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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-16
The Meeting of Congress,

The New York Herald, OF the 9th says
Both houses of Congress assembled al
noon yesterday, and proceeded to bust
ness. The weather was inclement, but
Notwithstanding the galleries were filled
with spectators, including large proper.
ton of ladies'. The Senate was opened
with the usual formalities, and at the
first opportunity Mr.. Mason, of Virginia,
offered resolution providing for the ap.
pointment of select committee to make
full and searching investigation into all
the circumstances connected with the
Harper's Ferry outbreak, and also to re-
port what legislation is necessary for the
future preservation of the peace of the
country and the safety of the public prop
erty. This resolution will probably be
taken up to day. Mr. Trumbull gave no
tice that he should move to extend the
inquiry so as to isclude. an investigation
OF the circumstances connected with the
seizure of the arsenal at Franklin, Mo-,
during the Kansas border ruffian war;
Mr.. Gwin gave notice of bill for the con-
struction of railroad to the Pacific, and
the Senate adjourned,
The House was the grand point of at
traction, and every part of it was occu-
pied, so intense was the anxiety to wit
ness the proceedings. Of the 237 men,
bers of the House only seven were absent
at roll call. As soon as the calling of the
roll was concluded, the House agreed to
proceed to the election of Speaker. A
ballot was taken, and the result showed
that sixteen candidates, embracing all
the various shades of party politics, had
been voted for, without effecting choice.
The votes cast were as follows -
Sherman, of Ohio, republican C6
Bocock, of Virginia, democrat SO
Botclcr, of Virginia, American IA
Davis, of Indiana, Anti Lecompton democrat 2
Phelps, of Missouri, democrat
Gilmer, of North Carolina, Southern opposition
Nelson, of Tennessee, Southern opposition
Corwin, Of Ohio, republican
Adrain, of New Jersey, Anti Lccompton dem, |
Hill, of Georgia, Southern opposition /
Grow, Of Pennsylvania, republican As
VI chh', ,hhti-LccoHpton uen0crat !
Pennington. of New Jersey, republican
Haskin, of New York, Anti-Lccompton dcm.,
Mcqueen, of South Carolina, democrat
IL. +. Clark, of N. Y, Anti -Lecompton DEM,
After the ballot Mr.. Grow withdrew
his name, and the democrats and repub-
licans will for time, no doubt, concen-
trate upon Boco tx and Sherman, while
the Southern opposition members will re-
tain the power to decide the election.-
When the result was announced motion
was made to adjourn; but Mr.. Clark, of
Missouri, offered resolution declaring in
effect that no member who had endorsed
Helpers Impending Crisis" or recon-
mended it, was fit to be Speaker As
three-iourths of the republican members
have recommended this handbook of in
the resolution caused quite
among the endorsers of this in
cendiary publication, and several of them
hastened to disavow all knowledge ofthe
book and to repudiate its teachings. No
action was taken on the resolution
Thus it will be seen that the Harper's
Ferry outbreak is fairly before Congress
at the very outset of the session.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-16

BB- A good story is told by the Chi
cago Times about the Presidential APP
pointments of postmasters in that State.
One unlucky appointee was compelled
to decline for the reason set. forth below |:
" Dear Sir Although ] acknowledge
the honor of my appointment regret to
say have yet an unexpired term of five
years in the Penitentiary, which compels
me to decline your hattering offer"
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ORGANIZATION OF THE KENTUCKY LEGrsLA-
TuRE.-The Kentucky Legislature met on
the Sd. The journal has the following
report of the organization:
,Scnatc.--Mr. Porter of Woodford, was
elected Speaker, Ben. Shelby, Secretary;
johnson, Assistant Secretary; Chinn, Ser
giant at Arms; Pierce, Doorkeeper; all
caucus nominees.
Uouse.-Mr. Merriweather, was elected
Speaker; Mr. McCarty, Secretary; Mr.
Ford, Assistant Secretary; Mr. Robb, Ser
geant at Arms; Mr.. Gray, Doorlxeeper.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-16

B1- The will of Richard Randolph,
dedicating all his property, amounting to
$4,000, to purchasing the freedom of the
living Randolph slaves in Virginia, has
been sustained.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-16

pdT DR.. Pomroy, of Boston, Secretary
of the Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions, has been removed from office
on charges deeply duplicating his moral
character. .....s.
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RETURN OF Hon. BALE PEYroy.-Th

Louisville Journal of yesterday says;
The Hon. Bailie Peyton reached our
city yesterday on his way to his home at
Gallatin, Tenn, after an absence of near
ly ten years in California and elsewhere.
Time has acted gently with Mr.. Peyton,
and we can see but little difference in his
appearance now and when he stood in
Congress among the most gallant cham.
pions Of the old Wing party years ago.
Rea. Mr.. Switzerland was fined 800 in
New York the other day for kissing a
mans wife against her will. A righteous
decision. No man has right to kiss
another fellows wife without she want
him,
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-16

PHILADELPHIA, December 5.-Great pre-
parations are being made for grand
National Union Meeting, irrespective Of
party lines, to give expression to the opin-
ions of the masses of the people of Phil
adelphia, denouncing the abolition and
fanatical meetings which have recently
outraged and disturbed this community.
Able speakers at home and from abroad
will address the meeting; which will be
held at Jayne's Hall, on Wednesday even
ing next. Much spirit is being manifes-
ted, and it is expected that this will be
the largest meeting ever held in Phila-
delphia.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-16

STATE RoAD.-We learn that $4,000
was paid into the State Treasury from
earnings of the State Road, for the month
of November,
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DEATH OF A DIsrINcUIsHED DIvINE.-The
Rev. DR.. Newton, distinguished Minis
ter of the Presbyterian denomination,
died in jackson, Mississippi, on the 2Sth
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ENORMOUS SuoRs-A firm in Boston have

ENORMOUS SH0Rs,-A firm in Boston have
just made two pairs of shoes for slave
in one of the Southern States, which are
elephantine in their proportions. The
dimensions of each shoe is sixteen and o
quarter inches in length, six inches across
the ball of the foot, and seventeen inches
around the instep. That darkey will re-
quire one acre field to turn round in.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-16

Da" The Opposition of st. Louis, in
convention last Thursday, declared for
Edward Bates, of Missouri, as their choice
for President, and James S. Rollins for
Governor of that State,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-16

BsB- The subscription for the memorial
of the late Alexander Won Humbolt, in
Germany, has already reached the sum
of70,00 thalers. ...
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heS" A Cincinnati paper estimates that
between $4,000, 900 and SO, ,0O0,0 900 are in
vested in that city in the business of man.
ufacturing carriages.
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psS" Miss Anna Benton, Of Wapello,
Iowa, drowned herself recently through
fear that she was not loved at home as
much, and was not as useful as her sister.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-16

DEATM.-Mr. John Parker, one of the
oldest and best citizen of Knoxville, died
in that place on the 9th instant.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-16

DEFENSE OF THE Crow ,z--1he crow, n
many parts OF this W world is consiaesed a
nlarauder on the farm, and the gun is
perseveringly used for his exterminatieK
The most able writers on ornithology, and
Others who have studied his habit agree
that instead of being robber and a pest
to the farmer he is one of the most faith
ful friends and greatest benefactors.
He consumes in the course OF the year
vast quantities of grubs, worms, and nox-
ious vermin he is a valuable scayenger,
and clears the land of offensive masses Of
decaying animal substances; he hunts
the grass fields, and pulls out and deyours
the underground caterpillars, whenever
he perceives the sign of their operations
as evinced by the wilted stalks, he de,
stroys mice, young rats, lizards and ser.
pents; lastly he is a volunteer sentinel
about the farm and drives the hawk from
its enclosures, thus preventing greater
mischief than that of which he himself is
guilty.
1t is chiefly during seed time and har.
vest that the depredations of the crow are
committed; during the remainder of the
year we witness only his services and SO
highly are those services appreciated by
those who have written of birds that We
cannot name an orniihologist who does
not plead in his behalf.-New York Spirit
Of Times.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-16

The Manchester Guardian thinks Lord
Brougham's mind and body seem 10 bid
equal defiance TO the torpid advances or
great age. He is verging on eighty, and
yet his physical and mental vigor show
no symptoms Of decay
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-16

nay There are few who know how to
be idle and innocent, and the very first
step out Of business is usually into vice
and folly.
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A Prairie Fire,

A letter from Cannon Falls, Minnesota,
to the st. Paul Pioneer, says:
The night we arrived here it was orr
privilege to witness one of the grandest
sights OF the Western country. We stood
on high bluff overlooking the town and
saw prairie fire in all its madness and
destructlveness. From out of the west.
above the dim horizon, the great red
iiames came surging in long, ouiverinp
waves extending four or five miles over
the prairie. As they came roaring on.
Waras tne scene was perfectly magniti-
cent. lhe whole heavens were as red as
oiooa the flames rose fifteen or twenty
feet IN the air and seemed to threaten
destruction to everything before them
Some farms which lay in their way yerv
narrowly escaped by having furrows
pioughed around. Several wheat stacks
were swallowed up, and one man onlv
saved his dwelling house by six feet.
Men worked like Trojans all the night
hghting the hre. About a quarter of o
mile on the other side of the river the
flames wheeled around with sudden
change OF the wind, and went tearing
down the river eastward. A lofty. ali.
rupt, rocky bluff, which seemed to bar
their way etfeotually, was scaled in two
or three seconds, and the fire poured down
the slope on the other side in several dis
tlnct streams, looking exactly like LIQUID
red-hot lava pouring down some rocky
mountain. The next morning this fiery
Hood had left a great blackened waste as
far as the eye could could reach"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-16

AMERICAN TOBACCO IN FRANcE.-The
Washington Constitution complies from
recent French statistical reports, com.
parative exhibit of the amount of taxes
levied by the French government on one
ofour leading staples (tobacco) during
the first nine months of the years 1859,
1858, 1857. The amount for the nine
months of 1859 is S26,3sl 200; for 1858
s26,OS7, 800, for 1857 it was S25 "A ,6OO:-
The Constitution adds:
1t would seem almost incredible that, in
this enlightened age of the world, nny
government would impose such oncrous
taxes upon a leading staple of nation
like ours, that profess commercial recp.
rocity to every flag but that so enlight-
ened and liberal a government as that of
France should annually levy tribute OF
some twenty-six millions of dollars upon
the tobacco producers of the United
States would be incredible, if we had not
official Custom House evidence of the
fact.
We need not assure our readers that
every effort will still be made, by the pres
ent Administration, to effect, on basis
of mutual advantage, and fair reciprocity,
a reduction of these oppressive exactions,
if not an entire abolition of the tobacco
monopoly system in France; and when it
IS borne in mind that every article of
French industry-agricultural and man.
ufacturing-is admitted into the United
States, and finds among our consumers
free and unrestricted market, the sur
prise is that the Government of France
has not, before this yielded to the per-
sistent efforts of our Gov ver ernment to place
the commercial relations of the two coun-
tries on footing more consistent with
the liberal spirit of the age, and certainly
more advantageous to both governmental
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-16

Gy- a country editor comes to the
conclusion that there were two things
made TO be lost-sinners and umbrellas,
Very true.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-16

g9~ The citizens of Richmond (va.)
have formed an association whose mem.
bers are pledged to abstain from all social
and business intercourse with the North,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-16

The Spanish movement against Moroc.
CO is progressing slowly.
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Athens, Friday, December 10, 1850

new YoRK, Dec. DIR. Barry, Catho-
lie Bishop of Savannah, died at Paris.
Garibaldi says he will resume his SER
vices when Victor Emmanuel calls to
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-16

A PROPER VERDICT IN A LIBEL Sur
THE LAW OF LInEL.-The publisher of
the Pittsburg Dispatch and of the Post
have been indicted in Allegheny for q
libel, in publishing the opening speech
OF counsel in tho Orphans Court, in o
case relative TO the administration of an
estate, IN which some very severe re-
marks, rejecting upon the character Of
one OF the parties, were made. Tho de
PENDANTS pleaded their rights, as publish
ers, to publish the proceedings in the pub.
lie courts and claimed that they had
done so fairly. Tho charge of the Judge
was, strongly against the defense. The
jury, however, returned a.verdict Of not
guilty. -o3s, ,s.l s8.f ..-.r -s--,..'i :
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gaS- A Patent Medicine man advertiscs
that those who try his medicine will
never try any other" -- 81. .,.... .....'
That looks like solemn fact.
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Gss~ Ina communication to the Charles

peH~ Ina communication to the Charles.
ton Courier, we find the following:
Among the petitions now before the
Legislature of South Carolina, at Column
bia, are the following:
Petition of Elizabeth Cfrd, free woman
of color, Cor permission TO become the
slave of Rev. VIM p. Hill,
Petition of Eliza 41ndrers, free woman
of color, Il at she be allowed to go into
slavery.
The above needs no comment. 1t
speaks moral which may be profitably
studied, not only by the enemies of our
institutions, but by all who are troubled
with any misgiyings as to the superiority
of nominal slavery and nominal freedom!
s0r Amanda Jones, sued John Seof.
field, at Cincinnati, for not doing as he
promised. She claimed $4,000, hut the
jury only awarded her 500. --lH-
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BY j. NEVILLE & co.
CHOICE GANG OF FIELD HANDS AT AUCTION
without reserve and on long credit. |
BY JULIAN NEVILLE f. CO.,

without reserve and on long credit.
BY JULIAN NEVILLE e. CO.,
JULIAN NEVILLE, Auctioneer,
Office, II Commercial Place.
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DIANA. cook, aged Gu years.
B1NA prime, aged "a years.
jim, very ms aged 20 years.
HARRY. very prime, aged 10 years.
JINEEY. seamstress, aged 16 years.
5 SES6E *, y. aIs prime aged ls years.
JACOB, good carpenter. aged so years.
MARY, prime, aged 50 years.
EVE. very prime, aged II years.
NEPTUNE, very prime, aged "A years.
MONDAY, little lame In one leg aged 10 years.
GEORGIA, prime, aged yeas.
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BETSEY, very prime, aged % Years.
sUKEY. very prime, aged 3years
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ACK, very prime, aged ID years.
JOHN. very prime, aged II years.
SARAH, Hged 30 years
sALADA, prime, aged Is years.
TON, prime, aged 20 years.
MARY mid wife. eyed IS years.
There other hands ging the above gang
rom adjoining plantaion thres of which husbands
the lot advertised. which will be sold the time.
TERMS-Twelve months credit approved city accept
Al ces. bearing Der cent.
Nm. B. Parties wishing the gang do by
applying at Office
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IN PRESS-GROBE'S NEW METHOD
ks3I3y For the Piano Forte.

IN PRESS-GROBE'S NEW METHOD
a. zs23A For the Piano Forte.
~ - The Undersigned publishers. bfg leave to an
that the method mentioned will be in The
month of April 1859.
good instruction bo for the Piano long been wanting
and Mr. CHARLES GROBE has performed the get.
tins This in admirable and sasact Dry mamie r.
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instruction of the art Of playing the Piano.
Consider the ani1ots well known capablity long and
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STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish Of Orleans, City of New Orleans. :
Re II remembered thai this 18th March, 1859 before
The Justice Of the Peace in and for the city aore
said personally appeared Charles Briggs President and H. r.
anvier Secretary Of the Lousiaua Mutual Insurance Com
pany New Orleans who being duly swor according law.
do depose and the
correct transcript from the hooks Of said Company
CHARLES BRIGGS, President.
q. P. JANvTER, Secretary.
Sworn to and subscribed before this 18th of March,
1859. G. IT. BhADFORD
Second Justice of the Peace for the Parish of Orleans.
Tho Board Of Trustees have resolved interest Of
ak tho outstanding certificates Of profits
and after the second Monday in May and redeem
and after that date the issues of the 1856 and 1851 and
they have further declared scrip dividend of SIXTY cent
the earned premiums of the year ending February 49,
1852 for which certificates the
day Of June, 1850.
CHARLES BRIGGS, President.
A. CARRIERE, Vice President.
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RARE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE A FINE
Residence in the of Vaudeville, with improved
groun9s consisting OF gardens, etc.
BY JULLdN NEVILLE 6. CO.,

Office. II Commercial Place.
TUESDAY. Goth inst. Mt l2 O'Clock NJ, In
i the rotusia of the ST Louis Hotel. will be sold
THAT VERY lES1RABIE PROPERTY situated in the
of Vaudeville about four hundred feet from the
shore.
Sn property forms the tf Carroll and Jefferson
and 200 feet front Carroll street by depth
Jeff.
The mp-o consist Of story cottage house,
waited brick pillars consinng fu bed dining room
panries front gallery 40 feet long IL feet in width
plastered and glazed.
here also the property Kitchen
BILE carriage house, excellent spring water fruit
est trees and wharf and bath house. built last
The house being completely furnished the furniture iuclud.
ing four seat carriage in order, will be sold in block
with the property,
R1ERNIS- One thousand dollars in csh; the balance in
equal payments and years. for bearing per
cent, with mortgage on the property
Par wishing purchase private sale so an.
ply ing At the office OF the auctionTers
sale before T. o. Snrk Notary Public expense
of the purchaser. mi I'd
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FIFTH DISTRICT COURT LUTHER HOMES, SUCCESSOR TO
HOMES & BENNETT ct ais VS.
, New W, G \, ans,, REKGER-No: 1851 A''' MI
~; ~ against T. n Echshereer and to directed BY the
onorape me Fifth District Court of New Orleans the
the City I1oe Common street between Camp Magazine
A GERTAlN LOT OF GROUND, situated in the -
Fourth District OF this city in the bounded BY GE5
nut I,n, iees DESIGNATED as lot No plan BY d 4
Cenas Notary tho 20h March, 1857 Said t measures
feet front OF Washngt street. by depth of 100 feet inches
and lines eS
Seized in the above suit se'
TERMS-Cash on the spot
F. T. PARKER,
Hnct lop