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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03
THE OTHER SIDE.

Having copied the remarks of one of the
most violent of the Black Republican papers
of the North (the New York Courier and
Enquirer,) expressing great satisfaction with
| Mr.. Buchanan's Inaugural Address and his
course so far, and ntimating that it will
probably be found supporting his Adminstra-
tion-we now copy from an extreme South
ern Rights Democratic paper, which support
ed MIR. Buchanan last year, its reasons for
distrust and its statement of the probable
contingencies which will lead it to oppose the
new Administration. We copy from the New
Orleans Delta of the nth inst;
awe are charged bv the Republican with
PREDETERMINED opposition to Mr.. Buchanan
We have had no such pre- determination, and
our position now towards the new President
grows out OF his own acts and words, the
complexion of his Cabinet and the policy
which It foreshadows. Our course in the
same regard hereafter will be resultant from
the contemporary policy OF Mr. Buchanan, not
pre-meditated if we shall oppose him, our
antagOnism will not be the const Qurnce of
our own toregone choice, bnt will be ne
cessitated by the counsels of his own choos-
ing aud the deeds of his own doing. We
candidly confess, however, that we anticipate
necessity for opposition. When he was
nominated We felt assured that he would
yer make President whom we could un.
qnalihedly approve as independent journalists
and advocates Of the best interests OF the
South above all party or national considera-
tion. We supported him, as preferable to
Fremont, and because we feared the South
Was not ready for practical resistance in the
event OF the latter being elected. He was
elected. We have not been disappointed -
We expected nothing to command our posi-.
tive admiration; he has given US nothing; our
debt is paid, and on the other hand we owe
him nothing but-justice. This he shall
have without stint. This his placemen and
spokesman shall have to the most liberal
margin.
ave are committed to no opposition to Mr..
Buchanan bnt what is conditional. The by.
potheses upon which we based the probability
OF Southern opposition to his Adminstra-
ton have TINS far hem abundantv realized.
Our diagnosis has always preceded our prog
nosis, and up to this we believe we have erred
IN neither. Mr.. Buchanan's Cabinet is not
healthy one, for the South at least, and we
have hinted as much, have named the bad
symptoms, and have warned against the in
fectiOn of the huge mnss of disease collected
in the great national inirmary at Washing
ton. 1t would be much better for us if Gen.
Cass were comfortably provided for in a pri-
vate hospital; if Mr.. Cobb were allowed to
fatten on "hog and hominy" in Georgia, and
sake" Thompson were sent to the new
Choctaw purchase to perfect himself in Indian
aft rs."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

~ The number Of Methodist ministers
in the regular work in California, is said To
be sixty-one. The average salary promised
them was 81 800, and the avarage sum re.
ceived by them about $1,000. Some Of the
ministers of the Methodist Church, especial.
lv those in Sacramento, get over $4,000 MS
their annual allowance. This, of course,
the render will readily understand to be an
effect of the enormous cost of living on the
Pacific coast. The average salaries of minis
ters in the Atlantic States it is said, does not
exceed $3.50 per annum.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03
ANEcpoTE OF A GEORGIA Jupe

ANECDoTE OF GEORGIA JUDGE.-In
185-, there was tried in the - Circuit of
Georgia, case of involuntary manslaughter,
in the expressive language of witness, the
accused while drunk, pulled out his knife,
and "sloshng it ABOUT" struck the deceased
in the abdomen. The attending physician
being called to the stand to make the usual
proof of the nature and extent of the wound,
testified, "that the knife entered the lower
portion of the abdomen, penetrating the per-
itoneum, and thence extending through the
omentum, to the vicinity of the iIiac re-.
gions." The clerk, to whom all of this was
Greek, inquired of the Solcitor.Genera If
he desired that portion of the doctors testi-
mony taken down. The Solicitor anticipa.
ting some fun, replied in the affirmative, and
requested the doctor to repeat II slowly,
which he did, in language if possible, more
incomprehensible Old Judge A., losing his
accustomed suavity Of manner, impatiently
exclaimed, doctor, stop, for Gods sake,
stop; if the man was cut in the CUTS say so 50
the clerk can put it down."
The doctor has since studiously avoided
the use of technicalites in the presence OF
the unlnitated.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03
THE PUBLIC LANDS.

The distribution of the public lands among
the several States is demanded by every in
teresr; by right and by justice. The new
States and Territories are from year to yeal
absorbing these lands, and their proceed'
90 to feed the hungry maws OF bloated spec
ulators in Wall street and elsewhere. New
States are coming at once in the possession
of railroads and other privileges which the
older States have been struggling for three
quarters OF a century, under heavy taxntion
to acquire. The people will demand to be
released from their burdens, and should their
demands be disrrgarded, the result will be a
rapid emigration from the old to the new
States, and the consequent still greater EN-
barrassment Of the former
We are pleased to see that the subject is
attracting attention. A writer for the
Knoxville Wing, over the signature Of
"Rutherford," urges the necessity of Ten
nessee claiming her share of the public lands.
We extract portion of his letter;
We have millions of acres of public lands,
and could ii be better appropriated than t"
educate the rising generat0ni We have
enough to give to each States a paramount
fund; the interest of which would educate
every child in it, This land belongs to the
States equally. II is row being very un.
equally distributed. Large amounts voted
to some States and Territories tor Railroads
and other purposes; while other States are
getting not an acre. Tennessee ought now
to claim her proportion OF these lands, and
our Representatives and Senators ought to
vote Cor this distribution. 1t should be the
main question in the coming canvass for
Congress, and he who will not promise to
vote for it, the people ought not to vote for
him.
This is an important item to Tenr essee-
II would give her the means of educating her
children TO the last generation, and OF making
all the Railroads she may ever need. This
thing ought to be attended to now; for if
We wait until after few more sessions of
Congress, there will be but little land to be
distribut d.
We have in the United States, one million
fiftv thousand four hundred and twenty a.
O5O, ,42O) persons over twenty years of age
who cannot read and write. We have in
Tennessee 1853. We have in Rutherford
county 1910. You have in Knox county
240S. We have in Tennessee 298,000 chill
dren. We have, in public funds, $il4,l6S,
for Common Schools, and $4,000 for Acad-
emy! This is the interest on the superau-
Gus revenue, distributed by the general gov
ernmrnt among the States, except the Acnd-
emy fund, this we receive from North Caro-.
lima. This gives to each scholar about 40
cents year. We need the public lands. II
virtue and intelligence are the main pillars OF
Republic, our pillars are rather DETECTED.
The statistics OF crime show that the guilty
are nearly always of the ignorant clnss.--
The expenses Of prosecuting offenders would
nearly educate the population.
The distribution OF the public lands, and
applied TO educational purposes, will reform
crime, strengthen the cords of the Union,
and add greatly to the prosperity and happi'
ness of our country.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

taY- The Atlanta Examiner learns that
man came aboard of the Georgia Railroad
Cars at Buckhead, without money to pay his
fare, and the conductor made him get out Of
the train at Madison, but after the train had
left that place, at the rate Of twenty-five miles
an hour, the man was discovered on the top
Of the cars, from which position he lsaped off
and was killed instantly. Name unknown.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

The WAY THEY DUEL UP NoRrH.-There
was bloodlpss duel at Buttermilk Falls,
near Troy, on Friday, between james Trow.
bridge, of New York, and Jeremiah Jewell,
of Alabany. At the first fire, Jewell, who
imagined he was mortally wounded, fell
heavily to the earth, and would only consent
to live on the assurance of thr seconds that
they had put nothing but powder in the pis-
tolls. His @n:agurisi, supposing he had kill
ed his man, left the field at a brisk trot, and
has not since been heard from.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

MILEAGE OF MEMBERs.--1'he late Con
gress, which paid itself so literally, made no
change in the outrageous mileage swindle.-
The bills of the members show great dis
crepancy. Mr.. Bowie, Of Maryland, for in
II nee, received at the late session Sl6,60
and Mr.. Herbert Of California, S5,6s2.40.-
The bills Of the Territorial members were ms
follows: Anderson, Of Washington, $500;
Bernheisel, Of Utah, S2,557; Chapman, Ne.
braska, S2,024; Galleg"s, New Mexico, S2,'
2i2; Lane, Oregon, $1,000; Rice, Minnesota,
Sl. .S75; Whitfield, Kansas, &2,ll6.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

.5s- Daniel Webster, in the following brief
paragraph, thus beautifully magnides the vo-
cation of the teacher:
"If we work upon marble, II will perish;
If we work upon brass, time will effnce it. II
we rear temples, they will crumbe into dust.
But five work upon immortal mnds-if we
imbue them with high principles, with the
lust fear of God, and oftheir fellow men, we
enprave on those tablets something which
no time can eif,ce, but will brighten to all
eternity"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

oTPunch says a kitten should always be
kent where there are children; when they are
tired of pulling its tail, they can put it into
their fathers boots. A box of colors is also
source Of great amusement, afiording them
an opportunt, Of daubing their faces. and of
appearing in Illuminated pnafOres. 1t is well
to let them know where the preserves and
pickles are kept, so that, when going after
the jam, they may take bite Mt the capsi.
um. On wet days they should he allowed
to put peas in the piano, and thump the
keys with their drumsticks, train them 10 pull
gentIemen's whiskers, and wipe their hands
on ladies' dresses.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03
THE POST.
.T1ENs. FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1857.

,HAL,rAx, March 27.-The steamer Eu-
roma has arrived with Liverpool dates of the
l4th.
LIVERPOOL, March i4.-Cotton was steady
at unchanged rates.
Money was more stringent.
Spain continues warlike preparations agains
Mexico, and expects France and England te
keep the United States neutral.
There was nothing new from China.
The steamer Circassia had put back.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

GAMBLISa.--Let every man avoid all sorts
of gambling as he would poison. A poor
man or boy, should not allow himself to toss
M even for half penny, for this is the be-
ginning Of habit Of gambling; and this ru-
iuous crime comes on by slow degrees
While man is minding his work, he is play.
inr the beat game, and is sure to win.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

Ew Porters Spirit of the 2ist March, in
noticing the occurrences OF the preceding
week, says the leading politicians are all in
Washington, looking for offices, so the city
has been comparatively quiet, aud free from
crima
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

PoLirIcLA PREAcHISG.--One sentence In
the proclamation Of Gov. Gardner, Of Mas
sachusetts, reads as follows f ..,.
"And may those called to minister at Gods
altar, impressed with the truth that national
transgressions can only be corrected by re-
moving individual sins, abstain from polite.
al discussions and secular considerations, to
address the spiritual wants of the individual
heart" 'r....
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

81 MUsT Goa common word. vet bow
full of meaning! The school.beIl is rino.
ing says the innocent little prattler at plav |;
Il must 60 ''rhe hour of labor has coma
says the man of toll, and must go.' a
dying parishoner has sent for me- saws tho
clergyman, 'and must go.' Another wearv'
cheerless, thankless day calls me to the sane.
tum,' says the editor, and must go.' Il
have weigh:y case on hand today, demand.
ing all my time and ttention,' says the law.
yer, 'and ! must gor--as if the universal
motto OF the age is echoed and re echoed on
every side, by old and young, high and low,
rich and poor, happy and miserable.
All must go, all are going, ami yet the rest
less heaying and surging tide of humanity is
never gone. We might perhaps introduce
this expressive phrase into scenes of great.
er length, and Of more than ordinary interest !:
but having other thoughts and other duties
to look after, we, too, must go,' and be
content to sketch one or two.
ATS getting late says the lover to the
loved one, 'and must 90 must bid farewell.
for time, to those blissful hours, once mo-s
to mlngle in the cares and perplexites of a
busy world Then casping her fondy 10
his bosom, he is gone til! those happy days
may return, or perchance till he may lead ths
gentle one to the hymenial altar.
One short year rolls round, and how
changed the scene! Again, MS then, il 10
night. A wan, pale being, emasculated and
fragile form is lying on Ter dying couch
The long, weary days, and weary nights have
passed away. Her hours Of anguish are no
more. The insidious destroyer has done its
work. Friends near and dear are around
her--a tender husband bends over her--but
these cannot arrest the hand of disease, or
postpone the parting hour. 'Hark the an.
gels are whispering, come! come + and
must go countless shining ones in white
are waiting for me. must go Farewell
till we meet in Heaven The snowy hand
falls ifeIess by her side /; nevertheless smile
OF ineffibe sweetness and beauty rests on
those paIIid, marble features, and she is gone
gone forever!
Gentle reader, like her, when the last Of
earth shall come, may you hear the welcom.
ing of whispering angls; and like her res
pond, Il must gov
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

t9g- BgARpiSe DOUGLAS AGAIN.--lsanc
Cook, postmaster at Chicago, has resigned
Cook is the bosom friend, the boon CON.
pauion of Douglas, and seeing the temper oi
the administration towards the Little Giant
he has resigned to avoid being turned out.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

tE All accounts from Cuba are unfavora.
BILE to the growing sugar crop OF the Island.
1t is agreed that the whole crop will not ex.
seed that of last year. which fell short by
100000 boxes Of tlst Of ise5.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

H- Plain women make good wives, good
wives good mothers, cheerful homes and hap
py husbands, and we never see one but we
thank heaven that II has created women of
sense as well as beauty.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

T- A new Mormon dance, which tickles
the fancy Of the Gentiles much, has been
introduced in Utah, and is all the rage. Each
gentleman has two partners, and it is de-
nominated the "Mormon Cotillou, or Heaven
upon Earth"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

t#-It will be reccllected that our tee-
graph dispatches, published last week, stat
ed that Col. Titus had gone over to the al
lies and made two attacks on W"lker'sposi-
ton. This was erroneous, and resulted iron'
the carelessness ofthe reporter. Titus had
gone around to Rva. and joined Walker.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

AssEssoRs.-The only class Of men in
the world who are not in the habit Of dispar-
aging their neighbors are the assessors of
taxes; for il is well known they never sun
derrate" anybody in the slightest degree.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

FAcTs FROM THE ALMArAc.-lle who has
q high forehead will have his eyes under it,
and live all the days Of his life. He who
has long nose will have the more to blow
and the better to handle. He that is bald
will be likely to have no hair, but If he hap
pens to have any it will not be on the bald
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

ST. LOUIS, March 23.-In compliance with
a resolution passed by the Topeka Conven-
tion Robinson has withdrawn his resignation
as Governor Of the state OF Kansas, and de-
clared his adhesion TO the Topeka Constitu.
tion. A committee was appointed TO franc
petition asking the President 10 hold lands
in the territory subject TO prs.emption for
two years from the present time. The con-
vention was the largest ever held in Kansas
and very enthusiastic.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

PoLITENEss One of the English infdels
was so struck with the politeness and good
feeling manifested in st. Pau"s writings, that
he affirmed that il ST. Paul had said that he
himself had ever performed miracle, he
would believe it, because he deemed st. Paul
too much gentleman 10 tell an untruth-
Whatever we may think of this remark we
cannot but be struck with the power which
poiteness had over the iniidel. And as this
infdel is not an excepton,-it may be well to
show some OF the advantages of being polite:
1. We conform to the Scriptures.-If ST.
Paul taught polteness by his example, so did
he in his writings. He tells us, Tin honor We
must prefer one another" Here is the great
secret of poiteness, viz: forgetiulness Of self.
ln another place he says, "Be courteous" in
other words-be polite.
2. We make FriendS.-Nothing so wins
upon strangers rs true politeness. A little
attention shown in Il stage, or in the cars, or
at public table, costs us very little. But
what an effect it has upon the persons to
whom the attention is shown. The pleased
look, the grateful smile show US we have
gained a friend.
g. We increase our Ussfulness.-On reason
why ministers aud good Christian people have
no more influence, is on account of their sour
face and orbidding countenance. They look
as if they said-keep away from me. But if
they allow the vulgar to approach within
reach of their majestic presence, there is n
pompous manner or way they have, which
prevents the hearts of Others going out to
them, and thus influence over such people is
lost.
A. II gires Success.-Let any man who has
goods TO sell, or Office to attain, be kind and
polite, no sbam-like that put on by the poll.
ticians-and his goods are sold, and his office
reached, ten times sooner than the man who
looks mad, and cuts you up us he cuts off his
calicoes and clothes.
Politeness, of all things earthly, costs the
least. But It's power, it is not saying too
much, is tremendous. The polite man, other
things being anything like equal, will accom-
plish good in the world, over the rest of the
world without this accomplishment.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03
sEEDs-A HIrMBiTG EXPOSED.

One of the various humbugs that are so
extensively produced at the seat of our F,
eral Government, is the expenditure of large
sums of money to purchase seeds, herbs and
plants for distribution through the country
by members of Congress, under their frank.
1t turns out that the seed and roots thus dis
tributed are gross impositions, and many
members Of Congress have been greatly an
noyed by the complaints of their constitu.
ents Of the utter worthlessness, and, in MANY
cases, OF the noxious character of those hor-
ticultural and agricultural specimens Hon.
orable gentlemen, who thought they were
strengthening themselves at home--making
fast friends by such little attentions-baye
been disagreeably awakened from the pres-
eht delusons by the receipt of letters of
ironical thanks, or positive abuse, for impo..
ing on unsuspectng farmers and gardners
the seeds of some pestilent weed or creepers.
laoeled with some high sounding Latin or
Greek names.
The venerable Judge Butler Senator from
South Carolinia got into a serious scrape by
some OF these little attentions Having re-
ceived several parcels Of a new and very rare
species Of fruit or vegetable, labeled "Ground
Almonds, he transmitted quantity of them
to his constituents, who planted them in va
rious parts of the State. The seeds were in
good condition. and germinated rapidly,
coming up in stre shape of rich luxurious
grass which quickly spreads over the whole
country, choking and extinguishing all other
plants and carrying everything before it.
Inc unfortunate recipients of this new Mes
sian SHIRT, discovered too late that their SEN
ator had, undei the name of "ground al
monds," imposed on them the seed Of that
pestilential grass, tn, great terror tf South.
ern planters known aseoco. Mr. Butler has
had very laborious and vexatious task iu
responding to the numerous letters Of com.
plant from his constituents, in regard 10
what many of them considered very sorry
practical joke in dignified official and elder.
ly gentlemen Vincennes Sun.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

GREEK CHuRcH.-The largest national
Church in the world is the "Greek Church"
In Russia, 1t embraces from forty to forty
five millions of people.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

sy- Make you n coat, srl said a suspicious
tailor to svspicious customer, oh, yes, sir.
with the greatest Of pleasure. There, Just
stand In that position please, and look rIeht
upon .he sign while take the measure.-
Sign reads, Terms Cash.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

CHANGE.-Mr. James Petit, cashier of the
Branch Bank of Tennessee at Sommerville,
has resigned, and is succeeded by N. Rhodes,
ESQ.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

WASHINGTON, March 24.--The Government
Of Kansas has been rendered to Hon, Robert
J. Walker, and Of Utah to Hon. Fayette
MoMullsn.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

cg- Forpey's candidate for 'tlIe collector.
ship Of Philadeph phis has been defeated, aud
Baker. favorite Of Clancy Jones, receives
the office.