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Cash prices, We en- Nil orders for Printing At very
low ratos, Ard sttH Nee.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

CONSTITUTIONAL CoEvENTIoN.-The Nash.
vile Banner Of the 7th says, the bill of Mr..
Bullock, providing for IN expression of the
people of the State 10 September next, as to
the propriety of holding convention to re-
wise and amend the State Constitution, passed
the House Of Representatives yesterday morn.
ing by the decided vote of SO to 7. We
presume il will also pass the Senate without
much opposition. During the present session
there have been numerous propositions to
amend the Consultation before the Legisla-
ture in various different respects, estimated
by one of the members at forty. There APP
pears to be a call for revision of this instru.
meni. from the people, and we think the
Legislature will do well to take measures to
ascertain il this want is shared in by ma
jority Of their constituents.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

New TERRiToRIEs.--Th Territorial Com.
miitee Of the Senate have agreed to report a
bill to organize the territory Of Arizona, with
north and south boundry, and provision
Offered by Mr. Douglas, that before becoming
state her constitution shall be submitted to
vote ofthe whole people of the territory
Mr.. Green, OF Mo-, submitted an additional
provision that the same principles should up.
ply to New Mexico.
The Committee on Territories in the U. 8.
Senate will report in favor Of calling the new
territory to be carved out of the western
half Of Dtab. Nsyadn. instead Of "Carsou."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

Legislative ArD.-Several papers are pitch
ing into the Legislature, because it has moi
adopted some measure to relieve the dread
full hard times" under which the people are
suffering at present. We have no apologies
to offer for the ineficiency of the present
General Assembly, but if all the wise men in
the State were assembled at Nashville they
could not iegiSldte the people out of their
present embarrassments, any more than they
could pass laws fixing the prices of produce
from falling below a certain standard. 1t is
the worst of folly to depend upon the Legis.
lature in such times The people must legis-
late themselves out Of their distresses. They
must economist closer, sell their produce, and
cease running in debt, and in year or two
they will forget that they ever knew what
hard times were.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

folk eoanfy-We learn that Hancock was
reelected Sheriff, and Jarvis Williams elect
ed Trustee. =
Meigs--J. #. Zeigler, the present incum
bent, elected Sheriff and W. L. Mckinley re-
elected Circuit Court Clerk.
Bradiey-Kuhn re elected sheriff Rucker,
County Court Clerk, and Roberts, Trustee.
Aonroe--J. c. Vaughn re elected Sheriff,
and VIM. Williams elected Trustee.
Roane-D. G. Taylor, Sheriff, and VIM. Pat.
ton, Circuit Court Clerk-ooth reelected
without opposition; Yost reported re elected
Trustee
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

writing from London, says:
"Things will get much better with you.-
Here they have not been bad in home sense.
Your long times and uncertain times, of
credits, are the very mischief. Now here,
merchants draw the first of every month, bills
at two months, for all purchases made before
the middle Of the previous month. And these
acceptances must be met and are met, or Il
would be short work with the debtor.
-"Ths, you see, makes crisis every fourth
OF every month 1t Keeps the retail trade,
the great home trade, sound OF course il
strains and winds up the weak, lmprovident
and unsuccessful, and makes II very hard for
young beginners and small capitalists.
have known AZ about this myself Our home
trade is thus sound, per force. Our currency
is'sound as bell Butt is the great houses,
the capitalists, and creditists, who SOW the
seed for the periodical panic. Borrowing has
been too easy. There is said to be thousand
millions sterling of floating capital available
for discount in London. The English bank
ers formerly never paid interest on cash bal
ances or deposits. The joint stock banks,
following the Scottish precedent, did So
Hence the immense deposits made-a few in
London amounting to two hundred million
of dollars"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12
THE GApsDEN PURCHASE

The Charleston Mercury, of the I'd mat
contains the following letter written from
San Diego, California, under date of January
18th, in which nn account is given of mi,
Territory Of the United States, which differ.
materially from all others we have seen:
al have read in the New York Herald let.
ter from Gen. Gadsden 10 the Charleston
Courier, relative TO petition for the oreani.
cation of the Gadsden purchase into n sepnr.
ate Territory. Similar thoughts Ind been
for some time passing in my own mind. The
public statements Of those from the Gadsden
purchase who are DESTROYS of having IL form.
ed into Territory, are so exaggerated a.
that would not like to characterize them
fully. They are laughed at throughout tbis
section of the country, as DESTROYS, M tho
people here are of forming a separate md
slave State OF the southern part of Califor-
MA.
Besides the troops and those EMPLOYED
with them by the General Government. there
is not doubt that there nre not two hundred
white men in the Gadsden Purchase, or tho
projected Territory Of Arizona, and tbev. ex-
cepting few miners, are pedlars. The bal
ance Of the population are Indians, and Mexi.
cans even more degraded than the Indians
The resources Of the country are almost ex-
clusively mineral. And il is a fact that even
the mineral resources are supposition-
Some rich veins of copper have been discoy-
cred in two or three places, and n little silver.
and the former have been worked TO n yerv
limited extent In one or two instances: Init
even The most sanguine hive, from their ex-
perence, but little hope, that any profit will
be realised from them, unless a railroad
should run there. The available lard, if col
lected into one body, would not, / have no
doubt tall present surface equal 10 twenty
miles square. And its productiveness i, de.
pendent upon irrigation; and The supply of
water is 80 uncertain that il could be counted
on TO support but sparse population of the
actual tillcrs.
"Look on the map n: its water courses
they amount to nothing nearly. The ella is
but creek, and its quantity of water very
huctuating. The projected Territory could
never be slave State. There is not n cir
cumstnnce in any way connected with il that
would ever cause slaves to be carried there.
Those engaged in the task of erecting into a
State that wretched wilderness-where Ma
ture seems to have been frightened from her
work by its cleanliness and sterility, and left
1t hall finished, to crumble into ruins-you
WI md, believe, are almost to man from
the northern and other -savehodinp
States. am well acquainted with the Nlesilla
Valley. During the winter of 1912, l
hunted ducks over it often. And the infor-
nation give you above, has been derived,
during residence here of two years, from
intelligent officers Of the army and citizens,
VINO had recently passed through that coun-
try"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

~ The prospect for an early adjourn.
ment of the Legislature appears to be about
as fiattering as it was on the first of January
The House passed resolution several days
since, to adjourn on the 18th inst, but when
it come to be acted on in the Senate, that
body of Nestors couldn't begin to think Of
putting it off that long, so one of the con-
SENATORS offered an amendment changing the
time to the sth, but by some means or other
the resolution and amendment were both
tabled, and there they remain. The machine.
ry of government must have been in wretch.
ed bad order to require SO much valuable la.
Dor to put it to rights again.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

BAsK OF TEssEssEE.-The following reso-
luton, offered in the Senate on the I'd inst,
by Mr. Munday, has been adopted by both
branches of the Legislature:
BE it resolred by the General Assembly of
the State Of Tennessee, That it is the clear
conviction and declared sense of this LegisIa.
tnre, that by virtue Of the charter of the Bank
OF Tennessee and the several acts amendatory
thereof, the State of Tennessee or the people
thereof are solemnIy bound aud that their
property is equally pledged for the ultimate
redemption of all the issues of said Bank, ms
well as for the payment of its present, and
future liabilities, whether said bank shall be
able to meet and discharge the same or not.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

LEGISLATIVE BUILT CAPITAL.-A Kan
sas correspondent of st. LOUIS paper writes
rs follows of the late Free State Legisla-
ture;-The grand feat of the season was the
location of the capital. Leavenworth, Law
renee and Topeca were the contending points
out III each of these there was but little
chance for speculation. plan was concoct-
Cd ana carried into execution TO lay off a
capital, in which each member should be an
original stakeholder. This was done prior
to any vote being taken on the subject
Upon taking the first informal vote, Ninneo-
Ia came into existence Gt had mover been,
heard Of before) aud had one vote, the bal
ance being very scattering. At the next
balloting, Minneoln had more votes: at the
next more still, and so on, until she OBJ
tanned the requ site majority. Every mem.
Der voted for Minneola has sixteen sbares in
the same. We have seer some fast towns
in Kansas, but Minneoa SURPRISES them all:
And where is it! the people ask. Upon the
naked prairie, half way between Lawrence
and nowhere. Who own the town? The
members of the Free State Legislature of
Kansas own above two..hirds, and hold the
balance in trust, to be used in buyinp ont
the next Legislature.
"A plat OF the town is already Autographed.
1t makes good show, and contains the
State House and other public buildings, to.
gether with numerous dwellings scattered
here and there over the whole fourteen hmm.
dred acres. The only thing in the shape of
habltation upon the town site at present.
IS lone tree, containing crows nest. The
Governor will have to roost on that tree.
when he moves his Office md archives in
March, according to law, in his case proyi.
ded.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12
H- The London Times, in an ar,icla p.

H- The London Times, in IN article re-
lating to Mexico, says "there is not states
man who would wish to see Great Britain
hamper herself with an inch of Mexican
ground. Let the United States, when they
are finally prepared for it enjoy all the sd-
vantages and responsibility of ownership,
and our merchandise Liverpool and elsewhere
VIII be quite content with the trade that may
spring out oft. The capacity of the Mexi-
can population for apprecating aconstituton-
al rule is not SO remarkable that we should
volunteer to administer IT,"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

CUBA.-A Washington correspondent of
the Journal Of Commerce says: ave have
heard much and very vaguely, of the purpose
ofour administration in regard to Cuba
1t is not improbable that some negotiation,
looking to the purchase of Cuba, may be
commenced, upon the occurrence Of favor
able opportunity. If the object be favored
by the governments of France and Great
Britain, it is not impossible that it will be
accomplished within Mr.. Buchanans time."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12
tH The Louisville Journal relates tn,

eH The Louisville Journal relates the
circumstance of young man, respectfully
connected, who forged his fathers name to
the extent of twenty thousand dollars, raised
The money, and got as far rs Louisville,
there his father traced him alta hotel. The
meeting Is described rs a most affectionate
one, tears rolling down the fathers cheek
It's not the purpose ofsho parent to prose-
ecute the erring son.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12
1SHAM G.. HARRIS.

The PUBLIC PRINTING printing of
Congress has become al enormous source of
expenditure, which cannot fail TO startle the
honest yeomanry of the country. Upon n
bill to supply deficiencies in that branch of
the public service, recently before the House
OF Representatives, there were some beauti-
full revelations, a couple Of items of which are
here noticed. Mr.. Burnett, of Kentucky,
said: "'The second volume of the Japnn FIX.
petition cost the Government $99,635 AZ, or
S54l for each copy; and the illustrations for
the Sd, 4th, 9th, 9Th and 18th volumes of the
Pacific Railroad Survey, most of which he
believed to be utterly worthless, were esti-
mated to cost $l9S,72 "a. The mere maps
of the report of the Coast Survey would cost
1921 ,6l5 rs, and that the rats, the mice, the
owls, the woodcOcks, and the squirrel, in the
Agricultural Report of the Patent Office
pictures not worth the paper on which they
are printed-cost the Government altogether,
$45,42l 25."
Mr.. Letcher, Of Virginia, asserted, "in re
gard to Lieut.. ellis Report of the Naval
Astronomical Expedition to Chill, the !st, Cd
and 9Th volumes were already printed, two
more were in progress, and the 18th would
complete the work. According to the aver
age cost Of the volumes already completed,
the entire work will cost slI5,lO7 81. OF
the Pacific Railroad Surveys, ordered at the
second session of the Thirty third Congress,
seven volumes had already been printed and
the eighth WINS nearly ready. According to
the average cost Of the volumes already done,
the entire work would cost $685., 79l 43f.-
These were specimens Of the kind of extrava.
gance which had been going on from that
day to this. "-R ussellpile (Kp.) Herald.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

eW- Long John Wentworth's mode Of
warding off blows aimed at his lame shoulder,
with heavy hickory canes, is unique if not
original. In his account of an attack made
upon him, he says in his paper, the Chicago
Democrat, "We warded offth first blow
with our head" This reminds us of the ia
nous narrative given by John Phoenix of his
fight with the Judge, into whose mouth he
inserted his nose for the purpose of holding
him down.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

~ The papers continue to speak Of the
glut in the Northern money market Both
Banks and private individuals are puzzled to
find profitable employment for their funds
This fact goes to prove what we have said all
'along, that there was money enough to en-
pley every willing worker in the country
1t only needs little prudent engineering to
draw it out from the great monied centre,
and start its circulation again through its le-
climate channels.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

eB- Many Of the iron foundries and cot
ton and wooden mills in the vicinity of Phla-
delphia have resumed operations. The lat
ter will give employment to large number
offemn'es who have been in destitute cir.
cumstances.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

~ In the Senate yesterday, says the
Nashville News of the 7th inst, resolu-
ton was offered TO rescind former resolu-
ton directing the Attorney General to pro.
coed against The Bank Of East Tennessee
for violation Of its charter.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

KANSAS DON'T PAY.-Verily, this doctrine
OF non-intervention seems to be now pract-
cally understood to be that the affairs of the
Territories belong to all outsiders, individ.
ually and collectively; and popular sovereign
ty implies that the people of the Territories
are to be controlled by the States, through
their Representatives in the aggregate, and
by each State, through its Governor, Legis.
lnture, and Conventions, individually; and
that this control extends to all future time
We had all better attend more to the affairs
of our own people, and less to those Of our
neighbors. This Kansas embroglio don't
pay. SO says the Austin (Texas) In,elli-
gencer.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

ANOTHER BANKnuPr LAVA Washington
despatch of q late date. says there is move.
ment at the Federal Capital for general
bankrupt law, which is exciting much atten-
ton among men Of all political parties. The
object is to protect debtors and creditors, and
to regulate commercial transactions through.
out the States. Corporations are said to be
included in its provisions.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

w The Washington correspondent of
the Philadelphia Press says that Hon. D. 8.
Dickinson is prominent candidate for the
mission to England. He also states that
Mr. Mason intimatsd long while ago q
desire to resign the Office of minister at Paris
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12
AMERICAN SrocKs IN EyRopE.-The New
York Express Of March 2, says:

HV'" H"PFos1 VI DT1ICH ., Suys'
The letters by the steamer fully confirm
the newspaper sdyices as to the condition Of
the European money markets, and indicate
the commencement of an active demand for
American stocks. II is noticeable feature
OF the panic Of 1857, that II did not cause
the return Of any quantity Of American SO.
curities home for sale. On the other hand
the panic prices brought in foreign buyers,
and at this moment the amount of our stocks
held abroad is greater than in October, 1857,
and steadily increasing. The home demand
already absorbs stocks TO degree which
steadily advances prices, inside from the effect
Of the existing speculative movement
The combined effect OF these two causes
promise to enhance quotations to the prices
Of 1857, II they are not exceeded.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

sB- lis man and his wife both one p
asked the wife ola certain gentleman, in a
state Of stupefaction, as she was holding his
aching head in both hands. 'Yes suppose
So was the reply. We'll, them said she, 4
came home drunk last night, and ought to be
ashamed of myself
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

or Sseli phrases as "nIggsr driver" and
3D. black republican puppy" have 60.
into Congress, and must necessarily be nc
companied BY the bowie knife and revolver.
bleeding Kansas will be lost sight Of when
The bad passions Of mon, now forsibIy repre-
scented, shnlI have found vent IA thsCapitol.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

81 In general, what woman says with
her eyes, deserves more attention than the
words which escape from her lips. There
fore, should she remain silent although you
have just asked most interesting question
psrhnps yon may 6ud an Answsr 10 her eyss.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

sN- The Southern Commercial Conven-
ton which met at Knoxville last August,
appointed the first Monday in May next, md
Montgomery, Ala, as the place for holding
the next Southern Commercial Convention.
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.rnErs, raIDAY,MAnCH ~, 1888
IL The editor is again absent this week,
having gone to PikevilIe Circuit Court.


THr ELEcrlos. election last Saturday
resulted in the reelection Of John A. Gouldy
for Sheriff. The vote stood. for Gouldy si2
Rogers soA woolf is2. l. s. Garrison wa,
elected Tfustee--Ths vote being. for CARR.
son SIG; Stephenson Gao; Kirksey lac.
The following persons were elected Consta-
bles in the several Civil Districts:
list Dist-No election-a tie.
I'd VIM. Foster.
Sd " Richard Rothwell.
4th r. Faulkner.
9th VIM. Lasater.
eth - Barnett.
7th Jas Turner and VIM. Rudd.
9Th - Porter.
eth - Heddleston.
10Th - Rice.
18th WIN. Cass
18th Chas Cate.
18th - Elliott.
l4th Jas. Thompson.
10Th - Jenkins.
l6th - Weir.
18th - Umphrey.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

New YoRK, March "a large mass meet.
ing was held at Tammany Hall last night to
celebrate the anniversary Of Buchanan . lnau-
DURATION. Resolutions were passed favoring
:he presidsnts' Kansas course. John A. Dix
presided. John Van Buren, was among Che
speakers. -
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WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
A Washington lcorrespon dent writes |:

cOTT6HDOn0t1L
Ooits n numbe, of Tamr,,v dsuocr,,;c
comm,ttss man III -. ha.nba"" 1919 as
Arranging The differences. .nd aaao,;no !. g.
consultation among the b,sibren ma nm
derstnnding now js-nnd n meets the ammo
baton of The Administration according IN
whit are called reuulors--iba, The Tommonv
organization Is alone 10 be recoonized Ths
recent appointments oS-she T,oiisrsor ara IN
be SUSPENDED until that ,orosn;zot;on Ia oc.
knowIedped bv The opno;n,sas I, !. rnds,.
stood that the General Commit,ee w;l, nah a
liberal provisions for futnra cnnven,;nns W.
sholl ace If this statement bs ,rrs W
A tender footed Iaadiny a,s;,,a .o,;,,;,o
at compromise with The s.c.ssnta A. mo,rats
appears IN the tJc.on iii, m o,n;nc I,says /.
-aIt IL no part Of our n,,rno.s ~ d;scnss Tho
propricty or impronr;stv IF hoIdno ,l,o.s
democrats who opposa H. oa,,;ssi"n 81 rs
sas under the I.ccomn,on cons,i,,,;an T.. =,
count. and 10 nfo,ca .n.,n., ~, 49,. ~
excommunieationn WHAT 4. i; LII" ,ha . u.;nd, ~
What has DouoIos and cnn,an, ,I 49, WI" L;aL
ing against the pricks I'M ,bs. ,ou t;..i, NO
more this tim.a or IL Tho aJ,n;n i.,s.,;a, ,;n,,
to relax its firm ola HicLor~ n",;anY NJ ME-
is at the helm of tho ornan fo"'' WV
Since the caucus Of Samoc,o,;, S.r,,ors
Yesterday. to detsrmin. a a,, oe. ",;n'
with reference to the admission of Kansos
and Minnesota as States of Tho IInion ,ss
question has been discussed no 10 .,ha,t., !,
would not be better IN tnLo M;nno.o,. La.
and the democratic senator's have ;nst Nan
formally notified that another coucus will bs
held to. morrow morning ror ,So nn,ro.a ~
considering this question. 7, is ,bourIt hv
some Senators thai the admission &c Mir
neso,a alone and first will oivs Kansas n he,.
for cbonc, 4, Tho H.. ~ $500. .
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12

1- Bourcicault is following up his plan
Of writing plays upon the news Of the day,
and his "Rslief Of Lucknow"is to be follow
ed by drama entitled Brigham Young, or
the Revolt of the Harem." 5'a