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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09


LEGAL CRrrrcIsms OF THE PnEss.-The
New YORK Sun remarks not appropriately,
there is quite mn undue amount of sensitive.
ness displayed Mt times, by our jndpes and
lawyers, with regard TO the comments Of tho
press on cases which they are tryinp. Tbev
seem to forget that the public have the preot.
est interest in the punishment, of crime md
the protection Of the public morals. Courts
nre public agencies for these purposes, and
ms such, their proceedings nre M legitimate
subjects ofcommert as the proceedings Of asv
other public agency for the government md
the welfare of society. Some Journal, NAV
violate the rules of proprie,y and decencv IN
their comments, but this does not inyolidots
the rights Of comment. Our court, ore
open to the public. The audience cri,jci.s
proceedings, and why not the pressi
we know Of no rule Of right BY which
legal humbug can claim special inmu,;,v
from criticism, and there is not n littl. hnr,
bug displayed in warning jurors against re,.
ding the newspapers-nsi If il was the dotv or
jurors TO allow themselves to be thrown in.
TO sort of mesmeric sleep, in which II ia all
important to the cause Of justice they should
remain until they have rendered their ve,-
dict.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

jan.
The following appointments have been
confirmed Hon. Mr.. Underwood, of Geor-
ga, MS Associate Judge of the Supreme Cour,
of Nebraska; S. p. Hamilton, Esq, as Naval
Officer of the port of Savannah; George A,
Gordon rs United States District Attorney
for Georgin; Robert w. Adams, ESQ, ms Sur.
veyor at New Orleans; and Floyd Walker
Esq, as United States Attorney for the
Western District of Louisiana.
Key West, Dec. 25.-The Indians nre no,
disposed to treat with Harvey. They pull.
ed down the flags of truce and destroyed
them.
Baltimore, Jan. 2.-Gov. Bragg has been
reinstated Governor of North Carolina, n,
Raleigh. a. j. Dargan and T. l.. Hargrav.
members OF the North Carolina Legislator.
went to the field to fight duel Tuesday, Blu
the difficulty was amicably adjusted.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

"I'LL CALL AROUND AND PAY."-What n
world of woe is contained in these few words
to the poor artzan and mechanic! "I'll calI
around and pay" says the rich man, to avoid
the trouble of going TO his desk to get the
necessary funds, and the poor mechanic is
obliged to 60 home to disappoin: his work man
and all who depend upon him for their DUE
1t is an easy matter to work; the only real
glory in this life is an independent idea of
being able to sustain yourself by the labor
of your own hands, and it may be easily i'm
agined what crushing force there is in "rIl
call round and pay" TO the laboring man,
who depends upon that pay for subsistence
If those who could pay would only pay at
once, it would place hundreds and thousands
in condition to pay likewise, and would pre-.
vent much misery and distress.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

The New York Herald learns tina. Gen
Duff Green is preparing book under the Ii.
tie of "Recollectons Of Washington Poll.
tcinn who was thirty years out of the Sen.
ate." The intention is to make head against
Col. Benton's work Of Thirty years in the
Senate. The Herald says:
As the title partially implies this "thirty
years" Of Gen Duff Green's political exper.
fence will be historical refutution of the
"thirty years" of Col. Thomas H. Benton
including the great men, he small men, the
great political events, Sueltions and parties,
and caucuses, and interviews, and plots, and
counter plots, and what not, Of Benton's two
ponderous volumes of sef.csnceit and per.
sonal bitterness against Calhoun. Gen.
Green's thirty years of personal observation
at Washington will thus come into coils.
ion at every assaiabIe point with Benton's
"thirty years."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

tF A Washington letter writer says -
"Mr Kelley, member of the House Mileage
Committee, is preparing bill to equalize
mileage, which now ranges from seventeen
dollars, (Bowie, of Maryand,) to five thou
sand nine hundred and sixty dollars delegates
from Washington and Oregon) session. He
proposes that the present rates be continued
up to two hundred and fifty or five hundred
miles, and all above this to be reduced to ten,
instead of forty cents mile; also deduction
of 1875 or $50 per diem for voluntary absence
from Congress-"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

THE NEWLY INVENTED WAR ENGINE.-A
correspondent of the New York Journal OF
Commerce abiding to the" Inrernal Machine, y
which Genera Walkers friends have recently
purchased for his nrmy in Nicaragua, thus
explains its efficiency and deadly instrument
tally:
In form it resembles small grindstone
turned by crank, and will discharge 900 one
ounce balls every minute, attended by only
two men. Every machine is calculated to
destroy three regiments of soldiers in the
same space of time. II can be directed with
the same ease ms common rife is handled.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09
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sF- The Richmond Wing, referring to the
nomination of Ex.Gov. Smith for n scat in
Mr.. Buchnnnn's cabinet, says: ut is actually
astonishing what nn'immense number of ex.-
ee'lent pieces of timber we have here in vir.
ginia TO make Cabinet out of. Not less than
dozen or fifteen have already been FAMED
and their peculiar merits and qualifications
celebrated in prose and verse in all the Demo.
cratic organs, big and little, in the State
And the cry is, still they come. Our last nd
vices from Wheatland, however, prompt us to
proclaim to all the aspiring Democratic patri
OTIS in the land, that though many may be
called, yet but few will be chosen"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

HALIFAX Dec. al.-The Royal mail steam
ship niagara, Capt. Leich, has arrived here.
bringing dates from Liverpool to the goth,
The political and general news is unimpor.
tant' England has sent eight regiments of
troops against Persia, and Prussia is preparing
10 commence operations against Switzerland.
The French Government has proposed a
compromise with Russia in reference to the
belgrnd affair, and it is stated that it has been
accepted.
New troubles are springing up in Hungary,
but nothing definite is reported.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

ANOTHER MURDER IN MASSACHUSETTS
STATE PRrsoN.-We have already chronicled
the murder of Mr.. Walker, deputy warden
OF the Charleston (Mass.) State Prison, by
aconvct, which took place fortnight since.
On the afternoon of the 29th ult., Mr.. Ten
ney, the Chief Warden, was attacked BY q
convict named Decatur, and killed, being
stabbed in the neck with knife. Mr.. Ten.
ney had been married only three weeks, ami
was absent on his bridal tour, when Mr.
Walker, the deputy warden, was murdered
Decatur, the murderer, was serving out
three years imprisonment for an aggravated
assault on policeman. He is 20 years old
and native of Maine.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

LOUISVILLE Dec. 2s.-There wa, n great
excitement at the Court House on Saturday
during the examination of the negroes charg.
ed with the murder of the Joyce family
VIM. Joyce, u brother of the murdered man.
proposed to burn them and the crowd re.
sponded' but finally they were Quoted bv the
court and the negroes remandud. The pre.
sumptive evidence against them is strong.
but there is nothing direct except the confu.
sion of the negroes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

The SKY Rocker BRAKD.-The locality Of
the following is good ways from these
diggings:
A man travelling, entered tavern, and
seeing no one present but the landlord and
a negro, shortly, he asked Sambo il he was
dry' Sambo said he was Stranger told him
to 60 to the bar and take something at bis
expense. Negro did 20, nnG shortly left
Landlord says to- the stranger:
..Are you acquainted with that nigger?'
"No, never saw him before; but why do
II supposed 50 from your conversisg with
him and asking him to drink"
"Oh," said the stranger, ~ was only ex-
perimenting. The fact IL, was dry myself
and ] thought that II your liquor didn't xiii
the negro in Is minutes, would venture to
take drink mysslf.p
Landlords curiosity fully satisfied.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09


tW- Alexander Hamilton, the first Sierra.
tary OF the Treasury, was foremost, saws n
contemporary, TO discover the unsnruas.ed
'r"n-produ''ng resorces of the country, and
70 recommend Congress to Encourage Their
development by protective duties on the
foreign manufacture. Those results which
the prophetic vision of that great statesman
WINS enabled to discern in the remote future
would seem to be now unfolding in the mig.
nihcent product of the present year. Blu.
this development seems destined to b.
brought about not by b Oh tariffs, but BY
events which human sngacty had not fore.
seen; that is, by a revolution, IL we may 80
express Il, in substituting iron for nearly ev.
cry thing else hitherto used by civilized men
for mechanical or constructive purposes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

Snow AND CRINoLINE.-MOst of the towns
North of us have bSsn visited with snow, and
shoveling off the sidewalk has become seri.
Gus business. Faiths for gentlemen IRE soon
opened, but in some of the larger towns they
are talking of special appropriations for
shoveling them out wide enough to admit the
free passage of ladies with hooped skirts, and
with switching off places at intervals, so that
when two skirts happen to meet they can
pass.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

TieERs IN FLoRIDA.-Capt. Samuel Son.
ers, recently killed, near his residence, on the
river st. joins, Florida, an old tigrcss and two
half.grown tigers. He also came in sight of
the old male tiger several times, but was
nfrnid to shoot at him. The tigress measur.
ed eleven feet six inches from the tip Of the
nose to the end Of the tail, and It is supposed
would have weighed three or four hundred
pounds.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

A HEAVY SHAvE.-It is testified in the
trial of Huntington, by book.keeper Of q
firm who was in the practice of nccommodat
ing him with loans for the purpose of shaving
notes, that to one of these firms he paid
sometimes, for sums of five or ten thousand
dollars, one per cent day, saying that it wa.
half what he made. 1t is no wonder that sc
many failures occur in New York. Men who
borrow ut such rates certainly never intend tc
pay their debts.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

sY Look here, Jim, said young fellow
'he other evening 10 an old soaker, who had
evidently taken too deep an interest in spirit.
ua' matters and was still, with the peculiar
oos''"acy OF those in his condition, vocifer-
ntlng for another "smile." "Look here. old
fellow! You'll spoil yonr constitution BY this
style OF 'h'ng-better hold up!" "Consti,uiion
be bl"wed !" said the old fellow; ~ broke
that long ago! Been living on bylaws this
six months.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

H In several counties of Georgia, the
peeple-or bodies pretending to represent
them-have held meetings, and determined to
have nothing to do with Tennessee money
Of any ENTHUSIASTICALLY declaring
that, in their judgment, they are all unwor-
thy of confidence or trust. There is, perhaps
no State in the Union within the limits Of
which there have been rs many bogus bank
ing institutions Ms in Georgia, and no State
where charters for swindling the people have
been obtained with more facility. Yet there
are many good, sound banking institutions
in Georgia, and IL any portion of the people
of our State were 10 assemble together and
resovs to repudiate the emissions Of all
Georgia Banks. we would say they had dene
= very simple. unjust and wrong thing. A
different idea, however, seems to prevail
among our Georgia neighbors. We hope
the Tennessee Banks will be able to survive
the determination of the people alluded to
not to take "any more Tennessee money"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

THE CoSncrros OF the WALL srnrrr
FoRcER.~<It was stated under our teleqraphic
head yesterday that Charles F. Huntington,
the Wall street forger in New York, had been
convicted and sentenced 10 the State prison
for four years and ten months-the highest
punishment allowed by law. The jury were
out over four hours, andWhen they came in
the prisoner, II l. stated, listened 10 the an
nouncement Of the verdict without the slight
est perceptible emotion. His counsel en-
deavored 10 have The sentence postponed, but
the court refused 10 grant The request
Judge Capron, in passing sentence, alluded
to Huntington's position in society, and said
that could weigh nothing in mitigation Of the
penalty indeed, the circumstances of high
birth, good moral and Intellectual training,
rather increased than diminished the crimi.
nality Of the act, ms one thus reared and re-
strained BY the influence of correct associa.
lions had less inducenent to do wrong. And
when crime was committed under these cir
cumstances Il only evinced greater depravity
In the offender. He should, therefore, in
passing sentence on the prisoner, inact upon
him the full penalty Of the law, which at this
season of the year was four years and ten
months Imprisonment, at hard labor In the
State prison.;
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

FirE FRUIT TREEs.-Mr. Shell, whose
advertisement will be found on the next
page, has fine assortment of young fruit
trees, ready for transplanting. He has been
engaged several years in selecting from the
best fruits in the country, and his nursery
affords better and more complete assert.
ment than any other. Aside from his nursery,
he has some two thousand bearing trees in
bis orchard, combining all the varieties.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

There is not fusonist elected to the Ne.
6raaka Legislature; nor is there a roter in the
Ierriory IN favor Of making il a SLAVE STATE.
," much for the Nebraska bill, about which
Enquirer. ''
The Enquirer is the acknowledged oruon
OF Democracy in Ohio. Mark the tone exul.
'ai'on with which it announces the complete
success OF the sqnntter sovereignty doctrine
as q IreesOil mensure
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

PREsEsr.-The politica! friends of Major
Eastman, of the Nashville Union, recently
presented him with a beautiful and valuable
sadde-horse, with the necessary accompani.
ments of fine saddle and bride. As well
as we remember the Major is splendid rider,
aud used to perform some daring fents Of
horsemanship. We would like to see him
mounted on that gelding.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09
IMPORTANT TO LANDLORDS AND TENANT,

IMPORTANT TO LANDLORDS AND TENANTS
in one of the ward courts in New York
last week, suit was brought for years
rent ola house, which the tenant had abdi.
Gated at the end of one quarter rendering the
proposition of rent for that period, which
the landlord refused to accept, and appealed in
due time to the law. The tenant proved
that the house was so infested with rats,
mice, and other small vermin, that it was
uninhabitoble If habitation implies comfort.
The Jury awarded the landlord only the
rent OF the quarter during which the tenant
endured the nuisance,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

Mr.. FILLMoRE.-A correspondent of the
National lntelligencer, writing from Buffalo
on the 3Oth u.., says:
81 Ind the pleasure of seeing Mr.. Fillmore
last evening at his house, though, as
! told him, l had not called as an applican.
for On office. He looks MS well and finely AZ
ever, pnd not irritated or probably dsappont.
ed at the result of the election. Instead OF
being worn down by the race he has run, he
has gained ten pounds Of flesh since his re-
turn from Europe"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

GIVE Your CHILD NEwsPApER.-A
child beginning to rnd is delighted with n
newspaper, because he reads the names of
things which are familiar, and will make
progress accordingly A newspaper one
year is worth quarters schooling to child.
Parents and Guardians, should see to it,
however, that no newspaperbe placed 10 chill.
dren's hands, TINT is mot mid fnr
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

NEw JAIL~--The County Court at its
Quarterly Session this week, made an ap-
preparation Of five thousand dollars to build
q new Jail. An advertisement inviting pro-
posals to furnish materials and to do the
work will be found in another column,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

PROGRESS OF ScIENcE.-Col. Greene of the
Boston Post, in speech at the recent Demo.
cratic festival, in the city of Notions, deliver
ed to his audience the following:
The talking wires are now long enough to
circle the globe four times, or more; and
when the magnetic hand of Newfoundland
shakes the iron fingers of the Irish coast, we
shall know the gender Of Victora's next hei,
to the throne before one half of the citizens
OF London have heard of the birth.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09
STOPPING PAPERs-An exchange says

"When man gets mad and stops his paper,
he always borrows the next number of his
neighbor, TO see il the withdral of his patro.
mage hasn't killed the editor and dressed. the
columns in mourning. This grows out of the
fact that zone try to show their spite in this
way but the kind of people who Imagine that
the world rests on their shoulders"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09
ley The European is a British journal

gV Inc European Is British journal
recently established in New York. Here is
n paragraph from recent number:
ave want to make oul correspondent, and
all other readers of the European, understand
that the Importance Of tho slavery question,
has been greatly moderated. Slavery is
about TO destroy the great American Repub.
lie, and to establish npon its ruins mighty
oligarchy, whose principal object will be to
unite 'oith The despote po'oers Of Europe, and
obtterate Great Britiin from the list of in
dependent nations"
Southern men who are fond Of foreigners
and think foreign influence n good thing
ought to subscribe for the European. It is
one Of the Northern journals that suits them
precisely.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

tB- The Buffalo Advertiser closesits nc
count Of the damage done in that;olsy by the
great blow, as follows: ST. = -
We cannot close our chapter Of accidents
without brief alusion to the utter failure OF
oil whalebone structures during the blow
Umbrellas went wrong side out in the most
provoking manner, and SO did crinoline.-
Some of the ladies on the street, so far as
information extends. went up, (like angels as
they are,) but some of them presented the
appearance of m umbrella turned wrong side
out, ,oiih too stout handles iastsad fine usua
slender stick.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

SENATOR FROM FLoRiDA.--Hon. 8. B.
Mallory was reelected to the u. 8. Senate
by the Florida Legislature on the Gath ult.
BY vote of S8 to 10. The Legislature ad.
journed on Saturday last.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

MORTALITY OF BosToN.-The number Of
deaths in Boston last week was unusually
large for the season, there occurring no less
than i06, of which 80 were from scarlet fe-
YER. This disease appears to have become
epidemic in New England, as we notice
great number of instances both in large and
small towns ,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

MANUFACTURE OF RAILROAD IRoN.-The
Albany Statesman says:
The New York Central Railroad COMPANY
manufactures its own railroad iron ut n less
cost than one half its market value. The
average cost to railroad companies is now S6C
to 1865 pei ton, while the cost to the manu-.
facturer is about $50 per ton. The cost OF
the Central Railroad Company's iron works
all complete, including 1860 acres of land
containing their ore, was Sl45,6OO. The sum
the company saved in one year by making for
itself the iron necessary to supply the annual
wear and tear of the road.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

A NEWSPAPER WORTH OwSISG.-The
London Times was established in 1875, BY
John Walter, and inherited by his son, now
member of parliament. It is valued at s.,
100000. Its principal editor has an annual
salary of $4,000. and i,a Paris correspond
ent $4,000. Its Advertisements, il is esti
mated, yield it ss,o6doooo year. az firm
alone paying $4,000 a year, ,sss
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

W- We spent a portion of the present
week at Cleveland. Town improving pretty
rapidly, in the way of building, &c. Money
market a little tight-not much-just enough
to make danning pleasant and agreeable
Business brisk enough to be wholesome
people seemingly healthy enough to be happy,
except that poor, miserable sinner of the
"Bnnner," whose conscience is warping him
dreadfully. Stopped at Cleveland Hotel
very good house-rathcr too many lawyers
about for one to rest well of nights; bu.
landlord couldn't help that-lawyers are hu.
man beings after all, and arc not to be turn
ed out to the inclemencies of the weather
just because they don't know how to behave
themselves like other people.
Good deal of business in Court-civil dock.
ct light, criminal side tremendous-eleven
prisoners in jnil--crime on the increase
= striking illustration of the malgn influ-
snce exercised by the "Banner." Just eleven
Go it, Bob-tail, you're gainin' on us!
Seriously. Cleveland is building up rapidly
and there is spir. Of improvement among
the business mon Of the place, which promi
ses much for its future. We take pleasure
in recording the fact and we desire to thank
our friends in Bradley for the prompt and
agreeable manner in which they responded
10 our call.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

tB The Gar of Russia, whose immortal
father died by or IN spite of homeopathic
treatment, has Numbered a rebuke agoinst
medical quacks. While he was at Il. he
might as well have Numbered a ukase
against death.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

tN- II is said that the House Committee
on Territories will report adversely to the
memorial of the inhabitants of Arizona,
asking the establishment of Territorial
government.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09
~- Wincbell tells n storv If a dor vh;,

W Winchell tells story of dog which
undertook to jump across we'll in two
jumps. There are great many people just
like that dog-tolks who think they can
jump across awell in two jumps. They that
undertake it usually "bring up down in the
water"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

sV The Daily Messenger, at Montgome.
ry' has lately heard of the absconding of a
good many railroad contractors, and thinks
The cause may be traced to the fact, tina, their
regular business is to make tracks,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09
tw- Hon. Howsl Cobh hos ;..rod.t.

tV Hon. Howell Cobb has issued book
from the Georgia press for private circulation,
entitled Scriptural Examination of the Insti.
tuition of slavery" intended to prove that the
Development of slavery in the United States
is calculated to secure "evl and religious lib.
erty" to the race in Africa. 1t is freely dis.
tributed among public men; with the authors
compliments.