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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

A BILLIoN.-What is billionl The reply
is quite simple-a million times milion.-
No man is able to count it. for you may
count l60 or ITO in minute, but let us
suppose you can count 200 hundred in amin
ute, and in an hour $4,000; in a day, 2SS,OOO,
IN 365 days, 4O5,l2O,OOO. Let us suppose
now that Adam, at the first beginning of his
existence, had began to count-had continued
to do so, and was counting still-he would
not even now, and according to the usually
supposed age of our Globe, have counted
near enough, to have one billion he would
have to live 9,5l3 years, "a days, five hours
and twenty minutes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

TRUE HERoIsM.-An eflecting incident oc-
Cured in Turkey, whilst the cholera was
scourging the French army. A Sister Of
Charity, who went with her own accord to
attend the officers and soldiers PROSTATE with
it, was attacked herself and died. She was
attended to her grave by large military pro-
cesson, and tears were seen to flow down
the rough checks of the stern, brave men,
who were but little used, we fancy, to the
melted mood. This is true glory, it seems
to us, and such death the most glorious a
mortal can die. To be delicate, sensitive,
and timid, seems to be natural to women,
and yet how heroic they are capable of be-
ing. The courage displayed by this humble
Sister of Charity was not specious and i'm
posing as that displayed on the field of bat
tie, but it was heroic, and was more dis
Interested She had in view no promotion,
no applause, no reward and nothing but the
performance of an humble and Christian du-
ty. She performed that duty nobly, and her
rood works will follow her.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

eB James Cooper, U. S. Senator of Penn
sylvania, recently sent challenge to fight a
duel with Mr.. McMichael, editor of the Phil
adelphia North American, which the latter
after due consideration, declined to accept
The quarrel grew out of certain structures of
of the editor upon the conduct of the mana
gers of the Erie and Sunbury Rail Road, of
which Mr.. Cooper is President, relative to
the subscription of the city of philadelphia
to the stock of the company. William Cost
Johnson was the bearer of the beligerent mis-
sive. BY this act Mr.. Cooper has rendered
himself liable to a forfeiture of his civil
rights.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

A SAD PICTURE.-The Journal of Com
merce says "not night passes, we are truth
fully told, without burgaries. Fires are of
constant occurrence. Midnight brawls are
frequent. Murders follow upon each other
with frghtful rapidity. Punishment for these
offences is slow and not sure in the few cases
in which arrests are made. 1t is undeniablc
that there is far wider sympathy for crimin-
ais than is compatible with the public good.'
This is indeed a sad picture of the Empire
CITY.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

A Dry NURsE.-The Augusta Age, the
leading Administration organ in Maine, while
promising G, in its party's defeat, to indulge in
no "unseemly and narrowing recriminations," !"
imposes upon itself a somewhat thankless
task-to watch by the sick bed of the DEM
ocraic party "until it either recovers its former
strength and vigor or until death frees ii from
its suderings!" Probably the latter.
In another place the same journal, speak
ing of the Nebraska experiment, remarks {:
"The establishment of "a great principle is no
doubt very fine thing if the times are ripe
for the movement, but if prematurely ushered
into the world a few such experiments would
prove the death of the unhappy authors Of
the undertaking"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

A LONG ABsENcE.-A man formerly be-
longing to this city, says the Salem evening
Journal, retained home on Tuesday, after an
absence of forty-two years. Ilo left wife,
and n child one year old, behind, and when
he returned he found his daughter the moth,
er of twelve children, soma of whom arc
married. His wife lived Il widow, as she sup
posed, over twenty years, and married again
some twenty years since, and now resides in
Salem.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13
THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, OCT. Ia, 1854.

g4s-The last Savannah News says for the
past week marked improvement has been
going on in respect to the health of the city
The number of deaths, during that period, has
fallen down below the point of alarm; and
the cases now under treatment are either
such as have fingered on for several days
from unproptious weather, or such as must be
ascribed to thoughtless imprudence and ex-
posure. 1t is believed that most of them are
of mild type, and will yield with proper
auton to good nursing and timely assistance
from the diminished band of physicians still
left with us.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

eV "The art of the writer" says the Ed
inburg Review, "can only be acquired pen in
hand, as that of the swimmer must be learn
ed in the water, at whatever risk, and how
ever long the first experiment may be de-
layed, the result in both cases is almost una.
voidably an awkward display of ill-directed
powers, coupled with distressing and unnec-
essary effort"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

rY" On Wednesday last, the Grand Jury
of Philadelphia returned true bill against
Robert Simpson, late Treasurer Of the county
ofPhiadelphia, VIM. ]. Christman, his chief
clerk, and John Sizer,, one of his surcties.-
In the bill of indictment they are charged,
under the net of Assembly, with a felony in
the ombezzlemcnt of the sum of Ss0,729,3 35,
belonging TO tho Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
yania,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

The ladies North are introducing what is
called an "Ugly," MS compensation for the
infnitessimally small bonnets now worn.-
The "Ugy" is nothing more than what years
ago used to be termed "clash." The "Ug-
ly' is to the head what top is to gig, or
a chaise. The "Ugly" lets up and down
like one of those tops. The "Ugly" is of a
different color from the bonnet, and it might
be called parasol, a veil, or anything else,
descriptive of what hides or shades the face.
Ladies, hence, now often wear two bonnets
on their heads instead of one.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

e3s- The Tribune says, the physicians of
the New York Hospital give some facts, show
ing that seven-eighths of all persons attacked
with cholera, are those who have already been
long suffering from organic diseases, as of the
liver, lungs, &C., who could not live long un-
der any circumstances. This is shown by
post mortem examination, made in almost
every instance.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13
A LADY CLERK ON A MISSISSIPPI STEAME

a LADY CLERK ON A MISSISSIPPI STEAMER.
The ST. Louis Republican mentions that
there is one feature about the steamer Illinois
Belle of peculiar rattractiveness-a lady clerk
"Look at her bills of ladng, and MARY J.
Patterson, clerk will be seen traced in deli
cate and very neat style of chirography. The
insurance companies, under such an arrange
ment, will have to come down fraction on
their risks. A lady clerk on western steam
er 1t speaks strongly of our moral progress"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

DR.. Schff to whom the French Academy
of Science referred the subject of spiritual
rapings for investigation, has reported that
they are owing to the partial dislocation of
the etendons and joints, and their return to
their natural position again. He describes
the process as the swapping of tendon of
the peronous longus over the external NAL
leolus. We hope our readers understand it
nowl
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

CoUNTERFEIT.-We were shown by Mr..
A. Merritt, says the Griffin Union, day or
two since, 1.-TWO dollar counterfeit bill of the
Bank of Augusta. 1t is from a genuine
plate, dated January /, 1916, and bearing the
signatures of J. w. Davis, Cashier, and Robt.
+. Poe, President, without no other filling
up. The signatures are badly executed. 1t
was paid to one of our merchants. Chatia-
nn0rn Advertiser.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

ANOTHER SPLIT.-The Democracy in the
first Congressional district of Illinois, held
their convention at Rockford on Wednesday
week, and after hard struggle split in two
on the Nebraska rock. The Nebraska men
nominated w. M. Jackson, of Henry county,
with platform to match. The other side
put up E. p Ferry, of Lake, on the anti. Ne
braska issue. 1t is probable, therefore, that
the present Wing Representative from that
district, who is a candidate for reelection,
will be triumphantly returned.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13
THE CHECK REIN.

When SteWpyd harnesses his horse fol
dragging brick up grade, the horses head
is pulled back towards his tail and anchored
there by the senseless and merciless check
rein. The arrangement is unnatural; the ami.
NAL is constrained by it. He must ineyita.
bly, lose strength by it, for it disturbs the
vital force and induces an unnatural action
in the muscles of the neck, head, shoulders
and mouth. There are actually less energy
and vigor left for the limbs and chest than
there would be if the stupid contrivance were
ierked off and thrown over the nearest fence
If reason cannot teach this promptly to any
man, just let him try the experiment by put.
ting martingale upon himself and 90 to
wrestling, or putting check in the jaws of Il
boxer that shall extend down his back to his
belt
Who beside the British use the check
rein, saving the free trade slaves and gener.
al imitators, the Americans! The French do
not use it; the Germans do not; the Indians
and Spaniaris of South America, who liter
ally live on horseback and are perfect horse.
men, do not; the Spaniards of Europe do not,
nor do the Turks. The most observant and
most natural people in the world are free
from this mschievous error. 1t is strange to
us that the English and ourselves did not,
years and years ago, reason upon The con-
stantly-witnessed fact that when check
rein was loosed at tavern stoop or in n
stable the poor horse alaoays stretched out
hics neck and hung down his head That
was his language for saying that the strap
hurt him and wearicd him, and that he was
heartily glad to be relieved from it.
The genius that first proposed the mechan-
ical feat of lifting himself up by the seat of
his breeches must have been the author of
the theory that the check rein held the horse
up and kept him from falling. The mechan-
ical action in the two cases must be precisely
the same. If the reader will reflect for mo-
ment he will see that no suspending power
can be derived except from without the ami
NAL. A post, tree, or beam is just as indis-
pensable to the support of a horse as to the
support of a man intent on suicide. A horse
can't hang himself up in the air by the terrets
on his back any more than man can by pull
ling upwards at his neck handkerchief.
The check rein should be abolished. 1t
wastes motive power. Its use is unhealthy,
for it 6isturbs the otherwise naturally and
equally distributed vital forces. 1t shortens
the life of the horse. 1t diminishes his speed
and lessons the free and quick action so es.
sential to the animals safety and that of his
driver 1t is of no use, and cannot confer
dignity or grace to an animal that was made
by the Lord. Had man got up the horse, check
reins and all sorts of contrvances would
have been allowable not only, but perhaps
necessary; but the work of the Great Artist
cannot be improved upon.
Brethren of the press, let US emancipate
the horse from the British check rain.-BuE
talo Democrat.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

EARLY WRITISG.-It is supposed that
Moses was the inventor of writing; this is the
common opinion. THERE'S no account of us
ing the letters, that is to say, the characters
of the alphabet, before about the times of
Moses, and probably the first book ever
written was that Of Job the Arabian, who is
thought to be contemporary with Moses.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

BRlcKBAT TEA.-A merchant of Ports
mouth, N. H., bought in Boston few days
since three chests that were supposed to be
filled with prime article of tea, but on being
opened they were found to contain worthless
chaff, rice hulls, &c, rendered sufficiently
heavy for practical purposes by the addition
of unburnt brickbats, evidently of Chinese
origin.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

e9y-The Macon Ca, Citizen of the 30 ult.
says:
"Since our last issue we have had three
more imported cases of Yellow Fever in this
city, two of which have proved fatal. One,
mn lrishman, of the name of Doyle, recently
from Charleston and Augusta-the other,
Mrs. Clayton, of Augusta, who died on Mon
day evening Her child, which made the third
case, has recovered.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

~ The married men of the New York
cricket club have beaten tho single members.
A poor miserable bachelor says he is no. at
all surprised at il; "they probable got their
hands in by beating their wives"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

.B- The Mobile News, speaking of the
relief sent TOR Savannah, by the American
people, says-"Wc are great people indeed.
We will cut each others throats about alb
stractions, but let calamity enter n household,
and the heart of the million throbs as one
man.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

eB The last Charlottesville (Va.) Jeffer-
sonian, records death in that town rs fol-
lows: Died in this town, on Saturday last,
of delirium tremens, Mr.. Samuel Johnson
He was member of the theatrical company
that visited this place last winter; he per-
formed the principle character in "The Drunk.
ard" and always received great applause
from the audience for the faithful manner
in which he acted his part.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

rY- A new fraud attributed to Robert
Schuyler, has just been announced. We un-
derstand, says the Journal Of Commerce, that,
previous to Schuyler's failure he not only sold
to the Harlem Railroad Company an invoice
of iron, which a London Iron House claim as
their property, but also obtained loans from
two responsible firms here, each upon one
invoice, making the latter thus do double du-
ty. The amount thus involved is about
Sl75,OOO, and there will be nice dispute rs
to which of the lenders is entitled to the
security. The matter is further complicated,
as we are informed, by which the loose
warehousing business is conducted, one
large invoice having actually been transferred
by the warehouse clerk, to t,0o parties, so that
each has the proper voucher of ownership
What next' The wonder is, that Schuyler
contrived so long to conceal his many iniqui-
ties; and yet the chances are, that some of
them were known to other parties, who arc
among the loudest in denouncing him. Man.
kind are very apt to worship wealth, no mat
ter how lily gotten, but the moment rogue
becomes penniess the parasites who fawned
before him, and in his day Of power, become
his bitterest assaants
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

r~-Turkey is "some." A man is allowed
seven wives, don't have 10 work for living,
owns carriage, takes a drive with every
body's pretty girls, and don't come home till
next week if he chooses. The cars hayn't
commenced running yet.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

The train of Merimac and Connecticut
Railroad, when about to leave Manchester,
N. H., on Friday last, with the mails and pas.
sengers, was stopped by the Sheriff laying an
attachment on the engine and tender, to re-
cover $4,000, due the Eastern Railroad.-
The company, it is said, owe some $50 or
100000, and all the property Of the road has
been attached.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

FAITHFUL HUsBAND.-The wife of the cap
tain of cannal boat fell into the New York
canal on Sunday evening last. Her hus-
band jumped in after her with his overcoat
on. As he neared the shore, finding himself
exhausted, he thrnst her forward so that
she was saved, but he sunk and was drown
cd. Ills name was Johnson, and he belong
cd TO Waterford.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

EFFECTS OF CoFFEE.-Dr Mosely OBJ
serves, in his "Treatise on Coffee" that tho
great use of this article in France is suppos-
ed to have abated the prevalence Of the grav-
el. In the French colonies, where coffee is
more used than in tho English, as well rs
in Turkey, where it is the principal beverage,
not only the gravel but the gout are scarce
Ia, knovp
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

A GREAT CHANGE IMPENDING IN THE
EAsT.-A correspondent of the New York
Courier & Enquier, writing from Hong
Kong on the subject of the war in China, re-
marks:
Whatever be the issue, civilization and
commerce can scarcely but profit by the re-
suit. That it will be momentous, if the pres.
ent dynasty falls, we entertain no apprehen-
sion. Within short space we may hear of
the breaking up of an Empire, the greatest,
perhaps, of any that has existed since tho
fall of Rome, though the voice of its wars
and aggessions is less familiar to our cars
A vast territory, hiterto almost inaccessible,
will be laid open to modern enterprise and
innovation. A new spirit perhaps of free
dom, will be breathed into the East, and
people numbering third of the whole hui
man race will, after countless ages of sepa-
alton, be at last restored to the family of maa.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

A ROGUE AND A FooL.-A foolish fellow
down east, recently sent one dollar to an i'm.
poster, who promised for that sum TO put
him in the way of n fortune. The amazing
secret was this, that whoever would make
money might do so by getting horse and
wagon aud pcdding cigars,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13
THE LAST OF THE PICKLES.

'Tis the last of the pickles,
Left souring alone;
All its little companions
Are eaten and gone.
No kindred cucumber,
No mango is nigh,
To respond to the last pickles
Sorrowful sigh.
I'll not leave the, thou lone one
To pine in the jar,
While thy kindred are scattered
In regions afar;
Thus kindly seize thee,
And eat thee down fast,
With the mournful reflection
That thou art the last
So soon may l follow,
When friends day by day,
From creations vast pickle jar
Vanish away
o, who wold be left
When the loved ones have flown,
, Mid life's waste of vinegar
Floating alone.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

ANOTHER WNG.-The nomenclature de-
mocracy in New York is interminable. They
have already some half dozen factions, and re-
Gently ANOTHER has been added, called "Practi-
cal Democrats" Their peculiar doctrines are
not vet announced.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

rR- A planter of North Carolina, writing
from Edgecomb county, says the cropsin that
region are 25 per cent. better than in 1853.
Corn crop fine. The oat crop was uncom-
monty good. Sweet potatoes look fine, and
will no doubt Weld well
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

KNow-NoTHING V1cToRY.-The result of
the late elections in Kentucky shows that the
Know-Nothings sweep every thing before
them in that region. 1t also proves that the
mysterious party is not composed in whole or
for the most part of Wings, as is charged by
certain Democratic papers. As evidence of
this, take the two counties opposite Cincin.
nati-Kenton and Campbell. In Kenton the
successful candidates are:
Judge, Riley, Democrat;
Sheriff, Wood, Wing;
Clerk, Bayless, Wing;
Attorney, Hereford, Democrat;
Jailor, Herod, Democrat;
Surveyor, Yates, Democrat;
Coroner, Wilson, Democrat;
in Campbell county the following gentle
men were elected:
Judge, Nelson, Democrat;
Sheriff, Stricken, Wing;
Clerk, Parker, Wing;
Assessor Spelman, Democrat.
If Know Nothingism is Whiggery in dis.
guise, the members have queer way of
showing it in elections.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

sB-The Jackson County (Ohio) Standard,
of Thursday. week, says that tho Mon
roe Furnace has been closed, and all the
hands discharged on account of the scarcity
of money, and that there are several others
that will close
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

eB- A live taod, in torpid state, was re-
Gently dug out of hard PAN at Rutland, VT,
some fifteen feet below the surface, where
he must have reposed for centuries. On be-
ing laid upon the grass he soon revived, and
hopped otto give the worms and buggs of
the nineteenth century specimen of antede-
luvian skill in Swapping them up"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

AU. STATES DIsTRIor JUDGE DEAD
Judge Irwin, Of the U. s. District Court for
the Western District Of Pennsylvania, died
day or two since, which makes an important
vacancy to be filled by the President. There
will, Of course, bc any number OF applicants
for the position.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

~ The editor of the Kenosha (Wis.)
Telegraph says:-"Last year we had tree
which bore one apple. This year the crop of
that tree is doubled" We think the nature
of the tree must have been totally changed,
as il is certainly the first instance that we re-
member of any tree bearing one year an ap-
pie, and the next year pair.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

s1V" The National lntelligencer is author
lied to contradict report that the Hon. John
NJ. Clayton, of Del, had joined the Know
Nothngs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

rV-A firm faith is the best divinity; good
life is the best philosophy; clear conscience
the best law; honesty the best policy; and
temperance the best physic.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

s3y- Potatoes are selling at four Cor
dime in New Orleans. The Picayuno says
the man who would bring few thousand
barrels there, just now, would make for.
tune.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-13

FOREIGN LABOR AND STRKEs.-In an ar
ticle on strikes, the Providence Tribune has
the following excellent remarks:
"The influx of foreign labor is doing more
in this country TO bring labor in subsection
to capital than anything else. Accustomed,
as many of them are, to submit to the nest
arbitrary regulations, and the lowest rates of
wages in their own country, they are prepar-
cd here to drive our operatives to the same
condition, or supplant them. The large por-
ton of help now employed in our factories,
both male and female, are that class of per-
sons of foreign birth who are deficient in me-
chanical skill, ingenuity, or tact Some of
our manufacturers, however, have become sat-
isfed that intelligent, active, and honest
help pis cheaper at fair price, than ignorant
help at any price,"