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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-12

ton city, in Official CIRCLES, that there has been
more perjury pcrpetrated under the law
graduating the price of the public lands so
very recently enacted, than under all the
other laws connected with the public land
system since the foundation Of the Govern
ment! ..t
New YoRK MONEY MAEREE--'lhe n. York
Post OF Wednesday evening, says:
With much increased supply Of money,
the still pressing demand for is not SO much
felt. The banks are discountng with little
more freedom. and there is more money out
side the banks in market for temporary invest
ments of The best class. The dislike to invest
in second class securities prevents any further
| decline Of moment in real estate; but lands
aud houses heavily burdened with bonds and
mortgages, can be bought cheap.
The effect OF the failures which were made
| known yesterday, fas been disastrous TO pres
ent trmness in the stock market injuring the
/ disposition to renewed confidence, notwith
standing the comparatively easier state OF the
/ Money market
There have been more pressing sales OF
/ state Stocks. 100000 Kentucky state skies
sold at "a; SlG,00O Virginia state skies at 81,
decline of per cent; and Indiana State
/ tyes at 7S, a fall of per cent.
A Coon lDrA.-The Boston Post says
there is q proposition being considered
by some Of the banks, that the honesty and
fidelity Of their employees should be mcasu.
raby secured by making life assurances for
them, at the expense Of the banks, for the
benefit of their families. This course, it is
thought, would remove some of the tempta.
lions to dishonesty.
o. The greatest pleasure Of life is love
the greatest treasure is eontentment: thC
greatest possession is health the greatest
ease is sleep; aud the greatest medicine is :
true friend.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-12

FIRE IN MURFREEsBoRoUGH.-We learn
through the Nashville Wing of the eth, that
the City. Hotel of Murfreesborough was en-
tirely consumed by fire on Sunday morning
last between and o'clock. The fire was
SO rapid and unexpected that the boarders
narrowly escaped with their lives, leaving
all their clothing and furniture in their
rooms. -Ii.
The loss on the building is about $4,000,
upon which there is an insurance of S3,5OO
but upon the furniture and fixtures of the land
lord, Mr.. John W. Thomas, and of his board
ers, estimated to be worth $1,000, there was
no insurance.
DECIDEDLY CooL-Fred Douglass is to lee
ture at Syracuse, New York, on the 4th inst,
the proceeds of which are to be appropriated
to assist sldUes in efecting their csc ape.
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DUTIES OF BRAKEMElT.

The Railway Times, in noticing the com
plant Of some writer Of the Cruelty. of re
| quiring the brakemen to remain on the plat
form while the ears are in motion, instead o.
ensconsing himself in the cars by the stove,
says:
Railway service is doubtless arduous and
wearing but not more so than other avoca-
tions. Drivers of teams, stages, express wa
CONS and others are often subjected to hard
ships far greater than is the common lot of
brakemen on our railways Sailors, too, have
far harder and more dangerous avoeation
when they are approaching our Northern
shores in mid-winter. They must stand at
their posts and do their duty in working the
vessel, whether they suffer from cold or not
The helmsman of ship approaching the
Northern Atlantic shores, in December, has
far more trying duty to perform than the
brakemen on the railway train And one
would have Just as good an excuse for leaving
his post as the other. The regular stoppage
Of the train can easily be managed by the en-
CINE driver, but as there is brakeman. he
very properly assists. His services however,
are only imperatively demanded and needed,
when there is a necessity for stopping the train
Immediately, when there is danger Of collision
with other trains, or striking some obstrue-
ton on the track. To make himself useful
or serviceable in saving the train from danger,
it is necessary that he shall always be at his
post at the brake while the train is in motion.
If he is away from his brake one moment, he
is trifling with the lives and limbs of the pas
sengers. The punishment any railway EN-
ployee deserves, who leaves to luck and
chance the safety of three or four hundred
human beings who have been confided to his
care is not yet defined by Statute, but it yet
will be, and meanwhile we call upon all rail
way officers to see that their brakemen do
their duty to the company and the passengers,
by remaining at their posts always while the
train is in motion. Upon this single point
there is n great lnyity of discipline on many
of our roads. 1t is high time that reform
should be instituted.
We will add to the above, that it is the du-
ty of the railway management to see that all
the regulations are rigidly enforced, that
every man is always at his post, and then if
accidents resulting in the loss of life and limb,
do occur, the blood is not upon the heads Of
those who are otherwise responsible.
SOME POWDER AND BALL-A French officer
writing from the camp before Sebastopol on
the 2sth November, speaking of the firing of
the Russians, says:
''Never before was witnessed such con
of powder and ball. Our artillery
calculate that, since our arrival under the
walls Of Sebastopol, the enemy has fired
400, 900 cannon shot, and consumed 100000
ofpowler. Some idea may he
formed from this of the supply thlt must
have been for long time accommodating in
that place"
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~ In New York last week, by consent,
and at the request of DR.. Graham, and on
motion of Mr.. Whiting, one Of his counsel,
an order was entered vacatng the order stay
ing proceedings. DR.. Graham will, of course,
go immedateyto State Prison, and COM
mence TO serve the term for which he is SEN
fenced. This looks little as though the
new District Attorney, A. Oakley Hall, Esq,
intended in his new capacity to obtain from
the Governor that freedom for DR.. Graham
which, as his counsel, he was unable to obtain
from the jury. H
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BANK TrEis.-We find the following article
in regard to the Atlanta Bank, in the Daily
lntelligencer Of the 18th Instant:
Wenotice that the Atlanta Bank has re-
ducel the rate of exchange on New York to
one half per cent. premum. 1t has hereto
fore been selling at three-iourths per cent
On Savannah, Charleston and Augusta the
rate remains as heretofore, ut one fourth per
cent.
BY the last number Of Tlompson's Bank
Note Reporter we observe that the Atlanta
Bank and the Merchants Bank Of NJ neon are
quoted in New York Mt l J per cent. discount,
while all the other Georgia Banks as well as
the South Carolina Banks are quoted at per
cent. discount This disparity in the rate OF
discouHt, however, is not TO be understood as
casting .discredit on these latter institutions,
but arises from the fact that they have no eX-
listing arrangements to redeem their issues in
New York, while the atlanta Bank and the
Merchants Bank have from the time of their
ORGANIZATION, regularly redeemed their issues
in the Mort hern metropolis, at such rate of
discount as to allow the brokers to make
small profit by taking them at ! and u per
cent. discount. Merchants and business men
lromthis section, who may have occasion to
visit New York, will see from this the advan.
tage TO be derived from taking with them the
bills of the Atlanta Bank and Merchants
Bank in preference to those of any OF the other
Georgia Banks or even the best bills of South
Carolina Banks.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-12

NY The election in Nebraska has resulted
in tho choice of N. u. Giddings as Delegate
40 Congress, there having been about eight
hundred votes poled. Giddmgs is a Demo
orat, from Missouri, Of the Benton school,
and opposed TO slavery
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-12

t-Ss- A man called upon an unfortunate
tradesman TO pay demand.
81 can never pay it." said he 81 am not
worth farthing, but | will give you my note.
| am not so poor but that ] can sign n note"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-12

The Congress of san Domingo has rejected
the Coznau treaty with the United States
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-12

s5g-The total amount of property destroy
ed by fire in each month of last year. is as
follows.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-12

COUNTERFEIT GoLD DoLLAR.-There is al
present in circulation counterfeit gold dol
lar It is made OF pure brass gilt. Itdiders
but slightly from the genuine coin, in its APP
pearanee; though close inspection of the
wreath, on one side will show they are not
exactly the same.
The weight of this counterfeit is only l6
grains while that of the genuine is 49, The
difference in weight is such as to be plainly
perceptible, on comparing the two, notwith
standing the diminutive size of the coins.
The counterfeit is dangerous one, from
the fact that being small, it is not apt to
be so closely scrutinized as would be larger
coin. ......p,
COL BENroN's RAILpoAD-The Washington
correspondent of the New York Times writes
that Mr.. Benton boasts that he has the Pacific
Railroad in his pocket; that is to say, he has
received the names of twenty-three of the
most eminent capitalists in the country, to be
put into bill, as the names of members of
company whom Congress shall grant simply
the right of way through the public lands
for railroad to the Pacific. The Times
says:- -.,4 HI
Those names Were furnished him by VIM. +.
Weld the railroad king" of New England
Every man on the list is millionaire and,
although some of them have not, been
consulted in the matter Dir. Weld guar
antees that all of them will consent TO take
part in the enterprise. The following is the
list. i. t.r
Hon. Abbott Lawrence, William Sturgis,
Robert G. Winthrop, Samuel Hooper, William
Appleton, John NJ. Forbes John l.. Thayer,
David A. Neal, II. II. 'lIunnewell, William r,
Weld, William Amory all of Boston; John c.
Brown, of Providence, r. l.; VIM. Rodmau, of
New Bedford Mass; Erastus Corning, of Al
bauy, N. Y; George Griswold, T. w, Perkins
Watts Sherman, II. IL. Windslow, Edwin c.
Litchfield, George Bancroft, Thomrs Tileston,
John A. Stevens, Robert G. Minturn, all of
No Nnply
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-12

OF There is II stampede threatened in
England of the Red Republican propagan-
dists and exiIes, sslch as Iedru Rollin, Kos
suth, Mazzini s. Co., who have sojourned
there SO long. Theyare angry that England
should presume to enter into IN alliance with
Austria. The entente cOrdiaie with Louis
Napoleon has CALLED them terribly, but this
Austrian alliance is 100 much for their endu-
rance; therefore they threaten to leave Eng
land en- maSSe.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-12

Ia The papers represent that the Know
Nothing tickets at the late municipal cleo
lions in Pittsburg, Pa, were all defeated.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-12

WHAT City EATs-The New York
Tribune gives Il statement of the number Of
beeves, cows calves, swine, sheep, and lambs
brought to that city during the past year for
slaughter. Estimating these animals at the
present market value, it appears that New
York paid TO the farmers the year past four
teen million six hundred and siXty.nine thou
sand dollars and over for the indulgence of
the earniverous appetite.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-12

e%y" We see it stated that at u meeting
of the Directors of tho Atlanta and LaGrange
Rail Road, on the lat inst, dividend Of
$3.50 per share was declared, from its earn
ings for tho past six months.
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THE KNOW-NOTHlNG MOVEMENT.

i III NV " -ANAJ Att-tNA INV = N A44N
The New York Times says the present
movement is due to a deeper, iuster, protoun-
der sentiment than that which would counsel
exelusiyeness. Bigotry ana hostility to for
eigners, rs such, have had much to do with
it they have mingled with its tide and given
strength to its swell and its sweep But they
are not in its main clements. 1t owes its
origin, and will owe its success, to other
Influences We believe the present move
ment is due mainly 10 the conviction that the
liberty we grant to aliens of becoming Amer,
lean citizens has been grossly abused; that
under cover Of this privilege The pauperism,
the ignorance, tho crime, OF the old coun-
tries have been empted ont upon our shores
with hostile reckIcssness OF our interests
and our rights; that the Roman Catholic
vote has been held in compact, disciplined
mass, under the immediate and supreme con-
troll of a hierarchy whose interests and SYM
pathies lead them to resist and renounce ev.
cry attempt Mt freedom for the people of Eu-
rope, and who hold these votes for the po-
litica party that will bid the highest for them;
and that this element, foreign in its origin, ig-
norant and irresponsible in its character, and
secret in lis operation, has long been courted
by political parties, and has more than once
decided the policy and the creor of the coun-
try at large. This conviction comes, more
oye:, just at time when the old political par
ties have lost their hold upon the confidence
Of the peoplc-whcn the issues that divided
them have been decided or have died out
when the machinery ofmtrigue, their shut
fling evasions, the lodges, the chcancry, and
the deception Of the leaders have excited
universal disgust, and have created general
readiness in the public miad torany new or
ganization that shall promise to shun their
vices and combine tile elements that have
hitherto given them strength, The Know
Nothing movement comes just in time to sat !
sfy these vague but powerful cravings ofthc
public mind. II finds support in the pro-
foundest convictions of the public spirit, as
well as in the passions and prcdjudcos Of
the American people. Many vicious elc-
ments undoubtedly mingle in this heterogc- !
neous party. There is the love Of mystery
and ofseeret organization; there are the new
political hopes from new combination; there
is the hatred Of tie lowest American opera
tiyes and trades people for foreigners who
are their rivals; and above all, the old nersd-
icabIe Saxon bgotry, which periodically likes
Il crusade against the Pope. Butal these are
subordinate to the influences We have aIrea.
dy noted, as in our Judgment are ut the bot
tom of The movement, and will in due time
give place to them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-12

HARDWARE Observation-Disclosures
IA invited TO the Card Of Fall & Cunningham,
dealers in Hardware, Cutlery and Guns NO.
Al North side Public Square, Nashville, Ten
nessee, which will be found in to'days pa
per. This is said to be an old and very re-
liable house, and Merchants in this section
would do well to give them trial.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-12

"CoYoREssIoNAL.'- have heard the
names of several gentlemen mentioned IN
connection with the canvass for Congress IN
this District. There is ample time TO agilate
the subject, and we can't see any particular
necessity for being in n hurry. ....,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-12

The rumored intention of Senator Houston
, resign his seat in the Senate is eontradicted.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-12

think it shame even to name the Doctoratel
Hence wishing to inform his readers that a
certain Reverend gentleman is a Doctor, he
goes about it thus:
Success to Isaac His name is sometimes
written with two letters after 1.-THE fourth
of the alphabetic series, we are informed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-12

% Dun MEpiATloH.--lt is stated that Lord
Elgin, during his late vsitto New York, eX-
pressed no confidence, or rather entire want
of confidence in the efficacy of any proposal
lrom the United States 10 mediate between
the .belligcrent powers in Europe.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-07-25
s2,os6,Ooo Il4,5oo, 900

These figures show an increase. as compar-
ed with the crop reported in 1850, Of twenty
two millions bushels. The aggregate yield IN
1850 was doubtless much larger than indica-
ted By the figures above, as is also the crop
of the present year; but the statement shows
the comparative Weld. Last year the crop
was smaller than in 1850 by at least twenty
FIVE per cent. so that the increase tbs year Is
over forty millions bushels.
The exhaustion of supplies of wheat this
season is attributed by the Price Current full
IL as much to the failure of other crops as
to the short yield of this grain. There was
not full crop of any cereal, and in addi-
ton to this, there WAS not more than one
fourth Of cropof vegetables. Consequent
". wheat was consumed to = much greater
extent than it would otherwise have BEEN
This year, we have not only an average crop
of wheat, but thu crops of other grains and
all kinds of vegetables promise to be unusu-
ally large
q Withregard to prices, the Price Current
observes;
We mast look for very material decline
in prices of four and Il kinds of grain
There will be- an abundant sunpay of all
kinds for home consumption, and as largosa
surplus for export Us foreign countries may
require. England has prospect ola very
fine harvest. and notwithstanding thesprob
able cutting off Of supplies from the wheat
growing region Of the Black Sea, it is-not
likely that, with large home yield, shewi,l
take any great quantity from US, except at
reasonable rates; and, in determining what
reasonable rates arc, we must look into the
past season for comparison. 1t ~impos
sible that, in the face of good crops, present
prices could be maintained.
Even when the famine prevailed in Europe,
and the exports of breadstuffs from this
country were larger than at any time before
or since that period no such prices were
realized as those current for six months past.
To ascertain the probable range Of prices.
for the product of the incoming harvest, we
must therefore look to the average Of ordi-
nary years. In this aspect Of the case it may
be interesting to know the average of prices
for years preceding the current one. These
are shown by the following figures, each year
ending on the 3st of August: a4
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-07-25

CT. l.Uxis, taiy II
ladsiees huni Lexington Mere received
lsse yesterday night.
I he Convention met on the IzIll A
Iarse number Of delegates present. Col.
Wondson sas ehoecn President protein.
and Col Lowry Secretary,
he usasM committee iii resolutions dc,
vas appointed.
Dir. palaton Of Kansas. created great
cDafnsion On account ofrsfusai 70 recog-
iiiga hin as delegate.
ten. Atchison and gol. Dcfliphan were
called upon to address the nesting, but
refused TO do 10 as they we're afraid ii
might prejudice tie action aud har-
meny Of the con veniioa. .s~4 es4
= On motion, all persons present from the
different counties were adopted as dele
gates.
Col Lowry wished to know the object
OF the convention He was ignorant of it
but was in favor of a platform the whole
South could stand on. and in which all
Iawfnl means should be adopted to cstab-
lish slavery in Kansas.
Col. S. 4. Young was also in favor of
Law aud order. Law sometimes failed aud
then came tie law of nations, higher law,
law Of self protection.
The convention then adjourned till eve
ming. The committee then reported the
following officers,
Hon. W. J. Wood, President; j. P. V.
| Thompson and John Lowry, Vice Presi-
dents; S. a. Lowry aud L. Wisely, .Secre-
taries, convention adjourned.
SECOND DAY.
July 10.
Messrs. Lsnghborough and Hill of st.
Louis claimed seats, BY what authority was
unknown. The President decided they were
entitled 10 seats. An appeal from the decis-
| ion of the Chair was taken. Chair was sus-
| tanned.
Mr.. Lowry moved that President Shannon
Of the University address the Convention
| Adopted.
Resolutions were introduced by the com
mittee requesting the Missouri Legislature to
pass an act retaliatins upoE an d cr,minnting
| against the products Of Massachusetts,, Mich
| igan, and Vermont. Major Alvin spoke
| He thought that any law discriminating be-
tween the products of different States was
| unconstitutional. The resolution was amend
ed and passed.
Judge Upton's opinion upon the cons,itu-
tionnlity of the proposed law was called for.
He said as the people had seen proper to re.
Iieve him of his Judicial honors, he would de-
cline to give his opinion.
President Shannon Of the University de-
| l;rered Bible Argument sustaining slavery.
At the close, his address was very intiama-
tory and very ultra. Upon motion that
Shannon's address be published with the pro-
ceedings Of the Convention, much objection
was made and great excitement created.
Col. Woodson moved to adjourn sine die.
| Withdrawn. 1t was again renewed and
amid much confusion, the Convention final
ly adjourned till evening.
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Tug OLD MAID PopLARs.-The Poplar is
said to be imported from Lombardy by Chan
cellor LIVINGSTON. In newspaper Slip now
before US taken from we know not where. it
is said that this gentleman greatly pleased
with a tree so common to Italy, 50 unknown
then at home, he procured supply of Pop
lars; brought them to this country, an cal
nva.ed them for time with great success:
but, alas, he had disregardcd the laws of
Nature-unconsciou separating the male
and female trees. And because the ocean
flowed between them, the female which bad
come to America. pinned for its mate, and
could no longer he perfected or perpetuated.
Therefore it is tina, all the Popiars we see in
our country are shriveled, withered and sour
al
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Kansas Extracts from private letter re-
ceived in this city from = weli-infosmed ci,i-
zen Of Kansas;

eeived "a thls city from = weli.infotmed citi-
zen Of Kansas:
Thursday, June 81, 1855.
am fearful of another outbreak here
You have seen in the papers an account Of
the sasa Of McCr~a, who shot Clark. His
trial before lie Comp,, chsef-Jusiice of the
territory, terminated day or two since
The Judge, after hearing the evidence ON
both sides declared 1t to be 4 baiiahle offence,
assuming that McCrea killed Clark in self
defence, which 81. disinsercs,ed persons knew
before; yet the Judge did not remand him to
The fort, AZ some say be did, and he is now
under the tender nercies OF the most unsc,u-.
paloas scaundrsl in--~s He stalds no
more chance Of living until court sits {oe.s-
ber) than q far calf weald smang butchers.
TWAS expected that company Of Misssu-
rians would be over last night to glut their
revenge. would not give i've cents for his
life, yet ibis man (if any act ever committed
was iuss:6ahlel was jusnked in killing Clark,
- Clark Was IN the act at striking him with
. piece Of scantiing over the head when Nc
Cica shot 4, hirn9 En-. Y. Tribune.
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TAs Whss+ Crop Prices Of Fisur ed Grain.
The Cincinnati Price CurfeHs, Of 4 recent
date, has an art;cis of considerable leagth
upoe the wheat crop Of the present rear. in
which ii comes 10 the conclusion that, while
the crep will no.be cxc:tsivety large, there
viii be q Sufficient quantity in the country to
supply the home demand At moderate prices,
and leave large surpsas for export. Tax
ing tbs product as stated in the census re.
turns OF 1850 for bnsis, and estimating the
probable increase OF this year over thai, tho
faiiuwirtty resl,l, IL aryi-ed nj: