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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05
A TRUE FOREIGN POLICY.

We have nowhere, or at no time, says the
National intelligeheer, seen the policy which
should govern our public counsels in regard
to foreign affairs laid down more Justly and
wisely, or more clearly and concisely, than
we find it in the annexed brief passage of
Gov. Manning's recent Message to the Legis-
lature Of South Carolina Happy would it
be for the honor of our country, as well as
for its highest interests, if these sentiments
could become universal and ever form
the rule and guide of our National Govern
ment
As constituent part Of the American
Confederate Republic, the existing aspect of
our foreign relations, is n matter of deep in
tercst, and requires from you watchfulness
and solcitude. The laws of comfy which
regulate the intercourse of nations, discreet
and sound policy towards ourselves, and the
terms of treaties, should make this nation
carefully avoid both the reality and appear.
ance of attempting, directly or indirectly, TO
grasp any portion of foreign dominion
Whatever can be effected that is desirable
for the country TO achieve, by open treaty,
with distinct and separate Power, is ques,
ton Of policy alone, to which there can be no
objection; but beyond this the Government
has no right to go, whether through the
agency Of unlawful enterprise ut home or in
discreet and anomalous ministerial interfcr.
enee abroad"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

DRUNK.-Any gentleman who mistakes his
hat for the spittoon. Undertaking to write
with corkscrew is also slight indication
of vinous halucinaton.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

To REMEDY CoRSs.-Cons mny be re-
moved by simply walking away with them
To make the cure permanent, don't come back
Yourself
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

DEAD, BUT STILL DANGERoUs.-The Ricll-
mond Enquirer is amusing itself and "the
moss.coycrcd Democracy of old Virginia,
with the reproduction of proofs, from GER
tain Wing prints, Of the old story that the
Wing party is absolutely dead. The Ma
tional lntelligencer aptly replies
at was the idea that died, not the whig
party. Yet the same paper is laboring assidu
ously to prove that the detunct party is rear
ing its decaptated head under new name,
and ought 70 be watched with that sleepIess
vigilance which can alone save the Democra-
cy. How party too feeble in itself to dam
aye its great antagonist can yet possess so
much latent power as to be dreaded can only
be explained by the Enquirer. The fair in.
ference from snci an argument seems to us
be that the Democracy itself isin n "rapid de-
cline" and will be speedily carried ofifsome
remedy be not soon found for it, Sebasto-
pol seems more likely to stand successfully
the assaults of its advcrsares than does just
now the Gibraltar of Democracy, Virginia.
The sappers and miners are at work, and it is
plain they disturb the repose of the Enquirer.
A few days ago it spoke soothingly and
somewhat coaxngly to the members of the
mysterious organization, but il has found that
"solt words" would not "lurn away wrath"
in that ease, and it accordingly resumed its
bcligerent tone.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

OF Above all things, says Culpeppcr,
avoid sudden transitions from heat to cold
il has been the death Of thousands.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

ABsuRDlrIEs.-Tha any man should de-
spair of success in the most foolish under
taking, in world so overstocked with fools.
TO suppose that every one likes to hear
your child cry, and you talk nonsense to IT,
The perpetual struggle of afleciaion to
pass for an oddity.
To be passionate in your family, and ex-
pcct them to be placid.
10 think every one man of spirit who
fights duel,
TO pronounce those the most pious who
never absent themselves from Church.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05
THE WIND.

THE WIND.
The wind is n bachelor,
Merry and free;
lie roves at his pleasure
Ger land and o'or sea.
lie ruffies the lake,
And he kisses The flower,
And he sleeps when he lists,
Ina jessaniine bower.
lie gives TO the cheek
OF the maiden its bloom;
!lc tastes her warm kisses,
Enjoys their perfume;
But, truant.llke, often
The sweets that he sips,
Are layisbed next moment
On loveIier lips.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

OcTA correspondent Of the Memphis Eagle
and Enquirer suggests the name Of Hon. J.
w. Harris, of somcrvillc, for Governor Of
Tennessee.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

BARGAiE.--A ludicrous transaction, in
which each party thinks he has cheated the
other.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

VALUE OF FoRTlFlcATIoNs.-The Boston
Courier gives strong Illustration Of the i'm
portance of strong dcfcnccs. 1t says:
awe trust we shall hear no more nonsense
in or out of Congress Of the inuiility of ex-
pending money on forts. The Eastern war
is showing us the difficulty Of reaching the
heart of nation whose breast is well de-
Tended by cannon bristling from stone walls.
II is to her marine Notifications that Russia
owes her safety. Let us be protected at home
before, at least, we seek to be aggressive
abroad. Besides, if We aspire to become n
naval power, we must have well defended
ports of refuge for onr ships of war. The
fleet Of Russia is certainly four or FIVE times
greater than our whole navy, yet it would
have been destroyed before now but for the
ramparts of Cronstadt and Sebastopol."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

lag- Ilomely men are accompanied with n
very great drawback. They are always jcal-
Gus. Show us gentleman with "yaller"
hair and a pug nose, and we will show a gen.
ucman who is ready to stab himself with II
brick bat, every time he sees you looking at
his chimney top.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

r3y- A little fellow, who had just COM
menced reading the papers, asked his father
II the word "llon." prrlixcd to the name of
Mr.. -, the Representative in Congress,
meant "honest!" That little fellow had n
mind for investigation.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

~ The Earl of Aldborough, Ireland. has
taken out patent for navigating the air. Il
consists mainly in the construction of wings
to be used for the propeling of erial ma
chimes, in such u manner that the wings com.
press the air by percussion, under the concave
part of each wing, like that of birds.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

rB- The Locofocos of Washington coun-
ty, Ohio, are trying the experiment of weed
ing out the Know Nothings from their party.
1t is difficult operation, as one.third of the
Central Committee and several of the Office
holders belong to that society. The Marietta
lnteligencer relates an amusing incident. A
prominent man in one of the Eastern town
ships, who, when sober, was Wing, was ap-
preached by the Marietta leaders, and was
promised the post Office in his township if he
would bolt, and vote the Locofoco ticket
This he promised to do, and since the election
he has claimed, and secured his reward. Bat,
at the time Of this ontract, this new convert
was Know Nothing, and is yet a leader
among them. Here is clearly ease for party
discipline. The humbuggcrs have been hum
bugged.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

A SUMNER RESIDENCE FOR rNE PRESIDENT.
The National lnteligencer mentions that
the White House at Washington has been
recently improved in its exterior appearance,
and takes occasion to deny that its location
is unhealthy. Although the President him.
self has been visited with sickness during the
past summer no other member of his house
hold had suffered from il-health; and it is
not a matter of wonder that a high officer,
with very little of the privacy that private
gentleman can command and with all the cares
of State upon him, should be sick once in n
year. But the lntelIigcncer thinks the sug-
gestion, which has been made by letter wri-
tcrs, that the President ought to have
pleasant Summer retreat, deserves consdcra.
lion, for reasons aside from the alleged un.
healthihess of the Location of the Presidents
mansion. 1t might enable him to "avoid
mosquitoes and other tormentors
the other Sort Who will introduce n bill to
provide the Chief Executive with tempo.
rary refuge from his other tormentors p
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

Music BY STEAM-ln short time the
bellows of the great organ in fremont Tenn
pie, Boston, it is stated, will be worked by
steam The engine aud shafting arc already
set up.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

A HUSBAND AwARDED.-Among the re-
wards at the late celebration of the Jackson
Vile Qllinos) Female Seminary was the fol-
lowing:
40 Miss Hattie J. Hind, for meckness OF
disposition, kind hcartedness and affection; II
husband-Mr. Austin Rockwell"
II such magnificent prizes are annually
awarded, the school will become very popular.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR KNOW NOTHING
HoNoRs.--A gentleman of Wilmington, Della
ware, having addressed Commodore Stockton
n letter, the latter takes occasion to define his
position with reference to the American
question. He is in favor of confining all ex-
ecutive and administrative offices to American
born; of extending the period of residence
previous to naturalization to. twenty-one
years; but while avowing the principle that
Americans alone should rule America, he
would not disiranchse foreigners who alrea-
dy possess the right to vote. The Commo-
dore says he is done with politics, and prefers
the tranquility of private life.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

"CoPY."-Ths word has somehow come
to be the peculiar property of the Devil-th.
Printers Dera We mean-ahd the special
terror of weary Editors. But il has sig
niicance, the world over, if one will only
think of it.
Copy murmurs the happy mother, with
her frstborn on her knee, us she finishes up
for the thousandth time, the perusa Of its liz
tie meaningless face with its unspecuatiye
eyes, But she reads more in it than tho
neighbors dream of She sees in il "Book
of Beauty" With its fathers brow, its moth
ers lips, there it is, the sweetest copy in all
the world.
The child is q man-the young mother
tottering old woman, and rs she looks UP
with dim and fading eyes into the face of her
long absent son, again she murmurs "copy
just as his father looked years and years
ago" s.a5
The man is struck down like some strony
tower, by "touch from heaven and they
lay him gently in the bosom of the earth.--
The mother is there; "hc was an only son |.
and she is 4 widow" and as The swelling turf
hide him from all eyes, she throws up her
hands despairingly and sighs, $50 passes away
the only copy this world contains"
When the great and good go on before,
and we stand gazing up into Heaven, and We
turn sadly to the places left vacant, and We
think who remains to fill them, we can.
not repress the thought, and il is "copy'
still.
And so it is, all oter the world; smiling,
they whisper it; triumphant, they utter il;
weeping, they breathe it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05
FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHlNGTON, Dec. 10.
There was quite sensation IN the House
to-day. upon the reading of Mr. Benton's
speech against the repeal of the Nebraska
Bill, or rather against Mr.. Mace's Bill 20 put
back the Missouri restriction upon that terri
tory. This took his q,sondam freesoil asso-
ciates with perfect surprise. Many Of them
were looking to him as leader, aud now Tint
he has quit the fight aud abandoned the field,
their forces seem to be demoralised and rout-
ed, at least for the present. But of what he
was about to do you have been informed
before.
Mr.. Benton intimates the opinion, that
Kansas will be ready for admission at the
next Congress, and if she shall come with a
slavery constitution, he win vote for her ad-
mission with il, though he is against slavery
extension, because she has right to mould
her constitution as she pleases in this partcu-
lar, independently of Congress, and indepen-
IDENTIFY of the constitution of the United
States The Ex-senator almost verges on
the doctrine of "squatter. sopreigniy" What
has effected so radical change in his views
as generally understood on this subject at the
last session, it is boctess now to enquire
The only practical question now in Issue, and
that towards which the eyes and attention of
the public should be turned is, will Kansas
come as a slave State! This depends almost
entirely upon the policy of the present Ad-
ininistration. If the people there are not
ihicaried and bqDaed in their wishes by the
men in power here, they will from late indi-
cations most certainly sanction the introduc-
ton of slavery. And you need not be sur
prised to BE- informed, that it is not the policy
or wishes Of this administration to permit this
to be done, if it can possibly be prevented
1t is proper that the South should be duly
awakened to this matter. Let people there
not be deceived by external appearances and
outside indications. Much depends upon
what is going on inside and behind the cur
taius. The truth may be unweleome 10 many
of them, but it is nevertheless the truth, and
they should hear it: The prese,t Adminisfra-
lion does mol icish Kansas admitted asa slare
Stale. And every effort the Government by
its patronage or otherwise ean exert to pre-
vent it, will be resortcd TO. Hence Governor
Reeder's delay in ordering an election for
Legislative Council; and hence many other
things you will see and hear before long
The partizans of Mr.. Pierce may affect to
consider this MS fling at him and his cabinet,
for partizan purposes, but nothing could be
further from the object of the writer. His
sole purpose is to give correct, truthful, and
reliable information 10 the people, without
respect TO party, upon question OF para
mount interest to them. 4.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

A FURTHER lLLUsrRATroS.-Thc doctrine
Of 4" Compensations" is beautifully exempli-
fled at those boarding house breakfast tables
whore the readiness Of the coffee is always in
exact proportion 10 the strengM of the but
ter.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

tSs- Have you seen the sign | have got
for my business! said vcnder of the ardent.
Yes, evcry time see your face.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

thousand votes in this State, and come very
nigh the highest post IN the gift of the peo-
pie. The remarkable strength which the
Know Nothing organization has acquired in
every part of the country is attributable to
its peculiar American spirit, and to its reso.
luton to preserve unimpaired established
American principles as Transmitted by our
forefathers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05
THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, JAN. s, 1855.

The DgAD-HEAD SysrEM.--The New
York Tribune has an article on the above top
ic, particularly with reference to free passes
on railroads. Ii arrives at the conclusion that
the additional revenue that would be derived
bp tae railroads centerng in New York by
abolsIing the free pass system would amount
YEARLY to nearly million of dollars. The
Tribune has made inquiries and finds that
the Hudson River railroad commenced the
present year with the determination to issue
no free passes, but season tickets were issued
to the Legislature, clerks, reporters and all,
together with the members of the Common
Council of New York. Besides these, the
company has given out during the present
year, about one thousand trip tickets. On the
New York aud Erie road, according to very
careful computation the dead-heads would
produce, If they paid regular fare, $l6o,Oo0
year--cquaI 10 10000 through passengers,
ornearly GO per day. On the New York and
New Haven road in 1853, there were STA
free passes given; thus far this year, 2O66--a
reduction in the ratio of rs per ct The Nor
wich and Worcester, Boston and Providence,
aud Fall River roads, pass from two 10 four
thousand yearly. These lines formerly passed
all freightvrs, but the practice has been dis,
continued. OF the dead heading business Of
New York, the Tribune says not one per cenl
is chargeablc to the newspapers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

The PosITfoN OF THE ALLIES The al
lies are making Preparaiionsto go into winter
quarters, confession that the present cam.
paign is failures They have realized the
fact that from being beseigers, they have, BY
the immensely superior force of the Russians,
become in turn the beseged. They are re
duced to the defensive, and their position is
still! very periIous. The London Times
says
"a rr-cmbarkation is ont of the question.
Me have not the means Of carrying our allies
with us and it were better to sacrafice every
man and every gun, than basely and meanly
to desert them. Indeed, We're we alone, such
an operation, in the face of such an enemy, is
not to be thought Of However grave our
situation may be, we are spared the fluctua-
tions Of doubt and the agonies of uncertain
councils There is nothing for the allied ar
mics in the Crmea, but 10 maintain by their
valor the position they have taken up, or to
perishunder theweight ofoverwhelming mum.
bers. The hackneyed alternative, to conquer
or to die was never put Before an army in
more peremptory shape This is their duty,
and we doubt not they iwil do il. They
know how to conquer, and they know how to
die.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

NoRTH.EAsT AND SOUTH WESTERN ALA
BAMA RAmwAY.-Presiden Garland of the
above company announces that the crisis in
its affairs is over, and that the road will Ger.
tainly be built. The Eutaw Wing learns that
at the recent meeting of the Directors of the
company, the subscriptions amounted to the
entire grading from Chattanooga TO the Mis-.
sissippi line, and to S575,OoO in cash, leaving
balance of only $4,000 to render the en-
tire subscription binding. On the shove
showing the Directors let out contract for
thirty miles and the work is 10 be commenced
on the 18th inst, ut which time great pre-
parations are making for splendid barbecue
in honor of the occasion.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

TROUBLE FEARED IN THE NJ. Il. CHURCH
Another breach is expected in the Method
isl Church. Rev. DR.. Bond, editor of the
New York Christian Advocate, in noticing the
opposition TO the appropriations of missionary
money to the preachers laboring in their
slave.holding conferences, says:
ave have seen strange things in the lapse
of three score years and ten, but this caps the
climax of the marvellous; and though we are
no prophet, nor the son of a prophet, we vcn-
turc 10 predict that mischief is now brewing
in our chuyh-agitatons convusions and
disruptions, such us we have never witnessed
before"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-01-05

And so it is all oter the world; smiling,
they whisper it; triumphant, they utter III
weeping, they breathe it.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-12-06
COHMMdrssNaS, sc.

VA H1 can you buy tents Boots better
AT the Old Brick better than any W her
else Because eash buys cheaper tnan credit.
WHY can you buy boy's' Calf boots as cheap
at retail as they can be b'.u9ht in the city al
wholesale Because VIC have them on hand,
and they must be sold before The sc son Is over.
And why Is Il that You may buy Genr's Patent
Gniters, Glove TIP Enamel do, English Top
butk.km do, Patent Bfonze Top Union d.
Call and Patent Slips, and all kinds OF Gen: 8
Goods, better Than any where else? Because
the season Is nos tar ddvant ell. a. large LOT
renaias to be cleared out. to make room, for he
Fall campaign. which viii open about the FIRST
OF September. -
Why may YOU buy Ladies' CATERS. Congress
tipped and foxed, and Buskins, plain; enamel
led Ties, Jenny Lind's. Somtay's Slips, and a
his, oi others. good and fancy articles. at the
OLD Brick, better than anv where pi~e7 Be-
cause.her we're bought in New York nj greatly
reduced prices tor Cash, aud we are bound TO
cell them accordingly!
And haslly. Why, on why is il. that eeerything
III our line OF trade NAV he had of the Subscti-
hers Tor the 20 READY. 90 at greatly reduced
prices, tor the next hour or tive wreks2 Because
We have got larger and better Stock than ca n
be found IN tee County We devote our whole
time Ia our business. and interfere with n me-
We are bound tn give our patr, ~ the benefii OF
low ~ css.in Consequence OF hard TINS We
are making Clearing .'ut "a es ofeverytiine in he
Summer tlne of G,ots. We therefore most re-
spectuiiy invite ail-ves, one nd Nil to partici-
pate in The iun Of buying at a less per cent, Than
ever before.
'Cnne ifone every nation. come from every way
Our Stock Is large enough &c.
MEAfOY & TROWRRlDGE.
Liichfed. Au4us, l. 1855
No. 5 Yves, Main Street.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-12-06
.1esc Arrangement!
ELLSWORTH, June 1855


fSftlE subscriber would inform his patrons
n and trends from abroad that as he ha 8
moi been able 10 c'oae up his business this Spring
a. he intended ta have done, has conei uded to
continue his b'lsin-ss another year; heretofore
keeping his usual varie,y OF Gsods. which are
not 10 be surpassed BY any country Store
although there may be snme dealers " no have a
larger qnantny OF some kinds of Goods. bur TO
find the sarie,y here is The place. But to GU into
Particulars would be useless !; all that is neces.
sasy 10 -ay 10, please call for what yoI want.
and Won VIII be very sure to find it. and O, a
price that viii in,iure you 10 call again Cash
customers ore sailcited as thew the ores Nh at
help Us to buy our Goods 30 cheap, and :hey are
the ones that VIII reap a rich reward if their
purchases are large.
A word 10 the lover. of good TEA IF Won wish
tor sonnet hing ~ that line "arranued to suit here
IL the place TO supply ,our wants-fof "a cents
per III. ven car have that WHICH is warranted to
draw green. and Tor 40 CT. something richer
from so To S. that which will max. n,usic in the
duiiest Company n freely used, and some little
higher fof extra occasions. For proof please call
and try it.
20 Produce taken al the highest market rrice
c. f. PECK.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-12-06

TSa Bostos Remedy OF thirty years standing
and Is recommended by phss,ciaas. II 10 q
sure and speedy cure for Burns, Plies, Bots,
Corns. Felons, Chlb'ains ard Old Sores III G We,
kind Tor Fever Sores. Ulcers, itch, Scald Head,
neule Rash, Bunon>. Sore Nipples irecom-
mend d bv nusses,l Windows, Sites, Fosters,
Flea BITES, Spider stiags, Frozen L,mbs. Sail
RheHm Scnrvy, Sere and Cracked Lp.. Sore
nose, Wars and Flesh Wounds. IL IL q m.,sf
valuable remedy and cure, which can be ies,i-
fed To BY thousands who have used il in the CITY
Of Bsst"n and yicinitv ios the last thirty wears.
In no instance viii this Saive do an iuiury. "
Intesiere with physicians prescription. II ID
made from the pnrest materials, from feceipt
lroneht from Rnssia-of articles growing in that
country and the prpprietors have Iener. from
all classes. clergymen. phs sicians, sea captains
nurses abdAhhers. who have used il themselves
and recommended il 10 Others. Redding's Rus-
STA saive is pas up in large TN boxes. stamped
on the cover with picture Of horse and dis
sbied soldier, which p ernse il sisa ensra we'd ON
the wrapper. Price 25 cess q Bax. Sid al All
the stores IN town aHd conntrv or nay be ordered
OF any wholesale drnggisi in N0rwich Hartford
ew Haven. ew London or ew Ynk. -
REDDiNG e. co Proprietors,
State Sur 81, Boston.