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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

The END OF AN AssAssIN.-Ths predie-
tion Of the Freeman's Journal, that the mur.
dsrer of the Archbishop of Paris-Verger-
would die u Protestant, and as such have his
memory embalmed in the good opinion Of
the "No Popery" people,-is not fulfilled, ms
will be seen on reference to the last sdvices
from Paris. He died, as he had lived, a Ro
manist, and horrible death it was. Just be.
fore the execution, the wretched man threw
himself on the pallet in his cell, elung to il
with head, hands and feet, and resisted all
attempts to lift him. "You may murder me
in this cell" he exclaimed, "but from It ] will
not stir" The gaolers We're compelled to
put on his clothes BY main force. But be-
fore the execution hs became caIm-r, receiv.
ed religious consultations ofthe Able Hugon
took the crucifx in hia hand, kissed the image
of the Savior, and surrendered himself to the
exrcutioner. All Paris was cape on the
day of the execution.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

TERRIBLE FAMINE IN NoRwAY.-The En-.
glish papers have accounts from Norway,
which give n painful picture Of the suffering
of the inhabitants of Lampland and FinmarR,
bordering On the North Cape of Norway
Owing to the failure Of the crops, the inhab.
itants are in state of starvation:
"Hundreds are dying daily, and the living
are compelled to subs:st as they best cnn, on
the bark Of trees, ground and cooked with
oats. In order 10 alleviate their sufferings
charitable committees have been organized
on the opposite COASTS Of the Gulf of Both.
MIA to collect contributions in kind, such as
corn, flour, vegetables and spirits, which will
BE- conveyed to them ACROSS the ice in sledg'
es. As an addition TO the suffering Of these
poor creatures, the cold ia ofa severity rare.
ly experienced even in these ice bound coun.
tries"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

THAT SOUL MELTING "BUSS."
Beneath a green and pleasant shade,
l once beheld a lovely maid.
And at her feet humbly knelt,
And tried to tell her how felt
With trembling lip and heaving breast,
Her lilly hand softly pressed.
gazed upon her handsome face,
I took her in my fond embrace,
| whispered in her ear, "Dear Miss,
May not have one precious kissi"
She slightly blushed-she smoothed her dress
She primped her mouth and answered, '.yesi'
While all around was still as death,
Ny heart did thump-I held my breath
Her sweet blue eyes did softly close,
/ bid farewell to friends and foesl
No pen can paint, no tongue can tell,
The thoughts that then my bosom SWELL
One lingering thought of "Buck aud FLIP
l thought Of death, and made my will
A long farewell to earth and Gus
gave her one soul.melting "buss."
BEN BUssER.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

tV There is ON foot in Alabama, says
the Montgomery Advertiser a temperance
movement Of which very few, even Of those
who seem most interested in such things,
are aware. 1t promises more to reduce the
amount Of ardent-spirt drinking, than any
s"ciety which hns yet been organized. 1t is
not only, in our opinion, a great moral, but
economical project. We mean the culture
Of the grape and the manufacture Of genuine
wine from it-pure, unadulterated, "the true
the blushful Hppocrene, with beaded bub
bles winking at the brim." On Hillabes
creek, in Mallapoosa county, is madea wine
called "U;rica." We defy even Milton, will
his "leafy vallambrosa," 10 give more poet
ical names. This wine 10 Hook, Of a col
or almost like the ruby, rich, fruity, gener
GUS. Its bouquet is so delicisous that il ex
cited the admiration even of a little child
before whom bottle was opened; she sale
it "smeh Of grapes"
We, being judge, pronounced it bette
VINE than any we hive ever tasted of Amer
ican manufacture. /. can scarcely be callet
Intoxicating, for one who would drink enougl
to become inebriated, must be beastly glut
ton; while a few glasses produce delightful
glow, drreamy warmth, that good wine alone
can ever excite.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

Law AGAINST DUELLIsG.-A writer in the
Charleston Standard, on the subject OF duel
ling in South Carolina, and Of the inefficency
of the State law to suppress this relic Of feudaI
barbarism, says:
II would make the penalty, for being en-
gagged 10 any duel, to attach on all and every
person or persuns, directly or indirectly con-
cerned in fighting duel, or sending, giving,
accepting or carrying or conveying any such
challenge, their counseIlors, niders or abet-
tors, upon being convicted thereof in any
Court having jurisdiction. distranchisement-
rendering all such persons incapable OF ever
afterwards holding any office of honor, trust
or profit, under the laws or authorities of the
State; and also .mbodying in the law a pro-
vlso, to the effect, that In case of any death
happening in consequence OF any duel, the act
should not be so construed No to save the
offenders from the pains and penalties of the
laws Of the land, provided for the pnnishm hment
of homicide and murder"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

W We read, in La France Medicale,
the following: "Several scientific journals
lately announced discovery which will not
prove to be the least curious or remarkable
of our age. Mr.. Steck, a chemist of Stutt-
gart, has recently discovered vegetable
substance which is endowed with the surpri
sing and singularly remarkable poverty of
revivifyng the capillary bulbs in cases Of
badness. The experiments which have just
been made in Paris on a number of honora-
BILE persons, who had been bald for several
years, and on whom this preparation has caus.
ed the hair to return with Incredible activity
ofgrowth, leave no doubt as to the manifest
action of this new conquest of science.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13


Simon SUGes.-Evtry body has read of 81
mon Suggs whom "Jonce Hooper" immor.
tallzed; and almost every body is aware that
the vertable original Simon, (whoss real
name need not be mentioned because that is
no body's business, no ho,o,) still lives in
Alabama. A year or two since, he came in.
to Tuskegee, with an almighty long face,
and yard of Grape round his hat, and met
his friend, Ned, when the following re-.
marks were made:
Byrd" said Smon's friend, 'what ails
you! YOU look solemn and serious, as il you
had met with somr misfortune"
"YOu know, Ned" said Simon, shat have
lost my companion" (Hr had recently lost
his wife, most pious and estimabe lady,
by death.) "And besides that, have been
thinking a good deal, late, about my latter
end, and the next world"
"You!" said Ned, II always thought that
you were Universalist."
$50 | was," said Simon. perfectly serious
and evidently impressed with the solemnity
OF the subject; "6ut / tell you, Ned, there
aint nairy pair in that hand. IL amt any
use TO bluff agin OLD MASTER. He sees
every card in your hand"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

IMPRovED PosrAoE SrAHfs.-The Post
Master General has introduced the excellent
English method of perforating the lines be-
tween the postage stamps, so that they may
be torn apart at once without using the scis
sors. They have further advantage in the
circumstance that the rough edge thus pro-
ducsd makes them adhere much more readily
to the back of letter. The machine for
making the perforations was procured from
England. A supply Of the perforated stamps
has already been furnished to the post offices
of Philadelphia, New York, and other prin-
cipal cities.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

IMPORTANT IHFORMARIor.-'rhe Norfolk
Argus communicates fact in one of It's re-
cent issues, which is highly impOr,ant--par
ticuIarIy to such as are threatened with that
fatal nnd insidious disease, known as con.
sumption. It seems a gentleman in Louis.
iann bought some consumptive negroes from
a dealer in Norfolk, and placed them on his
sugar plantation. They ate plentifully Of
the cane, but more especially Of the young
Shouts. The slaves who had been thin, weak
and si.kly, soon became strung, robust and
henrty, and in a short time all traces Of the
disease with which thy had been affected en-.
tirely disappeared. The Argus learns that
this planter has standing order at Norfolk
for negroes who have the symptoms Of the
dissase. and OF course expects to get them at
a reduced price, Petersburg (Va) Express
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

DEATH OF GEN RICHARDSON OF KANSAS
GEARy's DIFFIcULTy.-Ths Cincinnati Ga
zette of the 25th says:
General Richardson, of the Council, is re-
ported to have died at Lecompton, on the
night of the 18th inst, natural death, how
ever, which is rather rare in that healthy
country.
In regard to the recent difficulty Of Cover.
nor Geary, The st. Louis Republican says:
"Sherard did not spit in the Governors
fuce, but confronted him in the lobby, and
said to him, "You are a liar, scoundrel md
a cOward-l spit upon you. II you don't re-
sent II, shall not notice you hereafter"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13
LEGAL TgspsR.-The law regulating ,

LEGAL TEsDsR.-The law regulating the
payment Of debts with coin, provides the
following coin to be the legal tender.
Ian gold coin at their respective values
for debts Of any amount.
.. The half dollar, quarter dollar, dime and
half dime, at their respective values for debt.
OF an,ount.under five doiiars.
8. Three cent piedks for debts Of amounts
under thirty cents; and
4. BY the law just passed, we may add ont
cent pieces for debts Of amounts under ter
cents.
By Law Of Cougress, passed some four oil
five years ago, gold, instead of silver, was
made the legal tender for large amounts
Those who, to get rid of large quantities o
cents and small coin, sometimes pay bill'
with it, to the annoyance Of the credto
will perceive that there is a stoppage put t.
that antic by law.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

AMusIse-To hear small politician who
owes his whole Importance to the influence
Of the press, talk eontemptuousiy o: news
papers and editors. There Is no stronger
proof Of the "power Of the press" than the
fact that It can raiss such timberheads into
high places. Luckily, a single pull on the
same lever can bring them down again to
their proper level-did they not inevitably
fall o: their own feebleness.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

IN THE DARK.-We, dwellers in this world
of error, are like men walking through the
streets of city on foggy morning. Every
one fancies that immediately around himself
there is little or no fog, but around others, a,
a little distance from him, he perceives it to
be thick and binding; and they. Ia turn,
make precisely similar mistake about them.
selves and him; each deeming 1t quite clear
where he himself is, and that all the rest are
jn the dark.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13
DEsrRucrIvE FIRE AT CoLumpIA-y

Destructive FIRE AT CoLuMBrA.-We
learn from the Columbia Mirror of Thursday
that on Tuesday night last, between twelve
nnd one o'clock, the large dormitory building
to the Columbia Atheneum, was discovered
to be on fire. The young ladies occupying
the dormiories lost good deal of clothing
-one of them her entire wardrobe. Most
of the furniture, including several pianos,
was destroyed. The entire loss is estimated
at ten thousand dollars, none Of which, we
believe, is covered by insurance. 1t is not
known how the fire originated.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13
Isn't II awful to think of!

AN EDTroR's AUpIEEcs.-"Who are you
talking tO!' Why to larger audience than
the best conversationalist ever could boast Of,
and TO more than ever listened to him during
a month. How few clergymen, how few
lecturers, how few public speakers of any
description ever address, an audience half so
large MS that to which the editor of the
smallest country paper breaches! How many
clergymen are there who are accustomed to
audiences of thousand, and how few pa.
pers there are which do not strictly and it,.
orally find more than thousand thorough
readers!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

or It always affords us pleasure to chro
nicle the triumph Of genius--the creation o
minds delving 10 the realms Of thought We
accordingly give place to the following
which is no less startling than new. 1t is, VIZ
presume, from the pen of an unweded
"Western Editor"
81 sat me down in thought profound,
This maxim wise drew;
It's easier far to like girl,
Than make girl like you."
Young men affected with calics procivities
will please copy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13
TENNESSEE FLOUR.

The following article In relation to Ten.
nessee Flour, from the Augusta Constitu'
ti"nalist Of the LIST instant, is Of interest to
the manufacturers Of -four 10 this direction:
The quantity Of Tennessee -four which is
annually sent to this market, induces us to
make some Few remarks In relation TO that
commodity. We are further induced TO do 80,
from the fact that we nre compelled to report
the value Of Tennessee flour very frequently
from twenty five to fifty cents per barrel lower
than -four from our City Mills or from
Etownh.
LIST. A considerable portion Of the Tennes.
see -four forwarded to Augusta, Is sent by
country merchants, who obtain Il from differ.
enl mills.
2nd. The bags are Of dissimilar lengths,
and seldom contain the exact weight that
quarter or half sacks should have. Some sacks
are less in weight and some over weight.
Sd. The bags nre generally in bad order,
stained or soilrd, BY the hnnding---by contact
with the foor OF the cars-by exposure on
river banks, or from other causes.
4th. The sncss nre badly marked, md even
the well cut pIntes, which some millers have,
nre used BY inexperienced or incompetent
persons.
On the other hand, our City Mills -four is
done up in bags af almost snowy whiteness
the weight Of -four, in ench sack, is almost
always within n halt, or ut most, within an
ounce Of the exnct weght--the sucks look
clean and white-nnd the marks are beauti
fully printed, with handsome vignette, in a
fine blue or black ink. The packages are in
this way rendered attractive 10 the eye OF
buyers, and The good flour inside sustains the
favorable impression which the exterior ap.
penrnnces make.
1t is true, we obtain as good superfne -four
from Tennessee ns our t'ity Mills generally
furnish, but the City Mills -four is offered in
neatrr bags, aud large dealers will give such
packages a preference Of from twenty-five to
fifty cents bnrrel.
Another objection urged against Tennes.
see flour is, that few Of the mills hnve agpn
cies here, where sufficient uud continuous
supply can ut all times be obtained. After
sending about enough to establish the foun
dation for u permanent reputation, some of
the Tennessee millers transport their -four to
other markets where they are compelled to
pass through the same regular ordeal of trial
and trouble which they submitted to here.
No person doubts the quality of much OF
the flour received here from mills in 'rennes.
see, AID objections are only urged against the
condition of the packages, their want of uni.
formity in weight, and the style Of marks
employed. Attention to these matters would
soon place Tennessee fiour nearly, IL not fully
equal in value TO our City Mills.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

EUROPEAN MORALS The case of Harrison
against the Marquis of Bath, which was
heard on the 4th instant in the Court Of
Queens Bench, London, affords view Of
the widespread corruptions and immoralities
which prevail in that capital. Itappenrs tina,
regular trade is carried on in the importa.
tion of Belgian girls to London for the pur.
poses Of prostitution; that noblemen frequen,
the houses in which the uafortunates are de.
tained; that the arstocrats are extensively
black mailed by persons in league with the
proprietors Of those Infamous houses, and
that lawyers are found to press the claims te
trial and endeavor to support them even b,
perjury.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13
EA few nights ago tbe train ol

@A few nights ago the train on the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad ran
through aoek Of wild turkeys killing two
fine ones. One ofthem strck the head light
breaking the glass, putting out the light, and
getting completely "baggsd" 10 the lamp
from whence he was taken by The engineer
1t 10 question which was the most taken
by surprise, the engineer or the turkey
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13
E The LouisyilIe Democrat snys. A due

H The Louisville Democrat says, duel
between two ladies is on the tapis in that
city. A formal challenge is known to have
been passed aud accepted, though the wea
pons and distance have not becn named. As
will te readily imagined, "geutleman" is
at the bottom of the quarrel. After all, we
don't know but the ladies' have as much
right to make fools of themselves as the
lords of creation.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

WARNtNo TO "CALIrHuMrIAxs."-S
young men were fined s26 each in the Court
of Quarter Sessions Of Chester county, Pa.
recently for disturbing a newly . married
couple by . 1ealithumpian" sereuads ,e.9 I
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

~ On the 29th Of January, the auger
ofthe Artesian we'll, now being bored In the
plain ofPassy, near Pars, hnd reached the
depth Of l466 feet This well. tis known.
iis the largest In the world, and is intended
TO reach the same sources Of supply a. the
famous we'll Of GIsnslle, which has a depth
Of 1900 feet. s..-..s tffs bss ,lis5-.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

E A Mr.. Powers, who had been com
mitted 10 the jail at Ogdensburs, on a charge
oi setting fire TO building, d scovrrrd u fire
in the jail the next night and saved It; II is
presumed thus balancing the account.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

KEEPTsa THE THING DARK.-They have
an excellent way of keeping quiet about
epidemic diseases in the city Of New York
From a comparison Of the city inspectors
report, and from other documentary evidence,
it is now ascrrtained that there were about
one thousand deaths from yellow fever IN
the city Of New York during the summer
of 1856,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

pPorter's Spirit ofthe Times says, the
Vermont Black Hawk earned for his owner,
without leaving his stable, a sum rising SAT-.
900, and has given courage, grace, beauty,
speed and fire TO some ten or twelve hun.
dred colts. tt f4In - -Ai
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13
~ Two loof.rs in No,,h Adam. NJ,

tW Two loafers in North Adams, Mass.,
seated themselves upon keg Of powder,
which they rolled from the cellar way of a
store, lust Sunday, to gaze at the ladies' pas.
sing TO church. They were smoking cigars,
and by some means spark of fire ignitpd the
powder, blowing them both to n considera-
bic distance, and dangerously injuring one.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

tW A Kentucky paper says it is getting
to be fashionable in that quarter to enclose
dollar with marriage notices, when sending
them 10 the printer. A good custom, thai
ought to prevail everywhere.
Six dollars to printer and priest
No sensible man could refuse
Five dollars TO render him blest
And one to publish the newsl
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

THE FRUIT CRor-Papers from various
quarters unite 10 pronouneing the fruit crop
aninjxrsd thus far. There is abundant op-
portunity foriss destruction yet. LATTE spring
frosts are M fatal as winters cold,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

HIT AT THE CoRoEER.-A New York pa
per says that an unfortunate man in that city,
who had resolved upon suicide, WAS deferred
from his rash temper BY fear that Coroner
Connery would hold an inquest over his BODY.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

~ The Mississippi Central and Tennes.
see Railroad is now open to Blacks Station,
four miles and half north Of Bolivar, and
twenty two miles south from Jackson. The
carr are now making two trips daily on this
road.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

or It is stated that nine out Of every ten
OF the iosses by mni!, 30 far, have been regis
tered letters, and In no instance has one Of
them been traced 10.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

u. s. TREAsURY.--The amount In the
United States Treasury, it's dsposi,ories, sub
ject to daft on the asd February, the date
of the last official report wins 824a67, ,742,
OF which S39,435. was in the Savannah, and
466, ,2S4, In the Charleston depository.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

NEWSPAPER OuTRAoE.-We can hardly
find words strong enough with which to repro.
bate the practice, on the part of certain IN.
principled newspapers, Of giving publicity TO
the private entertainments of respectable
citizens. A mans house is his castle; and bis
domestic affairs should be as safe from news.
paper intrusion as from thieves and assassins.
In either case the burgarious villain deserves
to be shot dend.-Neio York Mirror.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

GrRev. George Z. Foot, an Episcopal
clergyman, Rector of Whtsmarsh Parish,
near Philadelphia, took his congregation all
aback, a few days since, BY announcing that
he had become convert to the Church OF
Rome. .a.t 1usts W i.a
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

~ A foppish fellow advised friend
not TO marry poor girl, rs he would find
matrmony with poverty "up hill work.
Good" said his FRIEND" VI would rather 60
up hill than down hill, any time"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

tBA correspondent of the Macon Geor.
gia Telegraph, states that there is negro
Woman in Bibb county, who has one hundred
and nineteen descendants, Sixty seven Of
her descendants and Sena are owned by q
gentleman in Bib, and fifty two by another
heir in an adjoining county.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13
PRACTICAL GOOD SENSE.

II is related that an AthenIan who was hes.
itatjng whether to give his daughter in mar.
riage to man ofworth with q small fortune,
or to rich man who Rad no other recon
mendation, went to consult Themistocle on
the subject. The philosopher in the spirit
Of true wisdom, said, u would bpstow my
daughter upon man without money, rather
than upon money without a man." Mar
riages for money seldom conduce to social
comfort and happiness, and often result in
the utter destruction Of domestic pence, in
elimination, GOODNESS and estrnngement.-
And yet the love Of money is seldom mnn.
iiested in yrenter strength than in the forma.
tion Of those lifelong alliances where the
parties bind themselves to stake each other
for better or for wovse," and give their mu.
tual pledge to stand by and mid each other
amid all the storms and privations and perils
Of life. Those parents who are chiefly nnx
ions to have their daughters to marry for
tune, who value money more than character,
integrity, enterprise and correct habits, will,
in most cases, lament their t-sightedness,
infatuatlon and folly. There is happiness in a
cottage where virtue, intelligence and kind
ness dwell. A palace will nof,yi-ld It in the
absence of these 1t is not these families
where there is the greatest profusion OF
wealth, who are most to be envied. In many
u splendid mansion there are nching hearts,
disappointed hopes, corroding cnres and
scalding tears. Letus not be misunderstood.
We are not depreciatiug or decryng wealth.
1t confers and secures many Advantages. 1t
gives to its poss.ssor influence. position, and
power. "Castnris paribus," as VIZ were
taught in our school.boy days to say, other
things being equal, it s desirable, highly ben.
efcial, and emin"ntly comfortable. But il is
not worth sacrificing domestic peace to pos
sess tit is not worth enduring the strife
oftongues-it is not worth the liie.long re-.
proach, 'you married me for my money"