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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11
New YORK, Nov. 4.

The Eastern QacStiOn,-No change has
occurred in the position of affairs at the East.
Omar Pasha's summons to the Russians,
which had been published was IL temperate
and manly document.-Gutshkoll's reply was
short and boorish. llostilities were expected
to commence on the 25th. Both armies con-
tinue TO make active preparations. Abdel
Kader has been offered command by the
Sultan, but he awaits permission from France,
The Turks were voluntarily pouring immense
treasures into the treasury
The combined fleets had been ordered to
the Dardanelcs, but were not to enter the
Dardanelles except on the hostile advance of
the Russians.
The Sultan had granted firman TO IN
English company to construct ship canal
from Rassova to the Black Sea, thus super
seding the mouth of the Danube.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11
BALTIMORE. Nov

Half Of the village of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wisconsin, has been consumed by
fire. The loss is estimated at 100000,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

A NICE PLAcE.--A Paris correspondent
of one of the New York papers, writing un.
der date of Oct. 10, sayS
"Wet, cold, damp, and muggy-such Is
the atmospheric return; and To this the plea.
SAINT fact that we haye been visited by clouds
OF mosqutos--just such animals, Imagine,
as were sent to plague Pharoh-large, fne,
healthy creatures, which bite with equal viror
aud discrimination, The rain has driven
them In doors, and we are all, men and dogs
Engaged in desperate campaign against
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

The State Bank of New York was robbed
on Monday of $4,000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

TY- The House Of Representatives hav.
ing decided, on n test vote, by vote of Al
to 81, that the present Legislature should fix
,t"th Sldng the election of Judges
EAthcN General by ;ho people, and
th6-T55yTate being expected to concur in that
decision, tho Nashville Wing very properly
remarks that any further discussion of the
question would be work of supcrcroga-
ton.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

.B" The New York Herald, of the Ist
instant, contains Il Card from Duff Green, in
which the General walks into Old Bullion
pretty extensively. He says his object is to
''vindicatc the truth of history" and defend
himself, and the memory of Mr.. Calhoun,
from the ISLANDERS contained in Mr.. Benton's
forthcoming book, extracts from which have
been published in some of the leading pa
pers. We hope he may succeed, as it is n
terrible thing for man who has been poll
ticion and the editor of partisan paper, to
be slandered by another politician.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

~" Omer Pasha is stated to have written
to the government offering to cross the Dan
ube and force the Russians from their posi-
ton, if $1,000 more men be given him. Not
withstarding this, it was consde' ed doubtful
if hostilities would commence on the Danube
this winter, as neither commander would
choose to have such river in his rear. The
Russians are posted in three strong bodies,
so that they might attempt to cross the river
simultaneously at three points.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

~ A young man of good standing re-
Gently proposed honorable marriage to u
young lady down East, when he received for
an answer
get out, you Teller! DO you think I'd
sleep with man! III tell your mother
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11
New ORLEANS, Nov. 7

On Monday Cotton was steady at New
York prices, and $500 bales were disposed of.
Strict Middling was quoted at 8 cents 1900
barrels Of AloIasses changed hands at from
22la23 cents per gallon. 1000 bags of Rio
Coffee were sold at from l0!al | cents per h..
Rice was dull at from S5A$5,25 per cwt.
Superline Flour was declining.
VoTE IN OHIo.-The Ohio State Journal
gives the following account Of the late cleo
ton in that State:
The Statesman has collected the vote for
Governor from all the counties except Aug
laize Srioto, and nenry, and its footing is rs
follows:
Medill l4i,925
Barrere 1870
Lewis 50,l5O
MedlI's majority over Barrere is 60,555,
and over Barrere and Lewis 1880.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

PRESIDENT AT LAsr.-Gen Cass has been
chosen pro tenn President of the Oakland
and Ottawa Railro0l company in Michigan,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

.a8- What is the difference between girls
and Iemons' The latter get the most Of the
squeezing in the dog days, and tho former
don't
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

~ lleman j. Rcdfcd, Esq, the newly
appointed Collector Of the port of New York,
entered on the duties of his office on the LIST
inst
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WAR IN EURopE-OUn MAYA Was

WAR IN EUROPE-OUR MAYA Wash
ington letter in the Baltimore Sun says:
The stirring news Of the impending war
'hefwcen Russia and Turkey necessarily cx-
'fifes much interest here, for it becomes the
government of the greatest commercial ma
|iionin tile World to look after the interests
which may possibly become involved in the
'controversy. 1t is evident that our new add
ADMINISTRATION is disposed to do something for
the navy, and that is the first stepto be taken
for the protection Of the honor of our flag
and the interests Of our commerce and navi-
cation. The administration will now be bet.
ter employed than in the vain attempt to hold
a balance between the sections" of the demo-
cratic party. They will find exercise for all
their wisdom and energy in an attention TO
the general interests of the country. Had the
proposition of Mr.. Stanton, the chairman of
the committee on naval affairs been carried
out, the Government would not now be des-
titutc of the means to send abroad minister
or dispatch.
The navy of the United States is notori-
ously far behind our commercial marine, in
every respect, and especially in regard to con-
struction and machinery for steam vessels
This deficiency could, as is believed, be easily
remedied. The adoption of retired list of
officers, and the increase of the number Of
effective vessels, and especially of steamers
in the service, will be urged upon Congress
ut the next session.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

DIX AND PIERcE.-The New York Express
learns that Gen. Dig will follow his family 20
Europe in short time, and adds
His friends think he has been personally
almost as badly treated as Judge Bronson by
the President. He was promised the Mission
to France, and on the promise his family made
preparations to 90 there. He took the Sub
Treasury to oblige the President, and the
Executive hoped to keep him buried in this
Custom House dungeon. The Richmond
Enquirer denounced him to get rid of him,
and to put Mr.. Mason in the place which the
Administration promised to Mr. Dix. Having
succeeded in this, the Enquirer has now come
out flat footed for the Administration. We
are told in letter from Washington that not
long ago there came letter from Governor
Marcy, requesting of Gen. Dix some fresh
committal and pledge on certain points of
political faith; but regarding this, undoubted-
~, as II piece Of presumption on the part of
the Secretary of State, Gen. Dix treated the
demand in silcrce. lie was then sent for by
the Prcsdent-hc wrote the President that,
having nine millions of dollars of the public
money in his keeping, he could not leave
home however great the pleasure which n
visit to the President might afford him. and
added that no one knew better than the
President how reluctantly he accepted his
present office and how DESTROYS he was to be
released from it, The end we have seen in
Mr.. Cisco's appointment and in Mr.. DiX's re-
lease greatly to his Joy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

WAR IN EUROrE.-The news by the Arctic
on Sunday leaves no reasonable ground for n
doubt that war between Russia and Turkey
is already commenced. The Turkish Mani
festo, which we publish herewith, while mod
crate in its tone and guarded in its express
sions, proflers no alternative for hostities but
the prompt, unqualified abandonment of the
Danubian Principalites by Russia; and this,
though no more than the Gar ought to do, is
very certainly what he will not do. The d.
pomatists are busy over their protocols and
Hotes, us usual, and the stockholders are ca
gerly conjuring up "a loop to chang doubt
upon but these amount to nothing in the
face of the Turkish Manifesto and its report
ed reception by the Gar, who Immediately
and emphatically declared that the Porte
should have the war it courted, and that this
should be Il war of life or death.
The best accounts represent the Turkish
Army as not only formidable in numbers but
indomitab!e in spirit, and eXcellently provided
with every requisite to efficiency. Whatey'
nav be the ultimate issue of the struc-,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

PERsoNAL.-Thc Herald, in an article on
Percc's Cabinet, gives the following person.
al sketch of some of its members:
We assai the administration on political
and public grounds; and would hold it spot
upon our own escutcheon, and an insult to
the good taste Of the American people, could
we 50 far forget our duties and our sense of
proprcty MS to reflect upon their private char
acter We have great respect for Marcy
and his pantaoons. We regard him as
pious and exemplary Christian, who eschcws
card playing, tobacco chewing, snuff taking,
and all the social deIinquenccs of the age
Neither does he, we believe, ever spit upon
carpets, nor offend dccency and pOlitcness
by anything of the kind. His political dere-
Lotions, however, we are by no means blind
to, nor slow to reprehond. Jefferson Davis
is known to be gentleman and man of
proved courage and gaIIantry. We only GEN.
sure his political misconduct rs Cabinet
minister. Caleb Gushing is undoubtedly n
fine scholar and man of universal attain
ments; but we consider him a very bad polit-
clan, and one who does not understand how
to manage the great machine of government.
So, too, us to Mr.. Guthrie; he is very hon
orable man in all his dealings; he pays his
subscriptions to the church of Kentucky,
keeps the Sabbath day holy, performs his So
cial, religious and legal duties to the satisfac-
ton Of an approving conscience; hut he
knows nothing at all about politics He has
made most fatal mistakes in that branch of
science, suffering himself to be led astray by
sort of Mephistophies in the gusc of his
friend and admirer, Peter q. Washington.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

Such Is LlFE.-Sun-Iight over head and
frost under feet; so goes the world Joy
lays upon the lips while sadness is within the
heart. A face beams on us to-day and goes
down into the night tomorrow. Warm pro-
LESSONS meet you at every word and deceit
follows in its very echo; the young laugh at
care and tomorrow bow beneath its weight;
the old 90 chcerily on and the frost of age
soon hurries them beyond the cbbing stream;
so goes the world Yet we thank God for
the sunlight, and the frost in that they but
shadow forth the true Philosophy of Life.
"Mr. Skeesiks, YOU said the defendant was
honest and intelligent. What makes you
think so--are you acquainted with hm|
"No, sir, never seed him."
"Whv then, do you come to such a con-
cusion"
"'Causo he takes ten newspapers, and al
ways pays for them in advance"
Verdict for the defendant. Call tho next
case.
PRESIDENT AT LAsr.-Gen Cass has been
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

The FORTHCOMING MEssAGE.-A WASH
ington correspondent of the New York Jour-
nal Of Commerce gives us the following ink
lings of the probable complexion of General
Pierce's first message TO Congress.
The frame work of the message has been
laid out. and the President is engaged with
his Secretaries in reducing it To form. Its
developments respecting our foreign relations
will be deeply interesting. lhrongh its
statements we shall be Informed of the ex-
act progress of the negotiation relative to the
fishery question and the northwest trade.-
The best Informed here believe that the Sec
rotary of State is proceeding quietly but eff
GENTLY to IN adjustment of the differences
which have so long existed between England
and the United States on that subject The
questions pending with Mexico are the right
of transit across the lsthmus of Tchuantepec,
as involved in the Sloo and Garay contracts,
and defined in the treaties negotiated by
Judge Conkln and Gov. Letcher; the demand
fo-rthe rightof way for the Pacific rail road,
II NVh Soag IN eooihihuahua; the reclama-
/. lar boarding house for S9,epredations, and
y the Wintet half session. and afVEaercal
the SummSr half This includes fua1oiect
dies. Washing 81 per month. MIC,
- The Regulations of thsit
I | Wis . H. ID
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

the surplus on hand, thesystem OF purchasing
up government stocks will be pursued until
it is consumed.
In reference to expenditure the most rigid
economy will be insisted upon. 1t is expect
ed that the policy of improving rivers and
internal harbors will be discouraged. The
plan of connecting :he contract system of
carrying the mails with the increase and sup
port Of the Navy, will be referred to in un-
favorable terms. and its abandonment as soon
as consistent with existing contracts and re-
suting rights will be recommended. The
proposition to connect the Atlantic and Pa
cite coasts by great national railroad will
be discussed, and the President will state his
conviction that sound policy requires it to be
left TO the individual energies and the private
capital of the country.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

MedilI's majority over Barrere is 60,555
and over Barrere and Lewis 1880.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-09-22
Rail Road Convention.

This Convention, to which we re-
ferred in our LAST. is to assemble in
this place, on NJ onday, October Sd
that is, next NJ pnday week. 1t be-
ing the first do y Of our Quarterly
County Court, We may safely cal Gu
late on a large att Guidance without
estimating those who Will attend
because of an interest felt in the
action of the Convention. 7 he 9th
CT counties are moving vigor@ usly in
this matter Giles, on the 5th inst,
held a very large and enthusiastic
meeting, and the principal yepmanry
of the county were appointed dele
gates They are to have another
meeting on Saturday, 24th inst
Warren county holds j convention
to-day, (rhprSdayl to appoint dele
gates. The object Of the COnven-
ton to assemble at this place is, to
devise mean for the extension of the
great Southwestern Road, from TIL
Iahoma through Lincoln and Giles,
to a connection with the great chain
IF roads running South Nash-
Vile and New Orleans and Mobile
md Ohio Roads. If some action is
not had on this subject during the
next Legislature the last opportunity
sill have passed. Lincoln county is
leeply interested in the matter, and
We will endorse that she will not be
aggard in the s upp ort Of any meas
ire, touching this subject. that may
,e based upon prudence and justice.
The people north of US, on the South
western Road, are making every ef-
ort to complete the great line which
$ now under contract from Tullaho
ma to Danyille, Kentucky, where it
ntersects the pNncipal Northern |
Dads. i
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-09-22

On looking over-the broad Union
in search Of some man to be made
Speaker of the House Of Representa-
tive S, in-the next Congress, our eyes
rest upon many prominent democrats
b ut we find none better qualified or
NOR deserving OF that honorable po-
sition, than Hon. G. w. Jones, of
this State. He is a good democra.
IS ound upon the Southern interest
Of t he country, without being ultra
in a ny Of his opimons-he is able
and efficient and has much perience
in Parliamentary usag1s.
We know that there are many dem
ocrats in this Union, that Won I'D grace
the Speakership, and dIscha rye the
duties of that highly respon{ib po-
sition with credit to themsel Ees and
hon or to the country; but as a selec-
ton has to be lnade-as so me one
will have to be chosen, we know Of
no better man, and none il whose
hands the interest Of the country will
be more secure, than George w.
Jon es. lie comes as nearly combin-
ing all the requisite qualities Of a
Spea ker, as any man that can be
found from Maine to California. He
has the talents--the experience = the
firmness, and is as mu CHI devoted I'd
our Republican instit ptions as any
one that lives under their benign in
flue nee. He has given the highest
and best evidence of merit, for be has
stru ggled to the high and enyiable
position he now occ upies by his own
findomitable efforts he is emphatic
ally a self-made man.
We all have our preferences, and
have a right to express them, and in
the exerciseof that right we unhesita-
ltingly declare ourselves in favor of
1 George W. Jones for Speaker of the
House Of Representatives, in the
mex I Congress. We trusta selection
will be made with view to the best
interest of the country, and we feel
fully confident that such will be the
case, when. they come to choose a
presiding officer. With such a choice
We will be Satisfied, whether the man
we prefer above all others is elected
or not. -GyeenriUe Spy.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-09-22
Nashville Gazette.

| This is one Of the best papers
published ii the West, and ought
to and does receive, a generous sup
port from an intelligent public 1t
has been a fashion in this State,
though it is now rapidly on the de-
crease, to subscribe literally for east
ern newspapers, the proprietors Of
which were becoming wealthy BY
southern munifce nee, while they
damned publicly a d privately eur
domestic relations. BY this course,
the southern people were stabbing
themselves, by placing weapons IN
the hands Of northern fanatics This
evil, thank God, is abating, and such
papers as the Nashville Gazette,
which is worth a dozen Of the imPor-
.ations, are being generally disse mi-
lated. 7
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-09-22

heard Of old Beu?--is driving ahead
at his old stand near Broad street,
well prepared to furnish every arti-
Gle usually kept in il large Tin and
Stove warehouse
Ana thus ends, fbr to-day, our re-
view Of the Nashville wholesale hou-
ses.
On Saba tn morning We again en-
tered The ears, and started homeward.
Ally O'Clock we stopped in Shell
byville; and there remained until
the next morning. We had not
becn in that town for nearly four
years, During that time it has in
creased amazingly. Wholesale Gro
Gerry stores, Dry Goods houses, Fur
niture ware rooms, and handsome pri-
vate residences, have arisen as by
magic Besides, it has two Of the
best public houses TO be found any
where. The Shelbyville Inn rqns,
landlords one of the best hotels
we know of, AS a transient custo-
mer, we have been acquai nted with
the house for eight years, and have
always found it good. The White
House, too IS. ~ s. z. d. White,
landlords has a character second to
none in the State. Those who have
stopped there, and their name is le-
gion, say there is nothing in Nash
Vile that can excel it.
On Monday morning. we called tc
see our friend, Russ, Of the Yeoman
and I3ass again Of the Expositor, ant
after exchanging innumerable queries
and answers and congratulations
took seat behind a horse, and star
led for home, arriving here just as
Nights shadows were closing the portals Of Day
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-09-22

| The New York Datchman thu:
alludes to mule raised in Georgia,
now on exhibition near the Crys-
cal Palace:
"The largest Mule ev er raised in
this or any other unity, is now on
10Th street. opposite the entrance to
the Crystal Palace. He is l9J
hands high. Our readers will have
a better notion oil bis mules bip, when
we state that the height Of the lar
gfst carriage horses seldom go over
I6 hands. The mule weighs D.
go lbs, which is thousand It's.
more than the average weight of
horses. He was raised by a Colo
mel Howard, Of Georgia, and is,
without dispute, The finest specimen
Of Southern manufacture ever seen
north of Mason s. DiHon's line
Georgia can go mp head. New York |
can raise aslarge asses as any other
State. Look for instance, at one
,fitwo OF the managers ofthe Crys-
,al Palace. In the way Of Mules
We knock under. Tie cotton Stat e
,an take that hat 7!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-09-22
A Rich Affair.

The Pittsburg Post is responsible
for the following. The girls, it see ms,
did not strip for the fight, but were
soon stripped after they sol into il:
Two young, ladies residing in Allie
ghany City, yesterday settled a little
difficulty viii h had sprung up be
tween them, by a resort to hair ppll-
Ing, scratching, dress tearing, &cI!-
One of the ladies-so the story rpns
: fancied herself secure ID the afiee
| tons of nice young man, when the
other stepped in, and either by force
of superior charms, Or by the frailty
of the male biped, sueceeded in bring
| ing him to her feet. Miss couldh t
stand it; il was too much for flesh
and blood to bear. Yesterday the
two ladies met, and Miss A. COM
nlenced In attack upon Miss B., and
such wa 5 the bittern ess existing be-
tween til E two, thatno one word was
spoken, and that's strange too, con
sidering they were women, but at it
they went. First, the bon nets were
torn off; then shawls and handller-
chiefs followed; the dresses came next
and then-but nd matter what;
but in a few minutes, the two young
ladies were standing within a ring
which had been formed. perfectly de-
nuded of their clothing, with the ex-
ception Of shoes and stockings
Such was the bitterness of feeling
existing, that the fight would have |
had not relative Of one
of the combatants succeeded in drag .
ging and pushing the ladies into a
house, where they were pacifieds-
Both of the young ladies are very
respectable, and this sudden ebullition
Of their pugilistic propensities has
every one. The you ng
nan is lucky, the way we look at it,
md the girls foolish. +
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-09-22

Large Trans = As Specimen
Iol the immense business done by
The Central (Nlich.6 Railroad, the
Detroit Free Press mentions that a
freight train arrived in that city on
Thursday consisting oil one hundred
and ten carsl The weight of tle
train alone was 5f4 tonsl he prii,
cipaI item Of freight WAS wheat, Of
which there were about one million
pounds Another fright train ar
rived over the 5 me road, on tie
I2Ih ult., of still grea leI length than
The one. mentioned aboyr-lhere be-
ing one hundred and eighteen eafsi