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The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01
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4 very intelligent public man OF TINS
county, lately asked US, eff the negro
question be passed from the political
boards, as your paper seems to Indicate
what will be the difference between the
Democratic and Republican parties Z
There are fundamental doctrines which di-
vide these parties, and the negro question
atits best. was never bnt.a collateral issue.
The Democrats believe that the U. 5.
Government is government of co-equai
States, with a written constitution, and
that certain rights are given to the Cen
eral Government and certain rights re-
served to the States The Republican
party denies this theory, and recognizes
no rights of States or individuals not
dependent upon the National Admins
tration. Right here will be the source
of as many issues as the people may
want. Besides we could then have time
to discuss such questions as the Tariff
Taxation, Internal improvements, econ.
omy in this Administration of public af-
fairs, and the general and material wei
fare of the States and country.
The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01

1C~oCAs
We state only facts, and regretfully
The Legislature is dead 1t can heed us
no longer. Itdoesn't care what we say.
1t has had its day. But we remain and
have to hold the bag. We entreated it
to fill that bag with sound Democratic
measures. We entreated it to give us
arguments with which we might go to
the people. But it.refused and tossed us
thabag to hold, and we find it filled only
vi empty wine bottles and cigar stumps.
Take conventional interest. The Leg
islature passed that. But it did not pass
it until it had rejected it time or two.
The bill was dead. No one had any
hopes Of it. What was done2 Why a
meeting of merchants was held at the
Board of Trade in this city; eight hun
dred dollars were subscribed; this sum
was invested in champagne and cigars.
It was enough. Next week convention
al interest became law. 1t is hard to
write these things. But they are public.
They are we'll known. They are as
familiar on Main Street as Household
Words" There is a way to correct all
this, and the people can do it. They
should call each one of their representa-
tives to a strict accountability. They
should inspect the record. They should
sean each vote If we have said anything
that is false or malicious, if our remarks
fail to apply to any particular member,
let him acquit himself Couricr Journal
IT's DEFENDER.
We do not feel called upon to defend
the Legislature of Kentucky just ad
journed. 1t needs no defense. Its mem
bers are gentlemen Of character, known,
and trusted and honored, by an intelli-
gent and upright constituency. They &c
home to give account of their stewardship
aud need no bolstering up.
We will, however, add that for personal
worth, integrity, and unimpeaehable
honor, neither Kentucky nor any other
State ever had Legislature superior tc
the one just adjourned. Whilst fol
sobriety, laborious attention to business
and general propriety of personal con.
duct upon the part of its members, il
was rather above the average standard
Then there were men among them, and
not few of them, who possess ae-
knowledged ability of a superior order
They were, to sum up, body of sober
prudent, industrious men. who had opin
ions of their own, and dared to act upor
them as well in the passage of the law:
as in the election of Public Binder a;
they could not be bamboozled in regard
to the latter, they could not be black
guarded into any action not approved By
their judgement in the matter of enact
ments. Enough on this point.-Loais
uiue Lcdqer.
The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01


DEA7H OF W. NJ. HAMLIS.-Some
days ago We mentioned the hopeless i'll
ness of the Hon. w. NJ Han,lin, at
Frankfort, the representative from Cal
loway county. He died at Louisville,
on the Steamer Blue wing, Saturday
last. Mr. Hamlin was anative Of the State,
twenty seven years old, a gallant soldier
10 the late war, and very popular man
In the county he represented. Serving
at first IN the First Kentucky Infantry
and, subsequently, IN the Third, he rose
frem the ranks TO a lieutenancy, and
when the war wasoverengnged in farming
until his county drew him from his retire
ment and ELECTED him By a large majority
to representit in the Legislature just id
journsd. Here he proved himself faith
ful and capable representative. and all
who knew him viii regret that he has
besn cns of in the morning of a pronis-
ing career. he had been i'll for several
months. and was sinking rapidly during
the week previous to his death.
The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01

We send copy Of this issue to every
voter in Fulton county, and We trust
that every reader will Immediately send
us bis name as irregular subscriber. We
are Iaboring to publish first class local
newspaper, a paper devoted to, and
thoroughly identified with. the local
interests of the community, and intend to
make it in the future, as in the past, a
true reflex Of the views, condition. and
wants of our people. Let every voter
who receives this issue try to get us one
subscriber.
The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01

AT Benton, KY, Erbin H. Pace was
suddenly killed by the falling of post
and beam of an old house, while he was
assisting in pulling it down. As be
effort to run from the falling timbers,
but, his foot slipping, he fell with his
breast across a sill, and before he could
raise the post and beam, two heavy pieces
of timber, fell across him, crushing him
SO badly that he died within a few min
utes. His remains we're inferred with
Masonic henors
The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01

THERE is more or less of confu-
sion attaching to the dispatches from
Paris. Some reports indicate the insur-
rection as being very formidable, while
others suggest an early collapse. We
are told the red flag has been displaced
all over Paris, and that the Central Com
mittee (insurgent is split up. The So
Der second thought of France must even
tually frown down this revolutionary up
rising in Paris.
The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01

UNITED STATES TRooPs.-A compa-
ny of United States Troops landed at
Paducah yesteday (Monday) morning
Why they have been sent here, the Lord
only knows. They may be intended
merely as ornamental, for they certainly
cannot prove useful in this locality, where
all is peaceful and quiet. 1t is bad
wind, however, that blows no body any
good. and our retail merchants, grocer
and the saloons may reap some pro6t
from them. In this aspect, it is good
for trade.-Pdducah Herald.
The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01
A Forthcoming National Dem
Ocraffc Address.

From washingtonespeeia dispatches.
we learn that the Democratic members of
Congress held caucus Monday night,
in which the dicussion turned almost
wholly upon what policy it was best to
adopt with reference to Kuklux lesisla
ton On this question it appears senti
ment vas divided. Some we're in favor of
opposing a solid front to all bills of this
character, while others thought the Re-
publicans should be allowed to adopt
such legislation as they saw fit, and to
suffertbe consequences which were sure to
follow It was finally determined to issue
a national address to the people of the
country which should set forth the de-
sire Of The Democracy for peace and
unity. and thar, as the best means to ac
compiish this, 10 measures should be
adopted of Kuklux character
The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01

"THERE is much hope for the Hick
man COURIER even in its isolation and
loneliness. 1t seeks information with
such avidity that we hope it will soon be
quite well posted in regard to the Con
gressional record of cur late representa-
tive, and will spare us the necessity Of
informing it what he has done to de
serve the gratitude Of his constituents.
1t already exhibits UNUSUAL enterprise in
its last issue by commenting so soon
upon the Stevenson and MeCreery i'm
broglio. We must however congratulate
the Mayfeld Democrat for being one
week ahead in aluding to this difficulty.
All hail, worthy brothers Glamis aud
Cawdor We are, and the makers of Gov
ernors and Senator'S ye shall be."-Pa-
ducah Kenfuckian.
What means this Glamis and Cav
dorl We have been invited to the
"blasted heath" by some who "look not
like the Inhabitants of the earth, and yet
are ont but this is the first of the
weird sisters that publicly salutes US.
These prophetic greetings have claimed
that they could look into the seeds of
time, and tell US who shall be Senator,
Lientenant- Governor, and Governor here
after, but thus far We have kept "our
bosom franchised, and allegiance clear, .
and while we are willing to be counseled,
we cannot be led by these great predic-
tions of mobile havings and royal hope ="
With these combinations to make
Governors, Senators, etc., we have moth
ing to do.
The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01
eIf.sour, VERSUS KeutucI.y.

Supreme Court decision Of Missouri
VS.. Kentucky. The petition in this case
prayed the Court to establish the jurisdic-
ton of Wolf Island, in the Mississippi
River. The court now dismissed the bill,
sustaining the title of Kentucky as de-
rived from a Virginia company, out of
which the original territory Of Kentucky
was formed.
The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01

JUICE HARDIN 1cas opposed to it,
and we have never heard of a change of
opinion by him or Judge Lindsay
Poducah Herald.
If it will relieve the Herald's mind
any, we can inform it. that Judge Lind
say favors the admission of negro testi
mony in our State courts.
The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01
SrvrnAI. nrominent MethodisI nreach

SEvERAL prominent Methodist preach
ers Of the East are organizing a peripa-
tetie camp meeting to operate against
polygamy in Brigham Young's domin-
ions. They have monster canvas pa
vilion, capable Of holding 600 persous,
which they propose to set up right under
the walls Of Brigham's harem, and open
Gre ct short range.
The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01

THE Trenton Gazette of March 25,
says: On last Saturday the quiet town of
Yorkville was the scene of a bloody
tragedy, which resulted in the death of
James Corley at the hands of Jack Ter
rell We learn that it was the terrible
finale ofa long existing fued, incident to
the late war. Terrell was a Union SOL
dier and Corley Confederate"
The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01
STEPHENS AND GEN. BLA1R.-In /.

STEPHENS AND GEN. BLAIR.-In a
recent letter the Hon. A. H. Stephens
speaks of the late speech of Gen. Frank
Blair in the United States Senate:
am much pleased with what Gen.
Frank Blair is reported by telegraph to
have recently said about his broadhead
letter. He shows himself to be man
Of grit and. nerve, if he is reported cor
rectly, and that is the sort of man now
mostly wanted in the Senate. l fully in
dorse every word he is reported to have
said; and he shows by that speech that
he is a leader to whom the Democracy
may look with sure hope of success. The
present dominant faction can never be
driven from power by ignoring before
the people their most proscriptve and
reckless usurpations. The issue must
be distinctly made and boldly met be-
tween The reserved sovereign rights Of the
States and their avowed policy of con-
solidation and Capitalization.
The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01
The AprII EIectIona.

The only State elections occurring this
month are in Connecticut aud Rhode Is
land. In the former State the election
takes place Monday, April 8, when a
Governor and other State officers and
members of Congress are to be chosen.
AS is generally conceded that the con-
test will be close, there is considerable
interest attaching to the result.
The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01
BEECH WOOD SEMINARY
Hickman, kentucky.

Hickman, kentucky.
VNHE PRINCIPALS, ]. H. RoULHAC AND
Jno. W. Cowgirl, would respectfully
announce to the public that the first session
of their School will commence on MONDAY,
March 18th, 1871. The School now organ
lied is designed to be a permanent institu-
tion at this place. The building already
erected is ample for the accommodation of
one hundred pupils, and il is the purpose of
the Principals to construct suitable addi-
tions, with all modern improvements, in
desks, fixtures, &C., sufficient for $50 schol
lars with music room convenient for those
who desire musical instructions. This de-
partment viii be under the charge of hrs.
Mary Duncan. With liberal encouragement
the Principals hope soon to be able to found
a regular and permanent College with ample
accommodation for all who desire the bene-
fits of a collegiate education in this section.
Tuition per session 4 months or 16
weeks, spelling, first lessons in
Heading, writing, &c............-.....SlO w
Advanced readers, mental arithmetic,
first lessons in geography and
written arithmetic. 90
English Grammar, Advanced Geogra-
ply, Written Arithmetic, first
lessons in Philosophy and Com
w
| Algebra and the higher Mathematics
and Natural Seiences........1 16 90
Ancient and Modern Languages....... 20 90
Music including use of fPiano............. "a 90
Contingent tax to each pupil............. 90
| Tuition due, one-half at the commence
ment and one-half al The middle of the ses-
sion. Pupils charged from time of entrance
for balance of session, and no deduction
made, except for protracted sickness.
Patrons and teachers are alike interested
in building up good and permanent institu-
tions; and TO the generous assistance of the
people of Hickman and vicinity we most es-
| pecially look for encouragement, promising
that our whole time and talents shall be de-
voted to our enterprise.
J. H. RoULHAC,
fcb25 JNO. w. CoWGILL.
The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01

Total Assets, Jan. ], 1871 1,..-...S22 0l2, 638 81
The Dividend of Return Premiums declar-
ed by tie Directors in 1870, will be paid to
the assured as their Premiums fall due in
1871, in conformity with the Rules of the
Company.
The dividend Of Return Premiums to be
paid in 1872, will be apportioned during the
year, upon the equitably adjusted per cent
age plan lately adopted by the Company.
DIRECTORS
Lewis c. Grover, Randall II. Greene,
Josiah O. Low, Henry McFarlan,
| H. rockingham, Joseph A. Halsey,
Charles s. Mackmet, Marcus L. Ward,
HI. n. Cougar, A. s. Smelling.
Nehemiah Perry, Oscar L. Baldwin.
LEWIS C.. GROVER, President
II. N. Cougar, Vice President Edward A.
Strong, Secy Benjamin G. Miller, Treas
SAMUEL LAsDRuM, District Agent at Hick-
man, for Jackson Purchase.
march25
The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01

We learn that it is the intention of the
friends of this gentleman to press him
to be candidate for re election to the
Office of Representative from Ballard
county, and we have assurances that al
though not candidate, he will not feel
at liberty to decline the position If ten
dered to him. If elected, il is the IN
teution Of his friends 10 run him for
Speaker of the House, and bis extensive
acquaintance and great personal popular
ity will make him a formidable oppo
nent.-P Paducah Kentuckion.
The ghost Of John a. Murrell has
The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01

u. S. RT-The U. S. District
Court is now in session at Paducah, and
we observe that the following parties are
representing Fulton county, upon the
grand jury, P. Brawner, Wade II. Piles,
R. G. Ludwick, VIM. McClusky, and j.
C. Reed.
The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01

JEFFERSON DAVIS was serenaded in
Selma. Alabama, few nights ago, and,
aIluding to the lost cause, closed his
with the expression of the hope
that he would yet live to ses the sov-
ereiguty of the States vindicated
The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01

A GOOD RESIDENCE, CONVENIENT
IN to business part OF town, suitable for
q small famly-a beautiful building site.
march25 Jas. A. oTERToN.
The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01
n @SH.
The Mutual Benefit Life
Insurance Company.
NEWARK. n. Y.
STATEMENT. Jan. Isf. 1871.

Bal statement, JAN l, 1870, SIS, ass, ,006 80
Rec. .Prens 1870, So, ,6O4, 4s7 81
q Interest 1888 SO
I" Annuities 1,75l 81
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-05-12
Iudependence in journalism.

OF the evils most damaging to
journalism in the present day is the
want of independence, and lack CT
courage to write and speak MS the
conscience of those who manage
some of tho papers dictates. In
looking over the State, and noting
tho vaoillating career of not a few
of our leading papers, the scarcity
of backbone, good and strong
enough to oppose men and meas
ures who in no small degree affect
monetary matters in their neigh
horhoods, becomes painfully appar-
ant, and instead Of a press standing
out boldly for or against we sec it
trimming between two opinions;
half fish half fowl, and totally I'M
influential. This is one i'll that has
long afflicted the body journalistic,
and has served to place at the con-
troll of unprincipled men many pa
pers who simply now represent
nothing more than the will of one
or more men not editors, who have
tho paper in their own keeping.
The public acts Of those men, no
odds how corrupt and rottenj no
difference what tho amount they
have stolen or are plotting to steal,
are sacredly left untouched and tho
swindle goes swimningly on. BY
the aid Of the Press men are ele-
waited TO Office who are unfit from
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-05-12

every reason, while good men, who
do not crawl in the slums, are left
out. There comes close akin to
this want of will and courage, a
play sicklied over with the name of
policy, where papers hold off until
the current of the popular tide has
been ascertained, then they sail in
full rig to the enjoyment of safe
anchorage the harbor of which they
had nothing to do in the making.
independence shown by the Press,
though sometimes it may cause a
financial costiveness not at all
pleasant, will serve to give charac-
to the institution and makes it a
power feared and respected by those
who clamor for it's assistance most
loudly. Some men who hear cries
for help over the sounding boards
ofpost offices, or through some 9TH
er channel equally as productive Of
sounds full as sweet and substantial,
have little care for anything else
but the bread and molasses coming
to them in such 4 manner, and the
pages are weak and wanting in all
that constitutes a newspaper. For
the sin OF having worked up much
poor material into something passed
off for greatness many have to an
swer, and it would be becoming
freak should the young men now so
generally graduating from the case
to the sanctum dissolve their con-
nection with custom SO foolish
and damaning.-Xe0dhaht.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-05-12

indications this naked condition
does not give hope of change. The
hgament is attached to the flesh Of
their books, . little below the ver-
tebre, and the manner in which it
has left the chicks throws some
light upon the natural history of
fowls in embryo, as they stand re-
vcrscd, head and tail, like cattle in
a car on the way to market. This
position does not seem to be of
much inconvenience to the young
Shanghais, which, by the way, APP
pear to be a cock and a hen, for in
a few hours they were travelling
about as lively as their less pecu-
liarly constructed nest mates, but
making time" in manner their
own, which can be best described
by the track made by revolving
harrow, or, more scientifically, by
the line traced in the heavens by
the nodes of the moon. In this way,
chasing each others tails, they man
age to NOW a swath through their
feed as it lies on the ground, which
will measure wider as the little fcl-
lows grow larger.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-05-12
A Kentucky Sentence.

P. Nolan, of Covington, has been
sentenced by a Kentucky court to
pay a fine of $500, be deprived OF
his vote in that State, and be for
ever infamous, for the crime OF
playing chuck-a-luck. Hencetorth
let the name of Nolan stand for a
synonym for toolishness. Not be-
because Of his proclivity for rascal
ity, for that is probably inevitable,
but that he should suffer his rascal
|ity to run in channels amenable to
Kentucky justice when SO many
other and entirely safe avenues for
his passions lay open before him.
He might have given full rein to
the wickcdness Of his nature and
vet evaded the imputation of infamy
from the Kentucky judge, and saved
his money and his franchise, by
simply joining i'll raid upon some
dcfenseless negro settlement and
pistoling a few of its unarmed in
habitants. This would not only
| have Quoted his rascally instincts
but would also have given him a
claim upon the regard of Kentucky
ehivalry. But he chose the more
flaorant and more pcrilous expo
.dient of chuck-a-luck, and has ac'
aordingly called down upon his
head the unmitigated peltings Of
Kentucky justice. Let him stand
it; such stupidity is unworthy OF
|xymDatLy.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-05-12

TIVE Chicago papers arc III the
thick Of bitter, disgraceful per-
sonal controversy, and are hurting
at each other filth and offensive ep-
ithets in a style and with an indie
cent abandon which shamcs the
pcurile efforts Of the insignificant
and irresponsible country press.
The Tribune charged the Times
with obtaining advertisements by
threatening to attack private life
and character to which the latter
responds by branding Mr.. White,
he editor of the Tribune, by name
Ms a dying scoundrel," a "dlrty
dog" and epithets Of like refined
character. The Post makes com
mon cause with the Times against
the editor of the Tribune, but hav-
;uy its much-vaunted reputation as
u moral paper to maintain,clothes Its
attacks in language less obscene but
no less vindictivc and rancorous than
that Of the Times. The whole thing
evidently grows out Of professional
jealousy. The Chicago papers are
sndeavoring to kill each other Off,
and it certainly is to be hoped, in
the interests OF decent journalism.
that they may be mutually success
full.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-05-12

The Washington Capital, speak
ing of the prosperity OF the indepen-
dent press, refers to tho Sunday
numbers of the Chicago Tribune as
the greatest issue Of any journal in
the world. One of these lately con-
tanned twenty-eight columns Of ad-
refreshments yielding nearly $4,000,
and thirty-two columns Of reading
matter. The same authority adds:
"The salaries paid on the Tribune
are amongst the most generous in
the world, and the following are re.
puted to be some Of them: Editor,
Horace White, 1920; assistant edi-
tor, S. A. Gay, 1920; publisher,
Alfred Cowles, $4,000; eastern cor-
respondent, G. A. Townsend, IS, 200;
editorial writers, Jas Shcehan. V.
D, Denslow, ~, 100 each. The 1r'-
bane's staff is ono Of the largest and
best organized in journalism. and
amongst its local reporters are many
men capable ofcopductipg first GLASS
journals. The annual profits have
heretofore averaged $4,000.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-05-12

PART OF NEBRASKA IN Iowa.
The Brownsville, Nebraska, Ad-
rertiser, has just discovered that
parodox in geography, OF in other
words that little piece that the Mis-
souri, river washed over in Iowa FOR
Missouri--which? one fine morning.
"Nebraska is not all west of the
Missouri, as most people believe
and the maps show. 1t was true
when most biographies were map
ped, and few there are that now
know that the Big Muddy, by cut
ting across the neck ola peninsula,
has thrown near four thousand acres
of Nemaha county over into Mis-
souri,, or in other words, on the
East side Of the river. This por-
ton of Nemaha county is situated
near to Hamburg in Iowa, and con
tains a population Of two hundred
people, and many fine farms. 1t
forms one school district, and con-
tains good schoolhouse, and fifty
scholars between five and twenty
one years of age, as shown by the
enumeration just reported by La
faycttc Baker. They are compelled
to cross the Missouri when they
wish to go to Nebraska, but may go
into Iowa or Missouri without cross
ing any stream. They do their
trading entirely at Hamburg. There
is an NJ. 4. Church and a Mormon
Church organized, and hold meet.
ings and Sabbath schools in this
school district.