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D Y S P EP STA,

A shown by the statements OF the Board Of Healt
n OF New York, caused the death OF 20 persons
OF GIL deaths, In one week, and l6l deaths by con.
sumption, ndnced by Dyspepsia. As u is a well At
tested fact that the origin Of the suerings
of large portion of those who die Of consumpi
becomes the duty Of every one % use such pre-
tions against and remedy for Dyspepsia ce
experience have place before them. and which ha
proved 20 be eficacious: OF this character
Williams Anti-Dy speptic Elixir }" in eOrrObOr
which read the foliowing testimonials;
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A C. A r. ID

A J. IRWIN Formerly Of Irwin a MeClelland
"a. Huntsville, Ala.,) having become associates
with us IN our business the style OF the nrm wllKss
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Nashville FEB. 10, 1889.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-04-08
Stop the Renorf

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A. Auction, when fact twothirds Of our nales ara
private, the same AS IN any other Wholesale Heuse
tho city, with tAis exception sell for ahort
for cash and short prompt paper.
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-07
Eighth Senatorial District.

We find the following in relation to the
contested seat in the Eighth Senatorial
District, among the proceedings Of the
first and second days, as reported in the
Nashville Banner: At
On motion. by Mr.. Richardson, the rules
of the last Senate were adopted for the
government of the present until others
are adopted.
Mr.. Payne offered a resolution declar-
ing Col. MINIS entitled to sit ms Senator
from the 9Th District, and moved sus-
pension of the rule. Motion lost.
Mr.. Stokes moved the appointment of
committee of five to whom shall be re-
ferred the contested election case, with
the papers. Mr.. Stowell moved to lay
the motion on the table. Lost. The
motion was then lost, ayes Il, noes Ii.
Mr.. Payne presented the certificate of
MIR. MINIS as Senator from the Sth Dis
trict and asked that he be qualified.
Mr.. Richardson presented the certifi-
cate of Mr.. Tibbs from the same District,
and asked that he be qualified.
The said certificate having been read,
the question was taken OH the motion
of Mr.. Payne, and discussion of the
merits of the case arose between Mr..
Payne on the one side and Messrs.
Stokes and Trimble on the other.
Pending the question, Senate adjourn
ed to 0 A. NJ, tomorrow.
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 1859.
The unfinished business of yesterday,
the contested election was resumed, and
Mr. Richardson addressed the Senate
in support of the claims of Mr.. Tibbs to
the seat. Mr.. Payne followed, and on
motion of Mr.. Thompson the .previous
question was ordered, and the motion OF
Mr.. Payne, to admit Mr.. MINIS to tlQ
contested seat prevailed, ayes IL, noes IL
strict party vote.
On motion of Mr.. Stovall, a commit
tee Of five, consisting of Messrs. Stovall,
Payne, Thompson, Stokes and Richard
son was raised. to whom is referred the
subject of the contested seat.
Mr.. Stokes presented testimony in the
case of the contested election, and moved
its reference to the select committee on
that subject.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-07
"Sequatchie County,"

1t is said the Senate will reject the en-
tire vote of Sequatchie, on the ground
that there is really no such county in ex-
istence. Majorities are generally unscru-
pulous upon all questions of party char
scter, but the Thirteen" in the Senate
will hardly venture upon step so fraught
with mischief as the one which has been
suggested. County officers were chosen,
Courts held, licenses granted, and all other
acts pertaining to a properly constituted
County, performed. We should regret to
have all these acts disturbed, but it may
have to be done. The future prospects of
the democratic party, as well as some
other things, depend upon our friend, Col.
MINIS, keeping that seat, and we are
much mistaken if the Thirteen" be not
found equal to any emergency that may
occur. In the meanwhile let the people
Of "Sequatchie" keep a sharp watch, as a
portion of them may wake up some fine
morning and find themselves placed in an
awkward position by the action of the
Senate.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-07
The Sparta Branch,

The following resolution was introduced
in the House on the second day of the
session:
For the appointment of committee
to investigate the condition and manage
ment of the branch of the Bank of Ten
nessee at Sparta, in view of charges of cor
ruption and misconduct made by certain
opposition journals and individuals.
Also, the following, on subject slight
ly different, was introduced:
A resolution prohibiting the bringing OF
spirituous liquors within the walls of the
capitol.
The adoption of this last might have a
tendency to protract the session, and we,
therefore, with due Difference suggest its
indefinite postponement. Such an inno-
walton of parliamentary usage is not to
be tolerated.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-07
African Slave Trade.

Gen. Sam Houston is opposed to the
re-opening of the African Slave Trade
In late speech, he gave the following
among other reasons for his position upon
that wild and impracticable proposition:
"Re-open the African Slave Trade and
the South will be deluged with barbarians.
Your present stock Of negroes would fall
in value, and recede III point of intclli-
gence. Not poor man would be able to
stay in the country, because labor would
be so cheap that he would not be able
to get bread for himself and his family
The labor market would be overdonc.-
The vast army of slaves would be put to
work in your cotton fields. and the vast
crop would glut the market beyond all
reasonable demand. Prices would fall to
four or five cents per pound, and even
then, when the demand was supplied, the
greater portion of your crop would lie
upon your hands for want of purchaser.
Freights would advance to an enormous
price, because every sail that the yankees
could raise-the dear abolitionist gentle
man who love the negro so well, would
be engaged in the traffic. Each vessel
that could be bought or pressed into the
service would he upon the coast of
Africa. II would be more profitable than
the carrying trade. Your cotton would
lie and rot upon your wharves, or in your
ginhouses, because transportion will not
pay, and ruin to your financial interests
would be the consequence.
If negroes should be cheaper, money
would be dearer 1t is easier now to buy
negro boy at 81 800 than it was twenty
years ago at $500. Increase the produc-
ton of cotton at once ten-fold, as would
be, and the demand falls off in proper
ton. The yankees then would get your
cotton at four cents per pound, and make
it into calico and red handkerchiefs to
buy negroes with on the coast of Africa,
which, they will bring to sell for your
hard dollars. To such ruinous policy
] am opposed. | do not go to the re-
suits that will accrue to the African. |
will not discuss its morality. That is a
question with which | have nothing to
do. Its practical effects upon us and our
posterity are what we are first to look at
1t may be that the African will be benefit
ed but il will be death to the whites"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-07
The Democratic Party.

The Democratic Standard, Concord, n. H.,
one of the ablest and frmest democratic
sheets in the Union, closes recent po-
litical article with the following sugges-
tive paragraph:
"rhe affairs of great political parties
must be managed with integrity and fair
ness. But in this country. unfortunately,
at the present time, the democratic Or
CARNATIONS in nearly every State in the
Union, are in the possession of unscrupu-
lous and unprincipled cliques. who man
age them for their own aggrandizement
and not for the good of the Democratic
party. The people have borne long with
their iniquities, until forbearance has al.
most ceased to be virtue with them.-
BY and by, if the evil is not remeded. the
people will rise in their majesty and hurl
these usurping clques to the dust.
1.-THE election of Gen. Houston in Tex
as, is premonition of the fate of these
usurping cliques. We should not be sur
prised to see in the next election of Presi-
dent, candidate nominated by the Peo-
pie in Mass meetings, and run against the
candidates of conventions. The intriguing
leaders of the Democracy should take
warming"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-07
Legislative.

Both houses met on Monday and pro-
ceeded to organize. We subjoin an alb
stract Of proceedings:
SENATE.
For Speaker. Mr.. Stovall nominated L.
w. Newman, of franklin.
Mr.. Allen nominated John w. Richard
son, of Rutherford.
On the first ballot Mr.. Newman was
elected
Mr.. Newman was then conducted to his
seat and addressed the Senate briefly,
thanking them for their kindness, and
pledging himself to do his best to make
the session agreeable to the members and
himself. and expressing the hope that the
session would be at least short one.
The Senate then proceeded with the
election of Principal Clerk.
Mr.. McClarin, Of Smith, was nominated,
and Mr.. John Lellyett, of Davidson.
The first ballot resulted in the election
of Mr.. McClarin.
For Assistant Clerk, Francis NJ. Paul of
Shelby was nominated and Mr.. Gore of
jackson. Mr.. Paul was elected.
For Doorkeeper-Mr.B Bennett of Bed
ford was elected over Mr.. Classify, of Da-
wilson.
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. j. NJ. Shield was temporarily called
to the Chair. when he announced that the
election of Speaker was the first business
in order.
Messrs. w. C. Whitthorne and j. w.
Gillespie were placed in nomination, and
on the first vote the former received Al
votes and the latter "a, and Mr.. Whit
thorne was declared duly elected
On taking the chair Mr.. Whitthorne
briefly returned his thanks for the distinc-
ton conferred, and expressed his purpose
to discharge the duties of the office with
out prejudice or Partially.
The House then proceeded to the cleo
ton of principal clerk, and Messrs I. L.
S. Russworm of Rutherford county, and
w. II. II. Dudley, of Dyer, were placed in
nomination, and on the first ballot the
first received IL votes and the latter SO;
and Mr. r. was declared elected
The House next proceeded to the cleo
ton of first assistant clerk, and on the first
ballot Mr.. De Wolfe, of Haywood, receiv-
ed Al votes, and J. w. McManus of Over
ton, 80, and Mr.. De Wolfe was declared
duly elected.
afternoon ,SeSsion.--Messrs. j. A. Camp
bell, of Bradley, and Albert Roberts, OF
Davidson, were placed in nomination for
Engrossing Clerk to the House. On mo-
ton, a call of the House was ordered, and
six members were found to be absent
The House then proceeded with the cleo
ton, when, on the first ballot, Mr.. Camp
bell received 40 votes, and Mr.. Roberts 81;
and Mr.. Campbell was declared duly
elected Engrossing Clerk.
The next Office to be filed being that
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-07

a Foolish MAN HuRT.-During the re-
cent celebration IN Iowa of the compile
ton of the Burlington 4 Missouri Rail-
road to Ottumwa tseventy-five miles) the
local" of the Chicago Times took a ride
on the cow-catcher. While enjoying
himself the train ran into drove of cat
tie; and, when it emerged from it, anoth-
err calf, besides the reporter, was found on
the cow-catcher Fortunately the re-
porter was not very badly hurt. The
other calf was.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-07
Horace Greeley,

A New Yorker writing to the Charles
ton Courier, gives the following regarding
philosopher Greeley:
Horace Greeley returned from California
in the Noses Tayl'r last night. He is salts
fed with the conclusion of his two-fold
mission, which was to see the country,
and write about it for the readers of the
Tribune, and to look after the politics of
California. On this latter point, the
philosopher seems to feel no fears, and
entertains no doubts. The Democracy
are divided there now, which he thinks
will give the Opposition two members of
Congress, and thus pave the way for Il Re-
publican vote for President in $780,
Greeley, having arranged things politi-
cally in California, has returned home in
time to look after he elections in our own
State and city. n e philosopher brings
white coat with iich he started. He
has not changed liz Us since he left, and
the consequence is that his tile is in a
shocking bad condition. His boots have
certainly been strangers to backing
Yet Greeley took very well among the
Calfornians and he left strong impress
sion of his honesty and his ability among
them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-07

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. IA Washington
dispatch to the Philadelphia North Amer.
lean, says it is well known here that
another formidable fillibuster expedition
Is preparing against Nicaragua. A portion
OF the expedition have already succeeded
in leaving New York and Charleston; but
no suspicious demonstrations will be made
until all the plals are matured, and full
force on the spot ready for action. Col.
Wheat, now in New York, will have an
important position in the new crusade.
Private advices from England say the
crops of England and Europe are interiors
and the yield of wheat in England.
France, and Russia is very much below
the average. .a.....
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-07

EMIGRArIoS.-The tide of emigration
continues to roll westward. Within the
last six weeks more than hundred fami-
lies have started from this county-many
of them people of substance. They are
leaving healthy and plentiful country,
to better their condition. Some of them
will succeed, while others will meet with
disappointment, and wear out toilsome
life in discomfort and contrasting their
unhappy condition with the comforts and
health they formerly enjoyed among the
green hills and by the pleasant streams of
East Tennessee
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-07
Commissioner of the Land Office.

The Cleveland Banner of last week says
the Hon. Sam. Smith has been appointed
by the President, Commissioner of the
General Land Office. Col. Smith was the
only candidate we heard on the stump in
the late canvass who had the nerve, or
temerity, to shoulder and defend the adj
ministration, and the President shows his
sense of the obligation by this appoint
ment. The office is one of the most inn
portant under the government, with sal
airy Of three thousand dollars year.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-07
Salt Lake.

Mr. Greeley. in one of his letters to the
Tribune, from Utah, gives the following
concerning this remarkable body of wa.
ter
That this Lake should be salt. is no
anomaly. All large bodies of water into
which streams discharge themselves. while
they have severally no outlet, IRE or
should he suit. If ono such is fresh. that
isnn anomaly, indeed. Lake Utah broba-
bly, receives as much saline matter as Salt
Lake; but she discharges IL thfotigh the
Jordan and remains herself fresh while
Salt Lake, having no issue save by evapo-
ration, is probably the safest body of
water on Earth. The ocean is compare
lively fresh; even the Mediterranean at
Leghorn is not lralf so salt. | am told
that three barrels of this water yield n
barrel of Salt; that seems rather strong,
yet its intense sadness, no one who has
not had it in his eyes, his mouth, his
nostrils. can realize. You can no more
sink in it than in a clay bank, but n very
little OF it in your lungs, would suffice to
strangle you. You make your way IN
from a hot, rocky beach, over chaos of
volcanic basalt that is trying to the feet;
but at a depth of yard or more, you
have fine sandy bottom, and here the
bathing is delightful.
The water is of a light green color for
ten or twenty rods; then deeply, dark
ly, beautifully blue" No fish can live i'm
it; no frog abides it; few birds are ever
seen dipping intoit. The rugged noun
tans in and about it-.iust such scraped
and scanned and quilted precepices as
have been describing ever since reach
ed Denver-have little fir and cotton
wood, or quaking asp, in their deeper
ravines or behind their taller cliffs, but
look bare and desolate to the casual OBJ
server; and these cut the Lake into Sec
tons, and hide most of it from view
Probably less than one-third of it is visi-
BILE from any single point. But this suf-
fees
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-07

Col. I. w. Newman, who has been made
Speaker of the Senate, is a hard-money
democrat-one OF the real adamantines-
who believes that heharder the money the
more prosperous the people. Opposition
to Banks" is his passion. He is a good
man, and sane on every other subject;
and will, no doubt, make an efficient pre-
siding officer
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-07
Fatal AHray,

An ARRAY occurred at the Bradley Coun-
ty Fair Grounds, near the village of Cleve
land, last week, between 10. Taylor and a
man named Carson, in which the latter
was so badly hurt that he died in a short
time. We have not learned the particu.
lars of the homicide,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-07

THE RIGHT SrIRIr.-We copy the fol-
lowing brief paragraph, from the pen of
Mr., Bradfield, who has recently taken
charge of the Knoxville Register, and we
would gladly see the spirit it breathes ami
mating the entire press of the State:
sour political discussions shall be con-
Quoted in calm, courteous, and digni-
fled manner, and all personalities will be
carefully avoided.
ITO our brethren of the press we ex-
tend the hand of fellowship. Through
honest convictions we are politically what
we are. We accord the same feelings and
motives to others. Let us agree to dis
agree; and though we may and will differ
in opinion, let us dwell together in peace
and harmony"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-07

NEw GooDs.-Sehorn & Hornsby are re-
ceiving and opening their supply of Fall
and Winter Goods, selected by one of the
Firm, who has just returned from the
Eastern Cities. The attention of cash.
customers and prompt dealers is invited
TO their large and complete assortment.-
Advertisement next week.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-07

Coon ADvIcE.-The Missouri Republi-
can says: Farmers, at least those who
have money to pay, had better agree to
sell at fair rates than to keep their crops
on hand in hopes of getting better prices.
If they can do well by an early sale that
will be found to be much more advisa-
BILE plan than to hold on in hopes of do
ing better. Buyers and sellers-mer-
chants and their debtors-should come
together as soon as possible and agree to
live and let live and in this way the
financial condition of the country will be
greatly improved"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-07

FATAL AFFRAY AT KNoxvILLE.-The
Tri-weekly Wing, of Tuesday, contains the
following modest announcement of a
homicide at that place:
On Saturday afternoon. Oct. /, fight
took place on Main street, between two
men, named Strange and McLemar.-
Strange struck McLemar three blows with
q stick. Mel. died the same evening.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-07

BkJ~ History tells us that Demosthenes
committed suicide by taking poison, which
he carried in PEN. If some political
editors should ever entertain desire to
depart" they will have only to take q
suck at their own pens and they are 'gon-
ers' .-... ...
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-07
New York Politics.

According to Pink" the intelligent
New York correspondent of the Charles
ton Courier, the American party i'm tie
Empire State IS about played out. The
ridiculous proceeding of meeting in Con-
vention and making up State ticket
one hall democratic and the other half
Black Experimentation the nominations
previously made by those parties, finish
ed up the organization, and ought to-
The following extract exhibits the finale:
"rhe last of the political Conventions
has been held. The Know Nothings went
through the farce of having theirs yester-
day, and what do you suppose they did?
They nominated four of the candidates
put up by the Democratic Convention,
and five of those named by the Republi-
cans. So in fact there are but two parties
in the field. Among the other persons
nominated by the Know Nothings was the
Republican nominee for Treasurer one
Philip Dorsheimer, who was not born in
the country. This does not look much
like putting none but Americans on
guard" The Know Nothings are about
played out, and they will scarcely be able
in another year to get members enough to
hold respectable Convention"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-10-07
The Democratic Jubilee.

The Depocratic Jubilee at Nashville
on last Sat turned out failure in
consequent the unfavorable cherac-
ter of the or, rs will be seen from
the follow ragraph from the Banner
Of Monday, reached us per ,Sandoy's
mail;
Tie Demd ,JuJiice.- great Dem
ocra;ic Ju rhch was to come off
here on So tvas slightly dampened
not to So tally saturated--by the
clerk of her. who is said to have
been so sd Impressed with the alb
surdity Of lie thing, as to feel it n
constitution to throw cold water
upon it. struggling delegates
came ill., eac bearing n striking re-
semblance ID interesting feature in
rural lam "a wet hen. Party en-
thusiasm ws isastrously diluted that
the managed uld not carry out the
programme, were forced to issue a
modest little er, which, like "still
small voice, " hnounced that the pro-
cession and dinner at the Grove had
been abandoned, but if the weather clear
ed, there would be some speaking at the
Court House. The weather did clear
slightly about midday, and we suppose
there was some speaking, though we did
not succeed in finding any body that had
been there, ~ could give authoritative
information ~ that point. The whole
affair termiDatIhin ''water-haul," and
afforded d johnson, who sup
plies dem as others with the
sparklin judges Spring, an
opporx1 with his an
1t b. Neep the "pow-
der dry, 6Salute from the
foot of BroaS~ u wasn't fired.