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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-10-03

4 HANDSOME LOTS in tho Plan of
Il Navy Hill for SALE AT AUCTION-WtlI be
sold ON FRIDAY Afternoon. 5th October, 1855 on
the premises, commencing at O'Clock. handsome
Bailding Lots in the plan of Navy Hill, of them
fronting ON the west line Of 4th street. and of them
fronting on the west side of 9Th street
TerDs-S cash balance at and months for ne
sotable noter, Interest added secured by a trust
deed GODDIN l. APPERSOH Aucts
oc 2-t
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b o A K ID | N G.

DO ARDIN G-MRS. b. C.. JETER
80 t4kes pleasure in announcing to her fiends and
Tho public that she has taken the PRESCOTT
HOU3E, Main street second door above The Far.
mere Bank wbers she isprepared to receive Board
both local and transient aud promises her
best exarri9us to render hem as comfortable as an
boarding house in the city
Tho h use hes just been repaired and painted in.
side and out She only ass trial feeling confident
OF giving entire satisfaction to ALL By aofdipg tie
In her bouss all the comforts of home.
Her terms will bs moderate. oc2-6t*
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-10-03

NEW GOODS-NEW GOODS.
~ Great attraction In TRIMMING and FANCY
GOODS, at G0LDsMI1H'S Chesp store. No. 20s
Broad street-HsviaE just returned from the North
ern cities with large aud desrsbis stock Of Trlm-
minss and Farcy Goods The following Goods may
be found Among his stock. complete assortment Of
Ladies', Gents. and Children's Hosiery; Trimmipes
ia great profusion; Sstins. Mou.e 'aines Ribbons,
white and black Blonde, Lsces and Edsnss; . vsays
Bands 1t l2Ac 1900 Cambria Collars at l2ics 75O y6s
super Embroidered Curtain Muslips at only ia efs
Stamped Collars. Sleeves nnd Bspds Tor Embrolder.
ing; Bracelets; Necklaces MORE antique Elastic ara
Leather Belfs extra article Of Eadie1 Kid Gloves
at so ce rs; Ruehes Flowers aud QuilIinss for Boa-
pets Risoiets; Legins; Comforts. tosether With :
pIe,e assortment Of other Fancy Coda TO ba
sold at great bargains. =. G0LDsMlT.
oc2 2a5 Broad street.
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p'hdsnee Of the Dispatch.

~ sorry 10 NORFOLK, Oct. /, 1855.
.,S' aestLs ~ say that there have been
4 ssee nv IN .he fever, aud some new
'A' LADY Of the lsmentsd Pres.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-10-03

4 NEAT AND COMFORTABLE
~ FURNISHED ROOM can be had with or with
Gus Board, ca business part CT Main street.
Also. q few single gentlemen can be accommodated
with Board and Lodging Apply at this Office
oc 2-2t*
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-10-03

WA N L Z D.-A good Wheelwright
w wanted imm sdistely For further particulars
address RUDD & WOOLKiC3E
Skin Quarter P. o ,Chesterfis cid Co., Virginia
DC 2-St
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WANTED-A COOK and OYSTER
w OPENER.-For good hands fair price will
be paid. Apply at once at
oo 2-St ALIENS ApRoUR
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CMITHS COAL.-In Yard No article
. OF Smiths Coal For sale low to close out the
,ot JEO, w. WRIGHT co,
oc2 Dock Wharf,
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HAMA prime lot Of baled Hay In store
LII and for sale In lots suit purchssos. to close
JOHN w. WRIGHT I CO.
oc2 Dock Wharf
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GLOAKS AT WHOLESALE.-Co
~ merchants will ind 1t very advantageous To- call
and inspect nv large assortment Of Winter wrap
pers, will job them to dealers at the smallest TO-
fnunerative prices. Remember the place:
N EZEKIELS,
oc2 IS Main Street.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

MAN AND IMMORTALITY Man is a seed, and
birth is planting. lie is in life for cultiva-
ton, not exhibition; he is here chiefly TO be
acted on, not to be enthusiastically an agent.
For though man is also an actor he is vet
more recipient. Though he produces eff
feets, he receives thousand fold moro than
he produces. And he is to be estimated by
his capacity of receiving. not of doing He
has his least value in what he can do; it all
lies in what he is capable of having done to
him. The eye, the ear, the tongue. the nerve
OF touch, are all simple receivers. The un.
derstanding, the affections, the moral senti.
ments, all, are primarily and characteristic.
cally, recipients of influence, and only se-
condarly agents row. how different is the
value of ore, dead in its silent waiting places,
from the wrought blade. the all but living en-
gine. and the carved and curious utensif
OF how little value is ship standing help
less on the stocks-but half built, and vet
buildlng-to one who has no knowledge of
the ocean, or of what that helpless hulk will
become the moment she slopes into her ele-
ment, and rises and falls upon the flood with
joyous greetingl
The value of an acorn is not what it is, but
what it shall be when natnrc has brooded 1t,
and brought it up, and hundred years have
sung through its branches and left their
strength there
lie then, that judges man by what he can
do, judges him in the seed. We must see him
through some lenses-we must prefgure his
Immortality. While, then, his industrial val.
ue in life must depend on what he can do, we
have here the beginning of moral value
which bears no relation 10 his power, but to
his future destiny.-Henry Ward Beecher.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

SEBAsropoL CANNOT DE TAKEN.--The New
York correspondent of the Charleston Couri,
er makes the following report of recent
conversation with Mr. Marsh, our late and
highly intelligent Minister at Constantinople,
on the subject of the war, and prospects in
the Crimea:
Mr. Marsh maintained, very decidedly, the
orinion that the allies eau neither conquer
the rimea, nor take Sebastopol. So far as
the peculiar energy and prestige Of the late
Car, formed an element OF the Russian
strength, the power Of Russia for defence may
have been diminished 10y his death; but an
accession Of new elements may be brought
to the national power, by the enthusiasm
with which his memory may be cherished and
his policy sustained. Will not the whole ma.
tion respond to the emphatic prayer of Alex
ander H., that lin his person might be exem-
plifed the incessant wishes and views of Pc
Ter, of Catharine. Of Alexander, and his fa-
thai1p
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

BREADsTuFFs.-The New York Evening
Post presents rather n gloomy picture Of the
supply of Brcadstuffs n: present in this
country. From its statement we wonld infer
that there is no surplusage over and above
homu wants, and consequently none to send
abroad-so that, let what will take place in
Europe, these staples will continue to COM
mand high price in our markets until the
ingathering Of the next harvest 1t is men.
toned as II significant fact that grain dealers
from Albany and Troy are in New York city
buying wheat The supply is reduced to
$4,000 bushels, and is composed mostly Of
Southern and Canadian.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

CERTAINTY OF A FUTURE LlFE.-The fact
of the future lilc-how do we prove it, by
what class of evidence or method Of argu-
ment? Every thinking man has many Il time
exercised his mind upon the subject; and our
philosophers, from Pythagoras downward,
have been pIing up volumes Of high dis
course on the Immortality of the soul. Yet
who of us does not see that tine fact is far
deeper than all reasoning about land that its
roots are not touch' by the critics pruning
knife or the ogician's spade! The fact is
part of the organic being, and the providen.
tial training OF the human race, standing
among those first truths which have their best
evidences in themselves. Try to prove it
logically, and still the best proof is better
than our logic; try to disprove it logically
and our chain of reasoning reiuies itself
when touched by living experience, MS the
iron rod which man lifts against Heaven, be-
comes II conductor for the divine spark.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

tB-A Yankee is about issuing proposals to
build q spiral staircase down the Norwegian
Melstrom, in order to recover the valuables
that have been sucked into that immense re
ceiver for hundreds of years. He proposes to
make joint stock concern, under the name
of "The inter nationa! Spiral Staircase Treas
ure Seeking kssoeiationl" The same chap
has it under contemplation to build. from the
profits arising on. Of the Melstrom specua-
tion, suspension" bridge across the Allan
tic. The Alps, the Atlas, Allegany and Rocky
mount ,ins. he thinks. are well oalculsted for
abutmente
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13
THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1855.

TnE COMING CAMPArGs.-Col. Gentry spent
several days in Nashville last week, and we
learn arranged with Gdv. Johnson for an ear.
ly CONNIE cement Of the canvass. They pro.
pose opening it about the goth Of the present
month and will visit nearly every county in
the State
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

t Whenever we hear remarked, "Su II
a lady has married fortune" we always
lrrmble for her prosperity. Riches left Ia
children by wealthy parents often turn out II
curse instead OF blessing. Young women
remember this, and instead of sounding the
purse of your lovers, and examining the cut
of their coat, look into their habits and
hearts. Mark if they have trad $, and can
depend on themselves; see if they have
minds which will lead them to look above a
butterfly existence. Talk not of the beaui
ful white skin, and soft, delicious hand-the
splendid form and the fine appearance of the
young gentleman. Let not these considera-
tons throng your thoughts.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

DIVISION OF CALIFoRSA.-The Neio State
"Coiumbia."-A bill has been reported in
the California Legislature 10 divide that
State, by creating II new one, TO be called the
Estate ot Columbia" and 10 embrace ali that
part of tue State south, and inclusive, Of the
counties of Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Tuo.
umne and Cuayers. A portion Of the
present State debt is to be assumed by the
new Stale on an equitable basis. Its intro.
durliun gave rise to warm debate. One OF
the speakers advocated the creation OF three
or four new States, III order that the Pacific
might have greater influence in Congress-.
A motion was made to indefinitely postpone
the whole matter, but ut last accounts no vote
had been taken
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

The USFoRTUSATE ERICssoN's Invention.
The Ericsson experiment is at an end The
invention is conceded to be failure, and
poor Ericsson is ruined man. lie has spent
all his fortune in building his caloric shin,
and in the experiments he has made ON the
vessel. lie has done more he has spent all
his wife's fortune, which was great, and she
too is beggared. But the worst Of all is that
it has led to ruch recrimination and alena.
tion that they have separated, never to be
united again perhaps. Had he been success
ful. his name would have been enrolled with
that of Columbus, New on, Fulton, a d otner
men of renown But he has failed; he has
lost his all; he has introduced ruin into a
once loving and happy home; and the world
coldly looks on, and says Il told you so."--
Boston Journal
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

eSs- A memorial is in circulation in North
Carolina for II change in the laws regulating
the slave system. The following reforms are
proposed The introduction of marriage
among slaves, with legal guaranty for its per-
petuily the recognition OF the tie o! parent
and child, and the instruction Of the slave in
readibg and writing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

NEW LOTTERY IN ATLASTA.-We notice
by the last number Of the Military Academy
Gazette, published ut Montgomery, Ala. that
Samuel Swan, Manager of the Southern
Military Academy Lottery, having accepted
from the commissioners the agency of the
Fort Gaines Academy Lottery, has establish.
ed the principal Office in that city, and intends
conducting the Lottery on the same plan as
that of the Montgomery Lottery. The frs,
drawing will take place in Atlanta on The
cath of May, when prizes to the amount oI
sixty thousand dollars will be distributed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

Democracy IN ENGLANp.--The London
Times is speaking out with extraordinary
Soldness upon the breakdown of the aristo.
cratic system in the Crimea, and the little
avaihhle talent which the aristocracy is able
to muster for the departments at home. Note
this passage:
II is the custom of the English to trust
and 10 wait; but the longer they wait tho
more they expect, and the deeper will be
their disappointment, the wilder their rctribu-
tlon. We shall have either victory to our
arms abroad or victory Of the people at
home. The aristocracy have undertaken the
management OF our wars, and TO save their
monopoly we throw away the inestimabe ex-
perience of our Indian officers, the aid of
men of business at home, and the unpolish-
I'd energy of the middle classes. If the ars-
tocracy will do the work it undertakes, well
ard good; if not, the people will soon step
in and do its own work.
TO that issue the arstocracy of Great Brit.
ain are now reduced. If they beat the Rus
slabs, they may take out new lease of pow
er and place; if not, they must prepare to
resign power and place into the hands Of
those who can WELD them to the honor and
advantage of the empire. At present, the
government of England is practically in the
possession of two or three great families,
and it happens that nature, in the distrlbu.
ton of her favors, has omitted to endow any
individual of those families with talents equal
to the crisis.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

o. Some folks are easily gloriied. We
once knew II man who became so elated be.
cause he was elected first sergeant in the
militia, that he went straight home and put
II silver plate on his door.
Oliapod in speaking of this kind of people
makes mention of one Sabin who was no
ove1oyed the first time that he saw his
name in the list Of letters, published by the
postoffce, that he called his friends together
and put them through on wood.cock.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13
GOV. JOHNsoN's ACCEPTANCE.

The following is Gov. Johnson's letter nc
cepting the nomination and the platform
adopted by the Convention:
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 3lst. 1855.
Gentlemen Your letter Of the 2sth inst
enclosing to the the proc .edings of the demo.
cratic State Convention, has been received.
The resolutions adopted by the Convention,
re-affirning democratic principles long cher
shcd, and approving of the leading measures
of the great democratic party, met with my
cordial appreciation and will receive my un.
compromising support.
The resolution which "registers" and zen.
dorses" the will of the peopIr as expressed in
their primary meetings recently held in yari-
ons portions of The State, not to say anything
of its complimentary character, is at least
deeply gratifying 10 me-, emana;iny as it does,
from the true source Of all political power,
the people. will, therefore, rs affordng the
best evidence of my high appreciation of their
continued confidence, as reflected in their
primary meetings and through their delegates
in convention assembled, without any unne-
cessary delay, enter tile canvass and com.
mence doing battle in the cause of democracy,
with the confident belief and hope that if all
who ieel an interest in the permanent ascen-
dency of republican principles, will do their
duty in the approaching contest, by coming
up to. the work in due time and in good earn
est, our cffnris will, on the first rhur day in
August next, be crowned with success and
our principles triumphantIy vindcated by the
ball"t-boS. THIN let all go to work in good
faith, feeling that we have IN importan. work
before us, remembering that vigilance, "eter-
nal vigilance, is the price of liberty"
! have the honor to be, most respectfully,
y0ur obrdlent servant, ANDREW JOHNSON.
Messrs. Jas Philips, Robt. Mathews, John
X. Howard, Committee.
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17Y- Land Warrants are in good demand
in New York, and worth l5O to S $l65-parts
in proportion. When the new ones are issued
under the act Of the late Congress it is pro
babe the price will decline somewhat
There will, however BE- no supply from this
source for some time.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

"THE FIRST AND THE LAsT.-A young tip.
pier Mt the Threshold, and sot at the grave.
The saloon and the scaflold-the bright
hopes of young manhood and the gnawings
of remorse; the bright laughter of the young
traveller, and the maniac's wall among the
lost: the Turing promise of fame, and lower
state of inam,: the innocence of childhood,
and the wickedness of the damned. Stand,
sir upon the threshhold of the drunkard, and
the whole panorama of intemperance lies be-
fore you. There is the first step and the last.
There is the man behind the bar with Il toddy
stick, and the man behind the church in Pot
ter's Field with his spade. The pathway is
broad and deeply beaten, for crowds of eager
pilgrims are thronging to the land of gibbet,
dungeon and grave. DO you go in? Think
OF home, kindred. childhood, and heaven, and
turn away!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

FUSSy.-A genius out west has invented
an India rubber ladder. The only objection
to the arrangement is that you climb all day
without getting up any. But what OF thnti
The same objection will apply to thousand
other things.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

BODY FoUED.-A body was picked up in
Potomac River on Saturday, which, FROM the
amount OF money found in the packets (tcn
ccnts) was supposed to be that of an editor.
The feeling was very great, but the excite
ment soon died away when il WAS discovered
to be nothing but member of Congress.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

CB-A man driving four yoke Of oxen re.
Gently passed through Watertown. Wisconsin
drawing his cottage, containing his family oI
young children, and his wife cooking their
food at good fire. lie was going out west,
slowly, like snail. carrying his shell on run
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

A BAD EGG.-The Rev. Robt. Montgomc.
ry, of Mansfield, was convicted in the Probate
Court, n few days ago, of stealing chickens
an incident in clerical life which sinners and
scoflers " loudly cro,o and cackle over!-
The reverend poultry connoisscur has found
the Arab proverb reversed
Chickens, like curses, come home to roostr
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

RAILROAD IRoN.--The ship Somerset. which
arrived below Savannah on Thur-day. has on
board, 4,3l9 bars Railroad Iron, for the East
Tennessee and Georgia Railroad.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

A Coop SUBsTITUTE.-A patent has been
obtained for the preparation of maize leaf, AS
a substitute for tobacco. The patertees claim
for their manufactured weed antnervous
qualities, aud that it is II pleasant tonic, and
therefore promotive Of good health. 1t is
said to have sweet and pungent favor.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

The little steamer Surprise, built to run on
the Androscoggin, in Maine, recently reported
MS in "winter quarters" has rather n novel
shelter. The owners drew her upon the shore
in cove, and built saw mil! over her, using
the engines as motive power for the mill,
while the mill answers the purpose of boat
house.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

eB-Inventors rarely fail Of their reward.
Jenkins invented new style of ock-pieker,
and was rewarded by situation" Mt the
Jail for a couple of years. jenkins is char
acter
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

IMPORTANT TO SPoRTsMEN.-Not long since II
youthful friend of ours accidentally swallow
I'd n lead bullet; his friends were very natur
ally much alarmed, and his father, that no
means might be spared 10 save his darling
boys life, sent post haste to n surgeon oi
skill, directing the messenger to tell him the
circumstances and urge his coming without
delay.
The DR.. was found--heard the dismal
tale, and with us much unconcern us he would
manifest IN II case OF Common headache, sat
down and wrote the following lacunic noie:
SIR:-don't alarm yourself. If after three
weeks the bullet is not removed, give The boy
II charge OF powder. Yours, &c.
7. ). don't aim the boy at ANYBODY.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

:5g- A wag seeing lady at party with
very low necked dress and bare arms, es-
pressed his admiration by saying that sho
stripped the whole party.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

fW-If you want to catch mice, place
sweetmeats in your month on going 10 bed,
and keep your mouth wide open. When you
feel tho whi.kers of the mouse, bite.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

PRorANITY.-What ten inch spikes would
be to vaneering, prolane language is to con-
versation-splitting, shvering, and deiacing
it. 1t is in bad taste, offensive to II majority,
and gratifying to none.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

~ Mrs. Elizabeth A. alcNiel, widow of
the late Gen. John McNiel, and sister of the
President Of the United States, died at Con-
cord, New Hampshire, on Wednesday, aged
sixty.eight ycay.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

e&-It is said that up to the present time,
the art Of printing has not .enetrated into
any part of the Moorirh Empire; every thing
is written with the hand; and not only in oil
the mosques, but in all the houses of almost
all the Moorish families who inhabit the
towns, there is preserved an immense mum
ber Of manuscripts. which date from the
most brilliant epochs Of Mussulman oiviliss-
tion.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

A BoUxrY.LAND PAPER FoRcER ARREST
ED.--The Commissioner of Pensions has
caused the arrest of Ii. II. Sutton, bounty
land paper iorger, in Alabama. He 10 now
confined in the Jail of Talladega county,
NV i,ing his trial. It is probable that there
will b. more than half dozen indictments
ngainst him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-13

SPIRITUAL PRoeREssIos.-It is estimated
that in five years the number Of believers in
Spirit rapping has increased To about three
millionsi