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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27
ss- A Washington letter Of the 4

sF A Washington letter Of the 18th
instant, has the following reference 10 the
action of the Conncil of that city, ut its meet
ing on the l6lh Instant:
Both boards also adopted n resolution
auih"rizing this Mayor and hoaid of health ia
IN kr prompt examination iuto the cause oi
tn. sickness at the National Hotel. and sum
mon Witnesses, IL necessary, and take testi-
muny under oath. The preamble says that
~ severe. IT not dangerous and fatal epidemic
dlsense has been prevailing, and il IL believed
still continues ut the National Hotel IN this
city, 10 snrh an extent ns Ia crrute alarm. md
perhaps require the pr"prei"rs To close Their
establishment" In accordance with the
resolution, the Mayor and hoard of health To
day proceeded to the discharge of their duties
virtually taking p"ssrs-inn.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

A GENEROUS OFFLR.-S ,mrbody in Vir-
ginia says that the friends Of poor Pierce
aish T." present him with farm in Virginia
+" live np"r, and that he will subscribe 9 l0O
towards it. TO this New hampshire man
says, that New hampshire will subscribe
double ns much az Virginia for that purpose
nd he will subscribe $500. provided Pierce
agrees to live on it for the remainder of hi.
,it.i .......
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

OLD MULHs.-'Ihr Medical World says
there is mule in possession Of u farmer r..
siding near Ballinglass, Ireland, which has
be- n employed IN the transit of ammunition,
&c., tn Vinegar Till, since 1898. There IL
n saying II the South, ,hnt white mule lives
Ing. than any other mule. Some y-nr,
ago, one OF that color on Col. Middlrton's
estate, IN South Carolina, was rising 81
Years, md still NJ wo,k.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27
SUBSTITUTES roR RArLRoAp BaIDoKs.-

SUBsTITurs FOR RAILROAD BRiDeEs.-
Mr.. John w. Cochran, of N. York, il en-.
q ged manufacturing II wrought iron tunnel
'or the bed of Chicago river. Built on dry
land, this new species Of tunnel is to hr
launched like ship into the water, where n
channel is pr pared to receive IL. Placed in
its bed, it is To he covered up aud securely
protected from my floating obstacle. The
ends will be connected with the river bank
by unison work, the eff els of expansion and
contradiction. being entirely overcome by
it's peculiar construction. The invpnto OF
claim that he can cross river with his tun
mel in half the time and half the expense OF
railroad bridge. The most. Important ad.
vantage, how ever. consists in the greater sc.
curity of lif,. aud property.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

~ The Sank Rapids ". To- Frontiers.
mrn contains II detailed account Of nm ont
rage, in hich the 81 I'm A-sori,iionr Of Up
per st. Cloud figured largrly-seizlng three
young men, Me-srs n. Orr, and Wilson.
who were making n claim near the plare--
pinioning ,h' m, 81 wing their heads, and then,
says the Fronlirrsm,n, t\iInn"s"tn,) "i"r the
n's'iin" during the night, they w"ud drink
all round, then throw their prisoners on their
faces, with fur men To hold them, and one
t" apply the c"whlde. and deal out number
f iashe~ on rarh." The villains also ,hrrat
rn'd /" shoot them, ind were with Difficulty
prevented from dung 80. The ter"cty aud
Srv g'n-ss ct this cruelty almost deserves
punishment bv something broader than law
Nh thinks The ST. Paul Times.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

NEW ADvERrIsFMEkrs.-W desire to
call attention TO the New Advertisements In
todny's piper:
Hdrd,Oare-Nathau Weed, Macon, Geo.,
large and extensive house, ms We are in.
formed. and worthy the attention Of coun.
try de 'lers
Floyd Houss-Macon, Geo.-One Of the
hest hotels in the South. IA is said by every
EnS, TrnnesseSan who stops there.
Communication Merchants.-J. \. g. VIM.
H. Woott"n, Macon, Geo., and Lowe & Rice,
Atlanta, Geo. Both said TO DO first rate
houses.
There arc several others 10 which we have
not time 10 allnde specially this week.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

~ A Re igi"ns Revival is in progress in
the Pre>h icrian Church in This place. con
,'uclrd by Rev. =. u. Stuart, insisted by
R-vs. Lacy and Hickman. C"nsid-rab e in
lrrrsl is m infested in the ~ etn.. with
prospects nj much good. S"nr u or 10 have
pr"irs>rd c"ivrrS'"n, aud some 81 or 81 are
,nxion-h rhqniring the Way Vi l.ift.-
Christ,nnsburg Herald.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27
Wharf.-The st. Louis Iutelligencer OIL

Wharf.-The st. Louis Iu,elligencer Of
the l9'h has the following:
A gentleman Of Mclenn county, Illinois,
informs us that h. sOwtd COG acrcs with
" heat last fall, the whole Of whrh he will
plough np this spring, the severe winter
having d. str"yrd the entire fall sowing. He
says the 600 acres will not yield 100 bushels.
The prospect tor wheat in that county 10 oil.
together disc"uraging.
a farmer Of Snngamon county, tells US
III It from 900 acres snwrd IN wheat last fall
he will rrnp nothing. The dry TALL and severe
winter killed the wheat,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27
DfArH or IIon. nv. D lnnwx.nr Isn1AxA

DEATH OF Hos. w. J. BRowS. Of IsprAxA
This =. ntenlnn, WIN has been tor u mum
her of yenrs one of the leading Democrat.
poiiici- ms al lndinnn, expired at his resi-
deuce, near lndinnnpo!i-, ~ "Wednesday last
Tie WAS Assist nj Postmaster General nndc
Mr. Folks aduninisir di"n, VIVA twice elrcteC
to Congress. in 1912 ~ d l8ls
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

"THE Mystery AT WAsmiEGTor."-Uply
sumors ARE getting into the papers about the
"rat poisoning" at tho National Hotel, Wash
ington, and the affair is exciting large SHIRE
Of interest. We publish nm article on the
subject from the New York Express, in ano.
Their part of our paper.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

~ President Buchanan il said to I've still
suffering to some extent from the sickness
contracied while boarding Mt the National
Hotel, on his vi.it to Washington previous to
the inauguration.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27
fJs- The Memphis Eagle and Enquirer

~ The Memphis Eagle AMI Enquirer Of
the 18th inst. says: Judge B. F. MrKirrnan
('f,he Criminal r"u'D and J. Knox Walk.
rr, Esq, had n persnnnl rrnrontsr IN Poplar
street, yesterday nitrno"n. Neither was So
ri"nsy Injured, hut both proved themselves
cap,br of giving aud rrcr wing Knor. We
honorable judy. the same who Yesterday
ordered us to be- indicted for libel, in allow
ng n -rsp.ct;b'e and intelligent citizen to
xprrss his opinion ~ our columns"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

WING PRIsCiPLhs.-rhs cultivation of
love tor the Uni"n, the dnty of an economic.
al administration OF the public iunda, and Of
careful trnsiership OF the public lands
were the cardinal principles of the old Wing
pnrly, as it, irhents were pxpounded by
Clay and Webster. They are NOT more car.
rect IN theory n"w, nor less needed In prac.
lic" when announced BY n drtnocra,ic Pres.
iden. from the Easten Portico Of the Capitol.
Ball. Am.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

ATTENTION, CAvALRv!-1'he "Athens ORA.
goons" will meet At the Court house on
"Wednesday next the ist day Of April, a, 10
o'clock. A. ~, fm the purpose ef electing
oficets. A full Attendance il expected.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

r. No man should be elected to Con.
gress IN Nav next. says the fredericksburg
News, unless pledged to n.e his sxer,ions 10
secure To Virginia her just share of the Pub.
lie Lands. On this subject the people Of oil
par'ie" nre gradually bscoming aroused, and
some, now confident of succras, may ses
sights before election day, or very soon there.
off
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

RAILROAD CELhBRArIos IN MEmpHIs.-
The opening of the Memphis and Charles.
ton Railroad from Memphis to Stevenson
will be celebrated in Memphis on the lat
and And days Of May, aud the city council
has appropriated $4,000 10 foot Tbs bill.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

REvIvAL.--There has been, for some DAYS,
. revival going on nj the Methodist Episcopal
Chvrch. Athens, under the pastoral charge
Of Rev. Mr.. Philips. Some twenty five have
made = profession Of religion, and the work
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

PuBLrc HOUSE,, DALroS, GA.-Our friend,
liicajah Martin. has taken thu hotel at Dalton,
formerly kept by Dir. Sassesn, aud will b.
plsassd TO rrcrives portion Of the public
custom. Mr.. Martin will keep good house
and provide bounpfully far his guests, md W..
iAsps " hsar that hr Is literally pa,rouized.
Advsrsissment next week.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

Nrw YoRK, Naicn ~ 1t was rnmored ut
y mama that Minister B"wln and Commits
sionrr M"rsr had demanded their passports,
IN C. ns"qn"ncr Of TIN Government o, Granada
refusing THEFT Ovrr,nrrs to settle the Panama
IlliIsHiicre.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

RorATioN.--Mr. Bnchnnan's "rotntion poll.
cy" il erenting good deal Of dissatisfaction
among the offireh"ldrrs, or at least that por.
tion Of them who are being rotated out Of
Office.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

The ST. l.o"'s Prrs speak of n new
| aud d ng"rous counterfeit five dollar bill oh
he Bank of Louisville. II can scarcely be
| detected, bu, bv CLOSE scrutiny of the texture
al the paper, which is cuarser than the gen
| nj
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

e-y' The name of Mirabruu B. Lamar,
Ey President Of Texas, IL mentioned in Gun
NJ, ton With the Guhrrnatorinl chair Of Kan.
s,,s aud with The mission t. Brazil.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

~ Gen. J. d. e. Atkins has rec. ived the
democratic nomination for Con 'ress in tn.
h District. An old line " hig mined Free
man, h.s been q Uttered with tl," idea tn Il he
was I" bc the "irppv man." bnt he cnndn',
come it. The meat is all for the democracy,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27
ATHENS. VnipAY. MAnCE ~. 1851

AnERicAs MEsrise.-Ws are requested
70 give notice that there will be meeting
.: the American party Of Mcsiinn county,
at the Court house in Athens, on Monday,
the iit' day Of April-to appoirt delegates to
the State Convention 10 be held at Nashville
In Nav.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

RosToS, NJ rch 2l.-Thr Alps brings in.
ll!g-nc" tn m American Gutter had he-n
captured by the Chinese, and il is feared furty
"f her crew had been murdered.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

COLL, CTUR OF HARLi sTOS.-rhe Charles.
t"n Courier learns Tint ". +. C"lcork, ESQ.,.
has received notice OF his re- appointment to
thu c"lrct"rship Of the port Of Charleston.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27
DIsTRf ssise DhATH AT LtBASos.-T

DISTRESSING DEATH AT LtBASoN.-The
Herald of Friday as tie following:
Abnut daylight on Sunday morning last
Mr. Alfred TOwnsun, u Young man about 81
wears of are, WINS found d,'nd in front at III.
Drake House. His back was broken and his
head considerably mangled. A corouer'S in
quest Was held over the boit and the verdict
Was that he came to his death by falling
trom the il.ird story Of the Drake House.
Ills ciolrs were all I'm with the exception
If his hat and b"ols-the boots being in the
third sloryof the Hotel. How the accident
occurred is.s mystery. Ills bed, wns warm
when found, M that the accident must have
happened in the latter part oi the night. H.
VAS quiet, in"ffen-ive young man, beloved
by all who Knew HIM
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

49, II the sun is going dawn, look up to
the stars; If the earth is dark, keep your eyes
IN Heaven. With Gods presence and Gnd's
promises. n man ar child nav h. cheerful.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

UTAH RtBhLLioE.--A despatch from
Washington of the 2ist, says:
II IL credihlv rumnrrd that Brigham Young
hns burnt the Cavern mrnt archives md ceurt
records al Utah. and that the Territory IL In
n virtual state of rebellion.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

BANK Of COMM RcE.-This Bank, nj Rome
Ga, has an arrangement with the Bank of the
Republic, New York City, to redeem its notes
ut threr.f,urih. of nne rer cent. discount,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

"Sally," said fellow ~ n girl who had
red hair, .kesp away from me, or you will
set me nfrs.r mo danger Of that "'.was tn
answer; ayou are too green 70 burn"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

~ Cot. w. 3. GALWAY will please
accept thanks for the interest manifested IL
our behalf during his late trip South.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

The WAY "ENYsYLvANIA WAS CARRIED
BY THE BUcHAsEERs.-L-gal Investigations
have developed instances Of the gr"ssest out
rage, p-rpctrated ut the polls in Pennsvlvn
min, which almost rival Egypt and Milwaukee.
The Germantown Telegraph, in unm skiing
the fraud in one district, says: in SOME in
stances double the number Of Votes were
pulled TINT We're IN the assessment. Fifteen
'orgnn-grinders' were voted at one pail on bo
gus naturalization papers furnished at the
window. Votes were deposited in the nam =
OF residents, dead men, and boys n or ls
years old. Challenges were totally disrn.
garded; the Inspectors took votes without
qualification, without inquiry, and in spite
Of the challenges. The penitrntiary is too
good for such unmitigated sconndrels. They
should be publicly whipped and placed in pill
lorv to he pelled and Knocked by every friend
of the right of suffrage"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

.l~- The C"nri-r g. f qnir"r SAYS that
New York soclrtv il San. malnus and unprp.
r''tcn''d. Outsiders. perhaps. could readily
rr"uni tor its irrgnlnrry, Int its prerr.
d nj i, found in the history Of Sod"m and
Guiu,rrah
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

Arthur W. Austin has been appoint.
I'D fol 'ectm ut Boston, rice Praslr; Wnsinn.
Treasurer, has been r".app"ntd Marshal,
and Cherries l.. W"olhurv U. s. Attorney
Tor MASSACHUSETTS,. rice llallrt.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

EosT0s, March l7.-Senator Hale. Of New
Hampshire, mud his daughter are quite sick
liz b"nrdrd at the National Hotel in Wash
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

nxuovsp--R. z. Mediation hss been sp-
pIelvssi Postmaster a New Oslssas IN ihs
IIass Of NJ. Nsvitt removed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27
FOREIGN Nrws.-'rh- dates by the last
steamer nrp to the 4th inst:

FOREIGN Nrws'-rh- dates by the last
STEINER nrr ~ the 4th inst:
Cotton was quiet ut unchanged rates.
Flour md corn wprpdull, and prices declining.
The English Ministry had been defeated
in the HOUSE Of commons, Mr.. Cobd~n's
motion cr,r-uring the proceedings Mt Canton
having been adopted by two hundred and six
~ three yeas to two hundred and forty
nays. II il not. however, believed Lord
i'almers IN will resign or dissolve Parliament
New YoRK. March 24.-1'he American
Steamship Africs, 8 arrived with Liverpool
dates td Saturday, March 7th.
The coltnu market, for the week, closed
quit and steady, and ut unchanged prices
Fair Uplands advanced.
Breadstnfis nre reported dull, with d..
clinina tendency, in consequence Of the favo.
rablr weather ior thecrops.
Provisions IRE qnis.. ~
The money market was slightly more
stringent. = i5s'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

LEeIsLATrvR.-W. NJ. B'ickell and Jno. N.
Tedford are beth announced in the Maryyillr
paper. as candidates to represent Blunt coun.
ty In the lower branch Of tho next Legisla-
ture
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

~ Hampton McfIanahan has been ap-
pointed Marshal Of WrAt' Tennessee, vice
Col. Robert J. Chester-rotatsd out
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

Col. I.er, late Clerk in the Pension Bu.
reau, who shot Nv. Hume. If Alexandria. 10
In close Jail, having been indicted for murder
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

~ Observation-Disclosures are due Bishop
Polk, Of Leuislana. for several interesting
PsPsss In relation 10 ~ univsrsity proposed
to b built BY the Episcopal Church.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

. GiHcInsATi, March Is Blown g. Son ex.
tensivs denlrru In cheese and butter have
failed. Their liabilities are about $4,000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

RAvExoUs.-The Columbia Times learns
that the number of office seekers md hung
~ exprctanis in Washington, brsieging and
imporiuning the President, is altogether un.
precedrnted. Mr.. Buchanan already begins
tn tHste some of the sweets of official life, and
to know what It is to be the President of
thirty millions of soverpigns!-Likep packs Of
half furnished wolves, mnnv Of them besiege
the Presidential Mansion Eight and day, and
crowd the avenue the live long Sabbath
specializing on each others chances of snc.
cess, mud, now and then, growing most fu.
rionsly at the tardy movements of these hav
ing charge Of the political gniloiine. What
n spectacle! Why, we "would rather be n
dog and bay at the moon, ar cat and cry
'mew!" tllnn such acreaiure ms this! "Heads
oft" has become the wntchword with which
every bar.room in the Federal city rings, aud
which, il is snid. even the pr"vcrhiallv had
whisky Of that corn.grnwing r"gion, totally
fails to drown. Gonded to desperation, too,
BY the rxtoriionnte demands Of hotel keep.
ers, they have actually become rnvenous.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

The "NATIovAL" IIor EL.-1he Washing.
ic N. under date of Saturday last says:
The Matt mai Hotel is nimos: abandoned.
Rumor has it that Messrs. Guy g. Briggs
will close To morr"w preparatory 10 thar
ough "verhauling aud ren"vting. All the
other hotels are full To overi"wing. Browns
is now the great political headquarters.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

AUGUSTA. March 22-TRs i,atton receipts
now show decrease Of sSo.oeo talss .. all
the Cotton ports.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

CorTos.-This staple il quoted in Char
lesion ut from 1T to i3t.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

u. 8. SrocKs.-1hr> Hon. towel Cobb,
Secretary of the Treasury, gives notire /"
holders of stock of the loans of the United
States, ih-t The Department will purchase
the same until the frs, day Of June n. xt, I'M
less the sum Of Sl.5Ou,cCO shall b. previ
ou-ly obtained, and will paw, in addition to
The interest accrued frvm the date of the las,
serni.annunI dividend Of inlerrs, thereon, to
gelhrr with on days additional interest for
the money To reach the vendor, the follow
ing rates Of premium on snid stocks: For the
stock Of 1912, n premium Of ten per CENT
For the stuck of 1877 aud lSiS, premium
Of sixteen per cent; and Tor the stock of 1850
commonly called Texas Indemnity Stock, 4
premium "f six per cent.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

FRHTGHTs.-W III the organ oi the rnilroad,
the Athens Post. inform the public why il il
that the NJ freight on the road has been low
cred, while the down fr, ight on corn. whpni,
BACON. onts, aud the product. of the f,rnpr
generally, il retained at the former rates.
Cleveland Banner. 49,.
Inform you! OF course, We will. is our
business to impart information to the igno-
rant, though our ,ff.rt~ in that behalf nre not
ALWAYS appreciated. The policy adopted in
regard To freights is in accordance with the
good old democratic free trnd- doctrine, that
the consumer, md not the producer pays the
duties. The rates have been reduced on
mp freights-Sngnr, Coffee. Mnlnsscs, and all
the necessaries which the farmer hns to buv.
The old rates on down frrights-Grain, b..
con, &c-have "genernly been retained"
and, by the same rule Of reasoning, nre paid
by our Georein neighhors to whom the fur,
merS Of this section sell their produce. Isn't
that sntisfoctory!
We might amplfy, but the above is suffi
cient. The reduction on up freiyhts--Su.
gar, Coffee, Molasses, &c.-wns made, Of
course. for the benefit Of the consumers, and
with the exception Of the Banner, we hive
henrd ofno "ne complaining ut the reduction.
That paper wants the frrights arranged w
that the Ge"rginns can get III" farmers pro
ducr n little chearer, while the latter is 10 he
taxed little higher on the articles he has to
buy. There's where your position on up md
down freights lands you. Don't YOU see in,n
what contradictions and absurditips you are
led when y"n undertake to talk about mat.
tiers foreign to vonr capacity.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27
l5s' The fnllowng advertisement appear.

WAsTED.-By Skrp,icai Family, house
said to he haunted, which NAV he had nj u
low rate. either m town or country, prnvid
ell It !, within u reasonable distance of the
city Address Box No. 1896 Post Office.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27

THE ComKT.-rhe French astronomers
ARE predicting that the comet whirh is TO ar-
pear on the 18Th Of the approaching June
will run foul of the earth and knock it into
the middle of the succeeding week. We
have not much faith that the prediction will
he verified; bit no one can tell what may
happen, and we, therefore, suggest to all de.
linqurnt subscribers TO pay up at once. tina,
they may be prepared for the catastrophe
should it come.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-27
We take the following lrum the Nashville

We take the following from the Nashville
Banner:
Tbs PLANTERS AND USioS BAHKs-A
statement, originally published IN F"uIk =
(Memphi>) Express, is being copied in other
papr,s Ia the -tfct That the above Brnks ar,
indebted To the Federal Government to the
amount Of $5l8.536 0s, which. is put dawn
by Secretary Guthrie, in his report on the
State Of the finances. Dee. 1856 M unauait-
able The statement we are authorized hy
the Cashier OF the Union Bank ni this city,
70 sav, upon whom w"call'd tor information,
is entirrl, n mistake, til. accounts Of the Un
ian and Planters Banks with the General
Government, rs Repositories Of the Public
Money, having been settled years ago. II
the extract il correctly given frum the report
"i Secretary Guthrie, ns it appears in the Er.
press, it only shows a lamentablr want of ne.
cnracy on the part of government accounts.
and TINT in this department. Ms well IN in
others, "r"tati"n" ar 'gorrotati"n," would b.
:, hpulthv Oprr;tiun