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ATHENSTOST.
S. 1. IV INS ICditor and Proprietor.
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mnnilm frnm the lime nf lub'cribing: $'.5llin
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tirYarepaidnccpl at the option of the lub-
' Far announcing the names of candidates for
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Apprentice 10 (he Friminj Business. An
industrious hoy enn obtain a good situation
by applying immediately.
fey No paper Smr.h of Pulton yeter
doy, consequently w ate without anything
very late from Cuba.
(7- Several communications received
this weik will appear in our next number.
ftT The communication which appears
today on the subject of the corporation
laws is from the pen or one or our oldest
Citizens, and we trust it will receive that
attention which it merits. Come up to
the scratch, Messrs. Aldermen: either have
your ordinances enforced, or back out and
let every thing go hy the board.
Baltimore, Aug. 27.
Cotton in the New York market was firm
and fifteen hundred bales have been sold.
The Africo, lake out with her for Europe,
nno hundred ih'Mimind dollars in specie
Ex Governor McDowell of Virginia is dead.
Nothing official has yet been received from
Havana, hy tho Governmental Washing
ton, New Orleans, Aug. 25, 2.47 P. M.
The Spanish Consul has taken duwn his
flag, and clo-ed hi office, transferring his
fund ions to the British and French Cmi'ii's
and placing, ho rays the persons and pro
perly of Spanish subject under tho protec
lion of the American Government.
Sixty Liberators arrived this morning
from Moti'gomcry. Ahbami.
Cincinnati. Aug. 23.
Tho Cuban news is creating the greatest
cxiiilomenl here. Tho pnpers and many
citizens who were opposed to the Cuban ex
pedition, are s?vere upon the Spanish Gov
eminent for their brutal treatment of the
nrisonprs. and outrage upon the '.earner
Falcon.
Baltimore, August SO.
The Cuban sympathizers will burn to
night in effigy Mr. Owen, tho American
Consul (it Havana.
Washi.noto.y, August 30.
Ttie Tr&uTor annnune.-s amount of
money on deposit, thirteen miilinn five hun
dred six thousand dollars. At Philadelphia
five million seven hundred eleven thousand
eleven hundred and fifty dollars. At New
York two mil'in seven hundred eighty two
thousand threo hundred and seventy six.
New Orleans, Aug. 27.
About CO Cuban liberators have arrived
from Alabama, and 200 more on their way.
Cotton 100 bales sold this morning ol
unchanged rates.
03-The Circuit Court for Monroe coun
ty meets nt IWailisonville next Monday.
We intend to be there on Monday and Tu
esday, nud we hope those indebted to us
for subscriptions, advertising or job work
will be prepared to "fork over."
1
Notice. We have a goodly number of
subscribers in ibis county who have been
taking the " Post" since the commence
ment of the first volume, Bnd who have
not paid any thing, Now, if they will call
at the "Captain's oflice and settle" they
will relievo ut from a very unpteasint duty.
Persons taking a paper three years with
out paying are not much patrons.
To the Candidates. The elections
are now pretty well over, the smoke has
lifted from the field of battle, the wounded
have limped ofT, and tha slain been decent
ly interred, and where a lew weeks ago
all was excitement and strife, peace and
quietness now .predominates, and but few
seem to remember that we have recently
passed through a great political struggle.
The contrast is striking, very striking in
ded but not more so in the respect al
luded to, than in another. Previous to the
election one could not step into the street
without bumping against a candidate; and
Oh how the pleasant fellows would squeeze
.one's hand! Cut now how chang'ed! If
you happen to catch 0 glimpse of one of
the " dear defuncts," Ijke the Levite ol
old, he is very apt to be making tracks on
the other side of the way. See here, gen
tlemen that's not the way to do suppose
those ol you who have not paid your prin
ter's bills, give us a call. You need'nt be
afraid we wont hurt you.
The N. V. Express understands' from
irood authority that an expedition for Cub
1 now forming in that city, that a steamer
Ins alieadv been procured, srms and ammu
nition purchased, and men enlisted. It will
probably sail if not prevented by the au
thorities m too course i me p resell i i
ATrctii. When we heara man grunt
inland groaning about his conscience,
openly and publicly, in all times and
places, and yet know that the mam con
cern of the inao is his bread and buller, we
are reminded ol Poor Richard's tayinz, that
the 'worst wheel to the cart makes the
mcM noie.'
DOWN THE COUNTRY.
In the early purl of the week we paid
a flying visit to our friends in Bradley
county, and found things working along
very smoothly. Bradley it decidedly a
great county good lands, thrifty farmers,
clpver men and handsome women. In
these respects it can't be heal anywhere.
The railroad is giving a very different as
pect to business in that section infusing
new life, and spirit and industry into the
whole population. All are moving about
as though they had something In do, as if
there was something to labor for. Large
quantities of good wheat were raised in
Riadly the past season, and tho farmers
ate now haul'ng it to the depots and receiv
ing seventy five and eighty rents per bush
el for it, cash in hand. Every bushel of
wheat, rye, corn and oats now commands
fair cash piices. A few vears ago the far
mer had to exhaust the soil and wear out
his lands in raising corn a'one to fatten
slock (or n distant market. Now he can
change his crops, improve his lands, and
has a good market at home for every ihinjr
he can raise. And what has effected this
great chaiisi in short a space of time?
The railroad, and nn'hing else. Bradley
is now reamni the fr nils of the enternrise.
In a few shnn months other counties will
begin to feel its advantages and benefit,
and when the line shall have been com
pleted through, the whole of Eal Tennes
see will thrive and become prosperous in
an eminent degree. TIip barriers which
have impeded her progress will Iben be
removed, nnd she will have free and full
scope In commence anew ihe race ol pros
perity ihe vbIIpvs and the hills a'tke te
payine 'he laborer lor his toil, nnd the
mountains yielding up thpii rich mineral
treasures, what can prevent her rapid im
provement? We may he dpemed an en
thtisiast on the subject, but we know what
railroads have done for other sections, less
lavored than ours, and jve know that the
same effects must Inllow here, Railroaih
create business build up manufactories,
increase irade of every description, and
give an impetus to all industrial pursuits.
This is their history wherever thoy have
been built.
We have met with men in the last three
years who were ihe violent opposers of
Railroad en'erprises. Bui in every in
stance where they have been upon the
lines and witnessed the workings and ad
vantages of the system, they have aban
doned their former opinions, and are now
its watmpst advocates. They now see that
all East Tennessee needed to make it one
of the wealihiest and most desirable coun
tries in the world was railroads.
Ilnito teturn to Bradley county before
Closing. We have sid that her people
were beginning to feel the benefits which
it was confidently predicted the East Ten.
nessee and Georsia Railroad would confer
upon them, nnd we congratulate ihem up
on its completion nnd successful operation
through their rnunty. May its benefits be
increased a thousand fold. The people of
that county, whig and democrats, have
been liberal in their support of this paper,
lor which we are profoundly grateful. The
only thing we regret is, that we have not
been able to mtike it more worthy of their
patronage.
The Louisiana Courier, published at New
Orleans, hoists at Ihe head of its Editorial
column, a banner, upon which is a cap of
Liberty, the stars and Mripcs, and ihe in
scription of Cuba and the United Stales '
Georgia. The accounts from Georgia
represent the canvass in that Slate between
the Union men, and the Slate's Rights 01
Secession party, as being of a most excit
ing character. The election takes place
in October. The following is an extract
from a letter from an intelligent young gen
tlemen nf Athens, now in Augusta, dated
Aug. 23:
I have had the pleasure of hearing the
Union candidates for Governor and Con
gress speak since I wrote you last, tn-wii:
Honorables Howell Cobb and Robert
Tombs, They are both very forcible rea
soners, and set loilh the principles of the
Union party in this State, in the most la
Titrable and triumphant light imaginable.
The hitter. Mr, lumbs, is one of the best
ort,g ever listened to, nnd U decijeillv
eloquent. His style reminds me more of J
C.Jones than any oilier public speaker I
now think it1, The meeting was at night,
And was very large and enthusiastic. The
Union Party, in my humble estimation.
will carry tins Stale hy an overwhelming
majoniv. There is considerable sympathy
exhibited in this city in behalf of the Cuban
Patriots. There will he a public demon
stration this evening at 8 o'clock, for Ihe
purpose ol sympathizing with the brave
patriots, who were executed hy the Cuban
authorities a few davs since, hy way of
encouagenient to those who slill survive
and commendatory to the cause for which
tiiCV sacrificed their lives- There is great
feeling h-re upon the subject, and very
many speak of joining the Patriots."
Cumberland Tunnel. Col. Dates, the
enterprising and energetic contractor of this
great oik, has informed us that it is his
expectation to have it completed sboul the
first of January next. The Col. seldom
makes a wrong calculation about anything
he undertakes, however great the task to
be performed, and we have no doubt but
the Tunnel will be completed about the
time specified. He deaervea mith credit
for ihe manner in which he has poshed
forward this tremendous wot. JWur.
.Veai. ' - "
FROM WASHINGTON.
August 2 h.
The late events in Cuba are well calcula
ted to enlist the sympathies of the American
puplr, and meetings have been, or ores
hnut to be held in some of our principal ci
ties or the purpose of expressing p"pu!sr
indignation at Sponish cruelly. There is a
general coincidence nf opinion on the sub
jeot, and, while it is admitted that (he Cu
ban Government had the right to execute
these invaders and others, the manner in
which it was done excites indignation. It
is now said, however, that the bodies nf the
men were not maUtreate4 after execution.
Indeed, it is to be hoped that that parsjhthc
trngedy will prove to be a fiction. Then
again, the unnecessary insult offered to the
American flog by the Spanish vessel of war
has become a serious sii'iject of co
In fine, the Spaniards in Cuba '!
Government are behind the age, audi
likely to ennform with American
They seem to consider A me
ones, and ceriainly take
conciliate them.
Th Balumoreyis
mg meeting, inn. mil
this region there is much fepl
jed, even among those who
condemned the Filibuster move
seem. 10 he though, that the two
not longoi live in peace in tho sums
neigh
borhood.
It was rumored here, yesterday.
that a
thousand men hove actually sailed already
from New Orleans for Cuba, fur the purpose
nf rescuing Lonez and his remaining com
panions. No one seemed to doubt ibe fact,
improbable as it is. I have no doubt tint
ten thousand men could be enlisted in the
enterprise ot a day's nwice; but. then,
means nf organization, subsistence, ami
transportation are wonting. Here deScicn
rirs may, in time, be supplied, perhaps be
fore the next session of Congress.
It. is remarkable that nn one takes into
ct nsidoratiou the ncijnn of the Federal Gov-
ernmnt on this subject. It is generally
believed that the Government is too timid to
enforce thn laws, or even to rebuke at: offi
cer for neglecting hi duties. The Govern
ment is held responsible for all the conse'
quences that might be expected in follow
from tho expedition of Lopea. The Gov
ernment was advised of the expedi'ion and
did not interpose to arrest it. The Pampero
was allowed to depart without a clearance
and without obstruction. Tho Pampero woa
permitted to use the port of Key West, and
will be atjain; and thn Government, or at
least the government officers, tojc core that
the Revenue Cutter, Crawford, should not
bo in tho way of tho Filibusters. After
all iIiIh remissness or nils' "i'h jjrl" it
may be colled, the Gvvr Jlers, if
any bo issued, will bo tr3biih con
tempt. The Union and other papers call Intidly
for tho return of the President ud Cabinet;
though what they should ni do in the
matter may be quite unimportant.
Wo cannot forsee what fearful emergen
cies may soon arise in relation to Cuban nf.
fairs. The Spaniards are becoming more
and more exasperated, and American pro
perty is no longer very safo whilst in their
reach. They may. perhaps, retaliate some
of Ibe losses of lifn and property to which
the Filibusters subject them Cor. Char.
Cour.
Washington, Aug. 27ih.
It was known here yesterday, that the
Cabinet was in some agitation in regard to
the slain of Cuban affairs. Accounts bad
heen received through the newspapers of
riots in New Orleans, and or the assoults on
the Spanish Consul, but were not fo lycro.
ited because no official advices had readied
the Government. But owing to the inter
ruption of Telegraphic communication with
the South, the Government had no advices
later than tho 21st.
But theGovern nent had received tdis;
patch staling that the steamers Fanny and
the Alabama were fitted oul for Cuba and
that the U. S. officers could not prevent
their going out. Thus it would appear.
that ihe Government is poworless
up these il'egal expeditions. I t
tn you on Monday the steps ta
Government, since which some.
have been given, with a
our nejtrsl obligations. The
the Cabinet, present at Ilia cm1
yesterday, were Messrs. Corwin
lid Hill.
General Felix Houston has addressed a
letter to ibe citizens of New Orleans,
through the columns of Ihe Ticayune. call
ing n ihem to contribute giiertiily and
promptly the means lo send to Cubs proper
l prepared and in S'ltTicieni numbers, those
who burn lo mirror the surviving comrades
of ihe slaughtered Crittenden, Kerr, and
their brave companions.
A PlilZE for Casies. The Editor of the
Dahhinega Signal, proposes that the Execu
tive Convniliee of thn rrxt Atlanta Fair.
olfer a premium for the best baby. Our
nrighbo of the Signal is a liltle seitiih in
this proposal, for if we remember righily.
his own family was increased by the a do 1
lion f on", about six months ago. We
don'i know whe'her or not ihe Committee
will carry ul this suggestion, but if the?
fail, why, just for the good will we bear our
cotemporary, we'll give our hat as a prize
rm the best specimen. Domestic industry
nueht to be oncnuracd in all its branches.
Sj march up your light tnjanlry.
Our greatest glory consists not to. never
railing, but in rising every time w tail.
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GEN. LOPEZ AND HIS FOLLOWERS
The New Orleans Delta of Friday eve
ning publishes the following letter from
Adjutant Stanlord, which particularly ex
plains the manner in which our unforiu
nate countrymen met their untimely fate
and is the first publication which throws
any light upon the circumstances winch
led to Critienden's command having been
made prisoners:
"Havana. A 112. 16.
n.n Hot mo- We arrived on the
Island of Cuba, afer the most horrible
passase vouVan conceive of, cooped on
board with 400 or TitlU men.
"We arrived on Sunday lat. I believe
laics I have almost foraotlen The next
mornins. Lopez, with General I'arasay,
nn, I oil iha Pomni!inilinr officers, left us
(I mean Crittenden and his battalion.)
We heard nnlhtns ol htm lor iwo uavs
when Crittenden dispatched a note. H
(Wan .annnolail WO stlOllhl mill llim St a lit'
tie town some six or einhi miles off. leavins
us in the meantime to take earn of all bag
"We started for htm on Wednesday
at o n'c nek. A. M.. anil hail pro
three miles, when we were
Knanisli soldiers. In Ihe
ceived a severe wound in
'pnulsed them, however.
ilhr eharse. and eomnleleiy
ftiei ns. We snent wo nays nun ois;iiin
... 1
mnsi oiisprable von can imagine, in
iie chapparal. without anything lo eat or
drink.
1. Wo -.o,l.. tha lies! nf nor WAV tO the
sea shore, and found some boils, wilh
which we put to sea. Spent a niflin upon
ihe ocean, and the next day, nhoul twelve
nVlnnk tvara mben prisoners by the? Ha
hanero, were hroueht lo Havana last niffhl.
and condemned to die ih is morning. We
sha'lall he shot in an hour.
G"o.l by and God bless you. I send the
masonic medal enclosed in this, heloncing
in mv father. Convey it to mv sister. Mrs.
P n. and fell her ol mv fate. Uoce
more, God bless vou. STANFORD.
From Ibis and from a comparison with
the ollictal reports 01 tne ctpninsn imic--i.
ihe Picayune constructs the following nar
rative, which it considers to be a more cor
rect and probable one than has yet been
Si ven.
nn. T.nne nn Iandm? near Bohia
Hnnda. wilh iIip main body of his forces,
consisting ol about 300 men, advanced to
wards LasPozas, a small lowi a few miles
in the interior, leavins Col. Crittenden and
his command, 114 strong, in charge ol ihp
I....... Thai nirrlil or ihe next (lav. the
ste'amer Pizarro landed 700 Spanish troops
at Bahia Honda, anil these auvancng in
wards the nlace of Lopez 8 landing, cm oil
Crittenden's men from their companions.
On the s-ennd night afterwards this party
determined to attempt to lorm a junction
wilh Lop-z, but on the road were attacked
by an overwhelming body of troops, and
aller a short sirussle were on the second
.hn,.. rmiiail .ml disnprspd. After wan-
derinir annul in ibe thickets, fifty of them
got together and made their way lo ihe
sea shorn, where they seizea tour sman
lion's and endeavored lo mK" iheir rscape,
wIirq iuty weri captured ns has been re
lated in ihe official report of Admiral Bus-
it los. t here are slill sixty lour 01 mis
command 10 be accounted lor. Of ihese.
limy were surprised anil snot nt a small
farm house. A Spanish lieutenant reports
llml nn lha Idlll ha came Iition tWentV
"pirates" guarding an equal number of
wounded comrades, all ol wnom were im
mailinialu mil m death. The remainin"
twenty lour, or such or them as had not
heen killed in battle, probably continued to
uan. tar in Ilia vieinilv linlll. We are forCCll
10 believe, they were also slaughteted.
The other party, under Lopez, it seems,
reepivail lha ntlueK n III B iai linrus. ID a
farm house at Las Pozas, and heat them
nlr iirilh urnia nss. at east SO It IS 10 DP
ihe SoRiiish official renorls
"IT -, .
state that Ihey desisted from the assault in
order to receive reinforcements. Whether
miv sohspniieni fiohtinir took nlace at this
n.ilnl we iln nnl knnW! at all eVelllS. Lonez
held his own lorlwo days till, on the I5ili
he left for ihe interior, and was not molest
ed on bis march by Gen. Enna; ail of
which we learn from ihe Spanish official
recounts. This was the state ol all.urs on
the 15ih, the date of our last advices from
the scene of action, It-rough Gen. F.nna's
ilpsna wl, dined nt 3.30 on thai daV- II
Gen. Lopez reached the mountains in sale-
ly, he will discover soon whether ne lias
relied with loo much confidence on the as
sistance of the native inhabitants.
Mont Annexation. A correspondent to
the N. Y. Herald proposes the annexation of
the Island of St. Martin, and says: "3t.
Martin pnees a huge salt lak" inland.
say about Iwo miles long, and about one in
breadth. This lake or rather pond, as ii is
called by the inhabitants, frequently makes
salt over its entire surface of extent, and is
capable of yielding a million of barrels per
crop. With a steam engine costing not
more than three thoussnd dollars, and labor
to the amount of ten thousand morn, it
would yield three crops annually. In fact,
two crops are already gathered by the pre
sent inelficient method. The quality would
be better, too, in the hands of our country
men, as they would see after its thorough
washin", &lc. Possessing more of the qual
ities necessary fr preserving meats than
the ordinary Turks Island, or any other salt,
it it consequently more sought after by per
sons engaged in that business."
O. S. Fowler, the phrenologist, ii build
ing a house in New Yark, in queer style.
The walls are composed of stale, gravel
and lime, mixed together and laid in boxes,
which are raised up aa the walls they form
become firm enouzb lo receive another lay
r. In tins wav he raised walls four stories
high, at a nmcli less cost than by any oihr
plan. His building is of an octagon shape,
ighty feet in diameter, and the rooms are
all angular.
Look here Pete,' said a know ing darkey
to hie companion, 'don't atan' dar on derail
road.'.T
Whf. Toe?1
K.ae. if eara sea dat mnuf u rnurn
1 1 1 I. ... ,1. Jann' . nil ,1111 Vila I ll
THE HAVANA TRAGEDY.
A young gentleman of Ibis city, says the
New Orleans Picayune of the 23d, who
went passenger to New York on llieChern
l;ee, happened to bo in Havana on the day
of the execution of the American prison
era. Ha wrole by the Empire City a letter
oe-scriptive of the horrible event, from which
we are permitted 10 make the following ex
tracts, which are the more powerlul, as im
tended only for ihe eye of his brother, to
whom it was oddrossed.
Havana, August G, 1S51.
There were fil'ivtwo of Lopez's men shot
to-day about thne quarters of a mile from
ihe city. The) were token yesterday,
brought in to. day and shot. I became nc
quuinted with a number of Americans, and
we went to see Ihem, as I knew a eond ipbi
ny were from MobiK but I could not get
near enough to recognize ihem, the soldiers
ond ciiizons were so thick- I W09 up in
twenty steps of them when they were shot.
Their hands were tied behind, ond tliey hoi)
to kneel down, and were shot hy sections
in the back. Afterwards the soldiers marcln
ed in the same manner and run their boyo
nets thro' iheir bodies and struck them on
ihe head wilh their muskets. It was an
.wful sight, one that I shall never forget.
After all was done, tho soldiers and citi
zens marched into the City, mailing a pro
cession of several miles in length, some
with 1I16 caps of ihe dr nil men on polos, al
so their shoes, ports of their clothing, Sic,
at trophies, and in this woy went through
ilm nrincinal street of the city. I hnd left
the place in what they call a "volonle," nnd
drove very fast, and went through another
ante in time to see tho whole nlfiiir.
J do not think thero was less man luuu
infill soldiers. It is very dangerous
limes for Americans to go ashore, and Ihe
Americans in the city advised ns to got. a-
board as soon as possible, which I assure
you I did in a hurry I never saw sorb nn
excitement in a ny city in my 1110. 1 ti"y
insult almost every American they meet in
the street, and I kept very quiet ond did
not give them a chance at me. Tho Falcon
. . in . ...r- .
ill and we win ue 011 in a iuw iiiumin.
Cassius M. Clay. Speaking of the run
made hy Clay in Kentucky, the Louisville
Courier says:
ivi.nipimr nmir be thn result of the G"v-
,...'.. nlrr-iinn. wn riiiint bn t feel gratifi
ed that but eighteen voles in Ibis entire city,
here fifty five hundred votes can be polled
if neressnrv was fiven for tho abolition
.....ti.tnia f..r r?ovpriiiir. It is a rebuke no
on th.i attempt lo orgonizo a third parly in
Kcniirky. that we hopn win prcveni nny
r...ti,o .r.n. Sainir laken for so uno'ofilablc.
disorganizing and revolutionary a scheme as
ibnt which was developed in too miter in
Co ssins M. Clav to Ihe Abolitionists nf the
Siati- of .Mninn. There are probably double
the number of Emancipationists in this city
thn ri in any single county in Kentucky.
They are embraced m bom 01 inn greni p
liticol porti.es oftheday, and iheir withhold'
mg iheir support with so much unanimity
from Ilm Free-Soil candidate for Governor,
;..n nvwlenm of fidelity to the best inter
est ..f Ibe State and nation that we cannot
ftel too gratnlul for. '
The New York Herald soys, wo have
ieen informed, by another of tho ofT.cert of
Ibe Cherokee, that tho signal master of the
Cuban government was thrown into a dun
geon, and put in irons, because he neglected
to signalize the Pampero, a suspicious ves
sel, as she passed Havana while on her
way to Bahia Honda.
Havana. Aug. 17.
I omitted giving you on account of the
Piznrrn, and the inhuman treatment or the
pilot and engineer. The pilot, in taking her
into Rahia Honda, hnniiencd lo gel her a-
ground, at the entrance of the harbor. A
soon as she struck, tho commander, or the
officer in command ol the troops, drew Ins
-word and split, the pilot's lo ad open at one
blow, and. reports says, killed him instantly
In endeovoring to bck the vessel off
some purl nf the engine gave out. The en
gineer was immediately put under arrest,
nnd it is h-lieved here that he has been shot.
Tho ship is now a wreeK. as there came on
i. Iin.uu lilmw find rnnrtrt finofl Hhe hnH llilrr
ed. The Ahnendares is in, this morning,
hut 1 have not heen able id r,ei any lurmer
news from the seat of war. D.
A TiiocGHT fob Fakmeks The National
Intelligencer hos the following good thought
especially oppropriale at the present time,
when the corn-crop is so greatly injured by
the lole drought:
Rye fok Autumn. Winter, and Spring
Pasturage The attention of the fa-mers
is earnestly invited lo the subject of sow
ing rye the first or second week of Septem
ber, in the cornfields and n the wheat s ub
hie, ion which it may bo sown and harrow
ed in at little cost,) or other land intended
for corn npxt year, as the pasturage of Ihe
rye by milch cws and fattening sheep, will
md Kiln pay a honilsomn nxnfit, and at the
some tim fertilize the land; apart from
which the green rye covering Ihe fields, at a
distance appearing like magnificent lawns,
will add greatly to the beauty nf the coun
try, which often in the winter hat a barren
aspect.
What became of tub Whale One of
the speakers of the Vermont Whig Conven.
linn, in illustrate how the Free Soil party
had run into the Democratic ditto, so as lo
r e lost and unrecognized, said, thtre were
two persons once discussing some religious
nn.ni ..it nn. id In tlift lilhpr. ! fiiinnnsp
you've read about Jonah, and how the whale
swallowed him, and lliai lie aiterwaro come
mil nf iliu (uhala'a hpllrf anil frill shore'?"
Ob, yes,' said he, 'certainly I read all that.'
WcM.'ssid his opponent, 'did you ever af
lorward hear anything of what became of
the whaler
The American copies the paragraph of
the Morfreesboro Newt, which sta'es that
Hon. H. L. Torney had had a personal
rencounter with the editor of ihe Independ
ent at Winchester, anil sayt it is
'A total mistake, aa we are assured by
two gentlemen Irom Winchester. Amis
understanding occurred between Mr. While
and a ton of Mr. Torney's which resulted
in a personal collision. The conduct of
Mr. Turney is, we are assured, totally mis
represented -in the paragraph."
For the Jllhcnt Pott.
THE CORPORATION.
Mn. Ivins: Some 18 months sinco ihe
good citizens of Athens asked Ihe County
Court to grant it the privileges or incorpo
ration, which request was granted. Well,
it was incorporated and lis ordinances pub.
lished lo the four winds of Heaven, yea,
they were published in G'ath and proclainv
ed in Askalon, and things went on pretty
well for a lew months, but latterly Ibr
have been trampled under foot, an not
more attention or respect is paid to Ihem
than the old and superstitious statutes thai
used to, in ancient times, disgrace and
render odious the law-makers of Rome.
What has brought about this lethargy
among the vigilant and enterprising Alhe
nians. They have not certainly come 10
ihe conclusion that the enforcement of the
corporate authorities is useless and uncall
ed for. Has our citizens become such or
der loving people that there is no cause fof
prosecuting iheso laws7 If such is the
fact, I must admit that there is a happy
state of affaiis in and about our town. But
I hear complaints that some of the Alder
men break the peace by knocking men in
ihe head wilh rocks; others ol Ihem may
he distinguished by the enormous size of
the wood piles to the street fronting their
doors, while some will occasionally winlc
at a cuarrel or dispute between Ihcirneigh
bors. But this is hard for me to believe,
because all corporations are provided with
n visitant and energetic officer, who, of
course, would bring such offences as I have
enumerated above before the proper IribUs
nal. Misrepresentation and calumny al
ways follow, and is attendant upon justice,
and to check nnd keep it at bay, I would
sug-gest that the enforcement of the ordi
nances be attended to or if it is useless and
inexpedient, their entire annulment would
not be out of place. MENTO.
THE COTTON CROP.
The calculations regarding llio cotton
crops this season exhibit a very wide differ
ence. The crops, by some, it is said, will
yield throe millions) of bales. A New Or
leans cotton merchant eoys this calculation
is utterly fallacious, Ihe drought hos affect) d
both upland and lowland comm. It will bo
impossible to make moro than four.fil'ths of
the usual or upland en p, and as three
fourths of Ihe entire crop of lha United
States ore derived from upland sources, the
ultimate extent of the production can easily
be prognosticoted. He says; Tho best that
can be expected r the upland regions of
Tennessee, North .Alabama, Western L,ou
iaiono, Mississippi and Georgia, is a crop
twenty per cent, less thon last year, whilo
over (lie lowland, an alluvial cotton region,
hangs the contingency of a fine or foul au
tumn, and a long or a short season.
The Spirit is up. The Cincinnati
Enquirer says: "We yesterday afternoon
heard of an incident which serves to
exhibit the vensuiion produced in Kenlusky
hy the Cuba news. Lieut. Grant who
served wilh the 3d regiment of that State
in the Mexican war, has, after a veiy shnrl
notice, obtained one hundred and eighty
volunteers among the brave boys over the
river, and intends to equip ihem ready for
the march out ol his own abundant pnvt,yw
means.
'Captain,' said a ragged country urchin,
to a city dandy with an immense shirt col
lar, 'Captain, are you going to haul manure
to-day1?'
No, you ragged rascal, what makes you
ask that question?'
'Why, knse, you've go: such a thunder
in' big pair of side boards up.'
Judge, John Lragg, elected to Congress
from the Mobile district, Alabama, it said
to be the brother of Captain Bragg, who
gave ihe Mexicans "a liltle more grape at
dm 11 a Vista.
The question as to "which side a lady
should ride," has been settled by Md'lle
Tohrnaire, Ihe most celebrated lady eques
trian of modern times, who says: "the
lady must ride on the right hand side, and
Hie gentleman on the left hand tide."
Dakk Developments See here, Gum
bo, why am you like a blackguard?'
Neber gooss dat in do wurl, coz I ain't,
you black fool.' 'You is, honey, cz you
watches massa Jim's store, and yu't
not a berry white guard, dut's tartinl . Yah,
ha, lul
'Now, Pete, dat am berry turprisin, ana
combliistificating lo calculate but, nigger
why is you libs a gontls'io! JJah! cat slump
him.'
"Bress my soul. Gumbo, I neber link ol
dat gibs her up." -
'Yah, yah! todost 1, sensible at 1 it
been 1 ink nt nf it tree dai. and am furder off
dan Iwi-at ile start."
Petitions are in circulation in ibis city,
says the Nashville Banner, asking the Leg
islature to pass a law prohibiting the sale
ol ardent spirits, and to submit the taid
law to ihe vole of ihe people for ratification
A gentleman on Broadway become to
much excited yesterday when one of these
petitions was presented for hit signature,
that he put ihe lighted end of his cigar iota
hit mouth and burnt hit tongue! Tem
perance ad vocatea would tay that wat bet
ter than burning hit "in'ardt" with whit
key! An old maid, who hatet the male tex
most venomously, cut a female acquaint
ance recently, who complimented her oa
the iuoy ancy of her spirits.
The New York Tiibune saytthat if left
to Ihe voice of ihe people, a large majority
in every iree State, would be thrown for
provision similar to thai of Indiana, driving
the free negroes from their borders.
If you doubt whether you should kisa-a
girl, givt her the benefit ot the dqtb tod
"go in."