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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
LnfGr From CuIln.


The following occurs among our
more recent New York dates:
Private dispatches have been received
from New Orleans, stating that the
Iblockade-runners Peru and Lillian. en-
gagged in carrying fillibustcrs from
New Orleans 10 some point contiguous
to the Cuban coast, have landed at the
Island of Grand Inaqua in the gull,
some twelve hours by steamer from the
Florida Keys, and the tillibusters have
gone into quarters and arc waiting for
! achievements.
The World says that within the last
thirty-thrce days we have positive in
| formation that 900 men have left the
cities of Charleston. Baltimore and
New Orleans for point adjacent TO
the Cuban coast and for the Island it.
self: $500 have left the city of New
York and 800 more are waiting to get
OIL
The following is later, and we sup
pose equally as reliable:
1t is stated that the Captain-Gcncral
of Cuba has renewed his attempts TO
bride leading patriots into leaving
been offered free pass for his
family, and two hundred thousand
dollars. ii he would abandon Gu.
ba. General Felix Fugeralo. one who
rose with the original force last Octo-
her, and who since proved himself u
very useful soldier. was offered $4,000
These propositions were made through
citizens empowered by the Captain
general and were Spurncd at once.
1t is declared that some who sought
to accept the protlercd amnesty. issued
about six weeks since. were recently
murdered by the outposts Of voluu-
tccrs. Several citizens suspected of pa
triot sympathy have been taken from
Santiago de Cuba Jail at night and muir
dered by order of DuccS' chief OF staff.
\ Washington letter of still later
date says:
The Government to-day received adj
vices direct from the inSurrcctionary
portion Of Cuba. giving information as
to the movement i'll that quarter. Par
ties here in the interest OF the CubanS
state that there are now in the Cuban
army $4,000 men. $500 of whom are
and that about 5000 OF the
latter nationality have recently been
added.
1t is said by Representatives of the
revolutionary army of Cuba. in Wash
ington, that success would be placed be-
yond a doubt if the United States
would recognize the belli@erent rights
of those who are striving TO effect the
Of Cuba. and in that case
the men and money already promised
would be furnished in abundance.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
The Third Lecture,

We were unable to be present at the
Lecture delivered at the Masonic and
Odd Fellows Hall, on Tuesday even
ing, by the Rev. JOSEPH III. MARTIN, but
understand that the entertainment was
more than ordinarily interesting. The
Lecture on Tuesday evening next will
be by N. Z. COBLEiGH, u. ID. SUBJ
ject: The Beautiful in Nature-its De-
sign and Uses. We hope to see the
Hall filed to its capacity.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
Fatal Amusement.

A man was turned out of the Rel1-
vile. Texas, Jail day or two since,
and. while on his way to Houston, con-
cluded to amuse himself by running
people out Of their own houses and
helping himself 10 whatever articles in
the culinary line his taste most cravcd.
He. however had not continued his
sport to any considerable extent before
his career was brought to close by be-
ing shot and killed by u sixteen year.
old boy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
The Railroad Connection.

Both Houses of the Ohio Lcgisla-
ture have granted Cincinnati the right
to invest ten millions of dollars in q
railroad connecting that city with Chat
tanooTA.
The Nashville Banner says: The line
from New Castle, Kentucky, to Leila
non, Tennessee, is the shortest and best
line. 1t runs nearer the Louisville and
Nashville Road and it crosses more OF
the Louisville branches nearer Louis
vile than any other route, and, while it
connects Tie buckeyes" with Chatta-
nooga. it connects them also with Nash
vile, Montgomery and Mobile.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
Gets Mad and Resigns,

Governor Mitchell, of New Mexico,
who was wounded three times as a
Union soldier during the war, became
so inccnsed that the President should
attempt to supersede him by the ap-
pointment of Col. Grove. an ex-rcbel
officer, who cannot even take the test
oath. that he rendered his resignation as
Governor of that Territory, and it has
been accepted by the President. If he
had not thus resigned, Mitchell would
have continued in Office until Congress
had removed Groves political disabili-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
Ohio,

Gen. Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, Kan
sas. Washington, and elsewhere, is sug-
gestcd by the Dayton Le'lger, the, Or
gan Of Mr.. Nalandigham, in an article
of imposing longitude, as the "next
Democratic and anti-imperial candidate
for Governor Of Ohio" Some of our
readers will probably remember Gem
era! Ewing as having passed this way
in 1863, in company with man named
i'hernan-the former by all means the
best man of the two
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
Scramble for Dead Mans Place.

n most disgraceful commentary on
the rush for Office is afforded by the
death of Mr. Eli, lately appointed L. S.
Marshal for the Eastern District Of
Pennsylvania. His sudden death had
scarcely happened before the favored
few who received the intelligence began
to swoop down on Washington like a
flock of hungry vultures on a carcass
in the desert, and by the time his de-
cease was generally announced, it is
said that more than hundred persons
set about procuring for themselves the
place thus made vacant. His funeral
took place on Tuesday and on Saturday
his successor was appointed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
Paying off the Militia.

The NASHVILLE Union and American of
last Saturday says:
A draft for $4,000 was presented to
the Treasurer on Wednesday, for mon
ey to pay the State Militia. Yesterday
another for the same amount, and for
the same purpose, was cashed. So goes
$4,000 of the peoples money, and not
a criminal arrested, nor Ku-Klux cap
tured. This is part of the money Dor
rowed by tho Comptroller in New York
last week, and is now drawing interest.
The day is near when it will BIO easier
to spend than to borrow. When will
this wicked folly have an end?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
Ensland---The Cuban Question.

The New York Herald, which wants
to fight the British, says:
Some of the leading heavy journals
and reviews of the British capital are
beginning to discuss the ominous drift
of public sentiment in the United States
on the Cuban Instruction, the grasp
ing propensitics of the great republic.
and the warlikc proclivities Of General
Grant. Very good. There will proba-
bly, be plenty of material for commenta-
ries and reviews and speculations OH
American aggressions, &C., for the
Scribes and Pharisees of England dur
ing the next four years. Manifest
destiny" is coming, and there is no tell
ing where he will stop to water his
horses
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
Secretary BoutwelI's Policy.

A New York letter says a further adj
vance in gold is anticipated as soon as
Secretary Boutwel's cXpedients arc
we'll understood abroad. They are uni
versally spoken of among business men
as confession of weakness, and he is
regarded as having again surrendered
the federal finances into the hands of
Jay Cooke and the National Banks,
with continuance Of past uncertainty
to legitimate permits and reckless
speculation in financial circles.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
The FOREIGN B0ndboIders.

Chief Justice Chase made very i'm
portant ruling in case at Baltimore q
few days ago, TO the effect that the gov
eminent could not collect income tax
from foreigners who hold our bonds.
and that what has been collected must
be refunded. The Internal Rcvcnuc Bu-
rcau is preparing regulations to carry
out this decision. Several hundred
thousand dollars will be taken out of
the Treasury for this purpose.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
A Scared Editor.

The reception given to General Lee
by the people of Alexandria, Va, has
frightened the editor of the Boston
Transcript. He proclaims, in his fear
and anguish, that "such an occurrence,
within sight of the Capital, shows that
caution is still necessary in dealing with
he vestiges of rebellion, if the country
would not have the lost cause reap
pear to produce political and social
disturbance. t
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
Receivers to be Amounted.

We clip this paragraph from the
Knoxville Press and Herald:
From intimations received yesterday
from President Bearden, and from 9TH
er indications, it is now pretty certain
that the Knoxville and Charleston and
the Knoxville and Kentucky railroads
will both pass into the hands of Re-
ceivers in few days. The law makes
it incumbent upon the Governor to APP
poiLt Receiver for any road that fails
to pay the interest Oh its debt. Should
the road then fail to pay expenses, the
next step is to sell il. So that it NAV
be expected that before long these roads
will be in the market for sale to the
highest bidder.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
The Niger Snubbcd.

The Savannah Republican of the 9Th
instant says. ''the telegraph informs us
that the President declined yesterday
to receive Il visit from the ambitious
little Savannah negro who has taken
into his head the silly idea of being
Postmaster for our city. Grant and all
the rest of the Republicans will get
sick enough of negro impudence before
they are many DAYS Older
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14

BzB@ Says the Louisville Courier
JOn1Rnl: The Governor of Pcnnsyl-
vania is an eXtravagant rascal. lle
burns valuable pianos as fire-wood. His
political friends in the late Legislature
undertook to push through bill in his
behalf for a 81, 800 piano under the IT,
tic of "fucl." I....w
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
Senator TrunbulI,

A Washington date Of the 10th says
Senator Trumbull left for Illinois to-
day, a disappointed man. He has Sc
cured little or no important patronage
from the administration, and attributes
the fact to his vote against the impeach-
ment of Andrew Johnson. The Presi-
dent is memorable on that point, and
tavors no man who held office under
johnson or voted against his impeach-
mcnt ...,r.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
Homicide III Georgia,

Av"IsTA, May ll.-,Ioscph Atkins, =
radical Senator from Warren county,
was shot in the abdomen yesterday az
ternoon by Il man named Thompson.
The reports assign the cause toya, pri-
yate difficulty growing out of Grimm
al Court case. 1t is believed that AT
Rims wound will prove mortal. -II'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
The Point Of Junction.

3 A dispatch from "Promontory Sum-
init, May 1lth," says:
The last rail is laid, the last spike
driven. The Pacific Railroad is COM
pleted. The point of junction is ten
hundred and eighty-six miles west OF
the Missouri River and six hundred and
pinety miles east of Sacramento.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14

gES~ 1t is stated that the President
will appoint number of colored per-
sons to responsible official positions in
all the Northern and Western cities in
order TO offset the appointment Of SO
many of that race in the South.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
Horse Thieves.

a negro horse-thicf, recently captur-
ed in Texas, says he belongs to a regu-
AR gang that extends all over the FROM
icr, from the Brazos. in fact, to Monte.
rey, and the members are in every
.own. He gave the names Of proni-
ncnt men in San Antonio and elsewhere
belonging to this gang. r. rH'.E}
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14

B9g" This part of the country was
visited by a heavy storm of rain and
hail about 6 o'clock Wednesday even
ing. But little damage done as far as
we arc advised.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
AppOintnlemt.

Major L. ID. Compton, United States
army, has been relieved from duty in
North Carolina, and ordered to tako
the position of Superintendent of Edu-
cation in tho FTcedmen's Bureau of
Tennessee, r 'frfri
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
From New York to San Francisco.

The officers of the companies that
cont oil the line have come to a tempo
rary understanding that the fare from
New York to San Francisco for second
class passengers should be seventy-iive
and for first class one hundred and sew
entv-fiye dollars.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14

n9- The "official paper" at Nashville
has hoisted the name of Stokes for Gov
ernor. Senter will enter the Convention
with strength enough to make respec-
table struggle, but the chances at pres
ent are in favor of Stokes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14

BsE3- Washington dispatches report
Grant as making no concealment of his
views as to the proriety of extending
protcctorate over the countries south Of
us. .r ......
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
Important to Liquor Dealers.

The following decision has been made
by the Deputy Commissioners of Inter.
nal Revenue:
Dealers in liquor who sell in quaint
ties less than five gallons, and also i'm
quantities of five gallons and upward
must pay a special tax both as whole
sale and retail dealers. ''
BeD- Scott county declares for Senter
for Governor.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14

g@s" John Hunley is announced as ~
for Representative from the.
of Anderson and Campbell.
lie is one of those who walk in the de-
yious WAYS of radicalism.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14

BGg~ Col. VIM. Carr, of Athens, Ga,
has recently subscribed $4,000 acres or
land to the Blue Ridge Railroad. ghig
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14

gss~ a New York date of the 1lth
says the steamship Quaker City has
been purchased for the Cuban insur-
gents. n rf...I tD aH'l'ui
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14

Bsly~ The Spanish Minister at WASH
ington yesterday had information di-
rect from General Dulce of the sup
preston of the Cuban insurrection.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14
Radical Enterprise.

The Nashville Banner has the follow.
ing significant paragraph:
We hear Of ono County Superintend.
ent who has received $500, and who
has only established two schools-and
a iarge country dry goods store.
Who Is he? Jealous of the reputa.
ton of our county, we take it upon our
self to say that the enterprising cove
don't live In McMinn. Z.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14

BeDa The Indiana House of Repre-
sentatives has passed a bill authorizing
the publication Of all legal notices in
newspapers, both English and German.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14

Bey- Coffee, in Nashville 18th, Rio,
common to choice, l9a25 cents Laguy-
ia, 2511s cents Java, 3Sa40. lg LG '6s'1
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14

pas- Bacon, at Louisville, 1Ith, 13,sa
174." Cincinnati, l3Ial7. N'"' "T
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14

Bas~ Gold closed in New York on the
llth, at 1885. ... .r,.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-05-14

pSy The mails are now going through
to California by all rail.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-29
BY TELE G. R A P e
LATEST TO NOON TO-DAY.
Dispatches to the Southwestern Press
Association.
NEW YORK.

NEw York, September 29.-It is stated
that John Covode and Senator Wilson
visited the President yesterday, and
urged him, in view of the doubtfulness of
Geary's election, to visit Pennsylvania
again, and attend fair to be held at AL
lentown. he replied that he had already
been absent great deal, but would try to
90. Mr.. Covode then visited Secretary
Cox, and obtained promise from him
that the clerks in his department should
20 home and vote without being locked.
Senator Wilson intends introducing q
bill ct the next session of Congress to
stop the operations of gold gamblers in
Wall street. He intends to make it
penalty to sell or purchase gold unless
the full amount of coin sold is actually
delivered.
The Times says the crash in stocks
yesterday evening has, it is said, seriously
affected many houses which escaped the
crash in gold last week. Houses which
suffered by the fall in the gold market,
and were brought to the verge of ruin,
could not be expected to Withstand the
double shock, and it is expected that to.
day will record the fact that a very large
mum Der of firms have gone under. If the
Gold Exchange bank should fell to meet
its obligations, or if run should be
made on that institution, it is expected
that the crash in Wall street will be
entirely overwhelming. That the bank
is in critical condition is felt certain
that it has lost the confidence of the
brokers ia a fact. With this support
withdrawn from it, the end of that instr
tuition must soon follow.
It is stated that one hundred aud fifty
three men, mostly Cubans, left this city
on Saturday night, for q destination I'M.
revealed. They got safely aboard the
Hornet, and it appears certain that the
steamer put to yea yesterday morning,
carrying the one hundred and fifty men,
besides good stock of ammunition and
guns, three 60 -pounder Parrots, three Ma
poleon and two 32.pounders.
The Herald calls on Congress to enact
g lev on gold gambling, and holds Sec
rotary Boutwell, responsible for the pre-
sent bad state of monetary affairs.
The Tribune says the feeling against
lhe Gold Exchange Bank is justly deeper
now than at any previous time, and the
general uncertainty in Wall street con-
tinues, with an expectation on the part
of many that there are still troublous
times ahead Of US.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-29

of making ruinous sacrifice, II in their
great anxiety to secure temporary relief
from present financial endorsements
the Board Of Mayor and Aldermen de-
termine to accept the proposition made
by Mr.. Mahan in the interests Of Taintor,
Sickles, Clayton 4 Co.
The credulity of Mr.. Brinkley has
enabled New York sharpers to overreach
him and defeat his honest desire for the
completion Of the road, until his eyes are
opened and he is forced to admit that ne
distrusts them. But Notwithstanding
the fact that Mr.. Brnkley has posi-
lively declared that he is not con-
nected with the Mahan proposition
and that he is opposed to the
sale OF the city's stock to Mr.. Mahan,s
hackers, it is constantly asserted by
members of the Board of Aldermen, as
we'll as by parties Interested, that Mahan
and Brinkley represent the same capital
lists and arc working together in the
effort to secure the city's acceptance OF
Mahans offer of 800, 900 for the stock.
As President of company in which the
city of Memphis is the owner OF more
than one-half the stock, Mr.. Brinkley is.
to all intents and purposes, pubsc OH
Ger, and every taxpayer in the city has
q right to know his position upon ques-
ton that involves every interest OF this
important enterprise. Mr.. Brinkley
knows Mr.. Taintor (the leading man In
the Mahan partly we'll; he has trusted
him long and implicitly as the financial
agent of the Memphis and Little Rock
Railroad Company; and when he admits,
as he does, that the sale of the stock to
Taintor ought not to be made, 1T is time
for less confding men to take alarm
We cannot believe that Mr.. Brinkley
would be opposed to the sale of
the stock to Taintor if he thought
that by such a sale the road wouid De
and when finished managed
10 the interests Of Memphis. Mr.. Brink
ley is too honest man, toe deeply In
terested in the future of Memphis, to OPP
pose any proposition that promised the
speedy completion and honest manage
ment Of the road. If then we are right
in the presumption that the sale of the
stock to Taintor & Co. would be ruinous
to Memphis, and Mr.. Brinkley, with his
intimate knowledge of the men, agrees
with US, he cannot afford to remain silent
and permit the sale to be contaminated !
on the assertion of Taintor's friends, and
under the conviction of many members
Of the Board that he not only favors it
but is party to the purchase.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-29
"Ta want"

An interesting controversy is now be-
ing conducted in England, on the proper
meaning of the verb Ito want" as used
in the passage who cannot want the
thought how monstrous it was for NAL
colin and Donalbain to kill their gracious
father p The modern meaning of ITO
want" is ito DESIRE" but the English
sense is ito be without" and this word
is still used in Scotland. to convey the
latter idea Philadelphia Ledger.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-29

Count Bismarck, the retired Minister
Of Prussia, it is reported, 10 affected with
the same diseases as those from which
the Emperor Napoleon III is suffering.
The principal disease is said to be in
hammation of the kidneys, with which
Bismarck has been afflicted for years,
and on account of which be has been
obliged to intermit his official duties. It
has been suggested that the Pfussian
Minister has the advantage over Napo-
leon III of rugged constitution, which
is not called upon to answer for the ex-
cesses of his misspent early life. Bis
marck, however, passed through
stormy youth" and although his esca-
pades may not have been so notorious as
those of Napoleon, his chances OF long
life are not much better than those OF his
rival.-Phila Ledger. i KIP 4
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-29

n seems story from tho world Of spirits
When any man obtains that which he merits,
Or any merits that which he obtains"
"For shane. my friend. renounce this idle
strain
What wouldst thou have COED great man OBJ
tain?
Wealth, title, dignity, golden chain.
Or heaps of corsos which his sword has slain
Goodness and greatness are not means bnt ends.
Hath he not always treasures, always friends
and light.
And aim thoughts equable as infants breath |;
And three fast friends. more sure than DAY or
night:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-29
THE LITTLE ROCK RAILROAD
STOCK.

10 discussing the subject Of the sale Of
the Little Rock railroad stock owned BY
the city, We have been governed by a
eense Of duty; and the more We investi-
gate the matter the more fully We are
convinced that the city is in great danger
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-29
Ms. HINKsrON

rpKNnERs HER sISoEREsT THANKS
L 70 her numerous patrons for their liberal
palFonaae in the past. and folicsts q eonfine-
snee Of the same the coming season, she 10
prepared 70 eise her undivided attention 70
dress Making IN its various departments. All
orders neatly and prom Ftly executed. Mrs u,
will be found - he rooms formerly occupied
BY the Wheeler 4 Wtlson SEWING Machine Co.,
80 Second street. Irving Block. 28-4s
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-29
Trustees Sale OF Real Ests' :,

A DEED IN TRUST HAVING mn
"a made by Rohs<t W ormley and NJ
Woimley to @. - Loese in favor 4 Ia
Overton on Tia 5th dsy Of May, 1851, 20 sscn
No; y. Block Nc. "a, on plan OF s. ~ a..
toni lsl-acrc tract; and q. B. lsor IL bsr;1
died without executing the poy ,ers Of III
trust, spd nroceedings hayine bee had in M
legal uue 10 said lot out Of sas 4 Iorfe a.
restrk Il in Charles i. Bullocf. Trustee. wi
tuls possrs 10 execute the trus 4 i will H.,
lore. sell 10 the hiEhe Z bidder. for cash
On the isth Day Of . ssober, Isei
st.he Southeast Corner o. c surt sqsare. N
In BLOCK NO. "a. fro-afine north, s,Siy
Calhoun street seventy -four feet. an runnirl
back. between parallel lines, one hr ndred A.
sevenO .eet 70 an alley Ixfeenl feet Widl
y - sood, but 1 s,onyey ontS a.s trustee.
A-Ss cHA.S. p. Bull LICK. Trustee.