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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

TIE Pacific RAnRoAD-VERY Coon A.
GAIN.-If there existed any doubt that the adj
ministration is fairly in for the Pacific Rail.
road, the following from the Washington
Union, (Which we suppose, is authortive in
this instance would be conclusive:
1t may turn out, and we think it probably
will, that the determination of the govern
mcnt to furnish ciicctual aid in the construc.
ton OF n road through its own territory,
| wherein lie the great physical obstacles, will
| give to the enterprise so much certainty OF
success, that individual and municipal capital
will be enabled to construct not only one but
many diyerging tracks through the States
through whose territory it may pass. In that
event the original strict doctrine of construc.
ton stands intact. If it becomes necessary,
however, for the government to give aid to
private capital to promote the enterprise in
the States, then it does not follow that an APP
preparation from the Treasury will be essen
tial-the aid may be derived from the public
lands of the sc States and, in that event, the
old strict construction principle may not be
disturbed. But even if it becomes essential,
in order to insure the success of the enter
prise, that money should be appropriated BY
the government to be expended in aid of the
work in the States, it may be found, upon
careful investigation, that the power to pro-
tect our Pacific possessions, in obedience to
an express trust assumed by the government,
may 50 far be regarded as specified or ex.
press grant in the constitution as to author.
ize the appropriation.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

PAY Ur.-If any of our subscribers who
are in arrears, have more money on hand than
they can conveniently take care Of, they will
confer favor by calling in and settling up.
We do not like to be troublesome about
such little things, but we are at work on the
last middIing Of meat, and the bottom Of the
mealtub is becoming unpleasantly distinct As
for "dimes and dollars and dollars and dimes, u
they are as scarce with us at present as wing
governors in the Union. We hope dclin-
quents will read this paragraph attentvey
and act promptly upon its suggestions. We
have worked and waited for some of them
two, three and four years, and we hope they
will not compel us to call their attention TO
the subject again, but come up like honest
men and settle their dues.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

CHoATE's EULoGY OF WEBSTER The
Hon. Rufus Choate, Of Massachusetts, deliv.
cred at Hanover, New Hampshire, on the
9th, a eulogy on the life and character Of
Daniel Webster, which is highly spoken of
by those who heard it. The New York Mir.
ror says of it:
"The eulogy is considered the most bril-.
liant, eloquent, and profound that has vet
been uttered to the memory of the great
orator and statesman. Il examines him
through all his career; contrasts him at his
several cpochs, and in his varied characters,
with ilustrious compecrs prior and contem.
porary; it contemplates him in the forum, at
the bar, in the Senate, in the Cabinet, and
most sublime and beautiful Of all, in his pas
toral home, among the fields his hands cult.
waited, and the flocks and herds on which his
mortal eye gazed with such fond delight. 1t
is great eulogy-rising to the grandeur of
its theme, and will endure as monument of
the affection of genius for greatness, longer
than memorial, stone, or brass"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19
BALTIMORE, August. IL

The u. 8. steamer Fulton has arrived al
Portsmouth, N. H., and Commander Pauld-
ing Immediately left with important dispatch.
es from the Fishing Grounds. An American
fishing schooner had been captured by the
British steam ship of war Devastation and tie
ken into port, but subsequently released.
There isconsiderable feeling evinced in Ports.
mouth against the course pursued by the
British Authorities.
The cars on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
Road ran off the tack on Thursday, causing
the death of a fireman, and severely injuring
two other persons.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19
BALTIMORE, August u.


The U. s. Mail steamship Hermann, arrived
at southampton on the goth ult.
1t was rumored at Constantinople that the
French members had assured the Porte that
France would, single-handed, assist Turkey
if England should evince any signs of hesita-
ton in the matter.
Advices from Odessa state that additional
Russian troops are pouring into Bessarabin
and the trmea. Forty thousand men with
one hundred and forsy.fssr pieces Of artillery.
are also said to be advancing towards the
Danube.
In the South Of Germany there arc strong
indications of revolutionary movements.
II is reported that the Chinese rebels have
taken Annoy, and that Canton and Shanghai
are threatened.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM EURoPE.-Thc
U. S. Mail steamship Humboldt, Captain d
Lines, has arrived at New York from Havre
via Cowes, having left the former port on
Wednesday, the sd inst.
Affairs in E,irope-It was feared that the
Emperor of Russia would not withdraw the
troops from the Prncipalties, in which case
the allied fleets would pass the Dardanelcs.
A despatch from Constantinople dated the
Goth ult., states that the Porte and the great
Powers of Europe had agreed to the propo-
sition of Austria tn at the fleets be withdrawn
and the municipalities evacuated Simultaneous
". The London and Paris Funds, however,
had declined in consequence Of statement
that had been made in the Paris Constitution.
el to the effect that England and France
would not agree to this arrangement.
1t was reported that the Car Of Russia
had ordered fresh levies Of troops to be
made.
II was asserted that the Porte was about to
issue an uhimatum stating that if the Car
were not satisfied with the assurances of the
Sultan, and PERSISTED in offering war, Turkey
would accept it.
The Hospadars in the Principalities had
been ordered to retire to the right bank of
the Danube.
The Egyptian fleet arrived at Constantine
pie on the 10Th ult., with $4,000 troops.
It is rumored that secret treaty has been
made between Turkey and the United States,
by which the latter promises to assist the
former.
Russia has demanded of Persia the cession
of the province of Pauris in lieu of debt of
s5,OOO,OO0 roubes.
Moldavia had declared itself independent,
and refused to pay tribute to the Porte. A
similar movement was anticipated in Walla-
CHA.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

NEGRO ExEMprIoN.-The plan of exempt.
ing negroes from sale by law, is beginning to
attract some attention. 1t was first suggest.
ed by the Cotton Plant, n paper devoted to
Southern interests, and which is conducted
with marked ability. Some papers in Mis-
sissippi and perhaps other States South are
agitating it, some of them producing strong
arguments in favor of its adoption. The
following paragraph is from the Mississippi
Port Gibson Herald. 1t says:
The proposition is not to exempt all ne
groes from sale by the Sheriff or Commits.
sioner, but to place beyond their reach Ger.
tain number, for instance, the law now ex-
empts certain quantity of land, certain ami.
mails, &c. The proposition is also to exempt
negro property in addition to, or instead of
lands, ct ceterd. The object aimed ut is to
make every resident in the South n slave
holder, and therefore interested in the insti.
tuition Of savcry,a as well as to afford him ex
empted property which in n time of pressing
necessity may be more available than that
now exempted. Our present opinion is IA
vorable to the exemption, and BY conversation
held with others, we find that it is likely to
be popular in this section. OF course only a
small number of negroes must he exempt,
say from two to five-perhaps less. 1t would
certainly produce the desired effect Anoth-
or effect would also be sccurcd-that of a
uniform state of feeling with reference to
the subject Of slavery all through the slave
States.
True, there will be evils and abuses to be
guarded against; but we do not forescc any
That cannot be prevented by judicious legis-
lation. Under law enacted in accordance
with the plain proposition, undoubtedly frauds
would be committed. But such provisions
must DC incorporated into the law so as to
prevent them Such law would do more
to prevent a change in public feeling relative
10 our institutions, than any other means that
could be suggested
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19
A NEW PARTY ORGANIZATION.

A Circular has made its appearance in sew
eral Northern papers, issued by the ''lnde-
pendent Union Men Of Massachusetts With
out distinction Of party" in which the total
abandonment Of all existing parties is urged,
and the organization, under entire new issues
and measures, of an Independent State and
National Union Party, upon broad, deep, and
lasting foundation. A State Convention of
the Independent Union men of all parties is
called for the 9Th of September, and Ma
tional Convention is recommended to be
held in Washington City on the 22d of Feb.
ruary, 1854. Invitations to the above named
Convention have been extended to the fol.
lowing gentlemen, among others: Willard
Fillmore, Lewis Cass, Edward Everett, Dan.
iel s. Dckerson, Rufus Choate, Abbott Law.
renee, Robert Toombs, and A. II. Stephens.
The following extracts from the circular
referred to, will show the proposed policy Of
this proposed party:
"T'his new party will be devoted to the
cause of National Union. 1t will be pledged
to uphold the Constitution, the Union, and
the laws, and to stand by our country and
National Government long after all other
parties cease to have an existence.
"Under its State organization it will with.
hold its support in all future State and Ma.
tional elections from every element of dis.
union, and from all candidates for Office not
pledged to carry out the principles, policy,
and measures of this new party.
"ln the belief that the present organiza-
ton of political parties under their antiqnat-
ed issues, policy and measures, tend to sepa-
rate the Government from the people and
endanger the Union, liberty, and indepen.
dencc Of the American people, we urgently
recommend an immediate abandonment Of all
existing parties, and simultaneous action of
the Union men of MASSACHUSETTS with those
of the South and Great West, under entire
new measures, in which all can consistently
unite in advancing the great national inter-
csts of the American Union.
"Upon the firm stand, determined purpose,
honest, bold, fearless and independent action
Of the Union men in carrying out the prnc-
pies so often urged upon the American peo-
pie by the iIustrious Washington, Adams,
Jefferson, Clay, and Webster, and in organ
izing this party, now hang the future desti-
mics of our country, the stability of our re-
publican institutions and government, and
the permancncy Of the American Union"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

PEACE OR WAR?-Our readers will see by
the Washington's news, that the impression
is strengthening in Paris and London, among
the money changers, that the Turkish ques
ton will be settled amicaby. At the same
time, the Russian Army is in daily process of
consolidation inside the Turkish boundaries;
while the Austrians are industriously throw
ing out detachments of troops to the Turkish
provinces, on their side. If this means peace,
we presume it means that England will pre-
vail upon France peaceably to permit the
spoiation of Turkey between Russia and
Austria.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

POSTAGE STAMFs.-It has been decided
that the stamps upon the new postpaid en-
vclopes cannot be cut off and placed upon
unpaid envelopes. The following is COM
municatlon from the Post Office Department
on the subject, addressed to n postmaster:
"In reply to yours of the god inst, inform
ing me that letter with Il stamp cut from
stamp envelope and pasted on another cnvcl-
ope, was dropped into your Office, and that
you had forwarded it as unpaid, is received
"four action in the premises was correct
The act authorizing stamp envelopes to be
provided and used, authorises them to be
used only us q whole, rs Il union of the stamp
on and with the original envelope; and no
privilege is granted either by the law, or by
any instructions Of the Department, to use
them in our mails in any other manner"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

DEATHS IN THE LATE GEN. TAyLoR's
FAMILY.-The New York Mirror, in record.
ing the death of Col. Bliss, who fell a victim
to yellow fever, at Pascagoula, on the 9Th
instant, thus feelingly alludes to the occu-
pants of the Presidential mansion few brief
years ago:
"Only daughter 0he widow of Col. Bliss,)
of the victor ut Buena Vista, of all his family
who occupied the "White House," is left
What a startling change since the hour that
saw the republican soldier borne by the hurras
of a grateful people from the field of battle
and peril, and to him of undying fame and
honor, to the highest seat Of earthly power.
Then, all was life; the proudest aspirations
that could fire mortal heart were fulfilled;
the loltiest ambition reposed satisfied under
the shadow of u goal reached unsolicited, q
fame perfected without blemish. General
Taylor and his wife and Col. Bliss then lived;
their present honored and happy, their past
glorious, and their future bright. They are
all dead! One link of the loving and beloved
circle of that family group, on which the eyes
of the nation rested with delight, remains
She is, indeed widowed and orphaned
millions will share, though they may not
Tighten her grief"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

THE SICKNESS IN New ORLEANs.-The
New York Commercial Advertiser gives the
substance of private dpatch received from
New Orleans by gentleman in that city.
1t says that universal panic pervades the
city; business of all kinds is suspended and
houses and stores are closed.
The writer OF the dispatch implores bis
friend to arouse the people of the East and
North to liberality on behalf of the sufferers,
and to send aid MS promptly as possible, or it
will be too late. Many perish for want of
medical aid, and the want of physicians is
painfully felt.
From present appearances there will not
be left living sufficient to tend the sick and
bury the dead.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

EMPLOYMENT FOR FEMALEs-Thc Spring
field Republican, in urging the necessity of
providing additional means of employment
for females, says ave are yet to see the
first travellcr-among the gentlemen at any
rate-who has expressed himself avcrsc. to
being waited upon at hotels by girls, while
certainly in stores, where woman buys her
wearing apparel, girls will be most welcome
at the counter, provided the customers are
modest and womanly woman. We would
answer for the men, most unhcsitatingly, that
they would much rather he waited upon in
the sales of commodities to which girls are
adapted, by girls than by men. What is the
objection to it, We are sure il does not lie
with the public"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19
1.-THE WING PARTY DEADm

The democratic papers are shouting and ex.
ulting over their recent victory, and pro-
claiming, in the exubcrancc of their joyous
pess, that "the whig party is dead!' The
cry no doubt sounds very pleasant to their
ears, but is a little premature. The wing
party is not dead-the recent small defeat in
Tennessee is nothing-it has survived many
bloodier fields-therc is life and vitality yet,
and the same ability and resolution to strug-
gle on, to contend against and restrain those
who, if left unrestrained, would soon run
the country, under the wild cry of "progress"
and manifest destiny" into irretricvablc
dangers and ruin. Defeat is not DEATH
Were there no higher ends than mere par
ty triumphs, no greater objects than the spells
of victory, it would be different. But par
tv based upon principle is indestructblc. 1t
may be routed, defeated, dispersed, and shat
tered to pieces, but 1t will rally again, and
with renewed energy, enter upon its high
duty, all the better for the temporary reverses
it has sustained. To our friends we say, be
of good cheer. The defeat in this State is
but partial, and furnishes no grounds for de-
spondency, and they who are rejoicing ovel
the 'death of the wing party" are huggine
dcusion to their souls that will destro,
them. Dead, indeed!
-"When truth is forsaken
And Reason. COMPOUNDED, retres from he
throne;
When the solid foundations Of virtue ar
shaken,
And madness shall stalk forth in triumph
alone:
When Liberty's hosts in dismay are disbanded
And the star.spangled banner no more be un
furled;
When freemen shall weep, for the ship o
| State stranded,
And Freedoms last hope shall be banshed thu
world:-
When anarchy dire shall reign thro' the natior
And darkness hover DER Freedoms last fires
And Tyranny triumphs in wild exultation,
Then, then, the Wing Party, with Freedom
expires.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

Rum DEoPs.-The New York Times com.
ments in severe, but just terms of censurc
upon new form confectionery, calculated
to cheat the young and unsuspecting into &C.
curing taste for intoxicating liquors:
This disguised emissary of the fiend is n
sugar preparation of alcohol in the shape OF
drops or lozengcs, and which might be more
appropriately named "Rum Pills" They are
manufactured by confcctioners not as pepper
mint and other essential oil drops are pre-
pared by combination, but the brandy, rum,
or gin is enclosed in the sweet globuies. In
this form the drops are sod ut the most re-
spectacle saloons. Ladies and young girls,
who would shrink from the touch of the in.
toxicating cup as they would from pollution.
do not hesitate to swallow in this form the
disguised and sugar coated poison. which is
made doubIy dangerous by the form in which
it is presented to the palate.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

~" There is much complaint about the
scarcity of silver, and the great Inconvenience
of getting change. Such dear,h has not
been experienced since the days of Universe!
Bank Suspension. The scarcity is attribu.
table to the working of the Sub-Treasury,
which has been gradually Withdrawing the
circulation of specie from among the people.
Gold and Silver for the government and its
officers, and Rags for the hewers of wood
and drawers Of water. The problem will
work itself out in time.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19
New ORLEANS. Anpust. 10

Adviccs from Galveston, Texas, to tho 5tl
inst, have been received in New Orleans
But few election returns have come to hand
and from them we can learn nothing definite
as to the results.-Thc crops were proms.
ing.
From San Antonio, Texas, tho advices are
to the 9th inst, and they state that there is q
report current that Gen. Mirabeau Lamar is
dead
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

AN INTERESTING POSTAL QUESTION SET.
TLED.-The Washington Star says the Post
Office Department have recently decided that
under the law Of 1862, a subscriber residing
in the county in which paper may be print,
ed and published, is entitled to receive it
through the mails free of postage from the
post office within the delivery of which he
may reside, even though that office may be
situated ,cithOM the limits of the county
aforesaid,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

EXTENSIVE FoReERIEs.-The paper of an
Ohio Stock Banks has been refused by the
banks in Cincinnati, in consequence Of the
genuine notes Of number Of the banks hay-
ing been stolen from the Auditors Office
There is some mystery connected with the
affair, which renders it possible that the notes
of all the banks may have been stolen. All
the bills detected were signed by the Register,
but the names Of the president and cashier
were forged.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

THE COPPER MINES OF Polk County,
A gentleman informs us that there are three
mines in full and successful operation al
Ducktown and immediate vicinity, the yield
of which is very heavy and profitable. There
are many others in the same neighborhood
now being tested, which from the indications
will equal those already in operation. The
veins, VIC understand, all range North 90 de-.
grces East, and are said to present every ap-
pearance of being incxhaustiblc. The mines
that have been opened and are now being
worked with such great success, are situated
in the Sih civil district of Polk county, which
was purchased from the State originally at
cost Of two thousand dollars. The same
lands could not be bought at this time for
five millions.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19
HALTIMoRE Ann 1

""''1 '''"f'f11
Another horrible accident occurred on the
Boston and Worcester Railroad on Friday,
the train from Boston having come in collis-
ion with an excursion train from Worcester,
near Valley Falls. Tho shock was terrific.
Nine dead bodies, so far, have been taken
from the wreck, most horribly mangled. 1t
is estimated that twenty persons have been
killed and forty wounded.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

WAvERLY House, CHARLESTON, s. c.
This is said to be one Of the very best houses
in the city, pleasantly situated, and hand
somely furnished, and the entertainment
equal to that afforded by tho most popular
hotels. A gentleman from Charleston au-
thorises us to say thus much, and to CON-
mend our friends visiting the city to call at
the Waverly House.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19
BALTIMORE, August Is,

A terrific thunder storm occurred in the
vicinity of Boston on Sunday night. Sever
al persons were killed and injured by the
lightning, and houses were also struck and
barns burned by the electric fluid.
In New York the heat has been frightful,
and ninety deaths occurred from it on Sum
day.
In Philadelphia on Monday, Mr.. Woodside,
the celebrated painter, died in the street in
consequence of the extreme heat
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

s4S lreneas, one of the editors of the New
York Observer, now abroad, in late letter
to that paper; in speaking of that class of
England's nobility who needless of the suffer.
ing humanity in their own land, pour ont an
untold amount of sympathy for the ensaved
in America, says that they no doubt would
follow the Scripture injunction, by taking
the beam out Of their own eye, provided they
could sell the timber.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

~ The last Chattanooga Gazette con.
talns the gratifying intelligence that the cdi.
tor, after protracted absence, has returned
to his post, refreshed and Refrigerated for
its duties. Friend Parham, we believe, was
at the Inauguration Of the Crystal Palace.
New York. Isn't he going to give us taste
Of what he then and there saw, and was!