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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-09-22

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TURKEY MISUNDERSTANDING wild
turkeys is dangerous sport when
amateur hunters are in the woods. -
Hunters understanding the. business
run considerable risk in being mis-
taken for turkeys by inexperienced
hunters, who cannot tell their call
from that OF wild turkeys. SAMUEL
EssLEY and JosERH KENsLEY were
hunting turkeys noar Coppock's mill
last week. They had followed thom
to their roost and the following morn
ing hid themselves and commenced
calling the turkeys by initiating their
cry. They succeeded SO well 10 lmi-
tating tho birds that a greenhorn
named HYDE fired upon them, So
yerely wounding both both men,
EssLEY's wounds are very serious it
not mortal. He has wife and three
children. The writer Of this once
came very near being shot in the
same way. Excitable people should
not 80 hunting, and those persons
who do should always be sure that
they know what the, are shooting
at. Fairfield Ledger.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-09-22
Changed Aspects.

Two months ago, Louis Napoleon
Bonaparte was Emperor of France.
He saw fit to declare war against
Prussia on a most frivolous pretext,
In the first place, if Spain saw fit to
make Hohenzollern her King, it
ives none of the said L. N. BIS busi-
ness; in the next place, when the
German Prince declined the Spanish
throne, even the pretext was taken
away. We know of few wars moro
wanton' and unjust than that waged
against Prussia by Napoleon LII.
Prussia took up the gauntlet SO
wantonly thrown down; her King
explaining that he warred upon Ma
poleon, not ON the French people.
Ina vcry short timo he had routed
Bonaparte's armies in half . dozen
pitched battles, shut up ono army in
Metz, and surrendered another Mt
Sedan, where II was compelled to
surrender at discretion, Napoleon
himself being among the PRISONERS.
If King William was sincere in his
professions, what excuse is there for
prolonging the struggle? Napoleon
made unjust war upon him; Napoleon
isutterly discomfited and his prisoner.
Wo cannot see that any one is to
blame for this but Napoleon for
undertaking to whip William, or
William for not letting him do it.
They must arrange it between thom.
Germany was assailsd, and she has
crushed her assailant. Her safety
was imperiled, but her enemy is now
in her power. We think she has .
right to insist on reasonable guaran-
tees against another French attack,
and perhaps to some compensation
for the heavy expenditure to which
Napoleon subjected her; but she has
no right to make France her vassal,
nor to subject its capital and all its
provinces TO the devastations insep-
arabic from war. In short, she ought
either to propose or to accept reason.
able terms Of peace.
| II she undertakes to replace the
despot sho has crushed on tho throne
he has madly subverted, or in any
manner evinees q disposition to pro-
tract tho war needlessly and with
intent to reduce the French to vas.
ealage, the sympathics SO hounteous
~ extended to her by the generous
and liberty-loving throughout Chris
tendon, will be wholly withdrawn,
and the names Of Bismarck and
William will be exposed to the just
execration of mankind.---Neto .Yorl
Tribune.
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The "girl of tho period" differs &C.
cording to latitude. In Newport she
sis eleven years old, drives President
Grant out in her basket pheton.
under blue and salmon canopy, and
handles the silken ribbons behind tho
dashirg double team with all the case
and dexterity Of a Jchu. In Arkan-
sas she is thirteon years old, shoeless,
bonnetless, stockingless,. aud tho
sheriff is after her for stealing u
horse. Tho girl of.thc-period ought
to come to . full stop.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-09-22
Recent Elections.

Within fortnight past, elections
have been held in Vermont, Wyo-
ming and Maine, all resulting in over
whelming Republican triumphs.
These results are especially notable.
in Wyoming ana Maine, the former
of which has heretofore been largely
democratic, and the latter is one Of
the old democratic .States of New
England, and more likely to show q
reaction, than any of the eastern
States, if therein FACT, was any Of that
antreactionary spirit among tho
people, which democratic politicians
have grown grey in twaddling about
but which.seems likely to never de-
elope.
Since writing the above, we have
received dispatches from Colorado,
assuring us that Chaffee, Republican,
has beaten Miller, Copperhead, by an
overwhelming majority for delegate
to Congress, and, this, from terri
tory which has been considered dem.
ocratic.
And oil this goes to prove chat the
esprit de corps of the glorious old Re-
publican party, Is still maintained, and
that the reactlon is call in your eye,
Betty Martin"
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Rev. A. King, the EngliShnfan,
who recently preeched in tho Con-
gregational Chnrch, Of this city,
writes this homo:
"Iowa is pre-cminently suited to
Englishmen. Englishmon would be
joyfnlly welcomed in Iowa and thou.
sands Of such who are now and must
continue to be struggling with diff.
culties at home, wonld soon realize
comfort and independence by intclli-
gent industry. A large immigration
Of honest, industrious Englishmen
here would prove highly beneficial
both to England and this country
/ find many instances of proof to
show how well English settlers can
get on here and in every case where
/ have spoken with such, | have had
the strongest assurance of satisfac-
ton with the country, its climate, its
soil, its facilities for progress, its
social prospects, and its inoxhausti-
BILE resources" e
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A correspondent of the N. Y. 4ri-
bune writes as follows of tho fortifcas
tions around Paris:


Paris is completely surrounded by
a Fashioned enceinto, with crest OF
nearly fifty feet high. This enceinte
consists Of several main fronts, traced
to suit the peculiar conformation Of
the ground, and forms kind of pen
tagon with unequal sides. On those
main fronts are traced over ninety
bastions, varying in proportions, but
maintaining q uniform shape thro'-
out. The scarp Of the works is faced
with kind of soft stone, laid in reg
ular courses, and backed by rubble
masonry. The height of the scarp
is 81 feet, the ditch is u foot wide,
and the counter scarp is Is feet deep,
and sloping at AN angle of forty-fve
degrees. A simple glacis, with a
BERN separating its crest from the top
Of tho countorscarp, and thus form
ing a covered way, extends outside
the ditch. The peri,neter Of the en-
ceinte is over eight French leagues
in length, and a considerable space is
lett for military purposes between
the works and tho city. ~.
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THURSDAY. s5EEssrEA1BER22. 1870.

From the Daily Courier Of sept. 18th. =
TIE Fslrana3rE EHaI4AND.--Last
nights dispatches give ID tbesssait
|ofthe interview betwsen Earl Gran
vile, on the part Of her majesty,
Queen vicsofis, snda NJ Thiers,s On
The parttof Frsncs, at Che close Of
which Thiers conclldes tint nothing
ID i to be- hoped for from England.
Afaer the close Of this interview al
immense impromptu meeting was
held in London, in which the British
government was severely denounced
because Of its failing to syinpathize,
with the formation Of = republican,
government. in France, while the
United States received at the hands
oftho meeting enthusiastic Iaudations
for her prompt recognition nf the
new republic. Thus are now COM
plications arising out of this var,
the end whereof it is not easy to
divine. Wotfear that republican
France will fare very badly among
the crowned heads Of Europe, for
they will lily brook the establish
nent Of such q government in their
midst. With Us, however, it has
always been . fundamental principle
that we sympathixe with oil peoples
struggling for liberty, everywhere.
This government would be false to
ITSELF and false to its noble and
glorious position as the bow of
promise to the oppressed of all
nations, lift did not promptly signify
its sympathies with any people, in
an attempt to establish republic.
While We so think, we have our
misgivings as to the ability Of the
French people to maintain q republi-
| + =
can form Of government, and clearly
are Of the opinion that no people in
Europe, are today, so capable Of
maintaining free institutions as are
the Germans, and as we have all
along announced, SO we again reiter-
ate, that success to the Germans is
success to progress and civilization,
because Of their better capabilities to
establish and maintain liberal
government, and they cannot afford
to, nor do we believe they will, as a
people, throw stumbling block In
the way Of advancement, with the
French people. 81
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-09-22

"Wiie,' said u broker the other
day, sdo you think / shall ever be
worth 50,00O2" saint | worth
that to you 7" said tho coniding
spouse. * o,s," said the other half;
'.but | can't put you out at Interest,"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-09-22

Affairs in Rome arc intensely in,
teresting. Tho Italian troops are
gathered around the city, and tho
Pope will make no resistance beyond
letting loose bull upon them rs
they approach the gates. This ami
NAL will be turned over to the Com
missary Department. Tho King
will, it is said, secureto tho Pope "the
Loentine quarter though SO small
an amount will not support him long
sWe are assured by the cable, that
athe papacy will remain in-yiolatee
which will. be something OF snr-
prise to those who supposed it would
remain in scarlet Chicago POST
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The more we receive reliable nows

The more we receive reliable nows
from the Rhine, the less are the stor-
les of Prussian barbarism confirmed.
Instead OF ''leaving tho dead un-
buried" the German soldiers buried
friend and toe with equally tender
care. General Douay was buried at
Saargsmund with the impressive
ceremonies Of a military burial. The
10Th regiment and all tho German
officers in the vicinity followed his
remains to the tomb. When the
coffin was about to be lowered, the
German General, Won Wagner, took
a flower from . wreath, and laying it
on the coffin, said, with the deepest
emotion: "This flower is dedicated by
a Prnssian officer to dead hero r.
Is it to be believed that the partici-
pants in this touching scene, are
capable OF mangling corpses and do
ing the devilish deeds with which
they have beea chargcd.-Cnicago
Past
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-09-22

What the Republican Party
Has done for Labor.

Has done for Labor.
ist.. Among the first acts Of the
Republican Congress, alter some nec-
esssry measures to resist the Demo-
cratic Rebellion, was the adoption Of
the Homestead law under which, the
whole maas Of the public domain is
opened to tho possession and owner
ship ot the laboring man, upon the
condition Of settlement and cult;va-.
tion, at the nominal price Of t1o fbr.
. 100 acres. s4sl 70 Il
ID. Provision was made by which
this vast property is largely enhpn-
ced in value, and rendered accessible
to men of limited means, over the
lines Of tho Trans-continental; Rail
road, tho construction ofwhioh, had
been delayed under Democratic rule,
by the fear that FREQ labor would
possess this rich inheritance, to the
exclusion Of slave labor.
Sd. The whole System Of servile
labor was abolished BY the Republi-
can party, in spite Of the united and
persistent opposition Of the Democ-
racy in Congress, and on the BATTLE
field.
4th. Again, the whole mass OF un-
requited labor was lifted to tho dig
nifty Of the country's defenders, there
BY giving it enlarged opportunities,
enabling it to command the attention
and the sympathies Of the nation, and
rendering it's future subsection TO-
bondage absolutely impossible.
5th. This whole class was endow-
ed with citizenship and all it's rights
and advantages-against all of which
acts, the Democrats, in Congress and
In the States, recorded united neg
atiye-yet it is easy to see, that each
successive step added immoasurably
TO the dignity and power Of labor.
9th. The whole ramaining public
lands sof the South, were reserved from
sale, and appropriated to the exclu-
sive use Of actual settlers, By. (which,
the laDdless laborers Of that section,
come to the ownership of more than
5000, 900 acres sufficient for half a
million of homes Of 80 acres each,
and BY which, also, the further prog
ress Of land monopoly in that section
is forever stopped.
7th. It has given guaranty by q
solemn and unanimous declaration Of
tho House OF Representatives, that
the future land policy Of the party
shall be In the intorest OF individual
occupation and ownership, and op-
posed to sales or grants under con-
ditions, which will admit the further
growth Of personal or corporate
monopoly.
9th. And finally it has given prac-
tical evidence of it's fidelity to the
principles Of land distribution to ac-
tual occupants, through its organized
land committees, and in the defeat of
numerous land grant bills, at the re.
cent session of Congress.
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A young lady explained to her in.
amorata the distinction between
printing and publishing, and at the
conclusion Of her remarks, by way
of illustration, she said, 'sYou may
print kiss on my check, but you
must not publish it"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-09-22

! "A correspondent writes that the
Emperor at Wiihelmsholhe enjoys
entire freedom Of action, and walks
or rides at his pleasure. His chief
are the Prince Markama
and the Prince Murat. Ho disre-
CARDS tho stare of the curious people
whom he eencounters outside the gate.
1t is said he looks thirty years older
than in 1865 when the writer saw
him. He is bloated, bilious and vel
low, his eyes faintand oxprcssionless,
his movements slow, awkward and
mechanical, and his face is absolutely
devoid of expression. Apathy dc.
soribes his appearance. Ho rctires
late and rises early. His chamber
windows are lighted long after mid
night, and by half past four in the
morning the Emperor is seen walk.
ing in the garden. He dresses plain
lv III black, and amuscs himself
great deal by talking to the school
children who gather to see him.
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A letter from Forbach, in the
Temps, gives the following illnstra-
tion of the range Of tho Chassepot
"At considerable distance from tho
French advanced posts u superior
Prussian officer was observed every
morning for some days. Followed
by an escort Of about twenty horse
men, and provided with a field glass,
he moved about, looking arrogantly
toward the other lines, 30 secure did
he think himself from our FIRE. His
constant appearance irritated the
French soldiers, and promise was
made that prompt opportunity
should be taken TO teach this Prnssian
officer that Gen. De Failly had not
spoken idly when he cxtolled tho
wonders Of the Chassepot. On Fri.
day morning, as soon as o French
videttc caught sight of the Prussian,
he informed the Lieutenant Of the
Sixty-seventh of the fact. This lat
ter officer, who was noted as marks
man, at once took aim, and, notwith-
standing the distance ofone thousand
two hundred metres, hit the enemy,
who was seen TO totter in his saddle
and fall from his horse.
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The regulation widows veil is now
declared to be yard and q halt in
length, and Of English Grape Its
only reliet is . deep hem, of over an
inch in depth, upon the edge.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-09-22

Tho New Ot,aans Tines is oppos-
cd TO having female dentists, for il
objects at any time to seeing women
looking down in the mouth.
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Hon. Frank Ballinger, a prominent
citizen Of Lee county, died at his re-
sidonce near Keokuk, on the 18th
instant, aged sixty-seven.
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We received notice 3his mornil

We received notice this morning
from J, 8. Clarkson, Chairman State
Central Committee, That tho Hon.
VIM. Longhridge hass autographed
from Washington that he would be
unavoidably detained and could not
arrive here to fill his sppointment to
speak in this city on tie 22d inst.--
We hope TO- be able y supply his
place with some othsrspeaker, and
win make the announcement, should
we succeed, at the earliest moment,
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A days work tor Mrs. Julia A.
Hall, of Canaan, Now Hampshire, is
doing tho cooking for o family OF
four ond caring for ninety odd heaps
OF hay in the field.
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~ The man who married three sisters
in succession excused himself for SO
doing on the ground that he got off
with one motherin-law.
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Il
To this awful total of no. kill
cd, captured, missing, and wounded,
must be added the losses suffered by
the army through disease, and the
killed and wounded in the number
less skirmishes and little tights that
have occurred. Tho army has suf-
fered from dysentery ever since the
commenced, and my infor,
mant believes that to the above total
should be added at least 10, 900 to H.
900 for those who died Of this and
other diseases, or who are now lying
sick 10 the hospitals. This makes,
in round numbers, 10000 men to be
deducted from the German force
which marched into France.
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.ss5sgt - ---CoMPLErE WITH NEW
81 sI,YFHS AND PRESSES
ORDERS SOLICITED.


"A DOMESTIC Row.--Morton, the ed
itor of tho Nebraska News, thus de-
scribes a domestic row, = subsequent
reconciliation of which hc was wit
ness, s. TEtE sH
Coming down the Missouri near
Dean lake between Weston and st.
Joe, our rboat was hailed by woman
on shore, The officers of the craft
with their usuallgallantry rounded to
headed up stream the lady informed
them that the aduds and cooking
consarns" wero all packed IN cabin
hard by, ready for remUval, and that
it was her desire to take passage
down the river. Immediately the
duds were under way, and fast COM
ing on deck, when o man plowing in
an adjacent field was seen to drop
the rcins, and mount the horse, and
como charging and yelling towards
the boat. Tho captain waiteo until
no had arrived, and then putting and
blowing, he said AAnn, whar on
earth are you going tcw?"
Said she, Joab, allow to go
where Amt to be cuffed, and cursed,
and mauled everv day by such u
brute as you are"
Said he IN q melancholy tone, Ann
farewell"
Said sho dolefnlly-"Joa if you'li
treat me better I'll stay and live
with you until the breath is clean
out of my body"
And Joab promised that he would,
and he hoped to be eternally dog
oned to thunder if he wouldn't pay
the captain for landing and treat all
around, if she would just stay, and
she stayed. And tho last seen of this
nearly separated couple, they were
affectionately cmbracingseach other
on the bank of the "big muddy ;"
surrounded by several little free soil
boys, whose shirt tails, like the ban
ners Of Macbeth, were hung on tho
outer walls, and whose eyes were full
of gum, dirt and wonder.
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"Waiter, this bit Of turbot is not
an good as that You gave us last
week." Waiter: "3eg pardon; sir;
its of tho very Same fish,
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Sopie Sparkle Of the New York
faa, says that the persons who
spend the most money ut Saratoga
are the old men with young wives.
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L Once when bad man died, u saw
ago wit being apprised Of the event,
replied that tho average value OF
mankind was sensibly raised.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-09-22

Tho Monroe County Fair is ad-
journed, and will be held in Abba, on
the 4th, 9th aud 9th OF October.
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Losses Of the Prussian Army.
London CAug. s0) Correspondent Of the New
~ VI al3a ~ York World. Il j. = ssk
Al last I have obtained what pur-
ports 10 be o correct statement Of the
losses Of the Pfussian army in killed
wounded missing, and prisoners from
the colnmencctDent Of the campaign
up to the 18th Of August. My infor-
nation comes from a private source
in Berlin; and, although | cannot af-
firm that il lie infallibly correct, l
have reason tor believing that it is
not very far out Of the way. j may
add that, the information was not
sent for political effect at oil, butwas
transmitted from a medical man in
Berlin, connected with the medical
service Of tho army, to fellow sur
geon IN London. The statement is
as follows: s
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Prussia has three hundred and
tiity-nine associations for the inn
provemont of tho soil, by drainage,
irrigation, and the building Of dikes.
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A young soldier at Mount Holly,
Vermont, recently had bullet ex-
.tracted from his head that had boen
there since the battle Of Antietam.
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There were thirty-to homicides in
the city OF New York in July and
August. IL .ss ,ll
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There is a poor fellow 10 Bangor,
Main, who sayss.it's working between
meals that's killing him. 4,
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The head boy ofa Georgia spelling
school is nine years old, and the
urchin who stands atthe foot is re-
gistered as forty.