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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

VorE or TEsNEssEE.-The official vote
Of the State, Ivy counties, will DO found on
our first page.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

The LATEST RAILROAD SMASH uP.-The
newest Railroad horror, is the collision on
tho Cleveland and Pittsburgh rond, at ALI
ance, Ohio, killing eight passengers, and
manning, we do not know yet, how many
Others. The telegraph is not very clear in
details, but clear enough TO show that It WIS
al junction the collision took place, that one
of the trains was "behind time" and that the
opposing train "came dashing along" at that
junction. We do not know what the Coro-
ner's verdict will be, but we have no hesitn-
ton in saying that, the engineer who would
"dash along'-as the engineer of the Clcve-
land and Pittsburgh train did, at the rate of
thirty miles an hour, with steam engine.
"towards junction." after dark, is very Il,
man to be hanged, or sent to the mad.house.
The dispatches say he has abscondcd, and
has not been seen since the collision, and the
inference is, that he is not nsensibc TO the
punishment his recklessncss has incurred
He is wholesale murderer, wherever and
whoever he is, and it devolvcs on the Drcc-
tors to say how they could ever have taken
such man into their employ. An explana-
lion is likewise due, from the Conductor or
Engineer of the Pittsburgh train "bchind
time" Nearly all of these frghtrul massa-
cres of late, have come from being "bchind
time" When train is behind time, no railroad
ought to be considered safe that has not the
means offniormirg trains coming in the or-
posite direction, on the same track, of the
fact. There is no excuse for not doing this
1t there is no electric Telegraph, there are, or
ought to be, signals plenty
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

>, az A bottle was dug up at Taylorsyille,
KY, last week and found to contain gao '
900 old United States" Bank notes, believed
TO be genuine.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

STILL RETURNIEG.-The Southern Kan.
sas emigrants, il seems, says st. Louis pa.
per are quitting the Territory about as nu.
merously as they locked to it. The steam.
er E. A. Ogden, which reached the city yes.
terday, had on board about two hundred of
them, all on their way back to their homes
and most thoroughly dsgusted with coun.
try so close to the North Pole.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

sSS AT the conclusion Of Mr.. Criitenden's
eulogy upon the late Mr.. Clayton, of Della
ware, delivered in the Senate, on the 3rd in
slant, is the following remark -
at must be pleasing to us all to learn from
the honorable Senator frop Delaware, (Mr.
Bayard,) that MIR. Clayton died n Christian.
So he should have died. Sneh 4 death gives
to humanity its proper dignity. Full of this
worlds honor, he died full Of the more pre-
cious hopes that lie beyond the grave. or
him who so dies we may well exclaim, o
DEATH where is thy stingi q grave! where is
thy victory?"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

SOUTH CARoLINA.-Hon. r. r. w. AL.
ston has been elected Governor of South
Carolina,
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BRIDoEs HousE.-'Squire Bridges has re.
fitted his House, at the Depot, Athens, and
has it open for the reception of travellers. -
See advertisement next page.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

Cows FOR WoRK.-One man in Calfor-
mia plowed seventy-fve' acres with COW
team, and at the same time MIXED them
every day.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

"THE MERcuRY."-Thls Is the title of a
new democratic paper, weekly and tri-weekly,
proposed 10 be started ut Knoxville about
the 6rst Of the new year,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

RICHMOND, Dec. la.-Last night n stream
broke loose in the coal pits, which drowned
six white men and seven NEGROES.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

CoScsRT.-The pupils of Prof. Cooke
will give a Concert at thePresbyterian Church,
Athens, on -Frdny-evening.
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nY- The Nashville Union is camorinp 70

W The Nashville Union is clamorng for
n re.npporti6nment of the State. 1t claims
that the last election proves the State demo.
cratic, and therefore the State should be so
apportioned as to enable the democracy to
carry the Legislature without a struggle
Nonsense. II the last election proves the
State so intensely and irredeemably demo-
cratic, what has become of the thousands Of
patriotic old Hne wings" whom you buttered
SO lavishly during the canvass, and whose as.
sistance you have since acknowledged ena.
bled you to secure the vote of Tennessee to
Mr.. Buchanan! The Union is evidently dir.
zy with the temporary triumph its party
achieved.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

E The meeting of the Democratic State
Convention has been postponed to the 18th
Of April.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

Hi is reported that Capt. Joseph Le-
noir, Of Memphis, has won 500, COO on the
result OF the recent Presidential election.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

SAD HIsroRY.-The Troy Times tells n sad
story OF the destruction of a young and lovely
woman, by intemperance. A few months
SINCE young lady of one of the frs, families
OF that city was married to a New York mer-
chant, under circumstances most auspieious
for the happiness ofboih Lately she return.
ed to her home in Troy, discarded by her hus.
band on account of her mania for intoxicating
drinks, and in few weeks she died of Brain
fever, induced by her habits. The fatber of
the young lady has been called upon, within
three months, to mourn the death of wife
and daughter by intoxication; and son, once
noble and manly, whose highest nature had
been perverted by tho same cause.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

A WILD CAT BANKER IN LMBo.-The
Evansville Qndiana) Journal says: "Our
readers will reeollect something of the Little
Rock (Arkansas) State Manufacturing Com.
pnny, which assumed banking powers and
issued notes for circulation, and which failed
few months ago, swindling stockholders
and others of a large amount. The chief
operator in this fraud was tried ut Memphis
last week, and although there was no stat.
utory provisions defining the crime and fix
ing the punishment technically, the jury
found the prisoner guilty and the Court SEN
fenced him to four years labor in the pehiten-
tary. This verdict will be warning to
such financiers in future"
The Augusta Chronicle in publishing the
above paragraph, remarks ave nre glad to
see an example made of one of these gentry
that there is at least one community in
which Justice is melted out to them. 1t au.
gurs well for the country where such men
can be transferred to the penitentiary. Here.
tofore they have practiced their frauds with
such perfect impunity, that they seem to re-.
gard Bank charters mere license to practice
any fraud they please; and he that was the
most successful was regarded the best fnan.
cier. We hope this excellent example will
be followed in other counties.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

A RARE CHARAcTER.-A biographical no.
tlce, in Boston paper, of a lawyer lately
deceased, terminates us follows:
"He never delayed an honest claimant in
obtaining his just claim, and never aided a
dishonest man in prosecuting m unjust de.
demand"
This is high praise for member of the
legal profession, but We fear the good man
must have had very few clients and very lit
tie business. -
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sSY- The Louisville Journal of Thursday

has the following article:
another Bank E1citemen.-For the last
two days there hns been n considerable run
on the brokers with the notes of the free
banks OF Tennessee, and especially those of
the Bank OF Chattanooga. There is good
deal ct Tennessee free bank money in circu-
Ia'lon here, but we have heard of no earthly
reason why it should be discredited. or
course, the run results in 2, loss to the masses,
whIle few reap rich harvest from it. One
banking house was redeeming yesterday the
notes OF the Bank Of Chattanooga at / per
cent and those of other banks at 81 to S per
cent Others did not take them at ALL A
third class charged from 10 to 90 per cent.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

esy- Friendship is silent gentleman, that
makes no parade; the true heart dances no
hornpipe on the tongue.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

The TERRIToRIEs.-There are now open
for settlement the territories of Minnesota,
Oregon, Nebraska, Washington, New Mex
leo, Utah and Kansas. These Territories
contain millions of acres of the finest land in
the world, rich mineral deposits, fine water
courses, and extend through some seventeen
oreighteen degrees of latitude, with gen.
orally an excellent climate.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

BAT Sun.
SHORT SUGAR CROP IN LoUlsIANA.-A let.
ter from the Plaqucmines district, Nov. 22d,
says:
"The sugar crop in this region will be
shorter than it was at first expected. About
n month ago, some of our planters calculated
on making about half crop. for they then
generally believed that the yield of tSe cane
would be equal to that of former Years; but
in that, as in many other things, they were
greatly mistaken, as they found out MS soon
us they commenced grinding. The average
yield of the best looking cane scarcely renc6.
es thousand pounds to the acre. The sn.
gar is, generally speaking, of much supe{ior
quality to that of last season. By the OOH
OF next month, at the farthest, grinding will
be over on all our sugar estates.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

PROPHECY, AND IT Comes TO PAss.-An
anxious mother once, on leaving the house.
said to her children, "Be careful, my dears,
and don't go into the room ever the kitchen.
There are beans there, and I'm afraid you'll
get them in your noses" When she return
ed, every child had been to the forbidden
room, and every child, too, had bean in his
nOSei
AN homes: ostler was asked if he was
not in the habit of greasing the horses teeth,
so that they could not eat oats! He had new.
er done it before. But the next strangers
morse that came in, underwent the novel dem
tai operation OF eeth'greasing, and lost his
supper
Each of these parties, the children with
the beans in their noses, and the oster lard
ing the horses, never dreamed of such alb.
surdlties, till they were foo!ishly suggested.
The suggestion caused the acts.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

s3s Life in Nicaragua, seems to be death.
to use llibernianism. Recruits 90 out in
numbers to Walker, but Death harvests the
most Of them. Hence, while emigration
would make him strong, the scythe of The
great enemy of man mows down his ranks
The climate is bad for white men exposed 20
it, the provisions supplied are unnatural for
the climate, and the tempting fruits eaten in
abundance are fatal
1t will turn out in the end, we presume
that the greater part of Central America is as
uninh"litHble for the working white man, as
the Rice swamps of South Carolina, or the
banks of the Amazon, in Brazil Certain
regions, with certain productions, seem to
take the life out of the white race, while to
the black race they give vitality and yigor.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

EB- There is nothing certain in law ex-
cept expense and delay:
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

tr Circuit Court will meet at Decatur,
Msigs county, next Monday, ths2lst
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

saS Fires were very destructive in the Uni.
ted States last month. There were % in
which the loss exceeded ten thousand dollars;
the total amounting to two million four hun.
dred and forty.fve thousand dollars. The
principal was as follows: In Syracuse, one
million of dollars; St. Louis, four hundred
thousand dollars; New York city, five hun.
bred and fifty thousand dollars,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

s3g-The Augusta Consiitutionalst, speak.
ing of the press Of Georgia, remarks: II the
patronage and encouragement of the public
DO literally extended, many of the ncwspa-
pcrs, now struggling with but feeble sup
port, would be nurturcd into increased use
fitness and prosperity, and pay back TO the
counties, in which they nrr situated large
dividends of intelligence and honor to its
citizens.
a village newspaper is, mcasunbly, the
only vehicle of communication from the
county in which 1t is published to its cotcr-
mnous counties aud the State, and the public
abroad, as well Ms the former or absent citi-
zcns of the county, look TO it, with much
interest for local intelligence, the advertise
ments Of its business and professional men,
and favoraby regard IFS weekly reccpiion.-
Hence the necessity of extending TO all such
papers, independent of other local considera-
tons, good substantial patronage.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

The VoTE FOR PREsrDENT.-1he returns
of the vote for President as far as received
foot up MS follows; Buchanan, l,796, 277:
Fremont, l,32S,l85; Fillmore, S22, $40. The
returns to come in will not materially vary
tkMesut. Nr. Buchanan is over four hun.
q sSty.eight thousand ahead of MIR.
~ r.. Fremont has nearly half a
more than Mr.. Fillmore. The
Dte of Fremont and Fillmore is
S0osRTan that o! Buchanan by 354,5as.-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

SLAVE lSsuRREcrIos. --The following para.
graphs appear in the Nashville Gazette, of
last week..
"Arrests al Gailatin.-A gentleman who
arrived here from Gallatin yesterday, informs
us that some thirty or thirty five slaves, sus.
pected of insurrectionary designs, have been
arrested at that place, and are now in prison
awaiting judicial investigation. Since their
arrest some Of them have confessad that they
were concerned in the projected revolt"
A Desperate Stale Of Agairs-A gentle.
man just arrived from Gallatn informs us
that four male negroes are TO be hung at that
place today, on account of their connection
with the slave revolt. A good many are still
in custody there, awaiting examination. It is
to be hoped that no violence will be done to
any, unless their guilt is clearly proven. In
the present existing state Of the public mind
these matters should be investigated with
GOODNESS and caution, before the suspected
are adjudgcd guilty"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

The EXTENT OF THE COTTON CRor.--
Some two weeks ago, the estimates of the
present crop of cotton, made by prominent
commercial houses in New York, for their
Liverpool and other European friends, were
as follows:
Mrlght q 20, under 100000 bis
ialman q Co., not to exceed 100000"
Neil Brothers 100000"
Stewart g. Co., 100000"
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THE SOUTHERN AID SOCIETY.

Ed Fosf: Theye seems to be a considerable
amount Of ignorance in this latitude as to
the nature and objects Of the above society.
The Nashville Union recently come down
on 1t, confcunding It with the Immigrant
Aid' Societies of the North, whose objects
were to assist Aboltionists to Ego up and
possess the land" Of Kansas. The Union
never made grosser mistake than this.
Ihave only time to say Of this Society, that
1t was organized little over three years ago,
for the purpose of assisting us to preach the
gospel in the South and Southwest. Fanati.
cism at the North says, 1--WE will send our
money to the (free) West; we will not be
complicated with the sin Of slavery" Con.
sentative christianity finds voice in the
Southern Aid Society,"" which says kindly
and calmly, 1--WE will help the South and
South west also. We love our brethren Of
the South, and will pray for them and help
them with our money" And they have sent
us this year about ten thousand dollars, to be
expended by us as ne see it, About one thou
sand dollars of this was sent to Tennessee.
The last annual report of this Society closes
with these words.
an conclusion let it inspire every member
of the Southern Aid Society with solid salts
faction, to contemplate the york ~c do
preaching the Gospel to our fellow men at
home, bond and free. The necessary conse.
gnencc of the work-the silent encouragement
Of sectional kindness at a time of imprisoned
sectional animosity. The happy manner Of
the mork-unsalaried, our officers cheerfully
perform all the service, and, by the liberality
Of their contributions defray all its current
expenses. And the groping impression Of the
pork-the concident judgment of actors and
| spectators that ours is an enterprise as wor-
thy as it is useful"
Gerard Halleck is President and chief orig.
inator of this Society, and Rev. Joseph G.
Styles formerly of Kentucky, is its Treasurer.
1t is sustained by men who are too wise to be
fanatics, and too good to be demagogues-
men who will help us without turning ingui-
sitors-men who love us "in deed and in
truth" while others abuse us; who know our
wants and cometo our aid. GAO.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

CABISET SrEcULATIoNs.- Nolthcrn
political press of all parties and Washin g'on
correspondents Of all stripes, continue to
furnish ready made cabinets for Mr.. Buchan.
m. As nm item of public gossip, we copy
the following from Washington letter to the
New York Herald, o: the lth inst:
While Mr.. Buchanan has carefully avoided
saying who will compose his Cabinet (if in
deed he has determined tho mattcr,) yet nm
opinion prevails amongst leading politicians
here that the Cabinet vii! certainly include
Gov. Johnson, of Georgia; Mr. Hunter, of
Virginia. ex.Gov. Brown Of Tennessee; Mr..
Dodge, Of Iowa, now Minister to Spain; Mr..
llallcit, of Massachusetts; nnd Mr. John w.
Forncy, Of Penn. This Cabinet would not
be obnoxious to any portion of lhc party, and
AT the same time II would only include men
Of moderate views, Governor johnson is
gentleman of ability, and IL fully competent
TO I'LL the State Department. Mr.. Hunter
has the claim of having been one of the most
active supporters Of MIR. Buchanan for the
nomination, and he has also received the
quiet, private and honest endorsement of the
citizens and the electors of his State.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

The DEMOCRATIC PREss.-The New Or.
leans Delta says:
Some of our contemporaries advocate and
adopt course towards our President elect
which we do not regard as the true line of
policy and duty for the real friends of the
incoming administration. They declare
their unhounded confidence in the fidelity
and intelligence Of Mr. Buchanan, and their
determination to acquese in all that he NAV
do. In other words they appear to be con.
tent to ignore and suspend, if not to surren.
der their indepeDdepce of tbonnbt and
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

The INSTITUTION or THE NEeRo.-The
negro is the end, and nm--the Alpha and
Omega, and the Beta, Kappa, Delta too, Of
our New England Yankee countrymen, and Of
our States Rights people down South, and
yet but few of them know the capacities
there arc Intent in the African.
Congress, for example, has but three
months to sit, and has world of Legitimate
work to do. The Secretary of the Treasury,
in his Report, has laid out enough to occupy
earnest mems minds continually for three
months. Two weeks have gone, and from
breakfast till dinner, and from dinner to tea,
and from tea to bed, Il is "negro," "negro,'
"ncgro,'-as IL there was not pure white
man in America.
Well, why is this? Mainly 10 cro,od into
The last days Of the session and The last nights
Of the session, The S6O,OOO,OOO Congress has
10 disburse. When there is no discussion
upon white mans appropriations, all other
Tins being devoted to "the negro" of course,
the chance for theft and plumber by the lobby,
is great, whereas, if white mans public bust
ness was properly attended to, the Lobby
would be watched and the Treasury guarded.
Many South Western Democrats thus COM
bine with some of the pure Abolition patriots
sent from the North, thus to absorb all
time for public business discussion, IN the
discussion of "the negro" Is there not
honesty enough in Congress, if not sense
enough, to stop this!
1t is in the stormssf, Passion and Fnnati-
csm that great public rob5eries are perpe-
trnte% Throw du.2 into the Peoples eyes,
and they cannot see who pick their pockets.
Hence, AS we started with saying, the capacity
o: the negro is infinitely greater than many
people calculate upon,
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servils Iisurrsctions.

his very familis saying that "whOm
The gods would detroy they FIRST make
mad" Many Of lle people Of the Slave
States, from preset appearances, look
very much like coming within this cate
CORY; and in their folly and recklessness
we cannot Withhold our sympathies, mol
repress serious .egreis that they should
become so deme4ed. We have recently
heard, and still clntinue to hear, of sus.
pected servile iBurrections reported by
their newspapers and made the theme ol
a great deal Of tax and the cause, doubt
less, of much alrm. Now in Texas,
then in Kentucky and last down in Old
Virginia; all Of witch investigation shows
to have been repeted without any just
foundation. We ae strongly inclined to
think that the Who'll thing is bum co mbe
movement. But While engaged in this
thing they should rtmember and treasure
up in their memorhs for occasional ad.
.moniIion, the old ines,
"Alas, what peils do environ
The man that Eddles with hot iron."
If they want servile instructions
which Heaven forbid they can not take
a surer way Of getting them up, than to
adopt the course which has been pursued
by their press for tie last month. If they
want them, let them agitatA in their own
midst, let them continue 10 get up rumors
of such and make public display and TO-
ment public excitement for no surer way
can be devised Of fixing the attention oI
the wicksdly disposed slave upon such
projects which, once suggested to his dull
intellect and blun,ed sensibililies, will
only lake the stronger hold of him, when
a feeling Of revenge is aroused and slim.
ullted to action by an awakened sense oI
accumulated wrongs. They sleep upon
a volcano. and ii is madness for them to
make this public ado about it. If vigi'
lance ia the price of their lives, that vigi'
lance must be silent, not manifested in
words but in deeds. All else is self,de
struction,