The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-02-09
LIQUOR ILLUSTRATED.

/ Thurlow w. Brown, editor OF the Cavur,
Chief, recently journeyed from Auburn 70
! Wisconsin, and this is one Of his notes By
. the way:
Speaking of grog-shops, brings to mind
/ an Incident which occurred al -.
Young, welLdressec, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
man, with Il lovely wife and child had Jour.
nereG on The same train Nth US from But.
| fa!o. Al, in spite of the earnest and
fearful protcstations of his wife, he would
/ leave the depot, us he said ION business
From the wilr's manner, we readily guessed
what she thought his business was. For
long hour she stood, with her boy in her
arms, awaiting his return, the tears, in spite
of all her efforts, silently dropping upon the
check of her sleeping child. He came just
as the train started drunk. He luFched 10.
wards the platform, fell upon the rail, and his
head WAS severed from his body. Never in
life shall we forget the expression of the
wifes couLtcnanCc, as she stood moment,
her fc. lures pale and CHASTITY, and then fell
senscless upon the CORY and smoking form of
her husband. The wall of The fatherless boy
touched every heart. for not one who looked
upou the scene could refrain from weeping.
Had an assassin rubbed the wife and child rf
II husband and father at such moment, the
enraged PopuIace would have Iynched him
on the spot. He died legal death. The
butchery was licensed. The price of blood
was in the rum-srIler's till few pennies
worth of property WAS saved to him, but y
husband, father and citizen d slroycd. The
crushing blow fell upon the innocent and de-
ienceleSs among strangers. This butrhrry is
but ono of that host having record in the
history of rumseling. To pat nm end to it
we are told, would violate the Constitution
destroy property, and outrage the rights Of
the citizen aud his domicl We looked upon
that woman, as she was taken like dead one
from the hcadlrss corpse, her heavy hair
clotted with the blood that had just jctted
from the puIsing heart, and felt fresh hatred
against damnab'e business and all its apoI-
ogists and abeitors. ] thought Of Seymour,
and thanked God that he no longer stands
betwccen the people of New York and tho
scourge which burdens them"
WASHINGTON IrEMs.-Capi. Gibson has
addressed communication TO the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, pIonouncing the letter
imputed to him as false and garblcd state
mrnt of memorial addressed To the Cover
nor Of Batavia. He charges the Secretary
of State with bad faith in the management
and prosecution Of his claim from the be-
The Treasury Department has been notified
Of Judgment in the State of Texas against
Joseph Bates, late Marshal there, Of twenty
dollars due from him TO the United
States.
The Star denies that there has been any
conference between Mr.. Guthrie and the COM
miitce of ways and means. The Star is of
opinion that the tariff will not DC changed du-
ring the present session of Congress.
A large Legislative delegation from New
York ship owners is in Washington, with the
view, it is presumed, to prevent the passage
of bill providing for the better health, &C.,
Of immigrant passengers.
The corporation Of Washington have vo.
ted an appropriation of 100000 in ccrtf-
Gates Of City Of Washington for the COM
plclion of the Alexandria and Washington
Rail Road.