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The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03
Dissatisfied.

Some Of Gen. Grants best friends
some of his best political friends-begin
to look upon him as failure, if not as a
humbug This thing of appointing all
his relations to office they regard as a
swindle For instance, the Union, a
Radical paper, published at Circleville,
Ohio, thus takes him to task for his in
numerable appointments of that sort ;
1--WE believe in pubtfc ncInSS-awfio nave
been elevated to Office, remembering those
who assisted them in their elevation. We
think it well for President Grant, now
that he is safely in the White House, not
to be unmindful of his friends who have
placed him there. We have no objec-
tions to his rewarding Washburne and
Rawlins as the deserve-no objections to
his providing his 'paternal ancestors
with a good fat place-no objection, in
particular to his giving all his brothers
and brotheFs-in law lucrative Offices. But
when he shows a disposition TO hunt up
all his wife 5 cousins, from the first to
the forty y-seeond, we think he is going a
little too far, and would suggest that the
tenure of Office act be put in force to re-
strain him. Too many of one family,
even though its name be Grant, are not
desirable"
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03
Hard Times.

Portly female meets seedy young
man:
well, sur, I'm goin' t tell yez my sit
uation-"
a S. Y. M.-"Well, madam, am rejoic-
to know that you have situation
For my part | have been looking for d
situation these six months, and haven I
found it yet"
p F-"Tut mon Don't be foolin
wild me. I'm poor woman, and haven't
-
S. Y. M-"That's my fix exactly. ]
haven't cent, and don't know whae my
next meal is to come FROM
z. T., persistent-''lf ye plase, sur
I'd like five cents to buy me thritie O
bread"
s.Y. M.-"SO would I, but I'na bust
cd, fat Haven't cent Could you tel
me where tceuld get job of work, 81
that could make raise OF few dollars
z. r, in wrath-"Och, go to hill, anc
may the diyil fly away wild yez; III a1
no more"
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03
Observation-Disclosures a Fortune.

Henry Murty was, many years ago,
employed as a deekhand about Pittsburg
on steamers owned by the Poe family,
More lately he was with Captain Tom
Rogers, on the ST. Louis and New Or
leans packet w III. Osborn. Capt. Rog-
ers was his warmest friend, taking great
interest in his welfare, and befriending
him by example and advice In such u
manner that Henry entertained strong
affection for him. Henry was only Z
ieckhand or fireman, and certainly new
er rose to higher grade than watchman,
but he was a shrewd fellow when sober,
which he generally was. He seemed con
tented with his position and his wages,
/ little thinking what great things were IN
store for him It Will be remembered
/ with what ghastly miuuteness there was
/ published in the papers, less than two
I years ago, an accountQf the discovery
! Of the decomposing corpse Of human
being in the lonely room of large build
/ ing in this city The corpse was that OF
a man named sullivan Henry Murty
was this mans cousin and his heir. Sui
/ livan was an old citizen of unsociable
disposition and habits. aud was possessed
of great wealth, as the sequel shows
Murty, as heir of the deceased, through
the agency of his lawyer, Mr.. Broad
head, was lately handed the sum of one
hundred and ninety FIVE thousand dollars
and the real estate, lands and stock:
which accrue to him, will raise the
amount of wealth now possessed by thi:
lately friendless and seemingly content
ed Irishman, to four or five hundret
Thousand dollars Whatll he doswiti
a h 2--1SI Konfs Democrat.
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03
Tbe !. sis..atfon.v

The present condition of the country
is SO unsettled and precarious that it must
be evident to President Grant, II he
takes the trouble to reflect, that some
healing process is needed entirely diner
ent from any ever before resorted to on
this continent.
Nothing of the old Government re-
mains but the empty shell. 1t is piece
of machinery that is strained, cracked
and incapable of performing even the
work for which it was originally design
cd. Running painfully and with con
slant danger of breaking down during
the past twenty-five years of its exist
ence, it can no longer be guided with any
degree of accuracy.
See how it started forward under the
new administration. Every part for IT,
self-the Senate, the Lower House, and
the President, humping along, joltingly
over their respective cogs; the clamor
Gus army OF Office seekers pursuing q:
best they can with streaming hair ano
eager eyes. As for the Judiciary De
partment OF the machinery, that is vir
tually resting in inaction-dead as was
the Paris Parliament after Louis XIV.
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03

1ENNEs E.-A general election
throughout the State, for Judges, will be
heh on the 24th day of May. In the
nomination of candidates, it is urged that
a party nomination ought not to be made,
bec.use politics are no part of a Judge s
qua aiication, and because it would bring
defeat. This policy-for it is policy
will do away with conventions, and there
foreits friends do not hesitate to argue
that conventions ought not to be held,
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03
NEEXECO.
Revolutionary State OF the
COuntry-JuareZA About to Cali
In the United States.
From the New York Herald.
MONTEREY, Feb. % Is

MONTEREY, Feb. %, 1869.
As l informed you in my former let
ter that the whole country was in rev.
olutionary blaze, it is now verified. We
are in possession of reliable information
respecting the couducta. The opposition
party have made serious developments
respecting the funds of the condueta. 1t
appears that Juarez has $500. 1000. I4erdo
de Teiada $500, 900, Mejia $500, 600 and
the balance divided TO other officials near
/ " S2,000,000 The rest belonged to
commercial parties. AS you are aware,
the conducta amounted S3,040000; so
you will perceive since the installation of
Juarez they have had fat pickiugs
Negrete has defeated part of the gov
ernment forces, and it is presumed that
the balance of the forces of the govern :
ment will turn over to Negrete.
1t is also stated that Juarez will give a
manifesto TO the nation, alleging that he
| aid of the protection Of the United
States, and requires protectorate.
As you are aware, the butcher Esco-
bedo is doing his work in Tamaulpas by
especial order from the general govern
ment, externinating and burning villa
ges and towns, much more than during
the time of the empire. There is now
no drum head court martial a man is
caught and shot down like dog. This
is savage in the extreme, aud goes far
ahead of sll the atrocities ever commit
ted by the imperialists.
We have also information of a pro-
nunciamento at San Luis, caused by the
general government ordering Juan Bus
tamente, 50 odious to the people and
mercantile community, to receive the
government from its present possessor
They have armed themselves to defend
the present Governor. So the thing goes.
The general government has sent
draft for FIVE thousand dollars. the month
ly payment given to this State for the
defense of the Indians, accorded by the
general Congress. This is drop of wa
ter in the bucket, as the urgent monetary |
situation is serious ia the extremc. as
they have no resources whatever to car
rs on the machinery Of government, aud !
all the burden Is laid upon foreigners, :
who have to foot the bills W here will
We get the aid and protection necessary
It's now Of absolute importance that
General Grant should take a decided step
... -
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03
The Negro ouestion.

t is evident that the negro question
is apidly declining in importance. That
the inevitable negro is about to give
plce to something else, must be crafty
Ing to all, although some Radical dis
p,sed may feel grieved at the speedy dis
appearance of their cherished "eolored
frinds' from the stage. The no ional
delt, the innumerable office holders, the
military governments existing in one part
of the country, and the many violations
of the constitution, is forcing him out OF
the way, and daily remind all of the rich
blessings the question has brought upon
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03

DpcToRING THE MoRMoNs.-Mr. Ju-
Ian has introduced a bill in the House
of Representatives "To discourage Po-
lyganiy in Utah by granting the right of
suffrage to the Women of that Territory" +"
1t provides that the right of suffrage
may be exercised b. the people without
any distinction or discrimination whatey-
er on account of sex
Whether this would be a discourage
ment of polygamy or an encouragement,
may be questionable. Who knows but
its effect might be to produce a rush in
the direction of tie promised land by
those who look upon the ballot as an es-
sential Ingredient in the female pursuit
of happiness ,,.ss------s4'
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03

WE have heard the opinion expressed
that Andrew johnson will again be Gov
ernor of Tennessee and United States
Senator. There are men living who be-
lieve more than this-that he will again
be President. The Greenville, Tennes-
see correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
mercial says:
strangely enough there are many
people here who honestly believe that
johnson will be President Of the United
States again before he shuffies off this
mortal coil. | met with one Of these
believers in a future state for a. j., a
few days ago, and he said Yes, / firm
ly believe that he will again be President
of the United States. lie is but sixty
years old, and as stout as though he were
but thirty, and smart-well, the world
has not his equal. So far from losing
his mental powers, they get stronger day
by day, as you will see before the end of
the summer, after he gets rested a little
and turns loose on old Stokes. Thirty
five years ago, when he was at work in
his little shop down yonder, if had
said that man will be President of the
United States, ! would have been called
a fool. and with good reason. But are
not the chances better now than they
were then? Time will demonstrate that
[ am right--wait and see.
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03

WE SHALL Soon Bernard
Cressler, of this State, has constructed a
flying machine, which, he maintains, if
enlarged to proper proportions, will be
capable of carrying man through the
air with safety. We examined this mar
velously intricate piece of mechanism in
its embryo state, and there seems to be
some plausibility il the claims of the in
ventor. 1t has wings about two feet in
length. Il is contended that if they are
tended thirteen additional feet, cover
ing 900 square feet of ground. with silk
attached, the flying machine can be oper-
ated successfully. = Harrisburg (Pa)
PnfyiOk
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03
THE EVENT OF THE PERIoD.-It i,

THE EVENT OF THE PERIoD.-It is
whispered in Washington that Mrs.
Grant is in that interesting condition in
which ladies who love their lords delight
to be, and will add another heir to the
house of Grant, another olive branch at
his table, and a little arrow to his quiver.
That ubiquitous court journal, the New
York Herald, has delieately prepared the
public mind for the event By mysterious
allusion to the lady's health, and as she
will be the first Presidents wife who has
ever given birth to ! child in the White
House, the occasion will doubtless be the
cause of honest rejoicing among all the
people who voted for I've happy father
that isto be, who will be perfectly satisfied
in their own mind, that '.the nation" will
owe this auspicious event to the fact of
their having been original Grant men.
If boy, the coming young man, being
bona fde original Grant boy, should
be Immediately appointed to some Office
in order not TO interfere with the time
honored custom of the family. 1t viii
not be necessary for him to do the duties
of his Office His pa can publish an or
der relieving him aud let him draw his
pay.
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03

q THE plan of the Radical leaders in
Congress now is to exclude the Demo
cratic delegations of Georgia and Lou
isiana, and then to refuse seats to a suf-
ficient number OF Democratic members
from other States TO secure to their party
the coveted g3ize of two-thirds vote,
so that they may be able, if they choose,
to override Grants votes as they overrode
Johnson's, and to carry any Constitu-
tional amendments through their body.
To accomplish this, they will stickle at
nothing. No law, no morality will re-
strain them. They have had taste of
tyrannical power, they have quaffed it
copiously, and its maddening fumes are
in their brains, and they are now ragiag
for it as druken maniac RACES for his
liquor. They are determined to persist
to the last in the use of force and violence
and outrage for maintaining complete
control of the Government.
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03

WAR TO the KNIFE.-Advices from
Cuba from patriot sources state that Ces-
pedes has replied to Dulces' declaration
fn war to the knife, by decree that all
pereons taken hereafter. excepting regu
lar Spanish soldiers, arc to be Immediate
lv put TO death.
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03
ICKMAN COURIk
Public speaking.

Judge r. K. Williams, desires it an-
nounced that he will address the citizens
of Fulton county, at the Court House.
MONDAY the 18th instant.
DIR. Miles will also give an account Of
- Stewardship to the people on that
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03

The rumor that General Logan was
lately admitted to the Methodist church
at Cariinville, Ill, is correct, but he is
kept on probation so long as he eontin-
ues in CONGRESS.
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03

". B. GIpBs, Esq, announces him
self candidate for Attorney General in
the SCH (Tennessec) Circuit.
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03
knson.s Appointments.

Sssatches to the Union & American
Barncr, announce that Ex President
Johnson will speak at Knoxville on to-
,ysay, and at Nashville on the 9th instant
From Nashville he will proceed to Mem
phis and viii speak there also.
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03

THE Iron Mountain railroad is in
operation distance Of forty miles north
from Belmont.
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03

Cor. PICKETT, editor of the Paducah
Gazette, has been appointed postmaster
at that place.
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03

TuE number of registered voters in
obion county is. 595. White $50, ne
.groes 239.
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03

THERE was over s35, 900 worth of furs
bought at this place the present season.
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03

KENTUCKY, in her existence of sew
cnty six years, meyer loser- osnt by the
-tfefalcation of any State official.
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03
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Secrets of the
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The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03

The Paducah Herald says: Eve saw
in the market-ho this morning man
peddling patent medicines who once had
the honor of being candidate for Con
gress in this district, but that was some
eighteen years ago, and time, tide. fate
and fortune, since then have MAJ %
changes. -
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03

these outfaEes.
There is but little doubt of his being
the guilty party. The excitement in the
community was intense, and Friday nj ght
an effort was made to take Norris from
Jail and hang him. No less than eight
hundred people gathered about the build
ing, and speeches were made by num-
Der of prominent citizens, and the mob
was induced to disperse. The prison has
since been guarded by strong force
summoned by the sheriff The young
ladies outraged are daughters of three
most respectable farmers in that vicinity.
If such mob had assembled in the
South for such a purpose, it wonld have
been styled Kuklux outrage"
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03

THAI railroad bridge over the Ohio
lucah is to be built. The com
|!lSg tiia Congress, to whom the ques-
dy and .fas referred, have unanimously
reed to report bill for constructing it.
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03
ale,rAA advertisements.

NJ NoTICE.--Trustees of Common Schools
IN are hereby notified that theazE;hool Fund
has been received, and is now ready for dis
tribution. JOHN w COWGILI, c. s. c..
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03
g,he Tenure on Omcc.

To the surprise of nearly everybody
there was compromise effected on the
Civil Tenure of Office bill, which was
rushed through both Houses under the
pressure of the Conference Committee.
The House, under the explanation of
Butler aud Bingham, thought that the
Senate had'yielded to a virtual repeal of
the old law, and. Senators were made to
believe, through Mr.. Trumbulls plausi-
bility, that the House had in substance
accepted what is known as the Senate
amendment, but now Senator'S and mem
bers of Congress, who were for repeal,
I5declare that through the usual mystifea-
zion of conference report. they had
Reep Received. In this category is Nor
l,Eho, from the first, has been for o
the law. In the House, eigh-
"a Radicals voted against the bill, while
(; essenden, Fowler and Gilbert were on
hand and refused to vote in the Senate.
Ia the House it was reported that the
tho new bill did not, under any cireum-
stances, restore suspended officer, pro-
vided his successor was not confirmed,
but subsequently it turned out after the
bill passed, that if the vacancy in an
Office is not filed during the session oc
the Senate, the men who were suspended
from the Office return to the old place at
the expiration of said session. The old
law therefore is substantially unchanged
in principle. Senator Williams, who
drew up the old law, says the new bill is
better. The indignation among the Radi-
cal repealers is very great. The House
repealers say that Ben. Butler has sold
them out. An attempt will be made to
we the President veto the BILL
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03
FOR SALE.

HaA ACRES OF SPLENDID BOT
ZOO TON LAND, p miles below
Hickman, on Lynch Slough. Eighty acres
cleared. one good cabin, and stock shed.
Said Land is well timbered with Ash,
Oak, and Walnut, and is the most desirable
STOCK FARM
in Fulton county. A great bargain can be
had in the above land.
For terms and particulars, call on
mar13-tf TIfOS. VI. FRENCH.
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03
The Polsoned ChaIice.

Now and then the moral people of the
North are permitted to have a slight
taste of the horrors which they have in
ficted upon the helpless people of the
Southern States. By the reconstruction
policy the semi-savage negro has been
put in virtual possession of the best part
of the country, and has been melted by
every conceivable means to deeds of vio-
lence and acts of outrage upon the sub
jugated and defenceless whites. The ue.
gro has not been slow to profit by these
lessons in his favorite role of Ravisher
he has played bold and active part,
while the saints of. radicalism have look
ed on with undisguised satisfaction.
But the invention of wickedness ever
returns TO plague the inventor Negroes
.imbued with the principles they have
earned in the South occasionally cross
lyirtuczs y orba and give the
i i 4 t4keja point has
% Pennsylvania. AT
b 4 h - rsTas frEsted and com
% iaii or eed with perDetratino
The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03

FuEe oEN help that man who imagines
p.ln dodge enemies by trying to please
body. If such an individual ever
1 b 9<iId j. We should be glad of it-not
ra2rnIns believe in man going through
PaIf5 world trying to 6nd means to knock
g nd thump his poor head against. dispu-
g ting every mans opinion, fighting and
stIbouing aud crowding all who differ with
him. That. again, is another extreme
Other people have right to their opin-
ion, so have you don't fall into the err
ror of supposing they will respect you
more for turning your coat every day to
match the color of theirs Wear your
own colors, in spite of winds aud wealth
er. storms or sunshine. 1t costs the va
cillating and irresolute ten times the
trouble to wind and shuttle and twist.
thatit does honest, manly independence
to stand its ground.
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THE United States Court adjourned
YESTERDAY evening. The two men from
Webster county, charged with being Ku-
kIux. were sentenced TO one yer TN
prisonnlent. and $50 fine. The les
III Ballard county, charged with 81 ID.
ing negro, we're hncl
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The Hickman courier., 1869-04-03

Thus has passed away gallant christian
gentleman, but his relations and friends
sorrow not as those without hope, for they
cherish the belief that there is rest for the
people of God beyond the vail, and that
their loved and lost one is now enjoying
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