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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

NEW YoRK.-Full official returns from all
the counties in the State of New York show
the vote for Governor to be l57,l24 for
Clark, l56,66l for Seymour; l22,O9s for Ul-
man, 33,79l for Bronson; making the total
vote in the State 1864.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

icy The annexation of the Sandwich Is
lands is ngain said to be about to take place,
a treaty for the purpose having been drawn
up, and awaiting signature. 1t provides PEN
sions amounting in the aggregate toS4oO,OOo,
for the King aud his chiefs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

THE DooR.--Persons entering or leaving
the printing office will please shut the door
after them, unless specially requested to do
otherwise. Doors were made to be shut in
cold weather as well rs opened-a fact that
great many very clever people seem not to
be aware of.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

ILLINOIS BAEKs.-The st. Louis Repubi-
can gives the following as a list of Illinois
Banks which have suspended payment, and
are THEREFORE discredited:
City Bank of Chicago.
Merchants and Mechanics Bank, Chica-
go.
Farmers Bank, Chicago.
Phoenix Bank, Chicago.
Union Bank, Chicago.
And, as n consequence of these failures,
two wild cat concerns fromGeorgia, but own
ed in CHICAGO:
The Milledgevile Bank, Georgia, and
The Cherokee Bank and Ins. Co., Geor-
gia.
Add to these the following Banks, located
in other parts of the State:
Belvidere Bank;
Bank of Rockford;
Bank of Napiervle;
Bank of Ottawa;
Du Page county Bank;
Rock Island Bank, and
Rock River Bank, Beloit, Wisconsin.
The Republican remarks:
"One of these Banks-the Farmers Bank
of Chicago, has been calling in its paper for
three months past with view to the closing
of the concern, and there is very little in cir
culation. The Auditor of the State Of Hi
nois has published a notice stating that all
the circulation of this Bank will be redeemed
at his office in Springfield, pro rata, out of
the trust funds deposited by the Bank. The
stocks pledged for The payment of this circu-
lation will be converted into specie funds, as
required by law, at rs early days as practical
bic, when further notice will be given"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01
New YORK, Nov. 81.


Both parties claim the victory in the action
of the 9Th inst. Gen. Canrobert says that the
Russians lost nine thousand men. Prince
Menschikoff, on the other hand, says that the
sortie of the garrison on the 9Th inst. was
eminenty successful, and that the Russians
spiked thirty French guns and defeated the
French in the assault on the town with i'm
mense loss.
The Vienna Post says that on the 9th inst
the entire garrison of sxty-fte thousand men
assaled the allies in n furious battle which
was not ended when the messenger left, but
that the allies had slight advantage. 1t is
believed that a few such victories would CON-
pei the allies to raise the siege.
Prince Menschikof says that it is impossi.
bic for the allies to prolong the siege; and
therefore continues to harrass them.
Gen. Canrobert declares TINT he intends to
make an immediate assault, which, he as
serts, the Russians are in no condition to re-
sist.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

ley The South Carolina Legislature as
sembled at Columbia, on the 27th ult. The
Senate was organized by the election of the
Hon. R. F. w. Allston, Of Prince George
Winyaw, as President, Gen. VIM. E. Martin,
of Charleston, as Clerk. In the House, the
Hon. James Simmons, Of Charleston, was
elected Speaker.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

~ After today goods will not be deliv-
cred from any of the depots on the East
Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, until the
freights and charges are paid in full. See ad-
vertisement Superintendent Transportation,
next page.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

taV" Rider g. Brown, Athens, are agents
for lower East Tennessee, for the sale of
Fisk's Patent Metallic Burial Cases. See ad-
vertisement
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

.5Y" Faley, who sued the editor of tho
Georgia citizen for libel, laying his damages
at $4,000, and who was under bonds for his
appearance for certain misdemeanors, has for
feited his bail and sloped.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

~ James Fitzgibbon, night clerk ut
the postofice, In New York, was detected
Wednesday night by special agent, Mr..
Holbrook, in abstracting money packages
from the mails. He was arrested with pack
ages in his pockets safely secured.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

NORTH CARoLrSA.-David S, Read, the
present governor of North Carolina, has been
elected U. S. Senator by the Legislature of
that State by a majority of eleven.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01
BosToN, November, 25.

The British and North American steam
ship Canada, from Liverpool via Halifax, came
in collision, in our harbor last evening, with
the steamer Ocean, bound to Hallowell. The
latter had a stove upset and caught fire. The
boiler then exploded. Eighty passengers
were rescued and three were killed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

tB The N. Y. Dutchman says lean men
should never swear. Lean men look con-
sumptive consequently an oath from them
seems as much out of character as marine
hornpipe would in Quaker Westinghouse
No man should utter profanity, who does not
weigh at least two hundred in his night
clothes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

LOOK OUT-One hundred dollar counter
felt bills on the Bank Of Camden, So. Ca,
are in circulation in some parts of the coun-
try. They are said to be we'll executed, and
calculated 10 deceive.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01
CINCINNATI, Nov. .!

The Know Nothing Convention has ad.
journed, and adopted new ritual and made
important alterations in the constitution. The
Presidential question was not considered
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

e5s Large droves of hogs passed through
Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, to the rail road
depot bound for the New York market
They had been bought in Fairfield and
Franklin counties, at prices ranging from So
to 1926 per hundred, on foot.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01
ATHENS, FRIDAY, DEC. 1 1854.

~ The communication about 1.-THE Duke
of RichmOnd's Speech" an extract from
which we published last week, reached us
too late for today's issue. We will cheerful
ly give it place in our next.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

W 1t often happens, says the Washing
ton Star, that letter intended for California
is mailed in the Atlantic States with single
three cent stamp placed tlereupon. The
Postoffice Department has decided that, mas.
much as this prepayment does not satisfy
single full rate of postage, it can only be re-
garded rs deduction of three cents from the
original unpaid rate, leaving seven cents to he
collected at the office of delivery.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

HOG MARKET.-The Louisville Journal of
Thursday says:
The unfavorable weather for killing has
thrown damper on the market, and the
market Yesterday was decidedly flat. Only n
few hundred were killed, and from appear
ances last evening none will be killed to-day.
There are, from all we can learn, about 10000
head in the pens around the falls. Corn is
very high, and to feed hogs is therefore n
very heavy expense. Wehave no doubt that
rs soon as the weather turns cold, reaction
will take place. The only sale heard of yes
tcrday was n lot of 200 head, averaging 1870
lbs, at $4,25 cash. A very large distinction
is made in sales for cash and on 4 months
time.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

RUssTA.-There is talk of note from
Count Nesselrode to Prussia, stating that
Russia is prepared for all contingencies, and
will, under all circumstances, maintain her
traditional policy in the East. Even if Sc
bastopol should fall and the Crmea be lost,
Russia will not relinquish any rights hitherto
acquired by treaty.
Russia, Count Nesselrode says, is the
mightiest power in the East, and in spite of
any disaster which may befall her, she will
continue to be. Although Russia has not yet
brought her principal military power in the
field, the Western powers have had no cause
to triumph.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01
BALTIMORE. Nnr. %

William II. Martin, the principal distribu-
ting clerk in the post office in this city, has
been arrested for stealing money from letters
to the amount of some thousands.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

DELAwARE.---The Senate of Delaware,
lately chosen, will stand six Americans, two
Democrats and one Wing. The House will
stand nineteen Americans TO two DEM crats.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

SOUTH CAROLINA AGAINST CUBAN ANNEX
ATIoS.-Hon. w. w. Boyce, member of
Congress from this State, is reported bv the
Camden Is. c. Journal, to have made these
remarks at a recent meeting in that place:
"Mr. Boyce's views on the subject of add.
tional territory to'the United States struck us
as admirable. He is opposed to either the
purchase or acquisition of Cuba ri ct arms.
We have no need for larger extent of
country than that which we already possess;
and even in the most favorable view OF the
subject, the possession of Cuba by any other
means than the declaration of independence
on their part, would be an intolerabe burden,
particularly onerous upon the South"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

CouSTERrEITs.-The Petersburg 1ntelli.
gcncer cautions the public against counterfeit
notes on the Bank Of Cape Fear. These
counterfeits are mostly $40 and $50 notes,
very well executed, and very difficult to de-
teci The editor saw recently two $40 notes
on the Bank of Cape Fear which were coun-
torfeits
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

1y The aguc RACES so in some parts Of
Iowa, an exchange says, that people are oblig-
ed to sleep with corn cobs in their mouths to
keep from shaking their teeth out
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

Nor DEcIDED.-The last question before
the Mount Pisgah Debating Society was
"both the wing and democratic parties being
dead and buried, is it expedent to attempt to
revive them" Decision postponed till after
the meeting of Congress.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01
Nrw YoRK. Nov. Of

New YORK, Nov. 20.
The Steam Ship George Law has arrived
with California advices to the LIST inst, and
81 100000. She has brought no news Of
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

Ambassadors. w. Johnson, democrat,
has been unanimously elected United States
Senator from Arkansas by the Arkansas Leg
islnture.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01
FOREIGN NEWS.

HALIFAX, n. s., Nov. %.
The British and North American Royal
Mail Steam Ship Cannda, from Liverpool on
the 18th inst, has arrived at this port.
General htelligencs.-The siege of Sc.
bastopoI is slowly progressing. The Eng
lish people are very anxious about the mat
ter and complaining at the delay in its cap
ture.
In the affair of the 18th ult. at Balaklava
the English had 1000 men killed.
Mr. Soule had gone to Madrid ria Paris.
Lord Palmerston had gone to Paris on a
secret mission, the purport, however, of which
is whispered, relative to the American designs
upon Cuba.
A fire had occurred in Liverpool, which had
consumed 5000 bales of Cotton.
The LatesL-The Russians say that Sebas.
topol holds out well, and that the works are
little damaged. The English, on the other
hand, say that the town is in ruins and that
twelve thousand dead are within the walls.
The French complain of the long range of
the Russian guns, which prevent faster move
ments.
The Turkish and English troops were al
most annihiIated in the recent affair at Balak-
alava.
The Paris Moniteur has concilatory arti-
Gle relative to Mr.. SouIe. He passed through
Paris without stopping.
New YORK, Nov. &C.
The United States mail steam ship Baltic,
Capt. ConstGck, has arrived Mt her wharf in
in this city from Liverpool, which port she
left on Wednesday, the 18th inst.
The news from Marseles of the destruc-
ton of the Light Cavalry, under Lord Cardi-
gan, in the action at Balaklava on the 25th
ult., has been confirmed. They charged
battery of thirty guns, and lost four hundred
men. Only two hundred returned. Since
then there has been almost incessant sanguin-
airy fighting. The Allies are almost over
powered, and most urgent requests have been
sent for reinforcements. Fifty thousand
French will be Immediately sent to their as
sistance, and every available steamer has been
taken for their transportation to the Crimea,
including the Europa, Alps, Indiana, New
York, and others. On the 9Th inst terrible
combat took place, which lasted from daylight
until four in the afternoon, and both sides
claimed the victory. The English took a
few hundred prisoners, and the Russians
stormed several batteries and spiked the guns.
The loss of the allies was reported at 1000,
and that of the Russians at 5000. The bat
tie was resumed by the Russians on the 9th
inst, but the result had not reached England
when the Baltic sailed. 1t is said that the
allies were preparing to storm SebastOpol be-
fore the Russians could recover their losses,
but other accounts state that the allied forces
were greatly reduced, and must abandon the
siege unless large reinforcemcnts speedily ar
rived.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

NAsHvILLE.-The Wing of the 9th says
The river had risen sixteen inches up to yes
tcrjuy morning, and was still swelling.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

tY- Much pecuniary distress is noticed
among the laboring classes in both Philadel-
phia and Richmond, occasioned by the want
of employment. In Philadelphia, IL is shown
by tho number Of household articles seen at
the pawn.brokers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

sB' Class II, So. Military Academy Lot
terry, Montgomery, Ala, will DO drawn on the
goth inst. See Scheme.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

eY- The next session at Clear Spring
High School, McAIinn county, will com.
mence on the LIST January. See Card.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01
sE-The New York Express states III

~ The New York Express states that
the Know Nothings have polled 10000 votes
in that State, and thinks that if the election
were held over again they would, no doubt,
poll in the Empire State 100000 votes and
sweep New York just as Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, and Delaware have been swept
in the recent political struggles.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

icy The ROBBERS of the Windham Bank,
of Windham, CT, who stole upwards of
twenty thousand dollars, were arrested on
board the steamer Worcester on Saturday
night, by the sheriff of New London county
and his assistants, and safely lodged in Nor
witch prison. Nearly all the money was re-
covered, portion of it, in carpet bag being
found hid under one of the anchors of the
steamer
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

The TRIBUNE AND THE Know NormSGs,-
The New York Tribune, one of the hitteres,
Freesoil papers at the North, objects 10 the
"KnOw Nothing" party, among other reasons,
because il is conservative on the slavery ques.
ton, and disposed to let the South and its
institutions alone. The Tribune says:
"The "Know Nothing" movement is in the
hands of the Union-savers of 1850, and will
be steadily shaped to their ends. individuals,
and perhaps certain localities, may demnr; but
the movement is the latest dodge of Hunker.
ism. Nobody believes that an earnest con.
temner of Slavery will be pushed by it for
the Presidency; nobody doubts that the nOmi.
nation by it of any such man as Charles Sum.
ner, or S. p. Chase, for the Presidency, wOud
rend it into fragments. It can be kept alive
only by the most rigid avoidance of al exeil-
ing and agitating topics. 1t is in fact back
fire, set by Silver Greyism, TO stop the nd
vance of the Anti-NebTaska spirit in the Free
States When it shall have subserved this
end, it will be allowed TO die out and give
place TO some fresher humbug."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

FANCY Standardization is directed to
the advertisement of Mr.. and Mrs. Hardin,
in another place.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

OF The Evansville Qnd.) Journal puts
up the name Of Gen. Joe Lane for the Prcsi-
dencY in 1856.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

fw- The Dahlonega Signal chronicles the
safe arrival there, the other day, of the old
lady upwards of sixty, who, with her husband
and son, went from that place to California,
early in 1859, in search Of gold. She brings
back the whole party, safe and sound, and
(the Signal says) "a suificiency of the gllt,,
tering dust to answer their purposes for oil
time TO come"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

W- Congress will assemble next Monday
the 4th instant
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

lB- Sehorn is in the receipt of variety
Of "tricks and notions" Give him call.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

sB There are forty establishments in the
United States engaged in the manufacture of
locomotive engines. These shops, it is esti-
mated, turn out in busy times at least twelve
hundred locomotives in year. About nine
thousand hands are employed, whose wages
are about three million five hundred thousand
dollars per annum. The iron consumed ex-
ceeds foFty-fve thousand tons annually. The
value of the products of these works is full
ten million dollars per annum.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

.5y" The Selma (Ala) Reporter states
that the bridge of the Alabama and Tennes-
see Railroad across the Coosa river, is so far
completed that trains could pass over it now.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

WASTED.-A good strong adhesive plas-
ter, to make busy-bodies stick to their own
business.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

.Y- The Chicago Press anticipate the or
ganization of six more States northwest Of
that city within few years.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

~ According TO the Masonic Register,
the following resolution has passed the
Grand Lodge of California:
RESOLVED, That the practice of duelling is
rcpugnant to the principles of Free Masonry,
and in all cases whore the brethren resort to
this mode of settling their disputes, it be-
comes the duty of the lodge or lodges of
which they are members, or under whose ju.
risdiction they may be, forthwith to expel
them from all the rights and privileges of
masonry, subject to the confirmation of the
grand lodge; and no brother who may fall in
duel shall be buried with masonic hon
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

The SUSPENSION BRIDGE AT ST. ANTHONY
Mr.. Griffith, who is building this great work,
in late report says, in reference to the great
works of public improvement which the in
creasing development of the Western country
will soon imperatively demands:
We are 2200 miles by the course of the
Mississippi river, from its embouchment into
the Gulf Of Mexico, yet this is the only point
in that distance where it is practicable to eff
feet permanent crossing, especially for rail-
way purposes. Above here the Mississippi
by no means loses its identity it is still the
Father of Waters, and ere long the immense
regions which it and its tributaries DRAIN
will find in these the Laughing Waters, an
obstacle to be overcome, in swelling the
Southern and Eastward tide of produce
About sixty feet of lockage, and canal of
about one mile in length, which may be made
available for manufacturing purposes, will
connect the placid waters OF the really Up
per Mississippi with the warmly contested
head of navigation.
A rapid transit from this point to the
waters of Lake Superior, will be demanded;
then science, aided by capital, will readily
trace path for the steam horse. 1t will also
be found that to this point all Improvements
of a similar nature on the Western bank of
the Mississippi must tend.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01
The following was also passed

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this
grand lodge that the use of masonic emblems
upon sign boards is unmasonic and in open
violation of the spirit of Free. Masonry.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01
SOLITARY AND ALONE.

The following we clip from the Richmond
Wing, We suppose, after reading it, there
will be no harm in coming to the conclusion
that, at least in Massachusetts,, there is no
Democratic party:
The Democratic emmber elect Of the Mas
sachnsetts delegation in the Legislature of
that State, who stands solitary and alone in
his glory, is made the subject Of some very
unkind filings" by sundry of our eotempora-
ries. He is asked to explain how he proposes
to organize the Democratic caucus-who will
be chosen its Secretary, de-, DC, after he
shall have been chosen president-what COM
mittee will conduct the president to the
chair-how the motions will be seconded de-
The Massachusetts House of Delegates con-
sists of $40 members, of which number, our
readers are aware, the Democracy of Massa-
chusetts succeeded in electing one meDaber-
In the Senate they succeeded in electing none
at aH
OF all the Waterloo defeats we have ever
read of in politics, this one the Democracy
have met with in Massachusetts is decidedly
the most overwhelming-a complete "crush-
ing out" save one solitary candidate who
stands as a rele-all that is left in the Mas
sachusetts Legislature of the once powerful
Democratic party in that State. 1t is truly
melancholy spectacle to contemplate, and
no subject for mischievous editors to he
poking fun at any one about. The like never
was known in any State of this Union, be-
fore, since the organization of the great Dem
ocratic party. In the darkest days Of ad-
versty that have ever befallen that party, it
never knew the Gay, previous to the year
1854, that it could not muster more than one
member of the House of Delegates in any
State of the Union, whatever the strength Of
the opposition might be- or when there was
to be found single State Senate from Maine
to California without one Democratic member
in it.
Two years ago only Gen. Franklin Pierce
received FoRTY-sIx THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED
AND EIGHTY VOTES in Massachusetts, Where
on earth were those 1850 an Democratic
voters, that they could elect but one member
of the House of Delegates, and not single
member of the Senatel Have they turned
Wings. Know Nothings, Freesoilers or have
they gone over to the "Fusionists."