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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01
TRANSCAUCASIA,

This is the term applied to tract of coun.
try nearly equal in extent to Great Britain and
Ireland, lying between the Black and Caspian
Seas, south Of the Caucasus, and north of the
mountains of Armenia, which has been nc.
quircd by Russia, partly from Turkey and
partly from Persia, by conquest. Kutais, one
of the cities Of this province, is the point upon
which the present movements of Omar pasba
are directed. The whole region is one of
great historical interest, and is thus described
by the New York Evening Post:
"Here is the Colchis of the ancient Greeks.
the land visited by Jason and the Argonauts.
in search of the Golden Fleece. On the
southern borders of the country, Mount
Ararat, the landing place of the ark, rises in
solitary grandeur. Here was the cradle of
the Persian monarchy and the centre of the
Kingdom Of Mithridates. This was the holy
land OF the Magi, and the birthplace of
1!oronster. The town of Baku, on the Caspian
-Sea, was the saricpiary of the fire worship of
the Persians, to whonlif was a place no less
sacred and holy than ~. the Mohnm.
medans, or Jerusaleuf' hristians, The
country around Baku Ids in llotha
springs, from which bluI hes rise ~ la.
neously, dancing about ovefthe plains, =
down the hills, and presenting, accord
the description of travellers, one of til
wonderful spectacles in the world. neU-o
the Persian fire worship. Hither thou
of pilgrims resorted annually to perform
devOtions
"Previous to the discovery of the passage
around the Cape of Good Hope, Transcaucasia
was one of the principal thoroughfares of the
commerce between Europe and Asia. Hither
was transported the precious stones and cost.
v stuis OF the East, to be exchanged for the
commodities Of the West. Here the Greeks
and the Romans, and afterwards the Genoese
and the Venetians, made the acquaintance of
the Chinese and the Hndoos. Suchum Kale,
the present basis of operations of Omar
Pasha, was the emporium of this commerce.
"Ihe geographical position of this countr
and its commercial importance, have made
the theatre Of great national aaaeIcts, both in
ancient and modern tipa6 ere Pompcy
and his legiOns met am he Parthians;
here the Byzantine Gre b Persans
struggled for the mastei U|lE Eiater, Tam.
erane overran the country with his Asiatic
hordes, extirpated the Persian religion, and
introduced Islamism in its stead"
The conquest. Of this territory by Russic
has greatly mperilled the Indian possession.
of England, and hence her deep interest il
the present struggle. The Cossack, whit
pitches his tent on the shores of the Caspian
is nearer to the Capital of the Punjaub thai
ITO St. Petersburgsand the Russian boundar,
line is only nine miles distant from the grea
thoroughtare over which British manufac
lures, to the value of two millions sterling
annually find their way into Persia.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01
WASHINGTON Jan. 40


We have authentic Information which
warrants US in making the following assei.
tions:
Instructions have gone out to our Minister
in London demanding Mr. Crampton's recall
Mr.. Buchanan will not be recalled by ou:
government except at his own request. No
special message to Congress relative to our
foreign relations, is contemplated by the
President, or has been the subject of Cabinet
consultation. Boyce's resolution, in the
House to-day, was his own independent pro-
position ID which he acted without the kuowl
edge Of the Executive. Negotiations between
Great Britain and the United States are still
open.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01

EA Lill to repeal the act incorporating
the Mississippi and Pacific Railroad Company
has passed the Texas Senate. A bill has been
reported to charter the Memphis, Ell PasO and
Pacific Rail Road. The loan bill which was
ordered to be engrossed, purposes to loan to
Rail Roads within the limits of the State
$4,000 for each mile after the first twenty
five miles have been constructed, the State to
be secured by the first mortgage on the road.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01

Mrs. PARTIsGToN ON THE SAG. NIGHTS
"Mother," said Mrs. Partington's Ike, "heres
a word in this ERE paper can't make out"
"Spe! i cbild," said the old lady. .a
"S-a-g. .N.ic.h.ts"
"Sag Nits, sonny, what does IL say about
'em 2" ....
at says that they started in old Kentucky,
and are spreading all over"
"Dear on usl" said the old lady, "the world
must be comm to an end! Chintz. bugs, cut.
worms and locnsts was bad enuff; but here
must come those filthy things, the sage nits !
No sassengers for this year, Isaac"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01


A DoGGERYTYpE! Tho "Hards" Of New
York, with Dickinson, at their head, are thus
sketched to the life, bya Georgia cotempo-
rary-the "Repubican" of Wilkes, VIC be-
lieve.
Gas to Mr.. Dickinson, he seems to be n
man who would rather drown than be pulled
out of the water in any other than the most
orthodox democratic manner. He and his
party want no votes for him except the real
genuine Hard Shell-he would not be Presi.
dent it elected by any other His party in
Congress are made Of the same stuff-a set
of political Pharisees, standing aloof from all
others, and thanking God they are not like
other men, or even as these (American) pub.
licans, they gave "tithes of all they possessed
to carry the elections, but in vain, and now
they stand pitiful minority, rejecting the aid
of all others in setting the wheels of the
government in motion and refusing TO aid all
others. They are accountable for the melan-
choly fact that all the conservative men Of the
country are not now united in one great
party against tho destructives Of all sections
of the Union."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01
THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, FEB. 1. 1850.
WASHINGTON. Jan. %

WASHINGTON, Jan. %.
Mr.. Richardson, having Internationally
withdrawn, the Democratic caucus unani.
mously nominated James l.. Orr, Of South
Carolina, for Speaker, upon the principles
enuncated nt the first caucus.
The Americans held q caucus, and passed
resolutions agreeing to Withdraw Fuller, but
insisting upon an organization upon national
grounds.
The Republicans hold caucus tonight.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01


The AMERICAN PARTY GOVERNOR OF KEN
TuoKY GIVES UP THE Cause.-The annual
messages of the Governors of the different
States come in upon us so thick and fast that
with the pressure upon our columns of other
and more immediate or more generally i'm.
portant matters, we have scarcely time OF
space to notice them ALL We cannot omit,
however, the following significant closing
paragraph of the first message of Governor
Morehead, of Kentucky, elected as the candi-
date of the American party, last August
Here it Isl
The existence o mere geographical parties
is the great step to disunion. To prevent that,
| was willing to unite with n party whose
principles were sufficiently broad and compre-
hensive and patriotic to entitle itself to the
name of American. The great and leading
and fundamental article of the political creed
Of this organization was undying devotion to
the union of the States, and every other prn-
ciple il held was but subsidiary to this. The
perpetuity of this mighty republic, with all
its countless blessings, through generations
which are to follow, was its end and aim
The same fell spirit of ianaticism which has
produced schisms in other parties has done its
work here also. The crisis Of our country's
fate, though impending, is not yet come, and
| trust that the time is far, very far, distant
when the section to which we belong shall
feel compelled in sorrow and in anguish, to
calculate the value Of the Union. To avert u
crisis 50 dreadful, cannot doubt that the
national men of all parties, however discor-
daht may be their opinions on other points,
will finally unite, and by their firm, determn-
ed and patriotic action save the country from
the ruthless grasp Of tho enemies Of the
Union. .
What does he mean when he says that
"the same fell spirit of fanaticism which has
produced schsms in other parties has done its
work here Tin the American partly also" He
doubtless refers to the separation which has
taken place in Congress between the North.
ern free soil Know Nothngs and the twelfth
section or national members of the party
But then he talks Of "the national men of all
parties, however discordant may be their
opinions on other points" uniting to put down
the anti-slavery ngitators. This looks very
much like an open proposition to the South.
ern Know Nothings, or "South Americans" "
as they have been lately chrstened at Wash.
ington, to drop their own organization and
to fuse with the democracy, in order to
crush the many headed abolition hydra of the
North.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01
THE BURDOCK AND THE VIOLET.
BY HARRIET WOOD.

II came up in the garden, that burdock,
just behind the violets and close up 70 the
rose bushes. II was In the corner close
up to the fence, and we said we would let Il
stay, and il should have all the kind care and
the gentle attention that the roses and the
violcts had. Roadside burdocks we knew
were coarse vile things, with their dusty
leaves and their sharp burs ever adherng to
the passers-by, and we would like to see what
a garden burdock would be like; whether IL
would be bright and fresh and delicate for
growing in such sweet company, and SO we
were mercful and let it stay.
And grew among the roses and the vic.
lets, and gentle hands watered it often, and
the earth was soitened about the roots Just
as for its fairer neighbors; but it waited not
for them ir its progress upward. lts'-.
,,,,pa,a ,spa and md isE,i,S. T;s'as d. ley
scure its less. assuming neighbSl
last the blossoms came. They were large
and strong and armed with keen thorns, and
the flowers changed into burs, and they
reached out their thorny fingers and grasped
the passers by, and the white dust lay thick
on the rough woolly leaves, and the seeds
flew out on the wind to seek lodging places.
where another year new crop should find
foothold and sustenance.
A little violet crept through the fence and
looked ub brightly beside the hard and dusty
street, and we said we will let il grow
there; and so it grew. Water, it had none
except from celestial fountains; care il had
none except from sunshine and sweet dews
and the kindly glances of the passersby; yet
there it lived and bloomed sweetly, "wasting
its sweetness on the desert air." Its green
leaves were as green as its cherished kindred
of the fower-bed, and its blue eye reflected
as hopefully as the blue of the summer
sky.
So we said to ourselves, Outward circum.
stances and mere surroundings are but little
after all; and if change to Nature comes it
must be u work deep inwrought by other than
earthly hands.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01

~ The Trenton N. J. Gazette says that
party is organizing in Bergen N. J. to join
Walker in Nicaragua. 1t is already quite
formidable. and will probably. be soon put on
board steamer in the Lower Bay Of New
York, with proper outfit and munitions.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01

SLAVE LAWS OF VIRGINIA.-A memorial is
about to be presented to the Legislature OF
Virginia, which proposes considerable altera.
tions in the Slavery Laws. Thus:-"Forbid-
ding the separation Of parents and children
recognizing the marriage of slaves-and al.
lowing persons of color to be taught to read
and write, so as to assist their moral and
mental elevation"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01
rw-We remember being at a conferen

eB-We remember being at conference
meeting once, il Yankee land, when one Of
the deacons came around asking the peopleif
they wanted salvation.
Near us sat a butchers boy, nineteen years
old, about us amenable 20 salvation rs u lamb
in his hands would be to mercy.
"Do you want salvation!" said the deacon ,
looking into his brutal face.
"No darn yer, want Sal Skinner, and
the sexton won't let me take her out till
meetn's over"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01

A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING pious
minister, after lecturing school class in n
most edyfying manner, proposed to close the
exercise by singing "Jourdan," meaning the
hymn "On Jordan's stormy banks stand."-
The worthy man was Mortified by hearing
the whole school Immediately strike up
"Jourdan am hard road to travel, be
Hawai-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01

eW-T The Wilmington Herald says that
the report that the Bank of Cape Fear had
failed is utterly without foundation, and it
is "probably as sound, as solvent at this mo.
ment, as any similar institution in the coun.
try. The whole amount of her liabilities, in
cluding the capital stock, is S3,593, 1856, while
her resources, after deducting bad or doubt.
ful debts, is S3,976,3s5, leaving a surplus
fund of $3s3,0o0, to say nothing of the spe.
cies in her vaults, and the exchange at her
DISPOSAL"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01

IMPROVED LocoMorIvE.-Mr. Bates, of New
London, Ct., has invented an anti,compres ssion
valve for railroad otives-the valve be.
ing used on the cylinder to obviate an ac-
knowledged difficulty already existing, owing
to the non-escape of waste steam as the pis-
ton advances or recedes. The valve, US its
title indicates, is designed to prevent loss Of
power, by exhausting the cylinder Of all
steam in advance Of the stroke. The loss by
compression is computed at one-half, which,
being remedied, is great item saved.
vPA boy named West picked up cigar
in Bristol, Mass, put il in pipe and smoked
it, and died in consequence.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01
PHILADELPHIA, Jan, %,

The reported defeat Of the Haytiens is con-
firmed. Soulouque, the black Emperor of
Hayti, has escaped, and a reward Of 10000
doubloons is offered for his head. There is
an intense feeling against him, and it is
thought that If he should be taken he would
be shot by his own people.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01

MORE New NAMES FOR PARTiEs.-We
notice that the sectional divisions of what
was originally called the Know Nothing Or
der, are now designated as North Americans
and South Americans. If we keep on, tn.
study of political geneology will come to be
numbered among the abstruse sciences.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01

tB- The Charleston Evening News, un.
derstands that the elephant which was lost
overheard from vessel bound to that port
made its way safely into Mr.. Pleasant harbor.
The vessel was thirty miles out at sea, and a
heavy gale was blowing when the elephant
went overheard. Its feat of riding out the
storm is, We suppose, the most remarkable
instance of animal strength and endurance
on record.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01

SIXTY DAYS NorIoE FOR WAR.--A WASH
ngton correspondent of the New York Her
aid writes that government functionary
there says We may have war with England
in less than sixty days.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01
ewMr. Prince, the well known nurser,

HMr. Prince, the well known nursery
man of Flushing, L. l., recommends the cul-
ture of licorice, as one Of the most important
plants that could be added to American agri-
culture. A deep sandy loan, or other light
soil is adapted to it, and the plant is Propaga'
ted BY cuttings from the root. It yields IN
immense crop, is quite valuable and now
largely imported.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01
MY WIFE.
[wRIrrEs WHILE RECOVERING A SEVERE SICKNESS.
heard her, o, how cautiously,


WRITTEN WHILE RECOVERING FROM A SEVERE SICKNESS
heard her, o, how cautiously,
Open my bedroom door;
heard aer step as noiseessly,
ITO my couch) across the floor.
felt her hands my temple press,
Her lips just touching mine
And in my anguish and distress,
'Twere sinful to repine.
Our pilgrimage is nearly through
We've passed life's mountains brow;
THOUGHT lov'd her, years ago
KNOW love her now.
Her face was lowering over mine
Her warm tears on my cheek,
Her whispered prayer, Of thought divine,
Rose fervently, but meek;
Her bosom rested on my arm;
felt its troublous throe;
knew the cause of its alarm;
knew its source of woe;
And then the blood my system through,
Came pressing on my brow
l THOUGHT loved her, years ago
KNOW love her now.
Thus watched that tir'd and patient one,
By night as well as day,
In sadness and almost alone,
Till weeks had pass'd away;
Bereft of sleep-depriv'd of rest
Oppressed-borne down with care,
Till y! her labors have been bless'd,
For God has heard her prayer.
Her cheek resumes its wonted glow,
And placid is her brow
THOUGHT lov'd her, years ago
KNOW love her now.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01

CRIME AND PUNIsHMEST.-A correspondent
of the Cincinnati (Ohio) Gazette, states that
there have been five hundred murders in
Hamilton county, Ohio, within the last fifteen
years, and that but one man has been hung
there for murder during all this time
Hamilton county is that in which Cincinnati
is situated.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01
H- DR.. Raphael, the well known Jewish
Rabbi in New York, says:

Rabbi in New York, says;
], as Jew, do say that it appears to me
that Jesus Christ became the victim of fanati.
cism combined with jealousy and lust OF
power in Jewish hierarchs, even as in latter
ages Huss and Jerome Of Prague, Latimer
and Ridley became the victims Of fanatcsm,
combined with jealousy and lust of power 10
Christian hierarchs; and while and the Jews
Of the present day protest against being
identified with zealots who were concerned
in the proceedings against Jesus of Nazareth
we are far from reviling his character or de-
riding his precepts. .... ...I
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01


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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 81.
The reports of the battle in Kansas have
been greatly exaggerated. No persons were
killed, and only few slightly wounded,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01

s=g-A letter from Berlin states that the
public debt Of Russia has been increased since
the commencement of the war by 326 millions
of silver roublrs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01

H The Hon. John II. Clifford has been
elected Attorney General of Massachusetts
by tho Legislature.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01
DIss0LvING THE UNION.

The Richmond Dispatch says It Is funney
to hear the com lacsnt and dogmatic manner
which sundry politicians of the North and
South talk of dissoking the Union. They
speek of the matter ms il IL were one of the
easiest things in shs world and MS if they
could do II. That is the grand mistake Of
these malcontent political agitators. They
imagine that they hold the destinies Of this
vast Republic in the hollow Of their hand
They have but TO open their mouths in a
nullfying congressional harangue, or IN elab.
crate revolutionary newspaper article, and,
presto, the Union is blown into thousand
fragments! They take no account of any
other moral forces and elements in the great
country than thosy Of an omnibus load Of
Cataliners, who, even If each had a power
for ruin as strong q his will, would not
be able to disphessrssl.e smallest stone ie
the vast temple OF the American confuI1
racy.
Outside of this knot Of discontented and
aspiring men, lies the immense body of the
American people, rs unmo'ed and indifferent
to the mimic whrlwinds, which rage in the
contracted minds of few nullifers, rs the
ocean is to teapot. Bebre one solitary link
can be broken in the chan which unites our
glorious band of republican States, the
American people must b. consulted-the
mighty millions of farmera mechanics and
tradesmen--the laboring andproducing class
es-the men whose interest are to be affected
bya change Of government, and who have
not the most remote intention of permitting
those interests to be tampered with without
their knowledge uhd consent. Whenever
the Union is dissolved, it will not be dissov
ed by Congress-. The people will anmake
as they made the government. 1t was thei
work; they built it up; it IS consecrated by
their blood; all their earthly treasures are de
posted in it. depend upon it, they hav,
authorized no men or set Of men, either il
Congress or out of it, either directly or indi
rectly, TO pull down that structure. That is
work they reserve to themselves.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01


How SLAVES SELL AND HIRE IN Missouri.
"A correspondent of the st. Louis Rcpub.
lican makes the following report of the rates
Z which slaves sold and hired in, PIE county,
Missouri on the LIST ofthis mon e writes
as follows:
Mr.. Editor: There must be California in
Northeast Missouri, or the Ell Dorado is in
the farmers pocket. Negro men sold on
yesterday at the following prices: Sl,3G5,
81 ,542, $l,405, $l,2l5, $l,255. These men
were common crop han ds, ranging from 80
to 45 years Of age. Women brought from
eight to nine hundred dollars, and one went
as high 8 ,040; another as high MS 81 253i--
I These two lust vscre gooS house servants and
seamstresscs. The wurnrn bringing $500
and $500, were over middle age. All of
these sales were for cash, or for bonds bear
ing six per cent Interest from date. They
were bona fide sales, and the negroes were
all purchased by citizens Of the surrounding
counties, for farming purposes. The rise in
the price agricultural products, is now tel
ling in the value of labor, and the farmers
seem to think that the "peculiar institution"
| is still of some account
While negroes sold for these prices, they
hired at corresponding rates. Common farm
hands, young and likely. hired for S22O; boys
of is and II years of age, or thereabouts,
hired for Sl4O-and Sl5O--in every in.
stance the individual hiring, and not the
owner, paying all charges, of every descrip-
| ton.
Our surprise at these enormous prices was
enhanced by reference to the map of the
United States, which shows that Pike county
is only separated from Illinois by the Nisis-
sippi river.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01

MARRIAGE WITH DECEASED WIFE's Sis.
TER.-The Glasgow (Scotland) Mail, per last
steamer, states as follows:
"In the course of argument by counsel, in
the case before the Court of Sessions last
week, respecting the legality of u marriage
with a deceased wife's sister, one of the
counsel said it was doubtful point whether
such marriage was prohibited'in in the Levitcal
law; on which Lord Ardmillian remarked that
he was surprised none of the counsel had
referred to Jacob marrying two sisters, and
to the fact that our Savior was decended from
one of them.