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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1869-09-11

Eas- CLEAR Smooth Skin and Beautiful
Complexion follows the use Of Helmbolds
Concentrated Extract Sarsaparilla.
IL removes black spots, pimples and all
eruptions Of the skin.
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n. E DISASTER 1T is our
labIs.to record, as we fear, the
,o,af loss of the elegant packet, NancS'
'pe<S, plying between this place aga &c
,y6outh Of Bayou de Chen. The partTe
ulars of this sad catastrophe, as we learn
from her whoIesouled Captain Captains
are all wholesouled fellows are about
these: A short time since as the Nancy
was lying gracefully in her own waters,
suspecting no harm, she was ruthlessly
struck in the stern by one of the Vicks
burg packets, which caused her to spring
a leak She was then removed to more
secure place and tenderly watched after
by one and all of her crew. The truth
is the Captain spent the earliest hours Of
the morning, and the latest ones of the
evening in gazing upon and deeply la
menting the fate of his craft On Thurs
dag evening last the Captain made his
usual visit to his beloved Nancy, when
to his surprise and horror, she was not
to be seen on or beneath the waters. But
there lay the line by which she was fas-
tened, and the superstition is sustained
by some of our most experienced water
men that her stern became to heavy for
her bow, that the line parted, and she
went down, down, down, to the bottom
of the turbid Mississippi. The latest
accounts are that the Captain with a fish
ing pole is sounding for the Inflated craft,
with but little hope however, of finding
her.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
science ADVANCES.

As soon an article purPorting TO be of
utility has been tested, and its merits en-
dorsed by public opinion, unprincipled par
ties endeavored to replenish their depleted
purses by counterfeiting, and substituting
a spurious for the genuine article Some
time since, mercury, in the disguise Of pills,
powders &c, was given for all diseases of
the stomach and liver, while quinine was
freely administered for the ehills. Atlength
HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITrERS made
it's advent, and an entire new system of
healing was inaugurated. The beneficial
effects of this valuable preparation were at
once acknowledged, and mineral poisons
suffered 70 sink into that obscurity to which
an enlightened age has consigned them
There have been many spurious Bitters
palmed upon the community, which. after
trial, have been found perfectly worthless,
IS lille HOSTETTER ; has proved a blessing
to thousands, who owe to il their restora-
tioa OF health. and for many years We have
watched the steady progress of HOSTEL
TER STOMACH BITTERS in public esti-
nation, and its benehcient effects cure
for all complaints arising from the stomach,
of morbid nature, and we are free 10 say
that it can be relied upon q certain re-
lief aud remedy It's proprietors have made
the above preparations, after years of care
full study and sitting, and are now reaping
the reward claimed by this valuable speci-
fc aud which they so richly merit It is
the only preparation of the kind that is re-
liable in all cases, and it therefore demands
the attention OF the afflicted
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Tangle Wood
"a u HAS, E EI Va,

NEAR ALLENsyILLE, KENTU CKY.
DUY YOUR FRUIT TREES OF r. s
ID Reeves and b. Clay Hunter Trees-well
assorted and adapted to this climate and
we'll grown. Trees from one, two and three
years old from four TO eight feet high.
Apples and Peaches, delivered at depot
n good order, at Is cents Pears at 20 cents
fo 81 Cherries at 80 cents for Red May,
S5 cents for May Duke; Plums, Grapes,
Currents, Gooseberry, kaspberries, Straw
berries, in variety. also, Pye Plants and
Asparagus Roots, Evergreen, and Orna-
mental Hedges, etc etc.
REEVES & HUNTER.
take pleasure in saying hat have long
kown Mr. Reeves, and regard him per-
feet w reliable w. X. BRADLEY.
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: DEATH OF SECRETARY RAwLINs.-
The telegraph announces the death of
Gen James Z. Rawlins, the Federal
Secretary Of War, of hemorrhage OF the
lungs. He is said to have been no part
of statesman but thorough soldier
and kind hearted man He was an
avowed republican, and was possessed of
the proscriptive feelings of the ultra rad
icals He was Grants chief of staff dur
ing the war, and there is not wanting
those who intimate that many of the lat
ter's successes are due to the judgment
.and advice of Gen Rawlins
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1869-09-11

Fine Virginia Smoking and Chew
ing Tobacco, for sale at
HOLCOMBE'S Drug Store
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1869-09-11

CHILLs CURED IN SIX Hours, By
Ender's Chill Cure.
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RSz7~ Not few of the worst disorders
that afflict mankind arise from corruption
Of the blood. Helmbolds Extract Sarsapa-
rilla is a remedy of the utmost value
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DIED.

DIED.
At the residence of her son, John Nillet,
in Hickman, Ky, on the morning of the 3rd
of September 1858, MARY FRANCIS
MILLET, aged II years.
Voice after voice hath died away,
Once in our dwelling Asasdi
Sweet household names
chang'd
70 griefs forbidden worN
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HELMBOID'S
CONCENTRATED FLUID EXTRACT
SARSAPARRILLA
Eradieates Eruphoe and U7ceratve Diseases
of the
THROAT NOSE EYES Fields,
SCALP AND SELN

Which SO disfgures the appearance, Purg-
ing the evil effects of mercury and remoy-
ing all taints, the remnants OF Diseases
hereditary otherwise, and Is taken by
Adults and Children with perfect Safety
Two Table-spoonfuls of Extract of Sarsa-
parilla, added to pint of water, is equal to
the Lisbon Diet Drink, and one bottle is
equal TO gallon of the Syrup of Sarsapa-
rilla, or the decoctions as usually made.
An Interesting Letter is published in the
Medico Chirurgical Review, on the subject
of the Extract of Sarsaparilla in certain af-
fectiOns, by Benz amin Travers, +. r. s., &c
Speaking of those Diseases and diseases
arising from the excess of mercury, he states
that no remedy is equal to the Extract of
Sarsaparilla; its power is extraordinary,
more so than any other drug am aequaint-
ed with. 1t is, in the stristest sense, a tonic
with this Invaluable attribute, that it is APP
plieable to a state of the system so sunken,
and yet so irritable as renders other sub
stances of the tonic class unavailable or
injurious.
n.
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HELMBOLD'S


Sarsaparilla.
Established upward of Is years. Prepared
Dy II. I. HELMBOLD,
Druggist and Chemist, 594 Broadway, n Y.
Bea In the Spring months, the system
naturally undergoes change, and Heinz
holds Highly Concentrated Extract of Sar-
saparilla is an assistant Of the greatest
value. e
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: hArrLEsSAKE.-Our friend
pc Fletcher, tells US 81 an enor
stiesnake with fifty rattles, and
hIfy years old, fully 1s inches
ereace and 6 inches thick at
part of his body and near s
This monster had made his
ser the Court House in Troy,
TCounty, it is supposed about the
sncement of Radical domination in
finding congenial society re-
< and comfortable in his
denee. Comprehending on
Eeptember that new regime
Leland sSSs;tiye to the
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-06-10
IN. v.l-. Of s.,r ...rts.n.

The value of self-exertion appears no
where more decided than when we fol-
low the track Of those who became emi-
nent without having the advantage
ground of instruction from which to
start. There is scarcely any ything more
gratifying to the mind than the well
written life OF q person whose intellec-
Gual struggles through every difficulty,
arising from want of books, want of ex-
amples, and want of patronage, and who,
Notwithstanding these impediments,
continues to struggle till he triumphant
ly emerges int notice. Art surrenders
some of her choicest secrets, science,
smiles, and fame or enolument, or both,
place the successful experimenter far
above common names. Not scantily
above are the riches in the temple OF
Fame cemented with lasting memorials
of persons thus claiming their well-de-
served persOn-person who have been
the boast and blessing Of their day by
dint of unsubdued patience, fortitude
and vivacious genius. Every depart
ment of art and science is filed with
them. The stimulating examples are
on every hand. From the lowest rank
of life they start forth. They break all
the shackles Of ignorance. The repul.
sive frowns of the crowd caHnst daunt
them. The fear of the timorous they do
not listen to. Determined to excel, they
do excel. Their native energies urge
them forward in the honorable career
till success crowns their glowing efforts.
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A. r...pl. fer r...x nor.

The history of Governor Jewell, re-
Gently elected in Connecticut, is an ex-
ample to young men, and rs such we
make q note OF il. His father was u
tanner, and the present Governor
learned the business After he left home
he went to Boston, aud there engaged
in the same occupation. During his
leisure hours, instead of frequenting sa-
looms and other places of lew resort
where SO many take their first lessons in
vice, he found the room of the Mef-
chants Library Association. Here he
spent his evenings, sorting his mino
with useful knowledge. He there be-
came acquainted with some of the mem-
bers. They, suppesing him to be mer-
chant, thought hira a good fellow, lnvi-
ted him to join their Association. This
he gladly accepted but upon inquiring
as to his business, it was found that he
was not eligible; for in an article in their
bylaws, no mechanic could be admitted
as member. You may imagine that
his refusal, upon such q foundation, WAS
a pretty sharp cut for sensitive mind.
This narrow-miuded view Of q large phi
lanthropy wrought in him firm resolu-
ton that in his intercourse with man
kind he would treat men according 10
merit, regardless of occupation. He left
Boston, and in another city, with his
father and other brothers, built up
large manufacturing business; from this
they have acquired q competency Of the
worlds good. AS an evidence Of his
standing among his fellow-citizens, as
before remarked, he has just been elect
ed Governor Of the State Of oDnecticut.
One of his brothers is now Speaker Of
the House Of Representatives of Massa-
chusetts, and they are both of them
"Jewells."
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Let Us Re Csntentsa.

Rothsciiild with all his wealth must
be satisfied with the same sky that is
over the head of the poor man. He
cannot order private sunset, that he
may enjoy it with select circle OF
friends. nor can he add one single ray
20 the clear bright beam Of the queen as
she sails mxgnifieently through the
heavens, The rirhest banker cannot
have more than h;s share of the air tC
breathe, aud the poorest af all men can
have the same. Wealth may buy q
brilliant bracelet, dazzling with dia-
monGs and rubies, but wealth cannot
buy a graceful and wen turned arm Oh
which to display its splenior. God only
can only give that; and to many of the
poor he has given it.
Il .ish had the health OF that rosy
peasant girl" sighed the aristocratic in
valid, propped up with pillows in her
costly carriage. ''Ah me!' said the
girl, could 1 only ride in such style as
that p' Wealth cannot purchase health, /,
nor can it give contented mind. All
the most valuable can be had for moth
ing. They come rs presents from the
band of kind and indulgent parent,
and neither the air nor the sky, nor
beauty, health, strength. nsr genius can
be bought nor sold. Whatever may be
the condition in life, remember these
things, and Herewith be content.
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Ola rewSe

Hartford, over Prospect Hill and to the
Tower if anybody desires, when 1 re-
turn. Sealed proposals, enclosing stamp
and photograph, can be left at the Pro-
bate steps. / said to the engineer that
1 supposed it impossible for the ,locomo-
tive, with three rails to get or the
track.
Well, he said his machine get of once
last winter. The fact was, that the
thing had got the upper hand Of him,
and run away with him. He spoke of
1t as if it were a horse. He was run
ming with the locomotive alone, takin'
her down the mountain, not mindin'
exactly, when he found he had got on
so much steam that he couldn't her
He was goin' down the one in nine,
round them ere nasty curves, when she
started. He shut of, and jammed down
all the brakes, reserve and all, but she
only appeared to go the faster. Away
she went, like the - so he said)
whisking round, and at last bounded of
and went slam ag'in = rock. "If she'd
a gone over the ravine on t'ether side, i
wouldn't be here to tell ye Of it."
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4 Brave and Noble Boy.

The New York Sun gives brief chap
ter on the "Heroism of Humble Life"
and appends the following touching il
lustration:
Perhaps the finest of these modern
instances occurred two weeks ago OH
board an English steamer. A little rag
yed how AGED about nine wears Was dis
covered on the fourth day of the ont
ward VOYAGE from Iiyerpool to New
York. and Carried before the first mate.
whose duty il was to deal with sueh
cases. When Questioned as TO the object
of his being slowed avay. and who
brought him on board. the bow, who
mad q beautiful sunny face. and ewes
that looked like the very mirrors of truth,
replied that his step-father did il. be-
.ause he could not afford to keep him,
aor to nav his massage sut to Halifax.
where he had an amt who was we'll off.
and to whose house he was going. The
nate did not believe the story in snite
lf the winning face and truthful accents
,f the how. He had seen too many of
,tow-awsys 10 be easily deceived by
them. he said: and il was his firm con-
yiction that the bow had been brought
mn hoard and provided with food bv The
sailors. The little fellow was very
foughly handled in consequence. Dsy
0V day he WAS QUESTIONED and raQues-
Toned. but always with the same result.
He did mot know a sailor on board. and
nis father alone had secretsd him and
riyep him the food which he ate.
At last the mate wearied by the bows
persistence i'm the same story. and per
naps a little anxious to inculpate tbs
sailors. seized him one day by the color.
md drapyino him to the fore. told him
-h,,t unioSs he confessed tba trotb in fan
minutes from that time he vould hang
him on the vard arm. He then mads
nim ait down under in ON the deck. Ali
,round him were the passenger, and
.ailors of the midway watch and in
front of him s,ood ths inexorsble mae
with bis chronometer in his
i,and anJ the other officers of the shin
au hi, s;ds n wss the fin-st sight said
~, informant that wa ever bebeid to
&c tha naIs n1ond sor1owfnI fscs of that
noble bov-his head erect. his beautiful
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ONE OF THE DEMOCRATIC "VIcTo-
.RIEs. .r"-The Bucks County Intelligencer
says that in the contested election case
of Taylor VS.. Reading, the time allowed
by ongress for taking testimony closed
on Tuesday. The aggregate result thus
far reached gives the election to Taylor
by about 125 to 130 votes. The same
paper states that DIR. Reading and his
friends admit that Tayl@r will gain his
seat, ana it is alleged that the DR.. would
like to withdraw from the contest with
out further effort.
In some of the townships in Bucks
County the most barefacsd frauds were
practiced. Persons who had net paid
tax, and for whom the collector had
claimed generations, produced receipts
given them by the Democratic collec-
torn, and were thus allowed to vote
False naturalization papers were circula-
ted. and numbers OF foreigners voted
upont them, and have since been convict
ed OF the s0ffense, and are nov serving
out "a term of imprisonment
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A GOOD RESOLVE "A story is told o.
q temperance man being at wedding.
who was asked to drink the brides
health in a glass of wine which was Of
fered him. He refused to partake of the
Intoxicating liquid and said when ht
drank her health it would be in thai
which resembled her meat in purity,
and he knew nothing better than water
pure water. He then drank to her
health in a glass of Gods beverage
sparkling water. The ladies assembled
on the occasion Immediately stepped for
ward, and, making respectful courtesy
thanked him for the beautiful compli-
ment he had just paid the fair bride,
when it was resolved that all intoxica
ting drinks be banished from the room.
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Ghuife #isfellanp.


Two arts are absolutely necessary tt
make old age tolerable; that Of the Opti
clan and that Of the dentist. Take away
the old mans spectacles and leave hif
Jaws to be dismantled without repair.
and what will life be worth to him? n,
wonder those very sensible people We
call savages, not having either Of these
helps, except their children to see thai
they sae not left to such late. WheI,
the eyes of the venerable warrior can nG
longer read the literature tattooed OIL
his enemy's skin, when he has lost his
teeth and n no longer do justice TO the
piece de resistance furnished by the lasi
skirmish of his tribe, his eldest sor
kindly dismissss him by a single blow
of his war-club to that better regioi
where the good cannibals 60, and be
come vegetable feeders rs we charitably
trust. What would the old age Of civ
ilized life be-even in BostOn-withoui
convex lenses to help the failing sight;
jaunty eyeglasses for public occasions,
honest cid straddling spectacles for soil
tude? No "Advertiser"-no -"Trans-
cript'-no "Atlantic''-no Every Sat
urday"-no Boston Medical aud Surgi-
cal Journal"-would not the wretehed
dweller by the Frog Pond be glad to in
tro luce the popular institutions of the
South Sea Islanders? Or take that other
wrong of advancing years, the bitterest
insult to the decaying bodily fabric
which precedes the last disgrace and
ignominy of our natures" as death is
spoken of by Sir Thomas Brown. TIC
have the broad, manly jaws, snce gilt
tering with enameled ivory, changed 'te
the miserable likeness Of q turtles. By
the gradual absorption and thinning o
their edges; to meet ones friends with
a face that shuts up like an acordeon;
to humble inaaticulate words with or
gans that once held the listener captive
with speech or song; to come back OF
necessity to the pulpy food Of childhood.
without its innocent appetite and un-
digestion-whst fate to
think of! and yet that is what nature
has in the store for the old and for many
who are not old, save that art comes in
and with infinite skill and almost mi
raculous success arrests the progress o.
and repairs and restores the
waste that time has already made.-[Dr.
D. w. Holmes.
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Hon. s. s. Cox, who is writing most
entertaining letters from the East, gives
"a horribly. vivid description OF the rites
OF the Algerine dervishes. After whirl-
ing themselves in the proper condition
OF Inssnity, "a brother appears from be-
mind with q red-hot bar of iren. Mol
laps it with his tongue, Isee it smoke.
My blood runs icily. He slaps the in
iron with hand aud foot. ,
Them the fninistefing brother offers
nim, to eat, some delicate stems or pieces
u grass He crunched them and swal-
lowed them. His digestion is excellent.
II it had been candy, and he, had been ~
Juvenile, he could not have relished il
more! Then No. 2, the intelligent, stops
and has q long wire through hiss tongue
anu out of each cheek, pretrudine four
inches. He snarls meanwhils like .
Gagged hyena. Then No. s, who hes been
rather quiesceat, CONNIE noes 10 snap
and bark like hungry dog-syss nop-
ping out, and face all sayag end imbrr-
ted. Barked1-He howled, Ia gro7Irii.
Finally, the niaisteripS .b.p4has !, cor "a
out with one of the thick rleavr1 OF the
prickly pear, e foot lone, in fern OF n
elipse, An inch thick, and full or thorns;
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Nlisffllansous.
Notice.

II 7. FISH who resides in the State of Penn
Il, sy.vania, L. W. Woods of West Virginia,
Charles W. Watson OF Kentucky, and b. P.
Root whose residence is unknown, are hereby
notified that the 18th day OF April, 1863,
Pleas OF Belmont County, Ohio, petition ask
ing Judgment against l.. W. Woods, d. p. Root,
Charles W. Matson and John smith, who are
partners under The name OF Woods, Watson &
Co. for the sum OF S3 95D, with interest from the
9Th day Of February, 1857, and the SUN of So 80
sums being the purchase money that remains
unpaid for certain Real Estate, surface and Coal,
situate adjoining theOhio River in York Town.
ship of said County, purchased by Woods,
Watson d Co.. from Thomas Day. by articles Of
agreement. dated January 5rd, 1865. said de-
iendsfnrs: arfIequred 10 ssnswer by The 18th
day OF June 1Sb5.t vi OAGEE
4 pril 29-Ow THOMAS DAY.
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all the dervishes drop down on sll-fours
and are biting at it and into it, and
crunching it. The froth Of their mad
mouths hangs to the green prickles and
slavers the green rind. Ughl What
diabolism, '. swallow. W i :. /. e scorpion " Whe.h.
er they have taken out poison, or
whether the afflatus is so enormously
excited that poison is obnoxious, or
what, God knows! We summon NAH
moud in haste; i5eckon our ladies from
above in the dark, and seek relief and
breath in the narrow streets. Upon this
Internal orgy we have nothing to COM
ment. It is "a near making the human
a wild animal as anything can be-"