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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

SALE OF NEGRoEs--From the Carolnian
we take the following sale of a lot of negroes
on the 18th inst, where one third of the pur-
chase money was required to be in cash; Bet
ty, an ordinary cook and washer 10 years
old with her infant child, $1,000; Sam, 90
years old, field hand, $1,000; Billy, ~,
81 ,0SO; Atemas, boy years old, Clara girl
s, subject to fits, $500; Pussey, 45 years old,
house servant, LINE S3lo; Rachel, 10, field
hand, Sl,l0o; Miley l6 years old, field hand
and house-servant, 81, lao; (Average S72s,-
SS)
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

eSy- A tailor in London has invented n
waiscoat on the principle of Colts revolver
n garment with four fronts, useful to secure
the charm of variety, or to conceal shabbiness
or grease spots,but particularly convenient MS
lessenng baggage, by reducing four waist
conts to one.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20
BANK OF THE STATE OF GroReA, J

DrHTCH IT INF'HTIT1g0UTIi NTTT D, IooJ'
A Circular having been published, charging
"Nloses g. CO., Engrvers and Stencil Cut.
ters," with probable implication in the late
robbery of this bank, this is to certify tha:
they have furnished most conclusive proof Of
their innocence, and it is hoped they may by
this prompt publication of the fact, be reliev;
ed from all Injurious suspicion.
SAML BARNETT, Pres't.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20
N l G H T.

How lovely is night; a starry summer night,
when peace, and quiet take the place of
busy day. Oh, it is sweet to one of medita.
tive mind, to muse away the twilight hour,
to behold the stars, one by one, come out
and the moon ride high in her majesty. 1t
LITE the soul to God, it brings one in commun.
ion with the Author Of all things, whom
''Sun, and moon, and stars, and seas obey I"
How welcome is night to the weary. Who
has not felt. after the labor Of a wearisome
day, how refreshing it is to lay the tired limbs
upon our beds, to seek the repose, to forget
our cares our troubles, our heart burnings,
and sleep calmly and sweetly as an infants
sleep. Night is the time for dreams, when
our sleeping and waking thoughts seem blend
ed together, when the past and the future
are before us, and visionary forms seems fit
ting about our couch; and lost ones are with
us, and we live over again the days of other
years, and feel the ...
Hopes that were cherished in our birth
But persisted young, like things Of earth.
Night is the time for toll, for intellectual
toll The student loves the night; he can
then explore the fields of science intent to
find the rich treasures of knowledge with
which to satisfy the aspirations of an immor.
tai mind. Turn thee, mistaken one, to the
fountain of all knowledge, and learn, that
''the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wis
dom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is
understanding" Night is welcome to the
sick, and earh's weary ones, and TO the home
sick mind it brings the recollection of those
we have loved, and left, it may be, in dis
tant land, or who have gone before us, to that
bright land,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20
r.sy-Tbe Union and American understands

rF" The Union and American understands
that the Inspectors of the penitentiary will
do nothing in the way Of rebuilding, farther
than to repair the injured wing so as TO keep
the prisoners safely and provide sheds in
which the convicts may be employed. a
small expense only will be incurred, until tho
meeting of the Legislature, to whom the
question Of rebuilding on the present site will
be referred.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

LoSe FAsT-In lanesboro, Mass, two
sheep were recently dug out ofa snow drift
IL feet deep, where they had been buried "a
days! They scampered off brskly to the
barn, with, doubtless, very sharp appe-
Ito
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

SAccHARrsE SrATIsTIcs-Now York pro-
dueed in the year 1850, IO,357,4s4 pounds Of
mamie sugar; Vermont produced 6,349,357
nonnds. and Ohio, d,5ss,l pounds. Almost
nil this large quantity is manufactured by the
rudest and most wastcful process. The valac
of the yearly crop Of maple sugar in New
York is nearly 100000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20
CHANGE OF CLIMATE.

History informs US that many of the coun.
tries of Europe which now possess very mild
winters, al one time experienced severe cold
during this season of the year. The Tiber,
at Rome, was often frozen over, and snow at
one time lay for forty days in that city, The
Euxne Sea was frozen over every winter
during the time of Ovid, and rivers Rhine and
Rhone used to be frozen SO deep that the ice
sustained loaded wagons. The waters of the
T'iber, Rhine and Rhone, now flow freely
every winter; ice is unknown in Rome, and
the waves of the EuSine dash their wintry
foam uncrystaIized upon the rocks Some
have ascribed these climate changes to agr-
culture; the cutting down of dense forests,
the exposure of the upturned soil TO the
summers sun, and the draining of great
marshes. We do not believe that such great
changes could have been produced on the
climate of any country by agriculture, and
we are certain that no such theory can ac-
count for the contrary change of climate
from warm TO cold wln.ers-which history
tells us has taken place in other countries
than those named. Greenland received its
name from the emerald heritage which once
clothed its valleys and mountains; and its east
coast, which is now inaccessible on account
of perpetual ice heaped upon its shores, was,
in the eleventh century, the seat Of hourishing
Scandinavian colonies all trace OF which is
now lost. Cold Labrador was named Vim
land by the Mortimer, who visited it A. ID.
1000, and were charmed with its then mild
climate.
The cause Of these rhanges is an impor
tant inquiry. A pamphlet, by John Murray,
civil engineer, has recently been published in
London, in which he endeavors to attribute
these changes of climate to the changeable
position of the magnetic poles. The magnetic
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

sSg" A deserted husband in Baltimore ad-
verised his wife as having left his bed and
board, and offers reward of fly dollars to
any man that is white, and has never been
convicted Of stealing, who will marry her, and
.nke her to California.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

IMPgRTISEET CURIosITY.--ro look at the
stitches in n ready made coat.
To ask your tailor or shoemaker when he
will send home your coat or boots.
To ask a man if hes belongs to the Know
Nothings
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

~ The Lynchburg Virgnian states that
Graham, the perpetrator of the Wythevlle
outrage, has been arrested. He was taken on
Wednesday, the l4th instant, about twelve
miles from WythevilIe, and lodged in Jail at
that place.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

rJs- Winchell, the humorist, tells a story
of dog, who undertook to jump across
well in two jumps. He fell a victim to his
ambition. There are a great many people
lust like that dog-folks who think they
can lump across n well in two jumps. They
undertake it, and usually bring up in the Wa
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

csg-The less a man knows, the more noise
he makes Attend public meeting, and you
will always see that the man who contrives
10 "upset the stove" is some ignoramus. who
thinks that the more you swear at horse,
the better ho will draw.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

eag-The Memphis Eagle and Enquirer
saws: Counterfeit ten dollar bills on the
Citizens Bank are in circulation. They are
alterations from ones and twos, and can be
readily detected by holding them up to the
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

ryy-An inquiring genius has 'dskivercd
the insignia of the Know Nothngs. He
SAYS it consists Of the American eagle holding
in his bill 'furriner' by tho seat Of his
hreeches,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

e9s- From Constantinople, letters Of March
18th mention that continued shocks of earth
quake were felt. The sulphur springs of
Broussa had been dried up. Mount Olympus
smoked like u volcano. ...s
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20
THE POST.
ATHENS, FaIDAY, APnIL go, 1855.


The NEXT CoEGREss.-The New York
Courier and Enquirer says;-The elections in
Connecticut and Rhode Island complete the
entire list of members for Congress in the
free States. In the last Congress these
States sent ninety Administration members
and Gj7y one opposition. In the next Con-
gress the entire number of Administration
members elected from the free States is-we
believe we dn not err in the computation
t,ceniy three; the entire number of opposition
members is one hundred and sirteen. OF the
Administration members, one comes from
Maine, five from New York, one from New
|, Jersey, five from Illinois, one from Iowa, one
from Wisconsin, and two from California
II would be very difficult to clussiy the oppo'
sition with reference to particular party dis
tinctions. Many were elected as Wings, many
as Free Soiers, many as Fusion men, and
many as Know Nothngs."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

An Eastern paper, in speaking of newly
elected Senator,says his Ignorance is SO dense
that the augur Of common sense will be
longer in boring through it, than it would
take boiled carrot to bore through the Hoo
sic mountain
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

t9g- Middleton or Tops6cld, Essex coun-
ty, Mass, appears to be the grand seat of
supernatural wonders. 1t was in this neigh
borhood that Salem witchcraft sprang up
Spiritual rappings still extensively pervade
the place and Joseph Smith, the founder OF
the Mormops, was born there. ...
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

81 The New Orleans Picayune, of Thurs
day, says: Here is an advertisement cut from
the columns of one of our contemporaries:
FAUGH-A BALLAGH.-For Halifax, No
va Scotia. A ship will sail in few days.
Now's the time.
~ Observe the sign, and remember
Barossa and Erin-lo o Bragh
"Faugh balIagh" is the regimehtal motto
Of the SSth Regiment of the line, usually
called the Connaught Rangers. "Erin-go-
brngh" is the motto of the 18th Royal Irish;
both the regiments are now engaged in the
Crimea. "B;trossa" means the celebrated bat
tie in the 2eninsnar war in which they es
peciully distinguished themselves. The adj
vertisement is an open invitation to our loose
Irish population to fiibusteriug expedition
against our ally, Russia. The rendezvous is
at Halifax
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20
Chelsea, March 20, 1855.

as THERE YETl"--Considerab curiosity,
not to say excitement, has been aroused in
New Orleans by the phrase, as there yeti"
posted up about the city. Speculatons differ
as to whether II shall be understood as refer
ring to some Know Nothing society, or as
bearing upon the Cuban question. 5H
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

e7Fs' II is with health rs with our property
we rarely trouble ourselves in looking Sc
riously after II until there is very little of it
to look after.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

BUrTER.-In churning cream, add lump
of butter to the cream before commencing,
and the butter will come in tvo-thirds the
tine II would without
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

s9y- The Portsmouth IN. H) Chronicle
learns that considerable interest is manifest
ed MS the time fixed by some Adventists for
the end of the world draws near Ten OF
their converts were baptized on Monday noon.
They expect to be caught up on the 18th
prox, while the earth and its inhabitants are
burning up"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

eaS- Henry Ward Beecher says that he
would MS soon go counting with his fathers
old love letters, as to go to church and carry
n hook To pray ont of
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

To THE GmLs.-Mrs. Swisshelm says:--Tho
secret you dare not tell your mother is dan.
gerous secret, one that will be likely to bring
YOU sorrow"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

e%-It is not genius that makes people rich,
hut energy. Barnum made more IN ney in a
single season than Shakespeare achieved du-
ring whole life time.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

ts- Scene in an npothccnry shop after the
passage of the Name liquor law.-Two nice
youug men enter; "come, Jim, what will
Won take?" "Well, | guess III take n
prussc acid smash Clerk TO second gent
-"What's yoursl" "l'l take burning fluid
cocktail"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

CsS-An editor out in Iowa, says they don't
brag of the size Of their babies, but they ars
a most uncommon sure crop. f't
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

r3y-In al our calomlics and affections II
NAV serve as n comfort to know that he who
loses anything and gets wisdom by it, gains
hv The loss.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

CURIosIrY.-Looking over other peoples
affairs and overlooking our own. If = spy
NAV be executed by the laws of war, surely
a Paul Pry may be kicked or horsewhipped
bv the laws of society. There is no peace
with such man, unless you declare war
against him. Zemocrttes, reprehendlng Gu
riosity said: ait was as rude to intrude into
another mans house with your eyes as your
fpptn
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

nzs-A married lady found her two sons
ouarrelling aud in hopes Of putting an end
10 their differences, uttered the lopowing:-
"you young rascals, IL you don't desist d.
rectly, I'll tell both your fathers"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20
TIE howl.

t., THE BOWL.
Beware the bowl though rich aud bright,
Its rubies flash upon the sight,
An adder coils its depths beneath,
Whose lure is woe--whose sting Is death.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

aE-If YOU want TO be respected, 60 well
dressed. People never "wring the necks' Of
top.knot chickens.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

Negligence and irregularity long con.
tinued, will render knowledge useless. wit
ridiculous, and genius contemplate ''' '
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20
OWED TO THE TIMES.

"Notes on the falling dew of eve,
Are pleasant thoughts in poets songs;
But Notes on eve of falling due
To one to whom the cash belongs,
And who, not getting it will sue
Amt so pleasant, by - sight"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

t5y-A new secret political association has
been organized at Albany, calling theu-
selves rabbits" lis character is not divulg-
ed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

SICK wrrE.-Oh dear, I can't breathe.
LoyiNd HusDASp.-Don't try my dear.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

cR- To keep shippers out of bacon in the
sunmer-eat your meat early in the Spring.
We never knew it to fail.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

eSy-If you meet the devil have nothing to
do with him, his company is far from respect
able,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

EB-why is a schoolmaster like chairma.
kerl Because he canes bottoms. ,.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

.Sy- The man who neglects himself is sure
in time 10 be neglected by others.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20
OGpEHsBURG, N. Y. March 30.

Six entire mails from this place to New
York city during the month of February
were either lost o. robbed OF their contents
We have arrested two individuals here and
found part of one mail upon them. They have
confessed that they burned up a considerable
amount of the mail matter which they had
stolen.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

eSy- "I will not strike thee, bad man" said
n Onnker. one day, "but will let this billet
of wood fall on thee and at the precise mo-
ment the "bad man" was floored by the
weight Of walking stick that the Quaker
Ind been known TO carry.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

sB- The Boston Post reports n speech
lately made by one of the new councillors Of
Massachusetts, during an official visit to the
almshouse, at East Bridgewater. The Post
observes, 1t stirs the blood like toddy-
stick"
"Boys want you all to look at me. Look
directly at me, for am going to say some
thing to you. How many of you would like
to be members Of The Gorernor's ConmcH-
Now, il You will only do what is right at all
times aud never steal, nor lie, nor swear, you
may all rise, some day, to eminent stations
was once n poor boy myself, but always
calculated to do what was right. ! never
would steal, or lie, or use bad language. |
was apprenticed in my youth, but have now
become one Of the Goeerner's Council Now,
boys, never let me hear of you doing any
thing wrong. Always de what is right; never
cheat, or steal, or he, or swear, and yoiirhiay
become n great mann
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

0- The New York House of Representa-
tives has concurred in the Senates amend
ments to the liquor bill by II vote of eighty to
forty.fve. A motion to reconsider has been
lost. The Governors signature is only re-
uuired to make il a law.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

eE-A new poet has just got above the ho'
zon in Connecticut. We give his first "ef
r.,.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

The Exeter IN. H) News Letter says that
the gold diggers in Stratham, N. H., are still
busy at their work of excavation. ! he Ports
mouth switch" who directs their operations,
declared that if they dug deep enough they
would discover large rock before reaching
the treasure. They have now found the rock,
and have commenced bIastingit. The editor
of the News Letter thinks it will be very con-
yenent to have gold mine in Stratham.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

1t will be seen that Nicholas occupied the
throne for nearly thirty years-a longer Pc
riod than almost any of his predecessors.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20
LAND WARRANrs.-Thompson's last r

LAND WARRANTs.-Thompso last ne
porter says: ... ..
We are paying one dollar per acre and sell
ling ut one and five cents per acre. The new
warrants viii come on the market IN June,
when they will begin to fall in price. The
market, however, will not be essentially over
stocked before winter sets in, when they will,
in our opinion, sink to sixty cents per acre.
This much is certan-those who have war
rants TO sell will be wise to act without delay.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

SCARLET FEvER.-M. Editor AS there
is in the country round and about Nashville,
n good deal Of Scarlet Fever, and rs it may
be of service 10 others, hereby give the re-
suit of an experiment made few days ago.
Our little daughter, aged l9 months, was
violently attacked with scarlet fever. | looked
into Mrs. Hah's "New Household Receipt
Book" page ll2, and found the following
treatment recommended: "From the first day
OF the illness, and rs soon as We are certain
of its nature, the patient must be rubbed
morning and evening over the whole body
with piece of bacon, in such manner that,
with the exception of the head, a covering of
fat is every where applied. In order to make
this rubbing in somewhat easier, it is best to
take piece of bacon the size of the hand,
choosing part still armed with the rind. that
we may have firm grasp, On the soft side
of this piece, Sits are to be made TO allow the
oozing out of the fat. The rubbing must be
thoroughly performed, and not too quickly,
so that The skin may be fully saturated with
the fat"
We tried it rs directed above, and the bene-
fetal results were soon obvious; in fact, it
worked "like charm" and the result was,
our little daughter very soon was entirely
cured.
Give it trial-it is simple and entirely
harmless,-Nash. Wing.
Terrace Green, March 6, 1855. J. u. X.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20
New York, April Q.

New York, April 0.
Returns from Iowa indicate the election of
Wing State officers BY a larger majority than
that given last year.
Mr.. Cole, the Wing candidate, has been
elected to the Supreme Bench of Wisconsin.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20
GRATITUDE.

Deep on the solid marble slab,
Let benefits be traced
In lasting characters
Which time can ne'er efface,
But write the thoughts of injuries
Upon the moving sand,
Where, every passing breeze
Blots out the traces of thy hand.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

sY The Circulars received from China
speak of the defeat Of the French at Shanghae
as disastrous repulse. The London Ship
ping Gazette, in reviewing the news, says:
"The Insurgen have now held possession
of the City of Shanghae for fifteen months.
The latest news is, that Il very large portion
of the people of Keangse, the next northern
Province, have Joined the NanEing Insurgents;
and one important City is reported to be in
their hands. The Capital is beleaeured and
expected to be taken, and disafiection is so
rife that nothing can prevent the sceptre
passing from the present dynasty"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

ts- a female slave, belonging to widow
lady, who was to start for Washington, ST.
creted herself on board the steamer James
town, at Norfolk, few days ago, and was not
observed until the boat arrived at New York.
Before she could be arrested by the captain,
she was placed in hack by the coored cook,
and made her escape. 1t is stated that should
the jamestown return to Norfolk she will be
forfeited by the laws Of Virginia, and the
officers and crew liable to be imprisoned for
aiding in the escape of slave.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-20

cE-The following is list of the Cars and
the dates of their ascending the throne of
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1855-11-15

BY virtue Of an execution issued from the Court
Of Common Pleas Of Lawrence county, Ohio and to
me directed will sell at public sale, at the Foun-
dry Stove Store on Main street. in the town Of Jack
SON in jackson county, Ohio on
MONDAY, THE 18th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1855,
between the hours Of 10 o'clock 4. NJ. and o'clock
p. M of said day, the following personal property
to wit: mrlor Stoves, II Fire fronts and Crates,
Ii large Fire Crates, 10 Crate Bars lpar of Scales
SO Sklllcts and Lids, 10 Stove pots Plow castings
~ Stove Skl"ts, so Stove Grldles, 100 pow points,
30 pairs Dog-irons Wash kettles, Wash boilers,
Tea kettles, ; Stove steamers, Coffee Boilers, |
Desk, 30 Wagon boxes, 40 Stove heaters ovens
and lids. Also, at the same time and in the same
manner will he sold at the jackson Foundry, in
jamestown Addition to the Town of jackson in said
jackson county, the following property to wit; lot
Of plow patterns and TASKS lot of stove patterns
and TASKS lot of other moldcr's TASKS and pnt-
terms, tons pig iron, tons castings, 200 bushels
coke, and > tons scrap iron. All Of said property
levied upon the property of J. T. Holiday a Co..
to satisfy judgment rendered by said Court against
them, and in favor of j. W. Ellis Co.
ElNTON POWERS, Sh'T j. c.
jackson, Nov. s, 'jj-33-2w