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Others cooperating rih the Amc>;cu,
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Gta" Wanted to rent. See advertise
mcnt Of ii. J. Mouzon.
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FGT" Buckwhcat Flour-at Parkc,
d. &.Thonson's.
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A. The wsat her durino If.

. sa- The weather during tie past
week las. been quite niusryA.cool
snodghfor killing hogs, or any SINH,
tsr amusement. i We3bass fthe weathl
q, but some Of us<have not the hogs
-@sand nsitbss the money 10 buy tkern,
aaasl &What.say the arssdmsn 4! Do
shetbonwish Tor Stbsgood old days
W4ene emastsf sobtsd the bill?! lii !: ID
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ASHGNEE'S SALE.


By Write Of p order to me dir .ctsd les ing
"u, of rhel,is'r. Court Of the United $ ties
t"r the narict Of su"t.>a na, ~ IT.. case
If ROBET u. P-ii.MER. B.".rupt, 1 will
sell on Mndsy. the 18th day Of january next,
ut ruhIiauciion. ut -t.hrv'll- G. II the real
"s.nte ofsaid E""k' r!,, containing let, Tic
II me TncL" .9Iu acres more or les., adjoining
iamls ofGharl-s Y. lIask-li. J.a Prss-ly, L.
!. J"hnon and Others, mud a!.a. th- ..IIAk-r
Tract" dj"ining the ubnvc. cSat aiming 2uD
,c'r. ru'r- ar less, and one old Buggy and lh.-
ronrhri ribeIousing to the estate Of s.id Bank
tnpt.
Tern. Cash. Purchaser of real es.At. to paw
for pa"r. nal stamps.
JAMES \. BLACK, Assignee.
Del. II, 1868, 33-3t
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ASSIGNEE'S AE.
In Bankruptcy.

In Bankruptcy.
By virtue Of an order TO meee'cd, Issuing
out of the United STATES Dist Copr, for tho
Distric, Of South CaIolinn, in ense ofJOHN
g. EonZER. 3 nkrurt, | WILL an M"ndsy
the II day Of January next. 'ublic auction.
1T Abhsvile C. H., in Ahhle Cnnn,y. anil
State Of Sonth Carolina, L Zeal Estate "f
said Bankrupt, continuing acres af land.
more or less. adjoining In, VI William Ed
wards. Mary Boozer and u. Mounc", ais" l
i.", in Greenwood. cpntr'g tth acre. on
Main ST. eet, and by Estate Dr ). ii. Logan,
deed, and G. A. G. Walland an intere.t in
Mill seat on land Of N. "derson, tog-tl,~r
with R"ekaw"y. and sirY petes apI no-
counts belonging to estaif said Bnnkruyt.
Terms Casb. Puacha. Of Real EstA,s TO
pay forp"p"rs end stamp
JAS: \. BLcK, Assignee.
Dec IL, 1868. :s-s,
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Is5N Sec notices Of sales by Jas. \
Black. Assignee.
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ASSINEE'S SALE.

Pr vitue of order to me directed issuing
out Of the Distrt Court Of the United States
for the nslrictf South Carolina in the case
of J-4NES G.. TIES. Bankrupt. will reil un
Monday. the 1, day OF january noxt. at pub.
l,c auction, Mt bbevi:le {. II the real estate
Of said B.nktp,. cou,nining 3l94 ncr-s Of
la,l more or .>s, in Columbia County Flori-
ia, also hugy, aud Sundry notes aud sc-
coun's. beloulng to the esinte OF Gibson and
Lie..
Terms CnsI Purchaser Of real estate 10
pay for par-, aud stamps.
JANIS y. BLACK, Assignee.
Dee H. JGS, 3S-3s
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MARRIAGES.

Eaf" Sec Notice Of n. y. Quailcs.
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.4se 5adgdi Moses lbaabeea relisysd
6fhis palitical ldiaahilities BY Congress
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Fl. G. BELCIIER.
Lowndcsvillc, S. G. Doc. 10th, 1868
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with Congressional defeats; he next as
pired to the Presidency, and has been
standing candidate for that Office f.
twenty years. oF
Eighteen years ago he told the writer
that God was working for him. That he
had removed Cen Taylor from the Office
which belonged to himself; had killed
Sir Robert Peel, of England, because he
dissuaded Queen Victoria from comply
ing with his demand upon her to arouse
the British nation in his behalf, and had
removed Bishop Bascom because he re-
fused to enlist the Methodist church in
behalf of the "high moral" aspirant.
He has invoked the aid of preachers of
all churches in behalf of his 'high NOR
all scheme, and has denounced them all
as apostate because they did not enlist
the churches in his behalf.
He has also had it in contemplation to
run for the United States Senatorship in
Massachusetts,.
He has instituted stits against all the
Presidents for twenty years for the place
they occupy
He was regular church -goer, diyid-
- his time among the churches, Always
ront seat slae5is Z; Ell mes res, sqsa 2s;s;
ops have visited Louisville without hear
ing of or encountering him. o.
He attended the courts, and sometime
demanded hearing as a lawyer in be-
half of some person or cause that awak-
ened his sympathy, and sometimes got in
Jail by his untimely interference. He at
tended all the lectures, ard occasionally
was disposed to wrangie with the lecturer.
A political meeting was not held in his
vicinity without his presence, and he Of
ten claimed his say among the speakers.
Religiously he was demoustrative, if al
lowed to be, and politically, as a speaker,
he was uproarious. He roared like one
possessed; he jumped up and down, kick
ed, stamped, thumped, and with his heav-
Wy cane whacked with vigor the stand
befare him.
During the late war and since he was
an earnest southern sympathizer. While
in Minnesota he made speech against
the draft in a courthouse where it was
going on, for which he was taken out
and soundly kicked by several loyal citi-
zens. He said he did not mind the phH-
sical discomfort of the loyal kicking ad-
ministered to him, but he gravely object
ed to the ''indignity of being kicked"
Except On the subject of politics and
religion there was no appearance of in
sanity abont him; but on those two
themes he was thoroughly insane, and
yet his madness was never Of such a
character as to awaken the remotest
thought on the part of any one to COM
NIT him to the lunatic assylun. His ILL
ness was brief, and he adhered to the
last in his belief that he would never
die, but would soon be well again. He
died peacefully, and received decent
burial.
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NO. 49,

in hostile manner, or against his will,
shall be lawful for the person so assailed
to kill the assailant For killing any
individual in the night, twenty thousand
dollars; provided, such person killed was
peceable at the time. That all other in
juries shall be assessed by the court and
jury in proportion; and the court trying
said causes may grant as many new trials
as may, in his opinion, be necessary to
attain the ends of justice.
SEC. 23. Be it further enacted, That
all persons present, and not giving i'm
mediate information of the offenders,
shall be regarded guilty of misdemea-
nor against the law, and shall be punish
ed accordingly.
SEC. "a. Be it further enacted, That
it shall not be lawful for any person to
publish any proffered or pretended order
of any secret, unlawful clans: and any
person convicted under any of the provi-
sions Of this act shall not claim, hold, OF
possess any property, rpal or personal
excerpt from I. ecuticn, fine, penalty ol
costs, under th.sscr. SSd, that moth.
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'9's'''F5N saaF
cause he is


-, skSssd3me Roland, the beau
iiful and talented heroine of the French
Revolution, while standing on the scaf-
fold the moment before her head fell
under the guillotine, pointing to statue
of Liberty exclaimed, "Oh, Liberty I
how many crimes have been committed
in thy name p Negro suffrage is crime
against liberty as well as an outrage
against woman. 1t is like giving edge
tools to children, to give suffrage to a
people that do not know how to use it.
The people of the South are under no
obligation to give suffrage to the negro
They never robbed him of it. His ances-
tors never voted in AfE2I, and his
brethren do not vote in Africa to-day.
They were under no obligation to give
him his liberty, because he was slave
in Africa, and the Yankee slave trade
bought him with barlow-knife and a
bottle of rum from his negro King, and
his brethren are slaves in Africa to-day
1t is a political axiom that slavery de-
grades man. Freed by this rule the
negro was not slave when the Yankee
came to liberste him, after selling him to
us less than hundred years ago.
When we bought him, he was only too
removes above brute. He knew how
to kindle fire, and his religion was the
most repulsive superstition. He hewed
out wooden god, and knelt down and
worshipped it, as his brethren do to-day
in Africa. We have elevated him, for we
have civilized him, and learned him the
Christian religion. And to-day a hard
working Tennessee negro is the superior
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THERE are two ends to things-the
right and the wrong. Life, its success or
its failure, depends upon the choice.
Few people exhibit the slightest intel
ligence in choosing. The result is fail
ure. As matter of fact the world over,
not more than two men In ten succeed /;
the two successful ones are not neces-
sarily those of the most general merit.
The secret-if it is a secrets in be-
ginning at the right end. All philoso-
pliers can teach no more than this; the
smallest grain of common sense teaches
the whole. -
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I LIFE does not consist altogether in
pushing. That is good, efficient, excel
lent, splendid; but it is not all. We
have 10 pull. Nothing goes steadily on
even loye, the pleasantest of roses. When
you can't push, pull; when you can't
pull, push. Having a hand at one or
the other, you are sure to eventuate III
progress. Push; after that, pull; after
that again push. The two tcll-and tell
we'll.
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THE subjoined table, comparing the
votes in 1864 and 1863 of the States
that have held elections til year, is re-
speotfully commended to the study of
Radical politicians
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1T requires squad of U. s. troops to
protect the happy home of white man
and black woman at Washington, Miss.
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q Appouncfng Candidates.


Notices of the above charaeter Will oe m
n,ss ~ resuect inserted at ST. 90 per square.
So. Advertisements IN Local Column 81
for four lines or less and 20 cents for each
line
stss- voluntary communications, contain
ing interesting news, solicited from any
Quarter. News letters from western hen-
tucxy and Tennessee especially desired
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Hickman Directory.

Attorneys at Lao.
T. o. Goalder, Randle & Tyler, A.
d. Kingman, B. r. Walker, John A.
Iauderdale. John w. Cowgirl, I. b.
Logan, Oscar Turner, j. G. Smith, Troy,
Tenn. f4a
Physicians.
Drs. Geurley & Corbett, Carter Blan-
ton, III. C. Catlett, A. 4. Faris.
Dry Goods.
Y. Amberg. VIM. B. Benny, Wolf q
Plaut, j. H. Davis, J. S. Hubbard.
Drug .Stskes.
C. A. Holcombe, w. r. Walker.
Wholesale Grocers.
AIillet & Roulhac, V. A. McCutchen,
II. C. Bailey, c. Ledwidge.
Saloons.
John Heinze, Jchn Whiting, John
n e.7,udre and Tiptcdre.
80: hess, S. N. White.
;sion Merchants.
~ .s,s Drewry, OvertOn, Steele
lsssiy and Harness.
Gage Mandatory. Il
r Manufacturer.
lz5on Manufacturers.
lsaisk.& Baltzer.
Louis Persons, Z. Case.
~ f3U9-Sers. 4rs Il
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Terms of Subscription TO
7 HE HICKMAN COURIER,

$500, Invariably in Advance.
Clubs of ten, to the same post Office 81 90
Address, Publishers HICKMAN COURIER
Hickman, KY.
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For the Hickman Courier. 4,
NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
Repsetuty described to Charles N Gi55s b
W. R. M'DANIEL.

W. R. M'DANIEL.
The writer attended public speaking
at Mount Olive Church TO learn Tennes-
see politics and he is free to confess he
was surprised and alarmed-not at Radi-
cal power, but Democratic division. In
the olden time the writer in common with
the citizens of surrounding States used
to go to Tennessee to hear eloquence, to
see statesmen, and learn politics.
The voice of her statesmen echoed and
re-echoed on her hills, and sounded like
the blast of the bugle-horn of Rhoderick
Dhu in her valleys. Their eloquence
fell on the waters of Tennessee, and the
" Great River" waited it to the ocean,
and the sea spread the name and fame of
the orators and statesmen of Tennessee
on the shore Of every civilized land.
'hnkssas! &c. of that State is
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George Wehman, CSsper Sohm q Co.,
Julius Frenz. ~
Planters Hotel, by Parks & Co., on
Clinton street; City Hotel, by Mrs. N.
Dillon. "a - .eIe5 aa sil.
NASHFILLEs DLREC TOR y. loz
Ewing & Co., wholesale groeers and
commission merchants Paul, Tavel &
Haner, booksellers, stationers, bookbind-
ders, and job printers; III. A. Huntington,
dealer in fine custom made clothing and
gentlemen's furnishing goods. Hotels
st. Cloud, Stacey House, Mansion House,
Nicholson House.
MEMPHIS DIRE TORY.
Jones Bros, Cartmell & Drury, cotton
factors and commission merchants.
EVANSVILLE.
Gardner, Noel & Co., forwarding and
commission.
city Omcers.
Mayor-Saml. Landrum.
Gig Judgc.-J. H. Davis.
Clerk-J, FL. Morehea9,
aliarshdI.-Pat Cunningham.
County Omcers.
County Jndge.-B. r. Walker.
County Attoraey-H. A. Tyler.
Circuit Court Clerk-John G. Gard
ner Tapp. Bynum, Deputy.
County Court lerk.--Jno. A. Wilson.
Szerif. .-R. E. Millet; Office in w.
r. Walkers drug store.
Deputy SHerif.-R. s. Chapman.
Csronsr. .--Thad. w. Thomas.
Ja;lor.-G. w. Stubblefeld.
Observation-Disclosures No. 1, E. G..
Kimbro, Jacob Bushart. Constable
George Morris. District No. 2, Owen
Miles, and Alfred Naylor. Constable
VIM. ii. Roper. District No. 3, j. w.
Nays and John Boyer. Constable
George Dr.. Wilbourn. District No. A,
=. N. Hawkins and r. Gross. Con-
stable-L- Everett.
Couasg Assessor.-Wm. Hubbard.
u. S. assessor. C. Buck.
II. S. REQ. Collector.-H. G. Catlett.
Jadges.--Court of Common Pleas,
Ed Grassland. Circuit Court-E. i.
Bullock.
Common,reahh's Attorney.--J. Tiee.
Register In Bankruptcy.-Charles s.
Marshal.
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discretion of the court, which said as
sessment shall be made in the following
manner to-wit: When the Sheriff or other
officer, shall return his alias cdpias,
showing that said defendant is an inhab-
liant of said county, in part or in whole,
and that the citizens thereof have failed
or refused to arrest said defendant, which
every citizen is hereby authorized to do
and perform. said court shall otcRF sea
ia. to issue to the proper officer to make
known to the Chairman, Judge or other
presiding officer of the County Court, to
appear and show cause why final judg-
ment should not be entered up accord
ingly; which, if any County Court fails
or refuses to do and perform, any Judge
in vacation shall grant n,andomus to
compel said County Court to assess and
collect said assessment, to be paid into
the State Treasury, for the benefit of the
school fund; proUided, said assessment
shall not be made if the Sheriff or other
officer upon the return of the original,
or alas writs, show cause why the same
can not be executed, which may g. S
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with Congressional defeats; he next as
pired to the Presidency, and has been a
Standing candidate for that Office fSy
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An COURIER
Rates of Adyertfsing. A

o,s souare. ten lines or less, one inserting
e1 "a. each subsequent insertion Soc.
,;oU sousrs S > months, s 90
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THERE are two ends to thinps-tl

Total Democratic gain....y!..............es,s SO,
Middletown transcript., 1868-06-20

clay on him the curse of the withcrcd heart,
The curse of the slecper's eye; -.
Till he wish and pray that his life would part,
Nor yet find leave 10 die"
Middletown transcript., 1868-06-20

The WAY THE MONEY GoEs.-" Mack
of the Cincinnati Commercial, writes from
Washington: "The public printing office
has just turned out one of the finest pieces
of typographical workmanship ever exccu-
ted in this country. 1t is q volume Of
$40 pages, about the size of a large pulpit
or family bible, bound in the highest style
of Tukey morocco, costing 1897 volume.
It's contents are the expressions of condo
lence, abroad and at home, on the death
of Mr.. Lincoln. It embraces everything
on the subject, from Queen Victoria's let
ter to the resolutions of a town meeting in
Boone county, Missouri. 1 am told the
amount of money cxpcndcdapon it exceeds
800, 900. A Democratic Congressman
told me the other day that he would want
no better argument for his constituents
than the simple exhibition of that volume
to prove the reckless extravaganza of the
administration. He added that he should
carry his copy round with him in the next
campaign, and show it to the people, to let
them see what they have got for their hun
dred thousand dollars"
Middletown transcript., 1868-06-20
Original poetru.
/" SWEET MOTHER y
Written for The Middleto,on Transcript,
by THE ODESSA BARD.

Seven summers had smiled on that noble head,
And kissed that fair young brow,
And the soft winds loved with those curls to play
As buds amid leafy boughs.
There was promise and hope in that clear blue eye
There was truth in that guilclcss heart
And the gentle spirit-all sweetly told
That the mother had done her part.
Every plant had been watered with holy tears,
And nurtured with pious care,
Until vigorous sanctifed, bless d and cmbalmed
BY that sainted mothers prayers.
She bcheld with delight the unfolding leaves,
The expanding flower within,
The pure young soul in its fragile cell,
But free from the stain of sin.
"Oh Father in Heaven" the mother cricd
ooh spare me my precious boy
If it be Thy will that he yet may live,
My darling, my pride, and joy"
"Thou only knowest that love, which gives
To n mothers heart the power
To bridge the chaos of weary nights
With the vigls of sleepless hours"
Thou only seest the anxious watch,
And nearest the constant prayer
For strength, submission, and hope at the last
That may behold him There.''
And the Angel came that long, long night
And the Reaper stood close by
With his sickle, to gather that sweet young flower
To perfume the courts on high
In that mothers arms the sufferer lay,
With his wan lips, pale and thin,
Just parting to aid the spirits flight
From the pearly gates within.
Still as the grave was that chamber of DEATH
As the mother called to her dead,
For her ears had caught the last whisp ring breath
" Street Mother''-'twas all he said
Odessa, Del. June, 1868.
Middletown transcript., 1868-06-20

For PRESERVING FURs.-Ladies are of
ten anxious about keeping furs free from
moths during the Summer months. Some
one advertises to send the requisite infor-
nation for 81. Darkness is all that is
necessary. The "miller" that deposits the
eggs from which moths are Matched only
moves in light; the moths themselves work
in darkness. Hang the furs in very dark
closet and keep the door shut keep it al
ways dark, and you can have no trouble.
Spices are useless. And do not take the
furs out in June or July for an " airing"
for even then cometh the enemy, and it
may be that in fifteen minutes after expo
sure, has deposited hundred eggs.
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DDLETOWN NEW CASTLE

cliff. Frank was close beside me, and
seemed to comprehend all. spsid T IS 81
Reaching the summer house, something
white was seen clinging to the rustic trel-
lis-work over the cliff. With one bound
Frank reached it. AT the same moment
I saw another figure appear from the outer
edge of the cliff. Something bright gloam-
ed in the moonlight, and with laugh that
sounded like fiend's, the figure lcaped
from the rock far down into the river
below. .s
reached Franks side somehow, and
there in his arms-thc life blood crimson
ing her bridal drcss-lay Nina. Frank
would not let soul touch her but himself; !;
so he carried her to their room and laid
her upon the couch
She was dying fast, for the hand that
dealt the blow knew where to strike, but
she wispered between the gasps:
" Cara Moi thought-it was you
who-sent for-me. That note-Frank
Alice, sister-oh, Cara Mio-don't let
me dep
"Oh, my darling, my darling" was
all Frank could say, while his face was
white and rigid.
Nina spoke again:
Frank-he-he-- -said-I would be
his-in death But am yours-still-
it is your-arms-tha are-about me-
am-your wife-yct-Frank" !" She rails
ed up and looked slowly around the room
-" Frank 2"
81 am here, darling, beside you, don't
you know me ~
At the sound of his voice she leaned her
head back on his arm and looked in his
face, which he bent over her. Making a
last effort she managed to get one arm
about Franks neck, and drew his face
down to hers. The exertion was too
much. There was a gush of blood from
the lips, quivering of the eyelids, and
Nina had gone from us forever!
am an old woman now, but I shall new
er forget the sight of that child-likc figure
lying there dead. The rich white dress
crimsoned with blood, and the pale golden
hair floating over the pillow and hiding the
wound in the left breast. The veil had be-
come loose, and lay in feecy folds upon the
bed and floor, but the circlet of pearls still
bound her pure brow.
He buried her in the family vault, and
ere one year Frank slept beside her. If
ever man died of broken heart, he did
Two days after the murder of Nina, the
body of the murderer was found, thereby
only confirming our suspicious.
For Frank recognized in the mangled
remains, the Duke dc Sala, and Nina's
would-be husband!
Many years have passed since the even
ing I waited in anxious expectation for the
arrival of my brothers wife. Need I say,
I am waiting still? Not for her coming,
but for the opening of the golden portals,
near which she waits for me.
Middletown transcript., 1868-06-20

A PREvESTIvE.-The editor of Wes-
tern paper has invented method whereby
he keeps his neighbors cows from stealing
his hay. He describes it thus =" A
certain quadruped had a sweet tooth for
our haystack, and did much damage,
throwing down the rail fence and roosting
in our hay We bought box of cayenne
pepper, took nice lock of hay, placed it
outside, "baptised" it with pepper, and
watched. The animal came along and
pitched into the hay, when suddenly she
took the hint, and with nose at forty-fve
degrees, and tail at ninety-eight degrees,
her " sour' wsnt marching on at the rate
of 2-40 The cow has not come back.
Middletown transcript., 1868-06-20

Young man, when you call on a young
lady, to take her out riding, walking, or
to church, concert, or lecture, and she
fcigns headache or other excuse, and you
shortly afterwards meet her, escorted by
another, don't call on her again, its a
sign you're not wanted.