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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19

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t- Office Main street, next door to the old Jack
son Hotel.
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RULES OF SELF GovERNmENT.-By pru.
dent Old Gentleman. Always sit next 10
the carver il you can, at dinner.
Ask no women her age.
Be civil to rich uncles and aunts.
Never joke with policeman.
Don't play at chess with widow.
Never contradict man who shutters.
Make friends with a steward on board
steamer--there's no knowing how soon you
may be placed in his power.
In every strange house ii is well to inquire
where the brandy is kept; only think il you
were taken i'll in the middle of the night.
Keep your own secrets. Tell no human
being you dye your whiskers.
Write not one more letter than you can
help. The man who keeps up alarge cor
respondence is n martyr tied, not to the State,
but TO the post. .n.-
Wind up your conduct, like your watch,
once every day, examing minutely whether
you are '.iast" or slow.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19
New YORK, October l |

DR.. Kane has arrived. He was found by
Lieut. Hartstene, at Brsco's Island, having
lost his vessel in the ice. Three Of Dr. Kane's
party had died.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19

AN IMPORTANT lMPRovEMENT.--Thc ex.
press train from the East which arrived ut
Rochester Wednesday afternoon, attracted
considerable attention at the depot in conse-
qucnce Of the wheels and connexions Of the
cars being entirely concealed from view
Boards nre placed on the sides of the cars
almost MS low rs the rails, and n canvass ex-
tends from one platform to another, covering
all the connexions. This arrangement is de-
signed to keep down the dust, which can only
escape at the end of the last ear in the train.
II will also prevent accidents, avoiding loss Of
life and limb. No passenger or other person
can get from the cars under the wheel with
out removing the covering. There is no such
thing as falling between the wheels and the
platform, for the space between the cars is
covered with can vass capable OF sustaining
the weight Of ten men. This plan of pro-
tecting passengers in cars from dust and acci-
dent is patented, and we are informed that the
inventor designs to make further improve
ment with n view TO carrying the smoke and
cinders from the locomotive under the cars
also TO the rear of the train. II he does this
he may be regarded as public beneiactor.--
Rochester Union.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19

TREATING THE PRlsoNERs.-Extract from
Paris letter:
"Between 800 and 400 Russian prisoners
arrived in Paris. They passed along the
Boulevards yesterday 1t appears that on
passing through the Faubourg st. Antoine
many of them were stopped and regaed by
the workmen. Their iberations were 30 fre-
quent and so copious, the French celebrating
the fall of Scbastopol, that many of them
soon ceased to be sober. The Russians seem.
ed to forgive the toasts for the goodness Of
the LIQUOR"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19

Miss Isabella Merose, female pcdes.
train in England, recently walked five hun
dr,d half miles in FIVE hundred half hours,
and FIVE hundred quarter miles in az many
quarter houre,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19
THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, OCT. 10, 1858.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. s

LOUISVILLE, Oct. 3.
The great shooting match to day, came off
near Covington. Duncan, of Kentucky, beat
King, of New York, one bird. Stakes were
$4,000 aside
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19

H.. o a D'shi DAY MoRAL.-'rhe law may
,SbioS J oHuprea 10 strect-ight, at the end Of
~ wn'In u Is discovered that the coats of the
Gonoalant S1ant are missing The fact is, tb,
lawyers, whilst their clients were ponmelinS
,S"., one another have quietly walked off wi,s
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19

sV The Philadelphia Argus says: "The
list and one of the boldest tollies we have
heard, occurred last week, in the upper part
OF the city. The spirit of murdered man
has been for months in .ribulation, but finally,
" lew days since, succeeded in communicating Q
the fact that having been murdered some ten
Years since, his body was placed in dry well
IN sitting posture, and the well having since
oeen filled, the position was found incon-
SeH'ent especially ms the place had been built
upon, and the spirit wants the body taken up
""u ueeenty inferred. The precise location
was ,nd'ca'ed-direetly beneath the steps of
'O'''n house in Hutchison street, between
'"P'" ana Hlrard Avenue; and since then the
'''' 'ao"''"us excavations haze been going
On 20 r"a he body, while the story has afford.
cd abundant food for gossip.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19

The New York ELEcTIos.-The New
York Herald thinks they are likely to have
an interesting time of il, in that city, at the
approaching elections. 1t says:
We shall probably poll the largest vote
that will have ever been cast upon this is
land, because we have so many parties and
factions in the field, covering all varieties and
shades Of opinions, that nobody will have
any excuse for declining to vote. For in
stance, we have the hard shell democracy,
and the soft shell; the half shell and the
double shell, and the American democracy;
the straght-out silver gray wings, and the
fusion wings; The national republicans, the
American republicans, the Know Nothings,
the temperance party, the liquor league, the
peoples party, the city reform party, the abO-
litiOn party, and the constitutional rights par
ty-al! of which have separate tickets or sep.
arale candidates, here and there in the field,
for more or less Of our numerous corporation
offices. The pressure upon our columns from
our advertising customers and the current
news of the day, is such that we have not
the space to give n list of all the various
that desire TO be elected. Besides,
we have no disposition to spoil the sport with
any premature disclosures of the results yet
to come.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19

lF-"Wbat brought you here!" said a
lone woman, who was quite frustrated
the other morning by an early call from
bachelor neighbor who lived opposite, and
whom she regarded with peculiar favor,
lei concealment like worm in the bud hide
in the burrows of her unwrinkled face, and
change her skin to parchment
II came to borrow matches"
"NIatches! that's likely story Why
don't you make match yourself? know
what you come for" cried the exasperated
ole virgin, as she backed the bachelor into
corner, "you come hero to kiss me almost to
death But you shant without you're tho
strongest, and the Lord knows you are."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19

erHEAvY DERT.-The total bonded
debt of the city of Baltimore is Sl5,22o,ss9.
The population is about 10000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19

Fusion IN MASSACHUSETTS, The program
ton at Worcester, is pretty essentially knock.
cd in the head already. The old line wings
of the Webster and Choatc school have
hauled off for repairs, and the Know Nothings
have fallen back upon n separate nomination
Of Governor Gardner. In fact, the same
causes Of disruption appear to be in operation
among the black republican conglomeration-
lists in Massachusetts, New York and else
where. At this rate. Sewardism, free soil and
abolition will be reduced to their original ele-
ments in good time for Il complete recon.
struction Of things for the Presidency. Keep
the ball rolling.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19

IeSoRANcE.-Two gentlemen Of opposite
politics meeting one inquired the address of
some political celebrity, when the other in
dignanily answered.
u am proud TO say, sir, that | am wholly
ignorant of it,"
"Oh, you are proud Of your ignorance, eh!
sir!"
ayes am" replied the beligerent gentle
man, sand what then, sr!"
"Oh, nothing, sir, nothing; only you have
a great deal to be proud OF, that's ALL"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19

To IMPROVE THE FLAVOR OF A RosE.-
Get girl with laughing eyes to wear it to
her bosom.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19

WAR STATIsrIcs.-A curious correspon-
dent sends US the following "War Items"
1t has been Investigated that out Of 2S7 wars
the present excepted-which have been wa
ged in Christendom since the Christian era,
that Is mainly resulted from the desire of
territory; 20 from the desire of plunder "a
from revenge; to settle questions of honor;
6 from disputed claims; al from disputed IL
ties; 80 from the pretence Of assisting allies;
% from jealously of rival greatness; from
commercial difficulties; SO from civil nnimosity;
and 2S from religious bigotry. Surely how
few causes can iustify war
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19

OF A telegraphic despatch from the West
says, that tbs individual who tried to clear his
conscience with an egg, is now endcavorng
to raise h's spirits with yeast. If he fails in
this it is his deliberate intention to blow out
his brains with a bellows, and sink calmly
into the arms of-a young lady!
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GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
NAsHvILLE, Octob r ], 1855. (


NAsHvILLE, Octobr ], 1855.
Fellop- Citizens of the Senate and
House Of Representatives:
The organic law and long-cstabished Gus
tom in this State requires the Governor from
time to time, to submit to the consideration of
both Houses of the General Assembly, such
measures and suggestions rs he may deem
expedient and proper ] would, therefore,
in the first place, most respectfully Gail
your attention to the liabilities of the State.
The actual idebtedness of the State at this
time is as follows
Five and quarter per cent.
Bonds issued for Stock in In
ternal Improvement Cos, $227,4l6 66
Five per cent. bonds issued for
stock in Internal Improve
ment Companies l,S24,440
Six per cent. bonds issued for
capital in the Bark OF Ten
ncssee 100000
Six per cent. bonds issued for
building State Capitol 6sl 900
For stock in the Union Bank 250,oO
Amounting to s3992,s56 66
In addition to the above actual indebted
ness, the State is Liable for bonds loaned and
endorsed, as follows:
To the L. Tenn. and Ga. Railroad $4,000
Tennessee and Ala. 800 600
Memphis and Ohio 100000
Fast Tenn. and Va. $4,000
Memphis g. Charleston 100000
McMinnyile and Man
chester 100000
Mississippi and Tenn. $4,000
Mississippi and Dyersburg
Plank Road $4,000
Manskers Creek and Spring
field Turnpike (endorsed) 10000
Nashville and Chattanooga
Railroad (endorsed) 100000
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19

The "TALK" AT WASHING GToN.--The cor.
respondent of the Baltimore Patriot alluding
to the sharpening in" of u few members of
Congress to secure lodgings for the long scs-
sion, writes:
The prominent topic is the Speakership of
the House, and this is question of vast mo-
ment. Several are the aspirants. In all such
cases, "many are called, but few chosen
Amid the multiplicity of Wings
and Democrats, Union men and Disunionists,
Nebraska and Anti.Nebraska, Hard and Soft
Shells, Fusionists, Republicans, and isns by
legion, "Barbdrians, Scythians, bond and free"
arc among the troubled elements which
make up the world in Washington. Ex-Speak.
or Boyd, of Kentucky, not being in Congress,
We must Of course have n new Speaker.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19

sB Inc Lafayette (la.) tourleT says tnat
contracts have already beer made for large
amounts Of corn to be delivered in the winter,
and previous to the opening of the canal in
spring, at hoeny cents 6ushel
When India.rubber is mixed and knead.
ed with u portion of sulphur, and passes
through heated rollers to thoroughly incor-
porate the sulphur, it is then called "vulcani-
zed." If the vucanzed rubber be expos d
for few hours In vessel ~ the action of
high.pressure steam--say of three hundred
degrees centgrade heat--it acquires new
properties From being soft il becomes hard,
though very difficult to break. In this state
its texture very much resembles tortoise
shell, and can be beautifully polished.
STAND FROM UNDER-Twelve tons of lend
fell from the top of the shot tower in Balti.
more a few days ago. Tho concussion was
and many people believed that
mother earthquake was taking place.
The town agents of New London, Conn.,.
ave made n report of the liquor business
transacted BY them for the year ending Sep
emb.r 26. Tie whole number of sales
lmost entirely for medicinal purposes, was
5l93,-for which they received S5,837.IO.
'he liorors ON hand ure valued at S507,29.
he stock purchased cost S4,627,05, gross
rofi.s g. ,727. pretty fair for II small bus
,ess. The place must have been very sick
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19
$227,4l6 66
S3.992,S56 66

Amounting to s3,992,656 66
In addition to the above actual indebted
ness, the State is Liable for bonds loaned and
endorsed, as follows:
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19
HALIFAX, October 10,

The British and North American Royal
Mail steam ship Canada, has arrived at this
port, with advices from Liverpool to the
29th ult.
At Sebastopol on the 26th ut., the Allies
were fortfying the North side, ana construct
ing new batteries. The French were advanc
ing cavalry and infantry towards the town of
Baktchi Sarai, the ancient Tartar capital of
the Crimea, which is situated in long deep
valley, about sixty miles South of Perekop,
and contains $4,000 inhabitants. 1t is re-
ported that the siege of Sebastopol was to be
raised. The allies were concentrating forces
between il and Balaklava, and between Ba.
laklava and the Tchernaya, and were con-
stantly reconnointering the left wing Of the
Russians. A fearful tempest and heavy
rains had occurred at Sebastopol. The Rus
slams were firing shells into the city from the
North side.
Four hundred Russian deserters, mostly
Poles had arrived at the Allied camp, and re.
ported that after the taking of Sebastopo,
the decentralization of the Russians was COM
plete, and that such was the confusion after
the evacuation of the south side, that the
soldiers exhausted by fatigue, lay "a hours
without food. The Russian loss was estima-
ted at $4,000.
A report from Berlin says that Prince
Gortschakof would shortly evacuate the
North Forts, but that the Russians were
making extensive arrangements for the winter
campaign.
The Turks at Kars were short Of provs-
ions, and compelled to eat horse flesh.
Austria was still desirous of medating.
The latest advices from the Crmea state
that Prince Gortschakoff telegraphed that
10000 Allied troops landed at Eupatoria on
the 23d ut., and that they then had 10000
men on the Russian fank-that the Allies
attacked the Russian infantry on the oath
ult., compelling the latter 10 retreat, and that
on the 25th ut., $4,000 men debouched from
Eupatoria, and occupied the neighboring
villages on the left flank of the Russians.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19

ALARMED.-The Memphis Bulletin in
speaking of the nomination of the editor of
the Natchez Courier for Congress, writes
the following alarming paragraph:
The time was when politicians of the
country were good enough for the people to
choose their representatives from. But in
the degeneration of the times, it has come to
pass that now and then they are forced to 90
into the editorial sanctum to find exactly the
right materials. We fear the effect of this
upon the editorial profession itself, for if the
thing goes on it may happen after while
that editors will become no better than mcml.
bers of Congress. God help the country
when that time comes about.
The Colonel should not indulge in such
aragraphs-they are too exciting.
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The Gar Nicholas.

Notwithstanding the denial by the Rus
sian resident minister ut Washington as to
the correctness Of the report Of the death of
this distinguished monarch many Of our ex-
changes seem to be confident that such is
the fact, and thereupon proceed to philoso
phise, speculate, cogitate, and predict, as tc
the probable bearing of such an event upon
the eastern war. For our part, we cannot
credit the story, as ii now comes to u.s. Ii
cause than that Of apoplexy, We would have
thought it not so unreasonable. 1t is very
rare indeed, that death results to any one
of NICHOLAS well known abstemious habits,
and great physical and mental exercise,
from an attack of this disease; at least ply
siciaus tell us that such instances are very
few. On the other hand, we regard the
story that the dagger of the assassin termi-
mated his career, as being the most proba-
BILE. For long time Il superstition has
prevailed in Russia, that an Emperor could
not reign for longer period than twenty
FIVE years, consistently with the welfare of
the empire, and many of the present Cans
predecessors, after that period had elapsed
from their accession to the throne, have, by
the assaSsins hand, found a mysterious
grave.
The next foreign arrival will, however,
definitely decide the matter. For the
present, we think the report was gotten up
by the bankers of London and Paris, in or
der to give u better tone to financial affairs
III those cities; from the fact that the past
history of the war shows that there are
tricks of trade" not confined exclusively to
the yankee; and that other consciences be-
sides those belonging to the vendors OF
wooden nutmegs," will occasionally elon
gate in the direction of their own interest
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-03-29

TAXATION OF FOREIGN CApIrAL-An act
has passed the Legislature of New York,
providing that all persons and associations
doing business iu that State, as merchants,
bankers Or otherwise, either as principals or
partners, whether special Or otherwise, and
not residents Of the State, shall be assessed
and taxed on all sums invested in any man
ner in such business, the same as if they re-
sidents of the State ; and such taxes shall
be collected from the property of the firms,
persons or associations to which they sever
ally belong
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-03-29

MAIL RoBBERY-PERRY DENNIsroN, a
clerk in the Chicago Post Office, has been
arrested for robbing the mail. He lad
been suspected for some time, when the
special mail agent, in order to ferret him
oat, placed decoy letters containing money
in the Office and then concealed himself in
the room He watched but a short time,
before he beheld the gentleman quietly
transferring the money letters to his peck
cts. The next morning he was arrested at
his lodgings and the money found on his
person.
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For the Pioneer.
Facts OF History i'm Relation TO the Mini
nesOta and Northwestern Railroad
Company.

Mr.. EDITOR THE history of this Com
pany, from its inception to the present mo-
ment, is one of the facts of the times which
cannot but strike the observing and solicit
Gus citizen with wonder and amazement That
there could have been found in our country
men SO base as to carry on so unmitigated a
scheme of fraud, as that Of which the agents
of this Company have been guilty, and this in
the face of community which processes to
abhor deceit and treachery of every kind, is in
itself not so strange; but that in the face OF
the whole country, and with the privity Of the
Senate of these United States they should be
successful in their evil practices, is indeed to
be mourncd over. And now, why is it, that
the weak and feeble ones morally; those who
throw blight on all whom they inveigle into
their embrace, by making them like themselves
creatures Of cunning and deceit why is it that
such persons have had the control among us,
and have effected the results they have, in re-
spect to this railroad company? We cannot
solve this question but we know that there is
q GCd in Israel, and that He in his His own
good time will vindcatc the principles which
are the alone basis of His throne, to wit,-truth
and justice-and with Him, therefore, should
we leave the issues of all our efforts, be they
ever so apparently unsuccessful. Time, we
know, tries the virtue Of all men, and so does
it the virtue of bodies corporate and to time,
therefore, do we look for the unfoldings which
this Company will discover.
But, Mr.. Editor, my object in this article is
not SO much to philosophize upon the past his
tory of this Railroad Company, as it is briefly
to captnlate the main points Of fraud which
will ever characterize its history and to these
l now invite the attention of your readers.
FIRST. 1t is a (which no one now doubts,
that all the rights which this Company have in
any grants of land which Congress has made
for railroad purposes i'll our Territory, have
been obtained by deliberate and downright
fraud by 10 less a fraud than that of lalsify-
ing bill after it had passed the House OF Rep
resentatives, and so classifying it as to make it
to all intents and purposes, the same bill which
had some months previously been presented to
the said House for its action, and been reject
ed by it. .t.1
SECOND. 1t is fact, which the letter Of
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BALTIMORE, March l6.

New Orleans papers of Saturday received.
The Isabella at Charleston brings Havana
and Key West dates to the 10th.
Nothing important at Havana. The trial
of those concerned in the late conspiracy had
commenced, and throngs were around the
court house when the Isabella left.
The presence of the steamers st. Lawrence
and Pampero ct Key West had given rise to
more fillibuster stories, but their business there
was satisfactorily explained.
No additional arrivals of distressed vessels
or wrecks were reported at Key West.
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-03-29

~A Mile OF PIcEoNs.-The Terre
Haute American says that the country
Whereabouts is literally swarming with wild
pigeons. On the evening Of the 9th, about
o'clock, flock near mile in length by
about sixty feet deep, passed directly over
the city, making noise audible at a great
distance.
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CHAPTER 2.

SEC. /. There shall be city council, to consist
Of Mayor and Board Of Aldermen.
SEc.2. The Board Of Aldermen shall consist OF
six MEMBERS two from each ward, to he chosen for
two years by the qualified voters Of each respective
ward.
SEC. 3. No person shall be an alderman unless at
the time of his election he shall have resided six
months within the limits of the city, and shall be at
the time of his election twenty-one years ofage.
[To BE Concluded
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R2rThe Hon. JOHN PETIT ex-senator
from Indiana, was sworn in as presiding
Judge of the Lafayette Judicial Circuit I'M
mediately on his return from Washington,
and entered at once upon his duties.