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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-14
WAsurNGTOy. Dec. &,

Francis p. Blair has written letter to the
Republican association Of Washington, in
response to IN invitation to preside over that
organization, taking strong ground against
the extension of slavery, and urging the Re-
publicans to unite firmly in the effort to Sc
cure freedom in Kansas,
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No business Of importance WINS transacted
to-day. In the House there were six ballots
for Speaker, and on the last Richardson had
10, Banks 100 and Fuller &c. A meeting of
the Anii-Nebraska members will be held to-.
night, TO consult on measures for the cleo
ton Off Speaker on Monday.
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s1 It's tight and tight between the arri-
Eals of dates from Nashville and New York
the latter frequently being ahead. The pro.
gress in mail facilities is like tile advance in
old ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1t wouldn't be
n bad idea for The Legislature to make an ap.
preparation for tortoise line express, in or.
der to keep up with the times.
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lR-The British government is said to
have declined giving any explanation of the
violations of our neutrality laws by British
agents.
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sB- The mostverbose production we ever
recollect to have read is the recent message
of the Governor Of Virginia " the present
Executive Is u fair sample of the statesmen
of Virginia, the Old Dominion has "lost the
breed Of noble hoods"
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tSg- At the recent term of the U. s. Cir
cult Court for Rhode Island the court sus-
tanned the position that upon the death of a
grandchild, without children, intestate, his
grandfather will take the ancestral estate,
rather than the uncles and aunts, though the
estate came into the family through the
grand maternal branch, the wife of that
grandfather.
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vices quote Land warrants as follows:
4O's, SOS and ZOOS dull at 81 per acre.
COS and 1905 9Oc I"
Market overstocked, and still declining
Demand materially decreased, in consequence
OF the heavy issue 100000 acres per day. at
the Pension office, while the setting in OF
winter is stopping locations in the North. West
where the bulk of the warrants find their way
for purposes of entering lands.
Dealers should be cautious in their pur-
chases until the market becomes settled.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-14

tg-The deficit in the Post Office De.
partment for the present year will be about
two millions and a half OF dollars, or some
theree quarters Of million more than last
year. There has been added during the year
some thee thousand seven hundred miles of
rond service to the operations of the Depart
ment.
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r1- Our neighbor of the Cleveland Ba,

eY Our neighbor Of the Cleveland Ban.
ner spent couple of days of the present
week in our town., visiting his friends and
noticing the new buildings and Improvements
that have been made since his former VISIT
We were pleased to Learn from him that the
Hammer" which, "barring its politics." isau
excellent paper, is in . aourishing and pros.
nerous condition. ~
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U. 3. TREAsURY.-There was remaining
in the U. s. Treasury and its repositories on
the 26ih of November, the date of the last
Report, subject to the draft of the treasurer.
the sum of S23,O74,s6s 10.
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e4Y- On the night Of the 9th instant, the
boiler of locomotive attached TO u freight
train on the Georgia road, exploded, near
Thompson, killing the engineer, ~. Craw-
ford, and two fremen named Mosely and Nc.
Guire-supposed to have resulted from the
infusion of cold water into the boiler.
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A LEETLE AHEAD,-Mr. Greenberry Cate,
Mouse Creek Valley, sends us turnp meas.
uring 30 inches in circumference and weigh
ing W nett. Mouse Creek is Il leetle ahead
in turnips Ms well as 'taters and babies.
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~~><AHN,
IEGfSI. ATINE

In Senate, Dec. 3, Mr. Caldwell, from the
Internal Improvement Committee, reported
back the bill to amend the act of 1852, su-
thorizing county subscriptions in railroad
stock. The bill provides that after failure
by the vote of the county 10 subscribe stock,
If majority Of the County Court so order an
election may he held at any time, provided
the railroad for whose benefit the election is
held, shall pay The expense thereof-passed
second reading. In the House, the bill to
suppress drunkenness came up on its second
reading. Mr.. Carlock advocated the passage
Of the bill in brief Speech but Withdrew it
for amendment. On the 4th, in the Senate,
the bill to repeal that portion of the act of
1926, which forbids the importation Of slaves
into this State for sale, passed second reading.
The House refused to reconsider the vote ap.
Propriating $1,000 to the improvement of the
navigation Of Emory river. The bill TO re-
peal the tippliug law passed second reading
in the House. The bill to appoint Railroad
Commissioner by the Legislature was indefi
nitely postponed. In the Senate, on the 9Th,
Mr.. Caldwell, from the Internal Improvement
Committee, reported back the bill to equal
ize State aid to railroads. This bill gives to
the roads now having the State aid, addition
al aid to build bridges, where they cost as
much rs 10000, but in no case to exceed
100000 for crossing any stream. The com
mi.tee recommend an amendment excluding
the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad from
n participation in the benefits of the BILL
The amendment was adopted and the Nash
Vile and Chattanooga Railroad is exempted
from the provisions Of the bill. Mr.. Carter
offered an amendment extending aid in the
construction Of bridges costing not more than
$4,000 Mr.. Cheatham moved to lay the
bill and amendment on the table, in order
that Senators might scrutinlze it and vote
with full knowledge of its merits. The
bill and amendments were laid on the table.
The House bill relating to county subserip.
tons to railroad stock was taken up, and on
on motion, the counties Of Madison, Hay
wood, Lauderdale, Upton, Greene, Sewer,
| Blount, Knox, Cooke aud Roane, were ex-
empted-bill then passed third and last read
! my III lHe Ilouse, tHe Dill 10 make tne
! President Of the Bank of Tennessee, the
Commissioner. of Roads, and the Keeper of
the Penitentiary, elective by the people was
rejected ON second reading. In the House.
on the It'll, Mr.. Carlock introduced bill to
incorporate the Citico Mining Company. Mr.
White bill to authorize the Governor to
transfer the stock owned by the State in the
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad Compa
ny to the Knoxville and Kentucky Railroad
Company, and to receive in payment therefor
the stock of the latter. 1t would no doubt
conduce largely to the interest of all parties
to give the nine directors now appointed by
the State TO the Knoxville and Kentucky
Road-in hornll Mr.. Cobb a bill to change
the time of holding the Circuit Court of the
counties Of Meigs and Polk.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-14

eB A letter writer from Portsmouth TO
the Petersburg Express says, that the contri.
buttons for yellow fever sufferers in Norfolk
and Portsmouth, reached $4,000, Of which
Portsmouth received $4,000.
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HIwAssEE CoLLEGE.-We are pleased to
learn that this excellent institution continues
to prosper. The next session will commence
on the 18th Of February. See advertisement
next marc
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Yours, truly,

STATE LiBERALfTY.-Iti is said there is q
bill before the Legislature asking the State
to furnish the iron and equipments for n rail
road from Memphis, Tennessee, to Little
Rock, Arkansas. The people will no doubt
be both surprised and gratiticd to learn that
the financial condition of the Commonwealth
is such rs 10 enable it, not only to contribute
TO works of internal Improvement at home,
but 10 60 abroad and build n road through
the territory of n neighboring State. Such
generous propositions are so rare nowadays
that the one in question merits more than Il
mere passing notice The "Coal Field Spccu.
lation" measure don't begin to approach it in
point OF cool calculation and selfish audacity:
and if it succeeds it would not, perhaps
DO inappropriate to make the motto on the
State arms henccforward read: "Wade in,
Lemons, if YOU do get squeezed"
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Richardson's VorE.-Messrs. Caruthers
and Oliver, Wings from Missouri, Bowie,
Wing from Maryland, Stephens, Wing from
Georgia, and Evans, American, from Texas.
and Talbot, Wing from Kentucky, voted for
Richardson, the Democrat nominee for
Speaker.
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o. A bill to abolish the militia laws of
Tennessee has been introduced in the House.
We hope it will not take effect before the re.
Gently elected Brigadisr has an opportunity
to display his talents in the "tented field" if
not 'mid the shock of battle and the clash
of arms!"
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IY The total number of hogs saugh-
tered at Louisville thus far, this season, is
only 4o,O66 head. At the same period last
season fully 100000 head were killed, which
makes the operation, up to the present time,
100000 hogs behind last year. On the Sd
inst. there were ll,2Ol in pens ready TO be-
slaughtered. The prevailing rate is $3.50
net,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-14

o. An advertisement for Doyles' Double
Screening Wheat Fans will be found on the
next page.
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10 The Washington Union will hereaf.
&c, &c, be conducted under the firm of A. O.P.
Nicholson and ]. W. Folney, as joint editors
and proprietors, in accordance with n pre.
vious arrangement.
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.sY About six times the usual amount of
winter wheat, it is said, has been sown in
Western Missouri this year.
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.Y" The rumors alluded to in our last
issue in regard to fusion between the Ma.
tional Democrats and the National Know
Nothings, are now said to have some founda.
ton, and that the proposition is receiving the
attention of leading men both North and
South. In the event of its being worked up
who will head and tail the ticket!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-14

~ Resolutions have been introduced in.
to the Legislature of Georgia, endorsing and
approving the administration of President
Pierce, and recommending that gentleman
for reelection. Whom the gods would de-
stroy they first make mad. Unless there is
more oneness of purpose and unity of senti.
ment nmony the Know Nothings of the diff.
fcrcnt sections than the present condition Of
the party promises, we think it likely de.
mocrat will be elected in '56, and the demo.
cracy of the Presidential incumbent, in the
party sense Of the term, is quite as good and
reputable as that of any other man; but the
eSigencies Of the country require that the
Chief Executive should be made of different
sort of material from that which enters so
largely into the composition of Mr.. PIERCE
Give us MAN, with the nerve and firmness
for the occasion, and who, if elected, will be
President in fact as well MS in name:-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-14

s45 Hon. John NJ. Bolts, having been rep
resented to the New York Herald by one of
its correspondents as candidate for Mr.. Ma.
sons place in the Senate, writes that jour.
nal letter Of correction, in which he says:
II would MS soon expect m invitation
from the Emperor Alexander to take COM
mand of the Russian forces in the Crimea,
as that ! could be elected to the Senate
by the present legislative body of my own
State"
1t is rather unlikely that Mr.. B. will be
called into service by the present Legislature
of Virgina-but rs Tom Ewing said whom
he heard Of Mr.. Folks nomination for the
Presidency, "No body is safe now"
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rB- Negroes to be sold in Polk county,
on the Gath January and 4,h February, arc
advertised in to.day's paper.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-14

GREAT PREcAUTIoN.-The Louisville De.
mocrat says the administering expedition
against Ireland will avoid the English fleet
by going around by way of the North po,e.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-14

KSoxvILLE.-A bill has been introduced
in the Legislature to extend and define the
limits of the town OF Knoxville.
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CKclNsATI, Dec. Flour dull at $7 80.
Grain, nothing done. Hogs firm sc SO a
$500. Mess pork firm ut SIG so.
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MOBILE, Dec. 8.
"Tho American ticket has carried every
ward in the city. Total majority over 600.
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DEMOCRACY.


The New York Express is discussing tho
true meaning of the ,cord at the head of this
,.,;,,o aud s,,s.
,,,'
ne'c nas "eNer ocen "'ru w me Eng
'lsn lnneuage more perverted IRON IT'S true
,nenh'"g '''"n we woru nem"eracy. " mas
peen MADE use OF 'or ,''e lost 'h,riy years 10
ues'sn"se " P''y "n'en mas no c,"i1l 10 u
, e. 10 J ' ~. en ~ III. '"o wy uV'ogy U. u,e
WIZ, ,"u ~ .,,' s'".e"'eh. c"n"ot ge
, uJ," 49,. 20 w. uu an ~ .eeN "o'us
.;,;so AL eop., ""u .".oa' pu"e-" ,,'
s,s,',a ?, nr 49,, V, e"'.'" "T ny , t"y
peoP'e. w eo"'se' u,en, De"oer"'l1
go.e,nh'en' ohe mnere 'ne people RUE
themselves ", WOW II ,'is oronu sense we are
a.i .Denocra.s' ana !. rs aosnId 10 s'yle any
Pa..oua, p'ty W. D s,.l oee"use an
pai;es ~ WIZ oh,'.u o'",es 'ee"gn']e u,s es
suen P',hnary Pr,neip't. pu,' move a',' II ~
aosuru ,,us 70 sen 'wn 'ne so'cnleo De,
noer".c parry; VINO are TIE rEorLk OF
nny coun.ryl Con,lnon sense NJ once answers,
THE sAIlvhs or THAT couNTRY; would IL
no' ye "Usura, were u ~, "na' are me
peoP,ne ., u n1e,ana e",'eu. 10 rep,y' amer,
G"ns, or Engnsn, IL men, me feope OF
,h r"u "'p .ne n".'ses " ns sou, SO we say
w. 49, n,n n.n ,, y, nmetNa "ie 'ne l"'Nes
~. mJ county o.a .ney "re Ame',cdns, ana no'
caIInd Wv Wv 'Pp,y ."'s W YES, 10 Inc So
many nrotana o ,n". a. parry. Wi' any sane
nar, - ~ .,a. we se,.s,ylee Democra''
~" party composed OF THE people
,h,, III, m n"s,n H.s'ess ~ u no. notorious
r"c, , , !, iH nas maintained user oy me
TSa Pei hls',y 'UnF,seu Q, ,ote,ghers'
not rnln ,ha, '"e", VI ,ne on''eu olnies 40
The natives of o,h., o"a ",e oo". .'L oy
coue ~ th;s o y" Wt"e to" "1 VINO nave
thnt Il 10 n rr uW" ,,;s W. .esu. ~ repe".
Of oice oidsrs n"V r ~ .",, IVY Pat,y
direct the Demncrn;c n ", w"o Tho !; !,
is n party Of noliticinus VIA ,ora nhi.a,, sa
Tho Irna;i. oc r III I'.,; wy '1io en'',y 10,
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csEy" We have been waiting with sulferin

csY" We have been waiting with suffering
patience to learn who was elected Brigader
at the recent election. As yet We have been un-
able to ascertain. What are the officers about
that they keep the anxious country in such a
state of painful SUSPENSE Hurry up the
cheese, and let us know what the chances are
10 save the Union!
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tB- Our Acknowledgements are due Hon.
VIM. ii. Sneed for papers and other favors.
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H- James Dunlop has been appointed
to be Chief Judge of the Circuit Court Of
the United States for the District of Co.
lumbia
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PREoEPT.-Democracy declaiming against
the "wild hunt for Office"
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WAEAr.-Wheat is selling at from SI,6O
for white, and &i,60 for red, at this place.
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e-y Gen. CulIom, the Anti-Administra,ion
candidate for Clerk of the House of Repre-.
senta,ives, has been, for several years, n Wing
member of that body, but at the last election
was defeated. lie is a gentleman of talent
and much personal popularity.
A. ID. Banks, Esq, the Democratic nomi.
nee, is the editor Of the South Side Democrat
published at Petersburg, Virginia. Although
scarcely twenty-five years of age, he has
edited that paper for four years past with
marked ability; and as an effective popular
orator, and man of energy, strong intellect
and sound judgment, is said TO be surpassed
by no young man of his age in the country.
Nearly all the papers Of Virginia, Wing,
Democratic, and Know Nothing, speak of his
nomination in terms of warm commentator.
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sW- The wife of Gov. Wright, of Indiana,
died few days ago in Kentucky.
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Mr.. FILLMoRE.-The people of Bardstown,

MR.. F1LLMoRE.-Ihep people OF Bardstown,
KY, have
Resolved that Willard Fillmore, "the Model
President" is our choice for the Chief Magi-
stracy of the United States in 1856, and that
we present his name to the American people
for that high office "as one whom we best
love, most admire, and deem fittest for the
general needs"-confdent that his election
would be hailed with qualification and delight
by the true men of all parties, who love the
Union, the Constitution and its compromises
and in every section of the country wherever
our banner waves and our drum.beat is heard.
lilo has signaized his career by n stern devo-
ton to the best interests ofthe nation, know
ing and recognizing no geographical lines
"no North, no South, no East, no Vest
his public virtue and large nationality, tried
by every test, yet excepting step TO the music
of the Union," regardless of the cries and
cleaners of the Abolilonists and Nullifiers,
fearing neither,and abhorrng both, and trust
ing TO the ultimate judgment and approval of
free and enlightened people.
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lB- The Springfield Qll) Journal says
that contracts for new corn have been made in
thst vicinity at % cents in the ear.
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Strong minds great hearts, true faith and ready hands
Men whom the lust Of Office does not kill;
Men whom the spells Of Office cannot buy;
Men who possess opinion and will
Men iohO hare hOnor-men trhO tciH not lie
Men who stand before a demagogue,
And damn his treacherous batteries without winking;
Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog
In public duty and in private thinking
For while politicians with their thumb creeds
Their large professions and their little Deeds
Mingle in selfish strife, 10 FREEDOM weeps,
wroDg rules the land, and waiting JUSTICE sleeps"
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CINCINNATI, Dec. 6.-Flour dull! at 80 rs.
Hogs Sc As u 6 IS.
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eBA writer in one of the Northern pa.
pers says: without liberal use of the rod,
1t is Impossible to make boys smart
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THE REFORM BILL.

The Dresden Sny N do,,,crot;, shoot L,.
..a.,,.,. 80, "o' W.. 'mo, "',
n 's"o nm, Sr.o'e :" 'e,N''on 70 'he 'uu'c'al
reform BIZ now before the Legislature,
portion Of which we subioin:
We learn that the bill called the Reform
Bill, now pending before the Legislature. h
quite radical, and of doubtful constitutional
propriety. We understand that il moi only
changes the practice of the courts. but that
il abolishes the courts themselves. This
takes the country by sv,prlse-as no such
subject was agitated among the people in
the canvass last summer, IN this part of the
State. The Judges, chaucellors, and attorneys
general were cut off BY the changes in the
constitution, in 1853. That was MI leool and
proper. They have lust becn elected Inv The
people, and now in eicbteen months altar The
election, we nre informed this reform b;ll ,ro.
poses to legislatc them out of Office. In This
part of the State Il is CHARGED as n democratic
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THE STRUGGLE FOR SPEAKER.

The following article from the Washington
Daily Globe. Of the 18th inst, will give our
readers some idea Of the condition of affairs
at Washington City touching the contest to
organize the House Of Representatives:
"Although there are great many speculn-
tons in the House, we fear, as we predicted
last Tuesday, that the body will remain for
some time without head. The position of
parties renders II difficult to decide on this
very important appointment, even though n
majority, disinterested as far as the individuals
composing II are concerned, should desire to
come together md make an organization Of
the House. The southern members, and
others associated with the Administration in
supporting the Kansas Nebraska act, by se-
Letting Mr.. Richardson, who was the leader
OF the House in carrying that measure, have
shown their determination TO nail their colors
to the mast in defence of this great point Of
policy on which the powers- thatbe have
staked their own fate and that Of their adhcr.
ents. Mr.. Richardson staked himself on il at
home before constituency by no means in
clined Mt first to sustain their Representative;
but having fought 1t through the last Con-
grcss, and through his district nj the last
election, he has been chosen rs the standard
bearer of that party in the present Congress,
who are determined to rise or fall with it in
the great election of the next autumn.
On the other side are arraycd the great
body of northern men who were chosen by
their constituents for their avowed hostility
to the Kansas.Ncbraska act But this main
body, representing northern principles, opin-
ions, or prcjudices, on the subject of the re-
peal OF the compromises, is divided into three
sections, a genus of three species-Free-
Sellers, Know Nothings, and Democrats
| These differ so widely about what ut the
present moment my be considered practical
questions, th'rsit will be hard work 10 bring
them together under the influence of the
greater attractive force of that issue, which
has commanding influence on the side of the
Administration, and those sustaining its lead.
ing measure. Yet it seems to us more likely,
that those differing parties in the North, who
agree on the exciting subject, which all seem
determined to make sectional and carry into
the presidential election, will unite, than that
either Of them will 90 over to the South, or
that the South, rallied on Richardson, will
disband and join either of the sections of the
| North.
We know the solicitude of the readers OF
| the G'cHs at Il distance to haveeven the con.
lectures of those who mingle in the scenes at
the Capitol, on a matter of so much interest
as the organization Of Congress, and we have
therefore, hnzarded our opinions. That the
organization Of the House will be effected
after while, we have no doubt; but we dc
not believe it can be done for many days tc
come-perhaps not for weeks.