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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-26

MoSrvALE SPRIyGs.-Wc respectfully So
licit attention to the advertisement Of the
proprietor Of this justly celebrated watering
place, which appears in today's paper. The
large and commodious Eotcl has been finish
cd and furnished in the most complete and
superb style, and our enterprising friend,
Col. Watson, has spared no pains nor ex-
pense to make ample arrangements for the
accommodations Of all who may seek Mont
vale to enjoy the bold and delightful scenery
by which it is surrounded, and to partake of
its hcalth-giving waters. No better springs
can be found any where, and to the votary of
pleasure, and the invalid seeking for health,
Montvalc presents prc.cmincnt inducements.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-26

~ Our thanks arc due tIon. F. X. Zolli.
Golfer, Hon. WIN. NJ. Churchwell, and Hon.
S. A. Smith, for many valuable documents
and papers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-26

.B- What has become 81 the Kingston
Gazetteer We have not received number
70, thee weeks! Do our friends at the month
of Clincl, like The Chattanooga Gazette, find
it 0ioo oncrous TO exchange with the coun-
frv ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-26

~ The Russian schooner Liberals, Cap
tain Raas, was taken by the British, and a
prize crew was put on board to navigate the
vessel to Eagland. Captain Raas, bein g nc
quainted With British tastes, supplied his cap.
tors with an unlimited allowance of brandy.
They got drunk; the Russians nailed them
below matches, and carried them as prisoners
into CarlsrOna.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-26

Thus it will be seen Nashville has carried
off the prize, the struggle having been close
between that city and Louisville.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-26

~ A clergyman, at an afternoon ser
vice, was asked to read n notice for Two.
man'srights' lecture. Whcrcupon he stretched
out his hands, pronounced the benediction
and then catching up piece of paper, said
he had forgotten to read the following no.
ticc: AT half past six to night, at the school
house in the first district. hen will attempt
to crow!'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-26
A Washington letter in the New York
Express says

III "'sHIuStoH Icttcr III INC Now YORK
Express says:
From California there is report that Mr..
David Broderick's chance for the office of u.
). Senator is destroyed, Notwithstanding his
expenditure OF 100000 in the canvass. Mr.
Gwin, it is now thought, will be reelected,
Mrs. Gwin an able clectioneercr, having pre-.
cedci him to that State,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-26
TIIE"LlTTLE GIANT AND THE DUTY
ON RAILROAD IRON.


Some Of the Eastern papers state that Sen.
ator Douglass is preparing for tremendous
effort to have the duty on railroad iron re.
pealed. His bid number one for the Presi.
dency having failed to advance him in that
direction, it is now necessary to play another
card; but that too will fail. When Mr.. Dou.
glass first appeared in the political arena he
was regarded as gentleman Of very fair Mt.
tainmcnts and rather respectable intellectual
proportions, but he has been falling of, taper.
ing down, growing smaller by degrees and
beautifully less in thScstimntion of those
who have been watching his career from his
first appearance sin public on the stage."-
He evidently belongs to the cockroach order.
and was larger in the chrysalis state than he
has ever been since. Like Jno. O'Brien's
cake, he will turn out in the end to be very
small affair indeed, Notwithstanding the eff
forts to magnify him into dimensions per-
cevable with the naked eye.
In regard to the repeal Of the duty on rail-
road iron, we believe the movement injudi.
cious and unwise. We yield to no one in
point of zeal for the establishment of rail.
road facilities, but the repeal of the duty will
not cheaper the iron eventually, but it will
result in the ruin of al our home interests
engaged in that branch of manufacturing.-
And we are not willing to sec that done for
the purpose of giving a mere temporary adj
vantage to railroad enterprises.
The Railway Times publishes an article
upon the subject, from which we take the
following extract:
"If the tariff should be repealed tomorrow,
the foreign rates for iron would only con-
tinue for the short time that our own works
would be in operation-and close up our
works must under the skiIful and selfish
management Of the combined foreign manu-.
faclurers. Now it is well known that the
average wear and tear of rails is from eight
to twelve per cent. per annum, and some six
or ten years hence, after our own furnaces
and fOrgcs arc stopped, the new roads wonld
have to depend upon the mercy of the for
eign manufacturer By sacrificing our own |
manufacturers now, they may succeed in ironf|
ing their roads ut small savng-and very
small one we believe it would be-but Just
as surely they would lose that saving at some
no very distant day. Every bushe of coal
we take from our mines, every ton of ore we
take from the bed, and every hours labor
we pay our own citizens for, in the produc-
ton OF American iron, is just SO much add.
cd to the national wealth, and just SO far
subserycs TO our national commercial indie
pendencc. Let the sobcrminded men and
the business men Of this country make up
their minds to take this matter of protection
to American interests out of the vortex of
party politics, and contemplate the subject in
a spirit of busincss-like sagacity. Look at it
as Il matter of profit and loss to each ndi-
vidual. Let them all remember that Il com
pletc system of well diversified and well paid
labor is the best evidence of national impor-
lance, national independence and national
thrift"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-26

go The French government has disavow-
ed Count Raqusset de Boulbon's expedition
TO Sonora
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ry" Our friend, J. Rudd, NiadsonyiIc
has our thanks for the names of new sub
scribcrs. Notwithstanding new papers arc
sprnging up all around u.s. and some of them
very good ones too, our list is steadily in.
crea,ng. AS to its solyency, we will venture
that we have fewer non-paying subscribers
than any press in the State. The names on
our books now number eleven hundred,
which is pretty tall for paper published in
provincial town." and out of that number
we are positive we have not fifty doubtful
ones. We don't mention these facts in n
spirit Of Boosting, but for the information of
our friends abroad who may feel an interest
in the prosperity Of the paper. Energy and
industry, with good fair business manage.
inent and u reasonable trust in Providence,
iIlmakc any enterprise succeed. We shall re-
double our efforts to make the "Post" wor.
thy the generous support it is receiving.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-26
ON POLITICAL CLERGYMEN

BENTON ON POLITICAL CLERGYMEN.
The venerable Senator from Missouri in
his late Speech in the House, on the Nebras-
ka bill, gave uttcrance to the following in
reference to those Clergymen who have pro-
tested against the extension of slavery into
the new territory:
'Savery never ceased anywhere on prin-
cple Of religion; the religion of all nations
consecrates it. Its abolition cannot be en-.
forced among Christians on that ground,
without reproducing the founder of their reli.
gion. Many who think themselves Christians
are now engaged in preaching against slavery;
but they had better ascertain whether they
have fulfilled the precepts of Christ, before
they assume moral superiority over him and
undertake to do what he did not. 10 the
politicians who are now engaged in the same
occupation, it is needless to give like admoni.
>ton. They have their views and the success
of these would be poorly promoted by fol-
lowing the precepts Of the gospel. Their
kingdom is of this world, and to reach it they
all do the things they ought not, and leave
undone the things which they ought to do.
Slavery will cease, in the course of some
generations, in several of the States where it
now exists; and cease upon the same princi-
pies on which it has disappeared elsewhere"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-26
sN-in an article which appeared in re.
cent issue Of the Washington Sentinel, The
following paragraph occurs:

VN IN al "rI'cle WHICH appeared IN re.
cent issue of the Washington Sentinel, The
following paragraph occurs:
ave have always been so fortunate rs to
have many fitted for the legislature, fitted for
the judiciary. But whilst this is true we
have not always been so judicious as to place
in official positions those best qualified to fill
them. We have in seveal instances confer
red the Chief Magistracy on men whose only
recommendation was their obscurity, and
who had neither the wisdom, the virtue, nor
the character to discharge its duties and to
meet its vast responsibilities. They have been
taken up, honored, and been spoiled BY indis-
Greet kindness. Their unfitness, their iincom.
potency, their imbccility have in every in.
stance reacted most injjuriously on the par.
ties by whom they have been elected. Good
men, wise men, capable men, great men, have
been passed over. In place of giants, pigmies
have been chosen. IN place of those men who
were known, We have taken men who were
utterly obscure and unknown. We only mean
to say that this has been done in several
instances. We do not believe that it will be
done again, at least in this generation; we
dcvOutly hope that ii may not"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-26

The suspension bridge across the Ohio at
Wheeling, was entirely destroyed by gale,
which occurred Oh "Wednesday, the 18th.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-26

MoREDEvELoPNESTs.-- report has reach
cd this place that rich veins Of German sitter
have been discovered in one of the Dutch
settlements of Morgan county.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-26

~ A prominent cx.member of Congress,
of the National Wing school, who has re.
Gently returned from tour through New
England, reports that Bell, of Tennessee, and
Houston, of Texas, are the favorite candi.
dates, respectively, of the Wings and Demo-
Gratis of that region for the next Presidency.
If Mr. Bell should be nominated, Rufus
Choatc or Robert c. Winthrop, o: Massa-
chusetts, will probably be nominated for Vico
President-or perhaps Ogden Hoffman or
George Wood, of New York. Mr.. Fillmore,
he is informed, does not wish to have his
name used in connection with the next Presi-
dental canvass; but will leave the field clear
to all competitors for the honor.
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WASHINGTON, Nav II.

We have had tremendous storm here
This afternoon, between two and three o'clock.
"A lady in the first Ward was killed by a
stroke Of lightning.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-26
ATHENS POST.
s.P.lvINs. EDITOR AND pRorRIErOR

1hRNS.-sa year, payable in advanee, or
10 a. TIE expiration Of the year.
B NO operdiscontinued until arreGrges
are pa'd' ercept at he option ofthe Publisher.
for announcing tie names Of candidates for
office IS, Cash.
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20 Tho remains of Columbus are inferred
in chapel on the Plaza dc Armas, Havana.
They are held in great reverence by the PEG.
pie there,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-26

WAsHryGToy, May 90.
The u. S. House of Representatives adj
iourned on Saturday without passing the
Nebraska Bill, but demonstrated that there
was 4 clear majority in favor Of IL.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-26

20" The modern way Of asking for a
marriage license, is 10 say, Clerk, give me
IN order for a woman,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-26

II is remarkable fact that the letters
Wrong, arc invariably pronounced nrong.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-26

Get married while you're young.
For when YOU get old YOU can't"
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-04-19
Historical racts.

The assertion that continues to be repeated bY
the unti-Nebraska press and orators that Missouri
came into the Union under the act of 1870, In
false. We have adduced the facts to the admiss.
sion of this State which proves the assertion false;
and no press has attempted to controyert these
facts. We see that similar facts were adduccd
by Senator Douglass in his great speech; and vet
the abolitionists paid no more heed TO them than
the writer of "a Calm appeal" appears to have
done. But what right have the advocates of the
Nebraska bill to use of facts, or to q fair arpu.
mcnt? According 10 anti-Nebraska men, they
tors Of public faith, deserving to be burnt In efipy
or to be tarred and feathered. Surely such have
no right to facts! .a 81. 81 .t''
Senator Douglas thus replied to Senator Chase
on this point: -. t..r
"Mr. President. nm sorry that the Senator
from Ohio has repeated the statement that Mis-
souri, came in under the compact which he aays
was made by the act of 1920. How many times
have 10 disprove tho statement! Does not the
vote to which have referred show that such was
not the case! Does not tho fact that there was q
necessity for a new compromise show it! Have
| not proved it three times over! And is il pos
sible that the Senator from Ohio win repeat it In
the face vi the record, with the vote staring him
in the face, and with the evidence which [ have
produced! Does he suppose that he can make
his own people believe that this statement ought
10 be credited in opposition to the solemn record:
am amazed that the Senator should repeat tho
statement again, unsustained by the fact, By tho
record, and the evidence, and overwhel lined by tho
whole current and weight Of the testimony which
| have produced. ~ Boston Post s ''
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-04-19
SIGNATURES.
For the Portags Sentinc
Soldiers Convention.

Editor of the Sentinel:-The meeting of old
Soldiers OF the War of 1912, which was adverts-
ed to be held at the Court House, last Saturday,
owing to the stormy and unpleasant state of the
weather was but thinly attended; but few warm
and friendly greetings were had. The number
present was twenty-five, whose names will be
furnished you with the proceedings for publication.
1t was indeed pleasant to hehold those old SEX
agenarians and septuagenarians, there met togeth-
er, with their hearty greetings and recounting
over their tolls and pers encountered to perpetu-
ate the independence of our country, then at
tempted TO be resubiected to British tyranny
The British oligarchy had never given up their
claim to dominion over us. They still claimed
and exercised the right-no, not the right. but the
power-to search our ships and impress such sea-
men as they wanted, to man their Men-of of.war-
ships, to fight against all attempts ut liberty on
earth, and to plunder the seas and maratime ports
of the world. Those OF us who, forty-one years
ago, were residents of this, then, wild region oi
Northeastern Ohio, called the Reserve, we'll re-
member its then frontier feeble and defenceless
State; Wnen TWO or tnree nunure0 DrltSn, ana
their Indian allies, had they known our weakness
and dared to venture, could have laid waste the
infant settlements of these counties, though per-
haps not with entire impunity. At one time many
loads Of household goods were prepared, and some
started for the Ohio river settlements. But the
panic was Of short duration, as it was found the
enemy failed to follow up the advantage gained
by Hulrs surrender.
But our army and navy finally conquered an
honorable peace, and then and rot till then, was
our country independent Of foreign thraldom-
and from that peace We may date the rapid pro
gress of our country, in all the great elements o.
prosperity. ,@
Besides that foreign enemy, we had another
foe to encounter, domestic one, the eastern tor
Federalsts the peace parties Of those days, wht
I were continually crying "peace, peace, when ther'
was no peace;' who, though they were too COW
ardly to take up arms. used every other exertiol
to Gid the enemy. even ID arrayi6g the moral mi
political powers Of some ofthe State Government
to paralize the power Of the General Government
They refused to put State troops under y. s. ON
ssrs. v 70 march e6t u ths Esats; and sbsy iSsa
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-04-19
Ohio Geology in short Metre.

A writer in the Ohio Cultiuotor thus "dps" in
to this underground subject:
The great geological divisions Cf the State are
we'll understood; the strata dip easterly; at Gin
cinnati you are upon the blue limestone, the low
est rock formation geologicaIly, in the State
Travelling east, at Dayton and Xenl", you come
upon the outcrop Of the cliff lime stone, which
continues 10 Columbus, where it is quarred for
the new State House-a few miles east of Co.
lumbus it dips under the black slate, and in Il
short distance the black slate disappears under a
sandstone; this sandstone is northern continua-
ton of the Wavery sandstone of the old geolog-
ica survey still continuing east, you find that the
Waverly sandstone dips under u coarse grained
sandstone, in SINE places made up of pebbles
cemented together--and frequently called pud-
ding stone. This il the ngiomeratc-above
which comes the coal measures, consisting Of a :
ternate beds of sandstone, coal, limestone, shale,
and iron ore. This conglomerate or course sand
stone formation is important as furnishing geo.
logical horizon, indicating where we may expect
to find coal, that is, above It, peUer below it,
Again-take map of the State and draw line
from little east of Sandusky City through Co.
lulnbus and Bainbridge to the Ohio river, and the
great limestone formation is all west of this line;
draw another from near Cleveland, through New
ark and Lancaster to Portsmouth, and all the coai,
iron ore slate in workable quantities lies east
Of this line. .......,...
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-04-19

ed powerful combinations Of capitalists. % prevent
our Federal Government from obtaining loans Of
money, the sinews ofwar, by which means the
the Government became very much embarrassed,
was often proclaimed bankrupt by tories, and
many times the soldiers Jared hard for want Of
seasonable pay. Thetory editors and politicians
rang it often in our that the war was unjust,
unnecessary, andoppressive. The clergy Of New
England joined in the hue and cry, and denounc-
ed the war as unholy and unjust, as they lately
have the Nebraska bill. Gov. Strong, of Mass,
groaned at it, that our democratic Administration
made war against :" Great Britain, the bulwark Of
the Religion we profess" r.aas,s
But, by the blessing Of Providence, and the pat
riotic efforts of our Statesmen, such as Madison
Monroe, the Clintons, Meigs, Shelby and host
of others aided in the field by such Generals as
Jackson, Scott, Brown, Pike, Gaines, Cass, Cof-
fee, and their compatriots in arms, on land and
sea, we conquered our foes, foreign and domestic
and now after forty years, we have grown numer-
Gus and powerful, and capable to Withstand o
world in arms. ...... 81. I'd. "a. -s .,..,s.h
And, is it asking too much, II now, amid the
nations prosperity, when the treasury is full to
overAowing, and many the few remaining SOL
diers who perled their lives in that war, are in in.
digent circumstances-if when nearly every pen
siouer relic of the old first war Of the revolution
has passed from earth. Isit, under those circum-
stances, asking too much, if Congress be solicited
to extend to the soldiers and widows of the Sec
ond war of independence, the Pension system
that cheered the latter days Of the soldiers and
widows Of the irstI r ..-. ....... .....,
And must we ask alone! or shall our petitions
be seconded by our friends, our brothers, and
children, and our children's children, aud the off.
spring Of our friends and brethren! 4. ,.
s... ONE OF THEM
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-04-19

The CRYSTAL PALAcE.-The Crystal Palace
Exhibition at New York has, thus far, proved a
losing speculation to the proprietors. The cost,
it is said, exceeds the receipts from $l25,0O0 to
Sl50,0o0. 1t has been placed under the manage
ment Of P. T. Barnum and some other men who
are noted for success in their undertakings. Nr.
Barnum, President of the Association, has recent.
ly addressed communication to the directors, in
which he says that if those persons in New York
who are peculiarly interested in the success OF
the Crystal Palace--such as the hotel keepers,
stage proprietors, and business men generally
could be induced to exert themselves sincerely
and in the right direction, a triumphant career
would be opened to the enterprise. As an evil
dence of his beliefthat the thing can be made to
pay, he says he would be willing to assume all
the current expenses and pay the association a
rent of $4,000, sum equal to Is per cent. on
the whole capital, and thinks he could realize
more than 81 100000 by the operation. He says
the attractions at the Crystal Palace are five
hundred per cent. beyond those ever concentrated
and presented to the public in any one locality in
the United States.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-04-19

WoMEN's RIGHrs.-Our new sidewalks, mar
rowed by the pressure of the money market into
about three feet in width, are an admirable prom
enade for q lle Of "weaker vessels" but some.
what annoying to the "tyrants," who are obliged
to step into the mud to let the 'ladies pass. II
would be another encroachment on the "rights oi
woman" were we to intimate the propriety, that
in very muddy weather, and in very muddy places
it would not at all be considered unpleasant tc
have about one foot of the sidewalk to stand on
while the ladies occupy the balance, and by that
means, all will have the benefit of the arrange
ment. If we understand the Town Council
sright, the male department Of the corporation
pay taxes to build sidewalks, as we'll as our fe'
male friends, while they have all the benefits; and
yet, if our boots have not the proper polish the,
ask US, "Where, upon earth, did you get that mue
on your feet! Why I can 60 all over town and no
get half SO muddy"