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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01


eS- Among the valuable proofs ofa wise
and statesmanlikc administration of our for
eign policy, the Boston Post refers to the
brilliant results of the negotiations to en-
large our commerce and to protect our
rights:
!. The treaty with Mexico, by which seri
Gus difficulties of boundary have been peace
fully adjusted; right of way for intcroceauc
communication has been secured; valuable
acquisition of property has been gained,
and thus n rupture with that country avoid
ed
Q. The treaty with Japan, by which new
world has been opened to commerce, CON-
menced, it is true, under the previous admin
istration but concluded by this. U
8. A similar commercial treaty with Bor-
neo, by which our trade in that region will
derive great advantage.
q. The brilliant success in obtaining of
Denmark, for American vessels, an exemp-
ton from the Sound tolls-an exemption that
no European nation enjoys, and which was
required by firm protest against their injus-
tice, enforced by urgent argument.
8. An important treaty with Russia, by
which the great and searching principle of
"Free Ships. Free Goods" is made a part OF
the international law between the two coun-
tries.
6. The reciprocity treaty with Canada
liberal, comprehensive and splendid meas.
ure. American to the core in its bass-se
curing large measure of reciprocal trade,
the free navigation of the st. Lawrence, and
the extension of fishing rights; and closing
up sensbly and thoroughly, important points
of dispute with Great Britain. .-.
2. A number of treaties with the Indians,
extinguishing their titles to lands in the terri
tories. ..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

A BRIGHTER VjEw,-The Buffalo Com
mercial Advertiser is of the opinion that the
Fusionists will fail in their effort of party
disorganization. 1t says
"From present appearances, we are inclin-
I'd TO believe the efforts Of the dsorganizers
will fail. We have faith in the sound whig
principles of the bone and sinew Of the par
ty and however willing they are to advance
the interests Of clique so long MS they do
not clash with the well being of the party,
they will resist any attempt to sacrifice that
party to any selfish schemes. The cry Of OPP
position to the encroachment of slavery
sounds very well in their ears, so long as Il
can be made to subserve the general good;
but the abandonment of their principle for
the sake Of raising upon the ruins purely
sectional party, and arraying one portion OF
the Union in open hostility to the other, will
never be sanctioned by them. They are ,ohigS
still, and wings they intend to remain. 1t lis
well that they begin to understand their true
position.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

nB-M. Bartb, printer of Breslau, (Silesia,)
celebrated few weeks ago the 350th ami
versary of the first book printed in his estab-
lishment. Mr.. Barth's printing office is the
Oldest in Europe, and has been for three hum
dred and fifty years uninterruptedly in the
hands of his ancestors and himself.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01
MATRIMONIAL SCENE.

There are some funny scenes in this world.
We annex one: MY dear, this nonsense must
stopl A thousand dollars for party don't
pay PAY or not, we must have one. What
will the Dazzles say if we come off meanly q
don't care what the Dazzes say; am de-
termined to be the victim of fummery no
longer What did you do last week! Paid
hundred dollars for gold edged coal-scut-
tler 'ADd what if did, ] got it below the
market price. Mrs. Gadder paid Sl2O for
ore greatly Inferior 4 don't care one cent
for Mrs. Gadder, nor for Mrs. Gadder's coal
scuttle. say no more aummery must come
in this house. If it does, will throw it out
of the window And if you do, l will go
into the yard and toss it back again!. Under
take that, Mr.. Frkins, and you'll discover
that you have woman for a wife, you are
a wasteful needless termagant, madam And
you, sir, are brute of husband. Dear me |
here comes that old drawl, Mrs. Silk Pray
be decent for moment. Enter Mrs. Silk. |
Happy to see you, Mrs. Silk. was just say
ing to Alfred how delightful it would be if
some old acquaintance would drop in and
spend morning with us. By the way Mrs
S., which do you think the most becoming
shawl, or talma? insist on a shawl, but
Alfred the dear soul, insists that / shall have
tama. To this | object that talmas are ex-
pensive, and will soon become questionable;
but in spite of all this, his fondness continues,
and he still insists that it shall be q tama,
and nothing else. Now, as kind, good
friend, ask you, Mrs. Silk, what would you
adviser why, should certainly side with
your husband, and say tama. of course
well, dearest, since Mrs. S. joins you, sup
pose must yield. Go to Beck's and choose
anything yon may deem becoming. But be
back early to dinner. Hours are ages, love,
when you're not here. Il will, my SWEET
Firkns rises, tips his beaver to Mrs. Silk, i'm
prints n kiss on his wife's cheek, but with
such force that the mark makes it look very
much like bite. Mrs S. shrieks, but excuses
herself by saying that she thought he was a
spider. The flummery question was resumed
again that afternoon, and with such warmth
that Mr.. Firkins was forced to lock Mrs. F.
in the bedroom.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

SALARY TO CEASE WITH THE OFFIcE.-
Not long since an agent Of the government
who was removed, but who assisted for some
time afterwards in preparing the accounts and
assisting his successor, claimed continuance
of his salary while so employed. In the set.
tlement of his account at the Treasury De-
partment 1t was held that his compensation
as agent must cease when he received notice
of dismissal, Cor at the expiration of the term
of Office, when not re-appoiated) and that
for the services he subsequently rendered,
the government was not responsible.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

rV- A despatch from Cleveland, Ohio,
says that on Wednesday last Mr. Samuel
Miller, of Oakland Co., Michigan, was mur-
dered on Rver-street, and robbed Of $66 by
several men. He was dreadfully mangled,
and survived but twenty hours after the hor-
rible deed was perpetrated. His description
Of the murderers will probably lead to their
Identification. Mr.. NJ. leaves wife and six
children.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

A late writer says there are two classes OF
people in Engand-poor devils and fox hun
ters. The former spends his existence in
chasing after the living, and the latter in chas-
ing after blood hounds. -
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

s%E. P. Christy, one of the originators
Of the Christy Minstrels in New York, in u
statement relative to his concerts, says that
the gross receipts of twelve years have been
ssl7,5s9 81, of Sl6o,s7a 60 were profits
The whole number of concerts is stated at
o7q1
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

HORRIBLE MuRDER.--An exchange states
that few days ago, near New Albany, Indi-
ana, Adolphus Swanegcr deliberately shot and
killed his son Charles, whom he had forbid
den to come to his house, because of improp-
er attentions paid by Charles to the old mans
second wife.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

NEVER HOPE YOU DoN'r INTRUpE.-Reader,
n word-serious, sober, heartful word. This
is it: Never think you don't intrude. You do.
You pop into parlor, perhaps. There sit in
the twilight and bliss, loungng on sofa a
loving couple. OF course, you hope you don't
in;rude. But you do though. You drop into
an editorial room. Business is driving. Every
man is busy to his uppermost hair. You hope
you don't intrude. You do, and most con-
foundedly. You happen into neighbor's
just as they set down to tea. A favorte CON-
pany Ito themselves) is gathered and for a
special socaty.-You do intrude. Put it
down for certainty that you do. Call upon
lady while household duties clam her at
tention, and every moment is golden one.
Just hope you don't intrude. But don't think
you don't, for you do-any part or parcel of
yourself is an intrusion, and most unwel-
come one. So on and so forth. You, your
friend, your companions, everybody intrudes
when they interfere with the time, business,
pleasures, places, &c, of others. Bear it in
mind.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01
CAMpuon pRopuc1Se IssAsIrY.-The Te

CAmPHoR PRopUcNe ISsANITY.-The To-
ronto Colonist says:
1--WE are Informed that no less than eight
persons have been admitted into the Lunatic
Asylum in state of insanity, occasoned by
consuming quantities of camphor to prevent
cholera. Some of them carried IL about in
their pockets, and kept from time to time
eating small quantities of it. Others took il
dissolved in brandy. In all cases where il
was taken in any quantity itproduccd insani
ty. II is n fact we'll known, that compara-
tive small quantity Of camphor will set dog
mad, and that he will soon afterwards die"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01
A SECTIONAL CONGRESS- FOR 1885,

A SECTIONAL CONGRESS- FOR 1s55-'56.-
A Washington letter, Says.
"The election news seem to indicate that
there is great danger of electing a sectional
Congress for 1866 the worst thing that
can possibly befal the country. The demo-
cratic party feel confident that the illustra-
tions of sectionalism furnished by such a
Congress will have the effect of making the
national democratic party stronger in the con-
test Of 1856 than it has ever been before. A
Northern House, Southern Senate and con-
servative constitutional President will do no
harm to the Republic" ~a..r. ..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

CoNsoLATioS.-The physicians of the New
York Hospital say that seven-eighths of all
persons who die of cholera, are those who
have been suffering from some other disease,
and "who could not live long under any cir
-cumstances." This is consoling news to VIC
Tins of the cholera. We publish it for the
benefit of "al persons concerned" Those
who die Of cholera have the consolation to
know that it makes but little difference. If
they had survived it, they would have died at
another time of some other disease.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

rY- The Lebanon Herald says that $4O,.
900 stock has been subscribed towards .he
building of the factory at that place, and
that there are fair prospects that the remain.
der necessary torebuid (s35,OoO) will short.
ly be taken, .t,.... ..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

rY- The Sunday Atlas, in fit of revolu-
tionary enthusiasm, says; "Hurrah for the girls
of '76r' "Thunder!" cries New Jersey whig
-"that's too darned old. No, no-hurrah
for the girls of IT,"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

sBeA new paper has been started IN New
York, called the "Thief" If all the thieves
in that city patronize the papcr,it will be en-.
titled to the post office advertising, on tho
scnra ofthe "larrest circnlaton.n VI
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01
TER M s..

THE POST is published every Friday at 80 per year.
payable In advance, or S. II payment is delayed until
the expiration Of the year.
advertisements will be charged VI per square
Of 10 lines or less the first insertion and 20 cents Tor
each continuance liberal deduction made to those
who advertise by the year Persons sending adver-
tsements must mark the number OF tunes they aesre
them inserted they will be continued uhtu iorDu anu
charged accordingly. .<A .o
Por Announcing the names Of candidates for office, $S
Cash.
Toh work. such as Pamphlets, Minutes, Circulars,
Cards Blanks Handbis, kc., will be executed In good
style, and on reasonable terms. 80
Aletters addressed to the Proprietor, post paid VIII
be promptly attended to. ,.,,-
Persons at distance sending us the names OF ionr
solvent subscribers will be entitled to fifth copy grats
No communication inserted unless accompanied by
the name of the author -,
~ Oicc on Main street, next door to the old jack
son Hotel.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

sTy- A German woman psssed through
Dayton, Ohio, on the lst., having with her
sic children, all boys, born at the same time.
They were six months old, small but sprght-
ly. 1t is supposed that this case is almost if
not quite unprecedented. AS many may
have been born at once before, but most or
all of them have generally been stillborn or
have died at birth.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

sB" Saratoga is not as full this season rs
it was last year, owing undoubtedly to the
pressure in money matters. A successful
season at the Springs occurs only when tho
banks discount freely. r ...-. ,'f-,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

The CUBAN QUEsTIoN.-A letter from
Paris says We shall see how the Cuban
questionable question which interests Amer
leans at this moment more deeply than any
question of administrative policy in Spain
will be affected BY the actual revolution. If
the impression of our own minister at Mad
rid (whose son and secretary, Mr. Nevill
Soule,passed through Paris last Thursday, ,on
his way to London) be Correct, the solution
Of the Cuba question will be facilitated by
the recent events: the new government, of
whatever complexion it may turn out to be,
will not be likely to find in the alleged reluc-
tance of the Spanish people such an insuper-
able obstacle to the sale of Cuba, as Don
Chalderon de la Barca found, or pretended to
find. Whatever party shall come uppermost
in the struggle will not be apt to find the
millions to be offered by the United States
government an incsnvenient resource for en-
abling it to retain ia ascendency. $50
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

A PHILosoPHIcAL LoAFER-WITH ONLY
TWO CENTs.-An evening or two since, as we
were passing up Broadway, our attention was
arrested by soliloquizing loafer, who stood
leaning against the railing of the Park, and
holding forth to himself in the following
rather odd, amusing and philosophical man.
ner:- . aH
I've got two whole cents-Pd give them,
and bust myself, if any body'd tell me where
Pm going to sleep to night. Here am, with
only two cents halfpast nine, and a severe
night! Verify am victim of misfor't! |
don't see how tits I wegetated so long ms
has. Gen. Jackson says ever body's born
equal-except me; knows l isn't; and yet
I'm just as good as nobody what's better
don't understand the philosophy of human
natur-if Twas other folks and other folks
was me, wouldn't let myself stand here
frizzing with only two cents, and no chance
for lodging There goes couple of dandies
they aint nobody-l wouldn't be dandy
for two shillin's. Them omnibus chaps aint
nobody neither-if they was, they'd let a
feller ride for two cents. Nobody don't take
no notice of me, because they knows a man
in my sitvation despises all such mean crit
tiers. Why couldn't had the good luck 10
been born hoss? if had, spose I'd been
n clam hoss, and fed on shavings. If was
an oyster, 'twould be my misfortune to be a
first-rate, plump fat feler-the first one to be
peppered, salted and swallerd. My eyes =!
these is scrutinacious times-only two cents,
and lousy look for lodgingP .f
We gave the unfortunate philosopher a
sixpence, for which he took off his hat and
thanked us very politely; but sang out as we
left him-Look ere, / say, old hoss-couldnt
you make Ibis shiltingl'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

ry- TrueIy and beautifully expressive il
the following: 10
"Happy infant in the cradle,
q Endless space thou seem'st 10 see;
Be man-and. all creation
Is not wide enough for thee"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

Gilbert, Coo g. Johnson, of New York,
brokers of the Maysville and Lexington
Railroad Company, have failed. The Com.
pany itself failed some time ago.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

WELL BoRED-The Charleston IS. C.)
Artesian well has reached the depth of LIT
feet, 300 of which have been dug through
solid rock. The Courier says that the auger
was stopped, a few days since, by rock, for
the fifty.eighth time. The well, when COM
peted, will be one of the most valuable,' MS
we'll as gigantic works in tho country Only
think of drilling rock at the depth Of nearly
1900 feetl
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

,R-Don't despair. If you slip down, just
get up. A stout heart is as sure to finally
weather the gale, rs pretty girl is to bring
down the mau Of her choice.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

The city authorities of Boston have decreed
that all the names of non-residents who como
to Boston and get drunk and are arrested
shall be published, ai o.. ...fut
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

Il tseems that curiosity induced the Russians
at Odessa, after the wreck of the Tiger, to
open one of the Moorsom shells; II exploded,
and they lost II men. r'1- rr
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01
A FEMALE MAIL RIDER.-The Alexandra

Gazette has the following paragraph;
The mail between Alexandria and Dunn.
fries, is now carried regularly and punctually
on horseback, by young lady, who acts in
the place of her father, who is sick. She has
now been thus engaged for several weeks,
and has never missed day, or been out ol
time-riding twenty-five miles every day.
Her industry and courage are worthy of hon.
orabe mention.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL PAPER.

We know not who is the author of the fol-
lowing remarks-we find them floating un.
claimed and unmarked--we were about to
say-on the broad current of newspaper lit
erature; but they are not unmarked--on the
contrary, they are marked by great deal of
good sense, and as such we recommend them
to the attention of our readers:
"The local press is emphatically the repre-.
sentative and the exponent of the local inter-
ests, wants and wishes of each community,
and on its energy and watchfulness the COM
munity RELY. Each community should first
see that its local press is put upon firm and
substantial footing, which can only be done
by a steady and liberal patronage.
If each member of community would
become paying subscriber TO the paper of
his own town and county, six months would
not elapse before the enlargement and i'm
provelnents which would take place in our
papers would enable each person to dispense
with one or more Northern papers, without
finding his facilities for intelligence in the
least diminished.
A people commit no greater error than
that of permitting their local press to Ian
guish by reason of an inadequate support
Never say your country paper is small and
not worth taking; give it the support to which
it is entitled and it will be Immediately en-
larged and improved so as to meet the full
expectations and wants of community in
which it is located. We believe that publish
ers are generally liberal in responding to
liberal patronage by the Improvement of their
papers, as appreciation of such iberality.
If n man is able to take but one paper,
that should be the one published nearest to
his place of residence, and the next should
be the one published at the commercial me-
tropols of his own State. For local and
State interests he will have rendered himself
able to consult his taste as to the paper he
will lean upon for amusement or additional
reading from abroad
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

sW-M Mrs. Partington says that she was
much elucidated last Sunday on hearing n
fine concourse on the parody of the prodi-
gious son,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

Somebody says, very beautifully, AS small
planets are nearest the sun, so arc little chill
dren nearest TO Cod b.. t...o ... ...,...
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

eB- The next elections will be held In
Vermont and Maine on tho 5th and lith Of
September. .....
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

eag- A merchant in New Orleans has
been arrested for oyerdrawing this bank
amount 1000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

John. w. Davis, of Washington City, has
been removed from the Post office, because
he was alleged to have been elected to the
City Council by the Know Nothngs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

DICKINSON FOR THE PREsIDENcY.-Under
this caption, we find the following paragraph
in the Eatonton, Ga, Independent Press, OF
the 10Th inst.
"The Charleston Courier says that the
Milledgcville Recorder and Eatonton Press
have nominated Dickinson for the presidency
Our contemporary, though right as to the Re-
corder, is wrong as regards us. We suppose
the mistake arose from the fact that we cling
to the N. Y. Hards. Though great admirer
Of Dickinson, we have no idea of committing
ourself to him for the present We will "stand
in the way and see." We want an opportu-
nifty of supporting at the next election some
tried national Democrat, whose antecedents,
and weight of character will be sufficient
guarantees that he will faithfully, boldly, and
prudently perform the offices and duties of
guardian of this great nation. We are not
now prepared to express our preference"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

RATTLEsSAKE CAUGHT BY HAHD.-A gen.
teman from Manchester assures us of the
truth of the following statement: ~ 4.
An Irishman in our informant's employ re-
Gently discovered, in the neighborhood Of that
city, rattlesnake five and half feet in
length, and having ten rattles. Pat, with more
courage than wisdom, sprang upon his snake
ship, and grasping IL by its neck, bore it in
triumph to n -four barrel, in which he depos-
tied il. Having taken il to his house, he let
il loose in n close room. After time he en-
tered the room, and again seized it in his
hands and carried 1t unharmed to show-box
prepared for the purpose. -
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

r Ministers wives are remarkable for
three qualities, viz: piety, amiability, and null
tiplying children. The two first are more
scarce in the world than the latter. We don't
know how to account for it, but wherever
sermons and white cravats are done up,
young humanity is as plenty as gossip at a
tea table. Perhaps some folks can tell.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01

HONEY IN THE CUP.-The Boston Post
says .a1 tI nuaut
aThere are thirteen thousand marriageble
girls now in the factories at Lowell. 1t is
pleasant to know in this world of misery,
that there thirteen thousand men yet to be
made happy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-01
TENNESSEE BANKS.

The following classification of the Banks
of Tennessee will doubtless be interesting to
many of our readers, at home and abroad
The free Banks, it will be remembered, secure
the redemption of their notes by depositing
with the State Comptroller, as required by
law, bonds of the United States, or bonds
issued or endorsed by the State of Tennessee,
to the amount of their issues, dollar for dol
lar, and their notes bear the signature of the
Comptroller upon their face. Only the bonds
of this State and the bonds of the Nashville
and Chattanooga Railroad, endorsed by the
State, and therefore equally as responsible,
have, as yet, we believe, been thus used under
the free banking law as bank capital security.