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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03

As will be seen by card published
in yesterdays DAILY COURIER, Gen'l
Hedrick retires from the editorial
chair for the time being, which am
sure the public will hear with regret,
as bis trenchant pen has ever been
ready to uphold the right and equal
ly as free to condemn the wrong.
1t has fallen to my lot to be en-
gagged to assist Maj. Hamilton in the
editorial department, and tits custom
airy in such cases to make a saluta
tory bow to the public and rehearse
the principles and motives which
shall govern an individual in mount.
ing the editorial tripod. In the pre-.
sent case, however, we think il
entirely unnecessary. Having been
the original founder and editor OF
the COURIER, twenty. three years ago,
and having remained in possession
and control of it until the full tri.
fumph of Republican principles in
Iowa was assured, and never having
departed from the faith, my loyalty
to the party of progress and freedom
/ do not suppose will be questioned.
l shall, therefore only say, that in
my editorial connection with the
, COURIER, whatever l may do and
say will be for the perpetuation and
up.building Of the Union-one and
indivisible and rs a natural sequence
shall do all | can to maintain and
support those who in the darkest
hours of the Republic were true to
their country. II. h. WARDEN.
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NOVA SCOTIA.
An Entire City Destroyea By Fire.

An Entire City Destroyed by Fire.
The royal mail steamer Delta, from
Bermuda, arrived last evening,
bringing intelligence of fire at Point
A Petrie, Guadalupe, on the 18th
ult. Nearly the whole town was
destroyed, and thirty thousand per
sons left without shelter. The only
buildings that escaped were the
church, theatre, tribunal and hos.
pltal. Many wharves were burned.
and the sugar ready for shipping
was destroyed. The fire commenced
IN the middle of the town, and the
wind being very high, it spread in all
directions. The town was rebuilt
entirely of wood after its destruction
by earthquake in 1843. The fire
was supposed to be the work of an
incendiary.
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70 the Pubic,

Ny official duties will require me
to be absent or else absorb my time
during the next few months. l am,
therefore, reluctantly compelled to
relinquish editorial labor on the
paper tor q season.
In the meantime, Mr.. Richard FL.
Warden will have charge of the
books in my Office, over Parks store,
P. 0. building, and aid Major A. H.
Hamilton on the COURIER, they alone
being responsible for its editorial
management until further notice.
.- j. M. HEDRIck.
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and fell headlong into the water
sinking ! know not how deep. "A
splash into the water brought me to
my senses, and my head came in con-
tact with something hard, and be.
lievihg l bad risen under the boat, l
aeld my breath and stuck out for
some light, reaching the surface l
was helped out of the water by the
people on the wharf"
1t one half of the reports are true
the Government Inspector should be
indicted by the grand jury. Had his
examination OF the boiler been
thorough, the disaster could not have
happened. 1t seems that the en-
gineer apprehended an explosion, for
he says, he looked at the patch on
the cylinder last Thursday. a On the
examination Of the cylinder which
was blown out, shows that the iron
has been eaten out around the rivits
until it was as Chin as four sheets of
paper.
Graphing for the dead bodies was
kept up all night and is still going
on. Shortly after midnight Warden
Brennan reported 40 dead bodies in
Bellevue, and about 60 most horribly
scalded and bruised, many of whom
will doubtless die. He said that over
ten thousand persons visited the
hospital after dark.
Further Particulars Of the Explosisu Of
the West6elA.
New York, Aug. 1.
Up to one O'Clock this morning the
deaths by the explosion numbered
~. A dozen wounded were not ex-
pected to live from one moment to
another. All the bodies have been
recognized but two. A chubby baby
about 8 months old, awaits a claim
ant, and is not seriously injured
Eighty wounded remain at Bellevue
Hospital. Probably fifty more are
scattered about in private houses of
this city and Brooklyn. The World
publishes the names of seventy. one
killed by the explosion, and says
there are eight bodies unknown.
The Herald gives the number kill.
ed, and even greater-the names OF
ono hundred and twenty.seven in
jured; also published the majority Of
the killed and wounded from this
city, Brooklyn and Staten Island.
1t is believed that many more bodies
will be taken out of the water. and
of course others never will be found.
The most painful feature of the
tragedy was the appearance Of hun.
dreds of anxious and halGcrazed
people at the hospitals and station.
houses inquiring after missing
friends and relatives. One poor fei.
low, Michael Finley, who lost his
wife and child, BY the explosion, has
gone mad, and attempted to commit
suicide. yesterday, by throwing him.
self into the river. Inspectors
Matthews and Bole commenced ex.
aiming into the cause of the explo.
sion, TO-DAY, at their office, No 2g
Pine street, by order of the Secre.
tary of the Treasury. ,a
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WYOMING.


CHYENNE, Aug. l.
The Supreme Court of Wyoming
has decided that women have q right
to sit as jurors under provisions OK
listing in the Territorial laws, Judge
Fisher dissenting. Chief Justice
Howe rendered bis opinion that un-
der the Fourteenth Amendment, wo
men throughout the United States
have the Same rights as men, in re-
spect to voting and holding office.
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DAHLoNEGA TOWNSHIP.

Dahlonega, Iowa, July 20, 1871.
Township Convention met at
p. m. On motion, J. w. Hedrick
was called to the chair and w. H
Kitterman elected secretary.
On motion of Col. +. Ii. White
the convention proceeded to cleo,
delegates to the County Convention
which resulted in the election of the
following persons:
Egg. White, Caleb Miller, J. w
Hedr:ck, VIM. Giltner and w. FL
Kitterman.
Resolution presented by Col. r. G
White:
ResotUed, that the delegates from
Dahlonega tp. be and and are hereby
Instructed to ignore as far as possible
all persons who have advertised fol
office. Carried.
Also, the following resolution pre-
sented by J. w. Hedrick
Whereas, the people of Iowa are
btrrdened with taxation 80 heavy az
TO be almost oppressive, and,
Whereas, it is the right and duty
OF the people to insist upon the adop
tioD OF such measures, by the Leg.
islature, as in their opinion would
mitigate to some extent those bur.
dens; therefore,
Resolved, that we have too many
officers; too many courts and toe
much court expenses, and that the
men representing us in the next
General assembly, be earnestly re-
quested to use their utmost energies
to bring about reform in this re-
gard.
ResotUed further, that we insist
that the Grand Jury be abolished if
it can safeIy be done.
ReSolued, that it would gree tly ia.
cilitate business and lessen expense
in our court, if the law were so
changed that petit juries in all civil
cases, and in all criminal cases not
involving life of the defendant, be
competent to deliver verdict, two
thirds of the jurors agreeing to the
same.
Resolved, that we insist that our
members in the ensuing Legislature,
use their most earnest endeavors to
have the Office Of Go. superintendent
of Schools abolished. Adopted.
On motion the convention ad-
Journed. w. II. KITTERMAN,
Sec'y.
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The Cholera in Russia.

LONDON, July 81.
There is q growing uneasiness in
the public mind over the fact that
cholera has ragged for over two years
in Russia. As the terrible scourge
has not yet found it's way to the from
tier, q close watch has been institu-
ted TO prevent it's progress. Appre.
hension exists that it not having i'd.
vanced upon Germany in the usual
way 1T has approached heretofore, it
may not now BY way OF sea, and the
government has prescribed regula.
lions to be enforced upon I'LL ships
from Baltic ports. There have been
reported some cases at Hull, which
i on the route of emigrants from
North Germany to America.
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ST. Louis, Aug. l.
FLouR-Dull; low grades unchang
ed.
WHEAT-Higher; No 2 red fall 81.
%; No 8 red Is.
CoRN-Dull at 42c.
OATs-Lower; 33c mixed.
RYE-Qulet at SIC.
BARLEY-Dull; choice fail Soc.
WHIsKY-Steady at 94c.
PRovIsIoNs--Qulet; only iobbipg
and order trade.
PoRK-Quiet; IA 90.
BAcoN-Closed dull and dropping.
HAMs-No change.
SHoULDERs-6a(g7.
RIBs-Clear, 84@s.
SIDEs--Clear, SaC99.
LARD-Quiet.
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ADAMS TOWNSHIP.

Republican Convention met at 8
o'clock, p. m.
The following gentlemen were
elected as delegates:
VIM Marshall, Levi West, Page
White, d. W. Garrison, David Jay.
Delegates instructed for Capt. S.
A. Swiggett, for Sheriff.
D. @. O'CoNNER, B. F. PRATT,
Chairman. Secretary.
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Especial Correspondence of the COURIER. !
TENT ON THE BEACH,

TENT ON THE BEACH.
July 2Sth, 1871.
EDITORS COURIER:
Will you come down
this evening and attend our clam
bake? Not one of your fuss and
feathers sort, but q quiet ENJOYABLE
affair, where we dig and bake our
own CLAIMS, after the most approved
style. We, here, means a company
enjoying tent lite, down here in this
beautiful grove on the bay, between
Providence and Newport. When
the tide is out you go out and dig
CLANS by the bushel, if you wish,
gather your rocks and sea.weed, and
have as huge clam bake as you like.
for yourself and friends.
You like oysters: we'll, you can
take your clam-rake and in low
water walk across to those rocks.
hit up the sea-weed and cleave the
bivalves from their rocky homes to
your hearts content. You can omen
their shells then and satisfy your APP
petite with them, (the most satisfac-
tory way of eating oysters, accord
ing to the taste of your correspond.
ent,) or you can bring them in and
cook them in any way you like,
Here is tho bay before YOU. with
steamers and sail vessels constantly
passing and re-passing, about a dozen
steamers each way every day, and
fifteen or twenty sails frequently in
sight at once.
The principal drawback TO our en-
joyment this week, has been rainy
weather; some clear days, but the
drouth OF the last few weeks has
been followed by abundant rain this
week.
! have been SO constantly on tho
wing thus far that have found no
opportunity to write yon. Coming
by way Of Chicago and New York,
l spent ten days in southern Mich.
gan, little time at Niagara Falls
and in New York. Having letter
of introduction from June A. Wentz.
the able and gentlemanly agent of
the B. g. NJ. r. r., at Ottumwa, to a
brotber-in-law OF his, Mr.. Price, in
Brooklyn, l spen: a very interest
ing day in the city of Churches; took
a look at Henry Ward Beecher's
church, of which Mr.. Price is a
member; went through Green wood
had several views from Brooklyn
heights, and he kindly accompanied
me over into Gotham to visit the
Gold and Stock Board, and other
places of interest.
MIR. Price is the principal member
of the firm OF Price, Balch h Co, and
they are building up fine trade in
the hat aud fur business, being on.
gagged largely in importing directly
from London. | am indebted to him
for much pleasure during my stay in
Gotham.
Next week ] expect to go TO New
port, and the week following to Bos. |
-on and the South shore,
Wild try TO write you again soon. |
Yours. B.
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Original Notice

In the District Court of the State ~, r,,,,.
in and for Wapello County:S -o""'
Isaac Meeker }
against }September term 1871
Hiram Berdan
TO Hiram Berdan, Defendant:
You are hereby notified that ON or before
the 18th day OF August, 1871. the petition ~
Isaac Meekcr, plaintiff, will be died in the
CLERKS ONCE of the District Court OF Waneiio
County. Iowa, claiming of you the specific
for the conveyance OF part of lot one III and
lot Two (2,, In block eighty, in the city OF E,i.
Iyville, Wapello County, Iowa, according To
less yon appear and make defense thereto On
or before noon OF the second day of the next
term OF said Court, TO be begun and held al
on the 4tb day of September, ISL, default viii
be entered and Judgment and decree rem.
dered thereon against you.
Dated July 18th. 1871.
HENRY ". CLEMENT
hl3-fW Pltf y Attorney.
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r. B. McGee, former bank Pres
ident and resident Of Trenton, Tenn,
was arrested for passing counterfeit
money on the 29th OF July, and
1890 in counterfeit u. s. Treasury
notes found in his baggage. He was
committed to jail in default of Sl5,-
900 bonds, but escaped from prison
BY scaling the walls.
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1t is reported that Ex>Gov. Hold
en-, the impeached, is about to estab-
ilsh sort of semi-Democratic Repub
lican-Reform paper in Washington,
to denounoe the policy of Boutwell,,
and TO be torneDst corruption in gen.
eral, which we presume will be a
success, as the redoubtable ex-Gov-
ernor knows all about how it is him
self.
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OUR NEW RAILROAD.

Col. S. d. Carpenter returned last
evening from the line of the Sigour-
ney and Cedar Rapids Railroad.
Ho reports everything in a prosper.
GUS condition, and that iron will
commence going down between here
and Sigourney, inside OF thirty days
in all probability.
We doubt if our people fully ap-
Preciate the impending advantages
of this new route.
1t will furnish us another compel
ing line to Chicago, not being more
than twelve miles longer than the
ono ola Burlington, and being about
the same distance as that ria
Keokuk. 7@
1t will open up a market, all the
way up to Dubuque and st. Paul, for
our immense supplies of coal, which
are to speedily be worth more, per
annum, to our people than all their
surplus agricultural products put
together:
sa 1t will bring to our merchants the
trade of the counties of Keokuk,
Iowa, and much Of Poweshiek, which
is one of the finest agricultural dis
tricts in Iowa:
And now for the prospects of its
early completion.
The grading is pretty we'll done
from here to Sigourney, while the
energetic contractors, Messrs Wolf,
Carpenter d Angle, have a large
force of hands on the route from here
to that point, and will soon have the
road bed ready for the iron, which is
now purchased, and en- route to its
destination.
Bonds have been issued on the
road bed from Ottumwa to Cedar
Rapids at the rate Of SIS, 400 per
mile.
Messrs Mcpherson and Angle are
now in New York negotiating these
bonds at Use per dollar, which it is
expected will be readily taken by
capitalists on account Of the feasibil.
ity and directness OF the route, and
the lcngth of road already built and
running. This will raise s13, 800 per
mile, which with local aid along the
line is amply sufficient to build and
equip the road in frst-cJsss manner.
Running, as it does, through a
magnificent country; being almost an
air line from St. Louis to Dubuque
and st. Paul, and making frequent
and advantageous connections with
important railroads, we can see no
reason why the st. Louis and Cedar
Rapids railroad (the early compile
ton OF which is now put beyond a |
contingency shall not prove great
benefit to the untiring business men
at st. Louis, who are at the back of
it, and specially 50 to Ottumwa, the
principal town between it's starting
point and terminus.
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Chicago Market.

Chicago, Ang. l.
FLouR-Dull low grades in fai,
demand.
WHEAr--Lower; at l Oh cash,
CoRN--Lower; at 43lc cash.
OATs-Active but lower; ut 29c
cash.
RYE-Heavy; at 523c cash.
bAhLEY-'luiei; at Go for Septem.
Der.
PaovIsioNs--Heavy.
PoRK-At ID 81 cash,
LARp-DulI; at Ole cash.
MEATs-Inactive.
SHOULDERS Sic.
WHIskY-Firm; at 92c.
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SENATOR f1ARIAN-sANTo DO
NaING0.
From the New York Tribune.l

From the New York Tribune.l
| To the Editor Of the Iribune-SIR
In your issue of this morning you
quote a statement from the EUenin9
Post that the Republican Congress.
ional Committee is circulating thous.
ands of Senator Harlan's Santo
Domingo speech, which, it is alleged
were furnished by Senator Harlan
or some one for him." tor that pur.
pose. The latter part Of this state.
ment is entirely gratuitous SO far az
Mr.. Harlan is concerned. He neither
furnished nor authorized any one
else to furnish copies Of that speech
to the committee for circulation
The fact is that Mr.. Harlan's vindi.
cation of the President and the Ad.
ministratlon from the attack of Sem
ator Sumner and Schurz was deemed
so complete that the members of
Congress voluntarily subscribed for
some $4,000 or 10000 copies of the
speech, and it is probable that these
are the copies that the Committee
are engaged in circulating. And in
doing so | do not see that the Com
mittee deserves the censure the Post
article implies, and which, by copy.
ing you endorse. When it is remem-
bered that Senator Harlan delivered
that speech at the urgent request OF
leading members of the Senate, who
realized Senators Morton and Howe
had failed in their attempts to CON-
bat the positions of Sumner and
Schurz, and that the speech itself
is confined to a defense of the Presi-
dent from the charges of the commis
sion of "high crimes and misdemean-
ors," which formed the burden of the
speeches referred to, there does not
seem to he any great improperly in
the circulation Of Senator Harlan's
speech by the committee. The hos
tility of tho Post to Senator Harlan
can be accounted for. That paper
makes war upon every Senator that
does not swallow It's Free-Trade no.
tions. But that the Tribune, while
fighting the Post on many Of the
issues it is striving to force upon the
Republican party, should unite with
it in depreciating Senator Harlan'e
position and influence, az it has for
months past, is unaccountable.
Yours, W. p G.
Washington City, July Is, 1871
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said all caucus he had attended we're
conducted openly and fairly, and
that Mr.. Knox, his opponent, had
been sent as delegate from every
caucus at which he was present. =
Claimed that the charges had no
foundation in fact--were not sup
ported by tangible evidence, and
originated out of personal enmity
and private malice.
\ During the course of Mr.. Caldwell's
speech-which was delivered with
earnestness and effect-he maidstone
counter charges against Mr.. Knox,
who replied to them in language
somewhat supplementary and dis
courteous, provoked, let it be said in
charity, by the excitement Of the mo-
ment.
After Mr.. C's speech, a motion was
made by Mr.. Knox to proceed at once
to elect the delegates by ballot, and
the motion carried unanimously.
Mr.. Knox then presented before
the caucus ticket, as follows: Peter
Knox, Caleb Heacock, l. Shields, T..
DeTar, J. w. Mosby; and Mr.. Cald.
well presented the following ticket
81. N. Clement, VIM. McNett, w. NJ
McPherrin, Robert Cooper, J. @. An
derson. .1....s-.
The voting passed off very orderly;
and the secretary announced the fol
lowing as the result: "a for Cald
wells ticket, "a for the Knox ticket
Thus the people in their sovereign
capacity determined the controversy
between these two factions, by q free
and full expression, and though thu
contest was conducted with much
earnestness, 1t was settled withou,
the aid of whiskey or brick bats, fol-
We have no desire to steal the argu
ments and thunder Of the Democra
oy.
Now q few words as to the proba
BILE effect of to-day's proceedings upol
tho politics of this Township, and
will close this communication
immediately after the vote wa
announced, Mr.. Caldwell approached
Mr.. Knox and proposed to dbury th,
Ratchet" which proposition was cor
daily accepted, and these tw'
staunch Republicans separated bet
ter friends than they had met, an,
with mutual pledges. Mr.. Palmer
of the Advertiser, likewise heedin,
the voice of the people, came on til,
same evening, extending the div
branch of Cancellation, was met cor
daily by the opposite party; an,
thus, in the spirit of honor, thes
two factions have been fused in one
and to-day new era of harmon,
has dawned upon the Republical
party of Columbia Township.
| We expect to present our claims il
the County Convention, and in tn
coming election count on US as STAND
hing shoulder to shoulder.
| WM. MCNETT.
Eddyville, July 10Th, 1871.
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A thief went through the house o,
preacher named Breese, at Council
Bluffs, the other night and stole his
sold watch, some jewelry, five dol
lar DILL, and large roll ofmanuscrlpt
sermons.
II caught, he ought to be made re.
1und the jewelry and read the ser.
mons, which would probably break
him of sucking eggs.
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FOREIGN.
Another War Probable.

ROME, July 81.
There is great excitement here
over the vote in the French Assem-
bly, on the position Of the Pope. The
journals regard a war with France as
probable, and accuse the military of
betraying the country. The Gazette
says the Government should not
have gone to Rome, but, having
gone, must stay, though dark clouds
should envelop the political horizon.
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HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP.

The following arc the delegates
selected to represent Ricbland town
ship in the approaching Republican,
County Convention, to-wlt:
L. Slutz. Div Dinsmore, Lem. ID.
Carpenter, Ralt. Holloway, Lieut.
+. l.. McNair.
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Chicago Live stock Market.

CHICAGO, Aug. l.
Hoes Receipts $500 head; mar.
ket dull, extreme range $414 rs,
with bulk Of sales 4 rs, light 4 GOA
4 70.
CATTLE-Receipts 1920 head; mar.
ket tending downward.
SHsEp--Unchanged.
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Legal Notice.
STATE OF IoWA,l
Wapello County.

To all whom 1t may concern.
You are hereby notified that In VACATION q,
me Circuit Court of Wapello County, Iowa. on
Inc TN nv, gys9 , dry 81 July ISL there opened
an instrument Of writing purportine fo ~,
the last will and testament of Abraham sin.
dard, late Of said county, deceased, and YOU
are fnrther notified that the second dav ri
the next term Of the of said court. comT,en.
cling on the End day of October, 1871. ito.vif.
Oct. 20, 1871 has been set as the day for Anal
nearing and proof of said will, at which time
all persons INTERESTED may appear and show
cause why the same should not be admitted
20 probate. l.. M. COOLEY.
NO. Io-WSt. Clerk Circuit Cont
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.
The debt statement shows q de-
crease during July of $871,976 de-
crease since March l, 1871, $37, &c.,
988; since March l, 1869, t242, 1884,
401; Pacific railroad bonds oustand-
ing amount to $64, 618,S32 on which
the accrued interest not yet paid is
$323, O94; interest paid by the u. s.
amounts to $12,692,475 of which
So, 1888 1866 has been repaid by the
transportation of mails; total amount
Of bonds purchased, cancelled and
destroyed is $217, 192, $50, which cost
in currency $24s,998, SOT; matured
bonds to the amount of Sc, 973, 600
have also been cancelled and destroy
ed.