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New-York tribune., 1869-02-27
EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENA.

| ID The London correspondent of The New- York
bes falatcs the fOlOwihg story Of Strange phenOheha
~ spirltuqlism 80 a. ,,oit,i.,,,,, ,.,i,,otJof q,
m baaI Iser of soae sy and scientific we'll
Ies eputau9n aud s9sHa ~ SaYs ms an aG
RI Hb me Mhcis have Witnessed by hhndred or
iedre noblemen aud literary apa seent,le
In PIRned. perhaps, iiVr cehtures. fning over the
psla aIfestatqas,i such as tho rssing ot heavy
b. t ;iotp tsH6,IS Nh gess soine to tRree Gr fe,r
6Istine the testimony 10 wlnch is yer
e9t S sSss TSt a n sSss sSsgs NJ s W
ne6iHdeatisHy gven me- DOT only btleffs to the
III eSt teelesof r0hcs And suce;y bht are men emit
tIy;capablc OF ftrmhs cOrreet tydgtneft THESE,
then afe the facts related In several ihstnee the body
oI hp aotpe has been elongated W neasnreuett upoh
ND wan ana lying on ve doc ~ the extent Of eight or
bio ibcles and tles9 shb tened sOch aking care
fully hieasartlatSaes Of a foot ana half fie has
bc9nnt maent tipes sised ntothe AIR from the hight
q four itettG that 81 higher ssihns ard carried round
the eSas of asstrng themselves that deception was
possfie he wks carried horzontally QUE ef %lnicw
Is as,ss wl6lGti c sn6ner roJi some 50 less distsSt
beer cttted through the air 4efeet OF more fon
Irk ksIlve FSGhf heeI nfc held II M his hand and
nd nm The hands of der persons, without even tile
th.ans MI iieiiiaut showed me whsry Ills own aager
bad Becs b,nned IN testing the reality OF this naffes
large csl are ,nd NY his faeeSpon tho white h6tSos
hUnt even sgng his har or beard As tis IS pretty
70 spred, ,i te Sis foly%ss yoh M nj. nna
mo well ttJr6f me JoopataAis wife, Mrs.
hs ilr ~ ven kdown as writer and has lately re.
leUsi oh pension from the Queen.9Vt ih 10 .I1'
bdi Snl o'''syD No Is AsntsrPLAcs, ylstasast, sw.
sfe Without etpalAuou counent On the zI 81
Qecs,tr eas Sgug h nss other persons my tsNng room
bsfht soek thence lump
,t the taheI aud placed n heAA
Not ia satrA lid ,utsin any sf Tse coal sa'n.
nSoS % IVme hrs hsA 10 asd plssslit IN
t ilfs laJ s4t sry her spd hs arwari psed n .be
; @ sSi is sS.sss' , !,Iss lisS; @ '
llIns editor adds tbs. following note Al the Confer
was prSsentn this oecsiop, puhply stated tho acts
here gysp py Mr., H aud added several Inst anees q
had a9Y been seen recently, at dersn times by mere
than nay ypsIspls ~ the metropolsand W ne'ghpoF
may sld that know Mr JenekIp, and that hs y.
geten Oi high seepuBc seqrirauiepts as well - sor
ct,i positop aud should say way 70 be trusted
New-York tribune., 1869-02-27

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open to the waist tn 'front.' Sash of&h satn nsS
wbrujy velSet Hesd4iress; ptg OF Tinse oohee anu
rpapd s velvet alnas1dk k ess Y,
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TSya,enop bonnet Is disappe the ia.
asn fapor n9nth ny month"; Inc mdnsi,e III f5en y,
tblnok aeel With An dioree or brSghteo4efea fo~ers IS
such an elegant and at the time becoming eo.gue
foccrfdn Styles Of auty, that H great favor
used tho same 10 ast moo ri 9ca ae
The trImlDiil ~ too are QEe feathers ana
sS~s sSnS & a iSs a Ssass Fs our fsasrs
thepear dadene or phk satin 6oailo,s, large ful-
pesfb If buds rolling rSaSd te thflo and
New-York tribune., 1869-02-27
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ber The Admiral eo,hmapdiur 0npAsic saubtlrob 10
ceiTed dnforuation Ihar ynerohant C, oltl
had put into HaRodad undefSefy i,eefrP efr6asfaf-
ces nc was isnlposed snsGYs. pirate, sallng ader
AMERICAN col0rss lie AdmiIsl acc0rdtaey dirtnd Tho
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New-York tribune., 1869-02-27
STORMS

TO ths qEditoryOf gAe TrissnsasisI .rs .,i w
93 aI SIM In ftS Toaaoa 1Snss Of Dec % appeared.
an editorial on ef s'ernsIp saisa
a. sad that this science Is just where t was 10 m'
earliest ages and ia fact Is no sc'eace at al;Y ana
"tbat the subject demands attention and VIII DC rs
to-" Tnroagh yopf Journal desire 70 oler p,,
has sn published r hundreds Of newspapers but pe.es
IN your. TO any knosiedgea Besties t 10 sofe n ~
Changed by ndirg Faeof epsi, which MAJ , q tbs
attract ore attention N this !oiA sskss w Sorh.
season. of storms aud floods, especially n ,k dnriuE
though ram storms and Hoods come az ~ he whole
year AT the South Such rood as swept oua ga
Ist year, and recently several ciues ia , ~, s,,ale
which frequently occur IN all the States eouu oo
50 ms 10 give the inhabitants ,cdrnl1 an ne fty
many lives and groparg se Nave never
had any doubt, especially nee IL hes 6se y sSt s 10
acssa Dy S pgScSSss tsaHtE His 10 the MasSs
sctts NeYorS Pennsylvania uhis aaa ,t ,sss
Sns tst isoine one viii test H. ffssu npeneo
i,neS "a All the others IN tinio TOR ta s a.
vsss Sanss' &c. III A. wAfsoS No bSs iwci'" io1 70
lf.4U
New-York tribune., 1869-02-27
n.Ilrr rIssrR,xrR4I.AReE eoLLcY.

10 MfI IAdFIordoF IHfI I'FU"H go" 4n.- . 'U'.
Sir; Anattitle in your issue OF the. llth inst,
retrt TO youg gentleman ~ ttfs cy having insured
spIt Wheotlfs hiriy he thGlargest slngle
pftfu, ifni itly NOV tr largest TRANSACTION wen
Known banker recently Effected an insurance on ms Ire
4 nJhr,as , sssle M ~ different tohipaiies for the
rreeiie sum OF s9O0e6o Amount OF ycary preplun
sSq i Go Ts il sbel1yed Ne the largest transaction
on f,S6fd M tls or any other cotIhry Respectfully
II NtHy YORK; Fee.2f 1859, 'l 5fr - la M, 'fAVfS'g
New-York tribune., 1869-02-27

just cOmpleedis 1oeyouinc novel 1t was tommeneM
r. Wagon Box.d MAGI Fsf@ aAIstdrShli wero
te four leading bellies at squaw ba Fort Benton
Ffwsgesrs nigftgIo- Tssyaz 10 aaroiaiw
iaa Two aSoathefnersHis Hisiffi WiinfHgton, NotA
Carolina fought duel with small swords last M6nday
To quarrel arose @ about ti dollar
r. a tthfee7Yheeled yelocipede has appeared On.
Bfoadsfp fn Neyark, prppelled bY Genilelran aud
GUIDED by ySqnlg lsdy vho occupies aeat p 'front.'
lIWrr F,l Russell. mail oreute agent betweeus =,
Concord and Portspepth Demoerat, appoistsd as1sr ~
poltiga pressure o. year ago. has been removed and
William Conn ReppPlican appointed il bis place,
III Two Tupkso were recently saffocated in nevsr1
Turkish bath at stambou The bath had bfea heae1 q.
some time and the victims fell ssIesn ooae o them n,
feveragoke Fhs othsS yaa roused, bat dsd IN mol
Gdi benreosb yliaTGq nsod ed II sfsy wf isr
An assemblagel of citizens in Dubudue Iowano
headed bS the municipal autlortepjss they fondly
believed hemseiyesa lately broken up and dryee
from the ground bye crowd Of boys armed only with 81
snoy,hsls' 9di tgdt gl.Gl ylGosiu .ssssglt3A -ts1
ID Lumber is the name of the fastest trotter
IN Michigan. His sire, Ericssoon has been owned4
that state. but returns to- Kentucky whefehe
bFn9 Ericsson 10 Ourtin descent frcm the great ne
ported Messenger3i soroL I'D % Of si3sm8i ,.l
p The Louisiana House of Representatives has
passed Cigit Rights bill which prohibits cemmon
90 sconu, ~ race or color n, the tyeatn,ent of
passengers guests snB sd vona g9Ii aJ.moa 70 os
/, Tyts aMen,plHs AUalaachs does not enjoye A lo
fsesbu for en scbenek The editor saws that
{be whole of ,s facps combination Of the ,o
repusye features Of the spotted toad ard the sharper
outline Of the serpept.v ~ ..,f ui,, i. ba ,,.,n
III y...u,,o p.1.,.,,
= ,o 'o""'o'p oa uonali
y @ ~. w N'Ao e.o - "
'ee'' Meefh eonse qse"e oi .nc y "nn mas AresaS-
anu 'e 'ue oobses 80
TO aSt derntsy On hs4f .hs cohsenoi 81
callea LOT tne 55'a ~ w oepos'poned'o some
future gay ySt y w. vi efpref
confidence In the nnal success oi elf plan Tor recoi
| structing Virginia. ,' ~ ~ Il.
II E871Ol flICV Dgllaui gnI0t bdI iHf sLhn, 9 q
T.. Tie English papers announce the death OF ao
~ y ~ H. hos haen nrononrces bv drau.,,.
fpoefbt Airts5 = 4"s ~ rrarsr, 80 %
critics OF the best actors OF the present century
hans The most natural actor that ever tfcd the stage
10y 49, a., ,I6 IA after acting hor soue ti t'
heeey was porn III a'sS, su 49,. - S' "io
Ia the PROVINCES In 1873 ne ade ms nrst appearance on
New-York tribune., 1869-02-27

edt s,yiesaisai l0gn oAal or ssogl ,.@s :, IA
olqosq eaj 10 llnast 81 ~, ,a,'5I ssil h iissl
New-York tribune., 1869-02-27
y Henry Clay Dean, in a letter 70 stilson

9l Henry Clay Deang in letter to StilsOn
Huchiss, says Democratic societies are organized IN
several Of the Eastern states and also In the Middle and
Western States understand that the members Of these
societies. pedee theuselFes 70 vote for no man, for ay
ton OF the present Reyenue system and who "a net also
IN favor Of epdatihg Tie entire War Debt Of the United
states except tbe PENSIONS and bounty das hesoldiers
os the United Bstes and the support OF the Con.
federate soers who served in the ranks of that army
Theres Demoefscy for you pare ana simple. HrI
,,d Mr.. Gerhard, Dem. has been reelected Mayor
OF Reading, Pepn., BY iel majority, n h. ~, d Jo ~, g
New-York tribune., 1869-02-27
GENERAL NOTES.

Every Rebel paper in Texas is now arrayea
against the pssposed constitution Of West Tc1as : \
The Catholic Bishop of Baltimore adds NJ.
Ytess tethat q Bishop Coke. AGAINST ante-naaI lDfan
& The 81, Pasl> Press calls the Chicago sorosia
Convenhonthe GRIND Tournament of tho Knights ~
the Carter"
New-York tribune., 1869-02-27

A noted japanese author, Kjoyte ,Bykn A,ss
just complctedis 1beYoiuic ifovef was t6mmeo,T
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11
THE WEEKLY COURIER
q Is (. n II. HEph5GK, HAMIETS,s. }EDrro@ns. RS
Gold Declines.

Tho fall in gold at this time seems
to Indicate to our minds one fact,
viz: that it has been kept up, and in
very fluctuating condition by the
speculations therein of the Bulls and
Bears Of Wall street. just now they
are badly crippled, and in no condi-
ton TO check this downward tenden-
cy Of the precious metal. And let it
be remembered too, that this decline
is right at the time when Eastern
capital is called for, and is being dis
tributed throughout the great Wost
to move to the heseaboard, the meatpro-
duct Of the West. 1t would secm
that it is not impossible that gold
will continue to drop untilit reaches
as low as 1,15, if the disgraceful
gambling Ring on Wall st., can be
kept quiet. The government hav-
ing once measured its powers with
them and placed them Hors de combat,
we think that they will be inclined
to be more chary hereafter. The. 80
Millions of Gold in the q. s. Treasury
is q power almost if not quite suAi-
cient at the proper time to resume
specie payment upon; at all events it
is sufficient to keep in check the in
ordinate upward tendency Of gold
and which. we believe thegovernment
means to do, and to pave the way at
no distant day, for putting q green
back dollar on par with the gold
dollar. ss4
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11
The Registry Law.

The Registry Law is being dis
cussed by some of the papers Of the
State. One or two advocate the re-
peal Of the law which has been in op.
Grafton only two years. Others ia
vor its retention, with such modifi-
cations as experience has shown to
be needful.
With this latter view we agree
The law in the main, is a good one.
Tho affidavit feature is liable to
abuse, and it should be amended
In New York, where a registry law
has becn in operation for years, it
has been found expedient to abolish
this feature in the cities, and permit
none to vote, excepting those who
appear personally before the Board
Of Registration, and have their names
entered on the lists. The registra-
tion closes on the Saturday evening
previous to the election. In the
country, registration closes on Fri
day evening, and those not register
ing may vote by affidavit.
Some modification of this kind,
would doubtless be applicable in this
State, and serve to obvlate the prin-
cipal objection to the law as it now
stands. IT could not be expected that
the registry system could be intro
duced without some friction. Tho
wonder is that complaints have not
been louder and more numerous
Tho worst is over, however. The
system is fairly inaugurated, and
with suitable notifications, will be
acceptable to all intelligent and fair
minded persons. We think the pre-
dominant sentiment of the people is
in favor of the law, amending it
whore necessary, but not destroying
so valuable an adjunct to the purity
of the ballo.-bo Let us continue
the law, and make it as perfect and
unoljectionable as possible. II re-
pealed now, We may rest stassured tha,
it would soon be re-enacted. In the
larger cities of the State, there is ev
cry year growing necessity for such
l a law.-(Saturday's) Harkeye.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11
Child Theft.

A distressing story OF a servants
revenge" comes from quiet part of
Berkshire, England. Lieutenant
Colonel Hickie had nurse in his
family named Elizabeth Barry. She
was discharged from his service and
threatened to have her revenge. Ono
day during the absence of Colonel
Hickie snd bis wife tho nurse disap-
peared, taking with her her employ
or's youngest child, q girl of seven
teen months old. The parents were
thrown into a dreadful state OF grief
as night came on and their child
was not brought back. From that
day no tidings have been heard OF
nurse or child. The detectives were
set to work, 5lt Colonel Hickie
writes to the papers to enlist "the
sympathy and help OF tho millions
of self-ma1e detectives who may be
found In the fathers and mothers OF
England. They alono can conceive
the awful agony we suffer. as one sad
day after another passes away, end
our hopes Of ever seeing our dear
child are still deferred" In case the
woman may have escaped to this
country, we append the Colonels de-
scription of his child.
"Tho distinctive mark on her faco
the mole on the right side of her up.
per lip, the peculiar blue y,in Ga birth
mark) under the left eye of our child
and the deep dimplc on her chin, al
lead us to hope for speedy recovery
Of our lost one, if we could only Sc
cure tho eyes and hearts that woulc
watch tor hereveEywhere. To thess
as our last, our highest hope under
God, q boreaved father and mothel
now appeal, and wait in doep sus
pcnse the result"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11
Monstrous Doctrines

Archbishop Manning, of the Cath.
olic church, writing in view of the
approaching Ecumunical Council and
personating the Pope, according to
the Aduance, uses the following Ian.
uage:
81 say that l am liberated from oil
civil subjection, that my Lord made
me tho subject of no one on earth
king or otherwise; that in His right
l am sovereign. l acknowledge nc
civil superior, am the subject of nc
Prince, and | claim moro than this
claim to be the Supreme Judge and
director of tho consciences OF men
of the peasant that tills the field and
the prince that sits on the throne ol
the household that lives In tho shade
of privacy, and the Legislature tha,
makes laws for kingdoms-I am the
sole last Supreme Judge of what is
right and wrong"
We brand that as blasphemy
let it come from whatever source i,
may. We say that every man i.
his own judge of his Religious Con
victions, and rightfally SO.
The doctrine enunciated by tn,
Bishop is monstrous in the extrem;
and heralded in q land of civil ane
religious liberty like ours, should sti,
tho blood of orr people to condemn il
in the most unmeasured terms. w,
havc ne language adequate to por
tray our contempt for such senti
ments.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11
S,1spended.

Work has entirely suspended on
the bridge at Omaha and Council
Bluffs. g7
Gen. Smith has driven his iron
tubes down 20 feet without finding
solid bottom, and it seems to be gen.
orally admitted that the building Of
. bridge at that point is Too much
for human ingenuity.
From an article elsewhere, taken
from the Plattsmouth Herald, i,
would seem to bo quite probable tha,
tho first bridge spanning tho ..Bia
Muddy" is to bo built by our own b
h M. R. R. Co. at Plattsmouth, where
il is generally understood they have
good banks and foundations.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11

A committee from the late Louis
vile Commercial Convention headed
by Gen. Hiram Walbridge, Of N. Y,
interviewed Gen. Grant the other
day, who said in reply to Walbridge's s
address:
"The good fellowship which ought
to unite q common brotherhood, and
which was happily inaugurated at
Louisville, he hoped would extend
and permeate throughout the Union,
until every vestige of bitterness or
unkindness should be eradicated.--
Ho believed that within a year or
two the South would be far richer
and far more prosperous than ever
before, and have it within their pow
er, by a judicious policy and wise acts,
to advance their own interests and
those of the entire country with mar
velous rapidity. AS to his second
term, he could assure Gen. Walbridge
that he felt now very much as he did
at West Point in hiscadet days, when
he counted every month with eager
ness to get out of his position. He
had not sought his present position,
as everybody knew.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11
Dead.

Judge Ivory Quinby brother-in-
law of Alvin Lewis, of this city, and
for many years a prominent citizen
of Monmouth, ILL.,, died in that city
last Saturday one week ago, of Con
sumption.
The Monmouth Reoiew says OF de-
ceased.
"He was one among the oldest cit
izens of the county, and has been
closely identified with the prosperity
of Monmouth and its institutions OF
learning, ever ready with his ample
means, calm, cool judgment. and
large experience to direct and push
forward successfully every important
measure for the public good. He
has held many honorable and impor.
tant positions in the gift of his fellow
citizens, and those with whom he has
been intimately associated in husi
ness, and always discharged them
with correctness and fidelity SO pc.
culiar to his sterling character.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11
To the People Of the State of
Iowa: A Proclamation. &.

Another year of labor and reward,
of toll and triumph, of health, of pros.
pcrity, of fruitful fields, and of gener-
ons harvests, approaches its termina-
tion. During its continuance, pesti-
lence has not been among us, nor has
famiro visited the land. The nation,
recovering from the decorations of
war, gives promise of a v,gora moro
healthful than she has yet enjoyed /;
the burden of public debt decreases,
new channel of trade, crossing our
State, connects the oceans which
wash the Continent and all around
us are evidences of the boundless
goodness of our God. For these man
ifestations of His benevolence, let US
praise Him and magnify His holy
name, ',,'...t. s'.5.. ).
Therefor, following memorable
and praise worthy custom, and in ac-
cordance with the recommendation
ofthe President Of, the United States,
I do hereby appoint Thursday, the
Eighteenth day of November, to be
observed thronghout the State as q
day of thanksgiving, prayer and
praise. -..r m
And l do earnestly invite all the
people of the State, of every name
and faith, to abstain from their ordi-
nary avocations on that day, and as
sembling in places Of public worship
and in their homes, to unite in offer
ing to the Great Author of our being
thanks and alteration for His good
ness towards us; and in invoking a
continuance Of His gracious favors !;
beseeching Him, that He win still
bless us with abundance and prosper
ity, and our nation With unity and
peace--that He will so direct all our
hearts that we may seek Him and
know Him, and thus be led s'iLto ey-
cry good word and work"-that vice
and crime may be banished from
among us-and that the hearts Of our
people may be moved to kind and
active remembrance Of the poor end
suffering that We may thus at
tain that exaltation which righteous
ness brings to people.
In testimony whereof, l have here
unto set my hand and caused to be
affixed the great seal Of the State of
Iowa. Done at Des Moines this
Thirtieth day of October, A. DISCO,
in the twenty third year of the State,
and the ninety-fourth of the Indepen.
dencc Of tho United States.
BY the Governor:
SAMUEL MERRILL.
Ed. WRIGHT, Secretary of State.
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ST. l.. & C. II. r. R.--Work on
this important enterprise mas been re-
sumcd by force OF five hundred mon
and the determination is to reach OF
tumwa by the 9Th of December We
are informed by Mr.. McNait, Survey
or tortbe Company, that the above
force will DO divided into equal par
ties this week, one party working in
the day time, the Other at night, in
order to complete the rosa 20 Ottum-
wa by the time stated. Sundays are
not % be observed as days of rest
A large party wee hard at work last
Sunday with pile driver in Fox
River bottoms, one mile north oftown
Wo hope tie work will not bo inter
rupted by the too snddea appearance
of the Frost King, foi wo want to set
this ioad pushed ahead t. completio,
! soon.-BloomfeM Republican.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11
State Agricultural College.

A student gives the following &C.
count of . new method of governmen,
instituted by the Faculty:
"The officers of the l. 5. A. College
are trying an experiment, that if il
succeeds, is destined to revolutionize
the whole theory Of school govern.
mont. They have put tho govern
ment of the college in tho hands Of
the students themselves. The school
is divided into seven sections each
section has captain and two lieu.
tenants as executive officers. to keer
a..lor during study hours. The Off
GERS report all violations to tho Coun.
Gil, which consists ofonessudent from
each section ofthe college class, Sc
lected by the students themselves
The Council consists ofa President
Secretary and five other members, Of
! whom two are ladies. They have
judicial powers, and try all student:
for offences against the laws of thc
institution. This is one step in the
direction of self government, that VIZ
are all anxious to have succeed, as il
does away with all hard feelings to
ward thu Faculty"