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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-05-20

ONE THousAsD AFRICAN NEGROES WANT
ED.---An advertisement appears in The
News, published at Enterprise, Mississippi,
addressed to ship and masters of
our mercantile marine, offering $500 each
for l,0OO native Africans, between the
ages Of fourteen and twenty, sound and
healthy, to be delivered within twelve
months, at some point between Pensacola,
Florida, and Galveston, Texas. The ad-
vertisement is signed by eighteen respon-
sible citizens. whose character is vouched
for by the editor of The News.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-05-20

Z ~ "Touoh not, tasts Hot, handle not;s'
this viii apply V . great many thines;
among the number ~ hsspdy socktsils
aad painted women. da-s b 's's' So
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-05-20

peA- at can't see how you can sit and
eat while your wife Is so sick."a - eaI
s'You see, my dear fellow, it is not that
Ilove my wife less, but that I love pan
caks more" 'N ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-05-20

INTELLIGENT TRAvELER.-A German wri-
ter, who has published an account of
men and things in the United States, says
that ''the condition of the negroes in New
York was at one time very bad, but,
owing to some reforms introduced by Gen.
jackson, it is now considerably allevia-
ted !"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-05-20

pa- The brother of Gen. Zamora at
Vera Cruz, recently committed suicide on
account of supposed financial difficulties;
but after his death, 1t was ascertained
that he had made mistake of 81, ,000, 900
against himself in making up his balance
sheet.S Nt
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-05-20

A RooRBAcK K.-The current newspaper
story that the War Department has had
occasion to send an agent to Tennessee
to arrest individuals charged with obtain
ing money from the Government on false
vouchers for the purchase of mules for
army purposes is untrue. No such agents
have been sent there, because no such
payments on false vouchers have been
made Washington Star. 'ea't
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-05-20

~ There is said 70 be many . 'slip
between the cup sFd. the lip hut Il
would Be we'll fof some q our yount men.
and Old ONES soAH hsss wssA ) sdd
many more. ,sl&'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-05-20

D@ "why does father callmother hon.
cyl" asked boy Of his elder brother
Cant tell, 'cept it's because she has q
large comb in her head" ~ o
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-05-20

~ The editors of the Louisville Cou.
rier and Democrat are busily engaged in
proving each other to have been Aboli.
tionists few years ago, and they have
both succeeded admirably.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-05-20

], peA. Smith writes tolJones to say that
he has splendid dinners out West: Ram
lamb, sheep, and mutton every day"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-05-20
The Young widow.

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She is modest, but not bashfui--
Free and easy, but not bold;
Like IN apple, ripe and mellow
Not too young and not too old.
Half inviting, half rcpuisivs,
Now advancing and now shy
There is mischief In her dinpls
There is danger in her sy&
She has studied human nature
She is schooled in all its srty
She has taken her diploma
As the mistress Of all hearta
She con tell the very moment
When to Sigh and when to ,mile;
True, maiden Is sometimes charming.
But tho widow sll,the while.
Are 700 s.ds how very ssfso,s I, ,
Win her handsome face becomes
Are you angryi she 10 wretched. jis
, Lonely, friendloss, fearful, dumb
Are you niirthfuH how hor laughter,
silver-sounding, will ring out;
She can lure, and catch, and play you,
As the angler does the trout.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-05-20

TENNESSEE BoNDs.-Tennessee six pei
cent. bonds, due in 1890, were quoted in
New York, on the 9th inst, at 90. q.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-05-20

D0- Here is good chance for old
maids The First District School Board
ofNew Orleans have resolved "that here
after no young lady teacher will be allow
ed to contract q marriage while occupy
ing the position of teacher, and such an
act on her part shall be virtually consider
ed resignation" s2ts atll HNtlt
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-05-20

DiscoURAoED-A Pixies Peaker writing
to Minnesota journal says the miners
are very much discouraged in that region;
they have to dig through a solid pein Of silver
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TERMS:
TERMS:
THE POST IS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY,
At Two Dollars Year. PavobIe In Advano,

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9so- No attention. paid to orders for the paper
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ApvEnrrsKnKSrs will be charged 81 per square
or 10 lines, or less for the first Insertion and so
csnts for each continuance. A liberal deduction
made to those who advertise by the year.
aar Persons sending advertisements must mark
the number of times they desire them inserted or
they will be continued until forbid and charged
accordingly. -6E
For announcing the names Of candidates for
once, t5, C~sk.
Obituary notices over IL lines, charged at rogu-
lar advertising rates. -, .',.t -. ~.
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All letters addressed to the Proprietor, will be
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: No communication inserted unless accompanied
by the name Of the author. ' " t', ~
TD- Once on Main street, next door to the old
jackson Hotel liVT -l5 fe
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-05-20

ExcIrEYsNr IN Tnx Cusrox HousE.-A
circular received from the Secretary OF
the Treasury, addressed to the heads OF
the different divisions of the New York
Custom-house, requesting them to adopt
some plan by which the present force may
be reduced one-fourth, has created con.
siderable excitement among the Custom
house officials. There are now three lu-
crative vacancies in the New York Gus
ton-lsouse: Seizure clerlp. $500; chief
clerk, 81 800; assistant appraiser, $4,000.
The DRUNKARD.-Alas! the poor drum
kard he around whom the arch enemy
has thrown all his enslaving chains he
whose every hope and aspiration is to
crafty the hellish appetite which strong
drink has formed within him he is fallen
fallen! If, in alucid moment, he dare
look up to see if there is any refuge, he
finds no star of hope twinkling in the
fsr-off, azure bluel No voice of encour-
agement, of promise, of hope, salutes his
ear. But instead, the jeer ofridicule, the
hiss of soorn, the kick of contempt, are
given as his portion, and he turns again
to his cup, to bury his grief and woes in
the sleep of drunken forgetfulness.
Boys, if you are one, in all human prob
ability, you will be the other. 'H
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-05-20

JoHs L. T. TgSNEED.--This gentleman has
been nominated by the Whig Convention
at Someryille, for Congress, in the Mem
phis District and has accepted the posi-
tion assigned him. $50. !, pfst5}f
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-05-20

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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-05-20

PAYING THE FIDDLER FOR Mr.. BUCHANAN.
"A correspondent, says the Washington
States, Democratic, asks us for informa-
ton regarding the cost of the Marine
band. We have enquired into the mat
ter, and the following are the facts of the
case The regular pay of the Marine
band, independent of the cost of their
Subsistence, quarters, clothing, ETC., is
about S6, 900 year. But the act of Au-
gust IL, 1856, gives them 81, 200 year ex-
ira for performing at the Presidents House
and the Capsitol; that act which allows
"a per month extra to the band .'as long as
they shall perform at the public grounds" I"
is SO literally constructed as to pay them
500 per month for every month in the
year, whether they so perform or not
The Government is also taxed for the line
OF omnibusses to carry them to and from
the public grounds, as well as for the pur-
chase of instruments, etc. This band rem
ders almost no service to the Government,
and are maintained and supported at the
public expenses while nearly all their
time is devoted to military and other pa
rades, balls, etc., for which they are ex-
travagantly paid. !.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-05-20

the sum of sixteen thousand dollars. OF
which Swift contributed ten thousand
dollars, and received the balance from his
immediate friends, to be used in the
pending election. Mr.. Buchanan was in
formed before the election, that Mr.. Swift
was an old line Wing, who had come over
to his party, and was taking an active
part in the election and he was subse-
quently informed of the amount contri-
buted by Swift"
These facts appear from the testimony
before the Committee of Investigation.
1t appears further that this man, Swift,
who had been frequently recommended
to the President as good .feilow, had in
his possession large quantity of reject
ed timber, which he wished to sell the
Government. The rule of the Depart
ment has been to allow contractors two
years to fill their contracts, and never to
make an open purchase except, for im-
mediate use. Now, it appears that the
Secretary Of the Navy, in June, 1858, ad-
vertised for 10000 feet of live-oak, the
quantity, size and form being exactly like
that held by Swift. The limited time
preveted any competition. The yellow
fever prevailed in the live-oak regions,
and it was impossible for the cutters to
visit that region. We cannot here go at
length into the details of this extraordi-
nary and disreputable transaction; we
must content ourselves with the result,
which was, that Swift in consideration of
being capital good fellow, which was
clearly established by his having contri-
buted ten thousand dollars towards the
election of Mr. Buchanan-this was be-
fore the Duquesne letter was written-was
reimbursed seventeen times over out of
the public treasury by the sale of mass
of worthless timber that was then lying
in the navy yards where good timber was
in abundance-as rejected and good for
nothing, for which he received the mod
crate compensation of Sill, 200. Yet no
watchdog has raised his voice to give
the people warning of this open, daylight
robbery of the public money. "a
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-03-31
gsmurratir gtate Gifkft
WELL s AID.

HAVE WE A DEMOCRATIC PARTY
AMONG Us?--This question is prompt
" and well answered in the following
paragraph, which we clip from the
Boston Post:
Some of the blatant Opposition
and false hearted Democratic pres
ses Of tho country are tickling their
readers by propoundlng the above
in,errogatory. The children are
said to be pleased with straw
even, and so we suppose we ought
not to deprive the Opposition 81 ,
t be meagre crumbs of comfort al
forded them in this innocent pastime-
They will fud out when the baiio'
boxes are closed in 1860, that there
is a Democratic party among U.s.
and a successful one, too. The gio-
rious past history OF this county
is but record Of the tIumphs oil
the Democratic party 1t has al
ready controlled the Government OF !
the United States three-fourths oil
the time during its existence, and we
venture the prediction that it will
continue to do so. Surviving the
ignominy heaped upon it by ineom-
petent and designing men-o u'il'ipg
the assaults Of open enemies and
secret foes-tbe Democratic party
will, in 1860, take the held under
the banner of its time-honored
principles, and despite the bowling
Of its adversaries, it will again achieve
avictory.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-03-31
The WoRK OF THE LAST SESSION

The WcRK OF THE LAST Session
OF CoNGRESs.-CongresS, during its
last session, passel thiriy-two public
acts and fifteen joint resolutions.
The private acts for the relief of indi-
Viduals we're more than sixty III num-
Der. The principal general acts were
The admission of Oregon, and an act
for carrying into elieeS the treaty
with China The appropriations
made during the session. amount TO
about sixty millions Of dollrs. in
cludipg the treasury note issue
The appropriation to the army is
$l5, $4,000; TO the Navy. SO, 654,-
600; Indian service; Sl,797,0 900;
legislative. executive, and Judicial,
$6,745,000; light house service, So
10000; Isthmus (Panama)mail ser
vice. $4,000; new ocean mail from
Charleston to Havana. $200.000;
diplomatic and consular. 81, 047, $40;
expense of investigating commit
tees, $4,000.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-03-31
The Louisville Courier thus speak

The Louisville Courier thus speaks
Of Mr.. Holt, the new Postmaster
General. We earnestly. hope that
the favorable opinions expressed Of
him may be realized:
Hon JOS. HeIT, p. NJ, GENERAL
The appointment Of the Hon. JOS.
Holt, of KY, late Commissioner of
Patents. as Postmaster General, is
one Of the very best that could BE-
made, and it cannot fail to meet with
a gratifying response from the couu-
try. Of unsullied character and IN
swerving integrity, he unites to these
the highest order of intellect, com
prehensive and eminenily practical
The President has done himself hon.
or by the appointment, and MIR. Holt
will, uuquestionably, DO honor to his
high position.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-03-31
The three condemned murderer

The three condemned murderers
-Gambrill, Crops, and Cyphus-
who are sentenced to be executed at
Baltimore, on the 18Th inst. have-ad-
dressed joint letter to Sheriff Crea-
mer. requesting that they sball not
be hung in shrouds. There being no
law requiring the sheriff to use
shruuds, he viii accede to their de-
sire, and they will he executed in
their usual dress, only wearing the
necessary cap to draw over their
face.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-03-31

listed for some time, and the people
have gotten out Of debt, by rigid
economy, and sacrifices Of property,
the banks throw open their doors
again, and another flood Of paper
money is poured upon the country,
to be followed in due time by anoth-
er contraction with all OF its disas-
trous results. These scenes have been
enacted over and over again in this
country, and will be re-enacted many
times more, unless we speedily free
ourselves from these Institutions
This system not only oyerwhelms US
in ruin every few years, by eBcour-
aging wild and reckless speculation,
extravagances and luxurious living,
but at time when the country
needs tbe most money, it drives the
only real money ye have out Of the
country. This will appear evident,
I think, in the discussion of our
next proposition.
Sd. 1t expels the specie from the
country.
There is not the least doubt in my
mind, but that, a, the present time
there would be at least two dollars oil
gold in circulation to where we nov
have one Of paper, if there never
| had been bank established in this
country.
| Since its establishment in 1892
the United States mint has coineC
over S662 millions of gold and sill
yer. According tothe best estimates
as before stated, the amount of spe
Gle in the United States, at present
is about $40 millions. This amour
deducted from SG62 millions, leave
422 millions. What has become u
this vast amount? 1t has been driy
en- out of the country by the banks
| have just shown how they accom-
plish this result, by causing Us t
overtrade with foreign nations. Th'
following table, which | have prepar
ed from the report of the Secretar!
Of the Treasury Of the United
States, will fully corroborate thi
statement:
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-03-31
Geisg to Cuba for Health.

A correspondent of the st. Louis
Republican, who has been some time
on the Island, makes touching sp-
peal, from dear bought experience
and in The name Of humanity" on
this subject: "Iuvalids, do not come
to Cuba for your health. How many
consumptives have bid adieu to their
native laid and have never return.
ed" In Cuba you can have no
comfort. The hotels are miserable
things. You have 10 sleep on a
strip Of canvass at best. You have
no attendance. Your laws and hab-
its of life are all changed; and the
climate. though lovely in itself, is
exceedingly unfavorable to diseased
lungs. And then if you die on this
Island it will cost your friends 5000
before your remains can be taken
away. Ii you die poor, and the
above expenses are not paid, your re-
mains are taken in the public dead
cart, and your body is pitched into {
ditch among the remains Of pauper.
and those who have been executed
The 5000 is made up as follows: cof
fin S275, embalming $500, church
tax SD, hotel for bedding about $40
Government tax, underiaker's fee
SC, &c. All these bills must be pai(
before the Government will ALLOW
the remains TO leave the Island
The writer expresses but the common
opinion Of all who have ever T!siteo
the Island, especially in bis advice
| to those who 90 there with consump
ton. The climate is too facilitating,
and comforts too f. for invalids o
that class.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-03-31
Gen. VIM I. Haskell, Of Tenne:

Gen. VIM I. Haskell, Of Tennes-
see, died on the 18Th inst, at the
Luuatic Asylum at Hopkinsvi lie,
Ky. He WAS one of :he most gifted
Of Tennessee S sons: a member OF
her Legislature, q gallant soldier in
Mexico, and then a HE mber OF Con-
gress, WI re he fell victim to intern
perance. He struggled often TO
overcome the monster; but liquor was
too strong for the great orator, aud
his brilliant intellect went oat In
chaotic gloom. What lesson is IN
his fate!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-03-31

ExTRAoRDINARy QUAFFING. The
stalwart proprietor of the people .
Exchange" saloon, corner of Cham-
bers street and Broadway, yesterday
distinguished himself by drinking
one hundred and ffty glasses of la
ger beer. The feat WIS the result
of wager of SIS and tho price Of
the beer. The quantity was to be
qlafcd between s O'Clock a. II. and
II o'clock P. NJ, or the money to be
forfeited by ".nine host By 4 p.
VI. be had swallowed one hundred
and twenty glasses, AID still stood
serenely anl proudly on his feet,
moderately hallueinated 81. Louis
Democrat.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-03-31
Excitement at Holly Springs.

We are informed that merchant
of Boston obtained requisition, from
the Governor Of Massachusetts, on the
Governor of Mississippi, for the body
of merchant al Holly Springs, who
was charged with obtaining goods I'M
der false pretences from the Boston
merchant The proper writ was
granted by the Governor of Aissis.
sippi to an agent of the Boston mei-
chant. Armed with this writ the
agent proceeded to holly Springs last
week to make the arrest. On his
arrival there, his business was soon
found out, public meeting called,
and resolutions adopted to the effect,
that Massachusetts, having always re.
sisted the rendition Of fugitive slaves,
had no right to any sort of ''requisi-
ton" upon the people of Mississippi,
aud the agent. Of the Boston house
was notified to leave, or be would be
'trotted through OF course he left,
and We understand, burn. his 'reguisi.
ton papers, and promised never &c
return.
We give only an outline Of the
facts in the case, as they have beer
communicated to US by reliable in.
formation, and have only one word t.
add. II the Holly Springs merchant
really did obtain the goods under
false pretences, the citizens Of the
place would make a clean transaction
of the whole matter by also inviting
HIM to leave his country for bis coun
Itry's good That would reliev'
them from the odium of harborins
a fugitive swindler, if swindier h
be.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-03-31
statement:

By an examination of this table, it
will be seen that whenever there has
been a considerable expansion Of pa.
per circulation, our imports have ex-
ceeded our exports; and on the 9th
er hand, whenever there has been a
contraction, our exports have exceed
ed cur imports, or the balance
against Us has been greatly reduced.
Hence we see that year after year
the country is being drained of its
specie, bytbis suicidal system; and
instead of its increasing our circula-
ting medium, as the advocates OF
banks contend, it actually dimiuishes
it. Continued ne1t week)
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-03-31

Five thousand skunk skins have
been exported from Hartford, Conn,
during the last two seasons, at an av-
erage of 621 cents per skin. During
a single week New York dealer
sent $4,000 of these skins to Eu-
rope, where they are much worn by
fashionable ladies' under the title Of
Mountain Fisher The fur is highly
valued, and the skins have none Of
the peculiar odor for which the ami.
nal is noted.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-03-31

A friend in orr town sent, short
time since, a bill on the Exchange
Bank Of Griffin, Ga, to that place,
with the hope of realizing something,
and received the following in answer:
"The bill is not worth a copper; the
President has runaway and gone to
New York, and the Cashier, who
was a Canadian, has left for the
North"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-03-31

A person whose name is not Civ
Ell, entered the burying- ground at
Cumminsyille, Ohio, a few tights
since, and removed a dead body
from grave, which he placed in a
sack. In making his exit from the
yard, it was necessary to scale a
high board fence, which the resur-
rectionist evidently found difficult in
accomplishing with the burden With
which he was encountered. In order,
therefore, to give him free use Of
his hands and arms, be placed the
cord attached to the mouth of the
sack around bis shoulders, and climb
Ell to the top Of The fence when
be must have fallen off, leaving the
corpse on the opposite side. The
result was, that the cord was drawn
up around bis neck, and he was found
dead the next morning. having been
eboked to death by the weight OF
the corpse on the opposite side OF
the fence!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-03-31

A FRIGHTFUL SCENE.-A frightiul
scene might have been witnessed,
yesterday morning, on the roof oil
the three-story house, situated on
Water street. between Monroe and
Quincy. a young man was standing
upon the comb Of the roof repai Ing
a chimney, when, the shingles being
wet and slippery, he lost his footLold
and slid slowly down feet foremost
towards the caves. The two or three
persons who witnessed the accident
turned away sick with terror. Al
though the MN made every effort TO
to gain hold, which the fear of GER
tain death would naturally prompt,
be moved slowly down, and was on
ly checked from falling to the pave
ment below by water spout, against
which his feet came in contact. But
for this irail obstruction, he must have
been dashed into shapeless mass
Without uttering ely for help, the
Young man Kicked Oft his shoes and
proceeded TO ascend, which he sue
ceeded in doing. and went to work at
bis chimney again, apparently taking
little account Of an accident which
had made the eye-witnesses heart
sick and dumb with terror. = Wheel.
ing MtelHgencer, 10Th.
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A Havana correspondent of the
Hartford Times writes: "A Spanish
friend asked me yesterday, what il
the Spanish fleet should go and bonn
bard New York; ] could not i'm
agine such an absurGity. and told
him so. He said to Creole with
me, What would, they do in New
York if 10000 Spanish soldiers
should land there?' A Yankee cap-
tain sitting by said, If the soldiers
behaved themselves they would not
be troubled, but if they made any
disturbance, they Eould be put in the
station. houses