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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08
xsenator Brownlow.

The Knoxville Chronicle has inter
viewed ear distinguished East Teuues.
see Senator on the veto. As In the case
of Mr.. cooper, the result is withou,
special significance. The Senator, with
characteristic frankness, rciteraies his
opinion expressed some time ago, that
an additional volume ofcurrcncy of FIVE
hundred millions would afford great re-
l.ef to the country. if II did not make
everybody rich, lie, however. believes
President Grant was conscientious IN
vetoingfhe bill, aud ho Is not going TO
break with him on account OF little
matter Bike that-ihe continued supre.
macy d the Republican party being
more Important than all things else this
side Of he millcnium. Senator Brown
low scdms the idea that the currency
tronble will disrupt or seriously jeopar.
dize the iicgri,y of the organization.
He is fast anchored in the Republican
faith, and believes The party will stand.
despite all assaults from without and
from within, like some lofty aud stu.
pondons Aplenine, while the earth
rocks at its b,se and the thunders peal
around its hrov, firm and immovablc as
the pillars of eternity. We cherish a
somewhat different opinion, but the
Senator may be right. We remember
what storm swept over the land in
1871 whea John Tyler vetoed the new
United States Bank bill, and that the
anti Bank party atthe ensuing elections
cleaned up everything all along the
lines from Maine 10 Louisiana. The
country is now in ihs enjoyment Of the
best currency it has ever had, and ex.
perience would seem TO indicate The
wisdom Of letting well enough alone.
The many friends OF Senator Brown.
low in this direction will be graiifed to
learn his health is much improved, aud
that he proposes a return 10 Washing.
ton at an early day TO resume his seat III
the conservative branch Of the National
Legislature.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08
Bald Mountain Again.

The latest theory about tho phonomna
in North Carolina is, tina, we are rapidly
approaching the period when the devil
is TO be turned loose for thousand
years, and that he Is now working bis
way up through. Bald Mountain, upon
the top of which he will soon appear,
to take n survey o! the empires, king
doms, principalitics and powers OF tho
earth. This, however Is reasonable only
upon the premise, which few wcll.in.
formed minds will undertake TO contro.
vert, that there is no country IN tho
world where the father Of sin has moro
near aud dear relatives and friends or
more subserv'ent and faithful followers
than in these United States, and 1t is per-
tec,ly natural that they should first re-
ceive his pcrsonsl attention.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08
Lorenzo Dow.

All that was mortal Of this remark
BILE man was taken from the grave at
Holmead's burying-ground in Washing
ton city n few days ago aud placed in a
vault at Oak Hill cemetery, on the
bank OF Rock creek, between Washing.
ton and Georgetown. 1lc died In
Washington City IN 1884, ngcd 56-forly
years ago. The mahogany coffin had
nearly disappeared, but some OF bis
clothing remained, and his long white
beard lay smoothly upon his breast
bone. et,ar
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08
Pointed, but Pertinent.

The following appears rs n commu-
nication IN the N .shville Banner:
| have noticed in your paper. from
time to time, IN regard to the mineral
resources of Tennessee aud Alabama.
statements from Mcssrs. Lewis, Kille-
brew, and oihors showing very conclu.
sively that this is The iron end coal dis
tiict par excellence in America. Sill.
it looks strange 10 q man up a tree, why
these minerals are left to lie in the
ground. Their highest statement Of
cost Of Producing iron is S25 per ton,
the lowest Sl2, 1t Is very dist cssing
time in the iron market when iron is
sold below $50 per ton, In fact. the iron
market has 10 be kept up TO that stan
dard to save Northern iron men from
less. a furnace of II tons per day ca.
pac:iy, making iron at S25 per ton and
selling at $50 per ton, clears $50 per day.
This looks TO me like a ve"y good in
vcstment; very rarely can so good a
one be met with. There is capital
enough in Nashville aloneto put doz
cn such works in operation, yet no one
seems TO take hold. have about como
to the conclusion that these statements
must be all gas otherwise entcrprising
capitalists would never let such oppor.
tunilies slip, aud il bothers me considc.
rably why men will invite others 10
come and take possession OF such for
tunes rs are here represented. instead Of
taking hold themselves. Something
wrong gentlemen, something wrong.
TRAVELLER.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08
The Cash system,

The principal merchants of Hazel.
hurst, flourishing town in Mississippi,
publish a card in which they warn their
customers that they will not, after this
year, furnish on credit oats, corn, hay
for teams, or corn meal for bread, and
they publish The determination in order
that their friends may raise such things
for themselves, or be enabled to- pay
cash for them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08
A Beautiful Thought.

The ll,;le things which you can do for
those about you will fall back upon
your heart as the summer dews fall up
on the vineyards. What ifil is nothing
more than kind word to schoolboy
in the streets--it dries his tears, and the
aching heart grows glad again. Who
knows what clond of darkness one kind
word may dispel?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08
Oregon.

The farmers Of Oregon have turned
their Oranges into regular political
organizations have held State Con-
vcntion, and nominated candidates for
Congress, for Governor, and for Sctre-
tary of State. The leading Oregon pa-
pers sustain the movement and support
the nominees. Besides several local
measures the platform declares in favor
Of the improvement oe rivers and hmr-
bors. the encouragement Of transporla-
ton companies, and lhc regulation OF
railroad charges by legislation. Com
pcnsation for loss occasioncd by the
Mcdoc war also cuts figure in The plat
form.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08
Predicted Bust-Up.

The New York Herald reports Sena-
tor Carpenter as saving that there must
be a "burst-up Of the Republican party
unless that party can settle this fnan.
cial issue within its own lines, and so
prevent its going to the country for set
Element as the commanding issue of the
future, TO be determined only by the
election in 1876 of either rag money
President or hard money President.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08
The United States Army.

Representative Garfield, Of Ohio, once
in a while kicks over the party traces
and tells some disagrecabe truths. He
recently likened the United States army
toa "half.developed frog-all head aud
no body" The comparison was dccid-
edly apropos, for The Prussian army OF
100000 men has staff OF but one hum
drcd officers, the Russian army, num-
bcring 100000 men, has but three hun.
dred officers while our army with $4,000
men has q staff Of six hund rcd and thir-
ty-three officers, many of them being
Brigadier Generals.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08
Soldiers Rest.

The Morristown Gazette says the farm
formerly owned by Col. Joseph Ilamil-
ton and known as Soldiers Rest sit
uated on Chucky river in IIamblcn
county, was sold, short time since, by
Wm. Harris, of cambridge, to a Mr..
Richardson. of Wythe county, Va, for
the sum of $4,000, The farm contains
about TOO acres of land.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08
a Pions Enncstrlenne.

A Young woman who rides horseback
In circus, has been Interviewed by n
reporter OF The Baltimore American,
aid TO his inquiry whether circus peo-
pie have any "religious feeling was
told tha, jumping through hoops did
not prevent her from trying TO do good.
aud that she was n member ola Church
and IN good slanding.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08
The wisconsin Railroad law.


AT the last session of the Wisconsin
Legislature very stringent law was
passed which went into effect on the
9th April. So dsagreeable are the
provisions Of this act that The President
of the Milwaukee aud ST. Paul Rail-
road publicly announced not loug since
that iC the law was enforced he would
take off every train on the road. The
other railroad officials in tho State are
also agitaied, and II was pretty general.
~ agreed that the enforcement Of the
law would prove disastrous to the rail.
road interests Of that section. The time
fixed for the law to 90 into effect was
permitted to pass without action on'the
part OF the State authorities, and il Is
likely II will prove dead letter. Rail.
roads no doubt have their abuses, aud
railroad officials occasionally get Too big
for their pants, bot after all the peo.
Pile, even those who complain tie most,
would hate TO see the monopolcs abau-
doncd and fall back on the old dirt road
and slow coach system.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08
Gold.

The Rome Commercial states that the
gold district of Georgia is about to be
more eirec,ually developed than hereto
fore. An Ohio company has possession
OF thirty miles of the Chesta,tc river,
and Boston man of ten miles. This
stream traycrses the gold region and its
bed contains rich deposits of the pre-
cious metal.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08
Good for Chattanooga.

Articles representing Chattanooga as
a great manufacturing and commercial
center are TO be printed in paper which
circulates largelyin London, Paris, Ber-
lin, Vienna, and perhaps Pekin. Now
let Knoxville take reef or two in the
slack Of lis trousers and hump itself.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08
A Good Obituary.

One mig!'t write column obituary
notice of nm oflice.holdcr aud tlen not
equal the brief announcement in nm 10.
wa paper: Harvey jackson, county
treasurer, is dead. lie was lenient with
the widowed, and his books always bal.
n need"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08
The Advertisements. A

Ii has been wisely remarked that no
man gets his moneys worth Of news
paper unless lie reads the advertising
columns attentivcly. They inform him
who are the live business men OF the
town, and he also finds out where 10
obtain the lest bargains.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08

The Jcffersonian Democrat says
make politics game Of ideas, Of pr!n.
ciples, of statcsIhanship, and the dem
ngogues aud rogues will of necessity
sink into meritcd obscurity,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08

Sweden has law which dcbars tho
collection through its courts Of any deb.
contracted for liquor. II IL n sure cure
for old soakcrs, and is perhaps as cfrcc.
tive as any other form OF prohibilory
legislation ever devised.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08
The Bushnell aus Record is becom.

The Bushnell 1Il.) Record is becom.
ing artistic. It's last issue contained n
wood cut representing huge mud iur.
tic, labeled Democracy" with widely
extended jaws, swallowing one by one
a party Of men. Tho picture was call.
ed "The Route Of the Grangers."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08

An English company, 1t is said, Is
about TO reconstruct and work tho iron
mills burnt by Sherman on the E,owah
near Cariorsvillo.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08
Jhe 2ost.
Athens, Friday, May 8, 1874.
The Tennessee River.

The House River and Harbor Bill ap.
propriates S25.000 for tho Tennessee
above Chattanooga, and 100000 for the
Improvement Of the stream below that
point. The bill makes no appropria-
tions for new works.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-08

Mr.. Robert Bonner last weok rcec-
tod an offer OF one hundred thousand
dollars in gold for his horse Dexter.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-16
NYssR'

OF your own appointment aud amena5le
to YOU directions and orders, this
Committee have deemed it proper to
invoke your aid in this respect, so that
the laws relating to tins matter may be
faithfully executed. If the views held
by yon, resulting from the late decision
of the supreme Court be correct, the de-
livery of returns cahtot affect the status
of yourself and others interested, while the
Withholding of them may lead to further
complications, AID may entail considera-
BILE expens, upon the Sta.e in procuring
| them from other sources. In view of all
the circumstances the Committee trusts
that you will comply with this request.
Yours truly,
u. L BARzIzA,
Chairman Of the Committee.
l Barziza, as Chairman, handed the let
| Ter to Gov. Davis in person. Gov Davis
| r.pIicd that he did not think Barziza, his
Committee, or the body lie represented
entitled to them, but if Barziza would
| 60 to the Secretary of States Office and
| take them Of his own accord, he would
not be resisted. Whereupon Barziza &C
companied Secretary of State Newcomb
to his office and Newcomb poiated to II
desk, where the returns were, and Barzi,
"a took them and asked him to seal the
ends of the package. which Newcomb
did. Newcomb declined to deliver or al
low him to find cut where those for the
Constitutional Amendments were, but
they can easily be gotten after Coke's
Inauguration and appointment of Geo.
Clark Secretary of State. Ncwc 'mb's
| protest was witnessed by his clerks:
DEPARTMENT or STATE, !
| AUSTIN, TEXAS, Jan. 18th 1874 I
This day, the 18th Of January 1874. d.
L. Barzizza did enter and take from
thence package OF oocuments purport-
ing to be election returns for Governor
and Iieutenant-Gcv without m,
consent and against my protest.
(Signed) J. p. NEwcoMB,
| Secretary of State.
Witnesses-J. E. Oldright, a. NJ
Cox and Fred n. Davis.
LIvERPooL, Jan. 1b.-Cotton market
quiet and unchanged; Uplands sid; Or
leans sad.
| New YORK, Jan. 15.-Gold 111l. Cot
ton market dull; Uplands lGf; Orlean,
IN.
GALVESTON, Jan. 10 Gold 111l@I115
Cotton market dull; Good Ordinary 13!
| Middllnp 164
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-16

road, by government loan of s35,r
100000 to each road Enterprise.
The Tyler Democrat has the fol-
lowing regarding the situation III
Smith county:
So far as officers are concerned,
matters are in statu quo in this
county. 1t would take q double
geared capstan to move the weakcs,
Radical official out Of his place. since
the decision OF the Supreme Court.
They care no more for the Voice
of the people than the as.
sassin does for the stars that look
down upon his crime.
Mr.. VIM. Hogan, tie gentleman
who was tufiocated by gas in hi.
room, at the Cosmopolitan Hotel on
Sunday night, died at au early hou,
yesterday,-Ne,cs. l4th. 80 :
We understand that the ladies OF
the Baptist Church IN this city have
organized sewing society, Tor the
benefit Of the poor. Right.-1yler
Democrat.
Captain Lewis Lawshe is said by
the West Texas Free Press to he the
oldest Mason in Texas.
General Gano has permanently set
tied in Dallas. He was a dlstin.
guished Confederate officer, and is an
able divine.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-16

The rebuke administered by Pres
ident Grant to the Radical faction OF
Texas, is one that they will not soon
forget. Here we see the chief magis-
trate of the nation, who Is at the same
time thel chief Republican, and the
chief of Republicans, saying to the
party Of Texas, you have gone too
far in Your zeal. 1t is true we played
this same game at will, IN other South
ern States, but the country has grown
tired OF it, and we must hold. There
is point beyond which we, with all
our power, dare not go. We have
reached it, now pause. The leading
papers, without regard to politics,
speak out in favor of the decision
made, not by The corrupt Supreme
Court OF Texas, but by the people a,
the ballot box Governor Davis is q
man OF great force of will and fixed
pess OF purpose, but we doubt if he
will be able to stem the tide that il
setting in against him and the fac
ton he represents. Without Fedora
interference, DAVIS cannot stand fol
moment before the power of a strong
United, and indignant people
With the Federal weight against hin
he must yieldy' there is nothing else h,
can do.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-16
LITTLE JIMMY's PROTEST, &c.

1t is with feelings of unreserved salts
faction that we lay the following dispatch
before our readers: Ed.
AUSTIN, Jan. IS, ~ m.
Newcomb has surrendered the election
returns. The Governor will be inaugu>
rated and the other officers sworn in this
evening or early tomorrow. All is well. .
Great enthusiasm among all classes of
people. Greet old McLennan.
JEFFERSON.
GALVESTON, Jan. 15.-A News special
from Austin, of the 18th, says: A
quorum being present, the Senate was
called to order at 10 o'clock. Senator
Swift stated that the jsint committee was
still engaged. Amotion that the Senate
take recess till $50 was carried. Moth
ing has yet been done, as all are waiting
upon the actisn Of the committee.
The House met at 80. Epperson re-
ported that no report could be made by
his committee till o'clock. The House
then adjourned.
Governor L. j. Davis:
SIR, The House of Representatives Of
the Fourteenth Legislature yesterday
passed the following resolution:
WHEREAS, The Secretary of State has
refused to deliver to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives the returns Of
the election held on 2d of December, for
Governor, Lieutenant Governor and the
constitutional amendments, therefore be 1t
Resolred, That committee of seven be
appointed by the Speaker, whose mme-
diate duty it shall be to arrive at and de
termine the results of the returns of said
election for Governor, Lieutenant Gov
ernor and the constitutional amendments,
from such sources and by such means as
is hereby deemed best and most practi-
cable by said committee, and said COM
mittee shall report their action to this
House at as early a period as possible.
Said committee may employ all the neces,
sary clerks and messengers, and may in>
yoke the power of the Sergeant alarms
aRd his assistant and other officers of the
House to aid them in the discharge of
their duties. The committee shall have
the power to send for persons and papers
anywhere in the State. All processes is
sued by said committee shall be addressed
to the Sergeant. alarms or Assistant Ser
geant- at,Arms of thc House of Repre-,
sentatives, and shall be sigHed by the
chairman and at least one other member
of said committee, and shall be executed
by the Seageant at>Arms or any assistant.
Barzza addressed the following note TO
the Governor:
COMMITTEE RooM, AUSTIN, Jan. IS.
To Gsv. L. j. Davis:
SIR-The House of Representatives of
the Fourteenth Legislature yesterday
passed the accompanying resolution, and
the Committee appointed.under that reso-
luton have instructed me to address you
this communication and request you, as
the Chief Executive of the State, to di-
rect the Seci etary of State to deliver to the
Speaker of tine House of Representative,
or to the Committee, the returns of the
election held in December, 1873, in ac-
cordauce with a law recommended, aqd
in accordance with your proclamation. In
reply to the demand by this House of
Representatives for such returns, the sec'
retary of State refuses to deliver them till
you recognize the Fourteenth legislature
The Secretary of State, being an officer
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-16
WACO, FRIDAY JANUARY lo


Our dispatches this morning will
be ienud Of unusual interest. 1t will
be seen that the Governor refers the
matter Of the surrender of the elec-
tion returns 10 his Secretary Of State,
and that astute funotionary, snrren-
ders them with a bad grace, and un-
der protest. OF course, this proceed
ing of Secretary Newcomb's was to
be looked for, and means nothing
further, than TO show to the world
how exceedingly 10th these fellows
are to lay down the il.gotten power,
they have been swaying for $50 long.
The evil days have come for them,
like it OF not, they must fall back in
to their native obscurity. We car
afford to hear their protests, and still
feel no undue alarm.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-16

A man in New York went to the
penitentiary sixty days for stealing a
newspaper from neighbor. We
have known men to steal fifty-two
copies from an editor, and escape pun
ishment altogether.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-16

Tyler boasts of its ministers, and
from what the Democrat says, she is
Justly entitled to the "horns." We
are very certain the Democrat is, for
jumping up this jolly theme. We
have often boasted OF our pretty
girls, big turnps, fine horses and the
like, but our clergy why, really we
never thought of it, but perhaps it is
legitimate.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-16


HoUsToN, Jan. l3.-On the arrival
Of the Fowler this morning, from Gal
weston, her mate, one Bell, was ar
rested for beating and causing the
death of David Yonn, colored ma n.
Bell had hearing in the Police Court
to-day, and, with bail fixed at $1,000,
was bound over to the Criminal
Court.
Judge Prendergrast and Colonel
Mindlqr are here TO day. They think
that the only point on which Gov.
Davis seems particularly tenacious
OF his light, is that of the right to
hold office until April 2S; and that il
the Fourteenth Legislature accedes to
that, all will 60 well.
In the Houston Age we find an able
and elaborate letter from Hon. w.
II. Baker, refuting the charges Of cor
ruption made against him by a few
Radical sheets.
The Journal says that Bolton is to
have new mail route from Calvert
by the way OF Baileyville, Yves,
Falls, Jena, Oenaville and Blrdsdale,
We learn from the Texas Signet
that a petition is in circulation IN
Palo Pinto and adjoining counties
for semi-weekly mail to Pa'o Pinto
and through line from Weatherfoid
direct to Fort Griffin. .....
1t is reported that Tom Scott left
in Washington last week, bill to aid
the Northern and Texas Pacific Rail,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-16

The Dallas Herald wants 10 know
what will cuie chicken cholera. We
have very single and effective rem
edy, it kills the disease, but is rather
hard on the chickens themselves. The
Herald is welcome to it however.
We wiring their heads of.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-16

The farce played by the old
"played out" 18th Legislature, the
other day in Austin, was Of the richest
character. They get no countenance,
it appears, from any one, and are en-.
tirely out in the cold. To give up
gracefully is lesson these gentlemen
should set about learning at once.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-16

The appearance on the floor of the
l4th Legislature of Senators Randle
and Flanagan shows that these gen.
tlemen accept the situation and ac-
knowledge the validity of the law
under which the late election was
held. This perhaps about as heavy
a blow as the Davis faction have yet
received.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-16

"Cleveland has 1Ols saloons, or
one to every $50 inhabitants" We
feel taken down. We thought Waco
ahead of the world in this, as we'll as
other respects. Cleveland is welcome
to the distinction, however.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-16

The best and wisest friends of
Texas everywhere counsel tie utmost
prudence and discretion in this irr>
portant jrneture, and most interest
ing period of her history.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-16

The Woodhulless Is said to be in
Kansas City, Mo-, where she is
waging war to the knife against the
married relation. This sacred insti-
tuition must finally yield to the well-
directed and weighfy blows of this
wonderful prostitute.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-01-16

The Statesman is not pleased with
the Houston Mercury. The Mercury
botched its Democracy very soon af
ter its birth, and no wonder the
Statesman sticks at it.