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~Tbs New York Courier and Enquirer
thinks the commercial relations of the coun.
try give cause for congratulation. The i'm.
p"rtant staples Of the West find ready
market ut remunerativc prices. The West
is tes,uing with Railroads, every mile OF
which add to the resources, and wealth of
the country. The manufacturing interests
"i the + .st are prosperous, and liberal ex.
change Of products between the E,st and
the West, the North aud the South, contrib.
ut-s, 10 the prosperity Of the whole. We
anticipate for the year 1857 more success
full year than that Of 1856. The disturbance
Of fnoney If .rs abroad, during the past year,
has compelled our people to rely upon our
own domestic resources for capital. II is
not prob BILE that American securities vii,
be sought for in Europe to the extent known
in former years. Il is fortunate that the
change has occurred. The past facility for
borrowing money has led tn unreasonable
speculation. More Railroads have been com.
menced than could he sustained. A check
upon them has now occurred, and capitalists
will for the future embark only in those en-.
terprises that are obviously called for.
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lH-A Republic tremarL. a cotempornly,,

lFA Republic (remarks a cotempornry)
has been defined as government for men and
Monarchy as a government for children.
The one demands the thought Of the many;
the other the almost total nbsence OF Il
among the multitude: thus men OF n mature
nge in Paris may be found taking part In sI-
ly games .of play that American children
Of ten years would utterly despise. II was
subject Of general remark among travellers
Ia France during the time Of the late Repub-
liz, stlnt Frenchmen had suddenly become
grave; but since the de-poiism of Louis
Napoleon has succeeded, thsy have returned
with zest to all their ancient frivolities.--
They have resigned nll the rights Of men to
one who trrats them Nc spoiled children; now
letting them play ut soldiers, anon preparing
n fine spectacle for them In ihs church or in
the theatre, permitting them IL see some
fireworks, or display Of fountains, or to
stare ut some baby linen, or to dance until
their legs nchs. The only two ,possibls
forms Of governmeut according To- the iats
Emperor Nicholas, despotism and republic.
unism, have doubtless iound their finest II.
Iustrations in Russia and tile United States.
The medium between the two, which Nicho.
Ina could not comprehend Constitutional
Monarchy, Of which England is almost the
only successful experintnt-is rather a tran.
si,ion form Of government than an establish.
ed one. Since the day when the lust drs
potic king "f England died on the scaffold,
the rulers have been steadily increasing IN
numbers. First the nristocracy, then the
commercial clnsses, then the men of letters
cume in, aud finally the vast body OF the in
telIigent people must follow. A compari.
son Of the speeches of Edmund Burke, who
mourned fifty yrars since the decline Of chiv.
airy. and designated the people swinish
multitude, with the addresses Of the great
men Of to day, who recognize progress and
appeal to the intelligence Of the mass, will
show the spread Of republican institutions
Already have the Sovereign ind the House
of Peers become curious anomalies in Eng
lard, and the time is rapidly approaching
when they can no longer exist.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

THE SECURE OF CuBA.-'rhe New York
Herald contains the following in the shape
Of a communication:
ut has lately come to my knowledge that
there exists in this country n secret order,
called "'The Sons Of Freedom." The organi
zation extends from New Orleans to New
York embracing the principal seabOnrd towns,
and rapidly extending itself over the entire
country. The head, or Grand Lodge, exists
in this city, 10 which all other lodges ars
subordinate. Members are admitted BY 90.
cret signals and pass words, and urs bound
I" each other BY the most sormn onths and
obligations. The entire movement 10 in the
hands Of leading men, Of character and abii.
", and the country will be startled, one Of
these fine mornings, by the announcement
TINT Cuba, ;he ''Qnern Of the Antilles" has
fallen into the hands Of the Sons Of Free.
dom"
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THE NrcEsslrY uF RscREArIor.-A sens

The Necessary VI REcREATIos.-A sensi
bic writ.r says: "GameS, gayiiies, sports, and
spectacles, there will be, AZ long us men have
limbs, ~ycs, or rnrs. The development il us
natural here M II is IN the arts. You might
~ well talk of extirpa'ing music and paint.
ines as "f diving the common an,usrrnents
out Of the world. Now, there are abuses OF
these things. Whit are we to sny of the
abuses! Let them crush dowA and destroy
the things themselves, do We xny But they
cann"t. Then let them be cut of. There IN
really nothing else To be done. Elevate, re
line, purify the public amusrnenls Let
religion recognize and rrstrnin them. Let II
not, MS il tao common, drive them To license
and cx,rayagnnce; but lot il throw around
them its gentle bond, to make them pure,
cheerful, healthipi-hrlpful TO the grent ends
Of lif'.. What u blessed thing for the world
were it, if its nmuSements could thus b.
rescued. redeemed, and brought into the
service OF iis virtue and pisty r.
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1880
66,l43
7,4s7
Majority

ATRocious.-'The following 10 the last
emanation from Terrell, the inveterate pun.
ster Of the Lafayette (Ind) Journal:
A tnt,ling correspondent II the New York
Herald, writing frem Lancaster, pretends to
give the gunge of drink he hnd witnessed the
President elect take, one frosty morning, at
the sidebonrd ut wheatland, recently. He
irreverently estimated il at a ''couple of inch
es," md expresses the opinion that the
depth OF the "Sage's" potations visibly in.
crense with his years. There is nothing
wonderful in this, for hasn't il passed into
provrrb, "Ihe older the Buck the sitter the
hOrn!"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

A PuzzLsR.-'rhr Milwaukia Sentinel
having placed on its bulletin board an an
n"unrelnrnt of the Pacific's arrival, ON which
was written, "Wnr in statu quo" two men
from the country W liked up To the board,
and after rendng very demurely, "War in
sta.u quo," snid one of them, "wl'ere ia. .tl,un.
drr's iha,!" II don't kn"w," said the other
Shouldn't wonder II il did" said the iirst.--
This reminds us Of m nnecdote of u person
who affected profound information upon ev
cry subject, and who, while listening with n
crowd Of mpanions TO the reading Of "ths
latest from Frnnr-, hearing the words the
French have taken umbrag-,' and wishing ie
shaw his superior knowledge, broke In with
"Ah, indeed! taken Unibrage have. they!
knew they'd been besirging II for s"me time
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

PRocREss AND PRoDucTIOSs OF CALIFOR-
niA.-1"imcco "i very sui"'rior quality has
beei raised on the '"sun,nrs river. A sweet
,~tato- "n the = crn'ent" weighed fmrte. n
pounds and ak potatoes from the same patch
weighed sst pounds in tile aggregate. Al the
late election, in Placer county, two women
were elect d To Offices 10 b. fiiled-one "
justice of the peace, und the other constable!
California is u fast State, and no mistake.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

Fred Meiz wns found sume days ago in q
swamp near Lyons, Illinois, frozen to death
in the ice. II is supposed that he came to n
plnce IN the swamp where the Ice was rotten,
as il wins rtinIng at the time, and breaking
il, wns unable to extrichts himself, and so
IeriSlled. When found II was necessary to
chop the body out In q large block Of ice
will, nxes, as the recent c~ld had frozen II 10
a considerable depIh. His body from his
whist downward was below the surtace Of
the swamp. His head was bent downward,
aud his hands clasped as in common altitude
ofprayer. ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

A SOUTHERN HARBoR.-Mr. Elliott of the
South Carolina Legislature, introduced re-
Gently from the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations, a report relative to Port Royal Hnr.
Dor, near the town Of Beaufort in that State.
Mr.. Elliott explained that he had given con.
sideration to the subject, that the town Of
Beaufort had the deepest bar and most ca.
pacious harbor South. of Chesapeake; that
those were Of permahsnt character, and not
snbject to the shifting sands Of the Southern
coast; that both history and tradition repre-.
sented the harbor MS possessing great depth
in former times, and the recent coast survey
confirms this representation; that Lieut.. Maf.
ft who was engaged on that survey, speaks
in his report of its unrivalled commercial ia.
cilitics, which cannot be exceeded, capable, as
it is, of holding the combined naval arma.
ments Of Great Britain and France.
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tE The Knickerbocker's Editors Table
for January has the following:

Ia a metropolitan criminal court, eight
yenrs ngO, u poor woman, whose buy had
been sentenced TO long term ut the pen
itrn'iury, Tor some not well proved offence,
said: "Wou't your Honor give him n shorter
term! Tic is go"d boy to me, your Hon
or he always wns. Eve Just made him
some nice clothes, y'.ur Honor, which fiji him
beautifully" (and she looked, AZ she said
this us only mother con look at her boy;)
"and Il you give him longer time to stay
in prison the clol hes won't fit him when b.
comes "ut-for he's u growIn' boy" Poor
motl,rr she had saved much (fnr her) from,
her scant earnings, to clo,h- the boy "like
the neighbours children" This was two
much for her son. He melted h- wapt-hs
rrpen,ed-he was forgiven. And h- ia now
one ot the NEST promising, rnterprising hon
OrnbIe youug merchants In our city. Every
word Of ihis is true, and known to.be so e
very many persons.
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Nkw Yohx, Jan. l3.--'i'he Berlin papers
srs v-r. h-Ilir"se in regard 1" Switzerland
Prussia hid demanded the liberation m the
R"yalist, aho hal engaged In the insurrec
ton nj Neu'chal-i, aud h"p, d that this would
b. conc. ded, and the c"Df'c, tcrmina ted
The Swiss police were on the alert it having
bren reported that P'nssians were in Swift.
z"rl:nu t.king draw ings "f the country.
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DEATH OF DISTINGUISHED MAN.-The
Western papers record the death of Elder ].
T. Johnson, Of the Christian denomination,
one Of the estimable men and eloquent and
distinguished divincs OF the Western States.
He was brother of Col. Richard nj. John
son, Vice President Of the United States,
and wns, at one time, before entering the
Ministry, one "f the Judges OF the Court OF
Appeals in Kentucky. He served in various
departments Of public duty, and always with
the highest hono5s. The papers unite in nc.
cording to him the possession of the noblesl
traits thst nd"rn humanity. The loss Of
such n man is indeed II public MISFORTUNE
He leaves hosts of friends and admirers
throughout the western and southern States.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

EXECUTIVE i.LEMExcY.--Gov. Clark, Of
New York. just before the close Of his term,
granted fourteen free pnrdons and five cou,-
mutations Of senterce. or these, one was
committed for granddaughter, one for assault
with intent to XIII, one for robbery, two for
burglary, two f"r forgery, nine for grand
larceny, and three for other crimes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

STATE DEBr OF GEoRorA.--From the re.
port Of the Legislative committee, il appears
tl'at thr debt Of Georgia on the 26th Of De.
cema.r, 1856, was S2,666,A72 ~.
Az an Offset 70 this debt, the State holds
~ single item Of mssets, the Western and
Atlantis Rail Road bui!t 1t cost Of e6,6O0.,
asS Io--snd which Il probably worth oil
that Il cost fs.l n rislH 5tiflstga,i
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

An lTEM.-A rather magni6csntly proper.
toned illustration of the credit system can
be found in the condition Of the Richmond
Enquirer when, after fifty years Of it's pub
licaiion, its proprietor removed to Washing
ton, his books showed over 100000 doe
from living "patro,x." The amount OF total
loss was not given, but was estimated a
S3OO. 900 or more, '"t ~ '''N
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

az The area Of Nicarnuga is about So.
900 square miles. The State is $50 miles In
length, by about $50 in breadth, including
both lakes, but not any portion of the Mos
quito Territory. The level of Lake Nicara.
qua above the Pacific Ocean, is 1913 feet and
that of Lake Managua above the Pacific 10
l66 feet The population Of the county 10
estimated at 5000. f.s,. snsQ .sisfg sst
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

W One of the female lunatics In the New
York Asylum has the delusion that she has
been the wife Of ench successive President.
She is now Mrs. Pierce, and her nuptials with
Mr. Buchanan are anticipated BY her about
the time Of his inauguration.--Syaeass
Courier.
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THE. POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, JAN. 90, 1857.

WARRINGTON, J,n l2.--1he Senate TO day
by a vote OF ls to 10, passed a resolution
declaring Mr.. Harlan, Of Iowa, not sni,tI.d to
his seat. ~
The H"use passed the Senate bill restoring
certain Naval "ffic-r. drp"sed by the late
Naval Bonrd. The vote stood Yeas l69
kays So,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

The Act OF DyIEe IS SELDOM PAINFUL
Sir Henry Hnlfo.d, the eminent London
physician, says "Of the great number to
whom, II has been my painful professional
duty to have administered in the last days Of
their lives, have sometimes felt surprised
that so few hare appeared reluctant to 90 te
The undiscovered country from whose
bourne no traveller returns 'H'tif
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iTpe SHApow or 4 Gsrxr Roor 4,
WelEr LAsb,--Mso nav turn Ii bsck upon
ReveIslioo and feed uocn tbs drv hnsks a
iosdeIitv Il he viii, i M SpIs surs ~ ~ sS.t -
man cannot do without her ssvio,. , n A.
bsrosest estste. sbs has sorowS sSst issn,
ouiv BE- entrusted 10 IN Almighty ear, rs.
sponsibIlities that no human IA can aiye her
strength 10 meet F3ut what il earthly 'loys
be p6isoned a ths fountajos-vbst n bss
sss}S. .nn,,lSs,. hs,d nr..w.o,tsd ..isr ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

A MARRIAeE IN THE CARs.-In the cars.
between Bangor md Portland, an INCIDENT
occurred on Saturday morning a little ou! Of
the usual course. Soon nfter the train len
Bangor, the conductor, Mr.. Pittman, who
had provided himself with clergyman.
stood up In one OF the cars, and, in the pres.
ence Of the passengers, and while the train
was nt it's usual speed, was duly married to .
lady by the name Of Fuller. Our Eastern
friends are, evidently, a "fast" people.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

THg Duck TRADs.-Ths Norfolk (va.)
Ilrrad says, that farmer in Princes Anne
county has had 40 mrq- employed killing
ducks, ard up to,he 20ih nlt., they hnd con.
suned % kegs Of gun'Powder. The gentle
nun ships, on an average, ID barrels Of ducks
to New York every week, ind some weeks
ns high an 81 barrels. They consist Of can
vass bDck, malIard, black, spring tail, bald
faces, shove!ers, ind good proportion Of
| wild. trr II f NJ --s
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

SMorHERED TO DEATH.-In Nashua, N.
H., on the night Of the 9th, three men named
Saunders, Sullivan and Undine, were placed
in the lookup for drunkenness. After be.
ing confined for while they set fire TO the
place, and the whole three were smothered
to death. The building was not much dam.
aged. ..',' = q" ttfl f'H -f"'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

A LITTLE MoSsrER.-The Indiana Ststs
Bank, with the privilege Of establishing twsu-
ty branches, and capital Of $4,000. 900.
went into operation on the lst Of January.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

H- At a srevivai" meeting, one old lady
prayed fervently for the 1young lambs Of the
Aock.", A lad in black, not TO be ontdone BY
Sister Walton, responded, and blundly asked
who was to pray for the "old ewea" This
set the congregation in q roar. i'll 'f'sascfi
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

WHAT WE ImPoRr.--The articles of chief
value imported into the United States during
the fiscal year, ending June soth 1855, we're
Coffee, Teas, Sugar and the manufactures
Of W"olen, Cotton, Silk, Linen, Iron, Steel,
Copper, sc. &c. These were In round
numbers nearly Us fellows;
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

The total value Of the products Of agri.
culture exported, exclusive of Cotton md
Tobacco, were t77,000,O0O. Ofthis amount
il required about forty five per ee.t to pay
for Silk alone imported during the year.
The value Of the Cotton exported 10 $685.
100000, Of Tcmcco ei2,OOO, 900, and Man
ufae,u'rn eiO.ooo,ooo.- -F.s convenience
We have stated the nmoais in round mum
brrv.
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V1 The Old Dominion Company, ol
Richmond w., an extensive nail factory, 70
Gently received an order from Savannah Tor
four thousand kegs Of mills, and within .
few weeks past, two vessels were loaded
with Old Dominion nails for Savannah. II
dealers will freely encourage southern enter.
prises, the South can compete with any sec
lion Of the country.
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Sr,n,ruAL MAxrs.rxr,ors.--The Rom,

SFtniruAL TroSs.-The Rome
(Ga.) Advertiser. says: ave are kindly per-
mittsd u c"py thr following interesting ex-
trset from letter to = gentleman in this
city: 1887 dawn-d on Monroe without =
Iiquer shop. Our citizens raised over one
thousand dollars, and bought them all out,
closed the don,r, passed nm ordinance 70 tax
rrtnil grocery on. thousand dollars, and are
taking bonds of all the property holders, not
IN sell, lense, "r rent, my house "r land for
the purpose. Yesterday (Jan. 5th) wis 4
quiet day, not drop "f liquor to be had by
the thirsty fellows who usually get we'll
soaked nj every election. Some Of them
swore they would never rrnde another cent in
Monroe; aud acme said they would never
come here again--bu, they will b. apt to get
over II when they find it is fixed fact that
Monroe is free from doggrrics.'"
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A WARErsc.-The Pittsburg Gazette says
a lady was blown away In that city sone days
ago, and when found had received divsn -
we're wounds and bruises. Would Is not BE-
well for ladies' who indulge TO excess 10 the
prevailing fashion. to carry anchor that they
may provide against gales and similar disss-
ters!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

CIRCULATION OF THE BLocp.-For the dis.
covery of this wonderful function Of nature,
we are indebted to DR.. Harvey, who lived in
the time Of Queen Elizabeth; the knowledge
of which has conferred incalculnble ndyanta.
ges upon mankind. The velocity with which
the blood must flow when the heart beats
aviolently" is inconceivable; for in the aordi.
nary" course of nature, the heart contracts
1000 times in one hour, each time ejecting one
ounce Of blood.
To be more particular In our description, Il
is necessary to state, that there is provided in
the central part Of the body a hollow muscle,
invested with spiral Tubes, running In both
directions. By the contraction Of these fibres,
the sides of the muscular cavities are neces.
sarily squeezed together, 80 rs 10 force out
any fluid which they may at that time contain;
by the relaxation Of the same fibres, the cavi.
ties are in their turn dilatrd; and, Of course,
prepared to ndmi. every fluid which may be
poured into them. Into these cavities nre
inserted the great trunks, both of the arteries
which carry out the blood, and Of the veins
which bring it back. This Is general ac-
count Of the apparatus; and the simplest idea
of its action is, that by each contraction u
portion Of blood is forced as by syringe into
the arteries; and nt each dia,ion an equal
portion is received from the veins. This
produces Mt each pulse, n motion and change
in the mass of blood to the amount of what
the cavity contains, which in full grown
heart Is about nm ounce, or two table spoons.
ful. Fash cavity at least will contain one
ounce Of blood. The henrt contracts 1000
times in one hour; from which It follows, that
there passes through the heart every hour
40OO ounces, or $50 pounds of blood. Now
the whole mass of blood is about twenty FIVE
pounds; so that quantity of blood, equal to
the whole blood within the body, passes
through the heart fourteen times in one hour,
| which Ia ahnnt nna nnnca avarv five min MAS
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

THE SECRET OF Coon LUcK.-There is
nothing like courage in misfortune. Next to
faith in God, and in his over.ruling Prov.
dcnce, mans faith in himself is salvation.
tits the secret Of all power and success. 1t
is the secret OF good luck, SO called. 1t makes
man strong as the pillared iron, or elastic
as the springng steel. ltopens the gate Of
enterprise and wealth. And while others
bow TO chance and accident, he makes chance
aud accident bow to him; and he moulds
them to his purpose and harnesses them to
the car of his fortunes. a Hr h
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

H Oregon Territory is said to be one Of
the finest fruit growing regions in the world.
tits estimated, says an exchange, that not
less than $4,000 dollars worth of apples will
be shipped to California this season, and that
10000 dollars worth were sold last year.
The size of the apples Is almost incredible,
bushel having been exhibited whose av.
erage was eighteen ounces each. It ia no
uncommon thing to see specimen spples
weighing from one and half 70 two ponnds.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

E The Nashville American, of the
9Th inst, says in regard to the official vote in
Tennessee, that "thr Secretary Of State in.
forms us that the official majority Tor Buch'
anan in this State was seven thousand -four
hundred and eighty.s.ven, instead ef seven
thousand four hundred and sixty, US hereto
fore published. The vote was
For Buchanan 1880
For FILLMORE 66l4a
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23

PERsIA.--The military power Of Persia,
with which country Great Britain has Just
gone to war, is said to consist of eighty
thousand infantry, drilled by European off.
GERS, and composed in part of regular troops:
numerous, but undiscipined cavalry: and Or.
tilery, which is said by English travellers
themselves to be in admirable condition and
practice. The British expedition against
Persia consists Of nine frat class war steam
ers, twenty.six sailing transports, and six
thousand efficient troops which have sailed
from Bombay for the Persian Gulf, and a.
many more which have left England for the
same destination. Herat, which has latel,
fallen, is said TO be the gate to the high roat
Of travel and commerce with India, and Eng
land cannot permit It to remain under hostil,
influence. Persia, thus far barrier between
Russia and the English, bids fair to become
the theatre Of conflict which will decid,
forever the mastery Of the East.