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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

IMPROVED PosTAoE STAmPs.-The Post
Master General has introduced the excellent
English method of perforating the lines be-
tween the postage stamps, so that they may
be torn apart at once without using the scis
sors. They have further advantage in the
circumstance that the rough edge thus pro-
duced makes them adhere much more readily
10 the back of n letter. The machine for
making the perforations was procured from
England. A supply of the perforated stamps
has already been furnished TO the post offices
of Philadelphia, New York, and other frIn-
cipal cities.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

TERRIBLE FAMINE IN NoRwAY.-The En-.
glish papers have accounts from Norway,
which give a painful picture Of the suffering
If the inhabitants of Lampand and FinmnrS,
bordering On the North Cape of Norway
Owing to the failure Of The crops, the inhub.
tants are In a state of starvation.
"Hundreds nre dying daily, and the living
are compelled to sub-:st ns they hest can, On
the bark Of trees, ground and cooked with
oats. IN order TO alleviate their suffrrings
charitable committees have been organized
on the opposite coasts OF the Gulf "f Bnth.
nin Ia collect contributions IN kind, such us
corn, four, vegetables and spirits, whlch will
be conveyed to them acioss the ice in sedg
rs. As an addition to the suffering of these
poor creatures, the cold is ofa severity rnre-
~ experienced even in these ice bound coun-
tries"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13
Isn't il awful to think ,f?

AN EDrToR's AUDIESct.-"Who are you
talking to-" Why to lager audience than
the best ronversationalist ever could boast of,
and to more than ever listened to him during
n month. How few clrrgymen, how few
lecturers, how few public speakers of any
description ever address m audience half so
large rs that to which the editor of the
smallest country paper preachesl How many
clergymcn are there who are accustomed to
audiences of n thousand, md how few pa
pers there are which do not strictly and lit.
orally find more than thousand thorough
readers!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13
LEGAL TESpER.-The law regulating tn

LEGAL TENDER.-rhe law regulating the
payment of debts with coin, provides the
following coin to be the legal tender.
l. All gold coin at their respective values,
for debts of any amount.
O. The half doll r, quarter dollar, dime and
half dime, at their respective values for debts
OF amount under five d"llars.
8. Three cent pieces Tor debts Of amounts
under thirty cents; and
4. BY the law just passed, we may add one
cent pieces for debts OF amounts under ten
cents.
BY law of Congress, passed some four or
five wears ago, gold, instead of silver, WIS
made the legal tender for large amounts
Those who, to get rid OF large Quantities ol
cents and small coin, sometimes pay bills
with it, to the annoyance Of The creditor r,
will perc' i've that there is u stoppage put to
that antic by law.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

EUROPEAN MORALS The case of Harrison
against the Marquis of Bath, which was
heard on the 4th instant in the Court of
Qneen's Bench, London, affo ds view of
the widespread corruptions and minoraliiies
which prevail in that capital. Itappears that
regular trade is carried on in the importa-
ton of Belgian girls to London for the pur-
poses of prostitution; that noblamen frequent
the houses in which the uRfortunates are de-
tanned; that the aristocrats are extensively
black mailed by persons in league with the
propretors of those infamous houses, aud
that lawyers are found to press the claims 10
trial and endeavor to support them even by
perjury.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

SIMON SUGGs.-Ev"rypody has read of 81
mon Suggs whom "Jore Hooper" immor
tallzed; and almost everybody is aware tn 4
the verilabe original Smon, (whose real
name heed not be mrntined bec,usp that is
no bod,'s business, nolho,O,) still lives in
Alabama. A year or tw since, he came in
to Tuskegee, with an lmghty long face,
and yard of Grape roud his hat, and met
his friend, Ned, whei the following re-
marks were made:
"Byrd," said Simons friend, 'what ails
you2 YOU look so'emn ahi serious, as il you
had mt with SONS misfrtune."
"You know, Nrd," sal, Simon, shat have
lost my companions" H. had recently lost
his wie, n mos. pons nd rstimablc lady,
by drath.) sand beside that, have been
thinking good deal, lac, about my latter
end. aud the next world!
"You!" 5 id Ned,"l always thought that
YOU we're u Universalist'
$50 / was" said Sln,ol perfectly serious
and evidently Impressed fifth the solpmnily
Of the subject; "bmI III you Ned, there
amt nairy pair in hattaad. IL amt any
use 10 bluff agm On .iAsrER. lie sees
euery card in your hand'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

CHEERING RAIL ROAD NEws.--The friends
of tbs Blue Ridge Rail Road will b. pleased
to learn that the resumption of work thereon
will take place at the peasur" If the compa
nv, the required sum of S220 600 having, we
understand, been subscribed. The handsome
sum Of S22 900 has been secured in Rabun
county, aud the ci,izrns Of Wnlhalla and vi.
rinity pledge Themselves for S20,00O more
This IL doing b'ndsome tn NJ IN handsome
styl., and will place the road IN such an nd.
yanced stage, that its completion will no
longer. We trust, be doubted by any body
Keopis Courier.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13
PRACTICAL GOOD SENSE.

II is related that an Alhenian who was hes
itating whether to give his daughter in mar
ringe To man ofwo:th with n small fortune
or To rich man who rad no other recon
the subject. The philosopher in the spirit
of true wisdom, said, 81 would brstow my
daughter upon man without money, rather
than upon money without man." Mar
riagrs for money seldom conduce to social
comfort and happiness, and often result in
the utter Destruction If dumrstic peace, in
elimination, rodness and estrangemrat.--
And yet the love of money is seldom man.
Tested in greater strength than in the forma
tion OF those life long alliances where the
parties bind themselves to stake each other
for better or for worse" and give their mu.
tual pledge to stand by and aid each other
amid all the storms and prlvations and pers
Of life. Those parents who are chiefly anx
ious to have their daughters to marry for
tune, who value money more than character,
integrity, enterprise and correct habits, will,
in most cases, lament their .sightedness,
infatuntIon and folly. There is happiness in
cottage where virtue, intelligence aud kind
ness dwell. A palace will not yield it in the
absence of these. 1t is not these families
where there is the greatest proiusion Of
wealth, who are most to be enved. In many
splendid mansion there are aching hearts,
disappointed hopes, coroding cares aud
scaldng tears. Let us not be misunderstood.
We are not depreciating or decrying wealth.
II confers and secures many advantages. 1t
gives to its possessor influence, position, and
power. "Castars parihus," as We We're
taught in our school.boy days to say, other
things being equal, it is desirable, highly ben
rfca, and emln ntly comfortable. But it is
not worth sacrificing domestic pence to pos
sess tit is not worth enduring the strife
of tongues-it is not worth the lille long re.
proach, "yon married me for my money"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13
TENNESSEE FLOUR.

The following article in relation to Ten
nessee Flour, from the Augusta Constitu
ti"nalist Of the LIST instant, is of interest to
the manufacturers OF -four in this direction:
The quantity of Tennessee -four which is
annually sent to this market, induces Us 10
make some few remarks IN relation to that
commodity. We ARE further induced tn do so,
from the TACT that We are compelled I" report
the Value of Tennessee, flour very frequently
from twenty five To fifty cents per barrel lower
lhan flour from our City Nils or from
Etowah.
lst. A considerable portion of the Tennes.
see Hour forwarded 10 Augusta, is sent hy
country merchants, who obtain il from differ.
enI mills.
2nd. The bags are of dissimilnr lengths,
Ind seldom contain the exact weight that
quarter or half sacks should have. Some sacks
are less IN weight and some over weight.
Sd. The bags nre generally in bad order,
stained or soiIrd, by the handling-by contact
with the h"or OF the cnrs-by exposure on
river banks, or frnm other causes.
4lh. The sacks ARE badly marked, and even
the well cut plates, vi hich some millers have,
are used by inexperienced or incompetent
persons.
On the other hand, our City Mills flour is
done up in bags of almost snowy whtpness
the weight oi fonr, in each sack, is almost
always within n halt, or Mt most, within an
ounce OF the exnct weight-the sacks lo"k
clean aud white-and the marks are beaut
fully printed, with handsome vignelte, in a
fine blue or black ink. The packages are in
this wnv r.ndprpd attractive IN thp uva nj
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

In THE DARK.-We, dwellers in this world
of error, are like men walking through the
streets Of city on foggy morning. Every
one fnncies that Immediately around himself
there is little or no fog, hut around others, at
little distance from him, he pcrceives it to
be thick and binding; and they, in turn,
make precisely similar mistake about them
selves and him; each derming il quite clear
where he himself is, and that all the rest are
In the dark.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

DEATH OF GEN kIcHARpsoS OF KANSAS
GsARY's DIrFicuLTY.-The Cincinnati Gu
zeite of the 25lh says:
General Richardson, If the Council, is re-
ported to have died at Lecomrton, on the
night OF the 18th inst, natural death, how
ever, which is rather rare in that healthy
country.
In regard to the recent difficulty of Cover
nor Grary, the st. Louis Republic n says:
"Shrrard did not spit in the Governors
face, but confronted Him in the lobby, and
said To him, "Yon IRE liar, scoundrel and
a coward-I spit upon you. lfyou dou't re-
sent il, =, all not notice you hereafter"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

KEEpISe THE THING DARK.-They have
an excellent way Of keeping quiet about
epidemic diseases in the city of New York.
From a comparison of the city Inspectors
report, and from other documentary evidence,
II is now asccrtained that there were about
one thousand deaths from yellow fever IN
the city Of New York during the summer
of 1856.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

F Porter's Spirit Of the Times saws, the
Vermont Black Hawk earned for his owner,
without leaving his stable, n SUN rising S47,.
600, and has given courage, grnce, beauty,
speed and FIRE TO some ten or twelve hun.
dfed colts
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

NEWSPAPER OUTRAGE.-We can hardly
find words strong enough with which TO repro
butte the practice, on the part Of certain un.
principIed newspapers, of giving publicity 10
the private entertainments Of respectable
A mans house is his castle; and his
domestic affairs should b. MS safe from news
paper intrusion rs from thieves and assnssins.
In either cnsr the burglarious vilinin deserves
to be shot dead.-NeD York Mirror.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

R The Louisville Democrat says, a duel
between two ladies' is on the tapis in that
city. A formal challenge is known to have
been passed and accepted, though the wea
pons and distance have not been named As
will te readily imagined, "gentleman" is
ut the bottom of the quarrel. After all, we
don't know but the ladies' have as much
right to make fools of themselves as the
lords of creation.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

Law AGAINST DUELLINe.-A writer in the
Charleston Standard, on the subject OF duel
ling IN South Carolina, and of the in.fiicienry
OF the State law to suppress this relic of ffeudal
barbarism, says:
II would make the penalty, for being en-
gagged in any duel, to attach on ali and every
person ar persons, directly or indirectly con-
crrned in fighting duel, or sending, giving,
accepting or carving or conveying any such
challenge, their cOunsellors, niders or abet-
tors, upon being convicted thereof in any
Court having Jurisdiction isiranchisement-
rendering all such prrs"ns incapable oi ever
afterwards holding any office Of honor, trust
or profit, under the laws or authorities of the
State; and also embodying in the law n pro-
vlso, to the effect, that in case of any death
happening in consequence oi any duel, the act
should not be so construed as To save the
offenders from the pains and penalties of the
laws of the land, provided for the punishment
of homicide and murder"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13
rs- Two loofets in North Adams, Mn

sP- Two loafrrs in North Adams, Mass,
seated themselves up"n krg Of powder
which they rolled from the cellar way OF II
store, last Sunday, to Qazr AT the ladies' pas
sing TO church. They were smoking cigars,
and bv some means spark of fire ignt"d the
powdrr blovin them both to n considera-
bic distance, and dangerously iniuring one.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

SAvAGgROUs.-One d the New York
Sunday papers uIters thefoIIowing truculent
threat agninst "ne of hi, daily brethren.-
We hope the irate editorwlI think better OF
il, and "nbate his manly vraih:"
Gas soon as we can cach hold Of his va.
gabond body, We shalt apply to il green
cuwskin, six feet long, AM one inch in the
'girih,' which We have had manufactured for
the especial purpose. AID, independently "f
that, We will, when we ciich him, rul "ff his
ears, and nail them to the first wooden lamp
post we can find"
Isn't il awful to think tf?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

. The clown ut llengler's circus in
Chester England, having been noticed for his
constant attendance on church services three
clergymen of the city presented him with
haRdsome Bible. A daily paper calls il 81 sim
guar testimonial to clown." II certainly
ought to not be "singular." There are peo.
pie in whose dictionary fun means sin, and
laughter is defined to be the expression Of
wickedncss, who may consider that clown,
as such, has no more business with n Bible
than toad with side pocket. The natu-
raj melancholy fool hates the artistic and
lively fool The real fool who grins with
convexity of his mouth upward, to please
himself, detests the fool who grins with 1t
downward. to please other people. The
Bible is only out of place in the hands Of
that clown who embeszies trust money, stenls
shares and disposes of securities confided to
him, singing psalms all the while, and who
is solemn, dull, and dreary clown, and
sad rogue.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

OLDEST MAN IN AMERiA.-A correspond
ent oi the CassviIle Slalhrd, says there is
now living in Murry couy, g., on the wat
ers of Holly Greek, a revolutionary veteran,
who has attained the agbf one hundred and
thiriy-four. His name iJohn Hames. He
is known throughout ihSegion in which he
lives by the appellative d'Gran'slr Flames"
Gran'sir is contracted fol Grand Sire. A
grand sire he truly Is. a was on my way
to visit this rrlrt of the xpired eighteenth
century, inquired OF an dish gentleman of
about sixty ii he knew i'm. "Oh yes, !
know him." said he, she isny grandfather"
John Hames was bornin Meckrnburgh
county, Virginia, and was lad ten years old,
when Washington was in his cradle. He
was thirty tw" when Bradjck met his dsas-
trous defeat on the Monogahala. He, with
several Of his neighbors, 81 forth to join the
head strong aud i'll fated cmmander, but al
ter several days march, wre turned back by
the news of his overthrow, He migrated to
South Carolina nearly n hhdred years ago.
lie was in thirteen considerable conflicts du-
ring The war of Independence, and in skir
nlshes and rencounters With Indians, with
tories, and with British, tines beyond msm-
ory. He was with Gates At Camden, with
Morgan at the C"wpens, With Green at Hills
boru' and Eutaw. and WIN Marion in many n
bold rush into tory caip or red coat quar-
t,ra
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

WARSISo TO "CALrTHuMrIAEs."
Young men were fined S25 each in the Court
Of Quarter Sessions Of Chester county, Pa,
recently for disturbing newly married
couple by "calithumpian" sereuada
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

tg- The triumph of woman lies, not in the
admiration of her lover, but in the respect Of
her husband, nnd that can only b. gnned by
a constant cultivation OF those qualities which
she knows he most values.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

ley On the 29th of January, the anger
of the Artesian well, now being bored in the
plain Of Passy, rear Paris, had reached the
depth Of l466 feet. This well, II is known,
is the largest in the world, and is intended
to reach the same sources OF supply as the
famous well Of Gienelle, which has a depth
Of 800 feet.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

y- The Mississippi Central and Tennes
see Railroad is now open to Blacks Station,
four miles and half north Of Bolivar, and
twenty two miles south from Jackson. The
cars are now making two trips daily on this
road
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

t9w- A Mr.. Powers, who had been com
mited To the Jail nj Ogiensburs, on u charge
oI setting fire To buIdinr,d scovrrrd fire
in the jail the next night, aud saved It; II is
thus balancing the account.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

RELICS OF FEUDAL DAYs.-The custom of
uncOverng the head and taking of the hat or
even simply ,ouehing it, is relic of the old
disnrming-the removing of the helmet to
Indicate that the party thus exposed himself
to the mercy Of an enemy. To take off the
glove was in like manner to ungauntlet the
hand, the mere removal constituting an offer
of friendship. Even now it is considered
uncisil to shake hands with the glove on.-
Shaking of hands was formerly II token Of
truce, in which the parties took hold each Of
the others weapon hand, to make sure against
trrachery. II was also token of good will.
A Frenchman, priso, er in England, once
made most ingenious use of this CUSTOM
Having been "put up" against negro boxer,
and knowing nothing of boxing, he avaied
himself of the shaking of hands before the
encounter, to crush the negro's hand in his
iron grip. 1t is said that few years since, a
brutal fellow in Connecticut crushed friends
hand in like manner, though he did il in
sport.
The bow, it is said, which is now mark of
politenrss, is but an offer Of the neck to the
stroke of the adversary, while the courtesy
peculiar to the ladies' is the form of going on
the knees to sue for that mercy which, in
earlier ages, was difficult to get. The hair
pins worn by ladies are reduced poignards.-
In some parts of Sicily they are still worn of
such a size MS to be convertible into weapons.
The ear rings were anciently badges of slave
ry, and were sodered SO that they could not
be removed from the ear, their form indicated
the owner of the slave.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

u. s. TREAsURy.-Thc amount in the
United States Treasury, its repositories, sub
ject to draft, on the 23d February, the date
Of the last official report, was S24,467,742,
ofwhich $39,435. was in the Savannah, and
S65, 2s4, In the Charleston depository.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

How TO MEND CHINA.-From an English
almanac we cut recipe for mending Chna,a
long time since, and the opportunity having
occurred for trying, We found II admirable,
tho fracture scarcely being visible after the
article was repaired. It is thus made-take
very thick solution of gum arabic IN water,
and stir it into plaster Of Paris until the mix
ture becomes viscous paste. Apply it with
brush to the fractured edges and stick them
together In three days the article cannot
again be broken in the same place. The
whiteness of the cement renders it doubly
valuable Exchange.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

nrRev. George G. Foot, an Episcopal
Rector of Whtemarsh Parish,
near Philadelphia, took his congregation all
abnck, few days since, BY announcing that
he had become convert to the Church Of
ome
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

tSy- A decision has been rendered in the
New York Marine Court, that party who,
previous TO an election, hires room Tor II
political purpose, 10 not liable for the rent
the law for bidding any such use Of money.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

tB- A foppish fellow advised n friend
not to marry poor girl, MS he would find
matrmony with poverty "up hill work.
'Good," said his friend" II would rather 60
up hill than down hill, any time"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

THR FRuIr CRor.-Papers from various
quarters unite in pronouncng the fruit crop
uninjured thus far. There is abundant OPP
portunity for its destruction yet. Late spring
frosts are as fatal rs winters cold.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

e-s-A correspondent OF the Macon Geor-
gia Telegraph, states that there is a negro
woman in Bib county, who has one hundred
and nineteen descendants. Sixty seven Of
her descendants and Sena are owned by a
gentleman in Bibb, and fifty two by another
heir in an adjoining county.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

HIT AT THE COR0NER.-A New York pa
per says that an unfortunate man in that city,
who had resolved upon suicide, was deferred
from his rash temper by fear that Coroner
Connery would hold IN inquest over his body.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

A JOURNALISTIC NovELTy.-1he Prussian
periodical press can boast of great novelty,
NAMELY political newspaper written in the
Hebrew language. 1t is published at Johnn.
nsberg in Eastern Prussia, and its editor is a
Rabbi Silbcrmann at Silk. The title is "Ha
Magid," the "AnDouncer." II is n weekly
paper, aud its cost only 3s. a quarter, or
ihreepence the single number. The circua.
ton of Ha Magid is not limited to Prussia;
it has also a large sale among the Jews os
Poland and Russia. During the Emperor
Nichoas's reign this would have been i'm
possible, but Alexander II. hns removed the
prohibition against Hebrew printing and He.
brew literature in the Russian Empire.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13
BURNED 10 ClsDRRs.-Professo Youman,

BURNED TO CIEDRRs.-Professo Youman,
In learned lecture on chemistry, said:
What is the relation of oxygen to the liv.
ing body? Every animal is busy drawing in
and throwing out air--an increasing tidal ebb
ana flow. The oxygen of the mir passes
through the membranes of the lungs, is tn.
ken up by the blood, and carried to all parts
of the body, 1t does here what It does every
where-it burns. Slow combustion goes on
in the body, and carbonic acid and water are
produced. This combustion is necessary to
keep up heat and fever, and the oxygen Of
the mir must have carbon and hydrogen, in
the form of food and drink, to feed upon.--
Cut off n man from ever, thing but air, and
the oxygen at every breath will cut away
potion of his own frame. The most com.
bustible parts are first consumed; he grows
ghter and more emaciated every hour
First, the fat disappears, then the muscles
ate assailed, and lastly, the devourng giant
oxygen, attacks the brain nerves, delirium
ensues, and death closes the scene. Men
say he has starved to death, but the scien-
litic truth 9, that he has been burned to Gin,
dcrs. a'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

t4s~ One who has had some experience,
thus defines "wild oats" ~ cereal crop that
is generally sown between eighteen and twen-
ty five; the harvest usually sets in about Ten
years after, and is commonly found TO con-
sist of broken constitution, two weak legs,
n bad cough and trunk filled with small
Walls and medical prescriptions