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

THE MORMON PRIEsTHooD-The Mormon
Priesthood is a consolidated system of po-
lice, compound from the old Aaronic, Levitt.
icnl, Melchesideck priesthoods, and is known
by the name Of "The Church of the Latter
Day Saints of Jesus Christ" Brigham
Young is the Prophet, Priest and King of
the Saints. His will is la.; he is the vicege-
rent of God, deriving authority directly from
Him, which is absolute whenever he says,
"thas saith the Lord" Brigham stands up
on the shoulders of his two councillors; they
stand upon the shoulders of the other ten
apostles; they stand upon the shoulders of
the high priests; they stand upon the should.
ers of the bishops; they stand upon the
shoulders of the captains Of fftes and sew
enties; they stand upon the shoulders of the
lay-members of the church; they stand upon
the shoulders Of the labouring masses who
till the soil, which supports the people,.
From his towering hight Brigham issues
forth his edicts to the people, and with the
scorpion lash of his serpent tongue he lashes
every one beneath him into silence. "No
one was ever known TO dissent from his
will" The entire fraternity is bound togeth.
er by oa,hs the most solemn to support the
churches, and man, woman and child is con-
side'ed apolice officer, always on duty, aud re.
quired to report to the head whenever any
thing Of sufficient interest occurs to justify it
The OBJECT CT THE CHURcH.--From this
you will not fail to perceive that the church
form is but closely compact syetem of po-
lice, having head from which il derives all
power, and a body forming nucleus around
which are gathering the ignorant, the super
s.itious, the bigot, the outlaw, and the dsrG-
fected of all countries in the world, under the
wings of the angel of the last dispensaton.
However deluded the great masses of ther
followers may De, the leaders are not delud-
ed, but are knaves from choice, wilfuly
misleading the masses for the purpose of Oh
tanning and welding power, boldly predict
ing the overthrow of the Republic, when
they will resume the reins of Government
, and proclaim Mormonism to the benghted
nations of the world.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

of Mississippi, has given donation of twen-
ty-hve thousand dollars TO the Colonization
Society. blr. Hunt has previously thrown
away money in that direction. Thrown is
away, because the few negroes who are sent
out to Liberia quickly relapse into state Of
barbarsm. Further, nearly all the money
donated to the Colonization Society is used
up in salaries to a set of fellows who live by
the contributions of benevoleniy disposed
people, in printing documents which nobody
reads, und other incidental expenses. The
Colonization Society is one Of the colossal
humbngs of the age."-N y. Herald.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15
~- A worthy family in Montgomel

g A worthy family in Montgomery,
Ala, have been disturbed for some time past
by uneurthly noises during the night watches
which eiuded their search. At length the
head of the house made dligent search for
the ghost, and upon m examination Of his
cellar, unearthed him in the person of runa-
way slave who found repose there from all
his sorrows. He would have been safe from
arrest If hs had not snored louder than was
prudent for concealed ghost.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15
.w- A eorre,oondent of the New York

~ A correspondent of the New York
Journal of Commerce, writing from Beirut,
Syria, speaking ofihs weather in tho East
says
A winter like the past, as others assert,
has not been known in Syria and Palestine
for thirty years. Usually II Is so mild ~
well as short, accompanied with frequent
dsshing showers and occasional storms OF
rain, and then clearing up with an outburss
OF the sun, and cool air, while the process
Of nature still goes on in foliage and flowers,
that II is a period OF delicious existence on
the plains, though there is more or less OF
discomfort in the elevated mountain villages.
The supply Of rain for the whole year COM
ing in the winter, il must necessarily come
copiOusly and steadily to reach the wants OF
the earth, whose harvests are determined by
the amounts of this only manuring which 1t
has received since II was first cultvated.--
Striking to the lowest depth of the soil, the
roots follow after !, with certain intelligent
instinct, elongating their arms and sending
down their threads 10 incredible distances,
| till they reach the food on which the plants
aud trees are to live; or else collected and
preserved in vnst subterrunean reservoirs
abounding in this limestone formation. it
comes gushing forth in fountains which show
little variation even in the hottest months Of
summer. The people, therefore, pray for
rain as they pray for bread, only conditioning
that il may not come in summer, when it
Injuries the silk and some other crops.
| The present winter. however, they have
| been more than satisfied: for "the windows
of heaven" being opened the frs, week in
December, have hardly been closed since
For full six weeks there was an almost unin-
terrupted storm, the torrents pouring down
by day aud by night, or il ceasing for while,
i. seemed only to recuperaie their forces by
little rest, and then come with new power.
The wind, also, was at times fearful, rocking
even the stone houses 80 MS to alarm the
occupants, while the waves rose, and cnrled,
and dashed against the shore with the impet-
US, the audacity, and determination Of the
seired ranks of an army.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

THE MoTHER.-Dcspise not thy mother
when she is old. Age may ware and waste
a mothers beauty, strength, limbs, senses,
and estate, hut her relation as mother is as
the sun when it goes forth in his might, for
i: is always in the meredian, and knoweth no
evening. The person may be gray-headed,
but her motherly relation is ever in its flour
ish. 1t may be autumn, yea, winter, with n
woman, but with the mother, as mother, it is
always spring.
Alas, how little do we appreciate moth
er's tenderness while living. How needless
are we in all her anxie.cs and kindness
But, when she is dead and gone-when the
cares and GOODNESS of the world come wither.
ing tu our heart-when We experience how
hard it is to ind true sympathy-how few
love us for ourselves-how few will befriend
US in misfortune! Then it is we think of
the mother we have lost.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

tH- Bishop hughes organ is down on
Chief Justice Taney, 70, his opinion in the
bred Scott case, and charges that he is not
good catholic, or he would not have run
contrary to the decree of that church, made
some four hundred years ago, that no son Of
Africa shall be held in bondage. This is frank
admission that every true catholic mus; be a
freesoiler yet the South opens its arms to
receive every catholic whom Europe may
discharge upon our shores.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

WARsISG TO PHyscIASs.--A sad aff'ir
took place in Barslrop, La, in March. DIR.
Armstrong had negro man sent to him with
some disease like the dropsy. The negro
had been lingernga long time, and finally
died The Doctor undertook to dissect him
and made his own negro man assist in the
operation. 1t seems that the Doctor had u
scratch on one of his hands, and the negro n
tetter on one of his. They were poisoned by
the effects of the dead negro, aud both died
in few days, and in ten minutes Of each
other
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

tB- In commenting upon the general Or
drrs, removing General Harvey from Florida
the Peninsulur SAYS:
One years nctive operations has enabled
our army to drive the Seminole from his last
hiding place. Their crops have been destroy
ed, and one or two months more active ope
rations, would settle this war for all time.
With General llarney in the field, our
farmers feel measurably secure, and many
have planted crops. We now fear that Billy
will reap our harvest. He is not So ignorant
hut that he will claim this as another victory.
He said, when last in Tampa, that he had
whipped General Taylor and General Scott,
aud will now claim to have whipped General
Harnev.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

VALUABLE DIsoovERy.-The New Orleans
papers notice the discovery OF rich coal beds
on the Ouachila river, ut 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 It is not
properly coal
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15
THE POST.
-
ATHENS, FRIDAY, MAY is, 1857.

The LAW OF EvIpENcE.-The New York
Express says: "A bill has passed both llous-
es of the Legislature and has become law,
which provides that parties to lega! proceed.
ings in Courts of this State, may hereafter
be examined us witnesses in their own be-
half, on giving ten days notice to the oppo-
site side oftheir intention to be SO examen-
ed. This radical change in the common
laws of evidence has long been advocated by
legal reformers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

t.g-A son of u farmer living in Hunt
ington county, Pa, visited Philadelphia re-
Gently TO "try his fortune" There he fell
in with several youths of not exemplary
character, with whose aid he soon reduced
himself to state of "pennilessness." lr or
der TO raise some funds from his father, he
wrote letter to that Parsonage, informing
him that he had drawn prize of S35 900 in a
lottery, but in order TO get it he must first
pay lawyers fees, ETC., to the amount OF
$500. Father sent along the S40O, waited
II few weeks for the 935O 900; found that he
was sold; went to Philadelphia, tearing hi,
hair, to search for his SON bu, it was no 90
The promising youth was nm est.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

are engaged in good work in Algeria, which
will make their conquest II benefit TO that
country. They are sinking artesian wells in
the desert baby for their own convenience;
but the benefits must be general. The well
of Temacin gave 100 quarts the minute;
others more; the Arabs were frantic with JOY
in seeing fertility at once Restored 10 their
grounds. Speeches Of the most grateful
acknowledgment were addressed by the
chiefs Of tribes to the French officers and
engineers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15
TRUE EDUCATION.

"My son shall be educatedi" says the proud
father; "whatever masters can teach, he shall
know"
The father concsives education TO be
certain quantity of ideas impaired to the
child. This quantity ispoured into his mind.
A part of it is absorbed. and retained till
pressure forces It out again.
This filling Of the mind with dates, events,
and theories is not education. Education,
acknowledgement from eithin-demands
motive power within the individual to be de-
veloped; and according us this is trained to
act of itself, or to substitute therefore the re-
suit sf others labor, win be the kind of de-
velopment, and ,.as a consequence, the amount
of available knowledge possessed.
The habit of depending on written words
and oral explanations for the general ideas
and the details of knowledge acquired is eusi-
ly learned; and rs easily may the mind be
lead to use, itself, the cleiisnts orkaowiedge
for its own enlargement and strength. For
this, neither large means nor high schools
are indispensable. The style o: education,
the manner of growth, is determined in the
common school. There the morals and the
manners-the outline of the inward and out
ward of the future individunl-are projected.
Nor is the sense of hearing the principal
medium through which education influences
act on the pupil. His eyes studies gestures
takes lessons and draws inferences from the
expression of every muscle of the face; hes,
are educating influences. The teachers ad
dress and moral bearing, rs well as his men
tai habitudes, are adopted with as much read
mess ms is the style of new garment. Wha
care, then, is necessary in selecting the mode
on which the minds and spirits of our chill
dren are formed! The teacher should b,
just what we wish the children to become.
A well-assorted union of qualities in tn
character ofa teacher of children is more in
dispensible than for any other relation ex
cept that of parents. with purity of sou
must be blended genteness and iirmness, el
evated sentiment and dignity of department
a love of children and of his duties mus
win their love and confidence; to them he
a pattern. Perfect master of all he teache,
he should so teach il that the effort of n,
quiIing shall come from the pupils mind, an
the ideas it awakcns spring spontaneousl
from the unsoundcd depths of the pupil
deepest nature. This is EDUCATION,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

r3s- Fanny Fern thinks it provoking for a
woman who has been working all day mend.
ing her husbands old coat to fud love
letter from another woman in the pocket
of it.
Fanny has said some good things, and a
great many foolish ones. The above is be-
husband as good wife shoud-who, by her
gentleness and good behavior, wins his love,
need ever fear finding love letter from any
other woman, in his pocket. Home IL Ms the
wife makes it. Many husbnnd is driven by
termngant wife to seek for pleasure away
from home-failing there to be soothed by
affection, he must seek for it elsewhere.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

OF At church in Southwark, there was
a christening. After the ceremony, and whilst
the minister was making out the certificate,
he happened to say, "Lel ME see, this is the
3Oth 2" "Thirlieth" exclaimed the indignant
mother, "indeed, it is only the thirteenth y
The minister was aluding to the day Of the
month.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

Our Coin WINrER.-On the 9Th of last
January, when We were suffering from the
intense cold, Bayard Taylor was passing
through Kengis, on his road to Muonivara,
in LnpIsnd, and sixty-eight degrees north
latitude, with the thermometer twenty five
degrees above zero. The next day, howev-
er, it was down to forty-four degrees below
and he rode seventeen hours exposed to such
n temperature.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

AsoTHsR REMEDY.-Lirut Maury, con-
tinuing in the Rural New Yorker, his remarks
on the planting of sun-llowers as Il preventive
of chills and icvers in msrshy districts, sug-
gests that water lilies planted in marshes
would have similar beneficial rffect.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

a GREAT BoSD.-The "LaGrange Report
err" speaking of the suit commenced against
the editor of the Georgia Citizcn," for dun
ming delinquent subscriber rather emphat.
ically, says:
"I'he doctor expects to have rich time
of it, and we hope he will enjoy it well; and
If he wants names attached to his "bond,"
we have n" doubt every editor in the State
will "stand" for him."
Just think of that; all the editors in the
State on one bond! What an array of wealth,
and concentration Of moneycd power there
would be-! How much is the bond!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

GA fire occurred at Apa!achicola on the
23rd of April, which destroyed the Advertiser
office, Post.office, and $500 bales of cotton.
The loss is estimated at 100000. Insurance
Sl66,OOO.
A storm in southern Mississippi, on the
29ih ult., did great damage. The weather has
been Dad throughout the South.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

An ITEM FOR THE OwEERs oF HoHsEs.--
A gentleman writing to the American Agri-
cuturist, states that he thoroughly cured
fine young mare, afflicted with the heuves, by
feeding her Oh cornstalks, and that H., die
eSse never returned. The writer quotes
Judge Buel's opinion MS to corrstdks being a
remedy, that distinguished agriculinfaIist
having had horse afflicted with that uisor-
der, which disappeared after beng 80 fed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

sY- Very poctical, very pretty, and very
philosophical is the following, which we clip
from clever, essay-lke column in the Chi
cago Journal:
"If man die, shall he live again!" And
once year have the daisies answered it, and
springs little infant given its fragrant testi
mony; and every day, has the morning testif
ed, and yet the word is murmuring still, If i
man die, shall he live agaiGP"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

lSs- On the 22d instant, the first nail
was driven by the President of the Alabama
and Florida railroad, and the first car was
put upon the track The Montgomery Ad-
vertisrr was assured that hirty:fre miles
would be completed, and in running order,
by the first Of NorsmJsr nert, and by july,
1859, the connection would bs made with
Pensacola.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

~ The Austrian General who had the
command of the troops in Bologna is dead.
The immediate cause of his death was hun
dred oy ysters, Of the largest size, which he ate
at a sitting.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

DOUBLE WHIsTLER.-A Marysylle paper
says there is q hemp merchant in Sutton
street, in that place, who possesses "the sin.
gulm and beautiful" faculty of ,ohistiing two
parts of tune Mt once. His windpipe 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 II 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 2"
"'reIl 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

sV- After many years of neglect, Con-
gress has at last made complimentary ap-
preparation of $4,000 to the heirs of the
three youthful patriots who captured Mnjor
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

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

A COOP LAw.-1he Legislature Of Ohio
have passed law prohibiting the killing of
game between March and September, and
have besides forbid, under severe penalty,
the killing of singing birds at any season Of
the year.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

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

CApTUREp.-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

sN- The President and Directors of the
Charleston and Savannah Railroad Company
have applied to the City Council of Charles
ton for transfer S25OOOO, now held by the
city, in the Charleston and Memphis Railroad,
to the Charleston and Savannah Railroad.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15
,:Sg- The Chicngo Press nf Nond.Y snls;

~ IHe NHIc"sU '0"9 Ut ''TH'E aA!s'
A dangerous counterfeit has mace lis ap-
pearance--ives on the Bank of Louisville"
vignette, portrait Of Alilard Fillmore. Fe-
male on each end. The die work looks well,
bat 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

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

How TO SsLEcT WIFE.-When young
woman, while in the act of sweeping, APP
pronches 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, so
far, certainly, as temper is concerned; for
never is woman so petulant, so domineer-
ing, ss when she has broom in her hand
except il is when she has Il mop.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

NEGRO STEALING ON A LARGE SCALE
The Springfield (Nlass.) Republican of April
81, with good many exultant remarks,
publishes the following:
Twenty-Five slaves, we are Informed,
recently escaped from Southern city, bar
reled up. They passed safely out to sea,
when the barrels were unheaded, and they
ca,ue safely to New York, where they took
different directions for the land where Drrd
Scott decisions cannot reach them. Six of
them, n mother aud five children, came this
way. Ia ThompsonviIe, upwards of $50
were raised for them, aud in this city they
obtained funds to carry them rs far as Sns-
pension Bridge. They were Il hard looking
set, and appeared as il they had been bar
relied up through the wiater.
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SupERsrlrIos-The peopIe along Barber,,

SUPERsrlrIos-The people along Barber's
Run, in Jefferson Co, Ohio, are greatly excl.
ted. The sound of a man sharpening saw
has been heard at 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 dsembodied spirit has returned
TO earth on some especial errand.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

R-lt is stated that the quantity Of land
open to presumption in Kansas is sufficient to
accommodate $4,000 familles-or half mil
lion of individuals. 1t embraces an area OF
l26,253 square mles-twice us large as Vlr-
ginia, three times as large as Ohio, and four
teen times as large MS Massachusetts. There
is room enough, therefore, for half a million
of independent quarter-sectiOn squntters,
with pre-emption to fine lands, at the min
imum price of dollar and quarter an acre.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

A CIscISsArI HoRsE SToRY.-The Gin.
cinnati Enquirer says that II horse Runaway
with dray in that city on Saturday week
aud on reaching the corner of Main and Co.
lumbia, and meeting horse and dray, cross.
ing to Columbia street, he sprang orer the
team, carrying wiih him his driver and dray
in his fearful leap. This extraordinary feat
WAS witnessed by large number of people
with unbounded establishment The effort
required for this one dreadful leap had the
effect to chesk the speed of the terrified Bu-
cephslus, 50 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

BosToN, MAY 5th.-Failed-W Whitney Fer.
ris, Caused by the defalcation of the conf
Dental clerk) to the amount of S5O,OOO
Shaw, Sampson g. Brambell, Chapman
Lard g. Hale, Bugbee, Hidden g. Co., and
Prince.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-15

THE RIGHTS OF WoMAN-The following
may be adduced rs just Il few of the priv
LEGGED rights of woman, 10 witt A gentle
mans right arm, the right hand side OF L
carriage, and always the right side OF an ar
uumuut