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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30
AMATORY EPISTLE.

The following letter was "picked up" and
has been sent to us, by lady, for publca-
ton. It's to be hoped the lovely fair one
will be duly affected by the tender and i'm
ilammatory character of the epistle, and will
at once "comc down" and relieve the distress
of the afflicted author, lest he be consumed
by the amatory fires which she seems unin-
tentionally to have kindled in his very sus-
ccptiblc bosom. But if she dosent, we
would suggest to him to take dose Of
Vermifuge, or "Dead Shot"-it would re-
lief him greatly, no doubt:
"LMEsToNE, Tenn, April -, 1859.
"MisS -: You will pardon my boldness
in writing this letter to you, and addressing
you in the language which my heart dictates
to me. feel as if | could write every thing
in your praise that lover could write, but
| mean to contine myself to few words,
wishing at the same time that you may en-
joy as good health as your unceasing lover
is at present The first thing, Miss, that en-
tees me to write this communication is this:
| was in the town which you live in some
five days ago, and passed by the house
where you live Il saw lady there, and
made enquiry who she was-I was imme-
diatclv answered. Miss -. That was the
only time that | ever seen you'll WAS per-
tcct!y capivated by your lovely shape and
angelic looks. knew you could not per-
ccive me at the time, but such was my ccsta-
cy Of joy at beholding SO lovely Il woman, the
idea of bcholdng ag'in that lovely form al
most took all my thoughts and with your
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30
SENATOR BELLS SPEECH.

The correspondent of the Charleston Eve
ming News speaks as follows of Hon. John
Bells recent speech in the Senate on nom
intervention:
Since the arrival Of NJ. Kossuth in this
country, and the debates to which his pro-
posed "nOn-interventiOn Intervention" has
given rise, no speech has been pronounced
that is more entitled to profound attention
or more likely to produce lasting impress
sion on the rejecting portion of the comnu-
nity throughout the length and breadth of
these United States, than that delivered by
Senator Bell of Tennessee yesterday. Most
of his views are sound. His caution against
the clamor for "progrcss" is well timed; the
reason he assigns for the utter miscarriage of
the liberal movement in Europe, is the true
one. There can be no doubt but that the
alarm with which the hare-somethings viewed
the ascendcncy Of the hare-nothings, with
their instructive motto La prOpriete c'est le
rol, did more to restore the supremacy OF
dcspotism than Russian Cossacks or Austrian
Pandours. There can also be no doubt, but
that this alarm was we'll founded, the natural
and legitimate result of those theories which
the Senator from Tennessee justly designates
as "ultra-wild and tancitul," but which were
about to become dominant wherever the
liberal movement was successful. And when
the Senator cautions the citizens of the
United States against "tIic new type of de-
mocracy, European-born, which had destroy
cd liberty there, and the mission of whose
advocates will not be fulfilled till it has de-
stroycd liberty hcre"-hc spoke word in
season, and pointed out one of the surken
rocks on which the prosperity of their States
is in danger of splitting. For it is not the
goddess. lawless, ruthless liberty of Couthon
and st. Just, of IIackerl and Struve, that can
secure the prosperity Of Il people; but the
God fearing, law abiding and kindly-feellng
liberty of Hampdcn and Falkland, of Wash,
ington and Franklin, which alone renders
possible the combination of civil liberty with
ready submission to the laws, religious liber'
ty with warm zeal for religion; the utmost
latitude of individual freedom, with the ut
most respect for individual rights. 1t thus
secures the greatest happiness to the greatest
number: and the attempt to do more, is not
only visionary and impracticable, but must
inevitably destroy the happiness of the great
est number.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

SLIYGs AND BOws.-Thc sling appears TO
have been the most ancient of projectiIc
weapons. twas mentioned in Scripture. and
bv Sirabo, Dodorus Siculus, and other early
writers. The Greeks used it, though they
did not excel in its use. The most skilltul
singers of antiquity were the Crctans and
the inhabitants of the Balcarc Islands near
Spain-M Majorca, Minorca and lvica. They
would send stone or Il bullet through II
pine board three inches thick The sling was
employed in European warfare till the middle
of the sixteenth, century. In form and ma
tcrial it did not materially differ from that
still used by boya.
The bow WAS used in very early times by
almost all nations. twas generally made Of
wood, but sometimes of horn. and OCCASION
ally even of metal. The Egyptians were the
most famous archcrs of antiquity. AT this
day the Laplandcrs are said to use the bow
with greater SIX i'll than any other people.
During the middle ages the English bowmen
were held to be the best. 1t is related of one
of them that he could al Il considerable dis
tance fix IN arrow with uncrring certainty
between the expanded fingers of mans
hand. Many English archcrs could scnd an
arrow to the distance of GOO yards. a Per
sian Ambassador who was in England some
years ago sent an arrow 400 yards into the
mir, in presence of the Toyopholitc Society.
The Persian poets however, record exploits
which far surpass this. They tell of an
archer who shot an arrow TO the height OF
500 milcs-it was discharged at sunrise and
did not fall till noon! Either the poet or the
archer drew a mighty long bow.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

A SUCCESSFUL FINANCIAL OPERATION
The State of Nirgini. has made the house of
Scldcn. Wi;hcrs Il Co.. of Washington City,
It's agents for the sale of State bonds amount
ing to Ssi.OUO,00O, with the condition that
they account To the State for Sl.O00,O00 ut
par and two per cent on the S3,O00,OO0, the
agents being entitled to any excess over that
amount. The latest quoted price Of these
bonds is 1927 s. thus giving 10 the WASH
ing'on bankers nearly 100000 on the first
million and Il fraction over $4,000 on each
of the three millions. The whole gain by
the operation is S3i0,G00.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30
G. A. TAvEYNER, Esq.

CLAY AND KossUTH.-Thc following is
from lengthy article in the New Orleans
Crescent:
"But we have question to ask here
There is the man KOssuth, and there is the
man Henry Clay. Which is the trucr man
of the two! We say, Henry Clay. There
is more real physical courage in Henry Clay
than forty Kossuths. Henry Clay would
lead armies, what is more, sacrifice presiden-
cies, to do what he thought right Had he
been Kossuth, the armies of Hungary would
have known his lofty figure in their midst
would have heard his voice and seen his per-
son in the thickcst of the battles fury. Had
he been Kossuth when KOssuth learnt
Gorrcy's threats and quailed, he would have
swung the traitor from the highest turrct of
the nearest castle. Is there IN American
who doubts it
This is the difference between the two men.
Kossuth has vanity and cloquencc; Clay, am.
bition and will. Clay is imperial in will, but
democratic in sentiment and impulse: Kos
suth is dcmagogue in will, an aristocrat in
sentiment. and las no impulse: He was an
aristocrat in Hungary, Red Republican at
Marseiles, a Constitutional MOnarchist in
England, and is Republican in this country
he did not wish our Intervention at one time
and now, inflated with hurra, he wishes the
extreme of intervention!
Here are two personal influences widely
different. Which is the noblcr! We say,
the bold, fearless, unhcstating American
statcsman-thc man who is the same thing
always; changed only by convictions, and
not by latitude or cxpedency and who dies
uninvested by the Presidency, only because
he was true to himself.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

FILLMORE IN New YoRK.-Thc New York
Express says it wishes those professcd whig
editors .whO assail Mr.. FillmOre's popularity
could have been present at the Clay Festival
Monday night, when the letter from Presi.
dent Fillmore was read: and especially when
the toast in honor of the President was pro.
poscd. Excepting the hOnors bestowed upon
Mr.. Clay, who was first and foremost in the
heart of every man present, there were no
such cheers and honors paid at the mention
of anv other name And Mr.. Fillmore, deny
it who will, is to day among the great body
of the wings, and among the great mass OF
the people, not only popular, but deserving
of his popularity"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

King James the Second soon after his nc-
cession to the throne of England took it into
his head to attend court and Judge a cause
himself. lie was demonstrated with on the
impropricty of thus usurping the tunctions OF
the Judges but he persisted, and the trial nc
cordinrIy commenced. The counsel for the
plaintiff having finished, the king was per.
tcctlv satisfied. and exclaiming, "'tis plain
case" was about to pass Judgment for the
plaintiff With some difficulty he was per.
suaded to hear the other side. To his great
astonishment the counsel for the defendant
made the ease equally clear for their party
The puzzled king quilted the bench in
| passion, exclaiming, "they arc all rogue
alike" He was cured Of his disposition +
PLAY the judge.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30
BIRTHDAY OF HENRY CLAY.

The seventy-fitth anniversary of the Birth
day of Henry Clay was celebrated in New
York, by dinner ut the Appollo Saloon, Civ
en- by the "Clay Festival Association" The
Hall was elegantly adorned with appropriate
banners, notices, flags, &c. Hon. JOS. l.
White, presided.
Among the, invited guests in attendance
were Gov. J. c. Jones, of Tennessee, Hon
Mr.. Ewing, of Kentucky, Rev. DIR. Chaplin
DR.. Rockwell, Col. Pryor, Col. Peyton, Willis
Hall, Esq, md others.
About o'clock the company was admitted
to the dining-room, and after blessing had
been asked, the catablcs were soon despatch
ed. The first regular toast was:
The I2h of April, l777 - The Birthday OF
the man who sis not for day, but for all
time."- Music -"Oh in the Stilly NigM"
This toast was received with twelve cheers
and was followed by the singing of an origi'
nal song, in the chorus of which the whole
company Joined.
Letters were read from Mr.. Clay, Mr.. Fill.
more, Mr.. Webster, Judge Catron, Hon. d.
s. Dickinson, Mr.. Mangum. and Others offer.
ing excuses fer not attending.
The third toast was as follows:
Our Country ave know no North, no
South, no East, no West nothing but our
Country"
"The lioicst spot smiling sun
Fer shed its genial rays upon,
Is that which gave WASHINGTON,
The dropping world to cheer"
MUsIc -"IIdH Columbia"
To this toast Gov. Jones, of Tennessee, re-
spondcd at length. We find his remarks re-
ported in the N. Y. Express, but we are so
pressed for room, we arc unable to give them
Gov. Jones appears to have borne himself
nobly. His tribute to the genius, the states,
manship and the integrity of Henry Clay, was
happily conceived. The patriotic bOldness
with which he denounced traitors to the
Union, North and South, was worthy of the
occasion and of the man. His remarks were
frequently interrupted with bursts Of cnthu'
si;,stic applause. The Express says "this
speech was the great thing of the evening
and was honored with the most undivided
attention. 1t was, indeed, a most eloquent
and patriotic ctfort."-Nash. Banner.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

THE GREAT NORTHwEsT.-It has been
computed that the Northwest Territory be-
longing to the United States, and no,n nithout
white inhahitants, if as densely populated as
Belgium, would support one hundred and
ninety-seren millions Of souls! Here is food
for thought. No one here has an adequate
conception of the immense tract Of country
above us vet to be inhabited. From the rich
quality of its soil, good water, and the most
inyigorate climate, it must some day be filled
with people possessing the highest grade OF
civilization. -Golera A9rertiser.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

HARDEST CASE YET.-A few nights since,
(savs the Boston Bcc) a journeyman printer
in that city had made preparations to he mar
ried: but strange to say the poor fellow was
on a morning paper, and could not get a
.sub" Business WIS crow,ling at the office,
and he must attend to work; 50 the p!rson
was sent for the rites performed. and the
moor Jour had to leave his wife, 20 To the
Office. and work all night It'll broad daylight,
and 90 home TO his wife in the morning.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

The Cincinnati Commercial confirms the
report of the death of Hon. WIN. c. Marshall,
and gives the following particulars of the
affray:
Mr.. w. C. Marshall, recently candidate
for Congress, had dispute in Brookville,
Brackcn county, with Mr.. Wilson, the
keeper of hotel in that town. During the
trouble, while high words were passing,
Marshall drew pistol and fired at Wilson,
the ball passing through his left arm. In an
instant Wilson returned the fire, shooting
Marshall in the forehead, who fell, and in
about four or five minutes expired! So much
for ono tragedy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

Advces from the City of Mexico to the
I'd inst, have been received, which state that
the Government was evidently alarmed at the
excited feeling existing at Vera Cruz and
Tampico on tho subject of the Tariff, and
that the Mexican Secretary had replied
to the protest Of the Foreign Ministers re-
spccting the unequal tariffs, declaring that
they presented no grounds for interference.
The Congress was hnisily engaged in de-
vising plan for reforming the Ta'iG Ru-
mors were current to the effect that a change
in the Mexican Cabinet might hc anticipated,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

HENRY Glars ScHooLMATE.-The Rich.
mond Wing says: 1--WE met a few days ago
with an old gentleman from Hanover, of the
same age of Henry Clay, and who was raised
within four miles of his paternal residence
They were also schoolmatcs together. The
old gentleman said that Henry was one OF
the best boys he ever knew; that he never had
n quarrel with schOOlmatc, and was quiet
gentlemanly lad-not very smart at marbles
but good deal ahead of the schOelmastel
himself in writing, arithmetic, &C."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

BEWARE OF KIssrSG.-The Cumberland
Union says we hear ease talked of as being
before the Baltimore Conference, in session
in this place. which render those preparing
for the ministry Shy OF kissing young lady.
A Young m:u--Goodicl!ow by name, we
believe WAS objected 10 on this score. but
us it appeared he was ;bout leaving some
loved friends. :nd hid kissed the old woman
and all the rest. he WAS suffered to pass.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30
THE POST.
Athens, Friday, April 80, 1852.

The steamer POcahontas, from Arkansas
bound to New Orleans, took fire on Monday
last and was burned to the waters edge
an half an hour. Th. cargo, consisting of
1850 bales of Cotton, was totally lost. Ten
persons, also, were drowned or burned, in
cludng former Sheriff Of Arkansas, lady
and three children, a cabin boy, two fremcn
and chamber maid. The boat was insured
for Sl4OOO
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

Dispatches received in Washington an
nouncc that Nicaragua had Withdrawn from
the proposed confederation of Central Ameri-
can States. and had resumed her position rs
an Independent, State. Mr.. Kerr, the Amcri-
can Charge de Ailaircs, had presented his
credentials, and been received by the Nicara-
nuan Government
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

The longest suit on record in England is
one between the heirs of Sir Thomas Talbot,
yiseount I.isle, and the heirs of Lord
Berkely, respecting some property in the
county of Gloucester 1t began at the end OF
the reign of Edward the Fourth. and Wa,
nendinr until the beginning of that Of James
The First. when il was finally compounded
having lasted not less than one hundred anc
tu,enty veare.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

and passion for gardening and horticulture.
We want more beauty about our houses
The scenes OF our childhood are the memories
of our future wears. Let our dwellings be
beautiful with plants and flowers. Flowers
are 1.-The play,hings of childhood and the OF
naments Of the grave; they raise smiling looks
70 men, snd grateful ores 10 Gcd.'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

Forty thousand tons of 7 rail were re-
Gently contracted for in England by the Rus
sian government, ut rates not made public,
for the st. Petersburg and Warsaw Railway.
The contractors were Mcssrs Crawsliay, Bai-
Icy, Brothers g. Co., Guest e. Thompson, and
Forman-thc largest iron houses in Great
Britain.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

ESGLASD-Thc British mail steamship
Asia, arrived at Liverpool on the 9th inst,
Prince Schwartzenberg, Prime Minister OF
Austria, had died ut Vienna The British
war-steamcr Birkcnhcad had been wrecked
on the coast of Africa, and 45O lives were
lost. Gold dust to the value of two mil
lions and halt, had arrived at Liverpool from
Sydney.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

.s5H There is Il grocer in Il neighboring
town. who is said to be so mean that he was
seen TO catch flea on his counter, hold him
up by HE hind legs, and look into the cracks
of his feel to see if he hadn't been stealing
some of his .,uar.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

ONE OF NATURES MINT DRops.-Wc have
been shown to-day, by Messrs. Bcrford g.
Co., solid lump of California gold, Weigh
ing between five and six pounds, worth about
$1,000. 1t was picked up in Becket's gulch,
and has the appearance Of volcanic, or natural
smelting.-N Y. Mirror.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

WoNAy.-.Thcre is nothing SAYS Sir
Samuel Romly, "by which have through
life more proiicd, than by the just observa-
tons, the good opinion. and sincere and
gentle encouragement of amiable and sensible
WoiIIan"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

land slides Of serious character have
lately occurred on the Troy IN. W Railroad
In one place two trains of cars were COM
plctcly hcmmcd in by slides occurring before
and behind them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

New CAPrrAL PUNIsHMENr.-Somc wag
in New York suggests that it would have
been well for Gov. Hunt TO commute the
sentence Of Grunzig, who has just been
hung, to transportation over the Erie Rail.
road so as to give one chance in hundred
for his life.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

eI- How did the whale that swallowed
Jonah, obey a divine law! Jonah ''was a
stranger and he took him in"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

s3g" IN old lady of Thrcadneedle street,
being at loss for n pincushion, made use of
an onion. On the following morning she
found that all the needles had tears in their
eyes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

The Austrian Government is demanding a
tax of two hundred and twenty-five dollars
from every full grown person emigrating to
America.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

The passions may be humored till they
become our master, us horse may be PAM
pered till he gets the better Of his rider; but
early discipline will prevent mutiny, and keep
the helm in the hands Of reason.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

HARD TO REsrsT.-A pile of uncovered
doubloons, or pair Of rich, ripe, luscious,
naked, rose compleyioned lips.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

The U. s. Senate, on Monday, passed the
Trrn,li Spcliation Bill by vote Of 26 to l3.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-30

Mr. G. A. Tavenner, of Alexandria, having
addressed Mr.. Webster on the subject of the
Compromise, has drawn from him the fol-
lowing reply, which is published in the Alex
andria Gazette:
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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE ELECTRIC
II Telegraph, by Alexander Jones.
Scenes and Thoughts in Europe, by George II
Calvert; second SERIES,
The Laws Of Life, with Special Reference to the
Physical Education OF Girls, ny Elizabeth Black
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Arctic Journal, or Eighteen Months in the Po-
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25 cents.
The Antiauary, Heart OF Mid. Lothian. Rob Roy,
Black Dwarf and, Old Mortality Lippt nco,rs edi
ton Of Wavcrly Novels.
A Practical Treatise on Business, by Edwin T..
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..'.'.. .-7f ~ NAVY DsPARrMRNr,
BUREAU OF ORoNANoE AND HYDRooRAPHy.
.... ss.u. ,..! 90, June, 4, 1852.
SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed Proposals for
- Timber" will be received at this Bureau, un.
til O'Clock p. m of the 18th of July next, for fur.
nishiag and delivering. under contract, at each oil
the several Navy Yards at Charlestown, Massa.
chusetts, Brooklyn, New York. and Gosport, Vir-
ginia, the following described timber, viz:
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II.WAsHkNGToN, January 26, 1852. !"
Messrs. LlrTLs g. BRowN-- Gentlemen: Nv your
publication Of the English Law and Equity Re-
ports, think an important benefit is conferred On
the legal profession in this country. The fidelity
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INSTRUMENTATION to insure their general
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mORsE,s TELEGRAPH.

THE Office of the Western Telegraph Company
i is removed to the rooms over China n g pothe-
cary shop, on Penhsylva MIA avenue few doors
west of Brown . hotel .
This ia the only direct line of telegraph from
Washington to Wheeling and Pittsburg, where il
connects with other lines extending 10 Detroit,
Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, Nash.
vile, Memphis, Vicksburg, and the whole western
country.
The northern Morse office is n few doorseast 3
the National hotel.
The southern is on 7tb street, opposite the Ma
I ionai Inteliisenctr office. AMOS KENDALL.
Jan7 President Western Telegraph Co
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DLEAK HOUSE, by Dickens. Part4.
~ Londou Labor and tho London Poor; part 10.
Pictorial Geld Book of the Revolution; No 90.
Juno IS ~. FRANCK TAYLOR.
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others in this city, being built expressly for
Daguerrean purposes. 1t containso one Of the finest
skylights in this country, and best arranged; for
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There now exhibition some of thclargest
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