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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-08-09
More of fsoi.nson's Record.

In the Pittsburgh JouiWaI of the % inst,
we find the following:
CAPITAL SHOULD own ITS LABOR
Write ii out and look at it, all you labor
ing ana toiling thousands of this city and
State. The Democracy Heaven save the
mark y at Baltimore have nominated tick
ct on which Johnson of Georgia, is candi
date Vice President. This man, on the 18th
OF September 1856, made speech in Phlla
delphia in which he said
"We believe capital should own labor
Is there any doubt that there must be a la
boring class everywhere? In all countries
and under every form of social organization
there must be a laboring class, class of men
who get their living by the sweat of their
brow; and then there must be another class
that controls and directs the capital of the
country
We ask our readers, thousands of whom
are men whose hands have been hardened by
toll, VIC ask you now, ifyou can vote for q
ticket that carries on it the name Of man
who can unblushingly, in the capit;l Il this
mighty labor State, stand up and say that
the owners of our foundries. rolling mills
coal mines and farms should otca tie siHe,es
aHd tie souls Of those tCho earn their bread
by Htt StCett 81 tftttF oFO6
And, moreover, this vile calumniator q.
honester men than he dares TO be, puts his
argument boldly upon the ground that caPf.
tai shoul1 0Un its labor because 10 IS tabor I
There is, says he, "a .AbG.ing Class, and
ruling class ~
What man is this, who has the hardihood
to cast such 4 slur upon our institutions. "A
la5oring class owned by capital indeed -
Var, n
man, Gen. Green, and hosts ofour best and
greatest men, but of the laboring class p
Let Johnson come TO our city, and we will
roint him to the capitalist who is also the
laborer, and the lahoIer who has his snug
sum in the bank for a rainy day. This Is
! your Democratic hero of 1860, whose highest
4 idea OF labor is what he sees scourgcd daily
| to the rice swampS or exposed ON the auc-
ton block, Ills labor IS the down troddel.
one whom the man -stealcr plucks from his
family, chains in the collie, and sends elan
! king to the hie-doom ofuulequited toll -
/ To our Democratic Vice Presidential candi-
/ date, every man of Pennsylvania who cats
/ his bread in the sweat of his face Is 50
much bone and sincw to be bought and
sold by capital" whipped by capital :
plundcred b. capital and damned if"cap
ital' please, Mind, tits labor that cap
I ital f" should own; not Africans, nor Indians
nor Japanese, nor Chinese coolies. nor any
particular class oftoiiers, but labor, which,
the thing being put for the person, in
clutcS all men who DO labor whether IN the
deadly rice swamp under the scorching sur
of Georgia or by the blazing forges of Penn
sylvania. The laboriRg man who. knowing
Of that speech of joLnSous, would yet vote
\ f6r him for any office. }6Scires 10 de a ptrstn
ton slace and Should ,cork % he crdd 81 6
,-liJ az M daBs ~ Ais iift
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-08-09

some of your Senators from the New Eng
land States take special pains to concessions
to the slave power, by saying that they are
not in .tarOr Of bringjng about negro equali-
ty 4; just as AbrahGm Lincoln did do~m an
ohio too gears ago. when he went there to
stump that State, the colorcd people were
agitating the question of suffrage in that
State. The ohio Statesman, a paper pub
lished in Columbus, asserted on the morning
of the day that Mr.. Lincoln made his speech
that he was in favor Of negro equality and
Mr.. Lincoln took pains at that time to deny
the ALLEGATION. Il X = 4 =
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-08-09
Fourth Of July AboIitiOnissl
ANEGRO,s NOTION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
ye Ethiopian Orator DemolisheM le Re
publican Candidate ..

A colored individual named "a. Ford
Douglas delivered Fourth Of July Grafton
at birmingham, Mass, under the auspices OF
the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society"
The call for the celebration stated, that the
object was ''to consider the solemn and preg-
nant issues of the hour" Edmund Quincy
was President of the solemn performances
and in the list of Vice Presidents we find,
charming collection of varieties in color and
sect. Here is the list.
Tice Presidents Francis Jackson, Boston;
Charles l.. Remond, Salem; f. b. Sanborn,
Col. Wm. Whiting, Concord; Caroline NJ.
Severance, West Newton; Elizabeth B. Chase
Valley Falls, r. T.; VIM. l.. Haywood, Hope
dale; Henry O. Stone, Farmingham; Abbey
Kelly Foster, Worcester; Benjamin Snow,
Jr., Fitchburg; J. I. Everett, Princeton; j.
H. Stephenson, Newton; O. W. Albce, MARI
boro." E
Secretaries NJ w. Yerrington, Charles
X. Whipple
Finance Committee-E. II. Haywood,
Boston; Angeliana j. Knox, Boston; Sallie
Holley, Sarah f, Wall, Worcester; E. d.
Drapery Hopedale; I. c. Severance, West
Newton.
His unconstitutional Highness, the serene
traitor, William Lloyd Garrison, opened his
mouth and spoke, and then the President
introduced the orator Of the day in the fol
lowing fattering terms:
When | say that the next speaker is to be
Mr.. Douglas, and Mr.. Douglas Of Chicago,W
| think it will naturally excite thrill of sur
prise in the breasts of all the inhabitants Of
this country Democrats of all types and
shades, Bell, Everett men and Republicans
that Mr.. Douglas of Chicago, should appear
al. an anti i-slavery meeting Fourth fully
just at the very opening of the canvass
daughter. 81 have never had the pleasure
of seeing the candidate for the Presidency
who bears that name and therefore, cannot
answer for you whether this is the gentleman
or not; but you will probably find out by the
time he is through. Laughter and applause.
Mr.. Douglas of Chicago. E
And the colOred orator presented hnso!
with great profusion, And Mr.. Douglas, o
Chicago, proceeded topay his respects to 5
A. Douglas, and had proceeded but few
sentences, when he overwhelmed his large
and appreciative audience with the following
luminous and corruscating passage.
Welquote from the report Of the 4nti-Sla
cory Society.
II connot account for the signal departur,
from the ancient and hereditary principles
by one who bears that name, upon any 9th
cr theory than thstof bastard blood" [Ap
plause.
And again the wit and wisdom oftae ebo
ny orator cleaned forth, as follows:
81 cannot account for the existence of s.
mean a man as Douglas on another theor,
than that Of the transmigration, Of souls. !
was held by one of the old philosophers @
Greece, that when man died some body wa
born, and that the soul of the dead entcre
the body OF the new born; but when Dougla
was born nobody happened to die Laugh
Ter and applause
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-08-09
For the Courier.
AREpURLECAN SONG.


[Composedby t. p. Asbury, and submitted tothe
republicans in honor of the Urbana Republican Tn
on Society ofMonroe county, Iowa.
A1R-"Red, White and Blue"
Come, all We heroic sons ofFreedom,
And rally round onr banner so true
The flag bearing the motto of our nation,
With colors of red, white and blue"
There youlsee the name Of our well silectd hero
who we've chosen from among the best,
lie will lead US on to ''Freedom, forever
Three cheers for sold Abe Of the West"
Three cheers for "old Abe of the West"
Three cheers for Old Abe OF the Vest
who will lead us on to Freedom, forever"
Three cheers for "Old Abe OF the West"
Our opposition have grown very much frightened
At our Platform and principles SO true;
And they'll do some very hard fighting
For Douglas and Breckinridse, too.
But they'll find, when coming to the contest,
That our national party is the best
Then come join in Freedoms phaIanx--
Three cheers for "Old Abe of the West F."
Three cheers, &c.
Our party will make every effort ..
To secure peaceful homes for the poor,
And erect upon our land hasty escort
A Rail Road, that will reach from shore to shores
Then we'll throw on our goods and cur notions
And with speed travel TO the pheasant West,"
And increase the wealth of our nation,
By adding to it farmers Of the best -E
BY adding toit. &c.
The West, whose broad, yielding bosom,
Extending from "lakeshore to sea-"
Awaits for the honest, laboring husband
To yield up its harvest to the free.
Shall the "dark tide of Slavery" roll DER
The land which with freedom is bles'd? .s
Never No, never! No, never
While our Leader is sold Abe of the West
Three cheers &c,
Then come from the ''gen and the hill side
From workshop, from worship and farm
From thronged streets and the happy fire-side;
And give to us aid with ev'ry arm.
Then we'll march "arm In arm" on to freedom,
Showing all that our party is the best
by electing Hon. ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
ssHonest Old Abe Of the West"
Three cheers, &c
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-08-09

DIRECTORS REPORT.

To the Stockholders Of tho Burlington and
Missouri Ricer Railroad Company.
We present our Report at this time under
more hopeful circumstances than year ago.
1t is true that the almost total failure of the
then promising wheat crop, disappointed us
of anticipated business but the fair yield OF
corn has supplied us with considerable freight
and enables us to show an increase in the
earnings, of fifty per cent. over last year,
which must be considered very encouraging
by all who have knowledge of the condi-
ton of things at the West.
The six miles of unfinished road, referred
to year ago, were completed, anc the road
opened to Ottumwa the first of September.
We have also established ourselves upon our
new station grounds, on the accretors. at
Burlington, with levee, OF landing, Of our
own, and convenient accommodations for
freight and passenger business.
From a detailed report of the Vice-Presi
dent and Superintendent, it will be seen that
the forty miles, constructed since the new
subscription of1S57, require but very little to
make that portion of the road complete in Ill
respects. The older division Of the road calls
for a moderate expenditure, it seems, to put
it in first-rate condition.
Construction account has now reached the
sum of S2,720, ,916,59 which has been ex-
pended as follows:
o., G,,rt l;,-;-;nr, rn,ilnc R1r-
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-08-09

Hot Hot The whole air seems ailamc,
and man and beast seek the grateful shade
wherever it can he found. You can soc the
heat duiyering along the fences and the roofs
of buildings, like the breath Of a furnace. \
dreamy haze hangs over field and forest, and
mingles with the skies. Distant outlines
loose their distinctnesS, and the softcned
sunlight bronzes every object where it lies.
The breeze is iitful, coming up between aw-
fu.l pauses of silence, as il the pulse Of Nature
had ceased to beat Look ont over that
broad expanse Of water Not Q ripple IS
visible TO the furthercst shore. The sails
flap idly against the mast as the boat rolls in
the lazy swell Of the sea. Not Il sea bird
lifts its wing the white gull no longer skins
the air, and the fish hawk slumbers upon his
perch in the dead oak that looks out upon
the waters. Even the bees are still enjoying
their siesta upon the thistle down, and now
and then at long intervals, a shrill whrr- a
trcad--a hum-a tapis heard through the
dry leaves, in grass and bush, as insect, ami
NAL, on bird. rouse a little from their noontiae
slccp - ImcricdR AqyfcalMrjI
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-08-09


1t will be seen from the above statement,
that in our own unissued bonds, alone, we
have ample means to pay off our floating
debt, which ought to have been prescntedby
payment on stock subscriptions, and will yet
be reduced by means from that source, as
the improved condition Of the West betters
the circumstances Of our stockholders in that
quarter.
The earnings of the road for the
year, given in detail on page
IL, are Sl57, 500 SO
Expenses of operating and keep
ing road and equipment in re-
pair, are 9o,3o7 60
S61,25i 9S
Interest on funded debt paid
during the year, Sill $50 90
Net earnings, bI2oi %
Balance, Sii ,5G5 %
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-08-09
AUGUST.

JThe feryid splendor Of thy midday
With wonder strikes me, though its fire shun.
love thee most, whene'ere thy potent rage.
Or Autumn's breath, or vernai gales assuage.
Though Nature pant beneath thy noontide power
How sweet the freshness Of thy evening hour
What time the night. throughout the geld air,
Wells with her sable wings the solar glare;
Then loves the eye, that shrunk before the day,
To drink refreshment from the moon-pale ray !;
When modest Cynthia clad In silver light,
Expands her beauty on the brow Of night,
Sheds her soft beams upon the mountain side,
Peeps through the wood, and quivers on the tide.
DgLILE,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-08-09

lst mort. s per ct. Bonds on
1st division, due Feb. |, rs,
I'd IS, on lst division, due
Feb. /, 80,
1st mort. s's, I'd div, and
lands, due Oct. /, 'S3,
Burlington Loan Bonds to be
converted into Stock,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-08-09


Our unfunded debt consists Of
Notes payable, S94,296 -
Land damages, &c, l,3So 63
S95,6S6 SO
To meet the floating debt we ....
have Cash, Slo,93l Oh
Notes Receivable, 1926 10
I'd mortgage, 8 per cent. Bonds,
LIST division. $4,000 90
lst mortgage, per ct. Bonds,
2ddivision and land $1,000 90
Jefferson County s perct Bonds, 10000 ~
Wapello 9 8 10000 90
$227,7o7 90
And there is due us
jefferson County per ct. Bonds, 10000 oo
Wapello " 10000 90
~ $4,000 90
On old private stock -.
in iowa, So4,4o9 10
new 65,9ll 25
........ Sl20,320 40
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-06-08

"'Edward, my dear boy said 1 tenderly,
4 know it is very hard for you to be denied
this evnning's sport with your play fellows;
but it is dangerous sport; your father is ab-
sent, and without his approval can you wish
to go where you may perhaps lose your
life?'
"'But the boys do skate there almost
every night, and don't get killed.
"'Yes, but it was only last week that
three of them broke through and came near
being drowned before they were rescued, and
knowing this I dare not trust you on the
pond in the evening"
"'Aunt Bent isn't afraid--she said 1
might CO.
"'If your own dear mother was alive and
here where am, do you think she would
be willing to have her little son out on the
dark, cold ice at play, where he would be
exposed every moment to danger? And
would you wish to leave her alone, fearing
and grieviDg for you, while you was gone
against her wishes ?"
"'Oh no, no! 1 would not do anything
to make my mother feel bad
"'Edward, your dear mother is not here
to watch over you, and she cannot COM
again, but have come to fill her place as far
as can; to love and cherish you as she would,
and with your father to lead you in the way
where you will find the most real happiness.
Oh, my son, come to me as you would to
that dear mother, and let me be your friend.
If you only knew how tenderly 1 loved you,
am sure yon would
"'Do you love me p His face frightened,
he drew little nearer, and hesitated.
"'Yes, dear child, love you very, very
much. Come to my arms and tell me of
your other mother, all that you can remem-
ber, that may learn to be like her to you.
Come, darling, let US confde in each other.
The words were scarcely spoken before he
was folded in my arms, his face laid close to
mine, sos bing-
"'Ob, I'm so glad, I'm so glad you love
me! May love you as l did my mother :?
May r.
dyes, yes, but why do you ask? p
'Because-shall tell ?
"'Yes, tell me ALL
"Because Aunt Bent, and almost every.
body, said that stepmothers always hated
children, and thought you hated me, but
I've found out you don't. Oh, I'm so glad;
we'll have glorious times now, won't we p
"'Ay, that we will, and how happy father
will be when he returns to find us so happy!'
"J am glad did not go off to skate,
now can love you-but, mother, are you
not tired of holding such great boy?'
"'Oh, no, you may sit here until bed time
if you wish,' l replied, pressing kiss upon
his rosy cheek. He answered with kiss,
the FIRST be ever gave me, and with his face
nestled close to mine, chld-like, he asked me
if l would not tell him story.
"Well, girls, had won my stepson, and
from that hour until this our lives have
flowed on sweetly together like a pleasant
psalm. Mrs. Bent, finding her kingdom de-
parted from her, wisely abdicated the throne,
and left us to pursue our way in peace, al.
though she remained our guest during the
winter. Augustine returned to find the
hearts of his household united, and here I
will conclude my story, only begging of you
to let Molly alone, or, if you will worry
about her, don't, don't meddle with the chill.
dren, if you love them"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-06-08
The Escape of Postmaster FOwler.-
How it was Effected...His Last
Hour at the HOtel---COntemplated

Hour at the Hotel---Contemplate
Suicide, etc.
The New York Leader of the 1st inst,
gives what purports to be an account of "the
last hours spent at the New York Hotel by
Isaac V. Fowler" The Leader is owned
and edited by John Clancy, personal and
political friend of the late Postmaster. Ac.
cording to this statement, MIR. Fowler
learned on Thursday, the 10th ult., that the
Postmaster General, having returned from
Florida, had dropped on the trail of the de-
ficiency; and the next day friday Messrs.
Butterworth & Hall, of the firm of Butter
worth, Campbell, Hall & Co., started for
the National Capital, their design being to
solicit time for an effort to be made by the
friends ~ Mr.. Fowler to raise the amount
due the United States.
On Friday evening, says the writer, Mr..
Fowler's courage seems to have deserted
him, and be walked the streets until day.
light without sleep or food. On Saturday
morning be went down to the Office and
found it in charge of the chief clerk of the
Auditors department, a demand for the pay
ment of the deficiency having been made.
Although failure to meet this demand in
itself constituted a crime under the law of
the United States, he seems to have enter,
tanned hopes that the efforts of his friends
in Washington would prove successful, and
was quite cheerful in conversing with his
friends who called upon him. He dined
that evening with August Belmont, and ap-
peared to be in good spirits, although he
left early, pleading prior engagement
In the meantime, says the account, Mar
shal Rynders called at the New York Ho-
tel rather early in the course of the evening,
and was there quite unreserved in stating
that he had with him warrant for Mr..
Fowler's arrest. The Marshal remained
inside and around the hotel, but chiefly in
side, until about II o'clock and it is to be
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-06-08
VOL.h L.hXU.-NO. 9.
Gains for Losses.

There are gains for our losses
There are balms for all our pain;
But when youth, the dream, departs,
1t takes something from our hearts,
And it never comes again.
We are stronger and are better,
Under manhood's sterner reign;
Still we feel that something sweet
Followed youth with flying feet,
And will never come again.
Something beautiful is vanished,
And we sigh for it in vain;
We behold it everywhere,
On the earth and in the air,
But it never comes again.
-SToDDARD.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-08-23
Texas and the Douglas Seditlon
T,nVV

Mr.. Douglas said in one Of his speeches last
winter. when he was trying to cultivate the IA
vJr of the South:
Mr.. President, the mode of preserving peace
is plain. This system of sectional warfare
must cease The Constitution has given the
power. and all We ask of Congress is to give the
means and we, By indictment and convidion in
the Federal Courts Of our several States, will make
such examples of the leaders of these eonspira-
cies rs will strike terror into the hearts of the
others, and there will be an end TO the crusade
Sir, give US law as the Constitution con-
templates and authorizes, and l will show the
Senator from New York that there is a Consti-
tutional mode of repressing the "irrepressble
conflict" l will open the prison door to all
conspirators against the peace of the Republic
and the domestic tranquility of our States to
select their cells wherein to drag out a misera-
bic life, as punishment for their crimes against
the peace of society"
Now it seems that Texas has been passing
lust such n law as Mr.. Douglas wanted. We
copy two OF its sections:
Art 652. A. ANY free person who shall
publicly maintain that masters have no right
Of property in their slaves either by speaking,
writing or printing, shall be punished by con-
fnement in the penitentiary not less than two
nor more than four years.
Art. 653. D. Any free person who shall pri-
vately or otherwise than publicly maintain that
masters have no right ofproperty iu their slaves,
with purpose to bring the institution of slavery
into disrepute in the mind of any free inhabit-
ant of this State, of any resident for the time
being therein, shall be punished confiement in
the renitentiary not less than two nor more
than five years.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-08-23
Distressing Tragedy in Cincin"
nnri

Charles c. Brown, prominent attorney oi
Cincinnati. and U. S. Commissioner for Ohio,
was shot dead on Friday evening by George j..
Caldwell, Esq, in the residence of the latter
TIE parties are well known in Cincinnati, and
have large circles of friends. Brown was un-
married, and 80 years of age. A bitter enmiiy
growing out of business transactions had exist
ed between the parties for some time, and it was
expected by their friends that a personal rem
cOntre would take place sooner or later. FRI
day evening Mr.. Brown approached the house
of Mr.. Caldwell, and found Mr.. C. standing on
his doorstep, in company with ladies. The
Gazette says:
At Browns approach Caldwell stepped into
the house, as if be wished to avoid any confer
ence with Brown, who, notwithstanding, fol-
lowing him until Caldwell had retreated through
the parlor and up a back flight of steps into his
private bedroom. He closed the door, but had
scarcely secured it on the inside. when Brown
knocked and demanded atmittance. Mr. Cald-
well ordered him down stair, saying that it was
not his wish to have any difficulty; but Brown
still demanding admi,tance, the door was final
ly opened, and he stepped across the Threshold
into the room. What transpired between the
two when they were thus closeted alone. is not
known; but scarcely five minutes elapsed after
leaving the front part of the house, when the
crack ofa pistol was heard, and parties rushing
to the spot found Brown lying on the floor, suf-
fering great pain from wound In bis right side
which on examination proved TO have been pro-
dueed by the bullet from Caldwell s pistol which
entered the body between the sixth and seventh
ribs, passing into the right lung.
Mr.. Caldwell gave himself up TO the author
tiles, and AYERS that lie fired in sell-defense be-
ing under the impression that the deceased was
armed and intended TO assault him.