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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-26

LAWRENCE, Jan. Is, '57.
DEAR MADAM,-You have not heard any,
thing worse than is true. doubt whether the
worst has been told. Icannot make the mat
tiers of Kansas as bad as they really are. We
have not had any invasion since October, and
the present state Of affairs seems more favorable
than heretofore. There is some stealing and
murders yet committed in the Territory, and
think there will be, some years to come; but
think the big fighting is over. We learn Of a
very great emigrat on to be here in the spring,
and as for Kansas not being free State, that
is the least Of my fears at ths present time
think l am somewhat posted in that one par
ticular, and as for you emigrating 20 this Ter
ritory or Nebraska, should, by all means,
come to Kansas. It is far the bes. country,
and always will be; the climate is some better,
although this winter il has been about the
same, so far as heard from, and very cold,
though not 50 cold as Iowa. II you should
come to this country to 60 On claim, you may
have to 60 some distance to get one, say fifty
miles, unless you have from one to five Ms
solri fellowes to pay for claim. If you have
cows on hand and can get $25 or $40 for them
them there, sell them, you can buy for that
here. If you have a wagon and team bring
them and your household effects.
If your husband is good mechanic he can
do well in Lawrence, or some other town in
this country if you cid not want to 60 on a
farm. Therei s no trouble to make money in
this country ie you will try. All we ask is
peace from henceforth; but we ask not peace
if we have to submit to tyranny and oppres-
sion from foreign State--we hold American
principles--we ask self-government. AS for
the society, it is as good as that of any new
county have ever seen.
The Legislature is in session at Lecompton
II mean the bogus Legislature that was cleo
ted on the 30th of March 1866. lido not know
what they are doing. will give you some Of
the prices Of stock, horses, cattle, sc. Good
mich cows are worth from rs to $40; work
oxen, from rs to SIPS; -four, $l.75 per hundred;
pork, S.. Laboring hands get about 81 per
day. Breaking prairie is worth 81 per acre.
Ha sck-Eye.
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Coon NEws.-Mr. Sample says that the
Illinois Legislature has granted charters for:
LIST. Straight line railroad from Keekuk to
Springfield.
End. A road from Keokuk to connect wit h
the extension of the Great Western from Me-
redosia to Quincy at the best point.
Sd. Separating the portion west Of the
Northern Cross from the Miss. and Wabash
and authorizing the same to connect with the
Northern Cross, and to appropriate the SUBJ
scriptions.
4th. A Bride over the river.
We are glad to hear il, and hope now an
eastern connection will soon be consumma.
ted.-Daily Gate City.
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Special Notices.
Merchants Gargling ON.

This valuable medicine combines the nee
essary qualities to entitle ii to public favor
Long experience furnishes ample testimony
TIA as Llniment adapted to meet the wants
and emergencies of all classes, merchants
Gargling OIL" in its appropriateness to both
man and beast, merits the appreciation with
which It's recsived. Possessing in high de-
gree the properties Of an anodyne and restor-
alive, It has wonderful influence over MANY
painful diseases. Its great efficacy IL heal Is
attribntabie to the chemical combination OF
the choice ingredients of which it is com
posed
W. +. ElmendOrf is the authorized
agent for the sale OF this medicine at this
place. Sold also by druggists and merchants
usually in the vicinity. Wholesale by medi-
cine dealers in all large TOWNS 40
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La Nacion, q newspaper Of the City Of
Mexico, speaks in its number Of the 2tst III
timo, Of the snow storm there thus:-"Last
night. at hiatt past nine O'clock, heavy snow
storm began, which lasted several hours
Never have we seen this phenomenon. so COM
mon in attitudes higher than ours, in Mexico
before. It also excited to high degree, the
curiosity OF the inhabitants Of the capital
The thermometer Of Reaumer was one degree
above zero, and maintained himself there du-
ring the whole night. The fiat roofs Of tie
houses, the streets, he hills which surrounded
the city OF the lakes, and give her SO beautiful
an aspect. the public walks, al reminded rs,
this morning, Of the first snow storm we ever
witnessed, which was last fall, in the United
States and in Europe. Mexico city presented
this morning truly picturesque sight, for the
green leaves OF our eternal spring formed q
lively contrast with tie fakes OF snow, which
dressed them in an attire to which they were
net accustomed.
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GEThe Louisville, Courier contains a 10

TThe Louisville, Courier contains long
letter from Col. Allen, Of KY, giving In ac-
count Of his experience and observations in
Gen. Walkers Nicaragua army. He gives
no hattering account Of Walker or his proceed
ings. He says Walker::is tyrant, without
ability, principle or honor. And that the
neglect of discipline, the drunkenness and
want prevailing in the army, and the fatality
Of the climate, produces sad havoc with the
men. Walker refuses to give passes to off.
GERS or soldiers who seek to return to their
homes in the United States, on account Of
sickness or other causes. The letter from Col.
Allen, who il brave man and generally
knownin Kentucky, will have great inau-
ence in cooling down the fllibuster fever.
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The DREp Scorr CASE "A Washington
correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer says
that the delay of the U. s. Supreme Court in
delivering the judgement in the bred Scott
Case has been caused by the affection Of Judge
Daniels, who lost his wife in very melancho-
w manner, and has not been able to resume
his position and duties on the bench. 1t is
web understood that six of the nine JUDGES
have decided that the Missouri Compromise is
unconstitutional; That Judge Grier concurs in
the general conclusion, but raises some side
issues, which do not prevent his general ac-
quiescence in the decision. Judge Curtis mod
erately and Judge Mclean very decisiveIy
dissent. The judgement will be rendered by
Chief Justice fancy. It will be his last writ
ten decision; and it is said, he will resign
shortly after the installation Of Mr. Buchanan.
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FRUIr PRosPEcrs The Salem (nl.) Ad-
ver,iser Of the 18th inst. says of peaches:--
Gin this locality, not one per cent, are as vet
killed, and unless the late Spring frost should
do the mischief, we safely calculate on having
and to spare Of this delicious fruit the coming
season. "A temperature of twenty degrees be-
low zero would not probably destroy more than
ought to be thinned out. Apples, Pears, Cher
ries, Ounces, Plums, and the smaller iruit are
of course, here entirely uninjured."
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ssBABY's sHOEs1

o those little, those little blue shoesi
Those shoes that no little feet usel +
o the price were high
That those shoes would buy.
Those little blue, unused shoesl
For they held the small shape Of feet
That no more their mothers eyes meet
That by Gods good will,
Years since grow still
And ceased from their totter 30 sweet.
And O, since that baby slept,
30 hushd how the mother has kept,
With fearful pleasure,
That little dear treasure
And DER them thought and weptl
For they mind her forever more
OF apatter along the floor,
And blue ey es she sees,
Look up from her knees,
With the look that in life they wore.
As they lie before her there,
There rambles from chair to chair,
A little sweet face
That's CLEAN in the place,
With the little gold curls Of hair.
Then, o wonder not that her heart
From all else would rather part
Than those tiny blue SHOES,
That no little feet use,
And whose sight makes such fond tears star,
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THE IMPsovEMENr.-We are happy to
learn from Guy Wells, Esq.,, Engineer of the
improvement, that the work is going on, not
withstanding the late adverse legislation, and
we learn from this and other sources, that ii is
likely to 60 forward, although nothing as
yet has been heard here from the Esst, or Mr..
Manning, the State Commissi oner
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a. Bills passed the U. 8. Senate on the
14th, donating million and half Of acres
OF land to Minnesota for railroad purposes,
and providing for the opening Of q wagon
road to California by the way Of the South
Pass.
In the House The Tariff bill was under dis
cussion.
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The PARDoNrNo GovERNoR.-Gov. Clark
Of New York, was being shaved the other
day, when the Barber accidentally tweaked
his nose little too hard:
pardon me,' said he, very naturally.
Put your hand in my coat pocket and pull
one out, said the kind-hearted Governor.
'Pll fill it up for you when you're done.
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The BuRDELL MURDER CAsE.-The pub
lished testimony, taken before the coroner, 8
Jury in this case, filled one hundred and fifty
columns closely printed, in the New York pa
pers and was every WHARF read with eager in
terest.
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The EDDyvILLE BRIDGE.-We are sorry
to learn that three of the piers Of the new
bridge, building at Eddyyille, have been %
far injured BY the ice a. to require taking them
down, and building again.
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e. The "ruins Of the Tower Of Babel. -
90 called, which a recent traveller claims to
have discovered, were described In the sparlia-
nentsIy Review. edited by J. Silk Bucklng-
ham, fifty years since.
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serted, but we wish to say, in relation to it. that
we dissent from some of the We've expressed
by the writer. They may be strictly conform
ed to Medical Ethics for sught we know, but
some portion of them seem to be as little con-
sonant to the existing state of things, or the
spirit Of the age, as many Of the musty and
Anticipated dogmas Of this and other profess
ions are. We instance particularly the notions
Of Medicus in relation to advertising. Our es-
teemed friend is all wrong or mainly so, about
this matter, it does seem to US. 1t might have
been very good rule Of ethics in past ages,
before advertising was heard Of or possible,
for physicians very modsstly and depreciative-
ly TO stand back in the shade awaiting the
moving Of the professional waters, but that
rule most certainly won't do now, at least zoe
amt in favor Of it. We are bound TO maintain
advertising in all its forms, to be quite
proper, absolutely necessary, and etirely pro-
fessional. This is our ethics. And we venture
to say that those who advertise, will compare
favorably as men and physicians with those
who do not. The practice of advertising has
become matter Of course, in all professions
and in every business, 50 much so that the man
who is out Of the papers may as well be out
of the world, so far as business or standing is
concerned, and we imagine that scruples about
advertising are generally as much the result
of economy as regard for the properties of
the thing as laid down in the code Of the pro-
fession.
Again, as to the propriety of physicians ad-
dressing the public over their own sign atures,
we will observe, while we disclaim any ac-
quaintance with the law as laid down in any of
the numerous schools, that we cannot see any
thing particularly out of the way in it, and
even our esteemed friend Medicus il seems to
us, might with the utmost propriety have plac-
ed his signature to his well written communi-
cation. II the subject be one of general con-
cernment, knowledge of the author can do
no harm, and may add weight, to the intrinsic
merits Of the treatise. If it be designed to
have personal application, by way of re-
buke for professional sin, it would seem to be
more manly and honorable to come out openly
and let the assaulted party see who the shot
was med by, as to seek the attainment Of the
same object BY sly behind the back insinuation,
in the sick room Of the patient, in the private
ear Of the public, or by anonymous articles in
The papers. We may be mistaken, we admit,
but that is the way the thing looks to our un-
professional apprehension. Rebuke, when
necessary, had better be openly and boldly
Il - a a N
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CIRCULAR
s A w MILL.

WITH Steam Power these Mills are capable Of
w saving from three to eight thousand feet OF
lumber per day. varying according to the power appl
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capable Of saving from 10 two thousand feet per
day. according to kind VI timber sawed and with eli
ther STEAM, WATER, or HORSE rowRR, will saw more
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now In operation.
With the CHILD PATENT DousLE MILL any sized tim
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The simplicity in their operations, durability and
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and the successful practical operations Of those in use
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ing these Mills and with improvements ass increased
facilities 10 manufacturing, offer them the public
with the fullest confidence Of their superior sdsant
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Having the right Of manufacturing for !. large por-
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|. Orders respectfully solicited. and any other In
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Address kINGsLAND FERGUSON, 8
Phoenix Foundry,
Corner Second Cherry sts
feo xo-oz-ow 81. LOUIS Mo-
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:. ca Columbia College property, in New
YORK, comprising fifteen lots. sold at auction
for $o96, $50. The College plat is near the
centre of business.
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HAPPINESS.

There are in this rude stunning tide
OF human care and crime,
With whom the melodies abide
OF the everlasting chime;
Who carry music in their heart.
Through dusty lane and wrangline mart
Plying their daily tell with busy feet,
Because their secret souls holy strain repeat.
Feeble
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~ The trial Of the assassin OF the Arch.
bishop Of Paris is to take place on the 25th Of
this month. We do not believe that the plea
Of insanity will save that mans hide
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q The farmer should see daily every
ami nal he has, and inspect his condition.
ws;Gly waits, - With some . &c. 1..alt u
way d doing business.
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MURDED AT ST. LoUIs.--At st. Louis, on
Monday. Henry Benning was shot and instan
thy killed by man named Walter S. Strother.
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q The idle should not be Chased with the
hvinxi they are sort Of dead men who can't
a The reason why cyclists find the world
90 agiy, 10 because they only zee thsmsslvss
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Mr.. BUCHANAN The President elect has
been to Washington and has returned to
Wheatland. 1t is said that he has kept his
ears open, and his lips prcdently closed.
The amount Of good adviceo bestowed on
him is incredible. He is an old politician
and knows as well as any body the value of
being his own counsellor, among such a null
titude as he found at Washingtos. His Cab
met will soon be foreshadoed.
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- The Utica Herold saws that one of tn.

e The Utica Herald says that one Of tbs
daughters Of Mrs. Cunningham who is implica-
ted in the Murder Of DR.. Burdells was once .
pupi; at the Female Academy in that city,
and was expelled Cor that In which abe was
detected.
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BosToN, Feb. 81.

BOSTON, teo. IL
The locomotive attached to freight train on
the Wooster r. r. exploited to day near From
ingham. killingths engineer and badly ,niur.
ing the fipsnar.
The Ffamingham depot was greatly shatter-
ed by the explosion.
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q What men want Is not talent, but pur-
pose, in other words, not the power to achieve,
but the will to labor.
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ERsEyDsHfp.

Snail service Is tTpe service while l. lasts;
OF M f9ieEas, however humble scorr not one:
Insca,sr, ~ she shadew tsatit casts
Protests tae lingering 1cE.drop troln The sun.
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O. The Roman General Marius replied 70
the Gaul who sent him challenge, sIf you
are tired Of your life you can 60 and hang
yOurseh
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q The communication descriptive Of
Dahlonega is not inserted this week, as we
6nd il longer than we had supposed, and rs-
curing more revision than we have been able
70 give it.
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MERcy!-Ata late term Of the Court in st.,
Paul, thirty-six lawyers were admitted to prac-
tice at the bar!
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a. The st. Louis Democrat says that
there 10 not over 5000 slaveholders in thai
State out q population Of 7o4 900.
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NO. 9
Nrlp A0brrtis
OTTUMWA
III A RID w RE STOR

vUyHE sUBsCRIBER beg. leave TO inform
u the citizens Of Wapello, and surrounding coun-
tie, that in the month Of April 1851, he win open
Eastern assortment Of Shelf and Heavy Hardware;
Mechanics Tools and Builders Material Of eli kinda
Table and Pocket Cutlery; Anvils and Bellows; Saw
Files Springs and Axels; Rubber and Leather Betting
and In fact every thing that II kept In Hardw are
Store, which win SELL
Wholesale or Retail,
At prices DEFYING COMPETITION
N. Bat all times q large stock Of Iron Nails
and Glass, on hand. My arrangements with Eastern
Manufacturers will enable me TO sell goods ~ Pitts
burgh and New York prices, adding transportation.
Respectfully,
c. @. PACKARD
Feb. 26-524w (
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BosTpN Feb OIL

BOSTON, Feb. q.
The late rains have swollen the rivers in
Vermont to great helghth carrying off dams
bridges and doing other damages to grea
amount 81
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GTUse Stephens Chemical Eye Salve. 1t
is the best article in the world for all diseases
OF the Eye. 81
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New YoAK

NEW YoHK Fen. 2lsA
The grand Jury have found hes bilis against
Mrs. Cunningham and Mr.. Eckle for he m,,y
der Of Burdeil
Snodgrass Is held to bail as witness.
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Corner Second 4 Cherry sts J
feo. xo-oz-6w 81. LOUIS Mo

Burlington a. Missouri River u. IL.
ST0CKHOLDERSM EETlNG.-The n, :
- nual Meeting Of the Stockholders In tn Buriiny
ton Missouri River Railroad will be held at the or
OF the company, In Burlington, Iowa, Wednesday
March Soth 1857, at o'clock, p. NJ when Board Of
nine Directors will be elected for the ensuing year
n ERICA DWELLING, in the south part
~ OF the city, almost finished for sale Cheap is
feo Soozy MAJOR 4 MITCHELL
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The Best MediCine,

Every evidence places beyond doubt that
Hurley's Sasaparilla will cure the most in
veterate disease. II thoroughly cleanses the
blood from all impurity, and imparts tone and
vigor TO the constitution icksbsrx Ssntinsi.
This popular and valuable remedy can be
had at DR.. Orrs.
STILL INcREAsIxa,-The popularity of
wells Pectoral Syrup u Wild Cherry" il
still increasing, There is one unanimous voice
in Its praise. Every disease Of the lungs
yields to this, and the patient 10 restored to ro-
bust health: We are told orders cannot be
hlied as fast as they come in. The proprietor
Is charging his laboratory. and will Be able to
supply the demand soon. Address orders to
=. M. Wells, Chicago: or to wholesale dsalera
In 81. Louis or Chicage.-&. Louie Hsrald.s
2. Lawrence Ottumwa, Dunlap q Forslas
Eddyville Agents,
DE. Hall's Balsam for the Lungs.
This excellent article has been steadily
gaining ground until it now stands o1sone fis
srsf OF its kind in the market. The sales q
becoming unprecedentedly large, "and IL
praises are on every lip" that takes II. This
Is owing to the intrinsic excellence of the
medicine itself, which will o all that il claim
ed Tor 1t. 1t you have cold or cough try it,
ana 70 our estimate OF its virtues you win very
For sale by VIM. F. Elmendon agen. for
Ottumwa, and BY agents IN every town in the
county. g Ssfs
"a PRoT. WooD, the renowned disceverer
OF the Invaluable sHair Rertorative,n still
continues to labor in behalf the afiicted.-~
His medicines ere universally admitted by the
American Press to be far superior to all others
Tor causing the hair, on the head OF the aged,
70 grow forth with az much vigor and luxuri-
ance as when blessed with the advantages Of
youth. There can be no eoubt, il We place
q eIed1t 10 tne innumerable Testimonials which
the Professor has in his possession, that Il 10
one o. the greatest discoveries in the medical
y. i restores, permanently, gray HAIR to
as original color, and makes il ssanme beau
tiful silky texture, which has been vsry De-
slrable In all ages OF world. 1t frequently
happens that old men marry beautiful and
smlsoie young ladies, and not unfreqnsntiy
crusty old maids make victims Of handsome,
good-natured young gentlemsn, and BY what
process i has never been determined, until
lately, when It was attributed to the use Of
this invaluable Hair Restorative. - Lasalk
Journal S afs t
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05rIt has been decided by a western court
that clergyman may marry himself. This IL
free saving process at all events.
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Estray Notice.

|HNAKEN UP by Nathaniel 9. johnson, living in
IL Columbia township, Wapello county, Iowa, on
follows: One pided brindle white steer with large
bell on, marked crop In the right and swallow
In the left and very old Two red and white pided
steers has swallowfork In the lef ear the other
swallow-fork and underbt in the right car One red
lined back steer with crop and slit In the lef
One brindle and white steer pided with swalow-fork
in the left and crcp of the right ear. One redroan
steer, with crop and underbit In the right ear One
dark red steer without any marks brands perceva
be all supposed to be three old past and valued
at Sill
Feb 26-52-Sm J. N CAMPBELL Clerk
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BUILDING MATERIAL
4 ND The lots to build on for sale In the City OF
n. Ottumwa, plenty Of rock sand water and NO lime
on the premises JOHN GRANT
Feb. 26-52-u 2Ieg