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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-18
Iowa State Christian Conven.
ton.

This body is having largely at
tended, and highly successful annual
session, at Grinnell. Rev. d. L.
Moody, of Chicago, presides, while
the following are among the distin.
guished names participating in its de.
liberations:
Rev. Messrs. Magoun, Rice, Ken
dig. Ball, DeForest and Lounsberry
and Messrs. Moody, Burrill, Ensign
and Howell.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-18

WoRsHlPPINa JEFFERSON DAVIS
The rooms engaged tor Mr.. Jefferson
Davis as the st. Charles Hotel were
Yesterday afternoon taken possession
of by him, and those OF his friends
who happened at the moment ofhls
entry TO be in the rotunda had an op-
portunity Of shaking him by the
hand and renewing their professions
of friendship.
In personal appearance the ex-
Confederate President. who was
dressed in the ordinary citizens suit
OF sables, looks perhaps thinner than
when he last visited the city, though
his figure still retains the straight
and erect appearance which always
characterised him. He WAS received
very quietly, though with evidently
the deepest respect by those whom
he encountered, and one visitor to
the hotel, upon Mr.. Davis name be-
ing inscribed upon the register,
stopped and kissei it with the great
est fervor. 1t is understood that he
will remain here until his departure
for his residence IN Mississippi, which
will not long be postponcd.-Ne,e
Orleans Times.
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Gsarier 9ab 9epartm,st.
with new
Types And Presses.

PRINTING OF ALL KINDS,
From Visiting Card To Mammoth
Poster, executed in good style. Eastern
prices and work duplicated.
ORDERS sOT.TCTTED
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An exchange says, Truth is in
type, but is crowded out by more i'm
portsnt matter.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-18

For o K cigars, 60 to .. 4. Abels,
I'd street.
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Mis-. Caudle was tho first and bes
lecturer.
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A CARD.
F. w. SMITH,
MERCHANT TAIL OR,

Main Street, two doors east of Ottumwa
House.
Asplendid stock of
PIECE obs,
of the latest patterns, which will make
up in the best styles, as cheap as can be
fulnd west of the Mississippi River.
Ottumwa Nav 9. dwtf
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Frank E'idler,
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER

oTTUMwA, : tIOWA
Will furnish plans and specifications for
buildings of all kinds of reniodeling oln
ones. Also furnish plans for bridges op
short. .or. .loug. .spans,.at areasonable ratse
FRANK FIDLER.
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Anecdote OF Malibran.

From the New York Evenins Post.
Malibran, in her younger days, did
not like to sing Dssdemon.a on the
stage, aud was absolutely frightened
by her father, Garcia, who played
Othello, and who told her that il she
did not come up to bis expectations,
he would kill her on the spot, for
which purpose he should on that
night take a real dagger instead Of .
stage one. The night arrived and
Malibrau achieved quite success,
but in the last act, as Othello was
stealing up TO the recumbent Desde-
naonio, a shrill scream rang through
the house, and Milibran, jumping from
the couch, rushed of the stage. The
curtain was let down and the opera
came to an untimely end. MalibraD
was missing, was searched for by the
police, but for two days she could not
be found. Then she was discovered
hiding behind some timber in . tim.
Der yard, halt dead with fright and
starvation. The incident occurred
in this city during her engagement,
We believe, at the Bowery Theatre.
Ever after singing the part Of
Desdemonid, Milibran would be seized
by a tainting fit.
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Bayard Taylor on American
Society.

From the Cinn., Commercial, Nov. 4th. E
The first lectures of q series Of for.
ty, contemplated by Bayard Taylor,
was delivered at Pixies Music Hall
last evening. His subject was "Views
Of American Society, Art and Re-
FORM" He presented his views on
reform first, expressing tho opinion
that American reforms as rule were
narrow and superficial, the people
seeking to bring them about seeming
to proceed upon the supposition that
| it is possible to make the constitu.
tion healthy by healing some partic-
nlar sore spot. The improvement of
man, he said, should be started on .
broader and more natural basis,
The question of temperance WAS
touched upoD.
Mr.. Taylor charged il to the tem-
perance reformers that they do mot
present facts as they really are, but
distort hem to answer their pur-
pose. He thought they injured their
own cause BY so doing; for calm and
sensi5 bio persons soon detected their
sophistry and refused their counten-
hnce to movement which present
cd only one side OF the question. 1t
WAS now nearly thirty years since
the idea Of total abstinence was
brought into existence, and while it
had agitated society and affected the
laws Of States for all that time, the
proportion OF habitual drunkards had
been steadily on The increase, This
fact he attributed to political inter
ference, the great reliance of ignor
ant parents in the efficacy Of tenn
perance societies, and the attempts
of these engaged in the movement to
have prohibition laws passed, which
be held was calculated to beget
feeling of stubborn opposition TO the
whole scheme in the breasts OF men
who considered themselves compe-
tent TO take care of their own bod
les.
He knew what the ravages of
strong drink were, and he fully be-
lieved that total abstinence was the
only safeguard for man who could
not control his appetite. But he had
little faith IN the ability of lcgisla
lures to regulate the evil by the en-
actment OF laws. The result OF bis
observations was that as the use Of
light beverages increased, druDken-
ness decreased. The modern Greeks
were the most temperate people he
knsw, yet nearly all ofthem, men,
women ami children, drank light
wines daily.
He would not say anything about
the use of tobacco, because he did not
consider it to be of much consequence.
The weed was, to be sure, injurious
to some people, but he considered it
harmless, when compared with pork
fat pies.
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A Dilsr1ma.

A young parsOn of the Universal
ist faith, many years ago. when the
Simon pure UniVersalism was preach
ed, started Westward to attend q
convention ofhis brethren in the faith
He took the precaution to carry vial
Of Cayeppe pepper in his pocket to
sprinkle his food with as a preven-
tive to fever and ague. The conven-
tion met and at dinner a tall Hoo
sier observed the parson as he sea-
soned his meat. and addressed him
thus =
Stranger. I'll thank you for q lee
tie of that 'ere red salt for I'm kind
o curious to try it,"
Certainly" replied the parson,
'but you will find it very powerful /;
be careful how you use il"
The Hoosier took the proffered vial
and feeling himself proof against any
quantity of raw whisky, thought that
he could stand the ''red salt' with
impunity, and accordingly sprinkled
a junk of beef rather bouutifulIY with
it and forthwith introduced it into
his capAciOus mouth. Il 500 n began
to take hold. He shut his eyes, and
his features began to writhe. denot-
ing a very unharmonious condition
physically. Finally be could stand
it no longer. He opened his mouth
and screamed fire.
take = drink of cold water from
the Jug" said the parson.
"Will that put it out ?" asked the
martyr, suiting the action to the word
In q short time the unfortunate man
began to recover, and turning to the
parson, his eyes yet swimming 10
water, exclaimed -
Stranger you call yourself Yer.
sallist / believe 60
81 do" mildly answered the par
son.
"Wal, I want to know ifyou think
it is consistent with your belief to GO
about with bell-fre in your breeches
| pocket ?''
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a nEArH 30 aERuoN.

D-A@- a 49, - As--~@hs
The N. Y. Daily Star gives the
following as Of actual occurrence in
that city
A gentleman died last week at his
residence in one of Uptown fashion
able streets. leaving SfI.OOO.O0O.-
He vas 3 member of the Presbyterian
Church, in excellent standing. 3
good husband and father, and thrifty
citizen. . On his death bed. lingering
long. he suffered with great agony 0 {
mind and gave continual expression
teis rsmorss for what his conscience
told hiin had been an ill-spent life
"oh l'the exclaimed. as his weeping
lends and relations gathered about
7 Oh leif 7 could only live
Bars over again. Oh h!ifIcould
only be spared for a few years,
would give all the wealth I have
amsssed in a life. time. It is a life
devoted TO money getting that l re-
gret. It is this which weighs me
down and makes me despair of the
life hereafter !" His clersyma en-
deavored to soothe Pm. but he turn
ed his face to the wall. .'You have
never reprovel my syaricious spir-
it," he said to the minister. sYou
have called it a>yiss1 2my and
fOrethought, but y that
riches have been only foF ny
poor soul!" In this SAD state of
mind, refusing to be consoied, this
POOR rich man bewaiIed life devoted
to the m ere acquisition of riches
Many came away from the bedside
impressed with the uselessness of
such an existence as the wealthy man
had spent, adding house 10 house
and dollar to dollar. until be became
9 millionaire. All knew him to be q
protesting Christian and good man.
as the world goes, but the terror Aad
rsmorss of his death-bed administer
ed lesson not to be lightly dismiss
ed from the memory. Hei would
have given all his wealth for a single
hope of heaven.
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inferior race. China. Indis. Japan
and Australia will advance, undoubt-
edly. but their progress will only tend
to increase tbs commercial power
and importance Of the United States
in = greater ratio. Mexico au1 the
Central and South American States
will sll be tributaries TO our future
commercial greatness. The race for
this empire is now between England
and the United States. While the
former has some advantages at pres
ent in her large tonnage. facilities for
shiphuilding and accumul1 "a capi-
tai, she sees her manufactures. upon
which her vast commerce is based,
passing into other hands. The cry
Of alarm has gone uP already. not on-
II about this. but from some Of her
statesmen with regard to the limit Of
hsr coal fields also. The thinking.
men Of England begin 10 lock with
alarm upon the future They see
that the empire OF commerce. wsaitl
and greatness viii be hers upon the
American Continent. This is inevit-
able destiny. The growth and re-
sources Of the country will bring that
about. however weak snd short-sight-
ed our public men may be. While
Congress INDUCES in it's twaddle and
miserable party politics, and while
cOmmercialconventions occupy them
selves with highf1own dlatitudes and
impracticable resolutions, the repub-
lie is marching on through natural
causes to a point of commercial great
ness and empire that no nation has
attained. and which none hereafter
willapproach.-R. Y. Hera
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Ordered to Hove His Hunting
Grounds.

Our friend aud "furrin correspon-
dent" Rory Taylor, desiring 20 take
8 big deer hunt, went down last
Thursday, into Lawrence county. on
Peter Cave creek. near Little Buffa-
10 and near the Wayne cOHnty lire.
and struck camp for that purpose
On Friday morning be wHs waited
on by 3 citizen Of that locality, carry
ing = rife about nine feet long, who
delivered to him the following writ.
ten notice, which We have before us,
with the names Of twsnty.fOur citi-
zens signed thereto -
eve as citizens of Lawrence Coun-
ty Do not Suffer our Selves ipossd
uppou buy Hunters Aud We send you
a notice for to move VOW huutings
Grounds or else their will be some
Disturbance
It is useless to say that Rory ''gol
up and got," instantsr.
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The following from the pen of Ju-
niue Henri Browne is true to a letter:
Printing ink begets cynicism. as
dampness, rheumatism. or ioul air
fever. There is no escaping it,
Men in printing Offices. whether they
prepare or set copy, contract the dis.
ease and suffer from it more or less
as their mental system responds to
or resists it. They are behind the
scenes. They know the golden COB
let's the public ad nirs are only col
cred glass that the crimson glory
ot the tableaux is but a flash Of red
fire ; that the mou'hiBg fellow who
is lavish of his dukedoms is 10 ar
rears for his morning cocktail. Life
is unidsalized on the outset. It is
stripped o! it's ilIusion and fns
names are but echoes Of emptiness.
Why expect them to admire Why
ask them to be ambitious &? Why
look for snthusiasm in them
The printer knows how rsputa-
tions are made. He knows that they
are not blown forth from the uump
of fame, but from the trump of him
who sesks reputation by performing
solos, aud gets it thereby. He is
aware that, while genius starvOs, inn
pude9ce fattsnS that while wisdom
hides in a garrst. fippancy draws
on the pave while inspiration pines
management fushes with health. He
sees that the editorial language OF
the statesman or artist is in the states
man or artists own hand ; that hon
ors are easy to the mau who has the
sTroussry to ask and not be denied.
No marvel that he believes all achieV-
meut unworthy, all success q sort OF
cheat. ell persons of eminsncs thOSs
who have not yet been found out.
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Guard Against Vulgar Language.
There isas much connection between
the words and the thoughts as there
is between the thoughts and aclions.
The latter is only the sxpressiOh Of
the former, but they have a power to
react upon the, soul and leave the
stain of corruption there. A young
man who allows himself 70 use one
vulgar or profans word has not only
shown that there is = foul spot upon
the mind, but By the appearance of
that word he extends that spot and
infames it till, by indulgence, it will
polluts and ruin the soul. Be 40 care
ful Of your words as your thoughts.
If yOn can control the tongue that
no improper WOrds are pronounced
BY it, you will soon be able to ContrOl
the mind. and save it from eorrup-
tion. You sxtiDguish the FIRE by
SmOtbsFing it, or BY preventing bad
thoughts burning into lARgusge.-
Never utter . word anywhere which
you are ashamed 70 SPEAK in the
presence Of the most refined femsle.
Try this little while and you will
soon have command Of yourself.
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Publishers' Assistant.

The BrowSvills Bee, in speaking
Of this new institution, says -
We acknowledge the receipt Of
this paper from Columbia, Tennessee.
It is devoted to the interests of peo-
pie who do not know how to get up =
country Papsr. and proposes to fur
nish a half of such paper, already ed
tied up and printed. as they may be
wanted. The plan is probably a
very good one. bat We are not want
ing anything in that line at present,
rather preierring to get up our own
paper, doing allthe editing and print
ing ourselves. Our paper is live al
over and ''both sides right side.''-
We do all the editing and printing for
it ourselves.
That's gs.
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The Louisville Journal can't be-
lisVO that MFs. Grant made that
twenty-five thousand dollars BY spso-
ulAtiHg in gold. But if she did. there
is sOmsthing peculiarly soothing in
the reflection that when the PFssi.
dent dies the amount will save her
from ihO necessity Of assuming the
name Of Mrs. Clark and selling her
her old clothes,
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RELIGIOUS REAE
-
LoR Nzo~DoM soe

This celebrated itinerant sseher
once came across a man no was
deeply lamenting that his xe had
been stolen. Dow told him If lie
would come to meeting with HIM, he
would find his axe. At the meeting
Dow had on the pulpit, in plain sight,
large stone. Suddenly in the
midst of his sermon. he stopped, took
up the stone and said -
"An axe was stolsE in the neigh
borhood last night, and if the man
who took it don't dodge, I'll hit him
on the forehead with this stone. and
at the same time making a violent ef-
fort as il TO throw the stone.
A person present lodged his head
and forthwith acknowledged the theft.
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Co ss0H g Wore Advice to Plan

Costons q Wore Advice to Plan
ETsry bal. of COOL ,hioh i. sen f.
to market and beyond what is
needed y pay pressing obligations
to factors and other creditors of the
producer, tends to create a false i'm
preston st the North and in Europe
as to the size of the crop, and tends
still further to encousage the cOmbi-
nation of capitalists, spectators and
manufacturers to dspresS prices.
We know that the crop will be con-
siderably smaller than that of last
year. because We know the extent
and nature of the injury done by
drought. rust, catsrpillarS, excessive
heat and other causes. We know
Why cotton has opened prematurely,
aud has furnished so many bales for
market at this early period Of the sea-
son. But at the North and in Eu-
rope these things are imperfecIly
known, or are not credited. When
it is seen there that such an uuprece-
dsntedly large number of bales have
already reached the ports. it is be.
lievsd that the crop will be immeu Sc.
that the stories about rust, catsrpil.
Jars. and drought are exaggerations
and that ell that is needed to bea.
down prices and get cheap cotton. is
to tighten the money market By lock-
ing up the currency. and thus starve
the Southern planters into whatever
terms the cotton buyers choose to
offer.
The planters have only one way to
correct this misapprehension-and de,
feat this combination. and that is by
Withholding thsir cotton and not sell
ing one bag beyond what they need
to discharge their ObligatiObs. They
have the matter entirely in their owr
hands. They can do without money
much better thar the cotton spinners
can do without cotton and if Il 8
latter can combine with capitalists tc
make money tight. the planters cal
combine among themselves to make
cotton still tighter.
Our agricultural population has Ia
bored hard undsr all sorts of circum
stances to make the little What thel
possess. They are justly entitled tc
the full value Of their prOducs.-Na'
con Ga. Messenger.
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J, 81. TAYLOR,

HAVING removed to he new '5sOro house,
East side Square, PuZaski, lena,
INFORMS all his friends and the public
L generally that he is receiving large stock
ofnew dry Goods carefully selected, q nice
Ot of Boots, Shoes, Hats, &C, Family Gro
ceries, Hard, Tin and Queensware. a good
supply of mechanics Tools of every descrip-
ton. Returns thanks for the liberal pa
tronsge Ofthe people of Giles county, and So
ieits continuance of the same. Has also
nice lot of Teady-mads Clothing which
he will sell at cost, and is selling every
thing very low for cash; wants everybody
, 70 call md see for themselves. decIs-tf
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We ars born in hope We pass our
childhood in hope We are governed
BY hope through the whole course of
our lives and in our last moments
hope is Hatter ing to us. and not till
the beating Of the heart shall cease
will its benign influences lesvs. us.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1869-11-05

The following is said to be 3 sure
cure for vsrts asd cOrns; Take q
piece Of fresh meat, soak it in vine
gar ever night, shave of some vs,y
thin. put it on the WArt or corn. A
cure is effected in q very few days.
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Marriages in Tennessee and Penn
sylvania.

sylvania.
One John Elder, after marrying in
Pennsylvania. left his wife, and went
to live in Tennessee. There he OBJ
tained s divorce, about nine years
subsequent to the marriage. OF the
proceedings ne gave actual notice to
his wife, who continued to live in
Pennsylvania. Afser this divorce.
John Elder concsiyed himself to be
at liberty TO marry again. At his
death a question of property turned
out upon the validity of the divorce
in Tennessee. The Supreme Court
Of Pennsylvania now decide that the
Court in Tennessee had no jurisdic-
ton over the marriage which it un-
dertook to dissolve. Nor could the
service of notice on the wife resi-
dent in Pennsylvania. subject her to
a foreig jurisdiction. She Was the
only wife Of JohR Elder. and entitled
to her dover, even in real estate
which be had sold By deed, in which
the supposed second wife had execu-
ted g release Of doWer.-Phil. Age.
Put no dependence upon the labsI
Of bag.
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A Young man named Turn married
3 eousiG Of the same name, on The
plea that ''one good Tarn deserves
aaoshsr."
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PREACHING ON CHARITY.

"Why can't yon do as our fathers
used to do?" said a good old deacon
to the pastor Of one of our country
churches. The pastor had preached
for the church through the year, once
q month, for which they agreed to
give about seventy dollars. His year
was out, and the church was about
to call him for another year. "HOW
do you mean?" said the preacher
why, preach on charity: just let
nothing be said about salary or mon
ey, any way; let each one give what
he feels liks giving without letting
the right hand know what the left
doett. That's what 1 call preaching
on charity. It's the way our fathers
did. and the preachers were support
ed WE'LL"
The pastor agreed to it. The year
passed on. At the close, he found
that he had received one dollar aud
seventy-fve cents for bis years la
Dor, to perform which he had to ride
Eve hundred miles. This was what
he called preaching on charity; and
the members right hands never knew
what their left hands did.
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near tie great clties--tOttsring, bui'
still defiant. with no enthusiasm and
little faith.
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THE JUGGzRNAUT FESTIVAL IN INDIA.
A letter from Calcutta, says -
The great Juggernaut or car festi-
val is over. Accounts have not yet
been received from Poores; but the
Friend of India makes the following
remarks on the miserable character
of the festival at SerampOre, the next
most racred place in Iadia for it's cell
ebration -
The Juggsrnaut festival at Seram-
pore closed on Monday, after a pitia-
bic fashion, The two grest cars
stand on the roadside, bali iu the
ditch, because the people will not pull
them back to their places; In spite
of the numbers hired to pull and to
applaud, the cars were moved on the
frs. occasion only half the usual dis
tance, and there4hey lie in the mud,
with tho idols on them and flags hy-
ing. AS usual, the Brahmins applied
to the authorities to 'order" the peo-
pie to pull, bat of course in vain.-
The common peasantry were heard
to reply to the miserable creatures
who urged them from the car to pull,
at is all very well. but come and
give q hand yourselves" The crowd, ,
of which a rough census WAS taken.
was never more than $4,000 ct the
highest, and rarely exoseded $4,000
"a third Of what it used to be. For
one man there WAS fifty women and
children. The police. under Mr.
Rocheiort, the energetic district su-
perintendent, kept order we'll. There
were no accidents and only three ca
ses of drunkenness. The spectacle
presented by the cars and idols in
the Trunk read, outside of Seram-
pore. may be regarded as typical
the state of idolatrY at least iD ant
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1869-11-05

How could "oid Dog Tray Be
faithful. and at The same time be-
Tray as~