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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

A SMALL PUFF.-Ihe Washington Union
in letter purporting to come, from Penn
sy.vania democrat, on the Kansas report of
Senator Douglas, gives that gentleman the
benefit of a small puff. We presume that
the great idea of this letter is, that there are
Douglas democrats in Pennsylvania. Sly dog,
that editor of the organ. Must have got that
idea from Caleb Gushing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18
PARTY PRIscrPLEs.-A writer in the Rich.

Some great fundamental principle lies at
the bottom of every party organization. II is
the root to which all the measures and policy
of the party may be traced. II gives the
complexion and character to all its legislative
and executive action.
"The leading principle of the Wing party
was nseruaiism-exhibiting itself in oppo-
siton to what il conceived to be unwarranted
assumption of power by the Federal execu-
tive-in n deep devotion to the Constitution
in love of law and order-and in arever-
ent Iooking-up to the fathers of the republic
for instruction and guidance in the afiAirs Of
government.
"The cardinal principle of modern demo-
cracy, as it appears to me, is, rddicdltSm-
exhibiting itself in utter disregard Of the
teachings of history and experience--an abject
subserviency to what MIR. Randolph called
king Numbers reckless spirit of innova-
ton under the specious disguise Of aProgress"
and "Manifest Destiny"-a disposition to re
gard the will of the majority as the measure
of its power and the guide of its policy. how
ever much that "wilI" may be opposed TO the
letter and spirit of the Constitution-and an
arrogant assumption that minorties have no
rights-and may be trampled on, prescribed,
dsiranchised, and gerrymandered, at pleasure.
"The vital principle of the American party
isaAmericaniSm" m"-developi itselfin deep
rooted attachment to our own country--its
constitution, its union and its laws-to Amer
lean men and American measures, and Ameri-
can interests-or, in other words, fervent
patriotism-which, rejecting the transcenden-
tai philanthropy of abolitionists, and that
kindred batch of wild enthusiasts, who would
seek to embroil us with foreign countries, in
rghtng the wrongs of Ireland, or Hungary,
or Cuba-would guard with vestai vigilance
American Institutions and American interests
against the baneful effects Of foreign infa.
ence."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

AN OURASa OUTAEG.-Three days ago
Portuguese officer passed through Lyons ac-'
by an ourang oatang, which he
had captured in n forest Of the Brazils. The
height of this animal is nearly six English
feet, and il walked upright without any ap-
pearance of discontinue. A large crowd
followed this singular apparition, which was
dressed in ,Nankeen trousers anda straw hat.
Messenger.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

In Siberia and on the west coast Of At
RIGA large deposits of malleable native
iron exist in state of great purity. This
iron does not contain a trace Of carbon, and
il is distinguished from that which is called
meteoric iron by the absence of nickel in il.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

aw-"Why did Joseph's breathren cast
him into the pit!" asked Sabbath school
teacher of his class because" replied one,
silly, "they thought it good opening for the
Young man." Commentators are requested
not to avail themselves Of this explanation,
as copyripht has been secured.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

A rich old spinister who died at Newton,
N. H., h t,ly left $3s,4lS. She was all her
life getting ready to be married, and stored
up 1872 shets, SO coverlides, SO blankets, 81
beds, with 1880 lbs. of feathers, 54 towels,
"a table covers, and 43 handkerchefs, while
the whole amount of her wearing apparel
did not exceed ten dollars in value.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

r3y- Two young fellows at Sacramento,
wishing to marry the same lady, quarrelea
about her and arranged to settle the matter
with pistols. The young lady informed them
that she had no idea of marrying either Of
them, and that they must discontinue their
visits to her. The fellows, finding they
couldn't get her hand concluded to grasp
cordially each others We like that girl.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

NAPOLEON uI.-Louis Napoleon Bonaparte,
the present Emperor of the French, was born
on the Goth Of April, 1908, at the Tuilleres.
His mother was Hortense, Queen of Holland,
the wife of Napoeoh's brother Louis, to
whom that kingdom had been assigned. The
marriage of Hortense and Louis was most
unfortunate; they did nothing but quarrel,
and in September, 1907, they finally separat-
ed at Amsterdam, and Hortense returned to
her mother in Paris. There the present EN-
peror was born, and 1t is remarkable that he
and the King of Rome were the only two
persons of the family of Napoleon whose
births were received with military honOrs and
the homage of the people.
There is one circumstance connected with
the fate of the family which historians have
not YET observed, but which is well worth
mention. Napoleon the Great, set aside his
own best friend and councillor, Josephine, to
obtain an heir to the throne of France. He
married a Princess of Austria, and by her he
had son. That birth was the eliminating
point Of his power and his dignity. From
thence he did nothing but descend. He died
in exile--his son also. Who succeeded to
his name, his fame, his power! The child OF
Hortense, who was the child Of Josephine
In the person of the Emperor Of the French
we find not the offspring of Napoleon .he
Great, but the offspring of his discarded wife
What an illustration of the truth of the
adage-"That it is man who proposes buI
God who disposes."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

rag-The body of Jones, the murderer of
Cant Ed. Stevens, on the steamer Ohio Belle,
has been found at the head OF the bar below
Hickman, lashed to chair, making his fate
M longer matter Of doubt
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

R- The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Herald, who furnishes the won-
derful and startling for that journal, says:
Mr.. Washington, the present incumbent Of
Mount Vernon, stated short time since that
the place was not for sale. The reason OF
tins, it is understood, is that negotiations are
now going on with certain Catholic clergy
men to purchase it for q nunnery.
OF course this is only Herald news.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

CHOLERA IN THE HAIR--A foreign letter
iD the bath Tribune has the following: -,
An anecdote is told of an Engishman,
(perhaps you may have heard oft } who OBJ
served to him there was "cholera in the
hair" "Then hope you are somewhat par
ticular about the brushes you use.' "Oh,"
said the barber, 81 don't mean the air Of the
cad, but the hair of the hatmosphere."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

Lay One Of the clergymen Ia Brooklyn
has forbidden the members Of his congrega-
tion to sing the popular song ''Pop Goes the
Weasel" because one verse ends thus: "The
preacher kissed the cObbler's wife, Pop Goes
tho Weascl!'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

Mr.. BUCHANAN AND THE NEBRASKA BILL.
The following is the extract from Mr.. Blu
chanan's letter in reference to the Nebraska
bill, mention of which has been made In the
papers. The Washington Union says the let
ter from which the extract is taken was ad-
dressed to Senator Slidel, Of Louisiana, and
was not intended for publication:
"'fhe question has been settled by Con.
gress, and this settlement should be innex.
by maintained. The Missouri Compromise
Is gone, ana gone forever But no assault
should be made upon those democrats who
maintained It, provided they are now willing
in good faith 10 maintain the settlement us
IL exists. Such an understanding is wise and
just in itself.
at Is we'll known how labored, in COM
pany with Southern men, to hal this line
extended to tho Pacific. But Il has departed.
The time for Il has passed away, and ! believe
that the best, nay, the only, mode now left OF
putting down the fanatical and reckless spir-
il of abolition at the North Is to adhere TO
the existing settlement, without the slightest
thought or appearance Of wavering, and with.
out regarding any storm which may beraised
against il"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18
AR.rurn POINTED ArrAIR.-A child c

A RATHER POINTED ArfAm.-A child OF
Mr.. George Atkins, of South Gardner. Me-,
about nine months old, vomited up one hun
dred and thirty eight pins, one day last week.
The story seems almost incredible, but 1t Is
authenticated by several persons residing in
tae same neighborhood. The child Is doing
we'll. Tho Gardiner Transcript is respon-
sible for the account.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

tR- A collision occurred on the Nashville
and Chattanooga Railroad, a few days since,
by which negro brakeman was instantly
killed, and the engineer, Mr.. Jacob Glaze, Sc
verely injured.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

HUSBAND AND WIFE.-The Legislature of
Georgia has passed an act to define the lia-
billies of the husband for the debts of the
wife, and to define the liabilities of property
received through the wife for the debts of
the husband existing at the time of the
marriage. II provides that thereafter, when
persons intermarry, the husband shall not be
liable for the debts Of the wife further than
the property resolved by the wife will satisfy,
aud that the property received by the hus-
band through the wife shall in no case be
liable for the debts, defaults, or contracts Of
the husband existing at the time of the mar
rage" Several other States have looked
into and secured women's rights in this i'm
portant particular.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18
w A western editor has the following

burst Of patriotism in his prospectus:
.Devotion to the land that gave me birth,
and thu glorious principles under (which !
have been reared, has forced me into the
ranks of her illustrious champion. ! shall
continue to defend her rights unawed by
power, unseduced by wealth.
But if the cash don't begin to come in,
I'm darned If don't have to slope.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18


FOUND HIS FATHER.-"My SOB, can you
take trunk up to the hotely' said passen-
ger stepping from boat on the levee, to a
ragged youngster who sat balancing himself
on the tail end of dray
"Your son?" cries the boy, eyeing, him from
head to foot. "Wel III be dod drapped it
amt in luck. Here I've been trying to
find dad these three years, and all OF sud,
den up comes the old hoss himself, and
knows me right off. How are youF' stretch
ing out his muddy paw.
The traveller was non-plussed. Between
q smile and frown, heinquired:
"v'hat is your name, sir!" =.
"My name? You don't know! Well, ,ts
nothing in these parts to have so many chil-
drcn that they do not know their names
NV names William, but some folks call me
ragged Bill, for short. What the other part
is reckon you know; If you don't you must
ax the old oman"
And shoudering the trunk, he marched
off toward the hotel, mumbling to himself
aWelI, this is go. The old german come
home at last. Good clothes, big trunk, mus
have the Tin. Well, | am in luck"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18
WAsmSeroS, April s.-The Senate today

WAsxIseToN, April S.-The Senate today
passed ths bill refunding duties on goods de-
stroyed by fire. 9th--In the Senate, Mr..
Seward made speech in favor of the imme-
date admission of Kansas into the Union.-
In the House, Mr.. Shorter, Of Alabama, de-
livered a Southern rights speech. The Sen
ate's amendment to the Deficiency Bill, ap-
propriating $4,000 for maps and drawings
Of the route of the Pacific Rail Road, was
rejected
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18
,y-An eminent English physician says,

al have TO lament the great increase
amongst the female part of my practice, ofihe
Tic doIereuS In the forehead, loss of sight, and
great suffering in the ear, induced, ] firmly be-
lieve, from the presentabsurrd fashion OF dress
inc the neck instead Of the head. During the
past month have been in attendance upon two
lovely girls with tic dolereux In the forehead
and several others with similar complaints
Il is high time the frivolous bonnet Of the
present day should be done away with"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

RHoDF ISLAND ELEcrIoNs.-The returns
from this State have all been received, show
ing majority of nearly 1900 for the Amer
lean and Republican candidates for Cover
nor, Secretary Of State, and Attorney Gene
raj. There is no choice for Lieut. Governor.
The coalition have clear minority in both
branches Of the Assembly.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

DrMocRATIc ELEcToR.--The District Elec.
toral Convention of theDemocratlc party
which met Mt Clarksville on Saturday last,
nominated G. G. Poindexter, Esq, of Clarks-
Vile as their candidate for Elector, and X.
w, Haywood, Esq, of this city as Assistant
Elector.- Nashville Banner.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18
THE JERsEYs.-The Camden IN. J.) Ban

ner says
"New Jersey, we doubt not, is all right,
for Fillmore and Donel lson--when the time
comes. Black Republicanism has never made
much of foothold-and we do not think it
ever within the State which boasts of the
great American battle. fields of Princeton
and Trenton"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

o. 1t is said that bleeding partially
blind horse at the nose will restore him to
sight; so much for the horse. To open a
mans eyes, you must bleed him in the pock-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

rsyA keeper OF a doggeryi in Geelohg, a'-
,os,ising his establishment, thus concludes:
THOSE of my friends who may require II shall
be sen, home on wheclbarrow gratis
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

.I-Sog Nicht papers tell us that Millard
Fillmore is an Abolitionist. Will they point
to single Abolition paper favorin3 his nom
inationl
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

LouIsvILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD
The Louisville Journal learns from Mr.
Superintendent Gamble, that in few days
the cars on the Nashville Railroad will ex-
tend their trips to the iron furnace, dis.
lance of twenty-six miles. The road is do
ing fine business. The cars leave daily
at 2 p. M. and return at 6.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

.g-A good newspaper is Ikea sensible
and sound hearted friend whose appearance
on ones threshold glsddens tho mind with
the promise oil pleasant and profitable hour.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

sPA FIRE occurred at Gelena on the slst
nj, DESTROYING tbirty.two buildings, and In
yolying loss Of ssoo'ooo
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

A man ceases to be.a "good fellow the
moment he refuses to do precisely what 9TH
er people wish him to do.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

tN- Col. Benton, it is said, declares his
preference for Justice Wayne, Of the Su.
preme Court, for .he Presidency.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

following curious, but characteristic, letter
comes from "Sherwood Forest" addressed
to General Thomas J. Green, of Texas:
SHERWOOD FOREST, Feb. %, 1856.
Dear General take occasion now to
thank you for your kind reference to me in
your remarks at the Richmond dinner. IL
would be indeed strange if my enemies could
deprive me of the credit of having annexed
Texas to the Union. presented the ques.
ton, urged it first 10 the form OF a treaty to
the Senate, met the rejection of the treaty
by prompt and immediate appeal to the
House of Representatives, fought the battle
before the people, and conquered its two for
midable adversaries, with their trained hands,
and two days before my term expired, adopt.
ed and enforced the alternate resolution un-
der which Texas took her place amid the fra
ternity of States. My success did nothing
but confirm what had done. Nor is that
all. Texas drew after il California, so that
may well claim that in regard to that whole
subject, Mr.. Polk was but administrator de
bonis non. True, Iwould not have negotiat-
ed treaty of peace without settling the slave
question in that treaty, the omission to do
which was great blunder. or this | will
talk to you when | see you. Accept the as
surance of my constant esteem.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

the honors of his exalted position. In one
short year he died, amid the universal regrets
of the Nation, and Millard Fillmore became
his legal successor in the Presidential chair.
Our readers need not at this day to be told
with what signal ability he discharged the
duties Of that responsible office-how he
found his country convulsed by an embittered
and sectional strife, which threatened the
speedy dissolution of the Union, but how his
wisdom and self.possession at last quieted
the storm and restored peace to the land
His administration, as has well been said, was
emphatically "Washington-like," and not one
of our modern Presidents has left clearer
record behind him in the White House at
Washington, to which he can point without a
blush, fear, or single'regret.-Nep York
Mirror.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18
THE POST.
FRIDAY, APRIL IS, 1856.
fgy- Here's a settler for some of the old

"For men to resolve to be OF no religion,
till all are agreed in one, is just as wise and
rational ms if they should determine not TO
go to dinner till all the clocks in town strike
twelve together.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

How TO CURE CoRSs.-Never let any
thing harder than your finger nail ever touch
acorn, pairing it certainly makes il take deep
sr root, as cutting weed off at the surface.
1he worst kind Of corns are comfortable, as
follows:
Soak the feet in quite warm water for half
and hour before going 10 bed, then rub on
the corn with your finger for several minutes,
some common sweet oil.
Do this every night; and every morning
repeat this rubbing in of oil with the finger,
bind on the toe during the day two or three
thicknesses of buckskin, with hole in the
centre to receive the corn; in ordinary cases
if the corn does not fall out, you can pinch
it out with the finger nail, and weeks and
sometimes months will pass away, before
you will be reminded of it-then repeat the
process. Corns, like consumption, are never
cured, but may be definitely postponed
The oil and soaking, softens and lossens the
corn, while the buckskn protects il from
pressure which makes it perhaps to be push
ed out, by the under growth of the parls-
Halls Journal. ,rN
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

r3y A wise man never grows old in spirits;
hn marches with the age.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

acharity covercth multitude of sins."--
So does calico.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

rg- There were 4i6 deaths in New York
during the week ending with tho 6lh inst.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

TANr GOING ToLEARS A TRADE.-Aint
you! / should like to- know why nor-
Hundreds and thousands have learned one
befor you, and many more will'do the same
thing. A trade well learned may make
name and fortune well earned. If you ev-
er get either without working for il, you will
either be very "lucky," or very fortunate.
don't think much of boy who says he
is not going to learn trade. If his place IN
the world is such that he can learn good
trade, and have good situation, he will DO
very unwise not to seizethe opportunity. A
boy who goes to a trade, determined to make
himself master of his business, and to be an
intelligent and well-informed workman, will
soon rise to the head of his profession, if he
pursues the right path. The faithfulappren-
tice who delights to do n days work well,
and to do it to the best of his ability, SO rs
to earn the praise of his employer, will feel
happier, and be more honorable man, than
he who does just enough to shuttle along the
day, and then hurries away from his work as
if il were a nuisance and a curse.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

Polk, Tyler's administrators de bonis non!-
Well,-but what an estate to administer on!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18
THREE.HANDED FIGHT.
TFrom the Richmond whig,l

II seems now to be certain, that there will
be three tickets for the Presidency: the Amer
ican, with Fillmore and Donelson; the Demo-
cratic, with and 7--; and the Black
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-04-18

OF course this is only Herald news.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-10-15
pENNSYLyAYIs ETEcTIov

PnILApILPHIN, Oct. 14-Wkesbarrc, Luz
zerne borough, 30 Union maj Houesdale bor-
ough, Wayne, 50 Union maj; Susquehanna Ga.
MontrOse, % Union maj. Great Bend 90 do
Susquehanna Depot Il do Harmony 46 do.
The following the reported Democratic ma
jorities in the city: LIST ward $50, I'd over 6Uu.
Sd ward over 400, 4th 400, 1Ith $40 If the
aboveis correct it will secure the election of tie
city and county ticket.
PITTS, Oct l4,-All the wards in the city are
in but the 9th. Repub maj. for Canal Corr.,ni<-
Sioncr T02, loss on Pollock's vote over 400 LIST
and I'd wards Allegheny show Dem. gain OF So.
South PittSburg, Lower ST Clair, % Dem. rnai.
gain of % on Pcllook's vote Lawrcnccville. u
Dem. gain of %. Todd, for Congress, in Car
Isle District, five boxes, Al maj. Dem. gain Of
10th Ward, Onion State ticket 725 maioli.r.
Rcnding city gives 4G5 democratic ,naioiitr.-
lSerks county will give 800; gain 1900. Sciuyl-
kill county democratic maj. about 400; loss 100
Northumberland county $50 dem. maj; loss 800.
Bucks Co, partial returns, Union gain 600
Westfall, Pike Co, 80 dem. gain. Craig, Fuller
and Bradford, dem. candidates for Congress in
the lst, Sd and 4th districts. Edward JOY,
and Morris elected in second. Democrats lnarci.-
ing in procession; immense concouise cheering
the victory in the city and State
ChambcrSburg, borough, 10 for Cochran,
90 for Union Congress
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-10-15

COLLISION on THE GaEAr WEs7rRN RAtLwAY-
BrSI.G OF MAus.-'rhe raaii trail: from Sus-
fe>ion Bridge to Windsor collided with cat
te train going east. short distance This side of
Loeion, between , and o'clock yesterday NOR
tir:. The collision took place nj high en-
talklneTt Several cars on the cattle train were
tl7own down the ctnbnnkmcut, killing some
twenty-five valuable cattle Other cars were
ui-eIdel as it were, and four or five cattle were
thruw-, inio the tender.
Ia the up-train, the mail and baggage cars
Eere driven through the forward passenger car.
Fortunately, aud singularlf too TO lives were
list The conductors and a few others sastain-
t! cine rjuries-nonc of which, NC understand,
are serious.
During the confusion the mail car caught fire,
r!i i, the baggage car, the mails. baggage, and
st7TssS goods, were entirely consumed.-De.
I'll: FreO, lltA.