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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-25
Civil Service Reform.

President Grant has sent the following
message to the fenate and house of
representatives
Herewith L transmit the report of the
civil service commissioners, authorized
by an act of congress of March 2, 1873,
and invite your special attention there
to. If sustained by congress l have no
doubt the rules can, after the expert
ence gained, be so improved and enfor-
ced as TO still more materially benefit
the public service and relieve the exc
cutive members of congress, ard heads
of departments from Influences preju-
dicial to good administration. The
rules, as they have heretofore been en-
forced, have resulted beneficially, as is
shown by the opinion of members of
the cabinet and their subordinates in
the departments, and in that opinion /
concur. But the rules applicable to
officers who are TO be appointed by and
with tue advice and consent of the
senate, are in great measure lmpractl-
cable except in so far at they may be
sustained by the action of that body.
These must necessarily remain SO, un-
less the direct sanction of the senate
is given to the rules. l advise for the
present only such appropriations as may
oe OF adequate help TO the work III It's
present form, and would leave to the
| future to determine whether the direct
sanction of congress shall be given to
the rules that may perhaps be devised
for regulating the method of the selec-
tion of appointees, or portion of them
who need to be confirmed by the SEN
ate. The same amount appropriated last
year would be adequate for the ensu-
ing year, but think the public interest
would be promoted by authority in the
executive for allowing a small compen-
sation for special service performed be-
| yond the usual Office hours, under the
act of 1871, to persons called into the
service of the government.
| II. s. GRANT.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-25
Cost of Refundiny the Public Debt.

The secretary of the treasury, in COM
pliance with resolution of the house,
reports the cost of refunding the ma
tional debt into the five per cent. bonds
authorized by the act of congress July
IA, 1870, and Jan. 80, 1871, etc. The
whole amount of bonds refunded is
1914, ,416, $50, as follows: Bonds bear
ing six per cent. interest to bonds bear
ing five'per cent. interest, $500, 46l, 100;
bonds bearing five per cent. interest,
loan of 1858, to bonds bearing five per
cent. interest funded loan of 1881,
S13, ,955, 900. The cost thereof has been
81, ,440, 1872. BY the terms of the agree
ment with the parties contracting for
the loan they were TO pay all exp nses
and to r&eive for their compensation
the one-half of one per cent. allowed
by law. Upon settlement with said
parties all expenses incurred by the
government were first deducted and the
balance only paid them. The refunds
on acc&lnt of the loan of 1S5S-S13,
| 955 006SLand the moneys received from
the Geneva ava d-$I5, 500, ,000-wert
not made through any contracting
parties, and therefore no commission
thereon were allowed. In the adjust
ment of differences in interest betweel
D the six per cent. bonds redeemed, ant
the five per cent. bonds issued IN liel
threof, the government has received it
proper allowance.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-25
RochefOrt.


In reference TO the escape of Henri
Rochefort and his companions, the
Paris Soir says: 1--WE learn by a let
ter from London that the escape OF the
French convicts has already led TO an
exchange of notes between the cabinets
of Versailles aud st. James. Accord
ing to the information of the English
government the vessel was French
one, fitted out by the friends of the
prisoners, and having on board twenty
five men determined TO fight if necessa-
nv. The convicts to be carried on
were seventeen IN number, but when
the moment arrived, only five could be
ready, the others being engaged on
piece of work assigned them Inc
craft in question, the English author, ,
ties declare, had fraudulently hoisR
the English flag. but the French author, s
;ties believe it can prove the vessel wa
equipped and prepared in British .lI','Id pDiIdd
and that the government there cSs''' 1so
mot be ignorant OF its destination a. she
that as the escape took place s nnaS1s sss1 s
protection of the flag of EngIa:n,Ji,
! country should be held resPonS'D
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-25
Apache COurtshiD.

Even those copper colored cut-throats,
the Apache Indians, have a touch of
delicacy and reverence in them. From
q lecture delivered in San Francisco by
Colonel John @. Carmany, the follow
ing account of their counting customs
is taken:
Every young girl is at liberty to re-
fuse a suitor for her hand. The father,
mother and brother are prohibited from
interfering in her choice. Her person
is at her own disposal. After a brief
courtship the lover makes formal pro-
posal by offering so many horses.
Horses are a standard of value among
the Indians. As the squaw does all the
work, horses are accepted as an equiva-
lent for her labor.
When young warrior becomes en-
amored, he fastens his horse near the
wigwam of the squaw whose hand he
seeks, where he is left four days. IL
she fails to feed and water the hors(
during that time, the master is rejected,
but if she accepts his offer she grooms
and kindly cares for the horse, and then
ties him to the wigwam of her lover,
as much as to say, '' l am willing to be
your slave and do your work. at the
marriage the sages and sachems meel
together, and the bride is not unfre
quently loaded with forty to fifty
pounds of silver and copper trinkets,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-25
GENERAL.

n Te Ohio legislature is trying to pre-
vent the sale Of Intoxicating liquor by ped
diars.
The Chicago Times has been mulucted
in $4,000 damages for applying the term
shyster' to lawyer OF that city.
Wolver, who committed suicide in
New York some time ago, turns ont to have
been in the Royal Hungarian state treasury
and to have absconded with 5000
According to the last report of the
New York immigrant society, the number of
emigrants from Ireland from May 5. Is47. to
March 3, 1874, was 1, 1888, 12s In the first
quarter Of this year 2Os7, against SIG in the
corresponding quarter of 1878.
The mayor of New Orleans has sent
the following dispatch to the principal cities :
Owing to the unexampled overflow OF the
Mississippi river and its low branches, by
which more than one thousand square miles OF
our state are submerged many thousands of
families are ruined in their fortunes, and are
threatened with starvation. II is beyond the
means Of our citizens who have escaped from
this great calamity to give adequate relief to
the sufferers. I have therefore. thought
proper to give an opportunity to your citizens
TO aid us. The contributions of the philan-
thropic are earnestly solicited for these vic
Tins Of the two-fold visitation of flood and
farhine."s
The statements made by persons on
board the steamships Europe and Greece con-
dict very much. None doiibt that of Capt.
Leniaire. that he believed his ship in a sinking
condition, or speak otherwise than in the high
est terms of the discipline exercised on board
the Europe when her condition WAS made
known to the passengers; but Capt. Lemaire
makes statements in egard to the officers of
the Greece which are emphaticaIly denied.
On the other hand, statement is made by the
chief enginee&br the Greece that at the time
he Boarded Ne Europe, at the time of her
abandonment, her fires were not put out by
tho weRer, but that, had the crew remained at
their posts, no difficulty would have been ex-
perience1 in keeping the water under and safe
ly continuing the voyage.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-25
FOR EIGN.

The French government has advised
De Lesseps to keep the Suez canal open.
The cable of 1866, between London
and Yalentia, has been put out Of fix BY q
storm.
The Carlists in the north Of Spain
have organized a government with regular
cabinet.
The Tichbourne claimant is denied a
new trial on all the points raised by his coun-
sci, Kenealy.
The latest news from Fiji indicates
that events are tending strongly towards Brit
ish annexation
The French steamer Amerique, aban-
doned recently off Brest, has been picked up
by an English salvage crew. and brought into
Plymouth, England.
Livingstone's funeral was the grand
est ever Witnessed during the present genera
ton. Stanley occupied the post OF honor
leading the right-hand side OF the Ssne OF pail
bearatss.s
News has been received 81 the loss
of the Chilian steamer TRns aud nineteen
lives. 1t seems the vessel left Valparaiso on
the 18th, and when out at sea began to keel
over, and before she could be righted. cap
sized.
Placards are pasted up IN agricultural
districts of Europe cautioning intended immi-
grants to the United States, and stating on
authority of Consul Archibald, OF New York.
that 10000 hands are ready to return to Eng
land.
The steamer Amerique, from tie
French transatlantic line running between
HAVE and New York, was wrecked off tie |
French coast on the 18th inst. All the pas
sengors and crew were saved with the single |
exception of the second officer.
The announcement is made that the |
Tehuantepec railroad company have completed /
a contract for the construction and equipment
Of the railroad from AIinitiIlan across the
Isthmus to Saina Cruz, a distance of 145
work TO be finished By Aug. 1. 1876.
The lost steamer Amerique is said to
have leaked badly from the time she left New
where she was heightened. A
portion of her cargo was found 70 badly dam
ged by water on her last srrival at port, that
N inspection of the vessel was made and she
vas rated down from \ No. IL to No. o..
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-25
Estimates of the Cotton Crop of '73--4.

There is a cotton pool composed of
southern cotton-buyers, with headquar-
ters at Augusta. Each member putting
So into the pool has a right to make
an estimate of the cotton crop for that
wear. the nearest entitled to all the
money. The pool for 1873 4 has been
closed with one hundred and seventy
estimates and $3.50. Charleston, Savan-
nah, New York, Macon, Rock Hill, 5.
c., Mobile, Montgomery, New Orleans,
Americus and other places sent forward
estimates. Charleston contributed TWEEN
ty-five, Savannah thirty, Macon eight,
Rock Hill seven, and the other points
each smaller number. Augusta has
the largest amount of stock in the po5i.
The lowest estimate made was 3,9lS,-
203 bales, and the highest A, ,4O8, 234,
.sshile the average of the one hundred
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-25
ANTIQ UITIES.

There is no song like an old song
q nat We have not heard for years
simple note appears to throng
Win shapcs that swim in tears.
IL may have been q cheerful strain,
But twas 80 long ago
That glee, grown old, has turned TO pain,
And mirth has turned 70 woe.
There is no friend Ike an old friend,
whose lfe-path mates our own,
Whose dawn and noon, whose eve and end
Have known what We have known.
II NAV be when read his face
We note trace Of care:
Us well that friends in LIES last grace
share signs as smiles they share.
There isno love like an old love,
lost, may be, or dead
Whose place. since she has gone above
No other fills instead
1t is not Wen ne'er love anew,
For life were drear II So,
But that first love had roots that grew
Where others cannot grow.
There are no days like the old days,
When We. not they. were young;
Mhen au ife's rays were golden rays
And wrong bad never stung.
behr nf art ff now our steps could pass
through paths Of elildhood's morn,
Aud the dew Of Sauth l5e 0n the grass
E. -...-t=1.,fAs feii seythe has shorn
g sfsss ~ ss.l-,es3. 9, 4 .,rl.s----
pia tnlug-, yet UFTer Old
stream that's dark till sunshine UIays
And changes IL TO gold:
through all winds fue1uoryis river or
Mid banks Of sore regret
But glean's On the peaks Of l0nc-arone
TIA. sUfteus sadness Vet.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-25
TIE FLOOD.
Whole Districts Inundafed-Ten Thou
sand People on the Verge OF Starya-
Iion-Appeals for Aid.

q
tion-Appeals for Aid.
Late New Orleans dispatches state
that the whole country from Monroe TO
the mouth of Red river is under water
and that 10, 900 people in that district
viii soon be on the verge of starvation.
Large& &umbers of negroes from the
overfoged districts are hocl1ing to that
city. Gov. kellogg has issued proc
lamation to officials and citizens of the
overhowed district, assuring them that
the state government has done and is
doing all that resources viii allow to al
leviate the sufTerings of those who have
been sreduced to destitutiOn by disas-
ferrous crevasses aud hooCs consequent
upon recent heavy rains. He states that
application has been made to the gen
eral government for aid, which he has
reason to believe will be promptly re-
sponded to; that the mayor of New
Orleans, president of the chamber OF
commerce, and q committee OF distln-
guished citizens, are doing all that can
be done to send immediate assistance to
those most in need, and that appeals
have been made to the great cities of
the north; east and west, which will,
doubtless, in due time bring generous
responses. He states that food, cloth
ing, and money will be forwarded with
out delay. He advises against send
ing the distressed population to New Or
leans, already overcrowded with unem-
ployed people; recommends the organ
ization of parish committees for the dis
tribution of supplies, aud that laborers
of inundated di,tricfs be assisted In
making their way to parishes which are
not under water, and where their ser
vices are still needed.
I~conclusion, the governor says 1t
NAV be that even out of this dire ca
lanaity some good may come, through
the attention of the nation at large be-
ing so painfully concentrated upon
questions of making the building and
maintenance of Ievees of the Missis'
sippi. as also the preservation Of prop
er outlet for the river a national work.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
EAST.

A suit is in progress in New York for
s25O,OOO the estate Of late Mr.. Metcalf, Of
Georgia.
The cost of running the city and
county government of New York last year was
s55, ,5ss, ,022-
Orders have been given TO put the
United States ships Shenandoah and Guard,
at New York, and the Franklin, at Boston, out
OF commission and to discharge such men as
have already or nearly served their term of
enlistment.
Building in New York, this spring, is
much less busy than usual. Some say it has
fallen of one-half. No houses are projected
costing over $50, ,Ooo, and one-half of the car
pcnters, painters and masons are said to be
idle There is great pressure for reduction
of wages by lengthening the day from eight to
ten hours, though some employers are willing
to pay for the extra two hours
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-25
The Georgia Crop Outlook.

One of the editors of the Macon Tel
egraph,- who was in Atlanta on the day
of the direct trade meeting, writes
"We were at some pains t. learn from
the Patrons what was the present agri-
cultural outlook in Georgia. They
were all agreed as to the immense in
crease, amounting to over one hundred
per cent. in the corn and other grain
crops, and represent wheat and oats to
be unusually fourishing and forward.
OF guano, the falling off will by fully
fifty per cent. of the quantity used the
past year This undoubtedly portends
a short cotton crop, aside from the vast
diminution in the acreage of the staple. :"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-25
Appeal for Aid from Gov. Kellogg

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, STATE OF
LOUISIANA, New ORLEANS, April IL
To President u S. Grant The I'M
precedented rise in the Mississippi river,
aided by violent local storms, has
caused much disastrous overflow. Six
or seven of the largest parishes of the
state are already under water, and 10,
600 people, white and black, are with
ont food or shelter and in danger of
starvation. The emergency is so great
that / feel constrained to appeal to you
directly, asking the general government,
il possible, to extend to these poor peo-
ple the same relief that was given IN a
scarcely more disastrous calamity at
Chicago. w. L. KELLOGG,
Governor or Louisiana.
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WEST.

A special from Kearney, Mo-, gives
particulars Of the killing OF another detective
by the notorious James brothers. The victim
was found dead, covered with blood. in the road
four miles east OF EIkhorn, Ray county. A
card crossed with blood was pinned to his coat
and inscribed, ''This shall be the fate OF all
Pinkerion's detectives who come to hunt the
James brothers" signed Jess James. Frank
James handkerchief in the murdered mans
pocket was marked p K Cole.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-25
THE pREs1DENr's REPLY.

Your dispatch of this date, asking
aid for tae sufferers by the disastrous
overflow Bf the lower Mississippi, IS re,
ceived. Congress is busy in session at
this time. / do not feel authorized to
send government aid, as I did in the
case of suffering from yellow fever IN
Shreveport and Memphis last summer, F1n
or in the case of the burning OF Chicago,
two years ago, without the authority OF
congress. 1 will. however, send your
dispatch to the Louisiana delegation,
and if a resolution is passed by con-
gress. authorizing it, will exert every
authorized means to avert suffering
from the disaster which has oyertaken
the citizens of Louisiana.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-25

and seventy-two is A, u.s. 1888. The crop
is to be decided by the Financial and
Commercial Chronicle, of New York, Of
September 4. 1874
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-25

BISMARCK is said to have two sets OF
statistics on nearly every subject. ono
correct, and the other fixed to suit nk
own purposes.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-28
Vegetables, NC.

VIM. French, who understands
such things, has a beautiful as1or a.
mont Of early vegetables, S~ aciar -
rSdHl1r' and turnips. The disPlay
looks pretty enough for a P ni"odaS
hut butt they are principally intG ln >,
10 eat. You will find fish also y
his establishment today
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~BRO0hSYI:.lE ITEMS.


have been rrgmtlino thot Y hi
nothing to tell last week milr
bon '" III =.
Another store entered Il. 9I@ht
through u |lndoW' and some cloth
ln@ and other goods stolen. This
,''"' ''0 IT,, I'o,'''"' T'N '''"S9''
T'," 7'',, ,.g',, ..aa ~. 71''Ir','
"''I1 I''','' : w., NY ~,
"I" D'Ntr' = "7"'. IVY |'t' - ,e'-
" "l 20 o'''' 'S It '"''''"'' '0' ANY
DR.. A'Igood js around after tn"
unpaid taxes, q d very often after
that bAich h"' been pHd"'
Married NJ SLnhn,q. on Tncs-
day March, NH rios. ". Uankius
AT d Mrs. Bette Brooke OF Brooks
VILE. They have gone up the RR,
on a br dat tour.
Th.. .f,, .,,.. c.,,,r. L,,. CON.
',Il ,ra,.I.
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SPRING GOODS!
Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats.

Fine new stock Just received and
oponed. Mems, Boys, Ladies and
Misses Shoes, of all styles. Spring
and Summer Clothing, and Furnish
Ing Goods in fact every thing from
a Hat down to a pair OF Boots Tor
boys or men, at the very lowest
coSb prices. Call at the Clothing
Emporium OF npncr,oov
Mar. 2S-tf
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the LAST CALL.

Parties indebted to us will
have fifteen days from this date
IN winch to pay up or to make
satisfactory arrangements for
Ite eXtens on Of the same. All
GUMS not adjusted within the
tine specified will be placed in
OTHER hands for collection,
We are reluctant to invoke
the AID OF the Courts, but our
business Is must be closed mp.
L, j. q j. w. PATTY q Co.,
il liquidation.
March 7th, l~374-3ts.
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Jan 81 3t


All persons indebted to US, either on
Notes, Due Bills or open account, viii
please come forward and settle at once, II.
farthcr Indulgence cannot be given; aud
from This date our TERMS ABE CASH, unles.
special arrangements are made.
WILLIAMS X COOPER.
January 10Th, 1914,
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LAST WARNING,

Persons showing that they have
not paid their Poll and Personal
Tax ior the years 1870. II and -
|ll G&vo cost by calling on tLn'
undersigned immediately and paw.
m!S the same, 30 the Poll Tax ro9s
INTO The 5cnooi fund, and everybody
4 Interested III koeping up schools.
1 shall make loyys and sales Of
property when | have TO 90 after
Tue raN. Planters will please read
ans 70 uAeir hands aud assist them
10 any way they see proper.
RICHARD GRAY,
Deputy Poll Tax Collector.
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ny o Tic Il.

Irregular Commercial Books revised,
Partnership and complicated settlements
correctly adjusted, Balance Sheets furnish.
ed, Ornamental Placards, and other writing,
satisfactorily executed by "
Jan l0-tt GEO, b. TAYLOR.
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DIED, ON last Saturday morning,
at Meridian, ApDrE, wife of Eddie
Holt, formerly of this town. Her
remains were brought to this place
and inferred in tho odd-FcIIows
Cemetery, at the side of her @o-
Their, Mrs. Ann Hardin, who was
buried about two months since.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-28

The best preparation known in market
for restoring gray hair to its original color
,is Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair REMOVER
Fry it
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''''Oyo County,
~' ''a0ccry Court of said County.
Estate
n Of
Skinner,
NJ D'%giltors and all persons interested
\. .. Estate of William J.. skinner,
y horeby given that at a tarm oI
, Ti Nonrt Of said county. to be
wy Court House in the town Q.
4, ~, tAo Second Monday Of June
"'S the 9th Day of June, 1874,
N oolog a day IN said term Of sale
,''iios TINT have been probatcC
N '.cu against said estate will bt
'o' examination aud ullowauc,
'a,eyI.or, at which time all tn,
VI sad estate are requested t,
lJdl- , 4. \, j. NJ cuENRY,
t',t' Clork.
Cooper, Solicitors.
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neyr The 1. Q. O, +. Cemetery
Committee are forwarding arrange
mcnts to mark the boundaries OF
that portion Of the ground allotted
to the Confederate dead, with rows
Of the wild peach, and are contem-
plating other improvements in the
Ccmotory. rms place OF Our'"' o"t
ho made enc of the most beautiful
in the country.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-28

The friends of L. DISMUkES,
Esq, announce him as a candidate
for Mayor at the municipal election
the second Wednesday in April.
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The Tombockbcc Presbytcry h2'
been in session in our town thu
week, with a pretty good attend
anco. Rcy. Mr.. Bardwoll was zee
ted Moderator. They will PROP"
bly, adjourn to-day, but most st Of .u'
and interesting services may DC OK
nec,ed at the Presbyterian chQrcI
to-morrUW.
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'NlLD OR N.

Pm Ga -
Dy,agn11I Undersigned, on or about the
|n.. TWO steers
p @o''e and red, marked with y
oear a,S0t opd upFer hdf crop in
snlc, sog other rod, wide horhcd,
aaif .. @"los in zach horn, no marks,
Ge' ri,ppled behind. Any iniorma-
W literally rewarded by
S!l.l, PErER PURDY,
Macon, Miss.
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IlsN Bags Of Cotton.

for which the highest makct price will b,
Mid in CASH. w. Il. EILAND,
! Mach 18th, 1874.
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pRNG ALONG YOUR COTTON,

will bo on hand again at ql times
the platform al ne depot TO weigh cot q
and respectfully solicit the patron ''U.
my old friends and the puhlleat .s - .
Aug 3O-tf NUM-
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Sse DHtss Goops at strictly N v
cost at Ii. j. NOLfAtS