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The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
The COiOred National Liberal
EnnVPnIiOn.

The resolutions of the Colored Lib
eral National Convention at Louisville
will commend themselves to the cordial
appreciation of all intelligent aud pa
triotic citizens, black aud white. They
display an amount of wisdom, discre
ton and sound common sense which
would do credit to any deliberative
body. and cannot fail to attract public
attention everywhere, as we'll as be the
means OF doing great good. That the
action of the Convention and its plat
form of principles vii! carry heavy
colored vote to the Liberal ticket is alb
solutely certain but there is deeper
significance attached to them than any
thing Immediately connected with the
present presidential contest.
The colored population cannot be
blamed for feeling that they owe debt
of gratitude to the party under whose
administration they obtained emanci
patton and enfranchisement nor is it
surprising that the mass Of them should
favor those candidates which profess to
represent this party. Through the in
fuence of such willy tricksters as Doug
lass, they have been induced to shut
their eyes and 90 blindly to the Radi
cal standard, without stopping to ex
anime or inquire whether that standard
represented what it once did. Pro
verbally averse to following the advice
Of the whites. they can only be success
/ fully reached by those<Gj their own
color, aud that service has been happily
performed by the Louisville Conven
non Through this instrumentality
there Is now formed among the coored
people the nucleus of Liberal party,
aud i. is destined TO expand and grow
until the balance Of power is at least
ftrly divided The entering wedge
has been driven home. aud henceforth
Radical politicians will not be able to
marshal the African element like sheep
and drive them to the polls to DO their
bidding Thousands and tens of thou
sands Of colored men will study the
Louisville platform carefully, find in il
convincing arguments for the Liberal
cause, and give their sufFrages TO II
ace Greeley man who was their
friend when friends were few and friend
ship dangerous. Aud even if the bulk
Of the colored vote be east for Grant
in November. The seed is planted which
will bear good fruit hereafter. The
Colored National Convention has done
noble work, and those who inaugura-
ted it are entitled to the thanks of the
country.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
From the Danville Advocate

4 new denomination has sprung up
10 the western portion of Mercer and
Boyle counties, which is styled "the
Soul sleepers." Their name indicates
one of the most important points in
their creed, for they maintain that the
soul sleeps with the body, after death,
until the judgment day. They also
hold that God is material and that
Christ was the first created being. and
that baptism is essential to salvation.
Rev. Mr. Terhunc is the expounder of
this doctrine, and has succeeded in
converting about fifteen or sixteen to
his faith, aud they are now engaged ia
building a new church, about half way
between Nevada and Harrodsburg. We
understand that quite stir has been
created in that neighborhood, aud that
some persons who were members OF
the Christian and Presbyterian church
es have left their own churches and
gone over to the "Soul-sleepers.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
BULLS SARNAPARILLA

ST. LoUIs, April 80.
DR. JoHS BuLL-Dear Sir: Knowing
the efficiency Of your Sarsaparilla, and
the healing and beneficial qualities il
possesses. send you the following state
ment OF my case:
was wounded about two years ago
was taken prisoner and confined for six
teen months. Being moved so often, my
wounds have not healed yet. have not
sat up "a moment since I was wounded. ,
am shot through the hips. Ny general
health is impaired, aud need something 3
TO assist nature / have more faith In
your Sarsaparilla than in anything else.
/ wish that that is genuine. Please ex-
press me half dozen bottles and obiigo
Carr q. =. JOHNSON.
P. S-Nr. johnson was the son Of a
skiIlful surgeon. His mother recommend .
ed 70 her friends, and for many years used
my SarsaParilla with perfect success. In
Scrofula and Pevcr-sores Mrs. johnson
states that the cures effected were almost
miraculous. Read my journal for ex-
tended information and advice in your
case. My Journal contains certificates of
eminent persons, ministers and medical
men-men who are known here in this
community for integrity aud veracity. Il
have recently received n most remarkable
certificate from an eminent gentleman oil
Louisville. JOHN BULL.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
Radical Prescription.

4 few days ago, a number OF
Federal soldiers cennec ted with the
garrison at Lebanon, kentucky, al.
dressed very sensible and patriotic
letter to the editor OF the Courier
Journal, setting forth their reason for
supporting Greeley and Brown We
are now informed that several of the
soldiers have been arrested aud i'm
prisoned as a Punishment for thus ex-
pressing their political convictions.
This is an instsnce of Radical pro-
scription which is in perfect keeping
with the spirit anl purposes of the Radi-
cal party-the party which claims to
be the heaven appointed champion of
individual and public freedom 1t has
been very properly suggested that the
same principle oftyranny that prompted
the arressa.e4e beo>Greeley snd BrowS
soldiers at IS sbanon, should have lea
to the arrest and. Imprisonment of the
soldiers who met at Pittsburg the other
day, to extol and advocate the claims
Of Grant aod Wilson. Surely. this is
q period of outrage and corruptionl
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
,rhe pres:centIal Election

TIE presidential election will not
take place in all the States on the same
day, as seems to be generally imagined.
It will begin in Louisiana on the 4th
of November. All the other States
except Texas will follow with their
votes on the 5th, and Texas will close
up the business with four-days' elec
tiou from the 9th to the 9th, inclusive
Louisiana is required to vote on the
4th-one day before the other States
by special act of Congress passed at
the last session. Why this enactment
was passed it is hard to conjecture, un
less for the reason that the Admins
tration party want to use their expect
ed victory in Louisiana TO assist them
IN other States. The four days voting
in Texas is simply device adopted by
The Radical legislature of that State
several ysr .e for trotting negroes
from one l4ce.4r' 70 another, and thus
Increasing the Radical vote.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
GEORGE ELECTION.
The Liberal cause Triunnph-
Smith Reel Gted by Nearly
81 tGOG.

AUGUsRA, Git. Oct. 2.-The re.
turns come in sl.drly, and nothing off
ciai can be gg9n until tomorrow.
There is 20 d9lst of the Democrats
carrying the Stge by an overw helming
majority. securirk Smiths election by
many thousandss
SMITHS MAJoFrY PROBABLY 10000.
ATLANTA, Ga, October 2-Re
turns from twenty counties give Smith,
the Democratieaominee for Governor,
10000 majority. If the same proper
ton holds iu tfe counties to be heard
10000 =
Macon, Oct IA serious riot oc-
CURED at the polls in this city this
morning, between the whites and ne
groes. 1t commenced with frsticufs
fights and developed in fierce encoun
ter with brickbits and pistols. In the
course of a few.seconds fifty shots were
fired, by which one white man was kill
ed and five or six negroes wounded,
two Of whom have since died.
The affray laeted but few minutes
when the negroes left the polls. The
whites claim hat The whole affair was
premeditated . the part Of the negroes
that ii was thir intention TO take for
cible possessim of the polls, and that
they originatst the disturbance with
this obiect,--z.sASe- negroes, however
claim that thev were dri yen from the
polls by violence, and could get nc
chance to vote. They were addressed
by the Mayor later in the day, whr
guaranteed to them protection. VIII
a few exceptions they refused to vote
and went 10 their houes.
Smith is reelected by nearly 5000(
majority. The election was one OF th,
most quiet and peaee.ble ever held il
Georgia.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
The Meat Ring.

The meat question is now before the
English people, and its settlement de-
mands the abrogation Of the game law,
which, 1t is held, is the principal cause
OF the high price Of meat. The Dem
oeraiic and trade societies of London,
are still holding meetings to consider
what steps are necessary to bring about
a remedy for present difficulties, and
secure immunity from future embar-
rasments. II is stated that in Scot
land, especially, large tracts of lands,
which formerly supported large herds
of cattle have been turned into deer
forests and grouse moors. An aglta-
ton was therefore begun ic London
against these laws. In all probability,
at all elections for some time to come
this question will be Que OF those upon
upon which the contest will be fought.
The league has already made It's lnnu-
ence felt in the recent elections. lt is
not surprising that people who ably to
leave such an aristocratically governed
country. are beginning to fly to other
nations, where meat is cheap, ana
where forest and stream are free to all
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

FRIDAY's Memphis Ledger says
"The bluff on the Mississippi around
Fort Pillow is still burning, the fire
being about ten feet above the water
aud extending some hundred yards on
a parallel with the surface. Some
people suppose their is volcano some
where in that neighborhood, while
others are of the opinion that vein
of natural gas underlies the whole sur
fare of the earth around the fort, and
that this was ignited by the intense
heat of the sun some weeks ago since
which time it has been burning. A
movement was on foot some years ago
to develope coal mine or oil we'll
in that reigou, but the project fell
through"
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

The elections Of Penusylvspis, Ohio,
aud Indiana, are absorbing all the po-
litical attention. Both parties are des
perately fighting every inch of the
ground in those States, and both sides
expect the victory. Nothing we can
do in Kentucky can effect the result in
the least and the worst character of de
ceptioa Is the effort to deceive ones sell
or ones own friends. The intelligent
pnSlic will understand that in States
as evenly balanced aud as hotly con
,es-ed rs the above States-espeeially
Indiana and Pennsy lvania-uo one can
know the result, and all predictions are
mere guess work. Whatever may be
the result the Liberals and Democrats
are now confident Of success; aud what
tends to Increase that confidence Is the
undisguised alarm manifested By the
leading Radical papers. The ST. Louis
Democrat endeavors TO reassure the un
easy Radicals by telling them that the
'spretended confidence of the Demo
cratic orators and newspapers 'corld De
subject of alarm, if the game had
not been played SO often, and to such
little purpose 1t further adds that
the Greeley men ''are now sounding the
trumpsts. not of battle, but of victory
all along the line 1t attributes this
to Mr.. Greeley's tour through Penn
sylvnnia, Ohio, and Indiana, and then
it goes on to admit that, if the Admin
i-trstiou fails to carry two Of these
three States in October, they will be
defeated in November. We copy the
words:
1.-THE party that carries two of these
three States in October will stand the
best chance of success in November.
We do not see how the Republicans
can lose any one Of them; but before
the Democrats can hope to elect Gree
lev. thev must secure either Ohio and
Indiana. Ohio and Pennsylvania, or
PENNSYLVANIA and Indiana. The Re
pubhcsns, on the contrary, can win II
November by carrying enc of these
States, aud weare confident that we
can carry them all. .
There Is some confusion in this
statement, but we gather this admission,
that if Hendricks aud Buckalew, are
elected, Grant will be beaten in No
vember. The opposite reasoning is not
true in regard to Greeley, that if be
fails 70 carry two or more Of these
States, be Is beaten. Nevertheless, il
is possible, but not probable, that eth
er could lose all three, aud then be
elected IN November.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
Cotton in western KentucKy.

In the last few year our farmers in
Western Kentucky have been paying a
good deal Of attention to the cultiva-
ton of cotton, and in some localities
as much as bale to the acre has been
picked and sold at tremuuerative prices.
This is a good average yield, though
we hope to see this product increased
by the proper measures aud improved
tillage. Three weeks since our cotton
in bloom presented an excellent pros
pect for good crop, but the recent
protracted drouth has caused the bolls
to fall off, and the impression prevails
that we will not have more than half
crop Of this important staple-May-
FIELD Democrat.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
sena,or vylllls y. a.nenen.

Gov. Leslie has appointed the Hon
Willis b. Maehen, of Lyon ccpn,y. Il
Gil the unexpired term OF Hon. Garref
Davis, deceased, in the Senate of The
United States. The honor is worthily
bestowed, and no doubt will meet the
hearty appreciation Of the people Of the
whole State, and the compliment viii
be especially cherished by the Dem
ocracy of the First Congressional Dis
frict. Mr. Machens term will expire
the 4th OF March.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

WnETHER his eccentricity amounted
to insanity or not, is the eonundrum
which the family Of man who died in
Columbus not long ago, would like to
solve. He made provision in his will,
says the Cairo Gazette, for the estab
Iishment of "Cat Infrmary." The
in6rmary is TO have rat holes and rats
for sport, aud exercise grounds, with
several sheds on which the fierce grim
atkins may wage war at will. oldest
Of all, however, IS the final clause OF
the Instrument, which provides that
the intestines of the testator shall be
made into fiddle strings, and that they
shall be played upon in the ''audito-
rum Of the iufrmary-"th playing
to be kept up forever aud ever, with
out cessation day or night, in order
that the cats may have the privilege of
hearing aud enjoying the instrument
which is the nearest approach to their
natural voices. The will is likely to
be contested.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
BlaotOns Last.

The following correspondence will
be sufficiently luminous without expla-
nation
ITO the editor of the Courier Journal
NEWPORT, KY, Sept p, 1872.
Publish Duucan's letter to me
which l inclose, and my reply with
any comments you may choose to make
II has no right to make such conf
Dental communication to me. Send
me a copy of your publication to New
port. Your friend. GEO B. HoDGE.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

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The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
BULLS WORM DESTROYER.

Extract Of Leacr from Georgia
VnLASow, wkLKER CoUSry, Ca, 2
June %, 1866.
Dr. John Bull--Dear Sir. / have re.
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II has not failed in a single instance q
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! am, sir, respectfully,
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Try il and be convinced. See my journal
for q more full description.
JOHN BULL.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

RIGHT Rev Bishop McCloskey
Catholic Bishop Of the Diocese Of
Louisville, returned to Louisville. ON
Thursday, after an absence of six
months in Rome for the benefit of his
health, lie was greeted, on lis arrival
with an enthusiastic reception by his
Trends, and conducted in carriage
and tour, at the head of large pro
cession to the Cathedral, where there
was an address of welcome, and re-
sponse BY the Bishop.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

If Horace Greeley is the traitor,
secessiouist, aui imbecile that Grant
papers now represent him, why then
did President Lincoln nominate him
for foreign missiou2 Why did the
Senate confirm him? Why did Sena-
tor Conkling urge him as the Grant
candidate for Governor? Why was he
once and again nominated aud support-
ed for Congress? And why did the
Republicans put him in nomination for
State Comptroller p -ErchaRqe.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

GEN. n. B. FoRREsT, of Tennessee,
writes to friend in the following COM
mendable spirit "As soldier, | as
sert to you that the soldiers OF the
South, aud the people generally, are
anxious to have peace and harmony
with the whole people North aud South;
and may the day soon come when we
can stand by each other, shoulder to
shoulder, as a band of brothers, bat
ling for the right
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

On Monday last, near Brownsville,
Tenn. most horrible accident occur
red on the farm Of Mr.. Peter Floicc.
His son, a boy sixteen years old, was
N the clubhouse, ginning cotton, when
the gin~hous( discovered to be Oh
tse Before the boy could be rescued
lie WAS burned alive,
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

Hon. Willis B. NIachen. Of Lyon
county, has been appointed by the Gov
ernor to Eli the vacancy occusioued by
the death of the Hon. Garret Davis.
Mr. Machen is we'll known 10 Ken
tucky, having been distinguished
member of the convention which fran
ed the present Constitution, often n
member Of the Legislature, and more
recently a member of the Confederate
Congress His selection reflects great
credit upon the judgment of the Gov
ernor, aud will give universal satisfac-
ton to the people of Kentucky.-Le.c.
Press.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

UNPAID PosrAGE recent de
cision of the Post Office Department
that unpaid postage on all matter on
which pre- payment is required shall be
doubled and collected on delivery gives
much dissatisfaction TO the merehants
A protest against this ruling was made
yesterday to the Assistant Postmaster
General on behalf of The Nsw York
merchants. bat the Department re-
fused to reconsider its novel version of
the Law.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05
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The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

FRED. Douglass zeal for Grant,
which has led the eolored orator iuto
speaking some very bold falsehoods on
the stump, is accounted for. The Capi
tai says "Up to the beginning OF the
present canvass his paper, the National
Era, rather langui~hed than other
wise The colored people did not want
it. But the government stepped in,
and Fred's old rattle-trap Of press
has been running night aud day print
ing campaign documents, and a stream
of money flows in Frederick's $ pockets. -
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-05

FINDING that Curtin don't banker
after Grant, the Grant journals sud :
denly find that he never did amount to
much
MRs. FAIR AcoUIrTED.-Sa Fran
cisco Sept. 3o.-Mrs. Fair was found
not grIlsy By the Jury this morning.