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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-25
IMPORTANT EXPEDITION-EXPIO-
RATION OF THE COLORADO RIVER.

Perhaps no movement undertaken by
Government, in the way Of m exploring ex-
pedtion, since that of Lewis g. Clark, is of
greater interest to the "Far West" than one
recently determined upon by the United
States Government.
Under orders from the Secretary of War,
Lieut. j. G. Ives will leave New York for
San Francisco, to make preparations, ut the
latter place, for an exploring expedition up
the Colorado river, vast stream of Utah and
New Mexico, extending from its sources in
the Rocky Mountains, near the head waters
of the Columbia, the Missouri, the Arkansas,
ard the Del Norte rivers, to the Gulf Of CAL
ifofnia.
A small steamer is to be sent over .wi,h
Lieut. Ives, to be employed by him In
making photographic surveys. A party of
some forty or fifty men will be- enlisted in
California. The party are expected to pro-
ceed up the river as far as possible 10 the
steamer, and thence with horses and pack
mules reach its head-waters.
Little is known Of the topography Of the
country through which the Colorado passes;
but it is averred by those who have traversed
portions of it, that the stream is navigabe
for hundreds Of miles, and that the country
is one adapted to the support of dense pop
ulation; its agricultural capacities being equal
to the finest lands of the States east of Cor
di!eras. Along the banks of the river are
found numerous ruins of cities, attributed
to the Aztecs, and which, in their architec.
ture, indicate high state of civilization on
the part of the builders. At the present
day the whole region is wilderness, inhab-
tied only by the wild Indian.
A faithful description of this strangely
interesting terra incognitia will of itself be
an honor to those who have originated the
enterprise. But the main river is but a por-
ton OF the water flowing to the great CAL
ifornia Gulf of the Pacific. Its tributaries
are gathered from the Cordileras, through a
range of six degrees of latitude. Green rly-
er, which rises in number of small lakes at
the base of Fremont's Peak, in lat. 4S deg.
is its most Northern constituent; farther
South it receives the Yampa, the head.wa-
ters of which almost interlock with those of
the North Fork Of Platte river, the Uintah,
the White, Grand river, equal in volume to
the Upper Colorado itself, the Navajo, the
Yaquilla, the Rio Vergen, and others Of con
siderable magnituded. The general course
of the river is s. and 8. W., receiving the
largest and most voluminous of its cd6stit-
uents from the East mountain country. In
about latitude SO degrees the Rio Gila meets
it, and these two rivers enter the Gulf
through common estuary.
The country bordering on the Giln, which
is billy and broken, abounds in copper, gold
and silver minerals, accounts of which are
recorded by the Commissioners of the
Boundary Survey.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-25

fW- If you want an ignoramus to respect
you, "drsss to DEATH" and wear watch seals
about the size of a brickbat.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-25

A SYMPATHIzNc SoUL.-Ths editor of the
Transcript, at Portsmouth, complaining of
the hot weather, says sour sympathizing
heart expanded under such warm influences
and we not only condoled with plelhoric
men, but fat females also. The dear crea-
lures, their suiferings must be intolerable."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-25

~ Troubles are like babiss-they only
grow bigger by nusing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-25
VOL. X.---NO. 47O.

BEEr.PAcKiKa PRosPEcTs.--In some Of
the most reliable Eastern journals we find
speculative estimates as TO the prices OF
cattle the present fall-predcated for the
most part upon contracts said TO have been
IN de by beef. packers in the West, end more
especially those Of Chicago. For the pur-
pose Of giving the readers Of the Press relia-
BILE information on this subject, we have
taken the trouble to make some investiga-
tions, the substance of which we append.
The prospects at present are that more
beef will be packed the coming season in
our city than during my previous year.
One heavy packer estimates the business ut
one-hird more than the figures Of 1855
our heaviest season. Another estimates Il
higher. In 1865 the number Of cattle packed
was 2s,972, with on average weight of b72t
lbs. per head; so that TO take the lowest re-
ceived, over $4,000 head will packed. One
house alone in the city has heavy govern.
ment contracts which would seem to justify
such an estimate. --,,i.i.s ,.-'sl.
AT present thrrs are only about 1900
head contracted for by Chicago packers; but
in the course Of two weeks large number
Of contracts now pending will n all probabili-
ty be closed, and these figures be very much
increased. OF those already contracted for
we hear of 5000 head at 81 cents gross
weight; $500 head at cents; and 5000 head
at n trifle below cents. There is little prob
ability, however, Of any further contracts
being made this season be!ow.3t cents
perhaps none below 81 cents. t ..l
The quality and weight of cattle the pres
ent season throughout the Yves. will be
much superior to those of last year, though
thay ,pill fn blnpt thraa 4.,.,.
weeks later. Last year grass was poor and
water scarce, and the average weight was
low. This season, however, though il opened
unusually late, has been IN excellent one for
the growth of cattle. The grasses on our
praires are rich, and water has been abund-
ant. An old d-over informs us that cattle
of the same bone will generally weigh fifty
pounds more per head than last season.
One packer has contracted for 1900 head
none of which are to weigh less than 500
pounds Chicago Press.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-25

Hooks CT "STEAL".-The editor of the
Raleigh Register, who has way of his own
of saying things, after proving that there is
no such thing rs nationality" in the Demo-
cratic party, concludes as follows:
We might were 1t necessary to do 80,
prove that there is not even ian odor of
nationality" in the Democratic party, save on
the single subject of the public plunder. On
that subject they are bound together with
Ghooks of STEAL"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-25

A CHICAGO Eighteen years
ago, Is. b. Ward, the millionaire of Chicago,
sailed n small schooner on the lakes. In lS4s,
he took command of a craft of $50 tons,
which was the commencement of Wards
Lake Superior line. Within the last sixteen
years, he has paid to shipbuilders and other
mechanics, to employers and laborers, more
than two and half millions of dollars. In
the brief period Of sixteen years, he has ac-
cnmulatcd over and above all liabilities,
fortune OF a million and quarter. For some
years he had intimate and complicated busi-
ness connections with the Michigan Central
Railroad, involving millions of dollars, and
the transactions were all based on verbal
agreement between Mr.. Brooks, the Superin-
tendent of that road and himself. No written
contract ever existed between them, each re-
lied on the honor and integrity of the other,
and neither were disappointed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-25

LoAFERs IN A PRINTING OrfpE.-The
composing room of printing office is not
the place to tell long stories, or argue OBJ
truse points in mathematics. Read, ye loun-
gers, and be advised
A printing office is like n school; it can
have no nteropers, hangers on, or twaddlers,
without a serious Inconvenience, to say moth.
ing of loss OF time, which is just Az good rs
gold to the printer, as though it metallically
glistened in his hand. What would be
thought of man who would enter school,
and twadde, first with the teacher, and then
with the scholars-nterrupting tle discip-
line Of one and the studies OF the other!-
And yet this is the precise effect of the loaf
er in the printing office. He seriously inter
feres with the course of business, distracts
the great attention which is necessary to the
good printer. No gentleman will ever enter
II and presume to net loafer. He will feel
above il, for no real man ever scrifices the
interests or interferes with the duties of
Others. The loafer does both. Let him
think, IL he never has, that the last place he
should ever insinuate his worthless and un-
welcome presence, is in the printing Office.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-25
THE CHILD AND THE ANGELS.


The Sabbath sun was setting slow
Amidst the clouds OF even;
"our Father"-breathed voice below
"Father who art In heavenl'
Beyond the earth-beyond the cloud
Those infant words were given
"our Father l'-anseis sang aloud
"father who art in heaven I"
"rhy kingdom come"-still from the ground,
That chld-like voice did pray;
"Thy kingdom come l"--Gods hosts resound,
Far up the starry way!
"Thy will be done l''--wth little tongue
That lisping love implores
"Thy will be done"--the angelic throng
Sing from seraphic shores
"forever i''-stli those lips repeat
Their closing evening prayer
"Porever l'-stil those lips repeat,
High midst the angels there
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-25

~ The Hon. Mr.. Keitt, the leader of
che South Carolina Democracy, made oath
in behalf of himself and his political friends,
in late speech at the Virginia White Sui
phur Springs, to erterminaie the National
Democracy and The Administration.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-25

CHEAP CoRS.-South of Springfield, ILL
nois. on the railroads, some of the farmers
are offering corn ut is cents per bushel in
the field; others at 85 per acre. The indi-
cations are, unless the frost sets in early,
that the corn crop will be enormously large.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-25


THE NERCLoUs RIs9.---The astronomical
observations made by Mr.. Jones, in the ele-
waited city of Quito, are of decided interest
and Importance. His observations were made
at an elevation of nearly 10000 feet above
the level of the sea, and near the quator, and
resulted in the following conclusions: That
the theory respecting the nebulous ring round
the earth is true; that this ring crosses the
ecliptic In longitude 90 deg. and 240 deg, u;
an angle OF about deg.j that II is not very
remote distance from the earth; that the
nebulous matter of which il is composed is
selfAluminous, while also it gives us the suns
reflected light; that space about our earth, and
probably all space connected with our uni
verse Of stars, is filled with self-Iuminous
matter of great tenuity; that the milky way is
composed Of this sef-luminous matter, in
some places greatly condensed, the substance
from which all worlds were formed, from
which perhaps worlds are now being formed
and into which perhaps they again resolve
themselves; that the milky way is spiral in
shape, and that our place in this spiral is
about one third or one-fourth OF the way
from the Southern Cross towards Sirius.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-25

PRENTICE UPos BAyARD TAYLoR.-Pren.
tice thinks there is a very pefceptible falling
off iL Bayard Taylor's recent letters. He
says that the poet.traveler's genius is rum
ming to the surface; that he is becoming a
mere literal chronicer Of outward sights
"His recent letters from Europe" he says,
"are as arid and superficial as the soil over
which he trod. Instead of abounding in
beautiful suggestions, ard sparkling with
the dews Of poetry, as his letters once did,
they are as parched and crisp as a pastu re-
field in severe drouth. His inner life seems
to have been drunken up by the consuming
blaze of novelty. He has travelled too much
for his own good. Let him marry that Ger
man love of his, and live for a while. He
greatly needs the culture of life's trials"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-25

HosPITALITY IN THE House OF GoD.-
Every church that would prosper must show
proper attention to strangers. 1t should be
seen that they are promptley and courteous
ly provided with seats, and made to feel that
they have cordial welcome, there. Kind
looks should greet them as they come, and
follow them as they go. Should they
come again, let them meet with the same
reception. And should they become conss-
tent worshipers there, let them be sought
out and visited, not merely by the
pastor, but by members of the church and
society. Whether rich or poor, they should
not be overlooked or neglected. They have
claims as strangers, irrespective of all out
ward distinction. Let US see that they all
have prompt attention.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-09-25

sour correspondent kindly accompanied his manu-.
script with little jar Of delicious preserves, made o
the native wild gooseberry and his Sorghum molasses
syrup.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-02-07
Correspondence of the Vermont Phoenix.
FROM CAIRO TO NEW ORLEANS.

Reader, have you ever been in Cairo! (Thero
are at least two Cairos. mean the one at the lat
ter end Of Ilinois.) If you have, you must have
been sick of the place. and if you have not, take
my advice and never go there. fyou arein search
Of perpetual motion. you will find it, as the inhab
itants are continually shaking with the ague, and
they sometims tie men to the apple trees in the fall
to shake off the fruit. Like its Egyptian name
sake it is often inundated and like 1t also, abounds
in slime and reptiles.
II was in this agreeable locality found myself
one day in last September, en- route from the city
of pork and pretty women to New Orleans. Here
first saw the great (and dirty :" Father of Wa
ters," where he receives la belle rpere Ohio his
embrace; and, like Doestcks at Niagara, could &c:
up no enthusiasm at the sight Of this "big drink"
for there is not much to feel enthusiastic about.
Fancy stream mile wide which looks as If mill
lion Of mud-turtles had been endeavoring to con-
vert it into mock-turtle SOUP running between low,
undiscovered banks, and you have correct idea
Of the Mississippi seen at Cairo, and for sever
al hundred miles further down. Once past the
mouth of the Ohio, you may bid adieu to hills, and
the scenery from thence to the Louisiana line with
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-02-07


treated while there would lead us 10 remain silent
upon this question, did not sense of our duty TO
the public compel us to give our opinion and the
grounds upon which II Is based. weentertain none
but the kindest feelings towards all her citizens
That they have enjoyed the advantages Of the cap
itol for large number of years is no reason why
they should be deprived of it now, any more than
il is reason why il should forever be continued
there Since its former location burlington has
become the railroad and business center OF the state
It can be reached by less travel and with greater
facility by the members from the several towns
Il has advantages Of location, natural scenery
population and communication that It will ever
maintain. For the convenience Of our Legislature
and citizens generally, ms well as in qualification Of
good taste, we trust that it will soon he made the
Capital Of Vermont
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-02-07

IMPORTANT ARREsT.-Dexter F. Jones was ar
rested at Bellows Falls on Monday of last week by
officer Heath of Boston, charged, with others, with
being concerned in the robbing the safe of the
Jonesyille Manufacturing Co., in Jonesville, Tenn
pleton, Mass, on the 3lst day of December, 1858,
of 81, 500, which sum was received the day previ-
GUS from Boston. for the purpose of paying the
hands employed in the factory. AT the time of the
robbery the Corporation offered $500 for the de-
lection of the robbers and the recovery of the
ey. The officers, after spending much time in en-
deavoring to ferret out the robbers arrested Otis
Larned and Horace Jones of Oxford, who were sub
sequsn,ly tried for the orime but the jury falling
to agree upon verdict. they were released on bail
In the meanwhile, it was ascertained that Dex.
ter +. Jones, Agent for the corporation. was de.
faulter to the amount of $4,000, and, Immediately
upon this fact coming to light, he disappeared, ant
no trace could DO obtained until few days since
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-02-07
Vermont & Massachusetts, Railroad.

The thirteenth annual report Of the Directors OF
the Vermont & Massachusetts, Railroad has been
Published. The report is to Dec. LIST. 1856, en-
bracing period of eleven months. 1t is made up
to this time for the that it is necessary for
the corporation to make sn annual report to the
Legislature for the year ending at that date, and
il is much more convenient to make both reports at
the same time.
During the period embraced in this report the
earnings ofthc road have been $240, 63, against
S24S, $40 81 during the year 1866. The expend-
itures for the eleven months of 1856 were $780,
s43,60; of which slS ,s75,O5 was for fuel, So
41S,07 for clearing snow, S8,472,44 for iron to
the track, and 500, Alp "A for repair Of the
road. OF tho receipts 1925, 739.07 was from pas
sengcrs, and $6a, ,o7 from freight. The bond
ed debt has been increased in the year 1856 from
1906, 800 to S9S9.035. This increase has been
made by the five per cent premium on the bonds
already exchanged. OF the bonds due in 1856,
S672, 800 have been exchanged for those due in
1856. OF the $3l2. 100 not exchanged, the hold
ers for the larger part have signed an agreement
to exchange The total debt Of the company is
$l,049, 1858 05. The company agreed ut the last
meeting to create sinking fund to pay off the
bonded debt. The first payment Of $4,000 to
the fund was made in December last.
The receipts of the road were diminished by the
frequent distractions of snow near the Ashburn-
hmm station. during the early part of the year,
snd also by the general depression of business dur
ing the summer Of1s56 The former difficulty has
been remedied by the construction of high board
fence along the exposed portions Of the road, the
cost of which as we'll as the removal of the snow
have helped swell materially the current expenses
of the past year. During the present winter thus
far the trains on the road have made better time
than those of most other roads in the vicinity The
road-bed and equipments are in good repair. As
many trains are run and at as high q speed as the
business of the road will warrant
We may be pardoned for saying that we be-
eve the superintendence of tho road has been con-
Quoted by Mr.. Ruggles with remarkable degree
Of care. skill and fidelity.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-02-07

BULLAnD's PANORAMA or NEw-Yonk CRY.
This fine work Of art will be exhibited at Brat
tleboro, and also at Bennington, Pownal, Whiting.
ham, Halifax, Guilford. Wilmington, wardsboro.
Jamaica, Londonderry, Grafton, Townshend, Ysy.
etteville, Dummerston, Putney, Westminster and
Bellows Falls, VT, IIinslalc, Winchester, Keepe.
walpolc, Charleston, Newport and Claremont. N.
II. Due notice Of the time and place Of exhibition
will be given in the Phenix.
The Burlington Sentinel says Of II, "shoud IN,
one entering the metropolis for the first time take
n carriage and drive rapidly through the city. Il
would be impossible in the same length Of time to-
sec as many portions Of the place. interesting to
strangers as are brought before the eye in IN eve
ming spent in viewing this work. There is only
lacking the reality Of life and occasionally the i'm
agnation requires but little freedom to cause the
alluson that you are actually looking out from
some window upon a reality, over which momen-
tary paralysis has fallen, suspending motion, 50
perfectly the colorng, the perspective, and the
proportion Of the various objects preserved. You
read the signs distinguish the lettering on the door
plates, and can criticise the trimmings Of the la
dy's dress who is just entering the doorway.
Take your family to see it you will be well paid"
The St.Johnsbury Caledonidn says "yGftesn hun.
drcd persons visited Billiards Panorama Of n. y,
City, in that place in two days. ...
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-02-07

The COMPLETE woRKs or GEORGE WIN. CURTIS.
Messrs. Dix, Edwards & Co, deserve well Of the
public for their good judgement in selecting and
their good taste in publishing these volumes, hye
in number Mr., Curtis has achieved o higher rep
utation in the literary world than any other young
man within our knowledge. His "Nie Notes Of
Howadj" by which he just made himself known,
took the public by storm, and waited him as n
new star in American literature. The Howadji
in Syria" and "Iotus Eating add to his reputa-
ton rs master of the grateful and picturesque,
while the trcnchant satire of the "Potipbar Pa
pers proved his excellence in that difficult depart
ment of literature, and "Pruc and - developed
yet another phase of his many-sidedness as an au-
thor. All these works are included in the colec-
ton before us, in volumes convenient MS to size,
neatly bound, and Of unexceptionable typography
They are destined to great and increasing circu-
lation as the genius Of the author and the merits
of this edition become more widely known.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-02-07

DISTRICT JuDGE.-We learn that the President
has appointed and the Senate confirmed, Hon. Da-
vid A. smallcy Of Burlington, as United States
Judge for the District of Vermont, in place Of
Hon Samuel Prcntiss, deceased. MIR Smalley is
an able and popular man. lie deserved well Of
his party for his arduous labors during the recent
canvass as Chairman of the National Democratic
Committee, and We are happy TO chronicle his sue
cess. We doubt not he will occupy the bench to
the acceptance Of all interested in the business Of
the Court.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-02-07

THE VERMONT Stock JOURNAL is the title of
new monthly paper started at Middlebury by D.
c. Linsley, Esq, author of the Premium Essay on
Morgan Horses. II is to be devoted mainly to the
interests Of stock growers and purchasers, contain
ing reliable information as to the most desirable
domestic animals raised in the State, with accounts
of sales and prices, hints to breeders, buyers and
sellers, notes Of the progress of other states and
countries, &c. 1t will also contain much other
valuable information interesting to the general
reader. The first or January number makes a
very credtable appearance, batting its typography
which will probably be improved in the future.-
1t contains 10 pages Of choice matter, and an en-
CRAVING of the celebrated Black Hawk horse-
Price to subscribers so cents year. We commend
it to the favorable notice of every stock grower and
purchaser in this county. It is vol worth the