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Litchfield enquirer., 1856-03-20

REMARKABLE WORKS OF HUMAN LABOR Nineveh was Is miles long. 9 wide. and 10 miles round, with wall 100 feet high. and thick enough for three char;ots abreast. Baby lon was 60 miles within the wall, which were 75 feet thick nds300 feet high, with 100 bra Ten gates. The temple of Diam, ut Ephesus was 429 feet to the highest roof. It was a hundred yean in building. The largest of the pyramids is 4s1 feet high, and 65s on the sides; its base covers II acres The stones are about 30 feet in length. and tho layers are POS. It employed 330. 900 men in building. The laby- rinth of Egypt contains 300 chambers, and ia halls. Thcbes. in Egypt, presents ruins a7 miles round, and had 100 gates Carthage was 8 miles ronnd. Athens was 25 miles round. and contained 250.00O citizens and 400. 900 slaves. The Temple of Delphos was so rich in donations, that it was plundered oi $50O,000 and Nero carried away from it 200 statues. The walls of Rome were l3 miles round
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OLp AGE-The neglected portion of the great

OLp AsE.-The neglected portion ofthe great American family is old age--we are sorry to say. Not that we as nation are diSreSpectful to the old, or that they are denied or grudged anything. We perform the ncgotire duty to them, by avoiding all which shall occasion to them offence or deprivation-but We do not perform the positive duty of assiduously seeing that they occupy, always and only, the places of honor and prominence nor. more particular ly, do we study to contrive, untiringls and affec touately how to comfort, strengthen, cheer and rccuperate them. The old man u one house may have his chair in the drawing-room, and his place at the table, and be listened to when he speaks, obeyed when he commands But in another house,he will have his easy chair cushion cd and pillowcd, and his armchair at the table, and the cook will be busted most with what will newly nour.sh or refresh his more delicate appetite while all listen first for his words, and address conversation to him as a centre, and eagerly seek for his commands as an authority
 This (we assure the reader. from our own ob- seryation in both countries is a fair picture of the difference between old age in America and old age in England We have been sad to ad- nit this, to the commenting traveller.
 It is an unconscious fault in our eountry-an oversight of our life too busy, our attention too overtaskcd, and our plans of home and pleasure too unsettled aud iinmature--hut the feeling for better things is in us, and time will bring this feeling into actien.-N P Hilis.
Litchfield enquirer., 1856-03-20

TIE RAGE FOR FIcTloN.-"I want a paper that has long stories in it." said young lady ; aud she added II don't want paper for any thing else" Poor girl much to be pitied and pitiful appearance she will make through life, at the present rate. She wants nothing serious, no acquaintance with the history of her times. no intellectual--nothing but newspaper novels Empty heads they must be that can find room every week for some ten columns Of sham sto- ry Yet these are the heads for which the weekly press tolls and groans, throwing of by the ten thousands its sheets of shallow, iilsipM, and disgusting fiction and for this an amount of money s paid which sound literature utter ly fails to command. Yes! Christian fathers and mothers buy this vile trash fcr their sons and daughters. and So minister to their gno' rance and Restitution Of all taste aad fitness for lfe's duties Doubtless the periodical press does more than any other one instrumentality to decide the opiuions habits of thought. and general character of the age. A family VII soon begin to show sympathy with it's weekly paper, and patcnt and child will soon begin assimilntiug to it in sentiment and feeling and as families are, so is the community at large Blind and stupid, therefore. yea. wofse nre thost parents who tolerate in their houses class Q papers which are good for noshing-made ul of the writings of silly. ignorant scrihhlcrs wht would be !" at the foot" in town school. muci more in school of good morals. Such arc th' 1 teachers os half the present generation
Litchfield enquirer., 1856-03-20

UNPOPULAR TRurHs.-Is is a trying duty to speak plainly of wrong which good men perpe' trate. It is very easy to cry out against crimes fshirh the laws punish, and which popular opinion has branded with infamy. What is especially dcmandcd of tic Christian is, faith ffI heart, and honest, generous testimony against enorud.ties which are. sanctioned by number: aud fashion and wealth, and especially by great and honored names, and which, thus sustained lift up their heads to heaven, and repay rebuke with menace and indignation.
Litchfield enquirer., 1856-03-20

pI As horses start astride from objects they see imperfectly, so do men. Enmites are excited by an ndstinct view; they would be allayed by conference. Look at any long ave. nue of trees. by which the traveller on our prin- c.pal highways is protected from the sun Those at the beginning arc wide apart; but those at tho end almost meet. Thus happens it frequently in opinions Men who were far assunder coue nearer and nearer in the course of life, if thev have strength enough to queIl, or good sense enough to temper and assuage their earlier ar- imosities Nr
Litchfield enquirer., 1856-03-20

THE Music OF SPEEcH-Can we not explain by the sweet music of their speech the singular charm which many persons exert over us Can we not equally thus explain the strange repnl siyeness of others. It is certainly natural musically constituted as all of us more or less are, that we should feel attached to those who meet us with an outflow of sweet music as re pelIed from those who habitually pour into Oul ear nothing but dissonance.
 We too much neglect the music Of conversa tion--bofh as attentive and wclt-rewatdcd lis teners and individual cultiyators of it.
Litchfield enquirer., 1856-03-20

EDrcsrros.-I have observed that most la- dies who have had wbat is considered as an education, have DO idea of an education pro grcssive through life. Having attained finally . certain measure of accomplishments. knnwl- adge. manners. &c.. they consider themselves as made n, and. sn take their station --they arc pictures. which. being qaite finished, are nov pat in . frame---a giided one. if possihle-and hung ap in pcrmaneaceofh heanty !-permancnce that is to say, til old Time. with bis rude aud dingy fingers. soils the charming eosors
Litchfield enquirer., 1856-03-20

s~ Sidney Smith says One cvilof old ars is, that as your time has come, you think vefv little illness is the beginning of the cnd. Whsa . man expects to be arrested every knock st tue door is an alarm. Among tho evils of ret ting old one is. that evrsy littie iliness nav probably be your last. Yoa fsel Ekc deII,- qaent who knows the constahlo is looking oas after him, ~ s Ss VT {
Litchfield enquirer., 1856-03-20

pSr Leap year, as is well known, invests tbs gentler sex. with extraordinary priviligcs We see rom late exchange. that the young ladies of Aurora. H.. have passed the following fcso- lution:
 Resaped, That if wc tho young ladies of Aurora don't get married this year, someboy viii bc tc blame.
Litchfield enquirer., 1856-03-20
A Happy Conclusion.

The San Francisco Golden Era, in refusing to commence manuscript story until the whole of it had been received, gets of the following Illustration of the danger of doing so :
 Some years ago, Cincinnati paper received and printed the first chapter of what prom ised to be most thrilling romance, in the ex- pcctat;on of being provided with the concluding portions as might be needed. The chapter was very ingenously written, and concluded by leav- ing the principal character suspended by the pantaloons from the limb of tree over per pcndicular precipice. It attracted the attention of the press and inquiries began to be made concerning the continuation of the story, and the fate of its hero Day after day the victim izcd publishers looked for the remaining chapters, but in vain-they never came to hand. Find, ing that they had been sold, and wishing to put stop to the jokes their contemporaries were cracking at their expense, they briefly concluded the story thus
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CHAPTER II.--coNcLrsIoN

After hanging to the treacherous tree for four weeks, his panta'oons gave way, and Charles Melville rolled headlong over the yawn- ing prceipicc He fell the distance of five miles, and came down with the small of his back across a stake and rdered fence, which so jarred him. that he was compelled to travel to Italy for his health, where he is at present residing. He is engaged in the butchering business, and is the father of large family of children p
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07

NEBUcHEDNEzzAR ExHUMED!- 1T is stated
that Col. Rawinson, who is at present en-.
gagged in prosecuting the discoveries com.
menced by l.ayard and BOtis, and in exhum-
ing from the mounds of the ong-lost rival
cities of Ninevah and Babylon, the instructive
remains of this once gigantic power, has late
ly discovered, in state of perfect preserva.
ton, what is believed to be the mummy OF
Nebuchednezzor The face of the rebellious
monarch of Babylon, covered by one of those
gold masks usually found in Assyran tombs,
is described as very handsome---the forehead
high and commanding, the features marked
and regular. This interesting relic of remote
antiquity is for the present preserved in the
East India Company.
Look out, Barnum has just been declared 4
Bankrupt. t1
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07
For the Post.

Mr.. Editor The American nomination for
President and Vice President having been
made and announced to the country it is
time for the party in this District to take
some steps toward an organization, and to
select candidate for Eleetor. In casting
about, | can think Of no one more suitable
for the position than Tuos. N. FRAZIER, of
Bledsoe county. Mr.. Frazier possesses fine
powers Of debate, is deservedly popular, and
if called to the work will bear the American
standard triumphantly through the contest
With your permission, will take the liberty
of suggesting. through your columns, his
name to the party in heDistrict, and to urge
that an early and thorough organization be
had. McMINg
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07

HE OsE TERM Whether
The zone term principle" shall be part of
the Democratic platform is now mooted
question, in that party. The friends of Gen.
Pierce, of course, are very averse TO the in
reduction Of any sneh plank. We observe.
however,lhat the National Democratic Review
published in Washington, under the CHARGE
of Dir. Buel, very decidedly and uncompro.
misingly advocates the doctrine of one term
only; and offers some potent reasons for its
position. We make an extract from an ed.
torial article on the subject:
"The President is hardly installed in Office
before he commences to move the cards of
politics for reelection. There have been
exceptions in the history Of the country. but
they are rare. Who does not know that nj
this time gigantic effort is on foot to SC.
cure in the next National Convention n pres.
idential succession!. Every interest must be
made subservient to this great result, and
every press in the United States that darcs ia
question the propriety Of such move is to
be expelled by regular edict from the dem.
ocratic party. The great question for us IL
consider is, whether the body the democ
racy shall nominate a President, or whethe
that nomination shall be made through thu
influence of government patronage. All lh'
wires of administrative power are now actu
ally operating in favor of succession; thou
sands of officials are expected to devote a con
sderable'share of their attention to the mat
ter; in various portions of the country NEE
tings have already been called; designed t.
prepare the democratic mind fora second edi
ton Of the volume of 1852"
The hardest things we hear against Gen
eral Pierce now are generally said BY Demo
Gratis. The above is but specimen. De
mocracy never worships a setting sun, bu
keeps its eyes turned and lis alteration raiseC
to that which is ri1ng
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07

r5y- Our democratic friends, who were
very exubsrrnt over the earlier dispatches
from the Philadelphia Convention, when
the prospect for an everlasting split up was
good, hive sobered down, under the nomina
ton of Fillmore, TO degree approaching
sadness They had been unctifymg them.
selves with the belief that nomination
could not be made; or, If made, some man,
like Law, without strength or character,
would be selected, to beat whom would be
II very easy matter. How ungencrous in the
Convention to nominate National ticket
when the opposition had fixed up and made
all ready for very different result.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07

tay" At the Ulster (New York; Circu,
last week, suit for breach of promise was
tried between Miss Jordan and Mr.. Jep.
kins, both residents of Gardner, in that couu.
ty. The contract Of marriage and It's breach
were clearly shown, and the jury gave the
plaintiff $4,000 damages. Both parties arc
said to be highly respectable, and the only
cause assigned for the failure Of jenkins to
fulfil his engagement was the opposition of
his mother. He is boy about thirty years
of.age.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07

FILLMORE RATIFICATION MEETING.-Alba-
ny Feb. 2S.-A meeting of the members OF
the American party of the Legislature was
held last night, which was attended by nearly
all the members and majority of the Stat
officers
Resolutions were passed declaring that
Fillmore was not their first choice, but that
they acquicsced in the nomination. A call
for mass ratification meeting WAS adopted
unanimously.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07

CINCINNATI BY the following from the
Cincinnati Gazette of Thursday, il will be
preceived that the Underground Railroad is
in full operation from that place:
We understand that forty seven fugiIives
have been despatched to Canada by the Un-
derground Railroad since the commence
ment of the fugitive case now pending be-
fore Commissioner Pendery. A friend IN
Covington has told us of an extraordinary
fugitive case, which may have made one of
the above number. The fugitive WIS an old
woman nearly seventy years of age, who had
been confined to her room with rheumatism
for some months, during which she had been
waited upon and assiduously attended by her
mistress. She had only been able to go
about for two or three weeks and chose the
very coolest weather we have had for the
flight. The enthusiasm among The slaves
must be high, if it reaches persons of her
class
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07

ssg- The N. Y. Herald, which paper has
been laboring zealously for months, unsuc.
eessfuly, to write George Law into promi-
nence, expresses tho opiaion that Mr.. Fill.
more will get but three States-Maryland
Delaware, and Kentucky. II also says that
Law will be nominated by the boiling Know
Nothings in June; and that the Democrats
will sweep the country from Maine to Wis
consin. The Herald is evidently chagrined.
Had Nj. Law promised the editor the mission
to Paris!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07

BUSINESS OF KANSAS TowS-Leayen.
worth city contains 9O7 buildings, Of which
76 are business houses. During the last
year one dry goods firm there, It is said, sold
100000 worth ofgoods.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07
CAUTION.
Union BANK OF LOUISIANA,

NOV UrIehIls, ED. IT, 1896.
Counterfeit notes of this bank, of the de-.
nomination of fGties, issue OF 1855, purport.
ing to be signed by p. N. Wood, Cashier,
have this day been discovered
The most striking feature in them is in the
right hand vignttte. The genuine note rep
resents the son of farmer of eighteen, while
in the counterfeit is that of man, or one of
mature ngc. The imitation of the signature
of fhe Auditor, S. f. Marks, upon close ex-
animation will be found to be engraved; the
other signatures are very well executed.
GEO. A. FRERET Cashier.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07

r7Y- One moment the Pierce papers tell us
that Know Noihingism is a cunnngly devils.
ed sheme Of Aboliionism; and, in almost tho
same breath, they tell us that all the cities
and towns in New England are repudlatug
it. Admirable consislencyl
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07

ABOUT PREcAHISe.--Rev. DR.. Woods, OF
Andover, was once giving his class some in
structions about preaching in such manner
as to gain attention and applause:
Young gentlemen" said he, sits al contain
ed in n nut shell. When you 90 10 preach
IN the city, take your best coat; when you 60
to preach in the eossr-y take your best ser
mon.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07

NATIONAL CoURTEsIEs.-1he Norfolk Ar.
gus notices with pleasure the fact that the
British shipsing in the harhc. OF Norfolk
decorated their masts with flags on the 22d, in
honor of the national anniversary.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07
BALTIMORE, February 90

The leo broke at ST. Louis on "Wednesday,
sinking twelve boats and damaging twenty.
The navigation Of the Ohio has been resumed
at Cincinnati. The Allegheny and Monon-
gahela rivers were breaking up and were very
high. Wheeling Creek was gorged and
damage was expected.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07

Papa, what does the editor lick the prices
current With, -
Whip i'i he don't whip it, my dear child
''rhen he lies, pa
Hush! Tom, that is very naughty word
well, by golly, This ere paper says, prices
current carefully corrected, aud guess when
| gets corrected, gets licked, hay, don't II
Nuff ced my son.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07

FILLMORE AT HoMe.--A New York letter
says: the city of New York will show its mp.
probation of the claims of Mr.. Fillmore, on
the day of election, by giving an unparalleled
majority, almost sufficient to carry the State
under any circumstance.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07
CosT OF THE GREAr Pax AT NEW 70,

CosT OF THE GREAT PARK AT New YoRK.
The Day Book says; "The cost Of the
Central Park is over five millions of dollars.
The annual interest on this sum, ut 7 per
cent, S350,000. The total cost of the Park
when properly laid out aud oruamcuted, will
not be less than ten millions of dollars. The
property owners assessed for benefit pay, in
the first instance, for the park, about COO.
600, the annual interest on which sum, ut 7
per cent, is $4,000. This tax is imposed
on property (mostly unimprovrd) in extent
not much greater than twice the area Of tho
park.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07

BANK CHARTERS -REPEALED-The char.
tiers OF the Central Bank of Tenness>e, ut
Nashville, and the Miners and Manufac.
turer's Bank, ut Knoxville, were repealed
by both branches of the Legislature yester.
day. The clause repeating these charters
takes effect on the first of August.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07

~ The fares of the Boston and Provi-
denee Rail Road were raised on Monday
twenty per cent on the transient and fifty per
cent. on senson ticket passengers. The stock
holders of the Boston companies say they
have been using their capital for the pubc
good long enough, without realizing any
rettlrn n
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07
THE SECEDERS-WHAT THEY PRO.
POSE
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. &c.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20.
The Scceders from the American Conven.
lion made the following address yesterday ::
The undersigned, Delegates to the Nom
mating Convention now in session at Phil
adephia, find themselves compelled to dis
sent from the principles avOwed by that body,
and holding opinions as they do that the res
toration of the Missouri Compromise, rs de-
handed by majority of the whole people, is
a redress of an undeniablc wrong, and the ex-
eeution it, in spirit, ut least, Indispensable
to the repose of the country. They have re-
garded the refusal of that Convention to re-
cognize the well defined onnion of the coun-
try, and of the Americans of the free States,
upon this question as denial of their rights
and u rebuke to their sentiments, and they
hold that the admission into the National
Council and nominating convention of dele
gates from Louisiana, representing Roman
Catholic constituency, absolved every true
American from all obligations to sustain the
action of either Of the said bodies.
They have, therefore, withdrawn from the
Nominating Convention, refusing to partic-
ipate in the proposed nomination, and now
address themselves TO the Americans of the
country, andespecially of the States they re-
present, TO justify and approve of theiraction,
and to the end that nomination conform
ing to the overriding sentiment of the cOun-
try in the great issue, may be regularly and
auspiciously made, "The undersigned pro
pose to the Americans in all the States, to as
seuibie IN their several State organizations
and elect delegates to a Convention to meet
in the city Of New York, on Thursday, the
18th day of June next, for the purpose of
nominating candidates for President and Vice
President of the United States"
Ohio-T. II. Ford, ]. II. Baker, B. S. Kyle,
w. II. c. Mitchell, Il. 7. Sturtevant, o. Il.
Fishbark, J. Gilbert W. b. Allison, II. G.
Hodges, l.. II. Odds, w. B. Champman, Il.
McYees, Chas. Nicholas.
New Hampshire-A9ihpny.
Connccticut-L. G. Wck, J. E. Durham,
II. Griswod, A. Baldwin, Edmund Perkins,
D. B. Booth.
Massachusctts-W- S. TmustOn, z. P.
Pangborn.
lllinois-IIenry S. Jennings.
Pennsylvania-W. F. Johnston, S. c. Kase,
R. NJ. Riddle, r.. J. Colfey, John williamson
j. Harrison, S. Ewel
Rhode Island-E. J. Nightingale.
Michigan S. T.. Lyon, w. Fuller, w. s.
Wood, p. p. Medder, J. Hamilton.
Wisconsn-D. A. Gliss, John Lockwood
Robert Chandler, G. Burdick, c. w. Cook.
Iowa--L. H. Webster.
An Executive Committee was appointed
of one from each State represented.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07

STEPHEN A. DoUcLAss.-It is now stated
that Stephen A. Douglass will be rornid.
able candidate for the Democratic noulina.
ton for the Presidency. The father Of The
Nebraska. Kansas bill wishes to ride his own
hobby and no one has better right.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07

SUBSCRIBED LAST WEEK.-"Sonny, don't
your father wish to subscribe for pcrodi-
cal ?" "No sir, he takes one already" ",Yhat
is liz" "Webster's Almanac. He put his
name down last week." Shouldn't wonder if
that family added to the intellectual resources
of the Repnblc.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07

AN ExAMPLE.--A nun named Daniel b.
Armel, at Greensbnrg, Pa, having been un-
justiiably attacked by rowdIes at that place,
Shot ore of them dead on the spot. He
has been tried for the offence and honora-
Div ACQUITTED.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07

A SOUTHERN MoyEMENT.-ln the Missis-
sipp Legislature, day or two since, Mr..
Stark called up his resolution touching the
Presidential elections Of 1856. They declare
that If all the national conventions refuse to
nominate Presidential candidates who are
sound on tho slavery question it is proper for
the people OF the State, irrespective ofparty, to
meet in primary assemblies and send dele.
gates TO State convention to nominate an
ELECTORAL ticket, pledged to vote for men
who recognize the constitutional rights of
the South. They also invite other Southern
States to unite in similar movement. Az day
was fixed for thei. consideration.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-03-07

HlGH PRICES OF NEGRoEs.--At sale in
Dickson County, Tennessee, 1856 negroes
were sold for S106,lO5, or an average of
$7OS.l6. Several other large sales have re-
Gently come off which show the prices of ne.
gro property in the West aud Southwest to
be almost unpreccdeniedly high.