The Hickman courier., 1872-10-26
News OF the Week.
At Home.

The Treasury Department has re-
ceived by express a Cuban flag taken
from the privateer Pioneer, forwarded
by the captain o: the Moccasin, which
captured the Cuban vessel.
The second trial OF Mrs. Wharton for
poisoning will come off in November
or December.
A Washington dispatch says tha:
another Cuban expedition is fitting out
on on extensive scale under the aus
pices of tie so-called General Ryan.
who himself gives information of the
project. Bat it is stated that promi-
neA Cuban patriots place no confidence
in Ryan.
Robert II. Young. with several
aliases, noted swindler and conf
dence man, has been captured in Ca
poko, No. lis lat field of operation
was in indianapolis, where lie swim
died merchants out Of 1000.
The New Orleans longshoremlen's
strike for four dollars per day has ter
minated successfully, tire steam boat
mea and eolIiers- having generally
acceeded TO their demands. A slight
advance in coal and freight IS pro-
bable
Many of the cigar manufacturers
OF New York have acceeeed 10 the
demand of the workmen for an in
crease from 81 TO So on every one thou
sand Several houses have suspended
operations because Of the demand.
AdTices from r lclester,,, y. Y,
states that the horse disease prevails
there to an alarming exfeut. Fullv
oiie-haif 81 Tie horses are effected. 4
few fatal cases have occurred. One
street railroad company have one hun
dred horses sick, and have taken Off
some OF their cars. The livery stables
nave stopped business. Every horse
attached TO O'Brien's Circus is sick.
4 despatch from Omaha SAYS that
the weather has been extremely dry
in that eNicinity of late and prairie
fires unusually destructive. The coun-
try within thirty miles of the city has
been mostly burned over, and enor-
nous quantities OF hay and grain de-
stroyed, beside many houses, barns
and fences. The prairie fire started
ABOUT two miles north of the city.
burning most of the fences, sheds and
buildings at the race track and fair
grounds. The soldiers at Omaha
Barracks were out night and day
lighting the flames to prevent the
burning of the barracks, and have been
eucGssful in stopping the fires in that
vicinity.
y petition, signed by some of the
largest business houses of Pittsburgh,
viii be presented in a few days to Sec
retary Boutwell,, asking HIM to reissue
the forty-four millions of greenbacks
withdrawn from circulation by Secre-
tary McCuIIoch.
The \. y. Herald says it detailed
Henderson to ascertain the exact con-
= dition of affairs in Cuba, and ascriDes
his prompt release to telegralns sent to
Havana by Admiral Pozo. Though
Henderson is now, it says, in danger of
assassination as suspected person, he
will push ahead with his impartial
mission, for he is a picked man of
nerve.
Owing to the continual rapid increase
of the smallpox in Washington: the
Board of Health has divided the Wash
ington and Georgetown Districts. with
a physician in each district, who will
visit each house, for the purpose of
vaccinating the inmates. Since Con-
gress adjourned l ,257 cases have been
reported, IN 60 deaths have occurred.
Tnirty-eIgRr OF the fatal cases had
never been vaccinated, and are be-
Heved TO have died, and twelve died
who had been successfully vaccinated.
President Theirs action in ejecting
Prince Napoleon from France is to be
made the subject of legal proceedings.
The Prince who departed under pro-
test, and i'm Difference to the superior
force of tie Government, intends it is
: announced, to prosecute all the officials
who were concerned in the outrage.
and to obtain the support of the Courts
in his determination to recover his
rights as French citizen.
The appointment of Sir Roundell
Palmer as Lord Chancellor of England
is gazetted.