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seemingly to the satisfaction of all,
and we are inclined to believe, that
there are better days in the future,
for tho schools of Dahlonega. We
believe tho Superintendent is the
right man in the right place. He
aims at the good, and not the popu.
larity. May success attend him in
his labors, especially in Dahlonega.
EXIT.
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AS we arc asked every day Of our
life, where and what has become OF
Ryan, we will repeat what we had to
say only about four days ago, that
he is out on bail, and we saw him
yesterday evening at his house.
John Shea and VIM. Strang are his
securities, in the sum of $500, which
sum was made by Judge Sloan.
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Legal Notices.
sHERIFFs SAL.

Notice is hereby given that by virtue of
special execution, to me directed, issued out OF
the Clerks office of the District Court of the
Judgment rendered in said Court, in favor OF
J. G. Slavery and against the Merchants I'm
ion Express Company, have levied upon
the property of the said Merchants Union Ex-
press Company. to-wit: One pair of horses.
known as the Merchants Union Express
Companys team, being the same pair of hor-
SEES attached by Thos Bedweli, late Sheriff of
Wapello County, Iowa, and that the 18th day
of February, A ID 1870 at one O'Clock 7 M of
in Ottumwa Iowa, will proceed to sell said
property to satisfy said execution. amounting
dollars debt, and thirty two and 45-l00 cost, to-
gether with accruing costs, at public auction
to the highest and best bidder for cash.
s, A: SW1GGETT. Sheriff
Wapello Co., Iowa.
Dated ottumwa Iowa, Jan nth 1870,
January Goth 10 WIT. a
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Prot Pond respectfully announces

Prot. Pond respectfully .announocs
that he is now ready to receive pupils
on the Piano, Organ, Guitar, &c
Especial attention will be given to
Harmony, thorough Bass and Com
position, also to the cultivation of the
voice in solo and chorus singing. A
class for. instruction in the elemental
~ principles ofvocal music will be
found. Also for the practice Of Sa-
cred Music.
Pianos 4 Organs promptly timed
and regulated. Orders lott at
MESSRS. TAYLOR, BLA 4 & co.
Nov. - d&wtf
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Agency Items.
AGENCY CITY,
Ion11aru C0fb 1G7n

January Goth, 1870.
Marr1ed.-At the Union House in
Agency City, on Thursday Jan. 20,
by the Rev. VIM. Thatcher, Mr.. e. S
Kent to Miss Elizabeth G. stephens.
The following were the shipments
OF stock, for the week ending Jan'y.
22nd. Six cars hogs from Fullen &
Newell to Fry & Reed, Chicago Ills.
Two cars cattle, from Smith & Racer
to Smith & Racer, Chicago, Illinois.
YOUNG AMERICA.
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| Total. .S12, l66 0G
On motion the Board adjourned to
meet at 81 o'clock tomorrow morn.
ing. G. D. HACK WORTH,
Clerk.
TENTH DAY.
January 18th, 1870.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
President Tisdale in the Chair.
Roll called.
Members all present except Super.
visor Boyd, Slutz and Barbour.
Minutes of last meeting read and
approved.
The President proceeded to take
up the regular order OF business.
The following resolution was pre-.
| sented and referred to County Atty,
viz:
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the
District Court be allowed the fees of
his Office for his services assuch clerk,
and that the fees be received as pay
mont in full for his services as Clerk
Of the District, Circuit and General
Term and the probate business Of
said office, and furnish all help to do
the business of said office. County
Attorney made verbal report in favor
of said resolution, which, ON motion,
was adopted.
Resolution allowing r. Hyatt, Su-
pervisor of Cass Tp., to contract for
building bridge at or near the mouth
of Avery creek in said Tp., to pay
the apportionment of said TIP for
1869, therefor, and if that is not suffi-
cient that tho remainder be paid from
apportionment made TO said Town.
ship in the future. On motion adopt
cd.
County Supt. of Schools.--The pc.
tition of which was referred to Co
Atty, after due consideration, was,
on motion, rejected.
Thos. Bedwclls claim for recaptnra
of prisoners, which was ref rreG @
Co. Atty after due consideration,
was, on motion, rejected.
u. 2. Hughes petition Tor abato-
ment of assessment for 1869. The
Committee recommended said matter
to be Indefinitely postponed. @ mo-
tion said recommendation WIS con
Cured in by the Board.
Resolutionto authorize Co Auditor
to sell certain lots in Hack worth's
sub of lot IL of Gillmore's sub, was,
on motion, laid on the table.
On motion of r. Hyat the claim
of J G Hinsey for counsc and visits
to Fraunberg, was reconsidercd, and,
on motion, said claim was rejected.
Petition Of T. J. Dovin and K. Nc
Millen asking county to pay road
damages, was, on motion, rejected.
Resolution to grant N. Baker char !
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Dudley of Wapello, Cults Of Ma
haska, Irish of johnson, Kasson of
Polk, Stone of Mills and Rowell of
Union, SO far, are the talkists of the
a. r. The other chaps are the
votists, and hashists, and mileagists,
and discharge the other important
functions of legislators.
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Iowa Ahead.

To Gov. Merrill, who was himself
one OF lowa's most distinguished
soldiers, are the veterans of the State
mainly indebted for the successful
Inauguration SO far, of a movement to
bring them together to the Capitol
OF their State, on the first day of
next June and their return to their
homes without expense, except as to
officers, and they are to be charged
only halffare rates by the Railroad
Companies.
These most uncommonly liberal
arrangements agreed to by the lif-
terent railroad companies, which
pormeate Iowa IN every direction
from the Capitol, were made alone
by the Governor, after long series of
letters and interviews with their
officers, and reflect great credit on
all the parties concerned.
AS our readers already know,
the final preliminaries were all ar.
ranged at Des Moines, recently, by
the appointment of committee of
Ii from all parts of the State on
General Arrangements, with a sub
Committee of FIVE, resident at Des
Moines, of which Governor Merrill is
chairman, which is expected to do
the principal labor of the affair.
Nothing car be more creditable to
the State of Iowa, than to be the first
to move in. calling together without
respect to rank. all tho gallant mon
who followed their country's flag tt
victory through four years Of bloody
war.
Aud what grand old reunion
that will be of the Veterans who
fought at Belmont, Henry, Donelson
Shiloh, Vicksburg, Helena, Atlantis
and elsewhere
How the ties of friendship and th'
flames of patriotic fervor which wer,
forged on the march the bivoua,
and in the red hot fire of battle, viii
be re-enkindled by this meeting o
what is remaining of the $4,000 mer
who responded to Father Abraham
call ?
1t is intended to entertain thes,
citizen soldiers, while they remain i,
Des Moines (Which may be two o
three days) free Of expense to them
so tar as possible.
1t is farther contemplated that
grand review will be had with tn
soldiers and officers so near as ma,
be in their original organizations
with their old colors, &C., &c., an,
which will unquestionably be tn
grandest pageant ever witnessed il
Iowa.
Its predicted by many that the
extraordinary inducements offered
will bring nearly every living low
soldier to the Capitol, and that tn
column in parade will contain no
less than forty thousand men,:or q
army as large as Leo had left at Ar
pomattox.
Privates, and officers, Republican
and Democrats, are all representa-,
on the Committee, and it is impossi
BILE for any fair or liberal man to tor
ture it into political or personal AK,
grinding affair, and it will be dis
creditable to any soldier to be absent
from this reunion unless tor unavoid
able reasons.
We shall have more too say of this
reunion hereafter; meantime, we sug
gest to the Military Committees O.
both houses OF the Legislature, the
propriety of making liberal appro
priations to be placed at the dispose
OF the Quartermaster, who may b,
appointed by the aforesaid Commit
tee.
Letevery soldier Of Iowa's glorious
army commence getting ready nov
to attend.
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SIXTH DAY.

SIXTH DAY,
Board met pursuant TO adjourn
ment.
President Tisdale in Chair.
Members all present except Supv.
Boyd.
Minutes of last meeting read cor
rected and approved.
On motion the action of the Board
yesterday, the road petitioned for by
Il. M. Garrison, ct al, was reconsider
ed, whereupon, Supervisor Reinhart
moved that said matter be referred
back to the same commissioner to
make said location more definite, and
that he employ competent Surveyor
for that purpose, and make his sup
Elemental report to this Board on
Wednesday, January 18th, 1870.
On motion the action of the Board
yesterday, in the establishment of the
road petitioned for by E. Cummins,
ct al, was reconsidered, and the fol-
lowing resolution adopted.
Resolued, That in the matter of the
road petitioned petltioned for by E.
Cummins, ct al, a portion of said
proposed road be established as fol.
lows, to-wit: Beginning at the s. 9.
corner Of sec. 81, tip Il, range IL run.
ming north 81 rods, thence west 63
rods, thence north 63 rods, thence west
along side of the center line OF
said section, SO, III rods common.
cling again at the n W corner of the
Is wqr OF said section So, running
thence west so rods to the W cor.
ner Of the O. ofn Q Or sec 35, town.
ship Il range IL where it intersects
the county road and terminates.
(and that the remainder of said road
petitioned for and reported on by
the commissioner be not established
On condition that petitioners pay
all costs and damages, that have OF
may accrue, Oh or before the 1st day
ofFebruary 1870.
| Resolve that the action of the
Board in reference to the road petit
toned tor by E Cummings ct al
shall be, and the same is to be regar
ded as confirming the action of the
commissioners to assess damages. Sc
tar as the establishment of the road
was made by said action. Provided
that the adoption of this resolution
shall not increase the liability of the
county in said road matter.
| Atty bids opened. There being
but one bid to-wit. G u Fulton. Or
motion his proposition to act as Atty
in all the courts of the county and
state in which the county is party
including the Supreme Court, and
give advice to all county townships
and sub-district officers, for one hun.
dred and fifty dollars for the yea,
1870, was accepted.
| The report Of Jas. D. Ladd was
read, and, on motion, accepted, and
ordered to be placed on file.
The claim of 7. Bigham, ]. p, and
acting coroner was taken up, and, on
motion, referred back to the Commit.
tee on I'd Glass Claims.
The claim of Martin Dickens tor
$3.50 was upon recommendation of
the Committee, curtailed to s4.OO.
Finance Committee reported ami
of different funds on hand, and on
motion the same was received and
ordered to be filed.
On motion the consideration of
bids for County Physician was post
poned until 2 o'clock P. NJ, of Wed.
nesday of next week, and that the
Auditor is authorized to continue TO
receive such bids.
On motion the Board adjourned to
meet next Wednesday at o'clock P.
M. J. S. PORTER,
Acting CLERK.
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1t. Gov. Walden is the youngest
and best looking man who ever pre-
sided over the Senate, which he is
doing, as we learn from all quarters,
with credit to himself and to the en-
tire satisfaction of that body.
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IN THE SPRING we are to have the St.
Louis and Cedar Rapids Railroad vigor.
ously prosecuted by Carpenter d Wolf
with all their material and force drawn
Off the B. d NJ, completed, and bridge
built by Nick Baker d Co. This alone
will make things uncommonly lively du.
ring the coming season hereabouts.
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RAILRoADIcAL. - An immensely
large and enthusiastic Railroad
Meeting at Fairfield. Saturday, raised
the last of tho $685. for which,
Judge Aller assured them Fairfield
should be made point 50 far as he
could dictate.
We guess one Of these days our
farmers and townpeople who have
hardened their hearts and stiffened
their necks against aiding us in this
great enterprise, will hear something
drap.
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Our able and faithful NJ. c., Judge
VIM. Loughridge, writes to the Knox
vile Voter that he is down on the
Franking steal,
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Financial and Commercial
Chicago Live Stock Market.

Cattle Receipts 1926 sales 245. Mar
ket generally quiet, but fair demand tor
best shipping grades. Prices unchanged,
ranging 4@f4 tor common butchers to
shipping beeves are worth 7@7l.
Hogs-Receipts 10000. Market dull,
sale 5000 up to noon at St @sa for common
st@9 fair to medium 94@9f good to ex-
fra
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ENTERpRIsE.-With most common
dablo enterprise the B. & M. RR. Go.
have put Pullman's magnificent
sleeping and dining cars, on their
Pacific Express trains, which leave
here going cast at 4:24 a. m. and
1880 p. m. and at 1O:15 a. m. and
$40 p. m. going west, each day.
Thus on these trains you can, for
a slight addition in expense, have a
cosy comfortable bed; the conven-
fences you erjoy in your own par
lors, and a meal fully as good as can
be obtained in a first-class hotel, and
all this while, you arc intrau situ whir
ing along at the rate of thirty miles
per hour.
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NINTH DAY.

NINTH DAY.
Board met pursuant to adjourn,
ment.
Prcaitc.' IIdalo in the Chair.
Roll ca.led. =
Members all present, except supv.
Barbolr.
Minutes of last meeting road and APP
proved.
L NJ Cooley, Clerk ofthe District
Court, filed his report for the year
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GoNE.-Gen. Hedriclx, nd'tor-in-
chief of this paper, left for ssing-
ton, this morning, We shall have
letters from him regularly.
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JEwELRy, &C., &c.-Go TO Trask's
and look at his magnificent stock of
everything in tho Jewelry line, and
then we are sure you will buy.
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tor. for bridge on first Monday in
March next, substantially according
to said Bakers proposition. On mo-
tion adopted.
On motion the following clsims
were allowed, viz:
Edw Everett $3.50, VIM Tepp, $500
G. ". Young, s1.2O.
Also the following claina of E;rat
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On motion the Board adjourned
until 8 o'clock, tomorrow.
GEO. d. HACKWORTH,
Clerk.
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PROCEEDINGS

OF THE
BOARD Of SuPERVIS 0RS;
AT THE
January Term, 1870.
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On motion the Board adjourned tc
meet again on the LIST Monday in
March next at 10 o'clock. a. m.
G. D. HACKWORTa, Clerk.
Board of Supervisors
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these or some other reforming measures, the
rights and liberties of the iaboring millions
must 20 down under clsad OF wrong and
corruption, 70 continue hr agss. * not
through all coming time. Those Who would
leave posterity priceless inheritance, should
disconnect themselves from both existing
political parties and range themselves under
The banner Of the Labor Uniop," and
With one accord 60 forth to battle, and to
victory-thus gloriously indicating the ca
pacity of the toiling millions for self-govern-
ment.
If | had fortune to warrant the expense
and loss Of time, I.wOuld speak in every
State in this Union and continue to canvass
until our organization was perfected from
ocean to ocean.
Wherever / 60 and explain our platform
and objects. favorable sentiments are ex-
pressed, sometimes with enthusiasm.
/ hope to meet you at Cincinnati. at the
Annual Labor Congress / leave to-day
for jackson, Mississippi. Intend soon, OF
before the present year expires, to get up
State organization.
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We desire to call the especial atten-
ton Of our friends in Southern Illinois
particularly the farmers aud miners
to the advertisement in another
column, announcing that . grand mass
meeting of the sons of labor win be
held at Belleville, on Saturday, the
End of July, at which the principle Of
the National Labor Union will be ex-
pounded by some of the ablest speakers
in the country. We trust all the labor
organizations in the neighborhood will
turn out sa sasse, and that the miners
who are especially invited will rally to
Q man, AMI prove to the minions now
in power that they are alive to their
best interests, and determined that the
reign Of corruption, speculation and
robbery, shall cease; and that this
country shall become in fact what is in
name-A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE
For all necessary information see I'D.
vertisement
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THE CLEVELAND FARCE.

A few weeks ago, we announced on
what we considered reliable authority,
viz. i a resolution of the Labor League,
that the workingmen Of Cleveland, in
tended to place Congressional Labor
Refd rm candidate in the field, aud
con! nended the action OF that body for
SO 6aisg. II seems, however, that as
SOON as this was noised abroad, a pack
Of INSCRIPTIONS, unprincipled dema-
gogIes resolved to head off the move
meni, and secure, if possible, the en-
dorssment of party hack. To their
shame, be it said, tools to accomplish
the tick were easily selected to pack
the tneeting, for the consideration Of
the payment Of their dues, by a disin-
teres&sd friend.
TIE cloven foot was first displayed
in a'resolution introduced to recon
slider the vote adopted at a previous
FhSS hOO W ~ OuISluC VI TIE
ranks of the Labor Union for
a candidate, which was defend.
ed on the nonsensical ground
that the expense incurred thereby
would be beyond the means Of the
Leagues. Although many Of the
truei and staunch friends Of the cause
PROTESTED against the transparent out
rages it soon became evident that pro-
tests we're of no avail. The Iackeys
pres ent had come to do the dirty work
of their masters, and they were deter.
mindd to do it we'll.
To prove the animus of a majority
present, and that wo are guiltless of
exaggeration, it is only necessary to
add that the following resolution was
table "a by tremendous majority:
Resolved, That the Labor Union will not
nominate Jr support any man for any office,
who yil rot in advance agree to stand as the
INDEPENDENT candidate of this Labor Union,
" irr4spective Of all other political parties"
Pretty action truly, at a meeting of
Ldbor Reform Leqguel After argu-
menb entreaty, and denunciation had
failed to change the intention of those !
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Eight Hours in San Francisco.

At q recent meeting Of the various
Eight Hour Associations of. San Fran
cisco, called to celebrate the third an
niv -sary of the formation of the
League, an eloquent and instructive
address was delivered by General
VIM. At the conclusion of his re-
marks, the following preamble and
resolution was unanimously adopted :
WHEREAS, 1t has become a custom of the few
that manage political parties, to secure to
themselves power, and nominate political trick
sters. who deceive the people after election,
and as an election is now approaching, and we
will be expected TO vote party ticket, or be
ruled out. and as We intend to vote as con
science may dictate or approve therefore,
Resolved, That no party tic or personal con-
alteration shall induce US to vote for any man
for Office who is not now, has been, and will
pledge himself to continue to be in favor Of
the eight hour system Of labor" and we will
look uuon any evasion Of the question as not
onlv equivalent to, but worse than open OPP
poAition
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guards are Justify inquired for. At
length order is restored, the doors are
locked whistle andA pnf-and We
have started on our Last railroad excar-
sion for the present in the slight little
isle" It is nearly midnight when we
arrive 1t our destination, but as our
quarters-the "Queen's Hotels with
in a stones throw of the station, we
have no room to ,grumble. y.
Arrived at tho hotel, every room Is
filed but one small bedroom, anu as
we have neither chick nor child with
us, we have the satisfaction OF learning
zoe can be accommodated, while to the
patsr: fan'idas with his progeny, trunks
and band-boxes, the announcement is
There is not spare bed in
the house"
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FROM KANSAS.
LEAvENwoRTH. june 3. lam

AAA'1N"VhIHs June 3, 1870.
To the Editor of the WOHKmsnAH's ADvOcIrr.
As | have nothing particular "a
occupy my mind this evening, con.
Cluded to have a short say in yOur
valuable ADVOCATE Of The rights Of Ia
laboring classes. | want to give Won
and the readers Of your paper, soma
account of our stewardship here, IN
this, one Of the most beautiful StatM
in the United States and right here
/ will-say that there is not and cannot
be . more beautiful country in The
world, than we have in Kansas. mot
only q portion Of it, but / Nigh saw
the whole State. have travelled over
large part Of the State in the l. i two
months, and the crops could not look
more promising than they do, and The
people, as a general thing, are q good.
hard working, economical, and indus.
trious class Of people, all over The
State and there are thousands mora
emigrating into the State daily, and
still there Is room for millions OF pOrk
ingnser and capitalists yet, and we want
to see them come.
The Labor Reform Party is progress
ing beyond my expectations. as
Secretary Of the State Labor Union
have issued nine charters to SAILOR.
dinate unions i'll the last two months
and half, and some Of those unions
applied for charters with one hundred
and fifty charter members a; that Ia the
way it should be all over the State, not
only in this State, but in every State Of
the Union, and why cannot we have Il
so ? We can and will at no far distant
day. Every town and township should
organize. There are enough laboring
men and mechanics in every voting
precinct, in every State, to form union,
then why not organize In union
there is strength, and without it we can
do nothing2 / hope to see q labor
organization in every township in this
State before our fall election. Then we
can elect a Governor to fill the Chair
that is now disgraced by a man that has.
been bought by railroad and land
monopolists, to send United States
troops among a people that are as
peaceable, hard-working and indus
trious a class of citizens as it ever be-
comes my lot to visit They are there
now guartered upon that people, for
what purpose, and sent there by whom?
Sent there by tool Of the monopolistS
to intimidate and make slaves ofwhat
(they the mOnopOlists), term Land
Leauguers, but in truth honorable and
honest laborers, this man (the Cover
nor, has proven to my satifacuon a.
least, that he will move in the interest
of the monopolists when ever they pull
the bell cord What we now want
here is thorough organization Of the
working classes, and then when cur
fall election arrives we will dethrone
such tools as him, and elect a man that
money kings cannot take by Inc nose
and lead him where ever they will Soft
must be all over this country before the
working classes are free men.
B. +. SYLvIs.