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experiment ceuld be attended with no sue.
cess, inasmuch as the inhabitants Of the
moon, if there are any, being on the farther
side, could never see monument on the
earth.
1t may not be uninteresting to add that
it has been discovered, within few years,
by means of long continued, hourly obser-
Vations with the barometer that the moon
eXerts an OppTeciablc influence Oh the pres
sure of the atmosphere; and also by means
of long continued magnetic observations
that 1t exerts an influence on the decina-
ton of the magnetic needle. - Boston
COArier,
, 1859-03-11

The Bible which is described above is
one of great antiquity, and ought to be
carefully preserved aud highly priced as q
venerable relic Of an age when printing
was unknown, and the Industrious labor Of
monkish scribes alone caused copies of the
Sacred Scriptures to be multiplied.
This is not, however, tho Oldest book on
the continent. There is in the library Of
Harvard College Greek manuscript Of a
portion of the Scriptures that is older, by
one or two centuries, than DR.. DufIield's
Bible. And in a private library in Cam
bridge there are several monksh manu-.
scripts of the entire Bible, similar in every
respect to that described. There is also
in the same library an evangelistarium, OF
selections from the Gospels for the use Of
the Church, folio volume Of over 300
pages, written on parchment in the eighth
century, T. 6. HOO years ago, and 7OO
years before the invention of printing
This book is, Of course, older by about 20C
years than the Detroit Bible, aud we have
no account of any other book in this coun
try of equal antiquity. We find an ac
count Of this and other photographer
rarities in Rev. Luther Farnham's interest
ing little work-"A Glance ct Private Ii
brarics."
We notice au error in the description o.
the material on which tue Bible belonging
to Rev. Dr. Dufield is written. We be
lieve the skins of goats and kids were ueYel
used for Biblical manuscripts. The arti
cles used for this purpose were veIlum pre-
pared from the skins of calves aud pareh
ment from the skins of sheep-Bostor
Transcript.
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REVOLUTIONS IN THE MONTH OF july
On the 9th of this month, in the year 1886,
the deSpotism exercised over Switzerland
by the house of Austria, was annihilated
on the field of Sampach. On the 26th Of
July, 1881, the Confederation of the Low
Countries promulgated an edict, by which
they renounced their allegiance to Philip
II. On the 18th of July, 1850, James H.
lost the battle of Boyne, which forever ex-
eluded both himself and his posterity from
the throne Of Great Britain. On the
4th of July, l776, the Congress of the Uni.
ted States declared this country indepen.
dent of the English Crown. On the l4th
Of July, 1889, the flag of liberty was waved
over the French Bastile. And on the 25th
OF July, 1880, Chares X. of France signed
the death warrant Of his dynasty.
, 1859-03-11

SS~ The weather during the last ten OF
twelve days, might be said to have been "all
sorts"-changeable and tickle as q woman
Rain and sunshine, hail ard snow, wind and
water, and rice rersa, has been the order o.
the last two weeks. OF course, the usual
accompaniment of mud and slush" Hnder
foot has diversified it some. Taken all in
all, it has been the most disagrceablc Feb
ruary we have experienced here in six years
Unless this sort of weather abates soon, the
next years crop will be small indeed, as but
few farmers have yet sowed their ground.
, 1859-03-11

1S- The p, S. W. Institute is now in
operation in this place, and large number
Of students are daily in attendance. There
will be two monthly papers connected with
the school, one to be conducted by the
young ladies, and the other by the young
gentlemen. l am authorized to say thai
boarding can be had in private families al
rather low figures, for those who wish tC
attend school,
, 1859-03-11
NO. Is
science Answering Simple Questions.


Why is rain water soft2 Because it is
not impregnated with earth and minerals.
Why is it more easy to wash with soft
water than with hard? Because soft wa
ter unites freely with soap, and dissolves it
instead of decomposing it as hard water
does.
I Why do wood ashes make hard water
soft2 lst, because the carbonic acid Of
wood ashes combines with the sulphate Of
lime in the hard water, and converts it into
chalk; 2dIy, wood ashes converts some Of
the soluble salts Of water into iusoluble,
and throws them as sediment, by which
the water remains more pure.
Why has rain water such an unpleasant
smell when it is collected in rain-tub or
tanki Because it is impreguated with de-
composed organic matters washed from the
roofs, streets, or the casks in which i'll
collected.
Why does water melt salt2 Because
very minute particles Of water insinuate
themselves into the pores Of the salt by
capillary attraction, and force the crystals
apart from each other.
How does blowing hot food make it cooR
1t causes the air which has been heated BY
the foOd to change more rapidly, and give
place to fresh cool air. 10.
Why do ladies fan themselves in hot
weather. That fresh particles Of air may
be brought in contact with their face by
the action Of the fan; and as every fresh
particle Of air absOrbs some heat from the
skin, this constant change makes them
cool Gdi sloa
Does q fan cool the sirH No, It makes
the air hotter by imFartiug to it the heat Of
our face; but it cOOIs our face BY transfer.
ring its heat to the air. i.ap p %
Why is there always q strong draught
through the key hole Of dOorf Because
the air in the room we occupy is warmer
than the air in tho hall; therefore the air
from the hall rusbes through the key hole
into the room and causes q draught. -
Why is there always q strong drapght
under the door and through the creFice on
each sideH Because the cold air rushes
from the hall to supply the void in the
room caused BY the escape Of the warm air
up the chimney, &c. 81
If Jon open the lower sash Of window
there is more dranght than Il you open the
upper sash. Explain the reason Of this.
If the lower sash Be open, cold external
air will rush freely into the room and .
great draught inward; but il the upper
sash be opened, the heated air Of the room
will rush ont and, Of course, there will bo
less draugh, inward.
By which means Is room better ventilas
ted-by opening the upper sash; because
the hot, sitlated air, which always aseenda
toward the ceiling, can escape much more
easily. 'ains4aa
Why does The. wind dry damp linenl--
Because dry wind, like dry sponge, i'm
bibes the particles Of vapor from the sur
face Of the linen as fast as they are form
ed.
Why is the gallery Of al public places
hotter than the lower parts Of bnidings2
Because the air Of the building ascendsf
and all the cold air which can enter through
the doors aud windows, keeps to the hoor
till # has become heated. .--Dr. Brewa'f
Gnide 10 Sdiezee. fDdf.si llE
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TwELyE O'CLOCK AT New YoRK.-Ap-
pletOn'S RaiLl0ay and Steam Navigation
Guide, of June, has on page 81 "Time
Indicator" which shows the difference Of
time between various cities in tho United
States. When it is twelve o'clock in New
York il is
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bS- One pound of gold may be drawn
into wire long enough to extend round
the globe. So Que good deed may be felt
through all time. Though done in the
first flush Of youth, it may gild the last
hours of long life, aud form the brightest
spot in it.
, 1859-03-11


~ The month Of March was month
full Of interesting and thrilling incidents IL
the annals Of Texas history. lsfi
First on the I'd Of March, 1885, Deelas
ration Of Independence. III
On the 9th. 1885. massacre At Alamo.
On the 10th, 1885, Constitution adoPsf
ed. am
On the 18th, 1886, battle Of the Coltila
On the goth, 1886. Col. Fannin capitu-
lated. i
On the s5th, 1885, Mler prisoners shot.
On the 9th, 1886. massacre Of FannIl
and men.
On the SOth. 1880. San Felipe burned.
, 1859-03-11

To WINE DRNKERs-Gen Cary, IN
the address which he delivered before the
Sons of Temperance, stated that friend
of his, while travelling in Paris, thought be
would take what is called in that city
wine bath. He found It to be very refresh
ing. He was waited upon BY colored
servant who had fed from the United
States to avoid the fugitive law. He ask
ed the waiter how it was that such large
quantities Of wine could be used for such
purpose. 'It must be very expensive"
said he. . .a.4 #e eq.i aai
"O," said the waiter. ''the same vine
which you have used is run through al ihe
baths in the establishment"
"Aud what do you do with il thsnls said
the verdant American. laes, sfi 3,
20, we bottle il up and send il 70 the
United States 70 hs drank. ~ Mciio1l Jilir-
val
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The Public Debt Of The United States.

Inc New ork Tunes says that Drlei
epitome Of the public debt, since the foun-
dation Of the constitution, by contrast with
the next most important commercial power
in the world, will illustrate the faith and
ability of the government, not only to con-
tract but to pay of by purchase its public
loans.
PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Year. Debt.
l7sO-Funded after Revolution 754SS ,I76
Notwithstanding on the eve OF war % ,2O9 ,T3s
lSl6-After second war l2T S3l 934
ls35-Twenty years reduction to 81 5l3
l5o2-After Mexican war, &c 76,O65 ,2l6
lS57--Five years reduction to q, 1856 1854
lSoS-lncreased by deficient revenue TO 5,lG6 ,l54
Thus, since the foundation of the gov
ernment, we find three several reductions Of
the public debt by purchase and redemp-
ton, first to the extent of thirty millions,
then to the extent Of one hundred and
twenty-seven millions, and lastly to the ex-
tent in five years, by purchase at high
premium, Of fifty-one millions. The present
debt, including the ten millions just nego-
tiated, stands twenty millions less than at
the close Of the revolution, or on the adop-
tion Of the constitution, when the whole
population Of tho country was OILY 4,049,-
900 souls, as against 29,7OO,000 souls in
1858.
During the same seyenty years the pub
lie debt Of Great Britain has been more
than doubled. In 1s0I-2, after the treaty
Of Amieus, which was succeeded by year
or two Of quiet with Napoleon, this debt
stood at the equivalent Of $2,235, ,217, ,445.
At the treaty Of Vienna, or after the bat
tie Of Waterloo, in 1915, it had reached
$4,OS1, ,559aOO. After twenty years peace
and by the operation Of the national sink
ing fund. it fell to So, 1853, ,46l, ,495. In the
succeeding 20 years, no further reduction
was effected, and on the eve Of the war
with Russia it stood 50, sOS, lls,5 This
figure is the return for 1859. In 1856, at
the close of that war, the total stood
81, ,Os0, 600, ,OOO-or about esl6, ,O00, 900
sterling, as against 9sl6,31l, $50 at the
peace Of 1915. There has been no material
reduction since. The present annual charge
on the national debt Of the United King.
dom is about twenty-eight millions sterling,
or about one pound sterlihg-fVe dollars
per capita. the present population being
about 27,sO9,s46. And this while the
principal Of our debt is less than two dol
lars per capita, and the interest or annual
charge Of the debt Is scarcely ten cents per
capita! s 9J
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.
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For every additional insertion. .............S 90
A liberal deduction made to yearly advertisers.
The number Of insertions mast be distinctly marked
on the margin Of advertisements sent US, or they will
be continued till forbid and charged accordingly
L. p. FISHER, No. ll7k Washington Street, up
stairs nearly opposite Maguire Opera House, is aU
thorzed to receive and receipt for subscriptions and
Advertisements in California.
, 1859-03-11

R@ Speak little aud to the purpose, aud
you will pass for somebody.
, 1859-03-11
Gbt piOHtrr aHb prmOfrat
rs PUBLISHED ON EVERY FRIDAY MORNING
BySEDWARD FURSTE.
gBAR3asa31 ADY2WgBn

For one year. when sent by mail or taken at the
olhce s. 90 for six months 50 90. Single copies,
rs cents
No paper will he discontinued, unless at the option
Of the Publisher, until all arrearages are paid.
, 1859-03-11

Why is the gallery Of an public places
hotter than the lower parts Of bnildings2
Because the air Of the building ascends.
and all the cold air which can enter through
the doors aud windows, Keeps to the ioof
tilI It has become heated. .--DT B1ere'f
Gnide 10 Saeaee. sntstisi .as
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-04

OSE OF THE loys.-Neighbor T. had 4
social party at b, house a few evenings
since, and the "dsm boy" Charley, a 6v,
year old colt, was favored with permssior \
to be seen in the srlor. "pa" is somewhat
proud Of his boy, md Chafley was, OF course.
elHboiately gotten up Tor no great an cscs,
sion, Among oihsfeStras, the little fellow d
hair wns treated Il lberil supply Of eau d.
cologne, to his hage qualification. As ho
entered the pnrlor and made his bow 10 ih,
ladies' and gentlen,n:
"Lookee here" mid he proudly, "if any Of
you smells n smel', .hal's me !"
The ellcc. was tpcided, and Charley, hav.
ing thus 10 one brief sentence delivered m
Illustrative essay IN human vanity, was the
hero Of the evening,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-04
DOWN ON SEW ARD.

Of Stewards bill "for The more extensive
waste of American life and money and fot
preventing the ameoraton of the condition
of the Africans" the Richmond Dispatch
says: at strikes us that instead of discussing
such bills as Stewards, and other measured
of ianatical and negro stripe Congress-
would better pay some attention to the inter
es's of the country and Of the white race
To udge from the deliberations of that body
one would think that the population Of the
United States consisted of thirty millions OF
negroes and three millions Of Anglo Snxons
and that there was no other color in the uni
verse save black. On the contrary, the ne.
grops are but small fragment of the popu.
ation and black is not the fhv0r.e color Of
Nature. II does not enter among the beau
tiful pencillings of the sky above, the earth
beneath, or the water under the earth. II is
the badge of mourning and desolation, the
hue of the destructiye thunder cloud, the
complexion Of midnight, the signal for the
Powers of Darkness 10 put forth their hellish
arts and energy. Light is symbolical of pu'
rity, happiness o: God; heaven glows with
bright culors; that there is no nigh, there is
one of its most glorious characteristics
When the Bible speaks of a world redeemed,
il uses the figure of "washed white" through
the redemption of Christ. The black man is
an exception among mortals. There is every
reason 20 believe that his color as well as his
condition was imposed upon him as n pun
ishment for the crimes Of his ancestors. The
Devil is always painted as black. The Con.
gress of the United States must be under
some unnatural delusion, or under the direct
and malicious nstigation of the Devil, when
it devotes itself soul aud body to the idoalry
of Negroism.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-04

The PREslpESt's MEssAGg.--The last
message of Mr. Bu :hhnan, says the Mem phis
Bulletin, has mel with a colder recetdion
than amy documen ever ISSUED from thu ex-
ecuiive departure It Of the government
Tbs opposition have severely criticised and
condemned it, ard few democratic papers
have praised il in he old style of magnifrng 70
the supposed ex;ellencies Of presidential
manifesioes. A Arajority of democratic pa.
pers have either theld their praise altog sth-
er, whispered il in tones scarcely aud5lr.-
The Florence (AE-) Gazette, gets over It in
fine style. II says It has no room for com.
ments, but, stake as a whole, il is a rcnlar-
kRblc document" II adds that "we are all
mortal, aud we d. not consider james 3u-
chnnan ut except H, if he is President" Il
closes its review y leaving lis readers to
form their own Unions of lis merits md
dement's. Aud S, the democratic papers 10.
Our President on became important wien
he ceased TO be ia mes Buchanan, and became
tie Cincinnati Pla form. Ceasing to be the
Cincinnati Plato NJ, and becoming otce
more James Buch nan, he ceases 10 be m.
portant.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-04
PRESIDENTS CUBAN MESSAGE.

To The Senate of The United StaisS:
transmit herewith report from The Sec.
retary of State in answer to the resolution OF
the Senate of the 18th instant, requesting the
President, il not incompatible with the public
interest, "io communicate to the Senate any
and all correspondence between the govern
ment of the United States and the govern
ment of her Catholic Majesty relating to any
proposition for the purchase of the lslnnd Of
Cuba, which correspondence has not been
furnished to either house of Congress"
From this it appears that no such correspon-
dence has taken place which Inns not already
been communicated to Congress. In my late
annual message stated, in reference to the
purchase of Cuba, that publicity which has
been given to our former negotiations on this
subject, and the large appropriations which
may be required to effect the purpose, render
it expedient before making another attempt
to renew the negotiation that ! should lay
the whole subject before Congress" ! still
entertain the same opinion, deemng it highly
important, if not indispensable to the success
of any negotiation which | might institute
lor the purpose. that the measure should re-
ceivo the previous sanction OF Congress.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Washington, Janury 81, 1859
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-04

The MILKY WAy.--Ihis we'll known
phenomenon is great luminous band which
every evening stretches across the sky. AT
one part it sends of kind OF branch which
again untss with the main body, after re-
naming distant for about one hundred and
fifty degrees. This remarkable belt has,
from the earliest ages Of which we have any
record, maintained the same place among the
stars; and when examined through power
ful telescope, il is found to be composed of
myrnds of glittering stars, scattered in
groups of millions, like gIittering dust, on
the bnck ground of the general heavens
Sir William Hcrschel has divided it into n
number Of nebulous systems, or separate
clusters Of stars, aud has described their ap-
pearances and shapes; bot, as yet, il is to us
but tho siadowy outline of another branch
of Astronomical research which will require
more powerful instruments and more human
genius than is now at command for its ex.
ploration. The same authority above refer
red to- thinks that tho phenomena Of the
milky way agree with the suppositon that
the stars of our frmament, instead of being
scattered in all directions i,diilerently
through space, form stratum, of which the
thickness is small iE comparison with its
length and breadth, and which the earth oc.
cupies place somewhere about the middle
of its thickness.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-04

STocK GAMBLING IN NEw YoRK.-The
nev York Herald thinks that Wall street is
the greatest gambling hell in the world--u
rambling he'll compared TO " hich Baden sinks
i1,o insirni6eance, and, Ftsssali .palss his
Intellectual fires, and goes on 10 illustrate Il.
follows:
Il is estimated that there are three hun-
bred persons in or about Wall street who 90
~ the maine Of stock brokers, and who make
. living by selling and buying stocks-f0i
he public when the public il n speculator
or themselves when no commission business
to be had. These nre divided into balls
,r partisnns Of rise in stocks, and bears, OF
dvocnies Of fall. About half of the whole
Number occupy seats AT the Stock Exchange
he ether half are either fallen angels, who
have once belonged to the board, and have
'ost their seats by reason Of insolvency, OF
sspitng saints, who want TO get into the
board, or decided demons, who know that
ih-y can't get into the board, and don't try
They are sometimes known M light artillery
and sometimes, lrrevenily, as scaiy wages.
All OF these-in and out Of Pnradisc-nre
at the present time irving 10 make living
by speculaiing in stocks, in the absence Of =
commission business. Brokers as they are
they require beef and bread--cAssincre and
boots for themselves, silk and hoops, for their
wives; 80 they buy and sell to that end with
an ssrnesIness deserving Of reward.
II is said to he difficult TO make living BY
writing books, or painting pictures, or sci.
ling dry goods, or breaking stones; but the
worst of these must be an opulent calling ia
comparison with that Of a stock Spectator ia
January, 1859.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-04
THE THREE SENATOR'S.

Vice President Brecklnrlolr, IN his address
10 the Senate, on the 4th ,rsiant, upon th'
mr. ,sion of their taking leave of the Olt
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-04

~ The protector OF new Democratic
paper in Wisconsin lays down its future
course ns follows:
"lt will advocate the principles of that par.
ty OF which Jefferson wes the founder, Of
which James Buchanan, to-day, the represen.
tatiye, and Stephen A. Dougas the able ex-
poneni."
We suppose the Wisconsin editor was in
earnest shrn he wrote this, but, whether he
~ns or not, he has hit his party terrible
lick. We doubt IL on this point nybody ulse
has ever compressed So splendid a hit in the
same compass Mark il! the "pnrty of which
Jefferson was the founder, of which James
Buchanan is, to-day, the representative, aud
Stephen A Douglas the able exponent
What could be hner' There ARE tones Of
exposition aud volumes Of sarcasm in this
single shor, sentence.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-04

A MELANCHOLY OccURRENcE.-We learn
through private source that two little girls,
one the daughter Of Col. w. Walker, Of
Ches,erville, S. C., and the other n daughter
OF Mrs. Reid, Of the same village, partook of
some periumery, inwardly, and were poison.
ed When the information left Chester, Miss
Reid had partly recovered but the former,
Miss Walker, it was feared, would not sur
vive.
This notice may serve ns warning to
those who are in the habit of tasting what is
o;ly intended to be used as an external per-
fume.-C Columbia Bulletin.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-02-04

SLAVE TRADE IN NORTH CARoLISA.-The
following resolutions relative to the Slave
Trade have been introduced in the North
Carolina Legislature:
Whereas the question Of the re-opening of
the foreign slave t-ade is exciting much dis
cusson in some of the Southern States
ReSolred That the people OF North Caro-
lima are utterly opposed TO the re-opening Of
the foreign slave trade and the importation
Of wild and uneiviized Africans among
them.
Resolred That our Senators In Congress
be instructed, and our Representatives be
requested, to vote against the repeal Of the
present law now in force upon the subject.