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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-07-29


To DE HANGED.-There is fearful accu.
mutation of work, for the hangman to per.
form, in the coming two months, as will be
seen by the following catalogue:
William Kating, for the murder of two
children named OBrien, who was sentenced
to be executed on the 2Sth of June last,
stands respited at IIackensack, New Jersey,
until the 2lst inst, when he will probably be
hung.
Cape and Emmons, convicted in Phlladel-
phia for the murder of Christopher Loohan,
will pay the penalty of their crime on the 9th
Of August.
Margaret Butler, who was found guilty nt
Culpepper, Virginia, of assisting James Phil.
lips to murder Mr.. Gaines, to be executed on
August 18th.
James Mcclure, who murdered Mr.. j. w.
Holland, was sentenced at Syracuse, to be
hung on the 18th August
John Hcndrickson, at Albany, to be exc
cuted on the 2Sth of August, for the murder
of his wife.
Robert Robertson will be hung at Alexan-
dria, KY, on the Sd of September next for
the murder of Moses Guard.
Besides these, there are number Of crimi-
nails in some of the Eastern States who have
been convicted of capital offences, but the
laws require that they shall remain in prison
one year before fixing the day for their exc
cutioE,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-07-29


STARVATION IN SPAIN-It appears that the
miserable condition to which Ireland was re-
duced n few years ago, is paralleled by what
is now taking place in Spain. A writer in
French paper says:
"Invain the venerable Bishop of St.Jacques,
in presence of more than six hundred unfor-
tunates resembling moving corpses, who dali
y besiege his gate, has sold his mules and
his carriage. In vain has he reduced himself
and servants to the mercst necessaries, in Or
der that he might give the rest to those who
perish of hunger. All that he or the other
bishops and clergy, all that the government
can do according TO the Esperanza, is but
drop Of water to eXtnguish the conhagration.
When we speak of the government, however,
we must remember that last contribution
made by it of 100000 of reals had not been
distributed. In the mountains, the starving.
die by dozens, and in many places fevers Of
the most dangerous character are joined to
the famine. Hundreds of sick expire from want
Of nourishment and medicine. The streets
of our cities are incumbered with old men,
women, and children, with the yisages Of
corpses, covered with miserable. rags, and
even worse, troubling themselves no longer
except to die in quiet, and imploring with
At the gates of the Archiepiscopa Palace
more than n thousand people wait for daily
bread; and hear that one day lately 45OO
poor assembled to receive the aims distribu-
ted in the city by one gentleman.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-07-29

B- The lakes in the town of Mnnlius
Onondaga county, New York, are curiosties
and are supposed to be of volcanic origin
They are by the inhabitants about there, cal
led the Green Lakes. One of them is on
the top of n hill, and is in the form of a tea
cup. Tho banks are two hundred feet high,
and the water four hundred feet deep. The
water appears of deep green, but when Ia
ken up in glass it is perfectly clear and
transparent. Trees and limbs which fall in
to the water soon become encrusted with a
bright green substance, which on being ex-
posed to the air, becomes hard. The timber
decays and leaves this incrustaton in the
shape of hollow tubes. Wood, saturated
with this water, and burned, emits a strong
odor Of sulphur. A farmer who resides near
by, once heard great rush of water, and look
ing round saw the lake rising over the banks.
lie was alarmed, and fled with his team, but
the water soon rcccdcd to its usual level, and
he returned to his furrow, more puzzld than
instructed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-07-29

A PoRTRArT.-The New York National
Democrat thus gives the portrait of the Sage
of Lindenwald, the great father of Freesoil.
ism:
"Mr. Van Buren, never had any political
principles of any kind. Personal success has
been the sole purpose ofhis life. The most,
and the best thing that can now be said Of
him is, that he has been an adroit trickster,
who became President OF the United States
by the personal friendship and endorsement
Of Gen. Jackson, whom he contrived to de-
ceive, bya show of principle and honesty
which he never possessed. This brief out
line of the political career of Van Buren
ought to convey two important lessons to the
Democracy ofthis State at the present time
it ought 10 warn us to be everlastingly aware
of all politicians of that slippery stripe; and it
ought also to teach the managing and intrigu-
ing brokers in freesoilism who have claimed
to be national Democrats, the upshot of their
own career"
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THE EXODUS OF THE MoRMONs.

| ALL AS<hoDOO vi ulSlthO4NOs
We copy the following article, in relation
to the singular people of the "New Faith,
who are following the trail of the Buffalos t,
their Jerusalem in the Great Basin, from tn,
Keokuk, Iowa, paper:
During the past week some 800 Mormon.
have left and some 800 have arrived at tht
camp ground. About 5000 have already
reached this port, and about 800 more ART
expected.
Thus they come among us, and thus they
go-tarrying for a season among the 'holN
places of their tradition, in the sight of the
ruins of their ancient temple, and then on tc
the far West, led by the same intrepid fanati
cism as that of the old Mussulman, who
whether kissing the white stone of Mecca, oil
surmounting the hardships of the desert
were thrilled with the same invigorating de.
lusion--'There is but one God, and Mahomet
is his prophet
Well, well Thousands and tens of thou
sands swore by the Koran, and tens of thou
sands will swear by the Book of Mormon.
Humiliating as it is to the pride of the 10Th
century, human nature is still the same. The
multitude of sects, increasing yearly, with
wonderful fecundty, from Luther down to
the spirit-rappers, has contributed nothing to
the religious stability of the human race. No
one can respect that liberty of private judg-
ment which pins its faith upon the coat of
Joseph Smith and aprons Of poygamy; and
none can check the impulse that drives such
masses of ignorant and perplexed sinners to
seek the easiest road to heaven, and persuade
themselves it is the right one. If the visions
of the sensual paradise of Mahommed could
draw such immense throngs, how can we
wonder at the spread of II persuasion whose
joys are temporal and carnal, appealing 20 the
strongest of human passion! Mormonism is
literally creed of propagation, and nothing
but infinite power can stop the growth of it.
Yes-they will continue to come, in vast
numbers, from over the ocean! Their white
tents will adorn our suburbs for years to
come. Their temporal wants will be fed by
our abundant store, and their immortal souls
by the faith of Joseph--and then they, too,
in turn, will grid up their lons and take up
their march for the nest in the mountains,
and the adorable benedction of Father
Brigham.
An entertaining volume might be written
upon the devotion and peculiar belief of this
people, but we are no theologian in political
print, and our vocation has little to do with
the honest philosophy of human error. Let
them come, and-let them go. They are
courteous, loyal and unexceptional, in every
particular of outward department. Let them
be Hospitality treated, for they are flesh and
blood, and claim the sympathy of every one,
in the necessities and tribulations which flesh
is heir to.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-07-29
REPUBLICAN DESTINY.

We extract the following passage from
speech made by General Cushing at Newarl.
on the recent reception there of the Presi
dent:
There is another doctrine which all histor,
teaches, which belongs to the day, to ou,
country, to the spectacle that we have gazet
on to-day with admiring eyes; and it is, that
there is an eternal, irreversible DESTINY of 4
republic; that destiny is still to move onward
upward in the career of its greatness; it is
not mere banner phrase of popular par.
lance to speak of the destiny Of republic
or Of our republic. There is q destiny of q
republic; there is q law of its existence as
clearly and undeniably as there is law Of
the existence of q human being that he
shall begin in youth, that he shall grow into
juvenescence, that he shall harden into man.
hood, that in the plenitude of his manful
strength he shall oyertop the nations around
him. (ApplauseD We arc now the men Of
the modern Rome. How was it with the old
Rome! She conquered. She went on IN.
nexing, according to the law of her existence
(Applause,) and so long as she proceeded in
the application Of that law of her existence,
no earthly power could withstand her pro-
gress. (Applause.)
She carried her arms wherever that law of
her destiny dictated that they should be borne;
and she, rs we ourselves, in our own day,
have witnessed, marched from battlefield,
conquering and to conquer; for where else,
except in modern Rome, has it been seen as
it was seen in the battle-helds of Mexico!-
(Applause.) Where else, say, except in an
cient ROME, was seen that the banner of
country, the arms of country, the generals
of country, (applause) wherever they
marched, marched victorious; that field after
field was to be fought only as were, to prove
that we were invncible? (ApplauseJ In
vincible, not in the power or strength of mere
mortal men, but in the execution of that eter-
mi and created will of God (applause) mani.
Tested in us as nation; revealed in us as
people, which proclaimed 10 the world that
from these humble beginnings, the first field
Of the revolution, there was to grow up
mighty republican nation, the representative
of principles of public liberty which, was
about TO say, was to overshadow-no, not to
overshadow, but to illuminate this whole con-
tinent. lsaw that was the destiny of ancient
Rome, and it is to be the destiny of modern
Rome. There can be no pause in our pro-
gress, except the pause of decay; when we
cease to grow, we shall begin to perish
(Applause.)
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-07-29

THE Rich MEN OF Notwithstanding
of the opulent citizens of Baltimore, n writer
says it may be interesting to know who stand
highest up in the scale Of wealth. The first
name is George Brown, of tie firm of Brown
d. Brothers. lie is worth about 81, 100000.
Next Jacob Albert Winter, about So 1000, 900.
Next John Hopkins, 100000. Next Co
lumbus O'Donncll, s Sl,OOO,O00. John S. Git
tings, Sso0,0O0. There are many others who
range from 100000. up to $5OOOOO.-
Amongst the most enterprising and business
men of the above is probably John Hopkins.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-07-29

.aY" The Crystal Palace is the great theme
of the New York papers. The Herald, of
Thursday morning, says:
New York was never so full Of people.
One million at least of human beings will
to-day be within the limits Of the metrop-
oils.
The same paper, in describing the labor
accomplished on and within the Palace the
day before its Inauguration, holds forth as
follows:
Every laborer who could WELD hammer,
hang u curtain, or undo package, stretched
every nerve to accomplish the utmost in his
particular vocation. Nearly every exhibitor
was at his post, and the sudden change from
the appearance of the Palace on Tuesday,
seemed to be the result of some supernatural
power. The long drawn aisles, which on
Tuesday presented the appearance of um-
Der yard, yesterday sparkled with all the gems
of science and art. The curtain had fallen
from the statue, the rough box had revealed
its treasure, the ife-like image welcomed you
from the canvass, and the mysterious machine
having become perfect by the unity Of It's
parts excited the wonder of the spectator.
The world will be astonishcd yeti
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-07-29
THE SUDDEN VISITOR.

To loving family, knit together by the
brilliant, but brittle cords Of affection, thero
came visitor Of late. He sent them no sum-
tnons-he warned them by no sign at the
threshold-but boldly, imperiously, hatefully
he came, standing in their very midst before
they heard the sound of his foot fall-Una-
wares, unbidden, unwelcomel messenger and
yet potentate-a serf and yet King. His
name thrills the universe and We mortals
write it Death .,.
He came for victim. They wot not
that sweet family-that a design terrible was
proceeding against them; that one days work
could be SO big with agony. They all smiled
at the sunrise, they all laughed in the noon
tide-but when the twilight came, "twin dark.
ness" settled upon their souls. God and the
evening frowned together-and the peaceful
family became family of weepers.
The visitor stayed not long. lie had but
brief errand: With his cold fingers no
touched the fairest forehead of all-it turned
to marble! and there was another angel in
Heaven.
The next was gorgeous day-thc next
was witchng night-the earth was bathcd
in glory, men were as careless and heartless
as ever. Few knew Of the visit or its issue
but to some, ah! what world was this!
knowledge is bound by walls. Men, but
not their grief are reighbors. We meet a
mouner at every corner, and know it not
We weep not, nor do we consider that any
shall lament for us. But the end draweth
nigh!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-07-29

AN EXTRAORDINARY DIscovERY.-The at-
tenton of men of science, in Parisshas been
drawn to an extraordinary discovery made in
a neighboring department A graye-digger,
in throwing up some earth, came upon body
in state of perfect preservation. On ex-
animation it proved to be that Of an individ-
ual buried thirty-seven years ago. He had
died from the effects of the bite of mad
dog. The shroud and the coffin had fallen
to dust, but the body remained intact. This
is the third exhumation made within twenty
years, of bodies of the victims of hydrophobia
under similar circumstances; and it would
really seem that they are beyond the reach
of decomposition. The registry of deaths
was consulted, and no mention of the en-
balmment of the body was found.
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New YORK, July 81.

The steamship Franklin arrived at New
York on Tuesday, from Havre, which port
she left on the 5th,inst, and brings three
dny's later dates from Liverpool.
Movements of the Russians.-The Russian
army had crossed the Pruth at two points.
A Cabinet Council was held by the Eng
lsh government on the I'd instant, at which
it was determined that the British and French
fleets should enter the Dardanelles as a cOun-
ter movement to the Russians occupying the
Danubian provinces.
1t was believed in England that the Rus
slams had captured Jassy, though it was de-
MED by the Austrian Minister.
The Partisan Monitieur received an official
dispatch from St Petersburg, decreeing the
occupation Of Moldavia and Wallshia.
Turkey continued her preparations for war
on an extensive scale. Forty-four vessels
were arming at the arsenal. All her militia
had been ordered out The Prince of Servia
had placed forty-fve thousand men at the
disposal of the Sultan.
1t was reported that Austria would act in
concert with France and England in conse-
quence of the occupation by the Russians of
Moldavia.
Prussia still maintains its neutrality. On
the Goth ult. the Car issued manifesto
throwing all the responsibility of the war on
Turkey.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-07-29

A QUEER AssocIATToN.-In the industrial
procession on the 4th, at Portsmouth, appear
ed feature that struck the outsiders very
comicnlly. An apOthccary's establishment
was put upon wheels, and upon canvass
was depicted skeleton form, whose ghastly
and omaciated look seemed to belong to that
underground region where the dead men live.
The driver of the cart, by queer coincidence,
was the sexton of the parish and undertaken,
and the horse that drew the vehicle was the
same that many time had drawn a hearse.
The doctor who owned the establishment is
a wag, and it must have been premeditated,
from the capital fitness of every thing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-07-29

ELECTRIC GAs.-This is gas produced from
water by means Of electricity, and by which
is developed for the first time, the cxtraordi-
nary phenomena of burning the two gasses to-
gether, without the least fear of explosion,
which the most scientific and learned men
have heretofore deemed an impracticability.
But we have Witnessed the result, and can at.
test its truth. The gasses produced by elec-
trcity are entirely free from smoke, have no
deetcrious noxious odor, and are free from
all possibility Of cxplosion each ofwhieh nd
vantages are of so important character m
70 be alone sufficient to insure public support.
Its production requires no expensive materi-
ais, nor are large premises necessary, whilst
all existing pipes and lamps may be used If
requisite; and in the economy of production
there will saving at least fifty per cent upon
the present cost of coal gas.-Mning Jour
nal.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-07-29

tg- Ion, of the Baltimore Sun, thus
writes of the metropolitan city, and the new
paper of Beverly Tucker
"Thc best evidence of the increasing i'm
portance of Washington as the political me-
tropolis of the Union, is the increasing de-
mand for news and views from this city,
The "Washington Sentinel" is to be the IL
tlc of the political journal which is to be es-
tablished here by Beverly Tucker, and the
paper is to appear, as learn, early in the
coming autumn. A political scntinel--a
watchman who will not 80 to sleep on his
post--a Cerebrus that will not be silenced by
n sop, is needed by the great body of the
democracy, and especially by that portion of
Il which may still hold in some regard the
rights and the dignity of the States"
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TERMS

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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-07-29
THUNDER AND HAIL STORM.

The late and severe storms of thunder anC
lightning, accompanied with hail, have direct
ed public attention anew to these phenomena
Notwithstanding the progress Of science, how
ever, many erroneous impressions exist as t.
their causes, and even find their way into tn,
newspapers. A few words on the subjec
may not be amiss.
All such storms owe their origin primarily
to the heat of the sun, which by evaporation
fills the upper air with. h.vapor, evolving elec.
tricity in the act. The same heat by ratify.
ing the air, creates currents in the athios.
phere, the friction of which produce elec.
tricity. The electricity forms the vapor into
thin vesicles or tiny bladders, and prevents
them from uniting and large masses of such
vesicles make cluues. These clouds are some
positive and some negative, and when they
approach each other the thickness of the cleo
tricity on the sides nearest each other in
creases, until finally the resistance of the at
mosphere between is overcome, and dis
charge takes place of lightning, accompanied
by the detonative sound we call thunder.
Thunder, consequently, occurs only where
the atmosphere is in different electrical states.
1t might be supposed at first thought, that
the cloud, after a single discharge, would be
relieved, and calm ensue. But while the
clouds are conductors, the strata of air be-
tween them are non-cOnductors, .and these
last, being also highly charged, impart their
electricity to the empty cloud, which makes
new discharge, and continues receiving and
discharging until equilibrium is restored over
the entire sky. The zig-zag appearance of
lightning is produced by successive discharges
through a series of clouds, the electricity
passing, as it were, by stepping stones down
the armament The noise that accompanies
such explosions has a rattling sound, occa-
stoned by the discharges being at unequal
distances from the hearer.
Hail is produced by a cold current of air
coming in contact with warmer cloud, when
the vesicles of water are beginning to change
into raindrops, which they do the instant the
electricity, which holds them together in that
form, is discharged. The size of the hail
stones depends principally on the height from
which they fall, as they appear to increase, by
congealing fresh vapor around them. the fur
ther they descend. They are of all shapes.
Last week, in the upper part of New York
city, they fell several inches long, and re-
sembIed the bits of ice one breaks from his
bathtub on winters morning. On Sunday,
they fell, in New Jersey, as large round as a
quarter of dollar, and aat, Ikea water-wOrn
pebble. Generally, however, they are oval or
round, varying in size, from small seed up to
a goose-berry.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-07-29

A NICE ApPoISTMEsr.-The ST. Louis
Republican of the l4th contains the follow
ing announcement:
Ralph w. Kay has been appointed Post.
master at Carrolton, ILL.,, in place of r. b.
Hill, removed. 1t is not known, we under.
stand, who recommended him. He is Free
soiler, a farmer, and not a citizen of the
United States, having never transferred his
allegiance from Queen Victoria to this coun-
try. He will be somewhat bothered when he
comes to take the oath to support the Con-
stitution of the United States, before enter
ing upon the duties of his office.
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CINCINNATI, July l9.-Findlay delivered
himself into custody last night, and to-day n
motion was made for a new trial-the Court
adjourned without hearing the motion, and
the prisoner was remanded to Jail until the
September term. Kissane has not yet pro-
cured bail.
The o'clock train from Dayton, on the
Cincinnati and Dayton Railroad, ran on n COW,
which suddenly jumped on the track. The
baggage and one passenger car were thrown
down an embankment, and, although capsiz-
ed, no person was seriously injured.
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Grown FAT.-The New York Mir

Grown FAT.-The New York Mirror
thus notices the appearance of Gen. Pierce
on his recent visit to New York:
"The President has grown fat in his "fat
Office" He looks ten years younger than
when we last saw him, bending with white
lips over the mighty doad at Marshfeld. His
Crystal Palace speech yesterday was respec.
table in matter, and correctfully and grace
fully delivered. The cheers given for the
President, were cold and formal-entrely
wanting in the enthusiasm with which the
presence, or the names, Of Jackson, Clay,
and Webster were always greeted"