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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26
YALuE'OF THE UNION.

The Memphis Eagle g. Enquirer says
each and all Of those who glory In Their hos
tile disregard for the preservation OF The
Union ought to be sentenced TO twelve
months tour through foreign countries, es-
peciaIly through the monarehinl States oil
the Eqropean Continent. Having returned
home perfectly cured, IS may be expected, OF
thsir disunion rapiduess, they will be able
ID enlightsn their former party associates on
Icertain points which these do not seem to
be fully acquainted with. How does Il Zap
pen that citizens Of the North, Americans Of
all the States, in spite Of their republican
creed, may travel from one end OF Europe to
the other without being mOlested and annoy
ed BY the suspectiug trsason-ssOuting police;
that they may vsnturs into the very dens OF
the Ions. that they may stand unscsthsd
amidst the lava.frss o: bursting revolutions!
WHAT is il that secures our countrymen
everywhere peculiar regard in the eyes Of
the people, and that hosPiiable reception
which money alone cannot commando Per
sonal courage and prudence alone would
certainly not exempt them from difficulties
and annoyances on the part Of the authorities.
1t is simply bis charaster as citizen Of the
United States, which insures the American
traveler.privileges and facilities conceded to
no other nation, not even the British. The
name of the Union is as inssparably associa-
ted with the idea of power in the minds Of
the rulers as is is with liberty in the mind,
of the nations. SThe certainty that their
powerful Union would promptly redress any
wrong inflicted, sndows the American with
that self confidence and reliance proverbaly
known all over Europe. While the lonely
star OF South Carolina is not perceptible to
the distant eye, the one and thirty stars Of
the Union are shining with dazzling splendol
on the political horizon Of the world
While the name Of Massachusetts is hard
unpronounceable werd for European tongues
| the North American Union is term familiar
to and revered by The last OF the people,
Tear the stars and stripes asuuder aud the
spell is broken, the respect, the sympathies
and the admiration for the Americans is gone
forever. In the estimate Of the European
nations, confederacies either South or North
ifthsre were any vitality at all in them, would
not rank higher than Mexico, and the dis
membered States themselves would DO al
par with Nicaragua or Costa Rica.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

H- Very funny stories are told of the
process Of servlnga call Of the Senate, an
hour or two after midnight, on Senators
who had gone home and to bed. The Ser.
geant alarms, accompanied by carriages, rode
around the city and collected the deseriers,
peareably If he could, but forcibly, il he must.
Sam Houston was captured ut the Kirkwood
House, taken from his bed, and carried
growing to the Capitol. When called up.
on for an excuse for his absence, he gravely
requested the Senate 10 inform him what
excuse it had to offer for the outrage il had
committed upon his personal rights, BY
dragging him from his bed at that untimelv
hour. He protested that he would not be
paci6ed till the Senate apologized to him.
Senator Clay,of Alabama, kept the doors
locked, and defed the Sergeant alarms
fatty refusing to obey the mandate. Gener.
ally, however, the abseRtees surrendered
themselves with good grace, and a quo.
rum was obtained at o'clock in the morn
ing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

SONORA IN MExIco.-Watery eyes are fixed
upon this belieped lobe rich Mexican State
which now, we learn by the way Of Califor-
mia, has caught the Mexican revolutionary
fever--and, therefore. is in that ripe state of
instruction which may enable outsiders TO
break ia upon the revolutionary insiders
Sonora is so rich in mines, and the other re-
sources, that the Californians can hardly keep
their hands off of her--and probably they are
only kept off by the conviction that, in a short
period of time, our government will buy the
territory Of Mexico.
The Sonorans proper have that horror Of
annexation which almost all Mexican, or other
Spanish American States, have o: the North
ern Anglo-Saxon United States. The Fill
busters, who have made their forays and raids
upon them, have left the American with no
good name-and hence, when annexation is
thought Of, the ghosts of their murdered
couDtrymen haunt the would.be annexers.-
Nevertheless, Sonora is doomed, sooner or
later-and it is only question Of time.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

TT. MEAcHER.-Thomas F. Meagber
sails on Saturday for Central America. In
his card, published in lhe Irish News, he says:
81 need not tell you that have no political
object--none whatever-in visiting Central
America. The saucy statement or insinua-
lions to the contrary, which appeared in two
or three newspapers here and elsewhere,
were wantonly fasle. The cordial letters of
introduction which carry with me- from
Senior Molina, the Costa Rican Minister, are
the best evidence of the perfect Legitimacy
of my purpose and intentions.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

ADVANTAGES OF ADvERTIsING.-Every is
sue of the London Times is accompanied
with double-sheet supplement, filled-ex-
clusively with advertisements, in addition to
the like matter inserted in the regular edition.
Its chages TO advertisers, are beyond any
known in this country. Its weekly receipts
from this source exceed twenty thousand
dollars. A single frm--that Of Windham d.
Co.. pays the Times for advertising one arti-
cle-"Circassian Oil"-one hundred aud fifty
thousand dollars per annum, and fifty thou
sand dollars more, per year, for another or
ticle-the "Circassian Liquid"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

NORTH AND SoUTH.-Mr. Crittenden, Of
Kentucky, in late eloquent speech lie the
Senate, said he wns much gratfed in learn
ing from southern and northern speakers the
comparative resources of the two sections of
the country. The Senator from South Caro-.
lima had detailed the resources Of the South,
and the Senator from Maine had given those
Of the North, and while listening 10 them il
seemed to him (Mr. CO. that this was the
most natural Union in the world. II either
Of these sections were apart, il would make
nation Of which any man may be proud to be
citizen. What magnificent Union, said
Mr.. Cris,enden, it makes ,ohen you put both
together.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

WASHINGTON, March I9.-The Senate TO-
day passed Mr.. OWNS resolution relative to
the massacre of emigrauis at Mountain Mead.
ows.
The Kansas debate was resumed, Senator
Foster, Of Connecticut, occupying the floor.
House.-Gen. Qutman's bill for raising
one regiment Of mounted men, for the de-
fence Of the frontiers of Texas, and four
regiments of volunteers for the general ser
vice, passed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

WASHINGTON, March 23.-Last night u
the Senate, Judge Douglas delivered asp'"'
on the Kansas question before an imms'%
audience. Mr.. Green responded, and on'''
three amendments. Mr.. Crittenden sp'"
again, and offered substitute. 1t is PrOO''"
a vote will DO taken tonight.
The House was in committee Of The Wn''
and Kansas was discussed. II is rnGers'''1
that q vote will be taken on the deile'eD''
bill this week.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

MEETING OF BIsHoPs.-Il is said that the
Catholic Bishops of Philadelphia, PitIsburg,
Erie, Richmond, Wheeling. Charleston, Sd
vannah, and the Vicar of Florida, have been
ordered by the Most Reverend Archbishop
Of Baltimore to assemble n the city Of Bal
timore on Sunday, May 2, for the purpose OF
celebrating upon matters Of interest to the
Church ut large. taf
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

TRANSPORTATION FOR UrAH.-The st. Louis
Republican learns that the Ohio and Missis
sippi Railroad Company will transport the
entire number Of troops destined to Utah,
numbering several thousand, from Cincinn att
to St. Louis In addition to the troops, the
Company is bringing the stores and supplies
for the expedition. For more than a week
past from six to ten cars daily have arrived
over the road with freight for the expedition,
including wagons, harness, saddles, and the
endless variety Of miscellaneous army sup
plies and stores. l'01
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

INTERNATIONAL COURTESY. The Presi-
dent has received an autograph letter from
Prince Albert, accompanied with a medal
containing the likeness Of the Princess Royal
and Frederick William. Tho letter contains
sentiments, Of friendly regard.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

DEMOCRACY AND TIE SYSTEMATICALLY.
Forney has recently made visit to Washing.
ton, and written letter home to his paper
in Philadelphia, which is certainly one of the
most remarkable documents of the age, the
Mormon memorial not excepted. The virtu.
Gus Chevalier has had his tender sensibilities
so awfully shocked that one would be led to
almost believe he was just from some rural
retreat, and altogether innocent of the cor.
ruptions and party Vaccinations with which
bis name is so VIGOROUSLY associated. In
speaking Of the political horizon about Wash.
ington, he bemoans the change which has
overspread it in the following strain: h,
"And what change has one year produced
/ can hardly believe my senses that | am
writing from the capital Of my country, and
that my old friend-he. to whom have borne
almost filial relations from my boy hood-he
to whom have cenfded my few hopes and
fears--he for whom dared the frowns OF
foes. and for whom, during four long years in
the lower house Of Congress, the patronage
in my gift was fearlessly bestowed, and he
knows how gladly and how spontaneously,
too; can hardly believe my senses, that this
is the city Of Washington, and that James
Buchanan is President"
A bard tale we admit, but we can see moth.
ing in it but the practical workings of mod.
ern Democracy. But this is not all Mr. For.
ney experiences, for be goes on with his be.
wailings:
What is the aspect nowi One wide reign
of Trror. A test is erected here like some
horrid instrument Of torture, upon which
Democrats are tried and executed for their
opinions. The work Of decapitation has ceas.
ed sgainst life time foes, and is now waged
against old and cherished friends. Men are
remo-ed and illuminated, not for being op-
posed to Democratic principles, but for BEING
TOO much in favor Of them. The humblest
clerk, with his little family, who struggles
along on his Thousand dollars a year, must
hide his sentiments or leave his place. For
the bold and upright Democrat who dares to
think aloud, there is short shrift. II he has
an office he must be ready for the ominous
cartel Of dismissal, on the instant"
1t is quite refreshing to see such lamenta-
tions penned by such party hack as Forney
has always been, but the picture is but the
legitimate consequence of the policy which
has been pursued by the Democracy ever since
the days of jackson, and the practical appli.
cation Of the watchword by which they have
alwas fought-"to the victors belong the
spoils."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

B- The steam marine Of the United
States service is very limited. According !"
tho Navy Register for 1858, it appears thai
we have only nineteen screw steamers Of mo
first, second and third class; two screw 'en
ders, seven side wheel steamers of the hs'
second and third classes; and one side wheel
tender.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

cB- 1t is stated that Mr. Dallas, our Min
lister TO London, in his dispatches to our
Government, expresses the opinion that the
new ministry Of England will be more favor
able and coDciliatory TO the United States
than the old one. He is also of opinion tina.
it will not, according to the present appear
ances, remain long in power
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

BusISRss.-The Lowell Citizen learns that
the Suffolk mills have received orders to
start up all their works as FAST as they can
obtain help. This is rare news. OF sixteen
cotton mills in Woonsocket. seven are yet
idle, but there are indications that some Of
them will start soon.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26
ATHENS PRIDAY,MARcH se. 1855.

ABSENT AeArS.-The EDITOR left on last Sat-
urday for ChattahoOga, Harrison. and other
points, on business connected with the office.
Daring his abseree, we have to boss the shop
and engineer the concern both. which we
trust will be sufficient apology for any
shortcomings in the makeup Of the paper
this week.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

ST.. Patrick vs. ST. GEORGE AT Hibernian
banquet on St. Patrick's day, at Cincinnati,
one Of the orators, Mr.. Dennis NcGoverty,
said:
"lf he had the power Re would visit the
Government Of England with the maledis.
tons Of Heaven-would hurl the throne into
the sea and sink the Government, Queen.
King, Parliament and all, into -. He
hoped that God. who is good and just, would
answer HE prayer. and crumble the throne
like the dust Of the road"
Not very ssinsliks. that, Dennis.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26
BOUNTY LAND BILL

We give below copy of bill in,rosr..,
in the U. S. House Of Representative, on ~
18th inst, by Hon. Il. Maynard. of N. .,
District, which was read first and s.,
time, and referred to the Committee on D.,
lie Lad. IL provides for q class Of D.r,os
which all the other laws on the subi.c, ~
failed to reach. and We hope it may p.,, inv
law:
A BILL 10 extend the provisions of ...,.:-
acts granting Bounty Land to certain ' ~;
ieers and Soldiers in the military seryies =,
the United Statess VI
SECTION !. Be IL enacted 6y the S,po,,
House Of Representatives. Of he United S,., aa
Of America IA CoRgress assembled b,, ~
provisions Of the ninth section of AN A., .'
raise for limited time an additional m;i;,.s
force and for other purposes, approved on 81!
llth Of February. ls47. and Of an Az, u'
pisnstory Of said Act, approved on thu VII
Of May. lS4s. be so extended as 10 ;n.1nS'
the relatives Of each Of the commissioner ~
icers engaged in the military service 81 W. W.
United States in the late war with Ns,;oo -. ~
follows: In the event Of the death Of -, -
such commissioned officer leaving p,;,ht,
widow nor child him surviving. wbsIbs, l..
died during his service or after his disebsraS
and before to issuing Of 4 certificate Vrapi;S,
bounty land, a certificate or warrant for On.
hundred and sixty acres Of land shall bs i.
sued in favor and inure to the benefit Of hi,
relatives. according to the following ruls..
First to the father, second to the moibe, ana
third to the brother or sister, or in eopsl
pro portions to the brothers and sisters of m.
deceased. ss the case may be, in the same
manner as by the said Acts is provided for
the relatives Of non commissioned officer.
musicians aud priy,tes.
SIC. 2. And belt further enacted, That the
provisions Of an Act in addition to certain
acts granting bounty land to certain officers
and soldiers who have been engaged in the
military service Of the United States, approx.
ed on the Sd day of March, 1885, and Of an
Act to amend the said Act. approved on the
l4th day Of May, 1856, shall be SO extended
| as to include within the benefits Of the aid
acts those who have, at any time, served le,,
than fourteen days, in the same manner A
those who have served fourteen DAYS or long.
er, anything in the third section Of the said
Act, approved on the Sd day Of March. 1855
to the contrary, notwithstanding.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

LOOK OUT.-The North Georgia Times,
Of the 18th, contains tho following para
graph:
Ro5beries.-We regret to learn that Capt
James Morris and J. F., b. Jackson, of BAL.
ton, Ga, were robbed few nights since Of
about three thousand dollars; the former
losing one, and the latter two thousand
The robberies were committed between Dali
ton and Nashville, while travelling upon the
cars. Judging from the numerous outrages
of this character which have recently been
committed, we think that the Devil is Ger.
tainly at large, with the last link of his chain
broken,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

W A bill has passed the Iowa Legisla-
ture, prohibiting marriage within certain de-
grees Of consanguinity. Heretofore there
has been no law in that State that would
prevent marriage between brother and sister
or others Of near kin.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

SINGULAR Del UsIos.-The New York
Sun states that Victor Mix, a resident of
Hume, Allegheny county, New York, has
been seated fer the last four weeks upon two
dozen eggs, for the purpose Of Matching them,
by the direction of the spirits!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

ADJoURsEp.. The Legislature has adjourn.
ed at last-the dispersion having taken place
on Monday. The session has been longer than
any Of its predecessors within our recollec-
ton. Whether the benefits to flow from its
acts are to be cOrrespOndlngly large remains
to be seen.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

e1-Mr, Maxwell, residing near BradstOwD,
Kentucky, was found dead on the morning
of the 18th inst. Ii has been discovered since
that he was murdered by his own negroes
one Of whom has confessed his participation
in the shocking crime.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

FRANcE.-Generals Changarnier and Be-
dian have been authorized TO return to
France. II is reported that Rudio's sentence
has been committed to iardilabor for life
II is also rumored that Orsni will be spared,
but il is doubtful.
The penal law on public security was
adopted with one dissenting vote.
The Paris correspondent Of the London
Times says Malmesburg had answered Wa
lewskis dispatch in tone and spirit becom-
ing the British Minister.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

BRISK TINES IN TExAs.-The Gonzalez
(Texas) Inquirer says that Gonzalez is get.
ting brisker. Several persons were Knocked
down last week, one man sho! at another,
prisoner attempted to give leg bail, but was
captured, and times were generally lively; the
young corn bad not been injured by the frost,
and an organ grinder had been robbed Of
about one hundred and fifty dollars in money,
a gold watch, &c.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

W- The Charleston Courier, OF THURSDAY,
says: "Ths ship Agamemnon, Captain Good.
win, wns cleared at our Custom House, on
the 18th inst, by Messrs. c. Atkinson & Co.,
for st. Petersburg, Russia, having on bOnrdl
cargo Of tive thousand nine hundred and
eighty.two square bales of cotton, containing
one million two hundred and eighty six lhou.
sand nine hundred and nincty.nine pounds.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

H A young man by the name Of John
son has been arrested in Albany for Perpe'
trating a new dodge" He fss.ered br'ls'
on the tail Of a rat, and then sold him for
squirrel. The purchaser WAS gentleman
from Germany. f.l.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

FAT JoB.-The Printing COMMITTEE OF the
House of Representatives have made report.
showing the cost of the printing for the last
two Congresses to be nearly five millions Of
dollars We are no advocate for pcnurious
ness in anything, but we do think there could
be some plan devised to prevent such gross
Wholesale swndling in this branch of public
expenditure.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

MATTKsoN TO BE LET ALosE-It is under
stood that the committee appointed to inves-
tigate the charges preferred against Mr.. 0. B.
Matteson, of New York, will report against
any further action being taken. as the ma
jority agree that the House has no power or
Jurisdiction in the case.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

TnR Revival AT LEBASos.-We learn
from the Herald that the REVEALS are slill 10
progress q, nearly all the churches About
400 conversions have been alread, made.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

c3g- The Directors Of the Branch Bank
Of Tennessee, at Rogersville, have reelected
the old Board Of Officers, viz: jacob Miller,
President; George r. Powell, Cashier; and
Henry Wax, Clerk.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

CuBA.-A Washington correspondent Of
the New York Courier says that the plan Of
the Executive with referenee to Cuba, is to
send special Commissioners to Spain with
comprehensive power to demand redress for
alleged injuries, but to offer to compound for
them by the payment Of very liberal indem-
nifty for the cession Of the island.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

REGISTER FOR THE OCoEE DsrRIcr.-Col
Robt. MeNelley, of the Cleveland Banner,
was on Saturday last elected by the Lsgista.
ture, Register and Entry Taker for the ocose
District We congratulate him on his ac-
cession TO office.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

ESLARoED.-T North Georgl. Times Dial.
ton, comes to us in an enlarged form, and
otherwise improved. 1t is now among the
largest and best looking sheets in that State
We wish the enterprise of the proprietor
much success
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

Mourn VEnSoS.-The Virginia House of
Delegates has passed bill to issue 5000. 900
State bonds to John A. Washington. to pay
for Mount Vernon, the State to be reimbursed
by the Ladies' Association, which has now on
hand. in cash, $4,000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

SoLp.-It is said that the New Orleans Del
ta's article about the arrival Of cargo Of
slaves in Pearl River, Mississippi, direct from
Africa, and over which some of the extremists.
grew so jubilant. turns out to be hoax Of
the Munchausen order.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

RICHMOND, March i7.-Senate--Tho bill
nppropriatiug 100000 to the Covington g.
Ohio Railroad passed by a vote Of % to 10.
This sum is for expenditures for the years Of
1858 and 1859
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

sY- According TO the weekly statement
the number Of emigrants arrived at Castle
Garden, New York, during the week ending
March 10th was 1856, making total Of 4,942
since the LIST Of January, against the 1884
arrivals for the corresponding period Of
1857.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

tW The whole amount appropriated J"
the State expenses Of Pennsylvania for me
ensuing year, is S3,O94,40O, Of which w
100000 is for interest on the State debt "u
1854, $50 for the maintenance Of the canals
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

The VExED QUESTION DECIDED IN fHE SEN
Ark-we received by Thursdays mail, the
following dispatch:
wAsHrSGroS, March 2S, P. M.-The Senate
passed the Kansas bill tonight, with amend
ments, by a majority Of eight.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

FEY The winter over-coat now in fashion
in London, is called a"Bulfanger." They
are sold in Regent street for about eighteen
dollars.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26

W We have omitted to make up our usu-
al Legislative summary this week, as we hope
to be able to publish caption of all the acts
Of general application. in the next issue.