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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-11-12

GB The Christian is justified and filed with
all good, and made true son of God, by faith
alone. Yet while he remains upon earth, in
his mortal state, he must keep his body in SUBJ
lection, perform those duties which reslt
from an intercorse with his fellow creatures.
Here, then, it is, in the Christian scheme, that
works are to be placed; here it is that sloth and
Incidence are forbidden; and here the convert is
boandto take care that, by fasting, waiting,
and labor, and other suitable means. his BODY
be so exerclze and subdued to The spirit, that it
may obey and conform to the inward and new
and moi rebel and OBJ strct the operations Of faih,
as it is maturity inclined to do f not restrained.
For the inward man, being created after the
image of God, by faith rejoices through Chtst,
in whom he possesses SO gre It a treaure, and,
hence his on'y employmnt and DELIGHT is TO
serve God freely in nloye.--Lnther. a
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-11-12

Now. gentlemen aud ladies, You look at
these things, and then right in this book, the
Bibles ii says, our mobiles shall be of ourselves;
that is, our Lords, our Governors, our Judges.
our Marshals, and our everything shall be of
ourselves. Won't you read the 30th chapter
of jeremiah?
81. And their mobiles shall be of themselves
and their Governor shall proceed from the
midst of them: and will cause him to draw
near, and he shall approach unto me; for who
is this that engaged his heart to appr oach unto
me? saith the Lord.
22r Andy shall be my people. and Twill
be your Goo.
%. :. Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord,
goeth forth with fury, continuing whirlwind;
it shall fall with pain upon the head of the
wicked.
"a. The fierce anger Of the Lord shall not
return, until he has done it, and until he shall
have performed the intents OF his heart: in the
latter days ye shall consider it. sB 0
Well, the day has come when our Governor
has come ont Of our midst and he is in the tops
OF the mountains, just where the prophets said
these things should come to pass, and now the
United States are reported to be trying to force
a Governor upon us when the Lord has raised
one up right out of our midst.
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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-11-12

MEMPHIS, TENN, March 31st.
DEAR SrR-Inelosed l send you South
Carolina bill for eur note, same amount re-
ceived in yours of'the oath. am nearly bald
or would send you the lock of hair. II you
say so, will send you froat tooth.
E Yours truly.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-11-12
How they Talk In Utah.
. SERMON DELIVERED AF SALT LAKE,,


How the Mormons relish the appointment OF
Gov. Cumming, and the expedition which is
to put him in power, may be learned from the
following extracts from a sermon delivered TO
the faithful, at Salt Lake City. and reported at
full length in the Mormon paper: ",t'
lFrom the Desert News, Sept 81
Diecotrse by Pyest. Heber G.. Kinbalt. Botcery,
Sunday Morning, .4ag. 80, 1857.
You must expect when you see Bro. Heber
stand before you to speak that You will hear
what is called the rough etchel to this genera
tion. ~
sa aa
Iwant to tell some of my feelings here to-
day, in few words, relative 20 Brother Brig
ham. call him brother. shall only call
him President before the Saints, in his calling;
was going 10 say before our enemies, but
damn them, they shall never come here. aas
Excuse me never use rough words, only
! when come in contac. with rongh things.
You all acknowledge brother Brigham as the
President of the Church of Jesus Christ OF
Latter Day Saints, then You acknowledge him
as our Leader, Prophet, Seer and Revelator,
and then you acknowledge him in every ca
pacity that pertains to his calling, both in
Church and State, do you.not2 (foices:
'sYes.") t.
Well, he is our Governor. What is Gov.
eInor? One who presides, or governs. Well.
now we have declared in legislative pacity
that we will not have poor. rotten-hearted Gus
ses come rule over US, such as some they have
been accustomed to send We drafted me-
mortal, and the Council and the House of
Representatives., endorsed it and sent to them
| the names of nen Of our choice, as many as
from FIVE to eight meafor each office, men
from our own midst, out Of whom to appoint
officers for this Territory.
We sent that number for the President of
the United States 10 make selection from,
and asked him to give us men of our own
choice, in accordance with the rights consti-
ltutionai!y guaranteed to all American cIti-
| zens. y 't.
We Just told them right mp and down that il
they sent any mora such miserable cusses a:
some they had sent here. we would send them
home, and that is one reason why an army, OF
rather a mob. is on the way here, as reported
| You did not know the reason before, did you?
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-11-12
A Warming to Young Men.

The fate of the gifted Haskell, of Tennes-
see, should be warning to all young men.
He passed through Louisville last week, in
charge Of friends, on his way to the Lunatic
Asylum az Lexington. While on the Frank
fort cars he arose, and in the most eloquent
and pathetic terms appealed to the gallant
Kentuckians. among whom he was, to protect
him from the relentless enemies he imagined
Were pursuing him. He became SO excited
and violent that his friends were forced to
confine him. The career of this gifted butun-
fortunate son Of genius should be known for
the lessons which it teaches. From his earli-
est childhood, says the Nashville Banner, he
has shown himself possessed Of the highest
order of talent. While at College he dis
tinguished himself as poet and orator. His
graduating speech is spoken Of by those who
heard it as worthy Of the immortal Prentiss in
his palmiest days. He served his county on
the battle field and in the halls Of Congress.
1t was his residence at Washington that con-
irmed upon him those unfortunate habits
which finally blasted his intellect. %
He at one time broke this fiery serpent from
his hands aud dashed il TO the earth. To make
his own reformation complete, and to aid in
lifting up others who had fallen, like himself,
he went through the State lecturing on tenn
perance. The tour was an eminently success
ful and brilliant one, his lectures being fully
equal to those of Cough, whose eloquence has
electrified thousands in this country and in
England. But his old habits gained the mas
terry Of him again, and his subsequent life has
been but a fearful struggle between his appe-
tites and his ambition--a struggle in which, il
must be confessed, his appetites have greatly
triumphed. So great indted was his craving
for artificial stimulan.s, that even while deliv-
ering his temperance lectures he made use OF
drugs sufficient in quantity and potency TO
burn out the vitals of an ordinary man. There
was no subject, either ancient or moderu
grave or gay, upon which he did not converse
with fuency and eloquence. He passed with
ease from the profoundest disquisitons upon
the doctrines of the Bible, the religion of Con-
fucius, or the Baconian philosophy, to the
lightest literature of the day.
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GgV The following spicy correspondence is
from Georgia paper:
CovINGroN, March cath.
Cashier of Bank Of West Tennessee: "
SrR--Enclosed you have bill on your bank
which isrejected by my exchange broker. If
it's worth anything, send me its value in cur
rent money; if "dend broke, !" send me lock
of your hair.
Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-07-03

Glastonbury stole the trimmings for his
pulpit. and velvet for his chair, aud also
stole goods 10 pay the cabinet-maker for the
chair; broke into the Catholic church and
stole the priests robe for sample for one
for himself, and also stole the silver chali-
ces. &c., from the aliar-called at Mr..
Deans one afternoon 10 have ga little sea-
son of prayer" remained till evening, bade
the family good bye, but instead of going
out of the door, he stole up stairs and secre-
ted himself under the bed occupied by Nj.
Deans son-reinained there till past mid
night, when he crept out and robbed young
Deans pocket Of Sl00-which be had as
certsined the day previous that he had just
procured from tie bank-then went up TO
St. johns Hotel, called for lodgings, got up
before daylight, stole a suit of clothes from
boarder, and cleared for a neighboring
town. But this is not half of his villanies.
He was constantly stealing, praying and
exhorting, till brought up by four years
term 10 prison. 4 greater nor cooler scoun-
drel probably never went unhung Hart
ford Times.
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the .sunauthorized debts" to which allusion
was made in my last, and which they talked
of collecting from the bail Of the Common
wealth's officers. When that Communication
was written | had not seen the Appropria-
ton bill, and did not know that the Board
had 30 soon abandoned their determination.
They kept it just long enough to exclude
the amount lS30,T2S 64) from either their
expenses Of last year or their estimates for
1857. counted the debts, including
those on Portage, in the general repair ex-
penses, and named thos; on the Caual as a
separate item. Hence, in calculating the
business Of 1857, fhis sum should he exclu-
ded though it should be added, With many
other like items, to the figures given By the
Canal Board. 10 addition to the general
appropriation bill, a bill providing for the
payment Of damages will be passed Last
year they amounted to SzS4,S09 43. They
arc not included in the statement above,
and will be an offset TO The '.unauihorized
debts'' mentioned-so that the above ball
auce, in round numbers S250,000, is what
the State will lose next fear, if it keep aud
work the Main Line.
1t is but fair to state that in the tabular
statement given above, IsD mention is made
Of the appropriation of $4,000 for repairs
of damag gas caused by food or fre-because
being conditional it may not be drawn.
The rest are absolute. Whatever portion
of the $4,000 may be Drawn should be
added to the balance of S250,G00. Nei-
ther is any account taken of the interest Of
$S00,00 payable in 1857 on the cost Of
the Main Line. Adding this, the Common
wealth's loss will exceed million Of dol
lars on the Main Line fs4 the coming year.
ADAMS.
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For tie Bedford hq4iirer aa5 Chronicle
SPRING.

Il4NN-
OF the four seasons of the temperate
zone, Spring is acknowledged by all to be
the most pleasant
After hnying been compelled for weeks
and months to seek retreat around the
freside to protect Us from the northern
winds that howl around our dwellings, and
from the CONCEALED element that so ire
qneRtly clothes the earth during the winter
season, aud after vegetation has been visit
ed by the blast Of death, ana has re urned 10
its mother dust, and all nature has been
enshrouded in mourning on account of the
absence of the fructifyng rays of n vernal
sun; how delightful when by the annual
revolution of the earth we are brought in
more immediate contact with the geuial aud
vivifying rays of the sun, the atmosphere
becomes warm and pleasant, tie earth be-
comes heated ana productive, and appears
to whisper to vegetation, that has been bur-
led within her bosom, to awake from its
slambers aud enter into life. And how
soon are the glades, hills, valleys and noun
taius, clothed in a'sich aud delightful foli
age The earth is covered with a carpet of
green, that deias the art of man to equal or
initiate How pleasant Is the face of ma
turc at tue present time, when We cast our
eyes over the surrounding scenery, how
beautiful is the sight presented to our view,
aud while beholding it, and enraptured with
It's Delights, we are almost ready to imagine
ourselves in the '.Garden cf Eden" As
We ranible through the country "amid scenes
of rural pleasure and behold the growing
grain waved by the gentle winds, pronii,
sing 10 the fariuer the reward of his labor,
the green grass in the meadows, the beau-
tiful flowers of the fields ana gardens, tue
varied hues, and color of the landscape, the
gentle nurmuring Of the wafer brooks, as
their crystal waters gently glide down their
appointed clauuel, and the sweet notes Of
;he feathered songsters, as they sing their
song of praise to the autllbr Of nature, we
are struck with thrill of delight that i
inexpressible 4sut- while contemplating
The objects of the scene, and about to prom
ise ourselves great pleasure in them, we
are brought to the reflection tiat they are
tranSilory, that soon the flower will have
accomplished its purpose and be no more,
soon will the ripened wheat be gathered in
10 the garner, and the grass. cut down aud
witnered Soon viii the forest be dislnan-
tied of It's foliage, aud vegetation droop and
die. Thus tcaching man an important les
son Of his own mortality G.
Riddelsburg, June IL, 1857.
Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-07-03

Excess Of appropriations ever
revenue OF last year, $3.50, 43T l6
The Canal Board do rot ask for the en-
tire amounts stated BY the Engineer to be
necessary to place the line in good order.
They content themselves with postponing as
long as POSSIBLE sundry Of the improvements
that officer suggests. Had they taken his
advice, and undertaken to make the line as
complete as he desired, the appropriations
would have been considerably swelled. Yet
these re-buiIdings of aqueducts, locks, &C.,
must come and the State, in considering
the proitableness OF the line, must eonsid er
this certainty of lar6e outlay.
1t will be observed that the Canal Com
missioners propose examining and paying
st il fair to include this, as no part of
the $685. ,000 appropriated last year for
expenses of 1851 is included in this table.
t.7A Of these sums are not strictly due
TO Main Line but it is dificult to divide
and tho amount IS very small
Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-07-03

RoYAL ANEcDorE.--As Joseph IL, E'n-
peror Of Austria, was driving bis horse cab
riolet, dressed in the garb of . private citi-
zen, he was accosted by soldier, sho mis-
taking him for mar of the middle class, re-
quested seat in the vehicle.
"Willingly," replied the Emperor Jump
in, comrade, for I'u in hurry"
The soldier was soon seated alongside of
the Emperor, and became very -toquacious
"Come comrade:" said hs slapping the
Emperor famiilarly or TIE back, ''are you
good at guessiug7"
''Perhaps | am" said Joseph, stry me- .
"Well, then, MY boy, conjure up your
wits, and tell me what had for breakfast y
''Sour kroutl'
.'Come, none Of that, comrades try again
"Perhaps a Westphalia ham, replied
the Emperor, willing to hunor his compan-
ion.
"Be,ter than tha )" exclaimed tie soldier
''Sausages from Bologna, and Hockhcimer
from the Rhine.''
"Better than that d'ye give it up!"
81 do.
'sopen Your eyes aud ears, them" said
the soldier, bluutIy: az had a pheas!ht, BY
Jove, shot in the Emperor Joe's pafk ha,
hal''
When the exultatioh of the soldier had
subsided, Joseph said quietly:
Il want to try your skill in guessing,
comrade. See if You can name the rank
hold"
'You' re a-no-hang it! you're not
smart eno6gt for cornot."
'.Better than that" said the Emperor.
"a lieutenant"
''Better than that"
"a CaptainF'
''Better than that"
"a Mdjorl"
Better than that
"a General1''
'Better than that"
The soldier was now fearfuly agiIated,
he had dofed his hat, ard sat bare e-he&led.
he could scarcely articulate.
"Pafdon me, your exceIIency, your a
Field Marshall"
'Better than that" replied Joseph
'Lord help me- cried the soldier, ''yon're
the Emperor
He threw himself out of the cabrioiet,
aud kuelt for pardon in the mud. TIE
circumstances were not forgotten by either,
the Emperor often laughed over it, and the
soldier received mark of favor winch he
could not forget.
Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-07-03

As EDITOR on HIS TRAYELS.-One of
our brother editors has been travelling some
and relates how the barber made ''dead
head" of him.
While on board steamer the fuzz grew
rather longer than was agreeable, and we
repaired to the barber shop to have it taken
of. The fellow did it up in first-rate style,
and we pufisc. out dime and profered il
to bin, as a reward for his services. lie
drew himself up with considerable POM
Posity;
Il understand raid he. '.dat YOU is an
elitor!"
..Well, what Of it7' said We.
1--WE nehber charge editors nofn."
ssBut, my woolly friend" we continued,
s.tLere are groat many editors travelling
Iowa days, and such liberaliy on your part
will prove ruiuous business
ssOh, nebber mind ;" remarked the bar
Der. ''we makes it all up off de gemmen."
The aforesaid editor r.marks that there
upon he incontiueutly sloped.
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The Murder Of YOdng Jew Pedlar
i'm Massachusetts.

Isaac Jackson, aged somo eighteen years,
employed as pedlar by his brother, a Jew
merchant, at Westfeld, vas murdered and
robbed on the road leodiag from Westfeld
to Russell, on Monday forenoon, by Charles
Jones He was shot through the heart,
and his body was dragged some thirty rods
to the bank OF the river, where it was sunk
in swift current, and covered with stones
and rubbish. Suspicion was not excited
until Tuesday morning, when an old man,
who was driving cows to pasture, saw a
trail where some heavy bodY had been drag
ged across the road, aud gave the alarm.
Search was then made by some ilalf-doz-
en- of the neigEbors and the body was found.
Jones, after shooting the pedlar, took the
wagon and drove it towards Blandford
about mile, and there left it in apiece OF
woods over night. lie then went to King
Hastings house in Blaudford, where he
stayed until . o'clock in the mofning Of
Tuesday.
1t is suspected, that after leaving Has
tiugs' house on Tuesday morning. he went
to the dead body and completed the werk
of searching it. From the body he went
back to the wagon, which he drove to auoth-
er place, changed his clothes entirely, and
came down to Russell to get boxes to pack
his goods in. This was towards noon OH
Tuesday, and suspicion having been excited
as above, the man was detained
A warrant for his arrest was promptly
obtained from II. B. Lewis, of Eesifeld,
and DR.. Jehiel Abbott, of the same place.
came up to Russell to hold an inquest.
Some dozen witnesses were examined before
the Coroner, and all the evidence pointed
to Jones as the murderer. Jackson was
shot through the heart, and Jones was
found to have pistol which King Hastings
recognized as one which he and Jones had
practised with at his Hastings) house in
Blankford, where Jones spent the Sabbath
Jackson was about lS years of age, the
youngest of four brothers, Jews, who have
store at Wesfeld, Massachusetts, aud
send ont goods in pedlars' wagons. Jones
evidently killed him for the purpose of rob-
bing him. lie shot him in the back, the
ball passing through his heart, aud coming
out at the breast. The pistol must have
been held close to the body. The body of
jackson was brought to the city last even
ing, and buried In accordance with the He
brew rites, there being no synagogue at
Westfeld. The funeral took place at 3 p.
N. last Thursday
Jones, the murderer, is the same fellow
who has just served out term of four years
in :he Connecticut State Prison, for robbing
John Deans store. lie was the coolest
scounarel that ever infested this city. He
professed great concern for the souls Of sic
ners, and was constantly reading the Bible,
and ezhorting at evening meetings.
Whilst in the confidence cf Mr. Dean, be
stole about $1,000 worth Of goods from the
store, together with considerable sums OF
money lie stale the silk to make him a
shrplice topseach in--started church il
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\ Coon oNE.-David Crockett happen.
Cd TO be present at an exhibition of animals
in the eity of Washington, where monkey
seemed to attract particular attedtion, and
he abstractedly observed
.If the fellow had on pair of speeta-
cles, he would look IKE Major Write, Of
Ohio.
..The Major happened 10 be just behied
Crockett and overhead the observation and
tapped DAyy on the shoulder. Turning
around Davy very formally remarked.
Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-07-03


The b adtlpbia Penasylrasian the lead
ing Democratic paper of This State, has ta-
ken very decided ground in favor of the sale
of the Main Line, and denounces those
Democrats who are striving 10 make capi-
Convention repudiated the policy ,aud the
PENNSYLVANIA etorts in kind and continues
to press its views with pertinacity. As a
sequel TO these facts it is announced that
Judge Woodward of thelSupreme Court, has
discontinued his subscription to that paper
in consequence of its course on This ques'
ton, indicating a eery decided pattizAh feel
ing on the part Of the Judge. Il is very
pretty quarrel as ii stands.
The Pennsytvafian received yesterday
has an article apparently intended to show
that Mr.. Packer, in voting for a Prohibi-
tory Liquor Law when 10 the Senate, was
faithful to the popular will; and thereupon,
it proceeds 10 give the record, in full, snow
ing his votes in favor of that measure Con-
sidcring the lulitude iu which this record is
thus blasoned, We should say this was a
poor way of promoting Packers election.
U"Bob, Harry Smith has got one Of
the greatest curiosiries you ever saw 2,
..Don't say so--what is it :"
"a tree that never sprouts, and which be-
comes SMALLER the older it grows"
"Well, that is curiosity. Where did he
get at!
sFrom California,
sWhat es the name of it!''
sAxle tree. II once belonged Calls
foruia omnibus"
Scene closes bs the sudden transi ofan
an ilkstand towards half closed door.
"What are you doing with that lumber %
oried steamboat captain to an Irishmrn,
who was staggering along toward tho boat.
beneath huge plank, just as the bell was
ringing for the last time.
"What am doing sure au wasn't it yer
self as said, sall yes as is going get board
and isn't this 90 illigant one intirely ~
said the Hibcrian triumphantly, amid the
laughter of the spectators.
The captain gave him his ''board" and
passage that trip.
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Ult is said that the kind mothers in
the East are growing 50 afeciionata that
they give their children cloroform previous
to whipping them.
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v@e- U's<lil be hanged, MAJ
enusy lyania, FOR the pass. 49,. -
Assembly authorizing the Incorporation
kank of Issue, with general banking and
enting privileges, under the general bank
sSs If this State, 10 he located at the Bo-
aof Be llorI. in the County of Bedford,
AID s.The Bedford Comfy Bank, ;" with
Aal Of two hundred and fifty thousand
a. and with the privilege Of increasing the
10 tho sum OF fouI hundred thousand dol
Ell. ANDERSON.
W. 4. DAGGHERFY,
III W. r. SCHELL,
Il 4. KING.
NICHOLAS LYONS,
4 SAML. L.. RUSSELL.
saorl. Pa, june 25, 1S56.-sm.
En. Stoves new WORK .-Dred, a tale otth'
A. gcat Dismal Swamp, equal to Unei'
a4 Cabin, iust received al Or. Harry
n Book Store.
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DR.. HARRY.

To keep the I 81
L Bazin's X %
a thousand +
Of Y hieh can bia-
RS.
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