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The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-03-02

A DETROIT man went out shooting pigeons,
and took flask Of brandy with him. On re-.
turning home be struck racing track In Che
suburbs Of the city, and went around 10 al
night, wondering why he didn't get to Detroit.
At daylight the matter was made plain TO him,
and he has sworn of That night 90 mile
track was the very best temperance lecture no
ever had.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-03-02

AN UNdoDLY SET.-A religious journal
published in Chicago states that eighteen per
cent. Of the population of that city are con.
nected with Protestant churches, fifteen per
cent with Catholic, and sixty-six per cent. have
no religious connection at all.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-03-02

RATHER rough on carpetbaggers was the
remark of darkey laboring on the streets of
Savannah with ball and chain attached to his
leg, who, on being asked why he was thus or.
namented, replied: "Massa, dat am 10 keep de
carpetbaggers from stealing oh do ball; kase
If yer don't hitch tito nigga, dat ball be gone
for suahni
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-03-02

REARREsTED.-Sheriff Jackson, of Trinity
county, Cal, has again been arrested, q new
indictment having been found against him by
the United States Grand Jury for collecting
foreign miners tax from Cinnamon.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-03-02

A CoLoRED woman desires the City Coun.
Gil Of Atlanta, Ga, TO vote some relief to her
son who was recently injured by falling from .
tree when out 'possum hunting.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-03-02

CAMErs.-A train Of camels is employed 10
packing salt from the salt works in Nevada in-
to Virginia City. They enter and depart at
night.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-03-02

FINED FOR NOT SUCCEEDING.-A woman
in Pittsburgh, Pa. named Mrs. Bittner, was
tried before Mayor Callow and fined $50 and
costs for attempting to commit suicide.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-03-02

SUsTArNED.-The ordinance of San Fran.
cisco prohibiting Chinese from carrying bas.
kets on the sidewalks has been sustained BY
Judge McKinstry.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-03-02

NAME WOULDN'T SAVE HrM.-A colored
individual, sailing under the name of Henry
Ward Beecher, was recently convicted Of lar
ceny at Los Angeles. 1890. a
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-03-02

THERE are one thousand and eighty.nine
log school-houses in use In Illinois.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-03-02

AMxEsrY.-'rhe Missouri Legislature hasl
passed resolution asking Congress 70 pass N
full and complete amnesty act. shd
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-03-02

A MARRIAGE Ia Indiana was postponed o9
the absurd excuse that the bridegrocm had nve
living wives snd 5000 breach Of promise
suit pending against him.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-03-02
2rnfessional Cards.
SAM'L A. MERRITT

A TToRNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. OF.
"A hce on Commercial street, second door above
be court house. nltf
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-03-02
IRO. AISSLiE.
L. Z. FoorE.
AINSLIE ~ FOOTE

4 TTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW, IDA
N no City. Patents obtained for mining lodes
Inder act OF Congress of July 2G. iSG6. 0FFfcE-Or
AL street. opposite Andrews L Co. 3 store. milf
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
The Editor.

The New York World. referring to a
practice Of Alex. H. Stephens of sign
ing the initials "a. II. S." 10 his edito-
rails. makes this point:
Intelligent people look into ncwspa-
pers to learn the DRIFT and tendency of
public opinion: and the value and eff
cheney of an editor depends more upon
his political connections and represent
tative character than upon the peculi-
arities Of his individual views. The
public cares nothing for what a monk
may think in his cell; and it values at
about the same rate what all egotist may
choose to put forth over his own sigma
ture. Thoughtful men read newspapers
to find what other people thirk, not to
learn the morbid anatomy of some
crotchety mind. which not content to
rest its claims to attention on the value
Of its facts and the force of its logic.
thrusts forward its personality as ifthat
were of any real weight.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
Upper East Tennessee.

We clip the following from the Jones.
boro Flag of last week:
The long continued and rtlinous
drouth still prevails in Upper East Ten
nessee. Everything nearly of vege-
table nature is parched and ruined
The corn crop. except along the river
bottoms, is, to use common phrase,
"gone up" There are hundreds Of
acres, that will not yield q reck Of corn
to the acre. II is now too late for rain
to be of much benefit to this crop.
The Rogersvile Reporter Of the 18th
says: ..- co.,. w..
The excessive drouth still continues.
Farmers report that some corn-fields in
the county will not average one bushel
to the acre.
The Bristol Courier of the same date
says: ... 90. .... a
The prospects for a good corn crop
in upper East Tennessee is very poor
In some localities tolerable crop will
be made, but, in others, there has been
no rain for some six or eight weeks,
and 1t will DO an entire failure.
The Maryville Republican Of last
Saturday notices several localities in
Blount county where the corn is "burnt
about TO crisp" and says:
From all parts Of the county we get
reports like the above. and with plenty
of rain from now until crops are ma
tured the county will average only a
half crop and if the drouth continues
the estimate will be much smaller.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
News Items,

There are said to be twelve hundred
visitors at the Grecnbrier White Sui
phur Springs, Virginia.
Fifty business houses and dwellings
were burned at Dallas, Oregon, OH the
18th instant.
The California Republicans are in a
muddle about the heather Chinee.
Some Of the radical papers are quot
ing Brick Pomeroy approvingly. Now,
don't that beat the devil!
In portions of Wythe county, Vir.
ginia, grass and corn are parchcd to a
crisp, and the paper says similar COM
plants reach it from other counties.
There are 100000 miles Of telegraph
wire in Europe, 10000 in America,
$4,000 in India. and 10000 in Austria
liza. This don't include the submarine
cables.
Fifty suits have been already com
menced against the Staten Island Fer
rv company for damages occasioned by
the Westficl1 explosion.
A white girl, aged about II years,
was found dead in the fence corner. q
few days ago, four miles from Loudon.
No name or identification.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
Organizing.

Tie republican organ at the national
capital "is authority for tho state.
ment that the republicans Of the South.
crn States are organizing an association
to be known as the National Guard
The same paper says that the object o.
the association is to punish the Kuklux
and TO take the law into their own
hands for that purpose" The Congress.
sional Kuklux Investigation having fail.
ed TO amount to anything very credit
able or satisfactory TO its authors, il is
more than likely that the real object of
the organization named is to provoke
trouble and difficulties, with hope of
manufacturing capital for the Presiden-
tial election. Judging by their action
in the past, there is hardly any conceiv-
able enornity that the leaders of the
radical party will not undertake to re-
tain power.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
The Carpet-Ba0ger.

Here is something, from thesWash-
ington Patriot, more just than we gen.
orally find in reference to the "carpet-
baggars :"
The magic of works for good or evil
is very great. A nickname has, as poetry
tells us, dishonored or at least discred.
tied, many a noble cause. An attrac-
tive, pleasantly sounding phrase has
beautified many very unworthy man
or thing. Cavalier" covers great vari-
ETY. of wrong. and "Roundhead" much
that is of good, and puritan" aword
of delicious origin, has, according to the
point Of view from which It is regarded,
all sorts Of signifcation. Our civil war
had its coinage of words, some of them
Of precise and some of very loose sig
nificance. "Scalawag," a false, recreant
Southern man, admits of no equivo-
cation. 1t is incarnate in Holden, WAL
lace, Poole, Brown of Georgia, and 9TH
ers of that detested tribe. who, in the
chrysalis state, were the most bitter
rebels, and now, with gaudy wings-rcd,
white, aud blue-soar as loyal butter
flies. But the other offensive word,
which is usually associated with "scala-
wag," is loose and admits Of all sorts of
elevation and prostitution. Literally
and strictly itdescribes those who, when
the war was over, carpet-bag in hand,
and with the limited amount Of clean
linen which carpet-bag implies, went
South to better their fortunes. 1t COM
prises. unfortunately, in its comprehen-
siveness the vagabond adventurcr who,
without character, and unable to make
a living at home, with no sacred or FAM
iliar ties. to bind him there, migrated for
mere plumber. But 1t also includes the
many Northern men, who, animated by
the highest motives, and not the less
high because fairly selfish, saw in the
desoated and relatively vacant South a
field where good might be done, and
legitimate industry, with its fair rival
ries. pursued; who went there honestly
to settle, and, il they could, assimilate
themselves-make themselves integral
parts of the social aggregate. There are
many such, and it would be rank injus-
tice to coufound them with the dis
creditable class TO which we have re-
ferred
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
Trade.

The New York Herald says: There
has not been since the war such activity
i'll trade this early in the season and
with such a promise for the future.
This is particularly the case in the dry
goods trade. The grocery merchants,
both wholesale and retail, evidently an
ticipate brisk business, for we notice
that the foreign importations of wines.
fruits and other things in this trade
have been heavy. 1t has been stated
that nearly double the amount was i'm
ported last week over the importations
for the corresponding week of last year,
and that larger and unusual quantities
are on the way. The clothing manu-
faturers and dealers, the hardware es-
adjustments, and merchants md traders
in other goods, are in similar expec.
tant and prepared condition for the
the opening trade.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
The Public Printing,

John Baxter charges through the col
umns Of the Knoxville Chronicle-and
that paper endorses and reiterates the
charge-Jones, Purvis & Go. the public
printers at Nashville, with stealing $780,
900 of the public money in the shape of
overcharges for work done. Here now
is matter for more legislative investi-
eating committees, with perhaps half
dozen SANDER suits in the distance. We
have known Jones and Purvis for some
years. and never knew either of the
gentleman to steal anything more valu-
able than a newspaper paragraph. In
regard to the parties embraced in the
"Co.," I'VE will not, however, undertake
to vouch, as there may be an honest rad
ical or two among the number. We pre-
sumo the charge will be ventilated, and
if there is really anything in it, suit will
at once he instituted by the State au-
thorities for the recovery of the stolen
property. Let justice be done though
the heavens fall, and every one who has
a dollar of the peoples money in his
hands, wrongfully obtained, be made to
disgorge, circumfund, shell out and
hand over.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Morton.

Senator Morton, the oracular spokes-
man Of President Grant. but who would
not mind much to take the race himself,
addressed an immense throng at St.
Louis on the 18th. He is reported as
thinking the chances of the present in
cumbent Of the Presidential office the
best al this time for the nomination.
He opposed State sovereignty, as taught
by the Democrats, ard says there is no
safety for the people without centraliza-
ton. This idea Of centralization-di-
vesting the States of all rights and pow
err and lodging these in the general gov
neutrality-suspicious. in the radical
mind, though few of the leaders have
the frankness and sincerity, like Senator
Morton, to make proclamation of the
fact. Let US hope the people will wake
up to the real designs of the leaders of
this bad organization before it is too
late
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
Important Decision.

We understand that at the recent term
Of the Circuit Court at this place, in the
case of Alfred Hanks as. Calvin Den.
ton, the defendant plead the statute OF
lilnitations-that is, that the note sued
on was barred by reason of having been
executed six years, after counting ott
the time that the statute was suspended
by the amended Constitution of the
State. To this plea the plaintiff de-
INJURED, alleging that the war itself sus-
pended the statute from April, 1861, to
May, 1865; and the Court sustained the
demurrer. This decision, we are told, if
it should be sustained by our Supreme
Cortland it is point upon which we
have no adjudication-will revive many
an old, but just debt.
We learn the discussion was partici-
pated In by almost all the Bar present,
from which 1t was elected that the doc
trine sustained In the decision of the
Court is the doctrine Of the common
law, and the law as now held by the
Supreme Court Of the United States.
We learn, also, that a large majority of
the members of the Bar In attendance
on tho Court sustain the decision.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
General Grant.

A New York paper says: "On the
third Of March, just before he assembled
the Capitol steps to take the oath of Of
flee, General Grant accepted q gift of
$4,000. On the fifth of March, with
the pledges of his inaugural lingering
on his lips, he appointed the largest
contributor to this fund Secretary of
the Treasury, and the two most active
agents in raising it Sub-Treasurer and
Collector of the Customs at New York
AS Americans, we blush to acknowl-
edge the truth of the above paragraph.
No other President left such record
to darken and blast his fame.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
Postmaster General Creswell.

From Washington date it seems Mr.
Creswell is paying the penalty of not
always having been in good standing in
the Radical Court. One of the admin
istration organs in that city has opened
upon him, and among other things
charges that nepotism reigns all through
his department, and that he is constant
ly in the habit of giving preference to
rebels over Union men in his clerical
appointments. Grant having appointed
not less than two hundred of his own
and Mrs. G.'s kinsmen to Office under
the government, it occurs to us that the
charge of nepotism against the Post
master General by the central organ of
the administration is rather cheeky.
We believe, however. that Gen. Grant
has never appointed rebel to office ex.
cept in the case of Longstreet, who is n
remote relation of the Presidential wife.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
The Heather i'm his Blindness.

All the little boys in San Francisco
have a passionate tohdness for going
to Sunday school. because they can vary
monotony Of the religious exercises by
proving to the pagan Cinnamon whom
they meet in the streets how blessed
are the influences of christianity upon
the converted mind. They go in gangs
these Sunday-school scholars-and
when Chinaman approaches they get
at him and pound him to death with
Bibles and literary books, and then
pitch pennies with their missionary
money to decide which boy shall have
the dead mans queue. Then they go on
their way TO school, and the snperin-
tendent gives out the hymn about THE
heathens in his blindness"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
Horace Greeley's Position.

The following from the New York
tribune settles Mr.. Greeley's position
on the Presidential nomination.:
The personal views of Horace Gree
ley on the denomination Of Grant are
these: He favors the one term principle,
and believes that another Republican
candidate for President can be selected
who will encounter less opposition and
win more support than General Grant,
and he therefore advocates such selec-
ton. But should his views be overrul-
ed, and the General nominated, he holds
his election infinitely more preferabl to
that of any candidate whom the Demo-
Gratis may nominate. His personal
views impel him to deprecate a Demo-
cratic national triumph as one of the
gravest national calamities, and this is
his main reason for wishing The selec-
ton of Republican candidate for
President who will be more certain of
success than General Grant.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
List of Revenue Defaulters.

A Washington date says the Secre-
tary of the Treasury will soon issue a
detailed statement Of the defalcations
and unadjusted accounts of Collectors
Of Internal Revenue since the establish
ment of the Bureau. 1t is said the list
will show an aggregate of defalcations
at the close of the last fiscal year of
seven millions. seven hundred and six
ty-eight thousand, three hundred and
ninety-seven dollars. Nearly eight mil
lions. and that, too, without eliciting a
single note of condemnation from the
honest radical press of the country.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
Another Picture.

Gen. Thos. Ewing, of Ohio, said of
Gen. Grant in his recent speech at Co.
lumbus:
He is both ignorant and careless of the
duties and obligations his high Office
has probably never read the Constitu-
ton. for it is not published in the Army
Regulations or the Stud Book, is bold,
INSCRIPTIONS. ambitious, selfish, and as
cold as tayonet. If he don't use that
law next year with that pupose and eff
isct, it will be because the Northern
people show a returning sense of value
of constitutional liberty, or because the
Ku.klux and carpet barggers combined
can't concoct sufficiently plausible pre-
texts, or because Horace Greeley beats
him for the Republican nomination.
Let us hope for the honor ofthe coun.
try, that all these contingencies will
happen. ... .
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
Tannany.

The Now York Times, which always
tells the truth when the truth will an
swer its purpose, says there are sixty
republicans holding important Offices
under Tammany. Now it may be that
these sixty honest souls have been do
ing the enormous amount of stealing
with which Tammany is charged. 1t is
written somewhere that one cannot
touch pitch without being defiled. Tam.
many should take dose of something
strong and purge itself, otherwise its
reputation will be likely to suffer.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
Fire I! Fire 4!

Fires seem to be OF more frequent &C.
currence than usual. At Warsaw. In.
diana. ID buildings were burned on the
2lst. including the Baptist Church. AT
Virginia City, Nevada, so buildings
were burned. The first was caused by
spontaneous combustion the latter by
an incendiary. At Williamsport, Pa,
the Waverly House and 80 other build
ings were destroyed. Ward Hospital,
on Center street, New York. burned
same day. Fires. many of them the
work of incendiaries, are announced as
occurring in other localities.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
Another Case in Kentucky.

Last week negro ravished little
white girl near Fulton Station, and then
cut her throat and threw her into a pond.
The following dispatch from Louisville
tells what happened afterwards:
The negro who outraged and murder
cd a little girl near Fulton Station, a
few days since, was taken from Jail the
night of his arrest and shot through
seven times, and lett for dead. Next
morning he was found sitting up, and
was taken to Jail and had his wounds
dressed, but afterwards he was taken
out and hung. He confessed his crime.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
G 0 Ill M E R CT A L.
A tlanta Market.
ATLANTA. GA. Aug.

ATLANTA. GA. Aug. 90, 1871.
Corn, white 9OaOO. Wheat, white sba
600; red 000a1.60 Rye, LOO. Oats, 60a70.-
Flour, superfine per 100 lbs. O.OOa8.0O extra
3.60a3. 10; extra family 4.OOaO.OO; fancy 4.50a
900; Bacon shoulders 7Has; clear sides Oh
cans 10. Butter. 20. Eggs, 1sa2U Irish Pots.
Feathers, 65aT0.
Market quiet with a slight improved feeling
In Corn; Meats dull, without prospect of any
advance; Irish Potatoes IN good demand, we
would advise Shipment; good Oats for seed
will be wanted from this time until first next
November. and shippers should avail them
selves Of this advantage to dispose Of stocks at
good prices.
Respectfully ......, 4. ia..
STEPHENS q FLYNN.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
History Repeats Itself.

Once their was Roman Emperor
namad Pertinax. When he was raised
to the throne he resigned to his relatives
his whole private fortune. His reason for
doing this was that they might have no
pretence to solicit favors at the expense
of the State. Useless s. Grant has
profited by this example in Roman his
tory, only he has turned over all the Of
foes ofthe Republic to his relatives, that
they may have no excuse to solicit
favors at the expense of himself. So
says the New York Sun.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
A Beautiful Tribute to Virginia.

A Beautiful Tribute to Virginia.
In speech recently made at Louis.
vile Kentucky, the Hon. d. w. Voor-
hees. of Indiana said:
"If I. on the other hand, was calling
witnesses for the Democracy, l would
point first to the old State of Virginia.
the most afflicted of all. the most torn
to pieces of all with her male popula-
ton driven away, her bosom threshed
with the throshing machine Of death
from one border to the other. She has
emerged as from fire of tent fold heat.
but she has fallen into the hands of
Conservatism and not Of Radicali,m.
and no Radical, not even Ben. Butler,
dares wag his foul tongue or point his
feonious finger at her. Cheers And
this l said to him, on the floor OF the
House. Virginia. the very head and
front of the struggle on the part of the
South-she in whose bosom lies more
buried valor than in any other equal
ground that the sun shines upon APP
plause] where heroes, surprising
those that Homer sung Of, met and
FLASHED their swords and bled and died
she on whose fate the whole South
hung, who never faltered. and when her
great leaders laid down their sw ords all
others were laid down."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24
Presidential.

Below is the latest item we have met
with relative to the great figure-head of
the North American Republic. II dates
from Long Branch, on the Jersey coast
not from Washington City, where
some of the earlier Presidents used to
reside:
''The President remained at home to-
day, with his family. while George Fran
kcnstein made q sketch of his cottage.
The picture is being painted for the
Boston Art Gallery"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24

A CONVICT named Frank Heidlinger
was shot and killed at the Penitentiary
last Saturday morning, by guard ma
med Phelps. Heidlinger had just arriv-
ed at the prison from Giles county,
where he had been convicted of mali
cious stabbing. The killing is regarded
at Nashville as cold-bloodcd murder.
Phelps escaped, and Governor Senter
has offered reward of $3.50 for his ap-
prehension.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-08-24

We learn that citizen of the I'd civil
district Of this county named Andrew
Vandegriff. lost his life last week BY de-
sccnding into well in which there was
foul air. He was Immediately prostrat-
ed Oh reaching the bottom. and died be-
fore relief could be afforded.