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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03
The Marriage Contract.

The Supreme Court of Tennessee has
decided that marriage is civil contract,
and may be avoided, like any other con-
tract, for want of sufficient mental capa-
city in the parties. The facts of the case
in judgment exhibited widow who was
in the habit of showing the love-letters of
one sutton to another, and Boosting about
her conquests, and the like-which the
learned Judge characterized as being in
very bad taste; and then rather iacetiously
adds, "But if the exceptionable conduct
of either widows or widowers, when they
become anxious to marry, is to be regard
ed as delusiOn, our lunatic asylum might
have to be very much enlarged. Eccen-
tricity of conduct, or peculiarly of man
ners, does not constitute insanity"
'Let your moderation be KNOWN" la
dies and gentlemen, is the advice of Paul,
very pointedly enforced by Judge Ca
ruthers. $50
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03
VIM. Il. Tibbs.

We are gratified to see this gentleman's
name announced as d candidate for the
State Senate for the District composed Of
the counties of Bradley. Hamilton, Bled-
soc, Marion, and Rhea. Mr.. Tibbs repre-
sented Bradley county in the lower house
of the Legislature six years ago, and was
faithful and efficient member. Possess
sing fine sense, with large practical bust
ness capacity, and thoroughly acquainted
with the true interests and wants of the
country, the people Of the Senatorial Dis
trict could not confide their trusts to ADLER
or more reliable hands; and we are con-
fident they will elect him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03
Senatorial,

John c. Burch, ESQ.,, of Chattanooga,
publishes Card withdrawing from the
contest for the State Senate. Col. Burch
is gentleman who watches the political
currents closely, and is not likely to be
mistaken in his calculations. John A.
MINIS, Esq, recently a candidate fol
Congress, steps into Col. Burch's vacated
brogans. We have no doubt he can be
just as easily elected to the State Senate
as he could have been to Congress. But
what effect the Coils candidacy is to have
upon John Bells Presidential prospects,
we are not now prepared to say.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03
The Candidates for Governor.

A friend who writes on business, adds
the following in relation to the Guberna-
torial canvass:
81 heard Col. Netherland and Governor
Harris at Memphis and other places
They have had fine crowds. They both
fight manfully, but in my opinion, the
imam from way over the mountain is
'a7gaieing" on the Governor. Every day j
hear of men who voted for Buchanan say
ing that they will vote for Netherland.-
They say he is the right sort of man
he talks sense--he says what he means,
and means what he says. He advocates
economy, sound convertible currency
and charges that the men now in posses
sion of the government are the most cor
rupt men ON the face of the earth. He
draws crowds to hear him; and they
crowd around him on the streets to hear
him talk. He isbound to win."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03
The Responsibility.

In every democratic paper and upon
every stump where democratic candidates
speak, IL is alleged and urged that the
enormous expenditures of the govern
nent, which in few years have increased
from forty to eighty millions of dollars,
are chargeable TO the opposition, and not
to the democratic party. To this falsity
there is one, and only one answer that
ought to be made. When the wings went
out of power, and the democrats came
in, the estimated expenditures of the
government were about forty millions of
dollars--they are now about eighty mil
lions, and they have reached that enor-
nous and unexampled figure under de-
mocratic rule and democratic control.--
When the wings were in power they were
held responsible by the democratic party,
and by the country at large, for the care
of the public interests, for the expendi-
lures Of the public moneys, and for what
ever abuses crept into the public service.
And while the democratic party is in
power, as it has been for the last six
years in every department of the govern
ment, it is just, honest, legitimate and
right, yea, obligatory. to hold that demo-
cratic party accountable for the care of
the public interests, for the expenditures
of the public moneys, and for abuses in
the public service. There is no other way,
there can be no other way about it, and
whoever contends, or pretends, to the con-
trary wilfully and deliberately attempts
to impose upon the public mind and to
deceive the masses, who are not presum-
ed to look closely into such matters. Why
what sort of an argument is that which
says, you wings were responsible for GER
tain abuses which occurred while YOU
were in power and had control of the
government; but we democrats, when we
are in power and have control of the gov
eminent, it is wrong to hold us accounta-
BILE for abuses that occur under our rule
and reign" Such stuff is worse than stul-
tification, and is of character such as
idiocy itself ought to be ashamed Of
And yet it is daily urged by leading demo.
cratic papers, and twelt upon by "prom.
Using young statesmen" with an assump.
I ton of earnestness and sincerity. To say
no worse, the subterfuge is an insult to
the intelligence and good sense of the
lpeople.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03
First congressional pistriot.

A citizen Of this place who was at
Rogersville on Monday, and heard Messrs.
Nelson and Haynes speak, brings very
encouraging intelligence of the canvass
in the FirstDistrict. Nelson is doing no
BILE work, and enchains the attention of
his audience from first to last, dealing in
argument and facts, and enforcing them
with a power and point irresistible, and
that is telling with tremendous effect up
on his talented competitor. The debate
between them is conducted in the most
courteous and gentlemanly manner,
though the dirty ours ard iclsspittals of
party are snarling and yelping at Nelson's
heels. He is working earnestly and eff
ficiently, and his friends are confident of
success. No candidate better deserves it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03
Fountain Hill and Mouse Creek
Academies,

The Examinations at these two excel
lent and hourishing Educational Institu-
tons occurred last week. The business
of the printng-ofiice requiring our unre-
hitting attention, we were prevented from
attending either. We learn, however,
from parties who were present that the
Exercises were of highly interesting
character, and that the pupils acquitted
themselves in a manner alike creditable
to them and TO their teachers. Both
Schools are in prosperous condition,
and are performing good work in the
important cause of education.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

Part Of the hosts have crossed tho food, ~
And part arc crossing now"
The elections for Governor, Congress,
and the State Legislature occurred in vir-
ginia on Thursday Of last week. The re-
turns are not full, but enough have been
received to indicate the election of Letch-
or over his gallant wing competitor, Cog
gin, by about 5000 majority. In 1855,
Wise's majority was about 10000, and
subsequently, in 1856, Buchanan carried
the State by few.votes less than 10000.
The result of the election on the Goth is,
therefore, not only encouraging, but may
be put down as a brilliant triumph, and
will be so regarded all over the Union. II
shows that Old Virginia is at last begin
ming to tire of the rule of modern demo
cracy. Itshows her people are waking upto
the alarming fact which has been staring
observing men in the face for several
years, that unless the rule of ruin now
existing Is ended and new order of
things inaugurated, the government will
be irretrievably ruined. Let the friends
of retrenchment and reform, of good GO
vernment and an economical administra-
ton Of affairs, take heart. Ever since the
reconstruction of parties in 1924, the Old
Dominion has stood firm and fast to De-
mocracy, through all the transitions and
mutations of principles and policy which
kay q. H.. II.
has at length walked out of the delusion,
shaken off the stupor that bound her
limbs, paralyzed her energies, and retard-
ed her prosperity; and, although she does
not today stand forth altogether redeem.
ed and regenerated, yet she has broken
the spell and severed the bonds, never
more to be renewed or united. Revolu.
tons never 60 backward, and that which
has commenced in Virginia will sweep on
till the enemy is entirely routed, and driven
from the trusts he has abused and the
places he has defiled.
We congratulate our friends in Vir.
ginia upon the great work they have
achieved-upon having broken down the
last hope and prestige of the unprincipled
leaders of degenerated party, and given
faith and encouragement to the Oppose
ton in Tennessee and Kentucky which
assures them of a complete victory in Au.
gust. And to the gallant and glorious
Goggin, be honor, praise, and commenda.
Ai1...i -
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03
Douglas and buchanan.

The rupture between stephen A. Dou-
glas and President Buchanan, rumor hath
it, has been healed. The understanding
now is that Douglas will enter the Char
lesion Convention q contestant for the
Democratic nomination for the Presiden-
cy in ls6O.-That is, if the Charleston
Convention should ever assemble, which,
in view of the general breaking up Of the
democratic party, is at present more than
douhtftfl
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

WHITEwAsH.-This is the season of
brushing up, and as the ladies are much
tried with poor whitewash, we present a
recipe, Which is vouched for by expert
enced housewives as the very thing.
Take one bushel of good lime and slack
it in covered barrel; dissolve one peck
of ground alum salt into two buckets of
water, and add two pounds of brown su-
gar to the salt and water, and then mix
it with the Stacked lime in the barrel;
when it is well mixed, add one quart of
clean sand; if you wish it to be "a dead
white, you can add one quart of good
clean hickory ashes and then add water
ito make the proper conscience. To put
it on, use common whitewash Brush
II will stand the weather well.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

ANOTHER HuMBuG ExPosED.-James Ma
ginnis, of Lockport, N. Y, has just re-
turned from the plains, and publishes a
statement in the Democrat pronouncing
the Kansas gold mines the most stupen
dous humbug ever perpetrated upon the
American people, cotton up by land
speculators and sustained by parties inter
ested in frontier towns, and merchants
with heavy stocks of goods.
Maginnis' statement is supported by
another from Mr.. Vaness jackson, of
Michigan, who positively asserts, after
having prospected throughout the whole
country and visited all the claims in the
diggings, that no man ever made more
than 20 cents a day or found dirt yielding
more than one cent to a pan.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

The CANDIDATES FOR GovERNoR.-We re-
fer to the account of the discussion at
jackson, in another column, copied from
the Wing. The Memphis Bulletin says;
We have private information to the eff
feet that Netherland, as usual, gained a
triumph over his competitor at jackson
and Bolivar. Netherlands speeches, even
Democrats must admit are@better popu-
lar efforts than those of Governor Harris.
He discusses the questions with ability,
and by his inimitable manner pleases the
people. His speeches are well calculated
to get votes and they will do it. Nobody
who has heard the two men can fail to
conclude that Netherland hardly has a
rival as a popular orator. Whenever you
hear the Democracy proclaiming vic
tory in debate for Gov. Harris, you may
put it down as a fiction.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

ONO STATE TIcKET.-The Democratic
State Convention met in Columbus on the
Goth and nominated the following ticket.
For Governor, Rufus p. Ranney, of
Portage; Lieutenant Governor, w. H.
Stafford, of Ross; Supreme Judge, ii. G..
Whitman, of Fairfeld Auditor, G. v.
Dorsey, Of MAMA; Treasurer, w. Bush
nell, of Richland; Secretary of State, Ja-
cob Reinhardt, of Franlslin; Board of
Public Works. James Tomlinson, of WASH
ington; School Commissioner Chas. w.
Allen, Of Harrison. ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

B6s- The democratic paper at Nashville
publishes Ben Rush Floyd as elected to
Congress from ths Abingdon District, vir-
ginia. 1t was known, on last Saturday, at
New York, ST. Louis, New Orleans, and
every prominent point where the tele-
graph reaches, except Nashville, that
Marion, Independent, and not Floyd, De-
mocrat, was elected from that District---
The organ should make some arrange
ment to get up the news. Guess-work
wont do in these unsettled and troublons
times. q :.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

The CiRcUs.--Robinson 4 Lakes Inter-
national Circus and Menagerie are adver-
tised in this weeks paper, to exhibit at
Athens on Wednesday, the 18th inst. The
Company is highly spoken Of by the press
in many places where it has exhibited,
and is said to embrace some of the best
equestrian performers, male and female,
in the world. See advertisement next
page
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03
Rhea County.

An intelligent friend in Rhea writes:-
I have been pretty generally over this
county in the last two weeks, and find
our friends in good spirits. The old line
wings are all for Netherland and Brabson.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

BeT" A singular suicide occurred last
week in Waldboro,' Maine. Mrs. James
Burnes went to the orchard near her
house, and hanged herself upon tree,
having first put on several additional
skirts to assist strangulation by their
weight. The probable reason was the
hopeless sickness of her husband, whom
she did not wish to survive. t...
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

LACE PoINT."-We are authorised and
requested by our "better half" to make
our happiest obeisance to Mr.. JAS. Nc
CuLLA, of the house of A. 7. Bruce 4 Co.,
New York, Tor the beautiful present re-
ceived few days since, and to state that
his Kindness and the compliment are both
highly appreciated. For ourself, however
good an opinion We may have entertained
OF friend Nc, We can assure him that at
this time he has still higher place in the
esteem ofamore important member of our
and that wherever he may go
the prayer Of the widow and HE orphan
will accompany him. II
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03
The Candidates for Concress.

A friend at Cleveland sends us highly
encouraging account of the debate on
Monday, between Messrs. Brabson and
Smith. To-day the candidates speak here.
Let everybody attend and hear them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

WONDERS WILL NEVER Cause.-The ICON
version" OF Lola Montez is announced
She has, it is said, quietly settled down u
humble, peaceful, exemplary, religious
woman, in her own domicil i'm Piccadilly,
London, having amassed sufficient sum
to purchase and pay for a house, which
is now the receptacle and centre of large
number of the wealthy and pious of Lon
don, male and female.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

Rey" Next to the wonder how the milk
got into the cocoanut, came the marvel
how chickens could get into eggs. This
has been succeeded by question submit
ted by one of the Dundreary family, who
asks the reason why white ashes should
come from coal, when the Goals are so
deuced black? THAT'S the idea"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

~ The young gentleman who has re-.
GENTLY located in the editorial chair of
the Register, says Knoxville is now do
ing Dig business" We reckon he means
in the newspaper line.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03
Blount County.

s. T. Bicknell, Esq, is the Opposition
candidate for Representative in Blount
county.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

HARD MONEY IN TExAs.-The advocates
of purely metallic currency are in the
habit of pointing to Texas as an example
of the benefits of this system. A canvass
is now going on in that State in which
the banking question is prominent We
have before us the Colorado Citizen of the
9TH, containing brief account of politi-
cal discussion at that place on the 4th.-
Prof Tatum is Democratic candidate for
the Legislature. lie defines his position
upon various topics. HE is" says the
report, ga strict construction Democrat.
He is in favor of re-opening the slave
trade, Or at least of repeating the law ma
king it piracy"
After touching other points, he came
to banks. The report continues: ''He is
in .facor Of banks. He says Teas pays a
premium Of 100000, annually, for the prioi-
hYe Of using tie hank bills Of other States, and
that Texas must have banks in self de
fence. This gentleman takes very liber-
al view of matters. and we like his sent-
ments." We cali the attention of hard
money Democrats to this position of one
of their own party, who speaks from ex-
perience of the evils of your metallic
theory when put into practice. II you
wish to bring Tennessee to the same atti-
tude, vote for Harris; if you wish to pro-
mote prosperity, vote for Netherland-
Nashville Banner.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

WHEAr.--0ur friends from the country
represent the wheat-felds as having i'm
proved very much within the last four
teen days.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

~ The election in Virginia takes place
to-day. We are entirely sanguine that
the Democratic State ticket will be elect
ed by majority equal to that given in
the last State contest, in lS55.-Nashvile
UJ0u Man 16
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

Bdr Jim B. Clay, the degenerate son of
an illustrious sire, is still writing letters
giving aid and comfort to the calumnia-
tors of his father. His last, which the
democratic papers are copying, says the
wing party is dead beyond the hope of
resurrection. That being so in the esti-
mation'of Mr.. Clay, it is quite becoming
in him to join its enemies in dancing
round its grave.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

l9 The democratic papers claim the
election of Letcher as victory. The
democratic vote has been reduced $1,000
since the election of Buchanan, and they
call that victory. May they achieve
many such,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

THE ADMINISTRATION AND CuBA.-The
Washington correspondent of the Balti-
more Sun says The Administration are,
it is believed, fully alive to the chances
now afforded for the acquisition of Cuba,
and our European diplomacy will be at
once directed to that end, and not with
out some hope that it will be effective be-
fore the termination of the next session
of Congress. rI
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03
Distributing Post Offices.

{ The Nashville News is glad to see the
newspapers of the country speaking out
on the subject of distributing Post offices.
1t says they are nuisance, and ought
to be abolished. The following paragraph
on the subject we clip from the Hunts
vile, Ala, Southern Advocate.
The p. NJ. General has ordered the dis
continuance of the distributing offices at
Abingdon, Chattanooga and Tuscumbia,
after the first of July next. 1t seems to
us, that all distributing offices ought to be
abolished. Why cannot postmasters mail
letters and send papers direct to their des-
tination, as readily as to distributing of
flee, there to be delayed, and then re-
mailed? We hope erery one will be dis
continued, and the mail matter be no
longer delayed by them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

pay- IA. r. NELSON publishes letter
in the Knoxville Wing, in which he wakes
up Mr.. Bucnanan's recent Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to
Spain, Hon. VIM. NJ. Churchwell. The
Committee of Veterans should tender
William another dinner now.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

sT According to the Nashville Union
and American of Tuesday, the democrat
ic leaders in Virginia are-the most selfish,
unprincipled, God-forsaken politicians in
the world. We believe every word the
Organ utters about them, and think it
might with equal truth and .propriety say
the SAME thing of the leaders of its party
in this State.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

%S Why.
). NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. has report of
the Gnbernatorial discussion there. We
extract the following from Col. Neither
land b speech. All our accounts agree
That aov. Harris is getting very sick of
the slavery agitationpart of his speech.
Unfortunately, however for him, that
topic constitutes about two thirds OF his
DISCOURSE and the opinion is very general
that all that prevents him from dropping
il incontnently is the want of something
to put in its place. The Standards re-
port says; .-..s-...s--s-- .s--'e.s''
The fourth resolution was on the sla-
very question. There was nothing in that
which he did not endorse. Why then
the perpetual talk about slavery? will
here repeat, said Col. n, what have SAID
before. There is no abolition party in
Tennessee, and no party holding sympa-
thy with aboltionists whoever, or wher-
ever they are. The democratic party in
Tennessee are not Aboltionists: and j
would defend my competitor on the re-
hottest corner of the globe from such
CnUTHe anu hi' "BP'"i "
my competitor to say the same OF the
Wings of Tennessee who are not and new
err were abolitionists. Gov. Harris is a
sound southern man, and | would scorn
to make charge of Abolitionism against
him. / am as sound as he is, and any
charge that would affiliate with the
enemies of the South to wrong the South
directly or indirectly for party purposes
is false, and feel that Gov. Harris would
scorn to charge me with it. And why
then this long rigmarole about the slavery
| question? The reason may be gathered
from the speech Of Philip Glenn in that
Convention. He is clever gentleman
except that his politics are bad. After
the troubles of the Convention had been
fixed up" Mr.. Glenn was called on for a
speech, and he told them that ii did not
matter what they said on the currency
question, whether the resolutions were
hard or soft, he was "gwine" with the
democracy. a ncighbor of his had told
him that ever since the democratic party
had raised the negro cry on the Wings,
they had beaten them, and that was the
question for this canvass. And this is
the secret of all this slavery business.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-06-03

Rsiyn Democratic editors and speakers
have begun the old game of an indiscrim-
mate denial Of all facts which are alleged
in reference to the corruption and miscon-
duct of their party leaders. When it does
not suit them to admit certain facts, they
broadly dcny them and .caH for proof
Some of them deny that the expendi-
lures of the Buchanan Administration
have exceeded fifty-three millions of dol
lars. Whenever any of their speakers
make such n statement, let our friends
read to them the following from the An
nual Message of Mr.. Buchanan, dated
December 6, 1858:
1.-The public expenditures during the
fiscal gear ending June Both, 1858. amount
ed to ElGHTY-ONE MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED.ANDEIa HTY-FIvETHO
SAND SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY
SEVEN DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-SIX
CENTS, of which nine million six hun
dred and eighty four thousand five hun
dred and thirty-seven dollars and ninety
nine cents were applied to the payment of
the public debt, and the redemption of
treasury notes with the interest thereon"
1t thus appears that the expenditures
of the first gear of Mr.. Buchanaf's Adj
ministratiop erelusire of payments on ac-
count of the public debt, were SEVENTY
ONE MILLIONS NINE ii UNDRED and
ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED and
TWENTY NINE DOLLARS AND SEW
ENTY-SEVEN CENTS.