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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-09-21
kusQuitoss.

t A musuuitOss claim so much attention
at this particular season of the year, it may
not prove urinteresting to briefly inquire
into their natural history. T HaI tssrH!1 (
Turn to any body ofstagnant water. and
observe floating ON the surfaces the little
fish-like animals thnti deveNr the living
atoms that swarm the pool They soon
cast their skins and tako a different form.
We now find them rolled up like a ball
still floating on the water for the purptse
of breathing through two tunnel-shaped
tubes on the top of their backs. If We dis
turb them they quickly uncurl their bodies
and make ssndry whirlings. In few
days we look again. and find that another
Transformation has taken place. The skin
splits on their back between the breathing
tnbes. and from the opening bursts the
head, body and limbs Of a musquito. The
legs rest upon the empty skin until II be-
comes filed with water and sink.s the in.
sect then spreads its wings and fiies away.
piping its warliks song. The mu.guito
belongs to the Diptera order, its t1roboscis
by which means it receives it's food, Is
placed under the head, and consists Of 4
long gutter ending with two fie~hy lips. in
! closing in the channel on its upper side, a
number Of fine and sharp pointed bristles.
capable Of infiictinc punctnres. ThesaIiva
flowing into the wotitids renders them
painful. and is the cause of the infama-
ton nndths itching sensation that follows.
In all biting insects the sharp bristles take
the place of jaws. Mosquitoes are very
restless. being on the wing both by day and
night. In the bright sunshine, however,
they give but little annoyance. They are
.hort-lived. passing away at the lapse Of a
few weeks at the farthest. They breed rap
| idly, many broods often being produced
in a single season; and where stagnant wa
ter isabundant. there they swarm by thou
sands and millions. The nusquto's first
mission is to destroy the impurities in the
water. We never find them in the Ticinity
springs. or floating on the surface Of pure
selves Of them, We must keep stagnant wa
ter away from Our premises. They ar,
abundant in wood, because there we fine
large ponds shaded by the trees. They art
bloodthirsty by nature, and the very frs
notes they sound indicate. war. The no
CLIMATE of the South is best adapted 10 tiiei
existence, and the denizens Of that regioi
are forced to retreat behind fine threat
bars or nets, for protection. There is wis
dom in this, for in fighting the little tor
| mentors, the temper is lost and nothing i
, ACCOMPLISHED. You come out of the bestti
with heavy eyes, exhausted frame, an,
with blood marks upon the face and ex
posed parts Of the body, The frosts tha
herald the approach Of winter are far of
and for several weeks we may expect +
. have our cars regaIed with war-like music
and to fight battles in the uncertain dark
ness and by gaslight. In all Of these en-
, gagements we feel confident that the mus
: quito will come out victor.--The Turf FTel
, and F0,7n o. EH ff#4 t.iv Ja.'a ..-f
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TELEGRAPHIC.
Special to Courier.

:. Burlington, sept. le.
The Uhion Republican county conven-
ton for Des Moinss county, assembled in
this city at 2 p. m. to-day. ORGANIZED by
electing Calvin Ramage chairman, and
Max. Green Sec'y. The following ticket
was nominated: For Senator, Gen. Fits
Henry Warren: Representative, Charles
Ben Darwin, J. w. Williams, and s. A.
Flanders; for Sheriff, Alex. Perry; for
Treasurer, Major Remsy;for County Judge
Capt. John c. Powers. The ticket is q
strong one. The best harmony prevailed.
nous with hearty cheers.
t,. tT al 'i'At. wxrHLLo.
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JAMES W. GRIMES.

ST. Louis Posi- OFFIcE.-The receipts
of the st. Louis Post Office during the fis-
cal year, including June 29th, '65, amount
ed to sol ,s5l a; while the expenses were
SE,754 o2, leaving clear profit to the
Government of Sl53,60S 70. The number
of letters mailed during the year from the
Office was AHA, $50, and the revenue de-
rived lroia box rents, sll.957.
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Baltimore. Sent. /

The Norfolk Post says JEFF. Davis was
yesterday transferred from his easemate
prison TO a room in Carroll Hall, Fortress
Monroe. The change WAS necessary ow-
ing tn his declining health. Carroll Hall
is. perhaps, the mnst comfortable place in
th~ ~.
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The Fenian movement is creating great
excitement, not only in Ireland, but
throughout Great Britain. .aaas
Epitaph on . crossing swsspsp-Hs re-
suyaed - Dust
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SAD AccIDEyr.-A sen Of Mr.. Amos
Boyce, living two miles and half east Of
. cane mill, on Fussaey Svsa(Ex lat.~As-
SSansIa Vtsfter.,
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A. I. L.Chamberlin Declines.

~hHU~I- 3di Agency City, Sept. IL. 1865.
- Mn BDrToR-I have been Informed that
the so-calisd Soldiers Convention which
met at Ottumwa on the sth inst. placed in
nomination my name for the office of Cor
onsr Of this county. and being very much
opposed to that, ticket, beg leaveito posi-
lively decline my name being so used. 'j
Being regularly placed upon the Union
Ticket for that ONCE, and wishing for no
votes but from men who have stool by the
Government during the Great Rebellion
men who are undoubtedly loyal, 1 ente,
my protest against this nlis-named ticket
which suppose will be supportedby every
Copperhead and disloyal man in tho coun-
tv. asovsTBz sTew 1en haH.uTg s",arl oft
-fr Gotten up by few disaffected aspirants
who are hand in hand with the soldiers
bitterest enemies in the county. The very
'.fire in the rear men," who called the sol
diers .'Lincoln hirslinssy' men who talked
treason ali the time we were fighting the
battles Of our country, and now have the
sffro nterr 20 ask soldiers to leave the party
and principles for which we have success.
fully fought. and elect them to Office. "
+ But tho soldiers viii not endorse any
such bastard ticket, but viii consign il with
the defunct Southern Confederacy, to end.
less oblivion. dw hi5 -t...|.a'
-EJ unv .oaaf A. Il. CHAMBERLAIN
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CANNED FRUIT-A large stock,
~ AsA ~ psss. fer ssls sy
Esb 10 Ma. n. RBENICH.a
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FATAL ipESl.,"eorse f"''''s Wv
ning' aresloeh.oi oaii''a' 'e.ers"h county
!os' MS lie Oh frioay ias'' IN .he 'o'io"-
ing ih",'her; nir. .. "es'e',"".en wa.
engaged III clea,,ihs OUT coai p,' "uou'
'hree-iour'ns Oh n'iie so".h .. oai'na'
ana got MT. pownihs lhe having ioii''eriy
WORKED IN the p''' 'or .he purpose Oh open
'hs an "'r Pipe' "o"he 'os S"'.S -o
main shatt--the main sha'! oeing % 'ee'
deep and ieet wioe. ne ,'en'eu .he amp
placed 1t IN MS cap' ana siio oo"h INC
rope attached to the car-the car being
down The lamp went out 4 or S feet from
u-....,,h, ,.ox,aa down tho
.ne np' "es'ehhase" s'"'.eu .A
ladder attached TO the side OF thesnait, ana
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{" To DrsTRrcT ScHooL LOFrrcERs.-We are
credibly informed that one A. d. Israel is
travelling through the Southern ard west
ern counties Of this State. selling Outline
Maps Of Palestine FOL. the use Of Public
Schools, and representing to Directors that
there is a temporary fund for the, pnr-
chase Of maps &c. We regret that any
Director ean be imposed upon by such
representations We state for tn. benefit
or All concerred that the funds for the pur-
chase Of district libraries, apparatus, maps
&C., must be raised by vote of the elect
ors. See school laws, charterl, Section Z.
And this money should not he used to pay
for maps ofPalestine. oRAN FAvILL,
Superintendent Public Instruction.
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Setonization as q Check for Cholera.
Sir James Simpson, the well known
medical author, suggests the immediate re-
course to setotiization as prophyiactic for
cholera. The philosophy is to raise the
pulse, and to keep so during which time
the epidemic is at it's greatest.height in any
locality. He thinks it's introduction in
armies should be i'm mediately commenced,
together with other sanitary and medica-
tive treatment, together with isolation
We believe the utility Of setonization ha $
been much discussed in Europe for several
years. 1t was agitated "in the Academy
Of Sciences, in Paris, by authority of Ma
poleon ILL.,, in 1854 and 1855, during the
Crimean War; The London Lancet OF
1856 speaks of it, as also the London Times
and several of the leading journals OF
France and Europe. The views as discuss
81 then, and referred to in 1856, now ten
years since, from experiments and notes
made Of the practice during cholera out
breaks and its use in bombay, Calcutta
etc., are these;
First, that during the prevalence OF
! cholera it frequently happens that in every
| one, all being tnore or less poisoned by the
deleterious choleraic vapors Of the atmos.
phere. the pulse is extremely low, and re
duced from forty-fivs to forty-two in per
sons apparently in perfect health.
Second-That this symptom is unaccom
panied by any other denoting morhiG
state. g.
| TfIird--That wnen the pulse is low, tn,
blood becomes dark and viscous, while II
persons whose pulse is in natural or nor
NAL state during ,heepdemic, the blood il
perfectly healthy.
Fourth-'The cholera only attacks thos
who have previously Experienced dimi
mutton Of their pulses.
F'ifth-That this diminution, which ofte,
occurs before the regular attack, may bt
considered p pathognomoDic symptom o
the approacii Of cholera. Z
Sixth-That those who have experiences
the treatment i'm question have always es
capped the disease when they have followed
those means calculated TO accelerate tn
circulation.
Seventh-That the falling or in tn
pulse. and, therefore, the predisposition Il
the disease, ara i'm general proportional Il
the want ofenergy in the circulation Of TIN
blood, and to the access Of atmosphere
pressure. .r-
Eighth-That this dimunition does no
oesur in healthy subjects when the epi
demc has ceased. Hence the utility G
the proposed preventive means of setoniza
tion To raise the animal heat in the vita
economy, preventing the developement G
the disease under any form, producing it
powerful derivative action on the huma
body, and thus sdisarms the terrible scourg
Of its terrors, and will save human life.-
The soldiers and masses everywhere
has been tried and experimental on hav
faith in its efficacy and confidence in ii
benificial results. That is more than ha
the battle.
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MUSICAL INsrRuNESr esToRE.-ws are
happy to welcome to, our city, Mr.. B.
Kroeger, Dealer in Musical Instruments,
who has opened Store over 'Meeks next
door to the ,Ottumwa House, ,FroRtSt.-
This is new branch of business in this
city, but we believe it is demanded and
Will succeed. See advertisement. ,,rp, ~
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TIE OTTtMWA ~ COURIER,

We very much regret to learn that Prof
H. L. McGinitie, who for some two years
has had charge of the, Ottumwa Seminary
in this city, is to leave US to take charge OF
sseniinary in Eddyyille, Prot. Nc G has
endeared himself to large circle OF
friends by his many admirable qualities OF
head and heart, and has wonfor himself an
erisiable reputation as, an Educator We
most cordially commend him to, the favor
able consideration ofour sister city of Ed
dyville, AS a gentleman who will be found
. most valuable acquisition both rs srciti-
= gen nan snd . tsashsr, ssd ssd 4e&osfw
: 6 DR. G. G.. .wIRDRN. I'VE don't know B,
any better House in this eityto Buy goods
1t then DR.. Wardens.y TIs kesps constant
~ on hand n full assortment Of goods
adapted to the market, and sells them a!
the lowest PRICE they can DO afforded for.
The DIR. il one of our. Oldest and most
prosperous -citiisiis and an honorable
man, one we can cordially rocomme nd to
those in want of goods. The DIR. has Just
returned from the East, and his stock is
more than usually attractivs. Call and
see hinf: a8UsthUn tusrfll"1H1 s.Hf @T"f9d i
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How Bodies are Embalmed.

BY embalming, people generally arc
apt to imagine that the process consists
of saturating, filing and surrounding
the dead body with spices, gums, and
other indestructiTe and prcservative
substances, as is understood to have been
the process practicod by the ancients.
Such, however, is not the case. The
modern process is about as follows: The
blood is drawn off through the jugular
vein; an incision is then made upon the
inside Of the thigh, through which a
chemical liquid is injected by a mechan.
ical means. This liquid permeates all
the veins and arteries. taking the place
before occupied by the blood, and in q
shor, time renders the entire body as
hard as stone, and as rigid as statue.
a portion Of the scalp is removed aud
the brain scoopcd out. The chest is
opened and the heart, lungs and viscera
taken out. When the process is com.
plc;cd, the body is reduced to mere
empty shell, having only the outward
semblance of the departed Individual.
How long body thus prepared will re-
main unchanged We cannot say. The
process has only been employed for q
few ycars-sincc the war commenced
we belicye-so that timo sufficient has
not elapsed to test the indestructabiIity
Of bodies thus prepared. .,.. .
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How to Prevent Burglary.

People are usually very silly whom
they hear, or think they, hear, suspicious
noises of.a night. The 6rst thing they,
usually do'is TO light candle, which
proclaims to the robber that be has been
heard, and must escape; then they 60
about the house with this candle and
mako great noise, 80 man may have
plenty Of time to get away, or to hide
himself. Instead Of this, If 9 person
we're to listen intently, he would be able
to hear any suspicious noises distinctly,
and decide upon their cause !, then, z As
he must know. bis own house better, than
a robber, be is best Of ofthe, two in tho
dark and when, having armed himself,
he has quietly opened bis door,; he may
wait and listen until the robbers ara
heard moving about, when he. may take
such steps as may seem necessary. II
every person were merely to plan what
was to bo done in case Of: 70 bbers enter.
ing his house, and then 9Were toi;carryl
out this if the occasion required it, bur;,,
glary would be- too dangerous and un:
successful proceeding to be popular OF
profitable, and thus might bo given up
for moro honest ,mea ns of obtaining 81
livelihood ); so that really. We, may con:
slider ourselves to have done the. com.
munity at large benefit, when We cap.
ture one Of these gentry while those
who allow their houses to be robbed
with impunity. jeopardi.e their neigh:
bors' property Chanlber's Journal.
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The Franchise.

The following is correct copy OF tue
fra nchise bill passed by" the General
Assembly. Richmond Republic.
An act prescribing means By ,ehich per.
sons cho hare been diJranchised by The
third article ofMe Constitution may be
restored TO the rights Of citizens. Pass.
ed June %, 1865.
Whereas, in the opinion Of this Cen
cral Assembly, the time has arrived when
i. would be safe and expedieut to restore
to the rights Of voters certain persons
who arc disfrauchised by the provisions
of the third article Of the Constitution
of Virginia; now, for the purpose Of so
restoring such persons, .... ..
Be il enacted By the General assembly
of Virginia, That every person possess
ing iu other respects the qualification.
of voter under the Constitution aud
laws of the State, WHO has taken or SHALL
hereafter take, tho oath prescribed by
the Amnesty Proclamation Of the Presi.
dent of tho United States, of the 29th OF
May, 1865, which oath is in the follow
inc words, to wit : "I do solouuly swear
(or afirm), in tho presence Of Almighty
God that will hcnceforth faithfully
support, protect and defend the Coust''
tuition of the United. States and the
union of the States thereunder; and
that I viii in like manner abide By and
faithfully support all laws and procla'
nations which have been made during
the existing rebellion, with reference to
The emancipation. of. slaves - aud! nm
oath to uphold and defend the Govern.
ment Of Virginia os restored by the
Convention which assembled at Wheel
ing on the 18th day 'ofJune, 1861, which
oath is in tho following words: I" 17de
emily swear (or AFFIRM, that I will
uphold and defend the Government Of
Virginia as restored BY tho Convent tion
which assembled at Wheeling on the
11th day: Of June, 1851" shall: be, en-
titled and qualified to vote for members
Of the General Assembly and all officer:
elective by the people, subject always T. e
the laws iu regard to, voters andt3yotine
not inconsistent;with this as.::z Pfortdsd
however, that the persons excluded, btJ
tho terms Of the said proclamation from
the benefits thereof, excepting those EN-
braced in the thirteenth >class %of sucl
excluded persons, shall: not, be; .ensitlet
or qualified To- vote, as, aforesaid unlss
pardoned By the President, q provide!
for by said proclamation: ThisiotS Shsl
be in force from its passage, sS s'fS''
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The LAUGH OF WoMEN.-A woman
has no natural gift moro bewitching
than a swee. laugh. It's like the sound
Of flutes on water. 1t flows from her in
clear, sparkling rill and the heart
that hears i. feels as if bathed in the cool,
cxhierating spring. Have you ever pur-
sued an unseen fugitive through trees,
led ON by a fairy laugh, now here, now
there, now lost, now found? We have.
And we are pursuing that wandering
voice to this day. Sometimes it comes
to US in the midst Of care or sorrow or
irksome business; and then we may turn
away and listen, and hear it ringing
through the room like silver bell, with
power to scare away the evil spirit OF the
mind. How much We owe to that sweet
laugh 1t turns the prose to poetry II
fipgs showers of sunshine over the dark
ness of the wood 10 which We are travel
ing it touches With lighteven our sleep
WHICH is no more the image Of death,
but is consumed with dreams that ore the
shadows of Immortality. ,,.,-:.. a...
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Coon ApvIcE.-If the body is tired,
rest; if the brain is tired, sleep. If the
bowels are loose, lie down in, warm bed
and remain there. aud eat nothing until
you are we'll. IF an action Of the bowels
do not occur ut the usual hour, eat DOT
an atom till they do act, at least thirty.
six hours; meanwhile drink largely of
cod water or hot teas, exercise in the
open air to the extent Of q gentlc per.
spiration, and keep this up till things
arc rishted this one suggestion, if prac:
ticed, would save myriads Of lives every
gear both in the city and country. The
best medicines in the world are warmth,
abstinence and repose.
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further their evil designs, We say col
onize eGs se't the negro if possible if not, give
him time to accustom himself to the idea
that he is free, let him learn to exercise
the right iudiciously, and then grant
him the right of suffrage,
Universal suffrage should be founded
mon unircrsai education and enlighten-
,aent Notwithstanding the negro is
now free he is iu great degree in a
state of dependence on the white man;
for employment and support, and confer
on him tho privilege Of the elective fran
chise, and you do not, as it we're, confer
privilege upon the negro, but you Gre
ate an opening for some political in-
trigusr to use him. =. ~,
We are not at all shocked at the idea
Of negro suffrage, for we believe that if
the negroes remain among US, the more
thew arc enlightened the better. If they
are not colonized, let them be educated
and when educated. let them vote, but
wc do believe that some plan of coloniza.
ton will be adopted. Whatever the cost
NAV be, We believe it will be the better
for both the white and negro races. '.
In regard to social umalgamation, the
comforting upon them the privileges of
the elective franchise will not tend to
increase it, because the free, Independent
and cultivated negro can sec the chasm
between his race and that Of the whites,
while the ignorant, uncducated one can
not recognize it. Those eho Gmatye'
mate are tie c6scourings Of both races.
Social amalgamation, so far as our ooser-
yation has extended, has never been
procticed in the Northern Free States
unless both races belonged to an aban-
doncd class, except in some instances in
which some enthusiastic devotec Of negro
rights wished to sacrifice himself or her.
self on the altar Of Hymen with one OF
the black race as test Of the sincerity
Of the doctrines which he or she had
preached
a large portion of tho negroes in the
Southern States will remain on the plan
tations of their masters, and continue in
their employ, and coufer on them the
righ. of suffrage and you give the former
master the control Of their votes, for the
time being q: least
The best thing that Gun now be done
for the negro, is to place him IN some
position ia which he can make his bread
and meat. All great changes. are not
wrought in o moment. 1t is true that
four millions of slaves have suddenly be-
come free, but that does not prove that
they ought so suddenly to become in
vested with all the rights Of citizens
Several thousands Of foreign emigrants
land on our shores every year, but they
do not commence exercising the rights
Of citizens as soon as landed. Thous.
auds of human beings are born into the
world every day, but they only come in
tho shape Of babies. They are not full
grown men and women, neither should
the negroes be full grown citizens until
they shall have learned the duties Of cit
izcns.
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Infamous,

There is n subscription paper being
circulated in New York for the purpose
of raising money for the benefit Of Gen.
Lee. This We regard as direct insult to
every loyal man in tho country, and
should not be tolerated. 1t is nothing
more nor less than proposing to reward
him for the skillful efforts made by him
and other traitors. to overthrow the Gov.
crument, and for their success in mur.
dering and starving Union soldiers. A
more wicked and audacious act, in favor
Of treason and traitors, has not !; been
witnessed since the breaking out Of, the
war. It's said that thero has already
been 100000 subscribed for this pur-
pose. Every one signing this paper
should be tried for treason. Such o di.
rect insult thrown in tho teeth of our
brave and gallant soldiers, by the wick
cdy and cowardly copperheads of. the
North, should meet with prompt and
speedy rebuke, in such unmistakable
terms as will forever hereafter prevent
its repetition. Yet those same rebel
sympathizcrs arc whining and complain
ing because loyal men will not'recosnizc
and treat them as patriots: Such impu:
dence could only be excelled BY the fall
len angels, claiming to be. regarded as
saints, and insisting upon restoration
to their former privileges, without mani
Testing the least signs Of repentance for
their insubordination and rebellion
against the laws Of Heavcu.--tlton
(M) Telegraph. 49, ~