The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-23

mond, or vice versa, the time required will be
SO hours, to or from New York, three days
and eighteen hours. From Memphis to New
Orleans, the passengers will have the choice
of travelling either by railway or by steam
boat, full arrangements being effected on
both sides. Tickets will be issued from all
intermediate points, and in fact everything
arranged complete. The schedule will take
effect on the 18th of May next, at which
time the staging on the East Tennessee and
Virginia road will be obviated, and the entire
route one continuous line of railway.
AN UNHAPPY EDIToR.-Our neghbor of
the Cleveland Banner, who was up here last
week, seems to have met with some disturb
ing and unpleasant incidents before he reach.
ed home. The following is the account of
his trip as published in his paper Of the 18th:
ave have been at Athens n part of the
present week, which accounts for the more
than usually interesting character of our ed-
torial columns. Athens, though not as large
as some other places, is one of the pleasant
est of villages; and outstanding we have
heretofore lied good deal about it, we be-
lieve it will be in n few years, in business
point of view, as it is now in every other re-
spect the best town on the railroad.
"After knocking round couple of days,
collecting more money than we ever collect
in the same time in our own county, and be-
ing refreshed by an hour or two's conversa-
ton with the pleasant and clever editor of
the Post, we concluded to make tracks for
home. On reaching the depot, which is about
the same distance from town as that at Cleye-
land, but more accessible in bad weather, we
entered the office to wait for the down train.
Being somewhat fatigucd, after purchasing
n ticket we reclined on one of the benches,
when we were roughly ordered out by u rail.
road official with the polite information that
they didn't furnish lodgings for Strangers
Hardly had we passed through the "hole the
carpenter had made" when chap hailed us
with 81 say, Teller, help mo to carry this
trunk" We meeklv passed to the extreme
east part of the depot, and took hold of the
end of n large trunk, which we assisted to
place in the desired location and were dis
charged without the customary dime. Sadly
bordering on our hard fate we passed slowly
along, and stumbled in among pile of bag.
gnge, when we were greeted with, "d-n
you get out Of this!" adding in an under
tone, "woncer what the ID you expect to
steal here" Just at this moment the train
arrived, and Conductor Brocius called out to
us: "Here, get into the cars aud go home be.
fore the cows eat you up!" We crawled in
to the car like whipped hound and threw
ourself recklessly into seat Smash! we
squatted on lady's handbook. She seeing
the damage we'd done, squalled out: "There,
you great gander-egs, you've spilled my new
bonnei~ Concealng our shame and confu-
sion as well as we could, we subsidized into
the smallest possible dimensions until we
were dumped out of the cars at the Ccve-
land depot.
"Upon the whole, it was the most interest
ing trip we ever made, and if we are ever
treated that way again, somebody will be
mt To catch IT,"