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Fifth and n1Mnl Gin Concert
IN AID on THE
pNyNA Librzry@ ~ kenteicky.
q CARD TO THE PUBLIC.

R6e II sSaAse,nent have determined to have
th6 Drawing Of the Filth and Last CIT Con-
cert OF the enetQ It6rngy 0f Kentucky ON
the sDth day OF November next. We believe
now that all the tickets will be sold, and
that the drawing viii be full one: but
whether all are sold or not. the drawing will
nevertheless certainly come on on the day
appointed.
meeting OF the tick et-holdcrs Mt Public LII
br1ary Hall, on the 10Th OF November, 20
n ake ARRANGEMENTS in connection with the
com niittee appointed by the Trustees to SUI
perintend the counting Of the tags represent
Ing the number OF tick cts sold While there
"a no actual necessity for the presence
,of ticket holdess. rs under our ar
rangements the interests OF oil are
AQaally cared for, yet at the same time
wuu greatly prefer that as many Of those
Interested as can, would attend this meet.
ing and see each Tor ,himseif how perfectly
Eair aud Impartial the distribution must be.
Every arrangement has been made fer the
drawing-but little more than month re-
mains for the sale Of the remainder OF the
tickets. and whatever Is done must be done
promptly. THO'S. +. BRAMI LITE.
Agent and Manager.
Louisville. KY. Oct. =. 1871.
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The examination of Mr.. Irwin, OF
the Pacific Mail, took place in Wash
ington last week. The character OF
the testimony can only be guessed At
from the intelligence which leaks
from the committee room; but it il
understood that he denies paying
saoney to any member Of Congress.
The company profess themselves anx.
ious that he should state al he knows,
and they will apparently be gra,i6ed
Aefore the examination is over.
The confession Of the dying burg
lar, captured few days ago that he
end bis accosaplice we're the abduct-
on az Charlie Boss, looks IS if the
nySteries Of that domestic romance,
O. tragedy whichever it may be con-
sidered, were abost to be solved.
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eighteen or twenty seized the rope to
which he WAS holding in front of his
face. They gavs the rope a sudden
jerk when he fell and was dragged
down the stone steps-str,kiag with
fearful thuds as they ran down the
hard tortuous walks of the Court
House yard to the lamp post on the
northeast corner Of the square where
he was hung He must have been
dead before he reached the final act
in the horrid tragedy. He had moth
ing on but . short undershirf, and rs
he hung there with naked, bleeding
limbs, gaping month, protruded
tongue, and distorted feAtures,he pre-
sented picture that rivals ia send-
ishness the reported ousrsges Of the
Ku Klux, or the barbarity Of the Mo-
docs. When it become known the
people focked there in great crowds,
- he was suspended about two hours
until the Coroner and jury could be
had. About four q. m, he was taken
down and dressed in his clothes and
aid on = table in the hall of the
Court HOUSE. later he was laid out
% . black shroad and kept in the
,heriff's Office until "Wednesday when
,e was taken to the potters Geld and
Inferred. While in the sheriG7s Office
he isilor's wife and Annie Howard
listed him. Mrs. Howard put her
rms around the head Of the coffin
nd gave expression to the most
esrtrendering cries, protesting all
10 while his Innocence, and saying
,st If he lad only lived he would
I'VE proved himself 20.
An indignation meeting was held
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-22
RrcYitieS.

Wilson county in this State has voted
down the free school tax by more than
four TO one.
The Senate has confirmed the nomi.
nation OF A. G. Sharp as Collector o!
the Third Tennessee District.
The Southern Watchman quotes corn
at Athens, Georgia, as selling at $l.30
per bushcl.
Large quantities Of soap--of the mag
nolia brand---are manufactured at Chat.
tanooga.
It's stated on high authority that gyp-
sum will kill the green worm which
devastate the cabbage plants.
A man named Haggcr,y, who lost two
fingers in an accident on the Memphis
aud Paducah road, has sued the Com
pany for $4,000
Thorrau sagaciously remarks that "tho
one modern improvement most needed
Is a better style OF men aud women"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-22
Drunkenness and Gluttony.

A retired physician writes; "lIow
does IL happen that, amid the everlast.
ing cry against drunkenness wo never
hear word against its sister evil, gut.
tonyP think | can assert with truth
that in long practice. three have died
among my patients from over. eaiing,
whore one has died from drink
Whence come apoplexy paralysis,
dyspepsia, and host Of other diseases,
but rom too much aud too rich food
taken under the most imprudent cir
cumslances. And yct we hear Of no
society formed to prevent this growing
vice. A man eats until he drops down
and eypires with apoplcxy By the road
side, when up comes me coroner with
jury Of twelve good men and true,
who pronounce verdict, Died from
intemporance." So no did, but what
kind of iniemperanco was Il ! have
heard more taan one minister in The pul.
pit expatiate with great vchcmence
against the sin OF drunkenness, whose
very appearance was proof positive
that he was prc.cmincnily guilty OF
gluttony."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-22
Railroad Uniform.

A bill has passed third reading In tho
Massachusetts House Of Representa-
tives, which requires that all railroad
companies shall prescribe a certain form
Of cap and badges TO be worn by all their
employees whose duties rotate TO I'm.
mediate transportation OF passengers
or their baggage. The companies arc
required 10 furnish tho caps and badges,
and that the act 10 made 10 apply 10
street car railways as we'll ne TO the
steam railroads. Tho corporations are
10 be fined for neglect 10 furnish tho
caps, and badges, and no employee is 10
be permitted 10 exercise any authority
over passengers or their luggage unless
he is at the time wearing his official cap
and badge. The act Ia intended TO pro-
tect the public from imposiors. and from
the misconduct OF agents. who after
wards deny that they werc agents Of
the corporation.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-22
The Third District.

This from the Chattanooga CONNER.
cial of recent date:
A Times correspondent, writing from
Rhea county, nominates Hon. Il. A.
James as candidate for Congress. The
Democracy on this side of the mountain
would go prett, heavy for Eb.. but the
West will probably prefer Col. Savage,
his most prominentrival The McMinn-
vile New Era has already claimed the
next nomination for that section. Next
to the election of Republican, we
would like to see our State Senator
promoted to this more honorable and
responsible position.
Col. Savage is gentleman of fair
ability and agreeable manners, but we
don't believe his aspirations for the
nomination will be very earnestly sec.
onded, even in his own immediate por.
ton of the District. 1t is said there are
six or eight gentlemen in Warren and
White who would not "hide out" to
avoid Congressional nomination.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-22
From the Mountain.

SPARTA, Tenn, May 10, 1874.
While thinking about my old home l
concluded TO furnish the Posi- with a
few items. To begin-our farmers are
greatly behind with their crops on ac-
count es so much rain. Some have
plar'ed little corn, but the most are
notdone preparing their ground. There
will not be an aveaage corn crop plant
ed IN White county this year. Wheat
Is looking fine; our farmers say the
yield silI be good, but would have becn
much better had there occurred less
rain. The high waters damaged some
Of the farmers living on the Calf Killer
river. Fruit prospect fine. There will
be n good deal of cotton and tobacco
cultivated in White this year.
Who Willie the Democratic candidate
for Governorg is the question most fre.
quently asked over here. will say this
much-should Judge Marks receive the
nomination he wrl get nearly every
vote it, this portion Of the State. We all
think he is the very nan for the times.
There is, also, much hlk about a can
didate for Congress for The Third Dis
trict. Who will he be? There arr sew
eral spoken of in this end of the Dis
trict; among them, Col. S ii, Collins.
aud Gen. G. G. Dibrell, of Sparta; and
Col. ~. b. Murray and Col. John Saw
age, of McMinnville-all able men and
true Democrats.
On the Radical side | have heard but
one man spoken of for Cougress--namc.
ly, Col. Sam. Parker, of White. lie
wanted the race two years ago, and
think he will contend very hard for it,
as heard him say the other day that he
believed as good plan as any was for ev-
cry man to run that wanted to.
One word about our candidates for
the Legislature. Judge Gardenhire, Of
White, and a Mr.. Windlc, of Putnam,
are candidates to represent White and
Putnam, as it takes both these counties
to form representative district. They
are both out and out Democrats. Mr..
7. l.. Mitchell, our present County Su-
perntendent, who is Johnson Demo-
crat it is said will run on the Johnson
ticket. If that be the case, it is hard TO
predict the result. WHITE COUNTY.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-22
The Senatorial Succession.

We are glad 10 see that there Is at least
one other paper than the ATHENS Posi-
opposed TO the mischieyous proposition
to mix up the Senatorial succession with
the Legislative elections. We quote
from the Nashville Union and Amcri.
can of the 18th:
or course il is easy 10 raise objec-
tions. First, would half the people
vote on the question. aud how much
weight ought such half vote 10 have
with the Legis'alure Supposing al!
should vote, would the verdict be any.
thing like decisive? Would not each
county or section mass on Its favorite,
so thai no one man would receive even
onc.fourih OF the poll! Would not the
result be exactally like the first CON-
piimcntary vote in aLcgislaturo without
any chance for subsequent votes TO
unite the majority? Shall the Legisla.
ture be bound by the highest plurality.
even though il be only one-fourth? Ii
the Radical minority. 10 whom this
primary election would be equally open,
should mass on Maynard, or even on
Brownlow himself giving him much
the plurality of any, we presume no one
would hold a Democratic Legislature
bound bv such result Again, there is
the question OF whether in Republican
counties, the Republican officers OF
election would make any returns of this
unofficial vote aud what reliance could
be placed on such unsworn returns,
| if made. We do not cite these difiicul-
ties as objections TO the plan, but as
matters that should be considered and
settled beforehand. If it were under
stood, for instance, that the Legislature
would moi be bound by less than ma
jority of the Democratic. Conservative
voters, the people might make some ef-
| fort to concentrate their strength. With
out some such understanding, the plan
would be liable TO fail or only produce
discord. Thus reform good enough
in itself perhaps, might incur odium IN
its incipiency and be delayed for years.
We are cognizant Of no tribunal that
can either inaugurate this primary plan
or provide for its contingencies, unless
it be the Democratic and Conservative
Statc convention, anu we are tue HlOre
willing to remit tho whole subject TO
their consideration because our infor-
nation from all sections is that the peo-
pie are fixed in their determinations to
send none but the best representative
men TO that body. Our greatest fear
about this whole Senatorial question aud
its agitation thus early, has been that il
might be magnifed into such proper
ions as TO eclipse all other interest in
the selection Of Legislators. In our
view, the improvement Of the assess
ment laws, the rctrenchmen, of expen-
ses for criminal prosecutions, tho man
agement of the State finances, the school
system, aud several other home matters,
are at least as important TO Tennesseans
rs the next SenAlOrShin.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-22
A Nice Place.

The New Orleans Picayune gives the
following attractive picture of the con-
dition of things in that city:
The local history of New Orleans dur
ing the past six weeks has presented,
we venture to say, more instances of
daring. Inscriptions and unchecked
crime than that Of any other city in any
age or country. Blood is shed upon the
most tfreqnented thoroughfares; the resi-
dences of merchants aud tax. payers are
entered and despoiled; houses filed
with sleeping people are set on fire by
burglars whose cupidity has been dis.
appointed; gentemen--and ladies, too
Are seized on the stree, and violently
robbed of money. jewery, etc. We
could not undertake TO recapitulate the
record. 1t is too immense. But to say
that every day brings accessions to the
triumph Of revolving and unpunished
ou,rages is the barest and most mode
rate expression OF the truth.
Here is most deplorable state of
things, which ought to bring terrible
retribution upon those who have been
instrumental in causing 1t.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-22
A Call for a ColOred County Con.
yentiOn,

From the Cleveland Commercial, May 18th.
Fellow citizens of Bradley County
Now seems to be an auspicious time
for us 70 assemble in convention, and
devise the hes. plan 20 cast our votes al
the coming fall election; and TO make
known the sentiments Of ihe late Color
ed State Convention, which was held in
the city OF Nashville on the 2Sth aud
Goth of April. II seems that we have
done a great deal Of voting since our
emancipation, and we hope to do some
more, bu, on another plan altogether
We have received great deal from the
hands of our white Republican fellow.
citizens, in by-gone days, but when we
come out III SELF defence aud ask OF
them, whom we have voted for and put
in Office, the passage Of the Civil Rights
Bill, they say, my colored brethren, It is
too soon. In the future IL is our intcn-
ton 10 vote for no man unless he will
stand upon the rostrum and say to his
colored tizens, that he viii sup.
port all the measures tha: arc for our
civil rights, as American citizens. II
makes no difference II he is q Republic.
can OF the deepest dye. not a single ne.
gro vote shall he have unless he first
pledges himself 10 work for our civil
and political rights. In by-gone days
we have been voting for men upon the
mere name Of being Republicans, and
now find that il is better for us TO stay
at home and attend TO our own business,
instead Of running around and halloo-
ing out hurrah for our man, etc. when
they don't care d-n for us, as they
say, after they get into office.
Let each district To represented In tho
convention, so as 10 get upon platform
by which we can better ourselves In all
coming elections. The convention will
assemble in the Court House, Cleve-
land, Bradley county, Tennessee, on
Saturday, the 30th day of May at II
o'clock, NJ, By order OF the county Ex.
ocutive Committee.
Anthony Carter, Wash Henderson.
Geo. Galloway, John Galloway, Scott
Pinson, Nath Ilardwck and Others.
GEORGE L, WAsgoM. Sec'v.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-22
The Assessment Law.

Referring to Mr.. Johnson's recent de-
nunciation Of the assessment law. the
Clarksville Chronicle says:
1t is rather strange that the Ex.Presi-
dent should take that side of the ques.
ton. He is generally with the masses,
and the law does not operate severely
upon the masses, but affects more the
money lenders, bond holders and the
wealthy class generally. The masses
escape on the $1,000 exemption clause,
but money lenders catch il heavy. The
law, We agree, might be improved. but
take il rs a whole it is the best assess
ment law for the masses that we ever
had and as the people begin to under
stand it the better they like il.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-05-22
Miscellaneous Items.

A physician was badly hurt the other
day by the caving in Of n well upon
him. lie should have attended 10 the
sick aud let the well alone.
The San Francisco sea captain who
traded the ships Bible for thirteen plugs
Of tobacco, is spoken of very severely
by the religious press Of that city.
The Attorney General Of Wisconsin
afllrms the consiituiionality OF the rail.
road law, and the Governor 10 taking
measures TO enforce II.
Editing paper ia like carrying an
umbrella on windy day. Everybody
thinks he could manage II better than
the one who has hold Of the handle.
The word Grange is Roman by birth
English By association, an1 American
by adoption. II signiled "A corn.farm
where tithos and rents due religious
houses were kept"
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