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The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-04-06

Tue GREgNUP MoSUMENr.-The members
OF the Columbia Fire Company, who several
years siuce had placed In GlenwOod Cemetery,
4 handsome monument to the memory Of their
ccmrade, Benjamin Z. Greenup, KILLED In the
run over by the suction OF the company in
descending Capitol HIM. arc making prepare.
lions for dedicating the monument on the an
present the Mayor and CITY Councils, the
members of the city fire department, the Gov
eminent fire brigade, and the friends OF the
place on the grounds. This monument has on
one side q striking representation OF the acci-
dent, and was dsbigned by an Italian artist,
turning to Italy Mr. Cbas. Rousseau com
pleted it. The work cost the company ~, 0Co,
and they are now having 1t enclosed with
handsome iron railing.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-04-06

TRUSKs.-Stephens & Co., No. $40 Pennsyl-
yania avenue, have just received large and
superior assortment OF trunks, among which
may be particularly mentioned the large pack
lug trunk, the ladies' Saratoga trunk, and the
soie.eather trunk, together with every variety
of satchels, travelling bags, and yalises for la
dies ali OF which are offered at the very lowest
prices, Those contemplating travelling should
call and examine stock at stephens Il 20.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-04-06

ELECTION OF oRrIoERs,-At a meeting OF
the Journeymen Paperhangers Assoe Sifn
ofhcsrs were elected for thg ensuing year
President, John A. Shackeliorli zee presi'
dent, deo. NJ, Moorej financial secretary, Jno.
w. Hayes; recording secretary, W. W. Lower
treasurer, John W. Coons.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-04-06

KNIGHTS TgMPLAR.-At the annual conclave
Templars OF this city, held last Friday even
ing, the following officers were elected for the
ensuing year, A. q. 1850; Joseph Daniels, emf
nent commander Charles w. Hancock, gen
eralissimo; John W. Grimm, captain general
John l.. Ashby, prelatej SsmueIBaxter, senioI
warden; Daniel 5. Jones, unior wardePi Chris
TOPPER CammacG, pr, treasurer; Abner T
John K. Thompson, sword bearer viii. 4
Short, and william II. dlascott, guards
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-04-06

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The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-04-06

REAL Estate TRASsBERs.-The following
tr,naiers Of real estate have been reported at
Il. NJ HALLS Real Estate Exchange; Part OF
lot q IN square 4S q e. SoGS PaEt Of lots Is
sas At II 58Oi part lot, square +57, at s50Oi lot
10, In square IS, at " 2CGi part lot O. IN square
$40 at IL $50; part Id, square ss' O. szooi SUD-
A Ia lnuAre 0b9. at ", 2OO
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-13
After the Election.

The New York HeraM had the fol-
lowing the day succeeding the election:
With the candidate the Democrats Sc
lected to carry their standard, nothing
but defeat was to be expected, and we
suppose not even the most sanguine
member of the party anticipated any
other termination than the election of
Grant. "Let us have peace" is his mot
to, and we look now to see these words
converted into acts; to see the olive
branch substituted for the sword in the
Southern States, and negro supremacy
quietly superseded, and such measures
adopted as will create harmony out of
discord in the general fruitful portion
Of country comprised in the States now
suffering from mistaken and vindic-
tive policy. And we look hopefully TO
this, that after the 4th of March next
there will be check put upon the mon
strous colruptions which prevail in all
departments of the Government; that
economy shall succeed extravaganza in
the disbursement of the public funds I;
that the public debt shall be reduced as
rapidly as possible, and that the taxes
which press upon the people shall be
made more easy to bear. The people
expect General Grant will accomplish
this. \. .. .... ...f. r..i ' HH y
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-13
The Growth of states.

N mo New York pollcd 425.000
vol"~. ohio now casts 5,0OO-lOO,0OO
more than was then given by the Fm-
pirc Stale, New York now polls nearly
100000 votes. Pennsylvania will give
G55,0O0. Illinois. which in 1910 did not
give to exceed 10000 votes, will now
give more votes than New York did
then. . .... .-. ....
In 1910 New York had 40 members
of Congress: Pennsylvania had %;
Ohio had 10, and Illinois had but g.
New York has since sunk, under appor-
tionments, to 81 members; Pennsylva-
mia to "a. In 1910 New England had
% mcmbers-now 81. Ohio has just
maintained her ground, having no more
Congressman now than she did % years
ago. But Illinois has risen from 3
members to Ia.
In 1910 there was no Wisconsin, nc
Minnesota, no Iowa at all. They now
have nearly 100000. "Westward the
star of empire takes its way" ,..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-13
Letter from Hon. John Quincy
Adams.

A. II. Brown, Esq, President jackson Demo-
cratic a ssociation of Lowell:
DEAR SIR--I am very much pleased
to receive from you the intelligence Of
my election as an honorary member Of
your Club, and accept the compliment
with great satisfaction. Pray assure
your members of my sensibility Of the
honor and the kindness they have
shown me, and assure them that no man
more heartily appreciates the need we
have in these days of a little good, stout
Jacksonian Democracy. / have just
come from country where they feel
the benefits and blessings Of the Recon-
struction laws--the Radical Constitu-
ton and if ever needed anything to
intensity my devotion to the supreme
law of the fathers, | found it there
If our friends only knew what curse
it is TO be RECONSTRUCTED" they would
never slack their struggle until the
Union was restored to every State, and
the inefable blessings of the old Con-
stitution secured to every man, no mat
ter if hs is white or was "rebel."
Yours, truly, JOHN @. ADAMS.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-13
A Case Involving the Rights of
Southern MethOdiStS.

The Leesburg (Fa.) correspondence OF
the Alexandria Gazette says:
On Monday the case of the Salem
church, near HillsbOrough, which has
been in controversy for some weeks.
was decided by Judge Thomas. A week
ago the Rev. Mr.. Hicks. of the Balti-
more Conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church of the United States. was
ruled to show cause why the church
building should not be given up to the
control of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, in accordance with the
expressed wish <signitied by their sign
ing Il petition to the Circuit Court OF
one hundred and fourteen members, the
whole number believe, being one hun
dred and twenty-fivc. On Sunday be-
fore last, in obedience to the order Of
the military authorities, the trustees
went to the church and opened it for Mr..
Hicks and then retired. He came, and
had not one solitary auditor, or, as 1t is
still. he phrazed it, "neither friend nor
foe" The notice that the decision would
be made last Sunday at Harmony church
was responded to by forty-eight out OF
eighty-two members voting for union
with the Southern Methodist Church.
Some of those not voting were under
twenty years of age, and by the
rules of the church not entitled to votes
and the vote cast was unanimous. The
orders were made giving the control tc
the Methodist Episcopal Church Soutl
in accordance with the statute of 1861
which was declaratory of the law as de
cided by the Court of Appeals in the
Methodist Episcopal Church cases. Mr.
Downey, representing the Methods
Episcopal Church in the United States
intimated an intention of appealing, bu
it is to be hoped that decision so man
ifestly in the interest of peace, and il
accordance with the will of the peopl
interested, will not be furtherinterfere'
with, .|..... .. ..-E ~.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-13
New England,

"A notable event has taken place in
London. An English company ''for the
propagation of the Gospel in New Eng
land" has authorized its board of COM
missioners to sell "the Manor Of Girls
well and all other manors and heredita-
ments in the county of Sotfolk belong
ing to the company" These various
properties are to DE sold forthwith, by
private contract. for the stipulated sum
of 100000. What the object of the
company is, in turning its lands and
tcncmcnts into hard cash, of course we
don't know. 1t may be that it has beer
found utterly useless to make any fur
ther attempt to propagate the Gospe
among people so self opinionated al
those of New England. .t .. t,ii
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-13
Tennessee.

The Nashville Union and american
thinks that the Democracy have done
gloriously in Tennessee. The Radical
majority of last year has been reduced
by $4,000. When the condition of af-
fairs in this State is considered, this re-
suit entities Tennessee to the banner.
We have made large Democratic gains
in the face of greater obstacles than any
State in the Union. In 1867 Brownlow' s
majority was $1,000, Grants will not
reach 10000. ----- -
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-13
Negroes Sentenced to the PeIiten-
tiary by Negro jury.

The troubles in Bossier parish, La,
have ended, but not without bloodshcd.
1t had its origin in the killing of two
young men from Arkansas by negro.
Several citizens from Arkansas came
over to avenge the death Of their COM
rades, but the citizens of Shreveport and
the military went over and restored
peace, and had to protect the negroes,
and arrest those negroes who killed the
white men. Thirty-cight colored men
were committed for participating in this
riot and sent to the pcnitentiary for one
year cach-the jury which convicted
them being composed Of four whites
and eight colored men. a few such
cases as this will teach the negroes that
they cannot take the law into their own
hands without being the sufferers, and
some of these days (says the Ficksburg
Times they will turn upon those scamps
who are melting them to acts of lawlcss-
ness and rebellion, and then there will
be an end of such scenes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-13
A Reconstructed Court.

A well known and reliable gentle
man, citizen of Brepham, gives us the
following fresh incidents in a letter re-
ceived yesterday evening:
The honorable District Court of
Washington county, now in session in
BRENNAN, was opened in novel way
yesterday morning by his Honor Judge
Sabin. .NnirH
Black, ragged and dirty, His Honor
dragged into the court room, and
meeting with the sheriff, saluted him as
follows; .,.t....a ft ,IVig vtty .-..
"IIilloa, Tom, Hie), open this She
bang" ...,t,.a,.a .os-.a.llsg .if. oil.
Whereupon Tom made the usual pro-
clamation. tIl ..t....l.l 500 sHJ +
n "Well DONE" said His Honor; 'now,
Tom, close the shobang..' au.lg. ,ua
Tom closed it accordingly until next
day.-Houston (1cros) Times, Ocfo'
Der 23d. a.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-13
The Trouble at Augusta.

The Augusta Co,sstitutioaalist gives
the following account of the trouble in
that city on election day. 5of 10
While one of our oldest and most
highly respectable citizens was in the
performance OF his duty, as manager, at
one of the polls. administering and ex-
planning the oath to u colored challeng-
ed voter, the military Mayor of the city,
in a wanton and unprovoked manner,
objected to his act and used towards
him some very opprobious and abusive
language. The report of the Trouble
was borne to the City Hall front gate,
where the crowd was waiting its turn
to enter, and caused considerable ex-
citement among both white and blacks,
eliminating in q negro cursing AN Irish
man. The negro was instantly shot-by
whom it is not known. The row then,
of course, became general, pistols being
drawn and fired by both parties; the.
negroes, however,, running away in
large numbers. In the fight, the Irish
man who received the cursing, we UNI
tlerstand was MORALLY wounded and
three or four wounded slightly. Most
of the pistols of the white men were
fired in the air, which accounts for the
small number of casualties from forty
or fifty shots. In a few moments, how
ever, the efforts of the radical sheriff.
"A. G.. Rutfin, to rally the negroes having
failed, quiet was restored, and the com
pany of Federal soldiers, under COM
mand of a gallant and heightened Off
Ger, took control of the City Hall yard,
not. however. interfering with the bal
| Lot \ha,,f t1s, fippn fho chariH oI =
vanccd towards the front gate of the
yard, in company with a Federal SOL
dicr, and directed him to arrest young
man whom he (Rutfin) pointed out. The
young man said he had done nothing
to be arrested for, when the soldier
turned to Ruffin and said: eff you wish
me to arrest him, you must get orders
from my superior officer:' whereupon
there was considerable kissing and jeer-
ing of Ruffin by the crowd which sur
rounded him, and in the midst of it a
dull sound was heard, and Ruffin said
to the man to whom he was speaking at
the time, "I'm shot The man told
him no; that he was frightened; and
even when he fell, no one supposed it
anything but faint, until they picked
him up and found that lie was dead
The ball entered the back, and must
have passed near the heart if not
through it.
No one knew whence the shot came,
nor who fired it, as no weapon was ex-
posed, and everybody supposed the diff
Guilty ended.
The military held control of the polls
until their close. We have heard of
no disturbances since the one ut half
past two, and believe that had the ne
groes been free from Radical influence.
that would not have occurred to mar
the day with its blood.
We are sincerely reioiced that the day
is past and think that the Democratic
party has not only done its duty by
being moderate, forbcaring and tenn
perate, but it has risen nobly to man
and cast largely increased vote for
right, truth, and liberty.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-13
A Matter of Taste.

The Louisville Democrat tells the
following:
A fellow (who was about half full of
spoke berry juice'') was coming along
Third street, yesterday, near Walnut.
He wore an old slouched hat, a pair OF
side whiskers, and "toted' black car
pet bag. Hanging to the side of the
fence on the side walk was a greasy
looking wench. blacker than the lace of
spades" The chap forgot which side the
river he was on, and being from away
down in Maine, he caught glance of
her pouting lips and smiling eyes. lie
jumped from under his hat, let 60 his
carpet-bag, took the "Grecian-bend,
and darted for her head on. He kissed
her. She hung her head, blushed IA lit
tie and said: locke heah, man! you
do dat again; l jis dar you. | don't
low no poor white devil dat cher toted
carpet-bag to kiss me no how! You
hear dat, don't you?' The "carpet- bag
ger" suddenly became sober, and the
last we saw of him he was hunting a
! ferry boat.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-13
Home Manufactures.

The Richmond Enquirer speaks of the
superiority of the cloth manufactured
at the auckland Factory, Fauquier
county, and says that the wollen mills
at Charlottesville, which have only been
in operation about six months, are now
turning out cloth of as good quality,
probably, as can be made in the United
States.
The Enquirer also states that the
James River Manufacturing Co. of Rich
mond, is turning out very superior
quality of Osnaburgs, which is offered
to the trade at a reasonable price. En-.
courage home manufactures-that's the
ticket.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-13
The Snake Story Beat.

The late great Tennessee snake story
was a good one, but we must give Ver-
mont the credit of beating it. A paper
of that State says that Mr.. Stanley, of
Randolph, caught a large cricket and
dropped it into the chimney of burn
ing lamp, and there came out Of the
cricket snake some five to six inches
in length, and alive and darling out his
tongue, Nobody will have the courage
and eflrontery to try his hand at going
ahead Of that story. .0l a..'a.i p
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-13
The Louisville Ghost.

For over all there hung shadow aud fear;
Some secret mystery the spirit yaunted-
That said as plain as whisper In the ear
"The place II haunted."-HooD. ~
Bacon's Livery Stable on Jefferson
street, now owned and administered by
Messrs. Williams and Stedman is well
known in Louisville has been pop
ular in miscellaneous and horse circles
for many years. 1t is just at present
the center of somewhat different in
terest. 1t is the scene of mystery
1t is the headquarters of a ghost. 1t is
visited nightly by an apparition which
occasions great alarm among ostlers and
animals; appearing at midnight among
the stalls; turning off the gas jets,
unhitching brides and chcck-rains and
throat latches; rafting buggy wheels;
and, in short, creating CONSERVATION in
tense. The circumstances on which
these superstitious alarms are based,
appear to be natural and by no means
sufficient to justify the reports given
out on Green street, where the rear of
the stable terminates.
About six months ago Mr.. Bacon
died Hewas an old citizen of Louis
vile and highly respected. There was
nothing unusual in his character. His
habits were simple and his manners civil
and kind. There was nothing eXtraor-
binary about his death and burial. His
business passed into the hands of the
present proprietors, and all went OH as
smoothly and regularly as before. -.
Two months betore-so runs the st0-
ry-a little negro boy was running rap
idly through the place, just after dark,
when he ran against the figure of the
deceased gentleman, holding a lantern
in his hand. IIa was too frightened to
speak or run away, and the figure way
ed the light over him and disappeared.
Next night there was, just before
twelve o'clock,
when church-yards yawn
And graves give up their dead,
fearful noise in the stalls where the
horses had been carefully secured for
the night. One of the negro attend
ants rose, went down into the place and
found all the haltcrs Embossed. On an
other occasion the gas suddenly went
out, and the form of Mr. Bacon was dis
tinctly seen, as one of the negroes de-
clares, standing i'll a cloud half way
down the long entrance. Chains rattle
every night the lights are as freakish
as glow worms; the buggies refuse to
stand still the horses neigh and tremble
with terror; and there is no peace
among the coIored folks, who say that
money is hid somewhere and refuse to
60 about the place at night alone.
We give the matter as it runs on
Green street and in the saloons about
the Journal office. Whether it is the
practical joke of some enterprising wag
or real mystery we will not pretend to
say. There is certainly foundation
enough to it to cause genuine alarm and
general speculation. What is it,
Louisville JOMlRdl.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-13
D A Deer Hunt.

They have a regularly organized
Hunting Society in Albermarle, the
members of which make one grand an
nual hunt, usually lasting week.
Their hunt this year commenced on the
25th of October, and continued 5 days
with the following result, as we learn
from the Charlottesville ChrOnicIe' j '#
In the five days hunt they killed and
hung up in camp % deer and had eight
caught by dogs and shot by parties not
belonging to the hunt, making an aggre'
gate of 81 killed in all. .......
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-13
Spain---Civil War.

The seedlings of civil war in Spain
are already apparent. The Democrats,
the Church party, the Monarchists, the
Moderates, each want something politi-
cally they cannot or will not get, and
whatever form Of government the Cor
ties may decide upon, some one of these
parties will be offended sufficiently to
make bloody work about it. Such are
the indications at present.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-13
Homicide.

The Philadelphia Pilot of last week
contains the following about the death
of Jack Taylor, at Madisonville, Mon-
roc county: r.r..... ....
AS we go to press we learn that man
of the above name was found lying dead
near the steps of a drinking saloon in
Madisonville, Tennessee, on yesterday
morning. He bore the evidence of hay-
inc been either killed in row or muir
dercd We are not informed as to tho
particulars. His home was but a few
miles from the town. -N yf
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-13
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-13
The Pacific Railroad and the
South, ,f...


The New York Herald says that one
of the consequences of the completion
of the Pacific Railroad may be to make
the South greater than she was in her
palmiest days, "if she does not throw
away the chances" The Herald con-
tinues: 'N
1t is safe to calculate that laborers
from China will come over by tens of
thousands and swarm into the Valley
OF the Mississippi, spread themselves
over the plains, and work their way in
to all the Southern States, there to sup
ply the place of colored labor, which,
owing to the present system of miscall-
ed reconstruction, is not available for
half its nominal value. 1t is just this
kind of impetus which the South re-
quires to develop its neglected wealth.
1t has rich lands enough, and a soil and
climate so varied, that every product
known to the American continent can
readily be raised there. 1t has mag
niticent water-pOwer, equal to any
amount Of manufacture, running waste
fully to the Gulf of Mexico. But the
South wants labor and capital, and
when the former is abundantly sup.
piled. so that the Southern States have
help enough to make their own cotton
fabrics, to dig out their own gold ant
coal, to smelt and manufacture theil
own iron, we may be sure that capita
will soon be found to pay the laborel
TO work the mines, to put the wateI
power in operation in cotton factories
furnaces and machine shops. ....
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-13
New York All Hunk.

The Express Of the 4th says OF New
York:
The Empire State, with her four mil
lions of people, her vast commerce,
foreign and inland, her international
sentiment of Union, fraternity, justice,
and prosperity, her love of an unbroken
Union, her respect for constitutional
liberty, will give her Electoral vote to
her own honored Patriotic Son, Hora-
tito Seymour, and her Gubernatorial
vote to John L. Hoffman. Such news
looks at home like the oasis in the de-
sert, and to true national men abroad,
will read like good news from far
country.