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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-17

NREAT AMERICAN ROUTE via MICHIGAN
" RAILROAD to Chicago St. Louis Rock Island, 50 Pad
Milwaukee Kansas City and all places West and soutnT
Shore Great Western Hallway and Mhsss Southern RAJ
ross forming the quickest and most pleasant route
10 the Great West The road between Detroit and Adrian
now and trains connecting Adrian with express
trains 60 CHICAGO and the For further information apply
ct the Compsnys Oce No. 1873 BIosdwsy corner Of Dey
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-17
n A RLEM Z A L r o A
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT

H 4 r III "A . a d
h SUMMER ARRANGEMENTS.
Commencing WEDNESDAY June 5. 1857
frns leave Depot Of White and Centre sta m
Croton connecting with line OF for Lake
Ashopsa 81 m-EIpres. Mail Train for Albany connecting
q Crtou Falls line OF for Lake Mahopso ct Purdys
t RidSe6ed Brewsters for Danbury ct Chatham foar
with Western Raroed Tor Albany Troy Serstos. and
the West 81 Menon Train, stopping at all stations
s. mwiiliams Bridge Train stopgns a. 81 stations 81
n.-Whise P.ins Train, stopping ct all stations.
Leave ath.st Station: 1S m Williams Bridge Train,
Stopping all s:ationA mWilsms Bridge Train stop
ping all stations ~ mWhe Plains Train stopping Ct
al stations q m-Willsns Bridge Train stopping sl
stations mCroton yslls Train stoppng 1t al stsona
ep. m.-Whisms Bridge Train stopping at all stations
WIN J. CAMPbELL Superintendent.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-17

hudson RIVER RAILROAD.-From May
2 1887 trains vii. leave Chambersst Station oows,
Bspre. trains, and Sis Albany Passenger trains,
Cor Poashkeepsie am and and pm for Peetsha $50
The Poushiespse Psea.tn and Sing sins .in; stop x
the ation taken at Chambers Canal Chhs
topher Shasta frains for New York leave Troy fS5
aad 20 and $50 m, and Albany ass s6 and 1919
81 N. and 40 pm. A. y. SMITH Superintendent
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24

The COMET AND THE WEArHER.-There
can be no question, says the Louisville Jour
nal, but that the perturbed state of the
weather. which has for weeks set at naught
meteorological calculations, is produced. if
not directly at any rate indirectly, BY the
huge comet which is now whizzing through
space directly toward our small planet
Similar changes of the climate have been
observed before, during the passage Of com.
cts near the earth. The comet of 1856 is
said to have brought with it dense and un.
pleasant fog, which lasted for twenty one
days; that of 1926 was accompanied by heavy
rains and consequent foundations, and every
one must remember the unusually cold and
severe weather prevalent at the time of the
appearance of the brilliant comet of March
lS43. The comet now approaching the
earth IS that Of Charles ", which first ap
Peared in perehelon, in 1864. 1t may be
seen in clear evening near b. Sagittari, and
is evidently nearing the earth with great ra.
pidity. Its passage across our orbit, or its
possible collision, may produce very impor.
tant and extraordinary geographical changes.
There can be no doubt that its meteorolog-
ical effects are already becoming evident.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24
For the Post.
CRITICS.
J.istitiG parties sRHt non rioldre homiaes;
DerecundiD non of,aa,Ieys-


IL Is impossible for an author to know what
sort Of person his reader will be-he NAV be
as learned in human nature as Shakspeare
himself was, and perhaps he may be no wiser
than certain attention critics. Now. lest tbi.
latter should be the case, it is not altogether
improper for an author to give his readers
such wholesome admonition as may save him
from being misunderstood and misrepresent-
ed. will, therefore, briefly place that au.
gust body known as "Critics" in light in
which they are not always seen.
The word critic is of Greek derivation. and
signifies judgment. Hence, presume some
persons, who have not understood the orgi-
nal and have seen the English translation of
the primitive, have concluded that il meant
judgment in the legal sense, in which it is fire.
quently used as equivalent to condemnation
These you'd be critics may justly be classed
with the common slanderer. than whom vice
has not more AFFECT slave. If person who
prizes into the characters of others with no
other design but to discover their faults and
publish them to the world, deserves the title
of slanderer of the reputation of men, why
should not critic, who reads with the same
malevolent view, be as properly styled the
slanderer of the reputation of writingsi
Besides the dreadful nischefs done by
SANDER, and the baseness of the means by
which they are effected there are other cir
cumstances that highly aggravate its afro.
cious quality, for it often proceeds from no
provocation and seldom promises itself any
reward, unless some fiendish mind NAV pro.
pose reward in the thought of having pro.
cured the ruin and misery of another
Shakespeare has nobly touched this vice, when
he says:
'who steals my purse steals trash; tits something,
nothing;
Twas mine. IT'S his and hath been slave to thousands
But he that fehes from my good name,
Robs me Of that which not enriches him,
But makes me poor indeed ~
Now, however ludicrous this may appear
to some, others, doubt not, will feel and &C.
knowledge the truth Of it; nay may perhaps
think have not treated the subject with
proper solemnity but surely man may
speak truth with smiling countenance. In
reality, to depreciate a production of the
brain malieionsy, or even wantonly, is at |
east very illnatured office, and morose,
'narling critic may, believe, be suspected of
being bad man. ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24

H- Some mathematical genius, after a
laborious research, has just demonstrated
the following facts:
The cost eff washing linen, that might have
been worn one day longer, just MS well,
amounts to enough, in this country, to defray
the expenses Of the American board of foreign
missions!
The expense of buttons worn on the backs
of our coats, where they are of no earthly
use, is equal to the support OF all our orphan
asylums!
The value of tails to dress coats (of no
value, in reality, for warmth or convenience
is nctualy'greater than the salary for COM
mon schools!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24

RESULT OF HAsTY LEGIsLATIoN.-TheN Ma.
tional lntelligencer mentions m omission,
resulting from the hasty legislation Of the
late Congress, which is of no little importance.
1t appears that although the committee of
ways and means had reported IN item of three
hundred and sixty thousand dollars for the
national armories, no such item appears in
the law, and the manufacture Of arms for the
current year must be considerably curtailed,
or the financial ingenuity of the War Depart
ment must be exercised TO find n method of
borrowing from some other fund.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24

How TO SERVE A SUBPGsA.-A cores
pendent of the N. Y. News gives the follow
ing account ola novel expedient rescrted to
by sprig OF the law near Genesee:
"a law suit was TO come off in town, and
yonng Sponey engaged to supena the wit
ness. The roads Were almost impossible on
account OF the mud, and two of the witnesses
es lived some three or four miles away. A
bright idea struck his muddy pate, and forth.
with was acted upon. He sat down and
wrote each letter, stating that some money
was deposited in his hands, which they could
have by calling upon him. They called, and
got subpoena and l2i cents eachl Ru-
NOR says there was profane language used
in that vicinity about that time.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24

G. A. HENRY.-The Congressional Con-
vention which met at GAINESVILLE on the l4th,
nominated Hon. Gustavus A.. Henry. No
man in the District is more worthy of the
honor, and the party will hail the opportunity
to send him to Congress. The Nashville
Union and American has been laboring zeal
ously for some weeks to get up n difficulty
among the friends of different gentlemen in
the District, hoping by discussions to ring in
n democrat; but the magnanmity of Gen.
Zollicofler, Mr.. Quares and Mr.. McEwen,
and the unanimous nomination of Maj. Hen.
ry, brushes out that speculation. The Union
man can now turn his attention to some other
district, or amuse his leisure for awhile with
the contemplation Of "love's labor LOST
Next to robbing hen roost, fomenting dis
sensions among friends is the foulest work
one could be engaged in. OF course, no
democrat in the Eighth district will enter the
field against Maj. Henry with the remotest
hope of being elected.
Since the above was in type we have
learned through Nashville paper, that Maj.
Henry declines to accept the nomination.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24

Frost ON THE WHEAT AND FRUIT CROPS.
The TalIadega Reporter, of the 9th inst,
has the following in reference to the effects
of the frost of last Sunday:
Some of our farmers say that wheat is
killed, and will have to put out again to
make any thing. Others insis, that only the
most forward wheat is materially injured
All agree however, that considerable dam
age has been done. But for this frost the
prospect for superior crop Of wheat would
in very short time, have materially reduced
the price of corn. The alarm caused bv this
unexpected injury to the wheat will now, We
fear, cause breadstuffs to advance even b..
yond what the circumstances would Justify.
But bread the people must have, ard we
hope they may be able to obtain it at liv'
ing price.
The fruit-much of which had escaped
the former frost-is, we believe, nearly, il
not all killed. The peaches, so far rs our
examinations have gone, are certainly de-
s.royed. The effects of this frost, though
far less serious, remind us forcibly of the
memorable frost of the 18th of April, l849.
Then the wheat crop of this section was al
most entirely cut off, the leaves on the for
est trees were killed, and every thing pres
ent dismal and gloomy appearance for
weeks afterwards,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24

TIE MASSACHUSETTS SHOE TRApE-The New.
buryport Herald says the failure of Messrs.
Baker, extensive shoe manufacturers of Lynn.
is announced. The liabilities are reported at
from 800, 000to $l6O.00O, and is the first
heavy failure among the manufacturers of
Lynn for some years; as, indeed, now is the
heaviest pressure upon the trade for ten
years. They employed some five hundred
hands, who will find suspension Of work.
but no loss otherwise, as their debts were in
Boston and other cties--the heaviest being
in Baltimore. Very many OF the shoe manu-.
facturers are curtailing their work-all who
can, but some that have expended their credit
to the utmost are not able to seek safety in
that-are not making money, nor yet able to
stop without swnmping.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24
A SCRAP OF NATURAL HISTORY.

We are indebted to a correspondent of the
Memphis Eagle, for the following valuable
scrap OF natural history. The clown refer
red to has undoubtedly been n very close
observer of the habits of the animal:
"a clown in a Mississippi circus describes
Moc'rn Democrat as specimen of the
genus Homo, order, Sag Nich. Ii is an in
digenous ever green. 1t wiibstands alike
the heat of summer and the cold of winter
IL is sometimes called the "self-adiusting
chameleon" Its habits are not fully undrr-
stood, ms they are continually changing. IL
can be found in the solitary haunts of the
village and city; but its favorite resort is the
grog-shop and iager-bier saloons. II pos
sesses one habit like the vulture, viz: that OF
assembling 10 large crowds when a carcass is
to be picked. 1t is omniverous, but by usage
may become herbiverous, and can abstain
from all food for great length of time when
engaged in the wild hunt for office. 1t has
two eyes like most other animals, but Won
will perceive that is frequently what is called
"eross-eyed." Amongst The older members
of the tribes this arises from long practice
OF keeping one eye one the ''rank and file, and
the otter on the public crib. Ii has many
calls for its fellows and mates, which are va
RED to suit circumstances; bu: there is one
peculiar cry that it can be distinguished BY
in all countries. You have all heard lit is
"Spoilsl Spos!"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24

The MoRMoss TO BE SUBDUEp-The
Philadelphia Bulletin, of last Tuesday, says,
at is reported that the administration has
actually determined to put down the Mormon
outlaws. Col. Sumner is to take force
of one thousand men against the Iowa and
Cheyenne Indians, and after bringing them
to order he is To march to Utah and estab-
ish order there by furnishing the refractory
subjects of Brigham Young. One thousand
men is very small force for such service
but it is comfortable to know that the govern.
ment even thinks about furnishing the infa-
nous and licentious people of the Salt Lake"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24

The FATE OF Henry l.. DGE.-Tnfor-
nation has been received at the Department of
the Interior coniirmatory of the painful! ru-
mors tina. have been circulated respecting the
fate of Henry l.. Dodge, United States
Agent for the Navajo Indians, in New Mex
lco' and who has been missing for some time
past. Major Kendrick, commanding at Fort
Defiance, sent out command to search for
Mr. Dodge, and his corpse was discovered at
point about thirty miles south of the Zunn,
and towards the head waters of the Zuna
river.
Mr.. Dodge beinga great favorite among
the Navalos, and devoted to their interests,
renders this wicked and wanton act inexpli-
cable. The writer states that the Indians
"Strnek Oft the hand that fed them, and,
joel like, smote the benefactor of their race. "
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24

CHANGE WRITTEN ON ALL TH!YGs.-The
Atlanta Examiner says there was freeze at
that place Friday morning, and that from
Atlanta to Savannah not single field Of corn
or cotton is left standing. On the 18th Of
April, two years ago, the thermometer stood
at SO deg. in the shade at Atlanta.
The Newport (Florda) Times says there
was heavy frost at that place on the MORN
ing of the 18th of April. and that ice was
formed during the night.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24

LAYING The SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH
The United States steamer frigate Niagara,
except in some unimportant particulars, is
now completed and us she lies at her dock
at the Brooklyn navy yard her vast proper
tons and symmetry of build present spectn.
Gle well worth visit to see. She will de.
part to morrow Glib on n trial trip at sea,
to be absent about week. Shortly after
her return she will proceed TO London to
take on board one.hnlf 1850 miles in length)
of the ocean telegraph cable The cable weighs
about ton per mile. The other half is at
Liverpool, whence an English steamship will
convey it in conjunction with the Niagara
to given position in the Atlantic ocean mid
way between Newfoundland and Ireland
where, after uniting the two cables the
steamers will part company, Mag ,ra sailing
westward and the English vessel eastward.
Owing to the great weight Of the cable, and
The care necessary to prevent any mishap in
paying it out, n'ither vessel will be able to
proceed faster than three or four knots an
hour: but if no accidents occur, the great
work of laying an ocean telegraph, which
some years since was looked upon as vision
AIRY and impractcabe will be accomplished
in about fifteen days. The steamer Misss-
sippi which is now approaching completion,
will follow after the Niagara and act as an
auxiliary in laying the cable. 10 order to
allow for the weight of cable and an extra
supply Of fuel it is reported that the Niagara
will carry out only four Of her twelve enor-
nous swivel guns.-Neo York Courier.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24
THE GREAT WORK OF THE ACE

The New York Herald very properly char.
acterizes the laying of the telegraph cable
between Newfoundland and Ireland as the
leading event of the nineteenth century. Tbi,
is made apparent by the least reflection
instantaneous communication between the
shores of Europe and America-and we have
the best reason for believing that communica.
tion will be instantaneous-will necessarily
effect, trade, society, government and civiliza.
tion. SpeculatioR in cotton, corn and money
will be continued, no doubt but on entirely
different principles. The purchaser in. Lon
don viii be made aware Of the receipts of
cotton at New Orleans and Savannah on IN.
very day on which he concludes his purchase:
and corn and stock brokers in New York, will
have on p!acard before them, when thew
meet in the morning, in their exchanges, the
ruling London Paris and Hamburg prices Of
the day. Politically, the consequences of the
submarine telegraph must be momentous.-
For all practical purposes, it will render Eu-
rope and the United States cotermnous
States. They will necessarily participate in
our political movements, elections, and so
forth; and we, in like manner, shall be made
eye witnesses of theirs. Every morning at
breakfast, they will hear what new yindjcation
of the principle of self government and human
dignity has seen the light the day before in
America; and we in our turn, will know sew
eral hours before the actual occurrence, what
the great men of Europe have said and done
Tor science, for letters, for economy, and for
truth. In one word, the submarine telegraph
VIII DO more to drmolish exclusive national
BARRIERS and spread healthy humane cos
mopoI'tan feeling among the leading nations
OF the world than any other enterprise or
event that is recorded in the history of the
human race.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24

CHICAGO, April l7.-Af,er the destruction
of the settlement at Spirit Lake, the Stony
attacked Springfield in Southern Minnesoto
and were repulsed with the loss of ten or
twelve. A detachment Of m hundred gov
eminent troops pnrsued them, but were com.
PEELED to return for provisions.
ST. LOUIS, April l7-Santn Fe advices 10
the 18Th have been received. Considerable
excitement had been occasioned by collision
between Mexican named Grnber and SOL
dier. Grnber shot the soldier and gave him.
sell up. tie was taken TO Jail, when party
OF troops entered the Jail and killed him and
another prisoner
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24

A NORTHERN ORGANIZATION FOR $780,
The New York Herald of the 18th instant,
contains the following proclamation extraor.
binary, which we commend TO all those who
think the slavery question settled by the
election of Mr. Buchanan and the opinion of
the Supreme Court in the bred Scott case:
Notice 10 the Political Friends of Fremont.
The honest and outspoken political sup
porters of John G. Fremont, are earnestly
advised to form, rs soon as possible, standing
committees and clubs in every town, precinct,
district, city, or county of the United States,
and thus prepare the way properly to enter
into the field for the Presidency in 1861
Unless the friends of Fremont begin at once
to acl in this way, he and his supporters will
be cheated by the corrupt politicians who are
now Seeking the management and control of
the republican masses throughout the coun-
try. Now is the time to begin the great
movement for 1860, by forming honest cen
tres of union and intelligence against corrup-
ton. fraud and incpient revolution"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24

HIGH Prices FOR HoRses.-We learn
through Mr.. r. Scruggs of East Tennessee,
who has just returned from below, that n
large demand for good horses prevails in
some of the lower counties and that in Ea-
tonton, Putnam county, and Madison, Nor
gan county, they are selling readily for from
$3.50 to $500. Mr. Scruggs expects to re-
turn to those places, in the course of this
month with fine lot of horses from East
Tennessee for that market. In this vicinity
too, we learn that horses and mules ARE com
handing very high prices.-Alanta Erami
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24
DISTRIBUTION OF THE SURPLUS
REVENUE.

The Jackson Mississippian Of the 3lst nit.
thus refers to The Passage through the late
House of Representatives of proposition
(Which failed in the Senate to deposit the
surplus revenues with the State.
1.-The passage through the National House
OF Representatives of bills to deposit the sur
plus revenues with the States, and to distri-
butte among them the proceeds of the sales Of
the public lands, Is among the indications of
old fas hloned Federal Whggery. They show
that, however often the opposition to the
Democracy may change its zeal name and
vary its DISCUSSES, its real nature will occa-
sionally exhibit itself The distribution
scheme has always been favorite bantling
with the old Federal party. IL had its origin
in the Hamiltonian era of Federalism. 1t was
revived IN the great monetary struggle with
the United States Bank. Clay and Webster
staked their fortunes upon il. Jackson and
his Democratic successors in the Executive
chair, and Calhoun and Buchanan in the Sen
ate, opposed it. The people stood by the
latter
1t is due TO the "truth Of history" to state
that the only act ever passed for depositing
the surplus revenue with the States was ap-
proved by President Jackson on the 23d OF
June, 1886. The bill was supported in the
Senate, on the nth of June, 1886, in discus
sion, by Messrs. Webster, Buchanan, 2ives,
Tallmadge, Clay, and Niles, all democrats, at
that time, except Clay and Webster. 1t was
unta1 fnr hu fhan, and k,, Maooro Calhoun
Hendricks, Hubbard, King, of Alabama, King,
of Georgia, Linn, Mexican, Morris, Nicholas,
Niles, Page, Robinson, Wall and White, all
Democrats but Mr.. Calhoun. The bill passed
the Senate by vote of SO yeas to nays
In the House of Representatives it Was sus-
tanned by such Democrats as Messrs. Boyd,
Bynum, Hanregan, Hopkins, Ingersoll, Jones,
McComas, Muhlenburg, Pickens. Speight,
Shields, Touey, and passed by the large vote
of 1856 to SO, in the Democratic era, when
President Jackson was omnipotent. Besides,
it was introduced into the Senate by Mr..
Calhoun himself If this measure was of
"Hamiltonian" origin, and was consequently
Federal, it certainly had acquired by the year
1886 very respectable Democratic support,
1t may be further remarked that the bill
which passed the House of Representatives
at the last session, "to provide for the depos.
lite of the surplus in the Treasury of the
United States with the several States" is a |
literal transcript of the act which passed for
the deposit of the surplus revenue with the
States in 1886; and that the vote on the |
measure at the last session was ll9 to 79-a |
majority of forty, which was made up in part
of such State.rights Democrats as Messrs.
Bocock, Caskie, Faulkner, McMullin, Millson,
and Smith, of Virginia, and Messrs Branch,
ClingmaD, Craige, Rufin, and Winston, of
North Carolna.-Nat. Intelligencer.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24

To THE PREss.-Willis, Of the Home
Journal, abiding to the common custom, at
dinner and other public occasions, of calling
out the press to speak, says: accustomed
only to express himself at the points Of his
fingers, an editor is called on to speak at
public meetings, as IL il were the same thing
to pump 10 give out its water from nose
or handlen