The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-08-30

| DEATH OF L fOhGElt tkS-'IStoutuHS DtS'
closures-He Madison Bank Robbery, SC.
Among the victims OF the cholera on
Monday night last, was a convict in the
Indian peniien'iary, at Jacksonville. nam
ed Root. The Louisville Courier, Of the
10Th, gives the following astounding dis
closures msde BY him:
| "He was sentenced TO the penitentiary
for sIz vears, under a charge af having
robbed the hank at Madison, Ia, of some
| 800 GOO, and his sentence would have ex-
pred next month. Our readers will recol-
| lect that this robbery took place abou, sew.
en- years since. and created great excite~
men, at the time. and suspicion was cast
upon aome men occupying high places
| The money was never found, and TO this
day. as has been ascertained bv memo.
| ssnda kept by the bank. not dollar OF the
stolen notes has ever been put in circus
| latnn.
"Root was a man Of bad character, and
as he was at Madison about the time OF
the robbery, he was pursued, arrested, and
on trial was convicted of the crime, al.
though nothing positive was proven against
him. and Notwithstanding he almost posts
lively proved an abb.
"On his death bed Monday night, hs
freely confessed 10 number Of forgeriss
and crimes, and implicated as being con.
nected with HIM in his forgery transactions
a person who is at present resident OF
this city, and who IS now reputed to be
worth his hundred thousand dollars! He,
| however, mos, earnestly and solennly des
MED having ever had anything whatever
to do with the Madison bank robbery, or of
knowing any thing about it either directly
or indirectlY.'
Juan Fernandez. the old residence Of
Alexa ndcr Sekirk, (Robison Crusoe,) and
his man FRIDAY, has been visited lately
and bis caves discovered. The island 10
thirteen miles long and four wide; ito
shores are a pile Of barren rocks, some Of
them 1000 feet hIh, splinered and sepa'
rated bv earthquakes. Wild horses and
! goats. of excellent eatinG. abound. Fish
is abundant and lobsIers easily procured.-
! The soil is excellent Tor potatoes and corn;
peaches and grapes thrive in every valley,
and strawberries in their season. The is
| land is resorted 10 for wood and water.-
Juan f. ls now The Botany BAY Of Chill.
! A writer who was there March II says:
"Tt afords very Indifferent harbor, and
has only Twelve inhabitants. five men and
seven women. all ChiIians, except one
man, who said he was governor Of the is-
land, that his name was Worth, and that
he was a native OF Maine. He had lived
on the island three years. There are five
houses or hnrs mad. of poles, interviewer
with straw; affordiug good protection
from the weather.
4 romantic soung lady fell the other
day into the river. and was near drowning,
but succor heng fortunately at hand, she
was drawn out sen>eless and carried home.
On coming 10. she declared 10 her family
that she most marry him who had saved
her. "lmpossibr," said her papa. "What;
ia he already married - "No." "Wasn't
i, that Interesting Young man who lives
here in our oeIghborhood" "Dear me,
mo-, was Newfoundland dog"
SUsPIcIoN. -"Wite. wife, what has be-
come Of tho groprs?' 81 suppose, my dear,
the hens have picked them off," was her
mojero'e reply. "Ecns-hcns- some two
legged hens guess" saId the husband with
some imperu u,si'y: 10 which she calmly re-
Piled, "Niy Jenr, did you ever see any other
klnd !"
"The girls who remain torpid in their
girhood, cold as the reflection of a moon
10 well,' says sharp writer, care preta
,y sure to repay themselves for such ill
timed sobrety, by glowing meridian ten
wears after date. detest even virtues that
are unnol"gli. hate a matronly miss
The ca, should begin by being kitten"
Some queer chap says that grain is treas
ted ike inllnrs-whcn the head becomes
heavy. it is crcdIcd: and generally it is
well Mrdshcd 10 make it fit for use.
The editor Of the Detroit Advertiser,
notifies Pcstnastcrs. that by tho tenor OF the
census bill. Assistant Aiarshnls have the
privilege Of irsuk,ng all matter connected
with tie performance o. their duties.
Some writer no '.rs ;hc following observa.
ilon. which i full OF tho fine gold Of true
wisdom :--"llcn slight the good they have,
IN the anxiety for the good to come. They
waste their oil for to-day in frutless at.
'cmp,s to procure supply Cor the morrow.
forgetting that He who repenishes tho
lruIse IS incahaus,ibe.'
Il is stated that Mr.. Fillmore has two
jrulhorS, u'ho have some time past resided
n Washtenaw county, Michigan. one q
,ousc carpenter, the other blacksmith BY
rads.
A convic; in the ONO State Prison. maje
us escape over the walls in rather a singuA
ar manner, the other day. He crawled
a,o cannon, and got one of his companions
o shoe, him over the fence. He landed in
he next county. Eight conslables and .
'cd.cord in pursuit OF hir.
Tho man that killed himself hv caiilr
'ickled elephant is no better, and the doctors
Expect he will long remain so.