The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-01-03
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Athens. Friday. Jnn"nr, s., iSd~.
The News

removal OF NldlbT-'ffllfldl bOuH VI =
from the command of the Third Mill
.A-y District, and tina: of Maior-GcneraI
Cpp from the Fourth. When Pope was
nrst appointed he was regarded as Il
prudent man and somewhat ronSerNa-
tive in his views. But he soon fell into
the dark and devious ways of radical
ism. and by devotion To the blind guides
in Congress and "A want Of executive ca
pacity, has succeeded in getting mat
tiers in his department into Almost dcplo-
rablc condition. Though Gen. Popc'S
reception at Atlanta. where he cStab-
liShcd his headquarters, was marked by
some demonstrations of satisfaction and
much boot-licking, we have no idea
the better and more intelligent portion
of that community will cry thcmSclNc,
to death over his departure. We know
less about Gen. Ord's administration,
but presume the grounds for his reno
val were Imperative. 1t is gratifying
to see that We have Il President who
Possesses the nerve To- shake these mill
tary gentlemen up once in while and
show them that they are not supreme,
but subordinate.
Hon. RICuARD BUSTED, Judge of the
United States Court for the District OF
Alabama, was shot, at Mobile on the
morning of the 2Sth, by District Attor-
ncy l.. V. Il. Martin, who had been in
dictcd in that Court for revenue frauds
and extortion. The wounds though Sc
rious. are not considered mortal. Dick
Bustrcd. as be- is Familiarity called, some
few wears ago was Il shystcr around the
New York Tombs, II small lawyer with
an insatiatr craving for money and no
torcty. His Judg"ship Wa, an incident
of the late war, he having been very
loyal, and intensely radical until quite
recently. when he commenced toning
down and is reported to have expressed
All opinion that the reconstruction art-
were unconstitutional. Martin. who
attcmptcd to assassinatc Judge BuStecd
for what seems to have been n simple
discharge of duty, is in prison.
II now charged. and the fact pretty
well established. that General GRANT l.
the daddy of Reconstruction as l"giti
ua,i2rd BY Congress, and that he il Il
be made responsible before the countr!
at large for the manifold evils GROWN!
ont of the measure; which it is though
will prove immensely damaging to Ill
Presidential aspirations. At any rat'
the Chase ring is out-working the Gran,
ties. with the chances at present dcsd
rdlv in favor of the former.
There appears To be another rcvolu
ton on hand in MrXir"--at last ao
vices principally confined to lu"atal
where il had assumed formidabl" pre-
portions. The restless old man, SAINT
Anna, j. said To be the inStigatOr of iii
movement He has been proclaimc
Dictator by the revolutionary party, an
i, daily expected to arrive in tn" "oui
try from Havana, where he has bee
residing since his release from Mex
can prison. When the 90 n"-lcgGc
hero of Vera Cruz" commences Ii
tramp, tramp through the land, he wi
no doubt give Mr.. ,JuarcH a good de
of trouble.
.Our Nashville advicc1 represent
very lamcntablc and unhappy conditio
of affairs there among the brethren
the radical party. Judge BEIEN, vi
failing to get the nomination for Cirru
Judge Withdrew from the concern, III
taken the stump and is indulging
some damaging eXposi,ions. Such II
natural broils and chickering's are &c
tainly to be dcplorcd, but they will o
eur occasionally in the best rcgnlat,
political families. The unity Of II
party" should by all means be mai
tanned beyond the March elections, ct
erwise Il few crumbs from the publ
table may fall into the wrong mouths
A reign Of terror exists in that pc
ton of Virginia embraced in the con
ties of Prince Edward, Lmrnbur
Halifax, Mccklcnburg, Amelia, spot
sylvania, and others contiguous. II
negroes. having been taught by radic'
TO believe that the lands and farms
the whites were to be- distributed am0l
them and maddcncd with diSappoin
mcnt, they seek revcng" by houSe-bur
inc, cattlc-stcaling, murder, and on
rages of every kind. \ war Of rae
seems inevitable. As long ~ Gen. sch
field tolcratcs such inccndiarirs in /
District as the infamous cX-ncGro trade
Hunnicutt, he may expect plenty
trouble among the blacks.
The latest sensation from Wa>hin
ron states that the President is prrpi
ing "A new amnesty proclamation viii
will be broad enough TO cover even
body connected with the late rebelliC
even such artful dodgers as Bill Stob
and sam Arnell. The President i
done some very good things recent
and we are pretty confident he will II
l.. I, st..t.. ut