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Comptroller Blackburn.

We publish on another column re-
port extraordinary from this officer, adj
dressed to the General Assembly, and
setting forth that an increase in the
States liability at this time, as proposed
in the omnibus bill, will seriously COM
plicate the financial condition, and per-
haps irretricvably damage the public
credit with New York capitalists, who
will be called upon to furnish money
to pay the January interest The read
ing OF the communication in the House
called forth very liberal display of in
dignation on the part of the friends of
the omnibus bill, some of whom affect
to regard Mr. Blackburn as little better
than an unregenerate rebel, and propose
to kick him incontinently out of the
party. Without wishing to be under
stood as opposed to the omnibus bill,
which we repeats emphatically an East
Tennessee measure, we must say that
Mr.. Blackburn's party friends are treat
ing him badly. They placed him in the
position he occupies. He is Comptrol.
Ter by virtue of their act; and when in
possession of information which the
State interests require should be made
public, it is both his privilege and his
duty to thrust it under the nose of the
Legislature, without stopping to inquire
whether the developments are likely tC
be offensive to their nice sensibilities
or otherwise. They are wrong, too, il
another respect. What is to become o
the unity and integrity of the radical or
ganization, if those belonging to it WIN
happen to manifest little prudence, o
honesty, are to be abruptly thrown over
board and chunked out of sight?
What effect Mr.. Blackburn's commu
nication had upon the action of tn
House we are not advised at this jour
nalistic hour, but shall probably lear
before going to press.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
The Military Arm.

The following extract from the Presi-
dents message will give the taxpayer
an idea of what the military arm of the
public service is costing the country
under radical rule in times of profound
peace: HF'' HIfe" J. ,,t'' 'v.1
The report of the Secretary of War
contains information ofintercst and i'm
portance respecting the several bureaus
of the War Department, and the opera
ton of the army. '''"
The strength Of our military force on
the Both of September last, was $4,000
men, and it is now computed that this
number will be decreased to 1900. 1t
is the opinion of the Secretary of War
that within the next year considerable
diminution OF the infantry force may
be made without dctriment to the inter-
ests of the country, and, in view of the
great expense attending the military
peace establishment, and the absolute
necessity OF retrenchment wherever il
can be applied, it is hoped that Con
gress will sanction reduction, which his
report recommends. While i'll 1860
1890 mon cost the nation Sl6,472,000
| inc sum OF S5O0,OoZ,UUU Is cStilliitcu ds
necessary for the support of the army
during the fiscal year ending June 30
1870. The estimates of the War De
partment for the last two fiscal year:
were: For 1867, S33S14,56l, and fol-
1868, S25, 205, $3.50. The actual eXpendi
lures during the same periods were, re
spcctively, 500, 224,4l5 and Sl23,246,64S
The estimated submitted in December
last for the fiscal year ending June 30
1869. was S77,l24, los, and expenditure
for the first quarter, ending the 10th o
September last, were S27,2l9,l III, ant
the Secretary of the Treasury give
S66,00O,O0O as the, amount which viii
probably be required during the re
naming three quarters of the year
if there should be no reduction o
the army, making its aggregate cost 70
the year considerable in excess of 1913,
100000. The difference between the es
Inmates and expenditures for the thre
fiscal years which have been named !
thus shown to be S175,545,343 for thi
single branch of the public service.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
ApPatriotic Resolve.

MrTaylor, of Carter, who, like most
Legislators of the present day, seems to
be quite liberal in voting away other
peoples property, offered the following
in the House of Representatives few
days ago: C.. ,..r Z,
Be it .turthe, resolred, That the State
of Tennessee will meet her liabilities,
it matters not what may be the amount,
so long as there is a dollar in the Trea-
sury, or property i'll the State subject to
taxation. d. gr.at ,.l ..ss.f.t.r.t s,.
In view of the fact that only a small
proportion of the party of which the
gentleman from the hills of Carter is a
member pay taxes, and the additional
fact that the present General Assembly
has a special commission to legislate for
posterity, the above evinces a degree OF
sclf-sacrifcing generosity and a pat
riotic disregard of future contingencies
which should heartily commend its au-
thor, not only to his immediate constit-
uents. but to the gratitude of the people
of the State at large. It's just the thing
the very identical plan upon which tho
radical party has been running both Fed
cral and State government ever since il
attaincdpower. Never count expenses as
long as there is dime in the Treasury
or dollars worth of property subject
to taxation. Thcm's 'uin.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
Congress.

The lcgislatvS department Of the
Federal Government made a very little
exhibition of itself in attempting to
treat the annual message OF. the Presi-
dent with contempt. The message is a
plain, straightforward papcr-dcaling
largely in facts and figures. Ii it con-
tanned truths unpalatable to the domi-
nant party in Congress it was no fault
of the President surely; and the natu-
raj Inference is, that it was not the maii-
ner of the message, but the staring, stub
born facts pervading it which ncttlcd
aud wounded the sensitive gentlemen.
BY its unprecedented and shameful
course Congress has secured for the
message a more general reading and at.
tentive consideration among the people
than it would have received had il been
treated with the formal respect custo.
mary on such occasions. In Offering al
insult to the executive head of sAhe gov
ernment, the members have only made
more manifest their unfitness for the
positions they occupy. Great minds
can always afford to be courteous and
respectful; but it is impossible for your
little politician ever to rise above the
low and dirty level of party prejudice
We don't suppose the President feels
very much aggrieved at this last cxhi'
bition of petty spite. A great many
small men have found their way into
both our National and State Lcgisla
lures, aud they can't help showing the
sort of material they are made Of when
ever an opportunity offers.
"Pigmies will be pigmies, though pcrched oil
Alps,
And pyramids are pyramids in Wales"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
The Rolls,
The Washington National Rcpubli.

The Washington National RcpubH-
can, the day Congress met, said: &
The roll of the House of Representa-
tives, when it shall meet today, will
bear the names of two hundred and
twenty-three Representatives, includ-
ing the delegations from Georgia and
Alabama. -Four members of the pres
ent House have died, viz; Messrs.
Finney and Stevens of Pennsylva-
MIA, Mann, of Louisiana, and Kinds
of Arkansas. The Senate roll will
contain the name of siXty-six MEM
bers, including Messrs. Hill and Miller
of Georgia, and Messrs. Spencer and
Warner of Alabama, being an increase
of thirteen since the vote on impeach-
ment. .r.i....l .EauD.t .t.iisy s..yl.fpt
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
Reconciliation.

~ D-.,.n ,.. - a. Al, -
"opuuiatioh Is looming up III .ho
North as wen as ~ WEST; sN 3fopAsgal
.s'.ru'y s,s''i,'c ~ ~ ~''lcls ftwo ,m ~
I n., As"q""v,, ~! pooue
a.eg,s,o', VII 'he I"sp'N' "r% "
the west. Io-daytsNNc nave voice
from the East. The ieadfng Democrats
&c organ In the CITY of New York. and
which ,oroo,,, ron,oson,s a. roi;,,oa,
.sfes,s'H s.sr,, ep.sas poss's'
sehulnentso I tnc severat -ptates, holqS
thci fQhowfng lapgtagc. il it, issue Of
the, sd. ult.- In. adyertina .to. the Misc,
honest and economical COMMUNICATION
s,Sl, ~ '!r.itS Ds.t
my "A'.'see N'ue'AesiA Vre"s Nis-
ain, tile jfo'td empllatically declares:
90 .Tsnas - i"*1sif~2qy - *ise
Unless we, too, can manage our debt
with some approximation 10 wisdom,
1t would be- better to repudiatc the
whole OF II at once (disgracehil as that
would beg rather than have our public
service and business circles tester with
chronic moral rottenness. BY repudia-
ting the debt and abolishing high taxes,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
The Railroad Receivers.

A bill has been introduced in the Le-
gislature, and passed first reading in
the Senate, providing for the repeal
of all laws now in force in this State
authorizing and empowering the Gov
crnor to appoint receivers railroads,
and making it incumbent upon all such
receivers to turn over to the president
and directors of the respective railroad
companies whose roads are now con-
trolled by receivers, all the property,
books, papers, franchises, ETC., at present
in their hands, al.t, @,t..,'gf.
We trust the bill will become law
as wherever a railroad has passed into
the hands of a receiver its affairs have
become more complicated and embar.
raised. And the tendency from bad tc
worse will continue as long as appoints
ments are made from partial and party
considerations, and without reference
to capacity and fitness. .r3iu
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
: Poor Brown.

An unlucky fellow, who may as well
be called John Brown, became the sub
ject of Church censure and discipline,
and vote of expulsion was about to be
passed, when messenger came in. and
announced that an outside Meeting had
been held, and that the outsiders had
resolved not to receive Mr.. Brown back
among them, unless returned in as good
condition, as when bthe Church took
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
b The Suburban Cities.

Z. The suburban cities are agitatcd over
the coming election for local officers.
The welfare of the nation depends on
these, important events. 1t makes n
vast difference to the country at largo
whether SPOTS oor Pottsdi is elected to
the Common Council. Spots saves;
Potts ruins Spots is aiprfaAt patriot; Potts
Is q pat. l.i.i al nhl1nAaL .lAllNlA . L,llnnnn
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
The immaculate Underwood.

Judge Underwood, at Richmond, has
decided that if a Judge or even clerk of
q court was disqualified by Article IA,
all proceedings of such court are void,
This is expected to lead to p general jail
delivery in Virginia. One culprit, con
victcd of murder, has been discharged,
because one of the magistrates who had
to do with his case, had been q consta-
Bile under the ,Confederacy What a
glorious thingC Congressional reconstruct
ton is, f,,1'' $500 M, g h0l@,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
The Indian War

Latest adyices state that Sheridan, is
encamped below Fort Dodge The hos,
tile Indians have taken, refuge in tho
Camanche country. 1t is thought i'm
possible to end the war this winter, on
account Of the character and extent Of
tbeIcountry whore the savages lhavc ia
ken rcfuge.lNlN 2EI ll.iAR nol.l.ia
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
The Legal-Tentler Act!

1t is said iii Washington that Justices
Chase, Swaylc, Miller, Davis, and
Field, Of the ". s. Supreme Court, will
vote to sustain the constitutionality Of
the act, Ind it isalso said, with even bet
ter authority, that the Court viii decide
the law to be UNCONSTITUTIONAL, and
Judge Chase will be almost alone in his
dissent. The effect of'such a decision
would be that gold would be the medi-
UNI of contracts and = business, and
greenbacks would be quoted at their
value, justas iii California; and London.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
HOutrageous.i

Z A letter from. the national capital as
serts that the Secretary of. the Treasury
will shortly discharge all negroes in the
department who were not III the army.
Their places are to be- filed with disa7
bled soldiers. ia number of these me-
groes have been in the department for
many years, and are quite Independent,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
Heavy Robbery

The Augusta Chronicle Of the 10th
:, ~. sup0it3d 9No-s ttit} lUGuG iiiFcNG
: One of the largest robberies recorded
il, the annals of the State, occurred on
the 9th Instant near Union Point, on the
Georgia Railroad - rnp -ht ia t,tn,,g,
!, About, dusk on the evening of that
day stranger, name unknown, stopped
at tho residence Of Mr.. Jesse Dalton, n
few miles from Union Point, represents
cd himself as being a traveller, and ask
ed to be allowed to stay there all night.
His request was. granted, and he, and
his, host conyersed, together until bed
time, when they both retired. On
awaking the next morning, Mr.. Dalton
found that his guest had disappeared in
the night, taking off with him in his
flight a box containing $4,000 in gold,
Which Mr.. ID. had concealed in the
house. IT is believed that some person
employed on the premises was an &C
complete of the robber, and pointed out
the treasure to him., No clue has yet
been obtained to. the guilty party, but
vigorous efforts are being made for his
capture. NM n,s.t. a. nj r. Il ..1 ~ r.l
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
MOrtOn's Bill.

Senator Morton's financial bill pro-
vidcs that after July, 1871, the Treasury
snail redeem the legal tenders and the
fractional currency; and after July !,
1872, the National Banks shall redeem
their issues in gold. 7hT
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
The Canard Market.

The New York Times is cautioning
the public to look out for canards
manufactured in Wall street. in order to
influence values, and to put money in
the pockets of manufacturers. The cd
itor thinks: s I'D. s~,. elffsf y,.,
mo canard of the financial order can
be too wild, too big, too corrupt, or too
idiotic for the market. If Butler pro-
poses to play hockey with the debt to-
morrow afternoon,-that will be q fine
one. If McCulloch proposes to i'll
crease the currency by five hundred
millions before he goes to bod,-that
will be fat and rich. If Sumner propo-
ses to resume specie Payments yester-
dav,-that will be beautiful. If ''semi-
official" information shows there will be
an increase in the debt next time, or
..private" advices show the revenues are
running behind,-there will be money
in both. If the member from Bunkun
shows the country is going to ruin,--it
will mean one or two per cent. If Sew.
ard says we are on the eve of war with
England to settle the Alabama ques'
tion,-or if Chase says the Suprem;
Court will pronounce the Legal-tendel
act uncOnstitutional,-- ii any othel
man says we are negotiating for Cubs
at a cost of a hundred millions in gold
payable next Sunday,--such canardl
will fly like lightning, dripping gOlt
from their wings as they fly. We de-
not exaggeratc. Canards cannot be ex
agcrated. nor is it possible to cxaggerat'
the gullibility of canard CATERS"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
Florida.

A dispatch from Tallahassee Of the
18th, says: The Supreme Court render
ed a judgment of custer against Lieut..
Governor Gleason, forbiddipg him the
franchise of office as Lieutenant Cover
nor. The probability is that the case
will be taken to the United States Su-
promc Court. spe I
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
Universal Suffrage

The KnoxvilIe WAfg OF "Wednesday
says:o uuH,-ha- III. ~ ,ilE!.Ip.si
There is a strong probabilitythat the
present Congress will provide for sub.
mission to the Legislatures OF the seve-
raj States, q Constitutional amendment
providing for universal suffrage. 7fTfnf
II is thought the TENNESSEE Legisla-
ture will oppose the proposition; but
enough States will vote for it to ensure
its ratification. h in,i ,uglsf}sipsi IA ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
Aid to Turnpikes.

The bill granting State aid to certain
turnpikcs has passed its third reading
in the House Of Representatives, and
been transmitted to the Senate, where
it will probably pass. -Ht tHyaJ au
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
The Murderer safely Gagged.

Cal Logston, the Fentress county
murderer, has been placed in the Jail at
Nashville for safe keeping. lie is al
legged to have murdered an old lady,
daughter son and mortally wounded
another, jim Fcntress county,by chopping
their skulls open with an axe. Logston
had ntlreatencd with Lynch-law. I
His two apnts, named Brown, charg-
ed with being accsssorylto the horrible
deed, have been arrested and placed in
the Fentress Countrywide ~: ~ eaa9
Va Does advertising paya You betl
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
About ChicagO.iI

The st, Louis Repu6licaa gives its
readers the following in regard to Chi
representative called Divorceyille:. -
There are probably more unmarried
persons OF both sexes in Chicago who
ought to be married than ever dwclt
elsewhere, except in Paris and Gomor-
rah, since the foundation of the world.
They have, as Lady Mary suggested,
taken the /" not" aout of the Decalogue
and putt into the Creed, with astonish-
ing success at Chicago Divorce is II
permanent attraction in Chicago, and
husbands get 3fid of their wives and
wives slip from their husbands with u
graceful. facility and dispatch, utterly
astounding to the uniniatdd. Ifthere is
any method of reducing the violation
of the Seventh Commandment to a sci
ence, be sure it has been discovered and
is being practieed in Chicago 2f'ein
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
The Legislature.

A joint resolution to adjourn from the
Dist Of December to the 4th of January
proximo, has passed both houses of the
General Assembly.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
! Land ~ Alabama.

The Marion COMMONWEALTH says az
the land sales before the Court House
door on Monday last, lands situated
within two miles Of Marion were sold
for Sl.75 per acre, and some Of the,best
prairie land in that country was knock
ed off Mt S6. ~. M . ...s 1900. ,..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
T, The Cuban Insurrection.

IA special from Havana, via KeyWest,
states that the recent encounters were
'indccisive. 1.-THE troops suffered fear
fully. Balmasetla demands reinforce-
ments. The insurrectionary lines arc
within one hundred and fifty miles of
Hayana. q English subjects have been
notified to make immediate Tegistratior
at the Consulate. ibt,y4 lid ooillo 16-11il
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
lRedivivuS.

Private letters fioml Virginia and the
Carolinas received tWashihgton, report
the, people rapidly recovering from the
fearful effect ofqthel late. civil war; and
that within another year their indus
trial pursuits win again be established
OH d firm basis. They express the opin-
ion that the several rulings of Chief
Justice Chase, during the last session of
the Circuit Court in Richmond, have
tended greatly to establish eontldcnee.l
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
Save us From dur Friends.

If report is true, the. Indians recent
ly attacked, on Sheridan's ORDER, and
Killed by, Custarss cayalIy, iwere friend
ly to the whites. Superintendent Muir
ply says that Black Kettle has always
been affirm friend Of the GoYernmcnt,
even interfering for the, projection of
whites tG the deep .displeasure of q
large portion Of ibis band, When at
tackled, his people were, within fifty
miles Of. Fort Kearney to obtain their
annuitles. N .nA ,.a-.i.Li L-.L..---.- l.nU
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18

hDaT, The Nashville mails all failed
"Wednesday morning. We will attend
to the request of our friends of the
nn al1ay;l ~, ~ fiiIl dTr1W ieiOH
6aanerl next week. n saga 35t II ~
esne11 la,lWl h4i noilM ip}l Bei2iiig
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
Selma Alabama.

If the following, which we, find in
our exchanges is not, true, our Selma
correspondent will please correct IL i'm
HE toxt ~ hlafHg HGaD BnadGl 20 Ffm
We,se that Selma Is fast becoming
a real city. They had a. sensation
there the other, day,ls a well dressed
white woman promenading the streets
arm in arm With q radically iolored ae-
scepdant of the +. FL A. IhIst families
of. Africa 'Eha Negro locked ashamed,
but iacea me mvslcai4p5ssnd ipit .r9}.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
Fitzpatrick. teas

Kilpatrick; rc4A
The Boston Copisrbaysits rcstects
to the notorious fitzpatrick in the fol-
lowing manner ;{Wl MAJ
On Monday ev@link last Fitzpatrick
delivered n fecture "a Music Hail on
"Shermans March "a the Sea,Nwhich
was full ofssiich boiifbast as- The FOLLOW
ing: "Hcre on the shores of free
America" quoth Fitzpatrick. had sheen
-.lneas, -iraat -aiasl- Sherlaaa',
both of whom were superior to Napo-
leon and the equal of Alexandcr. How
long would Napoleon and Frcncllineh
huvestvodsagw 'ftUbcrt 'Bs zee fsrtiie
battles, of THO Wilderness2 sThe, South
did,not realize whatIwar was hut When
they saw, their fences and houses disap-
pearipg, and their hogs q and chickens
eaten UP before their eyes, they realized
something OF its, results " UndoubtGd-
ly they did. The, TACT was, the country
through which General Sherman march
cd to the sea, had .been, cleared out Of
all its fighting material and was q mere
empty she'll, General Sherman march
to, the sea from Atlanta was n, sort
of holiday excursion, with q vanguard
of bummers burning dwelling house:
and barns, robbing hen-roosts and
sinokc-houses Of, bacon. and doing 9th
CT equally valiant exploits. The march
through South Carolina, Fitzpatrick ,ad.
mits to have been a regular, Goth AND
Vandal movement, rather than, an in.
vasion conducted on, the humane prin.
ciplcs of modern, warfare, such as were
observed by the Prussians in their late
march through Austria to Vienna
Fitzpatrick 9loated over tho burning
and llooting of defenccless villages and
plantations with the gustO of a CossacL
or wild Tartar and spoke of the Soutf
Caroliiiians as towards, notwithstanding
he had paid such a high indirect qcohi
plimemt TO Gen. Lee and his army, bS
intihating that the first Emperor Nh
poleon and his troops could not have
fought the battles of the WILDERNESS
against Lee. Fitzpatrick is braggart
and his idea of great military eXploit'
is that they consist in burning TIL,
dwellings of non combatants and rob
bling their hcn-roosts. % i' 10y. , y
a d
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18

Our Nashville exchanges received
Thursday morning, bring intelligence of
the defeat Of the Omnibus Bill OH its
final reading in the House of Rcpresen-
tativcs at the afternoon session of Tues
day, by a vote of 40 to "a. A motion to
reconsider was tabled-aycs 30, noes
81 Representative Bloom, of McMinn,
and Joint Representative Griffith, OF
Meigs, both voted against the bill. 10 b
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-12-18
The Omnibus Bill.

\ 80
The pnibus bill, approprl9 NO
million sndn half t9erailrS Ms illl ls,r
dorsed bpnds, rSssedN second reading
in the pssabythc fohowing vote:
Ayes NIessrs. Aga Allen, Andtr-
sonSBakr, Hown, Hack mah, Chiles,
Gayle, gordcN sDdhghty Dowdy, Gnl-
braith, Grayson, Hale, Hamilton of Lin
coin, Marshal andGiles, Hammer, lack
+ev, slAssaaaA- 0f- Cooke, Lamar. OF SEWER,
Kerchival, Lillard, Medlin, Murray,
Mynatt, Mason, Pickett, Rydprs Sitglc-
tary, Shepherd, Sparkman, Stone, TayN
Fiorof 0astcr Wuas JvhWsvlss .lahvvubuvg
of Granger, .Thornburg of jefferson,
Turner, White Of Bradley, Welsh, Wal.
kerr, Waters, Speaker Richards-40. : y
Nays--Messrs. Bloom, Bosson, Brew
er, Carter, Cason, Dame, Dyer. Faulk-
ncr, Griffith, Gilmer, Hodges, Hewott,
Jordan, Johnson, McFall, McNair,
Moore, Poston, Porter, Preswood, Pitts,
Reeves, Robinson, Roach, Roddy, Smith,
Taylor of Perry and Decatur, Thomp-
SON., Woodcock, Woodward, Williams
-31. 49,. ,.,..,.,,,s
The bill was then made the special or
der for the 10th. 90 dti ~ Ewog"sa