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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

tY-A man leaped, says the Boston Cour-
Ter, from the express train on the New York
Central Railroad, a few days since, us it was
passing the .Herkimer depot, at a fearful rate
of speed. lie was hurled along, heels over
hend, distance Of fifty four feet upon the
ground before recovering possession of his
natural locomotive powers His face was
scratched in doing the feat. He deliberate.
ly walked to a stream Of water near by,
washed his face, and went about his bus.
mess. l.....
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

AN OLD SENATOR. Hon. Mr.. Bradley,
an old Senator from Vermont, visited Wash
ington city last week, and was in the Senate
chamber. He represented the State o: Yer
mont us Senator in 1912, and was at the
capitol at the time the British made
their attack upon it. The Senators general-
ly crowded around him to listen to his re-
mnisccnces of the past, his jokes and stories
which were related with great vivacity, and
caused much entertainment. The venerable
genllenan weighs about two hundred and
fifty pounds. He visited Washington the
last time, during Gen. JacksoH's admlniStra-
ton, his account of his visit to the General
is characteristic.
81 went to see the General" says he 'and
he sit me down in his arm chair, and giving
me slap on the leg,' said what a hearty
old cock you are Bradley What makes yon
50 fat,'I don't know, says ], unless 1t Is
that han't any office, and don't want any.
| aint much of an idolator, but I've kept
those pants till now that the General gave
such a familiar slap" t. 90 I.. r.4
The venerable Senator will weigh about
two hundred and fifty. Long life to him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

WATER by BoaIso.-A subteranean river
has been struck by lie persons engaged In
boring an arlesian well at Henderson, Ky,
from which JET Of water is forced up through
.hc bore and thrown to the hight Of ffty feet
aboye the surface Of the ground.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

A LUCKY MUsicIAs "A blind hand organist
vho went about the streets at Rochester,,
~ Y, with pale, sicsly little daughter has
fallen heir To an estate IN Wales, said to be
worth 81 ,00O,0 O,000.-A prominent legal firm
in that city is now engaged in making out
the necessary papers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09
Mr.. MARSHALL'S EULoGY ON MIR
CLAY.

During the recent political canvass, Captain
Thos. F. Marshall delivered speech at Gov.
ingion, and devoted portion of it To the life
and services Of Mr.. Clay. At the request OF
some of his friends, that portion Of his speech
has been published in the Frankfort Common.
wealth, and We transfer it TO our columrs:
The friends of Mr.. Clay mediate the con-
structiun of n monument, TO mark the spot
where repose the remains of that frail tene-
mrni, which once held in his fiery soul. II
will be honorable to them, and will fern a
graceful ornament to the green woods " hich
surround the city OF which lie had himself
been so long the living ornament, but il will
;e useless to him or To his fame. He trusted
neither himself nor hA fame TO mechanical
hands or perishablr materials. "Erega n,onu.
mentum perenius are" They NAV lay their
pedrstnls Of granite-they may rear their
polished columns till they pierce ana fout
the skies-tiey may cover their marble pill
lars all over with the bIazonrv of his deeds,
the trophies of his triumphant genius, and
Surmnunt them with the images of his f,rm
wrought by the cunnngrst hnnds-it matters
noi-he is not there. The prisonpd eagle has
burst the bars, and scared away from strifr,
and conflict, and calumny. He is not dead
he lives. mean not the life eternal in Won
other world. of which religion teaches, but
here on earth he lives, the life which men call
fame; that life the hope Of which forms the
solace of hish ambition, which cheers and
sustains the brave, and wise, AID good, the
champions Of truth and human kind through
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

TERRIBLE FIRES IN PHILADELpHIA-oN
HUNDRED AND Forty IoRsEs BURNRD.-
Philadelphia, Dec. 23d.-Three destructive
fires occurred here last night, keeping the
firrmen Mt work all night. John Funsten's
brush and block factory, in the l6th Ward,
was totally destroyed, throwing two hundred
hands out of employment ''
Mills g. Flynn's omnibus stables, West
Philadelphia, were also destroyed, with 40
horses and fifty omnibuses.
Wilson's planning mill, near the Navy Yard,
was burnt. Total looss, 100000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

FoRtIeS.-'Thr steamer Fulton arrived at
New York on the 3lst, with dates TO the
l4th ult.
Liverpool Cotton marke: firm. Prices in
favor uf sellers. Flour and Wheat both de-
clined slightly. +.+r
Trade satisfactory. Persia accepts Eng
lands declaration of war. The Neulchatel
question il very serious. "
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

J. A Novel TEAm.-A New York paper says:
sThe most decided novelty seen for long
time was yesterday to be seen in the
streets of Brooklyn, 1t was n splendid
team of Moose Deer, harnessed to light
wagon and travelling at vc.y fair pace. The
eccentric drive. had to ply the whip pretty
frequently TO overcome the timdity of the
animals, which otherwise performed all the
functions of horses TO a marvel"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

11 LATER FROM cALiFoRAIA.-New York
Dec. 29.-Tne steamer Illinois, from A-pln'
wall, with tho California mails 10 the 6'h
inst, arrived here to-day. She brings three
hundred passengers and Sl,70o,0OO in COLO
The news is generally unimpor.ant. In
some of the mining districts there hns been
a series of good rains.
Money /. unchanged and business dull.
Hammond, the rx-t:olleclor of San Fran
cisco, has been acquitted from the cf"rge "i
defrauding the U. s. Government while in
office.
The Panama Star confirms the accounts
received here rom Nicaragua by the Ten
nessre, but furnishes nothing new.
The British fleet had arrived nt Panama
and was about to blockade Immediately the
coiiin.rcsl ports Of New Grenada.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

ECLIPsEs IN 1857.-There will be
two eclipses this year, both ofthesun.
The first will occur on the 25th of
March. 1t will be invisible in all that
part of the United States East of the
meridian of Washington, and partial
and visible West of Washington. =
The second is an annular eclipse ofthe
sun, which will commence on the 18th
of September, at midnight-in the
United States, and therefore invisible
in this country. 1t will be visible in
a large portion of Asia, part of
Africa, and the whole of Australia.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

LoulsyiLLe, Dec. 3l.--The Medical de-
part,nent Of the University, including the
Library, Labratory and Museum, burnt
Loss 100000
The greater part of the dispatches con-
cerniug the negro insurectlons are humbugs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

Information is wanted Of John Nc.
Carthy. a printer, who left Buffalo on the
4th of November last Advise Ann McCar.
thy, Buffalo.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

,Y-"The smallest favOrs are greatfuly
received" as the elephant said when the boy
give him n ghosberry.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

A LEAF YEAR FEAT.--A Southern ex-
change says that three girls In Texas last
month, went out visiting, and returned In
week, each with IN Indian husband. ~ f,1S
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

t5y-A new way TO get teeth inserted is
10 70 and steal frui. where there Is large
doa IN the enclosure.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

A NOVEL DuEL.-They have novel way
of doing things in Texas. The Austin State
Times gives the following particulars Of a
duel which took place recently in De Witt
county: .'.,....
aTwo men came to drinking establish
ment, drank to gether, conversed some mo-
ments in nm under tone, went a small dis
tnnce to gether, measured the ground, took
their positions and commenced lighting with
pIstols. AT the third FIRE one oi them was
wounded. His antagonist helped him into
n wagon which was passing, and road off,
Neither of the parties was known TO the
spectators nor has II been ascertained whcth.
ar tbe wornded man has died" .s4 Z,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09
csy The wood trade at Chicago

~" The wood trade at Chicago
must be a fourishing business. The
Tribune of December 4th says:
at is not considered much of q
trick to stretch two cords of wood in
to three; or eventhree into five cords
The hucksters pay, say six dollars
per cord at the yard for fberch and
mraple'-or twelve dollars for the
two cords, and retailsit to green pur-
chasers for three cords at eight dol
lars delivered, making twelve dollars.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

NOVEL ILLUSTRATION OF SCIENCE.
During a learned lecture bya German
adventurer, he illustrated the glory
of mechanics as a science thus;
'De ting thatismadeis more superior
dan de maker. / show you how in
some tings. Suppose make deround
wheel of de coach. Yer well; dat
wheel roll round five hundred mile
and | cannotroll one myself! Suppose
1 am a cooper, what you call, and |
make de big tub to hold wine. He
holds tuns and gallons, and 1 can
not hold more than five bottle! So
you see dat what is made is more SUI
perior dan de maker"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

= IUWHIp TVs"'ut"'' ~
"l'hat the committee on federal relations
report n iunt resolution instructing our Sri'-
ators aud requesting Representatives in Con'
press 10 support the :dmi>sion Oi Kansas
lit" the Union with her r"peka, Tree State,
Constitution.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

Iowa IEsTRuc1AG HER SkNAToRs.-The
Iowa Senate on the 4th inst, passed The fol-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD scHkMs.-Th,

The PACIFIC RAILROAD ScHEMB.-The
New York Post, noticing the new bill recent
ly introduced into Congress on this subject
says;
"There is nothing in the new bill which
guarantees the completion of the Pacific
Misunderstanding which compells the rail-
road companies, who are to profit by the
gift of immense tracts Of public domain, to
continue their lines one inch beyond the fer
tile lands which it is proposed so freely to
bestow upon them; and under the operation
of his measure, there is every reason to ex-
pect that the General Government, after all,
will have to build the road across the fifteen
hundred miles of desert territory which in.
tprvenes between thr probable point of june.
tion and the eastern border Of California;
We do not believe that Congress is willing
thus to deprive the actual settlers ofso much
Of the public land without any prospect of
equivalent. Such fragrant abuse of legisla-
tive power for the benefi. of a few land and
railroad corporations, at all events, will new
or receive the sanction of majority of the
friends of the Pacific Railroad, and will bring
upon its perpetrators a visitation OF popular
resentment, of which, at present, they must
have a very slight apprehension" -. -
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

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Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-11-07

The APPROACHING LEaisLATrRE--AA must
admit that the approaching session of the Leg
islature will be an important one to the State
one, to great extent, on which depends the
future prosperity of the Commonwealth. We
have every confidence in the abilities of the re-
turned delegates and feel confident that they
will heartily second the efforts of the Executive
in relieving the State from its present embar-
easements This, we think, will be a difficult
task, and one that will require the combined et-
forts of every portion of the State, and 1t is to
be hoped that all sections will generously come
to the rescue. Much may be effected by Ju-
dicious tax levied upon fish and oysters But
few are aware of the vast wealth we possess IN
the shell fish of the tide water sections OF our
State; in fact, some have estimated them as val
liable as the gold mines of California. Millions
of dollars worth are annually carried from our
very shore by the rapacious northern Yankees;
who, generally, kill two birds with one stone
take our oysters and steal our slares. Weknow
of no other subject which has cost the State
more in the shape of Legislation than oysters
and fish; and, if but for nothing more, they
should be taxed to a sufficient extent to remu,
nerate the State for the Legislation consumed
in their protection. We can scarcely open
Statute book, from the commencement OF the
Commonwealth, up to the present time, bat we
fnd more or less legislation on this subject and
in feet, we believe the protection of fish ano
oysters has cost the State more than the con
struction of every turnpike in the State. Yet
after all this cost, they do not pay one cent ta&
to the State. If they are valueless, why spenc
the time and expense of enacting laws for theii
protection? If they are worth legislation why
not make them bear their just proportion o.
taxation.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-11-07
JoURyALrsx OK MONROE Sr-W. E. Ss'Oard.-


VIM. H. Seward is not man after our heart
Indeed. he is exactly the reverse. We neither
like his political creed the cold, calculating,
JLaeE hearted character Of the man.
We don't put ourselves forward rs the de-
fender or Orgnn of any man or set Of men, and
our readers win bear us witness that we never
hesitate to publish the politics of the day as
they CO. We can therefore easily afford to stop
and rebuke tho exaggerative propensity of our
neighbor of the Times, as manifested in the
above paragraph. 1t is both undignified and
untrue. It is the fashion Of the Richmond Or
eans and their echoes and re-echoes throughout
this State to lose no opportunity to aspcrse the
character Of William II. Seward His great
intellect makes him the target of all the arrows
and squibs of the big and little Organs. In
the heat of their contempt for his political atii-
iations, they do not hesitate to denounce him
personally in such venemous paragraphs as the
above.
In the main, such paragraphs are the result
of tied-up partyism, which is always incapabIe
of enlarged and generous views of men or things.
We DEFY the Wheeling Times, or any other
Times, to put its hand on a single act ora single
word of w. II. Stewards that has even the sem
blance of black heartedness. We go farther,
we assert that no living statesman can show a
cleaner and more consistent record. As man he
is beloved and respected by all those associated
with him. As statesman, he has always stood
nm for the union and constitution against all
opposition, be it from the North or South
Whilst he has maintained, in common with the
great Clay and Webster, the censtitutionality
and policy Of non-extensiOn of slavery, he has
always deprecated and discOuntcnanced CARR
sonism in the North in common with the
Toombsism and Keittism of the'south. This is
lust the sort of man William II. Seward is.
Il would be well for the Wheeling Times to
avail itself of a cheap edition of the Congress
sional Globe, before it ventures much farther.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-11-07
From the xenIa TorehlIght.l

The WAY THE ONO BANKS MAINTAIN SPECIE
PAYMENTs.-A few days since broker from the
Reserve visited town in the centre of the
State, having with him an ominously plethoric
carpet bag, Of which he was especially careful.
Soon there was hurrying of the business men
of the place towards the bank, each bearing his
bank book, and before the broker reached the
counter, a crowd was there, each insisting that
his cash account was not right. Book after book
passed over the counter, and after inspection
was handed back, but still the owners were
clamorous that there were mistakes in their &c
counts The broker on one side had empted
his bills upon the counter, but it was drawing
near closing hour, and the crowd of difficult de-
posters still waived their books over each 9TH
er's heads toward the Teller, demanding rectif-
catien of errors, and, in the pushing, off went a
pile of bills to the floor, and this no sooner
I.l..vo'l. clio, liesns,l a.ru!1cr
pile, and the pin coming out of the slip binding
Of one Of the packages, the broker took alarm,
aud scramblng his money into his pockets, and
his bag as besthe could, decamped for the depot,
thankful, after careful count, that his bills
were all safe He said he was glad to get off so,
even if he was specieless.
1t was a remarkable fact, that in less than five
minutes after the broker left the bank, the de-
positors were satisfied of the Tellers correctness
as to their several accounts, ana the bank books
vanished as mysteriously as they first came.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-11-07

IMpoErASr RAILROAD DFcrsloN.-An import
ant decision was recently made in Bronze co n. Y.
A suit was brought to recover damages for the
election from the cars of a Mr.. Beebe, under the
following circumstances;
Mr.. Beebe had purchased ticket from New.
bnrgh to Addison, but on arriving at Deposit, he
left the cars, being fatigued, to lay over till tho
next day. The dext day he took the 10 O'Clock
a. NJ. emigrant train West, but left it at Great
Bend, aud took the Day Express train. Ayers
the conductor, refused to recognize the ticket,
and put him off the train forcibly.
The jury owarded a verdict OF $3.50 for the
assault This settles the question rs to the right
of Railroad Company to abrogate ticket, la
bcled ''goOd for this day only" 1t shows that,
when a man has paid for his ride, and has the
regular ticket, it shall be good at any and all
times. ..-.zs
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-11-07

ADVANCE IN BEEF AND RAILROAD FARE.--
Seine of the New Yoak railroads have adopted
a measure that viii add considerably to the price
of Beef in New York. They haveincreased the
price of freight upon cattle equivalent to S. a
head from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky,
ON the average, to go into operation on the list
of November. This viii add s. to every bullock
now in pasture, and it will add about three
quarter cont a pound to the cost Of beef deliver
ed from the West to the consumers in New
York. The drOvers are very wrathful
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-11-07

ARRyAt THE hoard Sg MSoPg
TRAN statue of Washington, has arrived at thi-
port Arrangements will be speedily::made to con
vey the statue to Capitol Square, where, at some
future day, this last and best work of the great
artistwill be placed on the beautiful monument
which has been erected in honor of him who
was "frst inwar, first i'll peace, and first in the
hearts of his countrymen." a...-
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-11-07

Krxruckv U. S. SExAroR-The contest for
the Office Of U. S Senator, in kentucky, to be
filled at the next session of the Legislature, in
which the Democrats have a majority on joint
ballot, appears to lie between Hon, James Guth-
RE, late Secretary of the Treasury, and Hon.
Linn Boyd, formerly Speaker of the House.
The discussion of the respective merits of these
two candidates is getting quite animated, in
different parts Of the State.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-11-07

FRAxcE-Tho London News ofthe 14th says;
1t is impossible to disguise the fact, France is
suffering under weight of floating securities,
representing undertakings rashly entered upon,
and Of which the other monetary centres of
Europe are unfortunately unable to relieve her.
We look upon her, financially, as eminenuy an
example of unstable equilibrium" and we
dread every event which may throw the balncea
on the wrong side.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-11-07
rHANKsaIKING.
PROCLAMATION By THE GOVERNOR OF ONO.

PROCLAMATION By THE GOVERNOR OF OHIO.
In accordance with venerable usage, and IN
.compliaace with Just public sentiment, IN
vito the people of Ohio to observe Thursday,
tbe 96tb lay of the present month of Novem
bor ne n day of Public Thanksgiving to AL
MIGHTY Cop. ,,,,.,,
ed ii, and hath made it very fruitful: = =, NJ
70 HIN, who hath crowned the year with \, ms u,
Goodness, making our valleys to stand timex
with corn, and filling our barns with plenty =
To HIM, who hath greatly blessed us IN the
increase of the ground, and in the gathering III
of the fruits thereof
To HIN, who hath defended us from the pes
thence that walketh in darkness, and from the
sickness that destroyeth at monday
To Hin, who hath given us peace IN all our
borders. protecting US alike from foreign lnva-
sion and from internal connection
To HIM, let us ALL assembling in places OF
public worship, or gathering around domestic
affairs present sincere offerings Of humble ado.
ration and grateful praise; remembering that
as we, being needy, having received a6undantly
of His bounty, so ought we, cheerfully, to give
of our abundance to them who need; and lnVo-
king, earnestly, His gracious favor, that We may
walk before H1N, continually, in the way OF his
commandments, to the end that His blessing
may remain upon US, and upon our chlLdretl'
and upon the good land which He hath given
| u.s. forever.
Given at the City of Columbus, IN
", der my hand, and the Great Seal of the
| t~~J State Of Ohio, this second day of No
vember, A. D. 1857.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-11-07

A FINE, buxom-looking girl of 26 was married
at st. Georges Church, Manchester, England
self along the pavement with his hands, his legs
and body being carried by a stage on four
wheels. AS soon as the marriage ceremony was
performed, and the parties had left the church
in a cab mob of several hundred people fol-
lowed, who dragged out the bride and her maid,
who were very roughly handled. e-l
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-11-07

CosF or LIvlxo IN LIBER1A.-A correspoH-
dent at this place writes that provisions are
mostly imported from the United States Flour
ranges from Sl9 to $40 per barrel; hams and
bacon 90 to 90 cents per ID; hard bread, $40 to
$l2 per 100 lbs; rice, IS per busheli butter 62l
cents per To-; salt fsh from $l2 to $l4 per bar
rel; sugar, % cents per lb.; potatoes 81 20 per
bushel, and everything for family use proper
tionately high RaSh. ERiOn.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-11-07

MoxsrRR GUxs.-Several Of those monster
guns that played such terrible effect on the al
lied armies OF England and France, from the
batteries of SebastopOl, have arrived at Phila.
delphia. They are sent to Canada by the Brit
ish government, to be presented to the several
principal cities for their liberal subscription to
the patriotic fund during the Crimean War
The largest of these guns are about twelve feet
long and weigh So cwt, and their fore from four
to six inches.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-11-07
PARTRIDGBs
PICTURE GALLERY!

B-Is dtted up style superior TO any other In the
western country. Ills RECEPTION and SALES ROOM Is
Is feet deep to which he addition operating
Cd by 90 feet with arrangements light facilities for
his business in the world He would call par
tcuar attention to the light the eyes, bOdnsss and dis
ncness of every feature the sOnsss of outline avoiding
stG or appearances also the reflective or looking
glass effect 50 Objectionable in the DaguerreotyPe
from, Aavfn0 no roteetfse aaisa Partridge Ats
patrons that his toorE protected by hard snerettng
.ohtc oeooues part Of DE picture, and Is as dRra0fe
az he glass ttses. 81 }t5EE ~
Pictures of every improved style made low at other
Rooms here.
I.ale, and Gentlemen are invited to call 11s3<
Main street East side over Marsh TayIOrs Store Wheel