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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-06-08
CHILLloorHE May 31st 1871.
Editor Courier a

Decoration day At ChilIicotho was
more Of : success than We expected,
and by request, we Communicate 70
vow Whist transpiredon the occasion.
We are principally indebted to Mr..
$. T. Heacock, Superintendent Of the
Sabbath School, and Mr.. Sampson,
principal Of the Public School, for
executing plan, which was very
solemn, imposing and satisfactory to
ell, and which left good impression
upon the community. At about 4
o'clock p. N. the citizens Of Chillico-
the, quite number, and Mr.. Samp.
son with his school repaired to the
ChiIlicothe cemetery. There were
% many Misses selected as there
were soldiers graves to BIO decorated,
and each one was furnished with a
flag, and the top Of tho flagstaff was
ornamented with ! cpronal OF green
leaves, significant Of deep attach
mont and over snd1ring remom-
brance Of tho departed. Bach ono
Of theso young ladies was stationed
at soldiers grave, to be decorated.
The procession was then formed,
~ a ri . 49, +
and as the procession moved slowly
by, some threw flowers upon the
graves, others decorated the tomb
stones and monuments with wreaths
of flowers and evcrgrcens.
After these ceremonies were com.
pleted, the procession assembled in
the shade of some trees. After an
impressive prayer by Mr.. Sampson,
ashort and appropriate address was
delivered by DR.. Olney. Then sing
ing some appropriate lines the meet
ing adjourned. The following arc
names Of the soldiers whose graves
oro aa.,,
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An old subscriber in Story county
writes us as follows:
STORY COUNTY, Iowa,
May 18th, 1871.

EDITORS COURIER:
l enclose ono dol
lar and fifty cents for your delightful
paper, which comes to us a kind Wis
itor, and is read with great interest,
and supplies Collins township with
n good deal of interesting matter
Tho portion of Collins township that
1 live in, takes the liberty of lifting
my paper, and carefully perusing it,
and then sending it to me.
am now sixty-one years old; l
have never seen such a whole days
storm as we had on the Sth of April;
since thon we have had u beautiful
spring, frequent showers, justenough
to keep every thing growing. -
| Wheat looks well, and there is a
fair prospect for good corn crop
Everything looks prosperous.
Yours respectfully,
| v. SHEARxR.
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ANNUAL MEETING
IOWA STATE H0xEoTIo MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION.
OTruMwA, May 81, 1871

FIRST pAY-MdRNiNu SESSION.
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NORTH MISSOURI RAILROAD,

Trans arrive and depart from Ottumwa
a. follows:
GOING SOUTH.
Mail $50 w daily fsnnde.ys ezcepted.)
Freight 5:30a. m. I"
Mail ll:25 p. IN. dsily except Sunday.
Express 3:l5 pm. Daily
Freight. $3.50 pm. Sc
All trains leaving Ottumwa at AIS. runs
Sleeping cau direct through ID st, Louis
e9Vm8 in time nest morning 70 make
cloes connections with all trains East.
West. North and South.
7; ,: ca1 NJ. !. ! wEAEETng g.
CMARLlcS McOA BE, Gen. Tray. Agent,
I'D RHILLLPPf Gen. AIT. OttuHn VA.
Bafiilglol, Cedar Rapids Z Minl.' R. R.
Is now completed making direct railroad
connection with st. Paul from Burlington
Trains arrive aud leave Burlington as fol.
lows:
Arrive. Leave.
N EM[qess.. s......s......,l 20 r. n. 500 n
...9 ,00P. II. u.N A, n,
ssxsAoYQ&1n1O0a&iens..-... .0.55 A. u. 100 II.
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The hair and beard was shaved off
close, and an excellent impression in
plaster was taken of the whole head.
The brain is now undergoing hard
ening process, and when that is CON-
pleted, an impression will be taken
Of 1T entire, and then i. will be part
ed, the different parts weighed, and
impressions made of the several Sec
Observation-Disclosures Republican.
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Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-19
LAWS OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.

PUBLISHED By AUTHORITY.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-19

The court has delivered the fol-
lowing opinion, which will be found
of interest to the business commu-
nifty:
New ORLEANS Canal and Banking
Company VS.. Stewart & Richardson.
The plaintiffs, who are bankers, sue
defendants on balance of account
OF deposits. In this account there
is charge of $500, amount of a
check drawn 18th November, 1863,
to the order of and indorsed by
Huger Il Bein. Ii this check were
not charged the balance would be
in favor of defendants instead of
being against them.
On the 18th November defend
ants loaned this check to Huger &
Bein, whose check for like amount,
on the Crescent City Bank, they
took i'll exchange. Before the pre-
sentation of defendants check to
the Canal Bank they were informed
that Huger & Bein were in failing
circumstances, and they Immediately
gave the Canal Bank a written
notice not to pay the check they
had drawn on it, and the paying
teller promised to conform to this
inhibition; but afterward, on the
18th, at the usual hour for settling
balances between the banks, de-
PENDANTS check was inadvertently
paid to the Crescent City Bank,
and marked accordingly. 1t ap-
pears that as soon as Huger & Bein
received defendants check, they
indorsed it, in due course of busi-
ness, and for a valuable considera-
ton to the Crescent City Bank,
who were at all times ignorant Of
the equities between the original
parties.
Story on Promissory Notes, par.
4SS, says of checks: "Where they
are made payable to a particular
person only, they are not negotiable;
where they are payable to order,
they are negotiable by Endorsement,
and where they are payable to
bearer, they are negotiable by mere
delivery. In these respects they
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-19
Bank? I think not; for while that

Bank? I think not; for while that
payment ought not to make theil
condition worse, it ought not, ac-
cording to the equitable principles
expressly enacted in the Civil Code,
work an improvement of their con.
dition, and enable them to make
their agent suffer a loss which they
would otherwise have been obliged
to incur. As it is unjust that they
should be damaged by an act which
they forbade, SO is it inconsistent
that they should reap advantages
from an act which they repudiate.
The plaintiff action is on equit-
able one, and Art. 1860 should be
applied in the case. 1t makes the
Christian principles of equity a
part Of our law and declares that
"no one ought to enrich himself at
the expense of another.
Article 2l3O, referred to by the
court during the argument, cannot
effect this case, because the plaintiffs
did not act, in form or intention,
according to the terms of that ar
ticle. They did not propose to dis
charge defendants obligation to the
Crescent City Bank, or to acquire
an action against the defendants.
The payment and cancelment of the
check was accidental. It was affect
ed in a moment of inattention, such
as will sometimes happen to the
most careful persons. Besides, the
article referred to can hardly ever
take effect in regard to commercial
paper which passes from one holder
to the other, by mere Endorsement
or delivery, without dischargingthe
parties, but, on the contrary, valid
ly changing the creditor"
Judgment for plaintiffs as prayed
for, and rejecting defendants de-
mand in reconventiOn.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-19
JOHN B. HOWARD.
LAW OFFICE,
st. Charles Street

Prompt attention given to civi!
business in the several courta Of the
State.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-19
u r. s, pINCHBACK,
Manager.
PROSPECTUS
OF
The Leuisianian.

IN ,he endeavor to establish another
Rcrublcon journal in New Orleans,
tho rroprietors of the LouIs1ANIAN,
propose to FL necessity which has
been long, and sometimes painfully
fst 10 exist In the transition state
ofour people, in their struggling efforts
10 attain that position in the Body
Polite, which We conceive to be their
due, it is regarded that much infor-
aatoD, guidance, encouragement,
eo1ns4 and reproof have been lost, in
consequence of the Lack Of a medium,
through which these deficiencies might
he supplied. We shall strive to make
Tee LoruHASLAX dssiderot,em in these
rNech.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-19
POLICY.

Is our motto indicates, the LOU
v.SAy shall be "Rspab!tcos @ all
asa nd gadsr oR circumstances We
sad sdvooste the security and enjoy
Ten. Of broad OWL liberty, the abso-
,a,e equality Of all men before the Law,
nd an impartial distribution OF hon
u and patronage 70 all who merit
hem.
Desirous Of anaying aninaosities, of
tho memory Of the bitter
last Of promoEng harmony and union
among all classes and between ell in
tsyests, We shall advocate the removal
o! all political disabilities foster kind
LESS and forbearance, where mslgnity
al resentment reigned, and seek for
.arness and justice where wrong and
oppression prevailed. Thus united in
our aims and objects. We shall conserve
or beet interests, elevate our noble
Sate, to an envisble position among
AE sstr States, by the development
SLpr limitable resources, and secure
tie tsl benefits of the mighty changes
II tie history and condition Of the
people and tho Country.
Believing that there can DO no true
liberty without tho supremacy Of law
We shall urge a strict aud undiscrimi-
lsans administration of justice.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-19
POETRY.
FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY.

Ben Battle was soldier bold,
And used to wars alarms;
But cannon-ball took Of his leqs,
SO he led down his arms.
Now, as they bore him off the field,
Said he, Let others shoot;
For here l leave my second leg,
And the Forty-socond foot"
The army surgeons made him limbs;
Said he, They're only pegs,
But they're as wooden members quite
As represent my legs"
Now Ben, he loved pretty maid,
Her name WAS Nelly Gray;
So he went to pay her his deroirs,
When he'd derour'd his pay.
But when he called on Nelly Gray,
She made him quite scoff,
And when she saw his wooden legs,
Began TO take them OF.
"Oh Nelly Gray oh Nelly Gray!
Is this your love so warm?
This love that loves scarlet coat
Should be more Uniform"
Said she, Il loved q soldier once,
For he was blithe and brave;
But will never have a man
With both legs in the grave.
Before you had these timber toes,
Your love I did allow,
But then, you know, you stand upon
Another tooting now.
Oh false and tickle Folly Gray,
know why you refuse:
Though I've no feet, dqother man
Is standing in my shoes.
Il wish l no'er had seen your face;
But now, a long farewell
For you will be MY death alas!
You will not be my Nell ~
Now when he went from Nelly Gray,
His heart so heavy got.
And life was such burden grown,
1t made him take knot.
So. round his melancholy neck
A rope did he entwine,
And for the Second time in life,
Enlisted in the Line.
One end he tied around beam,
And then removed his pegs.
And. as his legs We're of, of course,
lie soon VAS Of his legs.
And there he hung till he was dead
Az any nail in town
For though distress had cut him up,
1t could not cut him doun.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-19
mo. LOG.
An Act

Relative to the New Orleans and
Northeastern Railroad Company,
to provide for the extension of
the main line of their railroad to
the city of New Orleans, for the
building of one or more branches
to the main line of said railroad,
to regulate judicial proceedings
in certain cases, and to facilitate
and aid the construction and
secure the maintenance of said
railroad within the State of Lou
isiana.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the State of Louisiana in
General Assembly convened, That
the New Orleans and Northeastern
Railroad Company, corporation
organized and existing under and
by virtue of its acts of incorpora-
ton duly enacted by the Legisla-
lures of the States of Louisiana and
Mississippi, is hereby authorized
and empowered to locate, construct
and build, and thereafter to own,
manage, maintain and use, by run
ming thereon its engines, cars and
trains of cars railroad, with one or
more tracks with suitable turn-outs
from the town Of Lewisburg, across
Lake Pontchartrain, to the city of
New Orleans; to locate, construct
and build, and thereafter to own,
manage and use, by running there
on its engines, cars and trains of
cars, a railroad, with one or more
tracks, and suitable turnouts from
the lake shore, in the centre of st.
Louis street to the Matairie road /;
thence across, along and upon in
tervening streets and grounds, in
tersecting Bienville street at or
near Anthony street; thence along
Bienville street to Claiborne street;
or they shall have the right to Sc
lect an adjoining street or streets to
carry out the purposes Of this act
as far up as Common street or in
tervening streets, and on such q
rout or course as may be deemed
necessary by q majority of the
board Of directors of said company
most proper, expedient or necessary,
and best adapted for the public ac-
commodation; and there is hereby
granted to said railroad company
the right to locate. construct, main
ia n, manage and use pas 'enger and
freight depots, with Offices and
apartments, and for al other rur-
poses for the transaction of its legit-
innate business upon any grounds
between Bienville, Claiborne, Canal
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-19

1poRTANT TO MERCHANTS AND BANK
ERs-JUDGE CoLLESs DECIDES
THAT ALTHOUGH A MERCHANT
STOPS PAYMENT OF HIS CHECK,
HE IL STILL LIABLE TO THE BANK
SHOULD THE SAME BE PAID.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-19
EDUCATION.

We snail sustain the carrying out OF
V provisions Of tho act establishing
W common school system, and urge
Sparsmount duty the education of
- youth, ~ vitality connected with
'H own enlightenment, and the secu
"'i stability of a Republican
uo7eNment
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-19
FINAL.

Seaorous, manly, Independent,
H0nc'ous conduct, We shall strive
ue our paper, from an ephem-
ad temporary existence, and
a II upon a basis, that if we
command" We shall at all
hts deserve" success
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-19
-zoP7IETo19.

r,c PRS. PINCHBACK, ORLEANS,
:. &C. ANTOINE. CAnpa
GEO. 7. KELSO, RApIpEo.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Transient advertisements, 81 % per
square first insertion; each subsequent
insertion, IS cents.
All business aotices of advertisements
to be charged twenty cents per line each
insertitn n.
Jon PRINTING executed with neatnecs
and dispatch.
Wedding Cards executed in accordance.
with prevailing fashions.
Funeral Notices printed Oh, nor.es. no
tice aud with quickest dispatch.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-19
TAXATION.

We shlal support the doctrine Of sn
e2uitshle division of taxatisn among
~ Glasses, Il faithful collection of the
'''oiaes' economy in the expendi-
'@i'"' conformably with the exigen-
'''' ot the State or Country aud the
'-'aArSe OF every legitimate obhga
ion
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-03

rnuE BRITIsB MINISTRY BEATEN ON A Mis-.
TAKEN IssUE.--In the House Of Commons,
An the 29th uIt., the Ministry were beaten
mon one Of those small issues that the
Government should not flght-an issue very
contemplate, but very exciting in the
public mind. ~ "
Mr.. CowPER THapLs submitted a motion
in favor of reserying part OF Epplng For
est for public park. Messrs. GLADSTONE
and Lowe opposed the motion, because
they alleged the property belonged to the
Crown, and not to'the public. MIR. HAR'
COURT took the opposite ground and upon
advisor there was amajority of 10l against
the Government. Il
This is just one Of those questions upon
which crowns are often put in peril, and
sometimes lost. The setting apart of vast
territory for the use and pleasure Of the
royal family. cannOt justly be considered
as complete surrender Of it as taking II
entirely beyond the reach Of the public
win. And when 8 question is raised about
the propriety of appropriating part q
the forests or lands thus reserved for tlle
/ crowmto the use and pleasures Of the peo'
ole, 1t would be most graceful as well Us
just act Oft king At once 70 surrender q
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-03
LEGAL OPINIONS.

A LOCOMOTIVE LET LOOSE BY BoYs.-
from the Pittsburg Gazette, April %. J.
Las evening engine No. 7 arrived on time
at the ConnellSville Railroad depot with
the passenger train, and, after being dc.
tached from the cars and shifted several
hundred yards above the depot on side
track, it was left with full head OF steam on
by the engineer and firemen while they
went to their supper. During their brief
absence two mischievous boys, named Ar
mold and Butler, got aboard, and reversing
the engine, started the locomotive along
the track. They stuck brayely TO their
posts till fearful rate OF speed was OF.
tanned, and then, frightened, both jumped
safely off, and the engine and tender swept
like Il streak of lightning through the long
depot, and on coming In contact with the
bumpers or heavy timber-guards at the
terminus of the track, shivered them into
splnters and broke the gate into fragments.
Gaining the wharf, the engine was some
what checked in its wild course towards
the river by deep gutter, but it ploughed
its way, to the great damage OF cooDie,
stones, some forty feet beyond It's point OF
escape from the rails, and there halted with
the wheels deeply imbedded in the earth.
The locomotive was somewhat injured, the
cow catcher being completely DESTROYED.
Had the accident occurred during business
hours there might have been loss OF HE az
tending it. The boys who caused all the
trouble were not to be discovered after the
accident. --
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-03

Two travellers passed through Middle
Grove, Monroe county, Mo-, in January,
and it is now believed one murdered the
other for his goods. There are evidences
that the missing man was burned after
being killed, and his property has been
discovered in the possession of his COM.
panion. -. ~.
The Masonic fraternity of New York city
have rendered q grand banquet to the Brit
ish High Commissioners, and the latter
through Earl De Grey and Rippon. have
accepted, The time has not been definitely
fixed but it will probably be q day or two
before the departure of the Commissioners
Tor England. - 30. i
The Christian World states that it may
not be generally known that this year is
claimed by many to be the first centennial
of the institution Of Sabbath schools. 1t
would be well, il such ID the case, to have
an appropriate denomination. S. I:
Judge Cochran has;sent to the Philadel.
phians Photographic group of the Viz
glnia Centennial Committee.
Baltimore has contracted to pay ESQ per
], 600 cubic feet for all the gas consumed in
her street lamps, &c. So. -x
Brigham Young broke the ground at Salt
Lake Monday for the Utah Southern rail-
road, In the presence OF vast assemblaee,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-03
MT THE GREATEST SPRING REM

Dc THE GREATEST SPRING REM
EpY.-In the spring Of the year nature demands
an assistant In driving out the morbinc substance
collected In the blood, which Is sure to generate
bilious complaints and. derange the entire human
system. The only remedy adequately effectual IN
cases of this character Is MlSHLER'S HERB
BlTTERS. which thoroughly purifes the blood,
vigorates the II neral constitution, and produces
perfect health and good spirits where now Is gem
arising from the Impurities of the blood MESa.
LER'S HERB BITTERS Is pronounced by the
highest medical authorities the NEST certain,
speedy, and agreeable remedy extant- Thousands
have tested It's efficacy, and declare It IS the great
eat assistant OF nature In her conflict with disease
knowledge. Sold by ali druggists and dealers. Dr.
=. HARTMAN CO., Proprietors, Lancas-
ter Pa. ap5-eod&wf
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-03

YALUABLE DrscoyRsY.---Col. r. 7. Har-
vey,, of Buffalo, Putnam county, has dis
covered and opened up. ON his farm near
town, very fine vein Of paint stone. A
sample Of this natural deposit can be seen
at our Office. The stratum In which this
article of constant use IL found Is about
ten feet thick, and runs throughout large
hin. The color, when mixed with hnseed
oil.-the only additional required after grind.
fng-is bright metallic brown, equal II not
superior to the famous London brown. 1t
has the appearance Of permanency and du-
rsbility, and we doubt not will be used ex-
tensively In. place Of more costly paints.
Charleston West Va.) Journal.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-03

THE NEW JERSEY MYsTERY.-The Gu
rious charges made by conscience-stricken
man against Theodore Willets, his wife, and
her sister, Mrs. Yates, before the Court Of
over and Terminer in New Brunswick, N.
j., last week, to the effect that they had en-
deayored to compass the death of Samuel
Whitehead, father of the two ladies, by
murder, has created considerable sensation.
The accused allege that the whole story is
simply case of black-mail that the busl-
ness and social relations of the family were
intimate, and there was no apprehension
whatever as to any diversion OF the old gen.
tIeman's property whenever he might die,
and there was no necessity for his being put
out OF the way at all. Their high position,
and the fact that they were bailed to appear
"should they be required looks as II they
had the benefit Of the consideration, If not
exactly the entire confidence. Of the court.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-03
Commerce of Richmond.

The Who is adroit. The reader OF thai
naper would suppose that the Dispatch IN
setting up the claims Of Richmond 10 CON-
mcrce (claims based on facts) Ignored man
uractures. This is not so. The Dispatch
has been the most active supporter OF the
manufacturing interests of Richmond anu
no one has set higher estimate upon her
resources and suitableness for manutac-
turing upon the most extensive scale lhan
the Dispatch. We claim that wnlie sue -
in this respect inferior to no city or LOCALITY
in the Union, she has in high degree the
adaptability to an enterprising anu thrifty
commerce. The past proves it, and the
gradual recovery Of her prosperous trade
fortiies the Prediction OF her future growth
In commercial consequence.
The Wing, on the other hand, while IN
tlaleiss high hopes of the manufacturing
prosperity of Richmond, ridicules IN us
peculiarly caustic manner the commercial
Dretensions that have been set up for her.
We invite the attention of all persons
who would ridcule the only town in the
State that has a pretension to wholesale
commerce, to the facts stated in this paper
Yesterday. Last year her trade was largely
in excess of the aggregate trade of the TOUR
other largest cities in the State. Her man
ufactures were still greater in comparison.
And the present season, in spite OF all als'
advantages, in the absence Of any extension
of her railroad connections, every braneh
of her trade has increased from 'hrty 70
seventy per cent. ~s~
Two wears viii tell grand story. Let
the prophets about Richmond uhsqi'aple.
ness for commerce wait, unless, indeed, they
desire the prophecy to work out IT'S own
realization. is It, not better to make the
mott of what commerce we have than TO
ipjure by disparaging it, before we have
anything to take it's place?