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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

The RESURRECTION FLOWER.-Dr. Deck,
of the city of New York, has in his possession
an extraordinary floral production, which he
obtained while he was upon visit to Egypt,
inspecting some lead and copper mines, upon
the upper Nile. An Arab was taken i'll, and
the doctor rendered him medical aid, and
when the Arab recovered, he gave the doctor
this extraordinary plant, and the history fur
nished of ii was, that it was taken from the
bosom of an embalmed Egyptian princess,
found in one of the vaults containing the re.
mains of Coptic royalty. The Arab assured
the doctor that so long as he kept it he would
preserve perfect health, but that if he parted
with it, the result would be unfortunate, if
not fatal. 1t is rather strange, however, that
the Arab should have it in his possession, and
yet be taken sick, a solecism that seems not
to have occurred to the "Child of the Desert"
1t is to all appearance, a dry, dead substance,
resembling the fattened head of poppy, or
the cup of an acorn, with short woody stem,
but upon placing the stem in wine glass of
water, the corrolla begins to expand like n
sun-fower or dahlia, and in the course of
fifteen minutes il will not only unfold, but it
will turn its entire leaves backward until they
hang downward in fringe like the passion
flower, leaving an exquisite purple heart ex.
posed, and forming blossom of symmetrical
beauty. Since it has been in DR.. Decks
possession, "it has bloomed some eight or
nine hundred timesw
Two other specimens of this rare flower
are known to exist, one is owned by the cee-
brated Baron IIumbolt and the other by n
distinguished European Savan DIR. Decks
rational theory is, that it is seminal vessel,
and may drift about with its seed carefully
folded up for ages in the dry desert, (as it
never rains in Egypt) and only when it
reaches the moisture of an oasis, vegetables
and blooms.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

NATURE.-No performer has so few ap-
precating spectators as Nature. 1t is proba.
by because her entertainments are so cheap.
Stingy, grasping men as men often are,
they still think nothing good unless it has
price annexed. No man or woman would
sleep through a thunder shower if they were
obliged to pay twenty five cents for n seat
to witness it. They would willingly pay
for it, and make rush to get preferred seats
They would carry opera glasses to peer at
the lightning MS it glanced along the sky
The danger Of being hit, that now more or
less affects us all, would depart if we had to
pay for being in danger. A person is now
safer in his own house, even if the thunder
wall and the lightning glare around it during
all the hours of the day and night than he
is on the cars in the serenest day. Yet he
shudders at every bolt of the lightning, but
is perfectly calm behind the slaughterirg en-
gine. We wish some philosopher would
show us the reason ofthis distrust and dis,
regard to nature and her works.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

cB- Yankee at Panama sought rheltsr
at the American Consul's from the earth.
quake. He thought it would respect our flag.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

A COURAGEOUS MAN-W. II. Palmer,
pianist, was attacked in Washington city,
late at night, by two robbers and dog. He
tore the dogs jaw from the socket-struck
one of the villains blow that laid his cheek
open from the eve TO the chin, and then pur-
sued the other and thrashed him soundly. A
pretty good story When does MIR. p. give n
roncprll
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

A SMALL FEELiSG.--A man Of an exceeding
ly contracted mind, was one day complaining
TO an acquaintance that he had very acute
pain-s little sharp pain, not bigger seeming
ly than the point Of a pin. ats amazing
strange" he continued, don't you think it
isl" aaiII.
''wha, do you suppose is the cause Of in"
"Why, really | don't know" replied the
other, "what part of you should be liable TO
so very minute pain, unless il be your soul"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

New York, Oct 2e.-The steamer Qua.
ker City has arrived from Havana with
dates to the 25th.
Rumors Of war with Mexico and the an
nexation of Dominica continue to occupy the
attention of Havana. The Governor is busy
making the necessary preparations.
Arms for st. Domingo were on board ire
man,or-war which was to leave so soon as
the Government had decided its course.
Sugars frm-best quality low grade de-
clined half cent.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

HINTs OF FEEDING MLcH Cows-Thomp-
son, in his work entitled Experimental re-
searches on the food of animals" says that
the COW, if fed for two days on an insuffi-
cient quantity of food as Indicated by loss of
weight, and dminution of milk, will require
at least double that time to reach tho condi-
tion from which it deteriorated, and the rea-
son of this is obvious, because the partial
starvation has caused it to lose portion of
the substance of its body, which requires n
longer time to re.establish than To pull it
down.
This rule, he says, is applicable to the
dietary of men as well as to inferior animals.
An Increase of labor should always be ac-
companied with an increase Of food, both at
sea and in prison. A short walk, for one
confined in solitary cell, calls for some aug
menta.ion of food. A slight increase of
temperature, or the irritating influence of in
sects will efTectually diminish the milk of
COW, and indicates the propriety ofincreasing
the amount of fodder.
During his experiments on feeding milch
cows, he found that the milk of one day was
derived from the food eaten the day previous,
and that IL takes at least sixteen hours for
the digestive organs of COW to fully take
an the nutritiye matter which she feeds up.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

WASHINGTON, Oct 29.--'The official de-
spatches last received from England make no
mention of new Minister to our Govern
ment. 1t is thought none will be sent till
after the Inauguration of the new President.
The Court of Claims meet on the 25th of
November.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

ScIENTIFIc.-A wrought iron cannon has
been manufactured in Liverpool, England,
which weighs twenty-five tons, and sends
ball of three hundred pounds weight dis.
tance of four miles.
Whew! What nexn Look out, Jona-
than. So moderate sized ball might be
dangerous.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

cSy- Professor Morse has succeeded in tele
graphing over the united wires of the Mag.
netic Telegraph of the English and Irish
Company, a distance Of 1000 miles, at the
rate Of two hundred aud ten signals per min
ute, thus proving the practicability Of an At
lantic communication.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

s#- DR.. E. I. Fellows, Clerk Of the Post
office, at Buffalo, N. Y, was arrested this
morning, on complaint of Major D:ckle,
Postmaster, who charges hun with robbing
letters, passing through his hands.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

SEVERE BUT JUsT.-A fellow in London
recently attempted to levy black mail on n
wealthy individual, by threatening to charge
him with henous crime, if certain sum Of
money was not forthcoming. He vas tried,
convicted, aud sentenced TO transportation for
life
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

DEPTH OF THE NORTH ATLANTIo.--From the
top of 'Chmborazo to the bottom of the AT.
lantic, at the deepest place yet reached by
the plummet in the North Atlantic, the dis.
lance in a vertical line is nine miles. The
deepest part of the Atlantic is probably be
tween the Bermudas and the Grand Banks =
The waters of the Gulf of Mexico are held in
basin about mile deep in the deepest part.
There is, at the bottom of the sea, between
Cape Race in Newfoundland and Cape Clhr,
in Ireland, remarkable steppe, which is al
ready known as the telegraphic plateau. The
great circle distance between those two shore
lines is 1000 miles and the sea along this
route is probably nowhere more than 10000
feet deep.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

NEGRO lNsURREcTIoN IN ARKASsAs.-We
learn from the Memphis papers that there is
great excitement in Union county, Arkansas,
on account of the discovery Of plot among
the negroes to rise in rebellion on the 18th
Of October, Fortunately the plot was dis.
covered in time to prevent one of the most
bloody massacres in the whole annals Of in
surrections. The plot was very extensive,
and negroes who were taken up and made to
confess, implicated Others twenty miles off
Some of the negroes say the rising was
to toke place the day of the Presidential
election. The men all being from home on
that day, the plot was to murder the women
and children first, and then ATTACK the un-
armed men at the polls. Several white men
have been implicated, and notified to leave
the country in given time or be hung. The
letter states that on the Colorado the excite.
ment is isteuse, and that several negroes
have been hung. The plot seems to have
been very extensive, reaching as faras Texas
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

A WORD ON PRoGREss.-There is great
deal of talk, in these latter days, Of the pro-
gress of the race, and much boasting that
we are far in advance of what our fathers
were. In this, as IN all other things, there
are two extremes; and while some would de-
molish altogether the ancient things, and
break up and scatter to the winds the estab-
lished order, others would have matters re-
main just where they are, deprecatng all
change and reform as at war with the
peace and good order of society. The first
are called the fanatics, and the last the old
fogies. We do not think the last are any
less fanatica than the first, but that both are
fairly entitled to the appellation. To ask
the world TO stand still is no less fanatcal
than to ask il to 90 on faster than Nature
designs. Butin this war between the fanat.
les and the foges, wonpprehend that, MS in
many other things, the true position is mid.
way between the two. We believe in pro-
gress, but not in overturning what is good
in the usages and opinions that have descend.
ed to us from our ancestors. Whatever ex-
perienco proves good for man should be
cherished and preserved, while that which is
destructive of the well being Of man should
be fought aud exterminated. n, sI.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

t4y- A coantry dentist advertises that "he
spares no pains" to render his operations sat
isfactory.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

rSy- II has often been observed at public
entertainment, that when there is anything
particular TO be seen, and everybody wants
particularly to zee it, everybody Immediately
stands up and effoctually prevents anybody
ero,, ao.ing ANYTHING "a
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

wHsKEY.- Cincinnati is by far the most
extensive whiskey market on the American
Continent, and the quantity Of Indian corn
consumed in manufacturing it this year, with.
out noticing the rye and ship stutfs also used,
exceeds the average annual expectations of
this article from the United States to Europe,
which is about all that is exported to foreign
conntries during the last nine Years. .. f.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

A NEW PsroL,-Tho Albany Times states
that pistol has been invented in that city
which will fire ninety times per minute, car.
ry ball forty yards further than any pistol
now in use, and that it ia much lighter and in
every respect superior to Colts celebrated
niatols .N
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

UroR DowS.--In going on board Mis-
sipp steam boat the other day, Mr.. Jones
met Mr.. Smith--"Whieh way are you going,
Smith-upor down"
"That depends on circumstances. If !
sleep over the boiler, up-if in the cabin,
down"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

ty5- II man has no money, he must pay
up promptly, bu. IL he has plenty he is never
dunned-he can take his time. II Is those
who do not need time that are indulged.---
Queer arrangement ant il!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

p7g- Put the strongest minded woman in a
bonnet shop, and it will instantly turn her
head. Put the strongest man behind bottle
Of liouor and il will turn his brain.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

n4y- The Boston Bee contains the follow
ing polite hint
aDescon W, is requested not to com.
mcnce snoring in Church tomorrow morning
un,il after the commencement of the sermon,
as several of the congregation are anxious to
hear the text.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

THE FOLLY OF PRIDE.-After all, take some
quiet, sober moment of life, and add togeth-
er the two ideas of pride of man; behold
him creature and of span high, stalking
through infinite space, in all the grandeur of
litteness. Perched on speck of the uni
verse, every wind of heaven striking into
his body the coldness of death; his soul
floats from his body like melody from the
string; day and night, as dust on the wheel,
he is rolled along the heavens though the
labyrinth of worlds, and all the creations of
God are flaming above and beneath. Is this
a creature TO make himself crown of glo-
ry-to deny his own flesh, to mock at his
fellow, sprung from the dust TO which both
will return! Does not the proud man err?--
Does he not suffer? Does he not die?--
When he reasons, is he never stopped by
difficulties! When he acts, is he never tempt.
ed by pleasure! When he lives, is he free
from pain? When he dies, can he escape
the common grave! Pride is not the her
itage of man: humility should dwell with
frailty, and atone fo- ignorance, error and
imperfectiOn.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07
A RACE FOR LIFE.

On Monday last, says the Shasta. Republi
can, one of the stages which run upon the
Yreka road left the Pitt.river station on its
way from Yreka TO the valley. The coach
had no passengers, and was driven by Jerry
Robbins. famiIiary known among the drivers
as aCurly Jerry" After leaving the Pitt.river
station the road passes over stretch of thirty
miles through a wilderness in which no water
can be obtained, and without white inhabi-
tant. A great portion of this distance is
through timber or chapparel. After proceed.
ing several miles over this lonely and DESC
late road, a shower of arrows was suddenly
poured upon Jerry from the thick bushes
which lined eaclf side OF the road. Wounded
in several places, and with many arrows
sticking in his clothes and flesh, "Curly" put
the whip to the horses and commenced race
for life through an ambuscade, the extent of
which he was unable to determine. The
affrighted horses, hit with several arrows,
bounded over the ground, flying with such
rapdity that the vehicle threatened every mo-
ment to capsizeor smash in pieces against the
stumps and rocks From every bush and
hiding place capable Of conccaling a foe, Jerry
received flight Of arrows At length a small
prairie was reached, clear and open, affording
no lurking place for the terrible savages.
Fortune favors the brave, and fortune fa-
vorcd Jerry. In the middle of this prairie the
coach, which had received many severe
shocks, suddenly broke down. Jerry, bleed.
ing from many wounds, hastily jumped from
the vehicle. This action was observed by the
Indians behind, who with a thousand yells
sprang from their ambuscades and charged
upon him. But Jerry was in time. He sprang
upon one of the horses, and, leading the
others, again commenced running the gaunt-
let for life The prairie was passed, and the
team again plunged into the dangerous chap,
parel. The ambuscade still continued, and
Jerry's clothes became rddled with arrows,
even to his gloves. But, although covered
with blood, he continued to urge on his
horses, encouraged by the thought that every
bound brought him nearer the Hat Creek
station. As he drew near this post, the shoot
ing gradually slackened, and Jerry finally ar
rived at the door more dead than alive having
ridden through an ambuscade ten miles in
length.
A messenger was Immediately dispatched
to Shasta for a surgeon. DR.. Raymond left
on Tuesday evening to the relief of the
wounded man. Although the driver had six
teen wounds, none of them, We are gratifed
to learn, is mortal, and he is now considered
in fair way to recover.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

ToLERATIoN.-There is no virtue more
talked about and less practcel than the vr-
tue of federation. 1t requires wisdom to be
tolerant, and wisdom being scarce commo-
dity, federation does not flourish extensively.
II is difficult to understand why theological
and political opponents should in general
have 50 little charity for each other. Why
cannot men allow to other men the same
sincerity o conviction and honesty of pur-
pose they claim for themselves? Every dis.
passionate observer of human affairs must
be convinced that whilst the believers in all
religious and all political creeds cannot be
equally right, they are all equally sincere,
and sincerity is worthy of respectful and
charitable consideration, however much dis
figured by error.
Men never look with aversion or distrust
upon their neighbors because they differ with
them on questions of agriculture, mechanics,
philosophy, internal improvements or any
other of the thousand subjects upon which
the world has been disputing for ages. In
politics, however, prejudice blinds our minds
to the virtues and motives of our opponents,
and in religion, instead of loving our neigh
Dor as ourselves, we consider him as little
less than an enemy and in some danger of
losing his soul, unless he takes shelter under
our own ecclesiastical vine and fig tree.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

A BROKEN HEART.-"Did he strike you?
asked Judge in Cincinnati, ofa witness who
had testified that her husband had abused
her.
"No sir" replied the modest and delicate
looking woman, she has never struck me,
though he has oftet threatened to do it
He abuses me, and | am obliged to flee
from his presence" ,.
"Did he break any of the furniture!" asked
the court.
"No sir" responded the witness, as a tear
dropped from her eye, and she placed her
hand on her bosom. "No, sir, he did not
break the furniture, but he has frequently
threatened to break my heart, and he is do
ing it, sir"
Poor woman! she evidently spoke the
truth. The bloated monster who stood be.
side her, though he had once solemnly prom
ised to love and protect her, is now her most
bitter prosecutor, her sores: trouble. No
doubt he once did love her. No doubt but
that at one time he would rather have ,died
than cause bitter tear to start from her soft
blue eyes, but intemperance has unnamed,
brutallzed him, and he is now breaking her
heart. Heaven help the drunkard's wfe
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

DEATH OF A VsERABLR PRfsrER.--Ws
have to record the death of Mr. Henry Barb
er, who expired on Monday last after a
brief illness, in The seventy-sixth year of his
age. For the past sixty-fve years, Alr
Barber has regularly worked in the Mercury
office as a compositor, length Of time on
one paper that we venture to, say is without
parallel. To the last, and that was but two
weeks ago, he was regularly at his ease, and
never wore glasses Of any kind He could
set BREWER, but it was trying to him, and he
usually confined himself to long primer
case. OF late years, he was slow, necessa-
rily so, but he was uniformly correct, and
seemed never better pleased than when at his
stand. He was also acquainted with engrav-
ing and book binding, both of these branch
es, at one time, having been carried on in
this office.
During his life he had never been further
than five miles from home; jamestown, three
miles across the bay, we believe, was the
most distant point that he ever reached
Of course he had never seen railroad or
locomotive, and all. that he knew of a steam-
boat, was the exterior, seen from the office
window. But Of Washington he could speak
from personal knowledge, and of events
that had transpired during the past half cen-
tury and more, he could converse. His health
was usually good and he certainly bid fair
to remain with US for some years to come,
buta sudden cold was followed by alarming
symptoms, and death shortly ensued.
Mr.. Barber was brother of the late VIM.
>and John II. Barber, publishers of the Mer-
curyprior to 1850, and by that family the
office had been owned period of seventy
years-NeVburypOrt Mercury.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

A Coon IpEA.-The following "Notice"
is posted conspicuously in publication Of
iaa dawn past.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

eB- The man out of debt, though with
flaw in his jerkin, crack in his shoe-leather,
and hole in his hat, is still the son of lib.
erty, free as the singing lark above him; but
the debtor, though clothed in the utmost
bravery, what is he but serr upon holiday
IA slave, to be reclaimed at any distance by
his owner, the creditor?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-07

"Shut this door-and as soon rs you have
done talking on business serve your mouth
the same way"
Bores would not do slow thing to cut
The Georgetown news., 1856-05-08
From the Wayerly Magazine.
Song,

Meet me in the forest shade
Where the silver stream is flowing;
Meet me where the day-beams fade,
And the lights of eve are glowing;
Years have passed since last we met;
Hopes bright star went down in sorrow,
Yet the past brings no regret,
For there comes bright tomorrow.
Meet me when the silent night
Ger the quiet earth is bending
And the moon, with / row Of light,
Through the azure sky is vending;
Meet it is, beneath her reign,
Childhood's Iows should be re-spoken,
And the chain renewed again,
Which the misty years have broken.
Meet me on that silent spot
Where Loves early flowers were braided;
Let the past all be forgot,
And che hopes tnat time hath shaded.
Let no shadow dim the light
With the early hours returning
Be forgot the shade and blight,
And the years of bitter yearning.
Meet me IN the forest shade,
Where the silver stream is flowing;
Meet me in that silent glade,
Where the wildwood lowers are growing;
Years have passed since last we met,
Hopes bright chord was rudely broken,
Yet the past brings no regret,
For those VOWS will be re-spoken.