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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-11-04
GoItsrprA, NJ p. EiaaD.

~ Dll eutltleu an ordnance To amend
'An Ordinance regulating Steam Engines
and Manufactures, received it's second
reading. A motion made that it receive
its third reading, Was lost.
A bill entitled an ordinance to amend
"An Ordinance to raise Supplies for the
year 1869" received its second and third
readings, passed, was duly ratified and
became law, as follows:
BE ii ordained by the Mayor and Alder
men, in Council assembled, That Section
Of the ordinance to raise supplies for
1869, be 30 amended as to read, "One
dollar and fifty cents shall be paid on
each horse, mare, stallion, gelding and
mule, sold by traders or their agents,
within the city of Columbia"
A bill entitled an ordinance 10 amend
can Ordinance to raise Supplies for the
year 1869, !" received its first reading, and
was laid over under the rule. ~
A bill entitled "An Ordinance prbhi-
biting the purchase aud sale of cotton
during certain hours" received its first
reading, and was laid over under the rule
The following resolutions were offered
and adopted: "tH-
BY Alderman Bryan: Whereas. it is
understood that DR.. Sears, the Chairman
OF the Committee on the Peabody Fund,
is willing TO renew the arrangement made
with previous Council, by making the
same appropriation to the City School
Fund; therefore, be it 1itt
Reeolced, That the Committee on City
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03
The Coffee Trade.

Brazil is the greatest producer of cof-
fee That known in trade as Rio, lisa Cof-
fee. Ofthc 7l3,000,000 lbs. produced by
the world per annum, Brazil furnishes
i00,000,000, or more than half of the
whole; Java li0000.0O0; Cuba aud
Porto Rico 100000; Venezuela 25,-
100000; Sumara 25,000000; and all
others, including the Mocha, lS,00O000,
The United States is the greatest con-
sumer. Weuse in the United States near
ly one-third of all the coffee consumed in
the world, using nearly seven times as
much as Great Britain, with popula-
ton not very far from the same. Ger
many comes next.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03
Yhc KentuckY Legislature.

The Frankfort correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial, thus does up q
State Legislature:
In about two weeks one hundred and
thirty-eight village Solons aud cross
roads prophets will be here, aud wis
dom viii dow in one concentrated CAB
gle from The rising Of the sun to the
going down thereof 10 me q State
Legislature has ever been an object of
peculiar interest have never seen y
menageric of Quadrupcds that could
equal Legislature in grotesquc varic-
ty. in startling and unexpected capriccs,
and heaven help me, came near say
ing intelligence, a State Legislature
is moss always clothed 10y lsaacS Il
Bro, with The exception Of its hat,
which is generally plug and shiny,
A Legislator arrives here with two
great purposes sWgiug in his manly bo-
som, viz: TO obtain the best possible
board at the lowest possible rates, and
TO make record that will stand the
scrutiny Of his constituents. Tho first
of these fairly Off his mind. he bends
his energies TO the accomplishment OF
The second. 70 this end he takes care
to get his name into the papers at au
early day Of the session. To do this he
asks leave 10 introduce q bill of q local
character, changing name or giving
his county clerk further time TO collect
fee bills. For the first few days Of the
session, these "leayes' are showcred up
on the poor clerks in greater profusiou
than they are shaken by autumnal
winds from the forests Of NallambroSn.
Having established his character FOR
our State Legislator turns
a good share OF his attention to creature
comforts aud physical enioymonts He
draws his mileage and per dicm with
the punctuality of q tAX.gathcrcr. and
the dignity and frmnoss of u Roman
Senator, and manages to pass very
pleasant winter.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03

sigaAllag to the otber Planets.
The following, taken from the he.
cesaber Celsrg, IN regard lo Sign n
10 the other planets, about st,ii
possibility OF The success of iet
pertinent;
/ \ paragraph has been going about
the papers lately which tells ol seiue
freuehman who has started t'e idsa of
opening communication With sana Of
the planets hy means OF flashlag siguals,
The project has brought good deal Of
/ laughter on lis author. but. Ike many
other absurd things, we fancy il + not
quite new and original. We have SOME
sorl OF recollection OF a proposak 'pepe
( in France we think, 20 epen comnD
| nication with the moon, after a peculiar
| fashion. The author of the proposal
Aassaasea tlass az aaa the ishal.lfsnfs
lof any OF The planets, however wc nlAA
diaer IN all the physical sirpciaa Aig
laws, the fundamental prine!el' &fse.
ometrv must be common. Therefor,'
he proposes that on some great plain
there should be constructed gigantic
representations of the different kinds
Of triangles, 20 be succeeded by squatcs,
parallelograms, and so forth. Assum-
ing that The Inhabitants OF the moon, or
Mars ur Venus. are on the lookout .or
appearances on our surface, as We are
on theirs, he argued that they would
soon observe these vast Euclid signals.
and would begin 10 understand the pur.
pose of them. We can see that The
snow Iissolves In summer round the
poles OF Mars. why should not Mar
Tin telescope detect on our earth 9eo-
metrical figure covering space say.
the size OF an American prairie! lmag-
Inc the delight aud triumph which
would fill our breasts when. having de.
clared TO tile moon our practical conyic-
,ion that any two angles OF triangle
are together equal 10 two right angles.
tho moon responded one bright night
by her confession Of faith that any two
sides oi the triangle are together great
er than the third. unhoppily. people
would not take the an serieRr, aud IL
never got tried, and there don't seem
to be any people living on our side Of
the moon, aud we couldn't make the
people on the other side. II there arc
any, attend TO our appeals, except. per-
haps, by means of heaven.sealing rock
els and fireworks; and recent writer
insists that is quite rash and unwar-
rantable assumption 10 suppose that our
laws of geometry, or even arithmetic,
must necessarily rule IN Other exist,
ences. SO the experiment may be re-
gAnlcd. we supnOSe. as Abandoned.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03
Peahody's Love Story.

| We copy The following from the
Lake View, Mass, correspondence Of
The Washington Chronicio'
Mr., Peahohy's recent donations 10
T%bad .Fsgce's college. and especially
sss sgiDas8s @lsA /. ALL Il ~
f1s6fte6 10 have made on lhe trrasion,
/ offended, aud with reason, the taste and
moral sense Of Northern loyaliS.s; but
thereby as with Ill his Southern
charities, "hangs tale" furnishing thd
extentating circumstances which close
study OF almost any life discloses. NV
authorities for this story. which ! shall
"tell you as it was told to ine, are slaid
matter-ot-lAct men, who prolcsScd to
know whereof they affirmed.
Years ago Mr.. Peabody was bctroth-
ed to beautiful English woman, and
intended. after his marriage, 10 retire
from active pursuits. aud pass the re-
mainder of his days In the sweet peace
ofdomestic life. For some reason how
ever, never given to tie public. the en-
gagemout was broken OIL. This eNpe.
rience was Mr. Pcabody's grand passion.
and he knew tlla. he could never love
again but, instead of allowing II TO EN-.
bitter him, he resolved TO set aside the
sum which he considered sufficient for
the support Of family, and devote II
TO charitable purposes. La his grloyed
state bis heart turned toward Baltimore,
where his first memorable success came
10 him. and which was TO his dyiug day
"thc city OF his soul" Hence the lib.
erality of his donations TO that CITY;
and when, by the close of the wnr. the
ignorance as well rs destituiion Of the
South was revealed, he included that
whole section in his charities. for he re-
membercd that the Southern people
were his friends when hope was strong
within aud lilc bright before him.
II viii thus be seen that Mr. Pea.
body's Southern interest was ofa tender
aud sentimental rather than political
nature. While his fatal disease, soft
euiug OF the brain, was coiling around
him, the music OF "Auld Lang Syne"
alone sounded loud and clear.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03
wheat i'm Minnesot

The progress of Minnosot the
production of wheat is amonggri-
cultural marvels of the age. sti-
mated that the surplus wheM hat
State the present year will ben tif-
teen millions bushels, while 'Mtlc
of the great grain plateau 'ed
within its limits has yet beeM ght
under cultivation. One faW he
past year, harvested one thoufA les,
with an average yield of fortNels
to the acre.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03

A new grist Of $40 copnterfsreeh-
hacks has been set anoat. Tlfast Is
suei 60 we'll executed and sose an
imitation of tho genuine tharoies-
aional experts can hardly dete'e diff
foro,ce The letter "P,' in3y the
bearer" has an up stroke lin thnuino
!, has none. The fine lines WI form
the shading around the eaglckad in
the vignette arc coarse anaaFch!v
,omrared with the genuine.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03
Educational PROGRESS.

a clergyman had taught an old man
In his parish 10 read. aud found him an
APT pupil. After the lessons were flush
cd he had not been TO call 1T she cottage
for some time, aud when be did hc
found only The wife at home.
"How's JohnY
Hes canny, sir, said ihe wife.
Glow does be get on with bis read
ngi"
Nicely SIR
"Ah! suppose he win read hs Bible 80
"Sir! bless YOU; he was out of The
Bible and into the cwspapers long ago"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03
Z r u S
THE rosT rs PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.
AZ I've Dollars a Year. Payable
in Advance.

~ No attention paid o. orders foF the pa
per unless accompanied by the CASH
Ads sTttscments will be charged Si.5O ptr
square Of sen lines, or less, for the first iBEer-
tion, aud 70 cents for each continuance. A
sbersl deduction insde 10 parties who sdYer-
tise by the year.
rx@ Person. sending advertisements should
mark the number Of times they anslrc Them
inserted. az they will be continued uBth for
bid and charged accordingly.
Transient adgtrtisemsnts must be paid for
at the time Of Insertion.
Announelng nalaes of candidates for Office,
$500. Cash. In all eases.
Obituary notices over i've lines, charged AZ
regular advertising rates.
All communications intended TO pfoHote the
private ends OF interests Of Corporations. So-
cietles, or individuals, win be charged as ad-
yertisemeits
JOB WORK. such ~ nsiai;ss''esF, ri
Cards, Bianks, Hahdbiils, esc., will be f'gf
cutso In gadrtstFies sai u Tsgs IA fA,isqy
49, ~ Z ", s.s- s.s-ssssr s'fsissrfs'f Ntti
be promptly attr',asd 20. .u,,an ,rst
he .eeompanied by the name Of the authors
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03

The Supreme Court of Missri has
unanimously legalized The actieol the
PRESBYTERIAN General Assembly, 1866
and atirms its order dissolviNeyeral
Synods aud Presbyteries, AIDING to
the declaration and testimonvirty.--
The effect of this decision inFssourl
oives the church property to adhe-
rcnts Of the General Assemblydivid
ed CONGREGATIONS.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03
vl,n German Elemei

The German element preena'eS
very largely in the foreign inrants
who are seeking homes in thRntry'
The statement for the year ept'une
3o 1869, shows the total numb inn
migrants arriving in this coz Tor
that period to be 52,5G9, OF wl32,-
537 were Germans. The luomc
next, and number Gi,03S, lesss halt
the number of Germans reat
body of these Germans lind&s in
tho West.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03
Railroad Accident

On thcnight orthc2lth, as a fre iin
was crossing the bridge over ce
Creek, on the Nashville nnda-
nooga Railroad, the structurqey
and twelve Of the fourteen Scs'e
prccipitated into the ravine
bridge is only about 10 feet hd
about II feet long. 1t was Ao,i c
newest on the road, and thc,i
the accident appears to be ~,
The locomotive and two cars ~
ed the bridge before it fell. Sts
il may seem, no one was hurt
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03
Beecher on Thanksgiving and Ire.
belliOn.

In his sermon, Mr.. Beecher referred
TO The late rebellion, hnd said its failure
ought not to give ns 4 notion that the
nation is undoubtedly secure from dis.
Nption. Few know how iIeai the re.
bellion came 10 proving d success. II
was an attempt which was founded up
on bad grounds; upon that which was
odious to the moral sense of tie world.
But should the Petite States, in another
generation, without the vile curse OF
slavery interfering, undertake separa-
ton on strong commercial, political
and economical grounds, the issue
would probably be Yery different. Qua
iase auces.s mast il2t lead ns TO sgppess
i.si.ss; no ssis ssufges.Pt would be made.
If The SeatherA States, temporarily ex-
hausted, should renew the 3irugglc on
the grounds OF political policy aud
economy, the result could not be fore
told. Such was the extent of the coun-
try that in the future, when the respec-
tive parts becamepopulous and wealthy,
separation conld not be stayed if their
interests lay IN separation. National
unity was secured only when il was to
the interest Of each section tha, there
should be such unity.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03
Jeff Davis A gain.

Somebody who has been interviewing
jeff Davis says:
| understood it to be Mr., Davis in
tention in due time to give to iheworld
bis version Of the political affairs in
which he so prominently figured. He
will employ Photographic amanucn-
sis to facilitate his labors, aud as he has
already accumulated goodly store Of
materials, its publication may not be
long delayed. Mr.. Davis is blamed for
many things respecting which il will be
interesting to hear him in his own de-
fcnse. know he is ceusurcd by many
in the South for the prolongation of the
war have again and again heard it
said by southerners, that after the bat
tie Of Gettysburg, General Lee urged
measures of compromise TO the end of
obtaining peace, which Mr., Davis per-
sistently opposed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03

The Methodist local preachel
ber 10000 IN this country, Th,
lust held convention in Cii
These men are not pastors, but
usually some secular calling q
gifts to preach, are licensed N
daincd, They have been a srea
in that church. They resolved
meeting that none ought to 20
MS "local preachers who Do
such u burning zeal for the salv
men, as to go into the highway
ways in search of opporttln
preach the gospel to the poorH
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03

We clip the following from the Lou.
isvillc CouyTcr-Joar8oi, We guess it,
true:
An item appeared the other day in
this department announcing that "Mr
i. Goodman, of Monroe county, In,
been married three times, and has thir-
ty-throc children, oil boys a cores
pondent, successful business man, and
who is perfectly reliable. writes that
"Mr. Jake Goodman, otherwise known
as whisky Jake'---thc name having
been bestowed as q mark Of respect in
consideration Of the superior article he
manufactured, and not from an inordi-
nate love for its use and abuse in his
own person. being Baptist and man
OF family--haS had only t,ro wives and
only hiTty children, fifteen being by
each female partner With these few
exceptions the report as first made be-
ing substantially correct"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03
The Press,

The Atlanta (Ga,) Constitution, motto.
ing the fact that all but three Of the
London journals, though conducted
with much ability, have ceased to be
profitable TO their publishers, says:
tits u matter Of curious speculation,
what is the cause of this decline in the
prosperity Of English journalism. A
writer in the Horoid ascribes the decay
of some Of the journals to their parli-
san character, want of independence
and fairness, and consequent loss of in
tlucnce and patronage. There is some
plausibility in this idea 70 win endur-
ing prestige, 4 journal must be indie
pendent and truthful. 1t is the true
source Of the power OF the press. The
paper that is the mere creature Of fac
ton, or The mnion Of . public charac-
ter, must fall deservcdly, Particularly
in the South lately has the press been
striving for freedom from the shackles
Of mere partisan politics, 1t is q graft
flying feature. 1t is the premon,on of
increased usefulness. The people want
truth and facts. The mendaciies and
distortions Of partisanism must recoil
injuriously. The whole tendency OF
the press now is TO u lofiior, higher
phase Of management,
These ale Just views, worthy Of an
able and high-toncd Democratic jour
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03
s4ln Anotl,er pacific RaiItad.

One of the newest railroads tat has
the name Of the "Paciiic' attacifi 10 II
"a the Westeri, Pacific Railroad'l Cali
fornia, recently completed. ltxtends
from Sacramento to San fraDsco'--
,,rhe Central Pacific road Of utornia
becius at Sacramento and r't east
Narl
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03
The gost.
postmasters Suspended.

Since the adjournment of Congress
the President has suspended about one
hundred and twenty-five postmasers
in various sections OF the country, A
list of these suspensions will be 'ub-
mitted TO the Senate for its action 1pon
them Immediately after the opet5lg of
Congress
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03
New York.

The question was submitted TO the
voters at the recent election in New
York, to allow negroes to vote who pos
sesscd certain property qualification.
The following is the official vote in all
the counties except Duchess, Eric,
Kings, New York and Oswego:
Against the property qualification lSSool
For the property qualification ......... lSl,6l2
-.s----
Majority against t......... 1902
1t is clear that the proposition is de-
featod by very decided majority.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03

Ds.g 4 Mr.. Jones. OF Hartford. got
up in the night, ceHaiu he smoled gas
lie lit a match, aud bis shirt wns blown
out the window into the street Mr.
Jones was IN the shirt at the tmc.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03
TriDmtc OF Respect.

AZ u CHlcu iiitftlh9 ol lel!icO l-Ougt
No. so, A. +. aud A.. NJ, held at thC
Masonic Hall in Madi,onyille, Tennes
see, on the lIth day Of November A
ID. 1869, the following preamble and re.
solutions, submitted by committee ap.
pointed for the purpose, were mani
mously ddopted;
Whereas, IL has pleased Almighty
God to send death into our midst, and
take from us our worthy brother Philil
Keller, who died at his residence ia This
county on Yesterday evening, the 10th
! instant, aud
Whereas. Bro. Keller was member
of this Lodge in good standing, a wor-
thy Mason,a a good man and an excel
lent citizen therefore
BE it resolved, lst. That while we
bow in humble submission to this dis
Ipensation Of Divine Providence, we
yet feel deep sorrow for The loss OF SO
worthy aud excellent man.
ID. That we sympathize with The
family of the deceased in their deep af-
Fiction, and share with them hope
that our mutual loss has been his ctcr-
ma, gain.
3D.. That as a mark Of respect for the
memory of Bro. Keller this Lodge will
,~ ,nnd IN body ana inter his remains
with Masonic ceremonies, ana it's menf.
bers wear the usual badge of mourning
for thirty days.
4ih. That copy of the foregoing
preamble and accompanying resolu-
lions be furnished to the family of the
deceased and to the ATHENS Posr and
Press a,M Messenger, with a request to
publish the same.
Respectfully submitted.
II. A. CHAMBERs,
T. Il. NJ. WILLIAMS,
Karl WAssEMER,
Committee.
A true copy,
II. A. CHAMBERS, Secretary.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03
Heads or Tails.

The Young women In an Indiana town
lately met aud resolved not to have my
thing TO do with Young men who used
tobacco or drank liquor. The yonug
men then resolved 80 lei alone ali girls
who painted their checks or wore cot
ton bosoms or hips Tbe girls now
want TO call II square, aud begin again.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03

ng- There are 1000 distlllcrics in
Prussia, and in 1860 they consumed g.
10000 bushels Of grain and 3S,00)0G0
bushels OF potatoes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03
The Constitutional Convention.

The Nashville Banner of the 2it
ult. had some well-timed remarks in re.
gard to the approaching election fol
delegates TO the State Convention from
which we quote below. After suggest
ng that the vote should be full, it con-
tinues:
Whatever the method of nomination,
or the programme Of election, L is very
clear that if the people really desire an
able representative they must take the
matter IN their own hands, and see that
whore district cohve ltions are called,
they shall be conducted in the most le-
gltiluate and lust manner nossible. 1t
is as much the grave and responsible
duty of every citizen to give his pre-
sence and personal cooperation to these
preliminary meetings, as it will be his
sacred right and duty to cast his ballot
on the day OF The election. What is
everybody's business is nobody's, un-
less every individual voter shall reflect
what considerable interest he himself
has in the matter, and will make it his
specific business to look after that in
terest at the appropriate time.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03

DsS- A six-foot colorcd man fell into
q cistcrn at Cincinnati, but there being
only FIVE feet Of Of water, he did not
sink successfully, and was saved.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03

nSy~ No lazy man ever ran mad. If
he went crazy, II was because he
couldn't go anywherco else without walk
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03

A morning paper heads 0n aecount %"
y bank robbery Scientific Engineer
ing
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03
The Common school Laws.

Representative Hornberger introlnc-
ed, some days since, bin 70 attend the
common echool laws. The bill passed
Glstleadiag, and will probably pass
both Houses In its present sIiEpe, or at
Least with slight alteration.
Section second of the blu enacts that
the offices of State Superintendent and
County Spperintendents are abolished.
The fourth section enacts that all re-
ports which ihe acts Of 1867 and 1865
provide, shall be made TO civil district
boards and tie Boards Of Education Of
incorporated cities and towns, 20 ;he
County Superintendent, shall be made
TO the County Court Clerks.
seeiion fire. euaes7 that fse Co9aiy
sn IL "a. /. ]. !. .-lh.l. aa.r~atys ,fff
TITS ACT, snail pay al money in their
hands TO the Trustees OF their respec-
tive counties, together with all books,
papers, &c.
Section nine enacts that all money
due the several counties of the State
for school purposes shall be paid by the
Treasurer OF the State, as Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction, to the Trus-
tees Of their respective coulAies.
Section thirteen enacts that if any
County Trustee Of the State shall use
any part of the school money in his
hands without authority Of law, he
shall he guilty Of embe2lemeat.
Section fourteen enacts that the Trea-
snrer of the state shall be Superintend.
ent Of Public Instruction.
Section fifteen epacts that Immediate
ly after the passage OF this act, the State
Superintendent shall hand over to the
Treasurer all books, papers and proper
ty in his possession, belonging to the
Office Of State Superintendent of COM
mon schools.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03

TO Madison Indiana, has lady
preacher. She Is young aud pretty.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-12-03

t5" a South Carolina young man
went on "tear' fora week, and wound
up by marrying a girl in The county
poor.housc, aud deciding her al his pro-
perty. lie is trying to get It back. but
Il wont work. Tho eiit says Il was
the bcs, strcal Of tuck she ever struck.