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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

The MURDER MANIA murder trial has
recently taken place at Maidstone, Eng
where the plea of murder memoranda was
set up in behalf Of the prisoner. Society is
deeply indebted to the Judge, Mr.. Baron
Bramwil, for the plsin-spoken way in which,
in his charge to the jury, he demolished this
defence:
aft he understood the meaning of the
term 'homcidd monomania,' it was that n
man entertained the bad desire TO kill anoth.
err and could not control it; and he would
only observe, that if it were to go forth that
any man who killed another would escape
the consequences If he established such n
fact, it would have most dangerous effect
on society; end it appeared to him that the
object of the law was to check such feelings,
and to teach those who were base enough to
entertain them, that certain punishment
would follow if they carried them out. The
real questions they had to consider were
whether the prisoner knew the nature of this
act he was committing, and whether he knew
it was a wrong net; and if so, i; would be
their duty to say that he was guilty."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

W The Legislature of Delaware re cleo
ted Hon. JAMES A. BAYARp MS United States
Senator for six years from the 4ih Of March
next, aud elected Hon. MARTIN w. BATES
for the unexpired term of Hon. JOHN VI.
CLAYToN, dpceased.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

SUICIDE AND ExscUTios-Two men,
named Costlow and Kennedy, were sentenc.
ed to be be hung for murder in New Orleans
on Thursday last. Just previous 10 the hour
set for the execution, Costlow committed
suicide 10 his cell, BY taking some deadly
poison. Kennedy suffered the penalty Of his
crime according to law.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

Leaving TRAcTs.--",Iay l leave a few
tracis~ asked n missionary Of an elderly lady,
who responded TO his knock. "Leave some
trncks-certninly you may" said she, looking
at him most benignly over her spccks; "leas"
them with the heels towards the house, II
Won pleaser
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

B Some Of our exchanges notice money,
plate and other things presented to democra-
tic editors and even to Governors as re-
wards for their services in the late campaign.
The GAINESVILLE Chronicle says. when men
are rewarded for such services, it is time pen.
itentiaries were dispensed with.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

T The Knoxville Tri-Weekly Mercury
has failed TO make it's appearance down this
way for some days past. The last number
that reached US contained the somewhat am
biguous and dubious announcement that the
Junior Of the concern hnd been out sleigh
ing and got sleiced.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

MIXED CoLoRs.-Ths Syracuse (Nsw
York) Standard says "Justice Hurst per-
formed marriage ceremony on Saturday
evening last The bridegroom was q red
headed white man, the bride ,yas n good
looking sqnnw, and the brides. maid was q
genuine African wench.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

ALABAMA AND FLORIDA RAIL RoAp.-The
bill nPpropriating the lands donated BY Con.
glress for constructing that portion Of the Al.
ALBANIA aud Florida Rail Road lying between
Tallahassee md The southern line of Alabama,
has passed both houses Of the Florida Leg
islature.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

tE That "Owed tn the Tennyse River,
studied up while standin on the bank at Mute
Locks Landn and holerin to Black Dan
every onest in while to cum over with the
ferry bote," shall appear next week.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

@The Memphis Morning Bulletin says
There rs quite general influenza prevail.
ing in this city, in the form Of putrid sore
throat, going through whole families and
neighborhooods. We hear of a good many
persons taken down within the past two or
three days.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30
FoRnEY,s DErr.r Nv W..usnrnn-Th

FoRsEY's DEFEAr, IN WAsHIsGroE.-The
correspondent Of the New Yo:k Herald thus
writes:
The result has caused deep impression
upon the minds OF even the most conservative
Southern men. They see in this result a
simple confirmation Of the apprehensions en-
tertaihed in regard to the means used in
Pennsyl vania to carry the Presidential cleo,
ton, and no assurances can shake The liked
impression that the Southern delegates must
fall back as unit upon their reserved rights,
allowing the President elect to follow his
own incllnatons. No doubt there will be a
caucus of the Southern members, or somr-
thing akin to il, for the purpose OF Keeping
aloof from all cabinet combinations. IL is
asserted here with confidence that MIR. Fornev
will be placed either in the cabinet or in
charge OF the government organ. UP TO this
time there has been an unusual amount oil
good will and disposition to compromise
among Southern men. Now they are unani
nous in their determination to leave hothing
more TO an uncertainty. What they before
desired as courtesy, they now demand as a
right. state upon the very best means OF
information, that there is not single States
rights Democrat in Congress who will accept
any Cabinet appointment under MIR. Buchanan,
unless the constitutional platform OF the
party is clearly reflected throughout, so far ms
the South is concerned was told to-day
by an intimate friend of Mr.. Buchanan in the
South, that he had written TO the gentleman
not to accept any place within the gift of the
new President.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

W- The steamer Atlantic brings intelli-
gence that the Archbishop of Paris was as
sassinated while performing religious SER
vices in the Church st. Eternece, by priest
who had been suspended for preaching
against the doctrine Of the Immaculate Con-
ception.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

p6' The famous Mariposa grant to Mr..
Fremont is about to be n most Elusive treas
ure. 1t appears that the right to take II Cor
taxes has been established, and Il may fade
from his grasp like his hopes Of the Presidsn.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

tE Owing to the extreme severity Of
the weather, the attendance upon the East
Tennessee Division Sons Of Temperance, at
this place, on the 22d, was thin. The SEES.
sion was brief.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

W The BrHzoria (Texa,) Planter says
That from the best information at command
the sugar crop last year in Brnzoria County
Will not exceed hundred hogshends. Tho
es MATED crop of previous year was 1000
hogsheads of sugar and $4,000 barrel. mo.
lnsses
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

allow shall take this coat apart" said
IN industrious wife 10 her waggish husband
"Why, you should know. my dear: you
made it, yen know. shonld say, dat pref
ty much as you put 1t together, for as you
sew so shall you rip--you know!"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

te Hon. Hannibal Hamln (recently elect.
ed Governor BY the people) and Amos
Nourse have been chosen United States Sen.
ators by the Legislature of Maine. They
are Black Republicans.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

NJ Col. Matt. Martin, Of Bedford county
one Of the ablest aud best men in the State
physically aud mentally,is FAMED in the Mid
die Tennessee papers as the candidate OF the
American party for Governor at the ensuing
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next page.

DlsrREssIse.- We learn that two worthy
individuals died few days since, in Middle
Tennessee, from actual want aud starvation
while out trying to collect newspaper &c
counts. May their fate be warning to others
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

EDITOR OF THE WASHINGTON UNION
The Albany Argus having announced that
Judge Nicholson will be succeeded as Editor
of the Washington Union, by the Hon. John
Appleton, of Maine, the Union of Saturday
thus confirms the statement:
"After the 4th Of March, the editor of this
paper will retire, when the Hon. John APP
pleton will become sole editor and proprietor.
Heterogeneous which have resulted in this
change have been contaminated without the
slightest difficulty. We may be excused
for adding that our retirement is voluntary,
and in pursuance Of resolution long since
made" lAo8a-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

PRICE OF NEGRoRs.--Young fellows sold
for $500 and women from eleven to tbir-
teen hundred dollars, Montgomery, Ala, on
the 10Th inst.--half cash, balance in one
year.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

A MEMPHIs F"RGER.-The Memphis m.
pers contaln accounts Of the arrest of Mr.
Samuel J. Bunch. formerly conductor and
attnche Of the Memphis and Charleston Rail
Road, but not connected with that road for
some time past The amount Of his forge
ries is only between 5000 and 800.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

SoRpID -Among the applicants to the
committee of council Of Cincinnati for
wood at half price last week was n man who
is estimated 10 be possessed Of hard cash to
the amount of $4,000 or $4,000. OF
course his application was refused. this wood
being designed only for the observing
DOOR"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

PREMiUMs.- Attention is directed to the
Card of the Secretary Of the State Agricul.
tural Bureau in another column, offering pre-
NUNS for the best ten acres of wheat, best
ten acres of corn, &c.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

R A man in Berlin, Prussia who was
laboring under pecuniary difficulties, cut up
his wife and two children with Ratchet, and
then cut his own throat. The next day lot
terry ticket which he held turned up prize
OF forty thousand franco.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

A CASE OF REsTiTUTIoN.-Thep ropr.etors
of the Peoples Line of steam boats, between
New York and Albany, were somewhat sur
prised short time since at the receipt of
$4,000, without further explanation than n
statement that ii was the amount Of which a
former employee Of the company had wrong
fully deprived them, and which his conscience
and his after prosperity prompted him to
return.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

Ores! OyEs!-Geo. w. Ross says all per.
sons indebted to him must pay up, or they
will be haunted with sheriffs, constables, and
such like pests Of society. See advertisement
naYt mira
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30
ton besides in this regard:

FINE WoRDs.-Kossuih, the other day,
addressed the working classes of Edinburgh,
when he closed his harangue with the fol-
lowing words:
"The horizon is trembling with the reflect
ed light Of the rising sun of liberty. Be you,
free people ms you are, the lark to greet the
morn RAISE your voice in your mountains
and in your valleys and let it move over the
face Of the waters. Let ii be clearly under
stood that the British people wants no prop
ping up of rickety thrones, and does not mean
to couple the honorable name of Great Britain
with that of the murderer of Hungary, the
jailor of Italy, and the robber of Poland!
tell you, your voice will fall cheeringlv on the
spirits of the oppressed, as the warming ray
OF the sun falls on the chilling night path Of
the wanderer. So let your free and noble
voice go forth; let it be heard in good season,
and God Almighty bless you for IT,"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

COMMISSION HOUSE,, Observation-Disclosures
Is directed to the Card Of T. w. Fleming g.
Co., Augusta, Ga. 7. w. Fleming has been
engaged In the business several years. and
the character he has obtained Is sufii.
cient guarantee that all consignments to the
firm will be properly looked after.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

CHARLEsTos, Jan. 1--we have ndvices
from Petersburg to-day up to Thursday
The cold there was so intense that upon that
day eighteen persons were frozen 10 death.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

B- Lord Napier has been appointed by
the British government Minister TO the Uni
ted States.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

FOREST HILL AcADEmY.-Parents and
guardians are referred to the notice from the
Trustees of Forest Hill Academy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

ALBION, New York, Jan. l6.-A terrible
riot is now going on in Main street between
party of Americans and party Of lrish.-
Knives and other weapons nre being freely
used.
1t appears that this is pay day for the Irish
laborers on the canal. They went in crowds
to be paid and have been drinking nil day,
and this evening found themselves rife for n
row. We cannot learn that anything but
whiskey is at the bottom oil the riot. Two
Irishmrn have been killed, and four Ameri-
cans so injured that they are not expected to
live
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

tK- Richard Patteu, late agent Of the
Marine Bank at Columbus, Ca, is reported
to be defaulter to the amount Of three hun.
bred and fifty thousand dollars.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

B II is said that certain town in New
England, in order to get rid of supporting a
pauper, elected him to seat in the legisla.
ture. They play that game out this way
sometimes, but the pnupers always come
back on the county-the relief Is only tenn
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

tB- A Presbyterian Female College is TO
be established a' Rome, Georgia, The
buildings have been purchased Of Col
Fouchs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

CoNeREss.-Both houses continue princi-
pally occupied in reference to the charges
OF bribery and corruption.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

MONTPELIER, W., Jan. l5.-The Hon.
Samuel Prentiss, Judge Of the United States
District Court of Vermont, and for many
years United Stntes Senator died at his resi-.
dence here this afternoon
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

6r Miss Laura Well lately married Mr.
Jerry Better in Cincinnati. She was Well
before but she is Better now.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

BAcos--By reference to our commercial
letters Il will be seen that the Bacon market
goutb. IA improving fraction.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

wHxAr.-Red Wheat is quoted In New
York at Sl,6s per bushel.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30
THE NEXT UNITED STATES SENATE.

The NEXT UNITED STATES SENATE
Within the last week nine Senators have
been chosen to the Senate of the United
States from eight States, and befor the end
of the present session of Congress nine more
will probably be chosen, to fill full or par
tally expired terms. OF the nine just chos
en-, four are democrats and FIVE Republicans.
The probable political complexion of the
Senate on the 4th of March next, if all the
vacancies are filled as expected, will be as
follows: Democrats 81; Republicans 20;
Americans 5.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

E- Tho steamer Persia bringu intelli-
gence ofathe settlement Of the difficulty DO.
tween Prussia and Switzerland.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

WAsHIsGroS.-The House has passed bills
appropriating $4,000 for tho construction OF
a Penitentiary in Nebraska, establishing three
additional land districts in Nebraska, and for
completing and opening roads in Oregon,
Washington, and Minnesota Territories.
lTEM.-We clip the following from the
Abingdon Democrat:
We are informed that few days ago Mr..
Mcqueen, sheriff of Johnson county, Tenn,
with another gentleman, went to the house Of
one Stout, who was suspected of harborng n
runaway negro. On reaching the place, the
door was found to be fastened. Abundance
was demanded and refused, and the sheriff
broke the door down; when out rushed the
negro with bowel knife in his hand. MIR.
Mcqueen knocked him down with stick
and his companion rushed on to secure the
fellow, and was cut by him in the face-from
the right corner of the mouth to the angle Of
the jaw. Wrestling the knife from the des-
perado, the wounded man struck him blow
with it on the right arm, just below the
shoulder, from the effects of which the negro
died in few minutes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

~- What has become of the London
Orion and the East Tennessee Herald, Cleve-
land, They have failed to come to hand for
some time. Have they wlnked out, or wait
ing for tdei
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30
p0rary.

fg- The East Tennessee University is
figuring pretty largely ut this time in the
Knoxville papers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

LIVERY SrABLE.-Burt Yearwood has
opened Livery Stable at Swoetwater. See
advertisement.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

LOUISVILLE, Jan. 23.-Thermometer 70
degrees above. zero. Everything frozen up.
The river is closed between New Albany and
Portland firmly, for the first time in forty
years.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

HoRRiBLE.-A country paper announces
The marriage Of Mr.. Cooper TO Miss Slaves.
The result will probably he little keelers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

WAsHISGros, Jan. 26.--The Senate to-day
passed the bill establishing a naval Depot at
Brunswick. Georgia. The bill appropriates
100000.
The House passed the bill to increase the
pay Of officers of the army.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

NIcARAuoA.--Last advices represent The
star of Walker ne again in the ascendant.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30


R One day last week, Jones met his
friend Smith limping along, ansiously insui-
red, What's the difficulty, Smith, Smith i'm.
mediately threw himself into theatrical At.
titude. and eravely informed Jones how the
accident happened, in the following Inn.
guage:
On Wednesday last, the 18th inst, willis,
pursuing my peaceful avocations, an ins,ru.
ment OF mechanical labor, vulgary demon.
mated an adze, violently preciptated itself
rom my 'eit diglta' extremity, and alighted
with astounding violence on my right pedal
extremity, thereby seyeriug the tendon Of
the minor toe
Jones, quite nstounded by his friends con.
versatIonal powers, leaves in n hurry. mut.
ter'ng something similar to, Poor boy-cut
his foot-great ptyr
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30
coNGREssMEN AND EDITORS.

We seldom find an original paragraph IN
the Nashville Union and American that we
care to transfer to our columns fact we
presume, which don't distress the editors OF
that potential journal oyermuch-but the fol-
lowing is so truthful and pertinent that we
take the liberty of clipping it. Speaking oil
some recent proceedings in the House OF
Representatives. the Union and American
says: -
"The necessity, brought abo't by the stilc-
lures Of the press, for an authorized inyesti-
CATION into the alleged frauds and corrup-
lions in Congress, has created quite sensa-
ton with certain class Of members OF that
body, who conceive, and very wisely perhaps,
that corruption, when charged, however gen.
eral, Is always personal to themselves. The
result has been an indiscriminate assault on
editors and newspapers in general. Editors,
all at once, have shriveled up into very d.
minutive proportions, and their editorial ef-
fusions have become unworthy of being dig
nifed with the wise consideration of these
modern Solons. The worst charge that could
be preferred against the press is, that II is
too often degraded to the small and dirty
purpose of making "grent men" out Of such
personages as these, and helping them to n
distinction that their own mediocrty of tai.
ent and fimsey regulations would never, un.
aided, enable them to attain. If all the mem.
bers Of Congress we're to die today who owe
their political existence to the newspaper
press, we question whether there would be a
quorum left tomorrow. The silliest and most
shallow pated Of these are the very fellows
who-forgetting the suggestive fable of the
frog that bursted in the vain endeavor to
swell itself to the proportions of an ox-are
now amusing the world with their puerile
criticisms upon the press. We imagine they
will find themselves, before advancing many
steps, in the amusing condition oft cripple
who got too proud for his crutch."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

EMIGRATToN.-The statistics of emigra-
ton, for the past year, indicate that the tide
of emigration, which was checked by the
Russian war, is again setting for our shores,
with the prospect that this year an enor.
nous acquisition will be made to our pop.
ulation. 1t is thought that the emigration
may this year be as great as in 1854, when
it reached 1922. In 1855 it fell off to
6,233, and during 1856 itrun up to l4l,.
9l5, two thirds of which has arrived within
the last seven months.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

BosToN, Jan. 23.-The Machine shop,
Engine House and Locomotives belonging
TO the Concord and Montreal Railroad at
Lake village, was burned this morning. Loss
$4,000.
Dispatches from all points indicate intense
cold, from zero to 80 degrees below. The
observatory at Harvard College indicated at 6
o'clock thus morning l6 degrees below zero.
Great difficulties still experienced North and
East in getting through railroad trims
Snow keeps drifting over the tracks.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

HARD 1'InEs.-A man sitting asiride n
cold grindstone, reading the Presidents Mes.
sage!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

A GREAT CoUSrRY.-In nothing perhaps,
is the wonderful growth and prosperity Of
the United States SO strikingly manifested
MS in the number and extent of her Rail- Ids.
The whole number of miles Of Railroad in
the world, on the Is. of July last, says n
New York paper, was inside of $4,000, Of
which 1880 are in the United States,
which is three times as many miles of Rail.
road as in Great Britain and France united!
The following table from late report to
Congress will show the comparative pro-
gress of differentnations in Railroad improve.
ments, from which il will be seen that our
glorious model Republic surpasses all ere.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

New YORK, Jan. 26.--The steamer Black
Warrior has arrived with loss Of masts. She
run short of fuel and had to burn her cabin
furniture. She put into Old Point and re-
manned there till the Gath. Several vessels
are ashore nj Cape Henry, No lives lost,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

FOREIGN NEws.-Stenmrr America arrived
on the 23d instant. Cotton had advanced a
trilo at Liverpool. The troubles between
Great Britain and China are confirmed. The
American ship of war Portsmouth had de-
stroyed one of The Chinese forts, for insults
offered to Americans by the Chinese. Ac.
counts from Switzerland are more favorable
for pence. The Peace Congress, in session
in Paris, is proceeding satisfactorily.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-30

tB- Give to tho rich--the poor can bsg..