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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-06-27
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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> 1t Is one Of the remarkable facts of this
remarkable age, not merely that so many
persons are the victimsof dyspepsia or in
digesuen, but It's willing victims. Now, we
would not be understood to say that any
one regards dyspepsia with favor, or feels
disposed TO rank 1t among the luxuries of
hie. Far from 1t. Those who have expert
enced IFS torments would scout such an
idea. All dread 1t, and would gladly dis
Pense with its unpleasant familiarities.
Mark Tapley, who was jolly under all the
trying circumstances in which he was
placed, never had an attack OF dyspepsia,
or his 1oliity would have speedily forsaken
him. Men and women sometimes suffer its
tortures uneomplainingly, but whoever
heard Oh person who enjoyed them?
or all the multifarious diseases to which
the human system Is liable, there Is perhaps
no one so generally prevalent as dyspepsia.
There are diseases more acute and painful,
and which more frequently prove fatal; but
none, the effects Of which are so depressing
to the mind and SO positively distressing to
the body: nthere Is a wretched being in
the world 1t Is
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but in that most general prevalent, dis
tressing and dreaded disease, Dyspepsia,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
LegislAtiVe.

The following occurs in the Senate
proceedings Of the 1st:
Senate bill on third reading to repeal
the act providing for conventional rate
! of interest, was taken up. The Speaker
held lis consideration to DC void as the
question affected the Constitution. An
appeal W&s taken from the ruling, but
the Senate sustained the Speaker.
In the House proceedings we find the
following:
Mr.. Mccall, representing three men,
bcrs OF the committee appointed to in
vestigate the condition of railroads in
the State, reported that while they had
not been able to make as thorough n
search into the matter as desirable, had
come to the conclusion that some mil
lions Of bonds had been issued and used
in violation of law. The committee re-
ported bill prohibiting the Comptrol-
Ter and Treasurer from paving any
bonds, or coupons thereof, which have
been issued since the war to railroad
companies or receivers, until the Legis-
lature, by subsequent legislation. shall
authorize the same. If other bonds than
those issued since the war are presented
before the next session of the Lcgisla-
turc. it shall be the duty of the Comp
troller or Treasurer to procure the opin-
ion of the Attorney General rs to the
validity of said bonds. The bill was
passed on its first reading.
There has been good deal of invcs-
tigation in the last year or two into rail-
road and bond matters, but rs far as we
know without any very substantial or
satisfactory result; and we have no idea
that the present effort will prove more
successful. If there is anything wrong
there ought to be no insurmountablc
difficulty in the way Of reaching it. Eli
ther make it thorough and final, with
out fear, favor or affection, or quit i'll
vestigating at once, as constant agita-
ton has no other effect than to weaken
public credit and deprcciate State secu-
rites.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
Political Disabilities.

All the efforts thus far made to induce
the President to recommend Congress
to pass q general act removing all DO
litical disabilities imposed BY the Eff
teenth Amendment have proven futile.
though the more prominent Conserva-
tive Republicans, both in out of Con-
gress, have urged such course upon
him. SO far from favoring general am
nesty, it is stated he will take adverse
grounds, ard will ask Congress "to ex-
tend that feature of the Kuklux Act,
which provides for the suspension of
the writ OF habeas corpus in the South
beyond the end of the present session
TO which it is now limited. 1t is evil
IDENTIFY intended TO hold the martial-law
programme owe. the South beyond the
Presidential election"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
How Grant Nav be Defeated.

How Grant May be Defeated.
Hon. George III. Parker, leading
Democrat of Davenport, Iowa, has adj
dressed the following letter to the Chi
cago Times:
Having faithfully served as member
of the Democratic organization for over
twenty years. and still having the fullest
confidence in the cardinal principles of
that party. am impcllcd to declare my
convictions that the organization has
outlivcd its usefulness, and that it is the
duty of Democrats to openly acknow-
ledge that the Democratic party is dead.
All efforts at departure, or to galvanize
il into life. have proved failure.
The prestige of its general policy, or
rather the lack Of policy during the war.
will cling to it and prevent success, no
matter how much VIC may become puri-
fed by change of heart The result of
hereccnt elections arc sufficient proof of
the fact. We can organize by forming
some integral part of Il new party. and
probably rcsurrect our principles, but
the body must be buried and the stencil
of its putrid remains removed from the
public nostrils. The present is the
proper emergency TO test the patriotism
OF members of the Democratic party. If
we love our country better than we do
our party, abandon the organization.
and unite with patriots. disregarding
political antcccdcnts, and we may rea-
sonably hope for change of Admins
tration in 1872, that will protect and
guarantee equal rights to all sections of
Our common country. Centralized pow
cr will vanish, the war will soon be
forgotten. and our country again be
peaceful, prosperous and happy.
GEORGE III. PARKER.
Davenport, Iowa, November ~.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
Railroad Charter,

At the November term of the Chan
Gerry Court at this place. which adjourn
ed last Saturday, letters of incorpora-
ton, under the act of January Both,
1871, were issued to the petitioners, 7.
Nixon Van Dyke, A. BLIZZARD, II. w.
McElwee, T. A. Cleage. NJ. A. Helm,
W. NJ. Sehorn. J. W. Lillsrd, j. A. Nc
Keldin, David Cleage, w. NJ. Bradford.
W. Gettys, T. Richmond. A. II. Keith,
J. NJ. Henderson, Lon. BLIZZARD. n. /.
Phillips, a. G. Robson. j. S. Matthews,
w. q. Horton, w. w. Alexander and
Jno. F. Slower Of McMinn county. Ten
nessee; Edward Denmead, Jno. b. Cor
don. b. w. Frobel, j. +. Alexander
Walter II. Wecms and Turner S. Fos-
ter, of the State of Georgia. TO be known
by the name and style of the Kentucky,
Tennessee and Georgia Railroad Com
pany, and vested with all the powers.
authority and privileges granted to
Railroad Companies, corporations and
incorporate bodies, for the construction
of Railroads in the State of Tennessee,
by virtue of the various Railroad laws
now in force in the State of Tennessee.
to build, construct and equip Railroad
through the State of Tennessee, begin
ming at the State line of the State of
Georgia, at or near Ducktown, in the
county of Polk, in the State of Tonnes
see, and running through the counties
of Polk, McMinn-by and near the town
of Athens-Roane, Morgan, Scott and
Fentress, to the State line of Kentucky,
in the direction of Stanford in said
State.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
4 Republican view.

The New York Ete"iHG Post expresses
the conviction that had Grant retained
q few upright Democrats he would
have contributed substantial service
to reform, and would have been sustain
ed by the opinion of the country
though, no doubt, he would have incur
red the bitter rcproachcs of the "disin-
tcrcsted patriots" about the smoking
rooms of the Washington hotels. But
adds that paper:
"The treatment which our great war
rior President has shown to his subor-
dinatcs has, III very many instances, to
speak plainly, been what is called in
civil life ungentlcmanly
"Prcsidents are very great men. but
no mans rudeneSs is pardoned because
he is strong. We have a right to de.
mand of him whom we elvate to the
most august position on earth, that he
sets us an example of good manners. & +
corruption and incompotency are not
the municipal pcculiarities Of New
\ ork. They are general. not to say
national. The work Of publication we
have begun in this city we wish to see
carried into Washington Cabinets, Con-
gressional Committees, Legislatures.
School Boards and into every little cor
pcration that controls county or a
township"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
judge Shields.

The Knoxville Press anil Uerald saws
of the gentleman recently appointed to
the Supreme Bench, Uice Hon. r. A. II.
Nelson, resigned:
Judge Shields, who has been appoint
ed by the Governor, to fill the vacancy
in the Supreme Bench, is well and ia
vorably known in East Tennessee, as n
lawyer and iurist. He has, at times,
acted as special Judge of the Supreme
Court, and has ever wore the ermine
gracefully. Ofvigorous intellect, great
and varied learning, incorruptible in
tegrity, and underlying all these. n
sound common sense, Judge Shields
will adorn the Bench and cannot fail to
favorably impress the bar and the peo-
pie of the State with whom he is not
now familiar.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
Revenue Decision.

The Huntsville Democrat of one day
last week says, under the instructions OF
Judge Busted, jury in the United
States Court, brought in Il verdict OF
5000 against the Memphis and Charles
ton Railroad Company for CARRYING
two empty whiskey barrels from Mad
ison to ScOttsboro, with the revenue
stamps uncancelled. The Company
made proof that its shipping agents
were not aware that the stamps were
uncancclled, and that the barrels were
sent for the purpose Of filling them with
sorghum molasses. The Judge told the
jury that the Company were bound to
know whether the stamps were cancel
led or not, and ignorance of the fact was
no excuse.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
South CarnIina.

CHARLESTON. Dec. BIN the Kukluy
trials at Columbia, on Saturday, the
grand and petit iuries being organized
the former consisting of eight whites
and thirteen cOlored, and the latter OF
twenty whites and thirty-two colored.
several indictments under the KukluX
law were presented and the prosecution
moved to proceed with their trial. The
counsel for the Government asked for a
pOstponencnt of hearing until Monday
which the court granted. Mr.. Stanbcr-
ry, of Ohio, appeared with Rcverdv
Johnson for the defense.
The Legislature is addressing itself
mainly to the Inauguration of measures
ofrctrenchment and reform in the man
agemcnt Of the State finances. The
clamor of Reputation has subsidized, its
impracticabiliiy being generally con-
ceded.
Right Rev. Thos. Davis Protestant
Episcopal Bishop of South Carolina,
died suddenly AT Camden Yesterday.
He had been blind and feeble and par
TALLY incapacitated for the performance
of his ecclesiastical duties for many
wears past
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07

The Nashville B0aHcr says: ar. T.
Wilson n Co.. bankers of New York,
have tclegraphcd Comptroller Pcnne-
baker ofthc payment orthc Mobile and
ohio Railroad debts amounting to ST.
I&6'2jG. The following are the payments
in FIJI! though This house East TcnneS-
see, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
Company, Sl,llJ,Tj0; Nashville and
Decatur Railroad, $l,7S5,2jG. Total,
s.. j9G. &S5.'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
The Presidents Message.

The Message of President Grant was
delivered TO Congress on the 1th. We
have not seen full copy, but give be-
low synopsis found in the Knoxville
ChrORjc}e:
In the message, the President states
that the relations of the United States
with foreign powers continues friendly.
He refers to the settlement of the Ala
bama dispute by the Treaty of Wash
ington, and says that the example thus
set may be followed by other civilized
nations, and finally be the means of re-
turning to productive industry millions
Of men who are how retained to sctt lie
national disputes by the bayonct and
broad sword.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
lie commends the Ministers and Con
suls in France fer their course in pro-
tccting the interests of German subjects
in Paris during the war. lie informs
Congress that IN conformity with the
established precedent, he has recognized
the change of governments in Rome
and the Italian States. lie speaks. n:
the friendly relations between RdssH
and the United States, and refers 10 the
visit of Grand Duke Alexis and the
hospitable reception given him. In re-
lation to the Catacazy question the Presi-
dent says that the iueXcusable course of
The Russian Minister had rendered it
necessary for him to ask the Minister'S
recall and to decline TO receive that
tunctionary any longer.
CUBAN AFFATpS
lie recommends the education Of four
American youths III Japan and four in
China. He gives the history Of the diff
tiCulty in Corea. and leaves the subject
TO the action OF Congress. AS TO Cuban
affairs he says that he has Instructed
American navel commanders in Cuban
waters to protect the lives and liberties
Of bona tide citizens of the United
States and the dignity o. the fac, and
expresses the hope that all the pending
questions Between the United States
and Cuba may be adjusted in the shirt
of peace and cOnci.iation which has
heretofore guided both powers.
PACIFIC TRApE-srECIE PAYMENr-Ku-
KLUX.
He recommends Congress 10 take
measures to support the lines Of s;cam-
ships between san Francisco and China
and San Francisco and Japan. Also 20
take steps to bring about q return 10
specie payment. Also to unite The t2,c-
graphic system with the postal system
OF the United States. lie defends the
policy pursued III reference to ,hg stop
page Of kukluX outiagcs, and expresses
the belief that out Of the numerous A.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
"PCrSOnaIiticS."

AS all the parties to the controversy
in our advertising columns in regard to
Patent Medicines, &c, are our friends.
we must urge them to avoid as much as
possible anything that partakcs of per-
sonalities. The matter. if il is to be pro-
tracted, can be conducted without re-
sorting to free use of explosives, or to
terms of an offensive character.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
AasneiGa Market.

ATLANTA. GA. Dee. 4. 1871.
Corn, white 90aa2. Wheat, white .9Oa200;
Flour, per bbl supcrhnc G.00a7.O); family 500
nN,3o; extra family S5oa9.OO: fancy 0.l0nl0.00.
Corn Meal. 00no2. Bacon clear sides o; shout
urrS OMN13: hams l3al5. Lard, in ticrccs la
=. Butter, 2Oa2j Eggs, O0a27. Irish Po-
taloeS. per Dbl. 3,OOai.OO. Feathers, G5u1O.
Corn in fair demand: old stock exhausted
wheat wanted in small lots for seed. Hogs.
gross 3a34. and the present high rates Of freight
are very dlSrouraging to dealers from Middle
ana East Tennessee. and will soon kill the cusi-
ness. Eggs in good demand.
Respectfully,
STEPHENS e FLYNN.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
Dana Explains.

The New York SIN says the Louis
vile ComMcFci0i is generally sensible
paper: but it falls into ridiculous none
sense when it says that "thc editor of
the Sun has a bitter personal hostility
toward General Grant We have no
more hostility against General Grant
now than we had in 1863, when at Nicks-
burg we saved him from being relieved
from his command and sent back to sell
sole leather or n salary Of $500 Il year.
Supporting him then did not grow out
Of personal reasons; neither does op-
posing him now. He was q good GEN
c"al. but he i, Il very bad President. and
his continuance in Office would be an
uumiXcd evil to the country. This is
the whole story.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
RailrOading.

The Kansas Pacific Railroad is Gas
miles long, and passes through a coun-
try some portions of which are subject
to immense drifts of snow in the win
ter. and the fact there has been littla or
no delay in the running Of the trains on
this road shows that science is mastering
lating space.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
On 10 t,Ir SNn.

The work Of consolidation progresses.
y dispatch from Atlanta says:
The Louisville and Nashville and
Nashville and Decatur Railroad Com
pHmy. consolidated some time back with
the South and North Alabama. form
ing a line from Louisville to Monteom-
cry. are now in treaty to lease the Mont
@omory and Nufaua. aud Brunswick
them an nnbrokcn line to savannah and
BRUNSWICK.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
Killed.

Julian Frazier, son of Rev. Robert
Frazier, of Jackson county, Ala, was
killed last week, in Memphis, by falling
from third-story window. The father
of the unfortunate young man will be
remembered as n former citizen of this
place, and editor of the Athens Courier.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
Bacon.

There is said to be some old Bacon in
different parts of the county, and we
call attent ion to the fact that clear sides
are quoted in the markets South at and
cents. This fact may be of use TO par
ties who propose to "bacon their hogs
rather than sell at cents gross.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
Athcas 2ust.
Athens, Thursaay. Dec. >. 1874.
Congress.

The relative strength of The parties in
the new Congress which assembled on
the 4th is as follows: Senate. fifty-six
Republicans, seventeen Democrats; in
the House, one hundred and forty Re-
pubicans, and one hundred and three
Democrats,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
Municipal Corporations.

a bill to repeal the act eXemptng
from execution &nd attachment the
property of municipal corporations, has
passed third reading in the Senate.
Before passing, the bill was so amended
as to make all property. personal and
real, Of municipal corporations subject
to execution.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
AtheiStic Missionaries.

AT a meeting of Free Thinkers and
Infidels recently held in Liverpool, a
resolution was passed to establish agcn-
cies throughout the country for the cir
culation of tracts. to provide for lectures
and for the equipment OF missionaries
to propagate free thinking ideas.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
q q NJ Va 7! " CHAT..
Athens Market.

ATHENS. Dee. 6.
Wheat l.10al.30; Flour. fmily. 400: Oats
10 cents; Bacon Sal0; Fruit-Applcs cents
per III, Peaches 5u7; Feathers 81: Butter 70
cents; Eggs II. Chickens Is. Lard l0aI2I5,
according to qnals,y. New Corn 30 cts.
Pork, gross cents: nett cents.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
PENNSYLVANIA.

The Harrisburg IciegraPh-republi-
can state organ-rcgarls the efforts OF
the anti-Grant men to prevent the Gen
erals denomination as only tending to
increase public respect and confidence
in him, and to make certain the event
which they so much dread and dcpre-
cate. The IclegyUph does not appear
to think that Pennsylvania will 90 for
General Hancock, Tom Scott, Judge
Woodward or ''any other Pennsylvania
an" the anti-Grant men may nominate.
A WAsHINGToN dispatch states that
Senator Stockton and Casscrly deny
that they favor Il movement to Join the
Democratic party to the anti-Grant Re-
pubicans. They think such q move
ment now premature.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07

TIE Attorney General of the United
States has decided that a railroad, aided
by donation Of public lands. is pub
lie highway throughout its length, and
the United States is not subject to-
charges for transportation. The opin-
ion refers specially to the road from
Chicago to Mobile.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
Important Railroad Movement.

An Atlanta date says, Il movement for
a railroad from the Ohio river to the
South Atlantic Sca-board is nearly COM
plctcd The scheme includes steam
ship line with Europe. an unhroScm line
from Louisville to Savannah and Bruins
wick. via Montgomery. The projectors
have ample capital and experience.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07

1T is now stated that Mayor Hall and
Boss Tweed have commenced suit in
the New York Supreme Court against
the Committee of Seventy. The, coun-
try will be much disappointed if that
Committee doesn't turn out to be big
ger fraud than ever Tammany was.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07

THE Courts have decided that Mrs.
Gaines is not Legitimate child of Da-
vid Clark nor his universal legatce, and
rcvokes the Probate Clerks will of
1913, probatcd in 1865, as invalid. Mrs.
Gaines relied mainly on this will to sub
stantiate her claims.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07

TENNESSEE BONDS closed in New
York on the 4th at 60 for Old, and 65l@
for new issues.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07

GOLD, New York, eth, opened weak
at llO26. closed llOl4. Cotton advanced
to 10 cents.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07

The Kentucky Legislature convened
on the 4th, but effected no organization.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
FROM our latest dispatches it would

FROM our latest dispatches it would
seem the Presidents Message is not
very well received by the New York
press. The W0Hd thinks itan election
eering document, while the Sun, Radl-
cal, says it is bungling and BICYCLING,
and unworthier of respect than any
former Presidents Message.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
DENr. OF eorrnERN sTArEs

The suo-NUhluX committee on the
debts Of ;ho Southern States, appointed
20 ascertain how much these debts have
been increased since the war. will soon
make ;hoir report. and present the most
Astounding record OF fraud ana corrup-
ton ever known in modern history. The
evidence already shows that they have
been increased overa hundred millions
of dollars.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
NhO0e Island.

1t is well known that the first cotton
mill built in the United States was built
in Rhode Island about 1890 BY Samuel
slater, who Struggled some patterns of
cotton-spinniEg machinery ont of Eng
land, and manufactured and erected
machinery at PawtucSet. From this
small beginning that State has probably,
become the largest manufacturer OF cot
ton, in proportion to area and popula-
ton, in the United States: and this
branch of industry may justly be re-
gardcd as the foundation of the wealth,
influence and prosperity of that State.
Other important manufacturing enter
prises have followed in the train of thiS.
W. ID. Wallach, formerly editor of
the Washington star, died at Culpep-
per, Virginia, last week.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07

The case Of Gen. picasonton. suspend
cd under the civii-service act rs Com
missioner Of Internal Revenue, will
come before the Senate. and it is learned
That he will be able to make pretty
strong record against the course OF the
Secretary Of the Treasury. One Of his
points, it is said, rests in the fact that
the Government has failed to collect all
die New York Central Railroad divi-
0end tax. which Pleaaonton decided
.MOull be paiN.