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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-10-27

the Poiats from which they ealcuisted to
Dire upon the train in our posse ssion. The
"szt morning ths fight recommended but
only lasted few hours when the Indians
retired apparently .dishearteped for well they
night Ss Their ioss had been heavy and
they had wounded but few of our men and
killed none. The country ON which we
fought over was the most unfavora1le which
possibly could have been selected for the
iny.ding party; And tie sane. fafreth.t we
had fought before had been reinforced from
the south 50 tha. It wss probably as large q
body Of Indian warriors lfar cannot call
them braves) as have ever been assembled
on this continent. e ~ G
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A witty gentleman, speaking of
friend who Was prostrated by illness,
remarked that he could hardly recov.
er. sipce his consultation was all gone.
eff his constitution is all gone, said a
bystander, II do not see how he lives
at ALL oh" responded the .wag,
sshs lives On the by claws"
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=
SrocKETr MATTHEW'S. Maryland .yaniA
slavery man, spoke the following eloquens
words at the great meeting in Bostonsr!9W X
sGent!eman, this world Is never the same
at set Of sun that It wss Il its rising (aps
plause) and any man who supposes that
the vhiriwind Of civil revolution, ofstrife,
Of carnage. ofslaughter, of sacrilce.e of such
heroism as has been shown on the part Of
the North, 10 shedding the best blood of
the flower Of the land. efsnch muni6 cenee
as has been displayed by the people of the
North in pouyiag out their vast treasures to
Sustain the Goysrnment-I say ifany man
can suppose that such wfislwind ss this,
with oil the heroic circumstances and ln.
nuWhsTed s,eri6ees that have attended NJ
can pass over this land and leave it as Il was
before the storm ca ne. he is either fool,
topelessly incapable Of being taught, or he
Is such an utter rebel to God and man that
10 talk with himfis shser waste of time.-->
Cloud applause.) I accept this waE I
know whatit means. Don't you know
whatit meanss Ivoices-'Yesl Ff any
Of you do not. 1 win tell you what dit
meapss II Ea furnace-firc. and yoa are ss-
ing purified; il is . trying ordeak md aya,
are being tried; il is great school fbrllthe
education Of this people, and they are bes
ing educated. Il is Gods own prsdeterm-
ned way Of making the American continent
ia republic Of frcemep, without slave.
loud applause, and cries Of Grand .
grandp
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That Gen. Mc0ielian cherished ofesiiees oI
personal respect and liking for the rebel
isadsrs has bsea weif Understood before
new. Hsseisaa apt piece Of testimony b
that eject from Col, Astsaaf, Of Kentucky,
whe esaid recently It public meeting
II Ct my eyes opeaed on that younS
Napoleon h The spring u 1854. went Il
sas General Mcclellan, and in the enurse'o,
the conservation. I said to him thar JED.
Davis Was q scoundrel and q 70 pudiator,
He (McClellaa) straightsaed himself up
quickly. and ssid. q do .asaure you, sir,
that yoa are mistakaa. JEFF. Davis is per.
feet ssn%leman, and viii not do anything
unbecoming gsntlemau.' Well. If . trait
OF, coqspirator, thief, repudiator. and ths
civil devil who is ins'igating all this mar,
der is his 0sos IDEAL Of a 'perfeet gentleman
I hops our country viii never be cursad
With his morality and virtue at shahead o
sgairs,Y See ia -, :, a-.-.
.Coulda nan thns swift to resent. an i'm.
psiatian on.JsE Davis b axpsctsd To- ds
sire % see the rebellion erushsds
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The Soldiers and Little e Mac

From the Cincinnati i.zette, October Is ]
A Mr.. Griswold, Esq, formerly OF the
Times. Of this city. tells the following story
which Is too good to he lost. It fully illus.
trates the feelin. Of the soldiers in regard to
the peaceful warrior who heads the Demo.
cratic Presidential ticket. The anecdote. as
he tells It, runs thus did a little in the
straw business coming from Louisville the
other day. There were number Of sol
diers on tho trsin, war.wotn veterans from
Atlanta, going home on furloughs. I had
often heard Of the magical effect proddced
upon soldiers tiasough the bare mention of
atitas Mac,'' md n deterp3iued % sess II.
Iapprosctsi one Of sie'vsterans, warily, for
] was unarm.d, and he had two crutches
and sling, and opened conversation upon
the equiooctial election, drifting naturally
enough into the Presidential storm. At
length l mentioned the name Of McCisllAn.
The sfest was like magic. His cheek SUI.
fnsed With . glow Of ! enuine enthusiasm.
his eye g'istened with noble pride, his form
dilatsd, he dropped his orutehas, and the
wsr.worn, dissaas- sdlictsd soldier aeened
restored to sreaith and strength through the
Inspiration Of McClsllan's name. I grssped
tin cordially BY ths hand. a. asai 81
And You win vote for himr said I.
Vote fox whoe' tg y ~ COO
'For Mcclellan. Of COURSE
s!Sss Aim N HI .jsrstr
'fhme were. no doubt, other soldiers on
thai train eqaally enthusiastic on the Nc
clsllan question, bet didn't look thsm
up.s .sfs s....
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Frs0 flle a Iowa
WspssteAcS q Ne toeurtss. atl resf pIH
In OAHf NEAR EAsy PosSr. GA.,l
Sept. 26th 1854.

Il L. .Es - - "
| - Sept. 26th 1864.
Ma. Noa4s E ~
Sr:-Having promised to write to you
last winter when at hoqe viii endeavor to
fulfil my promise. We are now resting on
the laursls Of our late campaign which
suppose you have got The particulars before
this time. We are camped six miles south
of Atlanta. close to the junction Of the
Montgomery and Atlanta Railroad, occupy
ing the old sesei wofks. We are getting
axed up IN Rne style. but our cakes are
all dough - orders have come to be ready
to move 1t nine O'Clock to morrow morning.
our destination unknown, back On the rail.
road somewhere; but we will find out it we
live long enough. As fos news We have
none At present. but hsar all kinds Of ru.
rncrs from the Eastern army but place no
reliance In any oftheth. We got me nsss
ofGen. Sheridan's great victory officially,
And 90 place some dependence in It, and
hops he may have many such Victories Is
the prayer OF this whole army. That is the
Wy to put dow, the rebslhon and the only
fair way, as the rebels win not comply to
oar terms Let rs fight them until they
ere wiiIiasto ask and come unconditional y
back to the Union; and II the people of the
North win only stick together ia the com.
ing election, and send old Abe back for an
other four years. The time is MT far distant
when they win ask to be taken 60 old Abre-
hams bosom. As for the 'other candidates
their show is NOT very large in the army,
their platform will not do for soldiers we
have sesn before this time, spd know who
is for, and those against rs. But there is :
good time coming. We are now waiting
anxiously to see some of those dszfted men
do~n here. they have had good time stay
ing at home, perhaps they can realize and
enjoy aosoldiers life in dixie. Nothing to
do ana plenty Of time to do II, and we oil
get sixteen dollars per month aud found :,
II . man gets lost they send . CORPORAL and
guard after him. .Thearmy Is . fine place
to develope the muscle. We are iookinz
anxiously 10 see tho nan With the Green.
backs. as we have not seen his smiling face
for eight menths. and We sre al out Of
pocket money and begin to want some, bot
when we win getis Is hard to tell. Please
send rs down the report Of the discsssious
between the several Candidates. d we want
70 know how they make It. All the mem.
bers Of old Company K are enjoying good
health, and hoping this win And you the
came, Iremsin yours truly ~ ri:
TOM. GALLAGHER.
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hn's career for which even hs most infatu
atsd followers attempt no apology. For in
stance his oowardly stampede on board th'
gunboat Galena leaving bis retseating : rmy
To il kts; his keeping Fitz John Porter
corps Of "a, 900 men out OF the fight at An
tistam. and his refasAi to pursue Leess ar
my. when It was dicovered they were 70
trestinG and thirdly. hfs failure to reinforce
Porter's corps At the battle Of Gaines Mir.-
In regard to the hst a.med, it-~inIbe Irecol
ected that nearly TIE whole rebel army, led
by Stoaeyall Jack,Qa. fell on Porter'a corp,
OF - 900 a,ea and rsuled Il, While McCiel
Ian looked idly on. The corps made stub
born fight, and resisted the rebel onset fol
seven hours, but there Are limits to human
nature and endurance; $4,000 men were no,
sble TO whip 20 900 veterans, led BY Jack.
son, Lonkstfeet and am. About D. ~.
Mcclellan sent across the Chickahoniuy
smal ssintorcemsnt of two brigsdcs oI
about 5000 men; but these, after gallantly
fighting Aslf ID hqer ~,re oattffanked, and
swept away By the suiginy tide af rebels =
Gen. Porter, whsis one Of Nc Clellan's DO.
som friends, was constrained to sfy under
oath in relation to this bsttls, that shad he
been reinforced in tins with 15, 900 fresh
tronns, he would have won the field i,-op
9d W1M tAsn> wds hs nst 90 rein forced 5y
Gss. As0ssllass Why was = single army
corps left to hear uo assinst nearly the
whole rebSi strength from 10 q. m tin the
sun went down on that long Aumners day,
while 10000 men Of MsOlealaps army
stood listening tozthe thunder Of the strue.
gle, behind their defences facing Richmonds y
In front of this gpsst host of brave but i'm.
patient men Was a;thin line Of rebel skirm.
'shers. Who kept up = sham cannonade
from few deid piecss TIE road to Rich
mond was epen,it was only two hours
march to the city. Almost the entire rebel
army was engaged, miles away to the right,
with Porters corps II Mcclellan would
not reinforce Porter. why did he refuse to
give the order to march forward and seize
Richmond Then xss the golden moment.
But he frittered away his opportnni v and
did nothing. n that is generalship, what
would be poltroonery Or treacherys How
would Gen. Grant. or Sherman, or Sheri.
dan, have acted at the battle Of Gaines Millp
Would either Of them have stood irresolute,
sucking their thumbs, and doing, while the
enemy was slowly overpowering one wing
OF their armyf It is an Insult on the char.
acter of either Of these oticers-ti1e bare
insiRuatioa of such thing. NcCisjian's
conduct on that day richly merited . court
martial, which would have cashiered him
for incnmpetency or treachery. And yet
this is the military hero the Copperheads 8
are running for President. Is It any won
der that the rebels want him electeds He is
Just the style Of man they desire to have at
the head Of oHr Goyernmept - Chicago
Tribune. 81
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An eiA FaDlc Tor New TImes.
fur WOLF IN sHxsr's cLornrso; on, r4y
SBAss CANDIDATE m Hal. aEN. uNrSoRA
Awoif. disgusting himself IN the Xii of
ofa ahsep. ead sst.iag in among the 4dkk,
sasily caught and devoursd many Of them,
At ssst' the shTasEd discovered him, and
watched the opportunity TO throw ; moose
about hs neck, and immedisteiy hung hin
up on the branch Of s tres, Sons oihsr shep-
hsnds, observing what he was about, drew
nssr and expressed their surprise 1t it,
"BretAes Shephsrd =" ssys one cf them,
"what are yon hanging yosv shssps.' YNo,
replies the other. ''hst Il Ap hanging Z
volt IN sheep's elothing. and shan peyer Gail
TO do the Same whenever I can catch one oil
ths1 h hat gar6.', Yhs Shepherds then
exprssssd themselves pleased, and applaud
led the justiee OF the execution. T
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The Presidential contest was decided
Tassdsys u only ssusins 70 f'se tkoskh
tbs @otiops' op the 9th Of November,
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Look at the rebellion from beginning to
end, and you will find that It has been en-
gineered BY Democrats. You cannot for
get that James Buchanan, a Democaat was
President, surrounded by Democrat Cab.
met, while the rebellion was allowed to or.
ganize andto gather strength without in.
teruption. Whsrsysr you look now in
the rebellion. there you find the old Democ
racy, into which is absorbed John Bell and
his followers, srrayed against their country.
Look At individuals you vii; find the larger
half, constituting the controlling power OF
the old Democratic paSty, is now 10 arms
against their country. Look at States; you
will find that all now in rebellion were, q,
its outbreak, Democratic States. It is nat
ursl that the Northern associates and allies
ofthesc sehels should be engaged in devils
ing apologies for rebellion, Fellow citizens,
in all this vast Union, whether the Union
as il Was Or the Union IS tits. there IS net .
single Republican ip arms against the Gov
ernment ar syupathizing With those Who
are. THERE'S not traitor among them ~
Here Is distinction between the two par
ties. which is q broad . the space between
earth and heaven. Il is because the, demo-
cratic party is At this. moment SO utterly
misch,evous and disloyal. 50 really danger,
ous to our country, and so bitterly hostile
to liberty. that I speak thus plainly. Soft
words will not do in exposing that combina-
tion At Chicago, whore the two factions
commingled into one. Call them, if you
please Pharisses and Sa@dueeess.a They
are something more and something worse,
fpossibls. They are theunsr~ed guerrilla
bands of Jefferson Dsvis. who have stolen
into the Free States. Ihave used this Ian.
gnge before. II Irspsat il now. It Is be-
esaee | wish to put you on your guard
against these criminal maranders who, at
this moment Of peril. are ready to prey up.
on their eountry.-CAarles yumner.
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Rhoughts for Young Metz. v
Costly apparatus and splendid cs6inst.
have 10 magical power TO make scholars. -
In all srcuustansss, a. man, under God
Is the msster of hrs own fortune, 40 is iie
the maker of his own mind. The Creator
50 constituted the human inteieet THAT It cal,
grow oniv by Its own sction. and by It's
own action Il ~s% certainly and necessari.
ylgrow. Every sasn must, therefore. IA "a
important srnse. educate himself. His
books and teachers sre bat helps, Che xork
is'his. A nan Z not educaeed until he haa
the asility to isuhmoa. III case of emsrgen,
~, sii I'D mentsl power HI vigorous eser-
else, to effect his proposed object. I. Il mi
the man who has 'seen the most, Of who
has read tAs most, Who eau do this; such
sn one 4 in danger Of being borne down
like beast Of burden, BY ID osesloaded
mass Of other mems Thoughts. Nor Is It 1
man that can boast merely native vigor and
capacity. Tbs greatsst n an ~s1viors thal
went 10 the seigs q Troy had the pre- emf
nsnce not because nature had given him
strength, snd he carried the largest bow
tus ssisdicipline hal taught him hov !.
bend it.-Dasist N15sts,. ha
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t4EfA A~9A 13umn ~ 1mcBWsc>. .t~tttf u
The Washington corrssbsndeist of
the Cincinnati Commercial gets of the
following good one; 4,
In one of the hospitals in this city q
day or two ago, . wounded Virginia
rebel and wounded Pennsylvanian,
occupying adjoining beds, had . good.
hnmored verbal tilt, - fellows; e
Union-sSay. reb. where are yoq
ifomfs
Secesh1srm from virginis, the
best Stste in America" !' s.
Union-srhat's where old Floyd
came from, the old thief -.
ssos4A-eWhers are you from,
Yapk?1 a,sa m-,sse se =,
sss Union-sI'na from Pennsylvania. y
Sccesd-"Wsll, You needn't talk
ahoatold Floyd coming from Virginia
as long as old Buchanan came fro,o
Pennsylvania Don't you wish yoa
hadn't said apyth,mg, Yank?''
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-12-16
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

Paor Cliizals of the Senate and
House Of Representatives. !:
AGAIN the blessings of health and an
+foundant harvest claim our profound
fSl gratitude to Almighty God.
OUR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
1 The condition Of our foreign affairs
Z reasonably satisfactory. Mexico con-
7nues to be theatre of civil war,
|Nmle our political relations with that
country have undergone no change.
~ nave at the same time strictly
pam ii! tanned neutrality between the
AT the request Of the States of Costa
pea ana Nicaragua a competent engi-
peer has been authorized to make a
survey OF the river San Juan and the
port OF San Juan. 1t is a source OF
tSuSlacuon that the difficulties which
u Il moment excited some apprehen-
son and caused a closing of the inter
pceanlc transit route, have been ami
j aoly adjusted, and that there is good
prospect tina the route will soon be
e-opened with an increase of capaci
81 ana adaptation. We could not ex-
II 5eiale either the commercial or DO
~ ,'cn Importance of that great i'm
loyement
II would be doing injustice to al
pog'ant South American State, no
~Aaowledge the directness, frank
, ana cordiality with which tn,
-''ed States of Columbia have en-
'vu INTO intimate relations with thi
- o'erhment A Claims Convention
% Deeh constituted to complete tn
lullshed work of the one whicl
used It's session in 1861.
Inc new liberal constitution of Ven
-.la having gone mo effect with tn
-''ersal acquiesence of the peopl,
80 government under it has been rec
a 1u'@ed and diplomatic intercours
.'h II has arisen in cordial an
lendly spirit.
me long deferred AYES Island clail
r no oeen paid and discharged. MI
H payments have been made of til
Ems awarded by the late Joint Con
''a'on Tor the settlement of claims b,
zen The United States and PERI
H. earnest and cordial friendship e,
- - between the two countries, an
be en e emo, as We're in my power ha,
s, ~nu avert Threatened war betw G
cru ~ and Spain.
ourrelations are of the most frieu,
sen mature with Chill, the Argentir
,5 puonc' Bolivia, Costa Rica, Par
'@ pan Salvador and Hayti. Durir
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For tie Transcript.
THE RETREAT.

The eeht WAS DER; by traitors won
,n3nirht had long since hid the sun,
W, many thousand weary feet
We're to.ling on in quick retreat
There on the battles CORY plain
ra,r left their wounded and their slain;
viii many mile from that days fight
ua.t thoy biyouackcd for the night
v-,pped in their blankets ON the ground,
Tbardrcams were sweet, their sleep was sound,
rb.y dreamed not that ere mornings light
AGAIN they'd meet the foe in fight
And while they sleep, with steady tramp
The sentinos around the camp
Keen watch, and ward; DER those who sleep,
A t.rcless vigil do they keep.
Thew dream Of homo and many a friend
Alas too soon their dream shall end
The guard has heard the rifles crack;
Tborobel focis on their track
4 And quickly row midst loud alarms
II The long roll beats % arms 10 arms
Midst rattliug drums the captains shout,
a The foe is here turn ont turn put
u Nohcart in all that band will quail,
"A Tb.yl meet the foe with leaden hail;
Il Tleyudght them with their latest breath;
q Their MOTTO Victory or death ~.
& Quick into line the columns wheel,
II Ioai is the clash Of fixing STEEL
q Ihcrattling rod drives home the ball,
Il Then silence settles over all.
q They watch, they wait, they do not know
q Which way Will come the expected foe,
u A length there comes sullen clash,
y Midnight is lighted by the fash.
q tromdarkmouthcdg guns the sulphurous broatl
Hrns forth the messengers Of death.
Oar freamen think Of last nights rout;
And answer back defiant shout.
They proudly think Of PATRIOTS fame,
IS Aud boldly face that sheet Of flame;
n With steady front they meet the shock,
4 lis bu, the waves dash On the rock.
= "tdcye l05mas." Tie captains cry,
"A VITA steady hand and flashing eye,
n d. inward sweep tAat line Of steel,
Before its iiont the traitors reel.
81 3, Jas. 5 heard the welcome cry,
81 "I4e Zoe retreats, they fly they ly -
"a They're driven in their hurried fight,
81 Long past the field of their first fight.
81 Forgotten Is their last nights rout,
"a They on that field as yictors shout;
N Again triumphant is our flag,
81 And trailed in dust the traitors rag.
&. BDroc'.s, 81. ibaas, w., Dee. 0, 1864
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The liberal provisions made by Con-
gress for paying pensions to invalid
soldiers and sailors of the republic,
and to the widows, orphans and de-
pendent mothers of those who have
fallen in the battle, OF died of disease
contracted, or of wounds received in
the service Of their country, have been
diligently administered. There have
been added to the pension rolls dur
ing the year ending the 30th day OF
June last the name of 1910 invalid
soldiers and of 27l disabled seamen,
making the present number of army
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For the actual receipts and disburse-
ments for the first quarter. and the
estimated receipts and disbursements
for the three remaining quarters OF
the current fiscal year, and the gen
eral operations of the Treasury in de-
tail, refer you to the report of the
Secretary of the Treasury. / concur
with him in the opinion that the pro
portion of the moneys required to
meet the expenses consequent upon
the war; derived from taxation, should
be still further increased, and / ear
nestly invite your attention to this
subject to the end that there may be
such additional legislation as shall be
required to meet the just expectation
of the secretary. The public debt on
the first day OF July last, as appears
by the books of the treasury. amount
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faIor Cliizeas of the Senate and
House Of Representatives. :
again the blessings of health and an
abundant harvest claim our profound
ssl gratitude to Almighty God.