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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

A WoaD.-Gentemen who have the run
of our exchanges are requested not to steal
more than half Of them. One can tolerate
many weaknesses in ones friends, but there
are weaknesses that are intolcrab,c.
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thus calculated

Is this result impossible, or even improba-
Bile! The namber of square miles in the
United States is near three millions. With
six hundred and forty millions of people, the
density of population would be about 2I4
per square mile. The density of Belgium,
Holland and England is greater than that
The density of Great Britain and Ireland is
about 225 per square miles, which is about
the fair ratio for country in high civiliza-
ton, and with diversified soil.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

NOTHING TO CHEER.-A Washington cor
respondent says:-The most amusing thing
observed in the struggles of the last two days,
to glorily over the elephant which the democ-
racy captured on Friday was the want Of
something to cheer Nobody cries out, "Three
cheers for Lecomptonl" That wouldn't do,
because Gen. Quitman, and Mr.. Cox, and Mr.
Groesbeck and Mr.. Bonham declare that it
is submitted to a vote of the people, while
Mr.. Green. Mr. Hunter, Mr.. Stephens, Mr.
Shorter and Mr.. Bryan say that it is not
"Lecompton" is delicate word"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

SELLING EARLy,--The Fredericksburg
(Va.,) Herald hears of one sale o: a growing
crop Of wheat by river farmer, who will
probably produce some four or five thousand
bushels. The price was one dollar-early
delivery, Of course.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

The FIGHT BETWEEN GEN. JACKSON AND THE
BENroNs-The st. Louis Leader, giving a
sketch of the life of Col Benton, gives the
following accout Of the fight between Gen.
Jackson and party of his friends and Thorn
as Hart and Jose Benton:
Attended by, we believe, five friends, Ill
armed to the teeth as best beseemed a man
in those days-that is to say, with pistols and
dirks-he (Jackson) fell upon the two Ben
tons, Who standing upon the defensive, and
the vantage ground of doorway, shot him
down, and would have slain him but for the
interpositon of fresh conner who seized Col
Benton's hand at the moment when he was
about to strike to the heart, with his poign-
ard, the General, whom he was holding down,
and had already shot with pistol ball,
which he carried in his body almost to the
end of his life. 1t is scarcely to be supposed
that this conflict could serve to restore the
former understanding between two men of
tempers far from being Christian The feud
never again came to blows; but, in vndictive
efforts to iniure each other, it never slacken-
ed until wearied with the contest, Col. Ben.
ton abandoned the field to his formidable ad-
versary, and migrated afresh to Missouri,
where higher fortunes, but no calmer ones,
awaited him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

gzg- A letter from Fort Scott, Kansas
says Jim Lanes men have turned robbers
and are plundering the people in all directions.
II is a pity but some marksman would
draw n bead on Jim aud make him immortal.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

JUDAS IscARIoT BURNED IN EFFIGY.-The
time-honored Mexican custom of burning
Judas" in effigy was duly celebrated in San
Francisco on Sunday, the 4th of April. The
effigy was appropriately made up, Judas be-
ing represented with two faces rs usual
The figure was suspended from rope,
stretched across jackson street. The exhibit
ton concluded about noon, when Judas was
consigned to the flames.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

The POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.
The Railroad Record has an able artiela
on the physical development of the United
States and the laws of population in which
the views of Mr.. Darby are intellgently con-
sidered. According to what the Record con.
siders the "actual law" of population, the
African race in this country will amount in
1860, to 4,5sO,0Oo, and in seventy years tho
negroes will number 2O,OOO,OOO. The prob.
able results Of the general increase of the
total inhabitants Of the United Stateo arc
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

e4y- The most remarkable instance Of in
decision we ever heard Of was that of the
man who sat up all night because he could
not decide which to take off FIRST, his coat or
his boots.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

r9S- The Kansas land sales, by order of
the President, have bean postponed from
July to October. The postpOnement was
asked by the people of Kansas.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

g3y- A correspondent at Lexington, Ky,
writes that a marriage epidemic is prevailing
in that region, which is sweeping off numer-
Gus victims. On one day this week there
were no less than seven weddings and three
runaway matches. That's what we call do
ing pretty brisk business.
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DOUGLAS PosITToN.-The Washington cor

respondent of the N. Y. Tribune says:
The intimations in the Democratic news
papers that Judge Douglas is seeking recon-
Citation with the Administration were pro-
nounced false by Judge Douglas himself to-
day. He atfirms that he maintains his position
upon Kansas TO the fullest extent, but at the
same time he stands with his party in Illinois
on platform not ostensibly opposed to the
Administration, though openly hostile to the
Republican party.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

Jay The controversy in the Bradley pa
pers between "Muskrat" and "Mink," con-
tinues, aud promises termination as fatal as
that which befe two members Of the feline
Tribe, 50 famous iu tho annals ofKilkcnny.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

sA- Two centuries ago not one in hun
dred wore stockings. Fifty years ago, not
one boy in thousand was allowed to run at
large night or day. Fifty years ago not one
girl in thousand made her nanny wait on
her as hired servant, Wonderful improve
mania
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21
ATHENS, FRIDAY,mAY 81, 1885.
RHEA SPRINGS.

This beautiful Watering Place, in Rhea
county, Tenn, will open on the LIST of June,
under the charge of W.. 8. GREER, Jr. II is
located in lovely part of the valley of the
Tennessee, near the base of the mountains
and in the midst of the most charming scene
~. The waters have proved highly benefi-
cial in a variety of diseases, and the neigh
borhood offers the best opportunities for
healthfuI exercise in fishing, hunting, riding,
or driving.
Rhea Springs are about midway between
Knoxville and Chattanooga, and are accessi-
BILE by good roads from Athens, which is on
the line of the East Tennessee and Georgia
Railroad, halfway between Dalton and Knox
vile. The Post Office Department has es-
tablshed line of Mail Coaches between
Athens and Rhea Springs, which will secure
ready conveyance at all times during the
watering season.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

PUB. Docs.-Hon. A. G. WatEns has our
thanks for various and valuable public docu-
msnts and interesting scientific works.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

RIVER on FTRE-A Frenchman named Gull
bert has succeeded in setting the Delaware on
fire. The Philadelphia Firemen were called
out on Monday by the alarm bells, when it
was discovered that the surface of the Della
ware River opposite Chestnut street was COW
cred with flames and dense smoke. 1t turned
out to be scientific experiment, to demon
strate the possibility of the thing and not to
consume it entirely; the object being to show
how easily hostile fleet might be destroyed.
But as no hostile feet was there no damage
was done
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

e3s- In the Supreme Court, Of New York
CITY, Tuesday, young man named Edward
Ayres, made application for divorce from
his wife, Catharine, young lady, only l6
years of age. Plaintiff but 90 years Of age.
The judge granted the petition. The parties
have been married only three months.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21
PREslDENrIAL.-Tho following ticket mp
pears in Maryland paper:
For President,
JOHN ]. CRlTTENDEN,
Of Kentucky.
For Vice-President,
EDWARD EVERETT,
Of Massachusetts,.

"NATloSAL CoNvENTIoSs."--"Sir," said
Gel. Benton, not many days before he died
"Sr, there are three disreputabc resorts in
which, be it remembered, have never set
foot, and namo them in the order of their
infamy-the worst last. allude to house
of i'll fame, u gambling hell, aud national
convention. Yes, Sir, | am free of those"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

t15y- The CooksviIe Times says, the u 1g
Cholera is prevailing in Jackson County, WV
docs not say " what extent
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

TRUE FOR ONoE--A traveller announces as
fact (and though he is a "traveler," we be-
leve him) that he once in his life beheld peo
pie "minding their own businessl" This re-
markable occurrence happened at seattle
passengers being "too sick" to attend to each
others concerns
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

POSTAL DEoIsIoN- Post Office Depart
ment at Washington, has decided that Post.
masters are not compelled to receive cents at
all in payment of either postage or postage
stamps; nor from any person, at any one
time, more than 80 cents in three cent coin.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

WHEAT.-Notwtbsta there is good
deal of complaint and croaking, we would
not be surprised if the wheat should turn
out pretty fairly. The frost and fly has
worked some injury, but on the strong lands
it looks heavy and healthy. While the crop
will not be anything like as large as last
year, the prospect at present is, that it will
be fully up to the demanV. True, we have
seen fields that will hardly pay for gathering,
but the same lands have not brought crop
OF any thing for the last ten years. 1t is not
to be expected that lands which have been
run for years in wheat and corn, will yield as
beautifully ms when first opened, without any
restoring process on the part of the tiIler.-
Rest and nourishment are as necessary to
the sustenance of the soil rs to the human
system. Yet how few Of our farmers ever
think of it, and how many attribute short
crops to providenlial causes, when the truth
of the matter is there is no fertllizng force
left below to push the crop up. McMinE is
the largest grain producing county in East
Tennessee yet you seldom pass farm that
does not show evidences of injury by bad
tillage. The same is true in regard to other
counties. Lands that now, under the most
favorable circumstances, don't yield more
than ten bushels to the acre, could in few
wears be made to yield thirty bushels, and
with less labor aud more certainty. There
is more profit in farming hundred acres
we'll than three hundred as it is usually done.
But our agricultural friends will find all these
things out after awhile; and when they do,
we shall hear less of "bad seasons" and shalt
crops."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

OF The largest Touring mill in the world
is in Richmond, Virginia.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

WHEAT CRoP IN VIRGNA-A letter from
Spottsylvania county, Va, says;
The growing wheel crop is sight at once
cheering to the eve and heart. We have
never seen better stand, nor more healthy
shade of green. We have yet to meet with
the first complaining farmer this spring on ac.
count of his wheat. Of verify, the millen-
ium must be coming when farmers cease
prumbling."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

FOLK GOUhIA.-IHCuib 1OuIb bCtll
in session at Benton this week. The State
docket was very light, containing only nine
cases, and all of n small character. The case
that seemed to excite the most interest was
charge of lewdness against an old man
with the snows.of seventy winters cluster
ing on his head. Haying been up before I'M
der similar charges, the jury found him gull
tv and the Court imposed fine of fifty dol.
lars and one months Imprisonment in the
county jait-from which his counsel took an
appeal to the Supreme Court. When the
old gentleman gets through with his present
troubles he ought to sell out his possessions
in Polk and strike Decline for the Mormon
settlements.
We noticed some twenty members of the
bar in attendance. The profession" like
many other branches of employment, is over
cropped. We mean no dispaIIgement in any
respect but there is no pursuit that offers
less inducement to the young man than the
law, unless he should happen to feel that he
has within him such powers of energy, in.
dustry and application as surely lead TO emf.
nence in whatever direction they may be
turned We regard the Law as the noblest
profession. What pity that many who seek
it as the employment of life should not have
n higher appreciation of their obligations!
We congratulate the people of Polk that
their Jail is tenantess, and trust that it is at
tributablo to an improvement in public mo.
rails, rather than remissness on the part of
those whose duty it is to bring offenders to
justice.
In Benton they have two flourishing
Schools, Male and Female, each numbering
over fifty pupils--a fact we are happy to
chronicle, We want no better standard to
Judge of the merit and worth of a community
than tho interest and harmony manifested in
regard to educational institutions.
From all we could learn, there is prospect
for something short of an average crop of
wheat in Polk county.
FIvg FLouR.-We are indebted to A.
Cook, Cooks Mill, near Maryvile, BIount
county, for the present Of sack of Fine
Family Flour. We have nice appreciation
of such compliments, and will keep friend
Cooks kindness in duo remembrance. If
all his Flour is as good as that sent us, his
Mills (recently erectod) will soon DO taxed
TO their utmost capacity TO meet the demand
which always exists for superior article.
10y Several important advertisements mp
pear on The next page.
IA Our commercial letters from Savan-
nah and Augusta both failed THE week.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

eB- We learn from the Memphis Bulletin
that an extensive religious revival isgoing on
at Covington, Upton county Deep interest
is manifested in the cause of religion, and up
to this time sixty five persons have protested
q saving faith in the Redeemer.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

RIcH.--The London Times says of the
sable men out on the coast of Africa:
"There it is never.ending discussion
whether they should be shot, or sold, or car
ried off to slavery, or encouraged to emigrate,
or apprenticed to planters, or enlisted into
the Indian army, or taken into our navy, or
taken to grow cotton or palm trees, or-let
alona
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

ST. LOUIS, May 1.-THE Republican re-
ceived adispatch stating that intelligence had
been received from camp Scott of April
10th.
The Mormons had laid down their arms,
and Gov. Cummings, on invitation Of Young,
entered Salt Lake City without escort
Many Mormons had gone to the southern
part of the Territory, and the women md
children were preparing to follow.
The correspondent of the Republican says
the bandits in the neighborhood of Fort
Scott, numbering $50, commanded by the
notorious Captain Montgomery, are thorough
ly armed, and with fleet horses, defy the
United States troops. One hundred and fifty
families were robbed and driven into Nilsson
ri. Gen. Harvey arrived at Lcavenworth on
the 18th. Secretary Hartwell left for Utah
on the 18th,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

WASHINGTON, May l3.-The Senate passed
to-day the appropriation bill but subsequent
ly re-consdered it.
In the House the credentials of tho Min
neso,a members were referred to the commit
tee on elections, and the same committee re-
ported that they were unable to agree upon
the Ohio contested seat. The territorial bu-
sinpss WAS nnimnnrtnnt
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

AFFAIRS IN WAsHNGToN.-We hear con-
tnually of robbery and violence in Washing
ton. The city seems, indeed, to be little else
than den of thieves and murderers.
1t will be recollected that Washington is
under the complete control ofthe Democra-
cy. To obtain the ascendency, the President
waded up TO his knees in blood last Spring.
The military were turned loose upon the
populace, and shot them down like dogs
The bayonet protected the ballot-box most
effectuaIly. The undoubted anti Democratic
majority was annihilated by it.
Well, what are the consequences? We
are told that all the disturbances in Baltimore
are attributable to the "Plug Ugles." Very
WE'LL The "PIug Ugies" dare not show
themselves in Washington, for fear of Presi-
dent Buchanan's marine force. |. is obvious
they have no hand in the work. Who, then,
have!
A premium is offered in Washington to all
the foreign rascaIity that can be collected
Foreigners are preferred on all public works,
even to native Locofocos. Is it wonderful
that Washington should have become the
opprobrium Of the nation!-Rjch. Wing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION IN SPAW.-Ac-
cording to Madrid correspondent of the
New York Tribune, a Democratic revolution
is at hand in Spain, the success Of which is
to establish n republican government.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

WASHINGTON. May l7.--The Treasury De-
pariment invites proposals until the IAN OIL
June, for the whole of $4,OO0,0OO of Treasu-
ry notes.
Well Informed persons intimate the POSSE
bilty of continued session of Congress-
until the present difficulties with England
Spain, and New Granada are freely settled
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

WASHINGTON, May l5.-The Senate was
occupied to-day in transactng business con-
nected with the District of Columbia.
In the House, several private bills were
passed; but the bill to refund the duties Pa'd
on goods destroyed by the fire in New YORK
in 1916, was defeated.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

PHILADELPHIA, May l3.-George L. uoOa'
win shot Lizzie Marshall, this morning, III
franklin Square, and subsequently shot MN
self, and died few minutes afterwards !" W
woman is supposed to be fatally Injured
She belonged to Lynn, Mass. She had nee"
living with Goodwin but left him lately
Goodwin belongs to Boston, ind has WIZ
and two children. His mother is said 10 W
living there.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

~ Our commercial letters from Savan-
nah and Augusta both failed THE week.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21
OUR asICK MANn-DEspERATE CASE.


The anarchial condition of Mexico is now
come to be such, that neither life nor proper
ty is safe,-unless the owners thereof have
the means Of self-protection ready at hand.
While the army is broken up into dozen
different factions, and following the lead of
whoever provides them the best pay and
most plunder-bands of robbers ply their
trade on the public roads, stealing from every
body that has anything to steal, and commit
ting murder, if resistance is made or remon-
STRANGE offered, with the utmost impunty.-
If ever people needed "Protector,"-Or a
"Protectorate," ut is these Mexicans, whose
utter incapacity for anything like self-gov-
eminent, sufficiently conspicuous before, is
now assuming the melancholy aspect Of posi-
tive imbecility. The latest news from the
capital shows tina. President Zuoaga is out
of funds, and with no prospect of reimbur-
sing his exchequer, the army was beginning
to "cacuiate the consequences" of dri-
wing him from his place, as Comonfort was
driven few months since. If he can sell
Sonora or Lower California to Uncle Sam.
for consideration, cash down, he might be
able to keep the army in his interest awhile
longer,-but as there is no likelihood oe the
consumation of any such bargain immediate
y, his case is a desperate one, and the te-
nure Of his office "mighty unsartain." As
soon as Santa Anna unfurls his banner at
Vera Cruz, backed up by plenty of Spanish
dollars, and the blessings of Mother Church,
his days are numbered-his obituary writ
ten.
Turning away from the capitol, nothing
but confusion and chaos are visible in all di-
rections. The fugitive Cabinet of the late
"Constitutional.' President (Juarez) now in
New Orleans, at last accounts had taken
refuge in the little town of Colima, whence
they will probably soon be driven to Acapul-
co, or some other point on the Pacific coast,
to embark nobody knows whittier.
Tampico is still besieged by CARA. Cen
eral Osoo has returned suddenly from his
brief campaign in the North, leaving Vidaurr,
and other revolutionary cheftains, still I'M
conquered idaurri being reported in the
neighborhood of the city of Representatives,,
with several thousands ranchero rifiemen and
frontiersmen, among whom are said to be n
corps of Yankees, who serve the artillery
The State of Vera Cruz still holds out against
Zuloaga, while General Echeagaray, we see,
has returned to Puebla without improving
his victoryat Cruz Blanca, equally deferred,
doubtless, by the bastons of Zamota, the
army of La Lave, and the dreaded uomito of
the hot country; and, while Osjaca sides with
Vera Cruz, and Guerro seems verging towards
state Of absolute terrorism, under the guild
ance OF Alvarez, horde of PintoS are des-
oating the country about Matamoras, Izricar
and Cuautla.
Such, then, is this latest diagnosis of our
"sick man." He is in really desperate con
dtion now, and, to all appearancesJeit cant
be long ere we shall be called int s9ReRow,
to take care of his remains and administer
upon his effects.-N Y. Express.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

COCOA Washington letter writer 10.
marks, that TO the inquiries as to the mean
ing of the English Kansas bill, and whether
it submits the constitution to the people, the
answer is like that given by the Snowman,
when asked by the little boys which wus the
lion and which the tiger-"Just as you please,
little boys; you have paid your money, and
can take your choice"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

MIssouRI,-The suspended Banks in Mis-.
souri, resumed specie payment on the l4th.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-05-21

OF Dispatches from Newport state that
the court martial found Gen. Twiggs guilty,
but the sentence has been RENTED, and the
Generalhas been restored to his command in
TnNns
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-06-10

purchase from the Rockville and Washington
Turnpike Company" all their rights in and to
the said turnpike road, with the like reservation
as to the dollhouse and lot on which the same
is erected which said turnpike road, when so
purchased, shall be, and is hereby made, free
road, and all tolls and charges whatever thereon
shall be forever abolished.
Third. The sum Of twenty thousand dollars
to enable the Secretary of the Interior to pur-
chase from the ''Washington Turnpike Road
Company" all their rights in and to their said
turnpike road within the said District, with the
like reservation of the dollhouse and lot on
which the same is built which said road, when
so purchased, shall be, and is hereby made, a
free road, and all tolls and charges whatever
thereon shall be, and is hereby, abolished.
Section 2. A'ad be 1t further enacted, That as
soon as the said turnpike roads shall have been
purchased and made free as aforesaid, the Off
ces of toll keepers thereon shall be abolished,
and the said roads, as far as the same may lie
within the limits of the District Of Columbia,
shall be placed under the supervision of the levy
court Of Washington county in the said District,
to be kept in repair as all other county roads in
said District are now required by law to be re-
paired.