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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-06-30
Tradition and Scripture.

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The talented author OF cautions for the
Times" illustrates the uncertainty of tradi-
ton compared with Scripture, by putting
this familiar case: "A footnan brings Won
letter from a friend upon whose word you
can perfectly rely, giving an account OF some
thing that has happened to himself, and the
exact account of which you are grately con-
celned TO know, While you are reading and
answering the letter the ,footman goes into
the kitchen, and there gives your cooks an
account of the same thing, which, he says,
he beard the upper servants at home talking
over as related to them by the valet, who
said he had it from your friends sons own
lips. The cook retails the story to your
groom, and NE, in, turn, tells you. Would
you judge of that story by the letter?'' The
Bible shows how rapidly tradition becomes
untruthful from that passage in st. John
where Jesus, Christ says to Peter, in answer
to his question, what john should do(xxi 22J.
IfI will that he tary till I come, what is that
to thee? Then went this saying abroad
among the bretheren" CORAL tradtion), THAT
disciple should not die" Christ also says,
Thus have ye made The commandment Of
God OF none effect by your traditions" -
Prot. Epis -, f...,........ ....... ........s5
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SOs.D SERIES. VOL. II, NO 16
: s'EitMS, 81 so in Advance.

still Cypress and cucumber the masses of
| humanity. ..a.. ...
Behold then the mission of the Republican
party or rather the design of those who
founded a Republican government. The
principles enunciated by our fathers were
not for single day or a particular people,
but they were made broad enough for all
men, all nations, and all time. Like the
Christian dispensation, standard is pre-
sented so pure that the elements Of society
must adopt and cherish it, in order to secure
its ultimate fruition As Republicans, we
re-affirn their doctrines, and declare our
purposes and principles designed to support
the riglts Of the People, the sosereignty Of the
States, ind The National Union.
This nation has mission to perform among
the nations Of the earth. We have attempted
to establish free government, based on the
sovereignty Of the people, and the hopes of
freedom or despotism depend on our success
or failure The matters to which have
referred are in the march o. our onward
progress. They are, the encouragement and
vindication of freedom and free labor; fair
dealing towards other nations; the construc-
ton of commerce j chain to bind the two
oceans; the union and advancement of ag-
riculture and manufactures and land re-
form that will secure homes for ourselves, our
poor and our children. These measures are
worthy Of the age, and the principles incui-
Gated by the founders ola popular govern
ment. They are not vain distractions, but
living issues before Congress, and submit
them to you for your earnest examination.
As your representative, I have constantly
labored, with the Republicans, to advance
these measures, and with the cooperation
of the people, success must be inevitable.-
It would be arrogant for new member to
boast of individuality, but while I have
sought to appear unobtrusive, I have asser-
ted for my constituents a fair hearing and
influence in the national councils. l shall
enter upon my second term with more knowl
edge and experience, and with renewed zeal
and devotion and it viii be my constant
effort to advance our general and local inter-
ests, and to deserve and receive your kind
approval and generous sympathy. Cher
ishing sincere love of liberty, devotion to
the Union, and desire to maintain friendly
and fraternal relations with: all sections of
our confederacy, shall continue to maintain
your rights with truth and. fairness, and
give due respect to conflicting interests and
opinions of representatives from all sections
Of this glorious Union.
Hoping that by your local organization
and mutual forbearance you will avoid dis
sensions and unite in supporting and sus-
taininS our cause and country, wish you
all health, happiness and prosperity, and re-
main sincerely your friend and lellow-citizen.
".''. '.'".- ~ SAM'L R. CURTIS.
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10 use military expression, all his batteries
would be taken in reverse, and their muzzles
turned upon him. He would then be an AFT
pcrsonifcation of Pope's couplet--
'"who ever felt the halter draw
With good opinion of the Law" ''.'." p
He now holds the authority Of Moses at fic.
titious premium; this state of captivity
would open his eyes, bring that authority
down from his false eminence to par, restore
it to its true and Wholesome state, and make
of him most furious convert to anteslavery
His New Testament proofs stand in pre-
cisely the same dilemma or eight fix" with
those Of the Old Testament. '
Mr.: Taunton held that the Apostles coun-
seled obedience to the servants, not (if they
were slaves,) because slavery was right, but
because obedience, well ordered life and
the silent operation of the law of love, as laid
down by Christ, was the shortest, safest aud
surest way to accomplish the final extinction
of slavery. five reject this view and adopt
the views of Mr. F., we are landed again into
the Divine sanction of aohite slavery, and
this he does not want to prove but be it
remembered that all the epistles Of the apos-
ties which contain instructions to servants
are addressed to foreign Churches, or breth-
ren in foreign lands; mostly those of Greece
and Rome. Now, every man at all acquaint-
ed with history, knows that those countries
hold no negro slaves-Gibbon, the best Ro-
man historian, supports me here ...-.
The only epistle TO the Jewish people is
that of Paul to the Hebrews, and that con-
tains not one word of counsel to servants
white or black. 'a"rs
White slavery, then, as we'll as black is
what Mr.. f. has brought us to at last. Are
Americans prepared for that Are they
prepared to revive bar'baric ideas and prac-
tices of olden times practices long since
renounced as unnatural. cruel and anti
christian, by every christian nation on earth?
This alternative is clearly before us--we can
not shut our eyes to it five would; we must
either accept the theory of Mr. f. or Mr. T.
The one denies any Tscriptural sanction to
the enslavement of any part Of the human
race; the other claims a scriptural warrant
for slavery. whichif good against one race,
is equally good against all the rest; and so
cety is thrown back again upon the despotic
doctrine that might is right" This, afe,
all, is the real character of She Shareholders
and their defenders; and amply justifies m
in styling them the 'friends of despotism'
it furnishes the real clue to the fact that
violence is the shareholders favorite argl-
men,. Their cause, from the corruption ot
its very nature, admits no sounder logic
Like Mahomet with his Koran and sword,
the STAKEHOLDER offers us the slave code and
the bowie; ''believe this, or take that. How
true this is, let Joshua Giddings and poor
Charles Sumner say. u" 10 REPUBLICAN.
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The Power Of Law.

A stranger coming here from Europe is
struck. with the absence Of soldiers at our
marts ofbusiness, and halls of legislation
He Sees crowds Of people, a mighty nation,
and yet no outward aud or.anized sign OF
its might. Its soldiers are principles, inviS-
ible though most potent. The life e-guard OF
our chief magistrate is public opinion. The
force that executes the laws thata few Sen
ators and Representatives make for $4,000,
600 of people, is public opinion. It is this
that imparts solemnity to our courts and
gives to the decisions ofJudge their author
ity. We see hence how our liberty rests up
on our religion, is fostered and maintained
by religion. lH9Te
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A wonderful cure.

DocTBR Hill, notorious wit, physician.
and man of letters, having quarelledwith the
members of the Royal society of London,
who had refused to admit him as an associa-
te. resolved toiavenge himself upon them in a
novel manner. He addressed to their secre-
tary letter purporting to be written by a
country surgeon, and recting the particu-
lars Of a cure which he had effected. a
sailor" he wrote ''bloke his leg, and
applied to me for help / bound together
the broken portions, and washed themwith
the celebrated tar-water.a Almost immedi-
ately the sailor felt the beneficial effects of
this remedy, and it was not long before his
leg was completely healedp'2 This cure was
published abroad at the very time that Bish-
op sBerkely had insured his work on the mar
relous virtues of tar-water, and excited, con-
seguently, great attic, tiop. The letter was
read aud discussed at the meetings of the
Royal Society, and caused considerable diff
erence of opinion. Papers were written for
and against the tar-water and the restored
lee, when second letter arrived from the
(pretended) country -practitioner:-''ln my
last omitted to mention that the broken
limb of the sailor was a wooden leg." .sf,rn,
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DISCIPLINE ~ CuILDHooD.- Young peo-
pie who have been habitually gratitied in all
their desices, will not only indulge more in
caprcious desires, but win mfallibly take it
more amiss when the feelings or happiness
of others require that they should be thwar-
ted, than those who haze been practically
trained to the habit efsubduinS and restrain
inS them, and consequently, viii in general
saeiise the happiness OF others to their own
selfish indulgence. To what else is the sell
fshness of princes and other great people to
be attributed? 1t is in vain to think of cul-
tivating principles of generosity and benef-
cenee by mere exhoration aud reasoning
Nothing but the practical habit Of ,oyercom-
ing our own selishness, and of familiarly
encountering privations and discomfort on
account of others, viii ever enable us to do
it when required. And therefore | am firm
" persuaded that indulgence inf.llibly pro-
duces selfishnesss and hardness of heart, and
that nothing but pretty severe discipline
and control can lay the foundation of q mag
unanimous character. Lord Jeffrey. hgF4
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THE GINSENG TRApE.-The digging ol
Ginseng in Minnesota, is giving employment
to number Of the people of that State
Large quantities Of the article are yearly ex,
ported to China, where it is used for medi-
cinal purposes. Last summer a gentleman
in Fairbault purchased to the amount OF
$4,000; and this year Col. Pratt of st.
Peters advertises for 100000 worth of the
article. Every pound Of ginseng is eagerly
bought up by purchasers who pay cash foI
it. Six tons were brought into Fairbaul'
last week. The prices range from six to eight
cents per pound for green, and from twenty,
five to thirty cents for dry. A Minnesota
paper says:
The cry is ginseng! The mother rocks hel
baby to sleep with ginseng lullaby /; the
little boys and girls imagine every brake
root, dandelon OF blood root to be ginseng
Ginseng, in conversation, commences every
sentence and rounds every period. Viv'
Ginseng!
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The Editor.

The world, with all its busy train, t.m
Is passing in his spacious brain;
He holds the tclegraphic wires,
And with hand that never tires.
d Records what will most interest, ~
And please-not him, but Others best.
His thoughts are peddled in the street
by almost every boy you meet; bin. aar
20 where you will. the world around, %
An Etifor is always found;
lie talks to you in every nook 90
You read him as you read a book. o.
With what youthful dread, have l.,
This .'man of letters" hurried by, .s '+,@
Or, with no ordinary eyes, r. D. e
Watched him with wonder and surprise
But once talked with one; and then
] found that he, like other men,
Was affable-co, Id talk with grace
He even wore smiling face. .ab
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KEEP AWAY FROM MUsLIN.-Boys, if you
don'twant to fall in love, keep away from
muslin. You can no more play with those
girls without losing your hearts, than you can
play with gamblers without losing. your
money. The heart strings of woman, like
the. tend.ils of vine, are always reaching
out for something to cling to. The. conse-
quence is, that before you are going you are
gone" like lot at an auction. .r,r.a
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A COMPASSIONATE cHILD.-"I was showing
d 'ar little Charlie the picture Of the martyrs
thrown to the lions," said Mrs. s.Jenkins. sand
was talking very solemnly to him, trying to
make him feel what a terrible fate it was
MAJ said he, all at once; 'oh, ma! just look
at that poor little hon away behind there---
he won't get anyr' qGa.7 h.ts
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A dandy's occupation is to show his cloths
and, fthey could but walk themselves, they
would save him the labor and do his work as
wen as himself. =
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"Have you no shame, sir?" ''No, neither
Of us has any--you, because you have no
sense of shame; and l, because l never do
anything that am ashamed Of. '-
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-24
Trustees Sale.

WHkRkAS ON the sc ord day OF February A D
W 1905, John Meditation executed unto Chris
topber whistler AS Trustee, C, rtsn ieed OF Trust
conveying u SAID Trustee the land In Floyd County
Iowa described rs follows wit The esst h III Of
the north east quarter and the eat air Of he soun
eest quarter VI section No eight 81 In township No
ninety four t9D North " rsnle NJ eighteen ls) vest
o. the 9th P n, containing one huu1ved and sixty
600 acres. which said Conveyance was made by the
said John Meditation for the purpose Of curing n
payment OF one certain promtssory and the In
terest theron signed by said John McnlhAtton
the cond day OF February A d l>5S for ninety five
(95) dollars, and payable To the order OF John NC
Gum sky on the second day of February A ID 1863,
and the said Chrsfot he, Wits being absent from
the State Of Iowa and unable u set rs Trustee -
aforesaid, the County j. ige Cf acott County Iowa,
tn" day Of Feb uary A n 1859, duly appointed
John Mopg e. act rs Ttutee in the place aud stead
of said hisier in pursuance % the terms Of said
Feed II Trust.
Add now said note having become due and payable
aHd hc sAii John Meditation having failed 10 pay
the same, l. John Monger, Trustee A. afo esai l. DO
hereby give this puulic notice that by virtue OF the
power which is in me vested by said deed OF Trust
! will, OIL SATURDAY.. the fifth DAY Of March A u
1859 IT the hour or o'clo In the AFT, u said
cay the Court House door in the city ps venport
expose and Chsr for SAFE, At public auction the
OF land abeve described, much thereof a. shall
b. uicient to satisf, aud pay the ofsa note
with the in crest Their TO the day of SALE together
witt all the costs and expenses attending said sale
costs OF this notice and Trustees fees. Upon tie
coroance with the stipulation Of said Deed OF Trust
conveying full and perfect le 10 the tract OF land
sold to the purchaser
Dated the 9TH day of February A D 1859.
JOHN MUNGRR,
feblOits Trustee.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-24

NkpriH,S SnIp

DY virtue ot ar execution issu.d frnI the once
OF the Clerk OF the District Oour. OF feott conn.
~. Iowa, In favor Of Pr stoa Ware. T.. Co And
against Zoo n rett, dated the 18th das =
rlber Iss and y, A reotcd comm M IN =,
Of the eo,d-, ehsti.is, stock or intr-e.t IN ,nv
company debts due, property IN the hands a. third
per sons tanNs AMI t.ncinents lsh IN ar. OF rr.mn,
6a'ettt | mssr, or cause 10 ~ r,Afe the sum N
t5nr hnmre6 nifty 90 aid 80 90 dollars (AA,2 5yn
am un due inetHiiug Debt utter. - and costs WIN
ntfrestth-rn At The rate Of SIX per per .nnum
from the 9Th day o october, lsSs, and In ettenc
to sad command have levied upon the following
described anis an nments situstei 10 Scott county
Iowa 10 Wit: The uudv I'D hall IT par, OF the snuth
west quarter of cfiOn twenty four f2iJ ami pa,
.. thes uih cs quarter Of section twrutN -thrt ,
nsnstps &c enty ti,h {. North u range thr t3)
Est 10th particularly s, out and d-scr,b.
- follows, e. vi c"rmeHc ~ At n stake and stone
On the Vast Size ~ the pubic highway a. the
Dubuque road II point eleven (l1) rods due
south Of the North line OF the saii South T.. ST
quarter Of ssld Be- ai x"nty three il. theme. dne
has' sixteen (l6) rods, thenc. south (i0) rods
thence west To the sad Vast line e the said Du-
hnGue road" thence in Northerly direction to the
piac OF teyinnine on a,eug III. Hast line OF said
"Dntnque roae.' containing one and one-eighth
| (t7t) acres more orle
Ana hereby give public notice that will sell al
pubic auction 81 the Court use door In the city
Of Daverport. Scott ooun y, lows, On Monday the
81 lay of February. 1859, at the hour Of O'Clock
cash, the above described real estate or sunicien,
thereof to satisfy said del interest," Is we'll as oil
accrulnI Costs thereon.
| Davenport, January !, 1859.
| II. LEONARD,
SAniI 6h'H OF eCott county.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-24
Trustees Sale.

WHERWA3 on the 9th day IL July A d 1851.
w Alfrtd Lewis, Of ecott county Iowa execute
unto george Nichols, IS trustee, certain deed Of
trust. recorded In book al" - mortgages pages
55S and 300 TN the Bee ORDERS oce for Scott ooun W
conveying TO sad trustee the lands Described a. fol-
lows, TO Wit: The northeast quarter of section No
eight and the south one.f urih OF the sout
quarter OF section number i've all In township
No seventy nine 1871 north 81 range No one east
OF the oth principal tridian Containing two hnu-
bred acrs. III Scott county, Iowa, which said con-
veysnce was made by the said Alfred Lewis for the
purpose OF secu in2 the pay ment Of three certain
promissory notes executed ~ the said Alfred Lewis
IL Mary Ann Fay dated the nth day Of July. A. D.
1857, and payable a. follows. one note for the Gun,
OF thirteen hundred and thirty end 49, loo dol
lars 81 1888 49, payable the LIST day Of November
1858, one other note for the thirteen hnnired
and thirtythree and 33 100 dollars 333 1911 pay
able on the LIST day OF November 1859 and on- 9TH
er note for the sum OF eight hunarcd aud thirty
three and s3-ioI dol ar. $3.50 aal payable Oh the
let day Of Deem. er, A n 1857 on which last note
there IL Avaymrnt credited Of SIX hundred dollars
all Of said no,s airing interest a: the rate II ten
per cent per snnun.
And now the first and third named hotes having
become due and pay able, and the interes, aecruins
pay the same, !, George L. Nick lis, Trustee Al.
aforesaid do hereby give this public notice. tina, ~
virtue of he power which 10 me vested by said de.
Of trust vii, IN Saturday the l2'h day Of Pebrua-
1859 At the Court House door In tue city OF pa-
venport between the hour. VI and O'Clock In the
afternoon Of said dayexp and offer for sale a; pub
lie auction the parcels o. land above described
mut thereof shall be suci, satirfy and ..
the smount Of said note, with the interest thereon
the day Of sale, together with all the and
penses attending ssd sae, costs OF this notice and
Trustees fees
Dated the 10Th day Of January, a u 1859.
GEORGE l.. NICHOLS,
Ja2l rrustee
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-24
Trustees Sale.

M7HEREAs On the 10th day q April. A d 1897.
w David English, Of Scott coanty, executed
unto George Nickolls A. trustee, certain deed OF
Trust o1'v' wing ~ eaid trustee the north ausy-
ter OF section No i've Ia township No seventy nine
ssl n nth, and Of ange No one ~ east Of the s,h
NJ. IN Soott county, Iowa. which said conveyance
was made BY the said David English for the pur-
pose OF securing the payment of . certain note 81
one hundred and stsen and - 100 ,iar- (tiis 5sl
and the inteseat thereon, signed .ti Rp Rsh and
d'tfd the 10th lay Of April. 1857, PAYABLE six
month, after date ~ Alfred Burdek. with ten yer
cent interest
And now said note having become due and PAYABLE
with the interest thereon, and the said David p.
nngi,.h having failc. topay the same, ], George L.
Ntsolis, trustee aforesaid, DO her. by give this
pubic notice th.t by virtue Of IA. power hitch In
me vestrdhy ssid deed VI Iust. viii, on Saturday
the l2th day OF February, 1859, AZ the Court
House dior In the city of Davenport, between the
hours Of two az and four a. o'clock In the afernooa
expose and on-r for sale public auction, the parcel
OF Land above dtcribed, much thereof rs ,hsli
he - hcient t. pay the amount Of said Ais 80
with the Interest thereon 20 the day Of sa~ toseth-
er with all The costs and expenses ate ndng said
sale. Costs of this notice and trustees fees &C.
Dated the 18th day OF January. A D 1859
GEORGE l.. NICHOLS,
JhIO Trustee.
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Legal Notice.

THE s ses:. comfy on IOWA $
Scot, District Court. Petition. Notice not served.
Nicholas Fsjervary, rs. Jgnstius l. niger, James
Grant, W II Gsvey, Baksmcre Ls~es, Aus
tin Corbin, Das id True, smuck.r, Mack u
a Corbin, Geo w Baker, McManus X Wilkinson.
James B1nner, Z Grigss * Co. Burrows prst-
lyman s. DAiz.i, l. 5ehrickeT assignee OF Asc
ObeYndoerfer. KEN msnn y Rgacis Kruse Eek
hart, william Donald, j. In James, PTitz Bro
4 Go John p Van Patton, 1eiden Keeier Co,
Michel Donahue, Geo II Sic kles n BRO, Ken.
dali l. Co, John Bruggmao, Bteinhlbcr, jacob
Butlev. administered estate Stuart Be.be, CLINE
& johnson. Cotes l. DAvii, Wicker, ham Will
isrns. John Carney Chubb, Bro, Barrow c
Isaac Oberndoerfer, J.ha Washbuvn. A lie
C,airN, d A Burrows, Mary Nanny, VIM NJ why,
Geo Elliott and r Miller.
10 said william Donald, Bsldsn, KeeIer l. Co. John
Carney and AATJ Nanny:
VOU are hereby notified that there 10 now on nle
In the Office Of the Clerk 81 the District Court OF
saii Sott county, petition OF N'cnolAsF j"rvsry
setting forth that he /. the owner OF the undiv ided
half Of the following descrh PREMISES in said loun
~, and PRAYING partition thereof, 10 wit
The southeast quartz Of section number fifteen
az in township number seventy-eight (7s) north 81
range three (3) east. excepting therefro.a twenty
acres, as described In tn petition.
And unless you shsl appear and On wcr 50 q petit
tion on or before the first day " the It term o.
said District Court TO be holden on TIE hrst Monday
in Nay, 1882 the osttsrs ard things OF sAid pc
t,ton vii be taken ~ confessed, and decree -
prayed for rendered.
February 3, 1859.
CORBIU 4 DOW,
Att'ys for Petitioner.
1T the foregoing be published fur weeks in the
"-'' NV. o' IRA 4. CLIFFORD.
Hebi2 CLERK e,ost Co Dist Court.