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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-08

es4u we are favored With an abstract
of his report for 1869, from which We |
CLEAN the following important items
Value Of Lots, s1,015,791
NO. OF Horses, 331
Val. Of Horses, s22,555
NO. Mules and Asses, 34I
Value 90 do $2,755
NO. OF Cattle, 271
value 40 $4,245
no: OF Swine, 249
valae do 1852
Val. OF Mdse, on hand, $362, 46O
Val. OF Mntctrs, on hand, 29,31O
NO. o. Vehicles, 227
Val. do $14,540
Moneys and Credits, $l79,794
Value of Furniture, $34,1O5
do Corporation stocks, S63,575
Other taxable property, $3O,8S9
Total personal property, $743,735
DO value OF all property, $1,759,526
NO. lbs OF grapes raised, 5000
honey I" 200
butter Z" GOO
i" " wool shorn 200
Val. Of Mnfctrs for 1868, S532.8oO
No. of dwellings,, 878
families, 900
g white males, $3.50
"A" females 2,247
Total whites 1857
No. colored males, 20
do females, so
Total colorcd, 100
Population, 5,O57
No. Of voters, 1899
" foreigners not naturalized 80
OF militia 96l
q of grape vines 872
OF Dorgs, 226
value OF do 10000
No. OF mich cows, 255
The most important items in the
above schedule, are the realty and
population. Owing to the pernicious
conventionality now in vogue, by
which town and country real estate
is assessed at nominal value, we
presume the above figure Of 81, o15.791
represents about one third the real
value Of our city lots, with improve.
inents on them, which should be put
down as approximating $4,000, UOO.-
We suppose the cash value of the
personally, valued by the assessor at
s743,735, would readily enough bring
Sl,o00,o0O at sale.
s532,SO is pretty respectable
showingfo for hemanufactures of 1868,
in view of the provisions of the in.
tornal revenue law, and will quite
likely reach 100000 for 1869,
which will do for city in its bib and
tucker.
Our city limits exclude many Of
our additions, such as portion of
Joppa, collars, Mast's, Devin's; all
of Burtondale, or Oak Ridge con-
siderable portion of Norris's, Wen
dell, Harmony and Abraham's, and
Blake's additions; so that the popu-
lation of the city ought to be put
down at 5000 at least, instead OF
5,057 Of course it can be readily I'm.
derstood that this exclusion greatly
lessons the estimated value of our
real and personal property.
II our capitalists will only sell
their property at purchaseable prices,
or build houses on them themselves,
70 accommodate the people enticed
hithe.ward BY our great natural and
artificial advantages, next year we
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NEW YORK MARKET.

New York, April 6.
Flour super 6,ae,60 extra 7,2Oa8, 90
Wheat dull, No. 2, spring 1,37a3S
Rye II, 40.
Oats " for western.
Corn new mixed 83a9.
Pork firm, new mess 1875.
Beef unchanged.
Bacon at full prices.
Cut meats firm, no change.
Lard ct 18a18s.
Coffee dull.
Sugar, Cuba 12ta15a; Havana 133
Molasses, N. O. 81, Cuba 30, Porto
Rico 60.
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Notice in Bankruptcy.

In the District Court Of the United Statea
for the District of iowa, In Bankruptcy
In the matter Of Thomas Sinnamon
bankrupt, at Keokuk, In said district,
on the 9th day of February A d 1869
U s A District of Iowa.
This is to give notice that q petition has
been, to-wit: ON the27th day Of February
1869, fled in said District Court, by Thorn.
as Sinnamon, Of Ottumwa. Wapello Co.,
in said district, who has been heretofore
duly declared bankrupt under an act OF
Congress entitled '.An act TO estAblish q
uniform system Of bankruptcy through
out the United States," approved March
I'd, 1867, for . discharge and certificate
from all his debts and other claims prov.
able under said set, and that the lat day
of April A d 1869, at 10 O'Clock . M, Is
the time assigned for the hearing of the
same before said court, in tho city of Keo-
kuk, Lee County, Iowa, in said District,
when and where all creditors Of said
bank rupt and other persons in interest
may attend and show cause, II any they
have, why the prayer Of said petitioner
should not be granted.
And further notice is hereby given that
the I'd and Sd meetings of creditors requir.
ed under the 9th and 28th sections OF
said act, will be held at the Office Of Dan'l5
Anderson, Register in Bankruptcy. 1T Al
bia Monroe County, Iowa, on the 3lst day
Of March A D. 1859, alto O'clock m.
81. X. LOVE, Clerk
u. s. Dist. Court for Iowa.
march II 80 wat.
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united states internal Rev. Notioe.

The undersigned Assessor ofthe 4th Dis.
trict of Iowa, hereby gives notice to whom
it may con Germ, in pursuance of Sec. 10 OF
the 'act to provide Internal Revenue, to
support the Government, to pay interest
on the public debt and for other purposes,'
that appeals in writing will be received
and determined relative to any erroneous
or enumerations returned BY r. II. War.
den Assistant Assessor in the Annual list
for Wapello County, in said District. ut
clock m. at which time and placesaid list
will be open for the inspection Of all per-
sons who may apply for that purpose.
Dated at Toledo, Tama County, State Of
Iowa. March LIST, A D,1s60.
JOHN CONNELL,
Assessor Of the 4th District OF Iowa. y
march IL $50 w.t..
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-"sooo AsSA''S w ALL al EN-
no humbng,-of the best aud la
test styles, is now opened to the pub
lie, at unusually low prices. Call
early, and make your selections, 1t
Taylor, Blake L Cos.
ORNAMENTYoUR HOMES and
parlors with beautiful paintings,
chromos, &C., while you can buy at
half price, at Taylor. Blake l. Cos.
APPLICANTS FOR MArRIMO.
ny, and all others interested, take
notice: fashionable wedding cards,
envelopes, and the requisite gilt edged
stationery, can be had in any quanti-
ty at Taylor, Blake l. Co.'S.
SABBATH SCHOOLS should ex.
anime the immense stock of Sunday
School Books, rewards, and singing
books, just received, and for sale low.
er than can be had from any other
market, at Taylor, Blake l. Co.'S.
ANY ONE IN WANT Of School
books, miscellaneous books, blank
books. paper and paper goods Of any
and all kinds, envelopes, sheet music,
&C., &C., should call at Taylor, Blake
l. Co.'S.
CLOTH CURTAINS, numerous
styles; Paper curtains, choice solec.
tions-reduced prices,-at Taylor
Blake 4 Coz.
SHOULD ANYTHING IN THE
fancy line be wanted, for presents, for
the toilette OF . nice fan, remember
the place to bay it is al Taylor,
Blake 4 Co.'S.
GOLDPENS, DIAMOND pointed.
Of the very best manufacture, war.
ranted to give satisfaction. Also.
Faber's, and Gold pencils, all colors
and kinds, are kept in quantities, Ut
Taylor, Blake l. Cos.
LONDON RQRTER, good and re.
liable, and essence Jamaica Ginger,
for sale at Taylor, Blake l. Co.'S.
TAYLOR, BLAKE l. CO., the
oldest Drug and Book house in the
city, take the lead in pure drugs, pure
wines and liquors, for medicinal pur.
poses; and patent medicine. And
their stock embraces as complete an
assortment of everything in their
line as can be found anywherc.-
Their prices are as low as the lowest.
Please take notice and govern your
selves accordingly.
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At Taylor, Blake & Co.'S

$4,000 ROLLS OF WALL PAPER
no humbng,-ot the best aud la
test styles, is now opened to the pub
lie, at unusually low prices. Call
early, and make your selections, 1t
Taylor, Blake L Cos.
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OTTUMWA.

Through the politeness of our very
efficient City Assessor, John Coyan
esq, we are favored with an abstrac,
of his report for 1869, from which VIC
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Administrators Notice.

ST. LOUIS COLUMN.
Under this head may be found the bust
ness cards of some of the very best Hous-
es in st. Louis. They are composed of
reliable men, of enterprise, and large cap
ital, and offer superior Inducements to the
trade of Southern Iowa.
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ORNAMENTYOUR HOMES and
parlors with beautiful paintings,
chromos, &C., while you can buy at
half price, at Taylor. Blake l. Cos.

APPLICANTS FOR MACRIMO.
ny, and all others interested, take
notice: fashionable wedding cards,
envelopes, and the requisite gilt edged
stationery, can be had in any quanti-
ty at Taylor, Blake & Co.'S.
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HE WEEKLY COURIER
lspended,

oTTUNwA, 10Y 1880
THURSDAY, APE
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Crane Vines.

No. l Concord Grape Roots for sale at
prices that will suit the times. Agent at
Ottumwa, W. G. Lane on Court street and
Thomas q Holbrook on Front st., or at
my residence "a miles N. w. of Agency.
MARTIN ISRAEL.
April 18th 80 6&wlm.
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SABBATH SCHOOLS should ex.
anime the immense stock of SUNDAY
School Books, rewards, and singing
books, just received, and for sale low.
er than can be had from any other
market, at Taylor, Blake l. Co.'S.
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One hundred and twenty acres, miles
South OF Ottumwa, IS acres in cultivation:
800 apple trees and other fruit trees. Good
log house and stable. Cheap at SO per
acre.
, 1869-06-11
FILTRATION MADE EASY.
(Eraminer and London Rerse,

Examiner and London RerieU.)
A very important decision was recorded
on Monday in the Bail Court. In a suit
for breach of promise of marriage the
Judge ruled that a wife was not Unnecessary
for a infants" and as the gentleman who
had got himself into trouble was not
yet of age, the jury nonsuited the young
person whose affections had been trihed
with. This practically means that if you
are a male, and under twenty-one years
of age, you can do as you like in the mat
ter of Irritation. To some people it may
seem hard that the privilege of running
, 1869-06-11

down the trunk and moistened the soil
around the roots of the tree. In two pla-
ces, several trees had each furnished a
small stream of water, and these, uniting,
had run upon the road so that travellers
had to pass through the mud although,
as | said, everywhere else the ground was
perfectly dry. Moreover, the collected
moisture was not sufficient to drop directly
from the leaves, but in every case it ran
down the branches and trunk to the ground.
Further on we found a grove and at the
foot of each tree, on the north side, was a
lump of ice, the water having frozen as it
reached the ground. This is a.most strik-
ing illustration of the acknowledged in
fuence of trees IN collecting moisture; and
one cannot for a moment doubt, that the
parched regions which commence at Sivas,
and extend in one direction to the Persian
gulf, and in another to the Red sea, were
once a fertile garden, teeming with a pros
porous population, before the forests which
covered the hillsides were cut dowm-before
the cedar and the fir tree were rooted up
from the sides of Lebanon.
Coultas thus argues "The ocean, winds
and woods may be regarded as the several
parts of a grand distillatory apparatus.
The sea is the boiler in which vapor is
raised by the solar heat, the winds are the
guiding tubes which carry the vapor with
them to the forests where a looOer tempera-
ture prevails. This naturally condenses
the vapor, and showers of rain are thus
distilled from the cloud masses which float
in the atmosphere, by the woods beneath
them. ("what may be learned from a tree
p. 117).
Babinet, in one Of his lectures (Etudes
ct lectures ~. p. 114) cites the supposed
fact of the increase of rain in Egypt in
consequence Of the planting of trees, and
thus remarks upon it: GA few years ago it
never rained in lower Egypt. The constant
north winds, which almost exclusively pre-
vail there, passed without obstruction over
a surface bare of vegetation. Grain was
kept on the roofs in Alexandria, without
being covered or otherwise protected from
injury by the atmosphere but since the
making of plantations, an obstacle has been
created which retards the current of air
from the north. The air thus checked,
accumulates, dlates, cools and yields rain
again. The narratives of travellers show
the deplorable consequences of telling the
woods in the Island of Trinidad, Martinique,
San Domingo and indeed, in almost the
entire West Indian group.
H.
, 1869-06-11
5 3. o & o TX S.

oAOAAu
be confined TO boys who do not know pro-
perly how to avail themselves Of it. A
man who is over twenty-one is likely to
be a fool but a man who is under twenty
one is certain to be a fool; and it is for
the edlicatIon and enjoyment Of such
yonng idiots that this announcement has
gone torth-to the end that they may
commit what havoc they please among
such OF their girlish acquaintance as
happen 10 have a heart left. They are
wholly irresponsible. They are merely
infants. Whether it is jewellery or affec-
ton they secure, there are no means of
compelling them to make restitution or
compensation. Armed with this warrant,
the boy OF nineteen or twenty my wander
from house to house, from party to party,
running Up such bills of filtration as he
knows he never will pay, and perhaps
consoIing himself that the chances are
greatly against his being the only debtor
Of those fair creditors. He knows that
both his jeWeller and his sweetheart have
) been practising their respective vocations
for some considerable time; that he is not
their only customer; and that they ought
to have, If they have not, plenty of ex-
perlence In dealing with recusant young
men. Of the two we consider the ieweller
the more hardly entreated, as we'll as
likely to be the less cautious. He parts
with his means of earning a livelihood to
this legalized robber; while the girl, beside
the fact that sh< has probably her eyes
pretty we'll open, Is only having further
opportunity of practice in that art which
she makes her chief amusement, and upon
which she may have 10 depend for her
settlement in life. There is great virtue
10 o verdict; and we have no doubt ad-
vantage will be taken of this decision,
which renders one of The most dangerous
pleasures of young manhood safe and
comfortable.
But if Irritation may become penal in
Its consequences when a young man
reaches the age of twenty-one. at what
age in a girls life is she supposed TO be-
come amenable to the law ? AS a rule,
she begins her career five years before
him. One meets weIl-developed hirts of
sixteen, who are already able-to quote
Alfred de Musset's kindly railery-
"Sans peur nj piti6, sans choix nj mystere,
A toute la terre
Faire les yeux deux.''
At present custom renders them ire
sponslble all their life long. Men fear
the ridlcule of suing a girl for breach of
promise OF marriage. Public opinion is
lax upon the point of a girls INCONSISTENCY,
although, as we endeavoured to point out
last week, there is something thoroughly
illogical in the notion that either a man
or a woman shoWid be fined in certain
damages when his or her love has cooled
down, and rendered the ARRANGED marriaoa
, 1869-06-11

IL is vel amusing, when one mas got some
distance beyond the crisis Of twenty-one,
TO watch those gentle beings, who are
such objects of terror at one period of
life, exhibit their featS of love-legerde-
main. They will blow soap-bubbles of
affection into the air so beautifully col
cured that you will scarcely be able to
see that they are empty. They will put
the tralI rose-leaf of an engagement in
the palm of their hand, and puff it away
with the most charming air in the word.
Watching this interesting work, one begins
to forget that one of its results is the pro-
ductlon OF an immense number of Rollas,
Werthers, and Giaours. Every little en-
gagement that is blown into the air adds
another Byronic and discontinued young
man to the list of somebody's acquain-
lance. These persons, who would be
Laras, or Manfreds or Conrads, if society
did not command them to shave and wear
"a shlrt-collar, are most disagreeable COM
panlonS, and they are most numerous
after a long London season. 1t is dam
cling, talking, the making Of eyes, and
similar little amusements which create
them; and towards the end of the season
they are SO thick as to be troublesome.
But, singuIarly enough, fresh air kills
them The great autumn holiday, which
is so general in England, removes from
amongst Us an incalculable amount of
Wertherism. A reflective man ought to
note down in a book his impressions of
his young-gentleman friends as he bids
them goodbye upon their journey to
Norway, or Scotland, or the Schwarzwald,
or Spain and then; when they'return,
mark the difference in their tone and man
ner. There is not the least touch of
Byronic spleen about them. Conrad
hears without dismay-nay, with absolute
indifference-that the particular young
gentle-woman who, some few months
before. had been twirling him round her
little finger, is engaged 10 another of the
many men on whom she then smiled /; and
perhaps he only asks how long you ex-
pect her to be engaged to that one. He
has lost little by that bygone experience;
but she has gained something. She will
use the sentimental education she then
acquired to aid the expressiveness of her
singing; and she will sing of cher love,
and her long-lost love, and her love who
loved her So" in order to fascinate the
three remaining suitors who are waiting
to be engaged in turn.
AS the matter stands, gentlemen Under
twenty-one are likely to be put in the
position of younger sons, who, as we
know, walk about in society with the
brand of Cain on their forehead. They
may be used by adolescent hirts as whet-
stones on which to sharpen the edge of
their destinations; but they will not be
considered worth a serious effort
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ImDOrtant to the Ladies'.

When a female is in troubl- or attic. ed with dis
ease, and require medical O surgical Attendance
toe enquiry ouid be, Wiiert is there ph, scian
who is fully competent t. a !m3nisrer rel-f and
whose respectable standing in ,"ciet, recommends
aim to til. conf enc Of The community? The Doc
..r. understanding b " in.rer.iise, necessary
nese requirements are. fee "a led upon to int.
yose and b calling the attention of the afflicted
Lt..e fact that h, has been a prufe SO, of 0bste
Tics and Female Biaease- f,r TWENTY YEARS and
fully qualified to minister in all ca-es both
iuedicallV and snrgica,ly, nof in a nperfcd man
ner but in as tn r ug b manne a. Years If study
and dpractice-both in hospitals and private fam-
lies-caA max. save hem from the hands of the
unqualified, interruptions. and designing. There
.t,s ctl re IS lppa him - upon a f,ther
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All in affliction can find in him one who fee
and simpathize with, an befriend them in trouble
-une in whose secrecy the utmost confidence car
| be placed Consultation by Letter or Otherwise
FREE. Seeaddres- below.
The ebrare ed Fe IN a lie IL e IN edtes.
Compounded from the private prescriptions of DR.
fonng, have now obtained a most extended popI
| iarity, and are correctly viewed to be the safest
and surest remedies for the com lants for which
they are applied. The constantly accruing testi-
| monals of their efficacy declared them to be pre-
-mnently superior to their action.
No laiy should be without these RenovatIng
Agents. None genuine unless procured at this
office. Sent by mail or Express to any part Of the
State.
GREAT FEMALE MEDICINE.
TIE Greatest Discovery Of this or any 0ther Age.
Prentive Powders for Married Ladies.
These powders will be found of essential value to
Those whose mein-. health, or other clrcumstan-
ces do not permit them to increuse the number of
Their family without Inconvenience. suffering. and
perhaps risk of life This preparation is new. safe,
infali be. convenient and simple. and cannot in
Iure the health of the most dellcaEe 1t cur tails
no privileges, but gives strength and vigor. Nor
ally Con idered it is IF the high-s; utility and
tanned by Ihe soundest principles f prnden and
virtue. Their use should be avoided at certain
times Price $40 box Sent To any part If the
cast perfectly safe from suspicion
Remit the amount hv Mail or Express addressed
70 BENZ + iOSEELYN NJ. b
e z . IN Q n h111 n ar.
Or, FEMALE MONTHLY PILL.
These Pills ara nov acknrwledged BY the Nefi-
ca! fraternity TO be the only safe mild and eff
cacl"us 'emedy 20 be depended on in long auding
Cases suppression. irregularitv. r stopping ot
tn functions of nature the neglect Of which is
the source OF such deplorabIe effects thr female
frame. In no case -huud these Pills be ken
when the patient has n I, believe she is
ENcIE TIE. Price s.. Remit the amount as above,
AM they VIII he 'orwarded with f.ll directions FIR
Use. CURED AT HOME.
Patients residing in anv part Of the State how
ever distant whn may d d'sire medical ADVICE on
their respective cases and VIII think PROPER sub
mt written statement " such in prefer ence, to
holding persona interview are assured that their
--""irati"ns vii be held most sncr-d.
-, .-:ters ani Licney "us be- addressed
BENZ. +. pSSELYN. VI. D. Tstamp
6lS SHcrlme mento street
between Mon Gomery nj Kearuey
oP San Francisco Cal.
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l has enjoyed on this Iast an uninterrupted
success of eighteen years and has become one of
the most celebrated Institutes of the age.
The great number actually received and cured.
place il puI & Of number f patients among the
first of the world and the success OF its treat
nr,i T.,
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MEXICO.

Arrest Of \ Bandit Chief-Conspiracy % Rel
the Maxatlan Mint-Grcat Floods In sina-
I0a-Wholc Villages Swept Away-Destrue-
ton Of Life and Property.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8, 1859.
The steamship John L. Stephens has arrived from
Mazatlan, with advices to January 81, and brings
III, 900 Mexican dollars.
General Gutierrez. bandit has been captured and
Imprisoned while waiting for the train at Durango.
He ia charged with committing number Of high
way robberies. Two 01Acers supposed to be his ac-
completes have been arrested at MazaIlan, and
$1,000 In coin and quantity Of valuable jewelry was
recovered
A conspiracy to rob the mint at Mazatlan, contain
ing $780, O0, was frustrated BY the authorities.
Heavy rains had prevailed throughout the State or
SinaOa. The rivers overi0wed and inundated the
country destroying several villages entirely and ex
tensivey damaging many others. The loss OF life Is
unknown, but Is feared to be very great. OF one
family not one escaped. The people sought the high
lands and tree tops for safety and MANY were res
cued by boats. fund for the immediate relief OF
the unfOrtunates has been subscribed. Great suffer-
Ing must result to the poorer classes account OF
the destruction OF the new crops and the consequent
high prices OF food.
the ranches swept away in sandy places have
been replaced.
In the port Of Mazatlan are the United States steam
ers M0hOngO and Resaca. the British bark Storm Tide
and the American ship California.
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EUROPEAN MARKETS.

LONDON MONEY MARKET.-LoNDoS, Feb $3.50 r.
M.-Uonsos closed at p3k for money and 93k for
the account United states nve-twenties quiet and
steady at 76%. Railway stocks closed steady. Erie
Great Western, l0t.
PARIS BouRsE-PARIs, Feb. s.-Bourse-Rentes,
III. lie.
IdvRRpooL COTTON MARKEr-LrvERPooI, Feb. g.
4:3O r. M--The market closed quiet at the following
quotations. Midding uplands on spot, 12Ad.
orleans, 1216d. l2hd. The sales OF the day foot
up $4,000 bales.
HAvRE CorToN MARKET.-T1AvRn, Feb. s-Even-
inp-The cotton market closed easier, ut ll2f. for
tres ordinaire the spot and 1l4f for low mdding
20 arrive.
LIVERPOOL PROVISIONS, BRnADsTUFFs AND Pro-
ptrrr MABKKr-LIyrRpooI, Feb. s--Evening.
markets closet UNCHANGED IN tone and quotations
LoNDoN PRODUCE MARKET.-LoNDoN, Feb. g.
S:30 r. M-Talow has advanced I'd. and IL quoted
at 46s 3D. per ewt for r. Y. U. Lnseed oil closed u
eos per tom Calcutta linseed $751; 6ss %. per cwt
Other articles unchanged.