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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29
THE BIBLE,
GOOD SCHOOL BOOK.

GOOD SCHOOL BOOK.
To the left of the speakers "Sam" testified
TO his sentiments as follows
AMERICANS
NATIONAL not SECTIONAL.
On the right Of the officers he spoke
of his love Of Union and his determination
TO be
AMERICANS TO RULE AMERICA.
No North, No South, No East, No West
OUR COUNTRY.
HoD.Neil S.Browh made a thrilling speech,
we have room only for the following extract
taken from the closing portion Of it:
What report shall bear with Inc TO my
home? (Voices-" That we are good and
true.w live in State of which am proud;
one that does not engage in sectional quar-
rels either of North or South, one that rcpos-
es in the question of union; she has always
been true to the Union, and like others, she
has looked on this your noble State, even rs
she has sought your aid in trouble, and you
have always come To her aid. Even amidst
the din of national conflicts, she appeals to
you to day; she has the words of her chief
man ever present to her, "the Union must be
preserved" She has the ringing sounds of
him who will never be forgotten, even Henry
Clay, Qmmense chcering,) and she would not
get cut of the Union, il she could; nor could
not IL she would. On the North Kentucky
blocks her in; on the West the Mississippi
rolls, if she attempted on the South there is
Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, while on
the East is her old mother that would whale
her back into the Union, so MS we can't get
ont we want all our sisters and brothers to
stay in. lam poor Judge of human nature
il The appeal which is made to you will be in
vain.
1t this American movement was invented
by ! man, il was by some man who under
stood the American character well; vixen Ma
poleon crossed Egypt with his army forlorn
and saddened in sight OF the pytamids, he
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

A DISTINGUISHES VIsIToR.-Edmund La.
fayette, grandson of the Marquis de I.alay.
cite, so distinguished as the brave and gener.
GUS champion of American Independence, has
been spending few days in Delaware with
the Du Points, who were the early friends of
the General. The Wilmington Journal saws:
In company with few friends, he has
visited all the places Of interest in the vicinity,
one of his earliest visits being to the scene of
the battle at Chadd's Ford, in which his an.
cestor first shed his blood in our cause. Tn,
very spot upon which the General was stand.
ing when he was wounded, was pointed out
BY some of the old residents.
Mr. Lafayette is about 2S years of age. Of
fine countenance aud engaging manners. He
bears some resemblance TO bis grandfather,
though a much handsomer man.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29
A VOICE FROM TIE HERMITAGE.

u hOlOb NOh i III lAbiNhA nOb'
Andrew Jackson Donelson, who so long
enjoyed the confidence and love of General
Jackson, and was made his heir at that great
mans death, attended the Great Ratification
Meeting 10 New York, aud made most ex-
cellent speech-the sentiments of which will
find a response in every true American heart.
We quote the closing portion o! it, and COM
mend it TO the attention of old Jackson dem.
ocrats, coming as it does from the Hermitage,
where repose the remains of the man whom
Mr.. Jefferson said had filled the measure OF
his country's glory" 1t is the old hero speak
ing to his cOuntrymen from the grave: shall
we not heed his voice:
There is but one road open to the true pa
trot, that is TO unite in The leading principles
of the great American party. Ia this manner
we can elect President who will not dis.
grace the county with Ostend Conferences;
in this manner We can wipe out the stain
which has been east upon MS of introducing
corrupt foreign influence into our national
c1nnclS; IN this manner we can teach those
who seek to use the Catholic vote us politi-
| cal monopoly, that whilst we respect all the
rights OF religious freedom, we know how to
dlsarm the advocates of a system that makes
the Allegiance due 10 the United States sub
ordinate to that which is due to foreign po-
tcntate.
What say you, then, gentlemen, TO our
platform! Do YOU not Justify me in flying
to il for relief from the coalition which exists
between Mr. Pierce and the NulIifers and Alb
| olitonisls! A coalition which did more to
build up a sectional jealousy and strife than
any other coalition which has ever existed in
our land.
By this coalition, notification enjoys the
honors and high places Of government in the
South, and Mr.. Gushing knows how 10 tell
his old Abolitionsts to rest 1uiet-ihat prn-
| ciples are eternal and never change. He can
say with truth to Wilson, Sumner and Sew
ard, that offices are all small things, when
weighed in the balance with great measures.
Let the South have its fime to-day, ours will
come tomorrow. 1t will be impossible
for the chivalrous Davis, the self scr6cng
Douglas, not 10 allow US to follow their ex-
ample.
But we tell these smart higher-law men
that the spirit Of Washington and Jackson is
not extinct, and that the people are rallyIng
in days of old, TO the preservation of the
principe8 of the constitution; that men, MEN
tried men, are taking their posts, and that
the cry "Amercans shall rule America
vii sweep trem the miserable jndglers, who,
under the guide of Democracy, would sell
the country To the Pope of Rome, provided
they have the privilege of monopoizng his
fvors.
Let our motto, then. be, sour Federal Ua-
ion-h must be and shall be preserved"
"AmericdnS shall rule America"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

~ 1t is said Gov. Johnson has almost
ceased to abuse the Know Nothings since
the developments at the late Philadelphia
Convention have made il so evident that their
purposes are entirely national and patriotic.
A very pcreeptible change has passed over
the dream of The Nashville Union on the
subject, and it need not surprise any one il
both the editor Of that paper and Gov. .J9hn-
son were to be thoroughly converted to the
faith by The I'd of August. AS to the oracles
and jacks who locate on the street corners
and curse and abuse all who refuse to aid the
Romsh Church, hoary with the crimes and
bloodshed of centuries, in its efforts to grasp
temporal power aud obtain the ascendency in
this country, nobody expects them ever to be
any wiser or better Than they are at present
1t is the peculiar privilege OF ignorance and
impudence to cling to error, and sin on in the
face of light and knowledge. But we have
great hopes of Gov. Johnson and the editor
of the Union.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

The New York PRoHIBIToRY LAw.-Of
Mr. Daniel Lords opinion adverse to the con-
stitutonality Of this law, the New York Oh
server says
Daniel Lord, one of the most eminent
lawyers of this city, and an elder in the Pres
byteran Church, has given an extended opin.
ion on the subject Of the Prohibitory Liquor
Law. He regards the law in its main features
rs involving an invasion Of the Constitution.
Such an opinion, from gentleman Of his
high position, and whose nntccedents would
have led us to expect another decision, will
exert powerful influence upon public
opinion. .------
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

PRIVATE CLArms-Elow OIsPosED Or
Inquiries respecting the disposition of private
claims by Congress, during its last session,
will be fully answered by the following copy
of II resolution, passed May Sd, 1855.
Resolred, That all reports which any of the
committees have directed to be made to the
House, shall be delivered TO the clerk, and
they are hereby ordered to be printed; and
such of them as are OF private character, to-
gethcr with all the bills that shall remain on
the private calendar, or on the speakers table
at the adjournment of Congress, are hereby
referred, with the accompanying papers, TO
the court of claims.
1t will be seen from tho above, that every
matter not otherwise definitely disposed of,
is now with the court of claims, and informa-
ton respecting the same can only be derived
from that source.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

eWWe have received letter from Mon
roe county requesting us to call upon Cola
Z. Howard to run for the State Senate. The
writer says Col. Fl. is a good whfg, has
general acquaintance throughout the District,
and would receive the warm support Of many
of the voters--all of which may be very true.
But 10 is not our business to call out wings
or democrats for the State Senate; and if it
were we could make no call upon the gentle
man alluded to, except to stay Mt home and
attend 10 his business, If he has any. There
are already three respectable candidates in the
field for the Senate in this District, and the
most acceptable ,chig in it could not get our
support by thrustDg himself forward at this
late stage of the canvass. Fair play is a
jewell" and although foul means may some-
times succeed, it never pays in the end, and
we would rather be in the minority always
than obtain success by any other than honor
able resorts. AS for the individual whom
our correspondent wants us to call out, he
isn't worth the powder and lead that it would
take to kill him, and we don't want any one
to trouble us any further about his becoming
candidate for any thing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

~ Postmaster General Campbell was ap.
piled to recently by the Postmaster at York,
Pa, to know whether letter containing, as
was supposed, counterfeit money, could be
opened At the request of the police authors.
ties, in order that the money contained therein
might be identified as the same as that passed
by the prisoner, and that thus further evi.
ddncc might be furnished 10 aid in his con.
vction and punishment The Postmaster
General replied, emphltically, that it could
not, that he had no right, nor any officer
under him, to open any letter until /, reached
the Dead Letter Office, ard that this principle
uust be always acted upon by those in the
employment Of the Department.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

LAYING IN LrQUoR.-The New York Mir
ror, says of the approach of the day, The 4tll
of July, on which the Law proposes to stop
the grog Of the New Workers.
As the day of doom to the Liquor Trade
draws near, our citizens are laying in "prvate
Stocks" to last them until the despotc enact.
ment is repealed. We learn from some OF
our leading retail dealers that they have theiI
hands full of business in supplying their city
customers. Persons who have never been in
the habit Of buying more than single basket
of Champagne, gallon Of Port, and a bottle
of Brandy, are now purchasing in wholesal,
quantities-WiEes by tho dozen dozens, and
Brandies, &C., by the barrel
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

G1 Attention is directed to the Notice
next page, in reference to the running of the
passenger trains East Tennessee and Georgia
Railroad, on the Sd, 4th and 5th inst.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

MANUAL OF HRALTH.--Geo. Beekwi.h, the
gentlemanly agent, has presented US with n
aopy of the Grnienberg Manual Of Health
n valuable treatise on the diseases which If.
feet the human family, their causes, &c. The
Grmfenberg Medicines are not mere pa.
tent affair, but are highly spoken Of BY men,
bers OF the medical faculty. An advertisement
for some Of them will be found on the next
page.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

TENNESSEE DELEGATES AT LOUISVILLE
We learn from the Journal of Saturday NOR.
ming, that Hon. Neil S. Brown and Jordan
Stokes, Esqs., addressed large and enihusi.
astic meeting of Americans in that city, on
Friday night. The Journal contains briel
sketch of the remarks of these gentlemen
and says they were warmly and enthusiast.
cally a2plauded.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

sB- Great Railroad Demonstration to
come of at Knoxville next Wednesday, the
Fourth. All the world, his wife, land his wife's
sister, are expected to be there.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

RAILROAD lRoS.-TIte New York Post says
that there is n great scarcity of iron rails IN
market, either Of foreign or home manuiac-
ture, and though cash is freely offered, the
quantity wanted is not ut present to be had.
There is II marked renewal of activity among
railroad companies, and demand for rails
has increased and IS still Increasing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

s4y" Returns from all the counties in Hill
nois have been received, which show u ma
jorty ofl4,066 against the probiblory Liquor
law. The total vote was l67 ,336--ihe larg..
est vote ever pcled in this STATE. The official
returns will probably vary the figures some
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

.7g- There was n grand Know Nothing
ratification meeting in Baltimore on Wednes'
dry night. The meeting is said to have been
very large and enthusiastic. Many Of tho
delegates to the late National Convention
were present, and made speeches on The o.
casOn.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

RATIFICATION Mass MEETING.-Th Amer.
leans are to have Mass Meeting at Nashville,
on the 4th of July, to ratiy the action of the
National Council, recently held in Philadel-
pba,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

ARREST OF Horace GREELEY IN PARIS
Horace Greeley was arrested in Paris, on the
I'd of June, and kept in the debtors prison till
Monday, at the instance of French exhibitor
at the New York Crystal Palace, whose goods
being broken and injured, thought proper 10
sue for damages; the first director who pre-
scented himself being Greeley, he was arrested.
The suit was heard on the 4th of June,
when Greeley was, of course, set at liberty.
He is frightfully wroth, and is said to be pre-
pairing document of the most stirring sort
for the Tribune. His own account will, OF
course, be better worth copying than any
other.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

PRICES IN KASsAs.-Printers' wages nre
$40 per week, or 80 cents per thousand ems;
carpenters 81 per day; mascns So; lower
class OF laborers 81 25 to fl SO. Board So TO
SIS per week
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

W- A friend has handed US an article
"Spare the little Birds"-which we will pub
lish next week.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

The BosToN Liquor CAsEs.-At Boston
on Friday four cases were tried in the Mu.
nicipd Court for violations of the New Liquor
Law in llof which the jury returned YER
dict of not guilty.. I'M
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

knew the hearts hidden in the breasts OF his
French followers, and said he "FrOm the tops
of yon Pyramids forty centuries see your
Deeds" and il was enough for the French,
and a loud huzza was the response, so | say
to you three generations look down upon
YOU; shall We succeed or moi! (cries oF"yes.
| say to yon let us fight il out, am enlisted
for the war, if it triumphs shall rejoice, If it
fails, shall have the Consciousness OF having
done my duty. Shall Itell them you are all
right here when return home! (Cheersand
cries of "Yes. y That you go for the platform
and the whole business! (Cheers.) lis Ameri-
can principles and 'Sam" as the captain Of
the whole concern! (Cheers.) Now fellow
citizens, leave this stard and ask you to
give three loud, Iusty cheers for "Sam."-
{ Responded to by three hearty rounds of
cheers.)
After the hearty and patriotic demonstra-
tons of the masses in the two great cities Of
the North, whose joint population numbers
over million souls, we trust we shall hear
no more of :he Hon. S. A. Smith travelling
about the country, charging the whole
American Party North with being Adolf
| tionists.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

~ Never refuse to kiss lady. Gallant.
nv, religion, aud good taste alike forbid it,
Ii tits sweet, it will make you feel like bar
rel and half Of white sugarfor Il week and
IL il is not you will at least have the st,sfac.
ton of knowing that tits the best that cdud
be offered Kisses, however, like candy
are generally made up with deal of saccha.
rine about them. t..I,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

CHiLnowEE SrRIScs-A plat of the lots
and grounds at Chilhowee Springs has been
left at this office where those wishing to pur-
chase can call and examine IL.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

~ Some habitual drunkards have been
recently punished at Lancaster, England, by
being placed 10 the stocks, in default OF pay
ment Of the fne inflicted upon them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29
WASHINGTON, June .

! - - 7 l--T - WASH NOTION, June 20
The Navy Department received official
intelligence which has produced the conyic-
ton that the Porpoise is lost, together with
officers and crew
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

sB- Circuit Court commences at WASH
ington, Rhea county, next Monday, the I'd.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

sy" Three years ago Louis Napoleon,
finding that his army was not able to read
advertised for contract to teach the soldiers
A single gentleman undertook the contract
He asked for no hooks; nothing but states
and pencils. He brought up the men in line
and pointed and at his dictation they learned
the alphabet, aud then to read. lie then
asked for one single tract. lie was permitted
to choose, and he selected, us preferable to all
tracts in the language of man, the Gospel OF
st. John. In less than year he had taught
fifty thousand French soldiers to read the
Gospel of st. John, and had received copies
enough to put one in the hands of each
soldier
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29
HARD TREArMESr.-The Christian Ad

yocate says:
a Roman Catholic Priest was recently
brought before n magistrate in Chicago,
charged with beating and otherwise abusing
n woman, member of his church, for refus.
ng to take her children from the free school,
at his bidding, The defence set up was, that
he transactions Of the Confessional were to
be kept secret; that the. woman knew this
solemn obligation, she was unworthy of
belief! Witness, members Of the Catholic
Church, were examined, who testified that,
according TO the canons of the Church, what
ever insult a priest might offer woman at
the Confessional, she was bound to keep il a
secret fom her husband? 2
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

e.y-The Knoxville Standard anouhce,
the death Of Mr.. Charles II. Coffin, IN en-.
,erprising citizen of that place, and one of
the firm Of c. II. g. d. L. Coaiu g. Co.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29

fB- The following is the oath taken by
the Roman Catholic Priests, the head of
which Church is labOring to obtain the as
tendency in this country. Weask all to read
it and then say whether those who are striv-
ing to arrest its aggressions and encroach-
ments merit the epithets and abuses which
the foreign party bestow upon them:
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-29
OATH OF THE PRIESTS.

81, A. B., do acknowledge the ecclesiastical
power of his holiness, and the mother Church
of Rome, as the chief head and matron above
all pretended churches throughout the whole
earth; and that my zeal shall be for ST. Peter
and his successors, us the founder of the true
and Ancient Catholic Faith, against allheret-
ical kings. princes, states or powers, rcpug-
nant TO the same and although |, A. b., fur.
ther do declare not tn act or control any mat
ter or thing prejudicial unto her, in her secret
orders, doctrines, tencts or commands, with
ont leave of IFS supreme power or its authori-
ty, under her appointed; and being so permit
ted, then to act,and further her interests,more
than my own earthly good and earthly pleas
ures, as she and her head, his holiness and
his SUCCESSORS have, or ought to have, the su.
premacy over all kings, princes, estates or
powers whatsoever, either to deprive them OF
their crowns, sceptres, powers, privileges,
realms, countries or governments, or TO set
up others in lieu thereof, they dissenting
from the mother church and her COM
mands."
The above is the oath taken at Maynooth
where many priests are educated sorthc Uni
ted States
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-11-03
RAVENNA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1855.

ing on her own account. l almost wish he
weuld-and yet don't want her to get up
grand claim for sympathy on the plea that
have separated mother and child-tbrned her
out Of doors---and twenty other horrid things
as she would be sure to do.
tits now three months since saw the
preceding till now. opened my portfolio
this fine May morning. Do you know the
world looks very cheerful to me now! l
have new stake in it. AS said, open
ed my paper, and have been quite amused at
my own nonsense about the old lady, which
had really entirely forgotten. Family
cares put the pen aside, and authorship, let
ters to friends even, are quite unheeded.-
Butt may just remark, by way of conclu-
sion, that Mother.in.law has become useful
as we'll as ornamental. She thinks herself
Indispensable. Well, I've no objection,
Employment keeps her out of mischief and
l give her the baby to hold.--Ladies' Book
for January.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-11-03
No Those one OF q BOD.

Hard times, are they. my dear feilowi
Out of work and get no offersi No Won
der; that ring on your finger and that die
tnOnd pin speaks badly for your Taste toths
INGREDIENTS who advertise for clerk. That
superfine coat looks bad In the eyes ofths
boss---whoh having hundred thousand
at his command, kept wondering as you're
late capabilities for the situation, how you
could manage TO sustain such en- article ef
anufacture-honesty. That ivory dog's
head on your cane barked out al objection
while you applied to man Of sense, and the
man of genius saw SO much Of the fepit
ornamentdtion of him to assent to consort
with you.
Better strip of your fnsry and Distribute
it among friends-- entrust it to a sister II Il
is really precious, ori'' put it upon the spout.
Don't dress better than our millionaitess
don't tremble at ray of sunshine, nor care
a two-pence ii met with bunble Under
your arm. Drop oil your fine acquaintance!
Take the first honest job that offers; ifyour
imployer does not half pay you, only doit
well-better than any one else--and the man
is around who will pay whatit is worth.
Shrink from no labor while you lack va.
riety to pick from, and remember quarter
for what is worth dollar isa hundred per
cent, better than nothing for no job. Yes.
better work for nothing and do it well than
do nothing. Men bet on trotting horse who
shake their heads and don't know about
him. what his looks may be while stand
ing still. Keep moving, and while yonr'
heart is like lead, and yet ycu work away
bravely, somebody is studying your gain
and capacity and chalking your value up to
it's true figure. York Tines