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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-12-26

The long suppressed letter OF Gen.
Grant TO the President, in which he
so earnestly protests against the sus-
pension of Secretary Stanton, and
his hearty endorsement of Sheridan.
more than justify the assertions of
friends who have claimed that he is
IN full accord with Congress and it's
policy OF reconstruction. The letter
and the Endorsement upon. General
Sheridan's report, in which General
Grant recommended. martial law for
Texas, were ELECTED by q House res
CLINTON Of inquiry. and are printed
elsewhere this morning. They viii
be read with interest and delight as
the frank avowals ofasincere patriot.
~. Y Tribune.
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Additional Bounties.

Gen II. j.. Washburn, Of Indiana,
Chairman Of the Committee appoint
ed to investigate the causes of the
delay in paying the soldiers the ad-
ditional bounty under the act Of July
%, 1866, has just made his report
He finds that mp to Dec. lat. last 49,
900 ofthese claims had been fled, oil
which 273,ooo remain unpaid. and
Ahat the principal reason for the delay
in the insufficient force employed in
the "a. Auditors Office, whore they
are examined and allowed.
The Committee also report the
offices in that Department misersbly
cramped, crowded up affairs, totally
unfit for the proper discharge of the
aarge bu, iness growing ont Of the
settlement OF these claims.
tits hoped that after the return o.
Congress from their holiday adjourn
mcnt, and the recuperation Of their
wasted mental and physical energies
resulting from their laborious ~es.
sions of from one two hours = day
since the 2lst OF last month, that they
will find time to put in a few add.
Gonal clerks into that Department
who ''know how to do It" to the end
that the men who ,rved their con~-
try IN the fore f mt Of battle for
eleven to thirteen o1tars per month,
without holiday . sournmcnts, may
be able 70 receive ,mc time during
Ahsir aAtnral life imee, tho money
due thesa, and which 10 lying idle in
Ahe Treasury, and which Congress
voted to them in equalization oftheir
pay seventeen months ago.
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CHICAGO.

Crime IN a1l :ts mutifarions forms,
seenA ~: b aholdirg high -csr6ival
and - - conin.s,, rapidly tetiuccd to
ene 49, inAarts il Chicago. Even
shs staid ~ rsapsctabss Trihsra Of
that sitys comes . - on Saturday,
with one entire age filed with thsr 9
ports oftwo, most revolving divorce
cases, wherein it seems that the aole
end and aim Of the attorneys and tho
court, was to draw from the-by, no
means unwilling witnesses--disgust-
ing and filthy details connected with
these welded prostitutions. for the
delectation ofthe gaping audience, and
delighted reporters.
One Of these cases is Quimby =.
Quimby, ia, which tho wife sues the
husband, for a divorce alleging that
ne united adultery with her own
mother on their bridal tour. The
other one is little leas foul, and nnnat
nral, and Ill the parties are Of the
Michigan Avenue, Peter o. Leum ar.
istccracy. w
The time has been when the vcr.
tilation, and elaboration Of these scan
mag and erin con cases. was moncp.
olised by tho venal. Chicago Times,
and to which fact it owes mainly it,
large circulation. We know men
who buv IL. (who dctest ite villainons
politics,) for no other reason. hn,
that It ministers to the DEPRIVED and
morbid desire, prevalent in alas tor
human hearts, to rcvsl and tenst an
the follies and miscries Of ther fellows
Tho excuse they give for taking the
Times, instead Of one Of their owr
party papers, is that tits a good com.
mercia1 paper, is not celebrated T.
humbug any one who viii notice
chem Immediately turn /. inside ont
on It's arrival and glnat over the
etereosyped headings always left
standing in that paper Of Grape
"Seduction," "Crim Con, ""Divorces.
Weeded woe, "&c. The Times mus,
now. however. look well to it's laurels
The Tribune finding TINT the miIlen-
Mum has not come, and that this
stuff sells. is close after the Times,
while tho Republican, is making good
time, but little in tho rear. Mean.
while it will puzzle man to decide
which is the most demoralizing and
disreputable to take into the family
circle, adaily Chicago paper, or an
illustrated Police Gazette.
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,. NJ. DIXON, Eso.-We clip the
following note to the HAwk-Eye
from J. NJ. Dixon, tho blissd editor,
and call tho attention Of oar friends
.ofdhe Tcachers Inslitste to the mat
ferthereinmentioned. Preparations
are andor way Seeking towArds ma,
king him . more Substantial benefit
from this city, rerkaps in the way Of
aieetsre, rs soon as,the hall 10 COM
pleted
;" Yours enclosing a draft for Fifty
mine dollars was duly received: 1t
will help me greatly to secure the
publication Of my book AcecPterr
thanks I asa stiu working on the
snanuscrips of my block, bu4 / am
working under difficulties, seing oem
I,ciaod to remain In bed atmost oen-
atauyiy. 4 nm . sufferer from exces.
ajse pain, bst { nm trying to place
sny tnnM IN God knoHlng ahntia the
WORT aasat may bcfaA, Hc WIN ne.
mclher ia snercy tho aatAezsess and
xfe Nidow-
ATlree weeks ago I was Snfor1nc<
Dr. IoEaRarers kiat - had lseer
veccSre1 5srme by tho Argue ofics
In Dnt1suDms 4 haxs roooaveA m
such srHittaMeoL laoarrcd zaee tlaa
~ Fssg4ssriti 1Mssitsss il Otaanws
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The Democracy hercabouts are
cluckiug in great glec just at present
over the discovery of new Presi-
dental candidate in the person of
General Hancock. A strong influence
has just determined upon General
Sherman. was in hopes that an
arrangement would endure, for in
case Of success, know of no man
whom would as willingly see placed
in power by the Democracy az Gen.
Sherman, for the reason that, though
he may be made Democratic can
didatc, there is no existing power
adequate to make him, in case be il
elected, Copperhead President
The recent consultations which
have taken place here, and which
have brought Gen Hancock's name
so prominently forward--so promi.
nently as to make it present deter
mination to nominate him-seem to
have had for their chief prompter
John B. Haskin latterIy so busy and
influential in the affairs of the New
York Democracy, and unqnalifledly
the greatest blatherskitc that ever
straddied into the field Of American
politics.
Our Iowa friend, George B. Cork.
hill, of Mt. Pleasant, is spending the
winter here as Washington cores
pendent Of the Missouri Democrat.
Gen Sanders, formerly Of the Daven-
port Gazette, has also taken up his
temporary residence here, | believe
as clerk to Mr. Harlan's committee
on public lands a good fellow and
worthy Of quite all the value the Sit
nation may be to him.
[ sec about here a good deal late
~, the irrepressible Colonel Moss,
formerly Of the LIST Iowa cavalry.-
He is at present publishing a paper
simultaneously ut Lynchburg and
Marion Va, understand, with fair
chance Of SO manipulating the negro
vote of that district as TO get return
Ell to Congress in case Virginia
adopts new constitution under the
reconstruction laws Ills to be re-
GREETED that candidates for distin-
g,i~hed position down there are not
more uri,ormly selected from among
those who, while they arc sound and
loyal, are alec 1nativc and to tho
manor born," bat the whites there
are still SO recusant aGd the field is
80 temptingly OPEN TO aspiring adj
venture-s from every quarter that it
is certain t. be extensively improved
--sas ne see. sfa Iowa. q
Washington correspondence Of
the Hawk-Eye. va
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Mil~aukee, Dee. 10.
The Scn'snl says:

The Scn'snd says:
We havo this morning dispatch,
from John Nazro, Esq, trustee 81
the Merchants Union express, which
sets at rest all the 'ramors about tho
consolidation Of that company with
ahe other express cosolsanics- Mr.
Naxro, 1eargraphirg from Syracuse
wAerc the aMaaal saeeting Of the
MercAants' Union Express company
IS held, says that III tho reports
slaut The OonsosidAtieu or iis corn
pssyy withi oflser companies asv an.
true. THIS svial be- 4; sciief II sners
cAants and bnsiness sNoH who have
placed their trust in tho Merchants
EGfeas-
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-Kcokuk, Gate C;ty.

WANrEDf--E Everybody ITO useypa'.
mcr's Tonic, sure cnre' for al dis
eases arising from 4 disordered etom.
ach. Sold By Hinsey. Lewis 4 CO.
only SLIonT Cold" How manw'
young people might escape the fatal
disease Consumption, If they would
take timely precantion when they are
troubled with "a slight cold, TO take
one Of CRAwPoRD's PULMoNIc Tso-
cHEs' which every body prefers TO
Others, antwhy? Because they ara
pleasanter.- cheaper andsinore aef5ec.
tual. otcents perAHox &c ttrmwH
Druggists are supplied by Fallsr,
Finch j. Fuller. Chicago
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CHICAGO 1NARKETs.
Chicago. Do !. 20.
Buffalo, Dec 20.

Flour firm and unchanged.
Wheat la2c lower. No | qnict at
l 90; no closed Arm Ut S2al SO
Corn nos Lag very dull, and lower
at 82ab3c. y
Oats lower closing ut $50.
Rye irregular at So. ale
Mess pork 20 25u20 SO. II IA
Lard 114al2. i Il
lirpen hams 1O3a1l.
Hogs received to I'm 1855. Sales
ranged at 5 S0a7 90. "a M
Cattle received to I'm trifing. -
Good COWS TO extra shipping steers
range from $50 to 7.25.
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!. S. y ~
LEGAL NOTICE.

STATE OF Iowa,
Wapello County Estate ~ III, me. ".
Garvey: Notice 10 hereby given that tli~
undersiRned has been appointed Adm'nis-
TRAITOR of said estate. All persons indebted
10 said estate mr.. requested to rail- q nd aet-
tie thesame, and all persons havineclAims
against said estate will present them 10
the County Judge for allowance.
Given under mvshHHd this Ibcc. Path.
1867. CHARLES DUDLEY.
adm ristrator ofsxid estate.
0ttumwa. Dec. 90, '67-wAf. SCI
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HE'en all mankind to sonsc loved
ill incline" saeha a. negiectiRg to
observe proper, rules Of health, which
entails disease, and too oftem prema
tnredeAth. IL you have . cough cars
|it with hottie of Dr. J,sW. PolAnd'e
White Pine Compound. It never
fa.is Sold by all druggists at $500
per bottle.
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Usro InoriIa8 Gnrsr7yo.--A, a.
The heaA 81 he col nas ct the o..
k6s5er star tk;r EAR, -,
e slms Csld il Holden.
i'dtlis&es Ind pdnrsG n" Th;r
ut cgSd II = n0tce u lar travel.
ic ffitnd &f6m u Gu orcsnvnn:
and in Ne soul of kindlil1 Brother.
hood no sends. 10 words mellia,ons.
hts heart pfSoS.s,Fe cd Sdeddass. sr>et.
lng to this ntber QUO Of the. Eajthfhji,
soionstii.aG r sss fi,aout land. " =
Do yu.. wonder The message VAS
tset ssas hv-mail - ln shat Ess,nsn=-
lan'f I iisttrus s ,nss-e q syss that hear
iratcr'sall ~sIutAti,nsJ 4 W dAes) 0sN
can,an trust us Ksniflah.
KEoKrK IfwA. Dec. 81. 1ec:s-.e :
Dear Brlo1el Brv.Asr1 IN Gs 1,vs
I Firth -ss -F--
For Is it mt written IN f1e Koran
that Kool'y 1Naomenia ;1ftfooay Gan
true believers are hrothc,pl y 4 r III
Acs.identalIs taking up the <ltsnn,>s.
wa Corrief, IL as sgreafy surprised
to I'm that one Uf Ma editors was ~
Musaulmnn. lDansit he possible, 10
Allah !scxctaimcd Ito myself. tina
true believer should be fund .eev
editing paper in this yiaour lad
the great Yahkeeisian !? And
such seems to he the fact; for sol
liare assert .yoursclfin bold type Ut III y
hcnd Of the editorial columns. Just 81
the Nazasins christianG 10 the East
ldo persist in. making the sign Of the
lcross nscontradisiinction 10 the NJ 10.
sulmans. know there is : slight dis~
Icrepancy in the spelling. bat at,r-
bn.e that to your extreme modesty !;
I ,r | cannot classify sstional fellow
being among the bivaIves, either 81
soft orshard shell genus, not witi,star.s
ding that editors are frequently srs
to get into a stew. 81
suppose You are engaged in pros
Ipagating the true faith among these
bcniglted people, as tccone,h every
Ipions Massulman. III 90 Heaven
| may bless, your efforts, ard yo1 will
surely resiizo yonr reward ia life 70
come, when you will be in the dear
embraces of the seyenty-two hours
promised to every good .Mnssulman.
Beingon my way to Mormonistsn
shall lnshallah. stop ut yonr place
to hav ethe honor Of rubbing my face
|ovcrthc dust at your feet, and per-
form, With yon. the afternoon Namas
| (rrayer), and finally smoke n chibonk
together, hoping that its-fi,nes may
|envelop us ia i cloud Of fraternall late
and everlasting Friendships
May your shadow never be Iese.
OscANYAS. 1
l-Keolnk E1fe E;6, - Z
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A Washington Sensations

"a w dcAAAS .sOA DOlSaLkOO@
l mo ca. Parker who has bcet,
|cutsing sach ant sstic tricks il OUT
dispatchss for several daye, whc ii
seems was to have 4 con married IN
Cbarchin high style TO a Virginia
widow, ia "Big lngun" chiei Of the
Six Nations, or Seneca Indians, who
has been on General Grants staff
for some nnacconntablc reason as
Military Secretary, ever since the
c.m.nencement Of tho vicksbur \
campaign. !.
It seems that the Col. ssabsunat.
Mated" at the very crisis of the af>
fair, leaving the expcc,ant bride,
General Grant who was to give her
away, and the assembled audience
in tho Epiphany, church, vu,garly
speaking "with the bag to hold
who after waiting an undue length
OF time for the truant bridegroom, fin.
ally vent home with the biggest
kind Of a disgust on.
+ It seems that after twenty four
hours absence. Col. P. has turned mp
and explains his absence BY saying
that he was captured by some strag-
Cling members of his band, happen
ing to be in Washington; who were
avcrsc to his marrying out Of the
|tribc, and thus concentrating his
noble blood, with that Of the vir
ginia pale face.
The extraordinary and highly un.
military proceeding, Of the doughty
"ingun,' in dodgingSan engagement,
is to be accounted for upon two the
cries only. The first is that rnder
the excitement Of the occasion. he
drank himself dead drunk "a is hi.
frequent custom, and was thus unable
to come to timeat the marriage alter
The other is that during paroxysm
Of sobrietv, he had been contemplat.
ing the result that little misc ,gna.
ton of this sort had produced be-
tween Pochahontss and Rolfc, where
by Virginia has been cverlastingly
cursed with y skalawag progeny, too
proud to work and too lazy to steal,
and a decent and compassionate con.
sidcra:ion for his country, and his
offspring led him to abandon the ems
gagement. fo,,4 ao
It would have added to tho credit
Of General Grants Head Quarters
had he long ago kicked this drunken
vagabond Indian out Of his office
We presume after mis- cock and bull
story about getting drugged &c.
that the General will manage to dis
pense with his services, and put a
respectable, sober white man in his
place.
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MAGIC WoNDERs--EvERv YoUTN s
MAafCIAN-In their own pAslera NJ htu,-
may be produced xfeAt nnihb~r Of,
Beautiful! Startling!! sinuAinR!l! phsnotn-
enas by any young man. woman or chilfl'
who possess the wonderful Cal,ine,--a col.
lect on Of materials and directions fur en-
tertaining company Ut young or CHI
folk whole evening, No apparatus re-
quired-nO danger whatpver--M child can
perform with il. The whole cabinet CONS
plete for only ono dollar, and will be pone
by express for the price,tO snv part ofths
United States Addrssas.s enclosing ths
cash.
KING + CASWELL, o. Lake IT..
ID Chicago, llT.
Ottumwa Druggists sell ill.ln. =
Dec. 81 I'm =
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Manners make tia mai

Manners mako tia nah, is .aH u
|soWewe Cscd 10 -soaal 40 ysodr eork'
looks; che rccolIectionk off VIII "a,
myyes as to- copy thu falowi,,,
|specimeAs The story isHha q Robeft
fo0r, bs NJ few d.yssincea applied u
|pract icesin aGcorgiA Court; prcsis1sjI
over by Judge Erksine. He was no,
admitted, probably because he could
not take tho iron-clad oath and in
not admitting him thc, Judge, simply
|o'eyed m imperative INV. Tho s,o.
~ goes on to say that. sfterthe court
had a4iour9ea, Teombs gs.t ana4Aes
hlackgnari twuness, wesibink thew
cah thcn0, intru,lcd into Judge Ers.
kinc's private room. and bclnbcrc,l
his Honor with The following choice
specimen cf Georgian eIoqucncc:
"Sir, twenty years ago, wfr-n you
was drinking butter milk out Of 4
swill>tub in the hogs Of ireland.
was y practitioner before the Conr,
which you now disgrace. Fifteen
years ago, when / was Senator in
Congress. you were selling lager
beer 4s1n behind tho counter nf d
CharleF on groggery, and ut no Pc
riod in ten years has any gentleman
seen the time when he could afford
70 notice You on, the streets; and
yet, sir. You, who are perjured in &C
|ccPtlng the Office you now hold,
presume to refuse gentleman the
right of practice before yon."
Judge Erskine treated the speak
er With silence and CONTEMPT, and
the fight which Toombs was evident
~ seeking did not come off. It is
hardly probable that he will blush
to read his abusive TRADE, but there
may be copler..blooded friends who
will look differently spon it, and 70,
their ediication we put it on record
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ANTOINE" said Mirabcau, returning
gay
From the Assembly, "on and from
this day
Nobility sabOlished, men are m en-
No title henceforth used put Citizen !
A new thrice glorious era dawns for
France!
And now, my BATH "Ycs, Citizen"
A glance
Offlamc the huge man at his servant
shot;
Then. wallowing sea -god-like. (" An.
tome more hot"
He growis. 'suerc, Citizen" "A hand
of wrath ~
Gript Antoine's head and soused IL in
the bath.
llo splnttcring, dripping. trembling,
Rascal /! know"
His master thnndered as lie let him
20,
with yon still remain Count Mira.
beau r ssHF .#95
President Johnson and Con-
gress - Letterfrom Schuyler
Colfax.
To the Editor Of the cinncinati CONNER
cial' H s56H ~
Washington, Dec. 3.
Your correspondent "Mack," OK.
planning why President johnson did
not c.sli Congress together in 1865,
says: aa
After the close Of the war he said
to MIR. Coltax that he did not intend
TO call an extra session Of Congress
in 1865. Mr.. Coifax thought he was
rlghtIn this determination, and. so
believing, started across the Cont
nent. Ii is nowrroposed to impeach
Mr.. johnson tor doing what Mr.. Lin
coin intended and what Mr.. Coltax
advised"
Allow me space to say:
l. 1t is mt true that Mr. johnson
told me "that he did not intend to call
an extra session ofCongrcss in 1861
2. 1t is not true that "Mr. CoIiax
thought he was right in this deter>
mlnaslOn.
8. 1t is not true that "Mr. Coifax
advised" him to any such course.
The facts were all published last
ycarin papers here and in New
York, over my signature. Suffice il
now to say that President Lincoln,
on the las: day Of his life, in reply to
my suggestion OF the necessity OF an
extra session, said it would not be
|conveaed, ii ne concluded to convene
one, till late in the season, so that il
night run into tho regular session,
aud promised to telegraph me at San
Ftandsee Ne 70 tho probable time !;
that 1 did Suggest IN extra session
to Prosideat J Johnson, in tho lsarlor
LOT tho KirkweOd, shortly after Pres
|ideaG Lincola's death, bat that 30
replied that he had not then gives
any Thought To it, and could not then
decide it either way; and that, when
-. fs~f;Er.s~s~ 4 ~~uS <n :.~.s.-.rx~d = !.
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WONDERFUL INDEED II the result o. =
single application Of the Lone Star Lini-
ment for cuts, bruises. sprains, rheumn-
tisM. swellings upon man. and for srAv,
In . founders. ringtnns, scratches, Hc$
upon horses. il aes~ like magic: indeed Its
eqnsl In not to be found. and the price Of
II is lower than ANY otter. Study your
interest. then. aad ask your druggist for
the Lone Star Eminent.
FULLER, F[NGH 4 FULLER. Chicago.
Agents for the Great We%s.
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Aa!l my travelling comfinions new,
With the CONVICTION thls there musl
% an extra session. I arrangd al
Ny visits upf hcsAoasts into 1sslnN
|fSor 80 as to- bc ht 3an ffa1eisco
very sem mdMhly stcatncrsHay,
ready to stast tow askingteh BY the
first steamerekser the Issuance ofthe
proclamation.
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wish to puff o. (ke s}etutol books.
But th is nisth ke, al ] ccording to
~ \ hrec 9entS The f0Ih dry will
@tssaE 81 lircd iantil Hpssday, Jan
hry So tho an terfal is only q
isccss III Csagrcy >Andsnot an I'D,
The New York herald., 1867-01-15
OUR CAMBRIDGE CORRESPONDENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, N. ", Jan H. 1867.
The usual quiet Of village at present greatly dis
turbed by the following crcumsiances:-A widow, Mrs
David Marshall died hero yesterday morning. Just
previous TO her death she made depo.
sition, in which she stated that her illness caused
by medicine taken TO procure abortion; that b. p.
Walker, druggist in this village had frequently had
intercourse with her. and she becoming pregnant there
from, Walker had given her medicine to induce mis-
carriage. She took the medicine Friday morning, Sd
inst She very sick after taking the first dose,
and remained In terrible agony until she died post
mortem examination showed that she had had abor-
ton at about the second nth OF pregnancy and that
the cause Of her death peritonoai Inflammation
Coroner skinner holding inquest. The testi-
mony far is direct and positive against Walker Mrs
Marshall was member OF the Baptist church; but her
reputation has been very bad for years She very
lar from being an attractive woman. Walker is men,
Der Of the Methodist church here in which revival OF
religion is now in progress On Friday evening last he
took large dose OF laudanum and went to church
While there he took another potion fell Off the and
was carried home where he is confined to his bed
so his family say No one is permitted to 20 TO his
room Those who have known him well not much
surprised at his conduct his reputation good
While no sympathy is expressed for him, the citizens
deeply sympahize with his heart broken family. He
has beautiful and amiabe wife, aged mother and
daughter of about twelve years