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The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06
Civil Rights Bill I'm Supreme
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The State Of Kentucky, with view to
test the constitutionality of the Civil
Rights bill, gave its assistance, by the
employment of counsel. to John Blyew
and George Kennard to appeal from the
judgment of the United States Court for
the District of Kentucky, which senteu
ced them to death. The case was car
ried up more than two years ago, but no
decision has yet been reached And
now we are informed that, after argument
the case will remain under Amusement
until the first Monday in December next.
By means of these delays in reaching 4
Judgment, in the Federal Supreme Court.
an unconstitutional enactment of Con
gress serves the same purpose for the
Radicals as q constitutional law would
do. Before the Court reaches de-
cision on the Civil Rights bill, the Ku
Klux law will be in full blast, and even
if the former be declared uncoDstitution
al the latter will answer all the purposes
which ii served. Thus py prostituting
the Supreme Court the Radicals are pre-
pared for any emergency.-Louisviile
Ledger.
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06
NO. II.
BeaufifulH.fnes.

We seldom, if ever, met with poetic
lines surprising or even equaling the
following in beauty of conception and
purity ofexpression. They should find a
niche in every scrap book, new and old
perpetuating the memory of the author
the immortal Percival:
Family flow, thou falling river,
Like n dream that dies away.
Down to Ocean gliding ever,
Keep thy calm unruf1ed wayi
Time with such a silent motion,
Floats along on wings Of air,
To eternitys dark Ocean,
Burrying all its treasures there
Roses bloom, and then they wither-
Cheeks are bright, then fade and die
Shapes of light are waited hither-
Then, like visions, hurry by.
Quick as clouds at evening driven
Ger the many eol0red west,
xearr are bsasiRg hHo f~eyen
Home Of happiness aud rest
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06

Kind fortunes may thi mersys endur
forever smile thou out ov thi lovinj
eyes upon this fine bust ov mine.
Strengthen mi husband, and may hi
faith and hiz money hold out to the last
Draw the lambs woolov the unsuspic
ious twilight over hiz eyes, that mi fir
tashuns may look to him lik viktorys
and that mi bill may strengthen biz
pride in me.
Bless, OIL Fortune, mi crimps, rat,
and frizzles, and let thi glory shine upor
mi paint and powder.
When | walk out before the gaze Of
vulgar man, regulate mi wiggle, and give
nu grace to mi CATERS.
manly makers and hair frizzers, and give
Immortality to Lubin and hiz heirs and
assighns forever.
Lead me bi the side ov colone waters
and fatteu mi calves upon the bran ov
thi love.
Blister, oh fortune with the heat ov
thi wrath, the man who treds upon the
trail of mi garments.
Take mi two children oph from mi
hands, for they bother me, and take
them to be thi children, and bring them
up to suit thiseIf -
When l bow miself in worship, grant
that / may do il with ravishing elegaude,
and preserve unto the last the lily white
oy mi flesh. aud the taper of mi fingers
Smile thou graciously, oh ! Fortune,
upon mi nu silk dress, now iu the hands
ov the manly maker, and may it fit me
all over like unto as the ducks foot fit.
teth the mud
Destroy mine enemies with the gaul ov
jealousy, and eat thou up with the teeth
ov envy all those who gaze mi style.
Save me from wrinkles, and foster mi
plumpness.
Fill mi both eyes, oh /! Fortune, with
the plaintive pizon ov infatuashun, tha
l may lay out mi viktims, the men al
knum az images craven.
Let the lilly and the rose strive togeth
er in mi cheek, and may mi mex swin
like a goose on the ~bnzznm of krysfa
waters.
Enable me, oh Fortune to wear shoe
still little smaller, and save me from al
korns and bnnyons.
Bless Fanny. mi lap dog, and rair
down bezom oV destruckshun upon those
who would hurt hair ov HektoI, nj
kitten.
Remove far from me all the walks oy
the sorrowful, aud shield mi sensitifl
natur from the klamours ov the orphon
Smile, oh Fortune, most sweetly,
upon Dick, mi kanary, and watch over,
with the fondness ov a mother, mi two
lily white mice, with red eyes.
Euabe the poor ito shirk for tbemselfs,
aud save me from all missionary beggars
Shed the light ov thy eountenance on
mi kammel's hair shawl, mi lavander
silk, mi point lace and mi necklace ov
diamonds. aud keep the moths out oy mi
sables, l beseech thee.
Give me strength, I pray thee to un-
dure the sight ov young Dotbin's six in
hand turn out and smile with my wrath
all the snobs ov the period.
hav always been friend to thee, obi
Fortune, therefore bless me for ever, and
ever.
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06
The Great Canon Of the Yellow


The Great Falls are at the head OF one
of the most remarkable canons in tho
world-.a gorge through volcanic rocks
!. fifty miles long, and varying from one
Thousand to nearly FIVE thousand feetin
depth In its descent through this Won
derful chasm the river falls almost three
thousand feet. At one point, where the
passage has been worn through noun
tain range, our hunters assured US II was
more than vertical mile in depth, ana
the river, broken into rapids and cae.
cades. appeared nc wider than ribbon.
The brain reels as we gaze into this pro-
found aud solemn solitude. We shrink
from tho dizzy verge appalled,, glad tc
feel the solid earth under our feet, ard
venture no more, except with forms ex
tended, aud faces barely protruding over
the edge of the precipice. The stiffness
is horrible. Down, down, down, We see
the river nttenuated to a thread, tossing
issArsipiaturc waves, aud dasiAng, with
puDDy strength, the massive walls which
imprison it. All access to its margin ia
denied and the dark gray rocks hold it
in dismal shadow. Even the voice Of its
waters 10 their eonvulsive agony cannot
be heard Uncheered by plant or shrub,
obstructed with massive boulders and by
jutting points, il rushes madIy on its
solitary course, deeper and deeper into
the bowels of the rocky armament. The
solemn grandeur of the scene surpssses
description 1t must be seen to be felt.
The sense Of danger with which it i'm
presses You is narrowing in the extreme.
You feel the absence Of sound, the op-
preston of absolute silence. If you
could only hear that gurgling 1yer, ii
you could see living tree in the depth
beneath you, if bird would fly past, il
the wind would move any object in the
awful chasm to break for moment the
solemn silence that reigns there, it would
relieve that tension Of the nerves which
theScene has excited, and you would rise
from your prNtrate condition am thank
God that he hANpermitted you gaze,
uoharmed, UPON ais majestic dill Jay Of
natural architecture. AS it is syn hpathi-
zDg in spirit with the deep gloom of the
scene you crawl from the dreadful verge,
scared lest the firm rock give way be-
meath and precipitate you into the hor-
rid gulf--By ~. p. Lansford, an Scrib-
ners for May.
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06
Proposition 10 Purchase Maine
of the United States.
T From the Toronto Globe.

The suggestion of giving up to Cana
dians the right of fishing in waters which
the Americans themselves have to a great
extent abandoned, as an offset to.the sur
render of oil our valuable in shore fshe
ries, is certainly, taken by itself, one
sided enough But the provision for
arbitrating in reference to the difference
of value IN what has been surrendered
by each party, brings it very much to
the settlement proposed by the Ameri
cans from the beginning of the negotia
ton. namely, purchase by them from
our Government Of free access to all the
Canadian fishing grounds. But of this
our friends across the lines may rest
perfectly certain. that no such settlement
will ever be agreed to by the Canadian
people. When they are ready to sell
Maine to Canada for cash, Canada may
sell her fisheries for cash. But not till
then. Our neighbors can secure, easily
and frankly. all the fish advantages they
have ever enjoyed, or the Canadians
themselves enjoy, but it can only be by
treaty of commercial reciprocity for
mutual advantage just and acceptable to
both parties. The action of the Impe
rial Government may force upon the
people of Canada the sale of their fishe
ries. but feeling will be excited by il
among our people that every true Cana
dian would deplore.
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06

The Inventive genius of America has
Of late years been directed very largely
toward improved modes Of capturing fish,
10 which, not stis6ed with the compare
lively rude methods of hooks and lines.
spears and even nets, an effort is made to
destroy them in much more wholesale
manner. Even the whale fishery, which
for SO long time has been carried on
by means Of the harpoon, has, as is we'll
known, lately been prosecuted by firing
explosive substances into the body Of AMI
NAL with shoulder guns or with cannon,
and thus disabling 10 very quickly. This
method has been adopted by many wbalers
in the Greenland seas, and has been
especially applied of late to the taking
of the large fin black whales of the Nor
wegian coast. These animals have hither-
to been but little disturbed by whalers,
az, although of enormous size (from six
~ to ninety feet) they possess cornpar-
lively little blubber, aud are 50 active aB
to be rarely, if ever, succesfully attacked
by the harpoon.
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06
State Revenue Chaurea.

The late Legislature of Kentucky
made change in the time of collecting
the revenue, and We publish the same
for the information of the large number
of persons interested in its enforcement
The opinion generally entertained that
the law would not go into effect until
1872 turns out to be erroneous. It wen,
into effect from its passage, and the Col
leetors of Revenue in the several coun.
ties must report the amount of taxes
collected to the State Auditor next Octo
ber. The act is as follows:
SEC. l. Be it enacted by the General
assembly Of the Commonwealth of Ken
tackh That the sheriff or collector of
the State revenue in each county of this
Comm monwealth shall, -on tie first day OF
October, and every sixty days thereafter,
under oath report to the Auditor OF
E>uklic 4 eeessssfe theLdfHoeil o1 i sx6s be
has collected, and pay the same over i'm
ntdiately; and shall account forand pay
Ill taxes for which he is bound into the
State Treasury by the first day of April,
eighteen hundred and seventy two, and
by the first day of April in each year
thereafter and upon his failure to do so
he and his sureties shall be liable there
for, and shall be proceeded against in
the same manner as now psescribed by
law
Sec. 2 That hereafter quietus by
the Auditor for the revenue tax of the
year shall be produced by the
sheriff to the county court at the April
or May term, instead Of the term now
prescribed by law.
SIC. 3. Any person or presons failing
to pay their taxes by the first day OF
A pril in the year following the assess
ment for such taxes, shall pay five per
cent additional On the tax so due and
unpaid.
SEC. 4. The Auditor, in his settlement
with the sheriff, shall charge him with
the per cent. accruing under the provis
ions of this act.
SEC. 5. So much of all laws as con
Aict with the provisions of the foregoing
aet are hereby repealed.
SEC. g. This act to take effect from
and after its passage.
Approved 22d March, 1871.
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06


CoUGH IN My horse
is afflicted with ceugh-will you give
ms a remedy for it through your-paper9
-A.--Cough may be oecssioped by sew
eral different diseases-in the several
cases of which, the diseases themselves
must be removed. When from simple
cold, slippery elm or fax seed tea is use.
ful, aud liquorice may be added. But
nursing is the great remedy. Feed sue,
culent food only-if in winter, molstened
cut feed; if in summer, juicy grass of
blower Work very lightly or not at all
never sweat the animal. Blanket,
where there is the least cold or chilliness.
Attend to strict comfort, and the horse
will doubtless gradually recover. Reject
all the numerous precriptions of kind
neiphbsrs: there is often enough pow
erful medicine recommended III such
cases to kill any well horse Country
Gsxtlsnsds.
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06
The Bill TO Make Grant Militia
nv Dictator.

In speaking of the plot to destroy the
liberties of this country, as developed in
the SO called Ku Klux bill, the Hon.
George Morgan, of Ohio, spoke in Con
gress as follows:
But, sir, what have we to day? A
proposition not only to turn over the
Southern States to military domination,
but it is proposed to authorize the PIES
ident, at bis own discretion, to establish
military rule over New York, Massa
chusetts. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, or
any other State as he may desire.
Sir, in free government, the ap-
proaches of despotism are always stealthy
The usurper does not at first proclaim
his p..rlPoses- He ipeases his iron hand
IN a silken glove. He advances step By
step until too confding people, with
their rights, lie PROSTATE at his feet. We
have assinstructive lesson in the condi-
tion of France at the present time 1t
was but few years ago, when Louis Ma
poleon appeared in the French Assembly
as representative of republican princi-
Piles bordering upon license. He was a
republican deputy. Time passed, and
pretending to advocate the cause of the
people, he became candidate for the
Office of prince president. He was elect
ed. Time went on, and after being a
republican deputy and prince president,
backed by a balf million bayonets he
became candidate for emperor, univer
sal suffrage having first been proclaimed
and by the bayonet he was elected to the
throne. He then proclaimed sentiment
intended to deceive the people of Eu
rope and of the world. What was it !?
THE Empire as peace" And it is
ominous, sir, that our President adopted
the Napoleonic motto in four other words,
"Let us have peace !" and while uttering
it he ordered armed columns and gun
boats against the cities of Philadelphia
and New York, to teach a free people
how to vote
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06

THE following extract, which speaks
FOR itself, is from private letter from
Mississippi to gentleman in Cincinnati.
It found its way to the leading Rspnb-
lican paper of the city. the Gazette:
"Our prospects at present are gloomy.
All the excitement at Washington ,bout
KukIux is based on falsehoods. No such
organization exists. Peace and quiet
prevail. and this clamor, ruinous as il is
to the South, driving from it both capital
and labor. is the effect of base and un-
mitigated falsehoods. gotten up for politi-
cal purposes. more for effect on the elcc-
tions north than south. No man belicv-
ing such statements as are made would
risk his money or life among US, while
the fact Is. that We allow the vile. slau-
derous, and miserable scum which has
foated TO the 1faee of society, aud beeu
kicked ont of the'. North, to dweN here
in the utmost safety"
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06

The Washington correspondent of the
Louisville Ledger writes, April %: "a
prominent Radical politician, just return
ed from an extensive tour in the North,
says that Grant will certainly be beaten
for denomination, and will not allow any
one else to be elected if he fails to get
nominated. y
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06

MOBILE AND OHIO RAILROAD The
increaed receipts of this road ia 1863
over the receipts of 1868, were 1864, ,685
The increase in 1870 over 1869, was
s444,053. The first three months OF
this year show an increase of receipts
over the corresponding months of last
year, $780, ,427 09. The first mortgage
bonds of the company, bearing 8 pei
cent. gold interest, payable in London OF
New York, are now worth 911 cents
Less than two years ago they could be
sold for 45 cents only.
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06

THE Roman Catholic pulpit in Eng
laud. just now, is wagiug vigorous war
on the irreligious tendencies of the times
and the encouragement given to covert
infdelity, in what is claimed to be ex-
hibited, FIRST, in the recent contempt
of the Queen for Church usages in hav-
ing her daughter married during Lent;
and, seeoud, in popularity of the newly
propounded origin species, 6y Drawn.
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06

After travelling six miles over the
mountains above the canon, we again de-
sceuded into broad and open valley,
skirted by a level upland for several
miles. Here an object met our attention
which deserves more than Asual notice.
1t was two parallel vertical walls of rock,
projecting from the side of mountain TO
the height of 125 feet, tEagersing the
mountain from base to sums distance
OF 800 feet. These walls were not to
exceed thirty feet in width, and tbs;yx
tops for the whole length we're cra|
with growth of pines. The sid
as even as if they had been WOO
| line and plumb-the whole spatA
tween, and oD either side of them. hRyiy@-
been oonipletely eroded and washed. a
We had seen many of the caprict<<
works wrought by erosion upon II
able rocks of Montana, but neveiI
upon so majestic scale. Here Nj
tire mountain-side, by wind and wdissai
had been removed, leaving as the eyiden-
ces of their protracted toll these vertical
projections, which, but for - immeusi-
ty, might as readily be mistaken for works
of art rs of nature. Their smooth sides,
uniform width and height, sand great
length, considered in connection with the
causes which had wrought their iDsola-
ton, excited our wonder and admiration.
They were all the more curious because
of their dissimilarity to any other striking
objects in natural scenery that that we
had ever seen or heard Of 8n future
years, when the wsnders of the Yellow
stone are incorporated into the family Of
fashionable resorts, there will be few of
its attractions surprising in interest this
marvellous freak OF the elements. For
some reasons, best understood by him
rocks the name of the Devils Slide. -
C,~,.,bn.r's lIoof1$t
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06

A NEGRO National Convention is cali
ed to meet in st. Louis. September p.
The purpose of the meeting is to adopt
some particular day as black Fourth of
July. as the negroes in different localities
are now observing. different days in conn.,
memoration of their enfranchisement.
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06

Major McCaferty, the we'll known Irish
lawyer at Worcester, recently made a
speech at temperance meeting, which is
thus reported
He said no man should be moderate
drinker for two reasons: frst, on ac
count of the liability to become drunk
ard 1t was every man 3 duty to acquire
property sufficient to leave his children
we'll off. but this could not be done if
they spent it for drink By saving every
day what man who calls himself mod
crate drinker spends for ale or other
liquor, young man Of twenty could, in
thirty years of active life, easily lay mp
$40 600. twas this amount which eve,
ry moderate drinker should consider he
was foolisbly wasting, if be expected TO
reach the age Of fifty years The speak
er presented a vast array of other figures
and arguments, conclusive and to the
point, to show the benefits Of total abb
stiDence, and the evils of Indulgence in
liquor. The ladies were called upon as
more responsible parties than men in
this cause, TO exert their influence by
signing the pledge, and otherwise.
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06

THAT was not so bad joke on the
North Carolina Legislature. One Of the
members died, and it was resolved to
convey the remains home at the expense
of the State, aud when they inquired in
to the matter, it was found be resided in
Vermont.
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06

A BILL has been introduced into the
Ohio Legislature. providing that the
earnings of convicts in the States prison,
beyond the cost of their keeping, shall
be given to the support of their families:
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06
woman's love
SIT is known
IL ol Foc-fal thsn.

H1t Is known
To be a lovely and fearful thing;
For all of theirs upon that die is thrown,
And if tbs lost, life hath no more to bring
To them but mockeries of the past alone,
And their revenge is as the tigers spring.
Deadly and quick and crushing"
Mr.. C. has paid the penalty of his
great offense, and we are not disposed to
speak harshly of his errors. Of the
woman. though her crime be great, We
claim for her decent respect, and the
opprobious epithets which the press
generally has bestowed upon her are as
undeserving as the white-washiDg of Mr.
C's part in the affair, is contemp-
tible and unworthy.
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06

THE catterpillars are still at their de-
structive work in this vicinity. Much
damage has been done to the fruits
particularly the apple
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06

Two Kentucky Circuit judges have
permitted the introduction of negro tes-
tiuony rather than be cited befrors the
United States Court.
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06
THE HICKMAN COURIER,
ATURDAY, -: MAY 6, 1871
Mrs. Laura ID. Fair.

The telegraph announced few days
ago that this woman was found guilty Of
murder in the FIRST degree. She shot A
z. Crittenden on board of steamer IN
the bay of San Francisco during last
fall or winter. He died in few hours
after receiving the shot. The trial which
ended last week, created not only on the
Pacific coast, but throughout the entire
country lively interest. Volumes OF
written and oral evidence was heard, con
victing both murdered and murderess Of
a criminality which the laws of society
and religion alike condemn. After read.
ing the evidence it is rather difficult to
aeteFmine which ofsthe two were most
guilty 1t seemed mutual infatuation,
aud were it not that men claim su-
perior intelligence and, per consequence,
greater power to resist temptation, we
might indulge in little sympathy o.
commisseration for the slain. Mr.. Crit
tenden was in the maturity of his inte
lect, man of good social position, If
fine abilities as lawyer, having lawftl
wife, sons and daughters. some of whom
were married, should be led away from
the paths of duty TO himself aud his +,
family, by a woman of doubtful repuh
ton, although possessing beauty and N
is something more than our
philosophy can comprehend. Incidents
of a similar character are of almost daily
many however SO san
the parties heretofore es-
capped the penalties of the law. The
question pertinently presents itself why
IS Mrs. Fair the selected victim to ap |
pease offended justice2 Are there not
hundreds to day at large no less guilty.
Mcfarland is as much of murderer as
Mrs. Fair is a murderess /; yet the form
,r escapes and the latter fills felon's
,ell, awaiting the fearful doom of the
yallows.
Mr.. Crittenden's letters to Mrs Fair |
express the most passionate avowals of
owe, claiming her as his "only wife,
md they breathed throughout intense
of an extraordinary infatuation
After such impassioned demonstrations,
t is not surprising that Mrs. F should
become equally ardent in affection, and
ler soul wrapt in flames of passionate
ove She at length discovered that Mr..
;. was a married man, and that she was
barred of ever perhaps having legal
laim upon him, and what to her most
dreaded was his return to his lawful wife, |
md she left a prey to paogs of hopeless
ove-and woman's love
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06

DYERsBURG is increasing in popula
ton at the rate of four babies week.
The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06
BULLS WORM DESTROYER.

Eztract Of Letter from Georgia.
v1rLAxov, WALKER CouSrT,sGa,
June 29, 1885.
Dr.. John Bull Dear SIR / have recently
given your Horm Destroyer several trials,
and find Il wonderfully efiicacious. 1t has
not failed in q single instance TO have the
wished for effect. / am doing n pretty
lsrge country practice, and have daily use
for Some srticle Of the kini.
am, cir, respectfuily.
JULIUS P CLEMENT, NJ. d.
r $50 unqualified and numerous are
aha testimonials in favor ef my WoruuDe-
stroyer that newspaper space is entirely too
small to tell it's merits.
1t IL m infallible remedy for Worms. Try
Il and be cenvinced See my Journal for q
noro fall description. JOHN BULL