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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29
COTTON AND RESUMPTION.

Persons who have an appetite for 9TH
err reading than the sensation" style
which seems to be the most attractive
feature of modern journalism, will find
something sensible and solid in the fol-
lowing from the New York Express:
The cotton crop of last year will yield
from 100000 TO z, 100000 bales, which
at the prices received, will exceed the
income from the 5, 000. 900 bales prodne-
ed before the war. Cotton at "a to 25
cents pound in 1869, is a good deal
more King than cotton at 10 cents
pound before the war, and especially
when as in 1868, the South produced ia
food about all that the Southern people
consumed. American cotton also, now.
as before the war, as whole, Is the best
cotton produced in the world. Its de-
mand is ppabated wherever cotton Is.
manufactured, and will be just as long
as it is produced. The income from it
is as certain as che demand. On bclt
of 600 miles Of land there are no such
cotton lands in the world. All that is
wanted is capital and labor, andit is a
disgrace to the country, and especially
to its mock philanthropy, that twice as
much cotton was produced in state of
slavery as in state Of freedoms, though
this, we are sorry to say, is but repe-
tition of the partial freedom established
in Jamaica and st. Domingo, where the
cotton and sugar plantations went to
ruin as fast as the negroes obtained
their freedom. But we expect different
results at the South, and they would be
at once apparent If the Southern people
Nere left to regulate their own business
labor and political relations, as the peo-
pie of the North and West ave permit
ted to regulate theirs, and this with n
much better condition of the moral, re-
| ligiOus, and educational status of the ne
gro than we shall ever behold through
Northern interference. Nobody ever
expects to see Slavery re-established in
the United States, and now that the In
stitution is clean gone, nobody even de-
sires it; but Congressional Reconstruct
ton in the form of Military Govern
ments at the South, the regulation Of
Suffrage, the interference with the State
and personal rights, and laws, the exclu-
sion of white men from Office and the
Ballot, is positive bar to freedom, in
dependence and prosperity, and when
ever Congress consents to loosen its OPP
pressive hold upon the South, and to-
leave people there as they arc here, not
only the South, but the whole people,
will feel the healthy influence of such
freedom. If Congress will but consent
to let all the States regulate their own
intenal affairs, SO far as they do not in
terfere with the U. S. Constitution, the
best results will ensue,-and we now
predict, if this is done, by the time two
additional crops of cotton are put upon
the market, the Government will DO
able, with even decent economy in the
administration of public affairs, to re-
sumo specie payments,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29
Tennessee Securities.

The New York Essning Post says:
Tennessee Bonds continue dull the dis
patch in the morning papers to the eff
feet that bill providing for the sale of
defaulting railroads had passed tho
lower branch of the Legislature with
out dissenting vote, had no effect on
the price of Bonds. The disordered
condition of affairs in that State moro
than neutralizes this action of the Leg
islature.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29
Fire at Columbia.
A dispatch of the 18th to the Mas

A dispatch of the 25th to the Nash
vile Banner says:
Whitthornc's Block was burned to-
night. 1t was insured in the CONNER
cial Insurance Company. A young la
day named Miss Kate Mclean, while
endeayoring to make her escape in an
adjoining yard, owned by Mr.. Ruttle,
fell into cistern and was drowned be-
fore she could be rescued. Latta,
HAYNES and Erwin, policemen, and sew
eral other citizens used every means in
their power, and deserve the highest
praise for the prompt manner in which
they acted. Some Of the soldiers of
the 18th Infantry also acted 80 nObly
that they deserve the esteem of all the
community. w. j. A.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29
The City of New York.
We invite attention to the followil

New York, Jan. 26.-Several meet
ings have been held here recently, and
vigilance committee has been formed.
The names Of large number Of noto-
rious thieves and rufiians have been
taken down, and the next outrage will
be the signal for the execution of a
number of notorious Williams who have
long been watched. The movement
has been undertaken by determined cit
liens, who know each other, and are
convinced that nothing but the course
they propose will prevent the recur-
renee of such crimes as the Rogers MUIR
der. They seem to be terribly in earn
not
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29
The Latest Cabinet Slate.

The New York Sun has correspon-
dent who claims positively that the fol-
lowing will be Grants Cabinet: Sec
rotary of State, E. M. Stanton Secre-
tary Of the Treasury, G. s. Boutwell, /;
Secretary of War, John A. Rawlins /;
Secretary of the Navy, John A. Girls
void; Secretary of the Interior, j. A..
j. Cresswell Post-master-general, j. r..
Hawley; Encouragement, John +.
WilsOn Ytt fEt 1t
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29
General Order---MOraI Men II
Demand.


The Nashville papers of the 26th cor
tain the Order below:
HEADQUARTERS Tenn. STATE GUARDS,
Nashville, Tenn, Jan. %, 1868.
General Order No. LIN obedience
to instructions from his Excellency the
Governor, the undersigned assumes
command of all the Tennessee State
forces in the field.
All persons applying for permission
to raise companies must be OF good mo-
raj character and must be in sympathy
with the State and Federal Government.
There will be 10 commissions issued
to line officers until they have COM
mand equal to the rank which the COM
mission represents, eighty-four men
will be entitled to Captain, First and
Second Lieutenant, forty-fOur to one
First Lieutenant, and will be consolidat-
ell with some other organization il they
fail to fill up to minimum company.
BY command of
JOSEPH A. COOPER,
Brigadier-General Commanding.
L. B. GAMBLE, Captain A. ID. G.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29
Governor Clayton at Memphis.

MEMPHIS, Jan. 26.-Governor Clay
ton, of Arkansas, and staff arrived here
last night, and left this morning for
Marion, it is said, fol. the purpose of in
Alister and Harvey by the Militia
The latter was Major in the Federal
army. Since the war he has been asso-
ciated with Senator Mcdonald in the
stock trade.
A notorious guerrilla, Cullen Baker,
of Red River notoriety, was shot and
killed by his father-in-law, Mr.. Foster,
at Rendo, Lafayette county, Arkansas,
on the 10th inst. His body was turned
over to body of Federal cavalry to be
taken to Jefferson, Texas, for identifi.
cation, and numerous rewards offered
for him. which amounts to $1,000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29
San Francisco.

They are clamoring for another Wig
ilance Committee in San Francisco.
The journalists declare that MURDERS.
rapes, and shooting by the police at hu-
man beings at night and in broad day
light, because they "look suspicious"
are Of daily occurrence. Cutting af-
trays have become pastime among the
denizens Of the Barbary Coast" This
is almost as bad as New York.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29
H,rrnbugs.

Here nrc a few words Of truth and
soberness spoken by the New Y rk Er-
press: " '3tl S
The two most m0nstrous humbugs of
the age, are the continued diag-doDging
about Rebellion and Loyalty. Those
who talk most of the latter are either
very innocent chickens, or, what s most
probable, they want to steal something,
and use their boasted l0yalty--in words
Ito cover their theft, while those who
never mean TO forgive rebellion have no
right TO expect that hereafter their own
side will be forgiven. ~ Hfi'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29
The Mystery Being Explained.

We believe it was intimated in the
Posi- Of last week, that, perhaps, parties
other than the Ku KluX were commit
ting the depredations complained of in
Middle and West Tennessee. The fol-
lowing from the Nashville Unio,, and
american, furnishes one case at least:
On last Saturday we published full
account of remarkable case of Ku
Kluxisnl-a man named John Garner,
notorious horse-thief, who had been
arrested by young man named Collier,
I'm Alabama, but who was taken by force
from Collier, in Williamson county, by
masked men. This was regarded by us
and by The country as case of Ku Klux
mob law. Up to yesterday, the whole
country supposed Garner had been dealt
with by the Ku Klux, and that he had
gone as Barmore was supposed to have
gone.
Yesterday morning it was ascertain
ed that Garner was i'm this city and de-
tective Ryan got Oh his track and sue
ceeded in arresting him last night and
afterwards sent him to Murfreesboro to
answer the charge of horse-stealing and
other crimes. I-e %
This man was undoubtedly released
by his friends who put on the Ku Klux
masks. Garner had been in the peni-
Tertiary in Tennessee only few months
ago and was pardoned by Gov. Brown
low. He is perhaps the most notorious
horse-thief this country has produced,
and had been in the penitentiary of sew
eral States before he was committed
here. This man is understood to be at
the head of q numerous clan, who re-
leased him no doubt, and who will re-
lease him again and charge it to the Ku
X Inv rE H4ll 'Jn I.-4 st
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29
The Pacific Railroad.

One thousand miles of the Union Pa
cific Railroad are now finished and in
operation. The Central Pacific Rail-
road Company having built 500 miles,
but 267 remain to be built. There is
now no doubt that the entire line of
the Pacific Railroad will be opened
early this season. The earnings of the
Union Pacific Railroad for the year
1868 are officially reported at $685.
Col 81. ..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29
The Latest from the Scene Of Out
rage and Murder.

(From the Memphis Appeal, January 24.)
Arrivals from Marion yesterday even
ing state that two scouting parties of
TWENTY-FIVE each, had been sent out the
previous day-one down the river
(Mississippij and the other out on Ty-
rongia River. The one which went
down the river, went to the place of
Mrs. Ward, some fifteen miles below
Memphis, and completely sacked it.
They broke up and destroyed every
particle Of furniture, even to the pic.
lures on the wall, and stole three hum
drcd dollars of currency that Mrs.
Ward had been saving. Mrs. Ward is
well known in Memphis, and is the
sister of Major Earle.
This party returned to Marion ycstcr-
day evening, bringing with them seven
stolen mules and other plumber. From
the other party (the one which went on
the Tyrongia) nothing has as yet been
heard. We suppose accounts Of their
atrocities will be received to-day.
Gentlemen who were in the stockadc
Yesterday afternoon, say that there are
three persons yet left in the jail, to wit
Mrssrs. Waf'ord, Crump and Lovelace.
They report that the most inhuman tor
lures are still practiccd upon them, and
that thumbscrews have been used until
their hands, especially Crump's, have
been crushed nearly to pieces. When
our informant left yesterday evening,
Wafi'ord was tied face downward to the
earth, in such a manner that every
breath was torture, and every motion
was an excruciating agony. They say
they intend to keep him in this way I'M
til he confesses what they want, or he
dies.
These statements are from parties
deemed altogether reliable, and are, no
doubt, strictly true. .a. WI.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29
Accident.

We learn that Capt. Tom Duggan, of
McMinn county, while engaged in
cleaning mp some new ground q few
days ago, was struck ON the head by 2
falling piece Of timber and 90 badly In
jured that his life is dcspaircd Of. gS
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29
A True Bill.

Don Piatt writes to the Cincinnati
Commercial: s.413i
This Government is probably the
most demoralized Government in the
world. Its service Is rotten to the core.
All the departments are run by rings,
and One-half of the heavy taxation col
lectcd from an oppressed people is turn
ed into private pockets.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29
Poor CarIotta.

General Bankhead Magruder, G. s.
A., recently delivered a lecture in Bal
tifnore on "Msximillian and Carlotta."
He was In tho civil service Of. the EN-
peror for a year or more after the sup
preston of our rebellion. He claims
that the present condition on Carlotta
Is entirely owing to poison administer
eddy q Mexicarlwonian. s~ts ss-Gr
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29
Martial Law Not Yet Declared.

Martial Law Not Yet Declared.
Martial law has not been declared in
any county yet and according to re-
ported remark of Gen. Cooper, will not
be until after the Organization and
equipment of the militia. We guess
it wont be much of war after all. AS
far us heard from recruiting 10 going on
miserably slow; and, to tell the truth,
the whole business-the course Of the
Legislature and the subsequent incon-
siderate and hasty action of the Cover
nor in rushing out Proclamation--is
generally condemned by men of all par
ties. The people are more interested
just now in the prices of produce and
with preparations for the years labor
on the farm; they are tired of excite
ment and high taxes, and are disposed
to keep free from the one and to get rid
Of the other at as early day as posi-
bic; and, looking to the condition OF
things in Arkansas, have pretty much all
come to the conclusion that though evils
may exist in some portions of the State,
the remedy proposed would not cure,
but rather aggravate them. The last
attempt of the Legislature to get up a
big excitement with which to commence
the summer campaign, is failure.
Since putting the above in type, we
notice that recruiting for the service
has been commenced at Athens-under
the auspices of Capt. Quincy, who halls
from some other locality. With the ex-
ception of few aspirants for office,
McMinn county is entirely free from
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29
PiratfcaI.

A Washington correspondent Of the
Chicago Tribune finds It difficult to ex-
press all the Indignation he feels touch.
ing the corruption Of Congress. or
the Republican party he has this brief,
sententious and comprehensive remark
to make, to-wit: sour own party, in Its
organization, is simply piratical."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29
FURTHER FROMAkRx las.
ExecutiaH &c "A neg.p sia-
We gather bono additio n1ks

bcn Cdnht3ied. "a W
We gather soms additio us
from poor ArkAnsss from our3 emthis
exchanges. rhc Appeal says:
The four negro militiamenEBiil Por-
ter, Monroe Allen, VIM. Reese and Hec-
tor .Allen--who were convicted of the
raping Of two white ladies, by court
were executed at two o'clock on Tues
day, a short distance beyond the barri-
cade. We understand that all of them,
with the exception of Bill Reese, plead
guilty. Reese solemnly declared he
was innocent, but was proven guilty by
his own witnesses. The. vote of the
court was unanimous for death. Eye
witnesses say that the condemned men
plead and prayed for life in the most
agonized manner. The execution was
conducted altogether by negroes, under
command of q negro named Gregory,
holding the rank of Lieutenant /; the en-
tire militia force being drawn up under
arms to witness the affair.
This act has tended to reassure the
citizens to certain extent, but ladies,
where permitted, are leaving the coun-
Try and coming to this city. Several ar
rived thence yesterday.
The Aralanche of subsequent date
says: t....
A report has prevailed in the city for
day or two, and is believed generally
by Arkansians, that Gov. Clayton has
ordered the withdrawal of all the mill
tia from Crittenden, Green and Missis-
sippi counties, except one hundred and
fifty cavalry, to be retained under Gen.
Upham. The place of rendezvous is
understood to be Jacksonport, where
the militia will probably be mustered
out of service.
The report that four negro militia
men were shot last Tuesday, at Marion,
in pursuance of court martial decree,
for outrages committed on several white
ladies in the vicinity, is now credited.
The names of the women who We're
outraged are as follows: Mrs. }. Reeves,
Mrs. James Watson, Mrs. Galloway,
Mrs. MCGEE and Miss Sweptson.
The execution was witnessed by the
entire militia force, with the exception
of several scouting parties. orr
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29
New Jersey.

Mr.. Stockton, who was busted some
time ago from his seat in the United
States Senate by piece of radical ras-
cality, has just been reelected to that
body by the New Jersey Legislature.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29

sG5- A crazy man named Hughes pro-
poses TO commence the publication of .
newspaper Ht Knoxville about the first
of March. Price S1.00 q year. n $50
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29

pD- Representative Boutwell,, of Mas
sachusetts, declares that Congress and
the Republican party cannot escape tho
issue of universal suffrage.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29

I'd BkS- The Cleveland Banner of Thurs
day, announces the death of John N.
Cowan, a well known citizen Of Bradley
cOunty-aged 65 years. i-mn v Wv
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29

Beg- Washington dispatch of the 25th,
says: There III well-grounded report
that the Supreme Court has concluded
its decision upon the Greenback case,
and that the law is sustained-5 to 8.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29

Albert 8. Bsylcss, Captain and 40.
NJ; Larkin D.. Gamble, Captain, In
Jspccting and Mastering Oificer; John
Cooper, First Lieutenant and A. d. G.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29

9 nag A dispatch from the Spanish cap
ital says: The Governor of Burgos was
assassinated while taking an inventory
of the goods of the cathedral in Burgos.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29

neg- The Supreme Court of Georgia
holds the relief law Of that State to be
constitutional. go '+'
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The Secretary Of State.

1mO CCChOSay Va SsSssOs
The "oficial paper at Nashville con-
tains in its issue of Monday, long and
pointsdfeviy Sscm Observation-Disclosures,
to an editorial in the Knoxville Wig,
of the preceding week, which IL sup
posed TO have been written by the,
Rev. Pesrpe. who, il 10 understood, sue
cecds Parson Brownlow as religious
and political cditor.in-chief' Of the last
named journal. tits sort Of family af-
fair, In which we are not presumed to
feel large degree of interest," and 80
we only glance at it in passing. To our
unbiased view the honorable Secretary
of State so far has the decided advan-
tage of his adversaries in the facts and
the argument, and, from the tone and
temper exhibited in his more recent
communication, will probably maintain
it. We copy the closing paragraph. as
showing precisely the bounds and metes
of Mr.. Fletcher's position, politically
defined, at this time. He is addressing
himself to the editor of the Wig, and
SAYS:
Let me relieve your mind on the sub
ject OF the nomination for Governor. /
do not aspire to the place of Etheridge.
In no possible contingency could ac-
cept a nomination from the party that
supported Etheridge and Seymour and
Blair. 1t would place me in antago-
nism with the great Republican party
of the nation to which / am devoted,
and in opposition to the administration
of Gen. Grant, which l expect to sup
port. You cannot expel me from this
party, Mr.. Editor. Iexpect to be found
supporting Gen. Grant when you are
denouncing him as Tyler and john
son. My views Oh the suffrage question
are in harmony with two-thirds of the
National Republican party. Read them
all out with me, if you choose.
Now, we shouldn't wonder if the Sec
retary's suggestion would turn out to
be correct. We remember to have seen a
short article in Nashville paper, March,
1866, cautioning Mr.. johnson that the
very editors and journals who were then
rushing inconsiderately to his defense
and beslobbering him with fulsomeness,
would, in less than two years from that
time, turn upon and pursue him with
all the venom and vindictiveness of
which they were capable: and that the
best thing he could do for himself and
country would be to promptly shake
them loose from his coat-tails, and
kick them out Of the way. We don't
suppose the writer would claim any
credit in having foreseen their course al
that early day; he simply knew the
men of whom he was speaking. They
will treat Andrew Johnson's successor
in the same way should he come short
as President of their unwise, wicked
and malignant policy.
In the mean time, as somewhat dis.
interested spectator, we shall have no
objection to see this new "war of the
roses" continue and intensify-proyid.
ed, however, that the interests Of the
State are not to suffer thereby.
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Rele,cted.

The Legislature has rejected the pro-
position 10 repeal tho Railroad Receiy-
ership Law. r. ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29

p@- Matt. II. Carpenter has been elect
ed to the United States Senate from
Wisconsin.
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D|- Gen. Sheridan dispatches Gen.
Grant that he has killed some moro In
dams, and that the war is over in his
range. tfse III ttsf & tpnt,tt5
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29

Is pGD- Tennessee Bonds, An New, York
on the 9th, extra coupons, 673+, new,
81, Cotton, 2SA a 20. -