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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21
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Oiiis, bonds |ecurities for nhoflg.
made for the les of sale at rate of
discount not to exceed 10 per cent. per
annum; and il the same be made to be due
at the time of sale, or Judgment con.
fessed for such purpose, then the same
may be purchased at a discount not great
er than four per cent. to be taken from
the face of the paper or Judgment. Nor
shall it be lawful TO exact a greater rate of
interest on any such securities as those
specified in this section, than six per cent.
per annun,, from the parties owing or pay
ing the same.
Section 4. And BE- it ,fi.rthcr enacted, That
II any person or persons shall loan money
at a greatcrrate than 10 per cent, it shall
not be lawful for him or them to recover
any portion of the inter est so contracted
for; and if greater amount of interest
than 10 per cent. per annum shall be paid
for thenee ofthe money, the whole amount
of interest so received, shall be recovera-
BILE at the suit of the person paying the
same, his heirs, personal representatives
or creditors, in any court of Tennessee
having jurisdiction of such matters.
Section 5. BE il further enacted, That if
any person or persons, shall purchase any
note bill, bond or other obligation, for the
payment of money at a greater rate of
| discount than is specified in the Sd section
of this Act, where the same is made for
the purpose of sale, such purchase shall
be usurious in the hands of the purchaser,
to the full extent of the discount on such
paper, and the amount of discount so lille
gally taken, shall be recoverable from the
party receiving the same, in like manner,
as specified in the 4th section of this Act.
Nor shall it be necessary to prove that the
party purchasing the paper had knowl-
edge OF the fact that it was made for the
purpose of being sold or traded
Section 6. BE ii further enacted, That the
provisions of this Act shall apply to trus-
tees of every description; and it shall
hereafter be the duty of the Clerks of the
different Courts OF the State, in making
settlements with guardians, administra-
tors, executors or trustees, to examine
them under osth as to the amount Of in
funds in their hands, and charge them
with the same on such settlement.
Section I. Be il, further enacted, That any
person or persons who shall violate the
provisions of this law, shall be held sub
ject to indictment or presentment, as in
other cases of misdemeanor, and shall be
fined in sum not less than ten dollars;
or If the interest or discount taken BY
such offending party be more than ten
dollars, then he shall pay, by way of fine,
to the full amount so illegally exacted, and
it shall be the duty Of the Circuit Judges
to give this law in charge to the Grand
Juries.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21
Organization of the House of Rep
resentatiyes,


Among the staunehest supporters of Mr..
Buchanan's administration is the New
York Herald. In fact it Is the only inhu-
entail Journal that has given him an un-
faltering support. Desparing of the sue
cess of the party in the next Presidential
race, the Herald has been q good deal ex-
ercised lately in regard to the organization
of the new House of Representatives, and
in recent article it throws out the fol-
lowing suggestions, which we copy simply
to let our readers see the light in which
the Southern opposition is regarded by
the most faithful of the administration
journals:
The New CoSoREss.--The twenty-one
Southern opposition members, in the all
important business of the organization of
the new House of Representatives in De-
cember next, will occupy position of the
highest responsibility. They will hold the
balance of power between the republicans
and the democrats, and this power may
be exercised in the work of organization
to the solid advantage of the Union for
many years to come. To this great end,
should the occasion require it, these twcn-
ty-one Southern conservative representa-
tives, against the slavery agitating disun-
ion movements of the day, will be expect
ed to stand as Leonidas and his handful
of men stood in the pass of Thermopyle,
each and all prepared to die in defence Of
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

NASHVILLE DAILY NEws.-This sterling
newspaper has lately assumed an active
political character, and will hereafter
have the editorial rervices of ALLEN A.
HALL, Esq, who conducted the "Opposi-
ton" with SO much ability in tho recent
canvass. The Neps has always been all
excellent sheet, and the addition to its
editorial columns will add to its influence
and circulation. We wish the new ar
rangement abundant success.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

MISTAKE IN Mistakes are
often made by persons not business men,
in calculating percentage. If merchant
marks his goods for sale at fifty per cent.
advance, and 33t per cent be afterwards
deducted from the market price, he sells
at cost, because 33a per cent. of 81 SO is
exactly so cents, the profit marked on
81. If he sells goods at rs per cent.
above cost, and deducts2 per cent. from
the bill for cash, his profits are l8i per
cent, and not 20 per cent, as some per-
sons at first sight would suppose. Goods
have been sometimes sold at a loss through
mistakes in percentage.
We copy the above from an exchange
for the benefit of such business men about
here. as are always selling for cost"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

aeh. The Great Eastern is still at Port
land, England, taking in her coal and re-
pairing the damages from the late ex-
plosion. As an exhibition her stay there
has been great success, her receipts
averaging upwards of 925O per day. The
last news Mr.. Brunei heard from his last
great work was the account of her ex-
plosion. 1t was on Tuesday, and he was
then on his sick bed. From that time
he gradually sank until Thursday, when
he died.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

helm and Geo. ID. Prentice have been
'Jiuing and cooling" through their re-
spectiye papers for several weeks. The
lady rather packs it on the "old plagia-
rist," as is manifested by his last re-
spoEse, which is not only devoid of gal
lantry, but full of splenetic bile. Prem
tice had better stuck his foot in wolf
trap. The lady takes him across her
knee and spanks him most beautifully.
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pV- The Nashville Gazette concludes an

D9- The Nashville Gazette concludes an
article upor Gov. Harris anti-Bank ar
gument with the following paragraph:
1.-THE illustration made upon bank s
profits, in 30 day bill of exchange, is as
fair specimen of the peculiar ludicity,
point and acumen of a well trained mind
as we have met with; the style is Ba-
CONAN, the logic perfect, the arithmetic
vast, the reasoning profound, and the APP
plication part so pat as to put us IN mind
OF nothing but Pat" and his great hap
piness. at times, in making fun even on
the solemn occasion of wake"
If lsham was not Governor of Ten
nessee, we should vote his being placed
at the head of the United States Trea-
sury.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

pey- Selma, Alabama, has within its
limits, fourteen Artesian wells, several of
them throwing volumes of water to the
extent of six hundred gallons to the
minute. The depth of these wells aver
age about four hundred feet. &
pdy- A cheerful way they have of sup
pressing information, in the ever faith
full isle:
about two weeks ago cargo of slaves
was landed near Trinidad de Cuba; one
of the inspectors, q young creole--inform-
ed the government of the fact: That
night he was assassinated in his bed"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

LARGE PoRKEn.-lIappcning at the Athens
depot on Wednesday night last, VIC were shown
monster, in hog form, measuring four feet in
height, nine feet in length, and weighed at the
commencement of the Fair season fifteen hundred
and ninety-seren ponnds-fve years old next March,
He is the property of DIR. S. II. Mcwhirter, Bed
ford CO., Tenn. He was on his way to the Eastern
Division Fair Knoxville; and from thence he will
60 to the Atlanta (Ga.) Fair.
What State can beat this?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

premium Contour old friend, Isham
Reynolds, has sent us some premium
corn, grown this season, which is the
finest we have seen for several years
We counted the grains on one eer, which
numbered l222. II any of our farmers
can beat that we would be pleased to
chronicle the fact-so, bring along the
"nubbins." -;@s
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

SERVED THE Fool RIGHT.-Five years
since farmer in Illinois, notwithstanding
all his neighbors insisted that he was
playing the fool, set out on his farm one
thousand peach trees, and this season he
was offered ten thousand dollars for the
crop which he afterward sold in the lot
for fourteen thousand dollars. Any man
that will be fool enough to raise fruit
ought to be served just so.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

No The Hon. w. B. Reed made a
speech at Philadelphia the other night,
and said that. Fremont folly Of 1856 will
be nothing to the fierce ianaticism Of
1860"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

Hay- The Attorney-General, Judge
Black, who certainly ought to under
stand and to observe the law, has ranked
his reply to Mr.. Douglas very extensively
through the mails, making it "ofiicial
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21
~. The Memphis Ayalanehe lear

Va The Memphis Avalanche learns
from Col. Sam. Tate, that the Bridge be-
longing to the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad, over the Tennessee river, at
Decatur, Ala, was completed on Tuesday
last, and that, on and after that date the
trains would pass regularly and safely over
it. This will be good news to travellers
Nemphisward. Hts ~
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Athens gost.
TERMS

Two DotLARs YE,n. payable In advance.
Announcing names Of candidates for Office s., 90,
Cash.
obituary Notices over twelve lines, charged at
the regular advertising rates.
All Communications intended to promote the pri.
vstc ends or interests of Corporations Societies,
Schools or Individual, will be charged as adver-
easements.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21
Candidates.

P. L. Gamble is announced to-day as q
candidate for County Court Clerk.
C. A.. Jordan announces himself as q
candidate for Circuit Court Clerk.
Dan. w. Robinson is announced for
Sheriff.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

Douglas Democracy or Seward Republi-
canism--the issue is hardly worth follow
ing to its conclusion.
With considerations of regard, am,
very respectfully. Your ob't. serv't.
HORACE MAYNARD.
Messrs. F.. l.. Vanwinkle, James Ingram
and others.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

ALL FOR LovE.-A valuable slave man,
belonging to Mr.. Benton, of SharpsbulNs
Nd, hung himself on Monday night last,
in consequence of his master refusing to
sell him to 60 South with colored girl
upon whom his hearts affections had been
placed. ...t4
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

p@- The "Paris Pays" says Minister
Ward and the American legation were
conveyed to Pekin in huge travelling
box, from which only the sky was visible.
They were treated well, but confined to
the house, and not allowed to see any
thing. They are awaiting an interview
with the Emperor, after which they re-
turn in the same manner as they came.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

LEGIsLATIvE.-On the 18th, Mr.. Will
liams, of Hickman, introduced resolu-
luton in the House to amend the Consti-
tuition, making the charters of all incor-
porations created by the Legislature, sub
accommodations vi repeal ut the dis
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

l1- A gentleman who reached New
Orleans by the Southern mail route, ar
rived by the Jackson Railroad in eighty
six hours from New York, including forty
eight miles - travel, which takes
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

'TATERs AS IS 'TArEns.-Mr. John E.
Hickox, of this county, will please accept
our thanks for lot of the finest Potatoes
we have yet seen. They were of the
cyan" and "Florida red" kinds. Weare
still open to conviction.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

BURNED TO DEArH.-A child, daughter
of woman named Wyatt, some four
years of age, was burned to death, in the
neighborhood Of this place, on Saturday
morning last.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

~ A Chicago paper says that the
people there don't want Union" speeches.
Possibly the less they: want them. the
more they need them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

~ The Savannah Republican proposes
the Hon, Joshua Hill, Of Ga. as = COM
promise candidate for the;<speakership Of
the Federal House Of Representatives.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

Gov. HARRIS MAJoRITY.--Gov. Harris
official majority, as counted by the Legis-
lature, is S,03l, the vote being; For Har-
ris, 76,073; for Netherland, 6S,042.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

Pun. Doc.-We are indebted to the
attention of Gen. j. T. Lane for q copy
Of the Report of the President and Di-
rectors of the Bank of Tennessee.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

The STATE OF DADE.-We learn, through
the last Chattanooga Adrertiser, that
Ddde, immortal Dade, has donned habil-
iaments of Democracy, and stands forth
redeemed, regenerated and disenthrolled.
When the Express from Dade arrived at
Chattanooga with the intelligence, there
was song, and gladness, and something
else, at the shanty where the editor of
the Advertiser domicils.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

sEA- Coleman Yellott, Esq, has been
nominated by the Americans of Baltimore
for the State Senate. This is good nomi-
nation,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

GENERAL LAND OFFIcE.--Hon. Samuel
A. Smith, of Tennessee lately appointed
Commissioner of the General Land Office,
has arrived in this city, and entered upon
the discharge of the duties of his Office
Yesterday .-Natonal InteHigencer.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21
The Vote of Sequatchie.

We find the following among the Lcgis-
fative proceedings of the 18th.
The Senate and House met - RnXd
tion for the purpose of com
for Governor. After the
counties were compared, Mr.. n0fiis NOV
ed that the vote of Sequatchie county be
excluded. After considerable discussion,
the previous question was called for. The
ayes and nays being demanded the vote
resulted as follows: ayes 40; nays 3S, there
fore the previous question was sustained.
A motion was made to reconsider the
vote rejecting the vote of Sequatchie
County.
Mr.. McNeily moved that the motion to
reconsider be laid on the table, which was
sustained, ayes 81 nays 80.
The vote was then cast up, which re-
suited as follows: lsham &. Harris 76,073;
John Netherland 6S,042. Isham G. Harris
having received a majority of all the votes
cast, was declared duly elected Governor
of the State for the next two years.
The Convention then adjourned.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

oHio.-The Republican majority in the
State is 1900. The Senate stands 25
Republicans; 10 Democrats. House a.
Republicans; 40 Democrats.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

LEcTysEs.-They. have . blind preacher
in New York delivering course Of
lectures upon what he saw in Europe.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

HSr A London correspondent says the
company do not intend to send the Great
Eastern to see for the next twelve months.
They have already netted upwards of
$50, 900 by exhibiting her, and the rumor
is that she will be sent to various ports
for show, the railway companies agreeing
to run excursion trains at cheap fares and
to allow the directors of the Great Ship
Company per centage. If this be true,
the inhabitants of Maine will have some
time to wait before they will have the
opportunity of crying "There she blows p
u.s.. The New York Herald says affairs
in Italy are again conflicting. A Euro
pean Congress is regarded as certain, but
it is reported that Austria and Piedmont
were again arming and that the French
army Of occupation was about to be re-
inforced. The Pope had addressed an
allocution to the Sacred College, in which
he expressed hope that the people of
the Romagna would return to their allie
glance.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

R@- "Adce was in town this morning,
my DEAR" said a gentleman, recently, to
his wife, who had two or three lady
friends Of that NAME (Which AHec, my
love-" she asked. N''Why, Bore-aHs, to ba
sue !" F4f,-. WV =" ''-'S
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

Hay" 1t is probable that the next Legis.
lature of Ohio will elect Gov. Chase U. S.
Senator In place of Mr.. Pugh. Thus,
constantly increases the number of anti
slavery men in the Senate. Nothing bet
ter can be expected so long as the agita-
ton of slavery is kept up.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21
The Late Northern Elections.

An influential Northern paper, specu-
lating on the result of the recent elections
in that section, concludes with the follow
ing
Thus, with the people of the North d.
vlded between two parties in 1860 instead
OF three, as in 1856, we may say, from the
Northern elections of the last and present
year, that in every Northern State this
side of the Rocky Mountains the demo-
cracy will enter into the contest rs de-
moralized minority party. How they will
emerge from the battle is another qucs-
ton; but, from the general drift of the
tide of these October elections, the dullest
politician cannot fail to perceive that an
opposition President may be elected in
1860 without the electoral vote of solita-
ry Southern State.
To this complexion of our political
affairs have we been brought by that dies.
perate Southern electioneering expert
ment of Douglas and Pierce III 1854, the
Kansas Nebraska bill, and its appendices
of sectional agitation. The democracy OF
the North are Frustrated and broken up
by one sectional party, while the demo.
cracy of the South are themselves reduced
to II mere sectional camp. Between these
two sectional parties there yet remains,
however, conservative opposition South.
ern party, and it will prove, We hope, q
lucky accident which at this crisis has
given this conservative party the balance
OF power in the new Congress. Here we
recognise the nucleus of a great national
opposition coalition; and in this we may
possess the only safeguard against sec.
tional collision which may rend the Union
These October elections may contribute
to make the Seward engineers of the re.
publican camp somewhat overbearng in
the matter of the House organization; but
a bold and firm front on the part of the
Southern opposition party will not only
enable them to decide the House organi.
zation, but to divert the republican party
in 1860 from sectional disunion conflict
to grand national jubilee, like that OF
1910.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21
|rleans in a little I

three days. ensy look for this happy
consummation on the first of December.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

magazine article is part of the "ofiicial
business" of our Democratic Admins
tration.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

The FIRST MorIoN.-Mr. j. A. Stewart,
in the Atlanta Intelligencer of the 9th
inst, says the Columbus Enquirer, nomi-
mates Stephen A. Douglas for the Presi-
dency and Robt. Toombs for the Vice
Presidency. He denies the right OF Con-
gress to protect slavery in the Territories,
and expresses his concurrence in Douglas
popular sovereignty" views, maintain
ing that "he is right in every particular"
"Now for Douglas!' & t'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

neA. Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson says the
democratic party has divine mission to
carry out. 1t will stand pretty good
chance TO be carried out itself next year.
Men. BuLkeLin.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

ws" ]:
F. Root, for Lieutenant Governor, and
NJ. F. Conway for Congress. The election
takes place in December next.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

TEXAN AfFAIRs.-Advices from San An
tonic report that Gen. Twiggs responds to
the call for aid to Brownsville, by the re-
ply that he has not enough men at his
disposal 10 drive tho. Indiana from the
frontiers. He can do nothing for them.
9GsA' ranches on the Texas side of Rio
of I'm -. -predations. Inc crr,1vno y,
San Antonio are raising two companies of
rangers. Other places are raising volun-
teers, on account of the inability of Gen.
Twiggs to protect the country.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

Bee The case of seizure Of indecent
Photographs by the New York Custom-house
officers has been decided in favor of the
United States. The jury recommended
that the Government renumerate the
claimant for the loss he sustained by the
verdict.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21

PRINTERS IN THE OTHER WoRLD.-A Nor
mon Elder in recent sermon stated that
he believed "they had printing Office in
heaven" We should like to know what
they do for printers up there-the devils
at all events.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-21
Nashville Correspondence,

NASHVILLE, Dec. ~.
In my letter Of the 18th, gave as my opinion
that the session would be q short one. The Lust
few days satisfies me that was mistaken. There
are few working mon In each house, but the ma
jority arc not above the average Of parliamentary
charactsrs'--full Of sound and fury, signifying
nothing, whilo there arc others who belong to tho
dont-csro sort But it may not be fair TO COM
ncncc complaining at this early day. Most Of
the members arc what may DO termed ne1 @en--
many Of them never having tccr herr before, and
some who, perhaps, for the first time in their
lives find themselves from homo. 1t is natural
that such should have their minds diverted from
legitimate business by the curiosites and sights,
animate and inauimatc, of large and fast city
like Nashville. As soon as the wire edgc wears Of
and the novelty Of their position disappears, they
will, no doubt, get down to their work like good
fellows and do tho State some service. Let us
wait and see.
Within tho last six days innumcrnblc bills, rcso-
lutions and propositions have been Introduced
most Of thcm in reference to subjects about which
the mass Of your readers would feel but little in
| tcrcst A bill has been introduced by Mr.. Trew-
hit to amend the law in relation to prctane
ing. did not hear the bill read, and cannot give
you its provisions. Profanity is always to he
demncd, but / doubt whether the imposition Of
fines or penalties will tend much to suppress it.
However, as it is luxury in which your cores
poudent never INDUCES, he don't care how high
they put tho tariff, and is ready to exclam, with
the immortal Shocks, '"Lay on, and d.,mn'd DO h,