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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-01-27
BALTIMORE, Jan. 90


A call, signed by many of the first mer-
chants of New York, has been published for
4 meeting to protest against The Nebraska Bill
of Senator Douglass, and against the repeal
Of the Missouri Compromise.
1t is stated that unless the British Govern
ment reconsider the dispatches Of Lord Clar-
endon, Mr.. Clayton will introduce Bill into
the Senate, placing the Military and Naval
forces at the disposal of the President, to
compel England 10 fulfil her treaty stipu-
ations.
Mr. Houston, it is said, will call for inlor-
nation relative to the Soulc duel
~" The Grand Division of East Tennes.
see Of the Sons Temperance, was organised
in Knoxville on the 10Th inst, by the Grand
Worthy Patriarch, L. r. Osborne, and the
Grand Scribe, Hugh Carroll, Of the Grand
Division Of Tennessee. The following off.
GERS were elected to serve during the current
year. Sam, n. Fain, G. w. p; w. w. Neal,
G. w, A.; Jas. o. Patton, G. s.; James Jones,
G, T.; James +. Cartcr G. C.; Rev. w. II.
Bates, G. Chaplain; C. \. Rice, G. Sentinel.
RUMoRED MARINE DlsAsTER.-There is Il
rumor, but it is doubted, that the brig Mary
Jane, from Dublin bound to New York, is
ashore near Halifax, aud that only six out of
one hundred and fifty Of her passengers were
saved.
FIRE AT RoCHEsTEE.-A destructive FIRE
occurred at Rochester New York, which de-
stroyed property estimated at three hundred
thousand dollars value.
TORNADO IN OHo-A terrible tornado oc-
cured at Mount YER On, Ohio, on Friday
The hurricane nearly destroyed the town of
Brandon.
LATER FROM BERngDA.-The British mail
steam ship Merlin has arrived at Halifax
from Bermuda, which port she left on the
18th instant.
Her adyices state that eleven hundred and
fifty persons had persisted from the late ep.
demlc, and that the cholera was raging at
Nevis Island.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-01-27

SALr.-MsSpodden & Horton have just
received large supply OF Salt. See adyer
'j-Gtuant,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-01-27

c73@ Brigham Young talk, to the Indians
of Utah in way which is more lorcble than
elegant 81 say to the Indians, as have often
said to the mob, go your length, You say
you arc going to obltcrate the Lattcr-Day
Saints, and wipe them from the earth. Why
don't you do it, you poor, miserable curses ~
SIPPISGs FROM PUNcH.-"Do you believe
in this Table Talking, Matilda, that there's
such fuss about?
"Oh dear No! Why, the other evening n
table was asked how old was, and it raped
out forty! Ridiculous; when I'm not three
and twenty till next March :"
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"a, BANK DIRECroRs-The following gentle
North u'sve been appointed Directors of the
n nog a. Bank of Tennessee at Athens, for
upon twelsnt year:
ItSSve az. Ballew, McMinn county.
Nd tMcCulIa,
Bridges,
-eder,
s. Sehorn, "
Ramsey, knOx. .,..,,,....... .........
Cling 7. Turner, Roane.
= Moore, Meigs.
ets Gamble, Polk.
Grant Bradley.
is Shepherd, Hamilton.
avid E. Gillespie, Rhea.
We are requested to state that the new d.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-01-27

CHANCE IN THE CABINET.-Eyery now
and then we-4ave rumors from Washington
of contemplated changes in the Cabinet
The New York Herald is filled with such
speculations. Among its last is the following:
In the event of reconstruction of the
Cabinet, it would not be surprising If Marcy,
through the joint influence Of Gushing and
Davis, were let down to the Treasury De-
partment, with the advancement Of Gushing
to The post of Premier. Nor would this
transposition be disadvantageous to the gov
eminent compared with the present arrange
ment; for while Gushing has proved his at
tainments to some extent, in matters Of in
transitional law, Marcy has abundantly shown
that his diplomacy is not that Of Webster
nor Everett, but rather that he is the stump
ing spokesman for Buncombe in his highest
efforts at great State paper. On the other
hand, Marcy has 4 taste for the finances
The jingle of the spells is music TO his ears
always has been-and his nntecedents,
even to the small item of fifty cents, have
established his precision in settling up his
accounts He is in his element among the
spoils; but an old Jack Tar on horseback sits
not more awkwardly than Marcy in the State
Department He may prescribe the fashion
of the coats and breeches of our diplomats
with the precision of a tailor; he may make
ont special case of citizenship for Koszta
good enough till after the election, and then
show most cOncusivelY. that it was all gam
mon; but our foreign relations at this june
ture require other patching than the patching
of breeches or stump speech for n pending
election. We repeat, then, that with a
change in the Cabinet we should not be sur
priced wore Marcy transferred TO the Treasu-
ry and Gushing promoted to the office of
Premier, with Il passport to Master Guthrie
to resume the flat boat navigation of the
rivers of Kentucky. Perhaps some such
notifications are contemplated, and we should
like to see them tried for two or three
months. There might be something of sue
cess in the pyDprinlpnt Who knows
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FIRE At RocHEsTEE.-A destructive FIRE
occurred at Rochester New York, which de-
stroyed property estimated at three hundred
thousand dollars value.
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TORNADO IN OHo-A terrible tornado oc-
cured at Mount Verro On, Ohio, on Friday
The hurricane nearly destroyed the town of
Brandon.
Washington sentinel., 1854-03-01
CONGRESS-.

In the Seate, yesterday, the bill granting
land to the several States of the Union for the
support Of the INDECENT insane was ordered to a
third reading. The Nebraska bill was further
advocated by Messrs. Brodhead & Thomson
of New Jersey, and then postponed. Mr.. Clay
ton will speak to-day.
In the House of Representatives, Mr.. Ewing
Of the Committee of Elections, moved that the
committee be discharged from the further con-
sideration of the memorial from citizens OF
New York on the subject of the ineligibility Of
the Hon. Mike Walsh to a seat in the House OF
Representatives. He said that the allegation
was unsupported by any proof whatever. The
motion was agreed to without any objection.
The Wisconsin Railroad bill was discussed
during the morning hour.
The Homestead bill was then taken up in
Committee of the Whole on the state of the
Union, and various amendments were offered
and discussed The committee rose before per.
fecting the first section ofthe bill, and then the
House adjourned
Washington sentinel., 1854-03-01
A LIBEL ON THE FAIR SEX.

"Ike," the piquant and rather ill-natured
Washington correspondent of the Richmond
Whig, is guilty in his last letter Of most un-
justifable assault upon the fair ladies who have
lately adorned the Senate galleries with their
presence. He libels them most grossly in the
following paragraph:
"For several weeks past the galleries of the
Senate have been thronged by the gentler sex,
attracted doubtless by as great desire to ex.
hibit their gorgeous finery as to derive instruc.
ton from close attention to the debates.
Every day has witnessed the same glittering
display of silks and satins, and the same pain
full exhibition fplain faces, pallid compilations.
and premature wrinkles. A fresh and pretty
face in these busy haunts ofm is a spectacle
as rare as painted hag in the social circles Of
Virginia 1t is really surprising that these
respectable spinsters should brave, day after
day, the most inclement weather in order to
expose themselves to the ill-natured criticisms
of men, so deficient in taste as to prefer ripe
lips and rounded limbs to their fashionable
garbs and faded charms"
Washington sentinel., 1854-03-01

4
| Mr. DISNEY resumed the floor, feeling unwill-
ing to yield il for any further remarks. His pur-
pose was, he said, 10 afford an opportunity TO
every gentleman 10 examine the provisions OF the
bill in every possible aspect The bill had met his
deliberate approval. and OF course ne would not
shrink from investigation coming from any quarter.
In the course of his remarks, he said he made mis-
take in saving that the bill appropriated 2,5O0,000
acres. The amount was only 1,692,320 acres.
Mr. WENTWORTH said he would vote for the
bill if the members from Wisconsin want it, And
he asked whether the representatives from Mil
wanke wanted it.
Mr. WELLS was understood to say in answer
to direct question whether he would vote for the
BILL that he would wait for further developments !;
and, further, that this bill was not considered a
Milwaukee measure.
Mr.. DISNEY resumed; but had not concluded
his remarks, when the morning hour expired
A large number Of Senate bills were taken up,
and appropriately referred
HOMESTEAD BILL.
The House resolved Itself into Committee of
the Whole on the state of the Union on the home
stead BILL Mr.. OLDs in the chair.
Mr.. COBB, the first section having been read,
moved an amendment proposing 10 give one hun
dred and sixty acres of land, not only 10 heads of
:amiles but 10 single men and further, that only
agricultural and not mineral lands shall be To-
Gated.
Mr.. DAWSON opposed the amendment as it
proposed 10 90 loo mueu, anu Hnduc tue scciioH
ambiguous.
Mr.. WRIGHT, Of Pennsylvania, moved further
10 amend, by making the benefits of the bill spe-
officially apply TO free white citizens. He had no
prejudices with regard to color. [Laughter.l BY
this he meant, he was not the enemy OF the ne
groes, but loved the whites more.
Mr.. DAWSON replied that il was not contem-
plated by this bill that its provisions should apply
10 any other but white persons.
Mr.. KEITT inquired whether the gentleman
regarded the free black in any State citizen.
Mr.. DAWSON. Not at all.
Mr.. DAVIS, Of Rhode Island, opposed the
amendment, as cruel and unjust TO ihe colored
race.
Mr.. GIDDINGS moved an amendment TO the
amendment. by adding the words "nor more than
one-half white" Laughter) He admitted he
moved this TO render the original amendment ri
dculous, He then spoke warmly in defence OF
the colored race" saying they fought for the
liberty which he and the gentleman who offered
the original amendment now enjoy, and It would
be wrong not to permit the colored people right
TO the soil in common with white men And he
protested against the injustice sought TO be in
fcted.
Mr.. GIDDNGs's amendment was voted down,
and that of Mr.. WRIGHT agreed to--yeas u, nays
66.
Various other amendments were offered and
discussed in fve-minute speeches; but, without
perecting the first section Of the bill, the commit
tee rose,
And the House adjourned.
Washington sentinel., 1854-03-01
(See Senate Journal, page 2Ol.) 81

The said clause was therefore stricken from the
bill of the House of Representatives.
On motion by Mr.. Thomas to amend said bill
by adding thereto the following as new section !:
SEC. s. And be ID further enacted That an all
that territory ceded By France to the Usited States,
uader the name Of Louisiana, whach lies north Of
$50 3O north latitude, nat Included aoithtn tie
limits of the State contemplated by this act slavery
and Involuntary serpitude, otherwise than sn the
punishment of crimes wAereof the party shall hare
been daiv comv,cted shall be and IS hereby Joyeyer
prohibited: Prooided al,oays, that auy person es-
Gaping into the same from Dhom labor service IS
laacfuHy claimed ia any State or Territory Of the
United States, sueh fugitive may be laag,aAy re-
claimed and conveyed to the person claiming his
her labor or serUice, as atoresaid
The said amendment was agreed TO in Senate
without division.
Mr.. Trilnble, of Ohio, then moved to amend
this new section by striking out the following
"Al that territory ceded by France to the United
States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies
north Of $50 80, north latitude, not included within
tho limits Of the State contemplated by this act,
and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
All that part of Louisiana pest of The Mississippi
ceded 5y France to the United States, ercept the
State Of Louisiana the territory included fn the
proposed State of Missouri, and the arkansas Ter
yitory east ofthe ITO or 90 ofiongtmde (agreea5y
10 Melislis map.)
On the question TO agree to this amendment, il
was determined in the negative--yeas 2, nays
80 as follows: .s.#
Washington sentinel., 1854-03-01

to the person claiming his or her labor or service
as aforesaid: Providsd nevertheless, That the said
provisions shall not be construed to alter the con-
dton or civil rights of any person now held 10 SER
vice or labor in the said Territory"
The question was then stated on agreeing 10 this
amendment when
Mr. Storrs, of New York, moved 10 strike out
these words: And shall ordain and establish
that" and in lieu thereof TO insert the following:
And be u further enacted, That The follopig pro-
positions be, and the are hereby offered TO the
satd eoncento' for their free acceptance rejection,
10 be incorporated into the constitutions Of TIE said
State articles of compact beiceen the SAID State
and ths United States, viS: That there 6e ,leither
Shauery, Sc., above.
And on the question to agree TO this amendment
OF Mr. Storrs, il was determined in the negative
yeas 81, nays 9S.
The question was then taken on agreeing to the
above amendment made in the Committee OF the
Whole, and passed in the Acknowledgements "a,
nays Sc.
motion was then made by Mr.. Taylor, of New
York further 10 amend the said bill by striking out
these wards: "And the said State, when formed,
shall be admitted into the Union upon equal
footing with the original States, in all respects
whatever . and in lieu thereof to insert And if
fhe same hat IS the Constitafion) shall be approved
Jv Congress Ase said Isritory shall be admitted
into the U,ioa as a State, upon the same footing
as the original States.
And the question being taken thereon, it was
determined in the negative-yeas 49, nays 125.
No further amendment being proposed, the
question was then taken . Shall the said bill be
engrossed and read third time e. and passed in
the afirmative-yeas SO. nays S4.
Inthe House of Representatives., March 1, 1920.
On the question g Shall the bill pass ~ and passed
in the afirmative-yeas 81, nays 50; as follows:
Washington sentinel., 1854-03-01
MIR. HUNTERS SPEECH.

We lay before our readers this morning the
speech recently delivered by the Hon. Robert
M. I. Hunter, senator from Virginia, on the bill
to organize the territories of Nebraska and
Kansas. The high reputation, which Mr.. Hun
ter enjoys, and the large space which he occu-
pies in the public mind, makes it almost un-
necessary for us to invite attention to any of
his productions, but even if the case were other.
wise, the reader, if he be properly interested
in the important question which is now pend
ing before the country, can hardly fail, after
entering on the perusal Of Mr.. Hunters speech,
to read and consider all that it contains.
The Nebraska, bill which is now pending be-
fore the two houses of Congress, is one of the
most important that has ever been presented.
Its purpose is to give fxedness to those prin-
ciples which were recognised in 1850; to give
fnality to the anti-slavery crusade; and to re-
store peace and quiet to the country, by remov-
ing the last trace Of vicious and irritating legis
lation, through the simple and honest process
of returning to the true principles of the Con-
stitution. State sovereignty and State equality
constitute the basis of our confederacy If
the separate sovereignty Of the people Of the
Commonwealths which compose this Union
should ever be overthrown, Capitalization and
despotism would be inevitable and immediate.
If State equality should be denied, then separ-
alton and disunion would be the only remedy
from more grievous because more degrading
consequences. Mr.. Hunter has fullyvindicated
State equality. Beginning with the preamble
of the Constitution, and explaining the manner
of taxation, the provisions regulating inter
course between the States, the rights Of citi-
zenship, and the restrictions imposed on State
action in order to prevent unequal burdens,
Mr.. Hunter has pictured, as if with pencil Of
light, the undertaking consistency with which
the trainers of the Constitution adhered to the
great, leading, vital principle of State equality.
But tits entirely unnecessary for us to present
an abstract of Mr.. Hunters speech, or even to
recapitulate its important and prominent posi-
tons. The space at our disposal does not per-
NIT us to do so and even if the case was
different, such work would be only labor thrown
away. Facts properly put and thoroughly sus-
tanned need no explanation. Plain, direct,
positive argument needs no commentator.
True, the Nebraska bill is measure of vast
importance. 1t is true, also, that many mis-
statements have been scattered throughout the
country with regard to it. The history of the
Missouri act of 1920 has been most grossly
misrepresented; and every possible effort has
been made to impart to it degree of sanctity
which it never had and to connect with it the
names of men who were in no manner respon-
sible for it. But yet our readers win find that
Mr.. Hunters speech does justice to the whole
subject, ard therefore we feel that we may
close this article without saying more than we
have said already.
Washington sentinel., 1854-03-01

IDENTITY OF THE Holy SEpuLcHRE.-Rus
sia is about to plunge into war, she says, sole
ly on account of the "holy places" and the
emperor says the nations of Europe are fright
ened at phantom" That is true; the holy
places are phantom-that is, there is no tell.
ins where the sites of the events referred by
their title took place. For example, the Holy
Sepulchre: 1t is denied that the place now
shown has any pretension to genuineness.
This was to be found in the relation of Bishop
Arcalf, who described the cave of Marcus as
being about the year 694 round, the present
one being square; as holding nine persons,
while the present one can only hold five; as
being Of red and white stone, the present one
being of gray limestone, and as bearing due
west from Calvary, from whence the present
cave bears northwest
Washington sentinel., 1854-03-01
THE NEW PLAY AT THE vAR1ETE

Miss Davenport presented the public, on
Monday evening, with novelty in the pa
thetic play cf Camille translated from one of
the most popular French dramas. The house
was crowded to excess by one of the most
fashionable auditories of the season, and the
performance met with unbounded appreciation.
The play is strikingly effective in every partic-
ular, and abounds with humorous incidents
and touching effects. Camille, as rendered by
Miss Davenport, was one of the most beautiful
Of this talented lady's renderings. The gay
frivolity of the young Partisan beauty and her
subsequent scenes of heart-broken misery and
ultimate death were delineated in most
finished and touching style. Mr.. Goodall, in
armand Dupal displayed his usual ability.
The 81. Fricole of Mr.. Wayne Divine was
an artistic and highly finished performance,
and deserves more than passing notice.
His gay, lively scenes in the early part of the
drama received rapturous appreciation, whilst
his pathetic rendering of the good heart" in
the chamber of the dying Camille, elicited tears
and smiles, and finely contrasted with his pre-
vious frivolity. Mr.. Altemus was correct and
acceptable as Monsieur Dural and Mrs. Alte-
mus and Miss Newton presented their charac-
ters with judgment and effect. The Madame
Babillard of that truly admirable actress, Mrs.
Thayer, was a glorious piece of acting, fully
equal to all that lady's efforts. The piece
made decided hit and would have a long run
We regret that the management have thought
fit to withdraw it. Tonight "Masks and
Faces with Miss Davenport and the great
cast is presented.
Washington sentinel., 1854-03-01

THE MONARCH STILL A MAN.-Who forgets
the anecdote of Napoleon and the village bells
of Brientz? He was riding late one day over
battlefield, gazing stern and unmoved on
the dying and the dead that strewed the ground
by thousands about him, when suddenly "those
evening bells" struck up merry peal. The
emperor paused to listen; his heart was soften
ed; memory was busy with the past. He was
no longer the conqueror of Austerlitz, but the
innocent happy schoolboy at Brientz; and, dis.
mounting from his horse, he seated himself on
the stump of an old tree, and to the astonish.
ment of Rapp, who relates the circumstance
burst into tears. The rock was smitten, and
living waters came gushing from it.
Ma Notebook
Washington sentinel., 1854-03-01
ILLINOIS AND THE NEBRASKA BILL.

We have just received telegraphic despatch,
announcing that the following resolutions have
been adopted by the legislature Of Illinois.
The vote in the Senate was fourteen to eight,
and the majority in the House of Representa-
tives was more than two to one. Judge Doug
las will be doubtless much gratifed by the
noble support which his State has given him !;
and, if our columns permitted, we would extend
to him our warm congratulations on the oc-
casion:
"That our liberty and independence are
based upon the right Of the people to form for
themselves such a government as they may
choose; that this great principle birthright
of freemen, the gift of Heaven, secured to US
by the blood Of our ancestors-ought to be ex-
tended to future generations; and no limitation
ought to be applied to this power in the or
ganization of any territory of the United States,
of either territorial government or State
constitution; provided the government as es-
tablished shall be republican, and in conformi-
ty with the Constitution.
q aResolced, That we will stand by the compro-
mise of 1850; that we are attached to that great
fundamental principle Of democracy and free
institutions which lies at the basis of our creed,
and gives every political community the right
to govern itself-to form such government as
they may choose, without Imitation restriction
or hindrance, save obedience to the Constitu-
ton ofour country.
"Resolred, That the institution of slavery was
one of the principal subjects of compromise
embraced in the Constitution that it is recog-
nised therein and that we deem the restriction
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people to form such government as they may
choose, in regard to the question Of slavery, as
gross violation of that sacred right as SINH
lar restriction upon any other question of gov
ernment-the right whereof is equally recog-
nised by the Constitution of the United States.
/" Resolced, That this principle is contained
and carried out in the Nebraska BILL offered in
the Congress Of the United States by our dis
tinguished senator, Stephen A. Douglas; that
we approve of said bill; and that we will sus-
tain our senator in his advocacy of the same"
Washington sentinel., 1854-03-01
lsee Senate journal, page 2O2.l

(See Senate Journal page 202)
The title of the bill was then amended by ad-
ding thereto the following: And to prohibit slapery
im certaip Territories And the bill was passed
without0 division, and sent to the House of Rep
resentatives
In the House of Representatives., March 2, 1920
The House received and considered amendments
of the Senate to said bill; and having agreed 10
the amendment striking out the following clause
That the further introduction of slavery, or in
voluntary serviiude, be prohibited. except for the
punishment of crimes. whereof the party shall be
duly convicted; and that all children of slaves
born within the said State after the admission
thereof into the Union shall be free, but may be
held TO service until the age of twenty-five years
by yeas 80. nays 81.
The question was stated on agreeing TO the
new section. Ib&
And it was determined in the afirmative-yeas
4 IA A o.. E,llo
Washington sentinel., 1854-03-01

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Feb 2-eo2w