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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
From the COurier-JOurnal.

The farmers ticket in Indiana does
not start well. Tho daily journals Of
indianapolis report that the convention
of Thursday was failure in every re.
spect. Notwithstanding the prediction
of delegate Brinsloy, that If the conven.
ton put out ticket, "hell and high wa
ter couldn't beat IT," the candidates put
forward do not seem likely TO develop
much strength. The nominee for Sec
rotary Of State has an unfortunate re.
cord, which may cause his withdrawal,
and the other nominees, with the ex-
ception Of Judge Biddlc, are not well
known.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
Dissolution at Hand,
Tow York Graphic Letter.


The Republican party appears to have
made its will and secured its cemetery
lot. Most Of the able Republican leaders
freely say that the next Congress-
will be close or standardization,
and if the latter, will have in its hands
the succession to the White House,
Mark this! The most moderate party
will come ont ahead. Abuse, mlevo-
lence, mean revenge, low puation,
and sncaking tactics are, in this Period
of convalcscenco, physic to thei con-
cocters. Opposition on high grounds,
enforced by upright reason is better
strategy. We never hear men like Hen
bricks, Thurman, Stevenson, Seymour,
Gideon Welles, Buckalew, Byard,
Pinckncy Whyte, Church, Ranne, Nj
black, Marshall, or Sibley, resort 10 per.
souaities except IN ertremts. There
lie the representative elements Of the
opposition, supported by discriminate
ing press, Of which the great forces are
still in circulation with former Rcpnb.
Leans. Carpet-bagging has lost, with
all its cunning, every State In the South
but two, and they are reproaches. OIL
fax and Morton between them, tie
types of our disease and of the quaSk
doctors who would cure it, are aware
that Indiana has slipped back definitely
to the reaction aud will hardly return
one Republican to Congress. Pennsy.
vania is also ira precarious state. Iii.
nois is one vast Grange. Wisconsinis
lost already. California is gone. Thee
facts excite no apprehension any moe,
nor have we any npprehensions of II.
bcllion or rcpudation or invasion,
while the lassilude of business will
draw us away from selfish absorption
in our private business TO give SOM
consideration to the true principles CT
government from which mere PERSONA.
iiy has been eliminated.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19

Col. Thos. B. Murray, OF Warner
county, was in our town last Wcdnes
day. AS our readers are already advis
ed, COL Murray is favorably spoken O
MS the Democratic candidate for Con
gress in the Third District. He is a gen
tlcman of fair ability, good speaker
and Unpopular address-just the sort o
man to make an earnest aud successful
canvass. There are other good and true
men aspiring to the candidacy, bu
should tile choice Of the nominating
Convention fall upon Col. NJ, there il
no one 10 whom this paper would &C,
cord reader or more hearty sup,
pert. II matters very little to us what
particular portion Of the District the
candidate may be taken from, so that
he combines in himself the necessary
qualifications and reasonable proper
ton Of the elements of success.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
White Cliff Snrinps.

The hotel at White Cliff Springs |,
now open for the reception of guests
New and commodious buildings hav,
been erected and splcndidly furnished
and we are confident the proprietor
Mr.. Magill, Of Mouse Creek, will moi
fail to make il one of the most popular
summer resorts in the South. We pro.
pose TO visit White Cliff in n week OF
two, and take view Of The hotel and
its surroundings. when VIC shall have
something further TO say OH the subject
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
Ohio.

Tho introduction OF colored cheap
labor into Ohio threatens 10 result In
bloodshed. Three hundred and forty
negroes from Tennessee, Kentucky and
Virginia have taken tho places of The
striking miners at Nelsonville. These
negroes, q few of them said TO be fresh
from the red fields Of tho Brooks.Bax.
ter war IN Arkansas, are wei! armed,
and arc exchanging shots with tho mi
ners, State troops have been sent TO
the scene OF tho trouble.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
The Post.

We never lose our temper and rarely
indulge in the luxury OF scolding, but
some poor miserable having started a
report that the circulation Of the Posi-
had been heavily injured by its articles
in relation to the Grange movement, we
must do ourselves aud others the jus.
tice to contradict 1t, which we do most
emphatically. /: a single Granger has
discontinued his paper on that or any
other account, we are unadvised OF the
fact at this writing. On the contrary,
at no time since the revival Of the paper
in 1867 has its circulation been.as large
as it is to-day, and it is increasing
from week to week, Notwithstanding
we keep the list well pruned add never
pander to popular prejudice or hesitate
TO express our views freely in our own
way upon any and all subjects prober
to be touched or discussed in the col
umns of secular press. We charge
two dollars year for the paper-no
more, no less. Anybody who wants it
can get it at that price. Those who
don't like our style, of course will have
no difficulty in finding papers that will
suit them much better. We mako il a
matter of conscience to deal fairly and
frankly with the public, and we expect
candor, frankness and justice in return.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
Departed.

SULPHUR SPRINGS, june t2 1874.
Usually our little village IL quiet mud peace.
able, but unfortunately last Oct0brrn man from
the North, named Jones was permitted ~ erect
n whisky saloon IN our midst. lie sold from
October 10 April without any license whatever.
He then obtained license 10 sell by the quart
Not satisfied with bis previous violation Of law.
he then sold II 81 students, sold on the Sabbath
day, sold by the drink, aud kept y dwordcrly
house--that l., permitted them TO drink on his
premises. He violated the liquor law In every
particular with IMMUNITY. Singularly enough
the ne!ghborhood showed great forbearancc.
However, on last Monday number Of our citl-
zens were summoned before the grand jury,
All that day Mr.. Jones held n high head and
sad he was not afraid unless the witnesses
swore lies. Tuesday morning he smelt mice
Of rather formidable proportions, concluded
northern man could not live here, that the com.
muuity was losing u valuable citizen, and de-
campod for parts unknown. Poor fcllowi To
leave on account Of prosecutions to northern
men was laughable enough. but TINT he lett
without looking through the iron bars ut
Washington X lameninblc. Rhea Springs IA now
rid Of the nuisance. XRNOpIlEN.
Married, In RcoVlIle, June IL, by Rev. c.
Long, Rev. w. ID. Mountcastleto Miss Fannie
Moore, Of Iiiceville.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
Louisiana,

A dispatch from Shreveport says n
thousand pounds OF nitro-glycerine in
the Government magazines, four mites
above the city, exploded to-day, with
n terrific force. The conclusion was so
great here that the whole population
rushed into the streets, the houses
shaking, windows breaking, etc. No
one was in the vicinity OF tho magazine
at the time, and no lives were lost.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
Tho Currency Bill.

The Senate passed the new currency
bill on the 18th by q vote Of 80 to %
The debate previous to the vote was
strong and obstinate. a correspondent
says the bill is regarded as very gre&
concession to the views heretofore hat
by the contractionis,s and specie re-
sumptionists, but it does not seem to
satisfy them at all. What the Presi'
dent will do, If the bin goes to him, nc
one yet seems TO know positively; but
the opinion of those who ought TO be
well-informed is that he will veto it.
The bill has since failed in the House
by 80 majority. The Democratic vote
was solid against ii,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
Railroad war I'm the West.

The Baltimore Gazette, In an article
on the railroad war in the West, says
The Illinois railroad law has been
decided by Judge Baker, Of Cairo, to
be constitutional OH suit brought for
extortionate charges for the trausporta-
ton o! freight aud passengers. In Wis
consin eleven suits have been entered
against the railroads, and are now com
Ing up for trial. The war, therefore, Is
waxing warm, and the probability is
that il will be an obstinate one, and
that appeal will follow appeal TO the
higher courts.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
Third District.

CHATTANOOGA, JUNE 18th, 1874.
The members of the Executive Com.
mittee, recently appointed for the Third
Congressional District, are invited TO
meet at my Office in Chattanooga on
Tuesday, June Both, 1874, to consult as
TO the time and place Of calling Dis
trict Convention, and to take such 9TH
er action as may be necessary for the
thorough organization of the party
Those who cannot be present are re-
quested TO express their views to me by
letter. w. l.. EAKIN, Chm'n.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
Total, 5,BS1,3s3
LD,49.6S4

The above statistics run to My 18th.
1874, an3>are as nearly correctas Il is
possible 70 get anything in ad,aace.
The population of the States nahed is
about III 100000. Rating the locd con,
sumption at bushels per capita Ier an.
mum, and the quantity required fol
seeding at IL bushels per acre, will
leave surplus for export of ABOUT
llS,S35,900 bushels Wheat from this
years crop ia the eight States named
Coming to the South, the promise was
good for very fine wheat crop this
year. The very heavy rains of thepast
two weeks may have injured the crop
in Georgia and North Alabama As
the Western crop Except the Southern
portions Of Missouri, Illinois aid In.
diana does not come into marke until
September, the crop of Tennessee and
other Southern States will be marketed
and partly sold before the cropof the
West can, TO any extent come into com.
petition with 1t, and in view Of the i'm
mcnsity of this years crop and the
large surplus of last year yet imsold,
we would advise early sales as far as
practicable. Respectfully
STEPHENS d FLYNN.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
Just this. and Nothing More.

George Alfred Townsend writes
THE Democratic party has Congress:
to 60 through, probably with plurali'
ty in their favor. On that rock they
may split. Other movements are also
in order which may recover popularity
for the Republican party, and may alter
its whole personal. Indeed, the parties
which now confront each other arc
merely the old Wing and Democratic
parties, with The vital attributes Of each
extracted. The Republican is the
Wing party, without its honesty. The
Democatic party is the old Democratic
party, without hard money or State
sovereignty"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
News Summary.

The suspension Of the Turner Bro
Tiers, New York, is announced. The
house has been in existence since 1874.
The President has nominated John ID.
Cadwalader as Assistant Secretary oi
State.
The Senatorial election In Rho6o Is
land Is still progressing -Bnrnsido lead
ing.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
Cool.

The Nashville Belner copies shor
paragraph from the Posi- Of the 18th, IL
regard to the dailies Of that city, aud
says: ave have a sneaking notion tina,
Sam wins is sarcastic when he talks in
this fashion, the more 80 as ill the efforts
of the Banner TO teach the Union and
American genteel journalistic manners
have failed so far. We have almost come
to the conclusion that its mulishness is
chronic and that it would rather "bust''
tho party than observe the proprieties
which attach to the amiable Banner"
We give it up. Our contemporary of
the "amiable" Banner possesses q de-
gree of GOODNESS that would render him
a valuable acquisition TO the next nxpo.
dillon to the arctic circle.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
The Coming Elections.

A letter from Washington says "thcre
Is a general CONSERVATION among North
ern and Western Republicans at the
prospect before thom in the elections
next fall, and every new question that
comes up in the House puts them IN n
sort Of fever IL was this feeling that
ed them TO vote against the last curren-
cy hill
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
MCMinn County.

County Court Clerk BLIZZARD has fur.
nished us with tabular statement Of
the Tax Aggregate for 1874, which
shows loss on real estate in the coun.
ty, as against the assessment Of 1873, OF
$06,66l 90, q loss on mills of $9,296.l9,
aud on personal property of S7l,007,77
making total of Sl76,965.SS. There
10 gain on town lots of Sl0,40005. Net
depreciation $l66,565,S3. The statement
shows aloss in valuation in every civil
district In the county except the I'd and
7th, in, tho former Of which there is n
gain Of $2,409.S5i and In the latter of
$l,205.52. The heaviest depreciation is
In the 9th district, where it amounts TO
S39,64035. Number Of acres of land in
tho county, 270309; value OF lands,
Sl,970,l5525. Number Of town lots,
399--value, S235,O3O03. Number of
mills, 33--value, $50.5ii.Sl. Personal
property, $322,97744. Total value of
property, S25ST.707.53. Number of tax
able polls, 1921. State tax, $l2,27l.S3;
County tax, $3SSl Sc; Court House tax,
S7.7G3,13, School tax, $5,S025G. Total
tax, $50, 7l90S.
We arc under obligations TO Captain
Blizzard for these figures, and will pub
lish tho table in full as soon as we can
conveniently. His books are now COM
plctc and ready for tho supervision Of
tho Court.
~ H.. 4
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
uell,s Recruiting Office.

There Is a distillory in Cha,tooga
county, Ca, at or near which five men
have been murdered since II was esiab-
lisbcd. The last one was committed on
Friday, when Ben Hughes murdered
Jesse Corn, his fathcr-in.law
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
Hamilton County,

The Democratic County Committee
publish call in the Chattanooga Times
for a county convention TO nominate
delegates to the State convention to be
held at Nashville on the 10Th of Au-
gust, and also TO the Congressional con i.
vention for this district.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
The Wheat and DAT Grams

Attention is invited to tie following
letter from the well.knoSn Commiss,n
House OF Stephens & Flynn, AtIant:
ATLANTA. Junel5 Isz
Editor Positive hand yoI her. sith
accurate figures as to the Sea Of The
crops OF Wheat and Oats in tgLt west.
ern States as named, the uslil AVERAGE
of bushels per acre, aud theorobsble
quantity Of each kind of gra, which
may be expected as the yieltof this
year.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
q d VI VI " n CuAL.
Athens Market.

ATHENS. June ~, 1874.
Wheat. dull and lower, 0.O)t00D for choice.
Corn scarce 90 cts, Flour $50 for family, ia.
con. 81 too cts hog round, Lard, IN tin cans TO-
cts; Butter 10 cts. plenty; Eggs, 10. Meal %;
Hay, 500 per 100 lbs; oats, 10, fcatbcrs,s
live geese, -; llccswnv, -; Rags, cents,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
Atheus 2ast.
Athens, Friday, June 10, 1874.
Dedication at Sweetwater.

We have received an interesting &C.
count Of the dedication OF the new
Cumberland Presbyterian Church al
Sweetwatcr last Sabbath, and regre:
that we could not publish 1t this week
without leaving out matter already In
type. We will take pleasure in giving
il place next week.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
MISSISSIPPI.
FLORIDA.

Mariana Courier: Corn is being
laid by, and presents rather poor pros.
pect for large yield, and is now suffer.
ing for rain. The cotton fields look
well with the exception OF a small stalk
This, too, needs rain and with n good
seasonabIc shower, and undisturbcd by
the caterpillar, will yield good crop.
1t is understood the fly has been seen,
aud If such Is the case, tho cotton stalk
will be cleared of its leaves by the last
Of next month. The oat crop is now
being harvested. and wo presume toll
cradle yield only is made"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
Indiana.

Special returns in relation 10 the to-
,bacco crop in Kentucky, Southern Ohio,
Indiana and Tennessee are such ms to
make the outlook very bad one. Aside
from the late frosts the bug fly and
other insects have been very dcsiruc-
tive. No transplantiDg had been done
up to the first Of June, the ground being
too dry.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
Southern Crops.
GEORGIA.

The editor of the Macon Telegraph
writing from Atlanta TO his paper, SAYS !:
The Patrons OF Husbandry are exceed
iugly retieent as 10 the precise acreage
OF cotton in cultivation the present
year. They are fearful If the truth was
stated, that unworthy members OF the
order, aud outsiders, would at this early
stage of the season be tempted TO spec
ulate upon their brethren, by adding
still further TO their crops OF cotton
We managed, however. TO worm out OF
one high official that in Georgia the re.
duction in area wolld amount 40 - per
cent, and in all the cotton States To tc-
tween Is and 10 per cent. Such grain
crop has never been produced In the
Southern States, and tie yield OF oats
aud wheat will be immense. So Ear as
reported by sample TO millers, the berry
of the latter is unusually plump and
perfect, aud the late fine weather will
insure -four of superior quality. The
corn crop is reported regular aud
healthy, aud very large. Under the
spur OF the late rains it must come eor-
ward rapidly, and with anything like
tolerable seasons in future, the check
received from tho drought will be more
than made up in the increased weight
and size of the ears.
ALABAMA.
The Montgomery Advertiser says
From several observant parties we learn
that the crops are growing with almost
unexampled rapidity. Corn, which two
weeks ago would hardly reach half.leg
high, is now towering up toward the
shoulder, and cotton. though less rapid
in its development is none the less for.
ward, all things considered. Bountiful
rains have fallen everywhere, and for
once in the course Of four years we
have flattcring prospects OF better times
The Selma Times Of the 9th says: The
crop news from the section OF country
contiguous to Selma Is of hopeful
character, and with favorable seasons
! for the next six weeks we shall make
good crops of corn and cotton. The
rain Of last week has given a tremend-
Gus impetus to cotton, aud it is growing
beautifully. Our planting friends with
whom we have convcrsed, speak more
hopefully aud chcerfully than has been
heard in this country in many, very
many long months.
MISSISSIPPI.
Vicksburg Herald, 18th: The plant
ing propects in all the country tributary
to Vicksburg are reported good, and The
\ indications are that large crops of both
oo,n aud cotton Will be made. The out.
look is altogether different from what
ii was few weeks ago, when the whole
face Of the country was covered with
water. The growing crops will be
made on comparatively small advances,
and The result will be that the planters
will have fewer debts and more money
in the fail than for sometime hereto.
fore"
FLORIDA.
Mariana Courier: Corn is being
laid by, and presents rather poor pros.
pect for large yield, and isnow suffer
ing for rain. The cotton fields look
well with the exception OF small stalk.
This, too, needs rain, and with good
seasonabIc shower and undisturbcd by
the caterpillar, will yield good crop.
4 +, I Al
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19

Gold In New York laos, Cotton
Is for midding uplands,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19
WHEAT.
Total. 1i.7lO.Sl
OATS.

The last column OF figures represents &c mum.
Der of bushels In each State at the ratgiyen
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19

Triune Grange in Williamson conn.
~, subscribed $500 Sunday towards
Tho completion Of tho interior of tho
new Melhodlst church ut ihpt place.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-19

The State Teachers Association met
at Knoxville Tuesday.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-08-21
The Malone Express.

'RICHMoND, august ~.
"Gentle1nen,-Can you tell me how to ex-
trieste myself from the strait am in: re-
ceiyed from a new customer of mine on the
Virginia and Tennessee railroad an order for
package of goods to be sent by express.
Yesterday evening took the same 10 the
Southern Express office in this city, but was
informed that company could not send it for
me, as then could do no business ,nfth that line.
What are merchants similarly situated in this
city to do under such provoking ..circum-
stances? Yours, =. d. b."
That's poser-a Gordian knot We can't
unite, and we have not the temerity to un-
d . take cutting 1t. Being in our infancy, we
VIII turn such tough propositions over to
our gray.headed seniors Of the Dispatch and
Wing for solution. However, if We may not
be considered pert, we will! put in our pro.
test against this dog-in-the-manger, stubborn
monopoly, the result of yesting too much
power in one little man, and the spending of
the peoples money to drain their pockets-a
stick loaned to break their own heads with.
We ipsist upon knowing If the merchants OF
Richmond interd to allow one enormous
Panama" TO cut their business Threats after
this wholesale manner forever and day
after2 Come to time, venerable Dispatch ;
buckle on your armor once more, and lay on
for truth, justice, and the trade of Rich
moDd. Well hold the spoDge.-Ecenn5
journal,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-08-21

A WHITE PULPIT WITH A BLACK BISHOP IN
IT.-[t'rom The Louisville Courier-Journal,
August lila very noteworthy event in
Louisville religious history occurred yester-
day, Bishop Miles, of the Colored Methodist
Church Of America, preaching the first ser.
mon ever delivered in white church in this
city by colored minister. Bishop Miles is
here in attendance upon the General Con-
ference of bis Church, and was invited last
week to occupy the pulpit of Rev. Mr. Set.
ties church at the corner of Fifth and Wal
nut streets.
Bishop W. II. Miles is the senior Bishop
of the Colored Methodist Church, and is
generally recognized as its ablest representa-
tive. he is large man, OF much dignity
of bearing and person; bis style is upusu'
ally fervid and eloquent, and there Is nc
hesitation of language or thought.
The attendance at the church yesterday
afternoon was quite large, many white per
sons being present with the delegates from
the Conference and other colored auditors
His sermon was listened to with great atten
ton and interest.