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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-01-22
Erie Railway.
Great Broad Guage, Double Track
aud Telegraph Route,

Great Broad Guage, Double Track
aud Telegraph Route,
YNNONew York, Boston, and all eastern cities, car
IA Tying the Great Western and Northwestern
United States mails.
Express Trains leave Dunkirk and Buffalo, daily,
arrival of all trains the Lake Shore Railroad,
T, ON Clev Gland, Chicago Milwaukee, st. Louis Bur-
lington, Keokuk, st. Paul, Dubuque, Galena, Iowa
City, &c.,-the only cars running through from the
LAX, to New York city without change.
baggage checked through. Fare always as Low as
by any other route
Be particular and call for tickets via Erie Rail-
road, which are sold at all the principal Railroad
Offices In the West.
This road affords facilities for shipment of freight,
superior to any other route.
AN EMPRESS FREIGHT TRAIN
leaves New York daily, making close connections
through to all points West and quicker time than
before made any line.
For freight rates luire off G. Oatma ,240 Broad
way, New York, Chss. Thurman. 1S3 Broadway, New
Yark D. H. p Archer. % South street, N. Y; J. s.
Dunlap, Is state Street, Boston Rrie Railway Office
81 Clark St., Chicago. CHAS. MINOT,
Y. s. SPENCER, Gen'lSupt, n. Y.
Western Ag't Chicago, Ill. A. BARBER,
March 10, 1862. Agent, Burlington Iowa.
The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1863-06-20
A WOLVERINE IN GENrEEL SOCIETY,"" We're

A WOLVERINE IN GENTEEL SOCIETY" We're
you ever among fine ladies - asked traveller OF
seven foot Wolverine.
eyes, and fummex me if want to be so fixed
again. for there sat with my feet straight down
under my knees, head up, and hands laid close
along my legs, like a new recruit on drill, or
horse on the stocks, and twist me if didn't think
was about to be nicked. The whole company
st red at me as ii had come without an invite,
and swear, thought my arms had grown loot
longer, for couldn get my hands into no sort OF
a comfortable fix first | tried them on my lap;
there they looked like going to prayers, or as If
was tied in that way then slung 'em down by
my side and they looked like two weights to
clock; and then wanted to cross my legs, and
tried that, but my leg stuck out like pump-handle
Then my head stuck up through glazed shirt
collar, like pig in pOks; then wanted to spit,
but the floor looked so fine that would as soon
have thought OF splitting on the window; and then,
to fix me out and out they asked US all TO sit down
to dinner!
"Wel, things went on smooth enough for
while, till we had got through ono whet at it,
Then an imp of niger came to me fist, with a
waiter of little bowls tull Of something, and par
eel of towels slung over his arm; 50 clarped one
of the bowls to my head, and drank il down at
swallow. Now, sir, what do you think was in it n
ssPunch, suppose" said the tray c.er laughing
" or perhaps apple tOddy."
$50 thought, and so would anybody as dry as
was, and that wanted something to wash down
the fainty stuffs had been laying in but no! it
was water Yes, you may laugh but it was clean
warm water! The others dipped their fingers into
the bowls and wiped them OH the towels as well as
they could for gggng; but it was all the fault OF
that pampered niger in bringing it TO lie first
AS soon as l catched his eye l gin linn wink, as
much as to let him know, if ever caught him on
my trail, would wipe him down with hickory
towel"
The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1863-06-20

Recently liberal citizen of Washington CAV .
q sumptuous entertainment to about hundred
wounded soldiers from one or twoof the hospitals;
and as the poor fellows passed along the street III
a solid body, they are said to have presented a
most touching spectacle. On Saturday party Of
thirty heroic soldiers, each OF whom had lost
leg hobbed up to the White House to pay their
respects TO the President They were kindly re-
ceiyed and treated, and hobbled back to their
quarters as happy as il they had been upon spree.
The sight was which the children OF future
peacefut and golden age will read Of asa romantic
legend of the oden times.
in shop window in rather obscure street
in Gotha o, is paycerd which announces, some
what ungrammaticaly, (howeyer you read the
words), that {" All sorts Of women stays here! !"
Whether there is blundering Omnlission of an
"s' after the word 6: women, or snrperfuous
one at the close Of the next word, is doubt which
must tend to attract one sort Of customers and to
repel another.
During the recent rebel raid into Western
VIZ ginia one Of Gen. Jenkins's men stole lady
hoop skirt, which SO enIaged the General that he
ordered the fellow to wear it a whole mOnth-so
he was obliged to go with it around his neck, amid
the ieers of his comrades; and to soc him holding
it mp when riding his horse is said to have been
ludicrous in the extreme.
The late Stonewal Jackson at various periods
of his life was afflicted with different fors of hy-
pochondria. One of the manias was to believe
that everything he eat went down and lodged in
his left leg! At another time he would never eat
except by the watch, at the precise moments and
he would take out his watch, Lay 1t on the table,
ard eat at that moment. If the meal was behind
hand he would not eat at all.
The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1863-06-20
GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 4e.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH,
Hilton Head Port Royal, s. c., June 18th, 1853
7. Section 2, of General Order No. 43, current
series, from these Headquarters, is modif d to
read as follows:
Also, " all enlisted men recommended for dis
charge on certificate Of disab lity,'
If, in the opinion of the Board, the officer or
soldier is unfit for active field service, on account
of wounds or disease contracted in the line of duty,
and is fit for garrison duty they will certify to
these facts, and transmit such certificate to the
Commanding Officer of the Regiment, who will
prepare rolls, in accordance with General Orders
No. 1O5, current series, from the War Department,
aud transmit the same, through the regular chan
nels to the Provost Marshal General OF the United
States.
II. Pursuant to Instructions from the Surg.
Generals Office, the Medical Director, Department
of the South has convened an Examining Board
at Beaufort, S c., before which will be brought
any person, soldier or otherwise, who may apply
for a position as Medical Officer in the negro Re-
giment, organized, Or to b, organized, in this De-
partment.
Applications for examination before the Board
will be made in writing, or in person, to Surg. c.
Fl. Crane, Medical Director, department of the
South, Hilton Head, S. C..
Q A. GILMORE,
Brig.-Gen'l. Comm rnding.
The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1863-06-20

AVOIDING A DCy-A compositor in one OF the
daily newspaper offices, though good fellow, like
many Of the FaustiaR professors, suffers frcm re-
eated attacks of limited finances, or revenne dis
proportiopate to his disbursements. He has no
objection to paying his debts. to the last penny,
when he has the money; but when he is short, he
abhors the idea of meeting one of his creditors,
for he hates dun as he does a dirty ssproof." On
one of the last occasions .Ot the pressure upon
TYPO monetary market, he was descending from
the news room to the street, when he met col
lector, who asked him if James ii. Smlth-giving
the printer name-worked IN that ONCE
ssWhv do YOU wish to see him asked Smith.
Sc | have u bill against him, (producing i0 for
$50, left by DIR. A., who, You remember, recently
died and his accounts have been left in my hands
for collection"
uIames n. Smith, replied the compositor, re-
heating his own name slowly, as if it had mys-
ieriously familiar sound and he were endearorinS
10 recall it. Il have heard that name before,
su,ely-James II. -James-James H.-oh,
yesi fas If with sudden remembrance) he used to
lie empoved here certainly, certainly he did. /
remember now; he worked next to my case, poor
tellow!'' and the speaker paused and looked sad.
.sDd ANYTHING happen to him :" asked the
collector.
eyes. He died suddenly one morning, of chol-
era. after attending the sick of bed afriead.
ssDid he leave anything ~ asked the man OF
bills.
60. no. The boys had to bury him. gave S.
myset to help put the generous creature under the
sod. lie died pcnniless."
.crhen there is no use Of keeping this bill,
suppose j.
ss>one at al, says S. And as the collector de-
narted. he continued to himself, .slguess Pve g,t
rid of that old bore. 1t wasn't perhaps, much of
a story was telling. Probably was only antici-
pating little after all-except in the s. coGtrl-
buton.''
The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1863-06-20
INTERESTING CASE or "CoyscIENcE."- Just


eighteen years ago, there was received at the Nor
wich, conn.,, post Office letter which had been
mailed in vernon, Conn.,, purporting to contain
one hundred dollars. This letter was addressed 20
q Mrs. Walker, and was delivered by the post
master (Encch G. Chapman) to Horace Walker,
son Of the lady TO whom it was addressed but,
on opening the letter, it was found not to contain
the money The case was not cleared up; but
there was much ill-feeliDg created, and all the
usual accusations OF carelessness, possible dishon-
esty, &C., passed between the parties. tends
were created which had never been settled for all
OF this long period of eighteen years.
A few weeks since stranger called on Mr..
Enoch +. Chapman and asked him II his Maine was
EnOch Chapman, who was postmaster thcrt,
about eighteen years ago. Mr.. I. sand it was not
him but his father, who then held that offcej
whereupon the stranger stated that br Jther OF his
had stolen one hundred dollar bill from Letter,
OH its way from Vernon to Norwich. This letter,
he said, was addressed to Mrs. Walker, and also
that Mr.. q. was postmaster at the time, giving
many other particulars. This brother had early
enlisted in the army. He joined the - regi-
ment, New YORK State Militia, was wounded at tue
battle of Antietam, and did not then expect Ia
live very long. He had therefore entrusted this
brother with the money, and requested him to go
at once to Norwich, Conn.,, and find the ex-pos
master, and give hi La this 500 bill, which tho
stranger now proceeded to take from his pocket,
r.questing MIR. Chapman to 60 at once to Mrs. ".
and hand her the same, and to assure her Of his
(the unknown cul rits) sincere repentance, and {"
say to her also that nothing but pecuniary inability
preciuded him from sending thelnterest.
Mr. G.. proc lsded at once to the houss of Mrs.
W and handed her the 500, and took her receipt
in iull for ali demands, pecuniary and otherwise.
The old lady now expresses herself az perfectly
satisfied and in fact glad that she had not received
the money before, as it would have been spent
ong ago, but now she says, it comes just in play,
and that she considers it so much clear Gair.
The stranger would answer no questions as to
his name or residence, and he left town on the
very instant Of his obtaining the promise from the
young MIR. G.. that his brothers request should be
strictly complied with.-U. s. Mail.
The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1863-06-20

RINGING HIM INA few weeks since a tall,
awkward-looking chap, just from the green noun
tains of Vermont, came on board of one Of the
North River boats at Albany. His curiosity was
amazingly excited at once, and he commenced
speeking'' as he called it into every nook and
corner of the boat. The captains office, the en-
gine-room, the water-clOsets, the barber shop,
all underwent his inspection, and theG he went On
deck and stood in amazement at the lever beam
the chimneys and various &c fxins," till at last he
caught sight of the bell This was the crowning
wonder, and he viewed it from every position.
walked around it, got down on his knees and looked
up into it, and exclaimed
wall, rally, this beats the bell on our meetin'
house darned sight,"
By this time the attention of the captain and
several Of the passengers were attracted to this
genius.
How much would you ask to let feler ring
this bell?"
"You may ring it for dollar, SIR said the
captain
"Wal, it's bargain, all fair and agreed, and no
backing OUT
"It's bargain, sir" said the captain.
Our hero went deliberately ard brought seat
and took hold OF the bel-rope, and having arrang-
ed everything to his satisfaction, commenced ring
ing slowly at frst and gradually faster and faster,
till everybody on board thought the boat on fire,
and rushed on deck screaming with alarm.
There stood the captain, and there stood the
smonster," ringing away, first slow and then fast,
and two or three taps at time.
The passengers began to expoStulate; the cap
tain said it was bargain But the passengers
became urgent that the eternal clangor should be
stopped.
All the while there sat our hero undisturbed,- >
ringing away more ways than cockney chime
ringer ever dreamt Of.
at last the captain began to think It time to stop
the simpleton but his answer was:
GA fair bargain aud no backing out"
And he rang away for dear life.
"Well," says the captain, "w what will You take
to stop7"
eWall, cap'n' CESS sheant lose nothing If
take five dollars and a;free passage to New York,
but not a darned cent less
"Wel, walk down to the Office and get your
money and passage ticket" said the captain.
The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1863-06-20
ADVERTISEMENTS.

r c. JONES Co., have removed from the under Post
u Office to store OF Cahll Co., No. 6, Suffers Row.
with an entire stock Of
OFFICERS MILITARY CLOTHING ETC,
consisting Of Coats Pants Vests Hats Swords Shoulder
Straps Sashes Belts Spurs, Bugles Wreaths, Gold Cord
and Lace Shirts, Drawers, Gloves, Hosiery, &c.
Hilton Head, June 6, 1868.
The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1863-06-20

KNOWING SCnsLAR.-ihe following is said to
have passed a school down East:
oWhat is the most Northern town in The United
States? 70
sThe NORTH Pole"
"Who is it inhabited by?"
"By the Poles, SIR"
"That's right. Now what's the meaning OF the
word stoop?
81 don't know sir.
s.What do do when bend over, thnsl'
"You scratch your shins. sir"
"What does your father do when he Sis down
at the table =
Gle axes for the brandy-botte.
81 don't mean that. Well, then, what does
your mother do when she sits down to the table -
"She says she will wiring our necks il VIC spill
any grease Oh the floor"
The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1863-06-20

-Quilp of the Boston Posi- being about to leave
town remarked to his servant that he should "start
for New York tomorrow, Dec rolente," God
willing "What route Is that, sir?" enquired
the valet. &C By way Of Providence, Of course! :"
replied Quilp.
The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1863-06-20
THE GEN. MCCLELLAN HEADQUARTERS

No g. East Houston St. Zone door East of Broadway Y,
(ABovE THE ST, NICHOLAS HOTEL.
cndgarters in Nec Fork, of the gfcers Of Hlinn Hed.
Ale Wines Brandes, whisky and Cegars, of the oho;
cest character The intelligence, &c. Near
ali the places of public amusement and the most popur
place in the city Of MILITARY RESORT
COL. JAS L. FRASER, llate 47th Regt)
May 10. 63.-tf. MdnaabT
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-06-26
NEW SERIES-NO. i499

countenance how battle is going. Wheth-
er the enemy is driving him, or he is driv-
ing the enemy, he wears the same placid
features, neither smile nor frown. You
look in vain for hope, fear or anxiety de-
plcted in his facial expression. But there
is one key by which some idea may be
formed as to how he feels while the strug-
gle progresses. The General is, in camp,
addicted to the "use of the weed I" to a
moderate extent; but on the battlefield
he INDUCES more than usual. The more
desperate the battle, the more extravagant
his use of Cubas and Principles. When
his men are pushing forward, and the en-
emy is giving way, the blue smoke as
cends at regular intervals in small and
scarcely perceptible curls. When the
ground is being contested, his face is lost
in Cuban exhalations. When there is q
prospect that the day will go against him,
he ceases to smoke, and commences to
punish his innocent exotic by vigorously
biting the end of it. When he rides along
the lines without cigar, there is no enc
my in front except small body of rebel
cavalry, and he knows it. .r.a5rt
General Sherman is an inveterate smok-
er on the battlefield, also. When he was
wounded at Shiloh, he wrapped his pocket
handkerchief around his hand, lit cigar,
and became more earnest than ever
Cor. Cincinnati Commercial . t
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-06-26
Gen. MeaSherss Testimony.

Gen. MEAGHER was rendered the hospi-
talities of the city of New York the other
day, and presented with the KEARNY
Cross. In the course of his remarks, res
ponding to the Mayor, General MEAGHKR
said:
Some serious pledges, however, are at
this moment expected here, and in refer
ence to the hope which fell from you, Mr..
Mayor, speaking in the name Oft the Com
mon Council of New York, can assure
you, with that loyalty not in the least
abated by my temporary separation from
what was once the Irish brigade, shall
throw myself into this conflict that has
been brought near to our very doors.
[Applause.1 shall do SO in any capacity
in which l may be useful, either to the
authorities of this city, or to the ina
ton, and in which l can prove most avail
able. [Applause.] Here let me say that
/ trust that from this hour, at all events,
there shall be no supplications for peace,
since these applications have flung open
the gates, and invited the enemy to cross
the Potomac. CApplause.] This is not
moment to mince words, certainly not for
one who has been accustomed to utter
nothing but words of command, and to see
those words promptly, and punctually,
and literally obeyed. l for one cannot
but regard any one who utters "peace "
from this moment out, as confirmed and
branded traitor. [Applause.1
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-06-26

The Imperialists have been badly beat
en- in Paris and most of the large cities,
while certain of the listless rural districts
are, for the first time, giving tokens of
discomfort with the present Government.
1t is true, the entire number of Opposition
members will probably not exceed twenty
five, or about one in ten of the Admins
tration candidates chosen, but they are
men of much higher abilities than the
Court nominees, while they represent con-
stituencies which are recognized by man
kind as speaking for the whole country,
owing to their greater wealth and superior
intelligence. -"
In the city of Paris, especially, has the
Opposition carried every thing before it.
In spite of the enormous sums lavished
upon its improvement and adornment dur
ing the past dozen years; in spite of pat
ronage and Establishments on one side,
with threats and coercion on the other.
the popular vote of that city foots up to
only 80, 6O7 for the Government against
152, ,642 thrown in the contrary scale. It
is highly gratifying to find that the illus
trious historian of the first Empire, indivi-
dually singled out for denunciation by the
Secretary of the Interior, has triumphant
ly walked over the course, as have also
most, if not all, of the Opposition candi-
dates who offered themselves to city con-
stituencies. N. Havin editor of the Steele,
has had double election-one for Paris,
and the other for country district. So
has NJ. Jules Favre. 1t is supposed that
in these cases they will prefer to act for
the rural populations, leaving the metro
polls chance to select such other mem
bers as N. Dufour or Odillon Barrot.
Compared with preceding elections, the
one just held shows the Napoleon regiem
to be rapidly losing ground in it's hold on
the public affections. In 1857, its candi-
dates for the capital received 11O,534
votes against $4,000 cast for the opposi-
ton. Two years ago the scales had turn
ed, giving the latter majority; but in
1868 the proportion is nearly two against
one in favor of the Imperial system.
What makes the matter still worse for it.,
is the circumstance that such Court Jour
nails as the M0niteur took the trouble to
brand all the opposition candidates public
enemies. In proportion to the truth of
such charges, is the gravity of the rebuke
administered. 1-',' r-t ....t ~.
1t is noticeable that, to bring about this
result, there appears to have been con-
certed action established between all Sec
tions of the opposition, Sc as to have only
a single candidate run in each electoral
district. Thus the Republicans rallied to
the support of Montalembert, an Ultra
montanist; while the Church party ap-
pear to have sustained such Republicans
and Liberals as Favre, Theirs, &C., with
equal fidelity.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-06-26
ROMANCE OF A NONCOMBATANT.

The rare qualification of following a
campaign-without the hazard of fighting
was enjoyed by the present writer during
a great part of the years 1861, 1862.
There arose a demand in the Atlantic
American cities for correspondents to take
the field in behalf of the great daily jour-
mails, and the management of New York
paper rendered me position upon their
Potomac army staff.
1t paid me well, restricted me in MOTH
ing, and left me free to write at discretion.
lay near Washington month or two,
experimenting with horses. After much
paryleying with negroes, and bargaining
with country people, l heard that GER
tain "Mayor" Bragg kept some fair
animals; and when l stated my business
at his house, he opened negotiations after
a fashion immemorial in the South, by
producing whisky.
When Mayor Bragg had asked me per-
tinently if knew much about the pints
of hoss," and "what figger in the way
of price " would suit me, lie told an erudite
negro, named "Jeems," to trot out the
black colt. The black colt made his ap-
pearance by vaulting over gate, and play
fully shivering a panel Of fence with his
"ofr hoof; then he executed flourish
with his tail, leaped thrice in the air, and
bit savagely at the man Jeems. When
asked Mayor Bragg if the black colt was
sufficiently gentle to stand fire, he replied
that he was gentle as lamb, and offered
to pur me astride him. l had nc sooner
taken my seat, however, than the black
colt neighed, backed, "shied, 'stood erect
and finally ran away.
Our Washington agent, hearing of my
difficulties, eventually sent ME a beast, and
in compliment to what the animal might
have been, l suppose, he called the same a
horse. wish to protest, in this record,
against any such misnomer. Ihe creature
possessed no single equine element. Ex-
perience has satisfied me that horses stand
upon four legs; the "horse in question
stood upon three. Horses may either pace,
trot, run, or gallop; mine made all these
four movements simultaneously. L think
may call his gait an " eccentric stumble. "
That he had endurance, grant, for ne had
survived perpetual beating and his beauty
might have been admitted by an anatomist,
though it was secuted by the superficial
observer. l asked ruefully if / was ex-
pected to 20 into battle thus mounted, but
was peremptorily forbiddenso to endanger
a valuable property. Accompanied by
Glumley, an artist, equally eunaccustomed
to horse exercise, started for Hunters
Mills, twenty-seven miles distant. Glum-
ley rode upon the neck of his beast, and