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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

~ Late adyices from Oregon and WASH
lng'on Territories represent that great OK.
c'tcment exists there with reference to the
proposition ocurvo ont a third United States
Territory around WnIla Wnlla, out of por.
ti'n of ooh Oregon and Washington Terri.
tories. The people VINO design asking Con.
@ress, next winter, to accord them the new
government, are holding meetings and dc.
va'ng feasible means for accomplishing that
object.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVEN-

blNbN.
The Charleston Mercury is nd,nantly
opposed 10 the Party at the SoulI, and cs.
pecialiy South Carolina, going into ihe
ncxt National Democratic Convention. 1t
SAYS:
"Wnr, sectional war--war upon our ins;i-
;uiiun' and righis--is before US. And in AL
the North, amid the marshaling hosts of anti.
slavery, ihc eye tu.hs in vain To- discover any
hope OF an allancr " hiri ran avail Us. with
the exception Of II lhilc aud pow rlrss hand
iul, all is hostility and rrm0r,,lr-y a.grrs.
sion. The Democratic party Itself is in Il
wrcrhcd minority, and ,h.re rrinains true to
the South he lesser portion oniy even OF
thnt--the miaoyiiy Of miaoriia Yet this
is thc patty upon which the South is called
TO rally, aud this the security in her coming
'iais
"But tbere is to be auothcr National Dem
Ocraiic Convention, and accordingly he Soits
adopted a resolution 10 appoint Delegates
The Ilafds. u, though conscious Of theic
weakness, RETAINED lfom ;uLiugsinilar steps.
So that in the .,cat Naii"uaI Drmocrai'r
Convention at Cincinnati, N 1876, the whole
representation from New York will be- Free.
soil. Is this an assembly iuio which tlIr
South and above ali, South CanIina, ehupd
be found! DO Siouthcrn Democrats desire
the rrpr, lion Of the SCENES at philadriphia!
IN ls4S, wbcn first abolition severed the
Democratic party in New Yogk, divided deli
egatiOn---nc friends aud foes Of The ,Suu.h
-'rp'rsenicd that S'iatc. IT, 1852. trirnd.
and foes, S"';- and liafd-. united in the
nomination and r,riion OF President Pierce
Now, how changed w tlc Convention Of
1886, broken, drT,jfiied, overwhelmed, thu
trends Of the Suurt viii uot be found: aud
Southern dclrlair-, il lhty enter Ia, dour-.
become the willing allie of NLUiiliunist-, the
pat.i-ans "f thcir a"gressoc- and rrypfs.-
Fit c"mpaniOn,hip tor the selfish and corrupt
worshippcr+ OF pariy--tne bctrayers Of the
South! The nc.t National Convention will
hr, TO great extent, hv,'i'ng but an Adolf
zion toryen,icIr.
"Such is the condition Of partics in New
YORK, and such .he lHrt- upon " hich we hay.
to decide, ard shape ourcpuduci. What then
can the Sonh effect Is taking part in the
nest ioryrntion! She cannot northumberland
1t she n"ninafcs. caiuul elect any candidate
unacceptable TO the Abuliiiouass. Northern
Democrats ihpmacIyt. viii rcpudiaie the
nomination. j. not this eyiden.! The South
VIII be in the position OF dependency urnn
he: enemies Tor the numinaion, and Gtprnd.
'ncv upon them for the success of the c,udi.
date, Wh" mast become the constant upvu., r.
or Ire sIyplilnt tool. Of IN Akn!itiunlcd IA.
nHtIcn Congress. St.i -, false and t,.ach.
rfOG@, the "Uun-r wnlrn WOuid place her
IN position 80 contemplate. and make
S"hthrrn men pdr,irs 10 The ivuOiniriuus pro-
cceding. There "a hat one way by v hich Il
Is possible to oung the North 10 respect our
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

.Ss"One of ihe dapu;aiion Of nurses sent
from Augusta 10 N"fok, write, TO friend
in Augusta, on the lStn, instant, AS fol-
lows:
awe have all arrived here snfc and sound,
md keep well. ! cannot give you Il de-
sc-'ption Of The placc, as it is too awful TO
desc ibr. The uumber of deaths Cor the
asi four DAYS was two hundred and twenty,
and in Portsmouth, for the same number
Of days one hunaed. This you will fad
true.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

0J-Thc Abolitiopists of Kansas have nom.
mated Tx Governor Rccder for Congressman
have selected the second Monday in October
for polling. The House stands 81 Repub-
lir7ns, 81 Democrats, and 81 Wings. Two
districts, as yet uoreturned, are probably
Democrats. The Kansas Register dominates
Hon. Geo. Stephens Of Virginia, for delegate
TO Congress.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28
AMERlCANlSM NOTHING NEW.


AMER'CANlSM NOTHING NEW.
The New York Express answers the charge
that Wing principles have been lost sight of
ana abandoned, in the following manner:
The writer of this article has been. and is
likely TO be us long as he lives, 81 Wig
! that is 10 say, for the maintenance, of n Ger.
tain class of principles, known in B,itish his.
tory as "Whir,' and adopted in our Amer.
can Revolution us Wig MANY of these
| principles, en- nomiae, die out, and perish with
Their peculiar interests and times, but the
principle known us Wing, is immortal, and
can never die. Stamp ac 5, "bauks," "Tarifls,"
"lntcina' Improvements" &C.. are peculiar
interests, lor peculiar tmes,-tlat may, and
must perlsh-but the principle OF nd,ionaH;y
-or loving ones own family better than 9th
| or peoples lamics-Onr's own country bet
ter than other peoples country-ob.s own
aihcr-and better than other peoples father
land-and the principle of governing tbis
talirr.and, in jealousy Of, and resistance 10.
Executive power, Prcrogative, aud Patronage.
is an old Wing principle that never dies
| but Is rs immortal us the everlasting bills
about US.
Bat to be an American, it IS not at all nc.
ccssary TO Ua- Wing ones self. The American
Party presents no novelty TO us--none in the
least. There was an American Party in the
RcvoIu,ion-and il was the Wuig pu,,v-in
opposition TO the British, or Tory mriv--and
there Is an AmG lean party now-in oupn,i-
ton. not alone 10 British party, bat an Irish,
German and generally Foreign Party. TO
he Wing in l776, WAS to be- an American.
in opposition TO Foreign influence, aud Foe.
ei"n GOvefnment-ard 50 now, to he an
American, one mast IN that sense, be Whig
~ Decldraiion Of Independence WIS
ecN~arv, in l17b, to PRESERVE Us from Fu'.
'Rign arms, and Foreign n'laence--and De-
cIa'alion Of Independence now in 1855, is
necessary to preserve us IrOm half Il milton
Of European iorei.n immigration per annun.
and from ho's Of A-iaic, settling in the Pa
c1c-wlth endless rumUcr, more tocoinr.-
y " hig and an American, are NO d- hi,.ori-
c'IIv almost SYNONYMOUS. They a'e but
different letters in dilr.rnt " urd-. to express.
'he very same idea. Hence, it Is, that for
twenty Yeas part tho greatest obstacle on
r'eciion DAYS, the Wig, nave had to contend
with, have teen 'orri-n voices aud cnmbina-
i'"p- Of Io~riLners:-and out for such comb.
y tons ard such yo.cs, Iicncy i'Iav IA 1914
Won Il nave been elected prr-idcnt md tie
Wings. ne grca.er part Of .hr time. wou,d
have the administration Of aumsruu. Stat,
Governments, The fcrri.n ,oi, has been =
combined, -olid vote against the " hig party.
For '-a~"r' best hnown to ,hcm~nIyp. ihr
Roman HE ln'hy .nong Us have di.,r.rd
mat vote AGAINST u. especially the i';-h bat.
iH!u"n- urdr- thcir conf ol--and Il Roman
tjno'c iri-hnirn have soird ne Wfisi'uke,,
they ti,c vOl,d il ut the peril of ilr;r Nyc.,
F"rr'"n''s 50 mass. snow not. and recon-.
utLt not orr 1.un iipuyii, = hint hriur h,.,, IL.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

G>r The Nashville Banner learns from a
private telegrophic dispatch to a gentleman
in thnt city, that Col. Robert w. Powell,
merchant OF New Orleans, formerly citizen
OF East Tennessee, died in New Orleans on
Tuesday last. Cot. Powell was member of
our State Senate in 1852, md has large cir
Gle Of friends and acquaintarecs in the State.
who viii hear Of his death with sincere re-
Wret
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28


DeArH OF Az EDrroe.-Tne Nashville
True Whir, OF Sept %. contains the folow.
ing notice OF the death Of T.. L. McGinly,
Esq, Editor of that paper:
at is our melancholy duty 10 record tbc
death Of T.. p. McGniv. Esq, Editor OF hi.
p"pc-, who departed tbs life at 0 o'c ocs yes.
t"riay morning, a'ie- lingering lines, of
some months, which, n few DAVIS ago took n
sudden and fatal turn, Terminating in brain
fever. ID, loss viii be seriously ftlt bv +
wife and two small chi dren. Ills large circle
Of personal friends, who warmly f,it III,
great moral worth, vii, be snocncd Mt tn,
announcement No man was more ti.,.
~ appreciated by those who knew him
we'll
in connection with the po'itica! pres. in
Tennessee, he has for many wears been
known Ia thousands ~ an excellent and for.
cib'e write; but We who have been intimate.
iy associated with him in the business and
social relations of lifr, have alone known
how exalted WAS his moral and social excel.
icnce. tie was the very sOuI % honor. ard n.,.
er did a man live who WAS ireer from intended
wrong or injustice to others.
lie carved ont his own fortune from or
phanage ard penny in youth. lie WIS NOR
nj, temperate, frugal, industrious. inst and
fearless, in MI the relations of lie. He lived
ard d'ed = pnu- lnerlbc. of the Methods vt
Ep'-coral Churh.
II Is with the deepest melancholy that We
have seen him cut of in the meridian of life.
and rom \ field Of labor, in which h. had
ioiIed patiently, but had not reap-d rewards
which it may be justly said should have been
in store for him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

tEI'A Paris Journal, in stating the ques.
lion Of the Danish Sound dues difficulty,
treats us TO t lew OF "speek of war" in
which all the European powers would be in
terested against the United States, in the
opinion OF the writer.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

GEOGCtA HAnGOAu SrOIK-Onc hundred
and lhiriv-'ouf shares Georgia Railroad stock
were sold ut Augusta or Monday NJ pubic
auction, by M,s~crS. e.. Il. Urardry & Co.
and bfoughtihe following priccs Ten .hac.
S91 IS; ninety shares sos, and thity.iour
snarcs sos so.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28
,D"The Columbia Carolinian

S.gs:
awe learn from Adams g. Co.'S Express
messenger. who runs between Charleston
aud this city, that about a hundred wards Of
the South Carolina Ri Rad were cun.um-
ed by ire yrN,eriar, at or near R,.-', station.
distant ,hirty Uiies l,''ri thHrir -tun. The
Il g "a> communicated rom the odjointn..
woods, ard WAS accidental. The pJs,ense
and iaggas' were transferred from the mp
train 10 the down ain, and experienced bal
iltc lr,nN.'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28
FoGTy Mons IlsAps FAL.Ga.-The PhiIa-

FoGTy Mons HEADS FALLGa.-The PhiIa-
dr'phia Times says:
"'rhe Navy Yard has become our political
Ptace de Grere. Last Saturday, forty more
American heads ie beneath the axe Of the
gui''Uin" erected there. As in the DAYS Of
trrro', the bloody machine seems to be in.
Snifcd with Il spirit Of almost innurnan fcrocity
by me blood it.drinks, and will only cease it,
movement when the head OF the list victim
has fallen. At the rate things ARE going on,
this will NOT be Iorg. Meanwhile, we should
Ike 10 know what Chnrtcs w. Carrigln
blink. Of mis- barciaccd "intrrirrcnce OF the
na;i"nni administration in the local political
ai,ti"s OF the States"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

ELCcr'oS OF ST. ;.Me JUoGg.-The Pro.
camaion Of The Governor to hold IN election
for Supreme Judge, occasioned by ,he resi..
nation of a. w. o. Totien, will he found in
our columns. 1t occurs on saturday the FIST
day Of December.-Dem. paper.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

.Ss- The Washington Union, in urging
cnsmon,s into The democratic lanss, saws,
"who will hesitate when the road is 50
b'oad?" One Of the opposite faction cautions
10 beware" Tor broad is The road that lcadeih
unto destruction
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

WnEAr-Commands one dollar per bush.
Ell for good article, Bacon III cents hog
round. The corn crop is yielding largely
tits thought pork will range high from the
unusua, scarcity of hogs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28
THE, WAR.


The following extract in relation 10 the
war in the Fast, is taken from I'm article in
late number OF Biackwood's Edinburgh
| Magazine:
| The war still languishes, and Russia holds
nsat bay The colossal tyranl of the North
| tho Power whose encroachmcnts u RN Eu-
ropcan Iibcry render it the Evil GYAls of
the ninct, enlh crntury-stil makes head
against u; and through lis hundred spies
aud enjoys, hiccks at us in every court of
Europe With the lwo strongest igiSpg
Powers Of the world eagued against her,N
Colossus Keeps chem at arms lrngth--coml
Bat, them on nearly equal terms in Il distant
corner and rStcniity OF her empire, and finds
herself unassailable ut every other point of
her iar.streiching frontiers Poland is secure
Finland is sccnre-GpOrgia is uuthr,aten-
rd,-C"ons;adt and the Baltic Iortrcsses lrown
dc!idnru upon the mighty fleets which watch
thrm--in Irresponsible brutality she mnssa-
trcs IL trucc-pHhv al Iiango, and dictatOraIy
ASSUMES 10 vidndlly abrogate the privileges
of The white ag on her Baltic coasts. With
~.yI"c cn,ryy and ciyi'iscd skill she pushes
on the VA. "Eisa H'cA change," was the
prUpl e,c remark Of the French Emperor
when he beard OF the death of Nicholas. The
sa,fCd !egacy. 40 tne last uan and the
last mussei,' Is stll .rG imperial motto. Like
II -Od the Gao di,poses OF the lives and for
tuncs OF his seventy rIions of ianaical sub
jccis, ara is now huHng thcm rs from sling
against the front OF Europe. 1t is crusade
OF tht Eat against ttr South. The essays
OF France VI universal empire under Charie-
maugne i.uais NV, aud Napoleon, were
oIt ~uidrn aud "phutueral leaps, the result
0t tie grHus OF isolated chirts--thu march of
Russia Is Ike the Growth Of Rome, steadily
absorbing one province after another, and
threatening to reach position Of power ia
which she will dominate over the whole Con-
'incnt II IS u glacier from the North.-and
We must oithcr he crushed before it, or dislo-
cafe the mighty mass. 1t GehOves us to take
care lest THE iOrGrr q Tentative oyertake us
before We can accomplish the latter. Already
Russia is so powerful that Austria cfouches
before hcr-ni.,t from lear and half from love,
Pru~-m clea'e- to hei--and the German
toGri', nehanrcd on Che Que side Ly the sail.
ent oasiion uffUIand, and still more on tho
other by the sm"uteriug fires of democracy,
lear rs the lesser evil to the Car the great
champion oS"o:des' ana absUulism.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

i# The Washington Union says there is
no truth in n report published in some OF
The Northern papers, that President Pierce
has purchased place for his future residence
ia Maryland, or any where else,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

a-2f IT is stated in one of the New York
papers that the Grand Jury have indicted a
Police Justice Of the city FOR intoxicatlon upon
the Bench.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

0J-The details Of the instruction Of the
natives (SontboIs) in Bengal against the Eng,
lish authority, Show that the movement will
be formidable and its consequences very Sc
iOus.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

PMEgTlSG.-The Campaigning at
Cedar Springs Camp Ground, two miles
south of Athens, will commence on Friday,
the 18th day of October.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

hi. matches traf leShaf, Vat the time be
was living in ,ecUdyd retirement on his IA.
hine Farm riisug onions ard sheep, aud a.
para, u. ard calves, and s,nhliu., and geese,
aud do.EnnI ard oats, and all animate ard
inanimaie things generally placed in the Gar.
den Of Eden lie quoted from Nir.i'-
"Mtgmilleboyes crrnblrt, IA 'loai bus siculis."
III" lei, in the midst Of this mu iplici Of
delightful wor,iion- none OF the allnrruuuts
Of political ambition IL said that at wa,
true that the citizen. Of old Rome went in a
body to -eluce old tinciruntus from the 80
raj d-li,hs Of hi tobacco field, aud 4, otato
pal chc-," and that at was equally rue that
no -rch ieputaticn OF Americans waited on
him, hat instead of his. he received ever,
day ahoit u peck Of most seductive l,lt"r,.''
''Surh, ,al Ia. would have hrrn the conduct
OF the Romans towards C'ncinnatr- # the =
pos al sv-ten had not been in such n horrible
condition that every man had 10 carry his
own letters" eff Cincinnaius was RIGHT. er-
90 VII. Gentry was right" Such was Mr.
Gentr,' most -sti-iaciory account of HI self.
nomination. | have @iven il rSrh. i'm. paoc-
imi'm, Hcrr'jm 6Io''oi'm. ] have been nj
vi-cd 10 puhli-h in NV book along side th'-
speech of Mr.. Gentry, Mr.. Webster 40 of
March speech, simply 70 convince v"s'rri,N
ma, me latter ora,l"n !. not the most perfect
specimen OF American ora,ory ever probate /
~ was once srpro-.d.
! have but two reflections 20 record il ref
crence TO this triumphant yindica. on of Mr.
Gcntrv's course.
VI he had known in The dcpth of his $50
hine.farm' retirement that Fierce was Trc,i
dent, and Campbell, 'o-t,nas,er General he
never would have aildded most di-tantlv 20
the horrible pos, Office system of old ron-
secondly. since h' overwhelming defeat
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

~ Ouc of The Unied States officers in
Utah has become Il Mormon, and has two
wives, one Of Whomresdes on farm, and
tile Other in ,he city. lie claims hat he Is
in the performance Of religious duty, and
man lesis Il strong appealance of sincerity.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28
TIE EASTERN WAR.


lIarpor's Magazine We regard as sound
on the "War question" In the September
number, the writing editor holds forth TO his
half million readers in this wise:-"In every
nation in All great crisis there are two SUI
preme motives, The one selIishly rational, and
the other II humane and unseliish motive. 1t
is n kind Of political Observation-Disclosures
Thus in the Crimean war, on the one hand.
England fights for her interest, for the inieg.
rty of her empire. and breads to see Russia
advancing upon India. But, on The other
hand, England and France, representing the
principle Of constitutional government, are
opposed TO Russia which represents dead
Asla,ic despOtism; for although France be
now in form almost an absolute monarchy.
yet every man knows that in France the En-.
peror is an accident, and in Russia the Car
is a principle. IL is this conviction " hicb
secures TO tho Western Powers the sympathy
of all truly thoughtful minds. What powe :,
except RUSSIA, can possibly gain by the ex.
tension OF the Russian empire; and who, spite
of his commercial calculations, which certain
" are forcible within their sphere, does no,
know that the great, and final, and formidable
foe of Russia is America, and that conse
qucntly al nations which have more or less
Of the American or Democratic idea in theii
political constitution, like Engnna
France, are really upon the Amcri
What do civilization, liierntu e,
sciences, religion, morality,
Russia? What can they hope from
domination! Have not the people in t'iS9
very constitution the seed. Of national decaV
already visible! The Russian mobiles are the
Sybartcs Of modern history. Their luxurious
tendency is held in check bv the climate
But it is this tendency which reaches out for
the soft South, and si.hs for the Mcditerra.
mean. 1t is this spirit, quite NJ much as po.
'iica ambition, which longs fo. Constantine.
pie. There, if il comes 10 far, it will pitch
lis gorgeous pavilion. There, in the silkcn
shade, ii will fail asleep, while the South that
seductive Deliiab, rocks its slumber, and
shears away its strength"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

ty- We are unable to account to our
friend at pikcvile for the non-arrlval of his
paper. If the oversight occurred here we
wiz see that it is not repeated. We hardly
think it did, however.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

hrpLEs.-I'he lady who scilt us basket
of the largest and best apples Of the season,
will pease accent our thnnks.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28
ATnGNs, FRIDAY, SEPT. IS, 1855.

H- Circui. Court Polk county will meet
II Benton on the I'd Monday OF October, the
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

~" Rumors of contemplated duel be-
tween two Chattanooga editors have reached
us. We hope there is no foundation for
them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

.-F The Il st Hebrew temple erected in
the Mississippi Vaiev was consreraied in
81. Louis, on The 7ih instant. in The presence
ola large concou'sc of boh SEXES, compos.
ed of mcmbcrs of the ancient lsrleiiiIst family
and others of lhc citizens.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

SCIENTIFIC AHtnICAN.-Attention is Invited
to the Prospectus for the eleventh volume of
the Scientific American" published in anoth.
er column of to days paper =
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28
NORFOLK, Sent. rs

NUNFULK, Sept. IL.
The fever is increasing. There were as
deaths in this city on Monday, and in Ports.
mouth II deaths in II hours. In both cities
many new cases occur daily.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

saS Mr.. VIM. l.. &. Saith, OF Buffalo,
has written " the Life and Times of Gen.
eral Lewis Cass," which will soon he pub.
lishpl
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

49, The aggregate of tine sum cocc-
ted for the Yellow Fever suffers now
amounts - over one bundled ard fifty thou
sand duua,s.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

ASg- Statements OF the markets at Angus.
ia and Atlanta will be found on the next
pape
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

- A man by the name Of johnson was
convicted in the Circuit Court Of Meigs couu-
ty, this week, foy counterIeiiing, and scnicnc.
ed TO the penitentiary for term of three
years. The case of the State against
Philpot, for murder, was continued TO next
farm