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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17
Democratic Pearls.

We clip the following elegant
pearls, from the Dec. I'd, No. of the
La Crosse Democratic Bible
We don't want Grant assassina-
ted-we never were in favor of hurt
ing dumb beasts.
Among the leading Jacobins now
dead, whose names will ever be re-
membered by Christian nations, are
Captain Kidd and A, Lincoln.
A Radical exchange asks, in q lead.
or: Where will we be then 2" With:
out reading the article, we suggest,
modestly-in hell.
The estate Of Thad Stevens was
worthless after his creditors got Their
dues. After the devil got his due
Th addous himself was worthless.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17

They are going to have the Capi-
tol Of the United States removed to
Ksokuk ct IN early day, provided,
the earnest appeal Of correspon-
dent Of the Gate City is needed in the
matter.
Among many other good and valua-
Bile reasons given by this enthusiast
tic individual, he mentions the fact
that he has been able to propagate
without difficulty six healthy chill
drsn il that city.
Now We have no i'll viii against our
nsighboring city, and hope she may
become the Capitol and hub Of the
Universe generally, provided it fails
to come to Ottumwa, but we have to
suggest that if prolific fecundity in
the population business is to decide
the great question Of the location ol
the future metropolis, then all rivals
must pale their Intellectual fires be
fore our own proud young city, where
our matrons have habit of issuing
editions Of humanity occasionally il
tour volumes at one issue, more com,
monty in two and three, and will
whom the old rule Of one at tim,
has become obsolete, and where 81,
j small children and one at the breas
would be called small family.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17

We imagine that our amiable
friend Dean, is the worst feeling man,
and has the best right to be in that
superlatively miserable condition, Of
any individual in America.
Since the disastrous effects of his
seditious and unutterably filthy driv.
el,on the New Hampshire and Maine
elections last spring, there has been
no National, State, Congressional or
County Central Democratic Commit
tee, or candidate, so hard up as to
invite him to repeat his rebel twad-
die, to their people on the stump, or
who would ask him into their midst,
any more than they would have
courted famine or pestilence, except
ir the cases of ono Po Cad Bryan,
lately supposing himself . candidate
tor Congress in our fifth district, and
Q few old antediluvian schovelty-
funks, on Salt river in Kentucky.
As result OF his speeches in the
only places in the country, where he
was allowed to pollute the air with
his foul presence, it may be stated
that Frank Palmer beat Bryan more
than two thousand over the usual
Republican majority in the fifth dis.
trict, while Grant gained fourteen
thousand votes over any Republican
candidate who has ran in Kentucky
since the Democratic party of that
State, came home from serving with
Breckinridge, Preston, Buckner
Duke, ahd John Morgan, in the latt
sonpleasantness."
He has recently returned to Mount
Pleasant, from his Kentucky cam
paign, where he may be consulted By
any one wishing to invest in Ken
tucky real-estate, or lecture CONT init
tees, desiring to employ man to di
late upon the base ingratitude o
RAnubIiCs.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17

n The Boston Latin School is the
oldest educational institution in the
country, having been founded 233
years ago, three years before Har-
ward College. II has graduated many
celebrated men, among others John
Hancock and five of his fellvw.signers
Of tho Declaration Of Independence.
A strange disease has been sweep
ing of cattle in Iowa for the past
months. Several Of the farmers in
Jasper and neighboring counties have
lost from ton to fifteen head Of cattle
each. It is stated that the disease is
caused by the animals eating the
smutty or blasted ears OF corn which
they pick up when turned into stalk
fields, and post nortem examinations
show the intestines clogged with the
smut.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17
Railroad Items.

We clip the following important
Railroad items from the Western
Railroad Gazette Of Chicago:
haA company Of surveyors are at
work looking out for o route for the
Keokuk. Ft. Des Moines& Minneso.
ia Railroad. It is their wish to get
from Des Moines' to Mankato, Mimi
.t,an Iip 5 r.;rd snrnna,.;ntandant
~ Nh u;s.onr; p.;,.o.a
- = '.. -, !,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17


During the transports of their
grief, which refuses to be comforted
over the death Of poor Mrs. Surratt
it is well enough to suggest OCCASION
ally to these blubbering appologists
for the Lincoln murderers, and con-
spirators, that Mrs. Surratt was hung
by Andrew johnson, through his
hangman Hancock, and that the en-
tire court who were compelled to
convict her under the charges and
testimony, signed petition Of Glenn
ency to Andrew johnson, which he
refused to read, and hustled her ont
Of the way, together with her con-
federates in guilt, because, as is gen
orally believed now, she know too
much, and might squeal on his Tenn
essee Excellency. s8l
If Mrs. Surratt was innocent Of
the conspiracy, (Which nobody be-
lieves, who read the testimony and
Andrew johnson and Winfield Scott
Hancock, (two prominent candidates
for the presidency at the Tammany
Hall Convention, are both good Re
publicans, then the taking of Of
this unsexed woman, may be called
. radical murder and not otherwise.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17

A LYNx.-A boy Of John Rights
living near Dahlonega in this county
killed an immense Lynx or Cata.
mount the other day, whose hide
stuffed, may be seen At John Graves
on Market street. 81
! He shot him in the head whilc he
was up = tree first, bringing it to the
ground, after which he shot him
through the body, and Thus disabled,
the ferocious beast came near whip.
ping two dogs, before he was finally
dispatched. st
He is an ugly looking customer.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17
Terrible Gas Explosion.

A gas explosion of . most disas-
trous character occurred at Cleve-
land, Ohio, on Saturday evening last,
in the residence of Mr.. ]. NJ. Hubby,
President Of the Cleveland and Gin
cinnati Railroad Company. The tel
egraphic account of the affair is AZ
follows: 4.9 81 itif
The house had been lighted with
gas manufactured on the premises
from q patentgasoline apparatus, sit
uated on the outside of the building.
The apparatus not working well last
evening, Mr.. Hubby went into the
cellar, to examine the pipes. It seems
that large quantity Of gas had es-
capped and was floating through the
apartment near the floor, it being
heavier than ordinary gas, and set.
tling down. > No sooner did Mr.. Hub
by stoop down to look ct the pipes
than terrific explosion ensued, lift
ing up the different floors Of the house
to the very root, and causing them
to fall to the basement in ruins. Mr..
Hubby was found some distance from
the house, insensible and badly burn.
cd, but not dangerously. His son,
Frank Hubby, with his wife, and his
sister, Miss Ella Hubby, were in the
library ct the time Of the explosion,
Mrs. Hubby fell through into the
cellar, and was severely burned, as
wellas bruised by falling bricks. His
wife and sister sprang through the
window, the latter enveloped in
flames, which burned her so badly
that her lire is despaired Of. Mrs
Hubby was badly burned likewise.-
The explosion spent itself upon the
main part Of the house mostly. The
wife Of L. n. Hubby, and his mother
an old lady, were in the rear part oI
the house, and escaped injury. Ths
entire house was reduced to ruins By
the fire that followed closely upon
the explosion. The latter was o1
ffightfdl power. Some 81 the walll
were blown completely ont. Doors
sashes and furniture were sent in al
directions. Every window in The
house was torn out. The house wai
an elegant structure and compara-
lively new.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17

Hon. r. G. Wilcox, chairman Of
the heuse committee of ways and
means 1t the last session of our State
legislature, died at bis home in Indo.
pendenoe, Buchanan co, ,on last Thurs
day night. He was q native of Con-
nstieut, and 48 years old. He came
to Iowa twelve orthirteen years ago.
He Was = leading citizen of Northern
Iowa, and his death will be widely
deplored. Haukeye.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17
Uonnnaendable.

( The transfer of that Robbers
Roost, commonly called the Indian
Bureau, to the War Department
which, was affected on the second
day Of the session, by the House.
under the skiliful Generalship Of
Garfield, will, il speedily adopted by
the Senate, domore to restore conf :
dencsi in tho honesty ofthe admistra.
ton Of public affairs, and tend more
effectively to the early resumption o.
specie payment, than an eternity o.
gasconade and protestation about
economy never practiced. ld sN
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17
Established IN 1640.
THE WEEKLY COURIER
I'M. HzDa1ck, Editor.
oETUAEwA, IOWA
Thursday December II, 1858
The eAppuintiug Power.

The Appointing Powar. ]
The Chicago Tribune has . lengthy
editorial in denunciation Of the prac-
tioe Of members of congress dicta-
ting TO the President who shall fill
the various Offices in their districts,
and elsewhere.
While agreeing with the Tribune
that the letter of the constitution
clothes the President with the sole
power to make all Federal appoint-
ments, it must be borne in mind that
the country has grown in population
and 90 increased the number Of off,
GERS Necessary to run the machinery
Of its government, that it is utterly
impossible for the President to in
telligently make all these appoint-
ments, without consulting with, and
accepting the advice Of members Of
Congress, to such an extent, as to
virtually give them the appointing
power.
The incoming administration vii
have the appointment of fifty thou
Sand subordinates, receiving annual
salaries amounting to thirty millions
s vi
of dollars in the aggregate.
We have not the least doubt, but
that all the important Offices will be
filed by Gen. Grant, after the most
rigid scrutiny Of the character of the
applicants, as to fitness, himself but
who can truthfhlly say that the pub
lie service requires that he should
spend his entire time,in investigating
the merits of the candidates for the
Immune rAble small offices all over the
country, when that information can
be given him direct by the member
Of Congress from the district where
the candidate resides, who in most
instances is personally acquainted
with him, and his publications to
properly discharge the duties of the
Office he aspires to.
We believe the public welfare
would be subserved by making elec-
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17
Governors Proclamation.

We publish to-day the Governors
Proclamation, which officially an
nounces the action Of Iowa at the
last election, in elevating to the full
stature Of manhood, and equal politi-
cal and civil rights before the law,
and at the ballot box, all men ire
spective Of the color Of their cuticle.
Now let the colored men Of Iowa
BY their sobriety, industry, ard zeal
in acquiring knowledge sufficient to
exercise this great God given right
intsligently, show themselves to be
worthy of it.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17
- Mr.. Bonner, of the New York

~ Mr.. Bonner, of the New York
Ledger, has succeeded IN making
even Prospectus that is readable
It is one ofthe most interesting of
the new advertisements in our pres
ent number. From it we learn that
Rev. DR.. Tying is writing q long sto-
ry for the Ledger.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17

BILLINGS ON .JoNAH.-Yu sa 'yu
kant understand the mirakIe ov the
whale, that swallowed joiner don't
serpose that joiner, not tho whale,
ever fully understood it themselfs. l
hav thought that it was eazyer for
the whale tew swaller joiner, than it
was for the outsiders, tew swaller the
mirakle. kant tell yu what joiner
did while in the whales sosiety; but i
kno what yankee would hav did, he
would have rugged q rudder on the
animal, and run him into port, and
either klaimod the lie for salvage, or
sold out his chanse tew a petroleum
grease company"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17

Tho last dodge is the "linen we'd
ding" coming off just one year from
marriage, at or near which time all
well-regulated households aresuppo-
sed to require an extra supply of this
article, in small patterns.
The Tazewell Register, suggests in
connection = MRS. Winslow's Sooth.
ing Syrup wedding" to follow next
after the linen wedding.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17
sigourney Itsunx

BlsAkmore's fHindicatdF onssof tn
little twinkling svanssos4tl iumiaA1
ries, which has Seen revolving xrouhd
the La Crosse Democrat y great
distance, for few months past, ID
about to move from Sigcurneyy 10
Washington, Iowa. 4,,g sTe aaad
q If 400 Republican majority "a
Keokok county, is suficisnt 70 staryge
the sTindicatof out ii ok months,
what will become Of II, 81 Washing-
ton county, whore they give all'ths
way from 8 to 1900 23 'ls5 Il.
Butt then . change ofpastare, il IL.
ways ia order for lean calves, ,s !,
1 The Ne,cs pronounses the story
about d Mr. Cady having been bitten
to death BY i spider, u that county
recently, and which has had the run
Of our exchanges, as : hoax. Tho
NetcS says: .dHA aH
"The only occurrence bearing any
resemblance to the one described that
has taken place in this county was
the efearful paroxyshdbD Of sundry
copperheads after the election" 0,1l'
{ The Nsps offered to give = sack Of
flonr tn any vounp LADY, of fSi0ournev
who would carry another sack Of
-four across the street. md up to the
Court Room whore . donation was
being made to 10 destitute widow. 4
z A Miss May Holman, servant girl
for Mrs. Geo. D. Woodin, carried of
tho prize in this lively little sport,
and may be put down a. the Great
Champion Female Flour Carrier, of
our neighboring city. w Y
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17

The young ladies who rejoice in
multitude Of rings, chains, lockets,
&c, to the unparalleled extent now
fashionable should be labelled, like
watches in the windows-"Wa arrant.
ed full jewelled.
Last week fouddling was left on
q door step in Westville, Connecticut
and now, the parents having beer
married, they want back the baby
The kindly gentlemen who took ii i
! says they may haveit for sl5o.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17

L. r. Wallace & Co.. have set down
the price of Heating Stoves to very
low figure, and intend to close out all
they have in a short time.
Call soon if you want u bargain.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17
TnEO OITUmyy COURIER ]
HsbsisAsd spey zAssday Morning.
cALDw1LL, HoLD1N 4 90.
.Pubilshsrs ana Propristors.
0gcs on ccrHr Of Main, and Green
6sEsas, ecsv Hinsey, Lewis d Cos
\ Dvy Store.
01ylcxALcrTYs I COUNTY PA1za
The Dear dad Woman Up

ll1idaight pasti Not : sound Of ousht
Through IL silent house but the wind
z tF ~ his prayers,
at BY tnesdyin8 6ro andthouRht
o. the dear dead woman up stairs,
Nobody with me my watch to keep
Bat 0s friend ofmy bosom. the man
~ Glisi had rent him fAst to sleep u 4.
a ~ 0hambsf up above.
lopc&y eleein the country place
~ asQsnd that knew Of my loss BE-
Satti. sesa young priest with the R..
ypAs coaisSssa her whom she died.
OF hsr cold, dad bosom my portrait lies,
which nsxt 70 her hssrt abe used "a
|, zss.siss : Ger With hsr tender .v..,
laWhsA ny own .fAce was mot here.
4, Ard I Mid. "The thing IL precious 10 me;
ssa n. Ihsy win bury hsf soonln the church.
, y w yard cla1s
\ \. Il 1ias On her Heart and lost must BE-,
III DO not take II away"
Az I stretched my hand beld my breath
turned, o drew the curtaius apart.
Idarod mot look ON the face Of death;
/ know where to Ind her heart.
thought a nrst, n my touch fell thsrs, 4
II Aad wafmed that heart 10 life with
For me .s' thing touched va. warm. /
And ! eouid ssel i. move.
twas the hand Of man that was NOV.
.s inR slow.
DER the heart Of the dead from the 9th
sEs5 q Or side; A
] And 4 onos tine sweat bross over my
"who i robbins the corpse ~ cried.
osRssss; ;.ss "a; p s Il: ny Bs:om.s sass &: m.
stood ,Svscl over Il. corpse, and Al, w.. white,
And neither VI M moved.
"what DO you here, my ffiend" The
Looked f,rst 1t me and then At the dead.
There iaa portrait here" he began,
W s'Tlhere In. Il 10 nnine,' I said.
Said the friend Of my bosom: Yours, no
The portrait was, till . month ago.
When this suffering angel took that out,
And PLACED mine there know"
This womaif, she loved me WELL" said I,
~, "a month ago." said my friend to me;
/ And u your threat" groaned, "You
III lie I"
He answered: "Let us sec.'
We found the portrait there in it's place;
We opened 4 BY the tapsr's shine,
The gems were al unchanged; the lace
Was-neither his nor mine.
s'One nail drives out anothe, st last!
4 The fAce Of the portrait there" I cried,
rs our friends, The Raphael faced young
priest
5sa Who confessed her whom she died.
-rOwEN MERRDITH.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17

Tho Florida Blade speaks Of the
time whom Lincoln was y splain Lii.
nois lawyer" Since then he has
been playin' hell, and finally stepped
Into il II sE3a 1885, Goa
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17

We clip from the Register the fol-
lowing statement of the Congress-
ional vote in our six districts, inls66
and 1868, with the losses and gains
stated:
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17

Two steamers, the aUnited States,
and "America," collided on the Ohio
River near Warsaw, on Saturday
night last, resulting in the total de-
struction Of both, by ire,and fright
ful loss of life, approximating near
seventy persons, at last accounts.
The collision occurred from an er-
ror in the signals. s'6l =
We clip from an exchange, the fol-
lowing Of the affair. .:gas3; k.
TRRRIBLE SCENES. -ilsaaifsi
b From the shores could be seen
women, with nothing but their robes
de mat to protect them rushing about
in the flames, screaming for help. -
Mothers, with their children In their
arms, most ofthem babies, were rush
ing about frantically. One mother
holding her baby in her arms, ran to
the guards; but the water seemed to
her only6 chilly grave; when she
jumped into the cabin again; then to
the guards. The last was seen Of her
she was standing up with her baby
hugged closer to her in her awful
death, burning up. Eo
. AT WARSAW.
The scene at Warsaw beggers des.
cription, n,-relatives hunting for each
other: the.wounded screaming with
pain; people, who at home were
blessed with wealth, bemoaning
their sad plight. The ladies had,
perforce, to 20 to bed while their lin
en- was being dried. Clothing was
brought by the open-handed, and
warm hearted citizens at Warsaw,
and everything was done to render
them as comfortable as possible.
was q passenger on the America, and
SWAN ashore, with his clothing on,
and his diamond-studded fiddle in his
shand. ..All members of his troupe
saved themselves.
The terrible affair has cast q gloom
over the city Bs
CRIMINAL cARKLEssNEss. 4,,as
CINCINNATI, Dec. 6.-There is like
ly to be sensation of criminal care
lessness in the steamboat horror, on
the part Of the pilot Of the America.
Mr.. Millwoods, pilot Of the Lake Erie
No. 3, who was passenger on the
America, states that he was lying in
bed, ana distinctly heard the whistle
signals of both boats. The United
States blew her whistle twice, signI-
flying her intention to take the right
Of the river, and the America answer.
ed also with two whistles. The Uni.
ted States then repeated her signal Of
swo whistles, demanding the right Of
the channel. He know what would
follow, and jumping out Of bed, leap.
ed into the river and swan ashore. -
The collision happened Immediately
afterward. 9
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17

Clarke and Tuttle are agents for
sale of the Stewart Stove. 9
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17

The oil wells fnBalren county, KY.
are reported to be yielding fair.
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Isl -------------< = s-----------
&c to Clarke E. Tuttle's, for the
cheapest Stoves i'm the market.

Secretary of State.
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Roland Jones. j. p. Harris.
Jones 81 Harris,

A ttorneys and Counselors at Law,
IA Shreveport, La. Will practice
in the parishes of Caddo, DeSoto and
Bossier, and will attend to cases in the
District, Supreme and Federal Courts.
Office on Market street, near the
Bank. a0s VA n3l
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Resistance to Tyrants is
Obedience to God"

Do the people of the United
States intend to remain passive
while the fell scheme devised by
the Radical conspirators is carried
out? Do they intend to remain
quiet and sunk in apathy while
Congress forges the shackles which
are to bind them7 Do they in
tend to offer no resistance to those
who are destroying their liber-
ties +? If it is not their purpose
thus slavishly to submit-if they
are worthy Of that precious lega-
cy Of freedom bequeathed to them
by their fathers-then we tell
them that the time has come when
they must make known their re-
solve.
We are aware that our words
will probably be falsely construed
by Radical journalists as an at
tempt at melting the people to a
''new rebellion" for it is part of
their tactics to raise a hue and
cry against all who offer active
opposition to the diabolical con-
spiraey in which they are engaged.
1t is no part of our intention to
incite to rebellion" or urge to
civil war. God knows the coun-
try has had more than enough of
civil war during the past few years.
1t is precisely because we would
have the people preserve their lib
critics and avoid internecine strife.
that we would have them give at
once unmistakable manifestation
of their determination to resist
Radical usurpation at all hazards
and to the last extremity. If
Americans are deserving of free
dom, even civil war with all its
horrors would be preferred by
them to the despotism with which
the Radical conspirators are pre-
pairing to supplant our republican
system. We believe that they
are thus deserving. We feel as
sured that the same fire which
burned so brightly in the hearts
of the sires is yet smoldering in
the bosoms of the sons, and that
that fire will burst into a fierce
| I and consuming fame i the time