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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-11-05

and that be would not require Of Mr..
A Herman An impossibility, there.
fore he granted the application.

New Orleans. Oct. y.
Last night armed bands Of Demo
crats patrollcd the streets and the
negroes were shot down. The re-
maining republican club rooms and
some residences we're sacked, Prom
inent Republicans were generally
| cornered. Large numbers have been
killed here and in Sc Bernard and
mob law has ruled but no y 8 sol.
diers have fred q gun. This NOR
nings papers demand immediat RES
ignatien of State officers; the depart
ure Of carpet baggers and that the
laws which do not suit them shall
be trampled under foot Gov War
mouth does his putty nobly amid
dangers and difficulties.
fhis p, m Gen Rosseau told the po.
lice that he was bound 20 remove
Supt williamson, and appoint Gen
Steedman in his place, for to take
care Of themselves. Gen Steeman is
reorganizing the police by snperced-
ing Republicans. The excitement
10 intense. Gen Rosseau publishes
an address saying that no will sup.
port Gen Steedman in preserving
peace. Gen Kosseau'sl course favors
the Revolutionista. y
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CAsuALIrIE s.-The only persona
injuries we have heard of, as occur
ring at the great fire last night, was
John Noland, shoulder dislocated,
Mr. Cole, thrown out of wagon and
badly bruised, and Prof. Hastings,
severely wounded in the face under
the right eye, from the nozzle OF
| the hose.
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Established in 1648.
THE WEEKLY COURIER
). NJ. HEDRIoK, Editor.
OTTUNwA, IOWA
Thursday 80. November 3 1865
Assassination Of Kinds.

we clip the followlng account OF
the assassination Of Hon. James
Kinds NJ. G., from Arkansas, and the
dangerous wounding of onr own late
honored fellow citizen, Rev. Joseph
Brooks, from the Washington Cor.
respondencc ofthe N. Y, Tribune.
The news of the assassination of
the Hon. James Hinds, member of
Congress from the Third District of
Arkansas, and the wounding of the
Hon. Joseph r. Brooks of the same
state by members Of the Ku.Klux
Khan was first made known here to-
day, and has created much excite.
ment among all classes, both gentle
men being well known to this CON-
munity. When Congress adjourned
in July last, your correspondent in .
conversation with Mr.. Kinds asked
him whether he would attend the OK
ira session in September. He replied
that he would, If his life was spared
him, but that in his country the life
of . man in his position was very un-
certain. At the time he seemed to
be filled with apprehension Of aesas-
sination before the campaign was
was over. Mr.. Tullock, Secretary of
the Union Republican Congress Com
mittee, has on file in his Office q let
ter received from Kinds q few days
ago, in which he speaks OF the whole
sale numbering of Union men in Ar
kansas, and the rumors of narrow
escapes that he had had Of being
among the number assassinated. Mr.
Brooks, who was badly wounded at
the time Kinds was killed, was q
prominent Republican and q prospec-
tive United States Senator from his
State. He was in the Union army
during the war, having raised a brig
ade in the upper part Of Arkansas.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-11-05

CREDIrABLE.-Byron Clark kept
his Hawkeye Oyster and eating Sa.
loon, Front Street, open until three
o'clock this morning, and at midnight
served up over thirty hot meals, to
the faithful, tired, und hungry men
working at the engine and hose to
prevent the farther spread of the FIRE.
It was the only place in the city
kept open tor their comfort, and we
dcsirs in their behalf, to thank him
and Recommend persons wanting
anything in his line, to call and buy
them there.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-11-05

Ex. Governor Seymour pretends
to be true Democrat, and yet he
vetoed the law passed by the New
York Legislature in 1864, allowing
the soldiers to vote. That right was,
however, secured by a Constitutions
al Amendment in spite ofhim. Pretty
Democrat, he!
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We desire to return thanks TO oil
our friends who so nobly assisted NJ
in saving our goods at the late tire.--
We are also greatly indebted to the
Fire Company for their successful
efforts to extricate our safe.
To all our friends we wish to say
that we will have new and complete
stock in about two weeks.
| w. g. Moss in. 4 Co.
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Secretary Seward is said to be a
luxurious ssdead head" Hehas free
ticket engraved on silver, by which
he travels over the Erie Railway
This is life pass, giveu to him at
the expiration Of his term as Cover
nor Of New York. because Of his in
terest in the Internal improvements
of the State. He offers silver for his
tare, and the conductors do not col
lant
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THB FIRE Cove understand
that our citizens are preparing tes.
timonial to the Fire Company for
their heroic and successful efforts 81
saving our property.
1t is admitted on all hands tha,
without the company, and Fire En-
gine, all the business part ofthc city
would have been to day in smoulder
ing ruins.
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PRoD1oIous.-James M. Chismau

PRoDIdIoUs.-James NJ. Chisman,
of Polk Township, laid on our table
this morning several whopping sweet
turnips-the largest we ever saw
This Polk township is the garden of
Wapeilo for fruit and vegetables
Last summer Capt. Garfield of this
township presented us with the finest
melons ever grown in tho State. Ac.
cept our thanks Mr.. Chisman.
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Rejected And WhSl

L
To the Leaders of the Democratic
Party:
Your rejection by the people is de-
cided and emphatic. Why?
You encouraged the south to ini
tiate secession.
You pronounced coercion equally
revolutionary with secession.
You assailed the first call fol
troops as unconstitutional.
You refused to vote either men OF
money to carry on the war.
You bid the Southern States depart
in peace.
You declared that if slavery must
be destroyed to gain the Union, then
the Union should perish.
You declared your preference for
the rebeel constitution, as against
your own. g7
When it became apparent that to
proclaim universal liberty would
weaken the enemy and reward the
true friends Of the Union, you never
theless opposed it.
You stoutly contended that the
rebellion would never be suppressed
and triumphantly quoted every re-
veree to our arms as demonstrating
it.
You urged the abandonment Of
the war, and the resort to negotia.
tion for the bost attainsble terms.
In our gloomiest days, and whom
no political campaigns were:pending
you sought to inflame the passions Of
the people against the only govern
ment we had or could have.
You assailed President Lincoln as
despot.
You denounced the government as
revolutionary.
The Boys In Blue were termed by
you Lincoln hirelings and dogs.
You opposed allowing the men
who were periling their lives for our
country the enjoyment of the elective
franchise.
You opposed filing up our armies
by draft.
You melted riotous and bloody re-
sistance to the laws of the land,
You pronounced the war q failure,
and called for it's abandonment.
You urged the South to reject the
most magnanimous terms ever offer
ed to conquer rebels.
You passed laws imposing on free
men the most CALLING and unjust dis
criminstions, in the halls Of justice
on the fields of labor, and in the re-
sorts of trade.
You would not allow q man equal
justice before the law, because SER
vile blood flowed in his veins.
You would not permit man to
control his own labor who had once
been slave; or was the child Of q
slave.
You would not allow man to dis
pose of his own property on equal
terms with his neighbor, because his
color differed.
You would sell the labor of q col
ored man on the auction block as q
punishment for not working, when
you would not give him employ
ment.
Ycu ''fired the Southern heart,
anew against the loyal North.
You confer the highest honors on
the fiercsst and most brutal rebel
Generals.
You falsely assail the hero to
whose energy, sagaclty, bravery and
skill we owe the existence of our
country, as "brutal butcher" q
miserable drunkard," as q "con-
temptible liar" q "miscegenationist,'
and a ''sconndrel."
The man most warmly welcomed
by you, IN national convention-Na-
poleon "Butcher" Forrest" dishon
ored flag of truce, and shot down
his begging victims in cold blood.
The pavemente of New Orleans
are stained with the blood of the
white and black victims Of your he'll
lish malignity.-Erchange paper.
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The Hartford Post of . late date

says.
"The Democratic papers Of late
have studiously represented Charles
Francis Adams, late United States
Minister to England, rs favoring Sey-
mour and Blair, in unison with his
son, John Quincy. We violate no con.
fidence in saying that these represen-
tations are entirely false, and that in
private conversation with his inti-
mate friends be expresses himself IS
strongly in favor Of Grant and Col
fax, and declares that he shall feel it
his duty to vote orthem At the com.
ing election"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-11-05

SxvERE Loss.-Among the many
sevre loosers by the great fire, we
regret to learn that our friend Geo.
D. Devin, lost his entire family ward
robe, household goods, &C., amount.
ing to some 5000, which were stor'
cd in the upper part Of his fathers
store, and which he could easily
enough have saved in time, had il
not been for his efforts at stopping
tho general conhsgration.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-11-05

Mr.. Fawcett, of Chicago, owner Of
the Stallion Bashaw, Jr., has author
lied bis Eastern agent to challenge
any stallion on the continent to a
race for from five thousand TO ten
Thousand dollars q side.
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Read the new advertisement of
Bokirk 4 Morris, and then 60 to their
place, corner Front and Market, if
you want anything tip top in the
cigar or tobacco line.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-11-05

OYsrERs.-For the incest fresh Oy
sters, direct from Norfolk, Va, 60 tt
the Hawkeye Restaurant.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-11-05

Gov. Bakers majority, BY the Of
fetal returns from every county in
Indiana, is announced as 1855. He
ran q little behind his ticket.
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COURIER JOB DEPARTMENT COMPLETE
with nsws
Types and Pressese

PRINTING OF ALL KINDS,
From . visiting Card 70 Mammoth
Poster, executed in good style. Eastern
prices and work duplioated.
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For cheap Stoves, 50 to + 7.
Wallace &CO.
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Z ~AA6~Sssss Nsse ~SS' ~
In the superior court Of this State
on the 28th, Col A Herman, one Of
the Republican electors, stated to the
court that he desired the postpone
ment Of cases in which he was inter.
ested, on account of being unable to
stay at the hotel, because . large
number Of citizens had protested to
his landlord against receiving him al
. guest, he being politically obnox
ious. Toombs objected TO the post,
ponement, but Judge Andrews said
he despl regretted the state o1
things, Il was Notifying to learn
that such 8 feeling existed in the
circuit, that 9 non resident Attorney
must stay some where 10 the place
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-04-22
Climate not the Cause of Color.


1t is common opinion that climate alone is
capable of producing all the diversities of COM
plexion SO remarkable in the human race. A
very few facts may suffice to show that such can
not be the case. Thus the negroes of Van Die
mems Land, who are amongst the blacklist pee
pie on the earth, live in climate cold as that
of Iceland, while the Indo- Chinese nations who
live in tropical Asia, are of q brown and olive
complexion. 1t is remarked by Humboldt that
the American tribes CT the equinoctial regions
have no darker skins than the mountaineers of
the temperate zone. So, also, tho Puelches OF
the Magellanic Plains, beyond the ffty-ffth de-
gree of south latitude, are absolutely darker than
the Abipodes, TOBIAS and other tribes who are
many degrees nearer the equator. Again, tho
Charrus, who live south of the Rio dc la Plata,
are almost black, while the Guaycas, under the
lima, are among the fairest of the American tribes.
Finally, not to multiply examples, those nations
of the Caucasian race which have become inhabi
tarts of the torrid zone in both hemispheres, al
though their descendants have been for centuries,
and in Africa for many centuries, exposed to the
must active influences Of the climate, have never,
in solitary instance, exhibited the transforma-
ton from Caucasian, to negro complexion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-04-22

TIE MURDER OF A SEDUcER JUSTIFIED BY
JURY.-On Saturday last, in the Frederick
(Md) County Court, Adam Albert was ac-
quilted of the charge of murder, in taking
the life of one Joseph Wood. The theory OF
tho defence. was that Wood had seduced both
tho wife and daughter of the prisoner, de-
spoiled him of his property and turned him
out of house and home; that the killing was
done in pursuit of a desire to get rid of q
despotic interloper, aud recover his rightiui
authority and dominion over the members Of
bis own household. The jury. were of one
mind at the conclusion OF the argument Of
counsel, and retired as matter of form to
make up their verdict.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-04-22

1t is refreshing to see that, while the grea
majority of the Southern blacks allow them
selves to-. be driven to the polls like CATTLE
and to be made willing dupes of Radical DEM
aeogues, there are some whose ideas are
sufficiently clear and whose brains are suftl
ciently active 10 enable them to take an In
tellgent view of matters and things. There
is quite party ofcolored Democrats in Mem
phis, and as nearly as can be judged at this
distance they are most sensible class. They
held meeting the other evening to express
their sentiments on tue questions involved in
local election, which, as the parties are there
divided, arc almost entirely national-orrecon-
structional. One of the speakers, referring to
the disfranchisement of the whites, asked how
the negroes could expect to obtain subsls-
tencc if they arrayed themselves in opposition
10 the very race upon which they are depend
ent, and whose interest are identical with
their own. He spoke of the promises OF land
which the Radicals had made IN order to Sc
cure votes, and with shrewdness which We
wish were more general, insisted that the
cny way to get llrd is to work, and when a
dollar is earned save it, invest it in land and
become part aid parcel of the people of the
country. Others followed in the same vein,
and on the whole it was as gratifying an ex'
hibition as it was singular 1t was fully de-
monst:ated that, among those freedmen who
have an appreciative sense Of what their own
welfare requires and are willing to work out
place for themselves as citizens, the folly o.
the Radical programme is understood. They
have great missionary work before them
Boston Post.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-04-22

Two libel suits, one against the New York
Times and the other against the Nation, have
lately been decided in favor of the defend.
ants, by which the principle seems settled
that editors of newspapers are exceptions to
the general rule of libel, so far as they con-
fine themselves to the statement of current
news and reports, and lay before the public
what they believe to be true, without any
malice, prejudice or interests beyond their
functions as journalists. There seems to be
reaction from the censorship and muzzling
of the press, of the days of the rebellion, and
moi only here, but in Europe, even in France,
under the very nose of Napoleon, editors are
beginning to breathe free once more, and to
dare to give their options on other things
besides the weather.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-04-22

The President on Saturday sent to the
House of Representatives reply to q resolu-
ton or report from the Secretary of State
in relation to the negotiation and treaties had
been made withany Of the German States since
the first of January last, relating to the rights
Of pntnraized eilzens. Mr. RapSrots, our
minister to- tFfussia, piainii histor,
Of the negotiation, says, on the question o.
expatriation, "there arose no discussion; 1T is
recognized by the laws of both countries. On
the question of residence as condition oi
naturalization, which the mother country
should respect, there existed no difference
the time Of residence was a point of more
delicacy. The Prussian law required an abb
sence of ten years, ours 9 residence OF i've.
With liberality and frankness Count Bis
marck declared himself willing to accept the
American rule, as it had received the sane
ton of the Administration of Washington,
and had become fixed by the usage of more
than three score years and ten" MIR. Ban
croft SAYS: "Should the United States see
fit, for its own purposes, as lately in the act
of July 18th, 1862, to concede the naturali-
zation on shorter residence, their right to
do so is not impaired, but the meaning Of
this treaty is, that they will not ask North
Germany to recognize such naturalization till
the adopted citizen shall have completed the
term of residence now required by their nor
NAL laws"
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WELL SpoKEX.-The New York Times
says: While the rebellion lasted the North
never accused the rebels Of cowardice' On
the contrary, we gave them credit for pluck,
audacity, daring, endurance, and determlna
ton that only death and ruin could break;
These who confronted the enemy in the field
were not the least ready to allow him the
possession of these warlke qualities. If any
one spoke contemptuously of the rebel spirit
it was not the soldiers who closed with them
in the struggle, nor the leaders who attGm pt-
ed to overcome them in the conflict. There
can be no harm in remembering this fact in
these days, when the North is dealing with a
prostrate South. There can be no harm in
our treating the Southerners as though they
possessed all the bravery which we put to
their account in the days of war; and there
can be nothing but harm in treating them as
though they had given US reason to charge
them with the spirit or bearing OF cow
| ardice.n
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...Allin Vain.

We watch for tho feet at the garden gate, .
af With eyes that are almost dimJ '.,'5i
And our hearts are sore from the cruel fate
That for years has learned us to watch and wait
For joys that will never begin. 80
We cling to.the links Of the broken chain :"
With the tenderness of love, fis - ~
And watch with hope, as the bright days wane
That at last we can gather them up again -.
= In the fields that bloom above. - =. I'll
There are loved ones dear whoss'aips we press.
To our own, in our bitter'woe; . 20
For we never knew, as their years grew less;
And the sweet eyes closed we had learned to bless
We had ever loved them SO. .ea
And we watch from the echolcss, painless shore
For q hand to clasp our own, 49,; -
AS they did in the beautiful days of yore 49,.
But now they have strayed thro' the golden door
And kneel at their Fathers throne 49,
And we lift our voice and call in vain
On the ones who went before, 4s.
Bot their ears closed; aud-our tears and pair
Will never. be soothed by their smiles agai9,
On the other and better shore.
For we would not list 70 the truths shey told
y With their trembling tearfufeyes; j
And our sinful hearts were cold-so cold, =
That our souls will never with joy unfold
In the light of Paradise
BIO = =; = (; = 49, = 3 :. - Z
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1868 /.
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FOR
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Beautifully Illustrated, and Ele'
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We are now Publishing Maroonsrs 1slana, - a
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Back numbers can be supplied from the first
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NEGRO EauAL1rY.-There is restaurant
in this city kept by colored man, which has l1
always been frequented by whites, and the
proprietor prides himself on his popularity
among his customers. He has served bis ap-
premiership. and has been long and favorably
known by all who indulge in social glass
Yesterday some colored men entered his bar
room and demanded drink, but were refus-
ed the reason alleged being that his custom
was white, and miscegenation "ould ruin
him. The colored claimants for spiritual
equality were very noisy, but member OF the
police force being present, he advised them
to leave, or thos would be compelled to take
quarters in the workhouse for two months.
They thought discretion the better part ol
valo1 and departed to seek some more con
genial spot where they could slake their thirst
There is little doubt that if an issue had beer
made, the intruders would have been soor
placed Aors du com6at. The troupe showed
their good sense in retiring immediately
| Charleston News.