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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-06-07

FEMALE AcADEMY.-rhe first session OF
the Female Department, of Bolivar Acade.
my. jacksonville, will commence on Mon.
day The 18th inst. The nigh character which
Miss Melville has acquired as teacher.
cannot fail to draw large number Of pupils
10 the Institution. The Trustees certainly
deserve great credit for securing the servi-
ces Of one every way so competent 10 the
successful discharge Of the important duties
devolving on the head Of an institution for
the education offema'es. and we know their
efforts TO build up School that may he
worthy Of support, will be properly sppre.
ciated. See advertisement in another COL
umn.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-06-07

FIRE.-Thcy had another large fire OF
Charleston on III. ooh ult.. which 1t IS
SAID destroyed property to the amount u
four hundred thousand 'dnllars. Supposed
10 be the work Of incendlarics.
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III Circuit Court for Polk county mt
a, Benton next Monday.

DEATH OF Col. ELMoRE.-Col. +. H.
Emore, recently appointed to the Unl''d
STATES Senate from South 'arolinn, to I'LL the
place made vacant by the death of Mr.. Cal
houn. died at Washington about O'CLOCK
on the nigh, Of The ooh ut.
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would give hun three hundred thousand
dollars in money to be obtained BY new
subscriptions, one half IN East Tennessee.
! expressly informed him that | did not be.
ieve Sl50,OOO Of new subscriptions in
money could be obtained in EasI Tennes.
see-nor does the extract from my letter to
Gen Green, o! Eth August, 1878. which
he has published, any where state, as he
alleges, that this subscription was 10 be
cash subscription.
As Gen. Green, since his surrender of
his contract. in all his publications has
manifested such an adhesive propensity
for Misrepresentation and suppression of
the truth, feel constrained now 30 believe
that there has been too much truth in all
that those have said who have insinu. ed
and charged the worst against him, and as
to myself | now am done with HIM. a;
least for the present
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-06-07

The Frankfort Commonwealth says that
Mr.. Clay will probably resign his seat in
the Senate, after the adjustment of the
questions growing out Of slavery shall have
been effected.
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They debate strange questions down
East. The last was. "NVha, is the DIT.
ference between the Bridge. of Signs and
tie size Of budget" ,4he next is to be,
"lhe difference between a fac smile and
sick family"
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II. NIXON VANDYKE,

o. The Sou'hron says there are several
excellent men of our acquaintance, who nre
perfect political hypochondracs in reference
TO the anticipated cncr, aclmcn,s of the
Moth upon the Suu,h. They never think
Of the subject, but what the horrors of San
Domingo appear, in all its trag.cal real.
lirS, before their djs'cmpcr'd imnginuions,
Those who philosophical say, ">uncent
for the day is the evil thereof" they set
down "as free sellers in di~guisc,"-
men who are in, but not of the South En-,
lir"lv too provident to pray for their mere
"daily bread" these knights of the rucful
counrnnnces would ucualy die of 0ntici.
patel starvation, unless they could see
ntapcd UP before their eyes, CROUCH of eve.
~ thing nccd'ui TO keep themselves end
"their po,leri'y" also, from want in all limo
to come. They are not satisfied unless they
can read their own and their poster!ty's ii.
tie clear to "indemniy Tor the past and Sc,
| curiv for the future" against the rca', tho
imaginary and the threatened acgrrssions
| Of those whom y too vivid Imagination bo.
dies forth as implncghlr enemies, ever ready
top-ry upon their s"bsinuco ard their rights.
| To meet i liiru ties as Ii"v arise, is beneath
| The far rrnchrg ambition Of Individuals
who snuff danger in every breeze and aspire
to AXE care Of the wrrlh for ngts after their
bones shall have mingled with the cIods of
the valley 'lhoy could not sleep in their
W DIS If they SUPP oScd themselves incompe.
tent To devise "cqnilibrium," to guurd the
South against tho North "at The end of the
present century," as eilrc'ua|y as for tho
lime being. They nre perfect dJubting
Thomases; they torment and worry them,
selves almost to death abnm' things they
fear and npprchcnd, because they cherish
! i"a lousy and suspicion. and have neither
! faith nor confidence that Northern trans,
rressorS will ever sne the error of their
way! These mrn little dream that the sla,n
Of their digestive organs has innch more to
do with their unhappy condition of mind
| than the rcnl facts Of the CASE.
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Some men have souls so mean, and
minds so narrow, that the one is repulsive
TO liberpl thought, and generous idea
could never worm itself into the other.
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AN lYFERREYcE.-A suspicion is afloat
that persons who cannot ca, mlnce pies
without brandy, can drink brandy without
mince pies.
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o. Letters from Washington state that
the Committee on Foreign Affairs. in the
House, have agreed TO report in favor of
paying the long standing claims for French
Spoliations,
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A New CURIosITY.-Barnum il is said
is endeavorlng 10 effect an engagement,
for his museum. with the man that made
money by gong to law.
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ATHENS, FRIDAY, JUNE !, 1850

OJ W. TmoMsoN. is the au'h1,IEe'
sgen, for the "Pos,," in the city oil "
more, Md.
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NELL S. BRowN.-Ws learn from me
Nashville papers that this gentleman lett
that city n few days since, preparatory 10
his deporture for Russia. His selection to
fill the post of Minister 10 the Court OF 3D.
Petersburg, was n most julicious one and
is so regarded by men Of all parties.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-06-07

The man who owes his printer left town
on Saturday, with the man who flogs his
wife.
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&C. See Card Of A. WELLEs g. Co.. Sa.
vsnnnt. Georgia; also. Card Of DR.. E. T..
GILBERT, Decatur, Tenn.
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We praise men for fighting, and punish
children for dong the same.
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UNGRATEruL.-Ou friend of the Chn,ta-
nooga Gazette. having succeeded in secur-
rng, beyond the possibility Of n contingency
the prosperity of that city Of aquatic lo'
caliies and magnificent distances" has
recently manifested a disposition to throw
his upholding and sustaining arm beneath
the declining fortunes Of Knoxville, and
warns the citizens, with all the prophetic
soiemnity of mesmcrized bnll-frog. t.
beware of over.,roding "buIis m
gorgeous palaces" erect no tall reaching
columns to the genius of public improvement,
or unc,ify their dreaming souls with The vain
and delusive hope that the Railroad will
ever be built to that point And this self
sacrificing piece Of disin,erestejness. how
has it been received by those for whose
benefit it was intended! With gratitude,
and heartfelt thanks! Not at all. On the
contrary, the last Register takes right after
the Ga zette, calls it the old "Fireside Jour
nal" and says Chattanooga is the present
terminus Of misunderstanding the WORD
"present." and meaning thereby that when
the Nashville Road shall be in operation
the Gazette will be but q "country paper,
and Chattanooga n village by the way side
like Lovevlle. Campbel's Station, or Pump
kin Town. We don't believe word of it
nor never will while there nre so many
steamboa,s ploughing the "noblest tributary
Of the Mississippi" lf Mr.. Mckee dom
get it "laid on to him" next week it viii
be because the Gazette mans nature ant
capacities have been very much change,
since VIC first knew him.
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GRAVE YAEps.-lf The citizens o! Athens
generally were aware OF the condition Of
the burial grounds in this vicinity, we THINK
they would Immediately take some steps 10
remove the disgrace winch will necessarily
attach to the town US long as they are SUI
fercd to remain as at present, and we there
fore desire to cal their attention to the subs
ject. The fences are down on every side,
md the humble h,llocks which mark the
resting places Of many who once moved in
our midst, are being tramped down. desc.
Grated and destroyed BY the cattle and hogs.
which are suffered to range there. within
what should be regarded as sacred enc'o-
sures. Some one has said, or ought to have
said. that the character Of community
might be judged by the degree Of attention
and respect that was paid to the dePoslo'
ries for the dead. We hope no stranger
who may pass the gravcyards in this VIZ
cin,y will estimate lne character Of our
people BY that standard. A proper degree
of respect for tue memory Of those whose
remains there reJosc would at least sug
get the erection Of good substantial
fence to protect the graves from the ravuges
of the cattle md hogs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-06-07

TEMPERANCE CELEBRATIoN.-A copy OF
the proceedings of the recent Temperance
Celebration at Decatur, Meigs county, ana
of the speeches delivered on the occasion,
have been sent to us. with q request that
we publish them. We will DO so as soon
as we can possibly find room. /, is grali-
flying TO US OIL all times to publish any ihlng
tina, may be calculated TO promote the cause
of Temperance. But we must admonIsh
our friends that our space is limited. and il:
we we're to give place to oil The speeches
and long communications on the subject
which We receive, every thing else would
be excluded from our columns. The refusal
to do SO sometimes PRODUCES GOODNESS OF
feeling, we know. A very little reflection,
however, will satisfy any one that we are
right about it, The majority of our SUBJ
scribcrs take no other paper. and of course
expect us 10 furnish them with the current
news Of the day This we must do, in or
der to sustain the paper. Newspaper read
crS eeneraily want as h'uCh 'urIety Us pos'
sblc, and the mind grows weary and sick
Of Q continuation Of articles on one subject,
no matter what its merits, Or how ably the
productions may be written. We have had
in the Office for several weeks an address on
the subject Of Temperance, delivered in
Monroe county, by the Rev. w. Ii. II.
Duggan, written out with o good deal OF
ability, yet owing to its extreme length
we are compelled to forcgo the pleasure Of
publishing it-al least for some time TO
come.
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For the Athens Post.

Mr.. EpIroR,-You are doubtless aware
that the notion Of distributing post. office
al Knoxville has been canvassed with some
earnes,ness for some severnl months past.
Petitions have been circulated and many
signatures Obtained in lower East Tennes'
see. The true interests of this section do
nat require such an Office to be established
at That point. Not that there is any obicc'
lion to The town or its inhabitants, but sim.
ply because its geographical position is such
as renders it the most ineligible point that
could be found any where on s'ra ighl line
through the centre of the valley. 1t is near
the halfway ground in every direction, and
if Knoxville was the scat of government, of
commerce, fashion, literature, news, &c.,
it would be necessary to have dlstrlbut-
ing office; but the most direct commuters
ton with Washington and the Eastern ant
Southern cities, and Europe, and the world.
is by the Georgia railroads. II such an
office were established other offices would
concentrate ali East Tennessee packages a.
knoxville, and then, the very letters nLd
pa pers that would pass through Dalton and
Chattanooga on the LIST, would 60 on and
return for distribution among readers about
The 4'h or 9th of the same month. By this
system those in East Tennessee nearest the
business WORD would be last to hear from
Il, Our citizens could tolerate no such
movement. do no, intend to cast impun.
lions upon any one in this case, but this
would be the rcsul':-lhe people of Knox
Vile would have the channels Of news emp.
tying at their own doors, and every body
would have to look TO that poiol for nfor'
ma ion from nbroad-thc business men and
capitalists there would always be ahead Ct
the surrounding country in the commcrci'
news, prices current. &C., so that they
could the more easily buy and sell to an ad
vantage; and, of course. the importance of
the ace would be greatly enhanced. To
this have no objection. so far as it can De
done without manifest injury to other Sec
tons. As it is now arranged, the office at
Augusta is but 30 hours, more or less.
from our lower border. The large packages
are there sen, directly TO the individual ad.
dresses, and every town then gets lis own
precisely according to its mail facili'es.-
The Offices oil Cumberland Gap, Abingdon,
and Asbevillc do the same way. In this
way every part Of East Tennessee is on an
equality, and no monopoly can possibly be
enjoyed. Let the office be at Knoxville and
all other offices at a distance will send news
for East Tennessee to the central office.
whence it will rada,e. Every one must at
once perceive that our share of light must
pass through our very hands to Knoxville
and back again before we will Je permitted
to see it. CLIO.
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congregational.

The following Geographic summary Of the pro-
ceedings of the House Of Representatives on the
2sth, we have received by the way Of St. Louis,
being seventytwo hours in advance Of the mail:
WAsHINsToN. Juns 49,
The Speaker announced the first business IN or
der TO be the resolution Of the committee on elec-
lions, that Mr.. Thompson DEMOCRACY is entitled to
The seat he now holds, as representative from the
First Congressional district Of Iowa
Mr. MeClernand moved to lay the whole subject
on the table.
-sMr Harris, Of Illinois, inquired whether it was
10 order to move call Of the House.
The Speaker replied in the negative.
Mr.. Harris moved that the House adjourn, and
demanded the yeas and nays. The motion was
disagreed to, only one vote in the affirmative. The
question WIS then taken on Mr.. MeClefnand's mo-
lion, and decided in the negative.
Mr. Macdonald moved the postponement Of the
subject until Monday, at IL O'Clock
Mr. Crowel--Nu street.!
The Speaker said that the motion Of postpone
ment was net in order.
The question was then taken on the resolution
that Mr.. Thompson was entitled to his seat, and
decided in The negative--yeas a. nays 1902
During much confusion, Mr.. McGaughey rose to
offer resolution, and was proceeding 10 ma he some
remarks, when there were loud cries TO send The
resolution to the Clerk TO read.
II was read, 10 the effect that there was now a
vacancy in the House Of Representatives from the
First Congressional District of Iowa, aud that the
Governor OF that Stale be acquainted with the
fact.
A debate ensued, Measrs. Burt. Morse and Others
taking part.
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3z1 Coafog Prisoners still IN Confinement
Nx5q1ef Afrtady Dead - Exiyeme Suffering
4meaa az Siircicors
Th1 u 5. Mail steamship Ohio, Lieut. ]. Find
/ lav Seflenck, q. S. ~, commanding, arrived at
rF wharf foot Of ST. Mary street, Laiayette, from
New York via Charleston, Savannah and Havaua
The Ohio brings the mails FROM Havana and the
isihmus, and a large number of passengers, to-
getber with an assorted cargo and gold dust on
freight.
Through the courtesy Of Mr. III. R. Fairchild,
The PnFser Of the Ohio, we learn the following:
The Falcon LEFT Havana on the 9th for Chagres,
with the mails and passengers for the Pacific The
Ohio sailed on The evening Of the same day.
The news on the Island is Of very little impor-
iance The prisoners taken on board The Gecr-
giana still confined in seventy four lying in
port Number have already died, and he remaia-
der are represented as suffering extremely, Havana
remains quiet; business appears somewhat on the
increase, and the health Of the place is generally
good
The Ohio left at Havana the U. S. frigase Con-
gress, Capt. james "a. Mcintosh, bearing The broad
pennant Of Com. McKeever The Albany, Com'r
Randolph, and the Germantown, Com'r Lowndes !;
all wei. The Albany came ia from Pensacola on
the Gin
The Havana papers, as late as the 9Th inst, CON
tain nothing OF interest in addition TO The foregoing
The followingis a list Of passengers by the Ohio:
From Ne'c IgrkS Hopkins j., Ri land, |. Rogues,
ao m Ans d sn a3s Ma s m sn E sas
Or hass aR N tlssay "a Ino bfemeE and lady Neiman
S5f sSss s'S ~ sfsi 9Pgss s =
Erom H e Olive. Geo Bosly y 9 Morale;
Upham Il Runkhorst Mr. LYNCH Mr. Seeuin
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csg- sum 81 ~ f,,lbgrs Msss.s


r.y Skill of DR. Gilbert. : .Nessrs. Editors Dr.
GiLsEitT reputation essabsned BY The testimony
Of the highest credby standing already
practice hAn he Is not therefore,
benefit but for the relief Of the suffering and afflicted my race
wio have exhausted the skill Others abandoned
despair that desire shenen through your
len paper The testimonials pub ien the
success Of Or Gilbert have been eonaed ehs1 Large
Of embraced under The
but mine entirely Of different description EARLY
Of December ISIS whine engaged The Branch Mint this city
received severe injury thumb. It became
famed that threatened with e loss Of my hand.
treated by several phycats surgeons Of city
est elainence laid Others DIR. After Submitting
several Operations and enduring incredible suffering
for han year without seeing any prospect
iadnced ea DR. Samuel GILBERT eheery
undertook ii He extracted the diseased flesh
had lorsd the ball Of the thumb por
ton Of the bone, extending from the end nearly large
joint diseased dead This he Of with fne skill In
few weeks thumb entirely healed up
mouths been eney we'll The nail entirely reformed
and continues al tail gain strength
that, no~ have hope that will be
Hundreds of people in th community testify
truth Of what have here that any rnoat the
Of thumb whole hand looked upon inevitable
Your obedient servant RICHARD KEEN.
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NOVEL lNvEHTIoN-A Progressive Age.-The
st. Louis Reveille of July 5, gives the following
| account of sewing machine now exhibited in that
| place
The machine, in itself, is of the simplest CON
struetlon, there being no delicatey arranged cog
work, which is liable, at ali times, to be injured
and thus rendered for time useless and is perfect
10 It's operations, cheap 10 cost, and rapid in the
execution of lis work. The seams to be sewed are
placed together and fastened in an extended CLAMP
or frame, which supports the machine, and which,
by means Of machinery, is made to move the entire
Length OF the cloth, with speed adapted to the
length Of the stitches.
Two threads are used one of which is placed in
small steel shuttle, and the other in a reel situ-
aied IN the Top of the machine. The latter passes
down through the eye of a needle, which is fast
ened on a vibrating spring, at each movement Of
which, Il Is forced through the CLOTH where it I'M
locks with the other thread, both of which are al
the same time drawn quite tight and firm in the
CLOTH
So nicely is it arranged, that should the thread
pass under the shuttle, and thereby fail TO unlock
with the other the machine does not move forward
m its way, thereby leaving blank space in the
cloth, but remains stationary till it operates in
proper manner The same is the effect when the
thread breaks.
Its merits were put to the test by pair of broad
cloth pants being brought in to be made. The
outside seam was first tried and the result was,
that i was sewed up in minute and fifty
seconds the length Of the seam being forty-tvo
inches. The others were sewed equally as quick
The fronts were stitched in neat, firm and sub
stantial manner.
10 have it work in most successfully, it is essen
tal that the frame should be extended to much
greater distance, so that several seams may be
sewed without the trouble of stopping the machine
at the comrletion of each one. With this arrange
ment, it requires the services of one person to
haste the work together, while another attends to
the machine, and in this manner fifteen pairs of
Pantaloons, or six coats, can be made per day, ex-
cepting sewing on the buttons, working the but
ton holes and facing in the Innings.
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IaaAHnn1 Fo rnE MnKanANF,a nxenANaE.

THLEaRArnnp TO rnR MsKpnANr,s EXCHANGE
DAlTMoRK, July 5, 1850
Ns,0 FORK. July 5. otson is quiet. Sales 1--WE
hundred bales, al prices unchanged. Corn is held
az sixsgtwo t6z cenis. Groceries ana dull ard de-
Ginning Provisions remain unchanged
The balance of The Mexican indemnity, one hua-
bred and ixiytwo thousand dollars Is ISL, 600 was
paid to-day.
The National Anniversary passed Off without
accident
The steamer Washington has arrived. Nothing
new by her.
SINGULAR SufciDE.--A German named Henry
Lammert committed suicide at ST. Louis on the lst
inst, by shooting himself with pistol loaded Nth
wofer! In the day he had bought The pistol aud al
eight O'Clock at night while ia his hrothers room
be took an ordinary charge Of powder which he
poured into the pistol. ramming wad down after
i. Then nearly filling the barrel with water, he
secured il firmly with second wad, alter which he
banded So 70 his brother with request that he
would give Il to some person to whom it was due,
and rushed into his own room. AT the report his
broiheE followed him, and found the unfortunate
man lying the floor with his upper lip the upper
part Of his face and nearly half Of the skull blown
away. The effects Of the pistols contents were
most terrible.
LammeH had been married but four months.
Jealousy is among some Of the causes adduced for
his self destruction.
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ALI GAs.-Mr. Wise, the Balloon man, il is
said, is now negotiating with Mr. Paine Of Wor-
cestef, for the use Of one Of his Magnetic De-
composers by which water is rapidly converted
into lis gaseous elements. As the ascensive power
of the gas thus obiained much greater than that
hitherto used in ballooning, Mr.W.'s operations
viii be greatly facilitated by the use Of Mr. P.2s
apparatus An enterprise has been undertaken BY
five scientific gentlemen including Mr. Wise. The
cost of the two balloons now constructing will ex-
coed $4,000, and one sufficiently large and safe 10
cross the ocean and circumnavigate the el4be
would cost $4,000. Such a one this company
proposes ultimately constructing.
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MILES or RAILROADS IN THE U. SrATEs--
MASSACHUSETTS, iOas Connecticut AT New Hamp
s sn.Ts 80 Vermont 2s7; Rhode Island 81 Maine
~ Z, nsw fers 1906; MARYLAND sic; pennsylva.
~. ol s he~ Jersey 70 Delaware 80: Georgia
o. North Carolina 264 Ohio $780, LouisIaoa 70
michigan Si2 Mississippi 20 !; Illinois los Ken
lucky %; Indiana I02: Tennessee 10. 'retal
amount Of miles Railroad ia United States, is
neIs ass Also IN addition % the shove, sections
completed On some Of the lines now IN progress Of
construction, but none ia constant uss oF t lfa a.
poF'aiion Of passengers and fright,