The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-09-29

SOUND ApvrcE.-All of us have probably
, met with instances in which word needless.
ly spoken against the reputation of female
} has been magniiied by malicious minds until
the cloud has become dark enough to over.
shadow her whole existence. To those who
are accusiomed-not necessarily from bad
motives, but from thoughtlessness-to sneak
lightly Of females land we know many sucl,)
We recommend The following "hints" which
we find in On old scrap.book:
"Never use lady's nainc in an Improper
place, at an improper time, or in mixed con-.
pany. Never make assertions about her that
. YOU think are untrue or illusions that YOU
feel she herself would blush to hear. When
you meet with men who do not scruple to
make use of a woman's name in q reckless
and unprincipled manner, shun them, for
they are the worst members of the cOmmuni.
iy-men lost to every sense of honer-eyery
feeling of humanity. Many good and wor.
thy wOman's character has been forever ruin.
ed, and her heart broken by lie manufac.
tured by some villain, and repeated where it
should not have been, and in the presence of
those whose little judgment could not deter
them from circulating the foul and blasting
report. A Islander is soon propagated. and
the smallest thing derogatory to woman's
character will fly on the wings of the wind,
and magnify rs IL crcmlates until its mon
sirous weight brushes the poor unconscious
victim. Respect the name Of woman, for
your mother and sisters are women; and as
you would have their fair name untarnishetl,
and their lives unembittered by The SANDER
er's biting tongue. heed the i'll that your own
words may bring upon the mother, the sister,
or the wife Of some fellow creature"
Money AND BUsisSss.-New York, SEM.
Is.-Business is rapidly improving. Boxes
and bales make many Of the wholesale streets
nearly impossible.
100000 which was sent abroad last yeor vii,
be saved to the Kingdom this year BY the
abundant harvest. The cotton trade was al.
ready feeling The effects. Accounts from tho
harvest in France and the north of Europe
are also favorable. Prices for most kinds of
imported dry goods are cheaper than they
have been for years. Many heavy importers
are selling their stock ut auction ut large sac
r'ilce and taking the aucionecrs' notes in paw.
menl, IN preference 10 running the risks with
country merchants. There is still great cau-
ton used in giving credit 10 new customers.
We were going too fusl. Every one was sin
haste to be rich, 'and many ovcrsIot the mark.
1t we'll sIat The great railroad frauds caused
the breaks 10 be put on and sieam let oil, ana
that We could look out and see what is ahead
and the track clear before we start again.
There have been too many goods impotedthas
could be Us well manufactured in this countrv.
and consequently too much specie exported
TO pay for Them. There has Leen too much
money locked up in railroads and real estate
that should have been used in business. The
error is felt, and the prudent will profit by
The experience. Railroad securities are grad
ually recovering from the shock dealt upon
them by the discovered frauds of Schuyler,
Kyle, and Crane. Stocks have been quite
tluctuating OF late.