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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
RreYitieS.

The new insane asylum for West Ten
nessee has been located at Humboldt,
point famous for Its lagoons, swamps,
and malarious surroundings generally.
The State Teachers Association Ia
published to hold a meeting at Knox
Vile OH tho 18th of June. A large at
tendance 10 expected.
That article In the Weekly Spy head.
cd "The Sale Of Votes" was evidently
from the facile pen of the great and
good Gillonwaters himself.
We would any time sooner trust a
bold and open knave, than snuflling
cantwell who affects virtue he docs not
feel.
A writer in tho Knoxville Press and
Herald proposes Emerson Ethcridge as
the Democratic candidate for Governor.
Mr.. Ethcridge Is an advocate Of "chcap
taxes" and tho very man for slow
race.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
Broke up I'm n Row,

NEW Yonk. April IA Boston dis.
patch SAYS that In The coarse Of SER
mon Yesterday Rev. A. A. Hankeli.
Unitarisn clergyman. said Do Lewis'
career IN Boston aud lie ncighborbood
had not impressed the people with his
devontness or his reliance on prayer,
nor could we believe he would ever
have embarked IN this enterprise had IL
not been for the remuneration he said
10 enjoy. Frohlbitory legislation was
interference with the divine intention
to give man free choice between good
and evil. lie wished his voice might
be heard by those mon aud women who
were using intemperate nesns 10 sup
press incompetence. Die Lewis, who
happened 10 DO present rose from his
seat aud asked TO be heard. One OF tho
committee told him he could not be al
lowed TO speak. The bene,Nclioa was
then pronounced, ard amid the loud
cries Of Take the PLATFORM Do Lew
Is stepped npon one of The seats and was
proceeding TO speak. amid great confu.
sion. when committeeman again called
on him TO stop, aud then excitedly cx-
claimed, The persons a coward. and so
they all are" Kisses aud continued
cries of "Take the platform, speak, Doc
tor The committeeman said: "if Won
will hire the hall Mr.. Lewis, we will be-
very glad TO hear YOU Col. Wardwelr
said "Brothers and sisters, IL Is not the
spirit OF .he Master The organ hero
drowned Dio's voice, and he exclaimed !;
play on, We devils The organ play
ed on, and the meeting dispersed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
Miscellaneous Items.

The Miners journal SAYS It never
knew a thief In Congress or out of !,
that had very good opinion Of news
pcrs.
The son who goes through life on the
shoulders of his parents Is never better
than q papoose. lie Is nothing bat an
everlasting baby.
Twenty.onc persons were scaldcd to
death by the explosion OF board the
steamer Tigress of Polaris notor;ety
The accident occurred while the vessel
was off Newfoundland.
The Herald says U. S. Senators should
be chosen for their general worth, their
experience, the beauty aud influence Of
their lives, not for their opinions OH any
one question.
A fashionable young lady dropped
one Of her false eyebrows in n church
pew, and badly frightened Young man
next to her who thought 1t was his
moustachc.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
West Tennessee.

The Somervillo Falcon contains the
following compliment TO Judge Sneed,
of the Supreme Bench:
Judge John L. T. Snced was in Som.
e"ville last week. lie Is still spoken OF
throughout the State as probable can
didate for Governor, and many Of his
friends and admirers urge him to make
tho race. He has not ye! consented, and
is not TO be regarded as q candidate, but
If his friends persist In bringing him
out we doubt not that his name would
prove a tower of strength before con-
yeniion OF the conservative element.
lie Is universally popular with the peo-
pie and would make powerful race"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
SENSATIONAL.

Information has reached official quar-.
ters at Washington that the agents of a
European monarchy are now among the
insurgents Of Cuba, with the view of
giving them such aid that they may
overcome the Spanish authorities and
establish in that island a diflIernt gov
eminent, but with monarcbial features.
The nationality Of the agents is with
held. The writer says there Is no way
of verifying the above report, although
IL is believed In official circles.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
Died at the Loom.

The Gainesville Advertiser of the 7,h
says: Mrs. Dalton, widow lady living
ten miles north of this place, near
Marysvile, and alone was fonnd
dead ut her residence on The evening OF
tho Sd. Whom discovered she was sit
ting at her loom with her hands crossed,
her head upon the shutter, her breast
upon the beam aud her feet upon tho
trcadle. She must have died while
weaving.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
The problem Solved.

A New York inventor sends to the
Chicago Times a Solution" Of the trans
portation question, In which hepropose'
to construct an endless roadway be-
tween Chicago and the seaboard. Up
OIL this runs a wire cable, carrying WOO
den bins Eve feet long, and each holding
two bushels of grain. AT each ten miles
ho would station an engine Of $50 horse
power, whose labor would be giving
motion to the endless chain and whose
operation is precisely that of an ordi'
nary elevator, except that il carries Ito
head horizontally In place Of lifting II.
Figures accompany the plans, which
compute cost Of constructing the road
and working it, and conclude with the
assurance that by this process, wheat
can be moved from Chicago to New
York at q cost Of about ten cents per
bushcl, after leaving q margin for re-
pairs, and interest on cost Of construc-
ton.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
The Centennial Jobbers,

The Washington correspondent of the
Atlanta Herald writes that ",Lo .o..o.
NAL jobbcrs have sprung n new idea to
catch Southern votes for their public
treasury swindle. 1t is now proposed
to have grand reunion of Federal
and Confederate army corps, and thus
shake hands q Ia mtlitaire. Burnside
has been requested" to command the
Feds" and Joe Johnston the "Rebs."
This all looks very well on paper, but
isn't worth q continental" for centen.
malls. Whenever the North votes to
pay Southern claimants the money that
is justly and honorably due them by the
Federal government, then 1t will be
time for the South to lend helping
hand TO this peculiar "yearling" OF
PENNSYLVANIA humb,Hgery.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
Music in the Air.

The Williamson County Council OF
Changers met at Franklin last Monday,
and after the transaction Of the usual
business, adjourned-when Farmers
Club was organized, and resolutions
were adopted by II recommending SINH
lar clubs TO DO formed throughout the
county for tho purpose Of nominating
candidates for all the State and National
offices. This includes the Office o. Sona-
tor, Governor and Congressman.
The Nashville Banner, from which
we obtain the above information, and
which has an unerring nstinct for trou-
bio and mischief, thinks If this action OF
the Williamson County Grangers should
DO adopted throughout the State IT
would seriously complicatc the political
situation. Yea, doubiless--as far ss
Middle and West Tennessee are con-
cerned. But here In the Eastern Di-
vision wp don't propose to "compli-
cate" much.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
The MiSSiSSinni.

Several heavy breaks have occurred
in tho evecs along the lower Mississis-
sippi, and many of the adjacent planta-
tons are submerged. Immense dap-
age has already been done, and much
more is feared. a dispatch from New
Orleans of Monday says the river is
one inch above the high water mark OF
1871. Bonnet Care Crevassee is l25
feet wide and Is feet deep, and the wa
ter pouring through ii can be heard for
miles" Another date says crevasse
300 feet wi3ci reported at McCullom's,
two miles below Baton Rouge, on the
left bank. Other serious breaks have
occurred, from tho mouth Of the Yazoo
down.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
Something TO Pray For.

From The Boston Herald.)
The custom OF annual fast 10 moro
honored In the breach thsn In the OBJ
sorvance. We keep 1t up. IN form. be.
cause our fathers kept Il In spirit, LIT.
tie but the form remains. Bnt there
never was a better time FOR fasting, hui
initiation aud PRAYER a. people. The
decentralization aud corruption Constant
~ cropping out. both in public service
and private life, admonish us that VIC
have departed from the honesty, econ o.
nv and simplicity OF our fathers, and
that the body polite 10 terribly in
need of moral regeneration. The stream
cannot rise higher than the fountain,
and Il must be that there has been sc.
rious lowering OF the standard Of mo.
raliiy In the community, or we should
not sec abuses passed over almost with
out comment which but a few years
ago would have caused the most serious
alarm. We NAV set II down as certain
that our politics are rotten with corrup-
tioa. The party In power, having full
flied its mission, and departed from 10
principles, only exists as a brokerage oil
offices. II Is inscriptions In its use Of
these TO perpelratc its power and rob
the people. And no other party has yet
risen 10 meet and oppose II OH its Vita
issue. The musty old issnos Of the
past are occasionally stirred over 10 Of.
icnd our nostrils with their STENCIL
There is an element of hope, however
which grows apace. The majority Of
the people undoubtedly desire honest
economical government aud pure poll.
tics. When they get their eyes ope'
they will act together to secure the de-
sired result. Let us pray, whether fast
ing or eating, that the honest men may
wake up and take the reins Of govern
Itnent
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
Narrow Gauge Railroads.

As there has been some talk recently
on the subject of narrow gauge railways
a few items as 10 cost OF construction,
capacity, etc., may prove Of interest.
According 10 statistics now at hand,
there are nearly fifty narrow gauge
railroads being constructed In the
West and South, with an aggregate OF
over four thousand miles Of track; OF
which. about one thousand miles are AL
ready in use. The Denver aud Rio
Grande road il the longest, being about
nine hundred miles; next, the Kansas
Central, nearly six hundred miles; the
Cairo and ST. Louis, one hundred and
fifty miles The Utah Northern over one
hundred miles; and lessening down TO
ten miles. More or less of these fifty
roads are completed and now in use,
aud an additional number are being pro.
posed. With some Of them the furnish
! ing of ties and the grading is done by
the people therein interested along the
line Of the road.
The cost Of construction. Of course,
varies according 10 the conformation OF
the country reversed. On one of the
- - i-t-i ~~~' ~r "n-
Notwithstanding the grading, cross
ties, iron and spikes, splice bars, bridges
and culverts, track-laying and surfac.
ing, engineering, right of way, station.
houses, water stations, clc.--is S700(
per mile. Itis estimated that $1,000 ad.
dilional per mile will equip the road fol
business, which would be $1,000 pei
mile. This illustrates the economy oil
narrow gauge railroads in the building
while they can be used with correspond.
ing economy, and arc competent for all
the demands Of the business Of most
connecting railways. Practical expe.
rience has shown that ten of the mario W
gauge care can carry as much freight as
eight broad gauge cars, and one narrow
gauge car loaded with five ions OF freight
weighs little loss than one empty
broad gauge car. And IL is no longer a
question that narrow gauge roads can
be built and made TO pay in many To-
calities which would not justify the ex-
pensc of building and operating broad
gauge roads.
1t may be proper to state that the cs-
innate Of seven thousand dollars per
mile might prove too small for rough
broken country like East Tennessee,
though it would hardly exceed that
amount very much. The Marietta and
North Georgia Road now building, with
Ducktown as its objective point, is a
narrow gauge, and it would be interest
ing to know the estimated cost per mile
of that enterprise.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
SOltll Carolina.

The New York Tribune SAYS editori-
ally: sThere is now at Washiugton
q delegation OF men from South Caro-
lima charged with the duty OF denying
the charges made by the tax payers con.
vcntion. That convention sent ito rep
resentatives 10 Washington with series
OF distinct and credible allegations
against the management OF the State
finances. The aid Of Congress is sought
in an attempt to reform the government
and save the State from utter bankrupt
cy. The arti-tax payers delegation, il
we may so call them, say that the 9th
ers are 'rebels;" that they spell negro
with two rs and that things arc not %
bad as represented. The men who thu
seek to defeat the mission OF the Ia,
payers delegation are led by b. +
Whittsmore, a carpe!.bagger who wa
expelled from Congress for selling
cadetship. If anything more were
needed TO fix the character OF these men
il may be added that the rank aud file
Of them belong, or have belonged Il
the State government OF South Carolina
which has been made up Of the wors
thieves and p|underers that ever infest
cd any community. Congress may no
he able to do much for South Carolina
but the appearance there OF sucha bant
of marauders as those who protcs
against reform, is piece of brazen i'm
Ipudcnce and unparalleled eff'rontery."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
The BAPTIST University.

The General Baptist Convention re-
Gently in session at Murfreesborough re-
solved upon the establishment of Dap
list University as the foster child of the
Church, to be endowed with an interest
bearing fund of 100000. There are
several contestants for The location
among them Edgcfeld, Chattanooga
and Murrreesborough. The citizens of
the latter place have already raised over
one hundred thousand dollars available
subscriptions to secure the prize.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
Level Talk.

The Memphis Appeal explains Its po'
sition as follows:
In calls for meetings, in publishing
the proceedings Of meetings, In defend.
ing and supporting the nominees, hn1
in all that becomes party paper tho
Appeal will faithfully and zealously
perform i.s duty; but where mere indi.
vidual interests are to be promoted, onI
terms will DO invariably cash In adj
vance. II costs the propriotors Of the
Appeal three hundred dollars per day
to publish the paper, and we cannot sec
how aspirants for Office can expect al
our expense, TO use our columns.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
Manufactures.

The Chattanooga Commercial point
cdly says: "As means of producing
wealth and adding to tho comforts oil
life, wo have persistently advocated the
establishment of manufactures. But
such establishments will not benefit MS
unless wo use the products. 1t, there
fore, seems 10 be duty, and is certain
ly TO the interest Of all tho people 10
use as far ms they possibly can, all arti'
slcs Of home manufacture In preference
10 sending away for them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
Railroad Meeting at sweetwater'
LoudOn and Monroe.

Col w. j. Fowler is prominently
spoken of as the Conservative candidate
to represent Monroe and Loudon coun'
ties in the popular branch Of the next
General Assembly. We believe that
Pictorial district sent n Republican tc
The Jast Lsgisqtgre.. Col: F., who ii
Gus farmers OF bis section, will make
an excellent Representative.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
Execution.

A negro named Proguc Bryant suffer-
ed tho extreme penalty OF tho law at
Pulaski, in this State, for the murder OF
DR.. Steele, committed some two years
ago. Five thousand people are said TO
have been present to witness, the at
traciivo exhibition. 0l
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
Tornado mt Nashville.

A tornado passed over and through
Nashville, from west 10 east, about half
past ~ o'clock "Wednesday morning,
doing damage TO The amount Of 100000.
It struck the city at the Fair Grounds,
passing diagonally through the city and
out by the University and Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

An old Carter county citizen judges
of tho wheat prospect every year by
which of two gum trees in his yard
blooms first. This year he says the
wrong three has bloomcd first and there
will not be q good crop.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

Among the last acts Of the Missouri
Legislature was the passage Of n law
permitting the redemption Of all lands
or property delinquent for taxes prior
to 1873 upon the paymentof the face of
the tax bill, striking of both the pen.
alty and accrued interest.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

ibid y0u execute this instrument
without fear or compulsion from your
husband?" blandly asked the Judge
"Fcarl Compulsioni lie compel me |!
You evidently don't know me, Judge"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

For an instance OF remarkable pres.
ence Of mind, commend us to the saga.
cious Illinois women, who, whom her
husband was bitten by n mad dog, drew
pistol and promptly shot The man.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

The aggregate value Of all the agri-
cultural and mechanical products OF tho
State Of Maine last year Is estimated ut
Sl52,7JO 79S or sl7,9S6,92s more than in
1870,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

Illinois has extended to married wo.
men every right but that of suffrage.
Thcy can keep their own earnings, and
transact business with their husbands as
with strangers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

The Chicago Times remarks that II
the servant girl OF the period wishes D
crema,c with irining expense to herself,
she should con,ino the use OF kcroseao
"a a kinder.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

John Cough was married in Phila.
delphia the other day 10 a girl who had
refused him eighteen times" This
should afford encouragement TO oil dis
carded youths.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

Harry IIill's temperance gathering in
New York are waning in popularity. lilo
refuses TO give up his present business
and opena Holly Tree Coffee House.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
q d W M W No CHAI..
Athen = VI arket.

I OF " IHT"EFb' NPVH IUS I3l1'
Wheat. dull and lower, i.30ai 40 for choice,
Corn Oca9o Flour 40 for family, New Bacon,
81 cts d,tll hog round, Lad, IN lin cans cts;
Butter, ~. scarce; Eggs, 10. Meal %: Hay {.
81 90 per 100; lbs, OATS. ~, Feathers, 1.-Two
geese. 10; liocsway, ~; Rags. 2 cents; Irish
PotsiOes, I5al 30. Sweet PotatocA, 7jaSl.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

II is reported that II. II. Magill, agent
in California Of the Phpnix Insurance
Company, of Hartford, is q dcfaulter to
the amount Of $4,000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

The Knoxville Press and Herald
states that an effort Is being made by
tho numerous friends Of General Joseph
A. Mabry, to indnce that gentleman to
becomoa candidate for State Senator"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

Cincinnati quotes at G1G@7 for shout.
ders, clear sides 92s974. Louisville,
shoulders Z, clear sides, 014. Chatta-
nooga, clear sides l0If, shoulders 3.
hams III. Augusta, clear sides l09G@
liz, shoulders 50 @S,f, hams dull At
l2@l3 Atlanta, shoulders SjF@S14,
clear sides III, bams l3@li,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
GOld-.-BOnds---COttOn.

Gold, New York, closed at ll3A.-
Tennessee Bonds, S71a for the old issue
and 81 for the new. Cotton reported
dull at TIC. for middling.
Railroad Meeting at Sweetwater.
We learn there was an enthusiastic
railroad meeting at Sweetwater Mon
day night. Gen. Wilder and Col. Hos
kins were both present and spoke In
reference to the Tellico Narrow Gauge
The people of Sweetwater, as well as
those of jacksonville, are very earnest
and sanguine in regard TO that enter.
prisp
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

Some Hartford men rendered Mark
Twain welcome supper, and the bill,
amounting to sos, was sent to him.
Ho paid IL, but restrained humorous
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

Rumor says TINT JEFF. Davis, at pres
ent In Europe, has YEARBOOK written,
ond that II will be published In Eng.
land. ..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

A FIRE occurred at Bristol. on Limo
Monday night which destroyed three
dry goods houses, and the residence OF
II. l.. Burton. Partially insured.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

The Chattanooga Commercial Of We'd
nesday says good lot Of corn weDld
command so cents on wharf.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

Tho Alabama and Chattanooga Rail-
road has been reduced 10 tri-wcckly
concentrating three trips each way
nor week,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

They tell Of yam IN tho Sandwich
Islands which was twelve years grow
ing, and weighed a ton.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

The Chattanooga Commercial of Wed
ncsday reports tho Tennessee, at that
place, four inches above the high water
mark Of 1871.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

Chief Justice Waite delivered his first
opinion on tho bouch of the Supreme
Court few days ngo.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

Crockett county claims to be fore
most In the collection Of taxes for 1873.
Thirteen fourtconths of the county tax
and twelve. fourtcenths of tho State tax
have boon collected aud paid over.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

Maynnrds currency bill has passed the
House and goes 10 the Senate.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17
Racnii Market.

We nro indebted TO Mr.. Maynard for
copy OF his speech on the currency.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-17

Montgomery county reports about
half the peach crop killed.