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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
The Innocents.

Messrs. Arnell, Mullins and Mum, in
their card in the National Intelligencer
of the 9th inst, aver most positively
that they never directly or indirectly
had any connection with this school]
fund = and that "the statements as they
touch them are wilful and malicious
falsehoods." This is sweeping denial
and denunciation. Now read the fol-
lowing:
estate of Tennessee, Shelby county
Before me, Ed. Kiernan, an acting JUS
tice of the Peace for said county, per-
sonally appeared Richard S. Parham,
who being duly sworn, makes oath,
that in the Spring or early part of the
Summer of 1866, the following named
gentlemen Samuel M. Arnell, James
Mullins, David A Mum, VIM. Wines,
Thomas j. Cypert, w. X. Hall, John
A. Fuson, Wilson Duggan, - Mul.
10y, - Sinclair, S. X. N. Patton, and
F. S. Richards-all then members OF
the Legislature and State Government
of the said State, did personally advise
r. L. Stanford, then Treasurer and Su-
perintendent of Public Instruction OF
the State of Tennessee, to make and ap-
point the Tennessee National Bank OF
Memphis depository and fiscal agent
for the Western District of the State,
and to deposit the funds of the State
in said bank, including the fund called
the school fund, amounting to S61S.250,
or thereabouts, in 7-30 <seven thirty U.
S. Treasury notes; urging as reasons
therefor, among other things, that said
bank was the political friend of the
State-willing to aid it in all things,
and that said fund had been used be-
fore by the banks of the State as a
banking capital, and that there was nc
reasons why it should remain idle
And the said Treasurer did deposit the
same in said bank, according to the said
advice and recommendation of said
persons named in this paper. etc.
r. S. PARHAM.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 18th day of January, 1869.
ED. KIERNAN, j. p.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
The School Tax for 1867.

The following circular was issued
on the l1th by the State Superintendent
of Public Instruction:
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
OFFICE SUP'T PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,
Nashville, February IL, 1867
To County Superintendents of Public Instruc.
tion:
The Comptroller has this moment fur.
nished me statement of the amount OF
collections for school purposes for 1867,
which yields to the individual of the
scholastic population as now reported
here and corrected, one dollar and fif-
teen cents. This includes neither in
terest nor collections for 1868, which l
hope will not be delayed. Forms and
instructions for drawing the money OF
such portion of it as may be due for SER
vices rendered, and schools closed, will
be issued at once.
Your preliminary report, including
every school opened up to date of send.
ing it here should be forwarded immc.
diately. JOHN EATON,
Superintendent Public Instruction.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
THE BOYS IN BLUE AFTER
THE GOVERNOR.
His Organization of the Militia
an Insult to Them. u

10. .
From the Nashville Banner Of the 18th.
1t is with full appreciation Of the
by which the "Boys in Blue
were actuated that we give the follow
ing communication place in our col
umns:
ASH BARRACKS, Feb. ii, 1869.
To the Editor Of the Republican Banner:
At meeting of the members of Com
pany G, 45th United States Infantry,
held in these barracks, the following
resolutions were unanimously adopted {:
Resolved, That in consequence. of the
outrageous murder of our beloved fell
lOw-soldier, private John Ford, we
deeply deplore his untimely death, and
claim that it was premedtated mur-
der, and that it requires the utmost Wig
lance of the civil law in order that the
murderer may suffer its just penalties.
Resolved, That we believe that the
military organization known as Brown
lows militia, is useless, ineffective and,
so far as their efficiency in supprcssing
lawlessncss and riOtous proceedings is
concerned, is entirely abortive; that
they are organized for the suppression
of u mythical order, known to the press
and the people, traditionally only, as
the Ku-KluX; that. in reality, in sober
ness and in truth. there is no such Klan
in this State, more than there is in Sey-
mour, Indiana, or any other loyal State.
Resolved, That we dcplore the imag-
mary necessity for His Excellecy, the
Governor, calling out said militia and,
further, we believe that his object is not
for the suppression of the Ku-Klux, so
much S to re-enact the sceLes of 1867,
in order to elect a Radical Governor
and hold the State in the power of the
Radical party.
Resolved, That we know that there is
a sufficient number of soldiers of the
regular army in this State, to suppress
all unlawful and riotous proceedings,
and to preserve the peace that the act
of the Legislature empowering the
Governor to raise said militia, is sub
versive of the public good, rs we'll as a
reflection upon our efficiency as SOL
diers.
Resolved, That in the murder of Pri-
vate John Ford, we recognize the com.
plicity and abetting Of Gov. Brownlow
fully as much as we do the completely
of Mrs. Surratt in the assassination of
President Lincoln, if not more.
Resolved, That in testimony of our
profound esteem for Private Ford, Ian
guage fails us to pronounce o eulogy.
He was soldier in the truest sense OF
the word. Long since he became a
man Of temperate habits, was loved by
his comrades as few soldiers ever are
and was possessed of great and intel.
| ligent mind. To know him was to love
and respect him. If he had blood rela.
tions-of whom we know nothng-let
them rest assured that his remains re.
ceived the attention. which none but
those who loved him could have be.
slowed. He has embarked on the long
voyage that e,.ds only in the haven o.
rest beyond this liie's tempest. Goo
rest his soul .. ..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
Texas.

In Texas the castor bean is a large
and profitable crop and the cultivation
every year increasing. Between cotton
half a million bales--corn, an immense
crop, and boundless range of cat
tie, Texas is one of the most remarkable
States in the Union, and destined to un-
surpassed prosperity. The cry, there
fore, is for free government, and down
with the carpet-baggers who do SO
much not to promote but to check pros
perity. India produces the castor bean
in abundance and in perfection, but just
as good crops can be raised in Texas
The increased supply so far has only in
creased the demand.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
An Elective Judiciary.

Some of the papers contain the pro-
ceedings of q meeting held at Maynards-
vile. on the Sd instant, composed Of
the citizens of Union county without
regard to party. The resolutions adopt
ed, like those of the Hawkins Meeting
published in the PosT last week, are
strongly condemnatory of Gov. Brown
lows course in regard to the Judiciary,
and urge the Legislature to pass the
bill to bring on the elections of Judges
and Attorneys General. The meeting
was addressed at some length by Judge
Swami, who severely criticised the
appointment system.
We note these movements of the peo-
pie with no little pleasure, as indicating
the passing away of passion and preju-
dice and the return of the sober second
thought. 1t is not an unusual thing for
public men to outlive their popularity,
and it was perhaps fortunate for Gov
ernor Brownlow that he took time by
the foretop and secured seat in the
Senate some months ago. If it was to do
over again we doubt whether he would
be able to make it. The friends who
swarmed like summer flies while his
star was in the ascending node, are ra-
pidly falling away, and in short time
there will be but few poor enough to
remember, much less to acknowledge,
that they ever dwelt beneath the "sha-
dow of his great name."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
Georgia..

The Cartersville Express says, "never
before in the history of our country
were farmers so industriously engaged
in arranging and making preparations
for crops than at the present. Every
foot of cleared land that will pay to
cultivate is being brought into requisi-
ton, and with hearty good will, reso-
lutte spirit, and steady aim they have
gone to work preparing soil for the re-
ception of seed. The wheat crop is al
ready growing, which, we hope, with
propitious seasons, will be ample"
We will venture that in ten years
Georgia will be the most prosperous
State in the whole country, North or
South.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
A New Party.

The Washington correspondent of
the Cincinnati Enquirer thinks that the
reputation theory of liquidation is
achieving a general popularity very rap
idly, basing his opinion upon observa-
tions made at the capital. He AYERS that
thousands who would last year have
voted to pay the bonds in greenbacks
are now for paying them with the
sponge, and the day is not far distant
when, if neither the Democratic nor the
Republican party will boldly advocate
repudiation, party will spring up fresh
from the people, carrying this great
banner of relief, and as certain of sue
cess as the morrow's sun is of rising.
4This was some time paradox, but
now the time gives it proof"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
Aid to Railroads.

The following proceedings had in the
House of Representatives last week,
settles the question Of State aid to Rail-
roads, so far as the present Legislature
is concerned:
On motion of Mr.. Singletary, House
bill by the Committee on Internal I'M
provements, for the relief of the East
Tennessee and North Carolina Railroad,
was taken up, appropriating 100000 to
aid the said road as an amendment by
the Committee on Internal Improve
ments. The amendment was not con-
Cured in.
On motion of Mr.. Western, the bill
was indefinitely postponed by vote of
SO to %.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
The "school Fund Robbery"

The Memphis appeal characteristics
"the Tennessee school fund robbery" as
" disgraceful, beyond words to charac-
terise, to all concerned" That paper
says: "If the Legislature will contin-
ue, in their own vindication, as they
have commenced, they will expel Rich
ards, and all who are present members
of either House, that participated in the
Infamous scheme and, going farther,
will demand from Congress the imme-
diate expulsion of Mullins and Arnell,
the uncompromising patriots who had
rather die than be soiled by contact
with rebels"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
Nolle Proseaue Entered.

In the United States District Court at
Richmond, on the 10th, the District At
torney, under instructions from the At
torney-general, in accordance with Pres
ident Johnson's amnesty proclamation,
entered a nolle prosecute in both indict-
ments against jeff. Davis, and in those
against Lee, Wade Hampton, Brecken-
ridge, Longstreet Pryor, Seddon, Wise,
Malone, Early and three hundred 9TH
ers.
On motion of Robert Ould, the Court
ordered that the sureties on Davis bail
be discharged from further custody.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
The COlOred People.

s. In the House of Representatives on
the 10th the Speaker pro tenn. submit
ted memorial from colored citizens of
Montgomery county, asking for such
legislative action as will make them liza
BILE to pay poll taxes and bear the bur-
dens of Government equally with their
white fellow -citiZens,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
The Army.

The appropriation for the army in the
bill now before Congress is upward of
81 100000, being eleven millions more
than last gear. The Radicals, whilst
vo ing for a bill in the House to cut
down the army expenditures, are put
ting the estimate of those expenditures
millions upon million higher than it
has ever been. That's the way the mo-
new OOeS
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
The Alaska Indians.

Russia always got along well with
the Alaska Indians. She never had any
trouble with them. There was perfect
quiet on both sides. We have owned
the region very little while, and al
ready we have an incipient Indian war
upon our hands. We may be a very
great people, but we certainly seem to
be very difficult people for Indians to
get along with.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
Arnell and the School Fund.

The Nashville Union and american
of the 18th says: aa'i ~a ..r
Several of our cotton men were yes
terday summoned to appear before the
investigating committee, and it is said
that the evidence elected was rather
damaging to Arnell. who, it appears,
had partner residing at Columbia, and
specializing no little in the staple here.
We are anxious to hear from the conf
mittee again, and to know what new
DEVELOPMENTS are recorded.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
An Old Lawyer.

q Ex-Governor Wickliffe, of Kentucky,
who has practiced 50 years at the bar,
and who is blind, made plea of two
hours the other day, in Frankfort, and
surprised every one by his great ability.
He closed by saying that it should be
the last time, in all human probability,
that he should appear at the bar as a
lawyer.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
Mail RObbing.

A postmaster in Ohio and his two
sons, all bright lights in the "God and
morality" party, have been detected in
robbing letters of money. There has
been more mail-robbing in the last eight
years than in the fifty years before Lin
coins election.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19

Swine Not Safe in Ohio.

A Cincinnati paper says negro was
found dead in Ohio recently on one side
of fence and the stolen carcass of q
hog on the other side, hung by gam
brel stick across the negro's neck. 1t is
supposed the darkey got hung in climb
ing the fence with the hog slung to him
in this fashion,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
Preparing for War.

European papers say a very large
force of Russians are massed on the
Turkish frontier, and the Russian gov
ernment is building telegraph lines con-
Meeting Moscow and Warsaw with nu-
merous frontier points. The govern
ment has bought all the grain and -four
at Galatea and other points, and prices
have advanced enormously. ... ..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
Crazy Mary.

A Washington dispatch says a young
woman named Mary O'Neil was arrest
ed at the White House who said she
was sent by God to assassinate Mr..
johnson. A double-barrel pistol, not
loaded, was ON her person. Evidently
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
Virginia.

General Stoneman has issued an Or
der directing all civil officers, corpora
ticus, companies and associations in this
State, required by law to make reports
and returns to the Legislature at its an.
nual session, to make the same to his
headquarters without delay.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
Murder at Nashville.

A militia-man, named j. B. Patrick,
shot and killed r. j. Richardson, a pri-
vate of the 45th United States Infantry,
at Nashville, on Wednesday night of
last week. The murderer was arrested
and promptly committed for trial.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
Unfortunate Man.

Geo. Wood, of Wabash, Indiana, who
was recently blown up on the Glide,
had been blown up twice before. His
first wife was killed a week after mar
riage by carriage runaway; his third
wife fell into well, and was not found
for two weeks. He is the only one liv-
ing of a family of seven children.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
ChicagO---Pleasant Place,

The modern Sodom seems to be
nice place. A paragraphist says:
They are having season of fog in
Chicago that almost beats London, The
vaporis so dense that people can hardly
see to get along the streets. Meanwhile
the city is nearly submerged with wa
ter, and business is at a stand still. a.3g
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19

p9- California's population is one
fourth female. In Nevada there are
eight men to one woman, and the pro-
portion in Colorado is twenty to one.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
The gust.
Athens, Friday, Feb. 10, 1860.

Judges and Attorneys General.
The Legislature has passed the bill
providing for the election of Judges
and Attorneys General by the qualified
voters at the same time that the elec-
ton for Governor and members of the
LEGISLATURE will be held.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
D0- The Okalona, Miss, News tells

EEH IH6 OKHIOna, MlSs,, NCWS IpIIS
that Mr., Harcs of that place has knock
ed velocipedes, wagons and locomo-
tives out of existence by the invention
of self-propeller that runs fifteen miles
an hour over ordinary roads. The ma
chine has been patented. ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19

1G- Sol0n Robinson asserts that the
apple trees in this country are slowly
dying out, and that nothing can save
them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19

H0s- A st. Louis paper declares that
the only honest officer in the govern
ment of that city is the police court
clerk, who has no chance to steal"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19

R9- Envy pursues its victims through
life. 1t ceases to gnaw only when the
grave.worm, its brother reptile, begins.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19

nag The pork trade Of Cincinnati
have, it is estimated, made u clear profit
this season of three million dollars.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19

S@- Nelson's female suffrage PROPOSE
lion has been defeated in the Senate.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
MIR. SECRETARY FLETCHER.
Republican Form of Government.

The Nashville Banner has been pre-
sented the use of the following letter
from Secretary Fletcher, to friend of
his at Shelbyville. 1t was not intended
for publication, but as it contains the
views and convictions of the writer, it
has been deemed not amiss to give them
to the public: t..
The national Republican., 1869-03-06
REGULATING THE VALUE OF
MONEY.

Where Is the power lodged and by whom
has II heretofore been exercised Regulat-
ing the value Of money is one Of the most
important functions Of Government, espc-
ciaily when we trace its effects on produc-
ton. It Is the yearly rent, or interest on
money, that determines Its value when en-
ployed In business. To Illustrate: All polit-
ical economists conccde that, as general
rule, money or capital embarked In produc-
ing employments, whether agricultural, man
ufacturing, or mining, can be made to yield
on an average but about four per cent. This
is the highest estimate. The more common
opinion is, that the net profit on production,
taking the run of forty years, is about three
and half per cent. The increase Of wealth
arising from production alone has never been
known In any nation to outrun the natural
increase of population. Under favorable
circumstances, each has been made to double
once In about twenty-seyen years.
When the yearly rate OF interest on money
nearly equals the net profit on producing
capital, as In most Of the European coun-
tries, it can be proNtahly employed In pro-
duclng enterprises. When it exceeds such
net profit Us general thing II breaks them
down. II may now be inquired again by
what authority have the rates Of interest on
money been established, and why is 1t that
they have been made twice as high as profit
on productionl
Tho Constitution has placed the whole
power over the subject of coming in Con-
grcss' 1t iuhibits the States from emitting
bills OF credit, or making anything but gold
ana SILVER legal tender. By implication
the states have no authority under the Con-
sttutlon to authorize anything to circulate
as money, much less 10 regulate It's yaIue
yearly or otherwise. II there he such an.
thority where eau il be found, aud who can
point II ouli II certainly is not q right re-.
served in express terms, nor implied; for the
Jurisdiction of Congress is exclusively as
much SO as Its jurisdiction of the subject Of
bankruptcy, weights and measures, com.
mercc, the postal department, naturalization
and citizenship or war.
The assumption on the part Of the States
10 regulate the yearly value of money has
grown up In the absence Of Congressional
legislation. Whilst the design has been to
prevent excessive wrong, the States have
failed to contemplate the Just rule for rates
Of interest. 1t must be readily perceived
that the rates of Interest adopted are exces-
slyc aud entirely disproportloned to profit In
production. Never perhaps has a more In.
furious policy been Indulged In. II strikes
at the very foundation of material proc.
Perty, anh iunid' disabling wonnd that
gaBlg! 9c LCA..4 Without removing The.