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

SrIRITUAItsM IL Passive find the fol-
lowing remarkable article in the London
Illustrated News, of July ed. 1t is an en-
tract from the News Paris correspondence:
"Ari immense sensation WAS caused here, Il
few DAYS since, BY Il revelation given on the
authority of some Of the most respected ana
influential members Of the clergy, headed BY
the Archbishop of Paris, on the subject Of
the t4blcs t0m7anferS. Here is the table, rs
We received il through the channel as above
stated. The Archbishop, being questioned
Us to his opinion OF the Legitimacy. i'll " rcIi-
gious point of view, of attempting to colnmu-
nicatc with Spirits through the medium Of
the tables, replied that he had not sufficiently
] studied the question to reply thereon; that he
/ IMAGINED the effects produced were wholly Of
the nature of Il physical science, and in that
case harmless: but that, in order to form II
Judgment, he would attend meeting COM
posed Of certain members Of the clergy, Mt Il
place appointed, TO try the usual experiments.
The table being put in motion, one Of the
party demanded i. to reply, hya certain num-
Der of raps, ii there were spirit present.
| The response was in the affirmative; and, in
answer to Il second question, the spirit was
stated, by the table marking by raps certain
letters of the alphabet. to be that of SGr
franchise, deceased Il week previously. at the
Convent, of -, in Paris. The Able D
stated that he had confessed the S~W IrGn-
coisc. who had, in fact, died at the time and
place named. General CONSERVATION, rs may
he supposed. ensucd; when the Able l.,
rising, commanded the spirit, in the name of
II - .,,p fII,. rnnpr, dee Irp,
that the spirit hcrcupon actually became vlSi-
bic and replied to variety of questions pat
to it, but of what import We are not informed
On the above details we do not pretend TO
give either explanation or opinion.
"Sucl is the story as related by the men,
bcrs of the SeGuce, two of whom were so
! affected by the events related. As to be Tor
some days seriously indsposc!- of them
even confined to bed. Various histories de.
clare that, through the medium of the tables,
communications are held with spirits OF all
nations. who, happily, being excellent lin
GUSTS find no difficulty in expressing them
selves in any language chosen by the Iurs-
TONER. and reveal the secrets OF the prison.
house with Il trankncsS, not TO say lndlscrc-
ton. that would shock the more reserved
ghost in 'Ilamc,' and that in no way confirm
his statement OF the horrors of his temporary
abode, many Of them describing, IN most
blowing terms, the beauties and delights OF
the planets which they inIablt."
.JlrTLE Boy WAyTEp.'-Sucl is the label
appended to little coat, swinging ut the
door Of clothing store in Grccnw !cli-st.
meIancholy Righteousness, particularly when
one sees Il tn ou,and urchins every day upon
whose tattcrcd Jackets might be chaIkcd, with
great propiciy, Little coat wanted
There rOvcS funeral cOr'ege, drawn like
dark thread through the gay broidcry Of
/ Broadway; and there's mother there whose
| heavy heart is beating all the while, 10 the
! thought, "ittlc boy wantcd.'
/ There "ocs Il mother through the crowd,
bearing upon her head Il stained pine collin
/ for a little murscl Of her heart, that lies cold
and still. in the only room at home. How
/ lcgible the words in those SID eyes, "litt!c
/ boy wanted
Arc, lettering its way along, murmurs to
| itself, little bov wanted" Years and years
ago, Il blue eyed lad had gone "down to the
| sea- and MAS never heard of more. lie was
IN only son, and she was Il widow. Pictures
| in memory never grow old, and so, through
all these weary years, when the eyes grow
dim with watching ''thc homcward bound
it has ever been, trW ever be, little boy
wantcd.'-N. y. TribHne.
GTA London correspondent Of the Tri-
bune calculates that death and emigration
have removed 3G,l50 more persons from
Great Britain in the three months ending
] a II, .l,,,, lnv, ln,, harm vitl.in tln
same pcriod-by 50 much diminishing the
population. Tho previous quarter showed Il
diminuion of 10000.
| ~" The :Courricr dcs Flats Uns" sug-
gests to the AboitionstS of Europe, who
have provinces in the West Indies, that when
instructions among the blacks take place, as
is now the case in rortola, one Of the Islands
in the Caribbean Sea, belonging to Great
Britain. that it is but the natural result of
their zeal in behalf of the abolition of slave
nv. The Courier holds that the two races
can never live under the same Government
upon terms of equality
SulclpE.-An old bachelor, by the name
of Bennett Humble, living near Cyuihi"na,
Harrison county, KY, committed suicide on
the 22d utimo, by shooting himself through
the head with pistol. No cause is assigned
for the rash act, other than Il sense Of iomcli-
ness in the world. What a warning to the
sold fogics" who are winding their way
| through life solitary and alone.
| 6r'y-A penny at five per cent, simple inter-
| est for eighteen hundred years, amounts to I
| sh!lings and seven pence half penny, but at
compound interest it would be Il larger sum
than could be contained in six hundred mil
lions of globes, each equal to the earth IN
magnitude, AMI all of solid gold.-Grcgory's
Dictionary.
,-55"Carv II. Boa,rght, OF Indianapolis,
recently married his tenth wife.
As OLD FoGY.-Judgc Evans, L. :. Scna.
tor from South Carolina, says the Souil
Carolina Patriot, takes the old fashioned
way of travelling, and passes through the
country in his own carriage, avoiding rail
roads and stages" The Judge is about as
far behind the age in many Of his political
principles, as in his IDEAS of travelling.
An old topper being questioned as TO a cot
ton "in, replied that it was very good, but
not equal, in his estimation, TO pure Holland
GIN"
The people of Peru are 50 indolcnt that
they open pca-pod, with an oystcr-kniic. In
driving horses. they always have two men to
each neutrality-suspicious. To hold the rcins, and
the other to cry "whoa.