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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
The Mailman A Doin.

The following is the pith of the last
assault of the notorious Radical agita-
tor, Wendell Phillips, upon President
Grant:
What have we for q President? A
jockey and seaside lounger; a restless
boy, needing constantly to be amused.
and so impatient of his business that he
cannot stay at his post more than week
at q time. Five months in Office, he has
not yet given us an administration
But, posting copying clerk here and
there, keeping the machine in motion, he
hurries off to idle week at a watering
place, act Dummy at q monster show,
or Helpless at Il steamboat excursion
The Presidency must indeed be sine
cure if, in such an hour as this, man,
bred in a camp and lanyard, can proper
ly discharge its duties three hundred
miles from the Capitol, in the intervals
of the race-course and the half hours
left after thcatcrs and concerts. TO
your tents, O Israel! for another Blu
chauan sits in the White House, tempo
rizing while the enemy gets into battle
aIraV.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Stokes Heard From,

We clip from the Nashville Banner
OF Sunday to the extent of the follow
ing:
The Lebanon Ucr0d anil Register
learns from an entirely reliable source
that General Stokes accepts the situa-
ton" in good faith, and will make no
effort to overthrow the State Govern
mcnt. Our contemporary gets its in
formation direct from headquarters in
Alexandria, not Immediately from
General Stokes, but from close neigh
Dor and personal friend of his.
We hope those of our friends who
during the canvass thought Stokes such
"a h--ll of feller," will now let their
fears eyaporate.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
The Man Pratt.

The following is reliable in regard to
the "TeXas rioter," Pratt, about whose
custody there has been a conflict OF au-
thority in New York:
The st. Louis Nc,rs says oditorially
on authority of reliable gentlemen from
Texas, that accounts published at the
East, in regard to John II. Pratt, now
in custody of United States Marshal
Barlow, arc incorrect; that there is no
evidence that he was engaged in any OF
the proceedings alleged, and that he
was never a bushwhacker; but during
the war was q soldier and commanded
P:att's battery, and since the war has
been an orderly and pcaccable citizen
and merchant at Jefferson,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
lIOr the FARMER.

Il would perhaps be well enough for
our "n.cnds in the CONT to COM
mcncc cconomizing in timc, and 20 take
care of every blade of fodder and save
every nubbin of corn possible. The cx-
tent and breadth of country stricken by
the drouth is much greater than has
been generally believed, and the supply
must necessarily fall largely below the
demand. The crop--halfcrop, or less
is fixed for this year, the season being
too far advanced to hope for relief, no
matter how much rain may subsequent
" fall,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
COnycntion--Or, No Convention i?


That is the question. Whether we
shall bear those ills we have, rather
than take the chance of others we know
not of. During the canvass just closed
almost everybody got impressed with
the belief that one of the first acts of
the ensuing Legislature would be to
take steps to call State Convention.
To the best of our recollection, both
candidates for Governor favored and
contemplated such movement. One
of the clements we most had to contend
against here was the proposition that
Stokes was just as good Suffrage man
rs Scntcr, and that in the event of his
election he would recommend the i'm
mediate calling Of a Convcntion-and
so forth. But it now seems there is q
little nervousness on the subject in some
directions, and an apprehension that a
body of that sort, composed of dele
gates fresh from The people, might rath-
cr ovcrdo the matter and possibly pro-
woke the interference Of the govern
mcnt at Washington. While the con-
test was progressing, the people were
continually menaced with government
interference if they presumed to vote
against the high-rcaching and invinciblc
Stokes, and now this same dread phan-
tom is being evoked to Brighten them
from their propricty and from the right
/ full fruits of victory. Government In
tcrfcrcncc.' indeed. Has the EN-
| pirc" really commenced? But we be-
licyc VIC won't express oursclf further
at present, as we cherish lively recol-
lection of '63-i, Camp Chase, and other
pleasant places provided by a munifi.
cent and thoughtful government for the
comfort and protection of its crring and
foolish children.
In the meantime, we hope the Gun
conditional Union mon" of the State.
who will soon be clothed with lcgisla-
tive power. "won't scare worth a cent
but will take the Convention business
into sobcryct earnest consideration, and
vindicate their moral manhood by such
action as rigid and wise sense of duty
and the cXigcnccs of the occasion seem
to demand. They were elected for such
purpose, and the people and the press
will readily endorse and sustain any
policy they may adopt calculated to i'm
prove the present condition and secure
the future peace, prosperity and we'll
being of the commonwcalt Further
| than this "our broad-browed Solons.'
soon to assemble in the State Capitol,
needn't now stop to inquire
Convcntion-or, No Convention
That's the question of the hour-and
not so much who shall succeed the Hon.
Joseph y. Fowler in the United States
! Senate
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Paw the Printer

The st. Louis (MissourD Democrat,
a Republican paper, is responsible for
the following, which appears in one of
its recent issues, headed as above:
"Last year, DR.. Folmsbcc, of Davies
county, was announced by several pa
pcrs rs candidate for Congress, but
was not nominated. This year, he is
proposed as q candidate for Senator
from the district represented last year
by the deceased Senator FllWnll.-
Thcrcupon the Mercer county -1dr0ace,
the Milan Ue,Uld, and the Unionvllc
Republican, mention that they should
be glad TO see him succeed, because he
might then be able to pay to each of
them Give dollars that he owes us for
announcing him as candidate for Con-
gress." Moral, pay the printer. Moral
No. 2, when candidates want to be 'an-
nounced," make them pay cash."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Sensible Words.

The Nashville Union and american,
always sensible, says:
There are numbers of persons who
appear to be Unfortunately anxious about
the result and effect of the recent cleo
ton in this State. Those living out of
the State may be suffered to speak
through ignorance; and it may be char
itably presumed that those in the State
who are working themselves into spasms
about men and parties, are laboring I'M
der like disability.
A popular majority Of eixty-fve
thousand is "a sumner" to be sure, but
let us all keep our senses.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
FIunkeys and SnObs,

Somebody who has been there says
The snobs at Long Branch can be
detected by the ridiculous airs which
they assume and are not able to carry
out. The femGlo portion are afflicted
with the Grccian bend, and are unable
to sustain an ordinary intellectual con-
versation in plain Anglo-SaXon. The
men wear eye glasses AMI pass their
time in sucking the knobs of their canes.
No wonder the President protracts
his stav AT that aquatic locality,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
shnll There nn a Convention.

(Trom the NSavillc Union and Amcrican')
Through eM communication signed
an" written ~ q member of the legal
profession in this city-a gentleman
learned in the law, and of acute and
! disciplined intcllect--we present the
views Of this paper regarding the JUS
tice, the propricty, and the necessity of
Convention to review the Constitu-
ton of the State. The points arc SO
ably enforced that there is no need for
application. Indeed, the people have
decided that Convention shall be
holden: and that it only remains for
the Legislature, by concurrent resolu-
ton of both Houses, to fix the day for
the election of delegates, and the day
for its assembling.
The people of Tennessee arc in adj
mirabc temper to compose such Il body
of wise and discreet men. There is no
ground to apprchcnd that convention,
in its revision of the Constitution, will
propose to align the State in factious
opposition to the Federal Constitution,
as amended in the last five years, or to
array the people who will ratify its
work, in antagonism to the Legitimate
results of the recent civil war deciding
the issues involved in that conflict. Its
mission will be to declare, define, and
guarantee with the majesty and author
ity of the people as expressed through
the voice of a majority at the ballot-boX,
subject to the limitations and restric-
tons of the Federal Constitution, the
rights OF citizens. The franchise.-thc
| bulwark against tyranny and the pal
! ladium of trCcdom-rnust be rc-estab-
7
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Our TCIeGraDIicrS.

With three cables spanning the AT,
lantic, and all owned in Europe, it has
naturally been common wonder as to
where all the American enterprise had
gone. 1t has gone to the Pacific and is
working up our great Asiatic future
The last telegraph item concerns the
laying Of an American cable along
the shores of China. They carry the
cables who need the communications
Europe needs us and comes to us. We
need China and we go to her.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Tho United Statcs Senator.

The Nashville Banner of last Satur-
day printed an editorial Of two and a
half columns to show why Andrew
Johnson should not be elected to the
United States Senate. The same paper
contained q communication favoring
the election of Emerson Ethcridgc,
Fortunately, the peace, progress and
prosperity of the State cannot be made
to depend upon the choice of either of
the gentlemen named; nor is it at all
necessary that controversy should &C.
cur between their respective friends in
order to make the way open and easy
for Middle Tennessee man. It's not
known-at least to us-that Mr.. John
son and Mr.. Ethcridgc arc candidates
for the prospective vacancy, but it is as
serted that the friends of the former
intend to put him in nomination, in
sisting, among other considerations,
that its due him for his able, manly and
persistent defence of the Constitution
and the rights of the people.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
What Next I?

The searching manner Of the govern
mcnt is illustrated in the announcement
that base ball clubs are liable to ,axa-
ton, and must take out licenses! A
New York journalist thinks that regat-
ia and QUOT clubs, the little girls and
doll-babics, may next look out. What
was the stamp act, on which our fathers
fought the Revolution, compared with
the present American system?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Col, Stokes,

The late Radical candidate for Cover
nor passed up the road on Wednesday
morning, cn route for the National Cap
ital. lie was looking as we'll as could
be expected, and accepts the situation
with good-naturcd philosophy. In the
few moments conversation we had with
him he didn't say the first word about
"gover'meW interference so the chap
who said he did Just lied.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
LunaciOuS.

We understand that one of the de-
fcated candidates for the Legislature,
who only lacked sixteen hundred and
siXty-four votes of being elected, is still
talking about "gover'meM interior
ence," "the pint of the bay'net," and
SIGH. The poor man had better subside.
He is in more danger good deal of the
Lunatic Asylum than of seat in the
Senate Chamber at Nashville.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
ReDlItIiatiOn,

The Paris MteligencGr--thc special
friend of Mr.. Ethcridgc--gives, with
out compulsion, the following "rca-
sons" for ropudiating part of the
State debt:
Next, we incline to the opinion that
the people of Tennessee, without being
allowed to vote even for the miserable
scalawags who have pretended to act as
Legislators, have been taxed considcra-
bly, more than was necessary to meet
all OF the Legitimate wants and cXpcn-
scs of the State government. Many
millions of dollars worth of State
bonds have been issued for the most
outrageous purposes-somc, it is init
mated, have been fraudulently issued
by stcalth-whilc very many have been
issued for the benefit of the rings
Now, as the situation in Tennessee has
been well known to the civilized world
and more especially have the lynX-cycd
money Shylocks, who hold most OF
these bonds, known how down-trodden
and oppressed the people have been
how that the negroes and few whites
voted the taxes, but paid scarcely any,
while the DISTINGUISHED paid nearly he
entire taxation of the State-wc say.
under the peculiarly unrighteous and
despotic manner in which this public
debt of Tennessee, created by sclf-crea-
ted Legislatures since the organization
of the present State government, hat
we do not feel in honor bound TO pay
it or at least n portion Of it. Wes Rod
pay no bond that has been issued fAat
the people of the State have not r51
ccivcd the entire benefit of the proceeds
for which it was sold. Upon that plat
form we stand. and
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
When the Election Shall Occur.

According to an act of Congress pass
cd in 1866, the election of |. 5. Senator
must occur on Tuesday, the 18th day of
October-which will perhaps account
for the indecent haste manifested in
pushing the subject so early into print.
Failing to elect on the date named, both
Houses shall continue to take at least
one vote each day following until an
election is made. At least so we under
stand the law as published.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
The Macon Postmaster.

Grants negro postmaster at Macon
Georgia, didn't turn out well, and he
has been compelled to go back on him.
The paragraph below from the Macon
Telegraph, will explain:
GAS some doubts have been express
cd about the disappointment of Mr.. j,
III. Washington as Postmaster of Ma
con, we telographed yesterday to q gen.
tleman holding position in the Gene
raj Postoflice Department at Washing
ton, the question, "who is Postmaster
at Macon ?" and received for answer
81. ii. Washington"
BeE' One of our leading houses re-
ports the watermelon trade brisk.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
The Heat Since the Eclipse.

The Sun, since the eclipse, has shed
an usual amount of dog-day heat upon
this latitude, and wiltel shirt collars
and tlabby linen coats, are bountifully
apparent. Those who feared we should
shave no summer" will have oppor-
tunity sufficient to discover how nearly
they resemble Salamanders.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Rutter Arrested.

We learn through the Knoxville
Press and Herald that George L. Rut-
ter, President of the First National
Bank of Memphis, from which the
School Fund so myStcriously disappear
cd, has been arrested at the instigation
of Mr.. Rust. State Treasurer, OH Il
charge of ENLIGHTENMENT, and lodged in
Jail to await trial.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
COld-BIOOded Murder.

The Nashville papers state that Hem
ry Frazier, Fs1., of DeKalb county,
was muId ered in cold blood, q few days
ago by certain Capt. Hathaway, whom
some of our readers will remember as
having figured largely as friend Of
Stokes in the Radical Convention. The
murderer escaped.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
PENNSYLVANIA.

A Philadelphia dispatch says: Ow-
ing to the long continued drouth the
Schuylkill River has dwindled down to
small stream, and there is a great
scarcity of water in the city. Should
the dry weather continue, II is feared
the supply will fail entirely.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Ensuing Elections.

At the present time, the Democrats
have elections pending in three of the
most populous and influential States
in the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Ohio and
Massachusetts. The candidates for Gov
crncr are Asa Packer in the first, Geo.
III. PendIeton i'll the second, and John
Quincy Adams in the third.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20

Bay The Supreme Court Of North
Carolina has just decided that intermar-
rage between member of the colored
race and member of the white race is
unlawful, and therefore void, according
to the laws of the State.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Novel Advertisement.

There is something fresh and nove7
in the advertisement Zurich trades
man has circulated. Wishing" he
writes, "to put an end to my life, which
is burden to me, and being determine
ed to die as soon as possible, shall sell
my goods at such low rates as have
never before been heard Of"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
A Corn Story.

A correspondent of the Columbus
Enquirer in Muscogee county, says:
"Let me tell you what l saw on the
9th of this month. / saw man six
feet two inches high, stand, and with q
cane three feet long, touch forty four
ears of corn. l saw the same man,
with the same stick over his head, fail
to reach the silk, when standing erect
and close by the base of stalk Oh the
same plantation. That's tall.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
The General Assembly.

OF the II members published in the
Nashville papers as elected to the House
of Representatives, 60 are Conscrva-
tivcs, s Suffrage Republicans, and I
Radicals. The Senate is composed of
90 Conservatives, and ) Suffrage Rcpub-
licans.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20

BG@ Everybody knows that comets
have tails. And the last eclipse proves
that the sun has horn. And now the
question to be settled by the astrono-
mcrs is, whether the photographers who
took it violated the Maine law.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20

B1E" Secretary Of War Rawlins says
Gen. Candy will not exact the test oath
from members of the Virginia Lcgisla-
ture. We beg the reader to believe that
this, if not entirely reliable, is the very
latest on the subject.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20

B2~ The Erie Railway, to Buffalo and
Dunkirk-a distance of three hundred
and fifty miles-is to be illuminated ev-
cry night, so that all night disasters on
the road in future, will be avoided,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
The Dead.

The UIest Tennessee Wig, one of OUT
most valuable exchanges, says:
AS Wing of the olden time we say
the Wing party Is deal. and cannot be-
revived. AS a man not blind to the
events of the times we have no hcsita-
ton in saving that the Democratic par
ty IS dead, and may no more be resur-
rccted than may the dead of the Lass
century.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Bradley County.

The Cleveland Banner of Wcdnos.
regrets to learn there is good deal Of
sickness in that town and vicinity. Sew
eral deaths have occurred within the
past week. The dry and warm wealth
er is the cause assigned for it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Trouble i'm VIRGINIA,

"A Richmond dispatch of the 18th
says:
A riot occurred between the whites
and blacks at Hcathvillc, Northumber-
land county, in which a sailor killed q
negro. The sailor was committed to
Jail, and at night was rescued by the
whites. Candy has sent detachment
of troops to that point.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
COrrecfiOn.

M. II. Millsaps, straight-out Conscr-
vative, and not G.. W. Keith, as first
published, has been elected to the State
Senate from the District composed of
the counties of Scott, Fcntress, Morgan
and Oycrton.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Bs.ly= The sensation papers having DR.

Beg@ The sensation papers having pref
ty well exhausted themselves over the
result of the election, now sagely advise
moderation, temperance, etc. The peo-
pie are as serene as a May morning
there is not ripple on the surface. 1t
is only the newspaper men and few
ofllcc'sCckcrs who have been excited at
all
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
athens gost.
Athens, Friday. August 20, 1869.
Lower East Tennessee,

Governor Senter's majority in the
counties of Monroe, McMinn, Polk
Mcigs, Rhca, Blcdsoc, Sequatchic, Ham
ilton and Marion is over 5000 In all
of East Tennessee, 1875.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20

B9~ AT Louisville on the 18th, Bacon
l64 q 1874. AT Cincinnati, 151S e l9A,
Wheat, red, l.3O q 1.35, white lao q
Ak
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20

gSgn The Nashville Union and 1meri-
can says reputation of the State Bonds
issued for railroad purposes, is an inn
possibility. Let's drop the subject.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
From its firm base as soon As y

y correspondent of the Louisville
Couricr-Jo"TRd2, dating from Nash
vile, says on the same subieC.:
The Reputation movement, Of which
mention has already been made. docs
not find much favor with the press or
the people of Tennessee. 1t is pretty
certain that all Of the bonds Issued by
the Brownlow government will be paid
in time. The idea of placing the state
on footing with Mississippi as bond
rcpudiator. to be scorned ever after
ward, is not at all popular with any
class or party.
The Knoxville Press ami HcraF OF
last Sunday contains the following
paragraph:
Since the election Hon. Emerson
Etheridgc and Dorsey Is. Thomas have
taken ground in favor of regulating
these bonds. and learn that there will
be large party in the Legislature in
favor Of their proposition. There is no
doubt that something must be lone al
once to relieve the State Of her burdens.
The Bonds alluded to ere, we believe,
those known as the new issue.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Sel,tCr'S IiniOritY.

Sentor's majority in the State is Gj,OJ-,
with Cooke, Cumberland, Grundy, Lew
is, Putnam and Van Buren, to hear
from. These last will not change the
figures but little. The vote in the three
divisions of the State foots up as fol-
lows.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20

Beg~ The Paris HteHigencer nomi-
mates Mr. Etheridge for the United
States Senate. The Hon. Brownow
suggests Neill S. Brown or Baltic Pey-
ton. Has no one kind thought for our
venerable friend, Ex-Governor Henry
5. Foote?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20

Bsg~ Some of the newspapers CLASH
fly the recently elected Tennessee Leg
islature thus: Liberals, Conservatives,
Democrats and RADICALS. Pish
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Sentor's majority, G5057

h1SitSi . iii"JOAi'.t NcOc'
Last November Gen. Grant received
J6,7j votes in the State. Stokes has
received $3.50, or only 2,S07 less than
Grant. If some of our moro ardent
friends will study the figures, majori-
ties, localities, ETC., they will sec there
is good deal of heavy work to do
yet-at least in some portions of the
State. The result above was not ac-
complished by any party organization
or drill, and there is the least possible
ground as yet for growing nervous
about new complications or party
nomoS
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20

Bs7~ The corn and tobacco crops in
Virginia are reported as suffering im-
mcnscly for want of rain.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20

Bsg" The Huntsville Vidette reCo
mends Hon. Bailie Peyton for SpeNlS
Of the Senate.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-20
Maryland.

A Baltimore dispatch says there has
been long drouth in Maryland, and
that the crops throughout the State are
suffering dreadfully,