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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18
KEspAIL ON SoRcHo Sucar.-Kenda

KENDALL ON SoRcHO SUcRE.-Kendall,
writing to the picayuns from Western Tex.
as, says:
"'rh,t the Sorgho Sncre stands drought
bett'r than amy thing else is passed all ques-
t;"n: proved il last year, and this year ]
have double confirmation. Rows of it are
now standing in INV corn field even here,
with wellmatured, ripe heads, where the
other grain has come to nothing. All that
It wants is moisture enough in the ground to
bring it up, and then II single shower to give
ta start, and it will go ON and mature when
every thing else fails.
"Many ol my friends in this section are
sanguii.e that this new grain or planet will
drive all others out of the ground. or that it
will at least infect n perfect revolution in the
way of farming in Western Texas. They
are saving the seed to plant nnd for bread,
they are making syrup and sugar of the juire
of the stalk, they are feeding it out as green
fodder, and saving it up for dry. N" part
of il is wasted; cattle, horses, sheep and hogs
eat it clean, from the ground upwards, when
the stalk is ripe, and gnin strength md grow
fat unon.it. An immense quantity of it will
be planted next year."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

The Canadians and their Free Negro
Population.-Public opinion in England and
her colonial possessions has undergone such
II radical change within few months in re-
gard to ,h. slavery question, and the negro
race in general that the probabilities nrc--
says the Richmond Enqurer-that the sun
derground ralroad' will soon get into disii-
vor with our Canadian neghbors. The Indi.
ana State Sentinel of n late date says:
81 he Canadian government are determined
to get rid of their free negro population. A
proposition was made some time since to iso-
late them IN the northern portion Of Canadn,
bnt this project failed. Now petitions are
being forwarded 10 the home government To
send the entire negro population in Canada
to some of the English tropical islands,
From this it will appear that the Canadians
are rapidly getting over their sickly sympathy
for the negro, and are determined not only to
drive them out Of this Northern refuge, but
drbar them from seeking that asylum in the
future. Where will the peer negro go! II
will not be nj all surprising IL thousands OF
runaway negroes should wend their way back
to their masters /" escape transportation.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

A FAST WoMAs.-1he ladies' are becom-
ing dangerously perfect. We really don't
know why they shouldn't "rise in rebellion"
aolne dav, and take away the rsigns of gov
ernment from us poor mssculines. There
nre now two Indies stopping at Barretti, on
Cape IsIand, N. j., who are equal to the best
Of US on bowling and shooting. One of them
made twelve ten strikes in succession, and
two hundred nnd eighty-seven points on her
next game. lately, The other one, in the
meanwhile. wns shooting pistol match with
two gentlemen from this city. Shs hit ths
bniton six times in eight shots. nt ten PAGES,
and the other two shots eame within srven-
sights Of an ineh! Sh. then fired twenty six
shots at q swinging block, two and hall
inches In diameter, and struck il fourteen
times! There would be no necessity 70. any
gentleman's going into the field to settle this
last lady's quarsls.-M Y. Mercury.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

Important Decision as to Naturalization
Voters.-Judge Goodloe, Of the Kentucky
Circuit Court, has rendered very Important
decision rs to the rights of persons naturaIiz.
ed in State Courts, in respect to elective
franchise. This decision was rendered IN the
case of Hogan against Dudley. Dudley while
acting as Deputy Sheriff at The late election
in the city of Lexington, refused to receive
the vote of Hpgan because he was naturalized
in State Court. I1egan instituted suit for
damages. The case was fully argued On both
sides before Judge Goodloe, who. in his de-
cison, embraced the following points:
l. A voter may maintain n civil action
against the judges Of election. for unlaw fully.
wilfnlIy and knowingly denying him the right
to vote.
2. The power 10 establish uniform rules of
naturalization is exclusively vested in Con.
gress. and cannot he exercised by the States.
8. The process of naturalization, under the
act "f 1920 is Judicial and not ministerial.
a. Congress l'as no power, under the Con.
stitution, to confer jurisdiction or impose jn-
drial dutirs upon the State Courts; hut The
State tOurts must look to the Constitution
and laws of their owi States, for grants OF
Jurisdiction; and as there is nothing in Il e
Constitution and laws Of Kentucky, confer
ring jurisdiction upon any of her Courts. to
hear and determine naturalization Eases, their
Judgments and certificates nre void. and con-
Ter upon these holders no right to vote.
Judge GoodIoe had previonsly decided that
the papers of a persa, natura!zed in another
State required the certificate of the cour,
there to make them valid.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

A LIVE MAN SoLp FOR Soar FAT.-A
Spanish journal states that son, whose faith.
er being in stale of idotcy was heavy
burthen to him, gravely proposed to u neigh.
b"r to sell the old man, who was very fht, to
be melted down into grease! The neghbor
having consented, n bargain was struck for
eight hundred rails, and the purchaser procur.
ed large cnudron in which to boil the old
man; but the authorities having heard of the
atrocous affair, had the buyer aud seller ar.
rested
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

THE SPEAKERsHIP.-The Washington cor.
respondent of the Philadelphia Enquirer
writes ns follows:
1t seems 10 be now generally understood
that Mrssrs. H0nston, OF Alabama and Phelps
Of Missouri will contest the Speakership Of
the next House of Representatives, with Col.
Orr cf South Carolina. think however that
he will be found too strong far them, and it
is pretty certain that he would fill the post
with more dignity and ability than either
There is little opposition worth mentioning
to ths claims OF Mr.. Allen, Of Illinois I" the
Clefkship, who will 90 out OF the usual eau
Gus with, presume, the unanimous vote Of
the Democratic delegation. In all that have
said respecting the differences IN the Demo-
cratic pnr,y, do not npprehend that they will
affect the speedy organization of the House,
but will make their appearance soon after
wards.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

SIsTERLY DEvoTIoN.-There is n young
lady living in Saratoga who hns visited the
grave of sister every morning for three
years. more touching sight We have sell
dom seen, in this inconstant and forgrtful
world, than this devout maiden kneehng To
place flowers upon the green coverlet Of a
sisters "narrow BID" and to repeat her morn
ing prayers, where none but God can hear
them. There is n fanaticsm of the affections
which one cannot but reverence; and the
scene we have alluded to makes the love Of
woman holy, even to those whose skrpticism
has become chronic.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

New YORK BEATS SoDoM.--It is asserted
ihatn clergyman in Albany, careful explo.
with regard to all the revealed sin and iniqui-
ty which reigned in Sodom, has been cypher
ing the thing up, and he has arrived at the
That that brimstone-and, fire destroyed city
was "some" in wickedness, is admitted-but
New York il ahead Of Il.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18
ANOTHER PoarrcAL CLERGYMAN FALLEN

ANOTHER POLITICAL CLERGvMAN FALLEN.
One after another Of the political clergy
of the country nre being exposed and are
falling from grace. The Last cnse we have
to record is from the Celina (Mercer county.
'Ohio,) Standard. which Snys TINT the Rev.
Wesley Brock, who ia on" Of the loudcsi
Black Republicans in the Northwest, m old
minister and recently presiding elder Of the
district, has been guilty Of the crime Of Sc
,dnction and that the lNdy whom he has ru-
ined has commenced legal proceedings against
him,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

LEMON JUICE IN DaoPsY Lemons are
recommended for dropsy in n Russian nedi-
cal journal, and are snld to be herrtieinl in
the most hopeless cases. The first day one
lemon was given. after taking the peel oG,
and cutting il up into small pieces. in sugar;
the two following days three were given, and
afterwards eighteen every day. For nourish-
ment meat was given. in every csso the
waier came of the seventh day.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18
THE GROWTH OF THE WEST.

There nre frw.who fully comprehend, or
who have tnken the trouble to consider, the
vn.tness and almost Incredible rapidity of the
growth Of the great West, as we are wont to
call the Valley Of the Mississippi and its trib.
utaries. All IRE aware that the centre or
population has gradually but steadily been
moving Westward; and the incrense Of popu-
lniion alone has been chiefly regarded rs an
evidence of the growth of the country. The
statistics of emigration from Europe and
from the States b"rdrring on the Atlantic, to
the rich lands Of the Mississippi Valley, nr-
rnsil, asceriained. The New York Times
thus aludrs to IL: ''The tide of unemployed
labor flows Westward from crowded lands.
Every hamlet in New England has felt the
ehbing of its strength; hnt there the depicting
process goes on 50 silently that only its eff
fects are seen in the scarcity Of sinewy youth,
and the consequent standing of manageable
damsels. But, ut CnS,ie Garden, this west
wnrd stream Of lntssfs a visible torrent, fed
from the inexhaustible fountains of Europe,
and scarcely touching the shore as It sweeps
away in the bosom Of the promised land
The larger part Of the 1000 emigrants who
arrived at the landing depot last year. includ-
ing nearly all those from Northern Germany,
went directly West after few hours stay in
the city," But il is not in population alone
that the unprecedented growth Of the coun-
try consists. The iEdividuds who compose
this exodus from the Fast I'd the West nre
but the implements of labor, md labor is
capital, and thus every settler IN the Western
States brings to them, in his own industry
and ability to work, m amount Of capital
equal to that which, at ordinary rates of in.
terest, will produce the value Of his labor.
The principal influx Of population into the
Western States is composed OF young and
able bndied and active unmarried, or of young
married men and women seeking to makt
fortunes BY theii enterprise and industry. A
contemporary estimates the numbcr of settler,
of this description ut 100000 annually, encl
capable of earning at least e200 per nnnum
This would give an annual income of $40,
100000, to which may be added $2,OOO,00t
as the product of female labor. This S22,
900, 900 is the interest at ten per cent. OF
1920, ,0O0, 900, which is in reality the estmal
I'd annual increase of the ealth Of the Wes
from this source alone. When we take int,
consideration the Increase in The value o
lands and other valuable Improvements, tn
vast increase of Western wealth seems alnos
incredible.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

SpEcuLAToRs CAUGHT.-The Boston Trav.
elcr snys that the decline in the value Of sn
gar. in the United States nlrendv probably
amounts to acvernl millions Of dollars, and is
likely to he mnch larger before bottom is
reached. The sugar sneruators were correct
in their calculations Of the deficiency Of sup
plv nt the beginning Of the senson, but th"v
did not take into consideration the great fall.
ing off in consumption consequent npon
high prices II is stated that considerable
portion Of the stock Of sugar in the United
States is owned nv Spanish houses in Cuba.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18
LETTER FROM GEN. HASKELL.
The following letter from Gen. Haskell
to the Memphis Bulletin, explains itself

MEMPHIS, Monday, Sept. 7, 1857.
To the Editor Of fhe Morning Bulletin:
have abandoned politics. shall become
n student, and devote my life to lnw and lit.
erature-writing more and speaking less. |
can scarcely hope ever to leave fortune 10
nv children. will try to give them the e.
gacy "f an honest fame, and u good example
TO initiate.
intend to eschew idIencs-, strong drink,
tobacco in all its forms, live virtuonsly and
labor assidmonsy. ] hive reached the peri
I'd Of life when a man would not deserve
proiitably of these things. Recently have
thought much of the "Land of the Here.
after"
Ipro2ose on Thursday night next, to de-
liver II lecture at Odd Fellows Hall, IL il can
be procured, Of which due notice will be CIV
en-. Nv lecture is intended as an Art Pie
ture, and is written principally tor the ladies'.
My object is to institute LITERARY Club
with suitable rooms, n library of 5000 ar
5000 volumes, mud to subscribe for tn. lpnd-
ing papers md magazines of the United
States and England, which are to be kept
carefully on file. Let this be done, and il
will have a powerful effect to Wean our best
!ou"g NV" .'"'' I'VE '"u"'' VI '''.' ",e"ess
ruined, and make intelligent and useful cit.
izens of them. Poor as am, ! will head
the sub-criptjap with cash payment of onc
hundrea a"''ars' " 'he rch n'eh u MemP"'s
will back me.
"m snecess'u' nere' | 'h,eno 10 wrtp
eu,'ng .he '"'.' se..rS, ',.,e W lectures on mt
i"how smog'eIs' he |narac'er o, ars"' .,.
n,'s.' me Nn.ee. ., ann""'e,, ne
Mehg'"h OF 'on,uc'1s, % me o'"ry o.
Wnsh.,,et"n' ne "en'us 0, Nap,'eom' e..',,
ne S.ulay SIa'eso na,'d ~, .of.we; me,;a .rn' '
,,I,""p"9ns y, , h's"""ue' r"e u,'' .',., "'
Ii'r1's' 4,n OF ,h"r'em"g"e' anu line N'or.
VI nj ,i"""''"'. +,
ih'se 'se'ures "'.' n's, ue"ver mere
encouraged, with travelling compnnion
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

A FACT NOT GENERALLY Ksows.--It is a
curious fact, not generally known, that, ut
the last "Great Worlds Fair" in London,
wheat raised in Floyd county, Georgia, took
the SECOND premium, among the vast number
of samples of this cereal from all quarters Of
the globe.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

PHILADELPHIA, Sepi.5-A rolision occur
red this afternoon on the Cnmdsn and Allan
tic Railroad hstwren the express and freight
train, killing Donnelly:the Conductor Of The
Express II in, and the fireman. and WIN. ST.
irr, u merchant of Philadelphia; wounding
I3, some seriously. Cause, employees on
freight train violated time table 70 reach the
city to attend an excursion.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

t~- The Washington Union snvs the vot"
Of the Kansas Democratic Convention, or the
proposition to submit the constitution to the
people, wns determined in the affirmative nv
n vote Of 40 vens to nav, and that "up to
this time the administration have vet TO re-
ceive from any pro-slnv-rv man in the Terri
tory Of Kans,s the first line or word in con-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

THE RENroN VoTF.-At the late election in
Missouri the usual Benton vote fell off nine.
teen thousand three hundred md seventy
sight, compared with the last Governors
election. II Ia estimnted that Of the Benton
vote which wns poIled Rolln. received seven
thousand and sixty.three and Stewart one
,thousnnd m d eighty six.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

INcREAsE or MURDERs.-The Pennsylva.
mia Journal Of Prison Discipline says that
six hundred and odd deliberate, malicious,
cold blooded murders are registered in the
public prints of the United State in a single
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

~. The New York correspondent Of the
National Intelligencer snys that new use
has been found for tho Chinese sugar cane.--
II makes first rate whlskey, without the aid
Of slrychnins,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

sg There is great deal of poetry about
"dying for ones country" the glory of a
'dsath-bed on bnttle.feld," and all that,
but statistical return shows that the major
ity of soldiers die Of dysvntery, which must
be very different nffair.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

EH- The Boston Post has the following
brief but significant paragraph: "A temper.
ance profsssorshipis needed at Cambridge
Tor thp benefit Of some eollegs officers"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

SCARLET FEvRR.-The scarlet Fever Is said
to be prevailing in Appomattox county, Nd,
to n great extent. One physician has forty-
two cases--some Of them very dangerous. In
ono family there nre fifteen or sixteen down.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

Srr The Knnsns correspondent of the
~ Louis Democrat says Tint at n meeting
at nv renee, on the 22d ult, TO elect delegates
20 the Grnsshorper Falls Convention, the
democratic wing Of the free State pnrty con-
sttntcd five. .sixths ofthe auditory. The del
egates were oil in favor Of voting at the fall
elpction
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

VERMONT ELscrmss from 81
towns shows the election Of 56 Republicans
aud II Democrats as Representatives. Fifty
towns give Rylnnd Fletcher, the Republican
candidate for Governor. &, 900 votes, and Hen.
~ Kevs, Democrat, 1000 votes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 9.-Rreves. Buck g.
CO., and Reeves, Abbott g. Co.. railroud iran
manufactures, have tniled. Liabilities eight
hundred ,Ifousnnd dollnrs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

WAsHIsGTos, Sept. s.--lrhr State Depart
meDt has received information thai Professor
Francis. " hide ON an excursion was arcidently
wounded, resuliing In his death.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

Nav YoRK, Sep. THE houses Of Little,
Cutting g. Co, ID. HealIy g. Bsnrs, and
Griffin g. Livermors, Flour dealers. have
suspended.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18
THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, SEPT. IS, 1851

ET "Stuffing" is mn art. An English wr-
ter spoke we'll when he said, "if children stu
died less, they would learn MORE" Many n
child who has never had its fourteenth SUM-
mer TO sin in, is condemned TO small librar,
little Atlas, with great world upon its un-
fortunate shoulders.
Study, remember, repent; never pnusing,
never musing, never thinking. There's n
mnsc-lrsson at ten, and n drnwing-clnss ut
three; there are red kittens in worstcd 10 be-
tnntalzed by green mice; there's ,cord to
do, with needle, pencil and brush; then II has
to bound about the State us If il were made
Of gum elnsiic; to 60 up the Multiplication
Table like kitten up lndder; to take cod
bite of Philosophy, and a morsei of History,
and by and by il grows dull, or it grows
palc-which you prefer it would do!-breaks
the promise to the hope, or dies young
Which would Won mourn for most?
This is making old garments out Of new
cloth, but it is not Education.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

DETROIT, Sept. San insurrectlon In the
State prison, headed by two negro conyicts,
was attempted but quslled.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

EVANSVILLE, Ind., Sept. 8.-James Lock-
hart, Congressman elect, died yesterday.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

Nav YoRK, Sept. s.-Judge Peabody on
habeas corpus has admitted Mrs. Cunningham
TO bail in the sum OF $4,000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

Tue RrrrAIo EypREss OK DR BscLER-
9, N" -, IT,
oe'e'"' months "eo Dr' ne'e'e''o' n"ii''"'
New York, seduced poor orphan girl who
resided in his family, and to hide his infamy
at,.mp,ed to p-ocure nm abortion which cous-
-, a.. .;.,,. d..u, r.. ,h;. ..;,,o b. ..
W, gu, "' '"' 1' u" ""'
'f'ed' convicted ana sentenced 10 'he pehlteh-
tnry the full term Of the law. DR.. Beig;er
was man of wealth; had an aminbe family
,rd ,.c,,;sd until h;s ;,Gmv v,s k,ov, nm
g. 49,,
e'ev"'eu r''A III s"o'e.y' ''"'e "'S 'eno'"'
to the States prison, his attorneys and friends
have put forth statement in regard to the
stat. of D, B,iol,r's health aud hin oc,unn.
,;., :, ,t .;. - ..L;..,, a., p...
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WHY NOT.

SAINT Won ashamed, 1t(E 10 climb over
tho fence with the boy Oh, shame on
you" said mother r wv
Ashamed Of whatl Why not breathe The
pure air, and lift her eyes toward the gicri.
ous suni
"But she will tear her dress and soil her
apron, and become so sun-burnt that she
will be perfect fright" u
Let her get over the fence, or crd,rf under
II; let her climb the cherry, peach, or apple
trees and pelt her brothers with ripe apples
or the juicy pench. II she tears her dress,
mend it. If she soils her apron, wash II. A
torn dress is more ensily mended than a
broken constitution. A little soap and wat
er will be far cheaper than drugs and med
| icines.
"Ah, but she will be sun-burnt, and fat,
and coarse"
Well, that ,could be a pity, to have your
dear daughter come bouncing into the room,
her icyops bogh ringing out like the silver
tones of bell, with her chubby, but dimpied
and embrowned cheek and flashing eye, with
gleeful mirth gushing out Of her young heart,
in thousand streams, sparkling far more
brightly than Orient pearls, and more pre-.
cious than rubies. Observe her elastic step
and buoyant spirits. Health, the very per-
fection Of beauty, in the human form, mnn-
ties her cheek, and throws its charm around
her whole being.
This would to all sensible people be vast
ly interesting, Of more value than much fine
gold. But to the nristocratic, in their own
opinion only, how rery vulgar, How much
more interesting to them would be the little
darling who could come with languid air
weary step, with puny frame, pnllid cheek,
and glarng eye, and simper few drawling
words, and work off an apology for laugh,
apparently drawn from the bottom of the
deepest Artesian well, as smooth and chilling
us an iccle! But she is white, or sallow,
lean, languid, heart and spirit broken, con-
stitution in runous, trembling upon the
verge of the grave, and most charming, in
terssting little dear. Yes, she is interesting,
gloomy prospects are before her, and terrible
. realities press upon her.
Oh, mothers! which will you choose. glow.
ing health upon the sun.burnt cheek, or the
hectic flush spreading over the lily neck, face.
md brow! .
Let my girls be rs free MS the air they
breath; le: them bound away with the noun.
tain roa, scale the hills, plung through the
gorges, climb trees, get over or under fenc-
es, romp in the hay.felds, or make snow
houses in winter, slide and skate, roll in the
snow or out of It, slide down hill upon the
sled aud draw their young brothers or sisters
up again, if they can; let them run races
c skip and hop, jump the rope and ,rundle the
hoop, bend the bow and send the whizzing
s arrow high in air; let them develop every
: muscle, strengthen every sinew, and steady
= every ne rye, and be what God intended then
. | to be-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-18

MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD
ELLcrroN Or DrREcToRs.-At an election
held Yesterday at the office of the Company.
the following gentlemen received the unan-
im"us vote of the Stockholders of the West.
ern Division, for rs-eleciion as Directors for
the ensuing year
Samuel Tate, G.P. Bierne,
D. Is. Inrn"r, J. !. Donegnn,
S.P. WnlEr, WIN. Echols, Jr.
e. W./aunt, VIM. Dickson,
r. NJ. Patton.
The compliment paid in the unnnimity Of
the vote has been well deserved by the enrr-
gv nnd DEVOTION to this enterprise of the pub
irHiri'ed gentlemen who have so largely con.
trS'u,pd towards placing il in its present
i'-osprrousconditon.- Memphis Bulletin, 9Th
inst.