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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-10

WoRKINGMEN's MEETING In Eiqht. Hour
LeGgUe.-A largely-attpnded meeting OF ci,izens
In the interests OF the workingmeu was h Id on
saturday evening al Odd Fellows Hall, near
the Navy Yard. with Mr.. Richmond Emmons
secretary.
Nessrs. John L. Haygne, James r. Sweet L.
Frost, George ]. Cunningham, and W. H. Hair
cester We're appointed a committee on resolu-
Mons who subsequently, submitted a report,
(Which was adopted,) that sthe workIngmen
and mechanics of the Washington NAVY Yard
honestly believe that the true spirit, intent and
interpretation OF the eight.hour law (passed by
Congress June %, l>6-) means that tha WORK.
ingmen mentioned therein shall recei We a full
days wages for eight hours work; thai there
was too much intelligence AMI legal ability in
the members OF the House of Representatives
and Senate OF the United states to enact a law
to acc omplish one purpose and mean another:
calling upon President Grant to make good i'm
substance bis promise that all laws will be
faithfully executed. whether they meet his
appreciation or not. by enforcing the eight hour
law as explained by Hon Henry Wilson in his
letter 10 the Secretary OF War; that II is mex.
Pedient TO work longer than eight hours per
day. rnIess the exIgencies of the Government
require II, and when their services are required
In working extra hours, they will expect the
same pay for the extra time worked as tina: paid
by outside establishments, and invoking tue
Die ssiLg OF Almighty God in behalf OF Hon
Henry Wilson, Hon N r. Banks, Hon A. r
Stevens, Hon. Stevenson Archer, Mr. Steven
son. of Ohio. and others, In whom is recog-
nlzed the spirit OF the true philonthropisI
actuated by those ennobling principles that
VIII ever endear them in the hearts OF the
working people"
a resolution offered by Mr. George Scott
providing Tor the org Zation of an eIght. hour
league. for the purpose OF cooperating with
the leagues OF the other navy yards. IN view
OF the fact that the wages of the workman
have Teen reduced twenty per cent. bv order
OF the Secretary OF the Navy, was adopted
The following gentlemen elected per.
II aEent officers of the Leagae PTesIdent. John
l. Eayghe, Wee President, RIchar. Emrnops
Corresponding Secretary, James Sheet
Treasurer. l. Frost The following Wee APP
pointed as com it-ee 10 cOTresp pond with the
other leagues OF The country Msssrs George
Scott. VIM. Wright, VIM. Boron, J. W. Tnomp-
son, and John T.. HerreIi.
l. was announced that q number OF letters
have been received by the officers OF the league
from similar Orgr o Zstions, ALI serving TO show
mat the hayward workmen throughout the
country are all actively moving to attain The
same end, viz eight hours days work for
which a full days wages shall he paid
Speeches Were made by Messrs Emmo-s,
McCathran, HerrelI, and the president, Mr.
Hay CHE; after which the league ad iourned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-10

AT HIS Post AGAIN.-Justice Thompson.
having received his new commission as justice
OF the peace and his appointment as police
MAGISTRATE, on Saturday re.assuuned his duties
al the Second precinct station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-10
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WHITE And CLEAN,
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-10

JOINT RESOLUTION in regard to the deposit of
night soil.
BE a resotred by the Board Of Aldermen and
Boora % Common Council Of the City IF Wo<Iinq-
ION, Ihat frCn and after tue passage OF THIS res
olntion no night soil shall b. placed or ieposit.
ed IN the neiehborhood OF " street north. be.
tween First street east and North Capitol street,
Approved, January 81, 1862
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
Tennessee Politics.

The New York Evening Post has a
long article in regard to Tennessee, and
rs is generally the case with journals in
that direction, misapprehends the ell.
tirS- situation and misrepresents popu.
lar Sentiment" Its statement that there
is in the majority an element eager to
undo all that has been done ;%ready to
abolish free shoots, to discourage i'm.
migration, to drive out Northern men,
to repudate the State debt, in short to
"wipe out the Yankees" is not correct
but it is hardly worth while to contro.
vert the statement. We quote the clos.
ing paragraph of the Posts article:
The passions which sway the hour in
Tennessee, Arkansas and some Other
Southern States are evil. but they must
burn themselves out; they injure those
States, but the people must learn wis.
dom from sad experience. One point
the country has attained-thc general
government will not interfere by force
in those States their people are respon.
sible, and must bear as best they can
the evils they may intlict upon them
selves. When they want good govern.
ment they can get it by electing good
men, and that is the only way the peo.
pie anywhere can ever permanently Sc.
cure good government.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
The AyOndale Holocaust,

The telegraph having done its work
in furnishing all the facts connected
with this dreadful disaster-the special
correspondents are now writing up the
supplementary horrors. A letter from
Scranton to the New York Times says
When the eastern gangway was pene-
trated l 200 feet from the bottom of the
shaft, horrible sight was encountered.
The lamp shone upon heap of dead
A pile of human beings choked the pas
sage, as though they had fallen together
in the last agony. Even Hughes, the
inside Superintendent, lay but little
apart from the mass. He had been rest
ing on his hands, and there was look
of placid content upon his rigid fea-
lures. This was true, too, Of nearly all
in the great heap. Some few had abra-
sions of the skin, as though they had
been injured in falling down, and some
had an expression of Mortified suppli-
cation, as though their last of earth had
been an agonized protest against their
fate. These were exceptions. The vast
majority looked like men who were
rather sleeping than dead, or like men
who accepted the inevitable with digni-
fed resignation but none had died I'M
til they had exhausted all means of
saving lite.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
The AvOndale Sufferers.

The donations of New York and
Brooklyn exceed $4,000.
A Scranton dispatch says there is lit
tie subsistence of the feeling among tho
miners concerning the disaster, and q
new theory, developed by the testimony,
is being discussed with vehemence, and
the probability that incendiarism will
be proved is eagerly watched for. II is
generally believed that the shaft was
fired, but no miner is so unjust now rs
to charge the crime upon any nationals
ty, nor is it even supposed that the per-
son committing the horrible act intended
to accomplish the death of a single mi.
ncr, but only to Brighten them and stop
the working of the mine for an indefi-
mite period Acrimonious feeling exists,
and always has, between the Welsh and
other nations, but 1t has never produced
any outrage of consequence upon eth
Ell person or property, and the national
ity that suffered almost exclusively by
the disaster is ready to admit that it is
not likely that the first outbreak Of
vengeful feelings would have been OF
such a diabolical character. That tho
shaft was fired they believe, but not
with intent to take life. When Messrs.
Benz. Hughes, Thos. Carson, and Thos.
Watkins come to give their evidence at
the inquest on Tuesday next flood of
light will be thrown upon this my steri-
Gus question.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
Fifty-FOur Forty or Fight.

We learn through our Washington
dispatches that the commissioners OH
the part of Great Britain and the
United States have adjusted the claims
arising from the Oregon treaty. The
Hudson Bay Company gets four hun
dred and fifty thousand against claims
Of over four millions. The Puget Sound
Company two hundred thousand against
a claim Of over million. These Com
panies are required to release to the
United States all possessory rights be-
longing to them in Oregon and Wash
ington Territory. BY this decision a
very long controversy, which, on sew
eral occasions, threatened to disturb the
amicablc relations existing between the
two countries, closed. The proceedings
cover three thousand pages of printed
matter. The Alabama claim we believe
is now about the only unadjusted ques-
ton of Il serious character remaining
between the government Of Victoria
Regina and the United States.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
Legislative.

We trust that the incoming Lcgisla-
ture will have the good sense-and the
good taste, too-to consult the views
and sentiments Of the Nashville Press
and Times, and not disturb any of the
miserable legislation with which the
State has been afflicted for the last four
or five years. The bare contemplation
of any departure from the Radical prac-
tice throws that youthful and vigorous
journalist into an unpleasant frame OF
mind, and subjects his patrons to the
penalty Of reading column or two OF
double-leaded small plea about every
other day in the week.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
Ihc Very Latest.

The Washington correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Chronicle writes under date
of September 10, as follows:
"Rumors Of approaching trouble in
Tennessee continue to prevail here in
political circles. 1t was currently re-
ported yesterday that secret circulars
have been issued by Mcssrs. Stokes and
Maynard, to members of the old Legis-
lature, requesting them to meet and or
ganize, and then proceed to ratify the
fifteenth amendment. This story is dis.
credited in Radical circles, where it is
treated as absurd and improbable. but
the Senter men here aver its truthful
ness, and say they arc in possession of
several of the circulars, mailed to men,
bers of the Legislature.
The above is the old story re-vamped.
The circulars alluded to were talked
about quite extensively after the late
election. We have, however, never met
with man who saw one. We guess
the "old Legislature" won't meet again
this side the "hatter's shop"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
Has the President Come?

The hour of death had come. Only
a few brief moments remained to John
A. Rawlins. "IIas the President yes
come ?" he asked anxiously. The ply
stefan was sitting by his bedside, hold
ing his wrist, and carefully noting the
fluctuations of his rapid pulse, so as to-
vary the stimulants and prolong life to-
the utmost. There was such deep
feeling-so much of agony-in the tonc
of the dying Secretary, that the strong
men who were gathered around him.
from their spontaneous sympathy with
the sufferer, promptly renewed their
ott-repcated assurances that the Presi-
dent would soon be there.
81 hope may sec him before all is
over" said the dying Rawlins. "You
shall, my dear friend, you SHALL" re-
sponded Gen. Sherman, deeply movod.
But General Grant came not. Hc
had fingered too late in the lap Of plea
sure TO receive the last blessing of his
expiring comradc. Yet Rawlins was
never missing when Grant wanted him.
And it is probably safe to say to-day
with all the solemnity Of history-that
had there never been a Rawlins there
never would have been Grant.-Nc,p
York iSun.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
Death of Hon. John Bell,

The Hon. John Bell died at his resi-
dcnce, Cumberland Iron Works, on the
morning of the 10th. Mr.. Bell was born
on farm six miles south of Nashville.
on the 18th of February, 1907. and was
consequently in the 73d year of his age.
He has lived the life Of hermit many
years. During the last two or three of
these his health has steadily declined
but not until the last two or three
months has he been confined to his bed.
His name is identified with most of the
great public measures and party leaders
of the past two or three political gener-
ations. He began his career in 1917 as
a Tennessee State Senator; he beat Fe-
liz Grundy for Congress in 1927; he
was in the House of Representative for
fourteen years, during which time he
was chairman of some Of the most i'm
portant committees, and twice elected
its presiding officer; in 1S4l he entered
the Cabinet of General Harrison as
Secretary of War; in 1915 he was elect
ed Senator in Congress from Tennessee,
and remained in that body until 1859 !;
in 1860 he was candidate for President
of the United States. Throughout his
entire political life Mr.. Bell was re-
garded as one of the very abest men of
his party. In private life he was dis
tinguished for his integrity and kind
ness Of disposition"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
The School Fund Man.

Rutter, the school fund man, is out
with an article in which he discourses
quite fuently on the subject, and threat
ems the publication of book, in which
the whole affair is to be thoroughly ex-
posed and ventilated. The public will
hold its breath in suspense until the
forthcoming work appears. We shall
not have an unlimited degree of faith
in any additional disclosures that Mr..
Rutter may now make. He ought to
have made a clean breast of it at the
start. His book, however, may turn
out good speculation, as Arnell, Null
Inns & Co. will doubtless have an agent
at hand to buy up the whole edition as
soon as its appearance is announced.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
The Senator.


The question as to who shall be elect
ed to the United States Senate by on,
next Legislature has already been agi
tated too freely. Some of our ablest pa
pers and men seem to have lost sight o
interests far more important to the
State, and are directing their influence
in that direction, TO the exclusion d
other topics which should be discussed
and maturely considered for the action
of the General Assembly. But as it APP.
pears all other matters are to be dis.
pensed with until the election of Sem
ator is disposed of, allow me to make
suggestion. My appreciation of Mr.
johnson is exalted. His patriotism and
maniness are Of such character as to
entitle him to the highest plaudits of a
grateful and redeemed people. IF he
desires the position l should prefer his
election to that Of any man in the State.
But from indications it appears that If
elected, it must be at the end of a bitter
partisan struggle; and it certainly is
not the desire of him or his friends that
he, after having sacrificed so much,
shall now be subjected to such q war
fare of bitter opposition to secure the
position. IT, therefore, Mr.. johnson is
not a candidate, or if his friends do not
present his name, am honestly of opin-
ion that the Hon. JORDAN STOKES has as
many and as high claims for Senator as
any other statesman of Tennessee. lie
is pre-eminently qualified. He is now
in the zenith Of manly vigor and intel
lect. He is an able, dignitied, talented
lawyer, having perhaps no superior in
the State. lie is brilliant orator. q
classical ready, debater-chaste. refined,
moral and true. He has never been a
bitter political partisan, but possesses
the rare qualities of Il firm, decided,
gifted pure man, of exalted talent and
.ilhegaty of charsetsss as would at once
command and secure respect and ad-
mration in the national councils. His
election would reflect honor upon the
State, and add credit to the Legislature
that elects him.
/ have known him long and intimate
ly-have served with him in the Legis-
lature, and am satisfied there is no man
in Tennessee in whom there is combin-
ed so many of the admirable qualitica-
tons required of Senator, as in jon
DAN STOKES. EAST TENNEssEEAN.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
Grants Ingratitude,

The New York Sun, Republican
journal, is severe on President Grant for
alleged negligence to the late General
Rawlins when the latter was on his dy-
ing bed. The Sun concludes an article
as follows:
But General Grant came not. He had
fingered too long in the lap Of pleasure
to receive the last blessing of his ex-
piring comrade. Yet Rawlins was new
er missing when Grant wanted him.
And it is probably safe to say to-day
with all the soemnity of history-that
had there never been a Rawlins, there
would never have been a Grant.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
Knoxville and Charleston Road

In July, lS37-we believe it was-a
great Railroad Convention was held in
Knoxville, the leading idea of which
was to inaugurate an enterprise to con-
meet Charleston and Louisville and Gin
cinnati, Ella Knoxville, by rail. The
Hon. Robert Y. Hayne, of South Caro-
lima, was President of the Convention,
and there were other giants present on
the occasion. That's thirty-two years
ago, and the enterprise at that early day
was regarded by most people as wild
andimpracticable. We see by the Knox
vile paper that arrangements have been
perfected by which the line to that city
from the direction of Charleston is to
be completed in a year or two. The pro-
ceedings of the Convention of '37 were
printed at the Office of Messrs. Ramsey
& Craighead, the then proprietors of the
old Knorvil'e Register-the writer OF
this doing the composition and press
work. If any friend at Knoxville has
a copy of the proceedings of that Con-
vention, we would be glad to get the
use of it for short time.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
President j Johnson Invited to Visit
Atlanta.

a portion Of the citizens of the city
of Atlanta met at the City Hall on
Friday night, the 10th instant, for the
purpose of extending to the ex-Presi-
dent, Andrew Johnson, an invitation to
visit the city of Atlanta and address its
citizens on the situation of the political
affairs of the United States. On mo-
ton Of Councilman E. r. Carr, COM
mittee of invitation and welcome was
appointed by the chair, and are as fol-
lows: S. r. McCamy, w. Ii. Hulsey,
Col. j. W. Avery. DR.. Roach, and j. 7.
Glenn,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
Passing AWAY.

The Memphis Daily Post, which adj
vocated the election of Stokes with no
little ability, has suspended publication,
the proprietors thinking it useless to
try to sustain it longer. The editor pa
thetically says: "The prostration Of
the Republican press throughout the
State is necessary consequence of tho
late disastrous overthrow of the Re-
publican party" So one by one dear
friends denart
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
Free Barbecue,

There is to be Free Barbecue on the
Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad, at
Allen Springs, on Saturday the 25th in
slant. can OK, wild deer, and lots of
pigs are to be roasted whole" AS the
Alabama Legislature will be there, and
everybody else is invited, guess we'll
all 60 down. The occasion will be a
grand one and the feed correspondingly
ample, no doubt,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
athens gust.
Friday, Sept. ~, 1860.
The Senatorial Succession.

lnc SenaUOTIaI SuCceSS1On.
a communication in regard to the
Scnatorship will be found on the next
column. 1t will be seen that in GER.
tain contingency the writer favors the
election of the Hon. Jordan Stokes.-
No better or truer man could be chosen
We have rcfrained from participating
in the controversy about the Senator
ship, because we thought no good could
come of Il, that it was unnecessary, and
not very encouraging to see those who
had overthrow the Radical party en-
gaging in q struggle about office and the
distribution of the spoils few hours
after the polls had been closed. When
cx-PresideDt johnson returned from
Washington and commenced ventil-
lating the Radical party and infusing a
spirit of encouragement and confidence
into the opposition and the disfranchis-
ed class, there was a general expression,
at least among the people. that if an OPP
portunity offered he should be sent
back to the United States Senate. The
opportunity occurred much sooner than
was expected; and the assaults upon
Mr.. johnson which Immediately fol-
lowed the announcement that he would
probably be candidate, might, with en-
tire propriety, have been left unmade.
They were gratuitous, ill-timed, unjust
and unprovoked and not calculated to
90 much good or reflect large amount
ofcredit upon the wisdom and judgment
of those who, we are charitable enough
to believe, thoughtlessly made them
We are not disposed to eulogize Mr..
johnson for his entire course while
President, for he no doubt made some
serious histaks1ebut he is'certainiN err
titled to a large share of credit and rcS
spectful consideration for the persistent
and unyielding manner in which he
resisted the encroachments of Congress
upon the other departments Of the gov
eminent and his efforts to preserve some
little remnant OF constitutional liberty.
In the event Mr.. johnson is a candi-
date, the question of locality will prob
ably be the most serious obstacle in the
way of his success, as the custom has
been generally to take one Senator from
East Tennessee and one from beyond
the Cumberland. There are occasions
however when custom should not be in
exorable; and if our memory is not at
fault, once or twice in the history of the
State Middle Tennessee has had both
Senators. And it might perhaps with
the same propriety be urged that a
Democrat should he elected, because
Governor Senter, Senator Brownlow,
Secretary Fletcher, Superintendent Tip
ton, and so OIL, are Old Line Wings.
While we are receiving so many clito-
rial essays OIL defunct parties and dead
issues, it is hardly worth while to be
mounting about old precedents and
customs that prevailed before Young
America was born.
y half dozen gentlemen have been
named for the Senatorship either of
whom would compare favorably with
the ablest members of that body. But
We believe, after some attention to the
subject, that if left to the people four
fifths of them would declare prefer
ence for Andrew johnson. We speak.
of course, of our own section. We
don't pretend to know anything of the
popular sentiment beyond that
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
The Commercial Convention.

The Commercial Convention at Keo-
kuk adjourned on the 10th. Among
the resolutions adopted they demand a
full share of diplomatic appointments
ask aid from cities and towns on the
Mississippi and tributaries; for estab-
lishment of an emigrant depot at New
Orleans; asking subsidy for naval
steamers from New Orleans to foreign
ports: and favorlng the removal of the
National Capital,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
Fire at Aflanfa.

The fire ticnd has commenced opera
tons in Atlanta again. a dispatch of
the 18th says:
a large fire in this city, early on Sun
day morning, burned six one-story
brick stores on Marietta street, and tho
large building known as the Norcross
corner, corner Of Marietta and Peach
tree streets. The loss is estimated at
over one hundred thousand dollars. In
surancc $4,000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
The Georgia Press.

There is lively little controversy
going on among the Georgia papers
about Democracy--as to which is the
blue, and which the better blue. 1t has,
however, thus far been conducted with
the dccorum and freedom from person.
alities characteristic of the Georgia
press, and if continued in that spirit, no
harm, but good may follow.
B4- James Gordon Bennett, New York
Herald, is reported dangerously i'll.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17
The Knoxville Wing.

Senator Brownlow publishes another
Card, announcing his final separation
from the paper which he founded thirty
years ago. Mr.. Brownlow seems to be
dissatisfied and suspicious that there is
something wrong. We hope no one
proposes to break the covenant and 60
back on the contract.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-17

BS@ The depot of the St. Paul and
Sioux City Railroad at Ottawa, Minne-
sofa, was struck by lightning on the
18th, and burned, together with the con-
tents, including several car loads Of oats.