The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-14

eaS convention East ennessee ana georgia
Railroad, and the Report of the President of
the Company, will be published next week.
~" The present number closes the 9TH
volume of the post" The paper has an
actual subscription list Of twelve hundred
names, and the general condition of the cs-
tablishment is as good as could be expected
"undcr the circumstances" In the "round-
ing changes" of seven years, large amount
of dues has accumulated on our books-not
so much, perhaps, as at many other establish
ments, but more than our interests really re-
quire. We hope all indebted, who may be
able to pay, will do so at once, as there is no
employment for which we have a greater fan.
cy than entering credits and writing receipts
Persons at distance needn't hesitate about
renting by mail, although that institution is
getting to be quite Irregular in IFS habits.
The MAIL ARRAHG EMENTs.-Vh new ar
rangement for running the mail trains on the
Fast Tennessee and Georgia Railroad com.
menced on Friday last. Some weeks since
it was our duty to complain oe n delay in The
transmission of the mails occurring. at Chat
tanooga and Dalton, rs detrimental to the bu-
siness interests of East Tennessee. The
break in the connection at Chattanooga has
been remedjed, and the mails from Nashville
come through direct; but by the present run
Didg of the East Tennessee and Georgia and
Western and Atlantic roads, all the mail mat
ter from the South for this section, 1--WE
mean, the country below Knoxvilc,) and all
the mail matter from the same section for the
South, is delayed the best part of twenty
four hours at Dalton. The night trains on
both roads carry through mails; hut the train
on tho Wcsternand Atlantic road that brings
the mail from the South for Cleveland and
London, and other Viewpoints, does not
reach Dalton until 2 o'clock, p. m.,-some
four hours after the up train on the East Ten
nesscc and Georgia road has left; and rs
there is no way mail on the night train on
the latter road, al the way mail matter re-
mains over at Dalton until 10 o'clock next
day. We understand like delay occurs in
regard to the way matter going South. We
know the management on the East Tonnes
sec line has always cndeavored to serve the
public interests and accommodation to the
largest eXtent-we know that the present ar.
rangemcnt for running the road was not in
tended to discriminate in favor of Knoxville
MS is charged, and will not be so believed bv
any one acquainted with the President and
Superintendent of Transportation. On the
contrary, we are satisfied the change was in.
tended TO give the public additional facilities
both MS to mails and travel, and with the
expectation, rs we presume, that the running
of The lower roads would be so arranged rs
to secure expedition in the transit Of the
mails in both directions. But if the present
running of the lower roads is 10 continue, the
present schedule for this road ought to be
changed, and no doubt will be in rs short
time as possible. East Tennessee is at pres
ent intimately associated with the South in
community of intcrcst-there is the market
for the immense surplus of this heavy grain
producing region, and delay Of fifteen or
twenty hours in the transmission of letters
or papers, at time when the markets are
shakey and fuctuating, may produce serious
injury, and ought to be avoided if possible
And We take the liberty of suggesting to
the management Of this line, that, in the event
Of there being no change in the running of
the lower roads, it would be better to fall
back on the former schedule for the regular
mail train.
We are very certain no one will suspect
this paper of an intention 10 create embar-
easements of any Kind in reference to the
road. We have never paid any attention to
the many complaints that have been made,
because we knew that in nineteen cases out
of twenty there were really no grounds for
them; at the same time we were not inscnsi
bic of the fact that the many.headed pablo
Gan animal that we have a proper degree of
respect for, but do not fear,) was attrbpting
our silence to other than the true motives.-
In the present instance, however, we think
there is cause for complaint, not with the in.
Hn'ion of the recent mail arrangement, but
lis result rs il is shown at present, and
when such is really the fact, we shall be Just
MS prompt to refer to the defect and urge
that it be remcdied rs soon as possible, as We
always have been, and will be, to defend the
road and its officers when wantony and un.
Justly assaed. We know how utterly i'm.
possible it is to satisfy everybody and to
promote all interests alike; but the delay in
the transmission Of mail matter now existing
can be rcmedcd; and we are certain that it
Is only necessary TO call the attention Of the
officers of tho road to the subject, to have it
effected.
NoNBeE oouNTY.-We heard it stated at
Madsonville the other day that Monroe coun-
ty would sell one hundred and twenty five
thousand bushels Of Wheat Of the recent har-
vest, and then have nm abundance for home
consumption. The farming interest, as mat
ter of course in old Monroe is in n prospering
condition Another evidence Of prosperity