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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03
THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1857.

HALIFAX, March 27.--The steamer Eu-
ropa has arrived with Liverpool dates of the
14th.
LIvERPooL, March 14.-Cotton was steady
at unchanged rates.
Money was more stringent
Spain continues wurlike preparations against
Mexico, and expects France and England to
keep the United States neutral.
There was nothing new from China.
The steamer Circassia had put buck.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

SMALL lALK.-Nobody abuses small talk
unless he be stranger TO its convenience
Small talk is the salt of life; there is no
getting on without it. There are times when
"'lis folly to be wise," when little nonsense
svery paatnble, and when gravity and sedate.
ness ought to be kicked down stairs. A
philosopher cuts poor figure in ballroom
unless he leaves his wisdom at home. Meta.
physics is us instructive in the midst cfagreea.
BILE prattle as n deaths head ON festa board
We have met with men who were too lofty
for small talk. They would never condes-
cend to play with riband or flirt with fan
They were above such trfling;in other words
they were above making themselves agree
able, above pleasing, and above being pleas.
ed. They were all wisdom, all gravity, and
all tedousness, which they bestowed upon
the company with more tlan Dogberry's gen.
erosity. A man who cannot talk has no more
business in society than statue.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

ISoESTIvE TO READING. that
passes around you. everything that you meet
in your walk, is a stimulous to read. Tie
very roll of the tide, the fall of the leaf in
autumn. the growth of the grass in spring,
the roar of the tempest, or the starry firma.
ment, each and every one of these things p
Do You know their changer If you do not,
do not tell that you lack stimulus to read.
Each Of them is study in ITSELF and they
are studies that will amuse you, and that will
instruct you, and that will elevate you.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

CoRS AS FUgL.-An Exchange reports
that farmer about $50 miles south of CHI.
cago got ont of coa, nnd ms the roads were
in bad condition, he thought he would try
the viitue of corn in the ear to supply the
place of coal. 1t worked so well that sub.
sequenily he purchased load Of coal and
tried it by measure in contrast with the corn,
and the experiment developed the fact that
he corn fuel was The cheapest and The best.--
The corn and the coal were worth the same
price per bushei, 80 cents each, and the corn
went the furthest and made the cleanest and
best fire. Much as we would regret to see
the "staff Of life" converted into fuel, we
think II would be about us we'll as to make
II into whisky.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

ErTDEmIc.-rhc Oswego Times says that
the extent of the new epidemic known by
the name of "brnin fever" is truly alarming
throughout Madison and Onondaga counties:
"a gentleman who has lately visited the
former county, states that in some localities
the people are leaving in alarm and dismay
Persons are attacked with the remarkable
malady very suddenly soon become insane,
and die in few hours We do not know
that any have recovered when once attacked
by the disease. Duane Brown nnd Richard
Thomas, Esqs., two prominent lawyers Of
Madison county, have fallen victims to il, and
we nre told in some of the villages deaths
occur daily. As yet there is no rational ex
planatiOn of the disease."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

The WAY THEY DUEL UP NoRrH.-There
was bloodlrss duel at Buttermilk Falls,
near Troy, on Friday, between James 1'row.
bridge, of New York, and Jeremiah Jewell
of AIabany. At the first fire, Jewell, who
imagined lie WIS mortalIy wounded, fell
heavily to the earth, and would only consent
to live on the assurance of the seconds that
they had put nothing but powder in the pis.
tolls. His antagonist, supposng he had kill
ed his man, left the field at brisk trot, and
has not since been heard from.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

.ag- Daniel Webster, in the following briei
paragraph, thus beautifully magnifies the vo.
cation of the teacher:
"lf we work upon marble, It will perish;
II we work upon brass, time wlll efiace it, II
We rear temples, they will crumble into dust.
But five work upon immortal minds--if we
inlbue. them with high principles, with the
just fear OF God, and oftheir fellow men, we
engrave on those tablets something which
no time can effice, but will brighten TO all
eternity"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

sW The number of Methodist ministers
in the regular work in California, is said TO
be sixty-one. The average salary promised
them was s 800, and the avarage sum re.
ceived by them about 1000. Snme of the
ministers of the Methodist Church, especial.
ly those in Sacramento, get over $4,000 rs
their annual allowance. This, of course,
the reader will readily understand to be an
effect of the enormous cost of living on the
Pacific const. The average salaries Of minis
ters in the Atlantic States it is said, does not
exceed $3.50 per annum.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

GAMBLISa.-Let every man avoid all sorts
Of gambling as he would poison. A poor
msn or boy, should not allow himself to toss
up even for half penny, for this is the be.
ginning Of habit Of gambling and this ru-
inous crime comes on by slow degrees.-
While man s minding his work, he is play.
ing the beat game, and ia sure to win. :, -
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

w The Atlanta Examiner learns that n
man came aboard of the Georgia Railroad
Cars Mt Buckhead, without money to pay his
fare, and the conductor made him get out of
the train at Madison, hut after the train had
left that place,a at the rate Of twenty five miles
an hour, the man was discovered on the top
of the cars, fIom which position he leaped of
and was killed instantly. Name unknown.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

W Porter's Spirit of the 2lst March, in
Noticing the occurrences. of the preceding
week, says the leading politicians are all in
Washington, looking for offices, so the city
has been comparatively quiet, and free from
crimp
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

PoLITIcLA PREAcHIso,-One sentence in
the proclamation Of Gov. Gardner, of Mas
sachusetts, reads as follows
> sand may those called 10 minister at Gods
altar, impressed with the truth that national
transgressions can only be corrected BY re.
mSyipg individual sins, abstain from polite.
address the spiritual wants Of the individual
heart."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

tg- 1t will be recollrcted that our tele-
graph dispatches, published last week, stat
ed that Col. Titus had gone over to the nl-
lies and made two attacks on Walkers posi-
tion. This was erroneous, and resulted from
the carelessness ofthp reporter. Titus had
gone around to Rivns md joined Walker.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

H- Plain women make good wives, good
wives good mothers, cheerful homes and hap
py husbands, and we never see one but we
thank heaven that it has created women of
sense as well as beauty.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

AssEssoRs.-The only class of men in
the world who are not in the habit of dispar-
aging their neighbors are the assessors OF
taxes; for it is well known they never sun
derrate" anybody in the slightest degree.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

R BEARpIsG DOUGLAS AeAM.-Isanc
Cock, postmaster at Chicago. has resigned
Cook in the bosom friend, the boon com
panion of Douglas, and seeing the temper of
the administration towards the Little Giant,
he has resigned to avoid being turned out.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

eR- A new Mormon dance, which tickes
the fancy of the Gentiles much, has been
introduced in Utah, and is all the ruge Each
gentleman has two partners, and it is de.
nominated the "Alormon Cotllon, or Heaven
upon Earth"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

FACTS FROM THE ALMANAC.--lle who has
ahigh forehead will have his eyes under it,
and live all the days Of his life. He who
has a long nose will have the more to blow
and the better to handle. He that is bald
will be likely to have no hair, but if he hap.
pens to have any it will not be on the bald
nlnra
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

THE CbHTEsT BETweEN THE Ours Asb
THE INs.-If we may rely upon the extraor-
dinarv reports we daily receive from WASH
ington, the contest between the olfice-holders
and the office. .seekers-between the trembling
ms and the anxious ouis-is raging with un-
parullrled firmness nnd fury. We doubt
whether any previous administration has ev'
er been so wofnlIy beset by such vast and
for office; and never did any administration
possess so limited and ability to satisfy the
selfish cravings Of lie friends. II is already
rumored that the Presidents health is being
rapidly impaired by the petty texa,ions and
troubles occnsioned him by ravenous Demo-
cratic patriots solcious TO serve their coun-
try for u consideration. Whether he is des
tined to follow in the footsteps Of couple
of his illustrious predecessors, Harrison and
Taylor, and be made to give up the ghost
ere yet his term of office has fairly conimenc
ed, or whether his naturally vigorous con.
stitution will enable him to survive the in
cessant annoyances of his followers, remains
to be seen. That his best and most unself.
ish friends, however, are tormented with the
lveiest npprehensons rs to the result, does
not admit of doubt. Many of them predict
for him n short career and troublous one;
aud nearly all concede that the chances are
decidedly against him. He is a very old
man, and therefore but little adapted to sale.
ly undergo the trying cares and vexations in
cident to his office. And 80 we should not
be surprised to receive a teegraphic despatch
any day announcing his sudden demise.-
We consider that rat theory in connexion
with the cause of his recent illness Ms out of
the question. 1t is the office seekers who have
produced his sickness, and who will soon
take his last breath from him, unless he pos
sesses himself of bountiful supply Of bludg.
cons, cowhides and gutlapercha canes, and vig-
orously employs them in selfdetence. As one
wholly disinterested, and who would not see
him Surrender his valuable life to hungry
pack of politicians and demagogues, we re.
commend him to avi himself of the useful
implements suggested, and thus declare his
independence at once. tits the only hope
if he wishes to enjoy the honors and emol.
uments he has won, and continue longer a
sojourner in This vale of tears.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

tE All accounts from Cuba are unfavora-
Bile to the growing sugar crop Of the Island.
1t is agreed that the whole crop will not ex.
sssd that Of last year. which fell short by
100000 boxes Of u 81 of 1855. l
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

ST. LOUIS, March 2s.--in compliance with
a resolution passed by the Topeka Conven-
tion Robinson has withdrawn his resignation
as Governor OF the state of Kansas, and de.
clared his adhesion to the Topeka Constitu.
ton. "A committee was appointed to frame
petition asking the President TO hold lands
In the territory subject to presumption for
Two years from the present time. The con.
'ention was the largest ever held in Kansas
and very epthusiustic.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

GREEK CHuRcH.-rhe largest national
Church in the world is the "Greek Church"
In Russia. 1t embraces from forty to forty
FIVE millions of people.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

CHANGE.-Mr. james Petit, cashier of the
Branch Bank of Tennessee ut Sommerville,
has resigned, and is succeeded by N. Rhodes,
ESQ.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

A Kiss FOR A BLow.-AIways give kiss
for blow, unless the blow is given by n
broomstick, in which case It Is better to
"mizzle."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

~ Make you cost, sirl said . suspicious
tailor to suspicious customer. oh. yea air.
with the greatest Of pleasure. There, Just
stand In that position please. and look right
upon the sign while take the measurs;-E
Sign reads, Terms Cash,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

SMoKIsG.-Smoklng is recommended to
young gentlemen who wish TO look sallow
unhappy and unhealthy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

POSITION IN SLEEPING.-lt is better to IN u,
sleep ON the right side, for then the stomach
is very much in the position of bottle turned
up side down, and the contents are aided IN
passing out by gravitation. If one goes TO
sleep ON the left side, the operation of emn.
Tying the stomach of its contents are mora
IKE drawing water from WELL After going
10 sieeP iet ihe body take its own position
II you sleep on your back, espeeiallav aoo,
after hearty meal, the weight of the dioe..
tive organs, and that Of the food. rest,ng on
the great vein of the body, near the back
bone, compresses it and arrests the flow ~
blood more or less If the arrest is partial
the sleep is disturbed, and there a, e unnlsas.
ant dreams. Ii the meal has been recent ar
hearty, the arrest is more decided. and the
various sensations, such as falling over a prec.
ipice, or the pursuit Of a wild beast or o,bsr
impending danger, and the desperate effort 70
get rid OF II, arouses us; and sends on thu
stagnating blood, and we wake in a fright or
trembling, or perspiration, or feeling of ex.
haast'o", according to the degree of stagna
s'on' anu Inc iehgth and strength of the ef.
tort made to escape the danger. But wb.n
we are not able to escape the DANGER when
we do fall over the precipice, when tho tnm-
ping building crushes us, what thepi T1at
- death! fhatfs the death of those of whom
1t Is said, when found lifeless in their ha.l in
the morn: That they were as well os thav
ever were the day before;' and often i, I.
added, and ate heartier than common Tb;s
last as frequent cause of death to tboss
who have gone to bed to wake no more W..
give merely as private opinion. The possi.
bility OF its truth is enough to deter anv man
from late and hearty meal. This we do
know, with certainty, that waking up in the
night with painful diarrhea. or billions cojio
ending in death in very short time. is pron.
eily traceable to a late large meal. The trr.
ly wise VIII take the safer side. For persons
who eat three times day, il is amply sutt;.
clent to make the last meal of cold bread and
butter and a cup of some warm drink no
one can starve on it. while a perseverance in
the habit soon begets vigorous appetite for
breakfast, so promising of a day Of comfort,
Halls Journal Of Health.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03
THE PUBLIC LANDS.

The distribution of the public lands among
the several States is demanded by every in.
teresi; by right and by justice. The new
States and Territories are from year to year
absorbing these lands, and their proceeds
20 to feed the hungry maws of blonted spfc
hlators in Wall street aud elsewhere. New
States are coming Mt once in the possession
of railroads and other privileges which the
older States have been struggling for three
quarters ola century, under heavy taxation
to acquire. The people will demand to be
released from their burdens, and should their
demands be disrrgardcd, the result will be n
rapid emigration from the old to the new
States, and the consequent still greater EN-
barrnssment of the former.
We are pleased to see that the subject is
attracting attention. A writer for the
KNOXVILLE Wing; over the signature of
"Rulherford," urges the Necessity of Ten
nessec claiming her share of the public lands.
We extract portion Of his letter.
We have millions of acres of public lands,
and could it BE- better appropriated than to
educate the rising generation? We have
enough to give to each States II paramount
iund; the interest of which would educate
every child in it. This land belongs to the
States equally. II is row being very I'm.
equally distributed. Large amounts voted
to some States and Territories for Railroads
and other purposes; while other States are
getting notan acre. Tennessee ought now
to clnim her proportion OF these lands, and
our Representatives and Senators ought to
vote !or this distribution. 1t should be the
main question in the coming canvass for
Congress, and h. who will not promise to
vote for it, the people ought not to vote for
him.
This is an important item to Tennessee
1t would give her the means of educating her
children 10 the last generation, aud OF making
all the Railroads She may ever need. This
thing ought 10 be- attended to now; for it.
We wait until after IL few more sessions of
Congress, there will be but little land to be
distribut d.
We have in the United States, one million
fifty thousand four hundred and twenty H.
050,420) persons over twenty years of age
who cannot read and write. We have in
Tennessee 1853. We have in Rutherford
county 1910. You have in Knox caunty
240S. We have in Trnnessre 29S, 900 chill.
dren. We have, in public funds. $ll4,468,
for Common Schools, and $4,000 for Acad-
emy! This is the interest on the snppr1u.
GUS revenue, distributed BY the general gov
ernmrnt among the States, except the Acad
rmy fund, this We receive from North Caro.
lima. This gives to each scholar nbout 40
cents year We need the public lands. IT
viritr and Intelligence are the main pillars of
Republic, 0ur pillars are rather DETECTED.
The statistics of crime show that the guilty
are nearly always Of the ignorant Glass;
The expenses of prosecuting offenders would
nearly educate the population.
The distribution of the public lands, and
applied TO educational purposes, will reform
crime, strengthen the cords of the Union,
and add greatly to the prosperity and happ'
ness Of our country.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

wAsHIsoroS, March 24.--The Government
Of Kansas has been rendered to Hon. Robert
J. Walker, and Of Utah to Hon. Faystte
MeMullsn. fl sal; .niti
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

tR A correspondent of the New York
Herald says that ut st. Domingo city recent.
ly thousand armed men, instigated by Pres.
ident Baez and the Spanish charge Segovn,
attacked the house Of M. Elliott, an Amer
lean citizen, insulted his wife, tore nn Amer
lean flag to pieces, fired into several houses
of other Americans, and tried to tear down
the coast of arms and flagstaff of the Amer.
lean consulate. This latter was defented by
the inference of the English war steamer
Tartar. The same authority says that II
treaty has been concluded between the
governments of HLyti and Saint Domingo,
one oflhc conditions of which stipula,es that
all Americans shall be driven off the island,
and none allowed to settle there.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

THE SEoaEr SERVICE. man great SER
vice. and you may make yourself perfectly
easy that he will never speak word about
ID. ~ l.-
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tY- Forney's candidate for the Collector
ship of Philadelphia has been. defeated, aud
Baker, fayefite Of CLANCY Jones. receives
the office. r.a-is1. vi. arih ~.
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VOL. IX.--No. 445.s
sEEps-A HrMp11n rxposrn7 8

One Of the various bumbucs that AZ -
extensively produced at the seat of opr =. 4.
eral Government, is the expenditure Of Iares
plants for dlsiribution tbro,,ob tbe cos,ss..
by members of Congress. unJer ,hs;r s.asy
II turns out that the seed and roa,s ,,,;,. ~.
tributed are gross imnosit;ons "a r.n VI
members of Congress have besn cra..is ~
noyed BY the complaints of tba;ss s,s:i;.a
enis Of the utter wortbles.ness .na H. s..s.
cases, of the noxious ebarac,er Of thn.. hnyy
ticutural and agricultural snecinens TSr Isr.
orable gentlemen, who thoacht thev wsr.
strengthening themselves At Goms-N,nor;a,.
fast friends bv such ,,t,l. st,an.;.,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

tB- Mr.. WALKER of Rogersville. Tenn,
has been sppointed Indian Agent for one 81
the Western Territories. Iss
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

MILEAGE OF MEMBgRs-rhe late Con
gress, which paid itself so liberally, made no
change in the outrageous mileage swindle.-
The bills of the members show a great dis.
crepancy. Mr. Bowie, of Maryland, for in
stance, received at the late session $l6,6O
md Mr. Herbert, of California, $5,682,40.-
The bills Of the Territorial members were ms
follows; Anderson, of Washington, S5,S90;
Bernheisel, Of Utah, $2,657; Chapman, Me-
braSkn, S2,024; Gallegos, New Mexico, "a,
ara; Lane, Oregon, $4,000; Rice, Minnesota,
$l,876; Whitfield, Kansas, *2.Il6.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-03

nation
Of foul creationl Here's my blackin' brush
at you
PoLITESEss One of the English infides
was so struck with the poteness and good
feeling manifested in st. Pau's writings, that
hc affirmed that if st. Paul had said that he
himself had ever performed a miracle, he
would believe ii, because he deemed st. Paul
too much gentleman TO tell an untruth.-
Whatever We may think of this remark we
cannot but be struck with the power which
poIiteness had over the infidel. And us this
iniidel is not an exception, it may be well to
show some OF the advantages of being polit,:
l. We conform TO the Scriptures.-If st.
Paul taught poiteness by his example, so did
he in his writings. He tells US, 'in honor we
must prefer one another" Here is the great
secret of politeness, viz: forgetfuIness of self.
In another place he says, "Be courteous" In
other words-be polite.
2. We make Friends.-Nolhing so wins
upon strangers as true polteness. A little
attention shown in n stage, or in the cars, or
at public table, costs us very little. But
what un effect 1t has upon the persons to
whom the attention is shown. The pleased
look, the grateful smile show US we have
gained friend.
3. We increase our UsefulnesS.-One reason
why ministers and good Christian people have
no more influence, is on account OF their sour
lace aud lorbidding countenance They look
ms if they said--keep away from ME. But if
they allow the vulgar to approach within
reach of their majestic presence, there is II
pompnus manner or way they have, which
prevents the hearts of Others going out to
them, and thus influence over such people is
lost.
4. II gires Succsss.-Let any nun who has
goods 10 sell, or office to attain, be kind and
polite, no shau-like that put on by the poll.
ticians-and his goods are sold, and bis office
reached, ten times sooner than the man who
looks mad, and cuts you up us he cuts off his
calicoes and clothes.
Poiteness, of all things earthly, costs the
least. But its power, it is not saying too
much, is tremendous. The polite man, other
things being anything like equal, will accom-.
plIsh good in the world, over the rest of thu
world without this accomplishment.
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[From the Literary FilIbuster.l
TO A GINNY.F FOITI.

That comes and sguaoks under my ,cindey
periodikiiy aud makes me mad erredinkiv.
you m;ssnb,e sneckled crit,sr vo,,
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Daas .n.th;nn hnr, 1on baa3
sona,.L w yo'
Tho, nav i, c;nnr vh.ra 90.
Ana a" souawls now from ednaa';"., ime irom;
d;cs ''"'0"a' prelu'
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What,s unasr yonr wing ta mahs ror I'"wn 'o aor'
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sometb;pc offens;ve I reek,. e,.sw;..
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What do Won Get nm the fence INA a,m",,. u,
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