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AN AMBITIOUS RAT.-The Princeton


Qnd,) Courier tells the following rat story:
Not long since m ambitious rat assembled
to the roof OF a large barn belonging to Mr..
Wilson, near Cynthiann, in Poesy county.
and not being satisfied with the roof, con-
cluded to ascend the lightning rod. The
project was no sooner conceived than nut in.
to execution. He assembled the rod some
six feet above the roof, reached the prongs
of the rod, got fast, and was never able TO
extricate himself Here he was found dead.
victim of his own ambition.
How typical of human nature! This Is .
sad warning TO young men, whose ambition
often leads them to forget their sphere, and
to scale heights upon whose lofty summit
they must inevitably perish. How many
nobler animals than the rat have been "yic.
tins" to their own ambition! All, Young
men, take warning-restrain that ruinous
ambition-give up all balloon excursions and
similar tom-fooleries, and pin yourselves
down to your proper sphere.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

AFRICAN ExoDUs.-The Petersburg (Va)
Express says: Our citizens are beginning to
observe the unusual number of slaves that
are constantly passing through Petersburg
on their way South; and to the minds of
many the result appears inevitable that it
will need but the work of ten or twenty years
to clear Virginia completely of that part of
her population. company of one hundred
passed through on Saturday.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

sSY 1t was interesting, saith our friend of
the Prairie News, to hear Jealous Know
Nothing cursing old Buck the other day.
Reason: his having decided that he won't
have government organ. "Confoupd the
old rascal, said he, she hasn't done anything
yet that can find fault with, and i: he keeps
on this way, shall get to liking him before
| know itn
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

THE REASON AT LAsT.-An exchange
wickedy says: "Now that tho at-posonng
story at the National Hotel is positively de-
MED, and that the Board of Health have re-.
ported the sewerage 0! the house, though
defective, not much worse than that of other
hotels in Washington, there seems but one
other mode of accounting satisfactorily for
this wide spread sickness, and that is, that it
was caused by miasma, generated by the
crowding together in an i'll ventilated hotel,
Of the corruption of the Democratic party.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

ZEE DIR. C. 4. Jackson, the eminent chemist
OF Boston, denies that the sickness ut tho
National Hotel, at Washington, was occasion.
ed by poison. He believes that it arose saJsly.
from the gaseous carnations fr9Gl drains, and
says; "No chemical or reliable medical evil
dence has yet been adduced to prove that any
one OF the persons who were sick BY this
disease had taken any poisons Of any kind
into their stomachs."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

GEN. CAss' POwERs OF ESpuRANcE.-
General Cass, it is said, exhibits surprising
vlgor, industry and endurance in his official
lnb"rs. He rises and commences work ut
live, and Is constantly engaged, with small
respite, till eight or nine ut night. His diet
is, however, very sparing, and he sticks to
cold water. Now and then he INDUCES in
cup OF coffee, the only exhierating beverage
which he can use.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

QUEBEC, May 4.-The steamer Indian has
arrived with Liverpool dates OF April 22nd.
Cotton was dull, and quotations barely
maintained. Sales Of three days $4,000
bales including 1890 to spectators and ex.
porters. Flour quiet. Wheat advanced 3d.,
and corn Cd.
England has rejected the Central Amer.
lean treaty.
France has adopted the English system of
transporting criminals.
The Spanish and Mexican difficulty wore
u pacific aspect,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

~ The Dahlonega Signal says pneumo-
MIA, pleurisy and other winter diseases, the
result of the extraordinary ncemency of the
early spring months, are prevailing extensive
~ IN many counties Of Upper Georgia, particu.
larry in the county Of Hnbbershnm.
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For the Post.

CooxToN's CREEK, May 2, 1857.
Mr.. Editor At q meeting held by the
American party of this valley, it was unani.
mously adopted that thanks should be return.
ed to the Honorable OBEDIAH b. HUNKS, ESQ,
and 1.-the Secretary of that meeting, was
called upon to do so; and we, as people, are
happy to say that we believe Esq. HUNKS a
suitable man for that high and honorable sta.
tion of life that so few people ever reach.
say go on, then, ye sons of liberty, and away
With the sweet German accent and down
with the rich Irish brogue. Should Eco.
HUNKS be so fortunate as to be elected he can
then speak with truth and say that the Amer.
lean party done for him in 1857, on the first
Thursday of August, more than the Demo.
cratic party did in 1856. on the first of March.
Then, go on, Esq. HUNKS, and on the 4th we
will be with you. We would just say to you,
keep pushing. it's wiser
Than sitting aside,
And dreaming and signing
And waiting the tide
In life's earnest battle
They only prevail,
Who daily march onward,
And never say, FAIL"
The meeting closed at o'clock, with a
resolution that these lines should be sent to
the Post for publication. The Americans
will have meeting on Ball Play about the
fifteenth, at which meeting Esq HUNKS will
be present and give us his views on the prn-
eiPal topics of the day, and, in the language
OF that terrible Banner. proceed to discuss
great eon'tit~oshunai questions shall be
present as Secretary of that meeting, and
will give Esq. Hunks remarks for the press.
Yours, de-,
PETER PORE, Secretary.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

HORSE THIEvEs.-A report has reached
town that no less than seven of these gentry
have, within the last few weeks, been hanged
at different places on the San Antonio River.
Such portions of the clothes as the bodies
had been Invested of, were said to be neatly
folded up, and deposited, along with the arms,
DC, of the deceased, beside the fatal trees
San Antonio Ledger.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

I Nature designed the heart to be al
ways warm, and the hand to be always open.
But the designs Of nature are sometimes de-
feated, for the hearts Of many are always
sold and their hands tightly clenched.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

SINGULAR FATALITY.-The Augusta Dis.
patch says that seven Of the Grand Jurors on
duty at the late term of the Superior Court
of Newton county, have died since the ad-
journment of the Court.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

Never allow ashes to be taken up OF depos.
tied in wooden vessels. Have your impor.
tant papers together in place where you
can lay your hands on them at once, in case
Of fire. A strict observance of this will save
q vast deal of trouble,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

WAsHINaToN, May IA fracas occurred
between J. Mcleod Murphy and Daniel E.
Sickles, the former charging Sckles with
yillifying him, to effect his removal rs Chief
Engineer in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Muir
ply attempted to cowhide Sickles, while the
latter was In bed, but did not succeed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

The New York Journal Of Commerce,
discoursing ofthe weather, says the founda-
ton has been laid in that city within the last
two mouths for us many consumptions and
other fatal diseases of the lungs as would
equal the ravages ola moderate visitation Of
yellow fever or cholera.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

APPOINTMENT FOR PREAcHINe.-we are
requested to give notice that the Rev. G. w.
SELvIDoE will preach at Decatur, Meigs co.,to
commence on Saturday before the first Lords
day in June, and to continue over Lords
dav
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

Door AND SHOE HOUSE, NEW YORK.
We take pleasure in calling the attention of
Merchants to the Gard of A. c. Robson,
with Wesson g. Cox, Manufacturers and
Wholesale Dealers in Boots and Shoes, No.
l6 CORTLAND ST., N. Y. We have an nc
quantance of several years standing with
Mr.. Robson, and cordially commend him to
our friends throughout East Tennessee.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

The BURDELL MURDER CAsE.-Wednes.
day evenings mail brings the following news
from New York:
The jury in the Burdell murder case, after
having been out half an hour, returned a
verdict of the acquit,al of Mrs. Cunningham,
and she was immediately discharged. Eckel
was discharged on his own reeognizance.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

WHOLESALE PARDoNING.-We are inform
ed that the Governor of Mississippi has,
within few weeks past, liberated forty odd
conviets from the Penitentiary at Jackson,
and among them two noted negro stealers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

New NAME FOR Observation-Disclosures
oPoLls.-Her whiskey receipts range from two
to three thousand barrels per day! Much of
this goes to France to be sent back immedia-
tely in the shape of slime old fourth proof
Cognac."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

81 At the Academy of Medicine, Bos-
ton. on the night Of the 9Th. DR.. Wynne, of
Baltimore. made communication concerning
the National Hotel disease, accompanied by
a letter to DR.. Hall, of Washington, showing
that the disease originated from putrid sxha-
lntion.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

tS- Maj. VIM. McTeer, of Knoxville,
has disposed of the Bell House, and will, in
short time, take possession of the Lamar
House. His well known abilities MS Hotel
keeper, will insure him IN extensive patro-
naUa
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

COMET STRUcK.-A lady in Owen county,
Iowa, has become deranged from dwelling
with morbid apprehensions upon the predict
ed collision with the comet
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

eW- A man named Aaron Bedbug, of
Montgomery county, KY, intends pettionng
the Legislature to change his name. He says
that his sweetheart, whose name is Olivia, is
unwilling that he should be called A. Bsdbug
she 0. Bedbug, and the little ones little Bed
bugs,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

MIR. Brooks SUccEssoR.-Gen. l.. N. Bon.
ham has been elected in the 4th Congressional
District OF s. e., to fill the vacancy occasion
ed by the death of Mr.. Brooks.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15
HIGH PRICE OF PRovIsIoSs.-It takes money

HIGH PRICE OF PRovlsIoSs-It takes money
to live in Philadelphia, as will be seen from
the following "biIl of provisions"
"Beef is very high in our market, rs well
as al other things. Potatoes, al rs per
bushel; Better 4Oc. per ID; Asparagus 3ltc.
per bunch; Salad loo. per head; Rhubarb
l2tc. per bunch; Veal l5c., best pieces;
Chickens, old, l,5Oa2,o0 per pair; Mutton
l21c"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

NEW YORK, May lie. o. Perrin, Know
Nothing, formerly OF Tennessee, has been
appointed Walkers private Secretary. He
starts for Kansas Tomorrow. At Buffalo
and Roses Point it is quite cold and sno vino
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

F E. G. Eastman has retired from the
editorial department of the Nashville Union
aud American. He still holds proprietary
interest in the paper.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

MORE New GooDs.-S. X. Recder is re-
ceiving and opening supply Of Spring and
Summer Goods in the store room formerly
occupied by P. II. Keith g. Co. See adver-
tisement.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

H Col. Benjamin E. Holmes has been
nominated as the American and Wing candi-
date, for the House of Representatives from
Gibson county.
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sB- The Chattanooga Advertiser, with its
accustomed enterprise and research, has been
investigating the House journal of the last
Legislatures; and on page 800 finds that Mr.
llatton, the American candidate for Governor,
voted for the establishment of n Criminal
Court at Knoxville, and that, on page $50,
he voted against proposition to establish, n
similar Court at Chattanooga. We have not
the Journals by us, but presume the Adver-
tlser would hardly misrepresent about a mat
ter that would be so readily exposed. Mr..
liatton then voted for such Court at Knox.
vile because he believed there was great
deal Of criminal business there-he voted
against establishing one ut Chattanooga be-
cause he believed that the honesty. good or
der and morals of the town and county rem
dered such IN institution useless and unne-
cessary. Does the Advertiser intend TO re-
but the conclusion, and assai Mr.. Hatton for
the complimentary vote recorded on page
$50 of the House Journal; or will it insist
that crime is SO prevalent at Chattanooga
that the ordinary Courts of the county are
not competent to its detection and punish
ment?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

eBN Mr.. Isaac J. Roach has received the
American and Wing nomination for the Sem
ate in the district composed Of Gibson, Dyer,
and Carroll.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

EAT, digest; read, remember; earn, save;
love and be loved. If the above four rules
be strictly followed Out, health, wealth, intelli-
gence and true happiness will be the result.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15
ATHENS, FRIDAY. MAY is, 1857.

~ We are authorised and requested TO announce
the name Of Cola. J. D0DS0N as candidate to rem.
resent McMinn county In the lower branch Of the
Legislature.
" We are authorized and requested to announce
the name Of JOSIAH I. WRIGHT, a. q candidate for
SENATOR from the District composed Of the counties Of
Aonroe, McSiinn, Meigs and Polk.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

FIFTH DIsrRIcT.-John X. Howard, of
Lebanon, has been nominated by the demo-
cracy to run against Hon. Chas. F. Ready
for Congress in the Fifth District.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

s Mr.. Cloves, formerly one of the ed-
tors of the Memphis Bulletin, arrived in that
city on Tuesday, from Nicaragua. lie was
attached to Col. Lockridge's regiment. He
informs the Appeal that every member of the
regiment, officers and men, with the single
exception of Colonel Lockrdge, had left the
country.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

H It 10 set forth in soms Of the papsrs
that the Democracy achieved triumph at
the Philadelphia Municipal elections on the
9Th instant.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

81 Sixty seven thousand dollars in specie,
arrived ut New Orleans on Saturday from
Mexco-$32,O00 from Vera Cruz, and $685.
600 from Campeachy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

NEw ORLEANS, May 3.-Nlexican dates pf
me 18th state that the Archbishop and mahy
Priests had been arrested, charged with being
concerned H. the recent Instruction. The
Archbishop would be banished.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

OONGKEss AND THE LEGIsLArURE.-We
copy the following from The Memphis Bule-
tin of Tuesday:
American Nominaiions.-The American
Convention Mt Raleigh, yesterday, nominated
Henry ID. Small, Esq, and g. w. Bayne, ESQ.,,
both of this city, candidates to represent
Shelby county in the Next Legislature.
Democratic Nominations.--The d mocratic
Convention, which met at Somerville on yes.
terday, nominated w. II. Avery, of this ci,y,
for Congress, J. X. Walker, ESQ.,, of this city,
for State Senator, and II. H. Bate, ESQ, of
lipton, for FIoater for the counties of Upton,
Fuyette and Shelby.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

EY When You find man doing more
business than yon are, and you want to know
the reason look at the advertisements hs has
in the newspapers, and look out.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

eW In Madison county, KY, the mules
are said to be dying in large numbers from
murrain.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

There is an old saw which says that con-
tent is the true philosophers stone.'
Brown says it's very likely--for nobody
has found either one or the other.'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

@ Circuit Court meets at Benton next
Monday, the 18th.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

E Gov. Johnson. Of this State, is going
North to address the working men of New
York, on the 4th day Of July.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

EB- Society is like the air very high
up it is sublimated; TOO low down it is per-
feet choke-damp.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

1t is an error to think that long face is es
sential to good morals, or that laughing is
an objectionable crime.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

Since ls4s there have been elyen bundrsd
and thirty-fvs divorces granted by the Court
OF Common Pleas Of the City ofPhiladelnhia.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

.w The Persian accounts of the battle
of Bushire say It lasted four days. Their
acknowledged loss is 1000; British loss 1000.
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<~~A%<
MANIFEST DESTINY.

Hon. Caleb Gushing, late Attorney Cen
eral OF the United States, delivered a speech
on his arrival at his home in Newburyport,
Mass in which he advocated the policy Of
indefinite annexation. He thinks IL will all
happen naturally, us follows:
No material obstacle can arrest our pro-
gress. we WOO this fair nature which lies
oeiore US, and we WOO IL Ms ITS conquerer,
IKE inc Vikings Of the old time winning
'helr brides Of the sen in open combat. |
say TINS 10 the same confidence of conviction
as one who, seeing the sun set forth from
the portals OF the East, many speak of its on.
wmd course to the West For time was
when the United States were but weak lit
tie Colonies Of England, scattered along the
sea-shore. Then they overfowed the ALLIE
ghan'es into the valley of the Mississippi.-
Next they absorbed the vast domain of France
from Lake Superior all around to the Gulf
OF Mexico, and westward TO Oregon. Next
.hey possessed Themselves OF the two Flori-
oas' ana then to Texns. And finally have
marched on through New Mexico into remote
'niiornia. But in our conquest of MIXTURE
WI" our sthlwart arms, and with our danpt-
'ess heaI.s 10 back them, it happens that
,"e"' unions, races, may, must, will perish
Ogore us. That is inepiiable. There can be-
no chhnge Tor the better save Mt the expense
oi 'hat winch is-one generation gives place
", y" anotner. Out of decay springs fresh life
ne tribe OF Indians who hunted over the
,nho' WITHOUT occupying il, retire before w
IKE the hunted deer and the buffalo them
selves,-deeper and deeper into the inner
most resesses of the continent. And the
tfIspano Mexicans. wasting away bv apnnr-
ent incapacity for self government, nre snff.r.
ing one province after another of theirs to re.
lapse into pristine desoation, thus TO bc.
come prepared to receive the people and the
laws ofthe United States. All that ia now
history. Yet wise men saw Iona bsff,r. ,So,
so it was TO b.. From the present thew in
ferred the future, and spoke of IL viii ,ho
pos'tlveness and precision of inspired
prophecy.
WALKER AND AARON BURR REPUDIATEp.
pray you not TO misunderstood me. |
reproonte, not war itself, but all irregular en-.
tenrPr'ses OF war. hold that the great issues
OF peace belong TO the sovereign power of the
ohion, and should rot BE- wantony usurp.d
by individual ras,ness. glory in the acts,
which 1t has fallen to me to perform, toward
the repression Of al such undertakings in
'he United States, whether on the part of n
presumPtnous British Minister, recruiting
troops within our jurisdiction for the pur
pose OF warfare in the Crimea, or of n reck.
less American ndventurer, recruiting Them
tor the purpose of plumber and murder in Nj
ehragnn. No, let not the small man, Walk.
er, be honorcd for this on account of which
The great man, Burr, was damned.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

An office has, also, been established at
Brown Hill, Monroe county, and Edward
Lee appointed Postmaster.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

FAMUREs.-There were three failures in
Boston on the 5th. The aggregate liabilities
amount to $2,OOO,OOO.
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!. He was ignorant of the law.
9. He was drunk ut the time.

WASHINGTON May s.-The Cabinet is oc-
cupied in Kansas affairs. Walker is present,
he takes the oath of Office here aud leaves
lof Kansas Monday or Tuesday. The Ad-
ministration thinks the pending difficulties in
Kansas will be adjusted.
Murphy, who recently had a difficulty with
Sickles, has been removed from the Engi-
neershp of the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
WASHINGTON, May ll.-ORca papers
just communicated by Lord Napier contain
proposition for n new Central American
treaty. The administration will not act
therein I'LL next Congress.
The President will not visit Boston in
June as reported. He is about taking up his
residence for the summer four miles ont ear
Soldiers home. Declines the invitation to
celebration in honor of the settlement of
jamestown because of the pressure of public
business.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

New Posi- OrfrcEs.-A post office has
been established at Mt Harmony, McMinn
county, and WIN. L. Rice appointed postmas-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

ROBERTSON CoUNTY.-The Americans of
Robertson on the 4th, nominated s. II.
Benton rs their candidate for the lower
house,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

HIGHER LAW IN MIssIsslPPL-Wc learn
ircm the Mississippian that The citizens of the
town OF Byhalia have held meeting and de-.
termined to resist, by armed force, il nccessa.
ry, Two statutes passed at the last session of
the Mississippi Legislature. This is Il most
unaccountable proceeding for Southern men.
and we hope our friends at Byhaia will take
IA sober second thought" and secure the set
t'ement OF their grievances by those means
which are provided for by law. Their causes
Of complaint are an act prohibiting the pass
nge of all Iank bills under the denomination
Of five dollars with penalty of fine and i'm
prlsonment: I'd, an act prohibiting any owner
or overseer of slaves from punlshing them
with more than thirty nine lashes for any one
offense, with penalty for violation fine and
imprisonment.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

SEsTENcED TO DEATH-Romulus Saun.
ders Chapman was tried in Gulford county.
North Carolina, last week, for the murder.
SIX months ago, of Miss Penix Saunders.
whom he had previously seduced. He WINS
found guilty, and sentenced to be hung on
the 18th May. His counsel appealed to the
Supreme Court.
The prisoner is young man, only 90
years OF age, ofvery good appearance, good
education, and appeared in the Court room
well dressed. His parents are both living
are of the highest responsibility, and are
wealthy. His mother is very pious woman,
has written several religious volumes of in
terest, and also breaches the gospel; and in
consequence of these facts,a good deal of
feeling was ELECTED, both for the young man
under accusation and for the prosecution.