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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-03-19

MO, not gold, but quite good, and will last at
IN least one year. W. y. ELMENDORF
Druggist, in Richards Building.
sS- liberal discount to the trade. Tni9-3m.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-03-19

RurIing ton 4 Missouri River h. II.
IL, TOCKHOLDERS MEETING.-The an
~ mai Meeting OF the stockholders in the Burng-
Missouri River Railroad viii be held at the Office
the Company, In Burlington, Iowa, Wednesday,
S.~eh 35th 1871 st2 o'clock, p. H., when Board 81
nine directors WIN be elected for the ensuing year.
Vsb 26-t2-td
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-03-19

O. We seldom receive cigar but we pro-
coed to psf it. We must say those presented
by WALLACE, the obliging Clerk Of the "Cur-
lew," were decidedly nice. We are always
willing 10 psf "plantaton," like those.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-03-19

RE ADV PAY
r &.
HEAVY FALL STOCk!


HEAVY FALL STOCk!
DURCHASED with great care In the Eastern
IL cities and coming In (by railroad TO Mt Pleas
anti and opening from day to day. Having led on IN
ard, we to be undersold by any-abait only
excepted, as We never see them.
Filling up our store rooms, ninetysx feet In depth,
cannot enter into details Of stock, but will be
happy to show you round at all times. ~ "a
DRY G0ODS-We offer Broad cloths, French twiled,
YER cloth. kerseyes. &C. All wool cashmere fan
styles, fine doe-skins, plain and fancy sattnets
ion cassimeres, tweeds, Ky jeans, cords A. Shaker
ties, shifting stripes hickory cheeks drills. cling
hams, chambrays, diapers, &c; new styles prints
,nnm rich variety variety and and fast coors
bleached and unbleached "a to Ga and So from 8
4 cts upwards. Bags, bagging, drills osnaburgs,
&c, &c,-the greatest variety kept in Ottumwa.
RICH DRESS GOODs-Heavy black silks, Fall plaid,
do satin stripe poplins, satin stripe wool Delaines,
plain, do; newest styles printed do; Iamilton's,
Manchesters and French, bought directly from i'm
porters and agents and sold low.
CLOTHING AND FURNISHING GOoDs-Bcston and
superior to slop work" A great variety and at
fair prices Fine shirts, under shirts drawers fur
and buck quantities. gloves mttens, hosiery, carpet
sacks, satcheis, umbrellas, overcoats n.s
BLASKErs-Cochecos, brown, blue horse.
CARPETs-Venitian, tapestry, hemp, &c.
FASHIONABLE FALL WIsrER snAwIs-Many new
styles at low figures. ~ III tf :
BoSSETsA large stock from Thos Whites celebrated
factory, all the newest styles
FANCY 6OODs-ln great Variety p z#.g#
Hats 4 CAPs-Greatest variety in the town. Prices
and styles to suit everybody. ''
Doors snoEs-ln great variety and from the best
manufacturers.
BUupERs' HARDwARs-Locks Latches, Butts, &C.
CARPESrRR's TooIs-In great variety. Planes of all
styles, bought directly from Ohio Tool Co."
CooPERs TooLs-Extra C. 8. from same Co.
SHELF HARDWARE AND CuTLERy-A great variety.
sHTsBERaERs 1RoN-ln great quantity all shapes and
sizes at Keokuk prices and carriage.
SwEDEs IRoY-Nail rods 25 and 81 pound bundles.
Cast steel, spring Steel American and English bis
ter, &C. Swede's iron horse nails, q. horse nails,
wrought nails, iron axles, wagon boxes, &C.
belmont" NAns-By keg or retail. r.aEs.
Window GLASS;, Sash, Putty, Paints,
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-30
SAMUEL KEITH. sec'y.
For Gs Herald ef Freedom.
Public Meeting.

Pursuant to a previous call, meeting
of the citizens of Franklin County was
held in Centropolis, for the purpose Of
taking into consideration the action to be
taken in the coming election for delegates
to a convention to form q Constitution,
prior to the admission of Kansas as q
State.
On motion Mr.. Sands was called to the
Chair. and Jacob A. MARCEL elected Sec
retary. The object of the meeting hav-
ing been stated, foFcible, convincing and
satisfactory addresses were made, on call,
by Judge G. W. Smith, Wm. d. PatteF-
son and J. 4. Goodin, Esqs.
On motion of Mr.. p. Fuller, it was re-
solved that Mass Convention be held at
Centropolis, on Saturday, May 30th, for
the purpose OF placing in nomination the
proper number of Delegates to the Con-
stitutiofal Convention.
On further motion, Il was resolved to
memorialiZe the Governor Of Kansas On
the subject OF the attempted disfran-
chisement of the bona fide resident voters
Of Franklin County, by neglect Of duty on
the par1 of the Territorial officers.
Good feeling prevailed throughout, and
a firm determination was manifest in all
that the privileges and rights belonging
to our people would be s.renuously de-
manded. -
It was resolved that the Free State
| rsRners in the Territory be requested 70
publish the proceedings of this meeting.
JAMES SANDS, Chairman.
j. A. MARCEL, Secretary.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-30
She Should be Assisted.

A gentleman in Chicago, whose love for
freedom in Kansas has been shown by his
pecuniary sacrifices, informed us By letter
something over a year ago that he and
some other friends had resolved to con-
tribute 900 to Mrs. r. P. BRowN, the
widow of our lamented namesake who
was murdered at Easton year ago last
winter, to enable her to pre-empt claim
for herself and children. Since then we
have heard nothing from the matter.
Mrs. BRowN, with her two orphan chill
dren, is residing at Ridgeway, Harden
county, Ohio, among her friends, in quite
destitute circumstances. She has no prop
erty left her by her deceased husband save
two lots in Leavenworth, which are not
fully paid for. If she could be placed in
circumstances which would enable her to
pre-empt claim, or perfect title to the
Leavenworth property, favor would be
shown her which she would gratefully re-
member, and would be slight token from
the friends Of freedom, evideneing their
consciousness Of her irreparable loss in lay
ing the superstructure of freedom on the
soil of Kansas.
Dir. Brown was true hero, and died
as became martyr to the cause. His fam
lily should not be neglected by grateful
people who mourn his early loss. Who
will contribute of their means to her re-
lief?
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-30
Better xs.p ous..

The Qaindaro Ckindo,cdR SAYS that
freights from that point to Lawrence
have been but $1,l0 hundred this
spring, and that they are now bnt IS
cents hundred. The C7aado,oan posi-
bly, states the truth, though our advices
are very different. Persons have repeat
edly stated to US that they found it very
difficult to get freight from Quindaro at
even SIPS per hundred. We beliere we
have shipped more pounds of freight this
spring to Lawrence, from the Missouri,
than any other business man here, unless
he was heavy mercantile dealer, and
hence Were pecuniarily interested IN ship
ping to the place on the river from which
we could forward at the lowest rates to
Lawrence. We have been, and still are
interested, and design to be governed in
our choice of a shipping point by the
rates from that point to Lawrence. Thus
far, all our freight. amounting to many
tons, and costing over a thousand dollars
for bills alone, has been shipped to Leav-
enworth or Delaware; and this will con-
tinue the case while the distance between
those points and Lawrence is ten or fif-
teen miles nearer than any other point
on the Missouri river, and while the
roads are equally good.
What is true of us is true of all our
business men in Lawrence. True, many
of our people had freight shipped to
Quindaro and Wyandott, under the ap-
prehension that it could be forwarded to
Lawrence by steamer, and we fear Others
East are doing the same thing still. But
all, as far as we have information, who
have shipped to that point, who did not
get their goods forwarded by steamer,
regret that they had not been forwarded
to some higher point on the river neare,
Lawrence, and more accessible.
With stages plying daily between here
and Quindaro and Wyandott, passengers
can disembark at those. points if they
choose, and perhaps reach Lawrence as
readily and cheaply as from Delaware OF
Leavenworth, but it is not so with freight
The Chindo,odn may commence and
follow up an assault on us if it chooses
Our paper will state the facts, regardless
of its effect on Quindaro, or any other
town in Kansas.
As for an interest in Quindaro, We
should be most happy to learn that We
ever had one there. We were promised
an interest in the town, but We have yet
to be informed that that promise wa.
ever redeemed.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-30

Se.A--A1< 80 Ss-sSA II 4Io1Ss
The Chindoacan is nonsensical in It's
attack on us In regard to the letter to
Judge Cato. That cur family has been
afflicted, for the past few weeks, with an
infectious disease. the public are con-
seious- 1t is also true that the character
of that disease was such as to make it
impossible to procure other assistance
than the members of our family. 1t is
true, too, that our business had suffered
to the amount of thousands of dollars BY
our late absence of only few weeks, and
was and still is suffering. We had init
nations of the final result at Lecompton,
and hence, felt it unnecessary to leave
our business to sacrifice still more. We
wrote to Judge Cato, stating the facts, and
informing him that We would be on hand
any time our presence was demanded.
At the time of wrisAg the letter, we had
the premonitory symptoms, as we thought,
of the disease on ourself. We felt, and
so did our family physician, that it was
imprudent TO appear at Lecompton at
that time, and so we stated to Judge
Cato.
The disease is not contagious until on
and after the sixth day, and then by inhal-
ing the breath of person having it, by
actual contact or contact with the infec-
tious matter. While attending npon the
sick ones in our family, or even visiting
their rooms, we have invariably changed
our apparel on entering the room, remov-
ing. the same on going out, and have
taken the utmost care to prevent its ex-
tension. 1t affords us equal pleasure to
state that not single person has taken
it from our family. That it exists in
Lawrence, and is spreading, and that it
has made its appearance in nearly every
town of consequence in Kansas, we be-
lieye is also true; but We defy any person
to trace the origin of their disease to ex-
posure to us or our family. If any per-
sons were to take the infection, it should
have been the employees in our office
with whom we mingled daily, not one Of
whom has even experienced the slightest
symptoms of an attack. That it was
here in Lawrence when we returned from
St. Louis, we can prove by our physicians
and those who have it in town can trace
the infection to other sources than us.
| That there is a systematic attempt tt
injure us in our business relations, al
persons can see who observe the recen
attacks in this direction. If they shal
succeed, then villainy will triumph owe
the right. We are content to abide on
time,' and leave the result to the future
We respectfully advise those, however
who are engaged in this wholesale sian
der, the Chindotuan among that number
that it is poor business, and it s0H mere
pay. Mark that.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-30
Edncahonal Meeting.

PRAIRIE CRY, K. T., May Is, 1851.
An Educational meeting of the Church
of the United Brethren in Christ met at
this place on Monday, the 18th inst, snd
was organized by eiecting Rev. AE. Seller
of the Sciesa Annual Conference In Ohios
President, and g. W. Griffith, Secretary.
The following resolutions were present.
ed. and unanimously adopted: Es
Rsssgcsd. That the interests OF eduea-
ton among Us as q Church, demand as 70
take immediate action to establish 3 first
class Institution Of Leaning ct some suit
able point In this county On vicinity. -
Rsssued, That Rev. S. 5. Snyder Rev.
". Al. Cardwen, Rev. ]. s. Gingerich be
appointed Committee TO selecs suitable
location for said Institution.
The following Committee appointed
to receive proposals foE donations from sny
community or Town Association that
would desire the location Of said lnssItu-
ton:
Rev. ". A. BAEDwELL, Big Springs
Rev. S. s. SEYDER, Laspreaes
@. W. e GRIEFITH, Pnziyis cisty.
The Committee VIII meet june 9th, at
Biz Snines, to consider proposals and de-
tef1uine che Ioeation.
Mored, That the Proceedings o9 his
Meeting be Published in the Herald Of
! Fresdoza. CIV Z GaHyzz. Sesy.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-30
New Panan-

A newspaper, The Kansas Lesaer, is
soon to be issued from Centropolis. The
press has arrived upon the ground, and
the editions are there to commence their
labors. twill be Free State in politics.
This is the fourteenth Free State paper
that is or will be printed in Kansas dur
ing the coming month.
Report states that the Doniphan Con-
stftatioaahst has fieaveR ia," and hereafter
viii be- silent on the slavery question, or
freesoilish inclined. This would reduce
the pro-slayery organs to four, and give
Us fifteen which are battling for the right
'.Straws show which way the wind blows -
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-30
No cenSusnro rsxex.

We have positive assurance, from a
gentleman well advised, that no census
whatever was taken in Shawnee connty,
it being the bogus county lying west Of
Douglas, and embracing Big Springs, Te-
cuniseh, Topeka, Brownville, Uniontown,
Burlingame, &c. Neither has any as
sessment been made, and of course no
taxes can be collected. The same is true
in bsth respects, we believe, in Brecken-
ridge county, though it must embrace at
this time an aggregate of probably 6,0oo
persons.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-30
subsoriptons Erpir,ng.-Re..ubscribe.

~-NS~A-t--SA-e -AAs-sAhAS~@hASs
All subscribers who commenced with the
revival of the Herald of Freedom on the
first of November last, and who paid for
half year, and who have not renewed
their subscriptions, viii find their paper
discontinued with the last number. Those
who commenced with number 45, vol. 1,
being the same which contained history
of the "Wakarusa War" and who paid
for one year. viii find the term of their
subscription ending with four more num-
bes. We hope all persons whose sub
seriptions are about expiring win renew at
once, and induce their neighbors to join
with them in doing so, and if possible, send
US club. Hereafter, instead of sending a
map to those who get up clubs for the
paper, We VIII send an additional copy of
the Herald of Freedom, giving ten copies,
and oaeto the gettT gpef tie els5, for $15, 90.
Old subscribers are especially made agents,
and requested 10 get up subscribers for rs
on these terms, thus getting their own
paper Independent of cash expenses, with
the consciousness Of ksaoseing that they are
doing something practicable in the way Of
| aiding Kansas, when laboring to sustain a
free and iadPsldait press. Send on the
subscriptions, with the cash at our risk, If
mailed in the presence of the postmaster,
and We viii send you fifty nrimbels of the
Herald Of Freedom.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-30
cnminaun

Centropolis is growing finely. Their
large saw and griist-mill viii soon be in
Operation-shares are looking up, and ey-
erything around them betokens thrift and
enterprise. It is claimed to be one of the
handsomest locations south of the Kansas
River. and is set down by al as one of the
liked facts in the way Of Towns. ]. <
GooBIS, Esq, IS me President and Finan-
ciai Agent Of the ASSOCIATION, aud inqui-
mes relating TO business can be directed
10 him af Gentropoiis. st. Bernard p. o.,
or Lawrence.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-30

H We understand that in the letter
which jenkins has furnished Robinson for
publication in regard to US he has gone be-
yond the question at issue and volunteered
another statement, representing that we
passed ourself for wine merchant to the
person who arrested us. We cannot con-
ceive of any relevancy between the sub
ject, and hardly know how the writer of
Mr.. Jenkins letter managed to introduce
such matter into it. Whether he did make
the assertion or not, we assert most posi-
lively that it is false, and that, in our opin-
ion, Mr. J. was in a condition on that oeca-
sion that it would be extremely difficult
for him to decide whether we were wine
or whisky merchant or dealer in "incend-
iary documents
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-30

subsequently purchased of those Indians
By act of Congress, approved July 22d,
1854, these lands were made Subject to
the operations of the pre-emption act of
184I."
That right to pre-emption" is given
by act of Congress to American citizens,
and is a rested right, which neither the
President of the United States, the Com
missioner Of Indian Affairs, nor any one
else, can rob them Of If Mr. Manypenny,
or any of his officials, has violated any of
these rights of settlers, he has disregarded
the plain provisions of law, which the set
Ter is at liberty to treat as null and void,
the pre-emptor having his redress in the
Federal Courts, against interloHs.
Gen. Whitfield, who was an. agent of
the Kansas Indians in 1854, claimed that
the boundaries of the Kansas lands ex-
tended but six miles east of Council Grove;
subsequently he admitted that Council
Grove was not on these lands; now they
claim the lands fifteen miles east of the
Grove, and have so surveyed their lines. By
this arrangement, in violation of treaties,
in disregard of the claims of the. Indians
and their agent, and in violation of acts of
Congress, large body of land thrown
open to settlement, on which some fifty
claimants had settled, embracing more
than 100000 acres, on which valuable
improvements have been made, with the
knowledge and consent of the Indians and
their agents, are now attempted to be
wrested from the people, and over which
the blight of an Indian title is extended.
The Kaw Indians are known as the
most ignorant and debased of the various
| aboriginal tribes on the eastern borders of
Kansas. They are sunk in ignorance and
degradation; are too indolent to labor, and
too debased to be of service to themselves
or others. Unlike the Delawares or
Shawnees, they do not engage in agricul-
| ture, but Subsist almost wholly by the
chase, BY levying black mail on travellers,
in stealing from the settlers, by the char
| tiles Of the generous, or by annuities from
government. If the government would
| educate them and fit them for civilization
it would afford every pioneer in Kansas
| pleasure TO aid them in their progressive
journey; but instead of this policy pre-
vailing, Indian Agents are sent among
them to rob them of their annuities, to
debauch their women, and sink them
still lower in barbarism; while traders are
licensed, who secretly furnish them with
the curse which has almost caused the
extinction of the race
The settlers on the eastern borders of
the Territory, lately given to these Indi-
ans by Commissioner Manypenny, not by
treaty, have considered the whole subject
in regard to these lands, in public eonven-
ton, and have resolved to resist with all
the legal means they can employ, any at
tempt to wrest from them their posses
sions. Legal gentlemen have been con-
suited, and but one opinion has been ad-
yanced, and that is that the Indian
Department has exceeded its authority
under treaties and acts of Congress, and
hence their doings are illegal and void,
and will be treated as such.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-30

one believes that if the question of slave
~ be submitted to the people that free
expression of opinion from the actual set
tiers will be allowed. The Convention
will probably adopt the register law game
or some other equally infamous restriction
By which the viii of the people can be
successfully thwarted. Secretary Stanton
is said to be involved in this plot, and that
he aspires to climb. thereby, into the Uni
ted States Senate"
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-30
Healtily RivaIr.

We are happy to learn that a friendly
spirit is eyinced between TecuInseh and
Topeka The citizens between these two
apparently rval places, have just compile
ted arrangements for bridging the several
streams between the two points, and :
determination Is eyinced to keep up friend.
ly relations. Let them do this, and they
viii be of mutual advantage TO each
other.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-30

Or The Lawrence post Office has been
removed to the first door north Of It's for
mer location, to the room lately occupied
by JAS. CHRIs1rAS, Esq, for law Office
Mr.. Babcock has passed over the keys to
his successor, very excellent man, un-
exeeptionahle. we believe, barring his
pro-slsvesy psoclivities.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-30

IAs -
be Missouri R;y-
+ LAzvenworth.
Erwith respert
| Kansas River.
great emporiun
Eperior landing.
the mid.t oa
r. skHtsd By ths
Fairies, togetx,
osite to the es,-
Re Missouri and
nd the natural
Is Of the sams,
md most desira,
Pn the Missouri
pint on the nsv-
Pm Chicago via.
| permanent SEE.
haks this their
ID also to visit IL
Offering unpr-
|ghts are being
pr Government
point
Pred to n,schan-
p those purcha-
| hss been par
be prssen. time.
cry Quarter.
'SWORTH.
President.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-30
brks.

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4CHINE SHOP
FACTuRIN6
ERS, MILL
[HINERY.
teres. from the
Pn & Co., j an
establishment,
is country and
eise orders as
streets, where
Establishment 10
Engines and all
uiarly better
n Alton Ia able
Pc to build an
th Machinery,
len ~ will en-
S Of work than
nsported into
actical knosi-
the same en-
been so iber-
ieh | most cor
p. and hope to
ogressiye pab-
fIGLEXAy.
= with me IN ths
e. hr- joseph
+ the best con-
5AaEQ da9&H-
y buildings in
times be ready
p estimates for
nd Sash Saw
fd Hydraalio- :
~. Also, fur
fmplets order,
Ges kstisfac-
[LER & co.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-30

Five thousand new eash-paying
subscribers wanted Immediately to the
Herald Of Freedom. If each subscriber
who receives his paper IN single wrapper
would use his influence with his neighbor.
and send Hve esch. the requisite nnmbes
would soon be made up.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-30
q Co..

between psi-
Wholesale and
[ofFcreignnd
is. and Ftts-
frior rsndHesf-
A large A.
frews. Chains.
Prs Tools, Bal.
els, Wood and
.ing GlassN
kites. Scales,
Mills, Hand
EBlister Steel
chased cheap
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