The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-05-24

pect for good crops in this section -ere
meyer better. We gather H-m many
E1 1nE q 90 agEiGal nd
j. - &c stanJsof cotton and corn
are all that could be asked. The cut.
worm is slightly in the cotton in some
localities, but no serious damage is ap-
pretended. The promise of the fruit
crop is also Just as coed as can be.
Reidville North Carolinal Times An
Did reminisoencer tells us that Chic
Justice Marshall, of Virginia, when kold'
ing United States supreme court al
Raleigh, was wont to pitch quoits with
large fiat rocks as an evening psstime
with his brethren of the bar. Frequently
the young men would decide for TIE
Judge rock 81 nearest the peg when such
was not really the case, but he would
always shake his head and say, "No, no,
let justice prevail" We will never zee
his like again.
Raleigh IN. C.) News: Operations
for this season have been discontinued at
the great fish hatchery at Ayocs, Oh
Albemarle sound. 1t was not expected
that the work would stop before the 18th
inst, but owing to unprecedented good
luck of the owners of the great seines in
their catches of herrings. the nets have
been taken out for the season. The
amount of work done, the quantity Of
fry placed in the streams, has been enor.
nous The duty has been ably dis
charged, and it but remains for our people
10 unite in projecting the fish for our
streams to be once again filed with the
finest varieties of fish as of yore
Charleston News and Courier: "In
answer to the many inquiries which are
made concerning the welfare of the emi
grants who have been forced to remain
here until the return of the Azor, i: NAV
be said that over fifty Of the emigrants
with their wives and children have set
tied down and gone to work upon the
plantation on Wandoo river purchased
by the j.. Z. association a few weeks ago
for their benefit. Others have secured
eEat,,9yment at several phosphate vge ks
near the city, and some few remain in
the city and have their wants provided
for By the association. The emigrants, as
a clsss, are well behaved, hard working
peofle. and viii doubtless earn a fair
living during their term of probation.'
San Antonio Herald: There is one
thing very evident, and that is if there
Is anything in the power of General Ord
which viii cOnduce TO the safety of the
frontier and protection from Indian and
Mexican raiders, he will do it. But his
power is far less than is generally sup
posed. When the re>enforcements were
ordered here few months ago, the
newspapers all stated the force in this
department as amounting to fully four
thousand troops, but the last official
returns of the troops now here show
that, while the organizations now
stationed here cali for three thousand
seven hundred and forty-nine troops,
there are only two thousand and eight
hundred and seventy-three enlisted men.
and that OF this number there are bu,
nineteen hundred and sixty men instead
of four thousand.
New Orleans Picayune The large and
distinguished family of which General
Wade Hampton is 50 brilliant member
furnished one thousand men TO the con.
federate army. Among them may be
named Generals Joseph E. johnston.
Albert sydney Johnston. Edward
Johnston, J. B. Floyd, John G. Breckin-
ridge, John S. and William Preston. of
Virginia, with Col. X. T. Preston. of the
same state Ne less than five governors
of Virginia were of this family-Goyer>
nors Mcdowell, Campbell, James Pres.
ton and the two Floyds; ex.Governors
Jacobs, of Kentucky; Gratz Brown, of
Missouri, and Weller, of California
Hons. Patrick Henry, Thomas 81. Ben-
nton, w. G. Preston and Ballard Preston
bes-4 wi-asArofessor Holmes and
Venables, of the university of Virginia :;
w. P. Johnston, of Washington and Lee
university, and General Il. l.. Gibson,
member OF congress OF Louisiana.
Hon. George Williamson before the
New Orleans chamber of commerce: /
have been invited to confer with you on
the conditions of trade with Mexico
aud Spanish America. ! see in the
small numbers present an indication
of the little interest that is taken in
TIE matter. This is not peculiar to New
Orleans or Louisians, but all the United
states have lost interest in reciprocal
trade with the countries south of us.
There is no reason why European powers
should take this trade away from us.
The natural arrangement of territory
invites 1t toward us, and it is perfectly
astonishing how these facts are lost sigh:
OF IN this country. l have been in
Mexico for over four years, and there ]
have seen commercial agents from every
country under the sun except from
Russia and this part of the United states.
haTe looked into the matter, and ]
have never had in all my correspondence,
anything to do with any New Orleans
merchants have never had to answer
any Of their questions as regarding the
trade with THAT country; but / have
seen and transacted in my sphere on
many thousands Of occasions with mer-
chants from all paris ef the world, par
ticularly from England
miscellaneous.
Some siens of tarerns in London are