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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

p LITicAL PARTIks.-rhp Memphis Eagle
aud Enquirer, one OF the very abrst papers
in the State, having phil"snphicaIly submitted
to the result of the recent election, saws.
There always have been, and always will
be two political parties in every free govern
ment, IL conservative party, Which avoids rx-
trrmes, reiyi"nsK ndh res to law aud order,
gives private virtue for the foundation OF the
Stat" aud NJ intains Its pp-pe,aity hy the in
volatility OF public falkland n radical party
made mp of all til" discordnnt elements of
sucirty; the tumulunns, ven riotnus, M well
ns many gund and patriotic, but misguided.
Our Government is Drnocrais Republic,
consequently the people VIII" compose it are
Democrats, Invisible, as We have stated, into
conservative Democrats and radical Demo-
Gratis.
The radical Democrats in the recent eler-
lions which have just been held in Kentucky
aud Tennessee we're victorious Being in
power, having the Government in their own
hands, the radicals re the administrator"
and we on the conservative side, being in the
IN noritv, are the "Oppostion."
Well. from this point Va take our depar-
ture. We shall advocate rigid econdmy in
the Administration, progress in the arts, in
Knowledge, and in everything which contrib
utrs to tile prosperity aud glory Of the State.
II will b" our duty to hod very official
tunri"nnry to strict accountability, and We
shall endeavor faithfully To perform it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

New YORK CUSTOM lIousE. The New
York correspondent Of the Boston Post
says:
"'rhe Custom House is all alive. Politi-
clans arr as Thick ns bees. The blow Of no
change has come like stunncr. Men don't
know what 10 d"-whiIe the bland and
soft spoken, but firm Collectors. says wit,
smilr-"NheI the party Organization is
unit | will consider applications; hut ill then
do not know who are the D, moeratic party
and who are not"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

BREAnsTUYrs.-The ndvices from Liver
pool by the steamer COLUMBIA, which arrived
ut New York on the f7th instant, bringing
Liverpool dates to the 9th, report Breadstufis
dull-sll qualities declining.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

~ Nm exchange says there is II lrog at
distillery ID Water9iile whirhl,ns six perfect.
ly formed feet. Another remarks upon this,
tint other disiiileres commonly produce
hogs with only two feet.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

cB- A little boy. son Of Rev. Mr.. Cary.
in Bradford. Maine came to his death from a
puncture OF the skin. This Is the third child
lost by Mr. Cary from the same cause. The
hood of these children lacked certain plasi ic
constituents, and, If We understand Alright, is
not confined TO the veins. SO That the least
pnncIure Of the skin Causes the blood to flow
tiu death epsues
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

CALDwEth COLLEGE, RooERsvILLE.--Atten-
lion is invited 10 the advertisement Of this
Institution. to be foand on next page. The
Fall session commences on the first Wednss
lsy Of September next. We learn that the
J.llege 10 in a very prosperous condition.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

s1S- Moses Couture swan across the st
Lawrence at MontrcaI, few DAYS since, in
fifty five minutes.--The distance is three
miles from the Grand Turk Station, at l. =
gueil to Handyside's distiliery.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

HORACE MAYNARD 1t affnrds us no little
degree Of pleasure to announce the election
of this gentleman to Congress- from the Sc
cond District. No man in the State possesses
higher order Of talents and better cult.
waited mind-no man in the State has per-
formed more arduous labors in the advocacy
and defence of the principles of his party,
and no one has been more bitterly assailpd
or had more nnmerited abuse heaped upon
him. His election 10 not only q victory over
q fierce political opposition, but il is a riun,ph
for the man. Mr.. Maynard possesses un,ir-
ing industry and energy, and will represent
his constituency in a manner ereditable to
them and 10 himself.
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Hoors,--The fellow that manufactured the

following ought 10 be tarred and gathered :
These hoops, these hoops, these conical things,
EncircnB maiden aud matron;
! tell you, between us, think Madame Venus
This years In conjunction with Saturn,
Can you, for life, tell maiden from wife,
Cas.d in 50 suspicious bundle
! think, by the by, these hoops on the sly,
Are rare things for Cupid 10 truudle
This Is what Pm form case Of war,
Should the enemy with US play thunder,
To make the girls dresses bOmb- proof iortresses,
And all US young fellows creep under.
A LEFT HAND CONTINENTAL the late
celebration in Keokuk, Iowa, one of the
speakers remarked that when he landed in
Keokuk IN 1887, il was nest Of pirates"
ami directly afterwards added, "Keokuk has
held her own remarkably well for twenty
wears past"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

NEWSPAPER QUARRELs.-The Boston
Transcript very justly says: In our view Of
the matter, there arc but lew editors who
have INDUCED in personal controversy, and
at its close could iruly say that they had
neither lost their scl-rr-rrct, nor fallen in
the estimation of juhcons friends. We
know that the hest men IN thu editorial pro-
fession have looked back upon their pcr-o-
nal quarrels and newspaper sqnnhbIes rs the
least profitable portion oi their lives. We
do not apprehend the public really take any
more interest in the alterations Of editors
than they do in the disputes between per-
sons in other walks of life.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

STOCKHOLDERS MsEriSG.-The Annual
Convention Of the Stockholders Fast Ten.
nessee and Georgia Railroad, will be held ut
Cleveland, on Wednesday the 9th day Of Sep
tssnhar
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

Missouri ELEcTioH.-The Washington
Union has private dlsp .tch from ST. Louis,
expressing the opinion that not~ ilhstanding
the reported Successes of Rollins, the eirc-
lion m Stewart, the Democratic candidate
'or Govelnor, b small majority, is proba.
BILE.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

"NashriHe Daily Ne'es."-We have re-
ceived the i'st number of the Nashville Dali
y Ne"s--puhIisl'rd by the Nashville Print
ing and Publishing Company, Incorporated
by the last Legislature. ALLEN A. HALL,
Editor. The News will he entirely d'scon-
nected with politics, and will be what its IT,
tie imports, and what is very much needed,
not only at Nashville, but in some other Sec
tiuns-a journal DEVOTED 10 disseminating the
current news of the day. and to the encour-
agement and cultivation of the varied sub
stantial business interests Of the county,
It is large and handsomely printed sheet
Price Of Daily, 5000 per nnnum, in advance.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

LEXINGTON, XIV, Aug iO.-Died, at ! p. NJ,
after painful and lingering illness, the wife
of Gen. Leslie Combs, respected, beloved
and mourned BY whole community.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

Parry GooD.-'rhe N-wnan Blade says
of the Democracy who drnounce Walker
and sustain Bnrhanan: "'rhry blame the dog
thnt bit them, while they praise the man that
set him on
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21
.pARTY F,pEIJTY.p

Our political friends. who believe In the
4. - A..
w" Wv" P'".'p '"e
rot'ehness OF 'nose advocated oy 'her oppo-
nents, cannot, many of them, sec how II is
that the luttcr nlm.st invariably trjutr1vb
vh;,. IN. e,,.,. ,,e,., ov.r.,.,n.d
"o 30
ana crushed our. Let them re"o Tue 'o"o"-
ing from the Pennsylvanian, and learn the
secret of democratic succeeds and the cause of
,h.;, o.r ov.,,h.,
me Democratic party, now so overwheIm-
'hg'y triumphant through the country
proud exhibitiOn ~ attachment 10 princip'e
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

cS- On the night OF the 3D. Of ..ug ust
election day. a crowd Of men attempted to
mob the Office oi the Herald, Jskaloosn Iowa,
when the editor, Mr.. J. NJ. Brown, shot dead
the lea,!er-a scoundrel AIMED Bowen-aud
dispersed the crowd.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

New YoRK, Aug. l2.-rhe writ of Certio.
rnri in the case of Mrs. Cunningham, has
been discharged, and bail has been denied
her.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

The SourHERs CosvEsTIoS.-The Com.
mercial Convention which met at Knoxville
on the 10th, adjourned on the night of the
18th. We have not learned, as yet, that
the deliberations Of the body were, in any
prominent respect, different from those tina.
marked the Conventions held ut Memphis,
Charleston, and Savannah. There seems to
have been large amount of talk, and not
much elsa good deal of theorizing, with
out much reference to practical results. If
the Southern mind could manage to get
dopn to something like real business view
of the suhject-practice little more of what
il so profusely reaches-encourage and cnl-
tivate home enterprise and industry, and
thus make the country truly independent
and self-reliant, we would then be on the
direct road to the object sought, without the
danger Of violent dissolution. But the pro.
ceedings of the Commercial Convention are
to b. published in full in pamphlet form, and
It Is proper to await their appearance in that
shape before making up an opinion as to their
merits,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

~ tn" man Ah" made IN impression
on The heart Of coq'ette, has taken out
patent for stone culiings
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

~ The New York and New Haven Rail-
ron nd ears have their wheels covered with
81 oths, which prevent the rising Of the dust
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

eB- A man in Wisconsin, who unfortunate.
ly had his hose pulled last week, makes bitter
complaint OF tire matter in the Madison In.
pers. lie don't attempt To show. however,
that his nose didn't have "fair shake"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

&C. Suicides are becoming fearfuly fire..
quept. Ii is mostly the better sort of reople
that kill themselves. Villains rarely do, in.
tentionally,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

t4S- Our clever neighbo- of the Cleve.
land Clarion, having disposed Of the great
question most vitality affecting the interests
o! the South, declares his intention, in his
issue of last week, to devote his laburs here
after to building the Dncktown Ralrond.-
Change is written upon all things, and events
OF startling character follow cash other with
improbable rapidity. We have no idea that
it will take our fast neighbor mare than two
and half weeks to put that enterprise
through.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

ST. Louis, Aug. l4-The Kansas cores
pondrnt ul the Democrat says that Judge
kane published his oiiui"n III Il II payment vi
lakes Is an ESSENTIAL preliminary To The right
al voting. The SherIii ol Dnuglus, county
has given notice al his iuteniun III collect.
In II speech made by General Lane, h.
announced thai an organization OF II 900
men /" protect the polls III October has been
'tfrcied, and he stated that This number
w"u,d be inc e =, d /" 25,0Ca II n,c,ssa Y.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

AcciDEsr.-Ws learn that Mr.. p. Wilson.
con ofHu. p. Wilson. living some four mile.
fran this place, met with an accident, on
"Wednesday morning last, while tending II
thyeshing machine, by which one Of his leg,
was % badly crushed that ampuiation abov,
the knee had 10 follow.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

81 Circuit Court commences at De-
catur next Monday, the Gath. Chaucery
Court begins al Cleveland same day.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

JUDICIAL ELEcTIoH.-The news from the
Second Judicial Circuit is, that J. M. Welrk
o. ESQ, is elected Judge, by a majority of
between one and two hundred over Hon. w.
G. Swan, who runs next to him.
~ The advices from Knoxville BY
Thursdays train reduce Welcker's vote and
leave the election In doubt.
~ We published last week an article
from the Charleston Mercury, showing how
the States Rights Democracy South stand af-
fected towards the administration which they
but recently helped to inaugurate. Today, we
give, on the outside Of our paper. an article
from tine New York Evening Post, journal
which advocated the election of John &. Ere.
mont. 1t reflects the light in which the
Black Republicans regard the Kansas policy
Of the same Buchanan administration.
tE We do not think it necessary to pub
fish the communication, handed over in the
early part of The week, on the subject Of the
late elections iD this State. We can not con-
ceive any benefit 10 be- derived from discus.
biOu hb W tuc Chubeo Wbsch leu To TIE utIeut
Of the American party. Their candidate,
Col. Hatton, proseeuted Tire ennvsss with
ability and energy. and achieved reputa
tioa as speaker and debater Of which any
man might be proud. No one could have
done more to uphold the cause. But the
sources Of the defeat are more remote and
further back than q mere apathy or indiifer.
ence growing out Of the result of the late
Presidential election. The American organi.
zation has at no time had majority, or any.
thing approaching it, in this State. and had
II been otherwise. the manner in which the
candidate two years ago appeared before the
psopIs--contrary TO all party usage-was
sufficient to inaugurate and secure a series OF
dsfeats--the third Of which has just been
most disastrsusly realized. II not seen be.
fore, the fact must now be patent to every one.
Our esteemed correspondent will excuse us
for rejecting his article. As before remark.
ed, speculative discussion Of the probable
causes Of the overthrow and extinguishment
Of the organization would be fruitless and
Improbable, without any prospective good
The game 10 ended, it has been badly played.
let's drop the curtain.
A.-.--.- AZ. Lac "a Al N Vur.t
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

ST.. LOUIS, Aug. 15.-Fl.ur $500, Red
Wheat el.l6al 30, white ol.26.
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CoSGREssIoSAL-TH lRD DIsrEicT - RETURNS
with you, sir--what am ! to do with You.
do You know If you continue your psesenl
course you will be fit for nothing but a men,
Der of Congress"
Distracted mother-"Oh, don't say that,
father dou't--you will hnmilate the hoy p
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

DRIvING Across RAILROAD TRAcKs.-Thr
Court nt Appeals, New York, has laid it down
MS n rule OF law, that an individual. on ap-
proaching railroad track, is hound to look il
n train is approaching 1t holds that railroads
are among the best improvements of the
great age OF progress, aud their permanent
affairs are not 10 be postp"nrd TO the con-
Germs of individuals. 1t holds that no on
has n right IT, cross II railr0ad track without.
first taking every prrcanti"n for safety. The
same reason that holds railroad companies t.
the strictest responsibility 10 the passengers,
imposes upon every one who crosses the
track of lhrs! great public tnornughiarrs,
more than ordinary care not To jeopardis" the
lives OF those VIII" are awaiting themselves Of
the benefit of ths great modrrlA Improvement
in the mode 81 travelling. This evidently re-
!rrs to the danger Of injury to the train ny
well rs the Carriage in The highway, in case
Of collision between the Moving ilinsses, Il
Tact which has been many times illustrated il,
tile case occurring IN the Camden and Amboy
road y,ar or more since, in tonseq uercr o
backing against II pair of horses, ami b, which
several cars were smashed and many live.
lost. Tie wh", without p,nsing or even look
Ing, will drive upon rairbad track, is guilt,
OF more Than carclessness.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

The Nacngd"cmes (lrxns) Chronicle of
the 3Oih ul., gives til" only particulars oi
the death ui Senator Rusk, whiri have been
made public. On the afternoon of the 29rh
ult., ut about , O'Clock, Gen. Rusk's family
were alarli,ed by the report of II gun, and lhr
tall of body behind the h",,Sr. Proceeding
To tile spot, they found him lying de ID
upon the ground, with his rifle unlcr him.
E"r"ner's Jury Mas INN ;iiateiy san
,u"ned. which rendered verdict of snicidr.
The Chronicle says, in underwriting To ac-
count ter The m'lancii"ly act, that q ~
Rusk, >itice the death of llia wife, hbnrrd
und severe mental depression. lie had
>rc'ndrd himself from s"cltty, aud his dps-
pondency had become daily more marked.
MAIL RoBBER ARRESTED. -Messrs. Copeland
Elmonison, commission merchants of Mem
phs, received, Oh the llth the following
communication from b. T. Blair, Esq Special
Agent of the Post Office Department, dated
Oxford, Miss, August 9. 1857:
Il arrested J. NJ Alter, a mail carrier from
Sarepta To oxford, Miss, and found on his
person four halt notes--letL half Of 2O4 and
4464 on he Onion Bank. | go ed hun
in default Of $1,000 bail. His trial will come
off al PonI otoc, Miss IN December next. Mr..
W. u Mitchell mas some money, aud will
send it up 10 be used at his trial.
Alter had on his person when arrested a
check for s25, aud $50 in whole notes; also a
mail Key, by which he was enabled 10 get
into bags while Oh the road. The key was
probably stolen from the postmaster at Dallas
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21
POLITICAL CUWARDICE.

Under the above harsh but not innppropri.
ntr caption, we find the s6bjoined sensible
remarks in the Philadelphia Bulletin. Po-si-
bly, there be those in this locality, who may
profit by giving the article thoughtful
prrusnI:
The public press teens with lamentations
over what II IL pieasrd /" term the degeurra-
ey of our public men: hut we have vet rrnd
but few articles in which the real cause OF
this, n"w universally admitted fact, has been
traced We have no doubt in our mind that
III drgenrracy OF our National aud STATE
Legislatures ia owing in great measure, If
not entirely, I" whnt may not inappr"priatrly
be called politic,l Gov ardi which, though u
somewhat harsh term, is ,verihelrss full,
EXPRESSIVE of The idea we sire to c"nvey.
No careful observer at hhe action of the
public men of TIN, present day can doubt, We
think, That the great want Of the age il moral
heroiSm, or firm and immovnblr determine
ton To d" right IN all the relations III public
life. Public opinion is the stumbling block
| In the way ~ n successful career OF many u
bright Intellect IN this country. Ambitious
OF honor aud place, our Young men acrnstnm
themselves I" confirm to public sentiment.
instead oi their own hoppst r"n,ict,r,s, aud
before they are rohsrnlis oi II, they have M
"piniun Of their uun aud ARE playing the part
Of dcmagogncs instead Of piriots. Whn, is
needed now is to IlnvnsNn of the iron will
OF those OF the earlier DAYS OF the Republic,
exhibiting the same indnnita6lp courage IN
tn" moral and polite field, that our fure-
fdhrrs Gid in the camp and on The battle
ground. God grant that snch n race may
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21

THs KENTUCKY CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION
The following will be the delcs .,ton from
Kentucky in the next Congress.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-21
THE KNOXVILLE CONVENTION.

The l.ynchLurg Virginian, oil the 18th,
credngs of the Convention at Knoxville, to
which we have alluded in another place:
We regret TO zee that few distinguished
men are members of this body, aud lear that
the great interests contiipd 10 il have fallen
lnto bad hands. We shall hope for the best,
however, aud wait for the fui development ol
lis proceedings bviore We pronounce judg-
ment uponi il. The fact that it commenced
wrong, and followed IN the fuotsteps of "its
illuslrious predecessors" by Introducing into
its iirst deliberations n proposition for re-
oI,rniny the African Slave Tr,ds the aboli-
ton OF all duties on inreign imports; aud the
support of the government bv direct taxation
--nav b. regarded az rather untavOral,le au-
gurirs. We cited u few DAYS since the exist
ing federal laws prohibiting the Slave Trade,
aud referred IT, treat rs, upon the Giih Of
which we are bound IT, foreign governments
to USE AL the means ~ our power to prevent
this Traffic. We do not brli.ve That the
United States can he Induced to change their
policy respecting this question, or il they
were even willing to do 81. that the civilized
World would nrquirscr IN their decision. We
predict, therefore, that the rcsulution aduptrd
hy the Convention, respecting the Withdrawal
"f English aud American war vessels from
the African coast, will end in nothing except
Ia furnish the abulilionisis OF the North ad-
dilional inod for agitation, and material
werewi it'll to increase their party strength
| Tho proposition tav"ring Free Trade and
direct taxation, is, If possible, even more RI
| diculous.
The Virglnian then shows that the present
system u! raising revenue to support the
government and meet the public exigencies, is
the best that could be devised and adopted
and concludes its article with the following
postscript;
| r. S.-Since the above was written, and al
n late hour on Saturday, we received our a,l
aud concluding report of the proceedings oi
the EnnvrniIon, aud for all that we can 81,
accomplished by it, of n practical char 'ctrr
brlieve 1t would havn been quite ms well had
il moi assembled-and trust that we sh III
never have another The whole affair was
an unnl;ligatrd humbug.
A conclusion IN which most rejecting PEG.
Pile will agree with tha, print.
| ----------- ------------
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-04-17
The Cost Of the state House.

\ lax PAYER who writes to US from
Milton, is startled at our remark the
other day that the reconstruction If the
OF the State House is expected to cost
from $500 900 to $3.50, 600 lie asks
'where do the commissioners find their au-
thority for such an enormous expenditure 4;
or is the act a mere jnggle Of words de
signed to cheat the tax payers of Vermont ~
The act leaves the plan of construction
to the judgment Of the commissioners, and
there j. no limitation Of the cost by " the
act. Their plan doubtless has reference to
what they conceive the proper wants and
credit Of the State demand
The Waterman says that the Superinten-
dent knows OF no estimate either in detail
or approximate, and that our figures must
probably be regarded as guess merely -
The amount of cost which we spoke Of
was not a guess Of the Free Press at all
though We do guess that the figures which
we quoted will not be- found any too large in
the end
Wee did not understand that any estimate,
pretending to be exact, had been made by
any one. Such can not be made till all
the details Of the work are settled upon.
and 1t must take some time to reach that
point The estimate which we spoke Of
was based, We suppose, upon the relative
SIZE OF the proposed building compared
with the former une-the enhancement
Of the foundation in three directions. one
Of which will probably call for consider
able rock blasting intention to
make the lower story fire prooiand tho great
increase in the cost Of materials and labor
since the cd building was erected Put
ting all those things togather we think it
will not take a great deal Of cyphcrng 10 |
show thrt 5000 600 may he safely spoken of |
as the minimum Of cost But Tax payer
seen- to overlook the provision in the act,
that, Whatever the cost shall be, certain
citizens Of Montpelier shall give security
to r'fuad The ~hoh OF course 30 far as the
public is concerned, 1t matters not, lie the |
cost ever So great