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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

eB- A physician writes to the editor Of
the Louisville Courier, that few days ago
"ayoung lady of Oldham county, in her or
dinary health, perfectly well, the family say,)
rode two miles to physician and had n
tooth extracted. Almost Immediately paral-
ysis on one side of the body occurred, then
stupor, and death followed in few hours"
She had not inhaled chloroform, or anything
of that kind.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

PRoscRIPTIoN-A friend, writing from
Washington, informs us that in all the De.
partments of Government vigorous inquiry
is being made for Know Nothings; and the
instant clerk, or even a messenger, is found
belonging to or favoring the order, he is turn
ed out of place. Since the great American
Reform meeting in Washington, few weeks
ago, nearly forty clerks have been dimissed-
their only fault being that they favored Amer
lean principles.
We should call such conduct in an admin
istration the very extreme of malicious pro-
scription, and it will certainly tend to embit-
ter the American people against it. 1t is
strange, that, with the overwhelming sent-
ment of the country so plainly expressed, Gen.
Pierce allows this silly work to go on.-
Hardly day passes but what some capable,
industrious clerk is discharged for the reason
that he is opposed to foreign influence in our
country. And in many instances the vacan-
cies are filed with men whose chief recon-
mendations are that they favor the Papal
Church, and thus secure the Catholic sup
port.
This prescription "for opinions sake" will
only add to the antagonistic feeling that all
over the Union is rising up against the ad-
ministration. If ii would retain one spark of
popularity with the American people, it must
cease removing Americans from othce.-Cin.
Times.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

t5-The Taunton, Mass, BARRIERS, ahoping
that the public will believe that they have
families 10 support and souls TO save" ns
well as any body else, have raised their pri-
ces and agreed to close their shops on the
Sabbath.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

HusBAsD's RIeHTs.-There is IN iDstitu-
ton in Havana called the Penale, sort Of
hospital where husbands have the power to
confine their naughty wives. This power is
frequently exercised, the husband during the
durance of his wife paying the Jail and sub
sistence fees,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

THE PANIC GoSE.-The Sparta Times,
speaking of the late copious rains, and mild,
growing weather, aud the abundant grass for
autumn grazing, says:
The panic is over, and well it may be-
The present delightful and mild weather is
sad calamity to the panic. makers, who have
been holding up their corn for one dollar per
bushel, and even denying to their poor neigh
bors that they had any to sell at anyprice..
1t rained nearly all of last night, and the
prospect is good for a continuance.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

CATAsTRoPHEs.-Capt. Gunnison, while
surveying a railroad route to the Pacific, early
last spring, was killed in Utah, and nearly all
his men massacred. Lieut. Davidson was de-
feated within twenty miles of his own camp,
in New Mexico, and forced to retreat, leaving
his dead upon the field. Capt. Van Buren
was defeated in Texas, his men dispersed, and
himself mortally wounded. And now, Lieut..
Grattan, with all his party have been cut off
not one left to tell the tale the garrison at
Fort Laramie is in imminent danger, and the
government goods have been captured. The
first victory has yet to be gained by the United
States troops over the Indians west Of Mis-
sour since 1876.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

eW- The Panama Railroad has been final
ly completed to the summit, to which the
cars are now running, leaving only eight
miles of mule carriage, over n road which has
been put in much better repair by the compa-
ny, SO that it can be easily traversed in about
three hours.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

sD When you see an editor pceping into
dark alleys and climbing up to the windows
of old ruined houses; you may conclude that
he rs in search of bloody murder; and IL
you would secure his everlasting gratitude,
You have only to blow out the brains OF
some person in his immediate vicinity.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

rN-The Mnysyillc (Ky.) Eagle says the
almost total failure of the hemp seed crop Of
Kentucky and Missouri has led to the forma-
ton Of a company in that city for the purpose
Of irnporting il from Europe.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

cB- A lady, passing through New Hamp-
shire, observed the following notice on 1t
board;-"Horscs taken in to grass. Long
tails, 3s. short tails, 2s." The lady asked
the owner of the land the reason of the differ
ence of the prices. He answered, "You see,
ma'am, the long tails can brush away the flies;
but the short tails are so totmented that they
can hardly eat at ALL" This was the "long
and short" of the matter, and the lady was
satisfied.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

ANEw IDEA.-"Yer drunk, again, heyr
"No, my lork (hiccup) not drunk, but slip
perry (hiccup.) The fact is, my dear some.
body has been rubbing the bottom of my
boots (hiccup) till they are as smooth as a
pane of glnss."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

H A young lady was married in New
York Thursday evening" part of the cere-
monies of which consisted in the reception
of presents valued at $4,000. We don't
blame the girls for wanting to get marri-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

Nor CoRREor.-The statement, made re-
Gently that the large engine shipped from
Baltimore, for the Virginia and Tennessee
Railroad, had fallen overheard and sunk near
Richmond, Va, is without foundation.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

eg- The Postmaster at Kcesville, N. Y,
has been examined on the charge of violating
letters, and required to find bail in the sum
OF $4,000. He is now in Jail. 1t was prov
en- that he passed one of the bills enclosed in
a decoy letter.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

AN EXEMPLARY JupeE.-The most ex-
traordinary instance of patience on record in
modern times is that of an Illinois Judge,
who listened silently for two days while n
couple of worthy attorneys contended about
the construction of an act Of tho legislature,
and then ended the controversy by quietly
remarking "Gentlomen, the law is repeal
ed"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

IT WoN'T Do.-It won't do, when your
tailor has made your coat too small, for you
to sweat yourself down to the proper size.
It won't do, when mosquito has lit on
your nose, to kill him with n crow-bar.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

icy The Postmaster at Holliuston, Mass,
and his clerk, were arrested on Tuesday last
on the charge of opening letter addressed
to another party.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

Ono ELEcrIoN.-Thc majority against
the regular Democratic, Administration, Ne
braska ticket is between seventy-hve and
eighty thousand The whole Of the Con-
gressional delegation, without exception, is
ant-Nebraska.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

tB- The New York Herald has scath-
ing article upon the diplomatic career of
Soule; remarking, meanwhile, that his has
not been worse than that of Borland. But
how instructive commentary upon the judg-
ment of Pierce and Marcy, it observes, does
the conduct of both present. How can our
other ambassadors hold up their heads, when
all the world sees that one representative of
the American people has disgraced himself
by shielding malefactor from justice, and in
stigating the destruction of an innocent and
defenceless town; and another has behaved
himself so shamefuly that sense Of self
preservation obliged him to fly the country
to which he was sent! 1t concludes:
What a picture, in sober truth, do our for
eign ministers present at the present mo.
ment, Soule flying post haste from Spain, so
as to anticipate his dismissal by Espartero,
Borand hiding somewhere in Arkansas his
diminished head from popular Indignation,
Belmont, the Jew, setting up an exchange
shop at the Hague, Others making themselves
ridiculous by prating of universal liberty and
crowned despots, and seeking to regulate the
destinies of the world in democrat conciia-
bles, reeking with the fumes of beer and
pipes; those only free from contempt or
shame, who have found safety in sloth and
oblivion. Never, never, were the people of
the United States so shamefully represented
abroad rs at this moment.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

H-Dr. Graham received the verdict of
the jury in his case with equanimty. He
was smoking segar, and observed that he
did not see how a jury could bring in such
verdict.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

sY A Kentucky paper says that II is be.
coming quite fashionable in that quarter to
enclose dollar with marriage notices, when
sending them to the printer. We think the
custom q good one.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

tE-The Ohio Central Rail Road is to be
opened about the 3Oth of this month from
Wheeling to Columbus
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

e.Y- It is estimated that no less than 30,-
600 people are about moving towards the
Territory of Kansas. Among these are at
least 10000 foreigners of suspicious chanc-
Ter and few worldly goods
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

tB- A Paris Physician has ascertained
that shock of electricity will restore per-
son dying from the effect of chloroform.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

19y- The character of that leviathan insti-
tuition, the Bank of England, expires in 1856
Her death-knell as a government instrument
has evidently begun to toll. Like all corpo-
rate bodies who abuse their powers, she is at
last destined to pay the penalty of her vanity
and arrogance.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

tE-Liverpool has seven miles of docks,
and over fs,ooo'ooo of money have just been
voted by the town council for the consiruc.
tion Of more,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

PROGRESS OF CANT, HUMBUG AND FANATI-
cIsM.-Reformed drunkards, gamblers and
prostitutes have figured so profitably before
the public, says the Albany IN. W Atlas that
numbers are tempted to 60 into these branch
es and qualify. The area, too, of reformation
is widening, with the demands of the public.
Mr.. Samuel Head, "the reformed burglar
and robber," and an accomplice of tho notori-
Gus Henry Wyatt, and leader of the gang
headed by John A. Mund, who has spent
twelve years Of his life in the prisons Of the
different States of the Union, is now ecturing
to crowded houses in the county of Living
ston, N. Y. The Rochester Democrat, a pa
per of the slang-whang school, announces that
the Great Reformed and most illustrous lee.
turer intends to favor that city with a visit,
sand deliver course of lectures, in which he
will give his views on the present prison dis
cipline and management He will also give
true history of his crimes committed in this
and the Western States"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27
THE ELECTIONS IN OHIO.

The Cincinnati Commercial, neutral, speak
ing of the sweeping revolution Of parties
and popular sentiment in that State, says:
Looking at the returns of the election in
Ohio and elsewhere, the most remarkable
feature in the result is the force of its revo.
lutionary character, overtopping with the tri-
umphant sweep of a swelling torrent, all the
boundaries of party, old and new, and mark
ing out, for the time being, deep channel of
its own. 1t is evident now, if it was not so
before, that ali the ordinary party instrument
taities, speeches from the stump, newspaper
defamation and yitnperation, and that which
politicians call organization, have gone for
nothing, and that the movement has been
purely of and from the people, taken up and
carried forward at their own suggestion.
The total Ignorance on the part of politicians,
that such change was impending is proof
that the moving springs were individual and
not collective--that II was the effect of per-
sona convictions and resolutions, rather than
of concert or calculation.
Judging from the returns that have been
received, it is scarcely probable that single
member of Congress of the administration
stripe has been elected in Ohio. This will
be a severe blow to Gen. Pierce, coming from
what has, for years, been considered one of
the surest and most impregnabe fortresses
of Democracy. Its example will be power
full in other States, and we should not be
surprised to see that executive which came
into power with the control of every State
in the Union, go out in despicable minori-
ty. For this we have no regrets to express;
but there are some among us upon whom
the blow will fall heavily. Those who have
made merchandise Of politics and have fatted
on government under the contract to preserve
the State in its old subserviency to the inter-
ests of the Administration, have, for once,
reckoned without their host; and some of
our timid politicians, who have been carrying
themselves with high hand, under the be-
lief that they were gifted with exhaustess
stores of talents and popularity will be de-
prived of portion of their wind, and reduc-
ed more nearly to the ordinary dimensions of
humanity
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

rB- A number of the Irish adopted citizens
of Williamsburgh have organized a club un-
der the name of the Democratic Union Asso.
citation. This is the place where the Irish
beat so many people TO death for wearing
what is called Know Nothing hat.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

o. The st. Louis Herald states case of
young lady of the most undoubted rospec-
liability, who entered shoe store in that city,
and asked to be shown some gaiter boots: a
number were shown her which she examined
and tried on. While the attention of the
shopkeeper was occupied with another custo-
mer, several pair disappeared. The lady
concluding not to purchase, he was compelled
to accuse her of secreting his shoes; she de.
MED it, and he insisted, and proceeded to
search, and found several pair suspended by
hooks attached to the lady's garters. He
took from the hooks those belonging to him
and left there several others, which had no
doubt been taken from other stores. She
was allowed TO depart.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

DREADFUL MoRTALITY.-A letter from an
officer of the United States steamer Saranac,
dated at Spezzia, September lS, states that
when she was at Constantinople, tho combin-
ed English and French forces had lost some
thirty thousand men by cholera, and they were
still dying in great numbers. One English
frigate lost one hundred and seventy men
during one night 1t is impossible to imagine
the horrd state they were in. The writer
had several conversations with British officers,
and he concluded that they were very doubt
ful of success at Sebastopol, owing to tho
dreadful condition of their men.
~ The return Judges Of the various
counties in Pennsylvania met at the county
seats on Friday, and prepared the aggregate
returns. ?ollock's majority for Governor
seems likely to reach 100000 But three Ne
braska men are known to be elected to Con.
press from this State, all the rest being op-
posed to that measure. Seventeen wings and
Americans are elected. In the lower House
ofthe Legislature from o!d Philadelphia coun-
ty but two Democrats are elected.
A CHANCE FOR HosTLERs.-A gentleman
living at Gowanus, L. l., advertises in the
New Jersey Standard for an hostler. ale
wishes to employ at his place, at Gowanas,
Long island first-rate HOSTLER, who has
good experience in managing RUNAWAY
HORSES. No one need apply who has ever
been in the State prison, or member Of the
New Jersey legislature
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

WHO OUGHT TO DRINK LIQUoR?-Not the
rich, for in it there is no refreshment.
Not the poor, for it Injuries their purse,
their credit, their health, their morals, and
their families.
Not the idle man, for he is lazy enough
without it.
Not the merchant, for it will probably rem
der him bankrupt
Not the mechanic, for it will cause him to
make promises which he cannot keep, and so
lose his customers. r..
Not the farmer, for it will make his cattle
lean, his sheep hide-bound, his barn empty,and
fill the window of his house with old hats
and old rags.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

eB- The Monroe Qndiana) Sentinel says
MI. Powell, an old revolutionary soldier,
ninety.five years of age, with his wife, seven-
ty-fve, left there on the 18th ult, for Ne
braska in company with several other citizens
Mr.. P. is remarkably hale and vigorous, ca
pable of chasing deer, with rifle a-shoulder,
twenty-five miles a day.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

CoUNT BoULBON's LAST BATTLE.-We have
already published the fact of the capture and
execution of Count Raousset Boulbon. Our
California files give the following account of
his last fight:
Capt. Johnson left Fort Yuma about the
I'd of September. On the lst, a party of two
Germans and one American reached the Colo.
RADIO direct from Guaymas, which place they
left about the 10th of August. They reported
that Count Raousset Boulbon arrived at
Guaymas liz the early part of August in
small boat accompanied by a few friends. He
Immediately landed, placed himself at the
head of the French troops in the service of
Sonora, and was by them received with en-
thusiasm and delight.
After organizing his force, he made de-
monstration against the government, where
upon the Sonorians turned out in force aided
by one company Of Germans under Captain
Seafeldt, and one Of Irish and other foreign
ers, with two heavy cannons and one howit-
ger. The Germans and Irish stuck closely TO
the Sonorians. A desperate conflict took
place in the streets of Guaymas between the
opposing forces.
The battery was served with terrible effect
by the Germans and Irish, and numbers of the
French fell at every discharge. Still headed
by Boulbon, they charged furiously up to the
verv mouth of the cannon, but were again and
again repulsed with great loss.
Boulbon's force amounted to nearly 400
men, all of whom are represented to have
fought with desperate courage. But the Ger
mans and Irish, with their cannon, could not
be dslodged, while the Mexicans, taking heart,
assailed the French on all sides.
in the midst of the conflict Boulbon chal-
lenged the Colonel Of the Sonorian forces to
single combat 1t was accepted, and as they
were approaching each other, Boulbon was
struck in the neck with an escopette ball, and
fell, severely wounded, from his horse.
The Sonorians, Germans and Irish set up
shout of triumph, and the French Immediately
ceased firing, and surrendered. Boubon was
taken, and was to be executed by the Sono-
rians, even in his wounded condition, imme-
diateiy. Many of his companions would pro-
badly share his fate, and the Mexcans were
wild with exultation.
From 80 to 100 Frenchmen are said to
have been killed in the conflict. Thus, un-
happily, has ended the life of one of the no.
blest and most chivalrous spirits of the age.
iio WIS " HeTo, anu HIS lale VIII ue inOuIucu
by his countrymen here and regretted BY all
who admire true nobility of soul everywhere.
~ When the British army in the East
left Varna, a few weeks ago, for the Russian
province Of the Crimea, no horses, excepting
those of the field officers were taken on board
the transports All the other horses, to the
number of 5000, were cast loose, to seek their
fortunes as best they could. Horses which
three months before cost 30 and 60 pounds,
and which in England would be worth $1,000,
could not find purchasers at 81. Enormous
quantities of baggage, the private property of
English officers, are said to have been at the
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

THE WING PARTY.-The Courier and
Enquirer, in an article on the Wing Party
and the Tribune's attempt to break it up,
says:
1t is nm egregious error to suppose that the
party of Daniel Webster and Henry Clay
has fulfilled its mission yet--or to believe
that its all comprehensive patriotism is to
dwindle into mere sectional spite. 1t knows
how to abide when principle is concerned;
and there is no reason why it should not serve
the country as effectually on questions of
principle hereafter, as it certainly has done
heretofore. We know that the Wing party
is in new and anomalous position, but can
not believe that the law of its original exs-
tence Is radically perverted, and that it has
degenerated into mere sectiopal fragment.
The bonds of good fellowship between true
Wings of the North and true Wings of the
South will yet be reunited; and stranger
events often happen in these quick-changing
times than would be the nomination of that
sterling old Wing statesman, John Bell, of
Tennessee, for the next Presidency of the
United States. The Tribune may un-Whig
itself without much of an effort; but to un-
Wing two millions of genuine Wing men,
to strip them of all the associations and in
fluences of life time, is quite different
matter, and for the present at least it will be
useless for our neighbor to attempt it.