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Phillips on thc Situation.


We commend the following, from the
Aati- Slaeery Standard, TO the atten-
ton of the radicals. The man who fur
nishes the brains for the party is evil
IDENTIFY mad. he says: ~
Seven States have been re-admitted
and will soon take their place. No one
claims that they are ready or fit for
places in Congress. But the Grant par
ty need them. We sink principle and
risk the negro to elect Mr.. Grant. Mark
you, he is so popular that there's hardly
need to count the votes. Still, we must
risk the presence of more FOwlers and
Van Wrinkles, and peril all the results
of. the war to insure the election of this
maryellously popular soldier! And so
Mr.. Greeley and the Htdependentwhe
into line. Every politician must now
wear gag until November. Expect no
truth from any man until the vote is
declared. How can we SO frame our
government that New York journal
list can afford to tell us the truth today
of Grant as frankly as he does Of Frank
lin Pierce r. Will the abolition of the
Presidency abolish the quadriential and
intermittent hypocrisy? If SO we adj
vocate it. Better have slower and
clumsier government, if that will allow
editors to keep conscience and Sena7
tors TO be honest men.i bgsogoo yl.u,
We might multiply signs. EVERYTHING
shows that the era of toadies and place
hunters, Of blacklegs, charlatanss and
gulls has begun. We of the North can
survive it:l God help and shield other
wise unsheltered heads of our allies at
the South.l Men of Maine and, Illinois,
your garments are stained with blood.
The South calls to you from thousands
of bloody hearts. Rise up and cleanse
your garments. Lift your murderous
hands from the necks of those who
fought by your sides. We knew that Ten
nessee and Kansas might send assassins
into the Senate. The first is weather.
cock, ever on the side of the strongest
The second sells her Senatorship to the
highest bidder. Half her wealth was
plundered from the Indians. All her
| political machinery consits of traffic in
that spoil. If thieves and thimblering
make up the caucus, what wonder the
candidates vote is quoted, like taer
merchandise on the daily list of the ex-
| change. .lprDqt.fh gYil iii Ntfi .fouof I'M
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26
reGOssip.

.A(lispatch from Washington of the
20thEavs: f9' n
The excitement over political matters
with reference to the New York Con-
venton is intensified. The views of the
Chief Justice transmitted you yesterday
were prepared by him, and to this may
be added that Chase avows the necessi-
ty not only of withdrawing the troops
forthwith from the Southern States, but
says that they ought to have been re-
moved pending the operation of the re-
construction acts. He likewise de-
nounces the iron-clad oath, and says q
simple oath to support the Constitution
is all that should be asked in or out of
Congress. Chase's platform caused con-
siderable talk. Thad. Stevens says Pen
dlcton's financial policy is correct, but
admits his own party cannot stand on
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26
From south America.

The war between Brazil and Paraguay
continues to be prosecuted with vigor:
News from the Pmana ia that Lopez
is arming women, and has 1000 of them
already OH the Tebicuray, under Eliza
Lynch, an Irish woman. They are
charged with the duty Of guarding the
communications. il .a} A'Veta Is
Tweatg-iiye hundred Paraguayans
assaulted the Brazilian position ON tho
4th of May, but We're repulsed, with q
loss of one-sixth Of their number. Ano-
Their account states that victory is claim
ed for both sides, the loss on the Para
guayan side being reported at 200, and
on the Brazilian at 400 to 500.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26
Butler and Fowler.

I Ben Butler has written letterinFe-
ply to Senator Fowler, in which the fol
lowing passage occurs: u
ain the winter of 1866, after ] had
made some speeches in the West in IA
vor of the impeachment Of Andrew
johnson, Senator Fowler came five hun
dred miles to my home, in Lowell, to
visit me, and the only errand he made
was to urge me vehemently not to cease
my effort until Andrew johnson was
impeached, giving as q reason among
Others that as / had never lived in Ten
nessee, could form no conception of
what bad man Andrew Johnson was
in fact, and that the vivid description
of his habits and conduct while Cover
nor of Tennessee, givenme byR young
Tennesseean who was present, failed to
convey any adequate idea"
We will stake our reputation fortrNth
and fair dealing-which we priI more
than anything below the stars bf hca-
ven-that Ben's statement above is un-
true in all its parts, and that equator
ITowlof was not within i've hundred
miles of Lowell at the time designated.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26
Revival at sweetwater.

The Foreruaner Of Thursday has the
following,a Yodlfrl w'ta}
Asa natural consequence Of the car
nest meetings held during Conference,
q religious interest of no common or
ger mas sprung up in our community
meetings. are bGng held under the
mlliistrations Of Ihe much-loved Pre-
siding Elder Of the Athens District,
key. y. II. Drummer, assisted by the eff
cient pastor of the Methodist Church
here, Rev. G. w. Callahan, and one OF
Two others. The prospect is good for
considerable addition to the church,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26
Drying Up.

A correspondent, writing frhm Oma-
ha, says; I'm the last week there have
been sixteen failures with business
houses, and before the next sixty days
roll around, they will double that
amount. Our streets look as if the
place was being deserted. Omaha can
never get up tic same excitement she
did this spring. In my opinion she 10
dead for years to come, and if the
truth was told by al, they would coin
eide with me. Two months ago there
was notiia store to be rented in the
place, To-day d there are sixtyrone
stores for rent, 49,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26
Fillibustering Expedition.
A New Orleans dispatch Of tho 2Sd

A New Orleans dispatch Of Tho I'D
says; auau moro nlumis4
About one hundreds arrests wore
made yesterday by the United States
Marshal Of parties supposed to belong
TO flllibhstering expedition to Mexico
in the interest of Santa Anna. Consid-
cradle activity prevails among United
States officers on this account. and 9TH
er simihr expeditions are reported A
motley crowd Of about fifty Of those
arrested were found in one gang,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26
General Amnesty

The New York Erening Post, Repub-
hcan, in noticing the resolution before
Congress to pardon particular citizens
OF the South, very properly asks:
"What is the use of complimenting
this, that or the other Southern man
with pardon by special act Of Con-
gress2 Why not pass general amncs-
typ
And il adds:
The country will be very glad when
n general amnesty is announced. Ex-
elusion has now lasted q long while
and the farce of holding Mr.. Davis to
trial has got to be very troublesome"
The Post undoubtedly intcrprets cor
rectly the general sentiment and wish
Of the country, and we hope the Prcsi-
dent will issue the proclamation sug-
gested. Nothing could be more appro-
pirate for the day, nor more becoming
to the peopleof the North.
THE removal of Gov. Humphreys, Of
Mississippi. Is disapproycd.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26
nIAbNew Use forInjunctions.

1.-The latest use eflthat remarkable le-
gal process, the injunction, was made at
Rondout, New York, where u. young
woman endeayored to prevent a mar
riage last week by serving an ihjunc-
ton upon the. clergyman who perform
ed the ceremony The young man who
was married paid his addresses to this
young woman and engaged, TO marry
her, but he suddenly changed his mind.
The clergyman disregarded her injunc-
ton, and the twain became one, while
the forsaken is left to mourn her hap
less fate. .nNNAL WHOM
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26
Mississippi Election.

A Memphis dispatch of the 23d says
The election in North Mississippi Is
progressing quietly. SO far as heard
from, every town on the Central Rail.
road, from Canton up, gives large Dem.
ocratic majorities except Darant. Wa.
ter Valley gives 476 against the Constl-
tuition and seven for IT.; Walden, 30C
against and % for it; Spring Dale, 20C
against aud none for il.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26
From the Plains.

ST.. LoU1s,lJune GA Denver dis
patch says, in fight at Apache Springs,
between forty soldiers aud a band OF
Navajoe Indians, six of the latter were
killed and one soldier wounded. cAd-
vices fromaMissouri River say the In
dams, were quite troublesome about
Fort Buford. Near Fort Benton The
Sioux were continuing their depreda-
tons and had driven Off much stock
At the mouth of the Muscle Shell sey-
eral wood-choppcrs had been killed
and a number.of boats fired into. AT
camp Coola,@midway between Forts
Benton and Buford, new military post
the Indians had driven off all the stock
and killed two soldiers, and the soldiers
killed about twenty Indians. 1iid bJ7on
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26
Fatal Experiment.

Ia Chicago dispatch of the ed says
The life-boat, little Western, built al
Chicago, on a new model, capsized on
her first trip at Chicago Yesterday,
drowning Capt, Moriitt and the Times
reporter, Harry Chisholm. i'g' wv
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26
The Marshall County Sensation

AhO hioh ohoh oOuutJ OChbutlOns
The affair referred to on the outside
Of our paper, between the Kuklux and
the negroes, turns out to be of insignifi-
cant proportions. A gentleman direct
from the neighborhood where it is al
legged to have occurred, says it amounts
to about this: Some parties, whether
white or black is not known, arrested a
negro and while whipping him were
fired upon by other unknown parties.
So far no serious damage had been done.
The matter was brought to the attention
of the civil authorities, and the sheriff
promptly ordered to summon assistance
and ferret ont and arrest all the parties,
white and black, concerned in the diff
Guilty. While engaged in this duty, the
sheriff and his posse came across a
crowd of armed blacks whom they at
tempted to arrest, but the blacks resist
ed and fired upon the Officer and his
men. The fire was returned, when the
blacks fled. Still nobody badly hurt.
Two OF three of the blacks were subse-
quently arrested, and are now in Jail.
The Kukluxers had nothing to do with
the affair from first to last
The above is the real truth of the mat
ter, according to our informant, who is
gentleman of unquestionable credi-
bilitY.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26

Two fatal cases of cholera were re-
ported in Cherry street New York, on
Saturday--one o German woman and
the other an elderly Irishman, both re-
Gently arrived in this country,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26

ah few days ago, in Upshirc county,
Iowa; two men went into tho woods for
the purpose Of Selecting some timber,
when they found q large catamouht
struggling with alarge snake which had
it completely whipped inits coilss The
animal struggled had to disengage IL
self from the deadly embrace, but in
vain, and soon expired, The snake
was then killed, which measured 'elev-
ell feet eight inchesiq lepgth.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26
Loyal Leagues.

The following, from the New York
WoHd, has warning in it which should
not be lost upon the leaguers-at least
that portion of them who joined the
dark and midnight cabal with good in
tentions. 1t is demoralizing institu-
ton, and the sooner they get a good
piece away from il the better. The
New York editor says:
No sooner has enc' " troolyleip per
son holding officein New FORK beendes-
patched for abuse of his trust, TO the
Penitentiary, than another of the same
sort in Virginia undergoes a like, fate.
Mr., CalliGott, was Q particular friend
and favorite of that emincnt Union
Lacquer, Mr.. Horace Greeley, and Mr..
Anderson, who has been sentenced by
Chief Justice Chase in Richmond ~
pay fine of $4,000 and to take up his
residence for two years in the Virginia
! Penitentiary, is a nephew of Mr.. John
Minor Bolts, whom all the Union Lea
gueis in the land have delighted to
1 honor. ''"'''"'' ~ lN# t'in y lilH
lit is not worth while. TO Investigate
the nature of the mysterious connec-.
ton which, as thus seems to be shown.
must exist between extreme I" loyaltyy
in politics and extreme looscness in
finance? If things go on at this rate it
will soon be difficulttol secure quorum
of members in any Union League with
out applying to Governor Fenton for
ticket-of-leave from the penitentiary.-
And what satisfaction it must be to
President johnson to reflect that his
name has been removed from the roll
of membership" on which such patro-
nymics as those Of Callicott and Andcr-
son have long reflected lustrel
No better evidence copld be adduced
that radicalism is falling into decay
than The fact the leagues are no'longer
able to protect their members from the
legal consequences Of crime. 1t was
not SO twelve months ago, but It's SO
now, and will be more so twelve months
\ nence. Nrc-ytusYt IN ba1yqfraa ppv- ku4
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26

TENNESSEE AT WEST RpISr.-Thc
young TennessOoan, Fletcher, son of
the Secretary Of State, stood seventy
two on the list at the recent examina-
ton at the United States Military Acad-
envy of West Point.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26
EConcress.

1t is said that nothing can Keep Con-
gress in9session after the 10th of July.
Ithas beeniiu session since November,
and SO far is distinguished for giving
three months to impeachment and re-
duclng the Federal revenue $70,000,0O0
in behalf of q single class of people.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26

ADIJAH GILBERT, radical, has been
elected Senator from Florida, for six
years from March, 1860.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26
Death OF an Eminent Man.

DIR, Raphael, the most eminent Jew
ish divine in this country, died in New
York, oil appOplexyyon the 23d. llMNl
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26

ID Iris stated that an effort will bomade
to reduce the salaries Of members of
Conpress from $50OOto $4,000. Mem
bers 10 Congress are proverblallya pat
riotlc set of fellows but not sufficiently
so to give up two thousand dollars "
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stheas gost.
1 thens, Friday, June 20. 1865.
The Nominating Convention.

Is is fortunate perhaps that the time
f9r the assembling Of the Democratic
Nominating Convention is close at hand,
otherwise complications of an embar-
rassing character might arise. We
are ii favor of organizing the anti-radi-
cal ements in this State at the earliest
possible hour, but we begin to doubt
whe her any positive good was effected
by I le Convention recently assembled
al \ ashville. 1t may not be generally
bn0'Bn in Tennessee that there is an i'm
Inen,c organization in the Western,
Nor h-Western, and Middle States, en-
bra, ng much the larger number of the
inec Aanical and industrial interests, the
vote of which will be determined by
the Bond question; the greemback plank
as II is called. The organization holds
the balance of power in several States
considered doubtful, and without the
vote of which the Democratic nominee,
whoever he may be, cannot hope to be
elected. This much we know; but we
don't know that President johnson de-
sires the nomination, and feel confident
should Mr.. Pendleton see that his own
name is likely to create obstacles to har-
monty and success, he will promptly in
struct his friends to withdraw it. We
cau'tsee why there should be any feel
ing in this State among the friends of
The different gentlemen whose names
have been mentioned in connection
With the place, whether directly or in
81 lcntally. The party must wait to be-
cOme stronger and more compact be-
fore it can afford to disagree about mi.
nor considerations. We are glad the
Convention is to meet so soon.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26

The Radicals are to have a Conyen-
ton at McMinnyille ON The 3Oth instant,
10 nominate an Electoh for the Third
Distpictuia 03yd ead ,1oig1q u1gl1 lfa
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-19
POLITICAL NE WIS.

Senator Morton declares to his friends that
under no circumstances does he desire to have his
name used in connection with q cabinet position.
Both boards OF the city council Of Boston are
largely Republican. James N. Rufin, citizens
candidate for mayor in Lynn, was elected. Jona-
than P. Folsom. Republican, was elected mayor
Of Lowell, and E. L. Norton, also Republican, was
elected mayor of Charlestown. James B. Blake,
Republican, was reelected mayor Of Worcester.
The World, taking for its text a paragraph float
ing from q Washington correspondence of New
York journal, through the Western press, says
that Mr.. Auguste Belmont IL not now, and never
has been, an owner or pecunariy interested in the
World or any fraction Of it; that no Democrat
sought the success of the party more earnestly
than he, or contributed more literally to its last
and former canvasses.
Gen. CT ants father, Mr.. Jesse Root Grant, was
brought up by the mother of the late Gov. Tod.
She wanted the two boys both to learn trades.
Grant complied with her wishes, and learned the
trade of q tanner. She desired her son to become
q blacksmith. This fact was playfully alluded to
by him in speech short time before his death
but he added he too lazy to acquire the trade.
A strong friendship always eubsisted between
Gov. Tod and the Grants, and it was thought by
many Western people that Gen. Grant would
appoint him secretary of the treasury, If he would
&C cep ut the office.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-19
LOUIsIANA JTEMB.

The Marksvie villsger Of the 18th says "Our
people throughout the parish are preparing for
next years crop. We believe that the freedmen
readily enter into contracts, without being sought
after and coaxed as they were this year. Many
of our large land owners have divided their i'm
mense estates into small farms of thirty or forty
acres with nice little cottages and are offering them
for rent to the freedmen. The general health of
the parish Is exceedingly good-the weather,
The Baton Rouge Advocate says: T" Tie recent
cold weather has brought out all the hunters and
ducks. Squirrels and becasse are suffering In
consequence"
The sugar Planter records the death of Magors
The Sugar Planter says: We are pleased to note
the rapid progress making in building the evee
on the Carolina plantation. All the hands that
work, the material being conveyed to its place
in carts and wheelbarrows. The base IL the best
that can be put 10 levee, carts being exclusively
used for that purposes then wheelharrows In
their turn, and thus the earth settles as the work
progresses. Weather permitting we may look for
its completion next month.
The Carroll Record of the 18th says We have
had genuine wintry weather during the entire
week. Cotton picking is suspended, AMI labor on
the plantations has come to Q standstp. There
is but little cotton going forward for shipment;
In fact it is all in except the little thahas to be
picked, which will be done as soon as tif weather
moderates. We are told there is considerable
ing for transportation down the bayou,
the swamp roads TO the river having become too
heavy for travel. The inquiries about tie Peeler
cotton continues lively among planter, and the
determination to have some Of the seed for next
season seems to be general. The hesilh of our
parish has been any hing but gratify.,g during
the past two weeks. Death has been bsay among
our citizens. We have to mourn the lods Of some
of our most valued acquaintance. Tie disease
fatal in the fall of 1867 has again mate its APP
pearance. without any mitigation of it, deathlv
symptoms 1t is called swamp yellow fever, and
thus far has been fatal in every casS we have
heard of-bafing the skill and exertiohs of our
most experienced physicians.
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AND WESTERN NEWS

The residence Of ex.Msyor Wightmsn, OF Bos'
ton, in Nevtovnville, was burned on the 10th.
Il 3 fumored in Toronto there has been made
an orSr to the Great Western Company of Canada
to lease that road for ten years, with the right OF
purchase ct the end Of the lease. Should the oier
Be accepted the Great Western would, to all In.
tents and purposes, become part of the New York
Central, and ell the mechanical departments Of
the latter would be removed 70 Hamilton.
New York on the 18th, for 5000 against 2. Perry,
distance Of seventy yards. Cozad won BY three
feet. Time, u seconds.
The Packard free school building, IN AndCysr.
Mass, was destroyed by DIRE on the 18th. Loss
$50 900. Insured for $4,000.
The funeral of Helen Western took place In Bos-
ton on the 18th. The attendance was large, IN
GLIDING members Of the dramatic profession. Her
remains were deposited ct Mount Auburn.
A dispatch from Bayou Station says that intelli.
gence has been received that large quantities OK
overland mail matter have been stolen from the
coach near Fort Bridger, the robbers having cut
recovered. Strict inquiry will be instituted ss to
the manner Of carrying these mails. .4,s.r
Messrs. Shandleys, of Canada, have taken the
contract for completing the Hoosac tunnel, and
deposited the $5eo.O0o security with the governor
Judge Thos. A. GhoIson, formerly of Peters,
burg, recently died suddenly at Savannah.
ST. Pike contemplates erecting q new opera
mouse ~ inc corner OF broadway ana Tnrty-
Fourth street, New York. $50. .,..,
The Erie directors are meditating q tunnel
under the Hudson river, Pixies Opera House snI
q large depot under ground. Plans and specd-
cations OF tunnel have been in the Office Of che
company for several months, and the purchase Of
Pixies Opera House and adjacent properly was
made. with the possibility Of having that location
for Tits terminus. The cost Of the WORK IL esti-
mated at s. 900. 900, with sufficient width for four
tracks and double row Of arches.
The Pacific House, st st. Joseph. No., was en-.
trely destroyed by fire on the 18th. Loss on
building SIS 900; insured for si5 ,0O0. Mr.. Bay:
for sis 90. The Rotsf YVES crowded with trav-
elers, and several narrow escapes were made
during the fire.
The lumber receipts Of Portland, Me-. for 1868
exceed 81 0000o0 e. b. "a -st I. -...r,-f
VIM. Mcmahon. q poor photographic printer at
the establishment Of Messrs. German Brother,
Louisville has, by the decease Of relative in
Manchester, England, fallen heir to eight thousand
pounds sterling or forty thousand dollar, In gold.