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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

VALUABLE DIscovERY.-The New Orleans
papers notice the discovery Of rich coal beds
on the Ouachita river, at point accessible at
all times by boats, and of sufficient extent to
supply the market with twenty millions OF
tons year.
1t is called by those who made the dis
covery southern camel coal, but il is not
properly q coal.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

tY A gentleman down East lately took
the following meteorological journal of his
wife's temper;
"Monday, cloudy; in the afternoon rniny.-
Tuesday, vaporish frightened up little to-
wards evening Wednesday, changeable,
gloomy, inclined to rain. Thursday, high
winds, and some peals of thunder. Friday,
fair in the morning; variable till afternoon,
cloudy all night. Saturday, gentle breeze,
hazy, ath'ck fcg, and few flashes of light
ming. Sunday, tempestuons and rainy; to-
wards evening somewhat calmer."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

.5g A man had sign up, "cheap ladies"
shoes for sale here. lie found that not u
lady entered his store. No wonder-the la
dies don't like TO be called cheap-they want
to be called dear.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

.Ss- On the 22d instant, the first nail
was driven by the President of the Alabama
and Florida railroad, and the first cnr was
put upon the track. The Montgomery Ad-
vertiser was assured that thirty.fps miles
would be completed, and in running order,
by the first Of November nert, aud by July
1859, the connection would be made with
Pensacola.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

ANOTHER RgMEDY.-Lieut. Maury, con-
tinuing in the Raral New Yorker, his remarks
on the planting of sun-howers us preventive
of chlls and fevers IN marshy districts, sug-
rests that water lilies planted in marshes
would have similar beneficial effect.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

How TO SELECT WFE.-When q young
woman, while in the act of sweeping, ap-
proaches you with kind words and gracious
looks, and politely requests you to move, for
she wants to sweep where you are sitting,
depend upon it, she is the girl you want, 80
far, certainly, RS temper is concerned; for
never is woman 80 petulaDt, so domineer-
ing, as when she has broom in her hand,
except il is when she has mop.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

NEGRO STEALING ON A LARGE SCALE
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican of April
81, with good many exultant remarks,
publishes the following:
Twenty-Five slaves, we are informed,
recently escaped from Southern city, bar
relied up. They passed safely out to sea,
when the barrels were unheaded, and they
came safely to New York, where they took
different directions for the land where Drrd
Scott decisions cannot reach them. Six of
them, a mother and five children, came this
way. Ia Thompsonville, upwards Of $50
were raised for them, and in this city they
obtained funds to carry them as far as Sus-
pension Bridge. They were IL hard looking
set, and appeared as If they had been bar
relied up through the winter.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

A CIsCINSATI HoRsE SroRY.-The Gin.
cinnati Enquirer says that horse Runaway
with dray in that city on Saturday week
and on reaching the corner of Main and Co.
lumbia, and meeting horse and dray, cross
ing to Columbia street, he sprang ouer the
team, carrying with him his drirer and dray
in his fearful leap. This extraordinary feat
WAS witnessed by a large number of people
with unbounded establishment The effort
required for this one dreadful leap hnd the
effect to cheek the speed Of the terrified Bu.
cephalus, so that he was shortly afterwards
captured by some Jenus, who happened to
be in the vicinity.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

OF Al church in Southwark, there was
a christening. After the ceremony, and whilst
the minister was making out the certificate,
he happened to say, "Let mo see, this il the
3O,h 4" "Thiriieth" exclaimed the indignant
mother, "indeed, it is only the thirteenth |"
The minister was alludng to the day of the
month.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

CApTuRED.-We learn from the Sparta
Times that Jackson Baker, who escaped from
the Sparta Jail last week, was pursued by Mr.
Charles Lowery and friends and caught near
Whites Creek, Rhea County, this week and
remanded back to our Jail on Thursday
He is one of the brothers concerned in the
murder of Mr.. V. c. Lowery.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

Hy~ The Austrian General who had the
command Of the troops in Bologna is dead.
The immediate cause Of his death was hun
dred oysters, Of the largest size, which he aie
al sittinR.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

AN ITEM FOR THE OwSERs OF HoRsEs.-
A gentleman writing to the American Agri-
culturist, states that he thoroughly cured
fine young mare, afflicted with the heaves, by
feeding her on corhstalks, and r4lat the dis
ease never returned. The writer quotes
Judge BueI's opinion as to cornstnlks being n
remedy, that distinguished agriculturalist
having had horse afflicted with that disor-
der, which disappeared after being so fed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

DOUBLE WHIsTLER.-A Marysville paper
snyv there is a hemp merchant in Sutton
street, in that place, who possesses "the sin
guar and beautiful" faculty of Dhistiing two
parts Of tune at once. His windpps must
be decided curiosity!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

Cold CoMFoRT.-A passenger on board a
ship bound for California, who had been sea
sick all the way out TO the line, one day went
to the doctor in sad, supp!icating tone, and
accosted him with:
'.Doctor, can you tell me what shall be
good for when get to San Francisco, if |
keep on in this way 7"
"TcII you! to be sure can. You're Just
the man TO begin graveyard with"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

6vA fire occurred at Apa!achicola on the
93rd of April, which destroyed the Advertiser
office, Post-ofiice, and $500 bales Of cotton.
The loss is estimated at s2OO, 900. Insurance
Sl66,OOO.
A storm in southern Mississippi, on the
29ih ult, did great damage. The weather has
been bad throughout the South.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

A Coop LAw.-The Legislature of Ohio
have passed law prohibiting the killing of
game between March aud September, and
have besides forbid, under severe peuaiy,
the killing of singing bird. at any season Of
the year
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

SELLING A MAN AT AUcTloS IN ILLINOIS,
The Sheriff of ST. Clair county advertises n
negro man for sale at public auction, he being
guilty of the "hgh misdemeanor" of having
come into the State of Illinois and remaining
there for ten days, for which offence he was
fined $50, as provided by the Back Law of
1853, and in default of paying which fine, the
Sheriff of the county in which he wns found
is directed to sell him TO any body willing to
pay the $50.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

W After many years of neglect, Con-
gress has at last made a complimentary ap-
preparation of $4,000 to the heirs Of the
three youthful patriots who captured. Major
Andre during the revolutionary war, and
saved the cause of American independence
from being sacrificed by the treachery of the
traitor Arnold.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

A dangerous counterfeit has made ts ap-
pearance-fves on the Bank of Louisyile;;"
vignette, portrait Of MilIard Fillmore. Fe-
male on each end. The die work looks well,
but the faces are badly executed. A magni-
Tying glass will show that the lady on the
left has no nose.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

SUPERsrlTIos.-The people along Bnrber's
Fun, in Jefferson Co, Ohio, nre greatly excl
ted The sound Of a man sharpening saw
has been heard at n point on the run, night
after night. When the people approach TO
investigate the matter, the sounds cease. but
commence again on their retiring. Many
years ago saw-mill owner was murdered
near the spot, and the citizens OF the place
affirm that his disembodied spirit has returned
10 earth on some especial errand.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

So IT Is.-If we die to day the sun will
shine as brightly aud the birds will sing as
sweetly to morrow. Business will not BE-
suspended moment, and the great mass will
bestow thought upon our memories. is
he deads will be their solemn inquiry us
they pass 10 their work. But no one will
miss us except our immediate connections,
and in short time they will forget US and
laugh as when we sat beside them. Thus
shall We all, now active in life, pass away
Our children will be gone. In few years
not living being can say, Il remember him.
We lived in another age, and did business
with those who slumber in the tomb. Thus
is life. How rapidly il passes away.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

R- The President and Directors of the
Charleston and Savannah Railroad Company
have applied to the City Council of Charles
ton for transfer S25O,OOO, now held by the
city, 10 the Charleston and Memphis Railroad,
to the Charleston and Savannah Railroad.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

THE RIGHTs OF WoMAN-The following
may be adduced ms just few of the priv
LEGGED rights of woman, to viii: A genlIe-
mans right arm, the rghthand side Of
carriage and always the right side of an ar
Uumpnl
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

TALENT AND GEStUs.-IIe who in the
same given time can produce more than an
other, has vigor; he who can produce more
and better, has talents; he who can produce
what no one else can, has genius.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

H The other day Jew was quizzing an
Irshman, and kept at him until he was some
what aggravated, when, turning round, he
tartly remarked:
ayes, dom yer sowl, II Il hadn't been for
the likes of yees, the Saviour would bin
live now, aud doin' WE'LL"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

NRw ORLEANS, May 6,-The British frig-
ATE Tartar has arrived at the mouth of the
river with 100 of l.ockridpes men In des-
tltu'cc condition. The measles were bad on
board
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

TnR LAST CATcH.-An exchange says;
"a company Of eolored singers, slaves, are
about to sing FOR their freedom through the
Northern States--starting of course from
Massachusetts
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

BosToN, Nav 5th.-Failed-W Whitney Fer.
ris, (causrd by the dcihlcaiion Of the conf
dental clerk) TO the amount Of S50,0O0;
Shaw, Sampson a. Brambell, Chapman,
Lard g. Hale, Bugbee, Hidden g. CO., and
prinre
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

cW-, Mrs. Elizabeth Goddizen, who resi-
ded on The North Fork, in Hardy county Va,
died few days since, having reached the
extraordinary ageof one hundred and eigh-
teen years.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

OrAn African Church in Augusta, Ga,
recently subscribed s2ls for the relief Of
their free brethren 10 Liberia
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

ty- That was wise niger, who In spea-
king of the happiness Of married people,
said, "Dat a pend altogedder how dey enjoy
themselves"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

OF Frederick Emerson, the author of the
well-known and valuable Arithmetic, bear
ing his name, died in Boston on the 29th
Anril
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

tsy- Why should potatoes grow better
than any other veRe.nblei Because they have
got ewes to see what they nre doing-fact
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

w Religion is an insurance against fire
In the next world, for which honesty 10 the
best policy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

r A wise man ought to hope for the
best, be prepared for the worst. and bear
with equanimity whatever may happen.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

A PUNGEN PARTY SquIB.-The Peters
burg (Va) Inteligenceris responsible for
the following:
The Resolutions of '9s 9.-These moss
grown and cobwebtd fossils, the resolutions
Of '9S and '99 received a hard blow in the
Legis ature OF New Y'rk, in their formal
adoption by the Republicans, as part of set
of notification revol,'rs against the bred
Scott decision. The petext from the pro.
ceedings was that the decision of the Su.
preme Court is a led.rald invasion of the
rights of the States and so these nffronted
patriotic patriots betake themselves to the
time honored refuge of Virginia Democracy
in as Indignantly virtuous and sanctimonious
u manner as we have ofen seen the domi-
nant party in this State 40. The den OF the
prairie dog is said to contain usually, in nd
dition to himself, rattesnake and an owl.
Animals no less akin 60 to cover under the
Resolutions of '9S and 80. This is not per-
haps the fault of the Resolutions themselves,
but it shows how uumitispted huu'bug it
has been in the Democracy to assume virtue
and credit to themselves for periodically re-
affirming them--for the most part, too, in ut
Ter ignorance of what thy really are.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

HALrFAy, May 6.-rhe steamer Europa
has arrived with Liverpool dates of the 25th
ultima.
Cotton had slightly declined, holders press
ing sales. Lower grades had declined most.
Sales of the week $4,000 bales, including
1900 to specuators and 1000 to exporters
Breadstuffs were steady. Consols 93t.
Lord Elgn had sailed for Cuba.
The Prussan and Swiss ENJOYS had ac-
cepted the propositions in regard to the
Neufchatel difficulty.
New ORLEANS, May 3-Mexican dates of
the 18th, state that the Archbishop and many
priests had been arrested and charged with
being concerned in the recent nsurrection.-
The Archbishop would be banished.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

NATURALIZATION LAWS OF THE UNITED
STArEs.-'rhe following is q brief and intel
ligibIe summary of our laws in regard 10
naturalization;
By the law of Congress of 1928, now in
force, every person who has arrived 10 the
United States since 1928, must have been
FIVE years resident in the country, and the
last year, u resident OF the State, before he
or she can obtain papers of naturalization
A person immediately on landing from
abroad, can declare his or her intention
forthwith, TO brcOme a citizen, and in five
years, if they have been resident since, and
OF good moral character, Can obtain their nat
uralzatlon, provided they are twenty one
years of age. II they should have been res
idents three years or more at the time Of de-
c caring their intentions in two years there
rom they can obtain their last papers. This
rule applies To every person, whether parent
or child, coming from abroad, unless the
children of American citizens residing abroad,
who may have been born abroad-the cit
iZenship of the parent, in the latter case, con-
frrring the right upon the child. The citi-
zenship OF the husband confers citizenship
on the wife, although an alien at the time of
her marriage.
The following is a copy of the act passed
in 1855, regulate g the Two last points:
An Act to secure the right of citizenship
to children of citizen of the United States,
born out Of the limits thereof.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives OF the United States of
America in Congress assembled, that per-
sons heretofore born out OF the limits and
jurisdiction of the United States, whose faith.
ers were or shall be at the time of their birth
citizens of the United States, shall BE- DEEM
ed and considered, and are hereby declared,
to be citizens of the United States. Provid
ed, however, that the rights of citizenship
shall not descend to persons whose fathers
never resided in the United States.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, that any
woman who might lawfully be naturalzed
under the existing laws married, or who
shall be married to citizen of the United
States, shall be deemed and taken to be n
citizen.
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-03-11
Tombs ofsTordccai ANA e strler.

These tonibs, which are held in highest yone-
ration by the Jews of Persia, arc situated ia the
centre OF Hamadan, the former capital Of Persia.
They are carefully keptin the highest state Of re-
pair. The following is translation Of the inscrp-
ton on the dome over these tombs; s'On Thurs
day, 18th Of the month Of Adar, In Tie year Of
the creation. Of the world 4f74, the building Of
temple over the tombs Of Moniecai and Esther
was finished by two benevolent brothers, Elias
and Samuel sons ofthe late Islimael Of kachan."
Ferrier, in his Caravan Journeys and Wander-
ings "says: II Is now nearly sleSen centuries and
and half since tins monument was constructed.
The tombs are made Of rather hard black Wood.
which suffered but little from the effects of time.
They are covered with Hebrew Inscriptions. still
very legible, ofwhich John Sir Maic0mb has nv.
en- the following translation: "At that tine
Their, was, in thepalaco Of Snsa, certain Jew. of
the name OF MoFdecai; hc was the son Of JAR 1t
Shimei, who was the son Of kish, Beniafhifs.
for Mordecai the jew was the second " that
name under the king Ahasner,ls, man much
distinguished among the Jews, end enjoyed
great consideration among bis own people, aiix4
lcds for their welfare, aud seeking 70 rF1noss a.
peace ofall Asia; S
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-03-11
SFyBa

Molasses is now selling at sixty cts per gallon
in New Orleans 1t is likely to reach still
higher figure soon. Let every man who has
got foot Of ground plant the seed of the Chin
ese cane. 1t can be made the most profitable
crop that is raised Some gentlemen who have
tried it say that from two to four hundred dol
lars worth can be produced from an acre Of
ground. 1t will grow in our northern States
probably as well as at the South. 1t has sue.
cecded well in Vermont. 1t natures much ear
lier than the Southern cane and will be ready
for harvesting before the frosts come.
Let our farmers try it by all means. The
seeds can be obtained. One editor in the State
oflndiaha says that the farmers in that State
are taking hold oft in good earnest, and that in
a year or two the people of the State will be
entirely independent Of all supplies from abroad
or from Louisiana 1t could be raised in suffic-
entquantity to supply the entire demand. And
it would be very profitable production. Twen-
ty dollars worth of wheat is about as much as
an acre willprodtce on an average. But it is
said that two hundred dollars worth Of sugar
can be produced on an acre at present prces-
We hope it will be tried on nearly every farm.
Sugar is an article of universal use, and such
high prices are becoming burlensome. We
think tho Chinese cane is being introduced just
in time to supply great public want
If this cane can be produced proftably in the
Northern States, the repeal Of the duty on sugar
will be stopped.
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-03-11
The Negroes i'm Africa,

We are permitted (says the Boston Post) to
make the subjoined extract from letter written
by an officer of the United States Navy to a
friend in this city The writer is son ola late
distinguished Senator from one of the New Eng
land States The letter is written from on
board the United States ship, St. Louis, and
dated October Is, 1856, at Little Fish Bay,
west coast of Africa:
"There is very little variety on this coast.
| 'Niggers! slaves! 'niggersn is the cry. This
town is, like most other places on the coast,
made up of a few people, called white, and a
crowd, mass ofmserable, filthy, worthless, in
dolent (niggers) natives. If Chas. Sumner,
Jack Hale, or any other sensible man, who wish
es or is willing to be permanently cured of his
mock philanthropy and sickly sentimcntality in
regard to the universal negro race, he has only
to take six months cruise upon the coast of
Africa. If that will not cure him, and convince
him that his sympathy for the three and half
millions OF the happiest negroes upon the face
Of the earth is misplaced, then | have oily to
say he is past hope and past cure.
| Gas live, do not believe there is one negro
in one thousand upon the coast of Africa, who is
as well off, morally, physically, or socially, as
the worst abused slave in the United States. -
Slavery here is slavery indeed, and Of the p,ost
horrible kind. Cruelty practiced here by buck
slave owners is heart rehding to witness Some
IchidCs (black) own thousands--they SELL torture
or kill them at pleasure. Nincty-nine of every
hundred negroes, slaves or free, even in towns,
would gladly exchange their condition with the
meanest, and most illtreated slaves in the Uni
on 1t is impossible to picture the miserable
condition Of the native African upon his own
soil. Civilization, or even partial culture, with
the mass OF the natives, is an idea 50 perfectly
absurd that it does not admit ST thought
With the combined efforts of million compe-
tent honest, industrious, perseverng philanthro-
pistS; with millions of money yearly expended
to the best possible advantage for a million of
years would not develop one hundred native
Africans who would be Of any use to the world
at large. So much for niggers.' Having seen
our negroes at home in our Southern Sates,and
having seen them here, regard the institution
as it exists there as benign nay, heavenly in
stitution, and our Southern brethren deserve
the thanks of the whole Christian world, for
having ameliorated, in such striking contrast
with their brethren here, three and half mil
lions of negroes.