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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-03-13
FOR CINCINNATI!
CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS,
CINCINNATI SHORT LINE
Rail Road

Shortest Quickest, and only Direct Route from Chi
cago to Cincinnati
Passenger trains leave the Great Central Depot, foot
ofLake street, as follows:
First train 745 am, arrives at Michigan City at
1890 m, tdinner) La Fayette 5:25, (supper) tnd
annapolis s:l5 p.m., Lawrenceburg 1880, and Cincin-
natl at llstJp.m.
Second train Scoop m, arrive at Michigan City at 920
pm, La Fayett. 2:40 am, Indianapolis $50 am,
Lawrencebung 1920 am, Cincinnati at l0:45
Passengers leave ottumwa 500 pm arrive at
Burlington at I25 pm, arrive at Chicago at 5:l5
at Cincinnati 1880 am.
Only one change of cars between Chicago and Gin
cinnati.
Patent sleeping cars attached to all night trains
and run through from Chicago to Cincinnati wthou:
change.
Through tickets can be had at all railroad Offices
in the West, and at the company's Office, Lake
and Dearborn Streets and at the depot foot Of Lake
street. Chicago.
Fare as low as via any other route.
H.J. SPALDING, Agt Chicago.
WV. POWELL, Trav. Agent.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-03-13
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Trains leave Burlington as follows MORNING
MAIL, 200 IN NIGHT Ex,, Saturdays excspted)
p. IN. Sunday Night Train leaves at m Connect
ing at TOLEDO with LIGHTNING Ex TRAINS on
LAKE SHORER. r.
The Scoop m Logansport Express makes direct en-
nections, follows
At Ell Paso with Illinois Central Railrosd for Bloom
!pgton, Decatur, Pana, Sandoval and Cairo.
At Chenca with Chicago and ST. Louis Railroad for
Alton St. Louis
At Gil nan with (Chicago Branch) Illinois Central
Railroad for Chicago and South.
AT Reynolds with New Albany and Salem Railro ad
for Lafayette, Indianapolis and Cincinnati.
At Loganspprt with Toledo, Waha and Western
Railroad for Toledo and all points East; also with
Cincinnati nd Chicago Railroad for Cincinnati, Day
ton and Columbus.
The las p IN Peoria Accommodation makes the
same connections as above to Gilman.
The above is new and very much shorter Line
1t is thoroughly built, and well manned, and in
every way to merit the appreciation of the travelling
public
Cars win run directly through from Burlington 20
Toledo without change, and arrive in advance Of
and all other lines.
Our advantages are Shortest and Quickest; less
change of cars Omnbussipg via Chicago con
nections positive, it is owned and controlled by the
same interest while via Chicago it is the reverse. Ii
short, 1t Is every way the most desirable line
j. r. FAYRWEATHER, Jr.
Ticket Agt Burlington.
=. g. WILSON, Passenger Ag't, Ottumwa
A. BARBER, Western Ag't, Des Moines. Iowa.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-03-29
Forts Caswell and Johnson.

We invoke the people Of North Carroll
ma to give heed to the intelligence in our
New ork letter, from true friend Of the
South, and one of the most intelligent and
influential gentlemen in New ork, that,
within one week strong force of regular
troops will be sent to the above forts, pro-
vided with arms and munitions for years
siege If these forts fall into the hands
of the Federal Government, it may cost
rivers of blood and treasures to-get them
back. Why should tue Fedora. Govern
ment occupy those forts2 Is it not agreed
upon by all parties IN the South that the
ends of Justice and peace can be better
maintained by withdrawing the United
States troops from the Southern forts which
they now hold, whereas here is move
ment to garrison and fortify those which
are as vet occupied2 Will the people of n.
Carolina permit this Fit is best for the
cause of peace that this movement should
not be made. then let the North Carolini-
ans themselves occupy the forts, to pre-
vent an occupation by the /. i ederal Gov
ern,nent which can only, result in increas-l
ing the con- plications OF public affairs, and
placing North Carolina herself at the feet
Of military despotisln. There is a tors.
rife responsibility on the heads Of those
who permit the Abolition Administration
to go on quietly and systematically ma
turing its plans for the subj bjugation Of the
Southern States. fit means peace, Why.
does it not withdraw the troops Z Why
send more troops, more guns, more mrni-
tions Of war; Why>occnpy forts hitherto
sunoccupied, and man and provision them
for years siege --lsscsaaond psspataA
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Bulwer as an Orator.

i. b IulWer as a parliamentary speaker, re-
serves himself for great occasions. When
the Senate IS deeply stirred UPON, some
questions, a rumor runs round that "Bul-
wer will address the House." Every seat
S filed and the listeners resign themselves
10 what is, after all, only a checkered eE
toyment The orators seat, in opposition
ior in office, is on the front BENCH usually
next to Mr.. ID Israeli. The strangers in
the gallery sees a tall, thin, attenuated
figure come to the table. The face is pale,
the eye speaking and intelligent, the hair
abundant on the head, lip and chin, but
neither artistically arranged nor carefully
tended the attire careless, not to say
shabby. The features are eminently aris-
tocratic ard intellectual. The hearty
cheer that greets him is succeeded by re-
spectful silence and strained attention, the
reason for which is soon seen. Nature, SO
bountiful to him in oratorical gifts, has
denied him the faculty of clear and dis
tinct utterance. Now you miss q word,
then sentence. Sometimes those around
him catch happy allnsion, which is scarce
ly understood by those at whom the shaft
is aimed, butswho are separated from him
by the speakers table, Whether the de-
feet be one Of palate, tongue or lips, wonld
not be easy to cay; but those who have
SAT- opposite TO HI at = II uDlles& suliiieTs,
when he has haranged large audiences,
have found It Impossible to follow him
throughout, although sitting. IN front Of
him at a distance of only five or six feet.
To listen TO Bulwer Ly ytton istherefore one
of the most tantalizing oratorical enjoy
nlents. All that is heard sharpens the
zest to hear more. OF 90 carefully con
sidered and highly elevated an oratiof
you would not Willingly miss one word. -
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-03-29

In moments of vexation, with which ad-
miration is largely intermingled, you ask
yourself whether a Demosthenic regime OF
pebbles and seashore ought not to have
been prescribed for the young politician?
If any is heard, why not all The singer
who bites his words is made to practice
with cork between his lips. Why are
inarticuiate sounds so provokingly mixed
up by this orator with audible words of
weight and wisdom which 'give us pause"
even when they do not carry conviction
His gestures confirm you in the belief that
this versatile genius never thought it worth
his while to go through the drudgery of
preparation for parliamentary and political
s.laffe. He often gesticulates with his spine,
makes low salaams to the door, and will
neither learn grace from D'Israeli, nor
dignity from Gladstone. Yet all these
defects are swallowed up and lost in the
pleasure which his brilliant sallies and
pointed apothegms produce.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-03-29

ONE OF THE SUBJECTED ORDERED OFF,
We learn from the Cataw5a (Ala.) Ga
sette that itlwas informed by Col. r. Rives,.
Collirene, Lowndes county, that man
named Robert S. Tharin, a lawyer OF We
tumpka, was taken mp at Collirene last
week, tried by jury of citizens, convict
ed, punished and banished frotn'that com
munity for expressing and endeavoring to
propagate sentiments that We're danger
Gus to the peace of society. He had con-
versed with several non.slaveholders IN
the neighborhood, and proposed to them
the organization of a secret abolition so-
ciety, and said he was going to establish a
newspaper to be called the Non -SJooehotd-
er. The evidence against him was con-
elusive. The punishment inflicted, was
physically, slight, although it was degrad~
ing."
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-03-29

have double its strength, for the reason
that it will have more than its revenue
Look for one moment at the ten Southern
States that will form this Confederacy,
Saying nothing abont Virginia, who is ut
terly compelled to come in y Consider
their wealth separately-their resources );
put them all together, and they amount
to an Empire.
Is not here strength sufficient to laugh
to scorn the assaults of fanaticism Have
you not here presented a greats Southern
Confederacy, unsurpassed in its climate,
its resources, and its productions?
If you have not, we do not know to
what page OF history you can turn, where
you can find any people, ancient Or mod
ern, possessed of1as many advantages as
the confederacy spoken of.
Look again, people of North Carolina,
and particularly Of the Cape Fear country,
at the directly prejudcial effects that a
middle republic would have upon the
growing Importance OF the only sea port
Town in your State, that promises to rival
those outside Of Its boundaries.
With a middle republic, (the favorite
idea, likewise of the ''Observer'0 high du-
ties would from necessity be resorted to-,
they are inseparable from any association
with the manufacturing States think you
for one moment, that Wilmington, with a
duty Of from 80 to 40 per cent, could COM
pete with Charleston with duty of 10
per cent?
No grass would grow in her streets,
and no little of The teeming wealth that is
in such profuse abundance, in a little time
to be poured into her lap, would be diver
ted and seek an outlet elsewhere
By all means then, Danish forever-ban-
ish every idea Of a middle republic.
''Men of the South look up, behold,
The deep and sullen gloom,
(which darkens DER your sunny land
''With thunder in its womb.
care ye so blind, ye cannot see,
''The omen in the sky?
care ye SO dea., ye cannot hear
''The tramp of fcemen nigh?
care ye SO base that foot, to foot,
''Ye will not gladly stand,
"For land, for life. for child and wife,
'With naked steel in hand ~
JUNIUS.
We think correspondent falls into an error
here. He doubt alludes to Gov. Morehead, who
spoke at Greensboro not Goldsboro, and was re-
ported by the Greensboro Patriot, the Colds
bOrO, Trihupe
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-03-29
MILITARY oReAS.z.rron OF THE CoNFED

MILITARY ORGAv z.rIoN OF THE CoNFED-
ERATE SrATEs.-Ihree military bills have
passed the Southern Congress. The first
authorizes the raising of one hundred
thousand voluntees when deemedsnecessa-
ry by the President. Thessccond provides
for the provisional army of the Confeder-
ate States, and is formed from the regular
and volunteer forcessof the different States,
to serve for terms of enlistments, with
same officers except those above the rank
of Colonel Tie commissions of the OH
GERS expire with the enlistment of the men,
The third organization is the regular army
of the Confederate States, and il permar
nent establishment.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-03-29
CAPACITY OF THE SOUTH TO FREE
ITSELF.

A great error that the Republican press
es are now instilling into the Northern
mind is that the South has not the capaci-
ty to feed itself. They find it straighten-
ed for food at this time, and therefore
conclude that such must always be the
case, if cut off from Northern supplies.
The severe drought last summer is the
cause of the present scarcity OF food at
the South. Kansas is suffering from the
same cause. The Northern part of Ohio,
a few years ago suffered from like cause,
and SO severely that cattle died for want
Of provender. Nopart Of our widely ex-
tended country is exempt from such
calamitous visitation. To show that the
South can produce the articles necessary
to sustain people in war, we have made
the following exhibit from the census table
of 1850 And it is only necessary for the
South to doub these figures, to put un-
der cultivation only about half the num-
Der of acres now devoted to cotton and to-
oacco, and devote the other to the raising
Of corn, wheat pots toes, etc. The fol-
lowing are from the census statistics OF
1850, of articles produced in the slave
States that year:
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-03-29

DEBT OF NoRTH CARoIINA.-The public
debt of North Carolina IN November last,
including registered and coupon bonds
and bonds endorsed by the State amount
ed to $9, ,129, 800. The annual interest on
that sum is $558,87O 80.
The appropriations BY the late Legisla-
ture will incl ease the debt soon and pro-
spectively to I3,oO0,oO0. The sinking
fund, including assets and resources,
amounted to 1850. The estimated re-
ceipts for I86D-'6I amounts TO 1886, ,602
SO, and the. estimated disbursements to
$748, ,4SS so.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-03-29
LETTER FROM JUDGE LYON, OF SOUTH CARROLL
Ma, TO FRIEND IN TEXAS.

LETTER FROM JUDGE LYON, OF SOUTH CARROLL
MA, TO FRIEND IN TEXAS.
IFrom the Waco (Texas) Gazette]
The following letter from Judge Robert
Lyon, of Abbeville Courthouse, South
Carolina. spe axis for itself:
s'ABBEvnLE G. H., Jan. "a, 1861.
s'DEAR SIR: desire you to procure for
me ard send by mail a Texas almanac.
Six months since l telt perfectly willing
to remain in South Carolina, but can
remain here no longer. At the election
of Lincoln we all felt that we must resist.
In this move placed myself amongst the
foremost, and am yet determined to re-
sist him to the bitter end. | had my mis-
givings at first OF the idea Of separate Sc
cession, but thought it would be but for a
short time, and at small cost. In this mat
ter, together with thousands of other Car
olinians, we have been mistaken. Every
thing IS in the widest commotlon. My
bottom land on Long Cane, for which [
could have gotten $50 per acre, I now
cannot sell at any price. All our young
men nearly are in and around Charleston.
Thither we have sent many hundreds of
our negroes have sent twenty to work.
Crops were very short last year, and it
does now seem that nothing will be plant
ed this coming season. All are excited
to the highest pitch, and not a thought Of
the future is taken. Messengers are rum
ming here and there, with and without the
Governors orders We have no money.
A forced tax is levied upon every man. 1
have furnished the last surplus dollar /
have. had about $27, 900 in Bank. At
first gave check for ten thousand, then
five thousand, then the remainder. It is
now estimated that we are spending $685.
600 per day, and no prospect OF getting
over these times. 1t was our full under
standing when we went out of the Union
that we would have new Government
of all the Southern States. Our object was
to bring about collision with thesauthor-
tiles at Washington, which all thought
would make all JOIN us, Although we
have sought such collision in every way,
We have not yet got fight, and the pros
pectis very distant. want the almanac
in order to see from it what part of Texas
may suit me. II want to raise cotton prin-
cipaIly, but must raise corn to do me. ]
will need about a thousand acres of good
land. Ny force is increasing; many young
negroes are coming on. can send 10 tbs
field about sixfy-fye, big and little
shall make no crop here this year, ssaH
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-03-29

OProsEn To CoERc1es joins G. Whit-
tier, the famous Quaker poet has taken
up tho pen poetic against coercing the
secediag States. lie exclailns Id
s.Nhy hreal< the Uniona Shall we light
Tie Escs OF l.s.l to wtld apsw the claain
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-03-29

WnAr rs NEWSPAPER Judge Low of
the Land, Court st. Louis, has decided
that paper published in The Interested u
religious sect, is, not q newspaper, and the
legal notices published III sllch Journals
are null and void.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-03-29

NEGRO APPLICANTS FOR OFF1cE.-The
Washington correspondent of the New
7 York Express in recent letter to that
journal says:
t'The number of applicants for minor
Offices by colored men is perfectly astound-
ing from Massachusetts, alone. [ am in
formed that for postm aster's berths there
are on file over 21O applications, and the
supposition is that there are several black
applicants filed away amongst the white
ones. In order to save trouble, let me
suggest to each applicant the propriety Of
making an affidavit as to color of his skin,
&C., and enclose it in his application,
while those whose applications are already
on file should forward it to the department.
immediately. This plan would undoubt-
edly facilitate business, and enable the
applicant to obtain his appointment much
sooner than he would if he leaves the de
partment to find out his color breed, &C.,
as the department are determined not to
make appointments from the coloreI ranks
without knowing it, no matter how we'll
they may be endorsed
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-03-29

Bushel
Corn 342, ,632, $40 Hogs 2o,2T,1s2
Wheat. 27,735,92S Sheep 4,27S,O81
Oats. 4S,419,161 Horses 2,O37.763
S. Potatoes SO BIS, 200 | Mules $685. ,49S
l. Potatoes 6,s67,9o2 Cows 2,s15,e22
Tons Oxen 838, ,289
Hay 1867, ,O46 ! Or Cat. 6,073, ,454
We have not enumerated the rice, rye,
barley and other products that are largely
cultivated in some Southern States. We
give only part of the yearly products Of
the Southern States of such articles as
are required to supportsa people in time
of war. The peop of those States can
if put to, supply from their own soil an
abundance of the necessar:es of life, with
out being dependent therefor on any other
people All theyshave. to do to make
that certain is to devote more OF their land
to the cultivation of corn, wheat, ETC., and
less to cotton, tobacco and sugar. Here
tofore the cotton, rice and sugar States
have found it to be more profitable to cul-
tivate those staples to the exclusion of all
other products, and depend upon the
Northwest for corn pork, -four, etc.,
That was matter Of choice, not OF neces-
sity. The border slave States can supply
the whole South with all the corn, pork,
and flour it can consume and have sur
plus. Caaacsnaatta Easqusa'er
50 - ~
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-03-29
A Monstrous Lie.

The following letter showing the GET
fects Of Secession has gone the rounds of
the whole Black Republican press of the
North. It is fair specimen Of the whole
sale lying which has been the chief wea
pom hitherto used by the organs Of the
Administration against the people of the
South:
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-03-29

PROPERTY SURRENDERED IN TExAs.-The
San Antonio Texas) Herald of the 23d ult
says that the following is list of tile prop
erty given up to the State by Gen. Twiggs:
1,SoO mules, valued at $50 each 5000 70
500 wagons, valned at $40 each 10000
$50 horses, valued at $50 each 142, 500
500 harness, valued at $50 each $4,000
Tools, wagon materials, iron, nails,
horse and mule shoes, 100000
Corn Cat this port) 5000
Clothing 10000
Comnlissary stores, $4,000
Ordinances stores. 100000
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-03-29

THE LOUISIANA FoRrs.-The New Or
leans Commercial Bulletin of the 10th in
ssant, in referring to the forts near the
month of the Mississippi river, which
were taken possession of by the State
troops several weeks ago, says:
Major Duncan represents them as be-
ing now in good condition, we'll mount
ed, and we'll manned, and ready to stop
the progress of all hostile vessels that may
attempt to come up the river. The trees
or the point below fort Jackson have been
cut down, by which the range of fire in
that direction Is extended, and other i'm
proyements made which have much en-
HANGED the efficiency of the forts.
Messrs. Frederick 3. Brand and Jas. B.
Anderson have been appointed by Gov.
Moore, and confirmed by the Senate, cap
tain Of artillery. Capt Brand was former
ty an officer in the United States Navy.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-03-29
Total
81. 229.5OO

10.es1 SI, 115,CUU
Exclusively of public buildings, to which
the Federal Government has a title. Much
OF the property is estimatad at the origin
al cost, its value in Texas being much
greater, and worth to the State at least a
million and half of dollars.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-03-29

SLAVERY AND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
The eminent Hebrew scholar and Rabbi,
DR. Raphael, in his able discourse, deliv-
cred in New York on fast day, said that
the words in the Ten Commandments,
which have been translatedsmoaa serU17at"
and maid se1vant should be rendered
"maaze slaUe and female szave." He says:
'sHow dare you, in the face of the sane ton
and protection offered to slave property
in the Ten Commandrsn snts-how dare
you denounce slaveholding as SIN 2,
PRosEcUT1or DISMISSED two in
dictments againsr ex Secretary Floyd, ,have
been dismissed as untenable. The first
was for conspiring to defraud the govern
ment. The District Attorney stated in
open court that there was no evidence to
sustain the charge, and entered mol pro
sequs The second was for malfeasance
in Office in issuing the acceptances. The
act of 1857 prohibits prosecution when
the party implicated has testified before a
committee of Congress, touching the mat
ter charged. This has been judicially de-
cided to be not the privilege Of the wit
ness, but a mandate Of law. and the case
would have come to all abrupt conclu-
sion on this fact appearing in the course
of trial. But being submitted to the
court in advance, by the consent of
counsel on both sides, the indictment is
ordered to be, quashed as it could not be
maintained.
2 z Is = s = ~
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-03-29
J JUNIUS.

We think correspondent falls into an error
here. He doubt aludes to Gov Morehead, who
spoke at Greensboro not Goldsboro', and was re-
ported by the Greensboro Patriot not the Colds
boro' Tribune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-10-25
Interesting from ws,h,pstsn and the Nsrth

From the Richmond Enquirer, Oct 9th
We have direct sdVices from Washington
and the North as late as the 26th ult., derived
from an intelligent personal source Of testi-
mony, and giving some interesting information
Of the topics Of the day.
The statsments that reach as represent that
the war sentiment Of the North was never mere
the once OF the mobs in suppressing the free
Newspaper press Of the North, the Post Office
Department bad adopted the expedient for the
exercise Of independent papers by cutting of
the privileges Of their circulation through the
mails.
The Lincoln army was plainly recovering
frsm its decentralization, under the effective
and vigorous discipline Of Gen. Mcclellan.
hutinoas demonstrations in the army have
been suppressed with such decision and sever
ity that they we're not likely to be renewed.
The report that reached here few days ago,
OF the shooting Of 400 mutineers, turns out to
have been an extrayagance, written by Ma
ryland sensstionist TO ex Gov. Lowe; but about
that number Of men were imprisoned and az
He'd for mutiny, under the orders Of McClel-
laR. They we're to be sent to Tortugas, of the
coast Of Florida, and kept in that place Of exile
at penal work.
fhe discipline maintained by Mcclellan in
his army Is represented as Of the most remark.
bic sey Gritty, and as proving him to be CON-
mander not above the management Of de-
tails. None Of the soldiers, or even officers,
we're allowed 10 come int the city or pass
through the streets without special passes,
signed By the commanding officer Of brigade.
a patrol guard was constantly on the alert to
take notice Of the violations Of this rule, and
70 arrest offenders
A large camp Of instruction has been estsb-
Isasd at Tsnnallytown, in the neighborhOod OF