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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-02-20

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mart ofth;s ITn;on
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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-02-20

via San Franciso, Feb. lie.
A special to the New York Her
aid says:
Tho Yellow river has again burst
its banks. Nothing but Foreign en-
cheering will restore them to their
ancient solidity.
An explosion occurred at Wuchan
opposite Haukow, in which three now
der Magazines, and more than !
thousand lives were lost. No harm
done to European property.
The latest news received here "a
sPecting the Chinese rebellion, Is to
the effect that the Imperialists have
gained several victoriesover both tho
Nieufer and Mahomedans,
1t is rumored that o Mandarin
has offered to erect and work the
telegraph from Shanghai to Wusanv
lfthis be true, he will undouhtedly
give material aid 20 the East Ind;s
Telegraph Co. s
Syracuse, Feb. lS.
At the Municipal election here t.. 4
day, the entire Republican ticket was
elected Dy increased. majoritiea.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-04-29

Wade's work out of the Senate during the
late war to sustain the war He was NOV
ing pillar, against which the weary, discour-
aged, and faint-hearted leaned and got
strength. He braced the war in the depart
ments, in the army in the White House, in
the Capitol committee-rooms. He was tor
five years an invigorating war influence in
Washington. For five years lie chopped in
to the rebellion as he chopped into the Ash
tabula forest. III. III ed % srs
Dear old Ben Wade,"" Grand old Ben.
Wade" as he has been styled with affection
ate descriptiveness, sixty-seyen years old,
hearty rs a buck, strong in his walk, deep
in the chest, with the animal forces OF his
youth unwasted in him.
There is Puritan grimness in his face,
which melts into the sweetness and tender
ness of good woman when his sympathies
are touched (and their latch-string is always
| OUT, and which is softened away by the
humor which wells from his mirthfulness in
broad, rich, and original streams. He has
Mr. Lincoln's famous trick of arguing by
storytelling, and of making points by anec-
dotes. His knowledge Of men is profound.
He loathes a knave. He hates thief. He
despises liar A coward and traitor he
never forgives. .uoi;l .'m
The next November election will show the
world the American appreciation Of this
man. by the popular rush to vote for him, az
the Radical candidate for, the Vice7Presi-
| dency. -o.-oc r..-.s.s IN.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-04-29

The SECRETS OF THE OCEAN.-Mr. Green,
the famous diver, tells singular stories of his
adventure when making search in the deep
waters of the ocean. He gives some new
sketches of what he saw at the Silver Banks,
near. Hayti: The banks OF coral on which
my iiyings were made are about forty miles
in length, and from ten to twenty in breadth.
On this hank of coral is presented to the
diver one of the most beautiful and sublime
scenes the eye ever beheld. The water va
ries from ten to one hundred feet IN depth,
and SO clear that the diver can see from two
to three hundred feet when submerged, with
but little obstruction to the sight.
The bottom of the ocean, in many places,
is as smooth as marble floor; in Others,
it is studded with coral columns from ten to
one hundred feet in height. and from one to
eighty feet in diameter. The tops of those
more lofty support myriad of pyramidal
pendants, each forming myriad more, Civ
ing reality to the imaginary abode of some
water nymph. In other places the pendants
form arch over arch; and, as the diver
stands on the bottom of the ocean and
gazes through in the deep winding avenues,
he finds that they fill him with as sacred an
awe as if he were in some old cathedral
which had long been buried beneath old
oceans wave Here and there the coral ex-
tends to the surface of the water, as if the
foftier columns were towers belonging to
those stately temples that are now in ruins
There were countless varieties of diminu-
tive trees, shrubs, and plants in every crew
ice OF the corals where water had deposited
the earth. There were all of faint hue,
owing to the pale light they received, al
though of every shade, and entirely different
from plants that am familiar with that
xegetate upon dry land. One In particular
attracted my attention it resembled sea
fan of immense size, variegated colors, and
the most brilliant hue. The fish which in
habit these Silver Banks found as different
in kind as the scenery was varied. They
were of all forms. colors, and sizes, from the
symmetrical goby to the glohe-like sunfsh,
from the dullest hue to the changeable dol
| phin. -'"' 80 =
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SANDS OF GoLD.-Neyer wish thing
done, but do it. e'lEi
lfyou can say nothing good of any one,
say nothing at all. 0
In friendship as in love, VIC are often hap
pier in our ignorance than in our knowl
edge. ..., ........
Men are generally like wagons; they rat
tie prodigiously when there il nothing in
them.
The body is the shell of the soul and the
dress is the husk of the body; but the husk
often tells what the kernel is.
No man should complain of being poor,
or OF hard times, who can afford to use rum
or tobacco. -...tl .rs......
The true wealth of community lies in the
integrity of its citizens, and its chief honor
arises not from the possession of great rich
es, but the possession of true men.
There is one single fact winch one man
opposes to all the wit and argument of inf
deity, viz: That no man ever on his death
bed repented of being christian.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-04-29
Nine Cheers for Old Davidson.

'"r LEXINGTON, April 81, 1868
Gov. w. w. HOLDEN Thinking per.
haps it might not be uninteresting to You
to hear how old Davidson was behaving
herself about this time, 1 will commence by
telling you, that, last night, the Rebs,'
headed by Thos. Wilson and Lewis Hanes,
held a meeting in the Court-house-let off
their gas, and adjourned without disturbing
the motion OF any of the planets. The fact
is, they did not even prevent its raining to.
day-for tell you, it did not only rain, but
it poured down in torrents nearly the whole
day; and, notwithstanding all this, the Re.
publicans like an avalanche poured in, AMI
like old regulars marched to the polls and
deposited their votes to the tune of 500, or
upwards. There were $50 votes polled, and
! think can safely say, out of that number,
the Republicans put in at least 500. l think
the Radicals will get at least 1900 out of
about 2,200 in the county OBJ
-u'a1 uh Yours truly, u1J W. F. II.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-04-29

sill fff tlyITfrf.firfG az sl5lN Il.Illtff tNf
People WHO DRIFT.-The most common
secret Of the want Of success in life is gen
eraltendency to let things drift 1t is not
SO much the missing ones opportunity or
the committing one blunder as the lavish
waste of all the forces and opportunities
which in various shapes come within the
grasp The temper which permits such
waste of a material that is never replaced
may spring from Incidence or absence OF
ambition, or an intellectual incapacity of
discerning what an opportunity or a force
means 'l'H ti' 'l'" 80.
Plenty ofsmen fail for all these reasons
But still larger number fail for lack of a
quality which is neither industry merely
nor acuteness, nor desire to go on, but
kind of vigilant tenacity liketha Of hum
ter after his prey .i37i ml ~ asiq4-
Such men break down in the race, or at
! least never get beyond very humble goal
less because they have been tripped up by
some unsupported trench than because they
were comparatively destitute of vigor and
concentration. They are morally halt and
MANNED to begin with. They have not the
stamina which supports men under heavy
weights and carries them well over pro-
longed course. They can look seriously at
the obstacles which are Immediately in front
of them, and can overcome them with
, ont difficulty, but they never think of the
obstacles that lie little way ahead. or, ut
all events, rather make preparations for
Sinking them than for getting the better OF
them lurdeam - ,5ieiu35f s.aa tfl- i. ga
Most men suffer much fewer and less
damaging injuries from the actual false
steps they take than that timorous or inca
pable temper which makes them shamble
slipshod through life, not knowing clearly
whether they want to go or how they are
ever to get anywhere at all contented with
little but in either case equally incompetent
to make that little greater. Hsii 51
1t is the slovenliness of men and women
which, for the most part, make their lives
unsatisfactory They dD not sit at the loom
with keen eyes and deft finger, but they
work listlessly and without a sedulous care
to piece together as they best may the bro
ken threads We are apt'to give up work
too soon-to suppose that single breakage
has ruined the cloth. The men who get on
in the world are not daunted by one nor
thousand breakages. s.f ..
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~ AAWNImpe,achnent
The last Washington Chronicle save

+ Tug '"S' " as'ihgtoh Cnf0nacte says:
[ 1.-THE impeachment trial draws tow,.,.
close. The last of the testimony will nral
bly, be put in to-day, and the remu;npd' oOs
the week be devoted to the conclud;usf Of
guments of the managers and couns'S ar
that by Monday next the Senate will bo' 50
pared to go into consultation upon Pc
verdict. Two weeks from to-day the o m(a
try will probably be enjoying a desreo
peace and freedom from fear and anv;
such as it has not known for nearly
cade" "%
/ The New-York Herald, friendly to T..
President, gives it up. 1t says: ~
/ 1.-THE Senate have determined to conr;.,
and every thinking man will symna,h;1
with the Presidents counsel in the tso,;1
that 1T is useless to carry the case furtha"S
that it might as well be stayed at this '" ms
as to proceed before court that will, Punt
only one sitle."2 ElCr-U" - "ea'
WASHINGTON, Monday, April 20 1890
The best judges of the situation in w..
/ ington have come to the conclusion to.n;a
that there can be no doubt upon the ra,"S
of Impeachment. Some have said tL,t c.N
atOrs Grimes, Fowler and Van W;nLIo n ,,,l
be among the minority; but it is now now aa" sy
rally conceded that upon the articles in "a
ference to- breaking the law and swingD,
round tile circle expedition, there will Inc :
stout'party vote Appointment NewYork
offered wager to night that Reverdv .JoL0
son would vote for conviction on oueston
oflaw. The case will! 60 into court MonJas
next, and very possibly a decision may Is
rendered on the day following. Mr.. Wads
has not in any way anticipated his course i
| he should become President. He has mad,
no remark whatever on the subject, and L,s
| declared that he will listen to no conyerS,
tions, and receive no suggestions until afr.
the vote is cast. Should he be called to tI'
chair of the Chief Magistrate he will tL""
] merely appoint his Cabinet and make Nh
| other change until after the Chicago Cam
| vention.
Mr. Boutwell, will begin his speech n,
"Wednesday morning, which will not prol,.
bly, last more than one day. Should Mr.
Stanberry be unable to attend Mr.. GrOcS.
beck will speak on Thursday, and Mr. Eyar,
on Friday. Mr.. Evarts may take two dar,
Mr. Bingham will follow him, and will ~,
tainly require more than one day. The
Court. at the conclusion of Mr.. Bingham's
argument, will consider the verdict.
The Ku-Klux Khan, as may be NATURALLY
expected, have come to the assistance ofNr
johnson. Mr.. Wade received an official
warning from the Kentucky Grand CycloDs
to-day that he and Mr.. Butler are to be as.
sassinated in the event of the conviction If
President johnson.
| The Senate went into Executive session
Immediately after adjournment as a Court,
to-day. and discussed the advisabillty Of
proceeding with legislative business. After
a long discussion, Senators decided to post
pone all business until after the ImpeaCl
ment trial, their minds being engrossel
with that subject.-Wash. Cor. N. Y TF
bune.
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THE LAST THREAT.-The La Crosse DEM
ocrat, paper which the Rochester Union
and other Immaculate conservative" Or
gans mildly rebuke for representing too lit
orally the doctrines of the Democratic par
ty, continues its threats of assassination
Its last utterance of the kind Is contained
in the following paragraph: -.-......
"There is need Of Mr. Ben Wade to be-
ware! The people of this country have
borne much from obscene clowns, ,drunkards
and fanatics; very much more than they
will ever bear again. 1t were far better that
the tyrant who is forced into the position
once filled by Washington, Jefferson, and
jackson, should he hurled out of existence
10y the bullet of the patriot than that thirty
five millions of Americans should suffer I'M
der his despotic dynasty. Mr. Wade will
stand upon tender ground; single false
step and the mine may be sprung 1t re-
quires but spark to set the whole country
on fire. Remember: Sic semper tyrannis !''
No one will fail to notice that these threats
of assassination emanate, without exception,
from the Democratic party. In the South
the threats are being put into excution.-
The agents of the bloody work are men,
beers of the Ku-Klux Khan. an organization
maintained solely by Southern Conserva.
tives. Would it not be consistent for the
party to adopt the policy of political assas
slnation as one of the planks of its next ma
tional platform 'a7 ia !.t.a.- i......,.gt
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An Editor in a Military Prison.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, April is. r. Ran
doiph, editor of the Tuscaloosa Monitor,
having in a difficult with a negro in Tus-
caloosa county cut him with knife, and
learning that his arrest as ordered by the
military, came here last night. and sur
rendered himself to General Shepherd, and
was directed to report this morning, which
he did. He was then committed to a mill.
tary prison without privilege of bail. Gen
eral Shepherd informed him that in all ca.
ses of military arrest the parties would be
sent to a military prison, there to remain
until discharged by military commission
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-04-29

p The Wisconsin election shows gain of
from 800 to 2.000 for the Republicans
The election was for a Chief Justice an1 As
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court. The
Republican candidates were the present
Judges, who two years ago made the deci-
sion affirming the right of colored men to
vote in Wisconsin. That decision was de.
nounced by the Democracy as erroneous,
and they boosted that when the Judges
came before the people for reelection they
would be defeated, since to rc-elect them
would be to give negro suffrage an endorse
ment by the popular vote. The Republi-
cans OF Wisconsin did not shun the issue
When the Democracy called STATE Con-
vention and nominated two thoroughly par
tisan candidates, the Republicans nomina-
ted Judges Dixon and Paine, notwithstand-
ing there was some disafection IN the party
towards them, growing out of a decision OF
the court in relation to certain mortgages
given in aid of railroads by farmers in sew.
eral counties of the State.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-04-29

Honor Your BUsNEss.-It is a good
sign when man is proud of his work or his
calling. Yet nothing is more common than
to hear men finding fault constantly with
their particular business, and deeming them
selves unfortunate because fastened to it by
the necessity of gaining a livelihood. In
this men fret, and laboriously destroy all
their comfort in the work !; or they change
their business, and 60 on miserably, shifting
from one thing to another, till the grave or
the poor-house gives them fast grip. But
while occasionally a man fails in life be-
cause he is not in the place fitted for his pc
culiar talent, it happens ten time ottener that
failure results from neglect and even con-
tempt of an honest business. A man should
put his heart into everything that he does.
There is not profession that has not its Pc
culiar cares and vexations. No man will
escape annoyance by changing his business.
No mechanical business is altogether agree
able. Commerce, in its endless varieties, is
affected, like all other pursuits. with trials,
unwelcome duties, and spirt-stiring necessi
ties. 1t is the very wantonness of folly for
man to search out the frets and burdens of
his calling, and give his mind every day to
a consideration of them. They belong to
human lite. They are inevitable Brooding
over them only gives them strength. On
the other hand, man has power given to
him 20 shed beauty and pleasure on the home
Hest toll, if he is wise. Let man adopt his
business and identify it with his life, and
cover it with pleasant associations; for God
has given us imagination, not alone to make
some poets, but to enable all men to beauti-
fly homrly things. Heart varnish will cover
up innumerable evils and defects. Look at
the good things. Accept -FOUR lot as man
does piece of rugged ground, and begin to
get out the rocks and roots, to deepen and
mellow the soil, 20 enrich and plant it
There is something in the most forbidding
avocation around which man may Irvine
pleasant fancies, out of which lie may de-
velop an honest pride.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-04-29

The election in Georgia on the rati6ca-
ton of the new Constitution commenced
yesterday. The following is the reconstruc-
ton ticket: -eo ilris o s.iif5n4 "a
For Gooernor.-B. B. Bullock, of Rich
mond county.
For Congress-1st district J. w. Cliff :;
2d district, R. Fl. Whitley Sd district, Will
liam P. Edwards; 4th district, Samuel F.
Cove; 9Th district, G. H. Prince; 9th dis
trict, John A. Wimpy; 7th district, James
Atkins.
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Georgia.
REGISTRATION FRAUDS DETECTED

REGISTRATION FRAUDS DETECTED.
augusta, April 19-The election in Georgia
commences to morrow. The interest is in
tense, and both parties are equally confident.
The reports from Columbus are that frauds
have been detected in the registration, and
that charges have been preferred against
Hubert, the Chief Registrar in the State. A
large meeting was addressed here last night
by Democratic speakers. Ample precaulion
has been taken by Gen. Meade to preserve
order during the progress of the election
troops having been sent to all important
points for this purpose. .-r
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-04-29

The Press Banquet to Dickens--.The
Dinner Success.-.Speech of Mr.. Gree
ley...RespOnse at Length of MIR. Dick
ens..-He Refers to the s: American
Notes'' and :: ChuzzlewIt;'' and will
Write an Appendix. ap.... .sr.'
New YORK, April 19-The Press festival
to Mr.. Dickens took place Saturday evening
at Delmonico's. Among the two hundred
guests present were Messrs. Greeley, Ray
mond, Halstead. of Cincinnati exGovern-
or Hawley. of Connecticut; Richard Hoe,
Samuel Bowles, and Manton Marble. After
the guests had assembled, Mr.. Dickens en-
tered under escort of Mr. Greeley, and was
cordially received Mr. Greeley, who pre-
sided. opened the exercises by referring to
the introduction to America, twenty four
years ago. of IL young English writer then
known as BOZ" After some compliment
tary illusions to the guests, Mr.. Greeley said
the American Press honored itself in honor
ing the man who had climbed from the lower
rounds of the ladder of the press, and his
triumph in attaining his present emjnence
was shared alike by every member of the
fraternity. He concluded by offering as a
toast, the health, happiness, and honor of
our friend, Charles Dickens. When the APP
plause had subsidized, MIR. Dickens responded
in an extended address In the course of his
remarks, he alluded to the feelings excited
among Americans by the untavorable opin-
ions expressed in his American Notes "
and Chuzzlewits" He was delighted to
witness the improvement in the social,
moral, and material condition OF the coun-
try, as seen during this, his last. In the
works referred to Inc had given his honest
impressions at that time, and though report
had averred that lie intended to write anoth-
er book on America, it was false, as it was
| his firm determination not to write another
work on this subject. On his return to
England he should, in his own journal, pub
lish his impressions upon America, and do
justice to the people of this country. He
pledged himself that so long as he or his
heirs had any interest in the editions of
Chuzzlewit and American Notes." those
works should contain an appendix, refuting
any aspersions contained therein.
Speeches were also made by Mr.. Raymond
Ex-Governor Hawley, g. W. Curtis, John
Russell Young, and many others.
The world is gradually outgrowing ''the
learned professions" The community is
overstocked with lawyers and doctors :
Many of these are obliged to live by the
misfortunes and the fbllies of their fellow
creatures.
The fact is, people must go to digging il
the ground FOR living. Hard work is thu
only thing that will pay now-a-days.-Ash
Pioneer.
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The Union League at MlIs's River met on
the 18th of April and endorsed the Republic
can State ticket with Governor Holden at
the head, and A. H. Jones for Congress
Appointed A. @. Moore and Soloman Whit
aker delegates to represent them in the Coun,
ty Nominating Convention to be held at
Hendersonyile on the 18th instant. SEM
three loud groans for Zeb. Vance.-Ash0.M
Pioneer.
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The denomination for CONGRESS- in Indian

Inc denomination for Congress in Indiana,
OF Hon. G. w. Julian, General J. P. G.
Shanks, and g. s. Orth. gives great satisfac-
ton to Republicans here, as it shows that
the people Enthusiastically sustain the i'm.
parchment. Thus it will be seen that the
men who have voted impeachment all the
time will be triumphantly sustained by the
people What makes the endorsement
more emphatic is the fact that the men,
bers remain in their seats attending to their
Congressional duties, and ID not run home
hunting for denomination,
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LOUISIANA.
The late Election in the State.
FRAUDS PERPETRATED BY REBEL OFFICIAL

New ORLEANS, April 2O.-The most fla
grant and outrageous frauds have been per-
petratcd by the rebel commissioners of cleo
tion,l who it would appear were appointed
for their known hostility to reconstruction.
Ballot7box stulfing and fraudulent counting
have been the order of the day. General
Buchanan was memorializcd, previous to
election, to appoint one of the commission
ers at each poll from the Republican party,
but refused to interfere with Hancock's
boards of registrars, who were vested with
the power of appointing commissioners.
Republicans are appalled, at the magni-
tudc and boldness of the frauds. The cleo
ton here will be contested. On far count
the Republicans would have certainly car
ried the city by four thousand majority