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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

"THE DRIrPINGs."-A GENTLE HIST.-The
Washington Union thus speaks of the family
jars at Albany
Albany Argus is proving its devotion to
the democratic party by disinterring day after
day, piles of the buried bones of frcesoilism
and holding them up as the offspring of the
Atlas. This is done in utter disregard Of n
plain pledge contained in the democratic
creed, which binds all good members of the
party to resist the further agitation of the
slavery question. 1t is done to the great
qualification of wings at home and abroad.
The Albany Atlas,with a provoking non-
chalancc, pays no sort of attention to its eX.
humed productions, because, as the Argus
says, it has substantial reasons in the shape
of 'drippings Of patronage from the depart.
ments at Washington for maintaining eau.
tious reserve" We had not supposed that
there was so much virtue in the 'drippings'
amongst New York editors; and to test the
matter we would be glad to see if share OF
tie "drippngs" would soothc the angry feel
ings of the Argus editor, and induce him to
follow the example of the Atlas in throwing
hot shot into the whig ranks.
WIN Tic argus acccPI u shiaii sop Jul the
skillet and be quiet! The "drippngs" arc
worth looking after. Is the Argus in the mar
so what are his terms! Let us
nave the bargain clnched before all the fat is
in the fire. Going; going-oncc, twice-shall
we say thrice! The "drippings" Last chance,
gentlemen. Will the Argus accept A wink
is as good as nod. Gone! ten to one. Knock
him down.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02
sD- Late advices from FL Paso, Mcxic

sw Late advices from FL Paso, Mexico,
state that serious encounter recently oc-
Cured at that place between party of
Americans and a guard of Mexican troops,
in which the District Attorney of Ell Paso
county, Texas, was killed, and another per-
son severely wounded. The cause of the
outbreak was an attempt by the Americans
to rescue a returned Californian from prison
where he had been placed by tho Mcxicans
for some offence The Mexicans were re-
ported to be armed and drilling near the
American town of PasO. which
ed in the greatest danger. D
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

W Rev. Eleazer Williams, in a recent
conversation with the editor of the Fon Du-
Lac Union, stated that evidences were being
prepared for the press, which would put the
question of his parentage at rest. Among
other things, that the affidavit of his reputed
mother. lately published, was gross deccp-
tion, not by her, but by the interpreter, ~ho
falsely translated her language. He says that
when the substance of the affidavit was told
her she denied ever having made it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02
nE3" The melancholy Intelligence of tn

.W- The melancholy intelligence of the
death of Il son of Secretary Marcy was re.
ccived in Washington on Saturday evening.
The sad event occurred on board the United
States sloop-of.war Preblc, when five days
out on her recent cruise 1t will be rcmcnl-
bered, says the Washington Republic, that
Mr.. Marcy made southern trip last winter
for the benefit of his son, who accompanied
him, and who was suffering severely from
the pulmonary complaint which has at last
removed him to another sphere. The invalid
went to sea in the Preble, hoping still against
hope for relief. lie has found it at last, but
beyond the ken of the large circle of friends
who will sincerely mourn his loss. lie was
attended on the voyage by u brother, whose
unremitting attentions soothed his dying
pillow,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

The Hot SUMMER.-lt is stated by a
gentleman who recently visited the Smithso-
nian Institute, at Washington, which has n
statement showing the temperature since
1898, that this is the warmcst summer since
that day, and perhaps the warmest ever
known in this country. What is somewhat
strange, the average heat this summer, of
Richmond and Lancaster, Pa, exceeds that
of any other localities in the Union.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

The usually reliable Washington cores
pondent of the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer
telegraphs to that paper as follows:
Major Mordecai, Gardiner Commissioner,
returns tomorrow. Mr.. Bowcs, interpreter
TO the Commission, returned today. The
testimony of the previous Commissioner is
confirmed, and the non-eyistence of Gardi-
ners mine in the State Of San Louis Potosi
is established beyond the possibility of doubt.
The mines as described by Gardiner were
found in the State of Queretaro.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

A New READING OF SHAKsPEARE.-ln a
country "down East" a democratic newspa-
per was started, depending mainly for support
on the contributions of the faithful in that
region. lis motto was
"Be just and fear not."-Shakspeare.
An old farmer, who had been quite active in
promoting the interests Of this newspaper en-.
terpize, took up the first number and com.
menced reading it, with laudatory comments
As he read the motto, his face flushed with
honest enthusiasm, and he exclaimed: "Fear
not Shakespeare; no that we won't nor any
other darned Federalist."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02
"Crier, call the next witness"

TEMPERANCE FrRLouGu.-The opinion
seems TO prevail in Emmitsburg, Maryland,
that the fatal disease of that place is owing
to the improper condition Of the water The
Frederick Citizen says, that in consequence
of the above opinion and the belief which is
entertained that brandy is beneficial, the TEN.
perancc societies Of that place have granted
their members fisrlough for such length
of time as the use of brandy is deemed bene-
fetal TO health"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

FoIGrYG AN EscAPE.-A convict named
Francis b. Edymoin has escaped from the
Auburn IN. W prison through pardon pro.
cured from the Governor, by means of forged
papers, pretending to be signed by the prison
officers, recommending him fit subject for
clcmency, on the ground that he was in an
advanced stage of consumption. Upon the
discovery Of the fraud, the fellow was again
arrested and incarcerated, having five years of
his term yet to serve but an interesting qucs-
ton of law has arisen rs to whether he can
be legally imprisoned after having been actu.
ally pardoned by the Governor, and released
by the keepers of the prison.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02
.y- A correspondent of the New York

eY- A correspondent Of the New York
Times estimates that upwards. 'nase of M
drcd thousand cmigran,s 'rs,l
during the past year X
which are attracting agood'V1
the State, common.school education fcecl(el(
the largest share of the public attention.
The next Legislature, it is thought, will ap-
point commission to mature \ scheme for
the State, to embrace the whole course of a
complete education, from the lowest primary
school to one or more State universities.
Railways, education, and the state debt, will
occupy chiefly the attention the Legislature,
which meets in its new building in Austin.
next winter.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

GooD.BYE.-Thc editor of the Albany
Register comments thus upon this simple
word, so common and yet so full Of solemn
and tender meaning:
allow many emotions cluster around that
word. How full of sadness, and to us, how
full of sorrow it sounds 1t is with us \ con-
secrated word. We heard it once within the
year, as we hope never to hear i: again. We
spoke it on an occasion, such US we hope
never to speak it again. 1t was in the cham
Der of death at the still hour of nights noon.
The curtains Of the windows were all closed,
the lights were shaded, and we stood in the
dim and solemn twilight, with Others, around
the bed of the dying. The damps of death
were on her pale young brow, and coldness
was on her lips, rs we kissed her for the last
time while living. "Good.bye, my daughter"
we whispered, and "Good.byc, father" came
family from her dying lips. We know not if
she ever spoke, more, but "GoOd.bye" was
the last we ever heard of her sweet voice.
We hear that last sorrowful word often and
often, us we sit alone, busy with the memo.
ries of the past. We hear it in the silence of
the night, in the hours Of nervous wakeful-
ness, rs we lay upon the bed thinking of the
loved and the lost to us. We hear it in our
dreams, when her sweet face comes back TO
us, as it was in its ovcliness and beauty. We
hear it when We sit beside her grave in the
cemetery where she sleeps, alone, with no
kindred as yet by her side. She was the
hope of our life, the prop upon which TO lean
when age should come upon us, and life
should be running to its dregs. The hope
and the prop is gone, and VIC care not how
soon we 70 down to sleep beside our darling
beneath the shadow Of the trees in the city
of the dead"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02
E-Thc Norri.town Pa) Wa.chman

~" The Norristown (Pa) Watchman
states that the following lines were taken
from tombstone, upon which there was no
name, in an old graveyard in Virginia:-
aMy namc-my eountry-what are they to
thee,
What, whether high or low my pedigree'
Perhaps far surpassed all other men
Perhaps fell behind them all-What then
Suffice it, stranger, that thou see'st n tomb
Thou know'st lis usc-it hides, no matter
vholnr'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

Doors AND SnoEs.-Therc has been a very
material advance in the price of boots and
shoes within three months past, especially in
heavy work, and there will be scarcity of
desirable goods and high prices throughout
the fall trade. The factories in New England
were engaged later than usual on spring or
ders, then followed rise in leather. and fully
20 per cent advance in wages Hides also
continue very high and the marke, bare.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02
New ORLEANS, Auaust "a

The intcrmcnts for the twcnty.four hour:
ending Wednesday morning, were 232, of
which l99 were from the yellow fever, thus
showing II falling otfin the number of deaths,
the reports published in some of the North
crn papers to the contrary notwithstanding.
In Vicksburg and Natchez the cxpidcmic
is raging, and everybody, who can, is leaving
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02
New ORLEANS, Aug, 90,


The ntcrments today were 25S, including
234 by yellow fever.
Later dates from Mexico have been receiv-
cd in this city. The government has issued
decree suppressing the title of sovereign as
applied to the States of Mexico.
Haro Y. Zamercz, late Minister of the
Treasury of Mexico, is dead.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

nW The Washington Union contains a
notice from the commissioner of the General
Land Office in Washington announcing tho
withdrawal from public sale and private en-
try Of lands lying within fifteen miles of the
route of the proposed railroad from Brandon,
in Mississippi, to Montgomery, in Alabama.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02
THE POST.
Athens, Friday, Sept. 2, 1853.
New ORLEANS, Aug. 9.

The total number of intermcnts yesterday
were 3l5, being fearful increase of the
previous mortality. Today the total number
of deaths reached 2s3, of which 265 were
by yellow fever.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

cB- The Washington Star says that the
idea of rendering the mission to France to
Governor Howell Cobb, of Georgia, is not
entertained by the Administration, nor sought
for by him. He is going to the Senate. II
is also stated that the President has received
Senatorial information that General Dix will
not be confirmed as Minister to France even
if he be appointed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

ew A judge out west has decided that
"kissing body" while "coming through the
rye" is legal. This has an important and in
teresting bearing on the rye culture, and on
the happiness of mankind in general.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

.ts""Mr. Jones, YOU say Mr.. Rosin is a
composer. Does the court understand from
that that he was composer of musc!"
'No Stree he's called compose, because
he never talks TO 4 man without putting him
to sleep"
"Crier, call the next witness"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02
WHAT IS THE CHURCH OF GOD!
What is the Church of God!

WHAT IS THE CHURCH OF GOD
What is the Church of God!
Is it in form outwrought
or stately CREED, the massive work
Built by the King, of Thought!
Firmly they built and largely planned
The Priestly Minds of Ages past
Far DER the sea of Life and Time
The solemn shades are cast.
Tents, pitched on deserts sands they were,
And folded with the morning light;
Tents, beautiied with love and prayer,
Far shining through the Night.
How like the cities of dream
Those airy tents of doctrine seem:
They flame and vanish like scroll -
The Pilgrim Armies of the 81
Encamp beneath each pictu
Renew them for the morrC1
And rest, and rise and onward.
Only the Slcepcrs lngcr there. ~
What is the Church of God! 49,
'Tis man. Immortal Man!
Planned by Creative Will Divine,
Ere Time or Space began.
The heart, the mind, the life, the form,
In the Creators Image born,
This, this alone is Gods great Fame;
Here throngs the sanity Angel train.
All heaven is pictured in its vast
And shining sky--it hath no Past,
No Future-'is Eternal Now.
Within its walls, for ever bow
All pure Affections, born of Him,
Faircr than pictured seraphim,
And Endless Worship meath its dome;
There God is ever seen and known!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

MRs. PARTryGToS AGArS.-Mrs. Parting.
ton says that nothing dcspises her so much
as to see people who pro less to expect saliva
ton, go TO church without their purses when
a recollection is to be taken.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02
eB- Some wretch without the fear q

ew" Some wretch without the fear OF
the craft before his eyes, perpetrates the fol.
lowing epitaph orer defunct Editor:
Here lies an Editor!
Snooks fyou will,
In mercy kind Providence,
Let him lie still.
lie lied for his living; so
lie lived while he lied,
When he could not lie longer,
He lied down and died.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

A Poor RULE.-Wives are often foolish
enough to sit up for their husbands, but you
hear Of very few husbands who have the
patience to sit up for their wives.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

W 1t is reported on good authority that
Hon. Robert McLanc, of Maryland, has been
appointed United States minister to Constan-
tinople.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

MAY AND observation-disclosures in Lin.
coin county, Tennessee. on the morning Of
the 26,h July, Mr.. james broadway. a good
Democrat, aged Scrcnty:frs, to Miss Martha
Caskct, of the same republican creed, and
aged sirhcn, all of Lincoln. Hope ahead!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

Coon ExERcrsE.-A young lady, recon
mended to exercise for her health, said she
would jump at an offer and run her own
risk.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

F A Judge in Cincinnati is said to have
so much real estate on his hands, that nothing
short Of soap and water can relieve him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

To TIIos. GAYS GRAND CnlLDEES.-A
large legacy has been left the heirs of Thos.
Gay, by friends deceased in England. Thos.
Gay married in Virginia, and died, leaving an
only daughter, whose children are supposed
to reside in Virginia or this State. and these
are the parties wanted Mr.. Jno Livingston,
l57 Broadway, New York, is the person who
has the matter in hand.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02
BALTIMORE, August q.

The steamship Northern Light has arrived
at New York with over million of dollars
in gold. Her adviccs from San Francisco,
are to the lst instant Joaquin, the notorious
robber, had been captured and executed
The accounts from the mines were favorable
George Saunders has received his commits.
sion US Consul to London
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. one thus sums n few
of the advantages of modern Inventions: 'Onc
boy with Fourdinier machine, will make
more paper in twelvcmonth than all Egypt
could have made in hundred years duriug
the reign of the PtoIemis. One girl, with a
power-press, will strike of books faster than
a million scribes could copy them before the
invention Of printing. Ore man with an iron
foundry will turn out more utensils than Tu.
bal Cain could have forged, had he woked
diligently to this time"
~ The N. Y. Evening Post has rather a
rich article on the ridiculous outcry the Wash
ington Union is making about NJ. Bodisco's
stopping his subscription to that paper. The
Union, the Post thinks, wants to excite lit
tie public sympathy in its favor, by throwing
out the impression that the Russian Minister
has been trying to muzzle an American press.
But quoth the Post:
"The Journal that advertises subscriber
because he does not choose to subscribe any
longer, virtually intimates TO other subscri-
bers that, if they abandon it, it will serve
them in like manner. Here is an attempt to
extort money by threatening people with a
disagrceable notoriety. We have an abhor-
renee for beggary in all its shapes; but prac.
tees of this sort, which combine the part Of
the beggar with that Of the ruffian, are the
most abominable Of all"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

Mt1cans, excited to tho highest pitch of
Mexican patriotism by the proclamations,
edicts, decrccs, rewards and punshments,
conscriptions and cnrolments of Santa Anna,
are burning 10 avengc the disasters Of 1916
and ~.
In this state of things the immediate fear
is that the late fracas near vi Paso may di-
rcctly lead to volunteer invasion and armed
occupation by the Americans Of the disputed
district, involving some bloody and serious
work with the regular Mexican forces. Ii
such n movement is commenced it will be
extremely difficult to stop it by instructions
or negotiations. The last alternative of war
may be suddenly forced upon the adminis-
tration by the spontaneous rising of the Texas
rangers, or the California propagandists Of
republican principles, and their descent at
several points along the line into the terrific
ries of Mexico. We shall wait therefore,
with some anxiety for later and fuller inteli-
gencc from FL Paso. The Mcsilla question
is very like the Turkish question. In either
the exchange of n shot or two may suffice TO
inauguratc Il war which shall mark the most
important epoch of the nineteenth century.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02

QuARRELsoAE BoYs.-Thcre are some
boys who always have quarrel on hand
To-day they are "mad" with John: Tomorrow
they have falling out with George the next
III h.,y are offended with Thomas and tho
u>ile Pming they are not on speaking terms
5S-h Thu, it goes, through the list
7uantances. Some of these quar-
y1eopc quickly get over their resent
ment, while others retain il and nurse it n
great while. In either case, it is very bad
habit, and should be subdued in early life.
Let the young remember that it is much easi-
er to get into quarrel, than 10 get ont Of
one.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-09-02
GOLD DISCOVERIES IN OREGON.

The following letter from Capt. Tichenor,
formerly of Newark, New Jersey, commune
Gates some intelligence of new discoveries Of
gold in Oregon, which We have not seen
stated elsewhere:
Port ORFoRD, Oregon Territory, ]
May lst, 1853 :
This is beautiful country, and is settling
very fast. There are great numbers Of men
employed here in getting out timber for the
San Francisco market. 1t is mostly white
cedar, the most beautiful wood | ever saw
There is great abundance of it in this Sec
ton of Oregon, but there is very little in the
other sections. 1t surpasscs white pine, and
sells in San Francisco in the square hewn
form, for more than the ready sawed Oregon
lumber. There is very large Indian trade,
and there are generally from ten to thirty in
one place at Il time. Otter skins are worth
here from soc to Sl,OO per skin. A person
here with u fifty horse engine, lathe and
planning machine, two upright and one circu.
lar saw, which would cost about $500, could
make 100000 Il year The price for lum.
Der dressed per NJ, would not exceed GIG
and the freight from here to San Francisco
tN pciloC VI Col, 'IIc lWllIDcT
will sell for 80, and thus Il profit $50 will be
made per NJ. II there should be only $40
profit, smart and Industrious man could
make $4,000 Il year. There Ia no timber
on this side of the continent at this time of
the kind, and eastern manufacturers cannot
ship it and sell it for less than SS5 per VI.
am now washing out gold at the rate of
$40 IN hour. Two others at the side of me,
with the assistance of Il squaw, for an Indian
man is not worth his tood,) are making $50
day. We will have thousands of inhabitants
here in few months as gold is everywhere in
this vicinity. All the soldiers in the garrison
are at work making from 800 day upwards,
but none less than Sl6. No person would
work for the gold, until my partner tried,
and after two or three hours work he was Of
fered S35 for what was in his machine, which
he took. The next day he worked about
four hours, and again sold his sand for $40.
On investigation it was found that he had
sold $50 worth Of gold for $685. and $50
worth for $40. We have taken out $50
worth in two hours and to. ty minutes, and
then let escape $40 worth. This was the
first mining done here and now it is ascertain
ed that it will yield u rich reward, everywhere
along the beach. W.T.