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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-03-22
1ruStee's Sale.
"HEREAs, R. II. Warden and his '

"HEREAs, R. II. Warden and his wife Virginia
=" u warden, and j. J. Adams, by their Deed of
trust dated on the 23d Of October 1857 conveyed to
a. H. Hamilton in Trust the following described Real
estate situated in Wapello County Iowa, to wit the
south est quarter of section Twenty Five in Town
snip NO. seventy one, North of Range fourteen west
and also by their Deed of Trust Of date of July 12tb
1907 conveyed to said Hamilton in trust the following
described Real Estate situated in said County to witt
The west fractional halt of the Southwest quarter
the Northeast quarter OF the Southwest quarter
ion eighteen, ihTowpshp Seventy one North of Range
Thrteen west The said conveyances so made being
TO secure the payment of Two promisory notes in said
Deeds OF Trust specified, made by X. II. Warden Co.
ana whereas, the said notes and interest are now
due and unpaid. That the time for which said notes
should be paid according to the terms thereof and
OF said Deeds of Trust has expired Therefore at the
request OF the holder of said notes, "A H. Hamilton
the Trustee, will sell the Real Estate oforsaid accord
ing to the provisions Of the deeds Of Trust aforesaid
at Public Auction, at the Front door of the Court
House, in the City of Ottumwa, in said county for
Cash in hand to the highest bidder therefor on FRIDAY
April, 18th, A. d., 1860 at the hour of2 O'Clock p nj
ofsaid day to satisfy the notes aforesaid ana costs of
said Trust. A. II, HAMILTON trustee
March, Is 1S60.-1-124-w
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Browns on THE DoCbINE.-Sinca the late
raid of ''Ossawattomie" Brown, the name
has become unpopular down South. Fred
erick Southgate Brown, of La, has petition
ed the Legislature to allow him ard his FAM
lily to change their name. The following is
the bill:
Whereas, The acts of the late John Brown
of abolition notoriety, have affixed stigma
upon the name of Brown, which renders it
intolerable to the parties herein named
Therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of Louisiana. in general as
sembly convened, That, from and after the
passage of this act, the name of Frederick
Southgate Brown, a resident of New Orleans,
and the names Of his minor children, Alice,
Elizabeth, Harriet, Emma, Edward, and Oc-
tayia Brown, be, and the same are hereby
changed to the names Of Frederick, Alice,
Elizabeth, Harriet, Emma, Edward, and DC.
tavia Southgate, which aforementioned name
they are hereby authorized to adopt, as their
respective apnellations, and use for their re,
spective signatures, at all times and in all
places
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Two More victims.
Probably the Last.

.S7'EPHEN Nd HAZLET HUNG.
CHARIEsTowy, Va, March Is. The town
was thronyed with visitors to-day, and sever
al companies ofmilitary were in attendance
Stephens and Hazlet were hung at noon
They appeared resigned to their fate. Ste
phens died very hard, while Hazlet died
without struggle. Both exhibited great
firmneSs. There was no religious exercises
at the gallows, as the prisoners persisted il
refusing all the kindly Offices ofthe ministers
in their last monents They were both
Spiritualists, and had peculiar religion o.
their own, which enabled them to meet theil
fate with cheerfulnesss and resignation
Boath bodies have benn forwarded to Marcus
Spring, South Amboy, N. J. They reach
Baltimore in the early morning train.
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European News.

New York, March 16.-The steamship
Asia arrived this morning, at Q o'clock, with
Liverpool and London advices of the Sd inst
Her advices are anticipated by the Circas,
sian, at st. Johns.
On the I'd, in the House of Commons
Lord John Russell explained the Savoy
question He said, as far as he knew, nc
treaty was in existence between France and
Sardinia, providing for the annexation. The
Emperor states that he will not proceed tc
the annexation without consulting the great
powers, and he Uord John RUSSELL believ
ed if the powers were unanimously opposed
to the movement, France would not proceed
to attempt it. .......
Sir Robert Peel declared that the state
ment of Lord John Russell was highly un
satisfactory, and hoped that Parliamen
would have an early opportunity of discuss
ing the subject.
Mr.. Bright hoped the Government would
neither countenance nor oppose the transfer
it being matter over which they had NJ
control or real interest.
| After further remarks by Lord John Rus
sell, in which he deprecated discussion, tn,
discussion was dropped.
Lord Palmerston, in reply to an inquiry
said he had received memorial from Irish
Catholics, requesting his interference il
maintaining the integrity of the Papal do
main.
English papers publish an appeal to Christ
ians throughout the world, signed by colorec
exiles from Arkansas, who protest in tn
stronger terms against the system which
dooms them to Punishment or slavery.
The English journals generally regard Ma
poleons speech to the Legislative Assembly
with disfavor.
The Paris Bourse of tn, I'd closed rattle
heavy.
A battalion Of Spaniards had been sur
prised and defeated by the Moors in tn,
neighborhood of the fortress of Melilla. 2O(
soldiers and 5 officers are said to have beer
killed, and - officers and about 200 mer
wounded.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-03-22
DITySRURG G, FORT WAYNE AVN
II CHICAGO RAILROAD

Now completed, and cars run from Chicago to Pitts
burg without change, connecting with the
GREAT PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL RAILROAD
To New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing,
ton City, and alithe interior towns of Pennsyl.
varia, New Jersy, New York, Maryland &C.
Merchants by taking this route will have the benefit
OF all the eastern markets at no additional cost.
| Baggage checked through.
Trains leave the depot, Of Canal and Van
Buren, streets, west side, twice daily arrival of
trains from the west.
connecting at Crestline with Cleveland and
Lake shore Railroad to Dunkirk, Buffalo, Nj
agara Falls, New York and Boston, and all the
| interior towns of New England via New YORK
Central and New York Erie Railroads Also
South to Columbus, GAINESVILLE, Newark, Mt.
Vernon, Steubenville, Wheeling, and interior
tows Of Ohio and Virginia.
The above trains connect at Forest with trains on
Mad River Road to- Springfield, Urbana, Dayton and
Cincinnati, direct.
FARE AS Low AS BY ANY OTHER ROUTE.
Passengers bound east will find this route both
pleasant and agreeable, passing throug manv Of the
| largest and finest cities in the United States
Passengers arriving in Chicago on any of the roads
win md attentive check agents at the depots to
checks and convey baggage free of charge to the
Plttsburg and Chicago cars
sleeping cars accompany each train.
Tickets for sale at all the principal Ticket Offices In
the West aud atthe Conpany's Office corner OF Ran
dolph and Dearborn streets, opposite the Revere
House. or at the Depot side corner of Canal aud
Van Buren, streets, Chicago.
| BE particular TO ask for tickets by Fort Wayne.
b. +. PATRICK, Ticket Agent
Freight OF all kinds win be carried from Chicago to
points East at all times low rates Is any 9TH
| er Railroad route.
TO MERCHANTS AND sHIPPEs
The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railrc ad
Co. having effected arrangement with the Pennsylr
vania Central r. X. Co. for the transportation OF
Through Freight, property now be shipped by this
line between Chicago, Philadelphia. baltimore, New
York and Boston, with promptness and despatch.
Contracts can he made at the following places;
No. Q Aston House, New York.
No. 1 8. william ST., do
No 3 Battery place, do
No II Warrington st., Boston.
No 8 Dock ST., Philadelphia.
Depot, North street, Baltimore.
Depot, Charles street, West Side, near Van Isn,sr
street bridge, Chicago.
Mark packages via p, IT. Wayne R.R.
For further information apply to
JAS w. MUSs0N, Freight Agt Chicapo
J. J. HousroN, Gen'l Freight Agent Chicago.
Chicago, Mar. Is, 1860
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The GREAT EAsTERN.-Instead of this
great enterprise being abandoned, as many
suppose, it is highly probable that she will
visit America early in this comming summer.
We find by our English papers that the half
yearly meeting of the company was held on
the sth of february last, at whic the Commi-
ttee of investigations, previously appointed,
in favor of placing the vessel ina condition
to earn dividend without delay. For the
purpose of which they recommend the
raising of 100000 additional capital by loan,
which will make the total capitol of the Com
pany e430,0OO. The estimated outlay re-
quired to complete and send her to America
is not more than 100000. This would
make her total coast about e4SO,0OO ster-
ling less than Ct per ton.
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Mr.. Lincoln.

The Republicans of Illinois owe to Mr.
Lincoln and to themselves to present his
name with perfect unanimity to the Chicago
Convention as their first choice.
We believe there is but one man who RI
walls Mr.. Lincoln as the choice of the party
in this section. Edward Bates is deservedly
a favorite of many, and is probably the Sec
ond choice of all Mr.. Lincoln's friends, assn
ming that Mr.. Bates position has been cor
rectly expouded by his friends. The Repub
licans of Illinois ask Mr. Lincoln at the hand.
Of the Convention. If his nomination can
not be effected, Mr. Bates would be our choic,
as the strongest man for the contest in this
State. Nenard Indec.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-03-22
The Turning 0ftEse Tide,

All Mr. Douglas ammunition has now
been used up-that with which he proposed
to manufacture the sound and fury which
should stun the Charleston Convention. All
the States where it was possible to get any
delegates instructed for him have held their
Conventions All that are yet to he holden
will be as emphatically hostile, as Illinois is
favorable, to his pretensions The tide has
already turned against him. His supporters
were so operzealous that they did not retiec.
upon the advantage of having the last word
ia the public ear, of sending the last shot al
the pro-slavery Convention. The result is
that before the delegates assemble, the wire,
will have carried the adverse decisions OF
half dozen States to the country in quick
succession and it will appear, in spite of all
that may be argued to the contrary, that the
battle has turned very strongly against Doug
las. His enemies will not fail to urge that
the Republican States are nearly all in his
favor, while the Democratic States are unam
imsusly against him-an argument oftenfold
force when backed by the concurring testi
mony of Mississippi, Georgia, the CarNlinas
Missouri and Texas, where the supremacy
of Democracy is unquestioned. The testi
mshy of Vermont, Massachusetts,, Ohio
Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, or even Illinois
will be of trifling consequence in the face Of
those expressions of opinion which are yet
to come from the Democratic quarters of the
Union. Pres and Tribune.
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B. & NJ r. Rive can say to travellers,
personal observation during late trip to
Chicago by the R. & M. r.. and the G. B. &
@. Railroads, that implicit confidence may
be placed in all the favorable reports in re-
lation to the present admirable management
and condition of these roads. They are GER
tainly in fine condition, and make sure con-
nections. We left Chicago at 1l-l5 pm,
and arrived at Ottumwa at 1-50 pm. IA
hours 50 minutes, 2S5 miles, fast enough in
all conscience. To many gentlemen con-
nected with both roads, we tender acknowl-
edgements for attentions and favors very
hlghly appreciated.
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P. Fl. w, & G. r. R.-This road, having
formed connection with the Pennsylvania
Central at Pittsburgh, is now the best route
to the East, for both passengers and freight.
Close connections are made at Chicago with
the G. B. & O., and at Fort Wayne
with the l.. P. & 0. We refer to the an
nouncement in another place for further and
full information
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-03-22

Amer. Archives 4th pr. VOL tst, p. Co.
Nobody wishes more ardently than 1, to
see an abolition, not only Of the trade, but
of the condition of Slavery, andlcertainly no.
body will be more willing to encounter any
sacrifice for that object" Notes on Virgin
ia.)
Now, my dear Flaming Friend, have not
proved everything claimed You denied
my positions, but you adduced no proof {;
you pronounced what said false, and run
off crying "abolitioniSt," when you found
there was no other hole.to creep through.
You were dying MN catching at straws
in your last, is not the straw gone from you
now? Perhaps you think you have another
straw. You say, giving us what we claimed,
ne are opposed to the very existence ofslave-
ry-thercfore ere are in favor of getting up
John Brown raids &c. This is your logic,
and it will apply more forceably to Jefferson
than to the Republicans or myself. This
straw is quite too contemptible to notice, !
am willing to let you quietly sink with it.
Yes, sir, am opposed TO the existence OF
slavery, are not you? If you are not, you
have good reason for belonging to the
Democratic party, and favoringits extension.
If You are, then your John Brown logic
will apply Your charge that the Republicans
wish to interfere with slavery where it exists
is absolutely false, and public opinion viii
stamp it as false unless you can fortify your
self with proof They agree with Jefferson
in this too. "That the .Stutes themselves have
principal care of our persons, our property
and our regulations, constituting the grea,
field of human concernSH---we have nothing
to do with slavery outside ofthe States WHERE
we live, except itt the common territory.
My Flaming Friend, you considered it 6
free fight, and pitched in for some reason
you have pitched ont again quickly, bidine
me adeu in your last. have known that
course to be pursue before. You saw youl
Manifest Destiny" coming, and you had
the slrewdness to bid me an ''etesnal fare
we'll"
am not Boosting; claim no more abili
ty to argue tn Sc questions than you possess
but claim chat you have no evidence tc
support you, and fail you must You have
not a man in your party that can maintain
your positions; your policy is to keep clear
of arguments and play on the "Abolitionist
John Brown string, to gull the ignorant
! am sorry to see fine young Democrat
like you res ortihg to the contemplate trick.
cry which closes your letter. do not wish
to bet with You, but will give you Ten Dol
lars to prove that Lloyd Grrison aud Wen
dell Phillips are Republicans Ten Dollars
more to prove that the other extracts ar,
genuine. The fact is, Garrison and Phillip:
are dsunion abolitionists and join the Dem
ocratic party in opposing the Republican
the balance of your extracts are from lying
Democratic sheets. They are forgeries.
believe have anawered the whole of YOU
article, and there is nothing left for you t,
do but to tell another Goose liver French
Cook story. am still your most obedien
| JEFFERSON DEMOCRAT.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-03-22

In Milwaukee, on Saturday last, during a
heavy gale, the wind tore into banking office
through the front door, burst the windows in
the wall opposite, and swept the office clean
of its bank bills and papers, which We're
scattered wildly about the streets. Several
hun lred dollars in bills and many valuables
were lost. So sudden and so expensive a
circulation of money has not been known be-
fore in Milwaukee.
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New Hampshire ON
DIete Returns.

BosToN, March 16.-Full returns from New
Hampshire show the following result: Good
win, Republican, $4,000. Cate, Demo
crat) 33,410. Goodwins majorito 1859.
Mr.. Wentworth Republican candidate for
Senator in the 9th district, is elected, ma
kin 10 out of - Senators. The Republican
majority in the House is So.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-03-22

The ''banner Democratic county of Iowa"
Dubuque, exhibits dsreputable condition
in its official management The Grand Jury,
after seventeen days session, found seven
single and six double indictments against the
managers of the poor house and Jail and the
county physician, and the Times thinks he
will be inside of the stone walls at Ft. Mad
iSon in short time
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-03-22

The Grand Jury of Muscatine county has
found nine indictment against Dutton d Pat
terson for embezzling, misapplying, abstrac-
ting, &C., the funds of the Branch of the
State Bank in Muscatine. So says the
Journal of the I'd inst
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-03-22

The Milledgeville Recorder states that two
couple were recently married in Montgomery
county, Georgia, at which the grooms, be.
ing magistrates, ofiiciated in turn for each
other
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The Mormons thought the arrival of o. S.
troops at Salt Lake city horrible thing; but
they are by no means pleased to see that the
troops are to be withdrawn. The saints
have fattened on the army. Our government
has increased the worldly condition of the
Polygamons territory IN ,terially, by it. con-
tractors campaign
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Death of III. BOckee.

WASHINGTON, March 16.--Mr. David FL.
Bockee, ex-Congressman from New York,
was this morning found dead in his ROOM
From facts and circumstances, it is supposed
that he suddenly died yesterday while pre-
pairing for dinner. He had previously ap-
peared in his usual health.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-03-22

Hon. Wesly Bailey, of Utica, late State
Prison Inspector of New York, is about to
take up his abode in Dacotah, Iowa. In
company with his youngest son he will pub
fish Ia Republican paper.
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party when worsted in the conflict. Under
the circumstances then, we are rather pleased
than otherwise, for we must confess, that we
prefer your ISLANDER" to your "eulogy,
The Style of your composition is: the point
to which we invite your attention. Such a
thinga purity Of Style (s) you SOON never
to have known. You charge us with being
pedant. Do YOU know sir, what that term
means? We judge not else never would
yo make use of such expressions as these
"ip hdrpc rerBn''-''a la Herculaneum' and
the like-were we to classify you among tn
authors of the day, we would place you
with Mrs. Partingten, though by so doing
we should do her injustice, since YOU are ten
times worse that she. She matilates but a
single language; you seore--lnxing up
Latin with Hndoo, and French with Latin
Unfortunately. Is not language the me-
dium through which to convey our thoughts!
why then, such garbled stuff as this Pray
speak English in future we will admit you,
knowledge of Latin, French, Ifindoo-every
| thing, rather than witness this wholesale
sacrifice of tongues, both ancient and mod
ern.
But, your desire to reduce dozen langua
ges to the Office of one, is not your worst
failing. In your zeal to be eloquent, yor
have inverted an important rule, for instead
of using the least possible number of word.
to express an idea you have used the great
est possible number Of words to express tn,
the least possible idea. What pity it is
that you, with us, could not have enjoyed
the instructions of that country pedagogue ,
Had you been subjected to such tutelage as
his you would either have incucated better
STYLE, or you would have been so soundly
drubbed, that you would not no,o be writing
at all. As it is, the public is the sufferer
and that too, at the tune, per annum, o
IS so in advance"
Read the following and tell us what in
means. 'By his own calculation and the
course he pursued, he either convicts himself
of dishonesty in protesting to set out precise
and literal extracts which from the very ma
ture of the case, as he himself makes it out
could not be precise and literal, or he proves
himself liar''-'party after party have ar
rayed themselves against us and in thei
turn have passed away, but we stand like 8
monument of antiquity, around whose ada
mantine crest the winds of centuries sweep
against whose unscathed sides the surges Of
eternity fow" Such senseless verbosity
and contemplate bombast-such "D4a
rha ofwords and dyspepsia of thought" we
never before witnessed, and may we never
witness the like again.
1twere far better sir, that you, like til,
majority of your party, could not read no.
write at all, than torture thus the ''good ole
Anglo Saxon"
With these suggestions we bid you fare
well, promising in future not to contend
with pigmies, but with men, S. A. A.
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NEW LUMBER YARD
SGExGAl. NA,ElGkA
no! EGR E,rKE,S pE.ki

VuNHE undersigned would respectfully inform the
~ citizens of Ottumwa and the public in general
that he rs again in the field, with his trowe in hand
ready to do their pasterng in the cheapest and best
style, orto contract for buildings throughot at fair
rates Lime always on hand aud for sale
ftavtng had long experience in the business he
hopes Ia have II liberal patronage
Mar Is, lo69-ll2-6m en- KELLOGG
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WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Homestead
bill which passed the House was referred in
the Senate to Committee on public Lands
That Committee recommended the striking
out of the enacting clause, and inserting the
Senate bill drafted by Mr.. Johnson, of Tenn.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-03-22

A remarkable meeting was recently held
In London, having for its object the refor-
nation Of fallen women. It's good effects is
apparent in tho reclamation of seventeen er-
ring creatures
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-03-22

The Chicago Journal says that man ma
med Simmons stole package containing
$4,000 from the office of the U. S. Express
Company at Washington, Tazewcll county,
ILL.,, on the 18th inst. He was pursued to
Pekin, where he was captured, and all the
money recovered except $40.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-03-22

Gov. Bissell, of III. died at Springfield, on
Monday last. His funeral, largely attended
by military companies and citizens from all
parts Of the State, took place yesterday at
Springfield.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-03-22

Mrs. Hannah Webber, of Elmira, New
York, has just completed her hundredth
year and celebrated her twenty fifth birth
day. She was born ON the Goth of February,
1850.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-03-22

MARRIED-on the 4th inst, by l.. e. Rupe, Esq,
Mr.. THOMAS TRAuL and Miss NANCY sTREBA, all Of
Wapello County. Iowa
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CRoPs. All the way from here to Chicago,
the farmers are busy plowing and sowing
wheat Fall wheat looks promising what
there is Of it.
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Business, the past week, was good, and
our streets were crowded with teams.
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Death of John RartweII.

ST. LOUIS, March 16.-John Hartwell
Secretary of Utah, died at the Planter
House last evening, of consumption.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-03-22

A loving couple in Memphis, Tenn, last
week, stopped a justice as he was riding
through one Of the principal streets on don
key, and requested him to unite them in the
holy bonds IF wedlock. He at once compk-
Ell, without dismounting, having the mule
and two or three passers-by for witnesses.