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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-02

~ A widely known gent having been ar.
rested for stealing gold watch, gavo as an
excuse that he was uhwell; TIM, the doctor
told him he had better "iaks something"
ind he had tnken watch. -.
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R The House of Representatives have
passed bill paying Lieut.. General Scott
twenty seven thousand dollars additional pay
and plncing him on the same footing with
Washington under the law of 1898.
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oLMr. Bancroft, the historian, will soon
publish book contaiaing the ~Sevsn arti-
Giles from the Church Of Leydsn," written In
1917; also. Tho Crssds Of the Pilgrims"
and Journal Of the Fret Legislature Of
Virginia, Of 1912" ar
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-02

~ The Tax Assessor for sIcslnn coun.
~ has completed his lists, and they are now
at tho County Court Clerks Office. We
shalt endeavor to obtain some items from Il
for publication next week.
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DEcsxAsE N RIcslrTs OF CorToS-Ths
New Orleans Price cswsnt. Of Dec. Soth.
rsporstths dserssss 'ssnpa.sa with asss year
Il the sams time. II fsgty. sine thousand four
hundred and eighty 1--we biles.
four thspsand two hundred and seventy.
one.
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sY- A bill has passed both houses Of the
South Carolina Legislature, substituting the
confinement Of colored senmen OH board Of
vessels while in port for imprisonment in
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Coon SUGeEsrroN.-The Richmond En-.
qures suggests that |. would be well forM,.
Buchanan to proclaim in his Inaugral Address
that be recognizes no sort Of obligation 10
the political claims Of New York; that wbs,
they get they will receive out Of mere favor:
and Tint their broils and wrangles are never
to be obtruded upon the consultation Of tho
Cabinet. ~ =, t~..r > !,
The Baltimore Republican says: n Mr.
Buchanan will adopt this prompt and Der.
emPtory policy, he will savs himself world
OF vexation, and the country an in6nity Of
sc"nd"lous diSPutation. 1t wns the wise say.
ing OF the wisess Of women, that ian ungov.
srnable beast should DO s,inted n its prev.
eader." NJ. Buchanan may profit ~ the lee.
son, and BY iudicious parsimeny In the dis.
pensation Of patronage. reduce even the poll
ticians Of New York TO something like Dc.
cency and decorum in the pursni: Of spoils.
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COMMUNICATION.

The Academy In the town Of -, by
an act Of Jelo de %, having once more DO.
come vacant, teacher is consequently need.
cd and desired, BY portion, at lsast, Of the
friends Of the bereaved and afflicted institu.
ton. The liberal and enlightened comma.
nifty In which II 10 located, not being particu-
larry distinguished by disposition to be en-.
ally pleased in any respect II will not be con.
sldered irrslavent to designate some Of the
requisites necessary to a successful applica-
ton for the honors and emoluments Of the
vacant chair.
Obviously in case like the present, the
incumbent would enhance his interest In be.
coming oil things TO all men, impressing up.
on the minds Of each and all of the q,as;
patrons that he Is precisely Of their way Of
thinking, 10 politics, religion, and upon every
other subject material and immaterial, hallu.
cinating also into the belief that absolutely
he Is not possessed Of single failing or i'm
perfection. Moreover IL should be made to
appear that his services are not eagerly de-
sired by any whom they Qhs aforesaid pat.
rons,) are disposed to envy and hate, a con.
tingency which assuredly would excite their
opposition even at the hazard of injury to
themselves and children. Il is equally i'm.
portant thnt the applicant should profess ig-
norance Of the place of his nativity, for come
from what part Of the world he may, liberal
souls will be found raising objections on that
account, especially il he should chance to be
a Yankee, or foreigner, no matter how respec.
table his character and qualifications might
be. Any one who can square up to the marks
indicated would probably succeed in securing
the situation in question, and IL he should
prove to be more fortunate than some of his
predecessors might perhaps retain II for two
or three sessions.
N. B. Preference given to the lowest bid.
der. 49,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-02

~ Nj. Rass. foywsrly Of the Shelby
vile Exposition. who was TO have taken
charge Of the Chattanooga Gazette. has. we
regret to learn, backed down fon the enter.
prise. We can sue no other chance for our
Chattanooga frisnds but TO induce our old
friend, Parham, to resume the chair editorial
which he ably filled Tor naany ysass.
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IF Our thanks are due the Hon. Wm.
II. Snesd for valuable papers and docu-
ments.
Our thanks arc also due Hon. s. A. Smith
for similar attentions,
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NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-The Agent of tho
AsP'nwnll steamers has given direction. 10
one OF their vessels to strip at some port in
Nicaragua md tender a free passage to such
unfortunate Americans us are DESTROYS Of 70.
turning.
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Approved, Nov. IS, 1856.

HAn accident recently occurred on the
Union and Spsrtunburg railroad train, in
which 6ftesn or eighteen passengers were
moro or less injured. Mr. Price, Of North
Carolins. Is considered dangerously injured.
Dr.. Might. Mr.. John Henderson, Miss Sims
and sbrother. were severely but not danger.
oasly injured. The south CasolInian says:
"a nurss OF Mrs. e. Gilmore, Of Mont
gomsry had her mistress infant IN hsr lap,
and whsp she found the car. falling oveI,
she elasped the child u her bosom and cried
out " Will live OF de with youi ny bsby~.
and faithfully protected her ehssgs. Anoth.
Or child Of Mn. 3. was sayed 81 the kind
cid Of . gentleman whose pane i unksowB."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-02

BALTMoss Dss. a5.-Msss's iveu fur
nscs has been destroyed BY Ass. Nc iusu-
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LETTER FROM Gen. WALKER.-Ths fol-
lowing is an extract Of a letter from General
Walker, which the New York Times says
was received by the last steamer:
Virgin Bay, December 1, 1856.
You will, doubtless, get full accounts Of
the late events here from the newspapers.
consider that our permanent power 10 Central
America never has been on a. frm basis as
now; nor do know Of ore single month
since have been In Nicaragua wherein we
have made rs much progress towards final
results as the month which has Just ended
I remain, with regard, &C., WIZ. WAIxER.
The Times says: 1--WE are informed that
Walker has been amply supplied within the
last few weeks with various munitions oil
war, including most Of the incendiary missile.
used at Sebastopol, and some perfected since
md that the blowing up of the 18th of April
the Costa RIGA vessel Of war; was by the
employment of destructive shot of American
invention, and never heretofore used, and
which were made in this city, aud supplied to
Nicaragua by General Heuseingsen."
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.ssa.-T'he istslIjesnes from WV

Coneasss.-Ths istslIigsnes fson wash-
layton il mostly Of aa uninportant' sharas-
Ter. The usmbsrs generally have been ~.
joiyins the Christmas holidays but ~ thsss
are nov over We suppose he wsrk will seos
commence In earnest.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-02

Youso AMERICA ISsuLrED.-The New.
nan. Geo., Independent Blade has the follow.
ing:
We are requested by tho Managers and
Committee Of Invitation to the Compliment.
arry Party at College Temple, next Friday
night, to respectfully request the trundie.bed
stock-to stay at home. Children in their
places, like "few dollars" are mighty good
things to have, but their attendance 10 mu-
steal entertainments, above their comprehen.
sion, and at conversational parties, whore
their prattle is lost umid the discussion Of
weightier matters, becomes simply nuis-
ance.
That such an indignity to the rising gen.
eratWn will be resented, there can be- NO
doubt. The only question is-will the
young gentlemen insulsed hold the editor OF
the COMMITTEES personally responsible =
The Editor Of the Blade must have been
born insensible to fear"
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H The Methodist Church North has .

81. The Methodist Church North has mp.
propriated to missionary purposes for the
yenr 1857, sums amounting to $4,000
OF this amount, 8l66,00o are devoted to
Home, and S73,l67 to foreign Missions -
Africa is their chief field. receiving S27,757;
China and Germany receive each $4,000;
India, $500; France and Turkey, $4,000
each; South America, $500; Central Amer.
ica, $4,000; Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
$4,000. The domestic fund is divided: to
the population speaking English, $4,000; to
the Germans, $4,000; to tho Indians, So.
$50; to the Scandinuvians, 8lO,5o0; to the
Welsh. s3,o5o; to the French, Sl,l00.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-02

I- Attention IL iavited 10 the Profess
sional Card of DR.. WIN. w. Alexander. who
has recently located at this place. His Office
isin the building next 70 the State Bank.
Wewould also direct attention 70 the Card
Of w. J. Hicks, Esq. MadisonyiiIs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-02

CALDWELL CoLLEes, RooERsvrLLE.--rhs
advertisement fos this Institution will be
found In QUE soIunns today. Its represent
- 70 BE- under the charge Of sonpstsnt and
aesoupl,shsd teachers. and w know Rogers.
VILE y among the most plsassutly situated
towss. ssA blessed with - good society ~
asy ~ The 6tats.
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~ The di.criminatinu reod., will ,,,..
,;,h -. ,h,, ,h.,.;. 10. 80 S. e'
WIN 10 '""' '..e'e'' .o'' o. good sense az
well as spirit OF philosophy in the follow
ing, which we clip from Porter's Spirit of the
Times, of the goth:
Don't bo ,oo ambition, ,.,
r.c.lIv IN ,hs r'n,n;mo.H H.. a'm 70 rise yes:
not r,1;dly. r.a NTH " u So ,o ';ns. u
whsn anno1. AZ II s.h, I !' Isn leHcePI
shnnna ~ 80. 49, "s s;";. ""u sse everybody
con,r.,.,nn. ON H. ' . .Sg tSsAcCps from
isnn,I haod m nna sss, H.. 'tso At Iun
hand. om, of ~ v"m s &C., $1,000 uow' ihesP your
st.aJ;,v sr,a,v t.n.;j S".N u:o Slowly,
sSoo.ts' f,om .S;r S'u .h.. .ye,y.n'ng IKE q
hoots q, .,;nL.S ,;.a ;,'o oSs, .ne agency OF
ionn =. vo" "an ~. s"o'' Sou' SUI an
.;';SS;i;,;.. sy w., I'M man wn1 leels MS
whom von a,s ~" Ss,S \. sVo.nea aown; ana
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-02
LIFE IN WASHINGTON.

A writer to the Charleston Courier, gives a
glimpse at life in Washington, from which
we take short extract:
Mr.. Wilson, the Canning of the Republican
party, spoke two hours this morning, and
defended with grent zeal the liberal and en-
lightened principles Of his candidate, whom
he evidently regards ns the Napoleon Of free.
dom-she egg that 10 10 bind together the
jarring ingredients Of the American pudding.
The speech Of this gentleman was grotesque
compound, including here q panegyric on Mr..
Fremont, and there a fling at Mr.. Buchanan;
here a thrent Of what they would do 10 1860,
and there ferocious attack upon South
Carolina; here a glimpse at Instructions In
the South, as II taken by an eye witness, and
there an allusion to bleeding Kansas; here q
pensive retrospect TO the days of Washington,
and thore dig at the heart of Mr.. Brooks;
here lay OF prophecy and there bit Of
warning.
During the delivery of this medley we
were struck with the attitude and employ ment
Of the different Senators; some sat listening in
silent and contemptous wonder, ~ they
would to the ranting Of provincial Sir Giles
Overreach-others might be seen shifting
LOOKING nt their wStcbs. ~ ,sodins hr
snatchss The havana per,. .ome ,sttlsd tbsmy
selves in their nrm ch,irs with Letter. from
home and opp.ared 10 taks M .ort Of ;r,arcs,
in nnv Outward event Si,t;ns m An. .tsn
near The Spenker's chair ws. . swsst focsd
little PAGE busilv engaged in oamhI;no with
himself. by tossing nm : nennS with b;m.sis
Anothe, omen ovea IIttIs feIIow with n ."f,
shadow of rever;s in hi. mia f,ca al w..
tientIy looking at the SPEAKER arriving aspar.
entlv In comnSehsnd tbs snh.,.nn. "pHh ",
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FL Walker writes to New York: ~Tbat
he is not only safe, and sound, but going to
carry all before him, and not yet gone The
Sun advises his friends to send out vessel,
and bring him and his party home, and so
snve their lives--as il is evident, they cannot
long resist the whole Central American con.
lition. Another journal, however, looks I'D.
on Nicaragua rs useful. to be the Botany
Bay Of American loafers and yapabond.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-02

VERMONT KANSAS AID BILL-We publish
below the "relef act" of the Legislature of
the State of Vermont. 1t is not unlikely that
there are suffering poor" families In Vermont
who are in need of assistance in Stood and
clothing" and who will express much wonder
that charity did not "besin at homo" in that
State:
No. 59.-AN ACT for the relief of the poor
in Kansas.
his hereby enacted by the General Assem-
bly, fine State Of Vermont, as Jollops:
SEC. l.. The sum of twenty thousand dol
lars is hereby appropriated and placed at the
disposal Of the Governor Of this State, to be
by him used (if necessary for the purpose.
hereinafter stated.
SEC. 2. The Governor, II In his judgment
the suffering poor need assistance, Is hereby
authorized TO draw on tie treasurer, from
time to time, for such sum or sums, not OK
ceeding twenty thousand dollars, for the pur.
pose Of furnishing food and clothing to such
of the Inhabitants of Kansas AZ may be In q
suffering condition for the want thereof
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from IL
passage.
Annrovsd Nov IA laKH
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ATHENS. FRIDAY, Jan. ., 1851.

~ The communication in relation to the
death Of MAnriH HAnEr shall appear next
week.
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THE BUCHANAN CABINET.

We have no right, other thnn those Of
American ciiizens,--to make up a Cabinet
for tho President Elect-and we care very
little a. 10 the persons whom he puts in,-
provided he crsatcs a unity--that 10, makes q
Government Mr.. Pievs's Cabinet policy
had no unity-urder him we have had no
govsrnment--and hence in Kansas--as in
the Greytown bombardment, and Walker
Nicaragua Fillibusterism--we have had all
sorts Of contradictory policies. President
Pierce tried to make work together such gen.
slemen as Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War,
and Mr. McClsllnnd, Secretary of the Inss.
rior, materially impossible for unity of nc.
ton. ...
Now, II Mr.. Buchanan will give US from
"lhs Democracy" a government Of Nullifiers.
or a government Of Free Soilers--ws can
get on--because there will be q. policy-s
unity--a certainty II he mixes the two.
the country will suffer BY distractions, a. Il has
been sadly suffsrisg under Presiden, Pierce.
u may be said, In reply, "there have been no
dissepsions in President Pierce's Cabinetr-
and u Is true, none have been mnds public
but the Kansas policy alone indicates twenty
fights inside Of his Cabinet. II. ha, chang.
ed ard exchanged his officers, and changed
and exchanged his policy there-brinRine tho
country, at one tiins, into hot civil. war
whereas my derided policy Of aunt Gov.
eminent would dong ago have settled oil dif.
ficuliies. Il behooves Mr.. Buchanan to make
no such mistakes-but to surround himself
with men of one mind-one species of pol..
ical training-wth one feeling. To please
avery body in his party is impossible. He
must create Cabinet 10 whip such as he
cannot please, and to max up for TINT inevi.
table loss by certain gains from the opposi.
ton, misses Of which arc well disposed TO
stand BY him IL they cnn.-M. Y. Erpress.
|. Walker writes to New York: ~That
he is not only safe, and sound, but going to
n FYW all h>fa
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sPARTANBURG S. @, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 49, 1851

Oh dpptes, The late ones arc by Ear Abe most
valuable. These only mako good cider;
these only can be kept for winter and early
spring use. For this latter purpose, look
out for those Of moderate size, thick skin.
firm texture, and pleasant flavor.
AS regards localities, modes Of planting.
training and protecting trees, the following
suggestions may not lie out OF place: Low
and sooby grounds are sphoiiy unfit for or
chdrds BY far the best lands are those
somewhat elevated, gently rolling-oflight
porous surface, with a good clay foundation
mt the depth Of eight or ten inches. The
holes for planting trees should be from n
foot to fifteen inches in depth and two fee,
or more in diameter. They should then he
fliei half full Of light compost, of stable
manure. decayed leaves, stale asEes, surface
earth, DC. Upon this'set the roots Of the
adding two or three INCHES more of
The compost. Then pour on several gal
Ions of water, which will cause the compost
to settle closely around the roots. The next
day, bill up tho remainder of tue hole with
surface earth or rich mould. The whole
top of the tree should be cut off Mt the
height OF i've or six feet. The advantages
W "'.' arc t"oioiu, Isl, the tree - TAR more
certain TO live than if it had n tall or heavy
top TO support; Cd. 1t is thus caused to
throw out top al once low down and Of
an umbrella shape, for the carly protection
ot the body o! the tree from the injurious
effects OF the sun. 1t is good plan also
to support or brace up tho tree with three
small forks-kept 10y tho intervention Of
straw from chaiing the tree-un;il it is
irmIy rooted in the ground by the fist
oil May, or as soon rs the sun becomes hot,
three or four corn stalks or Il thin covering
OF straw should be bound around the stem
OF tho tree 10 protect it from the suns rays.
Al The same time u mulcling Of straw or
leaves should be thrown around the roots
TO the extent Of three feet each way, and
to The depth Of three or four inches. This
VIII keep the ground cool and moist; and
rs 1T decays, will afford additional nourish
ment for The growing tree. With thirty
young trees to begin his planting, any man
may IN tins manner speedily rear most
valuable orchard-oue that NAV endure for
many years, and repay him thousand fold
for all his labor.
All which Is respectfully submitted.
w. BAIRD, Chairman.
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TO BE coNrINUED.l

FEAST At AN ENGLIsH FUNERAL IN Or.
Den IIME.-lt is related that, a, the funeral
feast upon the death of Sir John Pastor.
which was celebrated at B,omholm Priory.
IN Norfolk county, in ll66. one man va,
Kept engaged for three continuous days in
no other occupation than that of faying
beasts. and provision was made OF fourteen
barrels OF beer, twenty seven barrels Of ale,
and fifteen gallons OF wine. An these.
however, proved inadequate to the demand;
Tor 1t Is stated that twenty bu,hel, OF malt
at one time, aud forty at another, were
brewed up expressly for the OCCASION. Meat
TOO, was IN proportion 10 the liuuor; the
country round about must have been swept
OF geese, chickens, caponS, and such small
gear, all which, with 1900 eggs, twenty
gallons of milk and eigh. OF cream, and the
forty-one pigs, forty-nine calves, and ten
"nete' slain and devoured, give fearful
picture OF the scene OF fes,iviIy the abbey
walls at that time behcd. No less than
40 was changed from gold into small
com, that it might be showered amongst
the attendant throng, and eli in copper
had been used for the same object in Lon
don before the procession began TO move.
a barber was occupied five DAYS in getting
The monks in trim for the ceremony, and
the "reke Of the torches AT the dirge" was
so great that the glazier had TO remoy Q two
panes to permit tie fumes 10 escape.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-11-19

PREVENTION OF INJURY FROM THE TuR-
NIP FLY.-Mr. I. l.. Thurlow, of Guilford.
England, reports that in the beginning of
July. of last year, he drilled a nine acre
held with half ruta bagas and half turnips.
The iy took the whole Of the lurnips. not
twelve remaining in the entire field, but left
the ruta bagas. lie tested the lurpip seed
IN pots and found it good Thinking !,
necessary 40 DO something" he set off three
equal plats in the field, aud haviap had a
little hand dusting machine made to take
two drills at time, he, while the dew was
On The ground, had No. plat dustod with
SCOT; No. with SCOT and lime, in equal
quantities; No. 8 with lime The total
quantity in each case used for dusting was
about 3 l 2 bushels per acre. The result
OF the experiment was, that the fly left No.
plat undamaged, but injured No. 2, and
still further injured No. 3, taking about
half the crop from H.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-11-19

WHAT THE PARSONS ARE Ar.-John Van
Buren, in his speech at Tammany Hall, nc.
counted for the falling off in the New Eng.
land parson force as follows:
LIE wished to say one word to them in
regard to the position assumed BY Mr.. Blu.
chanan IN his recent letter to the FORTY par
sons. They 'ecollected that last year there
was an address to Congress by some three
thousand parsons, and he was sure thew
would agree with him that it was a subject
Of congratuation that that number was now
reduced to forty. We had come down in
the Kansas excitement from three thousand
TO forty. The Rev. Mr.. Kalloch and two
thousand nine hundred and fifty.nine other
parsons seemed to have taken to other busi-
hess than having charge Of Kansas. Forty
men, in their address 10 President Buchan-
an, took him to task for the course he had
seen tit to pursue in regard to Kansas at
fairs, and he replied to them in letter
which, though brief, was as conclusive and
unanswerable in his (Mr. Van Buren's)
Judgment, as any production that had fall.
en- from any statesman during the present
century.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-11-19
NO. 80.

TUE LATEST MARvEL.-Refrrino Z, IN.
statement Of the Rochester IN. W Demo.
cra!' OF flower. resembling a China Aster.
which grew from the body of a sick youth
in Ithaca, the Philadelphia Bulletin depie.
that the case is without a precedent. and
a.Pros'tely cites nearly parallel case among
the curious medical experiences Of the csle.
brated Baron Munchausen. While ON :.
hunting excursion, the Baron met with :
splendid buck, and not wishing to lose e
shot, though unprovided with any ammuni.
tlon except powder, loaded his gun with
cherry stones. The deer escaped, but was
subsequently recaptured, when examination
revealed the fact that the cherry stones had
grown up through the animals back into a
line tree, laden with blossoms which subse.
quentiy matured into Fruit So il .eems
that the case In question hath not novelty
for merit"
The Bulletin also gives another jn..anc.
from an old English ballad, in which a
young gentleman and lady who had been
unfortunate in their ante marital relation.
having died, and burial taken place. pre.
c'sely the same phenomenon was exhibited
as that described by the Democrat:
Lori Love' was buried in The church tower.
Lady Nancy was buried in the choir
Ana out of his bosom there grew n ro,-.,ree
And out Of Lady Nancy's bsiar.