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The Methodist Episcopal Church.

The receipts of the Methodist Mis-
sionary Society for the year ending on
the 3lst ultimo, were S6l4,137, includ-
ing legacies, but excluding the grants
from the Bible Society. The receipts
in 1858 were Sl5S,924 and the average
of ten years prior to 1868 was about
100000. The bishops are now in New
York, engaged in holding their annual
meeting. After careful survey of the
whole work of the church, now so rap
idly extending in all directions, they
will arrange their programme Of epis-
copal visitation and administration for
the ensuing year. .............. .........
The total membership of the Metho-
dist Church reported this year is 1,249,
259; increase, 96,17S, o. nearly 10 per
cent. .....
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T E R M s.:
u THE POST Is PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY,
At Two Dollars n Year, Payable
.- -ri.f4.r i'm Advance.

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Advertisements will be charged $3.50 per
quare Of ten lines, or less, for the first inser-
ion, and 70 cents for each continuance. A
LIBERAL deduction made to parties who adver-
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Scrted or they will be continued until forbid
and charged accordingly.
Transient advertisements must be paid for
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Announcing names of candidates for office,
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Obituary notices over five lines, charged at
regular advertising rates.
All communications intended to promote the
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cietics, or Individuals, will be charged as
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Won WORK, such as Pamphlets. Circulars
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Communications. to secure insertion, mus,
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Ths gust.
Athens, Friday, Nov. 81, 1s6e.
10 he Decided in December.

1t is stated OH good authority, that
''thc question as to the validity of the
partisan law in Tennessee and other
States, DISTINGUISHING the resident and
native white tax-paying population.
will very certainly be decided in the
Supreme Court of the United States,
in the December term. 1t is the opin-
ion of the ablest lawyers in the country
that the law will be decided unconstitu-
tional. "The laws delay" thus far, on
this subject, has very seriously affected
the material interests of Tennessee, and
been the cause of much bitterness and
discomfort"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-27
Brick POmerOy,

The Union, sterling Democratic
journal, published at Rochester, New
York, says; ... .
"Brick Pomeroy has become rich, but
it is at the expense Of the Democratic
party, and of the cause of the Union.-
That our party is PROSTATE now is due
more to Pomeroy and Vallandigham
than to all other causes combined"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-27
Seed Corn.

In selecting seed corn choose the
finest ears, and trace together and hang
up to dry; it is better done now than in
the spring in the crib, land surer to grow. {.
A stout wire stretched in the garret of
the house or other loft is one Of the best
things to hang sced-corn on as it can be
easily arranged SO as to keep Off mice
and rats. ......
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-27
Orchards.

Cultivation in the orchard has two-
fold etiect-it destroys the weeds. and
leaves the surface in that light mellow
condition which enables it to answer
the purposes of mulch. Young Or
chards, with crops between the rows,
should be cultivated with as much an
eye to the trees as to the crops.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-27

Bss~ The ten thousand idle negroes
who have been kept loafering about
Washington City for months and years
past, at the expense of the Bureau, have
been notified that no more Government
rations will be issued to them. ...
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-27
Beecher on the Judiciary.

The Reverend Politician, Henry Ward
Beecher, is stirring up the Judiciary
of New York. A Sunday or two ago
he delivered a sermon in which the fol-
lowing occurred: ..I.......I... ..
Corruption does not dwell only in
Albany; it travels in another direction.
1t desecrates the last refuge of Justice
the courts Yes-so corrupt are the
courts of law that the name of Judge
stinks.I say there is nothing arouses
my indignation, nothing SO far beyond
the pale of forgiveness as a corrupt
Judge. Strike him down. The Judges
plunder and are known to plunder-
They make decisions and hold them uI
| for -sah .afley auction justice and grbw
fat on bribes. Our courts are becoming
more and more corrupt, and our judges
more and more infamous. Some time ago
| was written to by young man, the son
of a judge, who complained of observa-
tions | had made. No one will write
now, for that would be a sign that some
conscience was still left. 1t is useless
to say they care not. But am worthy
of notice this will go into the news
papers, Will Oe COPIED ABROAD, ana q
worthy public sentiment will be arous-
ed. They may revile, but their acts
will become known by men. The judges
will be rcticcnt because they are lost to
rectitude. The community is so low in
its moral tone that Indignation cannot
rise in thunder against them. The jus
tice of the courts, | repeat, is rotten
rank and foul. say that we are in more
danger now than before slavery was
wiped away for truth, justice and hon
esty have departed. Our most sacred
liberty and institutions are being de-
stroyed. Money rules supreme and oul
courts of justice stink with corruption
We are in more danger now than by
being overwhelmed by slavery. Money
is our danger and the corruption which
follows it." o.. ..... ... ..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-27

Bsg~ The best reading is what we get
ont of each others faces. What volume
so interesting as q lady's pretty face ?
And who doesn't want to read it
through and through and repeat the
perusal next day. ..sEED ..
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Legislative Summary.

In the Senate on the 18th, bill was
introduced for the relief of unfinished
railroads-which was amended on its
second reading to provide as follows: I:
For the Knoxville and Kentucky Road,
in bonds, 100000 /; Knoxville and Caro-
lima, $500,0O0; Cincinnati and Cumber-
land Gap, 100000; Southwestern, $780,
600; and the Huntingdon and Jackson
branch, 100000. The bill passed Sec
ond reading, and was referred.
The bill to give legal advertising to
any loyal paper which may be estab-
lished in any county of the State, was
rejected on second reading.
Senator Henderson's bill, authorizing
him to adopt daughter, passed third
reading.
The bill to charter q bank of discount
and deposit at Bristol, Tennessee, with
a capital stock of not more than $780,
600, also passed third reading.
In the House, bill has been intro
duced to amend the revenue laws of the
State, which provides for the levying OF
one dollar on every taxable poll in the
State, and on all taxable property tax
of thirty-fvc cents Oh the hundred dol
lars. Referred.
On the 18th. Mr.. Woodcocl introduc-
ed bill to amend chapter 81 of the
acts of 1868, regarding the publica-
ton of legal notices, requiring such no.
tices to be published in the paper hav-
ing the largest circulation in the county
wherein the notice is required to be
published, such paper being designated
by the Governor and confirmed by the
Senate.
In the Senate on the 10Th, while the
bill for the relief of certain railroads
was on its third and last reading, Mr.
Henderson moved that 100000 be ap-
propriated to the Cleveland and Duck
town Railroad, which motion was lost
Mr. Keith moved that an appropriation
of $4,000 be made to the Cleveland and
Ducktown Railroad for the construc-
ton of bridges over the Ocoee River,
which was adopted, and the bill as
amended then passed on its third read
ing, and was ordered to be transmmit-
ted to the House of Representatives.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-27

Bss~ A Mexican claims to have solved
the problem of perpetual motion. His
machine produces electricity, which
causes motion, and the motion in turn
generates electricity.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-27

BY- Let no man drop an ill-gotten
guinea into his pocket, and think the
pocket unconscious of the wrong. His
very glove shall babble of the bribe that
has burnt his hand and his cravat shall
tighten like a rope about his throat.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-27

BGs~ The Des Moins Register says the
grasshoppers recently ate hall an acre
of tobacco for a man near that place, and
wheu the owner went out to look at it
they sat on the fence and squirted to-
bacco Juice in his face.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-27

Bsg~ At the quarterly term of the
County Court of Chesterfield, Va, on
Friday, John McCaul was tried and con-
victed of horse stealing, and sentenced
to be hung on Friday, the 18th day of
December next.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-27

Bsy~ The local editor Of the Paducah
Rentuchian drew sewing machine in
the Paschall House lottery. lie now
advertises for good-looking young
woman to come and run it for him. III.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-27

Bsg" A poverty-stricken gentleman,
being aroused by his wife one night
with the cry, SECT up, john there's
robber in the house!" calmly answered:
Hush! don't let us disturb him. Let
him ransack the house, and if he find
anything of value, we'll then get up
and take it away from him
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-27

g8" They may talk of Turkish mar
kets, where Circassian girls are bought;
but we have seen blue eyes, pink cheeks,
and scarlet lips sold like Il nosegay. fa-
thers and mothers having priest to
bless the bargain. ....' -......... ..,.,.....,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-27
DsE~ The best cure for most ailment

DsgH The best cure for most ailments
would be to take--nothing. There is
vast virtue in this, with the merit in its
favor that it is to be had without cost.
The latter is commonly the reason why
so little value is placed upon it. ... ..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-27

Bss~ A young rhinoceros has just been
landed in this country, the first for
twenty years. He will not get his
growth tor some twenty years, but
weighs 1900 pounds, and eats daily two
bushels of corn, one bushel of potatoes,
and three hundred pounds of hay, drink
ing fifteen or twenty buckets of water.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-27

Bsg~ Late blowing is beneficial to clay
soil intended for tillage next season.
Leave without narrowing, thus giving
a greater surface for the frost to act on.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-27

BAY Without counting Alaska, the
United States has ,500,OO0O00 acres of
public lands.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-27

BssgA 1t if said that there are acorns
enough within three miles Of Jefferson,
Texas, to fattcn 5000 hogs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-27

10~ Governor BrownlOw has given
the certificate Of election to Col. Till
man as Congressman from the Fourth
District, and the Nashvi7le Banne,ssays
the latter has been mean enough to ac-
ccpt it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-27
North Carolina.

Governor Holden's message to the
Legislature shows that tax of one per
cent. ad valorem on the property of the
State would pay the interest on the
debt and recommends such levy. 1t
advocates various internal improve
ments, encourages immigration to the
State, congratulates the State upon the
suppression of the rebellion, upon the
reconstruction of the South on the ba-
sis of suffrage for all, etc.
The New York herald., 1868-01-11

A DECIDED MOVEMENT ON AMERICAN CITIZEN
saIP-The action taken by Congress in passing
the joint resolutions unanimously in favor OF
the interposition of the President of the United
States in behalf OF certain American citizens,
native born and naturalZed, now undergoing
penalties, according to British law, in Canada
and England, shows that all parties here have
an appreciation of the question, and are desrous
to test il in fair and legitimate way, without
prejudice or favor. We have before noticed
the advocacy of the English press Of the views
entertained and expressed by public meetings
and resolutions here and embedded in the
Presidents late message. II ia evident that
the time has come when the rights which an
American citizen is entitled to must be settled
upon permanent basis, and we presume that
the recent action of Congress tends very
pointedly to that end.
The New York herald., 1868-01-11

The state Executive Committee or the conservative
party o. Alabama Is called 10 meet n Montgomery
tho 1ssh insI.
The Mississippi THdsr proposes 40 "remedy for
sting evis" the removal and solonization Of ,ho
bncgs,
Tao radical Constitutional Conssnion meo.s ir, the
same place on tho lash inst
Hon. Revcriv Johnson has written letter to Hon.
Jshn Lee Carroll Of Howard, Nd, In which he
explains hs vote in favor OF the original Congressional
Reconstruction bill lie says in instance did ne pro-
nounco the veto OF the President upon that bill
sttutlonal
Referring to the Convention Of tho "Boys Ia Blue"
which me; in Philadelphia the sth inst, the Post or
that ciiy-nn, Grant-says tho Convention scaled
for the express purpose OF strengthening tho Grant
movement, and therefore mono but the soldiers in
favor OF Grants nomination wore deega.sa It was a
political convention, oyganized for that specific pur-
pose, and we do not therefore attach Importance to
10 as an indication OF tho opinions OF our veteran
solders.n
IL reported IN Richmond that Hunnlcutt is sbou. 10
stump tho state Candidate for next Governor OF
Virginia
/ Grant Club Professor Francis warland president,
has been formed In Connecticut and the political cam
rsign for the year generally opened
The Buffalo CJsamerciai (rspubicnn) IL beginning Ia
count the clouds tina. darken the horizon OF Tho ropub
lcaa party. Most Of them have an ebony lups
The New York herald., 1868-01-11
A Learned Debate on whiskey Meters.

A great portion of the time of Congress was
occupied on Thursday upon the important ques-
ton of whskey meters. good deal of elo-
quence was expended, and some very extraor
dinary charges we're made against the Presi-
dent and Secretary of tho Treasury, the mildest
of which were that thieves and scoundrels had
been appointed to the Department of the In
ternal Revenue and would not be removed
upon the application Of Mr.. Logan and other
vtuperant members We do not observe that
this very demonstrative discussion amounted
to much except mere assertion-not exactly
fortified by proof-although we suppose that
very few people doubt the fact that frauds and
the perpetrators of frauds abound In tho In
ternal Revenue Department Commissioner
Rollins we notice, comes in for good ham
mering from one side of the House and is
vigorously defended from the other side. II is
manifest however, that the best way to stop
all these frauds in tho whskey business is to
reduce the taxation on the material itself, and
thus remove the temptation to which frail hu-
man nature Is exposed. The government has
lost more than 1t has, gained by the attempt
TO collect this tax, and that portion OF the In
ternal Revenue law bearing upon the whiskey
tax has proved failure. II is, therefore, not
worth the time wasted upon its discussion in
Congress
The New York herald., 1868-01-11

slight Descent in Priccs-Hnn0ver Square and
the Foot of Wall Strcee.
The auction transfers Of esicrday not heavy
and small lots wero the order Of the day In fact.
ing in tho crop OF Now Orleans suga- and molasses
less business transacted yesterday than has been
the any stated auction day during the winter
season. Some email transfers or cotton, mostly
damaged and pcSngs up took place at Hanover square,
but in this exceeding Guictude Of demand pre-
vailed slGcrard Belts & Co., Of No Old slip, sold
small lots heavy consignment Of miscellaneous artt-
cles consisting OF whiskey, cigars rum and brandy
and groceries Bidding was not very spirited, and
prices though firm, manifested no disposition TO the
ascending scale.
The largest sales Of the day weSc made IN the new
crop OF monsses, of which r. j. Parker & Co. sold 23S
barrels, at prices ranging from ~ sc. FOR B. H. NJ
s5c for the diamond. The following a schedule OF
The New York herald., 1868-01-11

In the Superior Court yesterday at Trial rerm Part l.
Julia Murphy aged eighy-sx years. sued Henry Gent
FOR damages In 900 for injuries inflicted upon her
l by being run over BY defendants carriage In the
Bowery in April last. Tho jury gave verdict for ss25
In the Court OF General Sessions before Judge Russell
benjamin Yorks was yesterday found guilty OF grand
larceny in felonously carrying of from rooms in .
house In Ninth street trunk containing quantity OF
ladies' apparel the property OF Mrs. Julia sprngue.
sentence was deferred to give the accused oppcrtu
nifty or restoring the property Thomas Evans (colored
was charged with felonous assault and battery upon
Louis Marshal II satisfactorily shown that Mar
shai was the nrst assaiant and that the accused had
simply acted In selfdefenc.; acquitted Robert John
son pleaded guilty to forgery in the fourth degree
sent to tho Penitenary for twelve months and fined
$500
In the United States Crcui. Court, Brooklyn before
Judge Benedict the case OF John Bralne, the alleged
chesapeake pirate, was again called up. Motion was
made 10 admit the accused to ball. which refused,
and the case was set down for the 29th inst.
In the United States Commissioners Court yesterday,
before Commissioner Osborn. G. F. Dusenbury, late
employ6 in the General Post ONCE put his
examination on charge of purloning letters from the
ONCE. The case stands adjourned till Tuesday
The Inman line steamship City Of Washington. Cap
tain TIbbitts will leave pierS45 North river at
O'Clock to-day for Queenstown and Liverpool Tho
mails for Great Britain Ireland and the Continent will
close at the Post once at twelve N.
The General Transatlantic Company's steamer Napo-
leon Ill, Captain Roussan. will leave pier so North
river ct three p NJ to-day for Brest and Havre The
mails for France Will close twelve NJ at the Post
ONCE
The fine steamship Denmark, Captain Thompson, OF
the National line, will leave pier Al North river at noon
to-day for Liverpool, touching at Queenstown to land
passengers.
The Anchor line steamship Britannia. Captain Laird
will sail from pier No. North river noon to-day for
Liverpool and Glasgow, calling at Londonderry to land
passengers, &c.
The steamship General Grant, Captain Holmes, OF the
| Cromwell na, will leave pier No. North river at
| three O'Clock p. d. to-day for New Orleans direct
The Empire line side. wheel steamship San Salvador
Captain Nickerson, will leave pier No. Is North river
punctuay .. three O'Clock p. NJ to-day for Savannah
Georgia.
The popular steamship saragossa. Captain Crowe, Of
Arthur Learys lne win sail from Rsr No IA East river
foot Of Wall street, at three O'Clock p NJ today for
Charleston. connecting with steamer for the Florida
ports
The stock market was stong and excited yesterday
Government securities were buoyant Gold closed q.
1879 1917.
The Pennsylvania Assembly met yesterday morning
but adjourned the bolters voting with the republican,
to carry an adjournment
The New York herald., 1868-01-11

political events Of the last six months have
fully vindicated the sagacity Of Mr.. Van
Buren; and now the New York democracy,
through their representatives in our present
Legislature, owing their election to Andrew
Johnson's persistent opposition to tho radicals,
ought to show their hands. To Mr.. johnson
they are indebted for everything that has been
done to break down the power of the radicals /;
and, looking to the Presidential succession, the
New York democracy, in our Legislature, can
not do better than to ratify the nomination
made in 1865 by the sagacious John Van
Buren,. The Albany Assembly should at once
pronounce in favor of Mr.. johnson, and in the
name OF the democracy of the Empire State.
The New York herald., 1868-01-11
A Call Upon tho New York Asse mSiy.

CnT Upon tho NOW YORK Nssc mbIy.
For the first time for good many years the
democrats have handsome working majority
in the Assembly at Albany. They procured il
on the Southern reconstruction platform of
President Johnson against he.universal negro
suffrage and Southern negro supremacy platform
ofthe radicals Of Congress. The lamented John
Van Burcn In 1865 with wonderful sagacity
foresaw the consequences Of tho rupture, at
that time foreshadowed but not declared,
between President and Congress, and so he
boldly proclaimed Andrew johnson as his
nominee for the democratic party for the
Presidential succession. The remarkable
The New York herald., 1868-01-11

From the foot Of Wall street.-The. Great sugar and
molasses auction mart OF tho city--one may walk
couple or blocks Ia Tho direction OF broadway, aud,
turning the &C Pearl tho lcl may find
another block. This Is the great cotton mart o. the city,
and ~ one emerges IN slght OF the triangle IL
rally quite impossible % decide whether tho street s
paved with cotton bales with traditional stone.
Oae sucks in brs OF cotton every hroath especially
IL tho weather hap9ens to be DR., and windy; Etto
feathers OF cotton cling 10 ones vss 10 one coat aud
20 ones panaloors cotton dust nsnuates itself uto
ono's throat ana sets coughing and sooezing and
on tao very pave We wads and OF cxecrape
cotton In short ut Hanover square smells nothing
but cotton eats nothing Gotten. breathes nothing
but viilanous cir aduteraed with co,ton, walks
no pave but cotton. the general oath OF Hanover
square ts by cotton:n and any body who should talk
anything else would be likely 70 DO Immediately and
summarily excommun Gated. a fow steps from Wall
street, where gpd aac stocks tho cny words IN the
dictionary, aud you md yourself cOoped up Ia diEgv
al intervals OF lew seconds, from nine O'Clock IN the
morning untl four Ia the afternocn. An odd sot Of
lunaucs they gOem to DO ut nrst glance, but
there Is method in their sscottonings," and they
make money thereby. Tne houses which bound the
three Sides 81 The triangle have ALSO cottonsh aspect
Cotton hangs IN long strings upon window ranes and
sashos has been washed by the lrain into brick walls
has aightsd upon rooitops and formed over them
white network bas insinuaied itself into every crack
and croviee as II 20 evade tho anconeor has festooned
itself everywhere and everything from freight cart
To coat OF vocierOus o1ear. Ioi may note, II you
wi that the sidewalk lined with carts most OF which
are waiting TO be loaded with cotton and you may note
further that drivers have habit OF ornamenng their
with feathers aad festoons OF cotton. la brief,
whosoeyor - not willing 10 eat masucate, dgest sak
and think cotton mus. keep out OF Hanover square.
haugro all this. cotton transfers are IN very small lots
however ana aucttoneers shout cotton 70 very ltle
New England; gres cry and lltto cotton Is just now
the proverb OF Hanover square.