The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-26
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE SIXTEENTH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.

Section l.. Be IL enacted BY the General As
sess6iy of the State of 1snnsssee That tn,
counties Of White, Scott, Morgan, Cumber
land. Blsdsoe, Marion, Sequatchie, Fentress
and 0vertou, shall constitute o circuit, to b,
known as the i6th Judicial circuit Of thi,
State. "a .fs- ap-ai
sEc. .. Be it enacted, That the sheriffs ol
the aforesaid counties shall. on the 4th Thurs
day Of May, 1858, proceed to open and hold
an election for Circuit Judge and Attorney
General. as prescribed by an act passed Jan
uary 8, 1854, entitled an act TO prescribe the
manner Of eleeting Judges and Attorneys
General by the people.
SEQ. 8. Be IL enacted, That the Judge and
Attorney General of the l6th Judicial Cir.
cult, shall have and receive the same salary
and fees as are now allowaed by law to Cir.
cult Judges and Attorneys General in this
State, and should a vacancy occur in either
Of said offices by death or otherwise, the va
cancy shall be filled as prescribed in the 7th
section Of an act passed Jan. 8, 1854, above
mentioned. -
SEQ. 4. Be it enacted. That che gndges and
Attorneys General acting as such in the afore.
said counties, shall contiuue to perform the
duties Of their respective Offices, until the
Judge and Attorney General provided for in
this act, are elected and qualified.
SEC. 8. Be il further enacted, That the
time Of holding courts iu said 18th Judicial
Circuit, shall be as follows At Sparta in the
county of White, on the 4th MoRdays in Jan
usry, May, aud September. 10 each year. At
Dunlap in the county of Sequatchie, on the
I'd Mondays in February, June, and October.
At Jasper in the county Of Marion. on the Sd
Mondays in February, June and October. At
Pikeville in the county Of Bledsoe. on the
4th Mondays IN February. June and October
At Montgomery in the county Of Morgan. on
the ID Mondays in March. July, and Novem
Der. At Huntsville in the county of Scott, on
the Sd Mondays in March. July, and Novem.
Der. At Jamestown in the county Of Fen
tress on the 4th Mondays in March, July and
November. At Crossville in the county Of
Cumberland, on the Sd Mondays in April,
August. and December.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That hereaf
ter the Circuit Courts for the county of Over.
ton shall be held on the I'd Mondays in Feb
ruary, June, and October; aud the Circuit
Courts for the county of Jackson, shall be
held on :he 4th Mondays in February. June
and Octobar. f
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Judge
Of the 4th Judicial Circuit. shalt and it is
hereby made mis- duty TO hoid the Chancery
Courts in the counties of Putnam and Cum
berland; and shall have and exercise all the
powers, rights and privileges within said
counties Of Putnam and Cumberland, that the
several Chancellors Of this State now by law
have.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the
Chancery Courts at Cooksville, in Putnam
county, shall be held on the lst Mondays in
February, aud Sd Mondays in September in
each year; and Crossville. in Cumberland
county, on Thursday next after the let Mon.
day in February, and Sd Mondays in Septem.
Der in each year.
SEC. Q. Be it further enacted. That said
Judge shall hold the Chancery Court at
Cooksville, on Friday next after the I'd Mon
day in July next, and forever thereafter as
provided in this act.
Passed March IL, 1855.
DrsusIos. Memphis Bulletin shows no
favor to Dsunion. We are sure that through.
out the length and breadth Of the land, nine
ty nine in hundred will endorse the editors
of the success Of these faction
lists. The great body Of the people abhor the
word Disunion. and we'll they may:
"7Aey win fail, ns they have heretofore
failed. Whether Kansas 10 free or Slave
she comes in under one Con.
stitution or another--this year, the next, or
five years hence-ls Of infinitely small i'm.
portance 60 the people of this broad and hap
py land, compared with the value of the du.
ration Of that Union which presents us be
fore the face Of the world ONE PEopLE'-one
people, whose strong arms aud stout hearts
are compacted together in war. and whose
commerce in peace is untrammeled by diver.
slty of nationality. Quick and impulsive
they may be, and are: but the people Of the
South are too eminently people Of sterling
common sense, to barter away these inesti.
mable blessings for the abstraction of a po.
litical punctilio, such as is this whole Kansas
imbroglio.
"For our own part. we heartily desire that
the Recommendation of the President for the
of Kansas. may be adopted by a
majority Of Congress at its present session, so
that the whole subject may subside from the
arena of national partyism, into local
struggle for supremacy in the State. Not
that we believe, or have ever believed, there
was any strength added to the South by the
ad IN ssion Of Kansas as slave State; or that
we think the se.called pro. slavery party
there are whit freer from fraud and vic.
lence than their opponents. On the contrary,
we are ready to give full credsnce to ~hat both
parties there say Of each other; and SO, are the
more desirous to circumscribe the theatre Of
their turbulent ultrssu within State limits.
"But, should this not be done-what theni
Dissolve the Union and set up q Southern
the disnnionists. We beg
leave to decline entering upon any such ca
reer Of headlong folly, the progress Of which
10 border wars, andrchy, and finally the set
ling down again under one government Of
force. not tenth part as good for the general
veal as the one we had so reeklessly and
thrown away"
A VULGAR DEMAGoGuE.-The Richmond
Wing says: The Democratic Senator from
Tennessee, Andy Johnson, has long had the
reputation of being low and vulgar dema-
yogue. At least, such has been the charac-
er always attributed to him BY his Whig
and their judgment of him is now
confirmed by the testimony Of Democrats
The Washington correspondent Of the Mis-
louri Democrat, referring TO the recent pas
,age at arms between Johnson and Senator
Bell, says Of the Locofoco Senator:
aJohUson is q man of fair sense until he 10
irawn into the whirlpool Of niggerism, when
NJ reason and discretion desert him. His
Of delivery, combining the worst
gices Of the stump school, is very offensive
--or very ridiculous He commences SEN
ence with shril and loud voice, which can
be distinctly heard 10 the outside halls and
,taircases, and he finishes Il In a kind Of
whisper which the reporters quick ear can
hardly apprehrnd. His usual time for