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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29

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2d-W s DUNCAN, of Lucas.
Sd-N W Rowell, Of Union. Il
4th-W w Moore, Of Clay.
| 5th-Hoyt Sherman, Of Polk.
6th-Frank Campbell. Of Jasper.
7th-W s Bclden, Of Jackson,
| 8th-S A Knapp, Of Benton.
9th-J u Loomis, of Buchanan, @
10th-Andy Felt, of Chickasaw.
1lth-L B Raymond, OF Franklin.
12th-J0hn u Burke, OF Bremen.
.SecrstariesJacob Rich, Of tb
Dubuque Times; 1st Asst, AL. Swain
Of the Jefferson Bee ; I'd Asst, r
Ballard, Of Che Glenwood Opinion
Sd Asst, HIS Hyatt, of the Clinton
Herald; 4th Asst, Geo A Henry, o
the Keosauqua Republican.
The Convention proceeded at onc'
to tho nomination of candidates
The following gentlemen being put
in nomination for Governor:
Maj. Henry O'Connor, Of Musca
tine county; Col. Cyrus @. Carpcn
ter, Of Webster county; Hon. g. W
Slaglc, Of Jefferson county; Col
John Scott, Of Story county; ant
Hon. Ezekiel Clarke, of johnson
county. f
On the first ballot Col. Carpenter
received . majority of all the votes
cast and upon motion was declared
unanimously nominated, amid the
widest enthusiasm.
For Lieut.. Governor, the following
gentleman were placed in nomina.
ton:
Hon. Henry @. Bulls, of Winnie
shiek county; Hon. g. g. Bennett,
OF Washington county; COL Jno'
KeatIy, Of Pottawatimie county; w.
s. Vestal, Of Buena Vista county
and T. J. Sanders, Of Scott county.
Before tho close of the first ballot
different delegations commenced
changing to Bulls and he was, at
the close, nominated by acclama-
tion.
Hon. James &. Day, present Chief
Justice Of Supreme Court, was then
put in nomination for reelection and
received the unanimous vote of the
Convention.
The contest for State School
Superintendent was quite spirited,
but was also determined with dis
patch, and on the first ballot. The
following named gentlemen were put
in nomination Wilson Palmer, Of
Buchanan county; Prof. Geo. T.
Carpenter, of Mahaska county J,
A. Smith, of Des Moines county Mr..
Wilber, Of Floyd county; Hon. A.
Kissell, the present incumbent, and
Col. Abernethy, Of Crawford county.
On the first ballot Col. Abernethy
receiving majority of the votes
cast, was declared nominated by ac.
clamation. Col. Carpenter, and DR..
Bulls thanked the. Convention tor the
honor conferred upon them, when
Major O'Connor was called for and
made one Of his telling little spsech.
es, evincing that defeat did not hurt
him = bit. The Major said that in
his country . funeral was not &c
very solemn an affair, and exten
ded a general invitation 10 the Con
vention to attend his wake. He
supposed, no said, that it took . good
deal smarter man tor Attorney Gen
era! than it did for Governor, and
therefore, the people did not like tt
make o change in his case. Tht
Majors Irish wit never fails to hcl,
him out of tight place. He spok'
very highly of tho ticket nominated
bringing down the house in cheel
after cheer. 2
We publish, elsewhere, the plat
form adopted, and will, probably, q
moro full reports como to hanc
give something further of the pro
ceedings.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29
WHO . 70 BI.AS1n.

On Monday OF last week the dead
body Of young man named Chas,
Wainwright, was found in the Mill
race at Waterloo. He was last seen
on the Saturday previous lying drunk
in o lumber yard. The following is
an extract copied from the Waterloo
Reporter, of the remarks made by
Rev. H. S. Church, at the funeral,
and the facts therein stated will ap.
ply to other places besides Water
loo:
"As l gazed upon the lifeless form
of that yeung man, as it lay beneath
the waters sparkling in the glad sun
light, thore was one question that
pressed itself upon my sad heart, and
that was this: "Who is to blame ?"
Well did ! know there was blame
somewhere, some hand ali stained
with guilt-but where? Hooked for
moment at home surroundings and
influences. 1 heard q fathers voice
"a mothers prayers. Q sisters en-
treaties. | saw pleasant homo,
wherc blossoms Of virtue might Be
expected, ana frnits Of righteousness
gathered, and l said, the blame is not
here. Then / looked out and said,
who, Oh! who, has drawn this soul
from these blessed homo associations
and hallowed surroundings away to
tho paths of intemperance and'sin.-
Who has brought on this premature
death, and filled the hearts of this
poor family with anguish?
What the fatal influence that
could overcome these counsels and
prayers and entreaties and tear the
noble youth from all that Was good
and kind and lovely.
Where is tho hand that presented
the first intoxicating cup to those
lips,now cold in death ? Where ia
the man who, for tho smallest gain,
has often urged tho youth away p
There must be some infiuence-there
must be some untold power, to drag
. soul away from such surroundings
TO the very gates Of death. That
hand may be unknown to us, that
man unmarked, but, ah /! those dark,
those damning deeds are all recorded
in Gods imperishable register. He
knows the hand that gave the cup.-
He socs the sou1-the soul all stained
with blood that cries for vengeance,
and the reckoning day will come-
will surely como to every one whose
hand is stained with blood, who keeps
the screened doors to hell.
Dear friends, such men are in oul
| midst-such doors on every sireeet
Is your son safe 7 Is mine2 With
such SURROUNDINGS. Are virtuoul
homes invulnerable ? to-day declares
or not. We are not safe, we never
shall be, till some power or influence
is brought.to bear, to tear away thes'
screens that hide the damning DECIDE
and close those doors Of He'll.
| Young man beware-enter no
1.-THE ways of death. Five years age
tho first poison draught was taken
to-day he will fnd q drunkard
grave. Fathers guard we'll you
sons-the subtle enemy is in ou
midst. Citizens, bd We men, an
suffer suoh wrongs as those /! Sue
cruel wrongs right in our midst.
i My God pity tho guilty soul tha
Just the other night, gave the lac
draught--that caused the fatal blur
der, and brought the hour Of death.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29

Gon'l Belknap, Secretary of War,
is of to Princeton, Now Jersey, to
deliver the annual address at -
Commencement Of that College, at
which he graduated with distinction,
and which is the principal institution
Of learning Of the Presbyterians Of
tho United States.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29

An old man was picked mp dead
drunk on the levee at Keokuk the
other day, who had sl,5% on his
person.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29

Our Republican exchanges comes
to us laden with expressions Of
entire satisfaction with the action Of
the Republican State Convention,
both as to tho ticket nominated and
the platform adopted.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29

Burlington is going to be no mean
city-says the Ha,0keye. Reason,
two business houses are to DO erect
cd there this year,-one of Sage
town, and the other of Nauvoo
stone.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29

give the fullest measure Of relief pos
sible, and generally declares boldly
and rightfully upon all the important
questions before tho country. Il is
an excellent platform and will be
hailed with satisfaction by the Re-
publicans Of the State.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29
MASSACRE OF PRISONERS.

A writer in the London Times thus
refers to the prisoners murdored; A
gentleman, whose word is beyond
dispute, told me that he witnessed
from an upper window, the storm
ing Of tho barricade on tho boulevard
Maltsherbes, and that he Aaw with
his own eyes the rebels lifting the
butts Of their muskets in token soi
surrender, which caused Tho Ne "
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29
CHILDREN IN THE RANKS.

In ono detachment of 200 National
Guards, ten OF them were children,
not II years old The young patri-
ots seemed to feel that the eyes OF
Europe were upon them, and posed
accordingly. They wore the forms
OF the National Guards.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29

Brother Claggett, of the Conssitx
sion, has discovered that : terrible
outrage was committed by The Re
publicans Of Iowa in the nomination
Of Col. Carpenter. It remains to be
seen, it says, whether there il
enough honesty remaining in the
" radical party 10 rebuke the outrage
cat tho polls." This outrage con.
sists in the nomination of Carpenter
over O'Connor, a. Brother Claggett
alleges; it, and it alone, is the whole
gravamen Of the offence. He pro
coeds to give, Is the reason for this
result: First, That the Republican
party hates tho foreigner, and is I'M
willing to do him Justice. Secondly,
That, on account of O'Connor's
known temperance principles, fears
were entertained that the German
Republicans would 60 back npon the
party and, thirdly, That the Meth
odist Church wanted the Governor
from the north to pave the way for
Hsrlan's reelection to the U. s. SEN
ate. Now, the FIRST two reasons
given above are thoroughly answer
cd and controverted in the fact that
Harry O'Connor isnow serving his
second term % Attorney General Of
the State, one Of the most prominent
and important Offices in the gift Of
the people, and nominated and elect
cd thcreto by the great Republican
party, which, Claggott says, throws
off on him for Governor, on account
of his being Of foreign birth and
holding temperance principles. As
to the other and third reason given,
il there could be- any truth in it,
then has the other prominent candi-
date for U. s. Senator, who halls
from the north, failed to play his
cards we'll, for certainly he would
have q like reason for getting the
Governor from the southern portion
of the State. No! this Senatorial
contest has had nothing to do with
the selection. Col. Carpenters namo
was presented early in the canvass,
and his friends have persistently and
faithfully labored for his nomination
with much more assiduity than have
tho friends Of any other candidate.
He has been longer in tho tield than
any other candidate. 1t was a rec
ognized fact, in the party, that his
portion Of the State was entitled to
great consideration in making the
selection of candidate. In fact,
Col. Carpenter had half won the
battle before any other man was
prominently -beforc the people as a
candidate, and, besides all this, Col,
Carpenter is and was recognized, BY
the Republicans of the State, who
know him well, as gentleman Of
excellent ability, of unquestioned
honor and integrity, and peculiarly
we'll fitted for Governor. But it II
necessary for Democracy to attack
the ticket in some manner, and Bro
Claggett, foolishly supposing that
tho friends Of O'Connor might fee
hurt at the action of the Convention
assumes to fight their battles fol
them, and would fain assay to teacl
| them their duty.
| 1t would be very funny for Repub
licans to square their conduct by thu
teachings OF the Constitution.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29
orTUMwA, wAPEILo COUNTY, IOWA THURSDAY

D COUNTY, IOWA, TE
h Pszpstaal Iastion.
The scientific world has been pei
picked for years in cndeavoring
solve the problem of.perpetual mt
tion, and to produce a machin
possessing this power within itsel
Tho question has, at last, by NOR
accident, been solved. 1t so happen
cd that Charles A. Dana was no
born with any Of tho Grant bloc
in his voins, and tho President beinl
too obtusc in mind to comprehen'
the trancendental ability and emi
nent fitness of Mr.. Dana for d ia
take under the government in Nov
York City; as consequences, 10 ant
behold Dana has discovered . pcr
petual billingsgate stink pot, callet
tho Sun, and set it to running slang
and pot-house ribaldry agains
Grant, catering, we suppose, to tn
exalted tastes of the Five Points
denizeDs ofNew York. Truly Dana
is honoring his ripe years with hl'
| calling.
Il g 4. 80 y Z . 4
W. - = ..u - ~,
&c. ra..s..;.. 49,. e,-oo :,
~orlr.n u;,h 4hs;r teams oo;no =
wash;noton wasb;nrton oountv
~ oomman.a the worl nm tha az.
tans;or oeth. nh;c.oo, Roc,. Ialand
& Pacific ra;,~av s;sonrn.v exnocts
that th;s rad v;Il Ia comnletad
to that nl.ce vot this season.
We hone this will prove true.--
s;oournev;tea deserve Il for their
enterpr;se and energy knows no
honnds ~.;l-o.av;so 1. I'll, .,so
~. ..,r a,,.l.. o..t ,rhan ~, cr,.
Cedar R.n;ds and s.. Ionic railroad
shs,I 1. ornn,o.aa - s;co.rror os
there can DO no question Y will be in
the next four months.
Hub Hoxie. vol known to all
rowans a. ! former chairman of our
Republican State Central Committee,
and AZ the individual who had much
to do with rushing the u. P, R. r.
to ;ts sneedv constrnct;on il now
building tho Texas International rail
road which runs from Cairo via Lit.
tie Rock. Austin. and San Antonio to
Matamoras. His headouarters are
at Hearne. Texas, where he recently
entertained the philosopher Of the
Tribune in q sumptuous collation.,
consisting prlno'paiiy q MUGS
Huo ls one " ING mos. nisn P'es-
sul0 auu euo'oss.a. :. vn. Tsxas :
Aow", ".I -. P.os
---
The English think they have out
done Krupp altogether in the matter
of heavy and efficient guns. AT
Woolwich q solid cylinder OF iron
weighing 700 pounds was thrown
from Fraser thlrtyefive ton cannon
with the velocity of 1870 feeta Sec
onu' anu ~ : u''s""., :. "u
y"rus pu''eu 'se0 sn -.
ucoP .n "n o.nv"nAo ~ ~
su'' 'n"' ""a ~ P
'o0oP.,o". .n ms ~. J.
"" -
nas s'.0' Do'
"rouSns ilon oa...Ee.
.ho memphis A. I ~
'o'.o"n '''o'
pms Julymon AA s'"'' ~ Ny
= !,
a.
ei.a;. Il H. .noa,s ~ tha sao
ond Circuit Court. 1t is very thrill
ling to watch the buckets of perspi
ration flow from the marble browt
of tho players when the wrong mar
put down tho right bower"
, 49, -:
| is of. to Princeton, New Jersey, Il
deliver the annual address at =
commencement Of that College, q
which he graduated with distinction
| and which is the principal institution
Of learning Of the Presbyterians o
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29

The Memphis Avalanche gives the
following account Of the way Mem
phis iurymen kill time: "Every day
q number of fmen-jurymen--can be
seen busily engaged in playing that
game which All Sin did not undcr.
stand in one OF the, rooms Of the Sec.
ond Circuit Court. 1t is very thrill
ling to watch tho buckets Of perspi
ration flow from the marble browi
of tho players when the wrong mar
put down tho right bower"
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The Dubuque Times don't like that
excursion of Iowa merchants to st.
Louis last week. Tho Times folk
wasn't there, but then they don't like
it. From the tone of it's article upon
the subject, II ID not hard TO discov-
or that the Times has not any very
good reason for not liking it, but
that it fcels constitutionally like
snarling, after the style and manner
Of the Chicago Journal. Now, whom
the Tines says that tho North Mis-
souri, Railroad Co. was derilict in
duty, attention, and courtesy; that
the citizens of st. Louis failed in
generosity, kindness, and hospitality;
or that thD excursionists did not en-.
| joy that trip, it is talking Of somo.
thing it knows nothing about, or,
having knowledge Of tho facts, it
fibs most numerically. We, very
fortunately, took that trip with near
two hundred other citizens Of OF
tumwa and vicinity, and We know
what We say when we aver that The
excursion was admitted, by the on
tire party, TO be an abundant success
For real genuine good treatment
good feeling, and unrivalled enjoy
ment, without anything to mar the
| general good time, we pronounct
this excursion never 10 have beer
excelled in our experience.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29

The match factory of Major Toll,
of Clinton, was burned on Wednes-
day last. Loss $4,000. By this
disaster large number of hands are
thrown out of employment.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29

not accept it which prevented his
return to third term.--,State Regis.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29

The Burlington Gazette says their
new departure is troubling thcir
enemies awfully. 1t is sometimes a
little annoying to have uninvited
guests walk into ones household and
steal ones thunder, especially whom
their company is not very agreeable,
and it is further well known that the
intention of the unlimited, is only to
look around and SEQ what can be
stolen at q seasonable hour. II il
was not known that it was traitors
who sought to take the management
of affairs out of the hands of the ma
tion's defenders, it might be borne il
silence just for accommodation SAX.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29

DIS REPUTATION uuSn1uisnou, ousHoa
above suspicion, and performed well
his every work. All the chances, %
abundantly afforded him, for what
many considered honorable specula-
ton, he rigidly refused to accept
apd came out Of the Office a poorer
man than he wenointo it. As he
was ascending the platform to ad-
dress the Convention on Wednesday
o delegate, who had never seon him
but had heard of this test and proof
of his honesty, expressed himself and
the feeling Of the whole body very
aptly, by cxclaimlng, "Now we will
500 the Commissary who didn't make
any money!"
| After two years Of service with
Gen. Dodge, ho was promoted to .
| Colonelcy and transferred to the staff
| Of Gen. Jno. A. Logan, uudcr whom
Tho rendered conspicnously good
service till tho close Of the WAR;
Altcr his return home. he was urged
/ L to become a candidate for State OF
fee, and in 1865, accepted tho nomi
lnation for Register Of the State Land
Olico; was elevated, and filed thu
. place SO worthily and well, that il
!. 1867 he was re-nominated by &C
? lclamation and reelected by n major
+ ity largely increased over that witt
e which be was first elected. to tn
IS post. His term expiring on the frs
. of last January, it was only his pos
Tive announcement that he woul
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-11-16
LATEST NEWS.
FROM NEW YORK.

Nsp York, Nov. 15.-The storm of yes.
terday lasted during the night and ceased
at daylight this morning. 1t was the sever
est that has visited this section for years.
Trees, awnings, and chimnies were blown
down, and the tide was unusually high.
The gale was directly from the southeast.
Many wrecks on Long Island are appre-
hended. The wind last night was sixty
three miles an hour. Gll l eil 'sa
v There were six new cases of cholera at
quarantine to-day, among them the surgeon
of the steamer Franklin. Two of these
cases proved fatal.
General Mcclellan declines to succeed
Tweed. e ''f rf 6
Colonel r. G.. Stone, editor of the Platts-
burg Republican isdead. lie was So years
of age.
The Executive Committee of the Nation-
al Tobacco Association have arranged to
hold their next annual meeting on the 9th
OF December next, at Washington, d. G.
The most important business to be settled
is the question Of the tax on tobacco.
A Cuban, name unknown, threw pail
of filth in the face of the editor OF the Span
ish paper Chrou.stad. The affair occurred
in the street near Change Place, Broad
way.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-11-16
Effect of Food on Milk.

A learned German savant, DIR. HUM by
name, has recently prosecuted a series of
experiments upon cows reaching the con-
clusion that contrary to the usual belief,
very considerable changes in the character
of food may be made without inducing
similar changes in the constituents of the
milk. The experiments were tried twice,
and the general result shows that an in
crease in the albumen and fatty elements Of
moderate diet produces an increase in the
milky yield, which gradually rises along
with bodily condition. to a certain maxi
mum, corresponding in each case with the
maximum increase of the above clements.
Sooner or later, however, the natural dimi-
mutton depending ON the duration of lacta-
ton occurs, and no increase can be pro-
duced by increasing the food. Diminution
of the above elements of food causes a
diminution in the milk yield. The addi-
ton of fat increases the ingredients of milk
generally, and has no special influence on
the amount of fat in the milk. The abso-
lutte production of the individual elements
of the milk agrees generally with the rela-
tive production of the milk as whole
(most regularly in the case of sugar).--
The variations from this are different for
the different ingredients. Sugar does not
seem to be affected by the diet and the
variations in the amount of albumen are so
slight as to be inappreciable. No yaria-
tions in the amount of caseine could be de-
tected as resulting from the food. The
quantity Of fat is very slightly influenced,
and its increase did not specially affect the
amount of butter. The variations in ca
seine and fat are attributed to irregular
processes in the interior economy Of the
animal. Therefore, says the editor of the
report from the Department of Agricul-
ture, farmers must not expect to make q
butter-cow or cheese-cow by varying the
food. The differences in this respect are
due to individual peculiarities, or to stock
characteristics.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-11-16
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.

The Grant parish Qa.) Ku-Klux have
been sent on to the Federal court for trial,
though the Commissioner had grave doubts
of their guilt.
"A telegram from San Francisco yester-
day, says legal technicaltes will cause
postponement of the decision in Mrs. Fairs
case until next January.
The city council of New Orleans has
rescnded the resolution creating a paid fire
department. A contract will probably be
made with the Fireman's Charitable Asso-
ciation at $4,000 per year for ten years.
The Tennessee Legislature has appoint
ed a committee to investigate the turning
over of $72, 900 in State bonds by the
Chancery Court of Dawson county to the
attorney for the State. The matter grows
out Of delinquent railroad Cases. Three at
torneys claim each fee of sl5, 900. Cham
cellor Eastwood would not allow the claims,
but turned over the bonds to them as GUS
todians of the State.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-11-16

MORE TRUTH THAN PoETRY.-We
clip the following from the Natioaal Vu-
gi'aian of the 1lth, which not only applies
to Henrico, but to many other counties in
the State. This thing of Republicans
lighting each other should have played out
long since, but as it did not, We are enabled
to see some of its bad effects, in an in
creased number of Democratic legislators
HRxRico.-In no county in The State have the
Republicans been moro completely defeated than
in Henrico, and in no county was total defeat
more unnecessary. Like causes always produce
the same effect. for human nature is the same
always and everywhere No one who is famil-
lar with the proceedings for the last few weeks
Gun be surprised at the result of the election. If
after the nomination the candidates and the de-
feated aspirants, had manfuly submitted to the
voice of the convention and went to work for the
ticket the Republicans would have carried the
county by three hundred majority. In this cleo
ton the contest was not between Democrats and
Republicans, but between Republicans them
selves. In this county the Consei vatiyes have
gained no victory, 1t is only grand Republican
suicide. When a prominent man in the party
travels through the county and tries to induce
men who are not the regular candidates to run
for office, it is not surprising that defeat follows.
Ths Republican party has men that it can well
afford to turn over to the whipping post party,
where they will find a more congenial cline for
their labor The defeat in this county is the best
thing that could have happened for the Republi-
cans. 1t was an ordeal through which the party
was obliged to pass, and il will now rise Phoenix
like and come forth like gold from the
finers hands. No wonder that men who have no
other object in view than to gratifv their selfish
ends, should attribute the defeat TO q mixed
ticket. But the battle Is over and those WHO
figured conspicuously in the fight will be judged
and receive their just deserts. The lesson is
worth all that it cost. ~ ~