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Z q. BAILEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR;
JOHN G. WHITTIER, CORRESPONDING EDITC
r. 0SPECTUS OF THE ELEVENTH V0Ll
BEGINNING JANUARY l, 1857.

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BROWNS BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs.

We so far depart from custom, as TO say. Of Inc
above medicine that have il tried aud hnd q"
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coughs colds, and hosrssness.
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WASHINGTON. D. c..
THURSDAY, JANUARY ~, 1857

Ogice, No. sol Serenh street, bet,oesn ID and e,
one square south of City Post Office.
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menced here last Sunday morning, was gen
eral. The telegraph brings stirring reports
from the East. Railroads are blocked up,
travel Is suspended, the weather intensely cold,
in some places the thermometer going down to
30 degrees below Zero The weather cleared
here last Monday, but the people had run to
cover, and the city was as noiseless as on a
Sabbath. Since Saturday night we have had
no mails and the probability is, that the pa
pers from this city will be far behind their time
an reaching distant subscribers.
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Mr.. VnLIERs, having declined the American
mission, another Minister has been appointed
name unknown TO the public.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. l6, 1857.

To the Editor Of The National Era:
Ihave just seen q latter from a lady in Penn
sylvania, whom i know to be one of the excel
lent Of the earth, 10 another Of kindred spirit
in this city, containing the following extract,
which ! think you ought TO publish, as hint
to hundreds of her sisters in that State, who
by corresponding effort might not only add
thousands to your present circulation, bat even
revolutionize the Keystone State. B.
"For several years, lever since the great
Know Nothing exeitement,) there have been
but three copies of the National Era taken at
our post Office. / often felt that this good pa
per ought to be more generally read amongst
enr people; and so, after the election excite
ment was over, started out in my carriage
and two horses, with little Billy, and visited
and talked TO the people in the county and
villages; and the result of it was, that some ten
days before New Years, / sent DIR. Bailey a
clab of seventeen names for the Era. l think
In about a week shall send four more.
How much more willing to talk and read
the people seem, since the question of Anti
Slavery was brought fairly before them at the
late election !"
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FREE STATE LEGISLATURE IN KANsAs.--A
n : l.

FREE STATE LEGISLATURE IN kANsAS.--A
despatch dated Topeka, January Eth, says:
The Legislature opened here yesterday, and
after a short session adjourned until to-day, as
neither Gov Robinson nor Lieut.. Gov. Roberts
has been here. Gov Robinson has resigned.
Roberts is in the Territory, but has failed to at
tend Much dissatisfaction prevails IN conse
quence.
Yesterday, a United States deputy marshal
acting under a writ from Judge Cato, arrested
seven members of the Free State Legislature.
The writ has upwards Ct thirty names attached
20 il. More arrests will likely he made. This
IL another effort 10 Kill the Free State move
nent- -
Judge Curtis, President Of the Senate, will
deliver q message as Acting Governor to-day.
There is almost a unanimous determination
that the Legislature shall 60 with its work.
IT is doubtful whether they will be able to do So
The ELECTION IL PITTSBURGH, to which we al
luded a few days ago, was for aldermen. The
election for Mayor and Councils occurred on
Tuesday, and on the same day Allegheny city
elected Mayor and Councils. In Pittsburgh
the vote stood for Mayor thus: Weaver, Rep.
2.704; White, Dem, 1925; McCurdy, Amer
242. For the Councils, the Republican tickets
were elected in all the wards but two. The Be
lect Council viii consist Of Is Republicans anc
Democrats, and the Comlnon Council of 2
Republicans and 3 Democrats; thus giving
Republican majority of 20 on joint ballot. i
Allegheny city the vote for Mayor stood thus
there being two Republican candidates: Saw
yer, Rep, $50; Dehaven, Rep, 779; Hasleti
Dem, ESQ., Benney, Ind, 206. To the Cit
Councils all the Republican candidates wer
elected. In Birmingham borough, also, all tn
Republican candidates were elected. Thes
three portions Of Pittsburgh cast 1872 vote
The rest of the suburbs cast at the late Pres
Dental election ,25S votes. The vote of Pitt
burgh entire is therefore $3.50.
Philadelphia North american.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-04
ELECTION OF JupGE.-The following is
the vote for Judge IN the Second Circuit

aTnE SouTHsRS CITlzEN."-This is the
title of anew Political, Commercial! and
Literary Journal, to be published at Knox.
yille-John Mitchell and VIM G. Swan, Pro-
prietors and Editors" We gather from the
Prospectus--a copy of which we acknow.
ledge--thot the "Citizen" will be "tho-
roughly DcmOcrotic and States Rights Jour
nal"-with squint for the formation of a
Southern party and the re.opening of the
African Slave Trade. The first number will
appear about the middle of October. Two
dollars per year in advance. Address Mitchell
g. Swan, Knoxville.
We shall await the advent Of the "South-
en Citizen" with no little anxiety, conducted,
MS II is to be, by two gentlemen Of acknow-
lodged abities-ono Of them "being IN
American citizen by birth; the other intend
ing to become such by adoption"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-04

"SoUrHERH PARTY."-There seems TO be
n pretty warm desire in certain quarters just
now, to form great "Southern Party"-a par
ty which shall be the antagonism of great
"Northern Party"-both looking 10 and aim
ing ut a severance OF the Union. Sectional
ism is the bano of the times, the curse of the
Republic, and every man who encourages
and cutivntes 1t, no matter where he was
born-North or South, East or West-at
home or abroad-on the land or on the wa
ter-or whether he was born at all, or like
the Allegheny boatsman, just come down on
raft-every man who encourages sectional
agitation or the formation of sectional par
ties, should be frowned down and branded
as n traitor TO the best interests of his section.
The county has had enough Of Northern
and Southern agitation. What is needed is,
the formation Of great National Party-a
party, national in spirit and in deed, in its
teachings and its practice. Encourage home
industry, home manufactures, ana home en-
terprises of every description, and cultivate
self-dependence, self-relance, in all the bu-
sinOss interests ard educational pursuits -
But build up no Southern party--at least, no
Southern party with political agitation for its
basis, and looking to ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
the Republic rs its result.
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An ACTIVE "BUsINEss pLAcE."-It is stated
that at the city OF Krokuk, Iowa, since the
commencement of the present Seasons ,000,-
OOO feet of lumber, 100000 shingles, and
100000 tbs have been used. The calcu-
25,O0OOOO leet of lumber, 10000, 900 of shin
giles, and 2O,000,00O of laihs. The business,
50 FAR this season, has doubled thnt of the
last. Thirteen hundred carpenters find con-
slant employment in the carpenter shops Of
the city; brick kilns keepa hive of nine hum
drcd men busy ns bees, and there are thirty
brick klns. which hnvealrcady manufactured
and SOLD 100000 bricks. The amount viii
reach 6O,0O0,OOO for the season, oil of which
will be used
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Brokers' PASic.-It is in seasons of this
kind, when inportations are heavy, paper
money abundant, confidence strong, nd the
community in general disposed TO abandon
old and safe pursuits for the tempting pros
pccl of realizing large fortunes in a short
time and on small Investments, that we must
look for just snch n "crasb" IA hns taken
place in New York, and which is even now
The matter Of startling record and comment in
the exciting aud excitable newspaper world
of that city.
The time has gone by when bankers and
brokers can excrcisea seriously damaging in
tlnence over the business and politics of the
country. Through the workings of the in
dependent treasury the government and the
people are alike protected from the absorbing
controlling spirit of capital, and the dangers
of over-iradmg and over--peculating. The
New York "crash"a at the best, or at the worst,
has thus far produced only brokers' pnnic,
for all accounts agree in stating that it does
not extend Ia. strictly commercial classes
Washington Union.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-04

The GRAssHoPPER PLAGUE.-Tbe Min
nesota correspondent Of the Evening Pa.
expresses the opinion that the gras,iorr..
which lately devastated Minnesota. viii -.
badly visit the East and South. Tie s,,s.
"1'hey came like a mighty army last A.
gust, Il year ago, from the West, hunu in ~
mulliiudes as TO darken the sun IN SOM. T.
stances. Lighting down, they deyoured tg.
thirds of all the cro2s-deposited their e,,,.
and last spring Matched in such muittudr,.,
to require all the garden vegetables aud sr,r.
OF every kind to mature them for their E,.,
cru flight a July. The corn springinp nm
little after being eaten down TO the ground
will afford a little for use, and late planted
potatoes viii amount TO something. A gns5
supply OF hay is left in the meadows of 5te,,
growth. The insect is now gone-Eas,a and
South.
"Nothing but the interposition of Din.
Providence will prevent the annual deys,.
ton of these insects in every State est n
this to the Atlantic coast, which they NAV no
reach under three years; It having been abop,
that time since they left Utah and the Uppe,
Minnesota valley. Already, hear, one vino
of the great army has reached Wisconsin tina
right wing having reached Iowa, and the cen.
trail column the edge OF Illinois. The section
of county where they have been so destrue.
tive in Minnesota for two years, is narrow-a
strip on each side of the Mississippi ahoys
Saint Anthony's Fall. The eastern and south.
ern section of Minnesota escaped until since
their flight East and South.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-04
ATHENS, FRIDAY, SEPT. 4, 1857.

NoTIcE.--The present volume of
the paper will close on the 18th day
of September. All persons who are
in arrears for one year or more, at
that time, will be charged $500 per
year-and the accounts will be made
out and placed in the hands of a col
lecting agent as soon after the close
of the volume as it can be done. We
give fair notice, and will treat all
alike.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-04

FURTHER ABOUT THE CABLE.-When the
Cable broke, there was very heavy swell of
the sea-the cable was running out too fast,
and the Engineer applied the brakes, which
caused the immediate parting of the cable
The niagara and the Agamemnon remained
TO try deep water experiments, and the rest
of the fleet returned The impression prevails
in Liverpool that another attempt will be
made in October to lay the cable.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-04

"GRAND THoRoUGHFARs."- Under this
caption, the Memphis Bulletin, of the 2lst
instant, gives us the following interesting
reports
Already is the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad showing evidence of what its early
friends claimed for it, that it would be, when
completed, the grand thoroughare OF travel
from East 10 West, between the Atlantic
and Mississippi, aud their most sangun'- ex-
pectations are being realized in the immense
travel over this road daily. The mail train
last night brought in over one hundred and
fifty passengers, large portion OF them
being u rough passengers, filling up the no
tells to overlooking. In addition 10 the .rnv-
ell over the road, considerable quantities of
merchandise are being received by il daily,
;he recent purchases of our merchants at
New York and Phladelp hia. Lust night
several car loads were received directly
through from Charleston and Savannah
Success 10 the enterprise.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-04

BRADLEY CoUNTY.-Circut Court CON-
mences at Cleveland next Monday, the 7th.
We expect to be there portion ofthe'week,
and hope persons 10 arrears to the office will
avail themselves of the occasion 20 pay up
The truth is, every man ought TO pay his
subscription in advance, and not subject pub
Fishers to the expense and annoyanceOf hunt
ing him up. If men want paper from a
distance they very cheerfully send the money
along with the order. Why not pay as
promptly for their home paper, instead of
waiting to be dunned half dozen times?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-04

.sF The Cincinnati Gazette says that the
NV Workers have stopped fighting and gone
to injuncting. "1'hey get up every morning
and injunet each other all around. They then
spend the whole day in getting the iujuuctions
dissolved. They then get out a fresh set of
injunciions the next morning, and begin the
dissolving process where they left off the day
before"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-04

A WORD TO THE DEMOCRACY, BY DEMO.
cRAT.-The Lynchburg Republican, Demo.
cratic paper, steps on some peoples corns
while asking few questions and making a
prediction, as follows:
Is the Democratic party of this country in
no danger of suffering from lack of political
integrity! Are no dogmas creeping into our
organization at war with the essential reoui-
sites of permanent and nvincible party of
principles Let us reason together for mo.
ment. An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound OF cure. Diseases are best cured when
taken at their inception. Is it not an alarm
ing symptom TO see leading and influential
Democratic journals in the South deliberately
taking position against the pernicious doc
trines of Governor Walker, and then deliber-
ateiy backing down from them to conciiate
federal favor? Is il not an alarming symptom
to see these JOURNALS proclaiming the shame
less doctrine that "the unity of the Demo-
cratic party must be preserved at all hazards"
thus throwing principles, like physic, to the
dogs, and making every thing subservient to
the naked suvorss ur rHe party! Is u not an
alarming symptom to see the great masses of
the Southern Democracy-whoa adhere to the
glorious cause Of their section ard the we'll
established principles of their party, regard
less of the frowns or smiles of federal power
-assaiied by former friends, for disloyalty to
party, and as enemies to the Administration
With all Difference to the opinions of 9th
ers, we are candid to say, that these things
are evil omens 10 our party, and the day
which shall witness their prevailing influence
in the South, will witness the decentralization
and downfall Of the Democratic party of the
country.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-04

Political Compleri ion Of he Alabama Leg
islature.-The Alabama Legislature, just
elected, is divided politically MS follows: The
Senate stands twenty.eight Democrats to FIVE
Americans; and the House, eighty FIVE Demo
Gratis to fifteen Americans. Democratic ma
jority on joint ballot, ninety three,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-04

CAN'T BE SETTLEp.-The Washington
mission Of Kansas into the Union will not
settle the slavery question. II says: "1'he
execution of the fugitive slave law is stand.
ing issue-a running sore--a slow ire-an
everlasting issue between the North and the
South; and the party in the North that refus
es or fails 10 declare in favor of the execution
of that law, is not, and cannot be, national
partvr
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-04

A BAD HusBASp.-ln recent discussion
between the candidates for Governor in Geor.
gia, Judge Brown remarked that Mr.. Buch-
anan, had married the South" Ben Hill
replied that he had proved himself bad
husband, then, for within few months he
had "iehipped his rife"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-04

The PORK MARKET IN PRosPEcT.-the
Cincinnati, Price Current says:
During the last two months II good deal
has been doing in the way Of contracts for
hogs for November delivery.
In the early part of June, when it was
thought quite doubtful that even moderate
corn crop could be made. the disposition to
make these contracts was strong and very
general throughout the West, and within the
last month, when it became apparent that
the markets would be entirely cleared of the
old stocks of provisions before the new
would come in, the demand, which had sub
sided some during the fore part OF Juiv,
again became more active, and prices add
vanred.
During the late part Of June and the fore
pnri ct July Sc so per hundred seemed to BE-
the prevailing rate, at which we heard of
contracts to the extent OF 700 head During
the latter part of July Sc 10 was paid for
1900 head, for November delivery, and Sc
80 f'r the fore part of December. Within
the last two weeks about 5000 head were
sold, for November delivery at 81 per cwt.
net.
The impressionis pretty generally enter
tanned that the pork brought into market
early will command high prices.
According to our advices from Illinois
there is an active demnnd for hogs in that
State at Sc net, with more buyers than
sellers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-04
THIRD DIsTRIcT.-The following is the
vote for Congress in this District.

BANK OF PARls.-This bank suspended
payment short time since, but has resumed
again, and is now entirely safe. We believe.
says the GAINESVILLE Chronicle, no one sus-
tanned any loss from the suspension. Its roles
are secured by deposit of State Bonds, and
were received Mt par during the suspension
by some Of the Banks both at Nashville and
this place and are now received by all Banks.
Memphis Eagle.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-04

VERMoNT.-Vermont is model State,
one among thrty-one aud very lovely
One of its papers says of it,
There is but one city in this State and not
n soldier. We have no police aud not
murder has been committed in this State
within the last ten years. We have no Muse.
um Chrystal palaces; but we have homes,
genuine homes, for which the father WORKS.
votes and talks, where the mother controls
educates, Iabors and lovrs-where she re-s
men, scholars and patriots.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-04
JOINS MIcrnrLL (the Irish exiIe) is brotE

joins MIcrHELL Qhe Irish exile) is brotE
of boy. He has been from the start one
of the windiest of all the windy 'patriois"
that the Sievegammon Revolution flung up
on our shores. About the very first thing
he dbl, when he reached American soil,-af-
ter his escape from Botany Bay,-was to dis
gust his entertainers, in San Francisco, by
insulting the womanhood of the Queen OF
Great Britain,-and from that day to this, he
has but seldom opened his mouth, or used
his pen,-unIess it We're to say or write
something equally characteristic of the man.
Well,-John has lately been writing
long letter to his friend John Martin, anoth
or Hibernian patriot, in the course of which
we have Mr.. Mitehell's views of American
society, American politics, and American
men, through Irish pectacles-cOupled with
some advise gratis to his countrymen al large
advanced in this style:
Z As for Know Nothingism,
hirh did seriously for two years check the
Irish immigration, it had but little meaning
from She first beyond blind zeal for that
which is almost worse Ii has always been
weak and noisy and its only public action
having taken the form OF street riots and
arson, just and quiet people, of whom there
are Il majority, have grown tired of it, indig-
nant against it, One Irish born citizen, with
his vote in his hand, is precisely the political
equal Of one Know Nothing; no more and
TO less; and can by no means afford to yield
one jOt or title to the claim of native supe-
riortv. We cannot | say, afford to be hum
BILE in the presence OF so proud people; aud
! il my adopted fellow countrymen will follow
precept or example OF mine, humanity is the
very last Of the Christian virtues they will
cultivate. When they are perfect in all the
resi-, then let them begin upon that. A few
plain and simple rules would suffice for their
guidance, in case of Nativism becoming again
outrageous To-wit: Repay scorn with
scorn. Obey the Law, and stand upon your
| rights. If attacked in the exercise of those
rights, then blow for blow, and Gfit come to
| that bullet for bullet. If n Know Nothing
smite thee on one cheek, smite him on the
| other. Vote invariably against every candi.
date for every office who hints one word of
! Natiyism. So shall you prove yourself
worthy to be of the sovereigns of free
country; so shall Legislators be conciliatory,
rowdies be bland, and even "Plug Uglies" in.
wife you to take drink
Now, all that we have to say to this is, that
we don't see the use of Gteat Britain hav
ing Botany Bay at all, when such wild
Irishmen as "John" are allowed thus to run
loose. Is it any wonder that Ireland is the
miserable, God-forsaken, semi-barbarous
country it has so long been, when these are
the sort of patriots she turns out'-Ne0
York Erpress.