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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-12-19

| '''''Neu Tile secona TeadInS,was agreed to,
and was ordered to be returned to the
House Of Representatives.
a bill to amend an act, entitled IN act
tc incorporate the EImwouL Cemetery
Company received the second reading,
was agreed TO, and was ordered to be re-.
'aTned to the House of Representatives.
| a bill to unto the Morris street Ban
t'"t Church, Charleston, and the Fourth
Baptist Church, Charleston, into one in.
corporation, under The name of the Cita.
del Square Church, received the second
resding, was agreed to, and WAS ordered
to be returned to the House of Represcn.
tatives.
A bill 20 renew and amend the char
Ter of lie Town of Unionville recioved the
second reading, was agreed to, ana ort!er.
ed to be sent TO the House Of Rcnreseu-
tatives.
a resolution for inquiry, by Committee
on Privileges and Elections, in relation to
taking testimony in contested elections,
was agreed to, and the Committee was in
stacted accordingly.
On motion of Mr.. IIarlIee, the Gene
raj Orders Were suspended.
Mr.. uar'lce Presented the report Of the
Joint Special Committee on tie par, Of
the Senate in relation to the Luur,ic A.v.
Ium, with certain information relating
thereto. Tie report was ordered for con
s'derat'on to morrow, and the report and
i4i"rmation were ordered to he printed.
The Senate resumed the Genera! Or
ders If the day.
Favorable report Of the Committee or
the Lupatic Asylum, and Medical Ac
counts on the account of Or. w. p. Gci-
ger, was agreed to and ordered to Le sent
to the House Of Representatives.
- The fo'owing reports were concurred in
and were ordered 10 be returned TO the
House Of Representatives,: The reports of
the Committee on Claims on the acrorn,s
Of Drs. L. B johnson, J. y. aw. er c., and
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m aSage Of Senate, informing this
iiouse that the Senate have appointed
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norman aud lngrSm,a Committee TO nom.
mate Directors OF the Bank OF the State o.
south I'rol'n" Tor the enN"elnG year, m"
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22

SAG NIcHTs.-The Louisville Journal says
of the new secret order, the Sag NIGHTS,
which has been instituted under the auspices
of the administration at Washington:
"The settled design is to make this new
secret organization extend throughout the
Union and embrace the whole anti-American
party. In our own city Of Louisville, It al
ready consists of two thousand members,
according to the public boasts Of one Of The
regular Democratic organs at this point, and
we all know that two thousand is the whole
or about the whole of the anti.American
strength OF the city.
The Journal has obtained full and au.
thentic information regarding the Sag NIGHTS
and promises soon to make them public. II
says they have adopted a system of discipline
more rigid and stringent and minute than
any ever before heard Of in the annals Of
party conflict. They admit no man to their
assemblage, till he has assumed obligations
of the utmost solemnity. They have their
pass, words, their signs and signals, every
thing, in ine, for which they have so fsro'
ciously denounced the Know Nothings.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22

H Strange revelations are made in the
New York Sur concerning certain lending
American fllihusters---of such character as
to demand prompt explanation from the
parties implicated.
The pith of these disclosures Is, that Gen.
Quitman, together with sundry retired officers
Of the United States Army, agreed to get up
n military force to protect the landing Of arms
for the Cubnns, for which, it is alleged, they
received $4,000 in hand. Two steamers
were chartered, in conjunction of which
100000 was ut once paid down; in thirty
days thereafter S5O,OOO more was advanced,
followed by m additional $4,000 when the
captain reported himself ready to sail.
The money was all paid in good faith, and
all of it was to be forfeited if the recipients
did not start in thirty days from the time the
vessels were reported for sea. But when the
time came for saing, it is charged that the
government was informed of the scheme on
foot, and the result was the whole affair was
knocked in the head. The government al
Washington was let into the secret and so
were the Cuban authorities. And thus, says
the Sun, one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars were swept away by one foul, atrocious
piece of treachery.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22

o. Among other anecdotes of Gen. Pei
isser, |; is related that very early in his mill
tary career, when young man in Paris, he
got into some little trouble, in consequence
of which he was sent to Africa, by way Of
punishment. There he soon acquired the
reputation Of fre-eater 1t is narrated Of
him, that on one occasion being, as chat de
baiaillon, in command Of accompany Of pun.
ishmsnt corps called the Zephyrs,he attacked
n mud fortress occupied by Arabs. His men
in vain attempted to get over the wall. The
Arabs kept good look out and repulsed
every assault. Pelissier at length said to
three or four men about him, "Throw me
over, am sure the company will follow mo. =
His orders were executed. For two or three
minutes he was alone in,the enemys position
and'in that space Of time he received three o.
four wounds. But he had rightly judged the
effect Of his hardihood. The men followei
him and the plnce was taken J. . =
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22

BLUE RIDGE RAILRoAD.-The Anderson
Gazette, in remarking upon this subject,
says:
awe take pleasure in stating that the con.
tractors have recently consummated such ar.
rangeuients us will secure at once an effective
force on tho stump House tunnel, 10 be kept
at work night and day, until finalcompleton.
We also learn that the contractors are anx-
iously waiting for the delivery Of the whole
line Of road into their hands, to enable them
to put force upon the entire line to Knox
vile The project having been fully matur-
ed, the necessary aid having been fully pro-
vided by the various parties interested, in
Guiding the States which are to be benefited
by it; and the money market having material
ly improved, we trust the whole line will be
given to the contractors without further delay.
If this is done, we have the best of reasons
for believing that the work will be put under
contract Immediately to Knoxvill, and that it
will be prosecuted vigorously until it is com
plete6."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22

SPEECH FROM THE GALLows.-James Parks,
who was executed at Cleveland, Ohio, on Fri.
day, for the murder Of man named Beatson,
made quite long speech from the gallows.
Referring to his family he said:
l leave dear wife, who has, in my long
confinement been an angel in her solcitude
and care of me. had never known her vir-
tues, had it not been for my sad misfortuncs.
leave dear infant, who has been taught to
clasp its arms around my neck, and whom ]
love dearly. leave aged parents, now near
eighty years old, from whose kind hearts
had hoped to keep the sad news of the igno.
minious fate of their son. (Here his voice
fultered, and he burst into tears.) 1t was for
the sake of all these that attempted yester-
day to shorten my life u day.
When am taken hence give my body to
my wife. commend her and her child to
you. Let her not suffer in want. Here some
kind person proposed to express the feelings
Of those present, by taking up contribution
and it wus done on the spot; and $44 60 was
contributed. On seeing it, Parks seemed
moved by the kindness, and thanked them
with considerable emotion. He concluded by
declaring his innocence; and gave the sigma
for execution, by dropping handkerchief.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22

GENERAL ScoTT.-The New York cores
pondent of the Boston Journal, says: sin
passing down 18th street today, (May 2lst0
l met for the first time in many months, Gen.
Scott. He resides in splendid mansion in
that street, which he has purchased since the
title of Lieutenant General was given to him,
with the salary added from the time Of the
war with Mexico. He grows old quite rap
idly and the change in his appearance since
the result of the campaign that elected Gen.
Pierce is very apparent. His lofty form is
bowed down-his elastic step has passed
sway-a look Of sadness and weariness has
settled upon those once expressive, and de-
cided textures. He leads very retired life
secs but little company-rarely appears in
public, and usually walks alone.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22

DoN'T Do lr.-Never make use Of an
honest woman's name in nm improper place,
Mt an improper time, or in mixed company.
Never nuke assertions about her that you
think nre untrue, illusions that you feel she
herself would blush to hear. When you
meet with men who do not scruple to make
use of woman's hume in a most reckless
manner, shun them, for they are the very
worst members of the community-men lost
to every sense Of honor, every feeling OF
hum anity
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22

W Judge Bosworlh OF the New York
Superior Court, in deciding the case Of Mr..
Beach, of the New York Sun, laid down with
gratifying distinctness most important prin.
ciple. He said:.
"The rule is that party who justiies the
publishing of II libel, by attempting to prove
Tint what was published was true, must show
that in its substance and meaning the facts
were MS the article states; and although every
part of an article claim"d to be libeIOus 8
whole, is not proved to be true by the de.
fence, yet If what is left is not Of itself libel
lous, the defence is made out. =
The law allows n man to publish anything of
another--prov!dcd it is true-nnd it is COM
plete defence that the article is true"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22
WESTERN Missouri AND KANsAs.-Th,

WESTERN Missouri AND KANsAs.-The
st. LOUIS Intcligencer says:
We have gratifying information from the
West. Peace prevails in Kansas, and order is
restored in Missouri. 1t is sincerely hoped
that all awlessness is at m end, and that the
bona fde settlers in Kansas, led thither by
their own spontaneous impulses, may be per:
mitted to attend to their own affairs, and
model State TO suit themselves and Their
offspring that are to come after them. An
extract from an intelligent friend on the Dor.
der of Kansas says:-"Affars in the main are
flowing ahead in Kansas very prosperously
and very TRANQUILITY. There do not appear to
b. any strifes beyond what nre incidental 70
new settlements in the wilderness, and per.
sonal conflicts about claims, which yield to
arbitration"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22
tY- The Charleston Courier says, Roches.

tY The Charleston Courier says, Roches.
ter, New York, is now known rs the "City of
Mysteries" 1t was there that many years
ago the plans were matured for the myster-
Gus disappearance of William Morgan, whose
fate to this day has never been satisfactorily
ascertained. Out Of this Morgan affair, II
political excitement was evolved that swept
like u hurricane all Western New York, and
prostrated the Democratic party of the State.
Here also was first printed the Book of Nor.
mon, by the prophet Joe'Smith, who pretend
ed to have dug the golden plates from sand
hill near Palmyra. The result Of this won
derful imposture is now seen in the strange
developments in Utah. 1t was in Rochester
that the Fox girls brought out the mysterious
sounds known as the "Rochrster Knockings"
From this germ sprung the modern spiritual
system, numbering Judge Edmonds, Senator
Tallmadge, and other eminent men among
its votaries. The most recent Rochester
mystery was the strange disappearance Of
Miss Emma Moore in November last, and
whose body has just been found in n mill race
under circumstances which deepen the mys
tery,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22
BY SAM. P. WINS.


THE POST Is published every Friday at ~ per year,
payable In advance, or 49, II payment Is delayed until
The expiration Of the year.
Advertiser I'M ents will be charged s1 per square
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tsements mark the number Of times they desire
them inserted they will be continued until forbid and
charged accordingiy.-A1
For announcing the Of candidates for office, IS,
Cdsh
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All communications intended to promote the private
ends interests Of Corporations, Societies. Schools or
Individuals, will be charged as advertisements.
Job Work. such rs Pamphlets, Minutes, Circulars
Cards, Blanks, Handbls &c. will be executed In good
style, and on reasonable terms.
letters addressed to the Proprietor, post paid, will
be promptly attended to.
Persons at distance sending us the names OF four
yovent subscribers will be entitled hh copy gratis
No communication inserted unless accompanied by
the name Of the author.
~ ONCE on Main street, next door to the old Jack.
non Hotel.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22

rW Thomas Darcy McGhee, a distin-
guished Irshman of New York, has been
back to the 'ould country lecturing on the
subject of Irish emigration to the United
States. Since his return, he admits that he
told his countrymen in the "green isle" that
Washington was not a Democrat in the Eu-
ropean Specification Of that term, and that
the burden of his advice was: "If you can
live at home; stay at home, but if you must
emigrate, know beforehand what you have to
expect in the United States. Do not be de.
ceived, Irishmcn are unpopular there; the
best days of the Irish in America are over; II
newer and less ripened field is better for mere
laboring emigrants." -.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22

WANTED-An Angel for Heauen.-And so
Death closed those little eyes-shrouded
their bright glances. Oh that the sun would
not come streaming in upon that shrouded
form, ns If there were no grief in the world.
How sweety he sleeps, that little coveted
nngel' How lightly curl the glossy ringlets
on his white forehead! You could weep
your very soul away to think those cherub
lips will never, never unlose. Vainly you
clasp and unclasp that passive, darling hand
that has wandered so often over your check.
Vainly your anguished glance strives to rend
the dim story of love in those faded orbs.-
The voice, sweet as winds blowing through
wreathed shells, slun1bers forever. And still
the busy world knocks at your door, and will
let you have no peace. 1t shouts in your
ears, its chariots rumble by; it smiles broadly
in your careworn face; it mocks you at the
coffin. at the grave, and its heavy footsteps
tramp up and down in the empty room from
whence you have horne your dead. But i
comes never in the hush Of night, to wipe
away your tears!
Wanted-an angel for Heaven! Can yot
look up! Can you bear the spendor of thu
sight! Ten thousand celestial beings, ant
your own radiant child in their midst
Wanted-angels for Heaven Cling not too
closely to your beautiful treasures, children
of Earth!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22

VIRGINIAH AT SEBAsroPoL.-The Pctors
burg Express says that the friends of Mr..
John Moore McNease, q gentleman well
known in Petersburg, have received letters
from him dated Sebastopol.
He says that the bomb.shells are familiar
with him, and fall playfully among the lads
in the trenches, explode and add numbers to
Kingdomcome by knocking them into smith
Greens! He says man feels as If he's hav-
ing glorious time of it when in the midst
of such excitement, aud that after being
killed and knocked to pieces t'oo or three times,
one becomes used to il ana thinks nothing o.
~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22

0r The capital invested in the manufac.
tories of Lowell, Mass, on the lst Of January,
amounted to over $l4,OO0O00. There are 80
mills running, 37l,s 1893 spindes and 7l,4O7
looms; ut these and other departments OF the
woolen and cotton manufacture, 8,723 females
and 4,542 males are employed. This working
force produced weekly 2,23s,oOO yards OF
cotton cloth, 10000 yards of wooleLs, 25, 200
yards of curpeting, and so rugs, consuming
therefor 735,OO0 lbs. cotton and 10000 lbs
of wool.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22
AN En,roa,s OWN DRmx-Accordino I,

AN EDIToR's OWN DRmK.-Accordng to
the Princeton Kentuckian, thsfollowng is
receipt for the exclusiss drink Of McGoodin,
the magnifcently funny editor Of the Padu
cab American:
"Take one pint good whiskey, stir in well
one spoonful OF whiskcy, then add another
pint of whiskey; beat carefully with spoon,
and keep pouring in whskey. Fill large
bowl with water, and make the servant set
i, out Of your reach. Take small tumbler
pour in two spoonsfnl Of water; pour out the
water and fiji up with whiskey, and add to
the above. Flavor with whiskey to your
TASTE" FN} f 'a{
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22

INFLUENCE OF WoMAN.-It is better for
you to pass an evening once or twice n week
in ladys drawing room, even though the
conversation is rather slow, and you know
the girls songs by heart, than in club
tavern, or the pit of theatre. All nmuse'
mcnts of youth, to which virtuous women
are not admitted, rely on it, are deleterious
In their nature. All men who avoid female
society have dull perceptions and are stupid,
or have gross tastes and revolt against what
il pure. ...
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22
MAGNITUDE OF THE EARrH-Accordin,

MAGNITUDE OF THE Misunderstanding
to recent authority the circumference Of
the globe is twenty-five thousand and twenty
miles. 1t is not so easy TO comprehend so
stupenduous circle ms to put down its ex.
tent in figures. 1t becomes more palpable
perhaps, by comparison, such 10 this: A rail-
way train travelling incessantly night and
'day, at the rate OF twenty-five miles an hour,
would require six weeks TO go round it,
The cupical bulk Of the earth istwoi hundred
and sixty Thousands millions of cubic miles!
DR.. Lardner says 1.-THE materials which, form
the globe were built up in " 3 Of eol.
umn, having u pedestal Of e Hand and Wales,
the height OF the column jgonld be nearly
four and half millions d miles. a tunnel
through the earth, from England to New Ze.
and, would be nearly eight thousand mile.
long, .
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22

tB- The great body of readers will have
experienced some qualification in the an
uncement contained in the late California
advices relative to the famous Colonel Sutter,
the discoyerer of gold in California. Con-
siderable sympathy has been recently excited
by the recital Of a series of misfortunes which
reduced the veteran pioneer from affluence to
poverty, but he has suddenly become rich
again by the land commissioners confirming
his claim to thirty-three square leagues OF
land
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22

H We cordially concur with the New
Orleans Delta, that it is passing strange that
"peope will waste so much time in writing
anonymous communications to newspapers,
when they know, or should know, that such
documents are seldom ever read, and never
published. We receive piles Of such docu
ments every day, on almost every imaginable
subject, and they are of course, promptly
consigned to the waste barrel. A communi
cation on any subject, to receive the slightest
attention, should be accompanied with a re-
sponsible name.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22

tW-The Philadclphia Times says it has
good reasons to believe that the sale Of the
Canadas to the Government Of the United
States is about to be taken into consideration
by the British Cabinet, and to be submitted
to Parliament. The. important step, it says,
has been suggested by the accumulating debt
of England, now amounting to about eight
hundred millions of pounds sterling, or four
billions of dollars; the amount of now bur.
dens which the war is casting upon an al
ready over-taxed peoples the financial embar-
easements entaied on the mother country by
unproductive colonies, and the formidable
attitude of opposition recently assumed by
the commercial classes against the rule of
the aristocracy, and the evils of their poit.
ical supremacy. 1t is stated that many OF
the leading statesmen and political econ.
omsts of England advocate the sale Of some
ofthe principal colonies, with their own con.
sent, or the concession to them Of national
independence.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22

AN OLD SUBSCRIBER GoNE!-We regret
says the Virginia Herald of the 28th ult, to
announce the death of Col. John Thom, who
died ut his residence in Culpeper county, on
Tuesday last, in the s5th year Of his age
Col 7. was the oldest subscriber 10 a vir.
ginia newspaper in the State--having taken
the "Virgnia Herald' for sixty.four years,
and what is unusual, always paid for il
promptly.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22

EY- An Indian trader named Picot, who
has arrived at Wolf River, Kansas, from the
Blackfeet country, with 10000 buffalo robes,
says that he passed through the Sioux coun.
try, he heard all the tribes Of that nation
talking about the war which they were cx.
pecting to have with the United States, and
moving in large numbers down towards Fort
Laramie. Picot reports that the Big Chief
Mountains in the Blackfcet country, abound
in buffaloes of larger, more shaggy and fe.
rocious kind than those of the plains; that
more than n hundred thousand Of them are
annually slain by the hunters, while n like
number perish in the SHOWS and rivers, and
yet there is no apparent diminution in their
numbers. Other traders who have arrived
from the plains report meeting several Sioux
warriors at Ash Hollow, who, however, treat.
ed them kindly, and said they would make n
treaty of peace if they could, or fight, if they
must. On the 18th of May, Col. Cook left
Fort Laramie, with two detachments, one OF
infantry and one of cavalry, and will reach
Ash Hollow early in June.