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The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08
Voting for President.


During the administration of John
Quincy Adams, in 1926, the subject of
change in the existing mode Of choosin
the President and Vice Presiden
through Electoral Colleges, was referred
to a special committee Of nine in the
United States Senate, including Benton
Van Buren, Hayne, Macon, Dickerson
Holmes and Richard NJ johnson. This
committee, in its report, recommended
plan, which was substantially as
follows
]. To abolish the Presidential Elec-
tors CD division Of each State by its
Legislature into a number Of districts
equal to that of its Senators and Repre-
sentatives (3) that the citizens OF each
district should vote directly for the
candidate of their choice; a. that the
person receiving the highest vote -
any district whether majority on not
be entitled to the vote Of that district
(5) that if any candidate should in shas
manner receive the support OF the ans
tricts, Congress should declare Inn
elected President and go if no canai-
date had majority OF the distr'o's
Congress should immediately order
new election, in the same manner
districts, confining the choice 70 the '~o
highest candidates. .,,ly
This plan was subsequently '''o'pF
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A PncrtlAn LOCOMOTIVE. IA ne" q.
comotive. named Anthracite when W
been placed on the Albany and susq.s ','l.,.
hanna ,' R,.iIroad. has six driving wheels
and carries its water above the The o'.'s'' T
At. 4 tender IS. Is thus dispensed Win !. lne ",
firing apparatus is staied, e es.p0...ltboni 3
ranged fhat the fires last al aat. Y. o.,ir re-
replenishing, and the fur9s0'
quire da1nping once . wees
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08

A FEW years ago a man was arrested
in Massachusetts for implication in some
large robbery, and sentenced to long
term in prison. His wife was very
lovely woman, cultured, evidently, and
with a most modest and lady-like bear
ing. She was completely stricken by
the knowledge of her husbands fate,
but she clung to him devotedly, and per-
sistently visited all who had any infiu-
ence with government Her beauty and
general loneliness won every person to
whom she applied. and each one did his
utmost to assist her. Her husbands
pardon was obtained, and it was not for
some time afterward that it was discov-
cred that she was IS bad as her hus-
band. and his accomplice in every
crime - But, . as-one of the gentlemen
remarked who had taken the greatest
interest in her, sslre would deceive the
very elect.
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08
Pauperisn and Crime

By the recently Published censns ra-
port on pauperism aadl crime il an,eors
that during the Year. ending I'M
1870, in the United states. 10 100 ,,o,,
pers were supported At, AN ar,,ara, :.
SO 93O 429: that within tba san,a -
and within the saae ,;m;ts ~ eco
criminals were convieed Eor oo1 @I
and prosperous countk this i roasoaa
blv good exhibit 'of;uop,,rt,,;t~ 49,,
,,nre,tv Ow;ng In H.
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08
A Murderous Weapon.

NJ Krnka, the inventor of the breech
loader which has been adopted by the
War Department of st. Petersburg for
the Russian army, has just published a
pamphlet at Prague in which he de-
scribes a new invention of his called
the Kulomet, or hand mitrailleur.
The Kulomet, he says, is of simple con-
struction, and may be used by the SOL
dier on any ground, however hilly, just
like a rifle. 1t is comparatively cheap
er and simpler than the Warnel and
other breech-loaders used by European
armies, and a soldier armed with it can
under all circumstances fire thrice as
rapidly as with the acknowledgement
in battle it will fire twenty-four shots
minute, while other breech leaders only
fire from twelve to thirteen a minute.
Any rifle may be converted into Ku-
lomet, and any cartridges may be used
with it.
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08

-.ae-sor sne 4.-o.PIent to do but ~ &o1xe
the paper and hold it to the fre.sand
straightway out came the message.
There is much writing with invisible ink
in this world. There is a great deal of
trumpeting activity. There is also n
great deal of activity which does not
report itself to the senses, but which is
powerfully influential namely, a godlv
life patient continuance in well-,loino.
attainment in humility, fidelity, truth
standing faithful to the end in the place
where God has put You. You cannot
tell what you are doing. No man can
tell 1t to You. You are writing with in
visible letters on thousands of children's
hearts; on the hearts of passers-by; ON
the hearts of friends and neighbors ON
the hearts of those whom you meet in
every circle where you move. There
are thousand Influences radiating from
you in your lifetime which will bring
forth their seeds abundantly IN the
kingdom of Gods glory.-H w.
Beechcy.
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08
woMAN's WORLD.

HANNAH MOORE wrote eleven books
after she was sixty.
CLOSE study has made Mary Dean of
Alton, Illinois, raging maniac.
THG Grecian ladies counted their age
from their marriage. not from their
birth.
TALK about the modern falling off of
home affections Our wives are becom-
ing dearer every day.
cause it's tinder sentiment.
THE Atlantic is the only power on
earth know that can make a woman
indifferent to her personal appearance
re. ID. Warner.
Annr-r tun-fhirds of the snits decided
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08

1T n probable that the present tolls ON dis
patshes by the Atlantic cable win soon be re-
duced, ~
Il bonded car, en- route to 81. was robbed
OK 3, 800 worth OF goods between New York
and Albany. II Is supposed the thief was con-
cealed in the car.
Homogeneous have been completed for
the construction of Canada Pacific Railroad
After the firm of Phelps. Dodge a Co.
had effected compromise with the Govern
nent, by paying five hundred thousand dol
lars, the Hon. W. E. Dodge, senior partner.
caused an immediate dissolution of the firm.
ezpelling the junior partners. who were the
principal agents in swindling the Custom
ouse
The new ten million loan of the Erie Rail-
way Company has been negotiated in London.
"A commission win shortly visit Europe to
investigate the workings Of foreign telegraphic
sstsms, especially the appliances of pneumatic
upes, with a view to their introduction into
this country.
senator Sumner writes himself to Henry
ward Beecfer: What have done has al
ways peen at the mandate of conscience. and
! could not have done otherwise NV hope
has been to help mankind and advance the
reign OF justice on earth nor do doubt that
sooner or later this will be seen by many who
now Judge me- unkindly As for my health. 1
am hopeful. Once before / have recovered
from the same injuries. II must sucoumb,
80 be- it. Ii am content
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08
VOL. TX. NO. 5.
To Be a Widow.

II think it must be jolly thing to be
a Young widowr / heard this remark
the other day, in group of laughing
girls. / think remember saying such
a thing myself in my girlish times. Do
You knowsgirls, what is to be a widow !?
1t is to be ten times more open to COM
ment and criticism than any demoiselle
could possibly be. 1t is to have men
gaze as you pass, first at your black
dress and then at your widows caps
until your sensitive nerves quiver under
the inhiction. 1t is to have one i'll
natured person say, 81 wonder how
long she will wait before she marries
again % and -nother answer. Until
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The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08

NOTHING is more arniable than true
modesty, and nothing more contempti-
BILE than that which is false; the one
guards virtue, the other betrays it. True
modesty is ashamed to do anything that
is repugnant to right reason; false mo-
desty is ashamed to do anything that is
opposite to the humor of those with
whom the party converses. True mo-
desty. avoids everything that is criminal; /;
false modesty everything that is nm
fashionable. The latter is only gen.
eral undetermined instinct the for
mer is that instinct limited and circum-
scrlbed by the rules of ur11dence
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08
ESTABLISHED 1859.

in the message returning the Senate bill for
the relief ]. Milton Best. He would heartily
favor donation of the amounts appropriated
by the bill for the relief of the University. but
a precedent once established that the Govern
ment is liable for the rayages of war, the end
of the demands on the Treasury cannot be
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08

The propriety of knowing whom one
marries is verified in the case of an aged
couple in Iowa, who as widow and wid
over married, and who, it was afterward
proved, were. brother and sister. sena-
rated In childhood.
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08


As men are unconscious Of how nucb
harm they do, and of how much unhap-
piness they unwittingly cause, 40 fhev
may do great deal more good than
they think they may do great deal
intending it; but no man ever works
boldly and strongly and whole-hearted-
ly. but what, think, he does mora
without knowing it than he does know
ing it. 1t is not what You say TO vour
class, teacher, that measures the infu-
ence that you are exerting upon them
If you be faithful, if your heart is in
your work, it is not that Of which Won
can make statistics in the social circle
that measures your influence there.
Far more influence comes with activity
than is shown by the immediate fruit of
that activity. The shadow of Peter
worked just as much as Peters body
itself worked; and genuine men and
women work both by substance and bv
shadow-by purpose and by unconscious
influence. There be many who mourn
the wont of opportunity, and vet en-
deavor to conform to the disposition Of
their Master, and to carry themselves
through life wisely and well, who win
wake up by and by, when they stand in
the presence of the alI-revealing eve.
with sweet surprise and adjoining graft
tnd,,, s2 Sc lc,gl-s ,Dcl. s-----s----lSus,neI IL.
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08
.FR0M uASHrNnrnN

FROM WASHINGTON.
-lhe President has approved the act abol-
ishing The Frankins privilege.
The President has vetoed the bill for the
relief Of East Tennessee University, saying
ihe same objections attached to it as expressed
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08
A deep fellow was Joe Gaines. and

\ deep FELLOW was Joe Games, and
marvellous manipulation of social affairs.
Again and again, as days and weeks
went by, did Deacon Pilsey congratu-
hate himself on his admirable selection,
and chuckle in his inmost being as he
witnessed the well-contrived success of
Joe's mannuyres. There were picnics
and drives and parties and entertain
ments of various kinds, but in vain did
Bob Humphrey invite or propose the
young lawyer was sure to be before
hand with him, and it almost seemed as
if sweet, unassuming, ,,.quiet1 little Maggie
Pilsey herself, the deacon's daughter,
had joined the secret league again her
friend Irene, so often was some excuse
devised by which she was made to ap-
pear in the latter's stead.
Two. - one subtle
minded old plotter could have Rugged
himself with satisfaction as he sat by
and Witnessed with his own eyes the adj
mirable manner in which Joe Gaines
worked for his fee
" It takes a lawyer, afterAfl, said he
to himself 81 don't care much what
he charges, only hope he'll keep it up
that way till Scott gifts home again.
And then to see Bob Humphrey Why
the fellows got the perseverance of tho
saints, but he amt nowhere with Joe
Gaines"
As for Irene Wyer herself, her red
lips laughed and pouted, and her bright
black eyes sparkled and deepened, and
her life seemed flowing onward very
pleasantly, as if no deep-laid plots and
schemings had any power over her or
her happiness. Moreover, through 1T
all, Joe Gaines seemed to maintain the
most complete external semblance of
frank hearted friendship with Bob
Humphrey. Odd as it may seem, the |
young lawyer always found that his
practice had undergone very sensible
increase, caused mainly by the warm,
though covert, encomiums which the
good deacon's heart compelled him to
utter here and there, in his keen appre-
ciation of his young friends tact and
The Hickman courier., 1873-02-08

The amendments to the appropriation bin
reported by the Senate committee replace in
the bill the section reported by the House
committee, but struck out the House, making
the term of naval cadets at Annapolis six
years. aud also insert in the bill $50 600 fer
the rights OF private parties for the best sys-
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-28

We are indebted to McAlister & Wheless,
Commission merchants, corner Broad and
College streets, for the following cotton
quotations in New York and Liverpool
during the day.
LIVERPOOL, March 81, 11:30.-Cotton
finn. Middling uplaIds 9t69sd; Orleans
9309sd. Sales to-day 1900 bales.
LIVERPOOL, March 81, 1:0O.-Cotton
firm. Middling uplands Glazed; Orleans
9k69sd. Sales to-day $1,000 bales, of
which 5000 bales are for export and specu-
lation.
LIVERPOOL, March ~, 5:OO-Cotton
unchanged. MiddEng uplands 9I69id;
Orleans 81 G9sd. Sales to-day Is, 900 bales,
of which 5000 bales are for export and
speculation. Sales of American 10000
bales.
NEW YORK, March 81, 10:15.-Market
steady. FIGURES strong. April 1870, May
1915; June 1910; July, asked, 1890. Sales
1900 bales. Ordinary 14sc; good ordi-
nary 16sc; low middling 1876; middIing
194c; Alabama l9kc; orleans 1870; Texas
205c.
NEW YORK, March p, 11:15.-Market
firm. Some export demand. Futures firm
and unchanged. Ordiusry l5c; good or1i.
nary 1870; low middling 1S!c; middling
1896; Alabama 1890; Orleans 195c; Texas
204c. March delivery nominally 1876;
May 10 3-1661Ssc; June 10 9-16c; July
19sc. Sales 1900 bales.
NEW YORK, March 81, 12:15.-Market
steady, with fair demand. Futures easy
but firm undertone. Ordinary uplands 10 &c;
good ordinary 1890; low middling 1S3c; mid
ding 193c; Alabama 1876; Orleans zoe;
Texas 20sc. March delivery 1890; April
IL Lice; May 1910; June 10 &c; July 19ac.
Sales-for exports 1872 bales; for consump-
ton 81 bales; on contracts $4,000 bales;
last evening for consumption 126 bales; in
transit 307 bales.
ANEw YORK, March II, 12:55.-Futures
steady. Sales Il, 800 bales. April delivery
1Sac; May 10 Bloc; June 10 0-l6c.
NEW YORK, March 81, 2:20.-Market
steady. Futures weak. Ordinary 155c;
good ordinary 1890; low middling 1Ssc;
middling 193c; Alabama 19fc; Orleans
zoe; Texas 205c. Sales on the spot 500
bales; on contracts 1880 bales. March
delivery dull; April 1890; May 195c, June
offered at 19ac.
NEW YORK, March q, 3:20.-Msrket
steady. Futures weak. Ordinary uplands
Isl; good ordinary 1910; low middling 1Ssc;
hliddling 19ac; Alabama 1910; Orleans zoe;
Texas 2s0c. Sales for exports 1925 bales;
for consumption 222 bales; for speculation
II bales; on contracts $4,000 bales. April
delivery Is 9-16c; May 1876 June 1899;
july 10 Lice.
New YORK, March p, 4:0O.-Net receipts
1921 bales; exports to Great Britain 27,-
722 bales: to the continent 9,543 bales;
stock 554,400 bales.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-28

A CONWAY, IN. H. correspondent
says the winter at the White Mountains has
been long and dreary. The older people
say it has been the toughest here among the
mountains for over quarter Of century
and only equaled in severity by the expe-
rience of the lamented Kane in the sledge
journeys among ice fields of the Artic. In
some localities in this section the thermo-
meter has ranged for several days forty de-
grees below zero, and several instances are
related of the freezing of springs that were
never before known. The quantity of
snow fallen during the winter has been
almost unprecedented, and is estimated by
some of the observing farmers 10 have
been no less than one hundred and forty
four inches. There can be but little doubt
of this from the fact that even now the
snow is four feet and six inches on the lev
ell, and the sleighing is done on an ele-
walton nearly equal to the top ofthe fences
and walls.
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withdrew from the chapel, the choir chant
ing ain Exiiu Israel de Egypt" during
Their absence. Ina few minutes they re-
turned, Invested of the gay dresses in which
they first appeared, being now robed. in
black gowns of coarse serge, and wearing
white linen wells. The Reverend Mother
and one of the Sisters bore the cinctures,
beads and crosses with which the Bishop
was to invest them, and for which they
joyfully sacrificed the ibracelets, chains, and
ornaments of precious metal which had
graced their persons on the first entrance.
To the usual question put TO each by the
Bishop, "What seek you, my daughter"
both answered that they desired to enter the
life of the cloister. The Bishop then, turn
ing to the Reverend Mother, asked her
whether she had made the usual inquiries,
and whether she was satisfied with the pos
tulants, and she responding In the afirma-
tive, he proceeded to invest both with the
insignia of their religious reception. And
covering their heads with the white wells,
he prayed that that might be an outward
emblem Of the inward purity of the lives
that they had chosen. The choir then be-
gan joyful anthenr'
Many American ladies and gentlemen
were present at these ceremonies, and
among them few personal acquaintances
of the newly received Sisters.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-28
FEEDING AND FATTENING ANIMALS

Thaer fixes thirteen pounds as the guam
tity of hay per day which a COW requires
for her maintenance in perfect condition;
and if in milk. he allows as many as twen-
ty-two TO twenty-three pounds, but the ra-
ton must vary With the weight of the ami
NAL. Mr.. Perrault, another foreign writer,
states twenty seven pounds as the allow
arce for a mich COW weighing about 800
pounds, he having in his experience found
that an animal ia milk required about six
and one quarter pounds of hay for every
two hundred pounds of living weight. A
very large OK or COW, relatively to its
weight, requires less food than an animal
OF smaller dimensions. And this circum-
stance is grand argument with those
breeders who are in favor of very large cat
tie. They say that if large OK consumes
more than small one, stil the increase in
consumption is by no means in the ratio OF
the increase of weight. The real difference
is owing to the quieter disposition of
the animal, the vessels going to support the
flesh or fat being larger, at aimed by before
mentioned careful crossing, so that some
breeds have, by such system, attained the
faculty of laying more upon their backs,
and others again mere in the sdipose It's
sures within. 1t may be said thai for every
, e hundred pounds, neat cattle require for
pain keeping three fourths of pound of
meadow hay; when labcriDg, two pounds;
when in milk, three; CROWN! rapidly, three
ard one-half, which ought TO be given with
great re gularity and about three times q
day, constituting so many meals, which,
however, are well divided. the whole guam
tity for each meal not being placed before
he animal at once. This precsution is
particularly necessary when the allowance
consists of green fodder. Infattening cat
tie it is, perhaps, OF moIa Importance than
in general feeding, that the provender
should be distributed regularly. Plenty OF
soft litter and the greatest attention to
cleanliness aid materially to fattening.
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OTATE OF TENNESSEE, OFFICE CLERK
Oand Master Chaneery Court, Nashville, March
the 18th, 1813.-W. A. Chatham, Trustee, and
others, COmplainants, VS.. A. g. Sandford and
others, Defendants.
It appearing from affidavit fled in this cause
that the defendant, A. & SandfOrd, is 3 non
resident of the State of Tennessee, 80 that the
ordinary process OF law cannot be served upon
him; and it further appearing that an attach
ment has issued In this case, and has been re-
turned levied upon the following as the property
OF A. q. SANFORD, viz: the building known as
"The Edgefeld Seminary" in Davidson county,
Tenn, and also the indebtedness Of the Mayor
and City Council of Edgeheld to said SandfOrd
on account of the rental Of said building 10 Sc
cure the payment to the said Cheathafn, Trus-
tee, by the said A. g. Sanford, OF S2,484 80
Justly due and owing by said Sanford as lessee
for the rent of the above property: IL Is there
fore ordered that said defendant enter his appear
ance herein on or before the third Monday Of the
next term OF said Court; TO be held on the first
Monday in April next, (1S73,) and plead, answer
or demur to eomplainants' bin, or the same will
be taken for confessed to him and set for hear
ing ex parte, and that copy of this order be
published for four consecutive weeks in the Nash
Vile Union and American.
A copy-Attest:
NATHANIEL BAXTER, JR.,
Clerk and Master.
Thomas 8. Weaver, Solicitor for COmplainants.
mh14 oaw4w
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-28
AMERICAN GIRLS NOT TOLERATED
IN GERMAN SCHOOLS.

In the course of an article entitled ''Or-
nament and Dress" in the Herald o.
Health for March, DR.. Mary Stafford says:
sit pains me TO say it, but perhaps we
may be benefited by seeing ourselves as
others see us. The opinions that american
girls in Europe have won are anything but
creditable and desirable. While visiting a
school at Frsnkfort-on- Main, asked if
there were American pupils, and the pre-
ceptor replica: NO, we do not take them;
they dress SO extravsgantly, they think and
talk SO much of their clothes, that they dis
turb the quiet, simple ways Of our German
girls; and we find that their influence does
us more hurt than their money does us
good.' In DresdenI knew an American
lady who could not find a private school
where they would take her daughter for
similar reasons"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-28
THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCI'
ETY. OF ENGLAND.

Mr.. Mason, late High Sheriff Of Oxford
shire, left sum of money to the Royal Ag-
ricultural Society, the interest of which is
to be given in prizes for the best managed
farm in certain district. A lady-Mrs.
Mary Elizabeth Millington-took the last
awarded prize for her skill in managing
farm of light land, Ct $50 acres, all in til
lsge, grazing and meadows. There were
81 close competitors for the premium, and
the matter was in the hands of an abe and
apparently impartial committee. IL is per-
haps needless to remark that the best in
formed farmers often differ as TO what is
the test system of farm economy. Mrs.
MilIington's management is described in
contrast with that of another farm where an
opposite system bad been adopted, with the
use of steam power and nitrate of soda.
Mr.. Keary, chairman Of the committee, says:
know that Mr.. Lawes contends that
corn may re grown year after year by the
aid of artificial manuros. doubt how
ever, whether upon light, thin soils, the al
formation of green and white crops can
proftahly be departed from. The inspect
ing OF Il competing farms impressed me
strongly with the opinion that it can lot.
For not on Burlington alone, but on sever
al other occupations where the history Of
light and inferior corn c ops could he tIac-
ed, it Vas invariably found that an exhaust
ing system had been pursued. on more
than one farm which we examined, deep
and excellent steam cultivation had bsen
relied on TO grow repeated crops without
manures; and although on good soils this
NAV answer for a time, | believe that in
the long run the true system /: to endeayor
to keep as much stock as possible, and not
to grow corn upon too many acres.
Fast farming with view to make land
'mine Of wealth" for perhaps one gene
ration, is not approved by the best mem
bers of the Royal Agriculture Society; for
it almost invariably overlooks the law CT
compensation. The lady who won tie
prize uses no "artifcials," but SO diveIsi
tes and balances Der grain, grass and ROOT
crops, stock for manure, with meat and
wheat 70 sell, as to keep up fertility, anc
make money. The central idea Ia running
farm on this plan is TO make the soil self
sustaining by clover and other legumes
tnrnips, sheep and other stock. Aided BY
laDd-plsster and soluble bone dust, thii
systG m generally works well; but has j
either in science or sound practice any ad
ylItsge oyer good blowing by steam, O.