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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-08
Probable Discovery of Noab,s All

In the easten portion of the good old
State whose staple productions are "pitcb..
tar, turpentine and lumber" some re-
markable fossil discoveries have been re-
Gently made, among which is what ap-
peared to be a portion of vessels deck.
some forty feet in length and bearing
close resemblance to Ignite. The time
has been when the discovery of such
remarkable fossiliferous specimen would
have set all the geologists and archeolo-
gists in the country on their heads but
at this enlightened period of the worlds
history, when the duty of not only mana
ging but explaining all things terrestrial,
has devolved upon class of men known
as editors, it excites no surprise; for the
simple reason that, whatever occurs on
the earth, or whatever is discovered above
or beneath, or in the waters around it. is
certain of speedy solution. See how
easily, for instance, the editor of the Will
mington Herald settles this fossil matter;
How this vestige of human labor and
iiuiiittii dit tdiie tneTe, Is u question:.
We understand that somewhere i'm BIa-
den county is found the oldest known
geological formation in the world. Ifthis
be 50, if this be the oldest part of the world,
it must, of course, have been the first
ready for the residence of man, and the
first occupied by him: ergo, the Garden
of Eden was somewhere in the Cape Fear
region, which was then a better fruit
growing country than it is now. We
think that Adam must have settled some
where around this way, for all the people
claim to be descended from him.
If Adam and Eve started life in East
ern North Carolina, it is not probable
that Noah had wandered very far from
the old homestead. This supposition
gains strength when we consider how
Noah pitched his ark. Where else could
he have got so much or so good pitch or
other naval stores to pitch her within and
without? Following up this train of reas-
oning why should not these human re-
mains have come down from Noah-be.
i'll fact, portions of his ark? To be sure,
the absence of Mount Ararat is a little in
our way but when we get to be as philo-
sophically regardless of all facts that stand
in the way of our hypothesis as are the
great Agassiz and the mighty Emmons
and the other stone-breakers, we won't
mind little trifles like this. !,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-08

BT" 1t is positively asserted by the
Catholics in Washington that, before his
death, Postmaster General Brown had ex-
pressed his conviction that the Church
of Rome is the true faith and that, had
he not been unconscious when the Pas
tor of st. Patrick's called upon him, he
would have been baptized.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-08

H0y- By an act Of the last Legislature
the restrictions in regard to the price Of
judicial advertising in Louisiana have been
removed, Such advertisements now are
placed on thesame footing with all others
--Regrrs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-08

s@~ A clergyman was lately depicting
before deeply interested audience, the
alarming increase Of intemperance, when
he astonished his hearers by saying: "a
young woman in my neighborhood died
very suddenly last Sabbath, while was
preaching the Gospel in astate Of beastly
intoxicationw - asse y
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-08

A SIMILAR PAGAN SUPERsTITIoN.-Th
n. Y. Times has sketch of the political
history of Hayti-that island Of wrongs
blood and crime-in which the following
statement occurs. which reminds one of
the orgies of the Witches Sabbath"
"Soulouque owed his elevation partly
to chance and partly to his connection
with the Vaudoux, sect believed, before
the recent revolt, to be all-powerful. This
idolatrous organization, which extends
itself to our own slave States along the
Gulf, is of African origin. Its god is
green serpent, which is confined in cage,
pers may see the deity. All acts of de-
and high priestess The meetings of the
places, where the devotees strip them
selves, substituting red handkerchiefs for
clothing, and forming ring about the
box containing their god, perform n fam
tatti and crazy dance, under the leader
ship of the high priest, who, after pass
ing about his hat for offerings and put
ting up a petition to the serpent for any
needed benefits, resumes the mad orgies,
until, in delrium of fanatical intoxica-
ton, they retire to the woods, and enact
scenes of nameless horror. The VaudouX
idolatry peyvades the entire lower class of
the Haytian population. Their religion
is divided Between the Virgin and the
green serpent; and in all eXigencies they
resort indillercntly to both. Of this
strange order, Soulouque was high priest
and his queen high priestess. Hence his
selection for the presidential Office, and
his ability so long to retain his authority.
PoIsoNED ny THE YELLOW JEssAMINE-
ANOTHER WARNiNG.-The Dispatch of yes
terday states that child of Mr.. .McKen-
ney, seven or eight years old, residing in
the lower part of the city, died on Sun
day from the effects of eating the flowers
of the Yellow Jessamine. Medical aid
was called in, but the poison was so rapid
in its effects that nothing efiectual could
be done. and the child died in a very few
moments after being taken sick.
ABOLITION CoNsIsTENcY.-A young man,
''of sombre complexion was recently re-
fused admittance, asa student, into the
Union College, Schennetady,s MY, be-
cause the Abolitionists oflthat ;ilk' be-
lieved him to have negro blood in his
veins. Upon his making proof, however,
that hewas only a half-breed Indian, they
took him in!i
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-08

How TO GET RID OF SUNDAY VIsIToRs.-
The editor of the Louisville Presbyterian
Herald, in replying to a subscriber who
inquiries how he should prevent young
men from calling to see his daughters on
Sunday, says; a.. .,...-5.if
"Call your daughters in, and make them
recite the Catechism, and politely invite
their visitors to come in and see how we'll
they can do it. In a month, you will not
be any longer annoyed in that way"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-04-08
The Pennsylvania Democracy Call
for Boilers Convention. a-.I

On the 10th instant, at Democratic
State Convention at Harrisburg, Pa, reso.
lutions were passed endorsing the foreign
and domestic policy of Mr.. Buchanan's
administration, including the right of
search question, the Cuba question, the
revenue and tariff question, and other
issues. At the same time resolution np-
proving in general terms the official course
OF Governor Packer was rejected by q
large majority, the sting of this resolu-
ton on both sides lying in the fact that
Governor Packer last fall, upon the Kan
s'as question, had conspicuously enrolled
himself among the anti-Lccomption bolt
ers OF the party. The rejection of this
resolution was thus bold movement to
bring the democracy of Pennsylvania to
decisive test between the bulk of the
party supporting President Buchanan
and these anti-Lecompton boilers of the
party who sympathise with Governor
Packer, and the first result is before us in
the following call of boilers conyen
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-04

1t is reportedkthatone Of our ifafs
nlers in The neigabaFhood OF NashA
Vile, has this fall, afier making a
large amount Of cider and vinegar
from his orchard, sold the balance
of his apples 20 a New Yorker for
5000, and the New Yorker claims
that he win realize six thousand dol
lars by the operation?ohDg 9di ssalsI
We suppose there is little doubt of
his being able to doit. The orchard
consists of some 5000 trees shat
have just come into hearinga The
enterprising proprietor has twelve
thousand trees already set out, and
will soon have an orchard 9thatwiH
yield him an immense revenue. H7ss
One hundred acres of orchard will
contain some six Thousand trees, nd
they will yield enough heisixthi year
after planting 10 pay expensess Of
trees, planting = and cultivation.
Whenin full bearing they will furnish
some three barrels of apples to Ahe
tree every otheryear. Hthe orchard
is on any of our railroads, the apples
will nett two dollars a barrel, or SIX
dollars tolthe tree. which will be equal
to three dollars to the tree every year.
Thus we see the Sandstone annual
income from 100 acres, or an orchafd
Of 5000 trees, of eighteen hundred
dollars. If these statements are ex-
aggerated by oneahals !, will be seen
at a glance, that nothing promises
half so well. But there are thou
sand facts that prove this esfimate be-
low instead of above, the reality.
Tennessee has positioa among
her sister States, that enables her 10
supply them with many valuable
things, but the day will come, when
her frui. and vintage will be one OF
her most pleasant and profitable
sources of income, and the market
cannot ever be Observation-Disclosures
stead. .-i5e4 afget7 ogI
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-04
Rarnum ON Money MskinR.

A very interesting lecture on the shortest
and surest way of making a fortune was
delivered in the Freetrade Hall, Manchester,
on Saturday last, by one of the most famous
masters of this rather difficult art, the re-
nowned Phineas T. Barnum. A very large
audience, numbering probably upwards OF
1900, assembled at the appointed hour to
see the great Snowman, TO hear from his
lips the result of his extensive operations,
and varied experience touching the impor-
tant matter upon which he had engaged to
speak. Like most of the speculatons oil
which Mr.. Barnum has had the management.
the lecture was great success. IL might
have been supposed that gentleman who
81 believed be the cleverest and most success
full humbug OF the age, would have been a
rather unsound teacher and unsafe guide,
and that some OF the principles of action
which he might recommend would be such
as rigid morulists could not altogether ap.
prove. In This respect only it is probable
that the lecture disappointed the expectations
of many Of its hearers. II was rs unex.
ceptionable in point of morality as it was
amusing in point of style, and received as il
we'll deserved, the hearty appreciation and
| applause of the audience. Mr.. Barnum took
it for granted shat every man whom he ad.
dressed would rather be rich than poor hear
| hear;] he need not, therefore, waste many
words in glorlfying money, or in proving
that in itself it was good thing. Nor neee
he say much in rufutation of the vulgar fal.
lacy that the money-getter was necessarily
sordid and mean; or that goodness was ne
cessarily thriftless and imprudent. On ths
contrary, money getting (which WINS com
merce was one OF the most useful, and con
sequently. one of the most honorable Of al
occupations-the parent Of civilization, ant
of innumerable blessings TO mankind. Th'
greatest and wisest of men in all ages, from
Abraham, the first merchant on record, dowi
to the present day, were almost invariably
distinguished for their knowledge and thei
skilIiul practice of the art of making and O
keeping money. As q striking instance o
this Tact, he referred te Shakespeare, whoa
be described ss being par excellence, a cleve
and thrifty Snowman, whose highest ain
was TO hit the popular taste, TO write sucl
. plays as would draw the best houses, and .
To put money into his purse-a description
OF the immortal bard which seemed TO TAX
!. the audience somewhat by surprise, and
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-04
Important to FaEmers-To Prevent Rust IN
Wheat. -...ff5fF

We are indebted to Mr.. r. Gar.
michael, Commission Merchant of this
city, for the following valuable infor-
nation with reference to5the prepara-
tion Of seed wheat. The process has
been fully tested by farmersin Eng
land and Ireland, with entire success.
To Prevent Smut in Wheat--Dis-
solve half a pound Of sulphate of cop
per in three quarts of boiling water.
After the mixture has cooled, sprinkle
il over two bushels of wheat, stirring
it through until the whole be wet
Put il up in heap, turning il occa-
sionally for an hour, when it will be
ready for sowing. .3rsr sa3
Should wet weather orany other
cause prevent il being sOwn immedi-
ately. spread il thinly on dry floor,
giving it an occasional turning, and it
will not suffer injury fo. weeks
The above was received from a
very intelligent as well as extensive
farmer and miller, who sAysin regard
10 it, e aor rae
"Where this has been carefully
carried out, il has been found effec-
tual in preventing smut in wheat.-
OF course, no man should SOW srnuity
wheat, but even smutty wheat will
produce grain perfectly free from
smut lift be carefully dressed as above.
The reason that sulphate of copper
produces this result, h, that smut be-
ing fungus, which, when the balls
are broken, attaches itself TO the ends
of the wheat and grows in its place.
The solution kills ths fungus, but
is not powerful enough TO hurt the
wheat. Care should be taken 10 pre-
ven, any animal eating grain dressed
with this preparation, as u Is poison
ous."-Cin. Gaz. tE
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-04
For the Delaware Gazette.
A PICTURE OF EARLY LIFE.


The entire map of experience, up TO our
final exit, is delineale with q continued
vascillaiion. The picture has however two
prominent aud antagonistc features, namely:
the vivid colors oil joy, and the gloomy shades
of grief. In youth, the penciilngs Of times
finger are highly lustrous. In manhood, the
prospect is varied. Inate virtue sends it's
pellucid raye TO witty, but shades chequer
its lovGness. In age the foreground is cha
otic mist, save a rare tint of the embossings
OF hope.
Amid the inspiring felicities of childhood
my earlies home was changed for another.
Here the goodness and majesty of my great
Creator were first impressed. Here q moth
er's prayer was first sent up 10 the ear of
OmnipoteBce in my behalf. But all my
fairest associations were severed. And now.
o youthhood! may / No more mingle in thy
delights! And thou, bright star of my
early hopes, may | again realize thy con-
genial ray!
have now attained to the vigor of man.
hood. have obseved the icy indifference
of an illusory world; and have pressed the
hand Of abiding friendship. A strange re-
QUEEN of the receding past. brea,hs sigh
over memories severed chain.
The soul needs guardian angel, until il
hovers in the tree of life. II it be wounded
that messenger will envelope it in the balmy
halo OF consolation. Methought that celes-
iial yisitant aided me to renew long faded
associations, and accompanied me to my
satherland again.
The minions of death had there left but q
rare name on the register of life. All else
reposed in the silent charnel-house. One
pointed me to bevy of marble monumentt
the relics of our common destiny. pom
dered over the scene. The lingering raj
of the king Of day. az he majestically re
posed on the golden pillows of deep space
were family dispersed. The orient mool
reflected sea of glass, from purling streau
hurd by, and it's ripping waters kissed th
blushing flowers that peePed over the banks
The great chandelier of night filed the heav
ems with brightness. The spot seemed sa
cred, as if angels fingered guarding the ten
ements there. No sound sgitated, save
, tanning breeze, like the wings of the spiri
But the spirits now unfettered. had ascend
, ed to the home of their kindred spirits. an
their God. J. B. r.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-04
NUMBER III.
Hard LacG Of .he Arizona Aaven.ar.r.

! Last summer party of Cincinnati anl
Columbus adventurers started with ample
equipments and high hopes to prosecute
silver mining in Arizona. It would seem
however. that up to Dec. 22d. they had failed
to reach Tubac, and much less To realize
! their silvery expectations. "Gov. gain.
, Err of the Columbus Gazette, who mas had
some experience we believe in the quick
silver mines of New M-xico, as well as in
governing the very Intelligent. high minded
and Christian people Of our grsnd and prof.
table possessions lying all around about the
famous and fashionable capital known as
Santa Fe, in bis last and alwaye excellent
paper thus speaks of Our Arizona Boys.''
and hits up his venerable voice OF warning
TO the infatuated Ohioans who 'sare foolish
enough to be led away By the foolish stories
OF rich mines in Arizona. Sonora, Pixies
Peak, &C." Hear and heed the ~Goser-
nor.' s.a F7asaaa -a tta q
Worse luck than We even anticipaaed,
has overaken our Arrznna boys, who left
here last June, to try the realities of 70
mantle silver mining expedition. From let
ters dated Apache Pass, Arizona, December
20ih, we learn that the party had jast met
with band of 300 Indian warriors, bound
for Sonora on stealing expedition; that sli
supplies had been cut off besween Sonora
and Arizona BY the Mexican Government; |;
that the boys considered themselves in n
pretty tight place, and were making their
calculations 10 su6sist upon mule meat. and
that they had been digging heies in the
ground in which to make their 6ress and for
protection from the cold winter winds. 5s...
From possscrip hastily written on the
22d, we learn that four Of their M xican
drivers had run of the night before, stealing
10 Of the best horses and mules, with sad.
dies. brides, provisions, &C., taking the
trail towards Sonora, and some Of the boys
were out upon the hopeless chase in pursuit
of them. This leaves them in very bad
situation, for they have neither aHimals nor
provisions to sustain them in their long 100
mile journey yet to Tubae.
Their dreams about silver in the Arizona
mines have long since vanished, and their
only hope is 10 make their way 80 Culifor-
MIA it possible. When people are foolish
ebo1gh TO be led away with she foolish
stories of rich mines in Arizona, Sonora,
Pixies Peak, &C., and choose to leave Ohio
to risk their lives in the n5ost sterile, heaven
forsaken country that ever the sun sisone
upon, why, it is well enough for them to
gain wisdom from experience, eveE If it
should be pretty dearly bought. aatE
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-04
RewIr sssdsd meadow and pa..nra,

Let the season be as il may. there
viii usually be some spots In newly
seeded grass grounds where the spring
or autumn seeding for SONS reasoi 8
has not yet taken well, aud they con-
sequenrly are bare. The mortf, Of
October, when the September rains
revive the wiIhered and feeble gra9s
ing grass that has suffered in the snssE
mer drought after the spring sowing, 70
will show suci, places where the seed =
has failed; and now is the time to
re-seed them, particularly with dmo-
thy or redtop. .'asaaafco
One method is lhis: Examioe the
field closely by walking carefully over
il with bag Of seed thrown over the
shoulddr, taking alongA boy with
bundle oil. .sharpened Sticks. Where
yer bare spot is found, strew a suffie
cient quantity Of seed, and let the boy z
drive stick five or six inches into tilsp
ground so that the next springs
thawing Of the winter frost will not
throw it out. The seed will come
up this ssli aud mike growth enough
to hold in the ground fw fITs wihier.i
When the snow goes off ia the spring, I
as early as possible go over the land i
again with a bag Of clover seedGif'
you wish the clover added TO 4keli
timothy or red top-and sow tlat,a
letting the boy follow and pail np'4hs
sticks as be goes. a'.si 's.'io&sfaeofI
The opening and shutting of the
snrfare ofthe land by the spring frosts3
will cover the clover seed, and, when
ths growing season arrives, q fine
young growth Of the grasses will ap-
pear and the future meadow or pas
ture be uniformly covered with the
young crops Of grass. The young
growth win probably give bat 4iGalep
crop the FIRST season, but will be sarsi
for the year following. ta2iiE -aes0J
II is quite acommon hing for 4hfs
mers 10 turn over their newly seeded
fields for another crop Of sn1aif grains
and re-seeding OF grass, because thc
young grass has apparently failed,
when ii Is only feeble, and has made
little growth by reason Of droutli.i or
otherwise: when with 4istl61pa
tience aud coaxing, The coming md
summer would show iJeaatifui sods
and a late harvest Of excenenthay.-2
AMerican Agricuiturist s7saRs
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-04
Mules and Horses,

Which 10 the most profitable ami
,nals to raise, the horse or the muleI
Is:. An average lot of two-year-
old mules will sell for ms much as m
average lot of three-year-old colts,
and perhaps more. 2dsIt does not
require the amount Of food for mule
as for the horse. Sd. The mule is
less liable TO disease and unsound-
ness. 9TH. The mule lives 20 much
greater age than the horse. 5th. The
mule will perform more labor accord
ing 70 his size. on feed on which
horse would Starve. sssgih ssdf
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-04
The Ladies' OF japan.

Mr. Townsend Harris, the gentleman for
whom when i'll the Emperor of japan recon-
mended the remedy which was prescribed
tor King David. as recorded in the second
verse OF the fret chapter of the first book of
Kings, thus describes the fair sex OF Japan
AS you take an interest ia the "fair SEX
you will expect some description Of the
beauties of japan. The women of condi-
ton never make visits, (exeept the mother
to married daughter,) have no assemblages
Of their "dear FIVE hundred friends,' nor do
they assemble at the tea table, 10 hold high
courts of censu.e on the manners and NOR
ais of their friends. They go but once or
twice in year to visit some celebrated
temple, but their ordinary devotions are paid
at shrine within their own houses, or a
pretty Mia erected within the enclosures OF
their grounds. The females of the laboring
classes perform some portion of the out door
labor; hut they are not over-worked us in
China and other parts of Asia. Polygamy
obtains-i. e. man may have any number oi
"second wives" When a female is selected
as first wife, she prepares for her "change
of condition" by smearing her teeth with q
horrid mixture which not only blackens
| them forever, but destroys portion of the
gums, and the lips sometimes remain per-
manently swollen. She next shaves heI
eyebrows and exterminates her eyeashes
and changes the fashion OF her hair, She
has now only to bring the knot of her girdie
round to the front, and all the world know 4
that she is frst wife, the commander il
chief of all the second wives, and the undis-
puted propretress Of all the children born ir
the house. This last privilege reminds one
of similar right exercised by the wives of
the respectable Abraham, (R1chel and
Leah } The second wives do not perform any
OF these absurd actions, consequently they
are by far the best locking in the eyes
of the Tojin foreigners. A lady in full
dress, i. e. made up for mischief, is worth
describing. Her face is thicky coveret
with rice -four, on which rouge--real rouge
lis prettily pl1ced, while hor lips are
brought to that jus, violet unge that drives
| the japanese lover even TO ma king poetry
her robes are numerous and clumsy, and hel
| Cirdle is so vast in its amplitude, that i
would make a robe for any ordinary woman
her head is brieiling with metal ornament,
that look like the grandfathers of all thu
tuning forks: her really pretty feet are pro-
tected by neat straw sandals; when she
walks she miuces her steps though he
legs were tied together at the knees.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-04

DoN'r LIKE THEM De Bows Southern
Review. in noticing Eli Thayer's scheme oil
organized emigration, says:
1--WE should like Messrs. Summer and
Thayer's plot better, II they would dispense
with common schools, rifles, and the rich,
Of sufferage for their leborers--oeget idle
ness and discomfort and in time generBte
instructions, revolution, anarchy and agra
lsnism."
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-04

In the Democratic county of Shelby the
amount paid out Of the county treasury for
the public printing for the year ending
June 7ih, 1858, is 81 ,343, ,46. So says the
report OF Commissioners as published in one
of the Sidney papers.