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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-06-18
CHAPTER l22

AN ACT to Amend Section Number
Fifty Eight of Chapter One Hun.
dred and Seventy Two of the Laws
of the Ninth General Assembly.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Iowa, That section number fifty
eight of chapter ono hundred and
seventy-two Of the laws of tho Ninth
Gcncral Assembly is hereby amend
ed by the addition of the following:
On the first day of each quarter, the
county treasurer shall, as required of
the clerk, in section fifty-six of said
chapter, give notice to the president
of the school board ofeach township
in his county, of the amount collcct-
cd for each fund; and it shall be the
duty of the president of each board
to draw his warrant, countersigned
by the secretary, upon the county
treasurer for such amount, who shall
pay the amount OF such taxes TO the
treasurer ofslle several school boards
only on such warrant. t
Approved April 7th, 1868.
sas''s s STATE OF IOWA, \
OrrIcR OF SECRETARY OF STATE, =
Des Moines, May I, 1868.
j hereby certify the foregoing ia
be o true copy of the original roll
new on filein this Office.
Sass sl ED WRIGHT,
ssi3 rs Secretary of State.
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FoURrH or JuLY.-Our readers are

FOURTH OF JULY.-Our readers arc
we'll aware that we generally take
no stock in Gift Enterprises, for the
most Of them are swindles. Still
they may be 20 conducted @ 70 be-
come legitimate branch Of business
!. 9. BY conducting them fairly and
honestly. Geo. E. Stanley Of La
Crosse, Wis, has cstablished . world
wide reputation Tor straightforward
ness in Gift Enterprises. He has con
ducted sxysxTxxx with entire salts
faction, and his EIaHTBHNTH will be
drawn July 4th, when some person.
viii, with the trihing suns Of one
dollar, be made independent for life
Call at Milliean / SCOTS News De
pot, look over the list of prizes and
select your tickets. june1lw3t.
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A Catholic Priest has been sent to
jail in Kentucky, by the United
States District Court, for refusing to
give testimony in case where lot
Of Catholics had committed . mob
murder. He claims that, as Priest
he is not amenable like other men to
tell what he kuows in regard to the
matter, even to the indenti6cation Of
persons whom he saw and recognised
in the murderous mob.
This case viii probably decide
whether q commission from his Ho.
illness at Rome is paramount to the
laws and government OF the United
States, within the Jurisdiction of our
Federal Courts. ts.-[Gate.
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Another Flank Movement.

The Nep York World, the we'll re-
cognized leader, and organ ofthe re-
spectacle order Of Copperheads Of
the country, as the Lacrosse DEMO
crat is recognized as the mouth piece
Of tho other sort, has at length come
out in favor Of cheertully acquies-
cling to the great democratic and fun
damental doctrine Of universal man.
hood suffrage, which is evidently the
premonitory symptom ofrunning up
Chase's name at the mast head as
the Copperhead candidate for Presi>
dent.
Story, ofthe Chicago Times, essay
ed this same flank movement last
December year ago, through sew
eral numbers of his paper, but was
finally frightened out Of his oonvio-
tions-if such man may ever be
supposed 20 have any-by the threats
Of the Brick Pomeroy white mans
government crew to establish an 9th.
or copperhead daily in Chicago.
1t remains to be seen whether the
same tactics, with equal success, will
be brought to bear on the leading
and ablest copperhead journal i'm the
United States, fa;,g s,,.
Meantime this psroxysm Of sanity
on the part Of the World tends some-
what to shake our previous belief in
the total depravity Of the copperhead
press, and gives . flattering indica-
tion of irreconcilable dissensions in
the forthcoming convocation Of con-
federates at New York, that is ex-
tremely promising for the peace,
quiet, honor, and welfare Of the coun-
try.
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Fernando Wood.

| Itseems strange to hear anything
good come out Of the blistered mouth
of such an unmixed personal and po.
litical william as Fernando Wood
Nevertheless the following from q
recent speech Of his in Congress,
shows that he has sense enough to
know that If the repudiating policy
Of Pendleton should be adopted, that
it would not only disgrace our repu-
tation as nation, but undermine all
individual values, and bring with IL
general ruin. Read him as follows /:
aThe public debt, for the first
time in the history of this country, or
in the history of any country, forms
the basis upon which rests all indi-
vidual property Of every kind and
character, The property of every
banking institution, every incorpora-
ton, every railroad company, every
savings bank, every capitalist, has
its security in the credit of the gov
ernmont as the basis upon which to
rest; and when you make that basis
an element in partisan warfare an is-
sue between great oontcnding parties
you will undermine the foundations
upon which our social system and
the public and private credit
will of necessity rely. Here popular
government rests upon the public
sentiment for the time being, what
ever that sentiment may be sprging
backward and forward, quicker and
in wider extremes than any other
people In the world and the resting
Of our currency, on public credit, up
on that ever changing sentiment is
what l hope never to witness in my
day. Let us have something perma-
nent not to be determined BY pub
lie opinion, whether that opinion be
right or wrong. Therefore it is /
say, l haversgretted to find some men
when l say this / speak Of it in my
own party as we'll as the Republi-
can party have regretted to find
any leading statesman attempting
to make questions of currency or the
redemption Of public bonds, questions
to be thrust into the popular arena of
party determination"
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Mcclellan Redivivus.

One OF the most righteous acts of
the present Senate was its rejection
of Mr.. Geo. b. Mcclellan, nomina-
ted by Andrew Johnson to be minis
ter at the court Of St. James, to sue.
| ceed that prince of flunkeys and
lick spittles, that most degenerate
son ofa noble sire, Charles Francis
Adams.
When Abraham Lincoln and Ans
drew johnson were the standard
bearers of the great loyal Republi-
can party in 1864, in that life and
death conflict against armed treason
in the front, led on by Lee and John.
ston on the tented field, aided and
encouraged by the copperhead party
of the North, that had declared the
war failure and had chosen this
same man, McC Clellan, and Pendloton
as its leaders in the political fight, the
people honestly thought that there
was gapwido as the seq and deep
as hell between the two parties.
The action Of johnson in appoint
ing the head Of the copperhcad tick
ct, Of which he as the tail Of the Res
publican ticket, was principally op-
s.ll II "a
posed to, argues that the great COM
bat was a mere minnie affray, or
else johnson has gone over to Nc
Clollan or Mcclellan to johnson. d
Taking either horn Of the dilemma
the appointment was such an one as
no faithful President could have
made, and no honorable, defeated
candidate for President could have
accepted, and which no Republican
Senate, having duo respect for COM
common decency and the everlasting
fitness of things could have confirm.
ed.
We can allow that the late Public
Functionary, ]. Buchanan, done vcry
many things he ought not to have
done, and left many things undone
which he ought to have done, but it
is beyond thestretch of tho most fer
tile imagination to consider him CO.
pable of SO stultifying himself and
outraging his party friends, as to ap-
point his opponent, J ohm G. Fremont,
to the most honorable and lucrative
Office at his disposal.
The very idea suggests collusion
and treachery, and we beg pardon Of
the departed spirit Of even James Bu-
chanan for using his name to point
such a moral and to adorn such a
fala
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Established in 1848.

vided in section 2 Of this net, which
shall be BY the supervisor paid over
to tho township clerk from time to
time as collected, and his receipt ta-
ken therefor.
Section 5. The money tax levied
upon the property in each road dis
trict, except that portion set apart as
hereinbeIore provided to be set apart
as general township fund, whether
collected by the supervisor or the
county treasurer, shall be expended
for road purposes in that district and
no part thereof shall be paid out or
expended for the benefit Of any 9th
er district.
Sec. 6. In every township where
the township trustees shall Sc. apart
a portion Of the road-tax as a gener-
al township fund, for the purchase of
plows, scrapers, implements and ma
chinery to be used in the construc-
ton and repairs of roads, the trustees
shall require the township clerk to
give bond in such additional sum as
they may deem proper to secure the
safe keeping Of such fund, and shall
appoint one of their number or the
township clerk, to take charge ofand
properly preserve and keep in re-
pair such tools, implements, machi-
merry etc, and such person shall have
authority to determine at what time
tho supervisors Of the general road
districts may have the custody and
use of the same or any part thereof,
and shall be responsible for the safe
keeping Of the same, when not in
the custody Of some one Of thesnper
visors, for use in making the road Of
his district, and shall receive such
compensation for his services as the
township trustees shall provide, to be
paid out of such General Road Fund.
: Sec. Z. Each road supervisor shall
hereafter receive thesum of one dol
lar and fifty cents for each day spent
in the discharge Of his official duties
Sec. a9'' [8] Each supervisor shall
require all the able-bodied male resi-
dents Of his district, between the ages
of twentysone and fifty to perform
two days labor upon the public high
way, between the first day of April
and the first day of August OF each
year.
Approved April Z, 1868.
STATEor Iowa, J.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE,
Dies MONIES, May 1st, 1868.
l hereby certify that the foregoing
is a true copy Of tho original roll
now on file in this office.
ED. WRIGHT,
Secretary of State.
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CHAPTER 95.

AN ACT to provide for the relief of
certain classes of INDECENT Persons.
Section /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State Of
Iowa, The city council of any incor-
porated city Of the first class, and the
township trustees of any township,
in this State are hereby authorized,
and it is made their duty to provide
for the relief of such persons, in their
respective cities and townships as
should not in their judgment be sent
to the county poor house Provided,
That the amount paid for, or in aid
of the support of such poor persons
may besupplied to them, eitherin the
form Of food, rent, or clothing, fuel
and light, medical attendance or in
money shall not exceed two dollars
per week for each person from whom
relief is thus furnished, exclusive Of
medical attendance. ~ W
Sec. 2. In no case shall tho widows
or families of Iowa soldiers, or other
persons in families requiring public
relief, be sent to the county poor
house when they can and prefer to be
relieved out of the poor house, to the
extent above provided.
Sec. 3. All moneys expended as
contemplated in this act shall be
paid out of the county treasury, after
the proper account rendered therefor
shall have been approved by the
board Of supervisors of the respective
counties, and in all cases the necessa-
ry appropriations therefor shall be
made by their respective counties:
Provided, That the Board of Super
visors shall have the power to limit
the amount of relief furnished under
this act, and shall have the power to
refuse or continue such relief when
everfin their judgement tho person
or persons receiving such relief are
not in condition to require further
public assistance or aid. n
Sec. A. This act is not intended to
interfere with the removal of pau
pers from one county or State to an.
other as provided by law. N
Approved April 0, 1868. ! at
STATE OF IOWA ! p
OrrIcE OF SECRETARY OF STATE,
Des Moines, May l, 1868.
] hereby certify the foregoing tc
be a true copy Of the original roll
now on file in this office.
ED WRIGHT,
Secretary Of State.
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Hoe LAw.-One of the best thing

Hoo LAw.-One Of the best things
done by our city council recently
was the passage Of a law prohibiting
hogs from running at large, Will
our city Marshall see that its provis-
ions are duly enforced against that
bifarcated swine, Hog Cholera Dean,
on his next appearance? Or has
the Major more respect for the more
decent four footed porcines, than to
impoand them with an abortion Of hu.
manly, who calls o late leader of his
party and o distinguished maimed
soldier Of the country Ga carcass
fit for the gallows2
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Vol. 90, No. 12

can como together with real unanim
ity on General Grant, in regard to tn,
| Presidency, it will be the happies
thing forour country that could pos
sibly occur. The future good effects
OF this course are almost incalcula
bic. We earnestly ask our Demo
cratic friends everywhere to consid
er this subject carefully"
And Col. J. G. Halpine, (@Miles o..
Riley'') the gallant fighting Irish sol.
dior and editor of the Democratic
New York Citizen says this of our
candidates and platform: ,4..g
"The platform is so worded that
euen the Democrats can not take ercep-
tiQnto it, and, and the candidates are so
moderate that even Democrats might
vote for them, If It sosre not for the party
they represent.
Grant and Colfax make q ticket
hard to beat. The aoonderf,A MILITARY
success of the one, and the great politi-
cal ability Of the other, cannot be ,er;t-
tenn do,cn or belittled By newspaper edi.
tors; and the attenapt to do so Is a folly
snly ,corthy Of the late management of
the Democratic party, The hero Of
Doaelsoa, Cdrinth, most ,oondertM of
all Ticksburg, and finally Of all Rich.
''aond, is not a third rate General and
no literary scribe can make him one
The gentleman who has worked his
way up to the Speakership Of the
House of Representatives is not a
bad politician, and those who buy
him for one win not make profitable
bargain. Probably there are no two
leading names stronger, individually
or collectively, than the two which
have been put forward. And if they
do not receive the support Of the peo-
pie, it will be from other than per-
sonal reasons. +
The convention was powerful, dra-
matte, and harmonious, and has the
prestige ofsuccess, schich ,cM draw
many to it's standard, = Has
Copperheadism ever yetdefeated 10y
atty Can Pendleton overcome
Grant? 1t has been our boast that
there were more Democratic than Re-
publican soldiers in the ranks of the
loyal armies. win these men fight
one way and vote another? Having
whipped the enemy in the field, will
they vote him the victory in the coun-
Gil ?The leaders who think SO mustbe
"Old Line Whigs"-those most hope.
less of political drivellers. Can we
60 in this fight against the glories of
vicksburg, Donelson, Appomattox
Court House, and a thousand other
famous fields, with 'peace at any
price" and athe war failure inscri-
bed on our banners ?"
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Mary Magadalene had seven dew
ils cast out Of her. / never heard of
. man having seven devils cast out Of
him, growled . cynical bachelor, in
the course Of . discussion on the
woman question No, they are not
cast out yet, Ibelieve, was the quiet
response Of his fair antagonist.
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Secretary Of State.

Everybody asks what rs. T.--l860
X.," means or signifies. An Ore
gon paper gives tho most satisfacto-
ry Interpretation wehave heard, viz:
" Democracy is the Same Thing it
was in 1860, X-actly.'
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Aline in one Of Moore's songs read
thus: Our couch shall be roses be-
spangled with dow To which a
sensible girl replied-Twould give
me the rhumatiz and so it would
YOU
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The Paschall House AssOcia-
tion-Time Positively Fixed
for the Drawing.

The manager OF the Paschall house
association scheme assures the public
that the drawing Of this gigantic I'M
dertaking, advertised originally for
the first Of June, but postponed for
unavoidable reasons, has positively
been fixed tor Wednesday, July LIST,
The rapid sale of tickets for the
last few weeks, and the comparative
| ly small number found to be in the
hands of agents, has enabled the man
agement to fix this early date for the
drawing, confident that the remain
ing tickets will be disposed of by or
before that time.
This Date may be Looked upon as
Final. There ,cillbe no Further Post
ponement.
The manager and those associated
with him, in order to give entire sat
isfaction, desire to dispose Of every
ticket issued, believing that this will
put at rest all cavil or fault-finding,
as it will render itimpossible for them
to have any interest in the scheme
beyond the disposal of the certifi-
Gates.
| AS there has been so much misun-
derstanding in regard to the title to
the real estate embraced in the asso-
citation, and SO many persons failed
to read the papers in which the for
mer notice was published, that | void
again state that these deeds convey
the property in fee simple, with full
warranty, and that any person draw
ing any one ofthe ten real estate pri-
xcs gets clear deed from incumbran-
ces, conveying the ground and dn5uil-
dings thereon. The lucky winner of
the Paschall house gets, besides the
deed, bill Of sale OF all furniture, fix
lures and apparatus belonging to tho
} hotel. Mr.. Kelsey, the proprietor,
has closed the house, and taken q
careful inventory Of each article,
which has been turned over, together
with the keys, to his Honor, Mayor
Jones s. Thomas, to be held by him,
I with the title bonds, until after the
drawing takes place. No person
J need have any fears about not getting
a good and unincumbered title to the
real estate prizes.
PHILIP S. LANHAM,
Manager Paschall House Association.
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PHILIP S. LANHAM,
Manager Paschall House Association.
Tommy my son, fetch in a stick

of wood
sAh, my dear mother responded
the youth, the grammatical portion
of your education has been sadly
neglected; you should have said -
Thomas, my son, transport from the
recumbent collection of coMbustible
material upon the threshold of this
edifce, one Of the curtailed excres-
oences Of q deflnct log.'
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Grimes.

Hawkins Taylor, one Of the best
political barometers in Washington,
formerly of Keokuk and great and
personal and political friend of the
late James w. Grimes, and who SIS
likely to know all about the inner
workings Of the secret corrupt polit-
ical cabals, that unfortunately have
too much power in the national Cap
itol, has written letter in reply to
srecentmanifesto, to the HaUk-
eye on the impeachment business,
wherein he takes occasion to refute cir
cumstantially all the propositions, of
the faxctus c6icio Senator. We have
only room for the following extract
from it:
"The last clause OF his letter is .
good farce here where it is sknown by
all who met him during the impeach-
ment trial, that no attorney Of John.
son done the same to effect an ac-
quittal - he did. He worked day
and night, and day by day and night
by night, early and late, he talked
AID he worked. There wasno speech
made by the Presidents counsel that
he did not eulogise in the most ex-
travagant manner, with theexception
Of Nelson, and it was passed over si-
lently, and there was no speech made
by the Managers that was not con-
temptuously sneered at, and there
was no witness sworn against John.
son that be did not sneer at, and on
several occasions he publicly said that
the whole rulings ofthe Senate where
agoinst Johnson illegally. in q word
his whole tone during the trial was
80 shamefhlly on the side of johnson
that had he been a juror his action
would have justified any court in
granting a new trial. There was nc
Senator that said 50 much as he did
about impeachment during the trial
no one said it so Extensively. Yet hiG
old friends believed up to the last thai
it was only his natural peryersness
and thst hc would in the end vote II
character with his past political his
tory. This was the case after hi
private clerk was furnishing money
to other parties to bet on acquittal.-
The facts are that Grimes and tn,
President kne,cj Just trhdt the rote tcOult
be jor scecks and peeks before the vot,
vas taken. The result was that thu
political friends Of the seven Sena
tors lost thousands and thousands o
dollars-amounting to hundreds o.
thousands. This sin of deceiving
however, does not lie ut Grimes door
but it does at the door of the othel
six. They deceived their best friend
MP to the last mountaineering o
their friends putting up of their mon
ey, yet gave no intimation, and tn
trio Of Grimes; Fessenden and Trum
bull were having their secret meeting
to hold fast to the other Senator
that went with them. No one her
for moment doubts that Crime
and Trumbull both would have vote
| for conviction if Fessenden had bee
in Wade's place.
\ Yours truly, HAWKINS TAYLOR.