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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

A man famous for hunting up enigmas,
philosophises thus; "What strange crea-
lures girls are; offer one of them good wages
to work for you, and ten chances to one, if
the old woman can spare any of her girls
but just propose matrimony, aud see if they
don't jump at the chance Of working a life
time Just for their yictuas and clothes
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

LYScHBURG AND TESEEssEE RAILROAD
We are gratifed TO learn that this road has
been opened to Mount Airy, and that the cars
have commenced running to that place, 1t
is distant from Lynchburg lac miles. The
track is laid seven miles further, and will be
completed to Marion, Smith county, early in
December. This is drawing on towards the
western terminus, which is about forty miles
from Marion. The embankment is, howev.
er, constructed for the whole distance, and
very little remains to be done save the laying
down of the rails.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02
w A trotting match for $1,000, fifty

B A trotting match for $1,000, fifty
miles in four hours, to wagon with the dri-
yer, weighing four hundred pounds, came off
on the 18th instant, over the Union Course,
Long Island. The horse that was matched
for this performance was spotted gelding
named Spange, owned and driven by Isaac
Woodruff. The horse performed the distance
in three hours, fifty.eight minutes and four
seconds, without appearing much distressed
with his severe afternoons work,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

Going IN TO TAKE THEIR sHAKEs.-A
friend ofours, travelling on the Grand River
road, just beyond Wilson's stopped at n saw
mill, and as it was not in motion, asked of
the owner why he did not run has mill now!"
81 do says he, "but the men have just gone
to have their shakes; they've all got the fe-
vernagcr, and we have TO stop the mill eve-
ry day about this time, while they take
their shakes"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

s1H- We learn from the CiarksvIle Chron.
icle that the Masonic College at that place
has been sold to the Presbyterans. That pa
per understands the terms of the sale to be,
that Presbyterisns take the property and pay
the debts now hanging over the College-the
debts amounting to about $4,000, while the
property is estimated to be worth $25,0OO.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

ey" An appeal to the European Democra-
cy Republican party) has been made by Kos
suth, Mazzni and Leudro Rolln, announcing
that by the fall Of Sebastopol the war is ir-
revocably and indefinitely prolonged-it be-
ing impossible for Russia to treat after Il de-
feat, without sinking into third rate posi-.
ton, and it being impossible for the allies in
the face of public opinion 10 offer peace on
less onerous conditions. They call upon
the European Democracy now to unite against
their enemies and act, proclaiming liberty and
fraternal association for all.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

HoGs-The Louisville Journal says: Con-
tracts have been making for hogs through
the week at SEA Sc 25 net, at which prices
are firm, We hear Of the sale 1000 head
by pork.house owner ut Sc from the books
The Cincinnati quotation is Sc IS. A letter
from Allen county says hogs are selling there
at SIS 90 net.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

A SECOND LEANDER.--Two sailors, belong.
ing to the schooner J. 4. Grice, lying Mt Pow
der-Horn, near lndanola, Texas, went over
to Sand Point recently, on cunning excur-
sion. They landed and proceeded to hunt,
but on returning to the beach soon after,
they found their boat had been blown off,
One of the tars immediately swan off to
overtake the boat, but finding he could nei.
ther do that, nor return TO the beach, boldly
struck out for the opposite shore, which he
reached at Stephens Bayou, a distance of ten
miles from his starting point.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

rY-"You have met with great loss,
neighbor Williams" said tho deacon, condo
lingly, to Mr.. W., tho day after the latter
had buried his wife. .......
ayes u terrible loss" replied the mourning
husband; "she's more'n earned her liyin' aud
never had to lick her u half dozen times in
my life" Williams was u man Of delicate
sensibi!ities,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

MORMON AFFAlRs.-A Washington letter
says: Col. Sleptoe of the United States army
is here, the guest Of the President ut the Elk.
ecutive Mansion. 1t will be remembered he
was appointed by the President last winter to
succeed Brigham Young in the Governorship
Of Utah, but declined TO accept the RESPONSE
bic position. understand it his opinion that
no other than military Governor, with an
adequate military force, can ever prove the
error of Youngs boast, that he will be Gov
ernor of Utah until God Almighty tells him
he need be Governor no longer. As military
Governor, Col. Steptoe would undertake to
teach the Mormons the necessity of obedience
to Federal authority, but not otherwise. 1t
is now year and half since the Presidents
determination to test the QUESTION Of sove-
rcignty with the Mormons was announced,
but the issue has not yet been made.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

DIREcroRsHlP FOR THE STATE BANK
The following gentlemen have been nominat-
ed by the Governor as Directors for the State
Bank for the ensuing two years: Cave John.
son, of Montgomery; NJ. Burns, NJ. Vannoy,
FIR. Rains, +. w. McGavOck, Hugh Dou-
glas and Jas. Nlchol, of Davidson; John Nc.
Gavock, of Williamson; J. w. Chi!dress, Of
Rutherford, J. X. Howard, Of Wilson; l.. H.
Cardwell, of Smith J. R. Tompkins, Of
Sumner, y. D. Claiborne, of Macon; John s.
Ilutchison, of Robertson.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

e' A correspondent Of the Post states
that u French Saram ascrbes the unusual
rains and atmospherical disturbances over n
great part of Europe to the prolonged and
terrible cannonade in the Crniea. The same
topic was recently discussed in scientific
circle in Boston, and it was observed that the
fact just named was strictly in accordance
with the celebrated theory of Professor Espy,
and was assented to by Arago and some Of
the most accurate meteoroIogists in Europe.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

aB- 4 scamp who had been writing scan
dalous anonymous letters from Montgomery
out by the citizens few nights ago, rode on
rail and soundly ducked in the Artesian
Basin. With "notice to quit" he was alter
wards discharged.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02
THE NEWS.

A New York morning paper gives the fol-
lowing resume Of the news by the Atlantic:
"The Crimean correspondent of the Lon-
don Times seems to think that 1t will take
two years TO dislodge Prince Gortschakoff
and his troops from the northern forts of
Sebastopol. The Allies are, it is said, sink
ing mines to destroy its magnificent docks,
arsenals and ship.building yards, aud to en-
tirely uproot the place as a naval stronghold.
| The recall of Lord Stratford dc Radcliffe
from Constan.inope coincidcntalIy with the
capture of Sebastopol by the French, is look
ed upon by The political quidnnncs rs sig
nifcant of the ascendancy of French innu-
ence at Constantinople. Paris, since the ar.
rival of NJ. Prokesch, is said to be the focus
of political intrgues tending to the disrup-
ton of the Anglo-French alliance. The be.
trotha of the Princess Royal of England to
the young Prince of Prussia, which seems to
be determined upon, may possibly have some
influence on these movements.
A new reorganization of the German con-
federation is talked of, which would give a
greater share OF political irnucnpe TO the
people, and less to the royal houses Of Ger.
many. Strange to say, the Emperor Of Aus
tria is said to be favorable to the scheme. In
the meanwhile the Italians seem ripe for re.
volt. The King of Naples, anticipating the
coming storm, is Withdrawing his capital from
the Neapolitan and investing IL in the Dutch
and American funds.
In Spain the feeling appears TO prevail gen.
orally that another revolution is ut hand; and
unless the Cortes displays more sagaclty and
consistency in its measures, it promises to
be one of the most trying and fearful through
which that unhnDpv country has vet nnsspd
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

SMALL FAyoRs THANKFULLY RECEIVED
The Washington Union re-publishes, with an
air Of high exultalion, II eulogium of Mr..
Pierce by an obscure journal in Alabama-es.
pecially "his unwavering determination to
have American citizens respected at home
and abroad, on land and sea-" Can our Ala
bama friend inform US when the inaugural
was last heard Of, or what has become ol the
Kozta letter?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

.1Y- James Gilroy had an arm broken in
the Amoskeag mills. Manchester, on We'd
nesday, by getting it caught in abelt. sayA the
Lowell News! Keep away from the belts!-
And the Boston Herald gives tho same ad-
vice in this cogent manner Another young
man had his heart broken by coming in con-
tact with the belt Of one of the Amoskeag
mill girls. Keep away from the belts!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

A PRAIRIE lNvEsrMENT.-A year ago, a
man purchased forty acres Of prairie land six
miles from Bloomington, Nc Kean County,
Illinois, broke it up and put in fall wheat
The produce was l,lo0 bushels of first quail
ity Genesec wheat, which he sold for 81, ,566.
The expense of fencing, breaking up, seed,
sowing, harvesting and thresling, &c, was
S5O0-leaving net profit of 81 ,OG6.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

w- A London letter to the Petersburg
lntelligencer says: "Miss Coutts, the homely
lady who fell in love with the handsome Ma.
rio, lives in the Strand, is worth fl,OOO,cOO,
and notwithstanding her wealth, is hated by
everybody. Another distinguished character,
Lady Byron, resides near our present quar-.
tors.n
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6.T 1t is stated that the Camden and Am.
boy Railroad Company have recently attach
ed to some Of the engines on their road small
whistles, connected with exhaust pipes,
through which the waste steam issues, making
continual succession Of short shrill sounds,
audible to a considerable DISTANCE.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

e-g- The Montgomery Advertiser notices
the death Of WIN. Poe, Esq, President of
the Bank of Montgomery. Mr.. Poe was
native Of South Carolina, but had resided In
Montgomery for five years, in which time
he gained the esteem and confidence Of
NIL
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

sB- The New York Express, commenting
on the recent Free Love developments in that
city. says: -.
"1hc Free Love League is but one of the
many old things in new forms that corrupt
and destroy the vitality Of society. The isms
on slavery are just as destructive to the Fed
eral Constitulon---as is this Love ism to the
constitution OF society. One apes the organ
zalon Of the political world-and the other
the social world. When man becomes the
victim of one of them, he is very likely to be.
come the victim of all-for they ali run in
series and groups-and they all are catching.
First, n diseased mind RUNS into the abolition
fanatlcsm-and then into spirtualisn,-and
il man then does not bring up in Free
Love, it is because n beloved wife and
children snatch him from the burning brand.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

BALLOON ASCENSION ON Reconsideration.
Goddard made balloon ascension from Gin
cinnali last week On horseback. The horse
and his rider reached the earth in safety af.
ter ascending to n great height.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

.Y- Archbishop Hughes lately declared to
the unsophisticated people of New Found
land that there was "no ground of reproach
against President Pierce" Per contra, the
Independent Democrat, Of Concord. N. H.,
says that "no man can go about among the
old democrats of this State and hear their in
dignant dcnunciatons of Pierce and his cor
rupt minons, without seeing and feeling that
the party which follows him is dead, and de-
serves to be dead" The Archbishop is want
ed ut Concord. Lot him 60 up and comfort
the faithful.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02
THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, NOV. ., 1858.

FfSANciAJ AND CoMNERcIAL.-ThS New
York money market appears to have been
considerably disquieted by the financial and
commercial intelligence received by the At
lantic. The market was affected, says the
Express, by the ascertaincd fact that in the
face Of the active demand Cor breadstnils and
the belief industriously spread That instead
Of shipping gold to Europe we should he
importers of it from thence, large amount
(S7OO,OOO) had been engaged and would be
shipped for Havre by the steamer which was
to leave on Saturday last. This shipment of
gold, under the circumstances, goes to show,
continues the Express, that tive may and
will send gold as well brendstuffs, when they
ure dearcr abroad than at home. We do not
believe that any state of things will arise to
produce an import of gold to an extent
worth naming from Europe to this country,
while California is one Of the States, and
produces it at the rate of fifty or seventy
millions per annum. Whenever exchanges
shall so rule us to preclude the profitable
shipment of gold from the United States to
Europe, in the regular course of trude, we
may keep that part intended to pay for imports
of European goods into California, and thus
settle the exchanges as between Europe and
the Eastern portion Of the United States"
SMART CHILpREN.-.Black woods Maga-
zine says, a child three gears Of age ~ih a
book in its infant hands, is a fearful sight
1t is too often the death warrant, such US the
condemned stupidity looks at-tatal, yet be-
yond his comprehension. Whist should Il
child three years old-nay, five or six years
old-be taught! Strong meats for weak di.
gestons make no bodily strength. Let there
be nursery tales and nursery rhymes. would
say to every parent, especially every mother,
sing to your children, tell them pleasant sto-
,ies be not too careful lest they get u little
dirt upon their hands and clothes; earth is
very much akin to us all, and, in children's
out-of.door plays, soils them not nwardly-
There is in it kind ofconsanguinity between
all creatures; by it we touch upon the COM
mon sympathy of our first substance, and be.
get kindness for our poor relations, tie
brutes. Let children have free open air
sport, and fear not though they make ac-
guaintance with the pigs, the donkeys, and
the cl,ickens-they may form worse friend
ships with wiser looking ones; encourage u
familiarity with all that love to court them
damb animals love children, and children
love. There is language among them,
which the worlds language obliteraies in the
elders. 1t is of more Importance that you
should make children loving, than you make
them wise. Above all things, make them
loving and then, parents If you become old
and poor, these will he better than friends
that will never neglect you. Children brought
up lovingly at your knees, will never shut
their doors upon you, and point where they
would have you 60.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

sw On "Wednesday the l4th Of November
next the Holston Conference Of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church will commcuce its
annual SESSION in Jonesboro.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

RUSSIAN Observation-Disclosures relates
the following.
When the palace of the Emperor ut St.
Petersburg was burnt few days ago, II Greek
priest, at the eminent risk of his life, rushed
through the burning apartments to save IL
cructiX from private chapel. On his return
he was hailed by Il sentinel, who had been
stationed ut the door and forgotten. "Save
yourself" cried the priest "or you are LOST
"l can't stir" was the reply, "ior ] have hot
blessing" The priest gave his benediclion
and the sentry died at his post.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02
HENDERSON, Sept. 25, 1855.


Gentlemen: am in the receipt of your f.
vor of the 18th instant, requesting Inc to be
present and address mass meeting of the
Democracy, to be held at ?aducnh, on the
27ih inst You are right in supposing that it
is my intention to cooperate in future with
the democratic party. The whig party, wit,
which have so long acted, has no longer IL
political existence. ] have no party now but
my country. To this shall not cease to be
faithful. The American party, divided as il
is into two great sectional parties, the one
northern and the other southern, can only in.
jure where it would serve the country; for,
instead of strengthening the national men of
all parties, it can only divide them in all the
elections, where union and concert of action
are necessary to the very salvation of the
country, AS far as ! can Judge, the demo-
cratic party, although weakened in the free
States, is still national, and still co-operates
with the Southern Democracy in opposition
to the Abolitionists and Freesoilers of the
North, who, to destroy the institutions of
slavery, would rend the Union asunder, and
bury beneath the ruins of the Constitution
the liberties Of the country.
regret, gentlemen, that circumstances over
which hive no control, will prevent my be.
ing with you on the occasion alluded to.
| am, very truly, your ob't servt,
ARCH Dixon.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

D1" 1t is thing morally impossible for
persons proud and ambitious to frame their
minds to an impartial, unbiased consideration
of II religion that teaches nothing but self de-
nial and the cross. Humility is the Chris
tian's greatest honor and the higher men
climb, the farther they are from heaven.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

~ The Tribune says there are letters in
New York from San Juan, stating that Col.
Kinney has abandoned his grand expedition,
there being only two men of all his company
who stand by him. He is expected home in
the next steamer
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02
BALTIMORE, Oct. %.

BALTIMORE, Oct. %.
Miller, the murderer of DR.. Hadell, has
been convicted of murder in the first de.
gree.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

tS- A Gothamite contemporary tells us
that "a farmer on Long Island has just raised
n cabbage Of such extravagant dimensions, that
he had to blast it with powder in order TO get
it fit for krout. The outside leaves are to be
dried to serve us horse-bankets, while the
stalk will take its place as pump opposite
Subb's tavern in Hampstead" A great place
for cabbage.heads is York State.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

ty- A celebrated hangman in England,
showing the galows attached to Newgate,
observed to the bystanders that he had hung
twenty persons on it ut one time. Some one
suggested that it was too snail. "Oh, no,
bless you, twenty-five people would swing on
that very comfortable"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

CENTRAL BANK OF NASHVILLE, TEYN.-
We copy the following from the money arti-
Gle Of the N. Y. Journal of Commerce, of
Oct. 18th:
"Those of our readers who may ave been
called within few days to make purchases
in the vicinity of Chatham street, or have
ventured into any third class grocery or re-
staurant, and been obliged to receive bank
note in change, have doubtless been offered
beautiful bill, the execution probably of Il
first class artist, on the face of which (n ad-
dition TO the pretty picture) is n promise that
the Central Bank OF Nashville. Tenn, will
pay one dollar to the holder, on demand
They are comparatively strangers Qhese bills)
in this vicinity, and for strangers, are in our
opinion quite too far from home. We do not
think the fact that they make their head
quarters in the office which cherished the now
broken bank of Washtenaw, and (if we mis-
take not) that old swindle the Adrian lnsur-
ance Of Michigan-is evidence that the bank
is not all right, or that the promise on the
face of the note will not be kept. We think,
however, that the pushing out here Of Ten.
ncssee bank notes is not IN especial recon.
mendaiion of tleir value, and we feel justi.
tied in cautioning our friends against being
too familiar with these strangers Oh IL first ac.
quaiRtance."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

tY The Warsaw (Mo.) Democrat has the
following:
We strike the names oftwo of our subscri.
bers from our book this week, who have re-
Gently been hung in Texas. We do this.
because we are not advised, us yet, Of their
present locality.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

PRospEcTs OF PEAcE.-When the evacua-
ton of South Sebastopol was announced at
the Court of st. Petersburg DR.. -, IN
intelligent but free'spoken Tennesseean, now
in that city, said in the presence Of the Grand
Duke Constantine:
"Will this influence peace?"
"The only peace Russia will accept" was
the remarkable answer OF the Prince, ''must
not only guarantee liberty Of worship to al
classes of Christians in Turkey, but it must
constitute aud declare Constantinople free
port, the Bosphorus n common avenue, and
the Euxne the bazaar of the commerce of
the world"
A grand and significant pledge for our
peaceful Republic OF free interchange with all
the world.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

Senator Toombs has accepted tho invi.
tation to deliver lecture in Boston cath Of
January on the subject of Slavery. He says
October sth) to the Boston Committee;
will address YOU ON that day upon the
consistency of African Slavery with the Con.
stituton of the United States and Republi.
can institutions, and the effect of the Amsr.
lean Revolution upon the African race.
lam, very respectfully, your obedient scr.
want. X TOOMBS.
sW-To leave yourson n for,une-oducst.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

"STAszAs FOR THE TiMEs.--Mr. Realf,
rather hits he feature of the ngc, in the fol
lowing Stanzns,nwbvh appear in the New
York Mirror:
By Heaven, I half believe that Time,
Is linked and leagued with lowest He'll;
The leprous soul Of Wrong and Crime,
Performs its work 80 well.
By Heaven, in bitter boding dreams,
] think my Life hollow lie,
Until to my hot heart it seems
A Awishful boon to die.
We smite, and sting, and howl. and hiss,
Each hand agrip on others Soul
Each bartering each with Judas kiss,
For Judas cursed dole
Our breath, a breathed hypocrisy,
Makes homeless love weep piteous tears;
While even the damned come forth to see
Our slime upon the spheres.
golden passport unto He'll,
Seems the full sketch Of our DESIRE
To cheat, and hoard, and buy and sell,
And prove high Heaven a liar
Ayel for the mockery Of creeds,
HaSh fed upon our Life like rust;
Tle wnilinibarreltssut widows weeds, :
{ And theas &nUlsuere trust. y -
No Faith-no Hope-no Charity
No melting love chat yearns to bless
But blood, and tears. and agony,
... And foul-eyed Selishness--
No grand resolves for Sacrifice.
From men whose aims are with the Stars,
No-only Lust, and Shame, and Vice,
And Mammons Savage Wars.
Just God! is this our Lifei Must all
Our high thoughts that once burned within,
Be crushed in this vast Carnival
OF ponp, aud painted Sini
Is this the Canaan we have won
Is this the food our Souls must takef
Lies no oasis further oni--
o Friendsl Shall we not wake9
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-02

GONE TO THE DEMoCRACY.-.Thc Hon.
Arch. Dixon, Mr.. Clay's successor in the U.
s. Senate, has declared his intention of here.
after acting with the democratic party. The
following is his letter announcing that de,or.
minatiOn: