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PnAmur C0rrAor. July stn. lsJ5.

PeARiE corrAGr. July sth. lSj5.
ME''Hs. EnIroRs :--Gcut,cmcD Yuu doubtless
rec'lect publishing some tim. last winter crti-
cism, r "A clricatme Of ous ''lou Fletclcr" the
author of"Stulics 'n Slavery" contained in let
ter from your London correspondent which afforded
me fund Of amusement a. | have known Mr
Fletcher intimately since 1850.
If mistake not, he wa. a cotemporary at Dart
mouth College, with your DR.. Wheeler he i, a
very eccentric man. great reader, and oi hi, abiI.
itics, hi, work ON slavery, will give you some gem
eral idea. Possessing an iron constitution. he has
trayersed thousands OF miles OF this southern couu
try foot and alone, often subsistus for day, To-
gethcr upon nuts, roots, aud the bark of trees lie
resides upon the banks of beautiful lake opposite
Natchez, the acquisition of this large and valuable
tract Of land will give You test Of his shrcwiuess
This tract surrounded 10y large and valuable pantl-
tious. by some uulctuuutahe oversight, had never
bo,n entered at the Gvu,gal Ia.l Office. Fletcher
got an inkIins of this and maky- tracks for the
Office finds it even So, pay. the amount OF ono dollar
and twenty-five cents per acre, and thu, came in
possession of Il property, worth from 10000 to
GO,OOO.
Nothing could succeed the surprise, tho ouagrin.
and the rago of those arstocruuc Planters around
him, and il am rightly informed, they cherish the
same ogr',.bI. feelings towards him, that Ilamln
of old did towards Mordccai the Jcw
herewith send you the opinion Of a French
scholar, a. to the merits of his work, which if
agreeable, YOU may insert in your paper with tAis
communication, or without II, as you please.
Yours, +.
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From the "ColcuIai, lLH) 1utvllschtvT
Opinion of French Professor aud SarVant
on Tletchcr's studies on Slavery.

1t can never be popular work 1t is a
Lexicon of this subject The dry clements
are erected into a coluun-t.ue, impcrisha-
bic 50 long Is the subject dgitatts the minds
of men. But those ol tils age neither read
Encyclopedias or study columns all i, i'm
pulse now the public taste Is alone pleased
with pUppy f1odS,,S and hot conlImentS.-
Let our mulatto author, Dumas, write a
story about a cat, he will find ten readers to
the Studies on Slavery one
The author of the "Studics ON Slavery
has made his book too serious mattcr-ot-fict
Investigation and he has too little reelected
that he addressed an old man, stung with
neyor-cndlng regret, lawcutiug his departure
from his original : arms, hurdened with the
load Of worlds ills-averse to learning, or to
the exposition of his own self
The author of this wonderful work-lmper-
feet from the very excess of knowledge
wearisomo from excess of merit had not
the talent SO common with ordinary writers,
not to appear in the character of u sage
lie boldly takes the t,rW0 for his SC,ptro-he
should have selected a twis of the vine full
of grapes. lie acts the part of a stern monl-
tor. lie follows, step by step, the old man,
from dawn to noon, along wales, hills, and
deserts, all the while calling ON him to stop
and listen and To listen TO u lecture worse,
a lesson to amend the mode of the old man 5
life
As general rule an author may speak lie
brew while in Judea Arabic in Asia Greek
in Europe but in America he should know
nothing unknown to his readers if he doe,
they will be jealous of and therefore hate him
who is So prominently ahead
In short, the work i, classical study
rather than readable book for the enter.
tainment of the peoples OF this day foi
while fanatics and fools can alone dispute its
general argument-yet such are always the
majority
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NEW SERIES, VOL. 10, NO. 7.
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'N'"''' 'r''h ''''t words that
''oro ""' i"t '"r'P'i 'uE'ht-'u'iang' 'h'luauz'c,
OF 'ther M'nEcY 'Iool in them. ! was ol-' wcll
''"'nc' 'h't 'hey never ''" f'rnoo, bat wore what
inc DOCTOR. would call abnormal human being. II
VIII not 'ay m'n' Tor "l som" dDu"' in regard to
the seXD verify descended from tho European
races, and probably born in ''is country.
Regarding them as dw'r' in body and intellect,
the only thing in relation ll tlon, which appeared
to me Mt all wonderful, wl- tlcit great apulrcrt
strength. ono of thom wsilc va. present. rcp,at-
cllv lifted from the noor. and with -oroin, caeo
person weighing nearly 200 pound. lie a'.. lifted
two persons at the same time. one han~ine uron the
shoulders Of the othor whose asrcvatc ,ycirht oy.
ccedcl 800 pounds. This cvhirif,n of ,.r,a.
'tron=.h may. think Boz accounted r,r lbs. n re-
ference to an extraordinary, dcyclunc,ne.. q crr.,i
muscles. and their spc,i,l tr,iriro. T',a bp,or,l
mu-cles aud most Of th, MUSCLE. Of tbo lc., t,ol
and loins. found. by careful examination f., 10.
larger and Grmcr thar ia mon of .riirarv size, ro,
with MI this great dcycloroncrt Of ,t..,r,r vvcr
those dyvarfs wcro unable t ,i.,,i, o,,, far al, i'm.
stant, the great vcitht thc,. had tho ,co,
Their manner If liftin. ror,apz rc,,ir.l.l r,o ,c
an irnu.cmc1'. which ,r,. ,.,.r, 70, .,...,. .....
years ago. among Medical students. Inn, ,yr., ,,',
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It will be- seen that this large property,
representing over - 900 600, nov sell, fer less
haH H'rtV PR c'Ht. and emitting the Ogleus-
burg aud Rutland l-t, thc six others would
average but little over "ghin" r"r cent.
Tais does not tell IA, whole story hya great
deal. II should be remembered that all the
money furnished by stockhohios, viz. about
81 ,O0O, 600 is gone-to all appearances, every
dollar of it,
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A Bosroy paper says that firm

- BOSTON paper says thAI TTW 0T
jewelers. in that city has recently filled orders
to the amount of $40 600, received from the
executors of the estate of a gentleman lately
deceased in Vermont, who bcqueathed
$50 900 to becSpended in purchase of various
specified articles of iowelry, to be distrib-
uted according to his directions among his
relations and intimate friends. The gentle
man during his whole life had II passion
for making presents to his friends, and in
yariably selected jewelry for the purpose
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UNION HOUSE,

ALBANY-NT, TROY, ". y
INilS HOUSE WILL BE OPEN ON OR ABOUT
the 22d of March, for the accommodation Of
the public, The House is new, aud is fitted up with
all the modern Improvements, and is being furnished
IN asuperior manner. The proprietor will he happy
e. see any ni his former friends also, all those
the travelling public who may favor him with acal
j. W. srEARNs, Proprietor.
Marchl II, Sji. diff
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-08-17

IuE WORKING OF Cows,-Why should not
cows work for their living, as well as other
tcmales-animal and human We were yi.i-
ting friend the other day. who owns a small
farm, and manages it well and in the course
ot our observations about his premises, he
called our attention to a large calf, the lar
gtSt one we ever saw at the early age of two
days old. 1t was a beauty we wanted also
to s1c the COW that produced such fruit. He
showed her 10 us she was good condi-
toned COW, but only of the ordinary size
lie then remarked that the COW belonged to
yoke of cows, which, with two other cows,
yokcd, had done all his farm work for several
years past-hauling wood, drawing stone
blowing green sward, narrowing the ground
hauling manure, &c They worked as kind
ly and more actively than oxen, and appeared
in as good plight, and produced as good
calves, and gave as much milk as any law
cows, that did not work lie is quite sure
that small farmer, who has no very heavy
work to do-such as logging &C, had much
better keep four cows, and teach them to
work, than to keep two cows only and one
yoke of oxen The expense is less he will
got more milk, and will be able to perform
as much work, OF course, if he works hi.
cows, he will give them extra keeping, and
this will enable them TO give as much milk
while they work as less fed and more idle
cows will give The females of our own
species work, and some of them work as hard
as men the females too, of the horse genus,
equal their mates of the other sex in the ser
vice of man, why, pray, should not cows
also be made to perform such operations as
may be consistent with their health and use
fulness in other respect l-Drae's Rural IN
fCh0cucer,
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at his destination, n short time before sun
down. Being an old acquaintance, every one
was glad to see him. The children came in,
and after shaking hands with them all, he
went to his saddle bags, and taking out some
OF his biscuits, gave them all one apiece !;
well knowing that it was seldom they ever
saw such luxuries.
After sitting Il while in the house, in con-
versatiOn with the old folks he heard the
children making considerable noise over some
thing in the yard and being seated near the
door where he could look out and observe
them, he turned around to see what they
were at. One Of the children was between
him and the object of their sport on its
moving its position, lac saw that they had
one of the biscuits on the ground, with a coal
OF fire ON the top crust. one Of the boys on
his knees before it, and the remainder watch
ing with the most intense interest for some
event which he could not divine. until one Of
the boys exclaimed
Blow II little harder, jim, blast him he'll
stick his head out directly :!
Our friend tainted. lo was aware that
biscuits were an article but seldom seen at
that time, but that half-grown children
should mistake clean, nice, done brown bis
cults for highland tcrrapins, was too great a
shock for his nerves to withstand.
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Carii-TingraYiISG.

nRDERS RECEIVED FOR MARRIAGE AD.
~ dress, Party, and Business Copper plate Eu-
gravod Cards
Those who already have engraved plates Of their
Cards can have them neatly printed at short notice.
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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-08-17

The difference between Southern and
Northern Agriculture. and the difference
between the two sections in almost every
fact and feature, should he ascrihed to the
labor employed in each, and not to diff
ference of sun and soil. There is no reason
on earth why ten cotton farms may not be
planted on space OF one Thousand Ucrrs in
Georgia or Aahama, supporting ten white
families with children enough to iill a district
school. There is no more necessity for plan
ters living in log houses, in either of those
States, than there is for the farmers Of Mas
sachusetts on Vermont doing the same There
never can be an intelligent veonlnry, or an
agricultural population of sufficient compact
ness of residence in the Southern States To-
form coherent society, support schools
churches, &c, until TIA" FREQ Labor system
is fully adopted. Under Slavery the whole
agricultural territory of those States will ho
occupied by few great planters, being hard
ly within tclrscopic sight Of each other, and
few misorably poor and ignorant white
families, supporting themselves hy hunting,
fishing, and growing vegetables ON heir -rurll
patchc, of land. Free Labor would r'Hr.o
all this and cover all the South with tuo-,
homastcads which make the glory aul -lc4t.
ness of New England.
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c. L. BENEDICT,
COM MISSIONER FOR THE STATE or
VERMCNT, IN NEW TCEk.
OFFICE 20 val street.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-23

CoSvERsATIoN.-Among all the accom-
plishments' which our young ladies are ex.
pected to acquire, it is to be- regretted that
the art of conversation is not included. No
grace of persons or manners can compensate
for the lack of this. In youth, the conversa.
iion of our women is too apt to be trfling
and insipd, and in middle age is too often
confined to complaints Of health and the
scandal of lheday. Lively conversation up.
on nstructng and eevating topics, is but lit
tie practised, but whenever it is found it
gives charm to the society of females
which nothing else can. 1t triumphs over
deiormity and old age, and makes ugliness
itself agreeable. Curran, speaking of Ma.
dame dc Stacl, who was by no means hand
some, but splendid conversational, said she
had 'the power of talking herself into beau
ty. Ladies' should think of this. Beauty
lies in other things than fine features and
cosmetics.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-23
THE PURSUIT OF MONEY.

1t has been long while since We have met
with words more finely spoken than these
taken from the North American Review. Will
not the reformers who are laboring so nssidu.
ously to quench the thirst for liquor, do
something to check this greediness for gain
the consequences of which are here so truth.
fully portrayed:
"'rhe eager desire for wealth, the incessant
and Sabbathless pursuit of il has become the
universal passion and occupation. We have
that love of money which is the root of all
evil; and under the deadly shade of the Tree
from TINT root, the love of knowledge and art,
of truth, and virtue, and beauty, wi.hers and
dies. In prosperity no altars smoke The
curse OF Midas is upon us. Our feelings, our
ideas, our aspirations, are all turned into gold,
and we are starving amid our barren abun.
dance. We worship the material, not the
spiritual; the visible and transient. not the in.
visible and eternal. We are practical, not in.
tellectual; and our pleasures nre OF the senses,
not OF the reason, imagination, and taste. We
are smitten with the lust of the flesh, the lust
of the eye, and the pride of life.' We are true
disciples of the ethics of interest and utility,
and our only morality is cash payment Truly
has it been said, that he who maketh haste
to be rich shall not be innocent If intem.
perate drinking be the degrading vice of one
portion of our people, intemperate money.
making is the besetting sin of another and
much larger portion, and it is difficult to say
which is the more pcrnicious. One is vice
of the senses, destroying the mind; the other,
delusion of the mind, and n selfish passion,
blasting the moral sentiments, and palsying
the higher powers of the intellect. The poor
drunkard cannot resist the 'banefu cup
which benumbs his soul, 'unmoulding reasons
mintage,' and transforming him.
Into the ingorious likeness of beasi;'
and the infatuated worshipper of Mammon
deliberatcly y uses his mental faculties for his
own destruction, prefers the ignobe and low
to the pure and high, and shuts out the light
OF heaven from his life. Successful industry,
rapid gains. rank prosperity, without counter
acting causes to modify their influence, have
stimulated this passion for wealth TO excess,
and have produced already, in this new coun.
try, luxury, venalitv, corruption, contempt for
intellectual pursuits and pleasures, and sneer.
ing Indifference to cnnobling ard elevated
sentiment. Hence the vulgar ostentaton of
our cities; heEco the general want of literary
taste and culture, hence the dcplorable frauds
OF business; hence much of the bascness of
our politics.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-23

eB Hearing n man say that political pa.
pcrs of all kinds "had become such liars, that
for his part, he did not believe any of them,
reminds me of the old story of the miller
and his three sons. Coming to the mill
and finding grist in the hopper, the old
man cried out:
"Tom have you tolled this gtist'"
ayes, SIR"
"BiII have you toled this grist?"
"Yes, sir"
"Sam have you toled this grist."
ayes, sir"
"You are all a pack of lying scoundrcs," i"
says the old man. "I don't believe word
you say-Ill toll it myself"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-23

TwEEDLE Dun AND TwEEDLE DEE.-The
organ of the Kitchen Cabinet at Washington
thus lays down the law to the New York
Pierce Van Buren, democracy
No one knows better than John Van Buren,
that fidelity to the platform of 1852 has been
made test with President Pierce, and that
if his patronage has been bestowed on any
who adhere to the Van Buren, policy of lS48,
it has been bestowed under Il total msappre-
hension.
And the Buffalo Republic, soft shell Van
Buren organ, thus knocks this bit of unmean.
ing jargon IN the head:
If President Pierce has made the platform
of 1852 tes. for fitness for office then he
had better tumble himself out, pick up his
"duds" and go back to the hills of New
Hampshire at the earliest possible moment
1t is well known that he himself has refused
from the beginning to stand upon that plat
form, having violated at the outset its most
important resolution "to oppose unalienably
all agitation upon the subject of slavery
whether in or ont of Congress"
What difference there is, to be sure, be-
twixt tweedle dun and twecdle dee? And YET
John Van Buren, has rightly explained it as
the difference between Mr. Pierce and the ad
ministration. II this war goes on, what sha
we do for saltpetre!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-23

CONSTITUTION OF THE EARTH.-A writer
in the Scientific American after examining
all the various theories concerning the struc.
ture of the earth, endorses the conclusion
that the world is one mass or globe of mixed
metals, of which the mere crust has become
rusted, or of earthly form; the outer rind, rs
it we're, preventing any rapid commonaton
taking place with the metallic surface five or
six miles below the face of the dry land -
Eruptions from volcanoes, he thinks, are
produced by the sea getting down to the
metallic surface through some assure in the
earth's crust; decomposition of the water then
takes place; fire, flame, and steam causing an
eruption.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-23

FAST RAnRoAD.-Thc Memphis Eagle and
Enquirer says that the Memphis and Ohio
Railroad, which was commenced in August
1884 has already, within the short space Of
sixteen months, been finished thirty miles, and
cars are making daily trips Tor freight and
passengers Forty miles have been graded,
and the Eagle thinks that in three or four
months, or in twenty months at most from
the day the first earth was thrown, fifty.sx
miles will be running daily, with a full equip.
mcnt Of locomotives, cars, &c, &c.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-23

A STRIKING CoNrRAsr.-It is impossible
to imagine more striking contrast than is
presented in the agricultural fairs which are
being held from one end of this country to
the other, and the scenes which are now
taking place in Europe. Whilst the princi.
pal powers of Europe are plunged into
destructive war, whilst they are loaded down
with debt, and even the earth refuses to
yield her increase, peace and plenty bless our
happy land, and hold high festival in every
portion of our wide domain.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-23

.4y" The market for breadstufls on this
side the water is said to be much above the
advanced prices ruling in Liverpool and Lon
don. The French can now buy cheaper there
than here. The New York Post says tnat
the shipments now making are at one to two
dollars, including charges, per barrel, more
for flour than in Liverpool; and this fact alone
renders bills drawn against them unsafe
Speculation has been carried too far. The
advance in the foreign markets has been more
than anticipated long ago, and as the daily
supplies in the New York market have much
increased of late, prices are declining.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-23

The LONDON LEADER AND THE ARIsToc.
RAcy.-At length there is n newspaper in
England which distinctly advocates the de-
struction of the hereditary aristocracy. The
Leader says:
"The nation dislikes the system-is dis,
gusted with the results, begins to question
the principle. 1t sees II group of feathered
field marshals and no generals-high rank
and poor abilties-horid gazettes and equi-
vocal victories. This does not content the
public soul. What is the alternative? Re-
form the aristocracy! The arstocracy varies
with the men who, in successive generations,
represent it. Place it on level with other
classes? Then it ceases to be an aristocracy.
II can neuer be influenced; il can only be de-
stroued."
That is the way TO talk. Old Cromwell
was right when he said: "There never will be
a good time in England until England has no
lords"