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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
Ohio.

The Wool interest is exercising the
Ohio radicals. They don't want ex-
Governor Hayes renominated, because
he voted in Congress for the reduction
of the tariff on wool 10 such an extent
as to forbid its being grown in Ohio
Ohio has been in the wool business a
very long time. She was the head Gen.
ter of the underground railroad when
it was the practice to run off the ebony
and enslaved population of the South
to some point where they could enjoy
the glorious atmosphere of the free
North. The Ohio radicals should new.
CT 90 back on their wool.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
The Nashville Press and Times.

The editorial conduct of this paper
has been changed as was stated last
week, and it is now advocating the elec-
ton of Senter. Under the new regime,
announcing its platform, it assures its
readers and the public that henceforth
it will be "the organ of no man and of
no particular set of men. 1t will advo-
cate, without fear, favor or affection,
whatever it believes will promote the
best interests of the State. Regarding
men as of less Importance than princi-
piles, it will nevertheless yield cordial
support to any man or association
whose objects are patriotic and unself-
ish, and who seem actuated by sincere
desire to assist in advancing the mate
rial, moral, and political interests OF
Tennessee"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
Qualified Suffrage.

Niger suffrage in Washington is free
of the odius qualifications that prevail
in certain of the Northern States, but
has one not down in the law. The priv
ilege Of voting is qualified by the high
probability that a man will have his
throat cut if he opposes the majority.
This consolidates the vote and makes a
unanimity of sentiment very advanta-
unous in nOli,ics
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
The situation.

Alexander III. Stephens, of Georgia,
has q letter in the Washington papers
of the 9th, in reply to some criticisms
in his History of the Rebellion. He
takes very gloomy view of the nation,
and argues that we are drifting into
consolidation with the empire. Moth
ing, he says, can prevent the final cs-
tablishment of Imperialism but de-
termined effort, on the part of the peo-
pie, to resume free institutions. The
remedy, he says, is not in secession ;
that was tried and found Insufficient
1t must be at the ballot-boX. He calls
upon the people of the several States to
seriously consider whether they will
maintain her institutions or accept i'm
perialism.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
Frightful Tragedy.
(From the Memphis Appeal, June s.)


We learned last night, by special
telegram from correspondent at jack
son, Mississippi, the particulars of a
horrible tragedy enacted in that city
yesterday by Col. +. NJ. Yerger, who is
well known in this city as the origina-
tor or mover in an extensive immigra-
ton scheme, and whose speech ON inn
migration at the late Commercial Con-
vention was published by us few days
ago. The victim was Col. j. G. Crane,
of the United States army, Chief Of
Subsistence for the Department of Mis-
sissippi, and lately the acting Mayor of
jackson. The circumstances as detailed
in our dispatch are as follows:
During the absence of Col. Yerger
in this city, piano of his was seized,
according to law, for his taxes, which
were overdue, and was sold, the pur-
chaser being Col. Crane. There had
been some hard feeling between him
and 9erger about some previous trans
action, and as soon IA the latter arrived
in Jackson, day before yesterday, he
demanded personal satisfaction from
Crane.
The dispatch says Crane being unarn-
ed and having no idea of u personal rem
counter, met him on the street yester-
day morning and made, or attempted to
make, mild explanation. On this
Yerger grew furious, and seizing Crane,
whirled him around using the grosscst
language to him. Crane resented this,
and struck him with light RATTAN
Yerger instantly drew thug knife"
Ga knife, the handle of which is alright
angles with the blade, and the blow be-
ing delivered from the shouldcr.) and
stabbed the unfortunate man three
times, the wound severing the heart and
producing instant death.
A Coroner's inquest was summoned,
and after hearing the testimony, return
ed verdict of "wilful murder, by Z.
NJ. Yerger."
Yerger was Immediately arrested. put
in heavy irons and carried under guard
TO the military camp, where he now
lies. The citizens, with whom Col.
Crane was a great favorite, deeply de-
plore the act; and Yerger has no SYM
pathiZers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
Nail in the Foot.

To relieve from the terrible effects of
running nail in the foot of man or
horse, take peach leaves, bruise them,
apply to the wound, confine with a ban
dage. They cure as if by magic. Re-
new the application twice day, if nec-
essary, but one application usually does
the work. l have cured both man and
horse in few hours, when they were
apparently Oh the point of having the
lock-.jaw. This recipe, remembered and
practiced, will save manv valuable lives.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
New jersey.

." Senator Sprague made speech at
Newark, on the 9th, in which he reite-
rated his former opinion of national af-
fair. He said prosperity was unequal,
and step by step the nation was losing
its best interests and liberty. We want
corrective balance of fpower to prevent
few individuals from monopolizing
power; we want money as cheap as it
can be procured by the people, to pro-
mote industry. He advised them to
organize for their own protection.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
Holds His Nose,

A clergyman, who was speaking about
the proposition to recognize the Su-
preme Being in the Federal Constitution,
remarked, the other day, that he did not
know that it would do the City of Wash
ington any good; that place was so bad
that the man in the moon never passed
over it, without holding his nose. Thi:
was spoken before the late election
What will the man in the moon do now
when he sails across the National Cap
itOl?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
The First Divorce Case.

! Southern papers are discussing nov
city in the shape of the first divorce
case South Carolina. The first divorce
case in that State was brought up in
1861, when South Carolina attempted to
dissolve her bonds of union with the
United States. But Judge Uncle Sam
uel refused to issue decree of separa-
ton, and the State remains pretty much
as she stood, de aaova, slightly damaged
. by the wear and tear and expense of
q the trial. '''n'~' : HN'' tdlH ih ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
Something New,

st. Domingo is 70 yield new article
for furniture. 1t is called canelon; is
of the hard, close texture of ebony, and
of peculiarly bright color. 1t is al
most scarlet, with light shadings and
variegations. There are many other
woods in st. Domingo smaller in size
than the bright-hued canelon, but still
large enough for many ornamental pur-
poses, which seem to be largely over
looked by the cabinet-makers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
President Grant.

The New York Herald says General
Grant modestly refrains from forcing
any view of his own in regard to i'm
portant points of administration. He
conceded all that was demanded by the
niggcr-loving politicians of the North
in appointing niger postmaster for
Macon; and now he comedies all that is
demanded by the carpet-bag Radicals,
who want the place, in promising to re
move the same poor niger.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
Remedy for the Piles.

A well known clergyman writes to
The Maine Farmer that, after trying ev-
cry" sure remedy" recommended for
this disease with no good results, and
expecting that nothing but the grave
would cure him, he was induced to take
one teaspoonful of sulphur, mixed with
one-third cup full of new milk. "This,"
he says, was months ago, "and from two
to six applications, one every other day,
have done me more good than all other
remedies combined, if indeed, am not
wholly cured of that terrible infirmity."
pa Pay yonr subscription dues.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
Killing.

Shooting and killing seems to be live
ly in all directions. The following
dates from Cairo:
S. NJ. Eaton, from Hncklesville, Ky.
and Joseph Smith, of Cairo, had diff
Guilty at the st. Charles Hotel this morn
ing, when Mike Barry interfered and
was shot and mortally wounded by Ea.
ton. A policeman ordered Eaton tC
surrender, but he refused, and started tc
run, when the policeman shot and in
stantly killed him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
The Road to Peace.

The jackson Tribune says: The road
to peace leads through universal en-
franchisement, and we are glad to sec
that in no instance has a Republican
candidate taken any other position
throughout the whole State on this is
sue. We are ready to forget and for
give the past, and to meet our Republi-
can friends half way; without it we
will have strife, and with it peace will
resume her ancient sway. .
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
RnveuI,a Decision.

The Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue., in reply to letter from Assessor
Cornell, of Toledo, rules that parties
engaged in packing pork in bulk, put
ting ii up in barrels and rendering lard
for sale, should be required to pay a
special tax as manufacturers, and to re-
turn their sales. On sales in excess OF
$3.50 a day, the. tax of 50 on such ex-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
Fourteen ShiDs Missing.

The Liverpool Mercury publishes q
list of fourteen ships which have sailed
on voyages across the Atlantic since
last October, and have not been heard
of since. They are supposed to have
foundeied with all on board. Truly
those who "go down to the sea in
ships" encounter great peril. More
than two hundrsd households must
have been thrown into mourning by
these disasters. ..... ....
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
Commodore Vanderbilt.

Don Piatt describes Commodore Van
derbilt: "Dressed in plain black, with
white choker, one would have taken
his tall, portly person for that of re-
spectacle Episcopal minister, had not a
look at his face cleared him of that sus-
picion. His small, sharp eyes glitter
like snakes. His nose is the cruel
beak of hawk, while his lips are the
personification of sensuality. Heaven
help the man or woman who has to ap-
proach that face for mercy"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
Endemic.

Smallpox is contagious disease, and
the word epidemic does not properly
apply to it either in its general or tech
nical sense. Infectious diseases are ep-
idemic because the poison by which
they are caused can be spread abroad in
the air so that all the people may receive
it in full virulence; but contagious dis
eases are communicated by more or less
direct contact with a sick person, and
dissemination in the general air de-
prives the poison Of its power.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
Contests,

Newt. Patterson has given the Gov
ernor Of Tennessee notice of his inten-
ton to contest the election of his COM
petitor in the recent election-Judge
Hickerson. The official vote as certified
by the Secretary of State, stands, Hick-
erson 1,450; Patterson SIS. What Pat
terson wants to contest for only he per-
haps knows.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
Immigration.

The New York World says: The
latest excitement in California is the ar
rival of large number of Japanese
families, with their tea and bamboo
plants. These are said to be only the
torerunncrs of others who are to seek
our shores for future residence. Tea
and bamboo will soon be added to the
products of the Pacific Coast.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
The Campaign in East Tennessee

In the Nashville Banner of last FRI
day, we find this paragraph:
The gubernatorial campaign opens in
East Tennessee to-day. 1t is very diff
ferent from the campaigns that of late
have distracted that historic region
No hostile gun or clanking sabre sends
its repulsive echoes back and forth. 1t
is campaign of the "Olden time and
golden," in which the olive branch is
substituted for the sword-the white
flag of peace for the bannerets of war
in land where, for four years, the
bayonet hath been turned into plow-
share W. "+
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
Can't Go the Nigger.

A delegation of Georgia Republicans
waited upon President Grant few
days ago and again urged the removal
of Turner, the negro postmaster of Ma
con. They said that Turner was so Of.
fensive to the people there that decent
white Republicans could not remain in
the town, and all business was being
driven from it. Besides, there has been
no outragcs or disorders in that district,
and if the appointment was made as a
rebuke it was inflicted in the wrong
spot. The President stated that Tur-
ner would be removed and had already
been informed that he need search no
further for bonds. 1t seems that nobody
in Macon would go his security.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
The Highest Point.

The highest point on the route of the
Tennessee and Pacific Road, between
Nashville and Knoxville, is 1875 feet
above tide water. Nashville is but 470
feet, little higher than the top of St.
Peters at Rome. The grade from New
Orleans to Nashville is not foot on a
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
Hard on Editors,

In the Swiss Canton of Ury, printers
and editors are whipped on the bare
back for publishing articles which the
authorities do not like. In Bohemia,
editors who assail the government are
sentenced to imprisonment. In Mech
lenburg, the opposition papers are not
allowed to publish leading articles.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
Right.

A traveller in Pennsylvania asked the
landlord if they had any cases of sun
stroke in that town. "No, sir" said the
landlord "if man gets drunk here we
say he is drunk, and never call it any
other name"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
7 E R M S;
: ! THE POST rs PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY,
. At Two Dollars N Year, Payable
,u, .|..t I'm Advance.

H tl1- No attention paid to orders for the paper
unless accompanied by the Cash.
Advertisements will be charged 81 so per
quare of ten lines, or less, for the first inser-
Ion, and 75 cents for each continuance. A
LIBERAL deduction made to parties who adver-
tise by the year.
4. aSg- Persons sending advertisements should
mark the number of times they desire them in
serted, or they will be continued until forbid
and charged accordingly.
Transient advertisements must be paid for
at the time of insertion. tN
. Announcing names of candidates for office,
$500. Cash, in all cases. r.. .,
Obituary notices over five lines, charged nj
regular advertising rates. a..
All communications intended to promote the
private ends or interests of Corporations, So
cieties, or individuals, will be charged as
advertisements, t,o % - .,.
jon WORK, such rs Pamphlets, Circulars,
'CHrtTs. Bluffks Handbiils ttc., Will be exc
cuted in good style and ut reasonable rates.Sf,.
All letters addressed to the Proprietor Will
be promptly attended to.
COMMUNICATIONS. to secure insertion, must
be accompanied by the name of the authors.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
Printers Convention on Color,

~" The Printers National Convention at
Albany, New York, by a vote 56 to 2S,
laid on the table resolution for abol-
ishing all distinctions of race and color
in the craft. This means that the dis
tinction of color is to be enforced as an
jrobjeetion to the black man, and as it is
with the printers SO it will be with all
the other Trades Unions, They will all
be arrayed against negro equality in
their workshops, and the administra-
ton before long will hear from them at
tathe polls. a.' ~ "'''"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
The Arrests at WarrentOn.

A letter from Augusta, Ca, says I;
The parties arrested in Warrenton by
the military have been released by
Court, on giving bonds.
Judge Andrews of the Circuit Court,
has forbidden the Sheriff, at whose in
stance the arrests were made, to act, or
III any way assume the functions OF Of
flee.
Quiet is restored and good feeling ex-
lists between the citizens and military.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
The Alabama Claims and the Rad
icalS,

We take the following extract from
the Washington correspondence of the
New York Euening Post:
The probability that the Alabama
claims question will be made a party
issue in the approaching election is still
freely discussed in political circles. The
comments of the party press through
out the country are not as favorable to
the plan as some republican politicians
here expected; but, as their course was
not decided upon without due delibera-
ton, and the sense of the magnitude
and important bearings which the agi-
tation Of the subject as party measure
will have upon our foreign policy, there
will be no hesitation or faltering in
their attempt to make this a live issue
for the fall election. Even if they were
so disposed, it is too late now, they say,
to retreat and abandon the field to their
democratic adversaries, who would
gladly make this an issue if it appeared
at all probable that the republican par
ty could be forced to oppose them. The
originators of the movement are very
sanguine that upon this issue alone
some of the doubtful States can be car
ried by decisive majorities for the Re-
publicans. Leading Radical politicians
in Pennsylvania write here that unless
our differences with England are made
a party issue, the contest will be close
between the two parties. With this is
sue the republican success, they add, is
insured. This Tact alone is deemed suf.
ficient by party leaders here to justify
the movement
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
rs;y- The Japanese have alread,

Seg- The japanese have already pur-
chased land for colony in this country.
This makes the gathering together of
large numbers OF japanese residents
among us quite as probable as it is pos
sible. 1t requires vivid Imagination
to picture what "mixcd" condition the
population of the United States will
present twenty years hence. ....u
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
The Franchise--AnOther Decision

l. uc A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DCCISIOHs
The Nashville Press and Times of
Thursday contains the following in re-
gard to the Franchise question:
This question, so important in its ma
ture and extent, agitates even courts of
justice. Yesterday, when a jury was
being empannelled to try the case of
Zach Boyd, in the Criminal Court, NJ.
M. Brien objected to gentleman serv-
ing as q juror on the ground that he
was not registered as voter. The gen.
tleman claimed that he was registered
voter, having in his possession what is
known as a "Dorris certificate;" and
this being the case, Attorney General
Tuthill contended that he was qualified
to sit az juror. The court ruled in
favor of the Attorney-General's plea,
in accordance with the Supreme Court
decision at Brownsville.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
The Republican Press.

The Chicago Tribune, the Radical or
gan of the Northwest, favors the cleo
ton of Gov. Senter, and regrets "that
any portion of the Republican party in
power for the time being should be per-
mitted to disfranchise its opponents"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18

Beg The Republicans of Alabama
are splitting and fighting in the various
local nominating conventions. Split
ting wood would be good occupation
for many of the delegates and candi-
dates, and honester work than any of
them will ever do voluntarily. ..-n
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
The gnst
Athens, Friday, June ls, 1850.
Georgia.

A letter from Sandersville, Walsh
county, to the Augusta Chronicle states
that Col. II. w. Flournoy, the Demo-
cratic representative to the Legislature,
was murdered in his own field on the
Sth, by negro man in his employ. The
negro has been committed to Jail.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18

gSy- Petroleum has been largely dis
covered on the line of the Union Pa
,ifc Road. and will add greatly to its
resource for freight. The locale is near
Bitter Creek Station, on the Waatoh
,ange.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
Senator Fowler.

We invite attention to the following
short extract from q speech made by
Senator Fowler, at Gallatin few days
ago. The suggestions to the colored
voters are well timed and they will do
well to heed them:
There was one thing, he said, lying at
the very foundation of all republican
governments, the right of the people to
govern themselves, to exercise voice
in the choice of agents for the public
administration. This principle could
not be violated, except in extreme cases
and where the safety of the republic ab-
solutely required it. He illustrated his
position by references to facts well
known to the people he addressed. at
the close of the war, the exclusion OF
those engaged in the late rebellion was
justified, for the reason that we kiIe@
not the disposition they entertained to.
ward the government. They had siEcc
proven by their conduct that they dis
carded their hostility, and were well
disposed and faithful citizens to the gov
ernment. They were property holders
and taxpayers, and every considera-
ton of policy and principles of justice
required that they should share in the
public administration. Turning to the
negroes, he said, their interests were
with those of the whites-that any en-
nifty they might cherish towards the
white people was founded in falsehood,
and if persisted in would result in their
injury. He appealed to them to consid-
er what he told them, and advised them
to cast no vote for any one who wanted
to perpetuate dcspotism, without rea-
son or excuse, by continued disfran-
chisement of men, who, whatever the
faults of the past, were as much inter-
ested in good government and liberal
and just laws, as any who supported
the Union in its severest trials.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18

I6- One hundred and fifty State
bonds are being signed for issuance to
the East Tennessee and Western North
Carolina Railroad, for purposes Of
equipment, etc.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
SUMNER.

Senator Sumner had farewell inter-
view with the President yesterday, and
left for homo to-day. He is very much
to learn that the admins
tration did not take his speech as basis
for Motley's instructions. .....
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
From Washington.
The following occur among our more
recent Washington items:

recent Washington items:
.r.. .f. CUBA.
The agents of the Cuban insurgents
here state that they have information
showing that about five thousand So
called tilibusters have landed in Cuba
from the United States and the Central
and South American countries. They
also say that they have not found it
necessary to get foreign market for
the bonds of the new Republic, as the
patriot planters have advanced quite
large amounts to sustain tho cause.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18

B1- True couyage is silent and unpre-
tentious, while your mere bully is al
ways parading his "valoyous deeds" be-
fore his fellow-mcn.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18

g9y- If a man begins conversation
with you by saying "you know how
frank l am" knock him down without
waiting for him to get word further.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-06-18
The Biggest Fool Yet,

We were told yesterday of man
who stole horse and sold him on
credit. The fellow is now in Jail, where
he ought to be, and hasn't got cent.