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MAIL TnA1s.-Leayo Ogdensburg at 500 p M, 81.
Adams at @ 30 u. M, Brattlehoro at 3 80 p. M
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u. M, Rutland at 1870 u. m, Brut leboro at S:I2
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Poetry.
sU.u.uER, SWEET, GOOD-Br,

Gold and red and purple leaves
Flutter down the wind;
with the snow Of thistle-down
All the lanes are lined.
Clear and keonly blue the sky,
Hurrying birds arcnying high,
Singing: Summer, sweet, good-byl
Summer, sweet, good-byl'
sheaves are nodding in the sun,
As If passed along,
In q gay, fantastic rout
Summers fairy throng,
Where the fading willow swinge,
Where the nest deserted clings
Listen to the brook, that sings:
"Summer, sweet, good-byW
Woodlands whisper sad farewels;
Squirrels frisk and spring;
Patter, patter rain the nuts,
For their harvesting.
Tlocks of merry birds go by,
Meath the hearts unclouded sky,
Hopeful, trustful, while we sigh:
Summer, sweet, good-byw
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the subsoil must he intermixed with tho
surface soil. The Rev. S. Smith of Lois
Weldon, used to throw aside the cultiva-
ton soil and incorporate tho manure with
the undisturbcd subsoil.- Rural NeW York
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The Hickman courier., 1873-10-11
.Ten Morse.

The Dyersburg Progress of the 2nd
nst says a couple Of weeks ago
man :by the name of JEFF. v Mory +,
was arrested at Trinble Station, in th .
county, for attempting to kill citizen
of chat place. 1t is said that this
same man Morse was arrested in Water
Valley, last April, charged with the
murder of DR. Dodd, at Fe.iciana. X :,
about the close of the war. He broke
Jail few days after he was arrested.
and was not heard of again until lie
put in his appearance at Trimble. At
The time he killed Dr. Dodd, he also
wounded his daughter, Miss Addie
Dodd, now the wife Of Col. John
Hall, of Paducah. After killing DR.
Dodd he left for Arkansas, where .
got into an encounter with three men,
in which he succeeded in killing all
three of them. When be went to
Water Valley last April he got into a
muss with negro woman and wound
ed her very severely. 1t was then that
he was arrested and lodged in the Jail
at May6cld, from which he escaped.
The Hickman courier., 1873-10-11
EntersaarFIaxe Os whites and
ssRaRAS

Hon Robert Townsend, a Nebraska
probate judge, has recently taken some
pains to ascertain, as far as possib
from official sources, the laws in all
the States concerning the intermarriag.
of whites and blacNs. The Omaha
Republican, Publishing the results of
his inquiries, says that such intermar-
riages are now valid in New Yori ;,
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Connecticut. Pennsy lvania Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, New Jersey,
South Carolina, Florida, Alabama. Mis-
sissippi, LOUISIANA, Texas, Arkansas
aud the District of Columbia Maine,
Michigan aud Illinois report thai,
although they have prohibitory stat
tutes, yet ,.ls law with them is dead
letter, and that "such marriages fre
quently occur" The gentleman re-
plying from Connecticut said There
is no law in this State that prohibits
the intermarriage of whites and blacks,
unless the black objects"
The Hickman courier., 1873-10-11
The SiamFse Twin, Eng-IHis
Daughter Married.

The marriage of Mr. Haynes, Of this
city, deaf mute, to Miss. Bunker, of
Mt, Airy, also deaf and dumb, took
place few days ago IN the latter town
Mr.. Dudley, teacher in the Deaf aud
Dumb Institute. accompanied Mr.
Haynes GU his trip for his bride. The
minister read the usual marriage cere-
lnony. which was interpreted by Mr.
Dudley to the candidates. The re
spouses were promptly made by signs,
aud every thing was done in order On
the journey to this city the bridal party
came very near being drowned while
crossing swollen stream. The
bridegroom, who never sw.sm before,
rescued his young blide by swimming
aud carrying her in his arms distance
OF several yards to the shore They
arrived sale in this city yesterday
morning. Miss Bunker is daug
Of Eng, one Of the Sianese twins.
a young deaf mute bridegroom who
never swan before rescuing his fair
young deaf mute bride from watery
grave, by swimming, is certainly the
most romantic Incidence of reat life
that has occurred on the planet for a
long time = I6oman.
The Hickman courier., 1873-10-11
Irporaaat suEt.

The MayGeld Democrat, says: We
understand that Hon r. X Williams
has sued the Elizabethtown < Padu-
cab Railroad Company III the sum OF
55 900, Tor putting him off the cars on
his return from the Louisville Expo
si,ion under the following circumstan
ces lie had purchased and Exposi
ton ticket at the office Of said com
pany at Paducah, for Louisville aud
return, good for eight days. Before
the time expired he went to the main
Office OF said company IN Louisville
and applied for au extension, which
vas readily granted until the 9th,
and the same was iudorsed across the
back Of his ticket By the Secretary
Mr.. A. 4 Gordon lie returned Oh
he 25tb. one day after his ticket
expirea. but two days before It's exten
O.. expired The Lo, isv.lle & Mas :
Vile t4i,load conductor took bis con.
pon, without exchanging word Or
ofegiog en- objection, but when on the
Il. & p fTaiH alter Leaving Elizabeth
town the con lncfor refused to recoe-
nize the extension though endorsed en-
the ticlat, but demanded full fare to
Paducah, which Judge Williams em
phaticaliy protested against and re-
fused to pay. The eepductor, Mr..
Redmoo, said he wouldNfefer it to the
superintendent, who was on the East
sSn bound train, when the trains me .
u FER the meeting OF the trains Nh.
R&mou came again TO Judge vii
iialns. and said he was instructed by the
Superintendent to collect his full fare,
which Judge Williams again refused
to pay, whereupon the conductor put
him OF at the next station.
The Hickman courier., 1873-10-11
Ge,ting Esmck 10 specie.
New York Tribune I

Some time we must get back to
specie. That's admitted Why not nov?
When will there be better time :
When would the whole country be
more benefited by it than now? There
ought to be stateSmanship enough in
Congress to devise a simple, practica
BILE method. II Is not the province OF
journalism 70 legislate, aud legislatures
are proverLia.ly jealous OF interference
with their functions by the press.
We suggest noting except that Com
gress be soumoned together for this
purpose aud this only, not to putter
over and tinker up matters, but simply
to legislate for resumption The ad-
miuistratiou OF President Gran, has an
opportunity to !ift itself into better
place in history than almost any Of is
predecessors by this simple act; the
Republican party has an opportunity
30 redeem Itself from 4 record which
its bests friueds admit i not wholly
glorious. and the county has IN op-
portunity to step out into the Grandest
part Of .,tccareer. Shall it pass unim-
. . ann d'iie3ssfdssdt'' : y c5f7ta1
Conef,eA beSt putting upon it the re
possibility, Of meeting the emergency.
The Hickman courier., 1873-10-11
For the Hickman Courier.
KC HE.UX.
The Duty OG Magistrates Under
Ifae Law.

HIcSMaN k<.. Oct. 10, 1873.
Editor Of The Courier DEAR SIR -
[ am pleased to observe that heretofore
yon have been prompt to condemn, and
tree in y5ur EXPRESSIONS Of opinion
With regard TO certain acts OF la@iets-
ness prrpelraied ot laie 10 The good
county of Fulton. and described IN
yoar previous issues a. ku klux OUT
rage; ana. IN which you Intimate or
.uggsst hist, there must be some der
election Of dniy ou The part OF pubic
ofT.cers. in not taking action III such
matters. In all OF which | believe you
nre right aud, ut your suggestion. 1
Lsr9 submit what know to be the
duty OF cfficers under the law ~ pro
tecting the public. and bringing to
instice parties guilty Of these gross
offences. known 10 our law as teionie-.
Keufucky law Is ample in every re-
snect: See. % OF our criminal code Of
practice. provides that when a mag
istrate i satisfied that felony has bet u
committed. he shall have the power to
SUMMON before him any person he may
think proper, and examine them upon
oath concerning it, to enable him to
ascertain the offender aud to issue d
warrant for his arrest Now, [ would
suggest, rs my opinion, That where y
felony has been committed by any
such parties as these ku klux, It Is
the duty of the Justices of the peace,
in the district in which the otfen>e has
been committed to Immediately sit a.
court Of inquiry for investigation OF
the u,c.ssAA G1nlmgznansl before them as
laaS a..---s,---.--
InIeii - SsifI411.y-,tTsI Committed, or
even the whole population OF the
county, or any other county of the
Commonwealth, il evideuce adduced IN
the Judgment Of the court indicated
any apparent necessity for it. In fact
they should make just such an investi
CATION as would satisfy them Of the
Whereabouts Of every body in inspected
localities, and especially of suspected
Individuals at the time Of the perpe
tration of the otfeuse | do not deem
il part of the dutT of every magis
trate in county to engage in investi
CATION of q case, but certainly the
magistrates Of the district. aud such
others as might be called upon, should
in every case where an aggravated
felony has been committed with no
apparent clue to the real perpetrator.
take promptly this action in the mutter,
provided by the law Tor ascertaining au
offender.
The Hickman courier., 1873-10-11
The EvaoGelsc,,, alliance.

During the present wees there wili
1e a worlds convention in this city,
>, -a-:-
reachinE consequences Of whicE - The
e0ntem poraneous gatherings IA Wall
etreet may be numbered among tie
Aeetng IriAes Of the passing hour
We refer to The sixth General Confer
ence Of the Fvangelicnl Ali+nce. which
on Thursday next, to continue for ten
days, will be opened IN the hall Of the
Young Mems tSsestian Association
Considering the Ino, place and ci :
cumstances, the Erious races and ma
tions of men5Ad numerous religious
sects that will be represented on this
occasion, aud bearing ia mind, not
witHotanding It's Protestat limitations,
the grand idea OF Christian unity which
brings all these diverse elements into
this fraterusl reunion. it will be wide-
" recognized a. on of the most iuter
es,iug and important religious convo
cations of moderu times In 1.-THE page OF
valuable Information published in our
issue of Saturday last touching the
history, the character and the objects
of this extraordinary assem5lage it was
not iuaptly desinated "a Protestant
ecumenical couuei"---a grand cosmo.
polIau conclave of Christian captaius
s0ngre<s Of delegates from every con-
irfeut aud tl,e islands OF the sea, whose
broad designs are to utilize the united
power of Christendom, 70 rePress in
tolerance and persecutiDo, to spread
the true Gospel Of Christ and to avoil
those scandals which have heretofore
arisen. aajd so much to the prejudice OF
the general cause, from the disseutions
and prosecutions among Christian sects
against egeh other.
The Hickman courier., 1873-10-11
CI,oiern In tne Ense.
The following is an extract from
private letter from Bangkok

The following Is an extract iron
private letter from Bangkok
"Chole7a is raging here. There is
a prison about 200 yards from my
house. exactly one-tenth of the pris-
oners in which have died, aud about
one-third have been or are SICK In
the uext garden to this the gardeners
have been decimated IN 4 fortnight
In our garden there have been but few
cases, aud these have been reported TO
me at once aud have been happily
cured By laudanum chlorodyne aud
brandy in the first stage. and camphor
water and acetate of lead as a second
resort. The panic has been wonderful
For one or two days, at the worst time,
the place seemed almost a city of the
dead. Save the boats of foreigners
one saw no craft moving in the usually
busy river The people seemed to have
fed to their inner rooms, and one felt
almost alone The great noblemeu
shut themselves up; their slaves and
reiaiuers fed to the country the
courts were closed, the markets uu-
attended. Even yesterday l cent my
boy to buy rice, he went tho whole
length of the chief market, market
nearly a mile and half long, and
could not buy that first article of food
The rice boats fed the pest-stricken
city, and fsnIine seems 10 threaten"
The Hickman courier., 1873-10-11

DETROIT, Sept. 2J.-Canavan, who
brutally outraged a little girl, nine
years old, at Muskegon, last week, was
to-day tried before Judge Giddings,
and sentenced to the State prison dur
ing his life The Judge in his re-
marks to the prisoner said: Il do
not propose to read you moral lecture
on the euormity of your detestable
offense. It's rank smells to heaven,
aud it only remains for me to pass on
you the extreme penalty of the law.
Iu the wearisome hours to come you
will have time to reflect in penitence,
we hope. upon your horrid crime. Do
not hope ever to see the open world
again. You will not go hence until
you go feet foremost to the grave"
The Hickman courier., 1873-10-11
Another isId0TedO Discovered
~.El1Iasszzasna..ks0lls . q q q iess W g ~

-ss~pre$s SlJsffcti- 1TCIH f'SHNef -
RADIO, dated September 9th, opens the
bali for another grand gold and land
Ius;iug excitement, similar to those Of
California, Nevada, Pixies Peak, Mon
.ana, &C., rs follows:
Thomas K. Cree. Secretary of the
Board of Indian Commissioners, ar
rived here to day. lie brings with
him copy of the Ute treaty, signed
b7 the Indians Ia company with
Six Indian chiefs, Mr.. Cree spent some
,inie exploring the new purchases
They visited the S.u Juan mining re
gion. snd report il immensely rich IN
gold, silver, copper, lead, iron, and
eoa Ave hundred valuable leads
have been located, aud one mine, the
only one fully tested, Is yielding, with
poor machinery. 81 0OCLIn gold per
dav. This miue-the LIttle Giant
sold without legal title to a Chicago
c+.olpany tor $500 900. aud since the
TINY is worth 81 600 600. 1t Is ex-
peetgd. with the improved machinery
now en- route, thnt il will yield $50,
900 gold per week. y nine with bet
ter indications on the same lead is
negotiating for at $500 COO. The one
from this lead is worth from two 10
five thousand dollars per ton, an
other gold lead, uudeveloped, yields
eight thousand dollars per ton, The
country is equally rich in silver, one
lead being very ricn IN a VEIN six feet
thick Another yields pay in forty
icot vein. There rIe immense veins
of copper cropping out on the surface,
uoue ui which are taken up. Iron
and coal lie IN close proximity, the
latter oi supeJlN quality ior smelling
purposes. Fi:fNovn lots we're ioca
ie4 On news of ~ uaasy teiog signed.
The country i i@ ilsu-eiy rich, and
with capii,i to degeSop II, Is good for
h4udred uii.ion dollars w,r,h Of pre-
cious meta!s
The Hickman courier., 1873-10-11

THOU SHALT Nor BEAR FALSE
WITNESS. Under this head the
Memphis appeal administers sharp
rebuke to those who magnify the num-
Der of deaths from yellow fever. This
seems to be the disposition OF men. as
one standing at one end OF the line
will say three deaths, the other will
say thirty three. This is hard to ac-
count for only upon the ground that
Que diminishes aud the other nlagultes-
The Hickman courier., 1873-10-11
Notice to Creditors.

: Having closed out my Grocery house,
andidesiring to retire from business for
the present, all those indebted TO nae are
respectfully requested to come forward
and settle. I shall push no man unless
compelled to do so, but am bound 70 wind
up my old business
Respectfully,
s27 II. c. BAILEY.
The Hickman courier., 1873-10-11

Mr.. WALLACE WARE, had peach
tree which bore a deep red Indian
peach. lie dug up aud transplanted
this tree to different locality and soil,
aud the fruit it produces uow Is chan
ged into q white plum. Can any Of
our ifait growers satisfactorily account
for this change Is Il a mere freak
Of nature, OF based upon fixed laws OF
soil aiid location ?-Hopkinscille Nelu
Fra.
The Hickman courier., 1873-10-11

DISAPPOINTMENT YoR POLITICIANS.
A reporter Of the Washington Star
has interviewed the head center of the
Graugers, Mr.. Dudley W. Adams, OF
Iowa, now in Washington. Mr.. Adam 8
says the impression that the organi
cation will take prominent part in
politics is popular misapprehension-
As Changers, he says, they cannot
participate in any political movement,
for the reason that the constitution of
the Order expressly prohibits the dis
cussion of either political or religious
topics in the Oranges.
The Hickman courier., 1873-10-11

Tue Paducah journal reports that
within the past few days several negro
men have made their appearance 10 TINS
city, with the complaint that the lar,
mers, with whom they have contracted
to work during the year, Tor so mucn
of the crop, have threatened them with
the ku-klux and informed them that
unless they leave the premises within a
certain time they will either be hung
or shot.
The Hickman courier., 1873-10-11
TIE Plaque.
TeisoyE Fever got AbatIng
where.

fA1St@
where.
s.s r-srsE EEaiq 4@s sf14SSs9 r
Kg il the highest degree. In
80. all who can have fled f: and
fT stricken city IS unable to
= drad. The charitable A.so-
% are exhausted Of money, are
pg for help. Many of the towns
Fi'ies sre responding uobly. The
of mortality must be about forty
y. In Shreveport the condition
much better. while the disease
to some extent II every
direction.
The experienced physicians hope
fully look for frost. 10 stop Or check
the death carnival, aud that blessing
has appeared. May We not hope fos
better reports IN few days.