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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-11-21
R Rsv ' Bar ss'' le il NJ .l 1873
Prof Cory, ~ ~ra 1000
Rev Mcdonald, lecture 1000 81
&e.sds $500
Theiollowing rcsolntlons was as3op-
ted during he session Of the Msli

Ss $50. So $3.50
Theiollowing rcsolntlons was adop-
ted during he session Of the lhsii
tute: 5
Resolved, That we as an Institute
are grateful 10 our p esident for his
.aithlul attendance and labors during
this session. and thank him for the
undivided attention he has shown
our Interests.
4vs Resolved, That westenderaour sin.
ccre and hearty thanks to Prof. L..
NJ Hastings, for tho very abe,
earnest and interesting manner in
which ho has conduclel our ocxcr-
cises. sgi4g y
oiltcsolvcd, That our earnest thanks
be rendered thosc gentlemen, who us
lecturers, have SO largely contrihn
ted to our en,ertailnlent, Elder John
Boggs, Rev II Blpss, Rev T. II War
ing, Prof Burns, Prof Perkins, Prof
Cory, Rev Mcdonald and Others;
also TO al who haveaided us in render
ing our session interesting, especially
thanking Prot. Perkins, Mr. and Miss
Little, and others for so ably assist
ing in providing musical entertain
ment. 7f4aHGat
Resolved, That vocal muse should
be taught US a science in our Public
Schools, beginning with gprimary
scholars, and that knowledge OF
that science should become one OF
the essential qualificationsof a-tcach-
err. 81 &giY9 A bE
Resolved, That. while we continue
to devote our whole energies to the
cultivation Of intcilectin our pupils,
We should not neglect physical and
moral culture, but should by earnest
preparation render ourselves compe-
tent to educate physically and NOR
ally, and should devote a part ofeach
day to instruction calculated thus TO
educate those under our care.
Resolved, That during the past,
we, as teachers, have done violence
to our pupils, in neglecting to study
their natures, and methods OF teach
ing adapted TO their natures, and we
earnestly recommend to each teach
er, that he perfect himself in philo-
sophical methods ofinstruction, and
make a candid trial in his school
room of the most approved new
methods, having previously made
faithful preparation fortlat purpose.
Resolved, That wo see and feel
the need of institutions for the more
thorough training of,teachcrs for our
Common Schools, and we earnestly
recommend to the General Assembly
Of Iowa, tho Importance ofimmediate
action on their part, to the end that
we may have at the earliest practi
cable moment, one, or more Normal
chools established upon a good work
ing basis.
Resolved, That we, tender our
thanks to the hotels, boarding hou-
ses and private families, that have
SO generous!yaopened their doors to
teachers from abroad. -
Resolved, That we tender our
hearty thanks to the Secretary and
Assistant Secretary for labors during
this session of the Institute.
Adjourned sine die.
SARAH L. TAYLOR,
Secretary.
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An Epigram.

A lovesick pair who had only = dol
lar, 's1 s''s \ q
To ply the price fo- ) eonjngal col
lar,
We're told by the parson, bis regular
fee s ~F
For marrying people Was alwaysa
s.V.." = -. ~. y ~ n 4 Is
may them" qaoth the swain; good
parson come,
A dollar, I'm sure, ought 70 marry
si4 W a0plr; III. II
Tie q! ! have SGT; - - t- !
Ana marry . - A. i. ~ ysssoy
will 90.
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An Eloquent Speech.

No better, Drawer, truer soldier, Of
ficer, and man wore the -honorcd army
blue, and the insignia of we'll deser-
we'd rank, or more faithfully discharg-
ed every duty and 5accdt the iron hail
Of battle from the beginning to the
end of the war, than VIM. Worth
Belknap, the first Major and the last
Colonel, bnt one Of tho 18th Iowa,
and later Brigadier and Brevct Ma
jor General Neither has any man
paid the immortal ".irmy ofthe Ten
nessee,r and its heroic living and dead
componentsparts, drank and file, a
more handsome, touching, and well
deserved eulogium, than his speech
delivered at their recent annual
meeting at st. Louis in response to
the toast ~ Our Comrades Of all
Arms" which we publish in fall be-
low: E
"MR. PRESIDENT AND COMRADES :-
It is AZ time like this, when joining
hands in the renewal of friendship,
and the banishing Of cares in the
presence Of festivities which Tighten
our hearts, that we can recall the
days When around our carp fires,
icare was there banished in antieipa
|tion ola victorious future. 1t is at a
time like theprcscnt.s when the hearts
of every one Of us beat high, when
we recall the achievements Of soldiers
of all the armies ofthe Union, and
the part they have added to the
country's history, that VIC are more
than ever lostill wonder at the match
less fortitude and wonderful persev-
erance and heroic self denial of that
noble body of,nen who formed the
volunteer soldicry of the United
States. Often without hope, anxious
Of success. and yet doubtful, in the
midst of d,sappointments they chal
lenged the admiration of our people
they surprised the military men Of
all nations, and When their work was
done and they had Ibid down their
arms, and qnietly and calmly and
peacefully returned to the quiet
walks ofciviI life, the soldiers Of all
the armies, and tho Armv of the
Tennessee especially, won for them.
selves a name that will mover die as
long as history is recorded. e heers.-
1t is proper then that we wht
know their sacrifices should fill oul
cups and drink to tie heath Of those
who xre absent, dnda to honor the
early dead EApprobation.] Nc all
remember them on the march when
weary and heavily lid q -borae
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Pure Unadulterated Democ.
of3F H8yl raCY. GyaEt aW{

The Louisville Courier, an intense
secesh organ during the war, and of
course, now one ofthc bowling Dem
ocratic jour, ais in tho country, ha,
put in nomination. General Sherman
for the Presidency, to which Brick
Pomeroy through his LA Crosse Dem.
ocrat, the most largely circulated
coppcrhead paperin the United States
makes the following response, which
we very respectfully commend tothe
few struggling, demoralizcd and cop.
#pcrizcd soldiers still in that lovely
crowd: ess5t ta5' y
5 Sand such a candidate! Sherman
William Tecnmseh Sherman-v
dial observation-disclosures OF the torcl,
and axe Sherman, prince of band
Of hummers, thieves, vagabonds and
MISUNDERSTANDING, whose march tc
the sea- would have damned TO all
eternity legion Of pirates and free
booters-Shernan, the Ia, key, tool
leftcnant ofthe Sangamon brother OF
the devil, the obscene, brutal, and
boorish Lincoln-Sherman, whose
|hands are red with the blood OF thou
sands Of American freemcn-Sher
mrn, whose most glorious acts car
be written in 1--we. words-'Atlanta
and Columbiar
"This mushroom Of civil war
iblood-waterod, rank with the cor
rupti, n and wickedness engendered
in the hcllishcrusadc for the enslave
ment and degradation of white men
and the triumph Of niggers-this
thing a Democratic candidate for the
donors which. as a party, we have
conferred upon Jefferson, Madison
Monroe, jackson, Van Buren,, Pierce
and Buchanan? Proposed by q
Kcntuckian, from a Sovereignty
thousands Of whose sons rest in IN
hallowed graves, slain for the love
lof liberty by Sherman's minions!
Great God ]! that Democrat should
so disgrace himself and humillate
that old party!"
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ism aud services OF their heroic dead.
In this county an effort in this di.
iection was mxde about one year
ago, and after pretty thorough ad.
vcrtisement Of tho time uf the. meet.
ing and It's commcndab'c objects, how
many persons do you suppose dear
reader attended !? Do you say 1000,
500, 800, or even 100 at the lowest ?
Not by any manner Of means. The
prodisious crowd was made up Of
just exactly 3 persons who adjourned
sine dc, il, great disgust.
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NEW YORK MA RKETS.

New York. Nov. 90.
Flour qnict Mt 9 i00l0 IS.
Wheat la2c better. Very quiet at
25a2 ~; spring | 30al 81.
Rye quiet aid firm.
Corn shade better al 3Gc1 3S1
Barley la2c better for primo.
. Oats steady Mt s0as2.
Pork 90 S5aoS o..
Lard 133. ssae
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Written expressly for tho COURIER.
It Might Have Been.

All along tho winding corridors Of
Memory's Halls lettered in living
light is written tho sad refrain, "Oh.
1t might have Been" Graves have
we scattered over the hills and val.
leys Of LIES journey, whose messy
stones hidden amid rank grasses and
clinging vines bury from our sight
Q lerished hopes buds ofefariestp prom
ise that btoolned bnt to perish, while
flowers in there springing beauty
cluster about the affairs, wherecn
were idols Of Cola. but no,c are clay
and ashes. Palaces whose fallen ar
ches broken columns and crnmbliuy
walls, picture in dreamy instances
the splendors Of The Might Have
Been" And could time but ron back
the years in their mystic flight va
might see ourselves; childish dream
ers at the old hearth stone with the
bright flames of a winter FIRE leap
Ing and dancing in merry glee, and
we dreaming out blilliantdcstiny in
the embers beneath. gathering around,
our pathway, beauty md brightness
c"wning our pilgrimage through.
the word Of our own creation with y.
triumphal song ofvictory and rejoi--
g ng.
But ali! me. Illus our gifts for,
J 'oking.into tho future proved iruo.
or false, have we step BY step worked
out the high aims and ambitions that
shared our young hearts best encr-
gies. Or listening do we hear echo
ing from the years Of the long For
gotten past, and re.echoing back
again "Oh It Might Have BEEN
Until like the note Of some olden lime
melody it is blu. the signal for. the
host ofharmonics that are like birds
Oh the wing moment snd then gone,
the music oftheir notes dying away
il the far distance. The halo that
made roseate hue, IN the bright
morning Of tho South, has grown
more sombre, and the firm elastic
tread that proudly bore us out to con-
quest is now less reliant.
But we have come from Lies con-
ficts trucr and better bearing our
sheaves with US ricl, in golden grains
Of truth and right. While the vatn
regrets and mild yearning that gath
er Ike weird apccters around |" Tho
Might Have Been are but shadows
that may not dim the brightness Of
the fntpre,ifE we brayely meet our
fats believing that evory night hath
Its morning that will deepen and
broaden into the glorics light Of the
perfect day.& sFsss ~
" ORcHxRDs GROVE, Nov, 18th 1861.
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CHICAGO MARKETS.

7ChlcaXo, NOV. 70.
Flour very firm and prices unchan.
ged.
Wheat dull and ds,nora!ixcd, No !
i,S6aals88}. ~
Corn very dull, opening Ola.
Oats very dali and declining at S3c.
Mess pork 19,50a20,00.
Hogs reed to II m, 1926. Mar.
ket active and unchanged and msdi-
um 5;00a5, 10.
Cattle reed tn II m. 100 dull and
nominal at 8 ,50a6,75 first. class 70 ,ex.
ira FSsee se 49,
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NEW YORK MONEY MAR
KETS.
New York. Nov. 20.

Stocks active.
Coupons, 'c4. 81; 'e5. 81; l0-4os,
regular ut IL; 7-3Os, 81; w U, 3Oi
n 7 G l43 Erie ia y; Reading e8
Illinois BOZ; r I 95i; Money dull /;
Sterling unchanged Gold l4o...
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The Apaches have about driven
ont the settlers III Arizona. The
post o mail carrierin that country
is said 70 be .bout as desirable as
that of color bearer in d first class
battle. easats tH
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CsFISy F-s,ySV
A man nam d Conrad 1ippo. q
,ilS,ldcr w trade, lett here at seven
o'clock Yesterday morning. TO walk
t0 Dmkirk. q distance II fifty.iwo
miles, in twelve hours, .oli as,Sagcr of
two handredaade igltydollars. lie
reached Dunkirk sisteen. minutes
ahead Of time. His fiienis offer TO
wager, FIVE hundred dollars that he
can make one hundred and fifteen
miles in twenty tour hours.
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Robert Bonner, it is stated, reali-
zcs profit Of over $780, > year
tout OF the ledger. .
Charlotte Cusham il said TO DO
worth $500, 900, which brings her an
inco ne OF about $26, 900. y.
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The New York Tribuao's rr.cisi

says :s
AT = meeting OF soldiers and sailors
held last evening, 4let;er was read
endorsing the domination Of General
Grant for the Presidency, from Gov.
Ward Of New Jersey.
"A letter reccived at Grants head.
Quarters, from General Sherman sta.
ting that he will not be here until
about the 1st Of December. What
service he will be assigned 30 after
tia dsy,wilf be determined nter.L he
arrives.
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Proceedings of thu Wapelln
u Co. Teachers last; tufe.

3 y : a
Select reading-Mr. Cox.
Lecture" Music in Common
schools by Prof Ii. s. Perkins.
II Song John Anderson my 10. -
Prof H. ST. Perkins.
Select reading Song ofthe Shirt
Mrs. Clement. ga
Lecture The Ocean" by Rev
BrOss.
Music by the Choir.
Adjournment.
November, Is, 81.
Morning session. m
Opening xercises.-Discussion
Practical Arithmetic. Object lessor
lst step. by Miss Pride with her pu-
pills. Second step by Miss Best with
her pupils.
Discussion and spelling. v.ia
Roll called. f.
Adjournment
Afternoon session. tt8@
President in Chair. Oh gQ
Discussion Of Grammar.
Singing "S:ar Spangled Banner,
by the house.
Miscellaneous business.
Penmanship.
Criticisms. aet,
Adjournment.
Evening Session. 49,
President in Chair.
Prayer by Rev. Waring.
Music BY the choir. m
Select Headings by Prof Cory.
Essay, "True Dignity Of Charac
ter,o by Mrs. Burnham.
Lecture @Oratory," BY Rev Nc
Donald.
Music, Solo by Mr. Little. ben
A collection was taken for the
| eft of J N Dixon of Des Moines.
Resolutions read. considered ant
adopted. 1905 $500 51e
Select Readings" Davids Lamen
over Absolem," and Parody OF
Poes Raven" by Prof Cory.
Adjourned.
3# 'aelEstSt. s!jf @a s5t%N
e .ai5 Saturday, Nov.3l6.
| Opening exercises. eY
Minutes read and approved.
Miscellaneous business.
Resolution vas passed thankin.
the conductor. III
The committee appointed to talk
up collection, reported S27,l5. Th'
committee was instructed TO forwar,
the amount to Mr.. Dixon. q
County Teachers Association or
4 ranized. 4a32fa q 3bs 5s
!, Rev Burnham President elect.
Rev Waring, Vice. President.
I Sarah Il Taylor, Secretary.
Miss r A Knight, Correspondent!
Secretary. ea 9N ta@ sls4l4
Prof l. N Hastings, Treasurer
|. Rev. Ii Bross, Wm Horner, Mis-
Best, appointed committe on Con
stitution.
], Officers Of the Association consti
tntc an Executive Committee. TIL
committoe consisting OF Messrs Bros
Waring and Hastings, appointed t
memorialize the Legislature for NOR
liberal provisions tor Institutes.
Report of + tnce Committee.
Reed State Warrant for $500
Donation from DR. OIney 65
| 4 t56.5
Paid pcr Printing, asas s $50
Expenses 4 postage BOO
Janitoi n 4 Church 800
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| OF persons who ODStruct3 railroads an
case any loss OF life occurs, punish
ment orsconviction by any military
commission or court Of competent
Jurisdiction is death. 4.
Sec'y. McCulloch not being decided
as to WHETHER ldnys grace was given
by tenure Of office, law for reporting
removals and suspension begins or
ltne 2lst inst. or-the first day Of the
next session, He has referred the
matter to solicitor Of the treasury Tor
his opinion. ,
The New York Herald's special
says: isa 81 VI. n.
The Republican Caucus will be
held on Thursday evening next. The
question Of Impeachment will receive
large part Of confederation.
This troublesome subject will BIZ
finally disposcdefas far as Republicans
view Of the questioa j. concerned; it
is not expected that names Of any off.
tcers will be sent to Tho Senate for
Iconfirmation. during the November
session, but they will be held over
unli the regular meeting Of Con-
gress- @ s5 ii 3ssa
Considerable caucassing is going
on among western, men, relative to
ltlic Sccrctaryship Of the Senare. A
tstrong pressure viii Be brought 10
have Co Forney Displaced, TO make
room fora selection from the west
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Resolved, That we as an Institute
are grateful 10 our p esident for his
,aithiul attendance aud labors during
this session. and thank him for the
undivided attention he has shown
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
Race one Of the best waterpOwers in the country should
be given TO tho city 70 be held by II forever.

y,
At public meeting held in BurseIn. England, the
temperance Tefomers Of that quarter begged Cen Neal
Dow accept mementO OF biz visit TO the POttelles
complete breakfast dinner and teaseryioes numbering
above 800 pieces.
suit has been commenced against ex-Gen. Gideon
J. PilOw in Memphis, to recover the value OF goOas
The point In dispute is whether the authorities un
der which he acted were not bona hde beger-
ents. The case Will go to the Supreme Court.
Dr. Rufus King Browne, of this city. well known
as an anatomst Snd microscopic, will accompany the
now Brazilian expedition under the auspices OF the New
connection with Prot. Hartt, recent co-abOrer OF
Agassiz.
NJ Thiers lately spoke in the French Legislative
Chamber for three and half hours without touching
glass water and without notes, ana after dinner sat
up until O'Clock revising the report OF his speech,
that il might appear IN the mornings Monue where u
fills l51 closely printed columns. lie Is % years old lie
still works. whenever he can, on his History OF iIof
ence."
Dr. O. W. Holmes receives severe castigatlon at
the hands Of The Boston Recorder which declares that ms
toward the orthodox clergy in ms new novel Is
tending to destroy the confidence OF the younger me
bers of their Ocks in their sincerity and thus weakening
this influence for good"
Gen. Sherman, in writing to secure passage Tor
his daughters friend. Miss Linton in the excursion TO the
Holy Land bespoke nice berths for the young ae,c
but said he was " able to stow himself anywhere" MIS-
sheTmans dread OF the prevents her going Inc 1e
eral mentions that he has made seven voyages arouhd
Cape Horn TO California.
Miss Mary Carpenter, the English philanthropist
has been lccturng female education before native
audience at the residence OF the Hon. MungaldasSs
10 her the thanks of the meeting and subsequently on
the Of her departure from india tea service WAS
presented 20 her, the spokesman being MI SaraDJee
ShapoOrjee Bcngallec.
Foreign papers relate that the closing scene In the
trial IL Burke and DOr0D, at Dublin was so uramatc as
to suggest comparison between IL ana Ie on smith
which took place when sentence was passed upon 1 h
O'Bren and Meagher The counsel who defended lhe
o9nspratoIs Si lsis sat m r on ncrc op e for
mer occasion now pronounced sentence OF death
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
PERSONAL

Col Hiram Fuller formerly Of this city, ~ editing
The Cosmopolitan, small paper printed IN London.
NJ. Jules Favre and Mr. Aratry have been elected
members OF the French Academy
George Thompson has finally gone back 10 In
gland. N
Our foreign mails report that the Princess of Wales
Is stl suffering from severely swollen knee but Win no
fear OF amputaton.
Cen. Alonzo Alden. veteran officer. has been ap
pointed BrigadicrGenenl Of tho Tenth Brigade Third
Division, n. 4. n. G.
The statement that Robert Toombs had expressed
trSdetea. sSilSSn''' 10 ''0'S''''N' "'''' '"' ' m ~
The names of 71s Smiths, 92s Browns S33 NIilIers
614 Wilson's Johnsons and 6i Joneses appear in
now Philadelphia directory.
Gen. Frank z. Heron the newly appointed United
States Marshal for the District OF Louisiana, arrived IN
New-Orleans on Thursday, May ..
President Benio Juarez is the son of poor parents
Zapotek Indians from small village In the Sierra dc
Ojaca.
Some of the Boston lterati return incomes ms fol-
lows Holmes, 1884; whpple, 81 800, and Fields s2l,3'o
Tho Rev. A. A. Miners is reported at sl0,95I
Admiral Fnrragut takes the Franklin as his flag
ship and sails June to assume command OF the Meutcr
ranoan squadron, in place of Admiral Goldsborough
Dr. O. w. Wight. who has successfully, defended
himself for putting away an spilePtic wfe ana M
another lady, nversast minister In carry me- ana
Is well known rs Htierdfnr
Warden Gideon Haynes of the Massachusetts State
Prison states that the profits Of ths institution for t9S
prison-kee eepers. and not few OF our own
Revenue Commissioner David A. Wells is TO be
by Garfield OF ONO, ana Mr. Allison or Iowa,
iwo of the most prominent Western members OF Congress
and the Committee OF Ways and Means, In his Summer
Visit 10 England and the continent
II il related that while in the cars OF late Gen.
Grant overheard with "rapt attention. nham ammatory
denupoaton Of the President He is reported to have
turned his head slowly toward his neshbor Gen. stone
man. and wnked."
Cen B J.. Stringfellow once notorious as tho
champion OF tho Border ruans atterly became Free
STATE man. and settled at the of Atchie0n IL s said
that he became completely egenerated as TO do honor
10 the memory OF John Brown.
The Hon. Washington Hunt, as memento OF his
nterest In the welfare OF L0ckport directed In his will
tst 10000 worth OF the oaUlts stock OF tina Hydraulic
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
IMPARTIAL SUFFRAGE.

To As EdiOr of IN, 7ri5unr.
SIR: You have recently complimcned Wisconsin
for having the first State TO propose to the people to
strike out the words white" and male from the state
Constitution. without wishing TO detract from that gal
liant State let say that Kansas has right TO the i'm
mortal honor OF being the first State TO submit impartial
suffrage without restriction OF color Kansas Is
always first SHE was first in the battle for free soil
first the enlistment Of colored volunteers and sho will
be Grst the battle for free people We have not only
submitted the question but going TO carry it next
Fall Hereafter the laws Of Kansas, like the law Of God,
will make distinctions account OF sex. color In
justice TO the pioneer State Of Kansas, please give this
letter public insertion and Oblige, s. N WOOD,
Cor. Sec. Kansas State Impartial Suffrage Assocn.
topeka, Kansas, May 10, 1867