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wenIx md Tired.

Small boy on tiptoe to his companions
'Sha! stop your noise, all Of YOU"
Companions" Hello, Tommy, what's the
matter?"
Small boy" We've got new baby; it's
very weak and tired; walked all the way from
heaven last night; mustn't be kicking up row
here noW.v
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The .Coker, Creek Gold Mines.

We learn through responsible party that
some rich developments have recently been
made at the old Cokcr Creek Mines, in Monroe
county, and that arrangements for more ex-
tcnsive operations In the spring are being
made. One Of our citizens who owns several
Gold Lots in the vicinity of the new discove-
ries, is good deal excited and expects to die
millionaire---and no doubt will, If he should
live long ciivugh. tl
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Chancery Court, at Athens, Tenn.

W. III. and John B. Cooke, adm't Of Hczckiah
C. Cooke, dec d, u.s. Mary j. Cooke, CT ais,
and
Allen Haley, ct ais. u.s. w. III. Cooke, ct ais.
ACCOUNT.
THE ACCOUNT ORDERED IN TIE
/ above stated causes, which have been con-
soiduted by said Court at its November term,
1865. will be taken Mt the office of the Clerk
and Master. in Athens, Tennessee, on Satul.
day, the eth day of February, 1860, when and
where all persons claiming debts against the
estate of the said Hezekiah G. Cooke, deceased
are required to come forward and establish
their debts against said estate, AS required by
law, or they will be forever barred.
j. NJ. HENDERSON, c. d II.
Jan. 10, 1SG9-4t-pf $4,00-59
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had Places for Rats.

Secretary Seward says rats cannot live in
Alaska because their holes freeze up solid as
fast as the rats dig them. Naturally the rats
get discouraged. At st. Thomas the earth
quakcs turn their holes wrong side out forty
three times a minute. This surprises the rats,
and they leave on the first steamer. The fore
going is reliable, as 1t comes under the official
seal of the State Department.
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Cincinnati Market.

CINCINNATI, Jan. T.-Flour,. family 7.50a
7.T5. Wheat 1.I0al.I5. Corn held ut TO-
Oats 81. Lard baby. Bulk shoulders 70;
sides range from IA to Is. Bacon, shoulders
1917; sides 16Ha17M; hams 17%alS.
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The Masonic Record.

The January number of this excellent Maya
zine is before us-flled with good, instructive
and entertaining reading. We take the liberty
Of urging the Record to liberal support from
this section. 1t is certainly worthy u it.
Terms. three dollars a year. Address John
Frizzell g. Co., Nashville, Tennessee.
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stock for the south.

A number of mules and horses have recent
ly been bought in this and Monroe county for
the Southern market, where they are now COM
handing pretty full prices. The heavy adj
vance in cotton has given lively turn to
trade of every description. :, .F
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'H'g,e school Fund.

We invite attention to the following extract
from recent letter of Senator Cate, of Hamil-
ton county, in regard to the School department:
The Comptroller's statement shows that up
to December It'll. 1868. there had been drawn
from the school fund 45.254.31. us follows:
To counties for school purposes, S21,S57.93
Salaries to county superintendents. 12,99S00
Office expenses of Gen'l Superindt, 1,29S.5S
Salary of General Superintendent to
November It'll, 100000
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st. Louis Market.

ST. Louis, Jan. 17.-Flour, supcrfne 600
a6.25. Wheat, 1.50@2.00. Corn, 6Ia72. Oats
65aG2. Bulk shoulders 12al2A; siacs l54.-
Bacon, shoulders 1917; sides l7alTH, Lard
lsal0,
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Total.
S4l.2l4.31


Thus it will be seen there is only about one
third more of the school fund applied to the
education of our children than is paid to Off
GERS. Much of the labor in the organization of
the system. as well as the cnumt ration of chill.
dren, is performed by the district superntend-
tcndent can draw from the treasury of the
State four dollars per day for every day he may
see proper to charge. which is considered an
unfair discrimination and IN unnecessary cX-
travagance. While l could not be induced TIC
vote for repeal OF the law at present, II ever,
/ have always opposed that feature of this sys-
tenn which authorizes the payment of over
100000 to officers before single school can be
started.
Your ob't scrv't, A. NJ. CATE.
| We are pleased to see that Mr. Gates inves-
tigating mind has been turned to the subject.
He has already done some good, and if he will
pursue the subject more may be accomplished.
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New York General Market.

NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-Flour, superiine 5.70a
6.25. Whisky firm Mt Local .02. Corn, South
ern 02a0S. Rice 9a9L.
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rzB- Our friends in McMinn county-Athens
incuded-who are in arrears with this office,
are notified to call and settle.
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LAST NO'G'HCE.

A LII PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE SUI B.
N scriber, individually, are hereby notified
that unless they come up and settle without
further delay, they will find their accounts in
the hands of Constable Coldwell. This is the
last notice, and mean whatI say.
WIN. III. HOWARD.
Athens JAN %. 1S69-2t-60
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Polk County.

We learn that gentleman from Atlanta
bought hundred thousand pounds of Bacon,
at Benton. a few days ago-to be delivered at
Charleston on the Hiwasscc. Figure private.
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En@ Governor Yarmouth, of Louisiana, ia
vors the removal of political disabilities from
the ex-rcbels. With the exception of Brown
low, of this State, and Clayton, Of Arkansas,
we believe all the radical Governors take the
same view.
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NOTICE.

NOTICE..
THE TRUSTEES OF DECATUR ACADE-
i my. Meigs county, Tennessee, desire to Sc
cure competent Teacher for the same. He
would he expected to teach all the branches
taught in High Schools, and one who expects
to make teaching his business preferred
The Trustees have an Academy fund on hand,
which, with the tuition, will be ample to pay 4
frst-cass Teacher. Apply Immediately.
BY order of the Board.
d. A. GALLAIiER, Sec'y.
Jan. II, 1S60-2t-59
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NOTICE.

rTIIIS ISTO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC THAT
l. Ihavc given my son. A. A. FARMER. mi
nor. the privilege and authority to do business
for himself and on his own account and be-
half-to make his own contracts and be respon-
sible for them, and to receive and have the full
proceeds of his labor. 1. w. FARMER.
McMnn county, Jan. |, 1S69-3t*-59
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Which Is LAP

From the number Of merchants and clerks
who have been leaving town for the last few
days with guns OH their shoulders, business
must be unusually dull orgsme in the vicinity
more than ordinarily attractive. sttsi " Hg
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vi Persons leaving the cars at Athens and
wishing to visit points off the railroad, will
always find good stock and good vehicles at
the Livery Stable of 4. II. Crow & Son.
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Lecture at the M. II. Church.
Prof. r. III. Ramsay will Lecture at the NJ
E. Church, Athens, Saturday night, January
23d. Subject: A mans man for n that.
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nzf3" Our subscribers along the Tennessee
River and its tributaries want the prices of
produce at Chattanooga. If that growing and
thrifty city has 4 produce house within its
broad and ample limits, it would find its bust
ness largely increased by sending a weekly
statement to this paper.
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RESlsONSHasV.EI
NEW ORLEANS SYRUP.

A FRESH AND GENUINE ARTICLE
n just received, and for sale by
Jan. -, 1S6D-tf-601 w. G.. HORTON & CO
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H0U M IdCuhce.
Pupils are charged from admission to close
of Term.
Board is furnished at $3.50 per week, inclnd-
ing washing and lights.
Persons seeking Il School where instruction
is of the most thorough character, and where
the Theoretical and practical are judiciously
combined. are invited to examine our system.
The constant aim il to furnish that discipline
of mind, and mpart that kind of instruction.
which will prepare pupils to become useful
members of society.
The course of study is rs full and complete
as that of ordinary Colleges. and embraces the
best and most popular text books in the
United States.
Any further information can be obtained by
addressing the Faculty.
Riceyille, Tennessee. Dec. II, 1SGS-tf-N
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OF We would advise families who "laid in"
but scant supplies of meat. to economizc rs
much as possible, as by early summer there
will probably beno surplus left in the country.
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EGIY- To all external observation hostilities
between the factious wings of radicalism at
Chattanooga have about ceased.
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RICHMOND

ImpOrtant DeeIsiWH - Chief Justice
Chase on tbe I4Ih Amendment and
the Status Of Virginia.
RICHMOND, Va May 10.-Chief JUS
tice Chase this morning delivered an
opinion on the appeal from Judge Under.
woods decision in the District Court, de-
claring null the sentence OF Judge Shelf
frey, of the State Court, on the ground OF
Sheffrey's inelligibility under the l4th
amendment. The case was tlat Of Cesar
Griffin, a negro, who was sentenced to
the penitentiary for shooting man. The
Chief Justice read the opinion of The
court, holding that as the State governs
ment in Virginia had been recognized
alIauring the war by Congress-, first at
Wheeling and then at Alexandria, the
act Of the government dividing the State
had been recognized by the Federal gov
eminent, and Senators and Representa-
tiveS elected by that government had
been allowed seats in Congress. 1t was
under this government that Shelirey had
been appointed, and he was therefore
a legal Judge SO far as the State govern
p ment was concerned. The question now
came up whether being Ineligible he
was Absolutely removed 10y the operation
of the Nth amendment The court said
the Supreme Court unanimously con
Cured in the opinion that a prisoner
sentenced by judge defacto, though
not judge dejure, could not be reached
by the habeas corpus. This decision Of
the District Court was reversed, and
Cesar Griffin was remanded to the Stats
authorities.
In the United States Circuit Court thin
morning, Peter Phillips, sentenced to b'
hung next Friday morning, a writ 0
habeas corpus was remanded to the Stat
suthorities, on the ground that he wa
sentenced before the l4th amendmen
was promulgated.
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TELEGRAPHIO BRIEFS

WASHINGTON, May 10-Patchen OF
Baltimore won the $500 purse over the
National Course.
Cuban sympathisers report Is, 600 armed
Rebels, including $500 Americans.
Success would be certain with re-
cognition from Washington of their
belligerent rights. A confidential Cuban
agent recently had an interview with Sec
rotary Fish ON the subject Of annexation.
reported discovery in Cuba of two hun
dred square miles Of gold-bearing fields.
. New YORK, May 10.-More revenue
frauds are before Judge Benedict. Forged
papers discovered to the amount of $780,
GOO.
Another armed privateer has gone for
Cuba, said TO be filled with Immigrants
enlisted at Castle Garden.
The State Department instructs the Dis
trict Attorney TO enforce neutrality laws
One hundred guns were fired in honor
Of the completion of the Union Pacific
railroad.
CINCINNATI, May I0.-G. A. Il gath
ering. Little girl burned to death.
ST. LOUIS, May l0.-More seizures oil
smuggled coffee and sugar. Old towboai
Grey Eagle sunk-three men supposed to
be drowned.
PHILADELPHIA, May 10.--The bell at In.
dependence Hall was rung in honor Of the
Pacific railroad completion.
MAUN CHUNK, Pa, May l0.-Strikt
among cOaI-miners.
CHICAGO. May l0,-The completion G
the Union Pacific railroad was celebrated
here to-day by procession seven miles
long.
New ORLEANS. May 10.-Cuban expo
| dition rumored.
HAVANA, May b0.-Ddlcebaok from
Matantzss; reported lighting near Neuvitai
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THE INDIAN COUNTRY.

Late Intelligence from Camp WaehItA
SURRENDER Of tndtaus-NarrOW rs
cape of "a LIeHIeRRut and Fifteen
Men.
ST. LOUIS, May 9.-The Republican has
letter from Camp Yachts, dated April
%, which says twenty lodges Of Cheyenne,
belonging to the band under Little Robe,
who surrendered to Gen. Custar on the
edge of Staked Plains, during the latter
part of March, have left here without per
mission of the proper authorities. This
makes I20 lodges, Of 100 captured by
Custar. who have started north to join Tall
Bull on the Kansas Border, making at
lowest estimate, 600 warriors now ready
for hostile demonstrations 10 the vicinity
Of the Republican, Solomon and Saline
creeks, north of Arkansas river. The In
dams expressed supreme contempt for the
military here.
The ArapahOes, and what few Chey-
| ennes thai have not run away, start to-day
| for Camp Supply, where they are TO draw
supplies until arrangements are made for
| their removal still farther north 10 their
| reservation, where a temporary fort is 10
be constructed. Lieut. L. l.. Lee, OF the l0th
cavalry, and five men; are ordered as es-
cort TO the party.
A rumor is rife in camp that Lieut.. Ja-
cobs and fifteen men, of the 9th infantry,
who were sent from here short time
since rs escort for the 2hilanthropist, Vim
cent? Colyer, TO Fort Bascom, New Mex
leo, were attacked on the headwsters OF
| the Wachita river and held two days by
the Indians, when they succeeded in max
| ing their escape under coNer Of night.
| The report comes from Indian SOURCES,
and cannot voueh for its reliability.
The experiment Of teaching the natives
the art of agriculture is progressing SLOW
| Iy, but some seed has been sown by the
| farmers and laborers employed by the
government. The affiliated banda, com.
| posed of the remnants of the CaddO, Waco,
| Kichie, Waichita and Towankana bands,
have all planted corn and some garden
vegetables on land prepared for them 10y
the cub agent, Mr.. McCusker, but 1t must
be remembered that these tribes have
raised corn for the last century unaided ny
the government.
The Kiowas and Comancbes, on the con
trary, are averse 10 labor, and look on the
matter "a entirely too degrading for them,
and only adapted 10 she poorer class AZ
they term the affiliated bands.
Five acres are 10 be broken for each
chief IF band, and farmers are TO be KEEP
among them to thoroughly test the expert
ment. 1t may prove to be the great secret
of ciViliztng these wanderers.
WASHINGTON, ID. C., May l0-JOhn T
Tsggart, of Galens, Was appointed Asses
sor of Utah. vice Clarey declined. NJ
further appointments Of supervisors will b,
made till the return of COMMISSIONS
| DelsHo.
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LOUISVILLE.
The WoodIawn Races.

LOUISVILLE, May 10.-The meetin,
over the course of the Greenland BloOl
Horse Association opened with a very
large attendance. The weather was cleal
aud delightful, and the track, though ne
elected for some time. was in very fail
condition. The following is the summary
| First dRy-frst rsce--Mile heats for
year olds, $50 entrance, SIS forfeit,
/ closed with nine entries. $500 70 be added
by the Association.
w + Harper names b by Colossus,
dam Rosetle by imported York
shire. "a - pd Il
A Keene Richards enters b by inn
. ported Fazaletto, dam Mary
Cas-, the dam of Bette Ward. 2 4
i Drane names CHI colt Jo Akin
by John Akin, dam Boston. dis
Cadwallader a Boyer name ch colt
10 Shaw by Uncle Wick, dam
Churchill. pd ft
John Jackson 4 Co. name Herizog
by Nandal, dam Dixie by Soy
efing. 10 -fs l !
Capt Geo W Stewart names oh colt
Barney Williams by Lexington,
dam Volgs, full sister to Nandal. 4 2
Lyle ~ Vaughn name g Morgan'5
Scout by John Morgan, dam
Lizzie Morgan by Glencoe. pd Fl
d CrOwse names oh colt by Bonnie
Scotland dam imported York
shire. fa s ar
ID CroRse names ch colt by Bonnie
Scotland, dam Ringgold. pd #
.gt Time, l:523, l;52' ID
The second race four mile dash for all
ages, st. Charles purse $500. L'f
Redding & Brother name four
years old, by 10 Stoner. dam by
Yorkshire, ~ ... '
jackson & Co, name six years
old, by Colossus, dam imp OJten, l
Time, one mile, 1:56; two miles, 1857;
three miles, GIL; four miles, S:37.
10 the first race Hertzog was decidedly
the favorite in the pool selling by two to
one, and Jackson's bay horse in the second
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Our Financial and CONNER
cial Column.

Esery department of businoss has an imme-
date interest in the markets Of the country. ami
IN its financial fluctuations aAd condition. The
man who faGs 10 keep himself properly al
vised a. to the rise and fall Ct the markets. a.
controlled oy the laws OF demand and supply
and the relative condition Of the currency. ia
exposed to constant Loss. and must necessarily
fall behind his more intelligent and snterprisinE
neighbOrs. In Ordor to make our paper valuable
well as interesting. We shall make this =
SPECIAL FEATURE Our Daily Market Reports.
domestic and foreign. By telegraph. and our
City Reports. gotten up at heavy expense. shall
challenge the commentator Of our best bust
ness men; while our current Financial Reports
from all the leading money oontsrs Of the eOun-
try shall be fuller than have ever been pub
lshOd by any other Journal in Tsh1sssss.
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INTERNATIONAL.
Extensive FOrgeries of Hay Ian Bank
Notes.

Extensive FOrgeries of Hay tIan Bank
Notes.
New YORK, May 9-The Consul for
the Haylian government, having become
Satisfied of the innocence Of the three
parties John Rush, Alfonzo Brett and
William II. Ii. Jones, arrested on a
charge Of being implicated in the extern
sive forging Of Haytian bank notes, made
application yesterday, before Justice Ho-
gan at the TOmbs, for their release. The
Judge promptly ordered the discharge Of
the prisoners. Subsequently statements
were made giving full details of printing
the forged notes which implicated an sd
miral and two subordinate officers in the
Haytian navy. Statements were also made
regarding other forgeries of notes of high
denominations which, in order to serve
the ends of justice can not be published at
present
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In the Political Interests of
the People

THK UNION AND AEKRIoAx win take the Con
sntution and laws for its guide. sdkering to tho
teachings OF the founders Of our government. IL
will guard with vigilance and frmness the
rights Of all the people. urging upon all. moiera-
ton. forbearance and steady adherence to
and order. thereby enabling the people to
develop the resources and advance all the mate
rial and other interests OF our State and com
mon country. Feeling that these are endan-
gered BY the revolutionary schemes Of the Radi-
cal politicians. who now hold the legislative
power OF the government. We shall abats moth
ing Of our past.OppositiOn to theirmeasu.es.
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CUBA.
Spanish Violations of international
Law - Stringent Orders from OuF
NAVY DNnRrtneut

| Spanish Violations of international
Law Stringent Orders from Our
Navy Department.
New YORK, May "a Washington
| dispatch says that the Secretary of the
Navy has called the attention of Admiral
Hof, commanding the North Atlantic
squadron, now in Cuban waters, to the fact
that armed Spanish vessels are in the neu-
trail waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The
department directs that the Admiral keep
Vigliht watch hereafter and prevent any
such violations of iDternatif lal law, and
advises him that his duties re TO protect
not only American citizens, at American
commerce as we'll. He is so ordered TO
prevent American war vessels from search
ing merchant vessels, it being their duty
to protect American trade, and not to mo-
lest il.
The Captain General Bribing Leading
Rebels 90 Leave the IsIand-CespeGIes
Offered Free Pass and 100000.
New YORK, May l0.-It is stated the
Captain General of Cuba has renewed his
attempts TO bride the leading patriots into
leaving the island. Gen. Cespedes has
been offered a free pass for his family and
two hundred thousand dollars if he would
abandon Cuba. Gen. Felix Fugerola, one
who rose with the original force last Octo-
Der, and who has since proved himself
very useful soldier, was offered $4,000.
These propositions were made by three
citizens empowered by the Captain Gen
eral, and were spurned at once.
Surrendered Rebels and sympaIh' zing
Citizens Murdered In Cold Blood.
IL is declared that some who sought TO
accept the prof.red amnesty issued about
six weeks since, we're recently murdered
by outposts of volunteers. Several citizens,
suspected of patriot sympathy, have been
taken from the Santiago de Cuba Jail at
night, and murdered by order of DuIce's
chief Of staff.