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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

sR- Large sales of coal lands ITO Philadel.
phia purchasers have lately been made in the
vicinity of Wikesbarre, Pa, as we learn
from the Spirit of~the Times, published at
that place. The opening of these mines will
give new activity To that region, but the
Times says that the coal will be wanted be.
fore the mines can be opened. One tract
was nm upland farm, on WEIGH IN old resident
roughcd il for many years, aud has now sold
il for more than Il hundred thousand dol.
lars.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

tW- Tennesseeans may well feel some
anxiety rs to the future Of their govern
ment. Read the following from the Chi
cago Democrat, n leading Democratic paper
at Chicago, Illinois:
"The same Democratic Principles that make
us detest Slarery, make us Garious for a
healthy foreign emigration, as The best means
Of getting rid of IT,"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

MuRBER AND SuIcpE. ST. Louis, on
Tuesday last, young man named Besng,
of good family, whose sister had been lead.
ing dissolu,e life in that city, invited her to
ride with him into The country, where he shot
her dead, and, returning 10 the hotel, blew
his own brains out.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20
CHICAGO. June 40

A special mail agent this morning arrested
Theodore p. Drniston, a clerk in the Post
Office of this city, on the charge Of puroin-
ing letters containing money from the mais.
in his room were found packages of bank
notes to The extent of $4,000. 1t is the gen.
eral belief that from $4,000 TO $4,000 have
been stolen from this office. Denniston is
now in Jail. A brother of his was arrested
for the same offence in April last.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

eB- We are requested to give notice that
Philip s. White will speakat Madisonvil!e on
Monday, the 23d inst, instead of Sunday the
cad; also, that the appointment for iiwassee
College has been withdrawn, rs it is now VA
cation at that institution and the students are
all absent.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

Coop FLOUR MAKES Coop PUFFs.-W. J.
McClalcl,ey, Eastanallee Mills, has our thanks
for sack of superfine flour, which we have
tried and find A No. !. If we could always
obtain such -four, we should soon have as
great an aversion to "corn bread" rs on. late
representative to Congress. Friend Nc.
Clatchey has recently rebuilt and refitted his
Mills, and now turns out as good -four as can
be manufactured anywhere. Not only so, bu,
els an industrious, clever man, and we trust
his enterprise will meet with that success it
SO richly merits.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

OsSABERGs, SHIRTiEes, &c.--Wc take
pleasure in directing attention to the adver.
tisement of our friend, II. NJ. Mcpherson,
Knoxville, The agency of Mr.. Mcpherson
will furnish merchants and Others with safe
aud reliable source for obtaining 6ngging for
grain, &c, We know him 70 be correct
business nan, and shat all orders will receive
prompt attention.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

IS ATIGHT pLAcE-TBE GIRLS AND THE
BEEs.-A chap out IN Louisiana recently took
II notion for bath in an inviting stream,
which flowed through field he was engaged
in ploughing, and diyesting himself of his
clothes for that purpose, hung his unmen-
tionabcs upon the limb of locust tree hard
by. lie had luxuriated for some half hour,
and SWAN to his starting point, when lie dis.
covered beyy of young dansels approach
ing with their flower baskets. lie scampered
up the bank and into his breeches, but alas ,
unhappy man not soon enough. They were
occupied. A small colony of bees were in
possession. He reports that he got home,
but how, he knows not. thinks he RAM
kHous he holload, and is sure the girls laugh
ed. His friends found in his pantaoons q
number Of dead bees, some angry ones, and
the biggest half Uf very sore youth.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

w- The Rev. J. L. Gay gives notice that,
Providence permitting, Grace Church Loudpn
will be consecrated to the worship and service
Of Almighty God by Bishop otey, assisted by
several other clergymen, on Sunday the 29th
inst. Services to commence at 10 o'clock.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20
s9y- The Chattanooga Advertiser exu

sy- The Chattanooga Advertiser exult.
ingE asks us
"Yho is Henry Wilson, Of Massachusetts,,
who presided nj the convention Of the scced.
ers! Whv is ho, p. Hale, Of Now llamp-
shirew
We answer Henry Wilson is one Of the
present Senators from Massachusetts, and is
rs much Of an aboltionist rs Charles Sumner
whom the Democrats OF that State elected
Wilson Joined the Americans with thehopethat
they could be induced 10 serve his vile abolition
purposes, but on discovering that the party
was national, not sectional, he Immediately
boltedy and he is now precisely where the
Advertiser is, warning against the National
American party, and in favor Of the foreign
element, the source from whence abolition.
ism draws nourishmcnt and strength. Jno'
- Hale is q Free Soil Democrat, u New
Hampshire Democrat, just like President
Pierce. and he too now stands wberc the All,
vertiscr does--n opposition 10 the National
American party. Every prominent abolision'
;sts and all the aboitionpapcrsase now tight
inc against the American party. How then can
tho Advertiser aud Col. Smith seek TO make
the imprsssion that the American party is
abolitionizcd!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

~ The Nashville Union and American
has flying at the head Of its ticket the fol.
lowing caich-words:
NFreedom of Speech, Freedom Of Con.
science, Freedom Of the Elective Franchise,
and Freedom Of the Press"
The same paper glorides the adnIinis'ra.
ton of Pierce, which is daily prescribing
Americans because they have the manlincss
10 speak and act for themselves and to vote
independent of the dictation of the clique
Sho govern and control the President
Again: The Roman Church proscribcs, with
The dungeon and the stake wherever it has
Che power, the Freedom of Speech, Freedom
of Conscencc, Freedom Of the Elective Fran
chise, the Freedom Of the Press, and the
Right 10 read the Bible-that Church pro-
scribes these, and yet the Union and Amer.
can upholds and spstains that Church and is
doing all it can to enable it to secure con-
trolling influence in the affairs Of this gov.
nent. So much for consistency. The Union
md American Is the last paper that ought to
hang out such sign
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

s9g- Among the more recent exports from
California was cargo OF shovesl But two
or three years ago the blade Of shovel was
worth almost i,s weight in gold among the
miners. Emigration, enterprise and CONNER
eal.yigor make marvellous changes in short
tiue in the great channel that trade flows in.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

tg- That stirring and patriotic appeal in
the last Cleveland Banner, to the "dimycrats"
to come ont from among the Americans, is
said to have "foiehed" the last one Of EN-
The Banner knows what sort of licks to hit
Another such appeal, and the day is yours
"Charge, Chester, charge! on, Stanley, on~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20
.B"The New York correspondent Of the
Charleston Couripr saws.


Charleston Courier says:
"The Maine liquor law is now the object
of universal derision. Its authors, projectors
and supporters, are ptied in the most patron.
izing manner. Never before in any public
matter have the tables been so strangely
turned as on the friends and Opponents OF
this same prohLitory bill before and ai,crthe
time Of its enforcement. The whole eata.
logue of portables Of domestic manufacture
is changed.
Simple drauglt ale, manufactured at Alba.
ny or Poughkerpse, is now old Burton alr.-
Philadelphia lager beer is Hamburger beer
Monongahela whiskey has suddenly been
transformed into new Spanish liquor of re.
qusite taste and quality. The Mayor and
the Courts have set their faces against the
new law, and having nullifed all its provis.
ions, II is now legislative sham.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE by the North
ern Light contain some further matters OF
interest from Central America and California,
which we snbjoin:
The brig Vesta, which had on board Col.
Walker and his party, from San Francisco,
reached Realo some weeks ago. tits known
that this port, rs well as Leon, on the Pacific,
were in the hands of the Castellon party OF
Nicaragua. Col. Walker, after conference
with Gen. Munoz, who is in command of the
CasteIlon forces, embarked for San Juan del
Sur, reinforced by 200 men. His party was
thus increased to about 215. lie appeared
off San Juan, and landed his forces on the
night of the 9th ult., at Breto, about IA
miles north of San Juan, TO draw off the at
tention of the troops there.
In the morning the troops were hurried otl
in great precipitation to defend Rvas, which
Walker. had assaulted, and is reported to
have taken. The next night he took SA
Juan del Sur, without any resistance,
aud seized all the arms and ammunition de
posted there. 1t is supposed that he viii
next attack San Carlos and Castillo, aud then
with n combined movement with Munoz, ut
tack Granada, should Munoz be able TO over
come Gen. Corral at Alanaqua. The Presi
dent and his officers left GraLada on the goth
to JON the army with Gen. Corral and thu
! matters will be brought to Il crisis.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

:g- by tho railroad connections now CON-
pleted, the Mississippi river and the Atlantic
seaboard arc brought within bat little more
than the time Of one aud half days jour
nev OF each other.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

sSs The eastern Prince" of the Chinese
insurgents has issued proclamation forbid
ding all princes aud mobiles, ministers of State
and people, men and women 10 indulge in
the use of wine, even privately, under penal
IN of hcinn hthended
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

0TThe WytIrviIle Telegraph has the
following concerning the numerous removals
lately made at Washington Ter political
reasons":
"T'he removal Of clerks in the departments
at Washington for political reasons, since the
Ist of June, have amounted TO twenty-five.
During the same period the dccaptation
of Postmasters, Land Officers, Navy Yard
employees, &C., in every section Of the coun-
try, has been diligently pushed by the admin
istration. $4,000 year is cytravagant sum
for the people to pay for this dirty work, yet
we hope that Pierce and Forncy will not re-
lax their efforts or grow weary in rendering
themselves odious TO decent and honorable
men OF all parties. Let the axe be kept ac-
lively in motion, for every head that falls is
n seed sown from which dozen Know Moth
ings, at the very lowest calculation, will
spring up. The battle of Greytown' and the
Forest divorce case were brilliant achieve
ments il is true, but let the browning glory OF
the present administration be that it has gone
bow.shot farther than the Wise man OF On
ly in "crushing' out the Know Nothings.-
1t must eclipse Wise or perish"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20
PRnYIpENcE. II. l.. JUL

A key ofgunpowder placed under bed in
the house Of John Tucker, near this city, ex-
ploded to-day-a train connecting with it
having been fired outside by some miscreant.
The house was destroyed, but Tucker and
his family mraculously cscaped.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

o.. The communication from Monroe on
the subject of common schools will appear
next week.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

6yTexas is estimated to have popula-
ton Of 600 GOO and TO have 100000 by
1860. The religious, temperance, and benev.
client organizations are now well represented
in the press and society.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

MONROE CoUSTY.-Thc candidates for Co
vernon speak at jacksonville on Thursday
Che 26th. We hope Monroe county will turn
out to man to hear them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20
ATHENS, FRIDAY, JULY 90, 1855.

TBmpkRAscE LEcrGE.-Philip ). White,
the celebrated Temperance Lecturer, will
speak at this place on Saturday, the 2lst.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

The CAsvAss.-The candidates for Gov
ernor will speak at this place on Friday next
the 9th, and we must urge upon all TO come
and hear them. The issues involved in the
canvass arc peculiar and of no ordinary char.
acter, and We trust all, democrats and wings
Americans and anti Americans, Know Moth
ings and Sag NIGHTS, will be present on that
day to listen to the candidates, hear theil
arguments, weigh them, and they will thcf
be prepared to determine which ought to re
ceiVe their sufirages. Come one, come all
and hear for Yourselves.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

The NAfURLALiZATIos l.Aws.-"A reform
in the naturalization laws is rendered IIeces.
sary BY the vast influx of foreigners and their
daily increasing strength and influence in our
elections. With their present rate of in.
crease and the brief period Of probation un.
der the present system, this generation may
expect to see our institutions under foreign
domination. This accruing mass, reared un.
der forms Of government totally dissimiar to
onrs besides embodying large amount OF
ignorance, are to great extent, vitiated in
their tastes and habits. Felons and paupers
fill their ranks-and the cry is "stil they
come" Gu. government possesses won.
dcrful capacity, but like all else that is hu-
man, it has its limits. And who is willing ia
make the experiment, 10 see how much oil
this raw material our institutions can bear!
The influence Of the papal hierarchy is al.
so becoming alarming, because Of its poiti.
cal aspirations. Wherever it has prevailed
it has controlled the political action of gov.
ernments, as it has the consciences of men
Liberty never has fIourfshed under the shade
of papal power. 1t never can do it. The
soul and the mind and the genius of man
wither and droop and die under its influence
To correct all these evils--to purify the body
politic-to Americanizo our government and
to bring back the reign of harmony and peace
between the different sections, are the great
ends to which the American party has plight.
ed its faith, and for the trial of its principle.
il puts itself upon the country"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

Contracts run CoRS--lt is stated that
contacts for June and July delivery we're set.
Iled Tor at New York, on Thufsdayrai about
o. 10 % cents, aud 10 the extent Of about
pJU,OO0 bushels.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20


No PRESCRIPTION. If any thing could sink
the Administration of Mr.. Pierce lower than
it has been for some time, it seems TO MS that
his conduct towards the American Party
would do it. A systematic war is waged
against every officer Of the Government, high
and low, who is suspected of the crime OF
being Know Nothing The moment one OF
the officials is found TO be friendly to tho
Order, off comes his head. In the estimation
of our masters at Washington, il has become
Il crime, worthy Of punishment, to be native
citizrn. And what makes il still worse, 1t IS
charged that, in some instances, the places
made vacant by this infamous dccapiinilon
have been filled by foreigners. Such conduc,
will open The eyes of the people, and comPe'
them TO reflect. 1t is To such IN Adminislra'
lion that Gov. Johnson aud his supporters
would bind the frecnen of this State. Wha'
answer will be given to such an attempt
The future will let us know
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

FOREIGNERS AIMING TO RESIST LAW
The Herald says that, in one of the French
papers Of New York city, there Is Il call for Il
meeting at the Red Republican rendezvous
in Leonard street, which is part of move
mcnt gotten up by various foreign societies
to resist, by armed force, "Foreign Brigade,
any attempt to execute the Prohoitory eli
quor Law, which goes into effect on Tuesday
evening. The Germans have organized fol
the same purpose
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

MYsrrRrous-A couple of quite genteel
looking young men arrived in our town on
Sunday evening last in buggy, and immedi-
stcly old hunkerdom was on the qui uiue to as
certain their business or what they could be
after. Various were the surmises INDUCED
in--some swore they were Know Nothings
seeking whom they might lead astray, Others
vhnt they were democrats hunting up informa-
ton for the benefit Of their betting brethren
nj Nsshyille-and some one thing and some
another. Our own opinion lie, that they were
sag NIGHTS, and that their business here was
so establish lodges Of that Order. fso, they
were u little too late, as this county IS all
right, and all the Sag NIGHTS in Tennessee
can't unfx it. You man of the Chattanooga
Advertiser--do you hear thntL We will do
she individuals alluded to the justice to say
that they deported themsel es like gentlemen
while they remained, and left when they got
ready TO, start. Should this meet their eye,
they will probably be surprised to learn that
their brief visit here created o'mueh alarm
aud excitemens in the ranks Of old fogydons.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

~ a friend asks us to correct some OF
the misrepresentation of the Washington
Union. It's entirely unnecessary. Nobody
believes what the editor Of the Union says
We will bet ten to one that he cannot ten Ine
truth, and he may take his eloicc Of suejee|'
-LouisriH Journal
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

SPECULATION IN CoRN-A dealer in brcad/
stuifs in Louisville, anxious to control tho
market, purchased large quantities OF corn in
Indiana, and has on his hand 10000 bushels.
II is hoped that he may be compelled to keep
il till next fall, when he will be likely TO
realize about half lis cost. Millions Of bush.
els Of grain of all kinds are locked up in the
same way, and spectators are welcome 10 oil
the profits of keeping it longer on hand.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

~ a private letter from an American 10
St. Petersburg 10 one Of the editors oil u,o
New York Evangelist, says that the people
Of Russia enthusiastically sustain the Gar I'D
the present war.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20
THE MISSION OF THE AMERICAN
PARTY.

"As we recede from the Revolutionary day
the example of the Revolution becomes less
and less influential We are prone to I'M
dervalue the principles in which that great
event originated the 7alof that achieved, and
the sacrifices chat eo1seeraied it. The stern
virtues of that glorious era are held too slow
for this progressive uge. The simplicity and
purify Of DIR Fathers are fidieuled as weak
ness or denounced as fanateism, and the
Republic which they constructed in blood,
and baptized in tears, is considered by many
as lily adapted td. the wants, and reprOach
to the illumination of this generation. The
maxims of Washington have lost much of
their authority as rules of political conduct;
and only few months since an impudent
foreigner, a pauper by concession, and a
guest by charity, dared to nrraign eren him,
the rewred OF all nations, at the bar of
American opinion, for ignorance and folly
| And the nations of the earth saw with amaze
ment that some were found base enough
to countenance the charge. The mission Of
the American party, among other things, is
to i.,tore the government to the strength
and purity of its early days--to reinstate the
authority of its framers-to inspire reverence
for historic names, and respect for revolu-
tionary virtue--and thus to establish anew
the Constitution of the Union in the hearts
of the people. 1t reverts to first principles,
and it remembers first men. 1t looks at our
system of government in the light Of the
principles and sacrifices upon which it start
ed. The sources Of our civil and religious
liberty it find. in the Reformation, in the
great English Revolution, and in that majes-
, tic truth which Observation-Disclosures
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES reveals that all men are
equal.
Nations are no more exempt from the OBJ
legations of honor, honesty and morality
. than individuals. Fidelity to contracts car
!, never yield to the demands Of policy, with
:, out ignominy. Justice is the first attribute
, of nationality. Necessity, the plea of ty
rauts, has no place in free States; and inter
est cannot justify wrong, or cupidlty sanctif,
: rspacity. The man or the nation tina
u sioops to violation Of these precepts, stands
condemned by the moral sense Of the civil
lied world, and by the rules of private hon
: or We therefore hold that the Govern
s. mtnt shall abide the faith of treaties, respec
'' rights of other States, and with answering
u determination exact respect for her owl
IT rioh,s.S
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

tDs An ancient and exceedingly simple
method OF bookkeeping, is TO keep all the
books you lay your hands on.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

EEL is proposed to dig tunnel for =
rail road track under the Niagara river AZ
Black Rock, near Bugalo. Its length viii %
2,400 feet descent of grnde on each side 20
feet per mile, cost 100000. The river issV
Feet deep at the proposed locality, aud its Ued
of solid limestone
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

Opp Fellows FEMALE CoLLEGE.--Thc
walls of this building are nearly up, and we
understand that the entire brick work will be
completed next week. In view of the early
completion of the building, we would sug'
gest to persons whose subscriptions remain
unpaid, that now is the time to pay up, the
contractor for the brick.work must have his
money, and it is wrong for subscribers to
withhold their dues. We hope all will come
forward promptly. that the building may be
completed aud made ready fer the school al
the earliest possible day. The enterprise i.
one that must result in immense advantage
to the TOWN and surrounding country, and
those of our people who have not alread,
contributed, should do scat once. None,
thus invested always pays the richest return
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20

sD-The Nashville Union and American
has flying at the head Of its ticket the fol.