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The Hickman courier., 1872-08-03

CABINET MAKING being one of the
legitimate reereations of the canvass. the
New York Sun tries it's hand at it under
Mr. Greeley's Presidency with the follow
ing result:
Secretary of State-CharIes Frauci:
Adams, of Massachusetts.
Secretary Of the Treasury-Sanford Z
Church, of New York
Secretary of War-John w. Palmer,
of Illinois.
Secretary of the Navy-Austiu Blair,
of Michigan.
Secretary of the Interior-James B.
Beck, of Kentucky.
Postmaster Gene ral-Richsrd Taylor,
of Louisiana.
Attorney General-Wm 5. GrOesbeck
of Ohio.
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venerabIe V1ctIms of old Rye.

venerable Victims Of Old Rye.
The Rev. Mr.. Talbot a clergyman OF
some reputation in the Western part of
Pennsylvania, was a good hater of cant.
Born and reared farmer, he took to the
church as matter of choice. and with
out doubt his sincerity was the electrical
effect by which he produced SO many
converts from "the ways that are dark. =
Mr. Talbot was without doubt always
an original wit, and, when the purpose
served him eyuic. On returning to
ms former home at one time bis neigh
oors having heard of his S1nSs az a
sower OF the gospel" assembled TO meet
MN: and one sanctimonious fellow who
carried whining air about him, on all
occasions was Que of the first 10 come
fawning about NIr Talbot.
BY the way" said the clergyman.
what has become of "Oid Smithers p
Dead. " said Uriah Heap, with a groan
dead ?"
whisky killed him"
How old was he ?"
"Seventy~four"
Z niortunate man. And Old Slater ?
Nano'her Eroan
with ?" -' 'iu "
Whisky"
How old was he 2"
Eighty one"
"Deluded wretch And Daddy
Wood p
He. too, has gone the way of all flesh
he drank himself to death when be
should have been thinking of the future
world. lie was eighty five, aud even
with the grave"
Il say brother said Mr.. t.. with a
quiet laugh IN his eye, ''cau YOU tell me
liquor?'
"Ah, . replied Uriah, S. Lev; wholesale
liquor dealer, Hickman. XIV. is the only
place in this section, where This quality
OF liquor can be obtained by the whole
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Railroad Excitement at Fulton
station

TFrom Paducah Tobacco Plant.
Mr.. EDITOR Fulton has been the
them Of intense excitement for several
weeks. Every man, woman aud child,
has railroad ''on the brain" The con-
templated extension Of the Mississippi
Central railroad has surveyed several
routes through our vicinity. OBe crossing
the Paducah and Memphis railroad one
thousand yards east Of Fulton, two others
through the town, and one other route
west Of here three miles The one that
crosses west of Fulton runs directly
through Pierce's Station aud Gardner.
aud consequently meets with warm re-
cePtion from those two places. 1t has
been pull Dick. pull Tom, with the
friends of Gardner against the friends of
Fulton, without any preeeivable advan
tage derived from their efforts. How
ever, the latest dispatch is that the
Fulton route is Que thousand yards
shorter, aud the best route.
Yours, hastily, z.
Fulton Station, KY, July 80, 1872.
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FULTON COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY.

TIME Fulton County Bible Society, keeps
constantly on hand complete assort-
ment of Bibles and Testaments. in both the
nglisb and German languages. 1t sells
these Bibles and Testsments vt the met
cost of publication; it also gives neat
Bible to all persons who are are not able to
pay for one. free of charge.
The Depository is at the Book Store of
J. II. Davis, Hickman, Ky, to whom all
orders should be addressed.
iulYl3-tf
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BEECH WOOD SEMINARY
Hickman, Ky.

YNHE Fourth Session of this institution
viii commence
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER I'd, 1872.
TERMS per session of months or 20
school weeks:
Tuition per session 5 months or 20
weeks, spelling, first lessons in
reading, writing, &c.................. $3.50
Advanced reading, mental arithmetic
first lessons in geography and
written arithmetic................ S15 90
English Grammar, Advanced Geogra-
ply, Written Arithmetic, first les
sons in Philosophy and Compost
SO
Algebra and the higher Mathematics
and Natural Sciences........... 90 OC
Ancient and Modern Languages. 25 90
Music including use of Piano. 30 OC
Contingent tax to each pupil..-....... I OC
No deduction except in case Of protraeted
sickness. Pupils charged from time of en-
trance
Tuition due one-half at middle Of session.
other half at close Of same
JOHN w. COWGILL. Principal.
Mrs. MARY II. CowGuL. Assistant
julyl3-tf
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SENATOR ScHURz, in his speech at
Greensboro, n C., on Saturday evening
last, told the Republicans that they
might "trust the rebel soldiers, who, he
declared. could not afford better evidence
of their acceptance of the issues of the
war than they are now doing by rallying
around the Greeley banner.
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THE Padncah Kentpckian feels ver7
conmendable pride in hsving-after va
rious direct appesis-sncceeded ia get
ting notice from the Dispatch. We
never notice it except to snswer the
questions it puts directly to US Colum
bus Dispatch.
Keno
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The Sweeds in Illinois and Wiscon-
sin go solid for Greeley, SO saws the True
Republico, Swedish paper publisbed 10
Henry county. ILL.,
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of Divine Providence which l believe
must rest on such a cause.
Accept my best wishes for yourselves
personally and for the people you
represent, and believe me gentlemen, to
be your faithful friend.
CSignedl CHARLES SUMNER.
In Kentucky, the negro vote amounts
to nothing, that is it is not large enough
to effect the result in the State. Hence,
it is of no special importance, whether
they vote for Greeley or Grant. 1t is
simply n question as to their own in
terest. By voting for Greeley they
would establish friendly relations be
tween themselves and the Liberals.
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ObIOn Politics.

We see from an editorial in the Hick
man COURIER, that that paper is in ia
vor of Maj Board representing Obion
and Lake counties in the next Legisla-
ture Il is very natural for Kentuck-
ians to desire Maj Boards election, be
cause it would be 4 source of pride and
qualification to them TO know one of their
former citizens, who has been in our
county just long enough to be eligible to
the office. to beat old citizens of the
county. We beg leave 10 inform our
Deighbor, the COURIER, that there are
plenty oc old citizens in either couaty
some of whom are in the field, capable OF
representing the interest OF thetwo coun
( ties in the next General Assembly, and
we feel satisfied that the people know it.
and will vote for them on the day OF
Troy Times.
Our Troy cotemporary is sadly
wrought upon. The paragraph to which
it refers, was only intended as just
compliment to an old aud valued friend
and by no means in disparagement OF
other aspirants for Legislative houors in
Obion. We simply stated that Maj
Board, made a worthy aud acceptable
member of the Kentucky Legislature
true, plain, good old honest farmer mem
Der, aud good citizen. All or either
of his opponents may possess equal or
better capacities and characteristics.
We don't know Certainly the COURIER
does not desire to intermeddie in the
race; and we beg the 7Gr,ss to place just
what we do say before its readers.
The Hickman courier., 1872-08-03

ED. GRASSLAND will carry 80 and 9
both per cent of the Democratic vote OF
this Congressional District. This is our
opinion. based upon information from
different counties. Then, where is the
necessity for Convention? There is
none, without it be, to give some politi
clans a chance to trick and pull the wires
little Again, if the RAIDS are willing
to risk their party strength on the field
as it now stands, the Democratic faYorite
will lose nothing thereby.
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AEeIrOse EnStitute-TreDtOn,
TelAnekRPe.

Editor Hickman Courier
You advertise in your columns the
school of Prot. " K Jones, at Tren-
fou, Tepu., for the education of young
ladies-M Melrose Institute am glad Of
this. | know Prof. Jones TO be an ex-
perienced educator, fne scholar, a cul-
tivated christian gentlemen, and his
school to be every way worthy OF public
confidence and patronage. The advant-
aces which his excellent institution offers
for finished education In all the branch
es of useful and polite learning are rare
aud valuable The terms of this school
will, upon comparison, be found to be as
liberal as any female college 10 the land
sffords. The social and moral influence
brought to bear upon T<ung ladies at
Melrose, are 10 the highest degree i'm
proving. The healthlulness of Trenton
needs no remark to recommend it TO any
who have any knowledge of the place.
ADd in this age Of railroads, we never
ask if locality Is accessible-of course
it is In short, persons looking for a
suitable place to which to send their
daughters to school, may be assured that
Prof. Jones will do as we'll for them as
any institution they could select. take
pleasure 10 recommending Melrose In
stitute to the patronage Of my friends
in aud around Hickman.
Very respectfully
s. A. STEEL.
ABINeDoS. Va, July %, 1872.
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siampeae 10 GreeleN and Brown

When the cincinnati movement be
gan. it was hoped that Republicans
enough, uucorrupted by Office and its in
fueuees. might be found, who, combined
with the bulk of the Democracy, might
be able TO achieve a hard won victory
over the corrupt miDious OF power in
November But. the builders at Cineiu
natl, il is now plain, builded better than
they knew From every quarter Of the
North, the evidence Is constantly coming
TO hand that a stampede from the old
Republican banner to the standard OF
Greeley and Reform is going on such as
has rarely if ever been Witnessed in the
history OF political AaF,ies.- Yeomgn.
We do not desire to deceive ourselves
or the public, hut the Greeley men
North, South, East and West, are GER
tainly very enthusiastic. The number
of prominent and old leaders who have
come over from Grant to Greeley is In
Vulnerable, which looks as if that party
was split half in two Whether the masses
will follow these leaders remains to be
seen.
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MELRoSE INSTITUTE,
Trenton, Tenn.

rouSpED IN 1869. CHARTERED IN 1871.
A Ii. the English branches with Full
u Course in Mathematics, Languages,
Vocal and instrumental Music, Drawing,
Painting in Oil and Water colors, taught by
capable teachers carefully selected
Catalogue for last year numbered ia
Fall session opens MONDAY, AUGUST
2Gth. 1872 Course cf study extensive
Faculty full.
Terms, Fer Session Of 20 Weeks:
Primary, So 90; Preparatory, Sl6 90;
Freshman, S21 90; Higher classes, each,
s2B 90 Latin and French. each, $40 90;
Vocal lessons, 81 90; Music, Piano, Organ
or Guitar, S25 90; Use of Instrument, daily
practice. So 90; Drawing and Painting in
water Colors, each, SO 0oi Painting In
nil colors. SIS 90; Incidental fee, 81 CO.
Graduation Fee, SO 90.
Board from fifteen to seventeen dollars
Dauchters of Ministers (of all denomina-
tions) in the regular pastorate, free OF
charge in the Literary Department except
Far full information apply for Catalogue
70 DR.. 5. W Caldwell, President Board of
iS''o W. K. JONES, Principal.
TnEE1os, TEss., July l3 w
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THE Pontiac (Mlch.) Jacksonian has
come out for Greeley and Brown.
The Hickman courier., 1872-08-03

GEN. Joseph f. Johnston is "for the
Democratic candidate against Grant"
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Election Notice.

THERE will be an election opened and
held in Civil District No. !, in Fulton
county. KY on Monday the 9Th day Of Au-
gust. 1872, for the election of a Justice of
the Peace for said District, to fill out the
unexpired term of J. y. Walgamot, re-
moved
Hours Of election a prescribed by law.
july13-tf W II. ROPER, S. 2. c.
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THE New York Tribune publishes the
following extract Of private letter
written by German officer to a friend
in the United States.
lie MANS, January 13, 1871.
My DEAR FRIEND: x I
was very much panied to day to fud that
many of my men and comrades were
killed By American bullets, shot from
Springfield rifles. We found thousands
of these muskets. stamped u. s." on
the field of battle, and l heard curses
deep and loud. What treacherous
people the Americans must be
The speculation in the sale of arms to
France during the Franco Prussian war
was one Of the most infamous jobs con
ceived and executed with the conniyauce
of men holding high official positions
Iu the face Of such facts as those devel
oped in the above extract, it will be hare
to convince Germans that they ought tt
assist in retaining the Grant party il
power.
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Election Notice.

TTIHERE VIII be an election opened and
held at all the election precincts in Full
ton county, KY. on Monday the 5th day Of
August, 1872, for the election of Coroner
for said county. to hold said Office for the
balance of said unexpred term Of said Office
as established by law.
Hours Of election as fixed by law.
iuly13-tf W H. ROPER, S. F. c.
The Hickman courier., 1872-08-03

At meeting of Liberal Republicans
aud Democrats held a Louisville Tuesday.
in which many of the most prominent
business men of the city participated, 1t
was decided to hold national mass peace
meeting on the 1lth and l2th OF Septem
Der next The opposition TO Grantism
il Kentucky is rapidly being concentra
ted, aud this meeting will be one of the
most remarkable ever held in this State.
a SUIT IN Bowling Green for the pos
session of a child resulted iu giving the
child to its natural mother. The father
being dead, a step mother claimed the
child, the natural mother having been
divorced All such decisions are right,
no matter what the law may be.
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GROCERIES

". L. EcCUTCHEN,
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4. T. Stewart's Early Repugnance to Busi.
ness-his Employees.

Speaking of his adap,ability for business,
the great merchant prince saic that for many
years he had the utmost distaste for business,
20 much so that he disliked the task even Of
purchasing articles for his own personal use;
that he hated to 60 and buy pair of gloves.
That Mr.. Stewart has managed TO overcome
this repugnance to trade was exhibited in
the statement, in reply to question, that
he now employed twenty five hundred per.
sons. had crossed the ocean thirty>five times,
and had sold upward of $75,OO0 worth of
goods at retail in one day. Mr.. Stewart
stated that his ambition was to make the
sales at his uptown store reach 100000
per day. He keeps busy about five hundred
porters, and has delivered from his retail
store as many as five thousand packages In
one day. At this establishment he has
eleven hundred employees. Mr.. Stewart
appears to carry the responsibility Of his
enormous business with perfect ease, com.
pretending and retaining much of ito vast
details and minutie in . most remarkable
manner. He 10 hearty, well.prcserved
man Of about seventy years, and looks -
though he might enjoy the blessings Of life
for good many seasons yet TO come.-8or.
osogiaD.
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SUGAR-COATED CHRISTIANITY.
An Old Friend In 4 New Dreaa

Somebody in England, who wisely pro.
fers to be unknown, has written Life OF
Jesus Christ" on novel plan. 1t IL moth.
ing more th"n paraphrase of the New
Testament from the terse and literal version
In which We have it into what the Pail NoU
Gazette calls "tho ornate splendor Of .
special correspondence letter." We have
not seen the book, but we copy two or
three extracts quoted by the Gasssss The
first 10 taken from that part Of the opening
chapter of St. Luke's gospel that describes
the annuciation. The English version has
it: And when she saw him she was
troubled At his saying, and cast 10 her mind
what manner Of salutation this should be.
And the angel said unto her, Fear not,
Mary" The new version is - follows:
"The presence and the voice Of Gabriel
filled her with astonishment and dread.
There was besides mystery In his saluta>
ton which confused her. The angel per.
ceived her alarm and perplexi,y and, hast.
ened to reassure and inform her. Fear
not, Mary he remarked" But much worse
than this is little budget of extracts from
the Sermon on the Mount, and from anoth.
or discourse by Jesus, done into modern
English: Remarking that = city placed
ON hill could not be hid, the preacher ex-
horted his friends to let their light shine in
like plsinness before man that they, per.
ceiving its value and its beauty, might glo.
rify Him who bestowed it, the great Father
in the heavens. For, to employ another
image, it was rs much the reasonable duty
of believers to show forth 10 themselves sll
the evangelical lustre they could, as 1t wss
the sensible usage of the master of house
to place his lighted candles not under do.
mestic vessels, but IN candle sticks, whence
they would cast on the household their Ut
most radiance. No sensible man, the Mas.
ter remarked, cuts piece of cloth out of
new garment with which to mend IN old
one. For such man well knows that be.
sides the new garment being damaged BY
the cutting, the old garment is not made
better by the mending. On the contrary,
1t 10 made worse, because the frayed and
rotten edges of its rent not being able to
support stronger texture. loosen and give
way further after the new cloth hes been
patched in, while its faded and worn ap.
pearance Is rendered more apparent and un-
becoming. And the speaker subjoined this
other truth out If every day experience
that no man who has drunk old wine &C.
quires at once taste for new, for he says
the old Is good enough"
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''Ths Plonipotsntiary Of the Antichrlst''
An Irish Editor Deilnes his Pesities.


(Ftom the Frvemans Journal and Catholic Rseistsr
Can the Democratic party indorse Greeley
and Gratz Brown? No! and thousand
times no! The attempt of any corrupt, or
cowardly leaders to betrsy the Democratic
party thus, would be only the declaration
that the Democratic party was captured,
and had surrendered, bag and baggage,
body and boots, to its most implacable
enemy. Private bargains may have been
made. but Dem ,crats will never ratify them.
II, to suppose the impossible, the Demo.
cratic Convention at Baltimore, In next
July were to nominate no ticket; and II no
other rally Of Democrats to name . ticket
were tn be made, and We were To be left
with the beggarly choice between Grant
and Greeley-between 1.-THE man on
horseback" and the willing instrument Of
all free.lovers, InternatiOnals," commu.
nists, and other foes Of morality. society,
and religion-the general verdict would b.,
" Grant rather than Greeley!' We cannot
imagine our committing ourself 10 the sup.
port of Grant, But we say It, distinctly
and deliberately, that A. man, Christian,
- the head Of family, aud - citizen
having the duty OF trying to guard our
country from the most shsmefu! degrade.
ton. If We were tied up to the desperate
choice, we must use oil our influence for
the rule Of Grant, the stupid
" man on horseback" against Greeley, the
man without discipline, without doctrine,
and akin to every abomination. In America
or In Europe, that would dethrone God,
revile the rsvelstions Of Gods truth, and
fratemiss with the Commune, the Interna.
tioual, and every other scheme Of devil.
worship. Our instincts teach ~ to oppose
this lavless person - II be wssU the pleni.
poteo tiary Of the anlichrist The vulgar,
plundering fellow ION horssback' is mere.
y hnman, and very poor "haman" at
lhak But. q least, hs ID not Z th0roughly
heWitched tool Of the devil, on plan made
By bed women and men, - 1r. Greeley Il
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POETRY.

~- ~~~.~~~
--.-o1
Chinnsy Rock, and ths white eliGa, - eid1e,
Rsee IN 1assss by forces 11tasie
Reared BY EiaDto IN Warfare supoenal
A Tadnar of suiss sseAaatsd.
Win wiId, witchinG ns3ody has1tsd:
Cou3doss silent and vo6oeaees,
lsecsiptions sasFavsd o. ths walls.
And. nks oes Who uncertain With slanbee.
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REPUDIATED BY IrS GODFATHER.
Judge stanley Matthews eoes hack q The
Cincinnati SWln1le.

Jadge Stanley Matthew 9ees back % The
Cincinnati Swlndle.
Judge Stanley Matthews. of Cincinnati,
In the course of his speech. on assuming
his duties a. temporary chairman of the
late so-called Liberal Republican conven.
vention. held In that city, made the follow.
ing statement:
"And ~, gentlemen, IN every depart.
ment Of tho Government the slow poison
of corruption-only not sufficiently slow
seems to have pervaded the whole civil and
political administration of the country
from the head to the foot" (Applause.l
A personal friend of Judge Nalhews, CON-
nected with one of the Departments In this
city. after reading HE speech, wrote . letter
to the Judge, calling his attention to the
above statement. and expressing the hope
that when hs should come to look calmly
1t the statement be would regret be ever
made II. This brought from Judee llxth.
ews the following answer. which 10 now
made public with his permission:
CINcIxxATI, NAY Z, 1871.
nv DEAR 6IR: Nothing connected with
the recent disgracsd and disgraceful con.
ventiou at this place has given me 20 much
pain - your note calling my attention to
statement taken from . speech OF mine,
pointed with the Interpretation you evi.
IDENTITY put upon it.
Allow me In the 6rst place to say that I
was put forward - temporary chairman
Of that Convention without On hours
notice, and that consequently what said
was totally unprecedented; and In the
next place that the extract you make, and
which II I had intended 70 be taken In its
literal sense would be justlys matter OF re-
gret that It bad been uttered. does not rep:
resent the truth Ut nv sentiments.
On the contrary, I have no reason to be.
lteve. and never have believed, that person
ally the present Administration was guilty
Of corrupt conduct Or motives, and ought
TO have expressed myself % = to have
avoided any such charge. What W.
striving b ny had reference to. the general
corruption Of our public political life. per-
vsding It IN every department. whereby /
personal and party ends seemed 70 b sub.
stituted for Tie public good. and The latest
and best illustration of which I am frse to
NY 10 now TO Be found IN the action Of the
very convention in the prsssacs Of which
this declaration was mada
! an greatly chagrinsd q ths whols nat.
Ter, my own participation II Il included,
md have concluded, perhaps not safncisat>
y soon, that - politician and Presidents
maker am not . succe0
] greatly regret that hsve givoa Gauss
of odsnas 70 you and 70 many other pes.
Donsl friends, whose integrity nay have
Issmed 10 have questioned, but which
nm assure you We he 1astheot from NJ
lhoughA
I hope you win b abe % regard & .
lhough e had nevgr beea said.
!. V0y respectfully. your friend.
o9AlLBY 0A13UWa
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The Origin or soandal.

,, .-
> AN ". A'
Said Mr.. A. to Mrs. IT,
In quite conadeutial way
ut seems to me that MnL D.
Takes too much-somethiag-in her tea
And Mn. J. to xra K.
That night was overheard to say--
She grisved 70 touch upon Il nuchi"