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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-02-25
Andrew johnson.

Andrew Johnson is likely to be
known longest in history, as the
Great Jail Deliverer.
After having pardoncd Mudd, Sur
ratt, and all the living assassins OF
Lincoln, which has developed an un-
expected phase of gratitude in his
character, he is turning his attention
to the lesser criminals in the various
prisons of the country, incarcerated
for the minor offences IF robbery,
perjury, &c.
The two latest subjects OF his
clemency, arc ,Callicott, the Internal
Revenue thief, and Conover, the per.
jurer.
Upon this pardoning mania OF the
funct,ts odicio Accident, the Chicago
Times humorously says:
'In his late crusade against the
bolts and stone walls of federal pris-
ons, Mr.. Johnson seems to have
been earnest, and resolved upon
nothing less than wholesale war
By the action of the Senate, he is
debarrcd from making any appoint
ment of importance. He can get nc
more of his friends into office, he will
do the next best thing, and get some
ofthem out fprison. Persistent in his
determination to do good, when BAT
fled in one direction, he seeks anoth-
er."
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in all the wonderful fights of General
Sherman. Looking on this beautiful
monument to-day, scanning tn Q
nameD of the more than three hun
dred d ,ad Of a single county, | tho't
it's need of patriotism was scarcely
less than that of the three hundred
Of Thermopyla, not the least of
whose inspiripgs was the grand
couplet Of Simonldes on their monu-
ment: s
Stranger, the tidings to the spartans tell,
That here, obeying their commands, we
f fell.
The world may bo sure that
county, then, of about 10000 inhab>
itants, which sent about 1000 troops
to the field, of whom more than one
third gave up their lives in the cause
of patriotism, is as good place to
live in as any the sun in his rounds
shines on. think, too, it is to the
infinite credit of the intensely pat
riotic Quakers of this county, that
many of them pocketed their peace
scruples for sthree years or during
the war;" not few of them nobly
fighting and nobly dying for tho
Union and for freedom.
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rbeumatics, aare amt any cussed
oberseer comm round wild a whip
to hurry de ole man up sab. No
sab, der amt"
"What, do you mean to say there
was any whipping on the placer"
"Whippin! Does yer whip yer
boss, sab? De best man in dc world
" hips his boss. Well, sab, we was
de hosses. Whippin Use hearn de
wimmin, an de old men, an de child
rem howlin under dat whip. We
was de hosses den. Thank God
we'se men and women, wild de right
to vote, good as any one"
"But voting wont put food in your
mouth and clothes on your back, nor
take care fyou when old and sick
"No, sab; / knows dat, but de
things takes o5er to Washington
an sells does all dat, sab; an Use got
a mighty nice lot oh money in Gen.
Towards savin' bank-I has, sab;
bress dc Lord"
The picture so graphically given
by the old man of the whipping was
not agreeable; but it is out of just
such as this that the flower Of Vir-
ginia chivalry grows. ID. Z.
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The government has got verdict
Of 500, 900 against Collector Thomas,
an internal Revenue thief, Of the
Trenton, IN. j. District. e iit
Grant, the murderer of Pollard,
has been indicted and committed to
Jail to await his trial.
New York, Feb. Is.
James McQuade and Jas. Weaver
were arrested here a few days ago
on the charge of being concerned in
rohbing $4,000 from the United
States Union, Pacific 4 Central Paci-
fic bonds from the First National
Bank, New Windsor, Md, Jan. 23d,
were delivered to the officer from
Maryland, under a requisition from
the Governor of that State. The
prisoners had in their possession
sos, 800 worth of the bonds which
were identified by the officers Of the
bank. u4 .H s~aa
Two notorious thieves-Lewis S.
Cole and Henry Irish-were arrested
today, charged with robbing the
Pequanock Bank, OF Bridgeport,
Conn.,, of forty thousand dollars in
bonds. Over $4,000 worth of the
bonds were found.
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Corruption at the Capital.

An occasional correspondent of the
New York Times draws the follow
ing glaring picture of the democrat
lied condition of the Capitol of the
Republic: ,
aThe presence of powerful third
House in town street cars crowded
with millionalres, dinner parties,
running liz 10 one another at Welck-
er's. greenbacks flowing in rivers,
leads one to reflect what the popular
idea of Congress must be when it
causes people to make such efforts
on its honor. Formerly politician
was poor man, politics and poverty
being sort of synonym; nowadays
hardly plitician you will find who
is not well to do in the world; and
the question arises whether bribery
has done any work in throwing its
money-bags into the scales of Justice;
whether legislation has been carried
on with view to favor individual
business interests or whether any
other cause has transformed our
legislators into capitalists-men
needing no overt bribcs, since the
natural affiliations between wealth
and wealth answer all such purposes
The most of us remember the story
of Daniel Webster taking his note of
hand, endorsed BY Rufus Choate,
INTO a well known bank for discount.
and being politely informed that its
negotiation was impossible. Is there
no money in the bank? thundered he,
with grand incomprehension but
useless argument. And nothing
ever illustrated better the impecuni-
Gus condition Of the men of that in
corruptiblc and iron age. But in the
present era what congressman has
his paper protested? II we want
the wealthicst bankers, the chief
directors of great railways, the owns
ers of vast mills, the wcldors of
tremendous iron interests, where
shall we look for them but in con
gress?"
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to the extent of printing his essay
and moved to lay the whole sub
iect ON the table. Carried. ~
Trumbull from the Committee on
Judiciary, reported with amendments
the House bill providing for an elec.
ton in Va.
On motion Of Morton the Scnat
took up the resolution authorizing
the payment Of Senators of the re-
constructed States from the COM
mencement Of the Fortieth Con
gress. 's'33 6.H'
The Indian appropriation was ia.
ken up. 35,H
The Committee on Appropriations
reported and explained the various
amendments BY them, which wore
generally agreed to, and on Consider.
alton, which occupied the Senate till
$3.50, when, on motion of Sumner,
lhe Senate went into executive ses-
sion and soon after took recess.
A bill regulating the franking
privilege was reported by the Chair
man Of the Committee but after
some discussion passed as it esme
from the House.
Ramsay reported bill prohibiting
the privilege after July, 1860.
Conkling moved an amendment
repeating all acts confering the privi-
lege upon ali members Of the Senate
and House.
Adopted and the bill then rejected,
16 to Is.
Adjourned.
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Cedar County--Soldiers Mon
ument.

lngcrsoll, OF the Chicago Post, is
writing some exceedingly interesting
sketches Of tho northern central
counties of Iowa.
in the last number of that paper
is an account of Cedar county, and
Upton, its county seat, and their
soldiers monument, from which we
print the following:
"But the most noteworthy of all
the MANY beauties cf Upton, is the
Soldiers Monument in a large square
in the central part of the town.
This handsome cenotaph is made OF
the finest white marble, and with a
beauty Of design and execution ex-
ceedingly pleasing. 1t was executed,
| believe, at the marble works of w
ii. Simpson & Co, Musca.ine, at q
cost Of about $500, the enclosing of
the monumental square, and Of the
monument itself with an iron fence,
making the cost of the work about
Sf,Voo. HIS tApStSS was oSirstycu
by the people OF Cedar county. An
inscription on the monument reads
as follows:
TO HER SONS
Beloved and honored, who died Tor
THEIR COUNTRY
In the great War of the Rel elton
CEDAR COUNTY
In grateful remembrance has erected
THIS MONUMENT, A. d 1867
On this monument arc the names
of all the soldiers of Cedar count,
who lost their lives in the servic,
during the late war They numbe,
more than three hundred They
make up a "mustcr roll OF names
which recall TO mind all the heroic
sufferings and MI the great deeds 0
the war for the Union. For here ar,
the names Of those who succumbe,
to the dread monster when awFu
disease stallsed through the armie
as in the camps at Helena and oppo.
site Vicksburg, as well as those VIII,
yielded up the ghost on the field 0
Fort Gibson, on sanguinary Cham
pion Hills, around the works Of Vieks
burg, on the battle fields of Louisiana
in all the fine fields Of glorious Phi
Sheridan in tho Shenandoah Valley
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Several petitions were presented.
The Committee on Elect, ms re-
ported against admitting Thomas
Hamilton to a seat from Tennessee
Ordered printed.
The motion to lay the Bank bill OIL
the table was rcconsidered.
Pomeroy moved to rccommit the
bill with instructions to report back
forthwith the first three sections of
it.
The House refused to second the
previous question, when several
amendments were offered.
Hooper moved to Instruct the
| Committee to strike out the I'd Sec.
Lost, Is to LAG. @~
Coburn moved to amend by in
structing the Committee to report
back the 4th Sec. as amended yestcr-
day. Carried 8
Ingersoll moved to instruct the
Committee to report back the Sees.
offered by him yesterday as amend
mcnts and which were then adopted
by the House. Lost, 73 to 9s.
A motion to lay the bill on the tn
ole, was lost, 81 TO So.
The question was then taken oE
the motion of recurmcnt, with in>
structions to report forthwith the
three first sections as amended by
Coburn to include his 4th section,
and the motion agreed to without
| division.
Pomcroy Immediately reported
| the bill back and instructed the main
question ordered on its adoption rs a
substitute far the Senate bill, The
substitute was adopted.
A motion to lay on the table was
lost and the bill then passed, yeas
106, nays77.
A motion to reconsider the vote
by which the bill passed was lost
The committee of the Whole re-
sumed the consideration of the army
appropriation bill. During the dis
cussion Garfield said that they had
been told to day by the Sec'y of War
and Gen. Avery that they had no
more troops than was needed for the
actual necessities of the servite, and
that Gen. Grant does not recon-
mend any reduction except by alb
sorption.
Dodge offered Il substitute tor the
amendment of the Military Commit
tee, authorizing tho President after
the 4th of March next to consoli late
the number of infantry regiments to
thirty, and consolidate the artillery
rand ordnance departments, quarter
masters, subsistence and pay depar.
ments, to reduce the officers as the
reduced strength of the army may
require. Agreed too to 40.
| After discussion Buffers amend-
ment was agreed to, and added to
the substitute.
| Blaine offered substitute for the
amendments of Messrs. Dodge and
Butter, which was read, and without
taking the vote, the House adjourned,
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THE REAM ROW.
A Racy Review OF the Record.

Don. Piatt writes to the .Cincinna-
ii Commercial, in reply TO q recent
letter of Mrs. Swisshelm:
"That severe old lady, Mrs. Swiss
helm, not long since made a severe
assault on our Congressional Demo.
cratic child of genius, Miss Winnie
Ream. WINS friends and admirers,
numbering several correspondents.
have taken up the quarrel, and charge
that Mother Swisshelm is coarse,
violent old female. And Mrs. S. re~
torts by asserting that little Win. is
humbug, with an artistic design on
peoples money.
"Mother Swisshelm is wrong in
that; she assails little Vim, for de-
luding her patron, CONGRESS-, out of
ten thousand dollars. | would not
have blamed Vim, and | think it
might be savely put to a discriminat-
ing public, if the little stone cutter
and mud worker of genius would not
have been justified in getting twenty
thousand orany number OF thousands
her facinations and genius could
wheedle out of our Solons.
"And little WINS friends are to
blame in assaulting Aunty Swisshe!m,
who is, asI Ihave said, a dragon of vir-
tue and vociferous defender of the
public funds.
II have no wish to take a hand in
the row. regard Mother Swisshelm
| as dragon of virtue, and little Vim.
as Congressional Democratic child
of genius. | have respect for Aunty
Swisshelm, and love for little Vim,
and | Will back both to the full
extent OF my poor powers and feeble
Judgment.
"What may be tho real genius OF
little Vim. as q moulder in mud and a
Carver in stone, | am not prepared
to say. / have seen plaster cast OF
| Eve, said to be done by her, and ]
thought it rather Il hard on Mother
Eve, and that il threw some discredit
on the received theological opinion
as to her personal appearance.
"But Miss Winnie has right to
her opinion of the get mp Of the old
pomological faster, and in view Of
the fact that she had NJ advantages Of
early training and education, l am
inclined to believe with Miss Vim
that our first female parent gas
rather clumsey and slab sided And
i then ut Galt's, Pennsylvania avenue
there is q counterfeit presentment 0,
/ the late Gen. Rossean, said to be
from the studio Of Miss Winnie. thai
would Justify the surviving friend:
and relatives Of The departed Ken
tuckian in breaking and assautina
this cfigy with sticks and stones, q
! justifying all that the Radicals eve
sald ofthe gallant volunteer.
Nevertheless Miss Yinnie's worl
compares favorabIy with most cf th,
) Governmental art And after givin:
that house painter, William Powell
twenty five thousands dollars 70
another hideous abortion, in the wa.
{ Of paint, / thick we could spare Mis-
, Win. the ten thousand, by which Z
completo her artistic education.
I The only little defect ! see i
. Aunty Swissheln is, that she is ii
clinsd TO DO sensational. II sh
, would only study my letters, f.
example, and put herself through
course Of Morning Chronicle, 81
would find, if she survived, her g
huberant spirits subdued, and h,
style chastaned down to Christia
+, level
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Gen'l N. P. Chapman.

-
We noticed yesterday, from the
Washington Chronicle, an entertain.
mont which Gen'l N. P. Chipman had
been giving the Iowans. in Wash
ington.
Our amiable contemporary of the
Keokuk Constitution, has the follow,
ing characteristic fling at this hospi-
table affair:
"When our late civil war broke
out, this General Chapman, who now
lives in a palatial mansion at WASH
ington City, and gives big suppers at
which his guests amuse themselves
in quiet games Of billiards at his
private billiard tables, was poor at
torney living at the town of Wash
ington, Washington County, Iowa,
and earning a scanty living by prac-
tising law.
After the war broke out, he got an
Office and now holds it for his own
benefit If tor nobody's else."
Gen'l Chapman requires no defence
at our hands from any assault receiv-
ed from this quarter, and we only
notice it to say that he does not now
hold any Office at the hands of the
Republican, or any other party, and
has not done SO since his muster.out,
nearly three years ago, from an hon.
orabIe grade in the army, which he
hcd acquired by as gallant services
as was rendered by any man in the
field, and which cost him q fearful
wound ut Donelson, from the effects
of which he will never recover.
About the last good thing Chip
man done in tho service, was to aid
Andrew johnson IN hanging that
eminent democratic hell-hound, Wirz,
which is, perhaps, the principal rea-
son of Coppcrhead malice against
him.
Since leaving the army he has been
engaged in highly successful and
lucrative law practice, i'll Washing
tou, as n member Of tho firm of
Chapman, Hosmcr, Gilmore & &i'rown,
which, together with II handsome
fortune acquired with his wife, has
enabled him to purchase comforta-
BILE home in Washington, and enter
tain his Iowa friends in human
manner, ever all Of which the Con-
stitution cackles as Justify as if it had
discovered prodigious mares nest.
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Telegraphic Summary.

. A destructive fire in Helena, Mons
tara, yesterday; five business houses
burnt.
Gen. Grant has received the fol-
lowing letter of thanks from Count
Bismark. for copy OF Badeau's Mil
itary History:
DEAR SIR:-Baron Gerolt has trans
mitted to me the copy which you
have been kind enough to inscribe
to me, of the history of your military
career. l hasten to return you my
hearty thanks for the work which
promises me much enjoyment in
reviewing in a succinct shape the
gigantic struggle and its varying
phases, which l followed at the time
with intense interest, and it will be
a permanent source of qualification
and pride to think that l am owing
the volume now open before me to
the kind and sympathetic feelings of
the very man who took Nicksburg
and Richmond.
May the peace restored by you
afford full scope to your powers, with
equal benefit to your country and
may the present intercourse and
exchange OF sentiments between Us
prove good augury for a continu-
ance Of these relations SO happily
established between America and
Germany, BlsMAsk.
4 New York Washington dispatch
ays there is u report here that the
oniiaentiat relations heretofore ex-
isting between Gen. Grant and his
confidential Secretary, Gen. Badeau
have been broken off, and today
Badeau was instructed TO move hi:
stock from the room occupied by Gen
Grant, to another apartment. Th,
cause Of the rupture is not known
Louisville, Feb. II.
4 Aaron Jones', n noted pugilist, die,
early yesterday morning On his farm
three miles south of Leavenworth
Ind.
/ Wheeling, Feb. Il.
} A bill locating the capita! of Wcs
Virginia at Parkersburg, passed tn
: House.
Madrid, Feb. IL.
, Considerable excitement was crea
| ted yesterday by an attempt to ass,.t
sinate General Prim. Three arres.
4 have been made.
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OHILLS AND FEVER

The proprietor OF this celebrated medi
cinejustly claims forit asuperiority overall
remedies ever offered to the public for the
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He refers to the entire Western and Sonth-
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single dose of BULLS VEGETABLE
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Bulbs Sarsaparilla.
A Good Reason for the Captains Faith


His Mother.
Benton Barracks. Mo. April 80. 1866. :
DIR. JOHN BULL-Dear Sir: Knowing
the efficiency ofyour Sarsaparilla, and the
healing and beneficial qualities it possess
es, send you the following statement OF
my case.
taken prisoner and confined for sixteen
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sat up moment since was wounded.
am shot through the hips. My genera:
to assist nature. ! have more faith il
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l wish that that is genuine. Please ex
press me half dozen bottles, and oblige
CAPT. c. p. JOHNSON.
st. Louis. Mo.
p. S. The following was written April
30, 1865, by Mrs. Jennie Johnson. mothe,
OF Capt. johnson.
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The cares effected in some cases OF scrCfuk
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am very anxious for my son to again have
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Respectfully,
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The News.

Economy B. Washburn is receivers
ing from violent attack Of fever.
Tho Washington aShades' are go
ing to have an inauguration ball, on
their own hook. 8
The old servant of w. w. Corco>
ran, secesh banker of Washington,
refuses to testify whether his master
said he would give 100000 for tho
assassination OF Lincoln, short
time before that job was accomplish.
ed BY J. Wilkes Booth. A refusal to
deny the charge will be generally
construed TO be al affirmative answer
by intelligent people.
The latest runner from Washington
is that Gen'l Grant, yielding to q
time honored custom, has accorded
to V. P. Colfax the right to select y
member of his Cabinet, who has an
nounced John D. Defrees, OF Indiana,
one of the oldest newspaper men in
the country, for Post Master General.
Def.ees is the present Sup't of Public
Printing, and is eminently qualified
for any Cabinet office.
The Chicago Times has the follow.
ing:
Special Disqualification Baltimore
state that the remains Of J. Wilkes
Booth were placed in a vault, to-day,
in Greenmount cemetery, in the pres
cnce OF his friends and relations
The body, or skeleton rather. was
taken fJom the box in whicl, it had
been buried, and placed in splendid
metallic coffin. There was but little
of the remains lcft-the flesh having
all disappeared, leaving nought but a
mass of blackened bones. Upon one
foot was an old shoe, and upon the
other boot, cut open upon the top.
This covered the lett foot-the leg
having been broken in the leap from
the stage box OF tho theatre, after
having assassinated President Lin
coin. The remainder of his dress
consisted OF a rongh brown coat
black pants and vest-all of which
were rotten and decayed. The hair
all remained, and the silken curls of
glossy black reminded one of the face
which people once so much admired.
During the afternoon, hundreds Of
people visited the place, and some
were allowed to view the remains
After a short time it was found that
the curious crowd had cut the blank-
cts almost to pieces, to get q souvenir.
Many persons also visited the ceme>
terry during the day, believing the
interment would be made there but
came away disappointed. The inter.
ment will be made hereafter secretly.
An adverse report from MIR. Fes-
| sender has knocked the Presidential
| mansion steal, into "kingdom come
80 far as the 4Oth Congress is cons
cerned, at least,
| Sherman il soon to arrive at Wash
ington, aud take up his quarters in
Genl Grants military office, to get
the hang OF tho meeting house, pre-
paratory to assuming command.
A short session Of Congress, with
Blaine, or Dawes, for speaker. now
seems to be inevitable.
Yates, McCreery and Cragin, are
the Senatorial committee of arrange
ments for the inauguration.