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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-12-09
ONE ATTLLTUy DOLLARS,

Our facilities for transacting this immense
business are better than ever before We
have agents in all the principal cities to pur-
chase goods for the manufacturers, importers,
and others, for CASH, and often at an i'm
mense sacrifice from the original cost Of pro-
duction.
Our stock consists, in part, of the following
goods:
Shawls, Blankets, Quilts, Cottons, Cling.
hams, Dress Goods, Table Linen, Towels,
Hosiery, Gloves, Skirts, Corsets, &c, &c
Silver Plated Ware, Spoons plated on Nick
el Silver, Dessert Forks, five bottle plated
Castors Britannia Ware, Glass Ware, Table
an d Pocket Cutlery, in great variety
Elegant French and German Fancy Goods
Beautiful photograph albums, the newest and
choicest styles in Morocco and Velvet Bind
ings.
Morocco Travelling Bags, handkerchief
and Glove boxes, &c.
Gold and Plated Jewelry, of the newest
styles.
We have also made arrangements with some
of the leading publishing houses, that will
enable us to sell the standard aad latest works
Of popular authors at about one-half the rtgu-
lar price:-such as Byron, Moore, Burns,
Milton and Tennyson's Works, in full gilt and
cloth bindings, and hundreds of others
These an / eynvyth mo a. 80 for
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ONE DOLLARFOR EACHARTICLE

We do not offer single artice of merchan-
disc, th.t can be sold by regular dealers at
our price. We do not ask you to buy
goods from US unless we can sell them cheap
er than you can obtain them III any other way
while the greater part of our goods are sold
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-22
Served Him RIGHT.

Geo. Alfred Townsend (Gath), has
been defeated for Foreign Consu.
late. as the Washington dispatches
say, mainly because of his gratuitoue
abuse of Hon. J. F. Wilson, which
offended Grant.
We are quite sure that the snub.
bling Of this brilliant, but foul-mouth.
ed blackmailer, will meet with the
public appreciation.
He is the paid Washington cor.
respondent of the Chicago Tribune
and assaiis with characteristic ven.
ON through that sheet and other We.
hicles, all our public men, who dc
not oil his itching palms with green.
backs. He it was who originated the
absurd stories about Senator Harlan
SO joyfully copied and circulated by
the Copperhead press, and it seems
he is now after Wilson.
His ability as public defamer, il
unapproachable, but Gen. Grant con
Guided that q man who "shines ant
stinks, and stinks and shines, like /,
rotten mackerel by moonlight" il
better located in the purlieus o
Washington City penny-a-line jour
nalism, than in an official position un
der the government abroad, and Gen
eral Grant is as usual right.
But now look out for q terrifi,
toot from the tin trumpet o
Gath" against the ungratefal Ad
ministration,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-22

To William A. Burton and Augusta NJ
Burton. You, and each of you, are here
by notified that Che petition of p. ID. Rand
& CO.. will be ON file in the office CT the
CLERK of the District Court of Wapello
County, State OF Iowa, on or before the
first day of July, 1869, claiming judge
ment against ven for the sum of Two
Hundred and Fifty Dc liars, with interest,
on an account 70. lumber and material
furnished to construct, ana wn,cn was
used in the construction oi uwelInS
house, on the following descl 'bed premis-
es, situate in Wapello County, lowe, w.
wit: Beginning at the north yves, LII.
of the southwest quarter of the l. =,
east quarter of section nineteen (l9),
township seventy two (72l, north of rang.
thirteen (l3) west; thence south ten lO)
chains to corner; thence east eleven QD
chains to street; thence north three (3) de.
grees east to north line of said south west
quarter of northeast quarter; thence west
to place of beginning, containing eleven
25-100 I'll 25-10W acres, said petition claim
ing that said material was furnished you
never been paid for, and that the amount
claimed above is still due with interest
from the 9th day of December, 1868, and
claiming also a mechanics lien on said
premises above described, for said mate
rial furnished, and asking in addition to
said judgement for amount claimed with
interest, that said premises be charged
with said lien, and that the same be sold
or so much thereof as may be necessary
to satisfy said judgement.
And now. unless you appear and an
swer to said petition on or before noon Of
the second day of the next term Of said
Court, to be begun and held at the Couri
House in Ottumwa, Iowa, on the 3Oth day
of August, 1869, default will be taken
against you, and judgement rendered
against you in accordance with prayer OF
petition. A. II. HAMILTON,
Atty for Petitioner.
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LEGAL Notice.
State of Iowa. wapeilo County

State of Iowa, Wapello County:
In the Circuit Court of said County,
May term 1869,
l.. NJ. Cooley. Clerk of the Circuit Court
to The widow. heirs and rIatcea Of J hn
McClavey, deceased, late OF .ai'i county
and especially to Phillip McGlavey, David
McCiayev, Margaret Downey, Ann CALI
han and Michael Callahan. Heirs nj lsw o.
John McClavey, deceased, and to all wI'cm
ii may concern.
Notice is hereby given that on the I'LL,
day of March 1869, there was produced
and read publicly in open court an in
strument Of writing pnrporting to be the
last will and testament Of John McClavey
deceased, and the second day of the Nay
term of the Circuit Court 1869. (said
Term commencing on the 3D. day of Nay
has been fixed by the Court as the day
upon which the genuiness of said instru.
ment will be heard, at which time and
place all persons Interested may be heard
L. NJ. COOLEY. Clerk,
apr.19. Circuit Court.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-22
An Answer to the Prolonged
GroWl.

LDlION SQURlER:
l have been u citi-
zen of this country some nineteen
years In The spring of '66 l sold
nice heads of cabbage at $3.50 per
hundred. Tho same spring l sold
pio-plant at % cts peck. In the
spring of 81 sold parsncps at Is
eta bushel, and beets at rs cts. a
bushel. In the fall of 81 l bought
one and half bushels OF nice tur.
nips for % cts. in one of your groce-
ries.
In tho fall of '67, l took twenty
four good potatoe squashes to your
city, and sold six or eight of them,
and broke the market, or glutted it.
left the balance with gentleman
to sell; went to him in two weeks
afterward, and he had sold two, for
ten cents! l hauled up those I had
left, and finally Ted them to the hogs.
All this trading was done in the
city of Ottumwa, Iowa.
Now, this kind of trade would
starve any of your Washington ne
groes.
I confess that Ottumwa is q rail
road hub, ora wheel-barrow hub
whichever you please to style it.
We have never seen but four spokes
to it. How are you going to turn
Wapello county into a garden?
Now, if you want vegetables, &c
to work and build you Market
House, in regular city style.
JESSE BUCKNER.
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The Precious Metals.

tits now pretty generally conced-
cd that the White Pine silver mines
Of Nevada, recently discovered, OK.
coed in their marvellous richness
anything before discovered on this
continent, or, for that matter, on the
entire green earth.
Over ten thousand men are already
located on Treasure Hill, in these
mines, and it is reported that the
ores yield all the way from $500 to
$4,000 per ton, and that an average
yield for 739 tons of ore was s5O1. 90.
There is no reasonable doubt but
that mining is at its very inception
In all our Rocky and Nevada noun
tain regions. Bye-and bye, when we
get our various Pacific railroads com.
pieted, with all their lateral branches
permeating those auriferous regions
now only known to the Indian hun.
ter and trapper, it is within the
bounds of reasonable Imagination
that discoveries will be made which
will rival the wonderful stories of
Aladdin and his lamp.
A careful estimate from the most
reliable data, shows that during the
period from 1892 to 1868, the entire
product of gold and silver of Europe,
Asia, Russia, Australia and New
Zealand, amounted to s2,66s, 100, 600,
while the estimated yield of the Uni.
ted States for 1868, Is put at $50, OoO,.
600, which if not increased, as it will
surely be, from year to year, shows
that in thirty.threc years we will
add as much to the volume of the
precious metals, as all the above coun.
tries put together from 1892 to 1868.
OF during areriod OF 376 years.
Commenting on the above facts,
the n. Y. Herald says:
These figures are startling, and
when we consider their effect upon
politics aud commerce the mind can
scarcely grasp the results. From the
extraordinary discoveries in our great
silver basin, and the now revivinp
fortunes under new modes OF work.
ing Of the Colorado gold mines we
can but predict an era OF wealth and
prosperity which must contribute t,
our national power such strength as
Spain felt when, with the gold and
silver of Spanish America to draw
upon, she swept around the world
and dictated to Europe"
With our population and wealth
constantly being augmented from
Europe; with hundreds of miles o.
railroads bong annually constructed
bringing markets to the very doors
OF our people all over our mighty do
main, and finally, with slavery re
moved, the only disturbing elemen,
in our politics, heretofore, who dare.
tosay that the Great Republic is no,
now just entering upon the era of "s
good time coming, which "Kings ano
Prophets desired long, but died with
out the sight ?"
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At Taylor, Blake & Co.'S

$4,000 ROLLS OF WALL PAPER
no humbug,-of the best and Ia
test styles, is now opened to the pub
lie, at unusually low prices. Call
early, ard mako your selections, at
Taylor. Blake 4 Co.'S.
ORNAMENT YOUR HOMES and
parlors with beautiful paintings,
chromos, &c, while you can buy at
half price, at Taylor. Blake & Cos.
Now is the time to buy your Paints.
You can find pure Linsoed Oil, pure
Paints, put up in small and large
Cans ready for use, of all colors.-
Collier Leads, st. Louis Lead and Oil
Co.'S Leads, Fahnestock Leads, and
other cheaper grades, with Varnish,
all kinds, do. Glass, Brushes, &C., as
cheap as tan be found in this market,
at TAYLOR, BLAKE & co.
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 & 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
& Co.'S.
CLOTH CURTAINS, numerous
styles; Paper curtains, choice sclec.
tions-reduced prices,-at Tay lor
Blake & Cos.
SHOULD ANYTHING IN THE
fancy line be wanted, for presents, for
the toilette or nice fan, remember
the place to buy it is at Taylor,
Blake & 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 & Co.'S.
LONDON PORTER, good and re.
liable, and essence Jamaica Ginger,
for sale at Taylor, Blake & Co.'S.
TAYLOR, BLAKE & 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 anywhere
Their prices are as low as the lowest.
Please take notice and govern your
selves accordingly.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-22

At a Railroad meeting recently
held at Bloomfield, Mr.. Cummings
of Fairfield, Secretary Of the Iowa
R. r. Co., stated that Fairfield and
Jefferson county would guarantee
100000 to divert the Washington
Ottumwa and Cameron Railroad out
of it's natural direction here, to q
route via Fairfield and Bloomfield
At the same meeting, the Bloomfield
ers voted to guarantee $4,000 as a
bonus from that city to the next
Railroad finished to their city.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-22

A catfish was cut up in Nashville
on the 10th ult, that had in its stom
ach four ounce flint prescription
vial, with cork stopper in it's neck
but empty double bladed old Bar.
low knife, with the points of both
blades broken off, and olasped; a
large sized iron key, and a Grant and
Colfax badge pin, with brass rim,
the pictures Of the President and
Vice President being quite distinct.
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administrators Sale.

The undersigned, Administrators OF the
estate of JONES w. Hagler, deceased, will
offer the following described property for
sale, ON his farm one mile north of Iowa
vile, on SATURDAY. MAY FIRST. to-
wit: Six horses, six mich cows, eight
two year olds, twelve yearlings. thirty
eight three and four year olds, twenty
Mower. one log wagon, and large as.
sortment of farming utensils Also about
two hundred and forty bushels of Wheat
Terms made known on day of sale.
JOHN P. HAGLER, ISAAC NELSON.
apr Is go w I'd. Administrators.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-22

Minister ]. Lathrop Motley takes
Genl Adam Badcau, the accomplish
ed frog eating Frenchman on Gent
Grants staff, out to England with
him, as Assistant Secretary Of Lega
ton. 1t need not, however, be in
ferred from this fact, that Motley's
management of our affairs with the
Court of st. James, will acquire as
bad odor (Badeau.dor) with his coun
trymen as that of the Great Ameri
can Champion Diner-Out Reverdy
Johnson,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-22

Queen Isabella, who, upon her ar
rival in Paris, seemed to care very
little for the French theatres, has be-
come passionate playgoer. 1t costs
her nothing to crafty that passion
Most Of the Spanish Absolutists now
living in Paris have boxes at one OF
moro Of the theatres; and when Queer
Isabella wants to 60 to one Of them
she writes to the boxholder as fol
lows" ], the Queen, command you t.
let me have your box for tonight.
shall DO pleased to reserve two
seats in it for you and your wife,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-22

Stokes has reached Nashville, and
spoke there this afternoon. He is
after Moses Johnson, and will make
it pretty lively for that old scalawag
this summer.
1t generally conceded, that John
son is to be the Copp, and Stokes the
Republican candidate for Gubernato-
rial honors.
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The Alabama Claims.

The rejection Of the Johnson. Clar-
endon treaty by the decisive vote of
81 to l, and that one an old ASS
named MeCreery from Kentucky,
who is about as fit for q United
States Senator as John Morrissey Is
for doorkeeper in the kingdom OF
heaven, is-let US hope-the end Of
the piddling foreign policy inaugura-
rated by Seward, and the commence
ment of a firm, manly, dignifed one,
intelligent enough to know and as
sert our rights, and with courage
enough to secure them peaceably if
we can, but forcibly if We must.
All there was in the post prandial
treaty concocted by johnson and
Clarendon, with their fair round bel.
lies full Of port and turtle, was that
the Commission which was to sit
upon these claims Of ours against
Great Britain, on account of the
spoliations of the Alabama, should
also be allowed to Offset them with
trumped up claims of trumped up
citizens Of Great Britain, for losses Of
cotton, &C., in tho South during the
war, which everybody knows would
have brought us in debt.
Senator Sumner rendered the
country an invaluable service in biz
profound speech on the Trent affair
showing that honor and consistency
required the surrender Of Mason and
Slidell; and again in this Alabams
case in Executive session, has hi
demonstrated his thorough knowl
edge of international law, and sound
ed the key note to the Inauguration
of a foreign policy with . spinal col
umn running through it.
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Iowa Consuls.

General Samuel l.. Glasgow, O
Corydon, has been appointed Consu
to Havre, France, the principal ship
ping port ofthe Empire, and one oftht
very best Of our consulates, the pay
being $4,000 per annum, ETC., etc.
with excellent climate, society, &c.
General Glasgow studied law with
the lamented General Samuel A. Rice
at Oskaloosa, and was lucratively
practicing his profession at Corydon
when the war broke out. He served
with distinction as Captain 4th In.
fantry, and as Major, 1t. Colonel,
and Brevet Brigadier General of the
23d to the last expiring cape of the
rebellion.
We congratulate HIM on securing
the best Office which General Grant
either has, or perhaps will give to an
Iowan.
Colonel M. M. Price, who goes to
Marseillss, is a young lawyer of Dav
export, who served short time as 1t
Colonel of Crocker's 18th Iowa, and
owes his place to the influence of his
father, the Hon. Hiram Price, ex-
Member of Congress from the I'd
district.
We never heard OF q Consul at
Marseilles having anything to do
except to draw his little old $4,000
per annum, and we presume Colonel
Price, who is reputed a gentleman
and scholar, will perform this ar
duous duty to the entire satisfaction
Of the Great American People.
John S. Runnels, Esq, late Cover
nor's Private Secretary, after having
Just married Governor Bakers &C.
complished daughter, is assigned to
some unpronouncable Chinese port
where the fees are nominal, and the
leisure will be sufficient to enable him
to contemplate the beauties of the
Celestial Empire, in all its pig tailed
loneliness.
These three are all the consul
tates so far assigned so Iowa.
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The Oskaloosa Citizen has fallen to
Safeguarding Representative Lough-
ridge, like the veriest drab. 1t is not
supposed that the failure of that jour
nal to get the P. o. has anything to
do with it's bad temper.
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"The man who raised a cabbage
head has done more good than all
the metaphysics in the world" said a
stump orator at a meeting. Then,
replied wag, your mother ought
to have the premium
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-22

HoT.-Smith, Universalist, and
Mershon, Baptist, both theological
pugilists, will pummel each other, at
Border Plains, Webster county, Iowa,
May LIST next, over the fresh and Jul
cy subject Of fireworks in the here.
after. They will, as usual, both win.
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United States Internal Revenue;

United States lntornaA revenue:
Notice il hereby given TO all persons H.
able to pay Internal Revenu Taxes upon
Income, Watches, Carriages, &C., togsth-
er with all who are required to pay Spe-.
cial Taxes. that the said taxes are due on
or befsre the 30th day Of April, and thAt
my Deputy, W. b. g. jacques, Esq. WIN
attend at the following places ana Mmee,
Of each day, to receive the same, aftef
which the penalties Of the law will be
strictly enforced, and collection made by
distraint or otherwise:
At Ottumwa, Wapello County, on the Sd
4th, 5th, 9th, It'll q 8th. At Eddyville -
& rs. At agency city 20 days Of may. 1859.
At Abba, Monloe County ON the 10. IL,
IL, IL. IA q 18th days of May. 1859.
At Centerville, Appanoose County on
the II, 10, IL, 20. d 21st days ofMay, 1889.
Dated at Sigoul ney, Iowa. this 10Th day
of April A. D. 1859. A. J. POPE.
Collector 4th District Of lows.
apr Is $50 W.
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GEN. U. A. NICHOLS, Adiutan
General of the Department of the
Missouri, died on Thursday, at St.
Louis. This officer was a graduate
Of the West Point Military Acadamy,
and during the war served with gal.
lantry and distinction as staff off.
Ger with General Sherman. His his.
tory OF the latter's campaigns, is the
most faithful record Of the scenes
which TRANSFERRED in the wonderful
march from Atlanta to tho Sea-
Council Bluffs Nonpariel.
All true enough except that the
General Nichols who recently died at
st. Louis was ]. A. instead of U. A.
that he served with gallantry and
distinction in his cushioned seat in
the War Department at Washington
during the entire war as an A. A. G..
and for about one thousand years
prior thereto, for which meritorious
clerical services, he emerged at the
end OF the conflict, Brevet Major
General, and was assigned as Sher-
MAJ 5 Chief of Staff at st. Louis.
wher he died, as above set forth.
Tt 1ol. Nichols who wrote Sher-
mans campaigns, was grey horse
Of al etirely different color: who
was short time volunteer
aid dc camp on Sherman's staff, and
who demonstrated that the pen was
not only more powerful, but power
fully safer than the sword, and who
yet dwe"a in the flesh, in the hey
day of y nth with blooming young
bride in one of our eastern cities.
Rep. McCrary has returned to Keo-
nj
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EARLY MARRIAGE.

DIR. FRANKLIN advocated Early Mar.
riages. ESSAYS for young men, on this
MARRIAGE and Conjugal Felicity, by
benevolent Physicians, sent by mail, il
sealed letter envelopes, free of of charge
Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, boz
P, Philadelphia, Pa.
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$4,5OO.OOO,O
DISTRIBUTED PARTIALLY AS FOL-
LOWS,

By firm and faithful adherence 70 =
strictly legitimate FIRE insurance businese
and q prompt cash payment OF al h0qe.e
losses, the managers Of the PhEN1A
hone to merit and receive continuance
of the very liberal patronage extended %
ted States, since its Incorporation.
FULTON q MAST, Agents, IA h
fElSsl OTTUMWA. IOWA. S!if8E
March Is, '69 w3m.
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AGENCY CITY COLUMN.

TAKE NOTICE EVERYBODY
The old shop at Agency City is prepared
to furnish everybody and their friends
with every class of plows, from single
shovel up to railroad plow, of the very
best material anc workmanship. We are
make them equal to the best made any
aUhere, and warrant all work to be what it
is represented.
N. B. Those indebted to the estate OF
James Stephens by note or account will
please call and settle without delay, or
their nj ties and accounts will have to be
left for collection. G. DUDLEY,
land w3m. Executor.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-22

Stewart Goodrich, of Des Moines,
has been confirmed Pension Agent
there.
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Capt. Hunter, a bully officer 18th
Iowa, is p. NJ. at Newton.
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Dcs Moines is agitating the Park
question.
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The Register is only moderately
complimentary of Nasby's pcrfor.
nance there last night.
1t took Oscanyan's bifuvcated leg
pieces, to make the enthusiasm Of the
Des Moiners slo2 over.
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Administsator's Notice.

AdministfatOrS NO1cos
Notice ia hereby given to all persons ins
tcrestcd. that on the I'd. day of April A. D.
1859. the undersigned wFs appointed .6yths
Circuit Court Of Wapealo County 10w1s
Administrator Of the Bstats, oUJamee ~:
Hagler deceased, late ofsaid county. All
persons indebted to said essAeS VIII MAKE
payment to the undersiene0y enc NO.
sent them legally authenttsAssd to said'
Court for allowance.
Dated April I'd 1859.
ISAAC NELSON. JOHN P. HAaLER;
apr s $50 wit AdminD1fat0fG 4