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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

A NATIONAL BASK.-The National Intel
ligencer argues, with its usual ability, in ia.
vor of National bank. The financial evils
which periodically affiict the country, il
thinks, spring from an ill-regulated currency.
The Lynchburg yirginian takes the same
view, substantially, assuming that, while wild
speculation and rash overtrading and luxu-
rious extravaganza are the immediate causes
o! these recurring pressures, behind them all
exists the procuring cause of them all, in a
monetary system which tends, by the vices
and defects Of its structure, to create the con-
ditions most propitious to the unnatural
growth and development of those secondary
causes which are the sure precursors of COM
ing disasters. And it is for precisely these
monetary evils and for these besetting dan.
gers of our business activity that National
Bank with those checks and limitations
which must ever be applied to all deposits of
power, whether in government or finance)
would afford the speediest, surest, safest, and
wisest remedy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

The WESTERN MERcBASTs-The mer.
chants Of the far West are acting in body,
and great difficulty is apprehended in the
collection of debts, especially as they seem
to have formed a defensive alliance with law
yefs. The merchants Of ST. Anthony and
Minneapolis met in convention and resolved
to ask general extension. ST. Paul mer-
chants have done likewise; lawyers have
agreed MOTTO prosecute or levey any attach
meuts for the same period.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

icy Mike Walsh, at one time prominent
us the leader Of the New York subterra.
neans-the men of the back alleys and eel
lars--is a candidate for Clerk of the House
Of Representatives at Washington. Not
withstanding Alchaers former strength with
tho dirty faced wing of the Democracy, he
will hardly attain the object of his present
aspirations. A. d. Banks, Of the Southside
Democrat, Virginia, Is also candidate for the
Clerkship, and will probably be elected.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30
GOLD AND SILVER IN THE UNITED STATE.

GOLD AND SILVER IN THE UNITED STATES
Gold and silver, says Washington letter
are not scarce. 1t is believed that in New
York alone, twenty million Of dollars value
Of these metals is in use for purposes of util-
ity and adornment in the habitations of the
people. An intelligent gentleman in this
city estimates the gold and silver watch cases
and watch uppendages in the United States,
at from twenty to twenty five millions.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

CHEAP BREAD.-"While on a visit on the
line of Georgia and Tennessee the first part
OF the present week." says the LaGrange
Reporter, tive were informed that corn has
been sold at the low price Of twenty-five cents
per JusheL and all that was offered for wheat
by purchasers was my GEMS per bushel! This
Is beginning TO look like the good times which
have always been just little ahead Of US. If
the banks all do not bust entirely, we oil
shall live at very trling expense during the
approaching year"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

FATAL ERROR OF DRueGBr.-Ths
Lockport Advertiser states that on the 26th
ult., two meL, a father and son, went to q
drug store at Suspension Bridge, and inqui-
red for quinine. The druggist put up pack
age, and they went home. Upon going to
bed, each of them took dose, from the
effects Of which they died on Sunday. The
Druggist put up morphine instead Of the ar-
ticle required.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

The TOBACCO INrsREsT.-lt is stated that
within week protested drafts TO the amount
Of 100000 have been returned on the to-
bacconists of Richmond by commission mer-
chants in New York. The Richmond papers
intimate that ii is the intention Of the manu-
facturers to hold meetings, and authorize the
Banks to sue their agents upon each draft as
il natures and not have them returned.-M
Y. Times, l7th.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

CoRREsPosDEScE.-A correspondence be-
tween several members Of the American par
ty in tho Legislature and three or four dis
tinguished gentlemen who were asplrants for
seat In the United States Senate not yet
vacant, is published in the Nashville papers.
While generally we sympathze with our
American friends in their movements, We
can't help thinking that they rather put their
foot in il that time. Otherwise, that they
were decidedly picked up In the correspon-
dence. It is sometimes wholesome even for
members Of the Legislature to think before
acting.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

THEY SECURED OsE OF THEIR RIGHTS.
1t Is said that the shortskr,ed preienders
for "women's rights" in and about Roches-
ter, have been notified to do military duty at
4general trainin." just imagine squad of
Bloomer dressed Amazons out on parade
presenting arms"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

tg- The last great financial revulsion be-
gan in 1887, with the suspension of the U,
s. Bank and all the State banks, and ended
in 1910, with the explosion of the Manhat.
tan Bank, the very one that begun the war,
Within those yenrs thirty thousand houses
broke, and took the benefit of the Bankrupt
law of ls4l. Their debts amounted to four
hundred miiions-their assets to almost
nothing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

PENEsYLvAsIA.--The returns OF the late
election in Pennsylvania are so completely
one-sided that little interest is felt in the de-
tails. The majdslty for Gen. Packer and the
rest of the Democratic tcks; 10 likely to be
between forty and fifty thousand, and in each
branch Of the Legislature the Democrats will
probably have two-thirds of the members.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30
In TME.-The Sparta Times tells the TO
loving:

In TME.-The Sparta Times tells the fol-
loving:
Upon the State Bank suspending in Nash.
vile, the Bank despatched an agent in hot
haste to the Sparta Branch. There happen.
ed to be some Brokers from Nashville in Just
as hot haste as he was. Neck and neck, and
all on the cars, and arrived at McMinnvill Q
together. Together they all took the stage
for Sparta-on the way the stage broke
down. Here was muss. Bank agent said
he would walk piece and straighten his
joints-and he kept on walking and reached
Sparta about half an hour before the Brokers'
The Bank suspended. The Brokers in--but
too late. too late They looked as monu.
ment Of grief, and departed next day minus
the specie. The little man with the cap
gained the premium, and will do to travel.
In the language of contemporary, we would
ask, "Are we going to permit the family Of
Shylock to get the whole Of our property for
nothing" ff
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

A SQUIRREL SToRY.--The droughth hav-
ing cut off the corn crop on the Texas from.
tier, the squirrels are emigrating to Arkan.
sas, swimming the Red river by thousands
1t is stated that one woman killed FIVE hun
bred with her washing implements, in ono
day, on the bank Of the river. Rather tough.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

FASHIONABLE LADIss.-A writer in Bos.
ton paper manifests his disapprobation Of
the extravaganza of the ladies of upperten-
dom, by saying-
1.-THE ladies' of the present day may, in
one sense, be compared to the lilies of the
field. They toll not, neither do they spin,
yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrnyed
like one Of these"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

s4y- One of the partners in prominent
Philadelphia firm, that lately suspended, KEEP
two carriages, five light riding wagons 10"
fast horses, two dogs, two coachmen, ana '''
servant girls. 1t is no wonder such men
fail.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

MoSEY.-The coinage of the world A.
mounts to fully three thousand millions OF
dollars, and only n hundred and twenty-five
millions are necessary to the purchase Of the
cotton crop. The coinage now in the United
States is estimated at two hundred and fifty
millions, an amount nearly sufficient for their
currency; but it is locked up aud boarded in
a great part. In no part Of the world, ex-
cept the United States, is paper money of de-
nominations corresponding with coin tolera-
ted. The smallest bill of the Bank of Eng
land is the five pound note, or twenty five
dollars, and of France twenty dollars, or one
hundred francs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

SIGNS OF THE TMEs.-Such are the straits
to which many of the merchants of New
York are driven, that they have been com.
PEELED to address circulars to their customers
all over the country, soliciting from them an
ticpation of their payments, and offering
therefor discount of one and half per
cent. per month, besides assuming one-haif
the difference of exchange (Which will be
greatly reduced Of course since the suspen.
sion Of the New York Banks) to themselves.
The reason they allege for this is, that their
engagements in Europe must be met at every
sacrifice, and they call on their country Gus
toners to bear their part in such necessary
sacrifices to mercantile and national honor.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

STATIsTIcAL.-Of six hundred and twelve
young ladies who tainted last year, more
than half of them fell into the arms ofgentle-
men. Only three had the misfortune to
fnll nm the honr .---.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

W- "John," said father to his son one
day when he caught him shaving the "down"
of his upper lip, "don't throw your shaving
water out where there are any bare. footed
boys; for they might get their feet pricked."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

0r We notice that r. II. and NJ. M.
Armstrong Of Knox county received pre-
MUM of one hundred dollars, at the State
Fair held at Navhvillr, for the best ten acres
of Wheat, their WELD being 375 bushels, an
average of 3Si bushels per acre.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

FINE CHEWING ToBAcco.--Wo are in
debted to Messrs Sehon g. Hornsby for I
plug Of Chewing Tobacco-a sample Of I
new lot just received. We find il a superior
article. Lovers of the noxious weed will
act upon this notice. afDs
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

MoSEY-MoSEY.-All the Free Banks, with
the exception Of the Bank of jefferson and
the two Banks Of Claiborne county. are taken
at par by the business men Of this section
OF the Stock Banks. the State. Planters,
Union, 0coee, and Bank Of Chattanooga, are
also considered as good as Ben Burton's bills.
Messrs. Sehorn d Hornsby take the issues of
the Bank of Shelbyville at par, and so do we
when any are offered. ft
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

tW A Washington letter writer says the
revenue arising from the present tariff is not
adequate to tho demands upon the Treasury,
and that the President has srpOsssed the opin
ion that loan must be called for at some pc.
Rod within The coming year.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

tB- The Directors Of the Bank OF Che''
ter, $. c., have published card; pledg'hg
their private fortunes for the redemption o.
the Banks bills. Their united property "
estimated at $500 900 to 81 100000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

COMMERCIAL LIrE.-Some years ago an
examination was made of all the accounts
kept in one Of the Philadelphia banks during
period of thirty years, in order to ascertain
as question Of mercantile statistics, what
had been the average fate of the depositors
as regarded their success in life. The result
was so remarkable as to be deserving of care
ful study at moment like the present, when
every flash of the telegraph is tinged, not
with light, but with gloom. OF the whole
number, 10 per cent. had failed, or become so
!ramelcd with debt as to be compelled to re-
linquish business.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

W- Only two deaths from yellow fever
were reported in Charleston last week.
The total number Of interments was twenty.
one
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30
SELLING SPEcIE.-The New York Evening

SELLING SPEcIE.-The New York Evening
Post says:
Those who boarded the gold in the hope
of specializing by a sale Of it, find the pre-.
MUM entirely insufficient to pay for the risk.
One or two per cent appears to be the great
est difference between specie and current
bank notes, and the difference promises to
lessen instead of increasing. The large a.
mount OF silver change in circulation not
available IN legal payment for sums of over
five dollars, entirely does away with the ne
cessity Of purchasing specie for common use,
and the only use for gold is for the payment
Of duties at the Custom House. In few
days the bullion operators will be glad TO re-
deposit their gold in bank to save the in
terest.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

w- The worst feature in a mans face Il
his nose--when stuck into other people,:
business. Remember that-you who ure in
tho habit Of bobbing around.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

GRIP.-The epidemic known as the "Ty-
Ter Grip" has been prevailing pretty general
ly throughout East Tennessee. Having sui.
fcred several days with il, we feel competent
to say that the disease is appropriately nam
ed, as it is decidedly the meansst order Of
cold respectable people were ever afflicted
with 4lC.t ..s i-s
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

lSDIANA.-The Republicans claim THAI
Charles Case, their candidate to NIL the va,
cancy in Congress occasioned by the death o.
Brenton, Republican, has beaten his Demo-
cratic opponent, J. l.. Werden, by eight hun
dred majority.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

tB- A list of suspended railroads in the
Northern and Western States is published,
whose total liabilities amount to SI3l,7O0,-
600.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-The amount in
the Treasury, subject to draft, is SIC, $780,
600; and the receipts for the past week are
over 100000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

~ The Baltimore Suns Washington Lev
ter writer says that "orders have been g'hsa
for fitting out with dispatch, the mlgh.s'ii
war steamer Of the navy for the purpose
intcrcepting the new expedition oil esNs'''
Walker TO Central America"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

tB- Recruiting for another Nicarauga
(Fillibuster) expedition is said to be going
on in Cincinnati. Well, let it 60 on. Pirates
must live rs well as other people. au
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

REpuoINo HorEL CuARoEs.--The proprietors
Of the Girard House, Philadelphia, with a
view Of adapting their charges to suit the
times, have reduced the price OF board from
$3.50 TO 50 per day.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

REsrEcrABLE RoBBsRy.-'l'he lndePen-
dent iniimates that thousands Of merchants
are taking advantage of the "panic," and sus-
pending, wber with effort they could go on,
do their duty 10 their creditors, aud pay in
full.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

tW For want of the usual assistance in
our Office, the printing of several jobs has
been delayed beyond the time promised.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

GEoRcrA.-The official majority Of Brown.
Democratic candidate for Governor in Geor-
gia, is ll,0S7 votes
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

BANKS AT THE WEsT.-The Western folks
watch over their banks with tender assiduity,
and forcibly resist any attempt to embarrass
them. In Jacksonville Qnd.) special COM
mittee of watchful ones one day last week
pounced upon suspicious looking ndividu-
al with box under his arm, and chased him
far beyond the limits OF the town, when il
was discovered that his visit there was solely
a professional one, and that his only object
was to extract corns. Last week two gen.
temen went from Cincinnati to Frank fort
upon private business where rumor getting
out that they were shank runners" they
were mobbed and driven from the town. In
numerous places persons attempting TO pro-
cure specie from the banks have been obliged
to leave town with uncomfortable speed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30
DEMOCRATIC WAR TACTICS.

The Democracy had promised themselves
no small amount OF capital from n full dis
cussOn of the Senatorial question, aud led
off day before yesterday with all 1.-THE pomp
and circumstance Of glorious war" promising
to their antagonists an open and free
fight; but their Xerxes forces, after lashinp
the sea with arrogant fury, encountered a
Spartan band at Thermopyle, the result of
which was the drawing off Of their routed
cohorts in used up" condition, and has
ty retreat from the "battle of Argument" I'M
der cover of she previous question" moved
and carried by the majority in spite of the
minority's defiant challenge to further debate.
Every battery of argument behind which
they fortified themselves had been carried by
storm; their missiles Of small wit and ineffec-
tual sarcasm had all fallen full spent at their
own feet, or been hurled back upon them
with double fury; and volly after volly "from
the other side" had so fiercely raked their
TANKS, that they raised the white flag of
truce and refused further to proong the
fight.
The conduct ofthe democracy in the House
upon this question has indeed been most Pc
culiar. They startad out with loud profess
sions Of magnanmity, and willingness to
have a full discussion. This promise was
kept until an amendment was offered to the
resolution by an American member, declar-
ing the proposed election to be constitution.
al, which amendment the democracy not
only refused To pass, but shrked the vote
upon it, by moving and sustaining The call
for the previous question. They thus re-
fuse to 90 upon the record, fully and une-
quivocally declaring measure to be consti-
tutional which they were on the point of
passing. They pass the resolution, but re-
fuse to commit themselves, by express vote,
to its consiitutionality. This is genuine,
unadulterated democracy.-.Nash. Banner.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

A Coop ExAMPLE-LET OTHERS FOLLOW.
The Superintendent of the South West.
ern Railroad, says the Macon Telegraph, has
ordered his supply of negro clothes to be
made of the cotton from the Houston Coun-
ty Factory, (Tooks's MiIl0 Georgia Cotton,
Georgia Wool and Georgia Mills! They are
TO be cut by Georgia tailor, and given out
to be made up by seamstresses in Macon
thus distributing more than thousand dol
lars at home, instead of going to the North.
This is the true way to achieve Southern
independence, and particularly in these hard
times. Let all our Southern people follow
this wise and liberal policy. You deserve
credit Mr., Adams.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

B- The Democrats will have majority
Of forty.seven on the joint ballot in the
Pennsylvania legislature.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

sR- Word has reached here that 4. O, p.
Nicholson IL cheated TO the Senate. 10 place
of Mr.. Bell, whose seat becomes vacant
March, so.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

rEw- The reader will find the laiss, news
on The next page.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30


The Hoo MARKET.-We copy the follow
ing from the Cincinnati Price Current, Of
the 2lst:
We are now upon the threshold, so TO
speak, of the packing season; and yet strang,
as it may seem, the GuIlness 4nd utter in
difference with regard to entering into con-
tracts for hogs for future delivery continues;
and the desire to sell increases even at n
further decline. Those who have contracts
TO receive hogs at 81 nett in November now
feel quite uncomfortable, and are ut loss to
know what disposition to make of them, so
as to reduce the loss they know they must
sustain.
Stipulated hogs have declined again, and
are now dull ut 81 75a5 rs gross, with
continued downward tendency; and on
Change yesterday. corn. fatted were offered
at SIS so nett Tor November delivery, with
out buyers.
The consequence of this state of affairs
will be this: farmers will hold back in hopes
of meeting better market rs the season
advances, and this will lead to an increase in
the weight of hogs, brought to market and
a heavier supply in December; because when
they are fatted they must be sold for what.
euer price they will.
Our letters from the country leave no
doubt that the farmers generally believe that
the present depression in prices of all kinds
of produce is the immediate consequence of
the money crisis, and but temporary; and
that as soon as the panic passes over, which
they think will shortly be the case, prices
will suddenly and largely advance again,
and hence they are holding on with miser's
grasp to their grain and other production of
their farms. This is very plausible philOso.
ply, to say the best Of it, but it is, never
theess, false, as many will find to their
bitter disappointment, next spring.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30
ATHENS, FRIDAY, ooT. 80. 1887.

LssIsLATIvE.-The Committees have re.
ported in favor Of the bill repeating the acl
creating the Office Of County Judge-amend-
ing il SO as to take effect on the stof Jan.
uary next. The bill TO increase the fees Of
Jurors, amended so as to allow Grand and
Traverse jurors, and taiismen detained oveI
night $3.50 per day, and cents mile where
they live over five miles from the Court.
house, passed a third reading in the Senate.
A resolution TO adjourn on the 24th Decem-
Der has been introduced in the House. The
democracy, determined 10 elect Senator TO
the seat Of John Bell, which does not be-
come vacant till March, SO, fixed on Tues
day to consnmmate that act.
In tho Senate on the 10th, the bill repeal
ing the County Judge Law was finally passed,
by the decided vote Of 20 to S. The patrol
law Of 1856 was also repealed, and bill
slightly modifying the fees of Sheriffs and
Constables was passed.
ln the House, the resolution Of Mr.. viii.
liams, denouncing the bank suspensions was
laid on the table, and ono subsequently intro
duced byeDr. Richardson, providing for a
joint select committee to consider of the sus-
pensions, and to report by bill or otherwise.
A resolution was also passed directing the
Judiciary Committee 10 prepare and present
to the House n Law Reform Bill. That Of
Mr.. King, heretofore presented, will probably
be adopted by the Committee.
The Banner says there seems to be a
strong feeling in this direction, and we are
led to expect some radical change will be
made in the system of pleadings, If not in
tho Courts Themselves .tr aft
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-30

BANK OF TENSEssEE-The President Of the
Bank Of Tennessee has issued Circular to
the Branches, In which the following occurs:
To such Of your citizens as may need small
sums for the purpose Of change or travelling
expenses, you will accommodate upon the
presentment Of your notes, as if no suspen.
sion had taken place.