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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08

James Hail, conductor Of freight train on
the Pennsylvania rail road, had one of his
legs torn of, on "Wednesday, near Lewiston,
as he was in the act of detaching portion
of the train while it was in motion. He died
in a few hours afterwards.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08

1B- The Florida Legislature met at Tai
lahassee on the 29th ult. In the Senate there
are IL democrats to wings. In the House
of Representatives there arc 90 democrats
and II wings. There is United States
Senator, Comptroller of Public Accounts,
State Treasurer, State Engineer and Geolo-
gist, to be elected by the Legislature.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08

EXPENSIVE NosE PuLLISe.-On Wednes-
day last, in the Justices Court at Boston,
Timothy Singleton recovered fifty dollars
from John Reardon, for any assault upon his
nasal organ"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08

ToLERABLE DARK.-The Cleveland (Ohio)
Herald says that the streets of that city for
some time past have been as dark as stack
of black cats in nigger's garret.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08

o. Alva Outlet has recovered damages
in $2,lOO of the Jacksonville Railroad Com
pany in the Bartholomew circuit court, (lnd.)
for killing his child in May last, in Taylors-
Vile, by train running over il.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08

t4y- Russia, with the view of comp!icat.
ing negotiations, has notified the four pow
ers that she will treat direct with Austria.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08

The immortality Of tho age is a standing
topic Of complaint with some, but IL any ono
likes to be moral, there is nothing in tho age
10 preyout IL.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08
A BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT.

A BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT
He who checks a child with terror,
Stops its play and still its song,
Not alone commits m error,
But a great and moral wrong.
Would thou stop the flowing river,
Thinking it would cease to flow!
Onward it must flow forever;
Better teach il where TO 60.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08

JeI5Uy w TIS HIVOvIIIS' o'J"'
81 think it quite manifest that there is
about to be n total revolution in the political
affairs of this country; and for my own part,
am satisfied that no change is likely to be
for the worse. And if the organization of
the whig party is to be broken up, it leaves
no alternative for us, but to choose between
the other two parties:-the know Nothngs'
on the one hand, and the Good for Moth
ings' on the other and having fought against
the Good for Nothings' for twenty odd years
lever since the whig and democratic parties
were formed,) ! am strongly inclined now to
fight on the side of the Know Nothings"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08

tW- A Judges duty is to snub the coun-
sci on both sides, and bother tho jury with
third method Of looking at case.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08

icy There are some things you can learn
ftom fools. Among the number, is the value
Of holding your tongue.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08

The YANG TsZ-KIANG.-A most interesting
account of this most magnificent river is CIV
eli in the North-China Herald Of the 18th
August. 1t is from the pen of the Rev.E.C
Bridgman. We extract from it the following
passages:
"Well has this river been called the GirdIe
of China, and rich and magnificent girdle il
is-connecting together all the central pro-
vinces of the empire situated between Tibet
and Loko Nor on the west and the Pacific
Ocean on the east. Its entire length, through
all its numerous windings, under its various
names, can hardly be less, but rather more,
than three thousand miles,. And if regard be
had to its tributaries and to the cities to which
its waters give access, to the richness Of the
soil and the variety of the products along its
banks, and, above all to the vast population
scattered far and wide over the valleys, and
plains, and hll-sides drained by il and its con-
f1uents, this Child Of the Ocean has no equal
on our globe. This great river and its branch
es, naturally and artifcially, form an inland
communication with by far the largest and
the richest portion of the whole eighteen
provinces of China proper"
"Ths Child OF the Ocean has no equal on
the face of the earth. The Amazon, where
it disembogues, may present greater bulk
of waters, and the Mississippi may travel
through longer course. Those two may RI
val this one also in the variety, but not in the
abundance, of the productions found along
their extensive banks. Were the valley Of
the Yang-tsz'- '-kiang as well explored as that
of the Great Western Valley; were those
Artesian wells, and golden sands, and btu
minous strata, &c. known to exist in So -chuen
and other provinces duly examined, there
would be found, in all probability, some of
the richest mineral localities in the world"
"But, whatever may be the abundance or
richness of these productions, they are as
nothing in value when compared with the
millions of people that have their habitation
on and along the banks Of theYang-tsz'- '-kiang
In this respect the valley of the Mississippi
is almost bowling wilderness and that of
the Amazon little better than desert II is
the living and intellectual masses that giveto
any country its chiefvalue, value that moth
ing else can equal. In this respect the regions
traversed by the Child Of the Ocean are un-
rivaled."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08

s1g- 1t is the advice of "culud gemmen," !"
that if you have any money about you, the
less YOU show il around the better. "Cause
why; niggers will steal while white folks amt
no better, sometimes, dan niggers." The nd
vice will bear dwelling on.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08

MARRIAGES IN Notwithstanding to
the official returns 40,3S9 marriages were
celebrated in the quarter ending June 3Oth.
The number only exceeds by 81 the mar.
riages in the corresponding quarter of 1858;
still, after allowing for increase of popula-
tion, the marriages have exceeded the aver
age of the ten previous years. The marriages
increased in some of the South Midland
Counties, and decreased in Essex, Suffolk,
Norfolk, Willis, Cornwall, Staffordshre, Wor-
cestershre, in the North Riding of York in
Durham and in Northumberland.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08


LADIES IN HAvANA.-You encounter a lady
whom you have never seen before, coming
from her own house, from church, or shop,
and about to step into her rolante; you doff
your hat, present your hand, conduct her to
her seat, she thanks you gracously, and both
of you go your ways, feeling the happier for
the service rendered and the acknowledge
made. A lady in Havana takes every proffer-
ed courtesy kindly, and thanks you for it.
She does not stalk up to your seat in public
places, and, with sulky doggedness, silently
demand that you should give up to her what
you have paid for and secured, and after you
have given it, take no more notice of you
than if you were cur which had been driven
from her path. She does not, if you offer
your arm to assist her, shrink within herself,
and look at you as if you were leper or
branded felon, because you have never been
''introduced." If she be pretty and you tell
her so, she thanks you for admiring her, and
have yet to learn that this disposition on
her part lessons her pleasure in receiving at
tention and admiration, or yours, in giving it.
A HINT TO BAsHFUL PERsoNs.-The Mer-
curry is around in the following style "In all
courtships there must be a certain quantity of
assurance. If the gentleman be deficient in
the article, the lady must supply the amount
required. A good deal may be done in most
cases by hints, sighs, squeezes of the hand,
sly glances out of the tail of the eye, and such
like weapons from cupid's armory. If these
should fail, we would recommend a coup de
main of the strong-minded class. Let the
lady tell him in plain English that if he loves
her as she loves him, he'd better pop the
ouestion-himl If that dosen't take the
bashfulness out of him, "let him rum" for be
assured, fair lady, that young man who
does not respond to such an appeal like a
flash of lightning before marriage, will be a
very useless piece of lumber after it.
DANGER OF TRUSTING YOUR WFE.-The
editor of the Green Bay (Wisconsin) Advo-
cate is a democrat; his wife is a whig. Con-
iding his paper to her management, during
the late canvass he started on an electioneer-
ing tour. The lady reversed the engine,
changed the politics Of the paper, and the
editor hurried home just in time to prevent
the removal of the name of his favorite can
didate from the columns of the Advocate.
ess3- The potato-rot is said to have made
It's appearance in Newfoundland after the
crop was housed. The fishery, too, accord
inc to the highest authority in the land, has
been anything but successful during the
present season.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08
rR- The Washington Union of Sunday

says:
"Reiable information leads US to believe
that Horatio Seymour, in spite of all the ef-
forts to defeat him, will be declared Governor
of New York for another term. We shall
chronicle such result with sincere grati6ca.-
ton.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08

Coon RULE.-It is always good rule to
follow, to step in no path, to speak no word,
to commit no act, when conscience appears to
whisper beware. You had better wait o
twelve month, and learn your duty, than to
take n hasty step and bring tears and repen-
tance to dying day. How many lost man
might have been saved, had he listened to m
inward monitor, and resisted the first inclina-
tion to devate from the holy path of recti-
tude. See far away before you and on either
side, the ground whitened with the bones and
snews of millions who have perished ignobly
in the march of life. They resisted the spirit
of truth, and fell They trusted to them
selves, and sunk at the onset Take warning
by them. Could their bones live, breathe,
and speak, how earnest would they appeal to
you'll They would compel you, ms It were,
to pursue virtuous course, that your end
might be joyous and not degraded.
HARp.FIsrED.--Everybody has heard Of
close listed and hard listed men, and If every.
DOuy nus IlOb been ourh oiihh"Seoio, oopcSinhy
the first, he is either miserably blind or has
sheen out" amazingly seldom; for close 6sts
md hard fists are tenfold more abundant than
open hearts and hard heads. A writer In the
Carolinan dating at Paris, gives specimen
of tho hard (but much the more respoctabIc)
genus:
"As ! was returning from church, my at
tention was attracted to a large crowd col
lected in one Of the principal streets, and on
approaching found it was to witness man
break stones with his fist. saw him break
a piece Of blue limestone rock, apparently
very hard, with two or three blows Of bis fst,
with only thin handkerchief wrapped twice
around It, He placed the stone to be brosen
on large rock on the pavement, and after
handing round plate and collecting zen OF
twelve sous, he went TO work, and after
few few sudden blows, given with grcat ra-
pidity, he broke the stone, amid great cheers
from the spectators
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08

WHAT Coop FARMING WILL ACCOMPLISH.
Three acres of ground cultivated by John
w. Boyd, adjoining the town of Hagerstown,
Maryland, gave for last season the following
results:
The product Of three acres was measured
last week, and made a little over two hundred
and twenty-five bushels, or about seventy-iiye
bushels per acre. This, at 81 per bushel, the
ruling price for corn in this market, makes
quite paying business. Upon the same
three acres were also produced lao lbs OF
broom-brush, worth 1915, and 10 bushels OF
seed therefrom, worth IS; also, 8 bushels OF
turnips, sold for 81 per bushel. Add to these
the value of the fodder taken from the corn,
100 shocks at 10 cents, the price for which II
sold, and we have total of $264 rs, as the
product Of three acres, or $Ss % per acre
The corn was planted three feet each way,
three stocks to the hill, and the turnips were
sown in the corn at the last plowing."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08

MUST COME TO IT.-Matrimony is an insti-
tuition that man can't get along Without
Spite of all advice or the visible misfortunes
of Others, he will run after n delaine until
Hymen marks him for his own. You may
point in vain to the miseries Of Simpkns with
scoldng wife and half dozen responsible.
ties, and Waddles, who has to get up at 8
o'clock A. NJ, to get breakfast. You can't
persuade Perkins that such a fate would ever
befall him and Araminta. He gets married,
and is transcendantly happy until the honey
moon SETS leaving him in the sombre light of
reality. Hitherto he never concerned himself
about the price of coal or provisions, and
laughed hard times 10 scorn; but now de-
pletion in the corpulency of the portmonnaie
gives him an idea Of what is meant by tight
ness in the money market, and the diminished
six penny loaf illustrates rise in breadstuffs,
terms he never knew the full meaning of be-
fore. When he boarded at Mrs. Tough
steaks, quarter dollar week advance COW
cred these deficiencies, but now it is quito
another matter. Araminta no longer lives on
love, or ice cream and sponge cake, but actu.
ally has an appetite for pork and beans, and
is addicted to canton Grape shawls, and loves
of bonnets, the price of which she declares
has no conscience about. Perkins begins to
open his eyes, and look around to SEQ what
kind of country he has got into, studies
economy, domestic and political, is down on
landlords and high rents, and contemplates
moving to Kansas
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08

es3- The potato-rot is said to have made
its appearance in Newfoundland after the
crop was housed. The fishery, too, accord
inc to the highest authority in the land, has
been anything but successful during the
present season.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08

The aggregate, for the first
four and half years of this
decennial term is 1901
There is no reason for believing
that the vast immigration of this
year will diminish. In fact there
is no limit to its rate of progress
but the means of conveyance.
Now, then, we have upon this
basis m aggregate for the six
years and half intervening be-
tween this period and 1860 of $3.50
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08
THE KNOW NOTHINGS

From the New York Courier and ENQUIRER,
one of whose editors, we infer, is member
of the Know Nothing organization in that
City, we extract the subjoined exposition of
the objects of that organization, the causes
that have produced it, and the reasons which
should commend it to the favor of the Ameri-
can people. After adverting to the recent
election in New York, the writer proceeds to
remark:
Here, then, for the first time in the history
of the country, the native population of the
whole State is found arrayed in political op-
position to its inhabitants of foreign BIRTH
What is the explanation of this new and most
important feature in our political contests
lfsuch antagonism is unnecessary, it is crimi-
nal. II il is necessary, why has that necessity
not been before felt? The answer is best
given in figures, which are the attestation of
facts. We have before us a pamphlet con-
tanning the speeches delivered at a political
meeting held IN Washington in September
last, to repel imputations cast upon the cti-
zens of that place in connection with the pro-
ceedngs and the doctrines of the Know
Nothing Society. At the close of the PAM
phlet we find the following statements en-
bodied in speech by Mr.. Harte of this city,
which present in condensed form view of
this subject deserving the closest attention.
A resolution in favor of total repeal of the
naturalization laws, or for the extension of
the term of residence to twenty-one years,
being under consideration, the speaker re-
marked:
81 ask you, fellow citizens, how many for
eigners do you suppose were in that little
fragment of nation composed of three and
a quarter millions, which began and accom-
plished the American Revolution ? According
to my calculation there were in the United
Colonies, in the year l775, (the year before
the Declaration of Independence was made,
and the one in which the battles of Lexing-
ton and Buhker's Hill were fought,) Just
10000 more foreigners than now come into
the country in six months; for estimate that
there were in the United Colonies at that
memorable epoch, about 27O, 900 persons of
foreign birth. And now | will show you by
figures the progress of immigration since
1880. 1t is as follows:
From 1890 to 1910 (twenty years. 10000
From 1910 to 1920 (ten years) ll4,0Oo
From 1920 to 1880 203,979
From 1880 to 1910 762,369
From l840 to 1850 1,52l,850
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08

I IViII JuFIO Ioui IOUV, 70 IOtOfIIUCf
81, 1851, the number of foreign
immigrants arriving in this coun-
try was 55S
In the year 1852 375
In the year 1853 1858
In the year 1854, the returns of the
first six months warrant the esti-
mate for the entire year of 500
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-08

Total for the entire sixty years 2,722,l9S
II have not been able to obtain all the Off
cial statements annually issued from the State
Department of the immigration into the
United States applicable to the last four years,
but the following table comprises state
ment near enough to the exact truth for the
purposes of this illustration:
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-10-27

1nC Porte am lNsic Store

Piano Porte on1 Nsic Store
Ho %. CAM 4Fe New 0tlear
ICuhD peellaIly tqaesl tle eti oa q
lhe public q hlt ee md ssisntlgf ss-
nYne1t 81 MUSIC pnd MUSICAL 1881 kD-
AlE ISof all kinds aid doseiIpAof end also
Sic wei selected oisoiine q RI AM k0kIk rs
RON ne fattoiee lf lht hci mateIs a ile Dn
ed slles and Europe. 4upne Whlnh aie 1e
found those 81 a SlpgAsf g Io.. 81 New YOKE
Haslaad Son. 81 New York, ard flegtl q CO. 81
Paris. a he ose isflnnleDfa- 81 he following
kinds: 6 r I'D. SF tlieG r AND. PllCOL0, "a.
COLO CBLfQuE md SQUARE are o. the
most e ietraled mtkeFs inf be wegle, combining
all me lataimproy nentss moy g haa 81 ihe sub
scrihcF. III etery style b case aid 81 g, ~,
Gig. 3-8 aud 9ctascgs heY H5ltbe soio at
manufactures pr,ces. Mlsieal Merchandise 81
al kinds and IN any quantity AmoRg clhefs.
tha subscriber kteps constantly On hand me larG.
st and finest eeiccfitn s o. AtcordCuqs ever ofo't
tJ me Southern mnrkel, which are offered % tie
most reasonable rates GUITARS. manniactur-
Ell s. VIM. Id; aud Son. from tic mosteppfoy
"a Spanish Moael. Thee d tfumrnts are d = 6
5fat class. and warfHnted @ sfand The climate.
Tbs sugs ribtT hlshnd many yeas sxlersen in
tie Musie business n ihe NoltkcKn riiiess q well
ne Rev 0rleane, aid Il thoroughly atquainied
with the mjnfteit details of The basiiess. Ills
stock Is rs best selected iha haa ever benin the
Southern matkel. ind his facilities are such thai
he s III aln ugsilsSe on hadd seleelpd stock oi
an kinds ~ Mns;cai instruments and the Latest
and Most Fashionable Music Ihe MnEcalp
lie are respectfully invited Is coll and examine BE
slock april s, "a 39-ty
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-10-27
Ylcksburg I'd Jackson 3. 3.
Superinfendent's Office. July 10 1850

&c Emanuel:
Dear Sir;It affords me pleasure 10 have
an opportunity Of giving you my testimony III
favor of your eaUTHERN ANTIDoTR for The cure
of Cholera, Cholera Murbus, and Diairhma: {
have used il fortwo years past on the laborers
under ny barge With almost universal success
ard ID al cases prenonitory symptoms ct
Cholez nd Diavhna consider II 4 certain
cure 90 III SINE BY con6denae In ID in.
duces me to keep q constant supply each
of the depots and stations ID the Railroad
would earnestl recommend il to planters end
others. Very respectfully,
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-10-27
JOHN H CRUa


KielsAnra Jul s. I3
Dear, Sir he mar ed suaceaa VT II 81 On
have used yo0f uallom aiirine tie s8uza
FRI AHrfDo1Et b several very BAD cases Of
DiaFrhe and other bowel 4l0as 81 any
fanit nduces % o6t zen rny teslinery
il its behalf Eh pesence hsve ef
its heppy effects IS spsedily arrestil,e some
gefg BAD eases beth q aarlts and ehilafn
haze 30 hesitasi1n % giving il as & candid o.
eiaisa thai tha AsSass enls
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thf tis l8f te
gse0ef board fe diseases 81 lie bow
easl sF s entiara and
cordially neDd & 81 d inValne
SLID oe koa Ve truly
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-10-27

$50 AID ga Hub fet txlto4e
nmnE& ~

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sn est oxle0a
nmA Ply 81
81 airG1zf EllS aaa beaiess koeA and pos
nestle Nafawstse. Cutlery From 50 laits
a. h6nS lieT ffields ierth very lbeF1
paIgolin .ha quality anIl pllee 9 leR paas.
and tI1if pr0up attention g al ofaeN eslaNa
VIII. the3 hope. secure 9 them 9 renilnH q
their lap0 Isl iYala ifum Euroraaa aaa 1sos.
then ports. tlss afe coas,l receiving lfssn sap
plies. carefully selected 81 every thing intlK
ae. ard can confidently Invite Aie stentloa 81 put
Clasefa 10 their IaYec aid wei sesQlted eek, e
which The following part yiz
Ehelish Dir IfonS r0nnsl square 8 iAut-lu ons
nos. Cable do 10 10 LOO tons
Do Pennsylvania do g do Ivy lglls
Do so boiler plate tlo-90 tons
IA do iron, round, square fat e00kon
% Tennessee boiler plate tons,
10 De plougi dc--24 ions,
Do do nculdsr@tO l0tg
% rs elalps--l IS tons,
Bra2iefs rods 5.l6 aid oa d-~30 ~
Sheet Iron- English, american and Tennessee
from 1910 z6--500 bdls.
Round do--from 4 tbs 2inth.. 200 bids.
Cut Nalls--Ceieh Weymouth and Other good
branas,-~3,lle0 kegs.
rress saikesAso0 kegs
ocktt and Table Cutlery. Razos ste.
TIN Fintee. best Charcoal brands, b0U hoxea,
block Tin, z &c, Speller &c, 5000 pounGs,
BrazisIs' Copper. rom % 80 20 lb sheets, 10000
German. SHEAR. Blister and Cast Steel, 25 900
Axegen6iae Collinsa htlnss, &c, $50 boxes
spades md Shovels. hlncs's and 6thef brands
$50 Dozen
Wbinsmore's Cotton, WOOL and Horse Cards
60a Bo1en.
Office ills Wisson'se genuine, 600 dozen,
Patent Balanres ansl Platform Scales, A4lFiss,
Wees. stock and plts, BELOW.
OK, Trace, Log llnller and soil Chains
Charm tnbles anchors CoopFSs IDOLS, Timers Il ],
Naserfcan and English Locks, Sliding door Furni
lure, HooAsand Plates flinges Butt and PaFiia-
meni Il nges, Window Fasteners BE every de-
fipiilr, Iloses of every description aud pat.
Tern, Co.'s Cut pi,tand NH SnWs, Ploagls Of
lkipg' IIsi 's, ind other good brands.
iIalloWlYaTe and Castings 50lnns.
Tarred and Alaanisla Rope, al sizes,
Oakitn Marine, lIouseline &c
Ster Iinseed. Lard, and Whsle Oils.
Athhtic Pure White Lead,
Black and Yellow Paints, Fefdigfis,
P RS and chfome Green,
French Pots from | II so pinIs,
Mill and Glnd Stones.
shees Bas, and Pig Lend, Lead Pipe. &c. s.,
hey are also The only Agents IN New Oh an s
9Hilman. Vanleef y Cos celebrated Tern ste
on nov IS. el53
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-10-27

T1s7 FoeefVea dire from 3e snann aetsf.
nss assorlnentof agllsa end sAsAsf
lean llnns, Pistols Spogtlng apnagata8 &c
100 fne doasle Guns boys eabls md en-
ls Cans.
so American haiia
IS English
IS Coli,s Reporters Aliens iAeRoikess
pair Riffs pistols, 100 pairs asst'd pistols
Is pair SELF cooking pistols, .fon s. incl
barrfls.
Game BAGS, Power Horns. Shot Beers ane
Pouches. Calling Horns, Percussion p. Fps aas
canniaEer Powder, Bowie knives, tees, 8 G.
For sale hg q, y - & .-1-sA'
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