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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19

THE FOURTH THURSDAY OF MAY.-The
4th Thursday, the 18th of the present month,
is the day upon which the Judicial Flee
tons are to he held. Our readers will excuse
US for again calling their attention TO the sub
ject, and urging upon them the Importance of
attending the polls and voting between the
candidates. The Judiciary has heretofore
been elected by the Legislature, but the pro-
position to change the mode having been sub
mitted to the people last year, and n majority
having ratified it, it is now the duty Of every
one to attend the polls and see that men arc
elected who are competent to wise and
faithful discharge of the responsibilities OF
the Offices and to maintain the high character
which the Judiciary of Tennessee has al.
ready acquired. As was said last week, the
duty to vote in such IN election is one which
no good citizen can conscicntiously disregard,
and we may be allowed to express the hope
that there will be Il full vote polled. Remcm.
bee. the 18th of the present month-attend
the polls, and see that your neighbors also
attend. That man understands his Obliga-
tions and duty to himself and to society but
lightly-is poor patriot and indifferent citi-
zen, who cannot give an hour or two from
his ordinary employment to attend to mat.
ter of such an important character.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19
WASHINGTON May ,
BALTIMORE, Nav |,

From 90 to 25 deaths from cholera occur.
red among some German cmigrants, on their
way from New OJeans to st. Louis,on board
the steamer Dresden, which arrived at st.
Louis'on the 9th inst.
A call is out in New York for a public
meeting in the Park of all citizens opposed
to the violation of the Missouri Compromise,
signed by Moses II. GrinnclI, Alfred Pell,
VIM. Cullen Bryant, Walter H. Jones, Geo.
Newbold, Judge John l.. Mason, Geo. Girls
void, Samuel b. Ruggles, and many other
prominent citizens. The object of the meet.
ing is stated to be ''to consider the proper
steps to be taken at the present momentous
crisis, and to demand of all the members OF
Congress- who adhere to the faitlf pledged in
the Missouri Compromise, to protect from in
vasion the rights of the people, and to resort
if necessary, to the most decisive and ever
extreme measures, to prevent the preparation
of IN act of infamy fraught with fearful, per
haps irreparable disaster to the peace, harmo.
ny and stability of the Union"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19

II is said Miss Dix has determined to give
to the public certain revelations concerning
the INDECENT insane bill, that will place Gen.
eral Pierce in a perplexing predicament.'
The above is from the N. Y. Herald, which
gives no clue to the character Of the reveal.
tons. They must, however. be Of very ex.
traordnary nature if they prove pcrplexing to
the President. We presume the whole amount
Of the matter is that he has been guilty Of q
breach Of promise; but this can not be per.
picking to the man who denied his New Bos.
ton speech, and boosted that he led his brig.
ade into the blaze of every battle. The
wonder should be. not that he deceived Miss
Dix, but that she should eonfide in any
promise he nigh. make. Thus thinks and
writes the GAINESVILLE Chronicle.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19

We have just received the 6sst No. Of II
new paper printed ut Clevelan&, Tenn, by
Rcbt. McNelley, Esq, Editor and Proprietor.
1t is very neat sheet and is democratic in
politics. We wish our old friend Mac great
success, as we do every poor fellow who has
the temcrity to undertake such n herculean
task. Talk not, friend WINS, Of the mania
for mining; that for editing is taking prcce-
dence of it rapidly.-BLoum County Adro.
cate.
OF course, friend Collins, the mania fol-
editing is taking precedence Of that for min.
ing, and that is the reason why we recon
mendcd the building of a Lunatic Asylum in
this end of the State. Either an institution
of that kind, Of additional poor-houses will
be needed in a short time.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19

Mn. FILLMORE FOR PIEsIDENT.-The Rome
Courier, II paper conducted with marked
ability, comes out strong for Mr.. Fillmore for
the Presidency, in 1885, Its article closes as
follows:
The inherent knavery of political Conven-
tons was most strikingly displayed in the re-
lection of such Statesman as Cass, Dickinson,
Fillmore and Webster. For our own part
we will not be implicitly bound by the action
of any National Convention; aud we think the
Republican Party owes it to itself to bring
forward and sustain Willard Fillmore for the
Presidency. We are prepared to support
him, either in or outside of n regular organi.
cation. He has been thoroughly tried, and
having shown himself to be the pure metal,
let us not unwiscly cast him aside for base
coin, although it may have the "imagc and
superscription" of National Convention.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19

Money is wonderful charmer. Mrs. Ste-
vens, of Wisconsin, in letter to life insu-
rance agent, writes that-"lt affords me
great pleasure TO acknowledge the receipt of
$1,000, being the amount Of policy effected
on the life of my late husband" Then Mrs.
Roxa Wiley writes to similar agent-'It is
with heartfelt gratitude that acknowledge
the receipt Of the sum of $1,000, being
amour: of policy of insurance on the fife
Of my husband."-These a.e pretty strong
expressions on the part these ladies', and +,
when it is borne in mind that their joy is
the result of the death Of their husbands are
very curious expressions. As well might they
have written-"We are mighty glad our
husbands are dead, so that We can get 9l,-
900 each"
The above paragraph We clip from one Of
our exchanges. We think the writer is un-
Just to the ladies', as we have met with some
apologies for husbands at whose deaths their
wives could well afford TO rejoice. II Is more
than possible that the man who penncd the
above paragraph is a barren fig tree, and
ought 10 he cut down Us cumbcrcr Of the
ground
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19

FEAcAs IN AND Our OF CHuRcH.-On Sun.
day afternoon, the priest of the German
Catholic Church, West Utica, in the course
of the services, took occasion to make some
reflections touching ex.AIderman Keiser.-
The cx-Alderman not being present, his bar.
keeper replied in his behalf, and called the
priest "a id liar" The latter ordered
him to be put out, which was done after a
pretty hard scuflle.
Yesterday morning, the ex.Alderman called
upon his reverence and demanded retrac.
ton. This was refused, and high words
cnsucd. The result was, that (if our inform.
ant is cOrrecD Mr.. X. knocked the priest
down. The latter entered complaint before
his honor the Recorder, and the ex.aderman
was held to bail.
Subsequently another suit was instituted
by the other party, before Justice Gilmore.
All Germandom is in Il ferment.-Utica Her.
aid.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19
A MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION.

A MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION.
There is one thing connected with rail.
road enterprises in East Tennessee to which
we wish to refer and to which we invite the
attention of those most specially interested.
There is evidently a disposition in some d.
rections, where railroads have been projected
or are about to be placed under contract, on
the part of those who ought to retain the
control and management Of them to part
with it, either to get rid of the labor and
trouble of the work, or for the purpose Of
raising means to mid in their completion. Now
this is all wrung-bc that the works
should be delayed than that their entire con.
troll and management should pass into the
hands of parties whose interests are not, to
a considerable extent at least, identical with
the interests of the country through which
the roads are designed to be built. Suppose
now that the Rabun Gap railroad and the
Knoxville and Danvile road were, when built,
to be consolidated and placed under one man.
agcment, making, as that management would,
a continuous and unbroken connection, what
would be the result! The Company would
rapidly become rich and prosperous, but
what would be the effect upon Knoxvile!-
1t would be nothing more than a mere sta
ton by the wayside, at which the trains
would only stop for wood and water. Such
n policy would provo eminenty detrimental
to the prosperity Of that place.
There is another practice in regard to rail.
road building, which seeps to be growing
into favor and which we cannot but regard
as most unwisc and hurtful. 1t is that Of let
ting the contracts for an entire line of road
to single company. The policy is mis-
taken one. We care not what business n
man engages in-whether it is pcdding pea.
nuts, wholesalng gingerbread, or building
Observation-Disclosures the public becomes sat.
islied that he has undertaken more than he
can accomplishment the public is pretty
kccn.scented in such matters-cOnfidenc is
Immediately withdrawn, his credit is impair
ed, and he necessarily fails. Such has been
the invariable result in railroad building and
every other branch of business. The work
should always be distributed in proper guam
titles, and no parties be suffered to take more
than they could reasonably be expected to
accomplish. In nine cases out of ten any
other policy will result injuriously to the en-
terprise and to all the parties connected with
it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19

~ The Chattanooga Advertiser says, we
understand that the Mail Agent, Col. Hull
passed through Chattanooga last week, ma.
king arrangements to expedite the mail ser.
vice between Washington and the Southern
cities. BY this arrangement the ears on the
Western g. Atlantic Rail Road will leave
Atlanta at s o'clock p. M, and arrive here
or . a. m. at night. The Nashville train
will leave soon after, and reach that city in
the morning. Coming this way, the train
will leave Nashville, say at o'clock p. M
and arrive here at s O'Clock p. m, and the
Southern train leave soon after, making the
passenger trains Of the Western g. Atlantic
Road in the night both ways.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19


FURTHER News PER CANADA.-The Brit
isll steamer Fury cut out Russian mer.
chantman under convoy near the entrance of
the harbor Of Sebastopol. The Fury was
pursued by Russian steamer and two fri
gates and only escaped by cutting her prize
loose.
! A Russian war steamer from the Archi.
pelago passed Dardanelles and batteries
reaching the Black sea in safety. 1000 Turks
refused to march from Erzaron on account of
arrearges Of pay.
The insurrection against Russia in Circas.
sia is general throughout all warlikc tribes.
The French Imperial decree allows all
Russian ships laying in the ports of the Bal.
tic and White Sea previous to the ninth, to
unload and return unmoested to Russian or
neutral ports. The crews of Russian prizes
in England arc liberated on parol not to
serve against England or France.
Parliament re-assembled on tho 9th.
France continues actively shipping troops TO
the East-Princc Napoleon left Malta for
Turkey.
The Madrid correspondent of the London
Times says five notes were exchanged be-
tween Scale and the Spanish Government in
regard to the Black Warrior. In the first
note Soule states his complaints and de.
mands PREPARATION, requiring an answer in
four hours The second note from the Gov.
eminent declares its inability to reply until
receipt Of information from Cuba. The third
note Mr.. Soule charges the Spanish Govern.
ment with seeking to postpone reply, in.
snuating that they had received dispatches
from Cuba and suppressed them. The fourth
note from the Government is so strong that
it is thought Soule will demand his pass
port. Note five from Soule is in milder terms,
but its contents not TRANSFERRED.
The Spanish look on the American claim
as exorbitart and overbearing
The marriage OF the Emperor of Austria
has taken place. -Four hundred prisoners have
been amnested.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19

KrssIyG.-Wc find the following in one of
our exchanges, without credit, and we are
sorry for this omission. The author of such
an exquisite elucidation of an Exquisite" art,
or science, or whatever you please to call it
kissing if you choose--ought to be known,
that his name might 60 down to posterty
"honored and sung" to the last generation:
"Hardly any two females kiss alike. There
is as much variety in the manner of doing it,
as the faces and manners of the sex. Some
delicate little creatures merely give II slight
brush of the lip. This is Il sad aggravation.
We seem to be about to 'have good time"
but actually get nothing. Others 60 into il
like II hungry man to 4 beefstcak, ard seem
TO chew up our conntenances. This Is dis.
gushing, and soon drives away delicate
lover. Others struggle like hens when bu.
ryinr themselves in the dry dirt. The kiss is
won by great excrtons, and is not worth rs
much as the trouble it costs. Now, we are
in favor of certain shyncss, when kiss is
proposed. but it should not be continued too
long; and, when the fair one "gives it," let her
administer it with warmth and energy. Let
there be soul with it. If she close her eyes,
and sigh deeply, Immediately after it, the e!-
feet is greater She should be careful not to
.'slobber" 1. kiss, but give it as u humming
bird runs his bill into honey suckle, deep,
but delicately. There is much virtue in IL
kiss when well delivered. We have the
memory of one we received in our youth,
which has lasted us forty years; and we be-
licve it will be the last thing we shall think
of when we die"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19

~" We are afraid our friend of the
Knoxville Register is piing it up, rather too
tall, on the copper speculations and the
immense fortunes" said to have already been
realized. The Register, being honest and
unsuspecting in its mature, is disposed to
place too much confidence in every rumor
that reaches its ear about the copper develop.
ments. We regret the Registers amiability
in this respect, as the real facts arc suili.
GENTLY startling, if not dangerously exciting
Tho half million that paper speaks of wher
the test of truth is applied runs down to the
respectable sum of fifty thousand dollars
and the hundreds of thousands alluded to
are long way above the right figures. There
is abundance Of copper at Ducktown and Vi
cinity, (any amount of brass, too0 and we re-
ioice that the rich mineral treasures so long hid
beneath our hills and mountains are being
uncovered and made available. But we pro-
test against employing the brush of fancy
and exaggcration when speaking Of the de-
VclOVUleutS tlat IIilNC bccH HiiuC s'iu e"c
spcculations growing out Of them The cx-
citement has already attained u most unhca-
thy state--capital is being withdrawn from
its legitimate channcs--men Of small mean )
are investing their all, not in developing the
mineral resources, but in schemes of spccu-
lation, hoping TO make a fortune by Il single
operation-others are prospecting about
among the hills, hunting for "indications,''
while their crops are neglected and the plough
stands still in the furrow. We are aware
that mining is to become n legitimate bust
ness in East Tcnnessee-that this region is
MS rich as any in the known world in mineral
treasures, and that but few minds have any
conception of the immense deposits of ores
of almost every description within its limits
At the same time, the most casual observer
must sec that the present undue and unprece.
denied excitement about copper must have
an end, and when the end comes it will bring
with il disappointment, injury and loss. We
disclaim all intention to throw distractions
in the way of any legitimate enterprise or
operations calculated to develope and bring
into use the resources Of the country. But we
do protest against the publication ofaccounts
which may add TO the excitement already ex
listing. When wheat commands one dola'
per bushel, cash, and corn fifty cents, the far
mer can make more money by attending t.
his crops than by ranging the hills gather
ing rocks.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19

A GLOOMY PIcTURE.-I'he editor of the
New Hampshire Reporter, who did all he
could to procure the election Of Gen. Pierce
to the Presidency, is on the stool of repcn-
lance for the sins he committed in doing so.
He gives gloomy picture of the conse-
qucnces of that election to the Democratic
party, attributes it all to the course Of the
Administration in forwarding Free Soil trail
tors for their treason to Democracy, and ne
glectihg and prescribing old and Veteran Dem.
ocrats." Hear him:
What now is the condition of affairs and
what the prospect! In Maine, the Demo.
cratic party is dsorganized and defeated. In
New York II is in condition far more des-
perate. In New Hampshire, with the aid of
the National Democrats, who have been per-
secuted and prescribed by the President and
his minions, the Democratic party is barely
saved from defeat. In Massachusetts there
is no Democratic party-hothng but Il poor
mercenary, unprincipled, contemplate faction
coalesce with the Free Soiers and who sup.
port the Administration noninally only in
consideration of the crumbs which fall from
the Executive table. In Vermont there was
never Democratic party worth saving. In
short, in every State north of Mason and
DiXon's line, the Democracy is more or less
demoraized and disorganlzcd: and at this
moment General Pierce, if he were before the
people for reelection, could not carry one Of
those States.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19

DEATH FROM EVERLASTING THE INTELLECT.
w. C. Micou, an eminent lawyer of New
Orleans, died April 10th, from disease Of
the brain, brought on by intense mental ap.
pication. 1t made its first appearance in the
loss of memory, and thence grew rapidly to
total Inconsistencies and bodily prostitution
ending in death from exhaustion of the pow.
ers of nature. 1t is signal example of the
ovcrtasked intellect. re.acting upon the physi.
cal system, and destroying the functions Of
life.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19

Iron TRADE.-The London Times of the
2lst ult., says:-"Sudden Inconvenience of a
serious character has just been experienced
by the London firms in the trade, from n
resolution conveyed to them through the
Customs, on Tuesday, prohibiting the expor-
tation of all kinds of iron to the continent
of Europe. Many shipments have thus been
stopped to Hamburg and Rostock, and other
ports in the Baltic, which inasmuch as they
were in execution of orders, cannot be sus-
pended without loss or difficulty. 1t is pre-
sumed that some general regulations will be
forthwith issued to facilitate the continuance
OF the regular trade, under such restrictions
and securities rs may be deemed sufficient;
but unless these are of simple nature, and
are issued promptly, great damage will be
inflicted in many quarters"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19

Sick HEADAcHE.-I'he following cure for
sick headache was furnished to the Boston
Medical Journal, by DR.. N. s. Folsom, Of
Portsmouth, N. H.:
Take any number Of drops of Croton Oil,
mix them with flour and moasses, and make
as many pills us the drops of oil used. When
the patient feels the sick headache coming on,
one half of apill is to be taken every hour in
molasses, or something of like consistence,
until it acts as cathartic, and thus treat the
sick headache at each attack. If thus taken,
each attack will be less severe, and in some
cases few doses effect cure. He seems to
think the CrOton Oil acts in three ways: l..
by increasing the secretions. @ BY counter.
acting the anti-peristaltic action of the stom.
acli and bowels; and 3, by acting as a counter
irritant to the brain.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19

A lot of Tennessee flour recently shipped
nj Charleston for New York was sold in the
last named city at 50 6S per barrel.
Tennessee flour always commands high
or price than any other. In the South Ameri-
can markets it is always preferred at the high.
est figures. If We had more good Touring
mills, instead of selling the bulk Of our
grain, it would be Il great saving TO the coun-
try. a good mill at this point could be made
TO paw 40 per cent. on the capital necessary
to put il up and keep it in operation.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19

r9y- The editor of the Chattanooga Ga
zctte commends the Advertiser to attend to
its own business. The advice is good, if not
seasonablc, as many men have made first rate
livings by attending to their own affairs and
letting other peoples alone. The violation
of the eleventh commandment is hcinOus
offence, though very popular one.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19

eS5 News from Australia to the 9Th
February, has been received via the Central
American route. With the exception Of the
announcement that the gold mines continu'
ed TO yield most beautifully, the intelligence
possesses no special interest," A nugget Of
gold weighing fiity.two pounds was lately
picked up near Melbourne. Notwithstanding
the attractions at home, miners were leaving
in large numbers for the treasure fields o.
Peru.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19

THE Cry OF GLAsGOw-The Charleston
Courier has advices from Liverpool to the
Goth ut, and from Fayal to the 18th ult., at
neither of which ports had there been word
heard relative to the missing steam ship City
of Glasgow. 1t is more than seventy-livc
days since she sailed from Liverpool, and the
utter absence of news in regard to her since
the day she sailed, and the failure to hear OF
her at the Azores, extinyuish nearly the last
hope of her safety.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19

~ Attention is directed to the Card Of
NJ. J.. Hallowell g. Co., Importers of Silks
and Fancy Goods, Philadelphia. Lieut. VIM.
&. aLillard, formerly Of Athens, and well
known in this region, is connected with this
house-a sufficient guarantee to our mer-
chants and others that their orders there will
be promptly and faithfully filled.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19

ABDUCTION Benjamin T..
Houghton, a lawyer, was arrested in New
Orleans, on the 28th ult.. on the charge of
having forcbly abducted n young creole girl,
about fourteen years of age, from the house
of her father, MIR. jacques Leon, and secreted
her in house of i'll fame on Gravier street.
At the time of his arrest, Mr.. Houghton was
defending his own case in n suit brought by
his wife for Il divorce. The Judge allowed
the counsellor to finish his argument in the
divorce case, and then handed him over to the
police officers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19

eB A stiff upper lip is as essential to
success as three meals per diem is TO living
The man who possesses proper degree OF
dignity is twice as certain to receive what he
asks for as the man that gets down on his
marrow bones.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19
New York, MAY IL

Flour declined IL cents. Corn declined six.
Pork and lard heavy.
The steamer Canada arrived at Halifax last
evening, bringing Liverpool dates to the 10Th.
All qualities OF breadstufis largely decin-
ed. Flour, shilling; Corn one to two shillings;
Wheat three pence.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-05-19
Athens, Friday. May 10, 1854.

ODD Fellows FEMALE CoLLEGE.-We
are pleased to learn that the Odd Fellows
Female College, Athens, is to be erected at
an early day. A beautiful site has been Sc
cured, and we understand the Committee will
advertise for proposals for the buildings in Il
week or two. We are gratiiied at this move
:nent, for we know that under the patronage
of the Society the institution will be built
up and flourish.