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

AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE-The resolutions in
relation to the revival Of the African Slave
Trade. were voted down in the Southern Com.
mercisl Convention. The vote was taken by
States and resulted as follows:
In the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. . votes; South
Carolina, 8; Texas 4; Louisiana S--total "a.
In the negative-Georgia, 10 votes Mary.
land, 9; North Carolina, 10; Virginia, Is;
Tennessee, l2; Louisiana, 8; Florida, s-total
6l.
We trust this will be the last Of this i'll.
timed and impracticabls proposition, to use
no harsher term.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

give learn from the Cincinnati Com.
mercial that the Cincinnati Enquirer, the
ablest organ of the Ohio Democracy, has put
forth plain and distinct intimation, that,
unless Ohio be represented in Mr.. Buchan.
ans Cabinet, the Ohio Democracy will not
support Mr.. Buchanan's administration
Their support Of his administration is per-
haps not very important, unless they can
support his administration more efficiently
than they did his election.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

BiHK OF EAST TEsnEssEE.-We learn
that the Bank of East Tennessee is redeem.
Ing its issues payab!. at Knoxville; but not
the issues Of the Jonesboro' and Chattanoo.
"a agencies. There are hundred and one
rumors ahoat in regard to the Bank, but the
above is the only official item we have been
able 10 elicit.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

The VoTE FOR PREsIDENT.-1'he returns
of the vote for President as far ms received
foot up as follows; Buchanan, I,796,277;
Fremont, 1,32S,ls5; Fillmore, s22, 500. The
returns TO come in will not materially vary
the result Nlr. Buchanan is over four hun.
dred and sixty. eight thousand ahead of Mr..
Fremont and Mr.. Fremont has nearly half a
million votes more than Mr.. Fillmore. The
combined vote OF Fremont and Fillmore is
greater than that o. Buchanan by s54,52s.-
Bali Sun.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19
W- The Louisville Journal of Tbursda,

""o 1Ho IVTTU"IHB HTlICIt.
Another Bank Ercitemenf.-For the last
TWO days there hns been a considerable run
on the brokers with the notes OF the free
banks of Tennessee, and especially those of
the Bank of Chattanooga. There is a good
deal of Tennessee free bank money in circu-
latlon here, but we have heard of no earthly
reason why it should be discredted. or
course, the run results in 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 I per
cent. and those of other banks at % to s per
cent. Others did not take Them at all. A
third class charged from 10 to 20 per cent.
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
nose!
An homes. ostler was asked IL he was
not in the habit of greasng the horses tee,ln,
so that they could not eat oats! He had new.
er done il before. But the next strangers
horse that came in, underwent the novel den.
tai operation of teeth-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, ill they were foo!ishly suggested.
The suggestion caused the acts.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

-W-Fires were very destructive in the Uni.
ted States last month. There were % 10
which the loss exceeded ten thousand dollars;
the total amounting to two million four hun.
dred and forty.fve thousand dollars. The
principal was Us follows: In Syracuse, one
million Of dollars; 81. Louis, four hundred
thousand dollars; New York city, five hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

%-It is understood that another Pacific
Railroad bill is about 10 be introduced 10
the House, which is on magnificent scale.
Three main roads are projected, one south
Of latitude SO, one north of latitude 40 and
20, from some point on Lake Superior to
Puget's Sound.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

sB- The Augusta COnstitutionaist, speak
ing of the press Of Georgia, remarks: If the
patronage and encouragement OF the public
be literally extended, many of the newspa-
pers, now struggling with but feeble sup
port, would be nurtured into increased use
,fulness and prosperity, and pay back to the
counties, in which they arc situated, large
dividends of intelligence and honor to its
citizens.
A village newspaper is, measurably, tho
only vehicle of communication from the
county in which it is published to its coter-
minous counties, and the State, and the public
abroad, as well as the former or absent cti-
Gems ofthe county, look TO it, with much
interest, for local intelligence, the advertise
ments of its business and professional men,
and favorably regard its weekly reception
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

tB We must suggest to our neighbor Of
the Cleveland Banner, who, we begin to sus.
pect, is somehow or other related to the Dam.
phool family" to cease his ridiculous and
silly efforts to puff his own little village
into unwarranted importance, by disparaging
and crying down other and more prominent
places. See what Chattanooga and Knoxville
have come to by the inordinatA puffings,
swellings, and blowings OF their respective
Journalist Recollect the fate of the frog whose
vanity and ambition led him into an attempt
to rival the proportions Of the oxl According
to a ate writer in one Of the Nashville papers.
whose statements are no doubt based on re.
liable data, Athens, the county seat Of Nc.
MINI, contains 1900 inhabitnnts-while, &C.
cording to the same reliable writer, Cleve.
land contains only 1900. including our neigh.
Dor Of the Banner, of course. But we have
no doubt that, in course of time, with proper
efforts on the part Of the citizens, Cleveland
will increase its population, and perhaps at.
tain even to the number Athens now has, &C.
cording to the writer quoted. Let our neigh.
Dor work more, and talk less.
in regard to the railroad from Athens to
intersect the Rabun Gap road, which seems
to occupy a large share Of the Banners
anxieties, we expect the East Tennessee and
Georgia Railroad to take it up and build it
as soon as it gets through with the Cleveland
and Chattanooga branch. Should that expec.
.a,ion fail. however, zoe shall apply to the
Legislature for charter. start a Bank, and
put the road through ourself Our neighbor
may rest easy about that enterpri.e-it. pros.
poets are not half so -discouraging as were
the East Tennessee and Georgia's when we
took it under charge eight years ago, and it
is now the best road in the South. and in the
full tide Of successful operation.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

1owA.-The annual message of Governor
Grimes, Of Iowa, is BRIEF and devoted to the
The total available revenue was S246,0o0,
and the total Indebtedness $4,000. Gov
ernor Grimes recommends an immediate pro-
vision of $4,000 for the payment of the
State bonds, due January l, the Superin-
tendent of Public instruction having failed
to pay the $60,o0o,as directed by the last
Legislature,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

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

SHORT SUGAR CROP IN LoUIsIAsA.-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
month ago, some of our planters calculated
on making about half crop. for they then
generally believed that the yield of the cane
would be equal to that of former years; but
in that, rs in many other things, they were
greatly mistaken, MS they found out as soon
MS they commenced grinding. The avefage
yield of the best looking cane scarcely reach
es thousand pounds to the acre. The su.
gar is, generally speaking, of much superior
quality to that of last season. BY the Goth
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
GARNET SPECIFICATIONS.

correspondent at Washington writes that
it is given out there, with token of authority
which will hardly be disputed, that If Mr..
Buchanan has decided nothing else in regard
to the personal composition Of his admins
tration, he has determined not to appoint a
member Of the Cabinet from Pennsylvania
So much may be regarded as settled. The
conflicting aspirations and competing claims
have probably produced this determination.
Consequently ambitious gentlemen who have
directed their enterprise towards such con.
summation, will now have leisure and oppor-
tunity to address patriotic endeavors to other
and more probable contingencies There are
the foreign missions, and. failing them, the
subordinate honors, and, finally, the historic
suit Of clothes, which persisten: patriot
claimed as last resort at the hands Of Gen.
Jackson.
According to the programme understood in
the most confidential circles at Washington,
one old line Wing will be invited to seat in
the Cabinet, in consideration Of the services
rendered by that defunet party at the late
election, and in recognition Of its ancient
virtue and responsibility. Though eminently
becoming in itself and quite in character
with the admitted inclinations Of Mr.. Buch.
anan before the meeting Of the Cincinnati
Convention, it will not be agreeable in quar-.
tiers where the "Sioproe era" ia not in such
high feather or favor. The radical gentry are
for orthodox democrats. dyed in the wool and
branded in the brow-none Of your conve.
nient converts who sought shelter out Of the
storm, and Janus like, looked backwards and
forwards at the same time, They will raise
a commotion about Wbeatland, hut the phi
losopher who is embowered ihere-much
more happily, by the way. than he ever will
be at wa.hington-can afford to let such ele.
ments rage, since their fury will hurt nobody
but themselves.
While it is known that no direct offer of a
cabinet place has been rendered to any one,
there are certain circumstances which point
with nearly equal certainty in particular di.
rections. Gen. Gas. has not received an inyi
tation for the Premiership but his appoint
ment ia now considered as much of fixed
fnct, as If he were already installed at the
Department Of State. Whether this mark
Of favor he intended as a compliment to the
age or ability of The venerable Senator from
Michigan has not yet transpired-probsbly it
may be aimed at both. The office is not one
to he coveted at any time Of life, and though
Gen. Cass is still hale and vigorous, after hav.
ing passed the allotted days of the psalmist.
he will find, as ancient Mr. Richie, with
great originality, said, "pubic Office is no
bed Of roses" Mr.. Buchanan has pretty
good idea himself that, il there are roses
: about such honors, there are also thorns; and
therefore when he does invite him, as the pro
phetic King Charles told his lord keeper
North, when he delivered the great seal to
that Statesman-"Here, my Lord, take it;
you will find it heavy"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

SAD HIsroRY-The Troy Times tells n sad
story of the destruction of young and lovely
woman, by intemperance. A few months
since, a young lady Of one of,he first families
Of that city was married to New York mer.
chant, under circumstances most suspicious
for the happiness ofboth. 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 father of
the young lady has been called upon, within
three months, to mourn the death OF a wife
and daughter by intoxicniion, and a son. once
noble aud manly, whose highest nature had
been perverted bg The same cause.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

TELEGRApH LINE.-We have received a
letter from Nashville in reference to pro.
posed telegraph from Chattanooga to the
Virginia and Tennessee line, ria the East
Tennessee and Georgia and the Fast Ten.
nsssee and Virginia railroads. We shall
have something to say on the subjectas soon
- We ascertain reliable information in regard
TO the parties proposing to build the line.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

HoS. z. ALExAspER.-Several papers con-
tinus to mention this gentleman's name in
connection with thu next canvass for Cover.
nor. We feel authorizedt 10 say, that Judge
Alexander, though not nsensible to the hon.
sn Of the position, could not accept the
nomination II conferred npon him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

tY- A caucus Of Democratic members of
Congress from Virginia, was held at Wash.
ington few days since. They declared Mr..
Bocock, member Of the present Congress,
to be their choice for cabinet officer, il Mr..
Buchanan saw fit to select one from that
State
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19
ATHENS, FRIDAY, DEC. 10, 1855.

To DELIsQussrs.-AlIa accounts due this
stfcs for subscriptions, advertising and job
work must be settled by the LIST of January,
1857, or they will be placed in the hands of
. collecting officer.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

lB- Life in Nicaragua, seems to be death,
to use Hibernianism. Recruits go out in
numbers to Walker, but Death harvests the
most o. 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
uninhabitable for the porking 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

lscovpErEsg WrTEEss.--It is stated that
the Supreme Court Of North Carolina has
confirmed the decision Of Judge Manly,
that members Of the Universalist Church are
incompetentto testify in Conrts Of Justice,
according TO ihelaws Of that State.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

SAN. A. SMrH.--A letter from a friend
now at Washington, says the Hon. Sam. A.
Smith is to have an appointment abroad un.
der the new administration. We hope Il may
90 turn out-for the sake Of brace Of dc.
moeratic friends Of ours. who ne dreadfully
nervous lest Col. Smith should again be a
candidate for Congress.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

CONSERVATISM AND Proc REssIoN.-The
Leader, the new Roman Catholic administra.
ton organ at ST. Louis, aludes to the aPro.
gressive Policy" which its political brother,
the Cincinnati Enquirer, pronounces the su.
rest card Of popularity for Mr.. Buchanan's
administration. The Leader says tersely,
that Progressive Policy means Cuba, Mica.
rngua, New Grenada, and good slice of any
thing handy for our side"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

A RARE CHARAcTER.-A biographical no.
tlce, in Boston paper, o: lawyer lately
deceased, terminates as follows:
Ale never delayed an honest claimant in
obtaining his just claim, and never aided
dishonest man in prosecuting m unjust de.
demand"
This is high praise for member of tho
legal profession, but We fear the good man
must have had very few clients and very lit
tie business.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

FINANCES OF PssSsYLvASA.-,I'ne re-.
ceipts into the State Treasury OF Pennsylva-
MIA, during the year ending the s0th ut.,
amounted to s6,659,729, and the expendi.
lures TO s6,377,i49, leaving a balance Of
Sl,2i4T95.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

QUICK WoRK.-The steamer Atlantic was
boarded outside Of Sandy Hook, on Tues
day last, the main points of her news dis
patched by carrier pigeons to the Hook, from
whence it was telegraphed to New York,
and then to New Orleans, where, il is stated,
il wns published one hour before the steamer
arrived up at her wharf at New York.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

W Rumors are aHoat affecting the sol.
vency Of the Northern Bank of Mississippi.
Don't know anything about it-no eircula.
ton in East Tennessee.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

JACOB LlTTLE.-We find the following
paragraph upon the great failure Of Jacob
Little, New York, in late number of the
Tribune
"Mr. Jacob Little, we believe, is very re-.
spectacle citizen; but gambling is gambling,
whether carried on in the brokers' shops in
Wall street or in negro oyster cellars in Lit
lie Water street. There is difference be-
tween betting pennies on the turn of a card
and hundreds Of thousands of dollars on the
rise or fall of stocks; but il is difference of
reputsbility rather than of principle. In one
respect the advantage is decidedly in favor of
the oyster cellar: the gambler there bets mo.
ney that he actually possesses and very pos
sibly has earned; If he loses he pays, and is
very thankful that the police let him alone;
but the Wall street gambler bets hundreds
of thousands Of dollars-no one knows how
many-that he has not and never had: so if
he wins and the loser can pay, he is compli.
mented rs a sagacious and successful opera
tor, and buys a couple of blocks of stores
with the proceeds; while il he loses and can't
pay, he simply stops and let's the winners
whistle for their money. 1t is n skinning
game; wherein il is mutually agreed that the
knife shall not cut the bone. That is its best
aspect"
The Mirror Of the same date, says of Lit
ties failure:
"Ils liabilities are said to be magnificent,
running into millions; and his assets are al
most, If not quite, equally sublime. A turn
in the tide will again float him buoyantly up.
on the sea of speculation" \ IS
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

The LATEST RAILROAD SMASH UP-The
newest Railroad horror, is the collision on
the Cleveland and Pittsburgh road, at ALI
anee, 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 was
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 hesta-
ton in saying that, the engineer who would
"dash nlong'-as the engineer of the Cleve-
land and Pittsburgh train did, at the rate of
thirty miles an hour, with a steam engine.
towards junction." after dark, is very fit
man to be hanged, or sent to the madhouse.
The dispatches say he has absconded, and
has not been seen since the collision, and the
inference is. that he is not insensible 10 the
punishment his recklessness has incurred
lie is wholesale murderer, wherever and
whoever he is, and it devolyes on the Direc-
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 "behind
time" Nearly all of these frightful massa-
cres of late, have come from being "behind
time." When train is behind time, no railroad
ought 10 be considered safe that has not the
means of informing trains coming in the OPP
Poste direction, on the same track, of the
fact. There is no excuse for not doing this.
If there is no electric telegraph, there are, or
ought to be, signals plenty.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

GEN. HAsKELL.-The Memphis Eagle says
Gen. WIN. T. Haskell is spoken of in TINT
region as the American candidate for Cover.
nor Al the ensuing election.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

PREACHER FisED.-At n recent term Of
the Johnson county (Mo.l Circuit Court a
fine Of $500 was imposed on minister Of
the gospel for marrying couple, the fe.
male being under age.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

AUGUSTA SMOKE HoUsE.-Our CONNER
cal correspondent at Augusta, J. A. Ansley,
General Commission and Produce Merchant,
has erected extensive smoke houses for the
purpose of receiving pork in salt, and smoke
ing it. He claims that the saving in ship
ing salt over the usual mode will more than
pay the cost of smoking, and the meat will
be more merchantable by one to three cents
per pound,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19


CABINET SPEcULAfIoSs.-The Northern
political press of all parties, and Washington
correspondents Of all stripes, continue to
furnish ready made cabinets for Mr.. Buchau.
an. As an item of public gossip we copy
the following from Washington letter to the
New York Herald, o: the 18th inst;
While Mr.. Buchanan has carefully avoided
saying who will compose his Cabinet. M in
deed he has determined the maiter.l vet an
opinion prevails amongst leading politicians
here that the Cabinet vii! certainly include
Gov. Johrson, of Georgia; Mr.. Hunter, of
Virginia; ex-Gov. Brown of Tennessee; Mr..
Dodge, Of Iowa, now Minister to Spain; Mr..
Hallett, Of Massachusetts; and Mr.. John w.
Forney, Of Penn. This CABINET would not
be obnoxious to any portion of the party, and
at the same time it would only include men
of moderate views. Governor Johnson is a
gentleman of ability, and is fully competent
to fill 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

Hos. Jso. II. CRozIsR.-We have Il from
reliable source that this gentleman will be
the democratic candidate for Congress, at the
next slection,in the Second District, now so
ably represented by Col. VIM. II. Sneed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

H A bottle was dug up at Tayorsville,
KY, last week and found to contain S40,.
600 old United States Bank notes, believed
10 DO genuine.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

WASHINGTON, Dec. lin the House to-
day, Messrs. Quitman, Orr, Keitt and McMul-
len, made speeches repudiating the idea Of
Squatter Sovereignty, as interpreted by Cen.
Cass. The latter (McMuIlen) spoke in be-
half of the Delegation from Virginia.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-19

TPresentations are becoming common.
The captain Of n canal boat out West, has
just been presented with a service of--6ve
years IN the penitentiary in consideration OF
the distinguished ability with which no
plundered passenger and kicked him over
hoard
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
or eighteen degrees Of latitude, with gen.
orally an excellent climate.