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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-08-06

GEN. LAuxAN.-Our gallant fellow citizen
Gen. Lauman, arrived at home two or
three days since, under orders from Gene
raj Grant. Tho telegraph has informed our
readers that he was relieved ofhis command
by order OF Gen. Ord, while Immediately in
front Of Jackson, and several causes have
been assigned for il. The actual cause of
it will be made known through the proper
military channel at the proper time. Mean.
while It is enougt to say that Gen. Lau-
man. who has hitherto invariably exceeded
the expectation Of his friends, and whose
division, the 4th, Of the 10th Army Corps.
has, under his command, earned the repu.
tation Of being the best in the West, SAYS
that he was never better satisfied with his
own conduct, and that of his troops, than
on the occasion which furnished an excuse
for relieving him from active duty. To all
who know the General this assurance viii,
be satisfactory until the proper record of
Of the matter is fully and authoritatively
made up. For the present the 4th division
hat lost the author Of its reputation, and
the army one Of its best Generals, one who
has always done his duty without finch.
ing Ha@keye.
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The Fate of the Territories.

However the war may ultimately af-
feet the States already settled in the
North or the South, it must in any
case decide the fate of the unoccu-
pied Territories west of the Mississi.
pi. The vast and fertile Territories
are the natural heritage of free indus
try but were it impossible for the
South to succeed in its enterprise,
they would inevitably be smitten
with the curse and blight of slavery.
The North is in arms to prevent the
perpetration of this gigantic crime and
no one pretends to donbt that the
success Of the North ON the Mississippi
would secure from the polluting.grasp
of the Slave Power and Territories
west Of that river. Whether the
North loves or hates the negro, it
knows perfectly well the social and
economical result of slave industry,
and has long since resolvediin its fa-
ture development to have nothing to
do with system so ruinous, criminal,
and demoralizing. The South are
equally resolved to carry slavery with
them, and make it the basis of their
social system where ever they 60.
We see the result. The North have
colonized many new States in differ
ent .latitudes, and so also have the
South. But the North has never es-
tablished q Slaves State, nor the South
q free one. The Territories are the
real issue at stake, and the sword was
never drawn in more righteous cause
than that which Eseeks to preserve
them from the misery and pollution
Of slavery.-Lomdon Daily Ne,cs,
July 3. @
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Fidelity 90 the Constitution,

The following clever jeu d. esprit,
appears under the above caption, in
the Boston Daily Advertiser Of May
20, the day after the departure of the
54th Regiment, Mass. Volunteers -
the first regiment Of colored troops en-
listed in the free States.
GAIL true lovers of the country will
be rejoiced at the announcement
which we are able to make to-day,
that, by the joint action Of the Ma
tional and State governments, more
than three hundred fdgitiv slaves were
yesterday returned from this city to
South Carolina. The State govern
ment has been collecting these per-
sons from all parts of the North and
from Canada for some months past,
and the National Government pro
vides the De Molay, transport ofthe
first class, to carry them to Port Roy
al.
Our friends in South Carolina have
expressed so much regret, real or
affected, at the supposed unwilling
ness of the North to return flgitives
that this movement. really majestic
in its scale and in its consequences
ought to arouse their warmest admir-.
alton. When we add, that the
streets of this city were alive with
enthusiasm as the blacks passed
through to the transport I'VE men
ton only one symbol of a healthy
national feeling which ought to
add to such admiration.
The men themselves invinced 10
unwillingness to go. It is even said
that they offered themselves willing
ly to the officers appointed by Gov,
Andrew to collect them. So untrue
is all that has been said ofthe dislike
Of the black man for the South, that
they are accompanied by seven hun
dred more oftheir own color who have
always been free.
1t is hoped that in few weeks we
shall be able to send another install
ment of these refugees back to their
old homes. However large this re-
turn-Exodus may prove, we feel that
itpromises the happiest results to the
Constitution and Union."
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-08-06
N From the No. Democrat.
Rebake to COpperhead Demo.
Gratis


Rebuke to Copperhead Demo-
Gratis.
The telegraph has already already allud.
ed to the war speech made in Savannah by
Senator Jon CONFESS, Of California. We
find the Speech in late California paper,
and specially commend the following ex-
tract to those editors who claimed the cleo
ton Of Mr. CONFESS a. Democratic victo-
~. The newly elected Senator said
1--WE have noble President There i
. President at the head Of the government
[Applause.] Abraham Lincoln may not be
the greatest man in the United States, but
I tell you, fellow citizens, that our conntry
is blessed Of God in having so good and
SO great man in the Presidency in this
great crisis. (Cheers.) The cunning vii.
lain who, pending this great struggle, seeks
the gratifica ton Of personal interest alone,
may now and then have imposed on that
great and good man, but in the man his
measures have been wise, at all times his
conduct has been just. Throughout this
great trial and struggle his patriotism has
been Of the same character and stamp as
that Of the great and immortal Washington.
But, say these objectors, the supporters Of
the Administration are abolitionists Beau
regard advises hts Southern friends to de.
nominate the soldiers Of the Government
Abolitionists, and craven, officiating, false
sons of the North, echo and follow the ad-
vice. Why, fellow citizens, if an Aboii-
ZIONIST were the basest creature that ever
heretofore disgraced the earth, he would yet
be perfection compared with the miserable
wretches who set up such pretenscs while
their country's life is at stake. [Applause.] ]
What is it to be an aboli.ionist ? It is that
the person, whoever hemsy be, is in favor
Of abolishing something. These men would
not abolish slavery they would not blot out
or abolish slavery, though it stood at the
nations throat, taking the nation's life
But they would stand by while their coun-
try was being abolished and being stricken
from the map Of the world. Shame upon
such Abolitionists. Shame upon the the
Abolitionists who are in favor of, or who
stand quietly by while the attempt is being
make to abolish country. to abolish
government so benificent, so wise, so grand
in the scope of its great work of giving civ
il liberty to the earth.'
These sentiments are particularly appli-
cable to the condition of Missouri at the
present time. The conservative politicians
are ready to sacrifice the nation, preserve
slavery, and anxious to prolong the suffer
ings of Missouri by perpetuating slavery.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-08-06
Draft Decisions In Maine.

The Supreme Judges of the State of
Maine have given an opinion for the inform
alton of the Governor Of that State and the
people interested, sustaining the constitu-
tionality of the conscription law, and deny
ing the right of city corporations to msks
appropriations to pay for the exemption of
citizens:
"As Congress has the power to command
and require the services of each citizen, so
it may prescribe the mode and manner Of
obtaining such services. The obligation of
obedience rests upon the citizen It is
part of the duty he owes to the Govern
ment which protects his rights. The duty
is personal--thst of each citizen. If draft
ed, the service must be his personal service.
II substitute is produced the procuration
of such substitute is to be made by the per
son drafted. IF communication money be
paid, he IS tc make such payment. A
friend may volunteer as substitute, OF may
aid him in procuring whatever sum of mon
ey may be determined upon by the Secre-
tary of War as the price Of exemption, as
he may aid him in discharging any other
personal liability. But the liability whe.
ther to serve, to procure substitute, or to
pay the sum fixed as . Communication in
each case alike personal liability. Each is
as much personal liability As the obliga-
ton to pay tax duly assessed, or to dis.
charge debt, or to perform any other act
required by contract or statute"
Were town to raise money to be distrib
uted to favored individuals, the tax assessed
for such purpose could not for . moment
be upheld. Still less can it be when ths
obvious and inevitable tendency Of it would
be to defeat the object for which the act Of
Congress before referred to was passed
That was an act to raise soldiers, not to
raise money. Its preliminary and specia!
purpose was to suppress insurfeetion BY
means of an armed force, to be raised in
pursuance Gifts provisions. If one town
may assess taxes to nay the communication
money Of those who may be drafted. SO may
all and the Government would be left with
out soldier for its protection, and the ma
tion surrendered into the power Of those
who are warning for its overthrow. By
such course the wealth and taxable pro-
perty Of the community would be diverted
from the defence Of the Government, and
the resources Of the State would be turned
to its destruction by depriving it Of the
means necessary for its preservation.
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needed, life, property, everything. to it,
and that they are resolved to secure for it
finally, an overwhelming triumph.
The Ohio Copperhead's last Hiss

Ime On1O COppefne00'sl l0St HISS
Uron the Baltimore Ameriean,)
That foul and revolving creation of evil
times, the great Ohio Copperhead, so nau-
seous q reptile that even the rebel Confed-
eracy, which stomachs Floyd and Benja.
min, was obliged to eject him in haste,
has wiggled his way at last-appropriately
to British territory, and coiled upon the
rocks at Niagara Falls. now spits his venom
and Kisses his complaints across the water,
furious because he cannot again plung his
poisonous fangs into the life of his country,
mad with rage because he cannot do some
thing more to be ray it to new horrors
The attempt Is impotent; The Government
thanks be to Gods in the ascendency.
Copperheadism has jumped its length, and
has buried its tangs in its own heart. It
Perished miserably the other day by suicide
in the very presence of it's godfathers and
the Ohio traitor might to-day as well at
tempt to kick the mummies of Thebes into
life as to suppose that his demonstration
viii meet with the response he seems to
have expected. So long as copperheadism
merely Kissed and threatened, 50 long .
magnanimsus ank great people might, to
some extent, tolerate il as ono of the lesser
evils Of the times but when il emerged
from its den with flaming eyes and crest
erect, to deal death to all wso disputed its
prercgatives, it challenged every honest cit.
izen, ever lover Of his. country to put his
heel upon its head; to crush it out of exis-
tence as the foul thing it showed itself to
be.
And so let not the hackers of this vile
traitor in Ohio hope for any solid results
from their attempts to make use of him.
"Let the dead bury their dead"
The antiquaries Of the Historical Society
of Ohio might as well attempt to make the
name and the infamy of that other traitor
Benedict Arnold-available to get up q
great political following as to hope for any.
thing from the wretch who now hurls his
dirty anathemas upon his countrymen from
British SOIL Before he can get his vile gang
into line, the conflict will be effectually ter
minated /; and in the presence, the over
shade owing presence of greater events, his
wrath, and his sniveling over his unwonted
woes will be forgotten.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-08-06

The voice of the Peace Democra4
cy in Indiana on this occasion was
for war. None held back, debating
whether it would be constitutional to
shoot at rebel in Indiana, whatev.
er it might be in Virginia. To pre-
vent the Enquirer using this item, we
add tina. it must be kept in mind
that butternuts have horses and milk-
houses to defend, and bitter expert
ence has taught them that the un-
grateful rebels jayhawk from all alike.
The gurrillas did not attempt to dis
|guise the contempt felt for their
cowardly halfway friends. Lieut..
Adams, of Morgan's band, with a
squad, after burning q bridge north
of Salem, went to a Quaker farmers
house hard by, and asked for some
milk. The friend demurely accom-
panied the Lieutenant to the spring.
h6use and told him to help himself
and men. While drinking the milk,
the following conversation occur
red: -
Lieut.. Adams-'Y our a Quaker,
ain't you p
Friend, (very soberly)-'Yea.'
Lieut.. A.-'Then your an aboli-
ZIONIST p
Friend, (ditto)-sYea.'
Lieut.. A. .(iercely)-'Astaunch Un-
ion man p
Friend, Emphatically) yea
Lieut.. A. latter apause) )-'Got any
butternuts around here !?
Friend,-'Yea.'
Lieut.. A.-,Then why the HI
don't you hang them ? we have
way of choking such people down
our way
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-08-06

GENERAL GILLNoRE.-General Gilmore
is supposed to be one Of the most accom-
plshed artilllerists in the srmy. After he
had graduated at West Point, he was en-
ployed for several years in experiments up.
on the power ofprcjectiles upon earth, wood
and carthworks, and, It is said. took photo
graphs every time shot was fired. At
Fort Pulaski he brought his skill 70 actual
experience. Bringing his guns to With.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-08-06

OLD ST. PAUL's.-The ball on top
Of the dome Of St. Paul's, London,
weighs 5000 pounds and is 6 feet in
diameter. workmen are engaged in
e.guilding it, and they are watched
by crowds Of people through. tele-
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-08-06

wagon route through this region from Can
ada to the Pacific, with view to encourage
settlement, and probably with an ulterior
reference to q railway.
1t is now to be emancipated from tie rule
Of the Hudson Bay Company and before
long, without doubt, Bulwer's projected
chain of colonies vii! span the British half
of the continent from the Atlantic to the
Pacific.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-08-06

~ The term s'raid," now so fire.
quently used, is not an Americanism,
as some have supposed; but is a
word of British origin, having the
sanction Of Sir Walter Scott. In his
boat song in "The Lady of the
Lake. occurs the following coup,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-08-06
The End Of an Old Dynasty.

(From the St. Paul Pre-
Late Europeon mails bring the interest.
ing news that negotiations are nearly COM
pleted for the transfer of the Hudson Bav
Crmpany's rights and privileges to the Brit
ish Government.
This measure is undoubtedly taken with
view to the organization of one or more
colonial governments, ever the territory now
under the Company's jurisdiction and as it
opens q new era Of growth and prosperity
to regions intimately identified by geogrsp-
hical affinities and commercial relations
with Minnesota, it may be justly regarded
as matter of great Importance to us and to
tie whole Northwest.
she history of this powerful corporation,
which for two hundred years has reigned in
absolute sovereignty, over domain as large
as European Russia the last of the great
trading monopolies which formerly held
sway over the continents full of kind Of
wild interests, which belong rather to bio.
graghy md personal adventure than to gen.
eral history.
The Hudson Bay Company derived their
privileges from charter granted in 1870
by Charles III, to Prince Rupert and others
covering all the hydrograhical slope of Hud
son Bay.
But it was not till TIA, when the treaty
Of Utrecht went into operation, that the
French traders who had preceded them,
gave up the shores of Hudson Bay to the
English Company. Fifty years later, under
the treaty Of Versailles, the French surren-
dered the country west of Lake Superior,
aud British traders from Canada began to
ocSdPy their deserted posts and. following
their old routes, to compete with the Hud.
son Bay Company. In !7s3 these traders
formed powerful rival organization known
as the Northwest Company" who pushed
their traffic in furs via the lakes from Mon.
treal and the Red River valley. to the shores
of the Pacific.
In 1911 the Hudson Bay Company claim
ed exclusive jurisdiction over this whole re.
gion, and in 1912 Lord Selkirk built fort
and planted colony at Red river, of which
the present settlement there is the fruit
A fierce contest between the rival CON-
panies was ended in 1921. by coalition
under the name of the Hudson Bay Compa-
ny.
In 1888 they obtained license Of exclu-
sive trade over all Of ultra colonial British
America. This license expired in 1859. A
powerful movement originating in the local
disaffections of the colony was formed in
Canada, in 1856 and 1857, to prevent the
renewal of the license. This discussion ex-
tended to England and the United States,
led to Parliamentary Investigation, and
for the first time the public of both cont.
nents became aware of the immense value
ofthe region which for two centuries had
been the exclusive property of jealous
Of fur traders. The discoveries
of gold on Frazer and other rivers, which
have since extended to the Eastern slope,
ept . new interest in tho discussion. A
new colony was formed on the Western
slope of the Rocky Mountains, under the
name Of British Columbia. Then came
schemes Of grand continental railway and
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9It is stated by those who know, that
the secret OF Morgan's success in avoiding
the forces sent to pursue him in Indiana.
and Ohio, lies in the fact that the K. G..
C.'s and copperheads Of every degree. have
voluntarily acted rs his guides ever since
he crossed into the free States. Just like.
them.
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THE STRUGGLE.

Ankl . - - OUUAGs
Say not, the. struggle naught availeth. 49,.
fhe labor and the wounds are vain,
The enemy fainteth not, or faileth,
And 10 things have bee n they remain.
Ifhopes were dupss, Fears may be liars;
Nmay be in your smoke concealed,
Your comrades chase cen now the niers,
And, but for you. possess the neld,
For while the tired waves, vainly breaking,
Seem here no painful inch to gain,
Far back, through creeks and inlets max Ing.
Comes silent flooding In, the main.
And not By eastern windows only,
when daylight comes. comes In the light,
In front. the sun climbs slow, how slowly,
But westw ward, look. the land 10 bright.
-[Arthur Hugh Cloush
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Lieut.. A. Then why the HI
don't you hang them ? we have a
way of choking such people down
our way
Winchester army bulletin. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1863-1863, 1863-07-11
Hospitality of the Citizens of
Winchester.

The world ousht to know ali there Is good
in humanity. Let it, be remembered thai
General RosEcRlXs started out with the Army
of the Cumberland the .4th of June with tho
expectation Of taking posscs>io" ot Bragg ana
his army within the space of twelve days ana
made preparations for that time only; ne
had not got ont Of camp, however, before II
hcs,n to rain in torrents. and continued so to
do every day. with only su occasional inter
val 81 n few hours, for about two weeks y
a consequence, the roads became lmpas'ab''r
our trains were stuck in the mud. Bragg
WAS retting ont of the way rs rapidly as pos-
sible. anG. in their impctuosity, Rosey and
his army pursued regardless Of rauons or SEp-
nlies Of any kind. When our troops entered
Winchester they were hungry and tired, ana
NOT a little vexed that Bragg did not halt for f.
t.'-~.r NVuuNAoH
our soldiers individually cast themselves npo,,
the hospitality o. Of the citizct,. some 81
them partaking of the widow, mite, They
we're as protIigate as need be in their ne 81
the good things within their reach. Should
any OF the good citizens Of this place DO in II
suffering condition in consequence of willing
or unwilling generosity TO our soldiery, VIC
recommend them 70 call on Gen. Davis, who
Will most cheeriully share his biscuit with
them. Our troops are now more favorablv
circamstanccd, and will be most happy Ia
atone as far as possible for their free use Of the
vegetables, pigs, poultry, &c, they have re-
ceiycd Of the citizens. Our soldiers arr. moi.
bad fellows-on the contrary, we know the
most Of them have noble, generous hearts.
The next time W. visit your town. fellow
citizens Of Winchester, may it be as the
triumphant victors over the despoilers Of your
once happy homes-as the brave defenders of
our glorious national Union.
Winchester army bulletin. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1863-1863, 1863-07-11
Occupation of Winchester.

For the benefit OF our friends Al
readers at home, wo announce n
Winchester, Tennessee, was occur.
by troops composing a part of Ma,
General AcCooK's goth Army Corps /
tho morning of July 3d,-tlat,Gcncr
SHERIDAN's division, after a slight ski
mtsh with the enemy's rear guar
passed through Winchester and occi
ped Gown, at the base of the mou
tain, while Brig. Gen. JEFF. C. DAVE
with his division occuPicdthe bCautid
town from whonco we unfurl our bal
ner. Maj Gen. McCooK arrived wit
his staff, and established his head Gun.
ters in town ut a later hour the sam
day, appointing the gallant Gen. DAv1
eommandant Of the post
Winchester occupies q commander
position in the midst ofa fertile vale,
FOUNDED on the south by a range O
spurs of the Cumberland mountains
1t is ono Of the very few towns in m.
south which possesses tho rare mori
OF good educational advantages. Their
dents Of which are now enjoying vaca
There are several other schools
of less Importance. From u limito.
knowledge, the society of Winchestc
is judged to be good, and il the ladie
would soften their aspcrity and dislik
for our "yankce" officers, rs they ca
them, they would find them congcni
iellows-gontlemcn of the noblor sor
Winchester army bulletin. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1863-1863, 1863-07-11
Fourth Of July in Wlaebe

The anpiycr-ar5 of or n,tionh iTTsFfSf
dcure WA. celebrated IN tlIi- PIar by { slNis
Of tbiHy-aye guns fired by the ~ Mina~f
Battery, und bya musical Entertainment Siy''ti
by the brass bands attic,c nth 3st tllN1p
and sth Kansas regiments. = gts 4%f~ei IS
Gala day at thc bead quarters of Cen MeEolls
and cen Davis. The citizens Of Winchester
cniovcd everything but Yankee doolle The
mctty young lady who closed tie ~indow
when the band slruck urtbo.e ella and f~lpiliar
s~traias i. informed that lhcy word mel u
tended as an insult to her @scnSili' . ear. nor
wa. il introduced IT, II 81 ionoi ballad II is
rs old as the nation srd Is a. appropriate on
the 4th Of July ~. Il roast bullock at a bar
becuc. lfthe fair dan,.tl wishes to r'taliatc,
She can give II, a call With her guitar and
pIat Dixie to her hearts content and It 'he
c~xccutes well, we will applaud most gracefully.