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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
Brave Words, and True.

TEa following short article from the
Rir'lioId EHlajre| contains about all
that, ~ b. sa!l an the subject:
We do earnestly desire TO be spared
from p0.itics-a.togcther from Federal,
and rs much as possible from State
The object of all politics is to strength
ell or build up States: and our politics
is, therefore, non-pOlilics. What we
need is work. wclldircctcd, work.
Agriculture, manufactures, commerce.
is politics enough for us. These will
ultimately bring us power while words
-worls--words will merely obstruct
our aims. We have lost eighty odd
years talking politics, and while we
talked, Pennsylvania, Ohio. Illinois,
grew. We practiccd law and ran for
the Legislature they pursued money.
The pursuit Of money is the road to
power. 1t is the banker, the great mcr-
chant, who rules, not the attorney. 1t
is the merchant princes of New York
who live in palaces--rcal palaccs--likc
those Oh the CUHQiu::O at Venice. or
along the Arno at 'Florcncc--and who
have their splendid cquippagcs, and
their European tours, and their Burgun-
dy, and their Murllos. How much
power has Hon. StatcsrightS Bowling
broke, cN-membcr of Congress for Nir-
| ginia, candidate for Governor, member
Of the Democratic National Commit
tee? How much did he have i'll 1860
compared to Commodore Vanderbilt,
or 4. 7. Stewart, or George Peabody
The Northern people saw long ago
what we were just beginning to see be-
! fore the war came upon us-that it was
not in the professions. but in trade, that
power was to be secured. Their best
| imtcllccts, their most accomplished
young men went into bankimg-houScS,
into railroading, into the counting
ROOM"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
Tribute of KcSDcct,

At a regular communication of Hi
wasscG Lodge, No. lNS held in the
Lodge room in Calhoun, on Saturday
the llth day of August. lSG9. the under
signed having been appointed Il commit.
tee to report resolutions expressive OF
the feelings Of the Lodge upon the an
nounccmcnt Of the death of our belov-
ed brother. SAMUEL WoRKMAN. Scnr,
reported the following, which were un-
animously adopted:
Brethren, the destroyer has been in
our midst again, and this time father
in our l,rcal has fallen. This evening,
at his home. near this place, surrounded
by his friends. and in the midst of his
children, his grand children, and his
great grand children, samuel Work
man, Sen, closed his long. eycntful and
useful life. lie had passed more than
the three score years and ten allotted
man in his pilgrimage here below.
Born in Green county. Kentucky, on
: the 25th day of March, in the year l79J
he moved to McMinn county. Ten
ncsSce, in lS22. and soon became one of
the first men of the county. Our pco-
! pie showed their confidence in his NOR
! al and intellectual worth by Clccting
| him to the responsible position Of Clerk
Of the Circuit Court for sixteen consec-
utivG years, and never did he bctray
/ the trust rcposcl in him.
| lie was made a Mason in Meridian
| sun Lodge in the year 1926 and the re-
cords Of that Lodge will show how
much confidence his Masonic brethren
rcposcd in him.
lie moved to this vicinity in lSi5,
and was one Of the charter members of
our Lodge and its first Senior Warden,
and he was also one Of its Past Masters.
In all the responsible stations he occu-
pied he ever proved himself faithful
and worthy. But the old man is gone
gone home to rest: and while we feel
! that we have lost friend, we mourn
not as those who have no hope. There
fore, be it
! Resolved, That in the death Of bro
ther W Workman, an honest man, Il good
|ncighbor, generous friend and wor-
! thy Mason is lost to us: that his memo
/ ry will long be cherished in our hearts
that we sincerely sympathizc with his
bcreavcd family and relatives; that we
wear the usual mourning for thirty
days; that these resolutions be spread
upon record; that a copy of them be
furnished his family and that they be
published in the Athen Posi- and Clevc.
land Banner. j. n. AIKEN,
Il. +. MARTIN.
JoHN ID. LYLE,
+. NJ. LINER,
Committee.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
Female Preachers.

y New York papers says: Female
preachers were feature at the Round
Lake Camp meeting. One Of them,
mounted on Il hogshcad, made Il scnsa-
ton. SHANE on you" said she. "shamo
on you. young woman, with that brazcn
head-gc car and that ungodly hump OH
your back. Where's Tie modcsty that
your mother tcachcd you 10 kerry
through life with you:' Here very
pretty girl vanished into the woods
"Thcrc's a full grown man chawing II
nasty, filthy weed that the pigs wouldn't
tctch. Next to godlincss, young man. is
cleanlincs. Ef / didn't love the human
race as do, bless God, Id like to get
down from this Vaughn and Sickcn you
tobackcr chawcrs with your nasty
mOuthrulS."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
Whisky and Tobacco.

The national revenue from distilled
spirits for the last fiscal year is given
at Sl3, 100000, and from tobacco, in va
rious shapes and forms, at so, 100000,
making the handsome sum Of over &c.,
100000 for the Treasury from these cost
ly luxury Of whisky and tobacco. We
say costly, for probably more than one
sixth of the labor Of the United States
is expended in the production, prepara-
ton, transportation and sale, to say
nothing of the consumption, Of wills
for our temperance philosophers
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
PIatO'S philGSOnhS.

The advice Of Nelson Plato, the May
or of Corpus Christi, Texas, TO Ben
Butler, not to waste his money on the
Texas election in favor of the radical
Davis, but to employ it in libcralizng
the local laws Of Massachusetts,, the
prohibitory liquor law included. Pla-
to makes good show for the political
position Of Texas, and it is decidedly
against the radical carpet-baggers and
interloDcrS.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
Bad for TcXaS.

a reign OF terror prevails in Nuccas
san Patrico, Live Oak, Rcfugio and
part Of Washington counties, TeXaj.-
\ band Of about three hundred despe-
radocs, or sclf-stylcd "rcgulators,' un-
der The lead Of Joseph Tulnleston and
Il man named Helm are cleaning out
things generally. 1t is stated that one
hundred and three men have been shot
and cut to pieces by this band during
the last two mnnths
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
4 Split in Maryland.

\ serious split has occurred i'll the
Republican party in Maryland, which
is widened by the conduct of Postmas-
the party, headed by Judge Bond, is
out in card dcnouncing the Baltimore
.1mcrican and the Fulton family gcner-
ally. Crcswell belongs to the Fulton
faction, and it is charged has used the
Federal patronage in Maryland to crush
out the Bond faction. The "spoils' is
what ruined the party in Tennessee.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
EOSecrans' Little Game.

We have TO go to Il Western paper to
learn that General Rosccrans' little game
in declining tl.c nomination Tor Govern
or Of Ohio was founded upon an intcn-
ton TO proceed to New y Iork, and, if
possible, form grand company for the
purpose of constructing railroad from
the city of Mexico to Acapulco, OH the
Pacific coast. That is Il splendid scheme.
and il RoSccvanS succeeds in carving
it out he is likely TO find himself better
off than if he were elected Governor of
Ohio ten times over. But Rosy talks
too much, His vanity will not permit
him to keep II secret no matter how
good thing he has III hand. And il
would not be surprising if this new
project Of railroad from the city Of
Mexico to the Pacific coast was to re-
suit in profit to others than himself just
from this premature ventilation of his
design in an obscure town in the into
rior of Mexico. Let General Rosccrans
emulate General Grant and keep his
mouth shut.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
4 NNY NIHCIiinc.

\ Tcnncssccan has invented q ma
chine for cleaning cotton which takes
the bolls just rs they are gathered and
converts them by Il single process into
ribbon of spun cotton, composed Of
tilamcnts laid parallel to one another,
and in much better condition than cot
ton prepared in the odfashioncd way.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
Grant and COlfaX Losing Ground.

\ prominent politician of Indiana,
who arrived in Washington last week,
gives it as his opinion that the Demo-
Gratis will be successful at the local cleo
tons in that State this fall. The dissat-
islaction with the administration is very
great, and has been brought about by
the character Of Grants appointments,
his lack Of decided foreign policy and
the extravaganza Of the Congressional
travelling committees. ColiaX, this gen
tlcman says, has lost whatever popular
ity he had in Indiana, and strong par
ty of politicians is being organized to
oppose his Spirations to the Presidency.
The Republicans have all lost confidence
in Grant, and arc bitterly regrctting his
election. The gentleman who brings
this report was II delegate to the Chica-
go Convention and the most prominent
manipulation for the nominations Of Col
fov
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
Can Such Things BE, CnnbY?

That while the dcspot of France is
opening the prison doors to political
offenders, and granting universal am
ncsty to other classes of prisoners, can
it be that you, Candy, in this free re-
public, have the conscience to insist up
on the rigid application of form OF
oath-giving your own Interpretation
thereto, by the way-that was only in
tended for operation at certain crti-
cal period, now long since passed and
gone? Verify, there seems to be more
justice and moderation in imperial
France than in republican Virginia un-
der thy rule, Candy!
B3s- The first bale Of the new crop
Southern cotton was received in Bos-
ton on the 18th. 1t was put up at auc-
ton, and, after spirited competition,
bid of at 10 cents per pound,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
Interesting Letter from Mississippi

NAzoo CRY, Aug. 16, 1869.
LdtOr Post. The contemplation of
the beautiful picture drawn in my last
was much more pleasant to me than tho
contemplation of my bill-soon after
presented. The "scorc' was large, my
resources unlike those of CrGssu5-
hence paid up and left Iuka Springs
with regret.
Za route TO Yazoo City I ST ,ppcd
over at Holly Springs, Oxford, Water
Valley, Grenada, Walden and Goodman
all OH the Mississippi Central Rail-
road. The country passed over is as
fine as any you ever saw in your: life
except East Tennessee. At Water VAL
ley is published that spicicst of sheets,
the "Watcr Valley Eagle" by Captain
Vowel, n gallaut eX-Confet@ @nie, SOL
dcr who was prvMatuISfy -
while leading his men in desperate
charge on the cncmy's works. 1t is de-
cidedly one Of the most fearless, out
spoken and independent journals in the
South. At Grenada is published the
"Scntil.cl," edited by Col. Signaigo, the
President of the Mississippi Press As
sociation. 1t is ably conducted.
Iazoo City is, as you know, on tho
right bank Of Iazoo River. 10 miles
from Nicksburg i'll one of the best cot
ton-groWing regions of the State. At
one time it had an immense trade. some
dozen or more boats being on the river,
but since the completion of the Missis-
sippi Central it is but ordinary-two or
three boats only, and they sometimes
with half cargo. The citizens Of VA
700 City are proverDial for their intel
ligence, hospitality and moral worth
and once for their wealth but the war
despoiled them of nearly everything
they had, and those who once rolled in
their carriages and rcvcllcd in luxury
arc reduced to painful want. "Carpet-
baggcrs' arc as abundant here as black
berry vines on the hills Of East Tenncs-
see. Scalawags arc not so numerous,
that class embracing only the "cman-
cipatcd gentlemen Of color" had II
negro pointed out to ne the other day
as holding two ofliccs-one municipal
and one county. Negro policemen are
plenty in this burg
l convcrscd to-day with gentleman
from Nicksburg, who represents that
city as going ahead rapidly i'll the march
of Improvement. business and dwell
ing houses arc springing up, immigra-
tion and wealth is pouring in, and the
fall season promises to open with II
revived energy. If Mississippi can sue
Ceed in clcyaiing TO the State Executive
Judge Dent, her future is most promis-
ing. And that event is almost assured.
y larger cotton crop than usual was
planted in this sCction-which is now
ready for the pickcrs-and there will DC
q Il great revenue flow into the State
, thcrcfrom, to be used in rebuilding the
: waste places and promoting improve
: mCntS. CT
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
Lynch Law in Kentucky.

\ dispatch from Cairo of the 18th
says: The negro Baldwin, who was ar
rested here. and confessed having out
ragged Mrs. Benson, the wife of clcr-
gyman near Paducah, was taken from
Tie Jail of that city yesterday before
daylight by eighty armed men and
hung to II tree at the cross-heads, in the
suburbs, with II placard on his breast
warning persons from cutting down tho
hO1v
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
Resigned.

The public will be panied to learn
that the Rev. Herman Bokum has re-
signed his position as Commissioner Of
Immigration for Tennessee. Father
Bokum will have his future residence
at Atlanta
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
NIichi.:,n.

\ dispatch from Michigan says -
From present appearances tie corn
crop in this vicinity will be far below
the average. With WARM weather du-
ring the fall, and no early trosts, the
yield will be somewhat over half an
average crop. Many fields are already
injured past recovery by the wet and
cold.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
Good for IbclanO.

1t is said Commissioner Delano has
organized now set Of tobacco revenue
stamps, certain denominations Of which
arc to be adorned with counterfeit
prcscntmcnt of his ugly mug.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
Not YOur Put III.

The Albany On. W Erening JouIwal
prefers that Andy johnson should be
sent to the L. ). Senate from this State
instead Of Emerson Etheridge, for the
reason that while the former is Il pes
tilcnt fellow he has originality of
character and crude but capacious in
tcllcct," the latter is "a loose, vulgar
fellow, Of low instincts and Of II most
unwholesomc reputation" 1t is likely,
we are happy to state, that our Lcgis-
lature will select Senator without con-
sulting such prejudiced oraclcs as the
Albany Radical mouthpiecc. When we
want your advice, Mr.. Jou,Woi, we'll
inform you by grapevine.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
Ostrich NlOdcSty.

a few days since a party of ladies at
Stratford, Connecticut, essaycd bath
at the beach. While frolicing amid tho
waters, boat load OF men came sailing
by, and one Of the maids, becoming
frightened, made for the shore, throw
ing her skirts up over her head, like unto
the pursued ostrich.
Ee5~ Jehial Slab says, that pcrambu-
lating squirtgun constantly charged
with tobacco Juice is, next to II barn
ward, the uastiest thing he knows of.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
The Notorious iIilIcbrand.

The st. Louis DemOcrut Of the l7th
contains the following about the no.
torious sam IIildcbrand, and the efforts
TO capture him:
Col. Wm. ID. Bowen, in charge OF the
posse recently on the hunt after Hide
brand, arrived in this city ycstcrGay.-
He reports lIildcbrand still in st. Fran
co.'s comfy, but nothing new has tran
spircd since the skirmish on the even
inc Of the Sth and the morning Of the
lllh.
On Sunday Sheriff Murphy received
the following letter, which was mailed
at st. Louis on the 10th TO lrondalc,
and rcmailcd on the 18th. Whether
bogus or not, of course is not known.
We give it in all peculiar originality
Col. Bowen will return to-day:
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27

By a European traveller speaks of
the good time coming when traveller
will have only to stick shilling stamp
Oh his hat to travel TO whatever point
he may please.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
KcputsiatiOI!---Nr. lItllcridge.

The Times, published at Milan. Ten
ncsscc, reports speech OF Hon. Emcr-
son Ethcridgc, delivered there on the
oh of August. \ portion of it seems
10 have been devoted to discussion Of
the public debt, State and NATIONAL
We quote as follows:
Mr.. EthCridgc alluded to the national
debt, and said it would have to be paid
or rcpudiatcd. He said that the people
would hear many speeches in favor of
rcpudiatinG il before many years. He
was no rcpudiationist, but there were
many who were, and Mr.. Ethcridgc
! furnished arguments sufficient to make
Il good reputation speech. No nation
! had ever paid larger war debt. lie
exhibited some continental money.
which served to pay the war debt OF
| the revolution, but it was not bonded
but rcpuIiatcd.
! Mr. E;Acridgc handled tic cXtrara-
gancc and folly Of our State officials in
Il satisfactory manner. The debt Of
| Tennessee is SlO,OJO,OJO. Estimating
the population OF the state at l,4O0,OJ1.
! it would require Il tax of S21 on every
man, woman and child, black and
white, i'll the State, to liquidate the
debt. The national debt per capjto
would be SG7. TO pay both, every
man, woman and child in Tennessee
would have TO be assessed S9!.
| Mr.. Ethcridgc said he would not pay
Il dollar OF the twenty millions contract
/ ed by Brownlow and his irresponsible
| Legislature.
Mr. Ethpri1Wp's sDnCCh WAS IO~iraI
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27

gsD" Business people who fail in or
der to succeed, generally become bank
rupt in reputation. Attitudes are ncv.
CT reached by going down hill.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
i. NJ. LINER, Sec'y

+. NJ. LINER, Sec'y
n.y. James Russ, editor of the Shell
byyillc Rcpub'ica", died in that place
lat week.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
The 2ost.
Athems. Friday, ArIsuS. 27. a~Ga.

Cooke County.
The vote of Cooke County has at last
been received. 1t stands 81 for Scnter
and 5S3 for Stokes
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
Bottoms BcuucSt.

The eleventh specification in the will
of the late Wade Bolton, of Memphis,
reads as follows:
~ give and bcqucath the widow and
children of General Thomas jonathan
jackson, known as StoncWall Jackson
who fell at the battle Of Chanccllors-
vile, Virginia, ten thousand dollars, As
history tells me his widows furniture
was sold nlter his leAth for debt.'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27

Bey~ An cX.Confcdcratc soldier, who
passed through Sumptcr, South Carroll
ia, few days ago, said that when he
left Johnson's Island, in December last,
there were eighty-siX Confederate sol
diers at that place who had not been
home or heard from their friends since
the war.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27

Bsg~ Literalicus, whose house is brill
liantly lighted with gas, says he II give
fond Memory a "whaling" if she brings
the light of other DAYS around him,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27

Chase FavOring II New Party.
1t is said that just after the result OF
the Virginia election became known
Chief Justice Chase wrote u conlidcn-
tial letter to Il prominent politician i'll
this State, an old friend of his, wherein
he expressed much qualification at the
defeat of the bitter cndcrs in Virginia,
and reioiccd over the success Of the
Conservatives. The Chief Justice eX-
pressed the hope that results similar TO
that in Virginia would be produced i'll
Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas, and
strongly limited that in his opinion the
Republican party had served its day,
and the time was at hand when u new
Conservative party should be formed
which would embrace the moderate
men Of all existing parties. This letter
was kept very quiet for some time, but
after our election was over the gentle
man to whom it was addressed seemed
to consider the seal Of secrecy removed
and showed it around quite freely. lie
refused, however, to give it to the press.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27

B@Gr~ Peaches are plenty in Philadel'
phia. Passing along one avenue, VIC
are assured by reporter, the odol
'ovcrwhclms in its fragrance every
thing in the olfactory simiitude Of t
smell, even "the satanic stencil Of tho
heaped quintals of Goldfish"
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THE LETTER.
ST, LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 10, lSG'

Ut. I-OIIN, MO-, NUT. ~. INV''
Nc&syT. B0~cH, N",phy anil oHerS!
GENrLElIEN We gave you recently
little forctastc Of our ability to re-
sist capture. We could have killed
every dam one Of you had we felt dis
posed. We will not she'd blood unless
forced to do so. We hope you will take
warning in time. If your lives are of
value to you stay at home. If we
catch YOU ont in the woods we may
send you all to hell. Don't force us TO
such II measure. We are not II mere
handful. The catching Of lIidebrand
will be one of the dearest things ever
attempted. If you love your tlresidcS
and your affairs, stay at home.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27
Dent after the Cabinet.

Judge Dent is becoming warmed up
by the hostility exhibited by the admin
istraton towards the National Rcpubli-
can party of the South.
The Judge is not particularly ambi-
tious to be made Governor Of Mississip-
pi, but he is ambitious to serve the pco-
pic of that State, and he intends, there
fore, to do everything in his power to
accomplish his own nomination and
election. lie holds Boutwell, and Crcs-
we'll mainly responsible for the tergiv-
crsation of his presidential brothcr-in-
law OH the subject of Southern politics,
and therefore pitches into them without
gloves. lie has addressed Il scathing
letter to Secretary Boutwell,, and in
tends to address another one to Post
mastcr-GCncral Crcswell, couched in
still stronger terms. In his proposed
Crcswcll letter, Judge Dent will reveal
the rebel anteccdcnts of the Postmas-
tcr-Gencral, and cXplain why it was
that Creswell was Il rebel in the COM
mcnccmcnt Of the war and afterwards
turned over to the Union side, bccom.
ing one of the most bitter Radicals, and
q prosecutor Of rebels.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-08-27

j. S.-We did not want to kill Bow
Ell. But if he don't stag at home now
we will send him home the next time
Remember, if you want to avoid hell
blood and thunder, keep out Of the
woods.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-09
Very Much Married Baptist
Preacher


About five weeks ago, a missionary
Baptist preacher, calling himself Rich
ard Hovey, went 10 Truxton, Lincoln,
county, Mo-, preached every night, and
sometimes in the day. After preaching
some three weekt there and III the vicin-
ity, he was taken suddenly i'll, made his
will, wiled some 5000 worth of pro-
perty to various individuals, and
$4,000 to Miss Emma Holiday, of Trux-
ton. AS it happened, he recovered from
his illness, and on the 4th nit, was
married TO Miss Emma. ana they
went thence TO Florence On a
preaching expedition. After preach
ing several days, postponed to attend
the Montgomery = fair, but instead,
went to Dsnville, where he got drunk
said he had eight wives besides Emma,
and intended to have another before
two months. At Dauville he let his
wife know that he intended TO leavethe
country. and she being interested for
herself and the owner of the horse and
buggy, refused to go, and took the reins
and drove to Florence, where she told
Hovey that she was done with him, and
sent for her father. Hovey learned
that he would be arrested for obtaining
money on his forged certificates Of de-
post, aud took leg bail through corn
field. Richard Z. Hovey halls from
New York State, is about forty-nino
years old, a missionary Baptist preacher,
fine speaker, weighs about one hun
dred and forty pounds, has black hair
and whiskers mixed with gray, teeth
uneven, dark complicated, and is about
Ave feet nine inches high. Pass him
arOnndi