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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03
Hi L. WHITE.

We have heretofore neglected to notice
that Miss NANCY N. SoorT, the grand daugh-
Ter of HU. L. WHITE, proposes to publish a
biography of that distinguished man. The
lives of the great and good should be pre-
served, their virtues embalmed. and their
public acts. their teachings and writings so
recorded that others, remote from the times
in which they existed and by their career H.
Illustrated, may have the benefit of them
We are gratifed that Miss Scott has engaged
in the noble and pleasing task of collating
and placing In form in which they may be
preserved, the speeches, letters, writings, &c,
of her distinguished grandsife. The work
will be one which should be in the hands Of
every East Tennesseean, as all should che.
rish the memory and services of East Ten
nessee's most distinguished son.
We cOpy the following paragraph on the
subject from the Independent Miscellany
Aberdeen, Mississippi
HU. l.. WHITE.-Nancy N. Scott, the
grand daughter of this distinguished man
proposes publishing his biography. The en-.
terprise deserves the cordial patronage Of the
public. Especially should Southerners give
it their earnest encouragement. How much
more sensible for us to purchase and peruse
such work than the miserable trash which
emanates from the North under the titles Of
"Barnum's Antibiograph," and "The Life OF
Horace Greeley" sc. &c. twill be proud
day for the South when reading men adorl
their centre-tables with our own publications.
Then only can we call ourselves free from mn
intellectual bondage, which has enthralled us
for years.
The Biography Of Hugh L. White will be
rich contribution to Southern Literature
His speeches, delivered in tho U. S. Senate,
will alone render the volume interesting
The proposed work will contain about five
hundred pages, and will, also, be adorned by
an engraving OF Mr. White. 1t will be de-
livered to subscribers at the county seat
Terms $500 per copy, payable when the
book is delivered. Subscriptions will be re-
ceived at this office, and the names of sub.
scribers Immediately forwarded to the author.
We wish her all success in her laudable en-
terprise, and assure her of the kind wishes of
the Southern Press.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

ACCIDENT on THE Va. d TENN. r. r.
On Wednesday last negro man whose duty
il was 10 watch the track near Newbern,
laid down and went to sleep, with his arm
upon the rail. The mail train came along
and cut his arm so badly that it was neces-
sary TO amputate II near the shoulder. A
few days before this happened the train was
belated, and near Wylhevllle the engineer
discovered something upon the truck and
checked up. When he got within forty or
fifty yards Of tho obstruction number of
chikens flew off the truck, and supp,sng
that they were the only things in the way
he let on steam again.
II happened however, that negro had set
down his basket Of chickens upon the track
and laid down to sleep, using the rail as
pillow for his head, with his body inclining
down the embankment. The COW catcher
struck his head, tumbling him down the en-
bankment, and, thanks TO the thickness of
his skull, he met no other damage than the
breaking Of n couple Of HE ribs. There is
some use after all in a thick skull--Repub.
icdn.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

LIFE AS IT Is.-"Let US make an excp,,;,.
down the street and see what we can lear,
Yonder is the wreck of rich mans son u.
was permitted to grow up without emDlov
ment, went and came as he pleased, and sDor,
his time in the qualification of spontnneou.
passions, desires, and inclinations, with -.
one to check him, when his course was .vn
or encourage him in the ways Of wisdom
His father was rich, and for that reason n.
son thought he had-nothing 10 do, no par, in
honest labor to peform.
swell, the father died, and the son inhs,;
ted a portion of his abundant wealth. ana
having never earned money by honest toll. h.
knew not the value of it, and having no
knowledge Of business, he knew no, how ,o
use it, so he gave loose reins to his appetite,
and passions, and ran al a rupid pace down
the broad road Of dissipation. Now behold
him-a broken down man, bowed with in.
trinity, a mere wreck of what he was both
physically and mentally Hismoner is gone,
and he lives on the charity of those who's.
hearts are open with pity. Such is the fats
of hundreds and thousands that are born ,o
fortune.
sand there, onthe opposite side, in tina,
comfortable mansion, lives the son of poor
cobbier. Fifteen years ago he left the hum.
BILE room Of his parents, and went forth into
the broad world alone to seek his fortune
All his treasures consisted of his chest OF
tools, good knowledge Of bis trade, honest
principles, industrious habits, aud twenty five
coppers. Now he is the owner Of that ele.
giant mansion, is doing = thriving business,
possesses an unbroken constitution, and bids
fair to live to a good old age. Sueh is the
lot Of hundreds and thousands who never
boosted Of wealthy parentage.
"What . lesson should this 30 to those
who are by all means, either fair or foul, &C.
cumuIating treasures for their children. II
the rich would train up their children TO reg
ular habits Of industry, very nany of them
would be ssved from intemperance, misery,
and an untimely end"
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IMPROVED VARIETIES OF WHEAT PROM
rRANcE.-'There have lately bsen imported from
France three varieties of wheat-the Neapoli.
tan white wheat, well suited to the southern
States, but too tender for the northern; the
Saumer whent and the early Noe wheat
As the two latter hive the property of ripen.
ing some days before our common varieties
of wheat, If they otherwise succeed this eli.
mate, a great, point will be accomplished
A single week gnincd in the npening will
often secure the crop from injury of the rust
or the fly, independent OF the advantages TO
be gained in the mnfkot. The Saumer
wheat is originally from the valleys of Anjou,
n southeastern province of Frnnce, and ss
very remarkable variety Of winter wheat
The ear Is strong and full, of reddish color,
and very much esteemed by farmers. Tho
straw is very white, higher thnn that Of OF.
binary wheat, and also larger and sweeter--
The Noe wheat was introduced by Mr. Do
Noe, and is commonly known in the centre
OF France under the name Of blue wheat, and
owing to its hardy and productive nature, il
is gradually superseding the Snumer wheat
in the high ATTITUDES OF Paris, and is much
sought after on account Of its precocity, and
would succeed well rs March wheat If sown
early
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

~ The Ministry Of Sardinia have sup.
pressed sixty three Of the seventy Monkish
orders in the kingdom, under the law recent.
ly enacted by the Parliament, and their revo.
nues are appropriated to the support of their
infrm members and the poor benefices and
schools of the country. The organ Of the
Church at Turin, ("Thc Armonia") announces
the Ministers and Members of Parliament
who voted for il nre accommodated under
chap. XII. Of the Council Of Trent, without q
special bull, and that they cannot receive the
sncraments of the Church. 1t is intimnted
however, that new note from Rome mny be
looked for.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

tT Twenty five years ago the Prophet
Joseph Smith organized the Mormon Church
with six members. At the present time the
Church in Utah territory contains three pres.
idents, eeven apostles, two thousand and
twenty.six seventies" seven hundred and
fifteen high priests nine hundred and ninety.
four elders, five hundred and fourteen priests
four hundred and seventy. one teachers, two
hundred and twenty seven deacons, besides
the usual ratio of persons in training for the
ministry but not yet ordained, and four hun
bred and eighty.nine missionaries abroad
During the six months ending with the begin
ming Of April last, nine hundred and sixty.
five children were born in the territory o.
Utah, two hundred and seventy eight person.
died, four hundred and seventy-nine were
baptized in the Mormon faith, and eighty six
were exeommunicated from the Church.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03
SPARKS FROM A DoMEsTIc PRESIDE.

No, Mr.. Trimmings! shant do It TO please
you or anybody else. know very well VINO
has been putting you up to such notions, but
il won't do. I'm not going to spoil my
Araminta AIMS hands to please your meddle-
some, old-fashioned sister! Let me tell Won
that Learn her to cook and wash, indeed
I'm surprised at you. Mr.. Trimmings, that
! you have no more pride than to want our
daughters to work. ! don't intend they shall
know anything about it, and then their hus.
bands, when they marry, cart expect It OF
them. My girls weren't intended for drudges
to any man, and they shan't be either. Id
like to know If Mrs. Fitz Snobbs would ever
| call again, if she should come in and see
Aramnta Ann, or Amanda Malvina, with a
broom in their hands! No, indeed
Dir. Trimmings, You may as well hush; |
shan't spoil my girls prospects, to please any
one. Cook and wash, indeed LEARN them
to keep house! No, sir! All I'm going to
have my girls TO learn, is to be graceful md
elegant; and I'd like to know If they could
be either, coming in from the kitchen, all red
and mustled up, their hands ali burned and
blackened, and their long finger nails all
broken. No, Mr. Trimmings my girls were
born to be ladies', and ladies' they shall be
not kitchen maids. Yon needn'. tell me !
know how TO work! What il | do! II
hadn't known how, you would never have ex-
pected il Of me, and Pm determined my girls
shan't know anything about it. If they can
play the piano and harp, talk little French,
sing little Italian, and dance and walk
gracefully, that is all think necessary for
them to know. Mr.. Trimmings, it's all useless
you cannot alter my mind bit, and I'm
going to have my own way about il. And
now, while I'm talking Of it, just give me ten
dollars 10 pay the seamstress's bill. Why
don't the girls sew just because won't let
them prick their fingers to pieces-thats why!
Mr.. Trimmings you're the most unreasonable
man ever heard of! Do you think Augustus
Van Sympleton would think any more Of our
Araminta Ann, because she could make
pudding, o. shirt! No, indeed, Mr.. Tim
mings; he wouldn't marry any girl who had
so low m opinion Of herself rs to work. He
wants his wife, Mr.. Trimmings, to grace his
parlor, and he will have housekeeper to grace
his kitchen. Never mind about their getting
poor men, Mr.. Trimmings; my daughters are
better raised, and have more sense than TO
indulge in any romance, unless that romance
has solid gliding. No, Mr. Timmings-they
will have no fancy for love in cottage, unless
it should be cottage orne. So, you needn't
fret-they will know how to care for no one.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

tW-The case involving the question Of
the unconstitutionality of the Prohibitory
Liquor Law, between the People and VIM
London, proprietor of the Clay Hotel, of AL
bany, N. Y, which has created much interest
in that city, terminated on Saturday evening
the jury promptly returning verdict of "not
guilty." II is said that this verdict was TO-
ceived with general reclamation by the i'm
mense auditory who were at the City Hail.
and that it is the subject Of congratula.
ton among the business classes Of the citi-
zana
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

WILL LAGER BEER INroxrcArE!-The
Daily Wisconsin thinks II would be important
to have this question settled, as milwaukee,
manufactures about 10000 barrels lager beer
annually. II thinks the conclusion that will
eventually be arrived nj, will DO that il de.
ponds upon who drink the beer whether IL il
intoxicating or not. The German population
OF that city drink their beer just as the farm.
er's children drink their milk, and for so OK.
tensive use il thinks there is but little in.
toxication produced. But our American
drinkers Of lager beer do get most wofuIly
fuddled upon II. There must be reason for
this. II may be that Americans do no, know
how or whom 10 drink H.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

tB The Union says it is held in contem.
plation to issue, in few days, a proclama.
ton for the sale of public lands in all the
land Offices in the Territory Of Minnesota
principally situated west of the Mississippi
river, extending from the boundary of Town
to the Minnesota (late st. Peters> river, and
embracing large body of new lands acqui.
red by recent treaties with the Indians; also
the reservation of Fort Smelling and the falls
of st. Anthony, heretofore advertised, but moi
offered for sale. From recent letters received
at the General Land Office it is nscertained
that this region is being settled by emigrants
from the States, who arc anxious to acquire
titles to their new homes. The quantity OF
land to be sold will be 5,2S6,674 acres.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

GERMAN lSFIDELITY IN AMERICA.-A Ger.
man clergy man who is employed as a mis-.
sionnry in New York, publishes the follow.
ing declaration, which he says is only very
moderate statement OF the evil at work in
in the German heart in the United States
"InfdeIity and Sabbath proclamation are "a.
ging amonng our countrymen like the cho.
lern in the Orient. The thronged and Gu.
riou, events of the times have impaired to
thousands of Germans lnstc for the news.
papers, and there are now, I think, eight
German newspapers edited in New York,
and their general bearing is anti Christian
More destructive, perhHps, nre their lodges
They nre numerous, and have ostensibly for
their object the support Of the sick, but indi.
recty they destroy all Christian sentiments
and bring from the deep bottom of a sinful
heart to the surface, Rntionalism and Athe.
ism. The lodge is the great speculation
field of bad spirits"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03
.B-A Paris letter saws, the English G,

:B-A Paris letter says, the English Gov
eminent is hurrying off reinforcements, and a
rumor has circulated here of the imminence
of levy as well as of loan. The army OF
France has sent in all 100000 men to the
Crmea, of whom nearly half are already hor,
de combat. 100000 are all that remain in
France, md this is the very least rumber that
LOUIS Napoleon must maintain in the coun-
try for the preservation of his rule. lie may
perhaps ensily send 10000, more, but in
ordcr to send 100000, levy is indispensable.
do not, however, think this measure likely,
at present.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

H-T The Boston Traveller has some fur.
ther particulars Of the explosion Of the boiler
OF the locomotive on the Vermont Central
Rail Road, on Thursday. The train was 60
ing at the rate of 40 miles an hour at the
time, the engineer having put on all the
steam in ordea TO reach a turnout at a Ger.
tain time. The water, unfortunately, gave
out, and tho explosion followed. The Tray.
eller says:
aThe report was terrific, and seemed al il
half dozen cannon had been discharged to-
gether. The engine was thrown from the
track, a complete wreck, and lodged some
distance off down an embankment. The
cars were also both thrown from the track,
and so great was their velocity that they pro-
ceeded over the sleepers more than a hun
bred yards before their impetus could be
checked, which was occasioned by the for.
ward wheels becoming deeply imbeded in
the ground. The explosion was heard for
miles.
"Thc conductor who was killed was Rich
ard r. Bush, Of Burlington. He lenves a
family. The engineers name was French
"The fireman was picked up with leg
and m arm broken. and otherwise shocking.
ly bruised and scalded. He was insersible, but
still breathed, and ION consciousness return.
ing he asked. "What have you all been n
bout!" II is thought no cannot survive. A
boy in the baggage car had his face badly
cut and bruised by portions of the exploded
boiler No passengers were injured, although
their CONSERVATION for while WINS great"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA, AUGUSTA.
We should have directed attention at an
earlier day to tho Card for the Twenty
Fourth Course of Lectures at this ilourishing
Medical Institution. 1t will be found on the
next page. A period of twenty.four years
has suiliced, not only for the permanent es.
adjustment of the College, and the collec.
ton of all the appliances for thorough
Medical Education, but has secured the favor
and unwavering confidence of the Profession
The Trustees appeal without hesitancy to
the character of the numerous graduates now
numbering upwards of seven hundred, fol
tho evidence Of the thoroughness Of the
cousse of instruction.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

A DIAMOND FOUND IN PENrsYLvANIA.-A
supposed diamond, Of extraordinary size, il is
stated, has recently been found in Lancaster
county, Pa, and is deposited in Professor
Philips Office, Philadelphia. II is colorless,
perfectly crystalline, resembling drop Of
clear spring water, in the middle Of which
you will perceive a strong light, playing with
good deal Of spirit. The gcoIogist does
not announce it to DO Of the first water, al
though there is not the least doubt Of its
being of considerable value. Offers OF impor-
lance, il is said, have been declined for it.
Nothing, it is supposed, like it, was ever dis
covered before in the United Stntes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

w Mr. E. Merriam. Of Brooklyn, noticing
the fact that on Thursday, the thermometer.
in some situations ran up as high as 90 de-
grees, remarks:
We have our Australian records before us,
recording temperatures of lis, lIs, and 100
degrees maximum on four several days, and
on one Of those days il was at III for nenrly
whole day. We have the Arctic record o.
so before us, Of so to 5Ot degrees below zero,
for q cold term Of four and a quarter conss-
cutive bays. The two compared together
show difference Of one hundred and seventy
nine and quarter degrees temperature BE-.
tween the two places of observation. That
goes beyond anything we ever have in this
latitude,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03
LIVERPOOL, July Il,
'nhfooL, guy -.
Nothing new from the war this morning

Nothing new from the war this morning.
Diplomatic papers explanatory Of the peace
proposals Of Austria have been laid before
parliament. and are published in the London
papers Of to day (l4th.)
Radetsky has demanded large and imme.
diate reinforcements to the garrisons Of Mi
Ian, Verona, and Venice, and 10000 are TO DO
distributed among the Italian garrisons.
The subject Of n general exchange OF pris.
oners is in the hands Of board Of French
and English officers, in session at Paris.
Letters state that 10000 men were en-
ployed on the new works to be erected
against the Notifications Of the Malakoff and
Redan. Gen. Peissier has ordered the dis.
tribution of daily ration Of wine or brandy,
maintain the SANITARY condition Of the troop,
which had been affected BY the excessive heat
and heavy storms.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

W There are in the city Of New York
80 Baptist churches, numbering $3.50
communicates; s Congregational churches,
with 1850 communicates; 90 Dutch Reform.
ed churches, with 1866 COMMITMENTS; Luz
theran churches, with 304s communicates;
35 Methodist Episcopal churches, with 1852
communicates; 4S Presbyterian churches,
with l3,947 communicates, and 4s Protes.
tant Episcopal churches, with Sl60 commu-
cants. This makes an aggregate of l96
churches.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

~ a liquor riot occurred in Bloomington,
Illinois, last Thursday, 10Th inst. Three
groceries, or GROCERIES were assaied after
night by mob Of men and boys, with stones,
axes and crowbars, and their door, and win
dows speedily demolished and an entrance
effected by the ASSISTANTS, who proceeded to
knock in the heads of sundry whiskey bar.
rels found in the buildings. Some six or
seven barrels Of liquor were thus destroyed.
During the assault two shots were fired from
one Of the building. on the mob, which were
promptly returned with eight or ten BY the
assaiants.
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New York, July 90,

ANrW iohh, SuiJ 40.
The weather with its sudden changes of
temperature is not more variable than public
opinion in reference to Mayor Wood. Before
he was elected he was n scoundrel. Soon
after his Inauguration, he was translated and
glorilied rs saint Then he commenced his
crusade against the "poor unfortunates," and
like the mercury in Il thermometer, he fell
very fast and very low from his former estate.
But he would not execute the liquor law, and
that interest Immediately took him to their
bosom again, ard shouted his praises most
Justify. But now Mayor Wood seems to have
lost the confidence and gained the abuse of
nearly all the papers and various factions and
parties, and individuals.
The editors of the Sunday Atlas and the
Sunday Dispatch, both of whom are Alder
men, pepper and salt the Mayor every Sab
bath day with the most unsavory epithets.-
He refused to consult one about the appoint
ment of n Captain of Police, and the other
was Disguised because he would not obige
him in certain street sweeping operation.
Hnc lilo lachrymG. The Times and the
Courier and Enquirer, have their political axes
to grind, and so they take it out in whacking
away at the Mayor. The Tribune, since his
action on. the liquor question: has done with
him. The News always despised him, and is
still true to its instincts
Only few papers and persons, neut-als in
politics and dsinterestcd in public affairs, ex-
cept what is for The welfare of the city, con-
tinue to cheer and support Mayor Wood
Among the former the Journal Of Commerce
is most prominent. Mayor Wood may be a
bad man; he may cling to his old political
tricks and habits, but he has given to the
municipal history of this city splendid ex-
ample of energy, honesty and courage, such
as will live and exert salutary Influence
when both he and those who now malign
him are buried and forgotten.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, July rs.
The U. s. Mail steam ship Atlantic, Capt
West, has arrived at this port from Liverpool
which port she left on the l4th inst.
The most important item of news by thi:
arrival is the fact-telegraphed from London
to Liverpool just prior to the departure Of
the Atlantic-that Lord John Russell had
resigned; and that it was rumored that the
Earl of Derby would be called upon to form
another Ministry. This event, however, was
not unexpected, as on the 18th inst, Sir Bull
yer Lytton moved in Parliament that the
Ministry containing Lord John Russell was
unworthy the confidence Of the nation. This
crisis has arisen in consequence of Lord Johns
bungling explanation of his conduct at the
Vienna Conference. Parliament will be pro-
rogued IN August Queen Victoria will visit
the Emperor and Empress Of France in Paris
on the 7th of August.
Sebastopol had again been bombarded by
the Allies for two days, but without success
Thirty thousand Of the Allies were employ
ed in erecting immense works against the
Malakoff and Redan Towers, aud the Rus
slams were throwing up fort in the rear Of
the Raden, and erecting other formidable
work, commanding those positions The
cholera was declining. The Russians had
made an Intellectual sortie to retake the Mann
elon Battery. There are strong indications
Of campaign on the Danube. 1t was ru-
mored that the Turks were retiring before
the Russians in Asia, and also. that the Rus
SLAMS had been repulsed by the Turks before
Kars. The Allied fleets in the Baltic were
destroying all the property on the coast
II was rumored that revolt had taken
place in the, Russian Siberian regiments, and
also that change had taken place in the
Russian Cabinet.
The Spanish insurreetion had been suppress
ed.
1t is anticipated that Austria will shortly
issue new Circular, defending the course Of
Austria and replying to the inuendoes Of
Louis Napoleon.