The weekly Ottumwa courier., 1865-11-16
j. w. NORRIS, ESQ.


NEWARK. NEW JERSEY
= -95 United States.
-.-,- - Nov. 9th, 1865.
j. .W. NORRIS, ESQ. - .-......
Dear So :-"Jubilatc Deo.' + can praise
God with my whole heart that Jersey
has been redeemed from the Copperhead
tlu,ldom in the words of the Pslamist. -a
II will give thanks unto thee, y Lord,
with my whole heart; I will speak of all
tliv marvellous works - "whiie our enc
n>i.s are driven back, they shall fall and
perish mt thy prescnre''--''for thOu hast
maintained our right and our cause : thdu
stsrt ins the throne that iudgcst right
''thou hast refuked the heathen. ana des-
troyed the ungodly thou hast PUT ulIG
their ssrine. forever and ever" so tiiou
enemy. acsirIl,tion has come To q Derpetre
aLcnd; evep rs the cities which thou hast
destroyed, their mem orial is persisted with
thent'--'.But the Lora shah end me for
ever; he hath also prepared his seat for
Judgement the Lord also will be a de-
frnSe. for the oppressed even refuge in
the time, of trouble--.'the hcathen are
sunk down in the pit. that they. made; in
the same net which they hid privilyvis
their foot taken -. -..-- ---- q" 90
When Iwrote TO you last Fall Ito which
am sorry To say yor did not vo'lchsafe 10
roidy4 proplnsi6d the result Of the then
coming election in this State. e.and although
not,aitogether correct, enough 10 aencCNr-
agedhe heart of every loyal Jersnvnian
We have again met the enclfv, and they
nre-ours--.the result is their rout and total
discomfiture, with. a loss to Their! OF in
.'mssimr' above II ,0i9, or in other words
their.tiaitflc McCIellan's'' majority in this
State wns I, ,2S9 one year ngo--Iiow We lntve
elected our Governor .Afarcus H.. Ward,H
witiarmajority of 3 30 I.bs-JJ7ihql ana
TOHaCled in the battle have not been COURT
ed---yotr cu1i-at beast 1dnttle 1iren abovc.--
Nsw,Jersey is in the Union at last, and we
rahimldrry our head and say, Il too am "a
United States citinen.'' On Saturday last
we i,att he lastmrctiIIg in the campaign
at which speeches7were delivered 10y Major
Gt1l. Waite ridge, the 'tgrc3tt war horse of
Deanecr,eN' once called. IMnj. Gen. Hook=
fr,,Mai. 6;cn. logan of Illinois. antfrlfuj.
G.s,. Hitpatrief oftlis State. The largest
's'sh 't'''''' '"ff "iCN 'N i'Ni s'tt
Court House waa filled by 9 clock, and
twol I+l4s7 near hy were taken and filled
and5with ian equal number i'm the street
ana,with two full brass bands, you may
he sure that we had jolly time. The So
c"ttest Democrats headed their pia(y)cstrd
'.,N--~-- A. i,ut they must nave
thought that Ue We're Off "hadr they drop
pedSin that night ''I}y the wity' the
night befire~ they svere 'favored" with ~
spees.lr from your I"great gun of .Iowa''
Ien1y Ctdy Dean. I was bOred by him
once. and therefore hadn't the curiosity to
go and hear,hinl again. On the night of
the edny of battle your correspondent call
ed Htthe "Headalarters'' of the Copper
heads ''to take notes, - and "A more discon-
ISOLATE set he never did see--nOt cheer for
anyone, exceptsat the close oftheir meet
lng,but they called for, of course, -''three
groans for the nigger' which no one had
The hekindness torespond to. One man asked
WHAT'S the prospect? the reply
was "it seems to beencOuraging'-a and in
the,same breath said, "The 21,d Ward that
gave us 26 majority last Fall now gives 200
against u.s. and the 18th. has gone Black
Hepublcan by 600 majority, ''it seems to
he 7ericouragingI' Your correspondent
''ditth't see'it in that light" Two hours
later on going up to that same" Headuuar-
1"rS he found thatthe most Oft the party
hhdErone away to "drown'' their sorrows
rs theY. k,som ~clt hoarto do II. the balance
evidently preparing for wake Or funer-
nj. , i'hc door-keeper said the "Minister''
was inside; that the "Gigadier Brindle
Bctt R'taVon, ,'as Gen. Fitzpatrick calls him
was ''lliIt.o0n a,. 'a9- .- .. .-
WIFI contrast TO thc meeting Mt the
Headquarters ofthe Union mem 1t was
so crowded that il was really dangerous
for person to be in any other position
than Between the seats, ami such cheering,
singing and speeches. &c. as would sal
most bring the dead to life. At half past
two a. m.. Wednesday, n large procession
was forned with music lanterns and
fireworks, proceeded to the residences of
our Governor elect, and you may be sure
thatbut few ofthe number saw their lJnds
before morning. To-day (Thursday) the
7e'saiRs Of The enemy have been taken up
to their last resting place. A procession
was formed proceeded by a splendid kedrse
containing a coffin, with representation
of departed work." and with the band
playing the ID ad March, the "body',-
was, laid in grave prepared for it--may it
Tor til. party it represented) )"requiescentin
pace The "Boys. in. Blue will take
care that our late (Mis) Governors shall
not get the upper hand. 1t will take
long time for them to forget that they for
bid them the privilege of voting at the
Presidential election, and also resolution
in their platform ''that the Southern States
i'm their late rebellion had forfeited none Of
their rights" =. Perhaps, JEFF. Davis"
thinks he has not forfeited any Of his
rights. hope he may get his Rights-the
right kjpd--Such, as our President. Andy
Johnson said traitors ought to get. ] sup
pose the telegraph or the papers have given
You the substance of all that l have writ
ten, but for "Auld Lang Synes' sake
thought Iwould drop you u line while l
felt i'm the humor 1t is now midnight, SO
with remembrance to all inquirers,
am very truly yours,
.35lT8 " NJ. II. .ELMENDORF.
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