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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
The Canvass.

The news from the North and West
in regard TO the Presidential election is
decidedly favorable to the success of
the Democracy. All well-informed Ra-
ideals give up New York clearly, and
the more frank and candid of the lead
ers admit that the Democrats will carry
both Pennsylvania and Ohio next Tues
day, but insist that Grant will take
them in November. About Pennsvl-
vania, Oh the 18th, we think there is no
doubt; the Democratic majority will be
decided. Ohio we regard as less GER
tain. Indiana, we think. will elect Mr..
Hendricks, the Democratic nominee fol-
Governcr by large majority. These
are the speculations of parties NORTH
whose opportunities for approximatine
correct estimate are good. Should
two Of the three heavy States named
Ohio, Indiana and nsylvania-cas
their vote next Tuesday by anything
like marked majorities for the Democ-
racy. it will virtually settle the Presi-
dental contest And so, if cast on the
other side. 1t is not long to wait, and
our friends appear to be more than or.
dinarily confident and hopeful.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
The Radical Programme.

a special from Little Rock. Arkansas
to the Republican says the Registrars
who were appointed for Bradley Coun-
ty, where the vote would be a lmoSt
unanimously Democratic. returned yes
terday. having refused to continue the
registering of votes in that county
The post-otfices and mail routes have
been discontinued in MANY counties SO
as to have the effect to stop the circula,
ton of Democratic papers. The people
are consequently almost without mail
fncilitY.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
The Late EartluuakCS.

News from the south coast gives fur
thcr accounts of foundations and earth
quakcs. Several vessels were damaged
at Caguimbo. including an American
ship AT Calasca. The sea drove the in
habitantS to the hills and it wrecked
fourteen or eighteen light vessels and
damaged several larger crafts. Twenty
lighters were wrecked ut Carrisal Bay,
besides the American brig Delitina,
with 20.O00 Kilograms of copper. Many
vessels were damaged severely. The
residents of Valparaiso had raised $40
900 for the sufferers by the earthquake
and the CHILEAN Congress had appro-
priated $4,000 for the same purpose.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
Phillips Opinion of Grant,

Wendell Phillips, the notorious Abo-
litionist, and editor of the init .S1areTy
Standard, in a late number of his pa
per expresses the following opinion of
Gen. Grant:
1--WE have little confidence in Giant.
The best thing about him is that he
seems DESTROYS to execute the nations
will. He is no traitor like johnson.
neither has he any stntesmanlikc COM
prchension of the hour. We fear he
belongs more to Morgan, Conkling and
Howard than to Sumner and Wade
| lie was drunk in the public streets since
the first day of January. This is a TACT
patent as the sun at MONDAY: none but
those too dishonest to be trusted with
public journals (bats passing them
selves off for OWLS deny it. He is Il
West Point graduate with his sympa-
thies all in the wrong direction. lie
has Just been through war which was
Gods command TO one race TO do Justice
10 another--a war whose root was slave
~ and whose fruit was freedom. Yet
of the half dozen catch-words that the
nation has eXtorted from his lips, not
one has any relation to liberty. The
notices he has lent to politics or history
are such as bulldog might have
growlcd forth"
Phillips further says. taking Cat Us
the Radical candidate, that party has
chosen liking Log" and goes on to
say "if the nation had been made up Of
Grants. there never would have been
an antislavery enterprise, any enamel
patton proclamation, any North or
any South" and yet he says his cleo
ton means progress and 1.-The negro
will have elected his President
With all this,-and the most bitter
Democrat could not utter more bitter
philipic-he endorses Grant, and urges
his claims TO the Presidency.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
OutrageS.

Unspcakable outrages upon women
and children have become so common
in nearly every part ofthe country. (but
more especially in the South and atten-
dcd by such bloody brutality, that it
would seem impossible to propose any
punishment too severe for the perpetra-
tors. Yet. in the face Of guilt surely
established. and circumstances attend
ing it of the most horrible character. two
of these offenders have been respited
from the gallows by Governor Wells
Of Virginia after they had made prcpa-
ration to die We do not wonder that
the indignation of the people is intense.
If rape and murder are thus to be en-
couraged. it is not difficult to toresec
the terrible consequences. There Will
he a dcporable increase Of a belief in
the justice OF Lynch law.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
Illness of President Branner.

The Knoxville Press anil UerWid of
Tuesday contains the following in re-
gard to Mr.. Branncr, President of the
East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad:
We were grieved. in common with
most of our citizens, to learn Yesterday
that Col. John Branner. the popular and
energetic President Of the East Ten
nessee and Virginia Railroad. was found
in his bed speeches. and unablcto move
from stroke of apopleXy. Toward
night he was able to move slightly, but
serious approximations were felt for his
life. He would be II sad loss to this
community. and we sincerely hope for
his recOVprV
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
State Guards.

The following extract from Procla.
nation of Governor Brownlow,- issued
on the 9th instant, will no doubt com
mand attention:
~ think it likely that no State Guards
will be needed. | have, however, or.
dered the enlistment of divers compa-
MES who will report to me at Nashville
as directed in my Proclamation. These
troops will hold themselves in readiness
without mourning any expense to them
selves or the State. Should they be
needed, they will be called into the SER
vice, and their officers commissioned.
w. q. BRowNLow =.
Governor of Tennessee"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
The Noble Savage.

The savagcs who attacked Colonel
Forsyth's command. were armed with
Spencer carbines and Henry rifles. sup
piled to them by the Peace Commission
ers, only a few months since. This
fact. to soldiers serving on the frontier.
lends addtioal interest TO the announce
ment that the Montana Indians have
Just received their annuities. and made
a new treaty. In week or two, we
shall probably have accounts of mas
sacre in that region, planned by these
delightful children OF nature, TO test the
efficiency OF their new rifles and scalp
ing-knivCs.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
Huge Joke.

A remote Western paper comes out
with a number of startling head lines
announcing that "Ilon. Pcleg b. Pilkins
who has for twenty years occupied a
position in one Of our leading public
institutions, came out for Grant and
Coltnx few days ago" Imagine the
editors feelings when he found out that
a wag had played Il joke on him. The
Hon. Pcleg b. Pitliins' had served &
term Of twenty years in the Pcnitentia-
~, and when he came ont he announced
his intention to support the Radical
ticket
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
Another Riot in Louisiana.

Negro Riots appear to be largely OH
the increase in the country South of us.
The following is among the latest heard
from:
New ORLEANS. Oct. 6.-Accounts
have been received OF trouble between
the whites and negroes of st. Landry
parish. on the 9th and 2Sth ult. The
accounts greatly conflict as TO the extent
of the trouble and the numbnr of casu-
alties. Considerable ill-fecling, grow
ing out of politics, has existed for some
time, but on the 18th ult, a conference
was held between the leaders of both
factions which resulted in an agreement
satisfactory to all parties. On the 9th,
however, personal difficulty occurred
between two white men, one promi-
ncnt politician, distorted account of
which brought the negroes ont under
arms, flocking to the town of Opclousas.
a squad thus armed and marching into
Opelousas, fired into squad of whites,
killing ono and wounding two. tbs
reported that two negroes were killed.
The town authorities ordered the dis
arming of the negroes, which was done,
and order restored. A report from res
ponsible authority, states, that the colo
red people were the aggressors.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
Speaking at SWeetwater,

Some of the citizens of Sweetwatcr
having made an appointment, through
the FOrerunner, for Col. CLEMENTsoN.
the Democratic Elector for the Second
District, to speak at that place on last
Monday, he was on hand at the proper
hour, and agreeable as usual. The
speaking occurred in thcBaptist Church,
and the audience, though not as large
as might have been desired, was COM
posed of many of the best citizens of
the town and neighborhood, among
them number of ladies.
Col. Clementson spoke about two
hours, and we must be permitted to say
that the effort was able and happy,
and was listened to with an earnest at
tention, highly complimentary to the
speaker, as we'll as indicating the deep
interest with which the people every
where are regarding the vital issues
now agitating the country. We have
wholesome adherence of the prac-
tice which prevails of culogizing ones
own party speakers on all occasions
and depreciating the other side. We
think it best to be frank and candid
best for the cause, and best for the spea-
ker, not to raise the standard of expec-
tation too high on the one side, or place
it too low OH the other. We have now
heard Col. Clementson on several occa-
sions, and regard him as an efficient
man before the masses. He never fails
to obtain the attention of his hearers at
the commencement, and retains it till
the close of the discussion-entertain
ing while convincing them. We would
be glad Col. Clementson could be heard
fE every county in the District, appeal
ing, as he always does, in forcible and
appropriate language to the understand
ing, Judgment and good sense of men,
never to their passions and prejudice.
We know he would do good, and main
tain the cause which has been commit
ted to his keeping with credit to him
self and to the honor and advantage of
his party.
The people of Sweetwater and vi
cinity. We are happy in being able to
say, with very few exceptions, are all
In their right minds, the soil and atmos-
phere being entirely untitled for the
rank growth of radicalism.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
A Fight With Hostile Indians.

WAsnINGToN, Oct. 6.-Brevct Mai
Gen. Merrill. commanding at Fort Davis
Texas, under date of September 18TH
reports that Lieutenant Cussack. of the
9th cavalry, who was sent from Fort
Davis with a detachment of sixty men
from companies c, Il and X, Of his rcgi-
ment, and volunteer company of Mex
leans. to rccaptllrc stock recently stolen
by Indians, from train near Stockton,
overlook the Indians, Apachcs. 200
strong. about eight miles from the Fort,
attacked them and killed in running
fight. extending over five miles, about
twenty or thirty Of them. wounding as
many more and took their stock. 200
head Of mules and horses. besides some
cattle. DESTROYED their camp. including
their winter stores. stock of meats and
berries, and rccapturcd two Mexican
boys. Lieut.. Cussack and two soldiers
were severely though not dangerously
wounded. ... .....
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
4 Nice Old Rad.

Gen. Palmer, the Radical candidate
for Governor of Illinois, said lately in
a speech at Jersyville:
The brave negro saved the day du-
ring war. Il am tired Of PAN
dcring to prejudice. and say emphati.
cally am for equal rights to all men
throughout the republic. I'll take the
negro into partnership in The concern
and sever all connection with rebels
All rcbcls-thc Southern rebel and the
Northern DcmoCrat-muSt stand back
and let the loyal negro take II front seat
This man who dcnounces all that arc
not Radicals, whether at the North OF
the South. and declares they must
stand back and let the loyal negro take
Il front seat" is the same Gen. Palmer
who brought the bayonet to bear OH
the elective franchise when in com
mand Of Kentucky.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
From Memphis.

MEMPHIS, October 6.-General Cor
don Granger arrived last night. He
will establish the headquarters of the
Department of the Cumberland in this
city. o.. ..t...
The arms destined for Arkansas, in
consequence of the refusal Of all steam,
boats to take them, have been stored
here to await orders from Little Rock.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
Negro Candidate for Congress.

j. Willis Menard, black man, has
been nominated for Congress in the
Second District Of Louisiana. He says
in his Circular:
The time has fully come to test the
professions and principles of those who
now control the Republican party of
Louisiana and that it is a sacred duty
to themselves Ohe colored people, to
see that the colored race is not sold out
by few trading. treachcrous white Re-
publicans III Louisiana as it has been in
Georgia. This State is entitled to sew
ell Representatives in Congress are not
the colored people entitled to at least
two of this number? Is it not our du-
ty to see that at least two colOred citi-
zcns are selected to represent in Con-
gress the ninety thousand colored vo-
tiers of Louisiana. The ballot means
equal representation, as well as equai
rights and If men are still to be dcbar-
red from the halls of Congress. or even
the White House, on account of the
color of their faces, cirreconstruction
and republicanism are lamentable fail
urcS. the reward OF the long oppressed
race will not be adequate, and the great
cause Of equal rights will not be finished
until the colorcd man is seen in every
department of this government. 1t is
necessary that the forty-tirst Congress
should possess more backbone than the
present one, in order to fix a plain pro-
vision in the supreme law of the repub-
lie which shall confer the ballot on eve
nv citizen, regardless of race or color,
North, South. East and West.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
Congress will Make it all Right
Oh the 1Sth.''

The Radical candidate for the Office
of Vice President of the United States
is reported to have said. at recent din
ner party in Washington. that if Penn
sylvania. Indiana. and Ohio. give a
Democratic majority on the 18th OF
October. Congress will make it all
right on the 10TH"
This was frank, bold, and candid, to
say the least of it,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09

If the hard working colored man
thinks that voting to keep the Radical
carpet-bagger in power pays, let him
reflect moment what it costs to live
under Radical government. His tea
which in 1851 cost him seventy-tive
cents, now costs him Sl,75; his coffee
then eighteen cents, now forty cents
his sugar, then eight centsAow sixteen
cents; his rice nine cents, now fifteen
cputSi
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
Connecticut.

Municipal and town elections were
held in Connecticut OH Monday. Re-
ports of result are contradictory. We
gather, however, that there is a small
Democratic majOrity-about the same
as last year. The following is the latest
reliable dispatch:
New HAVEN, October 6.-The re-
turns now arriving from our town cleo
tons Indicate Democratic majority in
this State of over 5000 in November.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
A Negro ASSaSsinatcd.

An Atlanta dispatch of the 4th says,
last week, Walker, colored, formerly of
Savannah, left Atlanta for Blakely,
Southwestern Georgia, to organize a
Grant Club. He was called out of the
house in the night. taken to Calhoun
county, and shot by unknown parties.
The colored people Of Atlanta have
made up subscription and sent for the
body of Walker which will be brought
to Atlanta. .,.... .
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
The Public Debt.

A Washington date says, Robert j.
Walker, by consent of the Secretary
McCulloch, has examined the Treasury
books. His researches sustain Mr.. Del
mer's statement. Walkers statement
indicates that at the present rate of in
crease the debt will be doubled in four
teen years, long before which, unless
better couesels prevail, the Government
will be bankrupt.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
Oregon.

The Oregon Legislature has censured
Senators Williams and Corbett for their
acts in the United States Senate, charg-
ing them with misrepresentingt the peo-
pie Of Oregon, and requesting them to
resign. The resolution passed both
Houses.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
Encouraging.

We don't believe everything we see
in the political journals during n heat,
ed canvass, but the following from
Washington is at least encouraging to
read:
The Democratic National Committee
to-day received most encouraging in.
teliyence from Pennsylvania. The
State Committee advise them that the
Democrats are thoroughly organized in
every township, and that victory il
October is assured
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
Arms for the LOYAL.

The following occurs in q dispatch
from Memphis of the 3D.:
The Democratic papers this morning
assert that six thousand stand Of arms
and ammunition have been shipped by
the Loyal Leagues of Missouri, on the
Bell of Memphis. for the negroes III this
city and Little Rock Arkansas.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
Cuba.

The Mobile Register in its leader of
the 9TH, takes strong grounds ~ tavor
of the immediate annexation OF Cuba.
In view of the success of the Spanish
revolution, it says the twill of the pee
pie plainly demands this, and that gov
eminent should take immediate steps
to secure the prize at cnce.'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
The Surratt Case,

Surratts case may serve useful pur-
pose to illustrate the beauties of mill
tary law and court martials which
would hang woman on evidence not
sufficient under civil law to deprive a
man Of his liberty. Buffers charge
against Bingham that the blood of an
innocent woman was OH his hands has
been made good
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
The Troops.

United States troops are being sent to
several counties in Middle and West
Tennessee in order that there may be
no possible excuse to call out the mill
tia authorized by the Legislature at its
late extraordinary session. This will
probably ensure a peaceable election.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
ARKANSAS.

A letter from Arkansas to an ex-Sena-
tor declares that Seymour and Blair
will carry the State by twenty thou
sand majority, and the whole delega-
ton to Congress. will be Democratic
Registration is general throughout the
State, and the vote will be the largest
ever pollcd. Thousands ofnegroes.will
vote with the Democrats. In jefferson
county alone, which in the spring was
Radical, two thousand negroes had
abandoned the carpet baggers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
Just So.

Says the Brownsville R0ncher0: The
Indians are again down in the northern
counties, stealing and numbering. In
order that these troublesome redskins
be punished. we would suggest that they
be classified as rebels, and that the re-
construction laws be enforced against
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09

The British Tomahawk says: "a
standing army as a proclamation of
peace looks like a lying attempt to de-
ceive some one or other" That is just
what Grants proclamation of peace
means.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
The Canvass i'm Tennessee.

According to the newspapers and 9TH
er sources of information, the Demo.
Gratis and Conservatives of Middle and
West Tennessee are making something
like vigorous and energetic canvass.
Mass Meetings, Free Barbecues, Public
Spcakings, and other evidences of earn
cstncss are plentiful enough. Whether
with any appreciable result in view, we
are unable to predict.
In East Tennessee it is quite different.
While the radical leaders arc at'work
like beavers to get their full strength to
the ballot-box in November, the other
side seem to be entirely content to look
abroad for hopeful results, leaving
home matters solely to the care of the
local press. Whether this apparent
don t-care-a-damn-ativeness, this illus
tration of faith without works, arises
from n wholesome dread of the old
mans melish, or because it is so much
easier to talk than to do. we don't pro-
pose to determine. We only note the
fact and-pass on.
1t is only four weeks from next Tues
day to the Presidential election, and yet
there is no organization, has been no ef-
fort to organize, to get correct Informal
ton among the radical masses, or to de-
| tach the black voters from the men
who are leading them on to their own
hurt and harm. Stuck fast in the mud,
we are patiently waiting for Hercules
to stretch forth his arm and lift us out.
Some of the radical papers sneeringly
say that the result of the canvass in
Tennessee will be to show the weak
ness of the Democratic party. We trust
the. result will disappoint the predic-
ton. though we can't say that we feel
particularly hopeful in regard to East
Tennessee.
These remarks are not made in spir-
it of carping, but to let our friends in
other portions of the State know how
the canvass is progressing in East Ten
ncssec, "thc land Of the free and the
home of" Brownlow.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09

BGs' A letter from Montgomery Blair,
the safest calculator in the country, says
that Pennsylvania will surprise all par
ties in the majority she will give for the
Democracy, and gives facts and figures
that would convince the most skeptical.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09

Delegates to the Commercial Conven-
ton will be passed over the roads free.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09

Bay" The Georgia Legislature adj
journed on Tuesday, to meet again in
January.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09

1st Dist-DR. CAWOOD. Of Jefferson.
2d Dist. VI. CLEMENrSON. Of McMinn.
3d Dist-E. A. JAMES. of Hamilton.
4th Dist-A. A. STEELE. Of Marshall.
9th Dist-FRANk =. CAHTLL, of Davidson.
9th Dist-ELIJAI WALKER, Of Wayne.
eth Dist-H. j. TURNER. Of Laudcrdac.
Sth Dist-W. w. VAUGHAN, of Haywood.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
For the State at Large.

EMERSON ETHERIDGE. of Wealley.
EDMUND COOPER. Of Bedford.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
S1,5OO.OOo.OOO.

For sevcnty-thrcc years, the average
annual expenses of the Government OF
the United Stofps vos
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-09
THE PEOPLES TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
q OR Alto Sc Y M 0 U R,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR VICE president
ELECTORAL TICKE T

OF MISSOURI.