The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-23
THE LATE CONTEST IN NEW YORK.

THE LATE CONTEST IN NEW YORK.
The recent elections in the Empire State,
and in "old Federal Massachusetts, resulting
AS they have in the inglorious defeat of VIM.
H. Seward, the Administration, and John Van
Buren,, with their Abolition and Freesoil
adjuncts and co.operators, and the triumph
of the Americans, are furnishing material
for innumerable articles for the leading press,
many of which, if not entirely just, are both
readable and amusing. The following, for
instance, from one of the city papers
The THREE ARTFUL DoDGERs.-General
Pierce, John Van Buren, and William II. Sew.
ard are just at this moment in an extremely
embarrassing situation. The elections have
turned out badly-things are working decid-
eddy against the negroes. White men are as
much respected rs black men-the govern
ment is worth as much rs it ever was. The
three months martyrdom of Passmore Will
hanson goes for nothing. That delectable
humanitarian who went to prison to aid the
cause of niggerdom has had his labor for his
pains. He has found out, poor soul, that
such lodges don't take in these smart times.
1t is certainly no way to electioneer, that of
getting into contempt of court and getting
into contempt with every body, to excite n
little sympathy for the cause of black repub-
licanism. The restoration of the Missouri
compromise was another failure, and very
bad failure it is, too. Restoration was EVIL
IDENTIFY too big word Tor the elections-the
people could not understand il. Gen. Pierce
thought to please the North by putting Rec
der into Kansas, and to satisfy the South by
turning him out All he has succeeded in
doing is to get the squatters into a quarrel,
himself into pretty general contehstand into
n very general minority. He is operating on
Custom House scraps in Maine and New
Hampshire, has gone into liquidation in New
York and Massachusetts, is repudiated in
Wisconsin, never had any business in Ohio,
is agent for Buchanan in Pennsylvania, wreck
ed on the coast of Lake Michigan for want of
harbors, and is paid out as deprecated paper
in the entire South, where the true coins Of
democracy are reserved for the new partner.
ship of 1856. In fact, his only triumph is in
the defeat of Gen, Scott, who, by law, was
entitled to thirty thousand dollars from the
Treasury, but has been cheated out of two
thirds of it by the President. General Pierce
will now be able to place his entire reliance
on the South, who will use him as an old
blanket, to keep off early political frosts until
the sun of the next campaign shall rise, and
then be thrust aside to rot in his wonted
obscurty.
John Van Buren, went into business this
season on large capital of fifty thousand ex.
cellent counterfeits; but he squandered it all
by Matching up n wager against the king, and
is now bankrupt again. But the Prince is 'a
man of the world" and by many isthought to
do the best business while "pickng up round"
the little odds and ends belonging to his
neighbors. He is a political confidence man,
and the trick he played on Pierce, by which
he relieved that functionary Of nearly all his
spare offices, and his character besides, is
proof that he is just now without rival in
that line.
As for poor Mr.. Seward, who followed the
Tribune into the heat and burden of the
fight to recover that Malakof Of political
humbugs, the Missouri compromise, and then
followed it out again, swearing vociferously
that there was no such institution to be re-
taken, he is the most pitable object on the
surface of American politics. His Justice,
Equality and Freedom-a brilliant conception
which he set down in New York to fight
slavery out of Virgina-to demolish the pa
come out of the contest like
Don Qnixotte in several similar encounters,
not quite up to his expectations. His engi-
neering was bad, his guns Of too light cali
brc. In truth, his forces were too safely
posted. He thought to save himsel: by get
ting out Of the range of the enemys works,
that If he was beyond their reach
they were beyond his.
At all events in General Pierce, John Van
Buren, and William Fl. Seward we have three
very prominent and three very much defeated
The union of their force, so
often limited at, would bring either of them
about on par with John Tyler, so far as
supporters are concerned, though it would
sadly fail to como up to that gentleman IN
patriotism and service to the coun-
try. Johns fifty thousand, including "my
fathers vote" is undoubtedly the greatest
loss; and if we superadd to this Johns loss
of confidence in the President and the Presi'
dents loss of confidence in John, and Johns
fears about the effects of Stewards course up
on the integrity of the federal union, the po-
sition Of the Prince becomes very painful
The political reader is reminded BY tan
coincidence-of that remarka'
bic lamentation of the ex-Presidcnt many
years ago: any sufferings is intolerable."
Hoes.-As the hog killing season op-
the fact becomes apparent that the
number to be killed vii! be much larger than
was anticipated few weeks ago. The Car
Isle (Ky.) American states that prices have
declined in that county, and that sales can
not now be made at over 4ic., although
holders seem unwilling to accede to this
decline. The Louisville Courier, of the 18th,
says:
The hog killing season is expected TO COM
mence on or about the Goth inst, in this
quarter, though as yet none have been receiv-
ed by packers. Several large droves are on
the road, and Mcssrs. Hull, Hunt g. Co., of
tho mammoth pork house, expect several
thousand head in few days. II had been
estimated that 100000 hogs would be
round the Falls this season, but
we now think the number will exceed $4,000
head, and probably 100000.
There is now better feeling in the market
than had prevailed for some time, though in
consequence of the continued strngency in
money matters, many buyers are still holding
back. The prevailing quotations for good
hogs, to be delivered at the pen, are 6 6tc.
net, while drovers in the country are asking
II a BE-. gross, and buyers are offering AZ.
on time. We hear of n sale of 1000 head ut
60. net, and learn that several lots have been
Offered at Che net.