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ATHENS POST.
A. P. 1V1NB, BD1TOR AMD PROfRIKTOR.
Tfrmit -M a fttr, payaMt ta kdvamt r t)8 at
kxpi ration of th jraar.
$r No pfMr 4tflmttaaed at(Y all arraraM ar
9 ftid.aseeptat lh pilom of tha Publtahsr.
ForbBoiMloUMnaniM of oudldaUl ftr oflotf 6,
uh.
OtHtaarf 1ot(caTrllllBahartd attht ragular
tdrartlalne rat.
Allomnfauntrtlealttta4l to promote th pHraU
tMiorlntoroau of OorporatloM, oco,choola or
dlrldoala, will k charged aa advartUamanM.
ATHBKrHIOJlViAPRIL IT. tiT.
UeETINO or Dibbctobb. The quarterly
1 mealing of the Director East Tennessee
and Georgia Railroad will be held at tha
Company'a olGea, Athene, on Wednesdsy, tha
S2d Instant,
To CbaataroROiaTa. Wa are in tha re-
aaipt of two communication thia week, nel.
ther of which wss accompanied by tha name
of tha writer, and of course they dant appear
lo oar column. Tha author will, perhaps,
think lhm selves badly treated. But il'a tha
way wa treat everybody who ao treat u.
The communication of "An Obeerrer" a Kali
appear next week.
1 ne American Convention to nomi
nate a candidate for Governor, la appointed to
be held on Friday, the let day of Mny, and
not on tha firat Monday of that month, aa
published laat week.
Men Snow. We had another light
aprinkla of anow on Monday night sufficient
to destroy the illusions whirh poata are apt
lo indulge during tha "balmy month," aa it
need to be ealled in tha oldea time. Tha
weather at thia lime ia eold enough fur early
March, and no abatement In the demand for
wood.
fit' Circuit Court haa been in aesaion
aince Monday laat, Judge Alexander pro
aiding. Several criminal cure have been dis.
poaed of, and two gentlemen elected to do
"the State aome aervice" at Naahville Irv ne,
petty larceny, for two years, and John Ack.
man Forrester, burglary, for ten year. The
former claim hia paternal home in Georgia,
and tha latter in Middle Tennessee.
' Our exchangee for the laat few weeka
have been unusually barren of matter ef
atriking interest. Fortunately for the readers
of tha Post, tha many stirring affairs incident
to a lively locality lika Athena, places its
columns beyond tha reach of the general
dearth.
ff&The Inst cold anap or the present one
knocked down what' few peach blossoms
had escaped tha former frost; and unless
aome of the later variety of applea should
hit, onr friends will have to make op their
minds to get nlong on bread and meat alone,
until another senson. The wheatlooksprom.
Isiag young oats i said to be injured by
the cold weather.
Nicaragua. The advices by the steamer
George Law, confirm the reports of Walk
er's success.
IrrT" We regret, exceedingly, that the con
tributions which have recently appeared on
our third page should have so annoyed the
erilici of the village. The fault, perhaps, is
not with the poet, but rather from a want of
capacity to appreciate on the part of the pro
eaic reader. Among the ataplee of this sec
tion are Proae, Pigs, and Politic.
Railroad Convention. The Railroad
Convention, at Bristol, has been postponed to
the 3d day of June. The Convention is do
eigned to promote nn impoitnnt object, and
it deliberations will be looked for with much
interest.
Thc Friends of the South. Newspaper
readers are aware that the question of Einan
oipntion setting the negroes free is being
agitated in Missouri. At the recent munici
pal ilection in St. Louis, where the foreign
Tote predominate, Emancipation wo made a
question an iasue and the result is, Wi
nter, the emancipationist, is elected by a large
plurality over tha other candidates, and a
majority of the City Councilmen and other
officers are of tha aame atrlpe. So much for
tho German vote the foreign element at
St Louis. Nine tenlhe of these men are
what are called "day laborer," and think
, that alavery is in competition with their in
terests, and they therefore vote to have it
put away. And yet Democracy, under whose
protecting wing the South ia induced to net-
. tie, contenda that the cultivation and ex
tension of this same foreign element is es
sential to the preservation of the peculiar in
stitution and the Interests of the slavehold
tag States, and denounce as proacriptioniat,
and even traitors, all who aeek to throw re-
' strictione around it and confine it within rea.
eonnble bound. The South will possibly
Wake up to a true eense of tha subject after
awhile.
Good Salary. The salary of the Connty
Court Judge in Shelby county, has been fixed
at $2,000, provided the city of Mempltia will
pay ona half.
Artedeluviab Wiiloa Is tha name given
by ona of our cotemporariea, to tha "old
liners" who atill believe in the resurrection of
tho Whig party. " Antedeluviaul" that's
pretty good.
A bother Papeb. It is stated that W. P.
Collins, recently connected with tha Eaat
. Tanneaaeaan, Maryville, will, in a abort time,
commence tha publication of a literary jour.
' Dal, at the neighboring village of Cleveland.
Wisconsin. Whitney, Black Republican'
haa been elected Chief J untie in Wisconsin.
"Spriro." A friend haa aent us an "Ode
to Spring," which wa will publish aa soon aa
tha weather will permit. '
3f Isbsna G. Harris waa nominated by
tha Damoeratlo Convention which met on
Wednesday, for Oovernor.
'. 3f- six Feet Four, of the Cleveland Ban
ner, has been with ua a portion ol tha pres
ent week. All thing considered, he was
' looking good deal better than wa expected
to aea him. Wa believe ha atlll travela by
t railroad. '
IsjURlD. The Savannah Nawa learns that
tha eorn and other crops la that vicinity have
been seriously injured by tha lata eold wea
ther. Tha aorn haa been entirely aut down.
Abolished. The Danish Sound Dues
was to be abolished from tha lat of April.
BANKS AND BANKING.
A friend request u to publiah tha com-
mnnicatlon below, on the auhject of "Banka
and Ranking," which originally appeared In
the Nnshvlllo Union and American:
Afesrrs Editors: On the currency qnre-
lion I fully ronenr with you that every Dunk
and Brunch Bank should b required to pay
nnt ite notra where they are redeemable in
coin; and in order to further protect the cum.
mutiny against over Issues nnd Hank failures,
let each Bunk commencing business or any
Bunk whose charter mny expire, be compelled
to conform to the law regulating the business
of Banking passed I'Jlh of February, 1853.
within the last lew years several stock
Banks have failed, but there ia not an Instance
of a Free Bunk having done so.
1 he Slate of New York, having much the
largest Banking capital of any State in the
Union, and I presume that her experience is
equal to any, hsa adopted the Free Banking
system. Tha Superintendent says In refer,
one to lis success, "There has no Hank failed
in this state having a circulation secured
wholly by public stocks of this Slnte and of
the United State, the circulation of which
has not been redeemed at par value thereof,
and in suoh msnner, without interruption,
that the notes lost nothing of their efficiency
and value in circulation until actual redemp
tion. Let Tennessee adhere In thia aystem,
(which does equal justice to nil.) lei it be tin
derslood that for every Hank note in circula
tion there is ample security in the hands of
the Comptroller in 7nnrire term's, (over and
above the individual property of the stock
holders,) and we ahull bear of no more panics
and Bank failures.
Very nenrly allied to this subject Is the
great railroad interest of the State; if the
Bonds are required for Banking" purposes,
the will of course command higher price,
which would benefit the public improvement
companies. New York Stste 6s hsve gone up
to 118 under their present Hanking system.
Why not Tennessee's do the same?
There is yet another important feature in
the above aystem; the State or Government
stocks are lodged with the Comptroller to
protect the note holders, and cannot be v ith
drawn without the notes sre returned. But
where all the means sre in possession of the
Back it may be lost hy injudicious Banking,
and in some cases there is little or nothing to
lose, particularly where the stock is paid
chiefly in stock notes. These matters ought
lo be brought prominently before the people
that the next legislature may understand
their wishes. B.
The Washington Epidemic. The belief
is taking hold upon the public mind, tbat the
disease which broke out, some weeks ago,
among the boarders at the National Hntol,
Washington, was caused by arsenic mixed
with portions of the food sent to the public
table. It ia hard to believe that a being could
be found, disguised in the semblance of hu
manity, au totally depraved as to jeopardize
the lives of hundreds in order to injure the
proprietors of the house, or some individual
inmate of it; yet the facts elicited so fur jus
tice the belief. There are many speculations
and statement in the papers on the subject,
the latest of which we copy below from the
Nashville Patriot:
"The L-incaster Express, speaking of the
death of Mr. 1-aue, asserts unhesitatingly
that there can be no doubt it was the effect
of poison. The Philadelphia Times says an
eminent physician of that city, who has had
several persons under his enre, seeking rol.uf
from the effects of the mysterious sickness
contracted at the Federal Capital, maintains
the theory Unit it resulted from a premeditat
ed attempt to poison the inmates of the No
tional Hotel. He bases his opinion upon the
fnct that none but those who dined at tho
public table were attacked; and as to, the
story of the rut poisoned .water, il is refuted,
because, the tank is only used for washing,
u liile the drinking water is brought through
pipes Irom a distance. I he sickness nrigl.
nnlly broke out during Mr. Buchanan s first
visit to the hotel; it cased when he left for
W henthuid, and upon his return, niter a fort
night's absence, it became again more violent
than ever. The President elect wns warned,
hy anonymous letters, not to eat or drink in
that house, and under the advice of friends,
and although ho returned to the hotel from
a feeling of legurd for its worthy proprietors,
he never broke bread nor emptied a glnss In
it, until he took up his residence in the
Presidential mansion. Occasional visitors,
who did not bwnrd there, but used Ihe bur.
were not afflicted, while nearly all the occu
pants of the dining room were more or less
prostrated."
The Mihnesota Land Grant. The St.
Paul Times of the 18th ull. says:
It is estimated that the recent grant of land
to this territory contains about 7,200,000
acre of land I the most magnificent dona
tion ever received by any State from Con
gress I With an extent of territory unsur
passed by any Stale except Texas, with a
prolific Held of Opportunity and Development
unequalled in the world, and this splendid
benefice, given by Congress n the marriage
bounty of the new bride, it is needless to
prophesy that Minnesota will toon vie with
her elder sisters, in wealth, population and
political and commercial importance. This
generous gift alone would make a Statu nearly
aa large as Massachusetts. But one thing
Minnesotiuns! It-t us not get drunk over our
luck in drawing a prize, and make it, by our
own indiscreetness, au instrument of self de
struction. Somebody ir Luck. Ticket No. 15387,
Fort Gaines Academy Lottery, last Saturday,
drew the prize of 85,000, and was held by a
citizen of Madisonville, Monroe county.
Legal Terder. American gold coin In
any amount American silver to five dollars
three cent pieces to the amount of thirty
cents, and one cent pieces to .the amount of
ten cents, are legal tender.
- Ibor Rails. We learn that the ships with
iron rails for the East Tennessee and Vir
ginia Railroad, arrived at City Point a few
days since, and the work of track laying on
the Eastern end of the line will now be prose
cuted without Interruption.
-f The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel
says the City Election terminated at 3 o'clock,
F. and passed off very quietly. The
American party elected theirMayor and eleven
of the twelve members of Council.
Premium Wheat Fans. Attention, of
farmers and others is invited lo the advertise,
uient of Mr. Cotton, next page. The "Pre
mium Wheat Fans" are said by those who
have used them to be superior to any before
Introduced Into tha country.
Mission to Chisa. The mission to the
Celestial Empire haa been tendered to, and
accepted by, Wm. A. Reed, of Philadelphia.
Mb. Bucharar. The reports in tha pa
pera about Mr. Buehonau's continued Indispo
sition, are eaid to be grossly exaggerated, and
that bis Illness ia comparatively trifling.
"East Tennessee Argun" la tha nama of
a paper juat atarted at Jonraborough. Demo
cralie in polities Prise, U,00 per annum In
advance. Bean and Peoples editors and pro
prletors.
SENTENCE.
At our request a friend line kindly furnish
ed us with a copy of the sentence pronounced
by Judge Gaut, upon Washington Gann,
convicted of murder In lha firat degree at the
late term of the Circuit Court of Hamilton
county. It will be Tound below:
Waihinptnn Qann ; Yon have been ar
raigned, charged and tried, for the murder of
William Wileoxen, on the nii(ht of lb 4th of
November, 1 HftB, in the county of Hamilton.
You have been tried bv a lurv of Hamilton
county, chosen by yourself. That jury, nfter
a careful and patient hearing of the evidence
and the argument of counsel, upon their
oath, have found, that on the night of the
4th of November, 1858, in the county of
namnton, you am unlawfully, willully, de
liberately, pre meditatedly, and of your malice
aforethought, kill and murder William Wil
coxen, and in so doing you are guilty of mur
der in the first degree; and th jury further
found that there were no mitigating circum
stances in your esse. 1 believe you have had
the full benefit of the law in the Court's
charge to the jury. 1 believe the proof be
fore the jury tiilly warranted and sustains
their verdict it now only remains for the
Court to pronounce the judgment of the law
upon the verdict of the jurv It is not mv
judgment, but the sentence of the law. It
is a solemn responeiuiuiy, ine judgment ot
the C'oi.rt, therefore, is, that, you be taken by
the Sheriff of Hamilton county, Tennessee,
from the jail of said county, on Friday, the
10th day of July, 1867, between the hours of
10 o'clock and 8 o'clock of that, day, to some
suitable pi aco in the vicinity of the town of
Harrison, in said eountv, to be selected and
prepared by the Sheriff for that purpose, and
that you be then and there hun&r by the neck
by said Slier i If until you are dead. And that
the said Sheriff have a sufficient force to car
ry into execution this judgment of the Court.
Permit me, in the discharge of mv fearful
responsibility, to add, that you have three
months for reflection and preparation to meet
death and judgment before Almighty Uod.
"Whilst the lamp h Ids out to burn the vilcat
inner may return." Seek forgiveneas and
pardon in the atonement of Christ, and pre
pare to meet death and judgment and may
God, in his infinite wiadom, have niercy upon
your soul and save it in that awful day.
Disastrous Fiiir at -Marietta, Georgia.
Our City has ngutn been visited by the
sodden and distressing calamity of loss to its
capital, loss to its business, and loss to its
appearance from the i ffi cts of this devastat
ing element. The enter) rise of our citizens
was just beginning to recover itself troin the
fires ill November 1854 and 1855, nnd new
struilurea to rise on Ihe ruins then made,
when our beautiful square is again doomed to
show the ruins of another and yet more de
structive lire. The North West nnd Western
portion of the square, the Howard House,
Snider' building, (,'olonnde Row, Post Office,
McEl fresh's Machine Shop and Blind dz. Sash
Factory and Denmead's Warehouse, near the
Di pot.nre all in ashes, or present only black,
ened wall lo the eye.
The fire originated in the Drug Store of
Messrs. Sabnl Si Tennent, and was commu
nicated to n Turpentine barrel, in the cellar,
from a candle. The accident occurred a little
after 3 o'clock in Ihe afternoon of the 1 3th
inst., and with proper convenience for extin
guishing the lire, it might have been nr rested
in thc building where il commenced. But it
soon got the mastery, and swept, with fearful
rapidity in every direction.
It is dillicult to estimate the loss of prop
erty, but it v. ill not full far short of SI 25,000.
Many of our most enterprising citizens are
among the sufferers, mid it will undoubt
edly dampen their efforts in future. We fear
that our city will never recover from the
present loss.
The insurance on the whole is not more
than 30,000.
STiUNanNcT ir Moret affairs. Theft.
Lntils (MisfsTuri) Courier, speaking of Ihe
stringency in monetary affairs there, says:
- "The most prominent cause is, tluil Uncle
Sum is receiving at nil his' land ollices nnd
sub-treasuries, the money which merchants
expect to receive, nnd should have received,
iu exchange for goods they sold last fall.
"It is Ihe mainn for buying hinds, not only
b) original entry from government, but ba
ilie farmer purchasing from his neighbor
who lakes the money and removes to the
distant territory, and then again invests this
same money in new lauds, bought from gov
ernment, wiiicli in producing derangement in
our monetary affairs in n word, tho prom
inent cause of the great stringency is spec
ulation in lands and town lots, nnd, if this
continues, and progresses as rapidly as it has
done for the past two years, a crisis must in
evitably come."
Prospective Lard Sales 'I he Govern
mcnt of the United States has advertised
three sales of Ihe lands held in trust for the
benefit of certain tribes of Indians. The
innds have been all appraised by commis
sioners appointed for the purpose, nnd will
not be sold for less than the value thus put
upon them by tho government appraisers,
One sale will occur ut Iowa Point, in Don
iphan county, Kansas, beginning on Tues
duv, the 5th of May. This salu is for the
benefit of the Iowa tribe. Another sale
will occur ut Puolf, in Lykins county, Kan
sas, commencing nn Tuesday, the 26th of
May, for the confederate bauds of Kaskas
kius, Pcorias, Piuukeshnws and Woas. Also
another sale at Lecompton, in Kansas, on
Tuesday, the 22d of June, for the benefit of
the Delaware tribe. Thousands upon thous
ands of acres of land will be thus thrown up
on the market. For the benefit of the Iowa
tribe 95,000 acres will be sold; for the con
federated bands 214,000 acres; and for the
Delaware tribe 345,000 acres making lu all
654,(00 acres,
9
Tf.b Town of Munrob in Ruins. The
village of Monroe in Walton couuly, was al
most entirely aesiroyed Dy tire on Tuesday
night. The Court House and one or two
small buildings only were saved. We re
ceived Ibis information from the conductor
of yesterday afiernoon train, upon the Geor
gia road, who obtained it at Social Circle,
Avgunta Constitutiimatist.
Asothhk Victim. Hon. Samuel Bren
ton, member of Congress from Indiana, died
at Ins residence in Furl Wuvne. on Suuduv
evening lusl, from the disease, it is alleged,
ne nad contracted at the Nuliouul Hotel in
Washington.
National Hutel Diseasb. Washing
ton, Am 1. A pott mortem examination of
Hi remains of a gentleman who died iu
Pennsylvania from disease contracted ut the
National Hotel in this city, shows a deposit
ofaraeniein tha atomach. A patient now
hero auhVra enlargement of the abdomen
from some cause, and with marked symp
turns of being poisoned.
Hf'Greal men," says Aristotle, "are ol
waya of a melancholy nature." If thia be
true, Ihe tax on greatness is more than the
property is worth. For our own part wa
would rather be merry with Sum Waller
than dismal with Pluto. We had indeed.
Armistice. Tha war between Perala and
Great ill I tain has been suspended for three
month.
O-Denvers of California haa been ap
pointed Comuiiasionar of Indian affoira, -
PCBLIO MEETING.
A meeting of a portion of the American
party of McMinn county, waa held at th
Court home in Athens, on Monday losk
Lsaam Butram, Esq., waa oatled to th Chair,
nd J. M. HiNnsaaoR appointed Secretary.
On motion, the Chair appointed the follow
ing named delegates to the Oul.rnatoiinl
Convention, to bs held at Naahville, on the
1st day of Mayu A. D. Briant, Wm. Foster,
II. Butram, Daniel M'I'hail, Wm. M. Coats,
E. Longhmiller, L. It. Hunt, J. II. Magill,
James Forest, John D. Lowry, Eliaha Bryant,
Tho. Russell, J. B. Cooke, C. A. Jordan, Til
bal Zeigler, Morria M. Sullina, David Ware,
John Hill, Wm, a Callaway, A. J. Dodaon,
Joseph W. Gibson, O. L. King, Wm. C.
Vaughan, Uriel Johnston, Jamea M. Ruther
ford, Tho. Martin. Wm. Maples, Allen Haley,
Thoa. B. Love, B. F. Martin, Ja. 8. VarneJI,
Joel Culpepper and Jotvph M. Alexander.
On motion,
Jietolvtd, That in the event none of the
delegates appointed above attend said Con
vention, F. K. Zollicoffer represent McMinn
county in said Ceuvention.
On motion, th proceeding were ordered
to b published, and the meeting adjourned.
LARK1X BUTRAM, t'Aairman,
J. M. Henderson, Src'y.
Thb Law or Nrootiablr Paper. The
New York Evening Post refers to nn Impor.
lant point in commercial lawndw under dis
eussion In that city, and says:
i he question Involved in tha case is a
broad one, and is almost as old as negotia
ble paper ilseir. A. sold coal to II. and took
in payment ihenAir sYiots-made to himself
by B. and endorsed bv (.'. Can A. recover
against C, the former being payed, the latter
a KU'iscquehtcmlorser I he Supreme Court
has held, at general term, both was the bit
ter opinion ol the two being in favor of the
(.luntiffs right to recover. Thequextion will
undoubtedly be carried to the. Court of Ap
peals, luoc.se reported on Friday last,
Judge Duer intimates thai he has grave
doubts whether a payee and first endors-r
can, iinderany circumstances, recover against
a subsequent endorser, and charge him na
audi.
IC7 When the Nashville Union becomes
alarmed at Ihe probable course of Mr. Buch.
anan'a office holders, it is time for nil honest
men lo look out! Hear what the Unirn says
about the Pacific Railroad, which Mr. Bucha
nan recommends to be built by the General
Government:
Pricticil laboring men nre much better
qualified to build Railroads than a wrnnglii'g
Congress or any sut of government otliriii.s.
Il would be a g-eal blessing to the country it
we tould have fewer ollice holdois it Mill
be A great curse whenever we have to have
more. We believe we had rather encounter
n forrign enemy on our shore with bayonets
in hnd, than an army of office holders at
home with their bands in the Treasury.
-j"Tbo N. Y.Times makes a queer de
velopment, hich may be recommended to
losers of registered letters und those who
pay their clerks poor wages. Some time ago
Unit paper published a list of registered let
ters mailed to their office, but never received.
But, Mr. Mulbrook, post office agent, pub
lished a statement that the post office had
rteeiptt for all the letters which it was said
never were received! The Times says that
the statement is correct that tho thefts
were committed by -their own clerks, nnd
adds; "merchants and business men general
ly are far too careliws in regard to the class
of persons ho ore sent tn ties- post office for
their letters. It is very common to intrust
this important and responsible, duty to those
emplmjeen who nre in the most inferior po
sitions, and uhesjire tho most inadequately
paid for their services. A direct temptation
to dishonesty is thrown In their way."
Trouble in Kansas. A threatening diffi
culty has occurred iu Kansas, at the town of
Topeka. All alleged boons sliei ill' attempted
to arrest n freesoileron u political charge, but
was driven off by a number of citizens. He
went away to some other town, procured a
posse audsreturncd to take his prisoner.
Again, however, the citizens of Topeka inter
fered and prevented the arrest. Theronpon
the sheriff sent n message to acting Governor
Woodson, at Lecompton. The result hud
not transpired ut the latest dates.
Terrific Explosion in a Printino Of
fice. We learn from the Indianapolis Jour
mil, that a Steam. boilor exploded in the Sen
tinel omce at innianapoits, which Killed a
young man named George Human, and
wounded five others. A fine new press, the
forms of Wednesday s paper, great quantity
of material, and even the building, wero very
much injured. A new boiler had just been
put up in a new building, and the occasion
was the first one on which it had been used,
The loss is estimated ut 68,000 to $12,000.
A Charitable Hope, The Louisville
Journal quotes the Memphis papers as slut
ing that the Memphis and Charleston Rail
Road "has been constructed so thnt the trains
can go through;" whereupon Pre.itice, ex
claims: "That is well, but we hope that the
bridges along its line have not been so con,
strutted that trains can "po through."
NewYohk, Aprilfi. Privulu letters have
heen received In tins city from Uen. Hon
niiigsen, in his own hand writing, addressed
to persons in this city, dated Kivus, March
19th, confirming every essential fact brought
hy the sleumur I exas, in relation to the re'
cent victory of Walker's troops over Ihe Cos
ta llicnn and their allies. General 11. stutei
that four hundred of the allies were killed
and about filly of hia own men.
The battle lasted ten hours and was dee
perately fought on both sides. It ended in
the ulter ileleat and route of the enemy. .
Gen. Henningsen writes further that he- is
confident that in a few weeks Walker will
entirely dear the country of the Costa Rio
ana, who nre greatly discomfited and depress
ed by their defeat.
New York, April 13. It is reported by
passengers on the George Law that Col Loc k-
ridge captured Castillo on tha SOtli March,
bul the rumor Is doubted.
Washirgton, April 13. It is reported
that the administration has assented to the
Sound dues treaty.
The Augusta Constitutionalist of Tuesday
evening save: '
As our evening edition goes to press the
telegraph has uunounced destructive fire
raging in Macon.
We could not learn the extent of it but it
ia atuled that tha wind was high and the tire
spreading rapidly. No further particulars
obtained.
Charleston, April, 14. Sales this morn,
ing 600 hales nt from 12 to 14 cunts.
Augusta, April 14. There ia- a perfect
calm In the Lotion trude. Sales could not
be made to any extent except at a decline
oi t to t cent, jioiuers ara nrm.
A New Partt Paoorammr In Ihe
Bradford (Pa.) Argus, the organ of Mr.
Wilmot, "lha Republican" Candidate for Gov.
ernor of Pennsylvania, is paraded the follow
ing slavery plank in Ihe platform: .
V Appeal from the fite SUtt hnlding Su
preme Court Judges to the
people of pernsvlvaria 1
for governor.
DAVID WILMOT,
or BIIADFOIID CUUKTV.
This appeal from a Judicial decision to
the people, ia not altogether a novelty.
Rogues, rascals, Ate, niton appeal from the
Courts to tha mob, but thia appeal to a
party is certainly a novelty. Parties, hither
to, have alwnya stood upon tha decision of
Ihe Courts, snd pledged themselves to abide
by the decisions of the Courts, and the only
Instance within our recollection to the con
trary, Is that of the repudintors of Mississip
pi, who, being about to be taxed under
Ihe decisions of the Mississippi Courts, at
tempted to repudiate, not only the decision
of the Court, but the Judges themselves.
As for Wilmot, he Mill not come within
a thousand miles of being elected Governor
on this issue in the Keystone Statu, The
great central State of the Union is not to be
carried upon any such issue of nn appeal
fiom the Judicial decisions to the E ections
nnd Election days. So says the Now York
Express.
Public OiricKRs and I'olitilians. Sec
retary t'oob, in a letter to n gentleman hold
ing a high office under government, declares
that the first duty of any gentleman holding
position under departments is to tho govern
ment nnd to the people, and not to the p irly
which he may happen to belong to. I In then
dds:
Holding, rayon do nn office of great necu.
ninry responsibility, and one requiring vour
constant personal attention, Icnnnot sanction
Ihe propriety or your absence from your post
for the purpose ol an active engagement in
the approaching (lection of your State. No
one regards with more interest than I. do the
sin-cess of Ihe national democratic parly nl
mis important period in our history. Hut
that success must not he purchased at the
expense of the public interest, which might
be the case il those holding high arid impor
tant office should absent themselves from
their posts to conduct the canvass.
Important Geographical Discovert in
Florida. A writer in the Natiornl Intelli.
fencer announces a most important discov
ery, if one it be in fact, that the waters of
the Florida everglades have found nn outlet
through which they ure pouring themselves
in great volume into the Gulf of Mexico.
An nren of many millions of acres, hitherto
submerged, is thus to be converted into pro
ductile fields, admirably adapted tn the cul.
liv ilion of the sugar cane nnd other tropical
fruits. As for the Seminole, they will be
left high on drv ground. Should this prove
true, the Peninsular railroads would be the
best in tho world, na by the "awnmp grant"
the everglades ore all the property of the
State, and by her internal improvement net,
pledged to the several railroad enterprises.
Important from Libkria. We have seen
letters from several of lha missionaries em-
ploied by the Methodist Episcopal Church
ill Liberia, irom "inch we learn that a furi,
ous sur U reginff in the vicinitr ot 1rtpc lul
mas, between the colonists ami the natives.
Thirty seven American houses nnd much
property have been destroyed, and 28 live
have heen lost. All missionary and businea
matters were nt n stand.
A detatchment of one hundred nnd fifty
men had left Monrova for I'nne Palm.is. on
board a schooner with Ex President Roberts
and Vice President Vales, to aid the colo
nists. I'hil. UulMm.
D'Arrest's Comet. The smnll telescope
cornel, discovered nt Leipsic, Febunry 23d
nnd in this country a month Inter, can now
be seen with a telescope of moderate power,
"although it will require a clear sky to be
able lo see it to advantage." It was nearest
the Sun, March 21st. it presents the usual
cometnry appearance. The nepulous head is
about a minute in diameter, and the nucleus
is as bright as a stur of the aevonth magni
tude.
3f ' It is rumored that Hon. Samuel
Houston will bo a candidate for Governor of
Tex in opposition to the Democratic can
didate.
Election Da? in St. Louis. Mayor
Howe, of St. Louis, Issued a proclamation
ordering all minora to stay within doors
from dnrk on Monday night till daylight
Tuesday morning, and all grog shops to be
closed during Monday (election day) nnd
the night preceding.
fgf In a dialogue which Dubbshad will
himself, the other day, he cuniu to the con
elusion that the best way to succeed with u
woman is to brag of tho baby, nnd speak
well of hor bonnet.
A Monument to Luther. The King of
Bavaria, w ho is a Roman Catholic, has au
thorized Ihe Protestant pastors in his king,
dom to raise subscriptions for a monument
whivh ia about lo be erected to the memory
oi .uuriiii punier, ni vvoims.
l-fr The post othce of London is tho
largest post office in Ihe world. It has
Irotit of 400 foet by 160 fuel deep. There
sre 2,500 persons employed In the building
one thousand of whom nro engaged In ma
king up the London evening mail.
' lif A correspondent writes tha Charles
Ion Standard, that he hns discovered in Ma.
rion county, Florida, three very largo and
easily accessible beds of yellow marble, which
is susceptible of a most beautiful polish, und
is harder than even Ihe Italian.
Washington, April 11. It is understood
that Wui, IS. Keed bus accepted Ihe mission
lo i lima, t.hrlslopher Uiirson hns been re
appointed Indian Agent, nnd Sum. M. Yost
has been appointed to a similar office in New
Mexico. II. tt. Wulah has been nppoiuled
ncceiver oi puono monies in lowa.
From Califorria ard Nicaragua. By
the arrival of ihe George Law, we have later
dates from California and Nicaragua. She left
Aspinwnll on the 4th Inst., and bring a mil
lion and a quarter in guld,
The California newa ia unimportant. .
Negotintiona with New Grunada nud the
United Statca have been broken off.
Tha newa from Nicaragua iumfiruia the
aucceaa of Wulker. . ,
. Col. Lockridga waa still on the San Juan
river, making preparation to attack Castillo.
Difficulties Ahfad. The Richmond
Whig, speaking oTGcn. Walker's recent vic
tories and his probable conquest of Nicara
gua say si
The success of Walker, however, Is sngjes
tlve of probable difticulliea between the
United States nnd foreign powers. ' If, ns I
suggested by onr neighbor of The South,
the conquest of Nicaragua I but a stepping
stone to the more important reduction of
the rest of Central America and Cuba tn the
sway of our roving countrymen, nnd we nre
to clear the track lor a free fight, and see
thnt no outsider slops Into the ring, we mny
perhaps have our hands too full for conven
ience, comfort nr safety. Already a large
portion of th9 Democratic press ia using its
political lionnge to force the administration
to join with England In tha crusade against
China, nnd the Celestials nru d-nntinced wilh
as much vigor and acrimony ss if they were
political opponents in a Presidential election.
Along our Pncifio border, too, is a capital
opening lor a fight.
If the Dons should come with their clum
sy nrinndoes and paper blockades to chastise
Ihe revolutionary and pronuneiamentory
Mexicans, it is hardly possible for us to keep
onr hands clenr of the difficulty) and if the
doctrines of theOstcnd Manifesio nre lo hold
swny with the present administration and
they certainly are tho sentiments of its head
we may look forward with great probabil
ity to several years, at least, of a general
war with everybody. It may, it is true, have
n tendency to Injure our commerce nnd
straighten us in our finances, without count
Ing Ihe bloodshed it will innUL'tirale: bul if
hacked with the nnmo of Democracy, it
would be moral treason to object to the pol
icy, wunicver us consequences.
Croakers. "Life lllusi rated" says if a
mnn puts on green spectacles, every object
about him nt once becomes green. lie hns
green children, green furniture, green cloth,
ing; he can see n green landscape even when
Ihe ground is whito wilh snow. There nre
fault-finders who seem to hove donned green
moral apeotalc. Everything appears to them
out ofshape nnd hue. There is nothing ns
it should be; the whole machine is wrong;
it not only needs repairing and greasing, but
re constructing ultngother. The country is
going to ruin; there is none of tho virtue of
he early days when men wore the conli.
nental costume; from the crow n of the head
to Ihe sole of the feet, the body politic 'ib
covered with bruises and putrifying sores.
1 he wild notions thut men nre getting into
their bends nre overturning the basis of all
permanent governments; there is no such
thing ns patriotic motives; our entire system
ia conducted upon selfish principles.
JSow we do not believe everything in this
country is just ns it should be, or just ns it
win be in tune; neither do we believe that
we are going backward as a people, or thnt
there is less patriotism, less virtue, less love
f justice than there was in the "good old
tune 'of tall boots and light breeches. A
man with eyes and brains in his head, if he
uses them, can not go fur in life without seu.
ing things which offend his sense of justice,
propriety, nnd decency; but he will also sue
many good things to encourage and please,
Civilization in Canada. As an evidence
of progression In Canada, we nre glnd to
state, that by n recent act of the Canadian
Parliament the decimal currency of Ihe Unit
ed .States hns bren adopted in place of the
English system of pounds, shillings and
penco. r.very day brings us nearer to the
"snnvxntinii" period whicb.is in the future,
Mobile and Ohio Railroad. The South'
em (Trenton) Standard, snys:
bam. Williams, Esq., has been appointed to
superintend I lie 1 euiiessee portion of this
road, from whom we have cheering accounts
as In its progress nnd probable success. The
work Irom L.oliimlnis in tins direction is go
ing on sicnuiiy, aiiout two miles of track lay.
ing Having oeen completed, wan the energy
with which Mr. W. will oma,.f.ui,i liio l..t;...l
no doubt, it will be connected with Trenton
in us liriel a time ns is practicable. Bv tl
last of September or the first nf October, the
cars win ue in 1 rutilun, and "we will all tuk
a ride."
Case of Conscience. A celebrated liquor
Importer in Boston recently had hia pocket
unox, containing a large sum ol money, taken
from hia pocket while entering church. A
few days subsequent he received the pocket
oook inrougn ine post, accompanied with
note, in which the writer stated that nfter
spending the money, lie discovered to his ut.
ter horror that he hud been muking ue nf
funds obtained in that infamous liquor traffic.
He therefore returned the pocket bonk, and
would do the same by the money, should he
ue able lo again lay hands on it. .
Deaths from Poison Honey. The Dade.
villi' (Ala.) Banner slntcs that Mr. Lewis
Kent, of Tallapoosa county,cut a bee tree Inst
Sunday evening, and the family partook
the honey, from the effects of which, two ol
them, a son just grown, and a small child
died thnt night. Several others were in
precarious condition when last heard from on
Monday.
Newspaper Hoaxes The Wilmington
N, C, Journal acknowledges that its story of
the defeat of Walker, purporting to be derived
from three of his men who had escaped nnd
arrived al the mouth of the Cape Fear River.
was a first of April hoax, and is excessively
neiigniua al l.ie sucevss ..with which th
canard was pahneiioff oq soma of its cotein-
poraries.
Women. 1 hey nre a greut mystery. Ao
cording to Duller, women bear hunger long
er than man; according to Plutarch, they can
resist the effects of wiut- better; according to
Unger, they grow older and are never bald;
according to Pliny they are seldom attacked
by lions, (on the contrary they will run off
the lions,) and according to Gunter, they
can talk a tew!
Cr7- Mr. John Milligan, of Greenville, Or.
tinge county, N, Y., In a letter to tha Com
missioner of Patents, states that he has a new
kind of potutoe, which he raised from the
ball, which matures very early, nnd from
which two crops can be raised in ona aenson.
He has, also, a new hind of oats, called whent
oat, which came from Prince Edward's Island,
which weighs ten pounds more than any other
variety, and which stands up well on rich
laud, where other oats will lodge.
Tub Bucharar Grip. We regret to learn
that Hon B. F. Lcitei, of Ohio, has returned
from Washington in very feeble health.
He boarded ul the National Hotel, in Wash
ington, and was one of the victims of the rut
poisoning, Raitnna Democrat.
Hioh Prices for Tobacco. A lot of eight
hhds. leaf waa sold by una of our factors a
few days since at 20 cents per pound,
amounting to the nent little aum of three,
thousand three hundred and eighty-one dol
lars IV. O. Delta. , .
Domestic Tbaoedt-Murder and Suicide.
The fuel that Julius flue hey, a citizen of
Biillit county, Ky., hud killed his daughter,
Miss Bettia Buchcy, nn Thursday last, and
then put an end lo his own life, wns mentioned
briefly by telegraph on Monday. The fol-
ow ing nre the particulars of the tragedy, a
set forth in the Louisville Courier:
A young mnn nnmcd John Robv. ansbrh.
bur, had been paying his addresses u ilia
daughter, who was partial to him, but tha
match was strenuously opposed by the father
of the girl, He had an Intimation or impres
sion thai they were about to elope to get
married, and on the fatal evening the young
lady, who was about seventeen years of age,
told her father, who had but the nioineut be
fore entered the room, that sho Would pay a
visit to a neighbor. This excited tha au.nl.
cious of the lather, who remonstrated with
Rer, and refused to let her leave the house.
Angry words ensued, nnd in the heat of pas
aion be first struck her, and then drew a ra-
oiver ano eiroi her twice, both shots taking
licet, one through her head and tha nlhu
n her back. The unfortunate olrl fell A..
at his feet, in the presence ot the horror
stricken wife nnd mother.
1'he wretched mail. III! th Ina.firil afK,.
milting the deed, rushed from the house
w ith the lutul weapon in his hand, pursued
ly n sun, who hud been hnslilv si,. J
the scene by the report or Ihe pito. IU
tried to seize his father's arm to i,,.v.,nl
further bloodshed, and to wrench Ihe pistol
Irmn bun, but he eluded his grasp, nnd, after
ctrouttng few steps, placed the pj,to to
his own head nnd blew his brains out. Mr.
lluchey wns a man or some property, and
much respected by hi. neighbors, and waa
over hlty years of age.
Thr American Bishops m-u, iTDr,..!,..
Chuiich. Sixty three have been consecra.
ted; ol these 23 have deceased; 4 retired; and
30 are in active discharge of Ihe Episcopate.
I ho average age of deceased llislmpa at their
death was 69 years and 49 when consecrat.
ed. .1 heir service in the Enii-n tin lt a litl1
over 17 years. The mean nge of the Bish.
ops now in office is fi6 years, the average age
nt consecration 4a years, nnd their average
Kpiscopsl service 14 years. The average age
of the 31 prelates nt consecration wns 44
,:..,, ui uin lasi aa uishops, 44 years Tha
time of notive service in thn K.,l......
I... taken a. from 15 to 20 years: Bishop
Nhilos wns the onoest -
a li tie over 49 , ems; the ahortest that of
Bishop Pnrker, being a period or three
!?".'. . h oldest nt consecration waa
that of Bishop Bass, nt the age or 71 years
Ihe youngcal, Bishops McCoskey, Polk, and
"K"' yeara. unnsttan Advocate.
9iTAn exchange snys it is one of tha
singularities or the period in which we live,
inni mere nro more frequent murders. assas
sinations, elopements of wives with other
w omen s husbands, nnd husbands with other
men's wives than ut any previous hiutory of
the world; nnd then there are poisonings by
wives and poisonings by husbands, elope
ment of young ladies with their falher'a
conchmen. Klopemenls to eel buslumd..
nnd these "irregularities" nre confined to no
particular locality city, town, and country
folks fare alike. All have hud their portion
of monotony disturbers.
The Salt Crop at Turk's Island. A
correspondent of the Journal of Commerce,
"ruing irom urnno Turk, Keb. 9, says:
Salt is nbundant here nt 13 cent per
bushel, and the demand very limited. Tha
weather is fine for Ihe senson, and the pros,
pect is that we shall have more suit in mark.
r oy ine insi ot .March; hut there is
uiineu oi me mo crop on
uor ana null Key, and it
llilctiiii-0 mi I. .!... . ... .
i in iiGvmif iriiiri I'm nunta ..(!...
t -""ig me enriy purl ol the year
, ,t ' cver "ave any e'ent demand lot
tar Judge Kane, in a recent letter, says of
his son: "His characteristic with us was hi.
sensibility to conscientiaua impulse. It waa
mis winch carried him the second time to the
Polar Sen, nnd hud God apnred him, would
have made him return there again; for
ho believed, ns none but the true hearted
can believe anything, that some of Frank
lin's pnrty were still alive, nnd that it
wns the mission of his life to reclaim them.
He had a child-like fondness for the affec
tions of home; but this, andzenl for science,
and ambition for fume, and all else that could
eonneut itsell with motive, was subordinated
to his one great conviction of duty."
An exchange paper recommends the "dal.
ly use of chickens, (either roasted, broiled or
made into pies) or turkeys, roasted, for all
persons troubled with rheumatism, dyspepsia,
gout, or nervous disorders." This ia an ex.
colleut prescription.
Action. Better that w o should err In action
than wholly refuse to perform. The storm
is much better than the calm, aa it declares
the presence of living principle. Stagnation
is something worse than death. It is eor.
ruption also.
Round and Squab b. A Dentist present,
ed a bill lor the tenth time to a rich akin,
flint, "it strikes me," said the latter, "that
this is a pretty round bill." "Yea," replied
the dentist, "I've sent it round often enough
to make it appear so, and I have ealled now
to get it squared."
laSTThu New York Picayune notices a
case or "pretty larceny" in a very neat man
ner, viz : Pretty Larceny. A lady'e ' maid
hooked one of the best of her mistress's
dresses the other day, but the affair wss pas
sed over because it wns done behind tha
lady'a back so there wua nobody to testify
to the fact. '
Wherb is the Country t An exchange'
saith that, the Elba Deuiocrut, whose office
sign is said to be nuiled to a pine tree at the
edge of the woods, advertises for an appren
tice, and say that "one from tlie country
would be perfirred." The unimportant qualu
ficntion ol being "able to read" is also cosu
ally mentioned.
The County Court of Wilon county
have -voted the County Judge a salary of
8380 per annum. The Lebanon Herald pre.
dicta that at Ihe next . lection all the old
magistrates will be turned out of office for
bulnS o extravagant with the public money.
IttT At the dead letter branch of the Gen
oral Post Office, Washington, during the
yent which expired on the 1st of April, sbout
two thousand deud letters have been opened,
which contained money amounting in lha
aggregate to a little over $11,000, and al-
readv ueviin.nirTltlB .ru.i. - .
j wi tun nuiuuu. nae ocea
restored lo its owners. The number of lei.
ters, ns well na the amount of money ahowa
a considerable fulling off over the returna of
previous yeara, . .
KtT" Boston folks ara talking of indicting
the Speaker of the lower branch of th
Massachusetts ' Legislature for keeping
"disorderly house," .'

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