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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07
Gov. Gist's Message,

COLUMBIA, s. c., Nov. 27.-Gov. GisE, in
his message devotes many pages to local
and State affairs. lie says the view of
secession becomes doubly important, we
will have direct trade with Europe, and
advises the State to further enterprises
for such purposes by guarantees of five
per cent. Referring to postal matters, he
says he is authorized by the postmaster a t
Charleston to say that as soon as the State
secedes he viii sever his connection with
the Federal Government and obey the
call of the State. This, with the resigna-
ton of the postmasters generally, would
enable the State to establish her postal
arrangement herself uncmbarrassed.-
He suggests, as temporary expedient
to use Adams Express. He further sug-
gests That probably arrangements Will be
made between South Carolina and the
Federal authorities for given time, until
other States secede. and Southern Con-
federacy is formed. II the Government
insists on considering South Carolina in
the Union after the ordinance of seces-
sion, the present posta. arrangement must
cease, and another under the State au-
thority must be established. The Gov
crnor advises the prohibition Of the intro
duction of slaves from States not mem
bers of the Confederacy and particularly
border States. lie says let them keep
their slave property in their borders, and
the only alternative left them is emanci-
patton by their own act, or action of their
conlederates. He hopes, however, that
all the Slave States will unite in South
ern confcderacy. He advises the passage
of most ample and stringent law against
Abolition incendiaries, to superccde
lynching and deter violations. The Gov
ernor, referring to the action of South
Carolina in sending Mr.. Menninger 10
Virginia, and the failure to obtain the
cooperation of the Southern Conference,
except Mississippi and Alabama, says all
hopes of a concerted action of the South
are lost, and but one course is left South
Carolina to act consistently with honor,
interest, and safety, and that looks
neither to the right nor left, but to go
straight forward to the consummation of
her purpose. 1t is too late now to receive
propositions for conference, and South
Carolina would be wanting in sclf-re-
spect to entertain propositions looking to
the continuance OF the present Union.-
The Governor entcrtains no doubt that
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida,
Texas, and Arkansas will Immediately
follow her, and other Southern States will
complete the galaxy. He says: at is
gratifying to know that, if resort to
arms is necessary, we have a tender of
volunteers from all the Southern, and
from some of the Northern States, who
will flock promptly to her standard and
share her fortunes" He concludes thus: !:
81 cannot permit myself to believe that,
in madness or passion, an attempt will
be made by the present or next admins
tration to coercc South Carolina after Sc
ccssion, by refusing to surrender the har-
Dor defense, or to interfere with the i'm
ports or exports; but il | am mistaken,
we must accept the issue and meet it as
becomes men and freemen, who infinitely
prefer annihilation to disgrace"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

THE South CAROLINA ACoNvENTIoN.-The
Mercury says: "Ths is no time for per-
sonal or party divisions. Our course here
upon this occasion, is to have power
full moral influence, not only upon this
State, but upon the other cotton States.
This is not merely Convention to inau-
gurate the secession of the State from
the present Federal Government; but its
future destnies are to be welded, and its
future connections made with foreign
powers, and other States North and
South. Its powers are unlimited, and it
will sit perhaps for many months. Its
province is to see that the State receives
no detriment, and it will sit so long as its
counsel or its action shall be necessary to
the State, to ward off peril or to secure
our future power and prosperity"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07
A Voice from Connecticut.

A meeting of the united wings Of the
Democratic party was held in Hartford
.c,,, -, a,a 1o,,, ;,s, i, ,,h;,b .,o,.
Oo'',' VII '''' '0'" ,"o'' III "Hi,' '"es
$PcaH WE'LL ana we VIII trust' 'or the pres
cnt, on seeing n corresponding acton.-
II is the action we want, and on such
,,,o, alan. dorords tho continuance or
"'''''' "'''''' i, -
severance Oh 'i'S ohioh' -E
Resolcea, That the united Democracy
of Hartford, in town meeting assembled,
do declare
|. That we are uncompromisingly op-
posed to the iwepres-ible-coutlict doe
trines enunciated by Abraham Lincoln
IN 1858, and re-atfimned by VIM II. Sc
ward in 1850, as embracing political
policy which arrays one section OF the
Union against another, thus cndangering
the welfare of the Union.
=. That we look upon the present
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

GUARD WELL Your LANGUAGE
these exciting tines says the Athens
IVatchman, "men should be careful in the
language they use. We have heard, in
the last few days such remarks as these,
"That men ought to be hung at once!"-
All the reason we have heard urged in
favor of it, was simply because he hap
pened 10 differ in sentiment with the
speaker! God forbid that in our free
Government such ideas may find lodge
ment in the minds of the people! We
know that those who thus talk do not for
a moment think of the evil which might
grow out of such remarks.
mankind are the same in all coun-
tries and in all ages. The same spirit
which gave rise to the "reign of terror"
in France still exists IN human nature,
and once arouse it, and no human agency
can arrest it till rivers of innocent blood
are shed! .... .. --u
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

A CRUEL SEDucER.-A singular card ap-
pears in the Rockport (Ill.) Advertiser,
Rev. A. n. Finch warns the clergy against
a woman, small in stature and wearing
spectacles, who met him at a camp-meet-
ing in Rockport and cajoled him into
matrmony. Afterwards he ascertained
that he was the third victim of her wiles.
One of his predecessors lived at Bellville,
c. W., and the other resided in Wiscon-
sin. The latter she left in a destitute
condition with three children to provide
for,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

Samuel Tate, Esq, has been reelected
President of the Memphis and Charles
ton Railroad and his salary increased to
$1,000 Mr.. Tate is one of the ablest and
most efficient Railroad Presidents in the
Union. The Memphis and Charleston
Road will always be well and efficiently
managed, while under his charge, both
for the benefit of the public and the
stockholders.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

Bar The Lewisburg Messenger, a pa
per published in this State, makes the
following urgent appeal. Ifsuoh induce
ments don't have the desired effect, its
no use talking, or printing either:
Any of our subscribers who hve con-
venient, can pay their subscriptions in
wood, and those living at distance can
pay in dried fruit, beeswax, ginseng, rags,
old horse shoes, opossom skins, snake
root, white oak bark, walnuts, hickory
nuts, chesnuts gouber peas, or any other
article they can raise, find or steal.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

DSs~ Some one writing in the New
York Express, makes the following sug-
gestion: ..-
Let all who love the Constitution, all
conservative men, both North and South,
let all join together and amend the Con-
stitution, so that if a State pass laws
which conflict with those of the National
Government, the Constitution shall have
power to repeal those laws; and if the
State do not obey the General Govern
ment within certain specified time, then
that State shall be formally read out of the
Union. .1' n' a1'd' ia.E 90 .-sr.
Read out of the Union" That's pret
ty good -'.' -. . t
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

. Texas AND DIsuNIoN.-A subscriber
writing us from Hill county, Texas, Nov.
10th, 1860, says:
The Lone Star" is floating from our
Court House and the four by six lawyers
of the country talk largely of secession, but
the masses here are sound to the CORE
But if the South should secede, Texas will
unquestionably set up for herself, and
the people will go with her, only, how
ever, in the event of dissolution.
Respectfully yours, w. NJ. n.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

BSy~ The Manchester American learns
that the usually sound and excellont
health of ex,President Pierce suddenly
gave way on the morning of election day,
Nov. 6, thus unfortunately preventing his
attendance at the polls, and depriving
him of the opportunity of expressing his
choice between Douglas and Breckin-
ridge for President. "We are happy,
however, TO learn that his disease took so
favorable turn that on the next morn
ing he was about town, as well as usual"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

Az IMPORTANT QUESTION ron EVERY Man
TO CoNslDER.-Whato outrage has the Fed
cral Government Of the United States
committed against you or your rights OF
any sort that would justify you in an el-
fort to overthrow IT?
Some of the NoHhcrn States have acted
in grossly bad faith towards the constitu-
ton and laws of the Union. No man in
the South denies that fact, and no man
who does not condemn that action. But
does that justify an act of revolution and
the overthrow of the FeRerd Government
The Federal Government was ordained
and constructed to establish justice"
among the States and among the people
1t is supreme for this purpose, and if it
has failed it has not failed because of its
own weakness, but through the weak
ness of its administration. Why, there
FORE break il up when it is just as good
as it ever was, and only needs to oe sus-
tanned as it is to redress every grievance
OF which you complain!
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Che gost.
Athe =, Friday, December 7, 1850.
Letter from Gov. Hammond.

REDcLrrrE, Nov. 81, 1860 Genticmem-
have just received your dispatch. 1t
is impossible for me to comply with your
flattering request. South Carolina will
certainly secede from the Union on the
18th or 18th of December next. She IN
tends to try it fully at all costs. No
more compromises amy sort. She will
take no guarantees, but will go out high
and dry and forever If Georgia will
back her there will be little or no trouble
i only wish she had called her Conven-
ton for the day before and gone out first.
We don't want to lead. We will gladly
give Georgia the lead and all the honors
Let her put forth her hand and grasp
them. She is and must be the Empire
State Of the South, and South Carolina
will have perhaps a hard time without
her sustaining arm.
Your obedient servant
j. III. HAMMOND,
Com'tee of the Mass Meeting Columbus.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

A GRAVE SoENE.--The Rocky Mountain
correspondent Of the st. Louis Republi-
can, writing from Idahoe Territory, re-
lntes the iollowing; ......
Among the deep defles Of these noun
tains, II small company of men stood
around the new made grave of n dead
companion. With heads uncovered they
listened attentiyely to the words of the
preacher as he offered up a prayer
While in the midst of it, one OF the COM
pany discovered the color in the cart
at his feet thrown up to make room for
the remains Of the deceased. In loud
whisper he communicated the rather cx-
citing intelligence to his companion.-
All heard it, even the clergymen who,
suspending his prayer, opened his eyes
to see his auditory scatter in every direc-
ton to stake oil gold claims. Calling in
a loud voice to them to stake him off a
claim" he reclosed his eyes, hastily con-
cluded his prayer, and started off on
run to join his fellows in securing a
claim.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

FATAL AFFRAY AT RALEIGH.--James
Griffin was shot and killed at Raleigh,
N. G., on the 10th inst, by "Dr." Rob
inson. A quarrel had occurred between
Griffin and the wife of his slayer, and he
had visited the house to apologize for
the language he had used, when, at the
solicitation of the woman, Robinson took
gun from her hands and shot Griffin
dead. Both the men, before the Difficult
.y were accounted peaceable, quiet cti
zens, Robinson was arrested.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-Tom Corwin,
NJ. c., from Ohio, and Ex-Secretary of the
Treasury arrived here to day. He earn
estly upholds Lincoln. In conversation
with several gentlemen he declared he
had every assurance that Lincoln's Cabi-
net will be Thoroughly conservative.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

1d pay> The Boston Courier says there are
now twenty newspapers in Massachusetts
which favor the repeal of the personal
liberty bill, Among those papers are
some of the leading organs Of the Repub-
lican party. .... ....s ,...-....
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

NoRTu CARoLINA.-The full and official
returns of the election in this State sum
up-Breckinridge 4S,539, Bell 44,S90,
Douglas 2,10l. Breck, over Bell 2,540;
over both S4S. .....
The official vote of Alabama stands as
follows: Breckinridge 1851 Bell 81
SGG; Douglas l3,54G.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

TnuE TEsr.-One evening, we are told,
after weary march through the desert,
Mohammed was camping with his follow
ers, and overheard one of them saying,
twill loose my camel and commit it to
Cod" on which Mohammed took it up.
"I'ricnd, nc thy camel, and commit it to
God, that is, do whateveris thine to do
and leave the issue with God.
SIGNS. AND ToEESs,-The Indians regard
athin husk on corn as an indication of a
mild winter Ti.is being true, the one
just approaching will be of the gentle
kind, as the husks are said to DO yer,
thin '
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

BaA. Mr.. Randall Clarke was fined al
the late term of the Circuit Court, of
Lowndes county, Ala, $1,000 for not feed
ing his negroes well. 1t is understood
by the "Chronicle" that he has appealed
to the Supreme Court.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

KANSAS CRY, Nov. 27.-The Register Of
the Land Office at Tort,Scott, on the 25th,
says much of the excitement here last
week was without reasonable cause. The
Land Office has not been interrupted,
and is not expected TO be. The opinion
prevails that the fight of Judge Williams
and court was not warranted by the cir
cumstances in the case.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

p6- The citizens Of New York City,
like those of Cincinnati and Chicago, are
disappointed in the census of that place.
They expected 950,000. but the returns
only show S2l, 900. In 1850 the city had
$4,000. The city will gain one Congress-
man, and in the next House will have
seven.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

EFFECTS OF DIsuNloN TALK.--Already
Testing themselves. Negroes have gone
down so per cent. and soon other prop
erty will begin to depreciate. And for
what? 4 miserable abstraction. Should
an attempt be made to execute these
threats, men now wealthy will be reduc-
ed TO poverty, An intelligent gentle
man, and democrat withal, who is
worth largely over 100000 remarked to
us the other day that he did not think
the value Of his property now was more
than half it was on the first of August
RaltiM, IN ca Rcgistcr, 14M.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

BeJ" A man refused $4,000 in 1857 for
a lot in Chicago, borrowed 100000, and
with $4,000 of'his own money built on
it; the lot and building together are not
worth the borrowed money now,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

DSg~ The Steubenville Herald says that
since the first of January last, nearly two
hundred children, and about one fourth
that number of adults, have died in that
city of dipthera.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

gG5r George Washington's fate, accord
ing to "Artemas Ward,") was mot to
hev any public men of the present day
resemble him to any alarmin extent"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

GEDr 1t is reported that the Prince said
to a fair partner at the ball in St, Louis
Miss, don't you think my mustaches
are beoomine?" To which Mss replied
"Well, sir, they may becoming, but they
haven't yet arrived"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07
CINCISSAT GENERAL MAnHETs.-The

r. CINCINNATI pENERAL MARkEIS.-l lie
Cincinnati Gazette of Tuesday says:
The Flour market So ems to be approach
ing crisis, and dealers are now in fair
way to establish II margin between this
city and New York. This if they shall
succeed, will be something new. Super
fine was offered to-day at 81 %, with
buyers at 81 90. There would be heavy
speculative and a good export demand at
the latter figure, At 81 90 it would bare
ly pay to take it to New York, where it
was worth to-day s. 30--frcight being 81
3j all rail, and 81 Is rail and water
Under very light receipts of wheat, hold
ers asked AN advance, but flour is declin-
ing. buyers We're in no humor TO pay over
00c(dSl 90 for prime red and white. Corn
dull at 29(G32 cents. Oats advanced lc.
closing at 29c, Whisky in good demand
at l5Ic. -st d.. ...,.. ...... &
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WELL Prr.-rhe following questions

WELL Prr.-The following questions
are well put by the National Amcrican:--
Do our immediate Secession friends
doubt their Union fellow citizens? Why
should they? Are they less thoughtful,
less reliable than themselves? They
would not charge it in earnest for the
world-they do not believe it. Have they
numbers and wealth? So have the Union
men. Have they zeal, and are they
ardently devoted to the rights and inter
ests of the South? Are not Union men
equally Jealous and devoted in all re-
spects? Can they claim to be more patri-
otic than the Union men? Have they
ability to bring to the cause of their coun-
try? SO have the Union men. TO doubt
the patriotic devotion of the Union men
to the South, is to insult them-and to
believe that they will surrender any right,
or prove recrcant to any trust, or desert
any interest, is to doubt their patriotic
devotion, and hence to insult them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07
No Dissolution Without Civil War.

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sun,r,otod ,ooooc,I,,. III ..,,t.,,. I'LL
sbod No I'LL c,S. ,Ia;.s.s.,,t,,
tbo orcb;ovos &c ,,;s,on,. 49,, I'll, 49, 49,
boso tlo do,,s;,.o .,,o,,, T.. -, a..
wo search or,;d ;,s ,,.t,. noo.J. a.
ern the anomaly Of rovornn,oo,o, ,;sso
lutio, without ou a. r,,nc,, a.e.,,;
tants Which tbo uost Lr;,,io,t I'LL, -
American n,trio,s have nortro,od
Whether we 90 back 10 tbo tirno v,or.
Mexico now dosonoro,o nc sl,o l. o,st og
C,stilion bondogo o,,d r,c,r,oa h., a..
of freedom TO the brccze. or Win, Pc.
land driven 70 desnorot;o, h., ,,,o .o,,t.
of tyranny strucl, for ber olt,rs ord bor
eiross Or whether we como down "a. :,
later period, whcnour own revolutionary
fathers dissolved the political ties that
connected them with their Nortbern
country or even now witness the pro.
crossing contest of the Italian ,egenero-
| tor in the patriotic attennt to redeen, tbo
people from the CALLING woke of an on.
prcssive despotism-we can 500 noucbt
else than one continuous panorama Of
historic blootlshed! Since this lesson has
been taught the world, have the immuto-
| bla laws of cause and effect ceosod IN not .
Has man grown less polomic and worl;ls q
in his nature? Yes. we may ask. has he
ceased to be ma,,P .
But apart from the lirht which wo do.
rive from the lamp of expcricnce. tbe
complicated form of our renubl;con svs.
TEN of government lends now trptb IN
the axiom which ve oseovorote Tho
federal executive. who NAV occunv tbe
presidential chair at the period of at
tempted secession, will probably not con-
cedc the right. His idea of constitutions
al obligations, rs imposed by his oath of
office, may impel him to essay the en-
forcement of the federal laws within the
limits of the seeding States. This move
ment, in case of that resistance which
the consciousness of asserted sovereignty
would inevitably prompt, would superin-
duce conflict of State and federal
forces. Inhamcd political excitement,
which has been fostering for many scores
of years in the popular mind, touching a
question Of the most vital and sensitive
nature, would but serve to give renewed
impetus to the civil imbroglio. Mere
sympathy, irrespective of the Justice or
injustice of the cause would drag the
adjacent sister States into the maelstrom
of the conflict. In ternecine war; with all
its horrid tragedies, would dcsolatc the
land .t. .
But again, should the mere right ol
secession be fully conceded by the admin
istration in power, other questions will
arise, the solution of which will be attcn-
de6 with difficulties altogether insur.
mountable. Shall the seeding States
have their part in the public buildings
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

BeA- John b. Cough, receives $3.50 for
each Of his lectures. He has already
amassed fortune of about 100000,
which he is likely to double in few years.
Temperance is profitable to John.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

ess- The richest man in st. Louis is
James II. Lucas, banker, worth, il Is said,
S5,000,000. Peter Lindell's estate is put
down atS4, 700, 900, and that of Renoist,
banker, at Sl,j00,000. H r iyfa
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-07

nSY~ At the ST. Louis theatre tho other
night Mrs Florence hadsungand danced in
sailors costume, holding the star-spangled
banner, which she tossed to Mr., Florence
at the other side OF the stage. Hetook it,
spread it out carefully, counted its thirty
three stars aloud, and exclaimed with
deep feeling, "Thank God, they are all
there!" The house rose as one man, and
the enthusiasm lasted several minutes.