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The weekly Ottumwa courier., 1863-11-19

excuse for not taking testimony AS nothing
is palmer than that yon never had an ap
proach to case of contest It is so under
stood by ali parties in this district; certain
! " by your own, who are asking hat yor
spare yourself the qualification of denyn c
the validity Of the law giving Soldiers 9
right to vote, for which you as legislator vo
ted, and that you desist from further earn
ing the contempt Of the Srldi RS of this dis
trict, whose rights AMI integrity you have
assaed without the least excuse. Your
purposes are as transparent as your ho,es,
which are bounded, ! am told, by mileage"
and ''notorietv," and by possibility of per
diem, should Congress grant you time to
take testimony. new inform you that 80
days after, and several days before the re-
ceipt of yonr burlesnne notice. which I
might have answered, was i'll, confined to
my room in charge Of physician ; and fur
ther inform Won there was no reason why I
should believe in your sincerity, since yonr
agent, a gentleman of your own party, who
served the notice, remarked to me at the
time he made the service that 'Ineed not
think strange of it. for though Martin did
not expect to do anything, vet he might get
mileage and a little "notoriety to which |
ought not to object" These are facts
which will be substan,iated in the proper
place, and | now further. for the fourth
time, deny that your interests have been
prejudiced by any delay Of mine, and also
that your allegations in the general and in
the detail are untrue.
That you have no excuse for attempting
to take me from my seat during tie n, xt
session of Congress, say that if you will
prove even one fourth ofmy 'najor y fraud
ulent ! will throw up my certificate of elec.
ton, and will agree that the voters who
have since deceased voted for US equally, al.
though you had but one third of the army
vote.
The notices which have sent, and the
accompanying for taking further testimony,
will show the merits of your case, lift has
any.
Win you test my Witnesses, or name
your own, and he relieved from the charge
Of traducing our valiant soldiers. and fro IN
an attempting to diSfranchiSe the people?
j. b. GRINNELL, NJ. c..
a= 4th Dist. OF Iowa.
The weekly Ottumwa courier., 1863-11-19

A huge bear escaped from his cige in
New York the other night, causing no Ii tile
consternation on the street. He monopo
lized the freedom OF the reiyhb ,fh ,ol for
some time, when the police managed to Sc
cure him.
Thirteen hundred AMI twenty seven emf.
grants arrived at New York last,Saturlay.
ST LOUIS, Nov. TO- Ninety-one coun
ties, including the soldiers vote, give ara
dical majority of 593. d zriog Fa
= Theplot to rescue the rebel prisoners on
Johnson's Island i. said to have been more
serious than at first reported There are
10000 sece>sonists in Canada
Massachusetts returns are in from all
but twelve towns Governor Andrews has
60, ,342; Paine, 2s,590; Andrews majority
1922
RESIGNED The Keokuk Gate city says
General Tuttle of Iowa has rendered his
resignation and will return home as soon
as it is accepted
A PLACE FOR VALLANDSGHAM.-- The
Richmond Ehluirer millly suggests that
Vailandighams true place is in the South
ern army.
rarely belongs to the same man to open
and run career; USUALLY the inventor sue
cumbs under the weight of his sown invention.
In general he only can endure patiently
The fame ofothers who deserves lame himself
Know how to admire. Possess the Tship
of great men and things.
The weekly Ottumwa courier., 1863-11-19
POLITICAL buncombe.


POLITICAL buncombe.
all not bemean myself to characterize
N irsinuation, coming IS It does from
once an opponent by conceding my
.ection during the canvass. asked as per-
nj favor that I would Withdraw my speak
ing appointments which | did. How very
plausible, too, thatit required the aSsur'
a ice of my political friends that was re''-
" in earnest" when you frli short of eiec-
ton near !, 400 votes and held the oer'i,
fcate with the Great Seal Of the State. be-
lug prina facie evidence of my election
In keeping with these SAMPLES Of insin-
cer,ty and absurdity you must all'de to my
Ignorance, writing retort which shall
MT make, bu, rather suggest (since you de-
monstratc what is understood, that you are
net very ultra lawyer thai you 'ead so
much of the Constitution Of the United
States as declares: each House shall be
the Judge Of the election returns, and quail
ficatie, ofits own members" HH
Where will the Constitution place you II
this bogus contest. Can you hope that any
technicalitv will serve You hefore CONGRESS
when It is known that have repeated,
offered, when there had been no delay Z
the detr,mcnt of yonr pretended case, Il
throw up my certificate of election it yo'
would prove that even one ha! my major't
was procured by any improper means what
ever?
Could a modest man rsk seat when
T n contestant he is unwilling to take proof
support of his allegations would an nor
erable man hold seat IL possible to MI
represent people bv whom he was empha
5 ically repudated! 1t is not strange IN
r YOU never speak of equity, and sacre
: rights of the people involved. for you WI
q know that nothing short of new electf
n could make you real Representative, al
y that any neglect of mine will not lend gra
to your effrontery.
: Good laws disposes of your assn matte
that the charges will stand as proven
nv neglect and a little common sen
z z ....s.-.-s that n simple directo
/, act of Congress cannot distranchise To4,o
people,
The weekly Ottumwa courier., 1863-11-19
In Perfect Row. botE, ways.

tna then &c. one OF those buggy piows, and boy Of
tea years old can cultivate fifty himself where
ifyou plant your with one OF tn sc horse plant
ers you cant rlow hut one wav, and thereby loose
half crop and IL your ground is not in the hest
Of order, you can't plant at all with horse ma chin.
This machine has been ia since 1881 l6ug epoug
to crush anythng that is humbug out of existence
INIT like an avalanche. IL gets stronger as IL goes
ahead. good band plant from eight TO ten
acres per day, owing to the ground.
The weekly Ottumwa courier., 1863-11-19
MISSOURI CORN PLANTER.

which has now been thoroughly tested, and found
be NO humbug as has been tho case with patent
Planters that have keen patmed of on the farmers
Of this wen other States. But this is the age Of
Improvement. 4 few years ago this machine was
called humbug, but now hrs the reputat ion Of being
TIE BEST AND ONLY RELIABLE PLANTER IN
''9 aodI USE. 3or2 aaf W
Now all want Is for youtqsgiye my Planter triai
a'd viii warrant II to save more labor than any
Sl00 year to every farmer that one besii es
the amount Of that he will raise more
than ty planting by hand with horse mgchine
have TO do Is to plant yonr corn with the Missouri
Corn Planter, and by doing you can have your
The weekly Ottumwa courier., 1863-11-19
PROCLAMATION
TO THE L0vAs. WEN Op IOWA

"IHEREAS, The undersigned has ioca ted intbe
w city of 0ttumwa and opened a recruiting
and substitute Office, and as there is to he about
10000 men taken from this State, am prepar
not for planting batteries, but for Planting Corn
fpnv pa
The weekly Ottumwa courier., 1863-11-19
TERMs-Payab,e in Adyance.

In consequences ofthe high price of white paper
aud the great increase in the wages ofprinters and
the enhanced cost OF everything connected with
ri nng the following th lowest terms Mt hich
The Journal can be afforded. There will be no de-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-06-09

nc revocation VI DuEDsldeS Oluof iOie-s
shadows these plain conclusions in our
mind That the Government intends to
allow Northern treason to develop itself
more fully, until tie demand intensifes
aud grows mere general aud deeper for
suppression of reasonable papers and prac,
tees, then extend martial law over the en-
tire Northern territory.
tt may be well to postpone the evil DAY
at least its postponement is accommoda-
ting to disloyal hearted persons. But that
evil day will surely come, and with it such
orders as are mild by side Of any yet issued
by Gen. Burnside. It may be well to
support an indulgent, long suffering, pa
fent government, but when longer indul-
cence promises only heaped up insults and
when patience is we'll nigh exhausted, then
at last the penalties mpst come--such as
are begotten in wrath, extreme, sweeping
and terrible. Those revocatiops of mild
orders-orders held 10 be right and useful
ii, putting down the rebellion, can but lead
to orders for putting to the sword, to the
halter and dungeon those who now COM
plain of the hardship Of having TO stop
their reasonable writing and printing.
What we have copied above from the
Chicago Times is reasonable. Even pro-
tossed Union and Constitution men, Of the
Copperhead persuasion. will have to admit
that jeff Davis could say nothing strong.
ar. and nothing better to bis purpose Yet,
under the Constitution and laws framed
for times Of peace, they agree for a free
press and freedom Of speech to betray and
oyerturn the Constitution and Government.
1t may sound queerly, indeed, to tear
men talking loud and in pretended anger
in favor of free speech and free press in
times of war, who formerly in times Of
peace ioked over "Sumner's sore head" ex
u!ting when Wendell Philips was mobbed
last year 10 Cincinnati, and who never Ut
tered a word Of dissent when their party
friends, now rebels, mobbed newspapers,
lynehed editors, preachers and teachers IN
the South for expressing, as they had a
constitutional right to dc, sentiments differ
mo from slave owners and negro divers.
If the time has come for turning the tables
and SURPRISING pro-slavery rebelizsd cop
perheads, to balance yhat they have been
doing IN the South for twenty years in the
way Of suppressing abolitionists, who is to
halalice bat those who first started the war
upon the press and free speech We an
swer, Be the guilt upon the first aggressors.
Near third of century ago, Loytiays
PAPER, the Alton Telegraph was suppress.
"a for freely printing the editors opinions
suppressed, the printing fixtures thrown
into the river and the editor murdered, all
gone ly The same eliss of men who nov
complain that the Chicago Times is not
allowed to print freely and advocate the
rebel side ii this war Of theirs to destroy
The Government.
But the President has revoked the order
al Burnside, meaning for the bests and we
support him In ii, for in time Of war Il.
loyal men will support the goyenment-
even to a surrender Of q nyictionS Of right.
Il is hard though 10 support aG act which
rebels will support and rel oce over, but we
are brave enough to do even this much.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-06-09

1eruthwortby That the result VIII DE Sucu
y to gladden. every loyal heart, we have
no doubt.
The IIerald's New Orleans correspon-
dent, Of the 29tb. gives some particulars
of the attack on Port Hudson. The at
tack was commenced on the 9th, by land
and water. The fight was desperate all
day, and was continued on the 18th.
Gen. Wei:zle after long and desperate
fighting captured heavy six gun battery
which sunk the Mississippi, and has turned
them On the rebels.
Sherman charged and carried the works
By storm, but the enemy massed his troops
and our men had to fall back.
In this charge the ID Louisiana colored
regiment fought like demons, and lost some
600 out of 900 men.
General Sherman is severely wounded
in the leg. and Colonel Clark and Colonel
Cowles were killed. Col Smith is badly
wounded.
The 9th Michigan, and l28th New York
regiments lost half Of their men.
On The center the attack was made by
Generals Anger andGlover, and the enemy
/ were driven to his main works.
A Tribune correspondence dated New
orleans 29th, has the following:
The propeller Ina, arrived last evening
from Baton Rouge. From ). Bryant Of
the l2Sth New York, learn that at two
p. IL. Yesterday heavy cannonading could
/ he beard at Port Hudson. Our loss heavy;
reported to be at least 1000.
/ Gen. Banks moved from point 10 point }
/ the lines with perfect GOODNESS, bis quic6
eve would detect laggaFd movement or an
unprotected position, and an all would be
dispatched With Instructions. He INDUCED
in no vain display of staff officers. The
fight without Doubt, will be renewed at day
break.
Yesterday the most perfect confidence as
felt hiatt rebel stronghold would succumb
to our forces.
an expedition Of eight regiments under
/ Colonies Chickering Of the 4th Massachus-
etts and Morgan Of the 18th New York,
arriyed@last evening at Algers, having
marched thither from Franklin. These
troops viii he Immediately sent to the relief
OF Banks at Port Hudson.
The following is list ef officers killed
and wounded, which was furnished by a
s.af officer: Col Payne, "a Louisiana,
killed; Col Kingsley, Goth Connecticut,
wounded severely; Col. Clark 9th Missouri
wounded severely.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-06-09
CHICAGO. June s

A special dispatch from Walnut Hills,
June %, says: Gen. Blairs expedition re-
turned without the loss Of a man. Fifty
six miles of country from the Big Black to
the Yazoo, eleven miles beyond Yazoo City,
have been secured b our troops. Several
bridges, grist mills, cotton gins. used to
grind corn, and also large quantity ofcot-
ton marked c. s. A. were destroyed. The
country toward Yazoo city is one teeming
with agricultural riches, and cattle sheep
and hogs abound. Flourshing crops Of
corn, oats, wheat and rye were seen on ev-
cry side Hundreds Of negroes stampeded
at the approach Of our troops and followed
them into our lines.
Joe Johnson has not yet been heard
froln defipitely. It is supposed be cannot
raise force sufficient to attack General
Grant
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-06-09
NEWS /!
New York. ,Jnue 8.

Richmond papers report gold at 600
premium and silver $50 premium.
The report is current that the federal
forces are evacuating Suffolk and throwing
up heavy Notifications eight miles from
Norfolk, and that the greater part Of
Peck's forces are sent 10 Hooker.
The Herald says thai Gen. Butler will
be brought out by the war Democrats fol
the Goyernorship Of Massaeac5etts. Il
he consents to run, the Republicans will
probably endorse him and Cox. Andrew
will be set aside
Hon. John A. Bingham, Of Ohio, is ap
pointed U. s. District Judge for Florida
vice Martin, resigned.
Admiral Dupont will probably be as
signed to duty in the Gulf Department.
The Herald has ihe following from New
Orleans, dated May 20, P. Mo G.
S. Tennison, Special Agent.-The ne
groes arc reported by all parties to have
fought well. The enemy yesterday tried
TO get through our left wing but were
driven back with heavy loss.
This morning a heavy cannonading was
heard continually. All is going on well
The rebels pickets who have deserted to
our lines report provisions short at Port
Hudson. Gen. Banks is well, in fine spir-
its and confident Of success.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-06-09
A Radical Abolition View.

Hon. GERRET SMITH, of New York,
widely known as the chief radical aboli-
zionist and head Of that section OF anti
slavery men who hold that the United
States Constitution does not recognize, es-
tablish, guarantee or tolerate slavery IN any
state or territory Of the Union, in address
ling the union league Of Peterboro' il New
York, said
"Rather than see his Union Of The
fathers destroyed and the Constitution hre.
ken would prefer the establishment OF
slavery upon more permanent basis than
ever
This is The true doctrine and precisely
what the radical abolitionists have SO long
held and boldly ayowed; true, the mere
politicians Of an hour have held, some Of
them, that the Union is Of second impor-
tance-the destruction Of slavery Of first
importance. On the other extreme, the
pro-slavery politicians of an hour have
held and DO hold that slavery and ITS pres
eryqtion is Of first importlnce-the Con-
stitution ana Country Of second importance.
This latter IS the Coppe head view. The
Abolition view as expressed by Gerret
Smith is the right and patriotic siew-that
is the Constitution an County, one and in
separate, first and ever, all the time and
eternal! The Constitution as it is, the
Union as it ought TO be-nigger Or no mig
gor-slayery or no slavery.
The Garrisonjan abolitionists as iepre-
scented ty Wendell Philips, holding the pre-
else idea of the Copperheads that the Con
slitu.icn recognizes, establishes, guarantees
and tolerates humlp slavery, therefore,
have favored destruction of the Union
and Constitution. Tie Copperheads hold
precisely this, that whereas, slavery is Con
stituti ,nal, rather than have it DESTROYED
we would see the Union broken" the reb
els holding preci sely the Same view.
Slavery being but a state institution
without warrant in the Constitution, car
have no national rights. We would pre-
fer to let the States make it as strong n
they can to any destruction IF the Consti
J tuition and Union.
But we suppose the day is past fol
slavery to recover strength; it has sinned
away its Gay Of grace and can live no lon
ger, even with an unanimous PUBIC opin
lon outside the army. whit the army
dictates to be done, or wagns us not 10 I'D
that will be "dtd" What is popular
il the army will be adopted at home.
The bred Scott decision virtually ex
tending slavery over ever foot Of Amer
can soil, could not he approved BY Gerre
Smith or am Of his school. That was Z
violation Of the spirit aud letter Of the Con
stitution, and a virtual abandonmeut of tht
Constitution, and would have resultee
10 the importation Of all Africa t.
America--!he exclusion Of tie white race
and destruction Of free white labor. VIZ
own to favoring destruction of Constitu
ton and Union rather than allow fulfill
ment of the bred Scott Decision.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-06-09
New York .Inna

European advice bring report that
Earl Russell had taken a very bold, diplo-
matte step in advance Of the Westeru allies
Of England, or the Polish gu stion, having
proposed to Russia plan Of peace, com
lining independence for Poland. The pro-
posal is thus stated:
Ist. The conclusion Of an armistice fer
one year. 2d. The Polish fort@esses 70
continue to be garrisoned BY Russian troops.
81. The immediate institution Of Polish
administration. 4th No individual inn
plicated in the rebellion TO be arrested or
brought to trisi.
The cabinet Of the TuIleries. its said
has eagerly associated itself with that 81
ST. James in the presentation Of these de-
mands, hut it was thought the Gar would
refuse to eEssFtain them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-06-09
Suppression of the Chicago Ti.ses Revoked by
the President.

Suppression Of the Chicago TIses- Revoked by
the President.
The following respective orders explain
themselves:
BY Telegraph from Head9uaFteTs}
Editor Of the Chicago lines.
You are hereby notified that have is
sued an order stopping the publication Of
your paper, which order will be published
in the morning papers Of this city to-day
TUESDAY morning). You will please GOV
ern yourself accordingly.
A.E. burnside, Maj. Gen.
And 10 the following, which was served
upon us ID The evening:
By Tocgsph from sp ingaeld,l
Cfieago, jane 2
To Captain james S. Putnam, Camp
Douglas:
You will enforce the following order Of
Maj. Gen. Burnside.
Cincinnati, June 2.
"Gen. AMMEN-I have issued an order
suppressing the Chicago Times. You will
see that no more publications Of itare made,
- -
anu, u necessary, YOU VIII tdks military pos
sess on or the ofh :.
fSignedl.' A. E. BURNSIDE, Mi. Gen"
]. AMMEN, Brig. Gen.
Lexington, Ky, june 4.
ITO The Editor of the Chicago Times.
"By direction of the President Of the
United States, my order suppressing the
circulation Of your paper is revoked. You
are at liberty 10 resume its publication.
"A L. Burnside, Maj. Gen."
Gen. Burnside having also ordered that
the New York florida coPperhead paper II
open sympathywith the rebels, be suppress
ed, the order was also rcyokedby the Pres
ident.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-06-09
Ayhr a.e chlcago Tilnes vas supprossea

At the trials Of deserters, the questions
are invariably asked, Why did you DESERT?
The iuyaralls answer, "My friends advised
it, the newspapers advised ii by teaching
that the war is wrong and all that are en-
gagged in it guilty Of murder and treason,
aad my party friends said it would be
right ana just before God and Men to
leave the army" What papers have you
been reading! Answer "Chicago Times
and N. Y. World" Considering the
causes Of SO many assertions, Gen. Burn
side held it lis duty 70 order the N. Y.
World out Of lis district, and order the
suppression Of the Chicago Times. The
following is one Ct the many articles APP
paaring lately as an editorial in the Times,
TO which General Burnside strongly object
ed as being reasonable:
80 long as the present political policies
of the war are persisted in-so long as the
war is continued as the war of political
party-every dollar expended in it is vast
ell, and worse than wasted, AND EVE
RY LIFE LOST IN 1T is AN ABOM-
Unable SACRAFICE AND A MUIR.
DER, indeed, by those upon whom the
responsibility rests Of the prevailing poll.
cies. The man who does not wash his
hands of all participation in such war
SHARES THE GUILT OF THOSE
pZ WIIOA1 In 10 nnoE,cNIr.rr,n
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-06-09

glnia, section where our troops hava =
before penetrated. Col. fitzpatrick ha. lever
large haul of negroes, horses, &c ana iu ae
arrived at Urbana with them. He en-, aes
general terror and alarm among the rebeIps 'eSu
AT urbana he was taken across the rus,
our gunboats, and then proceeded to our Iin y
Cincinnati. June
Our direct advices from Vickshn.. T.
TO the 3Oth. For several DAYS MS; are
quiet had prevailed all along tba ,'Hoas
broken only by occasional cannonadi nues'
The Commercial has dispatch
May 80, saying that spades are S .
more frumps." We are erecting .s OaCe
works and are mining TO blow thu f.o oa''a'
Of one or two Of the rebel forts than s,, w
approachable otherwise. The idea o ~ "a
rying The place by storm seer1s to be- =, .E v''
doned. The safer and surer Dian of . so'a'
.ing Gen. Pemberton into su6missior ''a'''
finds favor everywhere. u08
A deserter came into our lines III.
ing, who reports that he was sent h. D
berton to communicate verbally WITH Ia en-
\ son and Loring. The former is snn So.'o,
20 be between Big Black river and ,ja sS.'s'
The latter was near Port Gibson '''p'
He represents effalrs 10 the citv ..
ING desperate. About $4,000 eAscti,ss ,oe'
are there. two thousand Of which aro L u'a
on the Notifications night and dav ana
allowed to leave an instant on any nr nv "
Generals Pelnberton, Lee, REYNOLDS ', 8.
yenson aud others are in this citv n ~,
Of the sick left before its investment 0 lo@
100 women aud children have been Lin ''I
by our bombardment. The evnbo,,s !,
fiict no injury on the city.
Gen. Pemherton believed bis r,tio,
\ woUIds bod out 80 days, but urged josn'
ston TO come to bis relief within iOdav, :,
furthest. Cavalry horses have been ior,
ed loose and driven towards our lines ov
ing to the lack of forage. There was am
munilion enough to last so days, with a.
exception Of gun caps; they were scarce
All were confident and fully expected 81,
perhunan efforts to be made BY those ot.
side to raise the seige. They consider
Vicksburg the strongest place in the Con.
.federaey.
Gen. Blair has met 10 enemy in foro
and The reports Of Johnston being near an
disbelieyed,
Banks with reinforcemenB is reported
near here, but like many other mmon i
may have little foundation in fact
This morning the heaviest cannonadng
Of the seige was kept up without interns.
sion for nearly three hours. New batteries
have been lately put in position and 80
guns are PLAYING on the city. Atday6gA.
this morning the firing was rapid beyond
belief The reports of the guns along ih
whole line averaged one second for mia'
utes together