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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-16

0.1- The Lawrence, Kansas, Herald of
Freedom estimates the present population oi
Kansas at one hundred thousand, and thinks
il will be one hundred aud twenty before the
wear closes.
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.1B- There Is an individual in Carnayon 10
sharp that he uses his shadow to split fire.
wood. lie is the same fellow who Is no
long headed that it takes an idea six months
10 get behind bis ears.
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eR- The Nashville News says the Union
and Planters Banks have reduced exchange,
on New York and all points East, to of l
per cent.
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GOVERNMENT EXTRAvAGANCE.

The Washington Union, justly alarmed at
the effect upon the public mind of the ex-
posures that have been made Of the unparal-
leled extravaganza of the Administration, has
turned to cyphering, with the hope of show
ing a different result. What its figures are
worth, will appear from the annexed state
ment of the Washington correspondent of
the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer:
"The list of appropriations published in
the Union n week ago was grossly defective.
1t was prepared for effect, to check the dam
aging influence upon the Administration OF
such speeches upon the finances as those of
Senator Wilson, Sherman, of Ohio, Howard,
of Michigan, and Andrews, of New York.
TO promote tha same object, the Onion has
published an elaborate report Of a speech by
MIR. Letcher, of Va, the great gun OF his
party on questions of finance and revenue.
That speech as published, was never deliver
ed, and would have been n disgrace to its au
thor if it had been. 1t is full of mis.state-
ments. In money matters the existing ad-
lninstraton is gigantic failure. 1t stands
IL pillar of blunders, and all the columns
of the press cannot prop it up. Take, for
instance, the Unions own statement OF the
appropriations of the last session, as proof
of the wreck into which the government is
falling. The official prints admits that the
aggregate of appropriations is S66,0OO,OO0.
To that sum, the following are TO be added,
as items omitted through haste, no doubt:
Post Office Appropriation Law, $l7,500,0O0
Permanent and Indefinite APP
propriations, which do not
appear in the acts Of each
session, 100000
Cost of collecting the revenue, 100000
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-16

LiFF's OEEcrs.-Whai DO Ne live fofi--
Is II to fill the oircling years with labor. puin
and pleasure ne a mere necessity 10 oieaf q
few acres Of ground on which 10 raise cor
bread' TO amass for ourselves wealti -
drink Of the wine Of wisdom and fesd em
minds with knowledge, thai men may Dc ss
reverence! or is !, ~ seek happiness ifem
the muddy pools ofPlessurel Life has besn
given US for higher aud noblef purPoss.--
Our own happiness, If soaght tseH is "a
dolairors end, and will not be attained.
True happiness is Saysids aowsf. that
grows hard by the path Of ussialsess. and
which, if plueked, will Wither IN TIE hzbd,
but if passed by like ih,mo ahsR tfoSdsa
under foot, will yield Ifs SIS eoiesi frsgrAnos.
We arc ~ 50 eoasi,.aicd as " Le depssasHs
upon each other, 10 a great extent IL is
therefore ouT iRisivsi, as well as cur dsiy. 70
administer 10 the necessities ofOuf fellow
creatures. We should not le, the eTi;szs
Of our lives be read 10 that toy eOnnon cpl
taph-born OF such day aud died on such
another, with an interval Of afty year,. Bga
le. US 50 live that the world may be better
Of our having lived in IT, Let tie memory
Ofthe tears We have dried, the pahgs sf hon
est suffering we have relieved the virtues ws
have encouraged, and tie sins We have ab-
jurcd, live and exert a saiuiary influence long
after we have ceased TO exist.
UPsTARTs. s.-Ihere is 10 lhis world q class
Of people who, though born among the ashes
aud filth Of poverty, when elevated In apsoa.
mary point Of view, by fotuitous eifeuhlsiah-
ces, or ,Ilainous dealings with their fellows,
imagine they possess a superiority which all
should acknowledge, and to which all should
bow They lose sight OF that glorious
truth, Tat what man may possess Of the
wealth of earth, is no part or parcel OF him
self; and acting under deusion resulting
from Sudden change 10 their condition, fan.
cy ihsl lAciJ dollars aud cents are Intrinsic
virtues. Some who cannot boast Of wealth,
but whose possessions have increased yield
TO the seductive idea Of their greatness, aud
seek 60 command the admiration and subsst-
yieney Of their u.o's noble fellows. We
care not how poor may have been The parents
from which man deG,es his being, u, In AZ.
ter life, he will not lose sight Of the eIrcum.
stances Of his birth, and, by Kind ofwould.
be arlstocralie department, assert the inlsfi.
ofily ofsuch ns II placed for comparison IN
ihe scale ofwohh, would, prove him lighter
than chaiE There is no greater proof Of
mean, gIO,riias .sl.s., than those setlons
which show a man eslimrdng himself add
HE asishhafs ~ usBsy. ashsihls P.s-sa.,
whether rich or poor, can 9ny be dagnsied
by such conduct and, therefore. the Altsmp,
TO arognte fame, worth, and power, upon
the hypothesis that wealth, whether honestly
or dishonesty obtained, s their equivalent
can avail nothing 10 behalf Of such poor. de-
luded wre,ehcs
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-16

ADIscoNsoLATE WIDow.-Christian Minks,
German, died recently in the Baltimore jail
ofmqnia potu. Information Of his death
was conveyed to his wife, that she nigh, take
possession Of the body aud have il buried in
conformity with her own views. Bu; instead
of calling for it, Mrs. Minks sent a German
friend TO shy that the body was for sale, aud
could be had for the moderate sum Of ten
dollars. No one appearing anxious 10 invest,
the man lowered his figures trine and said
he was authorized to take five dollars rather
than miss a Trade, urging MS an iuduecment
to some humane capitalists, that the wife
was poor and had been many times iIl-lreat-
ed by her husband, nnd as he had never been
Of any service 10 her while living, it was no
more than fair that size should make what she
could ont of him, now that fortune favored
her. The body was dull sale however, and
had finally to bo buried at the cilys ca
pense.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-16

Coon NEws.-Tbe Washington CORES.
pondenI of the Philadelphia Press says that
President buchanan sis sick ot proscripiioa"
Glad to hear 1t, for paradoGiea as II may
seem, il is sign Of improved (oaieial)
hnnllh
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100000
100000
S29,l00,000
6S,OO0,00O
Officially admitted,
S97,00O,OOO
From which deduct, S3,5O0,O00
6oO mn

From which deduct, $3,500,O0O
5OO,0O0--$5,OO0,OOO
being sums admitted to have been provided
for the Post Office and the collection of Rev,
enue. This will leave, as the total apprOpri-
ations definite and indefinite, for 1858, $50,
and for deficiencies of lS57,-'5S, all made or
sanctioned at the last session, $92 100000.
There are, doubtless, many omitted items,
and full statement will probably show the
sums of taxation chargeable to the legisla
ton of the last Session, 20 be Sl0O,000,O00.
This is the amount recently stated by Mr..
Crttenden, in his recent excellent speech
at Covington, and il is nearly correct"
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.B'"You'll have to bear the responsible
ity," said mother to bdgbi-eyed young
daughter, who thought Of marrying without
maternal appreciation, u expect ~ bear sew
eral, ma" said Fanny
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.1- What is tho height Of imHginaiioul
Having dined at taye'n, to imagine you
have paid the walter, aud for him lo suppose
so too.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-16

t7g- The Macon and Western Railroad
has declared dividend OF four per cent pJy.
able ON aud after the lsl VI August,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-16
THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1858.

NOTES OF THE BANKS OF TENNESSEE,
Received by the State, Union and Planters Banks Of
Tennessee, at Nashville.
ythe Planters Bank.
Bank Of Tennessee, Bank of Memphis,
Union Bank, Northern Bank of Tenn.
Planters Bank, Bank of America,
Merchants Bank, Citizens Bank,
Farmers Bank, Bank of Chattanooga,
Bank OF Paris, Bank of Middle Tenn.
Bank Of Commerce, Commercial Bank,
Bank of the Union Southern Bank.
BY the Bank Of Tennessee and the Union Bane.
Bank Of Tennessee, Citizens Bank,
Planters Bank, City Bank
Union Bank, Farmers Bank,
Bank Of America, Merchants Bank,
Bank of Chattanooga, Northern Bank,
Bank of Memphis, Southern Bank,
Bank OF Paris, Traders Bank,
Bank OF the Union, Keutucky Banks,
Bucks Bank, New Orleans Banks.
Bank OF Middle Tenn.
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FIRST BLOOD SHED FOR LIBERTY IN
THE REVOIUTION.

The first blood shed in defence Of liberty
and in opposing English expressions was in
the South. The State OF North Carolina
the "old North State and twin sister Of
South Carolna--is entitled TO the hoEor. IL
was during the gubernatoral administration
of the notorious Governor Tyon, the Eng
lish Governor at the time, who built one Of
the most pleasant palaces IN either North or
South America, at Newbess, n. C., with the
proceeds of tares imposed upon the people
for the purpose, and TO resist which taxation
a aportion of them rebelled, Just as did She
men of Massachusetts afterwards Ii took
place in the year l77l, and Is uarrated bv
Mr.. Wheeler in his history of North Caro-.
lima. On the 10Th of May, in that wear,
battle was fought between the American and
British forces, on the banks of the Alamance
river, in what is known now as the coanty Of
that name, called the Babe Of Alamance.-
The American forces were called the "regu-
latOrs, from their efforts in endeayoring 10
bring about an equitable regulation of taxes
and other oppressive matters The American
forces amounted TO two thousand, and were
headed by three men named Husbands, Hun
ter and Butler while the British forces, in
Nihu'hE Alii'S N"ilNA OAA " lNhlls NlNhANA-
ed 10 upwards Of eleven hundred, bot had
the advantage greatly in arms and discipline.
AS might have been expected, the Americans
were defeated after an action Of two hours,
with n loss of twenty dead, several wounded;
while that Of the royal forces, wounded and
missing, was sixty-one. Mr.. Wheeler says
"Thus ended the battle Of Alamance.-
Thus and here was the first blood spilled in
these United States, in resistance to exac-
tons Of English rulers, and opprersions by
the English government The great Wolf
Of South Carolina showed mis- hlood.thirsty
temper by acts Of revenge, cruelty and bar
barity. lie hung Captain Tew the next day,
without trial, on tree"
1t was in this case, as Byron truly says in
one of his poems
"For Freedoms battle once begun,
Bequeathed from bleeding sire TO PR.
Though sometimes lost, is ever won"
Thus we see that il was at the battle of
AIamance, and not at Bunker Hill, that the
first American blood was shed in the cause of
liberty, "llouor to whom honor is due
Charleston Mercury.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-16

l4g- We see by the New Orleans papers
that the colored ladies were TO give Fair
on the 9th inst, for the benefit Of tho Rising
Sun Association, and the Pieayune expresses
the hope that they will get The full measure
of the laudableness of their object. What
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-16

hRplyAL % THe RtsAiss 90 PEtsiptsr
MoRnog A. NOafOLg.-l'bo steamer Jsmss-
town, with tho remains u President Monroe,
hriyed NJ Norfolk on The evening Of lbs 9Th.
nHd passed ~ Tho river The steamer W..
iioFson has also passed up The Msyo' u
Norfolk went on board ths Jamosiown shea
sbe ardysd there, md delivered ~ sleqssbt
address, which wa replisd 10 ny hl Cosh.
rabe, There was M Immense eioud upoh
the whaTes. Ninuls guns wire Cred. and
01gs placed NJ bslf fmast as soon ss Tho
sleameIs hppeAIed lh sIRhL
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-16

laS- Happiness is perfume lbal one eaRr
not shed over QUE another Nllbopl y iew
drops falling on ones self,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-16

tSy- A candidate for Congress in Pennsyl-
vania, with an editorial friend, stumping their
district last week, got belated and asked
to stay all night at roadside cabin, but the
owner thought they looked so much like
horse thieves that lie told them to move on.
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New YORK, july s.

NEW YORK, July 8.
The steamer City of Washington has ar.
rived here.
EEGLAND.-ln Parliament, the Bishop OF
Oxford aud Lord Brougham denounced the
Coolie trade as slavery in its worst form.
Victoria will inaugurate the Atlantic Tele-
graph by sending peace massage TO Presi-
dent Buchanan.
FRANcE.-Great uneasiness is excited by
the French erecting Notifications at Ciyta
Vecchia.
Spain is still suffering from the crisis.
The NeapolitNn special charge 1T Vienna
quilted that place in high dudgeon because
Austria refused to back Naples against Eng
land.
The Asiatic cholera has appeared in Lon
don.
Nothing was seen or heard of the Atlantic
Cable squadron by the officers, crew or pas
sengers on the Africa.
Lucknow has been threatened with an at
tack by 10000 rebels The European force
there has been reduced to about 1000 inlan'
try. The heat is intense and the city un-
healthy.
The debates in the English Parliament, on
the French free labor system, has excited
great indignation in France.
1t is reported that Spain has applied to
France for support against the British press
ure against the slave trade On the coast OF
Cuba, and it is further stated that the appIi'
cation has met with encouragement.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-16

.Jg- Bernhisel, The Mormon Delegate
from Utah. publishes card in the New York
papers, IT, which he pronounces the reports
that the Mormons are still preparing TO resist
the government troops, TO be false and asks
suspensions Of public opinion in regard to
the conduct of the Saints We applehend
that public opinion would freely grant him
and bis tribe suspension by their shirt col.
lars
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A PLucKY GovERNoR.-A letter from
Florida states that Governor Perry recently
hailed the stage on the line between Mieano-
py and the terminus ofthe Florida Railroad,
and requested the driver TO divergc few
hundred yards from his course, to take
aboard some lady passengers. John obsti-
nately refused; hot words ensued, and the
Governor pitched in and gave the fellow a
sound drnbbinp.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-16

I1-Amfdta talent !. receiving subsiah.
lial acknowledgment sbiosd pfoL Morse
il coming home win $4,000 IN bic pocket,
lbe ffuii of lis Telegraph In Europe. lice
bas lately shipped mammoth Pfsss fof the
London Tines, Eaies 4 Ollbeh are msilnE
eaH iof Cubs had bfsfil. Ihs Qusth "
hpplD IL barring bei VA sisswsn ~ Nrs
Yeft, md ils Ct~ bas Lsegms psioe ~
lhn hDMIlI-MALs
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i4g- The Central Bank of Montgomery,
Ala, resumed specie payments on the lst
inst.
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.ag-"Nonehalans" means that particularly
indifferent look which is put on by men "who
never pay" when dunned for money. 1t
should be written, none she'll UW.
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l4y- Said n woman to an old maid, "lly
husband is not 80 good husband as he
might be, but he is powerful sight better
than nonr."
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GTA Spanish writer rewarks NJ lsdy's
black eyes "'fbey were 10 mourning fOf lle
murders they had committed"
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O1r The wind il blew, srow il 1sw, aad
raised particular thunder viii skids sgd
hoops and chicken eoops, spd lll that sed "
puudeL
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- INC Dlaek RepubIlcans Of Illlnol.

:45- The Black Republicans of Illinois
are taking the vote on railroad cars upon the
next Presidency. Seward beats the field
It's bad sign for a mans success, when he
gets so many votes SO long before the elcc-
ton. Scattering ran as usual. lie got TWEEN
tv-six votes. Should not wonder If he beats
Seward on the day of the election.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-16

The KANE ExPEDITIoS.-1he last Sur
rriag officer Dead.-A sad accident Occult
red on Tuesday evening, in the Brooklyn ma
Wy yard which resulted in the death Of Mr.
Henry Brooks, who is said TO be the last sur
yiyng officer Of the Kane Arctic Expedi-
tim
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-16

~ 4 eoIored frm ~ hegark, n, bsg-
Ing suffered some peeupiary embaTsssWegls
recently closed business aud lbs senior msm-
Der gase The following '4ops" ~ lhe public
"De dsboluGoa 90 ~ psrsnips bfJplsig ~.
sislDg lwiAi he and ZONES, 90 DC Lprlef pig-
lesslon aul beretvic isSolyed Flssogs she
use nusl pap Dc msenber Dew sbsl a.
iurm ose must est oa Jopes, as ds b,w 10
ius0lyed IHiihsDA"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-16

tY- They are tanning at elephants hide
at Cincinnati 1t was purchased by cur
rier in Wisconsin, where the animal, which
belonged to menagerie, died. The freight
to Cincinnati cost Sl5. 1t is an immense
hide, so bulky that the tanners handle it
with great difficulty. 1t is an inch Thick and
full n year and half will be required to tan
Il thoroughly.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-16

TAKING THE QUARTER.-During the trial
ola case 10 the Essex Common Pleas, at New
buryport, recently, witness who was
brought from Plaistow, N. H., WAS asked by
District Attorney Abbott, "Didn't you boast,
when you lived in Newburyport, that you
were the greatest liar iD the city" The vii.
ness looked wise for a minute or two before
he answered "Oh, know what you mean.
You see went into room one night, aud
found half dozen fellows who seemed to
be telling stores Says one Of them, Here's
-, he'll take the money What money!
asked. 'rhat quarter on the table, was
the answer the man that tells the biggest
lie takes it, merely told them that J
shouldn't try for il, as never told lie in
my life, and ihey gare me he quarter"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-16

So WE never kpes map dlspgssi AZ
seop lhe huwb.e, sbo Rss Hol bIms.ll y
fair object ofseom ~ lhe bpmLlfsl
80 PorIy luw lbe mqulb Als u Ap
ea's, poely lfomibs Ae4rt slays Aew
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-16

SSow Arms WHUF M0ugIAbs A gsg
leman who aseended bloupi WIN, l0m
the Wbile hoguiaIp Notch, isw d9ls agqi
found palehes " sngw rgblpsp iHells d,pp
on ibe iop VI lhe molpialp. lhis b sala N
be quite unusual lor llal pggllghgqd ~
late 10 june,
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Izfg- Mouy person lbipks le d bspesi
brcause DC has never cttaiei. lHsipgl W
thai, bs bas meier been l1wPlud Nll
The wohd calls 'lunaie goodness ls Vilpn y
full stomach, aud wbpiil ieuus yips b ~
Gequeuily pn SIMPLY LTr4d basksL
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- me fpieslsA ~ u qaslsi .sNs,
bas oLesi " Wsth ssgyi philosophy isha
could veil bs agsdsd lais ~ sssll .p.s..
liad lsfk 10 Hsa siih hls bssds lb Nj.
bfppehps psetsis shl y pipe m bic Ryulh,
lg0tlgg ~ " 80 hsH II siil tsHs DsSi
lAek is mss ~ meet dine iliiss. bis sleeve.
pllpi w sH1 asllhg ~ matt u syiss sHl
dRlL
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~ i'.fsS 49, qsrt itist n, N..
iaNli Va fitst bflti+ t.ii atst.s, -
4 M fHfHfH tWit NHF attsss ~.
tyf s-ht4 itH t ltifisss ir,ifF
gFAahla Hist.g .s,s -Ss r.,.,
aN.gi pgn.a sta ,u tjttssi u a.
Elti wS attas
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~ 4 sfa lies bss bsts sisH.A u b.e.
f0H, ibH esf d iisiis H. lgspsssis yD.s.s
iegeG NG Thompson. Ne hssfl sssss,
sgys tii is y slHsBia tsl usl si.+tl,.i
iatil iisi 49, fsyIs si'th tit sissfh J. ~
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islas gYsNhiiiY bfss shsitts. tisH gss
slifi istNis iis fthtisiish st1 siss 81 q
ils WtfligA N tsilss itttf" ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-16

Permanent and Indefinite APP
preparations, which do not
appear in the acts of each
session,
Cost OF collecting the revenue,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-16

Thus we see that it was at the battle of
Aamance, and not at Bunker Hill, that the
first American bleod was shed in the cause OF
liberty. "lloror to whom honor is due
Charleston Mercury.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-16

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qs4fg lbl' sfssts ~ iss Ne, Ts,l III.
lgfp
hWs fse sla AZ tj.i., Urfl. fyi,s,.
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~ sNl rYit ftHHstf Rss,, A. a. 80.
HNN tYNt 81 "a t4Hsfsi siqs tH.tS a.,
lpasYN Hl'f q His iNh iii5 ttt tYsiiss IN,
s"s q, f4is-sit ils tNti. y, 90 isiists
iNH ssi.H p HsfHf rffi, NJ u ~s't ~
pa. ..'t 's4-s ~ a'ssss'fs ~ b'' sslpii
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-10-28

roR Last Saturday morning. for the
my life, I saw the British flag flying
bwn,'' and that alongside the wharf in
| Can you tell me what it meant! My
d me at once to go down on the wharf, TO
rs the matter; and imagine my surprise
there on looking up to see the flag union
/ began to think l was dream
blurred Of the bystanders, when I found
Edence Of their senses corroborated my
ed to find out the meaning Of the strange
but the nearest approach to an explana-
I remark of an old salt who stood by, that
bnpany we're in great distress for the want
band, having been all the morning trying
he stern chain, when all Of a sudden the
bch it was fast parted, and away went the
bard, and so they set the colors first union
thea half-mast in taken of their great
khe departed end Of the chain. l hope,
| you will be able to give me a better rea-
krange 8 sight in the harbor of Honolulu.
Yours, hammock BURN.