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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

TRuTH-The following extract about
"Truth" Is taken from recent lecture deliv.
cred by Judge Edmonds on Spiriiualisn,
which we find published in n New York pa-
per:
Where is truth to be found? How often
do We ask ourselves that question when in
vestigaiing that upon which our religion rests
or the sciellce of our future life? Absolute.
veritabc, reliable truth. Is il as difficult to
find truth in the spheres ms on earth? Yes
II is. AS long ns man Is creature of pro-
gression, destined to move EDWARDS and up.
wards, from the cradle to eternity, so long il
must, Of necessity, be difficult for him to at
tain the truth. So long as il is necessary for
man to exercise his own independence and
freedom, so long it is inevitable that he is
liable TO error In the moral as well Ms in the
natural world, man must dig for his da-
monds. He must seek for his gold amid the
sands and waters of the glttering REGION
No schoolhouse travels around the village
seeking its scholars--nan must seek and earn
his knowledge for himself. 1t is, therefore,
impossible that truth can come to him with
that absolute reliability which Ia his indo-
lenco he is so apt to crave. How long has il
been that many of The truths which we now
receive have been forced through the human
mind Three thousand years elapsed after
i1IauiReory upon the planetary system was
Ascara IL wns racaiv,d Na,,,,, a.,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

sW The Memphis Bulletin thinks the
next term Of the Criminal Court in that city
will be busy term. 1t says the docket at
present embraces no less than l,l47 crimi-
nal and misdemeanor cases.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

rB- letter from Washington says: "Ths
present House is now busy in selecting tho
officers for the next. Half dozen members
are already in the field for the Speak orship Of
the next; while some five or six, soon to be
ex-members, nre canvassing for the Clerk
ship. Candidates for Sergeant.at- Arms, and
Door-Kecper, are springing up in all direc-
tons"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

BAcoN-Is worth cts. per ID. in this mar
ket-Wheat, fair article, one dollar per
bushel.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

EB We regret to learn that the dwelling
house Of the editor Of the ShOlbyviIe Ex-
posltor was destroyed by Gre on Thursday
morning Of last week.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

WALTON. In word, It IS emphnt:caIly the
peace party Of the country. The politician
and civilian make war, and then call on the
army TO make pence. How well and in what
manner the nrmy may have hitherto perform.
ed that service may be ascertained by num-
boring the dead and the wounded on the field
of battle. BE assured that, however much
Others mny plot the ruin and destruction of
our prosperous Union, the army will ever be
found defending its integrity, lis interests, it's
honor, and its preservation"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

ley The spring elections in seyeral OF
the States will commence in New Ham,
shire on tho 9Th of March, TO be followed
Connecticut on the 4th of April, RhaS
land the 9th Of April, and Virginia on
26th Of May.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

1R- 1t appears from the official report
that there are 1873 salaried United States
Consnls, whose salaries amount to, for the
year 1857, $25l,5IA, and the fees returned
by them to nearly Slll,000, leaving def
cheney of $4,000 to be paid from the
Treasury. There are about 27O Consular
officers paid by fees only.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

Hos. JOHN BELL.-A writer in the Nash
vile Banner states the age Of Hon. Jno. Bell
as 6s, he having been born the 18th day of
February, 1886.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

tB- Cnancery Court convenes at Athens
next Monday, and at Cleveland Monday fol-
lowing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

tY- 1t isnoted as n remarkable fact that
the original charter of William and Mary
College was dated on the 9Th February l692.
The destruction of this venerable pile and
seat of learning--the Alma Mater of Presi-
dents-occurred on tho 9Th February, 1859,
the 10th anniversary of its charter.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

sB- "Cnpt. Bragg" is unavodably crowd
ed out again this week. He shall have a
showing in our next without fail.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

o. Quarterly Meeting Methods, Episco.
pal Church commences here today-Frday.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

.9s- North Carolina, writes n correspon-
dent, is making grea, Roadway in her Com
mon Schools. No Southern State has made
such rapid strides towards educating the
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18


RETRENCHMENT AND REFoRM."-Tht
pay of members of the present Congress-
for the short session, now about TO close-i.
over Thirty Dollars per day. 1t must be ad
mitted that the people, thousands of whon
sweat and toll for dollar day in the work
shops, at the forge, and in the fields through
winters driving storms and summers scorch
ing suns, are liberal and self-sacrifcing con.
stitucncy. Thirty Dollars per day! Mean.
while the Treasury grows empty, md the
sounds that come from its depleted vaults
are as voidless of substance as echoes from
tomb. Thirty Dollars per day And what
do the people get in return for this enormous
pay, voted by members of Congress, the GUS
todians of the public interests, to themselves!
What-besdes few speeches collated from
newspapers and intended to mystify and mis-.
represent the real condition of public affairs
= occasionally Patent Office Report which
is of no more use to nine-ten!hs of them
than facts and figures are TO locofoco
edltor-and few garden seeds from the
Island Of Ceylon, and plants that will no
more mature in our climate tban oysters will
grow and fatten on the bleak mountain. top
These are what they get no'c, with prospec-
tive taxation for themselves and children
taxation upon the air they breathe, upon the
light that flashes through their windows, the
cattle on their hills, the grain in their fields,
and the horses in their stalls. Here is no
fancy sketch-for the result depicted is as
inevitable MS death, unless the pronigate and
extravagant policy now prevailing is checked
and more frugal and economical era inau-
gurateG.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

SOUTHERN VoTE AGAINST OREeoN Bill
The following Southern Representative.
voted on Saturday against the Oregon bill.
Maryland.-James B. Ricaud, James NJ
Harris, and Henry Winter Davis, all Ameri.
| cans.
Irginia.-John L. Wilson, md VIM
Smith, both Democrats.
North Carolina John A. Gilmer and
= Vance, both Americans; and Alfred NJ
Scales and Henry VI. Shaw Democrats.
South Carolina.-AIiledge l.. Bonham
VIM. w. Boyce, Laurence NJ. Kett, John
Medium and w. Porcher Miles, al independ.
ent Democrats.
Georgia.-NIartin J. Crawford, Democrat
and Joshua Hill and Robert p. Trippe,
| Americans.
AlaJama.-W. II. w. Cobb, J. l.. NJ. Cur.
ry, James f. Dowdell, George s. Houston,
Sydney Moore, Eli ). Shorter, James A.
Stalwor!h, all Democrats and the entire
delegation from that State.
MisSouri.-Francis p. Blair, Republican,
and Samuel II. Woodson, American.
hentucky.-Humphrey Marshall and VIM,
l.. Underwood, both Americans.
Iennessee.-Felix X. Zollicolfer, Ameri-
can.
Teras.-Guy NJ. Bryan, Democrat.
All the Republican members of the House,
with the exception of twelve, voted in a
BODY against the measure. The passage of
tho bill caused great rejoicing. A large
body OF strangers and citizens on Saturday
night serenaded the Oregon Senators and
the friends of the Oregon bill
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

sB The democratic papers say their op.
ponents have even lost their name and are
trying to rally under the broad Specification
Of "The Opposition" Names are nothing
so long as principles are retained and cher
iahed. The democracy have, in the s.rug-
giles to perpetuate their power, lost sight of
or abandoned every one of the great distinc-
tive principles that characterized the days Of
Jackson, but they still cling with death like
tenacity to their old name. Which is in the
worst predcament--the party without n name,
or the party without PRINCIPLES?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

Ten THOUSAND DOLLARS REwARD.-The
Adams Express Company has increased the
reward, for the stolen forty thousand dollars
to the sum of ten thousand dollars.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

t@- The grain trade of Chicago com.
menced in 1888, when 10 bushels shipped.
In ls4C 1t amounted to 10000 bushels; in
1850 to l,s3O,93s; in 1856 to q, $751;, 1871, and
in 1858 to 3O.O35, I66 bushels.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

to profit in sharing notes i"
Rehecting II short time the other replied:
"Ihere Is but one place that now remem.
ber."
"Where's thni?" asked the interrogater.
Shell: and it is already filled with Just such
characters"
interrogation bowed and retired.-Atlanta
American.
TRUE ESoUoH.-lhe Washington States
continues to pour hot shot into its own Ad-
minislralion, and its own party, on account of
the waslcful and unprecedented expenditures
of the public money. 1t says:
"Every dy-Whig, Democrat, Free Ira
DER and Observation-Disclosures that the OK.
pcnditures OF Government are exorbitant be-
You'd endurance"
Is not this Democratic admission which
the people should remember, when asked to
vote for the Democratic candidates at the
coming election!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

tY The Fort Smith (Ark.) Times notices
the organization of Masonic lodge among
the Greek Indians.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

The old lethargy has Disappeared; a new life
has been infused into everything; even the
countenances Of the people are soflened; n
less brutal and more intelligent spirit beams
from their eyes. A bank has been the start
ing point of this new career; the mill.dam
has been built across the little streams of
capital, and the social machinery is brought
into play.
After it is organised, bank gathers other
capital by saving. 1t presents the first prac-
tical idea of economy and increase to thou.
sands of people. 1t brings out the old stock.
ngs, and pours their contents into the COM
mon dam, which rises higher and drives more
wheels.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

e4S A bill has been introduced into the
Legislature OF Michigan to abolish grand
juries, and to provide for the trial of offences
on information, without their presen.ment.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

STARTLING News FROM KASsAs.-A gen.
tleman who arrived in this city last evening
brings startling rumor from Kansas, from
which Territory lie has como direct.
lilo states that when he lett Shawnee,
which was on Saturday last, the 9Th inst,
that there was rumor current thu: Brown
who had been bockaded in some log huts,
nenr Nebraska, and was released by force
Of the Free State citizens of Kansas, hnd af.
forwards met the Missouri posse under the
direction of DR.. Woods, Deputy Marshal,
whom Brown captured, and Immediately
hung.
Our informant reached Westport on Sum-
day, where the same rumor had preceded him,
causing considerable sensation.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18
WHAT rs A BANK.

We take the following answer to the
question "What is Bank" from n Book re-
Gently issued, entitled "rhe Banks of New
York" AS the subject is imbued with more
than usual interest just at this time, we COM
mend the extract TO tho readers attention:
"What Is n bank A bank is simply plan
Of organising capital, by which the full bene-
fits Of 1t are secured. The separate means Of
individuals nre united together, and n large
sun, thus constituted, which is hired out on
interest TO those who need II. This combi-
nation, and the manner Of its use, may be
compared to dam across valley, and the
accumulation in one body of the water of the
separate springs, which otherwise would be
of little service; but being united, they form
a propelling power for extensive machinery.
"Without the organization Of capital in
some form, community must remain in com.
pataiive barbarism. The few who possess
wealth above their wants must either send it
away for investment, where it would enrich
other places, or it would for the most part lie
dead, while the poor would continue in ig-
norance and drudgery. A public school, a
library, or church, would be impossible
without combination. II is therefore a social
necessity to organise capital, and communi.
ties thrive in proportion as this organization
is effected. They prosper, not only in ma.
terial substance, but in education and morals.
"Any one who has travelled among our
countrv~Xi9HGes. nptu0S the Immediate influ-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

tV- Capt. Jno. NJ. Otey, for many years
cashier ofthe branch OF the Bank of Virginia
at l'ynchburg, died at that place on Thurs
day of last week, of paralysis.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

Try, by n prrusaI Of WI
cred that its marches, 4
encounters on the field
traced by the bleachiL
from the frozen regions
burning sands of ths
Atlantic TO the PacilicV
ton, whether in the vi
da, in California, or Mn
on the side of the couh
interests. its hOnor its ,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

sY- The large Leather Manufactury in
the neighborhood of Chattanooga, was de-
s'royed by fire on the night of the 9th inst.
OREGoS.-A despatch from Washing ton
of the 18th, says the preamble and bill nd.
hitting Oregon passed precisely ms It came
from the Senate, by vote of la to 1903.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

GENERAL Wool ON THE PEACE QUESTION.
AT the Burns dinner in the city of Troy,
where the poets birthday was celebrated with
much enthusiasm, General Wool made n
brief bu. happy response TO one of the regu.
lar toasts-"The Army"-in which he very
ingeniously claimed for the army the charac.
ter OF the peace making power of the coun.
try. He said:
"Iho prowess and gallant deeds of the
army are recorded in the history of our coun.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

lpally been struck
advantages, the
5s Of life and char
70 features of the
Visiting the same
ew years, he has
II population, a
IAN air of thrifty
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

The BANKS OF THE UNITED STATEs.-The fol-
lowing was the condition of the Banks of the
United States Jan, l. 1883.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

era authority to send mails over all public
roads, whenever lie deems the public con-
venience requires il.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18
.R- The Washington correspondent Of

eas- The Washington correspondent Of
the New York Evening Post, says:
81 have heard two responsible gentlemen
say that from what they know of the fncts
already developed before the Naval Corrup-
tion investigating Committee, the Secretary
of the Navy will be compelled to resign his
position IN the Cabinet.
The management of ihe.a011
Wy, il has been
Gisgroceiul, an
when the injui(l.V|l Iel5ecfsS..
from tho action Of the committee, h
testimony is made public"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

Westport, was o
had not been hui
had been made
Judge Campbell wNs SlhleVl =
the whole statement.
1t is thought, If the report is true that
Brown las hung Woods, that the citizens of
Platte City will wreak their vengeance on
Mr., boy and his son.-S. Louis Democrat
FEB. 10.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

PoLITIcs IN MAINE.-rhe Democratic mem.
bers Of the Legislature of Maine held n eau
Gus last week and resolved that sit is our de-
liberate and fixed purpose 10 declare that
Congress should, in no event, pass any net to
establish, protect, or sustain slavery in the
Territories of the United States, or TO exclude
it therefrom, but should promptly guaranty
to the sovereign people thereof the undis-
turbed right to dispose o! it in their own
way and without interference or molesation
from any quarter, subject only to the express
provisions Of the Constitution" They also
declared in favor Of the immediate admission
of Oregon, and Of the admission of "Kansas
whenever n constitution, truly and honestly
ratified by the popular vote of said Territory,
shall be presented to Congress-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

MS. III ITO WHY
q more honor to
P promoting the
ID we are right
N interest she il
lent of learning.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

Notes, Bills OF
Exchanges &c. $3.50, 1870, $50
Specie, $500. 102,974,12T
Real Estate,.. 30, 1865, 1872
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

President MAKISG.-A Washingt on let.
ter says that President Making is absorbing
every thing else at the Federal Capitol, and
that there is little prospect ofany measure OF
public interest passing Congress during the
present session, now within two weeks OF
its close. We quote a paragraph:
The Presidential cauldron begins to sim.
mer, quietly but perceptiby. The hundred
nsprants here are sorely troubled to compre-
bend their positions and to know what com.
binatons to form for 1860. AS II matter of
course, hardly any one processes to be can
didate; but should the voice of the people
call for the services of any one, rs Cincinna-
tus was called from the plough, he would
sacrifice himself on the altar of patriotism,
and take the purple, or old Bucks shoes,
which is the same thing. The White House
however, can scarcely be seen through the
dense fog of these times. Legislative loco
motion and the progress of the great interests
OF the country are obstructed us conse.
quence. President making is the business
of all, and every question is made subscr-
Went TO this.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

THE KANSAS GOLD MINEs.-The following
despatch from Leavenworth, will give our
readers the idea that there is something bet
ter than the niger question now agiating
the people Of Kansas:
Mr. Lawrence, an Old Californian, Just re-
turned from Cherry Creek, brings the most
cheering accounts of the prospects ut the
mines. He estimates the amount of dust in
the hands of miners at Denver City ut from
$4,000 to 100000, and states that no sales
had been made at less than twenty dollars
per ounce. The organization of Arrapahoe
county was perfected, and public buildings
were being erected. Perfect harmony and
good order prevailed among the miners The
population distributed along Cherry Creek
had augmented to three thousand, of which
Denver City contains six hundred The
greatest fall of snow occurred Just previous
to the departure of MIR. Lawrence, when it
fell to the depth of xix inches. His trip to
the Missouri river via Fort Kearney occupied
only twenty-three days. Mr.. Lawrence re-
commends emigrants to take either the Fort
Riley or Fort Kearney route from Leayen-
worth, us preferable to any other,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-18

from tho action Of the committee,
testimony is made public"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-26

A visit, yesterday, 10 the Fair Grounds, left
us with the impression that there are not as
many people at the present exhibition as on
former grounds. In this, however, we may be
mis- taken, the grounds being so much larger
than those formerly occupied, that the same,
or even n larger crowd, would not make as
great a show. The plan of exhibition is one OF
the finest, best arranged, and most spacious in
the country. Strangers from other States
pass high concentrations upon the grounds
and the arrangements for the reception OF
stock and for every purpose connected with
the Fair. The ground of The trotting course is
admirably adapted for that purpose. A horse
who could not make good time on that soil,
might as well retire from public life. There
are more horses al this Fair than we have ever
seen on any previous occasion, some OF them
very fine. Some of the cattle are the latest
and handsomest of their kind we ever saw
In a very hasty examination, we We're much
struck with the variety and beauty of the fan
CIV work in the ladies' department., and in the
vegetable tent we saw "some pumpkins as
well as other monster vegetables, which We
recommend to the ms pee ton of the curious.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-26
Safety of orr Public ArmorjPs.

The recent seizure of Harper's Ferry by a
small band of white men and negroes has
drawn attention to the safety of our public ar
mories and forts, and has elected the fact that
there is not a single regiment OF regular SOL
diers on the entire Atlantic and Gulf seaboard.
The New York Herald says there are but two
companies at Fort Hamilton 10 protect New
York harbor, oIse company at Boston, one just
returning from Newport 10 the West. two
companies at Charleston one at Key West,
and eight companies of recruits at the artillery
school at Fortress Monroe. The immense forth
fication constructing on the Dry Fortugas.
which has already cost millions of dollars,
stands alone in the centre of a thousand miles
of unguarded coast, with not hundred SOL
diers to guard it, lift were menaced Within
eighty miles of this great work, designed,
says the New York Herald, to be the Gibraltar
of the Gulf of Mexico, the Captain General of
Cuba has twenty thousand disciplined troops
and twenty steamships of-war, which in
seven hours would enable him 10 take the for
tress, 'and TO keep it for months and perhaps
years The subject certainly deserves the early
attention Of Congress.