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Family Grocery store,
Cor. Of America & &c. Ferdinand st..
NEAR THE JAZZ.
+ which, will at all timee he found complete
- stock cf FAMILY GROCERIES, WINES, IL.
Qu0RS, &C., to be dlspored OF As low A. the marx.
e can afford, J0r ~ cnaA.
aplS.H n. a. BRYAN.
" ANTEO.-5OO bales COTTON,
w for which its value in New Orleans
will Be paid, by $. NJ. HART 4 CO.
cps Agents Louisiana Penitentiary.
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JOSEPH MCCORMICK.
BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER.
baton Rouge, La.
SCHOOL BOOKS, STANDARD LITE
rary, Scientific and Miscellaneous Books,
Cheap Publications, snd The Principle Ma.
gaines and Periodical. constantly on hand.
Also-AMERICAN and FOREIGN
Writing Papers, Blank Books, Envelopes,
Copying Presses, Drawing Papers. Bristo;
Beads. Monobromatir Boardsh: VII.
FRESH GROUND FTDuH.-rurchs.srs
l. If Florr. would do we'll to bear irtnind that
fresh ground family four can always De had in
Ration Rouge, and of her own manufacture. To
insure getting II all q. X. send your nrders TO
mar26 JOSHUA BEAL.
Gold aud silver Thimbles.
lust received and for sale ty
81 decl9. TmEo. GOLDMAN.
Corn NIills.
q DOE. Assorted Sets Corn Mill, with
4 and without fly wheels.
ap3 LARGu,ER Il LANouE
Corn a. Cob Mill.
TO ARRIVE in a few days direct from
i the mandatory. assorteI sizes of the
celebrated Little Giant y Corn and Cob
Mills, at (ap3) LAneu,sh Il LAuout's.
JUST RECEIVED.
q Bv the "pennsylvania from st. Louis.
500 lbs Dried Peaches,
Apples o
% Bills. Extra St. E6uis flour. which
is offered at tho lowest market price for
Cash.
np22 H.Y. TOMLINSON 4 co.
ny the Grand Turk.
lust received direct from St. Louis and
j for sale low, Tor CASH.
so Sacks Corn;
50 Sacks Oats;
so do Bran;
Bacon, Sides and Shoulders.
apll9.y. H. Y. TOMLINSON l. Co.
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COrn nItlls.
q DOZ Assorted Sets Corn Mill, with
y and without fly wheels.
ap3 LARGu,ER Il LANouE~
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A. Rc,,uce,, Prices.

A. Reduced Prices.
DERSONS sending their own bags will
L be supplied with fresh BRAN. Mt the
reduced price Of Que Dollar per Hundred
Pounds.
aprll.le JOSHUA BEAL.
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DRIED APPLES. CslEtEsE sc.
10 BARRELS Choice Sun DRIED ap-
1 - pies:
Is Boxes PRIME Cheese
Of Barrels Whiskey:
lO0O Canvass Hams, various Brands
1000 Pounds Clear Bacon Sides,
% Boxes Star Candles:
Just received and for sale by
april-le JOSHUA BEAL.
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A. w. UYATT'S,
EN ~ tlv <.rOc ~,

FN ~ NV II roc Cry,
cory Church Il 81. Hipo';fe Sfs
f1NlE UNDERSIGNED respectfully hegs leave to
] inform his friends " Fast and West Baton
Rouge. that, having established himself n the
G'rcerv business, he il prepared to sell articles
III his line as cheap az can he obtained at any
other establishment In town complete essort-
ment If Family Groceries. WIVES, LfqTORS,
7OBACCO, etc, always on hand.
Az. ICY. A. W. HYATT.
MEAT.-2OOO LBS, MlDDLlNG;
lVl 1000 lbs, Ham. sugar cured
1000 plain smoked. n
In store and for sale bv
NJ &. BRYAN,
apl2O, ~ T.. cor. Court House Square.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

HEAVY LOCOMOTIVE AND INCREASED RAIL-
WAY SpEEp.-The Philadelphia Ledger cites
the exhibition in France of locomotive
weighing sixty tons, with ten feet driving
wheels. and stated to be capable Of attaining
speed of 100 miles per hour. Its centre of
gravity is placed so low as 10 render it safer
than ordinary engines at the usual speed, so
far as getting off the track is concerned. Tho
Ledger doubts whether the speed named can
be reached without much larger driving
wheels, but cannot doubt the practicability Of
achieving it with larger one; or that by ee-
waiting the track so as to allow of very low
centre of gravity, together with widening the
space between the rails and avoiding common
roads by bridges and tunnels, railroad trains
can move with ease and safety l5O miles per
hour. 4t.s..4
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

Power OF ENDURING CoLD.-The mystic
rious compensations by which we adapt our.
selves to the climate are more striking here
than in the tropics. In the Polar zone the
assault is immediate and sudden, and, unlike
the insidious fatality of hot countries, pro-
duces its results rapidly. 1t requires hardly
a single winter TO tell who are to be heat.
making and acclimatized men. Peterson,
for instance, who has resided for two years
at Uppernavich, seldom enters room with n
fire. Another of our party, George Riley,
with vigorous constitution, established
habits Of free exposure, and active, cheerful
temperament, has so Injured himself to the
cold that he sleeps on our sledges journeys
without blanket or any other covering than
his walking suit, while the outside tempera.
ture is 80 degrees below zero.-Dr. Kane's
Journal
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

A Coop ENDoRsER.-On the night of the
election some dispatches were sent from
Philadelphia to Savannah, with postscript
to send the news forward. The direction
was mistaken for the name of the person
who sent the dispatch. A knot of democrats,
the Savannah News says, were in confab over
the gratifying intelligence it contained, when
one of the company inquired: "Who is this
Mr.. p. S. Forwards he to be relied on?"-
Whereupon democrat present declared that
he had known him for many years, that he
was good democrat, and highly respecta
BILE citizen of Philadelphia With this en-.
dorsement the news was accepted as worthy
of credit.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07
VOL. IX.--N0. 424.

SUNSHINE OF MATRmoSY.-"It is folly for
girls to expect TO be happy without mar
rage; every woman was made for mother.
consequently children are necessary to their
peace of mind, as health is. lfyou wish TO
behold melancholy and indigestion, look at
an old maid; if you would take peep at sun
shine, look in the face of young mothei.-
Now, won't stand that, replies my aunt
I'm an old maid myself, and rm neither mel
ancholy nor indigestible. My piece Of
mind I'm going to give you in n minute; |
never would touch baby, during my exist.
ence, except with a pair of tOngs. Young
mothers and sunshine indeed! why, they are
worn to fiddle strings before they are FIVE
and twenty. When an old lover steps in, he
thinks he sees his grand mother, instead of
the dear little Mary who used to make him
feel as if he should crawl out Of the toes Of
his boots. Yes, my mind is quite made up
about matrimony. But, as TO babies
sometimes think, and then again don't
know,)-on the whole, believe ! consider
'em decided humbug It's one'sded
partnership, this marriage: the ,oye casts up
aIthe accounts. The husband gets up in the
morning, and pays his deroirS to the look
ing glass, curs his fine hedd of hair, puts ON
an immaculate shirt bosom, ties an excruci
aling cravat sprinklcs his handkerchief
with cologne, slows away n French roll, an
egg, and cup of coffee, gets into an omni-
bus, looks slantendicalar at the pretty girls,
and makes love between the pauses OF bus
mess in the afternoon. The wife must herr
metically sea! the windows, and shut out the
fresh air (because the baby had the snuffies
in the nght,) and sits down, gaspirg Mt the
table, more dead than alive, to finish her
breakfast. Tommy spills cup of hot coffee
down his bosom; Juliana has torn off the
strings o. her school bonnet; James wants
his geography covered; Eliza can't find her
satchel; the butcher wants TO know ii she'd
like Joint of mutton, the miIkman wants
his money; the ice man wants to speak TO
her just n minute; the baby swallows pin;
the husband sends the boy from the store
to say his partner will dine with him; the
cook leaves all, flying to go to her sisters
dead babies wake; and the husbands coat
must BE- ironed before noon. Sunshine and
young mothers! Where's my smelling
bottleW
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

A FORTUNE FOR ALBERT PKE-The Memphis
Eagle of the llth has the following: at is
said that Capt. Albert Pike, of Arkansas, re
Gently gained a suit at law for which he gets
the comfortable fee of 100000. The case
was an Indian claim to the value of $500, 900,
which he has been prosecuting for several
years. upon an agreement that if he gained
the suit he would be entitled to onehalf; il
not, nothing. The suit was lately decided by
the United States Supreme Court at Wash.
ington, in favor Of his clients"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

LIFE IN PAEls.-The fashionable clubs have
recently oeen thrown into some excitement
by the publication of the names of the most
popular dandies in Paris with their debts,
which are to be put up at auction and sold to
the highest bidder. 1t looked at first like a
sort of "black list" and nothing was talked
of but horse whipping the impertinent scoun-
drels who asked for money which belonged
to them. But it soon appeared that this pub
lication was matter of form consequent up
on the dissolution of partnership, aud men
reputed to have large fortunes were found to
have bills of seven and eight years standing
unpaid.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

A DIsTIScTIos.-Many years ago when
new sects in New England began to break
the good old congregational barriers, and
make incursions into the sheeptolds of the
regular clergy, n reverend divine, whom |
well knew--a man, at once, CT infinite eccen-
tricity, good sense and good humor--cncoun.
tered one Of these irregular practitioners at
the house of one Of his flock. They had
pretty hot discussion on their point of differ.
ence, but, ut length the interloper, finding
more than his match at polemics, wound off
by saying
swell, doctor, you'll at least allow that il
was commanded to preach the gospel to eve
ry crtter."
"True," rejoined the doctor, "true enough.
But then never did hear that il was com.
manded to every 'critter' TO preach the gos-
pel"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

THE OCEAN TELEGRAPH.-The Journal of
Commerce gives some interesting facts con-
cerning this novel and most important under
taking: .,.. t..
"The arrangements for laying the wire are
not yet complete, Mr.. Field being at present
in England with reference to this matter; but
we learn that the telegraphic connection be-
tween this port and ST. Johns, N. F., is very
nearly complete. Ar unexpected delay arose
from a miscalculation as to the length Of the
wire required for going through Nova Scotia,
occasioned by inaccurate surveys, so that it
was necessary to return to England, and pro-
cure twenty-five miles Notwithstanding the
whole length OF atmospheric wire 1876 miles.
This portion is nearly finished, and the two
submarine cables between ST. Johns and
Prince Edwards Island, and across the Gulf
of st. Lawrence-on over fifteen miles in
length, and the other eighty-fve-are found
to be complete, and in the best working Or
der. The entire expenditure on this impor-
tant enterprise, up to the present time is be-
tween S60O,O0O and'$700,O00 The cost of
the ocean survey is betrayed by the United
States Government"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07
THE SWELI-HEAD DISEASE.

This dreadful disease sometimes attacks
horses and other animals, but men and boys
are more subject TO it, and with them 1t is
more fatal.
CAUsE.-Vacuity in the Uranium. tits often
augmented by hattery, especially when the
cerebrum is small and illshaped. Men of
large information, however, are sometimes
afflicted with it, in which case there is found
an inordinaie swelling in the upper region
of the head, just back of the dPPer cranit--
The protuberance is called sef'esteem.
SYMPToMs.-The poor creature usually
fancies himself the biggest, smartest, best,
and handsomest man in the crowd-loves
the "uppermost seats in the synagogues"-
is given to impudence, impertinence, and
usually bad manners in company-is censo-
rious and fond of finding and exposing the
foibles Of his associates--has few friends asd
no lovers, and has generally bad odOr to
polite and well-bred people-given to swell
ing and strutting, as il in one moment he
fancied himself toad and the next moment
turkey.cock. He is egotistic, and pas
sionately fond of high-sounding titles, as
Squire, Captain, Colonel, General, &c. The
miserable patient is sometimes 50 infatuated
as TO attempt to stride the ocean, or jump
over very high mountains. These are only a
few symptoms of this malady, but enough TO
identify.it.
TREATMENT.-When it is caused by emp
tiness of the Uranium, it is only necessary to
fill up the vacuum with good ideas, solid
education, or common sense. When induc-
ed by diminutiveness or malformation of the
brain, the cure is slow and difficult. We
have known some cases which defied every
remedy and destroyed the patients. A cure
must be attempted by exercising and cuItiva.
ting those faculties which are deficient, such
rs the Judgment and the understanding, and
depicting self.esteem. The skulls of those
patients are generally very thick and hard, so
that it is hard pounding anything into them;
but they are excessively fond of soft soap
give them a pound or two every day, and it
will soften the skull so that you can prob
ably get little gumptiop into it, or m od
cum ratiocination, and they will soon be well.
When this will not cure, soft soap will pal
late.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07
"THANK YOU"

"Thank you'll these are but little words,
But precious ones they are,
For when they fall from graceful lips,
Oh They are better far
Than false and idle compliments,
Paid in some sportIve mood:
They are grateful words; and what
Excelleth gratitude
Then scorn not these few words to speak
In thankfulness, pray;
For to SOME mourning, sorrowing heart
They pleasure may convey.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

s85- If there is one word in the English
language more distastful and repugnant to
our feelings than another, it is the term "pat-
,ronage;" We execrate, defy, spurr and detest
the very name, origin and meaning News
papers refer to their "patrons," and thereby
derogate from their own dignity. A prop.
erly conducted paper is never patronized.-
Not dollar goes into its coffe-s that is not
honestly earned. A good paper gives
'qud pro quo." ra
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07
PHASES OF LIFE.

On cold day in January pensivefaced
boy, appearsntly nine or ten years ofage, sat
in brokers' office in Wall Street, twirling
between his thumb and forefinger, a bright
new penny upon the glazed table before
him.
The occupant of the Office had gone to the
"Board," leaving word with his boy to close
up at the usual time that he would not re.
turn again that day, as he was going to
take a sleigh ride.
The thumb and finger continued making
the rapid whirls of the penny. The mind
within was also engaged; his skates and lit
tie sleigh, his dinner were the objects of his
thoughts-for the bit that mother gave him
for bis lunch was swallowed before ten
o'clock. ale could not help it, he was so
hungry" Besides, mother had promised she
would try and have dinner that day; and
Hope whispered she would try and then
such fun on his sleigh with the neighboring
boys A restless desire to get home soon
followed vision of so much happiness.
lie must look at tho Trinity clock
"Ten minutes" he softly articulated and nv
time will be up. As he closed the door n
fororn.loOkiDg man pushed towards him,
with hat in hand supplicating charity. The
reverie was broken.
Child and man looked long and silently at
each other. Then the latter with still idiot.
'ic stare, exclaimed
"Whose boy are you?"
"Mrs. Hamlet's," replied the bereaved, but
ingenious child. .as
"Dont tell story" brawled the half con-
scous man;"is not rour name Charley? and
do you not know Henry"
"No, sir" answered the innocent.faced boy.
The unhappy man recrossed the threshold
with vague, uncertain feeling that he and
the little pale face stood in relation TO. each
other.
Ii was true.
The father and the son had again met
And tho hope of the young ch lid, which n
few moments before had so buoyed him up
-up-where was ii! Gone!
The LITTLE form sunk down. The tears
flowed full and fast. "My poor father!" was
spoken in low and heart-broken tones by the
stricken child. The "cross" was already his.
Skates, sleigh, dinner-all were forgotten
in that cruel anguish.
Again the penny was turned, and, in an
interval ofchild.li like grief he wished he could
spend it. But-no! the penny must be
kept for the ferryman. He crossed the river
to reach his home--the home of his mother!
who for six long years, had toed and strug.
gled, friendless and alone. Her earthly tie
was broken; but not by DEATH The husband
and father was a drunkard and an outcast.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07
WAsnlNaroN. ID. 81. .Ocl. 2s

Geary's official report is received, giving the
particulars of the late arrest. The emgrants,
he says, were armed for resistance TO the
constituted authorities. Geary explained 10
them his determination to suppress all illegal
bands, when they dissolved organization and
erected him with cheers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

gss- The Post Office Department has re.
ceived information of the fact that man
down East was lately subjected to the pay.
ment of 5000, on conviction of having used a
second hand postage stamp contrary to law.
Dear, not "cheap postage"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

The SouHD OF THE Church GONG BELL.--A
letter from Widden, Turkey, of August 27th,
says 1--WE have this morning heard sound
which the people of Bulgaria have not heard
for ages, the sound of bell calling the Chris.
tians to church, to thank God that the Sultan
has been pleased to restore to us our liberty
of worship. Widen is the first Bulgarian
town that has received bell "
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07
COLUMBIA, Oct. 80.

The steamer Illinois has arrived at New
York from Aspinwall with Sl,6O0,0OO in
specie. Business is improving at San Fran
cisco. The mining intelligence is encourag-
ing. Ex-Governor McDougal was arrested
ON his arrival out, on charge of illegal vot-
ing. The rest Of the news is unlmportant.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

rB-T The following paragraph is "going
the rounds" Of the newspapers. II is decid-
edly "interesting, If true"
Mr.. Delanc managing editor Of the Lon.
don Times, it is said, comes to this country
TO pick out an American editor to place
among the corps of able writer's attached to
the columns Of "The Thunderer"-to Sc
lcct person sufficiently well informed 20
take charge of American affairs in that fa--
nous journal, and write on that subject, with
the proper amount of knowledge in regard
to our country, its habits, its policy, politics
and politicians. lie is to have six thousand
u year, n comfortable berth, position Of
honor and an opportunity to do his native
land service.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07
,asg- Deem in the foundation of his char.

c5g- Deep in the foundation OF his char
acter, like the immovable blocks whereon
great edifces reposa, each man has to lay
down Tor himself certain thoughts, sooner or
later, of passing consequence, got out of Sc
eret and manifold communings regarding the
vast mysteries Of berc and hereafter.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

ARTIFICIAL FIsH.-There was new fea-
ture at the Agricultural Fair at Cleveland,
Ohio--a show of fish raised artifcialy.--
They arechehy spotted brook trout, from
six months to two years old, and were in a
large tank with glass sides, supplied with n
running stream OF ice water. Doctors Gar.
Itch and Arckley, who furnish the exhibition,
have quite "fsh raising" about two miles
from Cleveland. In the pond are thousands
of fish, principally trout, all raised by artif-
cial means.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

DEATH AT A RRvvAL.-A young woman
named Temple died at Vcrnva, Connecticut,
on Friday last. She was at religious meet
ing, and while laboring under much excite
ment, and giving utterance to her feelings in
shouts, fell to the floor dead.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

BUFFALO, n. Y, Oct. ga letter from
Port Washington, dated 18th, gives paiticu-
lars of the loss of the Toledo-all on board
were lost excepting two deck hands and ons
steerage passenger. They report having seen
in the cabin three ladies and two men, in the
steerage man and his wife, four children
and two men. There were doubtless many
others. The shore was strewn for miles with
pieces of the wreck. The storm was the
most terrific ever known. The sea is still
roaring, and is too heavy to make thorough
sparch
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

EFFECT OF WoRsHlP ON THE lHsAEE.-N
is stated on the authority of Miss Dix, the
philanthrophist, that among the hundreds Of
crazy people with whom her sacred missions
have brought her into companionship, she
has not found one individual, however fierce
and turbulent that could not be calmed by
scripture and prayer, uttered in low and gem
tie tones. The power Of religious sentiments
over these shattered souls seems miraculous.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

tY- The editor of the Arkansas Travel
Ter offers to bet his establishment valued at
$4,000, and dozen clean shirts, that MiIlard
Fillmore will be our next President, and
adds: awe will also 60 our whole wardrobe
that we can whip the individual who wins
our money"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

NORTH CAROLINA GoLD.-At the late State
'air held in Raleigh, North Carolina, lump
Of solid gold, from the Ports Mines, was ex-
hibited by T. X. Thomas of Lewisburg N. c.,
valued at $500.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

A New IDEA-Among the premiums award
ed at the late Fair at the Mechanics Institute
in Nashville we notice that one was given to
shirt for an embroidered child. Great
child that-we'd like to see it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

U.s. "You flatter me, said thin exquisite
the other day to young lady who was prais-
ing the beauty of his moustnche. "For heav.
ems sake, MAN." interposed an old skipper,
don't make that monkey any .fatter than he
is now"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07
THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, NOV. 7, 1856.

SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CONVENTION
The next session of the Southern CONNER
cial Convention will convene in the city of
Savannah, Ca, on the 9Th of December next.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

eB- If the sun is going down, look up to
the stars; if the earth is dark keep your eye
on Heavenl With Gods presence and Gods
promises. a man or child may be cheerful.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

OFFICIAL ATRocITY.--A correspondent Of
the New York Times says that one Of the
inmates of Blackwel's Island prison at that
city having lately offended one of the keep
ers, was buried to his waist in the earth. his
hands tied behind his back, and there kept
for two days without food except a. little
bread which was put into his mouth by
poor lunatic.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

IRON FOR THE EAST TENNESSEE RAIL.
RoAD.-A correspondent of the Richmond
Dispatch, writing from the junction, says;
IA train of cars passed this place today,
on tho South Side Road, with the first iron
for the East Tennessee road. The train con-
sisted of eleven flats The iron reflects great
credit upon the President of that road, for
indeed it is the prctticsi lot of T rail | ever
saw"