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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-11-19

The Copperheads took up''a darkey
named Toby Edwards, and elected
him Justice Of the Peace, at Winter.
sett, as a good joke on the aforesaid
Ethiopian, and to ridicule the friends Of
the Constitutional Amendments.
The following letter from Tobey.
shows that however low and igno-
rant he may be, he has not rot down
low enough, to take office from the
hands Of the Copperhosds.
"To THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY orMAp-
IsoN COUNTY, Iowa:
Gentlemen ~ am compelled to
decline accepting the trust which you
have, by your votes, desired me to
receive.
A proper regard for my own char
acter prevents me from becoming an
office-holder in the Democratic Par.
ty. / am q poor man; my reputation
is all ! possess, and / cannot afford to
fling it away by accepting an official
position at your hands.
Ny education, also, is defective,
and, altho, I will probably be able to
|'read and write sooner than MAORI
ty the Democracy, still, as igno.
rance is the only Democratic qualifi.
cation for Office which I possess,
cannot think it quite fair to give me
the only place at your disposal,t to the
exclusion of so many members of the
party who possess that qualification
to greater extent than 1 do my
self.
Again, the unfortunate color Of my
skin will prevent my acquiring a
Democratic nose, and thus destroy all
hopes of q denomination.
Adding to the above my native
repugnance to association with s'low
white trash," and you have the caus.
es which compel me to exclaim, in
the language Of the late Horatio Sey'
mour, your candidate / cannot be.
TOBY EDWARDS"
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Important Clauses in the Rev.
!uF enue Law.

All persons who sell Tobacco, Snuff
or Cigars to the amount Of 500 per
annum are required to pay a special
tax of $500.
All persons Except farmers who
raise it) who sell Leaf Tobacco in
any quantity are required to pay a
special tax of S25 per annum, and to
keep book in which shall be recor-
ded all purchases or sales of same,
and Of whom purchased and to
whom sold. .a1fa
After January LIST 1869, no Smo-
king or Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco
or Snuff will be permitted to be sold
unless put up in packages as follows:
All Snuff in packages containing
one, two, four, six, eight and sixteen
ounces, or in bladders containing not
exceeding 10 pounds each or in jars
not exceeding 20 Tbs.
All fine cut chewing tobacco in
packages containing one halt, one
two, four, eight, and sixteen ounces,
except that fine cut chewing tobacco
may, at the option of the manufac.
turer be put up in wooden packages
containing 10, 20, 40 and 60 lbs each.
All smoking tobacco, all fine cut
shorts which has passed through a
riddle Of 36 meshes to the square
inch, and all refuse scraps and scra-
pings of tobacco in packages contain
ing two, four eight and sixteen oun
ces each.
Plug tobacco in packages not ex.
cceding 200 lbs each.
After the 1st day of January 1868
no tobacco or snuff will be permitted
to be sold, unless put upin packages
as described above, nd each package
separately stamped. The penalty tor q
violation Of these provisions Of the
law is $50 for each package SO sold.
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AGENCY TOWNSHIP, Nov. 10, '68.

Ed. COURIER We admired the
philosophy of your advice to Cores
pondents, octave something to say,
then say it, But our ideas are
vague and indistinct, as to what you
in tho dignity of your wisdom might
consider thst something - bes But
psesuming upon your charity we
again represent Agency Township
and hsr intsrests generally. Our
citlsens are still rejoicing over the
victory SO recently and bravely won.
And we are not alone, for loyal hearts
and voices throughout the length and
breadth Of the land are swelling the
clarion notes of jubilant joy. And
none beneath the starry folds of our
National Flag should raise louder
notes of triumph than Iowa's sons
and daughters, for the banner she SO
proudly throws to the breeze is let
tered in living light, "Forty thousand
majority for Truth, and the Right
The poor mans friend. the down.
trodden and oppressed her peculiar
care, with no stain upon the fair
escutcheon's Of her honor, lying like
beautiful jewel upon the bosom of
these broad prairies, Iowa challenges
the admiration of her compeers in
her onward march,"
The favorable decision of the ques-
ton that bore so heavily upon the
Immediate interests of the American
people, we trust will herald morn
ing whose midday viii witness affairs
more genial than we now enjoy, and
the prompt action Of our leading off.
Gals united with purity Of principle
and uprightness, will pilot our nation
through the perilous waves safe and
secure ut last. II
But remembering we report from
the rural districts, we hasten to say
chat matters arc fourishing. Consid
cradle preparation being made fol
spring planting, by fall ploughing
with general getting ready for win
ter, this beautiful weather being ad-
vantageous for that purpose. d'g
Farmers dealing in stock repor
trade brisk and encouraging. Rea
estate seems to be in good demand
Prairie lands rating from $50 to 81
and $50 per acre.
Owing to the rich country lying
about, and the easy access, the vii.
lage bearing the aristocratic name o
Agency City, will never DO numbered
among the things that were. Blu
in spite Of her disadvantages may ye
Sin the changes of time become /,
bright and peculiar star. We notic
more improvement in the way Q
buildings, and general air of thrift
prevailing which we think predict
good.
But more anon,
ORCHARD GROVE.
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"Sfch is Life"

A poor woman driven to despera-
ton by the pangs of hunger, and the
appeals of her starving children,
steals a loafof bread, and she is forth
with chuckedinto prison. A bankers
clerk tempted with The prospect of
making his fortune, by lucky
venture in stocks, takes his employ
crs money, with the intent Of return
ing it, loses, is detected, disgraced,
and sent to the State Penitentiary to
pound stone, while all his friends and
relatives, bow their heads in shame.
A wealthy and aristocratic ship build
or, owing allegiance to a government
with which we were at peace; in vio-
lation Of law, and the lcomity of Ma.
tons, furnishes the money, builds, and
arms the Alabama, and turns her
over fully equipped to Raphael Sem.
mes, by whose atrocities the deeds
A-4 r. .HE
Of Capt. Kidd are elevated to respec-
liability; two hundred millions OF dol.
lars worth Of property belonging to
non combattent searfaring men are
destroyed; many lives lost; the com.
merce of the Nation almost swept
from the high seas, and by virtue Of
the magnitude Of his villainies, Capt
Semmes becomes q leader, and an lido
Of the Southern Democracy, editing
their leading newspaper, while the
pompous purse, proud ship builder
Laird, is the special pet and object Of
alteration, Of a man wearing the di
plomatic livery, and representing the
government OF the United States, q,
the court of St. James.
Such is the spirit ofAmerican funk
eyism, and British aristocracy, repre-
sented byLaird, the.member Of Parlia
ment,and ReverdyJ ohnson, the Grea,
American TOadv.
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$3.50

DEAD.-Gioacchino Rossini, the
most celebrated composer of operate
music Of the nineteenth century, died
in Paris, last Friday, aged n.
He was a native of Italy, and COM
menced his career at ten, as musi.
clan, by playing second horn to his
father,a strolling minstrel. Attwen-
ty he bounded at one leap to a famous
position, by writing an opera, called
Tancredi, and since then has written
an immense number of musicical pro-
auctions, gilmore or less merit, which
brou ghl him renown and fortune.
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Another Flank Movement.

Tho Chicago Tines in leading
editorial the other day, uttered the
following remarkable sentence which
sounds very much like another flank
movement: 8
ITO that end, it is suggested that
democratic representatives shall
henceforward abandon the policy
which, while proposing nothing, OPP
poses everything that any other
body proposes, and gives no honest
reason for anything. What further
use is there to fight in direction
where further defeat must be certain
and inevitable2 Why, for example,
seek to prevent the execution of the
radical reconstruction" act? Why
talk about state rights, or federal in
tervention? Why stand back and
hurl the epithet unconstitutional"
at measures and doctrines which the
people have already passed upon,
and approved? Is this the business
OF statesmen ? Is this the way to |
win popular favor?''
And this is the way Brick Pome-
roy's Democrat comes at the Times |
for it's heterodox sentiments:
sWe advise certain gentlemen at |
the West, hitherto enjoying the con
iidence and having the support of the
positive Democracy of the country,
to keep very quiet. They have been
altogether too obtrusive. Two at
tempts to sell out the Democratic
party are quite enough to forfeit all
confidence and cancel all claims be.
tween them. And those who were
parties only in the second and more
recent treacherous attempt at disor-
ganization can expect no more favor
than their -co-conspirators in New
York. If compelled to be more iex-
piicit, we shall not hesitate to call
names. It will be a public duty
There are some parties in this city
whom this boot will exactly fit
Let US have peace.
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ALL BETS Orr The action of the
highest sporting authorities in New
York in declaring all bets on the
State off because of the gigantic
frauds practiced in the city, has been
everywhere taken and accepted as
fair by the candid men Of both par
ties, although few Democrats who
had bet heavy on the result, hate
very much to give up the "last coun-
ty."-State Register.
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DEAD.-Ex-Gov. David Tod, of
Ohio, one Of the famous loyal govern.
ors Of the North, who stood up like o
lion, to support Abraham Lincoln in
subducing the rebellion, died very
suddenly at his residende at Youngs-
town Ohio, last Friday.
We are without further particu.
lars.
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Weston's Great Walk.
From the Troy budget

e.One week from to-day, (Nov. ~
Weston is to commence his walk OFT
5000 miles, having accepted the prop.
osition of Dan Rice, an account OF
which we published in last weeks
Badget. By accepting the erms Of
that proposition, Mr.. Wrston Piled gee
himself to do his best to wnlk 1000
miles in 100 days, exclusive of Sun.
days, which reduces thelaut pal tinie
granted TO complete the maf..h into
eighty-six days. In case be accom-
plishes the task, he is pledged purse
Of $4,000.
The march of 8, 900 miles will carry
Mr.. Weston from Bangor, Me-, to st.
Paul, Mimi, and thence back, by q
different route, to the city of New
York, and it 10 we'll calculated to.
arouse the enthusiasm of our some
what mercurial people. On the walk
from Portland to Chicago, the dis
lance and the time to accomplish It is
required that the pedestrian should
make an average Of forty-seven miles
daily, and that walk, made IN more
propitious season Of the year, called
forth the widest applause from the
thousand who, night and day, thron.
ged the line of march. In the 5000
mile march Weston will be required
to make daily average Of fifty eight
and one seventh miles, or more than
eleven miles in excess of the average
of the road to Chicago, and this at o
season of the year when rain falls and
snow impedes the progress Of even
railroad trains. IF the past may be
taken as an index to the future con.
sidering the greater difficulty of the
feat, the hero ofthe wonderful walk
at White Plains will rally around
him unnumbered thousands to shout
his name and cheer him on his weary
march. As . matter Of course, Young
and old America will pray tor his
success, for it is an element of Amer
lean character to credit = native-born
hero with extraordinary prowess and
| to flatter themselves with the belief
that the world does not contain hi
equal The pride is pardonablc, ever
if Judgment is warped by sanguiDe
hope. The march is for a purse o.
500, 900, and starting on the LIST o.
December, concludes the 100 days or
the 18th Of March. Weston will pass
through seventeen. different States
1873 counties and 728 cities and towns
When he reaches st. Paul, Mimi, HI
will have walked 3,033 miles, He re
turns by q route that will bring hin
| to City Hall, New York city, at tn,
end Of 1924 miles, he thus preform-
ing more than no contracts to doc
Bis will be seen from the tone of hi
letter, he feels confident of succeed.
ing, and we trust that he is not owe
sanguine. though we must admit, un
der the circumstances, the futur
seems to- family whisper failure
We have faith in the pedestrian
honesty and be the end what it ma.
we pray that this abiding faith ma.
not be destroyed. ba
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N. Y. Money matters !:

N. Y. Money matters: 80
The stock exchange was scene of,
the widest excitement. The fldctu-
ations ofstocx was great and many
operators badly hurt. Five OF six
firm are saidl to have found it neces
|Asry 10 raake rziVate settlements as
shel elternNt I'VE. ITO, failing.
Il There S mi 9efs Failures on the
1treets, An4E the 6anks - present. have
| y fair burplY Of dGeud lend more
freely q fAll "a - discounting
more resly Ths g9et Erie combi-
nationis sid to Be Che largest ever
known in Wall street. The feeling
is very unsettled and feverish, and
the market is expected to open to day
with great excitement.
u Jas, McCrary has been appointed
guagcr Of spirits for this Congress
sional District. s,, .-4
The latest developments in the
Erie affairs is according to report,
that Jay Cook is appointed receiver
Of the company last Thursday by
Judge Barnard. The report also
says that about seven millions of
gold was taken out Of the Gold Elk
change banks and taken to Jersey
City. There is a ronor current of a
failure Of large house IN bread
stuffs, but is not authenticated, at
the same time it is believed that the
Government sold largely to-day
The Bull cliuqe are also heavy SELL
ers. ~
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RELIABLE.-In the list Of contested
Congressional Districts, to como be-
fore the 4lst Congress, the New York
Tribune, has Dan'l w. VOORHEES,, con.
testing The scat Of Geo. w. Julian. i
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~ M HEIRIcK, Editor.
We Want to Know !?


sSAJ aHslThere are q large number OF cam
paign subscribers on our books,
whose time expired last week, both
those who subscribed last Fall and
this. We can't afford to send you
the paper for nothing, and we desire
yea all to renew, or let us know at
,----~... once to the contrary, SO that we may
.ffnfy drop YOU from the lists.
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Isabella Of Spain.

ofthe doposed Queen Of Spain, from
the last N. Y. Ledger, written by Par
ton.
Her reign has been q continuous
scandal Indolent, luxurious, and
vain, she has not even had the grace
to set an example Of common decor
cy to her subjects. Lover has succeed.
ed lover; 80 that, although she has
had severol children, two Of whom
are living, the Spaniards do not be-
heve that she has presented them
with legitimate heir to the throne.
Absorbed in pleasure, it was only
with the greatest reluctance that she
attended to the most necessary busi-
ness of the kingdom. She arose
about ten, and passing to her boudoir,
occupied herself with gossip, games
and the toilet until dinner time, which
in Spain is earlier than with us. AT.
ter dinner it was her custom to re-
pair to her garden, where she fire.
quently spent some hours in dancing
and other amusements. In the eve-
ming, assuming an attire more magni-
ficent, she went to the theatre; and,
on her return, proceeded to her mu-
sic-room, where she occupied herself
with music until two in the morning,
when she took q supper and went to
bed. If ministers came to the palace
on public business, she almost always
kept them waiting a considerable
time, and frequently sent them away
without having seen them.
Every decent human being in Spain
looked upon the scandals of the pal.
ace with disgust, contempt and shame
remembering that there was once
upon the throne an Isabella of more
than spotless fame. The Spaniards,
with all their faults, have great pride
of character and pride of country
The men, AZ rule, are chaste. The
spectacle ola fat and sensual woman,
loaded with the hereditary jewels Of
the Spanish crown, living such q life
as Catherine Of Russia lived, but
with out possessing a spark of Cath.
crimes talent or patriotism, became
at length intolerance.
.;.S ~ ,:..,s so 1870. aso me- ton P"o ~
revolt appears to have pervaded the
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Train.

George Francis Train sent tho fol-
lowing bitter epigram to the Lord
Mayors recent banquet at Liverpool,
on which occasion the Great Ameri-
can Toady, Reverdy Johnson, is un>
derstood to have kissed his beloved
friend Laird, the Alabama builder, in
an uncomfortable spot, to q blood
blister.
EPlGRAM ON THE LIVERPOOL PIRATE
BANQUET.
When your lying, swindling race
Dine our nation face to face,
On costly wines and viands rare,
Unpaid for like the clothes you wear.
The interest on your debts We paid
By profits on your Yankee trade,
But can't hypocrasy and lies,
Your venomed haste can ne'er dis
guise.
Our eagle droops, our nation grieves,
We close our pockets, "Be,0are Of
thieves."
Your merchants rotten,your banks in
rags,
Your brokers paupers on "the flags"
Throug hout the broad commercial
range
Your swindlers lend the world "on
Change
Where royal borough bankrupts
paired
With Wharnclift, Roebuck, Hough-
ton, Laird. sea Z
The forger, burgler, knave and fool
Hold carnival in Liverpool, y
And meanest of all Englishmen,
Now toady johnson, in q Pirates
Den, iZl %
Addresses, banquets every mail,
Yet claims unpaid, our citizens in jail.
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IVAN get your pictures within
~ twenty minutes sitter setting
for them at
SHAUG'S GEM GALLERY.
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YEI,EGR &HTC

zen. Grant Is IN NJ. stopping
quietly at his Hotel.
The Office seekers conhue to pes.
ter him without ceasig, but the
General receives the borg, with his
usual equanimity. To Fs credit, he
steadily refuses an ovatil from those
disinterested patriots.
Burlingame and his i tails are to
be officially received byviotoria, at
Windsor, on the goth il. The re-
port that they are taxi, Dean to
China, to be used as atinkpot, is
now denied.
Col. Gibbons has alrsy enrolled
$500 men for the CubAifillibustsr-
ing raid. The comman is to de-
volve on a wealthy Nban, who
fought NIT Maximillia1 and who
foots the bill. MeantinlJuban wat
ers are full of armed vesss, and the
Cuban authorities are olhe qui vie
to give them Q hot reotion, and
make the adventures wk Spanish
in double quick, if they or effect a
landing on Cuban soil. : is given
out by these raiders thathe Queen
of the Antilles is to bsnnexed to
the United States. h9i
Ben Butler has writtei letter to
the consolidated Louisle Journal
and Courier in which hays: ~. b
~ would do anything I could be
convinced that they wo1 tend to q
prosperity, quiet and rsperation OF
the Southern part of myountry. /
bear no hatred towardsb South or
the Southern men as sut If / know
my own heart; but / am posed only
to those who still war on the best
interests ofthe country I under
stand them, and that opsition from
the very necessities dry nature
WILDE storm"
The Tribune's N Y pal says:
Affairs in Wall Stre yesterday
were very dull, with a her decline
in values, and . geneu feeling of
distrust. Everybody tearinv an
other panic.
The remains of three srsons have
been found under q baSttached to
a Hotel, al Bunker Hills, and the
skeletons of three Outbound near
by. The proprietor hppeen arres-
ted, charged with caYing on q
wholesale system ofrobk and MUIR
der for years. 8
A. terrible collision ajween two
ferry boats, occurred in lEast River
N. Y, Saturday where five per-
sons were killed or mosw wounded,
and some twenty 9th hockingly
mangled and otherwiaajured. OF
course nobody was to Ale.
New w Nov 16.
Gen Badeau, Of Gen7snt's staff,
stated to day in answer the ques-
ton whether Gen Grant tended to
be present at the Evafninner, that
it would depend on wher Secreta
rvs Randall, McCnllp or Wells
would be among the CTS, as the
President Elect did not Ire to meet
any of these gentlemen.
Our Minister at Ekuay, is in
difficulty. He and hlsecretary
Bliss, are charged b .,ez, with
consplring to .assassina he Presi
dent OF that Republic.
Hoffman, has resigned Mayor
atty. |
Money Is easy in N. r., I per
cent on call. &
Gold was ls4s in New rk yes
terday.
The election for memb Of the
parliament, occurred in nibunties,
and 200 burroughs in GsaBritain
yesterday. Much excileAt, but
noviolence prevailed at tholls,-
The Liberals gained Largely
Aepecial to the Chica bepubli-
can has the following of hrdav,a
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The aggregate majority of the
New England States for Grant is
10000, which is 1900 more than
for Lincoln in 1864, and 10000 more
than for Lincoln in 1864.
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Ole Bull had his fiddle. bow dia-
mond from the Duke OF Devonshire.
Ole is not o Devonshire Bull, how
ever.
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M f. Church

The statistics of the NJ. e. Church
for 1868 are just published, showing
a total membership of 1,242,259, be-
ing an increase over the previous
years of 96,l78. The whole number
Of travelling ministers is 8,481, in
crease AT; Of local preachers 1898.
increase 429.
The returns for Iowa are;
Iowa conference 2O,522 increase 1641
Upper Iowa Con. 1906 I" 1898
Des Moines Con. 14,771 !" 1893
Total $3.50 " 4032
Besides those in the regular con-,
ference, there are perhaps 1000 MEM
bers in Iowa connected with the Ger
man and Scandinavian work.
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The annual display of Heavenly
fireworks, was on Saturday night,
particularly brilliant at Hartford,
Poughkeepsie, Fortress Monroe, and
Richmond.
Paris, Nov 16.
Baron James Rothschild, head of
the Rothschilds family, died yester-
day.
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Impartial Suffrage,

se,i drop you from the lists,
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~ O no CLARKE, y TUT
u TIES 70 B. CHEAP
STOvES.a =