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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
"Let Us Have Peace"

The above quotation, attributed to
Gen. Grant as the most marked utter
ance of his candidacy, has been lead
ing and prominent feature in radical
journalism during the canvass, and the
alpha and omega of innumerable dull
and opiatic editorials. Accepting the
fact of the election of the Republican
nominee and ignoring all useless and
silly why's and wherefores as to how it
happened, it remains to be seen wheth-
er the man who said "Let us have
Peace" really meant anything, or the
utterance was simply the result of an
impulse forgotten as soon as felt. II
has been claimed by those of General
Grants friends who protested to be
deepest in his confidence, that if elect
ed he would be President in fact, and
master of the situation, at least to the
full extent of the powers originally
lodged In the Office of the Executive
Head of the Nation. Had he not been
in supreme command of the Federal
army when Lee surrendered we should
have never heard Of his name in connec.
ton with the Presidency. The prestige
and popularity which has given him the
position he holds to-day, that of Presi.
dent elect, he will no doubt be able tc
retain when he enters upon the dis
charge of the Executive duties, and II
will thus be in his power to inaugurate
a policy and to WELD an influence that
will 60 far toward allaying the dis
turbing elements and to restore peace
and harmony to the divided and dis
tracted portions of the country. Will
he do it? Those who know him best
promise that he will. Let US hope tina,
their expectations will be realized, and
offer no factious opposition to any mea'
sures that may seem calculated to Sc
cure result so much to be desired b!
all parties and all sections. LET nj
have peace"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
asBot at H,,ntsyiile.

A collision occurred at, Huntsville,
on the LIST betwecnth whites
and negroes. The negroes are said to
have been the aggressors. The Hunts
vile Independent says,GfFl>.
just as the negroes rushed through
the gate, some one of them fired upon
the crowd OH the sidewalk, and in a mo-
ment as many as thirty shots were fired
from both parties, when the firing sud
denly ceased, the negroes running oil
in many directions. The sequel of this
dastardly and tanatical outrage was the
killing of one negro outright, MORALLY
wounding another and the slight
woundhg ola third the mortal wound.
ing OF one white man, seriously wound.
ing second and slightly woundina
two others. The negro killed was
named Alex. Reid, shot through the
heart ut the foot Of the steps leading to
the Mayors office. George Roper ne.
gro, MORALLY wounded, shot through
the body, in the arm, and beat over the
head. lie was known, certainly to bt
one Of the attacking party, being seei
with shot gun in his hands. ..'...s',
The third negro, named Milton Mar.
tin, had flesh wound in the side. ,i
Judge Thurlow, present Judge Of
Probate Court of Limestone county
was shot through the bowels, and is al
most certain to die. He was shot neal
the yard gate. ..... ....,. .....
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
Couldn't Get In.

If the cheek of Tennessee Radicalism
is not bronzcd with something worse
than impudence, we should think il
would Jingle at such things as the fol-
lowing. We copy from the Nashville
Union and american:
We noticed yesterday sitting on the
steps leading to the Registers office, a
soldier of the war of 1912, who had
come distance of nine miles from the
country to endeavor to get a certificate.
The gang-way was so crowded with ne
groes that he was unable to reach the
office Of the Register. and for hours he
continued seated until weary and ex-
hausted. he left the place, and probably
returned to his home. If the Commits
sioner had seen the venerable looking
old hero, pleading as he was for the
privilege of voting his last time, he
might have granted his request, and is
sued the certificate, but he couldn't see
him; there was wall of darkness be-
tween the hero of the present day and
the hero of the olden time. Poor old
man! he hardly seemed to realize the
fact that there had been wonderful
change since he voted for the first Presi-
dent, George Washington. ...
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
Lynch Law,

From the Lexington Ky) Gazette, Oct, 81.
Two men by the names of John L..
Ryan and Jerry Lewis. who were con-
fined in Jail in Nicholasvillc for horse
stealing, were taken out Of the Jail by
party Of men at midnight on Thursday
night, and from thence to the suburbs
Of the village, where they were hung on
trees till they were dead. Our inform
ant saw them hanging on Friday morn
ing as he came through Nicholasville.
Ryan had recently been pardoned out
Of the penitentiary, but had been arrest
ed for horse-stealing again, and taken
to Nicholasville for trial. Lewis was
from this city, and was up before the
grand jury short time ago for stealing
corn. but got off. The men who hung
them came to the Jail about midnight,
and demanded the keys of the jailor,
who refused to give them up, where
upon they proceeded to possess them
selves of them in no very orderly man
ner. The party came into the town
secretly, and no one recognized any OF
them. ~ .. $50 81
Verify the way of the transgressor
who is caught in Jessmine, Royle, Mer-
Ger, OF the neighboring counties is hard.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
The Radical Press,

The Chicago Times draws the follow
ing picture of the Radical Press of the
country:
The Radical newspaper Press has
sunk an infinite number Of fathoms be-
low the position it once occupied. Of
the men who once gave the cause of
free-soil force and respectability, there
remain to-day scarcely more than Wen
dell Phillips. The present race of wri-
tiers are brainless. braZen crew ofcoin-
ers, who possess neither tho courage to
do justice to an opponent, nor the abili-
ty to defend their friends. Their stock
in trade is reduced to the reiteration OF
Of exploded falsehoods and the use of
invective and vituperation. To assert
that an "Irishmen has hair on his teeth y
to below "copperhead, traitor" ''re-
bell" to attribute to their opponents
sentiments which they never uttered,
and to repeat these necessarily after
their falsity is known; to assume vir-
tues which they do not have; to deluge
the public with cant about -" freedom,
"human rights" manhood" "equali-
ty," and such, and to basphemously
and constantly treat Deity as if He
were a ward politician-these are what
now constitute the ability, the reach
the stock in trade, Of the leaders of a
great party.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
The Result.

We will not undertake to bother our
readers this week with the details OF
tho Presidential election last Tuesday.
It will DO sufficient for the time to state
that Grant is elected by considerable
majority, on the popular vote cast and
in tho electoral colleges. The six New
England States have voted solid for the
radical tickct--all of them except Con-
necticut by heavy majorities. The Re-
publicans claim New York--it has pro-
badly gone for Seymour, by small ma
jority. New Jersey ditto. Pennsylva-
Mia, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois heavy
for Grant. Little Delaware, Maryland,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Georgia, Ala
bama and California for Seymour. The
North Western States all Radical. This
is the look of the affair from an intelli-
gent examination Of the returns receiv-
ed. Revised reports will of course pare
down the majorities claimed by the sue
eossful party. But enough is certain to
show that Grant and Colfax are elected
Md this we suppose is as much as ouI
friends will care to know at present.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
Cotton in Maury County,

The Columbia Herald of Saturday
last has the following gratifying ac-
count of the cotton prospect in Maury
county, Tennessee:
The weather has been very favorable
this season to cotton growers, as it has
allowed them to pick out the cotton as
fast as ii opens, thereby adding much to
its appearance and value. From every
direction comes up the joyful tidings
that the crop is almost the best evcl
here. Some planters arc confident OF
getting bale from each acre planted
and one gentleman thinks that the Gross
Bridges country will average a bale pei
acre. That neighborhood. however, is
remarkably fertile. and well cultivated
withal. The recent rise in the price o.
cotton has brought large number o
bales into town during the past week
the price varying according to quality
but the ruling price has been, we be
lieve, twenty cents.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
Chief Justice chase.

We don't know that the following bit
of Washington gossip, which atpeared
before the election, has my foundation,
yet the opinion expressed in regard to
Gen. Grant and the Radical party is a
quite common one:
Chief Justice Chase In conversation
with prominent gentleman, Oh Thurs
day. last, said that he should not vote at
the election next week, and that i'm the
present condition Of affairs he cOnsid-
cred 1t his duty to remain neutral. The
vital question at issue in this campaign
Is that of the reconstruction of the
Southern States, and upon this his SYM
pathies were with the Republican par
ty, although 1t was of the highest i'm.
portauce that the financial policy should
be settled on firm basis, yet this could
not be done until affairs in the South as
sumed another aspect. Upon the cues
ton of the tariff he believed that the
Democratic theory was the correct one,
and in time would prevail. lie prophe-
sled that General Grants election to the
Presidency would inevitably result in
the disruption and disorganization OF
the Republican party, out Of which
there would spring party that would
meet the living issues squarely. Before
Grant has been President one year. he
expected to see one-half of the House
Of Representatives arrayed against
whatever Grants policy may be. This
| Is the substance Of what was said to a
gentleman who had lengthy conversa-
ton with the Chief Justice.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
From the Far West.

An Omaha dispatch says that the In
dams displaced a rail OH the Union Pa
citic Railroad near Sydney, on Satur-
day, by which n freight train was
thrown from the track, and fireman
killed. A wrecking train going West
had been obliged to return in conse-
quence of the appearance of large
body of Indians. Troops from Forts
Mcpherson and Russell had been sent
to protect the railroad men, and all was
quiet at the last accounts. ..'
Five desperadoes were hung near
Gilmer on Friday, by the Vigilance
Committee. . aU ~ 10
Joseph Musgrove, a notorious horse
thief and murderer, was captured near
Benton on the same day, and has been
surrendered to the military authorities
at Fort Steele. He was disguised as an
Indian, and is known to have led large
band of Indians who robbed the gov
eminent, ut different times, of over one
hundred thousand dollars worth OF
stock. He is also supposed to have
been the leader of the band that killed
four whites near Percy Station, twenty
miles South of Denver. '>-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
Tennessee.

The Radical majority in this State
will probably reach twenty-five or thir-
ty MISUNDERSTANDING heavy loss on
the vote of last year. The Democrats
have gained considerable in some Of the
middle and western counties. East
Tennessee is all one way, and probably
will be when next heard from.
Grants majority in Davidson county
is said to be three thousand. Leftwich,
Democrat, was reported elected to Con-
gress from the Memphis District when
the vote was first counted out. 1t is
doubtful if his majority is large enough
TO survive a second count. Prosser,
Radical, beats Mercer, Radical, in the
Nashville District. The election in diff
fercnt portions of the State passed of
without any serious disturbances.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
Riot at Savannah,

SAVANNAH, Nov. 3.-The negroes APP
peared in great numbers when the polls
opened and took entire possession
This continued till about 8 o'clock
Every white man who came to vote was
dubbed away. Finally fight com
menced when the negroes were driven
back. The whites then commenced to
vote. In few minutes the negroes
rallied and attacked the whites. a ne
gro deliberately drew pistol and shot
a policeman in the stomach, MORALLY
wounding him. The firing then became
general in the crowd. The police came
to preserve order, when the negroes
fought them desperately. Finally the
police used their pistols, when the ne
groes broke and run. Five negroes
were killed and several wounded
Four policemen were wounded, one
MORALLY. a young lady residing in a
house opposite the Court House, was
also hit by a ball which came in through
the window, but not seriously. .. -
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
EarthUuake mt Sea,

The ship Broughton, which arrived at
San Francisco from Glasgow, on the 22d
ult., felt several shocks of earthquake
at sea, Of which the Captain gives the
following account:
On September llth, in latitude 20 Il
north, and longitude l25 - west, the
vessel encountered shock Of earth
quake. Again, Oh September 18th, in
latitude 30 u north. and longitude l23
west, the officers and crew felt trem.
bling. as if the vessel had grounded. and
at ten o'clock the same night fog arose
being clear overhead. accompanied with
smell of fire. This continued all night
AT ga. m. September 10, the fog cleared
off. but the smell continued some time
after. Again, in latitude 81 % north
longitude 13l ~ west, the air had the
same smell as of fire. The weather was
clear at the time, with heavy sea run.
ming. ..t...
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
COnfiscated Property.
We cut the following from the Lou

We cut the following from the Lou
isvillc Courier: ..
Blanton Duncan VS.. the United States.
In this case the property of Mr.. Duncan
was seized under the act of Congress
July II, 1862, as having been forfeited
to the Government by reason of his
participation in the rebellion. After a
Judgment of the District Court invest
ing the United States with The title of
the property. Mr.. Duncan obtained n
pardon from the President, and endeav.
ored to get an order from the District
Court restoring the property to him.
The District Court. Judge Ballard, de-
cided that the title to Mr.. Duncan's
property having been vested in the
United States, it was beyond the pow
er of the Court to restore it to him, and
that it could be done only by an act OF
Congress. -
This opinion was affirmed yesterday
by Justice Swayne, holding the Circuit
| Court, ..... . ..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
The Nashville District.

We arc sorry to have to announce that
Carpet-bag Prosser has defeated our
friend, Mr.. Mercer. of the Press and
Times, for Congress in the Fifth Dis
trict. That paper has been the leading
organ of the radical party in Tennessee
for several years, and its editor has la
bored with interchangeable earnestness
and unremitting zeal for the success OF
the cause. The result presents another
case of ingratitude, almost without
parallel in the history Of partise, ap
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
The Air Line Again.

The Bristol Ne,os re-produces nm ex-
tract from letter written BY General
Malone last April, in regard to the Air
Line, and thinks we might be benefited
by giving it perusal. We have done
as suggested--read tho extract, lucidas
sunbeam-but really can't see what 1t
has to do with the matters at present in
issue. or that it contains anything which
should command our distinguished
consideration" We have no controver-
sy TO make with the General about his
Virginia roads, except that there are
most too many failures on one of them
at least, causing us occasionally to miss
our valuable exchanges from that direc-
ton. tits only when he grows too ex-
pansivc, crosses the State line, and seeks
to shift the responsibility for short COM
ings on the other side to the shoulders
of parties on this, that we feel disposed
to put in our oar at all. 1t was that
alone which elected our remarks q week
or two ago in regard to the alleged de-
tention Of through frcights at Knoxville.
The two letters of Col. Galloway, how
ever, recently published in the papers of
that city, We think were sufficiently full
and explicit to settle all the facts at is
sue and to enable the public mind 10
make up correct opinion in the prcmi-
ses. Some of the railroad interests
South of us are taking advantage Of the
controversy to divert trade from the
line, and we believe about as good a
thing as the newspaper men all along
the route could do (the Bristol NeDS
and Athens Post included,) would be to
let the subject quietly slide from their
columns. We take the liberty of COM
mending similar policy to General
Malone and President Galloway. The
latter we know is not fond of the news.
papers, while the former has weak.
ness for spreading himself in print.
We certainly have no sympathy with
General Mahone's Grand Scheme of
Consolidation. We do not believe it
is either practicable or advisable. But if
both, we have not found anything in
the extract to which our attention has
been called, or in other papers on rail-
reading emanating from that gen.
tleman's pen, nor in the condition of
some of the roads under his control, to
impress us with the conclusion that he
would be the man to place at the head
of line traversing the country from
the harbor of Norfolk to the waters OF
the Mississippi. a.."
We do think, however, that the East
Tennessee and Georgia and the East
Tennessee and Virginia Road ought to
be consolidated with as little delay as
possible, and hope to see steps to that
end taken at once. When accomplished,
it will be important that the manage.
ment of the line should be in hands
that have no partial interests to sub
serve or local axes to grind, but who
will work it to the mutual advantage
of the public and the stockholders
Should it subsequently become desira'
BILE to extend the consolidation as fal
into Virginia as Lynchburg, we are not
advised that the proposition would meet
with any very serious opposition this
side of Bristol -thc-Line.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
Atlanta Market.

ATLANTA, November Cd. 1868.
Corn, 1.15@l.20. Wheat, white 2a5@2.5O
red 2.2OM2.35. Oats. 65@70. Flour, supertine
4.I5@5.0O; extra 5.25@5.I5; family 6.06@6.bO.
Meal 100. Bacon, shoulders l4Ik@ l5;I clear
sides 1S@lS15; hams 20. Hay 1.25 q 100 lbs.
Lard, in barrels q; in tirkins %. Butter, 300
311a. Eggs. 1920. BeeswaX, 33@3S. Onions,
l.25@2.OO. Field Peas, red 10; white 9OQ1 90.
A Sheetings, l5al5k. as Shifting, 13al8h.
Cotton Yarns, 1.90a2.O0 Green Apples, Ma
100 U buShcl; dried 41a5 2 tb. Dried Peach
es, peeled l5alS y ID; unpeeled ~ y h.
Respectfully, II. II. cox Il BRO, .
Commission Merchants, Forsyth st.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
Greenbacks Coming South.

A New York telegraphic Dispatch
dated the 2Sth ult, to the Louisville
Journal, says: .il ..arus ..i rd
at is reported that 100000 more
in greenbacks have been withdrawn
from the banks, and that nearly quar-.
ter of a million has been sent South, SC
that the indications are against any re.
lief from the prevailing stringency
Bank officers are unwilling to encroacf
upon their reserve, in view of the ap.
preaching demand for currency to move
the pork and cotton crops" y '@r-ut
1t will require many millions more
than two to remove the cotton crop Of
the South. ... .u
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
Cuba.

a Washington correspondent says
Il is in;imated there by parties who
profess to know that the insurrectionary
movement in Cuba will assume start
ling magnitude before long. and that
the Captain General will find il necessa-
ry to withdraw in haste. The object OF
the insurgents is an Independent gov.
eminent for the island, and there are
many prominent parties outside OF Gu
ba deeply interested in the success Of
tbs movement.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
Corn.

Injury to the corn crop is indicated
in Indiana, Illinois, and in some parts
Of Northern Iowa. An estimate of %
of soft corn is made from Southern In
diana, Southern Ohio, West Virginia,
and Pennsylvania. Some complaints
otimmaturity in consequence of the wet
weather. Their have been accounts
from injury from drouths. No general
or very severe drouths have been re-
ported. The total product will not be
what was hoped in the early part of the
season, or what is needed for the coun-
try with its rapidly increasing popula-
ton, but is somewhat larger in quanti-
ty than last year, which was a season
peculiarly adverse to corn. .t.'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
Grey Eagles in Williamson.

The Franklin RevieW of the Both con-
tains the following: ....
M. 0. Brooks has shown us the claws
OF grey eagle which was killed on the
farm of DR.. Sam. Fleming, of this coun-
ty, on Thursday, Odd inst, by Mr.. Geo.
Watkins. The eagle measured nine
feet from tip to tip. He had to be shot
three times with rifle before he came
to the ground. We think this is as
large as any we ever heard of. Mr..
Brooks informs us that several more
eagles are in the same neighborhood.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
From Holland.

were not ola political character; Il quar-
rel arose between the citizens and po-
lice, and the latter were Overpowercd.
whercupon troops were sent from
Hague to restore order. Several con-
test. took place in the streets between
troops and the people, which resulted
in three men being killed and about one
hundred wounded. Up to this morning
sixty arrests of implicated parties had
been made. The city is now quiet UNI
der the Guardianship of the troops.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
The Virginians at Work.

The following paragraph, from the
Richmond Dispatch, shows that they
are working heavy down in Old Vir.
ginnia for Mahone's Grand Consolida.
ton Scheme: ngo. . 'r#ul
A delegation of Railroad men is now
in this city, consulting with the Cover
nor, in regard to the railroad interests
of this State. The object of the confer
ence is to favor the consolidation mea-
sures of General Malone"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
BAPTISM of Children.

Last Sunday Henry Ward Bcecher
preached at Plymouth Church, Brook
Ign.
Before his sermon he stated that by a
formal vote of the Church, baptism was
forbidden any child, one Of whose pa
rents was not member Of the church
He would conform to the instruction,
although he said he did not believe in
its propriety, and outside the churches
would administer baptism to any child
one of whose parents was Christian
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
McMinn County.

We are indebted to Mr.. ATLEE, the
Commissioner of Registration, for the
statement of the vote in McMinn coun-
tv---as follows:
First District-Grant 81; Seymour
co. Maynard 81; Houk 90. ,.
Second District-Grant 65; Seymour
Z. Maynard 65; Houk 90.
Third District-Grant "a; Seymour
8. MAYNARD "a; Houk 90.
Fourth District-Graut 81; Seymour
o. Maynard 63; Houk 3.
Fifth District-Grant Al; Seymour 9.
MAYNARD Al; Houk 90. ...
Sixth District-Grant g.; Seymour 3.
Maynard 81; Houk 90.
Seventh District-(irant 347; Sey-
mour 80. Maynard 345 ;Houk 81.
Eighth District-Grant %; Seymour
8. MAYNARD 90; Houk 2.
Tenth District-Grant lSS; Seymour
=. MAYNARD 1888; Houk l.
Eleventl, District-Grant 70; Sey.
mour 90. MAYNARD 70; Houk 90.
Twelfth District-Grant So; Seymour
IS. Maynard So; Houk 90. -..
Thirteenth District-Grant IS; Sey.
mour SO. Maynard IS; Houk |.
Fourteenth District-Grant SO; Sey'
mour 80. Maynard 80; Houk 90.
Fifteenth District-Grant IS; Sey'
mour 90. Maynard IS; Houk 90.
Sixteenth District-Grant so; Sey'
mour 50. Maynard 81; Houk 90.
Grants majority in the county. SGT
with two Districts--the 9th and 18th
10 hear from. 1t will probably reach $50