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

ADMINISTRATION ORGANS IN NEW YORK;
The following list of free soil papers sup
porting the administration, (with a rcserva-
ton on the fugitive slave law,) we take from
the special organ Of the hard shells of that
city. They are the Evening Post of New
York. the Buffalo Republic. the Albany Atlas,
the Rochester Union, the Syracuse Daily
standard, the Livingston Democrat, the
Highland Eagle, and the Madison county
Reflector. How many more there are it is
not necessary TO inquire. Here IRE enough
to lcavcn the whole democratic party with
abo!itionism, or enough TO break it into two
parts for the third time and for the last.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09


The Free Democratic convention met to-
day. John Jay WAS elected President, and
John u. llalc chairman of the committee on
resolutions. The committee reported 4 scri-
cs of resolutions and an address 10 the indie
pendent Democracy. An attempt 10 engratt
the Maine law on the platform was voted
down. Senator Chase and Garrett Smith
spoke and were warmly received. The con.
vention nominated u ticket for State officers
and adjourned sine die. The meeting alto
gcthcr WAS quite enthusiastic.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09
F1r tie Post.

MR. EDITOR 1T is now asccrtancd that
in the next Legislature Of this State the
Wings will have II majority Of thirteen in the
House of Representatives, and Of course it
will be conceded to them by the other party
to select one Of their own party to preside
over them in that House.
transact business Understandings and with
dispatch, it is all important that the presiding
officer should be Il gentleman OF abilities,
courteous and respectful in his manners, Of
quick apprehension and decision, laborious in
his habits, and prompt in the discharge OF all
the duties of the chair.
Bcicyin" that the Wings elect TO the
House of Representatives in the next Lcgis.
Iaturc feel DESTROYS TO select one among
them, for that highly responsible and dis
tineuishcd post Of honor, who possesses in
the greatest degree the qualifications before
enumerated, hesitate not TO recommend to
their consideration the propretv of selecting
the gifted Representative from McAlinn
county, JAMES b. COOKE, Esq.
In addition TO those prerequisite quallica-
tons, Mr.. Cooke is presented with other
claims which, in my opinion, should have
some weight with the Wing members Of the
House Of cprcscntatiycs-it being very
probable that there are many other members
who would discharge the duties Of the chair
with equal ability and acceptance to the
lIouse-and they are, that Mr. Cooke has
twice successfully and successfully, against
great odds, carried the county Of McNlinn.
These triumphs achieved IN McNlinn coun-
tv-attributablc to his Great strength among
the pcoplc-and achieved at times, too, when
no other member of the party could be pre-.
vailed on to engage in the conflict, will be
an incentive for him to hold on in future, and
properly approaching the compliment and
/ the honor, will stimulate his friends in tho
county to adhere to him in times TO come.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

Work. WORK Il have seen and heard of
people who thought it beneath them to work
to employ themselves industriously ut
some useful labor. Beneath them to work,
Why, work is the great motto of life and
he who accomplishcs the most by his indus
try, is the most truly great man. Aye, and
is the most distinguished man among his
fellows, too. And the man who so far for.
gets the great blessings of life, rs to allow
his energies TO stagnatc in inactivity and use.
lcssncss, had better die: for SAYS Holy Writ.
"lle that will work not, neither shall he eat .
An idlcr is 4 cumbcrer of the ground: Il wca-
rincss and curse to himself rs well Us those
around him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

- We had the pleasure of.mecting our
talented friend and contemporary, JNo. w.
O'BGIEy, of the Loudon Free Press" at
Cleveland, on Monday last: and were much
surprised TO find him looking 50 well and
cheerful. 1t is astonishing how the "rascally
wing editors can hold up their heads under
the awful rcbukc they have recently rccciv-
ed. But there is nothing like being used to
such things.
We have, however, one objection TO our
friend of the Free Press" and only one
lie persists J., vending his way through life
SOLITARY and alone" with no one To inquire
into the state of his shirt-buttors. Why don't
some of the girls trap for him-hc's worth
catching Summer is about dcparting-au-
tumn, with its scrc and yellow leaf will be
along in few DAYS, TO be followed soon
by old winter with his frosty locks and chill
ing blasts. Girls, just imagine the condition
of the poor bachelor ut that scason-whcn
At night he goes 10 bed shivcrin'
Niycr "A bit is the bed made at all;
lie crccps like u tcrrapin under the kiverin'-
Alas! for the owner of bachelors hall"'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

AYOLD FoGlE.-'Ihcrc is Il farmer residing
ut Quoguc, Long Island, siXty-thrce years of
age, who has never sccna steamboat. He has
only travelled twenty-five miles east, and thir-
ty-livc west Of his home. lie is possessed
of land, and does not care about selling it, us
the money would rive him trouble. He once
went TO the Rivcrhcad depot Of the Long Is
land Railroad with his daughter, and WAS so
frightened at the noise Of the stcam-whstlc
that he ran away.
The iiARps AND SOrTS.-I'hc New York
papers say that the great issue in that State
between the harls and solts is the same as
that between the little boy and the old wo.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09
"Takc your time. Miss Lucy,
And make the coffee strong"

IRoN MOUNTAIN IN MlssouRi.-In making
IN estimate of the amount Of iron contained
in the Iron Mountain, enough has been found
above its base to make l0j,O0O,O0O tons.
Now, if 5,oO0.O00 tons only be converted into
railroad iron, il would make $4,000 miles Of
road: and to send off the remainder, ut the
rate of 1000 tons per day, would employ II
railroad over 300 years to remove it. This
done, they would work below the level of
the base, and die TO the centre Of old mother
earth, and us much further rs desired.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

SHARP PRAcTIcE.-ln this evenings issuo
will be found the announcement of the death.
by the prevailing epidemic" of Col, Theo.
dorc l.. Crafts, a well known bar keeper of
this city. The Colonel seemed in excellent
health and spirits as he compounded for us,
in his usual style, iuep about one o'clock
yesterday, at the ''Gcm' lie died at l O..
clock this morning.-.N. o. Delta 2Oh,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

- We have failed to hear from our
commercial correspondent at Macon for Il
week or two. What's the matter. l., trade
declining at the Central City.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

~" \ letter from ST. Petersburg says
that when the Gar heard of tie Kosta diff
Guilty at Smyrna, he ut once advised Austria
''to do anything rather than give the United
States rrctext for interfering in the affairs
of Enropc'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

The Decatur Journal, speaking Of The Rail-
road Bridge across the Tennessee ut that
place, says All the coffcrdams are now in,
and we are assured by the contractors that
the piers will be completed sometime in De-
tober ncyt' And it says that the grading
on the road this (North) side of the Tcnnes-
see will be completed, at iarthcst, by the
time of the completion of the bridge across
the river at Dccitnr
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

Three very interesting young ladies arc cx-
hibitcd at present in Boston. One of them,
Miss Norton, sixteen years old, measures
seven feet four inches in height, the second,
Miss Brigg, measures but thirty one inches in
height, and the third. Miss Tay Tor, only seven
years old, weighs 2U9 lbs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

s45" Circuit Court for Monroe county
meets at Madisonyille next Monday; at which
time and place we shal! be pleased to see
all our friends who may feel under special
and Increasing obligations to this Office
Patience is said to be 4 very commcndaJle
feature in the human character but not more
50 than promptness.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

- Comstock, the conductor of the Nor
walk train which went through the draw, has
been acquitted of the charge of manslaughter,
and the spectators in Court testified their
appreciation of the verdict by clapping their
hands.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

OREGON AND THE FIFTY Four FORTY
The correspondent Of the Journal Of Com
merce says:
a proposition will be made to purchase
that portion Of Oregon which, in 1914, was
declared TO be- unqncstionably ours, but WAS
subsequently yielded to Great Britain.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

TIE LONDON MONEY MAEKET.-Thc bank
rate of interest has undergone no change
Consols closed al 9S 9st for money and
account, having iluctuatcd considerably. Bar
silver was in great demand, and had advanced
10 Is "a,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

The messenger of the Newport bank was
robbed this afternoon Gu board Of the steam
boat Perry of Il package Of $4,000, while his
back was turned. The thief adrotly changed
packages, substituting a bundle Of newspa-
pers Of the same size The messenger did
not discover the robbery until he arrived ut
the bank here.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

An attempt at suicide WAS made in New
York on Friday the first inst, by Il young
man supposed to be suffering from the pangs
of unrequittcd affection. He desperately jun
ped into one Of the docks, and-cOolly swan
to the other side, were he received timely
rescue
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09
Athens, Friday, Sept. Q, 1853.

sEJS People afflicted with the Copper Fe-
Yer, will make money by subscribing for thi,
paper. See article next column.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

Dor. Tho ,v.s,,;,c,o,
pa,,n,,I;,. H.. .noc,l orr.,r nr General Tavlor
and Mr. Fillmore, after having been RACED
to Il daily seven by nine, has been sold
"o'' ana ',on@a'tn ''r' " Mu'n,y p'pv''
,an,, man, NV Tbr old IntnIli%rnccr is the only
daily paper in Washington that has outlvcd
its supplies of the spolls The business OF
%"I'fn',G". 1tS"n Is i'.,",GI' ,o'';',' u;
damn without one TO the administrator
IN ORGAN is often II heavy drawback, and it
seldom Yields Il dividend to any of the par
ties concerned, except 10 ','c or@"n HI'lutra
H. Iahi,o ,", Ja,.,. for deem h,nI unon tbr
treasury. The Republic made something:
but what advantage WAS it either TO General
Taylor or Mr.. i''in"rc! None ~ all. ana
W. m'.' -'D t,,,,,,an a,,a.;,ne,,,, Nono
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

Is THIS TRUE john Neal of Portland.
Me, says the elect of the Maine liquor law
has been to increase the drinking Of ardent
spirits in Maine. lie says -
AT this momcnt-and it ha, been growing
worse every day since the first three months
were over, when people were blinded by its
rlshncss-thcrc is more intcmpcrancc and
more drinking in this city and ncighborhood,
and probably throughout the whole State of
Maine, with here and there Il doubtful cXrcp-
ton, than there has been at any other time for
twenty years
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

Look OUT FOR COUNTEEFEITs.--Wc were
shown Yesterday, says the Augusta Constitu-
tonalist Of Sunday, by the Cashier Of the
Bank Of Augusta, Il counterfeit twenty dol!
lar bill Of that bank, which was sent to Il
commercial house Of this city for cXamina-
tou by the bank, By Il gentleman Of Gilmcr
county.
The bill is very defective in many partieu-
lars, but calculated to deceive the incXpcr-
fenced and unobscrying. The paper of the
genuine bill is bueish white; that of the
counterfeit dirty whitc bearing the appear
ance Of having been discolorcd by dampncss,
and is of II very inferior quality. But the
most striking differences are, that on the left
hand end Of the counterfeit is Il portrait Of
Washington; on the genuine bill portrait Of
Governor james Jackson. On the bottom
of the left and RIGHT hand corners Of the
counterfeit, the denomination is in figures,
thus, 90: on the genuine it is expressed by
numeral letters, thus, Xxx. The signatures,
date and number are all defective, and the
counterfeit note is Il larger bill than the gen
uinr. But no one can be imposed on by this
counterfeit if they will be careful in cxamin.
ing the lower part Of the bill: on the Genuine
will be found on both ends, Xxx. on the coun-
tcrlcit, il stands 90 in figures
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

~ A terrible epidemic, resembling the
yollow-ievcr, has broken ont in the capital of
Qucrctaro, Mexico, carrying off large NUM-
bcrs, including many of the principal and old
established citizens of the place.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

-" The Democratic factions of Baltimore
have commenced another personal fight in
the columns of the Baltimore Sun, about Il
suitable candidate for Commissioner of Pub
lie Works. The Wigs can afford TO remain
quiet while the "Unterriiied' are prcying
upon each other.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

~" Eslcr b. Hendrcc, the United States
Attorney, who was killed in the FL Passo
difficulty, on the Mexican frontier, was ma
tive of Nashville, Tennessee.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

80 We learn from the Mobile ADVERTISE
that the Cotton crop in Aberdeen, Miss,
and its vicinity, has suffered serious injury
from the worm and the rescn. heavy rains.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

- lryoung ladies have Il fault, it is
sometimes in being little too forward; but
then this fault they always correct in
after age, for as soon as a young lady has
reached thirty. she begins to make amends
for her former i'orwardncss by going back
wards regularly every year.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

~" 1t is estimated that SlGO,6G6 have
been contributed in various sections of the
Union for the New Orleans sufferers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

Divisions IN THE CABINET The Free
mans Journal Of New Yorl; is getting 10 be
the Administration "organ,' for it has Il
Washington correspondent who is in the
habit of speaking, he says, "by authority"
whenever he has Il communication to make
relative 10 what is going on behind the cur
tain. lii, last announcement is that Mcssrs.
Davis and Guthrie are ut issue with the
President and the rest of his constitutional
advisers" upon the Pacific Railroad question
Pierce, Gushing and Marcy, he says, have re-
solved not to make the Pacific Road an Ad-
mini,tration measure. Tho effect of the de-
clarations recently made in this connection
by Davis and Guthrie. and the President thus
not sustaining them, We are then informed
will lead TO the rc,iracy Of these two gen,lO.
men from the Cabinet.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

Supcrscription on letter that lately pas
sed through the Hartford Post Office :-"Mr.
Dan. l.ysaght, Indiana Post Office, State of
Connecticut, New Orleans, America, from Ire
lind y
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

STEAwnEHEIEs.-A man just in from Call
iiornia by the overland express route says
that Strawberries grow in California MS large
us pumpkins. When they wish to ascertain
whether they arc ripe, they have to plug as
we do watcrmcIons.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

80 The taxes in Boston for the present
year are seventy-six cents upon every hun
drcd doliars-only a little more than one.half
the rate imposed upon New Yorke,s,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

~ The masonic Fraternity of Cincinnati
has contributed and forwarded hcelre hundred
dOllarS TO the New Orleans sufferers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

.1 The new English Houses of Parlia-
ment in London, have already cost nearly
nine million OF dollars, and are not vet finish.
cd.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

.-2E" The corn and other crops have been
slightly damaged by the frost in the centre
and northern parts of Indiana.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

50 The newspapers generally have pub
lishcd James 4. Reagan rs the Senator elect
from this District Gen. Jas. H. Reagan is
our Senator, JAS, a. Reagan is u preacher
of the Gospel and the calIings Of the two
gentlemen staprcscnt are 50 different that
we have deemed the correction Of some in
nOrtancG.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

~" Marriage is the best state for man
in general, and every man is worse man
in proportion as lie is unfit for the married
tie.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

WASHINGTON. Sep. 2.-Woodward. con-
DENIED for the Murder of his wife, WIS hang
ed to-day at 10! o'clock.
He made no confession, but met his fate
with Indifference
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09
She had money. and | had none.

And that's the way the row BEGUN.
The hards are in the condition Of the boy:
and we shall most certainly have Il row at Sy-
racusc on the 18TH We understand that
Capt Ryndcrs is going up TO see fair play,
with tight eye on John Van Buren,. Moth
inc ike democracy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

BALTIMORE, Sept. 2.-Thc Wing State
Convention nominated Col. Richard J. Bowie
for Governor
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

a RAILROAD TO THE PAcIFIc.-A company
has for some time been organised TO construct
A railroad from Vicksburg, OH the Mississippi
river, to the Texas State line. A company
of northern capitalists have offered TO build
the entire road OF 2o7 miles, and place upon
it all the necessary engines, cars, station
houses. etc. within three years, and all for
the sum of $1,000 per mile. or this sum
they require $4,000 in cash rs the work pro-
crosses: $1,000 they take in stock. and the
remaining $4,000 payable in bonds Of the
company having thirty years to run. There
is strong probability that this offer will be
accented The Texas LEGISLATURE has char
tered il company TO construct Il railroad in
continuation Of the above, from the Louisiana
line to FL Paso, seven hundred and fifty miles,
and Granted it 3,slO,O00 acres of land w.
r. ID. Ward has been elected President and
the company are taking steps to give the 81
gantc enterprise Il start. These two railroads
will accomplish more than half the distance
between the Mississippi river and San Diego,
on the Pacific.
TIE Hoo CRop.-Wc CLEAN the following
from the correspondents Of the Cincinnati
Price Current:
In Ilig@nSport, Ohio, the present stock Of
hogs is unc-lourth over that of last year.
About Bcardstown, Illinois, the hogs are
fewer than last year, but Of better quality.
Feeders say pork will range from $500 to s.
80 per cwt.-Ihere will be II LARGE crop in
Racine, Wisconsin. Fifty per cent. will be
added TO last years product for Knox county,
Illinois, and nearly that for nd dining counties:
3a / cents for pork is spoken OF next fall.
Around Economy, Indiana. there are about
onc-ii.th more hogs than last season, but not
in as good order. There are more hogs in
the vicinity Of Gratis, Prcble county. Ohio,
than last season, the quality not quite SO
good.-In Boyle and the adjacent counties
Of Kentucky, the number ia,tcned will be
larger. Six or eight counties about Lagrange
will raise Il third more, and the hogs will be
LARGE and well iattcncI.--I'hc State of Wis
conain IS full Of them, and pork will bring
-. Hogs about Gray syille, Ill.,, will exceed
the crop Of last season onc-iOurth or one
third, $500 will be packed there next season,
and will be or 20 per cent heavier. In Wa
verify, Ohio hogs number about the same,
but are held 30 per cent. less in weight. The
crop about Dubuque. Iowa, is 20 per cent.
larger than last years. Rockport ILL.,, will
turn of one-iourth more, or 500 to 1000
more.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

- The deaths by yellow fever in Mobile,
were on the aSth nit. eighteen, and on the
29th twcnty-ninc. A writer in the Tribune
advises unacclimatcd persons TO leave the city.
1t is TO be hoped, then an early fall will put
a stop TO the prevalence Of this dreadful
scourgc.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

-" Dates from Texas are TO the 10Th.
Bell is elected TO Congress by an ovcrwhem.
Ing majority.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

WAsuINGroH, August 3l.-A duel took
place yesterday between S. G. Davis, member
Of the Virginia Legislature, and Robert Rid
geway, editor Of the Sentinel Of Liberty, pub.
lishcd in Virginia Davis fired first without
effect, when Ridgcway declined TO fire, and
the parties became rcconcilcd.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

10 intcrments of persons who had died Of
yellow fever took place on Friday at New
Orleans. The intcrmcnts during the week
comprised 955. including 81 from yellow
fever The decrease is over GOO us compared
with the previous week. In Mobile the yell
low fever is on the increase and 81 deaths
occurred ON Friday.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

sSTLEHCE IN PEINCIpLES.-Tho IocofOcos
Of Ohio, in Il recent State Conventions, re-
solved upon silence rs TO principles. A de-
bate arose in Convention, whether any rcso-
lutions should be passed. The Convention
decided against the adoption Of any at this
time.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

.-I3' Miss Lucy Stones Temperance Con-
vcntion is in session at New York. 1t is re-
ported to be tremendous affair. The Her
adj says that the principal ingredients of Miss
l.ucy's omniam gataerum are chosen from A.
mong the most notorious humbugs, in!idcIs,
socialists, and aboitonists Of the day--of
women too fast for the progress Of the Chris
ian dispcnsa.ion and of men entirely too big
for their hrccchcs.
But let the world look sharp for the result
Of the doings in the convention. The
business committee We have named, are al
most certain to do something on Grand
scale. Perhaps they may give us m indie
pendent Maine Liquor Law Woman's Right
Abolition State ticket, in co-opcration with
the committee on platforms and resolutions
The world does move; after all Old GalIilco
was right.
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r-sy" Mr.. Rufus Porter who has so long

~ Mr.. Rufus Porter who has so long
and earnestly engaged upon the "-Eropon,"
or lying ship, announces, with confidence,
that he shall make an excursion in it from
Washington TO New York, sometimes during
the next month. The machine is now near
ly advanced TO completion, and Il small
amount of funds and labor will put it on the
,-infr
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

jacksonville FEMALE AcADNY.-Thc
next Annual Term of this most excellent
literary institution commences on the I'd
Tuesday in October next. See advertise
mcnt ON third page.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-09

TIE MAINE IAw.-I'he Albany Atlas
says the following is IN extract from a letter
received by commercial house in that city,
from large d:,tiIIing and rcctlng establish
mcnt in New York, which deals greatly with
the Eastern States:
"Ihc fact is. that since the passage Of the
.Nninc Lar. we find it liiiicu't TO supply orr
orders. and should our own Legislature pass
Il similar law ut their next session. we shall
take measures TO enlarge our works immcoi-
atcv.'