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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-15

ATTENTION, BRIGADE I'VE learn TINT
Col. james Hickey, ofPolk county, and Col.
G. w. Turk, Of Bradley, are both candidates
for the post Of Brgadier General of this
Brigade, at present commanded by Gen. Jas.
T. Lane, who declines n reelection. Both
the gentlemen are tried veterans, having pass
ed through the bloody Cherokee campaign,
and frequently sought the bubble, reputa-
ton, at the lannon's month" Either Of them
would make nm excellent officer, and show
off TO great advantage when surrounded by
all @the pride, pomp and circumstance of
glorious field-day trainings. The militia is
great institution. Attention, Company
Eyes Right! Dress! by the right and left
flank, wheel! Forward march up to that toad.
stool and, Halt Now down outside, up the
middle, form n hollow square round that
dend pine, ench man set TO his partner, cross
over, and then break for the shade and ticker!
We repeat the militia is a great institution,
albeit military ambition is dangerous---it led
Alexander to desolate the world and to an
ignominiousgrave-it tookNapoleon through
rivers Of blood and over fields Of bleaching
bones to throne and thence to the rock in
the ocean. But still the militia is great in
stitution, and If there ara any more candi-
dates for the post Of Brigadier General they
will please notify us that we may at once
place them in position. Remember, Presi-
dent Pierce was once Brigadier.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-15

MAURY CoUNTY.-The spirit of progress
seems to DO at work in this good old Locofo-
co county. The following is from the SKA
!edascope," printed at Columbia:
"The days of miracles are past The dead
haue been raised, but such things will not &C.
cur again, until the last trump shall sound.
We therefore forewarn all gentlemen who
are at all infected with what is called public
spirit, and who have any concern for the i'm
provemen.s of the age, that they may as we'll
pass by on the other side, and not come with
10 the limits of Old Maury with any of their
projects. 1t won't pay. Preaching to tomb
stones would be quite as profitable. We are
all dead here as regards public improvements
of any kind-dead rs door.nail! f... l7s
We prefer to have things the old way, and
we don't intend to have them any other way.
Railroads, in particular, We vote to be nui-
sance-they would cut up our plantations
shockingly. Rail Cars are perfectly awful
they run over cows, hogs, and horses, men,
women and children, and run into each other
with laundering smash. We don't want
any such doings in these parts Stage coach
es and wagons will do for our sleepy hpilow
They get along quite as fast asrwe care to
move, and at nighf,they viii land us some
where, while your, cspfounded cars might
land us the Lord knows where long before
night. Let,Sas alone. We have made up
our minds to out-fogy the worst specimen Of
old.fogyism, and its nobody's business but
our own"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-15

Close OF SIXTH VoLuME.-The present
number closes the 9th volume of The "Athens
Post" and we cannot let the occasion pass
without rendering our Acknowledgements for
the generous support it has received. Ithas
been our constant effort to make It such
paper MS would meet the wants and wishes
of our section, and whether or no that object
has been attained, it has reached circulation
sufficiently large to crafty our ambition in
that respect. Our subscription book now
shows list of eleven hundred names, which
We regard as very respectable circulation
for n country paper" In fact, we doubt
whether any of our city contemporaries in
this end Of the State can show so solvent
list. We shall continue our efforts 70 make
the paper just such mn one rs will be profta-
Die to read and pleasure to pay for.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-15

OT Though the Russians are retiring from
the Principalities with their armies, they are
not leaving the fortified places.
The London Chronicle states that the Rus
SLAMS intend to hold Galatz, notwithstanding
the declaration of evacuation, and that Galatz
is precisely the town which Russia wants, and
therefore she will not give it up. 1t is close
to her present frontier, it commands the navi-
cation of the Danube, and it is only separated
by that liver from the Dobrudscha. The re-
tention of Galatz may be regarded rs sign
that the forces of the Car will maintain
themselves as long as possible in the delta of
the Danube. Not the least defence of that
marshv district is its unheathiness, and it is
not supposed that this element has been
omitted in the calculations of the Russian
power. .r.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-15
~ Governor Talmadge, of Wisconsin,

eY- Governor Talmadgo, of Wisconsin,
says that most remarkable book is now be-
ing written by spirits, through male medium
of limited education. His name is Charles
Linton. Mr.. Talmadge says:
"In November last Mr.. Linton was directed
to write no more miscellaneous communica-
tons but to give his attention to writing a
book, which would be dictated to him by
spiritual influence. He procured according
to direction, a thick bound black volume of
the largest ruled letter sheet, and in that VOL
ume commenced writing. The volume itself
is almost miracle. The chirography is beau
tiful. His hand writing rs medium is to-
tally different from his ordinary hand writing
and can be as easily read us print. He writes
with steel pen, and the original writing is
in this bound volume. A large portion of the
work was written in my presence. When
last saw it there were nearly four hundred pa
ges written, and the most expert copyist
could not do it more accurately or more neat
ly. The medium knows nothing of what he
has written, except as, word by word, it is I'M
pressed upon him. Many literary and scien-
tific gentlemen have seen it, and pronounce it
beyond human conception. The style is
simple and faultless, and adapted to every
capacity. ... ga. I'll. .....'
The book is intended to show the connec-
ton of God with every thing created, and to
teach man to look tohim for aid in everything.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-15
TERRIBLE GA1E-Cb,rlestou and Sayap.

TERRIBLE GALE.-Charleston and Savan.
nah were visited on Friday hast With very
severe gale of wind, which destroyed an i'm
mense amount of property in both places
We copy the following paragraph from the
Savannah News, of the 9Th:
We noticed in short paragraph Ii yester-
days News, the prevalence of strong north
easterly wind which continued during the en-
tire day and up to 10 o'clock ut night, when
we made our notice of il. But little did we
think at the time that il was the precursor Of
the severest and most destructive storm that
has visited our city since October, 1924. 1t
may be regarded us singular coincidence,
that on The 9Th of September, 1904, just fit.
ty years ago, n like storm prevailed and con.
tnued, undated, for three days. Then a
large amount of property was destroyed in
crops, building, and cattle. We understand
from those whose memories extend back to
that period, that large numbers of negroes
were lost on the plantations to the southland.
Whilst we would fsign be hopeful that the
present storm would deal less harshly with
our city and the country wherever its rava-
ges may extend, we see but little grounds for
hope. At eleven o'clock yesterday fore
noon, what we regard rs the most serious
damage that could result to Savannah, from
the storm, was completed. Hutchison's Is
land at that time was entirely submerged;
and as far as the eye could reach, looking
north and east from an elevated point on the
bay, the rice plantations in South Carolina
were in like condition. 1t is estimated that
the depth of water on Hutchison's Island
and the plantations north of it must have
been from six to eight feet The rice plant
atoms below the city must also have been
inundated and TO a greater depth than those
directly opposite the ct,. ) The loss to the
owners of these plantations, by the total de-
structions of their crops, can scarcely be
computed. ... ...a ....r ttr -.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-15

~ About this time last year the Copper
fever commenced and ragged for season with
great viruence, every third man you met with
being fit subject for Bedlam or the Luna
dtic Asylum. Men who had never been able
to purchase ten bushels of corn at one time,
felt grossly indignant If my sum less than
fifty thousand dollars was named in their
. presence; and others, whose visions at any
previous period in their existence would have
1,,dilated to coach.wheel dimensions at the
Blight of m hundred dollar bill, would think,
, anlk, nor dream Of nothing less than millions.
but like all other epidcmics, the disease last.
!. cd but short time--a change has come over
1.-The spirit of the dreamers, md many who but
ia few short months ago believed themselves
richer than theRothschilds, are now beginning
to wonder where the bread is to come from
for their families during the next twelve
months of scarcity. "Al is not gold that
'glitters," and "iron blossoms" on the surface
furnish no evidence that inexhaustibe beds
pOi CoppeI oio ICoe oohSaths Caob AeHuo1oco
is rich In mineral treasures--within the range
'of certain locality Of Polk county, there
IRE valuable properties-inexhaastible and
valuable enough to enrich the present own.
crs aud their heirs to tho fifth generation
there are valuable mineral properties, too, in
Western Virginia. But to show how people
have been led away by the cooper Fever"
--how they have been deluded by the infat-
uation that untold wealth was within their
grasp-it is only necessary to state that six
hundred and sixty shafts have been sunk for
copper, at an average Of three hundred dol
lars, and as yet but six mines are yielding
ore for shipment. No wonder the dreamers
are beginning to wake upl The delirium
WINS no doubt pleasant while II lasted, but
imaginary wealth never put meat in the
smoke house or filed up the meal Darrell
There is one reflection, however, the disap-
pointed can console themselves with-their
wealth will be no barrier to an inheritance in
that kingdom into which 1t has been written
the rich man shall not enter. II is better to
have been poor and blessed with Lazarus,
than to DO rich and lift up your eyes in hell
with Dives.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-15
w-.A-eOrespOndent Of morning paper

/ G -Acorrespondento OF morning paper
writing from Utica, thus speculates on that
political fire in the woods-Know-No thingism:
aAfeanwhile arose this terrible Know-Noth-
ingism, originating among the laboring class.
es in cities, who perceive themselves crowded
out and underworked by the competition OF
foreigners and adopted citizens. In New
York city, it is probable that this feeling
showed itself first against the Democratic
party. II is otherwise in these rural districts.
Since the year 1888, Mr.. Seward has been
known throughout the State rs the firm
friend and upholder of the interests of adop
ted citizens. 1t was by his advice that Gen.
Scott took the ridiculous and damaging course
he pursued in the last campaign, in counting
the "rich Irish brogue" and complimenting
the strong German accent. From end to end
of the State, the adopted citizens have been
taught to look to Mr.. Seward as their politi-
cal friend and monitor. This is especially
the case with Irish Catholics. Therefore, rs
soon as Know No:hingism began to appear
in our interior cities and villages, (and it
spread through nearly all of them with sur
prising rapid;ty,)'it began to be levelled OK.
pressly at Messrs. Seward and Weed. And
MS much rs these Know Nothings hate Gov.
Seymour for the offences of appointing a Ro.
man Catholic private secretary, and of receiv-
ing Archbishop Bedini with unusual honOrs
at his residence, they appear at this moment
to be infinitely more hostile towards MIR. Sc
ward, whom they consider to be in secret
league with Archbishop Hughes and the entire
herarcy. A large majority of them are
Wings too; there is the rub"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-15
W Several of the Bell papers NANTES

W" Several of the Bell papers manifest
something like exultation over the failure of
Mckee Of the Knoxville Register. We never
admired the late editor of that paper-we
always thought he lacked frmness and in.
dependence, and frequently published arti-
cles which his own judgment must have con.
demned. But we don't know that his failure
was brought about or precipitated by his op.
position to Mr.. Bell. 1t would be very diff.
ficult matter to get the honorable Senator
into the Presidential chair, even with the
Knoxville Register for him-he has made
one or two very unfortunate mistakes, and
his friends had rs well advise and ponder n
little before they travel too far in the direc.
ton of committal. A few years ago it was
quite m easy matter for few men and prints
to mould, shape and give direction to public
opinion. But, happily, the same state does
not exist at present-the confidence reposed
has been too often abused-the people no
longer listen to the words of the charmer
charm he never so wisely, and all the signs
at present indicate that the next President
will be elected outside the movements and
Vaccinations Of selfish, wireworking polti.
Clans At least it will DO time enough to
begin to press Mr.. Bells claims after our
next State election is over. The wing can.
didate for Governor, whoever no may be,
will not want to 60 through the canvass with
an unnecessary load upon his shoulders.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-15

eg- Information has reached Washington,
says the Star, of the recent death of Brevet
Lieutenant Col. John McCleland, Of tho
Corps of Typographical Engineers, at Knox
vile, Tenn, of cholera. Col. Nee. was the
brother of Secretary McClelland, of the Inte-
rior Department. He leaves widow, form
erly Miss Walker, of Washington, and n
family of children, all Of whom are now at
Piney Point.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-15
KSoxvrLLE.-The Cholera is still prevail.

KSoxvrLLE.-The Cholera is still prevail.
ing at Knoxville. From the information we
have been able to gather from different
sources, there have been about twenty-five
deaths, in the town and neighborhood, in
addition to those recorded in our last, max.
ing in all about sixty deaths. Brownlow's
Extra of Tuesday reports eleven new cases
and two deaths for the preceding "a hours,
making, as the Extra states, the signs rs I'M
favorable, according to The population, rs
they have been at any time. Passengers by
Thursdays train report more favorably, and
we hope their reports are true. There are
said to be but three or four hundred persons
in the place, and it will not be safe for those
who arc absent to return until there is per.
mancnt change in the weather.
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Cyo,rv.- The wsstm;,ister Review

CHoLERA.- The Westminster Review
says that at Hamburg the alarm of cholera at
nights in some parts of the city was so great,
that on some occasions many refused to go to
bed, lest they should be attacked unawares,
in their sleep. Sitting up, they probably kept
their stoves or open fires burning for the sake
of warmth, and that warmth giving the ex-
pansion to any deleterious gases present,
which would best promote their escape, and
promote their dilution in the atmosphere, the
means of safety were then unconsciously as
sured At Sierra Leone, the natives have a
practice in sickly season Of keeping fire
constantly burning in their huts at nights,
assigning that the fires keep away the evil
spirits, to which in their ignorance they attri-
butte fever and ague. Latter Europeans have
begun to adopt the same practice, and those
who have tried it assert that they have now
entire immunity from the tropical fevers to
which they were formerly subjected.
In the epidemics of the middle ages, fires
used to be lighted in the streets for the puri-
fication of the air, and in the plague of Lon
don, 1865, fires in the streets were at one
time necessarily till extinguished by violent
storm of rain. Latterly trains of gunpowder
have been fired, cannon discharged Tor the
same object, but it is obvious that these
measures, although sound in principle, must
necessarily, out of doors, be on too small
scale, as measured against an ocean of atmos-
pheric air, to produce any sensible effect
Within doors, however, the case is different
1t is quite possiblet to heat room sufficiently
to produce rareiaction and consequent dilu-
ton Of any malignant gases it may contain,
and it is of course the air of the room, and
that alone, at night, which comes into imme-
date contact with the lungs of a person
sleeping.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-15

ATTEMPT AT AssAssINATIoN.-The Jack
son (Miss.) Mercury says that while Major
ID. NJ. Fulton, of Canton, Madison county,
was quietly asleep in his room at Cooper's
Wells, between IL and IL on last Friday
night, some fiend entered, and placing re-
volver close to his head, fired upon him. The
ball entered near the crown, and passed to
the forehead. 1t was extracted the next day.
The skull was not fractured, and Maj. Fulton
is considered in no danger, but it was almost
miracle that he was not instantly killed.
The assassin laid the revolver on the pillow,
to create the impression that his intended vic
tim had committed suicide, and Immediately
fled. Major Fulton is well known as an Or
derby citizen, and an amiable gentleman, and
was not aware that he had an enemy 1t is
the impression that the assassin made mis-
take in his man-that he designed to murder
some one else. .... .. .....
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-15
CHAscERY COURT AT KIxGsros.-We

CHAscERY Court AT KISGsroN.-We
have been requested to give notice that the
next term of the Chancery Court at King
ston, Roane county, will commence on Wed
nssday after the fourth Monday of the pres
ent month-the 9th. The Court occurs at
jamestown, Fentress county, on the 4th
Monday, and the Chancellor cannot reach
Kingston before Tuesday evening. The next
Legislature, it is thought, will do what the
last, in the multiplicity Of important bust
uess before it, neglected-so arrange the
times for holding the different Chancery
Courts in the District that they will not con.
fiict,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-15

o,eH- Attention is directed TO the adver-
tisemcnt of Messrs.. FINLEY & Heron, Charles.
ton, s, C. Mr.. FINLEY is an East Tennessee
an who has had some experience in the bus
mess ho is now engaged in, and Mr.. Heron
brings To the firm the experience Of 20 years
in,the commerce Of Charleston. Both the
gentlemen are highly recommended for pro-
kity and s,ric, business capacities We trust
they will secsivo liberal share Of trade.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-15

PIERCE DEMOCRACY CRUSHED OUT.-Hon.
Charles c. Hazwell, one Of the leading DEM
ocrats Of Massachusetts, and one of the prin-
cipal writers for the Boston Times, has the
candor to admit that the Democratic party in
Massachusetts is virtually defunct. Except
the office holders they are very few so poor
MS to do it reverence. Writing to the Cour-
Ter he says: ...............
Dear Sir In your leader of yesterday
you speak of me as being member of the
Massachusetts Democratic State Committee.
have not the honor of belonging to that
body. have never been notified of my cleo
ton, MS one of its members, or requested to
attend any of its meetings. Looking as do
upon the Massachusetts Democratic party as
''crushed out" for the time being, should,
had been member Of the State Committee
of that party, have opposed the issuing of a
call for the meeting of n State Convention,
MS being the first of a series of measures cal
culated to have no effect of importance, OK
cept to establish the fact of the party's weak
ness beyond all doubt. r
am very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
CHARLES G. HAZEwELL.
Rnafon Aupnst 90 1874
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-15

The FEVER IN SAvAHNAH.-In Savannah
on Thursday there were 80 intermcnts-20
from yellow fever, and on Friday 20--l3
from yellow fever. We regret to learn that
s. II. Chapman, Esq, editor and proprietor
of the Savannah Journal g. Courier, died on
Saturday. r b. Hilton, Esq, principal ed
itor Of the Savannah Georgian, Is sick, hav!
ing been taken down with the epidemic on
Thursday night. w. II. Thompson, Esq,
editor of the Savannah Morning News, has
been sick with the fever, but is now, we are
glad to learn, convalescent at Augusta
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-15
ry- We learn that the President Of the

5 Ley We learn that the President of the
Railroad Company has instructed the Con.
ductors to withdraw the free tickets which had
been issued to preachers. This step has been
made necessary by the clamors and CON-
plants of gentlemen of the cloth not
having charge of congregations along the
line of the Road. Henceforward oil are TO
be treated alike, and, of course, there will be
no more grumbling or charges of Partially.
The President has taken the right step to
silence all complaints. The Dead-Head sys.
TEN is humbug any how-why shouldn't
one man pay rs vel rs another!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-15

aB" Rev. DR.. Wayland in an address be-
fore the American Institute of Instruction,
made this significant remark: at is fortunate
that so large portion of our teaching is in
the hands of those who can do it so well. 1t
is rare thing to find man who has gift of
teaching, and it is an equally rare thing to find
woman who cannot teach well. Nobody
ever knew boy to teach anything, but n
little girl before she can walk will teach her
dolln "'. .-.HEt.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-15

A STEAM PLow.- Among the inventions
Of the day is pillow to 60 by steam. Its
construction is simple; a ve!ocipedc on wheels
sixteen feet high and eighteen feet apart,
with governing wheel eight feet high. II
may be converted into a steam land locomo-
tive, and on a smooth firm road travel at tho
rate of twenty-five miles an hour. 1t can lie
used for various purposes. 1t is the invon.
ton of Mr.. Henry Gowing, of Louisanig
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-15

THE LATE EPHRAIM II. FosrER.-Thc
Hon. Ephraim H. Foster died on Wednesday
evening, at the residence of William Nichol,
Esq, in the neighborhood of Nashville. He
had been suffering for several months from
chronic disease, which all the skill of his ply
sicians could not subdue, and the pain of
which he bore with heroic firmness and cour.
age; his nerves were greatly shattered by
acute and painful attacks on his system, but
his mind remained clear and unclouded to the
close of his life; he received until his death,
with grateful recognition and softened feel
ings, the visits of his numerous friends and
the unwearied attentions of his family and
physicians.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-15

~ The following, which we find in the
Fulton (Mo) Telegraph, Of the 18th inst,
contains the most reasonable view of the
consequences of the failure of the corn crop
that we have seen:
"There seems to be considerable alarm
raised upon the subject of the drouth and
shortness Of the corn crop, and some are al
ready calculating the profit by the loss Of 9TH
ers. For one month past have been travel
ing through Galloway, part of Boone and
Adrian countless and feel convinced that the
unusual heavy crops of oats and hay, with
the crop of fodder carefully saved, will be an
entire sutficiency to keep and well winter all
the horses, mules, cattle and sheep in the
bounds of country have been over.
"The bountiful crop Of wheat, considerable
old corn, and the new crop will average from
one fifth to one-fourth of usual crop, with
the crop of acorns, will make family pork,
keep stock hogs through the winter, and af-
ford suficiency of bread. Let us not de-
spond, but regard the intmation of Provi-
dence, let the wel.fed keep an open car to
the necessities and cries of the hungry and
penniless.