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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
Tho Franklin ana NWayncsboro'
Affairs.

We clip the following from the Nash
vile Union and Dispatch of Tuesday
Some six weeks since, a young girl o.
respectable family in Williamson coun
ty, was assaulted and ravished by a ne.
gro. He was pursued, arrested and
lodged i'm Jail. The brother of the girl
stung with rage and shame at the bruta
outrage on his sister, assembled his
friends and forcibly seized him from the
law, and avenged her wrongs in the
blood of her assailant. A short while
afterwards, party of negroes in com.
pany with some whites waylaid young
Ezell and killed him. Evidence be-
yOnd all doubt having been obtained
that one Bcarfield, white man residing
in Franklin, had instigated, hired, and
perhaps participated in the murder OF
Ezcll, a party Of his friends, some UNI
der mask and others without disguise,
entered the town on Saturday night
last, and in turn killed Bearficld. In
the melee, a negro employed by Bear
field, but not known to have been i'm
plicatcd in the assassination of Ezcll,
was accidently shot and killed. This,
in brief. is the Franklin affair.
The Wayncsboro ailray is thus told
on reliable authority: A body of ne
grocs at an iron furnace, in that region,
had, for some time, been openly drilling
with arms, and threatening the peace
of tho community. A company of cit
liens assembled and went to the fur
mace for the purpose Of demonstrating
with the negroes against their course.
and if necessary, TO dispcrsc them in
order TO avert the execution of their
threats. They found that better coun-
sells had previously prevailed, and no
disturbance occurred. On their return,
the Sheriff, with a posse. Intercepted
them, an alteration ensucd, the Sheriff
firing on the citizens. They pursued
and received voilcy from his posse
killing three or four and wounding as
many. ..... ......
Commenting upon these things the
editor adds: ..
The peace of the State and the pre-
servation of society demand that the
Legislature shall not assemble next
Monday trimming with Radical wrath.
They should look at Franklin and
Waynesboro clearly weigh well the at.
judgments of men clothed with great
responsibility. before they seize them as
prctexts to forward political projects,
and by rash and Incorporate action,
still further fan the flames OF passion.
The drilling of armed bands of negroes
Illuminating threats against the lives of
men. the ravishing OF women, and high
way assassination are provocations
which human nature cannot bear. If
force be marshaled to meet the one, and
swift and terrible vengeance follow the
other, it cannot be surprising nor does
it prove that measures of defense and
retaliation are parts of conspiracy to
overturn the State government or of a
political campaign TO Danish or terrify
voters. And we repeat, it is not the
part of wisdom to so treat them. 1t is
rather blind madness. 1t is wicked
ness. If it drenchcs the State in blood,
it will be crime-deep and inetiaceablc.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
Alabama and Tennessee.

The Legislature of Alabama, at IL.
recent session, enacted an enfranchis.
ing statute.
The Legislature of Tennessee, now in
session, has recently refused to even
consider a number Of respectful peti.
tons for similar wise and liberal poll.
cy Ill this State ; and Radical State
convention, still more recently in scs-
sion, has declared with emphasis against
any such movement.
Two leading opponents of Northern
Radical opinion, thus expressed them
selves in regard to the tolerant and lib
cral action of Alabama the New York
Tribune said. ...
Tho Legislature. after due considers
ton, has passed an act rc0,0rf3y ali dis
trdRchtSemeatS for rejection. There
was but one negative vote in the Senate.
and but thirteen against scventv-thrce
in the House. Hcnceforth there is no
DISTINGUISHED class in Alabama--no nor
son disiranchiscd unless for some non
political felony. The chief Democratic
c'amor against "carpct-bag and 'niggerr
rule in Alabama is therefore silrnced.
All her people are equal in right and
law. The fourteenth amendment ex-
clulcs the leading Rebels from certain
Federal offices; but reserves TO Con-
grcSS the right to remove this disability.
No one can doubt that Congress will
respect the action OF the Legislature in
the premises and remove every vcstage
seek To distlnnchise Tho b,,cl. Wv I'm IN
short the Republicans of Alabama pro-
pose full and final peace on the basis
of universal amnrS!y-impartial sui
rage. And they do not wait To bar
gain or exact equivalcntS-thev hcw
square up 10 the line. leaving their adj
Nc, SariCs free TO follow or not follow
thcir lend. 1t will yet bc realized that
tlair action was no less wise than bold
and generous.
The New York ErepjDo Past oIso
nav, .,o s.o,, .. ,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
COwardly Murder.

The Independent, Huntsville, Alaba-
ma, of the 18th, contained the follow
ing:
A young gentleman brought into
town the startling and sad news of the
murder of one of our good citizens,
Robert =. Wade, yesterday QOth) morn
ing. near his home on the mountain,
eight or ten miles south of the city,
The most foul and fiendish act was done.
by a young man of the same secticX
named Obediah Goodwin, who, we az
told, was during the war a hater of hill
own people, and bore no good charac{
ter among those who knew him. Mr..
Wade was on his way to town to meet
q business engagement, and had only
left his dwelling about one-half mile.
lie was met by Goodwin and shot down
without q moments warning on the
public highway. He lived long enough
to tell who shot him, said it was done
in cold blood, and no cause is known to
any of the family why Goodwin should
have killed him. Mr.. Wade was aged
about torty-five, and esteemed by many
friends. So horrible crime and So
unaccountable in commission naturally
calls up the deepest solicitude among
our citizens, and some fear that more
such deeds will follow the coming in
power in the State of set of men
whose characters in the past, and base,
ilIiberal and spiteful action since resid-
ing here, rather invites the commission
of crimes of hatred than tends to es-
tablish law and order. But we hone
the proper officers here will not fail to
deal in the spirit of justice in the first
appearance of such bold crime.
Goodwin lied to the mountains, and
his arrest had not been effected al latest
accounts.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
The Foreign Press on the Death
of Stevens.

A cable dispatch from London says -
The Times, affer r6counting Stevens
prominent connection with the recent
impeachment project, and his views
relative to the payment Of the tive-twen-
ty bonds, says: "The death of Thadde-
us Stevens is not now public loss.--
His impeachment policy was of meal
culablee injury to his party, and the
financial dishonesty which he encour-
aged dies with him. lie was fanati-
cal, bitter and self-willed man, but not
mean or deceitful. He is the last of
the leading Americans who had the
courage to rise above political partisan
ship"
The Morning Telegraph has tho fol-
lowing: "Stevens was neither good,
wise, nor generous, but in his time did
signal service, and with all his faults,
he merits the famous phrase, THAT was
a man." .
The Dnt3y Ncacs concludes an article
thus: "The death Of Stevens leaves. no
important place untitled, either in the
head of his party or the councils of the
nation" ..,.a
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
Indian Outra geS.

SOLOMON Cry, August l4.-Captain
Moody has just arrived here, and re-
ports that on Wednesday large band
of Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indi-
ans attacked a settlement on Solomon
River, fifty-fve miles north of here,
killing Burgardas and ID. ID. Belle, and
MORALLY wounding Mrs Belle. The In
dams also ravished two women on
Plum Greek, and carried off a little girl
belonging to Mr.. Bell living on Null
berry Creek, and killed German and
wounded boy on Brown Creek, There
is also number of persons missing
from the vicinity of Brown Creek. All
the stock has been run off, and the
country is stripped of provisions. II
is reported that fighting is now going
Oh at Salt Creek.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
The, Radical Nominations.

The Radical Convention which me-
ut Nashville last week, nominated Df
WITT c. SENTER and II. II. HARRISON
as Electors for the State at large. Fol
Congress for the state at large Il. a.
HAMILTON, of Shelby--bcttcr known as
ex-rcbel lIamilton-was nominated for
the short term; and Gen. JONI Il. Roc
Frs, of White county, for the Forty.
First Congress. Col BILL STOKES. and
other prominent members of the Con-
vention, opposed nominating candi-
dates for The State at large. The Colo
mel assured the Convention that MEM
Der so nominated and elected would not
be admitted but the majority conclud-
cd TO make the nomination anyhow
with the above result.
PETER LowREY, q respectable brother
of the colorcd persuasion, was put in
nomination for the candidacy TO Con-
grcss for the State al large; but Peters
claims were cleverly ignored on the
ground that there is no reserved seats
for negroes OH the floor of the House Of
REPRESENTATIVES ut Washington. though
they are free to enter the galleries as
spectators.
The Convention furnished ample cvi-
dcnce Of its opposition TO any modiii-
cation of the franchise RESTRICTIONS
So sensitive were the majority on the
subject that they couldn't afford to treat
. proposition which some member had
the tcmcrity, or thoughtlessneSs, to Of
fer, with dGcency. The great obsta-
Gle is, if tie political disability of the
prescribed class should be removed. the
minority would no longer be able 10
control the Stale and monopolize the
offices and waste and devOur She public
treasure. Whenever any measure is
suggested to the radical mind. the first
consideration is. not how is it likely TO
affect the public interests. but "how
will it affect Ne? How will it affect MY
future prospects for place and plum
DER" This one, grand, predominant
and controlling idea-thc acme of rndi-
cal statcsmanship-was conspicuously
illustrated in the proceedings of the
Convention at Nashville last week in
reference to the preamble and resolu-
tons offered by Mr.. ToMrNY.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
The Legislature.

The Legislature of Tennessee sits at
an expense to the taxpayers of about
one thousand dollars per day. Some
thirty days have elapsed since it was
last convened in extra session, and if
the members have done any thing, or
taken any step toward doing any thing,
likely to benefit the people, or to relieve
the State from the troubles and embar-
rassment. which incompetency and
corrupt practices in high places have
brought about, the official organ at
Nashville has failed to report the fact.
Meanwhile the State Treasury is run to
death for funds to meet current cxpen-
Ses the July interest, according to late
advices, remains unpaid, and the men,
bcrs of the exploded Board of Finance
arc engaged in furious quarrel, each
trying to locate the blame on the other,
much to the hurt of the public credit,
and to the disgust of everybody. This
is the real condition at present, and we
call upon the people of all parties, to
the extent Of our circulation, to take
note Of and remember it. If there is
any thing in the oft-repeated quotation
that "whom the Gods would destroy
they first make mad" the leaders Of the
radical party of Tennessee are in {
critical condition. 1t is impossible tina,
men in their senses and conscious o.
any kind of responsibility, would be
guilty Of such reckless and hurtful con
duct
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
The Plains.

ST. LOUIS, August lS,--A letter dated
Ellsw orth, Kansas, says on Monday, the
10th inst, q band of some 200 Indiana
appeared on Spcllmon's Creek, about
sixteen miles northeast of Ellsworth,
and arriving at the house of Mr.
Shaw, they caught and beat him unmcr-
citully and drove him away. The dew
lis then caught Mrs. Shaw and her Sis
ter and violated their persons. Some
thirty or more of them continued to
abuse the helpless women until long af-
ter they had become senseless, and then
destroyed the property and left them
for dead. They then proceeded to the
residence of Mr.. Smith, beat him in
the same manner and violated the per-
son of his wife, leaving her in very
critical condition. 1t is feared the wo-
men subjected to these outrages will
not recover.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
The Truth in q Nutshell.

A Wilmington IN. o. paper says the
following reply was made by an intel
ligent negro to a carpet-bagger who
had lecturcd him on his Democratic
proclivities, and had become member
of the Democratic party: .,"
"Under your teachings (said the ne.
gro to the carpet-bagger) we have alien
ated from us the mass Of the white PEG.
pie North, as well as South; you have
got the offices and emolumcnts, while
we have done the work and stand out
in the cold. For one, I am done aciU
you.' -. ......,...
There spoke sensible African. Il
was the whole truth in nutshell.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
South Carolina.

Reconstruction ssems to be working
beautifully. A dispatch from Column
bia says:
The veto of the Governor of the rad
ical measures in the Legislature Great
ed intense feeling among the extreme
members.
There has been break between the
Radicals and moderate Republics MS.
Intelligence received indicate the
arming Of the negroes in different por-
tons Of the State. Threats Of violence
are. made, and the leaders publicly say
there is captain on every plantation.
The whites anticipate serious trouble.
The Governor failed to make a loan
of one hundred and twenty-five thou
sand dollars, and the members are
grumbling. The people talk about re-
fusinG to paw taxes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
ThOrnburo'S Bill.

East Tennessee members generally so
in heavy for calling out the militia
Several bills have been introduced and
referred. The last was Thornburg's
which provides for the calling into ac-
five service Of one regiment Of militia
in each Congressional District of the
State--each county to pay the expenses
where the said militia may bequartersd.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
A Washington sensation.

The following may be sensational OF
not. 1t appears as q Washington spe.
cial to New York paper:
Most extraordinary rumors are afloat
in this city touching the unexpected re.
turn of General Grant from his western
tour, and its relation to the political
canvass. From all can gather among
those best acquainted with the views of
the Republican National Committee IL
appears that private letters have been
received from members Of Grants party
showing an anxiety on the part of the
General to throw up the candidacy for
the Presidency.
To this he has been moved by over
whclming evidences from every quarter
of the utter want of spirit in the Re-
publican canvass. and the tremendous
popular tide running in favor Of the
Democratic ticket All the letters re-
ceived here, both by the Congressional
and National Republican Committees,
are sorcly disconlaging the Radical lea
ders. nor are the letters from the South
less alarming. The blacks cannot be
be controlled, and all efforts on the part
of carpet-baggers to prevent excuses
have so far failed, and the Radicals see
that continuance of these riotous and
incendiary acts on the part of the colored
population will add hundreds of thou
sands to the Democratic vote in the
North. Hence the sudden stoppagc of
Grants Western trip, hence the rumors
that he is about to throw up the candi.
dacy. and the iutimalions thrown out in
political circles that the Republican Ma
tional Convention will be called togeth-
cr again. and rumOrS have it that the
will be rendered TO General
Sherman
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
Who is to BE our Next Supreme
,Juugc for East Tennessee

Since Judge MILIlGAN has accepted
a Federal appointment, those interested
ia judicial matters have manifested con-
siderable feeling upon the subject of a
successor for the Supreme Bench. Who
that successor will be, is now the sub
iect of much speculation.
The legal profession of East Tonnes
see could undoubtedly furnish the le-
cal qualities, the intellectual abilities
united with the moral attributes, which
should grace so high and responsible a
position; but rumor has it that some OF
those best qualified to adorn and digli-
fy the Supreme Bench, have signiiicd
their unwillingncSS to accept the posi-
ton in advance of any offer. and it is
currently reported that the Hon. O. Z.
TEMPLE. Hon. 5. j. W. LUCKEY. Hon.
d. G. TREWnlTT, and the Hon. J. i. SWAN
have successfully received the offer and
declined appointment TO the Supreme
Bench, a position deemed The most HON
OldD!C " VI IlCl llt it W VI N''h "Nl''iN'
Is it not strange that an Office so high
and honorable should go begging for
acceptance, especially in these days
when the thirst for place is Unsuitable:
We have been unable TO conjecture
what the difficulty can be, but legal
friend has thrown some light upon our
understanding by the suggestion, that
perhaps the learned gentlemen who are
apparently unwilling to accept the prof
fcred post of honor. may doubt the
power Of Governor BRoWNLow to make
valid appointment. In this wise our
friend puts the legal proposition: The
Schedule of the Constitutional Amend
lnent OF 1861 "ratifies and affirms" all
civil officers which "may he hereafter
appointed by the acting Governor of the
State" Now the Bar generally construe
the terms "acting Governor of the
state to have special application 10
ANDREW JOHNSON, who was not rc"u
lar or Constitutional Governor, but
Governor by military authority. and
merely acting at the time q: Governor.
Others construe the terms to mean any
future Governor acting in that capacity.
r. the last construction be correct. then
Governor BRowNLow may make Su-
preme Judges; and not only that, bu'
he, or any future Governor. may create
an Girl ofccrs" By mere ,pYo.ut-
mcut and so. at will, take from tie
people the right to elect all State ofirers
for all time 10 come. Docs Governor
BRowNLow claim this construction:
Some OF the legal gentlemen WHO de-
cline the profered honor, already hold
high positions by a valid tenure. The
moro honorable and lucrative one of
Supreme Judge would doubtless graft
~ their highest ambition, and would
likely be accepted if they believed his
Excc!lency could make a valid appoint
mont. Ordinary prudence would nat
Urally resist the temptation presented
BY glhter5ng UncCrtajat& when an
honorable, though less desirable, GER
tainty is in their grasp. The Supreme
dUdgeship should be offered to such as
have nothing to lose. Is there no such
Richmond in the field?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
Gems. ROsecranZ and Lee.

The following paragraph occurs in
the Washington dispatches Of the 18th {:
1t is seriously stated that Rosecranz's
visit TO Virginia, is for consultation
with General Lee, regarding Mexican
relations and Southwestern border in
terests. Other parties say that Rose
cranz desires to consult Gen. Lee with
regard to the views, purposes, and pro-
bablc action Of Southern Democrats, as
preliminary to a letterof advice. Rose
cranz intends addressing the Germans
before leaving The country. Nothing is
positively known beyond that Rose
cranz goes to Virginia to see Gen. Lee.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
\ Resolution,

The Seymour and Blair Club of Da-
wilson county have adopted the follow
ing resolutions:
Resolved, That il is the opinion of
this club that there is nothing in the
present condition of the State of Ten
nessce to render it desirable that the
Democratic party should decline the
Presidential canvass, as has been sug-
gesled in certain quarters, but that ON
the contrary, every consideration OF
policy and patriotism demands of lis
that we should prosecute the same in q
peaceful and orderly manner, but zeal.
ously, industriously and learlessly up to
the end; having strong ground to cx.
,prct Tie most signal victory over oul
political advcrsarics, whom we hold &c
bt III" enemies Of liberty. and of the ci.
vii institutions established by our an.
cestors: and that, in rluthcrance there.
Of. the attention ofthe Executive Com,
mitices who are expected to meet At
this Hall next Monday evening, at
o'clock, is respectfully invited to the
subject Of this resolution.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
Giving it Up.
We clip the paragraph below fr

We clip the paragraph below from
the Atlanta Mteligencer:
We heard a well known Republican
leader express the opinion, yesterday
that Georgia would give Seymour and
Blair forty thousand majority and that
Grant would not carry Southern State
except Florida. The tone of the Era
of this city, is in the same key. We be-
icve they are right; but the Democra-
cy should not relax in their efforts to
secure an overwhelming victory. Let
us consign Radicalism to ga grave SC
deep and a damnation so profound thai
the hand of resurrection will never
roach it."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
A Miscegenating School Ma

The following paragraph is from the
Gazette, published at Trenton, in this
State:
1t will be remembered by many OF our
citizens that seedy, dilapidated wo-
man from East Tennessee, was here
some time ago seeking situation as
"schoo marin" to the negroes, but fail.
ing to get board among them she was
compelled to seek other quarters. Some
of our loyal whites sympathised deeply
with her, and paid her fare to Humboldt
or Jackson. A few days ago she was
arrested in Jackson, where she had been
plying her vocation, and was tried and
convicted of miscegenation. She threat.
ened, however, to inflict that town with
the militia unless she was released, and
the Magistrate, knowing the influence
such persons exercise with the Legisla.
ture, told her to go and sin no more
The negro man was fined.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
ReDlIdiatiOn.

Hon. A. S. CoLYAR, in a speech at
Nashville on the evening of the 18th,
said, among other things;
81 for one give notice now, that if
this militia is put upon us shall con-
slider the State ,hopelessly ruined finap-
cially, and / shall take ground against
paying the debt created by the men who
have ruined us; and am sure this will
be the sentiment Of our people with
scarcely an exception" ,..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
South Carolina.

COLUMBIA, Aug. 1S.-The House has
passed the bill putting the negroes of
the State on an equal footing with the
whites. The negro members demand
ed the right at hotel tables, and in all
licensed places. Several white Repub-
licans voted against the bin, declaring
that OIL question Of race thoy must go
with their own color. u. ..iil
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
Latest from Washington,

WASHINGTON, August 19.--Experi-
ence has demonstrated that mixed races
in the Ere Department is a mistake
Negroes have been discharged and
white men re-emplOyed.
1t isstated that during the recent trial
of mixed tiremen the displaced white
men have been patient, accomplishing,
and in no way have they threatened or
used violence. r". ITO. ........
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
Omaha,

OMAHA, August ia dispatch says
while the construction train on the
Union Pacific Railroad was backing to-
ward Fremont Station, Saturday, it ran
over COW throwing the caboose car
off the track, killing five men and
wounding twelve. Two of the latter
died yesterday. All were employees of
the road. ..r n
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-21
RaYages Of the Bug.

The Editor of the Mansfield (Ohio)
Herald says that in trip through the
country in that section he found that
the bugs had taken whole potato fields,
leaving nothing but the naked stcm--
from these they assailed cabbage leaves
and other egetation-while the grass
hoppers had levied on the clover fields,
cabbage, potatoes, oats and timothy.
laying low every stem, and leaving the
fields as bare as floor.