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Demoine courier., 1855-11-15

y obedience to ~ order Of The District eoo,t
= IN and FOR the county Of Wspeilo and Ssa.s
OF Iowa, made At he August -. TSv -
said court. IN The ease II Niilnm 4. BaISs
John ~; BAKER 81. ais, the un~dcr,lrnsd ~.
Iees w,lisesia public veadus toths Eirhsih;5-
er at zoe door Of the new Codrt Houss !" o. ny,
county on the Sth., day o. December peSt' H..
o DEW uhs hours Of = O'clock IN. ana I a.
r eroncr t,n = o. or sad day, the following described
SHuudp pwy 70 o. Wit; IL lot No. 2ss. in tho town of
pc asfoliows: one-third Of tie pSr Ia. a.e :,
10 be paid down, one-hird = n;rs ,a1a :a7ucy
one-third In twelve months. >A'n' aau
GEORGE GILLASpX.
M. wILLIAns, }RW
A. y. HAMILTON, ga
Ottumwa, Nov. 18th. 1859 4. taA
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mn.sn ne will sell - low - theS en- b.
co1ins made on the shortest notice.
~ onoP n the TIVE story frame building
." "aln street, opposite the Mill square.
Ottumws,J June 14th. 1855. - 1855"
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New Advertisements.
CIement,

w. Clesment,
Cira Engineer and County Sxrseyor,
EDDYvrLLE, IOWA,
VIII, promptly respond 10 any calls made
at the Recorders OfRce, Ottnmwa. Psrsons r..
curing official services in the south half Of the
county will be charged no more Tor Travelling
time than from Ottumwa.
Ottnnwa, Nov. 18TH, ,5o--1f a g-s,iE
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Cabinet Making aud \ .
CHAIR SHOP!

THE UNDERsfGSE would s.v "a Tho
citizens OF this county and adjoining eoun,;."
ma. ne !. now prepared to furnish an srt;-
s'eso ., furniture in bic line q sight, such a,
BEDSTEADS. BUREAUS. TABLES
. D SAfES. n a
And oil other articles In The Furnitur. I'm.
n'so, no wiii make ahyjobt to order H. HE lin.
lie would call particular sttsntisn q, ~
large and splea'ia stock Of an kind. - -
Demoine courier., 1855-11-15

LIME Chemisettes, Under sleeves, SwisA
i. Collars, Gloves Of al kinds, at .Av
JAS POMROY q CO.'S
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and chafed that he could not be rid OF them
20 bear his part on the field Of Bnena Vista,
withine few miles of which he was nvalided.
The personal story of Colonel Nc Clung,
though 1 sanguinary one, is not without its
reefs. He was called desperate duellst:
not that he was by nature blood-thisty, or
loved the practice for the poor renown it
brought him, but because when he did fight
in this way, which was not often, he made
no compromises for the chances VI life; end
exacted as well as granted, the extreme terms
Of the code, as practised in Mississippi fifteen
or twenty years ago, when extravaganza and
desperation in every department Of life, ap.
peared Tor a season to run rit. His first
meeting was in 1893 or 1891, with man by
the name of Allen The weapons, pistols,t TO
be fired at ten puces,or while advancing nes-
rer to each other, and then the use Of the
bowie-knife. Allen fell The second meet
ing was five years afterwards, or more, with
young Mennilee, at Victsburg, the brother
of ..ichard II. Mennifee, member Of Congress
from kcntncky in is3S-'39. The weapon,
the rifle, both parties excellent shots, but
Menni!ee fell at the second fire. There may
have been other alterations in which he was
engaged, but they are not now remembered
These two fatal transactions gave a notorie-
ty to the man which he was far from being
proud Of, and the public recollection Of which
he endeavored to eiface, in his riper years.by
political and military service first as the head
of the Wing press in Mississippi, in the Pre-
siden,ial campoign of 1890; then as Marshal
of the United States for the Northe. Dis
trict of the State, and afterwards as a vOlun-
teer to Mexico, the Lieutenant Colonel Of his
regiment. After the war he was the pol,i-
cal friend of General Taylor, not to the cx-
clusion OF Mr.. Clay, Of whose ncigh5orhood
in Kentucky McCiung was native, but in
default of his nomination at Philadelphia
Under his Administration he was appointed
TO diplomatic station es Charge d Afatres
20 Bolivia, South America, the Capital OF
which, far in the interior of the country, he
no doubt had too much difficulty to fndto be
impressed by its greatness or captvaied by
its soca or political attractions. He refr-
sed to the United States after q two years
residence EeAr the Bolivian Government, in
the year of 1851, since when we had heard
little OF him until the present dreadful an
nounccment OF death BY his oan hand. His
age must have been about 45 years.--N. Y.
Times NJ arch 81
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Aggregate
l23 925,2UO

hSSiSE"'S
This may be regarded os full crop for the
wear 1852; and although, as in the States Of
Kentucky and Tennessee, the statement is
in some instances low, or account of the ba-
Sis in these States, the crop OF lS49 being
deficient one, yet, in the main, it is very
nea.ly correct.
Now, the lair allowance to each person in
the United States is FIVE bushels, which is
lust the amount; but we have three millions
of negroes in the South. and probably two
millions of whites in the same region, whose
bread stuff is almost exclusively Indian corn.
The allowance for the five millions is t1en-
tv-fve millions, aud supposing the stock Oh
hand to be sufficient for seed, this is all, even
in a good year, we have for export; but,
what can we have from such crop as the
last! Absolutely nothing.
In the above are three classes Of States,
(as to the wheat cropD divided as follows:
LIST. Tie Surplus Stdtes.-These are Penn
svlyania, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana,
illinois, Michigan, Wsconsin'and Iowa.
Cd. States wlich supply nemSelres,-These
are New York, New Jer- -cy, Delaware, Mis-
souri, Kentucky and Tennessee. The last
two States are included here for re asons sta
ted above, because their crops in the table
are below their usus! average.
Sd. Staies importing their bread.-These
are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode
Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, n. Car
DINA, S Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, NIssio'
sippi. Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,
and California, sirteen States, or more than
half the American Union. These are the
manufacturing, cotton planting, sugar, and
mining States, These Sta,eshn it, as Trey
think, more to their interest to buy Other
people's bread, than TO make their own.
In common year, sucn as 1855, with NJ
blight on the harvest,) may be, the surPlu'
States will export something Ike the follow
ing amounts of wheat. viz:
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Story of q Brave Man.

The telegraph briefly announces this morn
ing the suicide at Jackson, Miss, OF Colonel
Alexander X. McClung. Our manuscript
dispatch reads, "Col. McClung, the DaeI'sI'"
but he was otherwise distinguished, in ve-
ry eyentful life in the Southwest, thar for
his prowess under the bloody "Code of Hon
Or" nd deserves, in death, to be remember.
ed as well for the good which he did, as for
the evil which the telegraphc record would
cause to live after him. He was brave
man for his country in war, as well as des-
perate one in defence of his own perhaps too
sc enstive, honor, in peace. He was prompt
gallant, and distinguished in the Volunteer
Service in Mexico, in ,s47, under General
Taylor. He was the first to scale the Black
Fort at Monterey, and for his intrePidity in
placing the Stars and Stripes on its captured
walls, was marked and pierced by the enc
nv with wounds under which he suffered th
/ most agonizing Pains for five or six month'
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Statistics and Distribution OF the Wheat
Crop.

As an article Of commerce, wheat has been
Lekjng the whole earth into view, the produc-
ton Of pheat has nerer equailed the demand for
ii. There have always been countries
which, in pursuit Of greater gain from other
crops, or, in consequence Of natural deficisn-
cies, haye notraised enough for their own
food: and, if we equalize the crop, we shall
find there has never been en- jugh.
In giving the statistics Of wheat In this
country, we state, in advance, that the pro-
duction Of wheat, in the interior of the Uni
ted States, is Of great consequence and in
terest to our western railways. A single
fact will place this in a striking point Of
view. In the year 1854 the wheat crop Of
Ohio fell short of a fair average, ten millions
Of bushels. The " hole of this was taken
fr m the surplus-;hat which would have
been carried 10 market. The consequence is,
that single railway fell short in its freight
business TO the extent Of seuenty thousand tons!
The following is table of wheat prcduc-
tivn in the U. States for 1852, being found
by adding the average annual increase To the
Census otthe crop Tor lS49, and substituting
the crop of Ohio, rs ssccrtained by the State
Assessors. In 1854, the crop was not 90
large as in 1852, by probably twenty-five mil
lions Of bushels; fact which has not been
generally recognized in the noise which
was made about the corn crop; but which is
amply proved in the nigh prices. If, in 1855,
(as is very probable,) the wheat crop should
be good one, it will be larger than that OF
1852, 50 that that year is the proper one to
compare by.
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JEsuIrIsN AND GREAT IYTELLECT.-Look
at the Catholics OF the United States IN
comparison with the Protestants. In the
whole Of America there is not a slng.e born
and bred Catholic distinguished for any
thing but the devotion to the Catholic Church.
I mean to say there is MT man in Amer.
ca, born and bred Catholic, who has any
distinction in science, literature, politics,
benevolence, or philanthropy. | DO net
know one; never heard Of a great philoso.
pher, naturalist, historian, ori tor, or poat a.
mongst them. The Jesuits have been in ex-
stence three hundred years; they have had
their pick of the choicest intellect o: al Eu-
rupe-they never take common man when
they know t;they subject every pupil to a
severe ordeal, intellectual g. physical, as we'll
as moral, in older to ascertain whether he
has the requisite stuff in him to m Ike strong
Jesuit out Of They have scheme OF educa-
ton mastery in its way. But there has not
been Il single great original man produced IN
the company Of Jesuits from l645 TO lS54.-
They absorb talent enough, but they stran-
gle it. Clipped oaks never grow large
Pruf the roots OF tree with spade, Prune
the branches close TO the bole, what becomes
of the tree! The bolc itself remains thin
aud scant and slender. Can man be
conventional dwarf and a natural giant al the
same lime! Cuse your little boys limbs il
meta, would they grow! Plant chestnu
| in tea-cup, do you get tree! Net a shrub
even. Put priest or priests creed as th'
only soil Cor man to grow in: he grows not
The great God provided the natural mode 0
operation you suppose he will turn asd
and amend or mar the universe at your O
nv request. think God will do no sue
thing Parker.
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suitable opening in the bottom of the man
ger through which the cattle may be water.
ed by removing the iron slides that close
them, which is done by the means Of lever
opening the line of slides at once, and in an
instant.
The very great economy and convenience
Of this arrangement il obvious at gllnce,
and may be taken as u specimen Of the per-
fection exhibited throughout, Under one oi
the drive.ways, into the third story, is an
archcd room, well ventilated, and Lighted
with glass front, which is used as a mil
room, and has a great many convenences
connected with it for diminishing the labor
Of taking care of the dairy, which can all be
performed without the least exposure to the
weather, within the compass Of few feet
The herd is fed with hay, cut feed, and stea M
ed roots that are reduced to q pulp by the
revolution sc a cylinder n which the root.
are placed utter stealDing, with four cannon
balls OF ten pounds each; and, believe, Gu
ring the summer season. the soling system
is to be pract;scd in part.
The building is well lighted and ventilated
SO that no diseases are generated Wy confine-
men, Of impure air ind deetcrous gusscs
an important featu that too often overlook
ed. On the side Of the barn facing the Hou-
satanic, which is but few hundred feet dis
tant, are projections of cut stone, so arranged
as o convert tie water which falls over then
into sheet Of foam, from which it justly de-
rives its name of Cascade Barn Tile Pow
the Loom and Anvil.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
A TALE FOROLD FOGIES:
(oR DOING AS FATHER DID

SIN "Old HUMPHREY" is photographed the
likeness of many man who calls himself a
Farmer. but who, if he reads this, will, thro'
obsinacy or blindness, fail to see himself in
the sketch. II kind reader, you have any
OLD HUMPHREYS as neighbors, hand them
this number Of the Chronicle, that they may
"see themselves as others see them"
| love TO hear Of any man being convinced
of an error, but especially an obstinate man
Again and again has II been said, that of all
the people in the world, farmers are the most
opnionated; that they do things for no bet
ter reason than that of their fathers having
dane them generations before; that they
have awill Of their own, and that the whole
world cannot turn them Some such farmers
have known certainly, but still with truth
can say, that number among my country
friends not few OF contrary kind. The
other day was in conversation with my olt
friend, John Ashfed, of High6eld farm, a
man from whom have learned much; tho
when tell Lin SO, he usually replies: "Th,
boot is on the other leg" We were takia,
over old times togelher-but you shall huv
the account that he gave of himself, as vel
as can remember in his own words.
IL have been as obstinate, pig-headec
man in my time, suppose, as ever strobe .
cross a furrow; but the day gone by nov
and high time that it had. The tilt of m
plough land, and the sward of my grass Ian
are different 10 what they used to BE-"
"Fihy years ago ,James Holt was ny neig
Dor. A wiser man than was, or ever shu
be, was James, though at that time did N
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How He BECAME HILLfosAIRE.-Mr.
McDonough, the millionaire ufNew Orleans,
has engraved upon his tomb series Of max
inns. which he had prescribed US the rules
for his guidance through life, and TO which
his success in business is mainly attributed.
They are sound, and coplain much practical
wisdom.
"Ru!eS for tie Guidance Of my Life, 1904 -
Remember always that labor Is one OF the
conditions Of our existence. Time is gold;
throw not one minnte away, but place each
one to account, Do unto all men as Won
would be done by. Never put of ill to-mor-
row what you can do to-day. Never bid ano-
ther to do what you can DO yourself. Never
covet what is not your own. Never think
any matter go trilng as not 10 deserve no.
iice. Never give out that which does not
frs, come in. Neve, spend but 10 produce.
Let the greatest order regulate the transac-
tons OF your ife. Study in your course Of
lie to do the greatest amount OF good.
deprive yourself Of nothing necessary 10
your comfort, but live in an honorable simp.i-
city and aruga!ity. Laber, then, 10 the last
moment o. your existence. Pursue strictly
the above rules: and the Divine blessing and
riches Of every kind will flow upon you tc
your hearts content; but, frat of all, remen-
Der that the chief and great study OF our life
should be to tend, by al! means in Our power,
to the honor and glory Of our Divine Crsa-
tor. John MeDonough, New Orleans, Marrh
I'd, 1904. The conclusion 10 which have
arrived is, that, without temperance, there is
no health; without virtue, no order; without
religion, no happiness; and thatthe aim OF
our being is to live wisely, soberly and right
eously."
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39,3OO,OOO

This is fourteen ,hllions Of bushels more
than wha can be Afforded for foreign ex-
mort; but this fourteen millions is what the
manufacturers and planters eat, and enters
onl- into the internal commerce; so does the
whole amount of what is carried 10 foreign
countries, for that must be carried to port.
OF the above fourteen millions, about eight
millions are consumed in New England, and
th., residue in the South.
We come now 10 the question, what 10 the
MOVEMENT of wheat in commerce! An'
what is the Railway movement! 1t s no
very dificut,o ascertain this We hav'
abou, (ss above) forty millions Of bushels ex
ported from the producing States Iha
mus, all be carried of. Then We have tn
consumption of wheat in the large cities an
towns of the producing States, which mu'
be transported from fifty to one hundred mile
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ARRIsow. The Cincinnati Commercial OF
Saturday says thatth unfortunate man. As
the day approaches on which he is 20 exP'-
ate his terrible crime, by the death penalty,
cvnces by his haggard countenance and al
tered demeanor that he begins to realize al
the horrors of his condition. Remorse seem;
to be busily at work with his conscience.
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POETRY.
From the Ohio Statesman.
Charge of the Tight Brigade.

1.-THE literary correspondent of a co,em'
porary, has said that A. VESNysoN STALK,
Esq, could not write. on the fercer themes OF
war, but the following thrilling lyric, which
he at once penned when it was mentioned
Of him, is splendid refutation of the sole
cism.
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100000
Aggregate
47,50o,0oO

This is equal to one million sir hundred
thousand tons Of freight. 1t is very easy to
see from the nbove statement, whore the
grea, ports far the distribution Of whea; are.
The principal ones are as follows: Phia-
dephis, Baltimore, Richmond, Pittsburgh,
Cleveland, Ssndu.ky, Toledo, Detroit, MI
waukie, Chicago, st. Louis, and Cincinnati.
In comm N wheat year, such as 1852, 1858,
and ss We suppose, we shall soon have again,
the eli pmen's from ihese ports will verify
the above tables, in every particular. Bos-
ton, New York, New rlcaBs, &c, hand!s a
great dea Of wheat anG -four, but ;hey are
not oriyiaa! shipping ports OF this Article at
all.
In short time we expect to show the
whole agricultural export Of Ohio for 1854.
Manyfeld's r. Record.
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DEATH OF A NEGREss ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTEEN YEARS OLD.-A cololed woman has
Just died in the Morris county poor-house'
who STAINED the age of one hundred and hf-
teen years. When child she was stolen
from Africa, and remembers that the slave
catchers took the jewels from her ears She
was first.brought to south Carolina and from
thence was brought TO New Jersey,where 10:
a time she was owned as slave. She hal
been in Morris county more thun sixty years
Four generations OF her descendants were
present ut her fun,ral, the dead ana living
make five generations .-Newark Adert'Ser.
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PATIENCE SMILES on PAYsE.-Mr. VIM
Payne was very good fellow, wac teach
or of music, in pleasant town in Massachn'
setts; and in his school, one winter, was
pretty gri, some twenty years old, named
Patience Adams, who having made strong
impression upon Mr.. Hayn", he lest no time
in declaring his attachment, which Miss A e.
reciprocSted and al engagement was the re-
suit: Just as Mr.. P.'s attentions became
public, and the fact of an engagement was
generally understood, the school being still
in attendance, and all the Pirties on ccT =
tain evening being present, Mr.. Payne, with
out any thought of the words, named as
tune for the commencing exercise "FederaI
Street." in that t'excellent collection OF church
music, "The Carmina Sacrd-" Every ont
loved Patience, and every one entertained
the highest respect for Payne; and with
hearty good will or the part Of the school
the chorus commenced:--
See gentle Patience smile on Pain,
!, See edyng hope revive again"
| The coincidence was so striking, that IN
t gravity OF the young ladies and genteme
could scarcely be restrained long enough
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A Fable My dear children" said an
old rat to his young ones, The inhrmliss Of
old age a1e pressing 60 heavily upon me that
have tet rmned 10 dedicate the remainder
OF my days to NO tfc4;ion and penance in a
narrow and lonely hoe which have lately
scoyered; but let me not interfere wthyou
enjoymen:s. Youth is the re son for plea
sure ;..be happy, therefore, and only obey my
last Injunction, never come near me IN my
retreat. God b'ess you all"-Dssply afsc'
tel, sniv'lng audiby, and wlsping his pattern
al eyes with his tail, the old rat withdrew,
and was seen no more for several days, when
his younges, daughter, moved rather with
illia affection than by the curiosity which
has been att ributed to the sex, stole to his
cell of modification, which turned out to be
hole, made by his own teeth, in an enor'
nous Cheshire cheese.
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At tho bar, al the bar,

At tho bar, at the bar,
At the bar thundered,
Thundered with 6ercest din
Topers one hundred.
There stood those thirsty men,
Thirsty one hundred;
Calling for drinks in vain,
The bar keeper slumbcred;
Hark there's sound from one,
List how the curses come
From each and every one!
Of that dry one hundred.
Into the bar they pitched,
Noble old ,opers,
Tor up comes an order which
Pleased these old soakers,
Forward the Tight Brigade!
Take the bar" Muggins said!
Into it undismayed,
ritched now each drunken blade
Pitched the one hundred,
Forward the Tight Brigade"
Gods, what charge they nlads!
No man was there atruid,
No person blundered,
Theirs but TO drink their fill,
Theirs but 10 have a swill,
Theirs not to pay the bill,
Ah yes they knew ii well!
Known. oae hundred!
Bottles to right Of them,
Bottles TO left Of :hem,
Bottles III front OF them,
Labelled and numbered:
Nobly they fought and well,
There many hero fell,
Covered with blood and beer,
Beer that they loved SO we'll,
Gallant one hundred!
Raised now each nose in air,
See what is under there,
Mugs charged with lager beer
All the world wondered!
Fiercer the revel grows,
Redder each blazing nose,
Faster the liquor flows,
Under the table, goes
Halt of the hundred.
Bottles to right Of them,
Bottles to lei: Of them,
Bottles all round them,
Emptied and sundered;
Gu, from that dreadful room,
Out from that dark saloon,
Came forth beery tume,
Came forth dismal moan,
But lone of the hundred.
When they awoke again
o how their heads did pain!
No person wondered.
Honor the Tight Brigade!
Honor the charge they made,
Thirsty one hundred.
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REMEDY.

/. Never use it yourself. 9. Bansh it
from your families and premises. g. Purify
the church. 4. Rebuke the manufacture aud
sale Of it. s. Look after schools and save
the young Sign ndeirculate his pledge:
hereby pledge myself to abstain from the
use OF tobacco, in ali forms, totally and for
ever,
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Mill BURSED,-About ten days ago the
steam FIGURING Mill belonging to Booth
&Woodward, halI a mile east Of Georgetown
in this county was buraed down, There
was about Ave hundred bushels OF wheat and
, considerable corn in the mill, all OF which
was destroyed. The warehouse and stable
was, also, burned down, No Insurance..
Cadis Repub.