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ATHENS, POST. 8. P. IVIKS. EDITOR AND iMtOl'RIETOR.

TERMS. 1 a vear, payable in $3 at tkl expiration of the year. ST ff discontinued until art paid, except at the optienoi the For announcing the names of eandxdatet for ofice Cash. Atl.ns, Frltfaj, March 1854. Nmici Delegate from thi county td th Commercial Convention to bo held at Charleston, So.

on the 2d Monday April, who design attending, re notified to ul upon Tho. Vaoghan. Secretary of the meeting, tnd procure certificate of their nfpointinenftp 3ad Dtio or Tennemie Wo ar requested to give notice that tho at Ten nessee Grand Division Bone of Temperane will meet at Madioovillc. on Thursday, tho 27th day ofAprilHext. Vo aregain compelled to atate, for the one hundred arid thirty-ninth time, that we can publish no communication whatever unless a responsible pnmo accompanies it.

The rule is one from which we will not do-part under any ci'rcwnttinccs. Hf" On our first page will be found the law in reference to the ehxlUin of Judges by tho people; and, also, an act requiring Chan eullors r.nd Circuit Judpe to bold their Courts at the regular terms. trif Thacominuuiciitioii in reply to "Maj, Downing" reached us too late for this week. It will appear next. There are always two sides to a question, and when one party has hod a hearing, we cannot exclude the other, although the rejoinder may bo a little too pungent We must express the hope, how.

ever, that tho controversy will be 01 snort duration. Procure Tickets. Persons before taking the cars should purchase tickets of the gents, as the faro is 20 cents more from any point on the road when a passenger embarks without a ticket. This In a regulation of the road, which the conductors on the trains can. not disregard without a violation of their du ty, nnd we refer to it Cor tho information of those who may be ignorant of its existence.

fgT Nt. Taylor's majority in the First Congressional District is, as stilted by a gen-tienian from upper East Tcnnussee, between fourand five hundred. I fcsf The Hon. Jxo. C.Gaut isannounced nt a candidate for Circuit Court Judge in this Judicial Circuit.

Judge Gaut is the present incumbent, having been elected by tho last legislature fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of the Hon. Chas. F. Keith. lie is now absent from his Circuit, having made an arrangement with Judge Alexander to change in order that the causes in this District in which he was incompetent might not be delayed and the parties put to addi tional costs.

So far as we hare heard any expression of opinion, Judge Uaut seems to le discharging the duties of his station in an able and efficient manner. President's Message. President Pierce sent a message to the House of Represents-tivet on the 15th, in relation to the seizure of the American Steamer, Black Warrior, by the Spanish authorities of Cuba. The mes-age is spirited and to the point, and will the approbation of the country. It is time thst Spain wa made to render reparation for the outrage her official minion have committed upon American citizen.

Tirrinc Storm. A portion of this county wa vUited, on Inst Friday, by a heavy storm, of wind, hail and rain, which damaged the plantation and farm to a considerable extent. The timber waa prostrated, barns and fence blown down, and in some instances whole fields of wheat were destroyed. We have heard of several persons who were caught in the storm and severely bruised by the hail atone, which were very Urge. The oldest inhabitant, who lives just two mile from town, says he never witnessed any thing like it.

A Call tiro Maj. Lyon. A call ha appeared in the Knoxville papers, from Ander. son countv, soliciting Maj. Thos.

C. I to become a candidate lor the office of Supreme Judge. We do not know whether he has any aspirations for the pl.ee, but few persons are so well qualified, or whose election would be more satisfactory to the Bar generally or to thu people of the State at large, ile is not only qualified as a jurist, but possesses all the higher and better trait of character essential, in our estimation, to an honorable and competent discharge of the responsible duties pertaining to the Supreme Bench. 13-It is gratifying to perceive a dispoai. tion manifested throughout the State keep party politics entirely ont of the judicial elections to occur on the 4th Thursday of May next If this feeling continue to pre- rail, the result will be th wleetion of most sble snd efficient Judiciary.

fcy The Branch Bank of Tennessee, Athena, offer om valuable property i- ula in the neighborhood of town. See ad vertisement. New Hampshire Election. Ws learn from the N. Y.

Tribune, that the election in New Hampshire, on the Mth, resulted favor ably to the opponents of the Nebraska qaes-tion, which was made an issue in the contest Death bt Lightkiks. Information has reached ns thst a young man by the name of Wiley McN'abb, was killed by lightning few dsy ince, in the neighborhood of Tel lico Plains, Monroo county. He was in the field ploughing, and his horse was killed at the same time. Error Corrected. We committed an error last week, as we are now informed, in noticing the proposition to build a railroad from Knoxville to Nashville via "tho' direct roote." We stated sixty mile would bate to be tunnelled.

Later information says that it will not be necessary to taaoel morn than twenty-alx mile. take pWasars in mak. ing the eorrsetion, as we wosM not mislead the poblie mind In regard to ftl of any other itcpsodou ntorpriao FAILURES IN TUB MAIL. We have been fcformed the packet of papers from thta office for Morganton, Bloont county, reach that point very irregularly. They are put op in good wrappers, legibly directed, tied with strong twine, and'de-posited in the post-office here every Friday, whence they are a regularly started.

We take more paina than anybody to have our paper property pot op and directed, nnd in the pout-office st an early hour, nnd in this reaped we never fail; and it is a great an-noyanee to know, after all, that the Hubscri-bers fail to receive them in due tiino through the carelessness or incompetence of persona beyond our reach. Complaints of irregularities snd mistakes in forwarding mail matter are daily increasing, and they will continue to multiply as long as mail routes are let to the lowest bidders and the compensation of post-master is maintained at the present niggardly and unjust standard. The mail department is the most important branch of the public service, and tho system of economizing in it expenditures which ha been adopted, while there is a surplus of thirty millions in the national treasury, i unworthy of any government, though it may be in keeping with a good many other experiment made by the different administrations thnt have existed since the time when Judge M'Lenn managed the post-office business with such and satisfaction. Every four year we have a new post-master general, and every new post-master general thinks he must recommend or do some groat thing to attract attention to himself, nnd then commences the work of innovation, alteration, new reguln. tions, and change, (usually from bad to worse) and the consequence is the devil to pay generally with the whole mail service.

Such has been the practice to a great extent for the last twenty-six years, and it will continue as long ns men are appointed to responsible offices (imply becauso they are whigs or de- mocrats, and not because they are competent or qualified, and as long a thu most important branch of the public service is administered upon a system of economy worthy of a huckstering speculator fa the gingerbread and pen-nut line. JJT" The clergymen of tho North are memorializing Congress on the subject involved in the Nebraska Bill. In common with other citizens they have a right to memorialize Congress, or any other legislative body, upon any subject of public interest. But when they organize themselves into an exclusive body and seek to enter the halls of the nn. tional legislature, not as other citizens, but a preachers of the gospel nnd pastors of the people, they are forcing themselves beyond tho legitimate limits of their offices meddling in their clerical capacity with that which does not concern them ns clergymen, nnd desecrating their calling, by trying to bring the power of the Church to bear upon questions purely civil, and with which the Church as a Church has nothing to do.

Therefore, the House of Representatives was right in refusing to receive the petition signed by the three thousaud clergymen of New England," though the professional and political Maworms think crttierwise. President Pierce. A letter has appeared in some of the publiu printx, signed by the Hon. Jeremiah Clemens, of Alabama, in which he ear President Fierce remarked to him in a recent conversation that thu Nebraska Bill, as it passed the United Slates Senate, wsa "a proposition in favor of freedom," nnd "expressed surprise that it should meet with opposition at the North, and equal surprise that the South should be willing to take it." Now, what docs that mean? Is the Smith, so often deceived, about to bo honeyfuglod again? We are afraid it will so turn out that thu "Little (limit," nn mnro than President I'icreu, will do to tiu to on the slavery question. Interesting developments are ahead.

We will publish the letter of Mr. Clemens in our next issue. Tnz Steamer Union. This boat, belonging to Messrs. Gamble, Shields, of Polk county, and intended to run regu-larlv between the mouth of Oeoeo and Charleston, msde her first trip in the trade on Monday last.

She had on board, we understand, fifty or sixty tons of copper ore, from the Cherokee mine. The main object for which this boat ws purchased and placed upon the waters of the Iliwassee, is to transport the ore dng from thePolk county mines, from the mouth of Ocoee to Charleston, whence it will be shipped by railroad- The boat is said to be a good commanded by Capt. Jno. Shields, and will make daily trips. We trust the enterprise of tho own era will be amply remunerated.

Ejf Many persons will be gratified to learn that the difficulty which tins existed for some time between the Htirils) and the Softs, in New York, is about to bo adjusted the former having (santfMtcxl a deposition to come down upon the promise of a more equitable distribution of the fipoils. What wilt the Herald do newt Othello's occupation 'a gone." The CAfTAia. We are happy to learn from one of the provincial" paper that Capt. G. W.

Harris, of Knoxville, is in com-maad of the new steamer ply. ing regularly between Loudon and Knoxville. He is famous clever fellow, understands the business of the river a well as any man that ever followed its windings, and as the Alida is said to be the best boat on the "noblest tributary of the Mississippi," of course ahe will be the most popular as long aa George walks "sole monascls of ber decks." We wish him and bis beautiful craft the most abundant success. ftf We have received a Tory neatly printed Catalogue nf the Officers snd Students of Marytille College, Btaryville, for the past year. The number of students in attendance 46.

This is one of the best Institutions in the State, and wo recommend it to parents who hare son to educate. New Coosa. MeSpodden Horton hare just received their stock of Spring and Summer Goods, which they propose to soil on bettor terms than any body. Read their advertisement in another eolsmn, and then giro then fsJI. A Guiaf CmiosiTTw A child thst lh "exact image of HON, JNO.

BELL, AGAIN. Same of the Southern papers are censuring this gentleman for his vote upon the Nebras ka question in manner altogether uncalled for bv that or nnv other act ot Ins long pun li lif. It would be iust as well for the gentlemen of the press who are so hasty on the subject to wait a little "there is luck in sometimes" before hurling their anathemas nt distinguished men who may happen to differ with them upon "great na tional questions." There nre not so many eminent men in the Senate at this time men who, by their distinguished abilities and brilliant public career, have gained the confidence of the country that we can nf- ford to cast them aside simply because they may not happen to vote always in accordance with our views particularly upon questions which we but partially understand. The Nebraska question was unexpectedly sprung upon the country, and we doubt very much whether a single one of those who are dis posed to censure Mr. Bell for that vote un derstands its real significance and import, or has any true conception of the results to which it is intended to lend.

But suppose, after all, it should turn out that the censors are right and the censured it will at last amount to nothing more than an honest difference of opinion. Great niiuds cannot always see things in the same light, any more than they can always think alike. We are no great admirer of Mr. Bell, but wo know he possesses abilities of a high order that he has no superior in the Senate or out of it for far-seeing statesmanship and wo trust we shall always be ready to defend him or any other prominent man who may have the hon or of representing in part the State of Pen-nessee in the conservative brunch of the national legislature, from uncalled for assaults. So, wait for the wagon, gentlemen, and don't be so liberal in- ladling out politi cal damnation to prominent men who may happen to differ with you, before you know whether they nre right or wrong.

No harm can result front waiting for further develop, ments. But it is exceedingly unpleasant and perplexing to bo constrained to take the back track when you have ouce started in the wrong direction especially when ao few men have the frankness and nobleness of soul to acknowledge they were wrong, even when convinced that they have committed an error. Commissioner to Gf.oroia. Wo learn from the Nashville Whig of the I7th, that the Hon. A.

V. Brown, has been appointed by Gov. Johnson, a commissioner to confer with the commissioner already appointed by the Governor of thnt Statu Mr. Stell, President of the Georgia Senate nnd report to the next Tennessee Legislature, what additional legislation is necessary to secure the right of Georgia, as exclusive proprietor of that part of the Western nnd Atlantic Railroad in Tennessee A Washington correspondent says Millson and Letcher of Va both Democrats, oppose the Nebraska Bill on account of its squinting towards squatter sovereignity. The S.

C. delegation are in part opposed to it. Mr. Hunt of and Mr. Eltwrulaa of both Whigs will also oppose it.

There is therefore every probability of its defeat. The Gadsden Treaty was discussed two hours in executive session, to-day. There is it prospect of a long contest over it, and that it will bu rejected finally. Military Spirit Dreams of Gi.onv. Our friend of the Chattanooga Advertiser appears to be struck with the idea of getting up a militury organization in the youthful city nt the foot of "Lookout." The subject is evidently a suggestive one, for the bachelor of the Advertiser talks about Cuba, pros- pective glory, beautiful haciendas, waving 'kerchiefs, bright eyes, and so forth nnd so on.

i lie aenr nine man now warm unu ardent ho become in this the season of buds and blossoms, and how "distance lends enchantment to the view!" But of the mili tary company if our neighbor really de sire to do "the State ome aervice," wishes to raise prop for its support in the hour of gloom and peril, he should get married and go to work in the right way. tg The New York Courier and Enquirer nominate the Hon. Jno. Bell for the Presi dency in 1959. -ff The last Knoxville Statesman brings the gratifying intelligence that the weather in that direction for the last few days "has been pleasantly vernal." Goods at Nashville.

We neglected Inst week to direct attention to the Wholesale house of T. W. Eakin Nashville, Tenn. They have a large and splendid as sortment of Fine Fancy nnd Staple Goods, elected with great care and attention, which they will sell for cash or to prompt time dealers on tho most liberal terms. In this paper will be found an obitu ary notice nt the death of Joseph Galbreath formerly of McMinn, who died in Yam Hill county, Oregon, on the 4th of January.

tr" Jko. A. Missis, of Chattanooga announces himself aa a candidate for Chan cellor the Fifth Chancery Division; and oor friend, D. C. Trewhitt, of Ham-ilton county, formerly of Bradley, i an- nnunced a a candidate for Attorney General in this Judicial District.

t-XTThe Southern Herald, Athens, Ga has been suspended, and the office sold. Its editor, Jno. II. Christy, formerly of Jonesborough, in this State, made an excellent paper, and ws regret that bis labors have not been more aubstantially rewarded. J-T" Last week wr neglected to notice the reception of Arthur's Home Magazine for March Philadelphia.

We are not in the habit of puffing publications from that di-rection, but Arthur' possesses so much real, intrinsic merit, that we cannot in jsstiee withhold onr commendation. There is a freshness snd a high moral sentiment per. fading all its articles not characteristic of the other monthlies ws have mot with; snd persons wishing a magazine from tho page of which profit aa well aa pleasure may be derived, should subscribe for Arthur's. The Register stales that tho present Attorney Geosral and State Reporter, Wm. G.

Swan, of KnoxTide, not be a tindidate for MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT PIERCE. On Wednesday tiie Spcakel laid before the House of Representatives the follow, ing: MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. To the House of RepresentatMS. Incompliance with the resolution of the I loose nf Representatives of the I herewith transmit a report of the Secretary of State, containing all the information received nt the Department relative to the seizure of the Black Warrior at Havana on the 28th ult. There have been in the course of ft few years past, many other instances of aggression ujion our commerce, violations of the rights of American citizens, and insults to the national flag, by the Spanish authorities in Cuba, and all attempts to obtain redress have led to protracted, and a yet, fruitless negotiations.

The documents in these cases are voluminous, and when prepared, will he sent to Those now transmitted relate cxclu- sively to the seizure of the Black Warrior, and present so clear a case of wrong that it would be reasonable to expect full indemnity therefor as soon as this unjiisttiable and of. fensive conduct shnll be made known to her Catholic Majesty's government; but similar expectations in other coses have not been realized. The offending party is nt our door with largo powers for aggression, but none is nl-leilged for reparation. The smirco of redress is in another hemisphere, and the answer to our just complaints made to the Home Government are but the repetition of excuses rendered for inferior officials to their superiors, ill rciilv to repress Intious of miscon- duct. The peculiar situation, of the parlies has undoubtedly mucli ngi'raratcd tnu an.

novances and injuries which our citizens have suffered from the Cuban authorities. Snain does not seem to appreciate, to its full extent, her responsibility for the conduct of these authorities. In giving very extra-ordinary powers to them she owes it to justice, her friendly relations with this govern, meat, to cuiird with vigilance against the ex orbitant exorcise of these powers, and in case of injury to provide for prompt redress. I have already taken measures to present to the Government of Spain the wanton in justice of the Cuban authorities in the deten tion and seizure ol me iiincK warrior, ana demand indemnity for the injury that has thereby been done to our citizens. In view of the position of the Island of Cuba, its proximity to oor coast, and the relation which it must ever bear to our commercial and other interests, it is vain to ex-peet that series of unfriendly arts, infring-incr unon commercial rights, nnd the adopt ion of a policy threatening the honor and security of these States, can long consist with peaceful reletions.

In case the mensures Liken for the amicable adjustment of our difficulties with Spain should unfortunately fail, 1 shall not hesitate to use the authority and means which Congress may grant to obtain redress for injuries received, and to vindicate the honor of our flag. In anticipation of that contingency, wlncli I earnestly hope may not nrrive, I suggest to Congress the propriety of authorizing such provisional measures as the exigency may seem to demand. Fuanklin l'lEROE. Yaihington, March 15, 1854. Immediately after the reading of the mcs- age Mr.

Bnylcy rose I move the message bo roferred to the Committee on Foreign affairs, and printed. I beg to say that my admirn. tion is excited by the character of tho message. Motion agreed to. (Tt m.lrit rf tt, roooVd with general favor by tno.

House, privately xpressed. Moiial Si'AHiott's. 1'iioiiiiiiToity Laws. At a convention of temperance men, held at Wodstock, on Munduy week the fol lowing resolution, among others was ndop. td: Resohed, That we believe tho ennse of temperance has declined since the enactment of the present stringent laws for its sunnort: and that to recover tho cround al ready lost by ill let'eslatiun upon this sub ject, it is necessary to drive the question al together Irom the political arena, and to re turn to the coon old way oi convincing men of the error of their ways by the power of reason.

Kentucky Legislature. This body ad journed sine die on the 10th after a hard working session, during which many important bills were passed. Among the most important nre two laws similar to ennctmonts upon the same tubject passed by tho Tennessee Legislature, viz: one to provide for a Geological survey of the State, and another increasing the salaries of the Judges of tho Court of Appeals nnd the Circuit Courts; the former to $2,000, and the latter to $1800. A bill was also passed submitting to the people at the ballot box, the question whether three cents additional tax mmn every one hundred dollars' worth of taxable property shall bo imposed in aid of Common School. Rumors of a Threatened Ikvasio of Canada ov Russia.

A telegraphic dispatch from Montreal says: A strange story appear ed some days ago in a Quebec paper to the effect that in conscqunce of advices from England tho Provincial Post Office Authorities had seized a letter intended for the Russian Government, containing a programme of an intended invasioffof Canada by Rus sian soldiers via the United blntes. It was looked on here as a hoax, but to-night it is announced by telegraph from Quebec, that the writer of the loiter has been seized, but no proof of treason was found in consequence of hi having had time to destroy his letters and that 10,000 militia are to be called out The matter is still considered a a humbug of some kind. 5-ff The New York Times says the story that despatches havo been received from Ha vana stating that the authorities offer indem nity lor the mack Warrior outrage isonioun- ded. ISr" Massachusetts has overdone the Rail Road business. So many competing roads have been built that but few give remunera tive dividends.

Vermont is even worse off, for she has scarcely a paying rosd. Commission Hocse, Atlanta, Ga. By reference to our advertising columns it will be seen that Mr. J. E.

Williams has associated with him in the Commission Business Dr. Jno. Rhea, formerly of Bloontvillc, in this State. These gentlemen Sre both East Ten nessecan. With -Mr.

William we have been acquainted for several years, and know him to be a first rate business man, prompt snd correct in all his transactions. He has been for several years past engaged in doing a heavy Commission Bosines at Atlanta, and haa rendered general satisfaction. Ws com. mend the.new.firm to those having consign mrnti o'f froducc for that drfectfoh. THE OCOEB ROAD.

Editor Port: The Ocoee Road has been open several months, while tho product of the mines has but lately found its way over it to the Iliwassee, thence down tho river to Charleston. A road of such importance as that which opens the copper district of Polk county with the valley of East Tennessee, cannot but form an item of some moment and interest alike to the planter and miner. Hereafter the line of transit of ores from the mines now operated in the vicinity of Duck-town, will be via Benton to the banks of the Iliwassee, nt Gen. Gamble's Landing. Nature has made this a poiut of great advantage, by an imperishable limestone quay, where a boat can lay with equal facility in all stages of water.

This is 2 miles from Benton and connected with it by nn easy and excellent road. From Benton to the mines, the course is nearly south to Shield's mills. Tho pres ent rond being up Three Mile creek crossing it frequently and thence over several lime, stone ridges thnt could be easily avoided by changing the read bed. This would not increase the distance to the mills, which is seven miles, but would very greatly Improve the road. At Shield's mills the river is first seen, and the Ocoee Road at present properly begins.

Here Sugnrloaf mountain lift its conical top above the South banks of thcOcoee.whilc the road bends around a huge rocky bluff making quite down to tho waters edge on the North. Tho whito rock here, a species of porphyry, forme line of separation of the slate from the carbonissuous limestone of the valley of East Tennessee. From this noint to tho Great Falls, distance of three miles, the mountains do not crowd down upon the river, but give room for narrow yet fertile meadows. Passing the falls and wind-ing for a half mile the abrupt steeps which here closo upon the river, the eye delights to rest upon tho fertile yet narrow field skirting both banks of the Ocoee. These mend-ows finally end at the mouth of Greasy creek, 18 miles from the mines.

The fickle windings and rapid fall of the river here commence, a point seven miles from, and 109 feet above Shield's, now Bryant's mills, and 850 feet below the mine. Peak now looks over peak, and cliff rest ngalnst cliff, to margin the boisterous floods as they roll along their rocky bed. Oft the foaming waters seem to issue from the caverns of these mountain piles as the eye struggles in vain to discover an opon-ing in the mountain for the river. "Several small stienms leap from rock to rock nnd are lost in the Oeoeo; and generally below the mouth of these creek narrow rocky islands nre formed, covered by small trees that take root in the decaying fragments of drift-wood. The rond winds fourteen miles along the North bank of the river, giving rich variety of wild and grand scenery before the mountains aro passed or the abode of civilization reached.

A remnant of tho Chcro. kecs still hold thuir lands South of tho river on Tumbling Creek, but only ono of their habitations can be seen from to road. The mountains flow on in its deep smooth bed. Several small knobs are cross-ed and the mines aro reached. Although tho road way from Greasy Creok to the mines is eighteen miles, yet a straight line between tho two places is less than ten miles.

The grade of tho first seven miles, from Bryant's mills, is 26 feet to the mile, making section No. 1. And thnt of section No. 2, which is nine miles in length, is 62 feet to the mile While section No. 3, is seven miles and of the uuiform grade of 36 1-6 feet per mile.

This road has been surveyed with a view to determine its practicability for a Rail Road route, and the estimates of said proposed road will in due time be submitted. In the meantime I have the pleasure to remain, Yours, very respectfully, C. A. P. Polk March 10, 1854.

Bustor, March I I There is much exhilaration nmong a por tion of our citizens, caused by tho decision of the Supreme Court against tho constitutionality of a portion of the liquor law. salute of 365 guns was fired on the common to-day. Tho following dispatch wo find in the Bal timore American. Concord, March 15 Aew Hampshire Election. Tho election in this State yes- terdny, was warmly contested, nnd the result IS cuiimeti no niin.iiwi..

larire majority of those olected to tho Lcgi iature. beincr opposed to the bill. The ward in which Uen. Tierce resided gave 10 wing tnnioritv. and many ol the strongest demo.

erntiu towns in the state have none whin. Tin Leirisluture is probably democratic a small majority. As far as heard from, 101 democrats and 103 whigs and Free Soilers havo been elected, showinir a democratic loss ol 50 members since last year. The Demo-era Is will probably have majority in the Senate and Council. Baker, the Democratic candidate for Governor, is elected by a ma jority of about 2,500, a loss since last year, of 3,040 votes.

Stard from Urder! The Milleritca of the North have fixed the 25th day of May next, as the tine on which sll things are to bo "brought up, standing." The events that sre now transpiring in Europe, it is contended, will be sufficiently consummated for a general overthrow of tho Kingdoms of the earth the eclipse will shut oat the light of the sunand, mid tho general crash, Time itself is to be buried in oblivion Person interested will please take notice. The Mexicar Question i Issue. There is, says the Washington Star, evidently growing disposition among the Senators to accomplish the settlement of all outstanding questions with Mexico and those involved in the Gadsden and Cooklin treaties, with as lit tle delay ss possible The threatening pre. sent sppcsrar.ee of our Spanish relations may fairly be credited with superinducing much of this condition of senatorial sentimeut. (y The Washington correspondent of the New York Courier and Enquirer says Mr.

Douglas and the cabinet are in con. stant attendance in the House, working like drill sergeants. But the South has broken front, and the Northern Democracy is in open mutiny. The bill is regarded aa dead. Bavut IIorsev When plagued with baulky horse, tie a string around the joint above the hoof and walk befo him, polling the string gently at first, and increasing the strain until the animal moves, which, it is said, lie ill not fail to do.

EAST TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA RAILROAD. From the Augusts Constitutionalist. We learn from friend just from East Tennessee, that this rond is doing large business, greatly exceeding thnt of last year. The felicitous location of this road renders it worthy of a passing comment. The charter extends from Knoxville to Dalton, 111 miles, In southwest direction, thus enabling it through most of that distance, to occupy the remarkable position of trunk common to the great east and west nnd to the north nnd south thoroughfares, crossing at Knoxville, Tennessee.

From this. point, the road along the valley, between the Alleghany and Blue Ridge ranges via Adingdmi, Lynchburg, Cor-donsvillo and Alexandria to Washington, is all under contract, chiefly built, nnd will be completed within two years. The rond direct lo Cincinnati is provided Tor, and will be put under contract as soon ns the roiito can be surveyed. The Tennessee river nnd its tributaries give nn extensive steamboat communication above anil below. Tho East Ten-nessee and Georgia road has 80' miles com-pleted from Dalton to Loudon, and the rcsi-duo will be finished within the current year.

Tho Rabun Gap (or Bluo Ridge) road has recently been put iindereontract to Knoxville. A branch from Cleveland to is to bo built ns soon as tho work can bo done. Georgia has just granted a charter from Dalton to the Alabama line, in the direction of Montgomery; Tennessee and Alabama have provided for roads from Chattanooga to Nashville, to Memphis, to Salem and Mobile, and through Alabama in the direction to New Orleans. The Georgia Statu Koad is in good order from Dalton to Atlanta, whenco branches spread in nil directions. Turning again to the north, from Cincinnati, roads ndiate in all directions, extending to the lakes and fur towards the frozen ocean.

Viewing Knoxville on the map, with its many connections, one is impressed with its eminent advantages us a great manufacturing centre; nnd with the importance of tho East Tennessee and Georgia the channel through which is to flow the countless trade and travel that must inevitably pass through that point. The recent report of the President shows that the ne profits of the first 80 miles, having no conncc.ion but with the Georgia Statu Road, for the year 1853, were nbout 3J per cent. What will they be when the double fan of roads, with this road as the common stem, shall have been completed From Nashville, Memphis, New Or- I Middle, I'cusacoln, Savannah and Charleston, freight nnd passengers will go by this Road to Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash ingtrin, Richmond nnd Petersburg. Between the two great commercial centres of New York and New Orleans, it is thu di rect line, and cannot be rivalled by nny other, ns it occupies exclusieely the valley between the Cumberland Mountains nnd the Blue Ridge, which obliges any other rente to de late greatly, cither to the north or the south It is the policy and intention of tho com. pany to declare a dividend of nil nett gains, (less suitable roserve for conlingoncies,) on the first of September next, and semi-annual ly thereafter, payable for the present in stock, but in cash as soon ns the exigencies of the work will permit.

Tho Road is well built, has little floating debt, is well managed, is doing a largo and rapidly increasing business, will certainly pay L'ood dividends, and its stock is now intrinsically worth full par value, The Fifth and Sixth Chaxcehy Divi- sions. We subjoin portion of tho law ei acting the fifth and sixth Chancery Divisions: Skc. 1. lie. it enacted hi the General As.

scmblv nf the Stale if Tennessee. That this Statu shall lie laid oil' into five Chancery Divisions, nnd the 5tli division of District Chan- Cerv Courts shall consist ol saiil courts lioltlcn tit Mary villc, Kingston. Madisunvillo, Athens, Benton, Cleveland, Washington, Harrison, I'ikeville, Jasper, Sparta nnd Livingston, with the comities by law attached to said districts, and the said courts comprising the said di. vision shall continue to be held in the coun ties and districts ns now provided, or as mnv hereafter be provided by law; and for said 5th division a Chancellor shall bo elected who shall reside in the same, who shall be lawfully commissioned nnd qualified, nnd possess all tho power nnd authority conferred on the Chancellors of this State. Skc.

2. He it fnrilicr enacted. That the counties of Carroll, Bunion, Humphreys, Dickson, Hickman, l'erry, Ueeatur, Hender son, McNairy, Hardin, Wayne, and Lawrence, shall, from nnd after the passage of this act, constitute a chancery district, to be known as tho sixth chancery division of the State of Tennessee. Sec. 9.

Be it further enacted, That the Chancellors shall hold all the Courts as now required by law until the election of their successor, nnd Chancellors lor tno Din aud 6th divisions arc elected by the people. Funeral Discourse. The Atlanta Re publican aays, nf the result of tho Nebraska question as indicated by the vote in the Senate I Just ns we expected. Thisstrnggle breaks up both the old parties. The Whig party is irredeemably cone.

Gen. Pierco uses the spoils by which lie preserve a nominal exis tence lor me uumocniiic pany. i umniuin may look out for suitable men for the next Presidency. That struggle will not result in a party triumph. Both parties aro virtually dead.

Let them be buried sixty fathoms below the level of tide-water, so that the earth may be free from the stench of their corrup tions. Conquering a Peace Without Blood shed. A rigorous blockade of the Russian ports, throwing one year's crop on their hands, and steadily continued on to the time when, in ordinary circumstances, they would be preparing the subsequent crop, must break the Russian social system to pieces. "We need not. say the London Examiner, send a sol dier, or shed drop of our blood.

We shall have to pay doublo price for candles and shoes for a year or so, and to incur the ex pense of augmenting our fleet. The Russian magnates will fight the rest of the battle for us; and if we simply confine ourselves to holding them tight to the work, they will, in the cause of rent and revenue, tear the Russian social system to tatters. If the present head of the house of Romanoff calfs upon the magnates to sacrifico their revenues to his pride, they will treat him as they treated his predecessors, Alexander aud Panl." tT A nephew of tlvs late Mr. Bodisco, an officer of the Russian Imperial Guards, now in Washington, it is said, has been order- cd to join bis c-jimcnt tor active sen ice. Rumored Expeditions Auaimst Cura.

The recent outrage upon the Black Warrior, the general burst of indignation which has followed its announcement in this community, nnd tho proceedings in the United States Congress for the repeal of the neutrality laws, have given new impulse to the fili-bustero associations, and infused fresh courage into the Cuban exiles. Should the neutrality laws be repealed, it seems highly probable that organizations pieparatory to a great expedition against Cuba will be set on foot along the whole line of const from New York to New Orleans. Tho Cuban exiles are said to havo raised already a sum of one million of dollars for tho cause; another million could soon bu raised in this country, if the government declared that it would not interfere. In a very short spneo of time, an army often thousand men could be enrolled, just ns able and efficient as that which conquered the Mexicans; and wo have not a doubt that some of the old Mexican Generals General Quitman among others would be ready and willing to accept posts of command. The present time is peculiarly favorable for the execution of any such designs.

Both France and England nre engrossed with tho proa, poet of a European war, and neither could lend any assistance to Cuba that would be of any avail against a well equipped expctli. tion from hence. If our government resolve to stand neutral, Cuba had better make amends for the Black Warrior outrage a oon as alio can. A'. Y.

Herald. Raglan, tho Commander of the British army, on its way to Constantinople, is better known in tho military history of England as Lord Fitzroy Somerset, son of the fith Duke of Beaufort, by the daughter of Hon. Admiral Bascowcn. He was born in 1788, nnd is now in his 66th year. Ho has been fifty years in military service.

He was Aid-de camp nnd Military Secretary of the Duke of Wellington, nnd distinguished himself nt Fucntes d'Ouore, Badujos, Salamanca, Vittoria, and other leading battles in the Peninsula. He nlso served in Flanders, and in tho battle of Waterloo he lost nn nrm. Death of the Hon Ker Bovce. It is witli pain that we learn of the death of Hon! Kor Boyce, of Charleston S. which occurred on Sunday night, of apoplexy, at Co.

lumbia, S. C. Value of editor of The Advocate, Claiborne, Iji. lins gone into a minute calculation upon tho value of one crop of acorns in that parish equivalent to onr counties. He savs that 1,800,000 lionnds of pork will be consumed there in the year 1854, by the 12,000 inhabitants, nnd that the whole ot it comes from the crop of mwns, and is worth thu snug sum ot Besides this he thinks nn equal value has been added to the stock hogs.

He thinks nlso that that parish grows 835,000 worth more colton thnn would if all the planters hail to depend up on the corn crop for their meat, so that tho ictual value ut a crop ot acorns is $215,000. A Roonn.vcK. Tho Wo-shinton Star says the story in "Washington Corrcsondcnco of Northern" journals, saying that there was a difference opinion among the Cabinet, rcla. tive to the propriety of tho courso with reference to the Black Warrior enso adopted by the mniinfactnred of whole cloth. This is notorious to nil really well informed persons here.

O-An effigy of Senator Douglass was found hung on a tree in Portsmouth, N. II, on Tuesday morning last. Daniel O'Connell used to say that he was the best abused man iu the United Kingdom. Mr. Douglass van say with truth that ho has been hnng oftener than any other living nmii iu tho United States.

Tho New York Times trives an account of gang termed Resurrectionist, in that city. who make their living and money by stealing dead bodies. They supply, not only the anatomists of the city of NewVork and the State, but many public and private dissecting rooms elsw here. A regular traffic is carried on, and hundreds of dead bodies nre stolen and shipped every year. 55" Mr.

Wickhandcdikowegbitongtofbsii fell down stairs, tho other day, and broke bis name in three pieces. Fanny Fem, having been to hear Theodora Parker preach, concludes ber re. flections thus: there's intellect there, there's noetrr there there's genius there; but I remember Guthsemane I forget not Calvary 1 know the 'rocks were and tho 'stone rolled and a cold chill strikes to my heart wnen i near Jesus or isazarelli lightly men tinned." Slaves in Russia. Of the fifty three and a half millions people which Rnssia contain ed in 1812, not less than forty.two railliona were slaves; nnd of these, fifteen millions were slaves of the Crown, or the Emperor. 53f In a late abolition speech in N.

York, Miss Lucy Stone said "But I know so well that there is cotton fn the ears of men, let us look for hope the bosoms or women. A eotemporary suggests that Miss Lnsr will find cotton there, too! Of course, tho wretch ought to be impalod with needles. A novel patent has been cranted'to Ad'of. phus Theodore Wagner, professes of Masts, of Berlin. It is for the invention of a "p) chograph, or apparatus to indicate persons thoughts, by the agency of nervous IcctrieU V- New Railway Braxs.

The Journal of Commerce makea the following mention of a new method of stopping Railway train recently tested so the Harlem toad wUb cess: It consists in making the application of '1st brake independent of the brakemen, and placing it wholly within the control of the En gincer of the trains. It is well known that in cases of accident by collision, the misplacement of switches, disaster might often bo averted by an instant application of the brake; but under tho excitement of impending dan ger and the instinct of sclfpmu-rvation, tbo brakemen not unfrrqiicntly abandon their a time when their seniors are most per emptorily demanded. By his invention (Mr. Wm. G.

Cresmor's) the engineer haa simper to pull the bell, or signal cord, when a catch is released, and the brakes aro instantly applied. Each brake is independent in Us action, and can be used in the usual way. Tbs improvement will cost some $15 or 820 for each car. It was highly approved by a novo ber of Railroad gentlemen examined it; and is likely to lie adopted by torn of tho roads in this vicinity. If you would enjoy the fruit, pluck not tho blossom..