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Mining Claims for Sale.

FENIE undersigned, having a Ranch to which he
desires 10 give his whole attention. offers for sale
an undIriGed- nnencumbered one third interest in
set of SLEItE DfG6fNtsS on M0ONSHINE CREEK,
near Freeman's Crossing The niggings are supplied
with an unlimited quantity OF FREE WATER. all the
year round are in working order and easily kent SO,
and paying ar the rate of from $50 to 500 to the
SHARE clear OF expenses, every week The claims are
large. and vi last for many years
Parties wishing to purchase can obtain further in
formation by applying to the owner, or of Derrick
sen BRO, at Freeinan's Crossing.
TIMOTHY O'NfEL,
Nov. 25th, 1859. Inns
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\ writing school has been opened at Cher
okee by w. H. c. Mathews.
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Hay, Barley and Ground Feed.

The Corral Is large conveniently situated and Wei
watered. and admirably meets the wants of Droyers.
There saso large and good stable on the premi-
eS. 3m
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San Juan Feed Stable & Corral

II II. SAXBY has opened Feed Stable and
u Corral at the lower end fllan street, North San
Juan. the road to Sebastopc for the accomnioda-
tion of Teamsters and the travelling public generally.
lie keeps on hand and for sale,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25
Douglas and Harper,s Ferry.

Observe the strong point made in the
following article, from the Charleston
Mercury, upon the fatal Territorial policy
of Mr.. Senator Douglas
Mr.. Douglas has written a reply to
Judge Blacks structures upon his Harper
article. We have not and we do not in
tend to read it. He and his doctrines
are both dead, at least in the South
The fearful commentary of the Harper's
Ferry invasion throws light upon his
false policy, that no logic could she'd
If the southern people in the States need
protection to their institutions from the
aggressions of abolitionists, how much
more must they need it in our territories ?
Suppose thatit had been the law in Vir-
ginia that no protection to the slavehold-
er should be afforded by the Government,
what would have been the result of the
late "a erterprise TO produce insur.
rection Senator Douglas, by his false
doctrines of squatter sovereignty, would
have our territories placed precisely in
this position. How admirably it will
further abolition designs and policy, must
be most apparent Let the General Gov
ernmcnt be denied the power to protect
the stakeholder in our territories, and let
the territorial legislatures, by unfriendly
legislation, or no legislation at all, put
him at the mercy of such wretches as
Brown and Cook, and how speedily would
slavery be crushed out of a territory =
The Harper's Ferry emeute lifts the thin
veil he had woven over his policy, and
shows it to be quite worthy of Seward or
Greely-a naked expedient for aboli-
tionizing all of our territories. The South,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25
A speech as Is a spaoch,

The Southern Journal, published at
Trenton, gives the following as Demo
cratic Speech, delivered at tho late At.
kins jubilee at Dresden.
Fellow CITIzEYs:-This is O proud day
for the democracy of Tennessee. We arc
a great people. We have met the enemy
and dang my old brass buttons, If we did
not come near being theirs, head heels
and tail, but in the language of Webster,
the man who writ the spelling book 'wo
aint dead yit.' Applause. Fellow citi-
zens, you see this flag Thems the glori-
Gus stars and stripes and this flag is em.
blematical of our party. Them stars il
the big fellers-the office holders--the
stripes is what we got at the last election.
There's another way to interpret them
stripes. When any of you, rank and file
don't like to go the hard money. ant;
tariff full-blooded niger quesjS.
we got up to win on, and 1850.
kicking out of the traces, We u.s. s.-.}S
you few. ts-,p
/ Fellow democrats.-Thisi is a glorious
occasion. J feel good all over-I feel lust
about as big as a fodder stack-in fact.
don't know but feel as big as two fod-
der stacks look around me and see
your patriotic faces turned to that flag
and / know that you would fight, bleed
and die for your party. (Cheers.) Pm
democrat. I've been a democrat and al
ways mean to be one-so long as it pays.
| thank you for the honor you have be-
slowed on me to-day. Here, my assist
ant Marshall, take this flag. You was a
whig once, but you was not on the win
ming side. Bear this flag and mind you
always keep your pole erect-I mean your
flag staff. Fellow citizens-democrats I
now propose three cheers for the bar
tangled spanner--no that aint it--for the
spar banged tanner--no that aint it neith-
er-O, dang it, you know what mean
the striped rag at the end of that Ut
pole-(Cheers,)
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25
The State Militia.

The following bill has been introduced
in the House Of Representatives by Mr.
Cheatham:
A Bill to encourage the proper organization of
Citizen Sodiery.
SEC. |. Be il enacted By he General As
semJy Of tie STATE Of Tennessee: That any
Company of Citizens of this State who
shall form themselves into military Or
ganization shall receive State aid to the
amount of - dollars per annum. That
on each semi-annual application from the
officers or trustees of any military COM
pany of this State for aid under this act.
the Governor be and is hereby authorized
to issue his warrant on the Treasury for
the sum f. dollars, being one half
of the amount of annual subsidy: Pro-
Uided, said trustee shall file with the Exc
cutive of the State q declaration duly
sworn to by said officers or trustees that
said company is completely organized
that its officers are legally commissioned
that it has drawn arms and accoutre-
ments from the State armory and have
given bond for the same-that the Or
ganization consists of not less than sixty
five active members, armed, uniformed,
and equipped for service-that said men,
bcrs have been drilled in military tactics
by competent drill officers and that said
company has paraded in public, armed,
and equipped mt least one time during
each of the six months preceding appli-
cation.
SEC. 2. BE il further enacted, That this
act shall take effect from and after its
passage.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25
An Array Against Douglas in Ala
bama.

The Cahawba Ala Stakeholder, which
has flying at its head the names of r.
Barnwell Rhctt. of South Carolina, for
President, and Clement G.. Clay, Jr, of
Alabama, for Vice President, thus speaks
OF the prospects of Douglas in Alabama
SincSour August election there never
has been, i'll any community, such re-
vulson ofpoitical sentiment on the Pres
idential question as in Alabama. Old
prominent democratic leaders from ev-
cry corner of the States are out against
Douglas, and are pledging themselves in
county conventions not to support him
if nominated by the Charleston Conven-
ton. Indeed, there is but one gentleman
in Alabama, so far as we can learn, who
openly and boldly avows himself for
Douglas, and he is John Forsyth, of Mo-
bile. The following leading democrats of
the State will not vote for him if nomi-
mated:
Hon. G. C. Clay, Jr. (U. S. s.,) Hunts
vile.
Hon. David Clopton, (M. c., Tuskegee.
Hon. James L. Pugh, (M. Co. Eufaula
Hon. sgd. Moore, on. C.,) Greensboro
Hon. j. i. NJ. Curry, On. C.) Talladega.
Hon. VIM. l.. Yancy, (ex-M. c. Mont
gomery.
Hon. s. F. Rice, Montgomery.
Hon. L. P. Walker, Huntsville.
Hon. VIM. NJ. Brooks and |. w. Gar
rott, Marion.
Hon. Percy Walker, Mobile.
John T. Morgan, ESQ.,, and Hon. E.
w. Pettos, Cahawba.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25
The Farmer.

Let every one of our farmer friends
read the following truthful tribute to the
men who till the soil. 1t is from the New
York Ledger
What a sovereign man is the intelligent
industrious farmer. Within his own
realm of earth he wields sceptre to which
all must bend. The balance of the worlds
life and comfort he holds in his stalwa art
hand. Neither courts, nor armies, nor
fleets, can exist without his aid. He is
the. .feeder-and the garment, virtually
OF the race.-Cities spring from the traf-
fic in the products of his industry. Com
merce is born at his bequest. OF the
State he is .he " first estate" Lord of
the land, no man has frmer hold of the
essential title of nobility. And he need
r. n no plodder because he is farmer
n Me day'is past when the soil tiller was
Iconfounded with the clod turned by his
plow. The soil is servtor; he smites it
and 10! the harvest comes forth. The
hoe and sickle make him music Drawer
than dulcimers, and sound the march OF
a triumph, grand as it is peaceful and
blessed. But he is not forever in the fur
row. For him are the broadest fields of
study-iairest fields of delight. For him
are honors linked to beauties and wisdoms;
for him periods of communion and rap
ture, of which the birds, the flowers, the
stars, and all wonderous things of the
universe may bear witness. A brave
man art thou, wielder of the mallet and
the plane: and thou skillful worker of
webs; and deviser ofall machines where
by the labor of mans hands is speeded
or abridged. But ye are all second to
the farmer. He is master of the need
fullest of tolls and the most servceable
products. He can live without you, but
you cannot exist for day without him.
Honor to the farmer; may his sphere
widen and his stature be exalted. And
honor to all honest toll, for such are the
fruits that form the crownng glories of
the world.
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25
Diving.


We take the following from the No
vemLer number of the "Atlantic Month
ly;" 1t is very truthful and very beautiful ::
"No human being can rest for any
time in a state of equilibrium, where the
desire to live and that to depart just bal
ance each other. If one has house
which he has lived and always means to
live in, he pleases himself the thought
of all the conveniences it offers him, and
thinks little of its wants or imperfections.
But once having made up his mind to
move to better, every incommodity
starts out upon him until thevery ground
plan OF it seems to have changed in his
mind, and his thoughts and affections,
each of them packing up its little bundle
OF circumstances, have quilted their sew
eral chambers and hooks and migrated
to the new home, long before apartments
are ready to receive their bodily tenant
at is so with the body. Most persons
have died before they expired-died to
all earthly longings, so that the last breath
is only as it were, the locking of the door
of the already deserted mansion. The
fact of the tranquility with which the
great majority of dying persons await
this locking of those gates of life through
which its airy angels have been going and
coming, from the moment of the first cry,
is familiar to those who have been often
called upon to witness the last period of
life.
Almost always there is preparation
made by Nature for unearthing soul,
Just as on a similar scale there is for the
removal of milk tooth. The roots which
hold human life to earth, are absorbed
before it is lifted from its place. Some
of the dying are weary and want rest, the
idea of which is almost inseparable in the
universal mind from death. Some are in
pain, and want to be rid of it, even though
the eanodyne be dropped as in the legend,
from the sword of the Death Angel.
Some are stupid, mercifully narcotized,
that they may 90 to sleep without long
doing about. And some are strong in
faith and hope, so that, as they draw near
the next world, they would eain hurry to-
ward it, as the caravan moves faster ovei
the sands when the foremost travellers
send word along the file that water is in
sight.
Though each little party that follows
in foot track of its own will have it that
the water to which others think they are
fastening is mirage, not the less has il
been true in all ages, and for human be
| ings of every creed which recognize a fu
ture, that those who have fallen worn out
by their march through the Desert, have
dreamed at least of II River of Life, anC
thought they heard its murmurs as the,
lay dying"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25
Portrait of the Little Giant.

We should judge that the writer of the
following, which We clip from the Cincin-
natl Commercial, was not much of q Doug
las man. Hear him:
douglas belongs, by temperament and
constitution, to the race of bullies. His
proper, legitimate sphere is the bar-room.
or the prize ring. He is lust the kind OF
man to be the iavorite of black-legs and
idol of bottle-holders. His endowment,
OF limb and muscle, his compact and
burly solidity Of form, and enormous tistic
strength would have made him faciLe prin-
ceps among the Sullivans, the Morrisevs.
and the Heenans. But the horoscope of
his fortunes was differently cast. and
having settled early in life in a back
woods country he was fated to become n
politician.
In community of little intellectual or
moral culture, his rise was rapid for his
powers were just of the compass which
fitted him to shine where man of finer
nature would have failed. He possessed
| moderate intellaetaui talents, an iron
wiii' untn1ne energy, and unbounded
ambition. He rose at length, through
various gradations. to be Senator of the
United States, and with greedy eyes de-
vouring the Presidency from afar, he has
shaped every scheme, and strained every
nerve to win it,
The powers of Douglas as public ora
tor, are limited to plain and monotonous
repetition of one idea, and bovine pow
er OF believing 1t to the largest audience
He is destitute alike of variety, compass.
humor, pathos and eloquence. He ex-
hibits not solitary gleam of genius, not
n n n al =.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25

A CosTLY APrAIR.-Before the close of
the present year, the Grand Trunk Rail-
way will be completed to Detroit, Mich
igan distance of 1862 miles, in direct
line, with branches in addition, making
I,O9o miles of completed railway, includ-
ing the Victoria bridge, costing upwards
of 200, ,000, 900!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25
Gle 9ost.
Athens, Friday. November 25, 1850.

LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.-In the Senate,
memorial from the Union and Planters
Bank of Tennessee, was presented through
Mr.. Trimble, praying for acharterof both
Banks for twenty years. In connection
with these memorials Mr.. Trimble intro
duced bill to renew and extend the
charter of both Banks Jointly, which bill
was passed on its first reading, and on
motion of Mr.. Richardson, one hundred
and fifty copies of the bill with the accom-
panying memorials We're ordered to be
printed and then, on motion of Mr.. Min
mis-, referred to the Committee on Banks.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25

MARRIED.-On the 21st inst, Col. Bon
jamin Easley, in the sixty-frst year of his
age, and Miss Matilda Jane, in her IF
teenth year, daughter of Solomon Sells.
All of Dade county, Ga. .
The difference in ages being only 46
years in favor of the lady.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25

esg' The Augusta Dispatch says: I'VE
flatter ourselves We are more democratic
than the Governor, for we believe Bank
President or Director just as good man
as any body else, provided he is honest.
even if he does wear hroadcloth breeohes
instead of copperas homespun.! I'D ni
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25

The census will again be taken in 1860,
and will show population within the
limits of the United States of more than
80, 100000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25

BD" The late John Y. Mason, Minis
ter to France, though nearly all his life
filling high public stations, died, it is said,
utterly insolvent, and left not u single
dollar to divide between his widow and
thirteen children!!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25

Ton CoRwIN FOR SPEAKER.--The Day
ton Journal makes an authoritative deni-
al of the statement that Gov. Corwin is
not candidate for the speakersbip Of
the House, and says that Gov. Corwn
desires it to be understood that he is a
candidate, and that his name will be pre-
sented 10 the House for that office.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25

ABSENCE OF MIND.-The first Lord Lit
tleton was very absent minded in COM
pany, and when he fell into river by the
oversetting of boat at Hagley, it was
said of him that "he had sunk twice be-
fore he recollected that he could SWIM"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25

An old criminal was once asked what
was the first step that led to his ruin,
when he answered; t...s
The first step was cheating printer
out OF two wears subscription. When l
done that, the devil took such a grip on
me that could not shake him off"
De,inquents, reflect, ere tbs too late.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25

Tow CoRwIN.-A dispatch from Gin
cihnati, of the 18th, says that Hon. Tom
Corwin will not decline to let his name
go before the House of Representatives
for Speaker, at the approaching session
of Congress. We greatly fear the cleo
ton of worse man, either by the Demo-
Gratis or Republicans. l....
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25

The INsuRREcrIoN CAsE-PALMER RE-
LEASED on BAIL.-On Saturday DR.. Will
liam Russell Palmer, the alleged Memphis
co-conspirator of Ossawatomie Brown,
succeeded in giving bail in the sum of
$500, and was released from custody.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25

pY- st. Louis is dangerous place.
The papers make mention oftwo attacks
and robbery of ladies on the high streets
in broad Daylight. The perpetrstors were
boys.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25

Bs~ A Spanish paper says that
wolves are abundant in that country
Broadcloth must be in demand there if
their wolves, like a good many of ours,
are in the habit of wearing sleeps cloth
inc
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25

CoRN.-The last Uniontown, KY, News
says that corn is selling in that place at
IS cents per bushel; and it has known
several loads to go off as low as 80 cents
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25

THE NEXT CoNGREss.-lIon. L. Joy AM !
has signiiied at Washington city, whery
he now is, that he will not participate in
strict Republican caucus but he is ready
to vote for any acceptable candidate for
Speaker, who may be nominated. There
are members from this and other of the
non-slaveholding States who will take
the same course, and the difficulty of Or
ganization increases as the time approach
es for the meeting of Congress. We be-
speak cool beads and true hearts when
the members shall assemble together
from different sections of the country
The bad temper of much of the Press,
North and South, the recent threats and
bullying of the New York Courier, with a
corresponding spirit on the part of the
Richmond Enquirer and other Southern
journals, show how ripe fanaticism is to
urge on fray between the Representa-
tives of the people in the two Houses of
Congress. There has never been a time
in the history of the country when the
best spirit of patriotism was more needed
than at present to serve and save the
country.-New York Express.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25

FINE PROSPECT FOR PoLITIcAL ORAToRs.-
1t is supposed that the two parties-the
democrats and republicans-during the
next year, up to the Presidential election,
will expend about ten millions of dollars,
i'm electioneering of all descriptions, in
the central debatable States of New York,
New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois. Let
the seedy, ragged political orators brush
up; there is some business in prospect.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25

A RErREsENTATIvE.-A young urchin,
employed to cleanse chimney of II
house in Macclesfeld, and having as
cended to the summit of his profession, F."
took survey. This completed, he pre-
pared to descend, but mistaking the
iiue. he found himself on his landing, in
the private study of a limb of the law,
whose meditations on some abstruse point
were put to fight. The sensation of both
parties il is impossible to describe; the
boy, terrified lest he should be punished,
stood riveted to the spot, and the lawyer,
struck dumb, started from his seat, the
very image of horror, but spoke not
Sooty, however, soon found a tongue, and
in accents which only increased the ter
ror of the man of law cried out:
"My fathers cummin' directly"
This was enough; the presence of such
an equivocal being, so introduced, un-
nerved his heart; with one bound the
aiirighted lawyer flew down stairs, and in
his kitchen sought refuge from the
enemy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25

SAN ANTONIO, Nov l0.-A battle was
fought on the fourth between forty sol
dier volunteers under Lieut.. Hagan and
In dians. The latter were defeated, Ha-
gan was badly wounded. r..-sf
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25
Majority for free States,
Aggregatevo free and slave States, 81
Majority necessary to elect a President, Il

EvERETT-Certain letter writers have
lately taken occasion to disparage Ed
ward Everett; but the critical editor of
the Tribune Is more candid and eulogis-
tic. Here is an extract from recent no.
tice of the "Orations and Speeches"
lately published by Little & Brown:
With the lapes of years the splendor
of his oratory suffers no diminution.-
Like Burke and DR.. johnson and John
Quincy Adams in the decline of life he
scars on bolder wings; his conceptions
are more glowing and original than those
which marked his carly career his inn
agcry exhibits new vividness and in
tensity, which his command of the re-
sources of English expression, without
any sacrifice of elegance or grace, leads
him to wider range and more lofty
eminence."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-11-25

APPLYING THE LAsH-The Memphis
Avalanche, paper noted FORTS virulence,
thus notices the three democrats who vo-
ted for Dr. Richardson's Bill, authorizing
specie paying Banks in this State to pay
out each others notes:
THE BANKs.--It will be seen from the
proceedings of the Legislature, which we
have published from day to day, that the
Banks are straining every nerve to regain
the power they once had over the COM
Imercial, and fnar cial affairs ofthe State.
In the Senate, three members, calling
themselves Democrats, and all, save one, Of
the Opposition, have yielded to their de-
mands but still their efforts to be re-
leased from the counter note system
failed. In the House, they were still less
successful-they couldn't even muster a
party majority for their unholy schemes /;
and should it ever be renewed, we hope
it will be kicked out in contempt and
disgrace.
We hope Messrs Lane, johnson and
Minnis will survive this attack from the
District Organ. t..