The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-12-21
ESTABLISHED 1859

outuumbered the Irish, charged on the plat
form, carried of the Irish flags and trample,
them in the mud.
The floods in the North of Italy eontinn,
to spead. and some of the larger towns arr
threatened.
The steamship City Of Brussels has no
yet arrived in English ports. and much anxiet,
Is felt in regard to her.
The suspension is announced of Jacol
Freres, Et Lie Barque De I'Union. Brussels
and Antwerp. They have been granted an ex
tension of four weeks, and the arrangement oi
their affairs has been taken in hand 10y Aessrs
Fould and the Compiler de Compile, the lead
ing discount house in Paris. The bank had &
nominal capital of thirty million francs, viii
eight and half paid up.
/ arrangements are complete for the organ
| ization of company to build the Canadian Pa
eife railroad.
-Lisbon-The mail steamship Dauro has ar
rived from Rio Janerio Gen. AIitre, Argentine
| Envoy, had brought bis negotiation with
Brazil TO araicals e-,ss-si.--f- = h7 7ettied
HAk Paraguay shall make separate treaties
with Uruguay and the Argentine States
The Brazilian aud Argentine troops are 10
evscuate Parauay and the island of Ata-
treaties. The treaty alre8ly made between
Brazil and Paraguay is not disturbed. The al
lies in the late war against Paraguay are placed
ON an identical footing with regard to the in
Identification OF their expenses. Paraguay il
/ 70 pay them upwapas2 per cent. per annum Of
war indemnity dutf the next two years, and
per cent thereafter uAtil the entire amount
/ is hquidated-
Several of the striking gas stokers of Lon
don have been found guilty under the mas
ters and servants act of conspiracy, and have
been sentenced to six weeks Imprisonment
The telegraph wires in ireland, which we're
prostrated by the gales, have not yet been full
| ly ed.--The steamship City of Bristol
for whose safety some anxiety was felt has
reached Queenstown Theirs has assured a
deputation OF Moderate Republicans that he
will uphold firm and unshaken, the policy an
nouneed in his message at the opening Of the
Session.
-London-aIarine disasters attended with
loss of life caused by the late gales, continue
10 be reported. The steamer Chereante, of
the regular line between Hull and Dunkirk
was lost while en- route to the latter port
Fourteen persons were drowned. The ship
Radnagore, from Quebec foI High Bridge, be
came unmanageable and was abandoned. Sew
EN- persons were washed overheard and per-
iahed-
-Paris-The heavy rains in the Northeas-
tern departments have swollen the streams to
an unusual height Several of them have
oyerhowed inundating the country. Fart Of
the city of Lille is flooded and has Deen aban-
doned. Many factories viii be closed. Several
bridges are entirely submerged Ia the adjac-
ent country the crops are all destroyed.
-Havana-The horse disease has appeared
here, aud is daily increasing. No private car
riages are 70 be seen on the streets. But few
deaths are reported
"A Paris dispatch says it is more than ever
evident that the majority Of the Assembly Is
in direct opposition to President Thiers. One
OF the other must yield. The country supports
the President.
a letter from Gaspe Bay Of the 9th inst,
states that the light house on AnticOste Island,
near Quebec, was completely destroyed in the
late hurricane. The house of the lighthouse
keeper Was also destroyed and AIr. Baxter, the
keeper. ~s.A ~a-. ~a'hA,A.'7.as A. n--
Several small fishing vessels were also wrecked
on the island.
The eighty persons believed to have per
ished by the stranding Of the emigrant ship
of the Island Of vlieland have been rescued
IN GENERAL.
The Senate Committee on Naval Affairs
held meeting on the House bill authorizing
the construction Of six new sloOps Of war.
Secretary Robeson appeared before the com
mittee and stated his views in providing for ten
new war vessels. 1t is believed the committee
viii act accordingly.
A plan OF the Attorney-Cieneral with the
approval of the President, proposes the set
tlement of the dIficulties iu Alabama by the
resignation of the present General Assembly
and reorganization with the privilege of al
lowing each branch OF the Legislature to deter
mine by vote as to the members elected from
the contesting counties.
The steamship st. Louis from New Orleans
for New York, sprung leak on the evening OF
the sth. about 10 miles from Southwest bar
The water gained about a foot per hour, and al
A n, the 9th, boats were launched and all
ON board left the steamer. She went down at
$50 A NJ. the same day. After being on the
water 80 hours. the officers and passengers
we're picked up by the ship Record, transfer
red to a pilot boat and safely landed at Key
West
zen. Van Buren, United States Commits
sioner to the Vienna Exposition, and Clayton
McAIichael. of Philadelphia. Assistant Com
missioner. urge the propriety of an immediate
ond liberal appropriation by Congrassto secure
n proper representation of United States pro-
ducts at Vienna Secretary Robeson says that
the Navy Department is ready to send twoves-
| sells to transport goods as recommended IL the
message of the President. The Secretary and
! Commissioners are united in the expression OF
appreciation of the Importance of the subject
and it is probable that a proper Appropriation
will be recommended without delay.
A bin has been introduced in Senate to
abolish the iron-clad oath. The President
! is said to favor this measure OF peace and re-
conciliation.
The superintendent of the mounted re-
cruiting service has been directed to prepare
and forward all disposable white recruits tC
Omaha Neb., for assignment to the Second
calvary in the Department of the Platte
BY direction of the President heheadquar
tiers of the military division Of the Atlantic il
transferred from Philadelphia to New Yorl
city.
The following is an extract from the order
of the Secretary of the Navy III relation to the
treatment of the colored cadet at Annapolis:
s.Under the operation of the new beneficial
laws. all political distinction Of race has beer
abolished in our country. Public burdens ar'
imposed alike upoa all our citizens, and
worthy members of every class alike are en-
titled to the benefits flowing from the Govern
ment.'
A friend of the late Edwin Forrest say
that he left all his estate for the purpose o
founding an Actors Home in Philadelphia
Secretary Fish has telegraphed Minlste
Marsh to notify the italian Government tina
steamers crowded with destitute Italian emf
grants continue TO arrive here, under promise
of work with high wages, and that it is thei
J duty to officially stop the imposition an
, against the extravagant stories about hig
: wages with little work. in America
} The Directors of the Union Pacific Raj
: roaa. at a meeting in New York. voted to issu
) new mortgage bonds to theamountof $4,000
; 600 to redeem the income bonds and accrue
, interest maturing in about year and to pa
: of the small floating debt. The Directors ais
3 decided to push as actively as possible the Co
: orado and Julesburg branch, which viii prob'
4 bly be completed within year and will secuI
ti,a xvbola trade of Colorado.