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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-08-25
The silver Famine.

Notwithstanding the large volume
of silver coin issued from the Phila-
delphia mint. sinners are so scarce this
side of the Rocky Mountains that the
dearth has been called by tinanciers a
Silver Famine
A few months ago when it became
possible to obtain silver currency in
exchange for fractional notes worth ten
or twelve per cent. less than gold, the
new coins were eagerly taken up IN
Eastern cities. and sent to California,
where they brought profit La this
way great portion of the pew silver
currency found its way to the Pacific
coast The Californians now begin to
fear that silver coins will be worth no
more than greenbacks, and that the
abundance of the former must reces
sarily, in a very short time, drive gold
currency out OF circulation and cause
the substitution of greenbacks for it.
1t is estimated that the ultimate loss
to the people of California will be
about twenty per cent. on the whole
volume of silver currency originally
circulating on the Pacific coast. Thus
while our loss for time seemed Cali
forDia's gain, it now threatens to be-
come her grief.
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and ! must must hurry on to the Centennial
The Ga5, gay one day in New York
SHOW 'T Tt Is pretty good little
; :; The buildings on the grounds
II Is estimated, cost nearlv six millions
es,;,u.,-,' auu The contents OF them Is
a. - a. ninety millions.
ar "e nrst, to the main building,
S Sn,' IN i11 u which will not give, aud
see The most elaborate up
y. '''o" cases from feet up 10 20
80 HqpaFe' hlled with the finest silks,
e'se'9' Jewels, cloths, jewelry, silver
""lS' iurhiture, ChiDese and japanese
$500 carpets, glass and queensware,
eu'''ery' periumery, drugs, smokers
al'icies, (2:9. case of merescham
pipes valued at s25 600 i pipe alone
F9oo)' gents Clothing, ladies dresses,
saw several dresses marked from
81 AGO to 81 2OO). sewing machines,
pianoes' musical INSTRUMENTS Of ali
KINDS and IN short every thing that
you can coneeive of, and every thing
TOO OF the very best quality and high
est hnlsh. Immense soda FOUNTAINS
oos'ruct the main aisle or pdssway
hese iountaiusare large structures OF
their Kind, built Of marble Il feet
/ square and % feet high. We 70 on
through the min building which Is
about quartz, of mile long, the
first day, aud come TO Machinery
/ Hall, another immense structure hIled
entirely with ey.ry conceivable kind
Of machinery, al of which Is run by
the huge Corlis engine none larger
has ever been built Here we see
manufacturing & all kinds going on
silk weaving, catou and woolen weav-
ing, making p9er, eDvelops, printing,
Can edition otsAssN y. Tribune was
issued here evnJAy9, glass blowiOg,
watch making, PIN making, tack max :
ing. spool eotto0s ana thousand aud
one other thing too tedious to men
ton. We get througb this building
on the secoDd day. and go iuto the
Agricultural III 90 the third Here
we sec the products Of every Suite.
cline and nstioi ia the civilized world
showed forth Il splendid array-aud
every Kind of machinery for planting.
cultivnting and harvesting tue same.
We then 20 in 20 Horticultural Hall,
and we see plans FROM every known
country. We Iow pass into Brewers
Hall close by, aud take drink Of
freshly breSed cool lager, which Is
very refreshing. We next go to Mem
orial Hall OF Art Gallery, and see the
finest picture and statues of the best
artists, ancieit snd modern. that come
from every art OF the world. This
building Is,f stone, cost one and a
half million and Is intended for a
permanent Art Gallery. Numerous
other bulldogs deserve our attention,
but FOR fear being lengthy, We will
close here. Yours truly,
CARTER BLANToN.
ADDENDA-l shall have to come
home soon Gorge, for my pants are
wearing out,tud my hat is all coming
to pieces an( stove in, and money is
quite i scare commodity.
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The MorK OF Congress.

Congress was a long time adjourn
ing, but every one must acknowledge
that it has doDe good work while it
has been 10 session. Not even the
bitterest Of political opponents can de
ny that the Democratic House has
faithfully kept the pledges Of reform
which it made when it entered upon
its labors. 1t is true that in conse
queuce of the etultifying Influences
and actions of the Republican Senate,
it has not been able to arrive at the
full measure OF the desired success IN
It's schemes for the publication of the
government and the amelioration OF
the deplorable condition of the country.
1t has however accomplished enough
to excite our admiration, and to vindi
cate its profession OF desire to labor
solely for the good Of the nation. II
has driven from Office disgraced Sec
rotary of War, and laid bare the
schemes of villauy by which the de
partment was made to contribute to
the selfish aud corrupt Vaccinations of
its head / has exposed the iucom
potency and dishonesty of the men
who have for so long had The controI
Of the Executive; In some instances ar
resting their career of iufamy, by re
moving the supplies by which their
greed and lust were grstified II has
cut down our expenses from III
millions Of last year to 147 millions
without causing any diminutiou Of the
usefulness of any department, and it
refused to restore the franking priv
ilege, which was re-enacted by the
Senate Its members have in all their
actions manifested their high regard
for the best interests of the people
whose representatives they were, and
its performances would have been far
more important had its efforts been
seconded, instead of thwarted in every
manner, by the Senate. The country
appreciates its endesyors and Its
performances would have been far more
importaut had it's efforts been seconded
instead of thwarted in every manner,
by the Senate. The country apprc
ciates its eDdeavors and its achievements.
and will soop, by placing Tiidcn in the
Executive chair, aud the other branch
of Congress in Democratic bands, re
move all obstacles to the progress OF
the nations prosperity.
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How They Slaughter, Ne
SrOeS In mississippi.
lNississippi Correspondence of the St
louis Times

lAiss'ssippi Correspondence of the St
louis Times.
10 SardAS made some inquiries in
regard to pole'cs, AID was aItopisbed
TO learn that 10 Wis Democratic conn
~. Elride, the ct,uit IoTE
black az the acc of sP~des nd ,bst
Milton Littlejohn, the ea.ncerg,lort
was bright, hand omc,-s>s5s-Jl
mulatto orator; that ono Of ~ sso' - az
Of supervisors was a negro; that one :.
the representatives, 10 the Legislature
Is negro; that Sheriff Fletcher, az old
/ Confederate officer, has two negro dep
uties. When another message is sent
to Congress teeming with falsehood
Pamela county, Mississippi, should be
embered In this connection |
wish to nail one lie in regard to the
public schools Last fall it was told
the negro that it the Democrats came
into power they would break up the
public schools This has been biz
argument with the negro, for they
have been swiudIed so much since the
war that they are becoming DESTROYS
to educate their children Last fall
when the people were delivered from
bondage, and the Democrats carried
the State, Captain Rainwater, an old
Confederate officer, was elected school
superintendent for this county. This
year, when the summer months came
instead of spending his vacation in
the North, as his health demanded, he
has opened up a colossal normal school,
and now has sixty negro teachers be
ing instructed by him, in order that
they may be competent to teach their
own people ADD receive the pay for it,
and not let it be given to the thou
sands Of the thieves who are tramping
through the South trying TO obtain EN-
ployment teaching the negro schools
Tor S25 month, but who 10 reality
are filling the negroes minds with la
tired to their best friends. Captain
Rainwater has beer running his school
for two months, and will continue
through the summer Who displays
greater love for the negro man than
this Let o. T. Morton in his next
bloody shirt speech tell this one truth
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slatIOnlng rroopsinthe south.

The day after the adjournment OF
Congress. the Secretary of War. issu
ed an order to Gen. Sherman, com
handing the armies of the United
States, to prepare for stationiug troops
throughout the South The order -
entirely uncalled for By any condition
Of affairs ia the South, aud hence
must be accepted as altogether Politi-
cal and intended to intimidate voters,
and if possible prevent those States
from going for Tildeu and Hendricks.
1t is intended to asgravate the people
of the South, and cause the extremists
to commit some rash acts or excuses
that will in the eyes of their party
justify military Intervention. The
Southern people are again invoked TO
hear P,..iertlv their great wrongs, and
e 80 -s-ssi--iv e-slure these
military orders. The dsy, of their de
1iEerance is near by. The RepubIi
cans see the hand writing on the wall
The Northern people will condemn all
these military edicts, if they fail to
work up suitable outrages. This
desperate effort of Grants Secretary
Of War, will make thousands OF voters
for Tilden aud Hendricks. Mark the
result Whom the Gods would de-
stroy they first make mad Where
they intimidate one vote in the South,
they will make ten for the Democrats
in the North.
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.Judge l.. S. TrImbie.

Hon L. S. Trimble, candidate LOT
Congress, addressed the people OF ful-
ton county, at the court house, 90
Friday last, a very respectable au''>
ence being lr:,ent. His speech was
veIl received and we think made
decidedly favorable impression.
His views Oh the questions OF finance
we're specially interesting aud elected
,bouehtful attention. Having heard
only q portion of his speech, we can
not attempt report. His financial
views may be classed, we suppose, as
the Ewing greenback theory" He
wants to retire the National bank note
circulation and substitute greenbacks
/ for it. He did not argue the question
Of ipaation-whether we had currency
enough or not. He denounced the law
making 5 20 bonds payable in gold
instead of greenbacks as terrible
fraud and imposition upon the people
There may be difference, but we are
H not able to understand it, between the
position of Judge Trimble. and the
i position taken by Judge Boone and
iCol. Turner, in their last canvass
Trimble is master of the subject, aud
in discussing it makes it vitality inter-
esting, the which few public speakers
can do.
10 this issue will be found the an
Douncement of Judge TrimbIe as
--Isdsdate for Congress. subject TO the
action of the Democratic party. He
has served these people three terms
in Congress, besides having occupied!
various positions of public trust and
confidence. As member Of Congress.
in the trying years immediately sue
ceeding the war, his whole course was
thoroughly approved by our people
SO far as we have ever beard. He was
a consistent Union man, elected as
such, but 10 course of time was ostra-
cised, prescribed and imprisoned, be-
cause Of his liberal sentiments He
made a brave fight for his expaIriated
fellow-countrymen at the close of the
war, and to such liberal Union men as
he, We are indebted, for the couserva
tive generous course of Kentucky as
coutradistiuguished from that expert
enced by Tennessee and other Southern
States. These points are we'll under
stood, and appreciated, by the people.
As representative in Congress he
would reflect credit upou the District
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NE Ha1one, Order.


1t is just about oue year ago that
the president wrote to the attorney
general concerning the application of
Gov Ames for the employment OF
troops in Mississippi THE whole
public arc tired out with these annual
autumnal outbreaks 10 the South, aud
the great majority are ready to con
demu any interference on the part Of
the Government" In communicating
this to Gov Ames the attorney gcner
al said: You see by this the MUD Of
the president, with which | and every
member of the Cabinet who has been
consulted are in full accord The
order recently issued by the president
through the War Department seems to
indicate that he has lost that sensitive
regard for public opinion that restrain
ed him from complying with Gov.
Amcs' application last fall. 1t is not
customary to give publicity to orders
for military preparation, but IN this
instance the order seems to have been
given to the press about as soon as il
was given to the general OF the army.
The distribution of such an order
among the negroes 10 the South Is well
calculated to precipitate any troubles
that may be pending, aud to encour
age the belief, that Is carefully instiIl
ed into the minds of the negroes by
vicious white meu, that the military
force of tue United States will be used
to back then up IN anything they may
undertake. 1t Is hot an unfair pre-
sumption under all the circumstances
that the design of the order is to TO
ment trouble.
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The way to beat down dissensions
kcrings, and boiling, in party, is
that party to put forward its best
- 4 most popular men.
People will be dissatisfied with a
ventiop if it lis not conducted fairly.
i it is conducted call right free
= N tricks and frauds-aDd the voice
the people clear and manifest
,IIing aDd boilers will 6ud little
,utonanoe.
If the Oomiuee of party is in aud
himself popuiar-if his nomination
desired by the people-bolting aud
'ers will correspondiDgly become
popular.
When formidable dissensions exist
hin party, and the embit;ered ele
nts will accept no service-no com,
2 'ent physician to heal the wounds
crerphelnsning defeat only can
.slelch the discussions, and through
iversify unite the brotherhood.
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The business depression at Boston
i driving many professional men into
MANUAL labor. The Mayor Of Boston
gently bad eight hundred applicants
r.r the police, and some of them were
.radustcs of colleges and professional
men whose families were suffering for
,r food. These sufferers want reform
nd change, and are beginning to get
aeir own consent to quit Radiealism.
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: .e aepub,Icsn ...eapons..

&C esePuptAcon - W en- u q n -
soldiers for the South aud money
corruption for the doubtful States
\ the North are the weapona OF war
: that will be freely used by the
i.sdical party III the present campaign
with no emotions of honesty and
e''hout shame. they 90 into this con
tel prepared TO bribe. lie. black guard
80 play the bully. The people of the
nth are TO be bullied by an exhi
lion of brute force. aud the people of
= : West aud North are 10 be lied to
'''e'r Preiudices worked upon, and
'Oery in all its shapes is to be resorted
-. ID this goes to show the despera-
= N OF the cause, and if the Democrat
! party will only prove true TO itself
md the country, the contest will close
~ November with victory that will
aanish from power and place the unre
Generated gang of robbers that now
ontrol the destinies of this great
e"uusry. Truth is mighty and will
reyaii. y
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who VIII be. the Nominee I
1t now being considered certain that
a convention will be called to nomi-
nate Democratic candidate for Con-
gress in this District, the question Is
continually asked Who will be the
nominee
For one and all, after the closest
kind of reasoning and calculation We
answer in very emphatic, if not ele
gan, language, I'VE don't know
The result depends largely upon the
line of action which shall be adopted
by the Turner men. Some of ,hess
want to 60 into convention, while ofs
ers bitterly oppose it. We learn thsi
petitions signed by hundreds of bis
old supporters, have been sent to hin
urging that he consent TO convention.
These pledge themselves to carry the
counties Of Trigg, Marshall, Galloway,
and Ballard solid, and probably Cit
tenden and LivinnstoD, with scattering
instructions from McCracken, Graves
Fulton, and the other counties. il
their ability is eqnal to their promises
this would give Turner the nomination
easily. Some assert their intention to
carry the District Convention by storm
Just to show that they can do it
whether Turner consents, OF objects
Others, Turner Directing, will hold
aloof from the convention; and vel
others swear that they will drop Tuz:
ner if he consents to a convenR-sl : =
any shape Again, some propose 10
quit him if he does not yield TO party
arbitration. SO tits impossible TO
predict results.
The Boone men are growing more
spirited since his return from Wash
ingtou. add is to commence an active
canvass. They claim that he is good
pure upright man, always faithful ana
entitled TO an endorsement. His friends
claim that in a convention, as agaist
Turner, he would carry the instruc
tions of Fulton, Hickman, Graves
McCracken. Lyon, Caldwell, Living
ston and Crittenden, which would
nominate. Trimble's friends are con-
6deut that the real struggle IN con
veution would come up between Iur
DER aud Trimble; aud that Trimblc
would take from Turner votes in Me
Cracker, Crittenden, Livingston, Cal
loway and Marshall.
If Turner is not before the conven-
ton, the opinion prevails that the vote
between Boone aud Trimble will be
about.tied, MeCracken aud the upper
counties going for Trimbie, and ma
jorIty of the Purchase counties going
for Boone Iu this contingency, 1t IS
not improbable that ne" man, may
be nominated. If a new man Is the
ticket Ed Grassland stands head and
shoulders above ell others, if he will /
accept If he will not accept, Jno W (
Blue, of Crittenden, is very fsvofab'y /
spoken; or Col Holt, of Galloway. II
Clint Randle's health would permit, be /
3ould carry the domination with ease,
but his continued illness renders that
but Of The question.
Our own opinion is that one Of the /
hree candidates, Boone, Turner, or /
rrimble, will be the map.
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Business has been SO dull all over
= = country during the past year that
lie working class 10 many localities
~ actually suffering for food. raime Mt
! medicine. Organizations for
srAd and butter, similar to the Com
" ine" of Paris, have been threatned
=. some sections. There is plenty of
rital in the country, aud The "bone
81 sinew" of the land ought to be
s~r' employed. We have no desire to
clased with those political econo-
N's, who cay THAT The time has
ne when the labor and mechapic are
Aigs in the market, and that popuia-
',"u is nuisance. We have passed
worst of our panic In the near
afnre we see light and prosperity for
) rising as beautifully and as maics-
ally as gilt edged clouds With silver
teicr
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po,yu on RrIstovvIsm.

Grant is pushing all the Brlsto"
en- to the wall, and 1t Is passing
range that the Republicans IN Ken
,.ky. who clomored SO loudly foT
.:ristow, so ismely submit TO the In
/. entities that are cast upon them
n. Murray. the United States Mar
Aal in Kentucky has had his head
'.opped off. He resigned, he Gays
3 cause IL was desirable to those high
authorily."
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TIE MISSOURI BANDITS.
A state sayink Bank Robbed.

Last week most daring bank rob-
berry was perpetrated on the State Saw.
ipgs bank, located IN the heart of the
business center of Dallas, Texas. Il
Ii Gruber, the president, was alone in
the office, standing at the cashiers
stand, with number of bills in bis
hands. Three men came to the door
Of the bank, two entered, while one
remained outside. Approaching the
counter they sprang over and seized
GTuber, at the same time attempting
to wrest the money in his hands from
him. A robber struck Gruber on the
head several times with a pistol, fell
ing him to the floor, he still struggling
maDfully r.. Fooled in their attempt the
two robbers in the bank made break
for the back door, escaping, where one
of their horses was hitched, which was
mounted by one, who galIoped toward
the Compress Building His compan
ion dashed off foot until joined by
The man who remained IN front of the
bank. who had horses The two start
ed after their fleeing companion. The
amount taken i not known. Eight or
ten men are IN pursuit abont a minute
behind 1t is supposed the robbers
belong to the Younger James gang
JESSIE JAMES DECLARES HIMSELF
INNOCENT.
KANSAS CITY, No. August IS
Last night a stranger rode up to oUe
Of the reporters OF the Times aud hand
ed him the following letter. The per
son is supposed to have been Jessie
james
OAK GROVE, Ks August Ii. 1876
You have published Il obbs Kerry >
confession, which makes It appear
that the James and the Youugers
were The Rocky Cut robbers If there
was only Que side TO be told II would
probably be believed by good many
people that Kerry has told the truth.
But his SO called confession Is a we'll
built pack of lies from beginning o
eud / never heard of Hubbs Kerry :
arrest. | can prove my iUnoceDcs by
eight good and well known men oi
jackson county, and show coucluaiveiy
that I was not at the train robbery
But at present | will only give the
names Of two Of those men TO whom
| will refer for proof.
Early Cd the morning after the train
robbery east Of Sedaiia. l saw the
Hon. d. Gregg, Of jackson county,
and talked with him for thirty or forty
minutes | also saw and talked to Mr.
Thomas Pitcher, of jackson county
the morning after the robbery. Those
two men's oaths can not be impeached
so | refer the grand jury OF Cooper
county, Mo, and Governor Harden to
those men before they act so rashly
on the oath of liar, thief and robber
Kerry knows that the james aud
Noungers cant be taken alive, and
that Is why he has put it on Us. l
have referred to Messers. Pitcher aud
Gregg because they are prominent met =,
and they know am innocent, anu then
word eau be disputed / will write an
article to you tor the Times and send
send 1t you IN few days, showing full
~ how Hobbs Kerry has lied. Hoping
the Times will give me chance for
fair hearing aud to viudicate myself
through It's columns, will close
Respectfully,
j. w. JAMES
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q convention

The Courier ,Jo9raoi, the Demo.
cratic organ of the State, feels called
upon to make tue following suggestion
to the Democracy of this District
This is no time for the grs,ifca.
ton OF personal ambition at the couu
tys cost. Three Democrats c,rno,
go to Congress from the First D;s,-;c,
at one time, aud unless the, s1ho,;, 70
a convention, not one of them w;ll
probably go. Come, gentlemen max 3
your hight ." the party, or else leave
the party for the partys good
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Federal interference at the South
appears now to be the order of the
day at Washington. If carried ont
in the spirit in which it is begun, it
must prove a serious issue in the cam
paign. A renewed attempt to coerce
the South is most evidently foreshad-
owed; it will be Godsend to Demo
cratic orators aud organs at the North.
New York Tribune.
The Faducah News says the Repub-
lica1 Congressional convention, which
assembled in that city "Wednesday
week last, was composed of twenty four
white and twenty two negroes. Six OF
the twelve counties in the district we're
represented.
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IT is we'll to be correctly posted
There are four Presidential candidates
q the field Tilden, of New York,
Democrat; Hayes. of Ohio, Republic
can; Peter Cooper. of New York
Greenbacker; and Gresn Clay Smith,
rf Kentucky, Teetotaler.
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sneaker Kerr Dead.

Hou. NJ. &. Kerr, speaker of the
House of Representatives, died at
,ock Alum Springs. Va, on Satur-
~ last, of consumption Of the bowels.
ne Democracy has lost one of its
ing vote IN The tpresees Congress
.onouueed his vindieation kren some
,..hy charges which had been trump
nm against him.
aspect of Republicans
US Democrats.