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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-07-05
Correspondence of the Courier

FAIRFIELD Iowa July 2, 1867
FRIEND NoRRIs:-On Saturday afternoon
last the Douglasities of ':Brave Jefferson
had meeting here for the purpose ofmaking
an effort to ratify the nomination of Stephen
A. Douglas for President and Herschel B.
johnson for Vice President of the United
States, a short notice of which meeting |
propose to communicate to you, thinking it
will not be uninteresting to the many read
ers of your valuable paper.
The Douglas and johnson paper of this
county pronounced the Republican ratfica-
ton on the 3Oth of May, at which you was
present failure. At that meeting, as will
be remembered, there were so many live Re-
publicans that Wells capacious Hall would
not seat them. At the Douglas ratification
on Saturday last there were not people
enough, Republicans included, to fill our
Court room, although the most earnest efforts
were made to get out every Douglasite in
the county. Bills were extensively circula-
ted on Monday, and runners were dispatch
ed to every precinct in the county to inform
the people that not only the illustrious
Trans Alpine Gaul," who was delegate
from this State to the Baltimore Convention,
but that the great champion of popular Sow
e eignty, "their standard bearer in the pres
ent campaign would be here to address them.
But Notwithstanding this desperate effort to
get out a crowd that would "astonish the ma
tives," not over one hundred Democratic
votes were represented in the Park at any
time during the speaking, If the Republi-
can ratification meeting was failure, what
in the name of common sense was theirsg
As every man and woman of sense knew
would be the case, the Little Giant was not
on hand; Brigadier General Augustus Gaze
ser did not come although it was announced
in the paper that he would be here But.
contrary to the expectation Of everybody,
one Mr. Sewers, of Oskaloosa an altern-
ate delegate to the Baltimore Convention,
and one Thompson, of Mt. Pleasant,
formerly Of the Burlington Gazette, and
supposed to be son of the man who raised
the foolish colt were the distinguished spea-
kers from abroad Sewers made speech
of over an hour in length, dtnouncing in
the regular Democratic style the Republican
party, and speaking Of the Douglas party
as the only one which could save this coun-
try from everlasting ruin. Wonder what
Mr.. Sewers thought of the Republican party
when he wanted to be the Republican can
didate for Prosecuting Attorney ofthis
District 3?
After Mr.. Sewers was through Speaking,
Col. Thompson, of Mt. Pleasant, was called
to the stand, and spoke for about one half
hour, when, a shower coming ON, the meet
ing adjourned, and it was announced from the
stand that Henry Clay Dean would speak
at the Court House in the evening. Even
ing came-the eastern train came as usual
the Douglasites and few Republicans as
not come, and the audience was entertained
by speech from the President of the ''Na-
tional Union Democratic Club of Fairfield
and other distinguished speakers from stu
hum" WIDE AWAKE.
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country.
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A couple of Norway spruce trees, APPARENT
ly dead were recently galvanized into lif
and wonderful vigor, by Judge Fuller, o
Coldwater, Michigan, by means of a battery
of zinc and iron placed near the roots. The
branches are swelling out and new leaves ar,
forming where before they were falling off,
Baltimore Star.
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PRESIDENT PRO TEN OF THE SENATE-Mr.
Fitzpatrick was reelected President pro tenn
pore of the Senate to-day.
Mr.. T. has received prompt pay for his re-
fusal to indemnity himself with the sinking
fortunes of DOUGLAS.
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The Developments of COrrup-
ton

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"Here is richness ~ exclaimed the school
master of Dotheboy's Hall, as he exhibited
the plump and rotund form of his son and
heir, who had grown fat on the food pur-
Joined from the allowance Of the unhappy
youths consigned to the care Of Squeers, his
father And the reader of the developments
made by the Covode Investigating Commit
tee may exclaim with Squeers, here indeed is
"richness ~
The report of the Covode Committee is
partially published. Among the Corrup-
tons disclosd we mention the following.
1t is shown by William NJ. Brown, who
was one of the corps editorial Of the New
York Journal of Commerce, that he held a
clerkship in the Custom House at the same
time, in which he rendered no service, and
out of which he realized some twelve hun
drcd dollars year!
One F. w. Walker, who seems to have
been hanging around the New York Custom
House and the Capitol at Washington, with
little or nothing to do but write letters to the
New York Express, swears that Mr. Cor
nelius Wendell gave him $4,000, but for
what he did not exactly know.
Another character appears in this drama
of corruption and crime, who gives his name
as NJ F. Bean, Editor of the Democratic Mes.
senger, of Fremont, Ohio, formerly Clerk
in the House of Representatives. He is an
other lucky Notwithstanding just before
the passage of the English bill received from
this same Wendell, who appeared to have been
acting as the disbursing agent of Mr.. Blu.
chanan, check for $1,000. This large sum
Mr.. Bean testifies was given him IN consid,
Grafton of his getting all the members he
could to vote for the English bill, or for rails.
ing Conference Committee. 1t appears,
also, in proof, that Wendell said, bushcl Of
gold was of no account if the English bill
could be passed. However, all that Bean
got was S. 200, and that proved rather a
poor investment, as he had no influence, and
was worth nothing in the way of aid, in
accomplishing the work. 1t appears that
he never tried to help along the matter in
which he was engaged, and simply took the
money offered, because Wendell said to him
"You id little fool, you mightas well make
money out Of this as any body else."-
This accounts for $4,000 more of the money
that has gone from an exhausted Treasu-
ry.
This use of money to reward partisans for
services rendered in corrupting and debauch-
ing Congress, is not ALL 1t appears by the
testimony of one William Harms, a resident
of Reading Pennsylvania, that he received, in
1856, inst prior to the Governors election,
several hundred fraudulent naturalization
papers under the frank of Gov. Bigler, a. let
ter from Mr.. Brown, Naval Agent at Phila-
delphia, informing him that thousands ofthc
same sort were being sent through the State
to be filled up and used among the Irish and
others, not legal voters, upon the public
works
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support.

Senator Bayard, of Delaware, first chair
man of the Seceders' Convention, now al
Richmond, offers tie bet five thousand dol
lars that Douglas will not get the nomination
at Baltimore, five thousand dollars that if he
does get it he will not obtain the electoral
vote ofany State in the Union, and ten thou
sand dollars that he will not be President on
the 18th of March, 1861. This, though open
ly offered, has not been accepted.
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John Mitchell has written letter in which
he states that for three years have been Ia
boring in my sphere of journalism to break
up the Democratic party 1T is impossible
any longer to belong to party that is dead
and gone, the soul having gone out of it, and
the very body torn limb from limb. If
had any credit with my fellow countrymen
| should exhort them to seek new combin-
ations-to isolate themselves no longer with
the Irish vote-to merge in the several Or
CARNATIONS of their fellow citizens, and be
s,rrielssi irss', a>,. -
views of RIGHT and the political interest ci
the community in which they live. For ex-
ample, wish to see the Irish citizens of
Northern States acting with the party which
desires protective tariff for home industry
and also the largest possible extent of terri
tory for the field of free labor. If the South
feelaggreyed-as she well may, she has her
remedy. ....
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A COMET IN THE SKY-wuERE ARE THE
AsTRoNoMERs?--On Tuesday night L,st ;ust
after dark. brilliant comet was seen in t..
northwestern heavens by a number of our
citizens. Its altitude was quite low, and
consequently it was visible for so short a
time as to escape general observation. Since
Tuesday the skies have been continuously
cloudy. 1t is very remarkable that the as
tronomers of the country have not chrcnicled
the approach and the arrival of this celes.
tial stranger. Its magnitude is quite inn
posing, the nucleus being bright and well de.
fined and flaunting.--.St Louis Democrat.
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son no, we never meE ton him !" was the
only reply which the delegates to the sever
al Democratic Conventions made when it
was suggested that it would be proper to
give Buchanan parting bsnediction.
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Peterson's National Magazine for August,
is on our table, and we pronounce it a
most valuable companion in our household.
Terms 81. Chas. j. Peterson, Philadelphia,
Publisher
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The EGtyr Parties.

The position ofthe various parties may be
thus stated:
The National Democrats are for Slavery.
The Douglas Squatterites are against Free
dom.
The Bell and Everett Union Savers are for
ard against-Nothing.
The Republicans are for freedom and the
Rights of Man. Choose We which you will
support.
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Officers of the Grand Lodge of
TTasOAlS. I $50.

Hon. Thomas H. Benton, Council Bluffs
Grand Master.
Hon. VIM. NJ. Stone, Knoxville, G. S.
w.
Joseph NJ. Grifiiths, Des Moines, j. G
w.
L. Stewart Ellis, Davenport, G. Treasurer.
Theodore S. Parvin, Grand Secretary.
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A close calulator would hesitate about
betting that Douglas would receive a single
electoral vote What State is he at all sure
of? We should like to see the figures of
the Union.
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ST. LOUIS, June 25. The friends of the
Seceders are holding grand ratification
meeting tonight. The Bulletin office is GOV
cred with flags and transparencics. Col
Preston, United States minister in Spain,
will be serenaded at the Planters House.
One hundred and five guns are being fired
The enthusiasm is fully equal to the Doug
laSites.
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The Democratic party, says the Louis
vile Journal, in laboring to dissolve the
Union, has done much dissolved it.
SELF Fa| '"
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The Brooklyn Eagle repudiates Douglas
and runs up the flag for Breckenridge and
Lane.
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He left Eddyyille soon after the murder
Gus deeds were finished and travelled over
80 miles t, the place where he no doubt hop
ed to hide the unfortunate victims from hui
man eyes. A grey headed old man, over GO
years old travelling day and night with an
OK team SO miles, with the dead bodies of a
mother and two children in the wagon to
find place of concealment the living boy
James Harvey Willis, by his side-and then
when the place was found, he stripped his
victims, put their garments in to the wagon,
took the mother first and then the children
and hid them under the water, placing log
upon them to keep them down.
The boy, James, says that he has broth
er Sylvester Willis, living in Louisa county.
On Friday, after leaving Eddyvile he
looked again for his wagon-hammer and found
it sticking in the boys head!!
The clothes of the victims were all found
in his wagon.
Kephart and the woman had quarreled
about some money. He charged her with
stealing his money. She Gained that the
money in dispute was given to her by her
son.
The money was found by the officers hid
in keg of soap grease in the wagon
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These Letters ifnot called for In the time prescribed
by law, will he sent 10 the Dead Letter Office
A. HAWKINS, Post Master
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IST ofLetters remaining in the Post Office In OF.
II A FINN
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likewise certainly have no kind of OBJ
lection.
Ifany person feels DESTROYS of know
ing whether | acted decetfully with
Judge Flint, in relation to his last cleo
ton, they can obtain the requisite inform
alton, by calling upon his Honor. Asto the
nsinuation that | am a professional Office
seeker, lproudly refer to my friends--both
Republican and Democratc-who know me
best, to say whether the charge is true or
not.
Again, ifthe charge was true, did act
the part of policy in forsaking the democrat
ic organization, with which had always ac-
ted, at the very time became citizen of
Wapello county, which cast a majority two
or three hundred for tile party aoiM which l
was about to bid adicu, and | hoped for ev-
er? Sir, hurl the base insinuation with
scorn and contempt.
NJ NJ l.. says that he is an older, not an
ADLER man than that am "much educa-
ted,"-that shave belonged to all the po
litical parties since was voter and must be
well educated in ground and lofty tumbling,"
hope have "educatIon" enough to re-
spect your age, ifnot your sentiments;-my
education tells me also, that wise men
change fools Fever" And, you say that
you rely on the righteousness ofyou course.
My dear friend remember, that "selfrigh-
teousn ,ss leadeth to destruction.
Allow me to say that you are also very much
mistaken when you assert that am ''much
To men of ordinary perception,
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-04-10

WEDLocK IN THE WEsT.-You in the West
are thus exhorted to marry by of our western
Journals
A good wife is the best most faithful compan-
ion you have by your side while performing
the journey Of life She can smooth your linen
and your for you; mend your trowsers and
your manners; sweeten your moments as well as
your tea and coffee; rufe perhaps, your shirt bosom
but not your temper Yes and if you are too
confoundedly lazy or proud to do such work your
SELF she will carry swill to the hogs, chop wood,
and dig potatoes for dinner. Her love for her
husband is such that she will do anything to please
him, except to receive company in her everyday
clothes. Get married, repeat, you must. Con-
centrate your affections upon object, and don't
distribute them, crumb by crumb, amongst host
of Susans, ELIAS, Betseys, Peggies, and Mollies,
allowing each scarcely enough to nibble at, Get
married, and have some to cheer you you
journey through this vale of tears-somebody TO
scour up your dull moments, and keep your whole
life, and whatever linen you possess, in some sort
of Sunday -go-to-meeting order.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-04-10

PROPORTIONS OF THE HUMAN FIGURE.-The
proportions of the human figure strictly mathe-
matcal. The whole figure is six times the length
of the foot Whether the form be slender or not,
this rule holds good. Any deviation from it is a
departure from the highest beauty of proportion.
The Greeks made all their statues according to
this rule. The face, from the highest point Of the
forehead where the hair begins, to the end of the
chin, is onetenth the whole length of the stature.
The hand, from the wrist to the middle finger, Is
the same. The chest is fourth. From the top
of the chest the highest point of the forehead,
is a seventh If the length Of the face from the
roots of the hair to the chin be divided into three
equal parts, the first division determines where
the eyebrows meet and the second the place of the
nostrils. The navel is the center point of the hu
man body; and if should lie on his back
with his arms extended the periphery of the circle
which might be described around him, with the
navel for Its center, would touch the exremties of
his hands and feet. The height, from the feet to
the top of the head, is the same as the distance
from the other extremity when the arms are ex-
tended. These are the general measures of the
species.
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KINDRED HEARTS.

There are hopes that never blossom,
There are joys too soon o'ercast,
Smiles that light the pensive bosom,
Smiles that beam too bright to last.
Transient as the summer flower,
Fleeting as the twilight's ray,
Joy shines ont its little hour,
Then forever fades away.
But where kindred hearts, united,
Feel the immortal fires glow,
They are happy. although blighted
Every other hope below
Then teach me never to forget it
Tell it to each passing day
Bind it to my heart, and let it
Cheer this life's uneven way.
Care may shroud the soul in sadness,
Yet, despite the present pain,
Do we not in future gladness,
Oft deceived, still hope again!
Memory, in the darkest hour,
Loves to trace each by-gone scene
Thus ifjoys' feeting flower,
Hope is still an evergreen.
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AWFUL LTERNArIvE-Th last will of a queer

AWFUL ALTERNATIvE.-Th last will of a queer
old miser who has just died is much talked of at
Vienna He cut off all his nearest relatives, and
made very distant one, extremely hand
some young GIRL sole heiress of his considerable
property. So far there is nothing extraordinary
but there is condition added to it. The testator
hunch back, and had club-foot, which
defects probably had obstructed many attempts of
his to marry. He has made it, therefore, condi-
ton, sine qua non, that the heiress is to get the
property only when she marries man shaped as
he was. She is, BESIDES to live in convent three
months in each year to pray for his soul The
hers-at-law have attacked this odd last will on the
plea that when it was made the testator must
evidently have been mad AS there is however,
no equity jurisdiction in Austria, they may find
their task not easy one.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-04-10

MARRYING MANIA-The Boston correspon-
dent of the Springfield Republican relates two Gu
rious occurrences which took place in a town in
Middesex County In the first case, young man,
who had slight attacks of alteration of mind, and
who had during the day been reading one Of An
drew Jackson Davis books of plagiarisrns, went,
about midnight, to a neighboring house, called up
the mistress of it, and asked to see young lady,
a school teacher, who boarding there She
was called and he said he had been directed by
the spirit of George Washington to marry her,
and had come for that purpose. The young man
was taken care of, and has been sent to an asylum
for the insane.
On the same evening another young man called
upon of the clergymen OF the town and request
ed that he would go with him three or four miles
to a house where another young lady, also school
teacher, boarded for they going to be married
and wanted bis services. Arrived there, the teach
er was informed of his errand, and received the
summons with unm;stakable symptoms of surprise,
and the clergyman soon saw how the matter stood.
The second young man is also in an asylum for the
insane The truth of these remarkable coinciden-
ces are vouched for By persons cognizant Of the
facts.
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Money I Want, and MONEY I must
have! Do YOU owe Jonas Rudasill?

If So and pay him. He has many drafts upon
him every day for lumber and labor These cash
articles Men can't work without eating-four bacon,
lard, &C. cash articles | caunot do work without
lumber; and have pay for what get, delivery.
have large amounts due me for work done some have
been due for long time, and most positively say
those accounts must be closed.
| still continue to carry the business at my old
staud and have for sale Sash Doors, Blinds, &c. and
manufacture anything in that line to order at short
notice Orders respectfully solicited, and promise to
sell cheap for cash have always DONE and for cash
only. JONAS RUDASILL.
March 81 1860
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CAUSE OF INsANITY-Dr. Ronney, for many
years past the Resident Physician ofthe New York
City Lunatc Asylum, in speaking of the pre-
disposing or existing Of insanity, remarks
as follows:
Misdirected education, by cultivating particular
faculty faculties, at the expense of the others,
and thus destroying the balance between them,
lays the foundation of arrangement for any slight
exciting cause. The high culture of the reasoning
powers wthan entire neglect of the moral produces
intellectual, but bad man, while the cultivation
of the "heart" at the expense of the "head,"
produces a of feeling-the fanatic. The
emotions hold an important place in the production
of our happiness, and if they become morbidly
sensitive and particularly separated from intellectu
al CONTROL the harmonious action of well balanced
mind no longer exists For the perfection of the
mental faculties, the physical organs must also be
developed.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-04-10

JOSEPH SMITH, JR.-Egforts to place him at
the head of Mormonism.-A correspondent of the
St. Louis Republican, writing from Nauvoo, under
date of the 18th inst, says:
Joseph Smith, Jr., son of the Prophet, is here,
as also the other members of the family. Joseph
is understood among the Saints to be the successor
of his father in his prophetic Office, and it is hint
ed among the would-be wise ones that he is about
to assume the robes of his sacred Office Be that
it may, it is true that he is entertaining dele
cation from Salt Lake, who using every per-
suason in their power to convince the young
prophet that he is called of God forthwith toassume
the Office and to proceed to Salt Lake, and take
the head of the Mormon Council. Joseph is q
man of good strong sense, and should he undertake
the station, have doubt would endeavor to
make reform among his people. He is decidedly
against poygamy in favor Of obedience to law, and
opposed, in any form, to milking the gentiles. 1t
is to be hoped that he will undertake the task and
succeed in making Salt Lake the home of upright
and lawabidiug citizens, instead of den ofthieves.