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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

VALUABLE, IF TRUE.--A correspondent
over the signature Of LEDGER" sends us the
following:
have just read in your paper what has
often before been published, respecting the
curious properties of the figure g. One of
these properties is of importance to al! book
keepers and accountants to know, and which
have never seen published. accidentally
found it out, and the discovery to me, (though
it may have been well known to Others be-
fore,) has often been of essential service to
me in settling complicated accounts. 1t is
this: The difference between any transposed
numbers is always multiple of9; for instance,
suppose an accountant or book.keeper cannot
prove or balance his accounts-there is q
difference between his debts and credits
which he cannot account for, after careful and
repeated addings. Let him then see if this
difference can be divided by 8, without any
remainder If it can, he may be assured that
his error most probably lies in his having
somewhere transposed figures; that is to say
he has put down 80 for 20, S3 for 3S, &c.
without any other transposition. The differ
ence of any such transposition is always a
multiple of 9. The knowledge of this will
at once direct attention to the true source OF
error, and save the labor of adding up often
long columns of figures. The difference be.
tween 80 and 80 is 63, or times 8; between
S3 and 38 is 45, or times 9, and SO on be-
tween aDy traDspOsed numbers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

New YoRK-THE NEXT ELEcTIoNs.--We
clip the following paragraph in reference to
the next State election in New York, and
the influence likely to be exerted upon it by
the secret organization which swept every
thing before it in the late municipal elections,
from the Herald
"The prevailing fog, smoke, "noise and
confusion" among the disorganzed democra.
cy are such rs to defy all estimates and all
coniectures. II is evident that three great
parties will take the field in our next No
yember elections-the temperance party, the
free soil anti-Nebraska bill party, and the
Know Nothings. The late elections in New
Orleans, Washington, Philadelphia, and other
cities and towns, show these Know Moth
ings to be widespread and formidable par
ty; and they also show that this party will
be very likely to coaesce with the New York
wings in November, if they arc agreed. The
democratic factions promise neither union
nor harmony, nor any fixed programme of
principles or line of action. The chances,
therefore, are that the outside element OF
free soil, temperance, and nativism, in con-
junction with the wings, will sweep the Com
monwealth, leaving the administration to mo-
ralizc over the scattered fragments OF the
broken democracy, and the causes of their
disastrous dissolution, while :actious ianati-
csm and intolerance ride into power hand in
hand. But the question cannot be answered
for months yet to come-"Who is to be our
next Governor!"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

A SAD TRUTH.-The Crusader, in the
course of an article headed, "IIave we no
Patriots Among U.s." instances these facts,
which are, however only two in thousand
constantly transpiring in this country:
"We allow our own soldiers Of the revo-
luton and of our other wars to pine in poy-
erty, and suffer pension bills for their relief
to drag their slow length along in Congress,
while the waiting veterans gather preca-
rious subsistence from other sources. Thevet-
erans of the War of 1912 in this city, not
long since, got up series of levees for their
personal benefit, supposing that the public
would heartily respond to an appeal from
such Il source. There were not enough in
attendance, upon each of these ASSEMBLIES, to
form corporal's guard and The poverty
stricken patriots were obliged to foot tho
bills for room-hire and other necessary eX-
penses, out of their own nearly empty pock-
cts. A short time afterwards ball was
given for the benefit of the I'D regiment of
New York State Militia, which is composed
of Iiish and German emigrants many Of
whom never smelt gunpowder, and the result
was an overhowing assembly, and abundant
receipts of "material aid" Do not these two
facts, placed together convey lesson of the
iugratitude and want of patriotism OF the
present generation of Americans!"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

YOUNG AMERICA IN PANTALETTEs.-Eere
is part of letter received by airiend from
n daughter nine years old, who is now at
boarding school, placed there because she
was one of those who know too much to
stay at home:
"My Dear Father was very glad to hear
from you, and hear you was well, but was not
bit glad to hear that mother had baby, be,
cause it was boy should be very glad
if it were little girl but hate boys worse
than ever. Now am going to tell you what
you ought to name him. ] am going to choose
homely name, because don't think boys
ought to have pretty names. Boys are squeal-
ing all the time. You don't have one min
ute's peace while there is boy baby in the
house but when you have baby sister in
the house you never hear 1t cry. Name him
Peter that is good enough for boy. You
must excuse me for writing so much about
boys; the reason write so much about boys
is because don't like them"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

SOUTHERN WHG PARTY.-OMINoUs.-A
writer in Richmond paper, who addresses
himself to the Petersburg (Va.) Intelligencer'
strong whig paper of the Southern school,
says:--
81 have high, personal respect for you,
and especially admire your Southern spirit.
have read, therefore, with pleasure, your
article announcing your determination TO act
no longer with the Northern wings, and that
it is impossible for the Southern wings to go
into convention with them. agree also with
you, that if the Southern wings are to keep
up political organization, it would be best
for them to hold a Southern convention, as
by that means they can bestconcentrate their
strength, so as to jump upon either end OF
the beam they please at the next election;
and will add, that it is even possible they
might come out of their convention good
and true "Know Nothngs."
So they may. In all the late local elections
where the Know Nothings have carried the
day, they have had the whole whig vote to
back them. The election of the Know Moth.
ing candidates for Mayor in Philadelphia and
in Washington, the other day, was the result
of thorough coalition between the Native
American anti Catholic ic-Know-Nothings and
the wings. If the whg party Of the South
intend in the same way to identify themselves
with the Know Nothings, the campaign Of
1856 will be wholly without parallel in its
excitements, animosities and tremendous re-
suits There will be the two opposing elc-
ments of aboitionism, and Southern slavery
in the most violent form; and there will be
Professionalism against Catholicity, and natives
against the Irish, in a war of political exter.
mination. II is manifest that this Know Moth.
ing organization, united with the wings, is
competent and determined to break down
the remains Of the present democratic party
and in this view the reconstruction of the
fragments of beth the old political parties
upon new men and new principles, is newt.
able The revolution has already commenced
Before twelvemonth is over there will moi
be n vestigo Of the old whig and democratic
parties, us such, remaining. Snch are the
signs Of the times.
So writes New York editor, and New
York editors are proverbial for knowing eve
ry thing past, present ana to come.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

FAST WoMAN.-A woman named Mrs.
Hamersly, in ST. Lawrence county, N. York,
was few daye ago divorced from her hus-
band, at half past seven o'clock and her origi-
nal name restored, her husband being in
court and resisting the application. At 10
o'clock the same day, she was married to
Mr.. Wikle, thus being twice wife and once
single, and legally entitled to bear the names
Mrs. Hammersly, Miss Cotton and Mrs. Wi
kle; all in the space of half an hour. This
woman will pass.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

JOKING WITH JAiLoH~-A couple Of
prisoners in the Johstown, Qo%ay Jail last
week perpetruted good Joke upon their
jailor. They cut hole through the cell
ing, then through the roof and at night made
their escape. In the morning the jallor en-
tered to give them breakfast, when he found
but one of his pets on hand; the other two
had vanished. The jaIor asked him why he
wasn't gone too!-TIe said he was not guilty
of no offence, and wouldn't slope.
The joke of the affair was that on Tues
day morning Hester, one Of the missing, re-
turned to his quarters, saying he had simply
gone out home to change his shirt bearing
message from the othcrchnp that he too, would
be back soon. Sure enough he did return
lie was out to "get drink"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

eW Considerable excitement has been
created among the medical profession in Lon,
don-so says the Morning Advertiser of that
city--on account of the hands of young lady
having become so firmly clenched together as
to require great force to separate the fingers
and then only for moment, from the palms
of her hands. The phenomenon occurred
while she was trying the table-moving expert
mcnts, and since then she has lost the use Of
her hands.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

eB The grand jury of the United States
District Court for North Carolina, has made
presentment in relation to the Boston fugi-
tive slave riot The strict and willing OBJ
servance of the United States laws in North
Carolina is referred to, and no citizen OF
Massachusetts, or any other State, it isstated,
has been insulted, or delayed in the assertion
of his rights, or recovery of his property in
North Carolina. In melancholy contrast with
this happy condition of affairs, the present.
ment refers to the late outrage in Boston, re-
turns thanks to President Pierce for his
promptness and energy in enforcing the laws,
and expresses regret that in Massachusetts
the laws of the country have to be upheld by
the exhibition of military power.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23
THE POST.
Athens, Friday. June %, 1854

THE GApspEN TREATY-SANTA ANNA's
AMENpMEYrs.-By the intelligence from
Mexico, it appears that Santa Anna has sent
back the Gadsden treaty as modified by our
Senate, with amendments which will require
the concurrence of the. President and the
Senate before the precious compact can be-
come a law. What the amendments OF his
Serene Highness are we are not informed
perhaps q few more millions Of money for Il
few more square leaguesof desert; perhaps
little more ready cash; perhaps something
for the special benefit of the Tehuantepec
spectators; perhaps some express provisions
against future flibustering Cavarslals and
Col. Walkers, and such like-perhaps some
indemnity for Walkers depredations in Low
er California. At all events, the sending
back the treaty to Washington is foolish
move on the part of his Serene Highness.-
He has no time to lose upon triHes. Before
our Cabinet and Senate can act upon. it, AL
varez may play the very mischief with the
dictator and all his imperial calculations
The Gadsdeh treaty may now be dished by a
Mexican revolution. If the report be true
that Santa Anna has really refused to accept
the protocol of our Senate, then he must
either be stronger than he has been repre-
sented to be, or greater fool than even his
enemies were willing to believe. A few
weeks more will probably solve the whole
mystery.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

eB- The New York Courier and Enquirer
of the lst says that the shipments of coin to
Europe, from that port alone, during the past
five months exceed eleven millions Of dollars,
against five millions for the same period last
year. These large shipments have, for six or
nine months past, had depressing influence
upon the market. The Banks this week are
slightly curtaiing their loan in consequence
of the decline in the specie held in their
vaults.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

SINGULAR CASE OF DEATn.-Mr. Ed
Knight, an Englishman, passenger on the
Herculaneum, which was run into by the
steamer Sicily, off Nice, and sunk, who was
rescued, has since died at Geneva, of gall'
creme, resulting from bite of his wife. Du,
ring their last struggles together in the sea-
Mr. X. proposed to abandon the children, as he
could not save both them and her, but she
declined, and so went down with them In the
desperation of the moment biting off one Of
his fingers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23
VOL. VINO. 800.
LATER FROM EUROPE.

The British mail steamship Arabia, Capt.
c. H. E. Judkins, arrived at New York on
Tuesday evening, 18th, from Liverpool, which
port she left on Saturday, the Sd inst.
STATE OF TRGDE.-in Manchester trade
was better.
LONDON MONEY MARxET.-Consols were
| quoted at 9l5. H..
GENERAL LlNTELLiGEHcE-There had been
no intelligence received from the Black Sea.
The Ango-French squadron had been Or
dered to the White Sea.
Admiral Sir Charles Napier had battered
the outposts of Hango, but up to the 22d
ult. had not captured the main fortress.
| Eight thousand French troops had been
landed at and taken possession Of the Pireus.
King Ohio had accepted the ultimatum Of
France and England, and summoned a new
ministry under Mavrocofdato. 80
| Advices from Silistria to the 9th ult, state
that up to that date, that fortress held out
bravely. Omar Pasha, however, was ad-
vancing to its relief. .-
he Generals st. Arnaud, Omar Pasha and Lord
Raglan have held Council of war at Varna;
and the result of it is said to be that the
Anglo-French forces will proceed to Adria-
nopoe, and Omar Pasha in the meantime
avoid general action. ..l
Lord Pamerston will probably be appoint
CO War Minister of England.
Austria was to have despatched from Wen
ma on the I'd inst, formal demand to the
Car to Withdraw his forces from the Turkish
territory. There was rumor afloat that the
Gar was willing to enter into negotiations,
but the truth of it was doubted.
A coup Feiat had occurred in Denmark.
The VERY LATEsT1-lmmediately after
the Council of War at Varna, Omar Pasha
advanced at the head Of 10000 men to re-
ieve Silistria.
| The independence Of Georgia has been
proclaimed
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

rW" The Hndoo idea of hell is, to say the
least, sufficiently terrific to arrest the atten-
ton of sinners the most incorrigible. Some
say they are made to tread on burning sands,
or sharp-edgcd stones; Others are rolledamong
thorns and spikes and purified flesh; others
are dragged along the toughest places by
cords passed through the tender parts of the
body; some are attacked by jackals, tigers and
elephants; others are pierced to death by ar
rows, beaten with clubs, pricked with needles,
scared with hot irons, and tormented by flies
and wasps; some are plunged into pans OF
liquid fire or boiling oil.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

sE" The New Orleans Crescent notices
very neatly the wailing of Locofoco sheet
in that city:
"The Know Nothings are sore thorn in
the side of the Courier. 1t sees raw head
and bloody bones in the association. Beneath
the DISCUSSES which it attributes to it, it fan
cios the whig face everywhere grins out, and
il warns the democracy of cat in the meal
tub, A whig movement! Ball. Why, in
many towns the Know Nothings have COM
pletely routed the wings, and they scarcely
knew where the blow come from. In Con-
necticut this was emphaticaly the case
Strange whig movement to defeat itself. 1t
is worse than the tabled act of old Saturn
eating its own children"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

RUssIA.-The most bitter feelings of hos
tility are represented TO exist at ST. Peters
burg against Austria, and it is rumored that
one hundred and fifty thousand Russian SOL
diers were on the march to Bukovina, one OF
the Austrian provinces on the Russian Dor.
dcrs.
Owing to the war Russia's commerce was
greatly suffering, and many commercial fail
ures were anticipated. OIL.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23
BALTIMORE, June |!

A large Democratic Anti-Nebraska meet
Ing was held at Madison, lndianna, on
Wednesday.
The resolutions Of the Indiana Democrat
ic State Convention repudiate the Massachu-
sets Convention, called for the 18th of July.
Senator Petit was Kissed at Lafayette, In.
dianna, in attempting to address the people
on the Nebraska Bill, and in consequence of
the confusion no resolutions were put to the
vote.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

Baltimore, June l3.-The Hon. Robert T..
Conrad, the recently elected Mayor of Phila-
delphia, was inaugurated on Tuesday, when
he promised to appoint none but Native
Americans to office.
The Legislature of New Hampshire has
refused to lay the anti-Nebraska resolutions
ON the table.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23
New ORLEANS, June

New ORLEANS, June IL.
The Orizaba has arrived at this port with
dates from the City ofMexico to the 5th inst
1t is reported that the Gadsden treaty was
rot accepted by Santa Anna, but has been
returned to Washington with some amend
mcnts which are not known.
Great preparations are making to celebrate
Santa Annals birth day, 18th inst, when it is
currently reported he will proclaim himself
Emperor.
No further intelligence of Alvarez.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

Convicted OF ARsoN-Wm. L. Roberts
young man of genteel appearance, from
Pennsylvania, has been convicted of arson Al
New Orleans, in setting fire to his store, the
contents of which were appraised at $2O6
and on which he had an insurance of $4,000
The punishment is Imprisonment in the peni
tentiary for life.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23
THE WASHINGTON ELECTIONS AND
THE KNOW-NOTHINGS.

The Washington Know-Nothings enjoy
their late triumph, it is said, very quietly
They wele so sure Of the victory the result
did not Weld them what the French call "pleas-
ureable disappointment" Mr.. Towers, the
Know-Nothing Mayor, is practical printer,
and il is said, will make an excellent May
or.
The Washington Star thinks the triumph
of the party was due in no small degree to the
Brooklyn riot and ventures the opinion that
the exaggerated accounts of that fracas, were
manufactured and forwarded to Washington
for the express purpose of influencing the
election. Whether this be so or not, it is
certain that the defeat Of Mr.. Maufy, the
Democratic Romano Catholic Administration
candidate, was most signal one, in view OF
his majority Of nearly 1900 votes at the last
election.
The Washington Sentinel of the day after
the election, has an article about the defeat
of the Loco candidate which is SO replete
with astonshment, chagrin, and apprehension
as to be capital reading for lovers OF that spe'
cies of "the humorous" which is produced by
unexpected mishap. Mankind have wicked
way of laughing at anybody who is tripped
up, and does not take the fall gracefully, and
the Sentinel, flat of its back, and squirming
and scolding like termagant, cuts figure
full as ludicrous rs any in Punch. "Who
are these Know-Nothings!" asks the Sentinel
and after confessing its inability to answer
the question, it proceeds vigorously to pun.
mel them.
Whoever, or whatsoever they are, they
are surely becoming "a power" in this coun
try, and as Know-Nothilgism goes up, somc
other ism must go down. This however is
not specially comforting. We join n-the Sen
tne's query, "Who are they" What holds
them together! How isit thatin every towr
where blank posters are stuck about th'
streets the party carries the next election
What is the difference between them and th'
old Native American party, that died finally
as was thought in 1914, during a riot ii
Philadelphia? Nativism under the new
name must have also some new element II
its organization, or the party could never hav'
spread and grown strong as it has, in few
months. We should like to answer thes'
questions, if we could, for the satisfaction o
our readers, and our own gratification;s bu
at this juncturs we are only able to say, tina
the new party according to common report, il
neither more nor less than the defunct "Na
tive American" resurrectioniEed. 1t remain
to be seen how long .hey will live, and wha
is to be their, influence. So far, they hav
swept every thing before them wheneve
they chose to exert their strength: and be
lieving as we do, that the party is likely t
become great and powerful, we anxiousl
await "further developments" and regret tha
Just now we know nothing, though exceed
ingly anxious to know everything.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

LEY Advices from the Mediterranean say
that owing to the interruption of the grain
trade with the Black Sea, vessels of all ma
tons are seeking frOigh;s to theUnitedStates,
and the rate has declined from thirty TO for
ty per cent Vessels which refused charters
on this side of $4,000 for tho home run, are
not able 10 obtain $4,000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

~ The will of Mrs. Jane Wilson, OF
Steubenvile, Ohio, contested on the ground
that she was of unsound mind, has been
broken, thus giving her relatives some S2l4,.
900, which she had bcqueathcd to the Pres
byterian Foreign and Home Missionary So
ciotiae
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23
WAsHINGT TON, June l6

The U. s. House of Representatives on
Friday rejected the bill to inersase the rates
of postage.
The Committc on Ways and Means have
agreed upon tariff Of 2Opcr cent. Gd rdiorem,
on Iron, Sugar, Cottons and Woolens.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

CURE FOR PALPITATIoN.-A lady, about
forty years old, says the Journal of Health,
who has suffered severely from periodical at
tacks of palpitation of the heart, from the age
of twelve years, has found immediate and
permanent relief from the use of soda water.
1t appears from experiment since made that
carbonic acid gas is the active curative agent
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

eR- A capital portrait has been published
abroad of the King of Prussia. He is repre-
sented as standing between bottle of cham
payne and a big sword uncertain as to which
Of tho two he should draw II is called
Meditation Oh the Eastern Question"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

I@'A writer in literary journal of Paris
states that the bees greatly improve the fruc-
tifcation of fruit trees. Orchards in which
several hives are kept, always produce more
fruit than those in which there are none,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

tB- We are beginning to hear the other
side of the story concerning the crops in Vlr-
ginia. The Lynchburg virginian states that
che wheat fields along the line Of the rail-
road from Lynchburg to New River, give
promise Of the finest crops ever harvested.