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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-09-08

1t is fixed fact in agriculture, that land
on which'corn. clover or grasses are grown,
must occasionally feel the influence Of the
row. AID manure made o! lime, mari. and
tie droppings and drirpngs Of the animals
IN the har;..
Drive NJ. my BOYS: turn quick the team.
And let the Worh begin:
The world = Looking without,
And We NIT p"W within.
All permanent Improvement of lands must
look to thc..pow as it, basis.
Al w. who auiic NE noEle team
Have ..Ilu-I.cr tfrHud wide,
AMI 81. CUR .'""..- ar. good. 1T whom
Tie IV l.. : ~ oar -lc.
I.aul- Which have lon" been in culture Will
be benefited by applications of muck manure
and phosphate OF lime, and .nc more thor
ou.hlv p,owcd in narrowed and rolled, the
letter.
Let liz the .!--tick. now, my boy,
No are .u rr rcuuI than W..
VII" wai' H." ,.'.xjuUs crow! with"T,
li.. force Of team - STE!
The blowing match should be held on cv-
-rv ',rm in the country. many a time and oit,
and father should be there to see. and learn
the boys the proper cuasc Of the plow, and
depth of tie iurrow.
Sotf..lu away: none arc - grcat
! ,ho~. pho r,m The ,'.arr--
A.. fLo iayr ..-Mry Ike thc-r
N!o practice 81: the i0rI
W. don't mc,n the bar when crime is man
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-09-08
All permanent Improvement of lands must

look to 'hc..plow as it, basis.
Al Wr who ouiie NE noble team,
Have ...ilU-Lcc tarnul wide,
AM 81. cur '"~..- ar" good. 1T wEcn
~ L.. L.. /. L.. .-.c
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-09-08

By these two operations Of the 21d of Nav
and .th Of June. the Allies obtained ,.os,---
ION OF al! the works ofcounter- approach which
the Russians had erected outside their oriui
nal lines after our lombarlmcnt of the l1rh
of October. In front of the eastern quadrant
of the town the Allies are now established
within 500 yards of the real dcfences of the
place, and on the western side the French
have completed their third rarrllel everv-
where within 200 yards Of the place. and on
some points much nearer The French are,
in fact. now where they ought to have been
within a 70. night or three weeks of opening
trenches, and would have been had they been
actin. against a Fashioned fortress. The En-
gish are n"w where the, ought io have been
on the / 9TH Of October. and probably would
.ty. been had they dreamed oi such r.sis:-
aiice as has taken place. In no instance,
howe var. have tine Or rinal work. teen attack
"a by ou. :Eooss or seriously damaged tv ous
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-09-08

lHF SECOND BpMBAEDMENT.
During the Winter the French had con-
vcrted the whole ground i'll front of The line,
they were attacking with network of parci-
lel>. and advanced them to within about 200
yards of the Russian works. But it is still
questionable whether it was worth their while.
to do this. II they could subduc the fire of
the place, they could as easily have done this
in three weeks as six months; and if they
cannot subdue the fire Of the place, they are
hardly more advanced towards taking the
place than they were.
Such was nearly the position of matters,
when, on the 9th Of April, the second great
bombar'lmcnt Of Sebastopol took place. On
this occasion the armament of our batterie,
was. as nearly as can bc ascertaned, "a guns
and 4S mortars.
1t is no: known what the armament of the
French batteries consisted of; but. assuming
it to be about the same, We may assert that
in round numbers the fire commenced from
200 guns and one hundred mortars-ihrow-
ing a heavier weight Of metal than ever was
thrown By sicoe tram sine the invention
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-09-08
TIyy. FLOWING MATCH.

1t is fixed fact in agriculture, that land
on which'corn. clover or grasses are crown
must occasionally feel the influence Of the
rlow. aid manure made ot lime. mar and
tie droppings and drirpings Of the animals
r tho l,r.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31

POWERFUL STYLE OF WRlTlYG.-Some
Yankee editor from away Down Fast, being
on summer jaunt through the West is writ
ing home accounts Of the country, to en-
tighten the good people of Massachusetts,
Witness the following explosion of conccu-
trated bile:
Erie, Pennsylvania, is God-forsaken
looking place. the men looking like bull dogs
and the women like fuIies. The boys and
girls are ragged, dirty and saucy set, and
run in the streets with the pigs and geese
Cleveland is dirtier and more filled up with
lore gners than ! had expected to find it,
business appears to be overdOne, and the
place is cursed with superlluity of lawyers
and doctors. The lower part Of Toledo is
filled mp with low Dutch beer shops and hogs
and every man you meet looks as If he had
been picked in lager beer, then smoked for
bacon. Chicago is the hottest place | have
been in this year"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31

TUE ATHENS PosT-The Post from first to
last so far as its influence extended, threw
cold water upon the nomination of Gentry,
and has treated in spirit of ridicmie, the
| American organization. Il i - y
| We can saw TO the man of the Post, that his
"more or less Wings" who refused TO vote for
the american candidates because of the "for.
mula and fummery" of the Order, can now
vote for who they please, and join whatever
party they please. The American party wants
no man or set of men in its ranks who %
iect to the Philadelphia Platform.-RaocrMe
| Wig.
The above paragraph is wrong at least in
its purport, if not in the spirit which dictat-
ed it. as our readers all know. Prior to the
time Mr. Gentry was said TO have been nomi.
mated the "Post" opposed his running, and in
doing so, the paper truly and faithfully re.
Elected the feelings of its political friends in
this and neighboling counties, insisting that
he was not the most available man. Our ar.
ticles, however, were not dictatoral nor def.
cienu in that courtesy due TO an honest differ
ence of opinion, although we were accused of
being refractory and our motives questioned.
But as soon as we Were satisfied there
The contest must be between Ger try and
johnson, we not only ceased to oppose the
former, but. went into the fight with all ,he
ability and energy we possessed-with what
effect it is not of course for us to say. We
claim no credit for our course as we done
Just what we conceived was our duty under
the circumstances, and not because we had
changed our opinion as to the policy Of the
step that placed Mr Gentry in the field II
is true, we have at times spoken lightly Of
the imLcciIity and want Of udsrucnt display
ed by memJers of the order, because these
were the worst things We had to contend
nsainst in 'his strong democratic sectiou.-
But so far from ridiculing the priacipies of
the American party, We think our paper dur.
ing the canvass would not lose great deal in
its advocacy Of those principles as enunciatel
and set forth in the Philadelphia platform
1t is certainly very kind and conslderate in
the Wing to give notice, every week, of the
immense fact that those who do not wish TO
act with the American party have the right
to connect themselves with any other. The
! permission SO graciously extended will, no
doubt, relieve great many who felt cramp-
ed and at loss to know what 20 do but we
put it TO the good sense Of the editor of that
paper whether the party is SO strong, or is
likely to be, that it can afford to push off en-
tirely the "more or less wings" for doing in
the late contest precisely what Mr.. Gentry
did in the last Presidential canvass-refusing
to file off under what they considered an Oh.
jectionaLle and inauspcious lead; and whe.
ther less assuming and more conciliatory
policy might not be productive of happier
results.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31

SECRET SoCIETIEs.-Some men affect Il
holy horror of secret associations, and yet
they support the most secret of all orders
the Jesuits. They see ruin in combinations
of Americans to support their country
whilst they view us perfectly harmless, So
ciety which penetrates into the family circle,
and worms out the private dongs and say
ings Of its members. Such men can "strain
at gnat," and yet swallow camel" with
out difficulty. The secret of their acuteness
in the one case, and obtuseness in the other,
may be, perhaps, that the Jesuit order, being
the richest in the world, is liberal to those
who will close their eyes on its proceedings,
and lend themselves to its designs. Some
persons have the faculty of becoming perfect
" blind to all other objects when gold is be-
fore their eyes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31

0-'r A writer in the Journal Of Commerce,
who has been resident Of Russia says that
in u long war the allies have much the best
chance; that Russia has been acrumul.ting
material for the war for The last quarter Of Il
century, but that in campaign or two more
her resources will be exhausted. lie says
that Russia pays $l5 for every hundred
weight of gunpowder transported from Mos,
COW 10 Perekop, n distance Of 1000 miles,
and for other munitions in proportion. 1t is
argued that such drain upon the Russian
treasury rs is now going on, will force her to
yield at last. Perhaps SO; but in Il war of this
kind both parties are likely to lose more than
they can ever hope TO gain. War is the mos.
expensive luxury nation can indulge in, and
il cannot be carried on long without wasting
the resources of the Allies, aud adding greatly
TO the amount Of public debt, which the III
dustry of England and France is called upon
to pay by taxation. No nation can expect to
prosper with such drain upon their wealth
rs the present preparations against Russia
require.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31

~ The Decrease Of the Brandy Trade is
strkingIy illustrated in the absence of all
American vessels from the port of Lii Rochelle
for the last six months, fact which it is said
never occurred before. The French papers
ascribe it TO the failure of the grape crops and
the temperance movements in the United
States. The former is probably the mosS
effective cause; but if French brandy is not
now imported, what m Immense amount Of
poisonous substances must brandy drinkers,
be using. Y
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31

The LIQuoR Law IN MlcHGAH.-A cor
respondcndent Of the New York Post in Il
letter dated the 9th inst, in Lansing, Mich
igan, Saws:
The Maine Liquor law is .ostensibv OBJ
served among us, but is secretly violated to
considerable extent. Bottles are now here
publicly exposed to view, but any person
who really loves the article can find it in
most places.
Prose"ntions are reported in all parts of the
State, aud, generally the magistrates have
enforced the law. Ii is understood that law
ycrs employed by the rumseIlers of Detroit
TO contest the law have advised their clients,
in most cases, to pay their fines rather than
carry up !heir suits. The law has been in
operation for three months, and its friends
think it fully adequate for the correction of
The evils OF intcmpcrance, in every paric,-
ular unless it be in reference to the sale Of
imported liquo,s.
Dealers contend that they have righ. to
sell such liquors not only in the original pack
aye but in amy way they please; and they
have carried up the question 10 be tested in
number of cases.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31

Disastrous FIBe.-The extensive Flour
ing Mill, know MS the Knoxville Steam Nils,
owned and worked by Mr.. NJ. w. Williams,
has been totally destroyed by fire. This
calamity occurred on yesterday morning, be-
tween midnight and daylight. The establish.
ment was valued, we believe, at about $685.
600, upon which there was insurance TO the
amount of $4,000. A considerable quantity
OF wheat stored in the building was also do.
stroyed-about 5000 bushels, we understand.
Presbyterian Witness.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.

VIEW OhLbhNS, Ah"S' -O'
The steamship Orizaba has arrived at this
port, from Very Cruz, with advices to The
22d.
Santa Anna left the city OF Mexico en- the
9th inst. with an escort of $500 men. Two
days after, however, seven, or eight hundred
OF them reyolied, Killed one or two Offices,
and joined the insurgents, thus swelling their
numbers. Santa Anna then determined 10
abdicatc, End embarked on the 7th inst. at
Vera Graz for Havana. The Alvarez plat
form has been adopted.
Gen. Carrerra has been appointed Pfoyis-
onaI President, and LlVcga Commander 10
Chief. Al state prisoners have been liberia
ted. The mob Quilted most OF the houses,
including that OF Saota Anna's mother in law.
Tive appointment of Sig. Vidal as U. 5. Mn.
lister has been revoked Sig. Vidal arrived in
this city by the O,izaba.
Fuller advices state that Santa Anna left
the City of Mexico under the prctencc OF
QueIing a revolution in Vera Cruz. On the
18th the citizens adopted the plan of Ayutla
TIE Universal newspaper office and many
other houses were destroyed. Forty persons
were killed and many wounded by the mill
| tary.
Delegates met in the City of Mexico OF
the l6lh inst, according 90 the request O
the Provisional government, and elected Car
-tera ns p."e;i,nt "a. ok months, and ordain
ed the freedom of the Press. The statue o
Santa Anna WAS thrown down by the pop
ulace.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31

The New-York Courier remarks that one
OF the singular features of the money market
Of the past six months has been the depre-
ciated value of sound State loans bearing six
per cent. These securities, in previous years,
when the market was easy, bore large pre-
MUM. Maryland skies have in former years
sold at l61 10 per cent, premium; Kentucky
loa II, and other securities, equally substan-
tIal' ut 5alO per cent. Whereas now, while
money is worth only 5a7 per cent, Virginia,
Georgia, Tennessee, Missouri and Louisiana
slX per cent. loans are quoted below par
There is, however, II marked Improvement
now going on in these bonds.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31

FLOOD AT STAUSToN.-Staunton Va, was
recencty visited with n very heavy food
Their editor of the Spectator says of it, in an
extra:
Our town wns this evening visited by tho
most destructive and terrific flood ever wit.
messed in this section of country The eloud
commenced gathering in the North West
about o'clock, p. NJ, and betokcned, by vs
intense blackness, Il ryheavy storm, bat non \
anticipated the terrible freshet that il subsn
quently produced, The windows of heaven
seemed literally wide open, and the water de-
scended in torrents, soon overlooking alf
the streets in the western portion of tho
town.
BY o'clock we found ourselves unable 10
ret ont Of our office, and remained there qui-
city FOR several hours, watching the rise of
The water on Augusta Street, until relieved
from our Imprisonment by an accommodating
"olOred man, who kindly consented to take
us on "behind"
About dusk the waters entirely subsidized,
and crowds have been on the street. survcy-
ny the scene of desontion. and wandered
"wherc the water came from" II is indeed
hard to realize and we have cause for thank
lulness that it was no worse. Buckets and
tubs, aud barrels, and piles Of wood and
chickens, and dogs, and even large stones
came floating down our streets, and the
great wonder is that some human being
was not buried to destruction 1t is gencr.
ally conceded that the water rose higher up.
on the occasion than it did in the memorable
iresh.t of 1876 We do not think, however,
that there has been rs much damage done to
property.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31

.=9~ a. Boyd, a correspondent Of the Sci.
entIlic American, states that he has practiccd
Il peculiar method, with much success, Of
preserving milk sweet in the pans. 1t simply
consists in placing piece Of ne" hammered
iron or three twoIvc-penny nails in each tin
pan, then pouring the warm milk on them
lie believes that electricity has something to
do with producing the result. He has tried
many experiments before he hit upon this
one, which he found TO preserve the milk
sweet for longer time than any other plan
tried by him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31

PEnsoSAL-We take this opportunity of
thanking our friend in Polk county, for the
cordial invitation to visit his locality, and to
say that we will be on hand in October, "no
intervening providences, prepared to do full
justice to all interests and parties. As TO
proceeding to the Copper Mines "to see the
kingdoms of this world"-although the ele.
walton up there is great and the prospect mag
nifcent, like all good men our hopes point to
higher heights and more enduring glories.-
The Copper Mines are great institutions, but
after all. the men who subdue the forest and
till the soil, causing the waste places to be
made glad and the wilderness to bloom and
blossom us the rose. are edrih's best beneiae-
tors aud the real heros Of ibs land.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31

.tS After three months inrcssant labor,
the Russians have replaced the great bell in
the tower Of st. Juan, on the KremIin, which,
our readers perhaps recollcct on being tolled
for the late Car, fell and broke through no
less than three separate stories Of vaults,
killing five persons on the spot. The bell is
said to be the largest in the world, weighing
no less than $4,000 pounds.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31

WnrrE MAN SoLp.-As they have no ne
groes to sell in Illinois, they sell white men.
An lrshman named Jimmy McFreny, was
put up for sale at Decatur, the other day, and
knocked Off to the highest bidder The
purchaser was boy named Barnes, and the
purchase money was fifty cents, "principally
in cash." We suppose. The sold man was u
drunken BIT OF IN lrishman, but very harmless,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31

~ The local editor of the GAINESVILLE
Chronicle complains that We published one
of his paragraphs without the proper credit.
We beg his pardon, although we believe the
paragraph in question appeared on the out
side Of our paper, and Of course Was not in-
tended to be appropriated as our own. We
will endeavor to be more careful in future.
Whenever we get up paragraphs worthy of
beng transferred, which seldom happens, we
consider ourselves complimcntcd by seeing
them in the columns Of our contemporaries
whether accompanied by the proper credit or
not The local column of the Chronicle has
IN attractiveness for our scissors, but we will
endeavor so to manage hereafter that his
gems which there appear,
"Like orient pearls at random strung"
shall not be reprinted without the evidence
necessary to Indicate their paternity.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31

SENsiBLe.-The Columbus GA Enquirer,
Il paper conducted with mark ed ability, in re-.
ierng to the move Of t portion of the Amer.
lean press in Tennessee, SAYS:
The Memphis Eagle and Enquirer places at
its head the name Of Willard Fillmore us the
American candidate for President at the next
election, subject TO u decision OF National
Convention Of the party. With Difference
10 the opinion Of our able and generally well
informed contemporary, we incline to the opin-
ion lhat this move, in advance of the tcle-
graph, is rather premature. 1t is Il year yet
before it will he necessary to place tho Pres
dental candidate on the field and in the
mean tine the public mind should be left as
free rs possible TO lool; calmly over the whole
country and select from its worthy citizens
one OF talents, integrity and patriotism that
will do honor TO the high office. In saying
this we would not be understood as drawing
any inviduous comparison between Mr.. Fill
more and other distinguished statesmen of the
Union. The distinct and only opinion we
wish to advance u.s. that in view of the impor-
tant events that may transpire during the nest
twelve months, ii is Dad policy now to turn
/ the minds Of lie people 10 fill the highest
office Of The country. Wait for The moving
! the polniral waters, and lc. coming event.
| indicate the man for the times that avail
| us.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31
WASHINGTON, August 90.

The reply of Colonel Isaacs, District At
lorney for Kansas, to the charges made
against him, similar to those alleged for the
removal of Governor Reeder by the President,
have been received. No reply has been re-
ceived from Judge Johnson.
Andrew b. Moore, of Alabama, declines
the appointment of Associate Justice of The.
Supreme Court of Kansas, vice Judge Elmore,
removed
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31

STOCKHOLDERS CoNvENTioS.-The annual
meeting of the Stockholders Of the East
Tennessee and Georgia Railroad will be held
at Knoxville on Wednesday next, the 5,h
September.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31

FINE TIMES AHgAp.--An Arkansas paper,
speaking of the prospects in that State says:
"Corn will be ut Is cents n bushel; beef at 2
cents pound, pork at % cents pound; and
babies to give away"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31
New ORLCAys, Auuust OF.

The steam ship Nautilus has arrived with
later adviccs from the Rio Gruude. The
passengers state that nothing decisive had
occurred. The rcvolutionists, confident of
that event General VOL held Matamoras.
A letter from BroNnvillc STATES that Zacatecas
WAS TO have pronounced on the 10Th ult. 81.
Luis Potos had already pronounced. Vidauri
had been reinforced by 1900 men, aud was TO
have moved on Matamoras on the Goth inst.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31

e5y" Prentice, of the Louisville Journal,
has got his neighbor Of the Democrat in a
tight place. The SAID Democrat, while peace.
ably passing along the street in n buggy,
with friend, received several shots from the
window of IN lrsh house, AID one of the
shots found Judgement in some unmentiona-
bic part of the Editors body. But nolwith Z.
standing this assault, he has been aboripr
necessarily 10 prove that the natives were al
together TO bame-aud the poor harmless
J,sh grossly outraged. When Investigations
were being made, The Editor kept mum, and
never would have disclosed the bullet in his
rump, lest 1t might upset his cause and do
injury to his Irish allies. But his companion
was not so politc--and then The Editor was
forced 10 the confessional.
From hc LouisrHe Journal
"yhe Democrat of Yesterday has an edito-
rial article under the head Of "An Eve.w itness
at the First Ward" We suppose the head
ing is intended to imply that one of the Ed
tors Of the Drmocat, the writer of the article,
was an eyewitness Of what he Processes 10
describe We respectfully suggest to him
the propriety Of giving an accuuni o. his in.
terc>iing personal experience in the lower
ward. Mr.. Kennedy STATES that he and the
editor were riding peacrabv along the street
in buggy, when ilrce shots were fired from
the window Of IN Irish house near bv. Ilav
ing observed no particular commotion in The
streets, they stopped 10 see what was the
object of The iirirg. They saw at once, very
considerably to thoir Consideration, that Mev
were the object OF IL, and so they put whip
to their horse and made their escape, but not
until Larry White, who happened to be near,
had said to the Edtor--"Dohi forget 10 write
that dorn in your nate book"
1--WE think it not at all unlikely that the
Editor is ut this moment carrying piece of
IRISH lead about him in some part of his
frame, but he is too faithful n partizan 10
utter Il complaint lie conceals the bullet ms
bravcly as The Spartan boy did the fox that
WAS eating his cntras out"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-31
The New York Evening Post SAYS

"The New flour that comes to market is of
remarkably fine quality, and in very superior
condition. Prices are now about two dollars
per barrel below the highest Of the season.
The decline generally anticipated later in the
season is about another dollar The month
of October will probably be the time when
prices will show the greatest decline of the
year"