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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

B- The bill for the benefit Of the Cleve-
land and Chattanooga Link Road has passed
both branches Of our Legislature. This
measure will enable the Company TO COM
plete that work at day earlier than WAS an
ticipated under other circumstances, and pas
sensors to and from the direction of Nash
villa and Tho Southwest, will now soon be
rid Of the delay and expense Of the de!our
through Georgia.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

The NORTH AND THE SoUTH UPON THE
KANSAS QUEsTIoS.-ln the Senate, while de.
batting the Presidents Kansas Message, Mr..
Seward used tile following language:
1--WE are lighting" he said, "for a majority
of free States. There are already sixteen to
fifteen; and whatever the Administration may
do-whatever anybody may do-before one
year from this time, we shall be seventeen to
fifteen" 20 Hi. f
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

ZEE 1t is said proposition will be made
Ia tho Legislature to establish branch of
the Bank Of Tennessee at Knoxville. IF
adopted, it would, perhaps, be advisable to
give the management of the institution to
the gentlemen who had charge of tho laie
Bank of East Tennessee. They conld "put
il through" in about 2.4O, and upon the most
approved principles of financiering.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

LAND WARRANTS IN VIRGNIA.-The sys-
tenn of granting warrants to locate vacant and
unappropriatcd lands in Virginia has been
carried to such an excess that Gov Wise has
felt it his duty to protest against tho gross
frauds practiced under it for years. The war
rant is granted to anybody whe will pay two
cents an acre, and the warrantee may find the
land where he can in region already "shin-
gled," over with conflicting titles. Ignorant
persons in the North and elsewhere have
bought these warrants at from eighty to one
hundred cents an acre, under the impression
that there would be no difficulty in making a
location, whereas in truth there is no land
left. The Governor is against any further
issues Of this sort.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

The Errscrs OF THE REvULsIoSs.--The
returns from the New York city posto'iice
for the quarter ending Dec. 81, show de-
crease in the amount Of postage prepaid by
postage stamps in mails sent from that Office
Of $4,000, and n decrease in the amount re-
eeived for stamps and stamped envelopes
sold, Of $4,000 as compared with the quar-.
Ter Immediately receeding.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

tB- The Democratic editors are very
fond Of hattering Irish. born citizens when
they think that something is TO be made W
II, but we see that the Richmond South
presuming that Senator Shields, Of MINES
Ola, supports the views of Douglas, sneers "
him as "Paddy Shields"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

eT- An effort is making TO remove tho
Branch Bank Of the State at Shelbyville to
Winchester. After reading the able and lu-
cid speech Of Mr.. Newmnn-our whilom
friend, Taze--tho member from Franklin, in
favor Of n "purcly metallic currency" it is
hard to believe the people Of that county
can desire banking institution in their midst
But whether or no, we presume the authori-
ties will not do any thing so silly as TO make
the removal
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

W- A fire occurred at Morristown, Jeffer-
son county, on the night of the 9th, which
destroyed several buidings-among them
tho one in which the Statesman was printed.
We regret TO learn that all the materials
books, &c, were lost.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

W The alone Journal" Winchester,
replies to short paragraph Of ours about tho
Southern University, in an article Of COM
msnsurate length and of corresponding CRAWL
ty. According to the "Journal," we are en-
tirely wrong in the information we have ro-
csived in regard to "Sewannee," and that all
the advantages we spoke of as being dcsira-
Bile for tho 'location," combine, in profuse
proportions and graceful prodgaity, at and
around that "heaven-kissed HILL" In word,
that Nature evidently had the Southern Uni
versity in Wow when she got up "Sewannee."
Possibly, our contemporary is right.-At any
rate, we shall not attempt to controvert any
thing no has said, or may hereafter say, on
the subject We are not aware that there
10 anybody in this direction who feels tho
least interest in regard 10 location, any more
ihsn laudabo desire that the insti!aton
shall enjoy all the advantages which its mag
nitude and importance entitle 1t TO. And
for oursclf, if we wished to see the enter
prise defeated which we do Motive should
be quite content TO leave that work TO the
ill-tempercd friends who seem to have taken
the subject entirely under their auspices
since "Sewannee" was selected. II they
don't kill it, the assaults Of its enemies will
not be likely to damage il very seriously.
"CLcAGE's MILL."-The large Merchant
Mill recently erected at this place, by a.
CLEAaE & Co., is now in full operation,
working beautifully throughout, and turning
out an article Of flour that will command
ready sale ard the highest figure in any mar
ket. McSinn is the heaviest whoat-growing
county in East Tennessee, and n large and
superior FIGURING Mill was much needed a!
this point. Now that il is in successful ope.
ration, we look to see the enterprise of tho
Messrs, Cleage richly rewarded.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

The BATTLE Nor LosT.-It is evident
that the Black-Republican- Douglas coalition
in the House of Representatives achieved a
barren victory in their vote for special COM
mittee on the Lecompton Constitution
While that committee are wandering over
the earth in quest offrauds, the Senate will
take the initiative, and decide the matter by
sending the Lecompton Constitution to the
House with bill for the admission of Kan
sas. Then, doubtless, the influence of the
Administration will prevail. -Erchange
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

u A Washington lettcr-writer, to show
that Spain is not the 'sick man. as generally
supposed, gives certain statistics of the coun.
try. The Spanish population is 100000.
The army numbers 100000 men, the light
regiments armed with MIME rifles, and the
artillery being one Of the finest in the world.
The navy is as follows: Two line Of battle
ships, ITO guns; steam frigates, lat guns; l
steam brig, 2 pivot guns; 8 steam schooners,
l6 pivot guns; s srigates, 1873 guns; 2 cor
vettes, 81 guns 10 briggs, SO guns; 5 schoon.
ers, II guns; 8 side wheel steamers, 6S guns;
30 ditto, l76 guns, and nine store-ships, %
guns; besides gnn,boats and the usual small
craft belonging to large feet The foreign
commerce of Spain amounted in 1855 to
SIl4, l56,240. Her commerce with the United
States for the year 1857 amounted to over
seventy-nine millions of dollars, greater even
than that of France with us.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

INTERESTING TO GAMBLERs.-A bill pun
ish professional gamblers by Whipping has
passed the lower House OF the South Caro-
lima Legislature. 1t provides that, in add.
ton to the punishment already provided BY
law, the guilty party shall receive not to sS'
coed thirty-nine lashes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

QUITS RIcH.-There is n man who peddles
writing paper through the streets of Brook
lyn, worth, it is said, 100000, which sum
he has invested in bonds and mortgages
lie says IT has been made chiefly by selling
"twelve sheets Of writing paper for four
cents and carefully Outstanding the pro-
ceeds,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19
ATHENS, FRIDAY, FEB. 10, 1853.

ORcANIzED.--The Board of Directors
Branch Bank Of Tennessee, Athens, organ
ICED on Tuesday, 10th, by re-slecting VIM
II. BALLEw, President, and A. BLIZZARD,
Cashier. G. w. BRIDGES and 10. ]. WRIGHT
were elected Attorneys for tho Bank, and
JoSsrH NJ. IIoRToN, Clerk.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

tY- allow do you and your friends feel
now!" said an exulant politician in one Of
our Western States, to rather irritable mem.
Der Of the defeated party. n suppose" said
the latter, 1--WE feel just as Lazarus did when
he was licked by dogs"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

To ADJoURs.-A proposition to adjourn on
the 9Th proximo, was introduced in the Leg
islature last week, but subsequently laid on
the table. Mr.. Dobson, Representative from
Polk, McMnn and Meigs, who has been hero
this week, expresses the belief that the Leg
isla.ure will be ready to adjourn by the mid
Ola of March.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

cB- In January, 1857, II cost the Hudson
River Railroad $4,000 for shoveling snow
the shovelng lasted half the month. This
year they have not spent shilling for this
purpose.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19


QUIET Times IN KANsAs-The following
is an extract from letter, written at LAW
renee, X. IT,, on the I'd inst, and addressed
to gentleman of this city. It was not in
tended for publication by the writer, being
chiefly on private business. But as it also
contains some statements in relation to the
public matters, which may DO relied on, il has
been thought desirable that they should be
published:
II is strange your people can't understand
affairs here. | see that the Republic alludes
to the absurdity of having two Governors
and two Legislatures over this Territory
Now, everything here is as quiet as il is in
Missouri and Illinois, and the Topeka matter
is simply regarded as farce. Ii is treated
here just about the same as the third House
is usually treated in other places. They are
endeavoring to make themselves appear of
some consequence TO people at distance. BY
pretending to enact such laws as have already
been enacted by the Territorial Legislature.
They are laughed ut here, and nothing can
give them any consequence but for Governor
Denver to interfere with them. They are in
fact rs harmless as any other debating socie-
ty, instituted for the Improvement of youth.
There have been some few who really con-
templated doing what the letter writer's stat.
ed, but they were very few, and they were
laughed at by the others for being 80 silly.-
81. Louis Republican, oh.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

rW- The Secretary of The Treasury gives
notice TINT he will receive proposals Tor 'n0
issue Of five millions OF dollars in treasury
notes, authorized by the uct of 9ad Dece"'
Der last.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

BANK REFORM IN MAssAoHUsETTs.-T
committee on banks in the Massachusetts
Senate has made an able report on banking
and currency. The remedy for existing evils
recommended by the committee is the enact
ment of a bill appended TO their report, to
prohibit the circulation Of bank notes of a
smaller denomination than FIVE dollars, and
to require the banks to have in specie one
fifth of the aggregate amount of their crcu-
lation and deposits.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

tas- The Jacksonville (Fla.) Republican,
records the death Of Mrs. Winnie Lassiter,
on the 2sth ult, aged 1870 years. She was a
native of North Carolina and was married in
that Colony many years before the rcvolu.
ton.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19
AN ACT TO amend the first section of m
Act passed February 8, 1850 si'uA

SECTION !. BE IL enacted by the General
Assembly IF The State Of Tennessee, That
the remedies provided by the net of 1901, oh.
10, and 1909, oh. go, aud the acts amendatory
thereto, in favor Of sureiies against princi-
pals, and against each other, shall extend TO
all cases when the surctyship upon any sc-
acknowledgement or confession Of Judgment in
any court.
Passed January Z, 1858. .
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

FoREsT HILL AcADEMY.-The Spring
Session Forest Hill Academy, under the
charge of U. l.. York, will commence next
Monday, 22d. Mr.. York has proved himself
an excellent teacher, and as there is plenty of
material here, we hope TO see the session
opon with an increased number of pupils.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

New YcRK MARKET, Feb l3.-Sales of
cotton today 1900 bales, and for the past two
days $500 bales.
Flour buoyant and slightly advancing,
with 5000 barrels. :,
Wheat dull, sales 1000 bushels, red SI.I5
1921.
Corn dull, sales 1000 bushels, white &C
a SO cents. M 1.iaa'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

PAuLpINc RESOLUTIONS IN ALABAnAf
The resolutions which passed the Sen sS.O'
Alabama condcmnatory Of the arrest OF IVA s,a
eral Walker by Commodore PanIdlng, WV"
defeated in the House by large VoN'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

.4g- lis said that Gen. Concha will this
month send to Spain from Havana the sum
of 100000, part of which is the surplus
of 1857.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

CONGRESSIONAL DIRECToRy.-Ws arc in
debtcd to Hon. Sam. A. Smith for a copy OF
Congressional Directory First Session Thir-
ty-Fiflh Congress.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

WAsnlscroS, Feb. l2.-The Senate was
not In session. In the House, an Intellectual
attempt was made TO introduce a resolution
TO investigate the charges in the New York
Tribune, implying an attempt TO influence
the votes OF members by the Influence of the
Executive Department. Considerable ex-
ciiemeEt exists.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

New ORLEANS, (via Washington,) Feb.
l2.--The steamship Empire City from lila.
vana has arrived, with California dates to the
Goth January. .
The Star Of tho West left Aspinwall on
the Sd February, with $1,000, 900.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

NEw YoRK, Feb. l2.-In the New York
legislature at Albany to day, bill was in
troduced TO incorporate the Central American
Industrial Emigration Society with capital
Of three hundred thousand dollars. !
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

tY- The Albany Knickerbocker cautions
four black cats that are continually serena
ding in the back shed, that there is a sau.
sage shop two doors to the right.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

A CHAPTER ON MoNKEYs.-I'hc Column
bus (Ga.) Enquirer, which always has some-
thing good in its columns, gives the follow
ing in its last issue
travellers tell us that in the East Indies
there is great wood plentifully stocked
with monkeys; that highway runs through
the middle of this wood; and that the mon
keys who live on each side of th. highway,
are bitter enemies TO those who live on the
other side. When the bona fde inhabitants
of that Territory wish to enjoy sport, they
place pots Of rice in tho middle of the road,
with heaps Of cudgels close by the side Of
every pot. The monkeys, when they dis
cover the provisions, come down from the
trees on both sides, take up the sticks and
belabor one another, to the great mrth and
entertainment of the free whHe inhabitants
collected around.
Now, without any disposition to compare
great things to small, II seems to us there is
some resemblance between our Congressional
demagogues and those East India monkeys
on the opposite sides of the woods. Here
is the great highway Mason g. Dixon's line
or the Sun Dog of Mr.. Wise; here are the
pots Of rice-the oaves and fishes substan-
tially-Kansas nominaly; and here nre the
two-legged monkeys, armed for the combat
and ready for the fiay.
We sincerely hope that, after these warlike
gentlemen have afforded some amusement
by biting and scratching, and grinning and
chattering at each other, and before any Sc
rious damage is done, the free phite inhabi-
tants' of the whole country will send them
incontnently 70 tho woods, never more 10
stick their paws into another pot of govern.
mental rice. Then, and not before, can we
have peace, and the people derive any bene-
fit from legislation"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19


invitation to attend the anti.Iecompton meet.
ing, held in Philadelphia on the night of the
9Th instant, makes nearly four columns in the
Press newspaper of that city. The following
is an abstract o. the positions assumed in the
letter:
Governor Wise says that n careful review
of the Presidents message constrains him to
differ with the President in his choice. He
protests against the mode in which the Lee
compton Constitution was pretended to be
submitted as ant-repubIican and oppressive,
and as offensive to the self-respect and moral
sense of free people. He admits that the
conduct of the Topekaites was violent and
unlawful, and that their opponents acted I'M
der lawful authority, up to the submission of
the constitution to the people. But that has
nothing to do with the issue. is the constitu-
ton an act and deed of the people, and is the
schedule republican. The wrong Of the To-
pekaites will not justify the wrong Of the
LecomptOn convention, nor cure the defects
of the Lecompton schedule, which though
providing for its ratification or rejection, was
submitted for the approval alone, without al
lowing a vote on its rejection. lie concludes
that there was obviously sinister and anti
republican purpose in thus giving an unfair
election as to part of the constitution, with
no election as to the whole. He denies the
assertion of the President that TO people
could have proceeded with more regularity in
the formation of a constitution than the peo-
pie of Kansas have done.
The people were not allowed fair cleo
ton at ALL fair election could not be held
under the schedule as appears from its face.
He combats the Presidents idea that the nd.
mission Of Kansas would speedily end the
agitation in Congress and localize it in Kan-
sas. He declares that il never can be local.
Again, It's all essential that the settlement
shall be just, right and equal and if not so, il
is sure to be mischevous 10 that party snatch.
ing power without right and doing wrong
that good may come. The Interior effect Of
adopting the Lecompton Constitution, will
be worse than referring back the question:
It will arraign the Democracy and the South
for demanding more than is right, it will re-
turn the chaliee to our own lips, when the
Kansas question again and again arises in
our boundless domain of Southern Terrific
ries; it will drive away thousands of Demo-
Gratis to raise the black Republican flag over
the capitol in the next struggle for power,
and then raise the last dread issue OF dis
union.
He concludes by addressing the Commit
tee as the friends of Mr.. Buchanan and the
Administration, who have his best wishes and
the warmest friendship, and whom he would
save both from danger and defeat. lie trusts
in their pure and patriotic motives. but he re-
CARDS much more the Democracy of the South
and the Union, and expresses anxiety for
their fate. For himself he fears nothing,
standing on the right in spite of friends and
foes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

.Y- The Virginia Senate has passed q
bill appropriating 100000 to the Universe.
ty of Virginia, in four annual instruments Oh
$4,000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

FEY In the Louisiana Senate, notice has
been given of the introduction ola bill 10
import Eve thousand negroes from the Coast
Of Africa.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

eW The reader will find some very pretty
verses on the first page, written for the Post,
by Mrs. NJ. E. WINCHESTER.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD
A friend in Richmond whose opportunities Of
getting information nre good, communicates
10 us the gratifying intelligence that the
prospects are bright for subscription on the
part of the Legislature of 100000 dollars 10
complete this important State Improvement.
--Lnnchburg Republican.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

Cerros.-Advicss from Europe BY ihs
last British steamer represent the Cotton
Market As buoyant. Wheat declining.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

T Ex-Prcsdont Fillmore WAS married
81 Albany, N. Y, on the llth TO Mrs. Nc
intosh.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

rSs- Two hundred and thirty years nvo,
twenty.four dollars purchased the whole city
aud county Of New York.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

Mrs. COOKIES SCHooL.-Mrs. Cookies
School commences again next Monday, 22d.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

E- We arc under renewed obligations
to our friend at Marble Bluffs, for additions
to our subscription list.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

RELIGIOUS REvIvAL.-The revival at the
Methodist Church in this place has been in
progress for nearly five weeks. There have
been above seventy conversions, and 6fty.two
accessions to the Methodist Church, and six
teen to the Presbyterian. The Pastor, Rev.
}. X. Plummer, has been assisted in the Ia
bors of the pulpit the last week by Rev. DR..
a. L. +: Green, and Rev. s. d. Baldwin
Murfreesboro telegram.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19
tw- DR.. HAYES, the Arctic explorer and

icy Ut. hayes, me Arctic explorer and
lecturer, talks thus fine about that sen which,
in imagination, rolls about the North Pole:
He beloved it was there through sunlight
and through darkness. Its broad bosom
heaves and swells under the eternal day, its
icy margin lashes into frosty foam the rolling
pillows under the gray dome of eternal light.
The mighty whale has there his central
home, and, sporting unmolested within his
icy locked fortress, mingles his voice with the
roar OF dashing waters, startling the midnight
solitude of the silent stars. TIE great bear
roams wild over the frozen border and sees
its heavenly brother mrrored in the "vasty
deep" When summer comes its shores
swarm with bird life, and myriads of sea swal-
lows, and elder, and kittiewake chatter in The
cliffs, and fit over the foaming crests of the
swelling waves. Flowers bud and blossom
in the valleys, MOSES grow green upon the
slopes, and peace and plenty come to human
creatures who, guided by the pole star, have
wandered to the utmost limit Of the land:
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

lB- An exchange notices the marriage of
Miss Angelina Braham, daughter of the
great vocalist, and adds.
ave congratulate The bridegroom upon
this privilege Of reposng, even on earth, up
on A. Brahanl's bosom"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

WHAT THEY LosT.-A writer in the Bos-
ton Traveller estimates that the Atlantic,
Mills, by forced sale of goods in New
York at auction, during late panic, lost
the nice little sum of one hundred and eleven
thousand dollars. 9at
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

New YORK, Feb. 8, l85S.-The wants and
sulierings of the poor Of this city are truly
distressing. Notwithstanding the exceeding
mildness Of the winter, the numbers who are
supplicating assistance are without previous
parallels. The Managers of the Association
for improving the condition Of the poor state
that $4,000 persons have been added to the
dependent list in the past three weeks, and
that there are at the present time more than
$4,000 individuals who look solely to their
association for the bare means of sustenance.
The distribution Office, at the Bible House, is
over.run daily by perishing crowds, while the
Society has been obliged to refuse all new
applications for assistance. The question
with philaulhropists is, what will become of
the poor Of New York?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

e4H The decrease in importatons ut New
York, since the LIST Of January is over thir-
teen million dollars.