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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

eS-We are daily looking for Democrat
ic journals to reproduce the letter written by
MIR. Fillmore some twenty years ago when
he was candidate for Congress, hastily as
sen!ng to opinions on the subject of slavery
which he has not to this day acted on. Some
account, too, of the negro.stealer who was
pafdoned out of the Penitentary ut Wash.
ington, on the recommendation of Mr.. Critten.
den, would be very appropos, and exciting.
We hope we shall not be disappointed in
these expectations. Perhaps the enemy are
saving their ammunition till the forces get
close together. Or, perhaps, they know that
powder has been shot off once, and would
not be likely to do much execution on n sec.
ond attempt,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

ANOTHER FREEsoIL APPolNTMENT.-The
New York National Democrat, of the 2Ist
ult., says: Mr.. james L. Quinan, the editor
Of the Hard, Nebraska, Old Line Democratic
paper-Thc Watchman-at Monticello, New
York, has been removed from the Post Office
ofthat village, and Mr.. +. A. Devoe, the editor
of the Soft, Anti.Nebraska, Freesoil paper,
The Union Democrat, "a paper controlled by
John c. flolley, the Soft delegate to Cncn.
natD appointed in his stead. Mr.. Quinlan
says:
"We believe the credit of our removal be.
longs to Isaac " Fowler, John Cochranr,
ex.Speaker Ludlow and George B. Wool.
ridge. Ludlow was in Washington q week
TO accomplish it, we are informed. Having
been convicted of lying so clearly that he
was dumb, he was it instrument of the men
who employed him."
He then proceeds to show the opinions
expressed by Post Master Devoe and delegate
Holley on the Nebraska bill in 1854.
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WHAT THEY SAY OF HIM.

AT the head of our columns this morning
we hoist the name Of Willard Fillmore ns n
candidate for the office Of President of these
United States. We do not say Willard Fill.
more Of New York, because he has shown
that he belongs to the Union. We are sure
that we but anticipate the sentiment that stirs
the heart Of every well.wisher Of this conn
try, when wo say that his nomination will be
hailed with reclamation. It work almost
of superfluity to mention his precedents,-
His life of rectitude; his ability and un.
equaled industry when member of the
popular branch Of Congress, and the chair.
man Of its principal committee; his selection
unsolicited, under the most complimentary
circumstances to fill m office which required
prcsldence over the Senate, vet, who BY
the disposition Of an inscrutable Providence,
was called to preside over the cestinies of
this country; the distrust with which he M.
preached the office of President; and the EN-
ineut ability with which ne discharged its
high esponsbilites-all these things are in
the memory Of every one. II is rccolected
how he directed the course of the ship of
State, under circumstances trying.and fear.
full; how he was true to his oath, the Consti.
tuition and his duty; the man who never
failed In time Of need; who never lest the
field Of law and order when the guns began
to smoke, and illustrated his high position of
doing justice and enforcing right, though the
heavens fell. BY his nomination, party NAL.
ice and vituperation is hushed, and the mouth
Of political Islander shut.
The masses of the countryside people
they who like the air, are seldom heard, save
when they speak in voice Of thunder, will
send back shout of approval and joy to the
selection of the National American Convcn
ton, and mere politicians and spoil seekers
who could utter n word of dissent, will be
crushed before them rs IN elephant tranples
down n cane brake.
/ II is the people Of the Union who, with
The instructive perceptions common to homes
ty, know the high qualities of the Presidcn.
tial nominee.
They know that this man, Willard Fill.
more, administered the government with n
Justice, u conservatism, n nationality, puri-
ty,an honesty to which the history of former
Presidents furnishes no parallel, or furnishes
parallel in Washington alone. They bear
in mind that the robes of the highest office
that 1t was ever vouchsafcd for man to hold
on earth, never sat more gracefully on any
shoulders than they did on his; and that
when, with all the honor of a Cincnnatus,
he laid down the power of his high position,
lie went into retirement, without leaving be.
hind him even the smell of smoke on his
official garments; and the sentiment that is.
sued spontaneously from every lip, and well
ed up in every honest heart in the land, with
more than ordinary fervor, was: IVellslone,
thou good and faithful serranL They know
that this man, Willard Fillmore, shore his
faculties so meek, and was so clear in his
great Office" that the universal sentiment of
the country will demand his return to it in
November.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

IMPORTANT TO IIIRERs OF SLAvEs.-The
Supreme Court of Tennessee at its last term
in Nashville, decided that the hirer of slave
had no right to re hire him without the con.
sent of the owner, and If he did so, the own.
er might treat itas n conversion Of the ne.
gro and recover from the hircr the whole val.
ue of the slave.
They also decided that slave hired in
Tennessee, by person residing here, could
not be carried out of the State, and that if
the hirer and owner lived in the same coun.
ty, the presumption would be that the slave
was to remain in the county and could not
be removed from the county. So if hirer
remove from the State or county, or re.hire
him without the permission of the owner,
and any accident happens to the slave subse-
quently, the hirer will be made to pay the
whole value OF the slave
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

THE AUTHoRs.-Lcss than twenty-five
years after the landing of the Puritans, Their
colony passed the fugitive slave law. This
is very important fact.
Plkin's Civil md Political history of the
United States, vol, l, pages so. 81 in abiding
to the articles of government formed for the
Plymouth confederacy. says
ut was also very wisely provided in the
article, that RUNAWAY SERVANTS and
fugitives from justice should be RETURNED
TO THE COLONIES WHERE THEY BELONG OR FROM
WHERE THEY HAD FLED"
Thus the north was the author of the fug.
tive slave law-kept slaves 50 long as it was
profitable-nnd engaged in the slave trade
until the government prohibited it. We
have but little reason to reproach the south,
whose climate and productions actually require
negro labor in some form.-Keens RepuJi.
can.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

WHERE Do THE Niger WoRsnPpERs
GET THEIR Submissive learn from CON-
pctent authority that many Euporean politi-
clans hope to hasten the dissolution of the
American Union by assisting in the triumph
of the Niger WoRsHIpPING Presidential
ticket, and the leaders of the party are in &c.
tive correspondence on the subject Their
supplies will come from abroad. The only
hope for tho Union is in the patriotism of
the masses.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

Mr.. GUTHRIE HAPPY MAs.-Secretary
Guthrie has some twenty three millions sur.
plus in the Treasury, of the care of which he
has become quite exhausted. A new Gads.
den treaty, new Texas claim, Pacific rail.
road, or anything that would ease him of this
surplus cash, would be- great relief to him.
lilo has also been devising, for year or two,
modification Of the tariff for the reduction.
of the revenues from that source, so as to
diminish the accumulation of any further
surplusage upon his hands. We think, there.
fore, that with the preparation going for
ward in both houses of Congress for brush
with neutrality-suspicious. in the form of
bills for war steamers, bills for new fortified.
lions, bills for furnishing up all our old mr..
my muskets, and applications from the Pres.
ident for confidential appropriations for the
contingencies Of war, Mr.. Secretary Guthrie
will soon be happy man. From present
appearances, at the adjournment of Congress.
he will be able TO clap his hands together in
exultation, crying aloud:-My iron boxes are
all empty, and now with an easy conscience,
and without fear Of thieves or burglars, I lie
down ut night and sleep till ten o'clock in
the morning. What n bore it is to be both.
cred with so much dormant specie that is not
our own. Let Congress net for the relief of
Mr.. Guthrie. Twenty three idle millions
put nhoat for war steamers, Notifications, fire
arms, &C., would give quite an impulse to
business all over the country. Let Mr.. Guth.
re, then, be relieved.
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HOLD YOUR HORSES.
[rrom the Richmond whig.l

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H., -. .....o.s.,.. ~.
n.., :, -. c... .,a.5,... .,u
Tbev ore annoyed an, ,no,v bv turns swe,r.
inn IN. whola hin, y,. .r,,udn Witness
Tho eoi,o.;n. .,.;, ,,,,,,rh ero, Tho
sou,b sids Dsmoc,o, IF vssterdav.
EN-. nn,,;,.,;a. 81 rllmo,s !. , o.v
fraud, nut on the country by scheminp pclit.
zeal hnrlots, who hope BY producing diver.
SION IN his favor at the South to assist the
by Tho nod pJo, "na W .ae ,I. oor,es, snr
President TO The present House of Repre-.
senta,ives. They have no expectation of his
erection. Inc proceedings o. inc Conven'
,here can i've .a' t t, mr'' ,h Wv ".,harm
and Southern wings of the party. Their 90.
jec. is to throw the election into the House,
and then to strike hands with the Black Re-
p sTI" 49, pse' . .na sPoms' o.-,oa and
the result doubtless Of n deliberate under.
standing. Whether the hucksters will sue.
eeeu orpends on The action OF the southern
~
:. W. 'o"eur WIN yo"-'"e result '."'
''''o" VI r'''''o'e' aoeS n''e'"''y
''P'"u upon '"e "e''o' VI '"e 'ou''e'"
peop'e' ana we tel yo" ano'her 'n'ng-
'o 1o''"e'" people prefer r.'"'''e, whom
WV! nave "us'eo' 'r'eu anu 'ou"o 'a'.n'u''
W any INA" your party may "o.!'''.e' lhey
nav: ao'ntas 70 rear from MI r'lnores
''''i'n,'.'""o" OF 'ne government oh 'he
e"'u"'y' 'hcy ""'e every reason 10 look 70
VII" unuo"o""g nope anu cohnoence.-
ne man VINO signed Tue rug'''Ve slave law,
'"" o'a every '"Ing IN MS power "hen fresl-
oe"' 10 nave u '"'lh'"''y executed is not the
'''''' "ho", 'he ''ou'"erh people" w''' fe"r
W trust No' ~ "''' Dut 'hey Will evlhce
we" e'"'''"ue ny supporting ana sustaining
''"' "."'"ss my a"" ~. competitors MARK
w. p'e''''''", v! W VI '''''e 'a''h.
D"' says '"e .,c"oe'"'-'me nomination
s,os' va"u .o's'''ouS man! we
inc '"''' ,''""'S' anu your party cou'd ever
.'"''se '" Pe'Pe''"'e '"e" ohr' we should
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

AMERICANS, ATTESTIos.-Wc find the fol.
LOWING in the Cincinnati Comm.rc,I Ro,a
:, ,o,J, 81 ..a.,... 49,, - :,
" t'op'0 VI .,",''"'' '''u answer " '"ere oe
not Necessity LOT an American party. An.
swer il Democracy be Tree from the faint of
aboitionism. Answer if roreicn combira.
,;or.r ,,,, e...,;. :; ..,
"''' "0 NV ,o'"""s W o"r e"u"'ry' hos'''e
10 our republican INSTITUTIONS. Answer ii in
the success of the American party lies not
tho onlv hone of our copr,r,,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

COST OF ROUTES To THE PAcIFIc.-Of the
three railroad routes TO the Pacific, the North.
ern is 2,O35 miles, the Middle 2,O32, and the
Southern 1921. Thus the last is shorter than
either of the Others by something over 400
miles and can be built at cost Of sixteen
millions less than either of the others,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

TAKING IT CooLLY.-Many years ago, M
Judge Tompkins, afterwards Governor omp.
kins. of New York, was sentencing man 10
be executed for murder, in Orange caunty,
and while he in pathetic terms was ndmon.
ishing him to repentance and preparation;
the criminal looking up to the gallery of tho
church in which the court was held, exclaim-
ed IN loud and clear voice, "keep order
there, will you'll cannot hear what the
Judge says to me-"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

sy A Paris letter of n recent date, says
81 believe that within these few days very
large number Of arrests have been made in
the provinces, and in and about Bordeaux
$4,000 men are talked of rs being thrown into
prison. The sectaries of the Marianne are,
believe, increasing fearfuly in the lower
classes, from the fact OF the universal distress
and want of food.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

sW KANSAS AFFAIRs-The independence
Dispatch states the militia Of the border conn.
ties of Missouri were to rendezvous ut Fort
Scott, in Kansas Territory, on the 29,h ult.
Military organizations have been in progress
everywhere along the border in Missouri.
consisting generally of mounted rhemen.
Gen. Atchison, in his late speech at Platte
City, told his friends to be in readiness for
the 4th OF March, that their services would
then be demanded; that they would be called
upon to march into the territory,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

wA lawyer in Chicago, on Wednesday
week, was fined $a5 for contempt of court.
The contempt consisted in the lawyer say.
ing, In violent manner, that he had receiv.
cd an indignity from the eonrt aud that "if
the judge were upon the floor instead of the
bench, no would give him what he deserved"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

CENTRAL BASK.-The officers of this xii.
cat institution publish n Card in the Nash.
vile papers, asking bill.holders not to sacri-
flee them, until they can test the validity of
the act taking away the charter. Uuneces.
sary caution, most prudent ofiicers-no dan.
ger Of holders sacrificing the notes-a hun.
dred dollar bill Of the Central wouldn't, Mt
this time, buy half dozen Meigs county ci.
gars. Wonder if the Bank wont sue the
State for damages.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

RAILROAD LAw.-On another column will
be found the law enacted by the last Iegis.
lnture in relation 10 accidents on railroads.
II is very stringent, If not unjust In some of
its provisions; and owes its enactment, par.
TALLY at least, to an unfounded prejudice
against the enterprises which are doing so
much to devslope the resources and build up
the prosperity Of the State. 1t Is right to
hold railread companies TO rigid accounta.
bility for all accidents resulting In the de.
struction Of property, or other injuries,
where such accidents occur through neeIi.
gsncs or want Of care on the part of their
employees but 1t is not quite right to require
parties charged with such negligence, to
prove themselves innocent. The result of
this law will be to enforce the Companies
to fence the roads to the full extent Of their
right Of way, a. soon a. possible. Il the
meantime, let every one read the law care.
fully, and "whsn you hear the whistle look
out for the engine"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

sSs The Philadelphia Ledger, in speaking
of the manufacture of watch eases, is carried
on extensively in that city, says there are
eleven firms engaged in the business, all
ofwhom employ over 300 hands, and turn out
at least 500 cases per week, at cost of some
$4,000, or more than 100000 annually
The gold manufactured into cases weekly
will not amount to much less than $4,000,
OF over half mil lion ofdollars annually,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

The severest punishment of any injury is
the consciousness of having done il; and no
one bnt the guilty know the whitening pains
of repentance. 49,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

MARRIAGE NorIcEs.-We have received a
letter from Philadelphia, Monroe county, con.
tanning two marriage notices-no name nc
companying the request to publish. We can't
publish such notices unless We know where
they come from.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

sBT The Poynrsian says that the Haw.
allan nation, which seventy years ago was
estimated variously ut from 100000 to 400.
900, now only counts 10000, decrease with.
in this period Of Mt least two.thirds. Vast
tracts Of land do not harbor n human SOUL
Fertile kalo lands, once under cultivation, are
left TO the rule of grass and weeds. The is.
land of Kauai, remarkable for the produc.
tiseness of its soil and capable to sustain
population of at least 100000, contains only
1000. 1t isnot to c-ueland devastating wars
that is attributed this unparalleled falling off
in so short time.
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re- Last week the New York uero,

tB- Last week the New York Herald,
which is sadly disappointed because the Phil.
adelphia Convention did not take up George
Law, whose money made him great favorite
with the Independent Press, assigned Fill.
more three States-Maryland, Kentucky. and
Delaware. This week, the Herald does lit
tie better, and adds Tennessee to the Fill
more column. We think that in few weeks
that journal will be satisfied other States may
be set down for the National Ticket. The
sober second thought is always the best.
B- 1t gravely asserted by the Nashville
unlon' and Other organs of the political
trinity" that the approaching struggle will
be between the Democracy and the Black
Republicans, and that the Fillmore ticket
wont be anywhere. If it should turn out that
this assumption is correct, the contest will be
most unnatural one, as about two thirds Of
the leaders of the Black Republicans were
bnt recently leading members of the demo.
cratic party-Francs P. Blair, Chase, Hale,
Sumner, Wilmot, Gddings, DC. The hand Of
brother against brother-it makes one shua.
der to think of it. Seriously, if our demo.
cratic contemporaries are in eargest abou: the
contest being between their party and the
Black Republicans. it would perhaps be best
for them to turn their guns against the latter
and let the American ticket slide, otherwise
people will doubt what they assert on the
subject. Assertions don't carry much weight
with them, when the practice is contradicto.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

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.;oh,v m;lI;o,. of dollar. at their command
an arnv Of office. holder. A, tborouyblv
drilled and devoted to their interests as the
leoions Of Russia to the service Of the Car
.nd n. h;.,orv If ,ha ma, odn,o,;.ho. ,h.,
,bi, immense patronage and power will be
used in the most lavish manner to defeat the
conservative ticket and TO retain the control
Of the government. Every section Of tho
country will be flooded with p,pers and dozen.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

MADISON, WISCONSIN, March S.-Governor
Barstow has sent message to the Legisla.
ture denying the jurisdiction of the supreme
Court in the matter of the Governorship, and
avowng his determination to resist my in
reference with his rights. A Democratic
meeting had, also, been held, at which it was
resolved to support Governor Barstow.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

eP We regret to see it stated in the Pc
tersburg Express that the Hon. Thomas H.
Bayly, of Virginin, continues dangerously in
at Havana, whittier he went in the beginning
of winter for ths benefit of his health.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

~ The development of the commercial
resources of Turkey is likely to attract con.
siderable attention from capitalists in West
ern Europe. The first undertaking with
this object is announced under the title Of
the Ottoman Bank, with capital Of f5OO,.
900, to be increased to f2,O0O,OOO.
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Leap year must have produced son,

H Leap year must have produced some
happy results in portions of New York.
Some Of the citizens of Herkimer county,
have petitioned the General Assembly for
law making every alternate year a leap year.
The bachelors of Herkimer seem to be in
love with the "nstitution." This il wo.
mans right movement to which it is thought
there will be few directors.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

ODoRoUs.-Bob-(who ought to be hung)
Which is the cheapest, Barnum's or Tie
Colored Baby Shown
Tom.-'rhey are both the same-twenty
five cents
Bob.-.Yes, but the Colored show is the
cheapest, cause there you get scent back
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

Of Accounts from Rio Janeiro to the 18th
January, state that coffee was very scarce, and
that several American vessels were leaving in
ballast. The city and province were healthy,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

EDITOR AssAssINATED.-The Marshall
Democrat learns, by n private letter from
koscusko, Miss, that the editor of the
Chronicle, published in that place, was as.
sassinated, a few evenings ago, by n young
man, Richard w. Payne. lie fled and had
eluded successful pursuit.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

saD NJ. Bozant, who had held several no.
sitions of official trust in New Orleans, com.
mtted suicide on the Goth ut., by plunging
dagger in his breast.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

WASHINGTON, March lO.-The u. s. Sen.
ate to-day passed the bill adproprating 49,.
100000 for the increase of the armaments
and munitions of war. In the House the
Diplomatic and Army Appropriation Bill
were reported,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

Tim MILLENNIUM AT HAsD.-A day or
two since, the inspector of long and dry
measures, in Baltimore Nd, cut a full QUAR-.
ter of an inch from a yard stick in use at a
dry goods store in that city, being that much
too long!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

TROUBLE IN KANSAS Chicago March L.
A despatch from Kansas, dated yesterday,
says the Kickapoo Rangers had commenced
preparations for driving the free State men
from their claims.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

LET EN- SLIDE.-We have since our last is.
from our subscription books, most of whom
are in arrears for two or three years, and
some for five and six. We have no expecta.
tion they will ever pay us. and all we ask
of them is. TO "go and sin no more"--in the
same way. 1t may be that we have "few
more of the same sort left" and we intend to
Keep on pruning until the last delinquent is
blotted out. We don't intend that the bust.
ness of this Office, like that of good many
Others. shall become embarrassed by furnish.
ing papers, year after year, to people who
never pay.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

A HINT.-An exchange says how young
men can consent to loaf about the corners as
they do, when good dose of arsenic can DO
purchased for n sixpence, is really surprising.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

H The reader will find on the outside
OF this paper, m interesting history of the
"Convention System" from lis inception to
The adjournment of the body whose action
brought Mr. Pierce forward for the Presi.
dencY.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

PHILADELPHIA, March 7.-Kclly's cotton
mill at Darby was burned to day, involving
the loss of sl5O,O0O, and throwing 400 work.
men out of employment.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-14

iy Several physicians of ,Hiuola
City, on the night of the 9th ii 81, Pfcceed-
ed to the Almshouse Graveyard, with n horse
and wagon. to take off the body of lately
deceased woman. Her husband was near by
watching them, and firing upon them put
them to flight, leaving behind the horse and
wagon, of which he took possession. At
last dates the owner had not called for his
property.