The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-12-12
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From our regular correspondent.
wAsHINGruN, D. {. Dec. 9Th, 1879.
Not witliu the memory If The o'deSt
inhAbirant ha- Congress made ~ucl a
mid beginning ~ il hl~ made tlis
session. Correspondents aud reporters
are at their wits erd for sensation,
but a. yet. nothing has been found
that will make hair lifting head lines
Al first il was thon2ht there would be
Internal division on The financial ques
ton. bat even the most sauguine lover
of di,cord has ceased to hope tor ex-
{ Gsi.tsvsIms a,i fya@ lis source The FIRST
! ssEsS s1sGsty quiet and common,
place. Notwithstanding the perfection
of 'he weather for week Washings
TIM has been like summer even 10 the
ev'ent of an uccasional mo~qrito). but
f-w people attended The opening ses-
sion and. for the 6rst time in memo
rs, the galleries were uof full on tie
frat day On Thursday, Congress adj
journed until Monday. Many mem
bers are asking leave to 90 hume until
after The holidays. aud there seems TO
ne "a wide >preaA di-incliua'ion for real
work From past exp-rir nee it seem-
almu>t useless 10 have Congress assem-
BILE before the 1t of January. 70
have the session open al the fir, Mon
day 10 December aud then adjourn
Two weeks Tor holiday without having
accomplished auytl ing beyond iegi-lu
1--WE diliy dailyiug. j., To -sy the least
unpr"fi'able
There i considerable talk in poliii
al circle about pre-ilrntiit prospects
nd candIipse-. hu'. when silIed aud
diVe-red Of the ururuiir humbugry Of
interviews with pr"minant men. moth
ing more has te,n developed than has
breh Auo~u Tor the lat month j.
evidently too early 10 discuss thi- qre->
lion nov Thcre Al, be time befne
he conventions I--rmbIr 20 nominate
candidates TER mnrt. th - one turn la
he political knlsid '>cop- Republic
cans briIrve they eau elect either
Grant, Sherman Il sine. or Cank king
Democrats talk mostly If SeNnI,ur
with Bayard far >rc,nd choice
l. i expected that The committee on
elections will snnn pte-rnf heir repn,r-
nn the sixteen contested seats IN the
House Four are ready to be heard
nov; the briefs are all printed aud 'he
contestants are in attendance The
only contested ,eli IN IN Senate i thar
of Kellogg, OF Louisiana H. viii
probabl, not be mulestrd until late ia
the session. but. whenever The suhjecr
shall come up, there will be auother
long rehearsal of the familiar Loui-i
ana question No previous question
rule can gag oratory in the senate
The PoStma>ter>Geueral evidently
feels the vantage OF his po,iriun la h,-
6ght with the lottery companies Yes
Ierdny iormid bic array of lIwJrr-
headed by Senator Mart Carpenter.
IN the district court TO argue
the service of an injunction upon
Judge Key to prevent bin from de
tanning lie ier- addressed tu fhe lottery
companies Chief Justice Carter, who.
with Justice james. occupied the
Leuch, declined to Interrupt The regu
lar order of business to bear the ca-t..
which was referred to- the conrt by
j Justice Macarthur, who also fixed =
day for argument They wouli hear
it on regular motion day. Monday
Senator Carpenter said he could not be
present then, out could on Saturday
The court then announced the larter
day for the hearing. and proceeded
with the case Oh trial. The po>tuffice
department was nor represented. nor
had any appearance been entered or
other notice taken OF the process thai
had been served on the Postmaster
General Ii Is understood thar the
latter has decided to leave the eniirr
responsibility with the court to deter
mine whether II will assume jurisdic
fion la the matter