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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

OLD AGE In RUssIA.-"There lately died "
says letter from st. Petersburg in the Con.
stltmt'onel, son an estate in the government
OF Vienna, peasant named Mcael Knawel.
kls, who had attained the age of 1877 years,
10 months and III days He was born in
village of the same district, married at tho
age of 10, and had had, by several wives, 81
children, one Of whom, n daughter is still
living at the age of 100. He had never had
any serious illness. Some years before his
death he complained that he could not read
without glasses, but to the last day he ,e-
tained the use o. all his faculties, and was
very cheerful. lie frequently snid that he
thought death had forgotten him., Examples
of great longevity are not rare in Russia.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

STARIss.-"Father, hate that Mr.. S.,r
said beauty the other day to her honored
parent.
"Why, so, my daughteIi"
"Because he always stares at me when he
meets me in the street."
"But my child, how do you know that Mr..
S. stars AT youF' ......
"Why, because | have repeatedly seen him
do it,"
swell, Julia, don't you look at the impu.
dent man again when you meet him, and
then he may stare his eyes out without an
moving you in the least. Rem. nber, that il
always takes two pair of eyes to make per.
feet stare"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

BLUNDERING INTO THE TRUTH.-One of
those magistrates, sometimes denomiuted
"basswood Justices" in a neighborng town,
imagining himself insn,ed by one of the
townsmen during dispute, threatened to
arrest him for contempt of court. The plain
citizen replied that it could not be done, as
the Eastwood justice was not acting officially,
but the latter rejoined that he "was justice
of the peace continually, from the rising OF
the sun to the setting Of the same, whether
in court or out of it, and an object Of con-
tempt euerYlohere."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

PRENTICE AS A EcTURER.-Wc perceive
that George d. Prentice, Esq, has been lee
turing at Hartford, Connecticut. His subject
was, "The Political Aspect of the Country"
and we need scarcely state that he treated it
with marked ability. The Hartford Free
Press gives the following as passage of the
discourse:
"'rhe nation is bristing all over with re-
pngnnncies. Who shall arrest these evis!-
The race of statesmen, of giants, has Departed
and no successor appears. We have public
men in abundance, but no statesmen. Three
fourlhs of them are reckless demngogups,
who regard first themselves, and ihrn-noth-
ing. Across the polished brass of their souls
not the most distant thought of the good of
the country ever fits. There is Lot enough
of moral courage in a hundred politicians to
s'iffn one upper llp! They dare not stand
up and say their souls are their own, or, it
they do, they append subject to the Consti.
tuition and the majority Back boneless
they stand up like empty bags, or bascly
prustrate themselves ut the feet Of faction,
instead OF being leaders of the multitude
They represent only the pot.house and club
room II is easy to flatier our national vanity,
hut the truth must be told. The North aud
South are piing up combuslibles which the
lightning may fire."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

MURDsR IN PRIs0S.-A shocking murder
was c. mmitted in Moyumrnsing Prison, Phil
adcphia, last Thursday night, by a Germnn
named Geo. AUbln. He had been committed
for beating his wife. and wns confined in the
same cell with an Irishman named John
Cleary, also there for beating his wife, 1t
seems that Aublin, being very Incorporate
man, was ffiicied with delirium remens in the
cell, on account of being deprived of his H.
quor. In this cond tion he murdered Cleary,
under the insane idea thnt the latter had got
into his house to rob him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

The QUEEN Of ENGLAND GOING TO LAW
WITH THE Prince OF WALEs.-A friendly
suit is about to be instituted in England, be.
fore referee, y settle dispute which has
arisen MS to the disposal of the revenues OF
the fisheries on the coast of Cornwall, from
which coasts the Prince of Wales has, as
such, for centuries, received large income
A London paper says:-"Some idea of the
difficulties which will attend the solution oI
this kno,ty point may be formed from the
fact, that the documents which are to be in
vestigated, extended as far back as 800 year,
before the birth of Christ" The decision o.
the referee, (Sr John Patterson) it has beer
agreed, shall be final
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10
@- The Legislature of Maine has passe

R The Legislature of Maine has passed
n general banking law, providing for the rein.
corporation of sixty five of the banks now in
operation. The new law does away with the
special charter feature of the banking system
reducing the whole to one code; whereby
banks must make monthly statements for
publication insteild Of semi annually. Thcir
circulation is limited to fifty per cent. beyond
their capital; they are required to keep on
hand only five per cent. of their capital in
specie.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

F, RAISED NorEs.-Ihe Lexington Observer
notices the appearance of one dollar notes on
the Northern Bank of Kentucky raised 10
Gues. The change is effected BY extracting
the word or figure one in every place on the
note, by some chemical process and subsltu
ting the word or figure .fre, in lieu thereof
1t is very adroitly done and ID well calculated
to deceive those who are not perfectly famiI.
iar with the different plates used by the
Banks for their notes. The dollar notes are
entirely different from the tives.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

H-The present governor of Nebraska
territory is to be removed under the rotation
system. a northern man is to be appointed.
There are already ten Or twelve candidates
for the post, one among the most prominent
of them is Gen. Orville Clark, of New York,
n copspicuous hard,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10


A SAFE HoUsE TO SLEEP INA lawyer of
high reputation, in the city of Philadelphia,
was travelling in one of the southern States;
and being bela,ed one evening, after long
days ride, he was compelled to turn into a
house on solitary plantation, and ask for
shelter and hospitality for the night. His
request was granted. In the course of the
evening, he thought he observed something
reserved in the master of the house, which
awakened his suspicious. He was at length
conducted to his chamber, which was adjoin.
ing the family room. There he dwelt on
the circumstances which had alarmed him,
TIL his excited imagination was flled with
thoughts of night robbery aud assassination.
lie proceeded to barricade the room rs well
as he could. He fastened down the win
dows; against the doors he piled up tables,
chairs, every thing that was moveable in the
room. While thus engaged, words uttered
in low voice caught his ear, and increased
his alarm. lie placed his ear at the keyhole.
The man of the house was engagedin prayer,
in family prayer. Among the objects of in
tersession, he was praying for "the stranger
whom the providence Of God had unexpect
eddy brought 10 lodge beneath their roof that
night" When he got through, our travel
ling friend arose from his STOPPING posture.
lmngn the change in his feelings. All his
fears had vanished. Though no Christian
himself, he knew that the prayers Of Chris
tians are like guardian angels to the abode In
which they are offered up; and went TO bed
and slept soundly and sweetly, feeling thai
the house where God was feared and wor
shipped, was safe house to sleep in.--Amer
ican Messenger. .
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

Elk PRESIDENT PIsRCE.-The Washington
correspondent of the N. Y. Post states that
Ex.President Pierce will settle down on .
farm in the interior of his native State, New
Hampshire, where, for the rest of his life, he
will devote himself to the raising of horses
and stock cattle.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

THE RAT TRrBE.-The last number of the
London Quarterly Review contained an inter.
rsting article Oh the habits, &c., of rats in
which the instances given of their fecundty,
ferocity and ingenuity, are almost incredible.
a single pair of rats, in three years, If un-
disturbed, will have thirteen litters of eight
each at birth, and the Young will begin lit
tering in the same ratio when six months old,
so at the end of the three wears n single pair
will have multiplied to 656,sOs. Calculating
that ten rats eat as much in one day MS n man,
the consumption Of these rats would be equal
to that of 64,6Os men. 1t is clear, then, that
If it were not for the extraordinary dimnu-
ton in their numbers caused by the ceaseless
warfare carried on against them by dogs cats,
polecais, o!ters, snakes, and beyond all, hu-
man rat catchers, the whisSerrd vermin would
speedily cause fnmire in every part of the
world in which they are found.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

New fORK VrLLAISy.-The New York
correspondent OF the Charleston Courier gives
n long account of n most strange story which
he alleges to be strictly true. a beloved and
elderly paster of one Of the New York city
churches was called upon one night by man
who requested him to go and christian two of
his children. lie promptly complied. AS he
was returning home, he was nccosted by u
person who called him by name II, accused
him of issuing from house of III fame =
Money was demanded of him, and in defnult
of paying it he was threatened with exposure.
The clergyman took no notice of it for time;
but his steps were dugged pcrpetualy, ill
finally 1t began To wear upon him. He told
no one, but lett and went to Europe, think
ing thereby to escape from his tormcntors.-
But he was mistaken.
On his return they still pursued him. He
resigned his charge to the astonishinen: of his
parshoners, who could not comprehend the
reason. lie went to a country village, was
still pursued, and il is believed that, dr,nding
the rff cts Of such reports false though they
were he actually paid hush money. Finally,
the rascals were arrested fer some other vii
lainy, when this whole aff,iir leaked out and
the clergyman came back to his church. II il
incredible that pastor should thus cover to
such scoundrels. 1t all transpired within
eighteen months past In no Southern city
could such conspiracy be carried out.-N
| o. Bulletin
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

New York, April 3.-1'he steamship Tex.
as has arrived with news from San Juan to
the goth March, and from Walker to the
18th. The army was in good health and
well furnished. The purser of the Texas
confirms the previous news, and gives de-
tails concerning Walkers attack upon San
Jorge and the subsequent repulse of The al.
lies before Rivas. 1t is rumored that Cams
has made overtures to Walker, and also that
Chiffon had raised body of men in Leon
and was about to Join Walker. President
Rivas is reported to have been nssassinated.
Col. Lockridge has been reinforced by Tex.
ans, and is confident of being able to capture
San Carlos.
Walker burnt part Of San Jorge. The
allies were defeated bv Gen. Henningsen ut
Rivas, with great slaughter, and retreated to
Messenger. A British steamer at New Gran
ada has been robbed by Peruvian war
steamer of $4,000 in specie.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

At Yorkville, S. g., last week the case of
Lee vs.. Moss-invoIving right to one acre
of land, worth about four dollars and n half,
was decided for the plaintiff, after having
been three terms on the docket. The costs
amounted $500. That is dear satisfaction.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10
WASHINGTON, March 3I.-It is stated on

WASHINGTON, March 3l.-It is stated on
good authority that Instead of the purchase
Of Sonora and Lower California, the Govern
ment will concilliate the South by paying
$l5,000,000 for the Ithmus of Tehunntepec
A letter from Sonora of Feb. Sd, says that
If the people of Sonora were encouraged
they would decline independence and asl,
for annexation to the United States.
Santa Fe advces of the 2sth of Feb. state
that the Indians were more troublesome and
several Americans had been murdered.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10
BY SAM. P. WINS.


THE POST Is published every Pridayat ~ per year
payable In advance, or 80, II payment Is delayed until
he xpir alton Of the year.
: Advertisements will be charged VI per square
o2 lines less for the rst Insertion and 90 cents for
each continuance liberal deduction made to those
who advertise by the year ~ Persons sending adver
easements must mark the number OF times they desire
them inserted they will be continued until forbid and
charged accordingly. IA
For announcing the names OF candidatesfor once
Cash. -
advertising rates,
rnds interests Of Corporaton Societies Schools or
tndividuaIs will be charged as advertisements.
lob work, such as Pamphlets Minutes, Circulars
Cards Blanks Handbils &c, will be executedin good
ttyIe and on reasonable terms. -
Nletters addressed to the Proprietor, postpaid 'w
be promptly attended to- 80, ,,,,
soisent snb. crbers will be entitled to NTH copy gratis
NJ Communication inserted unless accompanied by
- once on Main street, next door to the old Jack
sen Hotel.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

The celebrated Madame Pfeiiier states
that in Rio Janerio, the capital of Brazil, she
noticed some of the negroes wearing tin
mask, fastened behind with lock, which is
applied, among other offences, for that of
drunkenness.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

ST. LOUIS, March S0.-lhe papers publish
dispatches from Washington, stating that The
Forsyth treaty is rejected, and new one
made The United States pay Mexico SI5,.
100000 for Sonora, SinaIoa, and lower Cali
tornla, and postal line will be established
between New Orleans and Vera Cruz, under
the American flag, to enable Mexico to obtain
men and munitions during the threatened war
with Spain. This statement is not confirmed
from the east, and its truth is doubted.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

WASHINGTON, March 3O.-Walkers in
structions are agreed upon. The Statutes of
Kansas are to be recognized as valid His
principal business is to see that the people
make an independent expression Of opinions
under the census, and registry laws Wood.
son whom Stanton superseded will be ap-
pointed to the Land Offire in Kansas,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

A HoRsE WITH CORK LEs.-We take
the following from the Adelaide (Australia)
Register
We have recently seen Mr.. Collins mare
Jewess. 1t will be remembered that she
broke her near fore leg on the race course
in April last, while running for the towE
plate. Amputat,0n was performed by Mr..
Crabb. under whose care she has complete.
ly recovered, and is expected TO throw foal
to Swordsman in about six weeks. Her
condition is excellent, and the cork foot
seems to answer its purpose admirably"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

sR- The Huntsville Crexas) Recorder
states that near Waverly few days ago q
panther attacked a widow lady in her own
house. She succeeded in throwing him out
and barring the door. Her screams finally
brought assistance. The blood thirsty mon.
ster was ut last dispatched, but not till he had
seriously wounded five persons in his insane
attempt to satisfy the cravings of hunger.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

A GREAT RAILROAD ScHEME.-Under the
title, apparently insignificant, Of the Bel
leville and Murphysborough Railroad Com
pany, the Legislature of Illinois has set on
foot railroad enterprise, which the projec
tors intend to be something very grand and
imposing. 1t authorizes the company organ
izei for the building this road to extend its.
eli by an mir line across the Central road to
the Ohio river, opposite paducah, in Ken.
tncky. This brings ST.. Louis within las
miles of the Ohio river, and from that point
n rout is projected, of which we find the fol
lowing sketch in the ST. Louis Daily Repub.
licnn.
II crosses the western end of Kentucky,
passing into Tennessee, through Dresden,
Jackson and other towns, striking the north
eastern corner of Mississippi; running the
eastern border of the State nearly its entire
length, passing through Jacinto, Macon and
other considerable towns, crossing the New
Orleans and Great Northern Rnilroad, seven
miles below Aberdeen, and entering the State
of Alabama about sixty miles north OF Mo-
bile, thence direct 10 that city. II is from
Paducah almost an air line rout, and the entire
distance from st. Louis is about 600 niles
From Paducuh to Mobile is ATS miles, which
added to the distance from Paducah to ST.
Louis il $40.
From Paducah the road is graded south to
Maryfeld, about thirty miles, and cars are
running upon it for fifteen miles. The rest
of the route described is that of the Mobile
and Ohio Rallrond, of which this plan con-
templates terminusat Paducah, and COM
municalion direct from that place to st.
Louis.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

FAMILY QUARIL MADE UP.-Thc N.
\. Mirror, which was n rampant Fremont
paper last fall, announces his intention 10
support the Administration of Buchanan.--
Quarrels will happen in "the best regulated
families"
No doubt, many Of the Fremont papers
were kindly disposed towards Buchanan, but
considered he had "No chance. ."-Selma Re.
porter.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10
"sparkllng rolls the Oregon"

The NEXT SPEAKeR.-"Ion," of the Balti
more Sun, makes the following prediction:
The candidates for the Speakership of the
next House will be Humphrey Marshall, Of
Kentucky, (who will probably be reelected
on the side of the Americans; and James L.
Orr, of S. c., on the part of the Democrats.
Mr. Banks will, no doubt, be run by the Re
publieans.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

COPPER IN FAuQUIER.-A vein of copper, q
feet in width, has been discovered near Elk
Run, in F"uquier county, Va. Company
of capitalists have purchased the estate, com.
prising 100 acres and intend to give the
mine trial.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

sR- Hon. John Appleton has retired from
the edtorship of The Washington Union
and it is said that this paper will no longer
be regarded MS the organ of the administers
finn
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

LAST OF A VIRGINIA GoLD MISE.-The
Wyckoff Gold Mines, in Fauquier county,
Va, have been sold for $4,000, to stisfy an
execution. The whole amount, says the
Warrenton Wing, spent upon these works
could not have been less than 100000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

tHA man who was in prison for bigamy
(marrying two times) complained that he
had been severly delt with for an offence
phich carries its oVn punishment along
toith II. .a
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

lHA late San Francisco paper says tina I
the churches there have determined TO sing
no more loEg metre tunes-they being too
slow for The country and people.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10
THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1851.

New YoRK, April 2.-rhe Bremen steam
er Constitution has arrived with Liverpool
dates of the nth ult.
LIVERPOOL, March l7-Cotton closed
with nn advancing tendency.
At London Flour had declined to 2s.-
Wheat active.
The Spanish expedition TO Mexico is ns.
sumng more imposing aspect. Pezuela is
spoken of for Commander.in. Chief.
The Sound Dues treaty was signed on the
l4th.
The China mail confirms accounts relative
to the wholesale poisoning attempted by the
bakers Of Hong Kong. No fatal results,
however ensued. A large number of Junks
were collecting to attack Hong Kong, and
the English residents had applied to the
Governor General of India for troops. The
French and American fleets were concentra-
ting to protect their respective interests.
Commissioner Yeh had demanded why the
American ships had not been ordered to re-.
frain from interfering in the present Difficult.
ties.
The Tea market was excited and prices
advancing.
The French fleet had been ordered to CO.
operate with the English.
Russia was preparing for decisive cam.
paign in the Caucaus. She has 100000
troops on the shores of the Caspian, and has
secured the assistance of several native chiefs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10
LIABILITIES OF RAILROAD COMPA-
MES FOR CATTLE KILLED.

The Supreme Court Of Illinois has lately
made an important decision adverse to the
liability Of Railroad Companies for ,attle
killed on their roads, The conclusions of the
Court are thus stated:
"Trepass Vi u armis, is not the proper form
Of action for ihjiries, resulting from the negli.
gence Of the servants of a corporation; tres
pass on the ease is the proper action, of which
n Justice of the Peace has no jurisdiction.
Animals wandering upon the track of an
uninclospd railfbad, are strictly trcspassers,
and the company 4 not liable for their de-
struction, except its servants are guilty of
wifu negligence, evincing reckless miscon-
duct. Mw
The burden. of r1oof is on the plaintiff, to
show ner1 - a1Sbc mere fact that an
animal and Hsyne streets, eot render the compa.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

E VIM. J. Kerr has been arrested al
Philadelphia, for throwing cayenne pepper
upon the floor ofa ball room, md held 10 bal
10 the sum Of $1,000, for trial - q
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

ACHEERfUL PHILosoPHy.-The following
truthful passage occurs in one of the FEEDER
ika Bremen books; "'rhere is much good.
ness in the world, although ut superficial
glance one is disposed to doub. II. What is
bad is noticed nbrond. is echoed back from
side to side, aud newspapers and the social
circles find much to say abou. il; whilst what
is good goes at best, like sunshine, quietly
through the world"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

PoRTs OF JAPAN OpEN.-lt is stated in n
foreign journal that the Emperor of Japan
has resolved that two ports of the empire,
those of Nangasaki and Hakodad, shall be
open to the vessels of all nations. There
they might repair, take in provisions, es.
iablish depots of coal, &c. The other ports
of the empire, moreover, are to be accessi-
Bile to vessels in distress, which may take
refuge in them, but which will have TO put to
sea the moment the danger is over. No
foreigner is to be allowed to penetrate into
the interior of the country without a spe.
cial permission from the chief of the State.