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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

DAVID CRocKETr-An anecdote is related
OF this remarkable man, which does him in
initely more honor than any Office he eve,
held. Before he was candidate for Con.
grcss, or expected to be, there was a season
OF scarcity in the Western District, where NO
lived lie went up the Mississippi and
brought iiat-boat load of corn, and took Il
to what he called "his old stamping ground"
When II man came to him to buy corn, the
first question he asked was, "Havc YOU pot
the money to pay for it," If the answer was
in the affirmative, Davy's reply was, "Then
you cant have kernel. brought il here 10
sch to people that had no money" II was The
foundation Of his popularity
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

The Railroad is finished within six miles
of Decatur, and will doubtless get through
to that point in the course of another month.
The passenger train runs now to Hilsboro',
eight miles this side of Decatur.
The Memphis and La Grange section Of
the road will doubtless be finished to La.
grange about the same time that our section
reaches Decatur, leaving but little over n
hundred miles of the stage travel between
Charleston and Memphis Tuscumbia AID
bdHlidp, l6h. Z
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

s49" We understand that Company is
being organized at this place, for the purpose
of purchasing steamboat about the size,
and to be built after the model, of the steamer
H~assec, TO be run on Cleage's Mill Pond
during the fishing season. 1t will ply regu-
larry between the Saw Mill and Lowry's
Bridge. After the fishing season is over the
Boat will be tied on behind baggage wagon
and transported to the waters of the Coma
sauga
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

Ny. DAILY TRrBUNE.-The n Y. Daily
Tribune has recently been very much en-
larged, adding fully one-fourth to its former
size. We regard the Tribune, despite its
abolition tendencies, foremost in rank as
newspaper, and thank the publishers for the
regularity with which We have received II for
the last five years. Price, Daily SO per an
nun; Scmi-Wcckly 49, Weekly 81.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

~ 2CHAYGE.-Gen. Zollicofer has retired from
the editorial charge of the Nashville Banner,
and is succeeded by Allen A. Hall, ESQ.,
Gen. Iollcofler has been connected with the
press in this State for many years, and has
acquired high reputation as vigorous and
effective writer. While we regret his with
drawal from the press, we trust he will not
be less successful in the new career upon
which he is about to enter
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

The COPPER MINES IN TESNEssEE.-The
Washington correspondent of the Charleston
Courier says,.under date of the 10th:
Some interest is felt here and elsewhere in
regard to the recent accounts of the discoye-
~ and development Of mines of copper in
Tennessee, together with the statement that
the copper ore from these mines, can be
transported to Charleston, by railroads now
in progress, at the cost Of eight dollars ton
only for freight. If all the accounts MS to
this matter be true, lis importance is very
great. Copper is in greater demand in the
world now than it ever was, and its price is
approaching, while that of gold is deprccia-
ting, Yet notwithstanding the Lake Supe-
rior mines, nothing is more possible if these
accounts be true, that Charleston will be the
great depot of the copper trade.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

sy- The New York Herald contains let
tiers from an intelligent printer, who went to
Australia, in preference to California, to seek
golden fortune. His statements are very
Responding as to success in the mines, mot
only as affects himself, but for the great
majority there. 1t is indeed the same story
with which we are all familiar us regards
California; "streak of luck" for very few,
which is always sure to be heralded, but only
hardshiPs and disappoiRtments, not a 1.-THE Of
which was probably ever expressed, for the
many. If he had money enough to get back
again, the writer says he should be happy to
do so.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

ATMOSPHERIC TELEGRAPH-MrI ]. S. Rich
ardson has invented machine, the operation
Of which was witnessed by company of
scientific gentlemen and members of the press
on Saturday, at room No. "a, Merchants Ex-
change, for the transportation of letters,
packages, &c. The vehicle for transporta-
ton, as experimental upon, is lead tube,
one inch in diameter, and twenty feet long.
The letter or package to be conveyed is fold
ed and placed in Il bag attached to plunger
and is propelled by pressure of air. The
plunger is so arranged that the air cannot
pass it. No friction is created. We saw
packages pass and repass the tube mentioned
above, in second. We understand that an
Atmospheric Telegraph Company has already
been formed, and that line is to be erected
between this city and New York, having sta
tons at Worcester, Springfield, &c. Mr..
Richardson is very confident that by means
of the tube letters can be conveyed to New
York in fifteen minutes or as speedily rs
business is now done by telegraph. lie in
vtes business men to call between the hours
of twelve and three o'clock and examine the
instrument, and witness its operation.-BOS-
ton Post
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

~ The Pittsburg Journal states that the
conductor of the Pennsylvania railroad, when
near Grcensburg, stopped the train and push
ed man off the platform, which caused him
to roll and rupture blood vessel--the man
expired almost Immediately.
The conductors name is Keller, and tho
only reason assigned for the act is that tho
passenger had no money to pay his fare.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

SINGULAR CoNcDEcE.-It is a little. sim
gular that of five of the presidential candi-
dates one, Webster, is dead; another, and the
successful candidate, lost his little boy, soon
after his election, by most distressing acct
dent, and his own and wiie's lives were saw
ed almost miraculousIy; while the third,
fourth, and fifth, viz: Fillmore, Cass and
Douglas, have each had to mourn the loss of
their wives since the canvass. Surely death
strikes in high places.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

A Havana letter of the 10Th instant notes
a report in circulation there, that the Spanish
Government had authorized the payment to
George Law of 100000 for detensions, an
noyances, and losses experienced in the trou-
blcs of last year by the conduct of the Gu
ban authorities towards the steamer Chero-
kee. The sum, it is also said, is to be paid
from the revenues of the Island.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

CoTToN MARKTs.-Ne,o York April %
The sales Of cotton in New York during the
week, have comprised 1880 bales, at from
l02 to ! cents for Middling Uplands. The
market has been firm.
On Saturday Cotton was dali, and only
500 bales changed hands.
Ne,c Orleans, April 23.-Fof Cotton there
was an animated demand in New Orleans on
Saturday, and some 1900 bales were Sold
mostly on Mobile account. Middling was
quoted at l0i cents. The lower qualities
have declined quarter. The exports on
Saturday were heavy, having reached 1860
bales.
Mobile, April 23.-Thc sale of Cotton in
Mobile during the week have comprised TO-
900 bales, the receipts 600, and the exports
$4,000. The stock on hand amounts to TO-
900 bales. Middling is worth ~ cents.
PARADISE LosT.-Whle chasing pretty
girl, to fall into a cellcr.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

FIRE Observation-Disclosures this head, we find
in the Rochester Union, an excellent recipe
for preparation which never fails to kindle,
and which, of course, is an article of no little
value to all households where fires have to be
made every cold morning. Here it Isl .
Take quart Of tar and three pounds of
rosin, melt them, bring to n cooling tcmpera.
ture, mix it with us much saw dust, with n
little charcoal added MS can beworked spread
out while hot upon a board; when cold, break
up into Jumps the size Of large hickory nut;
and you have at small expense, kindliDg
materials enough for household one year.
They will easily ignite from match, and
burn with strong blaze enough to start any
wood that is fit to burn.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29
TELL1co IRON Works. April q. 1853.

Editor PoSt.-Part of the skeleton of a
man was found last Friday in the mountains,
about miles above this place. From certain
scraps of memoranda found with the boncs
it is supposed that they are the remains of an
individual named John J. Bulger, school
teacher, formerly seen about here occasional
ly, and well known to some of our citizens.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

A statement Of the redemption of United
States Stock from January LIST to April 9th,
1853, shows the amount to have been SI,77S,-
415, of the loans of lS47, AZ, '46, and 49,
The loan of 1913 is all rcdcemabe July /,
1853, after which period interest stops upon
it. January LIST the amount of this stock
outstanding was six and half millions.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

SONORA AGAIN lNvADED-ARRIvAL OF GEN.
ARIsTA.-A New Orleans dispatch says,
rumor was prevalent ut Vera Cuz, on the
18th instant, that another invasion of Sonora
had been made by Count Payusoa, and that
one thousand men had joined his standard.
General Arista, the former President of the
Republic of Mexico, has arrived at this port
in brig, the captain of which was bribed, for
a large amount, to bring him to New Orleans.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

~ A Washington letter says: "Thero
will be opposition enough to give the admin
lstration strength and spirit. BY next winter
there will be rather formidable array of OPP
position-cOnsisting both of Democrats and
Wings of all shades"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

s3y"A Vienna journal announces that the
Empress of the French had been nominated
as Colonel of one Of the regiments in the ar
my of France, which has caused much dis
satisfaction among the soldiers. It happens
to be untrue. In Russia, the Processes of
the imperial family hold naval and military
rank as Admirals and Generals.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

e5B A special Committee reported bill
TO the Massachusetts Legisl<ttrc, providing
that no druggist, apothecary, or persons en-
gagged in manufacturing medicines, or COM
pounds to be administered as medicine, Tex
cept such as are published in standard works
ofchemistry, materia medica, orpharmacppia,)
shall offer the same for sale in any way till
he has filed complete recipe in English,
sworn to before a legal authority constituted
for such purpose. The remaining sections of
the bill secure by penalties the operation of
the first, and direct that the recipe of the
practicing physician temporarily given, shall
not be included in the action of the bill.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

PRESIDENT PlERcE's HEALTH.-The WASH
ington correspondent of the Charleston STAN
dard says
The Presidents health is failing greatly,
his lungs being quito irritated. lie worries
too much over conflicting claims for office,
taking every such contest involving bitter
ness on either side, greatly to heart"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

Rev. DR.. Taylor, Professor ut the Theo.
logical Seminary at New Haven, was pre-.
scented with donation of 81 900 cash, togeth-
er with clothing, merchandise and sundries,
to considerable amount in addition, by
some ladies' belonging to his congregation,
on Monday last
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

eFy" The New York Post understands that
Senators Douglas of Illinois, Foot of YER
mont, and the late Secretary of the Treasury
Mr.. Corwin, contemplate visit to Europe
this spring. Mr.. Corwin has taken passage
in the packet of the 2sth of May. Mr.. Doug
lass will probably leave at IN earlier date.
Mr.. Foot goes chiefly to attend to the inter-
ests of a Georgia Railroad, of which he is
President, and is expected to leave immedi.
atclv.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

~ The Fredericksburg (Va) Herald says:
ave understand that the Farmers in Orange
again anticipate very general destruction of
their wheat crop by the joint-worm, the same
that destroyed whole fields last season. The
period when the joint worm makes the at
tack is still some four weeks off, but uner-
ring indications are already given of their
presence"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

e-y 1t being known that about fifty men
will be wanted to act as special policemen,
Mt the Crystal Palace in Reservoir Square,
New-York, the number of applicants is said
to amount already to about fifteen hundred,
The suggestion that the survivors of the
New-York Regiment, who fought in Mexico,
should be employed on this duty, will proba-
bIy.be received with favor. Most Of them,
says the New York Commercial Adver-
tiscr, IRE in poor circumstances, and if com
petent, they should certainly be preferred.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

s5y- We understand the Democracy are
TO hold Convention at Athens on Monday
next, cd May, TO nominate candidate for
the State Senate, and for Joint Representa-
tive.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29
WASHINGTON. Anril OIL

" hpii
The recent death of the Vice President
leads some to suggest thatit would be well,
perhaps, to prevent a lapse of the Presidential
office, by law providing for the omissions OF
the act of 1892.
The President and the Cabinet are no
longer so much harrassed as they have been
heretofore. They have established truce
with the unsatisfied office seekers, and many
Of them have departed, while those here, on
the ground, are moderate in their impor-
tunities.
The local appointments for all the States
are not yet completed, but soon will be. The
foreign appointments will next be disposed
of, and there are a number of them, including
the consuates, not yet disposed of.
Col. Lee, of Iowa, formerly of Virginia,
will, iii supposed, have the consulate at
PaHama-one of the best in the gift of the
government. Mr.. Hawthorne, Major Stevens
and Col. Lee, were each biOgraphers of Gen.
Pierce, and the two former received offices
not beyond their merits.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

The embalming of human bodies is again
arriving at high degree of perfection. It is
done by opening the large vein in the neck,
and injecting about two quarts of peculiar
fluid into the system. DR.. Pilote by whom it
is prncticed, has seen bodies preserved for
twenty years in this manner.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29
BALTIMORE. Anril Of

Adyccs from Washington state that a
large number of officers have been discharged
from the Revenue Service. Among them
Capt. Levi &. Hardy and Lieut. Thomas Os-
borne, of South Carolina. The service has
been reduced to sixteen officers of each
GRADE
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

.5g- Henry Clay's birth day was celebrn-
ted at Lexington, Ky, on the 18th inst, by
procession, and an address by the Rev. Mr..
Berkeley.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

An acquaintance of ours, by the by, a very
clever fellow; who has much oftener visited
the theatre, and the concert room than the
church, was persuaded by his wife last Sun
day. the first time since his marriage, which
occurred several years ago, TO accompany her
to st. Johns Church. lie sat very uneasiy
until the fine toned organ broke forth into
the grandest strains of delightful harmony;
he listened with breathless attention until the
last note died away amidst the echoing arches
Of the vaulted roof, when, forgetful of the
sacred place he was in, he loudly and invol-
UNFAIRLY appauded by striking with his cane
vehemently on the floor and did not discover
his mistake until the eyes Of the whole con-
gregation were resting upon him. His con-
fusion can be better imagined than described.
-NeW York DWchmdH.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

PnoLFic.--A woman in Dutton, N. II. re-
eetn!ly became the mother of four live, bounc.
ing boys at single birth. At the latest adj
vices the whole crowd were doing not only
"as well as could be expected" but rather
better.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

T. Boyers, Esq, one of the editors of the
Nashville American, has retired from the con-
Germ, and hereafter the paper will be con.
Quoted by Mcssrs. Eastman g. Torbctt.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29
WILLS VALLEY RAILROAD.

Now that the East Tennessee and Georgia
Railroad Company have subscribed the stock
of the Cleveland and Chattanooga Railroad
every connection TO be made with the latter
road becomes of interest TO our people and
to the. Stockholders in the East Tennessee
road. In this view we notice with pleasure
the efforts for the construction of a railway
between Chattanooga and Selma, Ala,
through Wills Valley. This work is to form
an important link in the through connection
between the North and South, and is indis-
pensable TO the chain of roads looking ulti-
mately to this great end. But in another as
pect it is yet more important TO East Ten
nessee and to the railroads traversing this
end of the State. South Alabama is great
consuming market, nearly equal if not indeed
superior to Southern Georgia and South
Carolina. A broad area of rich cotton coun-
try, it has always been dependent. for its sup
plies of provisions upon importations from
abroad. Hitherto Middle Tennessee 10 some
extent, but mostly the western and northern
States, have supplied this great demand by
Mobile and New Orleans. East Tennessee
has shared but little in the rich prize. We
have Ind no commercial connection whatever
with our southern neighbors in this direction.
The immense products of our soil have sought
and are now seeking market through but
one channel-the Georgia railroads. To
place us upon sure footing for success VIZ
need competition. This the H,Mprasaunu
road will afford to great extent. Instead OF
relying upon one market alone we will thus
have at least two thrown open TO our reach.
The immense quantity of produce still upon
our farms-bacon, corn, wheat, oats, beef,
hay, &c. &c, might now be shipped and sold
at remunerating prices in the direction of Ala
bama. Freights would thus be brought
down TO n just assessment, and all the advan-
tages resulting from rival routes be ours
Loaded trains on. the East Tennessee and
Georgia Railroad arriving at Cleveland would
pass TO Selma, or Macon, as the interest of
the shipper would direct, and the producing
class would have nothing to fear from mono
poles. The distance from Selma to Cleve-
land is $50 miles, only 90 miles further than
to Macon, and 81 miles nearer than Angus
ia. So that to reach the heart of the cotton
region of Alabama, trains from our road
would have only to run as far as to Macon -
Is not this an important consideration to the
future of East Tennessee, and of the bust
ness of the East Tennessee and Georgia
Railroad. All therefore must rejoice at the
prospective completion of the Wills Valley
road, and we hope that the efforts of the en-
terprising men connected with it will sue
coed, and that at an early day..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

.Sy" Col. d. II. Cummings has been ap-
pointed Clerk of the U. s. District Court, at
Knoxville, in place of J. w. Campbell. i
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

~ The absurd story that circulated few
months since that Jenny Lind was unhappy
in her matrimonial relation is efIectual!y con-
tradicted by the following extract from let
ter written by Jenny to the Swedish Consul
at New-York, and dated Dresden, February
10th:
ave are, God be thanked! quite we'll
Otto is very good and kind lie labors al
ways, is at home always, is kind always is
the same faithful friend always, thinks only
fmy welfare and my happiness and main
tains calm still courage in all circumstan-
ces."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

s5y" What singular ideas must be run
ming through the head of onr friend, the ed
itor Of the Rome SouthernsSl Last week
his editorial column commenced with the
following notice,
WANTED.-At this office, CO. editor, to
assist in discharging the oncrous duties of
our profession. One ofthc feminine gender
would be preferable.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

e-Sy" Some of the Democratic papers are
talking of Col. 10. Guild, us the candidate
for Governor He's the gentleman who was
round last year talking about "the nat-footcd
square toed Democracy" If Democracy is
going in for "slow rum" he is the very man.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

The New York Crystal Palace, it is thought,
will not be ready to open till August, if then,
and about that time the raft of floating pop-
uIation will be departing for the season.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

az" The "hen fever" is raging extensive
~ in England. Punch has a portrait of
Shanghai rooster looking down with con.
tempt upon full grown cameleopord.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

The Countess de Charbord, wife of the
would-be Henry ", contributed to the lotte-
ry for the poor at Lyons, piece ofwork en-
broidered by herself. The ticket which won
il belonged to-the Empress Eugene! This,
if true, is singular
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

e{y- Gen. +. X Xolcoffer has received
and accepted the nomination for Congress IN
the Nashville District
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29

rY Fisheries are carried on in Sacramento
river, California, quite extensively. Four
hundred boats, valued at $4,000, nets valued
at $4,000, and seines at $4,000, are used in
them. The fishing season lasts from the first
of February to the first of August, and dur
ing that period each boat averages $50 per
day, and each hauling seine 800 per day.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-29


~ The Democratic editors are the most
ill-natured, illiberal, suspicious minded ras-
Gals that ever perpetrated a political para
graph. They appear to have no faith in any
thing but their own perversity-no belief
that there is anything honest and sincere out
side their own household. A few days since,
the Washington Republic published an arti-
Gle rather complimentary to the new admin
istration, and forthwith the Union, that sheet
which has acquired such an unenviable noto-
rety since it passed from under the editorial
management OF the venerable Richie, bounced
upon ii with vengeance. Rcannot under.
stand how it is that n Wing print should
speak well ola political opponent, and thinks
the phenomenon" should excite the fears
and suspicious Of the country. There is
something wrong in such a proceeding, it
contends, some design against the integrity
OF the "great progressive, aggressive Demo-
cratic party" and an additional evidence that
the Wings need the most vigilant watching
The truth u.s. the case cited against the Re-
public by the Union is of no uncommon oc-
currence among the members of the Wing
press, and the only reason why it is not more
general may be set down to the fact that
their opponents are very seldom guilty of
anything that will bear commentator from
those having righteous regard for truth and
justice. The establishment and wonder of
the Union, however, is quite natural, for we
never knew IN insincere and corrupt politi-
chm who could rise to an appreciation of
motives higher than those by which he him
self was actuated