The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-09-25
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ioiohiSts "u soclctlcs U COlOnlZc hanSas.
Sixty persons have protested conversion in
tho Methodist revival ut Danville, Virginia.
Tho chaplain of the House of Representa- !
tives of the State of Louisiana, is ncgro-car-
Satchei.
The English Judges have decided to compel
juries engaged In trying felonies and cases of
misdemcanor to remain in custody during the
progress Of the trial.
Baltimore papers claim for that city the dis
tinction of being the most attractive by day
and the most disgusting by night of any city
in the country.
Mr.. Hays, editor of the Savannah News and
Herald, died u few days ago.
Distillers of apples, peaches and grapes,
need not use meters.
There was heavy frost throughout New
England on the night of the 18th.
Leading newspapers and leading men of
Arkansas counsel the men Of that State to take
the oath and vote for Seymour and Blair.
Gen. Hancock will resume command ut
Washington in few days.
The Radical negroes of Mobile have made
several efforts recently to mob and kill Lewis
Henderson and two other coored Democrats
who were on q political visit there. Some of
the rngleaders were arrested and lodged in
Jail.
Base Ball clubs arc rivaling each other In
inventing quaint and ludicrous titles. Two
of these organizations in Rochester are known
respectively as the Early Birds and the Unfor-
tunate Worms.
The value of the shoe crop of Lynn during
the three summer months was nearly three
millions of dollars.
The rains of the past two weeks have swol-
len the streams in Kentucky to a great height.
The lowlands are entirely flooded, submerging
the corn crops. This proves u serious blow to
wide extent of country.
DR.. Holland, writing concerning the death
of Adah Isaacs Menken: "a story is current,
which give for what it is worth, that she
laid a wager she could drink given quantity
of whisky; won her bet and died."
The Huntsville Democrat of the 10th inst,
says: Yesterday we asked soldier of the SD
United States Infantry, how many Grant men
there were in his regiment. He replied,
"Mighty few. We had one in our company,
when we were at Salem, but he deserted. All
the rest are for Seymour
A negro, after gazing at the Chinese en-
claimed: "If de white folks is us dark as dat
out deere, wonder what's dc color oh de mig
gers?"
| Cant Il II krp,stooJ 1isbursinp oront of
| the Post Office Department, has absconded.-
His accounts are short sixty to one hundred
thousand dollars.
The New York World says that the Gore
cian Bend" has reached the Sullivan street
darkles, and is now the "Black Crook"
We saw cradle yesterday which rocked it.
self. We didn't inquire whether or not it
furnished the baby.
Orange satin pctticoats have made their APP
pcarance in New York.
Mr.. Geo. w. Davis has mysteriously disap-
peared from his home in Davidson county,
1t is thought he has been foully dealt with.
+. p. Stubs, Radical member of the South
Carolina House of Representatives, has re-
signed from that body in intense disgust and
gone home to stump his district for Seymour
and Blair.
Surratt's trial is progressing. His counsel
have set forth the amnesty proclamation in his
defense.
The New York Alderman have voted Gen.
Mcclellan reception on his arrival.
NJ. NJ. Brien of Nashville has apostatized
and sold out to the scallawags. The SCALA
wags are supposed to have been cheated in the
transaction.
A shooting ARRAY occurred at Fayetteville,
North Carolina, last Friday between Robert
Winship Steadman, son of A. Steadman, and
VIM. II. Morrow, United States Deputy Mar.
shall, in which both were killed.
The negroes of New York are to meet in
Convention at Utica on the 9th of October.
, An appeal is published Oh behalf of the peo.
pie of Labrador, who are reported in u starv.
ing condition.
; The negroes at Richmond Virginia, are dis
+ satisfied with the white RAIDS and threaten tt
bolt the party.
The Atlanta New Era, an able Republican
) journal, says that the result of the Georgii
f election is uncertain.
Major General Mansfield Lowell, of the Con
: tolerate army, is planting rice near Savannah
New Jersey, this year, will elect four Demo
y cratic Congressman, and Il Democratic Senator
in place of Impeachcr Frelinghuysen.
A ruffan named Flynton, residing in De
troit, scduccd his granddaughter and afterwar'
' murdered the child of his Illicit intercourse
h Edward Malone, flagman belonging to tn
1 Government surveying party, was killed an
, scalped by band of hostile Sioux, south c
t Fort Kearney, on Wednesday.
n A clergyman, after marrying couple mad
: n, prayer over them, concluding: "Forgiv
$ them, Lord, they know not what thry do"
A sweet sixteen, just back from Saratoga
says there is nothing mean about her lover
The other day he gave her ring worth $4,000
: Seven thousand one hundred and ninet
: bales of cotton were received in New Orlean
: from the LIST to the 18th instant.
The State elections in the three great State
= of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, take
place on Tuesday the 18th of October.