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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-25

NOTICE All persons indebted 70 che
IN late iirna Of Gregory Lee Co. or ID a<news n.
Lee individually requested "a call q once e -
once Of Smith Maddux, on Cary street. and ssS$io
the same with Joeephus Gregory 81 his extns vko
are alone Legally authorized to receive fks n-nsy
as longer insinlg nee cannot be ri en-. 49,
J0SEPHcS aRE0OBY.
Executor q 4. \. 0rsgoryAsA
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-25

a HOUSE FOR RENT.-Intending
LII to change my residence, I offer for rent the
House at present occupied by me, and owned by
Judge Robertson, situated near the corner OF Main
and I'd streets. 1t is spacious dwelling and entire
ly new. L. MCCARTHY
de 2-ts
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-25
CREAT SALE OF COTTON GOODS

TREAT SdLE Or SoIION oOoDD
~ C0NTINUED.-34 and rs Brown Cotton at Ga
cents cost cents: "A Heavy brown Cotfons. very
CHEAP; Bleached Cotton; Domestics; C.mbrics;
Blankets; Merino SHIFTS; Deianes-all to be sold at
great sacrifice. before the close Of the year. At
q. A. GWATKIN'S,
Al. ~ 0pnnsfta Eyehon0a Rank
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-25

On GORDONSVILLE PROPERTY
hid FOR SALEOR RENT-A neat Framed House
well colstrueted for family residence and mercan.
tie busiIess The store room is 20 By 80 feet. tn.
grocery room 10 by 20 feet. good kitchen and well
OF excellent water in the yard. The lot contains
quarter OF an acre. and il situated in the most bust
ness part the village, bt ahort distance from th
Depot Of ths Central Railroad Co. and very near lie
Post Otiics. For tel las apply to
GENTRY & WALKER
Commission Merchants
dell-3tawlm& Richmond u
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-25

a. FOR RENT The store at present
M:l occupied BY MAJOR W. Jones posssulop r.
ven LIST January, 1873. 80 $ 81 J q. CAMMACk,s
Louisa Courthouse. December "a lass. tsa4
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-25

SALE OF VALUABLE SLAVES--Rv
- virtue OF Decree of the County Court Of Han
oyer County, rendered op the 27th DAY of Octnh,r
io, IN the suit OF klunt, ct al vs. Tlfer et al fhs
Undersigned special Commissioner will sell at nnbiic
a and aa 10 me highest bidder on SATURDAY the
Dickinson. Hill Co. in The CITY of Rcbmon5 g., o.
cash, three valuable SLAVES ioi
CHASTAIN WHITE. Special Com,r
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09
THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, oCT. o, 1857.

TaE FREE BANKs-The following arti-
,cle about the Free Banks is copied from the
Nashville News. Its statements are worthy
the attention Of all who have notes on those
institutions:
Free BankS.-By the tabular statement
given in another place it will be seen that on
the first of July last the Free Banks of this
State had in circulation, 81 1850; Specie,
$283,lO0.
Such has been the demand for specie and
Eastern exchange since the first of July, that
tits reasonable to presume that the notes 10
circulation OF the Free Banks bave considera-
bly diminished since that time-say $780,
900. Deducting this from the amount then
in circulation, and estimating the amount of
specie they have now on hand, and il may
fairly be assumed that the whole amount of
their circulation now outstanding, over and
above the specie they have on hand, is not
above some six or seven hundred thousand
dollars. For the guaranty and ultimate re-
demption of this amount, they have deposit
ed with the Comptroller of the Treasury
bonds of the State of Tennessee exceeding
by ten per cent. the amount of their notes
in circulation. Can any note-holder, there
fore, of these Free Banks be in any danger of
losing any thing by them? We should say
clearly not. We are of opinion that the
bonds of the State held on deposit BY them
will, at no distant day, be amply sufficient to
redeem their notes in full.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

THE PANIC AFFECTING THE PRICE OF To
BAcco-The Richmond Examiner observes
that the tobacco trade of Virginia has CEN
tered in New York, owing TO the present
banking system, and brings facts and figures
to show that this interest is already feeling
with vengeance the pressure now raging in
the great commercial emporium Of the coun-
try. Tobacco of the quality which ten days
ago sold in Richmond for fifteen, seventeen
and twenty dollars, sold on Thursday for ten,
twelve and fourteen dollars, and the market
falling.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

AIR PoIsoN-People have often said that
no difference can be detected in the nnaly-
zation Of pure and impure air. This is one
of the vulgar errors difficult to disodge from
the public brain. The fact is, that the con-
densed air os a crowded room gives deposit,
which, if allowed to remain few days, forms
a solid, thick, glutinous mass, having a strong
odor of animal matter If examined by the
microscope, it is seen TO undergo n remarka-
BILE change. First of all, it is converted into
vegetable growth, and this is followed by
the production of multitudes of animalcules
q decisive proof that it must contain organic
matter, otherwise it could not noprish organic
beings. This was the result arrived at by
Dr. Angus Smith, in his beautiful expert
ments on the Air and Water of towns; where
he showed how the lungs and skin gave out
organic matter, which is in itself a deadly
poison, producing headache, sickness, disea-
Sc, or epidemic, according TO its strength
Why if "a few drops of the liquid matter,
obtained by the condensation of the air of
foul locality, introduced into tho vein of n
dog, can produce death by the usual phe-
nomena Of typhus fever" what ncalculable
evil must not il produce on those human be.
ings who breathe il again and again, render
ed fouer and less capable of sustaining life
with every breath drawn Such contamina-
tion of the air, and consequent hot.bed of
fever and epidemic, il is easily within tho
power of man to remove. Ventilation and
cleanliness will do all, SO far as the abolition
of this evil goes, and ventilation aud cleanli-
ness are not miracles to be prayed for, but
certain results Of common obedience to the
laws of God.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

WHAT DO THESE THINGS MEAN Ave
find the following in a late number of the
New York Evangelist:
Vermont, one of the most purely agricul-
tura States in the Union, exhibits sad evi-
dence Of religious Indifference. The annual
report of the general convention in that State
dscloses the following fact, published iu the
Congregatonalist IN. H.) Journal:
"More than twenty thousand families in
Vermont habitually neglect all public wor-
ship; only about one-fith Of the people in the
average attend upoE evangelical worship, and
four-fifths of the inhabitants on each return
ing Lords day are absent from the sanctuary.
What do these things meant Making all due
allowance for the necessary absence of those
who, in the Providence of God cannot be
present, there ought to be at least three-ffths
instead Of one-ffth Of the people at public
worship. Where, then, are the one hundred
and fifty thousand souls that ought to be in
the house of God every Sabbath? What are
their thoughts and deeds on Gods holy
day 2"
The Boston Courier has the following
comments on the above:
"The New York Evangelist "a religious
paper inelining to anti-slavery) ought not to
ask: "What do these things mean!" as if the
reason were not perfectly obvious. That
Abolitionism would inevitably lead to such II
sad result, has been preached upon the house
tops. The Courier, with other conservative
journals, has never ceased to urge entreaties
and warnings upon the subject for year past.
Many of the clergy, with zeal quite sur
passing their religious ministrations, have en-.
tered into Aboitlonism in the pulpit, directly
or indirectly; and out of the pulpit have too
often set examples of partisanship to their
people Abolitionism is not religion; but, like
all other fanaticisms, it is an absorbing de-
lusion. The human mind cannot be full of
one engrossing topic and find room for nnolh-
er. The consequence is, that Abolitionism in
Vermont, ana elsewhere, has excluded Chris
tianity. The process of operation is first,
lukewarmness, .hen neglect of religious oTdi
nanccs, then disbelief. And yet the New
York Evangelist adopting the report of the
convention, innocently asks, What do these
things mean ?"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09
PICTURES OF MEMORY.

BI ALICE CARY.
Among the beautiful pictures
That hang on Memory's wall,
Is one Of dim old forest,
That seemest the best OF all;
Not for its gnarled oaks Olden,
Dark with the mistletOe;
Not for its violets golden
That sprinkle the vale below;
Not for the milk-white lilies
That lean from the fragrant hedge,
Coqueting all day with the sunbsams,
And stealing her golden edge,
Not for the vines on the upland
Where the bright red berries rest,
Nor the pink, nor the pale sweet cowslip,
1t tseemeth to mo the best.
once had little brother,
With eyes that were dark and deep
In the lap of that dim old forest
He lieth in peace asleep.
Light as the down of the thistle,
Free as the winds that blow,
We roved there the beautiful summers
The summers of long ago.
But his feet on the hills grew weary,
And one OF those autumn ewes,
made for my lite brother
A bed on the yellow leaves.
sweetly his pale arms folded
My neck in meek embrace,
As the light OF immortal beauty
Silently covered his face
And when the arrows Of sunset
Lodged in the tree.tOps bright,
He fell in his saint-like beauty,
Asleep by the gates of light.
Therefore, of all the pictures
That hang on memory's WALL
That one of the dim old forest
Seemeth the best of all.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

A TOUCHING DUTY.-Mr. Payne, of Cali
forria, to whom Capt. Herndon left his watch,
to be handed by him 20 his wife, in case OF
his death, has just executed that painful duty,
and the watch is now in Mrs. Herndon's pos
session-the last, sad relic Of her heroic hus-
band, and all she has now to connect her and
him in his last perishing moments. Some
men would have sent themselves in the boat
to their wives-but the gallant Herndon,
though in the midst of peril and death, for.
got not to send this touching relic TO his wife,
while at the same time he devoted himself to
duty and death.-N. Y. Express.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

LAND SPEcULATToNs.-As we have before
remarked there has been too much specula-
tion in Western lands by non-resdens. The
results are before the world, and are only
the counterpart of what took place twenty
years ago, as result of Eastern land specu-
lation. Happily for the South, we have not
partaken to great extent of this land buy
ing mania, and are likely only be affected in n
remote degree. However little difference we
may usually imagine exists between outside
speculations and regular, legitimate business
transactions, there is, nevertheless, very
wide distinction, and fortunate indeed is the
man or the community who is able to resist
oil temptation to wander from the paths Of
legitimate business operations
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

GoLD.-The Philadelphia Press learns that
within few days the United States mint
has received S75OOOO in refined bars of gold,
and half n million more will also be forwar-
ded to Philadelphia for coinage few days
hence. This fact is interesting in connec.
ton with the present rate Of exchange, as
proof of the strong check given to the ex-
portation of bullion by the extraordinary de-
demand for it here. The refined bars are
greatly preferable to coin for expectation, and
the principal portion of shipments of bullion
made to Europe have been in the shape, as
the bars for that purpose, are not Only more
convenient, but less expensive.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

New YoRK PAPERS IN PARIs.-The New
York papers are received in Paris with great
er regularity than for long time before
They are seldom stopped at the post Office
The reason assigned for this is, that they are
40 full of murders and other crimes that the
Government is quite willing to have them
circulated, as n cure for the republican ten
dencies of the Parsinns, whose own munich
pal regulations are so admirably calculated to
secure the comfort, independence, safety and
pleasure Of the citizens.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

"THE HAND, WRITING ON THE WALL;;'-
A critical correspondent Of the New Orleans
Picayune contends that the correct reading of
this quotation is according to the punctuation
of the caption, and not as it is almost uni
versally read, so as to convey the idea only
of the miraculous handwriting or penman-
ship on the wall. We quite agree with the
writer, that sit was evidently the hand, wri-
ting on the wall, and not what was written,
that frightened the impious king, Belshazzar"
especially as he did not know what was
written at the time of his fear, nor until af-
ter it was translated by the prophet
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09
SHOULD HAVE LIKED HIM FOR A BoARDER

SHOULD HAVE LIKED HIM FOR A BoARDER
-"How do you like tho character of st.
Paul" asked parson of his landady one
day, during n conversation about tho old
saints and apostles. "Ah, he was good
clever old soul, know" replied the land
lady. "for he once said, you know, that we
must eat what is set before us, and ask no
questions, for conscience sake. always
thoupht | should like him Cor hoarder."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

r7y- A young lady, named Smith, residing
in Charles City county, W., playfully snapped
a run nj her lover, Samuel Throg, on
Wednesday last, suPposing II 10 be empty
Unfortunately 1t Unopened to be londed and
when the trigger was pulled il exploded, de-
posting its contents in the side of young
'rhrog's head, killing him instantly.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

A SENTIMENT FOR THE SEAsoS.-Punch
says that the trees, with the modesty of ma.
ture, knowing that they are about to be
stripped of their robes of foliugc, and stand
naked before the world, will soon commence
to change color,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

THE SLAVE TRADE.-A letter published
in London paper says that at lagos the
greatest slave market in Africa, the supply of
slaves is obtained by the king from the Taboo
country, where all prisoners of war are con-
sidered MS slaves. The price paid by him is n
roll of tobacco for two, the cost of the to.
bacco being from twenty-five to thirty dollars.
The dealer pays the king about sixty dollars
for each save-a young and well grown man
bringing seventy.iive dollars, while an iuferi.
or "piece of goods" brings from thirty to
forty dollars. The writer states that in 1858
the cost of importation to Havana, was com.
puted at about seventy.6ve dollars each, and
that they brought in that city about one
thousand dollars each while in Brazil they
would bring only five hundred dollars. He
furnishes a tabular statement, showing that
eight hundred slaves in Havana realized
above Ss0O,OO0-the expenses being com.
puted at S63,O75, and the clear profit at
S736,925.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

ey "Yon and are much alike" said the
beggar TO the banker. allow so?' ave
both contrive to live on the labors of Others
"But carry on lawful business for liv-
ing" said the banker. $50 do J." said the
beggar; "but there is this di1erence--I get
the property of others with their consent,
you get their property without their con-
aant
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09
OLD AND PooR.-The Boston Courier thus
,o,L;,,,t,, o,.,,,o,s,. , ,x.o,t trptb.

OLD AND PooR.-The Boston Courier thus
touchngly expresses great truth:
at was formerly our fortune-not nm en-
viable one-to administer the insolvent law.
An old man, who came under our jurisdic-
tion, once said to u.s. 1T is bard TO be old
and poor 1t was simple remark; but the
tone and look gave it pathos and signiiieanee'
and how sadly, painfully true 1t is The
young man can confront fortune, the stone
which she filings Mt him he can pick up ana
Sc; us jewel in his crest; but the old man
falls under the blow. Rejoice, then, man OF
genius, in thy genius! o pure in heart, re-
joice in thy purity and o young man, re-
jolce in thy youth; for time and thou are good
against any two"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

6rA Western paper offers to write "NIr.'
before, or ESQ" ."after the names of such of
its subscribers, in directing their papers to
them, as will pay twenty-five cents extra, or
add both of said handles for fifty cents extra.
Cheap enough for luxury.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

A STEAM WAooS.-For the five hundrodth
time we make the announcement of an inven.
ton by which wagons may be driven by
steam. It is said that F. G. Bartlett a. Bro
ther, of Springfield, Mass, have just complet-
ed steam wagon for use on common roads.
The wagon will seat eighteen or twenty per-
sons, and it Is expected to be able to travel
anywhere from ten to twenty miles IN hour.
1t will, no doubt, have the fate Of its prede-
cessors,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

rSy- There is one satisfaction in owning
n close moutli--it retains all the foolish as
well as the wise words of ones heart
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

l5y- The English papers state that the
venerable John Hickling, the last rnce of
Methodist preachers sent into the work by
Mr.. John Wesley, and who is now in the
Goth year of his ministry and the 92d of his
age, preached in Liverpool at the recent ses-
sion of the Wesleyan Conference in that
ciiv
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

AN Extensive RUN.-The Nashville Ban
ner says, gentleman living in one of the
mountain counties of Middle Tennessee,
heard on Tuesday of the suspension of the
Bank of Nashville, and fearing general
crush was at hand, jumped in The stage and
came post haste to Nashville to make draw
on one of our Banks. He arrived here yes
terday and immediately hastened to College
street and demanded the specie on his pile.
Our friend Shapard met the demand with his
usual bland smile; willing 10 meet a hundred
thousand more such, and paid over to the
gentleman Siluer dollar, The amount Of his
note, without the least concern, and sent him
away rejoicing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

~ An lrishman who was troubled with
the toothache determined to have the old Of
fender extracted; but there being no dentist
near, he resolved to do the job himself,
whereupon he filled the excavation with pow
der, and being afraid to touch it of, put n
slow match to it, then ran TO get out Of the
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

A LIBERAL FEE.-1he Creek Council
have allowed Albert Pike $i3O,oOO for his
services in prosecuting their claim.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

RAcISe.--Mr. Ten Brock, who went to
England with his stable of racers to take
the starch out of the "natives," has been de-
feated on every field. He went out to shave
and rnmes home shorn.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

ey- On the 9th Of August Mr.. John o.
Byrne, compositor in the office of the De.
mocrat, at Santa Fe, New Mexico, was killed
by lightning while working at his case.
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

ScoTT AND Observation-Disclosures the
utter demolition of the remarkable stories OF
General Gideon ]. Pillow by General Hitch
cock-and notwithstanding Ex- President Ty-
Ter has finished off Hiichcock's work by flat
denial of the half million story, we observe
that Gen. Scott also has come out in public
manifesto, in which the immaculate Gideon
catches it worse and worse. Inasmuch as
Pillows story has already been discreiied in
all its length and breadth, we deem it alto
getber unnecessary to publish Gen. Scotts
reply in detail. The following extract contains
general denial of the charges:
| do not propose at present to disturb Gen.
Pillows selt-laudation, nor to reply to his
anlmadversions on my plans and operations,
although he most provokingly mixes up in
every statement n small grain of truth with
large portion of fiction, so as TO give it, with
the careless, all the effect Of gross falsehood.
If such tricks can influence the public mind
to my prejudice, shall then begin to regret
that was born IN American.
In reference to Pillows declaration of the
payment of money to Santa Anna, Gen. Scott
answers as follows:
am very sure that Mr. Trist had not a
dollar of public money in his possession while
in Mexico, and never more than suihced for
his very moderate expenses in his private
purse; and certify on honor that never, at
any time, paid to Gen. Santa Anna, or caused
to be paid to him, or to another for his use or
benefit, one dollar or more, on any account
or in any way whatever. President Santa
Anna was at the time, as now, worth millions,
and had in that office, the irresponsible con-
troll of all the pecunary means of his country.
1t is hardly probable therefore that he would
have stopped to pick up sack of ten thou
sand dollars in gold if he had accidentally
stumbled upon one in private walk.
This, with Hitchcock's evidence we should
think, is sufficient to discredit the whole of
Gen. Pillows very remarkable history of the
secret negotiations of the Mexican war.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-09

GEN. HAsKELL.-The friends of this gen.
tleman have had him conveyed to the Lex
ington (Ky.) Lunatic Asylum. The Louis
vile Courier of Tuesday says.
ale passed through this city on Friday
last, in charge of friends, on his way to the
Lunatic Asylum at Lexington. While in the
Frankfort ears he arose aud in the most elo-
quent and pathetic terms appealed to the gal
liant Kenluckians, among whom he was, to
protect him from the relentless enemies he
imagined were pursuing him. He became so
excited and violent that his friends were
forced to confne him."