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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-01-09

The New York Tribune has the
following sensible talk about the
silly elamor of many papers in regard
to. the necessity OF accommodating
ah'sections in selecting our National
standard bearers sa r 5.l4iia Ii'r
As Gen. Grant never would have becn
a candidate for President but for his four
years residence at West Point, New York
has nearly rs valid claim upon kim As
upon Mr.. Colfax; and as the future Mrs 70,
fax may. for aught the world knows, be
selected in some Of the Eastern, Southern.
or Pacific States. II remains to be deter
mined whether either Gen Grant or Speak
er Colfax are, in the fun sense Of the word,
Western men. Gen. Grant as soldier
may be regarded as having been bro up at
West Point, entered college at TT. Donnel-
son, got nearly his first and certainly last
thrashing at Shiloh, graduated at vicks-
burg, went into lively and extensive
practice ut Chattanooga, and retired upon
y handsome competency after some heavy
and successful operations in Virginia. A
truce, therefore, to all efforts to sec,ionaiize
or localize the fame of our really national
men. Illinois takes no more stock in
Gen Grant than Pennsylvania, and IN
diana can no more appropriate Colfax
than New York. Apart from the constitu-
ti0nal prohibition against taking both
candidates from the same State, let there
he no Secfi0nnl ra nraxpufnfinn n mas
the attempt to represent section that
brought johnson ''into the world, and
with him all our woe.'' rs
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Congressional Summary.

8 SENATE.--After much discussion
tic bill reducing the tax on cotton
TO one cent per pound after January
!, 1868, passed by 25 to IL.
HOUSE, Gen Washburn's bill authori
zing the appointment Of so more clerks Il.
aiaciiita.e the payment of bounties was
! passed. .sA 80
Pike OF Main, got through n resolution 10
apPraise and sell the worthless old iron
Republican spoke on The finances. Uns,n
reported in ttYOr Of admitting Tri,nbie o;
Kentucky y. ScheRek g,t sisroH i h bill ,axin.
whlskey WITHDRAWN from bond. and I.oga,
attempted u crowd through bill reform
ing c.v'l service. Kerr tCcpp.l objected.
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Iowa..

W. M. Potter, editor Of the Sara
togian, published 1t Saratoga Springs
N. Y, recently visited Iowa and in
the last Issue Of his paper, we find
an editorial letter dated at Dcs Noin
cs, wherein these opinions touching
the present and future Of Iowa are
expressed:
While ranking as ono Of the lars
gest States, Town probably surpasses
all others in area of tillablc land
There is scarcely a waste acre in her
borders. This IS the universal trsti.
mony Of those most familiar wi,hthe
State. The. soil. too, possesses sari-
cd qualities, adapting i TO. every
snccies oi agricultural production
Grain and ti'rit can be raised in most
sections, with about eqnal facility
The prairics are net 40, level as in
/ Illinois, but more rolling, and there
fore afford greater variety ofsurtace.
Timber though irot abundant, can he
readily obtained; and in the north
west portion of tho state, where IL is
scarcest, groves have been planted.
Thorc were 10000 acres Of timber
under cultivation last gear.
In all that makes a, State great
and noble, ty raising the standard Of
Inopular intelligence, and .amehora.
ting the condition of the unfortunate
Iowa stat.ds nmorg the first. She
has ,argc number of colleges and
faca'lcmics. Her public schools arc
absolutely tree, and under efficient
control. Her school, fund is now
over S2,O00,o0O derived from sales ol
"a 10Th section OF land in each town
ship, and q grant of 100000 acres
from Congress. She has Deaf and
Dumb, Blind and Insane Asyiums
fand u Soldiers Homc-all, liberals,
endowed. She has a State Agricul-
I tural College, to educate her farmers
sons, and Agricultural Fairs which
rank second TO none in the Older
commonwcalths. 8t3. a.43., 49,. ,,,
You may think me slightly en-
thusiastic-I am. | confess tn
"soft impeachment But enthnsi-
assn born OF facts and figures. AM
fortified by observation. When !.
sec State so favored by nature, ant
exhibiting on every hand such evi
denccs Of thrift and prosperity; whe1
see cities and villages rapidly dn
; plicating in population;-thc.. tide Q
, emigration setting strongly an'
steady in;--real estate, il. town AM
country, constantly and surely in
creasing in value; and more than al
: Republican principles not merely re
tanning, but increasing, their hol,
upon the popular mind, J canno
!. withhold my admiration OF bot
) State and People. The only wondc
!, is. that SO many, ut the East, ar
$ willing to tread the paths whicl
= their fathers trod--to delvc anon
| rocks, CT search among sands, 70
the nccessarics Of life, while million
Of acres OF rich virgia soil can be ha
: almost for the asking, 14
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The Legislature meets on Monday.
We will soon see what the radicals
will do for Iowa. We presume they
willsay that when us white folks
como into tho presence of colored folks
we must take off our hats. and hold
them under our arms.-Gaxette and
tAryus. 6 .Iau.,T
They might with very great pro-
P'c1y expires. - -ss;nion. hirh.
thank God, no doubt three foGrths
ofthem entertain, TINT the black man
who shouldered the musketin defense
OF the Republic, or who pilotcd the
boys in blue from the .r.,-sa-s..... ..aa..s
prison pens Of the South, was d huns
sdrcd fold more entitled to the esteem
and confidence Of all true lovers OF
the country, than are any.and all the
fire in the rear Coppcfheads Of the
North. Copperhcads take of their
hats, indeed, to the black man !! Why
we might perhaps truthfally say that
there are men to-day in high position
in the 80 called democratic party in
the North who, had not their weak
knees and faintrhcart keptthem from
out therehel army. might, instead Of
holding their hats under their arms
to the coiorcd man, had their heads
rolling ut their feet by means Of the
righteous blow Of the black boy in
blue, striking for liberty, for human
i.y, and for the old flag a yo5F|
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p . 50 Fss
The following telegrAphic synopsis
oftho inaugural address Of Gov! Ba'-
lock, Of Mass, represents him az OK
pressing, his views very pointedly
upon these subjects First. That =
law for the regulation and control
Of tho sale of liquor should be passed,
to take tho place Of the prescnt pro-
hibitory law. Secondly: Tint the re
construction ofthe Southern States
should be rapid, but only 50 ID casa
it can be doris with future national
safety, and, lastly he faithfully por-
trays the character and se'vices OF
Gen. Grant, and names him as the
man around whom patricss are to
rally in the Presidential contest;
His message reports the funded
debt ofthe State s24, OOD,00 The
Governor accepts the decision Of tho
people and recommends a.opositivs
enactment for the regulation ard
,cMtrol Of liquor. On national. affair
he says: While compromising ma
principle for which We hive contend
ed, let us restore those ..;.ssy in re-
bellion to equality ot'rights as speed
lily as is consistent with national
safety. The present cbstaelSs'to re-
construction mustecome to ~ speedy
end, whether imposed BY .pnrepent-
& e al rs{bsIs ky 2 Presto snt who does
whom his policy has delutletl INTO re-
newed resistance. Inrthis dark honr
Of tho nations exigency we have
need Of q leader whose Integrity is
interrupted by political associations
ard whose patriotism has NOT Del:
mltted him to descend to tho arena
OF partisan warfare; of "a tried leader
OF undaunted courage who will To
swayed neither by popular passion
nor sectional pfejuliccs; of d man Ct
cautious reticence, who has no inGon-
sistencies to explain, no policies to
maintain, no theories to prornuigate;
tofa leader who comprchends tho
position and relations of all sections
and interests of ourcomnon country,
and who will bring 10 the admins.
tration 4 Of public, affairs executive
ability, cconumicalsideas ard an hon
est heart. The man for the crisis,
the man for tho hour, thc.man Of the
people is Ulysses S. Grant. Before
his pre-cnnnent fitness for tho high
Office to which a grateful nation
would elevate him, let personal pre-
ferehces yield, let faction .subside.
that peace, good will aud Union may
once more and forever abide through
out the Repu5fic." ,,, .,|....... 'sa1s
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Il ~ II u a. !
The following item is valuable to
farmers. 1t is a statement m,de at
late meeting o:thc American In
s;itnte Farmers club at New York:
ITO prevent steers from jumping
fences, clip off the eyclashes OF the
nader lids witha pair Of scissors, and
tho ability or disposition TO jun, is
as etfcctnally destroyed as Snmp-
sons power was by the loss of his
locks. The animal will not attempt
a fence until the lashes are grown
again. OF this we are informed by
Samuel Thorns, the great breeder of
Duchess county, who assured us
that he had tested it upon pair Of
brccchy oxen. As it is Of great val
ne to him, he hopes it will br tried
by Others"
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IN CALCULATING. SwAIN.--A cheer

trss ~ LALcuLATlsGsSwAIN.--Ach cheers
full story is "norated" Of fellow from
the rural districts, who attended Il Q
examination Of scholars at New Lon.
don, and brought his girl along with
him in wagon; but when tho, time
for dinner 60 mo, instead OF roing
with her al the hotel, az others did.
he went to the shed where his horse
was hitched, and took out o punkin
pie. "Come here, Cecilia says no
TO his girl, diets have dinner. Fact
il, they charge SO monstrous high TO
the hotel, that | don't fee! like Sub
mittin, to their extortion. / guess we
kin make as good meal as wc-need
out here"
Cecilia having no other resource,
assisted her boausin his practicai pro-
test against hotel exicH i ne, and
swallowed her share of his frugal
lunch with the best grace she could
After the examination
was over they drove home. There
was toll en- ..the way, ana as they
came near il, her prndcn-n 4o,rstnr1-
ed to her, and said ho!, sSan2lia now
youknow wo may'E. ! ssA-s
all, md o. I paid the toll one way
don't consider It moro than lair that
youshould pay it tho other Cecclia
paid the toll, but the frugal swain,
never went to soc her Sunday nights
any more ! y / sss. IS 81 sl,s lts7,
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State Reform School.

The subject ofestablishing State
reform school FOE youthful offenders.
has awakened a lively interest in its
favor throughout the whole State
It seems that sometime since the
State Teachers sociationaprointed
committee of which w. A. Bcmis,
Esq, or Davenport. was chairman, TO
Tsotitit from the al judicial Off
GERS of the State their views upon this
subject. This has been done so gen.
orally as to have elected the opin-
ions entertained upon this subject, by
neanyail tAo Judges ofthc Supreme
and District Courts and many OF tie
District Attorneys. They all agree
in saying that there is great need for
such an institution. $1,000
No one who has been at all familiar
with the criminal proceedings in our
District Courts can have failed IL
witnessed cases where boys from
.l2io lSiyears of age have been con-
victed offclonies, which, under the
present condition Of affairs, consigned
these youthful offenders to the. PEN
itcntiary Of the State, there to come
in contact with, and be, as it were
ahopeiessly demoralizcd by the infln-
ence and teachings of old md har-
dered criminals. As often as lease d
this kind arises, ard they arc now be
coming very frequent, there is a,
once a spontaneous expression from
the court, bar and jury deprecatine
the necessity Of sending the youthful
criminals to tho Penitentiary, -ant
the great aeed of q Reform Schoo
is painfully and foscibly brought Z
mind. Our State has done we'll thus
far in establishing humanitarian in
sstitutions. A Reforn School fol
youthful criminals is by no .mean
among the least important of them
md We think our Legislature shout,
take immediate action in this matte
this winter. 3 I. g!3a .aE
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K - II 4 5sa -.
4 correspondent, referring % the .raii-
road catastrophe Mt Angols. suggests tbs
substitution ofair-tight wood stoves for
coal stoves in cars. and that they be fast
ensd s1urely 20 the floor. We.hops to IL
spared the experiment Of testing in OF.
proper person whether burning coal I +
wood. upset in n railroad smash, would
cook first-class passenger The more sx-
peditiouslv. Whether stove ran be fast-
ened securely in its, place, so as to remain
there through smash-up. may Iva DOUBT
ed; but If Il could, II Tray be we'll 70 COP
slider whether the same fastening shop. I
moi be applied to the passengers, or whstE-
err the stova should not he large enough for
all the passengers to ssrile inside IN scsks
of an mcrgency.--N e,s Ysrks7Ti6ans.
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N~o's'o'eAb& aoCo Eot. .6cctl utSpOSCu 10
iritter away precious time in the
consideration .,.'.s OF igpetineAccs. The
ton which hayc been adopted arc all
lsour,d-a...i APprnpi.:ate, well cnlc,l-
liatel 10 subserve the ends OF Justice.
The eleventh article, adopted on
the last day of 1857, would be whol>
tly unnecessary III any Northern
Suite, but ought TO be incorporated
into the Constitution Of every State
where slavery once existed. 1t de
clares that 'sno law shall be passed
regulating labor and fixing the price
thereof" Without such il provision,
there would be danger Of = revival OF
slavery, only under another, name
and with some notifications
In proof OF this VIC have but to re-
call the laws passed by the Southern
States while in the hey day Of } ohm
son Reconstruction. The labor sys-
TEN adopted shortly after the war
closeu, and whcni it was supposed at
the South that the pseudo State Gov
ernmen,s organized by Executive
.anthority would be rcorganized BY
Congress, shows Enthusiastically that
emaEc patton was accepted only in
name, and that the full purpose Of
the late masters was to resuscitatc
the institution Of involuntary labor,
in one form or another. And the
Louisiana Convention did we'll TO
/ nj -
schemes for substituting forced tor
free labor. U9L 81 a43
The great aim of the Republican
party, North and South, in distinc-
ltion iromits opponent, is to estab-
lish the equality Of AL mon before
the law. Extremists on both sides
urge the adoption Of u policy which
wonld give TO ono race or class the
dominion over tho other; but the
true doctrine Of Rcrublicanism is alb.
ISOLATE legal equality for all. This is
mot a white mans nation and cannot
Therefore be a white mans govern
Uncut, and there is Jar less ground
for calling st4s black mans nation or
making it . black mans government.
Any system Of legislation, constitu..
tional or statutory, which showed
partially to either, would be palpa.
bic injustice. Could it lie shown that
the reconstruction policy OF Congress
established negro supremacy, that
would be an insuperable objection to
it, but en- the ground that the rebels
have any right to vote, but because
1t would BIZ all wrong to deliver over
the South to the dominion of the
black race; the fact is, however, that
it the negroes poll the larger vote it
will be through the default Of the
whites, to whom the ballot is offered,
and voluntary Acknowledgement will
be only temporary. The whites
would soon tire OF allowing the blacks
to makean execute the laws while
all We're Obliged to obey them. Or
the plan adopted by Congress it is
possible that the muishness of some Of
the Southern people will inaugnrato
negro supremacy to certain extent,
but it will be ofshort duration. The
obstrnctionists are holding off for
immediate effect, hoping to Brighten
tho Northern people into reaction
by this buebear, but the intelligence
ofthe North cannot be so easily i'm
posed upon rs they imagine. Our
people are unanimously resolved up.
on establishing the legal equality
Of all men, Chicago Journal.
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..area man and his wife one p
askcdawife of Q man in a state OF
stupefaction, as she was holding his
aching head in both hands. nYes, i
SUPPOSE So" was the reply. SWELL,
then, | came home beastly drunk last
night" said che. "and think ought
to be ashamed Of MYSELF
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The Chicago Times attempts TO
slang, whang ns because we recognize
Con in our platform. 1t is mad be-
cause we do not profess allegiance to
the Democratic divinity-thc Devil.
The Times thrce-planked platform is
Satin, Slavery, and Treason. That's
a good enough platform for the Times;
we prefer our Own.-G0tc Chy. .
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Sc "A counsellor was cross examining
an old lady. 10 = case ofassault, fre-
specting thc'iientity Yof tho defend.
ant. Twas l,eia tail mani" said he.
mot very tall; much abuat 5tho size
of your honor . ssWas lie wsliloois-
ing ?."Not very /; muck like your
honor" ':Did he squinty' "A little;
but not 20 much rs your honor"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-01-09

Lord Rnsscll, II is stated by thu
London Times, apologizcd for in
trodncing the snbject Of education ID
tho House Of Lords" This. whether
80 intended or not, is rather severe
On the House Of Lords,
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Among the dead Of se7 arc N P
Willis. Artemns Ward, Chas King,
Fitz-Grcene Hallcck, Alex Smith
and Victor Cousin; Gov Washington
Hunt, Hon Joseph A Wright. Isaac
Newton, Judge Swayne, Henry
Dodge, Thomas Francis Meaghcr, j
a King, J AMcDongall, J A Andrew,
Reuben IL Walworlh and Sir Frcdcr,
ick Bruce; Rear Admiral Isinggold
and Commodore Panlding; ProfsA D
1Bachc, Michael Faraday and Lord
Rosse; Maximilian, So,lonouc, the
ex president Of Hayti, Richard o..
German. Sr, the Irish patriot and
Samuel Downing, the last surviving
soldier Of tho Revolution.
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Down on the Grant !. Bum Al
4 u1erAsW - =.

Onr iracible nefghbor Of the Dnv.
export l;azdtte grows exceedingly
wrothy over what he styles .Plot OF
the Grant Bnmmers." The fact that
re has wholly and signaly failed to
MAKE any visible impression on the
mn < mind By his attempt to prove
;has l.. a,,t belongs 70 the conserya-
t;va s,.na,. 50 politics. mad shat his
's,,n,,ss, Il, ! !, a 'sack ofpoiaey sirieka
ING lSnsxes is no .Js>nbt assrava'ine.l
Hence, he lie- inta = oaroxysm Of
rage and cliaracte,:ia> % lMho'o
Grant movement as "the ~ ,>si'n
osaIot Of pt.hticai bns.ards alo wa
OH. ial carbon He aisu an VS. IL any
other naughty things s.s,vut tie
friends g. General Grant, and GALA
them "scr,.bs" not worthy of notice
meaning y = suppose such, men a.
Hon. Lyman Z ise,nain. Gen: Sickles.
Gen. Logan, and hundreds of others
of no less note. BIT the editor oftho
Gazette caps the ciiuax Of his III
hnmor by styling the newspapers
which support Grant for President.
Z. genteel shabby concerns having no
visible msans Of supVort, va:Ang Tor
somethingssost turn Mn." % tern 3era,
O naores Gensnel shabby, new
papers waiting for sonnet ffias ta,rn
np," and this too from one who No
waiting an xiynsly to suck the public
teat rs State Printer
We are not disposed TO engage, in
an Ill timed controversy with our
Eeighbor OF. the Gazette. lie is
doubtless by thislimes in better
hamor, and pesbaps convinced ofsthe
fact that by.attempting TO check tho
tide in favor'of Gen, Grant with the
i'll humored inklings Of, hispen. no is
simply giving the public an illustra-
ton Of the folly ofatoad lighting an.
clcphant.-S,gourney Ncars.. l5.
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Alta baby conventions, in Massa.
chusetts, fifteen mothers wern pres
ent, and, on q vote for tho pretticst,
each bay got one vote.
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trie and Castle Pmckney by South
t'...alina ...aaps. Capt Caste surrcn.
ders the revenue cutter Akin.
e Jan. 3. Isl Capture Of Fl. Pulaski
by Savannah troops. '@*t'ts
Jan ST. fhe arsenal mt Mt. Vernon
Alahams. with 10000 stand of arms,
seized BY Alabama troops. g
Jan. 4.-Fort Morgan. in Mobile
Bay, taker by, the Alabama troops.
Jan 9.-The steamship Star Of the
West fired into and driven offhy the
South Carolira batteries on Morris
Island. Failure Of an attempt to
reinforce TT Sumter.
Jan l0.-Forts Jackson, St Ph:llip
and Pike, near New Orleans, captu,
ed by the Louisiana troops.
1 Jan 14.-Captnre Of Pensacola
Navy Yard and Forts Barrancas and
McRae. Maj Chase shortly after
wards takes command, and the siege
OF Fort Pickers commences.
Jan l3.-Snrrender Of Baton
Rouge arsenalto Louisiana troops.
Jan l3-New Orleans Mint and
Custom House taken.
Feb 2.-Se;zurc of Little Rock ar.
SERIAL by Aark,.nsas troops.
J, Feb 4.-Surrcnder Of the revenue
cutter Cass 70 the Alabama author
tiles.
Feb. s.-Provisioaal Consultation
adopted. b@a4
Feb 9.-Jefferson Davis, of Miss.
issippi, and Alexander II. Stephens
of Georgia, elected President and
Vice President.
Feb 16 Gen Twiggs transfers
public property in Texas to the State
authorities. Col. White, u. IS. A..
sn,renders San Antonio to Col. Ben
Mcculloch and his Texan rangers.
March p The revenue enter
Dodge seized hy the Texan author
tiles, NH
In view of tho foregoing, a friendly
paper in a foreign country-the
Montreal Wilness--ve,y pertinently
remarks as follows: Now all these
were warlike and REASONABLE acts.
and all were committed before Mr..
lincoln entered office. 1t is simply
ridiculous &c say that he com menccd
the war. On the 18th Of April. Fort
Sumter was bombarded; on the 18th
it was surrendered, and ON the 18th
II was evacuated. 1t was not till the
last named date that Lincoln issued
his first call for volunteers to put
down the rebellion ia the United
States. With these facts before them
can any one continue to call the
present struggle in the United States
Mr. Linuoln's war? .a .,4 ..-a..f
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The king Of Denmark is so hard
up that be intends TO seiltwoor three
OF the old royal palaces in and about
Copenhagen to private citizens.
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.
THIS is leap year, and February
will contain twcnty-ninc days. It will
be the i,nety-tbird year Of American
Independence after the 4th Of Jnly.
The year 5629 OF the Jewish Era
commences on the 18th ofSeptember.
The year 1885 Of the Mahommedan
Era commences on the 24fh Of April.
During this year there will be two
o. p cs Of the Sun, ai.d il transit Of
NJ rcufy over tho Suns disc. The
first eclipse OF the Sun will be on the
23d Of February, and tho second on
the 18th OF August; both invisible III
the United States. The transit of
Mercury will take place ON TIC 4lh Of
Noyembcr,and invisible in the United
Slater. tlssslHz