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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

HEALTH OF New ORLEANS n teIe-
graphic despatch we publish from New Or
leans is correct,-Ond there is no reason to
doubt that it is,-the yellow fever is certain
ly increasing there, we are sorry to say, very
rapidly. The deaths, week before last, from
that disease, were seventy; last week one
hundred and torty-that is, just double the
number.-N. Y. Express.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

or We learn from the Washington Star
that the Commissioner of Pensions decides
that the bounty land warrants will 60 to the
heirs at law, as provided for by the late act
of Coogres, only when there is no widow or
minor children.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

AMENDING THE CoSsTITUTIoN.-The Sd
section of the | lth article of our State Con.
stitution provides against future Conventions
to amend that instrument or to frame a new
one; aud consequently the act of the last
Legislature is unconstitutional.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

eY- Additional returns of the Kansas
election increase the aggregate mnhriiy
against the English proposition to 5,37b-
There is now no doubt of its utter defea,
the opponents of the bill claiming n majority
of 5000, which according to present indica-
tons, il n rear estimate,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20
A RAILROAD DEcrsros.-The M,rvI.na

A RAILROAD DEcrsIoS.-The MARYLAND
Court of appeals decided few days 400.
that rn Dad companies are not responsible
for injuries done to cattle and stock by their
cars in any ease in which said cattle etc.
are on the railway tracks, through any negl.
gence or fault on the part of the owners of
them; that the owner of cattle is bound to
keep them in his enclosure or custody at his
peril, for every entry upon anothers posses.
sions is trespass, and this law applies n,
well to the intrusion of cattle and horses
upon the land over which railroad COMPANY
is entitled to its franchise, as to the property
of private owner.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

NORFOLK AND PETERsBURG RAILROAD
The Norfolk Herald announces that only
two miles of track laying remains to be done
on the Norfolk and Petersburg RaiIroad.-
The lapse of few 'aore days will bring the
spiking of "the Inst rail- in the grea, iron
chain from the Chesapeake to the Mississippi.
Next week the trains will run regularly.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

eY- The New Orleans Advocate says-
"AmOng the lessons taught by Bishop Soule
10 the preachers, is the following which we
heard him utter at the Alabama Conference,
as preventative against all endorsements
growing out of debt. 1t even difies the lin
its of safe speculation; and il observed BY
business men, would take the edge off panicsl
Brethren, my rule is this, and would nd.
wise you to adopt it: Never owe anymore
than you are able 10 pay, and allow no man
TO owe you more than yOu are able to ose.'"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

A New WRlNELs FOR GEoLoGIsTs.-An
attempt to sink nm artesan well ut Columbus,
Ohio, has developed fact in geology which
is new to the devotees Of that science. The
well has already reached the depth Of l70s
feet, more than 1000 feet Of which are
through solid limestone.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

s5g- Persons in England who lenve rail-
road ears while trains are in motion arc sub
ject to legal penalties. A ln6y wns fined 5s.
and IS. cost n few weeks ago for having
stepped out Of train on the Crystal Palace
line before the ears had stopped.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

THE Crops IN EEGLAND.-ltis said that
the agricultural returns received in Eng and
indicate much earlier harvest than has
been witnessed for many years. The grain
and hay crops, it is stated, promise great
abundance.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

CITIZENS BANK OF MEMPHls.-We per.
ceive that arrangements have been made BY
which the bill-holders Of this bank are 10 bc
secured against loss. The assets have been
turned over to an assignee who is TO pay the
obligations of the bank so far rs they 90,
while Samuel P. Walker, the former owner
of the institution, has pledged himself to
meet any deficiency out Of his private estate.
The Bulletin says Mr.. Walkers means, to.
gether with the assets, are ample to perform
what he promises-Ndsh Gazei,e
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

TRINITY BAY, Aug. Whitehons e'sm
trument, thus far, does not work on the Al
nntic Cable.
Whtehouse declines giving any informa-
ton respecting operations.
Hughes's instrument will undoubtedly DO
effective, when it gets ready.
Signals are constantly passing through ths
CnhIa
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

The News FROM FRAzER's RIvER.-As
soon as the steamer got in, Wednesday. the
first question was-"What news from Fra
zer's River" The answer appeared in the
Third Edition of the Evening Express, and
was substantially ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
on the whole unfavOrabe."
And leisure inspection Of our files
gives us no reason to reverse that judgment.
The papers, it is true, contain good many
individual statements, affirming and re-affirm-
ing the existence of rich deposits all along
the river,-but to offset these, we have col
umns upon columns ofletters from emigrants
in fiat contradictions, all uniting IN the opn-
ion that the whole business is magnificent
swindle, gotten up by the Hudson Bay Com
pany and tho steamship owners, for their es-
pecia benefit. Real estate, we are told, has
fallen one hundred per cent.-thrre are no
provisions in the country-thcusands of peo-
pie are on the verge of starvation, and thou
sands more are wishing themselves back in
California, if they could only raise the means
while to crown all, the Indians are repre-
scented to be marshalling their forces for n
general onslaught upon the pale faces thus
threatening the gold seekers with war as well
rs fnmine.-N Y. Express.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

THE CABLE.-ft is stated that one word
per minute will be all that can be transmit
ted through the Atlantic cable. One dollar
per word is the amount to be charged; and at
that rate the New York Herald estimates the
enterprise will not pay largely on the invest.
ment
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

FALSE REFoRT,-lt being reported in tho
upper part of the State, that the yellow fe-
yer was prevalent in Savannah, the Repubi-
can of the 10th inst, gives il fiat contra
dction, and says Savannah never was more
healthy in August, than at the present time.
There have been few cases of bilious fever,
but it readily yields to the usual remedies.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

A Ton OF THEoLoGy.-The Bristol, (Eng.)
papers state that tho stock Of manuscript
sermons left by the late Rev. L. Kemps, of
Richmond Terrace, is about ton weight of
paper The amount Of brain is not stated
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

ty- A Yankee has invented n plague
which kills offal who do not pay The printer.
1t has played sad havoc in New England,
and is extending rapidly west Of the noun.
tolns. Some in Tennessee already begin 10
"smell MICE
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

New YORK, Aug. l4.-SaIes of cotton 10
day 1000 bales, with quiet market Flour
firm. with sales Of $4,000 barrels. Wheat
buoyant, sales 10000 bushels. Corn hrm'
snles 81 1000 bushels.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

.9g- The revenue collected in the Boston
district, in July last, amounted to 1862 500
showing falling off of $l76,Ss0, MS com
parc1 with TINT of last year.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

FOREST HILL AcADEMY-The Fall Ses-
sion at this Institution will commence on
Monday, the 9th Sept. See advertisement.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

tbs NExr pREsDENT.-The Columbus
(Miss,) Democrat devotes leader to the SUI
perior claims of Hon. A. V. Brown, rs the
proper successor of Mr.. Buchanan.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

AARON V. BRowN.-The prospects Of this
gentleman for n nomination for the pres-
deney in 1860, are said to be flattering. He
is, an awful iemocrat-but his party might
aalnri n much worse man.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

SANTA FE, July 26.-llenl.h is good
Business is reviving.
A difficulty is unprecedented between inc
Indians and soldiers at Fort Defiance, on nc,
count of the Indians killing MAJOR BROOKS
npurO
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

MsMPHIs.-A fire broke out at Memphis
on tho morning Of the l4,h, which destroyed
$4,000 worth Of property principally COW
cred bY insurance.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

sR- Circuit Court for Meigs county COM
mences at Decatur next honday-23d.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

FASHIONABLE INTELLIC ENcE.-The Rich
mond, Va, journals quote "hoop poles" at
Is, according 10 quality and size.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

.Ny- Californi IN one of the most extra
ordinary instance of rapid growth probably
ever known migration commenced in
May, lS4s. AT bat time il contained hard
ly $4,000 inhabiints. There are now 6OO,-
900, showing iat in ten years it has in
creased forty fold
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

a tE- S. p. Walker has resigned the office
Of President Of the Memphis Branch Of the
Bank of Tennessee
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

UToURRENT FUNps.-In Charleston yes,,
terday-North Carolina money WINS qnGHu
ut 2 n 8 per cent dis; Tennessee 3; hoo'S'a'
ma 2; Virginia Q; Branch Banks stale S s,.,.
gin, II; Georgia, under IS, 3; Alabama o'"''
Bank 10; Alabama Q. 5s,
Land Warrants were quoted, 100 acreS 80
100, IS; 80, So; 40, 96.-Dispatch'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

l-Sg- Mr. J. G. Bower, Of Newbern, whip
ped his wife and she left him. She WINS right
She was the right Bower, and he the lef one.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

WHEAT.-A prime article of white wheat
commands so cents per bushel in this mar
ket; and prime red, rs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

BANK RoBBERY.-The Hatters' Bank at
Bethel, Conn, was entered by burglars on
the night of the 9Th, and robbed of $4,000
in specie and bills of that and other banks.
The capital of the bank was 100000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

WITcHcRAFT.-The Matitowac (Mich.)
Herald states thit the house Of farmer re-
siding in the southwest part of that county
was burned 10 the ground on Saturday weel;
by company Of persons, under the belief
that the occupants had bewitched all the
cattle in The ncighborhood.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

CAmP-MEETISG- Camp. Meeting at Cedar
Spring Camp Ground commences to-day, the
goth.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

TRs OLpssT ISHABlTASr.-Ded, in this
county, on the Eth instant, Mrs. JANE Rio
GINS, aged RIO years. She was the relict Of
James Higgins, n soldier of the Revolution.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

CATHEpRAL.--Tho Catholics have laid
the cornerstone for Cathedral in New York,
the cost of which II is estimated will be one
million and half Of dollars.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

New Issue FOR lS60.-The Charleston
News presents a new political niger issue
for 1860, to wit:-that "there must be posi-
tive legislative enactments, and civil and
crimina! code for the protection of slave
property in the Territories" passed by Con-
gress. This is running ahead of the engine
with vengeance. But it is all bosh. There
are no Territories of the United States re-
manning in which it would be worth FLIP
to pass any such enactments as those indica-
ted; and after their experience upon "South-
ern rights" in Kansas, we dare say our
Southern politicians will be disposed to let
the question of niggers in the Territories
take care of itself. In 1860 all parties will
Save other 6shto frv,-N. Y. Herald.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

ST. LOUIS, August 14.-Thc Mlss's''Pp"
Missouri and Illinois are all receedlng' =,
The Upper Mississippi is rising Slowly
Dubuoue, with 81 feet water on the baT'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

CINCINNATI, Aug. l4.--Flour 4.75 q 5'sS
whisky 90; wheat: new 81 LOT; oats '''
bulk sides 81; pork 1916.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

PARTY PoLITTcs.-We make the following
extract from an article in the last number OF
the Methodist Quarterly Review, on the
"Power of the Press" by ]. d. McFerrin,
d. D.;
We NEEDLE not with party politics. As a
minister of Christ, our motto is: "Let the
dead bury their dead" Yet an impartial and
candid reader cannot fail to observe that the
polite press of the present day is vastly
corrupted. We know there are honorable
exceptions; but who does not perceive a
descent from discussion of State policy and
the principles OF sound government to the
advocacy Of partisan measures? and in too
many instances, the political newspapers of
the times are vehicles of Islander and traduc-
ton. The object of their conductors is to
pull down one aspirant to Office and to exalt
another; ard to accomplish this, trick, mis-
representation, and detraction are the imple-
ments employed; and instead Of looking to
many ofihe sheets of the present day for
light upon the principles of constitutional
law and sound legislation, we consult their
columns to find some clue by which we can
take advantage of competitor, and damn
his prospects ms an ambitious aspirant.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

CHARLESTON, Aug. l3.-There have been
several deaths by yellow fever in this city,
but the physicians say it does not exist in
the epidemic form.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

BLOOD! Blood! BLOOD THE land
smokes with blood. There is a crimson
glare by hearth and saloon. The cry of
murder rings out on the night air, and the
clots of its slaughter are thick upon the altar.
The. active hells Of our country are belching
violence and death. Midnight assassination
strikes hands with MONDAY butcherv, and
together lift boldly their reeking hands to
the public gaze. Half-chilled corpses are by
the desolate hearth, and innocence wailing
and sobbing upon lips which are cold forever.
The enginery of the pit driven by the power
Of the people, rolls on in internal grandure,
and grinds to ruin the maddened hosts. The
greenest, hottest sanctuaries Of earth, are
wasting hour by hour by public sanction, and
homes of earth and Heaven buried forever
under the blasting scorn of lava flow. The
land is filled with woe, and death. And yet
t'- people have not suffered enough! The
annual snneoripIlon Of the nccursed truiiv
must be met. Pauperism and crime must
have fresh hosts. There are hungry graves
to gorge worms to fatten, and hell to surfet
"On with the slaughter" shout the eglsla.
tors and demagogues; and the people respond,
Amen. There are still! homes to be desola-
ted, hopes to blast, and souls to kill. There
are tragedies yet to freeze the blood, and
sorrows to pail the earth with woe. Whisky
must be made, sold, and paid for.
"Drnk and be mad, then-ts your country bids you"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

cJg- General Jackson once said that those
who do business on borrowed capital ought
to break. The Boston Atlas and Bee Won
ders what the old hero, were he alive, would
shy of the present Federal Administration,
which ia doing business on borrowed capital
to the tune of forty millions year.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

AUGUSTA, GA, August l4.-Gen. wm'
Walker passed through here yese'''''
norihwnrd.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20
MORE EVIDENCE.

We have from time TO time, says the N,
O. Bulletin, given our readers evidences OF
/ the decline Of Abolitionism at the North, to
show that sectionaism has had its day, and
as reason why all threadbare, bogus agita-
ton in the South should be discontinued by
the great mass of intelligent citizens. We
! give them another item of evidence to the
same effect this morning. The following re-
markable extract we take from the Cncin.
natl Commercial, which was n Fremont jour.
nal in 1856. Read it:
It is, we do not doubt, an opinion honestly
entertained by many, that the negroes of the
Southern States differ from the whites only
in the degree of their civilizations; and that
nothing is wanting but emancipation and ed
ucatiOn to elevate them to such a state of in
telectual and moral equality, as to entitle
them-under the rule that all men are crea-
ted equal-to share in the duties and privi-
leges of government; and from this is dedu-
ced the idea Of the obligation, on the part of
the Anglo-Saxon people of the United States,
to emancipate and educate their African
brethren as they are called; and of tho great
wrong that is committed against them, when
such emancipation and education are delay
ed or altogether neglected. Now, however
honestly such opinions may. have been enter
tanned, they are WITHOUT DOUBT IN
CORRECT.
Referring to some statistics it continues:
If we are of sufficient capacity to Judge,
they show most conclusiyely that the abol-
ton ofslavery and the elevation of the negroes
ofthe South to condition ofciyil equality with
their masters, would be followed by conse.
quences anything but desirable to themselves,
and most disastrous to the other pariy-that
being incapable of republican self govern.
ment, it is impossible for them TO become, in
political sense, a desirable part of rcpub-
lican self governing people-that being ms
much wanting in capacity for spontaneous
industry rs in sef.governmcnt, the juxta-
position of the two races renders the servi-
tude of the one or the expulsion of the other
n matter ofabsOlute necessitv-that, in short,
the presence Of numerous black population
in community of whites is inconsistent
with the safety of either race, except upon
the terms that the former hold to the latter,
the relation of property.
These are IN substance Identical with the
sentiments recently put forth in the Canadi
an Parliament by member who resides
among the fugitive slaves there who have es.
capped from the South. They tally pretty
well also with the sentiments we have re.
Gently quoted from the Vermont Patriot. Is
there any body so hopelessly demented, so
very an idiot, as to be Incapable of seeing
that these evidences which we adducc, and
which are wholly beyond contradiction, show
that gradual change is taking place in the
North on the negro question? The extract
from The Cincinnati Commercial is diametr
cally opposed to the fundamental principle of
the Fremont platform.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

The FOREIGN ELEMENr.-Yd 6amSeS os
arrests in New York City for the three
months ending with July 81, was l7,30O.-
The record shows that the greatest propor-
ton of these offenders QO,477) are natives
of Ireland, 1921 came from Germany, eleven
are Celestials, and one actually halls from
Patagonia. Those of American birth are
1890 ia number-only about one to four of
the Irish. Thus, it appears that The two
countries furnish criminals in the following
proportions-one of every seventy is Irish,
and of 26O but one American, when, accor-
ding to the ordinary rules of proportion, it
should be much the other way.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

Nav ORlEAN4 Aug. l2.-Tbe deaths on
Tuesday were 3, and on Wednesday 49,
The report for tdlay is not yet rendered.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

FOREIGN INFLUENeE.-The New York Ex-
press SAYS
"Chef of Police Haines, Of Jersey City,
reports that there were 800 arrests for tie
three months ending July 3lst. The nativ-
ty Of the prisoners wns-United States, Z;
Ireland, 25s, England, IA; Scotland, 8; Ger
many, 7; other places, 3.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

A YEAR OF ABUNDANcE.-Therei is high
promise OF a year OF abundant food In the
region where the civilized world mainly look
for the supply of food, the prospects are of
large returns to the labors of agriculture
In England, where the supply of food is so
important lin. .'ne viiiirt;S Of abundance or
scarcity extend to all the commercial conn
tries, the harvest has begun earlier than usu-
al, and with favorable weather. In France,
where the peuce Of Europe depends largely
upon n good crop, the same favorable APP
pearances prevail; and in this country the
yield promises to be enormous. The vine,
that has suffered so severely all over the
country, is now fourishing to degree that
leaves no doubt that the vintage of 1858
promises 10 take its place among the great
yers of quantity and quality. The disease
that SO long afflicted it has been mastered,
mainly, we believe, by the application of sui
phur.-PrOr. Jour.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

a BRITISH RAILROAD TO THE PACIFIC
The Washington correspondent of Forney's
Press writes:
Extraordinary intelligence has reache d
here to the effect that the British government
have had an overland route survey ed from
their possessions in the Rocky Mountains to
a certain point in Canada, by which they will
be able to construct a railroad ouer their own
territory on This continent, uniting the Pacific
with the Atlantic. The proposed route is
much shorter than that Of our government,
and as the Britt h government stands ready
TO secure certain fixed rate of interest to all
who may choose to invest in this great enter
prise, its feasibility is beyond doubt. have
this information from the highest authority.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

ry- Tombstone Of an industrious auc"O"
Ger was very appropriately inscribed 'o0"s'
10 the highest bidder"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

W- The Atlantic Telegraph is complete.
The Queens message has been received and
b ihe Presidents reply returned. Rumor.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

The Queens Massage and the Presidents
Reply
Ps. l9-4
"Thcir line is zone out through all the
earth, and their Words to the end OF the
world" VERONA r.
zen. 1873.
"Iet there be n strife, pray thee, between
mo and thee, andbrtween my hcrdmen and
thy herdmen; fonye be brethren"
JAMES BUCHANAN.
The words of Ibrnm 10 Lot
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-20

TALES Our OF ScHooL.-Tho Washing.
ton correspondent of the st. Louis Republ-
can, democratic organ) thus refers TO the
intrigues of the leading members of his own
party in reference to the next Presidential
nomination:
"The scramble for the succession in 1860,
is now becoming interesting, and while some
of the Presidential aspirants have ample
time to make pilgrimage to the GreatWest,
others are detained here by public engage
mcnts Yet they all watch each other like
hawks-the play is for high stakes, and as
the game proceeds, the excited parties adopt
cxery exppdient TO check mate each other
Sidell, Bright, Stephens, Breckenridge, Doug
las and others court the growing strength of
the Far West-while Senator Davis, of Mis-
sissippi, goes to sunrise to feel of the polit-
ical pulse of New England"
That correspondent should have hint
given him not to "tell tales out Of school,
He is bringing scandal upon the 'great and
glorious" Democracy by betraying these Sc
crets of the Democratic household. Think
of the various Democratic asprants swatch
ing each other like hawksw