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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

NASHVILLE AND CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD
CoMPANY,-The Report Of the Secretary
and Treasurer exhibiting the condition
of the Company on the lst inst, was pub
lished last week. We learn from it that
the gross earnings of the road for the past
eleven months amounted to SG24 AZ 81,
whilst the expenses for operating, during
the same time was SS40,3e9 g. leaving as
nett earnings S2s4,o37 SO. Out of these
nett earnings there have been paid for
new outfit, work, &C., Sl57 ,307 So, and II
dividend to the stockholders of per
cent amounting in the aggregate TO S67,-
1877 70; leaving balance Of surplus prof.
its on hand of 800, ,902 46. The Nashville
Patriot says: This is decided improve
ment upon the past, and shows that the
affairs of tho company have been well
managed the present year, and are in
good condition.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

New YoRK, Nov. 25.-The steamer Cir
cassian has arrived at St. Johns with Liv-
erpool dates Of the 18th. ..J-f.
Cotton-sales of the week $4,000 bales,
of which spectators took 1900 and eX-
porters 5000 bales. The market had a
declining tendency and partially de-
eliped 4. H ,. .
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

Eay- A man who does not claim to be
Judge of swine, says: Last spring
bought little pig frome drove, and he
WAS good for eating, but would not grow
much He got so after week or two,
that he would eat large bucket full at a
time, and then, like Oliver Twist, called
for more. Wen, one morning | carried
out a water bucket full of dough, and af-
ter he had swallowed it all, picked up
the pig and put him in the same bucket
| had fed it from, and The Httle euSs difnt
LIE I'll 30 - I'LL wv
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

fnE WoRE or SIXTY WoMEN.-ln Will
liam>burg, Ohio, on November 18th, a
company Of women, sixty in number,
charged on the brewery and rum estab.
lshment of one Bodies, and smashed
things to pieces. They knocked the
heads out of the whisky, brandy, and
beer barrels, and turned the vile stuff in
to the street. 10 complete the work
they tore the furnaces up, broke the ket'
ties, and destroyed the hops and malt
BODIES intends to bring an action for dam
ages,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

ExTRAoRDINARy FEAT.-~The Norfolk Ar
gus, Virginia, says, the foot race came off
Saturday at the Fair Grounds as announc-
ed, and the man ran ten miles in an hour
and four seconds! But he failed to get the
prize of 5000, as the time was four seconds
too long. He says he certainly ran the
distance in an hour, and will be ready to
accomplish the feat again today.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

New YoRK.-The Attorney General is
about selling the Erie Railroad on appli-
cation of the first mortgage bondholders.
DECREASE AND INcREAsE.-The annual
report of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road shows decrease of expenses for the
year of S09o, 900, and an increase ir the
nett earnings for the year of S657 900.
MILITARY Observation-Disclosures Vir'
ginian suggests the establishment of q
Military Academy at that place.
RE-ORGANIzATIoN.-The OldSchool Pres
byterian Church, at Abingdon, Va, was
recognized on the 18th ultimo.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

ORGANIZATION OF THE HopsE,--Th'
Washington correspondent Of the New
York Journal Of Commerce, a Democrat
ic journal saysi
mo embarrassment is feared about OF
ganising the House promptly. The Ad
ministrstion is more anxious than th'
Opposition. From the straitened state o
the Post-Otlice Department and the pre-,
sure far payments provided in the las
appropriation bill, to prevent DELAY /
threatened, a sufficient number of Dem
orrats will be detailed to vote for th'
plurality rule to hasten relief. No few
men, therefore, can dictate terms as int
mated"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

By- The question of allowing Metho-
dist clergymen to remain more than two
consecutive years in charge of the same
church, is creating considerable stir in
the denomination, and the Ohio Confer
ence has passed vote requesting tho
General Conference to amend the rule to
that effect.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

MEMPHIs.-The city of Memphis has
o total taxable property at the present
time Of the value of Sl6,9S7. .8l5, consist
ing of real estate and improvements, val
ued at Sl5,565, ,725; slaves, valued at ST..
2O7,95O; and other taxables valued at
s1l8,14o.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

Bay Eternity has no gray hairs! The
flowers fade, the heart withers, man grows
old and dies, the world lies down in the
sepulchre of ages, but time writes no
wrinkles on the brow of eternity. Eter-
nlty. Stupendous thought The ever
present. unborn. undeoaying and undy-
ing-the endless chain, comprising the
life Of God-the golden thread entwining
the destinies of the universe.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

A BATTERING R>M.-Three little girls
we're nearly killed in Randolph. VT, a
cw days ago by ram. The animal but
ed them down, one after the other, and
hen pursued them to the house, where
e battered down two of the doors before
he was captured. He was good speci-
nien Of the "bsteering RAM"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

CONDUCTOR KILLED.-Jos. Harrison, q
conductor of freight train on the Louis
vile and Nashville railroad, was caught
between the top of the car and bridge
near the latter city, few days since, and
injured so badly that he died in short
time
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

Bsy- Horace Mann remarks: "To put
children on short allowance of fresh air,
is as foolish as it would have been for
Noah, during the deluge, to have put his
family on short allowance of water
Since God has poured out an atmosphere
fifty miles deep, it is enough to make a
miser weep, to see our children stinted
in breath -
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

MExIco.-It is reported that Miramon
has joined Marquee, and that both he and
Marquee have fled from the country on
board British steamer, taking the two
millions specie, whereupon Miramon's ar
nv pronounced for Santa Anna.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

BB' A Washington letter asserts that
Postmaster General Holt has completed
his calculation for the last fiscal year,
and ascertains that his retrenchments exs
ceed by fraction the sum of 81 ,000,0 ,000
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

GREAT BRITAIN.-Information has been
received at Washington, which warrants
the belief that all differences between the
United States and Great Britain growing
out of the Clayton Bulwer treaty, will soon
be adjusted.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

BApTIsTs OF GEoRGIA.-The statistics col
lected by Bro. Dogg, says the Index
Clerk of the Convention of the State of
Georgia, show that 1863 were baptized
during the last year. The actual gain Of
membership compared with the previous
year is 1865. The whole membership of
Georgia Baptists is 92,4l7.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

FATTENING HoGs.-A writer who has
made the experiment, says that hogs fat
ten better and more rapidly in small
pen. Pork raisers on q moderate scale
can try it, if they want to.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

D<S~ The Charleston Mercury, inferior
in point of responsibility to no Democrat
ic papcrin the South, says: THE DEM
ocratic party must be Southern party or
no party" n .-.-.. .-.l. ...rsr-.arr
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

PENNsYLvANIA.-A despatch Of the 22d
ult states that Gov. Packer of Pennsyl-
vania, tenders Gov. Wise the services of
10000 men and officers to station a guard
along the dividing line between Pennsyl-
vania and Maryland. Let us hope they
will not be needed, and that the valorous
sons Of the Keystone will have no occa-
sion to beat theirploughshares into swords
and their scythe-blades into .bowies" OF
frightful dimensions. But if at the next
election they will vote abolitionism out OF
their borders, the South will be just as
thankful.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

s9s- All the suspected Abolitionists in
Barbour county Va, have been invited
to leave within 30 days. In Alabama a
similar warning has been given at all the
crossed" places on Browns map. and
committees are forming in every di-
.ection.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

RAILRoADs.-There is now said to be in
operation in the United States, one mile
of railway to every one thousand inhabi-
tants.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

QUITrINo PoLITIcs AND TAXING TO PREAoH,
1So.-The Natchez Courier says; "We
understand that Hon. Edward Stanley,
formerly OF North Caroiina~ and now OF
California, designs enteringthe ministry
Of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

LOOK OUT.-One of the papers states
that a Virginia gentleman-a large slave
holder-came very near being mobbed
the other day, in that State, for present
ing o one dollar Massachusetts Bank Bill
at tavern in payment for drinks.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

Gs1~ A contemporary says the first scoun.
drel who attempts to dissolve the glori-
Gus union, ought to be ground to death
in bark mill without the privilege Of
hollering.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

REvIvAL.-The Nashville papers notice
q revival in progress at the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church in that city. Some
fifteen conversions are numbered,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

TExAs.-The official count of the vote
for Governor of Texas, at the late election,
shows General Houston's majority over
his opponent Runnels, to be $3.50,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02
BY SAM. P. WINS.
TERMS.
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For announcing the names of candidates for
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Schools or individuals, will be charged as adver-
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

George Bower. died very suddenly al
Iummelstown, Pa, on Wednesday. Il
appeared that he had a very large wart
on one of his hands and was induced by
some one to cut it out and apply arsenic
to destroy the ponts. He applied the
poison on Monday, after having cut our
the wart, The cut being very deep, the
poison communicated with the leading
arteries, and he was thereby poisoned.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

GEoRGIA.-There are 443,364 slaves in
Georgia, valued at S27l 900, log. The in
crease during the past year was lilo
slaves,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

EXERCISE IL THE MoRNiNG,-Walking is
said to be most health-giving but an in
telligent writer says that long walks
should not be taken before breakfast, as
by so doing, unnatural hungeris created,
the walker is apt to over-eat and iniure
himself. Early rising, early breakfast,
and a moderate walk before commencing
the business OF the day, will prove high
ly beneficial to all who lead confined and
sedentary lives. IA. t....,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

MURDER OF A FAMILY.--A Western Vir-
ginia paper reports the murder of an en-
tire family, in Tazewell county in that
State, by their own slaves.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02
New Orleans,

We clip the following extract from u
New Orleans letter TO the Nashville Pa
triot, dated Goth ultimo:
Incendiaries have been at work in the
4th District of the city, and several large
fires have occurred. 1t is to be hoped
that the police will soon put an eilectual
stop to them.
Nearly every boat which comes into
port, no matter from where she halls,
brings more or less of the great Southern
Staple. The planters have raised large
crops, and many have to buy more ne
groes to help pick it out, making from
twelve to fifteen bales to the hand, and
Notwithstanding the large receipts, good
prices have been and are still well man
tained. The demand for King Cotton
seems to increase farther than the produc-
ton. A fine thing for the South. Crops
of corn along the Mississippi are very
fine indeed. From - to 81 10 is the rate.
A great deal has been sent here too damp
The general impression seems to be that
those prices will not be maintained long.
but the market will be dropping one
and come down to low figure as soon as
the rivers rise and the receipts are in
creased.
met French gentleman yesterday
who is in the habit of dealing in Sugar
and he remarked that every hogshead
was in greater demand than hundred dol
lar notes. Undoubtedly the sugar crop
is very short one. The cane, although
it appeared very promising during the
Summer months and looks welle now,
yields much less juice than was anticipa-
ted. Some of the planters say that
owing to the very dry weather of this fall,
there is not water enough in the stalks to
hold in solution the saccharine NATTER
| think that the most plausible reason.-
One thing is very certain-sugars will
surely rule high, and as the Frenchman
said, it will take about hundred dollar
| note to cover a good hogsheau,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02
Sensible Advice.

Life Illustrated gives the following SEN
sible advice TO that class of persons de-
nominated winners" who are continual
ly fuming and fretting, making them
selves and everybody within reach Of
them miserable ...
Stop whining 1t is of no use-this
everlasting complaining. iretting, scold-
ing, tault-finding and whining. Why.
you are the most deluded set of creatures
that ever lived. Do you not know that
it is well settled principle Of physiology
and common sense, that these habits are
more exhaustive of nervous vitality than
almost any other violation of physiologi-
cal law! And do you not know that life
is pretty much as you take it and make
it? You can make it bright and sun
shiney, or you can make it dark and
shadowy. This life is meant only to be
disciplnary--to fit Us Tor higher and
l'urer state OF being. Then stop whining
and fretting, and go on your way rejoic-
ing"
Second, sing the song of life cheerily.
Hark. Do you hear yondcr bird singing
Ioyously its merry carols, as it hops from
bough to bough in its native forest home :?
Initiate it. Take up your song 0: life
using it ioyously ard bravely. Sing on,
though you feel it not.
You are miserable. nervous, dyspeptc,
in wrong relations to yourselves and all
Gods universe. and that's all that ails
yoa. TheD-stop shert, take up the song
of life, and leave OFF forever that whine
Of death. "A merry heart doeth good
like il medicine, Lut broken spirit drieth
up the bones" Live simple, cheertully,
trustingly; and by-and-by your troubles
will take to themselves wings and fly
away" You will gradu lily grow MOI g
and more into harmony with the natural
order Of things, and the bright light of
heaven will shine pleasantly down into
your souls and baptize them into a new
l;Ia
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

~ ISLANDERS, issuing from red am
beautiful lips, are like foul spiders crawl
ing from the blushing heart Of rcse,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02
Che Rdsk
Athens, Friday, December 2, 1850.
A Law.


The following act has been passed by
both houses of the General Assembly, and
is now a law:
An Act to secure the rights of widows dissenting
from their husbands Wills
SEC. |. Be il enacted BY Me General Assen,-
bly, Of Me State Of Tennessee, That when
husband shall die, leaving will from
which the widow dissents, within the time,
and in the manner now provided by law,
and leaving no child, or not more than
two, his widow shall be entitled to one
third part of the personal estate, in addi-
ton to her dover in the real estate, as
now provided by law. But if the husband
have more than two children, the widow
shall share equally with all the children,
she being entitled to child's part.
SEC. g BE ii enacted, That this Act shall
be in force from the day of its passage.
Hon. John P. Hale.
The Democratic Standard, Concord, n.
H., renders the following opinion of Sen
ator Hale's completely with the Harper's
Ferry raid:
"Some statements have been made i'm
plicating the Hon. John P. Hale in the
insurrection at Harper's Ferry, which Mr..
Hale has. promptly denied. We are dis
posed to place full credence in the denial
of Mr.. Hale. We do not think he cares
much about the real bona fide niger
His devotion is to the ideal or political
niger. And that sort of Niger he es-
teens only for his use to help himself and
Others into office. We have no idea that
Mr.. Hale has any relish for the genuine
fragrant son of Africa. To that sort Of
niggers he would exclaim, 80 procul"-
the farther Off the better Perhaps Mr..
Hale may learn that demagogism has
pushed its love for the political niger
about as far as safety will warrant"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

b Common sense can accomplish much
without great talents, but all the, talents
in the world can accomplish very little
withotit ccnnapp sense, -
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

New AND IMPORTANT BANK RuLE.-The
New York Post states that number of
banks of that city in view OF recent los
ses from forged checks Of three or four
thousand dollars each, have determined
to adopt rule to pay checks as presen-
ted, and whether forged or not, to charge
the depostor's accounts with the amount
paid. When accounts are made up if
discrepancies occur between the bank
and the customer. and a forged check is
found to be the cause, the corporation is
to throw the on's proJaaH upon the Gus,
toner, and compel him to prove the
check a forgery; or, in other words the
customer prove to the satisfaction Of the
bank that he is honest.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

Be5~ Dickens says Of mother who
died with her babe on her bosom:
"Clasping that light spar with her arms
she driited out upon the dark and un-
known sea that rolls around the world"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02
Mr.. Buchanan--The Supreme Court.

The Chicago Times, Douglas organ,
has hunted up speech, delivered by
Mr. Buchanan, in the Senate of the
United States, on the 9TH of July, 1871.
in relation to a national bank, in which
he says:
Now, If it were not unparliamentary
language, and it did not desire to treat
all my friends on this (Whig) side of the
liouse with the respect which ! feel for
them, would say that the idea of the
question having been settled so AS TO pfNp
THE coNsoIENcES OF MEMBERS of Congress
when vohng on the present bill, is RI
DlCULOoS AND ABSURD. II ALL THE
JUDGES t-e. .ItILL THE LAWYERS IN CHRlsTEN-
DOM ma esd in the affirmative. Wien
the osS aSe3 brought home to one
ass. >lnd to vote for or
-. sSy upon oath to
: NJ Nusr EXERCISE
lrntrsSt with
lass rats. 81 y
bile acting in
froix Bctts Mr.. Bates,) I shall
nerer 75lacet the liberties Of Tie people
mMe ~ any judicial tribunal.
mo mM holds in higher esteem than
| do the memory of Chief Justice Mar
shall but I ShOuH necer hare consented 10
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

psy- A man in Kalamazoo is training
an elk to trot on the race course. The
elk has already trotted against horse
fora purse of seven hundred dollars
winning the prize by long distance.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

mo mM holds in higher esteem than
| do the memory Of Chief Justice Mar
shall; but / Shoua ne0er hare consented 10
make ecet him tie final oJiter JctDcen tie
Government and lie people Of this country on
questions Of constitutional GJerty."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-12-02

GEORGIA RAiLRoAD.-Governo Brown.
of Georgia, says in his late message to the
Legislature, that the State has derived
the past year S4.0,0O0 net profit from the
Western and Atlantic railroad, notwith-
standing extensive repairs made upon it,.
lie estimates the road to have cost the
State St44l,Uo0. To the Atlantic and
Gulf S250,0 900 in State bonds have
bee and Sj0,00D more shortly
~ State issues 100000 in
NV paid in by the
KS well of the
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-05-26
Gone Astray.

Cold words to fall on loving heart-he
has gone astray. And is this the time to
desert-this the time 10 taunt him with
words that roll like lava from your passion
and scar his soul? No! be his light now;
perhaps he has no other. Many true
heart that would have come back ike a
dove to the ark, after It's first transgrsssion
has geen frightened beyond recall b. the
angry look OF menace, the taunt and the cold
ness of an unforSiving soul. Be careful
how you freeze the warm emotions of repen.
tence. Beware lest pleading words unheed-
ed, sting you in some shady vale of your
future sorrows. Repentance changed By
neglect or unkindness, becomes like melted
iron hardened in the mould; trife with it
never. Be first TO meet the erring with
your outstretched arms-wips the tears
from his eyes-pout the balm of consola-
ton on wounds that guilt has made. Let
your heart be the grave for his transgress.
ion; your pity find vent in hearing his bur-
den, not in useleIs words.
Oh forgive the erring. Did not He who
died on Calvary? Shield him from the
contempt of gross minds; make brightness
and beauty where all was cold aud storms
before in his life. tseg e6