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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

TREEs.-Now is the time to transplant
trees that have attained the growth of full
shadiness. Trees, twenty five years old, are
movable with safety, if you cut out ball
of frozen earth with them, say ten feet in
diameter, and three or four deep. This will
embrace all their roots, EXCEPT the tap, which
goes generally straight down, and serves on
ly as hodiast. Everybody has read of
such things, but few have seen the process;
and, therefore, few believe. At least, very
few seem to be- imposed with the practicable
ity of obtaining ullgrowing shade and fruit
trees, which will he, during the first year, as
if they grew from the seed upon their own
grounds. Seeing is believeing; therefore,
we would direct attention at this time to n
dozen large and most beautiful full grown
ornamental trees, now being transplanted to
the grounds around MIR. Siiver's mansion, at
the s. w. corner of Broad street and Girard
Avenue. They are Norway Firs, Balm of
Gilead, Hemloek, Spruce. Scotch Larches,
HOrse.Chesnuts, &c, varying from thirty to
forty feet in height, and having balls of froz.
en- earth, from five to six tons each, embrac-
ing all the roots. They looked as if they
would never know they were moved.-Phh.
adelphia Ledger
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

CoNUNDRUM BY DRUMsTICKs.-"Mydear
SIR" said our friend DRuMsTIcKs to young
married gentleman who had just been made
to feel the joys of paternity, "my dear sir,
can you tell me in what your present status
varies from that of the same individual one
year ago!"
"Cant say that can, Drumsticks."
81 will tell you. One year ago you were
a SIGNING LOVER; now, you are a LOVING SIRE.
Don't say word; | see I've got you. Good
morning, sir!"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

,F- The Troy IN. W Times gives the
following account ofa rare case of seduction:
"A young lady named Mary Davis, who is
eighteen years of age, and belongs in this
cty, has been arrested in Ballston, charged
with the seduction o:a precocious son Of Mr..
Henry CLARK, of Albany. aged Is years.
The young lady induced the boy to elope
with her, and they passed as brother and
sister. She treated him with the most loving
kindness, and footed all the bills at the hotel
where they were stopping. The poor young
gentleman is quite disconsolated at the ar
rest of his sweetheart; tears his hair, and
swpnrs that he will drown himself in the els.
tern II she is punished. Poor little Lothario.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

SAD CAsE-0ne Of the most respected and
beloved preachers of the Gospel. OF Mont
gomery, who has for some time shown symP.
toms Of approaching insanity, has at length
become a confirmed lnnatic. and has been
conveyed to an asylum. IL is altogether
case, but we do not feel at liberty
to enter into particular Montgomery Mdih
We learn, through a private source, that
the person alluded to is the Rev David fln'
ley, for many years the pastor Of the ffesoy'
terian Church in that city Columbus Sun,
FEB. IL
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

eg- The people OF New York are begin
ing TO feel the benefit and economy of plac-
ing the affairs of the State under American
management. The report of the State audi
tor shows that under the present American
administration there has been a saving in the
treasury ia one year in the management Of
the canals OF nearly Sl5O,OOO in the item of
superintendent and repairs, although the
work Of enlargement was in the meantime
rapidly progressing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

RATHER CooL.-The Trenton Gazette is
responsible for the following "A verdant
young man entered fancy store in that city
lately, while the lady proprietor was arranging
a lot of perfumery. She inquired of him if
he would moi like to have some musk bags
to put in his drawers. After the examination
of the article he told the young lady he did
no: wear dra,oers, and wanted TO know if they
wouldn't do to wear in his pantaloons.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

WAsHISGToN, Feb. 1.-THE Senate pass.
ed the bill confirming the titles of the States
to the swamp land within their border towns.
A bill was introduced providing for an equal
Distribution of the Public Lands.
The bill to increase the pay of officers Of
the army WINS pissed.
The House passed the bill repeating the
laws of Kansas, and calling for a new Legis.
lative election, by 30 majority.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27
NEGRO RETURNING FROM MExIco.-Th

NEGRO RETURNING FROM MExIco.-The
San Antonio Texan says:
Hardly week passes but runaway ne
groes are captured in Mexico, and returned
to their masters in Texas; and it is now sci.
dom the case that we hear of one running
away to Mexico. The plain truth is, that
those who are there now are in wretched
condition, and many OF them would be glad
to get back to their old homes. They are
not only ragged and destitute Of the com.
forts Of life, but most of them are really in
starving condition.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

THE BRITISH MINIsTER.-The following
paragraph, from distinguished member Of the
British Parliament, gives US IN killing of the
character of the new British minister, with a
brief and better one of his wife:
81 hope you will like Napier. He is clev.
or and well-disposed--so what formal and
Gf i make bold to say SOY Bostonian in his
manner; but his wife is very pretty and pleas
ant -
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

ig- Some think tha. the great cure for
immortality is educaton--in our opinion, the
only antiiote is high wages. 1t is hard for
A man to support family and be honest, at
six shillings day. There is many person
who now passes for a saint, who would be o, Q
of tho biggest scamps in the world were his
income reduced from roas, beefto No. s mack.
ere
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

Sr. Louis, F. b. l6.-A Kansas CORES
pondent Of the Republican SAYS: The bill
authorizing the Courts to admit to bail in
certain cases, and vetoed by Gov. Ge ry, had
been passed over his head, with only one
dissenting vote in each House.
The Commissioners appointed to inveSt-
gate the charges against Surveyor General.
Calhoun, reported in his favor.
Gen. Clark, charged with killing Barbour,
has given himself up and entered recogn-
zlng to appear at the Spring term of the
Court.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

tB- Maj. Gen. Edward Pendleton Gaines
was buried in the Mobile graveyard. Not a
sign or tombstone marks his resting place.
A movement is on foot in Mobile to raise u
public monument over his grave. We hope
II will be carried into effect Gen. G. was
gallant soldier, and his services were for the
protection Of the early settlers in Alabama
from savage violence.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

ETA Vermont paper states that the cti-
liens OF Brattleboro are so shockingly pro.
fame, that n public meeting has been held to
pass resolves on the subject.
"New England, New England" oh, land Of
"steady habits"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27
THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, FEB. 27, 1857.

rY- The report of the Committee appoint
ed to inquire into the charges Of corruption,
made BY the New York Times, and other pub
lie journals, against members of the House OF
Representatives, was read in the House on
Thursday. 1t recommends the expulsion OF
four members, viz: Welch, of Connecticut,
Edwards, Matteson and Gilbert, Of New York,
and of one reporter, simonton, Of the New
York Times.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

NORTH CARoLISA-This old State seems
determined that her credit shall not be i'm
paired. The Legislature two years ago
raised the tax on property one half, and the
Legislature which has just adjourned raised
the tax one fourth more, besides establishing
a sinking fund for the gradua; extinction OF
the public debt.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

SUFFERING OF THE LABoRING CLASS IN
ESGLAND.-A meeting of between five and
ten thousand of the aboring classes of Lon
don was lately held to consider their present
distressed condition. II was stated that
twenty five thousand of the building trade
alone in that city are out of work, and that
the total number of unemployed persons in
that great metropolis would probably reach
n quarter of million. 1t was voted to pe-
tilion the government to employ those who
would work on the lands, loaning them mon.
ey to drain and till them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

CHARLESTON AND CIScISSATI Road
This Road, better known as the Cumberland
Gap Road, on which work was suspended
last summer, will, we are Informed, commence
operations again the first of next month and
progress rapidly TO completion.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

eE- Preston S. Brooks is said to have been
the largest and longest framed man that ever
died in Washington. There was no coffin at
the undertakers' that would do, and the
Transmission of the corpse from that place to
his plantation in South Carolina was delayed
until mahogany coffin was made and lined
with lead
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

e- An Italian beggar, who was arrested
with plenty ofgold In his possession in San
Francisco, says he was raising money to re.
move a mortgage he had been compelled to
place upon some valuable real estate which
he held.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

W A young bride riding out with her
happy husband in Montreal, Canada, few
days ago, was frozen to death by her hus-
bands side. Physicians testified that her
death was caused by frost on the brain, from
the exposure of the top of the head to the
cold. She wore fashionable bonnet
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

The WRoSe NoosE.-Icabod Griggs, a
sober, industrious man, in easy circumstan
ccs, hung himself near Danville, Va. No
cause is known for the rash act, except that
he was to have been married the mex. day
The license WIS found in his pocket.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

CHARGE OF MURDER. Boston, FEB, l.-De.
veopments relating to the denth of Mr.. Gard
ner, postmaster of bingham, have led to the
arrest of his wife on suspicion of poisoning
him. DR.. Jackson. on analyzing the stom'
aeh of the deceased, found arsenic sufficient
to cause death. An inquest is now being
held at bingham. Mrs. Gardner is native
of Maine. and forty wears old.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27
TIE n WI =:

THE POST is published every Friday at s2 per year
.sble in adyance g. II payment Is delayed until
X. ex Dir alton Of the year.
ad verti Sc nm ents will be charged VI per square
a ses OF less The hrs insertion, and 80 cents for
zach continuance. liberal deduction made TO those
who advertise by the year. Persons sending adver-
tisements must mark the number Of times they desire
them inserted or they WILDE continued until forbid and
charged accordingly. .-A
For announcing the names OF canddatesfor once, 49,
Cash. ~
Obituary notices over 70 lines charged atthereguar
advertising rates.
An commune intendedto promote the private
ends or interests OF Corporations Societies, Schools or
Individuals will be charged as advertisements.
lob Work, such as Pamphlets, Minutes Circulars,
Cards, Blanks, Handblls &C. Will be executedin good
STYLE and on reasonable terms. 80
Aietters addressed to the Proprietor, postpaid VIII
be promptly attended to.
Persons at distance sending us the names OF four
soyent subscribers will be entitled to hfth copy gras
No communication inserted unless accompanied by
The name Of the author
~ once on MaiA street, next door to the old jack
sen Hotel.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

tR- Mr.. Spikes proposes embarking in
the exhibition business. He will pay hand.
somely for the following living curiosi-
ties:'
A man who has become opulent by i'm
bibing bad liquors at the corner groceries,
and singing comic songs in the streets late
o'night.
A stump orator who can make speech
without aludiEg to sour ship of State and
to our Revolutionary forefathers.'
A Washington letter writer who has ever
been guilty of telling the truth.
A young man of 'iterary taste who does
not strongly opine that he could treble the
circulation Of any paper by taking the edito.
rial department under his own exclusive
charge.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

PERSONAL RsNcoNTRB IN KANsAs.-SL
Louis FEB. l3, lS57.-1'he Kausas cores
pondent OF the Democrat reports that rem
contre had taken place at Trcunseh between
Judge Elmore and the correspondent OF Ma
tional Era, named kazia. Both parties were
wounded, bat not dangerously.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

RAvENoUs WoLvEs.-We find the follow.
ing 10 the Keokuk Qowa) Post, Of the 25lh
ut: We learn from gentleman who arrived
in our city yesterday, from Sioux city, that
the wolves in the river counties have been
driven TO such straits by the snow and cold
weather, that they have become so ravenous
as to destroy horses and cattle to consid-
erabe extent, and that they have often attack.
ed persons. On the evening of the 9th inst,
a son and daughter of Mr.. Stockdale, left
their residence, on fork of the Little Sioux
river, in Woodbury. TO attend party at a
neighbors, about two miles distant, and have
not since been heard of. On the morning of
the 9th, the bereaved parents sent to Southon
for assistance, and searched the neighborhood
around them, and as no traces of the lost
ones had been found, tae conclusion is that
they had been attacked by the wolves and
devoured. A gentleman from Wisconsin,
who visited Iowa lately, states in a private
letter, received in this city, that he was chased
for miles by these ravenous creatures, and
barely escaped with his life. He described
them as frghtfully ferocious, being apparent
" almost starved to death.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

H- Consumption in Boston.-Seven hun
dred and sixty persons died in Boston of con-
sumption, in 1856 being about one sixth of
the whole mortality. Four hundred and
five were females.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

#- The Massachusetts Anti Slavery So
ciety have passed resolutions denouncing Mr..
Wilson, U States Senator from Massachus
etts, for his letter to the Worcester Disnn
ion Convention. Several Of the speakers
denounced him in plain English; even Sen.
ator Sumner, John p. Hale, &C., were not
entirely spared.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

w Capt. G. V. Hebb is the democratic
candidate to represent "Od Lincoln" in the
popular branch of the next Legislature
Mr.. Hebb has had the honor of serving one
session. The democratic ticket in that "neck
of the woods"is now complete.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

t3g- A libeler of the fair sex says that wo.
men are all alike. "When they are maids,
they are as mild as milk; once make them
wives, and III y lean their backs against their
marrnpe certificate and defy you.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

A Coop BARGAlN.--The Mesilla Valley Is
equal in extent to the Kingdom of Belgium
in Europe, yet the United States government
purchased it three years ago, for ten millions
of dollars. 1t may yet contain million and
half of people. Gold and Iron mines are
already discovered among its mountains; and
in its valleys grapes are produced equaIIng
in quality the grapes from which some of
the best wines of France are made.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

AFRICA IN UTAH.-The N. Y. Tribune
strikes new alarm on an old gong,-viz:
that negro slavery exists in Utah, and that
il is likely to become permanent institution
there, before we know it, unless the "lrends
OF freedom" wake up. (But asks the Elk.
press, isn't "Polygamy" as wicked an insti.
tuition as "Slavery'y--and, If so, why not
"wake up" Ia that, toosl
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

gafy- The following atrocity was commit
ted by an old bachelor in Wisconsin, who is
an editor: Why is a bridegroom more ex-
pensive than the bride? Because the bride
is always given away, while the bridegroom is
usually sold. H.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

True EsousH.--Fats must trouble itself
about number Of foolish people; for no
sooner does fool get into trouble OF his own
making, than he puts Il oil down to fate.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

How TO MAKE MoNEY.-Let the business
of every body else alone, and attend to your
own; don't buy what you don't want; use
every hour to advantage, and study to make
even leisure hours useful; think twice before
you throw away a shilling-remem5er you
will have another TO make for it; find recrea-
tion in looking after your business, and so
your business will not be neglected in look
ing after recreation; subscribe for the Post,
and advertise in il; buy low, sell fair, and
take care Of the profits; look over your books
regularly, and if you find an error, trace it
out; should stroke by misfortune come up
on you, retrench. work harder, but ."never
fly the track" confront difficulties with un.
Ainching perseverance,, and they disappear at
last; though you should fail in the struggle
you will be honored; but shrink from the
task you will be despised.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.---The friends Of
Gen. Cass stated that he received to-day a
notiicacaton of his appointment as Secreta-
ry Of State.
II is also rumored that j. Clancy Jones
will decline any appointment in Cabinet.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

WoLF TEETH IN HoRsEs.-Wolf teeth arc
quite common, and many good horses are
made blind by them. had two horses or
colts, which had them last season. The cure
is simple and easy. Take piece Of iron
with square end, one-fourth of nm inch in
size. Let one hold the horse and open the
lin so as to enable the one with the iron TO
place il against the tooth, and with small
mallct knock the tooth out. THERE'S no root
TO the wolf teeth. The best way is to take
The horse 10 blacksmith shop, and the smith
with his punch will knock them out In two
minutes. When you see the horses eye be-
Gins to run and look CLASSY, look for the
wolf teeth. II is . small sharptooth just Tor.
ward of the grinders Of the upper jaw. ...
c9y- Somebody says II is better TO die
poor, than live upon the hard earnings Of
=. III.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

LANCASTER, Pa, Feb. l2.-B. c. Bachman,
late President of the Lancaster Bank, wns
arrested this afternoon on the charge OF an
embezzlement Of the funds OF the bank, and
held TO bail in the sum of Si2,0O0.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

.4g- A lady, in very full sized "crinoline," /"
recently fell from horse. She received no
injury; but some wicked newspaper wag
chronicled the occurrence under the mis-
chieveous heading "Perilous descent of bal.
hmm"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

NEW York, Feb. 20.-New and startling
developments have taken place in regard to
the Burdell murder, and the police are now
on the truck of the suspected parties.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

fW- II is said that the product of the Ohio
Valley exceeds by 100 per cent. the entire
product Of England, Ireland and Scotland. NJ
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

rR- Sincerity does not consist in speak
ing your mind on all occasions, but in doing
so when silence would be censurable and
fashood inexcusable.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27
COL. FORNEY-DEMOCRATIC WIT
NESSES,


The direct sttempt of Mr.. Buchanan to
dictate 10 the Legislature OF Pennsylvania to
elect J. w. Forney, Senator in Congress, in
connection with Democratic wailings Though
out the country at his defeat, renders the
following article from Democratic journal
particularly interesting, as showing who Mr.
Buchanan's lavorite is, and what his character
Such evidences of national pride, in Demo.
cratic journal are truly refreshing in these
days of political degeneracy, corruption and
exclusive devotion to party. Our regret is
that the Corner Stone' stands almost alone,
among its Democratic contemporaries:
From the Corner Stone of the 4th inst.
DEFEAT OF toL. FORNEY-Col. Forney has
been beaten for the Senate of the United
States, and we are glad OF il. The Democratic
press OF the country is making a great wall
over the corruption BY which he was beaten,
and denouncng in the strongest and bitterest
terms the Democrats who voted against him,
as traitors and wretches who ought 10 be dis
countenanced BY all decent mrn. Those men
may BE- very corrupt, and doubtless are; Cam
eron who beat him may he very unworthy
man-we do not gainsay it, but none of them
are nny worse than Forney. He stands be-
fore the country under the charge which we
believe is not denied, that he wrote letter to
one man advising him to get another man
drunk, to get from him testimony to destroy
the character of Forests wife, in order to
enable Forrest to get divorce. No matter
what may BE- his ability, and no matter what
services he may have rendered party in the
past, or IN y be able to render it in the future,
IN act such rs this is so !oathsome in its
meanness. that a party which would attempt
to elevate him, deserves not only defeat but
disgrace. 1t is an act for which there is
neither excuse nor palliaton-it is so revolt
ing to every feeling of honest manhood, that
an honorable mind could not for moment
entertain il under any circumstances.
We have seen the wish frequently express
ed, that Nr. Buchanan would give him some
high appointment. For the credit of the
country we hope that Mr.. Buchanan will do
no such thing. 1t is high time that corruption
and lcenlousness should he r-buked, and il
should stand in the way OF advancement. to
high places OF honor, of trust and emolument.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

tY- The New Hampshire Gazette, the
Oldest paper in the country, has just entered
upon It's second century.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

PHILADELPHIA, Feb, i7.--Judge Kane has
received ndvces from Havana which lead
him TO believe that DR.. Kane Is dead.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

sB Pompey says he once worked for a
man who raised his wages so high, that he
could only reach them once in two years.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

~-A woman advertising for husband,
wants him not only to be strictly religious,
but of "good character" a.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

TRENTON, N. j., Feb. 2O.-iion. J. r.
Thompson has been reelected TO the U. s.
Senate.