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

sluo. 11O uF8Wu plCCuI Nv CuS
white bear rushin overthe line ant
disportln hisself in fields nv greer
peas. Imagine, he remarked, the
delicacy of Polar bear meet 'fattenet
on straw-berries-think of the con
dishen the sea lions must be in which
leave their watery lairs to feed or
turnips which grow above the 81
paralell-think Nv
at won't do" sed the President
"Think NV" retorted the Sekreta
ry. with quickness Nv intellek re
markable-s'THINK wv GETrIN RID wv
THE BLAIRs FOREVER!
"Will the Ablishin SENT ratify the
treaty 2" asked johnson, eagerly.
II converst with many on the sub
jick and they scd eff we coood prom
ise that the Blairs wood accept po-
sishens ther, they would do it chez
fly. For sich purpose, said one to
mo seven million dollars, is mere
bagatclle."
''I'll do it, said Johnson. "Iagree
with the Senators for once. Rather
than hev it fail, I'd pay it out of Mrs
Cobb's share in our jint spekelashens
Freedom from the Blair family!--
Good Hevings! can one man be SO
blest? Is ther such in store for me
$7,OO0,0O0! Pish"
My opinyun being askt, I gave it
Ez heftv ez vencher is from com.
merhsal stand pint, in a politikile
point of view, the advantages will be
still heftier. The Rooshen Territory
will FINALLY be the chosen home nv
the Dimocracy. There is already a
population there adapted to US, who
kan be manipulated without trouble,
and the climit is favorable to a strick-
ly Democratic populashun. The
trouble with us here is that the
amount nv likker necessary to the
manufacter Nv Democrat kills him
afore he he's opportunity nv voting
many times, which keeps US in per-
petooal minority. Our strength is,
for climatic reason, our weakness.
Far different is it in Roosha. Their
the happy native may drink his
quart per day-the bracin atmos-
phere maxim it absolutely necessary
for him. Their is sthe troo Democrat
ic paradise. How often hev sigh
ed for such country. Then agin
ther ar posishens NV profet. Tho
delegates of Congriss will, eff hev
figgered rightly, draw about $1,000
per session, mileage, which is $780,
900 per year. $50, 900 per term. He
could afford to serve without the pal
try $4,000 which would be cheap
legislatin, indeed.
And SO it was agreed upon, and
the treaty wuz made by telegraph
at an expense uv-I forget egsackly
but l think it was summers in the
neighborhood NV 10000. Before it
was FINALLY conluded some other in
cidental wuz inclooded BY the Ear,
which run the price up to $40, 2OO,.
900, but that was nothin for US.
Seward went at his work with great
energy. The purchas was divided
up into Territories-(for the number
of delegates to our convenshuns wuz
large and they all had to be prvidcd
for) which wuz named respectively,
johnson, Seward, Cowan, DoolittIe,
Randall and Wells. For one in the
extreme north the furhherest off,
Frank Blair wuz appointed Cover
nor; for the next, Montgomery, and
the next the old man, and the other
three wuz held in nreserve for the pure
but unfortunate patriots which might
be hereafter rejected for the Austrian
Nishun. A list wuz procured nv
the delegates to our various conven-
shuns, and them ez he'd been mar
tyred by the SENT, their names he'd
been put into wheel ez gift en-
terprises, and the Judgships, Mar
shalships, clerkships etc., wuz deawn
by lot This ijee was sejested by
Postmaster Randall, ez being the
easier way of doing it.. He stated
that the appointments from his de-
partment he'd alluz been made in this
manner,- ez it saved time and ee-
gsamenin petitions, certificates Nv
fitness, and SIGH.
En- this way, about ez near ez
can estimate, two per cent of those
claimin posishens, at our hands hsv
been provided for
The idee is capable nv unlimited
extension. The Administration feel
in the releef it hez, gin EN-, are al
ready negotiating for the British
Provinces. This territory kin by
maxim Nv EN- little smaller, be di-
vided into, say forty, which, by max
in few morce ffices for each and
bein liberal with explorin exdedi-
shuns ard sich, will be sufficientto give
places to all who really have claims
upon us and who are pushin u.s.
The President breathes easier, and
the Secretary is placid ez q summer
mornin. He hez cut the Gordian
knot; he hez relieved hissef NV the
boa constructor which was crushen'
him in his folds. Happiness pervades
the White House.
PETROLEUM v. NASBY, p. Nj.
(which is Postmastcr1, likewise Pro-
fessor NV Biblikel Politicks in the
Southern Classikle and Military In.
sNtoot.
Gov Brown of Georgia is urging
forward reconstruction, and his eff
forts secm to meet with very general
favor with the people.
"My =" said aprinter to his sweet