The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-02

JUDGE EcKLEs, OF UTAH.-The new Ter
ritoriai Judge for Utah, Mr.. Eekles, appears
to be specimen brick IN the way of sweep
ing expounder of the constitution and the
laws. We publish this morning his charge
to the Grand Jury accompanying the army
column of Gen. Johnston) upon the subject
of Mormon polygamy, as the most ingenious
process that has yet been discovered for the
extirpation of that nuisance. Under the To-
cal laws derived from Mexico, he says there
is one still holding good in Utah, which de-
declares all marriages after the first illegal
and void; and that there is another law Of
this sort, under which Mormon polygamy is
punishable by fine and Imprisonment, as adul-
iery. After thus declaring the law, he says :;
"No consequences. in which large proportion
of this people may be involved, in consc-
quence of their criminal practices, will deter
you from fearless discharge of your duty.
1t is yours TO find the facts, and to return the
indictments, without fear, favor or affection,
reward, or any hope thereof"
1t appears that this judicial proclamation
had so excited the Mormons "as TO place the
life of Gov. Cumming in jeopardy" and we
certainly discover in this terrible charge
reasonable cause for the general stampede of
the Mormons, wives and children, bag and
baggage, southwark. 1t was not the army,
but Judge Eckles, that set them in motion.
A RIGHTEoUs VERDIcT.-At recent term
of the Federal Court of the United States,
Ponto!oc, Mississippi, the father of Nancy
Wilson, of Virginia, a young lady about six
teen years old, obtained ajudgment of s4O,-
900 damages against Robert Wilson, of Mis-
sissippi who was and is married man, for
decoying his daughter away from home and
seducing her. 1t is said that the defendant
has transferred his property, so that nothing
can be made out of him, although at the
time he committed the sed he was wealthy
man.
ABOUT ''WARr IN EKGLANp.-The Lon
don Post of June LIST, closing an article on
the outrages on the American vessels in the
Gulf, says:
Let us repeat, then, that n delicate and
perilous controversy has been Awakened
that our cruisers are charged with violence
and illegality-that the American mind is
taking tire-and that it is the duty Of Parlia-
ment TO axiously watch the policy of the gov
eminent. In the name and interest of cvli-
cation let this matter be settled without ap.
| pests to Vattel or Grotus to Dutch jurists
or Spanish quibblcrs, to constructive con-
ventions and distorted analogics. What, for
the sake of the comfy of nations, do we owe
TO America in her neighboring waters! What
is fair and right between the United States
and Great Britain What can be arranged
upon mutual terms of mutual respect and
confidence! War against aggressors, but
peace, in the spirit of peace, with our natural
allies, brethren and friends.
LOUISIANA ENTHUSIASTICALLY Jackson
Parish Times of the 18th says:
We have had a superabundance of rain
the past week. The crops are growing
slowly. Corn is being laid by while some
farmers have their cotton to chop out The
weather is generally favorable, though The
great heat precludes constant labor.
The Claiborne Advocate of the 9Th inst
says:
Our planters are complaining that their
crops are badly in the grass and very back
ward. The corn crop of the parish, as
general thing, looks vigorous and thrifty, and
| nrpmSps n hnnntiful cnnplv Of ha ct,F .f
! life. The oat crop, we are informed, is
total failure, being eaten up by the rust. The
wheat crop has Suffered greatly from the same
cause, but to what extent has not yet been
fully ascertained.
The Concordia Inteligencer of Friday last
says:
We have heard good deal of complaint
during the last week of the bad state of the
crops, especially of the corn. The cotton is
represented to be suffering considerably from
the lice, the rust, etc. In our vicinity, where
the cotton is not affected by the seepage
water, it is doing tolerable well.
The PENNSYLVANIA" CATASTROPHE
The MoRAL.-We have already called atten-
ton to the strong presumptive proof that the
late horrible explosion on board the steamer
Pennsylvania, near Memphis, was the result
partly of negligence on the part of the
engineer, and partly of old worn out
boilers. Additional evidence of the engi-
neer's culpability comes out in the fact that
just before the catastrophe occurred, the en-
gineer, addressing the firemen of the boat,
cried out, "Shove her up, boys; we are
scarcely stemming the current" "Shoving
up" meant throwing more wood inte the fur
naces, so as TO make more steam. The wood
was thrown in, the steamer was showed up"
and the boilers burst--launching from one
hundred and fifty to two hundred help less
human beings into eternity. 1t is not enough
in this rapid age to he stemming the stream
safely: 1t is not enough to be getting on
slow and sure we must DO going ahead, ard
in the anxiety to go ahead we find the rea-
son why we so often "burst up."-M Y.
Express.
A WEDDING PARTY SERVED BADLY.-At
a large wedding party in New Orleans not
long since, the guests were cheated out of
their supper in novel way. A gang of
thieves having entered the dining-room by n
back window, gathered the edges of the table
cloth together, and folding it into bundle,
made off with everything that was upon the
table, including the family plato valued at