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WANTED One hundred and seventy
FIVE young men, all shapes and sizes, from
the tall graceful dandy. with hair enough
on his upper lip to stuff barber's cushion,
down to the little frecklsd faced, carrot
headed, bow-legged upstart. The object
is to start a gaping corps to be 10 attendance
at the church doors each Sabbath morning
before the commencement Of Divine SER
vice, at the close to stare at the ladies as
they enter and leave the church, and to
make delicate and ungentlemsnly remarks
on their person and dress.
ALI who wish to enter the above corps
will appear at the different church doors,
as their fancy lead, next Sabbath morning,
where they will be duly inspected, their
names, personal appearance and calibre Of
bIains registered in book for that pur-
pose.
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For the Ladies' Home.
OCEAN SIGHS.
. - I. 3. c..


sigh-laden whispering she'll of the sea
Whispers a tale of the deep to me
It echoes the means,
The sobs and the grOans,
That were heard one night on the roaring wave,
When q ship went down, no hand could save.
shuddering list to the sighs and means,
The piteous shrieks and maddening groans,
And wish they could sleep,
In the moaning deep,
And naUght but murmurs sweet and low
Could rise as the waves reel to and fro.
Shells of the sea listen to me,
Cease that wild, shuddering song of the sea
Some spirit BRIGHT
Went down that night,
Chanting pean Of Joy and peace
Thy sighing and groaning, thy shuddering cease
All, family it foateth. Hushl Mark the soft tone
DTeamily, dreamily signing aloneI
A lullaby motion
Stirs the gresn ocean,
And heaves from its bosom boat Of bright shells,
Her tOpmast agloW with silver-tongued bells.
Dark spirits, be still Whence eometh that light {!
Are moonbeams starbeams so dazzling to sight?
A voice in the AIR
Sighs-'tis the bright hair
Of an earth-cradled maiden lost in the sea,
Lulling the storm with her sweet lullaby.
Her wistful blue eyes are watching sail
That soareth on proudly, through calm or fierce gale
hear the she'll say,
AS the means die away,
That her prayers hutter upward on sllvery beams
Like white breasted doves eleave the sky OF our
dreams.
Two white arms eneircle her lover Away,
Her floating hair, spangled with gitterlng spray,
AwRking sleeping,
The love-watch she's keeping
And brightis the path DER the oceans soft breast,
With her hand on the helm and the sailor at rest.
Come dreamer and list, ere the vision has flown
The ocean-belrs chime is dying-is gone
But wonder more,
Bright she'll of the shore,
That voice wild and thrilling, yet sweet as can be
Floats weirdiike and solemn across the deep sea
GREENVILLE, ALA. 1857.
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A WARNING NOTE
The South Under Radical Domination.

From the Charleston Mercury.
The States south of Mason and Dixon's
line are neither more out, nor more in the
so-called Union than they were on the day
before, or the day after the surrender of
General Lee. We are denied admission !;
and the denial qOiU be accepted. The only
two States who have yet voted on the ques-
tion of Radical reconstruction have prompt-
ly and decisive!y declined to accept it upon
those terms. The end is no nearer-the
Union is still dissolved. The Government
at Washington, actuated by passion and
prejudice, and reckless lust of power, holds
the States still at arms length from each
other, and still feeds the feeling of mutual
distrust, and adds bitterness to bitterness.
II is just as well, men of the North, that
you should understand now, as at any 9TH
er.time, Che people of the Southern States
do not intend to be ruled by negroes. If
it is the purpose of the United States Gov
ernment to negroize the Southern States,
they may as we'll know now as any other
time, that 1t has to be done with the bayo-
net, and has to be preserved with the bay
onet in all time 10 come. The Southern
people do not intend to be mongrelized.
They prefer the sword-this they can al
ways compel.
The policy of the Radical destructives
renders perpetual standing army in the
ten Southern States. The nineteenth cen
tury, with all its bloody folles, will have
sunk into the grave of the past, and Radi-
cal reconstruction will not yet have been
accomplished. What crimes, what uphea-
wells of society aud governments, what de-
structiou of national and individual proper
ty it will effect, it is impossible now dis
tincuy to foresee. But that this policy, If
pursued, will in one shape or another evolve
these calamities, there is little room for
doubt
Earnestly solicitous as the Southern peo-
pie are in good faith to abide the result of
unfavorable war, and to meet fairly the is
sue of defeat, in yielding an honest aoqui-
escence to the premises upon which the
war was declared to be fought BY. the Uni
ted States Government-"the preservation
of the Union''-this people will not debase
themselves under negro rule they win moi
assume the level of tho negro.
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Headed by few dirty vagabonds, the
negroes on every available occasion, march
up to the polls and in solid phalsnx casting
their votes against the interests, desires
and happiness of the tax-payiHg white Peo-
pie who give them employment This sui
cidal, unnatural and ungrateful policy has
aroused the white men of the Union 10 q
keen sense Of their duty.
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A New Machine For Psgging Shoes.


A hand pegging machine was exhibited
in Springfield recently, which, It is stated
is reslly a valuable invention. The she's 70
be pegged is lasted aud the sole is fastened
on to the upper leather in the same way 80
in Peging by hand. The macbins is self
feeding. and as it moves it cuts the peg
from 6 wooden "ribbon," punches the hole
and drives the peg to its place, all in an in
slant, and closes its work perisctiy. An
experienced workman can peg two rows on
e No. 8 heavy brogan in one minute. Tha
machine works equally well on heavy and
fine work, aud good judges who saw it in
operation pronounced it capable Of doing
eli it claims to do. The price is within the
means of country shoemakeas. and viii be
8 great saving Of work for them,
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The course of the managers of the inn
Peachment farce develops the fact that they
will depend mainly on enlarging the scope
of evidence SO as to create political preju-
dice and make capital to go before the coun-
try, as neither law nor Legitimate evidence
can Justify a conviction.
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The negro having arrayed himselfagainst
the white men of the South, it is evident
that the next Presidential contest will be
fought upon the issue, whether the negro
OF the white man shall have the supremacy.
In such contest we have no difficulty in
forming an opinion and taking our posi-
tiou,
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The opening of the spring races at Mem
phis has been postponed until the eth nlG.
The stakes will close on the 9th. About
fifteen horses are already on the ground and
in training for the races, and in q week or
two, large number of the best horses in
the country will be there.
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Of the prisoners in the Tennessee Peni-
tentiary, 258 "wore the blue" and So de-
serted the grey. Not single true grey
Is there.
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NUMBER Is.

Because the Southern people do not fall
down at the feet of the Radicals and worship
them as saints they are called disloyal.
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America is the only DesPOtism of modeTn
times where the bulk of taxes is laid on in.
dustry. The very paupers of America are
taxed, while the bloated nabob rolls about
in his magnificent exemption.
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Thad. Steven has written a letter to
friend at Lancaster, Pa. dated the 26th ult.,
in which ne comes out for Grant and Wade
as the Radical candidates for President and
Vice President.
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The people of the South are not in revolt
against the Union, but they are rebellious
towards the cowardly tyrants who are hunt
ing them down.
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It is reported that Judge Pope, Of the
Circuit Court of Alabama, was arrested
while on the Bench, at Jacksonville, last
Monday. The Sheriff of the county, and
also Clerk Of the Court, we're both arrested
and all put in Jail. The offence charged
wa falling to put negroes On the jury
Rome Ga Courier.
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ApEERr1s1Na PATRoNAeE.-We COZ anC

ADVERTISING PATRoEAGE.-We copy and
fully indorse the following sensible remarks
from the jamestown IN. y Journal of
Of recent date "In q general sense, the
effort on the part Of any merchant to get
trade without advertising is & wrong to
other business men in the place. Whether
a man believe In advertising or not, he viii
coincide that the newspapers are q great
help to the place, and that business
amounts to very little in places that don't
support one:or more of them. Absence Of
newspapers is a bad sign for place, in a
business point of view, as absence Of
churches is in morals, of school houses
in education. The men who support the
village paper do more to build up the
place, and make it prosperous, sand draw
trade there, than all other influences com
bined. Therefore, the man who tries to
come in and take the benefits Of that
prosperity without contributing TO sus-
tain it, tries to .'dead head on the rest
of the business men, and does them wrong
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A EUPHoN1NUs CAPTIoN.-"Lies from the
Manufactory'Ii lis the caption which the Gall
latin Examiner puts over it's extracts from
the Press and Times.
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for the other with look upon his
which told something. They came al -
six little envelopes, ted with blue ribbon
aud we're laid al his elbow by his despair
ing daughter.
''Lock these up until come home this
evening" he said to his wife. 81 will read
them then. Meanwhile, Lucilla is not to
see this music master on any pretence."
And then Miss Lucilla went down upon
her knees.
ooh, dear papa r' she cried, ''my dear
est papa, please don't say must never see
him again, couldn't bear it. Indeed 1
could not. He's poor, know, bat he ie
a gentleman, and I-like him so much,
papa"
"No more of this absurdity, my DEAR"
saidlMr. Richmond. "He has been artful
enough to make you think him perfection I
suppose. Your parents know what is best
for your happiness. A music teacher is
not match for Miss Richmond"
With which remark Mr.. Richmond put
on bis hat and overcoat and departed.
Then Lueilla and her mother took the
opportunity of falling into each others
arms.
dts so naughty of you," said Mrs.
Richmond. "But oh, dear, can't blame
you. It was exactly SO with me. ran
away with your papa, you know, and my
parents objected because of his poverty
I feel the greatest pity for you, and Fred
rick has such fue eyes, and is so pleasant.
1 wish could soften your papa"
"When he has seen the letters there'll be
no hope, am very much afraid sobbed
Miss Lucilla. Erred is so romantic, and
papa hates romance"
''He used to be very romantic himself in
those old times," said Mrs. Richmond
"Such letters as he wrote me. have them
In my possession yet. He said he should
die if I refused him.
$50 does Fred" said Lucilla.
"And that life would be worthless with
out me ; and about my being beautiful, he
thought so you know. Pm sure he ought
to sympathize lttle,'' said Mrs. Rich
mond.
But she dared not promise that he would.
She oOaxed her darling to stop crying,
and made her lie down, then went up into
her own room to put the letters in the desk;
and as she placed them in one pigeon hole.
she saw in another, bundle, tied exactly
as those were. She drew them out.
These letters were to Lucilla also
one who had received them twenty years
beforehand now she was matrOp old
enough to have daughter who had heart
troubles. She unfolded them one by one,
wondering how it come to pass that lovers
letters were all so much alike.
Half dozen-iust the same number,
much more romantic than those the music
master had written to her daughter. A
strange idea came into Mrs. Richmond's
mind. She dared not oppose her husband,
by look or word, she had never attempt
ed such thing.
But she was very fond of her daughter
When she left the desk she looked guilty
and frightened and something in her pock-
ct rustled as she moved. But she said
nothing to any one on that subject until
the dinner hour arrived, and with it came
her husband, angFisr and more dstermin-
ed than ever. The meal passed in silence
then having adjourned to the parlOr, Mr.
Richmond seated himself in great arm
chair, and demanded
s ''The letters" in a voice of thunder.
Mrs. Richmond put her hand into heI
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.ket and pulled it outagain with a fright

pocket and pulled it out again with fright
eued look.
Mr.. Richmond again repeated, still more
sternly
''Fhoss absard letters, if you please, my
dear ma'am.''
And then the little woman faltered:
''I-that isl believe-yes dear-I be-
lieVe I have them," and gave him pile of
white envelopes, enoircled with blue rib
bon, with hand that trembled like an as
pen leaf.
As for Lucilla she began to weep as
though the end of all things had come at
last. and felt sure that if papa should prove
cruel she should die.
"Six letters-six pieces of deception,
Lucilla,'' said the indignant parent. ''I
am surprised that child of mine conld
practice such duplicity. Hem ! let me
see. Number one. believe. June and
this is December. Half year you have
deceived US, then, Lucilla. Let me see
ali! 'From the first moment be adored
you,' eh Nonsense. People don't fall
in love in that absurd amanner. 1t takes
Fears of acquaintsnee and respect, and at
q A lent. with your smiles for his goal,
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y
A plain, honest, upright sort of a man
would never 60 into such rhapsodies, 1 am
sure. All now in number three he calls
you an angel He is romantic upon my
word And hat is all this 90 "Those
who would forbid me to see you, can find
no fault of me, butmy poverty. am hon
est--I am earnest in my efforts. 1 am by
birth a gentleman, and love you from my
soul Do not let them sell you for gold,
Lucilla.
"Great heavens, what impertiDence to
your parents ?"
81 dOn't remember Fred's saying any
thing of the kind said poor LuciIla.--
"He never knsw you would object"
Mr.. Richmond shook his head, frowned,
and read on in silence until the last sheet
lay under his hand. Then with an eiaou-
lstion of rage, he started to his feet.
Infamous ~ he cried "I'll go to him
this instant-I'll horsewhip him Pill
murder him. As for you, by JOve, I'n
send you to a convent. Elope, elope with
music teacher I'm ashamed to call you
my daughter. Where's my hat Give
me my boots. Here, John, call cab!--I,
but here Lucilla caught one arm and Mrs.
Richmond the other. "Oh, papa, are you
crazy % said Lucilla. ''Fred never pro-
posed anything of that kind, let me see the
letter. Oh, papa, this is not Fred's-up-
on my word it is not. Dolook, papa, it is
dated twenty years back, aud Fred's name
is not Charles ! Papa, these are your love
letters to mamma, written long ago. Her
name is Lucilla you know"
Mr.. Richmond sat down in his arm chair
in silence, very red in the face. ''How
did this occur % be said sternly, and lit
tie Mrs. Richmond, retreating into a cor
ner, with her handkerchiefto to her eyes, and
sobbed: 81 did i: on purpose !'' and paus-
ed, as though she expected a sudden judg-
ment. But hearing nothing, she dared at
last to rise and creep up to her husband
timidly. ''You know, Charles" she said,
gently, "it's so long since, and 1 thought
you might not exactly remember how you
ASAA ~ wv WIN LIZ az ulcb S1Shtg AOW pa
pa and mamma objected, and how at last
we ran away together, and it seemed to me
that We could bring it all back to you as il
was then, we might let our dear Lucilla
marry the man she likes, who is good, il
he is not rich. did not need it to be
brought back any palmer myself, women
have more time to remember, you know
And we have been very happy-have we
not 90 And certainly Mr.. Richmond did
not deny that. So Lucilla, feeling that hel
interests might safely be left in her moth
er's keeping, slipped out of the room, and
heard the little ruse next morning. Il was
favorable to the young music teacher, who
had really been only sentimental, and had
not gone half so far as an elopement, and
in due course of time, the two were mar.
RED with all the pomp and grandeur beft-
ting the nuptials of wealthy merchants
daughter, with the appreciation of Luoilla'l
mamma, who justly believed that her little
ruse had brought about al her daughters
happiness.
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Water reddeus the rose, whisky the
nose, and Jack Frost the toes.
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sig Love Letters.

"Are there any more OF those letters ?''
When her father asked this question. in
an awful tone. Lucilla Richmond could not
say .'yes,'' but as an intermediate course
burst into tears and sobbed behind her
handkerchief.
'Bring them to NE, Lucilla.'' said her
father, as if she had answered him, as in
deed. she had, and the girl, trembling and
weeping, arose to obey him.
Then Mrs. Richmond, her daughter
very self grown older, came behind ber
husbands chair and patted him on the
shoulder.
"Ploayo. don't be hard with her. my
dear" said she coaxingly. ''He is very
nice young man, and it is our fault, after
all, as much as hers, and you won't break
her young heart, am sure"
perhaps you approve of the whole affair.
ma'am," said Mr.. Richmond.
'I-1 is I only gasped the
little woman snd hearing Lucilla coming,
she sank into chair, blaming herself dread
fully for not having been present At ali her
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1868-11-21

age YOU? Can you draw any ausurv of
rood from their miserable failures9 Are
not such institutions of very questiona-
BILE utility under any and all cireumstap-
ces? What is there in the condition Of
affairs here in Kentucky that will ipsti,
fy a resort to such desperate and doubt
full expedients? Is the existence Of such
secret oath bound societies, known or
believed to be hostile to such as are com
monty called Yankees, calculated to en-.
courage sentiments of mutual forbear-
ancc and good will or strengthen the
regard which springs from common in
terest and a common destiny? As the
weaker party, already suffering from the
/ distrusts and hatred of our oppnent.
I is it not the dictates OF SOUND pol
/ icy aud sober wisdom tina we
should be careful not to add fuel
to the fire even now too warm to be
agreeable? The answer to thess aues
4 lions it seems to me would necessarily
suggest to the candid thinker thai such
an order as the X ks, under the PRESENT
aspect Of affairs, can only result ia evil,
aud bring trouble upon the people.where
/ il is countenanced and sustained. Now,
Kuklux friend, these thoughts | have
written, with the hope that they may
meet the eyes of those of you who senle
times reflect | have written this ID no
unfriendly spirit, but with firm eoivic-
ton that it is for the best INTEREST Of our
people that all such Institutions as iours
/ should be Abandoned, / woukl sat this
j in. EaerSon. ~ 4lss1Ss,
ted by good natives, trust you vii
read patiently and weigh calmly what i
thought of your order by one who has
campaigned with YOU and is your f.iead
though differing widely with you in re
ference to this enterprise Of yours. ! an
not done with the subject. This is
serious matter, and l am thoroughly il
earnest, and hope you will read wha
have to say with calmness. Let IN,
suggest to you that tall ideas are mor'
effective than tall hats for the accom-
plishment of good or desirable ems.
More anon. AMERTUs.
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Council Proceedings.

Hickman Nov. II, 1868
The Council met pursuant to adjourn
ment Present Mayor Landrum, Council
men Frenz, Miller, Case, McCutchen, and
Lauderdale.
The minutes OF the last meeting were rea ,,
improved and signed.
Pat h. Cunningham presented an account
of 500 20 for work done on the streets,
which, on motion was ordered to be paid
Lawrence Muse presented an account Of
$50 for timbers gotten by Street Commits
sioner, which was also allowed
The City Tax Collector made an additional
report, showing 81, 4sG 70 collected since
last report. The report was received. and
the clerk directed to give a receipt for the
same.
On motion, it was directed that the city
Ma rshal present accounts of the amount of
timber gotten from the city by J. c. Steele,
y. P. Harness S. Landrum, F. Miller, and
others.
motion was made to allow J. c. Gard
ner Sal as commissions fer collecting sos
as Wharfage was lost.
/ Councilmen Case Frenz, McCutchen, and
Lauderdale, were appointed a committee TO
make contract with parties to build a
/ Market House and City Hall.
The Council then adjourned
J. III. MOREHEAD. Clerk
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The "Reeuiafors.,,

On Friday, the 18th inst, about II
O'Clock at night, party of men, ten or
fifteen strong, visited the farm of Messrs-
John and Hugh Upshaw, some three
miles below Hickman, calling for Mr..
John Upshaw, and proposing to investi-
gate, or have settled a claim, which a
former employee of Mr. Upshaw had
preferred against him, amounting to
s55; and asserting their authority TO
do so as members of the Ku Klux organi-
cation. Mr.. Upshaw made a statement
to them of the relations existing between
himself and his former employee, assert
ing that he owed him nothing and could
establish the fact before any impartial
judge. With this the party agreed to
suspend any further action. stating that
they would further investigate the mat
ter, and if his representation proved IN
true, lie had better have the money ready
when they returned agaiiiss
The party. we are told, claimed to be
kukluxers, aud were in the disguise us
ually ascribed to these phantom horse
men, and INDUCED in the ghostly, sepul-
ehural talk in which this ubiquitous
organization is generally represented.
Wedo not believe that the body common
" known in this country as Kukluxers
had anything to do with this act. In
various parts Of Tennessee, in upper
Kentucky, aud in our adjoining county
of Hickman, bad men, leading Radicals,
have been detected marauding around in
the night, and operating under the name
and disguise Of the Kukluxers, interfer-
ing with the private rights of peaceful,
law abiding citizens, and time aud again
we have seen manifestos published as
eminating from the mythical and dreaded
cyclops, eoudemuing and ldenouncing
their acts; and in some instances, if re-
ports be true, quick and summary pun
ishment have been visited upon the per-
petratOrs for using the name of Kuklux
to cover their deed. Again, it's general
80 I11z 81 sg1E "a a. eN