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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01
a Word of Caution.

When men become heated and excited
in political contests they are apt to re-
sort to unusual appliances to carry their
point, aud we want to indulge in a word
of caution TO orr friends. The air at
this time is thick with reports in regard
to Mr.. JOhnsoms strcngth-sOmc Ot
them almost too gross for belief, Others
calculated TO mislead such as are not
possessed Of proper facilities for OBJ
taiUiug the true state of III. case. II is
against this latter that we desire to warn
our friends. We have given our impress
sions on the subject several timcs-
written with de'ibcra,ion and free from
excitement or prejudice, and with no
other object than TO promote what we
be believe to be the safest course. Such
MS differ with MS are, most Of them, no
doubt lust MS sincere as we claim 80 be.
Tho only trouble is, some people arc
more snnsuine in their nature than 9TH
crs, more susceptible of bias, and con.
sequcuily easily deceived. We could
have no motive to dcccive-wc don't
know that others have. We deem il
much more important to defeat May
nard than to elect either Cheatham OF
johnson. A large majority Of our pc.
Ii,.cal friends in this county agree with
Us in this, aud we simply throw out n
word of caution 10 put them on their
guard against any exaggerated reports
that may be floating round. They are
in the line Of safe presidents in voting
'"r the nominee aud standing by tie or
grnizaliom Of the part. We see no real
safety out-il' o. 'l,i- either ~ respect
10 ,gn present election or tnut " hclI is
,eiollow two years hence.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01
Wills.

The New York Tiibnnc says some
thing about wills, which may be of adj
vantage:
After reading three or four para.
graphs about recently contested wills.
we came to q notice Of the last testament
of Mr.. Seward. We might have prcdic-
ted that it would turn out TO be, as we
are told that it is, "a clear, succinct docn-
mcnt, singularly free from legal tcchni-
calitics." Mr.. Seward was not only a
LAWYER but ccar-hcadea and careful
one, so that it was safe for him to do
what it il most dangerous for most to
do-wrtc his own will. This. however,
is something which no nOn-proiessional
person should attempt; that is, il he in
lends disposition of his estate in any
way rcqniringa will at all. We do not
mean to say. however, that it is always
safe to 90 to a lawyer, since it is quite
possible that he may be either ignorant
or careless. There are two WAYS, how
ever. of avoiding all trouble. The first
| is. to dispose of you" estate while Iiv.
ing; the second. and best perhaps. is to
leave the distribution to the law. If the
last course requires yon to forgive injn-
res and to do good to those who may
have despitclully used you, so much the
better!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01
Grant for 1876.

We have seen various proposals for
rc-nomina,ing Grant in lS7G-made i'm
mcdiatcly after the October elections.
when hi, creatures went crazy over his
unexpected success in buying up Penn
svIvania, and believed the other thirty.
six States equally pLrchaaablc. Here
is tir,t-ratc notice appropos of this
from the Baltimore G":eiie:
There dwclls in Washington an anon
vmous blacS"uard, wearing no doubt,
the collar Of Grant. but evidently aSham-
ed of his masters notified livery. who
has been sending round to Tie ncwspa-
pers an mpndcnl paragraph written on
u dirty scrap of paper. announcing the
great Ulyssr, for election in 1876. Such
Journals, rs treated the miSSivc with the
silent contempt it mcrited were subsc-
Qucntly treated with repetition OF the
same on the back of which was scrawl.
ed in scarcely Ineligible chirography :
You dare not publish this tichct, d--n
vou.'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01
OGicc-HoIdcrs and Onicc-Scckcrs.

oIIltc-llOlucTS anu ''''''-''''NN''
A correspondent Of the Herdtd, who
Is travelling IN the interior counties OF
New York. draws the following nice
distinction between the olicc-holdcr
and the "oihcr chap" who expects one :
notice several custom house bum
mcrs among the orators Of the govern
ment They nrc wonderfully effective,
considering the little they know; but
then they talk not for love of the thing.
bu, for their bread and butter. There
is MS much difference between the style
of speaker who is simply allowed his
expenses and the dim prospect OF IN Of
flee in the future and that Of the con-
scious ofiiccholdcr, rs between the hea'
w villain in the tragedy and the walk.
Ing gentleman in the drama. Heavy
villain office-holder will burst his blood
vessels, tear his hair and rip himself to
pieces generally in the mad fcrvor o. his
appeal to give his "boss' another term
of Office. Walking gentleman not in Of
flee and only getting his expenses Will
drcorouslv rccitc the political liturgy
set down for him, aud hurry Otto din
ncr when he gets through with his lob,
The same writer has this to say about
Senator Conking, and Henry Wilson,
the Grant candidate for the Vice Prcsi-
dcncv:
Conkling is not the greatest wiscacrc
and statesman who has lived since the
DAYS of Moses. but he tries to make his
country audiences think so. Conkling
desires them to 20 away with the i'm
preston that no greater man ever came
before and that there is no manner OF
chance for any ono as great to come at.
Ter him. Wilson grinds the same old
organ, the turc beginning "The rcpnb-
lican par-tcc is the par tee of liberty,
humanity and great moral i-dcars.'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01
N!iSSiSSippi.
The Southern Heruid, published il
Amitc county, Miss, saws:

The Southern Herald, published in
Amitc county. Miss, says:
For the first time since the surrender.
we have to chronicle a rape committed
on white woman by u negro in Onr
county. Hitherto we have escaped. On
Sunday last, "A Young lady and her little
sister were returning from church or
Sabbath school at Mount Vernon
church, in the southern part of the coun-
". They were pursued by a negro man
and ovcrtakcn, and the Young lady sciz-
ed and ravshcd in the most cruel and
brutal manner. The little girl ran to the
nearest house. some half or three-qnar-
icrs of mile distant, and gave the
alarm. In short time. q number OF the
citizens were collected together, when n
thorough search for the villain was be-
gun. The negro was unknown TO the
young lady, but from description
given by her number of negroes were
taken before her. None proved to be
the one, until. on Tuesday morning fol-
lowing. suspicious were directed to
Sam. Russell, young negro man living
on the place of VIM. Linscy. lie was
arrested, brought into the presence Of
the young lady and her sister and at
once identified. He was carried before
Justice Facundas. the charge fully in
vestigatcd, and he was committed to
iail.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01
Terrible Steamboat Disaster.

KEY VEST FLA. Oct 30-Thc steam
ship Missouri. Capt. Curtis. which left
New York Oc,ohcr 18th. for Havana
and Nassau, was burned off Abaco. 1t
is reported that over eighty lives were
lost.
A steamer arrived here from Nassau,
this afternoon, at 3: 80 O'Clock, which
brought the above intelligence.
The steamer Arna which arrived here
at 80 O'Clock, this afternoon, from Mas
sau. brought intelligence Of The burn
ing OF the steamer Missouri, Ell route
persons she had on board, only twelve
are known to be saved. The captain and
crew Of the Inflated vessel are said to
be among those who have persisted.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01
MalIry County.

A letter from Maury county. in this
State, says:
| havc been in all parts of the county,
and have put myself to some trouble to
ascertain the relative strength of the
candidates for Congress at large. II
there is not an element for Mr.. johnson
which is not developed, he cannot get
more than onc-lourth of the Dcmorra-
tic Conservative vote, and indeed do
not believe he vii! get that, as lie is los
ing ground daily. We vote about $500
Democratic votes in this county. My
honest judgment is Johnson will not get
over 500, and YOU need not be surprised
by the election if he does not get over
500.
We notice reports similar to the above
in nearly all our Middle Tennessee cx.
changes. There seems to be q strong
disposition to stand by the organization
of the party.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01

Viz b
We wish in all candor and with much
caincsincss to call the attention Of Mr..
Johnson's friends to one striking fact.
They have been made to believe that he
is very strong in the State. We wish to
ask who, more than the Radicals them
selves. have tried to make this impress
sion? We will cite a few instances.
Judge Henry G. Smith, the Radical
Elcc,or, made broad defense of John
son in his speech Mt Somciville last
Monday, avowing at the same time that
he was no Johnson man. Again at Par
is last week. il was discovered that those
who chccred loudest for Johnson were
Maynard's strongest friends. Aud
again, at Jackson the 18th, the Radicals
assisted largely in making the Johnson
noise. Such reports reach It's through
our exchanges from nearly every por-
ton Ofthc State. and we do not hesitate
to put them down rs strictly reliable.
What arc we to infer from the cheers
and compliments bestowed on johnson
by the open supporters of Maynard
The conclusion is obvious. They wish
to counicract the opinion that Johnson
is the weaker man, and thus rally 20 his
support men who would otherwise vote
for Cheaillam, and in this way make an
equal division Of the Conservative vote.
while the Radical strength will be cast
as solid shot for Maynard, and his
election would be a certainty. This is
without doubt the plan of the May
nard party.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01

Col. CoLYAR has issued a character
istic circular, in which he claims all
the counties in Middle Tennessee for
johnson. If Mr.. Colyar's Judgment
about Mr.. Johnson's prospects is 10 bet
ter than it was in his own case the last
time he announced himself fo- Cover
nor, his figures won't alarm anybody
much
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01

Ex.Gov. Bard and Col. V. a. Gaskill
Of Chattanooga. hoLorcd us with n cal
on Tuesday. These distinguished gen.
tlcmcn are circulating in the interest OF
ULYSSES Grant" and "Bill Crutchiield. y
Tuesday night, they each spoke An houl
and half ut the CourtIIousc TO u full
audience, and were listened to will
interested attention. They left on the
eastern train Wednesday morning.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01
The First District.

We learn from well-nformcd gen
,lcman, who resides in the First Dis
irict, that there il little doubt Of the
election Of Carter, the Conservative can.
didate. Our informant says he will re-
ceive the votes Of many Republicans
who are tired Of Butler and his long tai
Of kin folks, whom lie has been keep
ing in office at tho expense of the pub
IL,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01
Bully District.

Hon. David a. Mum, eX-mcmber of
Congress, has announced hims elf an in
dependent Republican candidate for
Congress in the Eighth Tennessee Dis
trict, and VIM. Vaughn, the present in
cumbent aud Democratic candidate, has
withdrawn, leaving three other indie
pendent Democrats in the field.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01
Poll Tax.

The Constitutional provision rcquir-
ing voters to give to Judges Of election
satisfactory evidence that he has paid his
poll tax does not take effect IN 1872, and
consequently does not include the cleo
ton next Tuesday. NopoIl tax certifi-
cate is required this year, and no separ-
ate ticket for Congressman at large, but
all on one ticket and vote into one boy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01
Polk.

A well informed gentleman Of Polk
county writs as follows:
Our county will vote almost solid fcr
General Chcatham. There are perhaps
100 johnson men in the county to-day,
but large majority of them say that
if Cheatham is shown TO be the strong
man with which to beat Maynard. that
they will vote for him. Cheatham will
receive about 800 votes mere and Nav
nard about $50
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01

THE election will be over in few
days. and il our readers are half as tired
of the business rs we are they will not
regret its termination. We hope to bc
able in a week or two to furnish them
with better and larger variety ofrcad-
ing matter.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01
The LEGISLATURE.

We desire our friends TO keep this
feet in mnd-that the Legislative cleo
lions in Tennessee just now are more
important than any Others, and should
receive a full share of attention. What
would it advantage TO carry every Con-
gressional District aud lose the Legis-
laturcp
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01

The Johnson demonstration at Nash
vile last Saturday night was no doubt a
very respectable affair, but didn't quite
number 10000 voters. as the Banner
and others claim. According to the last
census Nashville has population of
25,SG5, aud it is hardly reasonable that
more than 1900 of these were oft on
parade on the occasion alluded to. II
we didn't know better, we would sus-
pect some of Mr.. Johnson's friends of
= disposition TO cxaggeratc little.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01
Judge Key.

a document is anoat charging tina,
Judge Key turned Union men out
of Office and appointed Rebel Clerks
aud Masters in their stead. AS the hes,
answer to the charge OF discrimination
against Union meh we publish the fol.
lowing list of Union men appointed
Clerks and Masters by Judge Key:
S. i. HALE, Monroe.
Jony ALLEY, Scquatchic.
n. +. CUsTEAD, Cumberland.
T.. II. RoDDY, James.
J. VI. HENDERSON, McMinn.
Five out of twelve.
OCT of these five. Mcssrs. Hale, Gus.
tead, aud Roddy, we arc informed are
Republicans.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01

THAT old "Ey Confed." who has been
dating johnson letters from every coun.
ty town and railway station in the State,
was at Knoxville when last heard from.
His identity isas unmistakabe as pole.
cotsc
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01

CARE we to pay debts incurred BY the
Rebellion p is the CHASTITY heading of an
article which has been running through
the columns of the Radical papers OF
Tennessee for the last few weeks. The
poor miscrIblcs must be hard up for
soap when they resort to such lies.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01

CoLYAR in his last edition thinks Lin
coin county may possibly go for Cheat
ham. There are just two things which
Col. {. knows infallibly: one is, that he
wants to be Governor-the other, that
he never will be.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01

The efforts of the johnson papers to-
prove that rcbelism is still rampant in
Tennessee, is said to be seriously dam
aging the Presidential ticket North and
West.
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important Decision.

We are indebted to the Knoxville
Chronicle for the following interesting
information:
When the delinquent railroads were
sold by the State, an effort was made to
have the Chlnc"rN Court nj Nashville.
in which the proceedings for sale were
Instituted. incorporate in The decree of
sale, a clause saving the railroad com.
panicS n right of action against default
inc officers for such sums a> they might
be hereafter shown to have misapplicd.
The rcscrvin9 clause was not made a.
broad As it might have been and eminent
lawyers differed as to its legal effect.
Its importance to the roads were great.
IL the funds of the company were stol-
en-, squandcrcd or misuscd. the offend.
ing Office deserved punishment. The
interest of stockholders and of good
morals demanded it.
The Supreme Court yesterday dccid-
ed in case against an officer OF
the Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap and
Charleston read, charged with dclin-
qucncies that the right Of the company
to hold him TO account for this did not
pass II ON it, by sale made BY the State,
This is an important point decided and
worthy Of notice.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01
From the Uuion and American.


The Radicals, encouraged by the dis
scnsions which the running OF Mr..
johnson has produced in the Democrat
ic ranks, have now Il candidate for Con-
grcss from the State ut large and for
every Obstructive believe except one IN
the State. Hon. Mr. Mum Of Haywood,
head Radical of his section, has become
the Republican candidate in his district
against Campbell, Caldwell and Bell,
Democrats. No Convention in that dis
trict. Consequence: Democratic disor-
ganizaiion upon every point except o~c ;
that Is in the Chca,ham. Maynard race.
There the Democratic candidates for
Congress and Legislature in order to
show their extreme devotion TO organi-
zntion announce themselves for Cheat.
ham, and cndcavorcd to prove by cerii.
licatc that they have been for the nom
incc of the State Convention, first, last
and all the while.
As in the Eight, so in several Other
districts, Mr.. Johnson's candidacy has
brought our "indcpcndcn' candidates
and they have been succeeded By Radi.
Gals. In the Second district we hav,
Garrett, an "indcpcndcnt" johnson can,
didatc, running against Caldwell, Dem
Ocratic nominee, 10 elect ThOrnburg
Radical. SO in the Third district We
have Crutchfcld, Radical, to oppose
Key with the hope that disorganizatiol
may help him. In this district we have
Bricn and Harrison against Golladay
in Memphis, Kcllar, johnson "indcpcn
dent against Haynes, Democrat, witt
Barbour Lewis as the Radical aspirant
/ What does all ibis proceed from? Tho
step which Mr.. johnson has taken il
the road to Reorganization. What vii
all this lead to? The certain, incvitabl,
defeat Of Mr.. Johnson aud every "indc
pendent" candidate. There is not one o.
]
them that can be elected; but they ma,
help Col. Colyar. the Banner and tht
Democratic di,organizcrs to disrupt til,
Democratic party and elect Radical can
didatcs.
Democrats Of Tennessee. There is bu
one lamp by which you can safely guide
your feet, and that is the lamp Of expert
cncc. There is but one road You cal
certainly travel to reach success: tina
i, the road yon have so often followed
the road Your fathers and your grand
fathers Travelled. |, is the road of or
ganiza,ion. Vote the straight kct
vote the printed ticket; vote the Demo
cratic ticket; vote for the nominees.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01
Cheatllain County.

From Ashland city, Chealham county
we have the following:
We arc a unit here for Greeley
Chealham and GOlladay, and can ST,
no reason why the solid Democratic
vote of the county will not be cast fol
the straight ticket. l do not bclicv,
that Johnson will get 80 votes in the
county. Chcatham will receive about
900 aud Maynard $50 votes in Cheat
ham county,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01

TnE Athenian correspondent OF the
Knoxville Chronicle says "Crutchfield
stock is going up, up!" Sonny. if you'll
just "hoic yonr breaf'' n day or two it
will go so high you will never SEQ it
again.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01

The Knoxville Chronicle calls Col.
Thornburgh "the wo,hingmen's candi.
didaie." Why it does So, nobody knows
or cares. Thornburgh is spry little
lawyer, but never was in much danger
of breaking his heart by manual labor.
When the "working.men' want candi-
dates they can find plenty Of available
capacity in their own ranks.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01

OATS are selling in the Fort Scott
Kansas, market at twelve and ahaf'
cents per bushcl.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01
From the jackson Plaindcaler.

1t is now fact well attcstcd that
Chcaiiiam is the strongest candidate in
the race for Congress for the state at
large. But the chances of Maynard are
far better than one in fifty Of the people
would suppose. The Radical strength
in cnncsscc is much greater than we
are in the habi, OF thinking. Hitherto,
since its overthrow ip the State, it has
not been organized; Hui now in every
place in ihc State it'is under thorough
drill. x
Here then arc Chcalham and May
nar,l, and the race is cmphaIically be-
tween them. Every vote against Cheat.
ham is help to the latter; and unless
the people reflect soberly and wisely
they will elect Maynard, without hay
Ing intended to do it. There is great
danger ahead OF us, aud We sound the
note of alarm in the ears of n prudent
people. We advise the public of the
prospect of Radical representative
for the State at large, in order that they
may secure themselves against it. We
appeal to onr readers, that we have been
prudent and temperate in This canvass.
We now say, emphaically. that the on
Is way to insure the defeat of Maynard
i, TO concentrate upon Cheatham, as The
stronger candidate on the Democratic
or Liberal ticket. We trust this will
he done by all the people, in an emer-
gcncy like the present; because sat. will
be the day of restoration Of Radicalism
in the State OF Tennessee.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01
The Governors Election.

There is no earthly doubt Of Governor
Browns election by heavy majority
but what could the Governor do with
out prepondcrance Of members in the
Legislature in accord with him?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01
To be Hanged.

CUMBERLAND, Md, Oct. 2G.-Wil-
liam Craig % years old was Yesterday
convicted Of rape on Mrs. Salie Dayton
a white woman "a years OF age, and was
to-day sentenced to be hanged,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01

Mrs GREELEY. wife OF Horace Gree
ley, died OIL the 30th October.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01
Election Tickets.

Several civil districts in the county
arc set uusuppli"d with tickets. We
hone our friends will call and get them
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01
The "Straight" Vote in Indiana.

Mr.. Hendricks, the Democratic Gov
crnor elect in Indiana, in recent
speech, said that the entire "Siraight
vote in Indiana was only three hundred.
We give his words to show how the
"Straight" movement has dwindlcd and
is dwindling.
wish to say very little of the pccu-
liarily OF the vote. There was very
small vote at the recent election, amount.
ing to two hundred or three hundred
that supported what was called the
Straight out Democratic tickct--a tick.
ct that was repuhia,ca ~ its head, a We
~ able aud honorable man, VIM. Elger-
ton: he fused to be connected with
the ticket, vet. by force, almost, they
made him part Of the ticket, an Il sent il
out into the different portions Of the
State. That small vote Of two hundred
or three hundred in the State Of India
ma are not going to follow the mcrccna-
~ foes who carry Grant money IL their
pockets in the fight.
| was not surprised that there were
some Democrats all over the State that
hrsitacd to support Greeley; but ]
knew when they come deliberately to
consider the condition of the country
that the great body of that party would
90 TO the support Of that Ticket and ]
am gratiicd Tonight to be able to say
that my aniicipations in that respect
were not disappointed. And | believe
that the very few who supported the