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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-26
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,PmnAprLrurA, Dec. 1.-THE steam ship
City Of Baltimore, Capt. X. Leitsh. Of the Liv.
erpool and Philadelphia steam ship line. has
arrived with sdvices from Liverpool to the
Sd inst,
Northumberland has agreed TO the re-.
assembling Of the Paris Congress, which will
soon meet. ,'--'.'-ss.sa '.s'.a,.'-i
The London Post says II Russia persists in
asking conference, II can only result in con.
fusion and diplomatic defeat, for all the 9th.
er Powers are prepared to maintain the abso.
lutte spirit and meaning Of he very text of
the treaty.
There are rumors Of the dissolution Of the
British Ministry. ......
George B. Mathew, late H. D. N. Consul
at Philadelphia, from which post he was dis
missed, and formerly at Charleston, 8. c.,
has been appointed to the same office at
Odessa. f" ..
PRussrA.-Ths King Of Prussis made q
speech at the opening Of the Prussian Chan.
cellors using the strongest language relative
to enforcing the claims on Neufchatcl. =
IrALY.-An insurrection has taken place
near Palermo, under Baron Bentrenda, with
FIVE thousand six hundred men. Troops were
sent to d,perse them. No fighting as yet.
WASHINGTON, Dec. ls.-The Presidents
message is still under consideration. Mr..
jones, Of Tennessee thought the Presidents
strictures on the Republican party perfectly
proper and eminently truthful. He hoped
the Supreme Court would decide favorable
to the South in the case now under consider.
alton. But thought that the decision would
end the slave controversy. and would bow
subn,sssively to what ever the decision might
be. He considered squat,er sovereignty The
grentest Of all political humbugs, that phrase
had been attributed to Csss. but II was first
used derisively by Calhoun. He read ex
tracts from several Republicans to prove
them to be laboring for the eventual extin.
guishment Of slavery within States. Spoke
Of Seward advertising his speeches ms having
been printed by Redfeld. Mr.. Jones had NO
relish for that kind Of literature and did not
purchase copy. Mr.. Seward promised to
give him, or any Senator who would read it,
. copy. Jones accepted the offer, provided
be were not required to carry the work home
for that might get him into the Penitentiary.
Excessive laughter.1 Wade--"It seems then
that YOU have no freedom in the South y
Jones-"We have no such freedom 40 per.
mits people to 60 there and ineite insurrec
lions among slaves, and cause them to muir
der our wives and children" Jones referred
to Hale. who had defended his oppinion or
higher law. This colloquy caused great mer
riment. Wilson then obtained the floor
and the Senate adjourned.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-26

TAxE Norlof.-Knock a printers type
dowu-.hen look FORA place to fall on your-
self.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-26

81 Land Warrants are selling ~ WASH
fngtonat 90 cents per acre for iers asd s@s.
90 cents for l2o's
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-26


THs DALros KirrsS.- We fnd the follow.
ing paragraph In the Intelligencsr. Atlanta,
Of the 10th:
We have seen two gentlemen within the
last few days, who had been TO Dalton recent
~, with packages Of Planters q Mechanics
bills. where they we're presented at the count.
or OF the Bank for redemption. Some Of the
bills were signed by Capt. Morris, with his
own hand--others BY an individual ia the
west, said to be duly authorized by the Bank,
to sign bill: for - They were Al repudisted.
Capt Morris cal those with his signature
were genuine, but had been stolen from the
Bank BY Kibbee and Preston, and that he
would not redeem them, and said the western
man had no authority to sign bills for the
Bank; and that thesefore, they would not be
redeemed. We have no comments to make
on this interesting affair.
The same paper contains the following ad
monitoyy notice.
FANCY BAsKIso.-A kitten, Of the wild cat
species, has lately opened its eyes in Balm
bridge, Decatur county, in this State. II !,
located long distance from here-say two
hundred and fifty miles, and our means Of
knowing much about it are Of course limited
but we have been informed that the animal ID
owned principally by an individual lately
connected withs broken bank at Nashville
and, the concern has established an Agency
IN East Tennessee, sixty or seventy miles
above KnoEille, where it 10 flooding the
country with its promises to pay" The
Agency is located nearly cir hundred mile,
from the mother Bank.
Who is the individual lately connected
with broken Bank at Nashville" and where
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of that age are now found in our local fields.
After this came the "Reptilian age" when
there were reptiles larger than whales in the
water; levithan reptiles on land, and flying
reptiles in the air
In each Of these ages there were distinct
creations succeeding to determinations Of pre-
yiously existing life. Through the Surian,
Devonian, Calboniferous, and Reptian ages,
in America-ffeen times at least the seas
were swept Of their species and in the sue
ceeding epoch not species Of the former
occurs" All this occurred during the GjtA
day Of Genesis, according to geologists,
which may have occupied period of more
than million Of our years.
The next epoch, the SifM day, was the ad-
vent Of man, and the more perfect mammals
and Prof Dana asserts with other geologists,
that "the whole plan of creation had evident
reference to Man, as the end and crown of
the animal kngdom' and science has no
evidence that any living species have been
created since his appearance on this globe.
There is no dispute whatever in regard to
the order of creation; gcoogists assert that
the orders of creation described i'll Genesis,
exactly accord with geological science, and
the records of the rocks and Scri pture are
in perfect harmony. The only subject Of
dispute, then, is in reference to the question
of time; there is not, and cannot be- any
conflict between Science and Revelation"
Scientifc American.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

The FIRST KNow-N -NorHINC.-An old Ne
thodist professor, who holds Bunyan's "Pil-
crims Progress" next in his heart to the
Bible, while he looks on Known othingism
as device of the devil to cheat American
mankind out of all the elements of vital and
truly evangelical Christianity it now posses
ses, has found in Bunyan the real founder
Of the family he so reprobates, and accord
ingly sends us the following:
"Much speculation has been INDUCED in
with reference to the original stock, and
from which the present delectable Know
Nothing family sprung. It's origin is not
very honorable, if we are to Judge the family
by the company in which it is found. Bun
van makes mention Of old grandmother
''Know nothing" in his "Pilgrim's Progress
thus: ''But when Timerous was got home
to her house, she sends for some of her neigh
bors, to-wit: Mrs. Batseyes, Mrs. lnconslde-
rate, Mrs Lghtmind and Mrs. Know No
nothing" This was a "counciP' convened
for the purpose Of Christian, the wife Of
Christian, who, with her children, had that
morning started on pilgrimage to the
Celestial City"
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

FURTHER DIrFlcvLTrEs IN MAEIposA-MeXi-
CANS DRIVEN OUT.-On Sunday last, says
the Stockton Republican, we published an
account oft the summary execution Of l'ancho
and his contederates for the murder of Con
way, at Coultcrvlle, ON the ODD inst By a
gentleman who has just arrived from that
vicinity, we learn that all the Meyicans and
Chilenos residing there have been driven out,
and some eight or ten killed. Our informant
was unable to state particulars, but informs
us that the unfortunate creatures were COM
PEELED to leave everything behind them and
flee for their lives.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10
Personal appearance Of Admiral Napier
In the House of Commons, as drawn by q

IN lne HOUSE Oh NOiuilOI!S, us dlitWH " II
correspondent of the San Francisco Bulletin:
''You must not, however conjure up any of
the popular notions Of the heroic in connec-
ton with the ''rum old Commodore" now
Admiral, for Napier by no means comes up
to the poetic standard Of excellence, either
in person or manner. Imagine a square
built, beef and pudding faced old man, stand
ing about five feet seven, empbatically in his
shoes, for he never wears boots. His trow-
sers belong to the period Of his school boy
days, to Judge by their shortness and tight
ness. His waistcoats are shabby and washed
out Of color. His coat to match, always Of
the kind called cut-awav,-the whole t0ut
enscam6le conveying the impression of
small farmer in INDECENT circumstances, or of
cheesemonger or butterman in small way.
When he speaks, he projects his head in
stiff, bull necked sort of fashion--tEat same
stiffness being probably the effect Of the rifle
ball bestowed upon him by one of the sharp
eyed Yankees, who contrived to take him
right in the nape in that shabby affair on
the Potomoc in 1914.
Tie same writer draws a lively picture Of
the curiosity of The Royal Vie and her chill
dren.
Speaking of the ruins of the Covent Gar
den Opera House he says: | Glanced to be
present when our little Iiege lady paid her
visit to the smoking ruins: and could not but
remark how genuine q daughter of old moth
er Eve Vic. is, Notwithstanding all the tram
mels of state conyentonality and the restra-
ints of aristocratic breeding. There was no
small amount of danger in the position her
curiosity had led her to occupy, for the walls
surrounding her were of immense altitude,
and their foundation anything but secure, so
that she might have paid for the gratifca-
ton she sought The Princess Royal, as
might be expected, seemed even more anXions
than her mamma to see all that was to be
seen, and manifested just as lively a desire to
be at the bottom Of the whole affair, as
would any other young lady of the most un
sophisticated bringing up. In fact, rather
incline TO the notion that the royal young
sters have sometimes more than an average
share Of curiosity, and less than the average
amount of restraint upon it. In 1861, used
frequently to see them in the Crystal Pal
ace Of a morning before the public admis-
sion began, and was much amused at times
to notice their dads attempt at instruction
on some of the objects exhibited completely
frustrated by their attempt to solve the mys-
terry of what was under the table, after motto
ing at glance what was on it. Down the
whole bevv of them would 90 on their knees,
and unheedng the fastenings that stood in
the way, each would contrive to tear up as
much of the velvet or calico, as would allow
of peep underneath; whereat Albert would
sagely shake his bald pate, with a significance
that bespoke his conviction Of the truth OF
what is said in regard to placing old heads
on young shoulders and would pass on most
phiosophcaly, to something else
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

The Cow CREEK WAR-We learn from
the Shasta papers that the Indian disturbance
on Cow Creek, in that county, has ceased
The Indians have formed temporary rende-
vous in the neighborhood of Maj. Reddngs'
The whole disturbance which resulted IN
the death of over thirty Indians, was occasion
ed by one or two bad Indians, and not prop
erv ascribable to the tribe
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

REsToRArIoN OF THE KINGDoM OF PoLAND
The New York Evening Post contains let
ter from st. Petersburgh, which states that
the Emperor of Russia has positively declred
his intention of being crowned King of Po-
land at Warsaw, in May next, and that a
government is to be established for Poland,
and the constitution substantially received.
Pshaw! State Jonrndt
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

New BoNDs.--Ida Vanard, after the jury
in her case was discharged, being unable to
agree, gave new bonds in the sum Of So, ,000,
with Messrs. Sanders and Lockett as sureties
and the case was postponed till next term.
State Journal
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

Gov. PnIcE.-of New Jersey, is on trial
in the L. S. Court at Trenton on a charge of
detalcation to the Government, while pur-
ser in the Navy, in the sum Of SIT SlS. 1t
is rather singular case and WAS brought
into the canvass when Mr.. Price was candi-
date for Governor. 7. S-Thc jury in this
case have rendered a verdict in favor Of the
defendant for Sl05 80 against the L. s. GOV
crnmcnt leaving #75, 900 to be adiudcated
by Congress, which could not be legally set
teN In die suit.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

EscAPE.-Fox, who was recently arrested
in this city by officer Bloomer and carried to
Yreka escaped on Saturday in the ship
Horizont, and is now on his way to Australia,
1t is to be hoped his new home may prove
so attractive, that he will never retnrn.
S. F. Herald.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10
FOR ADVERTISING:

One square of TEN LINES, or more than five, first
insertion $500; each subsequent insertion, $3.50.
For half square of FIVE LINES, or less $500; each
subsequent insertion $l,00.
rY> Liberal deductions made to monthly adver-
Users.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

TIE VICTORY AT CmcAGo.--The Demo
cratic victory at Chicago has been much
dwet upon by the Eastern press. 1t is con-
sidered great victory over Know Nothing
ism and Black Republicanisrn, and as being
the shadow of coming events. Chicago, tie
most 0jolent 0ntj-NebyGsAa city IN tie Union,
has cIecied d Democratic Mayor Jy a mq'ori-
Wof 500 r0tcS.
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which have been handsomely Autographed
by Britton & Rey, will be sent to Sacramento
tomorrow and will be issued Immediately.
S. F. Herald.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10
JOB PRINTING.

Large additions have recently been made to the
Job Office, and work of all descriptions VIII De
executed in superior manner.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

DURABILITY OF TMBER.-A most singular
example Of the durability of timber in wet
state, is found in the piles Of the bridge built
by the Emperor Trajan over the river Dan
ube. One Of the piles was taken up and
found to be petrifed on the surface to the
depth of about three-fourths Of an inch; be-
meath this the wood preserved its original
state, though sixteen hundred years had
alarsed since they were driven
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TERMS:

Subscriptions invariably in advance. For one
YEAR $500; six months 81 90; three months 81 so;
one month 81 90; single copies, twenty five cents.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

A man named Hunter has been fined
81 900 and forfeited SIX slaves, at New Orleans
for selling them in such manner as to sep
crate mother and child, contrary to the laws
of Louisiana
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

SrEAMBoArING on THE WESTERN WATERS:
The number of steamboats, on the Ohio
and Mississippi in 1851 was 6l0,with II 4l2
men as crews; in 1855, the number was 737
steamboats, and IA, ,894 men as crews. OF all
the steam vessels employed in the United
States, nearly half are on the rivers of the
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

Could NOT AcRDE.-Tho jury in the Ida
Vanard case having been locked up all night
came into Court yesterday and stated that
there was no hope Of them agreeing on YER
dict. The Court being satisfied Of that fact
DISCHARGED them State Journdi
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

THE BRITISH GovERNMENT-ha sequest-
cred Dude with its four millions of inhabi
tants. If such an act Of territorial aggres-
sion had been performed by the United
States, there would have been an universal
outcry against our fIibusterism. When the
people of the United States want to enlarge
their territory instead Of fibustering, as in
India, they honestly pay for it. They gave
fifteen millions Of dollars for Louisiana,
five millions for Florida, about twenty millions
for California and N. MexiCAL. ten mill
ions for the Mesilla Valley. In addition to
this, they gave the inhabitants of the acquir-
ed territory a free and better government
than they possessed before the exchange.
This is the difference between American an
nexation and the British sequestration.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

SAN MArEo CouNTy.-Quite a number of
our citizens have recently become residents
of this new county, and it may be satisfac-
ton to the people down there to know that
their county officers won't go begging.
TOUn Talk
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

san FRANclsco AND MISSION RAILROAD
The work on the San Francisco and Mission
Railroad was commenced some ten days ago.
At a meeting Of the stockholders, held on
Tuesday evening, John Mckee was chosen
President of the Company.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

A German Astronomer says thatin twenty
millions Of years from now the earth will be
destroyed by aconet, Stand from under
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

REMOVALS AND APPOINTMENTS. - Gov.
johnson has removed Messrs. J. b. Bristow
and w. Cornell Jcwett and appointed Messrs
Orrn Bailey and J. " Finley to fill the va
cancies, as Notaries Public in San Francis
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

FEDERAL ApPo1NTMENrs.-The Secretary
of the Interior has appointed to the Clerk
ship of the Pension Bureau, Mr. James H.
Keilar, of California (temporary)at $1,000
per anum.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

Judge Sweet is engaged in geological
survey of the mountain ranges OF the Pacific
coast, in the northern part OF the State.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

TIE LOST EsrELL BoND.--We received a
letter, yesterday, says the state Tri6"ae,
from Hon. Lansing Stout, stating that when
the bill to abolish the Offices of the State
Prison Directors WAS introduced into the
Assembly, committe, consisting OF Messrs
Lamon, Stout, and Brunton, was appointed to
examine as to whether the passage OF the bill
would have the effect to release the sureties
Of Cen Estel's bond. Mr.. Stout asserts that
the committee had the bond before them,
and his impression is that Mr.. Brunton gave
il to the Clerk of the Assembly along with
their report. The Clerk cannot find it among
his papers. Col Whitman, the Controller,
regarding the bond as lost, has drawn up a
new one, to which Gen. Escll is now getting
sureties 1t will be submitted and filed in a
day or two
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

BUTTE COUNTY SEAr.-The county Seat OF
Butte county is changed to Oroville,
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

Archbishop Allemany administered the
rites of confirmation at Sonoma last Sunday
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

THEY STILL L1vE-A semi annual meeting
of the Know Nothing State Council is to be
held ct Sacramento ON the second Tuesday
in Nav
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

It is certainly a matter of extreme regret
that GOV. Johnson, who in so many instances
has risen above the dirty work of his party.
should allow himself 10 be forced into the
dismissal of Doctor Reid, from his useful
position in connection with the State Insane
Asylum, at Stockton. Surely party proscrip-
ton could have been spared, with such an
office as that held by the Doctor; more par
ticularly, as the medical gentleman is an
AmcricdR, Doctor Reid has filed the office
Of resident physician with signal ability; this
is conceded on all sides. Politically, he is
not prominent, and no charge or complaint
stands against him. So universally is the
gentleman identified with the well-beng Of
the institution, now long nnder his chafge,
and so personality Is he @cceSsory to large
portion Of tie eo9fortandteS there, that con
siderable majority of the Know-Nohings
Themselves resident in Stockton, would have
preferred his continuance in the Hospital
When party prescription bccomesso so violent,
that man having in charge the relcana-
ton Of those who are afflicted with one of
the most dreadful diseases that can befall
poor human nature, must be removed to
crafty its cravings; we almost despair of the
State. Was not the sacred charge held by
DR.. Reid, sufficient to disarm party of its
prescriptions? 1t would appear not. We
do not envy the Governor, his position be-
fore the people in this measure
ColamJia Gazette
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

Convince wise man of his error and ne
will thank you; convince fool, and he will
insulty you.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

Two Of the parties selected as delegates to
thd Republican Convention from San Fran
cisco refused to serve as such.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

DENocRArlc GAIN.--Ihe result Of the
New Hampshire election shows y Democratic
gain of nearly SIX thousand votes since last
year. All will be right there by November
next
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10
VOLUME 4.
THE PLACER HERALD.

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, AT THE OFFICE,
Main Street, Auburn, Cal, Cat the old stand,) by
ARR MITCHELL. JAMES ANDERSON.
MITCHELL & ANDERSON.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

An intelligent correspondent Of the S. f.
Bulletin, writing from Bremen under date of
March 10Th, makes the following remarks
upon the Know-Nothing doctrines, and their
influence abroad:
The scarecrow of Known Nothngisn ap-
pears to vanish by degrees, at least men of
intelligence cannot imagine that party so
contradictory to common sense, humanity
and the articles of your blessed Constitution
will have more than transient existence.
Intelligent Americans will soon acknowledge
(as they have already done in many parts, J
the injustice of it. and the less educated, if
they cannot be brought to that, will at least
be convinced that by carrying through the
obnoxious principles, the country will lose
its greatest source of wealth. The OTHER
governments of the New World, for many
years Jealous of the growth of the American
Republic, are distributing circulars in all
parts of Germany and the Atlantic States,
inviting immigrants to their shores, and
promising bounty lands, citizens rights, and
all the liberties which the Known othings
deny them, always mentioning that now--as
the United States is no country for honest
Europeans to live in--theU rich soil, healthy
climate, mineral wealth, and bounties offered
to immigrants would insure their prosperity.
| am still opposed to all Of them, and re-
commend only the United States, being fully
convinced that the Known othng principles
will not and cannot take roDt in civilized
community. They were eXcusable when eX-
pressed bv the fanatic and ignorant Spanjards
and Portuguese but are wholly ineXplicable
and objectionable in q people that boasts a
Saxon origin. | consider Known Nothingism
a contagious disease, which must work a
while but the patients will soon be cured,
and think with disgust and abhowence Of
their errors, and beware of another infection.
The ports of iavre and Hamburg encoug-
age emigration to Brazil. and agents for
many Colonies and immigration Societies
are endeayoring to persuade people to 90 to
that country. The BGazians are so dosrous
Of hayng German coloniste. that they even
offer, in the public papers, to be content with
the refuse, and take paupers, for whom they
promise to repay the passage money Ii sent
out at the expense OF their parish. Gen.
Walker invites Germans from the Atlantic
States; Nidaurro invites the Germans from
Texas to Mexico; the Costa Rica Government
would like to have few thousands; III New
Granada they have discovered a high table
land, the climate of which is exactly suited
for German farmers; and Peru has an agent
in Germany, who seems to have agreed for
the delivery of ten thousand heads or souls,
The latter country pays their agent s., 400
year, and when the number is complete will
Give him one hundred square leagues Of land.
Chile and Australia are also in the field;
but with the exception Of Brazil there is little
hope for any Of these.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-10

WAR EXpnnlEYcE-Ihe Chancellor Of the
British Exchequer, in a statement made to
Parliament estimate the cost of the two years
war with Russia at f43,594 900, Add to
this sum equal amounts for France, Russia
and Turkey, and we have a total Of $500 600
600 1t will take, perhaps, one thousand mil
lions of dollars to pay all the expense Of the
war