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tain the furlough. Returning from the o'
fee. and while Mr.. Lincoln, Mr.. Dupoi
and Mr.. d. l.. Phillips werestandingat' e
railing which separates the Warlouse'
grounds from those of the Wsuostance'
the following converse
-. .N -. =. President, do not
NJ D,h-,rs paroling those prisoners
. al % ourg. We had better feed than
u them."
Mr.. Lincoln, Strengthening himself up to
his full height, and his countenance BEAM
ing with that peculiar smile which indica-
ted that he was highly pleased: "Dubois,
General Grant has done so well, and we
are all so pleased Mt the taking of Vicks-
burg, let us not quarrel with him about
that matter" He also added: "Dubois,"
placing his foot upon the base of the rail-
ing, and taking less erect posture, "do
YOU know that Mt one time stood solitary
and alone here, in favor of Gen. Grant
Even mentioning a member of Con-
gress from Northern Illinois,) came and
told me that he (Grant) was not worth a.
and that 1 would have to remove him.
But remembered that you and Hatch and
others had been down there about the LIST
Of A ril, and had not said a word to me on
the subject
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Iowa Items.

Senator James w. Grimes will deliver
the Grafton at the grand celebration Of the
Fourth in Burlington.
The Missouri river, says the Omaha Re-
publican is ON Highlands full.
The army worm has made its appear
ance in the western part of the State.-I6id.
A crossing over the Platteriyer by means
ola pontoon bridge, assigned by the Gov
eminent.
The Daily Registersays that Des Moines
is about being lighted with gas.
Yesterdays Register the Goth, reports
the Des Moines and Coon rivers full at
Des Moines. A great deal of rain had fallen.
We learn from the same paper that the
Camp Township oil well near Des Moines,
has reached a depth of 225 feet.
Capt. John Bell, of the 25th Iowa Infan-
try, fell into Understanding for the new
Hawk-Eye Office in Burlington on Satur-
day night, injuring his legs severely. So
says the Hawk-Eye.
The City election in this city on Monday
last, passed off quietly, a larger vote being
polled than ever before ut City election.
The result was as follows:
Mayor, r. w. Boyd; Marshal, G. r.
Coon; Recorder, J. G. French Treasurer
tie vote. Alderman 1st Ward, J. w.
wilkins, III, M. Roby, and Isaac Shields.
I'd Ward, ]. II. Long, J. Pointer and A.
Melick.-Edd!yvilte Star.
The Abba Union learns that Judge
Trimble, in recent public speech at
IL
again to vote copperhead ticket.
RESPONSIBILITY. Patterson, the able Su-
perintendent Of the Iowa Hospital for the
Insane at Mt. Pleasant, has rendered his
resignation, to take effect i'm September.
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An Incident of the Rebellion.

In the early days of King JEFF, ere the
keen edge Of Southern chivalry was blunt
ed by contact with the mudsills of the
North, Buck Travis raised regiment
among the young bloods of Henry county,
in West Tennessee. The regiment was or
ganized by the election of Travis as Colo
mel, and the celebrated J. d. G. Atkins as
lieutenant colonel. Travis lost no time in
putting himself at the head of his gallant
band and, "starting forth on martial deeds
intent" they approached Union city, Ten
nessee, Just at the time when Pillow was
transferring military stores, ordnance, &C.,
to Columbus, Ky. They arrived at the de-
pot simultaneously with train from the
South bearing several pieces of artillery.
These, by some mistake, were seized by
Travis as Lincoln guns, and a telegram
sent to Atkins, who had remained ehind
at Paris, announcing the brilliant achieve
ment. The dispatch was handed to him
on the square, surrounded by crowd of
citizens. He glanced Mt its contents, and
looked around for the most eligible site
for rostrum. Discovering pile Of boxes
on the corner, he made for them, followed
by the crowd. Mounting the box he lift
ed his voice and announced the glorious
intelligence. "My countrymen," said he.
"this is proud day for Henry county and
for the State. I lam proud to announce to
you that your gallant sons, under the lead
Of the indomitable Travis, have already
wreathed their brows with an imperisha-
BILE fame. The mnrderous artillery with
which the tyrant Lincoln sought to enslave
our people, has been wrested from the ty-
rants hands, and"-here another dispatch
was handed to the speaker, and he was
heard to remark, with an oath, "Buck al
ways was id fool. Boys, them was
our guns after all"'-Nashville Press and
Times.
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A Brief Comparison.

1t is impossible to forgive jeff. Davis
| and impossible to forget that General Lee
was Davis partner and mainstay in the in
fanny Of which both are guilty. Europe
cries out against the punishment of the
first, and few sympathizers with treason
here in the North, are engaged in making
| up well-filled purse for the last. Let us
see what both deserve at the hands of their
countrymen. The Frenchrevolution stands
in history rs the epitome of all horror,
| inflicted by the guillotine, on so many
thousand political prisoners. No writer
of the present day refers to the almost in
cessant looping off of heads in 1892 and
1898, without a shudder; and all mankind
have agreed to consider those years as the
contamination of all that was savage and
objectionable in the annals of modern
Europe. Yet we assert, that by direct
agency of Davis and by the consent of Gen.
death, in the last four gears, in the prison.
pens of the South, than 1cere DESTROYED bv
the g'til1otine n, France, from the beginning
of the revolution to it's end! We do not
take into the account the massacres at
Nantes, Lyons, and elsewhere; we include
executions by the guillotine alone. They
were less in number than the aggregate of
the starvation lists that have already come
to us from that informal despotism that Da-
Wis controlled and Lee defended. We call
attention to this comparison solely for the
benefit of Englishmen who are pleading
for man fiercer and more revengeful than
Robespierre, as well as for the few of our
countrymen who are vainly endeavoring
to fill Lees pocket with golden reward
for his skill and endurance in defending
more infamous policy than Robespierre
ever was bad enough to conceive. AS for
these latter, as they cannot be ignorant of
the facts, they are surely dead to shame;
and nothing less than a touch of that pris-
on discipline, that Lee might have re-
formed with a word, would bring them to
a complete consciousness Of what they are
doing. AS that is impossible, they must
he left to the excavations of those i'm whom
moral sentiment and decency are not dead.
Chicago Tribune.
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COMMITTING NEWT
y RUsSELL,s SCREW POWER
REAPER & MOWER
Without Cog Gearing.

Without bg-GedFUg.
Now altered {, the Farmers Of iowa By i. W. ixVlNs
Agent, Drakesville. Iowa. Ill .,s.~
The peculiar advantages claimed over Al essT
mashines are: 1st-Durability. 2d-Li"h thess -
draught 3d--Its adaptation to uneven groano, ana
4th the sim picity OF setting up and changing "ow
Mower to Reaper and vice versa.
TESTIMONIALS,
hereby certify that purchased Of I. W. irwin:
agent, one of RassoSIs Scrsso Poscer Comblneo
Now er and Reaper, and find the same to be hrst
class machine. Runs with MS light draft as any COM
mon two horse pillow. cut in one-half day acres
ar 100 rods the meadow had not been moved the
season before and heavy coat OF old Dry grass ana
new was cut with ease l ase cut hungarian; 10
short 1t works well In every particular, ana woaIa
recommend all farmers In need OF q machi 70 70 eE
anime the machine before purchasing any othei Kins
of machine. s. B. DOWNING, Drdkesc'Ae,
The above singular machine will be delivered a.
Ottumwa for sale in time for the present harvest
prices will not advance and this Is an age OF I'M
Provement we respectfully ask all farmers OF Wa
peo to hold on and not buy until they see the above
machine. For particulars inquire OF MIR. grimes,
at his shop corner Of Main and Green streets, oppo
site the Sim amor House, where the machine can Dc
cen as soon as delivered in Ottumwa.
i. W. IRWIN, Agent for Southern lowu.
n. B.-we expect TO RISE or FALL in price with
other FIRST CLASS MACHINES. Ill still be IN the mar
ket. ~. (may3OJ 1. VIE
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The intimacy Of Preston Kingwith Pres
ident Johnson has reminded somebody of
a good thing which has not before got into
print. Mr.. King, who is physically COM
plete Falstaff, rose to make a speech. He
was not heard in the remote corners of the
hall; and it was there that little Brandagee,
of Connecticut jumped up and shouted:
"Mr. President, the distance around the
gentleman is so great that it is impossible
to hear him unless he speaks louder!' OF
course roar of laughter followed, i'm which
the eloquentthre hundred FOUNDER joined.
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A GOOD BARGAIN!
MILL PROPERTY FOR SALE,

The undersigned offers for sale the mill known as
the "Dahlonega Mills" located about four miI es
North Of Ottumwa. There are In tn mill two run Of
stone anda saw mill attached all In go cd running or
der The location Of this mills as good as any in the
country, with q good country surrounding. This
property can be bought at great bargain the pro.
prietor wishing to engage in other business.
Also a good dive ling house and lot for sale
eE Persons wishing to engage I'm the milling bus.
iness wi do web to call and see this property,
s.nW 2sw J. N. LANME.
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The LIFE, SPEECHES, SERVICES, AND
PRooLAMATIoNs OF ANDREW JOHNSON.
IT. B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia,
Penn, have just published "The Life,
Speeches and Services of Andrew John
SON" Seventeeth President of the United
States. With full history Of his Life; his
career as Taylor Boy, Alderman, Mayor,
Legislator, StateSenator, Governor Of Ten
nessee, and his services In Congress, with
his Speeches on the Rebellion, and the part
taken by him from the first outbreak of
the War, with his Speeches, Proclama-
tons, Acts and services since becoming
President of the United States. With his
Portrait. Complete in one large volume.
Price Is cents in paper, or $l,00 in cloth,
and copies will be sent by the publishers,
per mail, free of postage, on receipt Of the
retail price. Agents are wanted every
where to engage in the sale Of the work,
who will be supplied with the paper-cover
edition at $500 dozen, so copies for $40, 90;
or S37.5 50 hundred; or with the cloth edi-
ton at s., 100 dozen, fifty copies for $4,000,
or 800, 90 per hundred.
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TO THE PUBLIC!

Messrs. ACKLEY 4 GADD, solicitors for n
l. II. Baldwin General W. stern Agent for the old
popular Nursery of w. 4 T. Smith, Of Geneva, New
York, are now prepared to furnish the people oil
Wapello and djoining es with Fall dell yery
Of the best assortment OF
FRUIT Il ORNAMENTAL TREES,
Grape Vi,,et, Roses, House Plants and
EOergree,,s ever shipped West.
Orders solicited. Address
ACKLEY 4 aADp,
P. o. Box A1 ,SOttumwa, Iowa
May rs, REHABILITATION
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A novel incident occurred few days
ago on the New Jersey Central Railroad.
A hogshead of molasses, on freight train,
burst, and besmeared four miles, between
North Branch and White House, to such
an extent as to cause the following train to
stick fast in the glutinous mess.
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How long Eve, the first woman, lived,
we do not know. 1t is a curious fact that,
in sacred history, lineage, death and burial
Of only one woman, Sarah, the wife of
Abraham, is distinctly noted. Woman's
age, ever since, appears not to have been a
subject for history or discussion. .
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Official returns in the war office show
that the deaths in the army, since the war
broke out, will aggregate about three
hundred and twenty-fivet thousand! When
we estimate the wounded in the ratio of
three for every one killed-which is less
than the usual average-we see at what a
fearful sacrifice Of life and limb the nation
has preserved it's existence.
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News of the Day.

It Is found at Washington to be quite as
hard to disorganize as to organize large
army.
One of the papers says that jeff. Davis
amuses himself catching flies. If he had
been as harmlessly employed for the past
four years, it would have been better for
him. '
PAcIF1c RAILRoAD.-We learn that the
track of this road has been extended to
Kingsville, in Johnson county, two hum
dred and thirtv-seven miles from st. Louis,
and that the cars run through to that point
regularly every day,-&. Louis Democrat
Mason, of Virginia, declared himself for
secession as long ago as 1856, and stated
that he was "a candidate for the first hal
ter.'' Mr.. Mason ought to be notified i'm
mediately that the hemp is ready.
The President authorizes the announce
ment that the White House will be open to
the public every day, Sundays excepted,
between the hours Of nine and three.
The New York Times says President
Lincoln saved during his term of office
nearly or quite $50, 900 which sum was, and
remains investedin ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
ENL1sTINa IN THE REaULARs.-The
War Department has decided that volun-
teer soldiers wishing to enlist into the reg
ular army will be forthwith mustered out
of their respective commands, receive their
discharges and final statements, and not
be sent to the rendezvous, but receive their
final payments.
The Tennessee Legislature has adjourned
to meet again on the fret Monday in Oc-
tober. 81.
The 18th Army Corps, which is being
paid off at Louisville, will proceed to Mis-
souri, when reorganization what purpose
ia unknown.
Monday was Lieutenant General SCOTS
seventy-ninth birthday.
General Sherman's department will be
bounded by the Allegheny Mountains on
the East, the Ohio and Arkansas rivers on
the South, the Rocky Mountains on the
West, and the British Possessions on the
North. Quite an extensive commando
This is the present understanding. 1t may
be more or less changed.
General John A. Logan arrived at his
home in Carbondale last week.
dogs found at large running in the street.
and the Mickeys are reaping a rich harvest.
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An order has been issued by the Grand
Master OF the Free Masons in Italy, to
drape the Masonic Lodge rooms through
ont the country in mourning, for the death
OF Abraham Lincoln.
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I IST OF LETTERS Rrma ming
Lurclsimea In the Post o nee at Ottumys Iowa
on tie 2lsr day Of June 1868. H
~" obtain any OF these letters. the applicant
must Cali Tor ADyRR r:sED LkrTkES.' give the date q
this list aud pay one cent for Advertising
IF not ca led for wiz hin MONTH they will be
sent to the Dead Letter Otfire.
Letters are not advertised until thew hRys re.
mained in the Office one week
place the postss stamp the upper ri ght- ha nd
corner, and leave space between the stamp and dI.
recton for post-rnarking without interfering with
the writing.
IN. B.-A REQUEST for the RETURN Of a letter TO
the writer II unclaimed within 30 days or less writ
ten or printed with the writer's name, Post once
ard tate, across the LEFT md end Of the envelope
on The lace side, WILDE complied with at the usual
Delivered to the writer. n-Sec Is Law Of ISk3 -
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LINCOLN MEMORIAL FUND.-The under
signed has been appointed Assistant Treas
urer Of the Lincoln Memorial Fund, and
will be happy to receive and forward the
subscriptions from the friends of the Great
Departed. Subscriptions limited to 81 90.
Subscriptions acknowled in the Daily
Courier. Call at the Post Office.
J. W. NORRIS.
May 20, 1865.
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Unhappy he, who from the first ofjoys,
Society, cut off, is left alone

Amid this world Of DEATH"
Those who have lost the pleasures of soci-
ETY. in consequence of the effects of Catarrh,
should use DIR. ID. III. Seelye's Liquid Ca
tarrh Remedy, which will relieve the breath
of its offensive odor, and effect PerIna-
nent cure Of the disease.
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Niagara will be the most fashionable
place this season. Think Of the size of her
"watsr.fall!' all natural, too.
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ESTRAY CHESTNUT SORREL
HMARE. -.
Taken up by william Strickland, In Washington
township Wapelio county, Iowa, June Sd, 1885, one
and scar under the left eye; supposed to be ave
years old this spring, fourteen hands and lhrss
Inches high. Appraised At 81, co.
jupel5-is-l7-7w
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
OTTUMWA. JUNE 22d, 1865.

MR. EDIroR-Some persons have circu lated IN e
report that we are not going to make any Sugar
Mliis Ter the coming season. at Is false" We are
retting up the patterns and will he making in two
weeks. DRAKE Il sPIvEY.
je22-dlw-w3m
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SITRIFTS SALE.

GlIERIFFS SALE.
- BY virtue Of special Execution 20 mo direct
ell, ny the Clerk Of the DistricI Cnurt Z Wspello
county, state 81 Iva, commanding ne to sell the
property hereinafter Described, ny a decree of
said Court directed, viii exposr to sale, at public
auction to thr hirheS. aud heat biaher for in
hand, at Ihe fronI door OF the Court House, In Wa
peil9 county. Iowa, on IN, l5th FAY Of july, 1868
between the hours ~ "'eincs .ai o'clock r.
NJ, c"-im"nring At ~ o'clock ~. Of said day, the
following Real Estate. to-wit
The nor'h larttr of the southeast lsrter OF
section number twenty-five t22b, township seventy
three t'a), range twelve t.) west. Also, the west
hall OF the south east quarter OF section twenty
three l23), wnshiI seventy three tI3J, lively
(l2l west. Taken as br special execution dire;ted
as tha property Of Jonathan L. Bnssr satisfy s,d
execution in favor Of Henry 8. Cowgcr. hdministra-
tor Of Gustavns Cowger, and ,sslnst Jonathan L..
Bostcr, for the Of two hundred and cl ghty and
ninety I'VE one hund edith dollar (s2SO 95oD) and
in ierests aud costs.
e.. A. DERBY, Sheriff
OF Wspelio coumv, Iowa.
shcrids Ohlce, Ottumwa, Iona, June 18th, 1865.
june i5-l2-lT-&w .. .-.. -'a-..
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T IST OF LETTERS Rcm,:n;ny

-, 49, OF Napcilo Goumv, Iowa.
shcriG's ONCE, Ottumwa, Iona, June l4th, 1865.
june l5-l2-lI-&w
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dogs found at large running in the street,
and the Mickeys are reapinga rich harvest.
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washington, June "a.
The claims Of the cotton seized at Savan-
nah are now coming before the Secretary
of the Treasury, and nearly the whole Of ii
will be claimed as belonging to private
owners, but the well informed citizens OF
Savannah now here assert that not more
than 5000 of the $4,000 bales can be proven
to belong to loyal citizens.
Among the rebels pardoned within the
last forty-eight hours is E. NJ. C. Bruce, of
Kentucky, late member Of the rebel Con-
gress, and formerly of the firm of Bruce,
Armstrong d Co., of Nashville, and SUBJ
sequently Of Atlanta, and heavy contrac-
tors for the rebel government. He has
made over a million dollars out Of the war
which is safely invested, and he now re-
ceives dissolution and protection for his
illegitimate gains. His application was
strongly Endorsed by G. w. Prentice Of the
Louisville Journal, and 1t is also stated in
his behalf that he was very kind to our
Andersonville prisoners. A great many
instances Of hospitality to these patriots
are now coming to light, which, strange to
say, was never heard Of before.
Washington, June 10.
A special to the Herald says: In his dis
patches to the British Minister acknowl-
edging the receipt of Earl Russelrs dis
patch, Secretary Seward expresses the
qualification of the President at the action
Of the British Government, but renews the
protest against the joint action of the Brit
ish and French Governments, in conceding
belligerent rights to the insurgents as an
unfriendly act, and contrary to interna-
tional law; he also expresses regret at the
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Cincinnati, June 81.
A Nashville dispatch to the Gazette says
General Thomas has issued orders allow
ing all persons sent North Of the Ohio riv-
er to remain during the war, to return; also
abolishing the pass system over all rail-
roads and rivers in his department.
General Wilson telegraphs the Govern
ment that he has issued to the poor in At
lanta, during the last seven days, one hum
dred thousand pounds of meat and -four
The people in adjacent counties in Ten
nessee are in a starving condition, and re-
lief must be extended to thirty thousand
people ... .
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BEIrIsu WHALE-FISUING BY STEAN.-Thc gen.
eral reports of the past seasons whale-fshing
recorded IN the Scotch newspapers testify remark
ably to the great advantage reaped by those who
have adopted the use OF screw-propelled vessels in
the prosecution of this once extensively valuable
branch of our northern f.hings. It appears
that from the port of Dundee six OF the seven
steamers which visited the icy regions in pursuit
of whales and seals returned with very remuner-
alive cargOes. bringing home CAS- tons of oil. or
about 1914 tons each, the seventh vessel having
been lost on the voyage whereas, twelve out OF
sixteen sailing vessels sent to the fishing from
Peterhead returned with the aggregate of 3SS
tons Of oil, OF an average Of u little over 30 tons
each vessel-a result which entails serious loss on
the shipowners and others engaged IN the under
taking. estimated Mt n sum amounting 10 upwards
of II coo and this amount would have been
still greater but for the present high value OF
s~eal-oil, OF which the carcoes brought hy these
vessels chiefly consisted