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The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18
Conventional rnterest Rill.

The following IS the conventional IN
terest bill passed by the present session
of the Legislature, and awaits only the
signature of the Governor to become a
law
Section /. That it shall be lawful for
all persons to contract, by memorandum
in writing, signed by the party or parties
chargeable thereon, to pay or receive any
rate of interest for the loan or forbear
anee of money which may be agreed on
by the parties to such contract, not ex
ceeding ten dollars upon one hundred
dollars for a year; aud at the same rate
sor greater or less sum, and for long
er or shorter time.
Sec. 2. That no contract for the pay
ment of greater rate of interest than
six per cent. per annum for the loan or
forbearance Of money shall be binding
in law, unless a memorandum thereof
shall be made in writing, and signed by
the party chargeable thereon.
eSec. 3. That all judgments rendered
slaE&u any contract ia writing for the pas
nfent of money shall bear the same rate
of interest which is provided by such
S'ulidCt, Dut upOu COutIdClS III WHICH no
rate of interest is agreed upon, the
judgment shall bear six per cent. per
annum.
Sec. 4. After the death of the payor
or obligor of a contract for the loan or
forbearance of money at higher rate of
interest than six per centum per aunum,
such contract, after maturity, and any
Judgment rendered thereon, shall bear
six per centum per annum.
Sec. 5. That if any rate of interest ex
eeeding the rate authorized by the first
section of this act shall be charged, the
whole interest shall be forfeited; and if
the lender in such usurious contract re-
fuse, before suit brought tender of the
principal without interest, he may, in any
suit brought on such contract or assu
rance, recover the principal, but shsll
pay the costs of such suit
Sec. 6. That nothing in this act shall
be construed to authorize any bank or
other incorporated institution to charge
a greater rate of interest than ten per
cent. per annum on any BILL bond, note,
or other obligation discounted or pur-
chased by it.
Sec. T. That all laws and parts of laws
in conflict with the provisions of this act
be aud they are hereby repealed.
Sec. s. This act to take effect and be
in force from and after the first day of
1871.
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18
sumner,s Deposition.

Sumner has been hustled from his
pinnacle, and that too, by Republican
Senate. The discussion attending his
disgrace, participated in ouly by Repub
lican Senators, was animated and violent
in the extreme, and the upshot cannot
but have Very material effect on the
future of the Republican party. The
remark of Senator Wilson that with the
utmost harmony in the party, it would
require every man to the front to win
the next Presidential contest" has a
peculiar significance in view of the vio-
lent auimosities engendered by the Sena-
torial imbroglio. Taking Wilson's pre-
diction as pIausibiy correct, the grand
rumpus smacks of the disruption of the
Republican party
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18
A Talmndic reeend.

A prince once said to Rabbi GamaiIel
"Your God is thief; he surprised
Adam in his sleep, be stole a rib from
him"
The Rabbits daughter overheard the
speech and whispered a word or two in
her fathers ear, asking bis permission to
answer this singular opinion herself He
gave his consent.
The girl stepped forward, and feign-
ing terror and dismay, threw her arms
aloft in supplieation aud cried out, my
leige, my leige Justice Revenge
"What has happened ?" asked prince
GA wicked theft has taken place. she
replied. "a robber has erept secretly in
to our house, carried away a silver COB
let, and left gold one in its stead"
"What an upright thiefr' exclaimed
the prince "Would that such robberies
were of more frequent occurrence
Behold, then, sire, the kind OF thief
that our Creator was; He stole rib
from Adam, aud gave beautiful wife
instead"
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18
NO. TO-.
From the Kentucky People.
Answer TO the MoneyIess Non.
Br, MRS. ILoREsor A. CLARK.

There are places, not secret, where Virtue
has birth,
Where Charity dwells on this beautiful
earth;
Where mercy and kindness are Joined hand
in hand,
And p.ty's tear falls at the warm hearts
command.
There are doors that the least gentle knock
will unbar
And others that swingon their hinges ajar,
Giving egress to angels who lovingly scan
The woes and the wants Of the Moneyless
Man.
Does he work? Does he strivsi Is be faith
full and true7
Does he know what man has done, and " hat
he may do?
Or does he creep on with the sluggards slow
pace,
And refuse to take part in ambitions proud
racer
Does he drink, while his neighbor, with
whole heart and soul,
Is giving his strength TO be first at the goaly
If such be his crimes, pity him if you can
Centeat to ba-scornsdsss Noneyless Man.
Labor taught by the brain, with it's strong
skillful hand
Has reared princely palaces over the land,
And the man who will york, will, sooner or
late,
Cease to sigh, like vagrant. at some rich
mans gate.
With purple and crimson his walls may be
hung.
While the Chandeliers light over the table
is flung
With heart brave aud free, ere he meas
ures life's span.
He'll forgerthat he was a Moneyless Man.
There are churches whose loftiest turret
and spire
Have sprung from the depth Of some poor
boys desire;
There are colleges, hospitals, founded by
those
Who knew, at the outset, stern poverty's
woes;
But they labored, undaunted, with hand,
heart and brain,
And we know that such labor is never in
vain.
That man with his millions, when first he
began,
Was known upon 'changeas a Moneyless
Man.
Did he call on the ravens for meat and for
bread
Or expect that his wife was by some miracle
fed,
While be spent his leisure in looking for
banks
That would lend their gold for poor devils
thanks2
Or a court where the law was so cheap and
so free
That a client was welcome with never fee?
No; if he had been of this base, thriftless,
clan,
He too would have died Moneyless Man.
Nor do portals of Paradise open for one
Who has left any work that he could do un-
done
Its honors, its blisses await the true men,
Who, with ten talents trusted, have made
other ten,
''He is worse than the heather who does not
provide,
For his own and the Judge of all lives may
decide,
That brave, earnest labor being part Of life's
plan,
Heaven mas no rewards for th;s Mcneyless
Man.
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18
For Travellers.

We trust we are always willing to
sgave the devil his due, )" and therefore
with pleasure, acknowledge that the
present Federal Congress has enacted one
good measure 1t throws out pleasant
light through the thick darkness of the
many Infamous laws which have emanaf-
ed from it. We refer to a new bill which
was passed q few days ago, providing
that all steamboats, shall hereafter have
machinery for extinguishing fires, shall
guard with incombustible material the
wood work of the vessel near the engines.
furnaces and cook rooms, and shall keep
on every deck buckets filed with water,
ready to put out FIRE, and a watchman to
prevent accidental fires, and to give the
alarm when they occur. If these provis
ions are faithfully carried out, together
with another requiring oils and other
easily ignited substance. to be carried
remote from the fires on board, we think
the public will be comparatively safer
from those frightful confagrations which
have brought death to thousands on our
rivers.
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18
An Inside view OfSunner's Re-
mOyaH.

NEW YoRK, March IA special
from Washington to the Post says the
Administration committed itself more
than six weeks ago to Sir Edward Thorn
ton, British Minister, to bring about a
change in the Ghairmanship of the For
eign Relations Committee. Thornton
expressing doubts as to the Administra-
ton being able to get such a treaty as
the High Commission might agree upon
ratified by the United States Senate so
long as Senator Sumner remained at the
head of the Foreign Relations Committee,
and entertained such views as expressed
in his speech against Reverdy Johnson's
treaty. While Sumner was confined to
his bed, statements were published that
he had prepared and would soon deliver
speech assailiug the President in most
bitter terms. and arraigning him, not
only for bis San Domingo policy, but
for other Administration acts.'
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18
Democratic Prospects.

Democrats write eheerfulIy from New
Hampshire in respect to the prospects Of
the party at the election on Tuesday
next. but the Republicans are again EN-
ploying speakers and money SO as to
attain their usual ascendancy. 1t is
thought the Democrats may carry one
of the Congressional Districts, which are
now all Republicans. The Democrats
are confident of carrying Connecticut at
the Spring election, and of gaining at
least one member of Congress. Two
more States are represented in Congress
Texas and California. In California the
Democrats expect to carry all three mem
.bers. making . gain of one; and in Tex.
as, ~ the carpet-baggers and military
are not again allowed to control the cleo
ton, the Democrats expect to elect three
out of four members of the delegation.
They have only one now. The Demo
Gratis cast ninety three votes for Speaker.
Add Voorhees,, who was absent, and
Waddell, subsequently admitted, and
their vote is ninety FIVE. One of their
members from North Carolina, Mr.
RODGERS, is under disabilities, but may
be relieved They have right to ex-
pect eight members from the States yet
to elect thus making the entire strength
in the House 104 members.
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18
CHAS. A. HoLCOMBE's COLUMN.
Purchase Bottle and carefully read direc-
fions

DUCHU Is A STIMULANT, and of itself
ID may fail TO effect a cure, but Buchu,
when scientifically combined with Bromide
of Potassium and other ingredients, pro-
duces a sedative effect, and causes healthy
action, thus increasing the powers of diges-
tion, ailaying irritation, reducing all IN
natural swellings, stopping pain and infam-
nation, and causing the repairs and nutri-
ments in the human body to be greater than
the wastes, thus preventing decomposition
and decay, and gives nourishment, health
and vigor to the system.
My Buchu is good for all diseases arising
from excessesi such as Weakness, and Pain
in the Back and Legs, Trembling in the re-
gion of the Heart, Weak Nerves, Pallid
Countenance, Dryness of the Skin, Scrofula'
Syphilis, in its many forms, Ulcers, and
Tumors.
If your system is affected by any of che
above symptoms and diseases, relief is at
hand. Get bottle fmy Buchu and Bro
mide of Potassium at once and you may re-
ly on being cured.
know just what say. My record as n
Compounder of Medicine is second to no man
in the Southwest.
Twenty-Five or thirty years ago. as my
know full well, found me be
hind the prescription counter in the city in
which | now dwell; have cured more peo-
pie of various diseases than all the physi-
clahS IN LOUISVILLE put together OndouDt-
edly, for every single patient that any
Louisville physician has have a hundred
am no upstart of yesterday. My Medi-
cines are a success-a great success. louis
Vile is not large enough for me to have
| monopolize the Wholesale
Patent Medicine Trade here. One and an
other has tried, by copying after me here /
N Louisville, to compete with me, but, one
after another, sheir guns have been sileneed, /
md their efforts have been abortive.
My Medicines are good and answer the 4
is the secret of my success. /
Ny reputation eompounder of good, re- /
iabls articles is fully esta blished
] believe my Buchu and Bromide of Po- /
assium is the best article now in the mar
1et for the cure of all diseases of the urinary
'r genito-unrinary organs, such as Noctur- /
ial Incontinenee, Irritability of the Bladder 1
md Ureihra, Inflammation of the Pelvis /
# the Kidney, and all that class of diseases /
Buy a dollar bottle and be cured. Use as 4
Der directions in all cases.
JOHN BULL, NJ. D.
Manufacturer and yender Of the
CELEBRATED
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18
The Penitentiary.

On yesterday Capt H. l. Todd form
ally delivered possession of the Peniten-
tiary to his successor, Col. Jere w.
South, who will have it in charge as
lessee for the next four years. liz the
afternoon, all the prisoners being collect
ed in the chapel, Capt Todd, in few
words, informed them OF the change
about to take place, ana commencing
them to line Of good conduct as the
best means of aleyiating their puDish-
ment, assured them that they would find
ia his successor humane gentleman,
who would provide for their necessities.
and as far as in his power reward their
fidelity. He then handed the great key
Of the prison to Col. South, who ANNOUNCE
ed his assumption Of authority in few
words, and assured the prisoners that he
would discharge his duties with huinani-
ty, aud would expect in return faith
ful and prompt obedience to the rules.
Col South brings tothe discharges Of his
duties experience in prison management,
having been lessee Of the PeuiteIt tiary
for four years-from 1864 to l848. Asso-
ciated with him will be Gen. III. B.
Lyon, who possesses high qualifications
for organization and command, as we'll ne
fine business experience Yeonsan.
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18
BULBS SARSAPARILLA.
Sr. LOUIS. Anril +;

ST. LOUIS, April 80.
DR. JoHs BULL-Dear Sir Knowing the
efficiency of your Sarsaparilla, and the heal
ing and bene fetal qualities it possesses,
send you the following statement of my case:
was wounded about two years ago-was
taken prisoner and confined for sixteen
months. Being moved so often, my wounds
have not healed yet. 1 have not sat up a
moment since l was wounded. / am shot
through the hips. My general health is
impaired, aud | need something to assist
nature. have more faith in your Sarsa-
parilla than in any thing else. / wish that
that is genuine. Please express me half q
dozen bottles, and oblige
CAPT. C. p. JOHNSON,
p. S-Mr. johnson was the son of a skill
full surgeon. His mother recommended 70
her friends. and for many years used my
Sarsaparilla with perfect success. In Scrof-
ula and Fever-sores Mrs. johnson states
that the cures effected were almost m iracu-
lous. Read my Journal for extended in
formation and advice in your case. My
Journal contains certificates of eminent
persons, ministers and medical men--men
who are known here in this community for
integrity and veracity. l have recently
received a most remarkable certificate from
an eminent gentleman Of Louisville.
JOHN BULL.
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18
Radical slate Convention.

The Radical caucus, which met at
Frankfort last week, came to the deter
mination not to nominate any ticket in
Kentucky for the ensuing campaign, un-
less future developments shall seem to
require it, when the Central Committee
will call convention. They prefer to
rely upon fomenting diseord in the Demo
cratic ranks rather than in their own
strength-whieh they know to be hope
less-a reliance which will most certain
ly fail them.
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18
Seft,ed QuesfiOns.

Anticipating that the Presidential
campaign of 1872 would be fought out
on Northern soil, and suggesting that
the South follow the leadership and poll
icy of the Northern Democracy, the
Atlanta True Georgian, short time
since remarked
Let our prudent Northern brethren
perfect sound, far sighted platform,
and we can assure the active cooperation
of the South. We can safely say that
four ffths Of the Southern Democ-
racy will cordially endorse the spirit of
this article, and contribute their aid to
the consummation of the principles and
policy herein enunciated.
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18
Wamteba Dog Teams.
Winnipeg Correspondence to the New Yor
Herald


IF anything of great moment happens
here, the World will be informed by
special dog express. That is the way
the mails are conveyed to the distant
parts, FIVE hundred miles from every
where. The mail is tied to the sledge, to
which are harnessed FIVE, six, or eight
dogs. by thongs of leather, The ours
are decked with ribbons of colored cloth,
and occasionally bells. The driver gen
orally runs alongside the train with
huge whip to encourage his dogs. What
ing of the driver. and the cracking of
the whip, most internal chorus is pro
duced. Forty to fifty miles a day can
be made. Several spare dogs accompany
the expedition, when long journey is
Though spare" they are
fat. If you are in perilous strait, then
these nople animals come to the rescue
Don't anticipate a touching lie such as
adorn the pages of the books on "Our
Dumb Animals" When you are in
tight place, hundred miles from pork
barrel, when the winds howl and the
blot out the dreary sun, then,
when the last hope is gone and you are
FREEZING, STARVING, DYING,
you call your faithful.dog to you. He
bounds to your side and licks your hand
You affix a letter to his collar, and he
bounds away with cheerfui bark To-
Not at ALL You eat him. That's
why these spare dogs" unsuspiciously
are invited to accompany these excursion
parties. The dog is indeed faithful
animal, and the noblest of the canine
race.
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18
Bridged at Thebes.

We find the following paragraph in
the last numbe of the Commerce Dis
patch:
The right of way for the Grand Chain
Bridge Company was secured on this
side of the river on Monday, by a couple
of gentlemen who hink they know what
they are doing. All the land owners hav-
ing river frontage from the upper to the
lower end of the Chain, came forward
like men, and gave the right of way to
this great enterprise.
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18

THE Court of Claims of Daviess county
has appropriated one thousand dollars to
enable Judge George W. Triplett to pros
ecuts his case in the Supreme Court of
the United States, should be be dismiss-
ed from Office by the Federal Court for
the district of Kentucky, under the oper-
ations OF the fourteenth Constitutional
amendment.
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18
BULLS WORM DESTROYER.

Extract Of Letter from Georgia.
VnLAHow, WALKER CoUsTY, Ga,
June %, 1866.
DR.. John BuII-Dear Sir; / have recently
given your Worm Destroyer several trials,
and find it wonderfully eficacious. 1t has
not failed in a single instance to have the
wished for effect. i am doing a pretty
large country practice, and have daily use
for some article of the kin1.
l am, sir, respectfully.
JULIUS z. CLEMENT, NJ. D.
p $50 unqualified aud numerous are
the testimonials in favor Of my Worm De-
stroyer that newspaper space is entirely too
small to tell its merits.
1t is an infallible remedy for Worms. Try
it and be convinced. See my journal for
more full description. JOHN BULL.
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18

MARSHAL NORTON. of Columbus, KY,
last week arrested, on requisition from
Tennessee, negro for whom he has been
seeking for nearly year. He was
charged with attempted rape near Troy,
Tenn. A considerable reward was offer
ed for his arrest, but he alluded detec-
ton until he ventured to place his feet
on Columbus soil.
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18

MAYOR OF CoLUMBUs-The Colum-
bus Dispatch announces W. K. Hall,
Radical, as candidate for Mayor of that
City at the approaching election. He IS
a simon pure Radical, and it is said
boasts of being able to beat any democrat
that eau be brought against him. Hick-
man would be glad to loan Columbus a
few Democratic votes on the occasion.
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18

LAUREL Hill Factory, in Lawrence
county, formerly owned by Wilson, Strat
ton & Co., was sold on the 18th of Feb
ruary at Columbia, in accordance with a
decree of Chancery Court, for division.
Mr.. Willis Jones, formerly of Madrid
Bend, West Tennessee, was the purcha-
ser, having bid it off at $50, 100.
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18
THE HICKMAN COURIER,


JESSE c. GILBERT is announced as
candidate for the Senate in the Padueah
District The Herald commends him IN
high terms. Major Thomas E. Moss
Judge Geo. Morrow, and COL Oscar
Turner, are also, spoken of as probable
candidates.
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18
SMITH TONIC SYRUP
FOR THE CURE or
A G U E A ND FEW ER
G II i LIS md F EV E R.,


The proprietor of this celebrated medi-
cine justly claims for il superiority over
all remedies ever offered to the public for
the safe, certain, speedy, and permanent
cure of Ague and Fever, or Chills and Fever,
whether of short or long standing. He re-
fers to the entire Western and Southwest
ern country to bear him testimony to the
truth of the assertion, that in no case what
ever will it fail TO cure, if the directions are
strictly followed and carried out. In
great many cases single dose has been
sufficient for cure, and whole families
have been cured by q single bottle, with
perfect restoration of the general health.
Il is, however, prudent, and in every case
more certain TO cure, if its use is continued
in smaller doses for week or two after the
disease has been checked, more especially in
difficult and long standing cases. Usually,
this medicine will not require any aid TO
keep the bowels in good order; should the
patient, however, require a eathartic medi-
cine. after having taken three or four doses
of the Tonic, a single dose of BU LII s VEG
ETBALE FAMILY PILLS will be sufficient
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18

THE New York Herald, which gen
orally eoutrives to be on the winning
side, predicts in a very sanguine way
the election of a Democratic Presi lent
in 1872. Only very recently it was a
strong Administration paper Straws.
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18

A bill for the revision of the Code of
Practice and Statutes OF Kentucky, has
passed both branches Of the Iesislaturs.
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18

On his late return to Salt Lake, the
Hon. B. Young found his wives drawn up
in a hollow square 70 receivs hins.
The Hickman courier., 1871-03-18
cBe square, ten lines or less. one insertion
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ucky and Tennessee especially desired
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-08-27

MARY Our REFUGE.-The Bishop of Verdun
relates a touching incident, of which he was
an eyewitness in his first visit to Rome. Two
poor men, who were drinking at tavern,
quarrelled; and, becoming violently excited,
table, and attempted to strike his companion,
who fled in terror of his life. He was pursued,
and almost overtaken, when he perceived an
image of the Madonna at q short distance; he
fed towards it, and, throwing himself down at
its feet, turned towards his adversary, and
said: " Heve you the heart to kill me under
the very eyes OF our Mother r. The hand
which had been raised to strike him, fell as if
paralysed, and the knife dropped ut the feet of
the Madonna. OF course q reconciliation en-
sued and this poor mans love of our Blessed
Lady, and his confidence in her protection,
were tho means not only of preserving his life,
but of saving his companion from the commits
sion of o great crime.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-08-27

THE MYSTERY OF MUsIc.-What mys-
terry is music-invisible, yet making the
eye shine; intangible, but making all the
nerves to vibrate floating between earth
and heaven /; falling upon this world as if q
strain from that above, ascending to that
as thank offering from ours. IL is Gods
gift, and it is, therefore, not too lofty for
His praise too near to the imraterial to
be made the minister of sordid pleasure /;
too clearly destined to mount upwards to
be used for inclining hearts to earth
Arthur's It1ly in Transition,