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is RELIGION REAUTIFuLl

Always! In the child, the maiden, with
the wife, mother, religion shines a holy be-
nignant beauty of its own. which nothing Of
earth can mar. Neser yet was the female
character perfect without the steady faith Of
piety. Beauty, intellect wealth they are
like pit falls, dark in the brightest day, un-
less religion throw her soft beams around
them, to purify and exalt, making twice glo-
rious that which seemed all loveliness be-
fore
Religion is very beautiful--in health or
sickness, in wealth or poverty. We never
enter the sick chamber Of the good, but soft
music seems to float on the air, and the bur-
den of their song is, "Lo peace is here"
Gould we look into thousands Of families
to day, where discoatent'siss ighling salen-
ly with life, We should find the chief cause
of unhap7ness, want of religion in woman
And in felons' cells--in places of crime
misery, destitution, ignorance-we should
beheld in all its most horrible deformity, the
fruit of irreligion in woman.
Oh, religion benignant majesty, high on
thy throne thou sittest, glorious and exalted,
Not above the clouds for earth clouds come
never between thee and the truly pious sou
not beneath the clouds, far above thee in
heaven, opening through broad vista of ex'
ceeding beauty.
Its gates in the splendor Of jasper and pre-
cious stones, while with dewy light that
neither flashes nor blazes, but steadily pro
ceedeth from the throne of God. Its powers
bathed in reNlgeht glory ten times the bright
ness of ten thousand suns, yet soft, undaz
! zlmg to the eye.
And there religion points. Art thou @ea
ry' it whispers, "rest--ap there-forever. "
Art thou sorrowing! "eternal JOY" Art thou
weighed downed with unmerited ignomy
"kings and priests in that holy home" Ar
thou poor! "the very streets before thy man
sion shall be gold" Art thou friendless
"the angels shall be thy companions, and Goo
thy friend and Father"
Is religion beautiful =! We answer, all il
desoation and dcformty where religion il
not
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-02-23

cB" A west ern bachelor friend, in pri-
yate letter to the editor of the New York
Crayon, condoles in some measure" on the
subject of matrimony, as fOllows;-"You as
sure me that "he who getteth wife, getteth
good thing. confess that, in my opinion OF
the holy estate, have been little better than
one of the wicked, as Falstaff says. But am
coming round. begin to see that
Lives Of married men remind US
We may live our lives as well
And departing leave behind us
An example that will tell.
An example that some other,
Wasting time in sdle sport,
Some forlorn. unmarried brother,
Seeing, shall take heart-and court"
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EUROPEAN ITEMS.

We find in the Baltimore papers of Satur-
day, the subjoined items, in addition to those
published few days since:
Letters fromSebostopol say that the French
had mined the flagstaff battery aHd only
awaited a favorable opportunity to blow it
up. Sickness was increasing in the camps
of the allies. Prince Menschikoffis reported
to have said-"Onr troops may rest Gen
erals january, February and March will fight
our battles far better than we can
1t was reported at Vienna that on the 2sth
a battle had been fought before Sebastopol,
in which the Russians were victorious. Au-
thentic advices from Balaklava the next DAY
contradict the report.
1t was positively asserted that Omer
Pasha's force would begin operations on the
18th of January, advancing undeEeover Of
the artillery of the feets along the coast
The last of the Turkish conveys left Varna
on the 9th 3t..ii ffoT Baaklava. The French 80
gun ship Henrirk Fourth, which ran ashore
on the 18th Of November, has been convert
ed into a fort of great service to the al
lies.
A despatch from Menschikoff dated Jan.
18th was published at st. Petersburg on the
2Oln 10 tHe IoIlOWlnp eheCt. i Ht SleSe
operations do not advance. Two successful
night sorties were made on the 9Th and 18th,
in which we took IA English and French
prisoners. The allies lost considerable
number in killed" Arab deserters say that
the Turks are treated with very little consd-
Grafton by the allies.
The appointment of Tsmael Pacha to the
command of the army of Autolia, has pro-
duced the best results upon the troops. The
Turks had opened communication with
Schamyl, whose force numbers 10000 men.
Prince Peratynski, Pole, and Lieutenant
in the Russian Guard, had deserted to the
Turks. The Turks had a rumor that Scha-
myl was dead.
Russia nterprets the four points thus -
First, the abolition of the Russian protecto-
rate over Moldavia and Wallachia, those
provinces being placed under the guaranty of
the five powers. Second, the Tree navigation
of the Danube Third the revision of the
treaty of ls4I, to attach more completely the
existence of the Ottoman Empire to the bal
ance of Europe. Fourth, the collective guar
antee of the five powers for the consecration
and observance of religious privileges of the
different Christian communities, without dis.
tinction of form of worship.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-02-23

TIE MAINE GrASrEss.-Her name issilva
Hardy. She is native Of Franklin county,
seven feet six inches in height, is rather lean
than heshy, yet weighs three hundred and
thirty pounds, and is nearly thirty years OF
age, and is still groring. She has heretofore
maintained herself chiefly by service in the
capacity of nurse having the reputation of
being a most excellent one; but, for a few
months past, her health has not been good
enough for her to practice this vocation. Her
mother is said to have been below medium
size, and her father not above IL. She was
twin; and at birth weighed but three and a
half pounds. Her mate did not live.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-02-23

PEACE PRosPEcTs.-The Paris correspon.
dent of the Times writes as follows on this
subject. There are still some few persons
here who think that the Emperor Of Russia
sincerely desires peace. dare say he does,
provided he gets everything he wishes; other
wise il is difficult to reconcile the allusion rs
to his real intentions with the accounts that
reach us almost every day Of the vast arna-
ments prepared on every point of his empire.
There can, indeed, be little doubt that the
Crimea is about to become the theatre of n
most sanguinary struggle. Reinforcements
are said to be already on their way to the
Russian camp, and as the proportions of the
war become enlarged, and as it is evident that
both parties are trying to gain time, the can
non wiksoon become the real negutiator.-
So slight is the hope Of peace being Fees
tablished, that another theatre Of hostilities
appears to the vision of military men MS loom
ing in the distance. The war spirit being
once reused, the Imagination revels in new
and as glorious dreams rs those Of Alma and
Inkermann. A war upon the Rhine is in
every body's mouth, and il is asserted as n
fact that, so convinced are they of its being
inevitable, several officers, and not of low rank
either are already preparing their equipments.
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LATE FROM HAvAsA.-The U. s. Mail
steam ship Isabel, Capt. William Rollins, ar
rived ut her wharf in this city at a little be-
fore four o'clock yesterday afternoon, having
left Havana on the morning and Key West
on the evening of the 10th inst.
Havana, as will be perceived from the in
teresting letter of our Havana correspondent,
is in a state of great excitement.
A friend, also, informs us that plot had
been formed 20 assassinate, at the Opera, the
Captain General and other officials. The gas
was to have been extinguished and the work
of death commenced. A traitor, however,
BETRAYED his comrades, and on the 9Th inst,
Don Ramon Pinta, an intimate friend ofGen.
Conchn, and 80 influential citizens were
arrested. On the following day forty others
were arrested, among them, it is said, the fa-
nous Marti, of the Opera House, and Eche-
varessi, manager of the Raj! Road. The Co.
werner of Mantanzas and Senor Almeda, n
rich and well known planter of Trinidad, have
also. il is said, been imprisoned Fears OF
invasion are entertained, and the Government
is arming every one they can-even the gall
lev slaves.-Chdr. Courier.
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A SINGULAR CnhRAcTER-lIIs BURIAL
The Auburn Daily Advertiser mentions the
death Mt Weedspori, Cayuga county, on the
26th ult, of one Harmon Weldon, aged so.
lie had acquired handsome competency, and
many years ago made all his arrangements
for his burial lie constructed for himself
stone coffin of the Cayuga limestone, well
finished, the cover settling over the sides on
a rabbited shoulder, and bolted together with
six half-nch bolts, running through from top
to bottom, and secured with countor sunk
nuts. lie requested to be buried in that with
"his cloak wrapped around him, and no min
lister was to be allowed to come near him.--
His coffin weighed one thousand five hundred
pounds, and he gave particular directions how
TO lower him into the grave. All Of his d.
rections were explicitly followed, and by his
directions the coffin was not only boI;ed but
cemented together 80 ns to be water tight
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-02-23

eg The Crusader tells about secret in
stitution of professional beggars in New York.
imported from Sardinia, but classified among
voluntary emigrants. lie says
"At the present time this foreign organiza-
tion of professional paupers numbers in the
city of New York not less than three nun
dred members of both sexes. They have Sc
cret and mysterious signs-a language intel
tIeible but among themselves, and have Ger,
tifcates according their degrees, merits ana
intelligence of the members. They lnhaolt
generally the most filthy quarters of New
York, aud organized much like Fourierltes
Communists, or Socialists, they beg individu-
ally and divide mutually. As soon as they
have collected good sum, they return to
their native home, and buy properties with
the money obtained in this country under
false pretences"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-02-23

SHOCKING TRAGEpY.-The Southern Cali
fornian gives an account of bloody affray
which occurred at the Monte, on Sunday, the
7th of December. Micajah Johnson, father
in-law of w. B. Lee, under sentence of death,
came to the town of Lexington, and in con-
sequence of m old grudge, publicly ussaied,
in m indecent manner, the character of SAM
uel King, a respectable citizen. The latter
fired gun at Johnson as he was starting off
on horseback, frightening the animal, which
threw his rider. Johnson instantly rose, drew
his pistol, and taking deliberate aim, shot
King from the door, just above the heart and
through the lungs, inhcting mortal wound.
By this time Kings three sons were on the
ground and seeing their father fall, COM
menred firing into the house at Johnson, who
continued to return their fire until he recev.
ed a shot in the back, when he ran out and
a.ross to another house, and Kings boys re-.
tired to where their father was lying, who
said to them, "Boys he has killed me Now,
if YOU have any of my blood in your veins,
YOU will not let him live" or words to that
effect. Whereupon one of the boys rushed
TO the house where Johnson had taken refuge,
and shot him dead. Mr.. King died on Mon
day night His sons have been committed
for the murdef
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New ORLEANS, Feb. l4.-The Empire City
has arrived from New York with advices from
Havana to the 10th inst They fully confirm
the accounts received at Charleston by the
Isabel.
Gen. Concha is well aware of the designs
of the fllibusters in the United States Col.
Kinney is Chief of the expedition, but Gems.
ouitman and Henderson are the prime movers.
The Pampero will convey part of the expedi'
tion. Seven hundred acres of land are offer.
ed TO each soldier.
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HARD FATE-Tinicum Banner is Suspended.
Reasonable publisher twice printed three
comics, when he had only two subscribers
and the loss of paper in these hard times
completely broke him down. The cheese press
on which his paper was printed, was seized
bv the sheriff last week. The types are al
ready gone, the Office devil having seized
them and run them into "dpsey" for lay
out line for night.fshing. The remaining
white sheet left in the office was taken by the
editors wife and made into cradle coverlet
for his fifteenth baby.
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FOREIGN NEWS.

HALIFAX, Feb. 1.-THE steamer Asia, with
advices from Liverpool to Saturday the Sd
inst, being one week later than those by the
Atlantis-arrived at this port to-day.
Cotton market at Liverpool was dull and
prices easier, though not quotably lower.
The British Ministry has resigned, and a.
there were indications of much difficulty IN
forming a new one, there was considerable
anxiety on the subject. Lords Palmerston,
Russell and Lansdowne were all talked of for
Premier, but nothing definite bad been ar
ranged up to the latest areounts. The three
most prominent ones spoken of just as the
steamer sailed were Palmerston, Lansdowne
and Clarendon.
New difficulties had arisen in the Germa-
mic relations.
England has granted loan to Sardinia OF
one million sterline-
The Prussan army is placed on a war foot
ing
The French force detailed to guard Aus
trian territory amounts to $4,000 men, but
Prussia refuses to permit them to march
through her territory.
The Greek difficulty has been arranged.
Mr.. Soule has been reported as seriously
i'll.
No fighting of Importance had taken place
in the Crimea. Supplies for the English and
French troops were arriving and the condi-
ton of the troops was improving. The pro-
position of Austria to mobilize The Germanic
army has been decided in the Diet against
Austria.
AppIrIoNAL BY Tue Asn.-It is understood
that considerable changes will be made in the
plan of attacking Sebastopol. A land move
ment, it is said, will be made to take posi-
ton to prevent supplies reaching the garri'
son by the new road made by the Russians
from Inkerman.
The English have been compelled to give
I'M portion of their lines to the French, in
consequence of the want of men to defend
them. Sorties were made every night, attend
ed with considerable loss on both sides.
Subioined is a brief summary of events
from the 9th to the 22d ult., inclusive:
January l5.-There have been continued
falls of snow, which is now four feet deep
Preparations to resume the bombardment are
actively progressing
"Jauuary l7.-The fire is nearly suspended
both sides seeking shelter from the snow.
The health of the English is improving.
January 23.-We have again fine weather.
Plenty of supplies of shot, she'll and clothing
are at hand, but no huts. The galvanic ap-
paratus for exploding twenty tons of powder
against the sunken ships has arrived at BsaS- SIa
lava, and it is anticipated that the explosion
will damage the foundations of Forts Con-
\ stuftine and tfexsdz sssrs'-
Private dispatches from London state that
Lord John Russell resigned because Lord
Aberdeen refused to recall Lord Raglan. Lord
Palmerston refuses the Premiership unless
the Queen makes the same guaranty, which
she declines to do.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-02-23

Sep Canada has bacome a very important
wheat producing country, and, strangely
enough, the United States which has been
such large exporter of wheat to Europe, is
now buying wheat for her own use from her
northern neighbor. The Gait Reporter men,
tions that a number of merchants from the
United States are in Canada buying largely
of wheat for the United States markets.
Within few days three thousand bushels of
wheat had been sent from the Gait Station
on the Great Western Railway TO the United
States, by way Of Niagara.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-02-23

~ The law abolishng capital punish.
ment in Michigan, took ellec: on the Cd day
of March, lSi7, since which time, period Of
nearly eight years. only fifteen persons have
been convicted of murder, and sentenced for
life to solitary confinement Mt hard labor in
the State Prison. Believing that the present
statutory provisions for the punishment Of
persons convicted of murder, have become the
settled policy of the State, the Prison luspee-
tors see no goUd reasons why this policy
should Be aUaud6ned or nnftiaFiy sHangee.:'
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A SNAKE IN THE SToMAcH.-The Peters
burg (Va.) Express gives what purports to DO
an account of the election Of live snake
from the stomach of n man named Wade, who,
during the past summer, was in the habit of
shaking his thirst from rivulet in n field
where he was at work. Tho Express says
the snake was almost transparent, had reddish
eyes of great brilliancy, and was five and q
quarter inches long. Mr.. W., il is said, had
been troubled with feeling Of suffoeation
and unusual fuIlness of the stomach.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-02-23
PREVENTING THE CONSTITUTION.


The Constitution of the United States was
designed by its enlightened and truly repuo-
Iican trainers for the consolidation o; the
Union and the securing of stable, conserva-
tive. free Government; and so was it constru-
ed and held to be, and such was its operation
so long rs any of its wise and virtuous found
ers remained to direct the course OF public
affairs. Bet il seems TO be the mission OF
modern Democracy to undermine the Con-
stitution, to loosen IFS bands, curtail IFS pow
ers, thwart its benefcent action, and nullihy
its conservative principles, and perhaps the
wisest of them all, was the comparative inde-
pendence given to the Senatorial branch OF
Congress, in order to protect it from being
unduly swayed by frequent, rapid, fortultous
mutations of popular opinion; and according
ly, as a matter of course, it is this principle
upon which the Democracy holds itself es-
pecially bound to make war, by the indefea-
sible right of instruction. Thus it often hap
pens that a Senator who is elected one year
is instructed by succeeding Legislature of a
different party complexion the next year, and
if he be of the true Democratic faith and pro-
fession he must obey or resign-giving way
! possibly to n successor who may in like man.
ner be instructed out in the course of anoth-
er twelvemonth-thus, as we have said above,
practically nullifying one of the most vital
provisions of the Constitution. 1t has as 1t
to show the folly of the doctrine ms well as
its mischievousness, happened that Sena-
tor has been instructed so rapidly and va.
riously by the caprice of popular opinion MS
to have received an opposite set of instruc-
tions before he had time to dispose of the
first, and thus rendered contemplate as well
as ridiculous if he affected to give the prefer
ence to either asan imperative obligation upon
him to obey or resign. These remarks are
simply preliminary TO the expression of our
satisfaction at learning that the distinguished
veteran Senator Cass, yesterday in his place
in the Senate, on the presentation of certain
resolutions Of the Legislature of Michigan,
took occasion, Democrat though he be, man.
| fully to oppose this subversion and nullihca-
ton of the Constitution by the usurped DEM
ocratc dictatorship of "obey or resign" We
are glad that the veteran and worthy Sena-
tor boldly threw the weight of his name and
character against the mschievous doctrine.
We agree entirely withsthe sentiment of the
lamented Calhoun, when he was a Repre-
sentative, that instructions from constituents
were to be received by the Representative
with the utmost respect be weighed with
the greatest care and Difference, but were not
10 bind the Representative against his judg-
ment and conscience.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-02-23

HORRIBLE DEATH ON THE BALTIMORE AND
Onto RAtLRoAD.-A young man by the name
of Levi Divorce, ar engineer upon the Baltl-
more and Ohio Railroad, had his engine
thrown off the track, near Rockwell's River,
in Morgan county, Va, while running at the
rate of thirty-live miles an hour, on Saturday
evening last, when he was caught under tho
engine, where the boiling water ran down
directly into his mouth, scalding him in a
most shocking manner, internally rs wei! as
externally. He was relieved, says the Bath
Enterprise, as soon as possible, and notwith-
standing he was so badly scolded, he lived
for eight hours after the accident occurred,
retaining all his fac - to the last He was
a single map, about IS years old. His parents
reside in Cumberland, Md.
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THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, FEB. aa, 1855.

HARRIsDunG Pa, Feb. IA joint eonven
tion of both houses went into an election of
U. S. Senator at noon to-day On the second
ballot Cameron obtained 59 Bucklow 2S, and
J. P. Jones IL votes. The convention then
adjourned to meet again in two weeks.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-02-23

A New AND VERY FORMIDABLE RUSSIAN
RIFLE CoRPs.-A private letter from st. Pc
tersburg states that the Crown serfs have
offered the Emperor Nicholas a contingent of
10000 men, who are to be employed as sharp
shooters. Among THEM are to be all the
ermne.hunters, who are estimated at 10000.
These are said to be skilful marksmen, who
pass their whole lives on the banks of the
Ura or the Oby, in the chase of the fox, the
beaver, and the ermine. 1t is known that this
animal cnn only be aimed at from consid-
erable distance, and must be hit in the nose
to avoid injuringthe skin. The whole of
these hunters $50 the letter says) are to be
Immediately organizedan sent to the Crimea.
They are to be armed with the Mimic rifle.
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CouRAoEoUs.-At New Britain, Conn, n
few evenings since, Mr. Farchild had his
wagon stopped by three men, who demanded
his money. Instead Of giving il he seized n
pair of cowhide boots lying in his vehicle,
with which he knocked one man down. He
then stretched out another of them with a
blow of his fist and the third fled.
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A GOLDEN RULE.-The foreman Of the
composing room of the Alabama Journal has
been presented, by the proprietors Of that pa
per, with composing stick" and "rule"--
The stick is of silver, and OF the usual size
the rule is of fine gold, and handsomely
carved, and both bear appropriate inscrip-
tions
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A TIME FOR ALL THsGs.-"llrs. Briggs,
said a neighbor who stepped into the house
of the former lust as she was in the act Of
seating herself at the dinner table, shave you
heard of the dreadful nccidentf sWhy, no
what is ~ "Mr. Briggs has fallen from
the wagon and Is killed" "ls II possible
well, Just wait until finish my dinner, and
then you'll hear crying"
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rE- In packing one'hOrse wagon an Irish
man can take down the world. We saw one
the other day start out for short ride. The
load consisted Of Mr.. and Mrs. Mulloney, the
three Misses Mulloncy, Master Mulloney, the
house dog, two goats, and slip Of aPlg" in
n band.box.
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rB-To endeavor to work upon the vulgar
with fine sense, is like attempting TO hew
blocks with n razor. Fine sense and exalted
sense are not half so useful as common sense.
There are forty men Of wit 10 one man of
s.nse; and he that will carry nothing about
him but gold. will be every day at q loss for
want Of reader change
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RATHER OBFUscATED.-"Look here, what
are you swearing at that poor old hog for 7"
"Hogl Bless my soul, (hiccup) thought !
was addressing (hccup) the old woman.-
(EIiccup) ask the hogs pardon; (hiccup)
and if he's gentleman he'll grant ii. (liie.
cup) Just ask that brick house to stand still
(hiccup) I'LL get around the corner, (hiceup)
that's n good fellow, now for H." And away
he went into the cellar.