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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

GA profound writer has said what might
be considered paradox, and is nevertheless
true-that slavery cannot well exist until
there is first perfect liberty. And the reason
is, that where liberty truly exists the inferior
sinks to his level, and the superior man rises
above him. And so it is with races. The
greater will soar above, and continue above
the less.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

A DECEASED APPLE WoMAN's ESTATE
Joanna Austin, the sold apple woman" at the
corner of State and Kilby street, Boston, died
on Friday, at-het home, No. 50 Congress
street. She had nearly $25OO deposited in
Savings Banks, besides about $40 OH hand.
The discovery of her money was followed by
the discovery of a number of relatives, who
had hitherto been profoundly ignorant in
regard to their consanguinity. The chief of
police took charge Of her effects for the
present.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

The VICTIMS OF RUM-AN APPALLING
STATEMEET.-In a South Carolina paper
called the Southern Enterprise, appears n
letter from the Hon. John Bolton O'Neall,
in which, speaking of the South Carolina
College and the young men who are cducat.
ed there-the flower Of the youth of the
S.ate-he says:
81 graduated in the college forty.three
years ago last December. have been n
Trustee for thrty.sevcn years. knop that
| have watched over its interests with all the
care of deep and abiding love; and yet |
know that Of all The students graduating from
1906 10 1855, .forty.nine years, one eJourih of
The ,ohole number hare died drunkards, or are
noto drunkdrds-a shame to themselves and
n burden to their families"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

@The National Intelligencer, gives the
following said and comfort" to black Repub
licanism:
ave have already expressed our disap-
probation, in more instances than one, of any
effort to agitate for repeal Of the Nebraska
bill, and restoration of the Missouri line
In the first place, it is impracticable, and
therefore useless; and if it were nttainable,
the danger to the peace Of the Union Is too
great to be hazarded for any mere party pur-
poses."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

MARRlAeE-About century ago, we learn
from "Notes and Queries" it was customary
to publish with the names Of the parties
married, the amount of the brides estate,
thus:
'L!r. Jones to Miss Smith, with $1,000. Mr..
Noodle to Miss Doodle, with $4,000. Mr..
Spooner to Misa Prim, with $4,000, and 30 on.
Ii is not accurately known when this custom
ceased, but it was no more than a gratifica.
ion OF spirit exhibited nowadays by the
first inquiry when a friend marres-is she
richP The lrishman who was about to marry
the planters daughter, must have remember
ed this old custom when the question "Do
you take this woman to DO your welded
wifei" he answered.
"Yes, be jasus, and the nagers too |"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

The Quincy GIl) Republican, well
known Free Soil sheet, in an editorial in its
issue of the 2lst ult., regarding the receat
democratic anti Know Nothing city Con.
vention," and the position of parti es in St.
Louis holds the following language:
"While the balotings for candidates were
going on, Dr. A. Il. Crow introduced res
olution pledging "the Convention not to
support any man for office who would not
avow his uncompromisng opposition to Re-
pubicanisn." The resolution was tabled
with only two dissenting voices. From
this il seems that the Democratic foreig-
born citizens Of 81. Louis are not oppo sed
10 the Republicans In fact they are ready 10
join oih the Republicans in their nert elec
tion. The Republican is the only party
with which foreign born citizens can con-
stantly unite, for both of them are opposed
10 the erteniion of Siarery."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

denounced all laws as unjust which do moi
remedy, by political ennctments, the physical
defects of races; and, still worse, have uttered
the most profane and hOrrid blasphemies, de.
throning God himself, because black men are
not white men, and never can be.
Why should not the American people
pause before they listen any longer to the
declamatory violence Of those unlearned, un-
thinking and really irreligious men, who,
finding one evil in the present order of things,
seek to remedy it by introducing thousand
others in It's place.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

MORE HUMBUGGERY.-The Boston Bee
seriously procams that lady Of that city
"who is well and favoraby known Doth in
this country and Europe as possessing some
remarkable powers, has recently discovered
by mere accident, the singular faculty OF
perceiving by the simple contact of the hand
the locality and nature of persons disease,
and by the same curious power is endowed
with the faculty Of prescribing the remedy
The accuracy of her descriptions and prescrip.
lions has created no little sensation among
the few who have been so fortunate as to
test her rare powers"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

THEODORE PARKER ON THE JEsUITs.-Mr.
Parker says that the Jesuits have been in
existence 300 years, and have had their pick
out of the choicest intellect of all Europe
they have scheme Of education mastery in
its way-but there has not been single
great original man produced in the company
Of the Jesuits down to the present time
They absorb talent enough, but they stran
gle it,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

A CURIOUS REASON FOR C6MMIrTrNG SUI.
cIpE.--Mr. Elias Workman, living in Holmes
county, Ohio, committed suicide on Sunday
morning last by hanging himself with bri.
Ole. 1t is said he had lately been elected
assessor of the township, and given n heavy
bond. Fearing he was not fl for the office,
and to avoid the modification Of being
laughed at, he rose in the morning at four
o'clock, and went to the barn and hanged
himself.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

CAMPHoR AND STRYcHSINE.-The bcnefi-
c;al effects of camphor, as an antidote to
strychnine, are illustrated in n case reported
by DR.. Tewkesbury, Of Portland, Maine. 1t
appears that boy was seized with convul-
sions, and it was assertained that he had
Just eaten biscuit, picked up at the door Of
an eating house, that was made for the pur-
pose OF killing rats, and contained about one
and n half grains of strychnne. The boys
spasns were so severe that immediate death
was inevitable, though all the usual remedies
were resorted to. Camphor could not be
introduced into the stomach on account of
the continued lock jaw. Accordingly, strong
injections of camphor were used, and the
body immersed in hot camphor bath, and
in few hours the boy was comparatively
well.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

gB A man in Pittsburg, accidently spilled
some oil on a bundle of bank notes. To re.
move the oil he rubbed the notes with so
luton OF potash, which had the effect of re.
moving the signature Of the officers of the
banks. Frightened at the probable loss of
the money, he filled up the notes again, writ
ing therein the names which he had SO
incautiousy removed. Upon presenting the
notes at the bank, the writing was detected
and the man was arrested.-Fortunately for
him, several gentlemen were cogizant of the
facts and he was released.-Ihe banks re.
deem,d d the notes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23
VIOLENT DEATHS IN CALlFoRNTA.-Th

NtVHuH JUUTIHT uFUH tHIS suTJect says.
"The number OF men who meet with violent
deaths 10 California cannot be less than four
teen hundred year, at the rate these deaths
are occurring among us at present The
number resulting from mining casualties is
enormously large, and will doubtless continue
to increase in proportion to the extension of
hydraulic washing. Those killed in this man
ner are the bone and sinew of The State, and
California could much better afford to lose
another class of men. The deaths by banks
caving exceed at this time the homicide cal
endnr. At the rate this mortality goes on, it
will require the average number Of men
brought by five steamers to supply the places
of those who meet with violent Deaths"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

A good deal is said of ''southern aristoc.
racy," and "South Carolina oligarchy." Per-
haps the reader would like to learn exactly
what an oigarchy is. A correspondent of
the Savannah News has found the real ar
ticle. He relates the case of VIM. Ellison,
negro who purchased his freedom from
his master several years ago, and now owns
Il large cotton plantation, upon which he
woks fifty hands, and owns about one-haf Of
the town of Strasburg, in Sumter district,
- n
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

A Good JoKE.-The San Francisco Herald
says that prominent member of the Know
Nothing order, and nova candidate for SEN
atorial honors, is reported to have said late
ly that the principle, "the office should seek
the man," is very good one, but he can see
no particular harm in the man showing him
self to the Office occasionally, just to see
how il kes him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

eB- The last sheets Of Mr.. Benton's his.
tory were sent TO the printer on "Wednesday
of last week. The second volume, thus con.
cluded, contains something over 75o pages,
and will end with the year 1850.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

An HoSoR.-A friend ut West Point tells
us comical anecdote OF very dfiident young
clergyman, who had been invited to dine
with a professional brother, who also kept II
young lady's boarding school. He was in.
iroduced to bevy Of fair pupils in the draw
ing room, and amsng them toa Miss M,
TO whom he rather bashiully remarked,
"a-a-a-I-l-I-am not entirely unac.
quainted with you, Ill had the honor of
sleeping ,cih your father a short time ago"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

eB- Shanghai chickens grow to an enor.
nous size in Kansas. They are fed in stables
in high troughs like horses. When this is
neglected, they are apt to starve to death, as
they grow 50 high that it is utterly impossi-
BILE to get their heads down to the ground.
The Growing Of these enormous fowls resem
bles the noise of distant thunder, and so
natural does it sound, that in one or two
instances it has been followed by a shower
Of rain. This is rs true rs - most of the
Kansas stories published in the Eastern
papers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23
DETROIT, Nav 9.

Much excitement was occasioned here yes.
terday in consequence of the arrest of -four
persons for violation of the Prohibitory Lii
quor Law. The military were called out to
preserve the peace. During the examination
of the cases to-day, the informer was driven
from the court room, and chased into neigh
boring house which was besieged by IN ex-
cited crowd several hours. He finally re.
turned, and the trial proceeded without
further interruption.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

R- a smart lad recently attended church
and after listening to the parable of the wise
and foolish builders, said to his mother on
the way home, 81 don't think that man was
so wise after ALL"
"Why my SOM" "Why, if his house was
built on rock, where could he find place
for cellar :"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

MRs. CLAYToN.-The Columbus Sun says
We learn from good authority, that Mrs
Elizabeth Clayton, late of this city, who was
charged with having caused the death of a
negro girl by cruel punishment, and fled to
avoid an arrest, was recently sent from Mobile
to an insane asylum in Kentucky, the unfor-
tanate woman having become raving
maniac
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

@- Meagher's Irish News accuses Eng
land OF being at the bottom of all the Cen
trai American troubles. 1t says:
"England is there-a deadly serpent in the
chapparral of that rich and beauteous region
and 1t will be hers, unless driven from i
by such voley as made her reel ut the Bayou
Benvenue, aud sent her home cripple from
New Orleans"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23
THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, MAY 2s, 1850.

A NOBLE SENrMENT.-Millnrd Fillmore,
in a speech which he made in Fredericksburg,
Virginia, in 1851, gave utterance to the
following noble sentiment;
"When look back to the crisis through
which we have passed, feel that there ,oas
danger that the days of the Union were
numbered determined then, if necessary,
to sacrifice erery political prospect ! had in
the world, and life itself, TO sare the country.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

ANOTHER SLICE OF MExIco.-On the au.
thority Of letter from Mexico, which il in
serts, the Journal ol Commerce states that
our Minister to Mexico has essentially ad.
justed the terms of a convention with the
Commonfort administration. by which we are
to acquire another slice Of Mexican Territory
how large is not stated, nor the price to be
Maid for IL
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

c-g Jonah wrote 30 his father, after the
whale first swallowed him, stating that ho
had found good "opening" for young man
going into the oil business, but afterwards
wrote for money to bring him home stating
that he had been "sncked ill.,"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

THE ALTAR AND THE GRAvE.-We to-day
received two announcements, one Of the mar
riage in Hudson, IN. H.) on April 29th, of
Miss Hannah Z. Howe, the other her death
on the 9th of Maya brief space between
the bridal garb and the robes Of DEATH
Boston Trdrelier.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

r5w- Mr. Gilmore Simms, the novelist,
has been lecturing at Savannah on the "Anti.
Colonial History Of the South" lie holds
that race whose origin was to be traced
either in the North men, liish or Weleh,
had inhabited Gcoagia and Carolina several
centuries before the advent OF Co umbus.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

tW- There are fools who cannot keep n
secret Their excessive grecnncss, like that
Of new wood, causes them to split.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

tH- A Judge in Baton Rogue, La, having
forgotten the day fixed by law for the term of
court to begin, fined himself S25 for the
oversight.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

A woman lately obtained divorce
from her husband because he had a bald head
which he concealed by wig during the pc
riod Of urging his matrimonial suit and the
consumnation OF the bargain. There was nc
harm in having the wig on, but there was in
concealing the fact that ii was a wig, and
hence the divorce was properly applied for
and justly granted. 1t may be said that she
wig.gled out of wedloek on bald assum.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

CuIPs.-Snooks says the prettiest sew.
ing machine he ever saw was about II years
cid, with short sleeves low neck dress and
gater boots
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

l9g- Let women be deckcd with oil the
embellishments of art and naiurc--yet, II
boldness is TO be read in her facc, II blots
ont all the lines of beauty.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

W The Small Pox, but not in malig
nont form, has broken out at Nashville.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23
49, Books have muItiplied to sncb AN ex

t8s- Books have multiplied to such an ex.
tent in our country that it takes 75O paper
mills, with 1000 engines, in constant opera.
tion, to supply the printers, who work day
and night endeavorng to keep their engage
ments with publishers. These tireless mills
pIodnced 27O,OOO,0OO pounds of paper the
past year, which immense supply has sold
for about S27OOOO 900
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

FILTHY CITY.-Some of the New York
papers assert that if an exhibition ofcities Of
all nations should be gotten ur New York
would take thefrst premium for filth. There
is the blackest and thckest mud in the world
to be found there, and greater number and
variety of stenches than those of the famous
city of Colonge. The odorous exhalations
of Gotham defy all competition. 1t is the
opinion Of the New Workers that Cologne
may be awful, but New YorY is offal.er.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

HIGH.PREssURE STUDY-A subscriber asks
whether man can master the Latin in one
year If he studies ten hours day. To which
we answer:
!. No man can study ten hours day with
out injnring his health.
2. No man can appropriate to his minds
nutrition such prodgious mass of knowl.
edge MS the Latin language contains IN any
thing like so short period rs one year.
3. There is no such thing us mastering the
Latin language, unless man makes il the
study of his lifetime.
a. by studying earnestly three hours day
on good system, man of intelligence may
obtain respectable acquaintance with the
Latin language in five years.. e., such an
acquaintance as our best professors of that
language possess.
There are numerous First Latin Books
Arnold's is good. But a young man who has
the true grit in him we should be inclined to
recommend to get Andrews or Stoddart's
Latin Grammar, and Andrews Latin Reader,
and to rub them against his head very hard !
In other words, read the grammar until you
know where every thing is to be found: he
gin to translate at once. Above all let the
student avoid the high.pressure system of
study. Better be rosy and stalwart ig-
noramus, than pale, dyspeptc human die
tionary
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

tW- When men grow virtuous in their
old age, they are merely making sacrifice
to God of The devils leayings.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

COPPER ORE DANGEROUS CARGO
Ship Georgia, which arrived at Liverpool
from Savannah, carried out some copper ore
in cases, which proved to be an exceedingly
dangerous cargo, for so great was the heat
evolved during the passage, from the su phur
contained in the ore, that some of the cases
were taken out of the ship completely char
red, the lids being mass of charcoal: while
the cotton slowed Immediately above them
was partially burnt and when landed from
the ship, so hot as to make it painful for II
man to thrust his hands into the bales.-
The Liverpool Albion states that the copper
ore from Adelaid, when first shipped to
England, was of similar dangerous char.
acter, till means were taken to destroy the
sulphur by roasting the ore. In its present
state, the ore from the mines of Geogia is
not fit to cross the Atlantic, and must un.
dergo process similar to that of the Aus
tralian ore, to remove all danger from it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

f9y- Ho who can at all times sacrifice
pleasure to duty, approaches su5Iimity.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

BY the ancient law Of Hungary man
convicted Of b,gamy was condemned to live
with both wives in the same house-the crime
was. in consequence, extremely rare.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

Mr.. Cars AID TO THE GOsPEL.-Mr. Grin
Is one of our best known citizens. MIR. Grin is
worshipper of money and never allows a
half dollar to pass ont of his hand without
giving the eagle squeeze that makes him
hiss like gander. Mr.. Grip is church
member who attends divine worship with
becoming punctuality. Although Mr.. Gr1p
is man of wealth, he makes il point never
10 put over FIVE cents on the plate, even
for the benefit of Central Africa. This
piece ofcoin he places in the right hand pock.
ct Of his vest on Saturday evening, so us to
prevent mistakes. a few Sundays since Mr..
Grip in dressing, got on the wrong vest
did not discover his error till the man with
the plate commenced chasing up that five cent
piece. 1t was no go, however, he had the
wrong vest on, while the smallest piece OF
money he had in his pantaloons pocket was
a half dollar. He of course could not think OF
throwing away funds IN that manner. He
applied TO his wife:
'Mary, have you got any changer
Not cent
He then turned to his son:
Got any small change, George!
Nothing but shiIling-that one with
pillars you gave me last night
Haven't you got a smooth onea'
mo, SIR
well hand it here, and give me your knife,
| will stick him op four cents any way
Saying this, Mr.. Grip took his son Georges
knife and drew it across Georges shilling.
By this means Mr.. Grip reduced its value to
eight cents and felt better for the next two
days.
Mr.. Grip is a character. To do another out
of four cents, affords him rs much pleasure
us TO make two shilings in any legitimate
manner. The plate carrier that gets ahead
of Grip, has got to start early, that's all.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

ELECTORAL VoTE OF THE SEVERAL STATES.
The following exhibits the electoral vote Of
the several States, Distinguishing between the
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-05-23

NEwsPAPERs.-A man eats up pound of
sugar, and the pleasures he has enjoyed is
ended; but the information ho gets from n
newspaper is treasured up in the mind, to
be used whenever occasion or inclination
calls for it; Cor newspaper is no wisdom Of
one man, or two men-it is the wisdom of
the age-of past ages, too. A family with
out \ newspaper is always half an aye be-
hind the times in general information; be-
sides they never think much nor find much
to think about. And there are the little
ones growing up in ignorance without a taste
for reading. Besides all these evils, there's
the wife-who, when her work is done, has
to sit down with her hands in her lap, and
nothing to amuse her mind from the tolls
and cares of the domestic circle.
DIR. JAcKsoN's OPINION OF MEDICINE IN
DIsEAsE.-ln his "Letters TO Young Physi-
rian," DR.. Jackson, of this city, holds the
following language with reference to the
common idea that disease is only TO be cured
by medicines in large doses: at is my own
practice to avoid drugs us much as possible;
and | more frequently find it difficult to per-
suade people to abstain from using them, than
to induce them TO take them. IL is narrow
and unjust view of the practice of medicine
to suppose it to consist altogether in the use
Of powerful drugs, or of drugs of any kind.
Far from it. 1t is true that the common
question addressed to the physician by the
patient Is, what shall takeP That question
implies that there is a drug adapted To every
disease. But the enlightened physician first
considers whether the patient shall take any
thing. He considers what other modes of
relief there are besides pills and draughts.-
He looks to diet and regimen. have some.
times had patients say was doing nothing
for them, because had not ordered any
medicine to be taken. 1t may be that the
patient in such case thinks that no medicine
will relieve the disease, and is right in his
opinion. Yet, something is to be done, but
not by medicine Boston Post.