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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

THE Course OF THE ADMINlsTRATIoN.-
The New York Commercial dilates on what
it calls the 'inexplcable course Of Pres.
ident Pierce's administration" The editor
thinks--and good many people think with
him
at Is about timo that the country knew
something of the general principles, dOmes.
tic and foreign, which nre to guide that Ad.
ministation during President Pierce's incum.
bency Of Office; and yet in very truth, scarce.
ly two of the Democratic papers seem to a.
gree in their estimate Of what will be the
Administrative policy. The general embar.
rassment on this subject is not a little increas.
ed by the contradictory course Of the WASH
ington Union, which claims, with what jus.
tice we are not prepared to say, to. speak the
sentiments of the President and his Cabinet.
One day that journal lauds Russia, and the
next utters contrary sentimcnts;-nOw it as
serts that the President will neither place nor
retain in office free soiler, and then endor-
ses without qualification, the appointment of
gentleman notoriously u free soier; it .ap-
proved one day Governor Lanes proclaina-
tion, avowing his intention to seize upon the
Messlla Valley, and again condemned it as
unwarranted: now it readsa BarnburDcr jour
nal out of the party, and anon Hunker un-
til its readers are lost in its maze Of contra
dictiOns"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

THE TATrLER.-Sclomon says, 'whcrc
there is no tale bearer the strife ceaseth.' OF
all beings that lives, moves, eats, drinks and
sleeps, we think a tattlcr is the most odous
and contemplate. The thief may stcal-the
blasphemcr may swear-the dram drinker
may get drunk-thc incendiary may ply the
torch but the act is confined to a single To-
calty. But the tongue of the tattlcr sets on
fire the whole course Of naturc-the world,
and that not with the material torch, but
with the fire of he'll, that withcrs and blasts
all the happiness of mcn-it seeks to close
up every avenue by which peace might ap-
proach community. 1t destroys the peace
of both Church and Statc.-Evcry good man
should shun tatilcr as they would travel
ling and incurable pes,ilence. Remember
what Solomon says, "Whcre there is no tale
bearer the strife ceaseth."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19
THE POST.
Athens, Friday, August 10, 1853

tDs A writer in the Washington Repub-
liz says, that an improved plan ola rail road
is in progress, and will soon be announced,
which will SECURE the passenger from injury
and accomplish the most ardent wish for
speed without danger of running off the rail,
or coming in collision with an opposing train;
plan of rail road that will enable the pas
senger or the mail to reach the Pacific Ocean
in as many minutes us there are miles to
overcome,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

Is 1T So!-Some payers infer that the Sc.
crctary Of State has SO little confidence in
the integrity of the persons whom he has
appointed to diplomatic positions abroad
that he felt himself under the necessity of
inserting special clause in his circular Of
instructions, cnjoining them not to exceed in
their drafts, the amount of what is due them
from the government-or in other words, he
warns them against attempting to swindle
the u, s, Treasury,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

~" A Western writer, in speaking Of Il
new play, just written by gentleman of Gin
cinnat.i, says The unities are admirably
ohscrvcd-thc dulncss which commences
with the first act. never flags for n moment
till the curtain falls" That's Il puff as is Il
putr
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

cY- The New York Tribune says, on the
question OF Peace and War that essentially
there arc but two Great Powers in Europe
Democracy and Russia-and the policy Of the
varions Courts is controlled by their overmas.
tering fears of one or the other. When Dc.
mocracy becomes rampant and aggressive,
they take shelter under the ~gis of Russia;
that danger apparently blown over; and the
Autocrat attempting to reap his harvest while
the weather is propitious, they recoil from his
embraces and coquct while with Democracy.
And whenever the Continent shall again be
shaken by the clearly impending convulsior,
whatever may be the immediate issue, the
ultimate harvest must be garncred by one or
the other of the substantial bcligcrents."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

PRovERBIAL -IIoNEsTY.-
The man who would steal pin, would per-
form the same operation on Il crowbar, were
it as easy of conceulmcnt. The man wlO
steals not from fear of the mill far outstrips
the highwayman for the latter has Il good
quality, the former lacks-courage. Honesty
is in the heart, and not in the fingers: it is u
natural and not u cultivated plant. There
are no gradations in rogucry-all who over
step the charmed line of honesty bear the
stamp. Honesty is the halfway house to pie
ty; and it is there the fatgucd wayfarer, on
his journey of competition, takes rest and re-
ircshmcnt. Honesty may be ragged for Il sea-
son, bu, the sound heart that beats meath the
tattcrs feels n contempt for well dressed
rogucry ms he passes, and - confidence in the
path before him. The man who makes not
4 sacrifice in the cause of honesty is but Il
bubble on the dirty water Of roguery, that
sooner or later bursts, and forms II part of
the filth.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

Nor VERY BAD.-The editor of the Erie
Observer, newly married man, said this the
other day of his town contemporary:
"The bachelor editor of the Gazette wants
everybody to get up in the morning at -four
o'clock to hear the birds sing. For our part,
we have better company than birds at that
hour in the morning; hence, we shan't take
his advice"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

~ One half the unhappiness we have in
this life exists because of two much sensitive
ness and morbid disposition which allows
trifles TO weigh heavily on our minds. A tri-
ding loss or Inconvenience often causes more
annoyance than a much greater sorrow.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

~ The Boston Post in an article in favor
of cheap postage, says: "There is no more
reason in requiring the Postoilice Department
to pay its own expenses, than there would he
in requiring our Mediterranean fleet to pay its
expenses by bringing home raisins from
Malaga, and figs from Smyrna" We think
so too-cheap postage is as much national
aflair us the defence Of the country.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

w 1t is currently reported and believed
to be quite authentic, that the mother Of the
celebrated French patriot, Lamartine, was a
Massachusetts, girl, named Waitstill Brigham.
She married the father of the eminent states
man, Lamartine, when quite young, in Bos-
ton,' and then went to France, where she re-
mained during her life.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

WHERE ARE THE BAcKwooDs!-The edi-
tor of the Des Moines Courier, paper print
ed in the interior of Iowa, speaks Of tan alb
sence of something ovef two months on our
western frontier, where We have been trying
some of the realities Of frontier life"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

~ Oregon will be soon knocking at the
Congressional door, for admission as State.
During tho present year her population has
increased 10000. BY January she will have
so 600 inhabitants, The requisite number.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

~ Two rogrccs-following the foolish
fashion of their mastcrs-iought duel in
New Orleans lately. One of them was killed,
and the other would have been, but the ball Of
his opponent hit him square in the forehead,
and glanced round the skull.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

ALLEGED FILLrBusrERIxG MOVEMENTS
The Washington Republic publishes the fol-
lowing statements, important if true, among
its Washington gossps:
Something is moving the political waters
far southwark. II mistake not, the Admin
istrution is making preparations to put itself
in condition to negotiate for another strip Of
Mexican territory. | learn that all the dispos-
able force Of the army not needed elsewhere,
will be concentrated upon the Rio Grande at
Of, early day. Some twelve or fifteen hun
dred additional troops will man the posts on
our Mexican boundary as soon as they ean be
detailed from their present stations in Texas
or on the Atlantic border. | venture tho
prediction that it will not be many months
ere we have new Mexican boundary +
ming far below the Mcsilia and mark. I
mountain range for much Of the DIS, ,.-G
If obtained fairly, and if no more is obtained
than is necessary to give us boundary such
as We can defend against the Indians from
within, or more civilized enemy from with
out, the scheme will find many advocates
among those who have heretofore been op.
posed to territorial acquisition. Everybody
knows that the present line is utterly indc-
fensiblc.
The present Secretary of War, when tho
Mexican treaty was under discussion in tho
Senate, earnestly and wisely contended for It
mountain boundary, urging that we could
readily defend its passes--whiIe the bound
AIRY proposed, and agreed upon finally, would
require great standing army for its proper
defence. The result has proved the wisdom.
of the position he then assumed, and do
not doubt he will use his influence now to
correct the evil as. soon as Santa Anna wants
money badly enough to sell.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

o. by ccnsus just taken, the popula-
ton of Prussia is 1896, i20-which gives
3.3ls inhabitants TO mile square. Since the
last census in lsi6-the increase has been
COI.a33.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

eS" a man famous for hunting up enig-
mas philosophical thus: What strange crea-
lures girls are. Offer one of them good wa
ges to work for You, and ten chances to one
if the old woman can spare any Of her girls
but just propose mairimony, and see if
they don't jump at the chance Of working a
lifetime for their vctuals and clothes. a
queer way of estimating things.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

.y" If you have been in company with an
idle person once, il is enough. You need
never 90 again. You have heard all he knows.
And he has had no opportunity Of learning
anything new; for idle people make no im-
nrnycmcnfs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

sg"Thc Albany Express tells very good
story about Il barbcr-pole pautalooncd youth,
who recently went on Il visit to his grand
mother, in the country, and astonishcd her
very much hy wearing such patched trowscrs
from home
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

THE RAILWAY CAR.-There is something
in the very looks Of a railway car calculated
to excite peculiar admiration. Whether we
regard one as great triumph of genius, or as
mere means of getting along on our jour.
noy, it is an affair that we watch with throb
of exultation. The woods are still-no sound
is heard but the waving Of the forest, or the
blurr Of some wood.pcck that rattlcs his bill
against the echoing bark Of the tall pine
Presently the whole woods resound with
deafcning noises; far down the valley rises a
dense black smoke; and round the edge Of
yonder hill comes train Of cars, moving in
all the dignity and power Of supernatural
being. A train Of railway cars, rushing with
wild haste through the Wales and along the
brink of mountains, in country Of hills and
dales, is scene of singular magni6cence and
beauty. tits the union of art and nature; the
bringing together the triumphs of mans mind,
and the stupendous creations of nature, not
like the war of the giants against Heaven, in
the vain mastery for power, but in the enter
prise of good. To bc seen for the first time,
a railway car, is indeed a matter for wonder
and astonishmcnt. A few days since, we saw
an humble country-man behold one for the
first time in his life. Astounded by the noise
of the approaching locomotive, which unex.
pectedly turned the brow of hill-he looked
like bird within the searching glance of the
rattle.snake. He tried, in vain, to fly; in the
effort he fell upon the track; with convulsise
struggles he made out to rise and catch a tree
round which he clung, with the grasp of a
dying man. by that time the cars, with their
crowds of passengers, yelling in laughter
were out of sight. 1t was fun 10 them, but
death TO him. He trembled like an aspen
leaf, long after the whistle Of the engine was
dying in the distant valleys.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

-" Strangers are advised to keep away
from New Orleans until the white frost of fall
ANNOUNCES the final departure of the yellow
fcrcr from that city.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

LET NE SLEEP.-'Let me sleep said nv
companion, half pettishly turning from my
| couch. Let me sleep. The words haunted
my memory for hours afterwards. How Of
ten has the wish been breathed in this wcu-
ry world, %, let me sleep
The man whose conscience lashes him for
misdecds-cvils committed and unrepented
ot--cres, as he drops his head into his lhorny
pillow, let me sleep!-with sleep comes obli-
yion.' The mourncr who has seen somo
bright and beautiful one fade from his en-
brace, like summer Howcr dipped by too
early frost, bows his head auo,e the palld
face of the PROSTATE form below him, and
sighs in tlle agony of his soul 'Lct mo
s!cep!-seep with the loved one whose smile
shtA never welcome my footsteps more
Let ne sleep says the traveller, who foot
soreyhd weary, has toicl long in the world,
and seen hopes perish uniuiiIled; joys wlher
ere they are tasted; friendships which he
thought enduring, changing hue like chame-
leon, and rainbow promises fading and melt
ing into colorIcss air, %, let mc sleep, for |
am weary The rosy checked child, tho
bright eyed maiden, the thoughtful matron,
those for whom life puts on It's fines, aspects,
its most cndcaring smiles, all have periods in
which they long for sleep, for the oblivion of
all care hours in which the waters Of Letho
may flow darkly and deeply over them.
1here comett a steep 10 ala sleep deep
hushcd and brcuthlcss. The roar OF cannon,
the dccp-,oned thundcrbolt. the shock of an
earthquake, or the rush OF ten thousand ar
mics canno, break up lis still rcposc. With
mute lips and folded arms, one after another
the cphcmer,l OF earth sink down into the
darkness aud nothingncss. NO intruding
iootstcp, shall jar upon their rest--no dis.
turbng touch shall wiring from thcm there
the exclamation. Lot me slecn.n
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

tB-Thc amount of money in active cir,
culation in the United States, is estimated in
the Merchants Magazine at *259,477,257
which ckoning the population at 25,0Oo,oOO
would make Sla per head. 1t was Sll in
1916, when there was an enormous paper
currency ahoat, and but $3.50 in 1880. One
third of the present currency is gold.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

HERoIsM.-Onc of our rural exchanges is
heroic to the following degree: "Some zeal.
Gus headed old gentlemen are spending alto
gcther too much noise upon the sphere of
woman. If woman wishes TO enter the field
and do battle in the ranks, let her do so.-
Give her all her rights and thcn-let her do
as she has mind to. If she gets ahead Of
us in the fight we arc the last man to blub,
ber!"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

VB"F Four parties are now in the field sur
vcying routes for the great railroad to the
Pacific. "The Pacific Railroad," say the
prophets, sis to be the topic of tho next ses-
sion of Congress"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19
THE FEVER IN NEW ORLEANS.

We notice in the New York Herald OF tn
9Th letter from committee appointed BY
the Howard Association, a charitable society
in New Orleans, appointed for the purpose o.
soliciting subscriptions in behalf of their in
stitution. The letter says, the fever has be-
come epidemic, and is more malignant in type
than ever before known, the deaths being full.
ly seventy per cent. of all that are attacked
The members of this association are most
active in their personal excrtions to relieve
suffering and the dying, but their means are
becoming exhausted. The sum appropriated
by the City Council is already gone, and they
now rely upon the charitable to aid them in
their noble work.
Accompanying the above, is u letter rcceiv-
cd by the Rev. DR.. Hawks which gives WV
id picture Of the sickness, distress and sut.
fering in that community which we subjoin.
Extract Of letter to Dr. Hawks, from one
ofthe Episcopal clergy in New Orleans, dated
July 81, 1866:
ERE this, no doubt you have received no.
tice of resolution passed by the Howard
Association, requesting your help. feel
confident that you will do all you can, and
therefore shall not urge you, but will give
you the true state and condition of affairs
Others may cndeavOr to make people abroad
believe there is no danger, while there is real
ly at this moment raging one of the most
fearful epidemics that was ever known. The
fever is of trighttul type, nearly every case
black vomit in eight or ten hours after the
attack, and the mortality is unprecedented
DR.. j., who, you know, is one of the most
eminent Of our physicians, told me this day
that there were more deaths than he ever
knew at any other period, and the suffering
exceeds anything have ever witnessed.
have this day visited forty-four persons sick
with the fever, and by Tomorrow do not en-
pcct to find ten Of them alive. am going
from house to house, from one scene Of the
most appalling wretchcdncss only to see ano-
ther, worse, if that be possible, than the last.
Death is all around me, in his most tri.httul
form-yct my duty is Il plain one, not only
to preach the gospel, but to help bodily the
poor sufferer who has no friend. My dear
friend, for Gods sake hell us. Get what you
can, and remit it to me for the Howard Asso-
citation, (you know all about it, for you are n
member) and the poor will bless you. This
morning went to lonely little hut, and
there found the father dead the mother hug
ging her babe, only four days old, to her
breast, striving to nurse it, while the black
vomit was actually streaming from her mouth.
Such are the objects for which plead. The
mother is since dead, the babe is alive. took
it and got Il black woman to be its mother;
not one cent had these people. My friend,
could give you Il great many similar cases of
suffering, bnt ! forbear; you will, know,
help us to help these poor dying creatures"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

~" a correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Register says the following cure for dyscntery
has never been known to fail:
"Takc one pint Of new milk (warm from
the COW if possble,) and add to i, two table.
spoontuls Of fine charcoal. and one Of table
salt. Drink rs the patient is able and renew
the quantity il needed. The diet should Lo
principally rice or milk toast"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

tN Rum is like deatll-it levels all dis
tinctions. A Member of Congress with -
brick in his hat" would us soon fraternize
with chimney.sweep as foreign envoy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

-" The Empress Eugene is declared
again to be us ladies' wish to be who love
their lords.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19
~ They have great gals down East

The Yankee Blade says Of them:
"a man who marries nowadays marries a
great deal. He not only weds himself to n
woman, but n laboratary of prepared chalk, a
auntal of whalebone, eight coffee bags, four
baskets of novels, one poodle dog, and lot
of weak nerves that will keep four servant
girls and three doctors around the house the
whole time Whether the fun pays for the
powder, is a matter cf debate.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

~" If all the money circulating in the
United States were divided equally among
the inhabitants, ever one would rejoice (for
about three minutes) in the possession Of
twelve dollars
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

Father" said little Teddy, show can the
sca run when lis all tide ?"
ut don't run my child" replied the father.
il "scts STILL"
'lI"w can i set, when it has no bottom -
Teddy was led out of doors by the hair of
his head
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19
TURKEY AND RUSSIA.

The following article is copied from the
London Morning Chronicle Of the 2sd ult.:
The violent alterations Of hope and fsa'
which have, day by day, deluded and dismay'
ed the purveyors of foreign intelligence 10
London, Paris, Vienna and even Constantine
pie, are by no means favorable to calm con-
sderation of the actual state Of affairs. All
the absurd tales about notes and counter
notes prepared by Austria-all the Russian
lies about Turkey yielding-all the deusiona
attempted in every form and shape by the un'
scrupulous Russian agents-may deceive for
moment those who wish to be deceived on
the Stock Exchange, but can have no perma-
nent effect upon the minds ofmen who know
anything of the real grounds of quarrel be-
tween the Car and the Porte. The actual
state of facts is this England and France,
no doubt with the concurrence of Prussia
and Austria, and ofcourse with the approba-
ton of the Sultan, have written to the Car
with an ultimatum Of the most cxpostulatory
character, showing the terrible results if war
should arise, and urging the Car to recede
from his inadmissable demands.
Whatever journalists may say about the
matter, the fact is clear that the Cabinets Of
France and England, beyond all cavil, regard
the occupation Of the Principalities as foul
invasion, n casus belli, but knowing the fright
full responsibility Of doing anything rashly,
they have hcsitated to the last before the ir-
revocable step Of resisting by arms; and in
deed they place themselves, by this delay, in
the false position of appearing to desert the
Sultan in his extremity, rather than act pre-
cipitatcly, and not give the Car his last
chance ofpreserying peace. Whether whilst
England and France are, wisely or not, tenn
porising in hopes Of settling the quarrel, the
Turks will not cross the Danube in large for
ces and enter Walacha, as they have an un-
doubted right to do by treaty, is another and
very doubtful! question. The news Of the
occupation of the Principalities by the Rus
slams has created trightt'ul excitement at
Constantinople, and the population, eager to
give battle, can scarcely be restrained. *
The Russians have so completely occupied
the Principalitics, and taken upon themselves
the executive and administrative authority, rs
to leave little doubt that they mediate per-
mancnt occupation. Indeed, they have plain
ly an eye toward the south, and with the
troops of both the Czarand the Sultan now
exasperated against each other by religious
animosity, the preservation of the peace is
rendered very precarious. We purposely re-
frain from all speculation of the Car.
The wiscst men in the world must be who'll
ly at fault, even to conjecture what his de-
cision will be. One thing is certain, that
neither France nor England can afford to
stand shillyshalying any longer. Delay must
be fatal to the Turks, whilst on the other
hand, sudden irruption of the Asiatic hordes
on tho Russian frontiers, cooperating with
Omer pasha, and the combined fleets of Eng
land and France, might etiectually check the
march of the Russians.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19

- \ married woman in Shelbyvlle, Ind,
attempted 70 poison herself with laudanum
on as, Saturday. Bat Il physician Or. Rus
selD being called in season, with a stomach
pump he evoked from the Vastly dceps of her
diaphragm one and L half ounces of laudanum,
thus saving her life. Love was the cause.