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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15
4 REAL HERoINE.- yesterday afternoon

A REAL HERoINE.-,Y Yesterday afternoon
lady and gentleman were riding over the
Neck IN sleigh behind very fleet animal,
that appeared to be eXer,Ing every nerve to
do his masters bidding. The Young buck
who "e!d the ribands, not appearing satis-
red. thought he would ply the beast little
with i1e whip. The string of the lash had
no sooner done its work than the proud
ses! caamped its bit and paved the course
atrunnlng speed. Our dandy suddenly
became frightened and, dropping the reins.
zap rom the sleigh, leaving his lady-
.JNrs-. .rm'nen, danger Of beng cashed 10
pieces at the heels of spirited and fright
ened horse. The young and pretty damsel
finding herself thus deserted by une who
she supposed would protect her, instantly
seized the reins and guided the furious AMI
NAL until he reached harder going, when
he began 10 show signs OF fatigue, and at
last surrendered himself to the perseveriag
and brave heroine. The brare young gall
liant, who so unceremoniously parted with
his lady, after recovering from his fall,
made haste 10 escape the jeers and laugh
ter that were justly poured upon him by
the hundreds who witnessed his noble cor. g.
ducl.-Boston Ecc.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

Ii is stated, that it a horse be shut up
in a pasture where there j.; no water he
will al ceraia times of the day, make it a
practice TO stand 10 tie place where water
is nearest the surface, aud thus indicate
the best place for digging for it. Those
who aIledGe this to be fact say ,ha, her.
ses have faculty of smelling wafer like
camels in the African deserct, or The cat
tie of South American pampas.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

CHOLERA AT 1HE NoRTH.-The New
York Journal of Commerce says that the
Emicran,s' Refuge on Wards Island, near
that city, contains at the present time a
larger numher OF emisranIs than a. any
former period there being on the island no
less than 1900 persons. Various causes
sickness 10 an un wanted degree. Fever
cases are frequen,, and within the past
two of which proved fatal.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

DIGGiSG GoLp- Sub Marine .lrmor -
Mr. George ;. Kimberly. now in Callior.
MIA, writes home, recountIng the success lie
has met with Ia procuring gold from the
beds OF the rivers by means Ul J. L. Cow
en- & Cos, sub marine armor. On one
occasion he bagged $500 in five hours, az
the depth oI - :eet. Ia SIX weeks he had
realized the handsome SUN ri SlS.5OO.-
lie had been offered $1,000 for his armor
and had refused it.-.Nsr York Mirror.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

STEAMBOAT DIS s,sTEgs.-The St. Louis
Republican publishes a table showing the
number of STEAMBOATS, lost on the Western
waters during the year 1919. The whole
number was IS, and the aggregate loss
with cargoes amounts TO 81 100000. The
same paper gives lis, Of the boats which
were sunk, collapsed boilers or llues, SC.
and subsequently, repaired. The number
is g.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

A COMPLIMENT TO THE LADIEs.-A
minister short Time AGO held forth 10 his
female auditors in the following manner:
"Be not proud that our blessed Lord paid
your sex the distinguished homer OF ap.
pearing first TO a female after the rcsulrec-
ton, for it was only done that the glad
ridnss might be spread The sooner"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

VERY PooR.-A lrilling scrt of fellow
in one of our nelghboring counties, not
long since, won the affection of the daugh-
ter of duff, honest Eu,chman Of some
wealth. Ga asking the old man for her,
he opened with romantic speech about
his being poor young man. sc.
'Ya,''ya,' says the old man,I knows all
apout it; but you ish a ll,le to tam poor
you hash neiler money nor character
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

There are many individuals in the Yves.
tern country, who are, TO a great extent,
carried off by Prospectuses of Eastern pa
pers, which are generally printed of in
gaudy and glowing colors, more suitable
for The bills Of some monster Circus OF
travelling Magazine, than anything else.
and induced 10 subscribe for papers, which
are universally filled with love sick stories,
or grand and glorious puffs ol themselves
TO the exclusion Of Western papers which
contain valuable information and useful
matter for all grades and classes Of man
kind.
lis not ourinten'ion 10 disparage the claims
Of many Of our Eastern exchanges for a
mong them there are many. which are we'll
worthy of Western pa,ronage-but we do
think, that before Western men extend
their generosity as far as the Eastern cities.
they should at least. take one good Wes-
tern paper.-Garard Banner.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

The girls out West frequently ride a
tame wolf TO meeting; and it Is not unusual
10 meet lady astrlde o! domeslicaied
crocodile. A western girl frequently sits
down to tea with rattle-snake coiled up
in her lap, the animal ihrusrins up his
head occasionally 10 take q view oi the
company.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

PEgsI, The Journal de Constan,inopla,
of The lj:h uli, has news OF an insurrection
at Istpah, Persia. II is said the palace Of
the q oveInor was attacked. stormed. and
the Governor and thirty Of his servants pu,
to the sword.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

ENGLAED vs.. UNITED STATES The
illustrated Loulon News speaks in the
strongest terms Of the growth OF the United
States in population and prosperity, and
says that hereafter the AnglO.Saxon race
will rule The world, not from the banks OF
the Thames, but from those Of the Po,o-
mac. The writer is Of opinion that Eng
land will rapidly decline in power and
wealth, IN the course OF the next half cen
,ury, and that the transatlantic Republic
will as rapidly increase.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

ST. LOUIS, Feb. l.-Gonsllve Monies
que has been indicted for murder IN the
frs, degree, and Raymond. MS brother. is
retained as witness. The trial will prob
ably be set for this term of the court.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

DEArH FROM TIGHT Boor.-Ai New
York, on Monday morning, man named
Patrick Callsshan, lied IN the City Hos
ptal, from ,rysipelas, brought Gu by wear
ing a ughI boot.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

CAUTION TO UMBRELLA BORROWERS
A man named Gideon Williams, of North
Providence, was last Wednesday fined 50
and costs, amounting to SIX dollars aud
ity>fve cents, for neglectiag to return a
borrow wed umbrella, when requested so 10
do
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15
MIR. CLAY.

The following handsome tribute to the
great American statesman, we take from
the Georgia 'Teegraph-a leading Demo.
cratic paper in Georgia, conducted by one
who has an able head and heart (Demo
era, though he .mayobe,) to r1a'ch. The
ex,rac, is from the 'Vrlrarnph's washing,
ton cortespor 'ens;-.N Q: Bulletin.
"During l'e whole Of the exciting scene
of Thursday. q 'he.:i!ouse Mr.. Clay sal
beneath. n,E.d /, alhlosr within my reach,
and.t assme.y. lis h-irns throughout
the excri ~, o,s.'dinas "as 70 sns 81.
ect of as much interest as the furious
storm progressing. Hardly a muscle of his
expressive counenance moved during the
most furious hour There he sa, with his
eyes in,en,ly fixed upon the combalanls.
the speakers on either side. They gave
heartfelt sorrow, mingled with appreciation
here, dssen, there, with sympathy for his
country as a whole, and with anxious and
gloomy foreboGngs as the eyes alone, Of
no other living American can express.-
Though, as radically opposed 10 his views
of public policy as any other man in the
Union, | have regarded MIR. Clay as true
patriot, every inch oil him. Though writ
ing within the last SIN years perhaps more
for the Democratic press than any other
one dvidual--vaslly more, have never
taken occasion to charge upon him or even
! remotely to imply want OF confidence in
! the earnestness actuilin. that great man
In this, differed from many OF my pOlill'
cal i,ie nis who hcir vn, him 10 be as sci
fish and politically lcenIIpus as the COM
mon herd OF irderHlls,s, have lost no OPP
por'unuy to brand him as such, | have
| been reasoned with and sruled more than
/ once for fully expressing my favorable i'm
presslons OK the man, not OF his politics.
wished Yesterday, for those TO have been
at my side who can see no merit in tha
tremendous opponent Of Democratic prin'
cples and measures. | wished for them
that they might read in his speaking coun
,enance far more conylctiny reiaralion o
all assertions upon the integrity OF his mis-
taken political labor, than, pen can trace
his lips ,Nou n muY,ng with elOQueuc,
equal to his o"u, can rtJ"ounce.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

To REMOVE WARrs.-Wash them with
a strong solution of pearlash. and let it dry
on the warts Il this Is done two or three
times, the warts will disappear.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

4 SIMpLE RULE.-To ascertain the
length of the day and night at any time of
the year, double the time Of the suns
rising, and double the time of its setting,
which gives the length ot the day.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

A negro's idea Of love. as given by
one Of the Ethiopians--"Ah niger! /!
feel as if | was up in the clouds be-
tween two hot buckwhcat cakes. and
all the angels were pouring down
'lasscs on me-"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15
YOUNG Low t. vs.. OLD LOVE.

"
Dom, place your trus, upon il.
For seldom Is it strong enough
To buy you new bonnet!
It's very good to talk about.
And loDSs rsht well on paper;
But only go behind the scenes,
And see how it will caper!
An old man w&s not made to love
A beautiful yonng wife;
AVID Nature kindly orders such,
A full supply Of strife.
Pray would ii not seem strange 10 wed
Young May with old Decem5er;
The blooming rose Of laughing June
Niih the nu,bur Of November
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

A SINGULAR AND MYSTERIOUS Pre-
SENTIMENT An old lady named Montague,
Newport, Ky. willr suing IN her char at
the iireside. on TUESDAY morning. in COM
pany with her family. suddenly rose from
her seat. and requested those present to 90
for certain neighh0sS, stating thar she DE-.
sired them TO coa.e and see her die. She
was then in apparently good health. Her
way and mnuner were so so'emn'y and
seriously earnest, that her request was com
plied with Immediately. The nelghbofs
came-Mrs. Nj. was seized with sickness
and carried TO brd--ani died 10 the press
euce Of those whuin she had sent for! -
She said, before he Gtei, that she had
received summons white seated IN her
chalr- Cincinuaii Commercial, l7M.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

Benefit your friends thai they may love
you more deadly sui; benefit your enc.
mics. that they may at last become your
friends
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

A late number of the Natchez Courier.
IN remarking upon the excitement at the
Soyh with reference TO the Wllmot proviso,
says:
Alter the storms OF winter, ever comes
the calm, sweet, and verdant spring; and
we predict that, beyond the wordy warfare
of The present session, the examinations and
recrminations. the torls and retorts, the
pros and cons, the bonds of union will be
stronger and brighter than ever. Rebuked
ullraism will find its level. But the flag Of
the Union, with new stars born into its
glorious constellation, shall still wave over
the happes. and mos, enlis shtened land the
sun ever shone upon.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

HoMILY AGAINST SffTTING.-On Sun.
.day, Rev. Mr.. Beecher, in a sermon 10
the new church 10 Orange street, Brooklyn.
inveishsd severely against the filthy prac-
lice of splitting in churches. He said men
had rish, 10 snuff, and smoke, and chew
as much as they pleased at home. but they
had no right to introduce such profanity
into the church, destroying the carpets,
and show ing disrespect to the house Of God.
What would they think Of him il he chew
ed in the pulpit and spat from II. They
had just as little right 10 do so.-Pitisburg
Gasette.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

Tha. Bill gives him S2,550. GOO for the ex-
penses OF the presen, fiscal year, and he es'l'
mates the sum OF S2,75O.000 as necessa.
ry 10 carry into effect existing laws. His
neyt step will be to sell out the leases ol
the public warehouses and resort 10 the
private bonded system. Mr.. Bailey's Bill
allows seven per cent, OF the estimated re-
ceipts Of the year, from customs, for the
expense Of collection.
Mr.. Clay wishes to call up his Compro'
mise scheme on Tuesday, and then make
his srea, speech on that subject. The fu-
gi,ive slave Bill ought to pass on Monday,
but the debate upon it may be transferred
10 Mr. Clay's proposition. The great dis.
cussion Of the session will be on Mr.. Clay's
scheme. as it comprehends The whole sub
ject.-COr. Char. Cour.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15
AN ACT
AN ACT
To abolish the Office Of Entry taker Of the
HiWassee District,

IIi"dsSte L)l"liiC'.
SEC. I. BE Il cnncteh Ly Ike General
,4ssemJiy of tie State Of Tennessee. That
rom and after the passage Of this Act. the
Office of Eolry>taker of the Hwassee and
Ocoee Districts be and the same a:e hereb.
abolished.
SEC 2. Be Il enacted, That from and al
ter the passage o! this Act the Register Of
Ihe niwassee and Ocoea Districts shah
perform all the duties incident, to the Office
Of ENTRY 'aher heretofore provided By law,
and shall receive tor Tire Sauie ne fee here
toioca al|a wsd =. - ;. -
SEC. >. ne II enacteu. i.at an The bucks.
maps, and papers, belonging to The office OF
Entry -takef. shall be transferred and filed
in the Office OF Register Of SAID Districts.
SEC. 4. Belt enccted, That the Register
OF SAID Hiwassep and Ocoee Districts shall
enter into bond with approved security in
the amount now required for Entry.takers
conditioned for the faithful discharge of all
their duties Incidental to said office, and il
the same manner that Entry takers are
now required to give bond.
SEC ). BE u enacted, That the Entry.
taker OF Hickman county b. and he is here
by authorized to keep his office at his own
house. and that all the acts and dolngs OF
SAID Euuy-,aker heretofore done at any
other place. other than at the comfy site.
shall be held to be as valid and ellectual as
though the same had been done at the
county site.
SEC. g. BE Il enacted, That the acts and
lorngs of James II. Armstrong. as En'ry>
,aker Of Knox county, from August the
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

The first announcement Of a railr;od in
Georgia was made some fifteen years ago,
AS ioltows:
'RAlLRoAD ~ GEORGIA "A fellow by
the uan" of john Nockumsiiif was rode
upon RAD IN - county, Ga. one
day last we, X, tor bu>ing his wife,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

1t is miserable tHng to live in suspense
1t is the lille OF a spider. Say, ,ha, love-
sm;len fellow addresses his mistress on the
all,Impor,anl subject Of malrlmony. and is
suspended a month Of Sundays upon the
web Of doubt-haIt hoping, half despair.
lnr-Aon'l know what 10 ,hink-whe,her
sac ~! g,yc him her heart or her nlien
Bat, to Keep one "in hot water" until he's
done, makes hun the more tender, the
women-toIks say-and they understand
coofing iorerS-lhat's their trade.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

A hypocrite pays tribute 10 God,
that he may impose on man.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

HOMESTEAD ExEMPTIoN.-The follow
ing extract from the message Of the Gov
ernor of New York will interest some Of
the members of our Legislature:
"WhiIe i, is admittedly primary duty
of the Legislature 10 enact laws for the
punishment of vice, it is NO less its duty
to remove the causes which frequently lead
TO the commission of crime. The impress
sions made upon the youthful mind BY the
gentle force Of parental authority and ex-
ample, and by the association of the taml>
ly circle, are among the most active and
enduring of the influences which control
the conduct Of after life. Much of the vice
that we are called upon TO deplore may be
traced TO the early removal Of its subject
from the reach Of that authority and ex-
ample. and from the innocent but whole-
some association of home, however hum.
bIe. The cause Of morality. no less than
tne dictates Of humanity, demand the
preservation of the family circle, and the
maintenance Of the family home. as eff
cient preventives Of vice, and sure and
permanent contributors to individual vir-
tue and happiness, and 10 public prosperi-
ty ami ORDER"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

WESTERN ELoQUENCE.-An orator out
west, III commenting on the dangerous
character OF crcums'ant'al evidence, clos
ed with the following peroration:-
"lf crcums'anial evidence were per-
sonined, it should be the form OF beau.
tiiul woman. Her brow should he the
brow of Minerva; her smile tie smile Of
Venus; her voice the voice OF a SYren.-
She should be clad IN the white robes CT
innocence, but on her garments should be
seen 'gouts of blood Her step should be
the conqueror's desolalion; and in the back
ground, haunting her footsteps. should ap-
pear the shades Of unquiet perturbed spirits,
ranged II groups of twelve. representing
the jurors who had been led astray by her
knowing brow. her treacherous smile, and
yet more seductive voice."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

RAILWAY PRoGREss.- In 1885 a conven.
ton OF delegates met at Macon, Ga. which
determined to build road l77 miles VEST
ward from Augusta as far as Atlanta;
another road 10 be made from Savannah
100 miles. as far as Macon, and thence l0l
miles farther TO Atlanta. IL was conlem-
plated that these roads should he private
enterprises, and from Atlanta The state was
to construct another road, 1876 miles in
length, 10 in,ersect the Tennessee, which il
was calculated would act as fee der to the
first mentioned undertakings. All these
anlicipalions have been realised, and Geor.
eia is now reaping The benefit not only Of
the roads themselves, but Of the inlroduc-
ton of manufactures and various branches s
Of industry to which most other southern
States are strangers.-Raleigh Register.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

Ii Arabs love their Simeon sand,
And Greenland loves her night Of shows.
Who can forget the happy land
Where every gem OF pleasure grows2
We love the State that gave us birth.
And give her joy and heart and hand,
But we adore o'er all the earth,
The Union as our native land.
And ill the molten rock retire,
WIN Empires sons for Union try;
And hope, when hills dissolve in fire,
10 sec the Univu last ~ die,
Then come, ye Iroden nations, come.
And leave your tears beyond the flood;
Columbia calls the groaning home,
Where Union is the grace of God.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-02-15

NOZZLE SENTIMENTS BEAUTIFULLY Ex-
rEEsSED.-The sons OF New York held
their 9TH anniversary at Mllwanke, the
3lst Dec. The evening was taken up in
discussing profusslon Of eJjbIes. Offering
'oas's, raising cheers, singing songs, etc.
etc. They evidently had "a good time OF
H." The following lines, written by Gen.
Shea, are SO beautiful and appropriate, we
cannot lorbear copying them.
The North-Carolina standard., 1850-06-29

The Grand Capitals Sn one Scheme Sold.
$4,000. 2 OF $4,000.
No 1 Light Street. Baltimore. Md.
PRIZES! PRIZES! /! PR1ZES!!!
O00 numbers 81 A. whole ticket sent to Alabama.
$50 OO0 numbers IA 53 package half tickets, sent to
Massachusetts. -. ...-.. - ...
$26 900, numbers l6 22, half tickets, sent to Ohio
1924 OOO numbers 81 73, package whole tickets, sent
to South Carolina
$2OOOO numbers IL 10 49, package half tickets, sent
to Indiana .
$780, 900, numbers 8, whole ticket, sent to Georgia.
$ls OOO numbers 81 49, package quarter tickets, sent
to Florida.
$4,000, numbers 20 A. package whole tickets, sent
to Tennessee. .. .
500, numbers l l6 80, whole ticket sent to New
Jersey.
$4,000, numbers IA 4s 49, whole ticket sent to Penn
sylvania. ...
$4,000, numbers IS 76, whole ticket sold in Bat-
sooo numbers 20 &c. package half tickets, sent to
Georgia.
of $5 0OO of 81, $780, Is of 81 500 II of 81 0O0
sold in Whole and Half Ticket Packages, besides
innumerable number of smaller prizes sent to differ
ent parts of the country.
Rrilli:,n nj TOfferies for .UUlV. 1850,
The North-Carolina standard., 1850-06-29
NORTH CAROLINA RAIL ROAD!

TTNHE General Commissioners of the North Carolina
i Rail Road hereby announce that at Meeting held
by them at Chapel Hill the 5th and 9th days of June
1885, it ascerained, from additional returns made
by the local Commissioners, that the sum of one Million
of dollars had been subscribed in the capital stock of the
said Company and the first instament of five dollars
per share the said of million of dollars, to
wit the sum of fifty thousand dollars, having been re-
ceved by the Treasurer of this Board the said Comms-
sioners preferred and certified duplicate declarations OF
the foregoing facts, with the of the subscribers,
and the amounts by them respectively subscribed appen-
ed thereunto and have caused of the said decara-
tons to be deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State
according the requirements of the 5th section Of the
act of the General Assembly ratified the 27h day of jan
uary lS49 entitled An act to incorporate the North
Carolina Rail Road Company"
And the said General Commissioners by virtue OF the
powers vested in them, by the act of Assembly aforesaid
do therefore hereby make KNOWN that the said company
shall be regarded formed for the purpose mentioned in
said act from the aforesaid 9th day Of June thousand
eight hundred and fifty and they do further give notice
that they have appointed meeting of the OF
said company to be held in the town of Salisbury on
Thursday the llth day of July next to receive the
port of the proceedings of this Board and to take such
further action under the charter of the said company
may be authorized and required by the at which
every stockhoer is requested to attend in or by
proxy.
And this Board stands adjourned to the time and place.