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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

FEY The delicate and interesting opera
ton Of transferring blood from one place to
another has again been successfully perform
ed by DR.. Wheatcroft, an English surgeon, in
the case of female patient. When appsr-
entity expiring from loss of blood, about two
pounds of blood was transfused from the
veins of her husband into her veins, with the
most favorable result. In few minutes af-
ter, tho current Of blood began to flow, and
the ebbing of life was checked, the circula-
ton being re.established, and deliverance
from apparently certain and approaching dis
solution secured. Dr.. w. suggests tho trial
of this operation in the last stage Of low ty-
phus and the collapse of Asiatic cholera,
when all other means have failed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02
STATE DEBT AND INTERNAL IN
PROVEMENTS.

Just before the adjournment of the Legis'
lature, Monday, Mr.. Newman, from the CON-
mittee on Internal improvements, submitted
the following report, which will be interest
ing TO the public throughout the State:
Mr. Speaker ~ beg leave to submit the
following report from the Committee OH In
ternal improvements, showing the amount OF
State aid saved by the present Legislature by
cutting off aid from Railroad Companies that
have not commenced work, and by the con.
solidation of various companies that have
commenced work:
By consolidating the Memphis and Ohio
with the Memphis, Clarksvlle and Louisville
Railroad Company, l30 miles OF State aid il
cut Off-a: $4,000 per mile-Sl 100000.
BY consolidating the latter company with
the Nashville and North western Railroad
Company; distance cut off As miles, at Sl0,.
600 per mile, S45o,000. ~
BY repeating the law granting State aid
from Paris to the mouth OF Sandy on the Ten
nessee river, 20 miles, 100000.
By stopping the Tennessee and Alabama
road at Mount Pleasant-89- miles, including
the Branch to Lawrenceburg, at $4,000 pei
mile, including also Sl30,000 of Bridge aid
Sl,O2O,OO0.
The Nashville and Cincinnati Company
length Of road in Tennessee 100 miles, with
aid by the State, at $4,000 per mile, ST.,
100000.
Bridge aid across Cumberland 100000.
By transferring State aid from the North ia
the South side of the Tennessee river be.
tween Stevenson and Chattanooga Sl95,
900.
By reducing State aid on Tennessee Cen.
tral Railroad, B. 900 per mile for 35t miles
| $35,500.
BY refusing to extend the time to CON-
mence the Atlantic. Tennessee and Ohio Rail.
road, which cuts off the State liability, Al
miles a; Sic, 900 per mile, $4,000.
By refusing to extend the time to the Mis-
sissippi Central and Tennessee, extension
| from Jackson to the Tennessee river, 81
miles, at $4,000 per mile, 100000.
Showing the gross amount saved by the
present session of the Legislature to be S.,
4SO,50O, which should be deducted from the
prospective State liability. Not one dollar OF
new mid for Internal improvements has been
granted at the present session; nor has one
new State bond oeen authorized to issue fol
any purpose whatever. And at the same time
while this immense saving has been done by
consultations, many parallel roads have beer
cut off, making all the roads of importance
main lines; which will insure success to the
one road, while if left separate rs provided
heretofore, would have created much coneu'
sion and annoyance, not only to the compa'
nies but to the State. And your committed
thinks much has been done to reform you
system of Internal Improvements, and t.
check the issuance of Bonds for any purpose
whatever.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
TAZ. w. NEWMAN, Chairman.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

fay The Austin correspondent Of the Gal
weston Civilian, in his letter of the 18th ult.
writes rs follows:
now have the pleasure Of announcing the
passage of one of the most important laws
ever enacted for the welfare Of Texas. IL IS
an act opening the almost entire public do
main of the State to sale at fixed prices. 10
be brief, the Commissioner Of the Land Otflce
is authorized to sell land scrips in quantities
of 100, $40, $40, and 1880 acre tracts. The
lands in the Pacific Reserve to be sold Mt 81
per acre; and all other public lands at one
dollar. The bill passed, on motion Of Mr..
Brown, nt 10 o'clock last night. This morn
inc A run was made on the Land office to buy
SO cents scrip authorized by the las. Legs.
lature as tho price of lands in the Pacific Re
serye) before the Governor could sign this
bill, and by - o'clock about $4,000 had
been paid in; but Governor Runnels, hearing
Of the movement, lost no time in atfxlng his
sign manual TO the act and notifying the
Commissioner that it was law Of the land
which at P. NJ. put stop 10 the speeuia'
ton. You will see that spectators were
thus securing reserve scrip at so cents while
its price would be two dollars the moment
the act was signed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

The CAUSE OF IT.-There have been sew
eral stories in the papers OF late relative to
people losing their hair suddenly and most
unaccountably. Some person suggests that il
is owing to eating onions, an exchange says
it is prepared to believe almost anything that
is bad about onions. 1t is said that some
years ago, n man who lived in Rhode Island
vegetable one night, and soon afterwards all
the hair fell from his hide!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

A Newly DISCOVERED PROPERTY OF CHLo-
RoFoRM.-The Abeille Medicale reports the
case of young man who badly scalded beth
legs by slipping into cauldron of boiling
water. He was Immediately laid upon bed
an exciting potion administered, cod liver
oil applied to his legs, and he was twice bled
but the pain in the legs did not subside. A
linment of laudanum and cod liver oil wss
then applied, also without effect in abaiing
the pain. But chloroiorm having been sub
stituted for laudanum, immediate relief en-
sued, and was maintained by continuing the
same process until recovery.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

REMOVAL OF JUDGE LoRING-Yesterday Go.
vernon Banks complied with the address Of
the Massachusetts, Legislature, by removing
Judge Loring.
1t is seldom, in this country, that Judge
is turned out Of office fora decision confessed.
ly according to law Indeed, we are not
aware that parallel case has ever occurred.
Judge L. found himself called upon to en-
force an act of Congress, and he performed
his judicial duty in compliance with his oath
Of Office The act in question was the Fugi
tive Slave Law. 1t was unpopular through.
out the North, and specially so in Massachu-
setts. But the unpopularity Of a law does
not excuse Judge from its execution. So,
at least, thoug ght Judge Loring. and he acted
accordingly
His decision reused the resentment of his
political opponents, and, at length, Repub-
iican Legislature and Governor have unwise-
ly and unjustly yielded to their demands.
This act of Governor Banks is the grossest
attack upon the independence Of the judi
ciary ever witnessed in the United States -
II will long maintain, as We trust, its bad
eminepce y Times.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

The EVIL OF BAD TEMPER.-A bad tem-
per is curse to the possessOr, and its inf1u-
ehce is most deadly wherever II is found. II
is allied TO mhrtyrdom to be obliged to live
with one Of complaining temper. To hear
one eternal round Of complaint aud murmur-
ing-to have every pleasing thought scared
away by their evil Spirits sore trial. 1t
is like the sting of a scorpiOn-a perpetual
nettle, destroying you: peace, rendering life a
burthen. Its influence is deadly; and the
purest and sweetest atmosphere Is contami-
mated into deadly miasma wherever this evil
genius prevails. Il has been said truly that
while we ought not to let the bad temper Of
Others influence us, II would be unreasonable
to spread plaster of Spanish flies upon the
skin, and not expect ii to draw, as 10 think of
a family not suffering because Of the bad TEN.
per of any Of its inmates. One string out Of
tune will destroy the music Of an instrument,
otherwise perfect-so if all the members Of a
church, neighborhOod and family do not eul-
tivate kind and affectionate temper, there
will be dscord and every evil work.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02
K- The "National Intelligencer" has q

E- The "National Intelligencer" has an
article on the "right of instruction" /" as sought
to be exercised in this country, especially
with regard to the Senators in Congress, ar
que against it, and contends that it was not
supported by Jefferson or Madison. The
"Intellicencer says Tint "the doctrine Of in
s,ruction tends 10 nvert the relations of the
two branches into which Congress is divided,
and should it ever become general would
practically result in wholly transforming the
nature and organization of the legislative de-
partment of the government"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

HONESTY AND ITS REwARp.-A boy named
O'Brien, who obtains livelihood by ped.
ding apples on the Cleveland and Toledo
Railroad, found, few days since, package
of $4,000 in bank notes, which had been
lost in the ears by Mr.. Bishop, who had
brought the money from Cleveland for Mr..
II. E. Mussey, of Elyria. The lad was so
elated at his good fortune that he took the
money to bed with him and sat up all night
watching it. Next day it was given to Mr..
Mussev, when the boy WIS rewarded with a
new suit of clothes and a deed for one hun
dred and sixty acres of land. Mr.. Mussey
also offered TO give the boy thorough
business education, but the father declined
for the present, as he did not wish to part
with the boy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

RICHMOND, March 2Oth.-Both branches Of
the Legislature have passed the bill making
an appropriation of $4,000 to the Coving.
ton and Ohio Railroad. The bills making
appropriation of 100000 to the Orange and
Alexandria; 100000 to the Aleranaria
Loudon and Hampshire; S95o,ooO to tbs
Manassas Gap, and s95o,OOO to the Norfolk
and Petersburg Railroads, have all passed the
House, and no doubt Is entertained that thew
will pass the Senate 10 day.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

BREACH OF PRoMlsE.-At Chardon, Ohio
they had breach of marriage contract case
before the court recently. Susannah Garris
sued John Sumner for the offence, and
proved that the "courtin" began when she
was "seventeen" thai it continued regularly
fourteen years, interspersed with three sew
eral appointments of the happy day and the
usual country preparations for such an event,
as white dresses, new bonnets, quilts, dried
apples, embroidered chemises, &c. The de.
fendant at last repaired to the State Of New
York and married wife. Then Susan, who
had grown wiser, and found that she was
getting toward the "shady side Of forty" got
ried and sued. The jury gave her ten thou
sand dollars.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

EprrAPHs.-Epitaphs are always interesting
provided they are original. We suspect the
fine words that have heen employed to praise
the worthy and unworthy dead for dozen
generations, and when we read them feel no
other emotion than that which naturally fol
lows the reflection that death is indeed a
"leyeller." when every variety of character
is subject to the same eulogy at last, compar-
ed with which little discriminating censure
would be refreshing we should suppose, to
the "weeping survivors," and grateful to the
names Of the deceased. The literature Of the
living lie bad enough, but it is excellent in
deed in comparison with the "dead Ian.
guages"-the dialect of the tombstones The
bad grammar, the absurd punctuation, the
false rhythm and execrable rhyme which are
the perpetual shame of the church yard, and
enough, indeed, to "nake the very stones cry
out" might be pardoned if the sentiment
we're not usually as fiat as the slab on which
IL is inscribed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

ANOTHER TooTH WILL ANSWER AS WE'LL.
Another sorrow has fallen upon Salerno.
"No sooner" says the London Daily News,
"has the panic occasioned by the earthquake
begun TO cease than the population are again
alarmed by another sad event. The tooth Of
St. Matthew, the Bishop, one of the precious
relics of the church, has been stolen. II dis
appeared during the agitation consequent on
the late disaster, and this incident is another
proof of that moral disorder which is often
preceptible in times Of great social disaster.
The bishop has ordered the excommunica-
ton of the sinner, but TO no effect; process
sions with torches have been made, all equal
ly useless; the precious relic is not to be
found"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02
~ "Belle Britain" the lively travelin

E "Belle Britain" the lively travelling
correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune,
in recent letter, thus refers to Mobile:
At half past ten o'clock, A. NJ, we landed
at Mobile-a pleasant cotton city Of some
thirty thousand inhabitanis-where the peo-
pie live in cotton houses and ride in cotton
carriages. They buy cotton, sell cotton,
think cotton, eat cotton, drink cotton, and
dream cotton. They marry cotton wives, and
unto them are born cotton children. In emu
merating the charms of fair widow, they
begin by saying she makes so many bales OF
cotton. 1t is the great slaple-the sum and
substance of Alabama. 1t has made Mobile,
and oil its citizens.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

The NEWEST Novelty OF PARIs.-We
have just seen, says Punch, a new crinoline
petticoat which is called La Crinoline de
Leuiathan. So large are its proportions that
there is great doubt how the crinol;ne can be
laucnhed. 1t is said hat there is not draw
ing room in Europe extensive enough to
hold it, This was difficulty never contem-
plated by its fair builders. Another difficult
ty, not less perplexing, is how the daring
belle, who takes the command of this enor-
nous Leviathan, is TO be lifted in and out ol
the crinolnean vessel without damaging the
surrounding rigging. Nothing but crane
such MS is used for shipping horses, will be
able TO triumph over this dilemma.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

GsoRoIA ITEM.-Tbe Athens Wntchman
is credibly informed that in Jefferson the
other day man who was very drunk hav-
ing vomited in the street, some hogs passing
along stopped and helped themselves to as
much as they wanted, and shortly thereaf-
ter died, notwithstanding the efforts that
were made to save them What killed the
hogs! Was it the strychnine in the whiskey!
Who will drink buckeye whiskey after this
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

AN UPRIGHT JUDeE.-Jusiiee Clarke Of the
Supreme Court of New York, fixed the bail
cf Jacob II. Mott, the alleged accompice of
Brotherson in the Union Bank embezzlement,
at Sl4l 900, this being the sum said to have
been embezzled. The Judge in taking bail
for swindler could not adopt any other rule
without leaving strong presumption that he
had shared part Of the money stolen.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

Down ON PISTOL SHooTISG.-We see by a
late Louisville paper, that Mayor Pechen, in
view of the pistol match Of the celebrated
Travis, in which he proposes to hit with a
bullet from his pistol, an apple resting upon
the head of small boy standing given dis
lance from him, has issued a proclamation,
declaring It dangerous and probably mur'
derous experiment. The Mayor commanded
the police to arrest all persons engaged in
said experiment, dangerous to the peace OF
the city and in peril of the life Of a person or
persons under her corporate protection, and
bring them before the City Court, that they
may be placed under bonds, and otherwise
dealt with according to law, to the end that
an experiment so terrible in itself and so
shocking to the community may cease and be
prevented to every intent and purpose.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02
Col. ALLsop IN SAvAKSAH.-The Savan

SOl>. hl-boOf SANANNAh.-t uC ohNnu-
nah Georgian of Tuesday says;
An English gentleman informs us that he
yesterday saw Col. Allsop, of London, in Sa.
vannah. 1t will be remembered that the gall
liant colonel stands accused Of having partici-
pated in the recent internal machine plot te
destroy Louis Napoleon, Emperor of France.
A reward Of $1,000, or f2O0, is offered for
him, and he is closely being sought after by
French and English detectives of the blood
hound kind, but we oplne larger reward
than the above must be offered before he can
he delivered over, as question arises in the
minds of the people, whether the colonel is
returnable under the extradiion law, and
whether his offence is anything but purely a
political one, aiding and abetting in plot TO
overturn the present anti-repubiican govern
ment of France.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

THE FMANcIAL CONDITION OF VIRGINIA.
We notice that the whole outstanding debt
of the State amounts in round numbers to
(say) S27,OOo,00O. The State owns bonds
and stocks to the amount of $4,000, O,0OO.-
The taxable property of the State, ut its as
sessed valuation, amounts to nearly $780,
100000. The annual revenue, under exist
ing laws, is sufficient to defray the current
expenses of the government, to pay the an
nual interest on the existing debt, and a
sinking fund sufficient to redeem the princi-
pal within thirty.four years, and after the
close of the next fiscal year will leave an an
nual surplus Of 81 100000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

E A letter from Ex-Governor Wright of
Indiana, now United States Minister TO Prus-
sia, contains The following:
81 am living in large building, with ele-
ven rooms; rent 1900 thalrrs n year; four
servants, costing about 1000. Have furnish.
ed my own house at an expense Of about
1000. You see il come hone, shall have
to borrow moneyto get home on. IL will oll
come right in the end. Never mind, there is
good time head, boys"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

Y A gentleman OF Boston who takes a
business view of most things, when recently
asked respecting person Of quite poetic
temperament, replied: "Oh, he is one ofthose
who have soarings nfter the infinite and
diviugs after the uufathomable, but who
never pays cash."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

Poor QUARTERs.-A correspondent Of
the New York Herald asserts, that in a shan
,y at Forty.ninth street, between Fifth and
Sixth avenues, fiom twenty to two hundred
kegs Of powder nre constantly kept, and that
in the same shap,y, only divided by board
petition, a blacksmith plies his work Justify
Whnt brave follow he must bel This is
actuallv an
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02
GRAPE CurrIscs.-Have You cboic'

GRAPE CUTTINGS You choice
grape cutting that you want to grow!
Then go to the woods, dig some roots of
wild grape vine, cut them into pieces OF about
six inches long, cut your emitting into pieces
Of only one, or at most, two buds; insert the
lower end, by The common cleft grating
method, into the piece Of wild vine root plant
it in the earth, leaving the bud of the cutting
Just level with the top of the ground. Every
one so made will grow, and in two years be-
come bearing plants.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

CURIOUS WILL.-The will of Gov. Blnch-
EFT, of Plymouth, Mass, proved in 1888, con-
tains the following singular clause:-"I de-
sire my body to be kept so long as it may
not be offensive, and that one of my toes
and fingers may be cut of, to secure Gel
.ainty of being dead. further request my
dear wife, that as she has been troubled
with one old fool, she will not think of mar
rying q second"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

WHAT CHRISTIAN BAPTISM Is.-The Ten.
nessee Baptist puts forth the following -
"Genuine baptism is not immersion by an
unauthorized minister, nor is il immersion by
Presbyterian or Methodist preacher, even
though he may have been immersed; nor is it
immersion by Baptist preacher. Christian
baptism is immersion by a Baptist preacher,
who himself has been regularly immersed by
n regularly immersed Baptist minister"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

ST. LOUIS, March 24.-The overland mail
from Arazona, Feb. 7th, says that Gundazn,
the leader of the rebellion in Sonora, defeated
the Government troops in several battles, and
has surrounded Peschiera and threatens to
hang the Governor of that place. The lndi-
ans in Massilla Valley are troublesome. A
general attack was feared.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

VIRGINIA CATTLE.-Foriy nine cattle from
South Branch, Va, are on their way to New
York, weighing rs follows The largest
weighs 2,sOo pounds, and more than half Of
them weigh over 1000 lbs, ard the whole lot
weighs over 1850 pounds; being AT average
of 1867 pounds, and cost "a 62-an average
of sos 55 per head.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

B- The following is "fearful," besides
being slightly original. We 6nd it in the
Literary Museum:
Mr.. Museum If dogge's taile is kut
awf intirely, will il mott intsrfeare with his
lowcowmowshunr
"Not eggzackly-it might not affect his
carriage, but twould entirely stop his wsg-
GIN"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

How TO Sror PArER.-An editor, who
has probably suffered some, tells people how
to stop paper. He says "call at the Office
and fork up arrearages and order il stopped
like man, and not refuse to take Il out Of
the post. Office and sneak away like a puppy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

CoSvERTED.-Among the names OF per-
sons reported as being converted during the
present religious excitement in New York
and Philadelphia, are those Of George Law,
the Millionaire; Edwin Forrest, the Tragedi-
an; "Awful Gardner" the roted Pugilist, and
Horace Greely, the Tribune Editor!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

E A gentleman who was formerly one
ofthe propnetors Of a mercantile house in
Davenport, Iowa, which lately failed, 10 now
saving wood for living.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

The RESULT OF HARD TImEs.-The De-
troit Tribune says a loving couple were mar
red at Albion, few days since, by justice,
and having no money they paid him with two
bushels OF black walnuts.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

Brps FOR Treasury NorEs.--At the open
ing of the bids for Treasury notes. the
amount offered was fraction less than
s7,oOo,oOo. The amount of premium de-
manded ranged from At to 6 per cent
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

~. Governor Weller, Of California, rec
commended the appointment Of night watch
to guard the State Treasury vhils tas Legis-
Istuye is in session.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

THE FIRST FREIGHT TRAN.-Ths first
freight train over the Norfolk and Petersburg
Railroad reached the former city on Monday
evening. It was laden with grain from Isle
Wight county, Virginia.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-02

NORTH AND SoUTH.-The Richmond Dis
patch says: Mr.. Crittenden OF Kentucky, in a
late eloquent speech in the Senate, said he
was much grat6ed in learning from South
ern and Northern speakers the comparative
resources Of the two sections of our country.
The Senator from South Carolina had de-
tailed the resources fthe South, and the
Senator from Maine had given those of the
North, and while listening to them il seemed
to him, (Mr. CrittendenD that this was the
most natural Union in the world. If either
OF these sections were apart, it would make
nation of which any man may be proud to
be citizen. What a magnificent Union,
exclaimed Mr.. Crittenden, ii makes phen you
put both together!
The patriotic Senator from Kentucky con-
cluded by an eloquent appeal for the Union.
1t is speech worthy the better days of the
Republic.