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


A Printer stood at his case one night,
In his office dark and drear,
Aud his weary sight was dim as the light
or the mouldy lamp hung near;
The wintry winds we're bowling without,
And the snow falling thick and fast,
But the Printer, trow, shook his locks OF snow,
And laughed at the shreklng blast;
lie watched the hands of the clock creep round,
Keeping time with its sna!l-like tick,
As he gathered the type, with a weary click,
In his old rust-eaten stict.
His hairs were as white as the falling snow,
And silently, day by day,
lie beheld them with grief, like the autum leaf,
One by one, "passing away"
Time had cut with his plow nrrows deep In his brow,
His cheek was fsvered and thin,
And his long Roman nose could almost repose
Its head on his gray-bearded chin;
And with fingers long, as the hours stole on,
Keeping time with the clocks dull tick,
lie gathered the type, with a weary click,
In the old rust-eaten stick.
For many long years. through joys and through tears,
That old Printers time battered face,
So ghosty and team, night and morn had been SEEM
Earnestly bent DER his case.
In a few years more Death will iOcb up his form,
And put IL to press In the mould,
And stone DER the spot where they lay him to rot,
WIN tell US his name and how old
And his comrades will light that old lamp by his case,
And list to the clocks dun tick,
As they set up his death, with a solemn click,
In his old rust.eaten stick.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-12-03

MISSISSIPPI BoTToM LAsD.-A correspon-
dent OF The Memphis Eagle mentions sale
Of bottom lands near Columbus, ARK. The
entire property sold for Si41,3 800 on the
block-that is, the l5il 50-l00 acres of
land and the SO negroes, with the teams,
stock and furnishing utensels thereon.-
There were purchasers on the spot from
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi
and Arkansas. The average of the whole is
equal to $1,000 piece for the negroes, and
about $54 per acre for the land.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-12-03

The LYRICAL DRUSKARD.-A well dressed
man was found drunk in Newbern the other
day, and in his pocket was the following:
"Ali hail great King Bacchus' nameP
Let drunkards PROSTATE TALL,
Bring fourth the royal demijon,
And let them drink It ALL"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-12-03
THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD.

The following is mn extract from n sermon
of Spurgeon, the English preacher, and is
specimen Of the eloquence which, within
year or two, has made his name familiar in
both hemispheres
"Can any man tell me when the beginning
was? Years ago, we thought the beginning
of this world was when Adam came upon il:
but we have discovered that thousands OF
wears before that God wns forming chaotic
matter 20 make II n fit abode for man, and
putting races of creatures upon it, that they
might die and leave traces of his handwork
and marvellous skill, before he tried his hand
on man. But this was not the beginning, for
revelation points us to II period long ere this
world was fashioned, to the days when the
morning stars were bcgottcn-when, like
drops of dew from the fingers of morning
stars and consultations fell thickly from the
hand of God; when, by his own lips, he
launched forth ponderous orbs when, with
his own hand, lie sent comets, like thunder
bolts, wandering through the sky to find one
day their proper sphere. We 20 back to
those days when worlds were made and sys-
tens were fashioned, and we have not even
approached the beginning yet.
Until We go back to the time when all the
universe slept in Tie mind of God. rs vet un-
horn, until we enter the eternity where God,
the Creator dwells alone, everything sleep
ing within him, all creation sleeping in his
mighty, gigantic thought, we have not guess
ed the beginning. We may go back, back,
back, ages upon ages. We may 90 back il
we may use such words, whole eternites, and
yet never arrive at the beginning. Our wing
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-12-03

THE UTAH WAR.-'i'he expenditures for
the Utah imbroglo, as far rs made by tho
Quartermaster's department, amount TO S5,-
$4,000. Four thousand nine hundred and
forty seven wagons and ambulances, fifty.
three thousand three hundred and ninety six
horses, mules, and oxen, exclusive of animals
for artillery aud cavalry, were furnished
The pay OF the officers and men, and the
cost of subsistence which would have been
incurred had tie forces been engaged in any
other service than this, are not Of course in.
cnded in this estimate.
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HOME SYMPATHY WITH CHILDREN.

HOME SYMPATHY WITH CHILDREN.
Mrs. II. B. Stowe has published an excel.
lent article on the treatment Of young chill
dren, which ought to go to the hearts OF
parents throughout the land. In this money
loving and money making nge-the father
is often disturbed in his calculations by the
noisy play of his Youngsters, and the mother
often sends them out to find amusement
whilc she goes in full dress to make calls
If got rid OF few hours in the day at schools
they are more full Of vitality and noise than
ever when they come home; and "there is no
end to telling stotien" to keep them quiet
How to shirk the trouble of such little re-
sponsiLilites is often the thought of the too
orderly progenitor. Let him or her listen:-
"Mony u hard, morose, bitter man has
come from Charley turned off and neglec-
ted; many parental heatt-ache has come
| from Charley left to run the streets, that
mamma and sisters might play on the piano
aud write letters in peace.
"For to-day he is at your feet; 10 day you
can make him laugh, you eau make him cry,
persuade, coax, aud turn him TO your pleas
ure; you can make his eyes fill and his bosom
swell with recias of good and noble deeds;
in short, YOU can mould him fyou will take
the trouble.
"But look ahead some years, when that
voice shall ring in deep bass tones; when
that small foot shall have boys weight and
tramp; when rough beard shnll cover that
little round chin, and the wilful strength OF
manhood fill out that little form. Then you
| 90, g., a.. L. L.
TO be able to turn and guide him to your will,
but if you will lose that key now he is little,
you may search for it carefully, with tears,
some other day, and never find It,"
Children do not love to play alone; they
yenrn for the talk Of the family; and this in
stnct teaches parents their duty.
"Depend upon it, if it is too much trouble
to keep your boy in your society, there will
be places found for him-warmed and light
cd with no friendly fires--wherc he who
finds some mischief still for idle hands to do,
will care for him, if you do not. You may
put out n tree and it will grow while you
sleep, but n son you cannot-you must take
trouble for him, either little now or great
denl by-and.by.
"Of all you give your Charley, if you are
good man or woman, your presence is the
best and safest thing. God never meant
him 10 do without you any more than chick
ems were meant to grow without being
brooded
"'rhen let him have some place in your
house where it will be no sin to hammer and
pound, and mike all the litter bis heart de.
sires and his various schemes require. Even
if you can III afford to spare the room, weigh
well between that safe asylum and one which,
if denied, he may make for himself in the
street.
"All these things make troub!c-to be
suro they debut Charley is to make
trouble, that is the nature Of tie institution;
you are only TO choose between safe and
Wholesome trouble, and the trouble that
comes at last like a whrlwind. Con bless
, the little fellow, and send us ali the grace 10
, know what TO do with him"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-12-03

tB- 4 Kertuckian has been marrying n
Kiekapoo squaw:
MARRIED.-At Shawnee, Kansas Territory,
on Wednesday evening, the 10th instant, by
the Rev. Mr.. Spencer, Jonathan Gore, Esq,
formerly of Nelson county, Ky.) to Miss
Sallie, daughter of Charles Blue Jacket, U. 8.
Interpreter.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-12-03
THE OLD LINE WINGS AND THE
TARIFF

Those old line Wings, says the Lexington,
Ky., Observer, who went over to Loco.oco.
ism before and during the late Presidential
struggle, and who, by so doing, were rewnrd-
ed with seats in Congress and the Senate,
will soon have an opportunity to manifest
their devotion TO at least one of the cherished
measures of the old Wing party, which they
pretended to desert temporarily with such
bitter and deep regret All of these model
Wings declared openly and solemnly before
the country, that they still gloried in Wing
principles and that they would have been
the last men in the land to desert them, If
the party had not been disintegrated and
broken up. In saying these things were
they honest, or were they merely forging an
excuse for their recreancy? Were they
Wings in heart and soul when the American
organization sprang up, or had they been
pining in secret for an available opportunity
TO be enrolled beneath the. banners of the
seemingly invincible Locofoco mob! Were
they speaking from honest and truthful
hearts, or were they uttering lies when they
gloriIied Henry Clay and Daniel Webster,
and the grand scheme of American states
manship which they proposed, and for the rs.
tablshmcnt of which they struggled until
they died! These questions will he solved
during the coming session of Congress-
The Tariffquestipn looms up as grandly rs
a mountain of fire, and can neither be ignored
nor pretermitted. 1t exerted n controlling
influence in Pennsylvania, and any political
organic ton in that great State, or in New
York, or Massachusetts, or Maine, or in any
of the Eastern or Northern States that sets
its fnce against Protection, will be visited
with overthrow and destruction. 10 spite
of Locofoco blindness and stubbornness this
question will come before Congress at its
next session, and then we shall watch with
chanan Wings. The commerce of the coun-
try is PROSTATE, its manufactures have been
ruined by unlimited freedom of trade, we
are burdened with debt, the financial depart
ment of the Government is disorderpd almost
beyond precedent, and If these great and nc-
cumulated disasters are to be remedied at all,
it must be done BY complete reversal of
the policy of the Locofoco party in regard to
the Tariff. As we have snd, n struggle will
be made to establish Tariff that will protect
our manufactures and prevent the exhausting
drain upon our resources that has been going
on for years, and which would have ruined
us beyond redemption long ago bu, for the
timely discovery Of the rich gold mines OF
California, and in this struggle were will the
oId-line Wings who represent Is5cofoco
constituents stand!
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Words of Wisdom,

The Sculpture Of Habit. Did you ever watch d
sculptor slowly fashionipg human counte-
nance; It is not moulded at once. 1t is pain
fully and laboriously wrought. thousand blows
rongh-cast it. Ten thousand chisel-p peints polish
aud perfect it, put ia the fine touches, aud bring
out the features aud expressions. 1t 10 work of
time; but at last the full likeness comes out and
stands fixed for ever and unchangBg in the solid
marble. Well so does man, under the leading
OF the Spirit, the teachings of Satan, carve out
his own moral likeness. Every day he adds some
thing to the work A thousand acts of thought
and will aud deed shape the features aud expires.
sion of the soul; habits Of love, purity and truth,
habits OF falseheod, malice and uncleanness,
silently mould and fashion it, till at length 1T
wears the likeness of God or the image aud super
scrption of the Evil One.-Pldin Srm0nS.
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cennlrrxs OF REcsprlos.-With the

hope of adding to the comfort of the large nu mber
of distinguished guests who have been invited to
Fairfield Course tomorrow, to witness the great
Dolwell Stake Kacs. a Committee of Reception has
been appointed, and will be ia place to perform the
duties assigned them. We understand that's uums
Der of ladies expected to attend tbe course in
private vehicles, and that they will be assigned
isible positions in the field, to have fair
opportunity OF witnessing the race, aud yet be suf
heiently remote from the booths not to be die
turbed or annoyed by excitabie characters while
the sport is going on. Fairfield might readily be
rendered attractive to the ladies of the present
generation as Tree Hill was in the past, and the
wonder is that some enterprising mau does not
secure it for number of years, and make such i'm
provements would soon restore its lost renown
Even now, when there are no Accommodations Of
fered to visitors, the attendance Is always good,
because of tho fact that the people have been ae-
customed to visit it in search of pleasure and re-
creation. fef ftFs5 srfz.s#
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s@SEr YouR HOUSEHOLD III ORDER.

As sumner approaches, the human system becomes
dehiiitated. aud often so much weakened that life
bsc ines bur, hen to its pOssesspr. School misses
and boys. well adults, sntfsr from relaxation
Of toe nerves aad when nature is uuaid- d. p rmG-
leut diseases arc the fruits Of neglect good ton
L. in such cases, is the grand desiierdtaB and as
RAkEE'S P3sMLUM BiTTERA possess the requir
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its functions IN healthy manner ju no instance
have they failed to give entire satisfaction, when
used and we therefore commend them to public ia
vUr-
Fer sac by all the principal druggists in the city Of
Richmond and elsewhere in Virginia. ap l3
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EIF Tus GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY.
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tIEy ERP ATED HENALE PLLLE


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Full directions in the pamphlet around each pack
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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-03

ANOTHER MYSTERY IN PHLADELPHIA.-A day OF
two since, the papers of Philadelphia, teemed
with facts aud sufmises, concerning the murder
Of merchant OF that city, who was found in the
schuylkill, with his throat cut. The Ledger of
Friday has an account of another mystery. 1t
says: ss
Yesterday morning, about six O'Clock, colored
man, named John Stevenson, discovered the body
of white woman, apparently Irish, and about 80
years Of age, the side of hill at Forty-third
aud Spruce streets. Twenty-fourth Ward. He i'm
mediately informed the nearest neighbors of the
fact, who, on going to the spot, made an exami-
nation of the body. The woman was lying on
her back near a large oak tree, in small woods
known as Allbon's woods, while beside her lay
a straw bonnet trimmed with blue ribbons, blue
and pink flowers, and numbered l42 in the crown.
Near by was black merino shawl with a heavy
border. Her dress consisted of nous de lane
| froek, green and blue figured stripes, with a
basque OF the same material. Her under clothes
were perfectly clean, but had been put upon her
wrong side foremost. She had morocco
boots, with heels, perfectly clean, while the
place where her body was first discovered
is swampy and muddy. She has light brown
hair, aud thin visaged one of her front
teeth, IN the lower Jaw, was missing. and her
hands indicate that she has been accus emed to
hard work. Near the body was found repe four
or six feet long, and apparently had been used as
a clothes line There was knot In it. known as
the Toms Fool knot, arranged that two objects
could pe Hecnftu at tlIil6. 1nerS WAS also
found near the spst the heel of a man's boot
Within short distance OF the body the tracks OF
a horse aud carriage wheels were also discovered
They looked fresh, and from appearances the wa
gon bad passed up from Spruce street, and passed
a near the tree where the body was fouad, and
then turned into Forty-tbird street. The track
was followed up to Hamilton Terrace, near Till
street, where il was lost amid the numerous car
riage tracks on the road. Those who first saw the
body asserted that there were marks about tbe
neck, as If she had been choked, and that there
were marks of a rope about her wrist; but the
doctor, on making the post mortem examination,
thought no violence of that kind had been used,
but that she had been eaeiente aud an abortion mad
been produced, from the effects of which abe had
died, aud that the body had been removed rom
the place where the operation had been performed,
10 the secluded spot where il was fouud, to escape
detection. W ~ 81 b
The Phiiaieipbis papers Of Saturday say tse
name Of the victim 10 Alice MeGorken, a married
woman, whose husband has beea absent two
or three years in Great Britain. No trace Of those
connected with this affair has been discovered.
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CARRYING Our PART OF GENERAL JAcKsoS's WILL.
President jackson directed in his will that 'The
a silver vase. presented to me by the ladies of
Charleston, South Carolina, my native State, with
the large picture representing the upfurling fthe
American banner, presented to me by the citizens
Of South Carolina, when it refused TO be accept
ed by the United States Senate, be presented to
that patriot residing in the city State from which
they were presented, who shall be adjudged by
most valiant in defence of his country and our
countrys rights" The Palmetto regiment, of South
Carolina, being regarded as one man, has received
the and flag from the hands Of Andrew Jack
son. Jr.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-03

HOMICIDE IN ALBEMARLE-A coroner's inquest
was held last week over the body of a negro boy,
Martin aged II years. the property of K. W. Lewis,
Esq, near Bentivoglio, in this county. 1t appears
from the evidence that the boy had been suspected
priddy,) for which he was whipped and placed in
confinement on Friday the 10th ult,, by the over
seer. lie was confined by passing trace chain
around his neck, and fastening one end to "a raiter
OF the cabin. The lower end OF the chain reached
TO within three feet of the floor, and was loosely
fastened around the neck, without any apprehen-
sion of stranguiation. From Friday to O'Clock
Of Saturday night the overseer furnished the boy
with his meals regularly, and upon each visit did
not observe that aay danger was likely to result
from tie confinement On Sunday NOR ming the
boy was found dead. Priddy gave bail in $500 to
appear at court and answer.-ChariotteseiH (Fa)
Advocate.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-03

ACCEPrED.-The stockholders, respectively. of the
Orange & Alexandria Railroad aud Mansssa Gap
Railroad companies, have accepted the acts of the
Legislature, making appropriations to their roads.
At meeting of the Manassa Gap Company, the
following business was transacted:
A proposition TO appropriate portion Of said
subscription aud appropriation by the State to the
redemption of Rockingham county bonds TO the
amount Of S4l 900, which now held as colst-
erals by third parties, was discussed and adopted
with one dissenting voice.
1t was also agreed with like unanimity, that
from and after the LIST of July next, all accruing
interest on the remaining and unexpended portion
Of the Rockingham county bonds, shall be remit
ted until the work of construction of the railroad
beyond Nit. jackson shall be resumed.
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PRoGREss OF CRIME IN VrRorsIA.-The

Il Il
names of prisoners, with their crimes etc, are
entered when received at the Pehitentiary, and
numbered from the lst Of October, that being the
commencement of the fiscal year. In looking
over the register, it appears that in the fiscal
year to the ID day of May, 1886, the numbe re-
ceiyei WAS, 5s
To the I'd day of May, 1856, 60
To % . g +" 1857, 76
To 1855 81
There are now in the Peniteatary three hundred
and foIty-S9 prisoners, being more than were.ever
there before at one time. --- ---~
The prison contains Ill cells, % of which are So
small that they can accommodate but one prisoner
each. This being the case the other prisoners. 3I7
in number, crowded into IT. cells. If crime
continues to Increase as it has done within
the past three years, the Legislature will be
compelled to enlarge the Penitentiary to a con
siderable extent, or appoint some other mode OF
punishment for felons. Negroes might be profta
bly, employed in coal mines, and by farming them
cut for that purpose, the State might reimburse
herself tho cost Of conyicting them.
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sss- MEXICAN MUSTANG LrsrMrNr.-

Intrinsic virtue alone could the which
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Pole Evil. and Swelings upon Horses 1t has no
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formed 30 many cures in our neighborhood as sthis
l.. W. SMITH, Ridgeheld, Conn" 3. LRJroH. Esq.
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p BARNES u PARK, Propriefors.
an lg-Si&cwsFn 1s azz sf5a s'sfs New York.
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