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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04
Salaries of State Officers.

The following from the Chattan ooga
Times is correct, with tie exception -
,vuIc lnaccurnoioo as 70 TIE Ircasufers
compensation:
We have received a note from IA
Subscriber" inquiring as 10 The pay oil
The various officers who are 10 be elect
ed BY The next Legislature. With he
assistance Of q legal friend, we have
worked over the Revised SiainIes aud
Appendix, and find The facts 10. be as
follows:
The Secretary OF State has two more
wears 10 serve without election. The
Complroller's Office, now that The fund.
ing is over, has no perquisiies. The
salary is 50, $50, code section 1926. He
is allowed also 81, 200 per year for
clerks hire; cole section 4527 a; total
$3.50 From which deducI actual costs
Of clerks hire, from $1,000 10 $500,
leaves pay of Comptroller from $l,4j0
10 Sl,950.
The Treasurer's Office, which requires
very heavy bond has salary OF So.
700. Code. sec. 452j0 f; clerk's hire, ST.
200, Code, sec. 452So as Insurance Com.
missioner $4,000. act Of 1879. Total.
$1,000. From which deduct clerks
hire $1,000, leaving balance $500.
The pay of clerks and door.keepers
is fixed by each General Assembly, The
pay of the clerks being usually the same
as he Speaker-$6 per day ofaclual ses'
sion; aud the door-kecpers same rs
members-S4 per day Of actual session.
II we are incorrect our Nashville con-
tempOraries can correct lis.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04
The Pennsylvana Coal Region.

A letter from Scranton, Pa, dated
Nov. "a, gives fearful picture Of things
in the disaflected coal region. Riots,
murders, and other outrages are Of daily
occurrence. The writer says:
While cn route for this point / made
several sloppagcs, and find that In the
Wyoming aud L1ckawanua regions
there are over 5000 men unemployed
There is no use Of begging tho question
nor turning away riom inevitable is
sues; these 5000 men must be fed and
a starving man knows no law. Unless
these 5000 men secure work, riot, on.
rage aud bloodshed will continue all
winter; not tho comparatively insig-
nifcant outbreaks Of the past few days,
but a revolution that will comprehend
HE entire area of Wyoming and Lacka-
wanna. and which The entire militia o!
lbe Stale will find dficull 10 quell.
Riots are q daily occurrence, and the
few men engaged in the mines are
compelled 10 go 10 and from their work
armed with rifles. Murders are fre-
queut, and theft and assault the pro-
ducts Of every hour. There is no pros.
poets Of work aud the long winter is
Just opening. There Is no doubt that
This entire region is on The verge Of n
riot unlike any that the country has ever
seen before, and riot that only tho en-
lire country shall foresIall. Though The
awful moment has mol yet arrived, II
will surely come when cry OF agony,
brought about by The cravings Of hun
ger, will 20 up from this region for
bread, and, If that cry iS unanswered,
5000 human souls, with their shivering
wives aud children behind their backs
10 urge them OF, will seize The
knife. The pistol, or the bludgeon, 10
find food in defiance Of civil law, and ut
The sacrifice OF human life. The issue is
inevitable; II must come this vast
community cannot survive the winter
without aid. The fact is already made
manifest by the assaults, murders, and
crucifxioEs that have already occurred.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04
An Unpleasant Spectre.

The Vicksburah Hcarld SAYS: A gen.
tleman last evening gave usthe parlicn-
lars OF special visitation 10 The quiet
hamlet OF Grerucville. He saws The
ghost of departed brother OF Mrs.
Elliot bas nude frequent visits 10 her
house, his first demonstration being The
upseiiinc Of n sIove and bedslead.--
Afterwards he threw smoothing iron
Mt some Of The negroes on HE place
who were so much frightened lhereat
that they have fed inContineuilv, aud
since that good hour nothing eau pur-
Sllade them 10 revisit The house under
any circumstances. The smoothing
iron thrown at the darkies is said 10
have struck the door and left IN inden-
talon that would seem 10 indicate 10
uDbeievers something more than
spiritual force. The lady 10 said to be
very much impaired in health by the
repeated visitation Of The spirit, who
procaims himself 10 be her bro Lher, and
, ct acts in very unf.aternal manner by
Shaping her in the face and conducting
himself in very rude and unghosllike
manner. On one occasion, il is said,
" lille q letter was being written, q pho
,ogragh album lying near the writer
flew open Al The very page that inclos.
ed the deceased brothers picture. aud
on another occasion, while Mrs. Elliott
was in The act of writing, the pencil was
snatched violently from her fingers by
M invisible hand. Tho excitement in
Grccnvile over the mystery is said TO be
inIanCn
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04
Col. Savage.

We have received note from Nc.
Minnvilo in relation TO short para.
graph which appeared in the Posi- Of
tho 9th of November. Colonel Savage
thinks we treated him unkrndly, if not
with unfairness. We have only TO say
TINT the five or six lines referred to
were not inspired by feeling Of per-
sonal hostility to that gentleman, nor
designed to prejudice his Senatorial as
pirations in the least.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04
Our New Lawmakers,

bolivar bulletin.
That the gentlemen elected TO serve
in the next Legislature OF this State are
TO have difficult task 10 perform ia
their deliberations Is now fully conced.
ed. Among The most important ques.
lions that are TO be determined by that
body there are two about which there
is such diversity Of opinion that II
will be hardly possible to give general
satisfaction TO all The people of The State.
We mean, of course, that IN regard 10
The finances OF the State and the choice
OF a United States Senator
In regard to the first, tn, people will
expect their servants 10 devise some
means TO preserve the credit OF the
State and at the same time 20 pay ills
honest debts without Increasing The
burdens OF taxation. This will be n
nice little problem for The Legislature
10 figure at when they take their seats
at Nashville. Their commitments have
pretty well defined motions Of their own
in regard TO the States finances, and
will look with some degree of solicit
tude as 10 what will be done. or those
especially. who in the late canvass so
roundly abused the policy OF The last
Legislature, we ought TO expect consid-
cradle, for, without speaking as The
npolooisis Of our late law. makers, we
may be allowed 10 say that il was very
much the custom of candidates TO abuse
'he funding bill on the stump. without
suggesting a practicable remedy for its
evils. II is, however, true that both
candidates and people determined some
time ago that action should be taken on
bat section of the funding bill which
makes the funded bonds a preferred
debt.
But with all the abnse heaped upon
Ibis measure during The lale ranvass.
We cannot recall an instance in which q
clnodaie clearly stated a practicable
plau HAT might have been adopted in
,Icad ofthe funding bill for preserving
The credit Of The Stale, or even said
W hat he proposed 10 do when he col
TO The Legislature, further than 10 Stale
ia general terms thai he would do bis
utmost 10 have The State 10 meet all her
just obligations and 10 lake such olhe,
Steps rs would maintain her credi;
This was in The midst fan exciting can
vass, and many good men expected 10
reach The Legislature ouly by che skin
OF their teeth Therefore, all due al.
lGwanccs were made for the promul-
gallon Of an indefinite policy. The
Democrats can have il all their own
way now in The Legislature, and al.
though we never regarded the funding
bill as party measure, we do know
now that the people OF the State will
hold tho dominant party to o strict ac-
count for their acts in the incoming
Legislature.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04
Scholastic Formulation.

The Report Of the Commissioner OF
education, shortly to be submitted to
Congress estimates the aggregate scho-
Iaslic population OF 81 States and II
Territories, between and l6 years, TO
be 1022S000. In expenditure per
capita OF scDool population, Massachu-
.6tts heads the list at Sal7l. North
Carolina reports only IS cents per
capita Of school population.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04
The DiDtIIeria.

Herald, published in Choetaw county,
Alabama, says:
From Mr. +. NJ. Cooper wo learn TIN /
one hundred and twenIy.ihrcc children
have died Of diplheria1 in The sonlh-
western portion Of Ibis county, since
The first o: July. In many instances
couI or i've children of ono family have
been carried of by this terrible disoaso.
In speaking OF The receu mortality in
the neighborhood, Mr.. Cooper remark
ed : ave are kept busy making collins. ,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04
Washington GossiD.

The present high price Of gold is Il
subject that Is evidently causing the
Secretary Of the Treasury a good deal
OF perplexiiy OF mind, aud II is not im-
probable that some steps will soon be
taken which will be intended TO affect
The money market. As long as gold re-
mainec at or below ITO there was an
apparent feeling OF satisfaction, but IL 4
to IL per cent. premium IL deemed too
high price for The precious coin, and
the powers that be" are pulling their
minds for remedy.
Colonel Mosby was In the city to-day.
His soul seemed filed with sadness. He
still clings to the third term project, but
Is downcast al The result OF the recent
elections. lie is greatly concerned, and
fears that The Grant party are on the
down grade as Il were.
Tennessee adviccs are 10 the effect
thai neither Andy Johnson nor Henry
5. Fooie has even ahosl of n chance OF
election 10 be United States Senator.
The struggle will be between Governor
Brown and Gen. Bate.
II is probable that an attempt will be
made to secure The removal OF several
OF the Federal ofIicehoiders in Alabama,
and among them the Uc;tcd States
Marshal, Healy, of Chicago. Complaint
has been lodged against the United
States District Attorney thai he has not
the courage 10 perform his duty, and
that he has declined 10 prosecute sew
eral important cases under the enforce
meDt act on account OF his fear Of
social osiracism.
The friends of Ex-President Wilson
State that he expects TO preside over the
Senate at the coming session. Since lie
entered upon the Weep, csideniial OF.
flee he has acted only q few DAYS as pre-.
siding offer Of the Senate.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04
Imnortant Decision.

Judge Dlalchford, of tho United
States District Court in New York, has
decided that stockholders in National
banks remain liable in the manner pre-
scribed by the law so long as they per-
nit their names 10 remain upon The
books Of the bank aud neglect TO trans
fer their stock upon the books to some
some one who shall accept and succeed
10 the liability, eyeu though the stock
may have been sold and assigned on The
back Of the certificate OF stock ora pow
or of ATTORNEY given 10 transfer II.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04
Sawed His Head off.

Troy, N. Y. Nov. 29.--I,cccutly a car.
penler, named Elias Williams, began
,be erection Of n frnme-hcuse In an I'm .
Crequcnled district about sixteen miles
north of Wellstown. Hamilton county.
He hired George Smith to assist him.
One day, when drunk, the two men be-
gan 10 quarrel. Williams, in the course
Of the struggle, threw Smith over a
OGDEN saw horse, and sawed Off the
head of bis antagonist completely sew
ering II from the body. Williams soon
afterwards cut his own throat.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04
The COmptrOlIOrslin.

On the local page Of our paper viii
DO found short circular from Col. John
G. Burch, announcing himself as can.
didatc for ro.elcction to the Comptrol.
lership. The Office is really the most
important connected with The STATE 90.
vernment, and requires good deal Of
business capacity. Col. B. has discharg.
ed its duties efficiently and faithfully,
80 far as we are advised.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04
Postmaster. Generals Report.

The report of the Postmaster-genera
is completed. The revenues for the yea'
ending June 80, 1874, were $24,59G,56S
Expenditures S32 l26.4l4. Estimal cd
expenditures for the year ending june
80, 1875, are S3693i03i. Total estimai
cd revenue 500 1886, leaving a def
cheney to be appropriated out Of thu
general treasury Of $7Sl5,S75. Thes,
estimates do not include the appropria
ton fer steamship service and stamps
amounting to S209S 500.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04
Business.

Our merchants report good trade Ia
the early part OF the week. There 10 a
little Improvement In wheat, choice
white selling atsl.l0 for southern ship.
ment. Peas dull at quotations. Not
much corn offering. Hogs have advanc.
cd In some portions of the county 10
6Ia gross. Several car loads have been
shipped this week. Weather splendid
for the farmers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04
Corn ut Chattanooga.

The Chattanooga Commercial Of
Wednesday says:
AbouI 1900 bushels Of corn received
by he Ipsi boats arriving, was sold yes.
lerdav ut seveDty.nvc cents on tho
wharf, al which price 1t was dull, ow-
Jug principally 10 the green and damp
condition in which IL was brought 10
market.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04

The internal revenue receipts have
exceeded the estimates by S2,6O0,O0O,
which shows, says the Brooklyn Argus
that hard times or not, people will some
how contrive to get whisky and tobacco, ,
the bulk of the revenue being derived
from these sources.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04
co vi w n R CHA T..
Athen . vi nritet.

ATHENS. December .. 1874.
New Corn (ear) 90 cts. Flour 800 for family,
Bacon, ~ 10 IL cents, Lard, In tin cans
II cts Butter 90 cts; Eggs. lax cts; Meal 90;
Hay, ~ per 100 lbs; Oats, 10, Feathers,
live geese, 30; Beeswax, %; Rags, cents.
Peas LOO wanted. Irish potatoes 70. scarce.
q God yellow Butter - cents.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04

Mr.. G. G. Giers, the member elect
from Davidson county, whose rcsigna-
ton Is referred to elsewhere, has noti-
fed the Governor OF his intention TO
hold on to the bitter end. A gentleman
Of such unvariableness will prove In
valuable as n legislator.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04

The statement that John w. Forney
had sold controlling interest in his
Press to Col. Mcclure, Is authoritative
ly contradcted. Col. Il. has not sold,
and does not propose to.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04

Corn In England is lower than II
has ever been, within living memory
and corn" over here is about as high as
II has been in tho same length Of time.
But, "corn" in England means wheat,
and "corn" over here means maze, and
the difference 10 amazing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04

The Albany News says that Hon.
Robert Toombs 10 closing up bis bust
ness with view 10 retirement rom
professional and political pursuits, aud
TO prolonged tour In the old world.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04
IIOgs.

ST. Louis quotes hogs at Clio TO 725,
gross. Cincinnati quotes at from $50
to 7.50. At Louisville. the average quo.
tation was 735a7.45-a decline OF 10 to
20 cents. Up to last Saturday Louis.
vile had packed 160,SS4-55,0OO head
less than the total Of last year.
Knoxville quotes hogs at 6 cents and
q fraction over.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04

Sullivan county reports one hundred
thousand bushels Of surplus wheat, and
Sewer county an amount almost rs
large.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04
Meeting of Congress.

Congress will meet Lcxt Monday, the
7th instant. The session will be looked
to with much interest, as being the last
In which the Republican party ia likely
10 have supreme control for some time
10 come. The probability is the civil
rights bill will come up early in the
session. We shall try 10 furnish our
readers from week TO week with an In.
telligent summary of the proceedings.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04

Tho average female is just now crazy
over hats. " she basn't soft felt, with
n raksh crown aud thievish.looeing
brim, she is crazy 10 get one, aud IL she
has got one she 10 mad because she
didn't get the other pattern.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04
Currency Question in the Senate

Currency Question In the Senate
II is stated that the United States Sen.
ate has 80 Inhationists and "a specie re-
sumptionists. The term of 10 Imitation.
lists and Is anti-Innationists expires 4ih
March, 1875. 1t is expected that the In.
lationists will gain l from Missouri and
lose ono from Rhode Island--leaving
the Senate practically unchanged. A
gain of five would give the anti.In1a-
tionists control.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04

Tho Knoxville papers have already
commenced skirmishing about the next
municipal eloction--which occurs on tho
third Saturday in January.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04
Hard Times.

A writer in the Chattanooga Com
morcial. Of Sunday, speaking of tae
financial condition OF that city, uses
very doleful language in regard 10 the
future. He says:
winter is upon US and bids fair 10
be hard one. Hundreds of men are
out Of work, tho blast furnace about 10
stop. car works without orders, and no
improvements going up. With many
il is question Of work, steal or starve."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04
Athsus gost.
Athens, Friday, December a, 1874
Observation-Disclosures.

Gold, In New York, closed stiff at
ll2A. Tennessee Bonds IA for both is-
sues. Cotton dull Al l4ll for uplands.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-04

The Southern Express Company com.
menced on Monday 10 carry through
express matter between Knoxville and
the East via Bristol and Lynchburg.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-03-25
4 Successful Immigrant.

Gotfried Weber, O German immi.
grant, who recently arrived in this
State and settled in Lownedsville,
has written an exceedingly pleasant
letter to the Zcitung Of this city, in
which he speaks Of his new home and
the treatment he receives, and other
matters. He is evidently we'll pleas
ed With his adopteA home, and likes
the people by whom ne isuF!rroundcd. d.
This immigrant, who is evidently a
smart man, says that he has been
away from his native land fvo years,
during which time ho has travelled
considerably, and that nowhere has
he ever been more kindly received
than in South Carolina. which he
speaks of in flattering terms as
section of the country wherein he
believes the industrious immigrant
will bo able to Anti comfortable
home. He refers to the relation be-
twoon himself aud his employer as
being of very pleasant Q character;
and says next year he will f'srt life
for. himself, having been promised
land to cultivate on hi. own account.
--NeOs &c Courier.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-03-25
, An Important DeCisiOn.

In tho bankrupt court on Tuenday
the 10th, in the case Of T. NJ. Friday
bankrupt, upon the application of
creditor claiming under an agricultu.
raj lien and creditors claiming under
judgements, prior to tho dment
Of the bankrupt act Of March, 1878,
it was held by Judge Bryan that the
bankrupt was not entitled to, his
homestead exemption against said
claims. II. Nj. Thompson, Esq,
of Williston, Barnwell County, was
on motion, admitted to. practice in
the District Court of tho United
States, aud made o philosophical and
able argument in favor Of the. bank
rnpt's rights of homestead under the
amended bankrupt law. Judge
bryan while expressing his apprecia-
.ion and and admiration for the ar.
gument of Mr.. Thomson, decided in
accordauco with his previous ralings
Ns,os and Courier.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-03-25
What Snow Wat5r may Hold.

!; The Modtreal Star says that Dr..
Edwards has addressed a 'commiini.
cation to the Mayor Of tho city on the
subject of the r,fusc covered up by
the snow on tho streets, which even
tually he thinks, will be desiccated BY
March winds, distributed as fine dust
in tho houses and inhaled on, the
streets. 4Io says 'thnt no finds Shat,
Hithin an hour or two of melting,
tho snow.water contqinsjs ,hwnrn of
living orgsuisrhs, Including most OF
tbe innfsofy animalculo and a vnris.
ty Sf SortIb abd Vibrionea, h tea.
spoonful becoming, in fact, minia.
ture aduariim, ann few graihs of
the d ust mentioned containing more
filth, animal life aud germs Of disease
than a block of ice 600 pounds in
weight. Dr.. Edwards urges the
Board Of Health Of the city to-, rchdve
this uuwholosome nhisante from the
streets more promptly and efficiently
Chan in forDer years, and rcpresent t.
the danger to health from The de-
posits in bose-cisterus, which be
found in every case teeming with
active Animal life.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-03-25
:. :: 'C.:Hf>~ .r9:
SHARKS From Tho Wires.

Judge Dent, the Presidents BROTH
erin law, is dying. y. . J. -
THO Communists Of New York have
resolved to celebrate the uprising of
their brethren iu Paris with a ball
and banquet on next Wednesday
night. j ,,r.~,,
Tie Missouri Legislature has paes.
ed resolutions Of respect to the memo
ry of ex.Prcsident Fillmore and
Senator Sumner, and similar resolu-
tons in regard to ex-senator Wigfall
of Texas.
John r. Mclean, one of the pro-
prietors Of the Cincinnati Emo ,
was; sent to Jail, on Saturday, for con.
tempt Of court, for refusing to testify
as to the source Of certain informa-
tion published in his paper.
When the German mails by the
ste eamship Mosclle were opened at the
Now York post:QfIicc, on Saturday,
it Has found that ut least forty pack.
ages, each containing from two hun
drcd to three hundred letters, were
broken and in ruinous state. Near
~ all of the damaged letters, were en-.
closed in thin, fimsy tepHelobes, and
the packages we're tied up in weak,
brown paper, not calculated for an
ocean trip.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-03-25
One Yit,ofy.

a writer in Pail Mall, commenting
on the. clumsincss of the German
language, mentions fact which came
to his observation during tho trial
of Marshal Bazaipe. Tho German
press was Naturally anxious for an
early report Of what passed each day,
and several German repostoro were
engaged in making notes; these notes
werctaEen down in French, not be-
cause the trial was conducted IN
Frcuch, but because tic reporters
could not Write their own language
with sufficient rapidity, owing to its
clumsy movement and the suspension
of the sense ofa phrase to tho c.pd
of the sentence. ;:
Exulting over3a victory like that
is. like falling t. wilma man and
then making mouths at his sister.