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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-05-05

lent writer the occasion will be one
Of much interest. The Commission
or Of the General Land Office; the
House and Senate Committccs on
Public Lands, and many others will
favor the meeting with their pres
ence. Speaking Of lands reminds
me that the defeat of Geo. w. Julian
in Indiana, Is a calamity to the coun-
try, and is b regarded here.
THE THIRD AUDITOR.
Hon. Allan Rutherford, tho
newly chosen Third Auditor of the
Treasury, has arrived, been sworn 10,
and has entered upon the discharge
of his duties. The following impor-
tant decision relative to claimants, l
clip from this mornings Republican:
"Third Auditor Rutherford, con-
curing in the opinion ofthe Solicitor
ofthe Treasury, has directed that the
practice of referring rejected claims
to the Second Comptroller for his
concurrence II such rejection, will be
discontinued. Hereafter when a
claim shall be rejected the auditor
will furnish the reasons in full, and
unless q repeal is taken the claim
shall be barred. In case an appeal
is taken the papers will then be for
warded to tho comptroller for his de-
cision on the appeal, and if the claim
is not argued within six months, then
the claim will be regarded as lnvalid,
and forever barred against the Uni
ted States"
Colonel Charles II. Brown, chief OF
the Quartermaster's Division Of the
Third Auditors Office, has returned
from his home in Connecticut, and
has resumed official duty. Colonel
Brown is one of the leading minds in
the organization of the G. A. r. in
this city, is q sound radical, and as
able and efficient an ofsicor in the
service of tho government as you can
lind anywhere. The Third Auditors
office throughout, is emerging from
the miro and the clay Of the late
John Wilson, whose administration
of affairs was q stencil in the nostrils
of tho people. PoToMAc.
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CHAPTER n.

AN ACT to amend section 1920 of
the Revision Of 1860, and to pro-
vide for orders, for the record of
village plats, to be made by Cir
cult or District Judgein vacation.
Sec /. Be it enacted by the Gener-
al Assembly of the State of Iowa,
That Section 1920 of the Revision of
1860, be so amended as to read as
follows, viz: "The plat and acknowl-
edgoment shall then be presented to
the Circuit or District Judge, who if
satisfied that the above requirements
have been fully complied with, shall
enter thereon an order that the whole
be recorded.
Sec. 2. All Acts and parts of Acts
conflicting with theprovisions Of this
Act are hereby repealed.
Sec 3 Thus Act being deemed of
immediate Importance, shall take ef-
feet and be in force from and after it's
publication in the Daily State Regis
ter, and Daily Bulletin, newspapers
published in Dcs Moines, Iowa.
Approved April z, 1870.
l hereby certify that the forego.
ing Act was published in the Daily
State Register April ID. and in the
Daily Bulletin. ............. 1870.
ED. WRIGHT, Secretay Of State.
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Father Brainerd, of the Iowa City

Rcpnbltean, and the Sigourney NcIcs.
arc pleased to say that the Hon,
VIM. Lough1dgc has been engaged
in what they term "otticious inter
meddling", in looking after the ap-
pointment of deputy marshals in the
various counties OF this COMPRESSION
al district, for The Federal census.
Now, we suppose, and indeed know.
that in every district in this State
General Clarke has consulted to
greater or less degree the respective
'nemboTs Of Congress in regard to
these appointments, AID did SO from
choice. and because it was customary
80 To DO, regarding, however, all the
tImo the fitness of applicants for the
position rs paramount to all other
things. And we suppose that Mr..
Loughridgc found that if he did not
look after his interests in these ap-
ro'ntmcnts to some extent, his OPP
poncuta, Governor Stone, Rush,
Clarke and others, with their friends
would probably set up nice thing
IN the district for themselves through
this agency. And feeling that he
ought to have some show in the con-
test while absent in the performance
nt his duties, and unable to give his
personal attention TO his interests he
simply acted on tho defensive so far
rs he could i'll regard to these ap-
pointmcnts. Ii it be an oeense in
Mr.. Loughridge SO to do, We cannot
see It, and VIC believe the CRU mhlers
would be the first TO avail themselves
OF the same privilege at tho first op.
portunity. If there has been any
otfcious intermcddiing in these APP
potntmen's, we think it is chargcaDlc
injustice to other parties, than our
able. efficient, and worthy repre-.
sentative.
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GEN. GREsnAM.-Wc regret to
learn that Gen. Walter G. Gresham,
who succeeded Gen. Crocker in COM
mand ofthe 4th Division, 18th Army
Corps, and now United States Dis
trict Judge for Indiana, has suffered
severe accident in his leg which
WAS broken by minnie ball, before
Atlanta July 20, 1864, Of such a
character, rs to render amputation
above the knee necessary.
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AN eminent Catholic of Philadel.
phia, in note to the Tribune. as to
the sectarian character Of the com.
mon school system, makes these
frank admissions:
"You remark in your article of to-
day that the reading of few verses
Cor many of the Bible in the Public
Schools could hardly be regarded as
an act of worship. One Of our COM
plants, my dear Mr.. Editor, is, that
in too many cases it is specific act
of sacrilege. But it happens that
the Bible is the Protestant rule Of
faith it is by no means of Bible
reading in public schools and out of
it, unattended by interpretations of
the Church, that the Protestant prop
agandists expect to overwhelm and
destroy the Catholic religion the
Bible is the chief and sole source of
Protestant beliefs it is the potent
weapon of the Protestant power
Great societies are established to
print and circulate it; these support
multitudes of agents, and spend mil
lions of money every year in this
pre-eminently Protestant mode OF
evangelizing non-Christians and of
perverting Catholics. The most
powerful engine OF Professionalism is
the Bible. The Bible. the whole
Bible, and nothing but tn Bible, is
the slogan and WatchWord of the
Protestant chieftains. In tho Bible
is the foundation, the cornerstone,
the super-structurc, tho inside and
outside, the length, width, hight and
depth of the Protestantsystem. Now
you have put this tremendous instru.
mentality-this chiefest thing in your
religious systematic the public
schools. By SO doing you have
Protcstanized them; you have put
them in specific. opposition to Cath
clio principles, you could not halt so
ctfectually do it by any and all other
means at your command. 1t is pre-
eminentIy because the schools have
been Protestanized, and transformed
into means for the propagation OF
Protestant belief that you cling so
tenaciously to tho system. 1t is BIO
cause it operates against tho Catholic
Chure h that it is 81 dear TO you"
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Chicago Live Stock Market
Chicago, May 3.

NHIcASo, MAY ..
Cattle-Receipts 1919; better dc.
mand, shade tirmer but unchanged,
sailing at 6iM7 for fair to good ;
74MS for good TO extra.
Hogs-Uncnanged fair shipping
demand, receipts 1886 sales 1854
at G.5O@9.25 for common to extra.
sneep-Quiet and unchanged re.
ceipts 1852.
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The Second Comptroller of the
Trcasur rules that the decision of
the Supreme Court in regard to
bountics, only applies to 80 regiments
Of infantry and one regiment Of
cavalry, called for by the proclama-
ton of May Sd, 1861, and that the
first regiments named will be entitled
TO bounties Hereunder.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-05-05

General Sheridan, in letter to
General Sherman, says that tho
number of men who have been
scalped, women ravished, and child
rcn's brains dashed out by the Ind
ians since 1862 is twelve thousand.
That he is co mpeled to make a
choice whether he will protect the
white settlers from these outragcs or
whether he will permit the Indians
to continue their fiendish warfare on
the frontiers 'unwhipped Of justice.
He has made his choice and will pro-
tect the settlers.
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A Washington special says that it
is learned from official sources that
the statements sent from here in
relation 10 tho Indian troubles 10 the
Northwest arc exaggerated, and that
there is no official information that
10000 Sioux are on the war path.
and the agent OF the tribe denies tho
story cmphatica!ly.
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\ farmer pamed Chilson, living
near Girard, Ohio, thinking to rid
his corn field of a troublesome ground
hog, managed to administer to the
qnadruped a dose ofstrychnine which
killed him nearly instantly. The
carcass was suspended to tree,
where the crows soon espied the
savory bit, and pro ceded to appease
their appctites. After partaking of
the meal, the crows would fly a short
distance, as if in agony, and fall dead
to the ground. The bones being
thoroughly stripped of the flesh, re.
naming exposed to the bleaching in
tlucncc OF sunshine, rain, and frost
for nearly two years, when, falling
to the ground, highly',prizcd dog
masticated parts Of Thorn and died
ten minutes afterwards.
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One HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD
will be given for satisfactory and re-
liable information of my brother,
Richard Davis, living or dead, who
suddenly and mysteriously disap-
pearcd on the 2lst day of May, 1869,
from the residence of his brother-in
law, Rev. Thomas Evans, Mount
Pleasant, Henry county, Iowa. Mr..
Davis had been advertised last sum-
mer III the Mount Pleasant Journal
and several Of the exchanges of that
paper, also in the three Christian
Advocates. He is English birth,
about sixty years of age, quick and
intelligent, five feet high, light COM
plexion, long slim features, blue eyes,
long hair and a little bald, no beard
or whiskers. 1t is not known that
he had any paper on his person show
ing his name. He is supposed to be
drowned. His hat, coat and panta-
looms. will be recognized by his sis.
ter. lie wore a light jeans coat,
faded black velvet collar, dark mixed
pants, black vest, low crown quilted
hat, wire at the brim. Any person
conveying information of the per
sonal identity of my supposed lost
brother, will relieve the deep distress
ard careworn mind of his sister, Mrs.
Thomas Evans, and shall receive the
above reward.-Moont Pleasant
journal.
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CHAPTER 65.

=
AN ACT for the protection Of birds.
Whereas, The birds of this State
are useful to the farmer, gardener
and horticulturist, from the great
amount of noxious insects which
they annually destroy and
Whereas, It is the Judgment of
this General Assembly, that their
wanton and useless destruction should
not only be strictly prohibited, but
that every encouragement be given
for their rapid propagation therefore,
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State Of
Iowa, That it shall not be lawful for
any person to kill, trap, ensnare, or
in any manner destroy any Of the
the lirds of this State, excepting
birds of prey, the migratory aquatic
birds, and those which are useful for
food, and the killing of which at GER
tain seasons of the year is now per-
mitted by law, Provided, That per-
sons killing birds for scientific pur-
poses, or for preservation in
museums and cabinets, shall be ex-
empted from the penalties of this
act, unon making satisfactory proof
Of tho purposes for which they have
killed any such bird or birds.
Sec. 2. That this prohibition shall
also apply to the destruction of the
eggs or youngof all such birds.
Sec. 8. Any person so offending
shall be- guilty of q misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof before
any Justice of the Peace, Mayor, or
Police Justice, shall be fined in any
sum not less than five dollars nor
moro than twenty-five dollars, with
costs OF prosecution, and shall stand
committed until said fino and costs
are paid.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect
and be in force, from and after its
publication in the Daily State Register
and Des Holmes Daily Bulletin.
Approved April7, 1870.
l hereby certify that the foregoing
Act was published in the Daily State
Register April 10, and in the Des
-Moines Daily Bulletin April II, 1870.
ED. WRIGHT, Secretary OF State.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-05-05

The Chicago Evening Post for
long time the best paper published in
chat City, is now also the pretticst
in It's entire new spring suit, with
which its enterprising promietors
have just clothed it.
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Problem.
AGENCY CITY, Iowa,
Nav I'D. 1870

EDITORS COURIER | send you for
publication the following problem,
requesting an answer from some of
yonr patrons
Three men went TO market with
eggs: one had fifty, one had thirty,
and one ten. On their way home
bJ comparison they found that each
bad sold his eggs at the same price
per egg, and each had received the
same amount Of money for his eggs.
How much did they sell for apiece :?
and how much money did they
receive? Caro-.
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Which was the Fool !?

The following clever retort from
Henry Ward Beecher is taken from
tho last number of the New York
Ledger:
My DEAR MIR. BoNNER-I have Just
received curious letter from Michi-
gan, and l give it to you uerbatim:
"Owosso CITY, Mich, 1870.
APRIL FOOL"
| have heard of mar who wrote
letters and forgot to sign his name,
but never before met u case N which
a man signed his name and forget to
write the letter. ii. w. B
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Farm for Sale.

will sell my farm of one hundred and
eighty acres, 20 acres Of good timber and
so acres under cultivation; House Of three
rooms log barn, ninoty boarins oppia
trees, and 20 cherry trees, and never fail.
ing well of water on farm. Part OF land
is coal land.
Farm seven miles from Ottumwa on
Christiausburg road, in Polk TIP.
Terms: Half down, and balance In one
and two years. Price $25 per acre.
For further particulars, apply to John
Milburn, Abba. Iowa. or at the Real Es-
tate Agency Of w. G. Holden. Ottumwa.
April l4-w4w. JOHN MILBURN.
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Published by Authority.
CHAPTER 20.

i. .e4 CHAPTER 20.
AN, ACT to repeal IN Act entitled
an Act to incorporate the State
Bank of Iowa, and to enable it to
wind up its affairs.
Sec /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State Of Iowa,
That an Act, entitled an Act to incor-
porate the State Bank Of Iowa,
passed March 20, 1858. be and the
same Is hereby repealed and the sew
eral branches organized under said
law are hereby dissolved.
Sec. 2 The officers of said Bank
and OF the several branches respect.
lively, shall Immediately proceed to
redeem the notes and pay the liabil.
tiles Of tho same, and to wind Up the
affairs of said State Bank, and of
the respective branches thereofin the
manner provided in the nextsection.
Sec. 3. The officers Of said State
Bank, shall Immediately give notice
of the winding up OF the affairs of
said Bank, and the several branches
thereof, by publication in the State
Register and Des Motnes Bulletin,
newspapers published at the city of
Des Moines, and also in some news,
paper published at, each Of the places
where the several branches are loca-
ted, which notices shall be published
in such newspapers for three months,
and any notes or demands against
such Bank or the said branches,
which shall not DO presented for pay
ment within two years from tho last
publication of the notices, as afore-
said, shall be forever barred and shall
cease to be valid claims against said
Bank or tho branches thereof, and
the said Bank and the branches there
Of, shall be forever discharged from
all liabilities on the same, and at the
end of said two years, the said of:
ficers shall respectively settle up The
affairs Of the said Bank and it,
branches, and tho said State Bank
shall distribute to the several branch
es the deposits made with such Bank
to secure the notes of such branches
in proportion to which they shall BIZ
entitled to tho same, and said officers
of said branches shall distribute any
surplus remaining after paying the
liabilities of such branches to The
stockholders thereof.
Sec. 4. This Act to take effect
from and after its publication in tn,
Ioaca State Register, and Des Nome
Bulletin.
| Approved April 7, 1870.
| 1 hereby certify that the foregoing
Act was published in the Zo,ca Stat
Register and Des Moines Bulletin
April Z, 1870.
| ED. WRIGHT, Secreta ry of Stat
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Williams a. Bowen are chopping
Wheat aud Rye at five cents per
bushel. fob-l7.wtf.
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ANOTHER RAILROAD CoMING.-By an
announcement in the Ottumwa CouR,
ler, or April 2lst, we learn that Hon.
). ". Dixon, OF Ottu nwa, will visit
our city in the interests of the Of
tnmwa and st. Paul Railroad, within
ten days. We hope Mr.. Dixon may
be cordially received by our citizens,
us we believe he will, and his project
well considered. 1t is one of the live
entei a.'acs OF the day and bound to
be . s't.coss.--- Waterloo Courier.
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foRTSuMPTER-THE FAMOUS RUIN
10 BE REpAIRED-THE Work ALkEA-
by BEGUN.-Thc famous ruin at the
entrance of our beautiful harbor.
known throughout tho civilized
world because Of its romantic con-
nectlon with the late civil war, and
tho important part it played in the
inauguration Of the tremendous
struggle, is no longer to lie shape
less mass in the track Of our rcviving
commerce. Tho smashed and crumb-
ling walls are to be restored; embra-
sure, angle, and slope ore to DO re-
moulded; ard at no distant day the
dogs OF war" will resume their an
Gent station on the wning para
pct. "-Charleston Republican.
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OUR PUBLIC LANDS.

This evening, Mr.. II. 7. Peters,
formerly one of the editors of tho
Washing!on Chronicle, will deliver Il
lecture at Motzerott Hall, on the
question OF how TO dispose of our
public lands. 1t VII be delivered
under tho auspices of tho "Prc- Emp
tors Union As Mr.. Peters is au
able speaker, a thinker, and an excel
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-11-19
RAFAEL SEIJAS.

An Englishman stopping at a coun-
try inn in one of the Eastern States,
was continually boasting of the supe-
riority of everything in England, and
depreciating the production of Ameri-
ca. The landlord, as may be surmised,
did not relish this, and therefore
thought of a plan to get "square"
with the English blower. Procuring
a bushel of fine healthy crabs ,he poured
them into the Englishman's bedi then
telling his guest that his room was
ready, he lighted candle and
escorted him up stairs. Upon reach
the door the Yankee managed to put
out the light. Of course it didn't
make much difference to the Englisher,
SO he undressed himself and jumped
into bed. Imm adiately he gave ter
rife yell: "Landlord! landlord! come
hereI What are these in my bed r.
The landlord, who was outside the
door, came in, looked in the bed and
cody said: "Them's bed-bugs; can
you beat them in England ~ The
Englishman left at once.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-11-19
ARTICLE VII,

The present convention shall be ratified and
the ratification exchanged, soon AS may be
practicable, in the city of Caracas.
In testimony whereof, the plenipotentiarIes
have signed this convention and hereanto afflX
ed the seals of the ministry of foreign rea-
tiens of the United States of Venezuela, and
of the legation of the United Stntes OF Amerl-
ca, in Caracas this twenty fifth day of April.
in abe year one thousand eight hundred and
sxty-siX.
The Minister resident of the United States
of America.
Minister of Foreign Relations of the United
States of Venezuela.
It's RAFAEL SElJAS.
And whereas the said convention has been
duly ratified on both parts. and the respective
ratifications of the same were exchanged at
Caracas on the tenth day of April last:
Now therefore, be it known that i. Andrew
Johnson President of the United States of
| Amirica have caused the said convention to
be made public, to the end that the same and
| every clause and article thereof may be OBJ
served and fulfilled with good faith by the
United States and the citizens thereof.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
| hand and caused the seal of the United States
| to be affixed.
| Done at the city of Washington the twenty
ninth day of May, in the year
of our Lord one thousand
TsEAL.I eight hundred and sixty-sey-
| en-, and of the Independence
of the United States of Ameri
ca the ninety-tirst.
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ARTICLE ".

The decisions of this commission and those
in case there may be any) of tine umpire shall
be final and conclusive as to all pending claims
at the date of their installation. Claims which
shall not be presented within the twelve
months herein prescribed will be disregarded
In the event that, upon the termination of
the labors of said commission, there should re-
main pending one or more cases before the
umpire awaiting his decision, the said umpire
same to the commissioners, who shall issue
their certificates thereupon and communicate
them to each government, which shall be held
binding and conclusive; provided, however,
that his decision shall be given within thirty
days from the termination of the labors of the
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-11-19
ARTICLES OF CONVENTION.
ARTICLE /.

All claims on the part of corporations. com
panies or individuals. citizens of the United
States upon the government of Venezuela,
which may have been presented to their gov
ernment or to its legation in Caracas. shall be
submitted for examination and decision to
mixed commission, consisting of two members
one of whom shall be appointed by the gov
ernment of the United States, and the other
the other by that of Venezuela. In case of
either of the commissioners, or in the event of
government of the United States, or that of
venezuela respectively, or the minister of the
United States in Caracas, by authority of his
government, shall forthwith proceed to fill the
vacancy.
The commissioners so named shall meet in
the city OF Caracas within four months from
the exchange of the ralifcations of this con-
vention, and before proceeding TO business
carefully examine and impartially decide ae-
cording to justice, and in compliance with the
provisions of this convention, all claims sub
mitted to them, and such oath shall be entered
on the record of their proceedings.
The commissioner shall then proceed to ap-
point an umpire to decide upon any case or
cases concerning which they may disagree or
upon any point of digerenee that NAV arise in
in the course of their proceedings. And if
they cannot agree in the selection. the umpire
shall be named by the diplomatic representa-
tive either of Switzerland or of Russia, in
Washington, on the previous invitation of the
high contracting parties.
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ARTICLE ".

The commission shall terminate its labors in
twelve months from the date of its organiza-
given to issue certificates, if necessary, on the
decisions of the umpire in the case referred Z
in the following article. They shall keep
record of their proceedings, and may appoint
q secretary.
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ARTICLE VI.

Each government shall pay its own commits
sssoner. and shall pay one half of what may be
due the umpire aud secretary, and one half the
incidental ex penses of the commission.