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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21
The Triple Alliance.

Commenting upon the sensation dis
patch that France, England and Spain
had entered into an alliance offensive
and defensive as against the United
States, the Louisville COurier-JouTnal
closes as follows:
We repeat that our country is in a
very untavorable condition for war;
The contingency Of hostilities should
have been kept in view by our national
authorities ever since the close of what
is called the Southern rebellion, and
the proper preparations have been
made, but we are dreadfully in debt
we have q very indifferent credit, we
have no navy adequate even to guard
our cities on the sea-board, and our
Government could do to ALLEVIATE from
itself the sympathies of one great geo.
graphical section abounding with the
best fighters in the world. But in spite
of all disadvantages, we must, if the
volcano Of war shall burst, do the best
we can, and at any rate there can be no
danger of our being conquered. If
our seaports are burned, we must get
along without seaports, and, if we can.
not command money, our armies must
fight, as the devoted armies Of the
South did, without money. We must,
if need be, fight twice or five or ten
times as long to defend the Republic
as our old gray fathers of the Revolu-
ton did to establish it. Yes, we must,
if necessary, fight its life throughout
our own lives, forgetting, as far as pos
sible, all the wrongs that any corrupt
and evil administration of its affairs
may have done.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21

T E R M S.:
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At Two Dollars a Year, Payable
I'm Advance. ......

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Transient advertisements must be paid for
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Announcing names of candidates FOR ONCE,
$500. Cash, in all cases.
Obituary notices over i've lines, charged al
regular advertising rates. .....
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private ends or interests of Corporations, So
cieties, or individuals, will be charged as
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Communications. to secure insertion, must
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21
The Pacific Railroad from a Reli-
giOus Standpoint.

The completion of the Pacific Rail-
road was celebrated in Trinity Church,
New York, in grand and imposing
manner. After the introductory SER
vices were over, the Rev. DR.. Vinton
delivered an appropriate address, from
which we take the following extract:
This work, embracing as 1t does a
length of 1896 miles, and all included
in an area bounded by four parallels of
latitude and fifty degrees of longitude
is the marvel of this industrial century.
1t is one of the sublimest victories of
peace, which are always greater than
the victories of war. The splendid
country which it traverses will be the
most important field for the future la
bors of tic Church. Not less for reli-
f~I ydrpde and commerce will it
ne me g,eHf Highway for exalted labor.
Formed geographically as the Western
territory of our country is, into natural
basins for many peoples and diverse in
terests, the Pacific Railroad will unite
them, and thus make our Union yet
surer and more stable in its growing
proportions. Heretofore nature has
built up OH the West the great barrier
of the Rocky Mountains, and on the
East the Allcghanies and Sierra Neva-
das have threatened the division of the
Union. Now all lines of geographical
demarcation must pass away; all hin.
drances to common concentration OF
industry and trade must disappear, and
everything that until this movement
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21
The Wrong Hpaycu.

AN American minister Of fine dcs-
criptive power was on one occasion
preaching about Heaven; and to show
the absurdity of Emanuel Swcdcnborg
on the subject, drew graphic picture
of the Swedenborgian Heaven, with its
beautiful fields, fine horses, cows. and
pretty women; and in the midst of his
glowing description Il good old sister.
carried away with the scene. went into
rapturcs and exclaimed: "Glory. glo-
ry! glory" The preacher was so dis
concerted that he paused, seeming hard
ly to know what to do. till the prcsid-
ing elder in the stand behind him cried
out to the shouter: "lIold on there,
sister, you are shouting over the wrong
Heaven ="
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21
The Young Giant.

An exchange, alluding to the compile
ton of the Pacific Railroad. remarks
that while we are the youngest of the
peoples, we are teaching the world how
to march forward. Egypt built her py-
ramids, Greece built her temples, Rome
constructed her roads; but the bulk of
the pyramids, the beauty of the tenn
Piles, the utility Of the Roman roads, are
all lost sight of in view of this last great
work of the young giant of the West.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21
The Medical Profession.

The American Medical Association,
lately convened at New Orleans, unani-
mously passed resolution curtailing
the power Of College Faculties in grant
ing licenses to students and making such
work the duty Of Board of Commits
sioners appointed for the State by the
Association. 1t was further resolved :
That hereafter no medical school in
this country, other than those fully en-
dowed, be entitled to representation in
that Association, if the amount charged
by such schools for single course of
regular lectures be less than one hun
dred and forty dollars. ....
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21
A Chance for Father BOkum.

The New York Herald has the fol-
lowing paragraph in regard to immi-
grafton, to which we invite the atten-
ton of the author of "My Hand Book :"
One ship that reached here on Mon
day last had fourteen hundred immi-
grants. All the German steamers to
sail between this and September will
have full complement, and the lines
from Liverpool and Queenstown have
stopped booking for one month. AL
ready the number of arrivals this year
is greater than for the same period of
any preceding year. Plenty Of farms
for the taking on the line of the Pacific
Railroad.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21
Worms in Pigs,

A correspondent of the Maj0e Far
mer, in answer to and inquiry as to the
cause and cure of worms in pigs,
writes: "If the writer will take the
pains to give his pigs a handful of good
rock salt twice week in their food, UNI
til killing time. | think the pigs will
thrive. provided he gives them enough
to eat. The cause of pigs having worms
is, think, the want Of the preventative
salt. Pigs hardly ever get any salt
except what they get in the slops from
the Kitchen" a. .,' ..f.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21
The Alabama Question.

The London Times of the 18th has an
editorial on the rejected Alabama trea-
ty, wherein it is asserted the Govern
ment of Great Britain in submitting to
an arbitration on the question at all,
conceded everything that was original
ly demanded or expected by the Amer
lean people, and everything that it was
possible to cOncede.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21
The Moon.

Lord Roses famous telescope brings
the moon, as it were, within forty-two
miles of the observer, and objects two
hundred and seventy feet long are dis
cernable. Eminent savans estimate that
a telescope having ten times the power
of Roses would be able to distinguish
"thc man in the moon."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21
Product of the Coal Fields.

The coal product of the United State:
during the year 1868 amounted to about
35,5OO,OOO tons. OF this amount %, ,OO0,,
0OO tons were mined in Pennsylvania
100000 tons being anthracite and g..
100000 tons bituminous. The product
of the Potomac region, including Mary
land and the eastern part of West Vir-
glnia, was about 4, 100000 tons, and that
of the western coal fields about 12,0O0,-
600 tons. ...lrt .in
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21
Big WhiStling.

A Sacramento dispatch of the Sth
says: The Central Pacific Company had
thirty locomotives gayly deckcd and
ranged in front of the city, and as the
signal gun was fired announcing the
driving of the last spike of the road the
locomotives opened chorus of whis-
ties, and all the bells and steam whistles
in the CITY Joined in.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21
From Indiana,

An indianapolis date of the 18th
gives the following condition of things
in the Indiana Legislature:
All the Democratic members of the
House OF Representatives except two,
resigned this morning, leaving the
House again without quorum.
In the Senate at roll call this after
noon, thirty-seven members answered
to their names. The doors were locked
and the absentees sent for. Pending
this proceeding the 18th amendment to
the Constitution was called up and the
vote was taken. Although the Demo-
cratic members present announced that
they had sent in their designations to
the Governor, this morning, the Lieu
tenant Governor ruled that the Senate
had not received official notice of their
resignation, declared the amendment
ratified by vote Of q ayes to ! nay,
III Senators present not voting.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21
The 2ost.
Athens, Friday, May FL. 1850
MisSiSSiDOi.

Seventeen towns in Mississippi arc
preparing to build cotton factories
How are you, New England? +? Thun-
dering sick you will be after awhile of
your persistent war on Southern inter-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21

BGg- If you put two persons in the
same bedroom, one of whom has the
toothache, and the other is in love, you
will find that the person who has the
toothache will go to sleep first. .....
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21

Day They have "War of the Noses"
in Cincinnati. The chief difference be-
tween this war and the "War of the
Roses" in England is that in the Gin
cinnati conflict the emblems Of both
houses are red. ..... M .... .....
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21

bs- A girl up in Greene county,
Iowa, having been Tilted by a naughty
fellow, didn't act the fool and take poi
son, but took stick and pclted him
over the head, ..... ...
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21

gsy~ A Louisville date says General
Thomas declined present of a magnif-
icent silver service, expressing a deter
mination never to receive donations un-
der any circumstances. .....i
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21

Bsss- There is considerable discussion
in Atlanta, Ga, as to the propriety Of
extending the Georgia railroad to the
Blue Ridge, to form connection with
the Cincinnati and Southern railroad
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21
Aballa and Pharpar.

The Abana and Pharpar rivers. of
Damascus, mentioned in the scriptures,
have recently been thoroughly cxplor-
ed by Macgregor the famous canoe trav-
eler. Macgregor, after going from Cal
ro to Suez, and exploring the Delta of
the Nile. had his canoe carried bv land
to Beyrout, thence over Mount /. .cbanon.
and finally launched in the river Abaiia.
on which he padded to the plains of
Damascus. The rivers Abana and Phar-
par, in consequence of the wild beasts,
deep jungles and savage Arabs, have
heretofore been laid down inaccuratelv
on the maps by travellers. Macgrcgor
gives an interesting account of "gi-
gantic stone town." with stone doors.
ratters and window shutters, covered
with Greek inscriptions, dating before
the Christian era.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21
No Old Maids There.

There is place in New Hampshire
where they never have any old maids.
When girl reaches the age of 30, and
is still on the ladder Of expectation, the
young men club together and draw lots
for her. Those who escape pay bonus
to the one who gets her. '.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21

gg When lady indulges in yawn
or two, gentlemen are justified in guess
ing their hats are needed on their
heads, and that the right side Of the
door is the outside. --H --
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21
Cuba.

Private advices from Cuba, in business
circles, and free from all sensation clap
trap, are decidedly favorable to the rev.
olutionists, and a private dispatch from
Washington says that unless the Feder-
al administration takes more decided
steps to maintain neutrality the Spanish
Minister will demand his passports.
pay The last Link" in the Pacific
Railroad-may it never be brokenl
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21
The Men Who Will Never Die.

The men who will never die are the
man who voted for Washington, tho
man who first nominated Grant, the
oldest Freemason, the last soldier Of
the revolution, Jetlerson's body servant,
the oldest American actor, and the man
who originated the idea Of Pacific
railway. DIE
Sunday School Picnic Broken Up.
A Washington dispatch of the 18th,
says:
The annual procession of the Sunday
schools, an event fifteen years Old, was
broken up by the determined participa-
ton of negro schools. Each school will
have an exclusive May festival.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-21
The Sugar Trade---IscvOlutiOn i'm
the Old system.

Special attention is invited to the fol-
lowing article from the Louisville Cou-
rier-Jouynai: .....If f.......
1t has been for many years q fixed be-
lief among practical men that the sue
cess OF sorghum as q producer of sugar
would rcvolutiOnize the entire sugar in
tcrest of the West Indies and the South
ern States.
About year ago company was cs-
tablished in Kentucky, having for its
object thorough manufacture of SUI
gar from the Chinese cane This com
pany made its headquarters at Louis
vile, and went to work in quiet and
business-like way. Its experiment is
now All undoubted success. About
eight miles out of town. on the pla,Ita-
ton. of Mr.. John III. Seebolt, sugar Of
the very. finest description is being made
out OF sorghum in large quantities. All
the original difficulties have been yan-
quished. Not an obstacle remains in
the way of the enterprise. tits com
| plete success.
No one can investigate the matter
without coming away with a strong i'm
preston on his mind that the threaten
ed revolution isin rapid progress of full
filment. This sugar is i'll no way inlc-
rior to the best West India sugar.
1t would be tedious and perhaps i'm
possible to make plain to the mind Of
the reader the details of the process of
manufacture. 1t is simple, and the ma
chlnery' as we learn, is not cxpcnsivc;
put 1t is necessarily full of tcclnicali-
ties, which would require the aid of IL
iusfrations to be described. Suffice it
to say that the manufacture is in actual
progress, and that there is no reasona-
Die doubt that it will become leading
article of export from this market be-
fore the end Of the present wear.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-09-14
Large Receiving business.

Near 4, 900 bushels of whest were re.
ceived last Saturday at the Depository
Building, and all located where intended
The receipts at this building have been
large all the time, and the disbursements
are two or three thousand per day.
The quality is said to be exceedingly
good.
Ii is said that no one building in any one
of these great United States can show such
large proportion of choice wheat as is in
store at the Depository Of our own city OF
Nashville.
This enterprise ia gradually, but eerLsiu'
" promising a success in Its way.
Why should we not have other buildings
of the kind, backed BY means sufficient to
''bring to and hold trade at Nashville"
and 10 time, build up great -four as well
AZ grain market right here? We now make
as good -four "a can be had any where; but,
having done this much, why should we noI
| do more?
We cordially approve the motto OF the
first depository, and hope others who have
| the means and the business capacity, will
ere long measure arms with Mr.. Byrd
| Douglas in this and similar enterprises for
| the prosperity Of Nashville. We are con-
| fient no one Of our citizens would enjoy
the competition more than he.
| An old race horse never shows hIs speed
until the time and opportunity are pre-
/ sehied. MILLER.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-09-14
PHILADELPHIA.
A Tempess In a Teapot.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. IA consideras
BILE commotion has been caused 10 the
Democratic party here by the resignation
Of S. Gross Frey, a candidate for city
treasurer. A meeting of the various can
didsies was held yesterday, at which it
was determined all should resign and take
measures to form a new ticket. A crowd
Of outsiders, however, attended the meet
ing aud insisted on nominating a new
ticket said TO be more Objectionable to the
party than the present one, and the meet
ing broke up, the understanding being
that none Of the candidates should with
draw unless all did together. To their
surprise a card appeared from Mr. Frey
Withdrawing and advising the other can
didates to do 80. Another meeting Of
candidates was held to-day but the result
is unknown.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 13.-The parties
charged with the attempt to murder reve-
nue. officer Brooks were up for further
hearing to-day. No evidence of importance
was produced. Stockton, keenan, and Ryan
were held in S., 600 bail for further hear
ing. The doctors report that Brooks may
die at any moment.
All the Democratic candidates for city
officers withdrew this morning, and a new
ticket was selected.
The Treasurer of the Avondale Relic
Fund has received $17 800.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-09-14

We call attention to the fair Of Wilson
county, beginning Monday, Sept. 20. Our
friends there have provided delightful
grounds and elegant buildings, equal TO
any in the State. The most liberal and
substantial premiums offered by the Assoc
citation in money and in wares. Exten'
siye preparations have been made by our
hOspitabIe friends for large crowd OF WIS.,
itors, and no ground of complaint will be
found by any who may attend; and We
hope the people throughout the State will
appreciate and encourage the liberality
and enterprise of old Wilson by giving
them large crowds every day worthy o
the occasion. We are reioiced 10 know
that that noble section is about TO be con
nected with other regions, hilher discoa
nec;ed, by railroad facilities. Let then
have a TCusing fair.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-09-14
FOREIGN,

MADRID, Sept. l3.-The Commissioners
are named to consider the alteration of the
penal code for the colonies, administration
re orms, and the abolition of slavery in
Porto Rico.
PARIS, Sept. ia tempest yesterday
Frustrated telegraph wires, and communi.
cation in every direction was temporarily
interrupted. ss-
The Emperol's health is better to-day.
1t is asserted that the Empress will set out
again on her voyage to the East.
Gen. Prim, while at Vichy, had con-
ference with the Spanish ambassadors to
England and France, on the subject of a
communication received from Washing.
ton.
1t is Tumored the disposition Of the
people of the United States to interfere in
the affairs of Cuba, was denounced in
a conference as an act of ingrstitude 10
Spain, and the hope was expressed that
Spain would reply energetically 10 the
oficious manifestations OF the Americana
MADRID, Sept IS.-The Imperial insists
on the necessity of the speedy suppression
of the Cuban insurection. A part of the
reinfOrcements for Cuba have sailed from
Barcelona. Other de.achments will follow
from Carthegenia. Differences are grow
ing up between the Progressionist and
Unionist parties.
LONDON, Sept. 13-The Daily News coL-
tains another letter from VIM. Hewitt on
the charges against Lord Byron. He says
Lady Byron has condemned herself
by the breach of an honorable silence.
Irreparable injury was done Byron by
the destruction Of the pspars containing
his justification, and solution Of the ques-
ton is impossible, except on ex parie eVi.
dence. DR.: Forbes WinslOw in a public
communication on the subject holds that
theory Of mental alteration of Lady
Byron cannot be maintained.
The Times, in an editorial to-day,
commenting on the Emperor's illness and
the publication of the Senatus CONSUL
tum, says the person of the sovereign
is Of secondary importance. The personal
goven ment is ended. 1t matters little
who is Emperor or Regent. The essential
question is who is Emperor, on
what terms does he hold his
Office and what principles does he conduct
the administration. No one can govern
except through the cabinet and enjoying
the confidence of The majority of the PEG.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-09-14
A HEzLTSH DEED IN HAWKINS
COUNTY.
ATTEND Destroys His WIfe's Property
and Hacks Her 20 Pieces.

AEiend Destroys His WIfe's Property
and Hacks Her 10 Pieces.
The Bristol News says tFfat on Tuesday
the Slst of August, "Old Joe Roberta for
some time past living in the edge ofHawk-
ms county, bordering on Virginia. nesr
point in Lee county known as Black
Water, committed one of the most fiendi.h
deeds that has ever transpired in all the
annals of murder, even in this crime
stained period.
Hedeliberately took bundleof straw ard
fired his wife's house, then burned his
mother-in laws house, and then proceeded
to attack his wife with p butcher knife. and
literally cut her to pieces. No hopes, of
course, are entertained of her recovery.
lie then made confident of one Lawson
who advised him to secrete himself in
brush heap, and that be (Lawson) would
carry him his provisions; but Lawson
"blowed," and set upon foot the proper
means to have him apprthended, which
was done the next morning by a party
headed by VIM. Mcpherson, q former con-
stable Of Lee county; and having been
caught in the border Of Lee county, they
took him to JonesVille before one of the
magistrates, who of course jailed him. He
expresses no contrition. Strong talk ST
first of lypching him
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-09-14
MORE LAWLEssNEsS ~ sEyEER
COUNTY.

From the Knoxville Press and Herald
We gave an account q day or two $50.
of the burning of the storehouse Of Messrs
Trotter * Wynne, Of Sewer county, and
the loss of all their goods, amounting 20
five or six thousand dollars worth.
We now learn that, night before last,
the store Of Mr.. Cate, on or aeas the
French Broad river. in Sewer county, was
broken open and robbed Of abOnt ak hun
dred dollars worth Of goods. The thieves
had also set FIRE TO the house, but the
flames were discovered in time to extin-
guish them.
When the store Of Troltsr G. Wynne was
burned, it was supposed that the stock OF
goods had been Destroyed a,so. Since this
robbery Of Gates store and the attempt to
burn the house, il ia nov believed much
OF the stock Of goods Of TrOtter & Wynne
were carried away By ihs marauders; for
il Is now evident that there il an 0rganizs6
band of robbers and hOuse-burners in Sc
vier c1unty-as there hss bssa for three ~
four years past.
IA Sewer Is the banner S.okes county in
the State, it might be well for him to Law
these facts before Mr.. Boutwell, and invoke
federal interference, at once.