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

A JusT SENTENcE.-On Wednesday, five
fellows were brought up in the police court,
Cincinnati for whipping their wives, and SEN
fenced to fine Of ten dollars and costs each,
ten days in dungeon, to be fed on bread
and water, and $500 to bail keep the peace
for one year.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

A HARD Hrr.-lienry Ward Beecher says
he means to vote against the Nebraska bill,
though the ballot box shouIdbc placed in the
jaws of hell.
To this the Wheeling Argus replies that
every man has right to vote in his own pre-.
ciRct.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

How TO Pass THRoUGH SMoKE.-ln the
course of an inquest in London lately Mr..
Wakely, the coroner observed that it would
be well to acquaint the public with the iact
that If persons in a house on fire had inc
presence of mind to apply damp cloth or
handkerchief to the mouth and noslrils they
could effect passage through the densest
smoke: but the surcst way would be to en-
velope the head and face completely in
da,nn clnth
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

eB-There was great excitement at st.
Johns, New Brunswick, between the Catho-
lies and Protestants in relation to the eec-
ton.
The Cutter Nelley and schooner Daring
sailed to protect the Fisheries.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

BANK OF TENNESSEE NoTEs.-The fire dol
lar red-bock new notes of the Bank of Ten
nessee will be issued and protected by the
Bank-togethcr with those of all other de-
nominations except the ten dollar red.JackS.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23
THE DRUNKARD'S HOME.
Air-"Old Folks at Home"

Dark fall the shades Of evening dreary,
Sad, sad am |;
Slow drag the cheerless hours aweary,
Coldly the storm sweeps by;
Hopeless and fearful of tomorrow,
Weeping and tears,
I'm watching in my home of sorrow,
Grieving Ger vanished years.
o, nv home of Joy and gladness,
Thou art lost to me!
Now darkened with distress and. sadness,
Weeping | mourn for thee!
Once happy was our sunny dwelling
William was true;
Now anguish in my heart is swelling,
Deep as the joy knew.
He yielded to the full temptation,
Fends led him on;
Till, reeling from his lofty station,
Manhood and truth are gone
o, my home of joy and sladuess.
Thou art lost to me!
Now darkened with distress and sadness,
Weeping mourn for thee!
Once happy were my children's voices,
Ushered by fear;
Gone now the music that rejoices,
Famine and grief are here!
Once tender were the words of greeting,
When my William came;
Now fearfulIy my heart is beating,
Scared at the once loved name.
o, my home of joy and gladness,
Thou art lost to me!
Now darkened by distress and sadness,
Weeping mourn for thec
One hope within my heart is glowing
One rising star;
One strain as of bugle blowing,
Tells of a glorious war.
First come its blessed note of gladness,
Floating from Maine'
Trembling turn from thoughts of sadness;
Home may be bright again!
o, the hope, newborn and glorious;
May its promise be
Crowned with the blessed law victorious
Giving the old home to mel
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

gY" The Eastern struggle is beginning to
seriously affect various Of The national trea-
suries. The announcement Of the Chancellor
of the British Exchequer that he could give
no pledge that there would not be an increase
of the public debt is significant of what the
taxpayers of that country may expect. From
Spain, too, we hear of great financial embar.
rassment, and the public notification of the
fact that the government finds itself COM
PEELED to resort to a forced loan to repenish
the treasury.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

The vacancy in the Senate Committee OF
Foreign Affairs, occasioned by the retire
ment of Mr.. Everett, has been filled by the
appointment of Mr.. Fish, of New York.
Thus the Committee will be equally balan-
ced upon every question in regard to Cuba
which may look towards war for its acqu-
sition at this time. The Chairman, MIR. Ma
son, is conservative and cautious on this
subject, and will act with Messrs. Clayton
and Fish, in regard to it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

A drunken fellow in West Utica, N. Y
went home on Tuesday evening, 9th inst.
and fell or threw himself across the body Of
his sick wife, who was lying in bed. She
was instantly killed, and in the morning they
were found, the man still dead drunk, lying
across the body of his dead wife
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

t4y- Three murderers were sentenced at
New Orleans, last week-two of them for
numbering their wives. Patrick Finn and
Maria Arguillo, to the peDitentiary for life,
and Frank Smith to be hung.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

Love fits into rhyme as naturally as peas
into n pod--in fact rhyme without love in
it would be pods without peas, or in other
words mere husks without any marrow
"a
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

l5y- We learn from the st. Louis Iutelli-
gencer of last week, tho Wing Convention
of Saturday nominated Luther NJ. Kennett
for Congress in the st. Louis district.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

Twenty-three slaves escaped from Grant
County, Kentucky, on Tuesday night, and
took passage for Canada. Nine fugitives
from Boone County had also arrived at Gin
cinnati
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

Washington, June l4.-A treaty has been
made with Japan. The U. S. Senate has
passed again joint resolution for the recess
Of Congress from July until October
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

s9y- God'ssunshine falls as brightly around
the poor mans cabin as the princely mansion
Of the rich.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

05-It is reported that General Houston
contemplates resigning his seat in the Senate.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

A KNOW NOTHING TRIUMPH-At Bridge
port, Ct, there was recently hotly contested
election of a State Representative to supply a
vacancy. Philo F.. Barnum and Rev. Mr..
Siniat were the candidates. When the polls
were counted, great was the astonishment at
discovering that Thomas H. Oakly, whose
name had never been mentioned for the office
publicly, had been elected by majority of
$50! Where the tickets came from, and who
voted them, remains complete mystery.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-06-23

of suffering humanity. There is no hovel so
poor, so reeking with the deadly breath of
the pestience, or filled with wretches so alb
ject, that these messengers of life refuse its
calls for help. They are the life guards of
human society in all its grades. II was sick
and ye visited me-" Blessed encomium.
sour obligations TO physicians, dollars can
not cancel. And if they could, often they do
not; for how large proportion of their abors
is gratuitous. There is no profession, no
avOcation in life upon which destitution and
distress make so heavy and frequent demands.
Scarce day passes in which they are not
called upon for laborious service by those who
have no means to recompense them for what
they do. And not only are such labors with
out pecuniary remuneration, but the condition
of house and patient is often such as to rem.
der their performance disagreeable and self.
sacrificing in the extreme. The farmer, the
merchant, and the mechanic, are not expected
gratutously to supply the wants of even the
most destitute, and yet like drafts are con-
tnually made upon the benevolence of the
physician. Moreover, the medical profession
exposes the lives of those who practice it, to
the most imminent danger. Who else is so
often exposed to contagious and infectious
diseases Who so liable to be overtasked
with excessive labors? In the meridian of
life, how many fall sacrifices to the health of
others And surely the man who performs
for us such services, who subjects himself to
such tolls, self-denials, and perils, well de-
serves the title Of the "Beloved Physician"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1854-11-29
MECHANrCS WIVES.

Speaking Of the middle rank of life, d
good writer observesi
There we behold woman In her gloryj
not doll to carry silk or jewels. not d
puppet to be fattered by prufahe adoia.
tion--reverenced to-day discarded to-thtIr;
row-always jostied out Of the place which
nature has assigned her, by sensiality Of
by contempt-admired, but not respect.
ed desired, but not esteemed-ruled by
passion, not affection iinparting her
weakness, not her constancy, to the sex
she could exalt, the source and mirrur uf
vanity; we see her a wife, paftaking the
care and cheering the anxiety of a hihss
band, dividing the tolls, and by her dill:
gence spreading cheer around her; f5f
his sake, sharing the decent fe6nements.
OF the world without beiag vain 5f
them, placing all her joys and happiaess
in the man she loves. As mother, w6
find her an affectionate and ardent instruc.
tor of her children, whom she has tended
from their infancy, training them I'd
thought and benevolence, addressing them
as rational beings, preparing them to be:
COME men and women in their turn. Mes
chanics' daughters become the best wives
III the world"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1854-11-29
KISSING.

Hardly any two females kiss alike
There Is as much variety Id the mannes
of doing 1t. as In the faces and mahhgf IF
the sex. Some. delicate little creatures
merely give slight brush Of ~the lip
This is sad aggravation. We seem ttt
be about to have good time" bit acs
tually get nothing. Others 70 ifftU tf.y
like hungry man to beef stBHk; anaI
seem to chew up our countenance. sThisI
is disgusting and soon drives away a del.
icate lover: Others struggling like hensj
when burying themselves III dry dirt;
the kiss Is won by great ekgftions, and II.
not worth the tfUuble 1t costs. Now. weI
are in favor ofa certain shyness. a little
anti-fuUft tiiUety; when kiss Is proposed
and when the fair che gives lii: let ths
kiss be administered with Warmth aid ems
ergy. Let there be sUtiI in it. If shg
closes her eyes and sighs deeply ihamedis
ately after It, the effect is greater. She
should be careful not to slobber kiss
bit give It Us a humming- bird runs his
bill into d h0hey sstickle deep but dell
icaEelw Theirs Is much virtue In kiss
when genteelis executed. We have had
the memory Of Bne We received III our
youth to last tis forty years; and We. be-
lieye we shall think Of it when we eome
to die. Hudson County Democrat.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1854-11-29
Ugoltt 3poftrp.
The sword.
BY MISS. LAEGDcN.


Twas the battle field, and the cold pale moon
Look'd down on the dead and the dying;
And the wind passed Ger with dirge and wall,
Where the young and the brave we're lying,
with his fathers sword in his red right hand,
And the hostile dead around him,
Lay youthful chief but his bed was the ground,
And the graves icy sleep had bound him.
A reckless rover mid death and doom
Pass'd soldier his plumber seeking;
Careless he stopt where friend and foe
Lay alike IN their life blood feeking.
Drawn by the shine Of the warriors sword,
The soldier paused beside it;
He wrenched the hand with giants strength,
But the grasp of the dead dsfsd it.
He loosd his hold and his English heart
Took part with the dead before him,
And he honor'd the brave who died sword in hand,
AS with soften'd brow he liant DER him.
!" A soldiers death thou hast boldly died,
A soldiers grave won by It;
Before would take that sword from thine hand,
My own LIES blood should dyeit.
Thou shalt not be left for the carbon crow,
Or the wolf to batten DER thee;
Or the coward insult the gallant dead,
who In life had trembled before theen
Then he dug grave in the crimson earth
Where his warrior foe was sleeping;
And he laid him there in honor and rest,
With his sword in his own brave keeping
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1854-11-29

For GossIP.-The following paragraph
which we find floating in the newspapers,
lays it on the gossips with an unspairing
hand
The slanderous woman puisuhs tie
atmosphere of her entire neighborhood,
and blasts the sanctities of a thousand
homes with single breath. From awos
man Of this class nothing is sacred she
fattens upon calumny and up6h siauehteis
ed regulations. She is the ghoul Of Eas-
tern story, transferred ffufi the Arabiaa
Nights to the ireside circle. she iietef
asserts ahything-she merely hints and
ssipposes and whispers what THEY saw
Every neighbufhuud Id the city is infes.
ted With SOME creature of this sort, and
in country towns they are often afflicted
with two or three Of the ghoul women;=4
One is enough to set "a hundred families
by the earsj two can. break titJ a church;
three are sufficient fer any kind Of mis-:
chief from the separating the husband
from his wife to blasting the fame Of u
stainless girl, A pafe W6iiiafi is simply
an angel embodied Id. liuuiati shape; Il
slatiderous wofnan Is sUfnethihg wors3
than cholera certainly as infectious as
the yellow fever"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1854-11-29
SfIiisfellautolls.
WHAT IS pRovrDENon
BY MISS sEDawIck.

Take, for example, voting gill, bred
dellcately IN town, shut up in a nursery
In her childhuud-in boarding school
through her youth, never accustomed eth
er to air or exercise, two things that the
law of God makes essential to health
She rnarries her strength is Inadequate
to the demands Upon 1t. Her beauty fades
early. She lahguishes through her hard
Offices of giving birth to children, sucking
and watching over them, and dies early.
What d strange Providence, that moth
er should be taken in the midst Of life,
from her children. " Was it Providence !?
Mol Providence had assigned her three
score years and ten; term long enough
to rear her children, and see her children's
children, but she did not obey the laws
on which life depends, and of course she
lost it. -.
A father, stoo is cut of in the midst OF
his days. = He is useful and distinguish
ed citizen, and eminent in his profession.
A general buzz rises, On every side, Of
/" What q striking Pruvidshre." This
man has been Ii the habit Of studying half
the night, Of passing his days ia his office
and the courts. of eating luxurious dinners,
and drinking various wines. He has ev-
ef violated the laws on which life de-
ponds. Did Providence cut him off :?
The evil rarely ends here. The diseases
of the father are often transmitted and
a feeble mother rarely leaves behind her
vigorous children.
It has been customary In some cities
for young ladies to walk iii thin shoes and
delicate Stockings In mid-winter. A
healthy blooming young GIRL thus dressed
In violation Of Heavens laws, tJays the
penalty| achecked circulation, cold, fever.
and death. What sad Providence y
exclaim her friends. Was It Providence,
OF her own folly
a beautiful young bride goes; night
after night, I'd parties made in honor Of
her Marriage. She has slightly sore
throat, perhaps, and the weather Is ins1
element but she must wear her neck and
arms bare for who ever saw bride In
a close evening dress 7 SIIUis consequent.
" seized with all Inflammation Of the Itings,
and the grafe receives her before her bri-
dal days afe ovef-" What d Pf0vis
dencgI" exclaims the world: Cut off In
the midst Of happiness and hope. Alas,
did she not cut the thread Of life herself!
a girl IN the country exposed to our
Shanghai climate, gets new bonnet ID.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1854-11-29


Speak not harshly-much Of care
Every human heart must bear;
Enough of shadows darkly lie
Yelled within the sunniest eye.
By my childhood's gushing tears,
By thy griefs Of after years,
By the anguish thou dost know;
Add not to another's woe.
Speak not harshIy-much ofsin
Dwelleth Every heart within;
III It's closely covered cells
Many a hayward passion dwells.
By the many hours misspent,
By the gifts to errors lent,
BY the wrong thou didst not shun,
By the good thou hast not done.
with a lenient spirit scan,
The weakness Of thy fellow man.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1854-11-29

:
OUT Whicn no perfect beauty can pe iounu
ran through her VEINS; ana FURNISHED q
rich lie current TO ner heart.
inose VINO knew her pest loved hei
most Tor the warm emotions % HERNIA
ture' ana the many qualitles Which render
women lovely and beloved, shone forth
only IN the circle OF nome and friends
she was ldoiizeu Dy some, beloved by
many ana ADMIRED ny all; ana was II
strange mat even the, heart OF Ut. Lang,
don was awakened py the charms OF her
who seemed 70 nm the bright embodiment
OF all that ne had thought beautiful IN
women, elthes N his boyhood's dreams, Or
IN the ripe Judgment OF his later years
and was It strange that she, who knew So
wei how to appreciate all the good and
nopie qaahties OF Inc human heart, should
look nrst Win reverence, then with re-
gard, ana at length with love, upon him,
VINO under her innuence now appeared the
really warm and true hearted man that
nature made MN
Before the lapse OF many months, the
Df. owned to MS heart that ne loved well
and deeply, and yet he knew not he was
beloved IN return. 1t was true, that Helen
Linwood always met him with cordial
smile and friendly greeting but did she
not meet Others SO. True, ne had seen
the bright color come to her cheeks more
than once, when her glance met his; but
yet she, wealthy, beautiful, and admired,
would she not reject the heart whose hom-
Oh SIaner 7<,ftyf fav,f raH 10 Of hn.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1854-11-29
On ynstruttibe Storp.
LOVE IN A MIST.
BIZ JULIA NJ. BRYANT.

All me, for aught that could ever learn
Could ever hear by fate or history,
The course Of true love ne'er did run smooth
Dost thou deem
It snch an easy task from the fond breast
TO root affection out e
9 I want hero mot q martial hero,
scanned and SCARED with traces Of many
well fought battles not a signing, senti-
mental lover; not q bewhiskered, mus
tachioed dandy, q perfect love of a
man, but true substantial hero, of an
every day story, such DIS is written on ev-
cry young heart IN its early bloom Of hope
and happiness Snch an one as appeals
to the thoughts and feelings Of our earli-
ser years. and carries Us back to the time
when " loves young dream" cast its be-
witching spell over our senses.
Such hero as my fancy pictures, was
DR.. Langdon, d talented and popular ply
stefan in the town of
Few men possessed more qualities of
mind and person to render him beloved,
and few men more beloved by all who
knew him; and yet strAnge to say, be
still remained bachelor, and at the time
our story begins, his three score years
and ten were well nigh half spent; but
while fair girls smiled OF sighed, and ma
irons wondered, and old men gravely adj
yised, he still kept on the even tenor of
his ways, apparently untouched by Gu
pid s arts. whether he yelled his arrows
under the serious words Of counsel from
the old, or the more bewitching smiles Of
beauty from the young.
The truth was, that in early life he hsd.
Eoved. not wisely, but too well, and ii
might be that the remembrance of that
love still cast its shadow over his heart,
or that the FIRST feryor and glow ofeafly
feeling had passed with it, and the way
ward heart of youth was now controlled
by the cool Judgment of the mind; in
short, the Doctor was very philosophic in
love, as in other things, and could reason
as coolly upon the matters Of the heart,
as of the head and locked upon the fair
form of beauty with as much Indifference
as if admiring some Of the. inanimate
workmanship Of nature. Immersed in his
books and practice, if ever an idea Of
marriage crossed his mind, it came only
as accompanied with thoughts of duty to
himself and society, and as matter of
quiet calculation, rather than of deep
feeling.
Years had passed on, and the bright
eyes that had smiled upon him, turned
] their light upon others; smiles that once
beamed brightly at his approach, now shed
their light upon their own domestic
hearths, and on his thirtieth birth day.
] DIR. Langdon awoke from his lethargy to
find himself almost deserted by his for
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1854-11-29


heart. and the true feelitlos been revealed
how readily would happiness have taken
the place Of miservLow many hours of
concealed wretchednem Mo,,ld have heen
spared them both. fsge< thnn Ar f,ll ~
of MYSTERY
To a nroud and sensitive natnra l;Ea
Helen Linwood's. no horti6cation conld
have been greater thdp III fnel that bar
affecflnns had heen eivan - ona Who
merely esteemed herEas ! friend. md
though she struyn hstd Il, connnar her
feelings. and would nd aiinw even II ber.
self how deenIv her lde for him had 70.
ken possession !, &c her Ieart vat notw;tb-
standino her hitter co,slemna ton !, &c what
She considered wos 49,. :. a Ia
nj tb,,s IL - ,.sa.s "ou.l
&c 81 ; II, - = ~, NV INV lons as'aIh
= l."Ls' p'os y "" YSep hau Deeh Tue
81 mh 49, ~. ps 49, III NY au priue' ana
ba last 60 ~ - sisA 91u iiol ~
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,s ,ss ~ uras sa,, Z 'as aaleweil, pue
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ha ,s,l7 ~ : ~" ~ s;,g, no'u eaon oenclS
: ~ aha seroee y "
fsr ss g I'D = ,a sa5 s9eneu
heart sua aiG w III - ia hs ssaon
hsek he taa,.s cd ~ o:ns
H., - ohael a. Sale quas q
Whom sion 4 ,' tha i i, s.;sss ~. ~ -
"a mar lono snnn mr. ~ fes,;, ono sa'o s0n'
Tba pa,.;ap r af Gssst tb ,e, ,,an3 ar
mo mad laff Is he absen tas = aa ~
hn3 ,a,o as.,.,5 ~ so.ile 'o''Vno'
to fllow Ielsa - how hos,so ssl a m 80
ted - her there - = h;s rS al'u ~ uNi
CLARA freed from tboqfaars &c t1,1o.,.
snecessfl r;volsv MT fo,.t, II -. :
r. win tl,a beast nf ~ H. = $, ~. Unaa ,,,S
partly from tbe infInanca. &C he~ baa,,t nv
partly from tie kno3Ie8ge 81 her 1 love
for him, he insensibly became interested
In her, and often he would snend an bonr
by her side to while away the moments
that Of late hung heavily an his hands
and more than once the floating breeze If
busy rumor bore to the ears If Helen the
report Of an engagement subs;st;nc he
tween them. which tended 70 confirm ba,
in her belief; and by degrees she taught
herself to think mon the avent Win com sa
posure, if not with Indifference.
A change had come over the calm and
quiet DR.. t.angdon: his usnallv frank
countenapce was often nveecionjed and
his open. cordial mannar had beoo e.,,ts
reserved and cold. The trnth was tbis
second disappo;ntment Ind boon fall move ,,.,
deeply than the ffrst Tba stronr aoo,
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1854-11-29

All me, for aught that could ever learn
Could ever hear by fate or history,
The course Of true love ne'er did run smooth =
Dost thou deem
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