The Hickman courier., 1873-07-05
ESTABLISHED 1859.

4
ESTABLISHED Is
The loss, chiefly to the railway conductors, is
heavy.
Mexico has not been as successful as Prus-
sia in repressing the disturbances that would
naturally follow the expulsion of the Jesuits.
In Orizaba the Protestant bishop has been
compelled to fee for his life from the infuria-
ted Catholics in another town riot has oc-
Cured, and throughout the country the Prot
estent clergy are in condition SO precarious
| that the present ministry is summoned by the
press to take measures for their protection or
to retire in favor of one that win do So
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
The investigation by the secretary of war
| as to the missing records thus far has not de-
veloped the fact that any records have been
removed from the department, although a
most rigid search haS<nsen made
The war derA wiz send to West
Point from the W lasreau, as a trophy
the first gun fred L. of therebellion,
fired at theszsamer Vi. sssrs, bound for New
Orleans ndss4pposed t6.have arms and anu
nition on board belonging to the United States
The firing took place several days before any
e,pns were fired at United States p3rts or troops
9 .'.-s-'s. fqi'set. 3 - =
small four-pound cannon; formerly the pro-
perty of the city Of yicksburg.
! -Receints from internal revenue for the Us
cal year ending June first, SI15,O67, 72I,72o
the estimate was $4,000; receipts for June.
80, O51, sos. ~
to several United stat lrshals, announcing
that the expenses of the'Onited States courts
incurred during the present fiscal year are IN
excess of the appropriation, which IS now en-
tirelv exhausted This wiz prevent the settle
ment of unpaid accounts for services IN the
fscal wear until additional means are obtained.
In su probability deficiency bill for this pur-
nose will be passed at the next session of
congress
The Indian bureau to-day received from
the war department, an official letter from Lt-
Col. Jno. r. Brooks, commanding at Camp
s,nDlv in which he states that the Cheyenne
.nd KioUs indians are of their reservati on.
T. his official letter is transmitted by MalsAten
Gbope to Lieut.. Gen. Sheriden, who eniorses
II. Respectfully forwarded for Interrogation OF
the general of the army and Indian bureau
the Chevennes and Kiowas are on their reser-
vations. Gen. Sherman endorses the passes
"a follows. These are the Indians 70 concur
ate With. 70 whom Santanta and Big Tree are
to be turned loose. have no more faith IN
their sincerity than have in prairie wolves,
and a. I once risked my life to test their SIN
eeritv I do not propose again to expose others
10 Ike danger. and hope the Indian burean
will manage them without the aid of the army
The commissioner of pensions hao pro
mnIeated the following new and Important
order:
On and after the first of July the conslderaa
ton of all invalid increase cases viii be sus-
napded bv the pension Office until the biennial
examination. which takes Ilace on the fourth
of September next, Medical examination,
however. viii continue in suoN cases, 80 that
no arnlicant NAV suffer loss As to the com
mencement of increase by reason of date
Medical examinations in the meantime OF an
original cases upon file VIII be considered and
[ 6ls51s.Ad of so far as the evidence warrants
! The following is the official report Of the
condition of the. wheat crop: Winter wheat
mostly harvested. OF 653 counties from
which reports have been received, 202 are
above the average, les average, and Ss1 below
of goo counties reporting sprins wheat, l05
arc -I-11.e, screage o. ,rsiaek ,,l4eas -
-r,,at increased. though many fields Of "lsl1e.
,vora killed and plowed up for sprlns
.,,5 o.I,ar crops. The acreage OF spLllS "-oA'
:; - I.r,,alI, increased. and especially u 'le
-. p 1nus1,sllv promising. Indications
-. for 1873 are considered at least
=. ~ J.. .l,,ze Of June 1872 when the depart
- 80 .zsiInated the prospective crop at Zzo'
n.', ooo bnsbels. The first estimate Of the
4 wear raised the annual report of 1874 not yeV
I,nblisbed. 249, 1877, ,o2O bushels, with equally
! favorable conditions. The yield may be saieiy
set down at 25O, ,OOO, GOO bushels Insect rava-
gss however. are reported in the spring
| wheat; serious loss in some localities
gve-Twenty-four states report an increased
.,d ten a decreased average Of winter rye 10
states report the condition above the average
! . an average. and the remainder below The
maximum condition, 40 in California; mini
mum. SO. in Illinois. Spring rye is reforted
in only 10 states maximum condition. lO0' II
Kansas: maximum, SO in Indiana
Barley-Winter barley varies from % III
KentncIv TO 1O8 in Kansas. 1t ranges from
SO in Indiana to ia in Maine
There is no returns of hops
-Oats-An increased average and improved
Weld of oats indicated in the majority OF the
| states. The maxium condition, 1l3, Is found
in Virginia, and the minimum, 50 IN Can
fornia. -, - r;..s,,,,r,.,,
- has fed, under charges Of forgery, and
leaving liabilities 100000 in excess OF his as
sets. ,..., C,,,ro,,icls
that the cifc Pa road has soldUnion lands 70
| ~-a1 M
to which. under present rulings, 1t can secure
no title.
The grand Jury of the United Estates circuit
court, at Raleigh, n. c., has found forty-seYen
true bills. fifteen for violation Of the nterna
revenue laws, nine for defrauding the govern
ment in pensions, eight for embezzlement
| nine for perjury and six for minor onenses
1t is said that prominent revenue officers are
among those indicted, -. the names are not
made public. Frauds been detected by
which the governmental l50, 600 IN the
fourth districts since 1o0a,e investigation
will be confined at the November term.
The secretary of interior has made th'
following important ruling; When home
stead is cancelled and homestead claimant Il
| found on land at the sale of such cancellation
together with others who design taking LAM
under preemption laws, the hoheseea1eI W Oe
ing legally upon the land, his settle nent right
vests instantly ON such cancellation, whil
it was covered by said homestead, were tress
passers and the homea. aimant Is tn
preferred party underI lon laws.
President Grant proclamation
announcing that he has received official motif
cation that the British and Dominican parh
ments have adopted necessary legislation pre-
liminary to those portions of the treaty c
Washington pertaining to the fisheries and t
relations between the United States and dc
minion going into effect, and that consequent
? ", they are now in full operation.
: -washington--The law abolishing th
: franking privilege, having gone into effect, th
i. several departments detailed men especial
to attach stamps to official documents, all {
which are previously to be entered, balanc'
/ for those purposes being supplied to all b.
: rsaus and divisions. Five clerks are now r
d duired to affix stamps to dead-letter mail eae
: day. one clerk formerly having been suficiel
T for franking The clerks Of the city postofh'
. complain CT additional labor imposed by Il
; weighing of public documents before mailin