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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04
President Of The STATE Council.
IMPORTANT IF TRUE.-The New Yorl

IMPORTANT IF TRUE.-The New York
Posts Paris correspondent writes:
"Marsha Pclissicr demands permission to
evacuate the Crimea forthwith. He declares
that it is impossible to continue operations
on account of the want OF water for the
horses of the army. The Russians have poi.
soned the wells, and he asks what is the use
of keeping an army of 100000 men shut up
in their intrenchments! 1t will be sufficient
to leave garrisons ut four or five points, but
there is much fear here in regard to the moral
effect of an evacuation Of the Crmra.
The matter is still undecided. 1t is proba-
Bile, however, that the advice of Marshal Pc.
lisser will be adopted. 1t is also said that
England wishes next spring to undertake
alone the maritime expedition against Cron.
stradi, rcserving to herself, however, of de.
manding the aid Of an army for disembarka.
tion in case of necessity.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE This
body adjourned Sine die one the evening OF
the 18th inst. The bill to give the election
of the Presidential electors TO the people was
lost. The bill relating TO the Imprisonment
of negro seamen was not reached. The bill
to prevent non-residents from hunting oi
ducking in the State was passed. Nothing
was done in relation to the affairs of Kansas
A meeting of the members of the Lcgis
ature, called to appoint delegates to the Gin,
cinnati Convention J. did not net for the wan,
of time, but it is said that over fifty Of the
members are in favor of having the State
represented in the Democratic National Con
yrntOn.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

PREsIDEHT's MESSAGE WHATS IN THE
WIND Now.-The National lntclligenccr, in
commenting upon the deplorabe delay in the
organization of the House of Representa-
tives, says:
From the disclosures which took place in
the course of last month of the complicated
state of our relations with England, and the
critical nature of unadjusted matters between
the two governments, there is room to infer
that the pent up national erpose of the exc
cutiye is of far more than ordinary impor-
tancc; and during the inability ofcongress to
receive tho communication and to take such
cognizance as may be proper of our foreign
affairs, tho executive may, by force of circum-
stances, be drifting into difficulties which the
national legislature, if made aware Of them,
might enable them to avoid. The very fact
of the unsusal and scrupulous care taken to
keep the message secret until it is laid before
Congress, strengthens the probability OF It's
unsusal Importance. 1t is therefore, most
earnestly to be hoped that the House will
put an end to the idle ceremony on which
almost three weeks have been spent, and see
to the state of public affairs. Much further
delay may be iraught with the gravest con
sequences.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

BROKE Her RBs.-A very singular oc.
currencc has happened, and occasioned much
talk, i'll an adjacent county. Some time
since, preacher, and most excellent man,
became much concerned on accoun of the
spiritual condition OF one of his female flock,
II very exemplary lady, huggcd her so zeal.
ously that he broke her RIDES! BY judicious
treatment she WAS set all right. Lately when
the husband returned home, he found that
the reverend gentleman had again been there,
and again broke his wifes ribs! We are
assured that these things have actually oc.
Cured, strange rs they seem, and the parties
are of the highest ectability.-Bardstopn
(Ky) Gazette.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

CAUSE AND EFFEcT.--The Empress Eu-
gene expects to present the French nation
with an heir to the throne; so the ladies' OF
the French Court wear hoops; so the French
haul ton wear hoops; so the American ladies
hoops. 1t is to be hoped they will enjoy this
conreniem and grand contour until ihe event
takes place, when the ladies' Of the French
Court will subside, the ladies' Of the French
haut ton will SuJSide, and the American ladies
will SubSidc.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04
PROCLAMATION.

NASHVILLE, Dee. Goth, 1865.
To The Councils Of The american Party IN
each Congressional District Of Tennessee:
1t is hereby ordered that you open and hold
an election for II delegate to represent your
Congressional District in the National Council
to meet in Philadelphia on the 18th of Feb.
ruary, 1856, and the National nominative
Convention on the 22d of February.
The polls will be opened on the lst of JAN
uary, and the vote will be declared and an.
nouuccd on the Goth day of January.
1t is hoped this duty will be promptly at.
tended to, as it is all important that full re.
presentation shall be had in those bodies.
WM. B. CAMPBELL,
presidpuI of The State ('OUucn
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

s-Ts- The election Of n permanent Speaker
has not always been regarded as necessary
preliminary TO the organization of Congress.
A case in point occurred in 1899, when MIR.
Garland, the Clerk, refused TO accept the ere.
dentials of the members from New Jersey
when they were presented with tho broad
seal of the State attached. Wranglng and
confusion rcigned for number of days, and
the House was finally organized on a motion
that Mr.. Adams of Massachusetts be consid
cred Speaker until irregular election could be
had. TIs Boston Courier gives the follow
ing account of the matter:
"John Quincy Adams was then II member
of the House Of Representatives. lie remain
ed quietly at his seat and listened to the pend
ing turmoil with what patience he could, and
said nothing. At last, however, the patience
of the old man was exhausted, aud rising
hastily from his chair, he poured forth II
strain of burning, withering cloquencc, which
reached every mans heart. He appealed to
the represeH'fsiiSl Doi1npcay il they were
prepared to submit O. s0lT Il state ~ things
If they were willing to submitto tie dir-a-
tion ard control of II mere CIerk--a daily
stipendiary of Congress!
"Ihe old man had scarcely taken his seat
before Robert BarnweI Rhett of South Car
Olina arose, and moved that John Quincy
Adams of Massachusetts, be elected Speaker
till a regular Speaker is elected This mo.
ton was nearly unanimously adopted, and the
House of that day was organized, and we niay
hope that some similar movement may be
mace today" .... .........
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

saS By recent statement showing the
condition of the Banks of Illinois, it appears
that the circulation of these Banks on the
3Oth of November, was S3,l46,4l4, and that
to secure that issue, there were on deposit
stocks having par voue of $3,754,257,2O
or surplus of security of $6O7,s43,2O, an
excess oinearly 20 per cent, upon the amount
of issue.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

A STAMPEDE OF LADIEs.-At Bouonge,
during the reception of her Majesty,a number
of English ladies, in their anxiety to SEQ
everything, pressed with such force against
the soldiers who were keeping the line, that
the latter were, in some instances, obliged to
give way, and generally werc-to use the
expression of our poleccmen-"impede in
tho execution of their duty. The officer in
command seeing the state of affairs shouted
out: "One roll of the drum, then if they don't
keep back, kiss them ALL" At the first sound
from the parchment, the English ladies' took
fright. "lf they had been French" says
Partisan journalist, "they would have re.
manned to Il woman"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

rB~ The President has appointed, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate,
Frank Roulhac, Surveyor of the Customs at
Hickman, Kentucky; and w. Irving Crandall,
Surveyor of the Customs at Chattanooga,
Tennessee.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04
DECLARATION OF IYDEpENDENcE.-AWa

DECLARATION OF FIHDEpENDENCE-AWa
ington letter TO the New York Herald says {:
"There is remarkable whisper going the
rounds, that the original Declaration of In
dependence had been stolen. This, il so,
was done some months ago, by getting it CO.
pied fac sinic, and exchanged in the night
by some of the watchmcn. There are six
employed, who take turns in being upon
guard, and the supposition is that some of
them have opened the case with false key,
: taken out the parchment from its frame aud
Substituted the counterfeit. This could only
lhave been done by those who have the entry
Of the building.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

srTIt is reported that ten thousand copies
of Longfellow's 'Hiawatha' have already been
sold, and that the demand is unabated. No
other volume of American poetry has ever
had such a run in so short n time.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

,y-It is said that majority of the mem.
bers of the Missouri Legislature claim their
per diem for the whole of the recesses which
that body has taken, one extending from the
9TH of March to the Sd of April, and the 9th
er from April 4th to November 4ih, making
together nearly seven months. The State
Auditor refuses to draw warrant for the
money, and ease has been agreed upon for
the decision of the Supreme Court.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

PoLlTIclANs.-"As for politicians" says
John Smith, Jr., in letterto the Daily News,
"there is not one in the world who, as pol.
itician in practice, would depend upon for
m hour--whom would believe on his oath.
Your well-schooled politician have always
found a well-schooled scoundrel."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

LETTING Pussy OUT OF THE PILLow CASE
The N. Ii. Patriot and other Nebraska or
gans, are publishing letter of General
Pierce to "Jemmy Rix," written last Decen.
Der, which compelled Governor Baker to
leave the Know Nothngs or be "thrown
over" Won't the same papers please pub
llsh the letter Of Caleb Gushing, written the
September previous, advising Baker To go in.
to the order, and thus secure u Democratic
Concord Dem.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

eB- DR.. Oliver w. Holmes Grafton before
the New England Society, New York, on the
night of the oist, created great sensation
lie denounced the Aboltionsts of New Eng.
land in good round terms as "trators to the
Union," and was hissed, which was met by
repeated rounds of applause. He also de-
nounced the Maine Liquor Law as remnant
of puritan intolerance and fanaticism.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

According to the official abstract, four
thousand six hundred and ten deaths of con-
sumption occurred in Massachusetts during
the year 1854, of whom one thousand nine
hundred and three were males, and two
thousand seven hundred and seven females. a
preponderencc on the part of the latter of
seven hundred and Hinety.four.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

Nor AMIss.-A humorst tho other day
remarking upon dispute pending between
the teetollars and the Jolly full bottles,''
terms it the "war Of the Red and White
noses"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

SHOCKING CRUELTY.-We have to record,
says the Portland Advertiser, on the 5Ih inst
one of the most violent manifestations OF
fiial ingrattude that ever came under our no.
tice. Mr. Longfelow, fresh from the Indian
country, says that warrior having got "ve.
ry angry" .........-
'Seized his grandmother and threw her
Up into the sky at midnight,
Right against the moon he threw her;
'Tis her body you see there'
Grim njbbewawanasealoola the deputy she.
riff of the tribe, was on track Of the villain
at last accounts.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

sB Judge Douglas, tits said, will not
arrive in Washington till spring, as he has
gone to 10 Cleveland to try the water cure
lie is suffering under severe liberation of
the throat.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

Icy Judge s. Ii. Stuart, one Of the city
Judges in New York, and who has recently
undergone severe trial for corruption in Of
fee, for which he was acquitted, has resign
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

N- To be thrown upon ones own re-
sources, is to be cast upon the very lap Of
fortune, for our faculties undergo develop
mept, and display an energy of which they
were previously unperceptable.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

sYy- But little reliance can be placed in
the many rumors of a cessation OF hostities
in the Eastern war. The prospect of peace
is MS remote as ever.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04
.Yy-A correspondent furnishes the follow.

sY A correspondent furnishes the follow
ing report of conversation which recently
took place in store in Boston. lie says:
An innocent and pure.mindcd Jonathan,
in warm argumct with John Bull on our
national Institutions, was endeayoring TO floor
his antagonist, who had sneerngly remarked
that fortunately the Americans couldn't go
farther than the Pacific shore" Yankee
searched his pregnant brain for an instant,
and triumphanily replied, "Why, good gra.
cous, they're already leying the Rocky
Mountains and cartng the dirt out West:
had letter from my cousin last week, who
is living two hundred miles west of tho Pa
cic shore, on made land"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

r45" John A. Winston, was inaugurated
as Governor Of Alabama, for the second term
at Montgomery, on the 28th ult.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

eY- Kansas, as bounded by its organic
law, extends to the Rocky Mountoins, 700
miles from the Missouri river. 1t is about
100 miles from north to south.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04
Sl3,52

The increase in the estimates TO. the ma
rine corpsis s35OOOO, which is proposed TO
be appropriated for the erection of barracks
at Boston, Brooklyn, Gosport, and Pensacola.
The estimates under other heads of appro-
preparation are not materially different from
the appropriations for the current fiscal year.
The estimates for the army are as follows:
Army proper el2,l2324S
West Point Academy, 1884
Fortitications, ordinances, &c. 2,730,3I9
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

The Macon (Miss.) Beacon, of the 10Th
announces the death of George II. Foote,
Esq, distinguished lawyer and polti,ian Of
that State.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

eg- Fashion is the race of the rich to get
away from the poor who follow as fast as
they can.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04
BY SAM. ?. WINS.



THE POST Is published every Friday at 81 per year
payable In advance, 49, IL payment Is delayed until
.he expiration Of the year.
Advertisements will he charged 81 per square
of IL lines less for the first nsero and 40 cents for
each continuance. liberal deduction made to those
who advertise by the year eP Persons sending adver-
tisenens mark the number Of times they desire
them inserted, they will be continued until forbid and
charged accordingy.i&.
Yor announcing the names Of candidates for office, IS,
Cash.
Obituary notices 2 lines, charged athe regular
advertising rates. .
All communications intended to promote the private
ends interests Of Corporations, Societies. Schools or
individuals, will be charged as advertisements.
Job Work, such as Pamphlets Minutes, circulars,
Cards. Hanks Handbils &C., will be executed In good
style, and on reasonable terms. 80
letters Addressed to the Proprietor, post paid viii
be promptly attended to.
Persons at distance sending us the names Of four
Sovent subscribers, will be entitled to fifth copy gratis
No communication inserted unless accompanied by
tie name of the author.
sS- ONCE on Main street. next door to the old Jack
son Hotel.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

ARMY AND NAVY EsTIMATEs.--The fol.
lowing abstract Of estimated naval eypcndi-
lures for the fiscal year ls56-57 shows the
progressive importance of that arm of the
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

80 The Hartford (Md) Madisonian has
raised the flag of Fillmore and Houston for
President and Vice President.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

e4y- Plato inculcates this preeept; DO
thine own work, and know thyselE
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

A SLIGHT DIrFEREYcE..-The State OF
Massachusetts is about to build an insane
hospital at northampton, and advertise for
proposals. Tha highest was $s25,OOo-thc
lowest Sl5O,oOO. Somebody meant to make
or lose considerable money, if both are right
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04
".Alas, for love, IL this be all,
And nought beyond, on earth !"

Born RHYME AND REAsoN.-The Sandus.
ky Register turns the crank OF its poetry mn.
chine, and sends forth the following delicious
and seasonable sentiments:
Like the breath of the lilly, so sweet and
so stilly do smiles of kindness make the heart
glad Fral is the flower, but great is her
power to cheer the lonely and soothe the sad.
The smiles of beauty, to do full duty, should
beam on the sinful, the sick, the distressed;
nor all their brightness be poured on the
lghtness OF butterfly hatterers' sparkin crest
and followed breast.
The voice of sweetness is music's complete.
ness, whenwords of kindness, by beauty spo.
ken, breathe hope to the signing, peace to
the dying, and faith to hearts by misfortune
broken. Not in halls of splendor, where
praises attend her, mid whisperings tender,
does her voice sound sweetest to Heaven
above: the "sphere OF woman" more angelic
than human, is the circle of Charity, Faith
and Love-how sweetit sounds to the heaven
abovc--Charity, Faith and Love-"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

g9E-A distinguished but thrifiless barris-
ter, whose furniture, library, and other proper
ty was being sold out for about the third
time, upon being aceosted with genuine SYM
pathy of friend, replied with enviable phi
losophy, l"Salnpson Was strong, and Solomon
was wise, but neither could pay money if
hey did not hare IL"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

LENGTH OF THE MIssIssIPpI.-Th Boston
Transcript gives the total length of the Mis-
sissippi and all its tributaries as fifty.one
thousand miles, which smore than twice the
equatorial circumference of the earth.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

~" 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
she said she did not want to be rch--all
she wanted was enough to make her com.
fortable.' | went to work and cleared up my
land. I've worked hard ever since-and have
got rich-as rich as want to be. Most of
my children have settled about me, and have
good farms. But my wife amt comfortable
yet.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04
LIST OF THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

LIST OF THE MEMBERS OF. CONGRESS.
That our readers may be enabled to under.
stand the composition of the present Congress,
we publish a list Of the names of members
and their term Of service, which we would
advise every one to preserve for future refer.
ence: .. l.s,... %. ,...r
THIRTY FOURTH coNaREss.
Term commenced Friday March 4, 1855, and
terminates March 3, 1857. First Session
met December 8, 1855. ,.ee "a.
Co.. 81 SENATE
The Senate consists Of two Senators from
each State There are thirty. one States rep.
resented by sixty-two Senators. . .e-s
President, Jesse ID. Bright.
Secretary, Ashbury Dickens.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

;ag- Col. Daniel Jeniier, of Maryland, died
on Tuesday last, at his residence in Charles
county.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

.-Sy- In the City Court, ,NlobiIe,on Wcdnes-
day last, Sarah Bcasley was found guilty of
murder in the first dcgre, with the penalty of
being confined in the pententary for life
It will be remembered that her husband was
sentenced to be hung few days since on
the same charge, on the first of February, for
the same crime.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

.7s- The Shelbyvile Banner says that
Wells, the rowdy, who in drunken freak
shot gentleman named Inflow, at Shelbyvile,
Indiana, some months ago, woundipg him
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 it
Is cheap enough
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

COMING DowN.-rhe Ogdensburgh Senti-
mel of the llth instant says that flour fell in
that village last week about rs cents per
barrel. After the last vessel cleared from
Chicago wheat fell there to $l.30 per bushe.
The country is full of all kinds of produce,
aud there is no cause to keep up the high
nri,os
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

DEATH OF AVETERAN.-"Father Bradley
venerable Baptist clergyman, eied 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,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

0NTThe liberal man gains the respect, es
teen and good will, Of all, except the envi'
Gus. People take pleasure in promoting his
interest And thus he advances his fortune
by contributing to the wants of others.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

AN ERROR CoRREcTEp.--Mr.J Jonas Crane,
of Luray, Page county, Virginia, writes to the
Editor of the Alexandria Sentinel, stating
that it WAS not his brother, James NJ. Crane,
who WAS executed for murder in California
This latter gentleman published a paper some
years ago ut Richmond, and is now engaged
in the editorial management of the 'Cailornia
Weekly Journal" 1t WAS J. V. Crane, from
Lexington, Kentucky, who was executed in
California and left Il wife and four or five
children near Lexington. Mr.. Crane, formerly
of Richmond, never was married, and, from
the statements of those who know him. is not
the sort Of man to get into unlawful scrapes
or to commit murder. His friends will be
happy to read this contradiction of what
seemed to them at first blush very improba.
bic story.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

~" Nelson Handy, an Indiana farmer,
being confined in jail week, on the charge
of passing $5 counterfeit bill, was brought
up on writ of habeas corpus and discharged
the bill proving TO be genuine! We do not
learn that the State afforded him any redress.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-01-04

There are now four vacancies in the Senate,
the terms of Messrs. Atchison, of Missouri
Petit, of Indiana, Cooper, of Pennsylvania,
and Quinn, of California, having expired on
the 4th OF March, 1855.