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S1rprRInRIrY or AMERICAN IRON.-It ]

SUPERIORITY OF AMERICAN lRoN.-lt is
clearly established, says the Buffalo Democ.
racy, in spite of some of our profession office
seekers who have sought to give the English
the prestige OF making the best iron, that
American is better than the British. On the
Reading road, where careful examination
have been recorded, and with a tonnage un'
surpassed by any railroad on the globe, ,Zerah
CoIburn says it is found that American iron
wears out but from one-third to one.half as
fast us English iron. The average Of six
years wear Of 60 ID. English rail was above
eleven per cent annually. The average ol
four years wear of the "Erie" (English) pat
tern, was sixteen per cent annually. ln Amer
lean rolled and pig iron the same general SUI
periorily is observable. The American pig is
both harder and tougher.
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PRESIDENTIAL TICKETS FOR lS56.--Th'
New York Herald gets up the following:

New York Herald gets up the following:
According to the new phase thrown upon
the political parties of the country by the
Virginia election, the following will probably
be the prominent opposing candidates for the
presidency in 1856
National Democracy HeryA.W Wise, of Va.
or Fernando Wood OF New York.
Know Nothings-George Law, of N. Y, oil
Hon. Mr.. Don't know who.
Niger Worshippers or Northern Disun-
ionists-W. H. Seward of New York, OF
Somebody else. =.
Massachusetts Mixed Ticket-For Presi'
dent Hon. Joseph Hiss. Vice President
Mrs. Patterson.
It will thus be seen that New York, as
heretofore will hold prominent position in
the coming campaign. She may have one
perhaps two, or even three presidential heroes
in the field. In this view what are our Know
Nothings aboun Will they stick to Law and
his live oak platform, or fall back from Viz
Cinia upon the seditious anti.slavery alliance
Of Massachusetts! LIE, the New York Know
Nothings prepare to show themselves and
their policy a; Philadelphia. No more child's
play now. If "Sam" is cripple, his back
must be mehded before he can go into bat
| lie
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tbs MoTHgR.--A writer beautifully re-
marks that mans mother is tho represent
tative Of his maker. Misfortune, and even
crime, set not up barriers between her and
her son. While his mother lives he has one
friend on earth who will not listen when he
is sIandered, who will not desert him in his
sorrow, and speak to him OF hope when he
is ready to despair. Her affections know
no ebbng tide. They aow on from pure
fountain aud speak happiness through this
vale Of tears, and coasc only at tho ocean Of
eternity.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

A Blow IN THE RIGHT QUARTER.-Two
of the leading New York journals are de-
nouncng the "red tape system" of our Navy
in excluding from promotion TO high Offices
the sailors and apprentices that man the ships.
England, they think--and we think with
them-is now teaching us the folly of such
exclusion. The announcement TO the effect
that apprentices taken into the United States
Navy cannot be advanced beyond the grade
of n petty officer" though deserving, sounds
decidedly anti.republican, and smacks strong
ly Of injustice. Our Navy can never be made
up of the proper material till all this sort OF
thing is done away with, and If we do not
hurry up the necessary measures of reform,
even aristocratic England may be ahead Of US.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

" Hon. A. II. Stephens, of Georgia, is
again a candidate for Congress. He an.
nounced himself at Augusta, to large
crowd of persons who had assembled to
meet him, in the following manner
ale said that he had travelled over more
than half the State, in order to moet the
people of Augusta tonight.
"Since his communication to Mr.. Thomas
had been published, it had been said that the
reason of his retirement from the canvass in
this District, was his fear of being beaten.-
For himself he was afraid of notbing--of
nothing under nor above the earth, but to do
wrong. OF that he was afraid; but of being
beaten, he wouldn't givea 6g for a man who
was not willing to be beaten in defence OF
what he believed to be right. He had come
there then, he said, in response to various
calls, to announce that he was again can.
didate tor Congress from this District. Nomi
mated, said he, not by any two-thirds rule,
but here upon this stand nominate myself
for Congress from the 9Th Congressional
District"
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We don't know who wrote the following
but il has something in it:

Pride Aping Humiiiiy.-I would not
willingly transgress the bounds of charity;
but | should think there must be instances,
and not lew, in which a single.hearted, so.
ber.minded clergyman must feel at least as
much us ,his--that many Of those who claim
to be the most religious after the more mod
ern fashion, are not the neighbors whom he
either can best trust or most loue-that
many who lay the greatest stress upon their
own depravty, are yet in their own eyes the
most unimpeachable and they who are fore.
most in protesting their own ignorance,
are nevertheless the most infallible.
By clause in the bill authorizing the rails
ing Of the four new regiments of the army
il seems that the commissions Of all the
officers in them, below the grade of field
officers, expire on the first day Of May, 1856
This may operate harshy against those who
have given up other employmeuts TO accept
those commissions.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

G1rIf adversely has its evils, it also has its
benefits. The New York Courier says, n
physician in large practice was asked by n
stranger If New York was healthy at the
present time. lie replied, "Unusually so;
the extravagant cost Of provisions has check
ed the disposition for over feeding, from
which, ordinarily, We derive most of our
practce!" This hint probably contains the
best medical advice the physician ever
gave.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08
RAMoR,(Me..l MAY 3

The Know Nothing Convention has ad
iourned. No nomination made by the Con.
yen,jon. Members of the Order left to vote
according to individual preference. Strong
nnti.proscrip,iye grounds taken relative to
the politics of the State. Recognizing the
Republican party, and recommending concur,
ring in the nominations of that party when
ever practicable. Delegates to the National
Convention appointed. Proceedings were
unanimous
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

SsvsIBLE TALK.-There is nothing made
In this world by getting the @ill will offolks,"
and we agree with the Kuckerbocker, when
il saws "The unn who don't cure II d-n
for any budy,' should not be surprised il no.
body cares n cent for him. If you don't
want the brand Of the incendiary applied ia
your out houses, don't kindle the fire OF
resentment in tho bosom OF your neighbors
We care not how poor man may be, he
can geta match nor how Ignorant he
knows how to light IT,"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

~ There are six vacancies n the United
States Senate-one whig and five democratic.
New Hampshire, Indiana, Alabama, Missouri,
California, and Pennsylvania have each to
elect Senator. Mr.. Gwin, of California,
will claim seat on the ground that plu.
rality vote elects in California, and he got
that vote on the first ballot.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

STEAM MUsIc.-A Worcester, Mass., pa
per says one of their enterprising mechanics
has invented the art of rendering steam
whistles muscal--thus making those nuis.'
ances quite rs ornamental as useful. What
an improvement that will be when it comes
into general use! For instance, suppose We
are young married man, (requires some
Imagination we admD and have to leave the
endearments of home for business else
where, We get into the cars feeling dread
fully, if not worse-the bell gives the part.
ing tinkle, the wheels rumble slowly out Of
the depot, and at that moment the whistle
strikes up "Oh, Susannah! don't you cry for
me"-shouldn't we be touched, and yet con.
soledl Then, further along, IN ignofamus,
as ignoramuses will, is seen walking on the
tracks, and Immediately, "Git out Of the way,
Old Dan Tucker!" starts him one side as
promptly MS the hiss of rattlesnake, but
still with an agreeable exhilaration. But
dog is just to be run oyer-the thing is in-
evitaJle-but there is some consolation in
"Old Dog Tray" played as complimentary
requiem. When not Otherwise employed
didatic strains might bc given, as "Wake up
Jakel the fire wants poking"-or the night
train might soliloquize, awe won't 60 homo
till morning" And one Instance more--the
young married man, so ingcniously sup.
posed above, having got through his bus
mess, is sreturning-as the cars beginto slack.
en- their pace, what would be more touching.
ly appropriate than "Home again, home again"
played with forty-horse power pathosI We
have said enough-hurry up the musical
engines!
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PRoBLEm.-"Ifa lady were lame in the
arm and in the left leg, If she were blind in
one eve and could not see with the other,
if she had no teeth and her gums were worn
off. if she were club footed, and had cancer
on her nose, and had spit.fre temper,
forty nine negroes and sevcnty.tive thousand
dollars, how many suitors would she have!"
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"LoyELY WoMAN."-There is woman in
Cincinnati (says the Times) who keeps n
grocery, attends faithfully to fat pair of
twins, does her own house. work, and yet
finds time to give her lazy husband sound
thrashing three or four times week.
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THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, JUNE 8. 1855.
WASHINGTON, May %

WASHINGTON, May %.
Wise's friends are firing 100 guns at the
Capitol in homer of his election.
Accomac county has gwen. Flournoy 100
majority.
Wise's msjority in Virginia is about
5000.
Carlisle, Know Nothing, is probably elec-
ted to Congress in Kauawha district.
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DROUGHT IN LoUlsIANA.-On "Wednesday
last, at Baton Rouge, the thermometer rose
to 80 deg. in the shade, and, as the Comet
says, "threatened to 60 higher" The Advo.
cate says:
The wells are all dried up, the cisterns
exhausted, even the old pond is innocent Of
any spot of moisture, out at the penitentiary
Wherefore, they are diligently engaged in
hauling water for that institution from the
old paternal source Of aqueous bounty, the
Mississippi.
The Alexandra Republican Of the 10th has
the following paragraphs
The river is lower here new than IL has
been this year. Unless there is change
soon, the large boats will be banished from
the trade.
The town is now being supplied with
water from the springs on the other side
of the river. Price per balrel two dol
lars.
If we do not have good soaking tain
within week, there can not possibly be any
thing like fourth Of a corn CROP made, and
the Consequence will inevitably be productive
of great suffering and dstress--amost starv-
ation--among the Inhabitants Of our Pine
Woods and upland lands, while the planters
on our rich alluvals will be hardly put to it to
get along.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

H- A new beverage, named "iincture OF
barley" has come wonderfully into fashion
in Boston since the existence of the new IL
quor law; and is said to possess the marvel
lous property of being able to assume the
appearance of any fancy drink called for.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

~ Letter from New Orleans, says that
"insolvcncies, those crushing signs of the
times, are becoming common. Business
houses are closing. The failures, however,
are not extensive, but mostly confined to the
small fry."
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cE The N. Y, Herald says that since
the lst of May rents have undergone very
considerable reduction. The same is the
case here. Stores on wall street. which We're
rented last year for $500, are vacant and are
now to be had for $6o0 per anum.-Louis.
rille Journal.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

WooL.--The wool crop of the West is
now being prepared for market. The Gurn.
sey (Ohio) Times learns from its exchanges
and wool growers that this years clip will
be equal to those of past years, and that the
price per pound will be equal, at least, to
that of last year.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

tw A pedagogue relates laughable
story of one of his scholars, a son Of the En-
erald Isle. He told him to spell hostil-
ity.
"H-o.r-s.e, horse," commenced Pat
"Not horse-tility," said the teacher, but
hostility"
"Sure," replied Pat, ian didn't ye tell me
Other day, not to say hoss! BE jabers it's
pan thing wild ye one day, and another the
next"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08
AmAN OF CONSEQUENCES.

A brow austere--a circumspect eye,
A frequent shrug Of .te os humbri,
A nod signi6cant--a stately gait,
A clustering manner and tone Of weight
A smile sarcastic-an expressive leer,
Adopt all these as time and place will bear.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

er Some of the democratic journals in
Virginia are very facetious in their remarks
upon their victory, and one says that "Sam's"
funeral sermon is to be preached from the
following text;
aFor we are but Of yesterday, and know
nothing, because our days upon earth are a
shadow."-Job, chap. 8, verse 9.
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ey-The Attorney General of the United
States has decided that treaty constitution
ally concluded and ratified abrogates any
State law or Federal law, whether written or
unwrtten which may be- in conflict with Il.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

FURTHER AND IMPORTANT "A postscript
to aletter from reliable source, dated Mexi.
CO, May 10, says: Before sealing my note
somewhat stirring news has been received
from Ills Serene Highness' camp. He moved,
it seems, five thousand strong, from Morrillio,
on Somera in three divisions. he himself in
command Of the rear or reserve.
The march was through country of de-
files, and the advance Wings were very much
annoyed ard retarded by the Pronunciados.
The latter succeeded in passing between the
divisions, which forced Santa Anna to retire
on Morllo, where he was with the third of
trumphal army awaiting coming events. AS
the communication was thus cut off with the
Advance, their fateis still in the womb of
time. All the indications on the horizon are
decidedly favorable to the Federaists.
The empire secms to be shaken, and Shnta
Anna destined to fifth exodus, If his prestige
don't this time fail, and he loses his head
On his arrival at Morllo he was received with
high honors, and most sumptuous repast
given at the chapter to the "Prince Presi-
dent" The first toast drank was "Eternal
duration between Church and State"
The second May SO see the empire in Don
Anto.Lopez the first. The first is destined
to have separation" substituted for "dura-
ton" and the crown o: glory is foreshadowed
in one of .horns. A crisis is at hand. In ten
or twelve days the long agony will have
passed, and Mexico will rest once mole in the
bosom of her Legitimate federation. Usurpa-
ton and tyranny will be reprcssed, and the
exiled legitimates restored.
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II is said that the paper tax payers thrust in
everybody's face once year, are complete in
everything else but the heading,whch should
read thus: "An impertinent inquiry into a
mans private affairs"
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tR- The following is a fair sample ol
some of the complaints entered upon the ia.
nous complaint book of Mayor Wood, ol
New York:
"Dear Mr.. Mayor: Maria who lives meath
arine, near Front street, takes so long to curl
her hair in the evening that her bedtellow
(myselD is kept awake nearly half the night
do not know whether she gets up in the
night to look at ,lrcarls or not; but | dc
know that she deprives me of my sleep. II
YOU will attend to this before warm weather
sets in, will be much obliged and even
thankful TO you.
Yours, affectionately,
aLOUISA.n
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rB- There are now in Ireland, il appears
1891 Roman Catholic priests, and Of thes'
1922 were educated at Maynooth.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

WAsrEp.-An editor Of party newspa-
mr. who ever attended political discussion,
IN which his candidate did not completely
ertermnate his opponent.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

Catharine Withers has recovered 1880
damages at Lancaster, Pa, Of . young man
for breach Of promise fmarriage.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

Hy-The London Times says, at is
mere selfdeusion to talk Of peace now
We must make up our minds TO fight 1t out
with stout heart and strong hand"
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80 A man who lives beyond

term of life, is like boy who stays beyond
the usual age at school. He becomes solta-
~. and the routine is tedious to him.
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AN AMERICAN MERcHANTMAN IN THE BAL
TIc.-The following is from the London
Standard;
A very extraordinary circumstance, report.
ed from quarter which precludes any doubt
as to the truth of the statement, reaches us
by letters from st. Petersburg. 1t appears
that fine American frigate built ship re.
Gently arrived at 4 port in the Baltic. 1t was
stated that the vessel had on board eight
hundred bales cotton, but the correspondent
of our informant visited the ship and found
in addition to above, she had fifty thousand
rifles and FIVE thousand revolvers. The Rus
sianalaugh ut our cruisers, and naturally ask,
it John Bull has been asleep to have allowed
so valuable prize to have escaped. The
Messrs. C, merchants of Boston, were
passengers, and are supposed acted rs super
cargoes. We have not been able to ascertain
if the vessel left America this season, and has
cul her way through the ice before our flying
squadron could come up with her, or it she
reached one of the lower ports Of the Baltic
last year, and lay quiet till the spring. We
say no more an:-"Wbat are our Consuls
in the United States about, to have permitted
such cargo to leave without apprisng our
government here of the fact" Other letters
from ST. Petersburg state that the vessel has
since left for Koenigsberg in ballast.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

Keep low sail at the commencement OF
life; you may rise with honor but you can
not recede without shame.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

ANOTHER OUTRAGE In KASsAs.-LyncE
Lato.-The Rochester Democrat has the fol.
lowing accouut of another outragen Kansas
On the 18th inst, Mr Phillips, a lawyer
was deceived to the banks of the Missouri
river, whore he was suddenly seized and
forced into skif, ard carried across the river
into Mssouri--thence he was taken seven
miles to Weston.
An old warehouse stands just below the
town; he was taken there, his head. was
shaved, his face blacked, he was tarred and
.ea.hered, and then ridden upon arail through
the streets of Weston, while music horrible
and hdeous accompanied the procession.
Before the hotel they exhibited him; and
then n negro was compelled to sell him to the
lowest bidder, and they offered to him every
insult in their power.
After detaining him several hours in this
manner, repeatedly telling him that if he
would not leave the territory, or give them
his promise in writing that he would leave,
they would hang him. He having steadily
and firmly refused, they let him looses His
brother, who had come from Leavenworth
after him, took him into carriage, and late
in the afternoon started for Leavenworth.
1t seems that the offence of Mr. Phillips is
that he is free soier. And it is pretended
by the pro-slavery men that he handed McCrea
the revolver with which Malcom Clark was
killed. This is probably false, as responsible
men declare that Phillips did not at oil inter-
fere in the matter
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DELIGHTFUL REsIDENcE.-1n late ode to
Santiago, California, by the renowned John
Phoenix, the following lines occur:
"All night in the sweet little village
You hear the soft note Of the pistol,
And the pleasant shrek of the victim"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

H- J. r. Giddngs, of Ohio, has publish.
ed long letter denOuncing the Know Moth.
ings.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-08

A TERRIBLE HAIL STORM IN SOUTH CARO-
LIYA.-The annexed account of hail storm
which visited Pickens District on Friday the
18th inst, exceeds everything of the kind we
have read or heard of. Hail stones 10 inches
in circumference and four inches in length,
lying upon the ground sir feet deep.
The severest hail storm that ever visited
this section of country, passed down the east
side of Keowee river in the afternoon of Fri
day the 18th inst. 1t extended about two
miles in width, and ragged with great fury,
killing hogs, fish, birds, fowls, and insects;
manning and bruisng the cattle, and stripping
vegetation Of every ves.ige above ground
The growing crops, with the exception of
corn, is completely ruined R. Stewart, ESQ +,
informs us that on the third day after its fall,
the hail was from one to two feet deep, and,
in many places six feet. The average depth
on II level, after the storm, was four inches.
We are informed by several persons that the
largest hail stones measured ten inches in
circumference, and others four inches in
length. 1t fell with such force that the boards
on several houses were split to pieces, and
that now the stencil arising from the decaying
vegetable matter is very offensive.
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tons; and complmented particularly the u.
S. marshals and their deputies for their ex.
ertions in the cause. The report closed with
fierce denunciations Of the Know Nothings,
and recommended renewed efforts for their
determination.
But, as we have said, the Sag NIGHTS ara
not confined to Ohio. They are found all
over the West, are considerably strong in
Kentucky, Missouri, and perhaps in Tennes-
see, and the effort is doubtless making to ex-
tend the organization through all the States,
with the hope of swallowing up the entire
opposition to the Know Nothings with the
intention Of having but two parties in the
field in 1866. In the West, the Democratic
papers openly espouse the society, and the
louisville Democrat boasts of having two
thousand members of it in that city alone
And here il is perhaps well enough to remark,
that the riotous proceedings at the recent
election in Louisville, about which we have
heard so much, grew out of the hostile atti-
tnde and unwise boats and threats Of the Sag
NIGHTS themselves, though they got worsted
in the contest.
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GExTLEMEs.--Mr. Hale who publishes a
"Review of the proceedings of the Nunnery
Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature
gets off the following piquant hit:
aThe definition Of the term gentleman has
puzzled heads better qualified for the task (t
is no disrepect 10 say than members of the
Massachusetts legislature. | don't care to
try my hand at defining the word; but claim
to be able to judge what conduct is not the
conduct of a. gentleman. Some critics in
their definitions confound the gentleman
with the soldier ssome confound the gentle
man with the Christian. Both, doubtless, are
partly right and partly wrong. There are
three things, However, which by universal
consent have come to be regarded as necessa.
ry attributes of the character of gentleman
from the age Of chivalry downwards. These
three things are