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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14
The General Assembly.

There was long and animated de-
bate i'm the House of Representatives on
Taylor's resolution giving the franchise
propositions the go-by. The debate is
reported at length in the Nashville pa.
pers, but is too long for our columns.
The reader will understand the spirit
in which the House treats the subject
by the, following reference to its &C
ton, copied from the Banner: e.. F.
The House concluded yesterday to
run the risk of snubbing Brownlow and
gave his message the complete go-by in
the passage of Taylor's resolution. Our
report Of the proceedings, which Is full
enough to render extended comment
unnecessary, distinctly indicates the
temper of the majority as regards ta-
vorably considering, even in the remote
future, any proposition to extend the
| franchise. But the sense of disfran-
chsement under which the prescribed
masses must labor, in view of the al
most utter hopelessness of the situation,
should not prevent us from paying the
tribute Of gratitude due to such men as
Cason, Williams, Wines, eagle and
Roach-avowcd Republicans as they
are--for their noble appeals in our be-
half. Amid such associations, and SUBJ
jected to party pressure altogether ex-
traordinary in its nature, they exhibited
a strength of moral sentiment but too
uncommon in these degenerate times.
A colored brother was taken ont OF
the gallery in fit just as Mynatt rcliev-
ed himself of superhuman burst OF
eloquence. Cause and effect.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14
The Fallen Man.

The Lynchburg Republican has the
following to say about the recent de-
feat of Ex-Governor 10. E. Brown, of
Georgia:
1.-THE whitening rebuke and crushing
defeat which the Ex-Governor has re-
ceived, are n just reward for his treach-
erous doublc-dcaling. Mr.. Hill may be,
as stated by Geographic dispatches, a
supporter Of Grant and Co!tax, but he
is, at any rate, q better man than his OPP
ponent. He could not well be much
worse. His record has at least the mer.
it of some show of consistency. He was
known as staunch Union man during
the whole war, whilst Governor Brown
was working earnestly in behalf of the
Confederate movement. quite as long as
he considered it a safe investment. At
the close of hostiities, he became vio-
lently radical, the tit, as it seized him,
amounting almost to hydrophobia,--
Like many other and more noble ami
mails afflicted with the same disease, he
has now been slain by the hands of his
own friends. May his fate prove a
warning to other ambitious members of
the scallawag fraternity. I' 'l
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14
Peace In Giles County.

A very large meeting of the citizens Of
Giles County was held at the courthouse
at Pulaski, last Monday, and was organ
lied by calling Colonel James T. Vince
Ter to the Chair. Colonel j. p. Mcclure
and Captain VIM. @. Flournoy were APP
pointed Vice Presidents, and Colonel
A. II. Alternately, Secretary. ...I..
Generals Brown and Gordon being
called upon, gave the result of the inter-
view of the ex-Confederate Generals of
Tennessee with the Legislative Military
Committee, upon the present state of
affairs, and urged uponall good citizens
the necessity OF living in strict subordi-
nation to the laws, and ofpursuing such
q, course as would tend to restore per-
fact peace and harmony throughout the
State. ........ ,..
At the conclusion Of General Gordon's
speech, the following preamble and res
olution was offered by Captain Will
liam G. Flournoy, and unanimously
adopted:
WHEREAS, We have seen the commu-
nication addressed to the Legislature of
Tennessee by N. b. Forrest, i. Il. Cheat
ham, George w. Gordon. John G. Brown
and others ofdate the LIST Aug. 1868, and
fully approving the sentiments which
pervadc that paper, and being DESTROYS
Of indorsing the pledge made by the
writers of that communication, there
fore ........ ...
ReSolued, That we heartily and COR
daily adopt that communication as an
exponent of our sentiments and purpo-
ses, and pledge ourselves to strict OBJ
servance OF the same. ... .,......
On motion of Colonel Dickson, it
was ordered that a copy ofthese resolu-
tions be sent to the Legislature, ad-
dressed to the Military Committee,
through the Hon. j. p. Reid, Represen-
tative of Giles County, and that copies
be furnished the Pulaski Citizen and
the Nashville papers for publication.
Our informant says that whereas the
excitement had been intense since
Brownlow's sanguinary message was
promulgated, the utmost quiet now
reigns throughout that section ofcountry
the people being resolved to stand by
the pledges which they last Monday SO
heartily and emphatically Endorsed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14

No man can rightftlly enter upon the
duties of the Presidential Office unless
he is not only willing 10 carry out the
wishes of the people expressed in con-
stitutional way, but is also prepared to
stand up for the rights of minorities.--
He must be ready TO uphold the free ex-
ercise Of religion. He mnst dcnounce
measures which would wrong personal
or home rights or the religious con-
science of the humblest citizens of the
land. He must maintain without dis
tinction Of creed or nationality all the
privileges of an American citizenship.
The experience of every public man
es him that no one can fulfil the duties
Of the office of President unless he is
ready not only to undergo the false
hoods and abuse of the bad but to suf-
fer the censure of the good, who are mis-
led by prejudice and misrepresentation.
There are 10 attractions in such posi-
tons which deceive my augmentation
| say that great change is going on in
the public mind. The mass of the Re-
publican party are more thoughtful,
temperate and just than they were dur
! ing the excitement which attended the
progress and close of the civil war.
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
AS the energy of the Democratic par
! ty springs from their devotion to their
cause and to their candidates, I may
with propriety speak of the fact that
never in the political history Of our
country has the action of any like body
been hailed with such universal and
real enthusiasm as that which has been
shown in relation to the position of the
with the creation of which the candi-'
dates had nothing to do. Had any o,h
ers of those named been selected this
spirit would have been perhaps more
marked. The zeal and energy Of the
conservative masses sprung from a de-
sire to make u change of policy, aud
from the thought that they can carry
out their purposes.
THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
In this faith they are strengthened by
the cooperation of the great body of
those who served in the Union army
and navy during tho war; Having Civ
en- nearly 1000 commissions to the Off
GERS of that army, / know their views
and wishes. They demand the Union
for which they fought. The largest
meeting of these gallant soldiers ever
assembled was held in New York, and
Endorsed the action of the National
Convention in words instinct with mea-
ming. They called on the Government
to stop in its policy of hate, discord and
dissension, and in terms of fervid elo-
quence demanded the restoration of tho
rights of the American people. When
there is such accord between those who
proved themselves brave and sclf-sacrifi-
cling in war, l cannot doubt we shall
gain political triumph, which will re-
store our Union, bring back peace to our
land, and give US once more the bless
ing of Il wise, economical and honest
government.
Lam, gentlemen, truly yours, &C.,
ouN - HORATIO SEYMOUR.
To Gen.G. w. MORGAN, and others,
Committee, &C., L.. ...-, .....
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14
Summing it Up.

The New York Herald, although not
by any means supporter of Seymour
and Blair, is not complimentary to the
radical revolutionists. Speaking of that
faction, it says in late issue: ION one
hand we have the radicals, guilty of ev-
cry crime that can sustain the history
of a party guilty of the meanest Chi
canery in calling the National victory
theirs and perverting it to their party
purposes guilty of outraging human.
ty itself in the disorganization of Sou
thern society, and of the most diaboli-
cal hypocricy in pretending that theil
use of the negro is forthe sake of equal
rights; guilty of indesaribable dishon,
esty in violating that great pledge Of
the nation that the war was not waged
against the integrity of the States and
was only to secure the Union. Such is
one taction-a party whose morality
moderation and purpose are fifty typi-
fed by such cxemplars as Butler, Ste
vens and Sumner. 1t would be stol.
i'd, servile and broken down people a.
mong whom party in such hand;
would not awaken reaction. Reaction
therefore, is earnest, and the people re-
pudiate the pretcnse of these leaders to
settle the future peace of the nation in
accordance with the extreme views theil
diseased intellects take of our position
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14
The School Fund,

The following paragraph is from the
Nashville Press and Times:
The hitch in the educational machine
is not removed. Although gigantic eff
forts are being made by Gen. Eaton,
aud by the County superintendent all
be little complicated. .......
In reply to inquiries made by Gen.
Eaton, General Superintendent of Ed
ucatiOn Tor the State, the Comptroller
of the Treasury, G. w. Blackburn, re-
ports that for the year of 1866 the State
is due, the school fund, from all sources
of State revenue, from taxes collected
by tax collectors. and from other sour
ces. up to the Both September Of that
year, $l7,07S.4; which is to be distri-
buted over school population of &c.
OBS. .... ..'.' ....... ..,..... -
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14
Ku-KIrIX i'm Massachusetts.

BosroS, August cat Chesterfield,
Mass, q man named Hiram Pitsingcr,
who is said to have kepta woman as a
kitchen servant, and between them to
have abused his wife so that she was
compelled to leave him last month, was
visited night or two since by about
thirty men in disguise and some women
also, and ordered to surrender. He re-
sisted, and knocked one of his assail-
ants down, but was soon over-powered.
Pitsinger and his housemaid were then
marched off to the house of his brother,
near which the unfortunate pair were
stripped of their clothing, tarred and
teathered, and rode on rail halfa mile.
Pledges were eXacted from Pitsinger
not to divulge the names of those en-
gagged in the ri0tous proceedings, to re-
move his servant from town within for
ty eight hours, and to make confession
of his guilt to his wife, and if not done
a worse visitation was threatened to fol-
| low. ''"''
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14
Another Bill---The Militia,

The following was presented in the
lower House on the 9th, passed a first
reading and referred to the Committee
on military affairs: '.. 3Fp o
A bill to be entitled can act to amend
an act passed March l6, 1865, to organ
ize and equip the State Guard, and reg
ulate the Governors staff"
SEC. l. Be it endtcted By the General
assembly Of. the State Of Tennessee,
That the act passed March IL, 1865, be
so amended as to give the Governor
fun power TO increase his clerical force
whenever there are State guards in ac-
tual service, to such numbers as the abb
solute necessities of the service may
require, to execute all orders and per-
form such services as the Governor as
sign them. ,..... %
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the
Governor and Board of Finance OF the
State shall have control of so much of
the finances of the State rs may be nee
essary to meet all the expenses incurred
in calling out. organizing, equipping
and paying the State Guards, under the
act to which this is amendatory.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That
the militia or State Guards called out
under the provisions of the act to which
this is amendatory, when mustered out
of the service Of the State, shall not BIZ
held liable to indictment or present
lment or in any suits for damages for
| any acts done under orders or in line of
duty.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That an
laws or DartS of laws i'm conf cf with
the provision of this be, and they are
hereby repealed; and that this act shall
be in force from and after its passage.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14
A Change or Ruin.

What an admonition there is to the
laborers, the taxpayers, and even the
bondholdeas of the country, in the re-
marks of Washburne, of Illinois, while
urging Congress not to delay adjourn.
ing. He said: '' IL. ~. '''. ITO
"IIe desired an adjournment at the
earliest possible moment, for if they
q went on at the rate they were going
the Government would have neither
money nor credit left" ..... ...5
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14
The Right Spirit.

A note from Frank Blair, received by
a member of his family in this city,
says: '.'.t.
"Every-where l find the people in adj
vance of their leaders. Only the politi-
clans are intimidated by radical threats.
My business throughout this canvass
will be to tell the truth without fear OF
favor, regardless of consequences to
myself or party"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14
MISSISSIPPI.

A Memphis dispatch Of the 9th in
slant says: ,... ,. ..".s
A few nights ago, Tom McLain and
Dan. Gilbert, two negroes were arrest
ed for the murder of Samuel McSwine
near Grenada, some weeks since, were
taken from Jail, in Cofleeville, Miss, by
large party of masked horsemen, car.
ried o. short distance from town and
hung. The jailer and sheriff resisted
the mob until overpowered. Some Of
the mob stated that the loyal league
would prevent the hanging of McLair
and Gilbert, and that they were deter
mined they should suffer death for theil
deeds,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14
Hanged.

A negro man was found hanging from
, tree near Gallatin on the morning OF
the Sd, The Nashville Gazette says
The deceased lived in Gallatin, and had
the reputation of being desperate and
dangerous man, having been engaged
inyai1ous attempts 70 incite the negroes
OF Hiat place against TIP whites,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14
Alabama.

A dispatch from Montgomery says:
The Senate passed, with one dissent
ing vote, bill removing all political
disabilities. 1t provides that all disabil-
tiles resting upon citizen shall be re-
moved upon his filing application with
the Probate Judge. No oath is required.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14
Accident,

On Monday, the 3D., several pieces Of
rocks, the largest of which ii is esti-
mated will weigh twelve tons, broke
loose from the side Of Lookout Noun
tain, near Peeps Springs, Walker couu-
ty, Ga, and, rushing down, struck tie
dwelling of Mr.. George Acrofts, in
stantly Killing Mrs. Acrofts and an in
FAINT child. Three other children were
also injured, but not fatally. -st.rsSI
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14
Charming"

> MI CACIIhtIS5t 5Iyh' M IT = n
There is,an alarming amount Of pa
per out against the Government, but
the most alarming thing about it is, that
most of the paper bears,a high rate OF
coin interest. If this Understanding
paper were exchanged for non-intcrest
bearing, there would be nothing alarm
ing about it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14
Force of Example,

The New York Herald explains re-
cent doings near Memphis as unused by
force Of example;
In Indiana recently San outraged
community" executed by hanging two
patches OF express robbers, six in all
Now we hear that these examples have
becn followed in Tennessee in the SINH
lar execution Of two express robbers-s
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14
The Funding Bill.

The Washington correspondent OF
the Baltimore Sun states, as the result
of enquiry in the right direction" that
among the reasons which induced the
President to withhold his approved OF
the funding bill, is that the bonds were
to be exempt from taxation,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14
Texas.

The Houston Telegraph says; "To-
day there Is not as much crime in TEXTS
as among the same amount of popaa-
ton in any part of the North. Men of
the North are inst as safe in Texas as
in one Of their own churches al htnIe.e
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14

The widow and eldest daughter, the
only survivors of John @. Calhoun, are
represented as in very straitened cir
cumstances. The library Of the states
man was lately sold to aatisfyea small
Haht
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14

Two twin brothers named North
cross, residing near Bastrop, were re-
Gently killed in an alteration with the
tatler-in-law ofone of them, whose wife
had been prevailed upon to accompany
the father to Tennessee. -l-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14

An exact calculator has made an esti-
mate based upon the salaries paid to
American ministers, and the number of
sermons preached, and arrived at the
conclusion that the price paid for SER
mon, to take the country through, is
only three cents apiece!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-14

Later dispatches lead to strong sus-
picion that the death of Miles O'Reilly
from an overdose Of chloroform was a
case of suicide. a'- -'--.-
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-11
THE PLAGUE OF I.OCUSTR IN PHIL.
ADEEPHEA

An unusual excitement was occasioned
in the public squares yesterday by the dis
coyery of numbers of holes about the trees
therein, and the shells of locnsts lying
about MyFiads Of these insects came from
these holes, which were large and rounded
with mathematical precision, shed their
cumbrous shells, and were seized by the
boot-blacks with avidity. After these ur-
chiRs had secured number of hatfuls, they
stuck them upon one of the trees in front
of the State House, attracting general at
tehtion. After the boys had tired Of their
sport the loousts continued 10 come forth,
but many of them seemed to be very weak,
and before they could take wing they were
covered with hundreds of little black ants,
who devoured them alive. About some Of
the trees we're no holes, but others had nu-
merous places Of egress. Ancient citizens
who examined the insects declared they
were the seventeen-year locusts. There is
no letter, however, perceptible upon the
wings, as ia usually the case. Since the
squirrel nuisance has been abated there are
skylarks, robins, catbirds, blackbirds and
smaller specimens Of the feathery tribe fit
ting in the squares, and they had rich re-
past OFF the locgsts. 1t is said that an old
gentlemen who cares much for this worlds
goods, discovered holes about his ground
a week ago, and digging TO ascertain the
cause, discovered locusts. He kept the
matter quiet, and since then has fed his
chickens upon them until they are as fat a.
he could desire them to be, particularly
without cost TO himself There is no APP
prehension of great danger to any Of the
foliage about the city from the lOcusts, as
birds are about ali the streets where trees
in any number are, and the insects will
probably soon disappear.--Phiia. Press.
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-11
NEW ENGLAND BHELANTHROPY
-sr ILhEsrRAPRD.

The Massachusetts Legislature appointed
a COMMITTEES 10 inquire into the practice OF
employing children in the mills Of that
State, and its effect upon their health and
morals. The committee, through It's Chair
man, Mr.. Ham, has reported, and the
statements disclose system of seryitude
more revolving than that Of African slavery
before the war MIR. Ham says that one
half Of the children who enter the factory
service die before they reach their eigh-
teenth year, in consequence of overwOrk
and long hours, and the remainder only
live to transmit disease and death to their
offspring" New England philanthropy
could not see this condition of servitude in
its own midst. 1t held its head too high
for that. 1t wanted to look abroad into
the moral and physical condition of other
people. 1t brought on q civil war that
buried hundreds of thousands of brave
men, desolated one-half of the Union, and
piled up mountain of debt to grind labor
and business into dust, in order to free
blacks from slavery, and 10 here ID
slavery at its own door too revolving for
contemplation. The report Of Mr.. Ham
recommends that "men be forthwith en-
ployed TO 60 to India to collect jewels from
the noses of Birmese women that the
same be converted into money to be used
for the purpose Of converting the heathen
of New England" What commentary
on New England philanthropy And, yet,
the country is kept in unrest and uncer-
tainty as to the future for the purpose of
educating the Southern people up to New
England ideas. What a humbugged peo-
plel- Cincinnati Enquirer.
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-11
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