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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

W- The writer in the "Knoxvile Stan.
dard," to whose productions We alluded in
our issue of the 9th instant, publishes ano-
Their long drawn-out affair, in subsequent
number Of that journal, upon the Cleveland
and Chattanooga Road. We said "the writer"
-wcshould say "thc Driters," because we
arc certain the article alluded to is not the
production Of any one man--there is too
much shrewdness and penetration III its con-
ceptions md too much practical ability dis
played in bringing them ont into the light
to justify the conclusion that the last effort
is tho result Of single mind, although there
are minds up that way capable, no doubt, of
achieving great results-at least, they have
been tremendous, ovcrpowering in their con-
ceptions, and the results, now reposing quiet
ly in the womb of the future, will be
great, Of course, whenever they are achieved.
Tho article in relation 10 the Cleveland
road must be the production Of both the
pragumtcal gentlemen; .Ddas such ought to
be treated with more than ordinary interest.
But really and seriously there is nothing in
It, and its appearance has not been attended
with any very direfil results that we have
heard Of. The passenger and freight trains
continue to pass over the road with the
usual speed and regularity, the work on the
bridge and beyond the river progresses to-
ward completion, and in few months the
streets of Knoxville will DO 'sladdened with
the presence Of the iron horse-to the great
disappointment and chagrin of our seribbling
friends, who have, because they were not
put to work in the lead, sought to create dit.
fculties and plant distractions in the way
of this great enterprise. As they ought by
this time TO be convinced that they cannot,
by any possible means, prevent or rctard the
completion of the road, we trust they will
have the grace to yield to the necessities of
the occasion, and bear their disappointment
and sorrow with becoming forttude.
About the Cleveland branch road: AS we
regard its construction, sooner or later, nc.
tually necessary-not TO be avoided--we
shall not attempt to weaken the opposition
from the quarter indicated, but would rather
invite its continuance. Tho past proves that
opposition from thence is pretty certain ev.
dence of ultimate success, while friend.
ship bodies failure. We have no alusion here
to the RarJone Gap enterprise, Of course
We trust the remarks against the Cleveland
road will be continued, from timc 10 time, as
leisure and inclination may afford opportuni.
ty, and that on no account will the oppos-
tion be suffered to droop or anguish.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

IMPORTANT DEcIsioS.--Judge Green, one
Of the Justices OF the Supreme Court in the
Eighth District Of New York, has recently
made the following decision in regard TO the
naturalization of foreigners: That all for
egn' RS, who would become naturalized
must make their application in open Court,
on particular day set apart by said Court,
and show by witnesses known to some mem.
hers Of the Court, that they are possessed of
the requisite qualifications to become citizens
of the United States. %
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

SEHoRS's VAR,grms4-Om friend and
neighbor. Sehorn, has just returned from the
North, with a large and well selected supply
Of almost every thing--Closks, Watches,
Jewelry, Confeetionaries Of every dencrip.
ton, Ladies' and Children's shocs--in word
almost every thing that can DO thought, OF or
desired. lie has moved into tho brick buiid.
ing, next to McEwen g. Gillespie's, north
side Of the public square, where he has the
most perfect establishment in East Tennes-
see. Give hima call. 'a
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

According to Mr.. Bright, member of tho
British Parliament, the cost to England Of
maintaining an armament in the field or on
water is fl,oe0 per man per year, or, as Mr..
Bright puts it., that war is another rent to be
paid by every one in the kingdom, equal to
the rent he pays for his house. Each of tho
ten inch shells thrown by the lies in tho
siege of Sevastopol costs, il is said, cas-
about Sl25."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

DEMONSTRATING of the death ola young
friend, the New York Mirror truthfulIy re-
marks: .
"Ah, how little do we know, who shall be
first called-whether the veteran, hoary and
ripe for the memorable reaper; or the youth,
fired with beautiful visions Of mortal life,
and dreaming only of time, and fortune and
fame! The old live on, and infancy, even,
scarcely yet blushed into .roseate being, is
cxhaleG from earth like the morning dew
drop" - ..ttf, ..vE. q. -.t ....
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

:FiIlibustcring" on the Rio Grande, accor-
ding to tho Brownsville Flag, has pretty
much "fzzled" ont, and that paper indignant
ly denies that the Brownsville merchants, as
has been stated, had subscribed funds in aid
Of another expedition. Many of those who
engaged in former expeditions have retired
to other and more peaceful pursuits, and
Gen. Vega, the new Mexican commandnnt,
seems to give general satisfaction.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16
Nrw OnIrANs, March o,

There has been limited denad for Cotton
today, at previous rates, and the sales have
comprised $500 bales. The sales during the
week have reached $4,000 bales The receipts
at this port are 10000 bales less than they
were nj the same time lest year. The stock
OF Cotton on hand including that on ship
board, amounts 10 10000 bales, Of which
only 10000 bales are on sale.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

FAIEUREs IN MEMPHIs.-The Memphis
Wing of the Sth, announces the suspension
of two Grocery and Commission houses in
that city, that ofMessts. j. NJ. Patrick g. Co.,
A.'A. Smithwiek g. Co., which occurred on
Saturday last, although not made public un-
ill the 5th. As..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

COMPLIMENTARY TO PRESIDENT PiBRcE.-
C. Levi Woodbury., Esq, of Boston, who
probably did MS much TO secure the nominal
ton and election of President Pierce as any
man in the country, remarked during a
speech made at Manchester N. II, recently,
that it had been said there was dissatsfac.
ton in the Democratic party. A party might
be dissatisfied with men, but, 'thank God
the Constitution prescribes the time when
an administration would come to an end.'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

icy The democratic prints have got hold
of document which they pretend is an er
pose of the rites, ceremonies, mysteries, pass
words, horrible onths, &C., Of the Know
Nothings. The whole affair, we presume, is
manufactured for the occasion. 1t rends n
good deal like the stuff and nonsense the an
ti...asonic prints used to publish about the
institution Of Free Masonry.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16
ATHENS, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, rs 50

BOUsrf LAND BitIAA copy Of the BOun-
ty Land Bill as it passed both Houses Of
Congress- and receivedthe signature of the
President will be found on the first page of
this paper.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16
Speaking OF the adjournment Of Congress
the Baltimore Sun Of Monday says:

1.-THE closing scenes were characterized by
much excitement and confusion; but, it Is
pleasant to be able to add, that they afford
ed nothing of that disreplitable character
which We have been heretofore called upon
to chronicle. While large number of bills
have been, Ms usual, left without final action
(many Of which have been referred TO the
new Court Of Claims) we are justified in
stating that the late session was signalized
by passing many acts of the highest inipor
tnncc; which cannot fail TO tell upon the fd
ture interest Of the country.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

FALL " ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is di.
rected to tho advertisement Of Messrs. Fall
g. Cunningham, wholesale dealers in Hard.
ware, Nashville. Theirs is the only, really,
Wholesale House, in the trade, in that city,
and our Merchants who visit there should
give them acall by all means. Their stock
is said to be equal TO that Of any Of the
Houses in the Eastern cities.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16
CINcInxATL March 5

Gov. Wright, of Indiana, has vetoed the
Free Bank bill, and II is said he will alsoveto
the State Bank bill, if It is passed; but the
friends of both bills in the Legislature say
they will unite and pass them, notwithstand.
ing the veto.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

ET- We are requested to state that, in
consequence Of the conflict in the time of
holding the Chancery Courts at Kingston
and jamestown, there will BIO no Court at
Kingston week after next.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

A CHAScE.-We will receive Of delin.
quent subscribers their subscription al the
advance price, (S2) If they will pay up for
arrearages between this and the fst of May
next. After that date three dollars will in
every instance be exacted Of those indebted
for one year and upwards. Delinquents may
regard tais notice or not, as may suit theil
pleasure,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

HARD LIcK.-In the North Carolina Leg
islaturc, while bill was pending which i'm
posed fine for selling liquor to free negroes,
n member opposed it on tho ground that
'such law would make the free negroes
more respectable than white men," bog
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

MAGSEsIA IN KASsAs.-The Kansas Her
aid Of Freedom, alludes to singular fact in
the geographical formation of that territory;
the chalk formation recently alluded to.proves
to be a stratum of magnesin, which probably
underlies the whole country, OF the depth OF
twenty 10 fifty feet ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

eay- The Nashville papers announce the
return Of Hon. Y. X. Zollicoffer to that city,
from Washington. Tennessee had no ADLER
or more worthy representative in Congress
than Gen. Zolicoffer, and we hope he will be
returned to the place he has so credhaLly
filled for the last two years.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

Arntxs HorEL.-This House has been
leased by Mr.. Joseph Hardin, and Is new un.
derroing repairs. MIR. Hardin isa thorough
gentleman, understands the business, and
designs keeping A No. Hotel, Athens ia
proyerbial as the most healthy town in East
Tennessee, and now that Il has first rate
Hotel, wo expect to scc Il crowded with
strangers during the warmer months OF the
summer from tho less highly favored cities
and ,illsgrs Sca,h md East Of cs. 't
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

w In Noblesville, Ia, Mrs. Julia Frey.
berger brought suit against Martin Mount
JOY for damages caused by liquor sold by the
defendant to the plaintiffs husband, John
Freyberger. She charged that the defendants
liquor had made her husband drunkard, and
caused him to lose his time, and waste his
money, and claimed one thousand dollars
damages. The Jury gave her verdict for
G5OO
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16
WASHING TON, March 8.

Benjamin McCulloch of Texas SAYS, that
he will resign appointment as Major Of
one oftho two new Cavalry Regiments, as he
considers single appointment an Insult to
the class he is intended to represent.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

How 20 prevent times hanging heavily up
on one. Give good large note on three
months. It is surprising how soon the time
will como round.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

Kossutl''s reputation among the English
people may be estimated from the fact that
the rush for the Sunday Times, for which he
has become a constant contributor, is unex.
ampled. In reading rooms II goes from hand
to hand, engaged for hours in advance! IN
the other hand, all the journals Of weight
in the metropolis ignore their gigantic an'ng'
onist entirely.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

PASSED OVER HIS HEAD Gov. Wright,
having vetoed the bills Incorporating the Free
and State Banks, by the Indiana Legislature,
that body has rcpasscd them, the Governors
objections notwithstanding, by decisive con-
sttutional maiorties.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

A portion oflhe tunnel on the Virginia and
Tennessee Rail Road fell in on "Wednesday.
The mass OF earth, g., on the track IL 50 i'm.
mense, that tho passage of trains will be OBJ.
structed for some days.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

Hon. JOHN BELL.-The letter from Mr.
Bell to the "Order of United Americans" OF
New York, which we publish to day, will DO
read with general interest and satisfaction
His recommendation that "the Farewell Ad.
dress Of Washington should be embraced in
the course of instruction in every primary
school of the country" is worthy of the
broad and farseeing craftsmanship Of the
man, and should be adopted by every teacher
in the Union.
Tennessee is proud of JOHN BELL; proud
of him asa man; and proud of him asa Sem
ator, who BY native genius, extensive learn
ing, and high trimming, is entitled to stand
unqueslioned among the best and nobest in
the land. And Tennessee is proud, too, to
know that his fame is extending, with n sure
and steady and mighty growth, to al quar-
tiers of the Union. The last st. Louis In
telligencer, Zone of the ablest papers in tho
WesD says: John BELL, of Tennessee, is
One of the Roman Senator's noble spcc-'
men OF the digniied, experienced and able
statesman Of the better days of our Repub.
lie! FFe is, at this time, PROFESSIONALLY at
the head of the American Senate, in all that
illustrates and adorns that body."-Mens-
phis Eagle d Enquirer.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16
tasg-lt il stated lhnt in the nnst ien rao

EY-lt is stated that in the past ten years
nine sloops Of twenty guns each, and lour
briggs aud two schooners Of ten guns each.
and four briggs and two schooners of ten guns
each, have, by causnIity or decay, been re.
moved from the effective force of the United
States navy, and vet not single vessel has
been built TO rtplnce them .. II.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

tW Mr.. Jno.,F. Power announces him.
self as candidate for Joint Representative
inthe District composed Of the counties Of
Neigs, Polk and MeNlinn.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

OF Several of the papers of the Western
District, which, short time since, insisted
there was no necessity for Convention to
nominate a candidate for Governor, now sig
nifty willingness one should be held for
that purpose. s.t tti
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

LIVERY STABLE.-Jno. l.. Bridges, has
opened nm establishment which has been very
much needed here--a Livery Stable. His
stock is good, vehicles new, and We trust he
will DO literally patronized. He occupies
the stables attached to the Athens Hotel
Persons can DO furnished with horses and
carrinres nj all timen
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

AN INDEPENDENT WESTERN REPUBLIC
A letter from San Francisco announces.
what is important, il true-that an exten.
siye secret scheme is advancing there, to
form new republic, consisting at first OIL
ten States, three to be comprised within the
present limits of the State of California
three in Oregon Territory, two in Washing.
ton Territory, and two from the western por.
ton of Utah and New Mexico. The basis is
to be a confederated government, and the
President, Cabinet, Senators and Represen.
tatives are to be chosen by the direct vote
Of the people. Five Of the States are to re-
cognize slavery, and the Sandwich Islands
are to be guaranteed their independence
At least, SO says the letter, but all its state
ments require confirmation.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16
ALAS! POOR FRANKLIN PIERCEl

The following extract from a seorching
article in the New Orleans Delta, gives poor
Franklin Pierce his final quietus. The Del.
tn, il must be remembered, is essentially q
hllibastering Democratic paper. 1t helped
with all its might to elect Mr. Pierce; and
now, having tried him and found him want.
ing in all respects, it Stays him without re-
morse, and, with fiendish delight, buries
him so deep that the hand Of resurrection will
never reach him: III It
"Franklin Pierce has been failure. Eve.
~ man from Maine to California Knows that
fact. He is the worst failure of the age
lie has been the noir faineant of Presidents
lie has done nothing. The individual who
comes before the peope'-who takesa prom
inent and notable position-who accepts one
rous esponsibilities-who assumes the dig
nifty Gas the French say) of "A man of affairs,
must do or go. Pierce is-gone! The cause
of his failure is obvious; it is the cause oil
the failure of all modern politcians-he pos
sessed no faith! He did not believe in him.
self or in his destiny. He felt, even in pow.
er, that he was n common. place MIN, acct
IDENTIFY elevated, and was afraid of his duty
Franklin Pierce saw fear from the first
We will not apologize for speaking of him
in the first tense; full Hlilm; he has depart
ed to the limbo of forgotten names, never to
return. He had an opportunity Che only
thing man of talent wants) and he had
not presence of mind enough to use it, he
had splendid future, Gf the present were
well euliivated) and he sowed no seed for
the harvest of fame; he had an eager audi
ence, prejudiced in his favor, and he-forgot
his partl The failure of such man always
leaves moral. We anticipated it when We
mentioned his want of faith. No statesman
can succeed without that attribute; with il
any one can become n ruler. No man ever
achieved anything in politics who had not
terrible faith. Corsica, that bare, bald, pal.
try island, lying in the sea, as Victor Hugo
says, like pirate ship swinging at anchor,
has made her position in history merely be-
cause she gave birth to one man who caught
the idea of his time and believed il! He
was only an olive-complexioned us-lieuten-
ant at Toulon, but he was Napoleon Bona
parte ut Marengo! He had faith, and on the
wings of that faith, his eagles crossed the
Pyrennees, overflow the Pyramids, and be-
came the terror and the hope of the world
Look ut our great men. Jackson had faith.
His ideas were his divinitics. He Worship
ed them, and necessarily they became fncts.
Polk had faith; he knew that he was the tes-
timen!ary executor of Jacksonism, and he
fulfilled his mission. Tyler, Fillmore, and
Pierce, lacked this quality (Which is, after
all, little more or less than genius) and we
know their fates. The Man of Eighteen
Fifty.Six must shun the rock on which their
regulations were shivered. In one word,
he must be himself"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

DEATH OF Hon. ROGER BARToS.--It will
be seen from the following extra of the Hol.
ly Springs Empire Democrat, that this dis
tingushed citizen of Mississippi is no more
at becomes our painful duty to record the
death of the Hon. Roger Barton, who de-
parted this life to-day, Sunday, the 4th inst.
at his residence, near Holly Springs, at Il
few minutes before eleven o'clock A. NJ
HIS disease was acute rheumatism of the
stomach, which he bore with peculiar forti.
tude for more than two weeks, but died
from its violent effects. Our community is
shrouded in gloom; and will long exhibit
many indications OF general grief, OIL account
of this sudden bereavement.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

Fifty shares of the stock of the Augusta
Insurance Bank were sold ut auction in Sa.
vannah, on Friday, ut sixty'three to sixty
seven dollars per share.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16
Roaus MoNRY.--A we'll mnde connierf.i

BOGUS MoSgY.--A well made counterfeit
of the $40 gold pieces is now in circulation.
1t is precisely the same circumference of the
coin, but is net as thick. 1t Is valued nj
1880 The coin may be detected by oh.
serving the word "sold' in small raised let.
ters on the bottom of the head. ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

NEW HANPsHIRE,--1he State olceiionsin
Now Hanrshire cume or on tho 18th Inst.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

s-Y- Some one was telling Sam HYDE.
about the longevity Of the mud turtle. Yes,
said Sam, 4 know all about TINT, for once
found venerable old fellow in my meadow,
who was so old that be could scarcely wig
gle his tail, and on his bnck carved (olernble
plain considering all thngs) these words
Paradise, Year I. Adam. Pc
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

A MALE SEMRAuIs.-ft Is told Of The In
dim R,jah, Johas Indra, that be had por'
ter named Dato, who resembled him so mucl,
that he pat his own royal robes on him ana
seated him on his throne, and then took hls
station at the gate, and laughed to see ms
courters bowling before the porter Daio' ana
ob,ying him. But the porter said, "who u, rs
that fellow ut the gatel--Of with his headl
They decapiia,ed the Rnjah, and tho porter
pa,o, reigued in his stead.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16
MoNTooMrRy.M Ma,

tr..a MONTGOMERY, March ~.
The following isa list Of the ten capital
prizes drawn to-day, in Class L, Of the Ala.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-16

BY commerce communities Thrive: one
branch benefits another; and thus all the de-
partments will come in for shire Of that To-
Ultimate wealth which skill and capital shall
draw from the store.h of God. Public
opnion-the supreme arbiter in this land
will frown down the knavery that hannts, for
the present. this new and promising enter
prise, and society will realize new and pow.
erfu impulse in all its industrial interests.
JOHN CALDWELL.
New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-24
RUM 1T FIRE ISLAND.
CORRESPONDENCE. Of The N. Y. rfssupe.

Correspondence OF 4 no y. I. Iroure.
FIRE ISLAND, Tuesday, Aug. Il 10,
At last the Temperance men have cauvh, n
Samis, who has been arrested for yiola,i,, :
Maine Law, and he is TO be tried a,,ss,
Term of the Supreme Court st Riseth.,a
am also informed there may be more A.
made by and by Of those who have been ..,s
intoxicating nquor on the Sabbath.
At the recent Convention of Liquor D.,l.
held at Syracuse they resolved not to patrons. |
business any person not in favor Of the reoe,I !
the Temperance Law, and not to vote fcr apy -
on their side. Let the Temperance men oi y
patton accept the challenge, and let one and N |.
US, for one month only, resolve not to buy or ~,
any newspaper which has opposed the Tenpen,,
question, and my word for il, you will lind 20 n.s
editors coming 10 their senses as now we can A,,
no idea Of 60 il will be with all candidats 4.
Office, and in all other departments of life.
Jackson removed one or two Secretaries "a "a,
the people of the United States from Uni.
States Bank, and is it 10 be thought strange n,
that the Temperance men should indirectly do \
same thing to find Judges who will remove J
curse of Drunkenness
Let il be once known that such is 10 be &
case, and there will be plenty of judges 10 belle,
in the consistency Of the Temperance Law. Ii