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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08
A PREPossEssING APPEARANCES.

1t is reported, by an English paper, that a
handsome woman, Qhe wife of private SOL
dier) who had regularly enlisted and dressed
in uniform, was recently discovered among a
company of troops, about to embark for the
Cfimea, and that the visitors to the ship were
so pleased with her spirit and "prepossessng
appearance" that a subscription of upwards of
two hundred and fifty dollars was speedily
raised for her.
The "prepossessing appearance" was what
did it, A woman may have the heroism of
Joan of Are, the wisdom of Zobeidee, the
virtue of Lucrece, the devotion of n MARTYR,
and the goodness of an angel, and if she be
minus the 'preposscssing appearance" she
will be passed by, by ninety-nine men in every
hundred-and the hundreth would probably
be some silly iibbertygibbet not worth the
wiping her shoes on
We al! remember how it was with Kos.
suths wife. Her devotioa to her husband
and her country, her dangers and her suffer-
ings, had been commented on until the
American mind was filled with admiration,
and the American heart was saturated with
sympathy. But when she came, did any
cheers of welcome salute her ear? Was there
any throwing up Of hats before her! Were
there any flowers strewn in her pathway
No, sir; not cheer, not hat, not flower.
Had Madame Kossuth been handsome
flIrt, with soft heart and no brains, or
dashing coquette, With soft brains and no
heart, masculine enthusiasm would have un-
corked. But she was simply noble-hearted
woman, lacking a"prepossessing appearance"
and so the chivalrc men of America received
her with chilling indifference.
tell you what it is, Mr.. Editor, you men
are-with a few exceptions-a poor set. A
"prepossessng appearance" does the business
with any of you; and if you cannot get the
real thing, you will hug to your bosoms
compound of cotton and whalebone, and all
the while roll up the whites of your eyes Just
as if you didn't know you are the greatest
humbugs in the world
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

ATTENTION TO Duty BY GOVERNMENT
OFFIcERs.-The Hon. r. McClelland, Secre
tary of the Interior, has issued a circular to al
the officers employed in his department, in.
forming them that constant attention to theil
respective duties is expected and required
md that hereafter any unauthorized absence
from their posts will be deemed sufficient
cause of removal. The Secretary further
states, in view of the fact that officers fire.
quently apply for leave of absence on the
ground that the public interests committed to
them require their presence at the seat OF
government, that, in his opinion, such neces-
sty can rarely, if ever, exist, mail facilities OF
the United States being sufficient for all
practical purposes Of official intercourse.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08
ALL is vAvur.-The following is from th

ALL Is VANTY.-The following is from the
diary of the late Amos Lawrence:
n have been extensively engaged in bust
ness during the last two years, and have ad
ded much to my worldly possessions, but have
come to the same conclusions in regard to
them that did in 1918. feel distressed in
mind that the resolutions then made have not
overengagedness in business. y Prop
erty acquired at such sacrifices as have been
obliged tomake the past year, cost more than
it is worth, and the anxiety of protecting il
is the extreme of folly"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

DIscovERY OF AN EMERALD PLAcER.-A
correspondent of the N. Y. Sun writes that
it is believed at the War Department that
one Of the officers of the U. S. exploring ex-
pedition, discovered, some thirteen miles
south of the line Of the Gadsden purchase,
one Of the emerald mines which have remain.
cd unknown to the world since the conquest
of Cortez, and is now getting up an expedi.
tion for that region, to prospect for gold and
gems, both of which are said to abound in
the repon indicated
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

rur POST is published every Friday at " per year
TIT TIL IN ADVANCE or %, II payment is delayed until
Payssyniration OF the year.
'ns.Jy.rtisements 'ns will be charged VI per square
lines or less the first insertion, and so cents for
o.cb continuance. A liberal deduction made to those
r. advertise by the year. Persons sending adver-
,i.sments must mark the number Of times they desire
them Inserted they will be continued until forbid and
charged accordingiy.-A
For announcing the names OF candidates Tor oce 10
Cash. ~
obituary notices 70 lines charged at the regular
advertising rates
An communications intended to promote the private
ends or interests Of Corporations, Societies, Schools OF
tndyiduals will be charged as advertisements.
lob Work, such as Pamphlets, Minutes, Circulars
Cards Blanks Handbills, &C., will be executed In good
style and on reasonable terms.
hIetters addressed to the Proprietor post paid, will
be promptly attended to.
Persons at a distance sending us the names OF four
solvent subscribers will be entitled to fifth copy gratis
No communication inserted unless accompanied by
the name Of the author.
t- Office on Main street, next door to the old jack
son Hotel.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

IIos. A. II. STEPHENS FOR VIcE PREsI.
DEsr.-A correspondent of the Augusta Con-
stitutionalist, leading democrat Of Middle
Georgia, urges the nomination of Gen. Pierce
for the Presidency, by the Convention to meet
in Cincinnati in June next.
The writer says: Let him be our candidate
for President, and the Hon. Alexander IL,
stephens, for Vice Preadent, and oil the
combined factions and sms in the ", ole
country will give way before their triumphal
march,"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

U. S. SENATOR FROM MIssIssIPPL-A dis
patch dated at jackson, Miss, announces the
election of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, now
Secretary of War, to the United States Sem
ntc by majority of twelve votes. He will
succeed the Hon. Stephen Adams, the present
Senator, whose term expires 4th March, 1857,
at which time the Presidential term of the
Cabinet also expires.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

.Yy" Mr. John Lawrence Brazier, in the
Louisville Times, offers to bet from $4,000 to
10000 that can doas follows; Jump five feet
further on a dead level than any man in the
State OF Kentucky; three feet further than
any man in the United States; one foot fur
ther than any man in the world; or that he
can stand fat footed upon the earth, and
leap brick wall dfteen feet high and four
thick
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

.Ty- Mr.. Hunt, the editor of the Merchants
Magazine, has received a letter from Enoch
Hale, the author of the series of historical
sketches on the commerce of the States,
which have appeared in twelve or fifteen
successive numbers of Hunt. Mr.. Hale
writes:
81 have met with misfortune which must
bring to an immediate close the series on the
commerce of the United Shtes-a destructive
fire in Rondout on the 9th inst. pulverized the
Courier office, and with it about two thou
sand pages of manuscript, in which were all
my notes for the Commerce of the United
States can never again 60 through the
labors endured in preparing these notes,
and without such labor the series never could
be completed in any manner at all cores
ponding with the style in which they. have
thus far been carried"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

A WEALTHY PRoPRIEToR.-A large por-
tion of The rich valley Of Genessec, in New
York State, is owned BY James Wadsworth.
He owns eight thousand acres in one town,
as many more in Genessee, about six thou
sand in the adjoining town Of Rush, five or
six thousand in the town of Cidedonin and
n great many thousands in other towns and
condties. His landed possessions exceed
fifty thousand acres-it is nearly all good
land, the best in the State, and constantly
increasing in value.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

DULL WoRKs AT WAsHINGToN.-Th
Washington Union thus descants upon the
present "sitvation of affairs" at the Capital:
"rhe fact that Congress is in state of
suspended animation may in part account for
that want of vitality which is so painfully
manifest in every phase of Washington life
and society. Money is unprecedently scarce,
if it has not wholly disappeared from our
midst, and bark rates of interest are regarded
as tradtionory pleasantres. Expensive din
ner parties at Gautier's or at the avenue ho-
tells are among the things of the past. Our
fashionable dry goods men, jewellers, and
mantua makers, are no longer designed by
the appearance of stylish coaches and verled
footmen. The flash restaurants, drinking sa-
looms, and billiard rooms are evidently in
want of some kind of motive power. The
public hackmen have seedy, unemployed
look; while the sales Of our newsboys have
diminished to an alarmeing extent. To add
to the prevailing dulness of the times, the
seighing carnival is over, and. were it not
that all is bright and beautiful over head, our
citizens might be tempted to indulge in
their constitutional privilege abusing sushy
sreetcrossings and sloppy sidewalks"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

A Brother OF ANTHONY BURNS ON HIS TRAVELS.
Henry Burns, brother of the notorious An
thony Burns, belongs to a gentleman on Red
River, in Loui'iana. His master recently
gave him written permission to visit his rela-
tions in Virginia. On his way Henry was
forced by ice to quit the Ohio river and trav-
ell through the State of Ohio. lie stated on
his arrival here that the aboltionists bother
ed him nightly in 0hio-especially when
they found out t,that he was brother to Antho.
ny. They offered to set him up in business and
raise him large sum of money if he would
abscond, but Henry spurned their offers He
said his master had more money bet upon his
return than they could raise, and that his
master SIS bound to pin - Virqinia Sentinel.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08
sE- The Washington correspondent of the

New York Journal oil Commerce says:
The war panic is all over. The Govern
ment dissvows any hostile act or acts, that
tend to bring pending questions with England
to an immediate issue. Some Senators have
conversed with on the subject are less alarm
ed now as to the tendency of these questions
than they were when they came here. The
members Of the Committee ON Foreign Affairs
of the Senate, have, at this moment, no APP
prehension of serious difficulty With Eng
land. But they rely upon the wisdom and
prudence Of the Administration, and believe
that. If our government is kept in the right,
there can be no difficulty.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

We learn from the San Francisco Chron-
iclc that the homicide calender for The first
eleven months of the past year shows list
Of 34 homicdes committed In California
II executions by sberiils, in accordance
with statute, and forty-nine executions by
the people, in accordance with Lynch law.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

FINED FOR WEAVING A SnAwL.-A young
man named Kirk Anderson has been arrested
in st. Louis, Mo-, for wearing shawl, on
the ground that il was not the apparel of his
sex. The case came up on Friday, and An
derson was fined $50. Ii has created intense
excitement among the shawl wearing gentry
of st. Louis.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

rB"A private letter giving an account Of
the recent bombardment of Sweaborg, says
that the men employed on the gun-boas had,
as is usual, their ears padded with cotton, and
few cases of deafness are reported, but all
employed experienced severe pain in the chest
and in two days some Oft the men had not re.
covered their voices.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

LIBERAL BEQUEsT.-John ID. Fink, Ger
man citizen of New Orleans, died last week,
leaving property to the amount of 100000.
His will, on being opened, was found to give
100000 to his relatives, and the remainder
of his large fortune to the establishment Of
ar asylum for destitute Protestant widows,
to be called the "F'ink Asylum"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

WoMAN's HEART.-Thackcry says n VIC
mans heart is just like liihographersstone
what is once written on II emit be rubbed
out. This is so Let an heiress once fix her
affections on stable boy, and all the preach-
inc in tho world cannot get her heart above
oat.Loxes and curry combs. "What is writ
ten on her heart can't be rubbed out" This
fact shows itself, not only in love, bu, in re-
ligion. Men change their gods dozen
timcs--wOmen never.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

Is GEN. HoUsToN ELIGIBLE?-lt has been
suggested that Gen. Houston is not eligible
to the Presidency, because he has not resided
the requisite number of years within the
United States since the annexation of Texas.
In enumerating the qualifications of the Pres
ident, the Constitution of the United States
(sec. ], art. ~ says:
"No person except native born citizen, or
q citizen of the United States at the time Of
the adoption of tho Constitution, shall be
eligible to the office of President, neither
shall any person be eligible to that office,
who shall not have attained the age of thirty
five years, and been fourteen years a resident
pithin the United States"
1t will be remembered that Gen. Houston
left the United States and became identified
with government foreign to ours in its po-
litcal relations, and that he did not become
resident within the United States until the
annexation of Texas, in l845, since which
time fourteen years have not elapsed. The
question of his eligibility will doubtless be
discussed, rs he seems to have warns friends
to urge his claims before the National Amer
lean Convention for the Presidency.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

o.5'Three interesting young ladies on 60
ing to bed at Mr. Hunts, near North Salem,
Hendricks county, la., n few evenings since,
took n vessel of live charcoal into their bed
room. and on the next morning were all found
l.nJ
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

THE MURDER OF JUDGE WATsoN-The
suspected murderers of Judge Robert G.
Watson, of New Madrid, Mo-, have been ar
rested, The prisoners names are Presley
Phillips, and his son Seivan Phillips, and
his son-in-aw DR.. John l. Ross, and they are
all men of considerable wealth. The murder
is pronounced one of the most cold blooded
and attrocous ever committed. The old
man had nothing 10 defend himself with,
when met on his own premises and was
slaughtered in n most horrid manner, 81 buck
shot having entered his forehead face, neck,
and breast. Two witnesses saw the act com
ihittcd. Phillips, it is said, relies on his
great wealth. and that of his relatives, for an
acquittal. He has sent to Kentucky for
Judge Bullock and his son to appear for him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

HEN CoSvESrIoS.-The third annual exhi'
hilton ofthe New York State Poultry Society
will be held at Albany on the 18th, 18th and
l4th of Feb. The premium list is full and
tompting enough to set all the Shanghais in
tho Empire State TO growing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

s1e The Cleveland Herald renews the
discussion of the famous question; "lIave we
Bourbon among us?" II says the Indian
woman who has claimed TO be the mother of
Mr. Williams has signed written acknow-
edgment that he is only her adopted son, and
n gentleman has written to him from France
stating that he was presentwhen the Dauphin
was conveyed from the prison to n barge on
the river to be taken away
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

We are indebted TO gentleman of st.
Louis, for a copy of the Democrat of the 18th
inst, in advance of the mail. The ice in tho
Mississippi at that date was two feet thick,
but the weather had become warm and spring
like, with every prospect of n speedy thaw.-
There was large number of steamers at the
wharves, and measures are being taken to pro-
tect them from injury at the breaking up of
the ice.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

eSs- A wild man seven feet high is stated
to be roaming through the Mississippi bot
tom in Arkansas. Numerous travellers and
hunters assert they have seen him, but none
have ever been able to get nenrenough to give
particulars concerning this strange being.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

ey- 1t is stated that in England the hour
of dining indicates precisely the rank. The
Qeen of England dimes at eight o'clock; the
higher nobility at seven and half-past the
ordinary country gentleman at six; the pro-
fessional people and the richer varieties OF
merchants and manufacturers at four or five,
the respectable shopkeeper at two or three;
clerks at one; working men at twelve. AS n
man rises in importance his dinner time ad-
vances. Some men Of humble origin and
great luck have eaten their way from plebian
twelve all down the hours of the afternoon,
and ended glorious career by solemnly DIN
ing with royalty at eight The class worst
off are those who have no particular hour Tor
dinner, but eat it when they can get it. Many
of this class often dine later than the Queen.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

lR- Fros feet is n general complaint
but may be very esaily cured. Heat brick
very hot, and hold the foot over it as closely
as it can be held without burning. Cut ar
onion in two, dipping it repeatedly in salt
rub all over the foot. The juice of the onor
will be dried into the foot, and effect cure
in very short time.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

eay- A man died of appoplexy, the other
day in Michigan. The next morning the cor
oner held an inquest when the following ver-
diet WAS returned: 'Died from the visitation
of one beeistcak, eight cold potatoes, and n
fried pie Sensible jury that.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

V Kossuth is particularly bitter against
the allies for allowing the Turkish garrison
at Kors to fall without an effort to prevent
the catastrophe. He says that before the
allies went to the aid of Turkey she had
100000 good troops in the field, and was
uniformly successful; but now she is without
an army in the field or anywhere else.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

;5s- The Nebraska legislature has adopted
n resolution requesting Governor lizard to
proceed to Washington and use his influence
in obtaining the passage of bill granting
l6O acres of land to actual settlers in that
territory.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

HThe easiest way to make living is to
sit on gate and wait forgood luck. In case
good luck don't come along, you are no worse
off than you were before.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

A NEGRo's OPINION OF ABoLITIoNTsTs.-
An old negro man, n slave, belonging to
gentleman in the vicinity Of Wesport, MIS-
souri, was asked whether he did rot swami
to 90 and live among the free State men
in Lawrencc| when he instantly replied:
"No 'spect not, massa, dis nigga been rails
ed 'mong qualty-couldt think of guin thar,
sir; drother stay at home among the white
folks"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

.3g- The Lowell News says that the Leap
Year Ball Of the carpet factory girls came of
according to announcement, on Thursday
evening, and was a very pleasant affair. The
ladies', it says, 'to the number of about sew.
enty.fve, healthy, robust, CHEEKY and lovely,
took their carriages, called for their beaux,
were driven to the hall, where ladies' managed,
selected their own partners, ordered the sup
per, and gloriously paid all the biIsp The
partners selected spoke well for the judgment
of the girls. The News says:
awe were amused, however, on observing
bright eyed lasses, with roguish eyes, run up
to demure young men and solicit the honor
of their hand for the next cOtilion.' Who
could refuse! One enraptured soul engaged
himself to eight different ladies for Money
Musk and TO six Others for 'HulI's Victory
Many poor heart hid away under a vest was
irretrievably ruined. But il could not be
helped"
The company broke up about two o'clock,
when the ladies' escorted their beaux home,
and then went off to their own.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

HARD SLEEPIYG.-An advertisement late
Iy appeared in the Dublin Qreland) Eve
ming Post, headed, "lron beadsteads and bed
ding" A portion of the latter must be sheet
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08
sasy- The last news from Bombay shows

sg- The last news from Bombay shows
state of excitement among the British at the
recent capture and annexation Of Hcrat by
the Persians, who, it is believed, have been
instigated to war by Russia, though nominal
ly the ally of the British. llerat was long
considered the key to Northern India, and II
the Shah really iavors Russia, the frontiers
of India may be threatened at any moment
bv n Russo Persian army. The British in
India do not fear so much danger from this
source as from the moral effect the presence
of such an army would have upon the dlsai'
fectcd interests in the empire, and the dan
oerous intrirues il would give rise to.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

A RIFE OLD AcE.-Thc oldest journal in
Holland, the Harlem Courant, on the 9th
instant, attained the respectable age of 200
years. For upwards of 100 years this journal
has been uninterruptedly in the possession of
the family ofits present publishers, Johannes
Enschede &, Co.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

t4y- "Embracing Christianity" is whOtthe
King of Siam said the first time he hugged
an English girl. Not bad from pognnlund.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

10y Miss Anna Pleut was married TO
Robert Ark. A cotcmporary thinks the
event promises a new edition of Pleut.Arks
Lires
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

Rlti i' not mans gifts or hospitaIties
that generally injure his fortune. II is on
themselves :bNt prodigsIs spend most
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

Always get up when you first awake in
the morning; one hour at that time is worth
two at night.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

Mrs. Pariington says that gentleman
laughed so heartily that she feared lie would
burst his jocular vein.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

tg-Gen. Scott, i. is said, has failed TO nna
ANYTHING in the evidence taken in the late
Court Martial at New York, on Lieut. lia''
deman, to impeach the integrity oil 'n''
officer, and he has accordingly ordered MN
to report himself to his regiment ioF au'y'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

ca" The only substitute for money is po-
lteness. With three bows and smile, a
friend of ours last week travelled from New
York to Niagara; and lived like a fighting
cock at that. Cheap trip that.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

HEAVY TRAlSs.-The transportation trains
on the Camden and Amboy Railroad arc
said to be unusually heavy this winter a tram
leaves Camden almost every hour oil the
day, with some twenty and thirty cars IN
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

s5y-lt is stated in the Mexican papers that
Santa Anna and his wife have separated.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-08

C53- The New Orleans Delta says that the
American State Council of Louisiana have
pronounced in favor of Mr.. Fillmore for the
Presidency.