The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-03-10
WASHINGTON, d. c.,
March end, 1870.

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WAsiNGroN, D. c.,
March end, 1870.
The hcWs cf the loss of the stca-
MGR Oneida near Yokohama, Japan,
with such startling sacrifice of fife,
has appalled, tho entire commuhity.
Ii seems she was rah into by the
British Steamer Bombay. There
appears to have been the utmost
carclessness and gross inhumanity
displayed on the part of the officers
commanding the Bombay, which
will, in course Of tune, be thoroughly
ventilated. The officers and crew OF
the Oneida numbered 17U men, of
whom only IS wore saved. regret
to announce that Col. George Cowie
Of Montezuma and his family arc
plunged into grief by this terrible
calamity, as Ensign James W. Cowie,
a cherished sou was on board and
his name does not appear in the list
of saved. He is doubtless lost. Col.
Cowic and his estimablc family, will
have the heartfelt sympathy of oil
who know them. Hon. Thomas L..
Tullock, the Collector of Internal
Revenue for the District of Columbia
also lost son, Thomas l.. Tullock,
jr. Mr.. Tullock is one of our most
talented and respected citizens, and
the loss of such a noble boy will
weigh heavily upon him. While l
particularize these two cases because
OF my personal acquaintance with
the bereavcd relatives) it cannot DO
forgotten that over one hundred
other families will bear the chasten.
ing rod of affliction.
Senator Howell of Iowa, throw
himself into the breach and made
his maiden speech yesterday, taking
as a basis the resolution introduced
by him on Monday last that hereaf.
ter there shall be a proviso incor-
porated in every grant Of lands to
railroads securing the right of set
tiers to homesteads on the grants
and requiring the land to be put in
market at an earl y day at price not
exceeding $3.50 per acre. He show
ed his grit and courage by attacking
the policy advanced by the leader Of
the Democracy in the Senate, SEN
ator Thurman, of Ohio he is not
afraid to beard the Democratic lion
in his den, while Senator a whit
move than when he sat in the chair
editorial Of the Gate City. Howell
has voice like the thunders on Mt.
Sinai, and therefore attracted atten-
ton by his clear distinct utterance
as also by his logic. A big audience
thronged the galleries and Howell
came off with flying colors.
He alluded to the Senator from
Ohio, (Mr. Thurman,) who would
stop the march of progress to the
West, and reserve the wild lands fol
our grand children, and said that az
the misorly boarding of money is
condemned in Scripture us an abuse Of
the gifts Of Providence, 50 the with
holding.of these lands from use and
occupation would DO much more
worthy Of condemnation. lis said
we shall have population of two
hundred millions in sixty years from
now, and therefore it is necessary to
reserve these lands. In reply to
this, Mr.. Howell briefly sketched the
rapid increase of our torritofy and
advance Of emigration from East to
West within the memory of living
men, and prophesied that our terri
tory would continue to increase, sc
that at no distant day our descend
ants would come from the Halls o.
Montczuma, the annexed Dominion
Of Canada. and the States of the Rec
River country, to take their seats al
Senators in this Capitol, or, pcrchanct
in the capitol which will then tower
in magnificent proportions on the
western banks ofthe Fathers of Wat
ers on the beautiful and commanding
site Of the city ofhis residence, (Keo
kuk,) overlooking three States of The
Union.
If, however, wild territory must b.
reserved for posterity, he humorous
ly proposed compromise for the
special benefit Of the posterity O.
those who favored this repressive
policy, by which there should be Sc
cured to them the perpetual possess
ion of the several hundred millions O.
acres Of the balmy Alaska, where, il
we can credit official encomiums,
'-everlasting spring abides,
Aud never fading flowers"
The Chronicle this morning says
1.-THE new Senator from Iowa, Mr.
Howell, spoke briefly and ably yes
terday in favor Of limiting the price
of public lands hereafter to be voted
to railroads, and IN general opposi
ton to the policy of land grants tt
great corporations. Tho tone OF Mr.
Howell's remarks was moderate anG
conciliatory, and showed peculiar fit
ness for the station to which he has
been called. We should like to see
little of the same liberation among
those of our Western friends who
having put themselves on tho high
road to wealth and power by enor
NOUS bounties and largesses to great
railway companies, resolve that nc
other section shall enjoy portion Of
the same generosity"
A fnll and complete investigation
proves conclusively that President
Grant is not in the slightest degree
responsible for the celebrated gold
panic oflast September, and in which
Fisk, Gould and several other "little
villains were so thoroughly mixed.
Golliday Of hentucky, and Deweesc
of North Carolina have taken their
carcasscs in their hands and marched
ont nf bo ITnucn IF