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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

THRILLING ESCAPE FROM A BLACK SNAKE
On Monday last, several children, among
whom was an interesting daughter of Joseph
Hemphil, Esq, aged about 10 years, were
enjoying Il socable pic mic in woods about
a mile south of West Chester, and were
thrown into panic by a large black snake.
Miss Ilemphil, lingering behind her comrades
at some blackberry bushes. espied a nest of
young snakes, and immediately started to run
towards the clearing. She succeeded in
crossing the fence, when her progress was
mpeded by large black snake that had
wound itself twice around her thighs, on the
outside of her garments, and bound her so
Tight that she could not move. How or when
il got there she could not tel, her ideas being
so confused by fright on seeing the nest from
which she ran. She was relieved in her loco
motion by the shake taking II higher position,
when she threw up her arms and ran, using
her basket to tight the reptile, which clung to
her and Bit necessarily at her dress. She
was finally relieved from her perious situa-
tion by gentleman who WAS attracted to the
spot by her cries, and who killed the snake.
i WeSt Chester (Pd) JeB.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

i-Y The commercial news from Califor-
MIA is not Of much importance, beyond the
report of serious damage to the crops Of tho
country by rust, &c. The San Francisco
money market is noticed ms showing no
change Of Importance. The Price Current
says:
"lIoney is abundant and rates compara.
lively easy. Trade has been brisk; the Job
bers nre making money The financial EN-
barrassmcnts through which the community
have been struggling for so long time APP
pear TO be about nj m end, aud hcnceforth we
hope TO see better tines"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

GERMAN INFIDELiTY IN AMERIcA.-A Ger
ma Clergyman who is employed us a mis-
sionary in New York, publishes the follow
in declaration, which he says is only a very
moderate statement oithe evil at work in the
German heart in the United States:
"Inhdelity and Sabbath proclamation are
raging among our connirymrn like the chole
ra in the Orient. The thronged and curious
events of the times have impaired TO thou
sands of Germans taste tor the newspapers,
aud there are now, | think, eight German
newspapers edited in New York, and their
general bearing is anti Christian. More de-
structve, perhaps, are their lodges. They
ARE numerous, and have ostensbly for their
object the support of sick, but indirectly they
destroy all Christian sentiments, and bring
from the deep bottom of sinful heart to the
surface, Rationalism and Atheism. The
lodge is the great speculation field OF bad
spirits"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

9H- The Paris correspondent of the
London Globe writing on the lIth of July
says:
"A host Of silly rumors, most of them OF
German fabrication, supply the place of bona
.fde intelligence from Sebastorol, which all
expect with SO much anxiety General Simp-
sons dispatch of the 9th, however holds forth
a prospect that many DAYS will not pass be-
fore news reaches Us of momrntous- cliarac-
ter. 1t is confidently expected that before n
fortnight is over, Sebastopol will be in our
bands.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10
PARTY FNRIENIS

That "same old coon'' is no more. and the
Democratic rooster has merged himself in the
Irish shamrock. These old standards. which
| like the Roman eagle, and the British lien,
have so oft stood in the van of fierce pnlitical
battle, have gone down to oblivion with the
partisan armies which so proudly bore them;
their warfare is ended-requieScqt in. pace!-
But now they are gone their vacant places
must he filled: Americans and foreigners
must have standards around which they can
rally, and which they can recognise as glori.
Gus and suggestive euiblems of the rrinei-
pies for which they are battling. The want
has been felt by both sides, and it is respect
fully suggested that :he anli-Amrricau-Sag-
Nicht Foreign party adopt as their emblem a
rosary, the string of which shall be hemp
and the beads small Irish potatoes, and lit
tie bouquet of mingled shamrock and sour
krout, to he worn in their button holes, rear
ed in their conventions and emblazoned on
their banners Under these glorious i'm
mia the Antics can march on to certai .. :,
defeat; to expouni the meai,ing of milne"
of arms no hrr,dric lore, will be requiS3e,
for it will explain itself TO the poorest i'm
ported intellect which follows it.
For the Americans it is suggested that
their emblem be red warrior, u real native
American. clad in his forest costume of no
clothes at all, his head crowned with the war
eagle plumes Of our country's glorious bird
Of liberty; his attitude fierce, his bow bent
and the shaft of enmity 10 crafty dema-
gogueism and foreign Interference drawn to
the head ana ready to be launched at the
mongre enemies, actual and virtual, Of our
institutions; he shall be wrought in precious
metal from our native mines, pure, indestruct
ible and untarnished us the principles which
he typifes, and be proudly worn upon the
broad breasts which bulwark our liberties,
rights and privileges. So shall 90 down to
remotest generations our glorious standard,
constant memento of the great battle for
the right by the forefathers of our descend
ants, when not one Of the free wild men Of
flesh and blood shall be left to hunt upon the
hills, shorn of their dark forests ard smiling
with the pace, plenty and refinement Of lat
ter day native America. SO mote it be-
N0dile Advertiser
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

"CnEwING" rN CHuRon.--The following
lines are pasted up in Church in Worcester,
Mass. They would not be out of place in
other ATTITUDES:
aye ebewers Of the noxious weed
Which grows on earth's most heavy sod,
Be pleased to clean your filthy mouths
Outside the sacred "llouse of God"
Throw ont your ''plug" aud "Cavendsh,"
Your 'tnil', your twist" and 'honeydew,
And not presume TO spit upon
The pulpit. aisle, or in the pew"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

lay The Cleveland papers give an account
of discovery, by DR.. Taylor, of that city, of
a process for the production of brilliant
light by the decomposition of water The
apparatus is said to be wholly unlike that of
Mr. Paine, of Worcester which attrneied so
much attention few years since. Distn-
guished chemists have examined the process
and its results and pronounce it triumph.
The cost of the apparatus is small, the ma
chncry simple, ard the cost of materials con
sumed almost nothing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

176g-As an evidence of the moral beauties
of Eoreignism, we state, as an item of news,
that of the two thousand six hundred grog
cries in the city of New Orleans, only Too
are kept by native born Americans!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

s-fs a horse shoe of novel construction
has lately been brought forward. Tie main
merit claimed for it is, that it can be used
without the ordinary nals--the mode of fas-
tening it being by means of thin iron cap
fitted az an external covering to the foot, TO
which the body of the shoe is appended, the
whole being kept on the hoof by small nail
rod, attaching the sides at their ends.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

e5Es- Bismuth has been discovered in Shell
by county, Ky. The metal is very brittle
and rusible, and exhibits by the blow pipe the
genuine characteristics of bismuth. 1t readi-
" dissolves in concentrated nitric acid to n
clear solution. Muriatic acid acts feebly up.
on IT, The solution in nitric acid results in
nearly pure bismuth, with only some slight
traces OF zinc an iron.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

More LAYD.-The fault of many farmer
is his appetite for more land. However poor
" cultivated, whatever land he has, he wants
more. The next field must he his. The
fences between may be good boundary for
his neighbor but not for him. His policy is
to buy more land and give manure in home
palhicscs. There is no lesson so needlul to
him us that derived from the well known sto-
nv of the Frenchman and his two daughters.
When the first daughter was married he gave
her for her portion one hlfo his vineyard.
But to his surprise, the half he had left re
ceiving as much cultivation as he had bcstow-
ed upon the whole yeldas much as The whole
had done. When the se"ond was maraied,
he gave the half of what he had left, and he
had as many grapes as before
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

New ORLEANS, July 80.
The steamer Nautilus has arrived with la
ter dates from the Brazos
The Revolution was progressing. VOL had
fallen back onMatamoras and the Revolution
lists were following.
Gen. Vidaury was marching with twenty
eight hundred men upon Matamoras, its fall
being considered inevitable.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10
The London Times says;

Whatever delusion Ministers were in ns to
the duration of the war last year, we now
know that it is wise to make up our minds to
twenty years at least, and that we are much
more likely to shorten the war by an over
than by an under estimate.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

fSs- The Boston Advertiser learns that the
Kansas Legislature has not only unseated all
the frce-so members of that body, but has
voted that the code of Missouri shall be the
law of Kansas. The same paper adds:
awe learn from private sources that the
elected members Of the Legislature were TO
meet on the 18th at Lawrence, for consulla-
ton. Meetings of the people at different
points through the Territory are everywhere
disavowing the authority of the Legislature,
which is forcing upon them the laws Of
another colnmonWealth."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

Singular PheHonenon-Are are 10 hare
Volcanoes in The IVek?-Capian Briscoe, of
the steamer T'ishmingo, says that on Thurs
dly, while Il e boat vas on her wlv up o his
port, one of the strnigest possible sights pre-
sented itself to th' eyes of all on board
The boat was about 75 miles from Louis
vile.
Suddenly Mt one SIDE Of the boat, and not
more than 40 feet diIiant, the water in the
river boiled up for space OF 40 feet square
and to height of MT less than 10 feet. 1t
boiled and bubhlrd IT n fearful rate. and his
sed and foamed ikea thousand boiling cau.
drons Then therecame up to the surface Il
light and very porous substance of n dark
color, which was so light as to float on the
river, its upper edge fully two feet and Il
half above the levelot the river.
Some of the passengers were very consid-
erably alarmed, il not absolutely frightened,
On their account Capt. b. did not stop to
collect any of the floating substance. We
wish he could have done so. 1t might have
led to some important revelation.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

n5y- 1t has lately been found that water
saturated with lime produces in bread the
same whtcness, soltncss and capacity of re-
tanning moisture, as results from the use Of
alum; while the former removes AL acidity
from the dough, and supplies an ingredient
needed in the structure OF the bones, which
is deficient in the ceredlia.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

dFCholera prevails so extensively along
the line of passenger travel between the
oceans, in Nicaragua, and throughout the in
terror, us TO interrupt communications.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

r4sg- -"IIiram, my boy" said tender father
TO his son, "you must be more careful Of
Yourself You have not the constitution of
some" "Dont believe it, dad--lve got the
constitution of horse. Dang it If don't
believe I've got the Constitution of the Uni
ted States"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

Judge Sharkey, late U. s. Consul at Ha-
vana, is a Know Nothing candidate for tho
Mississippi Legislature.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

.5Fs- 1t is a mistaken opinion entertained
by many that no watches are made in this
county. Watches, equal il is said, TO tho
best imported, are manufactured in Waltham,
Massachusetts, and sell for from $40 to 5000
ench
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10


EFFECTS OF THE HEATED TERM.-June
l9, lS55-lO AM have Just arrived at my
office, took off my crayat and collar, came
down together with copious shower ofper'
spirniHn, took off my hat, took off my coat
took off my vest, took oil my boots, sill fee
warm. Seized large palm leaf fan and com
menced operations n" go-the more fan the
more perspire. ThinkIll 90 round to Della.
toru's and get glass of soda-took some
brandy wit it feel better
l0i A.M.-Think III take some more so.
dn and brandy. Good! Cthermometer al
ninety four, and still rising)
IL A. M.-fee dry again, III take n little
more soda and brandy Boy just come in
wanted to know II | wonld let Mr Jones
have the amount of his little soda and orar-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

OxYD OF l.EAD.--The Scientific American
says "Comnon red waters scattered about
the haunts of cockroochrs will often drive
away, if not destroy them" These waters,
like candies, are colored red by oxyd of lead,
a most deadly poison; and so is the acetate of
lead, or sugar of lead as it is sometimes called,
on visiting cards, which, being little sweet.
ish, has been known to destroy young chill.
dren, to whom they were handed to be anus.
ed with. Fashioufor once acts sensbly in
dlscarding glazed t,rds, using instead Bristol
board, more pliant less cumbersome, and
really more delicate.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10
THE LITTLE BOY THAT DIED.

! l am all alone IN my ehamOer now,
And the midnight hour is ear;
And the fagot's crack, and the clocks dull
tick,
Are the only sounds hear,
/ And over my soul in its solitude,
Sweet feelings of sadness glide,
For my heart and my eyes are full when ]
think
OF the little boy that died.
went one night to my fathers house
Went home to the dear ones all
And softly opened the garden gate,
And softly the door of the hall.
Ny mother came out to meet her son
She kissed him and then she sighed,
And her head fell on my neck, and she wept
For the little boy that died.
l shall miss him when the flowers come,
b. In the garden where he played;
/ shall miss him more by the fireside.
When the flowers have all decayed.
l shall see his toys and his empty chair.
And the horse he used to ride;
And they will speak with silent speech,
OF the little boy that died.
We shall 60 home to our Fathers house
To our Fathers house in the skies,
Where the hopes of our souls shall have no
blight
Our love no broken ties
We shall roam on the banks of the river of
peace,
And bathe in its blissfu tide.
And one of the joys of our heaven shall be
The little boy that died.
HALIFAX, July |.
The Asia has arrived from Liverpool with
seven days later news.
News generally unimportant.
The allies are making formidable prepara-
tons for m assault on Sevastopol. The
Russians made three successive sorties on the
French from MalakoG Tower on the night of
the 18th. All repulsed. The sortes on the
Sth against the English were all repulsed.-
The Russian ships are suffering from the
French batteries at Quarantine Bay. Gort-
schakoli is being largely reinforced, In the
Black Sea an expedition is being fitted out
supposed to be against Odessa. The Russians
complain Of the English violating their truce
flags.
There has been complete rupture be-
tween Rome and Spain, and the Pope's
Charge has demanded his passports.
.5s" We commend the following little
song to any young gentleman who may be
afflicted with collie on the left side of the
chest. We found it the other day in scarce
old novel, and il is there represented as hav-
Ing been sung with. extraordinary effect. An
afflicted young man, in the last slage-(of
obriety)-desperate in his deyotion-and re-
gardIess Of his health, exposes himself to the
deus of heaven, and with big brass-horn
accompaniment sings:-
"Que je t'aime-ah, fondly stealing
On thine ear, each low fond word
Tells thee of the depths of the feeling
That within my soul are stirred.
Que je t'aime-ah, que je t'aime!
"One garland only life is wreathing,
But one thought, one hope, one aim,
All the love feel is breathing
In those accents-que jc tdime'
Qaeje faime, dh,--9ue je taime"
The "que je tame" part of the song is not
likely to be understood about here, and it
would be well to send an explanation next
day, MS it might be taken for something dis
respectful.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

SHOCKING AFFAlR.-On the 18th instant,
in Crawford county, Ind, the wife of Mr..
hewitt Bruce attempted to murder him.
He lying with his head on her lap, and she
commenced striking him on the head with a
hatchet She succeeded in iracturng his
skull very badly-so much so that the ply.
scians extracted several pieces of the bone.
At last accounts he was lying insensibIe, and
no hopes were entertained for his recovery.
She was arrested in her murderous designs
by somc HeigiIburs tint wvTe close by. lhey
placed her in u room for safe keeping while
they attended to her wounded husband
When they went to the room they found her
dead, she having hung herself with silk
handkerchief to bed post.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10
THE RUSSIANS IN THE CRIMEA.
a letter from Warsaw of the 9th, in Il

letter from Warsaw of the 9th, in the
Constitutional, says:-
"The Councillor of State de Kotzebue ar
rived here yesterday from Se5astopol, and
Immediately had m audience Of Prince Pas
kiewitsch, to whom he delivered letters from
General Gortschakofi, The picture which NJ.
de Kotzebue draws Of the state of the Crimea
Is far from satisfactory. General Gorschak off.
1t is said, complains that the renlorcements
both of cavalry mrd infantry, and supplies of
provisions passing through Pereknp, were
advancing but very slowly, but in consequence
of the want of water in the steppeS, " Nhere
the thermometer nj times stood at "a Rraumrr
(93 Fahrenheir.) it was necessary TO have the
troops followed by an immense number of
vehicles carving water. These reinforce
ments were decimated 0y disease on their
march, and the remainder, on arriving at Sc
bastopol, only served to fill the hospitals
Simpheropol and Baksliseral are so full of
sick that il has been found necessary to es
tablish ambulances under tents. The NOR
tality owing To the extreme heat is described
rs frightfuI' The town Of Sebastopol is said
to be in desperate state-not house but
has suffered from the shot and shell of the
Allies. The Russian army at Sebastppol has
been weakened by 10000 men by the affairs
o. the 7th and 18Th of June, without reckon
ing those who have died from cholera and
other diseases. The Allies have rendered
their position between B1laklava and Inker-
mann impregnablc, so that, in case of an MS.
sanlt, General Gortschakoff cannot assist the
garrison by making any diversion on that
side. 1t is supposed that the garrison will
blow up all the public buildings, and only
leave to the ASSISTANTS hemp of ruins. All
the articles of value belonging to the Crown
have been removed to Perekop. The account
of the death of Lord Raglan has been given
to-day in the official journal. Another jour
nal points out the losses Of the Russian army.
It's best Generals, KurnieA, Gotomr, Tim.
ohecf, Somonoff, Schilder Orbelian, ard
several other, have been killed; and Woron
zoh Menschikof, and Dannenberg have re-
tired. More than 500 officers of all ranks
have been already lost by this war. II is said
that General Gortschakoff is urgent tor Off
GERS. and that he has written on this subject
20 Prince Paskiewtsch. The object of the
visit of the Grand Duke Michael to this city
is The subject of general conversation. He
was, il is said, charged to sound the feeling
of Prince Paskiewitsch as to his taking the
command of the army of the Crimea; but the
Prince is said to have refused, on the plea Of
his health and promise Of repose made TO him
by tie late Emperor The Cholera is daily
carrying off from lS TO 90 persons here, and
il is extending its rav0ges along the .Vistula
rs far rs Cracow.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

,sEg-It is thought that the engine, which
exploded on the VtrmontCentral road throw
ing the ears off The track, and causing the
death of three employees, was struck by
lightning. The train was going at full
speed on a high embankment through a
swamp.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

c5s- Have you any limbhorn bonne,s 2
inquired very modest miss of a shop keep
er
ANY whalP
ANY limbhorn bonnetsr
'Any-you don't mean leghorn'
I The young lady was brought too by the
proper resloratiyes
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-08-10

ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES
Contemplate England, grooming with taxa
tion, and struggling in sangnnary war;
with her trade dcranged, her populHce dscor-
tented, her government the corrupt machine
of IN ogarchy, and her revenues squandered
for she knows not what-and contrast her
with America-the America that Ssh
Cabinet Ministers treat with so much indiifrr-
encc. whose statesmen are cultivating the arts
of pence, and whose commerce is gathering II
golden harvest to the nation. She it is that
stands boldly forward in her civil greatness;
she it is that presents n striking contrast to
the military despoisms of Europe; she it is
that. with her two thousand miles of under
guarded coast, her unwalled cities, her meagre
navy. combines within herself the elements
necessary, to a great military nation. Peace
reipns at her frrsdc her throne is not in
mourning. Her Legislators are devsing
means to relieve IN oyrrllowing treasury; her
trade is vigorous, her people are increasing
beyond comparison in wealth, her Cavern
ment is ut once cheap and useful. England
spends her blood and treasure in fighting the
battles of unthankful neighbors. America
6gbts only her own battles, and she fights
them quick and Nell.--London Advertiser.