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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

A WIFE IN TRoUBLE.-'Pray, tell me, my
dear, what is the cause of those tears?
oh! such disgrace! have opened one of
your letters, supposng it to be addressed TO
myself, certainly it looked more like Mrs.
than Mr.
rs that all! what harm can there be in a
wife opening her husbands letters?
But the contents! such disgrace!
'Whal! has any one dared to write me let
ter that is unfit for my wife 70 read!'
oh, no; it 10 couched in the most chaste
language. But the disgrace!
The husband eagerly caught up the letter
and commenced readng the episte that had
been the means of nearly breaking his wife's
heart.
Reader, you couldn't guess the cause in a
coon's age. Il was no other than bill from
the printer for nine years subscription.
The most sensible woman in all creation
She ought to be member of the craft.
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John Walker,

Joseph F. Reid Sophia Reid, John Reid, Mos.
COW Reid, Mary Jane Reid, ct al.
TT appearing from the allegations in the
Il complainant's bill, that all the above
named defendants are residents of the State
of Arkansas, publication is ordered for four
successive weeks in the Athens Post. requiring
the said defendants to appear at the next
term of the Chancery Court, to be held at
the Court house in the town of Pikeville, on
the Sd Monday of September next, and an
swer the compliments bill, or the same as
to them, will be set for hearing and heard
er parte. S. c. NORWOOD. O. d M
April 3, lS57-4t-prs fee $3-445
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

The 81 CAUSE.-THE 81 cant's," are nu-
merous and ubiquitous. Their numbers are
astonishing. A curious statistician estimates
that about one half of the children born into
tho world are furnished by Nature with Il
remarkable lingua facility for the utterance
of this brief and cowardly sentence. Neither
time nor experience enables them to abolish
from their vocabulary these fatal words, and
from the cradle to the grave they drag slip
shod life spent in accomplishing nothing from
the fact that they lack the energy and will
necessary to accomplish.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

A RECEIPT WORTH ONE THOUSAND Doll
LARs.-Take one pound of salsoda and half
pound of unslacked lime, put them in gal.
Ion of water and boil twenty minutes; lei it
stand ill cool, then drain of, and put it in a
stone jug or jar. Soak your dirty clothes
over night, or until they are well wet through,
then wiring them ont and rub on plenty of
soap. and in one boiler of clothes well cover
ed over with water, add one teaspoonful of
the washing fluid. Boil half an hour brisk
ly, then wash them Thoroughly through one
suds, and rinse well through waters, and your
clothes will look better than the old way Of
washing twice before boiling. This is an in
valuable receipt, and do want every poor
tired-woma to try it. think with patent
wash tub to do the little rubbing, the wash.
woman might take the last novel and com.
pose herself on the lounge, and let the wash
ing do itself. The woman who can keep n
secret has known this year or two, but her
husband told it while on an electioneering
tour.-Ohio Cuhiuator.
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New Store and New Goods.

THE undersigned beg leave to inform their
Il friends and the public generally, that
they are now receiving and opening NEW
and splendid stock of
Spring and Summer Goods!
at the old stand of W. II. Ballew. Their
stock consists, in part, Of
LADIES DRESS G00DSi
Silks, Tissues, Bareges. Jacouetts. Lawns, DC.
GENTLEMEN'S DRESS GOODSl
Cloths, Cassimers Tweeds, Linens, de-, &C.
Also. a large stock of Ready Made Cloth
ing, Boots aud Shoes, Hats and Caps; Hard
ware, Queensware,
GROCERIES I
Drugs and Dye-Stuffs. In fact, every article
usually kept by merchants-to all Of which
they invite the public to examine. They are
determined not to be undersod. as they think
the system of Quick Sales and Short Profits is
the best both for the customer and the mer.
chant. Give them a call and examine Goods
and prices. They charge nothing for show
ing Goods. DEADERICK d LOWRY.
Athens, April 10, lS57-tf-446
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

A PRovIso HITHERTO UsSoTIcED.-It has
hitherto been believed that no condition was
attached to the promise "where two or three
are gathered together" &c, but the good
man who offered up the following seems to
have thought differently:
ave thank Thee, Lord, for the goody
number here tonight, and that Thou art also
here, notwithstanding The inclemency Of the
,peather!'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

ley The Paris Indies have adopted sub
stitute for crinolines, called "jupons." They
are made of steel, and won't give an inch.-
A lady who undertook to faint at fnshiona
BILE party some evenings Ngo, found il i'm
possible to fall, on account Of the stiffness OF
her steel skirt, and was put 10 the disagreed
Bile necessity Of fainling only from the waist
upward.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

STRYcHNISE IN WHIsKEY.-lt is said in
Cincinnati that what is known ms the "hog
cholera" is produced by strychnine used in
the manufacture of whiskey, upon the Stops
from which the hogs are fed. A chemist
gives il as his opinion that there was strycb.
nine enough in one barrel to kill thirty men!
This being the case is it surprising that so
many men die in these days with delrium
tremens?
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Chancery Court ut PikeviIlc.
Bird Thomas,
Joseph E. Reid. ek al.

Joseph F. Reid, ct al
TT appearing from the allegations in the
i complainant's bill that the defendant Jo
seph f. Reid is resident of the State of Ar
kansas, publication is ordered for four sue
cessive weeks in the Athens Post, requiring
the said Joseph F. Reid to appear at the next
term of the Chancery Court, to be held at
the Court house in the town of Pikeville, on
the Sd Monday of September next, and an.
swer compliments bill. or the same will. as
to him. be set for hearing and heard er parte.
s. G. NORWOOD, @. d M
April 8, lS57-4t-prs fee $S-445
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GRAmMAR.-"Jim, did YOU ever stud


GRAMMAR.-"Jm, did YOU ever study
grammar"
81 did"
"What case is Squire X-!"
"He's an objective case"
How s0g"
"Because he objected to paying his sub.
scripton, which he has been owing for five
years or more"
"What is a nown?"
II don't know; but know what re-
nown is"
"Weli, what is iis"
stunning off without paying the printer,
and getting on the black list as a delinquent"
"Good! What is n conjuncton!"
"a method of collecting outstanding sub.
scriptons, in conjunction with a constable;
never employed by printers until the last ex-
tremitvn
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Look out for Kansas.

A IL persons indebted to the undersigned either by
N Note or Account, must actually come in
and settle with him between this and the hrs day Of
May, as he is compelled to have MONEY enough By
that time pay his debts All those who do settle
with him by the time above mentioned must not be Of
Tended II they should find their notes accounts In the
hands Of Officer, he cannot In Justice to himself
give longer indulgence. A. P. BRADFORD.
Rceville, April g. l85T-4t-446
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

6TAlic Cary on "insncerity, snys "lf
our neighbor kisses our cheek, we may infer
in ninety .nine cases out of n hundred that he
will bite our back rs we turn about" The
italic letters are ours. Seems to us, Alice,
"nnety-nine cases" amount to a pretty ex'
tensive range Of kissing for one woman
the sex of your "neighbors."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

fey Seeding is the pepper of matrimony,
and the ladies' are the pepper boxes! So
says an old fogy bachelor. We would give
his name, but are afraid that the peace Of the
neighborhood might be disturbed by the
noise Of n broom. handle.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

due time, and We Fear the Deacon never quite
forgave the writer OF that anonymous letter.
He has, however, consented to the stranger"
having Mrs. Wisely's love.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

lW The New Orleans Picayune gives the
following definition Of the word impossible.
"An obsolete word of four syllables much
used by the ancients and still popular with
many European nations. II has been cut
out of the American vocabulary.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10
That spot of ground delights me most.

A YoUSG LADY SLANpERED.-At the re-
cent Court of Common Please for Greenvlle
District there was a case Of slander-a foul
Islander, on young, innocent and beautiful
school girl, just verging into womanhood.-
She brought her action, by her father, in vim
dication of her character, and Greenvlle
jury awarded here the sum of four thousand
dollars. We hope this virdct will show the
world the estimate put on female character
by Greenvlll jury. The defendent was a
man of property, and he fled the country,
with his family, but the verdict shall overtake
him. Not one dollar of which, however, is
the plaintiff disposed to touch; but her coun.
sci have not the same delicacy of feeling or
repugnance to the touch of the defendants
money. After the payment of council fees,
the remainder can be appropriated to various
patriotic and charitable purposes, without OF
Tending the delicacy of any one. The sland-
erer must he punished.-Greenrille Is. CO.
Patriot
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Certificate Of Package Of 10 Whole Tickets $50
" 10 Half " NAM. 40
" 10 Quarter " ...... 20
/" 10 Eighth d" ....... 10


Eclcse the money to our address for the Tickets
dsred, receipt Of which they will be forwarded by
first mail Purchasers can have Tickets ending In any
figure they may designate.
The list of Drawn Numbers and Prizes will be sent
to purchasers Immediately after the drawing.
Purchasers will please write their signatures plain,
and give their Post Office, County and State.
sB- Remember that every prize Is drawn, and pay.
able In full without deduction.
eW- All Prizes of 81 900 and under, paid immediate
ly after the drawingoher Prizes at the usual time Of
thirty days
Ali commune atoms strictly confidential.
Prize Tickets cashed renewed In other Tickets at
either Office.
Address orders for Tickets or Certificates OF Pack
ages OF Tickets either to
June 6-td-4O2 8. SWAN 4 CO., Atlanta, Ga.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

tR A Pious minister, after lecturing
ragged Sunday School class in most edify.
ing manner proposed to close the exercise by
singing "Jordan," meaning the hymn, "On
Jordan's stormy banks stand" The worthy
man was Mortified by hearing the whole school
Immediately strike up, "Jordan am hard
road TO travel, believe"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

SHARP.-"l have always preserved my rep.
utation," said Mrs. -, one evening, ad.
dressing herself rather pointedly to another
lady, To which the latter rs pointedly re-
piled, 81 know you always set most rdicu-
Ions ynlna nnnn triGns."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10
Grand CONSOLIDATED Lottery of Md.
EAIhh CbAsS q,
To be drawn In Baltimore, Md Thursday, April So 1855


$40 Prizes, amounting to s4O2,9
Whole Tickets S2O-Hdioes slO- Quartsrs %.
Please address all orders for Tickets In the above
magnificent scheme, to 7. II. HUBBARD 4 CO.,
No. 80 fayette st., or Box No. 40,
Oct 10-1y-420 Baltimore, Nd.
T. II. HUBBARD Co., are our authorised Agents 10
fill all orders for Ticketsin the Maryland Lotteries
Il. FRANCE 4 co.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

eE- Gen. VIM. T, Haskell, of this State,
has been invited TO deliver the annual address
before the Sigma Chi Society, of Miami Uni
yersty in Ohio,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

A BIG BuG.-A western editor says our
"imp" woke up the other morning and was
astonished to see bed bug sitting on the
back Of a chair, pulling pins from his coat
and innocently picking his teeth.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

REPRESENTATIVE following question is
TO he debated before the Tilieiudlem Debat.
ing Society at their next meeting:
SIS it wrong to cheat lawyers"
It is expected that the answer will be: "No,
but impossible.'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10
WHITFIELD HOUSE,
DAITOV a.

THE undersigned takes this method Of informing the
travelling public and others wishing board or lodg
Ing that he has the large White House known
as the "Whitheld House," formerly occupied by E. r.
Sasseen and is In charge OF the and prepared
to accommodate all who may call upon him. His table
will be furnished with the best that the market affords
April 9-IyH-445 NJ O. MARTIN
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

tW- Attached to the Alabama Methodist
Conference, there arc fifty thousand six hun
bred and sixty seven members, an increase of
three thuusand seven hundred and eighty
nine over last year--white, forty-two thous
and one hundred and twenty, eight; colored,
twenty one thousand five hundred and thir-
~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10
$500 Prizes, amounting to......-...s2O4,OO
Whole Tickets slO-Halpes 5-o.a-ssrs IN.
PLAN OF THE LOTTERY.


The numbers from to SO, 1000, corresponding with
those numbers on the Tickets, printed on separate
slips OF paper, are encrcled In small tin tubes and
placed in wheel. The first 2ls Prizes, similarly
printed and encircled are placed IN another Wheel.
The wheels are then revoved, and number Is drawn
from the wheel Of numbers, and at the same time a
Prize is drawn from the other wheel The number and
Prize drawn out are opened and exhibited to the audi
ence, and registered by the Commissioners the Prize
being placed against the number drawn. This opera
tion lsrepeated until all the Prizes are drawn out.
APPROXIMATION PRlZRs.-The two preceding and the
two succeeding numbers to those drawing the first Is
Prizes will be entitled to the 70 Approximation Prizes
according to the scheme.
The 5000 Prizes Of 500 will be determined by the last
figure Of the number which draws the $780, For
ample, II the number drawing the 100000 Prize ends
with MOL then all the Tickets where the number ends
with will be entitled to $50 If the number ends with
No. then all the Tickets where the number ends with
will be entitled to s2o and so on
Certificates Of Packages will be sold at the following
rates which is the risk
Certificate of Package Of 10 Whole Tickets $50
" 10 Half " ,..,,. 40
al n n,,.
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For the Post.
FOREST HILL.
By !. oIERLow.

lille terTarnm mihi pr0tsr onnnes
AugulSs ridet. lHoR
Would you, my friend, Arcadia trace,
And view fair Natures modest facet
See her in every prospect bloom,
Ger every thicket shed perfumei
BY cedargroves, and verdant hills,
BY messy grOts, near purling rills,
Where'er you turn your wandering eyes.
Behold her win without disguise.
OF let me lead you to these cells
Where every Muse and Virtue dwells,
Where the green Dryads guard the woods,
Where the blue Maids guide the floods
Then gaze, and mark that union sweet,
Where fair convex aud concavs meet,
The lawn of aspect smooth and mild,
The forest ground grc.esque and wild,
The shrub that scents the mountain gale,
The stream meandering down the dalei
Save weeping rills, you see no tear,
Save dying gales. no sigh you hearl
Whate'er the beauties others boast,
That spot Of ground delights me most.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

eR- The aggregate receipts of the Hi
nois Contra! Railroad Company, from thu
sale of lands up to Dec. 81, 1856, amounted
to $l0,7l3,22S,4i.
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Ti.,.aer wanted-

XNT ANTED, a good Journeyman Timer, to whom
w constant employment and liberal wages viii DO
given. Apply Immediately. J. o. CALHOUN.
Athens, Tenn, April 0, 16T-tf-So
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REDUCED
RATES OF FREIGHT

Charleston a. Savannah to Knoxville,
AND ALL THE STATIONS ON THE
East Tennessee 3 Georgia Raii Road.
First Class.
Piano Fortes, Books, Stationery, Boots
Shoes and Hats, Liquors OILS, &c. Gn
bottles, Camphene and Spirits Turpen-
tine lin barreis,) Competing, China, Glass
and Glassware, Cigars lin cases,) Clocks,
Confectionaries, Cotton Cards, Cutlery
lin cases,) Casks and Boxes, Dry Goods
lin boxes and bales, Drugs, Fruits Fruit
Trees and Shrubbery, Furs Garden Seeds
Looking Glasses and Looking Glass Plates
lat owners risk,) Oysters Gin cans and
Teas and Spices, Georgia and South Car
DINA Domestics, per 100 lbs, 81 10
Second Class.
Hardware, except such as specified in
first and third classes, Coffee Mills, Ma
chnery Foreign Liquors (n barrels and
pipes Tobacco lin boxes,) Leather lin
rolls and boxes) Oils lin barrels and
casks, )Crockery andQueensware(n crates
and casks,) Rice, Whiting, Plaster, Sheet
Brass and Copper, per 100 lbs 81 90
Third Class
Axes, shovels, Spades, Sad Irons, Zinc
and Tin in pigs, Tin Plate, Aavils, Vices,
Casks Of Chains aud Hoes, Manila and
Cotton Cordage Coffee, Heavy Castings,
Mill Gearing, Rail Road Wheels and
Axles, Chairs and Spikes and Rosin Tin
barrels,) per 100 lbs, so, so
Special Rates.
Furniture and Carriages (boxed,) and
other light articles not enumerated; also,
Carboys of Acids or other Chemicals, will
he charged by actual weight but at double
first class rates, per 100 lbs, $3.50
To insure safety from losses and delays,
shippers must have every package plainly
marked with name Of consignee, destination
and depot Of delivery.
The Depots on this Road are
Fountain Hill, Sweetwnter,
State Line Philadelphia,
Cleveland, Loudon,
Charleston, Lenolrs,
Riceyille Concord,
Athens, and
Mouse Creek, Knoxville.
tX- To commence Let March aud continue
to LIST June 1857.
HIT PEAKE, Sup't So. Ca. Railroad
GEO. YONGE, Georgia
VIM NJ WADLEY, Central
E. FOOTE, NJ W.
JIM SPULLOCK, " W. VA.
r. G. JACKSON, L. T. d Ga.
Feb. "a. ls57-tlstj-44O
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Whitc Tcoth. Perfnmcd Breath, and

BEAurIFuL ConPLExios-can be acquired by using the
~ Balm Of thousand Fiotosrs." What lady or gen.
teman would remain under the curse OF a dlsagrees-
Bile breath, when by using the "BAIu or A THOUSAND
FLowHks" as dentifrice, would not only renuer u
sweet, but leave the teeth white aahastert Many
persons do not know their breath s bad and the sub
ect Is delicate their friends will never mention IT.
Beware Of counterfeits. Be sure each bottle signed
rurRIDGE 90, ~ y
Tor sails by al pruFststy. Feb V-ly-se~-Sto
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Died,
COM nj E R CIAL.
Atlanta Market.


ATLANTA, April 7.
Below please end statement Of prices current with Us
to-day:
BACON, hog round, IL q 12;{ci clear sides lsxc rib
sides lsc; hams IL q l9hc; shoulders II a ike
LARD in bills 15c; kegs l2hcI tin cans Ice. TAItow
II q 12Hc. Flour, 8,75 q a. D hundred in bbs or
sacks, for good superhne and extra family CoRs
sacked, soc. OATS Coo. FEATHERS soc. BEEF OATftE,
foot TX a 7Hc. sHoArs, gross, 64 q eye.
REMARKs.-The price Of Bacon and Lard Is held too
high to induce large ORDERS but holders are firm at
quotations. Flour dull and little easier in price,
Very respectfully, sEAG0, ABBOTT 4 CO.,
Co. omission Merchants, Atlanta, Ga.
COLUMBUS, April 6, 1851.
BAcoS-The market Is fully supplied. We quote
hams 1917 a lac for Tennessee, and Ice for anvassed
Western Sides 131c Tennessee clear sides 1Sh a lac;
shoulders ~ to 18c; country hams 15c.
LARD-supply equal to demand, at 10 a 15c In cans.
e-.-.....zz-z.....sA.1..s
DOCKS AND STATIONERY.-Just re-
I'D ceved, large assortment Of School Books Paper
Harrsons Ink and Fluid Pens, Pencils, &C., and for
sale by April 10 GEO. W. ROSS.
SWEET POTATOES.-Just received, Is
= bushels OF Red Potatoes and Vans.
April 10 J. NJ. HENDERSON.
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900 OO!!!
Maryland Lottery
ON THE HAVANA PLAN,

To be drawn In Baltimore, Nd, on
Thursday, April 3Oth, 1857.
R. FRANCE & CO., Managers.
Drawings conducted under the superntendenee Of he
State Lottery Commissioner.
GRAND CAPITAL PRIZEi
100 Prizes of 1000 each!
Lowest Prize In the Lottery sl00l
WHOLE KETS S2O!
This Is the most Magnificent Scheme drawn In The
United States.
Only 10000 Tickets.
All Of which printed as follows: 5000 In Whole
Tickets; 5000 in Half Tickets 10000 In Quarter Tick
cts; and 10 900 In Eighth Tickets.
As all these Tickets will doubt, be sold by the day
OF Drawing, persons at distance will forward their
orders as soon as possible.
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CLASS SO,
To be drawn In the city of Atlanta Georgia. In public
on Saturday. April q5th, 1851, on the plan OF
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-10

To be drawn In the city of Atlanta Georgia. In public
on Saturday, April 18Th, 1851.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-02-11
How Peter and Paul Looked.

1t is allowable to mention the general notion
of the forms and features Of the two apostles
which has been handed down in tradition, and
as represented by early artists.
Paul is set before us having the strongly
marked and prominent features of Jew, yet
not without some of the finer lines indicative of
Greek thought. His stature was diminutive, and
his body distigured by some lameness or dstor-
ton, which may have provoked the contemptu-
Gus expression of his enemies. His beard was
long and thin. His head was bald. The char
acteristics of his face were transparent com
plexion which visibly betrayed quick changes of
his feelings; bright grey eye, under thlckly
over hung eyebrows; "a cheerful and winning
expression of countenance, which invited the APP
proach and inspired the confidence Of strangers.
it would be natural to infer from his continual
Journeys. and manual labor. that he was pos
sessed of great strength of constitution. But
men of delicate health have often gone through
the greatest exertions: and his own words on
more than one occasion, show that he suffered
much from the lack of bodily health.
Peter is represented as o man of larger and
stronger form, as his character was harsher and
more abrupt. The quick impulses of his soul
revealed themselves in the flashes of dark eye.
The complexion of his face was full and sailow {;
and the short hair which is described as entire
ly grey at the time of his death, curled black
and thick around his temples and chin, when
the apostles stood together at Antioch, twenty
years before their martyrdoin. Believing, as
we do, that these traditionary pictures have
probably some foundation i'll truth, we take them
as helps to the imagination.