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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

Is THERE ANY TRUTH IN THIs!-A Ca
madam journal says:
@The United States has about run its race
ns a repoblic! Its Democracy is ripening in
to anarchy, the fruits OF which will inev''a'
bly, be despotism of some sort or other"
Reader, what think you Of the signs of the
times! There is great truth in this that the
go called Democracy of the country may be
set down rs anarchy. The. name is despo'
tisnh Its ways are more tyrannical than
those of the Emperor Of Austria. 1t filled
a nest with eggs and sat down thereon, but
TO the great astonishment of the wise, full
sfedged abolition birds appeared.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

ty-The Louisville Courier claims 263(O
Democratic gain in this county, over the vote
of last year. What does Haldcman meant
Does he desire, by Misrepresentation, to de-
ceive his readers as TO the real vote of Boyle
county, We will be obliged to him If he
will inform us how he figures in order to
make the 263 gain appear and what contest
he takes as test of the American and Demo-
CRITIC strength in this county.
The highest Democratic vote in this coun-
ty, at the late election was $40, (given 10
Mr.. James,) and this is 26 votes less than the
vote given to Clarke last summer II the
Courier can make 263 gain out of 26 ioss he
is good at cyphering, that's all.-Danuills
Tribune
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

tR-The constituents of the Hon. Percy
Walker, of Alabama, have held meeting
and adopted resolutions declaring their dis.
appreciation of his recent course in express
ing his determination to support Mr. Buch-
anan for the Presidency, and requiring his
immediate resignation. The resolutions
were earnestly supported by Mr.. Stewart
and Mr.. Langdon, and were finally adopted
with unanimity and great applause.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

WHAT HuRrs EN- THE Bnck.a'nears
have one stump in their path that they don
even try to remove. Their candidate Vo'eo
Con certain resolution Of Mr.. Calhoun) IN
fauor of the religious agitation Of tae sldrery
question, We have published the record
more than once ..,
Our friends everywhere will do well to re-.
member this vote in favor OF The prlnclP'ess
under which such men as Henry Wnrd
Beecher breaches Shapes Rifles to his con
gregation. -.
THAT'S answer to the allegation of certain
i1nurant presses which assert that Buchanan
never gave a vote AGAINST THE SourH.--
Montgomery Mai.
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tg-The lady who could read the follow.
ing and not "pity the sorrow of poor young
man deserve to live and die an old maid:
wish was turkey dove;
q settcn on your knee
I'd kiss your smiling
Ilps to all eterney tee.

Intense and sudden excitement, often re-
newed, produces habit Of increased action,
flow of blood to the brain, so as to involve
inflammation Of that organ, sometimes Temporal
~ and sometimes chronic. II this is permit.
ted to 20 on for years little stronger each
time, there will finally be settled disordered
action OF seme portion OF that great nervous
centre, and insanity results.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

~ The river continues dead lew--ju.t
as low ms il can be to maintain its identity as
a river. We heard, several years ago, Of its
being so low that rise Of three feet was
coming down hut couldn't get oyer The shoals.
II is now said to be so low that when a steam
boat goes along that you can see the dust fly.
ing 6shinS a. Clarksrills Chronicle
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

An immense water spout was seen of
Hyanns, Cape Cod about mile from the
shore, on Monday forenoon. In shape il
resembled an inverted cone, about sixty feet
in hight. II shot up with great force, and
the immense mass of water came plungng
down with terrific power. 1t is described as
f.ariul and Grand.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

DEcAYED TEETH-At u Dental Conven.
tion recently held in New York, it was stated
that there were three or four distinct charac-
teristics of decay; there was, first, a black
variety of decay, or carries of the tooth-bone;
second, brown variety, where the earthly
portion Of the bone was entirely thrown off,
these would require different kind of treat
ment; third, was white variety--and when
decay of this kind was found, the cavity Of
the tooth was filled with mere earthly mat
ter Thus, in the first of these there was
little sensiblity; in the second there was
none, and in the third great deal.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

eTIn and near New York there are sew
enty.eight carriage factories, employing
twelve hundred and seventy-three men, at
aggregate wages of 100000 year and fur
nishing more than thousand carriages year.
ly, worth probably nearly million and
quarter of dollars,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

FILLMORE MASS MEETING AT Nsw Or
LEArs-The New Orleans True Delta of the
2lst inst, paper strongly hostile to Ameri-
canism, says "A grand Fillmore meeting
was held las, night at Odd Fellows Hall. In
point of numbers, II was the largest gathering
we ever saw in that Hall, and the enthusiasm,
throughout the proceedings, iully correspond
ed with the numerical strength Of the party
nut forth on the occasion.
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THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, SEPT. 5, 1855.

tg- The Petersbug Inteiiigencer says
.Our exchange list embraces thirty seven
Virginia papers. OF them, twenty two are
for Fillmore, eleven for Buchanan, and four
neutral. A pretty good show, this, for the
Old Dominion"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

EVA Schenectady editor, describing
the effects of squal upon a canal boat,
says "when the gale was at Its highest, the
unfortunate craft keeed to larbord, and Tho
Captain and another cask Of whisky rolled
over bonrd,"
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fw- Mr.. Buchanan's organ in his ow

icy Mr.. Buchanan's organ IN MS own
State, tho Pennsylvania, says:
"perhaps II Is too late for Mr., Buchanan. In
the months TINT yet intervene before the
Presidential election, TO run away with some
body's daughter--thus putting himself on .
Level with the Republican candidate"
TO which the New York Evening Post
replies:
aThat will not do Il. lie must get some
body who will bs willing to run away with
him."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

trA business letter from Rockport,
Illinois, to gentleman in Hartford contains
this paragraph:
.Politics is at high rage here-nll one
sided for Fremonts don't think that is fair.
Buchanan will poll about twenty-five votes
here, and among that twenty-five | have
counted myself"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

NEw YORK, August 27.-Advices from
Nicaragua to the 9th inst, represent Gen.
Walkers prospects as gloomy, and 1t seems
impossible for him to hold out unless speed
liz insisted.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

CHICAGO, Aug. T.-Companies Of Mis-
sourinns are concentrating at Leavenworth,
Westport and Kansas city.
Omaha city, near Wcs'port, was sacked by
Georgians on Friday, but the inhabitants es-
capped.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

COLUMBIA, Aug. 2s.--Telegraphic advices
from Springfield. Massachusetts,, informs us
that two hundred workmen, Mt the United
States Army in that place, were discharged
10 .day, by orders from Washington, on ac'
eount of the want of funds. Great EXCITE
ment prevailed in consequence.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

tw- Two things to be kept-your. word
and your temper. The former when dealing
with printer--the latter when disput,ng
with woman. This may be difficult out
easy to be done by getting couple oil chap
tiers of Job by heart.
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comment is necessary.

Ma. YANcY BAcKiSo Dowr.-'fhe follow
ing card of the Hon. Jere. Clemens, which
appears in the Huntsville Democrat, shows
that Mr.. Yancy is rather tender in his sup
port. of the Squatter Sovereign, and, there,
fore, insists upon the conclusion. This is
backing down considerably:
HUNTSVILLE, August l8, 1856.
To the Editor of the DemOcrat:-l observe
in your paper of the 14th instant, a list OF
appointments made by the Hon. VIM. L.
Yancv, which concludes as follows:
aThe Electors on the Know Nothing tick
ct for the State at large, or for the District in
which shall speak, are invited to a discus
sion of the pending issues-I reserve the
right 10 conclude"
/ am ready to meet Mr.. Yancy at the times
and places designated, but not upon the terms
proposed.
The right to conclude every day is an ad-
vantage do not feel wiling to concede. 1t
he will yield me the conclusion every other
day, will meet and travail with him through
all his appointments.
Very respectfully,
JERE. CLEMENS.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 25.-The Kansas meet
ing yesterday was very large. Resolutions
were passed deucuncing the aboitionists. A
committee was appointed to proceed to Kan
sas and inquire into the wants Of the women
and children A company of $500 men well
armed and equipped were preparing to march
ON the 2ad of September.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

WASHINGTON, August 27.-Both Houses
have appointed Committees of Conference on
the army bill. The House has passed a
resolution to adjourn to morrow Thursday
bui the Senate Ilns not acted upon it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

tB- The "Celt newspaper it is said has
declared cloquently against the Democratic
party, on account of the refusal of the DEM
ocratic members to expel Herbert from the
House, for the muIder Of the Irish waiter,
Keating. Another paper of tho same char.
acter as the Cet, called the Irish American,
comes out on the Herbert business in the
following style: "lf an honest, hard-working
Irishman is shot down IN cold blood by one
of those foul things vomited forth from tho
ruffianism of rum holes and the stufling Of
ballot boxes, and If the foul thing is to-be
upheld by the Democratic party, though we
have always been on that side, we can 60
with them no longer"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

E-A letter from St Louis Of the 26th
ult. says, a hostile meeting took place today
between B. Grantz Brown, editor Of the Mis-
souri Democrat, and Thomas e. Reynolds
MIR. Brown was shot in the knee, and Mr..
Reynolds was unhuri. Only one shot was
exrhnnOed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

H- A dealer in the likenesses OF the
three candidates for the Presidency reports
that In his travels through the State OF New
Jersey, he disposed Of the following num-
hers of the three candidates
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

s"When slavery ceases to exist under
the laws OF Virginia and Maryland, then and
not till then, ought it to be abolished in the
District of Columbia. ."-James Buchanan.
The above is from speech delivered by
James Buchanan in the Senate Of the United
States 1t will be seen that he claims for
Congress the power to ABOLISH SLAVE.
RY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
us it ceases to exist sin Maryland and Vir.
ginia," and says it ongh 10 be abolished
He only delays the exercise of the power in
defence of Virginia and Maryland, caring
nothing for the other Southern States
Buchanan papers are advised not to publish
this sentiment of their candidate, and Buch-
anan orators are earnestly requested, not to
read it to their hearers during the canvass.
READER.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

New YoRK, August 27.-Otlicial dispatch.
es from Gen. Percifer Smith, represent the
reports of Kansas outrages as greatly exag-
cerated.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

HuaRAH FOR THE CATHoLIcs-The Cath
olic papers Of New York are set down thus:
10 for Fremont for Buchanan; and none
far Fillmore
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LABOR AND MONEY PowER.-A ir'e"d ',"'
handed US for publication. the following, by
The Rev. hJr. Chaplin, on "the achievements
40 ,.ho, ,,oed an bv the potent spell Of
o' Hoo.' u's'N "
money
at has extorted the secrets OF the universe
and trained its powers into myrlads oil forms
of use and beauty; from the bosom OF o'd
creation it has developed anew the crea'loh OF
industry and art; it has been its task ana lts
glory to overcome obstacles; mountains nave
been leveled and valleys been exalted pc
fore Il; it has broken the rocky soil into Ter
tila glades II has crowned the hull tops win
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

We presume that the twenty FIVE purchas'
ed must have been intended to amuse cross
children in the absence Of their mothers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

tay- Beverly Tucker, ESQ.,, has finally de-.
termined to discontinue the publication o.
the Washington SentineL
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

N The Hon. D. d. Barnard, an old line
Wing of New York, has written power
ful letter on the political affairs of the day
He takes strong ground in favor of Mr.. Fill
more, and concludes with this language:
The administration, in the hands of Mr..
Fillmore, who has promised to conduct it as
heretofore, "wilh scrupulous regard for the
rights Of every section OF the Union" will in
the affair of Kansas, as in everything else,
have the confidence and support of the best
portion of the North. The affair of Kansas,
once the occupation of agitators, North and
South will be gone. Not another issue will
remain, and nothing will remain to make
another issue out OF, by which the restored
and perfect harmony of the two sections can
be disturbed. The eye of the patriot will
rest once more on an united, peaceful, and
happy couptry-a country which is capable
OF giving, and which, if free from the perni'
cious, intermeddling, fanatcal and reckless
men and parties, does give, and will give Sc.
curity, in the rational and only true way oI
constitution and laws, adjusted to protect al
rights and afford immunities of all interests
to n greater amount Of human liberty anG
human enjoyment than any country under
the sun has ever given, or, so far as just an.
ticipaton can be ndulged, that any othe
will ever give, if this shall be broken up ant
destroyed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05
THE DRAYToN AND SAVERS CASE

One of the liale charges made by Demo.
cratic stump orators against Mr. Fillmore, is
that he pardoned Daniel Drayton and Ed
ward Sayers, who had been imprisoned in the
District of Columbia for kidnapping slaves
Some of them 60 so far as to charge that
their release from imprisonment operated as a
discharge from the fine imposed upon them
BY the Court, and denounce Mr.. Fillmore for
thus remittng the fine against them, one half
of which was to accrue TO the owners of the
slaves! Hon. S. G. Haven, n Representative
in Congress from New York, has in a late
letter so clearly explained this whole case that
we presume the charge will never be made
again. Mr. Haven says:
"The facts are briefly these: Drayton and
Sayers were each convicted iE seventy odd
cases, and fined under the Act of the A ssem.
of Maryland of 1876, chapter 81. Dr,yton
Was fined $40 and costs in each case, and
Savers 800 and costs in each case, one hal
of the fine going under each act to the own
ers of the slave, and it was part of the sen.
ience that they be committed to Jail here until
the fine and costs were paid.
ain April, 1852, after the prisoners had
been in jail, al the cost Of The Government, four
years, upon petition of various persons
throughout the country, and proof OF the
poverty of the prisoners, and that the health
of one of them was greatly impaired by his
confinement, and upon the written applica-
tion, think. Of 2l Of the Al ownerS Of the
slaues transported, and law argument by
Senator Sumner rs to the power of The Presi.
dent to pardon, the President was asked to
pardon the prisoners.
"All these papers were referred by the
President to the then Attorney General, Mr..
Crittenden, for his opinion as to whether the
President had power to pardon so as not to
lessen The rights Of The oioners Of The slares 10
their portion Of The .Gnes In August the At
torney General laid before the President a
very able and lengthy opinion on the subject,
which, amongst other things, affirmed the
power of the President in the premises.
"Upon this opinion, and the application d
the oDners above mentioned, the President
Mr.. Fillmore, directed the Secretary of State
Mr.. Webster, not to pardon, but to grant both
to Sayers and Drayton remission from that
part of the punishment Imposed BY the Court
which ordered them to be imprisoned until
the fines and costs were paid, but expressly
reserving in the remission the right Of all
owners, as well us those who petiioned foi
the pardon, as Those who did not, to collect
he fines by any lawful means other than the
continuance of the Imprisonment, from which
they were thereby discharged"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

NEw ORLEANS, Aug. 26.-Ths Granada
from San Juan, has arrived. BY it we have
late intelligence from California.
The Vigilance Committee hnve hung Two
more persons The other news is not Oh
much importance.
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That BUFFALO Ox.-Hear the words I

That BUFFALO Ox.-Hear the words OF
Scripture:
"If an OK gore man or woman that
they die, then the "a shall be stonded-but
owner shall be quite. But if the OK were
wont to push with his horn in time past, and
it hath been testified to his owner, and he
hath not kept him in; but that he hath xii ed
man or woman, the OK shall be stoned,
and his owner shall be put to death.-E1-
oDUs, xxi, %, 30.
Now, the old Buffalo Ox-Martain Van
Buren-hath aforetime 'gored' the South, in
the name of the Democracy; and yet his
"ownsrs" do not "keep him in," but suffer
him to go at large and wax fat and strong
in the Free Soil pastures OF Bogus Democ-
racv.
We know il rs hard thing to "stone an
OK" 0: this descripton-siill as the brute is
dangerous, hadn't the South better keep ouf
of he field iohere he roams'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

PREDIcTIos.-In speech, in the House
of Representatives, the other day, the Hon.
Humphrey Marshall, of Kentucky, declared
he "would stake his reputation upon the as.
sertion, that Fillmore would carry seven, If
not ten, of the Southern States" Col. Mar
shall is n cool, sagacious ard well Informed
man, and one OF the very last to indulge in n
random speculation.
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CHEERING NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA

CHEERING NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA
We have bsen permitted, says the New
York Express, to copy the following from a
private letter received by the last mail from
California, by which it appears that the pros
poets for Fillmore in that State are decidedly
bright:
"The nominations have been
received and were both anticipated. In look.
ing at the Presidential aspect in this State, |
am forcbly struck with the conviction that
we shall cast our vote for Fillmore. Buchan-
an is killed dead as door nail by the re-
fusal of the Cincinnati Convention 10 incor-
porate Pacific Railroad plank in their Plat
form, and Icall upon oil "good men and true"
TO vote against any party holding forth tho
doctrine of no "Pocific railroad through the
aid of Congress" Fremont, be it known,
was nominated through the instrumentolity
of such men as Joe Palmer, George w.
Wright, and II. A. Silover who raised mon
ney, and II is now openly nroeamed in this
community thai his nomination was'pufcias-
ed! 49,,
The "great pioneer" never remained In Cal
fornia six months at time since its discoVe-
ry, and his pretended wealth is all moonshlne'
so far as this State is concerned. Palmer,
Cook g. Co., are the supporters OF Fremont,
iad hold his obligations for nearly Sooo,ooo
in various shapes, government demands
notts, or endorsements. These are the men,
take iotice, that posted Billy Mulligan, Ned
McGowan and the present corrupt set OF oi.
ficials, with the notorious Dave Scanned az
the head; and il is hardly expected the people
will vote for their boon companion, not 10
say partner, for President of the United
States. Heaven Forbid Filmore's chances
brighten every day. His nomination was
endorsed unanimously by the State Council
and the Americans constituting majority OF
the last Legislature. The Councils are nc
lively engaged in re-organizlng for the cam.
paign with increased numbers; and II isa pity
if party, which at the last election had a
majority for its Governor of $500, and that,
too, in the face of the San Francisco suffers,
who polled 1925 fraudulent majority against
them, cannot muster force enough to save
Fillmore and Donelson by plurality. y
The Republican paper here has caved
in, and it is party without an organ. v
All the American journals are true to
their colors, not one has deserted or caved.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05


ZoLLIcoPFER's LETTER-At meeting at
Odd Fellows Hall, Memphis, Tenn, Gen.
Heiskrll read letter from the Hon. F. X.
Zollicoffer, from which the following is an
extract:
"Mr. Fillmore will carry New York,
New Jersey, and think California. Mr..
Buchanan will probably carry no Northern
State but Pennsylvania. Fremont will prob
ably get the remaining l03 votes of the
North. Ii Buchanan could add the whole
electoral vote of tn South Q2O) to the vote
of Pennsylvania (27) he would fail of an
election by the popular vote, by two votes.
If Mr.. Fillmore could unite the South to
Now York he tooula be elected by The popular
vote Why should we not urge that view in
the South! Why not put upon Buchanan's
friends the onus Of defending an election by
the House! where his suggestion to Jackson
and Clay imply he would be good at Intrigue,
and where, If he failed, his friends think
Breckenridge would become President IN de-
fault of House election"
The above extract speaks for ITSELF No
10
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-05

Mr.. FILLMORE IN THE NoRTH.-Every day
we gain intelligence of the growing influence
of Mr.. Fillmore In various sections of the
country. Ills name compared to that OF the
ex-Federalist and presnt Squatter Sove.
reign or the Rocky Mountaineer is indeed a
tower of strength. The New York CONNER
cal Advertiser, Wing paper of great repute,
says in its issue of Wednesday;
The people, wearying Of an endless ag-
itation that brings no profit but much loss to
themselves and their country, are beginning
to indulge in that sober second thought on
which the advocates of good cause can al.
ways rely. Mr.. Fremont's hopes of an elec
ton are growing "smal by degrees and
beautifully less" Mr.. Fillmores brighten ev-
cry week. The Republicans are discovering
that the patriotic citizen whose candidature
they affected to despise, is rapidly becoming
formidable opponent and must continue to
increase in popular favor until the day Of the
election. Such is the fact. Let us who pre-
fer him 10 the ethers, not be discouraged or
frightened by sucl attacks upon him, but
stimulated to greater ami more hopeful la
bors for his election, let us rally with increas.
ed energy and fidelity to his support, and
take care that by no suplnenss of ours shall the
country be afflicted with either Democratic
orr Republican Administration as the sue
cessor osthe present one.
The New York correspondent Of the Bal.
timore American says:
New York, August 20.-The friends of
Fillmore in this city have now great conf
dence in their ability to carry the State
There 10 certainly more enthusiasm among
them than in both the other parties combined.
The business men of the city, and the quiet
orderly citizens, who spend their evenings at
home instead of visiting lager beer saloons
are almost unanimous for Fillmore, as are
the mechanics.