The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-07-11

very rapidly improving. Returns are also pub
lshed from seventeen states which produces
annually over three-fourths of the corn raised
IN the United States From these are dedueed
an increase Of Clio per cent. in the area
planted in corn this season, as compared with
last year. This increase aggregates in laund
numbers over two million acres. The stand
and general condition Of the growing corn.
June 10, was very good and the outlook prom
ising.
The act approved June IS, 1874, en-
titled - an act to increase pensions in certain
cases" provides that all persons who are now
entitled to pensions under existing laws, and
who have lost an arm at or above the elbow,
or leg at or below the knee, shall be rated in
the second class and shall receive twenty-four
dollars per month, provided that no artificial
limbs or communication therefor shall be furn-
ished to such persOns as will be entitled to
pension under this act BY its terms the act
was to take effect from and after June 4. 1873.
Gen. Baker, commissioner of pensions, an
nounees that the persons embraced within
the I,rovisorrs can seorro tlis, bone
fits OF the same without formal applications
and without the Intervention of an attorney.
power OF attorney will not be recognized in
an application for the increase of pension
provided by this act. A letter from the pen
sioner addressed to the commissioner Of pen
sions inclosing his pension certificate and
giving his pOstofice address viii be a sufficient
presentation Of his claims.
The Washington Chronicle, in an edi-
torial upon the removal of Gen. Sheridau's
headquarters to st. Louis, says We have the
highest authority for saying that personal
Of El,
general OF the army are cordial and friendly
and that there has been no open rupture
Gen. Sherman's removal is made at this time
on account of private and personal matters
which in his judgment under all circumstances
justify his course. But it is equally true Aat
had he any duties to perform as general of the
army, he would remain at the capital. His
letter to the secretary of war has yet never
been answered or its receipt acknowledged.
He has no authority, nor Is his position rec
ognized in the government of the army. Or
ders go from the secretary OF war direct to
the commander of troops, giving the orders |
to the companies and moving regiments of
which he knows nothing, unless he incident |
ally learns it in the newspaper. Count martials |
are ordered. the sentence reviewed and the |
punishment executed without even his knowl- !
edge. The Chronicle further remarks that it /
Is due to the present secretary Of war, to say |
that the orders and present usage Of the war |
department concerning the relative authority |
of the secretary Of war and the general Of the /
army. were determined and acted upon by his |
predecessor in that Office, and that he has not, |
- has been asserted, maugurated any new 4
lctrine or construction of the law.
"a Washington dispatch of the 3Oth |
says The treasury department employees /
were considerably agitated in view OF the an
ticipated reduction OF the force. The ladies |
were particularly distubed and collected in /
groups in various parts Of the building dis
cussing this subject. This morning the heads /
of all the bureaus handed Secretary Bristow
lists Of those TO be dismissed. The heaviest
discharge Was in the bureau Of engraving and
printing, the services OF three hundred and
seventy-fiye female employees being dispensed
with leaving twelve hundred persons still en-
ployed in the bureau. The scene OF dismissal
was marked by sadness. Fourteen OF those
discharged tainted when the announcement
to their assistance. Forty clerks were dis
charged from the second auditor's Office, and
other discharges viii be made tomorrow. 1t
was recommended by the officers of the bureau
that only one Of family be retained, and this
is generally followed. This
discharge viii cause much suffering,
which however, VIII be somewhat alleyiated
by the payment of two months extra salary
to every victim of congressional economy /
About twenty-five permanent and the same /
number Of temporary clerks were discharged
from the interior department. This includes
the contraction of the force in the patent Of
fee. The appropriation for that bureau having
4 len reduced twenty thousand dollars, the com
hssioner has accommodated his business to
the circumstances, although he shows that the
government viii lose largely by the curtai-
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