty she can be aroused from her
sumbers, but when awakened she seems 10
know her friends and acquaintance, although
the power of speech seems to be destroyed.
A SENSIBLE JUDGE.-A Judge in Old Vir-
ginia, whose conscience had been somewhat
enlightened upon the subject of the license
system, had occasion to decide upon several
applications for the glorious privilege of
making drunkards. He remarked as fol-
lows:
"The court have before them n number Of
applications to retail liquors. The law in
/ . q; -, -
license for the retail Of intoxicating liquors
in proper places within the county.-The
court has no discretion as to the license, when
a case is properly presented; but us to the
proper Places that is left to the sound discre-'
, ton of the court to determine. The court
J is clearly of the opinion, that there is no such
= place in this county, and will therefore be re-
a, ieved from the necessity of putting into any
hand legal authority to do mischief"
5 This was an intelligent opinion, and the
. Judge is to be commended not only for his
,, Judgment, but for his principe.-Er.
!, DEATH OF SIR CHARLES NAPIER.-The
. Franklin brings us the intelligence of the
death of the veteran Sir Charles Napier, of
whose dangerous illness we have had pre-
yious accounts. lie was one of the most
il distinguished generals of the British army,
and had been an officer, in different ranks
y and in various parts Of the world for sixty
" years. lie was seventy one years Of age, and
!, had received, in the course of his numerous
is campaigns, greater number of wounds than
II were perhaps ever survived by any other SOL
der. At the battle Of Corunna his leg was
10 broken by a musket shot, he had sabre cut
on the head, wound in the back with bay
onet, and his ribs were broken by cannon
L ball. Subsequently, at Busaco, he was shot
s. through the face, and his jaw broken. Ne
!. ycrtheless, thirty years afterwards he com.
;, handed in Scinde with vigor that excited
universal establishment, and with $500 men
, attacked and defeated $4,000 Of the enemy,
J. after desperate action Of three hours.
II BRUTAL OUTRAGE.-A number of negroes
g in Western city, recently ynchcd a man Of
II their own color, whom they suspected Of be-
inga spy upon fugitive slaves, in n most fe-
rocious manner; the skin of his back, from
/ his head to his heels, was completely cut off
Y his back from his head to his heels, was COM
: pletely cut off by the ashes, and in some pla-
ces the flesh is cut off the bones he was then
/ left tied to the ground Some time after he
. was found by some humane person, who had
: him properly taken care of, and provided me-
dcal attendance. 1t is doubtful whether he