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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-02-09
From Our Young Folks.
David MalsOnl.

Who Of my young friends have read the
sorrcwful story Of Enoch Arden," so sweet.
ly and simply told by the great English po.
ct? II is the story of a man who went to
sea, leaving behind a sweet young wife and
little daughter. lie was cast away on .
desert island. where he reW,'ned several
years, when he was discovered, and taken
off by passing vessel. Coming back to
his native town, he found his wife married
to an old playmate,=a good man, rich and
honored. and with whom she was Lying
happily. The poor man, unwilling to cause
her pain and perplsxity, resolved not to
make himself known to her, and lived and
died alone. The poem has reminded me Of
a very similar story of my own New Eng.
land Reighborhood, which have often
heard, and which vil' try to tell. not in
poetry, like Alfred Tennyscnis but ia my
own poor prose. I can assure my readers
thatin its main particulars il is true tale
One bright summer morning, more than
threescore years ago, David Matson, with
his young wife and his two healthy bare.
footed boys, stood on the. hank of the river
near their dwelling. They we're waiting
there for Pe'atiah Curtis to come round the
Point with his whsrry. and take the has
band and father to the Port, few miles be.
low. The Lively Turtle was about to sail
on voyage to Spain, and David was TO 90
in her as mate. They stood there in the
level morning sunshine talking cheerfully !;
hut had you been near enough, you could
have seen tears in Anna Matson's blue eyes,
for she loved her husband, and knew there
was always danger on the sea. And Da-
viIs bluff. CHEEKY voice tIembled little
now and then, for the honest ssilor loved
his snug home on the Aesripsck. with tse
dear wife sAd her pretty boys. But pres.
emily the wherry came alongside, and Da.
vid was just stepping into it. when he turned
back to kiss his wife and ohildssn. snee
more.
"In with you. mar" said Pelatiah Curtis.
There's no time for kissing and such fool.
cries when the tide seryee.n
And SO ihsy parted. Anna and the boys
went back to their home. and David to the
Port, whence be sailed aff in the Lively
Turtle. And mouths passed. autumn fol.
lowed the summer, and winter the autumn,
and then spring came, and anon It was
summer on the riverside, and be did not
come back. And another year pssssd. and
then the old sailors and fishermen shook
their hsssda solemnly, and said that the
Lively Turtle was lost ship, and would
never come back to port. And poor Anna
had her bombazine dyed black, and her
straw bonnet trimmed in mourning ribbons.
and thenceforth she WAS known only ~ the
Widow Matson.
And how was II all this time with David
himselfs
Now yoa pYst know that the Mohamme.
dan people af +lgiers and Tripoli. and No.
gadore and Sal'ee, on ths Bsrbary coast
had for = long time been in the habit Of fit
ting out gs4eys and srmsa heats to esis.
upon the merchant vessels Of Christian M.
| tons, and make slaves Of their crews ,nd
passengers, just ~ men calling tbemsclye,
Christians in America were sending res
sels TO Africa 70 catch black slaves for thei,
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The Avengers Of the Sens.


The following from Abbott's Life of
Napoleon Bonaparte, is curious re.
miniscence:
"After the Emperor had declared
his intention of going to the United
States, the Baron Fleury said: But
will the English allow you to cultivate
your field in peace !? You have made
England trernble. As long as q y YOU ID are
alive, or at least at liberty. she will
dread your genius. The Americans
love aud admire you. You havs great
influence over them. You might. Derss
haps, excite them to enterprises fatal
to England What enterprise p re-
Piled the Emperor. 'The English well
know that Americans would lose their
lives to man in defense of their ma.
tive soil. But they are not fond of
carrying on foreign warfare. They
are not yet arrived to pitch to give
the English any serious uneasi uess =
At some future day, perhaps, they will
be the avengers of the seas"
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Our readers have been already informed
that two gentlemen from Chicago. viz
Messrs. Tichenor and Gano, had discovered
Petroleum within a few miles Of Des Moines
and that Specimen ofthe crude oil found
oy them could be seen at any time during
business hours at this Office. The facts
connected with this important discovery are
as follows: About five years since, Mr..
TIicch.esnor. who was engaged in extensive
explorations for mineral lands in the West
visited Iowa, and while camping one night.
not far from the Des Moines River, he no.
t,ced that the Goals from his camp fire bad
ignlted the gas or oily substance of spring
near by, and the fame thus originated con.
tnued some time. As the existence of,
crude oil in the earth had not at that time
become known to any great extent, Mr.. T.
attached little Importance to the Incident
Spce, however, Petroleum has become the
great staple Of the country. rivaling in val
We the gold product Of California, Prkes'
Peak. and idaho, combined, the incident
has been recalled to his memory. and in ex-
ploring the contiguous lands, he and his
companion, Mr.. Gano, one day last week
found on Spring Greek. near its source,
about seven miles from this city, at spring
whichls one Of the feeders of the Greek.
outcroppings Of Petroleum of a superior
quality. By means of flannel blanket
they gathered from the surface of the water
about two gallons of the oil, which .hey
brought to this city. Their faith in the ex-
istencs of extensive deposits ST Petroleu IN
was so strong that they leased about Eve
thousand acres of the contiguous territory.
and haye started for Chicago for machinery
with which to sink wells. .r--e .a,g, .
Since the development of rock oil in
Pennsylvania. Ohio, and Western Virginia,
we have believed that the same product
could be found in limitless guam titles ia
the Valley Of the Des Moines, which is un-
derlaid by the finest deposits Of Bituminous
Coal to be found anywhere in the Vest
At what depth the oil may be found, Of
course nothing but actual test can determ-
inc; but before reaching the bed rock, or
Potts lam formation, two strata Of sand.
stone will probably have to be pierced, and
and this may involve boring to point, be-
low the surface ranging from two to Eve hun.
dred feet. >l "N"'
This subject is one of immense imp ,rt.
ance to Des Moines, and indeed the whole
Des Moines Valley. and to the extent that
experiments may be made, the wealth Of
this already favorable region may be de-
veloped to point that will cause the old.
est inhabitants to open his eyes in woader :
State Register. ' t iFr5 |'.a
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mead Quarters 3D. Brigade, 4th Division. nth a
rocosAfIeo, 6. O., Jan.I7th. 1885.
The officers on duty at, and con.
|nee'ed with the Headquarters OF this
Brigade, desire to express to his rela-
tlves and friends the regret they feel
upon the loss of Capt. Roger B. Kel.
logg, of A Co. 18th Iowa Infantry
Veteran Volunteers, late picket officer
OF this Brigade, and at The time of his
death on the same duty at Division
Headquarters. Captain Kellogg was,
our intimate personal friend. We kne w
him and respected him ss an officer
we confided in him as companion
we found him faithful as a friend.
With fine personal appearance and
great physical ability, there was com ),
bined rare amiability of character
and tsslf facility Of attaching close to him
al! into whose society he was thrown,
Brave-alas ! too brave !-earnest in
devotion to duty-prompt in enforcing
orders, but yet as prompt to obey them,
he came, we think, as near fulfilling
the requirements of his position as any
man we ever saw. He fell, m1ortally
wounded, near Pocotaligo, South Car.
olina, on January l4th, 1865, and died
at Beaufort on January l6th, at noon.
Arranging all his affairs; remembering
among his last words, his sister, his
brother, and one other whose sadness,
now, no words of ours can relieve. he
died the death, as he had lived the
life Of a soldier Our sincere sympa.
thies are with those who knew him
and loved him as we'll as we, and who
he knew and loved. a's E5..s' ''fsa $3.50
WIZ W. BELKNAP.
-,s..- -s Brig. Gen. Vols. Com'dg Sd Brig. 10.
o. D. KIVSMAN
-#y9E 20 teaE y Capt. and Asst. Adjt Gent -
VIZ. II. GOoDRELL, nal
IL" Lit. 10th Iowa, Brig. Picket Oficer.
fas o.n, ,.,, ALoNzo ). POPE.
oap'. 18th Iowa and Brig. Insp ector.
af"f H.C. McARTHUR
E.ra --..g a LIST 1t. 18th Iowa, Aid de Camp.
EDWARD J. .RAGsDALE,
l'tLt 10th Iowa, Aid de Camp.
.s.....rr... 4 49, w. B. PoMERoY. +g
1st 1t. 11th Iowa, and A. A. ON
, rsiva =. &C. w. KEPLER, sfi 5H.f
lst 1t. 18th Iowa, Pro. Mar. Sd Brig rf
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ha, ha livery good; that's very good. We'll
well, win give you something Where
upon he drew his check for $500.
In 1885, being in Europe, be sailed from
Havre for New York. Head winds and
boisterous seas kept the vessel. beating and
tossing about in the channel for many days
The old man Was both seasick and alarmed
He asked, the captain to run in and Isnd
him on the coast Of England. The captain
dissuaded, him, but he was urgent and d.
last said: 7 will give you thousand dol.
lars to put me aboard pilot boat o The
captain finally agreed to do so, provided
they did not get OUT Of the channel by the
next morning. A wind sprsng up during
the designated time and. the vessel was safe
out at sea. Another gale came up, howev.
e, scd sths ship vss slong tue western
coast Of Ireland. Astor now offered the
captain $4,000 to put him on the Emerald
Isle. In vain the captain remonstrated.-
At last the gale having somewhat a,ated,
he yielded. Mr.. Astor went into the cabin
and wrote what was expected tr be daft
Tor teri Thousand dollars in favor of the own
ersfof-ihe ship or The agent in New York.
i Was. however, totally illegible. What
is this q asked the Captain. "a draft upon
my son for $40 0.000s' 'But no one can read
IT, oh yes, my son will know what it is,
My hand trenbles so that I cannot write
any better! i'Bur,' said the Captain, .You
can at least write your name. Let one of
the gentlemen draw up draft in proper
form; you sign il and will put you ashore
This he would not consent to do, and 20 the
affair dropped. When off the coast of New.
Foundland, two thirds of the way home, the
old gentleman was, still frightened and
screamed out to the Captain who was hail.
ing the other vessel, Tell them I will give
thousand dollars if they take passenger
He lived to March, %, 1s4s. when be
died in his S5th year. Dur ing few years
previous his mind had been SERIOUSLY i'm.
paired. He was nurse. like child at wo-
sss"u . osSoSts nuu tOSSeu III u Dla0ket 10r
exercise. His property was mainly left to
his own family, the greater pare to his son
William B. Astor, so as to keep it united.
The whole estate was estimated at twenty
millions and is now probably double that
amount. Seven hundred houses in New
York city belong to Mr.. Astor. The chief
legacy was one Of s46o, 600 to found the
Astor Library. The next largest, $50, 900.
was bequeathed to his natiye village Of Wal.
dorf, to found a home forpoor people, and
$4,000 was left TO the German Institution
Of New York. To his old friend and man.
ager, Fitz Greene Halleck. the poet. he LEFT
the strange legacy Of 5000 per annum for
life. This sum Mr.. w. B. Astor. at once
increased to 81 900. The same more liber.
al heir voluntarily gave to the sea captain,
VINO had saved M. Astor so much money,
handsome sum of money, for he was not
mentioned ia the old mans will.
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SMALL P0x.-The Palmer Jourps)
in speaking Of the small pox. and
cure for it, says: "About sixty cases
of small pox have been treated at the
State AlRshouse during the past three
months, with . single fatal result, and
that waa in the case of man who
was taken there in the last stages of
the disease, from neighboring town.
The remedy used in all these cases
was q tea made from plant known in
medicine a. "Sarraoenia Purpurea. a
familiarly called Ladies' Saddle or
Water Cup, the root OF which is the
remedial part This remedy is q new
discovery in medical science, and has
been used with cxcellent effect else
where. The effect Of the remedy is
to sllay the fever and irritation caused
by the formation Of pustules, the latter
drying away rapidly, leaving slight, II
any, traces Of the d;sease.n :
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Married the Wrong Ladv.

Love is a very uncertain thing, and it is
not safe to be too certain Of the symptoms
until they are unmistskable. The following
will explain our meaning bia7 oeSlf - {
Vienna has been stirred up, lately, by the
comical result of 4 strange love story. It
seems that in the house of one Herr Kuhne,
a teacher Of languages, DR.. Kant, a young
lawyer. happened to make the acquaintance
Of aflady, burdened with some property and
thirty years. The lady being unmarried,
evinced particular interest in the young, shy,
and rather abashed man of law. She made
love to him, in fact, very strongly, and per-
suaded him to visit her at her house. But
Alas he loved another lAdy. One evening,
while conversing with the doctor, she said /:
with your favorable idea of matrimony.
may | ask if you ever thought of marrying
yourself2'l
DR.. Kant sighed, and his eyes resting on
the ground, hesitatingly muttered in reply
II have already thought of marrying, and
made my clioice, but"
"But - he continued. "the lady is rich,
very rich, and am poor. am afraid
could hardly aspire to her hand and rather
than allow myself to be taxed with sordid
designs. | will bury my passion in my
breast and leave it unavowed forever {.
At an early hour the following day, she.
however, betook herself to solicitor, and
in legal form, declared her wish to present
and hand over her property. the sum Of
10000 guilden-(elb, ,ooO-to Dr.. Kant.
When the document had been signed, coun.
tsrsigned, and duly completed, she sat down
IN the Office, and enclosing it in an elegant
envelope. added . note to the following ef.
fect: "Dear sir--I haye much pleasure in
enclosing paper which | hope will remove
the obstacle in the way of your marriage.
Believe me, &C.. Alace Martini" DR. Kant.
for he and no other was the addressed was
the happiest man in the world on receiving
this generous epistle. % Repairing at once to
parents of Fraulein Flschel, the lady of his
love. he proposed for and received the hand
OF girl who had long been fiattered by his
delicate though unmoved attenti His
reply to Frsnlien Martini, besides conveying
his sincerest thanks, contained two cartes
de visite, linked together by the magnificent
rose colored ribbon. Miss Martini forth.
with sued the happy bridegroom for resh.
tuition, but, ss no promise of marriage had
beer made. the case was BY two succe ssive
courts decided . ,ainst her.
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Fhe premonitory symptoms Of the disease
Of which Edward Everett died. manifested
themselves some time since. He has long
been almost entirely unsble to sleep, and his
only relief was to get M 10 the night and
read. j4 r. ..l ,t.,ts ~. =, 4.
Alexander Dumas fhe Younger, Is sbout tc
marry a Russian Princess. named Nariskini
One hundred and five torpcdoes hare been
taken opt of the Roanoke river. Shocking
plaos.. sge8 asnfg !, .q,r. -. arr
Q!e Bull. afeer sn absence Of many years,
recently played at Berlin. ~.
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The Archduks LOUIS ,s Joseph Of Austri, i
dead.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-02-03
Dowry According to Weight.

| The following incident is related in the De-
cember number of the Continental Monthly
| There is romantic incident in the early his
| tory of Massachusetts,, which has been often
! told Money was scarce, and in 652 the Cen
eral Court passed law FOR the coinage IF six
l,ences and shillings Capt. John Hull was ap-
pointed the mint master, and was te have one
Shilling in every twenty for bis labor. All the
old silver in the colony, worn out plate batter
ed tank ards, buckles, and spoons, and especial
" the bu llion seized by the buccaneers then sail
ING the Sp 1nish Main (for all was honest that
came 10 Hurs melting pot,) was brought in
for coinage. ID the mint master rapidly grew
to be the mIio .laire Of the colony, and suifors
came from far and wide for the hand Of his
daughter. Among them was Samuel Sewall,
who was the favoriie of the plump and buxom
Miss Hull, the mat m 9ster, roughly gave bis
consent; ''Fake her." SAIL he, land you will
find her a heavy burden enough The we'd
ding day came, and the capt,un, tightly but
toned up with shilIings and sixpe0ces, set in his
grand-tathers chair till the cerem MY was con-
clud9d Then he ordered lis servant To bring
in huge pair of scales. "Danghter," said
the mint master ''go into side of the scales"
Mrs. Sewall obeyed, and then the mint master
had his strong hox brought In, an immense IRON.
bound oakeE chest, which the servants were
obliged TO drag over the floor Then the mint
master unlocked the chest and ordered the SER
wants TO ill the other side Of the scales with
shiiiings and sixpences. Plump Mrs. Sewali
bore down hard upon her side Of the scales,
but still the servants shoreed in the bright,
fresh pine.tree shillings, until Mrs. SewaH be-
gan to rise Then the mint master ordered
them 10 forbear. ''Ihere, son SewaIl," said
the magnanimous old money maker, ''take
these shiings for my daughters portion. Use
her kindly, and thank Heaven for her for it is
not every wife that is worth her weight in sil-
YER" And Master SewalI took Mistress Sc
walland thiry thousand pounds mot avoirdupOis,
but sterling
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BEDFORD, Pa, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1865,

one was always before her. One by one, she
sold all her little articles of value-di sposed of
all those little things which had made he" rooms
SO pleasant when she and John and baby were
all 50 happy together Then, when there was
nothing left, she sank down in slow, nervo Us
fever. After it was generally known hat Airs.
Elmer was destitute and sick, few neighbors
began TO drop in 70 try and do something for
the unhappy woman; but tardy conscience bad
failed TO remind them Of their duty unit! it was
too hate to aid her. She died-this broken
hearted wife of the couscript, withJohn's name
and that Of the baby on her lips. She said she
was going to meet them in country where all
was peace. And yet what matters it? There
are just such hcart-aches and heart-breaks all
over Me land. II is not one woman alone who
goes down to the grave hroken-hear;ed not
merely one orphan thai suffers hunger and cold.
Oae among many is Marian Elmer-only one.
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CARELESS WRITING.

We note from the recent report of the Post
master General an extraordinary amount Of
carelessness on the part of the letter wiring
community. Three million FIVE hundred and
eight thousand were received of dead letters
during the last year; many of which contained
money, deeds, checks, jewelry and other valu-
ables Some of them were misdirected, others
not directed at all, Others unstamped aud 9TH
.ers only partially directed. Thousands Of these
were rp;urned to The writer's, but the great ma
jority were destroyed. These facts shohld teach
the public to be more careful in tier cores
pondence; for the amount of suspense and suf-
ferng occasioned by these lost letters is inealeu-
liable; and officials are censured where the fault
rests with the authors.
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A BIG THING IN OIr~-The Oil City Reqister
notices report that S4.000000 has been Of
fered and refused for the Smith farm, which is
located just above the Reed and Crswell we'll.
and adjoins the lands Of the Cherry Run Pc
troleum Company. 1t embraces fifty acres and
was bought a little over year ago for 50, 500.
The farm yiellsthe owners royalty of $l.50O
DAY; consequently they are not in needy cir
eumstances by any manner or means The
well alluded to above sold, a short time since,
for $65O,O00 Two years ago the property
was offered at $500, without being able to
secure purchaser.
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THE BEDFORD GAZETTE
:. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING
NV EB.Ka MEYERS.

A, ,he following terms, TO wit;
Sc 90 per apnuu,, ii paid strictly in advance.
s.. so # paid within 6 montfs; sS-oO il ho' pau
v..niu months
r~+No .ubsctiptienta tor less than SIX mon'ns
n~No paper dstontiEuet until al atfeafases ar ere
u.iI anless an the option Of the publisher u has
been decided by The United States Courts taa. 'hT
s.oppsge ol newspaper ~l'hout ,ue Pas -, !.
srrearsges, is prime Jae's e'luei'S u ''@'e anu
criminal offence.
r7-The courts have decided that persons are ae
opn-abIe for The subscription price Of newspapers
d them f,om the post ofhce, whether ihey
subscribe for them, or mol.
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DaN'T LIKE HIS Looks.-A sheriff was
once asked to execute writ against a Quaker.
On narrving at his house, he saw the Quskers
wife. who in reply TO the inquiry whether her
husband was at home said he WAS nj the same
time she requested him to be seated, and her
husband would speedily see him. The otfcer
waited patiently for some time, when tue fair
Qaakeress coming into the room, he remind
ed her of her promise that he might see her
husband
'Nay, friend, promised that he would see
thee. He has seen thee He did not like thy
looks, therefore he avoided thee, and hath De-
parted from, the house by another path.
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FARMERS WHO DON'T READ r.iE NEWSPAPERS.
The worst instance Of Ignorance, resulting
from not taking tie papers, we have heard of
lasely happened the other day. A farmer want
ed TO sell his place, and asked $500 for IT,
Another farmer offered him SIS, in gold for
it, but be would not take it, insisting that he
must have his price. A few days after, buy
er came along, and gave him s., 500 il paper
money for the farm. Had he taken the So 600
in gold, the principal with the premium at this
time, would have amounted to 81 800 Some
men are born wise, and some otherwise En-
elangc
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Buslncss Car0s.
.JosFPH w. TATE,

1TT6P yBy AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA
WIN pronp,Iy aitend 10 collections and AL nusl-
cess entrusted 70 bis are ID bedo'd ana auJolhihs
C,.b rdvsrced on ad gments, notes. military and
other claims. r-..;,. Ie. r.
senb s, on Beoforo Railroad Farms and "ni"OFove
land rom one 10 80 "cfFs 20 SUI,
nfEce nearly opposite lie hehsei no''i anu
B,hk Of Reed x Scheii.
Apru / IS64-iy
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]. 2. puTIRoRRoW.

ATToR EEY IT La ", BEDFoRn "a:
Office one ,oot South Of the tNergei Hop'"'
VIII attend promptly 10 business +h'r"S'eu 70 MS
saI- in Bedford ana adjoining founf'"s
Having also he.n rrgUl IT, hc-hsp" !" P,"sr,"
viii he eisso to the eorcti N Of Military claims OF
Ec April l. 1864.
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=. M MARBoURG, M. D.

LSBURG P h,
Tenders MS professional services TO che people Of
;hgr place and vicinity. Office immed jsisiy op7o-
site The store of John 2. Co'vin, in t9e room for
netly occupied by j. Henry Schel.
lhIu 1854
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q & SPATG.

ATTORNEY AT Law. BEnF ORD, PA
Will promptly attend to cosstions ana al ~ i ous'-
ass entrusted to ais ca re in Bedford a ID aaoiairs
ccunties -.
nz-0fFce on Tui,ana Street, three oofs sou'',
al 1engsl House, opposite the r. -sdrnce ei
urs. Tate. Nay ,, 1854.
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M q. POINTS,

ATTOR yEY at Law, BEDFORD, Pa.
Respectfuly of-ls A,s professional services 'e thr
public,
oz-OHce with ]. W Lingeptelier, ESQ. on JUL.
street tao doors 50 u,h Of the Mensel House.
Bedford, Dec 8, 1854.