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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-29
The Sickles' Case,

The Sickels' trial is drawing to close,
and we are glad of it. Ever since the kill.
ing occurred, the papers throughout the
land, with here and there an exception
have been filed with nothing but Mrs
Sickles, Philip Barton Key, the assigna.
ton house in the purlieus of the city, and
the noisy sofa in the absent husbands
study. All the proceedings of the trial
have been published with unvarying mi
nuteness and precise PARTICULARLY, and in
language bald and gross enough to meet
the most vitiated demand. The public
taste is evidently improving, and society
getting no better fast. Where is the fault
We start in horror at the announcement
Of crime, put on the shoes OF self-sanctity
and pass the guilty parties with averted
face or deprecating brow, but retire to our
closets, and, instead Of praying to be led
not into temptation, devour the disgust.
ing details of their commerce with zesi
and relish that .smachs strongly of the
flesh. How many degrees are we above
the falleni We have no disposition 70
treat revefent things irreverently, or to
mingle the sacred and profAne; but We
shall not be surprised to learn that there
was an error in TIE calculation in regard
70 the millennium, and that the good
time -ccminge has been re-considersd and
iadsanitely postponed
Since The. sboss was in type a report
- reAehed Here that Sickles has been
aIlksd.
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D0- The New York Herald, the lead
ing Administration paper, has faint
hope that the democracy may regain their
feet and achieve another triumph in 1860
1t thus reasons for its faith in the posi-
bility of such a contingency:
On the other hand, the opposition ele-
ments of the country do not so clearly
comprehend the importance of the spoils,
or they do not stand so much in need of
the spoils as the democracy; while they
have much stronger belief in the saving
virtues of political principles and alb
stractions. Hence the difficulty of COM
bining the OPT POSITION forces, North and
South; and thus we find them now as far
from any basis of common union as they
were in 1856. With these general views
of the subject, we think there is still a
living hope for the democracy in 1860
first, from their reunion upon the. good
old party platform of the spoils and plum
der; and secondly, from the divisions of
the opposition upon constitutional ques-
tons and principles, in which, this way
or that way, the bulk of the republicans
Americans and old line wings sincerely
believe. 49,
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p6. The Press, Mr.. Forney's paper, in
an article upon the Harrisburg Conven-
ton, gives his former associates this no.
tice to quit: thereafter, those who are
interested in the welfare of the Democrat
ic party must choose between a miserable
officeholders' organization, which has no
well grounded principles, and which, af-
ter the term of the present National Adj
ministration closes, cannot even have any
Offices to bestow, and genuine Demo-
cratic organization, based upon eternal
principles, which, by the rectitude of its
intentions, would be certain to eventually
secure the support of the American peo-
ple."
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Meies County,

Circuit Court has been in session at De
catur this week. On Monday there was
large crowd on hand. In truth, the
figure would not be too strong to say the
whole face of the yearth" round there
was covered with the unterrifed. Dur
ing the recess for dinner on Monday, a
meeting was held at the Court house, and
delegates appointed to the Convention to
be held at Athens on next Thursday, to
nominate candidate for the State SEN
ate, and for Joint Representative. Gen.
Jas. 7. Lane, of this county, and DR.. Jno.
NJ. Lillard, of Meigs, will be the promi-
nent contestants before the Convention
for the Senatorial nomination. They are
both clever men, but both democrats OF
the strictest sect. The nominee, whoever
he may be, will, we presume, run through
without opposition--the democratic ma
jority in the four counties numbering over
a thousand. Several of the prominent
democrats of Meigs express themselves
as disguised with the extravaganza and
prohigacy of their party leaders, but we
are not authorized to say that they will
abandon their present association and ar
ray themselves with the friends of sound
principles and good government. But we
hope they will. The uniformed and ig-
norant may be pardoned to some extent,
but wo unto that man who sins against
light and knowledge. There is hardly
enough of the salt of the land in Meigs
to save it, but desperate as the case is we
indulge hope that "she" may yet be
induced to stretch forth her hands, throw
off the dark shadow of Locofocoism, and
escape the doom that awaits the finally
impenitent
Hon. Sam. Smith was at Decatur on
Monday, and, as we were informed made
few remarks, in which he threatened to
show, in the course of the canvass, that
the Opposition, including Speaker Banks,
and not the Democracy, are responsible
for the enormous expenditures that have
bankrupted the government and created
an immense national debt. When Sam
uttered the monstrous absurdity it is said
several of the unterrifed bobbed their
heads and looked at him approvingly,
and that Samivel smiled sweetly and bob
bed back-realizing the idea of the poets
couplet
"Thus one fool Tolls his tongue out at another,
And shakes his empty noodle at his brother"
Such attempts at gullibility as Col. Smith
is making are beneath contempt, and are
too gross even for Meigs.
Several of the farmers of Meigs report
ed the growing wheat less promising than
we had been led to expect. Peaches all
killed, and but few apples.
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Very Probable.

1t is somewhat amusing to witness the
tactics of the democratic leaders when
the corruption and extravaganza OF the
present administration is alluded to-
They cannot deny the charge, neither are
they so stupid as to attempt to justify the
extensive plundering of the treasury and
squandering of the public money, of
which their party is guilty, and so they
impudently turn round and charge it on
the opposition. With majority in both
houses of Congress, and Democratic
President, they say that the Opposition
are responsible for all the expenses of
government. We would like to have
them tell us how minority could pass
law making appropriations, or any
law at all-and even if, by any sort OF
hocus pocus, they could get an extrava
CANT bill through both houses, what was
President Buchanan about, that he did
not veto it? The final responsibility
rests on him, unless two-thirds of Con-
gress pass bill over his veto, and no
democrat even, is so fool hardy as to claim
that the Opposition has done, or could do
that. This charge of extravaganza and
corruption must rest where it belongs,
upon the rulers of the democratic party,
and it is the fear of the just judgment of
the honest masses that makes them so
anxious to avoid the responsibility
Franklin RevicU.
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THE SOUTHERN CoNvENTIoN.-The Baton
Rouge, La, Comet, in speaking of the
Southern Convention, which is to meet
early next month, at Vicksburg, Miss,
says:
Gov. Melville, of Mississippi, has APP
pointed solid column of minion dele
gates to the Great Southern Convention,
to be held at Yicksburg in the coming
month. This, we take it, is in way of
compensation for the honor our sister
State is to enjoy, from the meeting of this
great body at Vicksburg. We are pleased
to notice the fact that our Governor has
had the good taste not to appoint dele
gates this session. Before adiourning,
the meeting will no doubt follow the foot
steps of its illustrious predecessors, and
name some other place, as fit and proper
for the next annual display of forensic
eloquence; but for the honor and credit
of the people, whom these gentlemen
pretend to represent, we hope the Great
Southern Convention will draw its last
breath in May.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-29

BORIS AND SLAyERY.-A certain class OF
political small-fry are in the habit of as
sorting that Hon. John Minor Bolts, of
Virginia, is an abolitionist-or, at least,
black Republican. To this charge he
replies in the following pointed manner:
! am myself stakeholder, and all the
property ny children have in the world,
is slave property, inherited from their
mother; and he who undertakes to con-
meet my name, or my opinions, with Abo-
litionisIn, is either knave or a fool, and
not unfrequently both. And this is the
only answer have to make to them.
have not connected myself with any Sec
tional party or sectional question, and, so
help me God, never will.
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HORRIBLE AFYAIR.-At Columbus, Ohio,
last week, lunatic, whose insanity was Of
avid type, killed comrade who room
ed with him, cut him up into small pieces,
ornamented them with bits of ribbon, and
then proceeded to dispose of them to the
other occupants of the wards as Christ
mas beef" When the terror-stricken
keeper entered the room, several of the
lunatics were eating the remains, and the
butcher told him with o leer that the
next time he killed he should reserve
him choice cut.
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BE- Read what Democratic papel

BGy. Read what Democratic paper
says of that party
The Washington Union thinks that the
decay Of the Democratic party is owing to
its excess of great men. A more general
impression is that it is owing to its lack
of them.
The excess of great men may be cause
of the decay of parties; but, if it is, we
think there never has been time in the
history of the Democratic party when it is
had so little to fear from this quarter
HayrodsJurg Transcript.
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INFORMATION WANTED.-Of the where
abouts OF Alexander Shaw, q printer
Any intelligence in regard to him will be
gratefully acknowledged by addressing
VIM. Shaw, New Albany, Indiana, or
VIM. A. Shaw, Havre de Grace, Mary
land.
We take the above from an exchange.
Alexander was in this place few days
since, and left for Knoxville. He was in
that condition peculiar to tramping jows,
and after being staksd went on his way re-
Joicing. He told us he was not born in
the States, and we inferred that he was
an Englshman.
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\ .Hfe ". W0F 01 'K1I<. z "A
s NJ. ESftor; The Democratic ConyeiI-
Mon 70 nomfkSte : S&adidAte 70 Represent
'this pistric H. ~ next Conersss. CON
<ened ~ Clinton n, 4he 18th: inst. There
were scse51 asi,itatt) ~ he nominstiun.
crpe lssascy and fsggylA q! Knox
vide, md . n. No 1enfyj o. Oveft0r,
we're the most prsmincntx After the
Couventiof;w was organiaed. II ebccone ap-
parent that Mr. Mol enfy would be the
man. wheredpon tho ifiends Of Mr.. Ram
sey withdrew from the Convention, about
ing, choerinq. and throwing their hata
iustily for tho Hon. Horace ;Msynard.a
A,midst much confusion. the remaining
|dcisentsa proceeded TO : nomination,
when Judge Swan returned and solicited
the privilege 81 addressing the Conyen'
ton and of withdrawing the naine q Mr.,
Ramsey. he was permitted to speak
but wns informed by the Chairman thai
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-29

REsTITUTIoN.-The Huntsville Advocate
understands that ID. johnson, the county
treasurer, has received from Bishop Cobbs
of Alabama, the sum of 5000, restored to
the public funds by some one who became
years ago, wrongfuily possessed of them.
The Bishop says it is useless to attempt
to discover the source from whence the
money comes. The unknown person now
makes restitution through the Bishop.-
TO err is human--to make amends for
that error is almost divine, and is what is
not often done in this life.
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49, = &-&s - --xnk -. = - ks~..-, =
Aoeoy Slsns wAeA IN
FoRD's RAHonns Cur OSr--fhe Centre
VILE Herald, publlshed a Centrs*ills,
h ~, ..<,,,,,4 = SsT.xas n a. i..s,e os the
80 49,, 6 =. ~, Z .,..s,,,.s.
ON INST, rece'veu
tho followin8 ecoonnt q . qeeperste com
iiict with the Indians on the northern
Ftont;er ~ ia Sssts: intv,hjo Cspt. Ford,s
49,, - ~. ~ 81,
oonnpsny ~ ~. Z ~ 'pe.s -. ~
eight hunufoo 4nQmnsy eno Al kAiicq ex-
cept five: 4 800
sixa VIM be1ost 4 brfef staternent a
az - ~ sthree * anr brave Rsn-
49, sas. Z, * ,sSrt,,naSs ~ a serne,,t rifh
~ ird;srs ) -
Cant Fo,d v;th fortv.ssve,, a. Al. man
IN de,,,,, 4, n,,rss,It * me Irdi.ns. -hc
~, q .,ff fo,,r Isn,,Srnd 49, ~
-. -, ;c;rssS ~ two hurdrsd H;sndlx n.
Ws,,s srI sksr.s 80. IN Wsi' va hor,
VII, "a Sundf;ii s,,d sirhty yarulsrs-,
A. A. q ,,s,{t<1 S,rT<s ~ $3.50 -.
hssd,.sf~,s ~ RsJ R,v8e E.ior VA
is,,,r nof dsemins Il nrs,dent q Dre.s Ire
r.srs,,;t mrther Sith5nt ndditinnal mn.
piiee a. nnes, And Sorses turned bsckFr
5fsa-t T,,si and mar v;th the fr;endlv
frd;srs co,, Mn two dsv. travel in he
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-29

FRuIr.-The vicksburg Wing of the
Goth says:
Our exchanges in Mississippi report the
fruit crop in good condition nearly all
over the State-in the extreme northern
portion it received some injury from the
late frosts, but in the middle and south
ern parts the injury is very slight. In this
neighborhood the prospect now is fair for
an abundant and early crop of fruit.
The Newton Standard says:
We see in most of our exchanges, that
the peach crop with them is entirely des-
troyed, or supposed to be. 1t is crafty
ing to us, for we are very fond Of good
ripe peach, to learn from several expert
enced fruit raisers, of this county, that
the fruit generally has escaped injury.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-29

n@- 1t is stated by the Superintendent
of the Public Printing that the printing
of the Pacific Railroad Report, now in
progress, will cost over Sl,000,00O. This
is considerable fraction of the estimated
cost of the whole road. If to this be adj
ded the cost of the discussion on this sub
ject in Congress and of surveys the sum
would amount to total that would have
been sufficient to have completed one
half of the road. Yet the expense of this
great improvement is bugbear in the
way of its being undertaken.-N o. PIC.
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nas" A writer in the Household Word

nGs~ A writer in the Household Words
thus describes the personal appearance Of
Napoleon III:
"He is grizzled, cadaverous, and lame in
the left hip, and labors to conceal this
last defect. His walk is awkward. He
turns out his toes, and leans heavily on
the strong stick he carries in his we'll
gloved hand. He is carefully dressed, but
though his coat fits him very accurately,
he has nothing of the air of a perfectly
dressed man. His figure is not improved
by the cuirass which his coat will not con-
ceal. Every step he takes is studied,
while his eye scans every passer by with a
look which has. something uncanny in its
expression"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-29

BsH~ The London Examiner, is face.
tiously severe on the Lord Mayor, form.
prisoning an Irish girl for selling combs
in the streets, when the law permits in.
famous Migrants to offer themselves. fol-
sale with impunity.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-29

The MIssIssIPPI-The Mississippi river
is now falling. The following from the
Memphis Appeal Of Saturday, 23d, is the
latest news we have in relation toit:
There was palpable decline of the
river at this point yesterday, but, owing
to the strong winds which prevailed, no
accurate measurement could be made
We learn from the officers of the r. j.
Ward, which boat came down yesterday
afternoon, that the upper rivers were all
falling. In the course of events, there
fore, we may expect a steady decline here
henceforward, until the Mississippi shall
reach an ordinary stage.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-29

tR- A Nebraska paper says that Sla-
very is already established in the Pixies
Peak region-that the Mexicans are there
with poems, and that Southerners are on
their way with slaves, from every South
orr Sfofa
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a. ~. 49,. II ~. e,lIo,vino nara srnph.
s''1 70, II ~ - '',''.e Y
WHICH We ma IN the Aueussts Dsspc' E' -
the Hat inst, occasionally vista Our town
in b;s eIeernosynarv excursions, We COM
=. ~ N ! Z, ..i,,s,,,, n ~ brot h or
v',sA y - .'7 as's'' wv = 4 ~ ~
hood O poth ofoefs:
An InroeTER-M MAJ. L8xSThe Atlanta
Int6iligencer notices the edYent in that
| city Of Maj. Lee, an artfhl vagabond who
has been imposing on the public for sew
eral years in the guise Of 2 United States
officer. II We are not mistaken ne was
in Marietta some four years ago, feigning
crasA and bored us no little with .poetic
efisisions which were never published. -
He then pretended to be raising recruits
for the war against Billy Bowlegs, and
| played his crazy card 20 well a. TO excite
pretty general sympathy. The lntciii-
| gencer traces him to Tennessee, where he
hails from Jefferson Barracks, Mo-, still
short Of funds, ON urgent business, and
making any pledges to secure the nsegful
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I6- The Washington States is merciless
in its exposition of the trick of the pre-
tended sale and the change of the name
of the Administration organ. 1t says:
The organ is amenable to penal pros.
ecution for if not within the letter it is
certainly obnoxious to the spirit of the
statute against clandestine change in
the name of steamboats,, whereby, with a
little paint and new cognomen, some
rickety craft is imposed upon the public
A No. l, to the imminent hazard of the
incredulous 'yoyager's life and limb. In
this manner the George LaD, decrepit
hulk, re-appeared as the Central America,
and carried the gallant Herndon to the
bottom of the ocean.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-29

g6y- The Washington Union-we mean
Consultation has an article headed. why
am I Democrat" 1t opens by saying,
"This is strange question:" and closes
with the confession, II could be nothing
elsc." The apology is entirely satisfactory.
Necessity knows no law, and absolves its
victim from censure.
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p6- The Louisville Democrat Says
"The Democracy found seventeen mil
lions in the Treasury, at the commence
ment of this Administration, and now the
Treasury is burdened with debt" If any
of the people should be curious enough to
enquire what has become Of the money,
they are referred to the managers of the
Democratic Sinking Fund.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-29

DEMOCRATIC CoNvENTIoN.-The demo-
cratic convention to nominate a candi-
date for Congress in the 5th district, in
place of Col. Ready, will be held at Mur-
freesboro, on Saturday next, 30th inst
There exists little or no doubt that our
friend Gen. Bate of Summer, will be the
nominee.-Nash. Daily Neos.
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R1- A little girl, about nine years old,
of Cincinnati, was poisoned in that city
on Saturday, by eating orange peel. She
suffered from violent pains, accompanied
by spasms, but was finally relieved by a
powerful emetic. ~
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B9- The Memphis Enquirer expresses
the confident belief that the opposition
will gain two members of Congress from
the Western division of the State.
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~ The Gubernatorial canvass com.
mcnces at Nashville next Monday, the
I'd of May.
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OHIo.-Hon. Joshua r. Giddings has
written letter positively declining to be
a candidate for Governor of Ohio. He
says that neither duty to himself, his
family nor his country will permit him to
enter upon the excitement and the labor,
or to incur the responsibility of being a
candidate for that distinguished position.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-29

= ~ +. M. HOOP, Maryville, has our
thanks for his efforts TO extend the circu-
lation of the Post in his county. A few
such friends in every county of the Dis
trict would aid us much.
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HoRRIBLE.-The Editor of the Philadel-
phia North American" makes the hor-
rible proposition, that Congress and the
State Legislatures, in order to avoid elo-
sing scenes, remain perpetually in session,
and actually counsels the enacting of a
law requiring the attendance of q quorum
the year roundl The proposition is too
horrible to contemplate.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-29

E1- Hon. James B. Clay has been
nominated by the democratic convention,
for reelection to Congress from the Leg
ington district, KY.
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16- A pickerel was caught the other
day with squirrel in his stomach
Query-Did the squirrel go into the wa
ter after the pickerel, or the pickerel go
up tree after the squirrel!
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:. QvERRY.--If Sickles be proved o nfs,r.
derer, what is Butterworthf
.ANs.-Worth about so cents q pound
IN our market just Mash; Gaset<.
We ezpect TO visit the City Of Rochhin
day or two, and shall hunt up IN az
thor Of the above. and see what oan b
done for him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-29

JEFFERSON CoUNTY.-Col. VIM. Brazel-
ton, Jr., is candidate to represent Jeffer-
son county in the popular Branch of the
next Legislature.
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B6T- We have heretofore noted the
measures to expel from Texas the Metho.
dists who were accused of Abolitionsm.-
We observe that even Bishop Jaynes,
while engaged in clerical services, was
warned to leave; and the resolution be-
fore noted, that the Northern Methodist
Church could not be tole rated in Texas
was Dassed 30 ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-29

ADvERTIsEMENTs.-Se new adver-
tisements are crowded over till next
week.
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GREAT TELEoRAPHING.--Sinc the Sickles
trial commenced an average Of $1,000
words has been telegraphed daily from
Washington to New York and Boston
an amount unprecedented in this country
and never heard of in Europe. The GER
tainty and accuracy with which this large
amount of matter is daily passed over the
wires make it wonderful achievement.
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A TowN DROWNED OuT.-Tho New Or.
leans Delta of the 18th inst, says:


leans Delta of the 18th inst, says;
The high water has drowned out many
town, but none more completely than
Warrenton, Miss, We heard yesterday
that the Uncle Sam, on her up-trip, took
man off from there who had hailed
about dozen steamers. He was the
sole representative of the place, and it
was only by means of long gangway
that he was enabled to reach the boat.
The White crevasse above Vicksburg,
we regret to say, cannot be attended to
till the river falls. 1t is committing great
havoc, and the roar of its waters can be
distinctly heard for miles. The Cam
mack crevasse is also bad one, and so
are dozen others. In fact, we hardly
pick up river paper nowadays without
reading of terrible destruction and desc
lation everywhere. Millions of dollars of
property have been swept off in few
hours. Levees, houses, plantations and
stock have been destroyed almost instan-
taneously.
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No DANGER OF DIssoLuTIoN.-The New
Orleans Bee does not appear to be much
distressed about the prospect of dissolu-
ton of the Union. Quoth the Bee, dog
matically, while cotton is sold at
prices which enrich every planter, and
negro labor Increases daily in value, the
advocates of dissolution are preaching ser.
mons to the deaf"