The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-01
FAMISHING FOR BRE.n

1t appears that in some parts of Loui.;.
and Alabama, the poorer people are ,,,n-~
furnishing for the want Of Bread-thev b,,;.
little or nothing to buy with, and there L.;
no grain within available distance fo, 81
We quote the following melancholy .,s,
ment Of facts from the Birnyille CNon',
Lebanon, La.) Times Of the 10Th inst
Scarcity Of BreGd.-Our distant re,s.,.
more favored places may form some a.,
the scarcity of bread in this eopni,,
we tell them few rumors that com. 10
ears. The Ouachita Register saws in v%
Of the parishes around Monroe, The noa,
some places have gone to pounding root. =,
bread. We have heard Of the same ,b;D.o
a neighbO.ing parish. The bulbous ,oos
the bamboo brier is dug up, pounded ~;
made into bread. The suffering have coy" u
times gone to those who had a little so'e
and, without permission, divided j, ont H.
tween themselves and the owner, Der 60
We heard of one man who bought ten H.
els, and carried il bone and put il in mis- c,;r
Nert morning there ,ras not an ear re,aaiun,
Famine knows no law.
What makes this state of ihincs vo,.. :
the difficulty Of getting any thing from N,n'
Orleans, and il must grow worse and wo,.o
till green cora can be had TO afford sustsn
ance TO the hungry, unless We do have nav.
CATION.
Will not our planters learn a lesson9 J,,,
year many neglected their corn TO attend 10
their cotton; now, all the proceeds of tbs;,
cotton will be spent for bread. If thew had
neglected their cotton aud worked their eo,n
as they could have done, we should now hen,
no ely for bread. Experience is a de,,
school but"
WAR DECLARED BY THREE THOUSAND Tx.
DIASs.-The following intelligence comes in
the shape of letter from St. Joseph, dated
May 10Th:
Col. Vaughn, Indian agent from Fort Per,.
arrived in town yesterday evening. He states
that the Indians on the plains are in a verv
unsettled condition; in fact assuming n hostile
attitude. The Black Feet, Apaehes, and
Sioux, Manacunques, Sansare, and Yanc,nos.
banded In mighty host, and scOffing exist.
ing treaties, have unburied the hatchet, and
bid defiance to the powers that be. These
Tribes combined with the Brulays and Ogala.
lies OF the Platte, numbering at small cal.
culatioD, three thousand warriors. have
thrown mp forliheatons on Dreaming Bill, at
the source OF Grand River, and are not only
ready but anxious TO meet any force that
Government may send against them.-em.
boldened by the ease which they massacred
our soldiers in the late skirmishes, and re.
marking the terror ever since manifested by
the whites in their necessary intercourse with
them, and are seoftins at the power of the
United States to discharge them Of their
strong hold. The Asinablanes, Riccaries,
and Manda,nes, having the fear the four new
regiments before their eyes, have told their
agent Col. Vaughn, IN council, that they will
not only aid and abel, but furnish material
assistance in. subdung :heir refractory
brsthren.
DIRECT FROM MExIco.-The National In
telligencsr has letter direct from a gentle
man in the city of Mexico, dated May the Sd,
which says:
"The state Of things in this country is
compared with that existing in our own, aw-
fpl asd difficult TO describe. Santa Anna,
surrounded by powerful faction, has mi.
versnl power. He alone makes and annus
all laws at pleasure: is the arbi,er in all suits
brought before the tribunals in which the
Government is concerned. He removes any
OF the authorities when he sees fit to do so,
and replaces them with others. lie orders
levies OF troops to be made at any moment,
spends the public money, and is accountable
to no person; in fact he can do here whatever
he Pleases and what be pleases to do is to
Keep about $4,000 men under arms, impose
forced loans, live shut up in his barracks,
(palaceO see fifty or sixty persons each day,
be cajoled by them, and called Akesa
Sersnisinid, Expresses and trample on every.
body, and pockets our cash.
GAMBLING IN CALnoRSIA.-Thes sixth Cali
fornia Legislature has adjourned after SEES
sion Of s2e DAYS, during which time numer.
Gus beneficial and highly popular laws have
been enacted. Among these is one prohibit
ing gambling throughout the state, under the
most stringent principles. Gambling houses
are, at last, to be closed, and practice which
has gone further toward demoralizing Cali
fonia ut home, and in the eyes Of the world
bids far to be permanently eradicated from
the land. Vigorous attempts, both by inhu-
enee and money, have been made to procure
the repeal or modification of this law, but 10
no purpose.
OF The New York Herald says:
A California, merchant is now in the city
with the view TO make some arrangement for
the receipt Of flour and wheat from San
Francisco. The samples that he exhibits are
of the very finest kind. fully equal to the best
production Of our State. The wheat costs
about 9Oe. per bushel, and the -four a little
less than Sc per Dbl. in San Francisco. This
gentleman is fully confident that both can be
laid down here at profit, even admitting that
prices may materially decline within the next
three or four months.
TA Mr.. Mcclure, recently died in one