The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-01
THE FUTURE

The Columbus (Ga-) Enquirer, of the 2etf
ult. has significant article. from which VIZ
take the following extract:
The political horizon not only Of our Owl
State, but of the whole country, presents but
q gloomy and uncertain aspect. At no period
Of our history, perhaps. within a quarter Of q
century, has the field Of politics been so OBJ
scured by the mists Of doubt, and the pros
peet beyond been less clearly defined. What
course shall we persuei Where shall We gol
seems to be the anxious enquiry on all hands
While, upon the one hand, the power and
force Of party association, with an influence
almost irresistible, leads to the maintenance
Of old organizations, on the other the un
faithfulness Of party leaders and party allIei
equally counsels rigid inquisition into the
integrity Of the professions and platforms
upon which it is proposed to rally the friends
Of common cause. A glance at the history
of the past cOnvinees us that the ancient ma
tional organizations are not to be relied OF
for the maintenance Of the rights and inter
ests of the South. The great prepOnderatine
anti-slavery sentiment which pervades both
Wing and Democratic parties at the North
and which has heretofore been the cohtroll
ing element of political strife, renders long
er utilization with either both unwise and
unsafe. As we have heretofore said, hence
forth the reliance of the South must be IN the
South, and in the pnbroken front which she
may present to her adversaries upon every
occasion where any. even the least important,
of her rights are menaeed. Upon this plat
form she can stand in the proud conscious
ness Of the integrity Of her position, and
while she boldly defes her enemies from
whatever quarter they may come, she can
within the borders Of strictest selfrespeet
extend the hand of fellowship TO all who are
disposed to accord to her the full measure
of her rights.
CALIFoRSIA-An interesting fugitive slave
case was decided at San Jose on the 18th OF
April. The slave was boy who had been
taken TO California from Tennessee, by his
master, in l849, before the adoption Of the
State constitution, and has remained there
ever since. The Court, after a hearing, dis
charged the slave, and declared him free I'M
der the State laws.
On the 28th March, J. A. Phillips stabbed
r. J. MeJames on Indian creek, in Klamath
county. The wounded man died in % min.
utes. The miners collected and elected q
Coroner, and he summoned jury and held
inquest. The verdict was that McJames was
killed by Phillips. A meeting was then reg
ularly organized, and the question was pu,
whether Phillips should be handed over to the
regular authorities or tried by Lynch law
The decision was in favor of the latter. A
jury twelve men were empanneled, a coup
lie Of persons were assigned as counsel fol
the accused the evidence was heard; the ju'
ry found Phillips guilty of the killing; the
meeting resolved that he should be hung al
10 A. M, on March 3lst, and he was hung al
the time.
The Methodist Church South, has been
holding Conference at Sacramento. They
number thirty clergymen in the State. They
resolved to establish paper.
THE HEArHEs-The people of some parts
of Alabama are determined to put n stop to
the Telegraph business. After tearing dowr
the wires they issued the following procama'
ton, which the Tuscumbia papers assure us
is genuine, having been found posted up in
the woods along the line:
's M S.ias Ct co A'nSa"' 9Th of May 1856
Notice to the Managers of the Telegram
Ware are hereby forwarned to not to put up
the ware any more for it shall not Stay up
any more long at a time if you do not let il
stay down the hole country is going to Just
90 before your Ewes and tare it down and
cut the post and throw away the glasses and
throw away the ware and skin the first man
sails any thing A gainst it and throw his hide
a crows A pole and split 100000
Jump up John the Wolf ketcher.
The Mobile Advertiser expects that Sam is
not around generally" in that section oil
Jump up John the Wolf Ketcher" would
make little less noise than he does
The Albanian tells story of an old lady
who belonged to the "Wolf Keteher" party
and who is ready to swear that during the
drought of last summer she frequently saw
the clouds "gather over the TELEGRAPH wires
and bile for half an hour, trying their
best to rain but had to give it up al
lastr'
OpIYIoN OF THE BRITISH PKEss-The
English Press admits that hopes of peace
have fled, and that no assistance can be ex.
pected from Austria, and but little from the
rest of Europe; consequently that France and