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NEw YoRK. July %.

General Tomorrow.
NEw YoRK, July %.
The Morning papers have the following
specials from Washington:
The committee appointed TO investigate the
Mempl,s >windie viii not report until the
next session u Congress. Their investiga-
ton 20 tar have disclosed vast amount OF
official corruption in high places. but as the
papers cannot be completed before the ad
journment ii has been deemed best to post
pone the report in order that all the facts
can be obtained.
II is not improbable that both Nebraska
and Colorado will be admitted before the
close of the Session, fla vote can be reach
ed,
The Colorado veto will be over-ridden. as
many Of those who opposed the Bill when it
was under discussion and voted against il
on its passage, are now convinced of the nee:
essity for all the loyal totes that can be got
into the Senate, TO be prepared forthe contin-
eencv of such reconstruction as may result
from the Presidents policy.
II is rumored that the President viii veto,
on the ground Of uncansitutionahty all bills
granting telegraph companies the right TO
build lines on mail routes.
The Internal Revenue Inspector has just
returned from Danville, Va, where he went
10 lake Hction against ine mayor OF tnht C1t5
for forging Internal Revenue stamps, amount
ing to over 1000, upon his tobacco, recent
| ly sold tn New York. He found such strong
sentiment there against the government and
its officers, and the Mayor so bold and def
ant while confessing the forgery, that he came
away, glad to get Haiker's note for the
amount of stamps forged.
| The increased quantities of rnutilated cur.
rency redeemed and destroyed, has created
drouth in this class Of government cireula
ton. and orders are pouring in daily by tel
egraph, and letters from banks all over the
country, asking supplies. The superintend-
ent of printing is working all his available
force extra hours to keep up with the extra
| demand
The President and Secretary Seward, it il
now positively stated, will attend the Doug.
las Monument; Inauguration at Chicago, which
is to take place after the Philadelphia con-
vention.
| The joint committee appointed by reeen
| caucus agreed TO night TO name Friday fol
final adjournment.
1t seems to be generally understood tha
the Senate will tomorrow confirm Governo
Randall as Post Master General.
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Among the three or four hundred London
houses which must soon be cleared away in
the neighborhood of Temple Bar-the site
being required for the new Temple Of iuitice
lis that in which 'sHollovay,i of psll aad
ointment celebrity, carried on his operstions.
A return has just been furnished TO the city
suthDsities = tAs fousdation q claim for
compensation, ftpm which il appears thst the
profits Of the business for the last three ycars
amount 70 between E2O,O00 asl EA0,uD0.
The sam paid foe adsertising is ev~ E36 6,eeo
per annum, aad the ~ Of shs estsbainh4auf
ineiudaetwe Asadred vunea, Nhess so1s -
u 70 lqek aA~ ~ advsrtiseneah, and -
ellk1kQ - insu>sa . 9aHsa
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II ANDY JOHNSON, with his trio Of fragmsn-
tary fractions of parties, embracing rebels,
Copperheads, and renegades fused BY " Ny
Policy and cemented by RANpALL's Bread
and Butter philosophy, was too weak 70 beat
the loyal men of Tennessee, and prevent the
adoption OF the Constitutional Amendment,
What chance viii he have to carry the loyal
North? JoHxses's defeat in Tennessee With
all the advantages In his favor, peeladss his
defeat throughout the country, coyerv ii.
policy with contempt, and bar;es hin iorty
fsthoms deep in the "a of infany. uhose
waters he has tried 70 dsnn mp, that tasy
might not overflow the traitors who failsa a
asssrey ~ Usies b oPsa W..
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FROM NASHVILLE.
Msabers ~ ths House ExpelleA-spsak.
err Herskin Relieved froa aaty NJ his
swn ReSuest-OAce ~ the Revenue
Coueetor R0bbeA.
NAsHvrLLR, July ~.

N EAsHvnLs, July ~.
Messn. Porter, Marsble, Brittlee, Foster
Martin and Williams, members of the Ten.
nessce House Of Representatives, were ex-
PEELED to-day. The latter two were the
members recently arrested. Speaker Hers
kill, Of the House, was relieved from duty, a,
his own request, for the remainder Of the
term. Judge Norman elected instead, pre-
tenn.
The Office of the Revenue Collector
Mr.. Morrill-of this city. was robbed las,
evening. by burglars, Of 50, 800 in Treasury
notes, and some $500 in checks. The bur.
glars used false keys. No clue has been OBJ
tanned to the robbers.
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TAe Di3eulty between the negroes aAa
whites - tAs Rastera shsrs-origia
Of tAs trsabla.


The United States tug Geneva, returned
yesterday forenoon from the site of disturb-
ence on the Eastern shore near Drummond
between the inhabitants and negroes. 1t ap-
pears the trouble originated IN band of
white men bunting down some negroes for
the purpose CT searching for one named
Couch. who few days ago had attempted to
cut the throat of white man. The negroes
were robbed of their arms and money. when
they made complaint to the civil authorities.
who issued warrants for the arrest of eleven
of the white men. The 14tA inst. was select
ed for the hearing of the case at a village
named Woodstock. On that day obout 100
well armed white men assembled, swearing
they would kill every negro who attempted
to testify, and threatened the magistrate, Mr.
Dix, with violence If the proceedings we're
continued. The magistrate, seeing the state
of affairs endorsed upon the warrants of ar
rest the ,mpossibiiity of conducting the trial
under such circumstances, and informed Mai.
French, agent of the Freedmens Bureau, of
his action. The latter officer advised the
negroes 10 quietly return home, and while
they were doing 20 they we're again assaulted,
by the armed whites until they reached places
ofsafety. Upon the arrival of troops the
whites dispersed, and not one of them could
be found after . search.
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Cash Assets, July, 1866.
Actual Net sss3, ,sss %.

Actual Net S003. o6S %.
The annual meeting Of the stockhodsr. recently
bald In the city of Hartford and the cid Board prs
tors chosen At subsequent meeting Of tbs Director
ths old oosrs were unaainousy reelected Ths busi-
Of the Pscnix for the fiscal year just closed vas the
suocssfn and prosperous In ths whole history
the oo.paay regular oU AkrxRLY divid.ods ef pss
osat- upoa ths Capital Stock were declared bssasss
largely In excess Of any previous year and the solid
Asaseal condition Of the Ph1nir every thing
ardent and sanguine friends could wish for.
The PHENIY enters the present year
better than ever prepared for service and
duty in the line of its profession, with in
creased facilities for the transaction of busi-
ness, an unimpaired Cash Capital of six hun
dred Thousand dollars, Assets to the amount
Of 81, ,O43,772 l3, an annual net cash income
Of over one million dollars. and a mercantile
system of local agencies, under the manage
ment OF veteran Underwriters, from far Eas,
| sunrise to the golden shores Of the Pacific
slope, and from the Gulf Of Mexico to the
| -: a a.... ,s IL. No-.h. I.l
iroh-ooaho eo@ses VI eue 1NoI1nefh AaAes'
shcvs pupular and sdns oorporuson It proper rs4<s
LDesEs ALWAYS PAID PROMPTLY
WM. FULTON, Resident Agent.
| ,xHsst KBOWUK. IOWA.
EGAL NolllE.-io a; L. Demlng .no :,
- " Csshorn trastees ,or tnemse ~; = sne : Z
a.r,..ss s..s. nol.sy nsn p0rd n..,l vSrS ss4
Root, o.rolia. kss.. Elins sunn; Ford. Sen. l
H1sss .%@ q < ossiy. n Ai.1.ndsr. Lcn.1, Hichss
;os. .,ss of u. .s.sss
81. ~. ~ us. .s-s, a.. 49,. 3,hs.-e., = ~ S
Es. Es1s - Tsc.... ~ rn.raoete s.,i,vss =. IN
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FROM WASHINGTON.

Report OF the Committee On the Hen-
phis swtnAle PostDeneA-Prebabls a1-
misstoA Of Nebraska ana CslSraAe
Territories ssates-SeareAtys - Pest.
nj Currency-The President and Deere.
taxy Seward both 10 attend the Doag.
las Monument Inau8urssasn-Esv.R Nan.
dali to be Confirmed - Posta aster
General tomorrow.
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FROM LOUISVILLE.

Fourteenth Annual National Fsstfv al
Of the sangerbaAa seeiety-A General
sGeeA Time"-Speseh OF the Mayer
He Welcomes the Societies to the Hes
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ST. LoUB, July y.
Aksat y, ,0o0, ,0o0 gold Aass .rsscked ST.
JoasPh yesterday b IL Aa.ds of pa0oagss
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NOTICE is hereby given, that the Annual
N List Of U D. Taxes, embracipg Licenses, Incoms,
don csnpraias the townships Of ,ackson, Des Moinss
and Montrose in the countyo Of Lee in tbs Fst Coie
tion Dtrct Of the Stats Of sva for ths ysar cons.c
ing May the lst le66 hss returned ~ by the o.
Q, Assessor for aid Distrsct<
Ruysut = ereby de.asnAsd forthwith Of all persops
.psei.ssy, sy sosa a. walker. Dsgos, o.iisc.or sor
saA Dtvioa, embracing the above ssnsd fcwhships in
tAe cssnty q Lss In ~ District = NJ once In the
An paynens nm4 Be made befors the "a ~ d An
g.ss nsxt sd Ill peroes Who shah sssssrt 70 pay al
.ssli l :. issi. fS Pir Tfs Pm cfuE q a .ssito.s
with osnas fss saeh notice - niisasel upon the
Oaee oellsesor internal Revss.s lss Dseri Of Iowa
- &c Waikiki, Collector,
jy23-dos-w3t lst District Of Iowa
FOE SALE.
TyHE Furniture and Fixtures Of the Bar,
i Dining Reon snd Resaanrass Of the
I1TERHATIOHAL SALOOH,
On the Of - and Johnsoa etseses n d.
sss: 's.es "a d. !. 81. %. ". s,'.s !. :. 3 -
''''1'' terms '@ f.f'hsn Nh 80 Z ssc.z, #
jyls-d7w - H. Prs.ise.
English Geoaa.
= CASKS Ycanesr euss SCOTCH Ale.
~ Casks Barclay, Perkin % London Porter.
50 In cruD BlaekVslfs R1ehlsA
10 gr1o Low Sons Haydsss brown Windsor, ely
css1ne. - Hoasy 6saQ, ~ A1e b.
I'm 1OHKkeToR 4 ALBKRs
western Reserve Cheese.
OFFERED very low TO close ont consign-
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HvOAL OIL lA18HIA wANTBD- = . HAsssi priea
1by 101kRfs0N = ALMA
ty2i
snn BAIA RUTN1o sUaARs, cruaAsA. Powdered
cJNy - 0Fasalats1, - lowest na4sa, by
ffYHl EOnUR1p6H ALDIp9
* BBiS. Havemeyer 1 Elders Yellow
- sss~, VIZ iow. = ~.- 49,
Teon.
WE always kssp H. yay bssk ofall syiss.
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western Reserve Cheeee.
OFFERED very low TO close ont consign.
" 10AN 1oBERTeOH ALRERc
, 1866-05-01


ciety at Exeter, 10y DR.. Scott, the Presi-
dent, deserves consideration by all per-
sons who take interest in photo graphic
portraits. How often it happens when
a person is about to be taken" that he
or she dresses for the occasion, perhaps
puts on a little JeWeirys and SO appears
III the picture IN Il style which IS not the
familiar one. This is q mistake, tor the
object should be to produce such a por-
tfaie as will show the sitter IN his every
day asRfct-that in which IaII his friends
know h!m best. The o4trageS on true
taste ypeFpetrated by men IN this partl-
cular are many but women are offend
ers il a much greater degGee. DR.. Scott
remarks 'Bfne objects absorb all other
rayS,79Qd only reflect the blue ones; red
ohJefts reflect the red rays and obsorb
Lbs others and yellow objects, 10 like
nna'neI un'o'3 q" ',Jt ,"5s ~ '' bava "' hon
nortSait t,L,n ~ -, v97Ilor- drcse wo3Id
p..am,, t{;,l, !,lI ooa,n o,tofa
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P"0' ~ W. V"0''' y
Mr. R. E. Alison states, in a commnni
cation to the Quarterly Journal Of Science,
on the climate of Teneriff', that he can
feeIlngIy testify TO the superiority OF TIE
climate OF that island to that OF auy Euro
pran district, for al affections OF thelnnSS,
\Vhpn he left FDrlHnd. he had all the
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1866-05-03

THE BRIDGE OVER THE DIES MoINEs.-
Through the the politeness of Mr.. J. B.
F'lagg, the genial agent of the B. & NJ. r.
r. rve >-e-e enrbieti re..A.da ~ .4.-s..y-
visit to this structure. We found the road
was graded nearly all of the way to the
bridge and workmen busy at work on the
unfinished portions. Arriving at the
bridge our eyes were greeted by large
force of carpenters and masons who are
rapidly bringing this structure out of its
rude shape of stone piers and piles into a
substantial railroad bridge. Five of the
six stone piers are finished and the sixth
nearly so. The wooden part on both
shores is finished and all that remains to
be done is to throw the tImbers across the
stone piers which is being done as fast as
a large force of hands can do it. We think
ere long our neighbors in the western
counties will be greeted by the long look
ed for shrek of the locomotive.
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Candidates for State Offices

We understand that the following gen.
tlemen are mentioned in connection with
the nominations for the vaIious offices to
be filled i'll this State at the coming elec-
ton: .... .-..... .... .. ... g. .
For Secretary of State, Hon. Jas. Wright,
present incumbent; Hon. Ell. Wright,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Col. j. III. Smith, of Clinton, and Senator
d. p. Stubbs, of jefferson.
Hon, John A. Elliot. the efficient Audi
tor of State will be,re e-nomnated by accla-
nation without any shadow of opposition.
We understand that Hon. VIM. w.
Holmes, present Treasurer of State, de-
clines to be a candidate. We have heard
the name of Hon. w. III. Holden, of Wash
ington county, mentioned in that connec-
ton, but we cannot say that he will be a
candidate.
Hon. j. \. Harvey will probably be a
candidate for denomination for the Regis
tership of the State Land Office. Col. C.
c. Carpenter, of Fort Dodge, is also men
toned as strong man in that direction.
Hon. VIM. Hale, of Mills county, late
Speaker pro tenn. of the House of Repre-
sentatives, is mentioned aS a probable can
iidate for Attorney General. So also is
Hon. +. +. Bssell, the present very able
Incumbent. ... .......
For Reporter Of the Supreme Court, we
hear mentioned the names of Hon. Il. L.
Withrow, present incumbent, and Hon.
f. III. Stiles, Senator from Wapello coun
ty.
For Clerk of the Supreme Court, we
presume that the efficient appointee (Hon
t. j. Saunders) who has not yet entered
upon his duties, will have no opposition
unless his geography" interferes. From
this array of respectable names. with the
addition of perhaps others before the date
of-the State Convention, the radical major
ity of this great and thriving State, will
have no difficulty in making judicious
selection of candidates to fill the various
offices at the coming election Hamilton
Freeman. ...
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OUcH.-The State Register quotes ''for
our edification,' the names of" "a number
of Ottumwaians" who have removed hence
Now comes deponent and for further an
swer sayeth: First. The great majority of
the gentlemen named, were old time resi-
dents Of the Capitol, who, in one of the BIZ
ennial periods that waken up your sleepy
landlords and boarding house mistresses.
conceived the brilliant notion of emigra-
ting to place where, as they had heard,
any kind of business, every year of de-
cade, every month of each year, each week
of every month and daily. Receiving their
fabulous reports with grain of allowance
for exageration and proceeding with great
caution, these gentlemen investigated.
Finding the true state of the case to be
even more than they had been led to be-
lieve, and discovering, furthermore, that
to compete with the live, wide-awake bu-
siness men of our city, would require ac-
ton, watchful energy, not only once every
two years or for a few months at time,
but constantly, they returned to Des
Moinss and somnolency, preferring the
good old fashioned stage coach Capitol
city, to our railroad ''new tangled town."
Second. In order to get rooms in our
city for transacting business, one requires
considerable capitol, and be prepared,
either to build, or stop here until a chance
opens. Now, in Des Moines, ideas of the
amount ofcapital required for business
purposes are limited to few hundred dol
lars, whilst here, as many thousand would
be required. "Maybe" this had something
to do with the return of the gentlemen
whose arrival is the cause of such to-do
Hundreds come and go, here, daily and
mo one knoweth whittier they come nor
where they co. The arrival efthe lum-
bering coach in the quiet Capitol city.
however, awakens all the inhabitants as it
dashes up the quiet street to the village
tavern, and each arrival is closely scanned
and his peculiarities noted to form the
theme of gossip around the capacious fire
places of the primitive log huts, wherin
dwell the inhabitants, of Des Moines.
Third. Several of tho persons named,
went up to your place in charge of branch
stores from this place, all of which depo-
nent, believeth true.
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uous opposition of the editor of that sheet,
who is now engaged in the pleasanter task
Of writing the history of the death of slav-
cry. Two years previously, the revolution
of ls4s wrapped Europe in the flames of
war, and the readers of the Tribune will
remember its glowing account of the grand
battle of Slievenamon, which was not
heard of in Ireland until long afterwards,
but in which the Tribune fully believed
when it published the ingenious hoax.
The dingy building in which the early
years of the Tribune were passed was
burned i'm 1915, and the re-appearance OF
the paper on the following morning, al
though at the time the proprietors did not
know but that they were irretrievably ru-
ined, was regarded by it's admirers and
opponents alike as an example of enter
prise, deserving the warmest praise. II
was a profitable fire for the Tribune. AL
though the snow hay knee-deep upon the
streets, so that the firemen were powerless
to arrest the flames, Mr.. Greeley and Mr..
McElrath stood musing upon the ruins
and then turned to their work as naturally
as if nothing had happened. The paper
appeared on the following morning only
an hour behind its usual time, and its pa
irons WED with the conductors of the op-
position journuls in extending helping
hand. Upon the site of the old building
rose the present one-Slamm's Plebeian
disappearing from the little gore of land
upon the corner which it had occupied
and i'm the ensuing autumn the Tribune
was fully reiustated, having added strength
to it's editorial force and improved it's IA
cilities for conducting business. A year
or two later it passed from the sole pro-
prietorship of Greeley & McErath into the
management of joint-stock company,
which has since controlled it's fortunes.
In the early days the doctrines of the
French school of Socialists found favor in
the office of the Tribune-it has since ceas-
ed its advocacy of them, and Mr.. Brisbane
no longer ENJOYS the use of his semi week
ly column fer discussions upon the bene-
fits of Association. Twenty years ago the
lamented Margaret Fuller was constant
contributor To the columns of the Tribune
her place has never been filled. In later
years the paper has passed through many
changes; at one time during the war, by
its own confession, having been seriously
Strengthened in its means, but the evidence
of prosperity which it exhibits to-day
shows that the evil days are past.
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An exchange says:

In selecting flour, first look to the color.
III is white with yellowish, straw col
ored tint, buyit. III white with a blush
cast, or with white specks in it, refuseit.--
Second examine its adhesiveness-wet and
knead a little of it between your fingers
if it works soft and sticky it is poor. Third
throw a little lump Of dried flour against a
smooth surface, if it falls like powder it
is bad. Fourth squeeze some ofthe -four
tightly in your hand; if it retains the shape
given by the pressure, that, too, is "A good
sign. IT is safe to buy flour that will
stand all these tests. These modes are
given by all old flour dealers, and they per-
tain to matter that concerns everybody
the staff of life.
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w. II. Smith, ESQ.
xxx CoNGREss-First Session
Washington, April "a.

Washington, April "a.
HOUSE.
The first business in order being the call
or committees fora report during the morn
ing hour. \ joint resolution was reported
on April 10Th from the committee on roads
and canals, 10 construct ship canal
around Niagara, came up for discussion.--
a summary ofthe bill was published in
the proceedings on the 10th.
Mr.. Hulburt, of New York, addressed
the House in favor ofthe passage of the
bill. ........ .....
Mr.. Dawes, of Massachusetts, introduc-
cd u Iv7ola.io~, end stated that he was de-
sirous of voting for the uiii urrt wing
work constructed as National work, but
he observed that in the charter granted by
the New York Legislature to corpora
ton for this purpose, there was clause re-
serving to the State of New York the right
to purchase the canal.
Mr.. Hulburt, of New York, stated that
his colleague, Mr.. Van Horn. intended to
introduce an amendment which would
give the contract exclusively to the Feder-
al Government.
Mr.. Dawes remarked that that was what
seemed essential, to him.
Mr.. Van Horn stated that after consult
ing with the friends of the measure in the
House he had concluded to present an
amendment in the nature of substitute
for the bill, and that the substitute diff
fered from the bill in that it provided for a
chartering company instead of having the
work done by company chartered by
any State. He was authorized by gen.
tleman from Wisconsin, Mr.. Paine towith
draw the substitute which the gentleman
had offered, and he now presented the SUBJ
stitute agreed upon.
Mr.. Humphrey, of New York, denoun-
ces the measure as scheme concocted by
men who We're endeavoring to produce
corporal rights accompanied by a dona-
ton of six millions ofdollars from the Fed
eral Government. 1t psofessed to have
two objects in view; one Military and
the other Commercial. and vet why had
it not been referred to the committee on
Military affairs, or TO the committee on
Commerce; that indicated there was some-
thing wrong about the matter.