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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

ROBBERY AND MURDER.-We have receiv-
ed from n reliable source letter giving some
of the particulars of daring attempt at rob-
berry, attended with murder, in Barren county.
Kentucky, on Saturday night the 18th inst.
Two men called after night at the house of n
Mr.. james Lloyd, and asked permission to
stop for the night, which was granted Sup.
per over, they proceeded to demand of Mr.. l..
his money. Refusing either to give it up or
to state where it was kept, he, together with
T. young man living with him, was attacked,
and the latter mortaIy wounded. Having
searched in vain Tor the money, the villains at
length retired, leaving pistol and dying
man on the floor Two men, brothers, of the
name of Adwel and third named John Cox,
have been arrested, upon circumstantial evil
dence, as the perpetrators o: the atrocious
deed, and now await their trial before an ex-
amining court!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07
New YoRK. November

The United States mail steamship Atlantic,
has arrived at this port from Liverpool with
advices to the 18th inst.
Liverpool Brcadstuf Aarket-Flour had
advanced Cd. and Wheat I'd.
General Intelligence. latest dispatches
from the seat of war reported officially by
Lord Stratford de Redclitfe state that victo.
ry was gained on the 9TH instant by Omar
Pacha, over 10000 Russians-mostly Geor'
gean miltia-at the River Ingour, which he
had crossed at four points with 10000 Turks,
taking 60 prisoners, three guns, and killing
and wounding 400. The Turkish loss was
800.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

eE- Some difference has occurred along
our Canadian frontier, relative to the con
struction put upon the reciprocity treaty, and
six vessels have, within as many weeks, been
seized by the American authorities for viola
tions of our navigation laws, in loading with
American goods at American ports, after a
mere formal stoppage at British port, TO
give n color of nationality TO the cargo by
showing at the American port of delivery
formal papers as for n cargo shipped at a
British port. As this, if allowed, would open
the whole of our valuable lake trade to Brit
ish competition, it was promptly arrested by
orders from Washington.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

CULTIVATION ON THE PLAlNs.-It appears
that the immense arid plains lying between
the Mississippi and Rocky Mountains will
not remain forever unsettled and uncultivat-
ed on account Of the scarcity of water and
fuel Scientific men are now exploring these
these plains or prairies, and already there are
said to be good prospects for obtaining abun-
dance of coal and water at small outlay of
money and labor. The st. Louis Republican
says:
Successful experiments have been made
in testing the practieability of boring arte-
sian wells, and the result is most satisfactory.
In one instance, near the Pecos river, about
the thirty-second parallel, at the depth of six
hundred and fifty feet, the greatest abundance
of perfectly pure water was obtained. Be-
sides this, the operation developed the exis.
tence of coal beds, easily accessible, and, as
far as the experiments have progressed, evil
dent!y underlying the whole of that i'm
mense country.
The expedition for making these observa-
tions and experiments on the great western
praries was sent out by the Government only
short time since, and it certainly may be
considered, with the success which has at
tended the experiment, as one Of the most
important that has been commissioned. Mil
lions of acres of the best lands will thus be
opened up to agricultural enterprise, and the
country lying between the Mississippi and
the Rocky Mountain, instead of remaining a
desert waste, doomed to solitude and barren.
ness, will become settled with an energetic
population, and pour its rich products into
the lap of commerce"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

sH5- The London Times o! the 9th inst.
in one of its leading editorials, expresses
itself in the following terms of the superior
efficiency of the officers of the Russian army:
"Nothing has come out more clearly IN the
course of this war than high military and
scientific character of the Russian officers
Through trials of unexampeG severity they
have shown themselves in every way worthy
Of the confidence of their master and of the
reputation of great military monarchy
Ardent in attack, undanted in retreat full of
skill, energy, and resource under all circum-
stances, masters of the three languages of the
three belligerent Powers, it makes one shud-
der to reflect what such band of officers
might accomplish if supported by troops
worthy of such leaders. The Russian army,
like our own, is officered by gentlemen, but
by gentlemen who have not merely the rank
and the courage of their class, but its educa.
tion and its requirements. While poor Gen
eral Simpson cannot even attempt single
word of French, n vast number of the officers
of the Russian army speak our language rs
ourselves This scientific defence was
silent satire on our rude attack, and the su-
periority in skill of the champions of barba-
rism over those of civilization is written in our
best blood.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

A WOMAN SWIMMING THE MIssIssIPPL-
LIoyd's forthcoming Steamboat Directory
gives thrilling instance Of the necessity for
women knowing how TO swim. When the
il-fated Ben Sherod was in flames on the
Mississippi river, and the lady passengers who
had thrown themselvesinto the water were
drowning around the boat, the wife of Capt
Castleman jumped into the river, with her
infant in her arms, and swan ashore, dis
tance of half mile, being the only woman
saved out of sixteen. She had learned to
swim when n girl.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

LEGAL LIGHT.-A legal gentleman in
one of the Westera States made out writ
against common carrier for the loss ofsome
goods, and said in it:
That the said goods were to be safely car
ried, insured against all peri!s save tie act of
God and the public enemy "but said goods
were lost, damaged, mutilatcd, hurt, injured,
damnifed, burnt, dcterorated and annihi
lated, not by any act of the aforesaid God,
S,r
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

.B- The veteran, Z. c. Langdon, Esq,
has returned to the Press, having taken
charge of the Mobile Evening News. In his
salutatory, he remarks that he is opposed to
the secrecy, ritual, obligations, &c, of the
American party, and repudiates them entirely
To the Catholic prescription test, charged
upon the Philadelphia Platform, he is equally
opposed, and he "hcpes the day is not dis,
tant when these Objectionable features will
be stricken from the American PLATFORM
The editors creed on this subject is thus
summed up:
"With these exceptions, we are prepared
to support the American cause with our whole
soul. Our creed is: American measures;
American Laos, made by American Men,;
the American Constitution, and the American
Union. This furnishes a platform broad
enough, and, at the same time, distinctive
enough for all to stand upon, who desire the
perpctnity of our republican Institutions
It's foundation is, the American Constitution;
its boundaries the American Union"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

SINGULAR AND FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT
Mr.. Jeremiah Jacoby, of Berks county, Pa
while walking on the track of the PhiIadel-
phia and Reading railroad, on the 18th inst,
was run over by the ears and instantly killed.
Mr.. Philip d. Miller. who assisted in laying
out the corpse, attributed the accident to TIE
carelessnrss of the deceased, ard remarked
that no such accident could befall him, as he
exercised too much precaution. On the same
evening, however, Mr.. Miller, in attempting to
cross the track in his buggy, was caught by
the COW. catcher, and horribly mutiated, dying
in few moments
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

.B A correspondent of New York pa
per sketches out remarkable picture of the
coming time when Germany is to be dena.
tionalized, and the empire of Charlemagne
re-established. He shows the popularity of
Louis Napoleon in the Catholic countries of
Europe, and tells of the existence Of pow
erful French party in Italy, Spain, Portugal,
Belgium, Switzerland and Germany. His
ideas MS to the probability of a political union
between France and Germany, with Louis
Napoleon as Emperor-Kng, and formulated
with so much clearness and precision that it
is evident such union is contemplated as
one of the contingencies that may result
from the present state Of affairs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

sY" Advices have been received at the War
Department from General Kearney at Fort
Pierre on the upper Missouri, where he had
Just arrived from Fort Laramie, with ten
companies of infantry and four companies of
cavalry. In his journey he travelled distance
of over 400 miles directly through the Sioux
country without meeting any Indians. The
guides report that the savages have all gone
north for the winter, SO that the Indian cam.
paign is at an end for the present season.
The troops with Gen. Kearney will winter at
Fort Pierre.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

:4y- The Louisville Courier, of Wednes-
day, states that beef packing has been greatly
increased this season, and quotes the average
price paid for cattle at from to go. gross.
The hog market, says the Courier, is very
dull, with, in fact, no hogs in the market
Buyers are offering $3.50 gross, but holders
continue to ask S. A packer yesterday
offered to sell 1000 or more hogs at S625
from The hooks.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

t7yThe New York Wing says: "Prepa-
rations are actively being made for enter
ing upon the manufacture of boots and shoes
by machinery in the building formerly occu-
pied by the carpet factory. The machinery
BY which the labor is performed is the inven.
tion of n French mechanic. II is claimed
that with one of the machienes n single man
can perform an amount of labor equal to that
done by eight men in the old method.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

GrThe Atlanta Republican says that j.
u. Wright, the travelling Mail Agent, who
was arrested some days since for robbihg the
mail, and of which offence he confessed him.
self guilty, has been admitted to bail by the
Inferior Court of DeKalb county, ON Il bond
of $4,000 and has disappeared.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

t-s-"l will give ten dollars to know how
much corn have in my crib" said n farmer
in our hearing the other day.
There is nothing required to be ascertain
ed that is more simple. A barrel of corn in
the shuck is bushe. Such barrel mems
ures about 4 cuoic fret-therefore, all that is
necessary to be done is to level the corn in
the crib, and multiply the length by the
breadth, aud the product by 4, aud the quo.
len, will be the number OF bushels Of shell.
ed corn in the CRIB.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

Icy There is said to be no doubt Of the
fact that Louis Napoleon has agents in
this country purchasing grain. The Buffalo
Commercial Advertiser, referring to this sub.
ject says:
"1he agents do not confne themselves
to the purchase of grain, but throughout
the West they are actively engaged in buy
ing large numbers of hogs and cattle. A large
amount of wheat has already passed through
this city,"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

ew- The Governor of Connecticut has
issued his proclamation announcing the adop-
ton of the amendment to the Constitution
requiring all electors to read and write. The
whole vote of the people was 2e,sl4, of
which 1870 were in favor of and l2,544
against the adoption of the amendment The
majority in favor was 1926.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07
MONTGOMERY, ALA, Nov. %.

In the Legislature yesterday the following
gentlemen were electcd:-Wm. Graham,
Treasurer; James ii. Weaver, Secretary
of State, and William ]. Greene, Comptrol-
Ter.
The Hon. VIM. p. Chiffon, Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of Alabama, has re-
signed, and his resignation is to take effect in
December.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

eY-Thcre are in the Congress which as
sembled on Monday last, three Smiths, the
same number of Wrights, of Campbel's, of
Bells, of Jones, of Washburns, and
of Millers, and fourteen other names ofwhich
there are two members bearing each the same
name.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

sY" 1t appears that sugars had gone up in
England within week, at last dates, 6s. Is.
the hundred, equal to II a II cents here
Coffee is also reported in quick demand In
the article of Sugar in England the cost to
the country, at present prices, of its supply
for the coming year, would be no less sum
than 100000 sterling, in excess of the cost
Of last years supply.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

W9- The New Orleans Delta, Of Saturday,
saws: 1--WE learn that a commercial house in
this city has received letter from Turks
Island, reporting an unusual scarcity OF salt
in the Island, ard stating that it is now held
at s5 a 371c per bushel, which is more than
twice the usual price"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07
r-y- The Decatur dll.) Gazette publishes

ryy- The Decatur Qll.) Gazette publishes
letter from Lincoln, in that State, in which
|, is said that the women of that place few
days ago, mustered in numbers, armed with
axes, shovels, hatchcts, knives ana pistols, and
marched to Boyd's bowling Saloon, nnd do.
stroyed all the liquor, cigars, tobacco, &c, on
the premises. ThOy also nearly demolished
the house. This they did IN order to repeal
the license laws iu that part Of the State.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

r4g- On Thursday the prosecution in forty
five liquor cases was abandoned in Boston
The new liquor law seems to be dead letter
in Boston, as not single person has been
punishcd under it since its passage.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

Icy A bill has been introduced in the
Georgia Legislature providing for the incor-
poraton of Mining Company, with capital
of 100000, with the privilege of increasing
it to S9,OOO,OOO The object of the proposed
company is to work rich copper, silver and
gold, said to abound in that State, and par
ticulary in the Cherokee cession. A bill was
also introduced to provide for the sale of the
State road to create an internal Improvement
fund,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07
ng- The Louisville Journal concludes Al

nR- The Louisville Journal concludes an
article of two and hals columns on the
subject of slavery as follows:
"But what will be the condition OF the
South if slavery be wiped from the Republic!
They are stripped of three millions OF slaves,
worth 5000 each, and their plantations must
90 to waste. The black race in the South
will outnumber the white, the North will not
receive them, and and the South cannot sup
port them MS freemen; the white man is ruin
ed in the South, and the black man who dis
PLACES him reapses in barbarsm."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07
A GRAVE QUEsrroS.-A correspondent

A GRAVE QUEsTIoS.-A correspondent
of an exchange paper puts the following:
Whether stricknne, what the police gives
10 dogs, won't pizen the human specie, after
the sasssngers had been fried. Please put
in your paper how this is, for II fried sirick.
nine is pzen, then go agin sassengers in
total. Yours, till pizened.
The question isa natural one, and worthy
of grave consideration.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

sB- Very lately, the Hon. Horace Mann
delivered lecture at Buffalo, on the "com.
mon nature of man and brute" of which the
Buffalo Commercial gives the following pithy
synopsis:
ale treated man synethcally, making him
ND by piecemeal. First, man with the mouth
and hands, the gormandizer and grasper, was
considered. In this fractional condition he
was shown to be very much below the BRUTE
and the speaker took occasion at this point
TO give temperance lecture, saying more IN
ten minutes than most speakers on the sub
iect could do in as many hours. Next man
was considered with covering. in which a
rood deal was said on the foolish display in
dress. Then came vanity and egotism, with
their exhibitions of human weakness. Next
the sex was considered. and here Mr.. Mann
was ironical and eloquent in the highest de-
gree. Subsequently was added the love OF
accumulation, then combatlveness ana de-
structiyeness. Here the audience had great
sermon on the horrors and wickedness OF war,
second only in roundness Of periods and mu.
steal and sublime flow of language to Robert
Halls. To man was next added the idea OF
selfish God, in which part OF the lecture,
biqotry, intolerance and all wars and perse-
cutlons in the name of religion, were handled
with lust severity. Conscience was, at last,
added, and then man began to rise above the
brute. Finally came love to man and love to
God. (bcnevoence and piety,) and man soared
to fellowship and equality with the angel s.
The lecture was full of fine alterations,
brilliant antitheses, keen wit and and healthy
sentiments, eoquently expressed. Mr.. NJ.
spoke more than an hour and n half, yet he
held the attention of the audience to the last
mompnL"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

~ Dr. F. S. Zemp, of Camden, S. c., has
received verdict for the sum of ten thousand
dollars damages for injuries sustained on the
Wilmington and Manchester Railroad about
two Years ago.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

sB- Upwards of four hundred thousand
quarts of huckelbcrries have been shipped
from Michigan city during the past season,
amounting to tho handsome sum of forty
thousand dollars.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

A PRETTY PIECE OF BUslNEss.-A Mrs.
Fonda is making speeches in Illinois against
Senator Douglass. What has the Senator
done to Mrs. Fonda, we should like to knowl
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

Daniel w. Smith, mail carrier between
Newton and CokesviIle, Ala, has been ares
ted for mail robbery. The evidence Of his
puiIt, was found on his own person.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

s5p-The Muscatine Qowa) Enquirer says
that the rail road hands working on the bluff
at the foot of the city are rolling out car
load after car load of iron ore-the genuine
artcle-and building up the grade withit,-
II lies in huge mass near the surface OF
the bluff and apparently in inexhaustible
nunntties
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07
New York, Nov. 30.

Bankers drafts on London command 81
per cent premium; good Bank drafts at from
Ssase, and Produce drafts at from 6a7i. The
supply is abundant.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

A MELANCHOLY TRUTH-A magazine re-
port of the "fashons" says, "There is not
much change in gentlemen's pantaoons this
.,,a,th
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07
LOUISVILLE, Nov. %

The American Council have proclaimed a
National Nominating Convention, to meet at
Philadelphia, on the 22d of February, and a
primary meeting Mt the same place on the
18th of February.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

rB-A man has been poisoned at Newark,
N. J., by drinking n liquor called scat" which
is supposed to be n mixture of cider, spirits
turpentine, suphurc acid and tobacco juice.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

s3y" 1t is stated that the following Indiana
Banks, after the securities having been sold
and notes redeemed to the amount of pro.
cceds, have still circulation outstanding for
which nobody is accountable, and for which
the auditor has nothing to redeem with:
"Bank of America, Morocco; Drovers' Bank,
Rome; Government Stock Bank, Lafayette;
Merchants Bank, Lafayette; Merchants Bank,
Sprngfeld Perry County Bank, CanneIton;
Public Stock Bank, Newport; State Stock
Bank, Logansport; State Stock Security
Bank, Newport; Wabash River Bank, Jasper;
New York Stock Bank, Vincennes."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

ICY Jesse Taylor, the discoverer of the
celebrated Grayson Sulphur Springs, in
Carroll county, Virginia, died recently at
the advanced age Of one hundred and eight
wears
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

The patriarch of the Chippewa Indians
was lately baptized, with his wife and three
children.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-07

CONE TO HIS SEEsEs.-The Seneca Falls
Reveille tearfuly tells of the following
"melancholy affair" AT Niagara Falls, last
Friday night, n young man, name unknown,
who had been disappointed in love, walked
out to the precipice, took off his hat ana coat,
and casting one lingering look into the gulf
beneath hin-turned and went back to his
hotell His body was found the next morning
in he'd"