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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

INTERESTING TO REMITTERs.--Ihe Memphis
Eagle has been requested by the Post Office
authorities of that city to caution the public
against making any remittauces which may
have to pass through the mail on the route
between Nashville and Cincinnati, as n great
deal of money has been recently lost between
those cities. Between Memphis and Nash
vile, renittances through the mail will be
safe enough; it is only beyond Nashville that
any danger is apprehended
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

GREAT SrEED.-They are agitating the
question in England of obtaining greater
speed on railways. Some of their engineers
are opening their eyes to two hundred miles
an hour.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

ely-Priniers and other consumers Of paper
may naturally expect great rise in the price
of that article, for people in these hard times
will be compelled to wear rags instead Of
selling them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05
C. WALLACE, President.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 80

The U. s. mail steam ship Daniel Webster
has arrived at this port from Aspinwall, bring
;ng advces from California to the 9Th inst
She reports that the steam ship Star of the
West sailed for New York on the 23d inst
with $50 passengers and 100000 in gold.
A Russian Privateer had arrived at San
Francisco, having escaped from the allied
feet.
The frigatc Columbia, with Mr.. Wheeler,
u s. Minister TO Guatemala, and Mr.. Fabcns,
Commissioner to Grcytown, on board, had
arrived at Greytown. Three British men of
war were also there. The Princeton was
at Aspinwall, but expected at Greytown.
Castillo had been captured on Lake
Nicaragua.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

OVERLAND MAIL TO THE PAcIfIc.-A wri.
ter from Sacramento informs the st. Louis
Republican that an enterprise Of some impor-
lance is soon TO be put into operation. 1t is
an overland passenger and mail stage line
from st. Louis TO Sacramento. The trip it
is thought can be performed in fifteen days.
The sum of 100000 has already been raised
for the purpose
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

53"Rainy Sundays are rather popular with
church goers 1t enables them to examine
their ledgers without compromising their
regulations for piety and pews.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

cB-A dispatch from Washington says there
is a report in that city that the Rev. ". Tiifa-
ny, of Carlisle, is to be supported by the
Know Nothing members Of the Pennsylvania
Legislature as their candidate for L. s. Sen.
ator.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

gSy- A new order, called the Junior Sons
Of America, Juvenile Know Nothings,) has
been instituted in Boston.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

e5Sy~ II is estimated that the taxes Of New
York city, next year, will amount TO thirteen
million Of do'lars-ihe very amount spent by
the administration of the government during
one year of the term of President J. Q.
Adams, who was charged with and most bit
tcrly reproached for his unnecessary extrava-
rance.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

TAKE CARg Cave Cdaem, ms the man
said when pursuing the other with his walk
ing stick.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

DIREcroRs.-The Stockholders East Ten
nessee and Georgia Railroad Company, on
Monday last elected the following named
gentlemen Directors for the present year:
Knor couniy-C. Wallace, d. p. Arm
strong, 7. e. Lyon.
Monroe-Robt. Snead.
Nc Minn-W. s. Galloway.
Bradiey-T. S. Galloway, VIM. Grant, T..
J. Campbell.
Augusta Gu.-Wm. II. Starke.
These gentlemen were all in the Board
last year, although at the former election two
of them were residents of this county. We
are not aware that it is matter of any par
tcuar moment, but we think, under all the
circumstances, past and present, it would
have been in much better taste to have given
McMinn another Director, and some other
county one less.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05
A NEW PROPOSED RAIL ROAD TO THE
PACIFIC.


An extraordinary project has been submitted
BY the Commissioner Of the Crown Lands and
eighteen others to the Canadian Legislature,
and has been printed by order of that body
for constructing a railway TO the Pacific
Ocean. The project is embodied in petition
praying for a charter for the Northern Pa
cifie Railroad Company" The proposed rail
road is designed to extend from the city OF
Montreal by the way of Bytown and the val.
lev of the Ottawa, to the western boundary
of Canada, and thence across the St. Mary's
river, between Lake Superior and Huron, at n
convenient place, into Michigan, with the
/ further right to enter into engagements with
any other railway company or companies in
Canada or the United States. for connecting
their respective lines in such manner as may
be found most advantageous
The petition refers to the report of Cover
nor Stevens as proof of the probability of
extending rail road across the continent of
North America, in the valleys Of the head
waters of the Missouri, and by means of
short tunnel through the mountains at the
summit level The tunnel would be only five
thousand feet above the surface of the sea-
The approach to it would be gradual, and
grade not exceeding sixty feet per mile, and
it is believed that after crossing the Rocky
mountain summit,a favorable and direct route
might be found to San Francisco.
If the proposed road to the Pacific was
built there would without doubt be some
point on the upper Missouri river, where all
the railways of the continent reaching west
ward towards the Pacific, would naturally
converge, ms common point of junction and
intersection.
Assuming this to be the case, the petitioners
for the charter wish TO secure line Of rail
way in the shortest possible distance between
the great bend of the Missouri and the Allan
tic ocean. They believe that the project is
feasible. Nophysical difficulties exist to hinder
its accomplishment The agricultural and
mineral wealth which such a road would |
open both to the United States and Canada
is urged as strong argumenti in its favor; and |
besides contributing to hasten the settlement
of the wild country In the neighborhood Of
the great mountain range, the construction Of
such a work would materially shorten the |
transit to the East Indies 1t would, in short, |
confer upon Canada and the Northern United |
States an immense degree of commercial and
political Importance.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

PoLIrroAL SwEArMAr-That spoken Of by
President Pierce, when he says, 1--WE have
preserved peace"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

tsg- Professor Mopes thinks dogs can reas
on. We doubt it il they could, they would
not make such asses Of themselves as TO do .
mile in 2.i0, Jnst because a tin eullendor Is
fastened to their tail.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

cT5- The harmony of colors-B!ack hus-
band and white wife living nmicably.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

U. s. MEDIATION IN EURoPE.-The WASH
ington correspondent of the Philadelphia
Pennsylvania says
Mr.. Clngman's mediation resolutions will
pass the House, and the question is already
asked, whom will the President send across
the Atlantic TO pour oil on the troubled wa
tiers of Europe. Will il be a commission of
one, two, or three! The names of Van Bu-
rem, Tyler and Fillmore are seriously men,
toned here in connection with the proposed
peace commission. The cx-Prcsidents of the
great model republic settling the Eastern
question, with the loss Of only little breath
and ink What spectacle for the old loges
OF Europe to contemplate.
Looks very pretty on paper, don't It. But
we guess Brother Jonathan had rs well keep
his fingers out Of that dish. He is very SEN
sltive about foreign interference in regard to
his affairs, and the best thing he can do is to
set nm example Of abstinence in reference
to the affairs of others.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

DEATH OF GOVERNOR DoRR.-Thomas w.
Dorr died in Providence on Wednesday
morning at half past eight o'clock, in the
forty-nnth year Of his age. The life of Mr..
Dorr is interesting, inasmuch as under his
leadership the people of Rhode Island made
their first stand for the extension of the right
of suffrage, and took up arms to defend what
they considered an inalienable right denied to
them by the dominant power, under the old
charter of Charles the Second.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05
New ORLEANS Dec. 90.

An injunction was granted to-day restrict
ing the Poncharlrain Rail Road from selling
the City Bonds now on sale in New York.
The loss by the burning of the Mechanics
Institute is $4,000, and the Insurance only
covers 10000. The Southern Convention
was to have assembled in the building on the
9Th of January.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05
FOREIGN NEWS.
New YoRK, Dec. 3


The L. S. Mail Steam Slip Atlantic, Capt.
James West has arrived at her wharf, in this
CITY, from Liverpool, which Port she left on
MONDAY, the 18th inst
The British Mail Steam Ship Canada ar
rived nj liverpool on Sunday the 18th inst.
European Inteiiigence.-Thc ndviees from
Sebasiopol are only TO The 4th inst Nothing
in n military point of view could be done in
consequence of the prevalence Of heavy rains,
which filled the trenches with water and rem.
dered the roads impossible.
Omer Pasha was at Varna, cmbarking
nineteen battalIiohs fol the Cfimca.
The British Parliament had re.assembcd
The Queen in her speech, spoke Of the Army
in the Criniea with admiration and gratitude,
and called for instant reinlorccments. She,
also, praised the gallant and active co.opcra-
ton Of The French troops, and stated that a
treaty had been concluded with Austria
The speech, however, had no effect upon the
funds. The debates on the address were
interesting. A bill WAS read in the House Of
Lords a second time TO enlist German and
Swiss Legions. Bills were also read in the
House of Commons, 10 send the militia 10
garrisons abroad. Nothing was said relative
20 Il new Loan.
The Danish Ministry had been recon-
structed.
The India mail had arrived in London
Trade in China was dull
The packet ship Queen of the West, had
been lost on the Irish coast. All ON board,
hoMeyer. wore rnrlnnairlx snred
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

cR- The Circuit Court meets at Madison.
vile next Monday, the 9Th. We expect to
be at jacksonville during the week and hope
our friends in that direction. who are in ar.
rcars to this Office, will be prepared to pay
up. We would also suggest to persons not
already subscribers to the post" the pro-
priety Of handing in their names at once
Heads of families have no right to deprive
the members of their household of the plea
sure to be derived from reading well-con-
Quoted journal like the post" (modest,
thatD and old bachelors (poor miserable crea-
lures, that they are,) will always find some.
thing in its columns to tighten, for the time
being, the load incident to their unfortunate
and unhappy condition.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05


Bonds of the Company, $4,000
Reed for freight, passenger and
mail pay, l25,O2s,37
other Roads, ll9,64l,S
Reed from Stockholders 28,026,00
Making, S50l,096,l7
The residue, say one hundred thousand dol
lars, and which has been expended North of
the Tennessee has been financiered for to the
best advantage, and at cost not exceeding,
in the aggregate II per cent interest per an
mum, and it is believed that with judcious
management, our successors for the coming
year may, with the income Of the ROad-
tho $4,000 back money on bridge nc
count-collections from stockholders and the
sale of no very large amount of Company
bonds, not only finish the Road to Knox
vile but wipe out its present floating debt.
II is due to stockholders north of the Ten
nessee to state that while the sum Of $2S,00o
only in cash has been paid during the year,
$4,000 more has been collected through
contractors, and that up TO this time about
100000 has been paid on their subscriptions;
and that while some few have seen proper to
withhold their payments, alarge majority have
either met the calls of theCompany or mani.
Tested laudable willingness to do so, and
many have paid up IL full.
The Bonds of the State for ironing and
equippng the road from Loudon to Knoxville
have been applied for and issued, n portion Of
which has been used for that purpose and are
estimated in the disbursements. The balance
are held in readiness for their appropriate APP
plcation.
Since your last meeting there has been ad.
ded to the rolling stock of the Company,a ut n
cost of some $4,000, two first class Loco.
motives of great power and speed, thirty
No. box ears and one baggage ear. The
other stock of the Company has undergone
thorough repairs during tho year, and not
withstanding the large amount Of work per.
formed are now in better condition than al
the commencement. There has been, also
considerable additions made to the tools and
machinery in the repair shop, in consequence
Of which we sre able to do our own repair.
aud other heavy work, which heretofore has
been source Of much trouble. delay and ex
pcnse, To the skill and indcfatigable efforts
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

MoRE ANNExATloN.-The Panama Star
learns from what it characierizcs ms good au.
thority," that a treaty has been made between
the United States and Eueuador, by which
the latter ccdes her sovereignty over the Gal
lipagos group of islands, to the United States,
for the sum of three millions Of dollars
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05
CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENTS.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 90, 1854

| CHARLESTON. Dec. ~, 1904.
Editor PoSi-Our cotton market during
the last week, ending December %, has beer
somewhat brsker than during the previous
week-our total exports reaching 1882
bales Upland, and 29S Sea Islands. Our ex
portation coastwise has reached 1854 bale.
Upland, and 22l bales Sea Island-whilst
we have on hand shipping stock of 1894
bales Upland and 1854 Sea Island, and or
shipbOard not cleared lO,7OO bales Upland
and As Sea Island. During the week prices
have somewhat changed, whilst business in
this line was rather brisker than in the pre-.
vious week.
Rice continues in demand, while prices
have been firmer Price St At.
The stock of grain is light and prices tend
ing upward. Corn is selling at 81 cents per
bushel.
Hay-Our stock is light, with fair demand
at $l,l0 and $l,l5 per 100 lbs.
Flour continues TO hold at former prices
firmly whilst holders are not pressing it on
the market. Prices range at 9,25 $40 per
bbl.; and sack S4,75 S. per sack. The de-
mand is moderate and confined principally TO
the actual wants of city consumption.
Sugars are selling at 5a5t in the retail
trade. Molasses at IS &C. Cuba at 81
cents per gal.
Bacon sides are ranging at SaSi, shoulders
Ia 7i-the higher prices being paid for the
very best quality Huns are selling from s
to 10, according to quality and manner of
curemcnt.
Our money market is still on the stringent
order, with but little expectation for imme-
date amendment-rates of interest are rul-
ing high, having reached TO per cent. per
month for first quality of paper, while the
lower grades cannot be negotiated on any
terms. Our banks are literally doing moth
ing by way of accommodation, their funds
being retained in making renewals.
Stocks continue to fal-many of which,
selling above par in the spring, are now at
discount. This is not occasoned by the ac-
tual depreciation of them in real value, but
is caused by the general want Of money with
which to purchase.
The depression throughout the money
market still continues at former statements,
but the crash among the banks is not as hca-
Wy as for the last two months. The South
Carolina banks have been preparing them
selves for the general depression, and will
thus ride through the storm without injury.
Many rumors are anoat with regard to the
North Carolina banks, but ] can get at no
real foundation for them, as those banks
have not yet failed to meet an demand up.
on them. MERCHANT.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

Know NOTHING AGITATToy.-Ee.sry BODY,
nowadays has something to say on this sub
jeet. The Boston Atlas sets out some nc
tons that strike us favorably, MS follows j
1--WE are for new things and not old ones,
not only in our Workshops but in our church,
es; we believe in steamboats,, not in winking
Madonas-ln railways, not in sweating saints
in our own hard hands, and not in the
dried digits, the finger nails and the toe nails
of departed apostles. ~ How long, in H.
ally even, would the Papa See be able to-
maintain itself with n Yankee sehoolnaster
in every village, and Methodist minister
holding ferth at every cornerg How long,
even in Austria, could the Catholic Church.
support itself without the pass port system,
the sleeplessness of the police, and all the
dirty details Of n mean and monsirous tyra-
ny! And, by, parity of reasoning, we may
ask, how,n this land of freedom, can CATH
Ollie hierarchy possibly make head against m
fluences which would prove fatal TO lis con-
tinned existence elsewhere 3
II is because the school master and tho
minister are abroad that we have agitation;
and agitation is our safety.
The DISTRESS IN NFw YoRK--A New
York letter says: A very ugly feeling is be-
ginning to dcvenpe itself among the laboring
classes, which finds vent in threats 10 repeat
the riotous scenes Of 1886, ii the wealthy
do not adopt measures of relief. Such senti-
ments as these were openly expressed at
meeting in the Park last evening, and are cx-
pccting to be reiterated at another demon
str;ttion there called for at - o'cork on
Christmas day. The truth is, there can be
hardly an cxnggeration of the suffering and
wants OF the poor among us at present. Ca
SEES of starvation to death are daily recorded
in the papers, but there is an unwrittcn hsto-
ry ten-iold more terrible. Il is true The city
has appropriated $4,000 for the relief fund,
and individuals are exerting themselves to
the utmost to lessen The distress but still the
exigences of the times are more than enough
for the most liberal public and private beney-
Olence.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

The cradle is woman's ballot box.-Er
change.
Yes, and some Of them deposit in il two
ballots at once Now isn't that Illegal
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

o. Occasionally complaints reach us
from subscribers of the non-reception of pa
pers at their respective post-oifices. We can
only say this, that the papers are mailed at
this point regularly and in time to reach their
destination at the proper hour.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

e9s-A street preacher has appeared in st.
Louis, who proelaims that he is Joe Smith,
Of Mormon memory, como 10 life again TO
Mennonite the world,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

ANOTHER RIcHMoSD.--Th Springfield In
tclligencer suggests the name and urges, in
n long and aborcd article, the nomination of
Judge Wesley w. Pepper for Governor
Judge Pepper is the gentlemen who made
Gov. Johnson a tirc-shovel, and for whom, in
return, His Eycellency made coat. If that
cock should happen to fight, the contest
would be between the anvil and the shop.
board. We are afraid His Honor would get
tailored in such race. .i.t
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

,5y- We neglected last week to call atten-
ton to the advertisement of the School oil
Medicine and Surgery, recently established
1T Knoxville, by Drs. Curry g. Frazier. The
facilities offered tc medical students by these
geutlemcn, ranking high as they do in their
profession, are such as are rarely enjoyed,
and wctrustthc School will be literally sus-
tanned.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

The WAR.-The news in relation to the
war in the East, brought by the last steamer,
is of an unimportant and indefinite character.
The heavy rains peculiar to the season in
that region, had set in, and operations were
suspended for the time being Many Of the
leading foreign journals incline TO the opn.
ion that Sevastopol will not be taken before
Spring, In the mean time, large reinforce
mcnts IRE being sent forward from both
England and France, and the most ample ar
engagements for an energetic prosecution of
the war are going on, A summary of the
news brought by the last steamer will be
found in another column.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

SrorrISG THE CREDIT SYsrEM.-The news
paper publishers Of Connecticut having be-
come tired of the credit system. have deter
mined that after the first Of February next
they will demand the cash from all subscri.
bers residing out Of the place in which the
paper subscribed for is published.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

DEATH PENALTY.-The experiment of n
polishing the death penalty in Michigan,
does not appear to work well. In view Of
some recent tragedies consumnted in that
State, the Detroit Enquirer says: "Onc
thing should be done at once, It seems to us,
that ono thing is TO rcinstratc upon the Stat.
ute Book the Death Penalty for murder.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

eY- DR.. Fowlkes, of tho Memphis Bank,
is making another show Of fair dealing, by
offering to psy,i in real estate, tho creditors of
the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Men,
phis, which has failed for the second time
We should think that by this time the pub,
licwcre getting rather tired of the Doctors
peculiar system of banking and fnancercing.
o. Produce markets North continue dull.
Money market stringent. Great distress in
the larger cities among the poor and improv-
ident, instances occurring almost daily oil
death by starvation. What cause for thunk-
funess have we in this country, where all
can live comfortably and obtain competence
by industry and fruguliW.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

SrRAwBERRY PLAINS CoLLEGE.-Attcn.
ton Is directed to the advertisement of Straw
berry Plains College, the Spring Session of
which commences on the 18th day of January
instant. We have had the pleasure of per-
solal acquaintance with Prof Kirkpatrick,
President Of the College, for several years,
aud can say that his connection with the in.
stitution is a good guarantee of its claims
and hiph standmg
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

Y- Several Of the American papers OBJ
ject to taking up any one Of the prominent
men whose names have been mentioned in
connection with the next Presidency; but in
sist upon some nev man, of whom the coun.
try has never heard before. For ourself, we
think the country has had about enough of
ns'o men in that important position. History
proves that those sort of experiments don't
pay. With all our Partially for the new par
ty, We do not think il at all necessary that n
man should always have been Knov Moth
ing in order to qualify him for the Office of
Chief Executive of the Nation.
or Tho Knoxville Register, printing ma
tcrials, subscription list, &C., was sold on
Monday last, as we understand, for nineteen
hundred dollars. In the latter part of last
summer, Mr.. Mckee, the then proprietor,
asked some seven thousand dollars for the
concern. We hope other stocks at Knoxville
have not deprecated in the same ratio. Mr.,
kinsloc, of tho Witness" was the pur-
chaser, whether for himself or other parties,
We did not understand.