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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-02-02

BURLINGroN-3l.-S St@9t; Coffee
l3@l4 Mo,asses 4s@55. Wheat. winter,
95@l05 Spring, 75@S3; Flour, winter,
6O0@6,5O Spring 5OO@5,5O; Corn in ear,
10000; sholled $4,000 Apples 75@125
bush.-Hank Eye.
New YoRK-3l.-Corn 7SDS0, Pork
mess 1862.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-02-02
COMMUNICATED.
"Who shaltdecide, aohen Doctors disagree!
And soundest casuisis doubt, like you and me!''

aWho shalldecide achen Doctors disagree'
And soundest casuisis doubt, like you and me''
Mr.. Van Avery, Ed. A certain Blakes-
itor Of the pro-slavery burg Gent. once main
Dan Book, says, thattained in your columns
the Negro is not of a. that the Negro hds
common parentagecommon ancestrywith
with the white race Jus; diyerging from US
that he is only con- at the Deluge usder
meeting link between the effects ola Drunk
man and the monkey. ards curse.
Mr.. Van Avery says, Mr.. Blakeshurg says,
the Negro is incapableIthe original inhabl-
of civilization andtan!s of Canaan were
that he has never yet Negroes. Now II So
in the history of theIthen they had ad-
world, advanced be- vanccd beyond the
yond The hunters life. hunters life; for in
..... r.... Canaan they had wall
ed cities, and the arts
of the times.
Mr.. Van Avery says Mr.. Blakesburg
the Negro is in the holds that in order to
best moral condition, put his morality in a
when he is fat and healthy conditi o n,
sleek. there must be new
.'...... . birth,or spiritual re-
... generation. #
IfMr Van Avery is right, then knotty
question is sprung upon us, which may wei
puzzle the ablest Theologian to decide. II
is this-Christ offered himself as an atone
ment for the sins of Adam and his posterity
The Scripture informs us of no other race
no other fall Then if the Negro has not F.,
common origin with us, how is he included
in the covenant Of the Gospel and why
shonld he be received into the Christian
Churches ... ... N.... ..
On the other hand, if the Negro has com
mon parentage with US, then the blood o
Christ washed away all original sin from his
as from our race leaving each individual
accountable only for acts done in his owl
person. This, of course would do away
alike with the sin of Adam, and with the sill
or folly Of Ham; which folly, Mr. Blakes
burg says, produced the Negro, and entailet
the condition Of servtu3e upon him and hi
posterity. ... .... ".
Amid this conflict Of giant minds, what ar
we to think, or what believe? Can any O
your correspondents tell u, which i
orthodox, the big Cannon Of the Day Book
or the little pop gun Of Blakesburg
ENQUIRER.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-02-02

Mississippi papers say that no human
power can "break the bonds of the slaves il"
that State. Whereupon the Louisville Jour
nal observes that 1--WE have no idea that the
Mississippi blacks can as easily get rid oftheir
"bonds as the Mississippi whites managed to
do few years ago"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-02-02
ESTRAY FILLEY.

VTyAKEN UPby Joel J. Bradshaw, at his residence
III in Pleasant township, Wapello county, Iowa, on
the 9th day of November, 1852 Blood Bay Filiey
one year old spring. right hind foot white; star In
the forehead and snip the nose. Appraised At e25
before 8. G. Whiteman, Justice OF the Peace.
JOSEPH HAYNE, County Clerk.
. Dec 8, 1850 nae 1-3m.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-02-02

Emigration to Pixies Peak has already
commenced. We notice the arrival of a
large party at St. Joseph, a few days ago,
en- route
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-02-02

Baron Rotschild is said to have purchased
from the Government the railroad from ST.
Petersburg to Moscow, for something like
AGA. 900 900.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-02-02

The Supreme Court has adjourned. We
see it stated that Judge Baldwin contemplates
a removal from the Bluffs to Des Moincs.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-02-02

Gracious Heavens! Queen Victoria is
again. At her time of life too Bos-
ton Post.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-02-02

Messrs. Grimes of the Senate, and Curtis
of the House, are entitled to our thanks for
valuable documents from Washington.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-02-02

ARUMoR.-It is rumored at Washington
that the British Minister Lord Lions, is about
to marry Miss Lane, the Presidents niece.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-02-02

The address of Judge Knapp before the
Masonic Festival of this city on the ~ ofDc-
cembcr. will be found ON tho first page.
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COMMERCIAL,

COURIER OFFICE, Feb. I.
business has been quite good the past week for
several weeks previously. The hogs have all gone
forward, and receipts Of freight are limited. Some
corn is coming forward for shipment. The price Of
the latter is nuctuating Buyers offer to-day Is to 2
but sellers not anxious TO accept those figures. We
hear of contract with Burlington House at 25cts
dali eredln he ear on he track
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-02-02

Rev. DR.. Worth, who is in Jail at Greens.
boro, N. c., for circulating Helpers book,
asks friends who write to him to abstain
from all illusions to slavery, AS he is made
responsible for all the opinions Of his CORES.
rondents
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-02-02

The Ha@h- Eye of yesterday says the orr
gin of the fire could not be ascertaiued. Total
loss $4,000; insurance $4,000.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-02-02

A petition has boen presented to tho Leg
islature of New York rcquesting.thcm top pass
a law compelling citizens to vote
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-02-02

MARRIED--On the 10Th day Of January, 1860, by
J.. 2. Rupe, Esq, Mr. WM. X. TisnrE and Mrs. LOUISA
NJ, Brown.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-02-02

The boy who lost his balance ON the roof
found it shortly afterwards on the ground.
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S,-SR,sE AND SuNsEr.-They are two Of

SUNRISE AND SuNsEr.-They are two Of
the granlest sights in nature, full Of end
less variety. Those who can see no beauty
in either Of these sublime scenes, can
not be aid to possess any very high aspira-
tions Of soul or cultivation of taste. Those
who ncrer saw the SIN rise, because they
preferrs sleep to the trouble of getting up
to with IS the event, little know what they
lose by such course. Its such common
thing for the sun to rise and set, so much
matter Of course that we do not wonder it it
50 little appreciated. But there are times
when the magnificence Of the sight eclipses
everything else presenting galaxy of beauty,
clory,and power rarely equalled sur
naSsetf. s.'
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-02-02
BOOTS, SHOES &
Groceries,

being very full We can sell them low as they can
he bought at KEOKUK or BURLINGTON.
Before trading
Remember that we pay the highest price for Corn
Wheat and Oats.
Remember that we pay the highest price for Meal
and Flour.
Remember that we pay the highest price for Flax
and Timothy Seed. ......... ..
Remember that we pay the highest price for Rags
and Beeswax.
Remember that VS. pay the highest price for Butter
and Eggs. ....a
Remember that we pay the highest price for Honey
and Lard. ~. 81.
Remember that we pay the highest price for Chick
and Turkies.
Remember that we nay the highest price for Featb-
ers Hides and Deer Skins. s....
Remember that we pay the highest Price In fact for
all kinds Of produce. ...
Remember that pay the hi CHEST price for County
and City Orders,
Remember that we sell ut least 10 per cent lower
than any other house in town. -.
Remember that we dor't sell "nary" item on Credit.
Remember the place, Main Street, opposite ottum.
House. HEDRICk GILLESPIE.
January II, 1sGO-n44-li
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-02-02

The Democrats Of Tennessee have elected
their delegates to Charleston and instructed
them to vote for Hon. Andrew Johnson, OF
that State for President.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-02-02
Now Advertisements.

.Ls VII TASOH DAS u EoAe SAhsfls
a Private residence on Second Street, near corner
N ofMarion, for sale at = bargain, and partly
time. Possession given Immediately. Enquire at
this office OF J. W. NORRIS.
January 20, 60.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-02-02

Mr.. Van Avery says Mr.. Blakesburg
the Negro is in the holds that in order to
best moral condition, put his morality in a
when he is fat and healthy condition,
sleek. there must be new
g.. .'...... ... birth,or spiritual re-
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-11-14
About "TaCtfcS.o

Will the S.. Clairsville Gazette COM
pare the Democratic majority Of 1912 in
Monroe with the Republican majority OF
1925 in Belmont and then give its opfn.
ion of the comparative merit of the "tac-
tics'' of the Esprit" and of the Gazette?'
Would it not be good time for the Gaz
cite to read US another lecture on the
subject of tactics"
CAPTAIN, if you will come to Woods
field, and work diligently and faithfully in
our Office for six months-put off your
airs, and submit to course of instruc.
tions, we will teach you how to conduc,
party organ SO as not to change Dem
ocratic majority of SO in October to an
opposition majority of 1925 in November
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-11-14
SEE HIM, HOW HE hUNsl

Another Republican State Treasurer
has "vamosed the ranch," taking with
him some forty thousand dollars of tho
peoples money. These oily, pious Re.
publican rascals, who are constantly boast.
ing of their Goodness, magnifying the
negro, and abusing the Democracy, have
an itching palm, and good legs--runnine
legs. They run well for an Office, and
run we'll away from it, with pockets wslf
lined. No wonder they can afford to
cheat at elections. and beat the people at
their own expense. The prospect is moro
of the same sort. err rr,rs
The defaulter, in ttis instance, is Hon.
H. n. Bates, Republican State Treasures
of Vermont He absconded last Satur-
day night, Nov. Sd, and fed to Cadads.
The amount of defalcation, as far a. as
certained, is $4,000, and it is expected
that further disclosures will increase the
amount. -Jefersonian.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-11-14

sg> The news from Europe presents
little that is either interesting, or in any
way affecting the liberal cause in Italy, or
indicative of the feeling of the European
powers upon the progress of affairs. 1t
is evident that the Pope and Austria, with
the aid of Lamoricere, intend to make an
effort to resist the march of Garibaldi to
the freedom of the people, and the estab.
lishment of an italian nation
The Swiss revolt also presages deep
feeling among the soldiers that may swell
the forces of freedom in Europe.
The progress of the French in Syria is
favorable, and as yet shows no symptoms
Of desire on the part the Emperor
to encroach upon local power. On the
whole, we consider the two last advices al
more of the quiet than active, more indie
ative than effective
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-11-14
Tho Adjourned Session.

The Republican politicians begin to de-
velop their plans for the approaching ad-
journed session of the Legislature. The
State is to be redistricted for Congress,
and every aspiront has carved out for him.
self sure and certain district, from which
he can, with confidence, calculate on being
hereafter returned to the Congress of the
United States. All the odioas measures
laid over at the last session are to be Ia
ken from the table and passed into laws,
and the Democracy is to be, by Legislative
contrivances, bound hand and foot, so
that in Ohio it can never rise again!--
Such is the talk and vain boastimg OF
some pretentious Republicans, and no
doubt the legislature will essay to do all
that unprincipled partizaus may demand
of it to do.
Well, all we have to say is, go ahead
gentlemen, go ahead, and do just wha,
may be the pleasure of the politicians ol
The Republican party. Pass all your
partizan acts, and cut and carve accor.
ding to your hearts desire, but remember
that the people will pass judgment on al
that is done, and without doubt elect, ir
October, 1851, legislature with ma.
jority of good and true Democrats in it,
and then your partizan legislation will
undergo complete revision, and all of i
that is odious will be swept from th'
statute books Statesman
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-11-14
The Oldest Voter In the State.

Solomon Paugburn, who says he is now
one hundred and nineteen years old, walk
ed from the residence ofhis son-in. law, N ell
son Vallandingham, on Laurel street, to
the Eight Ward polls on yesterday, and
deposited his vote for Douglas and John
son. The old man says he voted for
General Washington for President, in
1888, and has voted at every Presidential
election since, and always voting for the
Democratic candidate, and has therefore
voted for President nineteen times
His sight has become quite dim,> and his
sense of hearing almost gone, yet he can
travel on foot to any part of the city by
using long cane which he has carried fol
many years, He retains his metal facul
ties in an eminent degree for one of hi'
extreme age.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-11-14
Fire ia CGslnlbsas.

On Tuesday night of last week fire
broke out in the Neil House, Columbus,
entirely consuming that building, and
ipjuriug the adjoining buildings. The
loss is estimated at $175, 1000. The Neil
House is to be Immediately re built =
We hope that the late proprietors Messrs
Wheeler & Failing will be installed in the
new building. Mr.. Failing is, without
exception, the best landlord we ever knew
and the company which rebuiIds cannot
obtain better one anywhere.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-11-14
GIBSON NOT YET TRIED.

Three years have now elapsed since the
great defalcation in our State treasury
was discovered, and VIM. H. Gibson has
not yet had his trial The trial has been
postponed from court to court upon vari.
Gus frivolous pretexts and was last week
again postponed.
In the Statesman's report of the court
of common pleas, of the 9Th we fad the
following: st h
yesterday, WILLIAM H. GIBSON, Elk.
Treasurer of State, filed an application for
the continuance of the criminal case pend.
ing against him, on the ground of the
absence of witnesses. The Court held the
reasons alleged sufficient, and granted 9
continuance until the next term.
Why is this case everlastirgly delayedi
If the money had been stolen from ar
individual, does any man believe that il
would have been so often deferred! The
Republican officials are not doing theil
duty, and the people are yearly rgroanine
under taxes levied to make up the def
cheney caused by this robbery. 1t looks
very much as if they were determined tt
stave the trial off until the theft shall have
been comparatively forgotten, and ther
let the robber quietly escape =
Such is Republican management.
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Secession Movement.

NEW York, Nov. 8 8-Private des
patches received at Richmond say that
when the news of Lincoln's elec ion reach
ed Charleston, U. s. Judge McGrath, the
District Attorney, and the Collector at
Charleston, all resigned.
The Southern students in the New
York Medical Universary held a meets
ing last evening, to consider the question
of secession. There was no action, but
the question was left for decision at some
future meeting.
A despatch to the World says current
rumors, Of the seizure by, the secessionists,
of Fort Moultrie, at Charleston, were not
credited at Washington. The prominent
South Carolinians are said to be in con-
sultation.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-11-14
A Change in the Tune.

Before the election the cry during the
contest among the Republicans was "land
for the la'adless," free homes for free men, .
&c., &c; but now the tune is changed,
and hereafter the Republican stumpers
and politicians will con6ne their patriotic
efforts to scramble for the Offices Their
cry now, is "c6ice," 'e6Sce," "ofics," and
nothing bus "c6ice." Already we hea.
of half dozen patriots who are after the
Columbus postoffice, and twice that mum.
Der are in pursuit Of the U. s. Marshall
ship for Southern Ohio. No more atten
tion will be paid TO the "lamdless"-noth
ing more will be heard of .free homes 70,
free men, but fierce struggle for offic,
will absorb the efforts and energies of th
Republican politicians.-Statesman
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Courts for lS6l-Sth District.

DY virtue of the powers vested in us by law,
ID the undersigned, the Judges of the Court
of Common Pleas of the Eighth Judicial Dis
trict of the State of Ohio, do hereby fix the
times of holding the District Court and Court
of Common Pleas, in said District, for the
year 1861, as follows: IN
DISTRICT COURT.
The District Court shall be held, in said year:
In the county of Tuscarawas, on Tuesday,
the Second day of April;
In the county of Muskingum, on Friday, the
Fifth day of April;
In the county of Morgan, on Monday, tho
Fifteenth day of April;
In the county of Guernsey, on Wednesday,
the Seventeenth day of April;
In the county of Jefferson, on Monday, the
Twenty Second day of April;
In the county of Harrison, on Wednesday,
the 1econd day of October;
In the county of Belmont, on Wednesday,
the Ninth day of October;
In the county of Monroe, on Thursday, the
Seventeenth day of October; p
In the county of Noble, on Monday, the
Twenty First day of October.
| COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. A.
The Court of Common Pleas shall be held in
said year: a aassa gi5af
In the county of Muskingum, on Monday,
the Eighteenth day of February; on Monday,
the Eleventh day of November; tNh1
In the county of Morgan, on Tuesday, the
nineteenth day of March; on Tuesday. the
Sixteenth day Of July; and on Tuesday, the
Twenty Ninth day of October;
In the county of Monroe, on Monday, the
Eighteenth day of February; on Monday, the
Twentieth day of May; and on Monday, the
Twenty Eighth day of October; -,.--.a
In the county of Belmont, on Tuesday, tho
IN:s. - ~. T,xaS do, RovSr& n
day of June; and on Tuesday, the Twelfth day
of November;
/ In the county of Noble, on Tuesday, the
Nineteenth day of February; on Tuesday, the
Twenty First day of May; and on Tuesday, the
Twenty Ninth day of October; alH .s5o.f
In the county of Tuscarawas, ON Tuesday,
the Twenty Sixth day of February; on Tues
day, the Twenty-Eighth day of May; and on
Tuesday, the Fifth day of November; -
In the county of Guernsey, on Monday, the
Eleventh day of March; on Monday, the Tenth
day of November;
In the county of Jefferson, Tuesday, the
Fifth day of February; on Tuesday, the Twen-
ty-First day of May; and on Tuesday, the
Twenty Ninth day of October; lls
In the county of Harrison, on Tuesday, the
Twelfth day of March; on Tuesday, the Righ-
teenth day Of June; and on Tuesday, the Twsn-
ty-Sixth day of November. 5aa 9s59e
Done at Caldwell, in the county of Noble,
this 10th day of October, A, D. 1860.
LUClUS P, MARSH, Ina... 40
JOHN w. OKEY,
S. w. BOSTWICK, c...4
{ N. EVANS, os 81 Souts- r'o1s
certify the foregoing is full and txHs
copy of tn. original order now on file in my
Office DANIEL WALTON, Clerk
of Ct. of C. P. of Monroe County.
Nov. IA, 1S60.-4w. a ,ses4 500
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-11-14
The Negro Is King.

Some great man once said "Cotton is
King" alluding to its commanding inau-
ence in commerce, We may now with
equal propriety pronounce the Eigger as
king. The rights of the white man ha.
been ignored, and president elected
solely upon the ground of some imaginary
good lat he was to do the nigger. From
this the inference might be drawn thai
four million niggers are better than TWEEN
ty-four million whites.
The niger is king.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-11-14
Lincoln Elected.

1t is ascertained beyond doubt that
,Lincoln,is elected president of the United
States BY the division of the Democrat
sic partyscaused by James Buchanan, the
Republicans with their odious negro doc'
trines have succeeded, Notwithstanding Lin
coln, will lack at least million votes OF
Having, mpjo-ity of the whole.
lave haze the comfort of knowing in
epurty5hat the party stood BY right
sxhd jnstice instead Of following the ad
bministra,ien in its worse than errors
saThe consequence is, that we have given
slaGHkh larger Democratic vote than we
te before.
DEMOCRATS of Monroe, whatever evils
s-may befal our country BY the maladmin-
istration of Buchanan, or the triumph Of
sectionalisn our hands are clean.
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what Becomes of Popular Sew
eTefgntys

The election of Lincoln is claimed as
triumph over popular sovereignty, and the
Breckinridgers we're even more hostile to
it than the Republicans. But in spite of
the election of Lincoln, and in spite of the
boiling of the Breckinridgers, popular
sovereignty will prevail for the next four
years, at least.
Suppose the Breckinridgers should in
troduce bill in the Senate to protect
slavery in the territories: it will be defeat
ed in the Hoase; or, if it should even pass
the House Lincoln will certainly veto it,
Suppose the Lincoinites introduce q
bill in the House to prohibit slavery in the
territories, and pass it, (Which, by the
way, they cannot do;) it would most Ger
tainly be defeated in the Senate.
Consequently 20 law can be passed
'either to establish slavery in the terri
tories, or to prohibit it therefrom. bu
the people thereof will be left perfectly
free to form and regulate their domestic
institutions in their own way The yer!
language of the Nebraska act, and ,h'
very soul of popular sovereignty.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-11-14

THE SOUTHERN CITIES Nearly every
large city in the slaveholding States, save
Baltimore, which is as erratic now as il
was in 1856, passed the most com.
plete vote of censure upon John c.
Breckinridge. He is beaten by both
Douglas and Bell in St. Louis, New Or.
leans, Louisville, and Covington, Ky
Mobile, Ala, and Memphis, Tenn. and il
defeated in Richmond, Va, by Bell, and
run closely by Douglas. All these large
emporiums of Southern commerce are
most emphatically for the Union. - Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
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CONGRESS.

The Republicans have carried all the
Congressman in Wisconsin and Michigan,
and probably the one in Delaware. The
Democrats have carried some ten or elev-
en- districts in New York. 1t is now
rendered certain thai the Lincoln admin
istration will be in minority in the
House as well as in the Senate; but old
Abe will have the Offices to dispose of, and
that is what the politicians of the party
want.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-11-14
HMrs. John G. Calhoun. widow Of

toy Mrs. John G.. Calhoun, widow of
the distinguished Senator from South Car
olina, is now sixty. eight years of age, with
an eye scarcely dlmmed by age, and cheer
full in conversation. The lady of the de-
parted statesman does not choose to
trouble herself about politics, and within
the past few weeks she has wrought and
exhibits to her friends, large and splen,
did curtain of crochet work, done with her
hands, "and without aid Of glasses, !" and
"this was but the first of ten which she
had undertaken"