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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-05-21

The Baltimore GoseYe says: One of the
.adlcst spectacIcs of modern times is the
present aspect Of affairs in New Orleans.
Radical rule has almost entirely destroyed
that once fair and proud metropolis Its
stated tina! the population Of this city has
fallen Of in two years thirty thousand, aud
that there are 20 less than six thousand
houses and stores at present uuoccupied
Fifteen years ago New Orleans was at the
heightofits wealth, prosperity aud CON-
ueFcial importance.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-13
Redemption of Land Sold for NOn-pay-
ment of United States Taxes.

The United States own lands in Vir-
ginia, South Carolina, Florida and Ten
nessee, which were bid in by the United
States commissioners at the sales held
during the rebellion for non-payment of
direct taxes. BY the act of June s,
1872, the original owners were allowed
two years in which to redeem their prop
ettv on payment of tax, interest and
costs of sale. The time limited for re-
demption Will expire in few days, and
many have been unable to avail them
selves of the benefit of this act. This
is especially the case in South Carolina,
where the lands are wholly on the Sea
Islands, in the neighborhood of Beau
fort and Port Royal. This section was
early occupied by our troops, and the
tax commissioners, under the sanction
of President Lincoln, began system
of confscation of the lands for the ben
eft of the colored people Many thou
sand acres were sold in lots of ten acres
each to the enfranchised blacks. Other
sales were made to army and navy pur-
chssers and loya1 citizens. o course II
is only the lands remaining after these
sales that can now be redeemed by the
original owners but the old plantations
have been so much cut up IN this way
that the confusion of boundaries is very
great, and much difficulty has been ex
perienced in determining to whom the
lands belonged. Besides, many OF the
owners in South Carolina are so muct
/ impoverished as to be unable at pre-
sent to pay the small amount necessar!
to effect redemption. In view of thes'
facts the ways and means COMMITTEE
have agreed to report as an addition t.
the internal revenue and tariff bill, nov
under consideration in the house, al
amendment to the act of June, 1877, ex
tending the time of redemption for on
year, with some other provisions whlcl
will serve more fully to carry into effec
the intent of the act Wash. hpecto
to ~. Y. Tribune.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-13
At the session Of the Reformed &c

At the session of the Reformed Pres
byterian Synod, held recently at Philadelphia.
the committee on the order known as Patrons
of Husbandry and drangers. presented re-
port which states that they empbatcally and
unequivocally condemn this and all other Sc
cret orders, as ensnaring deceptive and sin
ful in themselves as preiudjcial TO the best M
terests of society, ard as lawless and inefti-
cient way of obtaining the redress of griov-
aances. They also recommend the synod TO
Npjoin upon all sessions non-fellowship with
Sembers of this or any other secret order
and warn all under their care to beware Of the
ensnaring influences of such organizations.
The report was adopted by a unanimous vote.
The will of John Elgar Thompson
appoints trustees. After providing for his
wife, two sisters, niece and q nephew. said
trustees are to appropriate the remainder of
the net income of the estate, after payments
specified, or so much of it as may judiciously
be applied thereto, to the education and main
tenance OF the female orphans of railroad en-
Ployes whose fathers may have been killed
while in the discharge OF their duties Pre-
of employees engaged upon the Pennsylvania
railroad; second to those of the Georgia
railroad, between Augusta aud Atlanta. Ga;
third, to those Of the lines controlled by
the Pennsylvania railroad by lease or other
wise; fourth, to those OF the employees of any
other railroad company of the United States of
America. The estate is valued at two mil
lion
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-13
GENERAL.

Tom Scott has been elected to the
presidency of the Pennsylvania railroad, vice
Thompson, deceased.
The investigation into the cause OF
the Mill river disaster has developed some
very damaging testimony rejecting upon the
contractors and proprietors of the dam.
The will of J. Edgar Thompson pro-
yides that after the death of his widow the es-
tate shall go to support home for the chill
dren of employees killed on the Pennsylvania
Central.
last week an explosion occurred at
No. shaft, Nanticocke, Pa, burning three
miners and setting fire to the breaker, which
was soon destroyed. While fighting the flames,
some burning timbers fell on VIM Vivian,
killing him instantly
Anderson Boyd, colored, of Memphis,
was shot and fatally wounded last week b
officer J. Emmy, while attempting to arrest
him for burglarizing Stanton & Moore's store.
His partner, Stephen Ray, was arrested and
considerable quantities of goods found on
him
The net profits of the Western Union
telegraph company for the past eight years
have been S2S, or, %. OF which only "a,
oofa zoS-o3 mas Deen distributed as dividends.
The remaining 70 per cent. has been spent
mainly in the extension of lines, erection of
buildings, etc.
The anti-secret men of Syracuse
condemn grangers and secret Temperance So
cieties as a standing menace agaf st the reli-
gion Of Jesus; they resolve to vote for no Ma
son and protest against the masonic dedication
of public buildings. They also determined on
forming new national party to be called the
Americans. They viii hold natiopA conven-
tion at indianapolis, Aug. 10, 1874, adopt a
political platform.
New Orleans dispatches state that
Chas. Claiborne, late clerk of the United
States district court. absent since the 18th of
May is now reported absconded with large
amount of money belonging to Htigants, esti-
mated at from $4,000 to 100000 The La.
Patrons relief company of the state grange
have been doing good service in rendering as
sistance to the members of the order in the
overhowed districts. They appeal for further
aid to grangers throughout the union.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-13
VEST.

Dispatches from eastern Oregon indi
cate that the democrats elect their entire state
ticket Eighteen counties give Grover 5s4
majority.
The managers of the Chicago and Al
ton railroad having reduced the wages to SIS
month for old hands, and $40 for new. a
general strike OF brakemen has taken place.
It is quite probable a general =uzreueiou of
business on the road VII be caused by the
strike.
The National Crop Reporter estimates
the wheat acreage of Illinois, Indiana. Iowa,
Kansas, Minnesota. Missouri, Ohio and Wis.
cOnsin at Il, ,sl2,314 acres against 13, SOC, coo
last year, and predicts yield Of 200, 900. 900
bushels. The Colorado beetle has appeared
in all the states north OF the Ohio.
A Kansas paper says "The historic
$1,000 package which Col York flourished in
the memorable JOINT convention of the Kansas
Legislature is again engaging public attention.
Mr.. Francis, the new state treasurer. has re-
ceipted for it, and reports it among the list of
valuable papers in his keeping What to do
with it is the all-absorbing question. York.
who surrendered it as bribe money, viii have
none Of it. Pomeroy claims that 1t was given
to York IN trust for Page, who has reliuquished
all claim to it. Hence, there appears to be no
owner"
Gen. Sheridan forwards to army head
quarters copies Of kilograms received from
Gen. Geo. A. Custsr, dated Fort Abraham
Lincoln, via Bismarck, May 26, announcing
that he is in receipt of dispatches from Stan
ley and the Indian agent at Cheyenne, stating
that the Indians are ne longer comfortable by
their agents. In spite of the efforts of Gen.
Stanley and their agent, they have taken the
war path in formidable numbers. With regard
to the manner of dealing with the Indians.
Gen Stanley says to Gen Custar: They are
not likely to be amenable to soft words, and
you had better use powder and lead at once. -
When the proper time comes for pursuit of
the Indians arrives, Gen Custar viii take ten
day ra.ions and one company OF infantry TO
guard the wagons whenever it becomes neccs-
Eafv for the cavalry to u,Ova raridFv
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
EAST.

Four hundred men have been dis
charged from the iron mines at Port Dram,
n and five hundre,. will be discharged
fronKthe Hibernia mines next Saturday. The
wages of those retained, has been reduced to
S1-25 cents per day from s1.50-
A gypsy fortune-teller encamped with
tribe a few miles from Brooklyn, n. Y,
quarreled with the leader of the band. He
struck her, and her son, boy, knocked him
down. The leader fired several shots at the
boy. The latter, who was hit, staggered to-
ward the leader and stabbed him in the arm.
The leader then shot the boy through the
heart. The boy was thrown into one of the
wagons, and the band hastily left.
United States war vessel Gettysburg
has arrived at New York, with instruments and
appliances for the scientific corps engaged to
make observations of the transit of Venus.
The stores contain five sets of houses and
tents, besides scientific instruments, which in
clude five splendid clocks, each worth nearly
81, 800. The value OF the material is said to be
about 81, 600. The officers of the Swartara
laugh at the scientific men, who, among their
supplies for the expedition, have supplied sec
tional houses for Hobartown, place of 5000
inhabitants
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-13
The Fastest steamer in the World

Such is the title claimed py .ter her
builders in England, for boat tnsy ',:
have lust built to the order oi tne eghn, etho
eminent of India, for service IN inc inc
Orissa canals. The dimensions onoth oa I'll
extraordinary little vessel are he1sSa, 81 wa,
81 feet beam, - feet draugn. o. con- W"
ter. 3 feet 9 inches. The spee9II oOer ,sr
tracted for was twenty statute miles PEI
hour. -. ..o,ta of the
engines. and the propeller lnollII saaeI
cr creft's patent are of BessemserT, n, stee,, s,,
and the wood work of teak. Inc y. VIa tbe
cial trial of the boat was mace oX with
18th nit. and the results were we're. s;de
tide. 25. .Os miles per hour egaiis9' mean
2415 miles per hour; giving
sneed Of "a 81 miles per hour. -. sbo,b
In another official trial, II wa .,sed ss. Of
that ti,e boat could keep mp a sPsts~ Pstearn.
Do miles per honr without, ios,ns i.r enough
in THE themseives, but when It Is se.s colo.i only 81
that thew are attained by pcss ',teiv wv, Won
feet feet long they become aosoaIb;;s osasb;ns ever
LS derfnl and far beyond any'n''o
before accomplished.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-13

\. Smithee, commissioner OF immigration and
state lands, vice W. H. Gray, impeached and
suspended.
Last week an aged crippled lady
named Donaldson, residing on her plantation
near Island No. 10, was brutally murdered BY
young man named Murphy, who went to
the house for the purpose of robbing Mrs.
Donaldson, who was quite wealthy, and knock
ing her down with club, took an ak and split
her head open. The negro woman who was in
the house gave the alarm, when Murphy at
tackled her severely, she in the meantime cry
ing murder. Two men passing heard her
cries and 10 the house, and Murphy see
ing their approach fed, but was pursued and
captured In the meantime the news spread
throughout the neighborhood, and citizens
soon collected in considerable numbers. Af-
ter hearing the statement of the negro woman
and the captors of Murphy, they hung him to
q tree until he was dead.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-13

Is it come? They said on the banks Of the Nile,
Who looked for the worlds lOng-promised day.
And saw but the strife Of Egypt's toll,
And the desert sands and the mountains gray,
From pyramid, temple, and treasured dead,
We ask in vain for her wisdom's plan;
Ihey tell Of the slaves and the tyrants dread,
But there was hope when that day began.
The Chaldee came with his starry lore
That built mp Babylon's crown and creed,
Aud bricks were stamped on the Tigris shore
With signs that our sages scarce can read,
From Minus temple and Nimrod's tower,
The sway Of the old casts empire spread,
Unreasouing faith and unquesti0ned power;
But still " Is it come the watcher said
The light Of Persian's worshiped fame,1
The ancient bondage its spleldor threw,
Aud once on the west sunrise came
When Greece to its freedoms trust was true.
With hopes TO the utmost ag. dear
With human gods and god~like men.
No marvel the far-on day seemed near
To eyes that looked through her laurels then.
The Roman conquered and reveled too,
Til honor aud faith and power We're gone
But deeper Old Europe's darkness grew
A. wave after wave the Goth came on.
The gown was learning, the sword was law,
The people served in the OEeu's stead,
But ever some CLEAN the watchers saw, y
And evermOre '' is il come they said.
D.. -, -...,. ,r,.t ..,,,.-s,..,, .,.-.,,.
Above tbs din OF lies fears and frets.
It marched with letters, il toiled with thought
Through schools and cTeeds that the world for
And statesmen tribe and priests deceive
And traders barter our hearts away,
Yet hearts to that golden promise clelve,
And stin at times 81 It come " they say.
The days Of the nations bear no trace
OF all that sunshine far foretod
The cannon speaks in the teachers place;
The age is weary with work aud gold
And high hopes wither and memories waue;
On hearts and affairs the fires are dead
But that brave faith has not lived in vain,
And this was all our watcher said.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-13
Anecdotes of French Artists.

Some curious anecdotes are told of
the leading artists and their works in in
the Paris salon. For instance, 1t is SAID
that the "Christ on the Gross" of NJ.
Bonnat was painted from an actual
dead body, and that the artist for
week was forced to live in an atmos-
phere of chloride of lime Munkaezy,
the Hungarian painter, whose works
now readily command from five to SIX
thousand dollars each, according to the
papers, and who is making comtorta-
BILE income of some $40, 900 per annum,
was originally employed in shop OF a
trunk and packing-box maker, and II
was his skill in tracing vases and cups,
ETC., on the boxes intended TO contain
chinaware that first revealed his artistic
talent.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-13
Changers Cooperation in California

At the late meeting of the State
Grange, representing 10000 California
farmers. efforts were made TO lay the
foundation for an extensive system OF
cooperation in selling and storing grain,
purchasing supplies and borrowing
money. BY combined action, they
oouId doubtless sell dearer and buy
keaper than they have done hereto
fAe. but there is much difference OF
ortnion among them in regard to the
po&cy to be pursued. Many are afraid
to infrust their money and grain to men
who have had no experience in anything
save arming, and they argue that their
association should restrict itself to So
cial purposes at first, and go very eau
tiously into business, advancing slowly
under the encouragement of success.
Generally the oranges have as yet not
made any pecuniary ventures. but IN
MANY cases the individual members
! have associated themselves to provide
warehouses and make contracts of diff
ferent kinds for the benefit of their
class. Tho oranges are strongly i'm
pressed with the Importance of cooper
| alton. and are confident of their ability
| 70 manage it successfully. The state
grange recommends the establishment
of farmers bank in every agricultural
county, Nth warehouse attached fol
storing gain, and of state bank with
a capital of $4,000, 900.
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The King of Hawaii is becoming
alarmed lest his valuable subjects be-
come extinct, leaving nobody u him to
''boss." Says this royal idiotv "Now
what can I de to mark my reign-what
shall be done to signalize it i? This is
my great desire-to witness an increase
in the population of these islands. But
| can not do this alone you must assist
me. The father who provides for
large family, and the mother who gives
birth to them and takes good care of her
children, are the benefactors of Hawaii,
and should be rewarded, They are the
hope of the nation,
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that will occur from the caving OF the
banks when the water falls, which will
have to be built up, as well as the nu-
merous works needed on the Lafourche,
Atchafalaya, Red River and Ouachita.
The needs for the coming levee season
will be not less than three millions OF
cnbi. wards, and it is impossible for the
state to pay for one million cubic yards.
and therefore this additional amount
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-13

MRs. SARToRIs is gentle and amiabie.
If the brave young Englishman who is
her husband had married woman q
the disposition peculiar to good many
American women, he would in less than
two weeks imagine that Re was oelng
n-pecked by the American eagle.
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must either be left unbuilt, and the
state again flooded, or the general gov
ernment will have to give us its mighty
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-13

THE most fashionable of Saratoga
cottages rent for $4,000 for the season
of three months. Others bring 90, 500,
others $1,000, and so on down to $500.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-13

New YORK spends annually S9,000,-
600 on newspapers, $7,000,O 900 on thea
ters, 50, 600, 900 for religious purposes,
and $50, ,000,0 600 on liquor and liquor
establishments.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-13
Condition of the Leyees.

NJ Jeff Thompson, chief state engi-
neer of Louisiana, reports to Gov. Rel
Ioop. under date of the 9th of May, as
follows. concerning the condition of the
Mississippi levees: g have Just re-
turned from a reconnaissance OF the le-
wees and crevasses ON the Mississippi
river in this state, and 1 have found
that we will require a much larger
ouantity of earthwork than for several
years to give our people any promise OF
safety from overflow next spring. The
tax provided to pay for the construction
of new levees will not build one-thlrd
of the number actually needed, and L
see no safety for the state except
through the powerful hand of the Uni
ted States government, therefore must
pray you to take such steps as wall pre-
sent our case to the present congress as
soon as possible, as a few days delay,
so near the adjournment, may deprive
us of this sadly needed aid for another
wear. and entail upon the present sui
fering thousands of our people another
wear of desolation and ruin. The river
actually run over about three hundred
miles of our levees, which will have to
fsraised and strengthened, and the
hing crevasses at Ashton, Bass,
aRleasant, Buckridge, Hard Times,
Df 10, Waterproof, Green's, Glass
cod River, Morganza, Morri-
SOM = Manor, Lobdells, Hickey s
and B tarre will have to be closed,
besides %38 numerous small crevasses
ond tbe Additional number of breaks
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Mark my words, he'll 'ovfrSsae-ltsaslss7s,s; )
we shall all bs ssrry<fsSS cfEfs. !,
rascal he will has, ssSqp = g
when we see him f gs5t. :ss@slls respT6n
dent in tbe liz l121E5IS ead o.
comneiIine on.1 sssf&zsas tierdisl
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-13
FOREIGN.

The state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, has
determined to re-establish capital punishment
, 1874-03-19

Of protection Of tho rarlt waterfront by p!ors
whs tradoquato, and tint tho t1rtvo waH Wasiod
away in placos. It waH dooifod to gall upon tl1o
park Engoot tor plas mud nneocntoMS 10 wh
ton avenue, row OF piling G0o OF COO foot from
tho shore. THIS would gtvo d complete protec-
tiot for tho drive. and form capncto1fs baain
for boating, adding another to tho nlany attrac"
call for tnootng Of farmers OF rrdsEso,
and all interested n tile establishment OF fruit
paeklng honeo at 3iaywoot, Ing l,, 6oon called for
". Stout, anl others largely interested in tho
business, vii ho presont THO call s signed by
Jr., and George II. Hale.
>, on account 81 eoltatn roaaons bent k1own to
lilo nov. Mf. Brown has boon postponed until
Thursday evening, March 20.
WHEATON.
Tho Iadoa OF Wheaton nro becoming interest,"
cd iii the Temperance moyemont tThoy hold
frequent meotin,g during laBt week. Yesterday
Aftorhoon thoy held an 0pon 1nugtlng for con-
sultntion and prayer, at which all II, genoral,
and The minister's iii particular, woro invited to
DO prcaont. Tho mooting was vol attended,
Tho 1loRdinH Society will givo ono Of its flne
entertainments Monday oyouing. Tho readings
glyoi. 1aas Friday ovof'ihy wero we'll atto.dcd,
notwithstanding tho soc!able le1d at t!lo College,
Church.
An oarncHt effort Ia mailing to romovo tho
debt Of $4,000 wwl'icl!, ovorhangs tito College.
Two meetings for the flrtliurauco Of tho
Church mud one at the College Chapul. Tho
stdonts and cltizons Enve pfodgol o., coo during
the past weck. Prof. q. 4. blanchard. tho
financial agont Of the College, yill give the out
generosity After tho people Of Wheaton havo
specified tho amount which they will giyo which
, 1874-03-19
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Wendell Phillips ia reported to have cleared by
hiH louturas over a100,000.
Tho lion. Jalnblor Smith, membor from Vir-
ginia, is known cllioty by his front uano. lie
smiles With pity when ho tlnta anybody spelling
-Goorgo Knott ilas boon nlarino editor Of tho
Philadelphia North Antertoan for Hixty years
Ho is now in his 81st year and III Tho sprlghsiost
journalist III tho city.
Tho appraisers OF Cyrus Wakoaelds estate
have conciil dod their laborH, and render Lis as-
Bcta at 81, Ill ,00O, and Ills liabilities ut $780,,
oo0-n nominal surplus Of 90G1, .-Bosto,, All
ucrtise,..
OF Warm Spring Indiana, wslo did Hl1ch valuable
auryioe durlng tho Modoo war, arc oomlug East
on au exhibition tour.
Il Now Orleans reporter was found to hayo {.
wife in Vioksburg, another i'll Natchea, another
in CAIRO, aliothor in Memphis. aud thon thoy
- The report Of ''ool. T,,tlor'a speech, on
Nonday, III crowded out." says tla Murtreesooro'
Ners +" Tho Colorol stands on tho popular
p.assr ptasfosn s'v oi More whisky bottor wl'Hky
ben it'll, of Goorgia, deprecates tho fact that
so mally military met hayo obtallod Office North
and South since the war lie SAYS thera arc
enough Gouarals. Cplonels, Majors, aud Cap
tasns in Congress- to form II respectable artuy,
but not enough asatoainen to mako good CON-
nittQa,
Anderson, tue Into magician, haa loft a will
totally Lux tue members Of his family from
participation in his money or otfccts, houuoath-
1ng all he posseasod to his ngonts aud other per-
SONS about him at lils loath. The tostamontwiil
prahabiy be cantosted.
Madame Musard. a boautiful Now Yorker,
vito OF n. A1uaard who tried to establish bal
Mosques ia New York In 1865 or 1856 aud failed,
iA now QUO of tho ,1nost gorgeous hoautios III
pariH. sho bought n,any OF tho diamonds Which
tho ox-Queon isabella disposed of. Her htls-
band ia aa1l TO DO worry devoted, anu encourages
her in her passion for diupny*
IL statue Of tho Virgin, twenty foot In height,
is to be erected In Havra to commemorate the
preservation Of that city from the Germans. 1t
wil! be placed OH the highest point of sho road by
which the dermals we're intending TO entor the
town, aud will boar il golden lotters tho follow
ing inscription: Iiavro preserved from tue
prusaian itvasion-1870-187l."
-nBraeli has talteu tho house belonging to
tho widow Of y for1ner Duke Of Northumberland,
in Whitehall Carbon. 1t is almost next door to
that 10 long tcnantol by hia great antagonist.
Peel, WHO breaslled hls lust in itH dining room
wtlonce he could never be moved after his acci,
dent. Tho bucks Of these houses look upon the
Thames, and tloy are only q few lninutes' walh
from the House Of Commons.