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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

WHAT Constitutes ACoMMoN DRUNKARD!
A case involving this question came before
the Common Pleas Court, Judge Bishop, pre-
siding, at Worcester, Mass, last week. The
ease was that of a man who had appealed
from the judgment of u magistrate, by whom
he was convicted and sentenced as n common
drunkard. Judge Bishop ruled in the case
that common drunkard is one whose appe
titcs are so depraved that he habtualy yields
to the common temptations to drunkenness;
and that, although man may have been
drunk three times in six months, or even five
times in six months, it would not be sufficient
to constitute him common drunkard, but it
would be simply question of fact for the
jury. Upon this ruling, the defendant was
acquitted,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

THE MINISTER TO FRANCE.-The follow.
ing notice of Hon. John Y. Mason, of Vir-
ginia, we copy from an editorial in the New
York Evening Post, the Leading organ in New
York city of the wing of the Democratic par.
ty which the Administration upholds, to show
how that faction supports Gen. Pierce, when
he goes out of their ranks for public officers
Mr.. Mason is n man of mild manners and
convivial habits, indolcnt in business, and
known, but not in any way distinguished, in
public life. lie held the post of Secretary of
The Navy under Mr. Polk, and during the time
in which the affairs of that department were
under his charge, he was remarkable for
nothing but Incidence. lie was not unpopu.
lar with the Navy, for he did not interfere
with il either for good or evil.
From the sphere in which Mr.. Mason has
recently moved, he is now translated to one
for which he possesses no Qualiiications-one
for which he has neither the natural nor nc
qured endowmcnts; neither the capacity, the
political and diplomatic knowledge, nor the
business habits which are necessary to I'LL it
with honor. The lobby at the capitol has
lost tlorid and good natured member, but
the diplomatic corps of our country has gained
nothing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 1853

The National Democratic Committee are
to call National Convention of the Demo
cratic party at Baltimoreabout the time of the
meeting of Congress The object is to take
into consideration "the State of the Union" !"
as illustrated in the conduct of the present
administration. They will determine the
question whether the Baltimore platform has
been properly understood by the Cabinet, and
whether their policy meets the appreciation
of the people. The Southern States will be
fully represented, as will the anti-free soil
party of the North and West.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

WASHINGTON UNIoN.-The New York Ma.
tional Democrat declares that the "Washng
ton Union has become the organ of dsor-
ganzing abolition faction. One Of the edi-
tors of the Union has for long time been
known at the North as freesoller; but that
the other editor, and he n Southern man,
should so suddenly lend himself as plant
tool of Northern faction, has excited sur
prise, sorrow, an Indignation, and a disgust
which have never been experienced in the
history of the Republic"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

~" A private letter from San Francisco,
received in New York, states that an cxpedi-
ton for taking forcible possession of Sonora,
in Mexico, is already organized in that city,
and two hundred men are already recruited
for the expedition, who were expected to
proceed by sea in fortnight The leaders
are said to be all Southern men, who desire
to make Sonora slave territory, under the
name of the Republic OF Sonora The con-
stitution has already been drafted and bonds
issued in the name of the Republic, on which
considerable money has been raised.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

A SMALL FAMLY.-Thc Fort Smith (Ar-
kansas) Herald says there is n man residing
in that county, named John 7, Norton, who
has been married three times, and is the faith
cr of twenty.nine children-nine boys and
twenty daughters. lie is sixty nine years of
age, and was Ranger in the last war. lie
is n native of Amherst county, Virginia
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

ANOTHER CoMET,-Accordng to an Eng
lish paper, another illustrious stranger, a
Comet, is taking tour through the heavens,
within the scope of our earthly vision. 1t was
discovered at Berlin on the nth of Septcm-
Der, and on the Sd of October was visible TO
the eye The head equaled in brightness a
star of the fourth magnitude, and the tail
could be traced about one degree. 1t had n
rapid Southcrly motion.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

VINO WILL HAVE CoNsTANTNoPLE?- THE
Paris correspondent Of the National lntelli.
gencer seems to think that among the great
Powers of Europe there will soon be Il
scramble for Constantinope. He says;
"The Ottoman Empire is, there can be no
doubt of it, approaching its dissolution. 1t
must soon be broken mp. Constantinople,
commanding as it does the Black Sea and the
Mediterranean, is capital point. 1t will de-
termine perhaps the naval superiority of Eu-
rope in favor of the nation who in the parti
ton of the territory of the falling empire
shall ultimately possess it. There are three
great and powerful rival nations-Russa
France, and England-which would most
gladly possess it; it must almost inevitably
fall to the lot of one of them. 1t seems to
me clear that it must also be force which is to
I Ats lucky possessor They could never
.e.liicaily and automatically agree upon this
point. Passing events prove this clearly
enough. 1t requires the union Of France and
England to keep Russia from seizing it.
Where Russia even out of the question,
Franeo aud England would soon come TO
nua upon ;he. question of its possession
NV Z, I ne ltree once get possession of
w. 'il|He1|eehd the DardeneIles, and in
rsrut stAte fnaval and military science,
I5sessioH could probably be maintained.
Now, have only to say in view of all this,
that if / were British Minister should rery
yuieiiy bm rery rigilaatly see to ii that the
British nqral force in those seas should be al
'oays kept a lille superior TO that Of the
French"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11
is GOLD BETTER THAN FARM PRO.
DUCE?

The Ohio Farmer, in commenting upon thC
letter of California correspondent, make,
some very sensible remarks about the mania
which has possessed the people of this coun,
try to forsake the golden fields of their own
State to dig in the "gold fields" of California
where they often gather more disappointment
than produce:
| 1t has ever been onr opinion (says the Far
mc) that the ultimate prosperity of Caliior-
mia, or any other State, must be influenced
more by its adaptation to agricultural pursuits
than by any or NIL the gold mines that have
been or may be found therein. There can be
no sort of doubt but that tIe.greatest source
Of wealth which Californsl. possesses is found
Ia the rich valleys, table lands and the noun
tain slopes so graphicplls Gfseribed by Ere,
mont, and now SO ably noticed by Mr.. Kelley.
! When these resources are developed, as they
will be very soon, the gold diggngs and
quartz rock will sink with comparative insig-
nifcance. Look ut it. 1t is said that the
yield of gold from the California mines for
the current year will reach the enormous sum
Of ffty-five or sixty millions of dollars! An
enormous sum, truly; and vet we venture to
say that the value Of the hay crop alone Of
the State of New York will fully equal it,
Six counties Of that State produced, in 1850,
100000 tons of hay, which, at ST per ton,
would be S5,6O0,OOO This they do year
after year, with u gradual increase; and yet,
how few are seen rushing to the meadows Of
Oneida, Jefferson, Chenango, Delaware, Chau
tauque or st. Lawrence. The wheat and corn
fields of Ohio produce annually more dollars
than the gold mines of California. Yet there
is no noise made about it; and instead of
thousands rushing to them in the hope of
growing suddenly rich, thousands have been
fleeing from them, in search of gold-god
gold. We hazard nothing in saying that
had the emigrants TO California, since the dis
cOvcry of gold there, gone instead 10 the rich |
lands of our Western States, they could have |
produced double the amount of all the gold |
dug from the mines Of that El Dorado. The |
capital Necessary to place man in working |
in the California mines would have |
settled him comfortably on an eighty-acre lot
in Iowa, in n good cabin, with n team, farming
utensils, provisions, &c, and insured him,
instead Of n chance for a little gold, the GER
tainty of an independent position for life,
without the sacrifice of home, friends, health,
morals, and indeed all that men should es-
teen valuable in life. Thank .heaven, the
''gold mania" is in its d. Jr hnndf the time
is near when it vile Athens Foundry that
every ounce of 55S-ti
of California '----- ~ "
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

eB" Ap exchange says, after looking at
the results of the new administration, one is
very apt to believe that Mr. Foss, who re-
ported certain abolition speeches delivered 10y
Gen. Pierce, in New Hampshire, two or
three years ago, was not very far from telling
the gospel truth after all.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

szY- Kentucky will soon have to elect n
United States Senator to the seat now occu-
pied by Mr.. Dixon, whose term expires. That
gentleman being in very i'll health, announces
that he will not be candidate for re election;
and the Kentucky papers say that the choice
of his successor will lie between Mr.. Crtten-
den and Mr. Robertson.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

lay" Two things we. considered would
prevent many quarrels; first to have it well
asccrtancd whether we ARE disputing about
words rather than things and secondly, to
examine whether that On which We dliler is
worth contcnding about.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

e1S General Bayley, of Virginia, Mr.. Orr,
of South Carolina, Mr.. Phelps, of Missouri,
Mr.. Disney, and many others, are already in
the field, avoved candidates for Speaker in
the next House Of Representatives.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

LOUISVILLE, Nov. 2.-Matthew F. Ward,
author of English Items, shot Prof. VIM.
Butler this morning The ball took effect in
the left breast. The wound is considered
dangerous The cause Of the difficulty was
that Butler chastised small brother of
Wnrd's
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

s-sy' The Ohio Senate will stand 26 dem
ocrats, wings, . free soil; and the House,
10 democrats, II wings, and free soiIers-
making on joint ballot SO democrats, 81
wings, and II frcesoicrs
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

SAD ArrucTIoN-How CURED.-A young
gentleman of Detroit, who has of late been
much afflicted by palpitation Of the heart,
poor lad, says that he has found considerable
relief-indced, every rellef-by pressing an
other papitating heart to his bosom! Quite
homeopathic. Those of the feminine gender
preferred. Fact.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11
BALTIMORE, Nov. 9.

A letter from the Hon. Caleb Gushing de-
nouncing the coalition Of the democrats and
freesoicrs has been received with great dis
satisfaction in Massachusetts
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11
THE POST.
Athens, Friday, Nov. IL, 1858.
BALTIMORE, Nov. !

The democrats and freesoiers of Massa-
chusetts have generally coaesced.
The democratic convention of New Hamp-
shire, assembled at Concord, have denounced
Judge Bronson as Traitor.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

THIS AND THAT.-The New York Mirror,
ultra Wing conservative, referring to the
Charleston Mercury's denunciation of Dick
inson, Bronson and their adamantne coadu-
tors, while it shouts "pGans to the butcher
Guthrie" says:
'If this is the tone Of the pro-slavery De-
mocracy, let them hencetorth catch their own
nirrcrs and skin their own skunks The
north will no longer consent to do the dirty
work of the South, only to be insulted in
return for its fidelity to the Compromises of
the Constitution"
Per contra, the New York Evening Post,
locofoco Barnburner, lampoons Bronson after
this fashion:
Epitaph on Collector Bronson, by Ben. Johnson
Here lies Greene Bronson
Who was once one.
Continued by VIM. Shakespeare.
Who while Collector was slow thing,
And now being out is no thing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

GEnMANY.-Tho German papers publish
the following note, dated lnspruck, Octobe'
1.-The news is confirmed that four cmissa-
ries of Maazni have been arrested. They
BETRAYED themselves by their conduct. When
a rrndarmc demanded their passports, one of
them drew out n pistol from his pocket
There were found on them English pass
ports, proclamatons AMI letters which com
promise many persons in southern Tyroi.-
They also had 10000 ilorins. A fifth ennis
sary escaped.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

GUTHRIE AND BRoYsoN.-The New York
Sun, an Independent Journal, with decidedly
democratic predictions, says
"Mr. Guthrie was unfortunate in his first
letter; he is more than unfortunate, he is un.
republican, in his second letter Had he, in
announcing the Presidents decision, simply
said, that Mr.. Bronsons correspondence con
vinced the President that public policy and a
due regard for national interests, required a
change of officers in the New York Custom
House, the statement would have had the
merit of cautious dignity, though it could
not escape criticism for its want of candor.
AS the matter now stands, Mr.. Bronson,
though dismissed from an Office so lately ten
dered to him in the most complimentary man.
ner, is the victor. The Secretary of the
Treasury sought the controversy, and being
worsted IL appealed to the President to
give him satisfaction. The President, Halter
ed, probably, with the notion thai he could
play General Jackson, with his appointments,
granted his Secretary's petition, and Judge
Bronson was sent to the scaffold.
"On this matter, as a party question, we
offer no opinion. We care not a straw for
which faction it makes advantage. But with
the detestable principle which Secretary
Guthrie avows and seeks to establish, every
American citizen has to do. in what has
Judge Bronson offended! What has he done
to Justify his removal! Secretary Guthrie
brings no charge of unhtness, Of dishonesty,
or Of dereliction of duty. The late Collectors
sole offence is, that Mr.. Guthrie thinks his
language is "markcd by manifest spirit Of
Hear that, We obsequious
office holders Ye must be SlareS all, or 90
your several ways in despair. Ifyou manifest
The least spirit of bold-spokcn American free
men, ye are unfit to hold office under the
glorious democratic administration of Gener-
Il Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

rs" The man who took the responsible
ty is requested TO return the same forthwith,
or suffer the consequences.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

EcoYoMY IN A FAMLY.-Therc is nothing,
says good writer, that goes so far towards
placing people beyond the reach Of poverty,
as economy in the management of their do
mestic affairs. Ii matters not whether n man
furnishes little or much for his family, if
there is n continual leakage in his kitchen or
parIor, il runs away, he knows not how; and
that demon waste cries, 'morcr like the horse
ceeh's daughter, until he that provided has
no more TO give. II is the husbands duty
to bring into the house, and II is the duty of
the wife to see that none goes wronglully
out of il. A man gets wife to look after
his affairs, and to assist him in his Journey
through life; educate and prepare his children
for n proper station in life, and not TO dissi.
pate his property. The husbands interest
should be the wife's care, md her greatest
ambition to carry her no farther than his wei
fare or happiness, together with that of her
children. This should be her sole aim, and
the theatre of her exploits, in the bosom of
her family and amid her children, where she
may do as much towards making fortune
as he can in the counting room or the work
shop.
II is the money earned that makes man
wealthy il is what he saves from earnings.
i.gratilication in dress, or indulgence in
appetite or more company than his purse
can well entertain, are equally pcrnicious.
The first adds vanity 20 cNtlayagancc the
second lastcns doctors bill to n long butch
ers account and the latter brings nlcmpcr.
ance, the worst of all evils in It's train.
~" A man who will make fun Of ladies
on the street. or break out in horse laugh
lust rs they are passnv, is a--hafd ease.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

EFFECTS OF WRoNG SPELL1NG.-Not long
since, gentleman then chorister of a GER
tain choir in Vermont, wrote to certain pub
Usher in Boston, for copy of that popular
singing book, entitled, "rhe Ancient Lyre"
In his communication he used the follow
ing language "please send me the Ancient
Liar, well bound" The publisher, in answe:
to his request, replied "My Dear Sir do
not doubt but the dera has been, and still is
in Boston; but it will be difficult to comply
with your request, for the reason that Boston
influence is 50 strongly in his favor il will be
impossible to bind him."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

Never attempt to do any thing that is not
right Just as sure as you do you will get
into trouble. Sin always brings sorrow,
sooner or later. IL you suspect any thing is
wicked, do it not, until you are sure your sus-
piciOns are groundlcss
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

e9y- The Anderson Is. C) Gazette learns
from reliable source, that the Blue Ridge
Company have decided upon Anderson as
,he eastern terminus of the Road.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11
We copy the following from the Star
~ WoRK.-We hear that since the
pobcr last, the Post Office Depart.

pohcr last, the Post Office Depart.
Have distributed among the various post
masters Of the country postage stamps and
stamped envelopes to an aggregate amount
of more than three millions and n half of dol
lars. These stamps and envelopes are in de-
nomination for one cent, three cents, and
twelve cents After taking an account of the
balance on hand, it is found that those thus
sent out are accounted for to within loo dol
lars worth or so.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

THE WAR OF THE SHELLs.-Ion the Wash
ington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
says:-The administration have determined
to continue the war against the "refactory
officers, that is, men who have not en-
braced, and perhaps have not understood the
Presidents plan for producing democratic
harmony. To balance accounts with the
"hards" of New York, the President had sent
the bow-string to some coalition office holders
in Boston-men who maintain democracy by
use of abolition associates. learn that the
orders for turning out some poor devils OF
this faction went to Boston yesterday.
But the abolition element in the democratic
party will not mix kindly with the rest, and
is apt to sour. The next "indienation" is to
come, not from the hardS, but from their an
tagOniSts, the free soilcrs. Ion.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

WELL TmED.-Thc Journal of Commerce
well remarks on the causes of faiure among
merchants when it says:
There are causes nearer home which com
plicate the web of our prosperity far more
than the Turkish question, but these seem TO
be overlooked, while undue Importance is
given to the other. There may be war, be-
tween Russia and Turkey, and it is possible
that France and England may be invoked in
it; although we deem the last improbable, and
the first quite doubtful.
But if we could stand well at homc-if
merchants, and merchants clerks would stop
dabbling in stock and other speculations, out
side of their regular busness--it young be-
ginners, and houses with limited capital,
would confine them within the circle which
they could span with their own means, keep
ing down their expenses, and aping neither
the style or manners of ofmIionarics-in short,
if business men generally would show n de-
sire to deveIope some other traits of character,
than the one ambition for sudden wealth
the sabre and scymeter might clash on the
borders of Europe, without creating any
excitement on this side of the Atlantic.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11
NEW ORLEANS, Nov,

NEW ORLEANS, NOV 4.
The Cholera is ravaging Yucatan. One
hundred deaths are daily occurring from the
disease in Merida, thecapital city.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

sB" The Bronson indignation meeting
at the New York Exchange on Monday, was
largely attended, and very decided in con-
demnation of the Governments removal Of
the Collector.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

r5y" When Haddik's wife kicked him out
of bed, says hc-"See here, nowl you'd bet
ter not do that again! lfyou do, it will cause
u coolueSSm
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

INFORMATION WANTEp.-lf the wife or any
heirs OF James Tatom will apply atthis office
she will hear something worth attention.
James Tatom married Miss Bibh. at or
near Petersburg, Ga, kept n tavern at Abbe
willie, G. H., and died in Hamburg between
1928 and lS52.-tbbcgMe Is. C.) Advocate
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

SANDWICH IsLANDs-RUssIAN INVASION OF
THE lsLAYDs-We learn from private advices
received in this city, that vast emigration of
Russians, said to be 1900 in number, is in
preparation for the Sandwich Islands, under
the immediate auspices of the Emperor If
our information is correct, and we have no
reason to doubt its truth it will be necessary
for the Government of the United States to
take immediate possession of the Islands, or
they will fall into the hands of some one of
the European powers. 1t is not probable
that the jealousy of France or England would
permit a Russian invasion of the Sandwich
Islands under pretence of colonization. They
will consequently anticipate this movement,
and in doing so, anticpNte Ourseyes.-AAa.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

.5g- French physicians assert that one
great causc Of people losing their hair, and
also preventing its growth, is the drinking Of
grca, quantities Of tea.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

The beautiful is woman around the fever-
ed led Of sickness, pilIowing the pale cheek,
bathing and binding up the iainling brow,
aud, like Il form of light, whispering "hope,
where else there had been none:
When man is waxing frail,
Aud his hand is thin and weak
And his lips are parched and pale,
And wan and white his check
Oh then doth woman prove
Her constnncN and love
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

~ Mrs. Primrose Johnson has obtained
Judgment, in the Circuit Court in Broom
county, of $4,000 damages against the Erie
Railroad Company, for the death of her hus.
band who was killed by an accident on the
defendants road.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

REcrrE roG UAPPNEss.-Go without
your dinner, and see if you don't feel happy
when it is supper time.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-11-11

CLAIM OF JUICE BRoNsON.-lt is stated that
ex-colector Bronson, of New York, will claim
about 81, 900 as his share of penal duties col
lected during his brief administration. This,
added to $4,000 salary, and ordinary fees,
makes $1,000 for six months service.