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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
CHINA---AND THE CHINESE.

The Rev. DR.. W. A. z. Martin, in
recent lecture in New York OH "China
and its Claims on Christians" set forth
the following interesting facts:
We acknowledge our debt to the peo-
pie of Great Britain for our national
blood and our peculiar institutions: to
the Romans and the Greeks for our
mental culture and our literature. and
our paramount obligation TO Judea for
the Bible. the book of books, the source
of our spiritual illumination and moral
training. We can trace portions of our
language back to India, the cradle of
the Arian race: and we may trace it
even to China, for people SO ancient
cannot have existed SO long without
exerting some influence on the rising
civilization of the West. AS seeds of
plants are carried by the waves, the
winds, the birds to distant lands
and no human eye can discover the
path by which they came, so the migra-
tory people through Central Asia car
ried the germs of future civilization
with them and no distinct trace of it's
path is left. But some of the more re-
cent discoveries and arts of the West
can be traced to their origin and in all
honestly we must award to China what
is due. The art of printing and the
manufacture of paper was first known
in China, where existed libraries con-
tanning one hundred thousand printed
volumes 500 years before Faust and
Guttenburg. 1t cannot be believed
that travellers from that far off land
may not have brought the knowledge
Of this art to the West, just as by the
same means the silkworm, the art of
manufacturing silk and the seed of the
mulberry tree. OH which the worm lives,
were brought to Europe. That splen-
did ware, the very name of which
stamps its origin from China" owe
TO the Chinese. Gunpowder they knew
long before Europe. Roger Bacon had
known the art to make it. ard it is said
that a Byzantine. Marcus Groecus. had
introduced it: some ascribe its origin
to the Arabs. but it is probable that it
came from China. where it was known
and used in torpedoes in war even be-
fore the Christian era. twelve centuries
before il came into use in Europe
Chemistry owes its origin to China,
where. in form of alchemy. it existed
six centuries before Christ; so it is also
with astronomy, which sprang from
the astrology of the Chinese. And
most of all are we indebted to the Chi
nese for the discovery of America,
for it gave to Columbus a motive as
well as the guide for his voyage of dis
covery. The wealth of the ancient EN-
pire of Cathay, as described by Marco
Polo, led him on. and the magnetic
needle guided him in his course; and
although the books ascribe the diScove-
ry of the magnetic needle to Neapoli-
tan in the eleventh century of our era,
the Chinese had it eleven centuries be-
fore Christ, though with them. as their
books show, il pointed south, and they
employed it on land and sea twenty
two hundred years before it was known
in the West.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
County Revenue.
An Act to protect County Revenue, al
other purposes.

An Act to protect County Revenue, and for
other purposes.
Section 4. BE it tcnacted by the Gene
ra! Assembly of the State of Tennessee,
That it shall be the duty of the County
Courts or Board of County Commits
sioners in this State, to examine into
the solvency of the County Trustree's
bond, and if found to be insufficient as
provided by law. it shall be the duty of
the Court to notify him of the fact, and
require him to give new additional Sc
curity in such sum as may be fixed upon
by the Court sufficient in their judg-
ment to cover the revenue of the coun-
ty; and if the required bond or security
be not given on or before the ensuing
term of the Court, then it shall be the
duty of the Court, and it shall have
power to declare the Office vacant, and
to elect or appoint his successor, who
shall be required to enter into bond
with good and sufficient securities, for
the remainder of the term for which
said Trustees were elected.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
The Oldest CITY.

Damascus is the oldest city in the
world. Tyre and Sidon have crumbled
on the shore; Baalbec is q ruin; Pal
myra is buried in desert Ninevah and
Babylon have disappeared from the Ii
girls and Euphrates Damascus remains
what it was before the days of Abra-
hama center of trade and travel-an
island ofvcrdure in the desert-'a presi-
dental capital" with martial and sa-
cred associations extending through
thirty centuries,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
The BiSmark DisDatch.

The New York Herald says: zone
would almost think that Count Bis
marck. looking to the faith of Germany
in our bonds. knew what was coming
from Washington in his congratulatory
dispatch h,eal Berlin to the President"
This is sb8Sy; but Bismarck knows, al
so, that Germany, powerful as she
is, may be placed any day in peril by
that "man of destiny" who occupies
the French throne, and that the good
will of the United States is worth hav-
ing in the event that a war in Europe
should again be inaugurated. Bismarck
is polite, and knows what he is about.
His dispatch, we opine, means more
than mere act of courtesy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
The Plough in India.

The German savants. who went to
Bombay last year to observe the great
eclipse, have brought home poor ac-
count of what they saw, the eclipse hav-
ing been visible for only six seconds.
But they tell some curious stories about
the natives Of India, and the state Of
their education. AT meeting of the
Geographical Society, held recently al
Berlin, DR.. Tietjcns. who was one of the
party of observers, mentioned that, in
the neighborhood of Bombay, some
ploughs, which had been imported from
England. were regarded, not as instru-
ments, but as the gods of agriculture,
and Wee preserved in temple as an
object of PRAYER
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
BROWNLOW IN THE SENATE.

We find the following in the Senate
proceedings of the 1Sth-the repeal of
the Tenure-of- Office Act being under
consideration
Mr.. Brownlow obtained the floor
He was too feeble to read his remarks,
so they were read by the Secretary
The passage of the Tenurc-of- Office act,
he said, marked an important era in the
history Of our Government. 1t had
imposed long needed check upon the
usurpation of powers by the executive,
and the advantage thus gained should
not on any account be yielded up. He
was therefore, opposed to the repeal of
the law, although willing it should be
modified SO far as Congress might think
expedient. The chief reason given for
repeal seemed to be the confidence OF
Congress and the people in President
Grant, but that secured to him no rea-
son at all. No one within or outside
of the Chamber had a higher estimate
than he of Grants character. but in con-
sidering such proposition as that now
pending, he could not, nor should the
Senate be governed by any thing so un-
reliable as individual characters, or so
evanescent as individualities.
Mr.. Scott next took the floor but i'm
mediately yielded for a motion to ad-
journ.
Mr.. Trumbull announced he would
press a vote before adjourning to-mor.
row. The Senate then adjourned.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
A Sermon.

1t seems to us that the Univcrsalist
preacher who, in New York a Sunday
or two ago, closed his discourse with
the appended remark, would have fur
nished his hearers pretty good SER
mon had he offered nothing else on the
OCCASION:
How important that werepent today
and give our hearts to God! The longer
we sin against God the longer we shall
insult our own nature and suffer; the
sooner we repent and live in godlincss,
loving it for its own sake, the sooner our
heaven will begin. Shall we not rise
and live to God? Who would grovel
like n dog when made to soar like a
dove? Who would sleep like a slug
gard when he should rise with the lark,
and climb the hills of victory?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
Looking Toward Cuba,

A Washington date says: In view of
the disturbed condition of affairs in Gu
ba and imminent danger to the lives
and property of American citizens res
ident there, Admiral Porter has order
ed several vessels Of war belonging to
the Pacific Squadron to proceed to the
West Indies and re-enfOrce the West
India Squadron.
In addition to this, Admiral Porter
has also ordered two of the first class
iron-clads to proceed at once to Key
West, and hold themselves in readiness
for any orders that may come from the
officer commanding the West India
Squadron.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
The Church..

The Bishop of New Jersey, it is said,
has given notice that he will refuse at
confirmation to lay his hands upon the
piles of false hair and chignons which
disfigure the heads of so many young
ladies seeking admission to the church
and communion. The laying on of sa-
cred hands at the altar upon so much
rubbish gathered from the four corners
of the earth, instead of the genuine
natural hair or head, is deemed an Of
Tense to the law and gospel Of the church.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
The Tax Penalty.

Section 20 of the new Revenue Law
is as follows:
Be it further enacted, That the penal
assessment of two, five, and ten per
cent, for failure to pay taxes, etc, as
provided in section II, of an act enti-
tied "An act to amend the revnue laws
of the State, passed March 13, 1868, be,
and the same is hereby repealed.
In answer to numerous inquiries from
County Court Clerks as to the construc-
ton to be placed upon this section,
Comptroller Blackburn has, in accord
ance with the advice of Attorney-gen-
eral Coldwell, instructed them that the
provision does not apply to 1868, or
previous years.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
GEORGIA Items,

Governor Bullock has issued proc
lamation offering reward of five thou
sand dollars for the apprehension OF
the party or parties who killed Lieu
tenant G. w. Darden.
United States Marshal w. G. Dick
son has mysteriously disappeared, TAX
ing with him some fifty thousand dol
lars belonging to the Government.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
HUMBOLDT. March II. 1869
An Old Story,
The Louisville Courier-Journal re.
wives the following "old un:'

The Louisville Courier-Journal re-
wives the following "old 'un:"
During the war, party of Federal
soldiers. entered small town in this
State, from which all the males had
gone to the Confederate army, except
two old men named Davis and Nc
Conica, the latter very fond of his tea
They were arrested and confined in the
blacksmith shop. Old Nc perched him
self on the anvil and related his trou-
BILE to his companion, complaining that
he had not had a drink for year, nor
had he seen but one jug of spine top" "
and that sold for $40 drink, and, as he
was minus stamps, he was not ia for any
thing more than smell. During the
colloquy several officers dropped in,
and while they were grouped around
the anvil the Colonel came in, and draw
ing bottle Of Walkers Tonic Bitters
from under his coat said, "Come, fel.
lers, let's take drink" Old Nc. jump
ed from his perch and sung out, "Hold
on, Curnel, my name is McConica, my
fathers name was McConica, and | was
christcned John McConica, and neither
Of us have ever been ashamed of the
name. But if Federal officer comes
in here, under all the circumstances
and says, "Fellers, let's take a drink
I'll be id if my name aint fellers."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
POllyWiyeS,

The Salt Lake Telegraph, in defend
ing the peculiar institution of Mormon
ism, remarks 1.-THE fact is polygamy
has existed about as long as human ma
ture has, and still only small part of
mankind are really and truly monoga-
mists, for most of those who are not
polywived are polywomened." Those
who are not either, it is to be presumed,
are pollywogs, or, as they would say
down South, scallywags.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
WEST TENNESSEE.
Terrific Battle Between the Mill
tia and Ku.Klux.

We copy the following from the
Nashville Banner:
There was so much excitement in off,
cial circles yesterday, caused by re-
port from Humboldt Of o disastrous
collision between citizens and militia,
that we telcgraphed to ascertain the
facts. The special dispatch which ap-
pears on our first page furnishes reply
which is amusingly explicit, while in an
"official " account" of the affair, which
is understood to have been received at
Headquarters" from Colonel Clingan,
commanding in those parts, quite diff
ferent version is given. Clingan is ex.
tremclv solicitous to convince Governor
Senter and General Cooper of his un-
paralleled vigilance and courage, and
therefore sends flaming "report" OF
the battle of Woodville, which he says
took place under the following circum-
stances: Hearing that some Ku-Klux
had been seen about Woodville. he sent
down didn't go himself) an officer and
twenty men to look for them. When
near the place, they were attacked by
over one hundred horsemen. A most
sanguinary conflict ensued, in which NO
body was hurt. Luckily. the KuKlux
retreated just as the militia had ex-
hausted their ammunition.
1t is almost needless to say that Cling
ans statements are altogether fictitious.
The plain truth Of the matter is that
some boys, as mentioned is our special
from Humboldt, fired a pistol within
the picket lines. During the demoral-
ization occasioned by the report of the
weapon, the militia commenced firing
at random, nor did they cease until ev-
cry round had been expended in the
tree tops-where, we charitably sug-
gest, they supposed the enemy to be-
This occurred Sunday night.
The following is the dispatch above
alluded to:
HUMBOLDT, March II, 1869.
The reported troubles were caused by
some boys, ten or twelve years of age,
firing pistol inside Of the picket lines
near Woodville, and eight miles from
Brownsville. There was no fight at all
Everything is quiet here and in the adj
joining counties. The people are deter.
mined not to be driven from their pres.
ent peaceable attitude, if it can be hon.
orably avoided.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
Unknown Heirs,

The following article we copy from
the Eraminer, published at Waco, Tex
as, thinking it might interest and per-
haps be of advantage to some of our
readers:
Alexander McCulloch, General Land
Agent, Waco, Texas, has in his possess
sion land certificates amounting in the
aggregate to thirty thousand acres of
land, belonging to the heirs of the men
who fell with Fannin at Goliad, and
with Travis at the Alamo. Mr.. Nc
CullOch is desirous of communicating
with these parties but knows not who.
or where they are. ...-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
Hard on the Devil.
Henry Ward Beecher is reported to

Henry Ward Beecher is reported to
have said in recent sermon:
am informed that, before the COM
mutation system was abandoned by the
ferry company, men of good standing in
society would boldly declare that they
had commutation ticket in their pock-
ct when they had none, for the sake of
going through without paving. They
did this when the ierriage was only one
cent. pity the devil. do not know
what he does with such men. 1t is aw-
ful to be Chief Magistrate for parcel
of men like them. can not understand
how these eXiguOus. thrice-squeezed
men can be managed"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
Violation.

A little white boy, who sold apples
and peanuts in the building appropriat-
ed to the meetings Of the North Caro-
lima House, has been removed by the
"Hon." E. Miller, <negro) doorkeeper
of the House aforesaid, who set up a
stand for himself. This is against the
new Constitution, which abolished all
distinctions of race and color.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
State Aid in Georgia.

The Atlanta Mte1ligencer says: The
General Assembly have made appro-
priations, $50 said Senator on the floor)
by way Of State aid and otherwise, to
the amount of S20,000000.
For State almost bankrupt, very
much impoverished, too poor to bury
her Confederate dead, and high taxes
requisite, this is really only a small sum.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
SeetIleSS Melons.

The following plan has been success
fully adopted by planter in Caddo
Parish:
After the vine is about two feet long
cover the same at point intermediate
between the root and the end. After it
has taken root where it is covered, di-
vide the vine between the old and new
root, and the result will be that rhe mel
ons will be seedless, without impairing
their quality"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
The washington Crowds.

The hotels are still crowded with Of
fice-seekers, and every train increases
the number. The public departments
and lobbies of the Capitol are alive with
them, and members of Congress are
continually called from their seats by
those seeking positions. Senators and
Representatives are overwhelmed with
letters from all parts of the country on
the same business, and it is impossible
to give prompt responses.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
Question.

Why should this or any other civiliz-
ed government remain quiet, and pro-
claim the doctrine of non-interference,
when the Spanish mercenaries in Cuba
are literally butchcring their prisoners,
contrary to all the laws of humanity
and nations9 Answer that, some of
YOU!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
Mexico.

The following items occur in recent
date from Mexico:
A church in Seacolacas was struck by
lightning OH the 5th instant and de-
atroyed. One hundred persons were
buried in the ruins.
Auneliano Raxera was killed in q
duel with Governor Garca.
Chauez has been assassinated by his
companion Espesdagana.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
Goose Wheat,

Some years ago wild goose was shot
in Washington Territory, and few
grains of wheat were taken from his
craw. Being very large and full, they
were preserved and planted. The yield
was found to be SO great as to lead to
its propagation, until this variety, which
is known in the Territory as the "Goose
Wheat" has become a standard one in
that section of the country. The same
kind of wheat is grown in Spain.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
nag" Wendell Phillips is delighted

g@"W Wendell Phillips is delighted
with Grants Inaugural" The vindic-
tive Ole sinner thinks he smells blood
and plunder in it-more burning houses
in the South, smoking ruins, devastated
farms, and suffering women and chill
dren.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26

BGs" They are very easy on criminals
in France. Twenty years imprison-
mcnt was recently accorded a young je-
suit for cutting college companions
throat and setting fire to the school in
which they both studied.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26

Ba' An editor in Alabama had some
iron ore dug from his land last week,
made into iron, the iron into plows, and
the plows running before the close of
the week.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
Slightly Dutchy.

A German wrote an obituary on the
death of his wife, of which the follow
ing is a copy: If mine wife had lived
until next Friday she would have been
dead shust two weeks. Nothing is pos
sibe with the Almighty. AS de tree
falls so must il stand"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26

Bs- Frank Pierce's cabinet was the
only one in the history of the United
States that remained unbroken from the
beginning to the end Of the adminstra-
ton.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26

gas~ They have just experienced the
shock of an earthquake near Liverpool,
England. AS the warm weather ap-
proaches, we may expect to hear of an
increase of earthquake shocks, in lati-
tudes already visited within couple of
years.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
The State Treasurer.

The following appears in the Nash
vile Press and Times:
We are glad to find that our particular
friend, Rust, State Treasurer. has pos
sessed himself of spanking pair of
stock. Rust, besides being
q wonderful fellow at monetary figures,
is trife of horse man.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26

Bag Cows are not frequently used for
purposes, we believe, but it is
said that there is one in Augusta Coun-
ty, Virginia, which can and does tree
squirrels and then paws the earth and
bellows till Mr.. Nutcracker is shot.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
Illinois,

There are at present in the State of
Illinois, 81 wool-carding mills and 1873
manufactures of woollens, with capi-
tai of S3,6O0,000 invested in buildings
and machinery, and employing 3,450
operatives, one-tourth of whom are wo-
men, and consuming annually 100000
lbs. of the 100000 lbs. of wool clipped
from over 2,500000 sheep. The invest
ment of capital is steadily increasing,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
The Last of Machine 'Franking

Tic LISC OF NaCnInC FTHnKINS. +
Postmaster-General Creswcll has is
sued a general order submitting the re-
cent law Of Congress and adding, all
franking stamps must in future be dis
regarded. The autograph signature of
the person entitled to exercise the priv
ilcge is required, otherwise mail matter
thus franked must be prepaid by post
age stamps.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26
TAe 2ost.
Athens, Friday, March 30, 1850.
Spring Style.

The Spring style of hats most pre-
dominant for gentlemen, looks as If
Quaker's head-gear had been elongated
in the cylinder, and slightly reduced in
the brim. A small man, in one of these
hats, reminds one of straw in quart
mup
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26

B1s- The 10Th amendment has been
defeated in the Delaware Legislature
by strict party vote.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26

Bss~ A joint resolution has passed the
United States House of Representative
restoring the property of Blanton Dun
can. of KpntuckN
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26

gas' Equality MEANS" says French
writer, ga desire to be equal to your SUI
periors and superior to your equals"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26

sssH Miss Van Lew, who was a spy in
the service of Gen. Grant during the
latter part of the war, has been appoint
ed post-mistress at Richmond, Virginia.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26

BS~ The Georgia Legislature adjourn
ed on the 18th, after refusing to adopt
the 10Th amendment
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26

Bag 1t is said that not one in five hun
dred Of the otfice-seekers at Washing
ton will draw anything but blank.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-26

DE~ The Rev. +. A. McCorkle died at
Greeneyille, Tennessee, OH the 18th.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1869-08-26
CHANGE OF TIME.
MD. RAILROAD,
IA Ia
m and after Monday, August ID,

ON and after Monday, August I'd, 1869,
" the passenger trains will run as follows:
Leave Double Pipe Creek Station at s54
A. N end 2.40 L. NJ.
Leave York Road Station at 900 A. NJ,
and ls.4s I. M.
Leave Union Bridge at 4.45 A. M. and
VIC A. NJ, and 1903 L. NJ.
Leave Westminster at 6.45 A. NJ, and
1910 A. NJ, and 2.lo /. N.
Leage Baltimore at SGD A. NJ, and $3.50
ana o.oo 7. ~. !,
:, Stages connect az o,en horris station Tor
aia an ana m s ne pn arfiVai Of
10y a. a. 81. uain ron baltimore at Md
p ny o G lor ianeytown ana az pon-