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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-07-06

We have the Washington Cd. c.
Patriot, q Democratic starveling
newspaper, which, like all other
Democ1 attic starveling scallawag pa.
pere, pitches into Senator Harlan.
1T seems that the Democratic papers
are determined to nominate Senator
Harlan as Republicans in these mat
ters generally pursue the course Of
the old hashery keeper, who told
her cook to find out what the board.
ers didn't like and then huff it into
ON.
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The Ottumwa COURIER seems to
think us very reckless in regard to
our assertions about the corruption
of the president. Does the editor
of that paper deny that he is the
most corrupt man who ever occupied
that high position t? If SO, we would
like to know upon what grounds it
bases it's denial Darlington Gazette.
We give it up. There is no use
trying to get around that argument.
We cave in to the irresistible logic
Of the Gazette. Let us have peace.
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The people of Belle PLANE and vi
cinity are moving in the matter of
building railroad from Waterloo to
Sigourney. G. G. Mason, Esq, a
prominent citizen of Tama county in
the Salt Greek valley has been over
the route from Belle PLANE TO Sig
Quincy, and writes full account Of
the route, whichis published in the
Onion. Mr.. Mason finds the route
very feasible, plenty of coal to be
found. and that the people of Sigour-
ney are awake to the enterprise. He
had meeting of the prominent c,ti-
zens of Sigourney, and they assured
him that the people of Keokuk coun-
ty would not be behind in anything
calculated to forward the enterprise.
The people of Ottumwa care SO little
about this railroad connection, that
those interested north of us turn
their attention elsewhere. For this
they cannot be blamed.
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TO RENT.

vTWO vacant houses to rent. Enquire Of the
p Undersigned, or OF Geo. W. Hale, at Rich
ards Hale's Bank.
May s,.dw1 wv, NORRIS.
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Secretary Belknap is expected at
Keokuk to-day or tomorrow on q
short visit. So says the Constitution.
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SENATORIAL,

We ought to have a decent and
respectable fight for United States
Senator this tall. With two men,
who have served the State 40 we'll
and honorably as Harlan and Allison,
rs tho principal candidates, one Of
whom is morally certain to DO Cleo
ted and represent us in the Senate
for the next six years, after March
4th, 1872, we should manage the
campaign as gentlemen, and treat
the candidates as they treat each
other, to-wit: with courtesy and
that consideration which their char
acter and pre-eminent public services
deserve. We had hoped that the
Dubuque Times and Davenport Ga
sette would be the only papers in
Iowa deeming it necessary to make
. cat and dogs fight over the can.
vass, but We regret to say that our
good friend, Doctor Moi lelland, edi-
tor Of the Cedar Rapids Times, sees
fit to SHE his beaver into the ring,
and opons out for Allison in col
umn article of denunciation against
Senator Harlan, which in bitter &C.
QUESTIONS against Iowa's distinguish.
ed Senator, are fully up to the stand.
ard Of democratic assaults, which
have been hurled at the same objec,
for che past eighteen years.
We feel quite certain that ncithe,
, Senator Harlan or Mr.. Allison favor
this stinkpot mode Of warfare, and,
while we recognize the right of the
Times, or any other paper, to make
a manly and decided fight for its
preference, we protest against this
! style of warfare, which only tonds
TO the benefit OF tho assailed party,
and which derogates from the char.
acter and dignity Of our papers, and
belittles the magnificent party Of
Iowa which leads the Republican
column in the United States.
We have just emerged from an
animated and close contest for CUB
ernatorial honors, in Iowa, in which
the opposing candidates, and thei,
partizans, said nothing of each othe,
which could leave bitter sting be
hind.
What say you, Bro. McClelland
don't you think this the better cours,
to pursue?
Meantime let US suggest to oul
contemporary that, however much h,
may desire to secure the election o
Mr.. Allison, and however right an,
sensible he may bein that desire, tn,
poorest way he can choose to accom-
plish his purpose is to assail his on
ponent with having prostituted ant
debased his high Office for venal pur
poses. The people of Iowa won
believe that.
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Two Monster PavilliOnS!


CONNECTED 'os admits You to nnagsre
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June 30, 1871.

~ cVNuVu, IuApl CSuhtoO Will Guo bAIuc
views, which l perceive have from
time to time, been continued and
reproduced in other papers of the
State, printed in the German tongue.
These articles ION good authority
from Washington" accuse me OF
various designs, tricks and schemes,
totally unfounded - fabricated by
somebody out of whole cloth,
which if true would have merited
the severest censure. In one of these,
dated January 18th, under the cap
ton "A word to our Colleagues of
the Republican Press" the writer
informed them that Mr.. Allison was,
as far as the writer could learn, 81
favorite candidate in all liberal cir.
cles of the Republicans" 10 this
appeal another German paper re-
spends on the 10Th of the Same
month in these words: GAS for can
didates until. now, are only named
Allison, Harlan, Merrill and Howell.
The first named is our man. and the
sooner the liberal element will be
united upon him tho more frank
and successful the agitation will be
carried on for him.
Numerous other extracts from the
sarflc quarters and Of the same pur-
port might be cited. These are suf-
ticient TO develop the design of the
manipulation, viz to first secure
compact combination of oil stree
thinkers" within tho Republican
organization, under cover of foreign
language, in favor of candidate ;
and then q combination of tie mem
bcrs Of various religious denomina-
tions, by an appeal to sectarian preju-
dice; and lastly, to intimidate, silence
and render inactive, those who may
happen to DO members of another
denomination, by an cutlery against
church influence.
How far the spirit which dictates
this policy is 10 conflict with the
principles OF the Constitution, which
prohibits the aPpliostion Of religious
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erous attention is not given to the
ministers and "leading members" Of
other denominations, is it merely be-
cause Methodists need political
guardians more than other religion
lists
In conclusion, may ] be pardoned
for saying u word or two to my fel.
low citizensin Iowaof German origin
who may be followers Of the German
schools Of liberal philosophy, free
thinkers, or materialists. Is it wise
to select your candidates for official
station, because Of their supposed
liberal views in the accepted theolog-
ical sense Of that phrase 2--in the
language of Der Demokrat, to labor TO
unite "the liberal element for polit-
ical ends ?" Would not this be as
dangerous to civil liberty as union
Of sectarians for such a purpose p
Would not successful intolerance
against members of religious sects be
as fearful in it's consequences to our
free institutions as intolerance by a
sect !? La it not the same spirit which
has made the guillotine drunk with
human blood and led untold thous-
ands to the stake And would not
the support of candidates for Office
from such considerations engender
and cultivate hypocrisy? Even in
this case, either you are deceived in
surprising that the Hon. w. b. AL
lison is a fiee-thinker, or tho Pres
byterlans off Dubuque, in supposing
him to be q sincere worshipper in
their religious temple where l am
told he has boon pc s-holder and a
reasonably faithful attendant, as well
as generous supporter of their
church enterprises. 1t occurs to me
that, notwithstanding long person
al acquaintance and association as
colleagues in Congress, l am misin-
formed, or, to adopt the apt language
of.the Dubuque Times, 'somebody
has been most beautifully Sold"
And now lot me say final word
on this subject to the people of Iowa
who may read this letter. l have
never asked, expected or desired
support for any official station on &C.
count of religious considerations. | |
| have never, OF any time, adopted
means either direct or indirect, to
secure church influence tor such a
purpose. And although ] am flank
to confess that esteem the right to
speak tor lows on the floor Of the
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all the
The Placer herald., 1871-05-27
Or, J. r. HAMILTON,

DR.. J. 7. HAMiITON,
Physician and Surgeon,
LiNcoln, Placer County, California
Can be found at all times, when not absent on
Professional Business, at his Office ON Fifth st.
feb27-mv69
DR.. p. GROSS,
Practicing Physician, n,
COLfAX, PLACER COUNTY, CAL.
sep7-my67
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as required by these laws, of the perform
ance Of the remaining labor, etc, necessary
according to said former laws) to be done to
perfect vested right; and the period or pc
riods within which such aflidavits shall be
filed and recorded shall be the same within
which (according to said former laws) said
labor, etc, are required to be performed
ART. IL. All elections for Recorder shall
be by ballot.
ART. 13. No person shall be entitled to
take part in the deliberations of any Quartz
Miners Convention or meeting, called by
virtue of these laws, unless he be an owner
Of claim or an interest therein, and has
signed the laws Of the District.
Recommendation:-lt is hereby earn ,sty
recommended by the Convention of Miners
adopting the foregoing laws, in view of the
loss of part of the old record of claims, and
the imperfections of many others, and to the
end that the mining public may be enlight-
ened to the nature and extent of existing
claims, and for the avoidance of disputes and
litigation that in all cases whatever old claims
should be, by the owners thereof caused to
be rerecorded in conformity with these laws
And in case of claim by them of having ac-
quired vested rights, by full compliance with
the requirements of pre-cxisting laws, for
that purpose, then that aflidavits should be
filed and recorded as provided in the foregoing
laws, setting forth the facts constituting such
complete compliance And with a view to
the successful development of mining claims
in this District, it is further recommended
that all companies of two or more persons
locating claims therein, should organize the
same in conformity with the provisions of
an Act of the Legislature of this State, 'Ap-
proved April 4th, 1864" entitled can Act
concerning Partnerships for Mining Purposes. ;
The Placer herald., 1871-05-27
MINERS CONVENTION.

Pursuant to notice, the miners Of Town
ships No. 2and 3, of Placer county, assemb-
led at the Court House in Auburn, on the
I'd day of August, 1851, and proceeded to
organize the Convention by calling Andrew
Roy 20 the chair, and appointing S. L. Bar
rett, Secretary
The proceedings of the previous meeting
read by Capt John Nye.
On motion of l.. +. Griswod, Esq. tho
laws and regulations presented by Capt. Nys
now in force at Quartz Hill, Placer county,
were adopted as the laws to govern quarts
mining in Townships Nos. and 3, consti-
tuting and appointing Jas. p. Stewart, Esq.
Recorder o! claims for said Township.
The following are the rules and requla.
tions adopted:
1st. An dggings sAlll be designated BY
some particular name, and claims registered
accordingly.
ID. All claims taken up shall be regis.
terrell by the County Recorder, with their
number, date and names of the owners.
Sd. One hundred and fifty feet in running
measure, with the dips and angles, shall
constitute claim.
4th. 10 designate claim, one stake shall
be driven at each end of said claim. and
each claim shall be numbered
9th. When claim is properly staked,
numbered and registered, the owner can
hold the same until the 1st day of January,
1852, having expended the sum Of 500 OF
more in work thereon.
9th. In all disputes or disagreements,
arising from title, boundaries, or otherwise
connected with said work, each Of the con-
tending parties shall choose an arbiter from
among those interested, and the Recorder
shall act as the third nevertheless recourse
may b. had at law.
7th. Any person may hold one claim on
said quartz diggings by location, and any
number by purchase
Sth. Any person throwing dirt or rock on
the claim of another, and refusing to remove
the same when notified, shall forfeit his in
terest in said quartz work.
9th. Any person convicted of taking tho
tools of another without leave, shall forfeit
his interest in said digginss.
10th. The register shall be entitled to ono
dollar for registering, and fifty cents for trans
ferrng a claim
On motion it was Resolved that copy Of
the proceedings of the Convention be for
warded for publication to the Times and
Transcript and the Union, Sacramento.
On motion the meeting adjourned
ANDREW ROY, President.
5. f. BARRETT, Secretary.
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S. f. BARRET, Secretary.

The above are all the Quartz and mineral
lode laws ever passed for this District Tho
law of Congress requires parties applying to
purchase claims to furnish a copy of the laws
ofthe District under which they were locat-
ed. The first law was published in the Sac.
rsmento Union, that being the nearest pa
per to this point at that date, and we are in
debted to a gentleman who preserved
a copy, for it. Our files containing the 9TH
er laws are exhausted, and the demand is
SO great that we have been compelled to re-
print them. We will strike extra copiee,
and persons hereafter applying can obtaip
the whole series for fifty cents.
The Placer herald., 1871-05-27
QUARTZ MEETING.

SATURDAY EVENING, April 11th, 1857.
Pursuant to call published in the Placer
Press and PLACER HERALD, the citizens of
Auburn and vicinity met at the Court House
for the purpose of making laws for the gov
ernment of Quartz Diggings in this district.
On motion, VIA. Il. Miller was called to
the chair, and VIM. H. Martin, elected
Secretary.
After several amendments, the meeting
adopted the following Bylaws for the gov
ernment of Quartz Leads in the Auburn dis
trict:--
BYLAWS.
No. l. This district shall be called the
Auburn District, and shall be co-extensive
with Township No. 3.
No. 2 Quartz claims shall be 800 feet in
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NUMBER 40.

length along the ledge or vein, and shall in
clude all its dips, angles, and spurs, and
shall include $50 feet each side Of the vein.
for convenience of working.
No. 3. Each miner shall hold one claim
Only by location, but may hold more by pur-
chase in good faith.
No. 4. Every claim when located shall
have a stake notice thereon, with the namc
Of the owner upon it; except in case where
claims are located in company, and then the
outer lines only need have stakes, but shall
have names Of all the members Of the COM
pany.
No. 5. Work to the value Of FIVE days
shall be done on each claim, within thirty
days from the time Of locating, provided.
that company may do an equivalent amount
of work at any one point on their company
ground or lead, which shall hold their claim
good for one year, at the expiration Of Which
time, no further work being done, the claim
shall be jumpable unless labor or improv
ments shall have been made thereon to the
amount of $1,000.
No. 6. Claims shall be located by putias
up the stakes and names, as above required,
and having the same recorded by the. Re-
corder of the District
No. 7. Persons holding claims under any
former laws or customs shall relocate with
in sixty days, or their claims shall be Deem
ed Abandoned; provided that nothing in this
section shall apply to old claims upon. which
work or improvements to the amount of q
thousand dollars, have been expended Per-
sons so relocating shall be required to do 7
the amount of work above stated unless il
has once been DONE
No. 8. A Recorder shall be chosen, who
shall keep a correct list of the names of all
persons holding claims, the number of each
claim, and when and where located and shall
receive for the registering of each claim 80
cents, and % cents for each transfer, provid.
ed that this charge shall not apply to the 70.
recording of old claims.
The meeting then proceeded to the slse-
ton of Recorder for the district.
On the first ballot VIM. +. Miller wal
unanimously elected Recorder of the Auburn
District.
On motion the meeting adjourned sine die.
VIM. Z. MILLER, Chairman.
NM. II. MARTIN, Secretary.
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DR.. a. S. DU 1OlS,
r. M. STUART, M. D.

k1hysi q I n n nd surge 0 II
FOREST HILL PLACER COUNTY.
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Residcnce--Arcad Restaurant.
RErEnExCxs:--G. G. Tyrrell, NJ d., Sacr'v
mento; T. NJ. Logan. NJ. D., Sacramento; 1. a.
Snider n. d., Sacramento. ocZ2-tf
Wilmington journal., 1871-07-07
Carpet-BaE Virtue.

Carpet baeism reveals new beauties and
virtues every day. The New York Sun
tells of ono Willard A. Hussey, carpet
Dagger, formerly q captain in the Thir-
teenth Massachusetts volunteers, who af
ter figuring conspicuously IN the politics
of South Carolina, turned up in New York
en- route to visit his former home in Alas
sgchusetts. He was accompanied by
colored najor of militia, also prominent
politician. The carpet-bag captain boast
ed cf having accumulated money while
South, and claimed TO have 81, 400 in gold
coin in a small satchel. He was very pa
ticular that nobody should SEQ the inside
OF his satchel. A few hours after his arrival
he reported to Capt. Cherry at the Cham
bers street police station that he had been
robbed Of all his available fand'.
He had his friend and companion, the
colored major, aud another man named
George Howclls, arrested on the charge of
having stolen thu money. They both as
serted their innocence, bat were commit
ted to the Tombs by Justice Hogan in de-
fault of s., 500 bail. Tho n, xt day, at the
request of Theodore Tiltou, Major Dckin-
son was released on his parole. Tho case
came up for trial at the General Session.
Mr.. Howells proved an unexceptionable
charater. the Major established his inno-
cence and both were honorably dis ,harged.
It turns out that the rascal lest no
money, and trumped up this tale to raise
the wind in New York. What villsiuy
will not carpet-bagger resort to to raise
money? Moral-negto politicians should
be cautious about travelling with their
dear friends the carpet-baegers
Wilmington journal., 1871-07-07
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL
WILMINGTON. N. O.,
repotism Thlrty Years Ago.

On the third day of March, 1871, Mr.
Martin Van Buren, about to terminate his
career as President, called upon General
William Henry Harrison, the President
elect, and, after On interchange of civili-
ties. requested to be informed if bc could
do anything to oblige General HARRISON
while authority still rem ained IN his
hands. "Y s." replied the modest old
warrior, ttvou can do ne favor; my son
iu-law, General Pike, who died on the
battle field, 'ef, an ouly Child, my graud-
son. whose inclInatioos, ike HE fathers.
are for the army. I think he will be
credit to the service, but, OF course
cannot a point him" is that all :: salo
Mr.. Van Buren; and in two hours the
commission Was signed, and cent to the
yonng man.
On the third day Of March, 1771, there
were in Office. or responsible post OF some
kind, over twenty different individuals,
each one appointed by General Grant.
each one his near connection by blood or
marriage, and none of them even pretend
ing T., have any other claim or quahhca
ton for their respective places than that
snp sosed TO be bestowed upon them by
their relationship to the Executive.
As Calico said, even while he recanted,
"Thc world does move for all !" We hare
made progress q q nation.
Wilmington journal., 1871-07-07
HeW 1t Works.

! Ii stronger evidence was required OF the
danger to personal liberty and repu blican
J government with which tho ku-Klux Act
of Congress is pregnant than tho word, Of
the act itself convey, it would be the scene
presented before the United States
Circuit Court now in session at Raieigh.
Judge Bond has upwards OF hun
dred prisoners in the Raleigh jail Thirty
nine were arrested at one time in Ruth
erford county-three hundred miles dis
tant-by the United States Marshal, on
the charge Of Ku-kIuxism. They had
been arrested twice before On the same
offence; once by Judge Logan, and bound
over to appear before him in July; again
by United States officer, and taken be-
! fore United States Commissioner, but the
accusing party refused to attend. They
we're bailed. THIS time they were arrest
ed by Judge Bonds authority. The
Judge refused $40. 900 bail for the lot; ho
refused to let them return to their county
in charge of his officer and give bail be-
fote United States Commissioner; he re-
fused to remove their cases to Judge
Brooks court, which was near their home.
He preferred to make them sweat in the
crowd ed Jail. The Judge is no doubt
merciful and righteous man.
Judicial tyranny generally rrecedes
political downfails. James IL, with HE
execrable judges, is a memorable illus'ra- |
ton. When such catastrophes take place |
there is not wreck LETT bebiud. King
and judges are all swept away and devoted !
to common execration and an eternal |
ruin.
The Raleigh Sentinel says most of the
prisoners had no part whatever in tbs Of |
fence; four of them are ntphews of the
prosecutor, and that politics had DO con
nection a. all with the affair