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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

s4s- A strange looking couple stopped at
II hotel in n small town in Wisconsin not
long since. They sent out for Justice of
the Peace, who soon united them in the bonds
Of very unusual wedlock. The bride was
quite young looking person, aIsi informed
II lady who was present, Immediately after
the ceremony, that she met that man few
days before, and that he had "just lost his
wife, poor man." and that her husband died
last week, and left her with four children, and
this man had also four, the oldest of which
was born on the same day with her Oldest,
and the birthday of the youngest was also the
birthday of her Youngest the age of those
hopeful 'innocents being six months, and it
seemed so pretty to have all those little "crit.
ters" around the house together
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

eY- A correspondent of the Nashville
Union and American, writing from Camden in
relation to the discussion at that place be-
tween the two candidates for Governor, says
that Gen. Harris "was unwel and indisposed
to speak" Now we don't know or care how
nor where the correspondent got his iniorma.
ton, but we are credlnbly informed by one Of
Gen. Harris old friends, who met with him
only few minutes before he went to the
stand, that Gen. Harris told him that he never
had enjoyed better health than he did at that
time.
The whole truth of the matter is, Demo-
cracy is bad y whipped, and these are the ex.
cuscs they are offering, for the purpose, If
possible of boIstering up dying cause. But
the handwriting is on the wall, gentlemen,
and coming events wiiI east their shadows
before.-PdriS Patriot, June a.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

icy Woman, to little boy. "Jimmy are
your folks all wel!"
Little boy. ayes, mama, all but Sally
Ann"
Woman. "Why what's the matter with
her."
Little boy. 40, nothing partic'lar-only
she had the hoopin' cough once and she halni
never got rid of it. The cough haint Of any
account now, but she has the hoop desperte.'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

WHERE ARE THE HEROES ?-While MIR.
Buchanan is beset at Washington by an army
of fair weather politicians, says the Memphis
Enquirer, who are anxious to serve the coun-
try in Offices that pay well, but in which there
is nothing to do but eat, drink, smoke and
sleep, he cannot find one who is willing to
accept, or is qualified to discharge properly
the duties of the Utah Governorship. Where
are all the Holspurs of the South, that Utah
must go ungoverned! Who will volunteer
to accept an office of great responsibility, but
one that will not permit the enjoyment of
luxurious ease?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

@- An important political decision has
been promulgated by the British government
in relation to the allegiance o: subjects on
the duty of the government to afford protec-
ton. The doctrine of "once subject al
ways a subject" is abandoned. The case in
regard to which the decision is made is that
of Mr.. Lawless, n merchant of Granada, and
non-combatant in the late Nicaragua
troubles. He was dragged out Of his house
and shot by the GuatemalHns when they
took Granada. He was formerly British
subject, but became naturalized citizen OF
the United States. His mother applied to
the British government for compensation for
the loss of her sons life and property
The reply was that he had renounced his at
legiance by becoming citizen of The United
States, and was not entitled to British pro-
lection. The decision is stated in letter
from Lord Clarendon.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

rY- Brigham Young takes the position
and it is legitimate-that, il4he doctrine of
squatter sovereignty be true, the federal gov
ernment has no tight to appoint the officers
of Territory The admission that the peo'
pie of a territory possess,-as Buchanan as
serts-the same sort of Sovereignty that per-
tain to State necessarally implies the pow
er to chose their own officers; and we do not
see how n man who maintains the former,
can deny the latter. And this sovereignty,
conceded by the democrats, is tending TO
another innovation upon law and precedent.
If a Territory may egisate upon slave prop
erty,-to admit, or exclude tit may egis.
late upon other property; and it is evident
that the new States and Territories contem-
plate the appropriation to themselves, of their
public lands within their borders. Squatter-
sovereignty is becoming n monster evil.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

.9y" The hard case of a young widow
with $4,000 compelled to give up her prop
erty if she married again, has been going the
rounds of the papers. TO ofISc: it, the Sandy
Hill Herald relates how gentleman residing
in the town of Granville, Washington county,
died recently and willed his wife a handsome
sum-stipulating in his will that in case she
again married the sum was to be doubled
sand" pathetically adds the Herald, "may the
grass ever be green upon his graye."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

A CRowD OF MoRMoSs.-A crowd OF not
less than 544 real simon pure Mormons reach
ed here Yesterday in the cars from Philadel-
pha, and started for Salt Lake, Utah terri-
tory, via the Baltimore and Ohio Ralroad.-
They were shipped at Liverpool in the ship
Westmoreand, which reached the port of
Philadelphia few days since. All of them
men, women and chdren-wore white
straw hats, and all seemed to parLake Of
cleanliness, contrary tc the general report
Matthias Cowley, President, High Priest or
Boss of the Prophetical Fraternity, has uni
versal sway, and seems to be regarded with n
considerable degree of reverence on the part
of the common Mormons. 1t will be rccollec-
ted that the party assembled at Liverpool
from all parts of Europe, and agreed to go
in n body to the Great West.-Bah. Ameri-
can, 9Th.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

IMPORTANT TO FARMERs-THE WHEAT
CRor.-Tcnnessee "heat is gaining posi-
tion in tho leading markets of the country
second to no other. by this the farmers are
the ones directly benefited of course. 1t is
important to them, therefore, to spare no
pains TO bring their wheat in a strictly mer-
chantable condition. Let il be ,oeH cleaned,
above all things, and well sacked. Much de.
pends, in giving it its proper position, TO con
sidera,ions of this kind, and we trust our far.
ming friends will bear them constantly in
mind.
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THE CAT IN TUE MEAL.

We have heretofore indicated, says the
Tuscaloosa Monitor, our utter want of conf.
dence in Robert J. Walker, Mr.. Buchanan.
appointee as Governor of Kansas; and our
sincere belief that he is merely to be made
the "wiling tool" of the administration to
make Kansas Free State. We have charg.
ed, and we reiterate it, that il is the deliberate
and premeditated desigp of this administras
tion to make Kansas Free State. This is
plainly indicated in Mr.. Bichanah's Inaugural
in his appointment of Robert J. Walker
in Walkers letter of accptance-and now it
is so glarngly seen in all these phases, taken
in connection with speech made by Walker
in New York few dayssince and letter
from f. P. Stanton, Sedetary and acting
Governor of Kansas, thatthe South Carolina
papers, Democratic and NJ, are opening their
eyes to the "Cat in the meal" and ,'e begin
ming to denohnce it. This is but the begin
ming of the "indignant shout from the Poto-
mac to the Rio Del Norte" that is destined TO
overwhelm Mr.. Buchanan's administrations
How long will Southern men be blind
through party prejudice! We will lay before
our readers next week the lettsr from Stanton
and Walkers speech, with ths comments Of
the Charleston Courier: The following para
graph from that paper, will exhibit the shape
that public sentiment is taking in South
Carolina:
Kansas and Gov. WaAer-Ws are glad
TO perceive very near approach to unanimity
in the daily Press of the city, in reference TO
the address OF Secretary Stanton, and the
speech of Gov. Walker, in relation to the
affairs of Kansas. Withont any concert of
action whatever between them, the News, of
Monday, and the Mercury and Courier, of
yesterday, opened their batteries at lhe in
sdious Vaccinations of prOfessed friends, but
real enemies, and we duubt not that the
Standard will send broadside in the same
direction. We trust that the South will not
tamely submit 10 such tr,achery, but will
raise the indignant shout from the Potomac
to the Rio Del Nortc, unless an instant estop-
pei be authorltatively put on the embryo
treason OF Stanton and Walker. 1t is, per-
haps, proper, that we shoud remind our rea-
ders, in this connection, that Gov. Walker
advocated the annexation Of Texas, ms calcu.
lated ultimately to effect The euthanasia Of
slavery in the older slave-holding States.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

A CONSTABLE PUT TO HIS WITs.--The
louisville Courier tells of rather keen sheep
affair in that city. A drover was in with a
good dock, which he was about selling South;
but pending the trade constable levied upon
the sheep for an old debt, and drove them
into an enclosure. The moment the eonsta-
Bile was out of sight, the drover sold them to
another man, who turned them in with
another flock. At last accounts the constable
was irving to "idcnlfy" his sheep.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

6TA big OK is now on exhibition at
Springfield, Mass. The Republican says it
is about the size of one of Sands, Nathan a.
Co.'s elephants, and moves placidly about,
much as one OF the elephants would do
It is said to be the largest framed OK in the
world, and weighs, though far from fat,
1900 pounds, measures six feet seven inches
in height at the shoulder, girts ten feet, and
is thirteen feet in length from stem to stern!
Well mtied, it would weigh in the neighbor-
hood of 5000 pOunds.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

HANDSOME 1t is stated that the Camden
Amboy Railroad Company have sent check
for $500, and rendered an annuity to the
parents, of $500 per annum, for the death Of
young man of Wilmington, Del, who was
killed ut Burlington some months since.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

WASHINGTON, June l0.-Utah matters oc-
cupied the Cabinet to-day; the appointment
of officers is not yet completed.
Several to whom officers has been rendered
are to be heard from. They will probably
be announced in a week and all Utah arrange
ments be perfected. The Administration
however, is anxious for n speedy action but
has been constrained by circumstances be-
yond control.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

SPoSeEs.-We exported from Key West
last year, says the Key West Of the Gulf,
about 100000 worth Of sponges; and tho
exports of this year, stimulated by the ad-
vanced price will probably reach 100000,
or about one hundred and fifty thousand
pounds sponge. About forty boats and two
huadred men are engaged in the business,
who catch the sponge in the shallow waters
of South Florida, as far west as Cedar Keys.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

.Es- Probably the greatest leap on record
was made one day last week at the Helena
shot-tower, Wisconsin. A horse, some
twelve years old, jumped from the bank over
n perpendicular precpice Of one hundred and
eighth feet into the river below, and came ont
safe and sound, after swimming nearly half a
mile TO a suitable landing place. The water
at the point where the leap was made was
from twenty to twenty-five feet deep.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

CAPTIVE AMONG TvDtASs.-The Legislature
of Minnesota has made m appropriation Of
$4,000, which has been placed ut the dispo-
IA of the Governor, to recover the four wo-
men alleged to have been captured by tho
Indians, and carried offin the recent Indian
disturbances on the frontier.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19
tssg-,The Richmond Messenger, Of the 81

tsg-The Richmond Messenger, of the 9Th
instant, states that Edward Hawkins, who
was hung on Friday, the 29th of May, at
Irvine, Kentucky, met death boldly and fear.
lessIy-thus showing that even in death he
was the same character that his short but
eyeni[nl life had stamped him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19
- JnIies. ANN WON A mnslchiner!'

'Ob course am, Mr.. Snow; play on two
instrumenls-th baboon, and an eight octa-
We piazza.
Hear de niger talk once, eight octave
Piazza. Why, my colored friend, dHr is no
such instrument; you mean an eight octave
Piano
well, dat's what said all der time. Tell
me lie again, and I'll cave your head in wild
n cord of wood.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

CHICAGO, June 9.-Mr. John Wentworth,
Mayor of this CITY, was arrested this morn
ing by the U. S. Marchal, charged with steal
ing mail bags, he is held to bail for three
thousand dollars, his examination will take
place this afternoon.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

icy Judge Quarles, democratic candidate
for the Legislature in Jackson county, made
4 speech in Cookvile on the lst inst, in
which we learn from the Cookvile Times
he "delinud his position pnnly upon the
increased compensation of members to Con-
gress; irving assurances that he would vote
for no man for Congress. in either Honse,
who was not in favor Of repeal of that OBJ
noyious Act
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

t4y- At n concert, recently, at the con-
cluslon of the song, There's Good Time
Coming county farmer got up and ex-
claimcd-'Mister, conldn't you fix the date 2
'Yes, that is what we want-just give us the
date, Mister"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

rS- The march of cultivation is onward!
A clergyman, in a Springfield, Massachusetts
church, married n couple, substituting the
words gentleman" and "lady" for "man" and
"woman"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

e5- Mr. Cough, the orator, has recently
borne testimony to the derline of the tenn
perance cause at the North. The Sons Of
Temperance have dwinded down from two
hundred thousand TO less than fifty thousand,
aud the life has about gone out of this snce
powerful organization. The "temperance"
papers have sunk into mere "whippers-in" of
faction. The amount raised for lecturers and
for temperance tracts is one-iifth of what it
was five yeurs ago.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

CHARAcTERIsTIc- Ic--The first idea Of some
men is to cheat. This is the exclamation OF
n New York paper on the new cent: "'fhs
new scentIess cent is out. II looks so much
like dime that it will take in an omnibus
driver w the dark"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

MAN SHOT BY HIS soN.-Wm. Wilson, re-
siding at Mine Hill Gap, Penn, was shot on
Monday evening last by his son. 1t appears
that Wilson was too aptto indulge in the
cowardIy and inhuman business of "wife
beating" and while doiig so on Monday
last, his son. who could not stand and wit
ness such brutal attack upon his mother
without avenging her wrcngs, took pistol
and shot his own father. Wilson's recovery
ia doubtful.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19
rs-Tbe Chicago Journal, after a csrefi

rg- The Chicago Journal, after n careful
review of the statements from the grain
growing regions of Illinois, Indiana, and
Wisconsin, concludes that there is promise of
more abundant harvest this year than ever
before. Even in regions where the winter
was supposed to have done its worst, the APP
penrently dead wheat is in many instances
reviving, while the greater breadihs sown
will so nearly compensate for the injury
done as to give in the aggregate crop quite
as large MS in the same territory last year.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

Lille Bop-Pleuse, Mr.. Snowman, vich
is the monkey and vich is the heephant!
Shoteman.-Vcheve you pleases, my lit
tie man; you pays your money, and you takes
your choice.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

Coop lDEA-A man named Daily in
Hendricks County, Ind, attempted to commit
suicide recently, but was prevented. To
cure In of his troubles, he was sentenced to
the penitentiary for three years and dsfran-
chsed for ten years. The treatment will be
ant TO be beneficial.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

WASHINGTON. June 9th--Mr. Burr, Sur
veyor of Utah, confirms the atrocities com
mitted by the Mormons He says that 1000
United States troops would over-awe them
and that they would offer no resistance.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19
w-The City Council of Dalton, on the

29th of May, passed the following ordinance:
Be it ordained, That from and after the
passage of this net, that in view of the pro-
lection of our own resident physicians, dem
lists, and artists, the City Council of Dalton,
will in future require all travelling phys
icians, surgeons, dentists and artists who
practice their several professions within the
Incorporate limits OF sid city to pay reg
ular license for the sum Of not less than five
dollars, to be collected rs other license are.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

.8y-A A gentleman down east lately took
the following meteorological journal of his
wife's temper. "Monday, cloudy, in the af-
ternoon rainy. Tuesday, vaporish, bright
ened up little towards evening. Wednes-
day, changable, gloomy, inclined 10 rain.-
Thursday, high winds and some peals of
thunder. Friday fair in the morning; vari-
able till afternoon, cloudy all night. Satur-
day, gentle breeze, hazy, thick fog, and II
few flashes of lightning. Sunday, tempes-
tous and rainy; towards evening somewhat
calmer."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

Why SrocKs ARE Down AND MONEY
TIGHr Some Of the newspapers state that
the Indebtedness of the several railroads #
.he United States now reaches the enormous
sum of @47O, 100000; and the report of the
late Secretary of the Treasury contains n
statement that S3l3,00 900 more will be
required to complete only such roads MS nre
now projected. Why then, should not mon.
ey be tight throughout the eountryl
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

MAKING vrSEoAR.-The cheapest mode
Of making vineyards to mix six quarts Of
warm rain water with two quarts Of Orleans
molasses and four quarts Of yeast. Ina few
weeks you will have the best vinegar you
avar saw.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

c5v-The rage for elopement has become
40 strong in the West, that an lrishman IN
The moor house ut Detroit, has run of with
one of the pauper girls in the same esiab-
lishment The officers did not make any
pursuit.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

ty-Dr. Nettleton adopted the following
Ms maxim for the government of his ife:-
"Do all the good you can in the world, and
make as lt.le noise about il as possible"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

or Jellybones says that the reason why
married men call their wives "dear'" Is
because they are so expensive TO Keep
Jelly is sure of the "oil of broom" should
his wife read this.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19
THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, JONE 10, 1857.

THE VIRGINIA EMIGRATION MOVEMENT
The WheeIing(va.) Intelligencer announces
on reliable authority, that there are extensive
movements among the largest londholders in
tha, State, to dispose by wholesale of i'm.
mense tracts of country to Eli Thayer's CON-
pany, to be sold to bodies of settlers now
about emgrating from the Eastern and West.
ern States; also, that Kentucky and Tennes-
see have been bidding for the attention of the
company, and it is probable that considerable
purchases will be made in those States.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

RoeERs, ALIAS KIssASE.-A Cincinnati
paper we see, veutilates a suspicion that
the Col Rogers who recently figured in
Nicaragua under General Walker, is none
other than the famous, or Infamous, William
kissane, the chief leader in the celebrated
Martha Washington Conspiracy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

.9g- 1t turns ou that Martin, Distribution
Candidate, has defeated G. w. Hopkins, the
Democratic candidate for Congress, in Abing-
don (Va.,) District.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

rB- Judge Cunningham, Associate JUS
tico of Kansas Territory, ia supposed to have
been murdered on his way from Westport,
Mo-, to Fort Scott, in Kansas, to open his
court. lie was from Pennsylvania.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

rE- The women Of Albany have COM
menced to cut their hair short, like men,
The next movement Of the "strong-minded''
will be to raise whskors and moustaches-ii
they can,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

tYy- A modest woman declined to ride out
in "coach and four" because il was too
DESTINATIONS! She was directly put to bed
with mo Of hot water ut her feet.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

Pennsylvania poLIrIos.-lsaoc ilazelhurt,
of Philadelphia, has been nominate d Tor Gov
ernor by the straight American Convention
assembled here.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

IY- There is man in Algiers who tells
such good stories that his friends say Il is
dangerous to walk with him in the forests,
for all the hyenas como round him to laugh.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

arms and march to the sound of the hunts
mans horn, and pour out our blood, as We
did at Monterey and Celro Gordo and Cha
pultepec. If it is to be purchased in the
markets, we must furnish our part of the
purse, as we have always done from the pur-
chase Of Louisiana in 1903 to the pres
ent time.-NashuiHe Patriot.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

THE ACQUISITION OF CUBA.--Ex-Secretary
Jefferson Davis recently arrived at Vicksburg,
Miss, and had grand reception and made
speech. Il was all about Cuba and the efforts
made by the Pierce administration to get pos
session of that Island. According TO Senator
Davis, Mr.. Buchanan is even more deeply
pledged to acquire Cuba than MIR. Pierce
una
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-06-19

t-y-A grave subject for debating club
"If man had grizzly bear by the tail,
would it 5e policy to hold fast, or let got"
Stability of the Union depends upon the