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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-12-02
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THE OTTUMWA COURIER
City and County News.
Sam, Cannon.

Sam Cannon has added two more
pieces to his battery, They are Gle
CANT pieces made by Brunswick,
Chicago. He now has four billiard
tables. OF the finest make in the city,
and has quiet, cosy, comfortable es-
tablishment, where knights of the
cue can indulge in their favorite
amusement to their hearts content.
His Restaurant will open out shortly,
which will make his establishment
the most convenient and popular re
sort in the city.
Boys arc not admitted.
Sans cigars are superb, as we can
testify 'romtrcquent puffs.
TuB NEXT LEcTuRE.-The second
lecture Of The regular course will be
given a.' Rev. w. Ii. Milburn, the
blind cachcr, at Taylor 4 Blakc's
Hall, or ~hc evening of December 9TH,
he aud Justice Dillon having ex-
changed dates. The subject of the
'"cture will be announced within q
fyrn
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30
Wheat Crop in England.

Regarding wheat in England, the
London correspondent of the New
York Financial Chronicle, under date
of April 3, writes:
"The wheat trade has become firmer
this week, owing to the less favorable
accounts respecting the state OF the
wheat plants. The cold and boisterous
weather which prevailed during March
seems to have done some injury, the
extent of which will not probably be
asccrtained until April showers, assist
ed by warmer temperature, shall have
given the plant an impetus. 1t will
then he found out what amount of in
jury has been done. The plant in mary
parts of the country looks very yellow,
and in some places is thin OH the
ground: and an impression prevails
that the yield per acre will fall conside-
rably short Of last season. A warm
and growing April may. however, work
great change. The advance in the
price of wheat this week is about Is
per quarter.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30
A Neglected Friend.

The Editor of the Pittsburg Daily
Post claims to have been one of Grants
very earliest political friends, but he
does not seem to have very high idea
of the Presidents gratitude in his case.
He says:
Early in '67 this paper brought him
out for the Presidency, in an article
which was quoted up to the hour of the
election, and he has never said thank
you, nor inquired after our health. We
made mistake in wasting brains in
writing his praise, for like Madeon in
Fanchon, we forgot he could not, or
what was the same thing, would not
read. We should have sent him Bible
or pony to have enjoyed his favor and
influence.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30
The Condition of Trade,

The New York World descants upon
the general dullness of trade, and en-
deavors to trace its causes:
The reckless flinging ofmoncy away,
the countrywide demand for fabrics.
gauds, and bijoutcrie, the wild and
speculative course Of trade for the last
four years or more 1--WE are told,) are
succeeded now by stagnation. Not
withstanding that Mr.. Grant sits in the
White House and Mr.. Boutwell, in the
Treasury building at Washington, no
impetus has been given, no confidence
pervades, the monetary and mercantile
affairs ofthese United States. Men are
suspicious. The administration of Mr..
Grant is regarded with a certain dis
trust. The rumors Of his ambitious de-
signs upon foreign territory which, if
any one Of them is attempted to be car
ried out, may fatally disturb even the
present ill-ordcrcd state of business and
social concerns-fill the air. There are
not wanting dismal people, who pre-
dict, after this sluggish calm, melan-
chOly monetary crash
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30
Singular Suicide.

A singular suicide took place recent
ly in Glade township, Warren county,
Pa. VIM. A. Blakesley, aged SO years.
in good circumstances, financially. but
laboring under fit of insanity, went
to the woods, climbed tree and affixed
one end of rope to limb and the
other to his neck, then shot himself
through the brain and fell from the
limb and hung suspended by the rope.
He used a looking-glass to assist him in
taking proper aim. Mr.. B. was All
educated man, having once followed
the vocation of a minister, and was u
justice Of the peace at the time of his
death. He leaves wife and several
children .ii
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30
Imperialism.

The New York .Atlaa with reference
to the appearance, there, Of new jour-
nal, called the Imperialist advocating
the substitution of monarchical for q
Republican form of Government,) says {:
Imperialism needs no advocate here.
Its seeds are sown. They are fast TAX
ing root. This is proved by the en-
croaching and lawless spirit which
characterlzes our present legislation in
all parts of the country; by the multi
plication of luxurious and extravagant
amusements the steady increase of the
extreme opulence and poverty by the
slow but Git would appea) sure absorp-
ton of the conservative middling class
by the quiet submission, generally man
itested, to outrages which, ten years
ago, would have excited an insurrec-
ton. If all this be not speedily cor
rected, the solution Of these imperialis-
tic tendencies and efforts will be real
lied in the not far distant future.
The New York Courier seems to be
impressed with like convictions. 1t says
We are not surprised at the appear
ance of this paper. 1t Is the natural
outcropping of spirit of modes of
thought and feeling far more prevalent
in this country than easy-going old TO-
gies have any idea of. From the date
of Grants election we foretold the en-
pire. We have reiterated the warning
weekly since that time, and the Inpe-
rtaliSt is an outward sensible sign; not
only of the truth Of our prophecy, but
OF the near approach Of its accomplish
mont
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30
Sensation about Cuba,

According to Washington special,
. few days since the "Spanish Minister
called on Secretary Fish and demanded
that a proclamation against tilibuster-
ing be issued. The Secretary promptly
declined, saying that as the insurgents
had a provisional government, he saw
no reason for hindering persons from
p taking up arms in their service. The
Spanish Minister some days ago prom
ised full reparation for the insults to our
flag by the Spaniards in Cuba. Yester.
day he informed Secretary Fish that he
had not heard from his government on
the, subject, when the Secretary inform.
cd him that war would ensue if al an.
swer was not forthcoming.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30
Grants Appointments.

The Cincinnati Enquirer has the fol-
lowing about the new administration
Grant has sent negroes to represent
the United States at Hayti and Liberia
as ministers resident. TO one of the
most lucrative offices in New Orleans
he appoints negro. For the pestofiice
at Richmond he selects Northern
strong. minded woman. For Governor
of Montana he chooses the notorious
corruptionist, Jim Ashley. His cabinet
is made up of men who gave him hous.
es and lots and donations of money!
His relatives and those of his wife
swarm in al. of the public Offices
This is the man who, forsooth, was to
reform the politics of the country--so
we were told before the election.
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Salt for the Soil.

A member of the Herkimer County
Farmers Club states that last spring he
ploughed an old sob, in which there
was an immense number of grubs. He
sowed upon three quarter acres, soon af-
ter ploughing, two bushels of coarse
salt. This was dissolved by rain, which
came day or two later. The ground
was then thoroughly narrowed and
planted in corn, about half a pint OF
leached ashes being placed with each
hill. The yield was very large, and
there was not the slightest injury by
worms. He has no doubt that the crop
would have been quite destroyed had
tn ere been no application of salt. Y
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30
California Wheat.

The San Francisco Bulletin says a
large crop is promised this year. 1t cal
culates that the profit on one thousand
acres of wheat is $16.S00, where twenty
bushels to the acre are raised, and the
price averages two cents pound. Some
farms yield forty bushels, some fifty
The seaboard counties do not produce
good wheat. Coast wheat is now well
known at a single glance by experts.
The best seed wheat runs out, or de-
generates into u second quality after
one or two sowings on the coast. The
moisture from the fogs late In the sea-
son, is said to work most of the mis-.
chief. .a t.ts
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30
Grants BiOgrapherS,

In the list of Grants biographers,
Badeau has been reached at last and has
been awarded, not with an appraiser
ship, but with the appointment of AS
sistant Secretary of Legation at Lon
don. After the biographers, the pub.
fishers of the biographies are to be re.
inembered; and then Bonner, who pub.
fishes the best of the biographies, may
take the lead, even without the help OF
~Dexter"
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Jack HamiltOn..-Texas,

The Washington correspondent of the
Louisville Courier-Journal is response
ble for the following:
A fierce interview took place between
Jack Hamilton and Attorney-G General
Hoar on Tuesday last, and the follow
ing conversation is said to have occur
red:
Hamilton-"I called, Mr.. Attorney
General, to inquire whether it is true
that you intend to appoint Mr. - for
the Texas --W
Attorney-General--"Y Yes sir; I have
already made out his nomination"
Hamilton-"T Then, ] think, it is my
duty TO say that he is bad man, and
not fit to hold the office"
Attorney-General-"I had heard that
you were opposed to him, and was not
surprised, as also hear that you are
going over to the 'Copperheads.'"
Hamilton-"G-d d-n you, or any
man, who impugns my political mo-
tives. Where were you when the wal
was raging? What were you doing
that justities your blatant Unionism to.
day! Dispensing the only law you
know-Massachusetts law--whist was
risking my life in behalf of the Union
AS you do not know what is decent OF
well bred in your intercourse with gen.
tlemen, will not trouble you further
but will 60 to your MASTER"
So saying Jack struck off, leaving the
respectable Massachusetts pettifoggel
in a bewiderment of rage and aston.
ishment; and proceeding to the White
House, laid the case before Grant and
had the appointment annulled. 1t Is
said Jack is pretty certain to be elected
Governor of Texas, and this interview
will not set him back much.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30
The Empire State of the Pacific.
(From the New York Herad.)

The people of this State and of other
fourishing States of the Union often
exclaim with pride, New York is great
State, Ohio is q great State, and 80 on
but none of the citizens Of our repub-
lie have cause to speak as exultingly in
this way as the Californians. Califor-
MIA is truly great, wonderful State,
if we look at her surprising growth and
astonishing productions. We were led
to make this remark by noticing the
news from San Francisco about the cx-
porof wheat and -four from that port.
There are siXty-six vessels now ell
route to Great Britain from San Fran
cisco with cargoes aggregating one mil
lion seven hundred thousand sacks of
wheat, besides eight vessels for domes-
tic Atlantic ports with a hundred and
sixty-six thousand sacks, ten vessels for
Rio Janeiro with fifty-one thousand
barrels of flour. The California wheat
and -four now afloat for China and 9TH
er countries is valued at four millions
of dollars. This is the country that
twenty-five years ago was q barren
waste, and that twenty years ago, when
it first began to be settled by mining ad-
venturers, was regarded as being unfit
for agriculture and only valuable for its
minerals. 1t has within this short period
become not only great exporting coun-
try for grain and flour, but furnishes
the best in the markets of the world
and obtains the highest price. All this,
too, in addition 10 its vast production
of the precious metals, wool and other
articles. Nearly all the vegetable pro-
4 t,n tny In
even some of those that are semi-tropi-
cal, are grown there larger, finer in
quality and more abundantiy than in
many of the most favored countries on
the globe. There is population now
of not less. perhaps, than four to five
hundred thousand, and San Francisco
has grown within twenty years from a
small village to be princely city with
over hundred thousand inhabitants
Almost every climate is embraced with.
in the limits of the State, and nowhere
can one be found more healthful, agree
able or invigorating. But astonishing
as the growth of California has been
its future must be more so. With thu
completion Of the Pacific railroad anC
the rapidly developing trade and inter
course with China, Japan and Asia gen
orally, we may confidently expect s
growth in population, commerce ant
wealth that will far exceed anything
known in the history of the world. Th'
Golden Gate, as the entrance to the har
Dor of San Francisco is appropriated!
and beautifully called, will be the en-
trance for the tecming millions of Chi
ncse and other Asiatics, and of u stu
pendous commerce. San Francisco will
be Oh the Pacific side of the Continent
what New York is on this, and will be
come at no distant day the second cit!
of America. Indeed, it would be diff
cult to conjecture what the future o
thot city or Of that wonderful countr!
will be. The people there may well sa!
California is great State and be PROUD
of it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30
Texas---Negroes Hung.

tuC lcuutisOu NcWe, ADTll
In last weeks issue we gave good
many Of the particulars Of the murder
of Col. Green, six miles east of this
place, by five negro men. One fact was
not MENTIONED, which may probably
throw some light upon the subject as to
the motives of the murderers--that is
that after Green was hung, his pockets
were rifled and what money he had
only 30 ceits--taken by one of the ne.
grOes. ,.. ...a.g
In this connection il becomes our
duty to speak of the second act In this
tragedyA-that Of the hanging Of the nee
groes committed to the Jail OF this couh.
ty for said murder, which occurred OH
Tuesday night Of last week. They werc
put in Jail on Monday evening and the
Jail surrounded by strong guard. Eve.
ry thing went off quietly on Monday
night and the impression prevailed with
many that the prisoners would not be
interfered with. The deputy sheriffs
Durham and Hickey, however, on Tues.
day night again put out guarde. All
was quiet until about midnight, when
the guards report they were attacked by
a mob OF about fifty men, variously dis
guised-some black, some red and some
yellow. ~ Hoif
The attack was suddeh--the guard
not perceiving the approach Of the mob
until they We're upon them. The guards
were ordered not to resist OIL peril of
their lives. Mr.. Van Hook, the jailor,
was thrown down and the keys to the
jail taken away from him. A portion
of the crowd then went into the Jail and
took possession Of the negroes--a por.
ton held the guard in duress, and q
portion guarded the outside approaches es
to the jail. The guard say that but little
was said, that every man appeared TO
. understand the part he was to act.
The negroes were brought out Of the
Jail, with ropes around their necks their
hands tied behind them and gags in
their mouths. This accounts tor the
fact that there was not noise enough
made to awaken the near neighbors to
the Jail. The negroes were Immediately
carried of. These are the facts sub.
. stantially as detailed by those who were
on guard.
On the next morning three of the me-
groes were found hanging to shade
trees in front of the Baptist Church
Jordan, the preacher, and two others,
said to be exhorters-one 10 . china,
south Of the Courthouse, and another
one to china on the north side of the
Courthouse.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30
Practical CHARITY.

io A poor woman and her infant died
some days ago, i'll al eastern city, of
starvation. In her hand she clutched a
tract on the "Goodness Of Cod" which
had been left her few days previous by
a member of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association" We have no words
of comment to offer; but it was very
kind of those Christians to leave the
poor woman tract; it must have been
a great comfort to the dying infant.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30
"The Handsome Man."

Fanny Fern never painted a more
graphic picture than she does of the
,"handsome " man." e. ..,
7 But your conventional handsome
man" of the BARRIERS window, wax-fig-
.nro head pattern; with pet lock In
the middle of his forehead, and apple
sized head, and raspberry moustache
with six hairs in it, paint pot on his
cheek, and little dot of "goatee" OH
his chin with pretty blinking little studs
iii his shirt bosom; and a neck-tie that
= looks as If he would faint were 1t tum-
bled, I'd as lief look at poodle. al
ways feel q desire to nip it with a pair
Of sugar tongs, drop it gently into a
bowl nof cream, and strew pink rose
leaves over the little remains. .87
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T E R M S.:
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At Two Dollars q Year, Payable
I'm Advance.

tB No attention paid to orders fort paper
unless accompanied by the Cash.
Advertisements will be charged $3.50 per
qusre Of ten lines, or less, for the first ipser-
Ion, and 75 cents for each continuance. A
LIBERAL deduction made to parties who adver-
tise by the year.
az Persons sending advertisements should
mark the number of times they desire them in
serted, or they will be continued until forbid
and charged accordingly.
! Transient advertisements must be paid for
At the time of insertion.
Announcing names Of candidates for office,
$500. Cash, In all cases.
Obituary notices over five lines, charged at
regular advertising rates.
All communications intended to promote the
private ends or interests of Corporations, So
cieties, or Individuals, will be charged as
advertisements.
Jon WORK, such as Pamphlets, Circulars,
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All letters addressed to the Proprietor will
be promptly attended to.
Communications. to secure insertion, must
be accompanied bv the name of the authors.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30
No Volunteer,

"Mr. President" said Charles Sum-
ner, in concluding his remarks on the
Alabama treaty, "I desire to say that l
am no volunteer" The World remarks
that "even this frank confession is q
quotation. 1t was said by thousands of
loud-mouttcd loyalists in Massachu-
sets who raked the coast from HATTIE
rss to Berwick Bay, for negro substi-
tutes to fill the quota Of Massachusetts,
during the war.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30

Bss~ 1t is stated that there are already
three thousand steam ploughs at work
in England, some of them with station
ary engines capable of driving from
three to six ploughs each.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30
Crimson Glover.

The Macon Telegraph says: "Mr
Jacob Schall sends us a bunch of Grim,
son Qtalian) clover, from his place il
this county. At this early season il
the spring it is between two and three
feet high and is surmounted with {
beautiful conical blossom of rich Grim
son color. This clover is from foreign
seed imported by Mr.. Schall last fall.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30
Whisky,

Somebody who has been there says :
Before you acquire taste for whisky,
insure your lite and take farewell of
your family. The certain death which
whisky brtugs is only question of
time. He is always bearing down his
victim, like strong man armed, and
comes inevitably as fate or taxes.
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A Donkey on a Locomotive.
The Huntsville Democrat tells the fol.

The Huntsville Democrat tells the fol.
lowing:
The other night, as a'passenger train
on the M. & G. r. R., was passing Ste
phen's Gap, Jackson county, donkey
was standing on the track, with his
rear to the engine. The cow-catcher
struck him and he, suddenly disappear
ed like an apparition, from the engin.
eer's view. The engineer and conduc-
tor, curious to know what had become
of the brute, stopped the train, and
found him seated on his launches be-
tween the bumper and the engine, un-
der the headlight, with his head and
ears erect, in all the solemn majesty
of his nature. With considerable diff.
ficulty, he was dethroned and turned
on the commons. He moved off se-
renely, and apparently unhurt.
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Basa An Iowa paper records the es-
cape of prisoner thus: "The consta-
BILE and prisoner disagreed as to which
was the best route, and, as the prisoner
has not been heard from since. it is sup
posed he took the wrong road"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30

BeS- Law Libraries in Kentucky do
not last long. In ono county it is fire.
quently found necessary to replace vol
umes worn out by attorneys who use
them in pounding each others head.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30
billiards.

The New York papers announce that
billiard players propose to make a
change In the counting of the game, so
that all caroms will count three, wheth.
er on red or white balls. Henry Ward
Beecher and other noted clergymen ia
vor the change. XII sgArNI ,s
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30
Mutilated Currency---Taxes.

The order of the Treasury Depart
mcnt forbidding the payment of taxes
in national bank notes the least mutilat-
ed, no matter how neatly repaired, has
called forth protests from collectors,
who say it will be impossible to collect
taxes unless they can receive such bank
notes as pass current in all business
transactions. and are received on de-
post bv all banking institutions.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30
The gnst.
Athens, Friday, April 80, 1850.
An ImDOrtant Bill,

Some of our exchanges state that in
the Senate of the United States, an inn
portant bill, providing for the settle
ment of all claims for quartermaster
and commissary stores furnished to or
taken by the United States Government
in the Southern States during the rebel
lion, was reported from the Committee
on Claims.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30

Bes- The Lebanon Clarion says: A
hen belonging to Hon. j. Proc. Knott
laid an egg one day last week, which
bears upon it, in raised letters, tho fol.
lowing inscription: "Wo! wo! VOL
Ulysses S, Grant, 1862"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30
Sentenced to be Hung.

Parshall, the hotel keeper at Court
land, Alabama, who shot and killed
Conductor Oates, of the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad, some time since,
has been convicted Of murder in the
first degree and sentenced by the Cir
emit Court of Alabama TO death.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30
Demented. VS. Fermented

A member of the Massachusetts Leg
islature has introduced resolution pro-
viding that "any clergyman furnishing
fermented wine at q sacramental COM
munion table, shall be deemed guilty of
keeping public bar"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30

ISg> A Leavenworth paper thinks San
evidence of the westward march of
civilization" is that the Kansas Legisla-
ture appropriated $l40O for tobacco for
the penitentiary prisoners, and only
$500 for preaching the Gospel to them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-30

gsE" The scalawags can have no plea
sure in living, and their only consola.
ton in dying will be that their friend
Satan will not "leave them out in the
cold" ...