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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

t3y- Elder Richards, one of the leading
Mormon apostles lately fell in love with two
fair daughters Of widow lady, in the Salt
Lake city. The mother, who was on the
shady side of sixty, objected to being separate d
from them. As the Elder was determined
to make bargain, he took the whole lot.
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SANITARY CONDITION OF New YoRK.-The
editor of the New York Albion says:-"It is
wonderful that We can calmly pray, once n
week, for delivery from pesiilence, whilst the
accumulated filth Of the city cries up to
Heaven against IT,"
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" The Fayetteville (Ark.) Independent

0T The Fayetteville (Ark.) independent
says:
awe do not recollect ever to have witness.
ed MS discouraging times to farmers. The
wheat Of the present harvest will hardly be
sufficient to re-sow the ground that raised it..
The corn is willing, and il the dry weather
continues till the stalks harden, meal will be
almost as scarce rs flour. There is no indi-
cation of change. Hope is almost out of
the question.
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THE POST.
FRIDAY, AUGUST IS, s54.
BALTIMORE, Aug. {

BALTIMORE, aug. y.
In Iowa, the whole Wing and Anti.Ne-
braska ticket has IA elected.
In the first district of Missouri, Thomas
II. Benton has been defeated for Congress
by 100 majority.
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TOBACCO IN CHURcH.-The following lines
are posted up in pew in a Church in Wor
cester, Mass. They would not be out of
place in our attitudes:
Ye chewers of the noxious weed
Which grows on earth's most cursed sod,
Be pleased to clean your filthy mouths
Outside the sacred blouse Of God"
Throw out your "plug and cavendish," :,
Your "pig tail, "twist" and "honey dew,
And not presume to spit upon
The pulpit, aisles-or in the pew.
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VOL. VINO. 3OS.

A STRANGE THEoRY.-A writer in the
Floridian and Journal says the upper stratum
of Florida rests on one vast network Of ir-
regular arches of stupendous magnitude,
through which innumerable rivers, creeks and
mineral waters in silent darkness perpetualy
How Wakulla, Ocilla, Warcissa, Crystal,
Homosassn, Chesioutska, Wickawatcha and
Silvte Spring, are the principal rivers. The
creeks of this denomination are too numer-
Gus to mention; most of them afford fine
mill-sites. They are, too, partly or wholly
navgabe for the smaller class of steam and
sail vessels throughout the entire distances
are not can be made so with comparatively
small trouble and little expense. The same
writer says, that the number of mineral and
thermal springs in Florida is more than two
thousand. Their prncipa! solid ingredients
are the sulphates of lime, magnesia and soda,
oxide of iron and some iodine. Their vola-
tile ingredients consist of sulphuretted hy-
drogen, carbonlc acid and nitrogen gases
These gases soon evaporate if the water be
exposed in an open vessel to the atmosphere;
its taste then becomes insipid, in somo in-
stances either magnetism or acrid. II F'or-
da be so thicky imbedded with mineral ores,
will it not clash with the theory of Prof.
Agassiz, who says that florida was built by
the coral worms and other marine animal
cul@! and that it took them upwards of one
hundred thousand years to accomplish it
TIN SCRUGGs AND HIS DoG.-Tim was
man remarkable for his simplicity of charac-
ter, and equally remarkable for his affection
for his dog "Seize," as they had both been
engaged in many bloody contests in tho
swamps of the Mississippi, where abounded,
in its early history, great numbers of bear,
wolves, and other wild 'varmints' 1t hap
pened that on the completion of the railroad
to BIS. depot, that n barbecue and bran-dance
was given, and as Tim had never seen tho
"stcam wagon" after consulting Bctsey, he
concluded to take ride on it to the place of
operations. AS he was going aboard, he was
accosted by the conductor and informed that
"Seize" could not travel on that arrangement
without n ticket for half price. Tim beinga
little short of funds, told him to tie him to
the back part of the wagon, and he could lead,
which was accordingly done. On arriving on
the ground where the celebration was to como
off, Tim walked leisurcly to the back part of
the car to unite "Seize," when 10 and behold!
nothing remained of the poor dog but his
head and one fore-leg, dragging along by the
rope, when, bursting into tears at the melan.
choly spectacle, he exclaimed in the aQonp- ns
woe-"roor t,eIze! I've Knowed MN these
fifteen years, and he never refused to lead
before" From that day to this, Tim has been
death on railroads.
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r95- The cohee-houses in Cincinnati are
closed every Sunday, with an open door nt
the back end Of the building,
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Or The salary Of the Mayor of Boston
has been fixed by the councils at $4,000 per
annum, and the annual cost Of the city gov
ernment is estimated at over $700,000a year.
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Icy It is to be fact recorded, that dur
ing the visitation of cholera in France, out of
nearly 1929 subscribers to the public baths
of Paris, Bordeaux and Marseiles, only two
deaths among them were ascribed to cholera.
There does not exist a more eflectual preven-
tive of disease of every kind, and a greater
promoter of good health at all times than the
practice of daily bathing.
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BY SAM. P. WINS.


THE POST Is published every Friday at ~ per year,
payable In advance, or g. II payment Is delayed until
The expiration OF the year
Advertisements will be charged 81 per square
OF IL lines less for the first insertion and % cents for
each continuance. A liberal deduction made to those
who advertise by the year. Persons sending adver-
tsements mark the number OF times they desire
them inserted they will be continued until forbid ana
charged accordingly -k6 -
Por announcing the Of candidates for office, $3
Cash.
Hob work. such as Pamphlets, Minutes, Circulars,
Cards Blanks Handbs &C., will be executed in good
style, and reasonable terms
letters addressed to the Proprietor post paid, Will
be promptly attended to.
Persons at a distance sending us the names OF four
solvent subscribers will be entitled to nth copy gratis
No communication inserted unless accompanied by
the name Of the author.
eB- Office Main street, next door to the old jack
son Hotel.
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sYs" In Bleak House, there are two excel
lent charlottesville boy Joe and the police,
who is ever telling him to move on. Joe may
be looked upon as the allegorical representa-
tive of old fogyism, while the policeman is
the genius of civilization urging him forward
Joe "did not want to move on or nothing"
and the same is true of the old fogy. But
what that policeman was to the former so
are steam engines and locomotives to the
other The great characteristic of the day
is to ''move on" Joes of all kinds must
yield to il, whether they are young Joes,
half Joes, or old Joseys Of the stock-market
"Move on" is the motto OF the 10Th century,
and the man or nation who resist will get
what the policeman promised Joe-"a lam
min for his wicousness"
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Hy- The man who is always as cool as
cucumber, must, we think be about as green.
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The KNow-NoTHINGs.-The New York
correspondent of the National Intelligencer
denies that prescription of Roman Catholics
forms feature in the Know-Nothing creed.
He says the most numerous and the most
Jealous of the order in Louisiana are the
Catholic Creoles. The following extract
from leading New York paper is considered
as something semi-official on the subject:
"Frequent illusions are made in various
forms, to the hostility between the Roman
Catholics and the Know-Nothngs; and simple
justice seems to demand that the real grounds
of the dissension should be clearly understood.
Newspapers of various classes, including the
National lntelligencer and others in different
parts of the country, have protested against
the Know-NOthings rs fanatica enemies of
the Roman Catholic religion. The Know
Nothings, on the contrary, have repeatedly
disavowed this charge, insisting that they do
not oppose any religion or practice whatever,
but, quite the opposite, were faithful friends
and protectors of religious freedom; not in
the sense of Bishop Hughes, but in its real
old and common signifcation. But they say,
what they oppose is Roman Catholic Politics,
which often assumes the name of the Roman
Catholic religion, but is wholly distinct
thing. They admit, recognize and sustain
the right in any and all who choose 10 wor.
ship in the Roman Catholic churches, to be-
lieve and profess what they please in religion;
but they will not admit nor submit to any
one who attempts to put down, by club law,
free debate, or free preaching, in tho house or
the open air, nor allow foreign influence to
interfere with elections, or to raise or threaten
mob law, or to threaten citizens with the
consequences fthey do not substitute the
canon law of Rome for the state laws of the
Union. Even though such subversive at
tempts may be made under the name Of reli-
gion, their opposers claim to be able to dis
criminate, and are fully convinced that in OPP
posing them they oppose nothing religious,
hn. wha. Is purely political, and at the same
time wrong, anti-American, and intolerable"
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LOOK AT THE BRIGHT SIDE.

Away with long faces! What is the use of
looking rs if you had season ticket to n
funerals Can't you find any better name for
this world than n vale of tears and n scene
of tribulation 2 If you can't, it will do you
good to read a letter which friend has just
furnished us. II is from wife in Massachu.
sets to her husband in California. She al
ways looks at the bright side. She don't in
tend going through the world with an air as if
"Muffled drums were beating
Funeral marches to the grave"
Here is the letter
My Dear Htsband-As it is some time
since you left us for California, suppose you
would be glad to hear how we are getting
along in your absence. am happy to say
that we are all enjoying very good health on
the whole. Just a: present two of the boys
have got the .nialI COX. Amanda Jane has
got the typhus fever-Betsy is down with the
measles-Samuel got hooked by COW the
other day, and little Peter has Just chopped
off seven of his fingers with the hatchet. It's
a great mercy that he didn't chop them all off.
With these trifing exceptions, we are all well
and getting along nicely. You needn't be at
all anxious about us.
81 almost forgot to say that Sarah Matilda
eloped last week with tin pedlar. Poor girl!
she has been waiting for the last ten years
for chance, and am glad she got married
at last. She needn't have taken the trouble
to elope, tho. She was a great eater, and !
find the baked beans don't go off near so fast
now as they did. The way that girl would
dip into pork and beans was caution to the
rest of the family.
"The cow took it into her head yesterday
to run away, which was very fortunate, Pm
sure, for the barn caught fire last night and
was consumed. was in hopes that the house
would go too, for its very inconvenent, but
the wind was the wrong way, so 1t didn't re-
ceive much injury.
"Some boys broke into the orchard the
other day, and stripped all the fruit trees.
am glad of it, for ii they hadn't presume the
children would have made themselves sick BY
eating too much.
"Hoping that you enjoy yourself in Cali
fornia as well rs we do at home, ] remain
your affectionate wife,"
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had not been arrested, but was secreted some
where. Queen Isabella kept close in her pal.
nee. Salamonica had escaped in the disguise
of a amplighter.
The latest advices from Madrid state that
the troops maintained their position about the
Palace. The Council of safety had decreed
the reorganization re- of the National Guard
Espartero and O'Donnell would, it is said,
enter the Capital together, and the existing
ministry would hold Office until they arrived.
Advices received in Washington at the
State rep rtment are to the effect that the
Spanish Republicans expect monarchy, but
were making vigorous struggle to establish
n Constitutional Government. with Esparlero
at its head as Dictator for ten years. Mr..
Soule regards the dominant party as being
favorable to the sale of Cuba.
A FAST RAIL ROAD The Waukeesha
(Wisconsn) Democrat has an editorial about
the speed of cars on a certain Western rail
road, of which the following is the closing
paragraph:
"Travellers of leisure, however, say they
like this road much better than any other in
the country: it is so much like the Erie Ca
nal they can jump off to pick strawberries
shoot pigeons, liquor up, &c, and occasional
ly return to sit on the cars to rest Last
week we cohversed with a farmer, on the
line of the road, who happened to have three
sheep killed on the track. He informed us
that he had spent ten days in vain endeavor-
ing to find out who owned the road, that he
might sue for damages; he then consulted
an honest attorney, who informed him that
he could not prove that the cars ever ran fast
enough to overtake a sheep or anything else.
A horse thief, who was arrested in Fon du
Lac short time since, upon heing informed
that he was sentenced to the State prison, re-
piled that he did not care if they sent him by
railroad, as his time would expire before he
reached there.
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OVerSeers.

AN oversecr or supervisor on plantation
is no unmportant officer, and although il
our Southern country that class constitute:
Il very considerable portion Of the population
yet there can he no doubt, that but very
considerable number of $50 caled) overseer<
fall very short Of filling that responsible and
| will add honorable position, with any great
interest to their employers, or with nucl,
credit to themselves. Why this is the case
becomes no unimportant question to be con.
sidered-this would he Il task, which, with
my limited experience and capacity, would
not claim to be at all competent. will,
however, give some few thoughts OF my own
on the subject, hoping, as this is matter
Of vital Importance to the Southern planter,
that of your numerous contributors some will
enlarge and throw light upon the subject,
and add to the general good, not only of the
employer, but to those who arc engaged in
that business.
The first reason which presents itself to
my mind, why there are SO many Indifferent
overseers in our Southern country, is to be
attributed to the mistake which large mum.
Der Of employers make in getting cheap men
to attend to their business, without regard
to their moral, intellectual, or business quail
tications; hence, the occupation is disgraced
by those i'll pursuance Of it. rather than the
occupation itself, being degrading poor pay
to use common expression to convey this
idea, "poor preach, y and that class of indi-
viduals, who find it easier to overlook others
at work than to work themselves, and yet
half attend even to tllat-they set in only to
kill time, and get through the year and then
find new home in some distant part of the
country, where their fame has not extended.
And thus they go on from year to year to
the great injury of those who employ them,
and also to the more worthy and conscien-
cious who are in the same capacity, by
bringing that branch of business into disre
pute and disgrace.
A second reason why there are so many
Indifferent men attending TO this branch Of
industry, is again chargeable to the employ
ers, and this source Of injury consists in the
fact that too many planters for various rea-
sons, best known to themselves, reside at a
distance from their plantations, while the
whole management OF the crop and all other
interests are left to the overseer, who in too
many instances has no higher motive than
to pocket a small salary, and then, as before
remarked, look for another location, having
left lasting and interesting impression oil
the mind of his last employer
a third source of injury to this class Of
our population, and consequently rendering
them less useful to their employers, is the
absence of proper associations. No mau
should ever employ an overseer who is uu-
worthy Of his own association. Every en-
ployer should seek to communicate fully
with his overseer, not only OH matters that
pertain to his peculiar occupation, but upon
subjects of general Importance and interest
and if possible inspire in him a desire to
read at all leisure times In every neighbor.
hood the planters should form agricultural |
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Beach Island Land for Sale.

ryNnE Subscriber offers at private sale FIVE
Il HUNDRED ACRES Of Beach Island Swamp
Land, lying on the River, and adjoining lnnds Of
Samuel Clark aud James I. Gardner, and rented
the present year by James I; Gardntr.
About 400 acres Of the above Tract are cleared
and well improved. The balance in Cypress and
other swamp timber
TERMS made easy to good purchaser. Apply
to r. BRADFORD.
Silvcrton. S. c., Maya If f6
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
EDGEFIELD DISTRICT.
IN EQUITY.

Anon Lindsey and Petition for the appli-
Stewart Harrison, calinn-of funds to the
rs. Satisfaction 0f Illn-
VIM. II. Harrison. lifts Judgment,
GN hearing the petition cf Complainants, A.
I , Lindsey and Stewart Harrison. rs amended,
with leave, and IN satisfactory evidence shewn
to me, that the Defendant William H. Harrison,
has taken up his permanent residence beyond
the limits of this State, and the jurisdiction OF
this Court, on motion OF MIR. Abney, Solicitor
for Petitioners. 1t is ordered, that the said VIM.
Fl. Harrison do appear, and plead, answer on
dcmur I" The said Petition within three months
from the publication hereof and that on his
failure so TO da, Il Decree and Judgment, PRO
confeSSo be rendered against him.
Il. SlMKINS, c. E. L. D..
FEB o. 3m
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
EDGEFlELD SALE.
IN EQUITY.
John Rsinsfnrd, Adm'or Of. !
Z. j. Glover. deed,

John Rsinsfrd, Adm'or Of
CD. Glover, decd,
rs. B;l TO set mp
]. ID. Tibbctt, Mortgage. call in
+. II. Wardiaw, Creditors, DC.
JAS. F. Adams aud others
TN pursuancsof ihe Order of Chan Darean in
this cause, all and singular the Creditors of the
Defendant John ILL., ;Is late Ordinary Of the Dis
trict of Edgcfrld..and also all and singular the
Creditors Of Charles J. Glover, late of the sad Dis
triet dcccaset,-as well .,lrsc having demands
against him upon his own acc"urt, as those having
demands against him us one of the. surrtes of the
said John Hill, late Ordinary Of the.sad District.
are hereby required TO be and appear before. in
my Office at E'lgefeld Court House, on Thursday
the 25th day Of May next, Then and there to make
due proof Of their respective debts and demands -
and such Of the said Creditors as fail to come in
and prove their respective debts, on the day above
mentioned, will he excluded from all benefit Of the
decree 10 be pronounced in this cause
A. SlAlKlNS, C. E. f. ID.
Comm'rs Office March IS. 1854. lot 10
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N 0 tic e,

T OFFER for sale the following Tracts of Land.
Il Tract No L, Containing 500 Aeres-two hum
drcd acres cleared and ~ acres of first rate Bottom
Tract No. 2, Containing $50 Acrcs-2U acres
Bottom and 100 Woodland.
The Lands of both Tracts are of the best quality
and exceedingly well ,inlbered.
J. W. EARLE.
Evergreen, S. c., Nov 9, 1858. If As
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n ice.

A LII Persons indebted to The Estate of the late
N Maj. Wallace, deed, will make payment by
tho 18th day Of April ncxt and all persons having
demands against said Estate will present them duly
attcscd, within the period as notice is hereby
given to all parties interested that Il final settle
mcnt of the rs ale is expected to be made, on that
day, at Edgclicd Court House.
II. G. WALLACE, Admir-.
March % 1t 10
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.Hampton's Shop

:, RS,s"Sd at nf be % o' G snf nt 5 d Immediately " n
Street, and nearly opposite Mr.. Wits residence.
He shoes llorsss, makes P!ows, Irons Wagons
mcnds Waffle Irons, Lays Axes, and dnes various
other things after the old style. He has adopted
many of the modern Improvements, in fact AL Of
them except that 4f.slichling his work.
And he humbly asks aeal.
Ian tf 70
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Groc cerie |!

so IIIIDS. SUGAR, Also 50 Barrels STEW
ARTS DO
200 Bags COFFEE.
25 Hhds MOLASSES,
2DO Coils ROPE, son,r very superior.
100 Bales Gunny and Dundee BAGGIfG,
80 Whole, Half and Quarter Bhls. No 3. No l.
and Mess MACKEREL, also Kits
4" md we would ALSO sIalc," that We have hne
assortment nf
Blankets, Negro Cloths,
Bclstcads. Chairs, Saddles. Osnaburps, Stripes,
Iron, Nails. Oils, White Lead. Shot. Bar Lead,
Salt, Cheese. Powder, Soap Rice,
Bacon. &c, &C.. &c,
And in fact, every article usually found in Gro
Gerry Store. }. SlBLEY & son.
Hamburg, Nov IA, # A
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SAO Reward !

DANAWAY from the Subscriber, living near
1G Antioch Church, seven miles West Of Edge
field c. H.. on the 2Sth january last, his Negro
woman SERENA, supposed TO be between % and
25 years Of age, Of dark complexion, and inclined
to bc somewhat cnrpucnt, about 5 feet 2 or in
chcs higl,-cne Of her feet has been diseased, and
she has lost the first joint Of the little tue and the
one next TO it.
The above Reward will be given to any one who
will deliver said woman TO mc at my residence. or
lodge her in any Jail within the Stale, 50 that | can
get her. \. CRAWFORD.
Mar Is IF .
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Wolfe's Schiedam Snaps.
DIRECT IMPORTATION.

TNIIE Undersigned h;ts ust received. in connee-
L liqn with other CHOICE LIQUORS, largo
Int ot WOlFES AROMATIC SCllEiDAM
.SCllNAPp direct from Holland 1h;s medicine
is highly recommended for medical purposes and as
beverage to those who indulge in any thing in
the line Of Pure Holland has never been cxcelled
by any thing offered in this country. ], come. in
quart bottles and can be had from the Subscriber
in any quantity.
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NNflCG,

A Ii Persons indebted 10 the Estate Of Warren
IN f. Winn, decd. are earnestly solicited to
make payment forthwith, and those having demands
against said Estate will please render them in i'm
medatcly JEREMIAH SElGLER, Ex'or.
Nov Gm 43
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Notice..

A IL Persons indebted TO the Estate Of Daniel
IA English, deed, are requested make immed-
ate payment aud those having demands will please
render Them in forthwith, properly ailcstcl.
JOHN SENTELI., Ex'or.
March 1t