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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-04

EuI>TO, KOCKv:LLE AND ENFEH-
PtISF.
-~A THE EAMER FANNIE, CAP
-ssSs::--- TAIN ADAIa will le've Accommodi'
tim Wnari every wEpNE iDAY IoRNINo asS a'c ock.
Re'ur min. leave dsto II "'.i0cs on lbuRsDAx'
For Freight or Pissegs, apYls 10
JOHN FERGUSON.
April Dc Accommo iHtion Wharf
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FOR THE GERMAN sCHUETzEsFks

FOR THE GERMAN SCIfUETZEnEESF
BY STEAMER.
~T-S THE FINE STEAMER FANNIE,
Captain Ap,IR, will leave the City
from Accommodation wha WEDNESDAY, rHuRsDAY
and FRIDAY ut thu hours Of 10 A IL. and II 80 p.
h, and 8 p NJ, landing passsngers at the Psc,he
Manufacturing Compauy's peS Wlar, Ashley
River. within zoo yards OF the grounds.
List TIN. returning, win be at P. n On Rly.
DAY the tw, last return trips will be st and 10 2. II
Fare, rs cents. MayA -
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-04

WILLIE. MARTIN POINT AND sIkoN's
49, TIE sTEAMER EMILE, CAPTAIN
eeaSsSf%P p. e. LrwB will le i've Commercial
wharf as above, every WxDNksDAY honsUNe. ct
lie urnine will leave Edisto at o'clock on
THURSDAY. -
FreiRh received TH1s DAY. Apply to
SAACKELFORD KELLi, Agents.
Nay4 / No / Borre's Wharf
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-04

FOR SAVANNAH-iNLAhD ROUTE,
VIA BEAUFORT md HILTON HEAD.
TICKETS TO FLORIDA.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
Tribute of Respect.

A regular Communication of Wash
ington Lodge. No. 236. f. and A. Ma
sons, at their Lodge Room In Washing
ton, Tennessee, Monday evening, Sept.
9th, A. D., 1869, a. L., $500, the follow
ing preamble and resolutions were ap-
proved and adopted: ...... ..r.
Whereas, it has pleased o0r Supreme
Grand Master in his mysterious provi-
dence, to send to our midst the sable
winged messenger and forever dissolve
the visible connection of our esteemed
brother, JOHN ID. CHATTtN. who depart
ed this life on the 1lth day of August,
1869: and, whereas, our esteemed bro
ther has passed the most of peaceful
and honorable life in the county of
Rhea, where his urbanity as gentle
man, his Kindness and generosity rs q
man. and his usefulness and rectitude
as citizen won for him the regard OF
all who knew him: and. whereas, he
has been for some thirty years q yea lous.
consistent and useful member of the
Masonic fraternity. has cnshrined his
memory deep in the hearts and affec-
tions of the brethreii. and by his kind.
ness. charity and bcncvolence has often
soothed the sorrows of his felow-men,
and bound up the wounds which mis-
fortune has made: and, whereas, he has
been overtaken upon the Level of Time.
stricken down at the good green age Of
sixty-two years, and taken suddenly
from his family, friends and brethren,
yet we feel assured that there is life in
his death. and humbly trust he has.been
bhtpemoved from his.Rbots' here to his
freward in that blessed abode where the
wicked cease from troubling and the
weary are at rest.--It is. therefore.
Resolved, That in the death of John
ID. Chattin Washington Lodge and the
Mystic Brotherhood throughout the
land have lost an efficient and worthy
member and brother. the community an
enterprising and useful citizen. society
one of its brightest ornaments, and his
! family an atfectionate and devoted hus-
band and father.
! I'd. That we sincerely svmpathize
with the bercavcd in their iireparabe
loss, and tenderly remind them that
their loved one has only met the fate
that must ere long ovcrtake every in
habitant of earth.
3. That the members Of this Lodge
wear the usual badge Of mourning for
thirty days and that a copy ofthp above
preamble and resolutions he furnished
the widow Of the dead. and to the ATH.
EMS Posi- for publication.
VIM. NJ. WILSON,
L. j. GIILEaPIr
Committee.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
The Mississippi State Convention
The Skeleton.

When the Federal soldiers were dv-
ing by thousands in Southern prisons,
Secretary Stanton was appealed to and
implored to consent to general ex-
change Of prisoners. "I'll be damned y
said he to Col. Straight, eff 1 consent
to exchange well-conditioned men for
skeletons" And now Stanton himself
is skeleton" 1t may be that the
beak and talons of conscience have torn
the flesh from his bones.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
Tribute Of RpSppct.
Com mS'ttee.

Washington Lodge No 23f. r. M 4.
Masons met in their Lodge Room OH
Monday evening, Sept. 9th. \. T.. lSG0.
A. L., $3.50. it being regular Commu-
nication, when the following preamble
and resolutions were unanimously a.
doptcd:
Whereas. the Supreme Grand Mas
ter of the Universe, in his all-wisc provi-
dence, has been pleased TO call from his
labors below to refreshments on HIGH,
our beloved brother SAMUEL. i. MUR-
PHEY. who, after a brief illness. depart.
ed this life on the 4th day of September.
1869 at the residence of his aged father
in Bledsoe county. Tennessee and.
whereas. our fellow brother has lived
for number OF years in our midst an
honored and esteemed citizen. n useful
and benevolent member OF society, a
Jealous and devoted Mason. and an ex-
emplary Christian. where his gentleness
of spirit. amiable disposition and recti-
tude of life won for him the highest es-
teen of all who knew him.-It is, there
fore,
Resolved. That in the death Of Sam
uel B. Murphey Washington Lodge and
the Masonic fraternity at large have lost
a substantial member and bright or
nament, the Church Il consistent and eff.
ticient member and his family an atfec-
tionate and provident head.
Resolved, That this Lodge deeply de-
plores the untimely departure of our
esteemed friend and brother: that we
bow in humility under this dispensa-
ton of Divine Providence. and that we
will endeavOr to take warning there.
from to be also ready, as our brother
was ready. when the Master shall call
for us: and while we are spared TO la
Dor we will earnestly endeavor to EMU
late the virtues Of Our truly Masonic
and Christian brother
Resolved, That we warmly sympathise
with the bereaved family OF our depart
ed brother in their irreparable loss. and
affectionately remind them that they
have n large additional interest cluster
ing around the throne of God: and that
before IS long. if we shall have lived
as did our departed brother, we will see
and live with him amid the untading
fruits and flowers in the Paradise Of
God.
Resolved. That the members of this
Lodge wear the usual badge Of mourn
ing for thirty days.
Resolved, That n transcript of the
foregoing preamble and resolutions he
furnished to the family OF the deceased.
and to the ATHENS Posi- for publication.
WM. NJ. WILSON,
L. j. GTLLESPIr.
(O1n7ljttee.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
Improved Varieties of Wheat.

Whether it is desirable to cultivate
many or few varieties of wheat at the
same time on farm, may be regarded
differently by different persons. We
think three or four varieties sufficient
as rendering partial success more cer-
tain and total failure less probable
The productiveness of any one variety
OF wheat differs from year to year. ow-
ing to different conditions of climate.
season and soil. during the active period
OF the plants growth, and while one
variety fails another may succeed. Thus
III very dry season the longest straw
varieties are the most productive: while
in wet season. the plant growing very
luXuriously. the shorter varieties sue
ceed best. BY reason of these irregu-
larities it is both prudent and necessary
to success to cultivate several varieties
at the same time on farm. Every
farmer should ascertain for himself
what varieties are best suited to his par
ticular soils and circumstances. But a
blind preference for any kind of wheat.
because it has been successfully culti-
waited for a long time in ones neighbor-
hood, without testing its worth with
other varieties, is to be deprecated and
condemned as much as constant shifting
year after year from one new kind to
another. in the vain hope of finding a
variety that will cast all other in the
shade
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
The Dangers of Mining.

The New York Erpress, in detailing
the horrible accident at the Avondale
Mines, in Luzerne county, Pa, adds, in
reference to the dangers of mining.
In the year 1850, fearful catastrophe
occurred in the Carbondale mines in
volving heavy loss of life, but moth
ing lii e that which has probably attend
ed the Avondale horror. On that occa-
sion about one hundred men were in
the pit, and when the collapse occurred
the pressure of air from the falling mass
was SO great that it blew boy and a
mule an eighth of q mile out of the mar
row entrance to the mine. A few OF
those entombed worked their way out
through all the dangers of fire-damps
and foul cir, but the most of them per-
ished by starvation, or fell II prey to the
rats, which i'll coal mines are said to
grow to an enormous size. One man
was said to be seven days in digging
his way to the surface. Happily, in
this country, these terrible catastro-
phcs are rare. compared with the ex-
periences of Europe, and especially of
England. Among the most disastrous
of those which have recently occurred
III the mines of the latter country, was
the explosion at st. IIelcn's, near Liver
pool. on the 22d July last, which re-
suited in the death Of fifty-three men.
The Fernandaie collicry disaster, OH
the 10th June, in South Wales. in which
a like number of three
persisted; that at Lancashire. England,
twenty-eight killed; the coal mine ex-
plosion. near Dresden. Saxonv. on.'thc
I'd August, in which 32l perishdf;. Nle
colliery explosion at Frminy, near St
Etienne. France. whereby fourteen per.
sons lost their lives.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
WashingingtOn Items.

Letters from the West, received by
the Treasury officials at Washington,
express the hope that the Secretary of
the Treasury will reduce his currency
balance by the purchase of more bonds,
so that the money market may be "ased
up for the movement of the crops
Such policy is also urged from New
York quarters, but nothing is known,
of course, as to what heed the depart
ments will give these requests.
Advices from New York state that
there is prospect OF a permanent rise
in gold. which will give stability to
higher prices of produce, but whether
this is to result from combined bull
movement or from natural causes, is
yet to be seen.
THE VACANT sECRETARYsnIP,
1t appears to be the conclusion in ad-
ministration quarters that there will be
no Secretary of War at present, and
that General Sherman will continue to
manage that department. 1t is evident
that the President will not be in un-
secmly haste to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of his closest friend.
MISSISSIPPI.
Private dispatches from Jackson,
Miss. received here say that Judge
Dent will be elected Governor with al
most as much unanimity as he was
nominated. They add that the Conser-
vative feeling is such that the opposi-
ton candidate stands no chance of elec-
ton.
VIRGINIA.
Governor Wells, Of Virginia, who is
here, expressed himself o-day unquali-
tiedly in favor of the removal of all po-
litical disabilities from citizens of Vir-
ginia. This important conclusion, in
view of his extreme views adverse to
any such step heretofore, shows the
liberal progress made by the late elec-
ton. Wells has resigned, and Candy
accepts his resignation to take effect on
September 2lst.
NEGRO FIGHT.
On the return Of the funeral process
sion to-day q crowd of negroes, num-
bering about two hundred, commenced
fighting, and but for the prompt inter-
ference Of the mounted police it would
have resulted seriously. AS it was, one
of the men was severely injured.
PRESIDENT GRANT.
Gen. Grant has gone back to New
York to join his family and resume his
migratory pleasures.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
What Tom Ewing Saws.

The Secretary of the Treasury re-
ports that he has paid off another two
millions of the five-twenties. They
were, by the express terms under
which they were borrowed, payable
in legaltender notes. He paid them in
legal-tender notes, and added as gra-
tuity four hundred thousand dollars
he paid S2,400000 in currency for S2,-
100000 due in currency. This is sim
pie plunder, excused by no reasonable
doubt or ambiguity of fact or language.
There should be an end to this. The
whisky rings and all otherr rings, official
and unofficial, formed to dcfraud the
revenue and plunder the Treasury,
played at child play compared to this.
Carried to its utmost result it will rob
the nation Of more than seven hundred
millions, principal and interest, in the
next four years. And it viii be so, unless
the people by an emphatic vote forbid
it. The public treasury will be added
to the public offices to fill the measure
OF the spoils; without it they are quite
too small to meet the pressing wants OF
the party.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
Activity in the NAVY,

An exchange says there is as much
activity in the Brooklyn Navy Yard as
there was in Richards and Richmond S
camps during the night before the bat
tie of Bosworth. What does it mean !?
The ring of hammers, the sound of
saws, and the dull roar of forges are
heard on all sides. What is about to
happen? Frigates, sloops of war and
iron-clads are preparing for active SER
vice with extraordinary energy. What
is in the wind?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
Serious Affair at isinrwOld,

The Chattanooga Republican of the
10th had the following:
We are informed that quite serious
difficulty occurred at Ringgold. Ga. yes.
terday. 1t seems that the Revenue off
Ger attempted to arrest man by the
name of Dephaw, for Illicit distilling.
Dephaw resisted, and the officer shot
and killed him. This occurred some
distance from Ringgold. a crowd soon
gathered and threatened the life of the
officer. He, it seems. started towards
Ringgold, but the news of the affair
had gone before him. and there was
such feeling created that the officers
friends would not let him enter the CITY.
for fear Of being mobbcd. The Sheriff
intrrfered, however, and put the officer
in Jail, and telegraphcd to Atlanta and
Chattanooga for troops, which were i'm
mcdiately sent, and order was restored
The troops from Atlanta took the Off
Ger out of Jail and took him to Atlanta
for protection. At one time it was fear
ed the affair would result in general
riot, but at last accounts all was quiet
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
T E R M S :
THE POST IS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY,
At Two Dollars a. Yenr, Paya bic
in Advance.

seJ" No attention paid to orders for the pa
per unless accompanied by the Cash
Advertisements will be charged S1.50 per
square of ten lines, or less, for the first nser-
tion, aud 20 cents for each continuance. a
liberal deduction made to parties who adver-
tise by the year.
H3- Persons sending advertisements should
mark the number of times they desire them
inserted, or they will be continued until for
bid and charged accordingly.
Transient advertisements must be paid for
at the time Of insertion
Announcing names of candidates for office,
$780, Cash, in all cases.
Obituary notices over five lines, charged at
regular advertising rates. ....
All communications intended to promote the
private ends or interests of Corporations, So
cieties. or individuals, will be charged as ad-
vertisemen:s.
jon WORK. such as Pamphlets Circulars
Cards, Blanks, Handbils. etc.. will be exc
.cutted in good style and ut reasonable rates.
All letters addressed to the Proprietor will
be promptly attended to.
Communications, to Secuoe insertion. must
be accompanied by the name of the authors.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
That Expedition.

About fourteen of the Cuban patriots
from Macon, Georgia, ranging in age,
from fourteen to twenty years, and who
were captured at Eufaula, Ala, with
out firing gun, returned to Macon OH
Monday. Among them was discovered
one of the fair sex dressed in mems
clothes. She is widow, her husband
having been killed at Gettysburg, and
is about twenty four years of age. She
had been smitten with the person of
one of the patriots, and resolved to ac-
company and share his trials. The
Cuban recruiting Office in Macon has
been discontinued, Gen. ID. DcCosta
having removed his quarters to Savan-
nah.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
COlnnutcd.

David Ross, who was under sentence
of death and was to have been hung on
the Sd of September, has had his sen.
tenrc changed to Imprisonment in the
pcnitcntiary at Little Rock. Ark, fol
the term Of five years. Ross is Chero.
kee Indian, and was sentenced to be
hung for the killing of a white man
who married in the Nation.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
Negro Life in the Future.
The Montgomery, (Ala,,) Mail draws
thiS 1npl nro hlo ,,;,turo.


this deplorable picture:
The negro women and children have
abandoned field work entirely, and the
men who have been once employed in
town never return to field work. In all
these ways, as well by the large mortal
ity among the blacks during the war
and since, the number of labOrers for
cotton culture has been reduced to less
that one-half of what it was in 1860.
While many die, few are born. From
all quarters comes the report that there
are hardly any young children among
the negroes. We think that in twentv-
five years the negroes will be almost as
great curiosity as the Indian.
Philanthropy. however, demanded of
"the Nation" the sacrifice of negro hui
man life, and engineered bloody civil
war to win it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
Receivers Amounted,

Governor Senter has appointed Re-
ceivers for the Railrads that are in de-
fault in the payment Of the interest, un.
der the provisions of the law directing
him to do so. Gen. Jos. A. Mabry is
appointed Receiver of the Knoxville
and Kentucky Road and Capt. NJ. d.
Bearden Of the Knoxville and Charles.
ton Road.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
The SenatOrShip.

The Middle Tennessee papers keep up
a heavy fire on ex-President Johnson.
From the columns of most of them, q
stranger would infer that the election
of Senator was about the only bust
ness that would engage the attention OF
the incoming Legislature. In the mean
time Mr.. Johnson is said to be at Nash
vile himself, and that the contest bids
fair to be an exciting one.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17

BD" A raptured writer asks: "What
is there under heaven more humanizing,
or, if we may use the term, more angel
izing than fine black eye in lovely
woman?" Two black eyes are the ou-
ly things we can think of at present.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17

Bsy~ Mrs Mary Ward, Of Cuthbert, Ga,
acknowledges the payment of ten thou
sand dollars, the amount of life in
surance OH her husband, the late Amos
Il. Ward.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17

sss" The Schenectady Star says: A
young lady, caught in hurricane, in
that city the other day, "looked like n
white handled umbrella blown inside
out"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
The Common Schools.

State Superintendent Eaton states
that the reports from the various coun-
ties indicate that the attendance at the
Common Schools will be fully double
that of last year. and that the number
OF Schools has increased in the same
proportion.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
Chr gost.
Athens. Friday. sept. ~. 1860.
Reelected,

The New Board of Directors of the
East Tennessee anl Georgia Railroad
met last week and reelected the follow
ing officers of the Road: Thos. II. CAL
laway, President; Maj. r. G. Jackson,
Superintendent; r. M. Fisher, Secre-
tary and Treasurer.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17

gas" The New Orleans Picayune says
the South will not send 100000 bales
of cotton to market, although she may
have raised it. 1t takes one hand to
make four bales, and Of course 100000
laborers to make 100000. They have
not that number of field hands.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
Virginia---Canby's Proclamation.

A Richmond dispatch of the 9th says
Gen. Candy issued proclamation OF
election this morning.
Gilbert G. Walker is to be installed
Provisional Governor on the 2lst in
stant, and John f. Lewis Provisional
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES on October 9Th.
The Legislature is called together Oc-
tober 9TH. The adoption Of the expur-
gated constitution is announced.
The following Wells Congressman
are proclaimed elected: Aver, Platte
and Porter; and the following Walker
Congressman were elected: Seagar, at
large, Booker, Ridgeway, McKensie,
Miner and Gibson.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17

By@ Miss" said high strung swain
to a rural dulcinea. "let us walk in yon-
der beautiful meadow where the clover
is in blossom and the amorou> 2ephyrs
play" "Oh, darn the amorouS hciiors."
she replied, 81 see enough of them on
dads farm"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17

Bas- Mrs. Catharine T. Washington
died in Delphi, Ohio, on Saturday, at
the age of eighty. She was the venera-
BILE relict of the late Samuel Washing
ton, who was granddaughter of Gen.
Washington.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17

gY~ When girl falls in love with an
unlucky Irishman, her heart always
goes pity Pat
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17

Bes- The Iron Works. Aleut own. Pa.
were burned on the Sth Loss $300,0O0.
1t throws one thousand men Out OF cIH-
employment.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17

BY- The negro question will not long
give the Southern States any serious
practical trouble. If the negroes re-
main where they are, they will soon, by
all the laws of nature, pass under the
moral and political control of the white
race, and, if they go away, that will bo
the last of them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17

Bsis~ 1t is stated that in England every
tenth man Of the population has life
Insurance.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17

Bsg- The Boston Adcertiser says that
a book will soon be published ia that
city, from the pen of clergyman, not
a Mormon, defending polygamy on mo-
raj, social, physiological ana re Gus
grounds. t
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17

Bay 1t is stated that 10000 lbs of to.
bacco will be cut in Hamilton county
this year.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17

gas~ A young man, at Madison, Wis
consin, found some girls in bathing,
himself and went in to have
some fun. The girls scampered out,
dressed, and stole the boys's clothing,
and he had to so home dressed in pair
of slippers and bar of soap.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17

pa- Senator Fessenden died at his
home in Maine on the Sth.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
Another Robbery.

A dispatch from Helena, Montana.
says the mail coach from that point to
the railroad was robbed on Monday
night, about fifty miles north of Corine,
by four road agents, Of two treasure
boxes containing about $4,000 in gold
bars. They also robbed the passengers
of all their arms and $4,000. This is
the second robbery within q week,
amounting to 100000 in the aggregate.
The Mississippi State Convention.
The Mississippi Convention met on
the Sth. and after adopting " platform,
made the following nominations unani-
mously:
Judge Louis Dent for Governor, with
Judge Jefferds for Lieutenant Govern
or; j. L. Wofi'ord for Congress in the
First District, Judge VIM. Kellog in the
Third, and Judge Jos. w. Field in the
Fourth.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17

Bsy~ They have a new kind of we'd
ding in Iowa, called involuntary we'd
ding" When scoundrel seduces and
won't marry the girl, they point his
head at revolver, and tell him to
"come down." or the top of his head
makes soup-bowl. He generally comes.