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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29
THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY. WAY 80, 1857.

THE MAMMOTH DISssH.-The Memphis
Appeal gives an account of the largest din
ner ever given in the Southern States, per-
baps in the Union-that at the recent rail-
road celebration at the Navy Yard at Menu
phis:
To give some adequate idea Of this i'm
mense dining we may partcularize some of
the articles provided:
There were 5000 plates and dishes in
which the dinner was served; 10 bbls. pota-
toes; $500 lbs. beet and mutton; 400 chick
ems; rs hams; I8 large baskets of salad; 1876
turkeys; 60 pigs; 400 to 500 lbs. cake; 1870
beef tongues; raisins, almonds, oranges &C.,
in due proport on; IL barrels OF ice water
The table upon which this mammoth din
ner was served was over three'quarters of a
mile long; and from fifteen to twenty thous-
ard persons partook Of 1t.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29
TIE STRUGGLE IN VIRGINIA.

From the first, we have observed the pro-
gress of the struggle of the people of Vir-
ginia for justice at the hands Of the General
Government, with much interest. This strug-
gle is for Virginia's fair proportion of the
public property. II is against the Democra-
cy, the only impediment in the way Of equal
Justice between all the States. The Richmond
Wing is fighting the battle of virginia-aye,
Of al! the old States-of Tenncssee-with
unsurpassed ability. In the name of the ad-
vocates of the equality of the States, in this
latitude, we thank the Wing. Its battle, its
cause is ours, and though last in the conflict,
we shall not be the first TO retire from it,
That paper of the Stb, has .he following tri-
umphant paragraph:
"Why, we are actually told by a Demo-
cratic organ here in Virginia that there is no
use, at this late hour,o pressing the question
of distribution, for the reason that "the day
has passed when it could be carried out."-
Such is the declaration of the Norfolk Argus,
aud it adds--"Should Virginia endorse the
scheme by unanimous vute, there is not a
remote possibility that strength enough in
Congress could be obtained to pase such
measure" Even if this were true, does no:
such declaration come with an exceeding
bad grace from an organ of the Democratic
party of Virginia!-a party whose bigoted
actions on this question has constantly tended
to rights in the public domain more and more
''remote" every day? If it be now impossible
to obtain cur share of the pablic lands, why
is il impossible? Who has made it so? Who
is responsible therefore! Is ituot the Demo.
cratic party alone! And does not the guilt
of the thing rest in an especial manner upon
the shoulders of the Virginia Democracy?
If our rights have already thus been sacrificed,
us the Argus contends, the blame attaches to
the Democratic party exclusively. And upon
their heads let the thunder bolts Of the peo-
ple's vengeance fall"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

a THEATRICAL NovELTY.--A remarkable
application of science to the domestic purpo-
ses of life, will be made in n few days at one
Of our most popular theatres. 1t is intended
to light up the innumerabe burners before
and behind the scenes entirely by electricity.
Instead of clumsy gasman staggering be-
meath the weight Of long pole and taper,
two wires will be touched, and instantly
every light in the house will be Illuminated
The effect is in the highest degree startling
and beautiful, and the process by which 1t is
produced will doubtless come into general
use. The lighting of public buildings, MS Mt
present conducted, is slow and troublesome
Job. After the introduction Of electricity, II
will be effected with the rapidity OF thought.
-Neo York Times.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

IloRRIpLE AND MYSTERIOUS MURDER.-A
horrible murder was committed near Mari.
borough, KY, on the 7th. The Newburg
News says
The body ofa fine looking girl, apparent
" about twenty years ofnge, was found in
the plowed field of S. HaIsey, Esq, near
Marlborough, apparently choked to death,
aud dead about twenty hours. From
appearances, she had been murdered in the
road and thrown over the fence The marks
upon her presented the appearance of violent
death by choking. Her hat was not found,
but her other garments were Of fine texture
and elegantly made. She has small feet and
hands, The latter apparently not used to Ia
Dor. As yet the body romains unreeognized,
and no clue obtained to the perpetrators.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

How AMERICA WAS PEoPLED.-Rev. DR..
Hawks, learned and eloquent scholar, has
recently been delivering series of lectures,
intended to show that this continent was
peopled hy successive mgrations from the
Old World at different eras and by different
races First from the shores Of the Medter-
ranean, which was the earliest seat Of COM
mercial enterprise, and the people from which
have left their record upon the vast ruins Of
Yucatan; next from China and Japan to
Mexico, Central and South America, and next
from Northern Asia, from which the American
tribes of Indians came. These theories are
sustained by remarkable analoges between
the languages prevailing in different parts Of
the Eastern continent with those to be found
on this continent.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

GULLIBILIry OF THE PUBLTc.-A gentleman,
to give SLY hit at the ridiculous pieces Of
intelligence in the public journals, stated an
interesting experiment had just been made,
calculated to prove the extraordinary voracity
of ducks. Twenty were placed together, and
one of them having been killed, and cut up
into the smallest possible pieces, feathers and
all, was thrown TO the other nineteen, and
most gluttonously gobbled up. Another was
then taken from the nineteen, and, being
chopped small, like its predecessor. was serv-
ed up to the eighteen, and at once devoured
like the other; and so on to the last, who was
then placed in the position of having eaten
his nineteen companions. This story, pleas
antly told, went the rounds of all the journals
of Europe.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

FULL REPREsEETATIoN.-A the recent
Term Of the Circuit Court of Barbour coun-
ty, Ala, Judge Hale presiding, there were
ten persons convicted of Penitentiary often
ces; greater number, we presume, than has
ever before been sent, at one time, from any
county in Alabama. fthey go on at that
rate, Barbour county will soon be considered
an unsafe place for rascals to sojourn in.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

tB- Atheism never holds sway over hu-
man thought, except rs a usurper; no child of
its own succeeding. Error is a convertible
term with decay Falsehood and death are
synonyms. Falsehood can gain no perman-
ent foothold in the immortal soul, for there
can be no abiding or real faith, except in
that which is eternalIy and universally true
The future of the world will never produce a
race of atheists, and their casual appearance
is but the evidence of some Misunderstood
truth-some mistaken direction of the human
mind-some partial and imperfect view Of
creation.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

SPECULATION IN RRSTs-Great fortunes
have been made in New York city within a
few years by specuIating in leases. Delmon.
leo was offered, few months ago, ninety
thousand dollars advance in his ten years
lease of the building corner of Chambers
street and Broadway, and one hundred thous-
and dollars premium has been offered to
Houghwant for the twenty years lease Of the
store corner Of Broadway and Broom streets.
A gentleman leased store in Broadway a
few weeks since for ten years, and was offer.
ed $S5,000 for his bargain on the same day
he signed the papers. The occupant of the
new store on the corner OF Grand street and
Broadway, sold his ten years lease of the
building for an advance Of $4,000 to Sing
er, the sewing machine manufacturer
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

tg- That the administration is, and has
been for some time, seriously considering the
proprety of taking some measures to open
the Nicaragua Transit route is undoubtedly
true. If the next arrival should bring the
news of the entire rout and defeat of Walker
and his forces, look out for grand coupF
etat by our government, followed up by n
policy that will cause my Lord Palmerston
to shake in his shoes. Since the rejection of
the Dallas Clarendon treaty by Palmerston,
the administration has finally got its eyes
open. Gen. Cass is not working fourteen
hours day for nothing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

sE- The Editor of French paper, in
noticing the cause of its discontinunnce, says:
"Our journal has had but one solitary subscri-
Der, dealer in groceries, who paid in articles
out Of the store. For two weeks the two
editors Of the paper lived exclusively on salt
fish and chamWgne."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

tW-lt having been stated that the men,
bers Of the New York Legislature shed tears
when they adjourned, Prentice, of the Louis
vile Journal, remarks-
"rherc appeared to be some doubt wheth-
er they wept at parting from each other, or
because their opportunities for clutchinp the
public money were at an end. II is said they
were the only people in the State that were
Mt all distressed upon the occasion.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

The SAD Story OF AN ERRKG YoUSe
MAS.-We have already mentioned the su-
icide Of young man named POindex:er, for.
merry Of Lexington. From Capt. Sullivan,
Of the Statesman, off which steamer the un
fortunate victim of intemperance leapt to
find n grave for all his errors beneath the
placid Ohio, the Journal learns that Poin-
dexter called him aside on the guards of the
boat, placed ring and note in his hand
went aft and Immediately disappeared over
board. The following is the note:
Farewell. father and mother, brother and
sister, am tired Of my life. BENJAMIN
franklin Weigert, the penitentiary thief from
Lexington, KY, is the cause Of this. Good
bye, my friends. A. NJ PoIEpExrER.
Lexington, XIV.
My youngest brother beware of bad com.
pany and the bottle.
We have scarcely ever seen anything of
more touching simplicity. II is the dying
wall of a broken heart-the last pulse of
shattered manhood--solemn words of warn
ing from the very portal of the tomb-the
"good bye" of an affectionate child to par
ents who had nestled his infancy and nurtur.
ed his boy-hood, and hoped great and noble
things Of his manly contest in the battle of
life.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

TRUE.-Show us newspaper whose col
umns are at all times crowded with new ad-
vertisements, and we will show you COM
munity alive with business and enterprise.--
A man that stands still in these latter days,
will in short time find himself behind his
competitor.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

A DIsoovsRv.-The New York Mirror
says that DR.. Holland, of Oneida county,
states that he has made use of electricity as a
remedial agent during the last ten years, and
has reduced It to such scientific principles
that he readily describes every form of dis
ease without interrogating the patient. He
makes the patient take hold of one pole Of
the battery, and himself the other; then he
passes his hand over his body, forming the
circle, and thus by the peculiar sensations
produced, discovers the seat Of disease.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

sY- The Jewish Chronicle mentions that
n curious branch Of business has been estab-
lshed at Lyons. II appears that an associa-
ton ofhowlers has been formed, which enga-
ges to supply to funerals number of profess
sional weepers, at the charge Of five francs
each. They have adopted peculiar costume,
and follow the hearse weeping and sobbing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

CScISNATI WHIsKEY MARKET.--During
the last ten days the Cincinnati market for
whiskey has been greatly excited, and prices
have advanced fully thirty per cent. IL con.
sequence, it is alleged, Of the present and
prospective scarcity of grain, and the mortaIi-
ty among hogs, which heretofore yielded n
very considerable portion of the profits arising
from the distilling business.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

AMBToUoUs-The Danvillc Register says
"A bachelor friend Of ours, who dwells in
this goodly town Of Danville, is Of opinion,
upon mature reflection, that molasses and SUI
gar are not The only sweet things that are
hooped up nowadays. What upon earth
can this bachelor allude tol Can anybody
A.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

A wealthy merchant of Michigan avenue,
Chicago, was holding brilliant party in his
parlors on Saturday evening, and dancing
was kept up until l2 o'clock, or thereabouts,
when the festivities were suddenly interrupt
ed bya policeman, who proclaimed in stem
torian tones that the jewellers must clear out
and go home. Rrmonslrance was in vain;
tie officer was firm, and the beaux and
bellies had to be off.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

A WARHlSG.-The Atlanta Courier warns
the public against the eating, as greens, the
tops Of the pie plant or rhubarb. Within
the last few days number of instances have
occurred in which their use has severely pois-
oned those who eat of them. The symp-
toms were violent purging and vomiting.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

RISE IN REAL EsrArE.-Some years ago
Henry Clay purchased some land iour miles
from ST. Louis, known as the sold orchard
tract" for sixty dollars an arpent (the arpent
is S5-l0O Of an acre.) 1t descended TO his son
Jas. b Clay, and the other day, as nrpents
were sold atauction for $1,000 per arpent.-
large quantity yet renmins to be sold.-
So much for railroads and public spirit.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

MISSIONARY WASTED.--fhc Louina (Ala.)
Eagle says, good shoemaker is badly need
ed in the village. Here is good chance
for some enterprising son Of Crispn, who is
on his last legs in some other IocnIity, to
"stick down his pegs" in quarters where he
can benefit the soies and drire good bus
mess for himself, and in the end, par rich.
Brisile up, st. Crspin, and go in and win.--
Who'll 90! Don't dpl speak at once.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

A VALID REASON The building committe
of church called upon wealthy member
of congregation, soliciting subscription
towards new house of worship. The sum he
subscribed disappointed them, and they told
him so, at the same time intimating that Mr..
Jinks had given double the amount, $50 no
should" said the willy gentleman; "he goes
to church twice as much as do"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

tE Sterne says somewhere, "Tbe grand
error Of life is, we look too far; we scale the
heavens-we dig down 10 the centre Of the
earth for systems and we forget ourselves.
Truth lies before us; 1t is in the highway
path, and the poughman treuds on il with
clolted shoes"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

toy The New Orleans Times of the 18th
inst saws that during the fifteen months end
ing May 18th, 1857, there were seventy mnr-
ders committed in that city; fifteen infantici-
des; twenty six suicides; and one hundred
deaths caused by intemperance. This is IN
awful showing ofcrime and misfortune for
that CITY.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

SHOT HERsELF.--A young lady shot her
self near Pontiac, Michigan, having run awny
from her wealthy parents in Canada, because
they were trying to compel her 10 marry m
old man whom she hated. The ball entered
near the pit Of the stomach and she wns In
very critical condition.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

A Williamsburg liquor dealer has a sign
out, announcing "Rum, gin, brandy aud
pure spirits for sale at fifty cents a gallon.
Some enterprising tinman might do a good
business by establishing depot for the man
ufacture Of sheet-iron throats next door!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

OF One of the Chinese boys, who Is
learning English, in missionary school,
came cross the passage in his Testament,
ave have pped unto you, and ye have not
danced" md rendered it thus: We have
'ioo', 'toot, to you, what's the matter you no
jump"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

OLD BACHELORS Tucker says it's
with old bachelors as with old wood--it is
hard 10 get them started; but wher they do
take flame they burn prodigiousIy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

eg- In contests among men the party
doing the most wrong,is is commonly harder
to be reconciled than he who has suffered
most wrong. The reason is, he has quar-
rel with himself, which makes him doubly
irritable
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

lB- Drop by drop falls into the clear
weIl-spring Of our youth the bitter water Of
experience, and there is no filter this side
the grave that can restore its original purity.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

AN APPROPRIATE SIMILE.-The merchan,
who does not advertise literally in the news
papers, has been very appropriat, ly compared
TO n man who has lantern, but is too slngy
to buy candle.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

Ley The German newspapers in the Uni
ted States are said to number 260, which is
ten times as many as there IRE printed in all
Germany.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

sg- Poverty is sometimes nn inconve-
niencc, but an empty purse is far preferable
to an empty heart.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

eAg- DR.. Hays, in his lecture, mentioned
having seen an iceberg which contained 435,-
10000 pounds of ice-more than is used in
one year by the civilized. world.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DisrRIcr.-Col.
w. p. Hickerson, who was nominated as the
American and Wing candidate for Congress
in the Fourth District, has been constrained,
from severe indsposition-Neuralgia in the
face-to decline.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

icy A friend of ours is becoming phil
osophcr. lie sleeps in an alley, and performs
his toilet at the pump. The money market
has no terrors for such n man.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

WASHINGTON, May 2oth.--The adminstra-
ton has resolved on rigorous measures
against the Mormons. Large bodies of
troops under Gen. Harney will be sent to
Utah Ben Mccullough has declined the
Governorship Of that territory.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

AZ The Democracy of Shelby county
have nominated Judges w. C. Dunlap and
Il. w. NJ. King, as candidates for the Legis-
lature
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

o7-So far rs the Bible is concerned sim
plicily of Interpretation is essential to that
simplicity Of heart which is the good ground
for the "good seed" Faith wilhers and dies
il the shade of artificial and labored expla-
nation
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

r4g- The people of Iowa are to vote in
August on the question Of allowing colored
mer TO vote on the same terms as other men.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

LEcoMpToS, X. r., Mny.--A nolle prose
qui in all treason cases was entered by the
advice Of secretary Stanton. The usurpa
ton of office cases will probably be treated
in the same Wny,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

LOOK OUT For HIM.-The Fincastle (Va)
Democrat, cautions the publc against one
Col. J. w. White, selr-stylcd border rur.
tian, who is lectorng through the country on
the affairs OF Kansas, and soliciting aid
Col. w. left Fjncaslle with the gold chain of
a gentleman, which he had borrowed, swim
died the stage driver, and committed sundry
other acts unworthy gentleman.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

Sys-rAx.-A far-seeing ieetotaller, being
asked the meaning Of syntuA, wittily replied,
"the tax one has TO pay for getting drunk. ("
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29
ryy- The DAYTON Emni,. m,Lo. novo

gB- The Dayton Empire makes novel
and somewhat striking proposition relative to
the comet. II says;
"Should the monster come into our do
minions, we will, in the spirit of Younr
America, annex il, and do the best wo can
with il. Should its inhabitants not make
good citizens, we can turn them out"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

tCF Senator Batter Of South Carolina is
reported to be at the point of death.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29
DISTRIBUTION.

Col. William r Yancev. A Democrat. and
o,,ho e,ho I.., os v;,,;0;,
W. "''
LOT 'he county oi hocKlnsh"m' III response 10
a call upon him for his opinions on the ques-
tons of land distribution, thus speaks:
81, o.nno, ho Aa,;.a tho, tho ore,, o,es,;on
noun hac'ro ,bo Anar;..an raonia ia tbe d;s.
49, ne a. III. - Tha .,, 81
,r,,h,;, r a,,'..,. IT, -, ,ho s,,b;os, n, rora
ps in . n,.nn." a,L;.h s',h;ds ,s 10 o,ss,;on
si,bor G ;,a a nn,an."nnt ti ;nnor,orcs Or The ne.
80, 10 ", P i,a it ;,"'a;.., oon.;doro,;on Tho
d'a;s;'. -, aL'.,i,, b,, nd or ,ha onss-
49, ',,;', ad;,,' h aaa;dad hr Tho nr1nsr;-
cni s,rsnrih of ;ho western States. whether
,ha vas, S"n,a;n oadod ,o tho General Gov.
srnm' @ % nj for ,ha common good Of nil the
S,.'as al, -, vo,,'d o,,ay IN anr;cb our
West.rn hre,h,en whilst the Atlantic States
staIi ta ID aIi nar,;.;n,,;on in tho Mess.
49, ;.,"a ~ W ~ s"r;noa i.'n, ,bo conmon f,nd
SasJ,' V;,a;nio uhnsa devotion 10 the com
mon ;,o,l ind,ced b.r IN sacrifice so much of
ho, sol, n, ,h.' .I,.r of tho IJrior sbnuId not
ro,, Mil, ..,,,s en,aod aIloy his rich treas
nrs 10 hs d;yert.d from its legitimate object
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

t4g- Every wooden leg that takes the
place Of leg lost in battle is a stump speech
against war.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

tg- A young man who has recently Ia
ken a wife, says he did not find It half so
hard to get married as he did 10 get furni-
ture,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

sW- A steamboat propelled upon a new
principle made its appearance upon the Del
aware river on Tuesday. Her propeller was
driven by an engine, the power of which
was applied direct from the engine to the
propeller without the intervention of acrank.
The power exerted is said 10 be more reg
ular and uniform in its motion than that Of
the old fashioned engine. The departure o.
the boat for Washington attracted n crowd of
spectators at the wharf, and as she went
down the river at the rate Of twelve miles an
hour, much excitement was manifested at
her unexpected rate OF speed. A gentleman
of Philadelphia is stated to be the inventor
of this new engine, and, from the interest
exhibited by scientif, and practical mechan-
les in her success, it bids fair to create a re-
volution in the steam engine.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-29

WHEAT IN HKKANSAS.-The Little ROCK
Gazette of the 9th says:
We are gra,ifed to learn from several
gentlemen from various portions OF the North
and Western part II mis- State. that although
the hard freeze in April injured the crops of
wheat, they believe full half crop will be
made. Until that dreadful spell Of we.ther,
the prospect never before was SO good for a
heavy crop.