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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-04-03
Cheap Patriotism.

Our people are clamorous in urging the
government to sustain itself by direct taxa.
ton, and at the same time propose to de-
fraud the revenue ot.she duties levied upon
tea and coffee by using home-made substi-
tutes for these imported Injuries. An ex-
change contains six different recipes for pre-
pairing beverage from rye, barley and other
materials, designed to take the place of the
matotinal Java. Now it isshighly probable
that rye, sweet potatoes. peas and carrots,
may be so prepared as to yield an agreeable
drink, of a fine coffee color and harmless in
its effects. There have always been persons
who believed that tea and coffee did not
agree with them, and if such ,people prefer
these elaborate disguises to pure water, We
know ofno objection in life But let no one
abandon his favorite beverage from economy
alone. The expenses Of the government
must be met, and the more thoroughly we
relish the luxuries from which they are de
rived, the more readily shall we pay our
share. Moreover, coffee has undeniable ef.
iects upon the nervous system, which, 50 far
as they are beneficial, can never be sim malated
by the paltry substitutes in vogue. It's off,
ce is to sustain mental effort, promote nu-
triton and diminish waste like oil upon
the pivots Of machinery, by diminishing
friction it increases power.-Springfeld Re-
publican.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-04-03

From D'ckenf All the Year Round
: The streets Of the town are wonderfully
gay and picturesque. Sledges with the "a
nous Russian trotters move gaily about
over the clean white snow, the swift horses
jingling their merry bells and tossing their
handsome heads in their gay silver harness.
Fair fur clad ladies talking pleasan tly, and
making quite holiday time oft, 60 jauntily
about in delightfully."- high spirits. The aw-
full winter is to them mere change Of pleas.
ures they take their brisk recreation Of
sledging by day, and muster at brilliant balls
and assemblies at night. Nothing can quench
their thirst for excitement and society but
the theatres are closed by police, lest the
coachman waiting for the play -goers should
be frozen on his 5ox The tariff ceases for
public carriages, and the droschky drivers
hardy enough to brave the weather may
charge their own fares. Gentlemen walk
about with pelisses of the black fox. costing
as much as $500 apiece. because this fur is
the warmest and lightest- for even fashion
has reason in Its caprices. Persons less
wealthy, wrap themselves in the skins Of the
raccoon or the skunk, the bear or the beaver.
Ladies go clothed in sables, the finest OF
which should be dark hair tingcd with gray.
The yellow fox gives good light warm fur,
but 1t is discredited on account of its cheap.
ness. Our houses are, in the south, not 50
well built for this weather IS those in ST.
Petersburgh and the north. Not only do
our windows freeze, but the frost and snow
force their way inside the rooms, and lie
inches deep Of : morning under the balcony
doors and between the balcony windows
But by means Of ovens between the walls
which We call stoves, we can contrive Il
keep our rooms facing the south at about 1
degrees Of heat Resumur. An iron stove
when it burns well, which is not often, vii
bring even northsrly room up to IS degrees
but this Is too warm. Itrequires some man
agement to get comfortable temperstur,
which is about 15 degrees Reaumur. Ar
English fireplace, however large and well
fed, win BY no means make head agains
tho difficulty. 9 q
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-04-03

This mountain gateway to East Tennes.
see is still in the hands Of the rebels, though
our forces are probably about ready to wrest
it from them. A recent letter from Cum.
bc:land Ford gives an account Of recon
noissancs Of the Gap by General Carter and
small party, who went 50 close to the works
of the enemy that their talk could be heard.
BY the aid ofa glass their entire Notifications
were examined, and their cannon counted.
The rebel works were full Of men, very
ragmuf8n looking set, yet they seemed busy
as ants in sand pile. The writer, an off,
Ger in the Indiana 49th, says:
The Gap is very remarkable formation.
The mountain range tends to the south, the
road through the Gap running nearly east
and west. On the left of the road, looking
from this side, is very high mountain, I
should judge 1000 feet above the plain, ter
minating very abruptly at the Gap, which is
simply depression, say 800 feet lower than
the extreme high point. On the right of
the Gap the mountain rises about 200 feet,
and tends southeast nearly five miles.
Many of the rebels are undisciplined troops
lately enlisted md poorly armed with SOUR
rel guns, shot-grns and muskets, while there
are 200 or 800 armed with first-class weap.
ons. Their cannon are small, not equalling,
BY any means, those we have. The position
they occupy could be made very strong, but
don't think it is impregaable With men &C.
tuated as ours are.
The Union man of the adjoining counties
in Tenn essee are still 1ocking'to' our army !;
nearly 2,500 have come over since we came
here, and they still come, asking for arms
to deliver their famif1es and friends. Two
hundred came in yesterday, bringing with
them two officers Of the rebel army, who at
tempted to take them prisoners, but fell into
their own trap, and are now safely guarded
BY their loyal neighbors, who have enlisted
in Uncle Sans service. a's#' f
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A correspondent relates that when Gen.
Banks entered Chariestown, = few days ago,
several members Of his staff rode up to r.
N. I. Hunters house. and stated that the
General had requested them to state that he
wished to mako the mansion his headquar-
sers. The ladies, refined and intelligent,
burst into tears. and sobbed forth that they
hoped they would not be injured, that their
sex would be respected" &c.
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from Mr.. Blossom; poetical quo atoms from
our own correspondent and compliments
to the fair from Mr.. Boggs. a %s., Il
Guess it's most time to 60 to lectur,' sug-
gested Uncle letter, after dilating for ! long
period on . 'critter' which gave twenty. five
quarts At milking. The compsny rose in
hurry, and just then there was sound Of
something giving way,-rip, rep, rup.
"Good gracious! what's thatr said Mary
Catherine.
Something tore,' suggested. Ann Jane.
Guess one on you's burst his gallowses,
said the matter-of. fact Uncle letter.
Hezekiah Boggs turned ghastly pale
Those terribly tight pantaloons! in his hur-
ried rising after = hearty meal, the sudden
effort was too much his suspenders, drawn
to their utmost tension, stood firm, but had
torn of, the two rear buttons to which they
were attached. Here was dreadful dilem-
ma his figure was not one which would sus-
tain the trousers by buckliug at the waist !;
it Was impossible to go to the lecture hold
ing them up with one hand; the buttons
must be sewed on. Perspiration bedewcd
his agonized brow, while the giggles and the
pocket handkerchiefs were hard-at work
again. Mary Catharine and Ann Jane de-
clined offering aid, saying it wouldn't be
proper, no how : and Miss Perkins was then
compelled oinvite Mr.. Boggs to take off his
coat and turn up slice of his waistcoat.
The disrupted buttons were restored, and all
reached the lyceum in time for an eloquent
discourse on selfculture, by the Hon. The
ophilus Slowgo. It was but few weeks
afterward that notice Of marriage between
Mr.. Boggs ard Miss Psrkinsswas posted up
in one of the four Orthodox churches, and
but . year from that date that Hezekiah was
the most miserable man in Little Pumpyille.
His wife proved. indeed, 4 screamer, and he
suffered the penalties in such cases made and
provided. *sT
1T must have been that tea-fight that did
your business, said Mr.. Blossom, attempting
to console him. 44 ii
Or Mr.. Slowgo's eloquent discourse, sug.
gested the poetic Lilly.
NO. groaned the wretphed victim, 'neith-
er; it was buttons
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A Down East Jllryman.

[aEthan Spike contributes to the Portland
1ranscript a sketch Of his experience as .
juryman. The FIRST c,ses he was called to
to try were capital ones-the criminals being
a German and . "nigger" respectively
"Iev you formed any opinion for or again
the prisoners?" said the Judge.
"Not particular agin tho Jarmin," says
"but hate niggers As general principle
and shall 60 for hanging this here old white
wooled Gus, whether he killed Mr.. Cooper
or not" SEE I. ,s
"Do you know the natur Of an oath ~,
the clark axed me.
~ ortsr," sez I, "I,veused enough of EN-.
| begun to swear when was only about"
"That'll do" sez the clark. "You kin 60
hum" sez he. "you won't be wanted in this
ere case" sez the clark, sez he.
"whatr' ses I, s'aip't to try this mig
ger At all p
"No," sez the clark. @
"But I'm ajewryman," sez !, "and you
can't hang the niger onless I've sot on
him." sez I.
"Pass on" sez the clark, speaking rather
cross.
"But" seq I, "you mister you don't mean
as you say; I'm regular jewrylnan, you
know. Drawed aout of the box by the see.
lie man." sez. 'sI've alters had an banker.
ing t, hang niger, and naow, when a
merciful dispensatory seems to have proyi.
ded one for me. you say shant sit on him
Ar this your free institntionsi Is this the
nineteenth GENTRY! And is this our boas
ted"-Here somebody hollered. "Silence in
Court"
"The Court be-r' I didn't finish the
remark fore couple Of constables had holt
Of me, and in the twinkling Of bed post
was hustled down stairs into the street.
Naow. Mr., Editor, let me ask, what arr
We comm to, when jewrymsn legal, law
rymen, kin be tossed about in this way.-
Talk about Cancers, Mormons, Spiritaatism.
free love, and panick wharf arc they ir
comparisona Here's principal upset. A,
an individual, perhaps. I'm of no great &C
count; faint for me to say; but when a
an enlightened iewryman was TUX and car
ried down stairs by profAne hands. jsst fu,
sssertin' my right to sit on niggcr-wy i
seems to me the pillows Of society wer.
shook; that in my sacred person the hull
state itself WAS, fggeratively speakin.' kick
ed down staiE! Ifthats law in the Ian,
III hare this case brought under . writ Q
habeas corpus or icksey Dicksit.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-04-03

Nashville is situated on the left, or tn.
west bank, Of the Cumberland river, som,
two hundred miles, by the course Of tn,
stream, from its mouth; two hundisd ant
sixty six miles southwest Of Lexington, Ken
tucky, and six hundred AMI eighty fou
miles from Washington City. Many Of tn
private residences are erected on scale o
palatial magnitude and splendor, and tn,
public buildings exhibit a corresponding
character. The suburbs abound with pic
turesque scenery, enriched with beautiful
groves Of ceder. The city was originally
laid out In lots of sone acre each, with /,
reservation Of four acres for public buildings
The boundaries have since been enlarged
The new Capitol, which stands on com
manding crninence, one hundred and seven
ty.five feet above the river, Is ono of ths
most noble, magnificent, and costly struc.
lures in America. The material is tine lime.
stone, which was quarried on the spot, and
nearly resembling marble The dimension.
are 24o feet by ls5, and the estimated cos,
81 ,00O, 900. tits built, as it is stated, en-.
tirely of stone and iron, without any wood
about it, except the plank on which the cop.
per roofing is fastened; the floor and inner
walls are Of crossed stone. A lunatic asy.
ium, on large scale, has recently been erec.
ted in the vicinity. The State Penitentiary
at this place is s13 feet by SO, containing
1000 cells. The University Of Nashville was
1906. The Medical College connected with
the University was opened in 1881: it occu.
pies spacious building, and has upward Of
one hundred and fafty students. There are
also number Of female seminaries, the lar
gcst Of which is attended by more than
three hundred pupils.
There wers fifteen newspapers published
here, six of them daily. Nashville contains
three banks, with total capital of IS, 1872.
500, and fifteen churches, representing the
various religious denominations. The min.
eral cabinet of late DR.. Troost contains the
largest private collection in the United States.
The city is lighted with gas. The Cumber.a
land river Is crossed by magnificent wire
bridge built at cost of $780,
900. Water is supplied by being raised from
the Cumberland river. Six railroads now
centre at Nashville, afrnrding commune alton
with many desired points. 1t is the termi-
nus Of the Nashville and Chattanooga rail-
road, $50 miles, long which was finished in
1852, at an expense Of about 5000, ,OOO.-,
The road is built in very substantial man
ner, and completes the connection with
Charleston and Savannah. The commerce
'f Nashvilleis is very extensive, amounting,
annually to over five thousand tonnage,
Of steamboats, navigating the Cum
berland river, engaged in the conveyance Of
and the traffic Of goods and pro-
luce. Extensive manufacturing establish
nents are In successful operation at this
place, among which may be mentioned the
powder mill, the rolling-mill, the Tennessee
iron Works, just below the city, on the
river-which are IS extensive
IS, and equal in capacity to, any in the Uni
ed lStates-and boundaries aAd machine
shops. The population of Nashville at
present is about $26, 900.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-04-03

The Southern editors recommend that tho
cotton and tobacco crops be burned lest they
fall into our hands. For the sane reason
the rebel army might ~ well DO burned with
the cutton.-Lou. Journal.
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jeff. Davis boasts that the Southern Con-
federacy has no floating debt. The debt is
certainly too heavy to Goat, aud debt and
Confsdency viii 90 together 70 the bottom.
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af From the Boston Recorder. z
TO THE ECESSION SYMPATHIZER
NO THANKS TO YOU. aisp ie1


Twill ps no thanks to you, good sir. n
Twill be no thanks 70 you,
When our troops come marching home from war,
The Red, the White, the Blue, RsR
Still floating Ger them like cloud
OF fglory as they come; sses
While . nation's blessings long and loud, ~
Shall shout their welcome bomel s-tf .r
o then, twill be no thanks to youi Il
You frowned upon the toll ssr
At best twas folly to your view Y 80
Until you saw the spoil. 4sTat
You sighed, and looked am axing wise ~
At Justices long delay: w
And talked about = c'scona promise"
To keep the hounds at bay.
Dyes, twill be no thanks to you sy
You never spoke word
Where heart and hands and all were due,
As I have ever heard
One cheering word Of sympathy,
One patriotic prayer
Onefword offaith and hope, to be
Acharm against despair. Has
Twill be no thanks to you. good sir,
Twill be no thanks to you, ~ ss,s..,l
When our toops come marching home from war,
The Red, the White. the Blue, ''e's
etill floating DER them like cloud s4l
OF glory as they come; t ts7H
While nations blessings long and loud :
Shall shout their welcome home. ,rfl
&t@~As sesa rff }f
Yet you shall reap what they have sowed,
country shali-be yours
For heroes blood Ia streams has flowed, n
richness that endures. E @a q
Go, eat the tat and drink the sweet
Bought by the brave and true tsssa
And yet remember as you eat, & ~ 81
1t is do thanks to you s's
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Letter frOsn q LOssiAlamA Major
20 his Sister, q resident Of New
Orleans.

LITTLE Rock, Feb. 81.
DEAR SIsrEK CARRrE: You asked me in
your last letter what thought of the pros
pect Of our dearly beloved rcause. ia be
candid, have little hope for its success now
though last December felt confident We
would be recognized before the 1st ef June. I
don't like the Yankees bit. have be n
educated to hate them, and do hate theM
heartily; but I must acknowledge the South
has been sadly mistaken in their character
We have always believed that the Yam ees
would not fight for anything like princi-
pie, that they had TO chiyalry, no poetry in
their nature. Perhaps they have not: but
that they are brave, determined, pcrsevering
they have proved beyond question.
The trouble with them is that they never
got tired Of anything They lost all tha
battles at first, and after Manassas we des.
pised them. This year has inaugurated
new order OF affairs. Wa are beaten at sll
points. We do nothing but surrender and
evaeuate; and while hate Lincolnites
more than ever, respect them-T can't
help it-for their logged obstinancy and
the slow but steady manner in which they
carry out theis plans.
] have lost heart in our cause. There "a
something wrong somewhere. JEFF. Davis
and our political leaders are either kpayes or
fools. They drew us into our present diff.
culties, and have no way.of showing rs out
Of them.
If the South had known what would have
been the result Of Secession, no State, unless
South Carolina, would have gone out Of the
Union. We all thought we could 60 out in
peace; know did, and laughed at tha
idea Of the North attempting to keep us in
the Union by. force % arms. It was not
possible, we said We had too many
friends in the Free States. Such step
would be followed BY a revolution, in the
North, and the turning Of old Lincoln and
all the Abolitionists oYt Of office. -
Oh, well, it cant be helpd, Carrie. We
are in for it. 1t is too late to retreat. We
must fight the thing out. - 4
cannot help believing we will be overpower.
ed. We are growing weaker every day.
and the North stronger. fear to look at
our future. We can't be subiugated, we all
say. hope not; but if VIC do not fly the
country, fear we viii experience something
like subjugation. lf5t zs
May be Tn gloomy to-day! reckon +
lm. Who wouldn't bel intend to fight
rs hard as can, ,..bqt can't sec any wy
put. S7p
Tear up this letter. Don't let mother ar
father or any Of our relatives SEQ it. have
expressed my heart to you because you ara
my dear sister. and a!ways tell y0u whatI
believe. a - So HE
have selected freely from the shove let
Ter, because It seems to me to be the most
sensible and truthful one have seer, during
Ill the time have been in the army. No
1oubt there are hundreds Of Southefners
who feel, think, and believe as the Louisiana
Major does, but who have either too much
pride to speak out, or too little moral cour-7
lge to be candid. They must see they have
placed themselves in position from which
hey cannot retire and from which they have
not the power tc extract themselves,
yW1t n ma yxS.Aou
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CURE FOR THE HEADAcHs.-It is stated
that two teaspooniulls Of finely powdered
charcoal. drank in half tumbler Of water.
will, in less than fifteen minutes, give relief
to the sick headache, whom caused, as in
most cases il is, by supersbundancs Of acid
on the stomach.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-04-03

BrRxsIDE is striking hard blows ct the
front Of the Southern Confedcracy, whilst
our Foote issFigorously at work 1t its rear.
With Foot, the scat Of attack is the seat
Of honor.-Lou. Journal.
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wit and wisdom.

Even tho sun hasn't an Inspottcd charac-
ter. @ -
Why is ! sailors sword like Z girl dis
carded by her beaus Because she is cut
lass.
When the government is afflicted, the po
litical doctors generally apply leeches to its
ch ,st.
What character in Scripture had neither
father nor mother9 Joshua, the SON, Of
Nun" f.I
A man can leave no better legacy to the
world than well educated family.
A man may suffer without SHINING; but =
man cannot sin without suffering.
He who puts bad construction upon
good act reveals his own wickednes 1t
heart. sat e
Men repent speaking ten times for onca
they repent keeping silence.
"What blessings children arer' as the
parish clerk said when he took fees for
christening them.
Some women take such delight in scol.
ding that it would be cruel not to give them
occasion for it.
When poor fellow is about to be burned
by the savases, his very existspce is Al
| stake. s o.
ia man sitting on . chest is shot at, hs
would prefer, ifhit At an, to be hit in hi9
chest. 2 ~ esf bfs h
A duh and plausible man, like an cnri-
fed gun, is smooth bore. fs''
Ifaman is murdered by his hired men,
should the coroner rcncr . verdict Of killsd
by his own hands.
Diplomacy may work as much calamity
as battle; q few ink-drops may cost ns-
ton more misery and exhaustion than rjy.
er Of blood.
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The Nashville correspondent Of the New
York World expresses the opinion that the
final giving way Of fcw old and eminent
Union men was the immediate cause Of Ten.
nessee's recrcancy,s These men are John
Bell, Neale s. Brown and tho Ewing broth
ers. These four could haye saved Tennessee.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-12

failed on new bank, wished for an extension
Of their old bank charter. Their petition should
be granted.
Mr.. Fletcher of Cavendish, believed this bank
desired by the people and useful to them, and that
therefore the re-charter should be granted.
Mr. Cushman Of lrasburgh, stated that there
were not 10 his knowledge, any inhabitants oil
Orleans County opposed to the bill.
MIR. Cushman of Rochester, stated in answer to
inquiry. that no remonstrances had been presented
against granting the re-charter
MIR. Balch could not see that there was any
reason for granting this re-charter, rather than
that a new bank should be established, beyond
that of legisl4tng for certain set of men wh5
had held the bank heretofore, rather than for tho
community at large. If the re-charter was re-
fused, he believed the stock required to be taken
to establish new bank would soon be taken. 1t
was right that others than those who had held the
stock should now have an opportunity.
Mr.. Henry thought the plan proposed by the
gentleman from Ludlow, (Balch) would not be
Just, as he supposed, but would prove great H.
Jury to those deprived OF their accustomed bank
ing facilities.
Mr.. Cook of Glover, stated that the people OF
Orleans County were not opposed to the re-charter,
but desired that it should be granted.
Mr.. Burroughs Of Vernon, stated that he was
not opposed to granting charters, but he was OPP
posed TO granting re-charters. lie believed they
were calculated to favor those who should after
the expiration of charter be willing TO stand
aside and give others chance.
TIE House amended the bill and ordered it to
third reading,-only two votes opposing.
BY Mr.. Lynde, tor committee On Banks, favor.
bly, to blI.xtending BattenkIl Bank charter
after brief discussion the bill was ordered to lie
on motion OF Mr.. Royce.
On motion of Mr.. Burroughs, chapter 50 of
Revision, "Of banks" was made special order
for tomorrow morning at ten o'clock.
RESOLUTION.
Mr.. Henrick, called up joint resolution author
ling the Governor to appoint commissioners to
visit sick Vermont soldiers in the United Slate>
service, and moved to amend SO as to provi4e tol
the removal q said soldiers to Vermont, on fur
Tough, when such removal may in the judgment
OF the commissioner, promote the recovery OF the
sick. The House ordered the amendment, and
adopted the resolution unanimously.
From the Senate, a resolution Of thanks to thu
people of the city of Philadelphia for their kind
ness 10 Vermont soldiers adopted. Adj.