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Der Demokrat. (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1868, 1865-03-09

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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-09-07

Mr.. A. A. Bradley, Mail Agent on the
Iowa Division Of the Chicago and North
western Railway, has invented plan
whereby mail bags are taken from the
railroad stations while the trains are run
ming al fuilspccd, Il very desirable arrange
ment as regards those way stations where
express trains do not stop. The expert
ment has been tried on tho Illinois Central
Railroad with the permission and at the
cost of the company, who are DESTROYS to
aid the department in the test of this val
liable experiment. 1t proved complete
success. Tho engine, with a car to which
was attached the apparatus, was run at
various rates of speed, and in every in
stance the exchange WAS completely and
satisfactorily made in the presence of a
number of gentlemen who were present
to witness the performance. The mail
pouch contained IA wait Of contents some
what heavier than what is usually packed
in a poush for exchangc; and il seems from
the facts demonstrated that the utmost ra-
affect the operation of the apparatus, which
is extremely simple and not liable to get
out of order at any time.
This novel improvement, when fully in
troduccd will work great changes in The
postal service all over the country, in which
the railroad companies, and public special
~, should have great interest.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-09-07
Funeral Of Gen. Croker.

| The last rites of friendship and love Owe
the remains of Gen. NJ. NJ. Croker, wer,
performed in this city on Sunday. 1t was
the request of Mrs. Crocker that the obse-
quies should be short and simple. The ex.
ercises proper began at halfpast three by
appropriate vocal music by Il selected choir
| Rev. Thompson Bird read suitable pass.
ages of scripture, and addressed few re.
marks to the mourning assemblage. Gen
Croker was II man, he said, beloved by
the people of this city and the whole State
Any honOrs within their gift would have
been checrfully bestowed. We should
never again know our hOnOrcd fellow citi-
zen in person. Mr.. Bird then spoke touch
ingiy ofthe instruction we should gather
AT the grave of this lamcnted officer. How
short was time, how feeble the threads OF
life, how uncertain and unsatisfactory all
the relations, the hopes, the ambition and
the hOnUrs Of this world, and how all-im-
portant ii was for us by the remains of the
hOnored dead, To direct our thoughts and
purposes To heaven.
Rev. j. a. Nash led the concourse in fer
vent and impressive prayer, thanking Al
mighty God that He had preserved the one
whom they mOurned through the dangers
of the battlefield, and had permitted him
TO live 10 see his labors rewarded, and to
behold his country in the enjoyment OF
peace, invoking His rich blessings upon
the land, His conscientious and grace to the
bereavod, and that all present might be
fully prepared for the day when the arch
angel should sound the trumpet summon
ing all the earth 10 the judgement bar. The
choir then sung Il hymn, and the coffin was
closed. BY direction Of Gen. j. NJ. futile,
who had charge Of the ohsequies, Col. T..
Benton, Jr., G oil. J. NJ. GrifIiths. Lieut.
Col p Hudson, Lieut. Col G A Stewart.
Capt II II Grifliths, and Major G North,
acted as pail bearers.
The order of procession was AZ follows:
Military in charge of the corpse; Gen.
Crocker's horse with empty saddle; Fam
lily and relatives of deceased; Clergy of the
City; United States, State and city officials;
MaSuus; odd Fellows; Members Ofthe Bar;
Citizens on foot Citizens in carriages
SiXty-cnc carriages Were in the process
ion which followed the remains 10 the
grave, and the cortcye moved TO the mea-
sured notes Of appropriate dirges by the
Dcs MOines band. At the grave the clos
ing ccremonials were under the direction
Of the Orders of Masons and odd Fellows,
Of both of which organizations Gen. Crock
er was an honored menber.-.Sfatc Re1is-
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-09-07

The Fredericksburg (Va.) Ledger O.
Tuesday publishes the following letter Of
Gen. Joseph Il. Johnston:
Buffalo Springs, MecklenLurg Co. Va
Aug. IL 1865.
You ask my views of the future course
and future interests of US all. The case is
so plain that very little can be said or writ
ten upon it.
We, OF the South, referred the question
Mt issue between us and the United States
to the arbitrament of the sword.
The has been made and it is against us.
We must acquiesce in that decision, accept
1t AS final, and recognize the fact that Vir-
ginia is again one of the United States.
Our duties and interests coincide. We
shall consult the one and perform the other
by doing all that we can to promote the
welfare Of our neighbors and to restore
prosperity to the country.
We should at once commence the duties
OF peaceful citizens upon some useful pur-
suit, qualifying ourselves to vote if posi-
bic, and at the polls our votes should be
cast for Conservative men-men who I'M
derstand and will maintain the interests OF
Virginia as one of the United States.
This is the course which i have recon-
mended to all those with whom / have
conversed on the subject, and that which [
have adopted for myself as far as practical
BILE. Very truly yours,
j. Il. JOHNSTON.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-09-07
Last Hours of Gov. Brough.
Cor. of the Cincinnati Commercial. ]

IGOR. OF The CINCINNATI Commefcial.l
Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 30.
The scenes of Governor Brough's last
illness, some of them touching in the eX-
treme to the sensibilities Of every gener-
Gus heart, were alike a vindication of his
private personal integrity and his political
acts. 1t was after the grave and probable
fatal character of his disease had been fully
made known to him in the most consider
ate manner by the kind, gentle, Christian
hearted gentleman, on whom he implicitly
relied for medical counsel, that he engaged
him in those cordial spiritual eommunions
which gave flat contradiction to whatever
of flippant scandal partisan hate had en-
gendered.
After an earnest and deeply affecting
prayer. addressed to the Throne of Grace,
for strength to bear with resignation all of
pain and deprivation that it pleased the
Heavenly Father to send, he said 10 his
adviser: doctor, your diagnosis isproba-
! bly, correct, and in q few days, perhaps
hours, l shall be called before an impartial
Judge. My life has boon an active one, and
for twenty years L have never sought my
pillow al night without first seeking for
giveness of God for those errors, and ask
| ing that He would give me strength for the
disclatge of all my duties
Such was the man whose demise the
people of Ohio mourn to-day. In some OF
the hours of delirium, there was strange
mingling of unpleasant recollections and
painful fancies ''The soldiers are killing
me standing on that foot he would say;
then, as if correcting himself, mo, not the
privates, they were always with me, but
the disappointed and worthless officers,
who couldn't get promotions as fast as
they wanted Sometimes, rallyng from
itsu5o % +. ol MS posi-
ton. and his intellect would alone shine
out with almost more than its accustomed
brilliancy. Then he would discuss mat
tiers of State with energy, but as soon as
he felt sense of relapse come over him,
he would say, II am in no condition now
to talk of such business and entirely re-
linquish the subject.
lie bore the repeated operations to which
he was subjected with uneXampled pa
thence and fortit1de. His strength, which
had kept up most remarkably, failed him
almost suddenly n few hours before his
death. His last hours were pcaccable.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-09-07
TELEGRAPHIC.
Especial to Evening Courier.l
Iann .rir,r, Can't

burlington, Sept. 5.
1t may not be without interest to your
readers to state that telegraph line is soon
to be built from Keokuk through Ottum-
wa, along the Keokuk & Des Moines Val
ley railroad, ultimately connecting with
the Pacific line ut Des Moines. The con-
tract between the Illinois e. Mississippi
Telegraph Company and the Keokuk u
Des Moincs Valley railroad, it is under
stood, has been completed, and it is de-
signed at once to begin the construction of
the line. This will give Ottumwa two tel
egraphic connections with the rest of the
world: one via Keokuk, and one via Des
Noines In addition to the present line
via Burlington, il is also contemplated add
ing a second wire, at an early day on the
Burlington & Missouri line, to provide for
the increasing commercial business, and
also furnish another outlet for the Califor-
MIA line when the latter is interrupted be-
tween Chicago and Des Moines by storms
or otherwise, and TO relieve pressure on
the single wire now in use, which is fire.
uuently inadequate to meet the wants OF
both the railroad company and the public.
This line will also be extended westward
next year from Ottumwa, so that your
city Ill soon be the largest telegraphiC
center i'm Iowa.
With such ample facilities the citizens OF
Ottumwa and vicinity may naturally en-
pect to more than maintain their presen,
standing as a wide-awake people. and tho
Courier should be patronized so literally
that it may be able to reach out and seize
hold of these opportunities and by its on
] tnrnriza raf!act credit upop the westa"'' 49,
| pOrium ii represents.
| " ,DLYrn
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-09-07
The Gable.

We presume it was twO mOnths-not ten
as reported-which Capt. Anderson fixed
as the time necessary to provide graphing
gear forthe cable and repair the Great East
ern. There has been no account of any
serious accident to the big ship. and it GER
tainly could not take ten months to get up
machinery for hauling in the cable. They
might build frigate in that time. Be-
side which, Capt. Anderson proposes to
have IL new cable made and laid in May
noxt-which is not ten months hence
But whatever he said, it is clear the exper-
iment has been abandoned for this wear.
On the proctica bilty of laying the cable in
the Fall or Winter months, Capt. Ander-
sons opinion will probably be accepted as
final, and he thinks it useless to make the
attempt. He has "everv confidence in the
future success of the cable" by which we
suppose he means the success of a future
cable. 1t is all well enough to talk about
raising the old one, but if another expedi-
ton starts next year from Valentia with
new cable on board, its expectations of
success surely will not rest on the chance
of fishing up the broken end which lies at
this moment at the bottom of the ocean
six hundred miles east of Newfoundland.
Whether that fresh expedition will start
whether an attempt to have it start will be
made-was not known when the Africa
ing on the 21st. 1t is a question, however.
OF finances simply, for it is certain that so
long as the leaders OF this enterprise can
secure the funds they will not give over
their endcavors. Mr.. Cyrus Field and his
coadiutOrs are profoundly convinced that
it is possible to lay submarine cable be-
tween Ireland and Newfoundland, and
along the route hitherto traversed. If the
present failure proves discouraging enough
to prevent raising fresh capital this year,
they will wait till public confidence re-
turns, but we do not believe they will re-
tire wholly from the enterprise. It took
seven years to recover from the failure of
1858; it may be seven before third effort
comos to maturity. Meantime, the Pacific
and Russian companies will push forward.
What concerns the world is chiefly to
know that by some route the globe is to be
girdled with telegraph wire. For the
sake of those who have struggled so brave
ly in enc direction, we should he glad if
their success came first; but we shall wei
it may.-Neo York Tribune.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-09-07
Fenian Exciteme emit in St. Louis.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.l
st. Louis, Sept. l.
The Fenian brotherhood are in high ex-
element about Archbishop Kenrick's full
mination. Head Centre McGrath publish
es reply to the Archbishop to-day, where
i'm he SAYS the Popes have helped ireland
throw off English rule for centuries, and
the St. Louis Fenians spurn all attempts to
regulate their political and temporal con-
Germs by the Archbishop. The Fenians
had a meeting last night, which lasted till
two o'clock this morning, in which the ae-
ton of the Archbishop was severely criti-
cized. They resolved to adhere to the pro-
gramme, and turn out with banners and
insignia to attend tho Mccarthy funeral,
on Sunday. They will probably enter the
cemetry contrary to Archbishop Kend-
rick $ orders, Mccarthy being lot owner
therein.
The following is n copy of the Arch'ish-
ops edict:
TO THE ROMAN CATHOLICS OF ST. LOUIS.
The undersigned has read in the Repub-
ticam of this morning, an announcement
from st. Patrick's Church, in this city, OF
deceased member of the Fenian Brother
hood, who died at St. Paul, Minnesota, on
the 9th inst. The occasion is evidently
made for n display, on the part ofthose in
ST. Louis who are members Of that associ-
alton. Hence, the deferred interment, and
the pageant which is to accompany the
burial. The connection of st. Patrick e
Church, where the religious service is an
nounced as to take place, and where, with.
out any authority from the Pastor of that
church, il would appear, an Grafton, by .
gentleman of this city, is to be delivered
imposes on me the obligation of fOrbiddina
-as haya dnna-ih he na stnr ,f that oh ..-.~,
| to permit any funeral service, or other re.
! ligious ceremony, to take place on this oc
casion. l have Furthermore directed the
Superintendent of the Calvary Cemetry
not to admit any procession of men or wo
men bearing insignia of Fenianism within
the gate of the cemctry. ] use this occa
sion to state publicly, what have uniform
ly stated in private conversation, that tho
members Of the Fenian BROTHERHOOD mer
or women, are not admissible to the Sacra
ments OF the church as long as they ar,
united with that association, which have
always regarded as immoral in its object
the melting of rebellion in Ireland, ant
unlawful and illegal in its means, q quas
military organization in this country
while at peace with England, to be mad,
effective in the event of Il war with thai
power. fPErER RICHARD,
Archbishop OF st. Louis.
| st T,OuiS Aur 20 1864
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-09-07

The robbery of the First National Bank
at Wellington, Lorain county, Ohio, on the
Goth ult., of bonds and special deposits
amountingto near 500, 900, appears to have
been one of the boldest transactions on
record. The burglars literally chopped up
the panels of the safe with chisels and
sledge hammers, and yet no ono heard it
though many were sleeping within sound.
One Of the supposed burglars was arrested
at Wellington on the afternoon of the Goth
while passing through town on the cars
for Columbus in disguise, after having
visited Cleveland that morning. He is an
old villain named Daugherty, a graduate
of State prison, and for some months past
awaiting trial under bonds for counterfeit
ing. Hon. Sidney S. Warner, the Repub-
lean candidate for State Treasurer, is Pres
ident OF this bank. BY theinyulnerability
of an inner safe, or lack of time to force it.
the most important funds of the bank are
saved and its credit thereby Preserved
Chicago Tribune.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-09-07
The Columbian Minister

Washington, Sept. 3.-SenOr Don T.. Sal
Ter, who, for some time past. has repre-
! scented the Colombian States as envoy ex
traordinary and minister pleniDOtcntiarv
| yesterday took leave Of the President in
his diplomatic character, and made some
appropriate remarks on the occasion. in
which he spoke of the qualification afford
ed him by the fraternal and uninterrupted
relations of the two countries, and conclu-
ded as follows:
Colombia. in her place, has sympathy
with your calamities and with your victo-
ries. She has celebrated with Jubilee. the
return Of peace and the guarantee of hui
manitarian sentiments as so many addi-
tiOnal bonds Of union. and so many fur
tier principles of conservation for countries
governed by democratic institutions. Per-
init me to renew to you the wishes which
the President and people of Colombia make
foryour personal happiness and for the
prosperity Of the American people, and to
assure Won that, in separating myself from
this country, I shall carry with me agree
able recollectiOns of my soiourn in it, and
Of its hospitable and cultivated society.
The President replied as follows:
Mr.. SALzAR--It is not without sincere
regret that | receive the letter of recall
which brings your mission to tho United
States to close. 1t is very gratifying.
however. to be assured, rs we are by Pres
ident Merrillo, that you have laid down
your trust only TO assume another equally
digniiied and important in the service of
your estimable government. Do not omit
TO assure the President of Colombia that
the United States adhere to their republic
can principles constantly, and especially
to their policy of seeking to secure, thro'
peaceful course, the establishment OF
free institutions throughout the American
continent, and the development of the vast
resources with which it has been bounti-
fully supplied by IA just providence, for
the general benefit OF mankind. Accept.
sir, for President Merrillo, the assurance
of my abiding respect, and for yourself
personally, the expression Of my sincere
esteem.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-09-07

The London Lancet comes forward as the
advocate of the custom of writing medical
prescriptions in English. ltpoints out the
absurdity of the present system of abrevi-
ated Latin, and asserts that 1t has long
been the practice of many eminent metro
politan physicians TO write their prescrip-
tons in their own language. 1t is imposs
IDLE to tell how many lives are annually
lost through the ignorance or carelessness
ofapothecaries' clerks and raw apprentices.
Let them and their employers be made
amenable to at least the charge of man
slaughter by physicians prescriptions be-
ing couched in the vernacular. We would
also make it penitentiary ofense for any
M. ID. to write in other than a plain, leg
BILE hand.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-09-07

a New York jeweller has made pres
ent for Mrs. General Grant, consisting of a
comb, earrings and brooch. The comb is
made to represent the twigs, leaves and
acorns of the oak tree-thetwigs and leaves
being of frosted gold and enamel, and the
acorns cut from the wood of the famous.
but no longer existing apple-tree at Apo
mattox Court House. under which the
terms of surrender of Lees army were
agreed upon. The earrings represent two
acorns, and the brooch cluster of leaves
and acorns.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-09-07
E'aa. GnrelnlOr-W. u. $40 Ne.


Foe GoreIpor- ". u. STONE.
For Ljeutenosnt Gorernor-B. Il. GEE.
For JaRge Of the Supreme Court
GRO. &. WRIGHT.
For Superintendent of P"blic Instruction.
=. "a VILE.
ELECTION, TUESDAY,, OCT. 10, 1856
Chairman Of State Central Committee
JOSHUA TRACY. burlington, Iowa.
Wapello County Ticket.
For Senator.
EDWARD II. STILES.
For Representatives..
CHARLES DUDLEY,
PETER ENOX.
For Treasurer.
IosHtss ~ .I MlsA'YNE,
GEORGE A. DERBY.
For County Judge,
Major J. 5. PORTER.
For Superintendent Of Schools,
u. y. SPAULDING.
Far Coroner.
4. L. CHAMBERLIN.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-09-07
ToMAToEs.--Ro.ella writes the Ohio Far

TOMATOEs.--Rosella writes the Ohio Far
mer about one way she uses tomatoes.
She says: Take nice ripe ones, not the over
ripe that are beginning to sour and spoil,
but fresh, good ones, wash them perfectly
clean, and slice them down in large jars
with layers of horse radish root buised or
cut up in small pieces, and an occasional
red pepper, or if you prefer, n sprinkling
of unground pepper. Then pour over
them good vinegar boiling hot. Look at
them in week or two, and if the vinegar
il insipid, pour it off and COVERT with cold
vinegar. Green tomatoes are nice kept i'll
the same way. The boiling vinegar makes
them as tender as ripe ones. Keep in IA
cool dry place and they will keep till to-
niatO9S come again.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-09-07


CAUTION TO SCoLDs.-The following act
of Assembly, passed in Virginia i'm 1862, is
worthy of the good old COLONIAL days:
An Act for the Punishment Of sscandalOus
Persons:
Whereas, Many babhling women SLAM
der and scandalize their neighhors, for
which their poor husbands are often in
volved in chargeable and vexatious suits
and costs in great damages:
BE it, therefore, enacted, by the authori-
ty aforesaid, that in actions of SANDER, oc-
casioned blythe wife, after Judgment passed
for damages, the woman should be pun
lshed by duckng; and if the slandershouId
be enormous as to bo adiugnd at greater
damages than five hundred pounds OF to-
bacco, then the woman 10 suffer Il duckinr
for each five hundred pounds OF tobacco
adjudged against the husband, if he re-
fuses to pay the tobacco.