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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06
THE ARIsToCRACY OF MONEY.

The Columbus Enquirer says-With all
our boosted Democracy, money exercises
more undue influence 10 the United States,
than any other country on the globe. From
infancy we .re taught to believe it the source
of every earthly good. The excessive hon.
age which il exaets, is the parent of unnum-
bered social and political eyils-for il too
often overrides talent and virtue and with a
mantle broader than charity, Il covers every
sin. When kept by higher and purer infiu-
ences within legitimate limits, il is the nurse
of economy and independence and adds
springs to industry and enterprise, but let it
once break over these bounds it then permea-
tes and corrodes the whole social sys-
tenn.
Few persons understand the true use Of
money, hence its possession is as often a
curse as q blessing. Men will sacrifice health,
happiness and honor to acquire that, which
when acquired, can afford no solid satisfac-
ton. lift adds to the national enjoyment Of
life-ifi it enables struggling genius to sur
mount the sleeps Of pover.y-ifit admins
tiers to the sick, clothes the naked and feeds
the hungry, then It is blessing, but if it
only increases our pride, extravaganza, and
dissipation, it is then, the greatest Of cur
ses.
Our real wants are few-our imaginary,
a.e as numberless rs the sands of the sea-
shore. The most wretched creature we ever
saw, was an old miser, surrounded by his
bags of money, coined from the tears of wild.
ows and orphans-the happiest man we
know, is our friend Tom Parish, the shoe
maker. Tom owns wife, several faxen-
headed children and fiddle. When not en-
gagged in mending his own soul and the soles
of his customers, he tortures out Of his I'D
die, songs of love and war. He says when
his thread Of life is clipped by the fatal
shears and he is asked to "peg out" that
he expects to obey the summons
"Not like the galley slave at night,
Scourged to his dungeon
But like one, who wraps round the drapery Of his couch
And lies down TO pleasant Dreams"
Tom is philosopher and we hope in these
hard times that many Of our readers will
profit by his example. Such men alone, in
these days of broken Banks and wrecked
fortunes can
. a.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

tW- The panic in the money market and
the suspension BY the Banks is bringing be-
fore the country a vast amount of financial
ability that might otherwise have remained
undiscovered. We hardly pick up a paper
that does not contain leader Of ponderous
length and suggestive magnitude on the sub.
ject Of Banking-wrtten, we presume, in
most instances by men who have large and
successful knowledge of the science whereof
they so learnedly discuss. Seriously, il is
not little entertaining to read the board
measure acquisitions on Banks and Danhins
by writer's who bnve never given evidence of
practical ability sufficient to engineer clam
cart or gingerbread-stand successfully
through weeks operations. Even our Gle
yer neighbor Of the Chattanooga Advertiser,
eensing to abuse the Know Nothings and
dropping, for the time being, the Dade Coun-
ty Chronicles, grows profound on the al.per.
vading topc-"Bnnks and Banking"
We imagine the country will encounter but
little difficulty in recovering from the revul.
sion which ID is experiencing in its business
and monetary affairs; but whether il will be
able to survive the deluge of light just now
pouring upon II through the newspaper press,
is another question.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

The CHOLERA IN EURoPE.-The cholera
has made its appearance in North of Europe,
and this fact has necessarily produced some
uneasiness in England. The course of the
disease is substantially the same as that which
it pursued when it first broke out in that
country some five or six and twenty years
back, and caused fearful mortality and
Understandable consternation
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

.R- We are indebted to Mr.. w. II. Wet.
more, at the Savannah Farm, Polk county,
for bottle Of Syrup manufactured from the
Chinese Sugor Cane. Though not as thick Ms
some samples we have seen, II is good ar
ticlo for the table. From the trials that have
been made, we have no doubt that an article
equal to the "Golden Syrup" can be manu-
featured from tho Cane, and We presume that
1t will be cultivated hereafter to an extent
sufficient to enable the farmers to make their
own "sweetnen,"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06
LEcrsLATIvE.-Int the House bill has been

LEcrsLArIvE.-In the House a bill has been
introduced 10 abolish the present Chaneery
Courts and TO establish District Chancery
Courts. 10 the Senate, The resolution Of the
House directing the Committee on Banks to
take into consideration the recent Bank sus-
pensions and report what action should be
taken by the LEGISLATURE was adopted.
On Friday the two Houses met in conven-
ton and elected Jas. T. Dunlap, Of Henry,
Comptroller; WIN. F. McGregor, Of Warren,
Treasurer; Moses M. Swan, Of Nashville,
Register Of the Middle District; and p. B.
Truett Register Of the Mountain District.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

HARD MosEY.--The "lIard Money" era,
predicted by the democratic prophets when
they established the Sub-Treasury system
and Low Tariffs, is supposed to have just
commenced. True, the "yeIlow boys" don't
glisten very palpably through the interstices
OF the farmers purse, nor gold and silver
now up the Mississippi in bulk sufficient to
ondangcr the navigation Of that venerable
aud majestic stream--still we have hard
curroucy-hard to get, and deyilish hard to
keep after you get It. But the tinkers are at
work ngaln-warring on the Banks, and hur-
rang for The Golden Era, Free Trade, and
Democracy. await a little longer there's
good time coming"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

DsATH-Dr. VIM II. DEKpsRcx, one Of
The oldest and most esteemed citizens Of the
place. departed this life on the seth uls- A
professional friend has handed us the follow
ing brief testimonial Of his merits On ply.
sician and man,
'Dr. VIM. II. Deaderick is dead. Few of
his contemporaries deserve brighter memory.
Though man OF most unpretending merit,
had he lived in one OF the metropolitan cities
Of this country or Europe, he would proba-
bly, have left name and fortune TO- his pos.
terity which few Of any country have equal
led In early life he earned the reputation
Of bold and skillful Surgeon. HIS operation,
sxsection Of the inferior mdriiia, while living
At Rogersville, IN 1910, two years before that
Of Dupuytien, the French Surgeon, waited
his name across the Atlantic and justly emit.
tied it to niche in the loftiest temple Of sur
gioal fame. His claim, as the originator Of
the operation, is justly recognized by Mott,
in his "Velpeau," vol. II, p. 9l7-by Smith,
in his System OF Operative Surgery" part
lst p IS; and by South, in Chelin's Surgery,
vol. III, p. 745 and 749-notwithstanding 9th.
or claimants have arisen at different times
who all, however, are proven TO have been
subsequent to DIR. Deaderick.
DR.. Dis character was the embodiment Of
many excellent qualities--his very eccentri-
cities evidenced that peculiarly heightened
and sensitive nature which he possessed. His
death was not sudden. For many weeks he
was aware Of his approaching dissolution.
and often expressed his readiness and willing.
mesa for the event. DIR. Deaderick was no
less distinguished for his exemplary piety and
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

HERE AND THERE ONE.--We learn from
the Sun, that the Bank Of Columbus and the
Commercial Bank Of Brunswick, Ca, both
continue to pay specie i
"Broad is the road that leads to ruin,
And many walk together there;
While wisdom shows narrow path,
With here and there traveller"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

LOUISIANA bIosEY.-.The New Orleans
Bulletin noticing the suspension Of some of
the Banks in that city, says
The failure Of these banks, happily, will
not prejudice the interest of the bill holder
nor the depositor. If any one suffers, it will
be the stakeholder; the bill holder is fully &c.
cured by the very best of security, and in a
few days the bills Of those suspended banks
will be the currency Of the city. There is
not the least ground for alarm, and we anti.
cipate no trouble OF difficulty. The man who
at this time runs bank, when there is actu-
ally nothing to be gained by it, is either
ksave or fool, knowing rs he should know,
that the bill Of any bank in New Orleans,
even III should not be convertible into gold,
is worth the face of it for any practicable
purpose. by the law Of the State, the bill
holders are preferred creditors. They are not
only secured by she capital and assets Of the
bank, but every stakeholder is individually
responsible.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

OF A beautiful and otherwise highly
accomplished young lady, of New York, died
recently from the effects of the pernlclous
and disgusting practice of snuff dipping.
She had become so addicted to the haD'
that her lungs were Literally stopped up
with the vile compound, and respiration
being stopped, death ensued. Let snun'
dinners mike n note.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

aDIED PooR pas if anybody could die
rich, and in that act of dying, did not lose the
grasp upon title, deed and bond, and go away
n pauper, out of time! No gold, no jewels,
no lands or tenements. And yet men have
been buried by charity's hand who did die rich;
died worth thousand thoughts Of beauty, a
thousand pleasant memories, thousand
hopes restored.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

We will take in payment of dues to this
office, and for new subscriptions to our paper,
the notes of all the "Free Banks" of Ten
nesseo, also the notes Of the Ocoee Bank,
and of the Bank of America, until further
notice.-Rogersrille Times.
Without wishing to DO considered either
port or impairment, If your subscribers are
like good many Of ours, we would like to
see you take few OF the "potes" named.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

W BY the arriva! of vessel at New
York, We have confirmation of the report
that the war of races was raging fearfully in
Yucatan. About the middle Of last month,
the Indians entered village, about sixty
miles from Merida, with apparently friendly
purposes and accomplished the massacre of
almost every human being. More than five
hundred bodies of the slain had been discov-
cred in the woods, and it was believed that
many more had persisted.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

W 1t is matter Of pride, says The
South, to see the rapid Improvement in South
ern journalism, rs displayed in the number of
frst-class papers which have been established
within the last six months. No profession,
nowadays, opens wider field for the en-
ployment of talents and education.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06
ATHENS, FRIDAY, NOV. o, 1857.

MEETING or DfREcroRs.-There will be
called meeting Of the Directory East Tennes-
see and Georgia Rail Road, at the Company's
Office in Athens, on Thursday, the 18th inst.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

REMOVING THE SIeN.-It is custom In
Boston for man of business vino fails, to
remove his sign from his door. Many years
ago, one Moses Poor failed in Boston, md
did not comply with the usual custom Of re-
moving his name. During the night some
boys took down his sign sawed il in two
and replaced II, but with the names reversed,
so that il read Poor Moses,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

tB- The Secretary Of the Treasury u
Mexico says that il requires S2o,ooo,ooO aus
nually 10 meet the current expenses Of Wv
government: aud that the annual dellel' "
not less than nine millions.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

EY- We learn from an advertisement 10
the Newman Blade that Mr.. Robert b. Youpg'
Of Savannah, proposes 70 ship cotton con'
signed TO him, direct to Europe, warran'ng
quick return, and from S25 to $50 moro
per bale, than can be got for it In Angus"
at present pricesi
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

~ The 81. Louis Democrat says it is
rumored in that city that the officers in the
army, stationed in Kansas, have petitioned
the President for the removal of Gov. Walk
err, on account of his interference with the
troops to induce them to vote at the late
alact;on
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06
fy- There is an effort being made in New

E- There is an effort being made in New
York, looking to resurrection and re-organ-
ization of the old w big Party. Those en-
gagged in 1t contend that the slight of other
days" has mol. gone out, but has only been
obscured by the dust raised by Modern De-
mocracy and Black Republicanism. While
II may be doubted whether the movement
will amount to any thing at present, It is not
unreasonable to suppose that the embar.
rassed condition of trade and the industrial
pursuits now existing in all directions, must
arouse the people to the fact that change
in The policy and measures of the govern
ment is essential to render the country per.
manently prosperous, and to prevent those
ruinous revulsions which some how or other
always come under democratic rule. Even
the democratic masses must become convinc-
ed after while that there is something radi-
cauy wrong in the policy Of their leaders.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

o. The epidemic previously announced
as prevailing In Jacksonville, Fla, continued
its fatal effects up to the latest dates from
that place. About ifty deaths are reported
in that sparsely populated locality since the
lat of September.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

fY II is said the FIRE that destroyed ",
lumbia, California. and 100000 worth "
property, originated from an opium smo."
in aChnese brothel. The FIRE prooi Ou"''
ings were all saved,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

rB- 1t is stated that there is now in store
in Chicago 26,OOO,ooO bushels of grain, but
that no mo,e than 100000 can be carried
TO the Eastern markets previous to the clos
ing Of the canals, for want Of money to send
IL on,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

A SPECIMEN BAHK.--The Rhode Island
Central Bank, according to statement of its
condition published on the 18th ult., had n
circulation of S3s6,7t9, and just seven dol
lars in speciel Thisi initiating The currency
with vengeance.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

ry- Large numbers Of the discharged
workmen Of New York are enlisling in the
army. The recruiting business is now more
brisk in that city than for years past.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

BANK OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
SusPEsDKD.-The Raleigh Register announ-
ces that the Bank Of the State Of North Ca
rolina suspended specie payment last We'd
nesday. This is the mother bank, and we
suppose the children will follow the example.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

FAILURES AND SUsPEEsIoNs.-A summary
of the failures and suspensions in this coun-
try since the LIST of August makes the whole
number, according to the Baltimore Sun, 952,
Of which 448 were in New York, IS in Penn
sylvania, 100 in Massachusetts, 40 in Ohio, 7
in Kentucky, 8 in Indiana, 2 in Washington
city, S in Minnesota, 45 in Illinois, 6 in Ma
ryland, 81 in Iowa, 90 in Michigan, is in
Missouri, % in New Jersey, in Rhode Is
land, "a in Wisconsin, and So in other States.
The total liabilities of all these are estimated
at ninety millions Of dollars.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

DP They have had severe shocks Of an
earthquake up in York State, which created
almost as great panic as that caused by the
late crash in the money and stock markets.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

MAKING A NoIsE.--Tho writer Of the po-
lice reports for the Nashville Banner says be
heard chap who was up for transgressing,
Boosting Of the fuss made in the world by
his ancestors. An unfeeling wretch who
overheard him explained privately that his
father used to "blow the bass drum" in n
band; one Of his uncles was a rock-blaster,
another beat gong ut dining station on
railroad, his mother cried milk, and his bro.
;her was runner for hotel. One would
have supposed, from his boast, that he had
himself Invented the falls Of Niagara.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

esy- Hon. A. o. r. Nicholson expresses
himself In recent letter, as opposedto re-
vival of tho African Slave Tradc--as we pre-
sumo every man will BIO who has mind suf-
Gcicnt to view and investigate the question in
reference to the future quiet and happiness
Of tho country.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

WHEAr.-The Chattanooga Advertiser of
the 29th ult says, that wheat would not COM
mand so cents per bushel in that market at
that date.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

E Religion was designed to regulate
the every day life Of those who profess to
be its subjects. But in how many instances
does the "frut" of Christianity, as exempli-
fed in the ordinary duties of men, utterly
fail to commend the gospel to those who
have never felt its power! ais Mr.. -
good ?" asked bank officer of Director,
the other Cay, in the hearing of friend Of
ours. THAT depends on whether You mean
God-ward or man-ward," was the answer.
"God-ward," continued the Director, "Mr.
is good No man in our Church is
sounder in the faith, or prays oftener in our
meetings, or is more benevolent, according
TO his means. But man-ward am sorry to
say that Mr.. is rather tricky"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06
STocK OPERATIoSs.-TheN New York cor

OIoCh OrEhAAioHS'-Ah no NeW iofh CUT
respondent of the Charleston Courier, writes:
Notwithstanding all our troubles, and the
great fall in undoubted securities, we have
one satisfaction in looking at the transac-
tons of the Brokers and Stock Board. All
the extremely fancy stocks fail to appear in
the daily quotations. Crystal Palaces, Mica.
ragua, North Carolina Coal Companies, and
Illinois Balloon Associations, have retired in
disgust. Everything that now appears in the
stock quotations has to stand on its own bot
tom
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

CHoLsRA.-The last steamer brought in
teliigence that the Cholera had made its APP
pearance at Stratford. near London.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

ALABAMA FAIR.--The Fair of the Agri-
cultural Society Of Alabama will commence
at Montgomery, on Tuesday the 18th inst.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06
"Jock fell down,
And broke his crown, and
Jill came tumbling after"

Here, again, the author manifests great skill
in weaving into song his incidents. We are
not told whether Jock trippeG, slipped or
sided, but simply that in ascending the hill
of MammoL he fell, and the fall was so
heavy that his crown was broken. What
else then could poor Jill do, but to tumble
after?
This remarkable writer saw far into futu-
rity. His keen vision penetrated the present
age. The modern Jocks who are falling
down and breaking their crowns, and the
tumbling Jils, were all visible TO his pro-
phetic eye. The wonder is, that, with so
many unheeded warnings and the neglect of
such beautiful Poem to direct our foot
steps, all the Jocks have not broken heads,
and all the Jills are not tumblers.-Columbu
Enquirer.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

BALTIMORE, Oct. 29.-The proclamation of
Governor Lyon, of this State, has created a
sensation in this city. The following is an
extract:
al hereby proclaim to the citizens Of Balti-
more that, in virtue Of my powers and duties
under the Constitution and laws of the State,
] have directed the proper military officers to
enroll and hold in readiness their respective
corps for active service at once, and especially
on the approaching day of election, and |
have issued to them full instructions to pre-
serve the peace Of the city, and secure TO the
legal voters their rights against the violence
and intimidation Of the lawless ruffians who
have disgraeed the city and outraged the elee-
tive rights in the recent election"
Mayor Swan. in letter to the Governor,
published in the newspaper extras this after
noon, protests against what he considers an
usurpation Of the municipal authority and
constitutional rights, stating that to bring
the military into contact with the people on
the day Of election, without an official requi-
sition, wonld seriously endanger the peace Of
the city, and lead to serious consequences.
The election, in view Of which the Governor
has thought proper TO call out the military,
takes place on the 4th of November.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

Iw- Richard Relf, ESQ.,, aged elgbty-.wo
years, and long the>Cashier Of the Louisiana
Bank, died in New Orleans on the oath inst.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

THERE'S AN EXAMPLE FOR You.-A num-
Der of young ladies' in Salem, Mass, having
considered the state Of the money market,
are determined not to pay ten or twenty dol
lars for a winter bonnet, and have set about
making bonnets for themselves.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06
W The Charleston Courier, of late

date, contains the following notice.
Employments.--We may do favor to ma
ny, or at least prevent grievous disappoint
ment, by stating that applications from dis
lance for various situations in our city, have
for some time far exceeded any possibility Of
satisfaction under existing circumstances.
We earnestly and emphatically advise,
therefore, that no young readers suffer them
selves to be seduced or deceived by vague
hopes and expectations.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

tB- An exchange says, number Of indi-
viduals are getting their dubious bank bills
liquidated by taking their worth out in bran
dy, rum and whiskey.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

6T A certain druggist was recently n'"
to declare that an article Of medicine
which he largely disposed at two dollar, soitIs
bottle, cost him only sixteen cen'S--'
and all.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

B TheGeorgia Legislature convened on
Wednesday the 4th instant,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

SPECIE CoMrse.-The steamer Persia, ar
rived on the 2sth ult, bringing 100000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-11-06

MEDrcAL.-The Memphis Eagle ana b''
quirer says,
"Memphs is the best point in the gnyS1
for medical students to learn anatomy. rI',di
killed subjects to be had every morning
the dead house."