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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20
rnscsl News.

Moxra ,M@sY, Feb. 1.-THE trip Of NJ.
Davis from Mississippi to Alabama, was a
eantinu ID ovation. He sp k 200 times
lis reception at Montgomery, and the Inau-
gural ceremonies thu next 0ay, were the
granle:,t pag,ants ever witnessed in the
South. The crowd from all the Son.', was
immense. Mr.. Davis address is given in
the diSpact f ON Wi Il tho ab,ve is con.
:ienscd, but too lengthy fr this week
The passage Of Mr.. Lincoln through New
York called forth such enthusiasm as has
never ben seen in this country since the
days of Washington! He arrived in safety
at Albany on Monday at 2:20 pm. IIewas
met by countless multitude, welcomed by
the GavcrnorJ-t) whom he replied, and wa
then conducted ly the military to the Cap
tcE, where h. was formally introduced to the
Legislators.
tion being held, a large number of votes
were cast against Convention. Upon rails
ing large Union flag, bearing the Old stars
and stripes, over the Court House, the en-
thu>iasm of the crowd was unbeunded, and
cheer after cheer was sent up from more
voices than ever greeted it in Washington
county before. Parties are now p1rading
thc streets with Union flags.
Foar KEARSEY, Feb 1s.-We have San
Francisco dates to the 2d inst. .....
The Legislature had nothing important
yet. -, r.......r. ........... a.... ,.....
The Douglas Democrats have not succeed
ed IN efiecting a srucuS
There are again iumors Of secret move
ments towards forming Pacific Republic
The Federal employees at the Mare Island
Navy Yard, have received no pay for several
weeks and all that could be spared Lave
been discharged. ..r.
BANGOR, Me-, Feb. 1S.-Tice President
IIssnlin and lady, left this p. NJ. for Wash
irgtSn. lie will arrive at Boston this even
ing, and leave Tor ths West to morrow
morning.
HAMILTON, Feb. l6.-Tho final decision
on the fugitive slave Anderson, vas given
to-day. The Court sustained the decision
of the Queens bench on the question of law,
Int was unanimous in diScharging therris-
srser on technicality in the commitment
Anderson is therefore set at liberty. Great
joy is manifested especially among the col
ored population. .....
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

"A powerful Union sentiment" is alleged
TO exist in the Border States but the means
by which afenc il is declared it can be made
serviceable to the Union it loves 50 powerfully
is of character to force the doubt whether
it is really more loyal or less threatening to
the Union than the Disunioni>m Of the Gulf
States There seems to be--on the authority
of our compromisers-no escape from a most
unwelcome onclusion-namely, that this
saving element can work for the benefit OF
the Union upon the single condition that
there be conceded, for the sake Of the Un-
ionism of the Border, all, and perhaps little
more than the Disunionisn of the Gull ever
demanded In plain English, if Freedom
will now surrender to Slavery the miserable
remnant Of its political lights and material
property, which thus farit has been able to
save from larceny and treason, the pitri ITS
of the Border will cry "The Union-it must
and shall be preserved y IfSouth Carolina
shall be permitted to extinguish the fires Of
constitutional Liberty, Kentucky will not
herself sccede, nor allow South Carolina to
do 50. A powerful Union sentiment, indeed;
but union with what
Is it then, stripped Of all disgui<es, feeble,
demcnted South Carolina, or stout and sane
Kentucky, which, under such circumstances,
would bid Freedom "Stand and deliver ~
Has Secession levied heavier benevolences
than are threatened i'm the name of Border
Unionism? Who doubts that, if the pre-
tensions of the SecesSloni-tS were deferred
to, neither Border nor any other Stat.S woul.l
be needed to keep the seceeding States in
the Unions II would become their Union
WHY should they 60 out of it Is there
force or fraud enough in s,phiStry to obscure
or overcome the notifying truth, that in
such a capitulation the Free States would
be absorbed by a con!edcracy of Slave States:
Small merit would there be in the adherence
of the Slave States to Union which, pracii-
cally, would add to the domain OF Slavery
all the free States and the Territories and
to its resources, men and material enough to
annex the continent at willy \. Tribune.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

/ New York, Feb. 15.--1ha City of Bait.
more, from liverpool both and Queenstown,
3 Isl, arrived at midnight. She has 800, ool
in specie. ...
| LIVERPOOL, Wednc shay - Brcad<tuf.
steady. Flour dull at 27s@29s 6l. Whea,
steady ut former prices Corn tirmer and
Cd.
LONDON, Wednesday-Coas,ls 91a@9l5
for money. Money market unchanged =
| BrcadStuffs dull an ! lower Sugar declined
! card.
| Latest advices from Gaeta say that FLAG
, of truce was sent from the fortress to the
fleet and the firing was soon suspended OF
both sides.
! Francis sent fresh circular to III, minis
tiers, stating that he was resolved to meet all
the perils of his position to the end.
Returns from Southern Italy are favorable
to the government
The case Of Patterson VS.. Bonaparte was
adjourned to the first Of February
! Ii is reported that France has demanded
/ an explanation of the recent warlfke speech.
es of the King of Prussia. This is denied
at Berlin.
Gef5c.
/ Thouvenal that Austria would consider ar
attack by Garibaldi on any part Of Austria
! territory as casns belli.
| 1t is reported that the Emperor Of Russia
had refused to sanction an exchange of gold
! between tie Banks Of st. Petersburg ana
| France
, China letters announce that Mr.. Ward
was to leave Hong Kong Oh tie 18th on thc
Niagara.
LATEST VIA QUEENSTOWN.
LIVERPOOL, Thursday. Breadstuffs quiet
and steady. Provisions duh. Produce qui
| ct.
LONDON, Thursday noon.-Consuls S1s
for money and account American stocks
| slightly advanced Illinois Central 20 diy.
count yesterday, but quoted at 2j@271 dis
count this morning. Erie 500 yesterday
but hi3her to day.
The City of Baltimore passed the Arabia
on the 18th. General Wheat is passen.
| ger.
The American crisis is the leading topic
/ in the journals and among the business com
munity. Stewards speech is published al
length and its merits freely canvassed. The
London Times applauds his argument that
Carolina is guilty Of rehelfion, and says they
are the principles which should have emana
ted from the President
A young man named Donncgan, mailing
front Boston, Mass, had committed nun
der in Liverpool by stabbng, and also ncarl,
! killing his father
Trade in Eranca i. vnr,, d,,ll
Duty on oil and rags has been reduced n
Naples.
Austria is making full preparations t.
suppress anticipated Hungarian outbreaks
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

BURIED IN THE SNow.-We are informed
that, few days since, party of men at
tempted to clear way through the snow on
the MonteZuma and Iowa City road, in a
place where i, had been blocked up for ten
days, near Windham, when to their horror,
they came to the frozen body of young
man buried in the snow, in sitting posture,
with carpet lying by his side. lie
had evidently been ovartaken, while travel
ing, by the terrible snow storm of Tuesday
night, the ed ult.,i and becoming fatigued
and bawildercd had seated himself amid the
bowling of the tempest, and, chilled and be-
nummed he was soon wrapped in the cold
embrace of DEATH lie was stranger, appa
rently about 10 years Of age, and had about
s24 in money in his pocket Hontesa,na
Repub. aa
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

great cutlery is raised against the Re-
publican Party because they don't manifest
as much alacrity to compromise, in other
words to give up their principles, as certain
disintercsted politicians of Democratic ante
cedcnts desire. These gentlemen are smart,
bait they wont win this time The chance
may seem very flattcring one, but the
trouble will be now, as heretofore, that green
Republicans will be found very scrace. The
Democrats have right to hold Democratic
Union, or any other meetings they please,
bnt they must not try to makcNools of Re-
publcans, to subserve their party interests.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20
Michigan Central Railroad.

1861. GREAT CENTRAL ROUTE .....1sGi
To New Work, New England and tie
Canadas.
Trains leave the Great Central Depot, eoosoi Lake
street, as follows:
goo a. M.-LightniDg Express Except Sunday,)
arrive ut Detroit 6:l5 p. m; Suspen-
sion Bridge $500 a. M Albany 500
pm; New York 1G20 p. m; Boston
1900 m.
GEO r. M.-New York and Boston Express, Tex
cept Saturday arrive at Detroit 600
a. m; Toronto $50 p. NJ; Montreal
$50 a. m.;) Suspension Bridge or Blu =
falo 600 p. m. Albany 700 a.. m;
- New ork 1900 p. m; Boston 500 p.
$3.50 \. M.-Gincinnati Express, Except Sunday
through to Cncinnatiin Is hours.
GEO z. M.-Cincinnati and Louisville kxpress,
Except Saturday, through to Gin
cinnat in IA hours, Louisville In lS
Eours.
The eco p. m. train connects at Paris with Buffalo
and Lake Huron Railway for Buffalo and all points
East.
The arrival of trains all railroads running Into
Chicago from the North ard West Is arranged to makv
sure connections with trains ofthis line East.
Patent Sleeping Cars all night trains
S~Baggage checked through.
THROUGH TICKETS for sale In all principal Rail-
road Offices in the West at the General Office.
House, Chicago, and at the Depot
Il. N. RICE, General superintendent.
J. Q. A. DEAN, Western Pass. Ag's. FEB. 20, '6l
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

No mails are now sent to Pensacola. Pa
pcrs are withheld, and Letters addressed to
that place are sent to the Dead Letter Office.
Various other points, where the mails are
tempered with, or whose officers refuse to
recognize the authority Of the General Gov
eminent, will soon b, similarly delt wish.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

Of ron ore above the surface in Nilsson is
estimlted Il, flows: Iron Mountain, 229
feet high, covering 500 acr, one mass of
s2ecu!ar or. weighing go, lS7,275 tons; av-
erage yill at tn, furnace, 5G pr cent, or
12S,9O4,93o tons Of pure iron. Pilot Knob,
next in richness, is estimated t, contain 49,
972,773 tons of ure iron.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

A Democratic Union-Saviu5 Meeting was
he'd the other day at Ottunwa. We do not
propose to occupy our valuable space in
bringing to sight the huks of the dead poll
ticians who preached hatred to the Repub-
licans and offered sympathy and material
all and comfort to traitors and rebels. Their
Union-saving amounted to a p oposal TO arm
and Fl; 5ht against any attempt that mi yht be
made to preserve tn, Constitution and the
Union and enforce the laws. Such is the last
phase of Democracy in Iowa. Eye.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

. a proposition is likely to he soon offered
in the Compromsers Convention, under Re
publican auspices, proposing an accommo
dation on the bass of a National Convention
for the consideration of amendments to the
Constitution; to be called by the States on
the recommendation of Congress.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20
Presidential PROGRESS.

Mr. Lincoln had progressed as far as Alba
ny on'6isr way 10 Washington, at last ac-
counts, receiving everywhere che most en-,
thusiastic reception from the people without
distinction of party. He was probably in
New York City, yesterday, is in Trenton n
j., to-day viii be in Philadelphia Thursday
in Harrisburgh Friday, and Baltimore and
Washington Saturday. God grant that the
remainder Of this journey may he as pros
porous as its commencement, and that the
Inauguration on Monday week, may be
peaccahe, and that the new Administration
indicted into power, my be the means, in
til, hands of Providence, Of restoring peace
and harmony in the country.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

The Hon. John NJ. Daniel, who, for a
number of years past, has held the position
Of American Minister at Sardinia, has return
ed to this country and announced himself for
secession
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

South Carolina is reported to be FESTIVE
under the new Coafedcracy, with JEFF. Davis
as President. The bust 'ess Of taking Fort
Sum2tsr will now be adjourned to Mont
gomery, whore it will b, vetoed, soon after
viii IN South Carolina is expected to seceie.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

The Keokuk Gate city says that an
arrangement has at last been concluded by
which Mr.. Edward kilbournc becomes the
lessee Of the X. Mt p. & NJ. Railroad.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

David Steward, formerly editor of the
Sentinel at Fairfield, is about establishing
another Democratic paper at that place TO
be called the democratic Union
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

The B. g. NJ. II. r. r. Co, we learn, have
in contemplation the construction Of a Tele-
graph from Burlington to this place, in view
of which fact, it is proposed by the State
Register to extend the same to Des Moines
it being inferred that the several interven-
ing towns woull aid in the enterprise.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

It the sincere Union men of this county.
deem il advisable to have Union Meeting
let them call it. Party Union Meetings are
looked upon with distru>t, and Will do more
harm than gaok Lcr The people, irrespcct-
Ire ofparty, meet il they are so disposed,
and their action will! bc respected. We have
M disposition at this time, to say or do any
thing whiciwili intensity party feeling, al.
ready to much excited, but we are disguised
with the exhibition ofparty selfishness, and
small inan;nuvers. at a time like this, when
dirinterested p,,,intis,n is so loudly called
for from every citizen. .... .....
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

The di,unionists in all the slaveholding
States are bitterly opposed to having the
question of disunion submitted t. the popn-
lar vote.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

The traffic receipts Of the Pii>buig Fort
Wayne & Chicago railway for the month of
,ganuary, 1861, exceeded those of January,
1850, by the sum of573,000 The increase
sffrs'gbt receipts alone was s65,o0a.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

Mr.. j. @. A. Bean, late of Boston, where
he was long time known as an active and
Influential railway officer, has recently re-
moved to Chicag,, and taken the position of
general passenger agent Of the Michigan
Central. He is valuable acu uisition.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

WADE's COMPROMISES. We like Old Ben
Wade's pl,n of compromise, of Ohio, if we
arc to have compromise anyhow. He says
as Christian man he thinks at least three
hundred traitors ought to be hung. but he
is willing to save the Union to compromise
and takeupwith the h,nging o. one hundred
end fifiy .... H.. as-...s
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

Mrs. MJb.ey. the wife OF respectable
man in LoganSport, Ini., eloped last week,
with Frank McCarty. a horse doctor.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

Oar government paid 100000 for Flor
ida, and not less than :l03.0oo,Oo0 to clear
hcr of tine Sem;nolcs. And now the Semi
poles are ebtray welcome to go back If they
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

The local papers report that the dipthcria
il making sad ravages in Haac Jc' and Frank
lin counties, in Maine.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

Mr j. T. Cook has sold out his interest
in the Henry County Times to ID. S Elliott,
Esq. fesH.riY oftha Journal ut Mt Pleasant,
anl.resircd' from editorial life
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

Iowa INSANE iIo.PIrAL.-Thc Insane As
sylun al Mt. Pleasant, will he opened for
the reception Of patients on the 9th prox-
Or. Patterson, the Superintendent, and Mr..
Wnsiow, Steward, are both AT their posts,
and the building is i'm good order
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20
TssC EuiOEa.

have been tod, AMI have heard it re-
pcated, that this Union is gone. 1t has
been said in this chamber that it is in the cold
sweat Of death; that, in f.ct, tits really dead
and merely lying in state waiting for the flu
neral obs"quias to be performed. If this be
| so, and the war that has been made upon
me, in consequence of advocating the Con-
stitution and the Union, is tc result in my
overthrow and in my destruction, and that
flag, that glorious flag, the emblem of the
Union, which was borne by Washington
through a Sven years struggle, shall be
struck from the Capital and traied in the
dust-when this Union is inferred want ne
more honorable winding sheet than that
brave old ff,g, and no more glorious grave
than to be inferred in the tomb of the Union.
| Applause in the gall ,ries. For it have
stood; for it vii! continue 20 stand; | care
! not whence the blows come; and some will
find, before this thing is over, that while
there are blows to be given. there will be
blows to receive; and that while others can
thrust. there are some who can parry. They
will find that il is gtme lhtt two can play
at. God preserve my country from the des
olation that is threatening he:, from treason
and traitors!
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20
SEEDS! SEEDS /!

Garden, Field and Flower sssx~ for
1861.
Tn. Subscribers have now received an entire SEw
sTocE OF SErs Of growth Of 1862 which they take
pleasure in Offering for sale at
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
And at prices to suit the times.
We feel confident that better or more reliable col.
lection ofsEEDs never offered to Northwestern
Our stock OF Garden Seeds
is large and embraces all that Is deemed worthy Of
cultiva in this section.
200 VARIETIES FLO YER SEEDS.
Consisting of choice Animals and Perenials.
We will send by mail, post paid upon receipt Of
One Dollar,
80 VARIETIES CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS.
or Field Seeds we have large variety, consisting
in part Of
LARGE AND MEDIUM CLOVER,
TIMOTHY KENTUCKY Blue GRASS,
RED TOP, ORCHARD GRASS, MlLLEr,
HUNGARIAN GRASS,
CHINESE SUGAR CANE,
And Seed grains generally.
- SO BUSHELS Usage oRANGE SEED,
Just received direct from Texas.
We also have complete stock OF the mos. In prov
ed Agricultural and Horticultural
IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINERY.
We take this opportunity to return our thanks TO
our many friends and the public generally, for the
very liberal patronage heretofore bestowed upon US
and hope that by strict attention to our business
and desire TO meet the wants Of the Northwest In
the Agricultural Line, that we shall merit q contiI~
uance of the same.
All correspondence and o.ders promptly atte sded
to. Full Seed and Implement Catalogues sent to ary
address on receipt ofstamp.
Address, WILDER, EMERY 4 CO..
2o4 Lake street, Chicago, III.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

mARkEEE--Ont the 18th inst, by Rev Joshua
Marshall sIr Robson c. GREGORY to Miss CAxpASA
BLAND, at her mothers residence In Iichland town
ship, Wapello county, Iowa.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

On the 18th, the ice broke up at Albany.
\. Y, causing sudden rise of the river in
nr'dating a portion Of til, city, aud ding
damage, according to last estimates, to the
amount Of sec, $50.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20

SIS there not some chosen curse?
Some hidden thu sder in the stores Of Heaven,
Red with uncommon wrath. to bias; the man.
Who owes his greatness to bis courtrs's ruin"
Applause in the galleries. Sen. Joaneon'
(of TENN Speech.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20
!fr. Lincoln responded briefly

We introduce the following notice from
the Chicago Tribune, with the remark that
a personal inspection of the establishment
of Mcssrs. Hunt & Co, few days ago. en-
ablcs Us to assure our readers that the state
ments Of the Tribune arr true in every par
ticular:
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-20
Foreign News.

New York, Feb 15.--I'ha City of Bait
more, from liverpool both and Queenstown
3lstr arrived at midnight. She has S92, 900
in specie
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-10-26

We gave, a few days ago, the substance of
lecture delivered in New York upon the
slbjeCt Of Peruvian Cotton, substance al
most or quite equal to the Southern staple,
and which may be successfully cultivated in
temperate climates. From that lecture it
was seen that in afew years the fields Of III
inois, Ohio and Pennsylvania, might be COW
srsd with growth Of cotton, rendering them
indspsndent of any demand for cotton on
Southern States, or foreign countries.-
Facts which have came to light of late, have
shown that there is another staple Of the
South already cultivated extensively in the
Northwest and which may be increased al
most indefinitely. This is Sorghum mOlas-
sss and sugar from the Chinese Cane. Heavy
statements Of this article have been made
lately from Illinois to St. Louis. and more is
anticipated. Some counties in Illinois make
enough sugar and molasses to supply all
home demand for those articles, and the
amount is increasing every year. Not many
years hence, the sugar market Of Chicago
viii be watched with as much interest as
that Of New Orleans have been in the past.