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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-10
The decentralization Bill Court Mar.
tial,
VERSAILLES, Aug. 8.

VERSAILLES, Aug. 8.
The Assembly to-day passed the
decentralization bill. Ii compensates
the inhabitants in the departments
for loss and damage suffered during
the war, either from the enemy or
tho French troops, after due investi.
CATION of their claims, and settlement
Of the amount. 1t also authorizes
the Minister of Finance to distribute
Immediately the sum of one hundred
million francs among the most needy
claimants.
A bill providing for system of
compulsory and gratuitous education
throughout the country was intro
duced.
The Court Martial for the trial of
the Communists commenced to dav
the examination of witnesses. Nj.
Ferre, one OF the accused, attempted
70 make speech in defense OF the
Commune, but was not permitted to
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Ex-N1inistcr Adams Accepts the Position
Of Arbitrator.
WASHINGTON, Aug.

WAsHINGTUN, aug. 8.
The report that Charles Francis
Adams declined the position of arbi-
traitor under the Washington treaty
is incorrect. The President received
his acceptance to-day.
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The McGregor News favors the
nomination Of Governor Merrill for
Senator in case legislature is seleo-
ted hostile to Senator Harlan.
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Pu'@n Souuty NOuVeu-
ton on Saturday, August 5th, was
ono OF the very largest and most
enthusiastic ever held in this Co.
The Court House was packed to
overlooking and the delegations from
each Of the fourteen townships were
full. Harmony prevailed through.
out, no harsh words or speeches be.
ing INDUCED in. We have given a
full report Of the proceedings, here
tofore, at least as much as could well
be had under the circumstances.
Hon. Joseph Ii. Merrill, the nomi.
nee tor Senator to fill the unexpired
term OF Hon. A. Il. Hamilton, had
no opposition and he was nominated
without a dissenting vote. Mr.. Mer.
rill has been for two years pas,
Chairman of the County Central
Committee and has been an active
energetic, earnest worker in the Re.
publican party ever since it's organ.
,zation. The cause of Republican.
ISM has no truer friend than ia Mr.
Merrill. He came to this city some
fourteen years ago and entered into
business upon a small capital as a
retail grocer and has by his energy.
ability and attention to business be.
come a leading wholesale grocer of
this city and indeed of the Des
Moines Valley. He is pre-eminently
self made man who has become
deservedly one of our most leading
and popular citizens. No citizen of
ottumwa occupies prouder position |
10 one who has been ever ready and |
willing to spend time and money up.
On all occasions when the public wei.
ARE and prosperity demanded it.
Our candidates tor Representatives
Hon. Samuel I. Caldwell and Hon.
John H. Carver are both gentlemen
OF sterling worth and have long been
residents Of the county. They have
each OF them also been members of
the Legislature and are therefore
well known to our people. Mr.
caldwell is son Of Van X. Cald-
Wen deceased, one of the frs: settlers
OF the State, and who in his lifetime
was We'll known and beloved by all
the early settlers in Southern Iowa
Inc son coming to this State with
Ms iather about thirty years ago
mas oeen farmer and merchant and
an actiye and prominent citizen
oi el.her Van Buren,. Davis or
Wapello counties, ever since he ar.
rived to manaoods years. Mr.. Car.
yer has been, during his long resi-
dence in this county, well known
ana influential citizen and Industrious
farmer. He deservedly stands verv
nigh among his neighbors, those who
know him best.
Alfred Lotspelch, candidate for
treasurer, needs no introduction or
words OF commentator with the
a. nantv IRON us. An
Cas- eli wLecinurse IN the repup.
'i@an party of this county from it's
birth up, he has made himselfknovn
ana beard in the advocacy of his
political principles in almost every
school district in the county. He
has filled acceptably for two wears
ihe Ireasurere' office, and il abun-
dainty worthy as the people think Of
a second term.
Capt. samuel A. swiggett, the
nominee for She4iff, is the present
eihc'ent able and impartial occupant
81 that office. though now nominally |
accredited to Center Tp., he is really |
OF Adams Up, where be resided when
hrss elected. Perhaps no republican
IN Wapello county has stood up more
faithfully and under more trying
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REPUBLIcAN MEETINGS.

Rooms OF REPUBLICAN, STATE CENT. Com.
Dies MONIES, August 2. ISL,
The State Central Committee is anfhorizad
to announce Republican Meetings at the fol.
lowing times and places. Other meetings
VIII pc announced as rapidly as possible
Local committees are requested to make the
necessary arrangements for these meetings
ana should 1T be necessary or judicious to
meetings, they will please address the sneak.
ers appointed thereat direct and not this Com.
COL. C. c. CARPENTER.
Republican candidate for Governor. will adj
dress the people at the following times and
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The Iowa Central don't 90 ahead
worth a cent. The people on the
line from Abba south won't "come
up to the scratch" neither with
stock or by voting township tax:
The last Independent says: "From
the wall in the Moravia Vedette II
will be inferred that the Central
Railroad of Iowa has 'gone where
the woodbine twineth' and is mum
bered with the things of the past SC
far as Moulton is concerned. We
know not what the Central folks
have done nor what they intend to
DO, and care less, so long az they
think of bleeding us to an additional
$50, 600 or $40, 900.
Mr.. Gilman had better build his
road from Eddyville to Ottumwa, and
save distance and money, and make
q better connection than he can at
Moulton.
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WASHINGTON.

Republican Majority in North Carolina.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.
Gen. Rutherford returned to day
from North Carolina. He estimates
that the Republican majority in that
State will be from 10000 to 10000,
sure.
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Our State authorities are in re-
ceipt of SIS, 900 more from the Gen
eral government on the State war
claims.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-10

CHoLERA.-The Now York Post
has an article alleging that the
Cholera is now raging fearfully in
Russia, Poland, and Eastern Ger.
many, and that it is even rumored
to be in the seaports in Eastern Eng.
land. 1t further says that it is pro
crossing westward rapidly, and calls
upon the authorities of New York to
make preparations, by cleansing and
deoderizing the filthy portions OF the
city, to avoid the pestilence.
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We have received from the "Vic-
toria League" of New York, q ciJcu
lar inviting us to cooperate in the ex
tension of the Society, and 10 aslvo.
cate the rights of Victoria G. Wood
hull to tho Presidency. We have
heard Of people being in league with
the devil, but we don't propose to
form u league, at this present wri-
ting, with his twin sister.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-10

Dahlonega is to have a Sabbath
School celebration on Saturday next.
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The republicans Of Jefferson coun
ty have put the following Legislative
ticket ia the field For Senator, Hon
M. A. McCoid /; for Representatives
Hon. VIM. Hopkirk and DIP. Stubbs
This is an excellent ticket, and as o
nomination in Jefferson county by
the republicans, is equivalent to al
election, it may be expected that this
county Will mike her mark in the
next session OF tho Legislature thro'
the ability other representatives.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-10

We are glad to know that Com
mission Delano has placed his veto
upon what we have always believed
was an attempted stupenduous swim
die. We give the following from the
New York Standard as our suthori.
ty:
I'm the midst OF the discussion
last winter on the merits of the Nc
Garrahan claim, Gen. Butler wrote q
letter in which he showed conclusive
ly that the land in dispute did not
belong to either NJ, McGarrahan or
the New ldria mining company, but
to the United States Government.
This view has been Endorsed by Sec.
rotary Delano, after patient and
thorough investigation of the case Of
both claimants. This we understand
is final disposition of the CASE"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-10

Kentucky held her election It'll
inst, and returns show that republi.
canism is on the gain in that State
with rapid strides. We think. how
ever, that q portion of the gains are
attributable to tho fact that the
"New Departure" confused the de-
mocracy. If telegraphic reports can
be relied upon, the democratic ma,
jority of year ago is reduced to
tens OF thousands. For this neutral,
this sort Of Hermaphrooitic State,
that didn't know where she stood
when the old flag was trampled under
foot, this gain for republicanism will
do, but we must say we never expec.
ted it until quite recently.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-10

Oakley Hall, Mayor Of New York,
and Connolly, ComptroIler, have in
vIted the Chamber Of Commerce to
appoint u committee TO examine the
finances OF the city of New York,
the vouchers for expenditures, etc.
There is no doubt but that they have
all the vouchers they need, but what
did they get for those vouchers 2
That il the question. There never
was rogue yet caught, but that had
an excuse ready for bis conduct; but
excuses do not paliate crime.
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MIR. ALLISON AND THE ADMINS.
TRATION.

10 De sAVSueQ WIN our statement that Mr.
Allison's Republicanism is just what it
was when he came out of Congress. 1t
ought to be. for it strongly endorsed his
Republicanism and his public services Mt
that time. Will it have the goodness to
! tell us what particular public act of Mr..
Allison's since that time, it objects tor
Dubuque Tin es.
The RaWk-Eye may have spoken
kindly of Mr.. Allison on his retire
ment from Congress. We have al
ways felt kindly towards him,
though we confess we were somewhat
anxious about his standing as a Re-
publican when he wrote letter of
sympathy to those Democrats and
free traders who had Notification
in New York city over the disruption
and overthrow OF the Republican
party in Missouri, and the defeat OF
Schenck and other good Republicans
for Congress. And our anxiety was
not diminished when it was given
out that Mr.. Allison, had he been
reelected to Congress, would have
been the "Revenue Reform" and
Democratic candidate for speaker in
opposition to the regular Republican
nominee.
What we have been trying to learn
tor some weeks is this: Since Mr..
Allison went out of Congress there
has been a notable effort made BY
protested Republicans to break down
the Administration of President
Grant. The Republican State Con
vention of Iowa explicitly and heart
lily endorsed that Administration
Now certain Republicans are oppo.
sing Mr.. Harlan because he is friend
ly to the Administration and sup
port, Mr.. Allison because he is not
or at least they believe he is not-a
supporter of the Administration
Mr.. Allison and his organ, the Du-
buque Times, know these facts per-
fectly well, and yet they persistently
refuse to answer the question which
is thus raised by Mr.. Allison's own
friends as to bis loyalty TO the AID.
ministration, which has been unre-
servedly endorsed by the Republicans
of Iowa. We have repeatedly asked
if MIR. Allison is correctly represent
ed when he is thus, by his friends and
supporters, placed in an attitude OF
open hostility to the Administration?
The Dubuque Times refers us to Mr..
Allisons record in Congress. But
these things have occurred since Mr..
Allison left Congress, and the people
want to know how he stands in re-
gard to them. As he will not tell
them is it not fair to conclude that
he is an opponent of the Administers
ton, that he does not endorse the
Republican platform of Iowa, and
that he is ready to unite with the
enemies of both for their overthrow?
Burlington HaDk- Fye.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-10

Every citizen of the United States
ought to read and ponder the con-
trast presented in the following fig
urcs. 1t illustrates Republican
economy and Democratic extrava-
gance and robbery:
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Governor Merrill has returned
homo from his trip to California.
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DEBT OF NEW YORK CITY.

DEBT OF NEW YORK CITY.
December 81, ,i07 04I
April 80. ,5H ISt
Increase in twenty EIGHT months, $50, 1874 1873
DEBT OF the UNITED STATES.
Marcn >, 2Je
August !, SIS
necronc in twenty-nine months S2i2, lis i0l
Viii tho people give the nations
finances into the hands of Tammany
on this showing?
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THE REPUBLICAN, CO. T1cKHr.

same time with Col. Carpenter
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COUNTY REPUBLICAN, TICKET

For Senator,
JOSEPH Il. MERRILL.
For Representatives.,
SAMUEL I. CALDWELL,
JOHN H. CARVER,
For treasurer,
ALFRED LOTSPEICH,
For Sheriff,
SAMUEL A. SWIGGETT,
For Auditor.
WILLIAM Fl. CALDWELL.
For Superintendent Public Schools,
Mrs. MARTHA A. PECK.
For Supervisor,
THOMAS j. NELSON.
For Coroner,
JOSEPH c. HINSEY, M. D.,
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same time with Senator Wright.

HON. GEO. G. WRIGHT,
united States senator, will speak at the fol.
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Republican State Ticket,

FOR GOVERNOR:
q. Z. CARPENTER,
OF Webster County.
foas LlEUrENANT GOVERNOR.
HENRY @. Bulls,
OF Winnishiek County,
FOR JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT;
JAMES g. DAY..
OF Fremont County.
FOR SUI RINTEND'T OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION:
ALONzO ABERNErHY,
OF Crawford County.
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We have often been told of Tho

-Ha,pe,'s Magasine for AUGUST,
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STATE OF I0WA,l
pal1o C0unty

nls WIT. Clerk Dist. Court Wapell
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-08-03

An appeal is now made to the generos-
ity and patriotism of the legal profession
of our State. The u. S. Government,
with its unlimited means is engaged in n
cruel and malicious prosecution of their
fellow-countrymen, dragging them from
their families and avocations, combining
them in jail and arraigning them for trial
on the er pGTte testimony of parties
prompted by hatred and self-interest.
In this warfare the State government
has joined after denouncing such a crusade
as wanton and unjustifable.
And thus these two powers have con-
spired against the rights and liberties of
poor and helpless citizens, some of whom
have been torn from families who are
depending for their subsistence on their
daily labor and to whom the employment
of counsel would be great burden. In
nocent of crime, rich in the sympathy
of their countrymen, and fortified by
clouds of witnesses whose testimony will
cover with ignominy the suborned testimo-
ny of their accusers; they are neverthe-
less without means to fee counsel to rep
resent them when their causes are tried.
Gentlemen of the Mississippibar, here
is an appeal to your generous and liberal
natures-your sympathy for the oppressed
and your hatred of wrong! VIII you
not, without fee, or reward, come to the
rescue of your wronged and cruelty per-
secuted countrymen Remember that they
are ricdriOus sufferers IN a common cause.
Come with your gifts of intellect-your
learning-your eloquence-your power
to plead the cause of the oppressed and
hold up the banners of the innocent!
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The ArtfuI Dodgers.

BY all sorts of flank movements the
cunning leaders of the Radical party are
trying to draw the attention from their
gross abuse Of the power with which a
corrupt and fraudulent bayonet election
invested them-their extravaganza and
plundering-and the question whether
there shall be sweeping reform and a
reduction of taxes. They are amazing
ly exercised--these cunning Wreckers are
about the dead and buried legislation
of 1865-about laws which were repealed
long before most of them, 'out-at-elbows,
set their faces Southwark in search Of
plumber, as Mr.. Greeley expresses it.
They don't remember that nearly all the
prominent scalawags in this State are
more or less mixed up in the Legislation
of 1865. The Eminent Man" himself
was a leading politician of that day and
was elected to the u. 5. Senate, but no
syllable of opposition did he record
against those laws that we have ever
heard of. Leachman, one of his appoin-
tees, was a Senator-Gowan, another,
was Representative-Boone, another,
was a Representative Morphis, scalawag
Congressman, was Representative. And
others can be named if necessary. But
ctd bonOs The laws whether good or
bad, just or unjust, have been repealed,
and the carpet-baggers did not do it. If
they are to be set up as a test of merit
to the exclusion of living issues, down
must 60 Alcorn, Morphis, Gowan & Co
Butwe repeat, they can have no place in
this election in which the carpet-baggers
are on trial for their wholesale spoiliation
of the people of all classes-their corrupt
legislation and gross abuse Of power
generally. A defunct law of 1865 has
about as muCh place in this campaign as
the Yankee laws once in force in the
North. Massachusetts, Code) which pro-
hibited negroes from meeting together
for any purpose except servile labor under
penalty of forty lashes on the naked
back.
We are dealing with living issues and
from these the Wreckers who have been
weighed, and found wanting, arc trying
to get away.
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We learn that the carpet-baggers, des-
perate from the revolt Of the colored SOW
ereigns against their rule and arbitrary
assumption of the right 10 monoPolize
the offices, while they do not furnish one
in five hundred of the votes cast, nor
pay one in ten thousand Of the dollars
levied for the support Of the state gov
ernment-are ringing che changes on
this same old WORKOUT and thIead-bare
song. 1t is rumored that the great "Or-
ganizer" (Musgrove), sang the old song
plaintively at the last "club' meeting in
the Disguised ears of the colored mem
bers They ought TO remember that the
classes on whose backs they have been
astride for the last four or five years, are
not fools. They know that emancipation
of slavery was not the object Of the war
upon the South. They know that a
Higher Power than human brought
about their freedom. Besides, they are
wondering if the carpet-baggers set them
free, and Greeley says they did not, that
they were mere camp-followers-if the
price of their patriotism was a monopoly
Of the offices, and the privilege Of riding
booted and spurred on the shoulders Of
the blacks for an indefinite period. And
besides, further, they are wondering what
Is to become of the Confederates who
have sold out and turned Radical if this
rule of the carpet-bag Radicals is to be
put in force. What's TO become Of
Longstreet? What's TO become Of Al
corn who voted for the Ordinance Of Sc
cession and opposed the Yerger eompro-
mise proposition? What's to become of
Chandler? What's to become Of Flour
noy? Aye, what's to become OF Ben
nett ?
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The Rogus Currency.

The railway companies Of the State have
responded most creditabIy 20 the call made
for their cooperation, and have given the
State paper the wide field represented In
their carrying trade, for circulation at par
Gov. Alcorn's Message.
And the railway companies Of the
State, having avoided the danger Of
black mailing by the Forty Thieves, have
repudiated the State paper, (the Alcorn-
Musgrove photographs and it has gone
below par twenty or thirty per cent
Among the rest, the n. o. j. and Great
Northern, which secured from the Legis-
lature, by some hocus pocus manipula-
ton, transfer Of all the railway stock
belonging to the State, amounting 30 up
wards of million Of dollars, and worth
several hundred thousand in solid cash.
This is the way these companies have
responded to the call" Meantime the
innocent taxpayers are to pay forced
contribution of $500, 900 for it, ultimate
redemption, without farthing's consid-
Grafton. oh, the broken promises, the
craft and cunning of the "wreckers.0
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Comparative @tnfeEmenas Showing
the Difference I'm Expenditures
BetWeen the Rule 0fHAfssis-
slppfams and of the ssHm-
ported @cmm.s

We have shown by figures from the
official reports accessible to every one who
may choose to examine them, in the
State Library, that the expenditures
under carpet-bag rule upon a property
valuation of $3.50, 900, 900 have been in
creased from three to four hundred per
cent. beyond the expenditures under the
rule of Mississippians on property
valuation of $500, 900, 900. And now
we propose to analysis these expenditures
and to show specifically for the informa-
ton of the taxpayers the enormous
increase under separate heads, and in
the several branches of the State govern
ment
To illustrate, we will take series of
years beginning in 1913 and continuing
down to 1661-and the years of civil
rule after the war until the Inauguration
of military government-and contrast
them with the expenditures in the same
departments under the rule of the carpet
baggers and their scalawag allies:
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ISSUES OF THE CANVASS.

Persons who may have occasion to enlist
in the good work, wether as Conservative
nominees, or as appointed canvassers, OF
relieving the citizens of she State from
the horde of plunderers and rascally ad-
venturers who are in league with the rulers
that are harrassing them with kidnapping
laws, and who have plunged the State in
debt, confscating private estates under the
name of taxation, and robbing the public
treasury-are notified that the chapters
which are appearing under this head in
THE CLARION, will, from time to time, be
prepared in pamphlet form for gratuitous
circulation They will be published in Sc
parate numbers, eacf bntaining eight
pages. They are THE CLARIoN's contribu-
ton to the campaign against the Forty
Thieves. The facts they contain are COM
piled from authentic and official sources,
and will not be called in question. We are
necessarily restricted to the publication of
a limited supply. The postage on copies
ordered must be prepaid.