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The ias,ression seems to be extending,
! (snys the Nashville Banner,) that Douglas
will be a candidate for the next Presidency,
either as the nominee Of the Charleston Con-
veniion, ,.or as M appellant from the decision
of that body. We have published articles
from the Chicago Times and the Philadelphia
Press, intimating MS much in terms not to DO
misunderstood. This following from letter
to the New York Evening Post bears upon
the subject, and is nn interesting item. The
writer seems to think that Douglas does not
desire the nomination, and that if lie runs at
all it will be as an independent candidate
We quote: ......
Mr.. Douglas made his frat appearance in
the Senate to dny. He entered ihe Chamber
at the right time, If he purpOsed to produce
an effect, for the Senate WAS in session, ut u
lull, and the spacious galleries were crowded
He passed TO his seat very much us though
lie had been q cOnstant attendant upon its
sitiings from the first day of the session, n
few Senators, who did not go out Of their
way to do SO, shaking him by the hand as he
pussed. presume there exists a general in
quiry among the curious to know what MIR.
Douglas is going to do. His most Intimate
friends have been unable to answer this
question until very recently. A personal
friend Of The Senator answ ers me that "he 70
going 10 stand up" "Stund up and do what"
! inquired. "Stnnd up und fight the Admin
istraiion." "Will lie seek to obtain the
1 harieston nomination. inquired ngain.
"No: il he does he parts with his best friends
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

New YBARs GET.-While taking his cof.
fec on Saturday morning in Buffalo, the Rev.
Montgomery Schuyler Of Rochester received
note, opened it. read it, smiled, and put the
contents (s2,OOO) in his vest pocket. He
was formerly pastor Of St. Johns Church in
that city, but 10 now Of Christ Church, 81.
Louis. Several Buffalo friends contributed
the handsome surprise.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

ViRoIstA JusTlcs.-A married woman
was brought before Virginia Justice char.
gsd with the larceny Of some pewter plates
After hearing the evidence and deciding that
ten lasb.s should be inflicted upon her hus
band, who was then and there present, hs
gave as his reason that the Scriptures de-
clarpd that man and wife were one flesh, and
a - tue wife was the weaker vessel, il WA
fight that The man should bear the penalty
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

tE- Lincoln, Of Illinos, got off a good
one, on the day of the Senatorial election.--
As soon as the ballot was announ ced, a
prominent Republican approached him in
law library, and asked him show he felI"-
aWel," said Abe, ~ feel good deal like the
boy did when he stubbed his toe against a
root. Grabbing his foot In both hands he
exclaimed: Pm too much Of man to cry
and Pm too badly hurt to laugh'"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

A SMART Boy.-"rommy, my son.. said
fond mother. on her rstnrn from . jour.
ney, shave you said your prayers night and
mOrnipgi" "Yes," was the reply; sihat is
every night; but any smart boy can take care
Of himself in the daytime" Is aaba b
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

W A man calling himself NJ. d. Bostick,
who had in his possession a large amount OF
counterfeit 300 bank notes, including
$2,70O on the Bank of the State Of Georgia,
was arrested in Mobile on Friday.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

NEWSPAPER AND LETTERS MUsr De PRE-
PAlp.-Any mark or sign, says the Washing
ton Star, made by pen or pencil, conveying
information, or any memorandum made upon
printed matter, either inside or on the envsl-
ope, subjects the whole package 10 letter
postage. a printed hand-bill, circular, bust.
ness card, booksellers stamp, or other prin-
ted memorandum, made after The newspaper,
magazine or book, or placed on an envelope,
snclosing circular, also subjects the whole
to letter postage.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

H- According to the American Railroad
Journal there were in the United States, in
operation on the LIST Of January, 1853, twen-
ty-ssven thousand eight hundred and fifty
seven miles of railroad, which cost nine hun
dred and sixty-ons million foIty-ssvcn thou
sand three hundred and sxty-four dollars
Tho length of railroads in South Carolina 10
statsd at 7Sl miles. .F
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

Hc Some sensible, but saucy newspaper
philosopher, gives the ancient and honorable
order of grumblersa smart slap in the face,
thus: "Those people who turn up their no.
ses at the world might do well to reflect that
it is as good world as they were ever in,
and a much better one than they arc likely
ever TO get into again"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

POPULATION AND WEALTH OF ILLINOIS,
Moderate estimates Of the population Of this
State, founded on the returns Of the late
election, show that It amounts to 100000,
and that at the next deceanisl apportionment
IL will rank as second class State, old Vir-
ginia not excepted.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

~ "Miss Dusenbury, what is your
opinion Of the weather! think it intends to
clear; do you agree with mes"
81 do, indeed, and wish some folks would
follow the wenlher's example and clear to-"
A hint like this could not be mistaken.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

ST.. LOUIS, Jan. l9.-The Kansas City
Journal Of the 18Th says Judge Williams has
just arrived from Fort Scott. He says the
'neighborhood of the Fort is under reign of
terror. Business is suspended, and all the
place OF safety. The citizens arc on guar d
day and night.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

Boris ON THE TRAcK-"HEAp HIM on
DIs."-A Central National Club was organ.
izrd in the City Of Washington = few dny'
since, the object Of which isto present John
Miner Bolts as an opposition candidate fol
the Presidency,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

PoLIToAL.-'rhe Knoxville Wing Of the
i3lh says the Opposition to the present Ad-
ministrntion proposs to hold n Convention
In the town Of Greenville, on Tuesday the
a5th Of February, (being the week of Circuit
Court) for the purpose of nominating a cnn-
didate for Congress, for the first Congress.
sonul District In Tennessee.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

MExrco.-The number of States in the
Republic Of Mexico 10 twenty two, besides
five territories and the District Of Msxico.-
The extent Of territory 10 set down at one
hundred and forty thousand three hundred
and seventeen square lengues, with a popu-
iation Of seven million eight hundred and
fif,y-nine thousand five hundred nnd sixty
iour, distributed at an average density OF
ffty-six to the square league. She has ten
cities. with over twenty thousand inhabitants
viz City Of Mexico, one hundred and eighty
five thousand: Puebla, seventy thonsand
Gaudnlsjnrn sixty eight thousand; Aguai
Csli-ntes, thirty.nine thousand; Gunnajata
,hirty-seven thousand; Calina thirty-two thou
sand; Queretaro, twrnty-eight thousand
Oajaca, twenty five thousand; Merida twenty.
four thousand, and Morelia, twenty two
thousand. The yield of agriculture is esti
mated al two hundred aud sixty million oi
dollars; manufacture ninety million dollars
and gold and silver twenty -four million dol.
lars. The foreign imports are twenty.sight
million dollars, of which Great Britain sends
half. and the United States only one.fIth.-
The exports are twenty-six million dolars
The national debt s one hundred and seven.
teen million dollars, and is annually increased
by deficit of nine millions in tho trensury
The navy consists o! fifteen vessels, carrying
forty guns, and the standing army, when Il
can be made TO stand in any one place, mum
bers eleven Thousand seven hundred ant
fourteen men. The church property in Mexi
co is estimated at three hundred millions
from which and other sources the church de
rves IN annual income Of eighty million o
dollars. These figures are obtained from
recent statistics and estimates made by NJ
Lerdo do Tejata, an eminent Mexican states
man, and show whit magnificent opening
for Improvement Mexico will have, after hel
annexation to this Republic, should she svs
chOoss that course. ..ta .luS .lf tHr.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

~ The common school trustees OF
town in Indiana say, in q recent rsport--"No
common schools---All UNCOMMON. Branch
taught, Euchrs, poker, o'a s'edgs, rulgariiy
and profaHity"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

DgAD.-The Montgomery (Ala) Mail, of
the l7th comes to us with the announcement
Of the death, in That city, on Sunday night,
10Th inst, Of the Hon. James E. Belssr, o:
that place, in the SD year Of his nge. He
was man of more thnn ordinary talents
and though minging actively in political life
he maintained a character for honor and
honesty rarely vouchsafed to men thus en-
unoed
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

R- A provision boat, owned by ]. l..
Laffarraus, of Memphis, Tenn, was sunk near
that city by passing steamer last week, and
six Irishmpn on board drowned.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

EE N. p. Willis, nov travelling in Virgin.
Ia, has got new wrinkle from observing tho
Southern fashion Of hitehing horses to n
swinging limb. It is jsss a. we'll to 60 osbrOad
sometimes. ,,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

tR- A little boy upon whom his mother
was inlcting personal chastsement, said
"Give two or three lcks more, mother, don,
think | can behave well yet"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

EY- Among the marriages in Cincinnati
last week, was Mr.. Moon to Miss Shine
In this case no one will deny that marriage il
moonshinp
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

LOUISVILLE, Jan. 49, The river 10 falling,
with feet 6 inches water on the falls and
feet 9 inches in the canal.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

W- How ar old maid always eyes n sin
gle gentleman She looks at him as she
does u. dog in dog-duys-wondering whe,h.
er he intunds 10 bite.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

/ F- Judge Edmonds denies a statement
,hnt his faith in Spiri,ualism is beginning to
waver. On the contrary, he declares that his
belief is founded upon over eight years care
ful investigation, and cannot bs shaken by
the "pre,ended exposure Of knavss or FOOLS"
or by the Recommendations Of those who have
never Investigated" the subject.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

-srG1- This Louisville Courier says, that
Geo. D. tiinkls, "a we'll known lawyer Of thai
city, has been indicted for forgery. He leh
tho ei,y sene months since.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

eY- There are one thousand two hnn-
dred grogshops in New York city, and seven
hundred in Williamsburg and Brooklyn.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

SAVANNAH, Jan. l9.-1'he bark Angeltr
was Detained here to day, by the Collector
of the port, on suspicion OF being fitted out
for the slave trade. The Angel III arrived
here ON the 3lst uIt., from Mat tmzas, and
has been at this port since.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

R- Tho wife OF Mr.. Brooks, at Homer,
N. Y, the other day threw knife violently
at her husband, which put out one Of his
eyes. The amount other conjugal grief may
be measured by the fact tha, she said after
wards, she would give FIVE dollars rather
than 10 have had Il happen.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

.ayEU- Wise men nrs instructed BY reason
men of less understanding, by experience
the most ignorant, by necessity, aud brutss
hvJunture.s -. al y.lz ann ada y,.4rb 4. .I.. .
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

,AH- The Vicksburg Wing says, the new
lsvss law OF Mississippi, has been carried by
lnrue majorities. i1d'.u siau3 ga9Haa.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

MEMPHIS, Jan. ls.-Ths overland mail of
the l4th uli. arrived this afternoon.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

B- The law Of Massach husetts, which
makes unlicensed liquor. selling nuisance,
has been pronounced constitutional by the
Supreme Court of that State,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28
TALKING LIKE A MAN.

In the United States Senate on the l3th
inst, while the Paci6c Railroad bill was un.
der consideration, Senator Houston, Of Tex
90, proceeded, In the presence Of dense au.
ditory thtcpging the galleries, to reply to
certain criticisms OF Senator Ivarsou:
Reviewing his political "antecedents"
throughout the course Of his political life,
sr. Houston declared he had no apologies 10
mike for any Of the scts which had provoked
censure on the alleged ground that they
betrayed want OF loyalty TO the SOUTH
It's true he hnd voted for the admission Of
California into the Union, and had voted
against the Kansas-Nebraska bill and the
repeal Of the Missouri Compromise. Il WIS
not necessary TO vindicais the honesty Of his
course 10 regard 10 these transactions al a
time when the aober judgment Of the South
wns beginning TO see and sdmi, its wisdom.
The evil consequences, ~ well civil as politi-
cal, which he Ind predicted as likely 10, ,.Aaw
from the inst oftiitse measures were now
matters OF history, rs seen In the strife that
had epsued and in the disruption Of the
Democratic party. His political career had
been nearly run. and he contemplated it's close
with satisfaction, that he might devote the
remnant Of his days TO the welfare of those
who were dear to him. He had indulged in
none OF The ambitious aspirations ascrlhed to
him, and would not accept the Presi-
dency, even u rendered by the unanimous
nomination Of all parties. He had higher
and holier duties to perform. But IL he were
justly suspected Of che rishing such aspirations
because he loved and praised the union Of
the States, was il not equally Legitimate to
inf hat th,< L. II r.
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

01Itis is said that Senator Douglas friends
in Washington have subscribed two thou
sand dollars to give the great "chamPion"
big feed
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

~ The Legislature Of New York coats
that State two thousand hvs hundred a day
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

ta0- VIM. Salisbury, Sussex county, was,
on HE 18th inst, eleetsd U. 8. Senator from
lelAWATe. roIl -.-- no Lnu -I- .LL
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-01-28

Late, news from India unimportant. The
amnesty is working slowly but well.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-21
CHE Avtlaulie 2ress.
C>>( % oo'Coccoc-0o"o = y r y y
3. p. AVERY. EDITOR
A Royal Gentleman Gone.


Death, the great leveller, who spares neith-
er age, sex nor station-who strikes with his
remorseless scythe the lowest and highest
forms of life alike, has claimed for his own
at last the famous king of Dahomey. For
the enlightenment Of those who do not fol-
low the footsteps of royalty, we will briefly
explain:
Dahomey is an extremely fertile kingdom
of Western Africa, on the coast of Guinea,
with boundaries not very well ascertained-
according to our grave authority, they being
liable to extension or abridgement with the
power or weakness of its sovereign. 1t
abounds in such amiahle animals as lions,
hyenas, panthers, monkeys, slave traders and
negroes, and the religion of the realm is Fe-
tishism, or idolatry. For twenty-five years
or more Dahomey has been ruled over by one
Gezo, willy, scheming, warlike, conquering
monarch who subjected to his sway several
independent tribes and succeeded in making
great name to himself amongst the out
side barbarians of Europe and America. He
had female army consisting OF from five to
eight thousand ebon Amazons, who sported
muskets, short swords and clubs with all the
freedom, grace and skill of California despe-
radoes. He tomented and conducted series
of bloody wars which might well put Quaker
kings to the blush, and to relieve his densely
populated realm annually sold into foreign
slavery nine thousand of his fortunate peo-
pie. One of his principal amusements on
gala days was the wholesale slaughter of his
subjects, who were only too happy to please
their lord so easily; though latterly this no.
Der of victims to royalty and superstition
would not excite wonder except amongst
the most lily-livered whites. After sue
cessfully daring Great Brtain-pre-emi
nent distinctionl land being courted by
the third Napoleon, Gezo, king of Dahomey,
has been obliged to pay the common debt of
mortality. 1t is gratifying to learn that eve
ry honor was paid to his memory. The
newspapers say that his obsequies were
worthy of the man. The traders attended
in considerable numbers, and assisted, bring
ing each his quota of slaves to be sacrificed
to his memory. Unfortunately, only eight
hundred in all were thus sacrificed, instead
of two thousand as was at first intended
1t is supposed the high value of slaves was
what led to this reduction. Thus sordidness
shows its hateful front even at the grave Of
virtue! But it is to be hoped that even
eight hundred served to appease the spirit of
Gezo, and that now, CATER life's ftful fever,
he sleeps WELL
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-21

BUCYRUs.-This is the queer name of
queer town in Ohio, 1t has been made fa-
nous by two papers published there, which
periodically "selF' the reading public by
printing dreadful stories that are stories only
The latest is about man who pursued an
eloping wife, overlook her, walked cody up
to his hated rival, and at one stroke severed
his right ear from his head, put it in his
pocket, and confronted his wife, asking her
if she would go home with him, at the same
time telling her that he freely forgave her
on account of her youth and their child
She gladly confessed her error, says the
Forum, "and the next train brought them to
their home, where they now live happily.
The miserable offender is still in our midst,
and when only one of our citizens continues
to wear long hair, reader, you may know
who he is. His ear is preserved in spirits in
the house of the injured husband"
The editor of the Sierra Democrat processes
to know Bucyrus, and thus describes it:
ga handsomely situated but terribly Stun
ted town, piously marked with yelow-balled
church spires and bald-headed deacons;
county seat of Crawford, where the Wyandot
Indians had to be kept sober in JAIL to pre-
vent the supply of whisky from being ex-
hausted; lin early times, when the Wyan-
dots were there, and when whisky was
brought from Pittsburg in wagons, and
when every family didn't have cow;]
quiet sort of place, where the boys GO to
church and hear about hell every Sunday,
and make creditable efforts to see it o'nights;
an old town, associated in our mind with re-
miniscences of watermelon expeditions,
crippled proprietors of peach orchards, meek
eyed girls and ungodly boys; town we al
ways, when possible, avoided naming abroad,
because the name is so queer and nobody
knew where it stopped"
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-21

To MoTHERs.-Don't give your little ones
opiates-Paregoric, Godfrey's Cordial, Bate
mans Drops, and the like. The soothing
effect these have, and which, by quieting a
babe, may enab you to attend a ball or
party, is really pernicious effect and may
leave you childless. Read what the Pacific
Medical and Surgical Journal says on the
subject
"Again we enter our protest against giving
opiates, or any preparation Of opium to chill
dren under the age Of two years. Of course
doctors will 90 as they please with their own
patients, but many of the best living author
tiles, of whom we mention only NJ Trosseau,
of Paris, (pre-eminent in the treatment ofthe
diseases Of children,) agree that opium is in
admissible in the treatment of infants. The
dose of this narcotic if not extremely minute,
is extremely dangerous and if thus small, 1t
is inadequate as narcotic"
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-21

THE Liverpool grain dealers have taken
the first step toward the use OF declmals,
which they are determined to extend to all
trade and finance. They have resolved to
buy and sell by the one hundred pounds
weight, and not by the cwt. OF H. The
men who have inaugurated this most con-
venent usage, are now determined that II
shall be universal throughout England.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-21

THE Sacramento Bee tells good story
about learned gentleman, who bought of
an equally learned bookseller in that city, a
CODY of Burtons "Anatomy of Melancholy"
supposing it to be treatise on the structure
of the body!
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-21

THE Neuada National observes: "From one
of our exchanges we hear of a little one as
having first seen the light of this wicked
world in a Stage-between San Antonio and
San Jose.
We have heard of one being leaving this
world for the other in chariot, but never
before of ones coming from the other to
this in a Stage Coach"
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-21

Books FOR THE MILLIoN.-The State of
Ohio has purchased of the Appletons, in New
York, eighty thousand dollars worth of school
library books. They weigh seventy-6ve
tons, and measure twenty-five cords.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-21

THE United States Supreme Court has de-
cided that the boundaries of Mexican grants
must be settled by that Court, instead of by
the u S. Surveyor General.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-21

THERE is corporate company in England,
who guarantee the integrity of any clerk
whom they recommend, the clerk paying
premium, and the company issuing bonds to
secure the employer against loss.
The hydraulic press., 1859-05-21

IT is announced, for the benefit of those
persons who did not geta sight of the comet,
that it will again apperr before the public,
for few nights, in the autumn of2l47.