The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12
HARD MONEY.

One OF our citizens who has good deal
Of custom over in 14sknnsas. on reading the
Appeals glowing articles upon the blessings
of metallic currency, bethought him of
way to escape the heavy rate Of exchange
entailed by the shank rag" system of Tenn
essee. Our neighbors had taught him to
believe that where there had been an "ertir-
patton of our whole system Of banking" hard
tmes, and fluctuations, and revulsions, could |
not dare to show their faces. And SO having |
extended credit there, hc set his face to-
wards Arkansas, rs towards another very
Canaan of deliverarce. Arrived at his first
point Of destination, his debtor counted him
out eight hundred dolars in silper. Shovel
ing it into his saddle-bugs, he proceeded j6y-sI
fully on TO the next one. The weight, adda !
to his own ponderous, corporosiy, was
somewhat oppressive-s5's,ls n hesse, seeing
that just previously the Arkansas roads had
become somewhat soft and tenacious from
the rains; but he consolnd himself with the
fanaciful idea-imbibed by infection from
our friends Of the Appeal-that, being in the
promised land of a constitutional currency"
the next payment would be in gold.
Hitching his jaded horse at the gate Of his
next debtor, he walked in, and with the kind
ly suavity of his nature, delicatey but dis
tincty made known that the pressure of the
times created by the bankocracy on the
| al, ID of
datlon Of that "su,all balance" in an especial
manner agreeable. The debtor was too hap
py to afford relief, both TO his merchant and
to himself-to the first in putting him in
funds, and to the last is getting rid of the
debt, and the load of con-and forthwith
counted out fifteen hundred dollars, all sol.
i'd Siluer!
Our collecting friend was "bothered."--
The weight, added to what his poor horse
was already struggling under through the
swamps, rendered it next TO certain that his
chance of sticking in the mud would bo first
rate. Besides, kind of an al-overishness
sensation began to arise with the idea that
to travel on horse back with that much hard
cash concealed was next to impossible, and
that, by bare possibility the clink of his sad
die. bags might engender queery confused
notions Of meum and tunm in those who
should happen to hear it. What was to b,
+ done? "Could'nt it be exchanged for gold?"
Not wasn't IN the neighborho ood.--
"Could'nt Bank notes be bought with it.
Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, Carolina
anything, iu short, that would pass for mon
q ey?" No-they didn't have Banks in Arkan
n sas-they had been "extirpated."
q 10 cut long story short, our friend re
i turned home without the additional $l,5O(
t., rather than lug it along with him in silve
n coin. 1t is colected-it is all "good"-bu
G is in Arkansas, yet, insted of Memphis
e The occurrence is one of the beauties in tn
l. practical operation Of purely 'metalc GU
y rency."-Memphis Bulletin.
is HIrrIsG THE NAIL ON THE HeAD.-Rere
y ing to the everlasting 'nigger' question
}; Congress, the Tuscumbia North Alabama
t. hits the nail on the head in the followin
,r laconic and common sense manner:
y But, seriously, it is full time that Souther
Ie men were looking about them, and comm
|. to some determination as TO the best meth,
of putting n stop to this everlasting, new
. ending niger agitation in Congress. 1t 4
le ways requires two parties to quarrel, and
IN Southern members would ignor the su
se ject entirely in that body, as matter wi
which Congress has no concern, it would
very difficult for the other side to keep
e. the agitation. But so long as the subje
y, Of slavery is legitimate matter of debate
D. Congress, there will be plenty of demagogu
g. South as well as North, in that body, alwa
eI ready to mount the hobby, and ride, with
or whip and spur, without regard to cons
~ quences.
,e To this the New Orleans Bulletin say
s. "Let the Southern people hereafter sci
: such men to Congress as will devote tn,
Id time to matters of practical interest, and
the denagogues stay at home. 1t is time
ii this buffoonery, trickery, bumcombe, ra
DR. and fustian were put n stop to. The pub
Ia stomache has become nauseated with it,"
A RICH LETTER.-A resident of Syracu.
o, New York, whose wife had left him, al
"a, gone West for the purpose of obtaining
~ divorce, was desirous of ascertainng VIII
II the divorce was obtained, and wrote to Sc
Of eral county clerks to inquire whether the
st vorce was granted in .heir counties. II
70 70 following is copyTof one cf the replies;
a' "lMuncie, Indiana, Jan. l8, '58.
:. Dear Sir: There has not been an apple
IL tion for divorce in the name OF - 10 o
- court, but think we have divorced one hi
>, of the citizens Of your State, and if we ha
= good luck, we will, guess, finish your Sta
:" and Massachusetts in a few more years.
~. "A MOTHER MURDERED BY HER Son.
n, John Mccullough has been arrested at Ph
-. adelpha for the murder OF his own moth
hr short time ago. The mother while into!
Gated, got into quarrel with her son. S
called him robber, and ordered him out
re- the house. He replied that if he was a ro
he ber, she made him 30. 1t is said that $
o. then spit in his face, aud he jumped up a
he beat hor about the head, blackening both i
I'D eyes. She fell, and was carried to b.
oil where she soon died. 1t+ 3.
'ct SORGHUM MoLAssEsFoR INK ROLLERS.
he II is stated, on the authority of crack PREF
On man, that rollers made from Chinese sug
no cane molasses are far superior to those ma
'et with any other kind. The Sorghum syr