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The Hickman courier., 1869-03-20
state Aid to Railroads.

The bill submitting to the people the
question of State aid to railroads, which
passed the Lower House of our State
Legislature, has been withdrawn from
the Senate for reconsideration, which
amounts to its defeat The bill pro-
vides for the investment of ten millions
of State bonds in the first mortgage
bonds of the various railroads through
out the State. The friends of the meas
urc are likely to bring the question be-
fore the people at the August election,
with the view of electing members who
will insure its passage next session.
We hold that the system of giving
State aid to railroads is wrong, aud must
operate unequally upon different sections
of the State. Where railroads are real
ly needed there is no difficulty in raising
capital for their construction. Enter
prise and money are seldom wanting
when profitable scope exists for either
The fact that State aid is sought is prima
facie proof that the roads which it is
proposed to build are not wanted, or that
their projectors desire to enrich them
selves unfairly at the cost of the public
Yet another precaution is necessary tC
mitigate the mischief which the manis
for projecting railroads may otherwise
infiict upon portions of the State. The
right of towns and counties TO use thei
1 credit for the promotion of lines advan
ftageous to themselves is, perhaps, unas
sailable. But only within certain limits
In the first place, since the ultimate liza
bility for the redemption of bonds tha
may be issued rests upon the property o
8 town, something more than a mum
cipal majority of tax payers should b
required to legalize their issue. Tha
might usefully be contingent upon tn
approving vote of the major part of tn
taxable property of the town. In th
next place, the issue of bonds in aid {
railroads should be conditioned upon th
making of adequate provisions for the
redemption. If railroad is really wan
ed, and if the residents of town al
willing to aid it by loan of their credi
they can not complain if the law con
pels them to provide for the realizatio
of their promises. Their help shouI
take some other shape than that
promises to pay debt which is cai
upon the next generation"
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-20
aNI.TERvEEyy WITH GENER-
AL FORREST.
a Tnlk abOut the Negro ana
Railroads.
From the Courier-JournaI.

From the COurfer-JouFhhi-
A few days ago, General Forrest, and
Major Minor Merriwether, engineer of
the levees on the Mississippi, were my
companions part of the way from New
Orleans. | have no doubt sketch OF
some of the conversation which trans
pired between us will interest the readers
of the Coz. ier- Journal:
EMIGRATION TO THE SOUTH.
Aswe passed through beautiful tracts
of country, lying waste, ! asked Gener-
al Forrest how it ever could be popu-
lated /.
with negroes" was his reply. They
arc the best laborers we have ever had In
the South. Those among US during the
.ar behaved in such a manner that l
shall always respect them for it, and |
would not have one of mine back, nor
have them ebslaved, if L could. My
house servants, continued he, ''are with
| me vet in Memphis, and never would
! leave me.
But" said l, "you have had the name
of being hard on that peculiar r"
1T is not true" he said with energy
II have always felt kind towards them,
and always treated them kindly. Even
the Fort Pillow massacre was investl-
gated and the Federal officers, to man,
stated that | was not to blame. The fort
never hauled down the fag-I cut il
down with my own hands, and did all
could to stop the firing" But how
General, continued |, "are you to rcpop-
ulate with negroes p "Get them from
Africa, was his startling reply-'they' L
improve after getting here; are the mos
Initiative creatures in the world, and /
you put them in squads of ten, with one
experienced leader in each squad, they
will soon revive our country. L wan
Northern mea to come In here; anc
would protect any man who comes t.
build up the country with my life, bu
they WON'T come ESSropeans won
come; then, l say, let's get Africans
BY pursuing n liberal policy to them W
can benefit them and they Us. The pris
oners taken In war over there can all b.
: turned over to US, and emigrate and b
freedmen here. | had an interest, con
tinued he, 'in the Wanderer, and W
brought over 400; only six per cent
died. They were very fond of grasshop
, pers and bugs, aud L Taught them to ca
cooked meat, and they were as good mig
, gers as ever l had. When prejudice get
2 over our Government will foster thi
e scheme; there is no need of war c
races. want TO see the whole countr
prosper. Its my country, and | don
t intend to give it up as long as | can d
anything to build it up. am an Amer
!. lean, and from the day l surrenderc
: have been for the United States
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wendell phillips.

At every turn Of events this fulmina
tor of rhetoric thunder rises upon the
horizon in full view. No sooner is any
thing stirred up than the first voice
heard is Phillips. On Saturday night
last he worked himself with the most
remarkable suddenness into glow OF
patriotic solicitude upon the political
situation since the Presidents accession.
He wakes warlike on the instant, and
wants " Grant to employ the cannon
that are lying idle in Washington" lie
would march down with " brand and
bow" upon the hopeful and peaceful cot
ton fields of Carolina, and capture and
suppress the contumacious planter, ard
fire the heart of the colored population.
The ex-President has gone back TO Ten
nessee, and this is, he says, war cloud
in the South He interprets the inten-
tions of the President elect, and says,
with that stalwart, rigorous despotic
right hand of his, he means that a dol
lar shall go down South with a Yankee
on one side and a school -marm on the
other" And thus he has solved the
policy of the Presidents administration
" Let us have peace" In short, Phillip:
is on the rampage again, though what il
is all about no one can tell. He grope;
in the mystifcation of present things
and wants to engage in a promiseuou'
/ free fight with ANYBODY and everything
He saws the South is !. i'r4> of blood
of anarchy, of insecurity a ~ EpRerty,
manship either in the 81 who take
the helm orthosc he calls 10 his aid ;
AID thanks GodrWe have. got rid of
g s-R1IIScs-a1A@inAslof the nation An,
sol Clne IDlent t1mbler, in trouble an'
tbs nan s I niime to time, disports him
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-20

THE GUILLoTINE is at work in the
Postofice Department, Creswell having
decapitated number Of official heads.
The animosity of the administration to-
wards johnson appointees has already
been indicated, and one incident strong.
ly confirmed it. An Illinois Congress-
man called on Creswell and said be want
ed some changes in his district. Eleven
of the postmasters represented to be
friendly to the late administration were
removed forthwith, and solely for that
reason. This course will be strictly
pursued.
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-20
France and the Peace of Eu-
EODe.

In May the elections take place in
France, and there be those who think
that peace in Europe will not continue
long after that event. One thing is GER
tain, that with all the talk about peace,
both Napoleon and King William are
preparing for war, and that on a scale of
magnitude which dwaris all former efforts
in that line. More than a million of
men will be ready for the field on both
sides by June, while needle guns, chas-
sepot rifles, and improved field artillery
will add to the general carnage, in case
word is given to unloose the dogs of
war, now ready and eager to fly at each
others throat. Of course the vancouver
ing now is for combinations Napoleon
wishes to bind Italy and Austria to his
side, and neutralize Russia, while Prussia
IS endeavoring to propitiate Russia, and
work up the German to fighting frenzy
on the issue of the "Fatherland But,
unfortunately for King William, his cen
tralizing policy has made more foes than
friends, aud in the event of war with
France, 1t may prove the wooden horse
to introduce enemies into his kingdom.
As matters now stand, the chances are in
favor of France. This Napoleon knows
and hence his calm but firm policy on all
issues presented A fnw more coils of
tlthshain aud Belgiun will be an armed
ofk npf France, aud then the aLion
Of 4ztrloo and the last remnant of
the detested treaty Of 1915, will disap-
s-ar forever. The family mission of
Napoleon will not end until these results
rccorded.
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-20
A Fable with a Moral.

Once upon a time a certain man was
granted all he might be able to carry
across the sea in great ship, He EN-
ployed laborers and loaded his ship with
costly merchandise to its utmost capaci-
ty. He set sail with fond anticipations
of the great wealth he was about to pos
sess. Before the voyage was ended he
realized his folly. Hunger came and
would not be appeased with hope of fu-
ere feasting or hopes Of riches. For
tunatcly provision laden vessel was met
and our avaricious man was but too glad
10 exchange half his wealth for ship
stores. This still left him half. after all
the pangs of hunger and trouble of load
ing aud unloading. But, hold. He was
only entitled to what he carried across,
aud of course had to render an account
of what he took away, and did not carry
across so this took the other half IL
had left. &
MoRAL.-Plant all cotton, starve a2{
stint through the working season. and
then give your cotton crop TO pay for the
corn you have used and will need until
you make another crop.-Cotumbas Sun.
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-20

GEN. JORDAN. formerly chief of staff
to General Beauregard, recently disap-
peared from Charleston, South Carolina,
and itis currently reported that he had
sailed for Cuba, to take up arms in be-
half of the insurgents. 1t is also fur
ther reported that he has been all along,
as regards this movement, in full accord
With President Grant, and acting with
his fun knowledge and consent The
President, it is said, has assured him that
no American taken in rebellion shall be
harshy dealt with by the Spanish au-
thoriies. =
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-20

EACH ant in an ant hill knows his
companions. Mr.. Darwin several times
carried ants from one hill to another, in
habited apparently by tens of thousand !
of ants, but the strangers were invariab. >.
detected and killed. Thinking that thero
might be a family odor by which they
were recognized, he put some ants from
very large nest into bottle strongly per-
fumed With assafoetida, and restored them
after twenty four hours. At first they
we're threatened By their companions,
but soon recognized aud allowed to pass.
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Rhe New Cahinet. no. ?.

pkDeral Grant, as the telegraph has
aire, E;PfOrmcd the reader, has gone to
woI knocked together another cab
inc At the date of ur last advices
from the national capital, the second
ministerial phenomenon stood thus:
Secretary of Hamilton Fish,
of New York
Secretary of the Treasury-George S.
Boutwell,, of Massachusetts,
Secretary of the Interior-Jaco.S -
Cox, of Ohio.
Secretary of War-John A. Rawlins,
of Illinois.
Secretary of the Navy-Adolph E.
Borie, of Pennsylvania.
Postmaster General. A. j. Cres-
well, of Maryland
Attorney General-E. r. Hoar, of
Massachusetts,.
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f5f sEEp whie viii astonish

preparing lok dcP WHICH, WI. "SsS.,--.
the country The step, II the state
ments of those who have been his best
informed friends and most ardent ad-
mirers be true, is none other than the
peremptory declination of the Surveyor
shin of Customs at New Orleans, to
which he has been nominated. The rea-
son for this action is stated to be the de-
sire on the part of Longstreet to demon
strate, as he esteems only deeiInation
can. that his adhesion to Radicaiism has
not been due to any expectation OF re,
compense or reward. Gen. Longstreet
feels keenIy that his very recent adop-
ton of the creed of the Republican party
alone among all his eminent comrades
and among all the people who used to
worship his fame and name, should be
shown to arise from principle and not
from interest. Moreover, he does not
wish his constant interviews with Radl-
cal politicians for two months past, his
frequent closet conferences with General
Grant, or the accident of his being a
blood relation to the Dents, TO be con-
strued into even a willingness to have
his change of sentiments attributed te
couivoeal motives.
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-20

.e circles = IN. sne report tha' MI ou'.9 =.
' has -2g speech ready on
20 fo>Tearss1 ~ Ls.a--of
our free schools? Will somxTY, % is
afraid that tie negro will bee lie the
equal OF the white man, and pun him
from the superiority which hes has al
ways held over the negroZplase iell
me how the negS, and his pretended
political friends, propose to placce him iu
our schools? 1t is certain Il a the ne
gro children will not go to school in com
mon with white children of Kentucky.
until it is doue by the consent of the
white people. Nor will they be benefit
ed by the proceeds of our school fund
until the white people of Kentucky so
order 1t, and kentuekians ,ciH see their
olcR time to do this, and that time is so
tar IN the future now that no living man
will ever be able to prophecy OF its COM
ing and those who use this bug bear to
scare the people from voting for the tax,
cannot be candid in so doing will not
take up your space by noticing furthsS
the objections to the School tax unless
they come clothed viii more reasons. q
l cannot see a gooo reason why the
peoDle should not vote a reasonable tax
for educational purposes. In fact, such
tax is matter of strict economy rather
than a burden. There is nothing for
which people can better afford to tax
themselves than to build up schools which
are to benefit all alike There is no ex-
penditure which SO amply repays them
AID which contributes so much to the
public good. 1t is like bread cast upon
the waters, to be gathered up many days
hence. 1t is a sowing from which
we reap an hundred fold" Its benefits
are not partial, but like the dews of
heaven" fall upon all--in poverty hol-
low as much as upon Creasus hill. 1t is
not tax to be appropriated to any par
ticular locality, nor to build up a mon
opoly, but tax to strengthen the arm of
the people, to perpetuate republican lib
erty, to insure freedom to the person, of
the press, of speech, and of religion
ALBERIQUE
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-20
Death of Hon. James Guthrie.

LOUISVILLE, March 13--HO2. James
Guthrie, late United States Senator from
Kentucky, who won national fame as
Secretary of the Treasury during Gen.
Pierces administration, and who was
subsequently for many years conspicu-
GUS and we'll knownin financial and COM
mercial circles as President of the Lou
isville and Nashville Railroad Company,
died at his residence in this city, at IF
teen minutes before u o'clock, N, to-
day. His funeral will take place from
his residence at o'clock, P. NJ on Mon
day the 18th instant
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-20

Josh Billings says: when young
man amt good for anything else, | like
tew see him carry gold headed cane .
If he can't buy a cane, let him part his
hair in the middle!
An important decision-The Presi-
dent of a debating society has recently
decided that the .'milk of human kind
ness, was literally milk punsg, With q
little nutmeg in il.
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oEstIRAGES OF GOV. SENTER's
MILITIA.
They Drag an Aged Citizen
through his House by the
Neck.
Pulaski March l6.

PULASKI, March l6
Two men dressed in blue, and sup
posed to be militiamen, went to the hous
of an old man by the name of Danie
Abernathy last night, knocked at tn
lcorsands.Me=s adasi.fel.-..M henuths
5ster of the arny Fat least. sic nails |
ON Galena, Illinois. Ii is safe to say |
lat in point of intellect, he is not equal /
S;lnoun and Cass, and Bell and Mar
|. and Davis. who have heretofore held |
Awar portfolio.
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:, S.,-.1s---sl- 8 k11tpl.o . ss:
7 fNN We're copied recently ints
English paper. with severe commeu-s
upon the condition of the American bar;
barians of the Plains =
A little bit Of romance has just trans,
pired to relieve t. me' ny of-eur me;
tropolitan life. t57<sfght andscgins. whom,
the editor. nf <sess. eral Joshe has 90 oeten
nnbI;cfg - &nak - any art.sJ ss- 60,
PIOis Tad aiysses rsluTssd v;1s Hs from p
said q 5s d q 1eE' ma' the ns ~av ls
he came to gefner was this: Some time
ago we courted her, but, finding she was
on the make, threw her off, after shoot
ing her brother and two cousins. She
vowed revenge, and promised to marry
any man who would horsewhip us. This
Sam agreed to undertake, she married
him on that promise. We shall call on
Sam TO morrow with our new shot gun,
and present our congratulations in our
usual form.-Hangtotcm GiJ6et
4 stranger, wearing a stove pipe hat,
arrived in town yesterday, and put up at
the Nugget House. The boys are hav-
ing a good time with that hat this NOR
ming. The funeral will take place at two
0 oclock. Dog Rancho is unhealthy for
swells.-7he Dog Raache Weekly Hoaol
\ very painful accident occurred in
Frog Gulch yesterday, which has cast a
wet blanket of gloom over hitherto joy
Gus and whisky loving community Dave
Sprigger-or, as he was familiarly called,
Murderer Dave-got drunk at his usual
hour yesterday, and, as is his custom
took down his gun and started after the
fellow who went home with his girl the
night before. He found him at break
fast with his wife aud thirteen children
After killing them, he started out to
return, but being weary, stumbled and
broke his leg. Dr. Bill found him in
that condition, and having no wagon at
hand to convey him to town, shot him to
put him out of his misery. Dave was
dearly loved by all who knew him, and
his loss is a democratic gain. He never
would have materially reduced the vote
of that party had he not been so untime-
ly cut of.-.Siskiyou Knockdo,cn.
The scoundrel who tipped our office
over last month will be hung to- morrow,
and no paper will be issued next day
Cdldueras ,Shrieker.
Four little babies who had been put
into the cage at He'll Shaft yesterday,
while their mothers played game of
draw, climbed over the side. We did
not learn who won the last pot.-Nigger
HI Patriot.
There is man in town that claims to
be the man that murdered Sheriff White
imposter, seeking admission into society
above his level, aud hope people will
stop inviting him to thier houses.-Fro9
Spring Herald.
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-20
a nsrrr1I cement for closine nn cracka

A USEFUL cement for closing up cracks
in stove plates, stove doors, etc., is pre-
pared by mixing finely pulverizcd iron,
such as can be procured at the druggists,
with liquid water glass, to thick
paste, and then coating the cracks with it.
The hotter the fire then becomes the
more does the cement melt and combine
with its metallic ingredients.
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-20

A "RELIGIoUs" paper in New York
says sthe venerable Brownlow is very
near heaven" If he is, then, heaven
and hell are much nearer together than
il generally supposed.
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-20

2 .s'!:
,lLead m Of the practiced
hand, or its .csises twill fail of
proper execution.
1t is mistake to house up thousand
bushels of grain, waiting for rise until
one tenth of it has gone to feed rats and
mice, and the remainder smells like the
essence of rat, and the price is down for
ty per cent.
Wood ashes sown on grain fields will
brighten and stiffen the straw, and in-
crease the size and weight of the kernels.
1t is no uncommon thing in Scotland
for farmers who enter upon a lease of
nineteen years, TO invest some $50 or S75
per acre on drainage, lining or other i'm
proyements.
The growth that trees and vines and
shrubs make in few years is really as
tonishing, therefore no person will neg
lect to set plants or cuttings or CRAFTS up
on the supposition that he will not live
TO secure the benefit of his labor In few
years after being set the trees and gratis
will be bearing fruit.
Every farmer ought to know that cut
nails, heated red hot and dropped into
cold water, will clinch as well as wrought
nails.
English sparrows have been introduced
to some extent in this couDAry, and
where they have been the troublesome
canker worms have played out.
The best way to afix labels on plants
or trees is said to be to write the words
with lead pencil on zinc. The writing
proves mere distinct with age and can
not be cfTaced.
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-20
WOMAN.

TNEMALES owing to the peculiar and inn
II portant relations which they sustain,
their peculiar organization, and the offices
they perform, are subject TO many suffer
ings Freedom from these contribute in no
small degree TO their happiness and welfare,
So but no one of these various female com
plants can long be suffered to run on with
out involving the general health of the in
dividual, and ere long producing perman-
ent sickness and premature decline. Nor is
it pleasant TO consult physician for the re-
lief of these various delicate affections, and
and only upon the most urgent necessity
will true woman 80 far sacrifice her great
est charm to do this. The sex will then
thank us for placing in their hands simple
specifics which will be found cfficacious in
relieving and curing almost every one OF
those troublesome complaints peculiar to
the sex.
HELMDoLDs EXTRACT BUcHU.-Hundreds
suffer on in silence, and hundreds of others
apply yainly TO druggists and doctors, who
either merely tantalize them with the hope
of u cure apply remedies which make
them worse | would not wish to assert
anything that would do injustice TO the
afflicted, but am obliged TO say that al
though il may be produced from excessive
exhaustion of the powers of life, by laeorl-
GUS employment, unwholsome air and iood,
/ profuse menstruation, the use OF tea and
! coffee and frequent childbirth, 1t is far Of
tener caused by direct irritation applied1o
I the nucous membrane of the vagina itself
When reviewing=the causes of these dis
tressing complain "a It's most painful to@s2-
template he att5Rdant evils cor
upon them 1t is but simple justI
subject to enumerate q few of the sne
ditional causes which so largely affaS
life, health, and happiness Of women -.
classes of society, and which, consequently
affect more or less directly the welfare o.
the entire human family. The mania tha
exists for precocious education and marri
age, causes the years that nature designed
for corporal development TO be wasted ans
perverted in the restraints of dress, th'
early confinement of school, and especiall,
in the uuhealthy excitement of the ball
n ,-o,o Tb,s With the sa.dy halfaciofhed
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-20

WAR-A Washington correspondent
says thereis quite stir in diplomatic
circlesos the report that Mr.. Sumner
The Hickman courier., 1869-03-20

Every farmer ought to know that cut
nails, heated red hot and dropped into
cold water, will clinch as well as wrought
nails.