The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-01-03
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4 Washington letter says the radicals ,
bitterly dcnUuncc the removal of Pope
and SWaynr. General Ord was removed |
at his own request. Gen. Meade. who
succeeds Pope, is IN full accord with the
views of the President. The opinion Is
expressed that the President means az
grcssivr action hcnrcfomh with Con-
grc>-, and that he will not allow the
South to he Airicami2cd. The approach
ing Presidential canvass i the absorb
ing subject. and the boudholdcrs. indit-
tcrcnt to everything else but their own
interests. seem determined TO dictate Il
candidate of their own to both Demo-
Gratis and Republicans. The PROPOSE
tion to pay of the public debt in legal
tenders i, so popular. especially in the
West and Northwest, that Wall-strcct.
and bOndholdcrS generally, have deter
mined To prevent, if possiblc, the nomi-
nation Of any candidate who invorS il
in the least. As the plot thickcnS their
plans begin to be developed. They feel
pretty sure Of the Republican nominee
on that question. For Democratic nomi-
nee. some favor Hancock, others Me-
/ Clcllam, who is shortly to arrive from
! abroad. Gen. Dix stands next. Fail
ing in these, they will fall back Oh llo-
ratio seymour. of New York.
/ Grants friends are playing II deep
! game for the Presidential stake. In the
event of split in the Convention. and
! Chase should he the candidate of the
radicals. Grants friends in Congress
/ will not allow the southern States to be
restored. which would spoil all the cal
culationS Of the Chief Justice. q.
| Pope was removed from the command
of the Third District because he SubSti-
tutcd Tyranny for Law. Gen. Gillcm.
who succeeds Ord temporarily, is Il ma
| tive Of Tennessee, and Il Conservative
politically.
/ The President and other prominent
public men have an abiding confidence
, that the Supreme Court will, in II ease
which will soon be before il. decide the
! reconstruction acts unconstitutional.
! The disbursements Of the Treasury
on account OF bonds and interest falling
! due the lat. will amount to S3O.9j6, iJj.
The opinion is rapidly gaining ground
/ at Washington that Shcrman's financial
measure cannot pass the Senate in its
present form. There appears to be
less objections TO the long loan feature
than to the rest Of the bill. There
seems to be no doubt that the anti-con-
traction bill will pass very soon after
the rc-asscmbling.
Statistics elected by the Ways and
Means Committee show that the Gov
crnmcnt has collected only eighteen
| cents OF the two dollars per gallon tax
OH whiskcy.
The recent food in California has
. been the most destructive since lSGl.-
The whole Sacramento valley was sub
merged, and travel suspended in every
direction. n great many lives were
lost.
\ dispatch from Memphis. Monday
says: The weather is cold and blu-try,
with Il SNOW storm this morning.
There is six inches snow on the ground.
River rose two feet since Saturday.
Now nine feet large in the channel TO
Cairo. White river is rising. with eight
, and Il half feet in the channel. Arkan-
sas is swelling, with three feet light
inches in the channel.
General Simon Bolivar Buckncr. of
Kentucky, has had his property in that
State. of which he was drSpoilcd du-
ring the war, returned to him. II is
NdINtu III Splllt 'SOD,DNJ
4 dispatch from Pitsburg says -.
Charles II. Parker. conductor of the
Juhn>town accommodation train which
left here yesterday afternoon, was muir
drrrd near Ninth Station. Parker had
demanded fare from Il passenger named
Samuel Hull. who refused to produce
it, aud cndCavorinw to put him or the
train, Hull stabbed Parker in the ahdo-
men, KILN" linn almost INSTANTLY
Huh was arrested this morning.
\ furious snow storm prevailed at
the East ON the 3l>t Same day snow
throughout Virginia. Six inches deep
at Richmond. and twelve inches in the
Southern portion Of the State.
Late news from the AbysSinninn en-
Ipcdiiion reports that King Theodore.
alarmed at the magnitude of the cXpc-
ditiOn voluntarily released the Chris
tian prisoners.
A negro boy was killed at Dcchcrd, a
few DAYS ago. on the Nashville and
Chattanooga Road, under the following
circumstances lie got into Il quarrel
with boy named Roddy, about sixteen
years of age, calling him Il liar, using
other offensive language, and finally
drawing II pistol on him. Roddy resort
ed to his knife in Sclt-dctcnsc, and, rs
his antagonist was advancing, made Il
spring forward, knocked the pistol up.
and stabbed him under the left nipple.
The negro lived only about an hour.
All the manufactures in the Middle
and Eastern States are reducing the
. NDUCS of their pmDlOVVr~,