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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13
Feb. lst, 1857

THE lSFLUEEcE OF THE SUN's RAYS IN
CossUMPTIos.-We copy the following re-
mnFhs from, the Bostos Medical Jorunui, In
which they are credited to DR.. Coventry, ms
forming portion of an address delivered
before the State Medical Society,"
"There is one subject which requires more
extended notice than il has usually received
from our systematic writers. | refer to the
influence of the suns rays. Every physioo
gist knows how absolutely necessary they are
to the growth Of plants, and the etiolatng
effect their absence or withdrawal has upon
the complexion. Is it unreasonable to sup
pose that they may have some influence in
causing or preventing tuberculosis? II seems
well established, that tubercles may be form-
ed in animals by confning them in close and
dark apartments, on meager diet. DIR. Hall
says that, by this means he produced fatty
degenerations in animals, which he considers
analogous to, ifnot identical with, tuberculosis
In the city where | reside, there was IN office
connected with large mercantile establish
ment, so situated that the sun never shone
upon it. 1t was in the rear Of the building
with single window, and that so surrounded
WIN oulluihSs us 70 eAciuue the sun He
occupants of the Office died, one after another
until the propretors became alarmed, and had
the Office removed to another part Of the
building. One of the occupants ! attended
when in the last stage Of his disease. He
entered the Office strong, healthy man, with
no hereditary tendency, to the disease, and
temperate and regular in al! his habits; but in
less than two years he was carried, like his
predecessors, to the grave, n victim to con-
sumption. In his case was never able to
discover any cause, unless it was occupying
that fatal Office, where he was book keeper"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

ATouGH sromY,--on the Sd inst, the
steamboat Emma Brown was sunk in the
Ohio river The papers gravely announce as
a fact, that she had on board lot of hogs
and that the swine rooted a hole through
the bottom Of the boat and sunk her! They
i'ust have been very enterprising hogs, OF
the timber of the boat was exceedingly rot
ten and wormy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

o. The last Okalona, Mississippi, Prairie
News has the following paragraph, which the
ladies will please "skip:"
Nobody seems to have heard of that chap
in Aberdeen who just came home from n
years absence in Nicaragua. On his way up
from the landing he met quite n number Of
ladies'. After kissing his sister, &c, spray"
said he, ''are all the girls in Aberdeen mar.
ried? met Miss A." "Why, brother,
Miss A--isn't married." "Not married !
Nor Miss B.? nor Miss C? nor Miss
-T "Oh, pshaw! BROTHER" said Sis, just
beginning to catch the idea, "ihat's nothing
but hoops"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

WAsHISeTos, Feb. 4.-The House to-day
decided the Iowa contested seat in favor OF
Mr.. Hall, and adopted resolution giving
each branch of Congress entire control of its
contingent funds. A motion to lay the Sen
ate Submarine Telegraph bill on the table
was lost by vote of 1913 against, to 81 in
favor. The bill will come up tom orrow on
its final passage.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

A WEALTHY CHuRcH.-ln the city Of
Mexico there are l50 converts, and the mum.
ber Of the secular clergy is 10000. The
salary of the archbishop is Sl3O,o0o year,
and the other bishops receive $3.50, 1000 more.
y A recent valuation of from $95O,O0O,ooo to
S3oo,Ooo,o0O. Ills stated That the church
owns one half OF the houses in the city.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

A PLANET IN DANGER OF A DELUGE.-ln
recently issued work entitled, "lhe New
Theory of the Creation and Deluge," i. is
stated that it is probable the rings which
surround Saturn are composed of water,
snow or ice, which, nt some future time,
may descend and deluge that planet, ms
ours was deuged in the days of Noah. 1t
would now appear that such an event is
likely to take place sooner than was antic-
pated, for Sir David Brewster says that Mr..
Otto Stuve and Mr.. Bond have lately stud.
led with the great Munich telescope, at the
observatory Of Pulkaway, the third ring on
Saturn, which Mr.. Laneitr and Mr.. Bond
discovered to be fluid; and that these astron
omers are Of opinion that this fluid ring is
not OF very recent formation, that it is not
subject to rapid change; and thev have come
to the extraordinary conclusion that the in.
ner border of the ring has, since the time OF
Ilnygins, been gradually approaching to the
body OF Saturn, and that we may expect
sooner or later perhaps in some dozen OF
years, to see the rings united with the body
of the planet Saturn would then be del.
uged, and his wicked inhabitants, If he have
any, be cut off, us the wicked sons Of men
were in the time of Noah. Wonder if the
publishers can ascertain whether there is any
Nonh there building an Ark. What would
we not give for lines of telegraph from the
earth to the other planets!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

tW- Great excitement has prevailed in
the staid city of Boston for the past week,
on account 0. the detection of Rev. !. S.
Kalloch, in n taur pas with a lady acquain.
tance. After the discovery of his error by
the public, Mr.. Kalocb went South, but in
few days returned, aud preached II SER
mon to bis congregation upon "Plunder."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

tB- The N. Y. Mirror says: "Messrs. Tiff
fany g. Co. sold last week a single diamond
to he worn in a ring, for $1,000 cash. II
was the central stone of n $4,000 necklace,
which has been exhibited for some time past
at this establishment"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

gR Editing newspaper, says cotem-
porary with truth, is good deal like making
fire. Every body supposes he can do it
"a little better than any body else" We
have seen people doubt their fitness for ap'
pie peddling, driving oxen and counting
latb; but, in all our experience, we never yel
met with that individual who did not think
he could "double the circulation of any pa
per in two months"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

ORIEHTAL PHILOSOPHY class ori
entail philosophy viii stand up. "'ribbets,
what is liier'. "Iiie consists of mnney, a
horse, and y fashionable wife!" Good
Next, what is death?" "a paymaster who
settles everyhody's debts and gives them
tombstones ms receipts in full of all de
mnnds." sWhatis poveriy!" "'The reward
OF merit, genius. generally receives from y
discriminating public" "What is reIigion!'
"Dning unto othfrs just ns you please, with.
out allowing them return of the comPli.
ment." "What is famSs" "a six line puff
in nnewspaprr while living and your for.
tune to enemies when dead" ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

PRoLIfIc.-A lady recently stopped at the
Madison House, Covington, KY, with her
husband and thirtytwo children. She was
about 80 years Of aye, but looked young and
hearty. She is the mother Of all tho chill.
dren.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

t5 81 The returns show that one hundred
and fifty vessels were driven lahore. and
eighty totally wrecked, with many o,hseu
Damaged, daripgahs lats fiishtful gale. q
ths coasts Of the United Kingdom, involsisr
great loss Of life. ssutr ~ "a
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

VRNGEANcE.-An ex.e,ergyman and botanic
y physician, BY the name of Pire, residing in
Stowe, VT, being charged with the offence Of
having careessly communicated the small
pox in that town, was taken by some of the
to drink liquor, after which they shut him
up in a snoke.house and smoked him with
burning leather shayings.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

b MopEsTY.--An exchange says there is a
young woman "ont in Arkahsaw" SO modest,
that she had ayoung man turned out of
doors for saying the wind had shifted"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

eB- A case is being tried in Pittsburs In
which Mr.. McKibben, prominent Demoers.
ticPolitician and proprietor Of the Merchants
Hotel, Philadelphia, has sued Mr.. Craig for
the seduction of his daughter. laying the
damages at $4,000. Miss McKibben d Deaf
and dumb and her seduceris is her bro,hsr.is-
law, She was living in his house st the time
Of the alleged offence. 3, ~ n. .ass,a
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

THE REVISED TARIFF BILL Washington,
january 27.-rhe tariff bill, modified, as re-
ported by Mr.. Campbell, of Ohio, to day, em.
braces the following TEXTURES:
The schedules of S, 10 nd Is per cent. of
the act of 1856, with few exceptions, are
absorbed by the free list The 40 per cent.
schedule, principally spices, is also, with the
exception of II few items, carried to the free
list, which reduces the revenue about So,
OOO,O00.
The 100 per cent. schedule, "sprits," is
brought dow n one-half sugar, molasses, lead,
salt, wool and hemp, are put down ut 10 per
cent, reducing the revenues about S7,000,-
900. Iron, cotton, woolen and silk mrnulac-
tnres are retained us now. The old 20 and
25 per cent. schedules are not materially
changed. Some items in them IRE carried IT,
the free list The direct reduction annually
is about Sl3000,000, which, it is supposed,
will be increased some millions by the effects
of the measure in substituting home manu-.
factures for those imported.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

tw The prosperity Of man lies 70 this one
word Education. Convey humanity to this
fountain Of happiness, and you bestow ev,
erything-All means os power and greatness.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

sY- When you hear young lady express
aversion for little children--infer that her
hear. has been ossi6ed by tight laclng. =
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

The TURKISH SoLDlER.--He marches to
meet the foe with the same nonchalance as he
smokes his pipe. He is taught from his birth
tbalthe moment of his death is fixed and
that whole charge of artillery aimed at his
heart would miss him II destiny had decreed
his time not come, He is taught also that
he will go.straightwny to Paradise the mo.
ment OF his death; with both these IDEAS he is
so fully impressed that no danger moves him.
and be lies on his death bed as calmly as on
a bed for sleep.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13
POLITICAL ASPECT OF THE WORLD

TOihllCAL ASfECI vi It1G WONbD.
Fifteen years ago, and Miller the Prophet,
or the interpreter Of prophesy, WINS dreaming
that the Millennium was about to dawn
Now, it seems, insteod as IL Satan were about
to be unloosed again for a season. A little
while ago, and war was thought horrible
thing, and men seemed universally about to
beat their swords into ploughshares. But
now the pruning hooks are fast learning the
utilities of the Bowie knife. China is DESC
lated by civil war, and the Cape Of Good
Hope by the Hottentots. Burrnali has just
been rent in twain, and Persia is at this mo-
ment the seat of active war. Russia and
England seem MS ii about TO fight pitched
battle in the heart of India, decisive of the
fate of larger portion of the world than that
which followed the fate Of all Alexander's
battles. Europe having wasted half a million
of men, and hundreds of millions of dollars
in one war, seems at greater unrest than ever.
Turkey, where the war begun, is worse off MS
to debt, as to Independence, and as to terrr-
tory as before the war begun. While the
other great powers have bren figuring in the
Principalities, Austria holds the stakes, and
like the monkey with the cheese, chews il up,
while the others quarrel II used to be
thought that the five great powers had the
control, at least of Europe, and yet little king
Bomba laughs at them all, England and
France included The fact is, there is not
one Of the great powers that has the control
of any thing just now, or that know on what
side they will be month hence on any great
question that may present itself Take Eng
land Does she know whether or not she is
drifting again into war with Russia? She
has no idea. Not Mt all. Nor is there a
Frenchman who knows where France will be
II month hence-whe,her in the arms of Rms.
sia against England or with England against
Russia. II we come over TO this continent,
look at Mexico, with civil wnr raging eternal
". Like regular volcano, II is deep down
in her heaving breast, and sending for three
thousand Americans to come to her succor.-
Central America is rs bad off as any country
can conceive and none can tell if Walker will
be in power one week hence, or what vii! be
the result of his government, ultimately, OF
the destiny, not of Central America alone, but
of this whole continent. There is no doubt
Mr.. Soue has concocted with him the scheme
of some Southern Coniederacy to seize Cubi
and re establish the slave trade and slavery
They reckon on the support of the South
but with what reason is not so plain. Suci
is the situation of things on this little globt
at the present time.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

LIVING UP TO RULEs-Mr. McCallum, Su.
perintendent of the Erie Railroad, is strict
constructionist and severe discipinarian
he discharged conductor for passing the
family of director who had pass, as the
conductor knew, but had left it at home
Soon after the new year came in, Mr. Mccall
lum took the cars himself; and being asked
by another conductor. who had the case OF
the other fresh in his memory, for his pass.
showed one for 1885, the conductor refused
to acknowledge it, and, though the supern-
tendent explained and said it was all right,
and il not would be made right, the conduc-
tor would not yield, but made him pay his
full fare. and we trust the FIVE cents extra
for not buying ticket. Mr.. McCallum will
probably not venture abroad again without
having pass up to time.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

New FILLMORE SoNG-Sung at the cutting
down of all the Fillmore poles:
"Woodman, spare them poles,
Touch not single one; ,1-s.f
Last fall theJ cheered our SOULS
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

~ Scarlet Fever is raging throughout
Northern Mississippi. e $685. " sisi
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

Go IT WHILE YoU'RE YoUNG.-This appears.
says the Mobile Register, to be the motto of
the youth of the present age Yes. go it
while you're young, no matter if you violate
every law of nature, no matter if you palsy
the nerves of youth, no matter if you weaken
the mind which God has givon you, no matter
if you peril your immortal soul. Go it while
you're young. Life is short at the best. and
a few years more or less will make no differ
ence Go it, and show your recklessness of
life, by laughing to scorn all the laws which
should regulate your existence. Go it, peril
your soul and scof at the goodness of God,
by showing that you entertain no fear of ca.
loric, or, in the language of drunken boy
whom we met in the streets the other night,
"hurrah for hi, whose afraid of fire."
Yes, go it while you're young-smoke your
cigar, chew your tobacco, drink your whis.
key, spend your nights in revelry and lcen
tiousness, and be man. Yes, by all means
go it-laugh at the old fogies who tenderyou
advice-tell your father he is not fast enough
for this progressive age, and when your mo
ther demonstrates with you upon late hours
inform the old lady that in your opinion
women are weak minded, and know very
little of what is proper for man.
Yes, by all means, $50 it while you're
young" for rest assured that "when you get
old you can't" Plant the seeds of dissipa.
tion in the garden of your heart, and if the
devil don't reap the fruit of your husbandry,
we are not true prophet, that's all. Go it
while you're young.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

LHst IaII IheJ cneeTeu OUT suuIs--
just let 'eIn stand for fun"
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-01-14

admoni.hed The company in defiance If lasstu1e
To keep on. Whoever" said he. sits down
will sleep-an1 whoever sleeps will perish."-
The doctor spike a. a ,age, but he felt man
In spite Of the circumstances OF hose whom he
had instructed and alarmed. he the first to
lie down and die.
The same narning was repeated "A thousand
times IN the retreat from Moscow Allison, Tue
historian. Il try the experiment. sat down IN his
garden at night, when the thermometer had fall
len four degrees below zero. and so quickly did
the drowsness come stealing on; TINT he won
dered how a soul Of Napoleon's unhappy band
had been able to resist the ireacherous influence
= London Quarterly.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-01-14
The Murder al GALLON, Ohio,

The telegraph. few days since. brought an
account Of the murder of II young man in the
streets of Gallon, under circumstances of pecu-
liar atrocty. The following is given the his
tory Of ,he shocking affair by Sandu,ky pa
per;
young man of the vicinity of Gallon; had, a.
bout two years since, paid his addresses to a
young lady of the same place, and obtained the
promise of her hand in marriage. subsequently
he went to California, on business, with the eX.
press understanding existing between himself and
tho young lady, and her parents that they should
be united Immediately on his return. During his
absence another young man urged his SUIT and
superseded the absentee in the affections OF the
young lady. Thus matters stood when the form.
or returned to his home.
1t tiua!ly decided that the Californian was
entitled to precedence on account IF his first en-
gagement, and accordingly they were married
eight or ten months since The newly
married couple immediately emgrated TO Iowa.
where they have since resided until within the
past few weeks. The young wife came WIS.,
it to her friends at Gallon, where her husband fol
lowed her. During tho holiday season they were
almost nightly invited 10 participate in the fes-
tive parties given by their friends and acquain-
tanoes, and on several of these occasions, the
young wife and the former rival Of her husband
met. In their social intercourse no improprietv
was obse, we'd in their conduct; yet the husband
imagined otherwise, and his jealousy was inham-
ed
oa Saturday evening last previous 10 the as
sembluge of one of these reunions. the two rivals
that were, met at hotel in the village of Gallon,
toL ,o, J - ~ ;. .,hs
rently friendly manner, and then separated. 90
ing in different directions The unmarried man
stepped into store. and on returning TO the
street he was fired upon from an adjoining corn
err. where his comnon;,n had hoop st.ndin7 - faw
moments bo,nro H. fall Jaa1 ~, cha s,, g
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-01-14

a bill has been introduced IN the House OF Repre-
sentatiyes which contemplates another of those i'm
mense land grants in favor Of railroads that have
heretofore been suspected of being conceived in fraud
and carried through by of bribery and corrup
ton II grants TO the territory Of Minnesota for the
construction OF trunk railroad crsing the terri
tory with three branch roads, every alternate section
of land designated By odd numbers, for six sections
In width each side Of each said rad aud branch
The grant will call for nearly four hundred thou
saad acres OF land in each and every mile which the
road iraverses, and make the aggregate mn immense
In favor of such profitable scheme the whole
lobby IL Of course engaged, md all the means to
which popular rnmor gives much influence in
shaping the legislation OF Congress are brought to
bear.--Baif Amer.
The public lands the chief source and
agent of corruption at Washington. Would it
not be wise 10 get rid of such temptation and
fundamentally ofvenal legislation, by the feder-
al government giving up the trust it has violated
aud distributing these lands among the States 7
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-01-14

That to be frozen to death must be frightfui
torture many would consider certain from their
own experience Of the effects of cold But here
we tal into the usual error of supposinc TINT the
suffering will increase with The energy Of the
agent which could only be tue case il .ensibili
ty remained the same. Intense cold brings on
speedy sleep, which iascinates the sen-es. and
fairly beguiles men out of their lives The most
curious example Of the seductive powers of cold;
10 to be found in the adventures of the botanical
party, who. in Cooks first voyage. were caught
in snow storm on Terra del Fuego. DIR. So
lander, by birth Swede, and well acquainted
with the destructive deceits of rigorous climate
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-01-14

The New York Herald remarking on the gay
ETY. and "fast" living of the citizens of the com
mercal metropolis. says:
After the holidays comes the saturnalia of the
fashionable world, which goes up to Lent The
great prosperity of the country and the comps-
rative ease with which sharp business men Oh
tain wealth,-or the show Of wealth-which is
just as good as long as it lasts--has its natural
effect upon the women who are more extrava-
giant than ever. Crinoline expands and extends
its borders until two ladies fill up the width of
drawing room. and robes are Heightened until
the pare is daily swept with the richest and stiff
fest moire antique. In the gay world jewelry has
gradually been going out for three or four sea-
sons, but the money once invested in diamonds ia
now expended in dress goods, which are growing
more rich, more elaborate and more expensive
every year. Your fashionable lady's mental pow.
ers are constantly taxed to the utmost TO know
what she shall wear, while her husbands bust
ness capabilities find full scope in his efforts to
raise the money to crafty her extravaganza. -
Her ambition IL to out do some one else0to wenr
dress or set OF laces which cost a great deal
more money than those Of her dearest friend who
is thrown into commissions OF envy when the 6g
ure Is mentioned. and to give a party which SO
crowds her house that everybody is continually
treading on 'crybody else's toes.
After speaking at some length on the e.,rava.
CANT style of dress. parties. and various private
smusements, the Herald says:
Gambling has become fashionable vice, and
has extended to the ladies. In all the clubs. nlay
though forbidden by rule. runs highland we have
heard Of one whore the aristocratic amusement
Of poker being tabooed the amateurs at tha
athletic exercise m eet in secret place detached
from the main establishment. There are, il /.
said, very exclusive gambling places where wo
men play at the French games which have ruined
some Of the richest ladies in Paris. Notwith
standing all the efforts to suppress gambling in
III metropolis, itincreasss privately and ppblic.
" and ibis factis the only answer that can be
nude !" the often repeated inquiry as to where
cloth and into the pockets of the sharper, who