The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

8 Tho r Bowie rESNEssEK.
MICHIGAN. IA @ Watkins
/ W A Howard, i-> Q W II Sneed . Re,
9 II Waldron s A Smith
3 D S walbridge 4 III Savage
A g w Peck Chns Ready
MISSOURI. 8 G w Jones
L NJ Kennett NV Wright
2 @ Porter s F X Zollicoffer
3 J Lindley r Ethridge'
Al G Miller 10 Tho Rivers
8 NJ Oliver .. TEXAS.
J S Phelps Mat Ward
Z Sam Caruthers - 2 PHBell
MISSISSIPPI. u UTAH.
/ D b Wright JIM Burnhisel
2 ii s Bennett syERMoST.
W Barksdale 4 Jas'Meacaam
4 W A Lake l.. 2 s Morrill,
J A Quitman 3 Alvah Sabin
MINNESOTA. VIRGINIA.
II NJ Rice. 1 Tho II Bayly
NEBRASKA. lH2 2 S Alillson
l n P Giddings 3 J 5 Caske
NORTH CAROLINA. A w o Goode
T Paine Tho s Bocock
2 Tho Rutlin Powell
w Winslow 7 W Smith
4 L OBJ Branch 8 Q J Faulkner
Ed g Reade &c I'll I, sss E.lmondson
O Puryear .ta i6 . IGtcher
Z B Craige II J S Carlisle
II J. Clingman ~ Chas S Lewis
NEW HAMPSHIRE. 13 Fayette MeMullen
l JAS Pike H.' WASHINGTON.
Q NJ w Tappan J Anderson
All Cragin WISCONSIN.
NEW MEXICO. Dan Wells, Jr
Jose NJ Gallegcs acc Washburn
c Billingshurst
Total number Of members 2s4
Number of Territorial delegates
The seats of Messrs Fuller of Maine; Mar
shall, of Illinois; Hall, of Iowa; and Harris,
of Maryland, will be contested.
.I5" One Of the wealthiest farmers on the
Connecticut tells the following story:-
when first came here TO settle, about 40
years ago, told my wife meant to be rich
-sle said she did not want to be rich-all
she wanted was enough to make her com.
fortabe' went to work and cleared up my
land. I've worked hard ever since-and have
got rich-as rich rs want to be. Most of
my children have settled about me, and have
good farms. But my wife amt comfortable
yet.
.3- Nelson Handy, an Indiana farmer,
being confined in Jail week, on the charge
of passing $5 counterfeit bill, was brought
up on u writ of habeas corpus and discharged
the bill proving TO be genuine! We do not
learn that the State afforded him any redress.
DEATH OF A VETERAN-"Fathe Bradley
n venerable Baptist clergyman, cied few
days since in Minnesota. He was born on
the 9th of July, ITO, and since 1890 he has
been actively engaged in ministerial and edu.
cational duties. He was once imprisoned in
Massachusetts for his opposition to the law
taxing all for the support of the established
! church."
.Ss- The Shelbyvile Banner says thai
Wells, the rowdy, who in drunken freal
shot gentleman named Inflow, at Shebyville
Indiana, some months ago, woundpg hin
slightly, was tried at the late term of the
Circuit Court and fined five dollars The
Banner says that rs Wells was drunk and
only shot ut lnlow for the fun Of the thing il
Is cheap enough.
,4s1 In the Superior Court of New York
on Wednesday, the jury rendered n verdict
of five thousand dollars damages against the
Hudson River RAILROAD Company, in the
suit of Magaret Button whose husband was
run over by the cars and killed on the night
of the 4tb November, 1853. On n previous
train, the jury mucted the company in three
thousand six hundred dollars damages only
No ACCOUNTING FOR TAsTEs.-On the oc
casion of two opposition boats starting from
pittsburg, one employed German band t,
attract passengers, the other being minus th
music, aud not desiring to be outdone, start
ed the steam-whistle, which completed
drowned the music of the band. The may
or being called upon, declined to intcrfer,
saying that Zone was specimen of Gel
man music and the other genuine Amer
can" ......... ......
0NyThe liberal man gains the respect, e'
teen and good will, of all, except the env
Gus. People take pleasure in promoting HI
interest And thus he advances his fortun
by contributing to the wants of others.
COMING DowN.-Ihe Ogdensburgh Sent
mel of the llth instant says that flour fell
that village last week about rs cents p,
barrel After the last vessel cleared froi
Chicago wheat fell there to Sl.3O per bushe
The country is full of all kinds of produc,
and there is no cause to keep up the hg
prices.
tE-A distinguished but thrifiless barri'
ter, whose furniture, library, and other prope
ty was being sold out for about the thir
time, upon being aceosted with genuine sylr
pathy of friend, replied with enviable phi
losophy, "Sampson was strong, and Solomo
was wise, but neither could pay money
they did not hare IL"
A SLIGHT DrFEREYcE.,-Th State {
Massachusetts is about to build an insan
hospital at Northampton, and advertise fc
proposals. Tha highest was $325,OO0-th
lowest Sl5O000. Somebody meant to max
or lose considerable money, if both are rgh
r1zy-It is said that majority of the men
bers of the Missouri Legislature claim the
per diem for the whole of the recesses whic
that body has taken, one extending from tn
-u r. Nil, 10 ,ha qJ of Anil and tha otl