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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

lHE LONDON PUNCH ON GENDER.-The
sun is called masculine from his supporting
and sustaining the moon, and finding her
whercwithal to shine away as she does of
night and from his being obliged to keep
such family of stars besides. The moon is
feminine, because she is constantly changing
Just as ship is blown about by every wind.
The church is feminine, because shei married
to the State, and time is masculine, because
he is trihed with by the ladies'.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

MAsTALGA, OR HOME SrcKsEss.-The
song Of "home, sweet home, there is no place
like home" is receiving new illustration in
tho Crimea, according to the medical author
tiles. The Gazette de Medicine SAYS that il
is one Of the main pre- disposing causes of the
greater part of the sickness among the Allied
troops The mortality, indeed, has been
alarming, whether produced by home sick
ness or not. The cholera alone has destroy.
ed in the East greater number of soldiers
than were brought into the field by Freder-
ick the Great in all his wars.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

IIUMoRs OF PoLrTIcs. Passing the Tribune
office Tuesday night, after it had become
pretty generally known that "Sam" had gore
in with Il rush, we were not n little amused
to hear one of "Sam's" particular friends
most humorously, but with great earnestness,
declaring @ ~ innt he ca e5rGd not copper VINO had
beaten. "But," interposed companion, "it's
the bloody Know Nothin's that's eected."-
"Oh the devil abit | care, when Greely's not
elected" was the emphatic rejoinder ats
them blatherin' nigger fellows that's always
disturbin' the pace ov tho country, and
wantin' to give England her way wild us whin
she crooks finger that like to see licked.
They're the manest party ivew was got up,
and bad luck to thin, | hope the Know
Nothin's hes licked thim.-N Y. Sun.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30
THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, NOV. so, 1855.

LAST NoTIcE.-All persons in this county
indebted to the office of the "Post," either
by note or account, who do not pay up by the
lst of January, 1856, will find the "docu-
ments" in the hands of officer Turner, who
is we'll known for his untirng zeal in per-
scouting unfortunate debtors. Those who
owe for more than one years subscription and
who do not pay up by that time, will be
charged $500 per year in every instance
We have waited on many of our patrons
with patience and long suffering, and cannot
afford to wait any longer. Debtors in other
counties will be specially attended to as soon
as we can get their accounts drawn off.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

The REELECTION OF GOVERNOR GARDNER
OF MASSACHUSETTS, TRIUMPH OF UNION
PARTY.-The New York Journal of Com.
merce, most decided Nebraska and anti
freesoil and anti.American paper, publishes
the following letter from its Boston cores
pondent
BosToN, Nov. 18th, 1855.
The result of our State election is gener-
ally toleraGly satisfactory. The candidate
that you will remember we set down MS having
the best chance,is elected Governor though by
larger plurality than even his friends antici
pated. Governor Gardner was lately Union,
or Webster Wing, and is probably the same
now; without change, except that he adopts
in addition, the Native American idea. The
triumph of Governor Gardner and friends is
really triumph of a Union party, because
all the sectional Know Nothings left the
party to unite with the Fusionists. And then
we add all the votes for Beach, and al! for
VALLEY as Union votes, making some 100000
votes ir Massachusetts for the American I'm
ion, against about $4,000 for Rockwell or
disunion And it may be fairly inferred, that
some persons who voted for Rockwell, though
the principle or sentiment of that party tends
to dsunion, would in the last issue vote for
the Union rather than disunion or anarchy
Thus you will perceive that old Massachu
setts, which has wavered at times in her
course, causing anxiety among the friends
of constitutional liberty, is yet sound on
the question of the Union and the Consttu-
ton.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

The editor of New Orleans Medical and
Surgical Journal says, that after the most
searching investigation, there appears to be
an entire unanimity of opinion, both among
contagionists and non.contagionists, that the
yellow fever Of 1855 originated in New Or
leans, and that all the earlier rs well MS the
latter cases occurred among persons who had
not been in any manner exposed to the fe-
yer in foreign parts or to imported contagion.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

VERY BITTER BUT SLIGHTLY SWEET
The Richmond Enquirer takes the success of
the Know Notbings of New York, in the
election of their State ticket, as n bitter pill,
but sweetens it wich the consong fact that
the Seward fusionist beat the Know Moth.
ings in the Legislature. In a great afflc.
ton, what little things will comfort us.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

SPRISGFIELD, Nov. 19.-An unsuccessful
attempt to murder and rob was made in this
city last night. Two men gained admittance
to the Pynchon Bank Buildings during the
day and on entrance of the Clerk at night at.
tackled him with intent 70 murder him. They
stabbed the Clerk, but the latter created an
alarm by shooting, when his assaants fled.
The Clerks wounds are not serious.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

ALEXANDRIA, Nov, l9th,-The setting on
fire of Dowel's store is sai0 to be delbe-
rate act of incendiarism. The candles were
saturated with camphene, and tracks of gun
powder leading to the gates were found
Mr.. Dowell and two of his clerks are arrest.
ed, charged with incendiarism. Mr.. Dowell
had $4,000 insurance, and value of the
stock said to be $4,000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

eY- The whole number of cars and loco
motives on the Erie Railroad is 3,16S, which
if coupled together IN one train, would reach
distance of twenty.one miles, and be able
to carry 100000 persons in one day from
New York to Lake Erie. The company has
in its employ not less than 5000 persons,
whose pay per month is $685. O,or 81 ,5OO,-
900 per year.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

effect of active exercise is to give tone to the
nerves, TO quicken the circulation, to drive the
blood TO the remotest parts Of the system; in
word to stimulate all the vital operations,
and slerdte The animal temperature. From
what was said when had under considera.
ton the subject of exercise, the reader must
be satisfied that there can be no substitute
for IL
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

.4y- 1t is the remark of profound scholar,
that there is hardly sentence in any of tho
best English authors, about the meaning of
which, if a question of property were to de-
pend upon its construction, n doubt might not
be raised.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

DEATH OF AN OLD NAVAL OFFIcER.-Cap-
tain Jonathan ID. Ferris, of the United States
Navy, died at his residence in Norfolk, on
Wednesday evening. He was 81 years of
age, had been in the Navy 46 years, and re-
ceived his commission as Lieutenant, July
18th, 1889, from President Jackson as an
acknowledgement Of his gallant services at
the Battle of New Orleans ...
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

eB-An old Yankee, who, when he was
told by an English tourist in this country
that the celebration of the Fourth of July
would soon be extinct, answered: "See here
stranger, don't talk that way, tell you, when
the Resurrection day comes round, the first
thing done in the morning will be to read the
Declaration Of Independence"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

The "NIGGER" AN INsTITUTIoN-The N.
o. Crescent gives the following view of the
great propelIing power in American politics
that mighty force, which, if it does moth
ing else, is of immense importance MS an
agent to keep society from stagnation:
.'The 'nigge-'s is great, in fact, stupen-
dendous institution. He answers threefold
purpose, and that is more than many white
men are capable of. In the first place he
sows, hoes, and gathers in product which
clothes world, which has made Massachu-
sets rich and saucy-better than her neigh
bor which enables England to carry on the
war against Russia; which supplies France
with the sinews Of conflict, and which helps
Christian nations to cut each others throats
by furnishing the raw material indispensable
to the prosecution of multifarious branches
of industry.
ain the second place, the niger assists
the Abolitionists and ant-Americans of the
North wonderfully. Without Sambo they
would soon anguish ana die. His odor alone
supplies them with vitality.
'In the third place, the 'nigger' is just rs
useful in the South rs in the North. In the
North he manufactures bogus Democrats,
Aboitionists, and anti.Americans. In the
South, he manufactures anti-American Seces-
sionists and bogus Democrats. He is equally
valuable in both sections of the Union in the
furth erance of objects Numerically opposed
to each other. Wonderful product is Sambo.
Hurra for Africa"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

t5' The Directors o; the Pacific Rail
Road are having preparations made for the
immediate reconstruction of the Gasconhde
bridge, where the recent awful calamity oc-
Cured to the excursion train, as well MS the
two other bridges which broke down subse-
quently. All the materials are ready to be
put together Mechanics are at work at the
wreck of the cars, saving such property rs
can be turned to account; and it is probable
that three or four passenger ears will be sa.
we'd without very great injury, so that they
may be soon put in order for use. No more
bodies have been found among the ruins, al
though 3iligcnt search has been made.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

eW- The Legislature of Alabama on Mon
day the 10Th, went into the election of Uni
ted States Senator, which resulted in the
choice of the Hon. Benz. Fitzpatrick. The
vote stood Fitzpatrick 49, Luke Prior As.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

YoUNG AMERIoA.--The Keesville IN. W
Standard has the following hymenial notice:
an Black Brook, on the 18th ult, by John
Parkburst Esq, Mr.. Hazor Amor Stacy, aged
l6, to Miss Harriet Hathaway IS, both Of
Wilmington"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

.W- The shipping of the world is estimat-
ed at l45,500 vessels, and the aggregate ton
mage l5,5OO,oOO. Hunts Magazine estimates
that at $50 ton the shipping of the world
is worth the enormous amount of S775,OOO,-
600. Of this, fifteen and half millions of
tonnage, more than ten anda half millions be-
long to the Anglo-Saxon race-Unted States,
10000 vessels, and 5,66l ,4l6 tonnage; Great
Britain, $1,000 vessels, and 5,O4S,27o ton
mage.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

rB-To report what you have heard in so.
cial intercorse is sometimes sad treachery;
and when it is not treacherous, II Is often
foolish.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

sSyA A recent estimate of the British wheat
crop, published by Mr. John Card, in the
London papers, has attracted attention on the
other side, from the fact that it reduces the
deficit, as compared with 1854, to one.tenth,
and the growth of last year being unusually
heavy, the writer assumes that 2,8l2,5OO
quarters, 22,500,000 bushels will supply tho
deficiency in the annual consumption Of the
United Kingdom, which, he says, sis little
more than one.half the average annual i'm
portation of the last five years" His figures
for the crop of 1866 are l5,ls7, 500 quarters;
wants of the Kingdom 100000
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

sB A modest young gentleman at din
ner party put the following conundrum:
"Why are most people who eat turkies like
babies!"
No reply. The modest man blushed and
would have backed out, but finally gave the
reason:
because they are fond of the breast"
Two middle-aged ladies tainted; the re.
mains of the young man were carridd out by
the coroner, and three married ladies clapped
their handkerchiefs to their mouths in con-
Ynlsions-toothache Of course.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

A MEMBER OF CONGRESS RISING IN THE
WoRLD.-The Hon. r. IT, Stanton, formerly
a member of Congress from Kentucky, has
been promoted to the editorial chair, and now
presides over tho Weekly Mnysvillo Ex'
press.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

DIsBANDED.-At a meeting of the "Loca
Grand Council of Charleston, on Friday
night, John Cunningham President, it was
resolved
That this Council recommend to the SUBJ
ordinate Councils, in this city, to disband
their present organization, and discharge
their members individually from its existing
obligations; also, that this Council recon-
mend to the State Council, and to the other
subordinate Councils of the State, similar
dissolution"
The Charleston Evening News" Know
Nothing, edited by Mr.. Cunningham, says
this is the "end of what has been called Know
Nothing gism in our CITY"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

Your County PAPER.-The following ex-
tract from Fowler and Wells "Life Illustrat-
ed" is so good and to the point, that we re.
commend it to our friends without further
comment:
ave occasionally receive letters in which
the writers express an intention to stop their
county or village paper, and take one of our
publications instead. We always regret to
receive such intimations. We think man
ought to support his own paper first, and
then if he can afford to take paper from a
distance, let him do so, and we shall be happy
to furnish him with "Life Illustrated" The
country press, in our opinion, is the most
important in its effect on the enlightenment
of the nation. 1t conveys in ten thousand
rills, intelligence to nearly every home in the
country The county press ought to receive
a cordial support. Every place should try to
have its paper of such character that the
people could be justly proud Of it, To this
end let them pay promptly, advertise literally,
recommend warmly, and in every way stand
by their editor as long as they conscientiously
can"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

eB- Percussion or Illuminating Powder,
as it is called, possesses such extraordinary
power that it cannot be used as II proiectile,
there being no cannon capable of withstand
ing its force, if fired in any quantity at once.
Sufficient to project ball or bomb shell
would completely shatter a cannon on the
instant of explosion. The illuminate is com.
posed of nitric acid, extracted from sulphate,
alcohol, or spirits Of wine and mercury. The
fall of a feather upon pure Illuminating pow.
der will sometimes cause it to explode. One
ounce of it is more than enough for charging
thousand caps, the illuminate being mixed
with quarter of its weight of water and half
its weight of gunpowder, and ground with a
wooden muller on n marble slab. The terrific
force of the article is owing to the concentra.
tion into n solid form of the elements of air
in the immediate juxtapositon of combustible
materials, which, when fired, assume instan-
taneously, the air, shape and bulk, which is
by the heat, developed at the instant of ex-
plosion, feNrfuly increased in size.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30
THE FIELD OF '56.

The Presidential track is clear for the race
of 1856; and the time to bring out the candi.
dates draws near. The American party, by
their recent triumphs, have placed themselves
in 4 position TO win an easy victory. A glo-
rious opportunity opens before them. Let
wise counsels prevail, and the strong republi
can element of Protestant Americanism may
now be elevated and inaugurated as the
ruling spirit of the Union. But the new
party must speedily dvest itself of those
elements of weakness-OATHs and SECRECY;
and cultivate more christian federation to-
wards all religious sects-,chich do not admit
Of any human supremacy ouer The Slate.
Romanism is scarcely deserving of the
name of religion. 1t is simply Secret
Order, struggling subtly and uuscrupu-
lOusly for temporal power, and using the
sacred name of Christ as cloak for its sins.
1t is for this reason that We oppose it, that
we protest against it, and that we regard its
active jesuitical agents as disqualified for the
discharge of the executive offices of the Re-
public. There is system oc espionage and
proselytism connected with this powerful
hierarchy, that renders the whole system of
Romanism incompatible with Republicansm.
1t is based upon the ignorance and supersti-
tons of the masses; and crowned by the love
of ritual splendor and easy absolGton among
the vainer, wickeder and wealthier classes.
There is not word spoken against Ro-
manism at dinner table in New York. over
heard by Catholic walters, that may not be
repeated at the Vatican, if the Pope so wishes
it. The servant behind your chair tells the
Bishop, the Bishop tells the Cardinal, and the
Cardinal tells the Pope. The whole system
is one wide whisper gallery; and its tyranny
ever has been, and always will be, commensu-
rate with its power. Therefore, every honest
friend of Freedom and Humanity must boldly
protest against it.
The Nationality of the American Party
must be the main pillar of its support.
1t must leave the cursed question Of Slave
ry where the Constitution has confined t--a
domestic institution, entirely under the control
of the individual States. Then let them
bring out good men for ofice-great men for
great offices, and honest men for all Offices
and all the powers of their adversaries
"with the demons down under the sea-" can
not prevent them from sweeping the field in
1856.
Among the prominent candidates for the
Presidency, we may mention Crittenden and
Morehead, of Kentucky; Fillmore and Law,
of New York; Bates of Missouri; and Choate
and Everett, of Massachusetts. On the Presi-
dental ticket, the candidates should repseseDt
both the North and the South, and both of
the old political parties.-N. Y. Mirror.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

FOREIGNERS AND SLAVERY.-Wed direct the
attention of our readers to the following ex-
tract, on slavery, from a Democratic German
paper. If native Americans Of any party can
read it without feelings of Indignation and
resentment. we may almost despair of the
final triumph of the principles of the Ameri-
can party:
In Detroit, there is Democratic German
paper called the "Nlichigan Volksblatt," of
which Mr.. c. Essellen is editor. In speaking
Of the course his paper intends to pursue, this
Apostle of Dutch Democracy, promises war
upon Nativeism, Professionalism and Temper
ance! And speaking of Slavery he says:
ain order to define at once our course with
all decision, we declare, that MS n general
thing, we consider this Slarery question as The
turning point 10 all American politics, and
that especially for us Germans, we recognise
il as our highest duty to resist the extension
of slavery and its political power, with all the
means at our command. This we are hidden
to do not only for humanity, which opposes
every barbarism and oppression, not only by
the eternal, unspeakabe rights of man, by the
strength of which we claim our own liberty,
not only by our honor, which demands that,
here in America, we should show ourselves
worthy of the civilization of our old home;
bm our interests also require il, the interest Of
the immigrdted citizen and Of free labor which
viii not allow slavery 20 be extended over the
wide. territories of the West"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30
THE SUNDAY QUESTION.

We confess that We were not prepared for
the statements contained in the following
article taken from London paper, called Life
Illustrated. From it we are led to expect an
early abrogation of all English laws passed
for maintaining the sanctity of the Christian
Sabbath. II says:
The Sunday question-that is, the question
whether or not the Government has right
to make any form or degree of Sunday OBJ
servances Obligatory-is now so fairly before
the English people, that it will never cease
to be agitated till it is settled in accordance
with the peoples convictions and wishes.
There is no doubt what those convictions
and wishes are The people of England de-
mand free Sunday They demand the right
o: doing anything on that day which may be
lawfully done on any day, leaving every man
free to observe The Sunday in the way his
conscience dictates They demand that trains
may run on Sunday unrestricted-that libra
ries, museums, theatres, crystal palaces, and
all other means of improvement, may be law
fully accessible on the only day when nine
tenths of the people have leisure to avail
themselves of them. They demand, in short,
that the same freedom shall be extended to
the proprietors of rational enjoyment, which
is now the privilege of all who derive their
subsistence from intoxicating cher the bodies
or the souls of their felow-mpn.
The people are certain to gdn their point,
because they have the Literary class with
them, almost to man. There is scarcely an
influential paper in England that is not
strong for free Sunday. The Times, Punch,
The Examiner, fiiou;iss99iiiividd Wods, the Lea
der are all enlisted in the cause and it is
well known that nothing can long withstand
the united attacks of The Times, Punch and
Dickens-the joint rulers of the British
Empire. The last event Of the Sunday agi-
tation is the publication of what the Exam
ner calls "two ably written ano excellent
argued Volumes" by Sir William Donville,
the object of which is to subject the assump-
tions of the Sabbatarians to II calm and close
examination, and to show that they have no
foundation, either in Scripture or in reason,
or in the circumstances of mankind. The
author does not deny, but strongly believes
that the special devotion of one day in seven
to the improvement of the soul, the acquisi
ton of knowledge, and the humanKing of the
temper, is a salutary practice, and one which
ought never to fall into disuse. But he denies
the right of Government to regulate and en-
force such observaEces, and he exposes the
demoralizing nature of that superstition
which attaches to the hours Of the first day
of the week n peculiar and awful sanctity.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

"THE EARLY BlRD."-There is an old pro-
verb, held in high esteem in the "rural dis.
trcts," which says that "the early bird catches
the worm a New York paper says, i'm.
pressed with this idea, the outsiders, or the
looymen and expectants of small favors of
the American party, have been holding seve.
raj caucuses for the division of the offices of
the House of Representatives, amounting in
all to about fifty. We hope the parties con-
cerned will arrange the business to their sat
isfaction, but we cannot guarantee rati6ca-
tion of their proceedings by the House. Sor-
ry to say it, but it is fact that all the subor-
dinate places in the House will depend upon
the election of Speaker, Clerk, Sergeant-at-
Arms and Postmaster; and they will not be
chosen till the meeting of Congress. 1t is
hard, but it is according to the constitution.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-30

CEsAR's WIrE.-The Boston Post whose
wits fly at all game, alluding to late poIitl-
cal speech of Mr.. Charles Sumner in Fanuell
Hall, says that the orator "made himself very
familiar with Mrs Caesar, wife of Gen. Julius
Cesar-taking hold of her twice during the
EVENING"