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District Appointments.

The following are among the ap-
pointments made by the Holston Con-
ference, M. E. Church, which has been
in session at Jonesboro: I'm.
ATHENS DIsTRIcT--L. f. Drake, p. +,
Athens Station, j. S. Petty.
Athens Circuit, j. N. Moore. e
f. Decatur, w. p. Loury. e,i
Z Philadelphia, w. III. Rogers. tFai
Blue Springs, to be supplied. sea
Madisonville, Spencer Henry.
Clear Spring, w. r. Long.
Kingston. H. ii. Burke.
Kingston Circuit, John Foroster .i
! Maryville q Louisville S. w, Hydcn.
Montgomery, A. b. Wright. t,a
Crossville, to be supplied, L.,,,.,,
Jamestown and Huntsville. II. Pile.
N. E. Cobleigh, President, and j., J.
Mani or. Tutor In East Tennessee Wes-
leyan University, member of Athens
Quarterly Conference. 81 eS,i m1sg
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From Georgia.

A dispatch from Savannah of the 18th
says: - HfH.r
Col. John Scriven, the Democratic
candidate for Mayor, and the Dcmocra-
tic Board of Aldermen, were elected
yesterday by a majority Of 1900. The
negroes generally voted with the Demo
Gratis.
We are well satisfied that in less than
two years the entire black vote of the
former slave States will be cast with
the whites, and that tho Radicals there,
and those men born and reared on
Southern soil who have been pandering
to and acting with them, will be buried
beyond all hope of q political rosurrec-
ton %ntr
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DIR. Bagby's Lecture.

DIR. Bagby, of Virginia, gave one Of
his inimitable lectures at the Masonic
Hall, Athens, on Wednesday night. Al
not unfrequently happens here when
there is any thing really meritorious on
hand, the turn out was limited; but
those who were fortunate enough to be
present were highly pleased and enter.
tanned. DR.. Bagby goes hence to Cleve.
land, Chattanooga and Nashville, and
we take the liberty of suggesting to all
who may have the opportunity by no
means to miss hearing his Lectures on
"'rhe Disease called Love"and Bacon
and Green's"
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Senatorial.

A dispatch from Nashville dated the
18th, to the Chattanooga Republican,
says:
The utmost interest is excited here
over the pending Senatorial election.
Many opinions are expressed in regard
to the chances Of the respective candi-
dates. The race to all appearances is
between johnson and Etheridge, with
chances in favor of the latter. To-day
the probability of bringing forward a
compromise candidate is mooted, and
the names of Ed. Cooper, T. A. II. Nell
son and Dorsey B. Thomas are mention
cd in that connection.
Our own advices from Nashville in
duce us to believe that between John
son and Etheridge the former would be
elected without much trouble, but what
effect the introduction of third cand;
date will have upon the result, we of
course at this distance arc unable to pre-
dict with any certainty. We are conf
dent. however, that if the members of
he Legislature reflect the preference OF
masses Of the people, the first-nam-
Hptlcmcn will be chosen. ...
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Chattanooga.

Mayor Sharp, of Chattanooga, has
again been cnjoined. This time it is
John L. Divine who swears ont the in
junction, and the Mayor or cx-Mayor,
as the case may now be, who is also
editor Of the Daily Republican, threat
ems "to went" for the aforesaid John L.
in style peculiarly his own. To par
ties remote from the scene, the contro-
versy is likely to prove rich and inter-
esting. i., .....
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S9~ A Cincinnati Judge has just de-
cided that there was nothing in the stat
ntes of the State or the city ordinances
which prohibited WOMAN from wear
ing the trowsers. lfafuf a,E at,
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Chairman of Judiciary Committee

We are pleased to see that the Hon.
John M. Fleming, of Knox, is the Chair
man of the Judiciary Committee III the
House. No one could have been select
ed for that important position who
would have brought higher order OF
ability or more earnest devotion to the
discharge of its laborious duties.
The Hon. Ed. Cooper, of Bedford
county, is Chairman of the Senate Judi
ciary Committee, another gentleman
possessing pre-eminent qualifications
for the position. ''' '@'H $500
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Treasurer.

the following among the Leg
eoccedings Of the Sth:
oopcr, of Davidson. submitted
p from A Gattinger, asking the
Assembly to relieve him of his
as one Of the securities of
1t, Treasurer of the State, and
tute such proceedings against
st by investigation and impcach-
\, as the General Assembly in their
sdom and regard for the public good
Nay see fit to do. Mr. Gattinger says
| in his petition that sit is proven be-
yond the limits of any doubt, that Mr..
Rust is violating the laws of the State
of Tennessee, and transgressing the
limits of his official functions in Il
degree which makes him guilty of n
misdemeanor in office" The petition
was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
The above occurred in the Senate
similar proceeding were had the same
day in the House.
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The Island was visited by an earth
quake. which occurred at 9 80 p. ~. and
shook the city Of St. Thomas to its foum-
dations. The shocks were so severe as
to materially injurc many business
houses, shattcring the walls of the SPAN
| ish and Union hotels and other large
structures, which caused a general pan
ic among the Inhabitants and the entire
suspension of business. The day had
been excessively hot, without the slight
est breeze, the thermometer indicating
90, barometer 80 with fair weather. In
the interview. between the first shock
and III p. NJ, one distinct shock occur
red, producing wide spread. terror and
dismay. The writer concludes by say
ing / have experienced many severe
shocks, but nothing to compare with
those of yesterday. There has been
nothing like it since the great earth
quake of 1867 r,.8H b. qe.t.4s ..s5.i,.
Scarcity of Food In Georgia.
If the following paragraph from the
Macon Telegraph is correct, our agri-
cultural friends in this direction arc
likely to have good market:
The food prospects in Georgia wero
never darker, even during the war, than
they are now. If left to her own re-
sources. half the population Of Geor-
gia would probably starve before ano-
Their crop is produced. More than one
half the food we shall consume before
next fall must come from abroad, and
come from land of scanty crops aud
scarce supplies. Already forage and
corn are so scarce in the West that
stock is sacrificed to preventwintering !;
and when we come to buy food in those
regions and bring it here, we shall suf-
fer in the pockets.
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The State Convention.

We publish in another part OF the pa
Nd to-day, a bill introduced in the
Rse of Representatives providing for
ialling of State Convention. In
of the fact that it will pass and
ection for delegates occur at an
day, we deem it not amiss to sug.
The name of A. BLIZZARD, ESQ.,, of
place, as candidate to represent
Seventh Senatorial District in that
y.
fhat Convention will be called is a
conceded point, that the work it will
have to perform will be of the most i'm
portant character we all know, and 30
far as the ATHENS Posi- is concerned we
don't intend it shall favor the election
of any one as delegate unless we
know him to be qualified in every re-
spect. We are not in favor of tearing
everything to pieces, upsetting and in
discriminatory knocking into "pi" all
that has been done since the re-organ-
ization of the State Government. But
we propose to send good and true men,
who have legal ability and sound sense,
and who will think before acting. Such
an one we know Col. BLIZZARD to be, and
we therefore suggest him at this early
day in the hope that he will give the
subject his attention and permit his
friends to use his name for the purpose
indicated when the proper time arrives.
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would be hard'Jd< them believe it
is at all in doubt Indeed, in this coun-
ty we know of NJ Dne who does not de-
sire his success-always excepting of
course the extreme Radical element
which gave its support to Col. Stokes
in the late election. What we say in re-
gard to this county of McMinn, We
believe to be true of the people of Mon
roc. Meigs and Polk. While they might
not seriously object to other gentlemen
named, they greatly prefer Mr.. johnson
for reasons obvious to all. And had we,
in view Of any prejudices belonging to
the past a preference for some one else,
it would still be our duty to make the
statements we have in regard to the
Senatorship, and as truthful and faith
full journalist reflect the wishes and
views of the people among whom our
paper most largely circulates, rather
than to misrepresent them in order to
CRAFTY mere personal pique or par
tisan bias engendcred in other times.
We repeat, then, that in the four coun-
ties named, if left to popular expression,
nine-tenths of the people who voted for
Senter and Suffrage would declare for
Andrew johnson.
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Legislative Summary,

In the Senate on the 9Th the following
bills passed I'd reading:
To regulate the publication of Legal
notices. TO repeal an act creating the
Criminal Court established in the frs,
judicial district in the State Of Tcnncs.
see. To make the rules of evidence In
the Federal and State courts uniform
To repeal the test oath. To relieve
Hon. Thomas N. Frazier. To amend
the revenue laws of the State.
In the House o bill to repeal the COM
mon school law, passed March IA, 1865,
was introduced, passed and referred. To
repeal the acts with regard to organic
ing and equipping the State Guard, and
the act to enforce the laws of the State.
To repeal the act of March IL, 1868, to
further extend the exemption laws OF
the State. The following bills passed
second reading: To repeal the legal adj
vertising law; to amend the revenue
law of the State known as the mer-
chants tax bill. The bill to repeal all
laws passed by the Legislature in 1865,
1866, 1867 and 1868 was laid on the table.
On Monday the two Houses mot in
Convention and proceeded to count the
vote. The result was as follows: SEN
ter, 120,333; Stokes, 55,036. At three
+. NJ, the Inauguration of the Governor
occurred. His remarks on the occasion
were well-conceived and appropriate.
The bill repeating the law providing
for the publication of legal notices in
certain designated papers passed its
third reading in the Senate. ,e
In the House, bill was introduced
repeating the act of the last Legislature
entitled IAN act to remove all disabil.
itics on account of race or color,' and
passed its first reading. H"
The bill repeating tho pauper press
law also passed third reading in the
House. t
In the House, on the 10Th, the Com
mittee on Elections recommended that
the scat Of the member from johnson
and Carter counties be declared vacant
on the petition of Grayson against
Boyd. Postponed until Saturday. A
resolution was introduced establishing
one session of the House, from 10 A. NJ,
to 3P.M NJ. The resolution lays over un-
der the rule. A lengthy report was
read from the State Treasurer, and re-
ferred to the Committee on School
Fund. A resolution appointing Com
mittee of five on Public Printing was
laid OIL the table by vote of A to %.
A resolution setting apart the left side
of the gallery for the exclusive use of
white persons, laid over under the rule.
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County Commissioners.

The bill abolishing the Office of Coun.
ty Commissioners has passed q third
reading in the Legislature. The people
will be pleased to learn that their rep.
rescntatives ut Nashville are working
with so much zeal and earncstncss. Re.
poal, reduce and 'retrench is the pro.
gramme. t'F"'A" S'liN'' 'raa"
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The Elections of Tuesdav.

Our returns from the State elections
in Ohio and Pennsylvania are meagre,
but indicate that the Republicans have
carried both by largely reduced msjori-
ties. The latest dispatch says Pcndle.
ton is defeated by 1900 majority in
Ohio, and that the result in Pennsylva-
MIA is in doubt. Fi# E7& Fi@
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Look Ont.

A resolution has been introduced and
adopted in the Legislature appointing q
committee to investigate School Fund
losses, with power to send for persons
and papers, Us ..s t.rr ftgta-
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,JOhnSOn VS., Grant.

According to Mr.. Delano, the indcbt-
cdncss of the Government has been re-
duced 81, lOOO00.000 since the close of
the war. OF this vast sum Mr.. Bout
well only claims for Grant $50,O0O,OO !;
so that Andrew johnson must be cred.
tied with Sl050,0O0,OOO.
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Re.UniOn.

The Presbytery of Baltimore have &C
cepted the overture of the General As
sembly for reunion of the Old and
New School Churches, by vote of 23
to IL. ...,.t. t.,.,...,
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The UN,ry Law.

Mr.. Owens, of Monroe, has introduce
ed bill amending the usury laws, al
lowing interest to range as high as 10
per cent. s.,r
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pr A temperance chap down south
says he prefers eating candy with the
little girls to drinking whisky that
viii make man steal his grand daddy's
shirt.
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Butler in New York.

We are advised that Gen. Is. f. But.
Ter while in New York last Saturday,
warmly defended both President Grant
and Secretary Boutwell, from all char.
ges of completely with the gold panic.
lilo thinks Congress can not pass any
direct law that would prevent gambling
in gold only, TO effect this would DO to
make greenbacks the standard Of value
and gold an article Of merchandise,
which could, be- done il tho Govern
ment would accept its own paper in
part payment for custom-house revc-
nues. ",,ao., y, Ea'.'.',.a.
n.y. By the last census there were
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Tax Collectors.

A bill has been introduced in the
House of Representatives reducing the
compensation Of State and County Tax
Collectors. to IS per 500 up to the first
$4,000, and 50 per 500 for all over
that, ..-.tgt.y t...ts,.a D.. ...
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R@- The last adyices from Pennsyl.
vania indicate the result as in doubt,
with chances In favor Of Packer. the
Democratic candidate for t3overner.
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pThe bill repeating the privilege
tax of $500 on lawyers, passed q first
reading in'the House. lrajib.a.p.t
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~. Warren introduced tie f3IpO

ATs WarTcu lntTOuuCeu the IOlpSy1Ny,
6solution:
h Whereas, Section Of the 4th article
Of the constitution of the State pro-
vides that all free men of color shall be
exempt from military duty IN time Of
peace and also from payinga free poll
tax and,
| Whereas, All free persons of color,
citizens OF the United States, have been
invested with all the rights, privileges
and iinmunitics of citizens of the State
of Tennessee /: therefore,
Resolved. That convention be call
ed to meet ut the capitol of the State
on the first Monday of December, 1869,
for the purpose of making such amend
ments to the constitution of the State
ms will secure equal taxation to all the
people, aud such other and further
amendments as wisdom, patriotism aud
n desire for the peace and prosperity Of
the State may dictate. .a7 "' 't
Resolved. That tho ratio of represent
tation in said convention shall be two
delegates from each Senatorial District,
who shall be elected in the same man
ner as is now provided for in the cleo
ton OF members of the General Assem-
bly,. .Ur, F..J f..-r
Resolved, That said convention, when
assembled, shall have power to adopt
such rules and regulations for their Or
ganization and government as they may
deem expedicnt and proper. '..a.,
Resolved, That 1t Is the sense of this
General Assembly that the action of
said convention should be submitted to
the people for their ratification or re-
lection, as soon after the adjournment
of said convention as may seem practi-
cable. t,,.... ..H -..-.
Resolved, That the members, officers
and employees of the convention shall
receive the same compensation as is
now received by the officers, members
and employees of this General Assem-
bly,. Laid over under the rules.
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Death Of Ex-President Pcarcc.
Il Ex-President Franklin Pearce died
athis residencein Concord, New Hamp-
shire, on thnmoinlng Of tho Stll, '4i &.
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1S- In view of the Mpid progrcss of
reconstruction, the military rule in Vir-
ginia is preparing to ahdicate, ="
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nay Governor senters message is said
to be silent on tho subject If State
Convention. .sll't.
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ny Paper and twine arc now made
from wood: oImagiYe 2 package done
UP in CORD, of wood. e.. itpedtp,, ,a,.
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pJ- Coffee, Nashville, 13th---Cornmon
to strictly choice Rio, 90 a 25l &c; Java,
BE; Laguyrh, a5ts q 27c, 7'' h''1isoft
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if"' wv" O0IlHI0U w MY UCV q!
sickness for several days, and unable to
attend to the business of my Office, |
was astonished to learn after II NJ. to-
day that there had been resolution Of
fered in the House of Representatives,
charging the Treasurer of the State
with malfeasance in Office, in the pay
ment of Comptroller's warrant, held
by one Travis Winham, in which it is
charged that a commission was deduct
ed in the payment Of the same"
/, as Treasurer of the State, deny the
charge, and pronounce it false. earn
estly invite the committee to investi-
gate all my official acts, Of whatever ma
ture, at as early moment as possible.
3d.. Respectfully, j. i. Rust,
State Treasurer.
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p0- The Senatorial election will &C.
eur next Tuesday, the 10Th.
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bnventioh
tention met
d on the 18th by
bre, ex-Presidcnt
4 tD..:l~..x o~.1 a

OF the UNIV - Ircsiuebt, anu
Vice Prcsidc'' d Secretary fromeach
State represented. After the sppoint-
ment of the Committees the Convention
1 adjourned till following day.
In response to reception the night
previous, Mr.. Fillmore said:
"Ncarly twenty years have elapsed
since | have taken any part In political
matters. ] belong to no party, but do
belong to my country. and cannot ex-
press to you the qualification ! feel to-
day at seeing in prospect deliberative
body gathered from every State in the
Union, the Union restored--that glo-
rious and patriotic Union which has
been endangered, but l trust not lost"
Tennessee has 36 delegates illthe Con-
vention. All the States lying upon the
Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers
are fully represented. ....
----------.-.--.
HOlstOn Conference.
This body has been in session at
Joncsboro for some days past. A corr
respondent Of the Knoxville Press and
Herald sends that paper the following
under date Of the 9th:
The sermon of DR.. Cobleigh, last
night, on ministerial education, from
these words, STUDY to show thysclf APP.
proved unto God, a, workman that need
eth not to be ashamed, rightly divining
the word Of TRUTH" was one of marked
ability and power.
#s SINGULAR INCIDENT.
Rev. F. NJ. Tanning preached the mis-
sionary sermon to-day. At its close,
while the whole congregation were in
tears and some shouting aloud, singu-
lar scene occurred Rev. ID. Sullins, of
the M. i. Church, South, who was in
the congregation. sprang to his feet,
walked up into the pulpit. threw his
arms around Bro. Fanning's neck and
wept aloud. He then turned to the
congregation and related in the most
touching and eloquent manner the scene
of his conversion-sang and prayed in
the spirits power. Many felt: ''it is
good to be here" May God speed the
day when Methodism shall be unit
from the Canadas to the Gulf.
The Herald ON the Senatorsllip.
The New York Herald has the fol-
lowing in regard to the Senatorial cleo
ton in this State:
BY the news we receive from Tennes-
see from day to day it is evident that
ex-Presidcnt Andrew Johnson is ahead
Of all competitors for the United States
Senate. Good, and amen, we say. No
more useful man could be sent to the
Senate. Congress is corrupt to the core.
Andy is both honest and vigilant, and
with all his crotchets and failings he will
prove very watchdog TO the Treasury.
lie is fearless and experienced in Con-
gressional tactics, too, and will rake
schen,ing politicians and Treas WV
derers fore and aft. Besides.
personal cnmitics to crafty q
peachcrs and leading Radica
is not the man to forget th
will make things lively in 9
be good thing for the
Tennessee could not do
send the eX-President to
ate.
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b&- by the last census there were
10. 249tcachersin the United States.
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Athens gost.
Athens. Friday. Oct. 10, 1900.
The Senatorial Controversy.

In obedience to the preponderance Of
popular sentiment in tho four or five
counties in which this paper has it's
largest circulation, we have, on several
occasions within the last two months,
expressed preference for the election
Of cx-Prcsident johnson TO the seat in
the United States Senate at present &C.
cupicd by the Hon. Joseph A. Fowler,
whose term will expire March, 1871,
some six months in advance OF the time
at which the succeeding Legislature
can assemble. In doing so, we deemed
it advisable and proper to employ mod.
crate terms, and to religiously refrain
from using any language which might
be construed into All attempt or de-
sire to depreciate other gentlemen whose
names had been mentioned IN connec-
ton with the position. Such, too, has
been the policy, SO far as we have no
ticed, of every one of our State ex-
changes which advocate the election of
Mr.. johnson. We have, however, to
regret that similar course has not beer,
pursued by the journals and politicians
who oppose him. On tho contrary, their
opposition has been Of the most bitter,
and, in many instances, vindictive char
actcr, and more recently descending to
gross and indecent personalities, and
mixed with appeals to prejudices we
had hoped never again to see disturbed.
How far such assaults and appeals may
have affected Mr.. Johnson's chances of
success, we shall not stop to speculate or
consider. We refer to them only in re.
gretful terms, and to express an opinion
that they are calculated to do much harm
beyond the mere result of the contest
for the Senatorship-to create an UNI.
pleasant state of feeling among those
who at the late election banded together
for common purpose and common
good, and whose work is not only not
completed, but has hardly commenced.
OF course, we do not wish to be UNDER
stood that Mr.. Johnson, more than any
other properly qualified man, has pre-
scriptive right to the candidacy, or that
any thing hurtful would be likely to fol-
low from simply opposing his election.
But we do deprecate the phase and char
acter the opposition has assumed, as
fraught with harm, unjust to the man.
in conflict with the popular sentiment
in the State and elsewhere, and infinite
ly below the standard of the office in
question and Hortance and gravi-
ty of the
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The State Trcal

1t is due the State Trea
charged with a misdemca
by one of his securities, t
fish the following card: =
TREAsuRER's Oh
Nashville, Dc
To the General assembly of