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VOL. No. rs.

am going to pc marryd the moment Peggy
arrives; and Father Flsil ses he'll marry me fur
nsuthin, barrin peece Nv the kake nothin more
or less thin q round Nv bafe. wontyer mouth
water when We heer it minshuned, for its lang
time suppose, since ye taShted the likes.
In addishun to what towld ye had bavt sor
house kapin, have layd in q half dozeniv crying
babys. What dye think iv that Shure it
musht bes cOnveynt country that will furnish
ye wild family reddy made, and that, too before
yez married sc all. Yours,
SuANrs
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-03-10
A Practicle Joke,
SHANCs.

At Long Wharf, Boston, the fishing smAcks
throw their fish into pits, with sides perfectly
water tight, and rising to the decks, while the
bottom Of the vessel, is perforated with holes
A couple of Irishmen who wanted work, suppo-
sing those pits to be ssnl1en vessels, asked the
privilege Of pumping them out.
The two tars aboard, who were first class 70
kers, perceiving the mistake Of the Hbernians.
replied yes, and asked their price for pumping
the smack dry. A bargain was struck for dol
'sr and q hah pump was procured, and at work
h.IsSSo men went, one pumping while the other
'0..eU - bucket.
.s;o,.I,. ,.se ,Sed on and still they worked, oo-
N Asi'"Ay "onu how deep the hole was. and
now mucn water reinaA- st;II N tho vessal -
The two sailors in the meal. 'ii - ,"o 'e'.s-
the wharf, ss they said on busit so IT, -. y
tain, who Was absent at the time the L.
made, came on board, and finding the uie- an
hard at work. with the perspiration pouring o.
their faces, inquired what they were about
Pumping out the ship" was the reply.
Pumping out the ship" said the captain
Yes, sir an a mighty dape ono she is entire
ly," said one of the perspiring EmerAlders. as he
painted away at the pump handle. I" Sure I'm .
thinkin' it'll be night before We get her dhry."
might :" said the captain, beginning to rear
with laughter ns he discovered the joke that had
been perpetrated during his absence. Might,
why, you will not get through till you have
pumped out Boston Hsrbor!"
He then explained the matter to the lsborers,
who resumed their coats, vowing vengeance upon
the sailors who had " desared" them.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-03-10

The picture drawn Of intemperance, is one
human nature moulded into the most filthy
depraved life asd misery.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-03-10

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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03
TIE ELECTORAL. SYSTEM IN NEW
YORK.

I Al g . H.,
Aceoru'''s ~ '''c 'ie''''' .''' P'oP'' VI '".
Empire State, have very hi@h ana earnest
regard Cor the freedom and purity OF the elec-
five franchise. That papcr. commenting up
-, ,ha 10Th. o,.;,on, h.. tho roturn. of th.
W. WV ,i'''"' '''". y ~. , ,-.
'a'e Polc upon thc tc' ''''''oN '''''''' ''"'''
says:
The decision of the ten million loan is not
the first instance in which this apathy among
the public has come to light. 1t is fast be.
coming the rule at some of the most impor-
tant State elections. They are managed and
controlled by bands of .rog-shop politicians
and abandoned Lnaves, who having failed in
every respectable business, have turned final
" as Il last resort to procuring votes as Il
trade. These are the present rulers Of the
State of New York. They nominate candi-
dates, and elect the one who pays the best.
They build iving platforms, and appeal to
the community with distractions under which
their thirst for plumber is clumsily concealed.
They set up great men ut Will, and pull them
down when their heroes purses are closed.
The choice Of our representatives both at
the federal and at the State capitals is cam
vansscd, arranged and determined over adnl-
tcratcd whiskc.v and brandy in low drinking
saloons: the men who fulfil the duty are the
lowest rabbe. the vlrst scum OF the cliys
drcgs. Lack ofprintplc renders Their lack OF
sense nnocuous: with them elections are
matter of mere bargain and sale, at which
ambitious men, in consideration OF certain
number of votes and Il certain amount of per-
jury and violence, agree to pay them spcc-
fled sum of money. They can make the
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

The Evening Mirror says gravely, with re.
gard to the baby shows advertised in various
parts Of the country:
The subject is worthy of serious and phi
losophical consideration. II one halfthe pains
was taken 10 improve the human race that
there is to improve the breed Of sheep, the
blood Of horses, and the size ofpumpkins,we
would have some hope for the "perfectabilty
of mankind" But so long as physical and
moral deformity and disease are licensed to
2erpctuate themselves, the breed Of ill-shapcn
sinners will continue to multiply so rapidly
as to postpone the millennium beyond the
boundary of human hope.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

1t is stated that cx.Prc.idcnt Fillmore is
about to lead to the altar Miss Elizabeth Por-
ter, of Niagara Falls. only daughter of the
late General Peter j. Porter hero of tho
war of 1872, and Secretary of War under
John Quincy Adams. Miss Porter is 81 years
Of age, and lady of superior intellect, high
cultivation, and large fortune. Her brother
and herself are the sole heirs of their fathers
grcat estate, including Goat Island and other
lucrative property at Niagara Falls Miss l'or-
ter has long been Il rcgning belle in Yves.
tern New York.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

o. There are three kinds of men in this
world-thc "Wills," the .'Wonts," and the
"Cants." The former effect everything, the
other oppose everything, and the latter fail
in everything. al WILL" builds our railroads
and steamboats,. 81 won't" don't believe in
experiments and nonsense: while 81 can't,
grows weeds for wheat. and commonly ends
his days in the slow digestion of a court OF
hankruptcY"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

"BLEssED ARE THE PEACE MAKERS
The Peace Society, Of London, have sent a
deputation to the Gar of all the Russias, in
or Ter to persuade him to settle the matter
amicably with Turkey. Certainly the very
fainicst hopes can alone be entertained Of
their SUCCESS.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

eWNew Orleans has been called the Par
adise of printers. We must think so if the
statement is correct that the pay has been
advanced from forty to fifty cents per thou
sand ems, whiclrenablcs good and steady
hand to earn on daily morning paper, on
the average, thirty two dollars fifty-fve cents
per week.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

eY Constantinope has been bcsicgcd
twcnty-four times-eighteen times without
success. The place is one of the easiest TO
defend in the world, and Nicholas would find
it hard work to get inside Of its walls after
he had reached their outsidcs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

RATHER FoxY.-'Dad, il was TO see
a duck on the wing, and was TO shoot it,
would you lick me- oh, no. my son; it shows
you are good marksman, and would feel
proud of you well then, dad, plump our
drake as he was flying over the fence, TO day,
and it would have done you good TO see him
drop'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

RACING C.-Dfall The sports still in vogue
racing is certainly tho finest, we may add
productive Of the most useful results. Its
tendency is to improve the breed Of the next
animal to man. EdgcfeM Advertiser.
We never see the above argument advan-
ccd, says the Wilkes Republican, without
thinking of IL most etlectiye answer made to
it in the Georgia Legislature, some years ago,
by distinguished representative from this
county A bill for taxing Race Courses was
under discussion and was strcnuously oppo-
sed by the friends Of the turf, chiefly on the
above ground-that these establishments
contributed to the improvements of the breed
of horses "Sir," said our representative,
81 grant all that is claimed for the turf by its
friends on this floor. 1t does improve the
breed Ofhorscs, but, in casting my vote on this
occasion, it is enongh for me to know, that
it plays The d-l with The breed Of men," 1t
was clnchcr, and the bill passed.
n3y- The Common Council at Washing
ton City have adopted the following joint
resolution in relation to the sale Of intoXica-
ting liquors:
Resolved, &C., That the committee repre-
scnting the interests of this corporation be-
fore Congress be, and it is hereby instructed,
to urge upon that body such amendments to
the city charter rs will give these councils
the power to enact such laws as will prohib.
it the sale of Intoxicating liquors within the
city limits.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

W We love n sensible man, but deliver
us from one who knows everything. A re-
malk cannot be made, or an article published
in paper, where such men live, without
their permission, under penalty Of their dis
pleasure, or q withdrawal Of their patronage.
Which is the softest, their heads or their
hearts!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

riy. John Wentworth, editor Of the Chi
cago Democrat, has just sold a lot in that
city, &c by $50 feet, for S3OOOO making ac-
cording to the Democratic Press, about $780,
900 worth of property he has sold within
year; and he has more than us much still on
hand
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

To FARMERs.-To double the crops on
most farms, about all that is necessary is for
our agriculturalists to sell off one half their
land, and with the proceeds buy manure for
the other. The larger farm, the less man
grows to the acre.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

~ Families decline rs do empires; each
succeeding day some part of life's ancient hon
ors are lost; the decent that leads to nd-
vcr,ty is preciptatc and rapid. Children de-
tach themselves from their parents: parents
separate themselves from their children.
Thus all fade, till the last great scene lets fall
the curtain Of death and oblivion.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

A PRAYER TO CoYGRrss.-Thcre il now
before Congress petition from Mrs. Eliza
beth G.. Smith, of Missouri, who in 1886, un.
der the assumed name Of ."i5en. Newman"
volunteered in the MeYic.ss,,.,var, where she
served faithfully for ten months, when her
sex was discovered and she WAS discharged
from service. ben" has since married, and
now applies for her pay and bounty. As tho
law applies to soldiers and not to men, this
female soldier may be successful.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03
JOHN MITcHELL.-The N. Y. True Nation.
nj Democrat saws of John Mitchell:

"He has disgustcd his warmest friends
His Citizen has become the jest and bye
word Of the press. His folly and vapid blus-
ter haze alienated from him the respect of
the American public. And, in after years,
his fate will be pointed out rs a lesson for
the young, and warning for the inexperi-
enced.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03
LOVE.
LOVE.
| hold il true what'erc befall;

hold il true what'erc beiall:
feel it when sorrow most;
lis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
Evils in the journey of Fife, are like the
hills which alarm travellers upon their road:
they both appear great at distance, but
when We approach them, We find they are
far less insurmouniablc than We had imagin-
,I
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

.fY"'Ihc most stupcndous canal in tho
world is one in China, whichpasscs over two
thousand miles, and to forty-onc cities; it was
commenced in the tenth century. y mons
ter work of man.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

Run ASp pArNT.--A house painter the 9TH
G, day being told that he should wear II nous
tachr /" avoid the disease, to which painters
are liable. replied: at is rum, not paint, that
makes painters sick. have had my nose
over Il paint pot for thirty-'ivc years, and
have always been wcll.' Paint is injurious
in itself however, but he was right in tho
main prinbiplc.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

The Scientific American contains n COM
municat.on of II. a. Frost, of Worcester, in
which he claims to have invented 'marine
locomotive" which will cross the Atlantic in
four days.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

Love one human being purely and warn-
Is, says Jean Paul, and you will love all.
The heart in this heaven, like the wandering
sun, sees nothing, from the dcwdrop to the
ocean, but mirror which it warns and fills.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

~" The danger of interfering when mn
amiablc married couple are qnarrclling. is apt
~ illustrated by an occurrence which tran
spired few days since near Fayetteville, N.
e., resulting in the death of Joseph Edwards.
A man named Jonathan Baker was whipping
his wife, when Edwards, at her request, ill.,
terfered. Baker Immediately seized an axe
and struck him blow, which caused his
death soon after. The murderer is in Jail.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

sDe Mu.gins SAYS, it is no more use for
young man To try I" get al"n" among tho
girls without money tan To attempt To beat
u locomotive with y saw-hnisc. Calico is
cmphatically cash institution.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

To enjoy to-day. stop worrying about TO-
morrow. Next week will bejnst us capable
Of taking care of itself as this one. And why
shouldn't it! 1t will have seven days more cx-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

Mr.. Stubbs-Alary, where the devil is my
pants!
Mary.-Pants, sir, recon missus has en-,
she is gone to the Convention, she has.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

The Senate of Georgia has passed bill
to punish the kccning OF faro or other gam.
bling tables or establishments, with impris-
onmcn, in the penitcn,iary from one to Two
wears
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

GATEs.-Never put up apair of bars where
you can hang good gate. They are per.
picking, and do not answer the purpose half
as well as Il good gate. Where one has to
pass frequently into n field or enclosure the
time occupied in taking them down and put
ting them up will often pay the extra expense
of constructing and hanging good perma-
ncnt gate, which will last for years, and may
be opened and closed in 4 minute. Gates that
hang on hinges so as to swing in and out,
and which fnsten themselves both backward
and forward, by the means Of springs are the
most desirable. Their appearance too is
quite in good taste, which is matter OF some
Importance in most situations.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

A WHITING MACHINE An ingenious French
man has invented a machine which will write
sixty times faster than Il man can speak.
This will prove great thing if it is Il reality.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

IMrUprNr QuEsTIONs.-ro ask minister
whether lac ever did anything wrong. To
ask Il young lady whether she would like
beau. To ask Il printer it he has more than
one shirt. TO ask subscriber if he has paid
the printer.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

ANOTHER New BANK-Thc CONNER
cial Bank of Tennessee" will open at Mem
phis on the lst of March, under the Free
Banking Law, with bills of the denOmina-
ton of ones, twos, fives and tens.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

~" The Journal of Commerce tells the
following capital anecdotc OF 10 Smith, the
Mormon. Some persons visited him Garin"
his troubles in Illinois, and the conversation
turned upon self defence. He was asked what
he thought of the words of scripture which
required him who had been smittcn on one
check TO turn the other also. "a very remark
able passage" "hc answered, "spokcn by Jesus
himself and srikng|y illustrative Of his thor.
ough acquaintance with human nature. a
man may strike you at first under Il mistake,
or without intending any harm; and you
ought not to strike back Immediately, but
turn the other check an! give him an oppor.
tunity to explain, or if he is in earnest, to re-
peat the offence. However, you need not turn
II third tinc but if Il man strikes you twice;
into him like Il thousand of brick
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

~ The Russian Government has an
nounced that all vessels navigating the Black
Sea, under neutral flags, are to be searched,
TO ascertain whether they carry articles con-
iraband of war.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

~" The adjourned Memphis Convention,
is to assemble at Charleston on the ID Mon.
day, in April.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

A girl in Brandon, w., not yet l3 years
old, has become another. She was married
before she was II. This beats our grand.
mothers aail hollow"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

.fy" A very respectable Roman Catholic
organ, the Galway Packet STATES. rs a rumor,
that a pcrcnptory order either has been or
will shortly be issued by the Holy See pro-
hibilng the priesthood in Ireland from taking
any active or prominent part for the future
in political matters.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

The old original and only genuine "spirit
rapping," is when a drunken fellow knocks
at his neighbours door instead of his own.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

There are very many things which men
with coats worn tbread.barc dare not say.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

FURTHER ny THE BALTTC.-In the House
of Lords on Monday, the 9th, the Marquis
of Clarincade asked for information regard
ing Eastern affairs. The Earl Of Clarendon
replied that the Government had just learn
cd that proposal had been received from
the Emperor Of Russia Mt Vienna, the terms
Of which were entirely unacceptable and not
Of character to he sent to Constantinople.
He also stated that diplomatic relations be-
tween England aud Russia have been broken
of.
Dispatches from Berlin announce that
Prussia and Austria will not side with the
Western powers, but will remain neutral.
Moremea,s of The Armies.-The Russians
stationed at Koa iowa have rctreatcd to pro-
tect Bucharest from the threatened attack of
Omar Paslla
The Russian residents in Paris have been
ordered to leave that city within Il month, or
their property will be confscated. The first
French expcditionary force for Turkey, con-
sisting of 10000 men are ready.
The Atlantic squadron had been ordered
to Toulon, it was supposed for the purpose
of taking troops on board. The allied fleets
only came to Brice's Bay for PROVISIONS
They met no Russian vessels on the cruise
The Russian fleet was ut Kaffa. Fresh
Turkish rcinforccments are to be sent to
Asia under the protection Of the allied fleet
which is to cruise in the Black Sea.
Omar Pasha had crossed the Danube at
Oltcnitza and was marching on Bucharest at
the head of $4,000 men. Having encounter
cd the Russian army and cut them in two,
they were unable to form n junction.
Vienna dispatches say that the reply of
the Car to the proposition of the Four
Powers was very unsatisfactory.
Immense military preparations were max
ing in France and England.
1t was reported that Admiral Seymorc
would command the Baltic fleet
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

DESPERATE I.EArs.-Iiugh Sloan, the pu.
gilist, while on his way to Chester County,
Pa, in charge Of Sheriff, last week, leaped
from the ears while they were going at the
rate of thirty miles m hour. The Sheriff
followed Immediately after, and being but lit
tic hur;, he ordered Sloan to stand or he
would shoot him. Sloan yielded quietly, and
though he was somewhat bruised, he walked
with the Sheriff towards Philadelphia. When
Sloan was asked why he yielded 50 quietly,
he remarked TO the Sheriff. that he thought il
he was fool enough TO jump from the cars
after him, he was fool enough to shoot. The
leaps were desperate, and the wonder is ooill
were not killed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

LEGAL.--Thc proverb says, "a fool keeps
hi, own council" an1 BRiEfLrss says, "lis
only wishes omc fool would keep him."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

tTA person having heard Of wonderful
cure. said TO be effected by the galvanic
rings, ordered number of them TO be used
as snout rings for his pigs, in order to cure
his bacon.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

:y- Always suspect man who has ar
rived at the age of thirty, and isn't attached
to piece of calico.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03
THE POST.
Athens, Friday, March 3, 1854.

~" The Senate Bill to increase the saa-
rics of the Judges in this State passed upon
its third reading in the House, by a vote of
81 to "a.
The bill making appropriations to remove
distractions in the Little Tennessee and
Tellico rivers has been rejected.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

There are two things that modest men
should never unicrtakc-to borrow money
or study law.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

When a signature TO u receipt for money,
due and paid by disburoing officer of the
Government is made by an Il mark, u wit.
ness to the signature is required in all cases, or
the voucher will not be admitted at the
Treasury.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

aNv dear Sir Frederick, take chair Il
couldn't. possibly" mot pressed for time
I hopen aNo-not for timc-bui very much
for n,n,,loous- Sir Frederick had on his
stand-up trousers--so tight in the ft That he
could not stoop without producing adenoue,
ment. Young men wao indulge IN stunicd
irancry will plcasc copy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

sI5" Surely some people know themselves
they think Of nothing else.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-03-03

~" Most ladies' think It is the summit of
misfortune to.bc ugly. This is mistake,
quite frequently. Tho chances are, as the
world goes, that homcly women are alto.
ge,hcr the best at heart, head and soul a
pretty face often presdcs over Il false heart,
and weak head, with the smallest shadow
of Il soul.