davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08
CAN 1T BE TRUE,

We find the following in the last Knoxville
Register. and in all honesty and sincerity ask
can it be true, as charged, that Tennessee
Democrats are banding together with foreign.
ers in secret associations, to plot against ma.
tive born Americans, to uphold Romanism,
and thus contribute to the building up q par
ty favoring union of Church and Statei--
We have known for some time that such an
organization as the Register speaks Of, has
been in existence in the Western States, and
that it was increasing and multiplying rapid.
ly; but we had no idea that such movement
would be copntenanoed by Tennessee Demo
Gratis, much less that they would attach them.
selves to it. We hope IL is not true--it would
be be too disgracefui inter the hearty denun.
Citations they have bestowed on the Know
Nothings for the secret feature Of their order
Have zoe any "Sag Nichts' ia Rnorv;Hef-
We admit that the existence OF such an or
ganization as this, is almost Incredible. Amer.
leans, honest, patriotic Tenues.eeans,. can
hardly conceive IL possible that there should
exist a "secret oath-bound," political assoca
tion, originated by Foreigners. and strength
ened by accessions from the native anti liner
lean ranks. Yet it's existence is no longer q
matter of speculation; it isl real, living pow
er growing up in our country-in our owT
State-with the most unnatural and unpatri
otto purposes. The Sparta Times informs nj
that Lodge has been organized in thai
place. The McMinnville Enterprise tells u,
that they number about six hundred in Muir
freesborough. II is said that Cleveland il
infested with them, and Madam Rumor has il
that they have "opened shop in Knoxville
How that is, we can not tell. We know the,
exist. We have seen their oath, and Learned
their principles. Their effect, probably, will
be here, as in other places, to monopolize TIL
strength of the anti.American party. An,
yet the far.seeing leaders of the foreign par
ty, who long ago deserted the downfall of OH
government in the secrecy Of the Americal
movement. have suddenly discovered its sal
walton in the came policy when directed
against the native born sons Of America.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

OF A friend in the country informs us
that the canvass in this county among the
candidates for Flonter, and between Esquire
Carlock and Major Hurst for Representative,
is progressing with much interest. 1t is said
about fifty persons were in attendance in the
LIST district on Tuesday, although it rained
nearly all day; and over one hundred turned
out to the speaking On Wednesday. We al.
so learn that while the canvass is being prose-
cuted with great energy, the bes! feeling pre-.
walls among the candidates.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

10 TRUE.-All great men would have been
small ones, but for personal energy and he
rosm. And this is the secret of succes--the
explanation of failure. We never knew a
man Of true and consecrated industry, of will,
or characteristic and original nerve, to fail of
success. Thus what is called success is
result of muscle and mind-a condition for
certain acts-n reward for the exercise of sa.
gacity and endeavor. The young man should
bear in mind that success il no fable, no mys-
terry, no dim and unattainable prize. A fit
ting pursuit or object, pursued with entire
ness to the end is success. Failure is the
desertion, or imperfect, inefficient having to
do with this principle.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

ARREST OF A MAIL AGENr.-Mr. d. p.
Blair, mail agent, was arrested at New Orleans
on Monday by the United States Marshal, by
virtue of n warrant issued Oh tbs affidavit of
J ]. Mccormick, Esq, charging him with
opening letters in the post office, contrary to
the laws of the United States. This accusa-
ton is based on the recent charge of Judge
McCa!eb v the grand jury, wherein the Judge
held that mail agents who were guilty OF
opening private correspondence after II had
been entrusted to the custody OF the post
Office, no matter what the motive, subjected
themselves to the penalty Of the law, Mr..
Blair gave $1,000 bail for his appearance be.
fore the grand jury.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08
SALT RIVER.

m. p,.., ,,,,. -, ,u,,
.' N'cnaopa wing mus phhosoph'ses
aoont little matter recently occurring In
Virginia in which il was slightly interest,"
ed:
w.
,,,,, ,bsr. sI \. ,,Vm enPe.,enee when we say,
s,rs,m in ,%o m mn, P ,hsn - nno ael'gh,uI
have i;vad nn,,n "a. b.n [ n"'. rSer. VIZ
nearly nil The lest r,;snSs wa o h uays' anu
an,,S i;va tl,s,s Nh y. 'na y. "a,e ~ ne
os,,n;sbod NJ on,.slv.. ,n"t ,re W. u"ery
hive Salt ~ exnr...sd = .;.h :. III. I, ss yer
iess inviting ,ea;pns r. he ~. ~.
no as,::s.S re-. q. ,.lJ.' NV. a's
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

The act lately passed over Governor Gar.
diners vetoIby Legislature Of Massachusetts,
multiplying the fugitive slave law, contains
the following provisions:
l. Allows the writ Of habeas corpus in be.
half of fugitive slaves, and trial by jury.
@ Heavy fines and the STATE prison for
five years against any person who shall at
tempt to carry of, unlawfully, or come into
the State for the purpose Of so carrying off,
an alleged fugitive slave, who is no fugitive
according to Massachusetts law.
8. No State officer allowed to do anything
in behalf of the return of a fugitive to his
master. Judge Loring compelled expressly
to resign his office of U. States Commissioner
or his office Of Judge under the State.
4. State officers who may tdnre to assist
in arresting, imprsoning, or OBTAINING iu.
gitve slave, are subject to heavy fines and
the State prison. .1'.
s. Closes thejails md prisons of the State
against the acts or Congress in relation. te
fugitive slaves.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

The Crops IN New YoRK.-The Albany
Argus states TINT Notwithstanding the bnck-
wardness of the season, the crops in New
York, and indeed throughout the Western
and New England States, never presented n
finer appearance or promised a more bounte-
Gus harvest. 1t says to pay two dollars \
bushel for wheat, rs was recently done in
Rochester, is foolish in view of these facts,
and expresses the opinion that wheat will
not be worth more than half that price in =
few months.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08
SHOWING UP SAm.-They have got up a

SHOWING UP SAM.-They have got up a
carricature of Sam in New Orleans, which the
Mobile Register thus descrbes:-
II represents "Sam" in two remarkable at.
titudes-first, "before the election" he stands
rs fat and erect coon, with u jimmy hat
stuck jauntily on the side of his head, his
arms akimbo, with walking-cane beneath;
he wears hunting coat with broad flaps, and
fitting tightly to his back, while his tail juts
out and curls saucily between the skirts. His
legs have the coon bend, but are firm and
muscular, and encased in beautiful pair OF
pants, while his pedal extremities are adorned
with killing pair of shoes with large rbband
bows. "Alier tho election" he is at the foot
of an 'old gum tree" in "the which" a large
hole appears His tail is hung clear out Of
sight between his legs, his nose is prone to
the earth, and his entire appearance is that OF
"gone coon" The moral Of the pictured
tail is pointed in the following significant
verse:
Disguise or perfume him,
Or do what you will,
The rank scent of the coon
Will stick to him still.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

W The Washington correspondent Of
the New York Herald says, now that Mr..
Wise is successful, the President is going to
remove some of his enemies from office whom
he refused to remove before election. B. B.
French is mentioned MS one Of the number
The charge will be nssociating with the
"mysterious individual"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

~ The State Department afWashington,
It is stated, has received information that the
Vieeroy of Egypt has adopted the project to
cut through the Isthmus Of Suez, and to
constitute universal company for the per-
formanee Of the work, in which capitalists Of
all nations may take part The proposed
canal will shorten the commerial highway
from New York to the Indian ocean 2439
leagues.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

Stocks are better; Money abundant; Cot.
ton unchanged with moderate demand;
Flour easier but not quotably lower, sales of
also bbls good Ohio at $40 O6 a $40 81,
southern firm; Wheat dull and declining;
Corn trfe lower, $4,000 bushels mixed sold
ut 81 lOal 121,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

GONG TO SLEEP-lt isa delicious moment,
certainly, that of being we'll nestled in bed +,
and feeling, that you shall fall gently to
sleep. The good ~ come, not past; the
limbs have just been tired enough to render
the remaining in one posture delightful; the
labor of the duy's gone. A gentle failure
of the perception creeps over you; the spirit
of consciousness disengages itself more and
more. and with slow and hushing degrees,
like II mother detaching her hand from that
of her sleeping child, the mind seems to have
II balmy lid closing over it, like the eye-'iis
closed. The mysterious spirit is gone to
take its airv rounds, -
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

WHAT Horace GREELY THINKS OF For
EIGS ISrLUENcE.-"The foreigners are the
men who have made these States free, and
they are the men who will carry aboitlonsm
into the territories"
Southern gentlemen who plead so sympa-
thetically for the "poor furriner" will please
out out and paste Ia their hats.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

PRoHIBITIoS IN BosToN.--The various hotel
proprietors and liquor dealers arrested ut
Boston, last week, were brought up before
the Police Court On Tuesday morning, and
all discharged owing to some trivial flaw in
the form Of the complaint Considerable ex.
element was manifested.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

CHoLERA.-The New Orleans Delta states
that owing to the extraordinary and pro-
tracted drought, the atmosphere of that city
has become insalubrous, and tendency to
cholera has been manifested among the citi-
zens for some days past. The deaths have
been quite numerous
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

Some OF The MEANs.--rhe vote in Vlr.
ginia ut the Int State elections, was very
large-considerably larger than ever be.
fore known. The American Organ of the
2sth ult., in connection with this fact
says:
We are also Informed by an intelligent
Virginia Democrat that there are 10000 Irish
laborers on the public works in that State
who have voted at this election for the first
time, and all of them for the Wise ticket
There nre from 5000 to 1000 of these labor
ers on the Blue Ridge Tunnel. In Augusta
alone $40 Irish laborers came to the polls
and voted for Wise. On the Virginia and
Tennessee Road, in s. w. Virginia, there
were several thousand foreign votes cast
against US.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

sV Tho Herald has discovered the "cat
in the bag" in regard to the Kinney plot,
and says-or rather condenses from n letter
written by Kinney to Texan friend: ..
His iKinney's) plan is to get legal foot
hold in Nicaragua for colony of four or five
hundred American settlers, and thus getting
snugly into the country, they nre to pro-
ceed to conquer the whole of it and divide
the spoils."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

Il. NoIIos--Ws learn that Judge Gaut has
procured Hon. Robert n. Hynds to hold the
Courts for Me next + us at Athens and
Cleveland; also. that either Judge Alexander
or Judge Hyuds will hold the Court at Den
ton, Polk county, for the term commencing
on the I'd Monday Of October next As
Judge Gaut is incompetent to try some causes
pending in soid Courts, we deem 1t impor.
tant 10 give this early notice to suitors and
Witnesses, that they may attend, the parties
be prepared, md have their causes tried.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

.,peT 0as Of the John Smiths, who rode Of
- horse belonging to John l.. Bridges and
Forgot ID ride hin, back again, has been up
p pretended and is now in adurunce vile"
s0&hising The devious and uncertain course Of
a.I e..-.lv n ~ .cs'i III isff.Hf = tnH -
.Ss-t,ssti+ aSisjber ~ fsefs4 ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

az Mr.. Toombs' letter on Know Nothing
Ism has not yet been published, but he made
naspeeeh at Augusta few evenings since in
which he took substantially the same ground
- that. occupied by Mr.. Stephens. Here is
another illustration that Know Nothingism
10 not "Whig trick"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

OF There have been received at the Patent
Office several bushels of forty days maize, or
Indian corn, from the south Of Spain, reported
to ripen in six weeks after planting. It is
designed to be distributed for experiment in
the higher attitudes of the United States, as
well as on the elevated districts of the ALE.
ghany and Rocky mountains. From its analo-
gy to some of our own varieties of corn, there
is no probability OF its succeeding in any Of
the warmer parts of the country.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

heeE We are indebted to the Hon. s. A.
Smith for pamphlet copy of the addresses
in the Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the United States, on the occasion of the
Presentation of the Sword of Gen. Andrew
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

v1s The total applications for bounty
land, received, is ls5,S0O. Total number
issued under the new law l,267. Total
number acknowledged 10000. Land worth
Yesterday 81 O5 to 81 10.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

tB Mr.. Morse, United States District
Attorney tor Louisi no, has resigned, on nc
count Of his having been superseded, in the
prosecution Of Postmaster Kendall, by the
order Of Attorney General Cushing. Thomas
;. Mccoy has been appointed In the place Of
Morse. t.e.ltg - ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

cE Attention is invited to IN article on
the outside of to days paper, in relation to
new secret political organization which has
sprung up in this country, and is said to be
rapidly increasing in numbers
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

H The Charleston Courier says, it is
gratified 10 learn that all the railroad compa.
MES in that State have agreed to allow dele
gates to the National and Grand Divisions of
the Sons of Temperance, which are to meet
In Charleston city on Wednesday next, to 60
and return for one fare.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

tH- We regret to learn that Mr.. Mortimer
Thomson, better known to the public as
"Doestick'," was accidentally killed on Thurs
day morning, at Ann Arbor, Michigan, where
he was spending few days. He was ont
shooting Mt mark with some companions,
when an accidental bullet put an end to his
lifa.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

DoINGs IN observation-disclosures Holmes the
STOOL killer" has been down in Buncombe
county, N. C., and gives the following brief
history of his adventures through the col.
ums of the Milton Chronicle:
Here am, in "Buncombc," with uplirted
club, and throttlng the last of the immortal
Jury who presented the Know Nothinrs.-
Every rascal claimed my mercy upon the
grounds of being Know Nothing by nature
and education, and slid ihet they themselves
would never have dfe'edof such n thing
if n certain man nam d CIingman had not
put it into their heads. They declared that
every time Clingman took snuff they were
Obliged to sneeze, and that Judge Saunders
told them it woud be perjury not to do il.
| found them laborng under the impression
that Know Nothing was a kind of guyas-
cutns varment going about like roaring
lion seeking prey. pitched into the boo
bies and made the blood hy-but the old
mans club, dear Editor is still unstan ed
with brains.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

az N. Cate, Esq, has purchased the
office Of the North Georgia Times, Dalton,
and the paper will hereafter be under his edi
'torial charge. Mr.. Cate is gentleman Of
fair talents, and will make on interesting and
readable sheet.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

ES The announcement that Samuel c..
Gage had been nominated Governor of Maine
by the Know Nothing State Convention, is.
hoax. No State Convention has yet been
held.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

Several prominent hotel keepers and liquor
dealers have pleaded guilty of violating the
new prohibitory law,and have been sentenced
to pay a fine of $40 and to be imprisoned
twenty days. They appealed and gave the
required bonds. Other cases will come up
Tomorrow,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08
WASHINGTON. June A,

The Secretary Of State advertises, that the
Department is now ready to pay awards un-
der the Convention with Great Britain of the
9Th Feb. 1859, to persons in whose favor the
awards were made or their legal reresenta-
tives, after deducting expenses of commits.
sion,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

The VIRGINIA ELEcTloN.-The Richmond
Enquirer of Friday morning publishes re.
turns from 1879 counties, which give Wise
majority of l0,l59 over Fournov. There are
but six counties yet to hear from, which
gave Gen. Pierce a majority of 80. Re-
turns from the Congressional Districts show
the election of the entire Democratic Del.
egation. They are az follows: John Seas
kie, John s. Alilson. Thos. II. Bayly, Chas.
J. Faulkner, Poulus Powell, VIM. O.Goode,
Thos. =. Bocock, n. A. Edmonson, John
Letcher, Zedekiah Kidwell, Fayette Nc Mul.
len, WIN. Smith.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

az One morning lately about four o'clock
in the afternoon, small man named Jones,
or Brown, or Smith, with a heel in the hole
Of his trousers, committed arsenic by taking
dose of suicide. The verdict of the inquest
returned jury that the deceased came to his
facts in accordance with his death. He
leaves child and six small wives to lament
the end Of his untimely loss. In death we
are in the midst of life. s
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

The MASSACHUSETTS LIQUOR LAVA
carter was arrested In Boston, on Friday, for
driving load Of ale through the street, and
bail being refused, he was committed to an
swer. The ME belonged tolhis employer. His
horse and cart was also seized.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

JAMESTOWN. Friend sehorn has present
ed us with q plug Of fret rate Tobacco. and
has plenty more Of the same sort at low
figure. . - -t
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

W The Advertiser Chattanooga, lea1ns
that the Cleveland Dispatch and I.oudon
Free Press, are to be amalgamated, and here
after published at Chattanooga
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

H-Th communication signed Female
Prohibtionist"is uuavoidably crowded out
It will appear next week. l' t4s
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

When You pity the suffering, do not put
your hands upon your heart, but in your
pocket. ....
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

tH- The Sag Niehts are talking about nom
mating John Hughes, Catholic Bishop, of New
York. as a candidate for thu Presidency IN
1856. 80 ~ ..-.-. ..-..-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

~ Maj. VIM. II. Polk, is n candidate for
Joint Representative in the District compos-
ed of the counties, of Williamson, Lewis and
Maury.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08
AUGUSTA June 4.

AUGUSTA June a.
Cotton-The stock on sale is very small,
and transactions necessarily limited. The
market is very firm and prices full.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08
CHARLESTON, June 4.

Cotton-The stock on sale is light, but
there 10 an active demand and the sales to-
day foot up soo bales at o to 12tcents. Pri.
ees full,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

~ A ship recently sailed from Liver
pool for Australia with n scargo~ Of tive
hundred and sixty two unmarried females.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

.reaT Circuit Court msets at Benton, Polk
county, next Monday, 18th Instant -. I'd.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

Mr.. Soule has published letter, stating
that there 10 not one word of truth in Mr..
Perry's late letter, and that the baseness and
impudence of the writer are only equalled by
his hypocrisy and cowardice. He SAYS that
he preparing for the press a picture OF Mr..
Pery's conduct at Madrid during his mis-
sion. ..ir ~ ~ H,e
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08
WASHINGTON, May 81.

WASHINGTON, may 81.
The Pension Office will issue to. morrow
two thousand land warrants, under the late
law of Congress, and afterwards at the rate
Of two hundred day. .-s no .f
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

thing 80 unusual in democratic candidates
that We cant help noticing It in his case.--
Modcsty b very eommendable virtue, but
we can't how rccolect Of any one having
reached the Legislature by practicing it largo,
". Asa friend, we must protest against the
Coils apologize remarks at the commence.
mcnt Of his spceches-thcy arc too much on
the order Of
ssr-l "You scarce expect one Of my sge,
To speak In public on the stage"
No, Colonel--you must quit that, throw
down your diifidence, pitch In, and never
make, apologies. When Mr.. Jarvis had con.
cluded, Col. Ballew stepped forward and
made, as he always does, pretty little speech
rather ornamental, slightly didactic, and a
little discursive. He is "fornenst" the Know
Nothings, but pressed their toes very gently.
He promised, il elected to make the best sort
of q Senator. Next came the Floaters-Mr
McKamy, Of Polk, who is straightforward,
practical man, and talked sensibly--Mr. Pow
er, of McAlinn, who 10 Know Nothing, and
in the estimation of many made the speech Of
the day--and Mr.. Cobb, of the same county,
who is always entertaining, as well as good
looking. IL We had room, we would like to
go on and tell Of the debate between the
candidates for Representaiivc-how Major
Hurst discussed the constitutional pints on the
Liquor Question, and how his competitor, Mr..
Carlock, dwelt with peculiar force on his own
great physical powers and huge ponderosity
But times out, and we must close this arti
Gle. The next time thirteen candidates, two
wings and eleven democrats, make their ap
pearance at our Courthouse, may all be there
to see and hear for themselves, or somebody
else be present to report.
P. S. Jno. Queener and Hiram Gee mus
excuse us for not noticing their speeches.
the gentlemen were both entirely too meta
physical for n plain, matter of fact sort Of
man like ourself to comprehend any thing
either said