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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-04-14
Educational.
OUR NORMAL SCHOOL.

Those who read the 'Procecdlncs
of the Board Of Supervisors" no
ticed that we failed to get any shelr
for our Normal Institute.
hope teachers will not suppose
that our failure to get an appropria-
ton OF 500, will prevent our hold
ing the Institute. Sevcnty-tiyc cents
from each Of the teachers will raise a
greater sum than that. / have heard
that there is nothing SO dear rs Il
gift. Ii we had gotten the sum asked
for, we might hear something like
this, as we so about this fall seeking
situations: Being as we gave you a
hundred dollars to hold your lnsti-
tute, think you ought TO come
down IN tho price little" If we
employ our own Principal, pay our
own board and advance ut our own
expense; we can demand our own
prce for teaching school.
| shall hope to have the hearty co.
operation of every teacher in the
county. Let us come out ono hun
dfed and fifty strong, that we may
commence our work next Fall, the
best corps of teachers that Wapello
county ever had,
Arrangements will be made that
boarding may be had at reasonable
rates. l hope to hear from every
teacher by the LIST of August. | wish
to know for how many to secure
room. In your letters, teachers, please
state whether you can attend or not.
LII you cannot, please say why. Let
no little matter preoent yoa from at
tendiaA
About the first Of June, L shall an
point the members of the Committee
on Arrangements, as requested at
the last Institute !; and / wish every
member to consider himself DULY
commissioned to work for the Nor
NAL Institute.
The State Normal Bill was dcfca-
ted by a large majority. There will
be no other way to secure Normal
instruction, but to organize County
Normal Institutes. Let us be amonr
the first in this matter.
P. S. President Edwards of the
Illinois State Normal University.
writes me that he will try to be with
us part of the time. We can make
his experience as Normal teacher of
much use to us.
HENRY G. Cox.
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San Domingo.

The people of this Republic, have
voted almost unanimously to be
annexed to the United States.
1t was formerly called His2anolia,
and was the first land discovered by
Columbus in the Now World.
1t contains 1880 square miles
and is after Cuba, the largest, richest
and most beautiful Of the West India
Islands.
1t is inexhaustiblc in resources,
and is worth about four thousand
million timesas much to us gcograph-
iealiy, minerally, agriculturalIy, and
evely other way, as Alaska, and is
ready to become ours for The mere
taking.
The treaty ceding the gem OF the
Antilles TO us, has been under discuss
ion for some days in the Senate, and
has been opposed by Morton and
Schurz on the one hand, and favored
by Carpenter and Cole on the other.
The President has manifested n
great desireior the acquisition of this
foothoid in the West Indies, and we
believe that The acquisition Of valua-
bic land is just Us desirablcto Nations,
az To individuals, and therefore con
cudc that the head of Ulysses is in
this matter, as ineyerything else un-
commonly level.
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Sherlnan's Order.

MAJOR Genl Geo. III. Thomas--tho
Rock of Chickamauga lis TO be con-
signed to his last resting place nj
Troy, N. Y, to-day.
In this connection we reproduce
the closing paragraphs of General
Shorman's feeling and eloquent order
on this sad events
"Tho great civil war found him at
his post, true and firm amidst the ter
rible pressure he ehtoNntered by rca-
son OF bis birth place, Virginia, and
President Lincoln commissioned him
rs Brigadicr- General of volunteers,
and sent him to Kentucky. There,
too, his services We're constant and
cmlaoht in tho highest dcgrcc. lie
won the 1irst battle, in The West at
Mil Spring, kentucky, and from
first to last, without days or hour
intormlssion, was ut his post of duty,
rising steadily and inevitably thro'
all the grades, to the Civ lie held
last. az Il MaIor.Gonural Of the reg,t.
lar army, at the time Of his death. -
AT Shiloh, Corinth, Pcrrysville,
Stone River, Chickamauga, Chatta-
nooga, Atlanta, and Nashville, he
fulfilled the proudest hopes OF his
most ardent friends, ind at the close
of the war, General Geo. II. Thomas
stood in tho very front ranks of our
war generals.
Tho General has known General
Thomas intimately SINCE they sat as
boys On tho same bench, and the
quality in him which he holds up fer
tho admiration and example of the
young is his complete and entire de,
votion TO duty. Though sent to
Florida, Texas and Arizona, when
his duty thore was absolute Danish
ment, he Went chcorfully and never
asked the personal favor Of exemption
or leave of absence. In battle he
never wayerod; firm and of full faith
in his cause, he knew it would pre-
vail, and he never sought advance
mcnt of rank OF honor at the expense
Of any ono. Whatever he earned of
these were his own, and no one dis
puted his fame. The very imperson-
alton Of honesty, integrity and honor,
he will stand to US as beau ideal of
a soldier anda gentleman. Though
he leaves no childto bear his name,
the old Army OF the Cumberland,
numbered by tens of thousands called
him father, and will weep for him
with tears ofmanly grief. His wife,
who cheered him with her messages
oflove in the darkest hour of war.
will mourn him now in sadness,
chastened by the sympathy of the
whole country.
The last sad rites due him as aman
ard soldier will be paid at Troy, N.
T., on the arrival Of his remains, and
the friends of his family and his COM
rades who can be present are all
invited there to share in the OBJ
sequies. AT all military posts and
stations, flags will be placed at half.
mast and fifty guns fred on the day
after the receipt Of this order, and
the usual badges of mourning will be
worn for thirty days"
By command of GEN. SHERMAN.
E. ID. TOWNSEND, Adjutant General.
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immigration.

The legislature has passed a law to
encourage immigration, and the Gov
ernor has appointed tho following
very excellent Board Of Immigration
under the law:
"lst District--Edward Mumm, Lee
Co.
I'd District NJ. J. RohIfs, Scott Co.
Sd District-C. L., Clausscn, Nit
chell Co.
18th District-C. Rynsburger, Ma.
rion Co.
9th Districts. Il. Spoilord, Polk
Co.
9th Distriet-Marcus Tuttlc, Cerro
Gordo Co."
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Democracy.

"Brick Pomeroy'' has been over to
Richmond, and has secured the veri-
table scaffold from which John
Browns soul first took its departure.
1t is to be hoped that poetic Justice
will never make it necessary to desc.
crate that scaffold, with the foul blood
ofthe Rochetort of America.
While over there, he had an inter
view with these congenial spirits,
Generals Lee, Malone, Pickett and
Moscby, and under the inspiration
arising from tho contact with those
eminent democrats, writes he follow
ing to his New York Democrat
"lf ours is a Republic, let it be one.
Ii the President is dcspot let the
people know the tact--iet tie steel Of
Justice open his veins in behaT Of HJer-
~ tothe people, andthe rights Of States,
and let the Rag Of Virginia .aoat oycr
his'resting place.
Sic Semper 7Nronnis!
five as people have liberties, let
us guard them. .a
If States have rights, let us help
defend them.
Let liberty livel
Let tyrants die y
The theory Of our Fathers was
that error could be safely tolerated if
reason were left free TO combat it,
and that treason could not be commit
ted by word Of mouth, and only by
the overt act.
We think, however, that if those
blatant mountebanks and incipient
rebels and traitors who famed the
embers OF the civil strife into great
confiagration, had been hung on sight
that hundreds of thousands of lives
and millions upon millions of money
would have been saved to the coun-
try.
We confess to having but little re-
spect for the fundamental law of the
land of any country which allows
Rochefort, or Pomeroy, to foment
conspiracy, and which foolishly and
weakly drlvels about the great in
alienable right of free speech, until,
such demagogues have struck the
fatal blow and deluged the land in
blood by the overt act.
In the meantime the above quota
ton which recommends that Grant
should be assassinated: as the demo
Gratis assassinated Lincoln, is worthy
of serious consideration, coming, as
it does, from the leading and most
extensively circulated democratic
paper in the country.
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Farm for Sale.

l 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. ninety bearing apple
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
ChristiaDsburg road, in Polk Tp.
Terms: alfdown, and balance In one
and two years. Price $25 per acre.
For further particulars, apply to John
Milbnrn, Abba, Iowa, or al the Real Es.
tate Agency Of w. c. Holden. Ottum WA.
April 14-w4w. JOHN MILBURN.
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The Capitol Bill.

In spite of the deliberate action of
the last Republican State Conven-
ton; IN direct contraveution of the
wishes OF nine-tenths Of the tax.
payers Of the State, legislature
which was almost unit against the
measure when ltassembIed, has final
~ been soft soldered, honey fugled,
eoaxcd and teased by the cunning
arts OF willy women, and seduced bv
tho equally potent and more substan
tial considerations of mercenarv
men, to deliberately vote to saddle
upon us in this the very pinch and
crisis OF our financial affairs, the in
lefninablc and iutolcrablc burdens
ct taxation necessary to erect a COR:
seous Capitol at bes Moines, for the
benefit OF the real estate spectators
~ the neighborhood OF lis proposed
locality, and TO enrich the greedy.
hungry pack Of cormorant contrac-
tors, who expect to handle the peo.
Pte's money in constructing 1t.
~ We have only to say that the
Courier has done its full share in
trying to avert this calamity, and
that the representative Of Wapelo
County maniully fought the measure
from lis incipiency, to its final tri-
amph through bribery rascaIity and
unblashing corruption VI
We give elsewhere th2 Ayes and
Noes, 50 that the people Of tic State |
may be able to hold in everlasting |
remembrance, and io.:t lust rotribu-
tlon, the, men who violated instrnc-
tons and betrayed their constitucn-
cies.
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The Re-Uniop,

The Grand reunion Of Iowa SOL
d'r'~ who fought so calamity to put
down the rcbc!lion, is in advance IN
assured success.
The Legislature has, with most
.tomncndablc lihcrality, made an ap-
preparation sufficient TO iced aud
lodge them daring the two days of
the IL union,
The men who fought in the ranks,
sIt lo I've carried there aud back
gratis, while the cx-oaiccrs go at
t,aH rates.
a'hc reunion comes of June LIST
aud 2nd, 1870. Gen. sherman, Scc'y
6cll>aar, and naaf.y her distinguish
~d officers wilt probably be present
Hh''r Wilt be reviews, camps, drills
Ne, aud III fact the re union will bo
40 all lnients aud purposes, Il review
aud muster oi' she able bodied militia
Of the State, who helped to put down
she rrbciiiur. ..
Nc have no desire 20 keep alive
the personal or sectional annimosi-
3 Ties engcndrrei during tho service,
hnttn the language of another ask
are the aRca who when tho nation
say ~ %'Eng i'll the throcs of death,
Qcrilcd lie aud limb to revive and
Sustain her. to bc now set aside and
snccred at by the temporizins syco-
plants and public spectators who
hailed with delight the prospect of
her speedy dissolution? No, thou
saad times, no! The power that
fortified the soldier in the hour OF
conflict will not abandon him now
z 10 The memory of his enemies. We
commend heartily every step taken
TO ccalcsce and strengthen the Just
clauns OF the country's saviors, for it
tef,ds to make the men of principle
the principal men,
IL it was right to put down the
rebellion, it is right that the men
who done it, shall meet together in
this social and military reunion.
1t is right socially.
Il is right militarily and will do
more than all your militia laws put
together, to foster and encourage
'he true military spirit, upor which
IN the failure, us in the past, the ma
ton must rely in its emergencies.
! he proposed reunion is entirely
Eonpartisan such distinguished
democratic soldiers as Gen. futile
aud Col. Mackey, vieing with such
Republican soldiers as Gov. Merrill
and Gen. Baker in its inception.
Let us all be ready to bivouac at
hcs ho'ncs, June /, 1870.
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The Capitol City Rejoiceth

On the afternoon of the 9TH inst,
sufficient, number of the friends OF
the passage Of Shc Supervisor bill,
were found in the House to make an
arrangement with the friends of the
Capitol appropriation, ana agree to
take up bills on their reading at ten
O'Clock on The moNniag Of the str
inst and SO the hour was fixed in
which TO end the long suspense and
deep anxiety that has pervadcd the
ptople for forty days past. Very
materially the good people of Dcs
Moines male and female in the early
Imorn of yesterday, wcnded their.wav
in large numbers on foot and in car
riagcs to the Capitol and filled evcry
conceivable standing room on the
floor cfshe House, in the gallery and
III tho ante-rooms. AS the roll call
commenced the feeling was intense,
as cyinced by the hrcattleas silence
that porvadcd the entire assemblage
and tho anxiety depicted on every
coantonancc.
hasson, tho champion of the bill
sat bending over his desk intentIy
engaged in keeping tally as The votes
were announced, and SO cr,wlart WAS
he ia tho matter, that when tho clerk
called his name instead of respond
ing -ayo he uttered in sharp, hur-
rie,i tone "twentyr This probably
WAS tho number of votes for The bill
when his name was reached, and he
involuntarily announced what was
uppermost in his mind.
When the vote in favor Of the bill
reached Fifty one, the necessary num-
Der to carry it, the tcsg pent-up feel.
ings of the anxious, waiting crowd,
burst forth in shout after shout, and
such confusion reigned throughout
the entire building that the Senate
was obliged to take q recess and
await the calming cf the overioycd
multitude. Il was said that Judge
Claggett, Of keolSuk, by 4 cunning
ruse, spirited away one vote for the
capitol, in the person of a member
from Lee county, and SO Immediately
after the passage Of the bill Judge
Holman, of Fort Madison, called on
the Governor and engaged the pen
with which he should sign the bill,
giving as reason therefor that he
desired to present it to Judge Clag-
gett.
The House also passed the Super
visor bill, and in the afternoon of
yesterday both these bills came into
the Senate with amendments. and
were taken up and the amendments
concurred in.
The Senate also passed, yesterday,
Il bill for condemning School sites
when necessary, and also a bill al
lowing counties, ifthepeople shall SO
vote, to build school houses and main
tain high school in each county.
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Obituary.

On last Monday all that was nor
tal Of Judge Joseph Williams was in
TERED at Muscatine, Iowa.
lie died at Fort Scott, Kansas
quite suddenly and unexpectedly O
Pneumonia, in his list year.
Born ut Greehsburg. Pa, in 1901
he read law with Major Alexander OF
that place, thence to Uniontown, Pa,
where he practiccd hisproiession with
much distinction.
In 1888 he WIS appointed by Van
Hurcn, Judge Of the Territory of
iowa, with Wilson and Mason lis his
associates, and made Muscatinc his
permanent Iowa home.
He was nine years Territorial
Judge of Iowa. and when the State
wasadmittcd was 'sevcraItimes there.
after Associate and Chief Justice.
IN all he was near 20 years on the
Bepch Of Iowa.
In 1897 ne was appointed by Buch-
aoan associate Judge Tor the Terri
tory OF Kansas, and took up his resi-
dencc at Fort Scott, where he died.
In 1862 Hurlburt made him one of
the military Judges at Memphis,
which responsible position he held
sor two years. This was the last
Official position which Judge Joseph
Williams held.
lilo was lawyer and Judge of un-
commonly good legal parts a story
teller with few equals, and no supe-
rior on the American continent
tenor drum beater without rival.
and was the only man we ever knew
who could really cork screw and
manipulate out ofthe "Star Spangled
banner any genuine pathos and
music.
lnimitable story teller incorrupti-
BILE Judge; Incompatible humorist.
and most steadfast friend hail and
farewell.
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Logan's Army Bill.

The Chicago Tribune has the iol
lowing to say Of Logan's Army Bill
Gin 1866, Congress broke up TWEEN.
ty regimental organizations, aud pro
vided that no new appointments OF
promotions be made until the surplus
OF officers thus created should be ex
hausted. The army now consists oil
forty regiments, with one General.
orc Lieutenant General, five Major
Generals, and eight Brigadicrs; while
the English army, with 10000 men,
has four Field Marshals, eighty Gen
erals, one hundred and forty nine
Lieutenant Generals, four hundred
and sixteen Major Generals, and
seven hundred and nlncty-onc Colo
ncls. The disproportion Of field Off
ccrs TO the number Of Il oops is equal,
~ shown in u comparison with The
French and Prtssi;tn armies.
The officers holding the respective
ranks i'll our army are us follows -
General, w. r. Sherman. Lieufeuant
GensrM Z. II. Sheridan; .Haj2r Gen,
erals, HallecIl, Meade, Thomas since
deceased, and SchoteId; BtY9ddirrS
Mcdowell, Cooke, Pope, Howard.
Terry. Ord, Candy, and Augur--
General Logan proposes to force the
President TO dismiss two OF these
Major Gulcrais and two Of the Brig,
adiers, and remand them to private
life. The country wishes no such
lgnominious cuty imposed upon the
President, and the country wishes no
such low minded economy ;,s the az,
bltrarS' dismissal o! eminent ana gal
lApt Generals whose lives have hecu
spent in the public service, aud who
have passed bravery through two
wars. The country is willing 10 be
taxed to pay their salaries during
their natural lives Already one 81
them has fallen, aud nations griof
and mourning attest The rational
Of the bill to eject these
veterans from the public service
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Notice.

Notice is hereby given TO the public thaC
Nelson $. Browning of the city OF Ottumwa.
Wapelio county, Iowa, has this day made a
general assignmenut to the undersigned, for
the benefit ofcreditors, of all his estate, goods
and property of whatever kind and that
creditors must file their respective claims
with the assignee, under oath or affirmation,
within three months from the date hereof, or
be debarred from all benefits arising under
said assignment. EUGENE FAWCETT.
Assignee.
OttumWa, Iowa. April IL $50 - IwG,y
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SheriF,s Sale.

BY virtue of an execution to me directed
from the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Wa
pelio county, Iowa, on a judgment obtained In
SAID Court on the 9Th day Of January ,lS7O, in
favor OF %. l.. Burton Admir-. as plaintiff, and
against Joseph H. Flint as defendant, for the
sum OF nine hundred and sixty -five dollars,
ana costs taxed at 1920 and accruIng costs,
have levied upon the following real estate.
taken as the property of said defendant to
satisfy said execution, to-wit
The south west quarter. Of the north west
quarter, and tke.west half Of the north west
quarter, Of the south west quarter, section
' inlrteen az Township seventy. D range
And will offer the same for sale to the high.
est bidder, for cash in hand,
ON THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF
MAY, 1870,
IN 'front.' of the Court House door il, Ottupiwa,
iowa, AZ the hour of o'clock J.. N. Of said day ,
w Mhen ana where due attendance Will be given
Dated at OttumSva, Iowa, April IL. 1870.
>. A:SW1GGETr, Sheriff
po.w,. ;, :, OF saidcounty.
Apr u wit Deputy
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Sl,eriE,s Sale.

by virtue OF All execution to me directed
Iloin tpe Clerk Of the District Court of Wa
peiio county Iowa, on a Judgment obtained IN
saia court Oh the 9TH day OF February, 1870, In
aanproi Jonn J Willard Co, as plaintiffs, and
against Michael Brobst as defendant. for the
sum sum o. Q. one hundred and thirty six dollars
AVA AVA - cents and costs taxed ut SIS,
I'M ,.I, miieiuing costs, have levied upon the
ioiiowing real estate. taken as the prOpcrty
VIZ. 49," "~eS"''o"'
Lot elshtin Haynes addition IN ottumwa.
Iowa. - S''o"'"'
~ ana WIZ oller the same for sale to the
highest bidder. for cash in hand,
ON THE FOURTEENTH DAY Of
MAY 1870,
IN 'front.' of the Court Housc ,onr IA, ,,tt,n,,.
r ,, ~ me hour of O'Clock r. NJ. OF said day,
m ,,h anu where due attendance will be giy-
Ell by the under signed -
'"'t'i ~ oithhlWa,sinwa. April 10 Is7a
= \. SWiGtsFtT, ShcrH
Par w, i, ;, of said county.
N'"9 it"N Deputy.
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The Army of the Potomac.

That grand old army Of the Poto-
mac, which was SO iearfully demon.
allied at the outset by McClellanism
held it first annual reunion at Phila-
delphia, Saturday 9th, inst. Gen. j.:
II. Martindale was the orator. and
one Ulysses Simpson Grant, among
others, was q guest.
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Ills Sarsaparilla.

4 Reason for the Captains r ith
be dpfai,ss letter and the letter frO~,
HIS Mother.
nton Barracks. Mo. April 30. 1858.
John BuLL-Dear Sirs Knowing
ciency ofyour Sarsaparilla, and tbs
{ and beneficial qualities it possess
nd you the following statement OF
3.
wounded abouttwo year ago-was
prisoner and confined for sixteen
!. Being moved 90 often, my
) have not healed yet. have no,
J moment since was wounded.
\ through the hips. My genera
is impaired, and I need something
i nature. I have more faith in
lrsaparllla than In anything else.-
that that ID genuine. Please OF I,
ne half dozen bottles, and obligs
| CAPT. G. p. JOHNSON.
st. Louis, Mo.
The following was written April
by Mrs. Jennie johnson. mother
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Notice is hereby given to all persons inter-
the undersigned was appointed by the Circuit
Court OF Wapello County, Iowa, Executor OF
the Estate Of tohn N Eyre deceased, late oi
SAID county, All persons indebted to said Es-
tate will make payment. and those having
claims against the same will present them
legally authenticated to said Court for allow :
ance. 50
THOMAS EYRE,
Dated April d, 1870.
Apr IL WV
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The Powsheik HcrulR, AT tirinnoll,
reioiccs ii the presenting evidences
OF The almost unanimous rc.nomina-
ton Of Judge Loughridge, tho pres
ent able member from the Fourth
District. --Dauenport Gazette.