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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-05-27

ONLY A CHILp.-"Who is to be buried
here!" said to the sexton. "Only child,
ma'am."
Only child? Oh! had you ever been a
-mother-had you nightly pillowed that gol-
den head-had you slept the sweeter for that
little velvet hand upon your breast-had you
waited for the first intelligent glance from
those blue eyes-had you watched its slum-
bers, tracing the features of him who stole
your girlish heart away-had you wept a
widows tears over its unconscious head-had
your desolate, timid heart gained courage
from that little piping voice to wrestle with
the jostling crowd for daily bread-had its
loving smiles and prattling words been sweet
recompensc for such sad exposure-had the
lonely future been frightened by the hope of
that young arm to lean upon, that bright eye
for your guiding star-had you never framed
a plan or known hope or fear, at which that
child was not part. If there was naught
else on earth left for you to love-if disease
came, and its eyes grew dim, and food, and
rest, and sleep, were forgotten in your anxious
fears-if you pace the floor hour by hour,
with that fragile burden, when your very
touch seemed to give comfort and healing to
that little quivering frame-had the star Of
hope set at last-then, had you hung over its
dying pillow, when the strong breast You
should have wept on was in the grave, where
your child was hastening-had you caught
alone its last faint cry for the "help" you could
not give-haG its last iuttering sigh breathed
out on your breast-Oh! could you have only
sad-"'Ts only child| FANNY FERN.
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THE POST.
Athens, Friday, May u, 1853.

,R The following is the closing para
graph of an article describing the explosion
Of the steamer Jenny Lind, by which some
twenty lives were lost
"The scene on board beggars all descrp-
ton. Hero fond wife, herself sinking in
the arms of DEATH looking at the last strug-
giles of an affectionate and long tried hus-
band, surrounded by the dead bodies of their
Your innocent offspring, but few hours be-
fore buoyant with life, health, happiness and
hope. In another spot was the dying mo-
ther, endcavoring with her raw and scaded
arms to embrace the only child of her bo-
som, a cold, stiff corpse, untimely hurried to
eternity by violent and dreadful DEATH
There laid n strong man, cOnvulsively wres-
tling with death, while the hoarse rattle in
his throat and the galvanic quivering of his
eyes, gave token of rapid dissolution. In
another spot were the torn and mangled re-
mains of a once beautiful woman, wearing
even in her horrid death sweet smile of
peace and tranquility Ranged side by side
were the dead, dying, and the sufferers of ex-
cruciating agony. Medical attendance was
on hand, and every thing done that human
skill and ingenuity could do; but the cir.
cumstances, with its attendant horrors, will
leave an indelible impression on the minds of
all who saw it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-05-27

.T- The new number of the London
Quarterly Review gives the following as the
present state of the search for Sir John Frank
lin:
"Sir E. Belcher is engaged in a survey of
Wellington, while Capt Kellett is probably
safely anchored in Winter Harbor, the old
quarters of Parry. Each has a well-stored
ship, with an attendant steamer; while the
North Star, within reach no doubt of parties
from either vessel, remains in Franklin's har-
borage at Beechy Island. On the Pacific side
the Plover we may presume has advanced to
Point Barrow. We have no intelligence of
Mcclure since, under press of canvass, he
stood for the pack ice off Icy Cape, in August,
1850; nor from Collinson since he passed
Behring's Straits in July of the following
year. Our Consul at Panama indeed writes
that Collinson had been spoken by some
whalers, but without details; we know not
what credit is to be attached to the report.
Mcclure supposed he should be able to reach
England, by way of Barrow's straits, some
time in this year, either by navigating his YES
sci through the unknown sea which stretches
north of the American continent, or by quit
ting his ships and making for Melville Island
or some point nearer home. Stirring tidings
of some kind will most likely reach us in the
course Of n few months"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-05-27

.9y" There is a story told of a Roman
Catholic priest remarkable for his humility.
He was the son of n poor fisherman. His
piety and learning recommended him for pro-
motion, and he never concealed the humble
ness of his origin, for though he rose rapidly
from dignity to dignity, he always spread a
net upon his dinner table as memorial Of
his piscatorial extraction. The reigning Pope
died, and the College of Cardinals determined
to choose this modest priest as his successor.
After his election he invited them and his
friends to n magnificent dinner; when, to the
astonishment of the assembled guests, the
time-honored net was removed One of the
boldest of the company asked why the famil
lar object was missing, to which the Supreme
Pontid ldconically answered, "The fish is
caught"
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VOL. V.--N0. 244.
GREEN VEIJS

Somebody, great many years ago, said
that the bitterest of earthly affections was
$40 love and not be loved again."
Next to it, certainly is the atiliction, pain
and annoyance of meeting on the sidewalk
pretty female figure with its head tightly
wrapped up and enveloped in an impenetra.
BILE green veil, which said green veil aforesaid
bows to you in wholly bewitcling manner
and leaves you standing bear headed on the
walk in revery Of wonder, curiosity and
wrath. Such we regret to say, has been the
source of a great deal of recent suffering,
disquiet and modification TO us. We have
been bowed to by at least two dozen of these
confounded ambulatory and peripatietic green
wells, or by the Same green veil in two dozen
different places, and are to this moment per-
fectly and totally innocent of The slightest
idea whose was the face and whose the fea-
lures they concealed. If they were hideous
faces-the faces of our grardmUthers' school,
mates-we wouldn't care, but-sthere's the
rub they wern't. First, they wern't, because
our grandmother didn't go to school here;
second, because she didn't go anywhere; and
lastly, because she and all her possible school,
mates are beyond the folies of green veil.
1t always seems to the "bowee" that an an
gelss face must be hidden behind one of
these irritating and impertinent green wells.
A few moments philosophy is sure to prove
the contrary, because no pretty face would do
itself and the rest of mankind the wrong to
hide under any such impenetrability as that.
But who the dickens wants to stop and phi
losophize with the possibility of his beloved
being in reach of his leye, his arm and his
voce.-We are about pettioning for a law
making it capital-mearing thereby kis-
sable-offence, for any female under the age
Of thirty-five, whose face is not SCARED by
smallpox, nor otherwise distorted, and, who
was not born with features like Medusa, to
be found wearing green veil, at any time
or under any pretext, on any sidewalk. The
story of Mokanna shall be copied from Tom
Moore's "Veiled Prophet of Chorassdn," and
affixed to the fifth section of the bill; and
thereby we trust to do something for the
good and comfort of the masculine commu.
nifty.
A pretty woman is like great truth or
great happiness, and has no more right to
bundle Herself up under green veil, or any
other similar abomination, than the sun has
to put on spectacles. We like masks and
are fond of masquerades, but regulate our
fondness BY Solomon's injunction that there
is a season for all things. These preambu-
latory female riddles we do not like--at
least until we know who they are. Then
we are as willing as any one to acknowledge
that
"a thing of beauty is a joy forever"
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COPPER.

Particular attention attaches, at this present
moment, to copper, and all articles Of which
it forms component part, or account Of the
very high prices prevailing, which have been
brought about by the largely increased de-
mand and the reduced supplies from the prin-
cipal mines at home and abroad. The receipts
OF copper ore from the South American mines
have of late years been comparatively limited,
vessels having found more profitable employ
ment in loading with other articles, particu-
larly guano; and from the northern mining
districts cf our own country, only moiety of
the entire product which might have been
realized has been sent to market. In the
meantime the carrying trade of the world was
increasing most rapidly, more vessels probably
having been built during the last five years
than ever before within the same space of
time; and there are now on the stocks, and
under contract, from Maine to Florida, a
greater nupbr of vessels, according to all
accounts, than ever before. With all vessels,
it is well known, the shedthing for the pres
ervation of the bottom timbers, is one Of the
most expensive items, and an idea may there
fore be formed Of the extent of the increased
demand within the last three or four years,
or since the shipping of the world have so
rapidly multiplied, for all articles suitable for
bottom sheathng, such as copper and yellow
metal. These facts furnish the philosophy,
we think, of the great advance in copper.
The following table will exhibit, at a
glance, the extent of the advance in copper in
this market:
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-05-27
BY SAM. P. WINS.
TERMS;

THE POST is published every Friday al
S2per year. payable in advance, or 50, if pay
ment is delayed until the expiration of tbs
year.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be charged 81 pei
square of IL lines, or less, for the first inser
tion, and Is cents for each continuance. A
liberal deduction made to those who advertise
by the year. Persons sending advertisements
must mark the number of times they desire
them inserted or they will continue until for
hid and charged accordingly.
For Announcing the names of candidates for
office, SO, CASH.
jon WoRK, such as Pamphlets, Minutes, Cir.
eulars Carde, Blanks, Handbills, DC, will be
executed in a neat and workmanlike manner,
at short notice, and on reasonable terms.
All letters addressed to the Proprietor, post
paid will be promptly attended to.
Persons at distance sending us the names
of four solvent subscribers will be entitled to
a fifth copy gratis.
No communication inserted unless accom-
panied by the name Of the euthor.
rE- Office on Main street, hext door to the
old jackson Hotel.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-05-27

CRIME, NORTH AND SoUTH-The New
York Express has an article about the Key to
Uncle Toms Cabin. The Express is of
opinion that the "facts" of the work will not
stand discussion; that they are exceptions to
the general rule. Says the Express
To pick up and group shocking particu-
larities is easy enough il-kny part Of this or
any other country. Our New York police re-
cords daily would make a shocking book
Go into the Tombs morning. and see Judge
Beebe send to prison criminals one minute,
perhaps, if you have any doubt of the fact;
husbands for almost numbering their wives;
wives for all sorts of viIlanies; striplihgs,
boys, and almost babies, for the crimes of
maturity. The other day Il city journal laid
the whole South under the interdict of
general charge Of prostitution" when we
avcrred what we believe to be true, that there
is more prostitution every night between
Bleeker street and the Battery than from the
Potomac to the Rio Grande All these things
are shocking; but the men Of the South, be-
ing made of just the same flesh and blood
that we are, commit no doubt like vilanies
rascalities and crime; and when they are
grouped, pictured, or blazoned ia focus, they
show or burn frightlully.
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HARRIET POMEROY.

VALUABLE REcEPTs.-To become Rich
Save your money and scar your conscience
To become Wise-Eat, sleep, and say no.
thing.
To become Popular-Join the strongest
church, and all secret societies.
To become Respected-Say "yes to every
other mans opinions, and have none of your
own.
To become Exalted to little Office-Be
ready at all times to act as fool for "big men,"
To become Poor--3e honest and void of
suspicion.
To become Insane-Speak your sentiments
without consulting the oracles.
To become Unfortunate-Print your
thoughts
To become Slaudered-Edit paper and
tell the truth.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-05-27

A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.-We have read
many CHASTITY accounts of Partisan life in the
"fast" quarters Of the city-some of which
we believed, while others appeared entirely
incredibc-but never have we encountered
so frightful biography Gin brieD as that
contained in the following paragraph, which
we clip from the French correspondence Of
the New York Express:
"Therc was n large crowd at the Morgue
the other day. The papers had announced
the removal there of body foud in the Seine.
A woman who, fifteen years ago, was very
fair and very frail, and was known in Paris
as La Belle Euphemie, had found life intol-
erable, for her beauty had fed, and had
thrown herself into the river The mere ex-
position of the body of suicide at the Nor
que was not, of course, the spectacle that had
attracted the crowded attendance-such sights
may be viewed every day. Bnt it seemsthat
the fair Euphemie was covered with inscrip-
tons from head to foot; her whole body was
tatooed with characteristic designs and aIlege-
rical devices. There were amatory verses
done in blue; erotic and cabalistic engrayings
printed in Indian ink These carvings were
executed with varying degrees of skill, and
an infnity of hands were easily recognizable
in their work. The lady's successive lovers
had all traced upon her skin their names, and
the date and duration Of their liaison. Like
Orlando, they had hung odes and eigies on
lady's limbs. You may imagine that the
hope of enjoying such prospect drew large
sprinklng of amateurs to the dead-house."
The unfortunate woman-a human cata-
ogue of amours and dissipations-was buri-
ed in the foSSe communicable one having ap-
peared to claim her corpse. Not one Of the
poetic gentlemen who had scrolled their in
spiration on her fair arms, valued the poor
remnant of what was once beauty and glow
ing life, and she was flung out to rot, with
no shroud but the record of her folles, her
passions, and her sins. Type of the great
city in which she spent her days-which has
changed her lovers, while red record Of
their deeds has been written on her surface
by each-and which, even in our time, will
be flung out from the society of nations as
the corpse of a roue city-neglected, unla-
mented, and contemned.
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Prices.
Feb. 5. '53. Anril 80, '53.

lhere appears 10 De more general conn.,
dence in the productveness and profit of the
Southern Copper Mines than those of the
Lake Superior and other regions in that part
of our country.
In regard to the Copper mines of Maryland
it may be remarked, that there appears to be
greater degree of confidence in their proba-
Bile productiveness than in most of the other
Southern mines. The Dollyhde mine, near
Liberty, Frederick county, is not being work.
ed extensively as yet, but is yielding at the
rate of about $500 to $3.50 per fathom The
Bare Hill mine, in Baltimore county, is capa.
Bile Of yielding some one hundred and twenty
tons per month. The Springfield mine, near
Sykesville, has lately been opened, and is al
ready yielding at the rate of forty tons per
month. At the Patapsco and Mineral Hill
mines, near Reisterstown, the Corroll, near
Sykesville, and the New London, near Liber-
ty, shafts are being sunk, and other prepara-
tons arc going forward for more active ope-
rations. None of the MARYLAND mines have
heretofore been worked on an extensive scale.
The Dollyhide has just changed hands, and
will Immediately be put in full operation,
with the promise of large returns.-Baltimore
Price Current
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ENr The PnSt
IT'S NOT THE TEAR NOR SIGH.

TITS NOT THE TEAR NOR SIGH.
IT'S not the tear, nor deep-wrought sigh,
That tells the beating heart alone
There is the language of the eye
That speaks softer, milder tone;
She speaks, but not the trembltugsyord,
'Tis the mysterious langua8 OF Ne brook
That still sweet voice is seen or heard,
In every knowing glance, and melting look
0! when woman's heart once given,
Let man receive the generous token,
She seals it with the kiss of heaven,
And that seal is still unbroken.
Weeks, and months, nay, years may glide,
They cannot change her heart-no, never
Here comes sweet Memory's glowing tide,
And all the scenes are bright us ever.
When gloom distends her angry pail,
Then glows the spark Of love divine,
Fond woman smiles upon it all,
Still kneeing at Affection shriLe,
She loves on with soul unchanged,
Through all the varying scenes OF life,
Though mans callous heart may be estranged
He still finds the faithful, loving wife.
When summer spreads her golden bowers,
And nature breathes her holest strain,
She'll twine wreath of brightest flowers,
And breathe anew her vows again.
r. J. G.
TeUic0, Man II. 1859
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-05-27

BUFFALO, May l3.-A dreadful accident
occurred here this afternoon by the falling of
a large building occupied as banking house
by Thompson g. Co., which was being repair
cd, to do which the wall was taken out.
Fifteen or twenty workmen and others
were buried in the ruins. Up to 9 o'clock,
three dead bodies and six living ones were
taken out. 1t is thought that is more are
beneath the ruins, all doubtless dead. A
large body of fircmen arc at work removing
the mass of fallen timbers, brick, &c.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-05-27

A little girl, five years old, died yesterday
morning in Freeman street, from the effects
of intoxica.ion by brandy. Coroner Bruen
held an inquest, on which it appeared that
the child, on Wednesday, went to the house
Of a neighbor, and during the absence of all
persons from the house, took down can
containing nearly half pint of liquor and
drank it, alter which she was insensible till
the time of her death. The child, it is said,
has had from the age of infancy, a remarkable
taste for liquor and secretly drank it when.
ever an opportunity was oflered-Neoark
(N J) Eagle, 9Th inst
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-05-27

A BLooMER IN A RAGE-Harriet Pomerov
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gives 'no eul.or Vi 'no iyniou'n D"'."ef u
few digs in the bread basket for his imper-
tinence. Give it TO him Harriet until he
pants as beautifully as Won do. Hear her
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honnJs 0 onI ni "i'a 1'n si 1hu tho, 'no
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-05-27
eg" A man who lived and died many years

.Y" A man who lived and died many years
ago wrote as follows:
"True hope is based on energy ofcharacter.
A strong mind always hopes and has always
cause to hope, because it knows the mutabili-
ty of human affairs and how slight crcum-
stance may change the whole course of events.
Such mind rests upon itself; it is not con-
fined to partial views, or to one particular OBJ
ject and if, at last, all should be lost, il has
saved itself its own integrity and worth.
slope awakens courage, while desponden-
cy is the last of evils; it is the abandonment
of good, the giving up Of the battle of life
with dead nothingness. Hc who can plant
courage Ill the human soul is the best ply
sician.
"1'o seek 10 gorern men by their fears and
their 'cantS is an uawOrthy purpose; the de-
sire to rule by means Of cowardce is itself
cowardice."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-05-27

eB" In order to provide against loss of
life by railroad collisions, the N. Y. Tribune
suggests that two, three, or four prerenter
cars be placed on the train between the bag
gage and passenger cars. They might be
stoutly constructed, and by means of stuff
fng of cotton, or the use of India rubber, or
some other elastic substance, be made per-
feet protection to the passengers in cases
IKE the late fatal catastrophe near Chicago,
or the more recent deplorable plunge at Nor
walk. 1t would have been far better to have
had two or three cars filled with cotton
wool hurled into that frightful vortex at the
Norwalk draw, than to have had that pre-
ciously freighted train precipitated into the
chasm in the awful manner we have seen.-
The Tribune says it is already half carried
out, as it learns since the disaster, the first
car on the New Haven Road is nearly or
quite deserted.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-05-27

THE TRouBLEs IN New MExIco.-lt is
said that official dispatches have reached
Washington, from New Mexico, giving rea-
sons for Gov. Lanes course, which have not
been heretofore presented. II is explained
that Governor Lanes seizure was consequent
upon certain outrageous proceedings on the
part of the authorities Of chihuahua, in seiz-
Ing upon and impressing American citizens,
under peculiarly oppressive circumstances.
1t is said that special bearer of dispatches
has been sent TO Santa Fe. An additional
military force will be put in requistion TO
maintain the alleged claim of the United
States to the disputed territory in New Mexi-
co
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-05-27

THE SEA SERPENT IN TExAs.-The Co.
lumbia (Texas) Democrat gives the follow
ing account of sea or river serpent recent
ly seen in the Brazos river:
On Friday last several of our citizens had
a full view of monster in our river, answer
ing the description of the sea serpent. They
say it was from sixteen to eighteen feet long,
with very large head resembling the alliga-
tor. The circumference of its body near its
head was about twenty-five or twenty-sx
inches, and its motions in the water were
similar to that Of the snake. 1t moved with
incredible swiftness, sometimes raising its
body out Of the water three or four feet at a
time. When mile below our town, his
snakeship took resting spell, and was seen
very plainly by gentleman living immedi-
ately on the river.
There can be no doubt that this individual
is either lineal descendant of the sea SER
pent, or in some way related to that mons
frosty.