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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

NORTH CARoLINA.-This old State seems
determined TINT her credit shall not be i'm.
paired. The Legislature two years ago
raised the tax on property one half, and the
Legislature which has just adjourned raised
the tax one fourth more, besides establishing
a sinking fund for the gradua; extinction OF
the public debt.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

SUFFERING OF THE LABoRISG CLASS IN
ENGLAND.-A meeting of between five and
ten thousand of the laboring classes of Lon
don was lately held to consider their present
distressed condition. II was stated that
twenty FIVE Thousand of the building trade
alone in that city are out Of work, and that
the total number of unemployed persons in
that great metropolis would probably reach
n quarter of million. 1t was voted to pc.
titon the government to employ those who
would work on the lands, loaning them mon.
ey to drain and till them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

CHARLESTON AND CIscTrNATI Road
This Road, better known as the Cumberland
Gap Road, on which work was suspended
last summer, will, we are Informed, commence
operations again the first Of nsxt month and
progress rapidly to completion.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

ssH A young bride riding out with her
happy husband in Montreal, Canada, few
days ago, was frozen to death by her hus-
bands side. Physicians testified that her
death ,was caused BY frost on the brain, from
the exposure of the top of the head to the
cold. She wore a fashionable bonnet
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27
PHILOSOPHICAL SPECULATION ON
THE BURDELL MURDER,

=
THE BURDELL MURDER.
The New York Tribune Of the 18th inst,
says, the limit to the general emotion which
this murder has created is not yet apparent.
house which was to the victim house of
doom; the newspapers still discard all other
intelligence to give us the latest revelations
md surmises; at all tea-tables Is recounted
what has been heard during the day, and nj
all brenkfasttables what has been discover
ed during the night. ltis not often that an
possession of the public mind. There hnd
been other murders not unlike it IN the first
development Of incident, but which had soon
passed into oblivion. What then have occa'
stoned the remarkable excitement and the
continued agitation in the public mind re.
specting the Burdel murder! The Tribune
answers the question thus:
1t is, we think, to be referred TO the intel
lec!ual activity which has been aroused by
this remarkable deed; to the acumen and an
alysis which it has provoked; 10 the steady
determination of the people to know all the
facts connected with this taking off No or.
dinary homicide can, of course, sustain this
interest. Compared with this, all other kill
ings seem vulgar. A man who wnnders, IN
the luxury Of intoyication, into low, dirty
beer.shop, full of bravos and cracksmen, may
reasonably expect to have his skull fractured;
II man who nt midnight, has the temerity to
pass through bad neighborhoOds, will net be
astonished by the club or the garrote; n man
compelled to travel the highway al unseason.
able hours, is naturally bid to stand and de
liver; and II, refusing to do either, he is shot
down, the Coroncr's inquest excites no more
attention than paragraph detailing n big
fire or bursting treshet. But an assassina
ton, without the apparent motive of cupid.
ity, perpetrated in the fancied security of u
domcle, and effected under circumstances
which justify double theory, has an irresst.
ibe facination. and makes every man in
the community a coroner. 1t is not easy
to say, whether the Imagination or the reas.
on OF the public BIZ in such cases the predom.
inant faculty, or whether, in its exci:atons
the community is guided more by fancy than
by facts. 1t certainly discovers, very .nrly
after such an incident, that there Is n power
tn' u not predo'nin"nt appear TO the imag'
ination IN great murders, ana th's Is precisely
the 'eellng whch 'remo'es through the SON.
ore curtains OF trageoy'hnd which scares us
in'o an uh"tterno,e arena over the pages o
Macoeu.wh'ch mas lent dignity even to the
commonplace OF "George bnrhwelr md o
"hroen OF reversham -wh'ch calls ~
ghosts OF the sheeted dead TO squeak "ne
g'ooer ABOUT our couches-whIch form'
'ne trao'''ohs ana LEGENDS over which sill!
malus are wont 10 quVer.
we wou,a no. >! underestimate 'he ldea''sn
OF muroer' out u " not 10 Oe compared, Ger
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

WOLF TEETH IN HoRsEs.-Wolf teeth are
quite common, and many good horses arc
made blind by them. had two horses or
colts, which had them last season. The cure
is simple and easy. Take piece Of iron
with square end, one-fourth Of an inch In
size. Let one hold the horse and open the
lip so as to enable the one with the iron n
place II agninst the tooth, and with q small
maIict knock the tooth out. Thereis no root
to the wolf teeth. The best way is 10 take
the horse to a blacksmith shop, and the suith
with his punch will knock them out N two
minutes. When you zee the horses eye b.
gins to run and look classy, look for the
wolf teeth. it's small sharptooth just for
ward Of the grinders Of the upper jaw.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

w Some think that the great cure for
immortality is education-in our opinion, the
only antidote is high wages. 1t is hard for
man to support family and be honest, at
six shillings day. There Is many person
who now passes for saint, who would be one
of tho biggest scamps in the world were his
income reduced from roast beefto No. mack
Arel
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

AFRICA IN UTAH.-The N. Y. Tribune
strikes new alarm on an old gong,-viz:
that negro slavery exists in Utah, and that
it is likely to become permanent institution
there, before we know it, unless the "friends
OF freedom" wake up. (But asks the Elk.
press, isn't "Polygamy" as wicked an insti.
tuition rs "Slavery'Y-and, if so, why not
awake up" to that, tOo?l
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

sB-A lady, in very full sized "crinoline," "
recently fell from horse. She received no
injury; but some wicked newspaper wag
chronicled the occurrence under the mis-
chieveous heading "Perilous descent of bal.
LOOM"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27
THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, FEB. ct, 1857.

rB- The report Of the Committee appoint
ed TO inquire into the charges Of corruption,
made by the New York Times, and other pub.
lie journals, against members Of the House Of
Representatives, was read in the House on
Thursday. 1t recommends the expulsion Of
four members, viz: welch, of Connecticut,
Edwards, Matteson and Gilbert, of New York,
ana of one reporter, simonton, of the New
York Times
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

THE WRoSG NoosE.-Icabod Griggs, a
sober, industrious man, in easy circumstan
ces. hung himself near Danvile, Va. No
cause is known for the rash act, except that
he was to have been married the next day
The license was found in his pocket.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

wailian Government has recently discharged
its army, retaining only small company of
thirty soldiers to protect the town during
the shipping season, as well as the whole
kingdom against fillibusters.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

TREEs.-Now is the time to transplant
trees that have attained the growth of full
shadiness. Trees, twenty Ave years old, are
movcable with safety, if you cut out ball
of frozen earth with them, say ten feet in
diameter, and three or four deep. This will
embrace all their roots, except the tap, which
goes generally straight down, and serves on.
ly MS a holdtast. Everybody has read of
such things, but few have seen the process;
and, therefore, few believe. At least, very
few seem to be imposed with the practicable
iiy of obtaining uigrowng shade and fruit
trees, which will be, during the first year, MS
If they grew from the seed upon their own
grounds. Seeing is beieveing; therefore,
we would direct attention at this time to n
dozen large and most beautiful full grown
ornamental trees, now being transplanted to
the grounds around Mr.. SiIver's mansion, at
the 8. w. corner of Broad street and Girard
Avenue. They are Norway Firs, Balm Of
Gilead, Henlock, Spruce, Scotch Larches,
Horse'Chesnuts, &c., varying from thirty to
forty feet in height, and having balls of froz.
en- earth, from five to six tons each, embrac-
ing all the roots. They looked as if they
would never know they were moved.-Phii.
adeiphia Ledger.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

w An Italian beggar, who was arrested
with plenty ofgold In his possession in San
Francisco, says he was raising money to re-.
move mortgage he had been compelled to
place upon some valuable real estate which
he held.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

tR- Capt. G.. v. Hebb is the democratic
candidate to represent "Old Lincoln" in the
popular branch of the next Legislature.-
Mr.. Hebb has had the honor of serving one
session. The democratic ticket in that "neck
of the woods"is now complete.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

wA Vermont paper states that the cti-
liens Of Brattleboro are SO shockingly pro-
fame, that a-public meeting has been held to
pass resolves on the subject. ~ iiea~
"Nsw England, New England" oh, land of
STEADY habits." ~ .ss4 81 cf
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

tY- The following atrocity was commit
ted by an old bachelor in Wisconsin, who is
an editor: Why is bridegroom more ex-
peusive than the bride! Because the bride
is always giren away while the bridegroom is
usually sold.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

PERSONAL RENcoNTRE IN KASsAs.-SL
Louis Feb. 10, ls57.-'rhe Kansas cores
pondent Of the Democrat reports that rem
contre had taken place at Trcumseh between
Judge Elmore and the correspondent Of Ma
tional Era, named kazia. Both parties were
wounded, bat not dangefously.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

~The Massachusetts Anti Slavery So
ciety have passed resolutions denouncng Mr..
Wilson, U States Senator from Massachus.
etts, for his letter to the Worcester Disun.
ion Convention. Several Of the speakers
denounced him in plain English; even Sen.
ator Sumner, John p. Hale, &C., were not
entrelv SHARED.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

tY- Mr.. Spikes proposes embarking in
the exhibition business. He will pay hand.
somely for the following living curiosi-
ties:'
A man who has become opulent by i'm
bibing bad liquors at the corner groceries,
and singing comic songs in the streets late
o'night.
A stump orator who can make q speech
without alludirg to our ship Of State and
to our Revolutionary forefathers.'
A Warrington letter writer who has ever
been guilty of telling the truth.
A young man of literary taste who does
not strongly opine that he could treble the
circulation of any paper by taking the edito-
rial department under his own exclusive
charge.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

tE- Preston s. Brooks is said to have been
the largest and longest framed man that ever
died in Washington. There was no coffin at
the undertakers' that would do, and the
transmission Of the corpse from that place to
his plantation in South Carolina was delayed
until mahogany coffin was made and lined
with lead.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

A Coop BARGAIN.-The MesiIla Valley is
equal in extent to the Kingdom of Belgium
in Europe, yet the United States government
purchased il three years ago, for ten millions
of dollars. 1t may yet contain million and
n half of people. Gold and Iron mines are
already discovered among its mountains; and
in its valleys grapes are produced equalllng
in quality the grapes from which some of
the best wines of France are made.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

New YoRK, Feb. 20.-New and startling
developments have taken place in regard to
the Burdel murder, and the police are now
on the track of the suspected parties.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

H Consumption in Boston.-Seven hun.
dred and sixty persons died in Boston Of con.
sumption, in 1856. being about one. sixth of
the whole mortality. Four hundred and
five were females.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

tV A lbeler Of the fair sex says that wo-
men are all alike. "When they are maids,
they are as mild as milk; once make them
wives, and they lean their backs against their
marriage certificate and defy you.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

TsuE EsoueH.-Fate must trouble itself
about number of foolish people; for, no
sooner does fool get into trouble ofhis own
making, than he puts II all down 10 fate,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

Y- II is said that the product Of the Ohio
Valley exceeds by 100 per cent. the entire
product of England. Ireland and Scotlsnd. y
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

w Sincerity does not conaist il sp.ak.
ing your mind on all occasions, but in doing
SO when silence would be censurabls and
falshood inexcnsable, ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.-The friends Of
Gen. Cass stated that he received to-day n
notiiicacation of his appointment as Secreta-
ry Of State.
1t is also rumored that J. Clancy Jones
will decline any appointment in Cabinet
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

LANCASTER, Pa, Feb. l2.--B. c. Bnchman,
late President of the Lancaster Bank, was
arrested this afternoon on the chnrge OF an
embezzlemsntsb the funds Of the bank, and
held to bal! in the sum of $4,000. =
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

wA woman advertising for husband.
wants him not only to be strictly religious,
but of "good character. .'-.,,l
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

PHILADELPHIA, Feb, l7.-Judge Kane has
received advices from Havana which lead
him to believe that Dr. Kane 10 dead.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

RAvENous WoLvEs.-We find the follow.
ing in the Keokuk Qowa) Post, Of the 25th
ult: We learn from gentleman who arrived
in our city yesterday, FROM Sioux city, that
the wolves in the river counties have been
driven TO such straits by the snow and cold
weather, that they have become SO ravenous
as to destroy horses and cattle to consd-
erable extent, and that they have often attack.
ed persons. On the evening of the 9th inst,
a son and daughter of Mr.. Stockdale, left
their residence, on fork of the Little Sioux
river, in Woodbury. TO attend party at a
neighbors, about two miles distant, nnd have
not since been heard of. On the morning of
the 9th, the berenved parents sent to Southon
for assistance, and searched the neighborhood
around them, and as no traces of the lost
ones had been found, the conclusion is that
they had been attacked by the wolves and
devoured. A gentleman from Wisconsin
who visited Iowa lately, states in private
letter, received in this city, that he was chased
for miles by these ravenous creatures, and
barely escaped with his life. He described
them as frightfully ferocious, being apparent
ly almost starved to death.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27
COL. FORNEY-DEMOCRATIC WIT
NESSES

The direct attempt of Mr.. Buchanan to
dictate to the Legislature Of Pennsylvania to
elect ]. w. Forney, Senator in Congress, in
connection with Democratic wailngs thu, ough-
out the country at his defeat, renders the
following article from Democratic journal
particularly interesting, az showing who Mr..
Buchanan's favorite ie, and what his character.
Such evidences Of national pride,in Demo
cratic journal are truly refreshing In these
days of political degenerucy, corruption and
exclusive devotion to party. Our regret is
that the Corner Stone stands almost alone,
among its Democratic contemporaries:
From the Corner Stone of the 4th inst
DEFBAT OF Coi. FoRNEY.-Col. Forney has
been beaten for the Senate of the United
States, and we are glad OF il. The Democratic
press of the country is making great wall
over the corruption by which he was beaten,
and denouncing in the strongest and bitterest
terms the Democrats who voted agninst him,
as traitors md wretches who ought TO be dis
countenanced by all decent men. Those men
may BE- very corrupt and doubtless are: Cam
eron who beat him may lie n very unworthy
man-we do not gansay it, but none of them
ure any worse than Forney. lie stands be-
fore the country under the charge which we
believe is not denied, that he wrote n letter to
one man advising him to get another man
drunk, to get from him testimony to destroy
the character of Forests wife, in order to
enable Forrest to get divorce. No matter
what may be his ability, and no matter what
services he may have rendered party in the
pnst, or my be able to render il in the future,
an act such as this is so !oathsome in its
meanness, that party which would attempt
to elevate him, deserves not only defeut but
disgrace. 1t is an act for which there is
neither excuse nor paliation-it is so revolt
ing to every feeling of honest manhood, that
an honorable mind could not for moment
entertain il under any circumstances.
We have seen the wish frequently express.
ed, that Mr. Buchanan would give him some
high appointment. For the credit of the
country we hope that Mr.. Buchanan will do
no such thing. 1t is high time that corruption
and licentiousness should he rebuked, and it
should stand in the way Of advancement. to
high places OF honor, of trust and emolument.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

TRENTON, N. j., Feb. 2o.-Hon. J. R.
Thompson has been reelected to the u. s.
Senate.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

E The New Hampshire Gazette, the
oldest paper in the country. has just entered
upon its second century.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

EPompey says he once worked for q
man who raised his wages 30 high. that hs
could only reach them once in two years. q
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

How TO MAKE MoNEy.-I.et the business
Of every body else alone, and attend to your
own; don't buy what you don't want; use
every hour to advantage, and study to make
even leisure hours useful think twice before
you throw away shilling-remem5er you
will have another to make for il; find recren-
tion in looking after your business, and 40
your business will not be neglected in look.
ing after recreation; subscribe for the Post,
and advertise in it; buy low, sell fair, and
take care Of the profits; look over your books
regularly, and If you find M error, trace it
out; should stroke by misfortune come up.
on you, retrench. work harder, but "never
fly the track" confront difficulties with un.
Anching perseverance, and they disappear at
last; though you should fail in the struggle
you will be honored; but shrink from the
task you will be despised
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

EEA Schoolmaster being asked what
"fortifcation meant, replied that two twenty
fcations made one fortifcation, AZ. ID,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

~ somsbedy sayss v 10 bssssr'ts Dc
poor. than live upon tho hard earnings ef.'
the unsuspecting.
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r. Oice on Main street, next door to the old Jack
sen Hotel.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

The EvrL OF THE EAoB.-Amplitication y
the nbounding sin Of the day--the curse Of
official productions-the lethe that browns the
press, the bar, the hustiugs, the bench, the
pulpit, the Legislative halls. This evil Is
well hit off in a aue article---Cockbu
Memoria's--in recent North British Review;
"Year after year there appear bulky tones
from London, New York and Edinburg,
containing more printed matter than was
sufficient previously for centuries Of legisla-
tion, in which, In the smallest possible type,
the bit Of gold is beaten 80 very fine that il
sometimes becomes invisible. OF course,
the only escape from this ponderous mass is
that Of passing It by. Except the unhappy
reporters, there was never human creature
who taveled it Through. A slave, convicted
Of murder, wss offered the alternative Of ell
ther reading from beginning to end Guieciar.
din's History of the Wars 10 Italy, or the gall
leys.. He stood in suspense only for mo-.
mcnt-he took the latter. An alternative
equally frightfsl might have been put to him
had the modern publication Of legal reports
been at the time in existence. tits not the
merely the length, but the number and vari.
ETY. of judicial opnions-the result Of the
crudest as Of the maturest thought-which
unsettle the law and imperil every decision
when it afterwards comes 10 be reviewed.
The Supreme Court decisions of Alabama
are numerous and ponderous enough to fiji
one with desire 10 enjoy the galleys
in preference to being compelled to read
them all.-Huntsrille Advocate.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

INDIAN HosrILirIEs IN TsxAs.--The fol-
lowing from the Ncuces (Texas) vally, Of
the oath ultimo, indicates most distressing
state Of affairs in Webb county Texas:
LoRspo, WKBB Co, Jan. 10, 1857.
The Comanches are all around us 10
strong force, and the utmost indignation
prevails among our citizens that their lives
ind property should be left exposed by the
General und State Government to the tender
mercies of the savage. The prospects of this
pnrt Of Texas were excellent till the late
withdrawal of the United States mounted
troops invited down the murderous at.
tacks of the Commanches. Within month
twelve men have been killed near this, whilst
attending to their stock farms, and general
break-up is taking place among our. farmers
in consequence of the outrages still continu
ing. The mail from Davis ranch is just in,
and brought the following notice 10 the
postmaster, accounting for its delay:
CARRizo, WEBB Co., Jan. 7.
The mail has been delayed on nccoun: Of
indians. Several depradations have been
committed on the. road from here to Lnre.
do within the last ten days. Last night the
ranch where the mail.rider stopped was at
tucked. We have no troops to pursue the
savages. HENRy REDMOND, P. NJ.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-27

Nothing succesds I. well rs success,