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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21
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BLUE RIDGE RAlLRoAD.-The friends OF
this great enterprise will be glad to learn
that the work is progressing ina very encour-
aging manner In this State, it is being Wig
orously pushed forward by the sub contrae-
tors. In Georgia, all the road, with the OK.
ception of six miles, is under contract, and
the work progressing finely. The remain
der will be taken in II short time. We un.
destand the road in North Carolina and Ten
nessee viii be delivered to the contractors
eoon. and the work along the whole line
commenced Immediately thereafter.
With the ability and energy of the drec-
tion. the favorable Improvement in the mon-
ev market. bountilul harvest and conse-
ouent cheapness Of provision, and industrious
and energetic contractors, we can see no
rood reason why the work should not pro
ceed satisfactorily, and we believe that il
will continue to do so.-PickenS Courier.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

sXg" THE DomIEloYs OF THE CZAR.-Al-
though it is the boast of Great Britain upon
her dominions the sun never sets, yet we sus-
pert that the idea is rather conceited abb
straction. Russia is one and continuous,
from Kamtschatka to Warsaw-from Ar
changel to Sebastopol. The Russian Car is
absolute master-not in any fgurative sense,
but in as complete sense as one immortal
being can be master of another-of some
fourteenth part 0he exact proportion mat.
ters little) Of the whole human race. What
was Alexander of Macedon to this2 lie
merely over ran part of the worc, and
frightened it into obedience during his life
time; the Russian Gar is the one soul that
animates the great mammoth body Of his
vast empire; and what his name is seems to
matter tte-Peter, Paul, Alexander, Nich-
olas; he himself, as an incarnate idea, is inde-
structiblr, BlackWO0d.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21
rR- The Scientific American announces n

tY- The Scientific American announces
machine for picking geese, the result of y
number of years Of labor, and one of the
most ingenious pieces of mechanism ever
seen. 1t not only pluckes the feathers, but
separates the long ones from the short ones;
and cleans them perfectly white while pass
ing through the machine. 1t will pick forty
five geese per hour, and must materially AT
feet the price of feathers.
The ganders will exclaim, Eve live in n
wonderful age" and the geese cackle with
delight at being plucked so quick. ain old
times" il used to take an hour to catch them,
ten minutes to tie their legs and draw
stocking over their heods-and long, long
while to pick each one. 1t was tedious and
cruel job, and the inventor of the machine
ought to be waited upward on the wings OF
goslins and sleep on n very soft bed when he
comes down. So says the Boston Post.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

THE USloN.-The Alexandria Gazette says
that the attempt making to bring about iu-
sion Of all parties Mt the North, so as TO form
n great anti.slavery party, MS we have already
stated, may have the very opposite effect from
that intended. 1t continues, "These Black
Republicans as they are now called, may,
instead Of fusion for, produce fusion
AGAINST themselves; and the patriots of the
North who now take bold and decided
stand for the Constitution and the Union,
will have the whole South and South
West TO back and Sustain them. Surely,
these elements combined can make head u
cninst tho disuniOnists. We will moi yet
despair of the Republic, though the course
of events hitherto has not been Of favor
able nature"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

ADVANCE IN SUGAR.-The price Of sugar
has lately advanced considerable. The New
York sugar market, note, was much excited
on Friday last, and further advance took
place, owing to the reports of short crops in
Cuba and Louisiana. The advices from Lon
don state that prices have risen there consid-
erably. The extreme abundance of fruits
this year, and consequent chcapness, has oc'
casoned great increase in the consumption
of sugar for preserving; an increase, however,
which the rising price Of sugar will now
check.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

SECOND TERM-The Washington cores
pondent of the Charleston Standard announ-
ces President Pierce's return from Virginia,
and his delightful acknowledgment of the
kind treatment he experienced whilst in the
"Od Dominion" and adds.
at is now pretty well ascertained that
President Pierce is calculating his chances
for a second term, and when the National
Convention shall assemble next summer at
Cincinntati, iii very questionable whether
they find more available man.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

THE WAR.-The London Times, August
Odd, has very gloomy record of the war;
awe are in," it says, "for another winter
campaign" and it adds of the attack
$50, the great day, that dreadful day of
which it may almost be said, in comparison
with all the other conflicts of human passion
and outpourngs of human vengeance, Dies
irG, dies lila, luce SplendenS CT tarilId rs still
indefinitely prorogued, and nobody can say in
what month it will come. We only know
that the longer it is postponed the more
dreadful it will be, and still wholly uncertain
in its results. But there is, in our opinion,
one certainty about it; and that is, whether we
take Southern Scbastopol or not zoe shall still
hare TO winter in our present position. When
SebdStopoL fails into our hands, IL iciH be a
mere heap of ruins with all the horrors Of the
charnel house. With the enemy still in pos
session Of the north side, the south side will
only be the front of our own attack, MS bloody
and wrcchcd MS our present advanced trench.
cs. SO that whether we take Sebastopol or
not, we shall still have to occupy the heights
throughout the ensuing winter"
Tents, we are also told, will not do for
winter, and the so 900 huts promised are not
under way, and the army cannot be well hut
ted before Christmas. The editor neverthe-
less, concludes
awe are still for pressing on the means in
our power, and preparing with even lavish
provision for all tho thousand contingencies
of winter campaign. Above all, let there
hn mn 1nuht ga ia fhp rOnnns nf pnmtnuu
ton from the camp TO the harbor which must
bc--as it has all along becn-our only base
Of operations
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

Hoes IN KESTucKY-The Louisville Dem
ocrat of the 9th inst, states that, according 10
returns to the Auditor of Kentucky, there
are in the State this year. l,44O,299 hogs
over six months old, against l,9S2,244 last
year. This decrease in number is attributed
to the short crop of corn last year, which
compelled many to kill, who o'herwnse W.T.,
would have kcpt them n year longer Inc
quantity of pork raised in the State the pres
ent season, however, says the Democrat
will undoubtedly exceed that of last year.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

tg-A terrible affair occurred on board the
British brig, Her Majesty, at sea, June 2Sth
The Captain, VIM. Wright, threw bucket of
water on n sleeping sailor named Veale,
whereupon Veale stabbed him to the heart
Vcale then killed the mate and one seamen,
stabbed another seaman, and attempted to
scuttc the ship. One of the crew then shot
him in the leg, when he rctreated 10 the fore.
castle and hung himself.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

tag Returns from one hundred and TWEEN
ty one towns of the election in Vermont
show minority thus far of 1889 for Royce,
the Republican candidate, over all others, for
Governor, and the choice Of seventy nine Re-
publican Representatives, against "a Ameri-
cans and ii Democrats.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

WASHING SfLvERwARE.-It seems that
honsekeepcrs who wash their silverware with
soap and water, as the common practice is, do
not know wha. they are about. The propric-
TOR Of one of the largest and oldest establish
ments In the city of Philadelphia says that
"honsekccpers ruin their silver by washing 1t
in soap sud-; Il makes it look like pewter
Never put a particle of sonp about your silver,
then il will regain its original lustre. When
!. wants polish, take piece of soft leather
ond whiting, and rub il hard"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

DEFUHcT PARTIEs.-The New York Mir
ror-a paper from which we frequently
quote, because we like the manly spirit its
articles breathe, always speaking what its
editor thinks, but always respectful and high
toned-says of an invitation to the ,chigs 10
join the democratic party:
"The Albany Argus appeals to the small
remnant of wings who have neither gone
over to the "Know Nothings," on the one
hand, nor to the "Republicans" on the Other,
to throw themselves into the ranks of the
Democratic party, and Join heart and soul, in
an effort at Union. saving. If the old whig
party is indeed hopeessly broken up, and
there is necessity for its members TO enter
into new political combinations, will the Ar
gus tell us what the Democratic party has to
offer to encourage recruits! Is 1t not as COM
pletely disntegratcd rs the whig party! Is
there any great democratic party of theUnion!
II so, where are its leaders, its principles, its
united rank and file! We search in vain for
evidence of their existence. We discover
nothing but broken-down party hacks--we
find no recognized platform of principles: in
fine, we despair of ever seeing another "har
moniOus" organization of the unterrifed de-
mocracy. What Polk left of the wreck of
his party, Pierce scattered to the winds. The
same flood tide of public opinion which run
down and overwhelmed the old whig party
with their leaders, has overcome the demo-
cratic phalanx with deserved disorganization
and ruin.
"The Argus,~ we opine, must invite the
scattered hosts OF whiggery to more prom
ising entertainment than can be offered by
the broken down party of Franklin Pierce
We should as soon think of joining Louis
Napoleon against the Russians, as to go over
to such pitbald gathering as the so-called
democratic party. 1t has gone down, like all
the old parties-and must stay down per
force"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

ORA Washington letter to the New York
Conrief says that the case of General Scott
is now before the Secretary of War and the
President. 1t is not supposed however, that
General Pierce will revise the opinion of the
Secretary of War. The official view OF tho
Attorney General has been communicated to
the Secretary, and the opinion prevails that it
is adverse TO the allowance on account of the
brevet rank conferred by the late commission.
1t is stated by Boston exchange, that the
estate of Abbott Lawrence will exceed two
millions of dollars.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

More MUSCLE AND LESS ALGEBRA-A
writer, IN "Iife Illustrated" says of the pres
ent "scven hour school system" prevailing ir
some portions of the country
"Oh, teachers! let us have more muscle, i
less algebra, broader shoulders and deeper
chests; straigher back bones and stronger
limbs; fuller checks and sounder stomachs,
even though these should be purchased with
the loss of little "learning" Bear in mind
that many-eay, most-of the greatest, wisest
and best men that ever lived had scarcely any
of the learning of the schools; while no
man ever lived greatly and completely whose
physical system wac unsound at the core
Let the children run. Let them expand their
chests, and their hearts, too, in the open air.
Give them long froic in the play ground in
the afternoon"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

Eyy- In recent letter from Dublin to the
London Times we find the following para
graph:
"Great complaints Of the scarcity of hands
come from all quarters Of the country. The
continuance of the exodus and the cmbodi-
ment of the ,.s,Itia have combined to narrow
the labor market to n most inconvenient limit
Some idea of the demand for agricultural
laborrrs may be learned from the fact, that in
one district (Limerick) the farmers are paying
les. 3D. per week (wet or dry weather. and
diet, and on Monday morning, when fine
weather set in, hands were eagerly picked up
at 2s. Cd per day and board"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

.55- Homestead Exemption" exclaimed
Mrs. Partington, throwing down the paper;
cts come to a pretty pass, indeed, that men
are going to exempt themselves from home
just when they please without any proviso
for cold nights"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

The state of negotiations at the Court Of
st. James are such as to require the presence
of Hon. James Buchanan, U. S. Minister,
there beyond the lst of October, the time
appointed for his return. 1t is presumed that
his detention has reference to the Central
American question.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

" The recent accident on the Camden
and Amboy Rail Road has affected the value
OF its securities. The stock of the Company
has sold Mt 1870, and the bonds Of 'S3 at Sl9,
being decline of $40 per share on the for
mer' and 81 per cent. on the latter This is
the result of apprehensions that the Compa-
ny will be mulcted in heavy damages for per-
sonal injuries.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21
ST. LOUIS, Sept. l(

Governor Shannon made speech at West
port. He said he regretted to see disposi-
ton to nulliiy the laws of the late l.egisla-
ture; he regarded the laws binding and would
enforce them. He lavors slavery in Kansas.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

t4Sy@ The Havana correspondent OF the
National Intrlgencer states that Santa An
ma, late President of Mexico, retircs from
that Impoverished and distracted country with
the snug little fortune Of seven millions OF
dollars. Two thirds of this immense sum is
reunited to be invested in stocks and real cs'
tate in the United States and England, he
having succeeded, it is said, in getting two
millions of dollars in hard money out Of the
country at the time of his flight.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

.4g-It is stated that gentleman of Long
Island has succeeded in growing the best old
Java Coffee on his ground. He sowed the
dry berry in drills, having first soaked them
In ashes and water for nm hour. When the
plants were above the surface, stuck row of
oak scrags for them TO climb upon.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

~ There is now living near Mount ver-
non, Kentucky, man named Elijah Denny,
who is one hundred and eighteen years old.
He is a native of Currituck, N. c. He was
present at tn scges of Charleston and Sa-
vannah, and the battles of Eutaw Springs,
Kings Mountain, Camden and Monks Corner.
He is said never to have experienced an hours
sicLnnSs
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

GENTEEL PEoPLE.-The young lady who
let's her mother do the ironing, for fear of
spreading her hands. The miss who wears
thin shoes on rainy day, and the young
gentleman who is ashamed to DO seen with
his father
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

Icy The American Officers sent out by
Government to take lessons in war at Sebas-
topol obtained the Emperor's permission to
visit Cronstadt and then Sebastopol-but the
latter, it is said only on condition that they
should not afterwards go within the lines Of
the allied forces.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

s4y- The Texas papers state that Gen.
Rusk will visit Austin in November, when
the Legislature will be in session, and that he
will urge the acceptance Of the Texas debt
bill, as preliminary step to the construction
of the Pacific Rail Road.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

A PHLosorHIoAL IIUsBAND.-1'hc wife Of
DIR. d., of Mowcaqua, H., has elopcd with
his student leaving her two children. A pr-
yate letter says the philosophical doctor knew
she intended to elope, but didn't think il
worth while to introduce any preventatives.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

HooPs.-The editor of the Buffalo Repub
lican gives the following amnsing account Of
an adventure with one Of the Buffalo ghals';
awe were permitted for the first time in
our life, to accompany handsome young
lady day or two since, through our princi-
pal streets, she being daintiy dressed, and
wearing hoops. Hoops-thlnk of that, You
local editors, who never come in contact with
any thing better than cotton duck skirts or
grass ditto. Hoops! But there was draw
back in this flood of happiness. We could
not get nearer than four feet of her, and con.
seQuenty the conversation consisted of un-
interesting scraps of commonplaces, conduct
ed principally in screams and haloes. Dur
ing our passage toward the young lady's
domcl, small dog, attached to small tin
pail, ran against her, and disappeared under
the voluminous folds Of hooped silk.
There he was, and what to do she knew
not. Finally the dog became quiet, owing to
the darkness in the region where he had dis.
appeared and the hoopcd lady started with
tremendous and frightened steps towards her
home, we rcflectively preceding her, to ln-
form the servants of the catastrophe. She
arrived there perfectly sarc and after few
minutes, during which time shoveIs, tongs
and frebrand were pushed under the pavi-
lion, the dog was ousted ftom his place of
refuge, and shot from his lair like ball from
musket. The last seen Of him, he was ex-
ecuting some very interestingplroueites with
tin pan Accomplishments, around the corner
The lady was not ut all embarrassed by her
unexpected companion, except that an occa-
siona sound of the tin pan would attract the
attention Of passers.by, who looked in vain
for the cause. So much for hoops.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

tsy- Horace Greeley says that the soil of
France is better than that of our Western
States, but is not half so productive on
account of the want Of intelligent tillage'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21
CHARLESTON, Sept. IL

The Yellow Fever is still very bad in Nor
folk. There were forty deaths last Friday
from fever; and up to noon, on Saturday,
there were % deaths. The fever is spread
ing in the surrounding country. The small
pox has broken out, too. There were ten
eases on Saturday.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21
VOL. VIII. NO. 365.

TENNESSEE WHEAT.-A Rochester New
York paper) recently called attention to the
fac. that Tennessee Wheat, received by way
of Cincinnati and Buffalo, was being manu-
factured into flour in that city. "Some peo-
pie" remarks the Cincinnati Gazette, "may
attribute this to the condition of the market
for that staple, and, therefore, regard it merely
as temporary diversion of trade. But this is
not the cause of this new and important fea-
ture in the inland commerce of the country,
but on the contrary, the receipts noted by the
Eastern papers are only the beginning of an
immense inland traffic that is 10 result from
the extension of Railroad facilities" That Is
true. But for "railroad facilities" the i'm
mense shipments of wheat which have been
made from Tennessee the present season
could not have been effected, and the article
would not have commanded 40 cents bushe.
The bulk Of the crop could not have been
sold at any price, and would have been fed
away to stock But, as we have corn in abun-
dance for that purpose it is difficult to say
what our farmers would have done with their
wheat, had they been without the existing
railroad communications with Savannah and
Charleston. And these shipments of wheat
from quarter whence, hitherto, no shipments
have been made, though large arc, in truth,
"ouly the beginning" Here are the soil and
the labor for its production-there is the road
to take it off the very moment it is in con-
dition to be transported-and yonder are the
markets with an ever ready demand for all We
can make. The wheat business Of Tennessee,
therefore, must needs become permanent
and steadily increasing one.-Nash. Ban.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

rSs-Two men named Mnyes and Harlow,
of Yazoo city, Miss, fought duel near
Vicksbnrg, on the 2Slh ult. Tho weapons
used were rifles. Mayes was shot in the arm
and in the neck, but neither of his wounds
is considered dangerous Harlow was not
b,r
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

JUST Four HUNDRED YEARs.-The first
book ever printed with n date appeared in
ll55, just four centuries ago this very year.
Nine years after, the Koran began to be pub
liely read at Constantinople, and at the same
time the Bible was sent forth on the wings
of thn nrnss
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

ryy' DR.. Collins, President of the Sea-
board and Roanoke R,iroad, died oil 'he
pestilencc, at Portsmouth, on the eth' Ills
brother, Mr.. John Collins, died on the pre-
vious day.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

pHYsIoGNoMY-Wa there ever seen
smile on the lip, with which the upper part
of the face agrees not in expression, that
was not evidently fcigned and forced, to be
tive disguise of II mind i'll Mt ease, and o!a
sick spirit? The mind looks through the
eyes, and the brow should smile in unison
with the lip, to show the joy sincere. This
was uniformity remarked OF Napoleons smile.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

BABIss.-Exquisietly in place in the
nursery but awfully out Of place in the par
lor. meeting or railroad car-lhe fountain of
ail-the glory Of "pa," the happiness Of "ma
--,cho ,c0uldnt hare en-.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

c9y- The widow of the il-iated Professor
Webster has two of her daughters married
into the Dabney family. Mr.. Dabney is m
American of princely fortune and manners,
and of great influence at Fayal
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

eS- The corporation of Winchester,
Virginia, has receded from tho prohibito-
ry system, and granted liquor licenses.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

t9y-A Canadian money authority estimates
that 81, 600 900 in gold was sent last year
from the United States to the British
provinces.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21

rw-The Railroad war which the people
of Erie wages for the purpose OF increasing
the consumption of fried PIES and dough.nuls
has nearly used mp the business of the place!
Two years ago Eric had seven frst-cass ho-
tells. OF the seven, six are closed aud the
other starving.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-21
THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, SEPT. a1, 1883.
A DELUGE OF WHEAT.--A New York

A DELuGE OF WHEAT--A New York
exchange says:
"The wheat pressing forward to market be-
gins to embarrass the western roads, whose
freight equipage will soon be fully employed.
The Illinois Central Road has found it ne
cessary TO order three hundred more cars
A large amount of wheat has already reach
ed Chicago from the southern section of the
road. One station alone, (Joncsborough0 it
is estimated, will give the road this season
100000 bushels.