The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-12-14
LATEST FROM THE NATIONAL CAPE


TAI.
Ir Is authoritively announced that
Senator Trumbull has no idea of resign
ing his seat in the Senate.
A MOVEMENT is now in progress to es-
tablish q new Democratic organ at
Washington, d. c., to be called The
Federal Democrat.
IT has been said of the Rev H. w.
Beecher that he has voice enough to
make two thunder-storns," by talking
so loud.
Mr.. EIsENBEcK, late of the Fabbri
Opera Troupe, has been appointed reader
in a synagogue, at San Francisco, at a
salary of g, 900 year.
BALTIMORE oysters are now sent to
London by the ship load. During the
past winter British steamship made
two trips from the Chesapeake to that
city, loaded exclusively with Baltimore
oysters, and so great was the success at
tending the experiment that three large
vessels are now on the way to that port
under charter to take oysters to London.
THE estimates of appropriations for
the next fiscal year are now completed.
Those for the Navy Department are
smaller than last year, as are also those
of the Iedian Bureau, which are cut
down from fourth to a half a million
dollars. BE is slight increase
of none Legislative, Judicial,
and Executives Appropriation bill rem
dered necessary by the increase in the
number of members of the House o
Representatives under the new Appro-
zpriahonment act, and the enlargement
- -the number of cadet appointments in
the military and naval academies. All
things considered, the aggregate of the
appropriation viii be the same as here
tofore. The Committee on Appropria-
ton are = keep all of them
cations for tba S.a4se1ts ON
file, and both n and his Wassiatant viii
be>eeessss-d II hearing arguments from
cou%xsi, pro and cor for several
months. in order to essen the work,
a1iddf during this time patents viii COM
tinually be expiring, and new applies
tions are received daily for hearings for
extensions. The enormity of the bust
ness exceeds the most sanguine anticipa-
lions of the founders of the American
system Many of these patents which
are expiring are of great value, and
persons who are working under them,
paying a royalty, contend strongly
against this extension in many instances,
preferring to have them become public
property
THE Commissioners to invest the out
RACES on the Rio Grande border have
completed their report, which is very
long. They spent two hours with the
President discussing the subject on
Saturday The Commissioners confined
their Investigations to distance of 500
miles from the mouth of the Rio Grande
to Rio Grande City, and estimate that
the Americans included within that
limit have, by Mexican raids, suffered
to the extent of $50, 900, 600, to say no.
thing OF the murders committed by
Mexicans. They think that if they
had continued their Investigations as far
as FL Paso it would have been discover
ed that the total losses, including those
: used by Indian raids, would have
onlnted to s10SDOO, 600. They urge
q, e4tetion to the people ON the border
OF cavalry, and think
that 1t can b.e predatory war viii re-
hcient revennpropriation for the Com
expenses OF Exhausted, but new one
ast on the e to continue the Commits
siothe SINE prosecution of further inves-
LEGATIONS. There is no doubt the Presi-
dent will urge upon Congress prompt