The Hickman courier., 1873-06-28
WGENER4L

| Five hundred and ninety-eight CANCERS
bills for May. under the new schedule OF fees.
show average earning OF S4.9s per day the
gaugers in cities, earning generally six dollars
per day. In the rural districts travelling ex-
penses we're paid in addition. There are usu-
ally about 700 bills each month or that many
1gaugers employed.
- The official report of the agricultural bu-
lust issued shows average increase Of
over last year Of nearly II per cent.
~ resent condition of the crop stands as
Fellows Florida per cent. above the aver
age All the others fan below, viz Virginia
and Alabama per cent, North Carolina 10.
South Carolina u, Georgia and Louisiana
Mississippi and Arkansas s, Texas u and Ten
nesses-6o- The average cultivated viii fall
considerably below that planted The wealth
er generally during the last week IN Nay was
favorable, and there was hopeful prospects
that the condition of the croNRzeuld rapidly
improve. workss7T 93zterIs have made
an earlv spneagss,, sc 5, and are
causing ,,,snd,zEs,ilese - de-
,,tfuctive I,r11 - es Drop Is
, :. !! ! Z :. =: &:
S<-<z'1oot n core 'leshow that
the planting of corn il Ions Of the
country had been fnueti A.lle-sc .ss-ss,, a. -
cessively wet and cold weather, and that the
pests which usually thfiivs Asuoh seasons,
caterpillars, have commspsa tensiye opera
tions and threateA 2SNGe the crop.
-rns Uqszl yael,: san was
sold at the naval academy or five
thousand dollars The q uaran-
tees no title. 1t is suppo reason for
this that there may be soHN hever gave
the United States their right to The prize mon
ey from her when she was presented to gov
eminent by part at least of her eaptors.
The war department viii next week invite
proposals for the supplying OF 25O,oO0 head
stones for the graves of the union dead.
The preslden. is reported having said
that he will not select the chief justice from
amongst the present supreme court judges.
= The geographical results of the Polaris
expedition, so far as they can now be ascer-
aimed from the testimony OF Tyson and his
comrades, may be summoned up briefly The
opR Polar sea laid down by Kane and Hays,
is found to be in reality sound Of considera-
BILE extent, formed by the abrupt expansion Of
Kennedy channel to the northward and broken
by Lady Franklin's bay on the west and on the
east by large inlet twenty miles wide az
opening. and certainly extending far in
land. The full scientific results of the Polaris
expedition cannot be known until that vessel
has been found and brought back with the
treasures gathered and the records and details
OF her arctic explorations, but enough is told
by the witnesses whom have been examined to
excite expectation and encourage the hope Of
large and valuable additions TO human lufowi-
edge.
The post master general has signed addi-
tional articles to the present postal treaty with
Canada, providing for interchange Of pos
tai cards of the United States and the Domin-
ion at the prepaid rate of two cents in full to
its destination in either country, the prepay
ment to be effected by afiAng to the card an
ordinary one cent postage stamp. Postal
cards not so additionally prepaid arc not to be
forwarded 1t is expected to go into effect
July l. The post master general has also de-
tern.ined to issue an order directing that all
postal cards which cannot be delivered to the
person addressed shall be Immediately re-
turned to the writer without charge.
-wAsHIEGToN. The department of justice
attributes the unhappy condition Of affairs in
Utah, as far as the non-enforcement of the
congress to provide remedy for the Difficult
ties alluded to in the presidents special mes
sage toward the close of the session, in which
he earnestly asked for legislation to prevent
conflict of authority, if no worse consequen-
ces. The President afterwards went to the
capitol and personally urged legislation, as
did also Attorney General Williams, but
without success; although jurors cannot be
procured in criminal cases, they be OBJ
tanned in civil cases by the consent of the par
ties. There seems to be n prospect Of relief
from the present dilemma except by the ac-
ton Of congress-.
The British government has authorized
its minister at Washington to expend e2j, 900
on the erection OF new building for the leg
islation at the corner of Connecticut avenue,
near Farragut Square
Somebody has stolen from the war de-
partment an invaluable mass of private ar
chives left there by Secretary Stanton. They
covered the whole period Of the war, and we're
of singular interest on account OF the light
they threw on the real history of many of the
patriots and heroes Of the war, who figured in
court-martials, contracts and army intrgues,
In way that would not, if known, add much
to their civil reputation. although many of
them, it Is intimated, hold high positions to-
day
The handspring.
y have now, in my hand, gold watch,
which combines Establishment and uti-
lity in happy proportions, and is often