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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

FEMALE ExTRAvAGANCE.-In New Or
leans a few days since, Mr. B., who has
a salary of 81, 500 per annum, was sued
for S645. the amount of bill of dress
goods sold to his wife within ten DAYS
in November last. The articles were not
necessaries under the most liberal use
OF that term. and it appeared in evidence
that the husband had forbidden the
plaintiff to trust his wife. The Court
decided that the plaintiff could not re
cover.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

BoNNETs "A year ago, says the Boston
Post, we predicted that .'thelittle bonnets
of the present day are sure 20 be followed
by the large scoop-shovels which used to
hide the fair faces of the wearers fifteen
or twenty years ago" Editors. like poets.
are prophets er-cDfcio, and the fulfilment
of our vaticinat:on is already foreshadow-
ed in the spring fashions. Not long ago
you couldn't see woman's bonnet for
her face; pre- sently you won't be able to
see her face for her bonnet, but
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

aA- The Supreme Court of Mississippi
has affirmed the validity of the law ma
king it penal for retailers to sell liquor
to drunken man, and declaring that
the owner of the establishment is respon
sible for the act of his bar-keeper on his
behalf
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

E@- Eor the past ten years, the town
of Durham, New Hampshire, has sold,
on an average, three thousand tons OF
hay year, besides keeping enough to
support q very large stock.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

BB- The Hon. Solon Borland has pur-
chased the entire Office of the Memphis
Enquirer, and the paper hereafter will be
published in his name. Jere Clemens
unites with Mr.. Borland in tho editorial
departments.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

eSs> One w. c. Loomis was arrested,
the other day. in Memphis, Tenn, on a
charge of numbering the sheriff of one of
the counties of New York, three years
400
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

s9- The Covington (Ga.l Times says
lot of negroes, nineteen IN number. were
sold on the block in that city, last week,
at an average of 81, 100 each.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

SCnooL TEAcnING.-The New York Sun
day Times, commenting upon the late
movement in Boston to DO away with
the system Of giving out lessons to be
studied at home, and to confne stud:cs
to actual school hours, says:
The whole system of merely Ica7iag
lessons recited in public schools is a
cunning fraud Of teachers, falsely 50 call
ed, upon tile state Of their private pat
rons. These teachers teach nothine.-
They sit magisterially enthroned in their
school chairs to decide, daily. whether
the parcuta have done their-lhat is. tie
teachers work at home, and to punish
or reward the scholar for the parents
ability OF Ignorance.
"When we pay taxes for public schools,
or enormous fees for private ones, we
want tutors, not magistrates, for our
money; we want the men and women
employed in schools to do something
more than sit up in state and ask ques-
! tions-we want them to teach our chill
! drcn something they did not know, and
/ not send them home to be TAUGHT, dat
! they the teachers may diurnaly 90
| through the farce of hearing them recite
! what parents have taught them, and they
! know already. Let our school officers
! take pattern ly their Boston brothers
| and inaugurate a system Of real teaching
| IN our New \ ork schools.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

ESs- The st. Joseph (Mo.l West says
that between Friday evening and Tues
day last. 1890 westward bound emigrants
arrived in that city.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

PEACHEs.-The peach crop in Mississip-
pi, say our exchanges from that State
promises to be very large this year. The
frost has not injured the buds, and the
frees are loaded with growing fruit.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

RSs~ The city of Chicago is declared
to be financially bankrupt, and the Mayor
is praying its creditors to wait patient
ly for their money.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

H@S~M Mrs. Darlington says that nothing
despises her so s.. as to see people
who profess to expect salvation go to
church without their purses when re-
collection is to be taken up.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

HEAVY IMroRTs.--The Portland (Me.. }
Advertiser says thatthe aggregate amount
of goods passed through the Bonded
Warehouse at that port, brought by the
Canadian steamships the past winter,
amounts already to over $4,000, 900; the
cargo brought by the Bohemian alone on
her last trip being valued at over 81, 600.
600. The cargos of the Indian and
Hungarian would have swelled this
amount considerably. as that of the Hun.
garian alone was estimated at $1,000, 900
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

Bsg~ Mrs. Georgiana Waits, the mother
of seven Children, eloped from her hus-
band, in Itawamba county, Mississippi
recently, with a young man not more
than half as old as herself.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

Bss~ The State of Arkansas is the only
State in the Union without telegraph,
and she has not foot of line within her
border.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

rar Daniel Peterberg was bitten by
'rattlcsnnke, near Norfolk, Va. one day
hast week. and died six hours arterward.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

rea- Men of genius are often dull and
inert in society, as the blazing meteor
when il descends to earth is only stone.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

Des5@l In illustration of a certain clergy
mans liberal style of invitation TO the
communion tne-anecdote is quoted of an
English judge, who, on being refused the
cup because he was not n member of
particular church, quietly remarked, 81
beg your pardon, thought this was the
Lord 5 table. have nothing more to say.
if it is a private supper Of your own"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

~ He who pulls off his coat cheerful
ly, strips up his sleeves in earnest, and
keeps his mouth shut while at work, is
the man for us.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

sas- The value of things is not in their
size, but quality; and so of reason, which
wrapped in few words, has the greater
weight.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

rdy- The great revival in Ireland has
pesulted in the conversion of lOO,o
rersons.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

Har A writer from Pixies Peak advises
immigrants TO bring plows. and we tako
it that the advice is good.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

Ba~ Every young man should remem-
Der that the world will always honor in
dustry. The vulgar and useless idler
whose energies of body and mind are
rusting for occupation, may look with
scorn upon the laborer engaged at his
toll; but his scorn is praise, his contempt
honor.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

S&s~ Trapping must be very profitable
business in Kansas. If such luck as the
following is common there, we should
think the gold mines would soon lose
their attractions. The Leavenworth Dis
patch says: Two young men from Michi-
gan recently went out on a trapping
expedition to the Big Blue. taking with
them lot of "animal traps" Ia kind
of spring gun arrangement.) They re-
turned to this city yesterday with 5000
dollars worth of furs, the result of two
months trapping tour.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

EFFECTS OF BAD CoMPANY-There are
three lads of this village now in the Jail
here, one of whom is colored boy. On
the day after the boys were put in confine-
ment, the father of the colored boy paid
visit to his recreant son, and thus adj
dressed him: Haven't l whipped you.
talked to you, and locked you up? And
haven't | always told you you that if you
you would bring up here?-Oglc Reporter.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

Essg@ The coffin in which the body of
Mrs. Burd, a very wealthy lady of Phila-
delphia, who died last week, was buried.
had eight handles made Of solid gold and
the heads of all the screws were of the
same precious metal. The golden handles
cost hundred dollars each. That cof-
fin will have to be watched.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

Bss~A boy preacher named Crammond
Kennedy, was last week edifying and cleo
trifying the citizens of Harrisburg. Pa.
lie is but seventeen years of age, and his
head is said to measure twenty four inches
The Telegraph, of Harrisburg. says:-"His
extensive knowledge of the scriptures, his
precocious powers of oratory, and his sin
gular gifts as preacher of righteousness
have given him a reputation throughout
the country, equal to that of the most Gel
ebrated pulpit orators Of the day"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

RSs- Misery makes strange bedfellows.
A handsome young fellow recently mar
ried rich old lady of seventy. lie was
miserable for the want of money, and
she for the want of husband
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

nA- No dust affects the eyes like gold
dust, and no glasses Ike brandy glasses.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

ABOUT IIATING.-Hate not. IT is not
worth while. Your life is not long enough
to make it pay to cherish ill-will or hard
thoughts towards any one What if that
man has cheated you, or that woman has
played YOU false? What if this friend
has forsaken you in your time of need,
or that, one having won your utmost con-
tidence, your warmest love, has conclud-
ed that he prefers to consider and treat
you as stranger? Let it all pass.
What difference will it make to you in a
few years, when You 80 to the ''undis-
covered country? ''All who ill-treat you
now, will be more sorry for it then, than
you. even in your deepest disappoint-
ment and grief, can be.
a few more smiles, few more tears,
some pleasure, much pain. little longer
hurrying and worrying through the world
some hasty greetings and abrupt fare
wells. and our play will be played out,
and the injurer and the injured will be
led away, and ere long forgotten. lis il
worth while to hate each other?"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

ES1g" A daughter of Mr. Meredith, who
resides near Ludlow, England, recently
met her death from the following Incl
dent:-Returning from Ludlow, and
finding her lip much chapped from the
wind, she applied some tallow to it.
which is supposed to have contained
some poisonous matter or fat that had
been much decomposed. Her lip short
ly afterward began to swell, and increas-
ed every day for week, when she ex-
pired in the greatest agony.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04
A Telling Retort.

H. s. Lane, the Republican candidate
for Governor of Indiana, made a speech
at Lawrenceburg in that State on Friday
evening, in the course of which he said:
But, gentlemen, you are told that we
are abolitionists because we keep bad
company. Laughter. We associate
with men who are abolitionists, and there
fore we also are abolitionists. Let us test
that. We are abolitionists because we
associate with Chase, Sumner and Julian.
Don't you remember when the Demo
Gratis elected Sumner over Wing nOmi-
nee to the Senate; when the Democratic
party sent Chase to the Senate OF the
United States? Don't you in Indiana
remember when the Democrats elected
@. w. Julian over 5. w. Parker as noble
a man as ever lived within the borders
of this commonwealth These are ma
teral facts. If we are abolitionists be-
cause we are honored by the association
of these men, will nota1he same charge
lie against the Democracy a few years
ago?
But we are abolitioasfs also, because
we are in favor Of the Wilmot Proviso.-
| think | have heard OF that some time
ago. In lS4S-9-50 and 81 the Democrat
ic Convention at indianapolis passed the
WllmOt PrOviso in as strong terms as il
is possible to pass it ; and in 1850 the
Democratic Legislature passed a recon-
mendation to Congress, instructions to
our Senators, and requests to our repre-
SentatlveS III Congress to vote for the eX-
clusion of Slavery in all the Mexican
Territory. In 1871 a Democratic Convcn-
ton in Ohio passed the same in the strong
est possible terms, and they repeated
that resolve at six successive State Con-
ventions, and it is the strongest re-
commendation for the Wilmot Proviso
ever made by any party.
Now, gentlemen. | have shown YOU
that our position is non-interference with
Slavery where it exists; but non-eXten-
sion everywhere else If | shall not be
able to show you the difference between
non-extension and Abolitionsm, | am
not fit to be your Governor, or you are
not hit to cast very intelligent vote in
reference to the matter Much laughter)
BES~ venerable miss observes that
the husband in this case was a fair speci-
men of his class:
My little angel" asks the husband
of his wife, in railroad carriage, ARE
you comfortable in your corner?'
Very much so. thank you. dear"
''G ou don't feel the cold?'
''Not at all
"The door closes well?"
"Nery well, thank you"
"Well, then, come and change places
with me-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

Bay~ Indigo, as good as ever produced
has been raised in South Carolina; its
however, was so fatal to the
that its cultivation was discon-
tinued. 1t absorbs oxygen in the pro-
cess Of manufacture so rapidly as to rem
der the air unfit to breathe.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

Searching long in vain,
You'll spy her features down Lcgholu lane. "
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

HoN. TuM. MARSHAL.-The Rochester
IN. Y Advertiser has the following no.
tice of the department of Mr.. Marshal in
that city. 1t is very evident that the
reason of the once brilliant Kentucky
orator has been dethroned by the use of
ardent spirits, and while his conduct may
be highly reprehensible, some charity
should be extended in view of the fact
that he is not morally responsible for his
conduct, under the circumstances. If he
has friends, they should certainly exert
themselves to stop him in his erratic
career:
Marshal has lectured here three nights
and had empty benches. The tickets to
his lecture could not be given away
No citizen having any self, aspect would
listen to such an orator if he knew what
foul language he applies to the whole
Northern people. He proclaims in his
drunken orgies (Which are continuous
that he has found no gentleman since
he left the South. The language he uses
in alluding to Northern men would not
be tolerated at Billing~gate.
If 4 Northern man. drunk or sober
were to go into kentucky or any other
Southern State, and say of Southern
citizens what Tom Marshal has said here
of our people. he would be cut into
mince meat with bowie knives. 1t is
not because our people are towards that
they tolerate such insolence. They treat
it and its author with the contempt both
merit.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04
Sam. Houston for President.

At large and enthusiastic meeting re-
Gently held at Austin, Texas, the follow
ing among other Resolutions We're adopt
ed
Resoired, That we believe a crisis has
arrived when the preservation of the
Government demands that all conserva-
tive friends of the Union should unite
upon national principles in support of
some man for the Presidency who COM
bines the elements of strength. patriot
ism and a lifelong devotion to the Con-
stitution and the Union. That in our
opinion Gen. SAM. HOUSTON unites in
himself more of these characteristics
than any other man in the nation, and
we invite men holding these sentiments,
to join in an expression of opinion in his
favor.
Resolrcd, That the President of this
meeting appoint a committee of one per-
son from each judicial district of the
State, to correspond with the friends of
General Houston throughout the Union
We see also, that the \. Y. Express,
Memphis Enquirer and other influential
papers speak very favorably of old San
Jacinto" for President. We might 60
further and fare worse.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04
Poverty not SO Great a Curse.

Poverty not SO Great q Curse.
If there is anything in the world that
young man should be more thankful
for than another. it is the poverty which
necessitatos his starting IN life under
very great disadvantages. Poverty is ono
OF the best tests Of human quality in ex-
istence triumph over il is like gradu-
ating with honor from West Point. It
demonstrates stuff and stamina. 1t IS
certificate Of worthy labor creditably ~
formed. ! young man who car'1ofs.a:s1
this test is not worth anything. lie can
never rise above &rfla~ ~ q 9aupef.
\ Young man W.. rrape. tos' lis san
ha a>leu as the tr rt ,st T.! presses
upon h:n ,,.} .as 2.t,.c = rise with every
dinicu,I ,--,'y throws in his way. may
as '.s.. ;e.:s, into some corner and hide
h..,~.g ,overty saves . thousand times
..-ss<. ~. than it ruins; Cor it only ruins
.flase Go arc not particularly worth
.' will, 81 saves muliitudcs Of these
,... n wealth would have ruined. IF
3 yoanr man who reads this is SO ur-
E.l,uuaic as 20 be rich, give him my
pity. ! l;ty you, my rich young friend,
because you a!c in danger. You lack
one great stimulus to effort and excel
lcnce. which your poor companion pos
sesscs. Gou Will lc very AFT, if you have
soft spot in your head, to think your
self above him, and that sort Of thing
makes YOU mean. and Injuries you. With
fail rockets and full stomach, and fine
lncn and Lroadcloth on your back, your
heart and soul rlcthoric, in the race OF
lie Will find yourself sun passed ly all the
POOR boys around you before you know
1t.
No, my boy, if you are Toor, thank
God and take courage; for lie intends to
give you 4 chance to make something of
yourself. II you had plenty OF money,
ten chances to one ii would 81 oil you for
all useful IuIposcs. Do you lack oduca-
ton? Have you been cut short in the
text look? Remember that education,
like scme other things, does not consist
i'll the multitude Of things n man POS
scsscs. What can you do? This is the
question that settles the business for you.
DO you know your business? Do YOU
know men and how to deal with them?
Has your mind by any means whatsoever,
received that discipline which gives to it
action, power and facility? If so, then
you are more of a man and thousand
times better educated than the fellow
who graduates from college with his
brains full of stuff that he cannot aIply
to the practical business of life-stuff, the
acquisition of which has been in no sense
a disciplinary process so far as he is con-
cerned. There are very few men in this
world less than thirty years Of age, and
unmarried, who can afford to lie rich
One of the greatest benefits 10 be reared
from great financial disasters, is tie
savings large crop of young men.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

A Beautiful FoRM.-Take abundant
exercise in the open air-free, attractive,
joyous eXercise-such as young girls,
when not restrained by false and artificial
proprieties, are wont to take. If you are
IN the country, or can get there, ramble
over the hills and through the wood
lands, botanize. geologic, seek rare
flowers and plants, hunt birds nests and
chase butterflies. Be q romp, even
though you may be no longer little
girl. If you are wife and mother, so
much the better. Romp with your child
ren. Attend to your bodily position
while standing, sitting, lying and walk
ing, and employ such general or special
gymnastics as your case may require
Live, while in doors, in well-ventilated
rooms; take sufficient wholesome and
nouishing food at regular hours; keep
the mind active and cheerful-in short,
obey all the laws of health.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

JAPAN-They have no old maids in
Japan; when the girls don't get married
voluntarily, the authorities hunt up
husband, and make them marry, willing
OF not willing. The japanese know a
thing or two, if they have been walled in
for centuries.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04

JOE BALDwlN.-Joe Baldwin has been
elected one OF the Judges of the Supreme
Court in California. and he we'll deserves
it, We have heard good auecdote OF
the Judge. His vocation required him
to travel in the mines. and necessity re
quyed him to sleep with an irishman.
Says the Judge to Pady' you'd be long
time in Ireland before you could sleep
with Judge?" Says Paddy to the Judge,
''yis, and ye'd be . long time in the Old
countree before ye'd be elected Judge"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-04
Prospect of War with Mexico.

The Washington correspondent of the
indianapolis Sentinel says:
There is prospect ola war with Mexi-
co-so says Gov. Floyd-growing out of
the capture of the Miranioh vessels
Dispatches say that unless that act is
disavowed by this Government, it will
be considered as an act of war.
sg- A remarkable physical lie is told
by the Lackhaven pa Watchman. which
we give in the words of the paper, with
the preliminary assurance that we con-
slider it the most stupendous piece of
mendacity of the century:
Some months ago. Mr.. John johnson.
of this place. had the middle finger of his
right hand amputated close to the lower
joint joining the hand. The wound soon
healed over. and almost immediately a
new finger commenced growing from the
stump of the old one; and in six months
from the time that the finger was ampu-
tated, Mr.. Johnson had a new and full
grown one in its place, with the excep-
ton of the nail, which is commencing to
shoot out.