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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

tB- The attention of merchants is invit-
ed to the Gard of CHAPMAN, PIKE g. Co.,
Importers Of French, English and German
Fancy Goods, Al Murray ST., New York.
The house is one of the largest, and imports
all its Goods and Wares direct
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

ew The National lntellgencer says:-"If
we may be allowed to indulge speculation
as to the future policy of the country on the
subject of the Tariff, we shall conclude that
the President elect still maintains the opin-
ion expressed by him as far back as 1912,
when he urged that the country should
abandon the idea of uniform horizontal
scale of advolorem duties. Whether the
duties be high or low, let us [said he] re.
turn to the ancient practice of the Govern.
ment. Let us adopt wise determinations;
and, when ever this can be done, impose
specific duties"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

CHANGE OF MAIL ScHEDULE.-The mail
route from Kingston to Tellico Plains has
been discontinued, and mail route with tri-
weekly service from Madisonville to Tellico
Plains, has been established.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

ATTENTION, PosTMAsTERs.--The Post.
master General threatens TO remove all post
masters who do not promptly deliver public
documents to persons to whom they are &C.
dressed throughout the Union.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

RETURNING HoME-The steamer William
Campbell, says the st. Louis Democrat. which
arrived from the Missouri river yesterday,
brought down company Of one hundred and
thirty quasi Kansas emigrants who were
chiefly from the Southern States, and having
become sickened with the peace prospects in
the Territory, are returning TO their old homes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

1W The Knoxville Register of last week
states that at the time the run upon the
Bank of East Tennessee commenced, its cir
culaton amounted to 100000, and that bills
to the amount of $225,OOO had been taken
up-leavng over Ss5o,ooo in circulation at
that time.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12
ATHENS, FRIDAY, DEC. 1e. 1856.

To DELNQUEKTs.-Alla accounts due this
Office for subscriptions, advertising and job
work must be settled by the LIST of January,
1857, or they will be placed in the hands of
a collecting officer.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

ETA gentleman in oPorto has been MS
tonishing the natives by walking on the riv'
erl He attached to his feet two large boat
fashioned shoes of tin, and thus prepared,
accomplished in safety rather long tramp
on the waters Of the Douro!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

ANOTHER CABMET.-The New York Tri.
bune puts out the following as the last Cabi.
net speculation:
Cass, Secretary Of State; Cobb, Secretary
Of the Treasury; Bright, Secretary of the
Navy; Toucey, Attorney General.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

tB-A New York correspondent says,
James Gordon Bennett and Horace Greedy
have Just received note from Charleston, s.
c., informing them of the determination Of
some one to assassinate them If they dare to
appear in Washington after the assembling Of
Conpress
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

sPA polite young lady had recently as
serted that she lived near n barn yard, and
that il was impossible for her to sleep in the
morning, on account Of the growing Of a
gentleman hen"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

The VIRGINIA REcoMMsNDATIoS.-T The
Democratic members Of Congress from Viz
GINA, strongly condemn the action Of the
members of the Electoral College of that
State, in recommending ex.Gov. Floyd for a
position in the Buchanan Cabinet.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

NORTH CARoLINA.-Tbe following is the
official vote of North Carolina for President:
Buchanan 1864; Fillmore 36,6O9-a falling
off in the vote of the State of over $1,000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

H- A writer in the Nashville Banner sug.
gests the Hon. Washington Barrow as the
candidate of the American party for Cover
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12
1858
1850

DEATH OF Hon. THos. L. WILLIAMS
We learn, by the following paragraph from
the Banner, that Judge Williams died at the
residence of his brother in law, near Nash.
vile, on the 4th:
ave are panied to learn that the Hon.
Thomas l.. Williams suddenly died, of an af.
fiction of the heart, at the residence in this
vicinity of his brother in law, Mr.. John p.
Erwin. He was gentleman, eminent not
less for. his ability as lawyer, and his learn.
ing and impartiality as a Judge, than for
traits of moral and religious character, which
render his death public loss to the State in
which he has so long lived and so faithfully
served. We suppose some friend will fur.
nish an extended biography of his long and
laborious life. He had reached the patriar-
chal age of seventy years, and died full of
years and usefulness"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

BANK OF EAST TENSEssEE.-The state.
ments which have appeared in the papers in
relation to this institution, are far from ena.
bling the public to arrive at a definite con.
cusion as to whether its suspension is likely
to be-permanent or only temporary. There
was large amount of the money in circula.
ton at the time the panic commenced, and a
large proportion Of that amount is still in
the hands of the people. We have heard of
several instances in which this money has
been bought up at twenty-five cents to the
dollar, and those who are holding on and
declining to sell at thatNruinous discount,
have, as yet, been furnished with no means
of judging how long it will even be worth
that much. 1t is certainly the duty of the
gentlemen having the control of the concern
to make IN official statement which will ena.
BILE the biil-holders to make up an opinion as
to whether they ought to let them off at
whatever they will command, or to hold on
with prospect of redemption at no very
distant day. The silence which the Bank
officials have maintained up to this writing,
is the worst feature in the whole business,
and has done more than any thing else to
impair public confidence in the ultimate .abiI.
ity of the institution to meet its liabilities.
The idea put forth in an elaborate article in
the last STANDARD" that the parties who
started the run on the Bank will be prosecu-
ted in the courts, is simply ridiculous, and
unworthy moments consideration; and We
protest against the impression sought to be
made, that no moneyed institution in the
State is in condition to stand sudden run
upon its vaults. Such is not the fact, and
that is not the way to maintain the credit Of
our banks, either at home or abroad; and if
it were true, the fact would furnish no de.
fence of the management of the institution
which has been compelled to suspend-that
is, If the suspension is to assume permanent
character, and result in loss to the bill
holders.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

JUDGE WAsH.-The st. Louis papers of
the I'd, announce the death of this gentleman,
which took place on the day previous. He
was says the News, an able jurst and an up
right man. He came to Missouri from Vir-
ginia while this State was Territory, and
has been one of its brightest ornaments till
the day of his death.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

New YORK, Dec, 6.--Lttes liabilities are
principally confined to stock contracts,
amounting TO Sl0OOO,OOe. All other Ii
abilities are protected.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

W- John e. Burch, of Chattanooga, was
appointed by the Electors, Messenger to bear
the vote Of Tennessee TO Washington.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

tY- See Card of Cooks, BAILEY g. Co.,
Wholesale dealers in Boots, Shoes, Hats,
Caps, Bonnets, &C., Nashville.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

OFFICIAL VoTG.-The following is the of.
fetal vote of Tennessee:
Buchanan, 1858
Fillmore, 66,l7S
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

Buchan,n's majority,
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-09
VENTILATION; {;

Don't let the reader be astounded out
of his propriety and declare US insane,
because we tell him, it is more impor-
tant to sleep with a window up in mid
winter, than in summertime. How few
people have the gift of thinking how
many have the gift Of CAB. in the in
verse ratio The less a man thinks, the
more he can talk that is the very reason
why our household divinities can dis
course indefinitely, and in6nitum, and
the other side Of it. Who ever heard of
man taking cold who slept in all out
dorss Well, if sleeping in all out doors,
does not give man cold, how can
sleeping in part Of all out doors give
him a cold /? Is not that conclusive p
Surely none of the unthinking multitude
could ask for more convincing argu-
ment than this. But as only the think
ing few take a journal like this, we will
give a mere hint of argument, with the
carrying out of which, they may amuse
themselves in leisure hour. Pure car.
bOnic acid gas is deadly, it kills in FIVE
minutes. In sleeping we breathe out
this gas, and close room confines it /;
warmth makes it rise to the ceiling cold
condenses and keeps it near the floor.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-09
BREAD FROM GROWN WHEAT.

Having read number Of receipts on
bread.making, from grown wheat, let ms
give you my experience, and ! may ven
turc to say that my bread is IS white and
light as is made by any person.
| use neither alum nor whiskey, nor de
kiln dry or scald my four. use nothing
to make ii rise but hop-yeast cakes, (or
iurnpikes, as they are called, generally
about one to two loaves Of bread. Beat
the canes up with warm water until il II
about as thin as Cruel mix your four
and water together in another pail until il
orms thin batter; then pour in your
yeast cakes, and beat thoroughly together;
set il away until il rises, after which pour
it into your kneading trough and work i
with -four until it is hard and stiff as you
can get it. Form your loavss now, and
set them near your siove to rise until they
become perfectly light; then bake in a hot
oven for about three-quarters Of an hour;
take them out, and the next morning you
will End that you have as god bread -
you wish to eat Country Gsnaemas.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-09
WINTER SHOES.

Like the gnarled oak that has with
stood the storms and thunderbolts of CEN
turies. man himself begins to die at the
extremities. Keep the feet warm and
dry, and we may snap our fingers in joy
Gus triumph at disease and the doctors.
Put on two pair of thick wooden stock
ings, but keep this to yourself: go to
some honest sun of ST. Crispin and
have your measure taken for a stout
pair of winter boots or shoes shoes are
better for ordinary, every day use, as
they allow the ready escape of toe-odors,
while they strengthen the ankles by ac-
customing them to depend on themselves.
A very slight accident is sufficient to
cause a sprained ankle to an hsbitual
boot wearer. Besides, shoe compress
es less, and hence admits Of more yig-
orous circulation of the blood. But
wear boots when you ride or travel.
Give direction, also, to have no cork or
Indian rubber about the shoes, but to
place between the layers of the soles.
from out to out, piece of stout hemp
OF tow linen which has been dipped in
melted pitch. This is absolutely imper-
vious to water-does not absorb par
ticle-while we know that cork does, and
after a while becomes "soggy" and
damp for weeks. When you put them
on for the first time, with your Ordinary
socks. they will feel as "easy as an old
SHOE" and you may stand on damp
places for hours with impunity.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-09
GBoitt Mlisttllng.
MY WIFE.
AND MY THEORY ABOUT WIVES


We do not marry our own wives We
marry the wives of somebody, or any
body else, and anybody or melody
elseemarries our wives. 1t may sound
very funny and very silly to say this, but
il is the plain, hard truth, and nine out
of Ten married men will, in their secret
souls. admit it. Irepeat it, we don't mar
ry our own wives; and all the lawyers,
Legislators, judges, jurists, statesmen,
philosophers. pbysiologists and phreno-
logists on earth can't make us do it, or
devise Nay by which we might do it,
if we chose And l believe would
choose, for 1 have good opinion of hu
man nature. This is puzzle for the
spirit-rappers-a riddle which even the
Fourierites cannot solve. Speculation,
ratiocination, imagination-no mental
faculty or process viii avail us here. l
doubt if that "external apperception at
q depth within the penetralia of con-
sciousness to which Kant never descend
ed" of which Cousin boasts, will mend
2 the matter. But the reason is very plain
TO me. II was not intended for us 10
marry our own wives Gods ''last, best
gift'' is reserved unto another, higher
life; elsewise this earthly existence would
ofitself be Heaven.
And now you know what mean by
"wifc." Not merely your welded spouse
and lawful mother of your children, but
that en-soul, fashioned by God him
self as the one only partner and compile
ment Of your soul truly the "better
half of your inmost self /: with whom
you are perfect man. without whom you
are but an unhappy segment, more or
less dimly conscious and complaining of
your incompleteness- You see 1 am a
believer in the exploded theory of
matches made in Heaven" Yes, am;
for / have seen four such matches in my
life, and do not exaggerate when say
that for them the millennium was already
come. But have been lucky; for such
matches are exceedingly rare, most peo-
pie never having seen them at all.
Not only do we net marry our own
wives. but frequently we never so much
as see them. or if we do see them, don't
know them. On the other hand, a man
may see his wife, and know her to be
his wife, but his wife may not know him,
may never know him in this life vice
Oerso, the wife may know her husband
and never be known by the husband, and
90 on. I wish to record my experience
on this subject; and i'll do so in some
what frivolous style, it must not be in
ferred that / am not in earnest; the in
ference might be false-"many true
word is spoken in jest"
= Il follows. or may follow, from what
has been said, that we are all married.
Yes, that is my opinion. Now, in the
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-09
WEARING FLANNEL.

Put it on at once. Winter or sum-
mer, nothing better can be worn next the
skin than a loose, red, wooden flannel
shirt; "loose," for it has room to move
on the skin, thus causing titilation
which draws the blood TO the surface
and keeps it there; and when that is the
case no one can take cold /; "red" for
white flannel fulls up, mats together, and
becomes tight, stiff, heavy and impervi'
Gus, " woolen," the product of sheep,
and not of. gentleman of color, not OF
cotton weol, because that merely Gbsorbs
the moisture from the surface, while
woolen flannel conveys it from the skin
and deposites it in drops on the outside
of the shirt, from which the ordinary
cotton shirt absorbs it, and by its nearer
exposure to the exterior air, it is soon
dried without injury to the body. Hav-
ing these properties, red woolen flannel
is worn by sailors even in the mid sum-
mer of the hottest countries. Wear
thinner material in summer.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-09

called for this evening, but it was poor
ly attended, and nothing of the slight
est consequence occurred. Greeley is
" bobbing around" looking intense
ly innocent, and working hard to
bring the opposition into line, and
drill them for regular action. They
prefer, however to fight Indian fashion.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-09

HORSES in California are becoming
very dear. The price of good dray
horse ranges fom s4o0 to $500; good
common road horse $500; crab that
car 60 in three minutes, 81, l,000-and
every second under, adds a couple of
hundred dollars. There are probably
three hundred fast horses kept at livery,
in San Francisco, ranging from $500 to
$1,000 in value. A pair of carriage hors-
es cost $4,000.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-09
4Oerg.
For the Chr0niels.
FOR q
n A r T HA.
1T o. BOTTOM.


She had been beautiful; and still,
3 A fading, lingering loreliness
She wore: but she was pale, and i'll,
p And weary Of . World like this;
In gsyest circles she had xhirled
Through many = brilliant, mirthful scene;
But en- q smiling, heartless void
Her spirit could no longer lean.
when she return'd TO her dear home,
Where childhood's sunny days were pass'd,
How glad We we're to see her eonei
How sad, 20 see her-fAiling fasti
Now trembling, with affection warm,
A sorrowing pair she stood between;
Father, the said, upon thine arm,
How sweet 1t Is, once more to leani
We led her to her couch, and there,
Ger the dear suffering one, we wept;
And of Fathers Whispered prayer
Went up to Heaven while she slept:
The dear Redsener heard, and shed
Calm rapture Ger the closing scene:
''Ny Savior, on thine arm" she said,
allow sweet Il is, in death, to lean!"
With mingled joy and grief, we wept,
Az, in the garments Of the tomb.
where in her cradle she had slept,
We laid her-in the seif-szme ROOM
We gsred with joy on that fair form
On that pale face. still. cold, serene;
For she had found a mighty arm,
On which her trembling soul could lean.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-09

A young man was arrested on a ca
pias on Friday, for a breach of promise.
The young lady who felt herself aggrieV-
ed brought his daguerreotype to the
Sheriff in order that he might be identi-
fed. When arrested and in the Sheriff S
Office. she called 10 see him, and they
very wisely concluded to settle the mat
ter by getting married He paid tho
costs and the two went of to become
one.-PMs- Gazette.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-09

We saw, says an exchange, on a cold
day recently. in one of our cars, lady,
dressed very warmly in shawl and furs,
with babe of perhaps two year old,
dressed only in slip and apron. and a
small handkerchief tied round its neck,
with arms entirely bare, and looking as
red as boiled lobster. 1t was observed
by one of the passengers that she was
placing the child on the express line for
heaven.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-09

A GOOD moral character is the first
essential to man. is, therefore, high
ly important to endeavor not only to be
learned, but to be virtuous.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-09

PEOPLE turn up their noses at this
world. as if they were in the habit Of
keeping company With better one.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-09

The reputation of many men depends
on the number of their friends.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-09

II nobody takes notice Of our faults,
we easily forget them ourselves.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-01-09

hallowing and charmful hues of memory
the one solitary and suficing ideal of
my unblessed life She saw me gazing
at her, but only as she had seen hun
dreds gazed before.
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-02-21
From the Philadelphia Ledger, Feb. IL
THREE HUNDRED MEN AND WOMEN THIRTY.
EIGHT HOURS IN A SN0w-DRIFT.

The Chicago Times, of the 3lst, says the last
snow storm, on the Both, so filed the track of
the Chicago and Milwaukee road, that thirteen
cars had to be left standing on the track.
The Tuesday morning train from Milwaukee
arrived at Is minutes after IL o'clock, and OF
course could proceed no further. Mr.. Hubbard,
the conductor, and Mr. Brown, the engineer, at
once went to work with their locomotive to
haul the standing cars off the main track, but
had removed with only two or three when the
locomotive broke down. Night was approach
ing, and it became evident that the passengers
must remain till morning on the praries. From
neighboring farmhouse Mr.. Hubbard procur-
ed an ample though plain supply of provisions
for their supper, and then started in a sleigh to
Chicago for assistance.
To add to the perplexities of their position,
the fuel was now exhausted; but very good
substitute for firewood was furnished by the
board fences on either side of the track. For
fifty or sixty yards the boards were all torn of
and consumed to warm the cars. During the
night, however, a locomotive with car load OF
wood was sent down from Highland Park, and
with this reinforcement, when morning came,
the conductors, engineers, and other operatives,
went again to work clearing the road.
At o'clock yesterday the morning passenger
train arrived from Milwaukee, and found the
cars still buried in the snow. The third loco
motive Joined the others in clearing the track,
and all three were engaged until near shutdown
before the drift was penetrated. AT that hour
all the passengers were transferred to the fore
most train and the others returned to Milwau-
kie. Still it was found impossible to get through
the drift with two locomotives, until a run
was made back to Evanston for wood and water.
About y last evening, the train, after 80 hours
passed in the snow-dritt, started for Chicago.
and in a short time met locomotive which had
been sent out from this city yesterday morning
to break the road but which had been nearly
all day in progressing seven miles.