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

ANOrIfER SPECK OF WAR-THREE STEAM.
ERs SuSK.-The inhabitants Of villages on Lake
Champlain, says the Ogdensbufg Despatch.
are now engaged in quarrel about rail road
and steamboat matters, which is not likely
soon to end. It has already resulted in vic.
lence and outrage upon persons and property.
It appears that the Plattsburg people arc
building rail road from that place to Mon
treal, portion of which was completed. The
company owning the rail road from Rousea
Point to Montreal purchased the Montreal
end Of the Plattsburg route. and left the peo-
pie in the latter place in q bad fix. Tho
Plattsburg people owned steamboat called
the Saltus, which they designed to run in
connection with their road this season. The
boat winte, ed at Sherburn Bay; and when the
proprietors were about to move her they
found that part of her machinery had been
stolen. They attempted 70 Tow her dewn:o
Plattsburg-but the people Of Burlington cut
the lines, and took her back. The following
night two old steamers (the Burlington and
Whitehall,) were drawn beside the Saltus,
and sunk in such position that the latter
cannot be moved. The Pattsburg people
were muck esaspera.ed Tho captain and
owners Of the steamer Saranac were supposed
to be concerned in the outrage; and when
that boat came to their village four hundred
persons rushed on board, armed, aslied her
wheels, and threatened to sink her, arrested
her captain, and peted him and others with
rotten eggs. So the matter stood at last
accounts.
PElEsTLV CuRsIHG IN LONDON A CORES.
pondent Of the London Daily News says:
On Sunday the 9Th of February, after tho
eight o'clock mass ut the Roman Catholic
chapel in Duncan.terrcce. Islington, Rev.
F.Oakeley, Roman Catholic priest--an Ok
ford pcrvert.. proceeded to the Irish courts
in lsliugton, near the Angoo, ard niter CIV
ing the Irish people long lecture for send
ing their children to Protestant schools pro-
nounccd the following curse: ave hereby
give notice that if any persons after this, our
solemn warning, do send their children TO
the Protestant schools, (six schools were not
named, or, if they have been already temp
ted TO send them, do not instantly remove
them, they shall be counted guilty of mortal
sin, shall be refused all the rites nnd sacra.
ments of the church, at death the. extreme
urction shall be denied to them, and their
bodies, either his or hers, refused burial 10
any cemetry belonging to the church. The
curse Of God shall rest upon their body and
soul, living or dead"
WHAT IS DlRT!--Old DR.. Cooper, OF
South Carolina, used to say to his students:
"Dou't DO afraid of little dirt, gentlemen.
What IS dirt Why, nothing at all offensive.
when chemically viewed. Rub little alkali
upon that.'drty grease spot upon your coat
and 10 unaeryoes n chemical change md be.
comes soap. Now rub it with little water
and it disappears; it is neither grease, soap,
water nor dirt. That is not very odorous
pile Of dirt you observe there. Well, scatter
little gympsum over il, and ts no longer
dirty.-Every thing you call dirt is worth
your notice rs students Of chemistry. Ana.
lyze! 1t will seperatc into clean elements.
Dirt makes corn; corn makes bread and meat,
and that makes n very sweet young lady that
| saw one of you were kissing last night. So
after all, you were kissing dirt-parIicular'y
if sAe whtened her skin with chalk or Full
ler's earth.-There is no telling, gentlemen,
whatis dirt, though may say say rubbing
such stnf upon the beautiful skin Of young
lady is a very dirty trick; pearl powder is
made Of bismuth-nothing but dirt"
WAR PREPARATIONS AT HAvAyA.-Tho
Governor General of Cuba is preparing to
defend himself against the combined forces
Of the fillbustcrs and Creole insnrrec,ionists.
A letter from Havana, says -
"The artillery companies have been sent 10
Moro Castle, md guns have been mounted
on the different Notifications around Havana,
and the Governor has at last decided upon
lrning 1000 blacks. These troops are to be
Dfcered BY whites, and the sergcants are to
be whites also. By this judge th.t the
government cannot rely upon the Spanish
white population for etfectual support, or it
may be move to form nucleus for a black
army 10 convert Cuba into an African pos
session in case the government of Spain can.
not be maintained Three regiments are to
zone from Porto Rico, which, with the 1000
black troops, will raise the force here TO 49,
)OO."
ANOTHER STRlKE.-The steamboat cap
aims in the st. Louis and New Orleans trade
nave agreed not to carry the mail after tho