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Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1854-03-23
Business Cards.
MEDICAL NOTICE.

A. ID. WOOD. A. HAWKINS.
WTE would respectfully inform the
w Inhabitants of O.,umwa and VIZ
entity that Wood and Hawkins have
formed copar,nership in the practice CT
Medicine and Surgery. and are prepared
to attend all calls in the line of their
profession.
Punctual attendance and reasonable
charges.
One or both may be found at their
Office. or at their residences when no.
absent on business. DR.. Hawkins real,
dence-ihree doors ives, of the County
rreasurer's Office on Main Street.
WOOD e. HAWKINS.
November Oath 1853
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1854-03-23

IRhubarb Root.
corrosive sublilnate
Red Preclpi,a.e.
Powdered Rhubarb,
Powdered Jalap,
llpecac, do.
lCan,liarides,
lCorks, assorted.
lJars, bottles, walls,
Castor Oil,
Sweet Oil,
lOlive Oil. prime,
Rad Geniian,
lSpigelia, or Pink
| Root,
Sienna, Alexandria.
and East India,
| NJ agnesia, calcined,
and carbonate.
Extracts and Oils oil
all kinds,
Sand Paper assor.
| ted.
DYE-STUFFS:
Paris Green,
Prussian Blue,
Dutch Nader,
Indigo, best article,
ILogwood, g. Fustic,
ICamwood and Me
| wood.
Ext. of lockwood,
Alum & Copperas,
DRY Verdigris,
Alcohol & Whiskey
Acid Muriatic, Sui.
| phuric, &c.
Gold !. eaf, Bronze.
lies of almost every
zines
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1854-03-23
N Office.

Notice.
In the matter of the Estate of Henry
Funk, Sem, decd.
N Office is here by given to ell persons
IN interested in the estate Of the late
Henry Funk SEN. Of Wapello county, that
the Judge Of said county has fixed upo n
and ordered Saturday the Sth day of A pr,l.
1854, as the day when the will of the said
Henry Funk. sen shall be proven before
the county Court OF said county.
BY order of the Court.
JOSEPH HAYNE, elk.
March, 10Th lS54-3m.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1854-03-23

THE undersigned having formed a CO.
l. partnership for the practice Of Medi-
cine and Surgery, tender their professional
services to the citizens of Dahlonega and
vicinity. Office adjoining the residence of
DR.. McClintick, where they may be found
at all times unless absent on business.
McCLINTICk & CAMERON.
Dahlonega, Dec. 10Th, '33--6ms
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1854-03-23
DIED,

On March llth. GEORGE p, infant
son of GEORGE and MARGARET LEONARD,
aged year. Z months and 8 days.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1854-03-23

DICE, Chocolate. Indigo, in factall kinds
IN of Groceries for sale at c. c. VS..
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1854-03-23
Henry B. llendershOtt,

Estate Of Elizabeth Mills.
THE undersigned has been appointed
j by the Wapello county Court Execu-
tor OF said Estate, creditors will present
their claims for allowance, and debtors
will make payment without delay.
MAHL0N HOOVER, Executor.
March, Is, lS54-3w.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1854-03-23

ever brought to this market. which we offer
for sale at The lowest possible prices.
And as our goods were purchased in the
East with cash, we are prepaid to say to all
our former friends and customers, as we'll as
host of new ones who may be pleased to
favor us with call; that we am determined
not TO be undersold, but to sell little low
er than any other house in the upper coun-
Try, keokuk, Burlington and all towns on
the Nj sslssippi River not excepted.
We therefore cordially solicit all per
sons wishing to purchase anything in our
line, to call and exa mine our goods as well
as our prices, and then act as their better
judgement and own interest would seem to
dictate.
Our stock consists in the following arti-
cles, viz:
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1854-03-23
j. e. j. Devin,
At Il O. NEY s AT LA w +,

OTTUMwA, IOWA.
WILL practice in the Courts of Wap.
w clio, Jefferson. Van Buren,, Davis,
Appanoose, Monroe, Lucas, Marion and
Mahaska.
Having the advantage of a long residence
in the valley they will give particular at
tention to Securing and collecting Claims,
sale of Warrants. Entries of land on
time, buying and Selling Real Estate, Set
Element of Titles, payment of Taxes &c.
February 10th 1854.
Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1854-03-23
LATEST NEWS!
Pumroy & Barretts
fDboIesale a,l0 nstdil
DRUG STORE.
Ottulmwa, IOWA.

WE have jus. received and are now
w opening the LARG EST and MOST COM
PLETE stock of FRESH
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-03-24

BEAUTIFUL, ELOQUENT AND TRuE.--The fol-
lowing is the conclusion of speech by Anson
Burlngame, Esq, Of Niassac chusetts, apon the
Douglas fraud
"And now there is land larger than the
Northwest Territory-larger than all the free
States, excluding California-lying under the
ATTITUDES of liberty, blest with the best rains
of heaven, drained by the finest rivers in the
world waiting the advent of one hundred
millions of freemen, dedicated to liberty by
the plighted faith of patriots from the North
and the South and New England man,
Graded in Vermont, and nurtured in the north.
west under the smiles Of freedom, forgetting
the mother that bore him, ungrateful to the
land of his adoption, in the Senate Of the
United States, in the face of the world, with
hot haste. when no man prayed for it by pc.
titon, seeks to abrogatc the language by
which it has been given to freedom, that
language of the glorious old ordinance Of
1857, originally from the mind Of the author
of the Declaration of Independence, and to
doom it to the woes and agonies Of slavery.
| In the name of the poor man whose heri.
tage it is, protest in the name of humanity
protest. Let the declaration 20 forth from
old Faneuil Hall let it rise from every Sec
/ ton of the republic; from the land of Henry
| 10 the land of Adams from the tomb Of JEFF
| icrsun to the tomb of JAY; from the grave OF
I Calhoun in the sweet shade OF the magnolia ,,
/ blossoms from the generous soil of old Ken
! tuck, which wraps the manly form of Henry
/ Clay from the shores by the sounding sea
where the great New England statesman il
laid down to rest let the declaration &C
| forth let it ring from side to side; by every
gushing river by every wind beaten hill b,
/ mi taip y SGa bal IA,
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-03-24

TIE STRUGGLING PooR.-ONLY One LoAr.
-"Only one loaf, Mr.. Pease only one loaf
Such was the entreaty which smote the heart
with piteous accents, as we passed in company
with the individual named, through a haggard
crowd which beset the door Of the Five Points
House Of Industry. on wet and gloomy eve
ning last week. The kind hearted Missionary
groaned for sorrow, as we turned in silence
from the petition, and passed on; repeating
over and over to himself the imploring words,
''oniy one loaf Mr.. Pease "Oh what shall
do' am exceeding my receipts every day
to feed five hundred of these poor creatures,
and have been doing so for two months past =
and yet have to turn away IN this manner with
their cries ringing in my ears. Can you not
write something that will start the stream of
pity for these honest, helpless poor folks'
"They earn all they can; there is not the
work of one hand to divide among two pairs of
them; and the little they get, is reduced to one
half its value in richer hands, by the oppress-
i've system of groggery retailing under which
they live. Horrible as II Is, II is a truth, that
the poor are paying at the rate of sirieen dol
lars a ton for coal And not much less bar
rel for the poorest -four, either by the pound OF
in the shape of wretched bread. When shall
we have public arrangements for the destitute
thorough enough and large enough to invite
them, one and all, to come and get work. and
to come and get food and fuel, not as gra,uity,
but just at prices as favorable to their msera'
BILE means as the RICH pay"
We can add nothing. Let aff1uence ponder
W. Y. Courier Il Enquirer.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-03-24
Exhibition of Idiot Children.

The Assembly Chamber was crowded well
| nigh to suffocation last evening, on the occa.
sion of the exhibition by Dr. Wilbur the Su-
perintehdenl Of the State Asylum for Idiots, OF
a class Of his ih,uresiing pupils. The specta-
clo Was one well adapted to excite the sympa-
thy and admiration Of every benevolent heart.
Here were gathered together class of unior-
thnate children, who until very recent period,
had been almost completely overlooked and
dlsregarded even by the comprehensive and
engle.eyed search of modern civilzltion.-
Through the perseverlng exertlons of few un-
| tirlng phanhroplss and statesmen, they have
been reclaimed from the low abyss OF wretch
edness, suffering and MISERY their physical
wants provided for-tle lingering CLEANS of
common humanity within them carefully and
! Systematically nourished and developed their
| ln,e ler,ua powers disciplined and strengthen
| ed and their moral nature cultivated to its vi
| most capacity.
This we regard as the browning triumph of
the civilization Of the age; as far beyond the
| highest trophies of modern science and art as
the human soul is greater and nober than per-
| ishable matter. And If there be one phian-
| throplc enterprise which, above and beyond ev-
cry other, may justify tie most liberal and
bounteous encouragement of the Legislature,
! 1t is this. If men like DR.. Wilbur and his as
/ v,
can be found willing and deslrons TO devote
their ener oies their talent ,ho,, ,i,o and ,h,ir
lives, to the reclamation, the hoppness. and
the physical and mental ,mnr,vemen, Of ,hls
ha apess and long neglected class ,h. funds IF
the State should b. poured firth like wafer in
aid of 30 heavenly an enterprise.
II we can spare our tens of thousands an
nually for the encouragement OF institutions
for The education of the deaf tho Dnmb and
The Mind ,,,r hnrJ,nI, .,c ,h,..,i. g. a.
denies and Collegrs mr. mIl;nns f,r Cnnnon
Schools. for the n,in,cn,nce nf ,he noor far
the punishment of criminals, and other objects
of State policy. surely We can affnrd a Iber,I
and unniticent appToprio,ion for ,Le cducn.
.,ion and support of others. tho most belple.s
most des,,,;,tc. mos, checr,nss and hani,,h,od
children ot ,h,. stat, Whn,cv.r ON, h. Jouo
b. individual or ley;sl,,ive hn,r,v rnr soma or
the leas, Of these" tbe nleri,ors or ~ nur o co,u n
mon humanity | came, moi hc o,h.rS;.o ,, ,Ian Ia n .D
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-03-24

GEORpIE, or the Kings Pet is about the
best imitation of the style of Mr.. G. p R.Q.
Il. James, that we have ever encountered. 1t
can scarcely fail TO amuse even the great story
teller himself:
1T was near midnight, toward the close of
the afternoon, on sultry morning IN pecen-
Der, Is, previous TO the revolution of the last
war, when the burning moon was setting in
the eastern sky, casting brilliant shadow up
on the gorgeous clouds, which entirely obscur-
ed the frmameni aud the unclouded sun was
sending down It's noon day beams with an in
tensity Of heat, like the shrieking of heavy
thunder Though the deep mountain gorges of
the western prairles.
Lovely indeed, was the sound Of such q
spectacle to the feet of the weary traveller for
three feline monsters Of the deep were Just
gathering together for their evening meal, and
separating, ere the sun was risen, for the sports
of the chase, and al things betokened a re-
sponse too deep for utlerance
In the ensuing autumn, about two years
previous to the aforementioned merry catss-
trophe, Two pede, trans might have been seen
riding upon horseback in three wheeled car
rlnge, up to the brow OF preciplce under the
side of forest, which had been cut down be-
fore the trees had begun TO take root, and en-.
gagged in eating their evening dinner by the
roadside IN the arms OF Morpheus The eld-
es, Of the three gentlemen was young lady
of about tifly-thrce, and bou, two years Young
er than the other man, which latter gentleman
was, from tine manner IN which she addressed
| him, evidently her only and youngest daughter
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-03-24
POETRY.
SPIRIT OF STORM.
ny J. n. A. BoNi

ny J. N. A. BONE.
Ay, shuddcr and crouch at the sound Of my wing,
Unsought for come, and unbdden | stay
Destruction and woe my progress l bring,
And ruin and death are tho marks of my way,
Awful beauty is minc--such beauty as ho
Who warrcd with his maker showed In hi
form
And mortas shall fear and bow down when they Sc,
The thunder SCARED brow of the Spirit of Storm
| step on tho earth, and ii rocks meath my tread
speak-the hills tremblo In foar at MY name
| breathe, and the waters rush from me in dread
glance at the woods, and they burst into fame
gaze on the ships in their beauty and pride,
| stretch forth my finger, in terror they ny;
breathe in their sails, and thry helplcssly ride.
Shattered skcletons tossing 'twst ocean and sky
The another who bends Ger her children in prayer
Lifts her face white with dread when l sullcny
speak
The father looks up at my face in despair,
As burst on the waters my startling Shrek.
The face Of the coward is blanched at my glance,
And tightly the lips of the brave man are set,
As each eagerly seeks on my dark brow a.chanco
That my steps still turn and my purpose forget.
have rested awhile on the snow-crested Alps,
Where the silence never disturbed but by me (;
have sung to the Indian brave gathering scalps,
And have bathcd my dark wing In the sunny
South Sea
In the woods of the North have shattered the pine
And scattered the flowers meath a tropical sun
Have moancd mid the ruins of castIc-crowncd
Rhine,
And shouted where torrents in solitude fun,
Throw your pleasure ASIDE, for in grandeur come,
And darkness is cast on the face of the world
utter my will-trembling mortals, be dumb
When my terrible voice my victims is hurled.
Forest and city must bend to my sway,
Monarch and peasant must shrink at my form
stubborn and yielding my word must obey,
For who shall dispute with the Spirit of Storm
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-03-24
AG GRICU LTU RAJ.
The Great Need of Farmers.

The great necessity Of the farming commu-
nifty, is more extended and thorough know
ledge as to the modes of saving and applying
the substances capable Of cnriching the land
which are furnished by their own farms.
Many, it is true, buy guano. and ashes, and
bone dust, and other manures but the
large majority, the great bulk of the farming
community rely entirely on what they can
get at home to make their crops. They do
not go of their own farms for manure Of any
kind, and are not at present likely to do so.
1t is, consequently, matter of the highest
Importance to them to learn how to husband
and to use to the best advantage all their
home resources When it has once become
converted into coin, farmers are generally
saving enough of their property. The wise
and penurious DR.. Franklin could not have
wished them more 50. But, inconsistentlv
enough with this, most of them waste the
value Of several hundred dollars every year,
in the loss of manures which might be saved
almost as well as not. This amounts to a
very considerable per cent ige of their income,
ard in the course of . lifetime makes the
difference between rich and a poor man
using tho term rich according to its general
acceptance in the country, and not as John
Jacob Astor would probably have used it.
We believe that it is practicable so 10 cuiti-
rate land, as rapidly 10 iplproce IL by simp1v
erpend,ng upon the manure made from the
crops Dh'ch ii produces, ruhout the AID of any
thing from abroad. We fully believe, for
instance, that the product Of many of the
comparatively barren farms on Long Island
could be tripled, in a few years, by saving
and properly applying all the manures-both
liquid and solid-made upon them, without
the help of one pound Of guano or any other
substance not produced on the land. The
effect of such improvement upon the indivi-
dual and collective wealth of the country
would be immense--almost inealculable. But
can it be brought about We believe it can.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-03-24
NSArrENPr TO DErEAup-RFoovInYo oT
MO .,z AInnIuI RLIIs rur Il

GSArIENPr TO DEFEAup-RFoovIhY oT
Sl253 OF WORTHLESS Bills CT THE bAsk
OF BEssISGroS.-This morning rather a veI-
dant Yankee went into the clothing store Of
Myers Cohen and bought Sl4 worth of cloth
Ing, for which amount he rendered hlm IN
worthless bills on the Bank of Bennington, W.,
which failed some te n years ago. MF Cohen
refused 10 take the bills, and ascertaining that
he had M other money and well-hlled pocket
book Of this description, sTnt word TO the po.
ice office, when officer Hale arrested him and
brought hun TO the ofhee, where hs was search.
ed and afterwards underwent an examination
before Justice Cole On him was fonnd Sl2-
So in 2's, IS, SIS. los and 100 dollar bills On
the Bank of Bennington. Many Of them are
genuine bills-o;ters iupressoua taken from
the plate Of the bank bat nlied up with ihci;.
tious NAMES. besides a considerable amount un-
signed. He refused 10 give any account of
himself or how he obusined the worthless trash.
! but from the papers found it appears that his
| name is Daniel Whttiker. that he has residcd
| IN Bennington, and thst he is carpenter or
| sash-maker by trade. lie thought he had d
perfect right 10 Offer tkps, bile, MS he had 90,
tained them honestly, aud # any person ss~ TT
to take them why he had no objection lie was
! fully committed 10 answer 10 the charge OF at
tempting to de rsua.---Ab. Jsuf.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-03-24

ANEcpoTE OF THE NEBRASKA CoNrRo-
vERsY-At a meeting Of the Germans of this
city, on Friday evening, Mr.. Forsch, accord
ing TO the New Yorker Demokrat, related the
following anecdote:-
II have still some remarks to make, to show
to what kind of means the friends Of the Ne
braska bill have recourse. Before the meeting
of a week ago yesterday. there came to me a
certain Nesseler, vino was once gensd'arme
in Germany. '.e requested me to appear at
the meeting and speak in favor Of the Nebras-
ka bill OF course, was obliged to refuse.-
Thereu7on he imagined it was with me as with
him, and that the clink of dollars would,
perhaps, soften my heart; so he laid twenty.
five dollars upon the table. said. very quiet
ly to him: Now am still less inclined to do
IT. (rhunderIng applause.l When he per-
ceived that he could dc nothing with me, he
said 'Forsch have you not YET become know
ing? The Nebraska bill is a humbug, and
everything in the United States is a humbug.
Come then, make money" looked to my
wife and said, quietly: Charlotte, turn that
humbug out Of doors" (Great Laughter and
applause.l
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-03-24
Correspondence Of the Newark Daily Advertiser :.

ROME, Feb. z 1854.
One chief charm of this melancholy city Just
now is Its foreign society, and the English and
American visitors far outuumbering all others.
An observing friend, who IS curious in statis-
tics, rectons the number at 100, including
domestlcs and they seem, for the most part,
disposed to be as agreeable as possible, indivi-
dual and home distinctions being for the time
merged into more generous feeling OF fellow.
ship.
But after all, the great charm of intelligent
social intercourse is breadth OF sympathy, and
know of no pleasanter iefieshnent after a
fatiguing day among these stupendous remains
Of ancient ostentation, than an American re-
union at one OF Mrs. Crawfords agreeable
soirees, where truth and nature keep company
with the graces. The society of Rome itself
is more ostentatious and less cheerful than that
Of either Of the other Italian capitals. In fact
few of the noble families open their doors for
company. The habtusl gloom which hangs
over the city infects also the social atmosphere;
and one passes from the stately solemn dulness
Of a fashionable Roman entertainment into the
bosom of the foreign circles here, with some
thing Of the emotions which Il true Christian
might be supposed to experience, on leaving
the cave-like atmosphere Of one Of their great,
dreary, paganized churches for the cheerful
light Of well appointed worshipping assem-
bly, in one Of our cities. These ancient edlhces
by-thc-bye, whatever may be their abstract
artistic merits, belong to another age, and are
no more suited to modern wants and ideas thar
the old Roman gaIlles, which have been so sue
cessfully superseded by our matchess ships.
The Coliseum Is striking image of the city
decayed, vacant, gloomy, half grey and hal
green, erect on one side and fallen on the 9th
er, with consecrated ground in the middle Wis
tied, wlthal by people of all Sorts moralsts
antiquaries artists, devotees; &c. The emp
tiness and stiffness of the streets contrast pain
| fully with those of living cities, thou gh this II
in keeping with the desolate majesty of tn,
| city Of the Caesars. The sound Of carts ant
carriages is rarely heard and after nine in tn,
evening profound stiffness rcigns. But the de
! ligh'ful, charming weather which we have Ell
! joyed for some weeks, is some compensation TO
| many discontorts. The air to-day is as sof
and agreeable as the pleaSaniest May day il
America. Yours, &c.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-03-24

At late Manchester meeting, Col, Rovell
OF Allenstown, came upon the stand of his
own accord, greeted the speaker and was in
troduced to the audience. He proceeded to
state that he was nearly seventy years Of age,
that he had been democrat all his life, that
he was with them in the war OF Great Britain,
in the embargo, in the Missouri Compromisr.
in the annexation Of Texas in the Mexican
war, that he voted for Franklin Pierce, and
that lie hoped to die in that part, in which he
had 50 long acted. But that he could not 20
TO that account to which he must soon hc
summoned with the guilt of the Nebraska
Bill upon his soul. Ierepu iiated il, and the
party which supported it.
The earnestne,s of the speaker, ana lie
startling announcements created the utmost
excitement in the audience. And when the
old gentleman proceeded to say that he had 1.
son who went West, and that wirn ho wac
about starting, asked, A." Father, where shall
90 to get out Of the reach of slavery !" aud
that he replied - Anywhere north ul So deg
80 min. that tc had gone to Mresoti
waere he supposed he would breath the air o
! freedom, hui where ne was Ia ha hedged still
| by slavery, in consequence Of the Nebraska
! Bill the dense assembly Was reused To 4;
, pitch oi excitement never beiur witnessed u
/ that hail. aud thunders of appldus' reut ia,
sir.
lhrrc ar, thousand of eases similar H. thi
in New Hampshire, and il they would hu
I speak out, the neiarious scheme of northern
traitors might ho defeated 49, Manch,Sic
] 1m,c,rdU
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-03-24

KINDNESS TO ANNALS have seen horses.
says the Albany Cultivatur, which were used
for driving ferry boat, pass unled from the
stable TO the boat step ON hoard, walk to the
machinery and - back " themselves down
wards through narrow door, on the wheel,
ready for work, entirely unattended, while
most other horses could scarcely he driven on
board. An invariable feeding of oats, immo-
dlately following the act, sufficiently ac-
counts for this remarkable movement, The
animal quickly understood the connection
between his position on the wheel and his
break fast.