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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-08

CULTIvATING LIQUoRIcE IN TEXAs.--The
San Antonio Ledger says that Mr..
Poinsard, of that city, has been eminent
ly successful in the culture and acclima-
ton Of liquorice root, which he had i'm
ported from France. Of the plants i'm
ported one alone survived. So luXurant
was its growth that it raliated, notwith-
standing the drouth, covering the ground
for circumference of fifteen feet, prov
ing that irrigation is not necessary to its
successful growth. Indeed SO successful
has Mr.. Poinsard been in relation to its
acclimature and culture that he looks
forward to the liquorice root becoming
speedily an article of extensive export
from Western Texas. 7
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-08

HADEs CoMINo.--The sudden appear
ancc Of oil in such immense quantities in
regions where it could not have existed
but short time, has given rise to very
alarming theory, alarming to some peo-
pie, as to its cause. The latest and most
feasible is, that the internal fires of the
earth known TO exist are making their
way to the surface, where, in accordance
withthe prophecy, "the elements are to
melt with iervent heat" The caloric
from these subterranean fires has just
reached the coal strata. and the oil which
forms the igneous portion of that carbon
attic compound il driven from it, and
forced by super-incumbent pressure to
occupy assures and the softer formations
of the earth below. until relieved by
apertlres from the surface. Those living
in the coal regipnsand nearest Hades, of
course, find oil first. ,.hsr- ~. (
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-08

aeg- All idea of "reconstruction" is
steadily resisted and denied by the lead
ing politicians in the Seeding States, and
they affirm that in at least four or five of
these States, nothing could induce re-
turn to the Union--no compromise, no
concessions. no adjustment. This says
the Alexandria Gazette) is Disunionism.
per SC, but it is not the doctrine of large
majority even of the Secessionists in Vir-
ginia and North Carolina.
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mississippi Sentiment.

The Free Trader, Of the 18th. speaks OF
Natchez as "a blaze with excitement"
and rejoicing over the new reign. Never
were wilder words spoken, or more inju-
dicious paragraphs sent forth. They
we've intended not for home consump-
tion, but for abroad influence. We owe
1t to the truth, (and we regret the neces-
sity to do SOY to deny any such public
sentiment here. 49,.
So far from, the news of the appoint
ment Of Mr.. Davis as Provisional Presi-
dent, being received with alacrity, it was
received with regret Neither in charac-
ter nor in politics, has he any hold upon
the confidence of the people. lie has at
last attained what he has been struggling
for Tor ten years pasta Presidency. We
may admire the ingenuity with which he
has attained his object and yet dcspise
the tricks by which he has crawled TO it..
There was no sound of rejoicing here
at Natchez, either on account of the for
nation of such Southern Confederacy,
or the appointment of such rulers. The
word sprung too often from one to an
other, "Are we to have no showing? Are
the people to have'no choice? Can aeon
vention alter Constitutions? impose taxes?
appoint Cons,itution-makers inaugurate
Presidents? Are they oligarchs, and are
we nothing?" And each citizen had to
confess that there was no reply to these
questions. We live under an oligarchy
that has not yet dared to trust the peo-
pie with say as to its consent Right
as the South is upon the great question
at issue, its position has been compro.
mitted by the events of the last two
months. The consent of the governed is
an essential element of Governments
The people of the Southwest might have
voted for all that has been done, but their
consent has not yet been either asked or
obtained.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-08

g, sia- Money should be regarded with q
certain seriousness; for IL is the quintes-
sence, or representative. Of the gifts Of
Providence and the toll of man. 1t is
hard to get and easy to spend. There is
peril mnd blessedness in IL. To the ssise
and good, IL is best Of ell llservants; TO the
weak and fooliAh, II is tho most terrible
Of all tyrants. - ~.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-08
CHE gost.
Athens, Friday, March s, 1851.
Comments of the London Times up
on Napoleon's Speech.

on Napoleon's Speech.
The London Times, in reviewing the
Emperor's speech, finds nothing whatever
that is reassuring. 1t says:
1.-The speech gives no reason for the
immense increase Of the army and navy,
no account of the foreign relations of the
country, and no assurance of her good
understanding with any other country
We seek in vain for the slightest hint of
the policy which France is about to pur-
sue. Such speech can not. ought not,
to reassure any one. The presence of a
French squadron at Gaeta shows how
lightly the policy of non-intervention can
be thrown aside at the bidding of mere
sympathies and antipathes; and as re-
CARDS the fruture, who can be reassured
by being told that France will act on the
principles of right and justice, as if Savoy
and Nice had beer rightly and justly an
nexed, or as if any nation ever went TO
war proclaiming that it drew the sword
in the cause ofwrong and injustice!"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-08

Bs5- Mr.. j. d. Garrison. Of Calhoun
county, Alabama. has recently discovered
on his plantation. a rich, mine OF fripoli,
Tripoli is a. light mineral substance OF
great value IN cleaning and polishing
watches Of al kmds. 80 ~ 'la-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-08

IMPORTED ARABIAN SrALLIoNs. Mr.. A..
S,Colynr, of Winchester, Franklin county,
Tenn, has now. on his plantation in that
cou lty, two splendid Arabian stations
just landed. They were imported at con-
siderable expense and risk from Syria.-
One of them was purchased in Persia,
and the other was brought by Mr.. A., r.
Wigs, Hal. from the ancient city OF
Damascus. They are said 10 be the finest
specimens of the horse kind ever seen in
this country, thoroughbred Arlbans.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-08

80 p6r At an "0ld Soldiers Convention
at indianapolis. Indiana, on the 22d ult.,
resolutions were passed deprecating any
attempt to maintain the Union by war.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-08

p4. "pea nuts" are the great staple
for export in and about SCOTS Hill, c..
Two hundred thousand bushels season
are raised there. f
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-08
r. J. WALKER RIcH MAN.-A WASH
ington correspondent saws:

~. =. w aLhLh 1siCh MANA w hSh-
'ington correspondent says:
Robert J. Walker has suddenly become
u nillionaire-by the decision made yes
terday in the Supreme Court, involving
the title to quicksilver mine in Califor-
mia, estimated to be worth ten millions
OF dollars. Mr.. Walker is the proprietor
of one-iifth of this valuable mine, and
was offered not long ago 81, ,000, GOO for it.
provided the Court should give a favora-
BILE decision That decision has now
been given. and Mr.. Walker, who was, to
use his own words, "a beggar in the morn
ing" went home TO his dinner SsitSea-
are. The disastrous condition OF the
country may, however, prevent his imme-
date realization of his expectations"
A YouNo MormER.-In the Paris Court
of Correctional Police, recently, lady,
by no means young, advanced coquettish-
iy to the witness stand to give her testi-
mony. "What is your name!" Virgin.
10 Loustatot." "Your age?" Twenty
Ave." Exclamation of incredulity from
the audience.) The lady's evidence be. .
ing taken, she regained her place, still
coquettishly bridling, and the next wit
ness was introduced. This was full
grown young man. "Your name?" said
the judge. "Isadore Loustatot." "Your
ages" '.Twenty-seven years." "Are you
relative of the last witness!" II am
her son." Thunder" exclaimed the
magistrate, your mother must have mar
ried very young" Pc
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-08
Vampires.

The Richmond Whig says: "Thsre is
in South America an enormous bat, call
ed the Vampire. He is very ugly. very
insdious and very dangerous fellow
When the weary traveller, once overcome
by the tropical heat, sinks into repose,
the Vampire comes with noiseless wing
and plants itself upon its victim. Gently
it perforates the skin of the sleeper, and
slowly sucks the life blood from its vio-
tim. While the wasting process is going
on, it fans the sleeper into still profound
er repose with its huge wings. Thus IL
lulls him into insensibility, while it slowly
sucks his life away.
Is there not set of political charla-
tans in this Union who are now playing
the Vampire upon the body polite?
Have we not men among us who have
sucked the life blood and very marrow
out of the American Union, and who fan
the passions of the people into state Of
deliriun that shall render them irsensi.
BILE to the death which is surely and GER
tainly closing round their hope? Is not
the American Union the doomed victim
of the Vampires Of sectionalismf Can
the people be aroused from their fatal
and unnatural slumber in time to save
this Union? These are the questions Of
the hour. A few more weeks, perhaps,
will answer them, for life or death.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-08

A HARD Hit AT CoBn.--The Southern
Confederacy, of Atlanta, Georgia, indul-
ges in a sarcastic fling at Howell Cobb
Suggesting his appointment as Secretary
of the Treasury Of the new "Confedera,
cy," il adds:
By way of an additional recommenda.
tion to Mr.. Cobb's ciaims for the post
suggested, we can safely say to the Presi.
dent elect and the Southern Congress, as
point OF economy, that should he be
appointed, il aoouia be entirely useless 10 Dar-
chass epea an iron safe or prepare vaH for
the Confederates' ise. Such expendi-
lures, in view of such an appointment,
would be the greatest folly, and prece-
dent Of funexampled extravagance. e...
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-08

THAT DUEL.-The Thomasville Enter
prise, thus correots a statement which has
got into very general circulation. at
seems that the fatal duel we published
last week as having taken place between
the editor Of the Tallahassee (Fla.) Sentinel
and gentleman by the name of Colo
man, was a false alarm, and that these
gentlemen are living to appreciate our
regrets on the occasion. The Sentinel
came to hand on Friday, but contained
nothing on tho subject, and we have
learned since, that no such hostile meet
ing occurred. Those of our exchanges
who copied our paragraph will no doubt
confer favor on our contemporary Of the
Sentinel, by bringing him back to terres.
trial life."
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: = = : -
Very Old but Good.


Mr.. Slang had Just married second
wife. On the day after the wedding Mr..
Slang said:-
II mean to enlarge my dairy"
"fou mean our dairy, my dear" re-
No ouoth Mr.. Slang. 81 saw shall
enlarge my dairy"
say our dairy, Mr.. Slang"
- 80 ny dars' .,.,u
slang seizinr the poker
My daryl my dairy! my daryl" yocir-
Grated the husband.
al, uI ooI .n u,,,rsI ;..;e our ua,ry our GARY re-
with n blow of the poker unon the back
of her cringing spouse.
Mr.. Slang retreated under the bed
IN passing @ unIer hn.hd ine ofF-c'9.nes, oT Mr
ed under cover several minutes, waiting
fora calm: AT length his wife saw him
thrustlng his head out at the foot OF the
bed very much Ikea turtle from his
shell.
"What are you looking for, Mr. Slang@
says she.
II am looking, my dear, to see If | can
see anything OF our hat"
The struggle was over. And ever since
the above memorable occurrence, Mr..
Slang has studiously avoided the use of
~. o,;o,,s ~, n,,lo lor ,>ossass;,o om.
'''' 'S''on' r"s. '''s '' f'sseo7''s ''o'''
Dfa- There is many man who is a
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-08

ROMANCE on DEaru BED.--In East
Boston, recently, q dying maiden of
twenty was married to her betrothed.-
Before her dissolution she said that she
had only ono earthly wish ungratided--
she desired to be united to linn who had
loved her so long and truly, and the hope
Of being in heaven. He could deny her
nothing--he married DEATH Bolstered
up by pillows, and supported in the em-
brace Of her mother, she was united TO
her lover Her feeble voice was hardly
audible in responding to the questions of
the marriage ceremony. She was his.
and said hcwould die without regret
From then until she passed away, she
was unable to speak above whisper.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-08

CONFESSION OF A MCEDERER-lHE MUIR
DERER ARREsTED.-Tho Sparta Constitu-
tionalist of the 25d inst, says:
On one morning of this week, a man
who says his name is llamin. and is a
cousin of Hannibal lIamln, the present
Vice President elect, was lodged in the
Sparta Jail for want OF bail, to answer the
chargc of murder. This man has been
living for short time in the Western por-
ton of White county, and the tcSr;niony
upon which he WAS arrested and commit
ted was his own confession, that he had
recently lived in Dickson county, rcnucs-
see, and while aiding n man by the name
of Dickson TO murder his (pickson'sl
father, old man D.ckSon's negro broke
into the room to relieve his master, where
upon he was Immediately shot by the de.
iendant, Hamlin. This confession was
made while the defendant was in state
of intoxication; since which, fight oc-
Cured between him and his wife, who left
him and started for Dickson county and
being cautioned that he might follow her,
she replied she was not afraid of his 90
ing back to Dickson county, as he had
killed negro there
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-08

HousEuoLD MEAsuREs.-We find the
following in an exchange and commend
it ton test by any housekeeping friends:
WcighiS and Measures Wheat -four, one
pound is due quart; Indian meal. one
pound two ounces is ore quart; butter.
when soft, one pound one ounce is one
quart; loaf sugar, broken, one pound is
one quart; white sugar, powdered, one
pound one ounce is one quart; best brown
sugar, one pound two ounces is ono quart;
eggs, average size, ten are one pound.
Liguid .Ufasure.-Sixteen tablespoonful
are halfa pint; eight tablespoonsful are
one gill; four tablespoonsful are hall a gill;
a common sized tumbler holds halfa pint;
u common size wine glass halfa gill.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-08

B0- What Daniel Webster thought of
destroying the Union, with view to its
reconstruction, may be learned from
the following sentiment contained in his
address on the character Of Washington:
"Who shall reconstruct the fabric of II
demolished Government? Who shall
rear again the wel-proportioned col
umns of constitutional liberty Who
shall frame tog, ther the skilin! architec-
ture which unites national sovereignty
with State rights, individual security and
public prosperity? No; if these columns
fall, they will be raised not again. Like
the Coliseum and the Parthenon, they
will be destined to mournful, melan-
choly immortality. Bitterer tears. how
ever, will flow over them than were ever
shed over the monuments of Roman OF
Grecian art for they will be the remnants
of a more glorious cdiice than Greece or
Rome ever saw, the editice of constitu-
tonal American liberty
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-08

CorroN IN NIoARAcuA.-Thc Munster
in London of the republic Of Nicaragua.
has issued notice stating that the Pres
ident Of the republic and the legislature
will grant extraordinary privileges to cot
ton planters. - -1' -s'silA = = $50
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STATE NE W s.

DESPERATE RowDYIsN.-On S@'ar-
day, Joseph Cochran, John Hughes. Lar
ry Mansfield, and Dennis Clifford OF
this village, were arrested Tor an assam"
upon Horace Fa'r5ro.her Of Heaimn5-
Ter, with intent to rob, ana an examine
ton was held before Justice Perry It
seems that the parties were all II the
grocery Of VIM. Clegg, Ga bridge street,
" shaking fer the beer etc, and some
alteration occurred between tn en-,
though it was apparently made up, and
drinks taken over the reconciliation, ere
they lef the shop. But they followed
Eairbrother, and when at the top cs Ter
race Hill, three Of ,hem-CIGord not
being with them-auacked hm in the
most brutal manner brusing him up
most balbaro-s.y The first Blow
struck him nearly .aaseiess giving these
young rowdies their own way in beating
him. and II his story is ,rse III relieving
him of his money. We are not ais
,osed 70 ottempt :, nreiolioe ,ba defend.
apt in this rat,cr bpt 4, is aaopt time m
owl va. NAT f., fine reion Of tbo von7o
,a.I.es in This village. amonu whom n,
Iaas+ tbroo or these oro oroo,oaot Tbi.
Is not the ufst attack 'nIS gang nave
made upon i"e uhoFlend'nS cinzsns' ana
1t we are to be governed by rowdylsm
among our half grown boys it is time
we knew it. They ha.o "rulcd The
roest' long enough, and it is time that
an example were made, or else the COM
munity Is at their mercy. Scarcely a
lecture has been gwen here OF late but
has been disturbed, inside or out by some
OF them' and they have carried things
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This, / venture TO say, is the "sum to-
tal of the whole" hubbub that we hear
from Havana.
These facts being unknown to the re-
porters of the Associated Press and the
Cuba correspondents it is not astonishing
that they should sarmise Git is given only
as a supposition) that France would
seize Hayli, as they think that Spain
has seized the Dominican Republic
The notion that the Haytians would then
be re-ensaved, would be quite pathetic,
if it was not quite so absurd.
There are various reasons why France
will never threaten Hayti--among them
these:
She has recognized the independence
of Hayti.
She draws a large revenue from Hayti,
as her payment for recognizing that in
dependence.
She is bound by treaty to defend Hay
dagainst all foreign attacks, AND lastly
She could not attack Hayti without
drst declaring war against England.
might add to these reasons two others
first, that the experience of Napoleon,
called ID, Great, eoneIusiveIy proves that
France could not conquer uayti if she
were 10 Try: and, secondly, that Napo-
leon, called the Little, is too shreHd a
statesman to voluntarily attempt to defy
Nh. moral sentiment of Christendom, and
II. physical power OF England combined,
when, even if he were successful ia cen
qaerng both, the possession Of Hayti
would rot begin to balance the expenses
Of governing It. Algi.rs near at hand
Madagascar. easy Of conquest, are more
inviting fields for his ambition than Hayti
the cemery Of lie flower of his uncle's
greatest army.
/ have also official authority for sta,iag
that las. january England and France
offered to DO the msd.ators Of u treaty
of alliance and of detusa between Hayii
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MOTHERS. READ TTEgS.

The following is an extract Of a letter written
by The pastor OF the Baptist church to tho "Jour-
naiand Messenger, Cincinnati, Ohio, and speaks
volumes IN favor Of that wol renowned medi-
cine--Mrs H5aSlow's soothing syrup foredildye7l
tecthiRg.
awe sec an advertisement in your columns Of
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. Now we new
cr said a word In favor OF patent medicine before
in our life, but we feel compelled to say TO your
readers, that this is no humbug--tce here t7edB,
and kRotc Il to BE- oH 70 claims. II is probably,
one Of the most successful medicines Of the day
because it Is one Of the best. And those Of your
readers who have babies, can't do better than to
lay in a supply" 40yl
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81 1t is reported that Ben. McCul-
lough has left Virginia for Texas. The
Richmond Wig has hauled down lis
Union flag, and goes for the new Conred.
eracy. The members Of the Virginia
Convention have subscribed $4,000 for
a Union paper, to take the place of the
Wig, and received $500 for subscribers
in AIexandrn.
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Special Dispatch to the Boston Journal.
Latest News.
WAsuINoroN, April 8.

The Southern Commissioners are au-
CRY at the cool refusal of the President
to receive them, but they won't leave for
some days yet.
There are no foundations for reports
of changes in the Cabinet.
PERLEY.
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The Charleston Courier says the banks
Of that city were 10 consider the subject
Of taking a portion of the coniederated
loan, on Thursday last, aud it was believ-
ed that fall proportion would be readi-
ly taken The Loan for the military
defense of the State" Of 3675,000, is
still advertised in the Charleston papers.
Why don't tie banks lake that, before
investing in the confederate loan? And
how does it happen that a loan, numerous
bids for the whole OF which, according
to the Charleston Ierc"5.y, were received
from the Northern as well as confederate
States, is hawked about from city to city?
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CHASE MACHINE WORKS.
j. d. Chase & Sons,
MASTER IIlCIIiNlSIS, MILLWRIGHTS IND BUILDERS,
VEST CONCORD. VERMONT,

Keen constantly hand and make order Iron Wafer whge
The varieties Of Mills machinery Also Improved Circular Board Mills Cylinder
with generally Con
IA
and Gt Mills throughout
Leather manufacturers prices Sawsofol kinds gummcd
81 Mt1VEV GiassGoEsg, 5nhi<s Fa4, Geaerat Aqnt
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PATENT FIRE PRO0s R0OFl88,

w f .'if 70 ms5a.latarc ' asc, and soii C.
K. TfHks' Patent Naslc Roofing IN HE counties
OF Orleans and Caledonia. are now 1r,pJred TO-
sen town or individual rights t1usc lhe arc, ol
90 apply it, as the case may require. forccon0-
my, durability, i.s sure protection against n.e
and water, and i.s perfcstGiauratiuu my form
or description Of roof, this jas ly celebrated
roofing cannot be Jaicd hy any other roofing
I'm the United States. The uudcrs gnci Will
while ou q tour through these counties, take
pleasure iu impartine an necessary inIoiihaIoh
relative TO cost. manner of preparation, appllci-
ron of said roofing, sc. Try our rooaut ana
soyt votr money. IT, HAWLEN.
S.LAWRENCE.
Address Hawlcy & Lawrence, sheldon, Frank
lin County VI
Sheldon. March ~, ls5l--l3mS~
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row, recommending an appropriation Of
100000 for munitions of war, ell TIe
takes the ground that the people have SO
long enjoyed a state of peace that they
have lost military habits; that il is nee
essary, amid the disturbed condition Of
the country, to begin to prepare means
for self-preservation, and also that it is
the duty of the state to assist in the en-
forcement Of the national laws.
The State Treasurer declares that the
appropriation must be raised BY loan.
The legislature took measures to post
pone an adjournment in order to consid-
err this subject.