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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-22

gate the most expensive dclicacics of
Spain and foreign countries. 1t was
the weekly contribution to the nuns
kitchen.
This nunnory of st. Pascal at Ar
anIucz is large building without
any pretensions to architectural
beauty. Tho cells, originally intend
ed for monks, and furnished in the
plainest manner, had been trans.
formed into elegant boudoirs for tho
proteges of the Queens favorite and
st. Pascal was the model for all the
nunnories which, by the expenditure
of millions, she founded in Madrid,
Ildefonso, Pardo, San Lorenzo, and
Loroya. Into these chocie retreats
no novice could be admitted who had
passed her sixteenth year; and it
was observable that the patroness
admitted none but very good-looking
girls. ~
The figure OF Sor Protricinio is
not vory striking, but her features
are not uninteresting. She has a
largo but shapely mouth, powerful
nose, and deep.seatcd but highly ex.
prossive intellectual eyes. Her CO.'S
tune is similar to that Of the nuns
in the converts she instituted, con-
sisting of a white tunic, surmounted
by cape, and fastened around the
waist by means of the so-callod SER
aplin string, to whicha rosary is at
tachcd. Another rosary adorns the
breast, and contains medal made of
gilt brass. The cloak is blue and
adorned with another medal, which
is worn on white silken ground, on
the shoulder. The head-dress is very
large, with long veil attached to it.
Her feet are bare, Or only protected
by hempcn sandals. She resembles
an apparition from past ages, with
energy and fanaticism stamped on
her face.
. She accompanied Isabella to
France, and is now engaged in intro
ducing the beautiful feather flower
work into the converts of Paris and
the neighborhood. AS Sor Patroci-
nio is reported to be a great favorite
of Popo Plus, it is not improboble
that, some day, her death may add
one more to the lengthy catalogue
of Saints in the Romish Church.
Qaien Sabe ?-Harper's Feekly.
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For the Ottumwa Courier,
FROM THE PLAINS.
THE CHICAGO COMMERCIAL PARTY.

DEAR GENERAL:
At Kearney and Plumb
Creek, soldiers are stationed. At
the latter was Maj. Wood, of Ind
AT North Platte we had fine sup.
per, where we left the Platte River
for the valley of Lodgepole Creek, up
which to Cheyenne there is little of
interest.
$50 a.m--Everybody asleep but
two gents, the subscriber and one
and a half women, and bride who
has sat up two nights. Our ladies
are SO sorry for her, and have con-
cluded that a stateroom shall be pro.
cured and connection made, and I
have this arduous duty to arrange.
$50 a. m.-Jones, Of tho Cheyenne
House, gives us square meal: beef.
steak, antelope, and jelly; ham and
eggs, coffee, tea, biscuit, and cvery-
thing good. We stowcd-a large
amount of it.
Cheyenne is a nice town, and the
site could not be better chosen. And
here we part with Henry and car
Cheyenne" 70 be placed in secure
section l, car Humboldt" boy Phe.
lix. Conductor, Gilman, is taking US
over the smooth rails.
Ga. m.-On Black Hills, Granite
Canon; the wind howls. Sherman is
grand place for summer: hotel, fine
springs, and scenery. James, Henry,
and l, think Of you. Wait till 1 see
the big elephant-Point of Rocks,
5000 feet above the sea. o, be still |
What a place to build a dry MILL
At this point I mounted the en-
gine, ten wheeler, "Baldwin," 10.
Higley, engineer, uncle 10. E. Hall,
fireman. Rode fifteen miles down
the Black Hills. Three miles from
the Peak there is fine bridge over
a deep gulch. / must dispute that
old lady who said "Seeing is believ-
ing, but feeling is the naked truth"
Reader, come and sec.
IL a. NAT Fort Sanders; beau
tiful spot. My wife says all this looks
natural. In 1850 she passed over
this country with teams, from Of
tumwa, Iowa. W. are now going to
Dalles, Oregon, to visit her mother,
brother aud sisters. Her hathcr has
gone to his last resting place.
l have been connected with rail
roads great many years. In 1852
l was partner OF several men who
run the Pilot & Traders line on the
Erie Canal, from Buffalo to Schencc-
tady, N. Y, in connection with the
Mohawk & Hudson Rls, over inclined
planes, strap rail, from which we
have progressed, land in my judg-
ment the Union Pacific is second to
mono.
To the projectors, contractors, op-
orators, track-layers and all, | say
the nation ought to tank you.
Now dining at Laramie; splendid
dinner, and beautiful place.
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Morton's Grafton.

The following are eloquent extracts
from Senator Morton's great speech
at the Inauguration OF the Gettys-
burg monument, July 1st:
He spoke of that 4th of July, 1868,
as the most memorable since that of
1776. 1t was not only day Of vic
tory in the east. con another field
it witnessed the surrender of another
largo rebel army to the great chief
tain of tho war, now our illustrious
President. The capture of Vicks-
burg opened the navigation of the
Mississippi River, and severed from
the Confederacy all that part of it's
territory lying west of that river
The loss to the Confederacy was lr-
rerarable. 1t was cut off from It's
chief source of supplies. The limits
Of the war were greatly circumscrib-
ed. The mass Of the rebel popula-
ton was demoralized, and began to
despair. From that day 1T became
manifest that the rebellion could not
succeed unless the Southern people
exhibited that endurance, patience
under adversely, and high devotion
that will sacrifice every thing for the
cause, which, as it turned out, they
did not possess. By our victories 1t
Gettysburg and Vicksburg the rebel
lion lost its prestige in Europe and
all hopes of foreign Intervention.
At the foot of this monument sleep
tho heroes of the battle. Hero lie
the father, the husband, the brother,
and the only son. In far-off homes
among the hills Of New England, on
the shores of the lakes, and in the
valleys and plains of the West, the
widow, the orphan, and the aged pa
rent are weeping for these beloved
dead. Many Of the tombs are mark.
cd unknown but .hey wiA DO recog
nized on the morning of tho resur.
rection. The unknown dead lef,
behind them kindred, friends, and
breaking hearts. None die so hum
BILE but leave some one to MOURN
'Perished at Gettysburg, in defence
Of their country 979 men, of whose
names, homes, or lineage, there is nc
trace left on earth. Doubtless tn,
Recording Angel has preserved tht
record, and when the books art
| opened on the last day their names
will be found in letters of living light
on the immortal page Of heroes who
died that their country might live
In the fields before us arc tn,
graves of the rebel dead, now sunl
to the level Of the plain, unmarked
unhonored, and unknown They
were our countrymen, Of our blood
language and history. They dis
played courage worthy Of theil
country and of better cacso, and W,
may drop tear to their memory
The news of this fatal field carriet
agony to thousands of Southern
homes, and the wall of despair wa
heard in the everglades and orange.
groves Of tho South. Would to Go,
that these men had died for thei
country, and not in fratricidal strif
for its destruction. Oh, who cal
describe the wickedness of rebellion
or paint the horrors Of civil war?
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TuE Pprss or IowA.-Gen. SAL

THE Pass OF IowA.-Gen. San
ders commenting upon the marked
improvement in the Press of the
State, during the few years of his
absence from the chair editorial, has
well and truthfully said that "every
small town in the State has now its
paper, and there is one paper actu-
ally published where there is no
town, and in county Calhoun
whore two years ago the land was
unbroken prairie. The country
Press of no other State exhibits more
energy, industry and intelligence,
than that of Iowa. The aggregate
Of influence exertcd by this Press for
tho real substantial benefit Of the
state, cannot be estimated. 1t is
making known at home and abroad
the wonderful advantages Of our
State, inducing immigration, start
ing and building railroads every.
where, while each editor seems la.
boring with zoal, as he ought to do,
FOR his own locality above all other.
For much OF what Iowa now is, it is
indebted to its country Press. and
tho bost hopes for the future Of this
State rest upon the same great influ.
encc."
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How to Make Farming Pay.

We find the following extract, in
a lecture given by VIM. Cliff, Esq,
before tho Mass. Board of Agricu'-
turc.
eff u man wants TO succeed in his
business he must have faith in 1t as a
business that will sustain him and
provide for his old age, and afford a
comfortable support for his family
That is what we want to see among
farmers When the man who drives
down stake feels that it is driven
for life, when he feels that every
tree he plants is to be strong bond
to bind him to that spot for life, he
will thrive by farming; and when
farmers do this they will show to the
world that they have faith in their
business, and they will be ready 70
make Investments in it, just as tho
merchant makes investments in his
business. The merchant is not afraid
to make ventures. When he sees an
opportunity for profit he is ready to
invest his money in order to secure
it. 1t is not SO with the farmer. He is
afraid to put any money in the bust.
ness which he understands best, and
which he ought to make pay seven
per cent.
Then we want, not only moro
faith, but moro knowledge, in order
to make farming moro profitable
We want q cheap diffusion of agrl--
cultural papers and books. 1t may
be said that we have already enough
of these-and certainly tho increase
of agricultural papers has been Won
derful during the last ten or fifteen
years; and l suppose it may be said
that not one farmer in ten takes an
agrieulturalpaper, or knows anything
of what Is going on in the agricultural
world. The man who takes an agri-
cultural paper knows about tho new
apples and the new grapes, and the
market price ofnis own products, and
it will be difficult to cheat him. He
can get the full value of his crops, be-
cause he knows what is going on and
what they are worth. But, outside
Of those who take the papers, and
are posted, the great mass do not
understand these things. They have
not the requisite knowledge to dis
pose ofthcir crops to the best advan.
tagc. They do not know how to
raise them at profit. The great
mass of our farmers keep no farming
accounts, and do not know whether
they arc are farming at loss or gain
at the end of the year. They have
not their business in hand as the
| merchant has. They do not take
un uvvvuut Of ctvvh os.os yzoor. and
they are not able to determine, when
the first Of January comes, whether
their operations have been proftably
carried on or carried on at loss.-
say that is the way most farmers
live. They do not keep accounts.
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A letter from the national camp

A letter from the national camp
meeting, at Round Lake, Saratoga,
says: "a Mr. and Mrs Baldwin, y
plain, hum-dfim looking couple,
dressed in home.spun, may be seen
walking about the grounds, attract
ing no attention, and the gentleman
is one of tho few really noblemen in
our country. He has founded a col
legc at Bcrea, Ohio, and given it
$500, ,000.'
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The Des Moincs Register chronicles

The Des Moincs Register chronicles
the receipt of two thousand barrels
of salt in that city by grocer. You
will need that much anG more, too,
MI. Register, as tho Democratic State
Convention meets at the Capital in a
few days, and Dirty Dean will un-
doubteily be on hand, and the whole
affair will have to be salted down to
keep from spelling. How are you
off for soap 2--DapenpoH Go1ete.
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SargeantJ. G. Brash, Of the 9th in

SargeantJ. G. Brash, Of the 9th IN
fantry, familiarly known here as
sSiegel," and late 1st Lieutenant OF
Co. B. 18th Iowa, arrived in this city
yesterday in charge of two murder .
ers and thieves sentenced to the Fcrt
Madison Penitentiary. He shot and
killed one Of them yesterday at
Montrose while attempting to cs-
cape.-Gdte City.
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Millie Gaines, q negro woman, who
murdered James 4. lngle, a white
man, in March last, is on trial in
Washington, before a jury composed
Of six whites and six negroes. The
counsel for the defense, in opening
the case, appealed to the negro ju.
rors to have pity on the accused, as
she was OF the same class as them
selves.
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AUGUSTUS ILsE,

HOUSE, Sign AND FkEsco PAINTER,
DECORATOR & PApER-HANGER.
Shop on Main street, between Green
and Jefferson All orders left at
Homer Halls (Architect) Office, will
be promptly attended to.
Country work solicited. Give me
call. j25dSwtf
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A Louisville matron, whose hus-
band snores badly, keeps y clothes
pin underneath her pillow, and when
his snoring awkens her, she adjusts
the pin on his nasal organ, and then
slumbers peacefully.
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The Dubuque Herald claims to
stand in the front rank Of journal
ism, and says it shall maintain its
position hereafter. We have no doubt
about the thereafter" if front ranks
sit nearest the fire Nashua Post.
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TIE KINGpoM OF HnMI

Fl THE MINIMUM OF HUME.
bark Is the night, and fitful and drcariiy
Rushes the wind like the waves of the sea-
Little care /, as here sing cheeriiy,
Wife at my side and my babe on my KNEES
King, King, crown me the King;
Home Is The Kingdom, and Love Is the King
Flashes the firelight upon the dear faces,
Dearer and dearer as onward we go,
Forces the shadow behind as, and places
Brightness around us with warmth in the
glow.
King, King crown me King:
Home is the Kingdom and Love Is the King
Flashes the lovelight, increasing the glory,
Beaming from bright eyes with warmth ol
the soul,
Telling Of trust and content the sweet story,
Lifting the shadows that over us roll.
King King, crown ME the King
Home is the Kingdom and Love is the King !
Richer than miser with perishing treasure,
Served with service no conquest could
bring;
Happy with fortune that words cannot meas
Light-hearted on the hearthstone can sing
King, King, crown me the King:
Home is the Kingdom and Love is the King !
WIN. RANKIN DURYEE.
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Bishop Lee, of Iowa, is sojourning
AZ Rochester, n. Y.
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THE NEWS.


The Texas and NJ ississippi State
elections are to be held on the last
Tuesday in November.
The Irish Church Bill which dis
establishes the Church of England as
the State Church of Ireland, and vir-
tually establishes religious freedom
in that country, finally passed the
House of Lords ON the 18th inst. -
1t now goes back to tho House of
Commons, where it originated and
passed with various and sundry
amendments, which render concur
renee by that body as doubtful.
The London Star of the 18th inst.
says: "The Intervention of the
Americans has undoubtedly helped
to prolong tho instruction in Cuba.
The government it is true, has reso-
lutely declined to bc led into acts of
open hostility toSpain, but the Lairds
of America have contrivod, in some
instances, to outwit it. This does
not cxculpate England, but shows
that the faults of which che is ac-
cused may be committed by another
nation at tho very time it is cxacting
redress for them"
VIM. Winthrop, U. S. Consul at
Malta, is dead.
Paris dispatches say: is Off
cially announced that the senate will
be convokcd for August 2; that tho
session of the corps lcgislatiff will be
Immediately prorogued, and that the
designations of the ministers have
been accepted, but that they will
continue to hold office until their
successors are appointed.
A new ministry has been formed
at Madrid, Spain. as follows:
President of the Council and Min.
i.to..sW.x.. Ger Prim: Minister a
Marine, Admiral Topete; Minister Of
State, Silnela; Minister OF tho lutte.
rior, Sagosta; Minister of Agriculture
Echegaray; Minister of Finance Ar
danez; minister Of justice, Soulla
minister of the colonies, Bicerra.
Genl Sherman is going to New
Hampshire, to rustioatc for tive
weeks.
l.. +. Adams, OF New York, has
been appointed Consul at Malta, vice
Winthrop. scarcely cold in his grave
The following are the custom re
ceipts at the ports named from July
to July 10, inclusive:
Boston, s 4ii,6sS
Now York, 2,9i4, 400
Philadelphia, 253,37(
Baltimore, 202, ,79s
New Orleans, juno Il TO
July 3, l41,39;
San Francisco, juno IL to
June 30, 25e, e,224
Total, Sl,252, SO;
A dispatch from the Plains says
Seen. Augur has just received new.
from the expedition on the Republi
can. After steady pursuit Of ter
days, Gen. Carr succeeded, Oh Gun
day morning, in surprising Cbey
enne village, with a large body 0
warriors, under Tan Bull. Tho In
dians were completely routed, leav
ing SO warriors killed, and II ofthci
women, among them the wife an'
daughter Of Tan Bull, .'soners.- :
During the fig. they = rsad t
kill two white women, c, ptives iron
Saline. Kan. They succeeded il
numbering one and wounding th
otner-a German, named Maria We
gel, who will probably recover
Gen. Carr captured 50 lodges, 8
guns and pistols, a large quantity
provisions, camp equipagc, and 80
horses and mules.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-22
Courier Aob department.
with new
Types and Presses.

PRINTING OF ALL KINDS,
From Visiting Card to a Mammot
Poster, executed in good style. Eastern
prices and work duplicated.
ORDERS SOLICITED.
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H. H A L L
Architect and Builder,

Is prepared TO furnish plans and
spe,-. tications for the erection OF bull
ding ], both public and private, in
every style ordered and on short
uotice. t;;go me cali
OFFICi 1illaspy's block over
| Loo,nis' store.
may3l-d6m.
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From the Hearth and Honte.
Our Prize Song.

The following song was decided, by ma
jority Of the committee on songs, TO be enti-
tied TO the prize. That committee consisted
of Miss Alice Cary, Bayard Taylor, Esd. and
c. A, Dana, ESD, The award has been made,
and, as will be seen by the appended receipt,
the money duly paid:
$780, H
IS Received, June 25th, 1869, OF Mesrs Pet
tengill, Bates q Co, one hundred dollars, be-
Ing the prize awarded me by the committee
for song entitled, "The Kingdom of Home.n
WIN, RANKIN DUfSYE EE. &
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1869-04-28
A wRnDINA PARTY BREAKS III
in IA ROW. A s
IRON he Cincinnati conmsrei.l.l


Las, night. about halfpast Ten e'eluck. q
raw occurred in sslining room afs saloon
kept by man named William II. II. k"n.
NJ No, sac Sixth street, between freeman
& Carr street., during which Two nien were
badly stabbed. The circumstances leading
Ia The ARRAY are, In substance, as follows:
A German named 0uo Hare was married,
early In the evening, and had Invited hls
ftieads 10 The wedding. After the msrriagr
ceremony had been performed masiclsns
we're sent lnr. and the parties present join.
ed in the daucr, aud several times the
whole party souk drink AZ the bar attach.
ell 10 tic huuse. The party s"on brcame
baisierous. and enc of ihem--a man named
Ben whm.le--gol inin an alteration with
one John Rspp. They began by using N
sultinr cp,ihrts toward each eiher, which
led 10 blows. and finally whippIe drew q
knife, aud was abunt 10 thrust il into The
body ef Rapp. when . bystander, named
t.rorge Ehi. grasprd him. and threw him
down. in order to prevent him irnm cDn-
hitting tile rash act. Just AT this time Rapp
rushed into The crowd and stabbed the
bridegroom. Hare, In the left side, infiict.
ing very agly wound. About The same
time, . young man. named Charles Harmer
~ employee oi John Builtesllire, butcher,
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1869-04-28
HINTS CONCERNING KEROSENE.
A REMEDY FOR SEVERE BURNS.
From the Springfield I,epaLlran.

4 As*64 -feh hN SPtuBhelu ktPabhcaE. Mt*Mi
Scarceiyaweek passes during the winner
months but We read accounts N IriVhtfui ac :.
cidents from kerosene lamps exploiting and
killing. or soaring for life, men. women
and children. A simple knawlrdee az The
.nnammaoie nature sf the hoid wauld pros
badly put . stop to nearly ali the accidents.
AS the OIL burns down 10 The lamp, 4 high
" iniiammaels gas gathers over ils surface.
and as The OIL decreases The gas increases.
when the oil IL nearly CONSUMED 4 slighe
jar will often inaame the cas, and i n exnlo-
sion is sure 10 fellow. dealing death and de-
structinn. A bombshrli is ast more 10 he
dreaded. Now. il the lamp il no. allowed
10 burn more than half way down. such ac-
e'den's are impossible. Always fll your
iainps esery mofnins: then yuu need fear
an explosion.
Halt teaspnonfnl OF salt sdded tn The
ois el lamp which holds . pint win take
away the disssreeslsls ssor sametines am
parent. aud Il Is said 10 prevent the forma-
tnn vi that dangeross gas. Al i 4 simnle
remedy. easily applied. II is alsa ASSERT
ed tilat The salt makes The Nil last much
l"nger, but We have only heresay evidence
concerning II.
her"srne 10 The best anii,iote for Sc
we're burn Or srald. lmmerse The injured
part N c"ld water Tor moment; dry with
? suit cloth. taking care not to rab al all.
Then battle In kerosene. and the terrible
pain soon ceases. We knnw Of a litle
child Who pul his foot and leg into pail
oi nearly b,iIing mater. The aheye rene
dy Mas applied. aud in lev minutes the
ch,ld's SCREAMS ceased. We know MT &c
the philosophy ni the matter, but we da
know that u u the moa sliicacinus remedy
Tor severe burns Or scaids in the maieria
medlca.
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HOW TO CURE A HUSBAND.

A woman, whom her husband nseJ lre-
quently 20 @old. went TO cunning man 10
inquire hnw she might cure him III his har-
baritv. The sagacious sruihsayer heard
her complaint aud after pronour cling SINE
hard words, and using various geticula-
tians, while he filed a vial with colered IL
quid, desired her. whenever her husband
was In passion. 10 take mnnihful of the
iiqu"r and keep il in her mouth for five
minutes. The weman. 50 ospinysd at o
simple arsmesiy, strictly followed the coun-
sci which was given her, and BY her silence
escaped The usual annoyance. The cam
tents II the ,battle being al last expended.
she returned 10 the cunning man anxiausly
begging 20 have another II The same virtue.
Daughter" said the man, "ihere was noih-
ing IN The bottle bur brawa sugar and va
Ter. When Jour husband IN in O passisn
hold YOUR tongue. and my life. on il. he,
will not scald YOU"
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1869-04-28

Was struck with carving .knile BIZ some
one IN the crowd. and cut in IIle right side,
right under the ialssAfib xl1 n<ar the liver.
Officers Stiles and Wilkia1sh, Nearing the
noise. az once entered the ssIoaa, and az.
rested Ehl--ihe other psrticipaDts in the
melee having escaPed--and took Kim 10 the
Thlrd.street slaiion.house. where charge.
Of assault and battery was preferred against
him. AZ midnight lIsrmrr was lying 10 /
very critical couditipn. and Is not expected
% recover. No cIew iss been obtained
relative to the whereabouts Of esther
WhlPPle Or Rapp, the two principal Anifsn-
ders. 4 ss8s s.Is
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1869-04-28

CuLoRED MES IN OrrrcE General Grant,
since his inauguration as President. has
made The following appointments ef color-
ed men: Postmaster Mt Columbia. s. c.,
worth $4,000 year; assessnr Of the 6rst
district of Louisiana, ~arth 81, 200 year;
fwo justices oil the peace in The District ot
Columbia, worth 81 1000 q wear each; minis-
ter 10 Hsyti, worth $4,000 year; minis
ter and consul to. Liberia, worth $1,000 q
year.