The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-04-07
FILLIBusTERIsH SUsPIcIoYs.-The Grape

FuLIBusTERIsH SUsPIcIONs.--The Grape
shot, the clipper which left New York on
Friday last with arms and ammunition, nom
inally for Constantinople, the Courier DIES
Etats luis suspects to be destined for Cuba.
The Grapcshot cleared for the Antilles,
but the editor don't credit the report that she
is going either to Constantinoplc or Smyrna,
rs rcportcd, This is the vessel it will be re-
membercd, which has on board the George
Law muskcts.
The Mobile Register says:-
"From intinatons that have been given,
we are led to believe that the vu!tures Of
Pczua expected to find II quantity of arms
and ammunition-a very magazine of iiIibns-
terism in the hold of the Black WARRIOR
This accounts for their bouncing upon the
cotton bales.
"This apprehension resulted from n very
simple circumstance. When the New Dr.
leans Mail Boat came over on the day OF the
departure of the Black Warrior, she brought
a quantity of arms, muskets, swords, and pls-
tolls. These were seen embarked by Il Span
ish spy at New Orleans. The mail boat stop.
ped at the Warrior, in the Bay, and put some
of her passengers, with their baggage, aboard.
She then came on to this city and landed 4
portion of the arms on one Of our wharvcs.
In Il short time they had 'mystcriousy' disap-
pcarcd but not before they had been seen by
another Spanish spy in this city.
The Warrior sailed, but two letters went
with hcr,convcying the dreadful intelligence
to the Captain General. Scarcely had she
departed, before the aforesaid arms-thc
muskets, swords, and pistols-were shipped
on one of our up-river boats, and passed on
to the United States Arsenal ut Mount Yer.
non, for which they had all along been i'll
tended.
This, if not apocrypha, is perhaps the
'sccrct history" of the outrage at Havana
SMITH O'BRIEy's PARDoN.-Mr. Mitchell
in the Citizen, calls attention TO the fact that
Lord Palmcrston did not say that Smith o.
Bricn had been pardoncd, but only that she
would be allowed to apply" for a pardon, and
that the only condition that would be annex
cd to it should be, that he should never re.
turn to England. Mr.. O'Bricn has repeated
" declared that he would never ask for u par.
don. Mr.. Mitchell closes by saying:
On the whole, our impression of last week
is more and more confirmed. The illumna
tons in Clare will be qucnchcd with tears
Mrs. OBrcn will never, never see her noble
husband in Brussels, unless he come up out
of that Egyptian bondage with a high hand
We know that he has it his power ut any
time to surrender himself into custody, ant
friends enough, even there, to insure his res
cue Immediately after, and, if needful, tc
bring his police magistrate along with him te
America.
NEBRASKA TERRITORY FILLING UP.-Th,
st. Louis Republican of the nth instant ha
the following:
"During the past three days a large NUN
Der of persons have arrived in this city from
various quarters, on their way to Ncbrask
Territory; and rs but few boats were in por
from Missouri river, they have been compelled
to wait for beasts to get ready to start 81
great is the rush for passage that, although
there are several boats in port their cabins ar
full, even before they advertised to leave"