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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-16

had Deen SO proStrtuted that Its full ted
m.nistering gay Lotharios generally
recommended the worship of what
they most respected-pleasure, prop.
erty and power-corresponding to
the pagan and NEUROLOGICAL ideas of
Bacehus, Mammon and Mars,
Gods brutal partial, passionate, I'M
just, Es
Whose attributes were rage, revenge
and lust.
1t was as the ficnds prevailed
Against the seraphs they assailed;
and fixed. on heavenly marahals, or,
in professional language, have pack
ed jurics instead Of drawing them
from a box of names selected by
other officers as is done in most OF
States, there was danger of getting
indifferent persons upon the panel,
but the care and judgement which
our lnarshals have always showd
in thei, seiectionsprove my fears un-
founded, and am truly gratified to
/ find SO many gentlemen Of public
and private worth upon the present
Jury. We SO often hear from trca-
sonablc sources around us
Charges thrones should dwell,
The freed inheritors of hell.
SO formed for joy,
So cursed the causes that destroy.
But we are reminded that where
sin aboundcd grace may much more
abound, and in the light OF recent
changes may we not hope a material
and moral future for this city Of Rich.
mond in strong contrast with its aw-
full and athcistic past, and in harmo
ny with the salubrity of it's climate
the poetic beauty of its scenery and
the magnifcence Of It's water powers!
| have sometimes feared that by the
usages of this State, which have Civ.
Ell the selection ofjurors to the ;Shcr-
ifs, and of cruel acts passed by Con.
gross since the beginning Of the war;
acts which we are called upon to en-,
force; that it is well, perhaps, for one
moment to consider the utter false.
hood Of such charges, and to find On
examination the unparalleled elem
ency and forbearonce of the victo
rious Government, which, but for the
| cost of the rebellion would now be
felt only in its protection and its
blessing.
1t is charitable to conclude that
the reporters have mutilated him.
L
otherwise it would be difficult to
find out what the salubrity of tho
climate Of Richmond, her magnificent
waterfall, the fact charged that a
majority of her children are not
born according to law, and all hel
ministers libertines, has to do with
the charge Of a Judge to a Jury,
charged with the solemn and impor
tant duty of bringing in an indict-
ment against a man for high treason
Resides it sounds strange in a Re
publican Judge to accuse Congress
of passing cruel acts during the wa,
which he is to enforce reluctantly.
The report of this charge either
does Judge Underwood gross injus
tice, or else they are in great neeG
of a fool killer in Richmond.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-16
Defining His Position.

The "Fat Contributor" while at
Nashville recently, was requested. to
define his position on politics, which
he did in letter to "John Happy
of the Nashville Banner, as follows
81 am aware Of the necessity Of
knowing just where aman stands in
these times which try mems
soles-as well as the upper leather.
t. begin with, | am an old Henry
Clay Wing of the Polk school. I be-
lieved in the Hard Cider, during
which / casta somewhat colored vote
for jackson. / voted against the as
sassination Of Lincoln, and am in ia
vor of the immediate impeachment
of Jefferson Davis. / favored the
Maine law until they fired on our
flags, together with several Of our
fiat stones, when [ went in for Wig
orous prosecution of peace. | am in
favor Of woman'srights, if tits good
looking woman, and she writes to
me. l don't know much about the
Monroe Doctrine, and as for horse
doctoring | don't know anything at
all. | wouldn't vote to ohlige Nor
mon to have more than one wife,
and am opposed to introducing chol-
era into the Territories. / goln for
a tax on waterfalls, and am willing
to allow chignons representation in
Congress on the basis Of population.
Finally, | am in favor Of allowing
the negro to vote in the South-it is
the only way to make treason odor-
nnan st
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-16
Public Enterprise.

1t rs an old NEUROLOGICAL maxim
that, the "gods help those that help
themselves J" and, if Ottumwa fails
to make large inland city of TWEEN.
tytive thousand inhabitants in the
next ten years,It will be from the
simple fact that her citizens lack the
enterprise and public spirit to prop
orly improve the natural and artii.
eiai advantages of her locality.
There is no use of Disgusting the
fact that many of Our people have
gothic absurd notion into their heads
that Ottnmwa is destined to make a
large city whether we will or no
that it is one of those peculiarly
favored localities that will involunta,
riiy grow up to be large city in
spite of the apathy and want Of pub
lie spirit Of her people.
New, in our humble opinion, this
is g most pernicious and dangerous
delusion, and one that We have got
o'arouse from, and divcst ourselves
Of, or else wewill awake one of these
days from our Rip Van Wrinkle y
snooze, and find written over our
rates, FMS. Died of q violent at
tack Of good luck and manifest des-
tiny on tho BRAIN We have got to
get the idea knocked out of our
heads, and that pretty soon too, that
0ttumwa is such an important point
that the great central North and
South line of railroad that is to con.
meet New Orleans, st. Louis, Iowa
and Minnesota, cannot but run thro
it; and our people must understand
that they "can't cat their cake and
Still have it, that they cannot ex.
pect the contractors on the N. M. &
c. r. RR. to continue the work with.
out money; and to accomplish this
vital work it is necessary that they
come forward and pay their install
ments of stock promptly, or else the
I > 4
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-16
1 CHICAGO MARKET.

OIlicago, May II.
Flour opened dull, and less firm on
certain brands Of common and medi.
UNI grades Of extra at 7a8 so.
Wheat lower at 5Sa2 so.
Corn-No l ruled excited and very
irregular this morning. No 2, sold
at sc. ,fs
Oats-No 2 moderately active,
but closing fully &c lower--at 62a624
closing sales at inside.
Rye dull and 3a4c lower. No.
sold at / 81.
Provision-No alteration in pri-
ces. A few orders on the market for
meats and lard, but in most cases
limited to lower figures than holders
are willing to accept. Mess pork
nominal at % 50a22 IS. Shoulders
7aa8.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-16

FREAKS OF ELEcTR1cIrY.-tn Sa-
lem, Mass, during thundersh hover
q few evenings since, you,t man
was Frustrated by the liglhn ing
while walking in the street. at. the
time he had a steel framed utbrella
in his hard, with wooden Randle,
the frame of which was colbletcly
riddled and thrown to the pposite
side Of the street. The breaE OF his
coat was some what torn, I'D the
waist coat of his flannel shA hung
ouly by a shred, while the sllve was
torn open. What is more st9nge on
abe shoes which he wore VIE steel
buckles, apparently untoucha, while
the top of his stockings was literally
unraveled. The young mallvas not
injured in the least, only ebcrienc-
ing on tho following dayh little
numbness in one Of his halls. All
he remembers of the affair THAT he
saw II large ball of fire. hen ho
reached the store where heEas en-
p'oyed, and whittier he dirt ted his
steps as soon as he recove4 suffi-
GENTLY, he loosely asked hem if
they ever saw an umbrella spck by
lightning, when, to his surIfe, his
attention was called to his tttered
garments, and'he for the fin time,
realized what an escape he d had.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-16
Wonderful Case of Coma.

Some eight miles from Hickman,
Ohio, (says the Hickman Courier.
there exists young lady who repre-
sents the most wonderful case OF CO.
ma, or preternatural disposition to
isleep, of which we have ever known
or heard. When about twelve years
old she was taken with {. severe chill
fever, and treated by her physician
accordingly. AS her fever which
followed the chill subsidized, she fell
into deep sleep, i'll which condition
she has remained ever since, except
at intervals. She awakes regularly
twice in every twenty-iour hours, at
which time nourishment is given her,
and it is a most singular fact that
she always awakcs within few min
utes Of the same hours every day
She will remain awake and perfectly
conscious five, ten, or perhaps fifteen
minutes, and then gradually drop off
to sleep again. When asleep it is ut
terly impossible to arouse her. She
is now twenty-four years old, and has
consequently been in this comatose
condition a period Of twelve years.
When awake, she does not appear to
suffer except from a drowsy, gaping
inclination and q persistent effort to
cleanse her throat Of phiegm. She
never complains Of any bodily pain.
In sleep she is very nervous at times,
and appear to suffer considerably by
the violent twitching and jerking of
her muscles andlimbs, and her hands
are clenched tightly, as if enduring
severe pain. Theparoxysm will con-
time perhaps five minutes, and she
then sleeps as calmly and quietly as
an infant. Her food consists of mush,
cruel and such things as are usually
given confirmed invalids. When
awake she will answer questions ask
ed her, and can converse with some
intelligence, but never exhibits any
interest in anything or desire to talk.
Talking seems to be labor to her:
She, Of course, has never had any of
the advantages Of education or So
Getty, and her ideas of everything
are quite child-like. Her features
are inclined to be pretty, and though
deprived of the tints of health. are
not marked by that sickly palor
which her condition would Indicate.
She has long, dark, wavy hair, which
her poor old mother takes great care
in combing and dressing, and her
complexion that Of q pale, delicate
brunette. She is of ordinary size,
and her limbs and muscles we'll pro-
and developed. She has
grown considerably during her Attic
ton. Her name is Mary Godsy, and
her mother is very poor widow la
dy, dependent upon the charity of
neighbors and visitors for q support.
She has been visited since her affiic
ton by many eminent physicians,
but her condition defes all medical
skill. Indeed, we have not met any
one who claims to understand the
cause or nature Of her disease.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-16

JUDGE OF THE SUPREME CoURT.-
The Marshall Times hears that the
Hon. w. B. Fairfield, of Floyd, will
be candidate for Judge of the Su-
preme Court, subject to the action
Of the Republican Convention. OF
Judge Fairfield the Times says: at is
but simple justice to state that he has
acquitted himself in such manner in
his present capacity Us tojustify his
friends in urging his nomination for
the Supreme Bench. There is not a
more descrvedly popular District
Judge in Iowa" ~
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-16
The Honorable John Bell, Of. Tenn

The Honorable John Bell, of. Tenn
essee, is now living at his homo near
the Cumberland Iron Works, few
hours steamboat ride from Nashville,
on the Cumberland river. He is sew
enty three years old, badly broken
down physically and pecuniaaily y
Before the war he owned six humid
red negroes, worth quarter Of a
million, at least, and was the princi-
pal owner in the large iron works at
Chattanooga, which were burned in
1862. lie is very much disgnsted
with politics and affairs generally,
and has no sympathy with the new
condition Of affairs.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-16

The LADY's FRIEND.-T juno
number of this popular Magt inc is
before US. A charming dhestic
scene called "Home Treasures fs the
subject of the fine Steel Platei) ront.
The Colored Fashionspresent 4roup
Of brilliant and graceful fgnreI atti-
red in the latest mode. A bdtiful
Steel Engraving, called "One otifc's
Happy Hours" will be sent grI to
every singleg(2.5Q) subscriber, ID to
every person sendinga club. AIress
Deacon and Peterson, 319 y(nut
Street, Philadelphia.
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ged and the public will do we'll tocut
this item out andbe on the alert and
refuse any bills of this bank contain
ing these numbers.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-16

In the Supreme Court in the case
Of Soutler, Ell al, vs.. Lacrosse and
Milwaukee r. r., the judgment was
affirmed. Walcot VS.. Des Moines
Navigatiotl' and Railroad Company,
affirmed. Dcs Moines Navigation
and Railroad Company VS.. Burr, re-
velsed and cause rcmandcd.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-16

Ristori has performed one hundred
and sixty-eight nights in this country
and tho gross receipts have been
about four hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars. kistoris share of this
is about two hundred and seventy
thousand dollars, Of which two hum
dred thousand isprobably clearprotit
after deducting all expenses.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-16

1t is said that after Marshal Bazine
made his speech to the Mexican no
bles, announcing the withdraw OF
the French army, the Emperor Max
imilian exclaimed with vehemence
"They are placing me between dis
grace and death. My selection is
made"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-16
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET

- Chicago, May IA.
Receipts of 66 cars Of cattle; Is
cars of hogs.
Cattle-choice to prime, 8 5OaO 90;
fair to good, 6 75a8 IS; common to
medium, 4 75a6 20.
Hogs-choice to prime, 6 SSa7 O5;
fair to good, 25a6 80; common to
medium, 4 6Oa6 90.
Sheep-good to prime, z 35aS 40 !;
common to fair, 5 3aa7 30.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-16

10 dtiu quaufupiC Inc VIiue OF LHCIr
property.
We clip the following article from
the Toledo Blade, showing the mar
velous effect the establishment Of
Balls Mower & Reaper Mandatory
has had on the town Of Canton
which but few years ago was penn
scanned, dried up, finished, and sown
down to dog fennel; but which, to-
day, employs more people in her ag-
iicultural manufactures than lives in
the city Of Ottumwa, including her
various and sundry outlying suburbs:
!" Not many years ago, Canton, in
this State, was one Of the dullest and
least progressive townsin Ohio. In,
stead of increasing in wealth and
population it was retrograding, as nc
one thought it worth while to locate
!. there, and the young and energetic
were leaving tor moro progressive
localities. Finally, one man, Mr.
Ball, having invented a valuable inn
provement in moving machines, pro
posed if the citizens Of Canton VOID
loan him $4,000 he would manufac-
turc them at that place. They did
it, and that one factory was the nue..
]eus around which the following have
gathered Two immense agricultu-
raj implement manufactures, one Of
plows exclusively, one Of stoves and
hollow ware; one reaper and. wer
knives; one saddlery hardware; Two
Of carriages and buggies; two of fur
niture; one OF paper; two of wooden
goods; one OF horse rakes; one, OF
farm wagons; one of cultivators;
one Of wrought iron bridges; one of
soap; besides a large number OF 9TH
crs more or less extensive. It must
not be supposed shat those we have
enumerated are small concerns; the
moving machine interest alone sup.
ports twenty-five hundred people,
The town has trebled in population
quairupled in wealth, and the people
satisfied BY actual experiment that
manufacturers can be made success.
tul in the West, are still pushing for
ward in that direction.-Ioledd
BLADE.
SToLEN.-By a circular received at
the LIST National Bank of this city
from Comptroller H.,lburd, at Wash.
ington, we IRE informed that pack
age Of National Bank Notes for the
First National Bank of Jersey City,
N. J., amounting to twelve Thousand
dollars, was stolen out Of the Comp
trollcr's Office in Washington recent
ly. Tho Comptroller directs Nation
al Banks to throw out all Of these
bills that may be offered and says
that tia package contained eighty
Impressions, each impression contain
ing two notes--one oftifty one Of one
hundreds. Both denomination bear
the same numbers, te-wit: On the up
per right hand corner No. 1909 to
l9,GSs; on the lower left hand corner
No. GIL to $50 both inclusive.
Some Of these notes have already
been put in circulation with the
names of the officers Of the Bank for
4 Z + -
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-16
Mr.. Isaac Brown, edit

B Mr.. Isaac Brown, editor of the
Sullivan Union, is the recipient of a
cake ofsugar made from the sap Of
the black walnut tree, which he pro.
nounces superior to maple sugar. II
was made by Mr.. Tyra Harris, Of
Fountain county, who states that the
sap is twice as strong as that of the
maple, and will produce twice the
amount of sugar from the same guam.
tity Of water.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-16

A RECENT PARLIAMENTARY Scan
DAL.-As duclling is now impossible
in England, abusive language cannot
be received as an indication of tho
courage of the individual whp is be-
trayed into it. Formerly, ifa person
in the position ola gentlemaAapplie
certain terms Of contumely to anoth-
er person ofa similar station, the fact
used to be accepted as prima facie
evidence that the aggressor was pre-
pared 10 make good his invectiye at
the hazard OF his life; but nowadays
the use Of hard words prove nothing
OF the kind. The pistol being no lon
ger available for the settlement ofdis-
pntes, and personal qnarrels living no
longer decided by personal conflict,
the man who has recourse tol verbal
abuse in order to ventilate hid anger
or his disappointment onlyIaffords
proof that he is himself a ciwardly
ruffian, against whom the pice of
society should be unanimously raised.
We are induced to make these re-
marks in consequence Of sunfy dis
creditable scenes which are bald to
have taken place lately in the Pulisses
Of the House Of Commons. nj doubt
in 1867, as in any of the prteding
years of our Lord, many ihabby
things have been done, mani dirty
tricks have been played andmany
solemn promises have been broken
in the greedy scramble for ofse, but
that is surely no reason whymcm-
bers Of the Legislature shouldso far
forget themselves as to exprea their
irritation toward each othd in q
manner more suited to niglt house
than to the precincts of St. st phen's.
Offenders ofthis kind in ATTEMPTING
to dishonor others doubly dAhonor
themselves.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-16
A Novel Model Method Of De-
Gliding a Lawsuit.

a lew days since case was tried
IN one OF our Justices courts, in which
a woman sued -four dealer to rccov-
er sl4, the price of a barrel of flour.
which she alleged was Of so poor a
quality as to be nnmerchanta BILE
Upon the trial of the case she swore
that the -four was mouldy, that while
it was being baked the odor arising
from it was insufferablc. and that at.
ter the bread was baked and parta-
ken OF BY herself, hr sband and 9TH
efs. even III small quantities, it made
them allsick. The deal introduced
upon the stand a flour inspector who
testified that the -four was good
article of superior brand, and he
himself testified thatit was, the same
as he had been accustomed to sell to
his customers. After hearing the
testimony.on both sides, the Justice.
in order to deal justly with the ag-
,grieved party requested the woman
to take a quantity Of the -four to his
residence in order that hiswife might
make trial Of it's quality by making
it into bread, and reserved his decis-
ion until such a trial was made. The
flour was taken to his house, and
without telling his wife OF the cir
cumstances ofthc case, he requested
her to bake two loaves Of bread from
it and allow him tosee them at noon.
Upon his return home, the bread
had just been taken from the oven
and the odor which rose from it had
filled the whole house and it was ex-
tremely nauseous and sicl1cning.-
This convinced him that the story of
the woman, which seemed improba-
able was true and he rendered judg-
ment for the amount claimed in her
favor.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-16

Hon. Mr.. Wright, OH. minister 4.
Berlin, is dead R9
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-16

1t is stated that the Grand Jury
has indicted Vice Prest. j. G. BreclS-
inridge, II. w. Thomas, Of Fairfax,
and forty others, for treason.
The following TELEGRAM was receiv.
ed by Judge Underwood, in the Court
Room To-Day, a short time before be
admitted jeff Davis to bail:
Washington, May 49,
To Judge Underwood:
Beware of Greedy. Remember
Libby prison, Belle Isle and Ander
sonyille. Fifty millions are looking
on, and expect you to do your duty,
while 3o,0OOpatriots graves cry aloud
for revenge.
Signed, Your FRIEND.
jeff. Dawson his release, telegraph
ed to his brother James G. Davis in
Mississippi, the fact, and informed
him that he would write to him from
New York. Davis and his wife vis-
tied tho grave of their son late in the
evening at Holy Wood cemetery.
Davis and family went Oh board
of steamer Niagara tonight at 10
o'clock she sails for New York to-
morrow, a. m. lie goes thence to
Canada. 5it
New York, May IA.
Gold 1873 yesterday. Z. ts@
st. Paul, May IA.
Moses A. Hawks, who killed his
wife to get the insurance on her life,
has been indicted for murder in the
first degree.
Memphis, May IA.
The Baptist Convention adjourned
at 2 o'clock this morning.
A serious riot occurred al Brown
VILE, Tennessee, yesterday at a Radi-
cal Convention; three negroes and two
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-03-11
The Whisky Tax.

The Urbana Union reminds its readers
that the distillation ofspirits from corn was
a Western manufacture to save the cost OF
freight ON a bulky article; and under the
facility given to trade the culture of corn
increased. The natural price of whisky
was less than 20 cents a gallon. The tax is
two dollars a gallon or 1000 per cent. on
value. When that trade was undisturbed
by the Whisky Gamblers in Congress, the
quantities of whisky that entered the Gin
cinnati market equalled 1000 barrels a day,
and two-ffths of this quantity were at
once converted into alcohol for use in the
arts. 1t then sold for 80 cents a gallon now
the price is nine time 80 cents and the use
of oil is nearly abolished and corn made
lower. Why is this? What persons cause
it? Is it to make corn cheap in Massachu-
sets to protect American ldbOri or does the
Great Distiller who leans on fraud use the
tax to break down the small distiller? The
West is sadly cheated; and the West must
be righted.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-03-11

Governments, Federal and State, TO use all
necessary constitutional means TO remedy
this evil.
G. Resolved That the Radical majority in
Che so-called Congress have proved them
selves TO be IN favor of Negro Suffrage by
forcing Il upon the people of the District
OF Columbia against their almost unani-
NOUS wish, solemnly expressed at the polls,
6y forcing 10 upon the people of al the
Territories, and by their various devices TO
coerce the people of the South to adopt 10;
that we are opposed 10 Negro Suffrage, be-
ieyinR II would be productive of evil to
both whites and blacks, and tend to pro-
duce a disastrous conflict of races.
ResolUed, That for all their efforts to
uphold the Constitution we tender to the
President and to the majority Of the Judges
OF the Supreme Court Of the United States
our hearty thanks.
8. Resolved, That we are in favor OF a
Democratic Convention Of delegates from
all the States, to be held at such time and
place as may be agreed upon, and that the
State Central Committee be authorized TO
concur with other proper committees In
liking time and place, and that we prefer
Louisville, Ky, as the place.
8. BssolUed, That the Democratic news
papers of Ohio deserve our earnest and lib
e~ralsupport, and that an early and thorough
organization of the party is indispensable.