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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
From New York,
special from New York says :

A special from New York says:
The Radical papers have come out to-
day in double-leaded editorials in favor
of the unconditional and immediate re-
peal of the the tenurc-of-oti act and
call on Senators by all that is due to
country and sacred to party, to come UP
to the support against the mighty. The
Radical Senators who have favored the
repeal all along, say thatif Grant had not
agreed to the compromise bill, its repeal
would have been effected before this.
A decided sensation has. been created
in political circles here to-day by the
publication in the city papers, of testi-
mony taken at Albany by an investigat-
ing committee, in which the witnesses
state that Senator Reuben E. Fenton re-
ceived $4,000 as Governor of New
York, for signing the Erie railroad bill.
The Post calls upon the Senate to in
vestigate this, and if it proves to be
true, to eNDel FentOn. ..- 1891.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
A Murderer Hung in Georgia.

The Macon Journal and Messenger of
the Goth ult. contained an account of
the murder of one little white girl and
the outraging of another by a negro
ticnd named Necdham Brown. That
paper of the day following thus shows
what became of the murderer: ..
A gentleman who came the South
western road yesterday afternoon, re-
ports Oh the authority of DR.. Austin, a
well known citizen Of Fort Valley, who
had just returned from Dooly county,
that the negro murderer, Needham
Brown, was taken from Jail, OIL We'd
nesday night, by party Of unknown
men, and hung. The negroes of the
county, who were as deeply enraged as
the whites, were clamorous for his de-
livcrance to them in order that they
might burn him, but their wish was
overruled and he was hung instead.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
Important Decision.

i The Nashville Banner of the Both has
the report of q decision affecting cer-
tain railroad interests, from which we
extract the following: ,'n
. In the case of Hardcastle & Gennett
vs. Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
Company, in the Circuit Court, the jury
on the 18th inst, returned verdict for
the defendant. The suit was one of a
number now pending in the different
Circuit Courts Of this State, brought to
hold the railroad company liable for
loss of freight caused by the great food
at Chattanooga in the spring of 1861
The testimony showed that ninety
five loaded cars were submerged in the
depot of the defendant alone, and per-
haps an equal number in the depots Of
the Western and Atlantic and of the
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad
Companies This is the first Of these
suits that has been determined, and
will, It is thought, on appeal to the SUI
preTe Court, be decisive of the main
questions Involved! .n 'o IS rH Va
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
Mullins Disguised.

"' Mullins, the forest-born Demos
themes" is much Disguised at the APP
pointment of Longstreet to the New
Orleans Surveyorship, and is reported
to have said of it "This comes ofyour
ready sense (reticence). want TO see
the boss next time before vote for
him." Unless Mullins gets a crumb or
two from the public table, there will be
a muss in the mill the first thing you
know. The claims of such patsipts as
Mullins cannot long be disregarded
with impunity. ~ '','.,' avs
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
The Massachusetts Financier.

A leading New York journal, friend
ly to the administration, expresses a
great want of confidence in Mr.. Bout
wells fitness for the Treasury Depart
mcnt. 1t says of him:
He organized the internal revenue
system, which has proved SO corrupt
and oppressive, and the country will be
fortunate if greater corruption, inca
pacity and mismanagement of the fl
nances be not seen under his admins
tration than even under that of Mr..
McCulloch. Mr.. Boutwell, is not fit for
the Treasury; he does not understand
the great questions of national finance,
is local and contracted in his ideas and
views, is merely politician and one of
those narrow-minded lawyers of which
Mr.. Sprague spoke as so damaging to
our government. 1t is high time that
the vast affairs of the republic, and es-
pecially the finances, should be taken
out of the hands of theorists and poll
ticians of the Massachusetts school.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
THE SENATE AND THE En-
ECUTIVE.a "A r.

Tho New York Herald is getting tired
of the tenurc-of- oflice law, and the airs
which the Senate has been putting on
for some time. Itsays in a recent arti.
Gle:
The Senate has passed bill modify.
ing the tenure-of- Office law, for which
we refer tho reader to our Washington
dispatched The President Is said to .be
satisfied 18th this compromise, although
the essence of the law is still retained.
The harsher restrictions and cxactions
of the law are cut off, but the power OF
the Senate over the Presidents remov-
ais is not relinquished. Hence we have
still to ask the House, shall the Senate
or the President manage the Executive
Department? f.a ..T .f ..... %
This startling question. 1t suggests
u change of the government by act OF
Congress. By act of Congress this
change was made for the benefit OF
President johnson. The power which
all his predecessors had exercised in
the matter of removals from office was
in his case transferred to the Senate.
Down to the passage of this law the
President could and did remove his
official subordinates at his discretion,
the Senate being content with its con-
stitutional power and duty of confirm
ing or rejecting the Presidents nomina-
tons. But under this existing law the
Senate has the decisive voice over every
removal from Office. Thus the EXecu-
tive Department has become mere APP
pendage of the Senate. The President
is but the President in name, for, prac-
tically, his Office is in the hands of an
oligarchy-the oligarchy of the Senate.
1t so happens, too, that for the four
years term of General Grant as Presi-
dent the radical leaders of this oigar-
chy reasonably calculate upon controll-
ing the Senate, and through its action,
the whole machinery and policy of the
administration.
The Senate. having gained this posi-
ton of the French Directory through
the folly of the House of Representa-
tives, is naturally enough disposed to
keep it. The House, from its recent ac-
ton on several occasions, is quite as
anxious to rectify its mistake, under
which member of the House as an Of
fee seeker is reduced to mere nobody.
But in refusing anything short of the
absolute repeal of this tenurc-of-o office
law and in refusing to adjourn without
This repeal the House may regain its
proper position of influence with the
administration in enforcing upon the
Senate return to the constitution on
this subject and compliance with the
manifest will of the people. The law
s,,,, sc inc to IL
aud an insult to the House Of Repre-
sentatives from the degrading position
to which the House is reduced, with
the President, under this law. Nor can
we expect any wholesome legislation
from Congress so long as the House, the
President and the people are compelled
cap in hand, to bow to the supremacy
OF the Senate.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
Consistency.

The radical papers few weeks ago
raised howl about letting party poll
tics get mixed up with the Judicial cleo
tions, and seemed fearfully apprehrn-
sive that man of Democratic tenden-
cics might attain to the Supreme Bench.
Now they are publishing a call for a
party Convention to nominate a tho
rough radical ticket for the vacant
;Judgeships. The radical editors must
presume very largely upon the guilt
bility and indifference of the rank and
file, of the party, if they expect such
grossness to escape observation.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
John w. FOrneY.

The notorious John W. Forney is adj
vert;.cd to he in East Tennessee ono of
~ &c., 80. A., 'e WV ~
these oa!s-'o LOOK a' 'ne country, ana
perhaps DO few other things not down
in the bills. In view of which we in
vito attention IN tho fo,lowino nara
,.u.,,h e., 49, To,,:.,,;,,S 80.
Si"ph rum lhc i.o"is'iiie Co"''e'-
journal of last Friday:
AS everybody knows, this old politi-
cal hack runs two newspapers. '".both
sickly," one in Philadelphia and one in
Washington. In addition to these irons
in the fire he has '.land agency or
capized on q grand scale. and the adj
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
Frauds on Colored Soldiers.

A Washington dispatch of last Fri
day says: The report sent to the Senate
today from Auditor French concerning
frauds on colored soldiers in Tennessee,
reveals most damning rascality. AL
though the investigation relates only to
the above State, it is known that in Off
cial quarters the same system was pur-
sued in Kentucky, and well known per-
sons were connected with the frauds.
A bill is now pending in the House to
continue the present method of pay
ment of bounties to colored soldiers,
but as it appears there are no guards
under the law in force except the hon
esty of individuals or agents, efforts will
be made to have the whole matter turn
ed over to the Pension Bureau.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
The Beauties of LOYALTY.

The application of oaths so largely
made in the South by the government,
and the disfranchisement of all refusing
to do the stringent swearing, receives
very odd illustration in Missouri
Frank Blair, Jr., lately candidate for
Vice President, is DISTINGUISHED in his
own State because Of his activity az n
Union soldier early in, the war;, The
oath requires the votertosweaB among
other things, that he has never taken. up
arms against the State. Early in the
war Missouri was in The hands of the
rebels, and her Governor. organized rs
State troops n secession force. Bair
helped to capture that force, and there
fore cannot take the oath, a..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
The Cuban InsurrectiOn.

Next to the mud lie at Washington
about the repeal of the tenure-of-otfice
act, the Cuban instruction appears to
be exciting the largest degree of public
interest. All reliable advices represent
the revolutionary movement as rapidly
extending, and that material aid, in the
shape of men, munitions and supplies,
is flowing into the Island quite literally
from the United States. A large Gu
ban meeting was held in New York
last week, and among the noted speak
crs OIL. the occasion was the Rev. Henry
Ward Beechcr, who seems in this case
to be very much in favor of the success
of the "rebels." 1t is said, too, that
the government at Washington is wink
ing at the transmission of men and sup
plies, and that some of the insurrection-
ary chiefs have been on terms of conf
dental intimacy with President Grant.
The last statement is perhaps incorrect.
Cuba was the brightest jewel in the
Spanish Crown, and that government
will put forth all the efforts it can to re-
tain it. But the result is already plain
ly foreshadowed. The Spaniards will
butcher the inhabitants and lay waste
portions of the Island, but through aid
and sympathy extended to the Cnbans
by the people of this country, they will
be ultimately driven out or extermi-
mated. Further than that it is hardly
necessary to speculate. From Baffin's
Bay down to the Terra del Fuego, all
are included in the limitless circle of
manifest destiny" and all, sooner or
later, must become component parts of
the "Great American Empire" that is
to be.
"No pent up Utica restraints our powers;
The whole boundless continent is ours"
1t is so written in the last edition of
the chronicles of fate, revised and COR
rected by the late Secretary of the State
Department at Washington, and what
puny arm shall be raised to impede the
mighty march of events! t''..
We hope the Cubans may prove sue
cessful in relieving themselves from the
heel of the oppressor which has been SO
long upon their necks; and that when
they shall have achieved their indepen-
dence they will be able to take care OF
it, and not, by looking to outside pro-
lection, embrace the fate of the silly
animal that jumped into the surging
river to get out of the rain.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
Fire at Cleveland.

"A fire occurred at Cleveland, Bradley
county, on Monday morning. Four val
liable buildings, situated near the De-
pot, were destroyed. The principal
losers are j. M. Crow, and Jones g.
Lowe, dry goods merchants. The fire
broke out just after midnight, and is
supposed to have been the work of an
incendiary. A portion of the loss is
covered by insurance. p.t.. ..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
The Constitution,

The New York Herald says of the re-
fusal of the United States Senate to re-
peal the tenure-of-o Office act:
If the Senate refuses to surrender the
usurped powers it now holds it will be
virtual announcement to the nation
that the constitution of the United
States is humbug and farce. In fact,
the action of Congress for some time
past has proven this, and now the Sem
ate chooses to endorse the decision
through the amendment to the tenure
Of-Office act, bud. ... f.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
Appointments.

Gen. 10. Cooper has been appointed
Revenue Collector for the Second Dis.
trct of Tennessee. tro' ry1 ~
r. S. Kindrick, the editor of the radi.
cal paper at Chattanooga, has received
the appointment of postmaster at that
city, so it is said and Col. Dave Mel
SON, of Cleveland, is reported as Asses.
cor for the Second District. i.i,n.'
Kindrick's appointment is contradict
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
The War Department.
w "N ~ I'M 'WT.N t.
WASHINGTON, March 81,

w hSflNUlON, 4huiCl ~.
by direction of the President the or
der of the Secretary of War, dated War
Department, March 5, published in spe-
cial order No. l, headquarters Of the
army, Acknowledgements Office, dated
March s, except so much as disrects
General w. Il. Sherman TO assume COM
mand of the army of the United States,
is hereby rescinded. All official bust
ness which. by law or regulations, re-
quire the action of the President or
Secretary of War will be submitted by
the Chief-of-Staf of Corps Departments
and Bureaus to the Secretary of War.
All orders and instructions relating to
military operations issued by the Pres
ident or Secretary of War will be issu-
ed through the General of the army.
[Signedl JOHN A. RAwLINs,
Secretary of War,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
Sickness Among the Militia.

The Pulaski Citizen of last Saturday
says: 'r.f t.H'
There are now about one hundred
and ten sick militiamen in hospital and
in camp--over one-fourth the entire
command. One company numbering
nine,y-fve men, had forty-five at hos
pital the other day. Notwithstanding
the increased and still increasing de-
mand for hunks at the hospital the fa-
iality is remarkably light. There have
been few deaths so far. ..,.. .....-
The disease is measles and pneumonia.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
Senator Sprague.

d Some of the papers charge that 'Ex-
Governor Sprague's recent bold and re-
markable speech in the United States
Senate indicates split in the Republi-
canlparty, with the contingency Of Sail
mon r. Chase as a candidate for the
Presidency in 1872. The contumaeious
Rhode Island Senator is son-in-iaw of
the Chief Justice. ~ 1eliIi, a i9f. 2bl
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
A WhoIesome RebIke.

1t is stated from Washington that
Miss DR.. Mary Walker, after several
applications, received an answer from
President Grant that she might have an
interview when dressed as becoming her
sex. The doctress ought to pull off her
trousers after that. q. q
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
Cowartlly Murder at Memphis.

MEMPHIS, March ga brutal MUIR
der was committed last night Oh the
corner of Third and Madison streets
Peter Crawley while going to church
with a lady was deliberately shot in the
back by John Kennedy, who fed and
thus far has not been arrested. Kennc-
DIV was the rival of Crawlcy, ana jeal-
ousy is supposed to be the cause.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
Out of EMPLOY.

The New Orleans Crescent says: The
number of clerks out of employ in this
city now is very large, especially in tho
dry goods line. Halfa dozen were hired
off the street the other day TO work as
walters in one of our hotels, glad to get
something to do to get their bread."a
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
That Order.

A Washington letter states that the
resembling of General Sherman's order
directing staff officers and heads of ar
my bureaus to report to him instead Of
the Secretary of War, was made by tho
President at the solicitation of Secre-
tary Rawlins, who said he would rather
resign than serve as an ornamental head
figure. The system instituted by Gen.
Sherman, it was found did not work
YerY well.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
American Consul Arrested.

HAVANA, March 29.-Thc Spanish
war steamer MOntezuma arrived here
today, having on board, in irons, Il. II.
Codrington, Consular agent of the Uni
ted States at the port of Gibara. The
cause of his arrest is said to be that he
was suspected of completely with the
...t,....,.. .r
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
The Memphis POst-Offi

4 A Memphis dispatch says: Detectives
are at work investigating the number
of losses through the post-ofiice here.
A negro porter was arrested and con-
fessed to robbing letters. AS the af-
fairs of the Office have been conducted
in a loose manner for some time past,
it is expected that startling facts will
be made public in few days. q. /.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
Death.

We find the following in the Knox
vile Wig, of Wednesday:
Judge Brown received the painful in
telligencc Of the death of his SON.
George Brown, jr., who belonged to-
the Tennessee State Guards, and was
stationed at Pulaski, where he died OH
Sunday.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
Registration Set Aside.

Governor Senter has Issued pvocla-
nations setting aside the registration
III the counties Of Madison and Shelby,
alleging the existence of frauds and IT.
regularities. Mr. Senter is probably
providing for the judicial elections ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
The Militia.

Quiet prevailing in the lately uproar-
Gus counties in which martial law was
declared, the Governor and General
Cooper have determined to withdraw
portion of the militia force. Orders
have accordingly been issued calling
four companies from Livingston, three
from Pulaski and three from Humboldt.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
Spanish Victories in Cuba.

If the Spaniards wish their accounts
of victories in Cuba to be believed they
must kill few more of their own side
than they acknowledge. One man kill
ed and one wounded in fight OF three
hours where two hundred insurgents
are being finished off is not enough to
fill the bill. '#'..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
Railroad Accident.

SAN Francisco, March 30.-A' dis
patch from Verde Station states that.
two engines on the Central Pacific Rail-
road ran off the track beyond Echo;
cars smashed, conductor, two
engineers, two firelnen, and three brake
men We're killed. .1.' d.. .'t''.'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
The New York Customs.

Moses I'll. Grinnell, q wealthy retired
merchant, has been appointed Collector
of Customs. The office is "a very lucra-
tive one, the salary being $4,000 year
and the emoluments from forfeitures
about $4,000 year on an average. Mr..
Grinnell was a wing some years ago,
and q devoted friend Of Mr.. Clay and of
Mr., Webster, e. tr'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
Governor. Wells Removed.

General Stoneman commanding the
District of Virginia, has issued
an order removing Governor Wells and
the duties, of the Office on
Mayor Burgess of Petersburg,
was also removed from office.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
Atheus gust.
Athens, Friday. April ,. 1860.
Ex-President johnson In Knox
vile.

Ex-PreStdcnt Johnson In hhOA-
vile.
The following notice has been stand
ing in the Knoxville Press and Herald
for several days: g '',.' :, -
a "Let itnot be forgotten that ANDREW
JouNsoN will bc'iu Knoxville and adj
dress the people on SATURDAY. next, the
Sd day of April. Let the news be spread
far and wide, and let every lover Of his
country make his arrangements to be
present" .t., r'so.n.,
1t Is also stated that persons wishing
to be present on the occasion will be
carried o, er the railroads to and from
the city for one fare and that the trains
will so run as to enable those who de-
sire it to return OH Saturday evening
after the speaking. The up train passes
Athens at TAT morning. 49, Ia
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
Radical Policy.

A resolution exempting salt, tea, cof-
fee, sugar, tobacco, and taxing bonds,
was tabled in the House of Representa-
tives on the Goth, by vote of lO4 to 40.
Were one given to demagoguery, that
would be splendid text to preach from.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
Discharged.

RICHMOND, March 30.-In the case Of
Gov. Wells, Judge Bond, and others,
charged with purloining letter from
the mail, the United States Commits
sioner, to-day discharged all the parties
accused.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02

Ba- Two men, one negro, the other
a white man, charged with the muir
der Of the. widow Bales in Sewer
county, notice of which was publish
ed last week, have been arrested and
are now in Jail at cambridge. The name
of the white man is Robert Nelson, and
he is said to be kinsman. OF the muir
dered woman. ai..-i .'It = i's.A'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
The Plains.

Arizona intelligence says that Indian
are numerous. The mill
tary appear powerless to render protec-
ton to settlers. The savages are we'll
armed and provided with ammunition
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02
A Clean Sweep.

Postmastet General creswell, origi-
nal secessionist, declares that he will
not leave one Democrat In Office If he
can find 81 competent Republican ito
all the place. laGi ssiif1s ,f.i~ne sl0id
1IpI TislJ t2Bc I'd, II vGlf>Bu 30 8lfIOIt
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02

Bar There are indications of war be-
tween France and Prussia--according
to the telegraph. 'n Ilp1Hi0s rdl H7
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02

p6y- Mrs. Glen, the Indiana murder
ess, has been sentenced to the peniten-
[tiary for life. mo- G.f AgTa II
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02

pI" Judge Smith, of the Supreme
Bench, announces himself a, candidate
for re-election.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02

1E- Ills stated that Newt. Patterson
is figuring for Supreme Judgeship.
Don't that beat the dewitt ot9,gi4 ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02

Bey- Messrs, Butler, Washburne and
Bingham were. appointed to the confer
ence committee on the tenurc-o f-offfco
act ON the part of the House, nrnnLN
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-02

gG~ Speaker Richards is at Washing
ton an applicant for the consulship at
Jeddo, Japan. Heis said to be very
anxious to 90 abroad.