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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-05-31


In any place, San have them Cashed by calling
office.
EAKCS.-Fe have correspondents in nearly
every county in Southern Iowa, and can pay taxes
for non-residents and others, for reasonable com
mission. Money for taxes always required in advance
and all orders should he sent us by list ofganuary.
LAND WARitAN MIS-.
We will at all times pay cash for Land Warrants and
viii also attend to the location of them the entry
with cash, of Government lands, in
IOWA KANSAS, GR NEBRASKA.
We have ample ngemrnts the selection OF de-
srahe lands ia the Territories for individuals for
Colonies.
E.A aDS.-We furnish emgrants and others
with first rate Farms IL the central counties of this
State with unimprnved land IN this aud the south
ern tier of counties, for Cash. They be had as
CHEAP dirt"
TOWN yOTS.
We have over two hundred town lots in Charlton,
Osceoa, Alton and Mount AYR all good county Towns
three of which are on the line of the Burlington L
Missouri x. K. z. To parties desiring residence
business lots in any ofthese points, will give good
bargains.
Parties AZ a distance, desiring information to the
property offered, are requested to correspond with
Ali others will please call at office, Market
st. two doors from Front St, ottumwa Iowa.
EEsiBSE.G a. RsAaSEEEEEs.
October 6, lS59-n20--4w.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-05-31

l.. D. Ingersor, Esl, "'Linkensale'' of the
Tank Eye, delivered an able and eloquent
sch to a large and approaching audience,
sthe Court House on Saturday evening
1t the conclusion of Mr.. lngcrsol's address
ct. Fisher, Esq, Of Oskaloosa, being pres
Mt. responded to call for Il speech, in an
Die and interesting manner. The best feel
,e prevailed throughout the meeting, both
bakers being interrupted by frequent and
lthnsiastic applause The fires are burn
u brightly in Otturw wa. We are glad to
arm that our gallant all talented YOUNG
END, Ingersoll, win devote considerable
nc to the canvass in this State.
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by and Wednesday, Of this week,
Ter windy and cool for the month OF
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-05-31

H AGS, RAGS,--The highest market price paid
Ia for good Rags, At this office.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-05-31

iwant Clothing Boots and Shoes,
rs New Store.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-05-31
OTTUM w \

Henera1 Agent, . Water-st., BufIlnB
January II, '60--tf.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-08-01

DIRECT IMPORTATION
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Chief Justice fancy decided that "Ths
Consultation ofthe United States secognixes
siopes as properly, and PLED0ss THE FxDs-
RAJ GovERNHxNr TO PROTECT IT." In his
New Orleans speech, made Deoembsr, 1856,
Douglas said:
II, in common with the Democracy OF
Illinois, accept the decision OF the Supreme
Court OF the United States in the bred Scott
case rs an authoritative exposition OF the
Constitution. Whatever limitations the
Constitution, a. expoundsd by the Courts,
impose on the authority Of Territorial Log.
islature, we cheeriully recognise and respect
in conformity With that decision. Slaves
are recognised as property, and placed on an
equal footing with all other property. Hence
the owner OF slaves--the same % the owners
OF any other species Of propsrty--has = rieh,
to remove to Territory and Garry his prop
erty with him.
And yet there are great many knaves
and fools in the country who pretend to be-
lleve that Douglas recognises the right oil
the Territorial Legislatures to regulate the
matter in their own way, in the face OF hi.
admission that it 10 the duty Of "the Fede.
raj Government to protect slavery
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-08-01
BANKERS, ATTENTION.
Safes, Bank Locks, and Vaults
HALL, CARROLL = CO.,

HALL, CARROLL = CO.,
MANUFACTURERS Of the celebrated HalPs
Patent Concrete Fire and Burgsr Proof Safes,
Which are known 70 b superior TO any other, and
are peffectlyfree from dAmpncas. None but those
marked Halls Patent" can be relied on.
We are also sole manufacturers Of the world
hank Lock ssLerd,s Chnmpion,"
with Halls Improvement
The advantages which this Lock has over all
others are
II has an outside combination key that will
battle the most expert burglar or scientific mcchan-
10; ii has key hole stem, spindle dial that
can be knocked Of or 80 iefsced to prevent the
person having the key and combination from open
ing the safe.
Cd. it 10 impossiblet to get any explosive matter
in the lock, or in any way deface the face OF the
door 10 M prevent the person having the outside
key and combination from opening the safe.
Sd. Ii has no springs, and for this reason alone
places il abose any lock in use. NJ 1t In mpossils
10 get Id OF order and ii has greater security
than any lock known.
Weinvite all Bankers, County Tressurers, Mer
chants and others, to call and examine IL.
| HALL, CARROLL 4 co.
| SALES ROoM-No. II Msin-st., Merchants Rx
change Buildings, St. Louis, Mo.
July "a, '6o-dAw-sdply
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-08-01

01-Four Douglas papers in Pennsylv ania
have changed front within very short time,
and now support Breckenridge. The Breck-
inridge party seems to be gaining on the
Douglasites in Pennsylvania at present.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-08-01
The way Capitasfsss Manaee Labor

Okos
The Tennessee DemoorAtic Herald gives
an account or most barbarous Ao1 inhaman
act Of cruelty, perpetratsd on sless Of Mr.
D. Helm, about hfts0n miles from Oolumbia,
by Two oycrseers on the OensraI Southern
railroad. The Herald says thNt the slave
bad been run Of some time, and Mr.. Helm
brought him back on the passenger train
On the arrival OF the train Ut Dodson's Gap,
fifteen miles distant from Columbia, they
took and tied him to beech tree, some ons
hundred yards distant from the road, and
stripping him they whipped him with leather
streps and beech limbs for three hours, Civ.
ing him some 1000 or 1,200 isshes. After
whipping very near oil the skin OF his baek
they put turpsntine on him and put him out
tin the hot sun to work among rock being OF
very stout and healthy constitution he sur
vived il about twenty.four hours, when be
fell and died almost Immediately.
In the region Of country where Mr. John
son, the Douglas candidate for the Vice
Presidency, lives, the capitalists own the la
borers, just as they should everywhere 40
cording to Johnson's creed. They dom.
have any Irish laborers there 60 build their
railroads because they won't have any mer
TO work for them unless they own them.-
And that is the system that the Suprem.
Court and the Douglas Democracy are seek
| ing to extend over all our Territories.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-08-01

FIRE.--The residence Of Rev. MIR. Francis.
at Iowa City, Was destroyed BY 6rs on
Thursday night Of last week. II VS. one Of
the finest Ia the city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-08-01

rTHEsE MEDICINAL SPRINGS are situated in
/ Pike County, MISSOURI, twenty milee west Of
Hannibal and are much resorted to by the people
OF Missouri for the cure Of Rheumatism, Indiges-
TIM Scrofulons affections and diseases Of the Skin,
besides many other ills that dssh y heir TO.
Persons leaving Keokuk by the early morning
Packet STRIVE at Annibai about moon, where they
can procure q conveyanes to the Springs, arriving
there in time for supper the same day.
The terms are 81 - per day, or 81 per week.
The valuable medicinal qualities OF these
their convenience and ehespness Of access,
and hsir moderate charges, ought to attract the
attention of the citisens Of Keokuk and the people
Of the Des Moines Valley generally.
The Proprietor begs leave to refer to the follow
ing named gentlemen who have visited these
Springs and testify to their value remedial
| agent, viz.
| VIM. S. McG}avic, Curtis r. Conn, z. II. Harrison
| w. A. Patterson, J. II. Copelin, and John s
| EeCune. President of the heokuk and St. Louis
| Packet Co.
Postotice address-Spencersburg, Pike Co., Mo
/ JESSE RECTOR,
| July Is, '6G-dAw2w Proprietor.
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ET Geo. W. Jones, Senator from Iowa
and our present Minister to Bogota, it IN re-
ported, has returned to the United Slater.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-08-01

Admi n tstratorss N0tice.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned
IN was, on the 2oth day of July, 1859, by the
Ccunty Court Of Lee County, Iowa, appointed Ad-
minis traitor Of the estate of Richard Jones, de-
ceased in place of NJ. Stafford, Esq, resigned. All
persons having claims against said estate
quired to present them according TO Law.
j. l.. CURTIS,
July 80, I66a-d1m Administrator.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-08-01

TIE Dns Mmwxs VALLEY WRIs 10 Iublished
every Monday II this Office, Is Of the eldest pa
pers in Iowa, and has widely extended circuia-
tion throughout the Des Moines Valley, Northern
Missouri, and Western Illinois.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-08-01
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

I IST OF LETTERS remaining in the Post On
- 1T Keokuk, lows, August Let, 1850.
LADIRS, LIST.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-05-05

"LoEa JeHN WkErwoRrH. "-Wb;l. -
Democratic papers are heaping uumeasu..S
abuse upon the Hon. John Wentworth 49,
has recently been elected Mayor of on Tuo
cago. It is but just to quote the follow;n"
which shows what manner of man h.
Mr.. Asa P. Bradley. in communicate , IT,
the Chicago Evening Journal, saws:
sit is we'll known to most of the cit;zon.
OF Chicago. that my brother, David NJ
Bradley. late of this city, now deceassd ~
was for twenty years confidential MANAGE,
OF the Democrat and part of the time a nss,
ner in the concern with Mr.. Wentworth
few hours before be died, Mr.. Wentwo,tI
knowing the anxiety be felt for the ednca
ton OF his oldest son. said to him thai Z.
shonld not feel 90 anxious about it. for ~
would educate him at his own expenss "0
When we heard it from his own lips At n.
side of the death bed, We let it pass as onIv
soothing remark to dying friend, but the
boy is now reaping the benefit of that nsSsS
ing remark in Dartmouth College. WIZ.
the SUBJECT of this note graduated with
boncrs some twenty -four years ago.
This is not all. A further testimony If
the heart may be seen at the cemetery (wbara
sleeps my mother) in the beautiful monu.
ment 70 the memory of the departed, cost.
ing from three to Eve hundred dollars. and
all paid for by him who never turned bis
back on friend or dattered an enemy."
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-05-05
Getting the Pony Shod. and What
I Came of It.

Getting the Pony Shod. ana Mnas
Came Of It.
I went 10 smith's one sultry day,
For shoes for nay favorite pony,
And stood In the door Of the shop the while,
Aad played with the watchdog Tony.
Then watched the sparks from the flaming forge
And talked TO the smith of the weather.
Till. hot with the heat and nothing to say,
grew thirsty and dull together.
When, down by the well, through the garden gate
Seeing Susan, the blacksmith's daughter,
brushed the coal dust from my face, and went
To ask for drink of water.
The bucket wss heavy, the chain was long
You would say so too, if you saw it;
Twas down In the well, and my arm was strong,
So offered, of course, to draw it
She thanked me; we leaned on the cool. wet eur b.
The soft shadows over us gliding, ~ i
As she filed the pail, remarking the while,
otis q very warm day for riding.
Eyes" answered. and took from her small brown
hand
bright dipper. brimming over.
And thought, while drained it in sight Of her
smile,
How happy must be her lover.
1 stepped slowly across the ag-stones wet
when she said, without blush or furry,
"Yaur pony can't surely be waiting yet,
And Why need you be in hurry Z" E
So carried the pail to the kitchen door,
Where lay sleeping my old friend Tony.
She talked to me while was resting, and said,
With the rest. she wished she had pony"
you may ride mine," said, and so the next day
/ sent it by Cyrus. her brother:
But the pony had life, and alone wasn't safe,
So went. just to make up the other.
Well, Susan liked riding, and liked it too;
So we tried it, of course. quite often
Till at last the short days OF the Autumn grew
Too chill for the sun to soften.
Then to Susan said. "Snee we can not ride
This dreary, November weather,
If you think you would like it as well, my dear,
Suppose we try walking together"
"Will you walk with me always 2" 1 said. and as
she
Said not "nay." took it for granted;
For silence is yea" so the old adage says
And silence was just what wanted.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-05-05

JEFF DAVIS AND GEN. WILsoN.-The
Washington correspondent of the New York
Evening Post thus describes the scene in
the Senate, last Thursday, when the Repub-
lican senators proposed that part of the ap-
preparations for schools in the district OF
Columbia should go for the education Of
the free colored children -
"The support of this amendment by Mr.
Hale and Mr.. Wilson reused the fiery Mis-
sissippi senator into a burst of passion. and
he complained that he had to sit there and
listen to such doctrines of negro equality
He was reminded Instantly by Mr.. Wilson
that he mast listen to what Republican SEN
ators saw TT to utter, or leave the chamber
Mr.. Wilson administered severe rebuke
to the southern senator upon his dictatoria
manner. This called out fling at Wilson
for his well-known condemnation of the
code, and the Massachusetts, senator answer
ed with great spirit that he did condemn
that which both the laws of God and man
branded as crime; yet ne shall not hest
tate to speak his mind, fully. plainly an
boldly, to the senator from Mississippi, bt
the consequences what they might. Per
ceiving that he could not domineer success.
fully over Mr.. Wilson, Mr.. Davis subsided
into a more calm and courteous state"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-05-05
81 THOUGHT I WOULDN'T"
The Mormon Women.


The Utah correspondent of the N. Y.
be glad to escape from the degradation OF
their masters if they could. They are treat
ed like slaves and are watched with great
jealousy. The writer says -
'.Some time ago Heber Kimball was lee
turing some missionaries who were prepar-
ing to start out on foreign missions, in the
Tabernacle, and said to them, Brethren, l
want you to understand that it is not to be
as it has been heretofore. The brother mis-
sonaries have been in the habit of picking
out the prettiest women for themselves be-
fore they get here, and bringing on the ugly
ones for US: hereafter you have to bring
them all here before taking any of them,
and let US all have a fair shake. The old
reprobate then had at least score of WON
en- whom he called wives. History shows
that polygamy has never existed in any
community for fifty years without women
becoming an article of merchandise. The
traffic has already commenced in Utah.
will mention one of the several instances
brought to my notice. At Ogden City,
about ninety miles north of this place, in
July, 1853. a young English woman was
sold to a man for wagon load of pump
kins. the pumpkins to be paid at pumpkin
time. When pay-day came the fellow took
the woman back. and said he didn't want
her. Of course the parties rued bargains
and quit. This story may seem very ridic-
ulous, but it was told me. and its truth
vouched for, by a lady who crossed the
ocean with the woman who was sold. and
size has been intimately acquainted with her
ever since her arrival in this territory.
have no reason to doubt its truth, and
give it to the world as illustrative of the es-
limation in which women are held by the
Mormons."
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What brute should have been if I had

What brute should have been If had
done it.
Eyes, of course - said Tom, rather slow
ly, for just then he was impressed with an
idea that he, with all his good temper. had
''done ito at time not very remote. But
he regained his composure by saying -
''Well, go on, Dick, this is as interesting as
prize-tale."
81 have but little more to say" contin-
ued Dick. 81 have considered the matter
great deal, and the more consider upon
it, the more i think / won't
When old Scoldem is insolent to me,
when any one jossles me insultingly, when
tradesman or fellow craftsman treats me
rudely, my first impulse is to pay him in
his kind; but when / consider that it will
do me no good to do it, i think won't
When am annoyed by short comings at
home, and am tempted to find fault, l ask
myself if Lucy is not good tempered, in
dustrious wo,: an. a good mother and low
ing wife, and if / don't really think she
meant to do as well as she might under the
circumstances, and the sharp expression
never forms on my lips, because i think
won't So when the children are too noisy
or one of them is fretful, think that noise
is oft preferable TO constrained silence. and
that il is better to take the little fevered hand
in yours, and tell him about CULVER and
the Lillipulians. than to cuff his ears and
send him outraged and crying to bed.
am glad that often think won't I feel
that have triumphed when I can say. I
thought I wouldn't
"Dick," said Tom, 'can you give me a
scrap of paper? 90
His friend examined his wallet and pro-
duced piece.
Here" said he, els the back of letter
dropped to-day in the city post Office; it is
addressed to me, and post mark on it, too,
but it is marked Paid hope that won't
hurt it,
"All the better for leaving your name
and date on it, Dick" said Tom. who pro-
ceeded to the desk. wrote something very
carefully on the paper, folded it, and put it
away in his pocket book.
The two friends grew old together in
their native city. They both became pros
porous in their calling. and were noted for
their kindness to their workmen and SER
wants, for amenity to the community at
large, and their domestic happiness. They
were distinguished by civil honors. and
were made depositors of responsible trusts.
They remained fast and intimate friends.
and it was a source of happiness to them
that their children intermarried. Thomas
died first. In his last will he made sin
gular provision:
Item. direct that certain sealed pack
age bearing my name, shall be delivered TO
my true and life long friend, Richard Fell
ton. It contains gift which he made me
in early life; it has been to me a grest
source of success, and of domestic happi-
ness. return it to him now; he does not
need it, but will be glad to receive ito
The mysterious package was produced
and opened. 1t contained only crumpled,
worn and somewhat soiled scrap of paper
apparently piece of post-marked letter.
which read as follows:
"July lst, 1906.
ORCHARD FELTON,,
CiTcLetOn.
r
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-05-05

BEST TINE FOR PAINTING HousEs.-Ac'
cording to the Scientific artisan, the best
time for painting the exterior of buildings,
DC, is late in Autumn or during Winter
Paint then applied will endure twice as long
as when applied in early Summer or in hot
weather. In the former case it dries slow
" and becomes very hard, like glazed sur
face, not easily affected afterward by wealth
er or worn of by the beating of storms
But in very hot weather the oil paint soaks
iuto The wood at once. as into a sponge,
leaving the lead nearly dry and ready to
crumble of.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-05-05
MADE A MrsrAke.-A landlord in one

MADE A MIsTAKE-A landlord in one OF
the northern counties. more exaeting and
rapacious than landlords are apt TO be, and
that is saying good deal. called on one OF
his tenants for his rent. The man was a
mechanic, and away from his home at work;
but the light of his house, a pretty little
wife, was there, who received the landlord
very kindly, and asked him to be seated.
He said he had called to receive the rent
due. She told him that her husband had
not left the money, but would call on the
landlord and pay the rent just as soon as he
could collect il. The landlord had been
looking at the pretty woman all the while;
and being by this time captivated with her
charms, he offered to give her receipt in
full if she would give him one kiss. The
little wife was boiling over With wrath in
an instant at the proposal, and said to him
in tone that made him Jingle from head to
heels: ''Sir. my husband and are very
poor. and it may come hard to pay the rent;
but tell you we are not so poor but what
we can do our own kissing" The landlord
left, and has not called again for the rent
PiNs6uryh Chronicle.
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member Of the Legislature of Massachu-
rsetts at the time. II the Kansas bill had
not passed. he would have applied il to some
other part of she couasry. Il there wss
anything previous 70 the organization of the
Company. It was the Blue Lodge of Mis-
souri,. the members of which said the Yam
KEGS should net 60 there If bayonets and IL
les could keep them out. The Emigrant
Aid Society sent thither only peaceable and
friendly men.
Mr.. Parrot, resuming. said il was false
and sIanderous that the people of Kansas
were revolutionary. either in their history
or In their present attitude.
Mr. Clark Mo. Have not your people
resisted the laws? z
Mr.. Parrot replied. God forbid that he
should deny that the people resisted the ex-
ecusion of the territorial law. This con-
stituted one of the chief glories of that peo-
pie. He recognized no law save that which
originates with the people. The laws eva.
ded by his constituents were not the will OF
the people legally expressed. but the express
sion of Missouri mob, clothed with the
forms OF law; and they were fraud and
calculated to promote and encourage fraud.
and were only executed with the aid of the
Federal bayonets sent there, and stimulated
as such scoundrels were by Federal patron-
age-one striving to Guido the other in .ras-
calily. In conclusion, he stated the rea-
sons why Kansas should be admitted. He
spoke of hen population as sufficient. and
defended her generally from all aspersions
Mr. Grow said he should ask vote to-
morrow Adjourned.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-05-05

Pour out the thunder in single notes, and
it becomes lullaby for children: but pour
it out in one quick, royal sound, and the
noise shakes the heavens. The people new
er got their rights but by the thunder of ar
rllery demanding them. Peaceful error is
never better than tempestuous truth. The
truth at any rate.--P Phillips.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-05-05

Whatever you do. do il willingly. A
boy that is whipped at school never learns
his lessons well. A man that is compelled
to work. cares not how badly it's performed.
He who pulls off his coat cheerfully. strips
up his sleeves in earnest, and sings while be
works, is the man for US.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-05-05

FAsr.-The Hudson river is fast when
the ice is immovable: and when the ice dis
appears very fast, it is loose: q clock is
called fast when it is quicker than time;
but man is told to stand fast when he is
desired to remain stationary. People fast
when they have nothing to eat, and eat fasl
consequently when opportunity offers.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-05-05

WHO'S Is Josa ?-..Who's that picter
on ga said a cOuutrylnan in our hearing the
other day, in print store. to the proprie-
tor. Who was turning over some engravings.
s.Thas sir, said the dealer. sis Joshua
commanding thu Sun to stand ssiIl' %
'sDu tell Well. which is Josh, and
which is his son ?s'-- CoHsnssrci0I BaHstsa.