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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28

For trouble, people have as many anti
doles as they can make use of for ca,arrh.
One flies to gin, another to devotion, while
third taxes 10 uglncSS, aGd hicks his wife.
An old gentleman who lives in our neigh
b"rh""d always soo'hes himself by blow.
ing out his braines on u trombone. or ci 81
throwing TN pans at the cats next door.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28

DON'T live in hope with your arms folded.
Fortune smiles ON those who roll up tkeir
sleeves and put shoulders to the wheel
that pr"peis them on to wealth aud haPpl.
ness. Cut this out. and carry 1t about IN
your vest pocket, We who idle in bar rooms
Or at the cUrners of the slIeels.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28
HENRY CLAY.

Mr. Clay recently embarked at New
York for Havana. whittier he goes for
,,L u,, ,r.;t,, .,;,;, H., os.
"''"' NV ''''".' "o'7
ence IN 'hat c'ty' ana oHehy a'uu'"s 10
his requirements. and services as a states
man and patriot. concludes as follows:
AZ. c,,,, ,, - :, Ios,;,.d ,.ve,
:, ~, p.as,l,n, Las,;nn ,.h;oh mon as
monI .. ha hnua ,,o,n",a,aJ ,u;,b o,, n,ur.
,,,',,n,, c,,,,;,h h,n, Va, i, !, L,rJ IN
,TInl IN re1,rL ,o 1,na so nnal;Ge, ,h,, he
h,s h,an av7,I'IaJ C,nn, ~, ,n,w s,,,,nn
"', h.. h;, n,don;,hIo 1a,l,s hr, h;s v;r.
mos Had no j." "onrrc,;or wuh h;s c,ea,
nn,I;,;es hee, %, racsL and nI,ns;Lle-
aJ h., hasn carsG,, ~ ,t;r h;s ',iis n tho
,onnI,r @ M b,ss,s % and ND reysrsreak ", - ,,l he was
snr. ,ha, wba, no rnrnnseJ ,o sav wonId
ha ,elI roca;vaLN h. so,v.J h;s conn.
,rv less and lla,tered his countrymen more
he, too, might have placed his name on
the roll of the Presidents OF the United
States.
Yet it is better as Providence has order
ed il. The missing statue OF Bru,us was
more remarked than the presen, statues CT
others equally llluslrous. No special
stamp of popular approval is needed TO diff
fuse and perpernale the fame OF Henry
Cav. While liberty shall have a resting.
place among the crags of the Andes or
Greece rekindle on her rocky coasts one
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28

Twenty one hundred dollars. mostly spe-
Gle, was found III "a secret drs wer by iLe.
appraisers of the estate of Molly Sim lv.
an elderly maiden recently deceased near
Lebanon, Pennsylvania. That is "whers.
.he SILVER goes" 8
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28

Ct The particular vice Of evil speaking
seems 10 grow continually more prevalent
and is the fruitful source Of great evils
more than we have space 10 enumerate. II
beee,s a spirit of distrust and suspicion
which impairs the freedom and senla!lly ol
social intercourse; it invades the domestic
hearth, and destroys the peace Of families
No one is TOO high or too low 10 escape the
envenomed tongue Of the slanderer; no
character SO elevated as not 10 be sullied
by his calumnies. Few Of us have not al
some time suffered from the ravases OF this
destructive spiri, Of gossip and tale bear
ing, yet how little these suferIn.s have
,aueh; US 10 endeavor to shield others from
shafts similar 10 those which have wound
ed US. Every days experience demon
s,ra,es to US the Ialsi,y of reports against
our friends and neishbors, which have been
asserted TO be beyond possibly Of doubt,
We, we are still ready 10 lend our ears 10 the
next scandal bearer who seeks a recepta-
Gle for his calumnies. Let us do SO no
,ouser-let US resolve 10 do all in our pow>
er 10 discountenance and quell this spirit
of ey,l-let US endavor to intuse into our
own natures, into the souls Of all within
our influence, some portion OF that spirit
without which Paul thought himself moth
ing, rhoush he should speak with the
tongues Of men and angels"-lhas spirit
which ",hiukelh no evil" the spirit oI
Charity.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28
THE POST.
ATHENS, ERsDAy, MAwcu 90. 1851.

PLANK RoAD.-rhe Wetumpka State
Guard states that the tolls taken on the
Central Plank Road, at one Of the gates,
were Slo5 the first forty days. This only
includes The travel for about four miles.
and tine Guard concludes from this Tact that
the stock will prove the most profitable OF
any in the country.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28
New ORLEANS, March 9

TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN PAULDiNG, Miss.
A negro in Pauldins, Mississippi, having
committed an outrage upon the person OF
a white lady, and afterwards murdered her
and her son, the citizens turned oct en-
n,asse and arrestins the negro, burned him
alive.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28

o. IF you would increase the size and
prominence Of your eyes-just keep an ac-
count Of the money you spend fcoIi,hly, aud
add it up at the end "i the quarter
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28

HAND HIM RoUND.-The Charleston
Sun has the subjoned interesting notice oil
a certain Mr.. Spencer, one of the slrolling
lecturers Of the day. II says:
"We would call the attention OF the
uublic TO the last trick of magic Of the
Hon. gent above mentioned, by which he
succeeded IN eloping and leaving behind
his advertising account unpaid. which he
was successful enough to swell TO no very
r,tllng amount. We request all papers TO
give this notice an insertion, and at the
same time beware Of SO successful an ope-
rator on their interests and indulgence.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28

%. There IS n man wao>e huir is turned
to bris les. in consequence Of his having
purchased n pot Of hogs lard sold to hun for
bears grease. Surely the government,
which lnleri'rcs in matters of less moment.
ought to look after this, or the vendors of
such 'hings may take it into their heads to
sell goose grease, nj feathers become Tho
fashion Of the day.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28
A DANDY TRANSLA1 ED.

The following is an nbridgment of
reading Of which made US laugh all over
from heel taps 10 epidermis. The parties
had "tied up" their boat on rivers bank in
one of the ou'hern States, and were driving
their clothes. and sm' king, at log fire.
Let Joe Merriwca,her's brother tell the
story Of the catastrophe that beiel him:
"iou recollcx, Mrs. HnysiS, brother Joe
ailrrs was dresSy Sort of n chap; fond of
brass buttons on his coat, and the harn'pst
Kind Of red npckerchers; md ths time he
had on pair of buckskn breechps with
straps under his boots. Well, when was
n IA klh' I" him "v the prospect fur the next
day. all ov sudden thought the little feler
was a CROWN Uncommon tall; till diSkiv.
cred that the buckskln brccches, that wur 3
wet "a a young rooster in spring rain.
wur bcglnnln' to smoke nm draw up kinder,
and wur n l'tin' brother Joe off the ground!
Brother Joe, sez |. you're goin' up
Brother Tom,' seq he, i unit u doin'
anything else
And he scrunched down mi:ey hard. but
It war"t ov n" use, fur afore long he wur
matter ov some fifteen feet up in the air!
'M"rr'in' P"wrrs' interrupted the widow.
'BrO'hnr Jue!' sell
'l'm h-'c!' stz he.
Catch bold ov the top ov that black lack
>cz /.
Talk! so Frother Joe. and he sort.r
leaned over and grabbed the sapIin,' like as
ma. be yon'va seed a sqnI'eI Eanl IN nm elm
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28

MeIanchoyIs Is another name for tough
meat. We care not how imaglnative man
may be, let him cut two pick led pigs feet.
and he will feel as Inanlmaie Us a peck OF
anthracite. What We often think is mind.
IS half the time grizzIe.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28

An old lady, upon picking up a news
paper. saw an obituary notIce of a gentle.
man whom she knew, in which il was
stated that he died in the Lord .Ah. ms
she exclaimed Il always said he would
never die in his bed.' -
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28

NoricE-EsTR,Y.-Came into our en
closure somebody's small child, al! stuck
up with mOlasses candy. The owner i,
requested 10 prove properly. paw charges,
and take II taway.-.NiirdHkie ISentinel.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28

CurI"usi'y-ro look over other peopls's
ailairs, aud Overlooking our own.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28

A man attempted to spell crockery, and
proceeded thus
Kraughkearrrighe--
bu, explred IN spasm before b" could nuke
v will which he intended to end the
word.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28

WANTED TO KNow-ii people who
cheat the Printer ever go 10 Eeavenl Dou't
all speak at once.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28

PAr's READY WIT Yesterday ~ nm
as an II nest looking son OF the N6ek. n
was ploddIns his way down WaSG
>ueei, over the ice. he >ujdenl lsf8 d}h0
sell upon the bricks. with hIs feieLAdDd
gle ol iO"y,five degrees frSv 'h1a,Tas
\ young lady who was sw&pins1nk,sa =
step OF miIiner's shop. remaresdi -
lDely that the sidewalk was'ra,lAf0
..By my soule,' ssrd Pr. 'M{Aii
is, made il salute my psslsrj
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28

DlsrRE. SING OCCURRENCE.-A mon in
ROxbury, Mass, got INTO a quarrel with
another, and it was agreed ,hnl thr parties
shuud sttil, their difficulties by fight on
the subsequent day. rhe wife Of one OF
the par,ies hearing oflhe arrangement, went
10 un apoihecary's shop and told the cir
cumsranccs of The case, and inquired the
quantity Of laudnnum necessary 10 put her
husband into u sleep from which he would
not awake until after the time fixed for the
fight to come Off She was tod the quanti'
", but, to make the thing sure, her kind
ness prompted her to add To the Gose mem
toned. and shr administered so much tho II
proved fatal. She told the whole st"ry-hcr
o iec,s-her regrrts--uud the coroner an.
other authorities have wis" y tet"rm net
that the woman was not subject 10 crmina
proceedings.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28

The Boston Transcript says high b6cS
for ladies' made precisely like <s6ose .isr
gentlemen, are coming in vogue. We afa'
glad Of II; there is no place ig the void.
where a boot looks better than on a bfet{f
foot. t =
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28

A man being asked II he would like tC
live forever, replied, that considering tn.
slrailness OF the times. ani the weakn-s.
ol the government, he would not care abuu
hvino more than halt vi 1t.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28

o. Getting marricd is bu, triilc. but il
takes long time to get over It, So saysa
friend of ours who has recently tried the ex
pertinent.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28

\ writer in the DuDin University Mega.
ziLc uukcs ;hc follow ing sage remark:
We hold IN higi'rr reverence the memory
of an ancestor VINO has icii Us L5O 900 ~
bank stock or cunsuis than ui one whU la 5
only bequcarh"d n marble monument IN
"WeS,mlni,ter's old ADhy," a tlouri>h;ng
memnIr IN the ''livcs ut iIusrriOus EngiiSh>
men," Ur an epic poem IN twenty iour
crntOs.
This will hold good, with very little
variation, in this Ia 'Iiude.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-28

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATEs.-TheW Wash
ington correspondent Of the N. Y. Herald
gives the following lis, of candidates an,
their hobbies:
Scott and Canada.
Houston and Cuba.
Seward and free soil.
Isaac p. Walker and free farms.
Jefferson Davis and Southern rights.
Chaplin and Cuilee's rights.
Lucretia Mott and WOman's rights.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-14
VOLUME Number Il
A New Feature.

BAND OF GYPs1Es, says an Eastern conteIn-
porary, lately landed at New York, among the
immigrants brought from Europe by an emigrant
ship. They are now encamped, with their COW
cred wagons, in the neighborhood of Hoboken,
and report themselves from the vicinity of
Durham and New Castle, England The women
and children are said to possess the peculiar
physical features of their strange race, having
slender figures and an abundance of black hair.
The men pursue the business of tinkers, and
the females cook their meals by-fres made in
the open air. 1t is probable that we are in
debted for this importation of humanity to the
increased facilities for immigration afforded by
steam navigation; and should this small necleus
of a new race of people which We have acquired
in these Gypsy immigrants be enlarged by ac-
cessions hereafter, it may be reserved to the
United States to solve the problem whether it is
possible, under any form of social and political
institutions, to amalgamate with other races
strange order of cosmopoltes, who have, imme-
morally, been nomadic in habit, and intolerant
of any admixture with different people.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-14
John StrOiIm and the Mexican
Soldiers.

The Mexican heroes are beginning to speak
their sentiments in regard to John Strohm, the
Wing candidate for Canal Commissioner, who
voted against the supplies to our gallant army
whilst it was nobly maintaining our national
honor in Mexico. Among the toasts given at
the celebration of the 4th of July in Bloomfield,
Perry county, was the following:
Joseph Fry, "a volunteer) The volunteers
of Perry county-when we were fighting the
battles of our country and carrying our flag tri-
umphantly through, John Strohm was voting to
starve us in the enemys land, and we will now
vote him into oblivion.
This is in the right spirit. No soldier, no
real friend to the soldier can aid in the support
of man who was so lost to every sense of pa
triotism as to vote against even furnishing
crust of bread to these gallant spirits, who were
fighting their country's battles on foreign soil
The nomination was an insult to every patriotic
Pennsylvania, and the result of the election in
October will show that the insult has been pro-
perly rebuked.-LnUestigdtor
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-14
Virginia.

The South-Side Democrat tells the following
anecdote of the late Gov. JAMES BARBoUR:-
Gov. Barbour was a candidate to represent
his county in the State Legislature, and was
opposed by an illiterate man named Davis. The
Governor, in his speech on the hustings said:-
Fellow-Citizens, / had the honor to represent
my county for several years in the Assembly of
Virginia; L was for some years Governor of this
ancient and venerable Commonwealth; was
for considerable time a representative of this
district in the Congress of the United States
L bad, fellow-citizens, at a subsequent period,
the honor to hold seat in the most august
legislative body in the world-the Senate of the
United States; at another period 1 had the
place of Secretary of the War Department in
the administration of John Quincy Adams, and
was afterwards Minister Plenipotentiary and
Ambassador Extraordinary near the Court of
st. James; and now, fellow-citizens, you may
picture to yourselves the humiliation that l feel
at finding myself here to-day engaged in a
damned little pittiful county contest with Tom
Davis.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-14
Small Potatoes.

1t IS custom with builders and mechanics to
raisea flag after the erection of a new house, or
the Painting of an old one. In pursuance of
this custom the painters now engaged in paint
ing the Capitol raised a flag on the dome; and
one of the journeymen, as matter of amuse-
ment, painted upon it "BIGLER." This so
insulted the high dignitaries of Federalism, that
the Secretary of the Commonwealth forthwith
ordered the flag to be taken down, and the poor
Jour to be discharged. The master painter be-
ing true and faithful Whig took down the flag,
but it required consultation to determine
whether the jour should be discharged, lest
funds might be needed from a Democratic House
next twinter.-InUestiqdtor.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-14
Common Men.

Common men till our soil and manufacture
the useful, necessary and ornamental articles of
husbandry, machinery, convenience, dress and
luxury. Common men pay our taxes, and bear
the burthens of the government which protects
the fop, the dandy and all uncommon men IN
their legal and just rights, equally with the
most useful citizen. Common men perform our
labor-they make our canals and railroads,
they manufacture our lumber. Common men
are laborers, farmers, mechanics, raftsmen I;
men who are acih the people, Of the people, and
kno,o the acants Of the pe4pIe-men who have IN
common with the masses of the people COM
mon interest to promote. Such as the men Sc
lected by the Democratic party as candidates
for the sutfrages of the yeomanry of this Com
monwealth-and yet, these men are sneered al
by the aristocracy as common men," Yes,
fellow citizens, the Governors organ denounces
Col Bigler and Gen. Glover as "nothing but
common men "-Lprestigotor.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-14
Our New york Correspondence.
New YORK, August 8, 18i
DIToR OF THE MOUNTAIN SENTINEL:

The packet ship Devonshire arrived here from
Portsmouth on Saturday forenoon with large
number of passengers, among whom were forty
seven officers and men of the Hungarian arm, Q
with their wives and children. Some of them
we're noblemen and civil officers of Eiph rank.
All but three of them have been in London for
some time past; and the others have recently
come from Constantinople Three of the Off
GERS with the wife of one of them, passed yes
'eruay afternoon at my house. They felt SAN
sulne that Kossuth will soon be at liberty to
~ .sek an asylum in this or some other country
me ladies OF the party appear to be spirit bro
90, ihe ufhCcrr, oven those of the highest
ank' assured me that they are willing to occupy
. nemseives IN any way, even in manual labor,
" earn competency.
nose Oh these warriors are young men of from
ttsneen 20 twenty-three years of age. One of
l rese youthful patriots has fought in eighteen
Inherent battles, and has been several times
Uuhded, although he is not yet twenty years of
hso lie is regular lady killer; he had not
49, osu oh shore six hours before he made an evil
Unro ~ preston on the heart of young lady of
4 bas ~ who, perhaps fortunately for him,
Cnbaa ure chure control of her property. The
cn"a Soeeoes of this city have, it is said, Sc
for = ne services of several of these gentlemen
tho ass;stn ABOUT to be formed to proceed to
Jennr, Jire1 I;.'S oi the Creole revolutionists.
sdisbangyi Iiuu I Is at the Irving House. She has
Sanued sa;9 her musical trou1e. and will Il 20
saa, sail for Liverpool about the middle Of III;
eonnan T~n she says she will give us two farewell
concerts before She starts. CIV 10 '"0 "i'"0n
desnstoLec e completely inundated with telegraphic
otbsr bnes .oas from Charleston, New Orleans, and
Of the CS cities, containing various versions
ration of gal 1a, lnsurrecton. The Cuban Decla-
nearly al Independence has been published in
it hrbiH 9ar %l city papers, some of which praise
able docne me Evening Post calls it ga firm and
Sy %ste outbreak of popular indignation, caused
Spanish G arbitrary ard unpopular act of the
treat tbo government, L should be inclined to
sing the matter lightly; but there is no disgui-
cipsted sra aeI That the Cubans wish to be eman
and bnnI npm Spanish control, and that thousands
aieas Of thousands Of persons in the
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-14
A BIitZ Trick.

While Blitz was in Norristown, says the re-
porter of the Herald, he made purchase of ap-
pies in one of the confectionery establishments,
and in the presence of the lady in attendance,
quietly cut an apple in two, and out tumbled q
gold ring. He inquired where such apples
grew, and cutting open another one, out came
another ring. The lady manifested very great
surprise, and in view of his good luck so far,
Blitz offered to purchase her whole stock. This
she declined, telling him that there were no
more for sale. After he left, the lady in antici-
patton of golden harvest, commenced cutting
up her apples, and after demo1shing about q
dozen without finding what she was in search
of, she gave it up as bad job.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-14
Death Of M. Daguerre.

The death of the celebrated discoyerer of the
daguerreotype took place at Brie, village near
Paris recently He distinguished himself early
as scene painter, by the happiness of his eff
feet in light and shade. The chapel of Glen
thorn, at the Ambigu, the Rising of the Sun in
les Mexieains, were saluted by the audience
with enthusiastic applause. His inventive ge-
MUS then erected the Diorama. Every one re-
members the series of enormous pictures of ca
thedals, of Alpine scenery, producing almost
the effect of illusion upon the spectator, and di-
versifed by magical changes of light, which NJ.
Daguerre exhibited in the Regents Park, Lon
don. Later, he succeeded in immortalizing his
name, by fixing the images of the camera OBJ
scura, and realizing, in an instant, effects which
leave at an immeasurable distance the most
elaborately finished engraving.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-14
Singular.

The town of Athens, Illinois, has been de-
prived of several of its most valuable citizens,
we quote from the Cincinnati Inquirer, by a
strange disease, unknown to the physicians. A
merchant had received box of goods from
Europe, which he opened in the presence of five
persons. Every one of these persons took sick
and died. The disease soon spread among
those who attended upon them, and among
others In one family six persons died. A
complete panic ensued; and We are told that
more than one half the people are absent from
the town.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-14
Beautiful Sentiment.

John e. Whittier, the Quaker Poet, in writing
about Irish Emigrants among US, says:
For myself, l confess feel a sympathy for
the h1shman. see him as the representative
| OF generous, warm-hearted, and cruelty op-
pressed people. That he loves his native land
that hls patriotism is diyided--that he cannot
forget the claims of his mother island-tbat his
! religion, with all its abuses, is dear to him
uoes not decrease my estimation of him. A
| stranger IN strange land, he is to me an OBJ
Ject OF interest. The poorest and the rudest
has romance in his history. Amidst all his
apparent gaiety of heart and national drollery
and wit, the poor emigrant has sad thoughts of
the 'ould mother of him. sitting lonely in her
solitary cabin by the bog side-recollections of
a fathers blessing and a sisters fareYell-that
sister loved so devotedly-and haunting him
a grave mound in distant church yard. far be-
yond the wide wathers,' has an eternal green
ness in his memory for there, perhaps, lies "a
daflnt child or 'sweet crather who once
loved him the New World is forgotten for the
moment; blue Killarney and the Liffy sparkle
before him-Glendalough stretches beneath him
its dark, still mirror-he sees the same evening
sunshine rest upon and hallow alike with ma
ture's blessings the ruins of the Seven Churches
of 1relands apostolic age, the broken mound of
the Druids, and the round towers of the Phoeni-
clan sun worshippers, beautiful and mournful
recOllections of home awaken within him-and
the rough and seemingly careless and light
hearted laborer melts into tears. 1t is no light
thing to abandon ones own country and house
hold gods. Touchingly beautiful was the in
junction of the prophet of the Hebrews-Ye
shall not oppress the stranger, for ye know
the heart of the stranger, seeing that ye were
strangers in the land of Egypt