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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-15
The Goyelrnorship.

The democratic convention Of To-
wa meets in Des Moines, on the l4th
inst. :.
The prominent candidates tor the
distinguished honor of heading, the
ticket, are Col. Geo. Gillaspy, Of this
city, Henry. Clay Dean, of the Lu-
matte Asylum Genl James Madison
Tuttle, Of Des Moines, and Dennis
Mahoney Harris, of Harrison county,
and perhaps some other antcdiluvian
schoveltyfuuks, whose names have
,slipped,our memory. asn
II is quito likely that the nomina'
Ition will strike Col. Gillaspy as he il
the only gentleman on the list, Of
sufficient means, leisure, ard liberali,
ty, to make a successful canvass. ii
We are told that the Col. will ac-
cept the nomfnarfon ifcnercaro MN
even it doesinyolve him in thehighly
probable necessity of moving to Del
Moines to serve the people for two
years as Governor. ,.'"t
This self sacrificing spirit, is worthy
of more general commentator.
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Iowa Central.

This is the last day which Gilman
Of the Iowa River Railroad Company
allows the Oskaloosaitcs, Eddyvilli-
ans, and Albians, to raise the required
amount Of stock to secure the south
crn end of that road via their places.
To show that we are not tho only
people in this neck Of woods engaged
in tearing their under garments in
raising railroad stock, we clip the
following from frantic appeal in the
last Abba Republic: =
Il "Perhaps there are those who think
Abba will get the road without any
personal sacrifices. Fatal mistake.
If Abba and Monroe county do not
do their part under the easy condi.
lions, of ahis propositions, they witt
doubly deserve to losc the road. And
how easy it would be to miss Abba,
by running from Eddyville down the
cast bank of the Des Moines river to
Ottumwa and connecting there with
the North Missouri by the st. T.. &
g. II. road. Tho villainy you teach
me | will execute;" and how easy
for Oskaloosa and Eddyville to out
vote Monroe county and cut off from
us as wedid from the north end. If
the people of Abba loose this road
what will corner lots and brick and
mortar be worth in .heir town. 1t
would loose us forever the Abba,
Knoxville and Des Moines road, for
that ifbullt would run also to Ottum.
wa.
Never before were such fair oppor-
tunities offered to a people. Never
so scorned, neglected and despised.-
Nsyeryet were people SO culpably
apathetic and sluggard as arc the
people Of Monroe county"
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Ottunnwa.

L. w. Myers, Esq, the genial wide
awake and talented editor of the
Wapello Louisa Co.. Republican
knows . good thing when he secs it,
and moreover knows how to tell abont
it, as we should jndge from the fol-
lowing article in his last paper, inspi-
red by his first visit to Ottumwa a
few weeks ago, while enroute TO the
State Convention:
ave spent a few hours in this
place on our way to Des Moines, and
desire to express the astonishment
we felt at its unexpected size and
business Importance. Its able mouth.
piece, the Courier, had not found its
way to our desk and we were in the
dark as to what Ottumwa is and what
it hopes to become. We do not over.
state when we say it is sum pumkins'
already. The first thing the visitor
notices is that the place is growing,
and that the people all have the 'jehu''
and "get up'' Of . thriving, live place.
There is something in the air and
manner of the very boys and girls on
the streets that gives you an idea Of
pride of place and the assurance Of
future greatness. The town has be-
tween 5000 and 1000 inhabitants, and
the fact which we were wholly I'M.
prepared for, 10 that it has an exten-
sive wholesale trade, supplying as it
does almost the whole of fsouthern and
southwestern Iowa with goods, agri-
cultural implements, &c. Goods are
also shipped east as far as Mt. Pleas
ant. Theexplanation ofthis anomaly
is that with railroad competition,
freights to that point are lower than
to points on either railroad between
Burlington or Keokuk, and it COM
petes successfully with these river
towns for the trade Of the country
lying between it and them. The
trade of some Of the firms is enor.
nous. One drug establishment sold
last year to the amount of $685. 900,
and some of the dry goods men are
not far behind these figures. And so
they are dashing along cityward at
o rate that we had not dreamed Of,
and would hardly have expected from
an interior place. The site is on the
side of the Des Moines river bluff,
that faces TO the southwest, and the
ascent is not so abrupt As to make
expensive grading necessary. On the
town and the valley for several
miles each way, is magnificent brick
school house the cost of which we did
not learn, but which is an honor and
an ornament to the place. On the
whole Ottumwa is one of the interior
towns of Iowa that it not 10 be sneezed
o%v
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Hero is rovel recipe for o pleas
ant summer drink. We have not
tried it, bat it may be good: "1'ako
a spoonful Of whisky and drop it
in the bottom OF a wine
glass shen take q quart Of water
and throw it ont Of the window, and
add more whisky to that glass;
Taste to see il it is strong enough
If so, add moro whisky. Let this
preparation stand till you are dry,
and then drink it clear.'
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-15

Walker, tho new Governor Of Vir-
ginia is a smart young lawyer from
Chicago, with good reputation,
except that he lived for q short time
in that city Of divorces, and bad
spellists, and was formerly a demo.
crat. =
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-15

A Leavenworth editor is in quest
of special attractions for his paper
He says: "What we want for this
column is personalities, as mean as
possible. Expense of libel suits to
be betrayed by the writer--fnneral
expenses by u.s.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-15

Henry Ward Beecher compares
the different religious denominations
to the different pockets in . suit Of
clothes, and says it 10 of little conse
quence whether one goes to heaven
in an inside or outside pocket.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-15

Il The Chicago, lri1urs is out in IA
vor,of removing the National Capt.
tol TO st. Louis, which motion is' sec
.onded blythe Burlington Ha,okeye.
st. Louis has a great future before
her, Capitol VI no Capitol: sitaated
rs she is in the midst Of such fine
agricultural, manufacturing, and oil
matte advantages and If the seat Of
empire is to be moved, and misses
Ottumwa. we say let st. Louis cap
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. bully nomination.

A San Francisco man has, sued
another tor $4,000 damages for enti-
cling away his wife, and OBTAINING
her in opposition to his utmost peace
full efforts, whereby he has been de-
prived of her society and assistance.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-15

l1a' NOMINATED. Benjamin Franklin
Murray, Of Madison county, q mem
boz Of tho last General Assembly
from that county, has been nomina.
ted by acclamation for Senator OF
the 2lst district, composed of Madi-
son, Dallas, Adair and Guthrie coun.
ties. 14"
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7 The Abba Republic, a truly loyal
democratic paper, talks about the
"honorabler scars and Hfadeless lau-
Yels' of Lee and his I.ieutcnants.- =.
While in the deiacation business,
cannot our cotemporary; give us a
chapter on the loyalty of Berodict
Arnold, the faithfulness9 Of Judas Is
CARROT, or the Christian graces Of 81
mon Girty, or Captain Wirz9 l3a
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paign and the 2rincipahplsnk in tbs
platform Of tho Republican party

pl0tfOrIM OF tho Nepaolcal party
el The subject of the naturalization
of aliens is one that is beginning to
influence American, politics, and is.
perhaps, tho yknottisst enigma Of all
our domestic puzzles o There seems
to be q growing sentiment in the
east in favor of drawing tho lines Of
demarcation palmer between alien.
age and naturalization and in favor
of more stringent constitutional pro-
visions with regard to tho tide Of i'm.
migration new rolling across the
Atlantic. In the west, however,
where We most feel tho need of pop
ulation, public, sentiment loans more
in favor Of the foreigner, andagainst
the repeal or alteration of the pres
ont alien laws. But it 10 an open
question whother our laws are not
too liberal, whether or not. the facili-
ties for acquiring citizenship are not
greater than justice demands. .
br Were the immigration only from
the east the old and time hpnored
policy might be safely followed; ibnt
with the rapidly increasing Influx OF
Chinese-the children of the Orient
-arises a more important question,
one that cannot be ignored orshrust
aside. Thus far Chinese imnigra-
ton has been confined to the Pacific
slope, but the patient CelcstiAls are
gradually extending their field Of la
Dor, and before many years havc
elapsed they will have become as
common and rs plentiful throughout
the countryas the Celtic population
is to-day. The local legislatures OF
the Pacific states have bound and
hampered the Cinnamon withsunjust
and obnoxious iaws and TO escape
their effects he will push on beyond
them. 9di 10 sa0a9,a 3asl bGG 81 T.
= Is the Chinaman fit subject for
naturalization? Can the laws which
are now applied to the immigrant
from Europe (and all must be served
alike) bo applied. to the immigrant
from Asia? Can the duties Of citi-
zenship and the right Of suffrage be
entrusted to the swarm Of Mongo-
hans with which We are to ts del
uged? If they cannot bc SO invest.
ed with the rights Of citizenship,
then must not the laws be altered SO
as to bear on classes Of immigration
alike? Those are nuts for statesmen
to crack. They arc the simfostant
questions of domestic policy looming
in the future, questions that must be
investigated, experimental upon, and
finally settled by the present genera.
ton Of public men. The seven hun
drcd millions Of China and japan are
becoming restless under the allure,
ments Of the Occident, and the food
of travel towards the west is increas.
ing with unparalleled rapidity. The
immigration Of the fcw millions from
Ireland and Germany dwindles into
insignificant numbers in comparison
with the prospective immigration
from Asia, and laws must be made
to meet the necessity Of the case.-
A good fifteen years must be placed
between the landing Of the China
man in all his paraphronalia of pam
jamas and pigtail, and his admission
to the rights, and duties, and respon-
sibilitics Of an American citizen.
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Theilatest fashion of London "hobsf
is to carry poodle in their arms
under the flowers in their respective
button. holes.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-15

"Saluting the dag'-Our citizens
who tread on orange peel on the side
walk.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-15
Read This, Young Man.

There are 1919 names who pay
an income tax in this city, amount
ing to nearly s1oO,OOO,O06 Sixty
seven persons who pay on in comes
Of $lOO, 600 or over. Most Of these
solid gentlemen are self.made men,
who have come up from the lowest
round of the ladder, The man who
leads the list, A. L. Stewart, every
body knows is an Irish emigrant,
who commenced life with q capital Of
less than twenty-five cents; indeed,
with few exceptions, most Of the par
ties in the list we're scarce as well off
as Mr.. Stewart. Take Henry Keep;
he boasts that be graduated from the
Poor House Of Jefferson county
Jay Gould drove herd of cattle
from Delhi, Delaware county, when
lad, for fifty cents day, in order
to get money enough to reach the
Hudson river. David Groesbeck,
over thirty years ago, used to nend
old shoes for his brother, who was q
respectable shoemaker in Albany
We all know the history Of James
Gordon Bennett, Robert Bonner, poor
boys, full Of talent and industry.-
Rufus Hatch, when a youngster, had
an ambition to hold the reins Of .
peddlar's wagon. E. D. Morgan
commenced life with quarter meas.
ure of molasses. It is scarce dozen
years since Henry Clews was an or.
rand boy in one of the banking
houses down town, The brothers
Seligman started out in life with a
peddlar's pack. David Dows, in his
younger days, retaiied pork by the
half pound and molasses by the gill.
H. T. Helmbold was first cabin boy
on the sloop Mary Jane, that naviga-
ted the Hudson river. We might go
on through the list, and show that
nearly every one Of these solid men
were the architects of their own for
tunes. Young men, who are strug-
Cling for place and position, should
remember that the individuals in the
list had to battle for life just as hard
as they are doing. Lot them take
heart and never say die.-N 7. Com.
Advertiser.
SUIcIDE.--Charles Beck, . Ger
man, about twcLty.five years of age,
brother of George Beck, the we'll
known butcher, on the corner OF
Third and Washington streets, hung
himself to q limb Of one Of the trees
in front of his hrothar.s market, on
Sunday evening. He was seen be-
tween nine and ten O'clock, prcpar-
ing to climb tho tree, and soon after
among its branches, but no further at
tention was paid to the circumstance,
as it was not known that he contemr
plated self.destruction. About half
past ten o'clock his body was discov-
cred suspended to . limt. He was
cut down Immediately, but life was
extinct.
He was q respectable young man,
and in the employ Of his brother
He served three or four years in the
army. He was Of u des2ondent turn
Of mind, and more SO recently on &C.
count Of q failure in love affair. A
girl to whom ne was warmly attach
cd, so far from reciprocating bis af-
fection, went off with another fellow.
This, with other real and fancied
troubles, led to the commission of tho
rash act.-Hapkeye.
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Girls of the period can find nice
parasols in New York Tor $4,000
apiece. ,
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THURsDA =, JULY 15, 1869.
Ohio.


The Democracy Of Ohio have gone
into the mongrel business, by throw.
ing overheard ;Yallandlgham. Ranney
4 Col, and nominating Gen'l VIM. s
'Rosecrans for Governor.
Originally pro-slavery regular
army sort of a democrat, his radical
utterances, and out-spoken loyalty al
the opening of the war, were as graft
flying to republic as they wereunex'
pccted from that quarter, and a sore.
Iy oppressed and needy government,
taking his promises for performan-
cos, speedily made him . Major Gen.
oral, and sent him up like q rocket
to come down down like stick, with
Fremont, Mcclellan and the other
little improvisod military idols of the
hour. " I 'A' P.'s 81 1'e d
He acquired some reputation in
minor affairs, in Western Virgins,
and was sent to Grant after the cap.
ture Of Corinth, but was relieved for
ineficiency and disobedience of or.
ders at Iuka, and at the second bat
tie of COrinth. ~ ysgfiaftt
Shortly alter this time he succeed
cd Buel in command of the Army of
the Cumberland, and won the battle
of Stone River through the skill Of
his division commanders, who were
however not equal to the task of saw
ing him from a disastrous overthrow
at Chicamauga, as the result of his
taking bodily one of his divisions
out Of the line Of fire during the &C
tion. .t,.s.a .,. s,n 80.
Grant relieved him the second time
at Chattanooga, WHITTIER his routed
army had fed pell-mell after Chica-
mauga, whore they were literally in
. state of siege and starvation.
! His objectionable bIunders at Chic
amauga, where his army was only
saved from utter annihilation by the
-heroism of Thomas holding the enc.
my at bay with his 18th corps, bro't
to an abrupt termination his active
military operations during the war.
He went violently into the Andrew
johnson business, and made most
mortifying exhibition Of servility
and flunkeyism last Summer, in that
mission of his to Virginia, whore he
essayed to placato, with honeyed
wordsLee and the other traitorous
officers of the rebellion, who had
done 50 much to destroy the govern
ment,a ass 4ssgs- -Assssiss .sSss.,.4...
4. Prior to this time, johnson had
nominated, and the Senate had con-
hrmed himby o scratch, Minister to
Mexico, and after this disgraceful
exhibition of toadyism, the country
was glad enough to have him hurry
off to the land Of Greasers, where
Grant has just relieved him the third
time from official position by the ap-
pointment of Tom. Nelson, of Ind.
4 He is the brother of the Catholic
Bishop Of Cincinnati, and is an ex-
ceedingly weak, vascilating, visiona-
ry old man, desperately addicted to
opium eating Gas freely charged by
officers who served under him) and
ust such man as the astutc copper
heads of Ohio would most likely Sc
lect as on instrument through which
to secure the spoils of Office.
His opponent, Gen1 Hays, was one
Of the real heroes of the war, has
made on excellcnt executive, and will
undoubtedly beat "old Rosy "asbad
as Bragg did at Chicamauga.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-15
!, Courier aab department.
Telegraphic Summary.

ORDERS SOLICITED.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-03-26

A'BoAr AND Grew CApslzED By A
SrURGEoS.-On the down trip of the
steamer Petaluma, from Petaluma yes
terday, the officers observed two fisher
men in a small boat opposite Peters
warehouse, in San Pablo Bay, trying to
haul in q large sturgeon. Watching the
struggle, the fish was seen TO finally up
set the boat, emptying the men and
other contents in the bay. Captain
Warren Immediately headed his steamer
to the scene Of disaster, and succeeded
in picking up M of the men, named
Mcfarland ; also his baggage and the
boat. The other man, James II.
Peoples, had struck gu: for the Marin
County shore as soon rs the accident
occurred, and, therefore, did not see
the steamer coming to his rescue By
the time Mcfarland was picked up,
Peoples had got to shoNl water aud was
.wading ashore. So the steamer pro.
ceeded on its way. Peoples is scarcely
larger than a good sized sturgeon, and
it is not singular that the fish got the
best Of him.-S. +. Herdid, 24h.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-03-26

A FEMALE BRoIL.-MrS. Mary Thomp'
son, the mother Of nine children, who
lives on Telegraph Hill, had a triangular
quarrel with Ellen Murray, also the
mother Of nine children, and n resident
of tho same elevated locality, and Mary
Brett. The battle commenced last Sat-
urday by u fusilade Of stones being
thrown at each others progeny, the
breaking Of windows, and n general
declaration of war. On Sunday the
conflict wns somewhat subducd, zach
standing affair off and calling each other
names. On Monday, Mrs. Thompson,
getting the worst of it, procured the
arrest of the other two, and finally the
case was heard in the Police Court yes
terday. Cross charges and counter
charges were numerous, and the tcs-
timony was voluminous enough TO
ipjure oil their regulations for good
nature and sobrioty. Mrs. Thompson
said that Mrs. Murray /" must approve
her character or de-" She appealed to
tho Court to ask her husband if she
ever got drunk. Mr.. Thompson being
Intercepted on the subject, snid " rs
far as he knew his wife was n ~peacenblc
woman, and was always quiet, except
whom she got aggravated" lie was not
at homo much, and know but little
about it. Mrs. Murray alleged that
Mrs. Thompson broke the glass from
her own windows, and thon Ibid the
blame upon her. Judge provinces fined
each of them SIS, and admonished them
to be careful how they qnarreled on
Telegraph Hill, or they might fall off,
San Francisco Herald, 24M.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-03-26

BURs SOLD FOR BARLRY.-A large
quantity Of wild burs in sacks was yes
terday discharged at Hathaway's wharf,
instead of barley, which the sacks were
supposed to contain. Near the top of
each sack was about half IL bushel of
tolerably fair barley, bnt from thence
downward there was nothing but small,
we'll cleaned burs. A large number of
sacks were tested, and all found to cor.
respond in this respect. The barley
was purchased to make malt for an ex-
tensive beer and ME. mandatory in this
city, and if the burs are put through
the required manipulations they may an.
swsr every purpose, and perhaps by I'M
parting some unknown flavor mako n
new and famous beer. Il would seem MS
though almost as much expense had
been necessitated to gather these burs
as would be required to grow and pre-
pare the original barley. If a new
beer is the result of this trick the end
may justify the means by develop
ing q new branch of industry in the
cultivation ami growth Of bnrs. The
.swindle was pcrpctrated in several
hundred sacks of barley, and unless the
burs can he adapted to some useful
purpose, must entail a heavy loss on
the purchasers.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-03-26

THIS STATES THAT WILL VorE FOR If.
The following States are counted on as
tolerably sure to adopt the Constitu-
tioual Amendment Alabama, Mime
sofa, Arkansas, Missouri, California,
Nebraska, Florida, Nevada, Illinois,
Indiana, North Carolina, Iowa, Penn
sylyania, Kansas, South Carolina,
Louisiana, Tennessee, Maine, Vermont,
Massachusetts,, West Virginia, Michi-
gan and Wisconsin.
Kansas, Nevada, West Virginia,
Maine, Michigan, Missouri and LouiSi-
ana have adopted it. The balance OF
the 81 are reasonably sure. Of the
four others needed, it is next to n GER
tainty that Connecticut, New Hamp-
shire, Ohio and Rhode Island may be
relied on the last three without n
doubt. New Hampshire elects a Lcgis-
laturc this month, Connecticut and
Rhode Island in April, and Ohio in
October. All will be decidedly Repub-
lican except Connecticut, and even this
closely balanced State, under the iDfu-
encc Of her handsome vote for Grant,
will probably maintain her lately re-
covered character. She will be the
more sare to do it now that the Prcsi-
dent has declared himself in favor of
the amendment in his inaugural adj
dress.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-03-26
FROM SACRAMENTO.

SACRAMENTO, March 26.-S. L. Rogers
was arrested yesterday by constable
McCookcn, on a warrant sworn by d.
X. McMullin charging him with assault
with II deadly weapon. 1t appears there
are two claimants 10 a piece Of land
comprising 10 acres, lying in the imme-
diate vicinity Of Joseph Hull's Ranch,
Brighton, one Of the claimants being
Nicholas LARGO, of San Francisco, for
whom Rogers has acted rs agent.
Rogers commenced to fence in the prop
crty n day or two since, seeing which
the adverse claimant concluded he also
would make q oye for possession.
Accordingly McMullin appeared on the
scene Wednesday night with n wagon
load Of lumber, etc., bnt was met by
Rogers, who brought forward a double
barrclcd shotgun rs n p%ersnadcr. Nc
Mullin was convinced, and left, SUBJ
~sequently obtaining the warrant on
which his adversary was arrested.
About II o'clock yesterday morning
the circular saw, about two feet in
diameter, used Mt Astbury's wood yard
for the purpose of cutting cord wood
into short pieces, burst into fragments
from some unexplained cause while
saving through u white oak stick. A
piece of n tooth struck the arm Of the
man who was operating the saw, but
did not infict any great injury.