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

IMPROVED VARIETIES OF WHEAT FROM
fRANcE.-Therehave lately been 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 wheat and the early Noe wheat
AS the two latter have the property of ripen.
ing some days before our common varieties
OF wheat, If they otherwise succeed this eli.
mate, great, point will be accomplished
single week gained in the rlpening will
often secure the crop from injury of the rust
or the fly, independent of the advantages. to
be gained in the market. The Saumer
wheat is originally from the valleys of Aniou,
southeastern province of France, md is
very remarkable variety of winter WHEAT
The ear is strong and full, of reddish color.
and very much esteemed by farmers. The
straw is very white, higher than that of or
binary wheat, and also larger and sweeter-
The Noe wheat was introduced by MIR. De
Noe, and is commonly known in the centre
OF France under the name of blue wheat, and
owing to its hardy and productive nature, ID
is gradually superseding the Saumer wheat
in the high ATTITUDES Of Paris, and is much
sought after on account of its precocity, and
would succeed well us March wheat if sown
early.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

tAs- The Atlanta Intelligencer speaks in
high terms of what it is pleased to call Gov
ernor Johnson's magnanimity in agreeing to
close the canvass at Knoxville, in conse-
quence Of the Illness Of his competitor. Thai
was rather magnanimous in his Excellency,
but agreeing to do thing and doing it is II
very different sort of matter. Coy. Johnson
agreed to close the canvass at Knoxville, but
he attended all the appointments, assembled
the people about him, expressed his regret
that he could not address him, and then went
on and told what he would have said had cir.
eumstances permitted him to make speech
thus violating the spirit of the contract, if
notthe letter. Such case of magnanimty
is unparalleled in the history of public men
and 1t deserves to be recorded and handed
down as another illustration of the fact that
Jacob.ladderism is at war with all the more
noble and generous impulses Of the human
heart, and that they cannot dwell in the same
ten.pe-where The former enters the latter
must evacua,e. We take the liberty of sug.
gesting to the Georgia editor 10 re.write biz
eulogy, and to reverse his figures in regard
to the result.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03
New YORK, July %,


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 Il scoundrcl. Soon
after his inauguration, he was translated and
glorilicd as saint Then he commenced his
crusade against the "poor unfortnnates," and
like the mercury in a 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 prpcrs 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.
mcnt of a Captain Of Police, and the other
was disguised because he would not obligc
him in 4 certain street sweeping operation.
Hinc ilid lachrymG. The Times and tie
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 dcspsed him, and is
still true to its instincts.
OnIy few papers and persons, neutrals in
politics and disntcrestcd 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 Il
bad man; he may cling to his old political
tricks and habits, but he has given to the
municipal history of this city n splendid cx.
ample of energy, honesty and courage, sucl
ms will live and exert salutary influence
when both he and those who now maligr
him are buried and forgotten.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03
OBSERVER.


0I.y- Judge Bronson has written an opinion
against the New York prohbitory law. He
assumes first, that il takes an unwarrantablc
liberty with existing rights TO property, by
denying to the owner thereof, the right to
sell it, Secondly, that the Legislature cannot
make thing nuisance by declaring it TO be
such. Third, that although excessive drink
ing is an evil, it does not follow that the
moderate use Of liquor is a sin against either
God or man. From the time of Noah down,
it has been practiscd, and neither the Saviour
nor Paul forbade it. Fourth, it revcrses rules
of evidence, irflicts grievous penalties, is di.
rected against particular class, is retroactive
&c, &C., and fifth, even though the law is
valid it does not apply to imported liquors.
lilo closes oy hoping tha. no man will dis.
trust the judiciary, but wait patiently the &C.
ton of the legal tribunals.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

THE NECESSITY OF DROUGHT, AND ITS
BENErIT.-Thc State Agricultural Chemist
of Maryland, Mr.. Higgins, publishes paper,
showing the necessity of droughts to rcplen.
sh the soil with mineral substances, carried
off to the sea by the rains and also taken up
by the crops, and not returned by manure
These two causes, always in opcraton,wo
in time, render the earth n barren waste, in
which no verdure would quicken, and no
solitary plant take root, if there was not n
natural connteraction by drought, which OPP
crates to supply this waste in the following
manner. During dry weather, continual
evaporation Of water takes place from the
surfaces of the earth, which is not supplied
by any from the clouds. The evaporation
from the surface creates vacuum, so far as
water is concerned, which is at once filled by
the water rising up from the subso of the
land; the water from the .ubsoil is replaced
| from the next strata below, and in this man
ner the circulation of water in the earth is the
reverse to that which takes place in wei
weather. With this water also ascend the
minerals held in solution, the phosphates and
sulphates Of lime, carbonate and siicate o
potash and soda, which are deposited in tn,
surface soil as the water evaporates,and thu
restores the losses sustained rs above stated
The author of this theory appears to hav,
taken considerable pains to verify the fac
by n number Of interesting experiments
The subject is worthy the attention of mel
of leisure and Of education, who pursue tn
rational system o! blending chemistry will
agricultural science.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

A DIAMOND FOUND IN PENssYLvANrA.-A
supposed diamond, of extraordinary size, it is
stated, has recently been found in Lancaster
county, Pa, and is deposited in Professor
Philips Office, Philadelphia. 1t is colorless
perfectly crystalline, resembling drop Of
clear spring water, in the middle of which
You will perceive strong light, playing with
n good deal of spirit. The gcologist does
not announce il to be oe the first water, al
though there is not the least doubt of lis
being of considerable value. Offers of mpor
tnnce, il is said, have been declined for IT.
Nothing, it is supposed, like it, was ever dis
covered before in the United States.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03
c~- The Ministry of Sardinia hive g

eR- 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 reve-
nues are appropriated to the support of their
iulirm members and the poor benelices and
schools of the country. The organ of the
Church at Turin, ("The Armonia') announces
the Minister'S and Members of Parliament
who voted for it are accommodated under
chap. XI. of the Council of Trent, without q
special bull, and that they cannot receive the
sacraments of the Church. 1t is ntinated
however, that new note from Rome may bl
looked for.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

s1- There are in the city of New York
80 Baptist churches, numbering 1888
communicates; Congregational churches,
with-l050 communicates; % Dutch Reform.
ed churches, with 1866 COMMITMENTS; Luz
theran churches, with 3o48 communicates;
80 Methodist Episcopal churches, with 1852
communicates; 4s Presbyterian churches,
with 1891 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
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Anew iohh, Jury So'
The U. S. Mail steam ship Atlantic, Capt.
West, has arrived at this port from Liverpool,
which port she left on the lith inst.
The most important item of news by this
arrival is the fact-telcgraphe from London
to Liverpool just prior to the. departure of
the Atlantic--thnt 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
wsr Lytton moved in Parliament that the
Ministry containing Lord John Russell was
unworthy the confidence of the nation. This
crisis has arisen in consequencc-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 18th of August.
Sebastopo he'd 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
Malakor and Redan Towers, and the Rus.
slams were throwing up a fort in the rear Of
the Raden, and erecting other formidable
works commanding those positions. The
cholera was declining The Russians had
made an Intellectual sortie to retake the Nam
elon Battery. There are strong indications
of a 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 befor'
kars. The Allied fleets in the Baltic wer,
destroying all the property on the coast
1t was rumored that revolt had taker
place in the Russian Siberian regiments, an,
also that a change had taken place in tn
Russian Cabinet.
The Spanish nsurrection had been suppress
ed.
1t is anticipated that Austria will shortl.
issue a new Circular defending the course q
Austria and replying to the inuendoes @
Louis Napoleon.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

WILL LAGER BEER INroxIcATE?-The
Daily Wisconsin thinks il would be important
to have this question settled, as Milwaukee
manufactures about 10000 barrels lager beer
annually. 1t thinks the conclusion that will
eventually be arrived ut, will be that it de.
ponds upon who drink the beer, whether it is
Intoxicating OF not The German population
OF that city drink their beer just as the farm
er's children drink their milk, and for so ex.
tensive use it thinks there is but little in
toxication produced. But our American
drinkers of lager beer do get most wofully
fuddled upon it. There must be reason for
this. 1t may be that Americans do not know
how or when to drink it,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

lB"A Paris letter says, the English Gov.
eminent is hurying off reinforcements, and n
rumor has circulated here of the imminence
of n levy as well as of a loan. The army OF
France has sent in all 100000 men to the
Crimea, of whom nearly half are already hors
decombat. 100000 are all that remain in
France, and this is the very least humber that
LOUIS Napoleon. must maintain in the coun-
try for the preservation of his rule. He may
perhaps easily send 10000, more, but in
order to send 100000, a levy is Indispensable
! do not, however, think this measure likely
at present.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

The Cabinet has come to no conclusion
relative 10 the retention of Gov. Reeder.--
Judge Minot has been appointed Commits
sioner in place of Judge Waldo resigned.
Adviccs from Kansas report that Governor
Reeder refuses to recognize as legal
body, the Legislature which has adopted
the Missouri code. Meetings of the people
denounce the action of the legislature as it,
LEGAL.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

In UNION THERE IS STREEGTH.-A notice
able circumstance occurred at Morris:own, N.
J., on the 4th of July. Accompany of twelve
ladies' and gentlemen came from Hacketts.
town to that place, and were all married by
the Rev. John X. Shaw, of Morristown, who
likewise married another couple during the
day-makiug twenty SIX persons made happy
or miserable, through his instrumentalty, in
one day.
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 the Card for the Twenty
Fourth Course of Lectures at this ilourishing
Medical Institution. II will be found on the
next page. A period of twenty-four years
has sutficed, not only for the permanent es.
tablishmcnt of the College, aud the colec-
ton of all the appliances for thorough
Medical Education, but has secured the favor
md unwaveriug confidence of the Profession.
The Trustees appeal without hesitancy to
the character of the numerous graduates now
numbering upwards of seven hundred, for
the evidence Of the thoroughness of the
cousse of instruction.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

15Y The Union says it is held in contem.
plation to issue, in n few days, n proclama.
ton for the sale of public lands in ali the
land offices in the Territory Of Minnesota
principally situated west of the Mississippi
river, extending from the boundary of Iowa
to the Minnesota (latc 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 OF
offered for sale. From recent letters received
at the General Land Office it is ascertained
that this region is being settled by emigrants
from the States, who are 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

s1-The case involving the question of
the unconstitutionality OF the Prohibtory
Liquor Law, between the People and VIM
landon, 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." 1t is said that this verdict was re-
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.
Zens
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

Yesterday another attempt was made to
give an exhibition of the girl said to be
charmed by a snake about which so much
has been published. The child was bitten
by the snake and showed great terror when
required to handle it. The father was sub
sequently arrested and bound over on the
charge of forcing his daughter to take part in
the exhibition.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03
tg-The Cincinnati Columbian savs IN

Jay The Cincinnati Columbian says that
gentleman of that ciiy,a few days since
found in shelIdsh taken out Of the Ohio
rivera very large and beautiful pearl. twas
half an inch in diameter, and finer than most
sea pearls. The same gentleman has procur
ed number of pearls from the shell fish
found in certain places in the Ohio, but this
last is much larger than any previously dis
covered
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

PRISONERS PARDoSEp.-TheP President this
morning pardoned six small boys who had
been convicted Of rioting and sentenced to
the Peniteniiary. The pardon was granted
in answer to petition of citizens, alleging
the tender age of the prisoners, and the evil
that would arise from the corrupt assoca
tons to which they would be exposed by
confinement in that institution.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

eB The London correspondent of the
Boston Transcript, says:
"Americah wares are fast getting into re.
pute here, and they are sold in most of the
cities and large towns. American wooden
ware astonishes our English cousins, by its
lightness, beauty and low cost. American
trunks and axes are advertised in the English
papers, IND was greatly amused at reading
a dealers description Of lot of Connecticut
clocks, which had decorated faces, mirror
in front, and denote the passing hour in bril-
liant cathedral tones, and all for less than four
dollars Federal currency"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

:E-A liquor riot occurred in. Bloomington,
Illinois, last Thursday, 10Th inst. Three
groceries, or groceries were assailed after
nigh, by mob Of men and boys, with stones,
dows speedily demolished and an entrance
effected by the assailapts who proceeded to
knock in the heads of snndry whiskey bar.
rcls found in the buildings. Some six OF
seven barrels of liquor were thus destroyed
During the assault two shots were fired from
one of the buildings on the mob, which were
promptly returned with eight or ten by tn,
assaianis.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

GERMAN lEFIDELITY IN AMERIcA.-A Ger
man clergy lyman who is employed as n mis-.
siOnary 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:
"lnfdeity and Sabbath proclamation are ra-
ging amoung our countrymen like the cho-
lera in the Orient. The thronged and Gu.
rious events of the times have impaired to
thousands of Germans Taste for the news
papers, and there are now, think, eight
German newspapers edited in New York,
and their general bearing is anti Christian
More destructive, perhaps, are their lodges
They are numerous, and have ostensibly for
their object the support of the sick, but indi.
rectly they destroy all Christian sentiments
and bring from the deep bottom of sinful
heart to the surface, Rationalsm and Athe
ism. The lodge is the great speculation
| field of bad spirits"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

VIZ Mr.. E. Merriam. of Brooklyn, noticing
the fact that on Thursday, the thermometer.
in some situations ran up ms high MS 90 de-
grees, remarks:
We have our Australian records before us.
recording temperatures of 49,, llS, and 100
degrees maximum on four several DAYS, and
on one of those days it was at llS for nearly
whole dry. We have the Arctic record al.
40 before us, of SO to 5ot degrees below zero,
for n cold term of four and quarter conse.
cut've 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
| latitude.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

LATER FROM CALrpoRNiA.-Ntr York, July
24.-The Star Of the West has arrived from
California with dates to the lst inst. Near II
million of specie is reported by her. Frauds
have appeared in the accounts of Adams X
Co.. and Page, Bacon Il Co.
The Democratic Convention has denounced
the Know Nothings, and nominated Bigler
for Governor.
An engagement is reported to have occur
red off san. Diego between q Russian frigate
and Il French corvette. Tdc French blew up
their vessel rather than surrender. This
news is, however, considered doubtful.
There has been an immense Know Nothing
meeting at San Francisco, which was address
ed by Gen. Foote and others.
Walker has been defeated at Rivas losing
twenty men. He fled, leaving important
documents. He passed through San Juan at
night, having first seized a schooner at the
wharf, and sailed for parts unknown.
Walkers party before leaving San Juan,
burnt the barracks.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03
SPARKS FROM A DOMESTIC PRESIDE.

No, Mr.. Trimmings ! shan't do IL to please
you or anybodyvelsc. know very well who
has been putting you up to such notions, but
u won't do. I'm not going to spoil my
Araminta AIMS hands to please your mcddlc-
some, old'fashoned sister! Let me tell you
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 II OF
them. MY girls weren't intended for drudges
10 any man, and they shan't DO either. I'd
''ke to know " Mrs. Ftz Snobbs would ever
call again, II she should come in and see
hram'nh Ann, or Amanda Malvinn, with q
broom IN Then hands! No, indeed
Mr. Trimmings, you may as well hush;
shan't spo'l my girls prospects, to please any
one. COOK ana wash, indeed LEARN them
10 Keep mouse! NO. sir! All I'm going to
nave my girls to learn, Is to be graceful and
elegant; and ia IKE to know If they could
be either, coming IN from the Kitchen, all red
ana mustIed up, thcir hands All burned ana
o'acRened, ana Their long niger nails al
broken. No, MIR. Trimmings, my girls were
born 10 be ladies', ana ladies' thrv shall be
not Kitchen MAIDS: fo,i needn: tell me
know now TO work! what u l do! IT
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

.R The Penitentary is filed with men,
who, when boys, left home on Sunday NOR.
ming, and Iambled up and down the creeks
and branches, etc. playing throwing rocks,
and hollooing. Think of uwt boys.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

eB- "You do make that child look like n
fool, wife, with all that toggery on him" said
Mr. Fag angrily, as they were starting out
for walk. "Dear me-" said Mrs. Darlington
meeting them at the door, "what doll of O
baby,nnd how much he resembles his papa!'
Mr. Fag coughed and they passed on.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

HARD TIC. BEAR.-The Paris correspondent
OF La Progress, is terribly severe on Monsieur
Bonaparte. 1t says, speaking of affairs in the
Crlmea: "rhere were in the Crimea two cities
"A seat of war and seat of art; Sevastopol
and kertch. The one terrible and ready fc-
combat, the other charming, and open too
pltal. AT Seyastopol, ten thousand pieces o.
cannon, fleet and heroic garrison; at
Kertch, port crowded with merchantmen.
elegant promcnadcs, an old temple of Escu.
laplus-women and children. NJ. Bonaparte
has taken kartch."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

.B-The earthquake which was recently
felt in Baltimore was also felt in Fredericks-
burg, Va, it is said, very sensibly. The fall
of the Falmouth bridge occurred the same
night and about the same hour.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03
ST, LOUIS, July 26.


There is project on foot in Kansas to
purchase Platte county, Mo-, and annex it to
Kansas.
The grass hoppers have destroyed all the
crops n. Salt Lake.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03
ST. LOUIS, July

Adrices from Santa Fe states that Captain
Fontleroy had defeated the Utah Indians,
killing forty and capturing five. Maj. Brooks
and one man were killed. Depredations still
continue.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-03

~" The Journal of Commerce notes that,
at our arsenals, the manufacture of small
arms Qen million dollars worth of which we
are said to have on handy is suspended, until
II is ascertained what are the last Prussian
and French neutrality-suspicious.
with which is going on by Colonel Huger, Of
the Ordnance.