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being 50, the question reaches sudden adj
iustment. for all Of Walkers complaints,
however blatant they may become, will pro-
perly be disregarded.
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A bill is now pending before the Pennsyl-
vania Legislature providing that no bank
shall discount drafts at greater rate than
one per cent. beyond the legal rate Of inter
est; that no bank dividend hereafter shall
exceed eight per cent. per annumi that no
bank surplus or contingent fund shall exceed
ten per cent. on the capital stocki that the
excess Of any bank beyond this proportion. at
the time Of the passage Of the act. shall De
divided among the stockholders, within six
months after such passage; and that any
such excess after The LIST Of January next,
shall be paid into the State Treasury. for the
use of the Commonwealth.
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The Senate has confirmed the appointment
of Mr.. Lamar as Minister 70 Nicaragua. and
that Of Gen. Denver as Governor Of Kansas,
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ELECTION RETURNS FORM KANSAS.

ct. Louis, Januhry w.
The Democrat has letters from Kansas
dated the l4th instant. stating that the re-
turns Of the first election we're opened on the
18th instant BY Gov. Denver and Mr.. Cali
houn. The vote stood, for the constitution
with slavery 6.06s; without slavery $40.
OF this total 1869 were polrd in precincts
containing about thousand Inhabitants.
The Votes given at the last election ON the
constitution were not counted.
The returns Of votes for State officers give
the following results: For Governor. Smith
Free STATED 6,23S; Marshall (Democrat) 6.
$50. For Congress, Parrott Free State) o.
62s; Carr tDemocrat) 6.56S. To the State
Senate the Free-St men have elected thir-
teen members and the Democrats six. To
the House the Free-State men have elected
twenty nine and the Democrats fourteen.
Mr.. Calhoun declares that he will not close
The count now. but will receive other returns.
although the time allowed has expired.
The Territorial Legislature will provide
for another Constitutional Convention.
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tits stated, that Mr. clingman, from the
Committee on Foreign Affairs in the House.
will report in favor Of sustaining the views
and policy OF the Presidents Message upon
filibusterism and that Mr.. Mason from the
Senate Committee will do the same thing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-06-25

PRESIDENTIAL MovEMENTs.-The Phila-
delphia Evening Bulletin takes up the hint
which we threw ou! the other day, in refer
encc to Cameron of Pennsylvania, as an
available Presidential candidate for the oppo-
stion to fuse upon 10 1860, and says the
"General is, in many respects, strong man,
and possesses elements of strength not to be
found in any other candidate" Very good.
Let the friends of the General trot him out,
and try his wind and bottom. Why not =
The course is open, the coast is clear, and
the more the merrier But there is no time
TO be lost. The friends of Seward all over
this State, we understand, are organizing
their secret clubs; and in Massachusetts and
throughout New England, the same move
ments are going on in behalf Of Mr.. Banks.
In old Virginia, the friends of Gov. Wise are
organizing and taking soundings; in Illinois
and all over the Northwest, The Douglas men
are getting ready for action. Indeed, we have
no doubt that in behalf Of every man of eve
ry party, generally recognized as an aspirant
for the succession, there is great deal OF ac-
tive primary work going on in the way OF
quiet little meetings, confidential consulta'
tons and letter writing. By-and-by some OF
those things will leak out; for where there Is
40 much snbterranean combustion the flames
cannot long be kept under. Let us wait n
week. With the dispersion Of Congress
among the people we shall learn something
~ y. HeroM.
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New YORK, June l6,


FoREIeN.-The IImse of Commons pass;
ed the Atlantic Telegraph Bill.
D'lsraeli stated Tat there had been no
rupture in negotiations with the Emperor Of
China.
2,4OO additional troops 60 Immediately to
India.
Terrible riots occurred at Belfast. The
military were called aut.
FRAHcE.-The Tbulon squadron sailed
under sealed orders.
The Paris CORRESPONDENT of the London
Times gives n copy9f the convention be-
tween Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Felix Bel
ly, agent Of Midland & Co., conceding an
inter-oceanc canal by the River San JuaE
and Lake Nicaragua 10 be completed in six
years and to be sufficiently wide for two of
the largest ships abieast. The term Of con-
cession is 80 years. Capital fifteen millions.
The silk crop in the south Of France is
unfavorable.
The health of the King Of Sweden is i'm
proved.
An insurrection has broken out in Monte
negro; 10000 Turks have been ordered
there.
PARrs.-It is rumored that Pelissier will
be recalled.
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tB In the Savannah Morning News of
9th inst, we find the following. It is a
portion of letter TO the editor from Her
nando county, Florida, of the date of June
lsti
"Within the last four or five weeks n
strange but very fatal disease has broken out
among the deer. They are found dead in
every direction--in somo instances that
have heard Of, by gangs. There is now
scarce the sign Of one to be seen where they
were before so numerous. They appear to
die, in most instances, suddeEy-ful ileshed
and fat. Some appear 10 linger with tho
disease, and are found TO have sore or rotten
mouth and tongue. ! have seen numbers my.
self within the last ten or twelve days. The
cattle also nre similarly affected, but not yet
fatally. They have sore mouth and tongue
covered by thick dark scurf, and walk like
badly foundered horse. Where the diseaso
among the deer and cattle broke out, or how
far il extends, have no means of knowing.
/. prevails rs for as heard from. What Is
s,il more strange, the buzzards and carton
crows have also disappeared. 1t is com.
mon remark that none nre 10 he SEEM
None have been found dead that have heard
of
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ATTEMPTS TO BRIBE.--At tho ttial oi
Cancemi IN New York Matthias Lauth, the
German ragpicker, testified tina. Mr. Black.
man, counsel for the prisoner, his brother
and Mr.. Merrall, one of the jurymen, had
couversed with him in regard TO tho case
and that bribes Of $4,000, to $4,000 and
$4,000 had been successfully offered him to
induce him to give evidence that would se'
cure the release Of Cancemi. He said that
Mr.. Chrstadoro had been instrumental in the
attempt to bribe him.
The evidence of this witness created O
great sensation in the court room.
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RgFocM ON THE STATE RoAD.-A writer
in the Cassviile Standard, d 10th inst, who
signs his remarka "Rip Van Wnkle," seems
to congratulate the Superin endent upon the
economical results of recent reforms on the
road. The writer says themorning passen-
ger train on the State road las been dispen-
sed with, and while il onlydelays the mails
some ten or twelve hours daily, it is really
considerable saving in the running expen-
ses OF the road. The SUSPENSION Of tf6
other passenger or express trim will doubt
less still further promote economy, inasmuch
as the freight trains could have passenger
cars attached to them, and the visiting and
travelling public would be CRAFTY pleased, as
they could stop several hours in the night
somewhere on the line, between Atlanta and
Chattanooga, and enjoy pleasant rest.
The following is the concluding paragraph
in the writer's Iemarksi
"Another idea suggests itself to my mind,
but have not yo. been able fully to decide
upon its merits. | will, however, give it to
you. Would it not be we'll for the passen-
ger trims to remaiE in Atlanta until passen-
gers accumulated in Chattanooga sufficient
to fill at least three passenger cars, and then
the telegraph man couh dispatch to the mas
ter of transportation n Atlanta, and he could
send a train up for thm. BY adopting this
course, it would savelat least three or four
trips week, which would be an immense
curtailment of sxpens. What think you of
it! 1t seems to me there is no use in hurry
ing through life.'
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TprERaRY, PAST AND PREsESr.-As a
striking instance of the gratifying change
that has taken place in the moral and social
condition of the South Riding of Tipeerary,
Ireland, the Free Press mentions that in the
county Jail ten years since there were one
thousand and thirty-fve prisoners, and at
prescpt the number confined within its pre-
cincts Is one hundred and seven, the great
majority of whom nrc charged with offences
minor in their nature.
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The BRITISH MINISTER AT WASHING TON.
- The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press says:
Lord Napier is one of the sharp ones. He
has connections all about here. Sir Gore
Ouseley is unequalled at pulling the chest
nuts out of the fire, and rs he has any amount
of American connections, the game may go
against us rather badly in the discussion OF
the right Of search. never saw the Eng
lish legation so silently busy They have
great influence here in certain circles, vastly
more than the French, or the Spanish, or the
Russian. There is such n weakness to get
into the charmed circle Of the Queens rep
resentative! Senators that plume themselves
upon their ability and their influence, grave
statesmen, courtiers all seek for the entree to
My Lord. State secrets have n poor chance
Of it in such n rush.
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TIT FEMALE SLAVES OF LONDON. - The
London Weekly Times says that the young
milliners and dress makers of that city are
condemned to sixteen, seventeen or eighteen
hours of toll out OF the twenty-four in each
day and night Their work is carried on in
crowded, unyentilated rooms, where their
frames are kept bent at their labor until their
ewes ache and their limbs refuse TO perform
their duty. They have short and painful
life and an early grave. In n recent speech.
Lord SALISBURY said that many Of these
young women had been trained gently and
tenderly, in delicate and heppy homes, pos.
sessng all the virtues and tenderness that
belong to the female sex, and rendered by
those eery characteristics more obedient,
more unmurmuring, more slavshly subject
to the authority and tyranny of those who
nre put over them His ordshp adds that
they have no alternative between submission
and the street door, and then asks, sis tho
condition of such young woman one whit
bette. than the condition of the most wretch.
ed slave in the Southern States of Americal"
A question to be asked.
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The MORMON ExoDus.-It seems quite
well settled that the Prophet Brigham is
with his hocks, and herds, and harems, on
his way to Mexico. Thore is one circum-
stance, however, which seems to have escaped
notice. 1t does not appear that tho Mexi.
cans have been consulted about the matter,
and they may not relish this accession to
their population, and the Mormons may have
to fight for their new homes. So Young
may yet have use for his "Destroying Angels"
in a war for Zion. The Mexican troops,
however, are not of the same material as
General Johnston's command, and the Nor.
mons could manage them. The great trouble
would be with the priests, who would strong.
ly resis. any attempt to get up new faith
in what they consider their own preserve
The Mormons have still severe trials before
them.
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ATHENS, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1858.
NOTES OF THE BANKS OF TENNESSEE,

A GRAND ScHEME.-A Northern contem.
porary, says the Richmond Dispatch, advo-
Gates the acquisition "of Cuba, Mexico and
Central America, and the establishment Of n
great American world, based entirely upon
American interests and guided by an exclu-
sively American policy"
There can be no doubt that these results
will follow in due time, but they can only be
delayed by premature action. Give the
country time to deve!ope its resources and
increase its strength, beforo.it undertakes
enterprises beyond its presen. capacity. The
accession of territory, and addition of On ig-
norant population, requiring military govern
ment TO preserve the adhesion which only
military forcecan effect, Twill add to our real
power. We have millions of acres yet to
cultivate, and many departments Of indus
try to be occupied, within our own borders,
which will yield us more available strength
than Cuba, Mexico and Central America
combined
by pacific and honest policy, we may Sc
cure the friendship Of all these races, and
promote voluntary advance on their part to
a union with US which may one day he de-
sirable, and which can only be desirable, as
their own free choice and preference.
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sW- The Lexington Observer and Repor.
ter says of the style in which the ust Ken
lucky Legislature discharged its duties:
"The Speaker Of the House was entirely
incompetent to the discharge of his duties.
The clerking, although II cost the double OF
any proceeding Legislature, was so neglected
and imperfecty executed that laws that were
passed were never enrolled, and one idw toas
enrolled and signed that not only nerer passed
the tpo Houses, but nerer passed either
Hotsen
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An INDIAN Hoor.-Brown, who is travel
ing on the Canadian frontier, says he saw n
great curiosity in that byPerborean region
squaw in hooped petticoat Of very civil.
lied extent and pretension. "Tbe girl, who
belongs to the st. Francis tribe, $50 she told
me,) had as fine features and as charming a
form as any Italian beauty ever saw. Shed
do for IN Indian Venus" II is high time for
Brown 70 come home.
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SLAVE TRADE.

The Petersburg South Side Democrat
thus concludes an article on the subject oI
re-opening the African Slave Trade:
We grant that the material wealth of any
country is enhanced by the accession of Ia
Dor. We grant that the South would be
richer and stronger by the accession of slave
labor from any source, it she produced any
article with which the other productions of
the world come in competition. But the very
isolation and peculiarly of her cotton power,
deprives the ordinary rule of wealth of its
force, as applied to her. A free accession OF
labor and consequent increase OF cotton
would satisfy the very eagerness of con-
sumption which makes her strength so much
to be respected without adding one dollar to
the aggregate Of her productions in money
value.
THE statistics of a short crop at any time
proves this. If to-msi2w it could De as
certained that the crc "a the present year
was one million of 5a.A 'oss than that of
the past year--two millions instead of three
what would be the effectl Two bales of
cotton would bring as much as three bales
were bringing. The South would not suffer
one cent; the consumers alone would feel
the weight of the sceptre. The wealth of
the world would be one-third less in cotton,
but the producer would lose nothing. On
the contrary, he would get the same in mon
ey or more for his two bales, aAd get every
thing else at the reduced picc which the
worlds diminished resources would exact.
If these principles be correct, 1t seems to
us that aside from other aspects of the case,
unless the cotton planters Of the South have
competition from some quarer, all the world
is more interested than they are in the in
crease of the labgf necessary to enlarge the
crop--and henes all the world needs the
re-cpenirg of the slave trade more than they
do
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DocroRs.-Nontaigne, who is great, upon
doctors, used to beseech his friends that il
he fell i'll they would let him get a little
stronger before sending for the doc!or!---
Louis XIV, who was a slave TO his physi.
clans, asked his friend Molcre what he did
for his doctor. "Oh, SIRE" said he, "when
am III, send for him. He comes, we have
chat, and cnjoy ourselves. lie precrlbes,
don't take it-and am curedl"
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A QUEEN PtATfoRm.-The General Baps
tst Banner, the new (open communion) pa
per, published at Murray, Ky- says, while
we, MS denomination, tolerate dram.drinking,
we advise the brethren TO use it cautiously,
and, for Gods sake let the sacred and holy
ministers of God touch it lightly.
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CENrRALIA. ILL.,. June Is.

The sufferers from the Pennsylvania dis
aster came through from Cairo to-day prn-
cipally bound for st. Louis. Many of them
are in destitute condition, and are passed
over the Central road free of charge. A
passenger estimated the number OF passen-
gers about 450, and thinks $50 are lost.
The water is still rising at Cairo, and
sweeping over the Ohio levee.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-06-25

MURDER IN TusKALoosA.-Therew was a
difficulty and atfray among the students Of
University of Alabama on Friday morning
last which resulted in the death of L. L. Ma
bers of Pickcns county, by pistol shot dis.
charged by ID. A. Herring of Franklin Co.
Mississippi
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ley A gentlemen having been asked, on
his return from party, IL he had seen any,
thing of Miss A., replied that he had
seen 0good deal Of her." The lady was
in the habit Of wearing very low.necked
dresses
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B- All men have their frailties. Who
ever looks for friend without imperlections,
will never find what he seeks; we love our
selves with all our faults, and we ought to
love our friends in like manner.
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sw- President Buchanan. il il stated,

w President Buchanan, it is stated, is
unreserved in the opinion that England will
disavow the recent outrnges fully and
promptly asserts that the relations between
the two countries were never established on
a more friendly footing, and cannot be dis
turbed,
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MEMPHIS. June l6

Eclipse arrived here at o'clock this after
noon. On Sunday last, t,when below Natchsz,
she burst the head off the .tsrheard heater,
killing Chas. Vosburg, of vicksburg, and w.
reTpignan, Of ST. Louis. The boat is unin-
jured, and full of passengers.
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WASHINGTON, June l6.
A large body of troops will be diverted
from Utah for Arizonia.
Orders has been given against British in
reference with American vessels, and the
Styx has been recalled to Halifax.
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ST. LOUIS, June l6.-Col. Kane has arri-
we'd here direct from the Utah army. He
confirms the statement of the Mormon hegi-
ra to the South. Forty thousand are NOV
ing forward, and had advanced three hun
dred miles from Salt Lake CITY.
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sR- A duel was fought in Mississippi
last week by Mr.. 7. Knott and Mr.. A. w.
Shott The result was that Knott was shot
and Shot was not,
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w- The parson who piefaced his sermon
with, "Iet US say few words before we be-
gin," is about equal to the chap who took n
short nap before he went to sleep.
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tB- Col. VIM. II. Carroll, has been re.
appointed Post Master at Memphis. The
appointment was confirmed by the Senate on
the 4th inst.
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tW- A gentleman who, under the least
excitement would exclaim, "thcre's n crisis
coming!" was considerably amused at being
gravely informed bya little -four years old
''son,' that the crysis had esase, aud was in
the bed with mother"
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Icy An advcnture- recently made large
speculation in New York by expensive opera
ton on time-he stole twenty or thirty
watches
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tR- The Washington "Union" says that
AMIR. Buchanan lives In the heart Of his
country" An Indian paper mentions the
case Of live snake found in the heart ess
horse.
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eB- Exertion is tbs price of noble life.
The pursuits of noble objects adorns, ele-
Yates, enobles and WHITES life. Without n
definite aim, man is like n ruderess ship,
drifting about between life and death, buffet.
ted by the winds of circumstances, and en-
tirely at the mercy Of the waves. While one
with folded arms waits for opportunities,
another makes the meanest occurrence sub
servient to golden result. One labors to
find something. When the Alps intercepted
his line of march, Napoleon said, "There
shall be no Alpsl" When difficulties from
poverty, and difficulties from opposition of
friends, beset him franklin resolu,ely deter
mined there should be no difficulties Great
ness has in its vocabulary no such word as
fail. II will work, il must succeed. Happy
is he, who at the sunset of life, can recall the
years that have gone swift-footed by, with
out bringing before him a fearful array
Of squandered opportunities.
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OF An Exchange, in noting the last Of
the Wing party, say-"A firm in Chicago
shipped last week to London, $4,000 coon
skins"
Another exchange, noting the last Of the
Democratic party, says-"The women in a
town out west entered q groggery few days
ago, and demolished sOmo forty odd bar
rels of whiskey."
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B- The flowers fade, the heart withers,
man grows old and dies; but time writes no
wrinkles on the brow Of eternity.
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POPULAR SovEREIsNTY.-The editor Of
the Mercer (ra.) Register is bachelor, and
he says that the reason he won't marry is as
follows:
awe couldn't think Of IL. We are m ad-
yocate of Popular Sovereignty, and claim the
right to regulate our domestic institutions in
our own way"
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Sure RECEIPT FOR DESTROYING FLIEs.--
Get four-horse engine, put Il in the kitchen,
run shafting in every room connected with
the engine aforesaid, by betting. On the
shafting place ay-wheels, smear the wheels
with molasses and set the engine going
The flies being attracted by the molasses on
the fy-wheels, will light on them, and the
wheels revolving rapidly, they will be wheeled
of. Have boy under each wheel with a
fiat shinge, and let him smite them as they
fall, and before they have time to recover
from their dizziness. A smart boy has been
known to kill as many ms fifty day.
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rB- Philadelphia papers announce the
deeease ofIIowoll Hopkins, Esq, prOmi-
nent member OF the Bar.