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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-01


The WEATHER-RoAps, &c.-Af,er
about fourteen weeks Of the juiciesl kind
of weather. it affords Us great pleasure to
be able TO say that the clouds have once
more disappeared and there is lolerahle
lair prospect Of few days Of sunshine
Such spell of weather was never before
witnessed out Of California. The Oldest
| nhab'an'. and he lives next door TO us,
AYERS that The like has never been seen
since the day when the dove returned TO
the ark, finding no rest for the sole of her
foot; and tina, he is fully impressed with
the belief that there is something wrong al
head quarlers-that there is a screw loose,
and that perhaps it is owing TO Gen. Tay
lor's elevation to the Pres dency. The old
man may be right. as his concll sion is
about as reasonable as many TO which our
Democratic friends have recently jumped.
a consequence of the recent bad wea-
lher has been many successive failures of
the mails. The roads have been in such
a condition for weeks as to be almost i'm.
passabe. By the way. lower East Ten.
nesSee is famous Tor bad :oadS al all times
and all seasonS-uoi because from their To-
cation they are not susceptible OF being
made as cCol as the lhoroue hlares IN other
sections, but simply because many Of the
persons whose duty it is made from time
10 time TO have them worked, seem to take
special pleasure in seeing how badly they
can have it done, or rather in not having it
done at all. The County Courts we be.
leve have the power of appointing over
seers for the roads, and perform their du
" in tina, respect. If the overseers who
neglect their duties were, as the phrase
goes, popped few times to the ex'en' of
the law, in such cases made and provided,
we have no doubt il would have a very
good effect, and add no lllle 10 the inter-
est of the country. II il is intended TO cut
off all communication with oar next door
neighbors there can be no use in agilaring
the subject; bu, if business and social IN.
tercourse with them is at all desirable. it
woulL'n, be bad idea to have the public
highways worked on occasionally.
But. bless US. we set out to talk about the
weather, AMI here we are on roads and
road overseers--for which last we will Of
course be waited upon by some one, TO
know if he is the individual alluded to-
To prevent mistakes and save trouble, we
will Just say that we don't mean any one
in particular, but all. each and every one.
But the mails, oh! the malls-when will
they commence arriving regularly again,
and relieve us from the necessity OF wri.
ting when there is nothing TO write about.
The lactls, Tor week previous 10 We'd
neslay evening but Two of our exchanges
reached us, and they. from their weather
beaten appearance. must have come by the
way Of Patagonia, or the Bay OF Fundy.
However, we will exercise our patience, OF
which we have large stock, and com.
mend our readers TO do likewise if they
fail to find any thing OK interest in our col,
umns this week. There's better time
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ATHENS, FRIDAY, FEB. I, 1850.

tp V. b. PALMER is the authorized
agent Tor this paper IN The cities oil Phl.a
deIphia, Boston and New York.
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New ADvERTIsEMENTs.-S rev
advertisements will be found in today's pa.
per, to which we invite attention.
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A CURIOSITY IN COMMERCIAL TRANS
AcrIoNs.-A letter from Liverpool, dated
Nov. 10th, received in this city by the last
steamer, has been shown to US, which
mentions the extraordinary fact Of the sale
of LOT of cotton lhirty>two years old.
which has been lying all this time, in a
warehouse in that city. The letter says:
400 bales of Cotton are now on sale, the
remainder of a lot of SEQ bales purchased
in 1917. 100 bales were sold yesterday at
6 SD. They originally cost ia per
pound, and 1t is estimated that the loss from
beginning 10 end is about EI0.0O0-or say
equal here TO abou, 100000.
THIS act shows the extraordinary pro.
gress oflhe cotton trade during the past
thirty or forty years: the price of the sta
pie in 1917, having been Ia per pound,
while now tremendous excitement is ere,
ated if the price reaches G5Sl orr sd,
per pound.-Phil Bulletin.
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sDE. MITCHELL. JR., Charleston, s,
c., will attend 10 any business for this pa
per IN that Guy.
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o. Mr. JxxEs r.. AsEuRy. ST., Kingston.
Roane County, Tennessee, is authorized
and requested to act as agent r. procuring
subscriptions for tins paper,
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~ We are authorized and requested
10 announce TIlOS. DUCN WORTH a
acandidae for the office OF Sheriff OF Nc
Milan county, at the ensuing March c'ec
lion.
~ We are authorized and requested It
announce CHRISTIAN PETERS. as :
candidate for recollection 10 the ultlce q
Sheriff of McM,nn counw au,he ensuing
March eie:uon.
Editor Posi-; You are authorized and
requested to annOunce me as candidate
Tor the office Of Sheriff Tor McMlan coun'
", al the coming March eectlon-su'jec'
10 tire decision OF the popular voice. am
Democrat.
]. w. McSPADDEN.
January II, 1850.
fp We are authorized and requested
10 announce A. BARB, ESQ. as candl.
date for The office of County Trustee, at
ensuing March election.
@-We are authorized and requested to
announce G. W. klRKSEY as a cand-
date for re election to the office o! County
Trustee for McMlnn county.
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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

Below will be found message from
President Taylor. in obedience 10 call
from Congress for Information sin regard
to Executive proceedings in California. -
1t will of course command the attention oil
all
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RAIL ROAD BILL LOST.

We have not received any papers from
Nashville lately, bu, learn from letter in
The last Knoxville Pi.beian tina, the Inter.
nal Improvement Bill has been defeated in
the lower House. The vote is reported a:
standing, ayes SO. noes SO.
We had hoped for dlfi,eren, result.
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SOUTHERN JOURNAL Of EDUCATION.-
The January number of this valuable pa
per is received. The Journal is, as it name
imports, devoted TO the cause of Edu
cation. and is JUS: such paper as is needs
ed in Eas, Tennessee. The Editor is de
voting himself to praiseworlhy work.
and we trust his generous efforts will be
literally sustained by the public. Sub
scriplon price. 8 90 per annum, IN adj
vance-eish, copies for "a. Address, S.
A. JEwETT, Knoxville, Tenn.
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GopEY's LADy's BooK.-February No.
received. 1t is in Godey's usual perfect
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O. See letter from Augusta correspon,
dent on next page,
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SARTAIN's MISUNDERSTANDING mum.
Der received. Beautifully embellished.
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COFFEE IN EUROPE.

We take the following interesting re-
marks in relation 10 the Coffee trade, from
a Circular dated London, December LIST
ls49:
"The las, mail from Brazil most fully
confirms the previous estimated deficiency
in the production Of that most important
source of supply and il may now be safely
assumed tia the total yield will not ex'
coed 100000 bags. against $4,000
and I,7SO,OOO in lS4S and Is47. In a
mother place will be found table exhibi-
ting at one view the estimated supply for
1850 and the estimated consumption OF lS-
49-lhe latter founded on the latest oliicla
documents published, and tn. former on
the productions of recent years, coupled
with the ascerlained progression or decline
of cultivation in the various places OF
growth. The deficiency in the production
as compared with The consumption appears
to be no less than 1880 tons. (l62,O0O.-
600 lbs } which has to be made up out OF
the existing sock On hand. In the prlncl-
pal European Entrepo!s. including Great
Britain, there were, on the 3lsi of Oclo-
her, 45.26O tons. against $50 at the
same period in 1913, and these small
stocks will be ye, further diminished by the
end of the year; the supply IN Tie hands
OF dealers in the interior OF Germany, Sc,
is generally very light; while IN America
the stock is so much reduced, that purcha
ses for shipment have recently been made
both in tins country and in Holland. Ii is
now, therefore, evident that in consequence
of past years of depression. production has
fallen greatly below consumption, and that
prices must now rise until the equilibrium
is restored. first by the dIminuiion Of con
sumption. hut ultimately by increased pro
duce. As the latter, however, canno, f'om
the nature OF Coffee cultivation, be brought
about Immediately, we may now look tor
the maintenance of a higher range OF prs
ces for some time 10 come Than has been
experienced for several years.
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II @ R NJ s. O

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. No subscription will be taken for a shorter
period than six months; and paper will be
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TADVERTISEMEN will be inserted
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duction made to those who advertise by the
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H., All letters and communications, to insure
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ARBTgDLPWRAtho
Agricultural Societies.

1.-The great practical truth and charac-
teristic of the present age is, that great
public improvements are carried out by
means of voluntary. association. This
principle-the principle of voluntary as
sociarion, bringing minds together to act
upon each other, is the great principle
and truth of the age. Its germ, to be sure,
was seen centuries ago in the old world.
1t was to be traced in the establishment of
cities in the feudal age; it was still further
extended in the professional associations
Of Europe at subsequent period. But II
has been long in the old country
a nd in this-before the idea was brought
to bear upon agriculture and the tillage OF
the SOIL The reason of this was obvious.
Merchants, trader 8, and others, congrega-
| ted in large cities, eoulds meet together al
most any hour, summoned by peal OF
almost any bell, to interchange their sem
timents on any topic of moment.
mot SO with the farmers. They were
scattered all over the country; their labors
were mostly soiitary-here upon the plains
and there in the deepest recesses of the
hills; they have no Exchange, no Coffee
House, no Lyceum where they could as
semble together conveniently. Such, too,
1 III RISdi 10 viz SoSS "ish 'AS'AA
now; and hence it had become essential
that these annual Fairs should be held
Here the necessity that they should be
universally attended-not so much for the
sake of the exhibition, or of any discour-
ses to be delivered, or lectures to be given
las for the sake of interchanging senti
ments, of comparing the experience of one
/ with that of another, of mingling together
and keeping up a communication of ideas.
Every man obtained great part of what.
! ever knowledge he might possess by con.
versation and communication with others
Books indeed might do something in this
! respect, but nothing in comparison with
free communication. If we should deduc
from the aggregate of each mans knowl
edge, whatever he had learned by com
munication and conversation with his fel-
n low man, very little would be left, ant
that little not worth much at best. 1t wa:
intercourse with each other that made meI
' sharp and active, and enterprising; and
therefore, if there should not be, at any
annual exhibition of an agricultural asso
citation, a handsome pair of steers, or
likely COW in the whole country, still i
there were men assembled together in SO
cial intercourse, then the exhibition woult
be productive of much good. ."-Danie
Webster's Speech at the Norfolk Fair
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Of his uncle, (and many doub; that even,) II
srill require nothing less than miracle to
keep the throne from slipping from under
him. All these parties, the adherents OF
Henry the Fifth, of the Count of Paris,
the Republicans, the Red Republicans.
the Socialists of all shades, will agree in
one thing, and one only, which will be TO,
dismount the Emperor; and that done,
each party will work for itself, as in some
games all The players play againstthe man
who is ahead, until the game is equalized.
and then each one plays for himself.
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GA pretty cute Yankee trick was
played upon the proprietors of the steam
er Ohio, which sailed on Saturday for
Chagres. Barnum's agent, Bennett, CT
Peaie's Museum notoriety, took passage
in her for Havana for himself, dwarf
and the giant Hales. In securing passages
he bargained for two grown persons aud
the dwarf, paying halfprice for the dwarf
When the three passengers came to the
steamer, the captain was hardly prepared
to receive giant for groom person; but
Bennet, like true Yankee-though an
Englishman-stuck TO his contract, snd
as there is on statute providing limit for
the size Of man, got his giant on board
he captain was obliged to confess him
self regularly done, especially when ii
was found that the giant would have TO
kick through the head-board of anothe,
berth in order to get sleeping ROOM
NeU York San.
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The Treasure Ship.
BY MRS. JOSEPH c. NEAL.

A seal having device ship under full
sail. Motto-"I bear tke hopes Of many"
Know ye, oh, solemn waves that round it swell.
The precious burden which ye onward bear7
Soft winds, fair winds, ye do your bidding
we'll,
Winged as We come. by earnest. mournful
prayer
"God speed the ship"-it is wniling cry,
Wrung out from many hearts deep agony.
How long the night to all who hope with dawn
Too see those sails rise over the horizons
verge;
The midnight bell which marks the day now
Seems unto some to strike boding dirge;
The faint of heart are they who trod lifes sea
As the disciple trod the waves OF Galilee.
For those who WOO no sorrow ere il tails,
The pulse fhspe is thrilling wildly now;
The maiden with blushing cheek recalls
The words that seal an earnest parting vow
From one whose wanderings over the track.es
main
Are leading him towards home and love again
A mother yearns for tidings Of her child
The wife sleeps but to dream of one afar-
(Oh, sleep, thy many visions fleet and wild.
How fearful in their life like truth they are.
So wears the night, and stil that tolling bell
Rings bridal chimes for some, for some knoll
Oh, silent. gu iding stars. Oh, sounding waves
Oh. rushing blast. have ye DO answering
thrill7
Can ye not feel an impulse wild that crave.
boon for those who wait upon your viii
Urge on the treasure ship-with fearful freigh
She comes to them messenger of fate
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BROOKS and STATIONARY for sale a.
- BuchandR's Store,
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II Wester" Lawyers Erordium.-
When Justin Butterield, ESQ, formerly
OF Chicago. and now OF the land office IN
Washington, appeared in behalf of Joe
Smith, before the U. S. Court at Spring
held he used this brief but happy opening
OF his address, to the court, which rhet-
oslticians must allow answered the pur-
pose OF the best exordium, and brought
him at once to the merits of the case.
Il appear before the court said,he, in
circumstances such as mortal man never
was placed in before. appear before the
Pope, Judge Pope presiding in the pres
ence of angels (waving his hand to the la
dies) in behalf of the prophet ofthe lord,
(poiniing to Joe Smith
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France.

President Bonaparte has established at
Paris a newspaper called The Napoleon,
which is understood to be, par ercellence
the Presidential organ. He has not only
established it, but he is likewise one of the
editors, and writes articles occasionally,
good, bad or Indifferent. Some say land
1t is not unlikely, we thinl) that the Ma
poleon is intended to advocate, openly or
sab rosa, the restoration of the Empire,
which would place Napoleon the Second
on the throne of course. An editorial, from
the pen probably Of his Excellency himself
says that the French nation has to choose
between the virtue of Washington and the
glory of Napoleon, and that the republi-
cans of France will know how to decide.
Now this, If said in America, would be
susceptible of but one construction
whether we should take the virtue of one
great man or the glory of another. ne
should be nearly unanimous for the man
of virtue and his system. But the case is
different in France. There the nation
goes for glory, to which almost everything
is regarded as secondary, when tits viewed
under the aspect of national property This
word glory is their talismanic; the child
lisps it in infancy; the schoolboy's first
most lasting impressions, are connected
with the glory of the great nation; the
soldier charges his enemy in the name of
glory, and the statesman's guiding star is
ever the national glory. This was the Sc
cret of Napoleon's vast popularity; he
gave the French glory until they were al
most surfeited with it; and the time at last
came, that that fighting, chivalrous and
heroic people sighed for peace. The first
signs they gave of having had enough OF
blood, and victory, and glory, was when
Napoleon made war upon Spain in 1908
which was never popular war in France
and which led without doubt, to the EN-
peror's overthrow, by using up two hun
dred thousand OF his best troops, and by
creating doubts of his invincibility, which
no Frenchman had before doubted. When
| from 10000 to 5000 French veterans
laid down their arms at Baylen to a force
composed of Spanish militia, the astonish-
ment and CONSERVATION was greater in
France than had been produced by any
previous disaster. The loss of the fleet at
the Nile and at Trafalgar were great ca
lamities; but they were not so entirely
unlooked-for and confounding as the sur
render of whole French army to an enc
my not only not feared but despised.
Suppose Louis Napoleon should be
lucky or unlucky enough to en- circle his
brows with the imperial diadem as Napo-
leon Second, how long will he continue
to wear 1t! In our opinion but very
brief period. With four or five pretty
strong parties against him, and with no
claim or title except that he IS The nephew
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Wholesale and Retail
Tin Copper s. Sheet Iron
sMan ufActO ry.

The subscriber adopts this method of retur.
ming thanks 10 his friends and the pnblic
generally for the liberal patronage heretofore
bestowed upon him, and begs leave to inform
them that he has enlarged his business, andno "
keeps constantly on hand largo supply o
every variety of
TINWARE,
STOVE-PIPE,
DRIPPING PANS,
ZINK BOILERS
COAL BUCKETS, TEA
Y z "
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eR - DOZEN BOOTS and SHOES OF
~e0 all kinds just received andfor sale at
Buchaaan's Sore.
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When You and | were Girls.

Our village looks as pretty now,
AZ 4 did in the cbildhood's hour,
When autumn burden'd bush and bough,
With choicest fruit and flower,
Still stands the hill beyond the mill.
Just where the river whir Is
ASown whose side we us'd to glide;
When you and were girls.
Our cottage stands the same sweet lhing'
30 quiet and SO calm
The roses DER its sides still cling.
And load the gale with balm;
II. white front hid their leaves amid,
Like beauty's brow mid curls-
And everything the past doth bring
When YOU and were girls
The brook, with rustic wood. bridge sPanned,
Goes babbling On it's way,
Ger hidden tracks Of sedge and sand,
Like some glad child at play!
Then down some steep, in noisy leap.
The tiny catract hurls.
Like Hopes false light, all dazzling bright,
When you and were girls.
Stili stands beyond the village green
The simple house of prayer
Who're villagers on Sabbath cen
Hold holy meetings there!
In deaths grasp bound. in tombs around,
Which modest daisy pearls,
Sleep forms We lov'o-thnt breath'd and NOV
When you and I were girls.
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. DOZEN Mann's Axes for sa lie at the store
- of MURRAY s. ZAHM.
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GODEPS L4DPSROOY

WE HAv MUCH MORE THAN fIfru,rn
PROMISES. eVi
And enter upon the year with
which those who know us-and who docs r.. ''
wi II believe. 'o'~
Godey's Lady's Book for 1850 shall .urpax ,s.,
for lSi9,
And exceed al! magazines past, present ard a..
come. !"
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u A sailor in the pit OF theatre, look
ing over his play-bill, read, 'an interval OF
twenty years occurs between the fl rst and
second acts At the end Of the first ac,
he put on his old tarpaulin and left the
house saying. few Of the folks will live
10 see the end ont