The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-27
FOREIGN NEWS.

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at IL o'clock on Monday, bringing four days
later news from Europe.
Breadstuffs have slightly declined, and are
dull, buyers demanding reduction. The
market closed dull.
Provisions generally unchanged.
The news is generally unimportaht from
the Crimea.
Lord Raglan is dead. Simpson succeeds
him.
The frigate Amphion, while reconnointer-
ing Sweaborg, ran aground, and the Forts
opened a fire upon her, the Amphion re-
turned it and blew up large Russian mag
aziDe.
1t is reported that the English destroyed
Nyzadh. The remaining portion of Kertsch
had been destroyed by fire.
The telegraph between St. Petersburg and
Odessa had been completed.
The King of Belgium Is visiting Victo
ria.
In consequence of the disturbances which
had been created in London by the Sunday
Trading bill, it had been withdraw. 1t had
caused an assrmblage of 100000 people in
Hyde Park. The police were assaulted, car
riages hoocd and Il number arrested.
The fire ut Constantinople destroyed three
| thousand houses.
Letters from ST. Petersburg state that great
disturbances had taken place in Russa, and
there was probability of a revolt to place
Constantine OH the throne.
t4S@ The English papers say that the Aus
| trian alliance, it is now evident from the
statement of Lord Clarendon in his place in
Parliament, is rope of sand. She wishes
well to the Western Powers, but is disband-
ing her army. She sends fluctuations to
| Paris and to London when fortune favors the
Allies, but will not fight. She has possession
of the PrincipaliIcs, and shows no present or
proximate intention of giving them up, while
the harshness of her rule over the lmfortu-
nate natives is crying to heaven for vengeance
The accounts of the assassinations and hor-
rible crueItes practiced by Austrian soldiers
| on the detrnceless inhabitants come from so
many different and even authenticated sources,
that no reasonable doubt can be entertained
that they record literal facts and it is even
suspected that the frequent interruption
which the telegraph connecting Southern
| Russia and Western Europe now experiences
take place on her soil. The revulsion Of
feeling in England and in France at the con-
duct Of Austria is represented to be now
complete, and most people would be delight
ed to lean that the molly nationalties which
she holds in iron letters had risen aud seized
the present opportunity for asserting their
Independence The reduction in the Austrian
army appears TO be SO great as to be almost
incredible-l45,0O0 men and 10000 horses.
-"Democrats who have declared against
Johnson Democracy, are being waited upon
by members Of that party, and where they
| fail TO persuade them out of the American
ranks, they attempt to force them out with
on. respect to means. If he is renter, he
cant rent any longer it he is hirelng, he
is dismissed; if he is behind in hi, pecuniary
affairs, he's threatened with an officer, &c.-
We are informed that one poor How in an
adjoining county saw his last scholar leave
his school house before he would kiss the
big toe of the Pope. We glory in his rrpub
licanism. Talk about prescription. Is this
not enough to open up the eyes of every
American in the land. LOOK around you and
see the means that have been brought 10 bear,
against whom! Catholics No, Foreigners
No. But against your native born country
men, men who ought to be free but from
force of circumstances are bound down in
chains and made to obey the demands and
dictates of designing politicians aud their
lick. k.SpiHle deputies. God will rs certainly
rebuke such unhalowed devices to cheat hon
est men out of their votes, as there is power
in the people.
Friends of Professionalism Friends of Re-
ligious Liberty Americans by birth, Educa-
ton and feelngl We appeal 10 you in the
name of all that is sacred to rally to the res
cue, and on the first Thursday in August
establish yonr independence by voting the
American Ticket.
The SIGNS IN THE WLsT.-From all por-
tions of the State we have the most cheering g
accounts of the progress Of our cause. Be-
low we give some items from the West Ten
nessee Wing:
TO our friends in Middle and East Tenn,
we would say that all is right in this end
of the State. Ii we don't make gain of
fifteen hundred votes in West Tennessee,
tnere is nothing in the external appearance
of things.
The principles of the American. party are
corrcct-the platform laid down by this par
ty at Philadelphia is unobjectlona, and the
people will adopt it, just as sure as Two and
two make four. The people are honest, and
when they are informed OF what is right, er-
ror cannot aud will not control them, sugar
coat it us designing politicians may,
Since the platform of the American party
has been published tn the world, aud the old
liners see the favorable manner in which the
people are receiving II, and the rapid manner
IN which their party are stepping upon IL,
they begin to lear aud uemble, and now say