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PerUVian GuanO.
JOSEPH A. NEEDLES,
Manufacturer of
IRE, 9TH SELVES

COURSE, medium and fine in mesh; large,
middle sized and small in diameter.
Metallic Cloths or WoUen U'ire,
OF the best qualities, various sizes of mesh,
from Nos. to 80 inclusive, and from one TO
six feet in width.
They are numbered SO many spaces to a
lineal inch, and cut TO suit.
rms subscriber also keeps constantly on
hand oA
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OVERSIGHT TuRASuERS, FEED
CUTTERS, &c.

CUTTERS, &c.
The above cut represents a single or one
horse machine with The hands necessary TO
attend it.
The subscribers take this method of in.
forming the public in general, that they have
for some time been carrying on, in all their
various branches, the manufacture and sale
of Wheelet's Patent Chain Horse Powers,
together with 0vsrshot Thrashers, Feed Cut
ters, Revolving Horse Rakes, SC, in Light
Street, Columbia CO., and The town OF North.
umherland Nnrihn mherland CO. Pa.
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FRESH @R0cEptFs2

FRESH SR0cER1Esy
AT THE LOWEST PRICES OF THE MAR.
KET. He will sell at the lowest living profits
and will make il to the interest of purchasers
10 deal with them.
BW Call and see our Stock, m
Bloomsburg, Aug. 90, 1856.
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5CaI2@G@NT&9.

For Coal, Sand, Ore, Lime, Grain, Gravel,
Guano, Sumac, Sugar, Salt, Bone, Coffee
Spice, Drugs, ye.Stuffs, sc. Together
with an assortment of
Bright and .Annealed Iron Wire.
All of the above sold wholesale or RETAIL
by ]. A. NEEDLES,
81 North Front Street, Philad'a.
May %, 1S56-ly. ..
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s'Quick Returns and Small PrOfitS.'
A. j. EVANS.

HAS just received and opened new as
II sortment Of seasonable go dds from Phil.
adeiphia, which he is determined TO sell
quick anu cheap. He has everything desir.
able for LADIES' and
GENTLEMEN'S WEAR,
and all dry goods for domestic and house,
hold use, suited for the FALL TRADE. He
has also full supply Of Queensware, Hard.
ware, WOODWARD, Brooms, Looking Glasses,
BOOTS AND SHOES, and good stock of
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DEING AN ORIGI.
u NAL and popular
Treatise on MAN and
WOMAN: their Phys
ioiogy, Functions and
Sexual Disorders OF
every kind. with nev-
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-10-29
The "Big Tight"

We have been reading every tn ing we could
find in relation to the Hard Times, or the Pam
ic, which is now the universal topic of discus
zion in all sections of the country, with the
view OF finding out its cause, and pr bable' du-
ration, and the remedy which is to restore
confidence and prosperity again to the conn
try; but we must confess that the more we
read, the more forcibiy il the conviction i'm
pressed upon us that the present financial
problem is now as much mystery to every
body as it was the day the failure of the Ohio
Trust Company was FIRST announced to the
country. The naked fact is about all any
boty knows, at least, it is about the only thing
IN relation to which all are agreed There is
no installing the fact, however At a time of
UNIVERSAL apparent prosperity, when the coun-
try was at peace with all the world; when
plenty everywhere abounded throughout our
borders; when enterprise and industry were
busy in every department of labor in adding to
individual and the national wealth, as il never
added before; and when the States were gen.
orally unburdeneG by debt and the National
Treasury was OVERLOOKING with millions of sur
plus revenue, the wheels of industry, bust
ness aud enterprise were suddenly stopped
the banks suddenly shut their doors in the face
OF their customers, and thousands of the old
est. heaviest and most reputable business hous-
IS, one after another in repeated succession, in
all the principle cities, went by the board, un-
til universal bankruptcy now seems 10 stare
the co lntry in the face.
Whatever may be the cause which has
brought this distress upon the country or the
causes for there may be many of them, it is not
likely that they will cease operating in hur-
ry. Confidence which has so universally been
shaken, will not speedily be re established;
and enterprises public and private, which ha. e
thas rudely been checked, cannot for time
be prosecuted again, and the machinery of bus
ines, commerce and exchange, now so sad
ly out of joint, cannot hastily be regulated
and made to work smoothly and benefcially as
heretofore. We must look for hard times,
scarcity and high rates for money and ex-
change, and great. auctuation, and great fall
Of prices Of everything.
. In view of this fact it may be well for us to
refrehch expenses, study and practise econo-
my, and withal exercise 10 all our dealings
with one another mutual forbearance, bearing
in mind that in the great prosperity with which
we have been blessed, we have perhaps for
gotten the source from which it came.
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Proclaim alton.

The revolving seasons have brought us
near the close Of another year, and again have
the people of Iowa reason to rejoice and give
thanks for the blessings they have enjoyed.
The State has experienced year of extra
ordinary prosperity. Rich harvests have re-
warded the toll of the husbandman. Pestilence
has not invaded our borders. We have been
preserved from civil strife and foreign wars.
We have been protected in the enjoyment of
all orr civil. and religious rights. For these
and for numerous other blessings, it becomes
the people Ct Iowa publicly to recognize the
government of Divine Ruler and to nantes,
their gratitude for benefits received at His
hands.
Therefore, l., James w. Grimes, Governor
of the State of Iowa, do designate and appoint
Thursday, the 26th day of November next, as
a day of public thanksgiving and praise to
Almighty God. ~ @ ~
recommend the people of this State to alb
stain on that day from their ordinary avoca
tons, and to assemble in their usual places OF
public worship, there to give thanks for the
blessings of the past year, and to devoutly
supplicate their continuance. H "
In testimony whereof, ] have hereunto sci
my hand, and caused to be affixed the
l.. s. Great Seal of the State of iowa.
Done this ed day of October, A. D., 1887
of the Independence of the United States TIE
eshty-second, and of the State of Iowa the
twelfth. ~ - .s .r
JAMES w. GRIMES.
By the Governor.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-10-29
The Hog Market.

We copy the following from the Cincinnati
Price Current, of the 2lst: @
We are now upon the threshold, so to speak
of the packing season; and yet, strange, as i
may seem, the dizziness and utter indifference,
with regard to entering into contracts for hog
for future delivery continues; and the desire t.
sell increases, even at further decline Thos,
who have contracts to receive hogs at ST ne
in November, now feel quite uncomf ortable
and are at a loss to know what disposition t.
make of them, so as to reduce the loss they
know thew must sustain. + i Il &
Stop fatted hogs have declined again, ard
are now dull at 81 75;a5 IS gross, with con-
tinued downward tendency; and on Change
yesterday, corn-fattened were offered at So 81
net for November delivery, without buyers.
The consequence of this state of affairs will
be this; farmers will hold back in hopes OF
meeting better market as the season advanc-
es. and this will lead to an increase in the
weight of hog. brought to market and heav-
ier supply in December; because when they
are fatted they must be sold for whatever price
thew will bring. -,
Our letters from the country leave no doubt
that the farmers generally believe that the
present depression in prices of all kinds of pro-
duce is the immediate consequence of the mon
ey crisis. and but temporary; and that as soon
as the panic passes over, which they think
will shortly be the case, prices will suddenly
and largely advance again. and hence they are
holding on with Hniser's grasp TO their grain
and other productions OF their farms. This
is very plausible philosophy, to say the best of
it, but it is, nevertheless, false, as many will
find to their bitter disappointment, next
spring. ..... .s
The Louisville Journal thinks that those
who contracted for Hogs some time ago will
lose heavily, as contracts for over 25 900 were
made by one or two packers in that city at CT
and 81. The market at present there is fiat,
with no buyers at any price, and no price Of
fered.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-10-29

GB-It is an evidence of the sterling quail.
ties of DR.. CHRISTIES AGUE BALSA M
that the Press, everywhere, have spoken in
its favor. From the Iowa Exchange we ex-
tract the following
SIN these dog-days, when ague and fever is
prevailing through city and country, it is pleas
ant to announce that there is remedy which
always cures without leaving any pain in the
bones or aching joints. We know what we
ARE saying, for we have tried it. The article
alluded to is Christie's Ague Balsam, and is to
be had at the Drug Stores. There is no hum
bug about it's
Price, 81 90 per bottle, or bottles for S..
BoLLEs. SMITH & Co., Wholesals Agents,
Chicago. $50
For sale in Otturnwa, BY w. F. Elmendorf
J. L. Taylor and by Agents everywhere.
a#" t#'a ga |a& n35-3w
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-10-29

fgyp The following Illinois banks have thus
far failed TO comply with the requisition Of the
Auditor demanding additional securities: Bank
Of Belleville, Grand Prairie Bank, American
exchange Bank, Bank of Raleigh, Bank of
jacksonville, Bank of Illinois, Bank of South
ern Illinois, Bank of the Commonwealth, Bank
of Aurora, Bank of the Republic, Corn Ex-
change Bank, Hamilton County BANK, and
Morgan Connty Bank.
The Bank ef Bellevile does not intend to re-
spond; most of the others may do so before the
expiration of the day of grace, on the Both day
of this month. II they do not they will be
wound up.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-10-29
Washington. Or

Washington, Oct. 81.
The British cabinet is about to make renew
ed eNertions for the suppression of the mu-
tiny. .ahe
The Virginia Synod of The PRESBYTERIAN
Church have adopted the report of the CON-
mittee presented yesterday, recommending a
withdrawal Fl ON the general assembly in con-
sequence of the action of that body on the sla-
very question. The vote wa. 80 against 3.
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Result of the EIection.

We learn by a private letter from the Sec
rotary of st ate that the Senate will stand %
Republicans, 10 Democrats; and the House OF
Representatives. 40 Republicans and 80 Demo-
Gratis; and that the majority for Lowe and
Faville will be about 1900.
Our figures do not quite reach four tho usand
but we will Try and yield as gracefully as pos
sible, consideration Of the superior facilities,
possessed by our friend at Iowa City for OBJ
tanning accurate reports-Dsily Gate City,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-10-29

THE RESULT OF THE ELEcTloN.-We cor
rect our table by inserting such official, and re
ported results as we have rec eved up to going
to press. We now think that the Republican
majority will be about 1000. We have re-
ports from all but II counties, all of them poll
ing small vote, and most of them Republican
in November
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-10-29
New York. Oct .,

VCIs u.
Business has been dull throughout the dav,
owing partially to the stormy weather and the
rates for money irregular but lower; common
paper having been taken as low as II per cent.
Rates however are from two to three per
cent. Af nss
The business at the clearing house amounts
to $4,000, the balances to the amount of
sooS.ooo dollars. Beebe & Co., tea dealers,
suspended to day.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-10-29

AsPISwALL.--The population of the city of
Aspinwali according to the census lately ia
ken, amounts to 1924 souls, of whom 557 are
natives s67 foreigners, s22 males, COZ females,
161 married, 80 widowed. / .224 single.
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Washington, Oct. "a

The British Government will take no steps
In The Nicaragua transit except in conjunction
with the United States. None OF the alleged
contracts with Costa Rica on this subject have
been made with the countenance of England
OF all this orr Government is well informed
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-10-29
The Universal Musician:

new collection OF Secular and Sacred music design
ed for Musical Associations and social music parties
with new and comprehensive plan Of Instruction eu.
bracing the various systems of Notation by A. Fill.
more, Editor of the Musician General lntelligen-
Ger" and co-Editor of the "Chrstian Psalmist" For
sale by Dr. J. l.. Taylor, 0ttumwa. fnS5.yl
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-10-29

GHSix Indians ran ten-mile foot-race in
Buffalo last week. A Cataragus Indian
named Smith completed the distance in fifty
six minutes thirty-two seconds. All the
others in nearly an hour. s, @ ST.
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NEW York, Oct. 81.

New YoRK, Oct. 81.
The subscription to relief loan reaches about
100000 dollars. The directors have voted that
hereafter no floating debt exceeding $50, 900
dollars shall be caeated unless by vote of stock
holders. 'Ast
Receipts of the Erie Railroad thus far in Oc-
tober are only 1000 behind those Of last
October ias. h3 saR md qaa43
Arrangements have been made by which the
Illinois Central Railroad will be able to resume
payment on its coupons on Monday next
A'circular has been issned to the stockhold-
ers, giving statement of its. financial condi-
ton on the Goth Of October ~ G ,gC5
The steamship Vanderbilt sailed to-day for
Southampton and H,yre with 30 passengers;
no specie. a ssa.,, b Y3f fsa teT d
The Collinssteamer Atlantic, owing to an ac-
cident to her mach inery, is detained till Mon
day or Tuesday night. eiaGa tah
The Secretary of War to-day visited Gov
ernor's Island, and was receive, by national
salute.
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NO. ~
Mem advertisements.
ORDINANCE. No. 10.

REGULATING SALE OF COAL, WOOD AND RAY.
BE II ordained by the City Council of the CITY
of Ottumra,
Sec. list. That It shall be the duty Of the City
Council to elect Inspector ofStone Coal Fire Wood
and Hay who shall during the pleasure Of the
Council
Sec. I'd. IL shall be unlawful for any person to sell
and deliver within the City limits Stone Ceal Fire
Wood or Hay, unless the person selling and delv.
ering shall first obtain from the Inspector OF Coal
Wood and Hay, certificate showing the number OF
bushels of Coal the measured quantity OF Wood or
the number of pounds ofHay such person proposes to
sell and deliver. d vr FefT Z. e'rrE , :.
Sec Sd. Any person selling and delivering Coal.
Wood or Hay within the city limits shall paw 10 the
Inspector Ten Gents for each load of Coal and Hay
weighed and for each load OF Wood measured BY him
Sec 4th. Any person violating any OF the provis.
ions OF this Ordinance shall upon conviction
subject TO fine Of Five Dollars and costs of suit for
each offence. rs u
Sec 9th. This Ordinance shall be In full force and
effect from and after its second publication In one of
the newspapers Of this city.
Attest, d. r. GAYLORD. Mayor.
JAMES ID. DEvIS, City Recorder.
Passed, Oct. 26, 1857.
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The LEGIslArURE.-The session of the
Legislature the coming winter will be held at
Des MONIES, the new Capitol. Gov. Grimes
has issued his proclamation to that effect.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-10-29

CINCINNATI, Oct. 23.-About O'Clock this
evening fire broke out in thelarge Sugar Re-
finery belonging to Kilhreath, McKenzie & Co.
Loss about $4,000. Fully insured.
COLUMBUS, Oct.-A fire at the State prise
commenced in the shops at the north end at half
PAST 7, and has already destroyed all the shops
in that portion of the yard.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-10-29

". HardY's Eye Balm was not invented
by an old woman or discovered by an Indian,
but the result of many years scientific inves-
tisatior. Read advertisement headed Ire
IN endous Success. no29 -6w
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-10-29

Gle headed Progress of Treason" to which
we will briefly allude, and that is the insinua-
tion that the orignators of THIS Cleveland
meeting are Republicans. Now eur neigbbo-
knew perfectly we'll when he made the insinu-
alton, that not one of those men are, or ever
have been Republicans, and he ought 10 be
ashamed of himself for making so base and
malicious an accusation. The great quantity
of slaEders which he and his political associ-
ates circulated about the Republican Party
during the late election, ought to have salts
fed him and them for while. It NAV be,
however, that he las quantity on hand,
which he is afraid will spoil before the next
csnvass, and hence he doles them ont now.
The next edition, most likely, will herald
some Southern Disuniol meeting, under The
lead of JEFF. Davis & Co., which he can call
Republican treason with Just as much truth
and Justice. The naked truth is, that a large
portion Of the Party called Democratic, are
constantly holding meetings whose avowed
object is the dissolution of the Union. Ten TO
one Of the traitors who TO-DAY ardently desire
the separation of the States and Dissolution
of the Union, are on our neighbours side of the
fence, and in full communion. and in high ia
vor with his party. Let him attend tc them.
The NORTH M. r. ExrEN G.
Pratt, ESQ.,, one of the engineers of thin road
and who has charge of that portion of It north
of the Hannibal Junction, with Surveying
corps, completed preliminary survey of rhe
route to this place on Saturday. Mr.. Pratt
represents the route from the State lire to OF
tumwa. to be entirely practicable, and will so
report to the Directory in Missouri. The dis
lance in Iowa, he supposes, without having ac-
curately footed it up, to be about 33 miles, and
the route nearly straight OF air line, and he
thinks $4,000 per mile, about fair estimate
Of the cost Of construction, and the hughes,
grade emily about 80 feet to the mile. The sur
vey will exhibit so fatteringly the advantages
and feasibility of the route, that there can be
no doubt but that its perInar ent location may
be looked upon as fixed fact. 1t is expected
that the Road in Missouri will be completed
to Kirkvile within one year of the present
fine. The expenses Of the survey were paid
by Davis and, Wapelo county.
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@ There is tide in the affairs of men
which, taken at its food leads on 10 fortunes
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What has MIR. Buchanan done
for the South!

ms question Is triumphantly answered by
Hon. A. H. Stevens, of Georgia, in late cleo
| pioneering discussion, as follows:
"What had Mr.. Buchanan done to recon-
mend him TO the confidence of the Southern
men as members of his Cabinet, and from
the North he had selected three others who
had been distinguished for their firm, unyield-
ing and unselfsh devotion to the constitutions al
rights Of the South. Two of them-Gen. Cass
and Mr.. Toucy--had sacrificed themselves at
| home, and been defeated by the black repub-
licans, because they stood by the South in her
hour of need; and Mr.. Buchanan had shown
his appreciation Of the broad nationality, and
his inclination to protect the Northern de-
Tenders of Southern rights, by calling them to
high office, and selecting them as his cabinet
| advisers. What had he done? He had, in his
Inaugural Address done more tEan any other
man who had preceded him in the Presidential
Office ever had done, in giving in his adhesion,
in advance of its delivery, to the principles of
the Died Scott decision of the Supreme Court,
and procla,mlng as rule for the conduct of
his administration, the true doctrine of South
ern equality in the Territories Of the Union.
What had he done? He had given US the whole
government organization o. the Terrttory of
Kansas; had recognized the laws Of that Terri
tory, against which the Black Republicans
had revolted: and had placed Southern men in
epery Office Of honor or infneuce in the Terrific
~, and he had placed no man in Office in Kan
sas, or anywhere else, who was not pledged to
sustain the Kansas Nebraska act, and all the
other legislation of Congress, which secured
to the South her rights under the Constitution
What had he no: done which Southern man
with any proprlety could ask that the Presi-
dent Of the United states should do?''
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EMIGRATINe FROM VIRGINlA.--The Green

brier (Va.) Era says: 1 aotssB
As usual at this season Of the year, larg
Numbers of old settlers are making prepare
tons to remove to the West, this Fall. Sew.
erai of the best citizens in Monroe intend en-
barking for the West, which is truly matter
Of regret to us. We wish all of them success
in their new homes, bnt greatly fear that many
will find too late that they have erred"
@ We beg leave TO differ with the Era
man, and say let them cone!-Ep.
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Our WESTERN ROAD .-Itis fact not gener-
ally known, that the Burlington and Missouri
River Railroad is the only one Of the western
lines in the State, upon which labor has not
been suspended. The work Of grading, is rad
idly advancing between Rome and Fairfield
upon the heavy sections, and it is confidently
expected that the track will be laid to Fairfield
early in the coming SPRING Hawk Eye.
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Good News for the Hard Times.

Good News for the Hard Times.
NE You want 10 get the worth of your money, just
q drop in at Lawreuces He is receiving daily
from Boston and Cincinnati large and splendid as
sortment Of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
Bought low, and will be sold low suit the times
There you can get great variety Of Dress from
Prints up to all Wool De LANES. Call soon as no
wants money, and will sell low to get II,
A Splendid assortment of Dress Goods OF all kinds
IN at LAwRENCES.
II AIDES Collars, Sleeves and Einbroideries at
~ =" LAWRENCE'S
n you want good Boots Shoes LAWRENCE has
u them direct from the celebrated House OF Potter
Hitchcock, Boston.
II tALL at Lawrence's If you want a good Hat or
Gap, he has them, Of nearly all styles and prices
~ lie Agent for Loudens celebrated Medicines.
can and get an Almanac for 1858, free of charge.
no34. st3
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By the Governor.
E. SELLS, Sec'y of State.