The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-06-26

i II. Eyarts the position of Attorney General.
AL. WEIGH has been elected to The Unitec
States Senate from Florida. His term viii ex
\ pire the 4th of March, 1860.
u The Jonesboro Flag dominates Tom .Hami
ton, Of Shelby, for Governor. There Is going
to be big muss for the succession.
The name of Andrew johnson has beer
stricken from the ''New York Union League
That's heavy on A. j. Oh!
10. A. Mabry, of Knoxville, wants to 60 t,
Congress for the State at large. Hesa cleycl
llfelfow, but, in a political sense, keeps bat
company. NJ
I Bowen, dirty rad, has got the 1layorship o
Washington. j4lliAt}.ll}
Maj. j. II. linn died at Kingston, Tennessee
last week-in his SD year.
1t is probable that general amnesty will v
proclaimed on the 4th day Of July. y 81
The ex-Confederate General Heath has beIr
parioned by the President.
The House has passed the Arkansas bill oJ,l
the Presidents veto.
The thermometer occasionally gets up to OF
and 9S over about Kingston, on the Clinch.
The Abingdon virginian is in trouble With
the ugly club of Emory & Henry College,
Editor was too personal in his remarks.
n Northern parties in large numbers arr siid
% be seeking lands in Virginia.
| If Adam had asked Eve for kiss, could ihc
latter, without profanity, have replied, ~
dent care Adam if you do:"
Some of the North Alabama papers compldn
Of prolonged drouth. = u ~ 4 Y
An Atlanta editor explains dearth of eai-
torisls in his paper by stating that he is
'sounding for the channel.v
"Sdssor-ink- is the last coinage of NE
journalistic brain for the heading Of misel-
laneops column. - ~
Five years Of steady manual labor in Chi
forna, at the present rate Of wages, will give
man good house and good farm.
A conundrum in Political Economy 1.-THE
fact that the greatest gold producing milton
uses green colored rags for circulating me-
dunn.
Since the Crimean expedition, 7,743,50O men
have becil killed in the wars of Europe and
America-l tsA' b|&t ff f.'Hll
DR.. Cumming admits that Roman Catholi-
cisrnis gsI ming ground in England
The ind ictment for murder in the Surratt
case has been abandoned, and an indictment
found for conspiracy, upon which he win be
tried.
"Mack't Of the Cincinnati Commercial, is to
go on the Enquirer of that city as managing
editor. VIZ 9l e
A steam fire engine, while working at a fire
on the night of the 10Th, in Philadelphia, ex-
ploded, killing five men and wounding several
Others
II. w. Osborn has been elected to the United
States Senate from Florida, for four years
from the 4th Of March next. f{
The Nashville Press and Times wants John
Rrownlow to throw brick ct the editor Of
the Knoxville Press and Herald If hemeans
the one John usually totes in his hat it
wouldn't hurt much. .
Gen. Gordon declines the use Of his name
for United States Senator from Georgia.
The Senate resolution thanking Stanton has
passed the Houseof Representatives.
A sudden rise in the Licking River at Gin
cinnati, swept off coal amounting to one hun
bred thousand dollars. egStg rHr ft-
They are organizing gentleman's club at
Nashville.
Barker, the Virginia sculptor, died in Rap
pahannock county on the 10th. IStAs
Judge Benjamin f. Porter, az Greenville,
Ala, died last week. He was native Of
South Carolina. THA HT z flts N
The letter said to have been written by
Jesus Christ turns out to be spurious.
The wheat crop in Wilson county, is report
ed unusually good. - 5N6aataa
ALI Cate, of Hamilton county, wants Bill
Stokes reelected to Congress. How would
All like to be elected for the State at large?
John Hopkins, Of Baltimore, has bequeathed
to the city one and a half million dollars, for
educational purposes, and one million for a
hospital.
The railroad tracks were submerged, bridges
washed away, and the young corn washed by
The rains of the past few days, in parts Of
Ohio and indiana. t-s ,...r,,-1
Wilson Barlow has been arrested in Chicago
for poisoning his wife and two children, in
Mainvillc, New York, last January.
A son of Nathan VanVleet, Of Kane county
Ill.,, aged nine years, deliberately committed
suicide by hanging on the 18th inst. y.
There is intense excitement in Sullivan
county, Ind, growing out of the murder Of
Paul Lindsay, notorious thief, who live. M
an Island in the Wabash, opposite MeraiTl.
Tie was assaulted by gang of regulators and
shot like o dog. H.
The Scientific American argues that The
mission Of cholera has terminated. and hi,
terrible pestilence will scourge the earth ne
more. ns4 80 uIU
The President has appointed Francis A
Arnold and Thos. Bailey, Cadets to Wes
Point from this State. s9fB
The first COTTON bale of the seoso,, -