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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-08
striving osly 10 enrich himself ont Of the comn,n

Iubd. .
In these progressive times sucs csution-su,h .
moral may be of use even hero. This II Q great
coorty-very great, and has room for long roads :
very long Ane who can cay that ~ honest men
getmore and more scarce. some great project may
rot be brsschs that ought. II properly conu ted to
mspap emept Of reck ess men might cost four times
as nue.? Does not every one zee thai tho table,
duly poudersd beforehand. may DO some good? Are
there rot In IL fcrewAInipg, sdmonition, sausionf
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-08

pnli'iss have absorbed one fourth "a mu h AZ the
= hole OF The immense enpiIe which seeks to annex
tbem To its territGies. From Gaiaiz aud allow.
may rely upon supplies Of corn abundant'y snffi
ne may fstl contdear that the mouth OF E1ropss
~ msrn;fsspt river will speedily be- cleared II I'm
hose distractions which, under Russian rne, have
h en- allowed to impede its navigation. Il bias not
teen forgotten that the saine selfi:h policy which
las suffered The Vo1ga TO become almost impossible
Mt its lover extremity, has also permi ted the Snna
exit Of the Danube to become almost ma -sh-we
will not say In ceGnce Of the express wo ds of any
binding eaty, but clearly IN violation of the arran-
Remements entered into at the Congress OF visn.
ns. Passing eastwards in our rapid glance, we
come to Odessa, the favorits port OF its ore.
sent master. The events Of last summer have salts
iacfofi,y shown that Is rests with England and
France TO determine whether it shall Continue. a.
heretofore. fourishing emporium of commerce.. or
sink into its original iDsignifcance. It may be
matter FOR consideration hereafter on what terms It
sh ud be suffered to remain Russian port; bu,
one ting we may regard as oertain-the cannon
more than match for protective tariffs, and the
concession Of commercial freedom cannot fail
to suggest itself as one Of the most impor
tsnt points to be insisted on when the proper
time has arrived. or the Crimea we have ri.
ready spoken. Its southern districts are rich in ma
tw 81 productions, and some Of the a,counts which
have reached u.s. afrd parallel to those which the
spi Of old brought back as to the fertility OF the
promised land. The population lie, no doubt, poor
one; yet, without adopting TO - full extent the
into existence world to redress the balance Of
the old" we may express q conviction that the in
eebuity OF British merchants viii ere long devise
syeWm Of exchange profitable to both parties. OF
tie good will Of ire inosbitantS we have had deci
rive protjs and in this kindly feeling We have the
On ar d most reliable assurance OF success
The same may be said Of CLrcassia, which, With
the exception Of the sea coast-wish the exception
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-08

you 70 the original papers, or rather to my free
Translation and notes. for the substance Of the story
ITSELF still omitting however, many significant par.
Houlars and details The notes though incorporated
with the text are easily dstingushabe, as they are
ended only to jog the att snton Of the reader, and
oonsist for the most part, merely OF illusions to
something analogous among men In modern ii mes,
which may have fallen under his own observation,
md 30 naturally confirm his faith in al the particu.
Jars Of the original narrative. There is 80 strong an
analogy between the interests, propensities and
habits of Of the inferior animals and CORES
pondirg class Of the human race, that almost any
true statement respecting the one win be found to
apply equally well to the other. Whatever, there
fore, IL related Of those Greek brutes and their
oings, may justly claim TO be received % true aud
without exsggerati0n, when the same or similar
thinRs are observed and known to be true Of their
countArparts among men.
without further premonitions aud cautions, !
hasten to introduce to your readers On abstract Of
what commend to them ~ q true fabulous story
Prior TO the revolution above mentioned, the dis
.fsctAd parties held . succession OF secret meet
ing, which, in Greek, were denominsted csucuses.
nouinate officers and give pledges as to the spoils
10 agree, in short. urn scheme BY which the
craving appetite Of each one might Be gIstided.
These meetings for while promised anything but
ultimate harmony and agrsemsnk The real mana.
gers sf them, however, who had sagacity enough to
AVOID being recognized as such, at length gained
ccnpiste ascendancy. ever the gullibe, eager ana
halEstaxven multitude and being In fact, politi-
claus aid partizans Of the rival northern ate, led
them = commit themselves to Q course Of measures
by which they would bring disgrace upon them
sflves-even In their own eyes, ~ far as that WAS
Sible-and probably failure, or all but total ruin
- theiE swn road. Having no character Of their
:. m TO inspire mutual confidence Ia each other,
o. 70 command the confidence Of tie public
sv sny knovisdge or experience Of affairs like those
!. voived in che undertaking they were about 70
mansge--ths interest! and habits Of each one, in
snIons of hs own stsAlthy way OF getting living,
81 cheating, robbmg, and dsvouring b. neishoors,
ana vel sSisten with inordinate sov vet CT
pIusaer on large scale, Unsuitable thirst OF accu
y,~.ss;cn. and ambitious Of more consoicuous posi-
ons "a society thsy were easily led oy sos m 9sn
A. .avice. Having su1l GENTLY discovered ,ner
eporv ca, vanity, and other weak pons.: s1oos
rsspVcTit,cI outside lsaasss began V a'csa'e plans
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

KING BIRDS AND BEEs.-An old "subscri-
Der" writes to the New York Spectator pro-
testing against the destruction of king birds
upon the supposition that they devour honey
bees-a supposition which ne declares to be
false, for the king bird destroys no bees but
drones. He says
When boy, and nheriting or imbbing
all the ignorance and prejudice, on the sub
ject, of my progenitors, shot every king
bird that came within reach of my gun, to the
evident satisfaction of father and grandfather,
who were both firm believers in the bee-de-
stroying propensity of this little bird But
from some cause or other, after was led to
notice that the king bird was particularly
fastidious in selecting the bee he intended
for his feast-now turning his head quickly
as bee passed by the stake upon which he
was perched then starting in full and rapid
pursuit Of another for few yards; then
quickly returning to his resting place, suffer-
ing the bee which he had just pursued, 10
pass on without molestaiion, and then seiziDg
and swallowing another with the rapidiiy OF
thought this discrimination Of the bird soon
led inc to look for the cause, which found
to be, that he only captured the droncs and
fed upon no others.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18
CONSERVATISM OF THE SoUTH.--John
Mitchell says, in late number of his paper:

CONSERVATISM OF THE SoUTH.---John
Mitchell says, in late number OF his paper
"In the chivalrous South the individual in
vindication of his honor, of which :he law
of the land takes no cogpizance, practices n
code that violates alike the statute and the
common law. The consequences for the
most part, rest with the individual. But you
will rarely see mobs assembling to burn
churches or to violate the constitution, south
OF Mason and Dixon's line. The majesty of
the law is respected and upheld by the ag-
gregate people. There no Angel Gabriel
sounds his horn, disturbing the quiet Sab.
bath, and calling together bands Of rowdes.
There no Salem witchcraft, nor Blue Laws,
nor Boomerism, nor Woman's Rights, nor
Milerism, nor Ant-Popery, nor Spirit-rap-
ping, nor Socialism, nor other monstrous
productions, have sprung up to choke the
healthy growth Of freedom. These poison
GUS weeds and fungi belong to the North
and are cultivated to highest perfectons by
the wise men Of the East In the South
there is no persecution for conscience sake.
II was the South-the Catholics of Mary
land-that first set the example Of religious
toleration to northern men and to the rest of
the world; and Bancroft, whom New England
claims as its own, eloquently dwels upon
the fact. And still the North not only lags
behind the South in true estimate of this,
the first principle Of human freedom, but is
retrograding to the charncls of the Round
heads in quest Of the dry bones Of decayed
fanaticism."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

rW"The Island of Sitka, which it is said
Russia proposes 20 sell to the United States,
contained in 1853, n population of a67
souls, of whom 1874 were AIeutes and Ko-
loskes, 3O7 the defendants of Europeans and
native women, and the residue Europeans
chiefly Russians. The harbor is good, but
vet for 100 days IL rained there necessarily
in 1888, and for 1870 other days showers were
frequent The whole coast is humid, and
subject TO the heaviest fogs, which brood
over tho entire region. Grain cannot be cul-
tivated on the island. A few vessels arc
built there, but the chief industry is the cur
ing of fish, for which salt is obtained from
the Sandwich Islands. Furs also are obtain
there.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

To CoRREsPoNDENTs.-Try not to feel it
your duty to write for the newspapers before
you can spell correctly.
Your vocation is not very manifest until
you have time to read over and correct your
own manuscript, instead of throwing that
labor upon the editor.
Until you can compress your bursting and
bubbling thoughts into less than column
at one time, it is better not to send them TO
the press. Or, if you must make n fool of
yourself, write book.
If you find yourself inclined to spin, hire
out in cotton factory. Newspapers are not
partial to coarse yarns.
And if you are unable to write legible
hand, be sure the conductors of the public
press can manage somehow to get along
without your effusions
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

THE ISpEPESpEST ORDER OF ODD FEL-
Lows.-The annual report Of the progress of
the Order Of Odd Fellows in the State OF
Observation-Disclosures the following statis-
tics for the year ending March 3lst, 1854
limitations, 5,9l5; reflections 5si, deaths
Ala, admitted by card 5S4, withdrawn by
card 1905, reinstated All, suspensions 3l75,
explosions ll0; Past Grands 5270; number
Of lodges 50s, with an aggregate member.
ship Of 46,55s. Total revenue S244,7l9,l7
During the same time 6s04 members and 594
widowed families have been relieved, and 377
members buried. Amount paid for the relief
Of members S9l,563,l4; for relief Of widow.
cd families S5,S04,Sl; for education Of or.
phans S96i,09; burying the dead sic 6,ss9,3i.
Total amount Of relieffor the twelve months
9ll4,50S,95.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

A CURE FOR BONE FELoN-A friend in
forms us that while suffering with bone
felon, 20 years ago, DR.. F. Labarron, late the
Apothecary General of the United States, ad-
vised him TO fill thimble with soft soap and
quicksilver mixed, and bind it tightly over the
felon. This he did, and in the course Of IL
hours it was drawn to head, when the core
was removed, and by appliances of the usual
poultice the sore soon healed. Our informant
remarks that this is n severe expedient, but
one that IS preferred to the customary treat.
ment. Wehave heard Others who have used
the remedy prescribed say that it is the most
effectual and expeditions. AS good many
persons are now afflicted with bone felons,
we have been requested to make this publ
cation. May it prove real blessing to the
suffering Baltimore Paper.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

SEVENTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS IN SEVEN
TEEN DAYs.-Messrs. Moses and Lee, Of this
city, have sold in the seventeen days last past
SI7OO worth of apples, peaches and pears
They find market in Columbus, Macon,
Savannah, Apalachicola, New York and Bos-
ton, for more than they can supply. II may
be interesting to horticulturists to know that
they have an orchard of 900 trees which will
be in full bearing next year to supply the
Montgomery market on the completion of the
Opclika Railroad and are preparing an orch
ard of $500 trees to supply the Mobile and
New Orleans markets on the completion Of
the Mobile and Girard Railroad.-ColumbuS
Times
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

A SINGULAR CorNcIDENcE.-The Cleveland
Leader says that it is a fact worthy of office,
that the piece about to be performed at the
National Theatre, in Philadelphia, when il
took fire, was the same that was performed
in the Richmond Theatre on the awful night
of its destruction by fire, in December, 1911.
The piece was "Raymond and Agnes" alias
"The Bleeding Num-" This is the third
theatre destroyed on the night of the per-
formance of this play, to which strange
fatality seems to belong.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

STORMY WoMEN-What is more disagree
able than stormy woman! A friend of ours
says that he has been on the uEfathomed
deep when the heavens, pregnant with the
direst vengeance, were delivered of their
wrath-when mighty Jove rode his thunder
ing chariot over the mountains of the sea,
and the red ightnings glared at his courser's
feet-when the demons of the tempest BEL
lowed in the blast, and the angel Of destruc-
ton spread his dark pinion's over the ma
rincr's bark, but all these unutterable horrors
didn't begin to come up to his wife. When
the mercury of her husbands anger began to
rise, she'd throw fat into the fire, and in two
minutes be further up the ladder of wrath
than he could ever climb without taking off
his boots. Some women love to scold, and
enjoy themselves best when ina violent pas
sion, and they .-..'--~'t ---- '->-''---7'
II -, l;.tostnt,l no ofola mn shrnauS
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

tB" The Philadelphia North American
cuils some interesting statistics of the Old
School Presbyterian Church from the annual
report of that body just published. It num-
bers 2,2O3 ministers, 235 lcentiates, 2,976
churches, and 2254O4 communicates. There
were added during the ecclesiastical year just
closed, SO ministers, 90 churches, 13,433
COMMITMENTS on professions Of their faith;
90 ministers additional to the foregoing were
added from other denominations. The
IN ou tcontributed to congregational and be-
nevoIent Objects during the year, has been
l.O36724. The body is now considerably
larger than before the New School branch
of the Church separted from it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

The BITE OF A RATTLEsNAKE.-The Ma
con Messenger says the most simple and con-
venient remedy for the bite of rattlesnake
is alum. A piece the size of hickory nut,
dissolved in water and drank, or chewed and
swallowed, is sufficient. have good authori-
ty for saying it has been tried many times on
men and dogs, and that they have invariably
recovered. know of some planters whose
hands are exposed to be bitten by rattle
snakes, who always have them provided with
it in their pockets and they have several
times found use for il.
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nd as distastetul as stale mushrooms.

SOME "NATIvEs."-We clip the following
from the N. Y. Journal Of Commerce for the
exclusive benefit of ardent admirers of the
members of the "culled society,""
"Any one desirous of seeing some speci-
mems of the genuine African aborigines,
fresh from the cane-brakes and jungles, can
have their curiosity gratified by visiting the
bark Carrier Pigeon, lying at the Atlantic
Dock warehouses, where her cargo of palm
oil is discharging. One of the dusky indi-
vduaIs referred to, is attred in full native
costume, which consists of Il handkerchief
tied around the waist 70 stretch out on the
deck under broiling sun, seems to be re-
garded by them as the height of felicity
Their language is not taught in any of our
un n;yersites."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

aUHcLE SAM."-The death of Samuel Will
son, an aged, worthy, and formerly enterpr-
sing citizen of Troy, will remind those who
were familiar with incidents of the war OF
1912 of the origin of the popular soubriquet
for the "United States"
Mr.. Wilson, who was an extensive packer,
had the contract for supplying the northern
army with beef and pork. He was every
where known and spoken of as "Uncle Sam"
and the "U. s." branded on the heads of
barrels for the army were at first taken to be
the initials of "Uncle Sam" Wilson, but final
ly lost their local significance, and became
throughout the army the familiar term for
the "Unted States"
The Wilson's were amongst the earliest
and most active citizens of Troy. "Uncle
Sam," who died yesterday, was "a years Old
ALBANY Atlas.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

SILK FRAUDs.-In an action recently tried
by the Court of Common Pleas, in London,
England, it transpired that there is custom
in the silk trade of what is called stopping
which means that the outer ends of pieces OF
silk are frequently made of a better quality
than the interior. After the publicity given
to this mode of imposture, the fair sex will
do well not only to turn everything upside
down, as has hitherto been their custom
when shopping, but also to turn everything
in side ont
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

A SUCCESSFUL CURE.-A letter written
from the wreck Of the steamer Franklin, be-
low New York city, says:
1.-TWO of the hands employed in diving for
the cargo were attacked with cholera-one n
man of herculean frame. Whilst was there,
his moans, when doubled up and his feet con-
tracted by the cramp, were horrible. In both
cases Capt. J. @. Bovine, the agent Of the
underwriters, gave the following: ] table
spoonful of salt l tea spoonful of cayenne
pepper, half pint of hot water The man
saw was rs bad as he could be. We put his
legs in a strong mustard bath, gave him the
above, and in two hours he was easy and
wanted TO 90 10 work."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

A SPUNKY MTNIsrER.-The New Bedford
Mercury says that Rev. Mr.. Homer, rector OF
Grace Episcopal Church in that city, startled
his congregation last Sunday by the an
nouncement-"I shall no longer preach in
this house." and after short pause, amid the
breathess silence of his hearers, he added
$50 long rs il is house of merchandise and
an oil she'd" The benedction was then
pronoun ced and the audience dismissed. The
cellar of the church has been used fora store
house, and this was the first intimation the
congregation had of the rector's dissatisfac.
ton therat.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

eg" During n recent thunder storm at
Paris, the lightning entered room where sat
paralytic and spcechless man, set fire to tho
curtains, and went out Of window, which
it broke. The shock was such that he re-
covered his speech, and has since been great.
" improved in health.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

A PoRTRAT.-A young man wishing to
be noticed in the gay circles of the world
buys an old watch for five dollars. At the
end of four months, finding it does not keep
time as well as II new one, he pays three dol.
lars to have it thoroughly repaired. Two
months after, finding it is not exactly new
watch, he pays two dollars for further re-
pairs. At the end of the year, growing sick
of it he swaps it for an old musket He
then tries to get rich by hunting, but not
finding game very plenty, and receiving a
summons from the merchant to pay for his
powder and shot, which has amounted to
eight dollars, he says to himself, "Tll get rid
of the rotten musket somehow" so he swaps
it for an old horse, and pays five dollars to
boot. He hires his horse kept at the tavern,
at which place he boards; at the end of the
a..na- he hin for horse l. nnnin n hae amounted
to forty dollars, and his own to seventy-hve.
He SAYS to himself, "This is not getting
along very FAST" so he sells his horse for a
barrel of brandy, which finishes his early Ca
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

CoFFEE.-Thc coffee merchants Of Balti-
more have resolved to sell coffee after Au-
gust at four months credit, instead of Six
They have been large losers by western fail
uraa
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

RUN AGAINST PosT.-John w. Tyler
has been arrested at Esopus, N. Y, for mar
rying Sarah Post, aged II, when he had
wife, and daughter as old as Sarah, in Len
nox, Mass. A Boston paper says he is one
of those scamps who go about teaching sing
ing and making the Yankee character re-
proach
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

MAKING THE Mosr OF Ir.-The day after
twenty rogues had escaped from Jail, out
west, the editor Of the village paper had an
eloquent article on the morals Of the place
not prisoner within the walls of hor jails.
This may bo called turning things to account.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

.Yy-It is mentioned as n curious fact that
farmer in Connecticut, who recently took
up fence after it had been standing fourteen
years, found all those posts solid which had
been inverted from the way in which they
originally grew, while all those which had
been set as they grew were rotted off at the
bottom. Heads down, therefore, seems IL
specific against decay.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

THE Boy OF THE TIMEs.-We like an
active boy-one who has the impulse of the
age, of the steamboat in him. A lazy p!od.
ding, snail paced chap, might have got along
in the world fifty years ago; but he don't do
for these times. We live in an age of quick
ideas; men think quick; sleep, eat, court, mar
ry, die quick-and slow coaches are not toll
Grated
$50 ahead, if you burst your boiler" is
the motto Of the age; and he succeeds the
best in every line of business who has the
most of the "do or die" in him.
Strive, boys, to catch the spirit of the
'"',o"' 'o-"s' nm dressed alwavs. not onuinu
and rubbing your eyes, ms if you were half
asleep, but wide awake for whatever may
turn up, and you will be somebody before
you die.
Think, plan, reflect as much as you please
before you act; but think quickly, and when
you have fixed your eye upon an object,
spring to the mark at once.
But, above all things, be honest. IF you
intend to be an artist, carve il in the wood,
chisel it in the marble; if merchant, write it
in your ledger. Let honesty of purpose be
your guiding star.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

eW- Senator Chase has written "high-
falutin" letter to Kossuth, which reads some
thing in this style: "Big lngin you, heap,
fight much, liberty; Saunders big lngin, too
Me great Chief, this country. Fight slavery
heap. Must make nggers all Free Free all
Europe--ugh!"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

W- Il. McQuade, II newsboy, has obtain.
ed n verdict for $4,000 against the New
York and Erie Railroad Company for inju-
ries received upon the road. In this case, the
principle was established that railroad pas
sengers are entitled to damages for any inju-
ry they may receive upon the road, even if
they have not paid their fares.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

icy To constitute "A perfect gentleman,
the best attributes of the heart must be CON-
bined. He who would indeed deserve the
proud epithet, must be devout, courteous and
accomplished; gentle, generous and brave;
pure in word and deed, disinterested, philan-
thropic, and, above all, intrepid in charitably
succoring the weak, the lowly and the poor
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-08-18

EXPLOSION OF A ROLLING MILL.--The fly
wheel of the rolling mill at East Boston burst
on Friday night, about o'clock. 1t weighed
i6 tons, and broke into hundreds Of trag.
mcnts, doing great damage to the building.
A piece, weighing tons, was thrown across
the yard and descended through tho roof of
the main building, where 200 people were at
work, but no one was injured. The damage
amounts to several thousand dollars.