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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-08-14


MORO INSTRUCTION EXCITE
MENT Some neighborhoods in the
counties of Obion, Weakley, Carroll
and Henry. West Tennessee, have been
greatly excited for the past several
weeks over the probabilities of hosti
tiles on the part of the negroes Of
those sections. Various rumors, have
prevailed, some no doubt largely exag
gerated, in reference to the negroes
drilling, supplying themselves with
arms and arfnuDitiou, aud INDUCING
in promisculLs threats toward certain
localities, all of which have worked
the public mind to an alarming degree
Of excitement In some localities the
whites hav4 organized and armed
themselves in preparation for attacks
expected from the blacks. Whatever
may be the facts Of the case the ex
element has reached that pitch which
only needs one move on the part Of
some impudent colored man to cause
an immense amount of trouble and
5lood,hed.
The excitement by sympathy has
extended over into the Kentucky bor-
ders, but we are glad to note that the
K6tucty colored people have done
nothing that we can hear of, colcula
ted to arouse suspicion that they in
tend any violence, or anything but
kind feeling to the whites. What is
at the bottom of this excitement we
know not; but apprehend some reck'
less whites have worked the Tennessee
negroes up to this reckless course.
The odds are so great against the ne
groe that we can hardly realize now
they could be betrayed iOto suen con
duct They must know that violence
on their part would result in the
slaughter OF their whole people. aud
the misfortune would be that good and
bad would share nike. We have so
doubt but that few reckless, no ac-
count, trifiing negroes. have by foolish
threats caused this whole trouble, and
that the better class of colored people
are innocent of the whole thing.
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The Courier-Joasrnat of the St

The Courier ,JoaTnul Of the 5tb
says
Conventions will not be so unpop-
ular as they were. Yet they are open
70 great abuse aud embarrassment.
Y ,sterday the candidate had only to
buy the hummer and hold him By
the convention process the candidate
viii have to make several purchases
before the convention and after Il
convention. Universal suffrage is
little messy"
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TUT "UuuF-.ds 10 th4usanN [UI
lars, aud the money market suddenly
became remarkably sssy-all on &C
count OF the burglars in Frederick
county having frighteped the country
men, who had been boarding their
currency since the pDic. Couldn't
we get up burglary or two in this
neigh borhood2
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The Salt Lake Herald, which is tie
organ of Brigham Young, says:
Couldn't Congress do little bill
for the publication Of the morals of
Plymouth church, That establish !.
,,,ant Sesnninsyiv 10 orsatlu uoorssau<>
need of Mr.. Poland : watch-care 49,
any part of the west"
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Bull SSARNAPARILLA

Read the following extract Of letter
from Mrs. Rivers, wife Of Reverend DIR
Rivers, one Of the most learned, eloquent,
and popular Ministers Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and who is At present
stationed at Broadway Church, Louisville.
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lu Ballard county, last Wednesday,
Charley Ross stabbed aud killed Jim
Arthur. Both were negroes.
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OsE reason why Wisconsin girls get
per week is because they
30 down stairs at midnight to IN
ersxnge noises, while the man
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How Rep0bIican Kas
Puntsned.

Cyoorhees' Terre, Hsute Speech
Having shown, bOsever' 1na' ,o me
Senator's claim of Discovery -
uuiounded, how shall We grase pon oO
slider his professions tha. ,he ~
iean party has punisheo 'n 1~ W.
it has exposed Panlsneu y -
has been punished? were "a s,aaL
members of Congress, Fho peit 80 81 -
in the Credit Mobiiisf, punis" nI.a - -
being re appointed by the oPe ,1; -
the Chairmanship of 81 me w 'eI I
committees of the Hose 80 80.
A Bingham, of ObIe'
his shares of this stos " 80 ~
pointed Minister to Jipan
Republican Senate pu'sh NM "
confirmation OF the app l
Richardson punished "ne u u
taken in his disgrace Hom 'n
ury aud appointed to 80 eADs So -
diciai life office ap' was
Morton inficting punsn "leo' =" I
y. - $50 Did the Presi
". - - nun;sbGov. Shepherd
- -. - tba oIase i the iuvestiga
lion. which deprived bn Q, QUE me
he Immediately nppqp'eu hIm o ~ az
other? Has SanbotDpse" p'1seou.eo
for his offense? F.he "uue s0l"s
punishment in some gate p'lso" TOT
III. crimes2 Notbw of.-SSsSssiud
The political malei a 81 oy
Senator Morton asa [s{zS1.I or
with their part - u y.
in office. =
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JUDGE William LINDSAY. Of Ken
lucky, Is. ia N ny respects, remark
able man. He IL now thirty eight years
old, aud has served four years in the
army, four years in the State Senate
aud four years as one Of the three
Judges Of che Supreme Court OF his
state. his prospects are regard d
pood for service of four years as
Goveruor.--JacksoH Tam Courier
Llerald.
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THE representative 10 the next Leg
islature, from Warren county, will be
Instructed to have law enacted TO
prohibit any citizen of that county
from cultivating mJre than thirteen
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SoME darkies we're standing at the
corner discussing the candidates gen
peraliy yesterday, when one of them
earnestly remarked II tell you wat tbs
gemmeimen. you nu~s vote fur Neal
fur DE furry o. somebody else to git
dat man Rannef out OBJ dar, fur be-
cause, said he, eff you ebber do any
Thug and git up afore dat man. it don't
nnke no difference wedder you is or
pot, he'll send youto de pennetenshry.
shore. Tell you dat RanneI man es q
Fa'fler T" And the crowd ceiucided.-
Palgczf Noes.
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BUTLER will be fifty six years old
next November The proposal to
make the anniversary of his birth q
day OF naiionsi fasting and prayer ex
cites much enthusiasm.
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T. j. Parker. ex mayor Of Metropo-
lis, has started small semi@eekly
paper, to advocate sound Democratic
uoctriues. "Setni- Weekly Domocrat'
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A certain minister of the gospel
who lives not a thousand miles from
Msysville, on one occasion thought
il proper to eastigate bis sou. bright
l,t~ feilow OF FIVE or SIX years. He
vas very much startled when the blows
we're falling thick aud fast to hear the
little fellow exclaim. We'll. if you call
this Christ anity, don't want any
of il % mine"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-01-01
COTTON MARKETS.

New YORK. Cotton dull and nominal. mid
ding uplands Ice; for December delivery NOM
inally 15c; for January, 15c: for February, Is
1890; for March, 16 1-32a16 1-16c for April,
1880; for May lie.
LIvERPooL.-Cotton dull and easier, mid
ding uplands s1sas1.d, do. Orleans SGD.
Sales Of uplands on the basis Of good ordinary,
shipped from November to Fet ruary, were
made at sgd; for December delivery, at l.
led; for February delivery, at SID; sales of
uplands OH the basis Of low mddling, shipped
from November to January, were made at I'd;
sales Of Orleans on the basis OF good ordinary
shipped during December and January, were
made at 5-l6i.
MEMPHIS. s.-Cotton market dull with quota
-tions unsettled: unfavorable weather checks
outdoor trade.
sr. LOUIS. Cotton market quiet and weak
middling l5c.
LOUISVILLE. Cotton market dull with QUO
tations unchanged, middling 15c.
CINCINNATI. Cotton market dull but un
changed. .
MORRILL, Cotton market dull and easier,
middling 15Ac.
SAVANNAH. Cotton in good demand, mid
ding l5c.
CHARLESTON. - Cotton market dull, m,ddling
l4Tc.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-01-01
Zinc Bandages in Surgery.

An interesting and important expert
ment in surgery was performed at the
Park hospital, few days ago, in the
presence of number of distinguished
surgeons, by DR.. Fluhrer, inventor of a
new bandage for fractured limbs. The
contrivance consists of a number of per.
forated zinc strips, which, when once
arranged, form an absolutely inhexible
bandage, not to be disarranged by any
violence or uneasiness of the patient.
As soon as these cover the point OF
fracture, the limb is firmly set and the
natural outline restored. In one of the
wards of the Park hospital is Francis
Lefry, truckman who had a compound
fracture of both thighs. Nc parallel
case of dual fracture, it is said, is on
medical record and, as the most un-
promising, the doctor selected it for a
practical test. After ether had been
given to the patient, DR.. Fluhrer bent
over the sole OF each foot a broad zinc
strip in the form of loop, the extremi-
ties of which were securely wrapped
with cloth bandages previously stepped
in plaster of paris, which were pre-
vented from slipping by the tooth-like
projections of the reverse side OF the
punctured zinc. The terrible fracture
of both thighs, when the limbs were
stripped for this purpose, could be
plainly perceived. To the loops were
fastened stout cords, which passed over
the grooves Of pulleys affixed to the
adjacent wall, and were drawn tight by
Warder Brennan. DR.. Fluhrer next
mummifed the limbs with multipli-
city of bandages, over which he laid his
zinc strips, and covered them with a
second stratum of bandage. Immedi-
ately the lumpiness about the region of
injury disappeared, and the doctor ex-
poets that, in six weeks, this bandage
will be removed, and in two more Lefry
will use his legs.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-01-01
GENERAL.

The Attorney General has recommen.
ded to the President the pardon OF Marion
Fowler, William Ramsey and John willcock.
convicted RuKlnx's, now serving terms of i'm
prisonment in tie Albany prison.
Secretary Delano warns territorial or
other officers that absence from their post
without special permission will be considered
as reaignAtion; and. says any officer asking
leave Of absence viii accompany his request
with ssatemeut d the cause for making sucb
request.
A general order has Been issued from
the navy department informing all deserters
from tbe IiAvy that.H they surrender them
selves before FeH 1. 1s2s they will receive
full pardon; 'only forfeiture Of pay and allow.
ances due them, and shall be restored to duty
w.thouttrial or panishment on condition that
they faithfully serve out their full term Of
enlistment unfulaIed q. the time Of desertion.
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The Difficulties of Watermelon Cul.
ture.

"Can the watermelon be successfully
cultivated on sandy soil, in rural town
of four thousand inhabitants, and the
illogical institute located near by, con-
tanning one hundred and twenty stu
dents studying for the ministry9' This
question excited considerable comment
and loud discussion among the agricul-
turists present Cat the meeting of the
"Hayseeds" in Cleveland), and nearly
an hour and half was spent in discuss
ing the same. An old green grocer
who had raised early and late vegetables
for the market for twenty years of his
earlier life, said he could raise melons
on top of barn, or on billiard table,
even, lot him pick the locality and his
neighbors. 1t was not 80 much the soil,
nor the season, that the melon depended
upon for its perfection, as it was The
peculiarities of the inhabitants of the
country roundabout. Where there was
an excess OF colored citizens it was al
most as impossible to raise paying
crop of melons as it was to keep spring
chickens, unless they roasted at night
in a Herring safe. Then, again-col-
leges have bad effect upon the melon
crop, and even a minister's family of
seven BOYS has been known to blight n
large patch in single night. In sec
tions of country where these drawbacks
exist, the speaker had learned that the
only method to insure full crop of
melons was to station o man by each
melon from the time it was the size of a
hens egg until it ripened. This was
expensive but the result was always
gratifying. AS the fruit grew in size,
and approached ripeness, the speaker
had sometimes found it necessary to
station two guards over each large mel
on, and even then, in communities
where's great fondness for these luscious
products existed, he had known of the
insides of q large watermelon being
stolen and devoured while two men
with clubs and pistols were seated on
the shell, or rind, engaged in friendly
converse. --Dan6ury Nel0S.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-01-01
EAST.

The striking Longsnoremen of Phila-
delphia have organized an association. One
resolution declares that white and colored mon
may become members.
Cuban agents in New York state that
orders have been received that no more rifles
are needed by the Cuban forces as they have
captured more than sufficient to arm all they
can put at present in the field.
BY the deed of endowment of the
school at Penikez, given by Mr.. Anderson, the
tobacconist, Prof. Agasaiz had the right to Sc
lect his successor as president, and lie choose
his son, Alexander Agassiz.
M. Shacken, the assistant commits
sioner Of patents, Hamilton A. Hill and Will
liam P. Blake. the three members of the per-
manent committee appointed by tho Interna-
tional patent congress, have issued call for
n convention Of all persons interested in pat
ent protection, to be held in Washington, Jan
uary 18th, to discuss the subject, and il
hought desirable organize United States
patent association.
The mates in the United States navy,
on duty at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, are pre-
pairing memorial to congress for an increase
Of pay. Their present pay is 800 per annum
when at sea, and 1000 per annum when on
shore duty. This sum they consider is inade-
quate to support position becoming an Of
fcer, while 1t is less than the pay received by
subordinates, boatswans, gunuers, and other
warrant officers receiving from 81, 200 to $1,-
300 according to length Of service.
The accounts of the late terrible COL
lision at sea are very conflicting. r. NJ. Nal
thus writes a second letter, throwing the
whole blame on the officer OF the watch aboard
the Vile de Havre, on the ground that it is a
law Of the sea for steam vessels to get out OF
the way Of sailing vessels. The officer thus
blamed is among the lost. Mr. Malthus calls
the French crew mob Of brutes and towards
Possibly his views are colored by national pre-
judices.
Ger. Belknap, Secretary Of War, is
dsposet TO cut the estimates of the war de-
partment down to the lowest possible limit.
Those for military services proper received his
personal attention, and were calculated az
closely as possible, but he proposes to read
just them and reduce them as far as the actual
requirements Of the service will permit. The
estimates OF appropriation for fortifca tions,
armament OF forts, and for rivers and harbors,
amounting in the aggregate to about twenty
million dollars, can be very materially reduced
Congress can decide as to the locations where
appropriations are needed.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-01-01
GOD PITY THE rOOR.

The wild, rushing winds of the tempest are sweep
ing
lhe frost-fettcred land like spirit OF wrath;
His fierce, icy breath with keen arrows is piercing
The breasts Of the wanderers who stand in his
path;
The earth in trance lies enshrouded in silence
The storm-king knocks loudly at window and
door;
The prayer of the ptiful fervertly rises
God shelter the homeless and pity the poor
God pity the poor who are wearily sitting
by desoate hearth-stones. cold, cheerless and
From which the last ember's pale ackerins has
faded,
Like Hope dying out in the midst OF despair;
Who look on the wide world aud see 1t a desert
Where ripple no waters. no green branches wave,
Who see in the future az dark ~ the present
No rest but the death-bed, no home but the grave.
God pity the poor when the eddying snow-drifts
Are whirled by the wrath OF the winter wind by,
Like showers of leaves from the paid star-lilies
That float in the depths Of the blue lake on high
For though they are drapng the broad earth In
beauty,
And yelling some flaw In each gossamer fold,
That beauty is naught to the mother whose children
Are crouching around her in hunger and cold.
God pity the poor, for the wealthy are often
As hard as the winter and cold as Its snow;
While fortune makes sunshine and summer around
them,
Or if from their plenty trihe be given,
SO doubtingly, grudgingly often IT'S doled,
That to the receiver their "charity " seemeth
More painful than hunger, more bitter than cold
God pity the poor for though all men are brothers.
Though all say " Our Father" not mine, when
they pray,
The proud ones of earth turn aside from the lowly
As If they were fashioned Of different clay;
They see not in those who in meekness and pa.
tience,
Toll, poverty, pain, without murmur endure,
The image of Him whose first couch was manger,
Who choose for our sakes to be homeless ana
poor.
God pity the poor give them courage and patience
Their trials, temptations and troubles TO brsVe'
And pity the wealthy whose idol is Fortune,
For gold cannot gladden. the gloom OF the grave;
And as this brief life, whether painful or pleasant,
To one that is endless but opens the door,
The heart sghs while thinking on palace and
hOvel;
God pity the wealthy as well as the poor.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-01-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
SOUTH.

A fire in Clinton, NO., burned half
the western side Of the public square, Loas
$4,000.
The legislature OF West Virginia has
Adjourned without removing the capital Of the
state.
The steamboat Belle Lee ran into
md sunk the Spanish brig lie Haute at New
Orleans last week loss $50, 200. The Spanish
bark Corstancia was also damaged.
The Cairo and Fulton Railroad bridge
ACROSS Arkansas river at Little Rock has been
completed. This gives an unbroken railway
connection between st. Louis and Fulton.
The bridge across Red river at the latter place
is rapidly approaching completion.
The Collier white lead and oil COM
panys works. corner Clark and Tenth streets,
st. Louis caught fire and all the manufacture
ing part OF the extensive building was des-
troyed. Loss on machinery about $50, 1000;
stock $4,000 building $4,000. Insured for
$4,000. ......
A colored delegation composed of
ers had an interview last week by appointment
with Repre- sentative A. H. Stevens, Of Geor-
gia. Stephens freely admitted that colored
men as citizens were entitled to full protec-
ton in their civil rights without any individu-
ous prescription, but that it was. the duty Of
the respective states and not that OF the fed
eral government yet, in order to secure them.
Hon. SHAKESPEARE Caldwell, formely
member Of congress from Louisville KY, but
now Of New York, turned over to the poor OF
Louisville on Christmas day handsom build
ing for hospital purposes which he has had
erected at a cost of $4,000. The edfice is to
be called the hospital Of st. Mary and st.
Elizabeth and is TO be under the charge of the
sisters Of charity, but to be open for the re
ception of patients Of every denomination.
The gift is made in memory of Mr.. CaldwelIs
wife, the only daughter Of Col JAS D. Brick
inridge, the distinguished lawer. The build
ing isfurnished with all the modern convent
ences and will accommodate several hundred
patients.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-01-01

VARIETY OF FooD.-The Scientific
American is of the opinion that We re-
quire variety in our food. 1t says ex-
perience has proved that, for
some reason unknown to science,
variety is essential to health after
reaching the age when we are free to
choose our food. The perpetual recur-
renee of the same edibles, even though
their number be considerable, becomes
in all periods of life, except infancy,
not only wearisome, but positively iniu-
rious. Salt pork, salt fish and potatoes,
with pies, poor bread and Japan tea,
are the staple food for thousands Of fam
lilies during our long winters. 1t should
be understood how needful change oil
diet is from time to time. Fresh vege
tables, particularly in the country, are
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-01-01

The ACTION OF ANTIsEPTGC SUBsTAN-
cEs UPoN VIRUs.--M. Davaine has re-
Gently examined the following sub
stances, which he classes in regard to
their power as antiseptics in the sub
Joined order: Ammonia, silicate Of
soda, ordinary vinegar, and carbolic
acid !; then caustic potash, chloride OF
oxide of sodium (?), hydrochloric acid,
permanganate of potash, chronic acid,
sulphuric acid, iodine. The power OF
ammonia, of vinegar, and OF carbolic
acid being represented by 1900, that Of
iodine would be by 1-l2,0OO. Iodine
should therefore be considered as the
best antiseptic to be employed in the
treatment Of maladies such as malig
nant pustule, boils, carbuncles, and tht
like, when, not having become local
ICED under the form of a simple pus
tule, they had taken up a certain e1ten
sion. Injections of $4,000 Of iodizet
water are recommended.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-01-01
WEST

The great iron bridge of the Chicago,
Alton aud st. Louis railroad company, cross
ing tho Mississippi river at Louisiana, Mis-
souri,, was completed la.t week, and train Of
cars passed over it. This bridge consists of
nine spans, ranging from 16O to 26O feet in
width, the draw Of which is 44i feet in length,
the longest in the world. The total length Of
the bridge is 2025 feet, and in it are 5000
cubic yards rip-rap, 25O,OOO cubic yards of
earth embankment, and its superstructure is
all Of the be,t quality. The whole work has
been done in less than six months, and was
commenced in July last. A dyke half mile
long is being built from the Illinois shore, 30
as to insure permanent channel through the
draw
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-01-01

readily obtained and preserved, and
should be unsparingly used. The edi-
BILE roots, as turnips, carrots, onions,
and beets and cabbages are well worth
preserving as the omnipresent potato.
All these vegetables need thorough
boiling, and more than they generally
GET.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-01-01

GBAT1rUDE is the throwing out OF our
hearts in the light Of another's kind
ness.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-01-01

NEW METHOD OF IRoN-MAKING.-Ac
cording to the English Mechanic, a new
process of iron-making, which dispenses
with the blast furnace, has been practi-
cally tested, and specimens of its pro-
duce shown at Wolverhampton. The
bloom is made direct from the ore,
which is ground mixed with lime and
pitch, and baked in coke oven. This
is treated as pig.iron, and furnace
being charged with it, it is ready for
the helve or the squeezer in half an
hour. The inventors claim that by
their process they can make a ton of
finished iron from the ore at an e1pen-
diture of only two tons Of coal that
they can make German steel as cheaply
as cast-iron, and that they can further
more make the latter equal in purity to
charcoal iron.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-01-01

FLOWERS are the sweetest things God
ever made and forgot to put soul
with.