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The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07
Fearful Termination TO - Bal
loon Ascension.

LOUISVILLE, October Last Sat
urday evening. near Paoli, Orange coun-
ty. Indiana, Professor Wilbur made ar
rangements for balloon ascension Just
as he was about getting 'n the balloon
the cords gave way, and he made spring
for the car, but only succeeded in grasp
ing rope. As the balloon rose Profes
sor Wilbur held on and attempted to
climb into the basket but was unable to
do so, aud the balloon shot up rapidly
with him clingine below.
The spectators were thrilled with hor-
ror at the terrible scene, which ended in
dreadful manner. At the height of
about one mile the doomed man loosed
his hold and came whirling to the earth
As he approached the earth he was com
Jag down feet foremost. He then doubled
up and turned over, then straighJened
out, his head downward As be struck
the earth he fell upon his head and back.
His head was mashed into mass and
his body bruised and crushed horribly.
The conclusion was so great that half a
gallon Of clotted-blood was thrown from
his mouth The body made an inGen
ton in the earth eight inches deep, and
rebounded about four feet from where
IL struck
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07
TIC Morgnn 1IemortaI.

To the Surviving officers and Enlisted
Men OF Gen. john II. Morgan Command
At meeting Of a portion of the off
GERS of the command of tie late Gen.
John II. Morgan. held in the city OF
Frankfort, on the 81 day of May last it
was resolved to raise not less than SO,
600 for the purpose Of erecting monu-
ment over his remains, in the cemetIy
near Lexington; and l, as Chairman of
said meeting. Instructed to appoint agents
for the purpose Of soliciting donations to
carry into effect the object of that meet
ing In obedience to the instructions
thus given ne, / appointed a large mum
Der of agents iu different portions of the
State. few Of whom have been ndustri-
ously at work, and report to me some
success; but not enough means have
been raised to obtain the object desired.
For the purpose, therefore, of making
entirely successful the object Of said
meeting held on the 3d of May last.
suggest aud earnestly request the surviy-
iug officers and privates composing Gen
M0rgan's command, aud his numerous
friends and admirers throughout the
State and the South who did not belong
to his command, to organize in their re
spectiye counties and districts, and make
a united effort to raise the means neces
sary>to erect such testimonial to his
memory as viii be worthy of his name
and fame, and report to me by the first
day Of January, 1872, the result Of their
efforts.
D. HOWARD SMITH, Chm.
FRANKFORT, KY, Sept. y, 1871.
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07

The London Advertiser says, regard
ing the Russian advance On India. that
at the present moment, when British
interests IN the East are completely neg
Iected by our Miuisters-when they are
deaf to the appeals Of India, dumb as to
the state Of affairs in China, and blind
70 the iucessant advances of Russia on
our greatest epeudeuoy--f Jtssy be we'll
to draw attention to the latest step which
the great Northern Power has taken to
give it another place Of leverage from
which to wrench our Indian empire from
us-Or at least to attack it with increas
ed probabilities of success. \ 5 the pub
lie would certainly never hear of such
events from the present government until
1t was too late to prevent them Gas we
fear it is in the present ease), it becomes
more imperatively the duty of the inde>
pendent press TO warn them of the mena-
cling attitude taken up by foreign powers
with reference TO the Eastern possessions
which they are known to covet so much
and to point out the dangers which, by
the reckless idleness OF the Gladstone
Cabinet, are accumuating round India
In the last weeks of the late abOrtive
session. which were devoted to the whole
sale withdrawal of every measure to
which the government was pledged, aud
to sophisucal excuses for their abandon
ment, the Russian government quietly
and without any remonstranee from our
ministers, took possession Of a large
island in the sea of Okotsk, which il
would not be too much to describe as one
of the most important keys of the Fan
East.
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07
Balance OF Power Ia the First
District.

The present law limits the number of
members of Congress 10 241 Under
the new. census 158, ,140, will be the ratio
Of representation. Kentucky will lose
one member, having instead of as
now. The First Congressional District
viii probably have two or three counties
from the Second District tackled on to it,
in order to Eli up the required ratio.
The Tennessee river has always, in a
certain sense, divided the Congressional
District, aud also an imaginary line of
favor has been instituted or existed by
the same division This feeling has
been the result of local acquaintance
association, and such similar causes as
pertain to all Districts, counties, and
localities. Heretofore the voting strength
of the two imaginary divisions of the
Districts has been so equally poised as tc
render contests between senatorial aspl-
rants doubtful, the odds generally resting
with this, the lower end of the District
The next apportionment will destroy
this equilibrium, and place the upper
end of the District largely in the ascen
dant, placing it within their power to
carry every party nomination in cenven-
ton. The magnanimity ever character
istie of the people Of these upper coun-
ties warrant the faith that their power
viii always be exercised with hberality
and generosity, and in due Difference tc
the rights Of the minority.
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07
A Revival tn Trade.

From the World.
The fall season has opened with the
promise of unexainpled commercial pros
perity. Our exports are unprecedented
" large, and the crops everywhere
throughout the country have been i'm
mense This unsua commercial activity
Is due in great measure to the recent
European war At the outbreak specu
lators imagined that there would be a
sudden rise in the price of provisions
and breadstuffs, and made their prepara
tons to meet the emergency. As the
result showed, they were somewhat too
hasiy. Both Germany and France we're
in no immedi re want of the means OF
feeding their immense armies, and the
result Of the withdrawal Of the peasants
from the fields was not to be felt until
the following year. Now, however, the
loss of a million of men to the produ
eing classes of Europe, the waste and
consumption of war, aud the forced
abandonment of cultivation in many
districts have produced their consequent
scarcity in breadstuffs and provisions of
all kinds The fields of Germany were
neglected during the planting season of
last year. and in fully one third of France
it is probable that no crops worth men
tioning were planted.
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07
For the Hickman Courier.
LARGE ToUN, KY.
October the furst SS71

MIsTHUR DDToR-In yore yallible
shete of last Saturday oecirs notis frum
an iiliteral pusson, requistin a sewlution
toe an eggsample. just say tow him by
way of prenting, aftur laying off his
land II rods squart commense by setten
the furst tire rod from the fnce, each
way Crowded the poor euss has fince, J
and continue setting thin out l rod apart,
untel he setts out II tres, wheeh will
take upp his twilve rods Que way lacking
n rod, thin set out leven moure roes
observing the same distunces. aud hee
will have twilve roes, with II tres in a
roe, making in awl IA tres in hes II
rods square. RECT
p. S. Gist say to him that the 432
appuls dew US fur our mintal thots in
ilinkin this out, he kia send the Editer
by way Of kompinsation fur printiu, as
he is kneedy. X.
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07
10000 Persians Carried on
Into S1aVeTy.

LoNDoN, Oct. 3-Mr. Savel Dicken-
son writes from Techeran, on the 9Th of
September. giving an account of the con
dition of affairs in the famine stricken
province of Sehorassan. He says that
10 the month of JulyS, 600 persons per
isbed ia the city Of Meshel aud thar forty
thousand inhabitants of the province had
been carried into slavery by Afghans
who had taken advantage of the general
Reorganization to make iucursions for
plunder The bakers demanded such
exorbitaut prices for bread that the
authorities had intervened and a number
of extoriioners had been executed.
Mr. Dickinson says that the country
is disturbed by frequent Instructions.
The pestilence still RACES and its horrors
are increased by destructive inundaiions.
Yet, notwithstanding the fearful situation
of the country and people, the Persian
Government has refused to avail itself of
aid preferred BY the Governments of
Great Britain and Russia.
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07

THAT was good example set in racing
circles the other day at Nashville The
favorite. known to be fast horse, was
distanced in a mile heat, which was won
in the slow time of 1:55. a charge Of
foul play was made, and the officers Of
the association took possession of the
horse, placed new rider on him, and
gave him trial run around the track,
when he made his mile in 1:484. There
upon Lee Paul, the owner, and his rider
were expelled from the privileges of the
course. This operates to exclude them
from every course in the United States,
and fully sustains the high character of
the Nashville course. lis only by such
rigorous action that the turf can be kept
from falling into the hands of mere
gamblers, instead OF being - I is IN
Kentucky, controlled by gentlemen who
will not tolerate jockeying.
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07

THERE was suit tried in the Kentou
Circuit Court on Wednesday, Of B. Ha-
gardorn, saloon keeper, against Patrick
Sullivan an account of beer, tobacco, &c.
Among the items charged in the account
are 53 glasses of beer on one day, and
90 on another, and total of S23 glasses
10 one month, an average of 81 per day.
The Court gave Judgment for the amount
claimed, about $50.
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07
Golng to Anncx MexIco.

Reliable information has been receiv
ed that there exists widespread organ
izatiou of ex-Gonfederate officers, sol
dicrs ard politicians, including, also.
many persons who served in the Federal
army, whose purpose is to bring about
the annexation of Mexico. peaeeably if
they can, forcibly if they must This
organization expects to secure the an
nexation of Mexico within FIVE years.
Joseph L. Johnston, the famous Con
federate General is chief Of the organi-
zation; Rosecraas Is in sympathy with
!, the movement. and John A. Logan Is
: also pame9 as one of the prominen;
members. It is believed that Juarez
himself is not unfriendly to the objects
sought The demand for annexation Is
to begin ip piMexieo. Newspapers adyo-
eating the cause will soon be started there
aud the coming winter will see the fruits
Of a movement long contemplated, but
only now about to be sprung upon the
two republics
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07
Dealers in all Kinds Of
Country PRoDUcE AND LIVE SrocT

COUNTRY PRoDUcE AND LIVE Stock.
rea- 4 $50, Stock Pens Kept for Drores.
A FTER several years absence from the
"A Grocery and Commission Business in
Hickman, we again offer our services to our
friends and the public in the same line of
business and ask a renewal of their patron
age so literally bestowed upon us in years
past We feel ourselves fully responsible
for our transactions and hope to give salts
faction in all of our dealings. We pur-
chased our goods in various wholesale mar
kets for cash hat their very lowest cash value,
hence we hatter ourselves that we can sell
as low as the lowest. We especially call
attention to our friends who buy TO sell
again to come and see us We feel conf
dent that we can make it to their interest
to buy their small bills a least of us. We
will. In aISe liberablea ad vanees on Produce in
store to be shipped to our account either in
cash or goods. Ne Will also barter with
our friends for all kinds of Produce or live
Stock. ju23.
sg-TERMS CASH OR ITS EQUIV
ALENT. -ssa
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07

GEN Joseph f. Johnston has been
nominated for Mayor Of Savannah, Ga
He is certain to be elected, and will
make a most efficient Mayor.
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07
LIBERTY SEMINARY,
fulton 7 County, Kentucky.

- SsS SsAA ~
HNHE PRINCIPAL, J. H. SAUNDERS.
would respectfully announce to the
public that the fifth Session of this school
will commence on MONDAY, Sept. 4th, 1871.
This school is designed to be permanent
Having been constantly engaged in the
school-room for -the last SIX YEARS, two
wears in this place, we feel confident of
success in our profession.
TERMS PER SESSION.
Common School Branches, ,...............S10 90
Higher Branches, ,................... OO
Board can be had in good families at
reasonable rates. Contingent expenses
divided pro rata. ]. H. H-aSAUNDERS.
n. B.-The next session viii follow this
without any intermission, making a ten
months term J. II. s.
Jordan Station, Prin- Teacher.
augl9-lm
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07

THE National Agricultural College
now in session at Nashville Is slimly at
tended Keutucky basno representative
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07
BnECH WOOD SEMINARY
Hickman. Kv.

FENHE PRINCIPALS. j. II. ROU LILAC AND
JnO. W. Cowgirl would respectfully
announce 10 the public thai the second
sion of their School will eonmenee ou-MoN-
DAY, September Ath, 1874. The School now
organized is designed TO be a permanent in
stitution at this place. The building g.aready
erected is ample for the accommodation Of
one hundred pupils, and 10 Is the purpqse OF
/ the Principals 10 construct suitable addi-
4 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 will be under the charge Of .Vrs.
I Mary Duncan. With liberal encouragement
the Principals hope soon 10 be able TO found
irregular and permanent College with ample
accommodation for all who desire the bene-
fits Of collegiate education in this section.
Tuition per session months OF 20
weeks, spelling FIRST lessons i'm
reading, writing, &c.........s........ $l2.50
Advanced reading, mental arNhmetio
first lessons in geography and
written arithmetic. Sl5 90
English Grammar, Advanced GeOgra-.
ply, Written Arithmetic. first les
sons in Philosophy and Compost
%
Algebra and the higher Mathematics
and Natural Sciences................ 20 90
Ancient and Modern Languages....... 25 90
Music including use Of ofPiano............ 80 90
Contingent tax to each pupil............. ! 90
Tuition due, one-half at the commence
ment and ore-haIf at the middle of the ses-
sion. Pnpils charged fiom time Of en- France
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-
tionsi and 10 the generous assistance Of the
people Of Hickman and vicinity we most es-
pecially look for encouragement, promising
that our whole time aud talents shall be de-
voted 10 our enterprise
J. Il. ROULHAC.
july22 JNO. W. COwGILL.
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07
LAND FOR SALE.

HNHE farm of J. Weaver, dec d., is now
offered for sale. Said farm contains 154
acres, about one-half cleared, and in a good
state of cultivation, with two good dwell
.lings and out buildings and has fine young
orchard on it, over four hundred apple
trees. II lies on the State road six miles
from Hickman and win be sold on reason
able terms Say one-third cash and the
balance on one and two years time. Apply
to A. d. Kingman, or myself.
JOHN r. McGEHEE, Ex'r.
july2o-2m Of (. J. Weaver.
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07
e.EsRcn wARREx. naslar.

THE Democratic State Conveption Of
New York, which the Rods were expect
ing to-split, is progressing harmoniousiy.
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07

\ NUMBER of our exchanges eompli-
meut the DAILY COURIER, which we
issued during Fair week For' fear it
might be beconstrued into an incliuation TO
sell praise, We do not reproduce. Never
theless, our thanks are due each and all
of them The Paducah Kentuckian
thinks Hickman should sustain the Daily
regularly. What say our business meR5
If our patrons will double their present
patronage we could make the enterprise
successful.
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07


The heRhtchiat has received a report
of a kuklux raid which occurred in
Weakly county, Tennessee, on Friday
night, the 22d ult. 4 party of dis
guised mem assaulted and set fire to a
negro quarters a short distance from
Boydsviile. e. Two negro men and several
women ran out-the two negro men were
shot and killed. Two other men were
burned 10 death in. the cabin It Is not
known. or even suspected, who the au
thors Of the outrage were, or what was
their provocation or object. Some sup
pose that the ku klux were disguised
negroes, while others think they were
w hite men
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07

THE State elections take place in
Pennsylvania and Ohio. on Tuesday
next The democrats in both these
States are making a gallant fight. Penn
sylvania ia 1850 gave Lincoln a inajori-
~ Of 60,000 over the three opposing
, candidates, and in 1861 gave 10000
over Mcclellan. In '68 she gave Grant
2S,S98 over Seymour. In 90 the radi-
cal majority for Geary for Governor was
but 1896. eI4ineoln in 1864 carried Ohic
by 50. .5G8 votes over Mcclellan. Ia the
last State election the democrats carried
the Legislature. AS goes Pennsyiya-
MIA 50 goes the Union.
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07

THE Board of Levee Commissioners
of Mississippi met "Wednesday at the
Peabody Hotel, Memphis, and let out
100000 cubic yards Of work at 70 cents
pea cubic yard. and 100000 cubic yards
at Yazoo Pass for 60 cents, all pay
able in levee bonds This contract, with
previous dnes, embraces all the line from
Hora Lake to South Couhoma county.
except some crevasses in Tuncia county.
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07

HzRrFoRD, COM, Oct 3-Retnrns
from II towns show that the Republi-
cans carried on Monday 81, Democrats
81, and rs mixed tickets were elected.
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07

The great FIRE in Wisconsin IS stiI
raging 1t Is estimated there is over
5000 square miles of the State in flames.
The fires which pre- prevailing in the
Northwestern portion OF the State never
had parallel since the settlement Of the
country. Hundreds OF families have
been burned out, and whole fsmilies
burnt aliye, together With an iucstimable
destruction Of property, crops, etc.
throughout or 10 counties.
'Fhe Tennessee Legislature.
The Tennessee Legislature assembled
last Monday, eIecting Gen. John c
FaughDs Speaker of the Senate, and Mr.
Jas. D. Richardson, Speaker of the
House.
Mrs. A G. Brown. was elected Eo.
crossing Clerk Of the Senate.
The election of a lady to tue position
OF Eugrossing Clerk is something hith.
erto unknown in the Legislative history
of Tennessee. But as the duties to Be
performed arc merely those of a copyfst
oand do not require the presence of thi:
officer in the Senate Chamber, it wa.
thought by the friends of the lady elect
ed that she might accept the position
Without indelieaey, By the vicissitude.
of war she was made widow and lef
depe ndent solely upon her nezertion
10 the support of herself aud her twt
children. She is a native of Nashville
we'll known to the citizens of lhat city
pre-eminently qualified to discharge tn
duties of her Office, and deserving of tn
means which it will afford her to assis
in supporting herself and children.
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07

A Tennessee hymn, popular at camp
has S41 verses.
The Hickman courier., 1871-10-07
.RacysEtenls.

A man. wife, and seven children walk
ed twenty four miles to visit circus IN
Kansas.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-16
Credit and No Money.

We copy the following from the Planters
Banner:
The universal and almost everlasting
credits demanded and given in Louisiana
are ruinous to all interests of the State, and
hang like an internal nightmare over the
best interests of the State.
The planter pays his debts out of the pro-
ceeds of his crop, and he is SO tied up by
stringent obligations, bonds, securities,
liens, mortgages, etc, that he has to pay his
New Orleans debts first, except his field Ia
Dor account, which is paid half at the end
of every month. And what is left of the
crop comes back to pay debts due in the
parish. When there is nothing made out of
the crop. New Orleans swallows the years
labor and there is nothing left for the
parish.
This forms the basis of the whole credit
system in the country parishes of the State.
The cry of everybody is, 81 can't collect
debtors won't pay" So everybody owes
everybody, and nobody can pay until the
end of the year, and then most debtors want
little more time.
This keeps everybody, from one end of
the country to the other, strained for
meney. New Orleans holds the purse
strings of the State, and New Orleans makes
the country pay twenty per cent for the
use of nearly all the money which country
people borrow.
How can State prosper while such end
less credit facilities are given and where
people pay twenty peg cent for the use Of
money, and buy their provisions and nearly
everything else from other States
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-16
One of our New York exchanges saws:

According to FEUencment, French Can
adian organ, the emigration from Canada
to the United States this year seems to be
on larger scale than ever. Entire families
are leaving Quebec and other points almost
daily, while the exodus among mechanics
and field laborers is looked upon as alarm
ing. 1t is amusing, if not significant, to no
tice the striking difference Of opinion which
exists between the English and French
newspapers published in the dominion in
regard to this steady increase of emigration.
The former nearly all stoutly deny it, while
the latter keep up a standing lamentation
over the loss of population and subscribers.
In spite of all declaimers, it is safe to as
sumo that there is a strong feeling among
the young men of Canada in favor of our
more progressive civilization, and which
may eventually take the shape of a popular
movement in favor of annexation.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-16
The LonisyiIle Ledqer saws:

The hanging of Mrs. Laura Fair, now on
trial for the murder of Crittenden, in San
Francisco, is a consummatiOn devoutly to
be wished. A woman who has married and
disposed of four husbands, with an unim-
paired capacity to marry and dispose of as
many more, whose attacks of catamenial
madness come with alarming regularity and
unheard of frequency, and who is withal so
dead shot with the pistol, is not safe to
run at large. She should be hanged, not as
punishment for the crimes already com
mitted, but as precautionary measure. If
acquitted, as in all probability she will be
for she has both money aIld good looks
the tenure of matrimonial life in San Fran
cisco will be very uncertain. No married
man to whom she may take fancy can
venture upon kissing his wife, unless he
does it surreptitiously. Frisco benedicts are
not, as general thing, addicted to the prae-
tiee, but spice of danger may lend sort
of zest to diversion that would otherwise
be tame and insipid.