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PRCNES, in glass Jars and baskets OF various
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comprehensive Light Infantry, Capt. Davis, and
the German Yeasers, Capt. Schwarzeman-pro-
pose to visit Richmond on the 2lst of February,
to take part in the Inauguration of the Wa.hiny-
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sucre committee. He opposed and exploded The
idea Of its utility; IL was excellent for cattle food
ana Tor many other purposes, but as a substitnte
Tor the good old fashioned sugar cane. 1t would
not grow. He gave animated description of
the experiments made in Massach usetts with the
new cane.
The Chair here read an amended report OF the
Society, as follows:
The committee appointed to consider the pro.
Priety OF awarding the large silver medal Of the
society 10 Mr. JOS > Lowering, Of Philadel phia,
respectfully report, that having examined the
specimens OF sugar presented BY him. and the
scientific examinations set forth In his pamnbiet
they recommend that the medal be awarded m
MI. Lowering Tor the care with which his expert
scented but your committee do not wish tn he
understood as certifying that the manufactures of
sugar from the plant in the Northern State is as
vet demonstrated TO bemore profitable than other
crops. SIMON BRowN, Chairman.
Mr.. Loring agreed to this report, and IL was SO
ordered and then he moved that the report of
the society's committee on the "Sorgho sucre''
he recommtted.
An animated discussion here ensued on the va
rious qualities Of the new sugar cane, in which
much was said on both sides. Several members
had experimental with il, and each gave his en-
perience In its use. Some said IL was excellent
Tor fodder, but unfit for any other USE In point of
quality or profit while others commended that IL
was very profitable as saccb arine producer, but
not nj for fodder.
Mr. Brooks, Of Mass, wished to know more
about II. The experiments which had been made
were none OF them conclusive. No one had tried
unheerd.
Mr.: Byington, Of Iowa, saw no reason why the
report on Tue Socety's committee should be re-
committed IL was important that that report
shonid 20 aoroad " embodied the info .mation
ELECTED up TO the present time, and he saw no
reason why 1t should not 20 forth and the public
have the benefit Of it, He saw no reason 10 con-
denim Il because DIR. LoTing, Of Massac husetts,
l..A nv I'D In
report embodied the most Information extant
upon the subject. He had planted three-fourths
OF acre Of this cane on his plantation awav
west Of the Mississippi river, and the result was
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

ANCIENT PAPER MoSEY.-A writer in Hunts
Merchant Magazine says, that according to
Chinese historians, one Of the Chinese EN-.
perors issued paper money lls B. C., called
Fey-th-sian, or Flying Money, from the ease
and rapdity with which it circulated. 1t con-
sisted of the paper promises Of the Govern
ment, and went into extensive use, like all
paper currency. 1t cost nothing, and was
issued ad tumbil. When the empire had been
flooded with il, the Government repudiated
the whole, and those who had conhded in the
public faith suffered ths consequence. p
At later period, a. d. $50, another En-
peror conceived the very plarsibIe scheme Of
receiving from the merchants their gold and
silver, to save them the trouble Of handling
il, and issuing promises 10 return the same
on demand. This currency was denominatec
Plan III sian, or Convenient Money, and very
convenient money it proved to be-for the
Emperor. He got the money and squander-
ed il, but never found ii convenient to repay
them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

The CAUSE OF The GULF SrREAM.-The
deep sea soundings Of Lieut.. Bergman have
doue much to confirm previous theory as
to the cause-or one Of the causes--of the
Gulf Stream. Il 10 ascertAined that, at the
depth Of two thousand feet, in the straits Of
Florida, the temperature of the ocean is only
three degrees. abovS freezing, while in tire
deep soundings on the telegraph route it is
found the temperature is ten to fifteen de-
grees below the freezing point Hence, ac-
cording to well known laws, the compara-
lively warm and light waters of the Gull,
made lighter by the masses of fresh water
from the Mississippi and other rivers, rise
and flow off towards the colder regions Of the
north. At the same time, the densei waters
Of the northern Atlantic make their way
southwark TO restore the equilibrium. Thus,
there are two currents, nm upper and an un-
der flowing in contrary directions. The up.
per is apparent, and well known rs the Gulf
Stream; the under is frequently demonstrated
by the fact Of immense icsbergs, reaching
down thousands of feet below the surface of
The ocean, being seen floating southward
against the surface current.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

H- The Petersburg lntslIigencer hits the
nail on the head in tbs Rllowing remarks
touching the nationally Of the Democratic
party:
While the Democracy n other States are
planting themselves in opposition to the LIE.
compton constitution, the party in this State
are resolving, through ther delegates in the
General Assembly, that lhe admission of
Kansas under the Lecomron Constitution is
"just and right" and necessary to the "peace
of the country"
1t is evident from these things that there
is q radical and irreconcilabe difference be.
tween the Northern and Southern Democracy.
The people can no longer be humbugged
with the idea that the Democracy constitute
national party with sEgle set of princi-
pies and opinions. The two wings entertain
sentiments as antagonists and repellant as
right and wrong, as day and darkness. They
can no longer conceal schism which was
never denied except for purposes Of public
deception. They can Iosger affect harmo.
ny which was never pretended but with the
hope Of public spoils. ,..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

The LEoIsLAruRE.-The Petersburg To-
telligencer deals the Legislature severe
blow 10 the following brief paragraph:
The Legislature moves along at remarka.
bly, slow pace. Nearly half the session has
now gone by, with nothing Of special interest
or Importance accomplished. The only thing
in which the members display n particular
zeal is tearing 10 pieces the unfortunate
Code Of Virginia. Into that wreiched insp-
ration of bad brandy and cholera panic the
country attorneys pitch like terriers into a
nest OF rats. We suppose that by this time
scarcely shred of the original work remains.
We could very well reconcile ourselves TO
the demolition Of the shapeless statutory
fabric as il stood, If there were not reason to
fear that a still cruder and crazier structure
will lake its place. We had rather have bad
laws than the perpetual iinkerng Of finexPerts,
and the ambitious innovations Of Legislative
weakings.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

A FEARFUL WARSNe.-A young lady,
twenty-five years fage, Of elegant accom-.
plshments and fascinating qualities Of many
kinds, arrived 10 this city (says the 81. Louis
Republican, few weeks ago, from, Chilli
coihe, Ohio, on visit. She had for some
time been 10 the habit Of taking small guam
titles Of arsenic, for the purpose Of beautify.
ing her complexion, and OF Friday last she
took an overdose. fell sick, aud day before
yesterday she died.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

A NOVEL WEATHERcocK.-- old Jack
son Democrat, living in parish on the riv-
er, has recently astonished his neighbors by
having the figure ofa man painted and touch
ed off to resemble exactly the President Of
the United States, placed on pivot on the TOP
Of his sugar house, with his arms and legs
SO arranged as to indicate the four impor-
,ant points Of The compass, and perform the
functions Of a weathercock. The old gen.
tlemen aforesaid has heretofore been great
admirer ofthe Sage of Wheatland, but find
ing his idol rather hard to follow in his devi
Gus ways, he has hit upon this device to in
dicate his vacilations, and every morning
before rising from his couch, he may be
heard seriously demanding Of his faithful
Sambo, "How is old Jenny, this morning!"
This is the best illustration of old fogyism
we have heard of lately.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

SOMETHING TO REmEMBER.--Thnt on the
l4th Of January, 1858, in the afternoon, men
were seen sitting upon the grass on the Com
mon summing themselves, and that others
we're engaged with buckets Of water upon
the scaffolding Of the new buildings in Frank.
lin street, washing down the granite, and
that crocuses were protruding their tops
through the straw In the front yards in Bes.
con-street On the same day and date, the
s.reets Of Boston we're sprinkled and swept
as 10 midsummer
last year, about this time, u was very cold.
On the 18th January, 1857, the mercury fell
10 ls deg. below zero, and on the Oath 10 ~
below Boston Advertiser.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

Nor A VIRGINIA ABsTRAcTIoNIsT.-MrM Nc
Cue, in the Virginia Legislature, offered the
following resolutions:
Resolved, That Committee be appointed
to enquire into the question whether Presi-
dent Buchanan and his Cabinet are competent
to manage the affairs of this Government.
Resolved further, That in the event said
Committee should bring in an adverse report,
then, and in that case, this House will resolve
itself into Committee Of the Whole on the
State of the Union, to decide whether the
President shall be required to return Walker
and his forces to Nicaragua with full indem-
nifty for the losses they have sustained; and,
fur he., whether on the late election upon the
adoption Of the Constitution prepared by the
Lecompton Convention, such fraud was
committed by the voters of Kansas rs would
justify disruption of the Democratic party.
They were laid upon the table, as might
have been expected.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

Picture OF LIFE.-In youth we seem
climbing up hill on whose top eternal sun
shine appears to rest. How eagerly we pant
to gain its summit But when we have gain
ed il, how different is the prospect on the
other side! We sigh as we contemplate the
waste before us; and look back with visit
full eye upon the howery path we have pass
ed, but may never more retrace. Life is like
a portentous cloud fraught with thunder,
storm and rain; but religion, like those strea-
ming rays OF sunshine, will clothe it with
light as with garment, and fringe its sha-
dowy skirts with gold.
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For the Post.
TO "YANKEE' B.


Away, away with single life,
It's not the good old wsy; a.
How, men can livs without wife,
Is more than car say. i n. ssil
know some men make this defence,
q While Bachelors they tsrry: 7'' ~
"a woman 10 so much erpmse. i7'i
3 We can't afford to narryl" 10 1l'
But this is all grand mistake,
As can plainly shov,
The "better half" is vide awake,
And stakes the foremost rowi"
.f-sra. 1ri ~ 20 fu
A married man is rightin town 2, io
I, With pocket full of r,cks; n ~
His wife can do his things sp browa.
And darn his ragged socks 80,
But rusty. erusty pschelors. y - "a
ina With musty, dusty beds; ~, Yea
They ought to SIT on cbestnutbura -
Aud sleep in open sbedsl s.ss'''1
l. a..as IA
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go. -. ...w l
80. tsr..a
q sh.L. oa ~. a.. 80 a..
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Come. one and all. don't be afraid. ="
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

JUDGMENT acknowledgement was
rendered on the 9th inst, against General
VIM Walker and his surety, s. F. Slntier,
in the Circuit Court Of the United States, at
New Orleans, for $4,000 on the recognizance
Of the former to appear to answer for a
breach Of the neutrality laws, and which re.
cognizance was forfeited by his departure in
the Fashion in November.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

AMPLE APoLocY.-A lawyer in one of the
Western courts lately threw a cane at the
head of another. The court required him to
apoligise for il. He did so. and added -
awhile am about it, may as we'll apollo
gise before hand for throwing another at
him the first chance get"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

INTERESTING STATISTICS FOR l857.-From
a number of statistics published in the New
York Herald, we CLEAN the following:
During the year 1857 there were 227 fires
in the United States, where the loss at each
were over $4,000 The total loss is set
down at Sl5,792,0 900 against $2l $4,000 in
1856. The number of lives lost at fires this
year was l58-ast year 1888.
During the present year rs revolutionary
soldiers have died. as have also % persons Of
one hundred years Of age and over.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

REvIyAL.-Elder VIM. Cate, assisted by
Elder VIM. Huff, of Lebanon, Va, com
menced protrnc!ed meeting at the Baptist
Church in Jonesborough, Tenn, on Christ
mas day, which resulted in 80 conversions,
and 81 accessions 10 the Church.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

tR- They kill rats in Troy by steam, one
wheel catches them by the nose; another
draws their teeth, while n neat piston punch
es arsenic down their windpipe. The idea
was got up by the young man who formerly
acted M fireman on the ho.seboat.
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PAY That DEBT.-It is a small one, to be
sure, and apparently not worth serious
thought Why not then pay il! Why oe
compelled to suffer the modification Of a
dun! Why not take that little thorn out Of
your finger at once! Il will tester il allow
ed to remain, and cause ten times the trouble.
Why not relieve the conscience of that load!
You will feel the better for ii by so doing
You contracted the debt knowingly and will
lingly. Did you not mean to pay il! Ger
tainly you did. Then why not do it at
once! Every days delay increases morally
the amount of the obligation. Remember,
too, that your little debt, and another mans
little debt, and thousand other mems little
debts, make little fortune for your credi-
tor; for they enable him to pay his larger
debts, or feed his workman and keep his
machinery a-going in times like these
Don't you see how il is! You do' WE'LL
then, remit the amount at once, and tonight
the ghost of that debt will not trouble your
dreams.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

PUScH's CHARGE TO THE JURY.-An ex-
change paper republishes the following
rcharge" which came from the London Punch
some fifteen years ago. Notwithstanding
the antiquity Of the document, il is .model"
charge, 50, far, at least as it possesses the
merit Of leaving the jury unbiased in their
deliberations upon verdict: qiiona st
GeMIcmen Of the jury. You are sworn in
all Cases to decide according to the evidence;
al the same time, ifyou have any doubt, you
are bound TO give the prisoner the benefit OF
Il. Suppose you have to pronounce on the
guilt or innocence Of gentleman accused of
felony. You will naturally doubt whether
any gentleman would commit such offences
--accordingly, however strong may be the
testimony against him, you will, perhaps,
acquit him. The evidence Of your own
senses Is, nj least, as credible as that of the
witness; II, therefore, your eyesight convince
you that the prisoner is q well-dressed per-
snn. ynn have right TO presume HE reepee-
liability; and tits for yon 10 say whether q
respectable person would be likely to be
guilty Of the crimes imputed to him. 10 like
manner, when yeu see a shabby looking fel-
low in the dock, charged, for example, with
sheep-s,ealing, the decision rests with you,
first, whether or not that individual is a
ragamuffin, and, secondly, how far il is prob
able that man Of that description would
steal sheep. Ofcpurse, as has been before
said, you will always be guided by the evi-
dence; but, then, whether the evidence is
trust. worthy or not, is matter for your pri-
vafA h.ts. II
You choose, or you may disbelieve it; whether,
gentlemen of the. jury, you will belie,e il or
disbeleve it, will depend on the constitution
Of your minds. If your minds are 30 consii-
tuted that you wish TO find the prisoner
guilty, perhaps you will believe il; ii they
happen to be so constituted that you desire
10 find him not guilty, why then, very likely,
you will disbelieve IT, You are to free your
minds from all passion and prejudice II you
can, and, in that case, your judgment will
be unbiased; but if you cannot, you will re.
turn verdict accordingly. IL is not, strictly
speaking for you to consider what will be
the effect of your verdict; but IL such con-
siderntiOn should occur to you, and you can.
not help attending to il, that verdict will be
influenced by il to certain extent. You are
probably aware that when you retire, you
will be locked up until you contrive to agree.
You may arrive at unanimty by fair discuss
sion, or BY some Of you starving out the
others, or by tossing up. and your conclusion,
by whichever Of these processes arrived at,
will be more or less in accordance with your
oaths. Your verdict may be right; il is to
be hoped il will; il may be wroRg; il is to be
hoped !: will not. At all events, gentlemen
ofthe jury, you will come to some conclusion
or other; unless It should SO happen that you
separate without coming.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

NEWSPAPER PArRosAeE.--Newspaper "pa.
tronage," says contemporary, is curious
thing in the estimation Of some people. A
man lives near you-never took your paper
it is too SMALL don't like the politics; too
whiggish; old fogyish; or too something else;
yet goes regularly to his neishbor and reads
by a good fire-6nds fault with its conven-
ionce-disputes with its position, and quar-
rels with its type. Occasionally sees an ar
ucle he likes-saves half dime and begs a
number This is newspaper patronage
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

EV A short man became attached to a
very tall woman, and somebody said he had
fallen in love with her. ,..,
"Do you call that falling In love!" said an
old bachelor, "it is more like climbing up to
;su
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

SHor.-Wm. Duke, 4 horse trader, was
killed by pistol shot, fired by man named
Thos. Hindslsy, in Aberdeen, Miss, on the
18th ult. The ball entered the hollow at
the lower part Of his neck. After being shot
Duke pursued Hinsley with drawn bowio
knife until he fell dead.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

WILD OSIoss.-California papers state that
onions growing wild have been discovered in
that State, an inch and half in diameter,
covered with thick husk, like the soaproot.
They are palatable and even preferable to
garden onions, and il Is thought, may prove
n valuable addition to the cultivated varieties.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

Hy Considerable excitement: now prevails
among the initiated politicians as 10 the po-
si.iou Of Governor Wise on The Kansas ques-
ton and the policy Of the Administration
II is believed there Is n combined and deep
political Wise and Douglas movement against
the President.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

News PROM OREGON. from Ore
gon are 10 the 2Sth of November.
We do not find much of interest in our
flies. The following. from the Democratic
Standard, exhibits the result Of the Conslitu.
tional election. ..t-,
The result of the vote on the three propo-
sitions submitted to the people is clearly and
unmistakably foreshadowsd by the returns
which have been received. The Constitution
has been adopted by about 4,50O majority;
Slavery excluded by nearly 5000 majority,
and free negroes excluded by nearly 5000
majority.
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A SHORT SERMON AND Coop OSE.--Th

A SHORT SERMON AND Coon OHE.--The
Rev. DR.. B., Of Philadelphia, is noted for
brief, sententious sayings in the pulpit
and out Of Il. As he was coming down
Chestnut street the other day. gentleman
naked him, aSir, can you tell me how to find
,be sherffs officeY" "Yes, sir" was the re-.
ply, aersry time you earn five dollars spend
fem trHt
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

VIOLATION OF THE PosT OFFICE LAW
Sheriff Eddy, of McHenry county, Illinois,
has been held TO bail on she charge of inter-
cepting aud opening letter placed in the
mail BY Henry J. White.
There is practice which is said to exist
among police officers, Of taking suspected
letters from the Post Office and opening
them, which is clearly in violation of law
While it may sometimes be the means of
detecting criminals, it is an unauthorized pry.
ing into the secret affairs of persons, and the
officer who does it must take the RESPONSE
bility which he thereby incufs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

The BENEFIT OF LIFE IssuRAscE.-The
New York Post states that the leading part
ner Of financial firm that was forced to sus.
pend during the panic, Lost all his property,
and having since died, his family, consisting
of his wife and number Of children, would
have been left entirely without means, but
for the happy discovery of life-policies to
the amount Of $4,000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

The ESSENCE OF THE MATTER.-A young
Tennessee clergyman seems to have COM
pressed the whole body Of his sermon on
"deceit" into the following:
"Oh, my brethren, the snowiest shirt front
may conceal an aching bosom, and the s,iffest
of al rounders encirce throat that has ma.
ny bitter pill to swallow"
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H Squeezevile must be lively place
nearly as gay as Princeton. A traveller says
Of it. in his journal: "Went there once
only rode through the town--came again
eleven years after, and heard one chap say
to another. 'Look-he's got new snapper
to his whip-lash this time" M fa
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

Eg- A MALTA officer in Texas boasts 10
the papers that his men would rally at the
@tap of the drum" Perhaps they would
rally still more promptly at the tapping ofa
kep, ctr u..s
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

I'm the Deep Bosom Of the Ocean Buried"
During the year just past no less than five
hundred and fifty-eight vessels, bound TO or
from the United States ports, were lost at
sea. Their value with that of eargoes lost 10
estimated ut seventeen million three hundred
and six,y-ssven thousand one hundred dol
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

B- The Supreme Court Of Rhode Island
has declared perpetual injunction upon the
Central Bank OF that State.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

FH- To knit the heels OF socks double. 90
that they may thus last twice as long as 9th
erwise, skip every alternate stitch on the
wrong aide, and knit ali on tho right. This
will make Il double. like that Of double ply
ingram carpet.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

tN The Northern Bank Of Kentucky
mas declared dividend of five per cent. out
OF 'he proh's OF the last six months, with
surplus fund of ssss,asoI4 The exhibit
OF the condition of this Institution shows It's
cash means on hNud to be al si,Ooe,747 SO, of
which S747,765 9S is in gold and silver
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29

w a Memphis paper says that the Ex.
change Bank of Georgia has estaplished an
agency in that city. The bills are received
at par by the bankers.