ATHENS POST;'
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art paid, eArpt at thr option of Hit I'MMur.
For annmiiii iitr the uamct of taiididate Jvr
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AiIioils Friday, Jan. 21, 1S53.
ji" k5 Commercial Letter from Messrs.
Baker it Wilcox, Aiigusltvncxt
JrWehavo orThand o communication on
the subject of Education, snd n letter from a
friend in Gentry county, Missouri, designed
lor publication,' which will t0 find
room for next week.
' t-p" Those of our friends in this county
who oro in arrears for subscriptions, adver
tising, or job work, will please call at the of.
fice nnd settle their accounts. By so doing
they will relieve us of the disagreeable ne
cessity of trailing on them. It is exceeding
ly unpleasant to one of our nice sensibilities
to have to run about and hunt oop!e up for
no other purpose than to dun them for n few
dollars.
Gov. Cami-blll. It will be seen by refer,
nice to a letter on our first page, that Go;.
f'-imtiltnlt j4tIin4 a re. eleetion. This de-1
termination of I ho Governor will render it
necessary to hold a Convention to nominate
u candidate.
PnoprcE. Good mereb.iiit.ible Wheat
commands '5 cents per bushel, at Athens,
nnd Corn 30 ets.
Cholera. Passengers from below report
Cholera ns prevailing both at Charleston and
Savannah.
Hon. M. P. Gentry has published
letter in which he. ckciines a re-election to
Congress.
J-4?" The Chattanooga Gazette, of Tues.
dav, has a well-written article in reference to
the declension of Gen. Campbell, and the
next gubernatorial canvass, in which the edi
tor declares his preference for Gen. Wm. T.
Haskell.
Our acknowledgments are due the
Hon. Jas. C. Jones for a copy of the Repoit
of Commissioner of Patents, for the year
UM.
Pay Your Cams. Tho attention of
Stockholders in the East Tennessee nnd Gn.
R.ilrnad Company, is directed to the ndver
tisemcntof the President in today's paper.
Infanticiue. The body of a new-born
infant was found concealed in tho grave-yard
near this plaeo on Tuesday morning last.
It had no clothing about it, nnd is supposed
to have been murdered and placed there by
or at tho instigation of its inhuman parents.
We trust every effort will be made to dis
cover the authors of tfifS 'nnnafttrnT outrage,
that they may bo brought to punishment.
Burglaky. The etore of the Rev; Geo.
Iorne, in Athens, v.is feloniously entered
one night last week, and the money drawer
rilled of its contents. The burglar effected
an entrance by boring through the door, and
removing tho bar with which it was fastened,
Tho amount obtained by the thief was small
only some five or six dollars. The worst
part of the transaction is, tho snereligious
Moundrel stole the parson's ministerial vouch
cm, for which ho deserves to bo impaled.
Friend Home, however, bears his losses with
a good deal of complacency, and is ready,
as usual, to wait upon his customers and
sell them tho best of bargains from his large
anil well-selected stock of Goods.
J.'f Freights fium New Orleans to this
place are now being forwarded by way of
. ,, , . , . v , . I
boat to Nashville, thence over the ""''v'"' i
and Chattanooga itaiinaa io mo icnnessee,
then again by steamboat to . I-oudon, and so
on. '. A letter lo this ofliee, from Messrs.
Scovil &. Mead, New Orleans, nay they are
advised that is now tho most direct route.
Possibly it is; but wu shall be able to tell
more about it when tho cost of carringo is
jTooted up. ' '
'. A Foiuonx ildt'C The whig have a
majority of about two thousand votos in the
First Congressional District, yet the Greene
villo Spy thinks there is some chance for a
democratic representative to be elected. The
ditor predicates his hope upon the supposi-
lion that the whigs vjl "split "P on a can-
didatc, without the jiossibility of hsrmouix
IngV Of course the whigs will do that very
tiling, aftr having been generously uotified
of the probable result by the editor of the
Spy. VVe commend the Spy's article to the
attention of Whigs in the "linkhorn" Di
trict, where the democratic majority is some
thing less than five thousand. If democracy
can elect a member io the First with a ma
jority of two thousand against thein, cer
tainly the whig, with their ujcrior tact and
management, ought to succeed in a demo
cratic district with a majority of only four
or five thousand to overcome, -'
' Should the reader fait to find our pa
per this week aa interesting as usual, he wil.
please attribute it to the Ml Inal we broke
our scisiort the other day in an attempt , to
clip an' Hem from, the Nashville "Spirit ol
the Press." We have an agent out collect
ing, and hope to .be abbe, when beretortu-
to purchase a new pair. . -
jp The recently, prepared pre-paid, post;
i.ra envelopes have been rejected by .the-t-sruuect:
the contractor an to7fumn?li nt
lHr ptKimei.a'hy the 1st of February; . .
r MANiTActuSiNO.-TliS Dalton Times says
that gentleman of means intend putting
up n largo Cotton Factory nt that place. -We
have no doubt the situation will bo a
must eligible one, and the enterprise pay
well. The fact is, the only thing the people
of upper Georgia- nnd East Tennessee now
need is the establishment of manulaetones
of different descriptions -the more of them States. It has recently been under discussion
the better for the country. People may talk in the United States Senate, nnd the Wash
about the great and superior advantages of Inglon correspondent of the Charleston
one point nnd another point-about rapid Courier gives the following outline of the
Growth and unexampled prosperity-there business. It will be seen that Mr. King,
U'liothin" certain or durable in such growth between whose statements and Mr. Clayton's
or prosperity unless backed up bv a spirit of there was some deerepaney, exhonoraics the
inanufacturing-of encouraging manufactures latter from all attempts at duplicity or mis.
at home. Knoxville and Chattanooga are
said to be improving very rapidlv, yet unless
i
the people ol these towns encourage and
foster manufactures in their midst, in a lew
vears tlicv will be nothing but mere stations
bv tho road side -Incorporated cities ol tie-
... . ... , .., -
eayed commerce, will, tenements "io ici on
every street. We are pleased to learn that (if Iiny domininn over any part of
the jeoplo named are taking the right view Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Musquito State,
of the subject, and arc going ahead with en. or any part of Central America,
terprisesr-r the kind. If fostered nnd kept But while the treaty was under ix-gotintmn,
. . ,. , ,.' Mr. Clavton consulted many senators in re
ap their prosperity is secured beyond contin- t()-. nnd nt,oorain; to the statements
gwncv.
No country possesses as great natural nd-
, ,. ' ....i.iui.nu.nt
vantage. for inanulactur tig establishments
of every kind ns bast lenmssec, yei mo
people seem to lie slow in realizing the fact.
Unquestionably railroads beneltt all sections
through wliieh they pass, near and remote.
But railroads will not build up and sustain
towns on the lines, unless the citizens dis
play some energy, industry, and enterprise
-some disposition to lay bold, nnd avail
themselves of the benefits nnd facilities thus
afforded. We w ish wo could impress this
fact more vividly upon the minds of the peo
ple of our town nnd neighborhood. They
will, perhaps, wake up to its importance
some day.
J-gT" See advertisement of Harris & Co.,
Savmnnh, Ga.. addressed to the Merchants,
Traders, and Farmers of Tennessee.
3F"ItUnow stated that Mr. Nicholson
will-not accept n place in Mr. Pierce's Cubi
net. We never knew n President to have as
much trouble ns Gen. Pierce in selecting n
cabinet. There is plenty of good timber
some of it first rate. But some how, none of
it suits. The name of almost every promi
nent democrat has been mentioned in con
nection with a place in Mr. Pierce's Cabinet,
from Gen. Cass down to Sam Med.iry, of
the Ohio Statesman. Their claims nnd pro
tensions are discussed at length, and vigor
ously presied by their respective friends,
and the Cabinet just on the evo of being
made up complete, when, lo! it is announced
that one distinguished gentleman wont con
sent to nccccpt, nnd another wont, and so
on to the foot of the column. Now, isn't it
strange? Not a mother's son of them can
grt'-lri own wuutont to accept a place in,
the cabinet. We believe there is but one
parallel case on record of such immoveable
obstinacy that of the little fellow. Jack,
who, though almost perishing for food, per
slstiugly refused to eat his supper.
W The Knoxville Statesman has a cor
respondent at Rntledge who as a writer is a
full head and shoulders t iller than any one
we have met with lately. If friend Hurley
can prevail on him to "perpetuate his lueu
brat'ions," he will do for the Statesman what
the editor of the Chattanooga Gazette once
refused to do for a paper over in Georgia,
write it into notice in n very short time. The
following is a specimen of his style:
"The democracy of the nation feel proud
of the distinguished position, wliieh they
now occupy among the sovereign powers of
the earth. J ho precious principles oi demo
cratic policy have been sustained by the
voice of an overwhelming majority of the
free people ol the United States; while the
livdni-hesded monster ot whiggery has beei
,;lric(1 too deep in tho dungeon of oblivioi
oeen
ion
ever again to arise to assume, its dangerous
course of distraction. Tho knell of death
has already been heard to tell of the np
prone h of "whig principles to the silent re
quiem of fergetl'ulness-to that tomb of si
lenco from w hich no light will emanate to
show tho distorted shackles of party views."
"Thq precious principles of democratic
policy" "hydra-headed monster of whigge-
ry" ''desp dungeons of oblivion," "dan
gerous course of distraction," nnd "silent re
quiem of forgetfulness." Them's 'um, and
that's it Alas poor whiggery - your funeral
sermon has been preached, nnd henceforth
and forever democracy reigns rampant,
sirik tho liflwi'nt'! Sound the tomiohnl
I l..t. ttiM Inn,! lio4fuinA riti:
Itout the buuy-fuzzy! wake the gongquong!
Itiintum, msiuc mini, mug", oiiiu
l-u Jno. Taylor, of Caroline," the
.Washington correspondent of the Nashville
American, says, in his last letter, that Bill
.Polk, In a recent speech in the House of
Representatives, "excoriated" Gen. Scott un
mercifully for "his pretensions to achieve the
office of Liontcmint General." Of all the
representatives in Congress a brother of the
deceased ex-President ought to be the Inst
man to assail Win field Scott. But Billy
seems to be goaded by a longing for notorie
ty tliat impels him to attack his superiors
on all occasions. A different eourse or eon
duct in bis capacity of representative would
much better become the name he bears.
I Jf Ho'n. Jno.'M; Clayton has been elect-
ted te the U. S. Senate for six years from the
1th of March next, by the Legislature of
Delaware. -- -
: ttT Harold Smythe, editor of the Wythe
Ville Republican, dJefl. a Jew" days since at
lklnirton. YaUof dropsy in the cheat He
was a gentleman of fine abilities. - -
iLis said that Senator Hunter, ha positive.,
jy and finally declined a cabinet appointment.
THE CLATTOX and BULWERTREATY.
An attempt has been rondo by a portion of
the opposition to cast censure upon Hon.
John M. Clayton, Secretary of State under
(Jen. Tnylor, in reference to tlio Clayton nnd
Bulwer Treaty; by charging that he had mix
represented its conditions in order to procure j
iU ratilication ly the Senate ol the
United
rcpn.-wiiu.uu.,.
The Clayton Bulwer treaty was ratified by
the Senate on the lUth April, 1800. Its
,)ston!(il,,0 i,ject to ,,rotcct lu Nicaragua
i;.ln., roUei g a route open to the commerce
of all nations, in war as well as in pence
uom governiuei.is guarantee...;, us ....
nnd security, and to t Ins end both bmdlliL'
.'',.. ft.riifv.nr colonic.
ol Senators Some, vowns, ami oners, repre-
sented the treaty ns divesting England of all
her eliiims and pretensions in Central Ameri-
Io evcM1 exnlainod th..t. if th terum of
pi
tho treaty were not explicit on thin point, it
was from deference to the sensibilities 'of the
British minister, who must not be made to
appear to yield or surrender any British rights
or possessions. The Senate ratified the
treaty; some upon the supposition that, to use
Senator Down's words, "it excluded Great
Britain from every part of Central America,
Honduras, nnd all;" and others with the full
knowledge that it did not embrace British
Honduras. Though the Balizo is geographi
cally in Central America, yet it is two miles
from the route of the Nicaragua canal, and
the British occupancy of the place ii of nearly
two centuries' date.
The British Minister, it is supposed, ob
tained some knowledge of what had passed
in the Senate when the treaty was discussed,
and was led to suspect that it would be con
sidered by the United States Government ns
a surrender of the British claim to Honduras.
Accordingly, the Treaty came back from the
British Government with a ratification condi
tional upon the understanding that tho pro
visions of the treaty did not extend to the
British settlements at Honduras or to its de
pendencies. The British Minister submitted
this declaration in a formal note. Mr. Clay,
ton consulted Mr. King, as Chairman of the
Committee of Foreign Affairs of the Senate,
and was told by him that the additional con
dition proposed by the British Government
would not obtain a single vote in the Senate.
Mr. Clayton, in order to save the treaty, ac
cepted tho condition, and thus, on tho 4th
July, 1850, the ratifications were exchanged,
subject to the British declaration respecting
their riglits in Honduras.
Mr. Brngg's note in the Intelligencer, ex
plains fully the apparent discrepancy between
Mr. King's note of 4th July, 18S0, to Mr.
Clayton, und his recent statement to General
Cass.
Washikoto!!, Jan. 1 3.
The discussion of the subject of the Clay
ton and Bulwer treaty has been continued
for several day in the Senate, andaflnears to
have resulted in the clear understanding of
the subject, in the sumo manner in wusah each
party til the question originally understood it.
It has changed the opinion ot no one. Air.
Clayton, an fur as he was concerned, is vindi.
rated bv the manlv noto addressed bv Mr.
King to Mr. Pierce, nnd rend in the Senate,
yesterday, as follows: "Colonel King desires
Mr. Pierce to say in the Senate that it has not
been his desire or intention, in any thing
which he has been represented ns saying in
reference to the Clnvton nnd Bulwer treaty,
to cast the slightest imputation on Mr. J. M
Clayton in leferenee to that matter; on the
contrary, he desires to do Mr. Clayton the
justice to say that he is convinced that, in
every thing connected with that treaty, he
(Mr. C.) was actuated bv a patriotic anxiety
to protect the rights nnd interests of his
country. Colonel King leets moriilica inni
nny thing said by him under a misapprehen
sion of the facts of the case should have been
made tho basis for unjust reflections on Mr.
Clayton."
Fillebusterism. The Inst American
Statesman, in an nrti le nn Cuba, says that
Fillibustcrism Is "the oxtrgrowlh of a noble
national virtue."
EtfThe Washington Union, with that
characteristic regard for truth and justice for
which it has become somewhat famous since
it passed from the hands of Mr. Ritchie, in
a recent articlo says that every body con
demns Mr. Fillmore's administration. If the
gentleman who edit the Union eonld conde
scend to got down among the people and in
form themselves correctly in reference to
public sentiment they would .discover what
would no doubt grearly astonish, if not
alarm them that nearly everyone, except
the mercenaries of party, instead of con
demning, approve the mannea in which the
affairs of government generally have been
managed under Mr. Fillmore's administration,
Happy will it be for Mr.Fillmore's successor,
and for the people, too, if he shall succeed
in giving such general satisfaction. It Is no
uncommon thing in our part of the country,
to hear intelligent democrats speaking in the
highest terms of Mr. Fillmore's administra
tion. But the masses of the party oro com
posed of very different sort of material from
the favored few about Washington City who
feed and fatten on Congressional patronage.
M?The Chattanooga Advertiser Is in-
formed by passengers from Nashville, that
there is a large quantity of freight to eome
over the N. & C. Railroad for East Tennes
see. ;
Washisotos, Jan. 11
The chief subject of discussion .in both
Houses, this session, . will be our -foreign
affairs. There, are .oo domestic . topics of
much interest aa yet, except the Lieutenant
General project which the House" will pre
serve Xur a. theme' or occasional essay and
rrminiseenc?, political and historical. . The
Pacific Rail Road project and the Jural'. bills1
have been ovtfrslonghed by the questions that
l tinan-ajlJ lenimi American uiauem nave
n 1 . M ' f .. . . 1. I
afforded. .-" .-
FEARFUL DESTITUTION.
Island of Mapeiii a, Dec. 5, 1852,
You doubtless have heard of the failure of
the Crape this year in Madeira; but you can
not know the extent of suffering already
caused by the failure, nor the fearful appro.
(tensions of still greater calamities it natural-
ly excites.
The Wine is the staple and almost sole
production ol' the Island. The nun ual vintage
has afforded for many years past an average
of twenty-live to thirty-five thousand pipes of
Wine. There hat mil been produced this year
on, hundred pi)es of tillable wine on the whole
Island. It needs but this statement to all'ord
you a definite idea of the awful calamity that
has fallen upon these people.
None, it is true, thus fur have died of
famine; thcro are few, however, but have felt
its menace or its actual presence. Tho weal
thy curtail their expenditures; thoso of sulli
cient means heretofore practice n stringent
economy; persons of more cramped resources
sell day by day whatever ornaments they may
have of letter days, at ruinous prices, while
tho poorest class fill the streets nnd beg.
And this is but tho beginning of the days of
Famine. How many months of misery, of
agony, of starvation, indeed to thousands, are
yet in reserve, no man can foresee. Without
aid from abroad, death alone can terminate
the sufferings of the population. For, desti
tute of provisions, destitute of the coarsest
means of existence, destitute of nil save their
trust in God, what hope can they have in life
but an early death I
They are a mild, patient, laborious, devout
people; kind to each other, careful of and at
tentive to strangers; obedient and reverential
toward their priests. They respect man nnd
fear God. In n population of upward of one
hundred and thirty thousand souls, I know
not where you will find so much contentment
and so little vice.
I eneloso you a copy of the appeal put forth
at the instance of the Governor, and signed
by the English and American Consuls and
other gentlemen of consideration in this place.
It is short and comprehensive, nnd will, I
doubt not, meet with a full response. Cor.
-V. I'. Tribune.
East Tensessee asd Virhinia Rafl
Road. Wo find the following paragraph in
relation to this Road in a late number of
the Grecnevillo Spy:
"Tho vacancies occasioned by tho resigna
tion of tho late corps of Engineers on the
East Tennessee nnd Virginia Railroad, have
all been tilled, lis we are informed, nnd tho
thintr is movini; on finely. Tho contractors
are throwing dirt in tho suburbs of Grcenc
ville, und the thing begins to look like a re
ality. Success to the enterprise.
37" We learn from tho Murfrcesborongh
Telegraph that an unusually large business
in the matrimonial lino lias been dono in
Rutherford county during the past year.
J" A Washington letter says :
"Mr. Hunter has had interviews, during
tho past week, with Mr. Athcrton, Senator
elect from New Hampshire, who is a confi
dential friend of Gen. Pierce. Tho result is
supposed to be a final refusal, by Mr. Hun
ter, to go into tho Cabinet. After long con
sideration ho has, as is said, determined to
accept no office. It is now supposed that Mr.
Atherton will go into the Cabinet, as Secie
tiry of tho Treasury, and that no member of
the Cabinet will be taken from Virginia.
Under a later date the writer says:
Since Mr. Hnntcr declined the reception of
any Cabinet station, no one has been nam
ed ns Secretary of State, except Mr. Mason
of Virginia, nnd Judge Cushing, of Massa
chusetts. It may bo the former. General
Dix, of New York, will, it is now said, bo of
fered the post of Secretary of tho Treasury,
but I doubt whether this is concluded upon.
53?" J. S. P., tho 'cute and graphic Wash
ington correspondent of tho N. Y. Tribune,
says: "The last session was spent principally
in preparing for the Presidential contest, and
this will bo occupied mainly in disposing of
Its fruits." The Home Journal says the
above is tho true history of two sessions of
Congress in three lines.
fc" Tho U. S. Senate, on Friday, in Ex.
ccutivo Session, confirmed the nomination of
Silas II. Hodges as Commissioner of Patents.
Mr. Badger's nomination was called up and
partially acted upon, when the announce
ment of Mr. Uphnm's death arrested pro
ceedings. The impression gains ground that
final action will not be had upon tho nomi
nation till after the 1st of March.
Tho Home Mutual Insurance Com
pany, established in New Orleans about one
year ago, has declared a dividend of 49 per
cent, out of the profits made during the year
just ended.
Stick to Your Own Business. Let spec
ulators make their thousands in a year or
day, mind your own regular trade; never
turning from it to the right hand or the left
If you are a merchant a professional man, or
a mechanic, never buy lots oi stock, unless
you have surplus money which you wish to
invest Your own business you understand
as well aa other men, but other people's yon
don't understand. Let your own business
be one which benefits the community. All
occupations possess the elements of profit in
themselves, while mere speculation boa no
such element
EP The Baltimore Clipper thinks that
the completion of the Baltimore and Ohio
Rail Road to Wheeling will open an im
mense trade to the city of Baltimore. Two
hundred and fifty bales of cotton have been
shipped at Louisville to be brought from
Wheeling by rail road to Baltimore. The
route is said to be fifty per cent cheaper tlian
. that by New Orleans.
Ges. Piiiiice's Foktukk. As everything
relating to tho President elect possesses at
this time considerable interest, we give the
following from a correspondent of u New
York journal :
Gen. Pierce, when nominated, was com
pnrntively a poor man, pecuniarily considered,
worth, perhaps, somewhere from $ 15.000 to
$i!5,000. which he had acquired in the pursuit
of an arduous letral practice since he resigned
his seat in the uiiltcu disim uw.
his election, however, his friends appear to
bo adding to bis fortune materially. In nil
dition to tho magnificent ring, valued at $3,
000, which was sent from California, some of
his friends nru about to give him a splendid
coach and pair of horses. A short time since,
a few of his friends here gave him a gold
headed cane, on which was engraved the
different coats of arms of tho thirty-one
States. Tho ladies of Concord are also pro
pariii" to forward a large and beautiful copy
of the Holy Bible to the White House on the
ath nt March. Iast. but not least, it is cur
rently rumored that a wealthy relative of
Mrs. Pierce, residing in Boston, bus cheeked
the General to tho tuno of 830,00(1. Tho
latter rumor, however, is contradicted in the
New Hampshire Patriot.
The Press. A correspondent of the Whig
recommends Gen. Zollicoffer, of the Banner,
as the whig candidate for Governor at the
next election. And why not J Certainly no
man has dono ns much to preserve the whig
ascendency in this Statu ns he. Others may
have got more credit, but, after all, he has
done the work. On the score of services, he
well deserves tho nomination. Then, again,
he is said to have made n good Comptroller,
nnd that is n ton times harder job than to
make n good Governor if ho should happen
to be elected.
We have but two objections to the nomi
nation. We rather dislike to see the cdito
rial profession lowered by the acceptance of
such offices. Editors must begin to be care,
ful how they stoop to such things. If they
consent to be Governors, who knows but
they may soon have to go still further, nnd
viel'd to be made President of.' The dignity
of the craft must bo cared for! Xashvilk
American.
Knows how to bet Ci.f.au ok it. In a
late debate on the disposal of the "Surplus"
of twenty millions which the Whig adminis
tration has collected and is about to leave for
the use of its successors. Gen. Houston,
member of Congress from this State, declar
ed that hr "had no fears as to a large surplus"
he felt "no nlarm from the prospect of a
largo surplus remaining in tho Treasury."
Of course not. His party is death on
"surpluses," and if Mr. Fillmore has collec
ted enough to keep a democratic administration-out
of debt for four years, he has per
formed a miracle which the country has nev
er witnessed before. Tu. Mmi.
E Gov. Cobb, it is said, has written a
letter to his friends in Washington, remon
strating against the getting up n petition in
his behalf, for a cabinet appointment
U. S. Senate. Gen. Houston will un
doubtedly, it is said, bo 're-elected by the
Texas Legislature. John S. Phelps will urge
his claim to a sent in tho Senate from Mis
souri, against Col. Benton.
Total Abstinence.-A person, whose
general health is good, can cure any slight
derangement of the stomach' by total absti
nence; and it is much better to refrain from
food than to tako medicine. Tho habit of
dosing yourself with soda peppermint, when
you havo eaten imprudently; or, with bitters,
to procure nn appetite; or Roehcllo powders, is
nil bad for tho health, very bad. A well-regulated
diet and proper excrciso will prevent
tho necessity of any of these nostrums; nnd
when an excess has been accidentally com
mitted, omit the next meal, and that will
generally euro you.
Cri?" It is stated that the latu Amns Jjiw
reneo has for several years past given away
in charity, more than his income. Ho was
busily engaged for several days before his
death, in packing up clothing and other ne
cessaries for poor and deserving objects.
Tho Hon. John Pettit bus been chosen by
the Indiana legislature to fill the vacancy in
the U. S. Senate occasioned by the death of
Senator Whitcomb.
Area and Population of Europe and
the Uniteh States. - The area of the United
States is but one seventh less thnn that of
Europe, including the two islands. Its popu
lation, however, is less than one-eleventh as
large. The population of Europe averages
seventy-one to the square mile, while that of
tho United States is but seven. Russia has
eight times as much European territory as
any other nation, and twenty millions more of
population. Her population, however, is but
thirty to the square mile, while that of Bel
gium is 381. Of the United Suites, Massa
chusetts is the most densely peopled, hnvinr
127 inhabitants to tho square mile. Texas,
tho largest ill area of the States, has 20,000
square miles more territory than the empire
of France, and nearly twice aA much as the
United Kingdom of Great Brifciin and Ireland.
The population of the UniU-d States will
surpass that of Great Britain within rive years,
and probably overtake that of France by the
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next uauonui census.
The Baltimore American commends, to
inose wno icei aisposea lo lav violent hands
on the "jewel of the Antilles, the following
fable. The story Is full of useful warning:
"Tho monkeys belonging to a certain keepei
of wild animals were usually confined in a
line of narrow cncs, each of which Imd a nn
in the centre of iu front, which, at reiruhir
l ,i mi i ... - , . "
iirnira aa wen mica w tin IOOO lor the tenant,
nevertheless, it was observed that whi-n all
the monkeys were supplied with their messes,
scarcely any one of them ate out of his own
pan; each thrust his paws through the bai
and robbed his right or left hand neighbor.
Half that was soized was split nnd lost in tin.
conveyance; and, while one monkey was so
unprofitable engaged in plundering, his own
pan was exposed to similar depredation.
Mb. Badger's nomination for the Supreme
Court, it is said, baa been laid on the table,
by a vote of 22 to I, by the Democratic can-
eus of Senators. The objection to his nomi
nation is alleged to be, that he does not re
side in the circuit from which the lain
ahonld be taken, ...
Orson Pratt one of the twelve npostlus of
tho Mormonitcs, or "Ijitter Day Saints," is
now preaching in the City of Washington, in
exposition of the principles of Mormonism.
There has been some doubt as to the practice
of polygamy among these Saints, although
tolerably authentic statements of the facta
have been published. But all doubt is mv,
removed by the explicit declarations of Elder.
Pratt, The National Intelligencer, in notic-T
ing his sermons, says:
"In reference to this, as to other point of
Mormon doctrine, Elder Pratt refers to his
journal "the Seer," of which the first number
has appeared. In this he defends a plurality
of wives ns n divine institution, from argu
ment founded nn the practices of three
fourths of mankind now, the custom of the
old Jewish patriarchs, and the alleged tacit
allowuiee of Christ. Ho also claims that
polygamy is not proscribed by the constitu
tion and laws of tho United States, but rather
guarantied, when held under religious con
viction, bv that article of the amendments to
the constitution w hich affirms that "Congress
shall make no law respecting nn establish
ment ol religion or prohibiting tho tree exer
cise thereof." This plurality of wives ho
styles the "celestial marriage," which, ho as
serts is to tie n union us well In eternity as lit
time. There would seem now to be nn
further room for doubt about Mormon senti
ments on this head; they lira not only ac
knowledged but proclaimed and sought to be
universally spread."
TnF.triiF.nY of Billy Bowlegs. The
New York Express states as upon tho au
thority of a Florida Senator that "Hilly Bow
legs and the rest of the Seminole chiefs bad
refused to ratify the treaty made with Gen
eral Blake, and Billy Bowlegs and his fol
lowers, after gathering all the arms they
could, had lied. General Blake had proceed
ed to the Florida Legislature, and asked for
the immediate raising of a large number of
volunteers to quell the war. It appears that
when Billy got back, and informed his pooplo
that he had signed a treaty agreeing to leave
Florida, they nt once refused to ratify it, ami
ns means of reducing Billy to obedience took
his wives away from him, and threatened to
place another man at the head of their affairs
Billy stood to his word for about fonr weeks,
when bo give in, and telling General Blako
that lie could not help it, fled."
Nearly Buried Alive An inquest was
held last week at Rochester N. Y., over tho
body of a man named Mcljiughli", found in
an unfinished building. The verdict of tho
jury was "died from the effects of intcinpsr
aiicc, exposure nnd want of food." Mc
Laughlin was taken home by his friends,
placed in a rough board coffin, and ns they
were placing a cloth, wet in whiskey, over
bis face, to keep him from spotting, ns they
stated; he leaked up and opened his eyes 1
crawled out of his narrow restinir place, and
his first inquiry was for whiskey. The un
ceremonious mode ol hurrying a man out of
existence is supposed to have some connec
tion with the fees wliieh are charged for nn
inquest
5Oii the I5lh of this month, tho time
rolled up to commenco the collection of the
railroad tax, nnd wo were cratiiied to see our
collector, tJ. W. Henegcr in such fine spirits.
its. .
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t;ourt being in session, there was n goriffl
number of our citizens in town and nlthoi
lie was not fully prepared to commence fnl
collection, some of our sturdy old Farmers
called on him with the 'yellow boys nnd
said "wo voted a railroad' tax, becnuso we
wanted n road and we are ready to pay it!"
This is tho right kind of feeling nnd we havo
no doubt on Saturday tho 18th, when he
commences operations in earnest that he
will find it hard work to wait on them.
With such manifestations in favor, who can
doubt tho success of tho enterprise. ilc
Minnville Enterprise.
Benefit of Advertisins. An old man
in New-York named Paddlcburn, worth
$150,000 who thought ho had not n relative
in the world, advertised in tho papers for nny
ono claiming kindred to eome forward, when
in less than twenty-four hours he wua visited
by no loss than six mints, fourteen nneles.
fifty-four nephews, ninety-three nieees, and
one hundred ami lorry-eight cousins.
Tho Millcdgevillo Recorder of Tuesday
bus tho following paragraph:
"Wo regret to learn by a letter from a Phy
sician at Mnrshallville, Macon county, ad.
dressed to one In this city, that tho genuine
continent Small Pox has' broken out in that
vicinity, creating quite a panic among tho
people. We trust every precaution will bo
used by vaccination and other means to ar
rest the progress of this loathsome disease.
Hogs. The Louisville Courier of last
Friday says:
We notiecd a sale yesterday of 400 licht
hogs from Tcnnesseo river at 6 eta not; also
a snlo of 600 Ci cU. From the best infor
mation we can train, there will be an in.
crease in tho number of hogs packed this
season of probably two hundred thousnad;
out tno weigni win lull oil fully 7 per cent.
DisASTEns o Westeiin Rivnts. The
Louisville Courier lias nuhliskoil a i:t .f
disasters on Western waters during the year
185:1. It is a forinidnltlA nn. omhranin.. 7tt
steam bouts, 4 barges, 73 coal boats, 32'snlt
boats, ana 6 other Flat boats. Jt appear
that 48 boats were lost by being snagged,
16 bv explosions. 4 were burnt, and th ih.
ers lost by collision and other mishaps. The
greater number of the flat boats were de
stroyed by tho breaking up of ice last winter.
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i ne grc-ucsv nuiooer oi uvea lost oy on
disaster was the explosion of the Saluda,
100. The total loss of life exceeds 400 per.
sons.
Wool tic tiie United States. The Now.
York Economist nays:
. "By recent scientific researches on the part
of P. A. Brown, Esq., of Pennsylvania, it has
been established that the United States can
out rival the world in wool aa in cot too.
Thus, Spanish sheep, yielding naturally wool
2000 to the inch, carried to England, degen
erated to 900 to the inch, and brought to the
- iv.-.iuM . wv, liner Miau
the original. The fact being onoe establish
.id that our climate and soil produce finer
wooi man ouier countries, win give to oar
nnnufaetnres inevitably the auperiority in
cloths, if the manufacturer is allied in his in
terest to the grower." .
Daring Um last two years the Lejr'udatsr
of Alabama baa granted about forty divorces.
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