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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
General Lee at the White House.

General Lee at the White House.
Our Washington dates of the LIST in
slant contained the following account OF
an interview between Gen. Robt. f.
Lee and President Grant:
General Robert f. Lee arrived in the
city last evening and proceeded to the
residence of friend in Georgetown.
This morning at IL o'clock, in accord
ance with previous arrangements, he
called ut the Executive Mansion, in
company with two friends from Balti-
more, and on handing his card to Gen.
Dent, was Immediately ushcred into the
presence of the President. Senator
Thayer, of Nebraska, the Minister to
Italy, with other very prominent per-
sonages, were Just about to have an in.
to retire, Us he had arranged beforehand
to have Gen. Lee call on him at this
time. Those gentlemen, with the others.
retired, but some of them remarked
that it was an outrage to be crowded
aside by the greatest rebel in the coun-
try. The interview was brief, not last
ing but 20 minutes and was confined
TO personal matters and word or two
about Virginia. Both were warm, how
ever in wishing the other health and
success in life, and Gen. Lee added: 81
pray, Mr. President, that your admins
tlation may rebound to the glory and
honor of the country" The pending
reconstruction of Virginia was alluded
to. and General Lee intimatcd that he
still adhered to his letter of last August
to General Rosecrans, wherein he claim
ed that where reconstruction was ac-
cepted the full restoration of the State
to the Union should follow, and the
development of the mineral and agri-
cultural resources of Virginia set forth.
When General Lee left the Executive
Mansion he was followed by the scru-
tinizing eyes of all in the vicinity. He
appeared in excellent health, and looked
about as he did three years ago when
he visited Washington,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
The Blue Ridge Railroad.

Governor Scott, of South Carolina
has gone to Cincinnati and Louisville
where he will meet other gentlemen
of South Carolina, who visit those cit
les in the interest of the Blue Ridge
railroad, which is q short link of road
through the Blue Ridge Mountains
connecting Anderson, S. c., with Knox.
vile, Tennessee. When completed, this
road will give the shortest route from
the Great West to the South Atlantic
sea coast, and will do much to develop
the commercial and agricultural re.
sources OF both South Carolin and Sec
tons of adjacent States.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
United states, Cuba and Mexico.

United States, Cuba and Mexico
Application having been made to Of
flcials connected with the Government
by agents of the Cuban insurgents, tc
purchase munitions of war, the Presi.
dent has given directions to said off.
Gals to sell all war material not wanted
by the Government to any parties who
wish to purchase. Agents are notified
that they can have all they desire, pro.
vided they furnish the necessary funds
The New York Tribune Is responsible
for this, and for the statement that the
President will speedily acknowledge
the Cuban revolutionists rs belligcr-
ent power. The vote in the Mexican
Congress for recognizing Cuban bellig-
erency stood 100 to 12. Arms have been
shipped to Mexican ports intended for
Cuba, and letters of marque will, it is
declared, soon be issued. What the Gu
bans now need is port OH their south
crn coast.
The New York Express says it would
be curious enough, in the present sta
tus of affairs, to see the Grant admins.
tration acknowledging the rights of an
unsustained revolutionary power in
Cuba, and at the same moment uphold
ing Mr.. Sumner in his views touching
the action of Great Britain towards the
United States during the rebellion. II
is quite notorious that ten days since
the fast sailing schooner Grapcshot sail.
led sfor Cuba from Hunters Point
where, for n week previous, she had I'M
dcrgonc extensive repairs on the ma
rine railway, foot of Seventh street, I'M
der the superintendent of Messrs.
Boggs Il Davis. The schooner was
heavily loaded with arms and muni-
tons of war, consisting of muskets,
rifles, fixed ammunitions of all kinds.
howitzcrs, harness, &C., besides 100000
rounds of cartridges, all placed in the
hold, and taxing it to its utmost capaci-
ty, while the deck was loaded with
boxes containing harness and other
light articles. The night she sailed SO
men were taken on board, together with
provisions, and the vessel quietly sailed
under command of Capt. Kempton, for
merly of the United States NAVY.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
Attention, RAIDS,

a correspondent of a leading Radi-
cal journal writes from Orc, Chester
field county, S. G., about Northern
Colony established there, and say:
"rhe community in the midst OF
which this first colony has settled, treat
ed it with kindness, and according to
their knowledge and training, with de-
ference and respect. We are in less
fear of personal violence than we
should be in the quietest part of the
old Empire State. We sleep with doors
unlocked and windows OPEN"
What! In spite Of the blood-thirsty
''rebels" and the awful Ku KluX? Can
it be possible?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
The Generalization of the Repub-
lican Party.

| hCiin Iurtys
The following article from the New
York Herald, the most enterprising
journal of the day, ought to make our
radical friends feel more or less jolly
The republican party Is fearfully de-
moralized. The rank aud file OF this
hitherto all-powcrttl organization have
no longer any common bond of union,
except the common bond of public
plumber, and over the plumber since the
4th of March last they have been growl-
ing, snarling, swapping and fighting like
infuriated cats and dogs. There have
been, on an average, say ten applicants
for every desirable office within the gift
of the President with the consent of the
Senate, and so, for every patriot rcmov-
ed, nine patriots are disappointed and
some are incenscd and Disguised. The
President has been making quick work
of All ugly job. Within two months
from his Inauguration he has filed
nearly all the desirable places; but he
has at the same time, with the consent
of the Senate. filed all the land with
the groans of the wounded. The I'M
lucky placc-hunters have turned against
him, against the unucky ones and
against each other: and such an exhi-
bition of wrath and scandal, with the
washing of dirty linen before the pub
lie. we have not had since the first great
Cabinet imbroglio Of General Jackson.
From republican journals we are in
formed that the great Washburne rs lit
tie better than q small political Jeremy
Diddlcr; that he cheated Wilson. OF
Iowa, out of the State Department and
has humbugged the President and dis
gusted Secretary Fish in naming Wash
burne's men for all the foreign appoint
mcnts before retiring: that there is no
love lost between Fish and Washburnc
that Secretary Borc is tired Of the gold
laced straight jacket of Admiral Porter.
and will get out of it very soon; that
Attorney-Gcner IIoar has had enough
of Grants Cabinet, and that Grant him
self thinks the time for apthcr recon-
struction has come. From the same
sources it further appears that ut least
half the republican Senators are sOurcd
with Grants appointments that the
Senatorial disatlections against the adj
mistration are not limited to Sprague,
Ross, Carl Schurz and Parson Brown
low by any means: that the party lead
ers in every State except Massachusetts
and Illinois consider the President q
poor stick, and that he will find it out
in the coming fall elections; that, in
short, in failing to bring about within
sixty days the millennium of Tittlebat
Titmouse, everything for everybody"
the administration is failure and "the
party machine is smashed"
| Itut whapn oll tbiS tp,tin,- opl mn
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
The Atlanta Constitution

In consequence of the death Of the
accomplished and lamented BARRICK,
the editorial conduct of this excellent
paper-the COnstitntjon-has passed in
to the hands of I. w. AVERY, Esq, of
Dalton. Ga. The now editor says in
his salutatory:
To the members of the Editorial fra-
ternity | extend warm fellowship
Many in our beloved State are personal
friends of long standing. TO all l ex-
press my desire to exchange every pro-
fessional courtesy. We may, and will
perhaps, differ widely, but let MS re-
member that men may be honest in En-
ror; and that error is better combatted
by reason than invective; and that men
can be tolerant without being venal.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
Riot ut Brownsville.

MEMPHIS, May 1.-The appeal learns
that n riot occurred Mt Brownsville,
Tenn, last night in which one white
man and two negroes were killed, and
another white man named Tom. Grant
was MORALLY wounded. Several ne
groes were also wounded, The affair
grew out of negro threatening to kill
a white man named Sherman, who APP
preached the negro and asked him about
it, Another negro took up the quarrel,
which soon become a general melee. At
III o'clock last night the fighting was
still going on. Further particulars are
anXiously looked for.
a later dispatch from Memphis says
the reported riot was canard, growing
out of q quarrel between q white man
and q ncUrO.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
Franchise Law at Brownsville

AS heretofore announced, the Su.
preme Court Of Tennessee is at present
in session at Brownsville. The whole
Court is present, and business is being
dispatched with energy. Judge Shack
elford reached there and took his seat
on Wednesday of last week. 1t is
thought that a case involving the con-
stitutionality of the franchise law will
be reached during the session, and that
decision adverse to. that famous statute
will DO given.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
A Partisan Judiciary.

The official organ at Nashville and all
the little organs in the State are piping
with oil their might for the leagues TO
rally In support of the radical ticket for
Supreme Judges. They insist that none
but the most straight-laced and tho
rough partisans shall be put on the
Bcnch-men who will "fill the bill? ac-
cording to the party decalogue, and la
Dor to maintain the supremacy of the
party at all hazards and to the last ex-
trcmity. We mean no reproach to any
gentleman now connected with the Jul
dietary, or who may be seeking judicial
position. We are merely referring to
the line of argument presented by the
radical press, and the conclusions which
necessarily follow. Mercer of the GEN.
trail organ, says: "A Democratic Court
will be revolutionary Court" Now
what docs that mean? just this, and
nothing else: "A good deal of unwise
and, in some instances, unconstitutional
legislation has been enacted by our par
ty-much class legislation that will not
stand the scrutiny and Investigation of
an upright, Independent and unbiased
tribunal. We must keep subservicnt
partisaus on the Bench or these, Illegal
will be set aside, to the damage
of the party" The party first, last and all
Aha Thot'c hot ~ -
thing; and the proposition is reflec
ton and reproach to the gentlemen
whom the radicals have nominated.
But the most incomprehensible thing
in connection with the radical scare is,
the fact of there being no Democratic
ticket in the field-that that party has
no vital, living organization in this State
that it has presented no candidates,
and is not likely to do so. Shackelford
is radical out and out; so is Andrews !;
so are Hawkins and McLain. The Hon.
Thos. A. R. Nelson, who, yielding to the
solicitation of men Of all parties, is a
candidate, is not known to the people
of Tennessee rs Democratic partisan.
They know him, and know him well,
too, but only as gentleman of supe-
rior qualifications, of sterling charac-
ter, and incapable of any other than a
wise, fearless and conscientious dis
charge of duty, no matter what position
he may be placed in. Then, why all
this yowling and braying by the radi-
cal press about the danger of a Demo-
cratic Court?" Amt it most time to
abandon the little, parrot-like appeals
to prejudice, and try to lift the Judi
ciary above the mire and dirt of parti-
san strife? We repeat, there is no
Democratic ticket in the field for Su-
preme Judges, and we should much re-
greet to see the party, following The ex-
ample Of the radicals, present one, bas-
ing its claims upon no higher considera-
tions than those Of mere partisan
character.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
Death of Hon, JAS, Williams.

The Hon. JAMES WILLIAMS died al
Gratz, in Austria, on the 10th instant
The deceased was born in Granger
county, East Tennessee. lie founded
the KBrrUe Post in lS4l, and was con.
nected with that paper as its leading
editor until after the Presidential elec-
ton Of H. Mr.. Williams possessed a
well-cultivated mind, wrote with much
force and vigor, and was man of good
and generous impulses. He was APP
pointed minister to Constantinople by
President Buchanan, and filled that DO.
sition until the close of the administra-
ton, when he returned to this country,
but subsequently went abroad again
where he was living with his family at
the time of his death.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
Cuba.
A Washington letter of recent date
r,.,,,,;rl,or il.a cclIn..s.,r.

~ w uSnIiiStoH IttttE VI IcCCHI uatC
furnishes the following:
A prominent member of the House
Committee on foreign Affairs declares
very einphatically that the administra-
ton has determined to recognize Cuban
belligercnts at an early day. The poll
cy and mode of procedure is dctcrmin-
ed upon, and only awaits a favorable
moment for action. Appeals of an
earnest character arc being forwarded
here from the Cuban Junta praying this
speedy recognition in order to end the
atrocities of the Spaniards.
BY advices from the Eastern Depart
ment it appears that Valmesada has
been for some time CARRYING out the
brutal policy he has ordered, as AN
nounced in the press dispatches. In
the latter part of March, the patriots
having temporarily evacuated Jiguani
in order to carry on operations in the
field, portion Of Nalmcsada's forces
made several sorties, during which
they perpetrated great brutalities.
Many houses were burned, and their
peaceful occupants were assassinatcd,
while others were taken prisoners and
afterwards executed. The women and
children were taken along and COMPEL
ed TO witness the executions.
New York, May "a special dis
patch to the Hcrold, dated Havana
April 30, vic Key West, May 3, says
The revolutionary party had a Congress
at Sabanc, on tkc 18th of April. Ces-
pcdcs presided, and over twenty repre-
scntativcs were present. coming from
all parts of the island. Resolutions de-
claring that the revolutionary party is
fighting for independence from Spain
and annexation TO the United States,
were unanimously adopted. Gen. Juc-
sada was again elected Gcneralissimo
of the revolutionary armies. Delegates
were enthusiastic, sanguino and deter
mined.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
Frightened at False Fire.

Stokes, who was invincible as o cav
airy leader and swore terribly through
the whole war, has taken a scare and
threatens to cave. In recent letter to
a personal and political friend at Nash
vile he says;
"There seems to be q good deal OF
feeling getting up in the gubernatorial
contest. Now, sir, let me say this to
you in all candor and truth, that | am
ready and willing to step ont of the
way at any moment that my friends
will permit. would much rather sup
port and work for Senter, or some other
good man, than to be the standard
en- myself"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
Virginia--Fatal RencOunter.

A Richmond dispatch Of the 4th says
Joseph Holmes, colorcd, member OF
the late constitutional convention, was
killed at Charlotte Court House, yes
terday. A personal difficulty occurrel
between him and John Marshall, son
Of Judge Marshall, of whose family
Holmes was formerly body servant
Both parties drew pistols and commence
ed firing, which was participated in by
Marshall's friends. After being shot
Holmes walked into the Court House
and fell dead.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
Going Under.

An item from Washington has. it that
many of the radical Senators'and men,
bers before leaving the city expressed,
the conviction privately that unless tho
Cabinet should be reconstructed the Re-
publican party will 60 to pieces, and
the next House of Representatives have
q Democratic majority.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
The Little Giant OH Paris.

Stephen A. Douglas, long ago when
he was at Paris, laid down the doctrine
to party of friends that no man ought
to remain outside the democratic infiu-
ence of his country more than two
years for he had observed that foreign
influences, like sin, deadened IL mans
perceptions and hindered him from
measuring the depths of perversity in
to which he had fallen. Little by little
he fell into that state Of mind whore,
while believing himself to be an Amer
lean, and vehemently claiming to be one,
he had become powerless 10 perceive
the distance that separated him from
one.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
The Ku-KIuX Again.

A Memphis dispatch of the 4th says
Ben Campbell, a notorious horse thief
who has figured around Hickman, Ken
lucky, since the war, was arrested last
night at Huntingdon. After prelim-
mary trial, in which he was found gull
ty. he was taken from the officers by
the Ku-Klux and taken TO the woods
and hung.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
irsinia.

Chief Justice Chase. assisted by Un-
derwood, opened Court at Richmond
on the 3D.. The Chief Justice briefly
charged the Grand Jury. The jury was
composed entirely Of whites, and tho
iron-clad oath being dispensed with,
many old citizens appeared in the jury
box for the first time since the close of tho
war.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07

n&sF" a Northern journalist expresses
the opinion that if New York could
have u general revival of religion and
q general revival of Shakespeare, the
morals and manners of the city would
both be improved to a wonderful cx-
tent.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
important Decision.

In homestead case from the Browns.
vile office, Nebraska, submitted by the
agent of the General Land Office to the
Secretary of the Interior the latter of
ticcr decided that an actual change of
residence or abandonment of the land
entered under that law for more than
six months at any time, worked for
fixture thereto to the Government. lie
concurred in the opinions expressed by
his predecessor on like case.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
judicial.

Married, near Ooltawah, Hamilton
county, at the residence Of the brides
father, on Tuesday evening, the 4th in
slant, by the Rev. Mr.. Martin, the Hon.
w. L. Adams, Circuit Judge of this
Judicial Circuit, to,Miss Lou ii. Parker.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
FOrney at Knoxville,

John W. Forney and suite reached
Knoxville on the 4th-were met at the
Depot by brother Pearne and others OF
the true faith, and escorted to the Court
House, where they expectorated awhile
in the presence of a miscellaneous au-
dience. The cratic wanderers, after
being thoroughly saturated with east
1snnassee koriial," departed on the fol-
lowing day in the direction of Philadel-
phia.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
Hard on the Radicals,

The New York Tribune very pointed
ly says: "There was time when to
be a member of Congress was to aspire
at least to the position and bearing of
a statesman. Of late years it has been
rather to be claim agent and solicit
tor of offices for constituents whose SER
vices must be rewarded or purchased"
The Tribune is rather hard on its radi-
cal friends.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
Killed Nv lightning,

Isaac Harden and Jesse Williams and
four horses were instantly killed by q
stroke Of lightning OH the farm Of VIM.
\. Cunningham, three miles from Mar
tinsville, in Morgan county, Indiana
during the storm of Wednesday even
ing. Six teams were blowing in the
same field, and when the crash came all
the horses ran away from fright so that
those who escaped the bolt of lightning
were more or less injured in their flight.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
Rent.

The highest rent paid for store
house this year in New Y ork city is by
f. S. 'Jaflrays, dry goods store, corner
of Leonard street, 100000. The hi CHEST
hotel rent is that of the Fifth Avenue.
100000 per annum.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
Damages. Against Gen. Dix.

An Ulster county jury has awarded
$4,000 damages to Daniel ID. Bell. OF
Rochester, against Gen. Johi. a., Dix,
OH account of the formers confinement
in Fort Lafayette.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07

n4y" ~ gentleman just returned from
Europe mas brought home the Empc-
ror Nero's seal ring. He says he was
offered the fiddle used by that individ-
ual, but declined it Oh account Of tho
high price.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07

nay Judge Smith, the new Chancel-
lor of the Gallatin division, corrects a.
statement of the Hartsville Idette by
saying that he isn't ga moderate or any
other sort Of q Radical" ....f ..f.'.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07

BE-" The official organ at Nashville
announces that the Comptroller has
been successful in borrowing money to
run the machine while longer. Ten
nessee Bonds, old and new, are worth
66 cents earrency.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
Nice Bow,

Brigham Young's eldest son, Joe, is
n hopeful youth. lie smokes good CT
gars, drinks good liquors, gets drunk,
plays poker, licks his wives and breaches
the GOSncl
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07

BGs~ The Young ladies of New York
are now adopting the role Of "sweet
simplicity" and appear at balls and
parties in short muslin dresses, without
ornaments of any kind. '"''
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07

Bar The President has decided shat
he will not order any of the Southern
elections until September, in order to
give the planting and harvesting inter-
est full time to participate.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07

gsE. A Texas editor, on being asked
how he got along with his paper, said
he had written one editorial and shot
three men in the previous twelve
ynnnthp
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07

gSS~ President Grant states emphatic
ally that he is not in the real estate bu-
siness, and that he don't want to pur-
chase any more Mexican territory.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07

gey"The tobacco factory of Pinkertors
g. Co., at Richmond, was burnt OH tho
morning of the 4th. Loss $4,000.
$4,000 insured. .. - ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07

BGyn The Cincinnati Commercial, lead
ing Western journal, advocates the
transfer of the seat Of government from
Washington to New York City.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07
Cincinnati and CHATTANOOGA.

The following dispatch is important +:
COLUMBUS, Ono, April 29.-The Leg
islature has passed the bill authorizing
the city of Cincinnati to lend ten mil
lions to connect Cincinnati with South
ern railroads centering at Chattanooga.
gSs"The Cleveland Banner of Wednes-
day says: The jury in the Wooden
case, found him guilty of manslaughter,
and sentenced him to the pcnitcntiary
for three years.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07

BGs. "What Church do you attend,
Mrs. Partington?" ooh, any paradox
Church where tho gospel is dispensed
with" 81.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-07

pGr A West Texas millionaire far
mer has fenced in pasture of 10000
acres.