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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-01
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REAL ESTATE SALES ]
a WEEK ENDING MARCH ", 1859.


REPORzGDH YU. W TO WER.
Real Estate Agent and Notary Public
COURT HOUSE,
OTTUMWA, IOWA.
The New York herald., 1869-02-11

CALIFORNIA SMALLPox.-The people Of Cali
fornia are afflicted with smallpox just now in
apparently Q very virulent form. This they
perhaps owe to the Chinese. Diseases of this
class affect differently the different races Of
men. Smallpox, for instance, as it affects the
negro or the Indian, is more terrible than the
smallpox of the white man, and white men
taking the disease from these tawny races sell
dom survive. Doubtless the Mongol is another
instance of this difference, and the disease in
California is perhaps of the Mongol type.
The New York herald., 1869-02-11

ARMY ASSOCIATIONS. Following the ex-
ample Of the Western soldiers, the Eastern
soldiers begin to see some advantage In making
associations 10 be called by the names Of their
several armies. In the West these associations
were the machinery that certain Of the soldiers
made to keep themselves before the public as
good men for Office, and In this part Of the
world the associations seem destined to the
same use.
The New York herald., 1869-02-11
Our Metropolitan Police Force.

J, We have on duty in New York some two
thousand six hundred policemen, SO called,
who pretend to guard the city against crime
How they do it is best shown by our constant
reports of brutal murders and wholesale rob-
berries in the most frequented thoroughfares
and in the light of day. From this it is evil
dent that the force is not efficient. 1t lacks
strength, not only strength in numbers, but
strength in all that which is really required
to take care of city Of the size of New York,
containing elements Of nature to demand
extraordinary vigor in the public guard. We
require for New York police force Of at least
five thousand men. II should form a most
thorough military organization-should be
enlisted like soldiers for the army, drilled,
schooled and governed in similar manner.
1t should have all the energy and efficiency
possessed by the provost guards Of our armies
at the close of our war, and should be as rigor-
ously handled. The material to form such a
guard can be easily obtained. We want 1.-THE,
wiry fellows, not over thirty years Of age, all
endurance and muscle, who can stand any
amount Of fatigue, laugh at storms and be
always ready to run foot race with any thief
whose attempts to plunder deserve the pursuit.
As to payment the whole corps should not cost
in the aggregate SO much as the present one;
for the body Of it would stand in the position
Of enlisted soldiers, like the very efficient
Garde Mobile Of Paris, which is far superior to
even the polio force Of London. Such force
should be as valuable in its line as is the fire
brigade unde Shaler. 1t should, in fact, be
headed by some officer who has seen service in
our late war, and who knows how to handle
five thousand men as If they were . machine.
We have q large number of generals among US
at for such . duty-Butterfeld, Newton or
Barlow, for instance. 'a-.-
How does the present system agree with the
one we have sketched? Instead Of small men
Of great endurance we have quite the oppo-
site-big, overgrown fellows, old and rheu-
matte, all show and no sinew, long -jointed, and
consequently not good for long run, and,
generally, about as useless for policemen as
they would be for sailors. II the rank and file
are worthless what shall we say Of the
officers? One might doubt, to see the manage
ment Of this elephantine corps, IL they have
any leaders. They appear to move by instinct.
As to Kennedy, he represents the corps he
heads-in fact, is the head centre Of the police
humble bee hive-nothng else, and just as
useless. If anything calls for legislative
action 1t is this police system. The efficiency
and strength Of the corps have not kept pace
with the growth Of the city, and therefore our
Legislature at Albany should Immediately take
measures to thoroughly sift the matter, con-
slider the wants of this metropolis and meet
them accordingly. There is no reason why
we should fail to have our city as well regu-
lated and guarded from crime as is London or
Paris. The material Is at hand. All that is
required Is to make use of it.
The New York herald., 1869-02-11

Csunsins shs Presidesfial vete-A Lively
Day ia Csagress. = ft
Our special Washington dispatches and our
regular Congressional reports Of yesterdays
proceedings in both ends Of the Capitol, and
especially in the House Of Representatives,
win be found very amusing and extremely
ridiculous. The trouble was about the admis-
sion of the electoral votes of Louisiana and
Georgia. the terrible Mullins, of Tennessee,
leading of against Louisiana and the trenchant
Ben Butler, of Massachusetts,, with written
protest against the Illegal election of
the unreconstructed State of Georgia. The
presiding officer Of the joint meeting of the
two Houses was 'sOld Ben Wade President
of the Senate, whose incompetency in Par
liamentary tactics changed the usual solem-
mites of the occasion into roaring farce.
Sticking, however, to his text, that as under
the concurrent resolution adopted some days
ago the vote of Georgia was to be counted If
it did not change the result he finally van
quished Ben Butler in the admission Of
Georgia's vote.
For the details we refer the reader to our
Congressional reports. It is surmised that
General Grant has been waiting for the
official information of his choice by the elec-
toral colleges as President, before making any
disclosures in reference to his Cabinet, but as
he will have the official report to-day of the
election results it is conjectured that he will
now begin to look actively about him for his
ministry Seymour and Blair, next to "Old
Ben Wade," Ben Butler and Mullins, appeared
to be the special objects of the laughter and
enthusiastic applause of the two houses and
the galleries in this memorable counting of
the votes for President and Vice President OF
the United States.
The New York herald., 1869-02-11

SMASHING WrNDows.-This is suspicious
offence Just now. There is man in custody
in Brooklyn charged with maliciously smash
ing the windows Of dry goods dealer be-
cause the dealer opposes the early closing
dodge. Cannot the fellows who smashed
Benedict's window up Broadway put In some
such fancy as an explanationa The glass in
Brooklyn was worth $780, Benedicts was
worth 5000.
The New York herald., 1869-02-11

NOT BAD IDEA-That Of overhauling the
railroads Oh the State to see what percentage
upon their capital stock Gncluding the water
ing) they pay into the State Treasury. When
all the rest Of us are taxed so heavily by the
city, the State and the United States. we must
insist upon It that all these stoclJobbing COR
porations shall pay their percentage.
The New York herald., 1869-02-11
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The postage being only thirty-ive cents
quarter, country subscribers by this arrangement
can receive the HERALD at the same price it is
furnished in the city.
The New York herald., 1869-02-11

PATIENCE REooMMENDED-To the white
coated philosopher, who will have 1t that
Grant is going with the radicals, and to the
so-called little villain" who is quite sure
that the people do not want Grant to be a
philosophers to assume the guardianship over
General Grant, when one of them undertook
at Philadelphia to set up Andy johnson against
all comers, and the other, till it was made
Hobsons choice, had 50 little faith in Grant
that he was almost persuaded TO follow Mr..
Chase into Tammany Hall?
The New York herald., 1869-02-11
TRIPLE S HE E T .
New York, Thursday, February IL, 1869.
Notice to Herald Carriers and News Dealers.


HERALD carriers and news dealers are in
formed that they can now procure the requisite
humber of copies direct from this Office without
delay.
All complaints of 'short counts" and spoiled
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Newsmen who have received spoiled papers
from the HERALD Office, are requested to re-
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obtained from here direct, and have their
money refunded. Spoiled sheets must not be
sold to readers Of the HERALD.
The New York herald., 1869-02-11

THE PLACE TO BEGrN.-The way to prevent
crime is, perhaps, to make more or less
alarming examples In its punishment; but
the best place to make the examples is where
they will be most conspicuous among the
rogues and swindlers high In place.
The New York herald., 1869-02-11

INDEFINITELY PosTPoNED-The great whis-
Courtney Fullerton case, that winds up,
or ought to wind up, the Blaisdell- Eckel
whiskey calendar. II was announced yester-
day in court by the District Attorney that he
was directed from Washington not to prosecute
this case. The above announcement created a
great sensation in court, almost as much as If
IL were announced that another great lawyer
had departed this life
The New York herald., 1869-02-11

THE KILLING MAMA.-Our exchanges from
different parts Of the country tell us Of more
than the average Of numbering. Is IL . mur-
der epidcmic2
The New York herald., 1869-02-11

LATEST FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.-Two
evenings have given us two startling out
RACES" Benedict's window is an .pld story
already, and no doubt our readers have by this
time well nigh forgotten the "stage robbery"
Of Tuesday night. This was bold piece of
crime, and fortunately the law enables the
courts to punish II as highway robbery. AT
crimes like this the public may rejoice. The
offenders we're captured, and, In the present
virtuous state Of the courts, will be sure TO be
put out Of the way for good while.
The New York herald., 1869-02-11

OuR BONDS In LONDON yesterday touched
77i-the highest they ever have been In the
foreign market.
The New York herald., 1869-02-11
Tinlkeriug the Constit tution.

A joint resolution proposing TWO new
amendments to the constitution has passed
the Senate The first declares that no discrim-
ination shall be made among citizens of the
United States by any State, in the matter Of
voting or holding Office, ''on account of race,
color, nativity, property, education or creed"
Article fourteen, part OF the constitution, de-
clares the equal civil rights Of all citizens of
the United States, and that all are citizens
naturalized in the country. The proposed
article fifteen, If adopted, then, establishes
universal suffrage for men, including whites,
blacks, mulattoes, Indians, Chinese, and men
Of all other races and tribes who may become
citizens Of the United States. John China
man, however, was admitted to be an ugly
difficulty in the debate II was feared that he
is bound to come over in such swarms from
the Central Flowery Kingdom as to take pos
session under this amendment OF the whole
Pacific slope. But still, as radical consist
ency would not allow discrimination between
Sambo and John Chinaman, the little Mongo-
liam could not be ruled out. Nor do we think
that if the Chinese should come over by mil
lions into California and into Texas and all our
Southern States they would upset the consti-
tuition. 1t is almost certain, on the other
hand, that with their cheaper and more eff
cient labor they would in q very short
time displace Sambo and comp6 him from
sheer necessity to emigrate to Hayti, Mexico,
Central America or back to Africa. And who
knows but that Africa, after all, may be the
solution Of the negro question, If we bring the
Chinaman into general competition with negro
labor. In this view the proposed amendment
fifteen is mighty movement.
Amendment sixteen proposes a uniform
system of Presidential electors by the people,
under the direction of Congress, the real
object being to provide for the election of the
electors by single Congressional districts.
This proposition originally came from Mr..
Buckalew, q democratic Senator from Penn
sylvania, and, upon the whole, It will be
rather an advantage to the democrats than
drawback. The election of the Presidential
electors excepting the two Senatorial electors
run cuCH olubcI W SiuBio OouSTc5SiOuoi uAS-
tricts, each for itself, is suggestive of some
curious party movements and results on
election day-such, for instance, as the
strengthening by each party Of weak district
by reinforcements from strong district. The
system, in fact, could only be managed under
stringent registration law, applicable to every
district.
But these new amendments to the constitu-
ton are not wanted. Amendment fourteen,
which provides that suffrage and representa-
ton shall 60 together as the several States
may elect, win answer all practical purposes.
Nor do we suppose that these two new propo-
sitions, II adopted by the States, viii succeed
in the States; and schemes so suggestive Of
confusion worse confounded" ought to be
thrown out by every State Legislature in the
Union.
The New York herald., 1869-02-11

A Coop DAYS WoRK-The trial, convic-
ton and condemnation in the Court Of Oyer
and Terminer yesterday Of John Real for the
murder in July last Of police officer John
Smedick, of the Twenty-frst precinct. (See
our reporters report.) Now let the law take
its course; for the safety Of this community
suggests that this mock philanthropy on the
cruelty of hanging shall stand back awhile.
The case of this convicted murderer Real
admits of no halfway treatment
The New York herald., 1869-02-11

cable and the telegraph lines across Europe
and Asia to arrest the fugitive defrauding
Chinaman Of San Francisco on his arrival in
China viii open the eyes Of the Chinese - to
the power and usefulness Of the telegraph
but when we get the Pacific cables laid the
empire, and, In fact, all Eastern Asia, will be
brought in instant communication with the
American Continent. This will prove the
greatest work Of the age. It will complete the
girdle of electric telegraphs around the earth,
and will make the United States the centre Of
thought. ideas, intercourse and commerce for
the world. The trade of China has been
through all time the great prize which COM
mercial nations have sought, and the rivalry
must become more intense as the empire ia
opened to trade and as steam and the telegraph
bring out its resources. We were the first to
establish new and more liberal political rela-
tlons with the empire. Let us be the first, as we
ought to be, from our geographical position and
other advantages, in developing its material
progress and in commercial intercourse.
The New York herald., 1869-02-11
ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.

upoUgHAM's THEATRE, Twenty-fourth STAN IRISH
crpwNDRAMATIo REVIEW ToR lS6s. .a4
The New York herald., 1869-02-11


Whalen, who Is 10 be hanged to-day az noon for
the murder Of darcy McGee, made confession
yesterday to the effect that he was present a. the
murder but did not ire the Shot Mrs. McGee has
sent him word that she forgiyes him, and he s now
deyoting himself mainly to his religious duties.
Cae Curtis, female skater OF Buffalo. has
challenged the winner OF the Brooklyn match TO
skate for the championship OF America and a da-
mond medal. She has deposited 800 az a forfeit
The Baltimore City Council have rendered the hos.
ptaies OF the city to President Johnson after his
retirement.
Prominent Arrivals in the City.
Marshall p. Wilder, OF Boston: ID. G. Littejohn OF
Buffalo; George Ellwanger and p. Barry, OF Rocnes-
ter, and ]. u. Earle, OF Baltimore are at the Asior
House.
Lieutenant Commander G. w. Tracy, OF the United
states Navy; DIR. o. A. walsh, OF Newburg; Colonei
W. d. Manu. OF Mobile, and 7. L. Scott, OF Albany
are at the Metropolitan Hotel.
Judge Sherman OF Newburg, and ]. J. Mcdowell,
OF Cincinnati, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
j. II. Wright, Of Louisville, KY, and II. M. Burrett
are at the Maltby House,
Professor 7. M. varian, OF Newport, and Surgeon
Davis, OF the United states Navy, are at the st.
Charles Hotel
surgeon Reed and Paymaster Green, OF the United
states Navy, and ]. y. Dawson, OF Toronto, are at
the st. julien Hotel
The New York herald., 1869-02-11

however, from mere sentiment, 1t is the policy
Of this country to aid as far as it can every
movement tending to disconnect this Continent
and the surrounding islands from European
control. In this way win our commerce and
American ideas be extended. Cuba indepen-
dent of Spain, for example, would prove far
more valuable to us in commercial point OF
view than II Is now. Besides, il is the inevitable
destiny Of that island, as well as the rest Of
North America, to ultimately fall into our
political system and to be united with us. IL
is the first duty Of our statesmen, then, to
watch the signs of the times and to seize every
fair opportunity of carrying out the destiny Of
our country. We owe nothing to Spain or the
other nations of Europe for our political exist
ence. They insidiousy endeavorcd to dis
member the republic and to plant an imperial
monarchy on our border when we were plunged
in a terrible civil war, and Spain was one Of
the enemies 1t has been our policy to sympa-
thize with every people struggling for liberty.
Shall we refuse this to the Cubans, people
terribly oppressed and our near neighbors3
The government should at once ascertain from
the Cubans themselves what prospect they
have Of success, and, then if justiaable in
doing so, should recognize them as belligerents.
We do not urge this In the way Of retalia-
tion, but IN sympathy with people struggling
for freedom and upon that broad principle Of
American policy to which we have advsrted.
If the Cubans have chance of acquiring their
independence we ought to favor the move
ment.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-11-18
The Tariff.

There could be no better opportun.
ity than the present for discussion be-
tween Gen. Baker and Mr.. Donnelly
on the tariff. 1t is great coming
question, and discussion between these
eminent gentlemen will be instructive
to the people. Gen. Baker took ground
in direct opposition to Mr.. Donnelly's
Pennington speech, in several speeches
during the canvass. Mr.. Donnelly has
publically sign;6ed his desire to debate
the question with Gen. Baker, and We
trust the General will accept.
Donnclly has written a letter, sensibly
declining to discuss the tariff with Train
who challcnged him but expresses. a
desire to debate with General J.: H:
Baker, who has been making protection
speeches this fall, and criticising Don
nelly's Pennington address. A better
match could not be made up than one
between those two eloquent speakers.
The first paragraph is taken from the
St, Paul Dispatch, the second from the
Rochester Post.
: Let US have the discussion by all
means. We would suggest this city: as
the proper place, and the date can, be
arranged by the speakers.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-11-18
THE burning Of the staemcr Stone

THE burning Of the staemcr Stone
wall, which resulted in such. fearful and
almost unprecedented loss of life, has
suggested to some tue idea, Of iron, boats
for river navigation. The St. Louis
Rcpu1lica" in discussing the subject
expresses the belief that if iron steam
ers can be made profitable on the OCEAN,
they Can be- made equally SO on tho
rivers. Loss of life by absolute ship
wreck on our rivers is very rare thing.
Boiler explosions and fire, cover nearly
all the loss of life and property that j;
incurred in. river transportation.
Hence the necessity of making our
boats us fars as possible proof against
these two imminent sources of danger.
improvements in construction and
greater care on the part of inspectors
have greatly diminished the number of
explosions, but the risk from fire seems
within few years to have greatly in
creased. The fire 6cnd is now the
great dread. and horror Of steamboat
travelling on. our rivers. A line Of
Mississippi steamers built in such a
manner as to be absolutely fire.proof
could hee"m.na'a monopoly Of the pass
engcr traffic on their own terms as we'll
as the n.est valuable part Of the freight
ing business Until such a line is es-
tablished We advisa.eSerybndy who con-
templates days journey by steamboat
to kza insure themselves against loss
of life byvaccidput.