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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

The hunters ofSiberia. when press.
ed by hunger, take two pieces OF
board, and placing ono On the pit Of
tho stomach and the other on the
back, gradually draw together the
extremities, and thus allay, in some
degree, the cravings Of appetite
This il supposed to be . very econo:
mical kind of board.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

A fish twenty feet long and some
six feet in girth inhabits the Upper
Blue Lake, in Lake County, New;
and the Indians will not fish therein.
believing tina. the sight Of the mon
ster would be warrant of death to
them
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16
How the Wife Felt.

A man, at whose house I was q
guest, told me that he had been q
hard drinker and q cruel husband ;
had beaten his poor wife till she had
almost become used TO it. "But,"
said be, "the very moment signed
the pl.dge l thought of my wife
what would my wife say to this p
Strange that l should think of my
wife the first thing, but I did and as
was going home, l said to myself
Now, If 60 home and tell her all OF
q sudden that I have signed the
pledge, she'll faint away, or she'll up
and do something; and must break
1t to her by degrees. Only think Of
it! Why the night before Id have
knocked her down, ;r1st US like a. not,
if she hadn't looked to please me, and
now / am planning to break good
news to her for fear it would upset
her."
As near as l could gether from
what he told me, he found his wife
sitting over the embers, waiting for
hmm. As he came into the house, he
SAID:
"Nancy ! think that
"Well, Ned, what 10 it,"
"Why, think / shall-that isl
mean to-to-Nancy, mean -"
whats the matter, Ned! Any
thing the matter p
EYES," said he, "the matters just
this-I have signed the temperance
pledge, and, SO help me God, I'll keep
it,"
"She started TO her feet and she
did faint away. l was just in time
to catch her; and as she lay in my
arms, her eyes shut, her face so pale,
thinks l, she's dead and I've done it
now. But she wasn't dead; she
opened her eyes, and then she put
her arms round my neck |; and !
didn't know she was SO strong, as she
pulled and pulled till she got me down
where / had not been before for
thirty years--on my knees Then
she said: 20 God help him and /
said Amen 7 and she said, % God
help my poor Ned, and strengthen
him to keep his pledge, and | holler-
ed amen 7 just as loud as l could
boiler. That was tho first time we
ever knelt together, but it was not
the last"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

PATRIoTIc JuRY-Mr. Charles N.
Leo was . well-known criminal law
yer Of Rochester, N. Y. He summed
up . case with . superiority Of ges
ture, and an af1uenoe OF Precipitation
that would have astoniehed even
John Graham in his vehement and
melting moods. Lee was defending
An old revolutionary soldier for pass.
ing . forged promissory note TO,
some $50. There was hardly the
faintest doubt Of his guilt; but Lee
contrived to get before the jury the
fact that the prisoner, thon dare
devil boy Of nineteen, was one Of the
storming party that followed Mr..
Anthony Wayne in his desperate
night assault upon Stony point, end
helped to carry the wounded Gen.
eral into the fort during that terri.
BILE fray. In summing up, Lee, after
getting over tho ugly points Of the
evidence as he best could, then nm
dertook to carry the jury by escalade
on the ground of his revolutionary
services. he described il graphic
language the bloody attack on Stony
Point, tho impetuous valor Of Wayne,
the daring exploit of his client, and
wound up with this stunning inter.
ogatory: "Gentlemen of the Jury,
will you send to the State Prison, for
passing . contemplate thirty dollar
forged note, an old hero of three
score and ten, who in his youth,
cheered the heart of his country 10
the darkest hour of the revolution,
by storming Stony Point?"
This was q poser. The chins of
some of the jury quivered, but the
foreman, Q bluff old farmer, put on
an air which seemed to say, that
storming Stony Point was q good
thing enough in it, line, but what
had It to do with passing this forged
note7 After being out . couple OF
hours, the Jury returned TO the Court
room, whom the Clerk went through
the usual formula:
"Gentleman ofthe Jury, have you
agreed upon . verdict 2"
ave have"
"Do you and the prisoner at the
bar guilty, or not guilty?"
"Not guilty, becaase he stormed
&oney Point" thundersd the stall
wart foreman, who, it was afterwa ards
learned, was the last to come to an
agreement.
The audience applauded, the crier
raped to order, the District Attor-
ney objected to tho recording Of the
verdict, and the Judge sent the jury
ont again, telling the foreman 10 .
rather sharp tone, that they must
find an unconditional verdict of
guilty or not guilty. After an ab-
sence ofa few minutes, they returned,
when the foreman rendered simple
verdict Of not guilty, adding, how.
ever, as he dropt into his seat, "It
was . good thing. though Judge, for
tho old revolutionary cuss that he
stormed Stoney Point."-htanton's
Bench and Bar Of N. Y.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

Tho Illinois Legislature is DISCUSS
ing bill for the abolition Of Grand.
iuries. The bill il similar to the law
Of Michigan upon this question,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

Near Benitz station, on the Yves.
tern Pennsylvania railroad, on Wed.
nesday, . man named Christian Spin.
die, seeing his dog in danger OF
being run over by an approaching
train, made an attempt to save it,
and in go doing fell on the track. He
lay with his head just inside the
rail, and the wheels Of the locomo.
tive caught his neck, fairly decapi.
tatiDg him.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

We have received the following
and lay it before our readers. Will
the citizens of Ottumwa move in
this matter?
Rooms Of the Committee of Commerce..
Committee for the Relief of the
Suffering Population Of France.
New York, February Z, 1871.
Dear Sir,-We earnestly ask your
cooperation in tho work of afford.
ing relief to tho distressed and sue
fering population of France. The
Press can do more than any other
influence in bringing this object prom
inently before the community. and
therefore contributing to its success.
We hope to receive large sums of
money at once, and supplies of grain,
provisions, 90, from the West in due
time, which will be forwarded, as we
have reason to believe, in National
vessels, furnished by tho Govern.
ment. A circular has been addressed
to every Board of Trade and COM
mercial organization in the country.
and we hope to see similar move.
ments inaugurated in every city and
and town. But the Press must give
them prominence, or we shall fail in
onr task. We therefore respectfully,
bnt earnestly, ask your assistance 10
car irg on this humane and Chris.
tiLr york.
Very respectfully,
CHARLES H. MARSHALL, Mn.
CHARLES lANIER, Treas.
AssoS PHELPS Stokes, Sec.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

The local editor of the Muscatine
Journal has sued his barber for out
ting Of his m0ustache.
We would like TO eco any barber
cut our locals moustachc of.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

An unmarried friend declared
the othcr day, with an expression Of
o0untenance almost lueubrious, II
never cared farthlng about get
ting married until 1 attended an
old bachelors funeral"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

Recently O minister of the Gospel,
residing in Burnham, me, proposing
to hold services in the neighborine
town OF Brooks, applied for q pass
over the newly-constructed Beifsst
h Moosehead Lake Railroad. To
this application, the President Of the
road made response, that while the
company was disposed to lend all
possible aid toward the advancement
OF the Gospel, it especially recogni-
led tho need OF regenerating intluen-
ces in the field of proposed labor at
Brooks, inasmuch as that town had
repudiated its subscription to the
road. He therefore enclosed the
pass, trusting the prayers and ex-
hortations OF the gentleman might
De efficacious to that end.
We hope that when the Reverend
brother gets through his labors a,
Brooks, he will visit this place, and
labor for the benefit of certain indi.
viduals who "went back" on stock
subscribed to the N. NJ. R: r., and
even on their own legal obligations
in the way of plain notes Of hand,
given to aid in building railroads.
II there is any regeneration for such
individuals, the railroads ought to
pass all such missionaries, that they
may be labored for and prayed with,
TOR we are verv certain they will
never pay for preaching Of the Cos.
pei, or any other Improvement, tenn
porally or morally, if by Reputation
sthey can avoid it.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

A. 7. Stewart gives FIVE thousand
barrels of Flour to the su6ering
French, and charters o vessel ut his
own expense to carry it to them.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

The American Colonization Sooie-
ty sent to Siberia 1874 emigrants in
November last and it has received
some 500 applications for passage
from colored people Of the South
since the LIST Of January. The late
Rev. B. p. Stone Of Concord, N. H.,
left tho society . legacy of $4,000,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

Colonel Baxter, Of Nashville, Tenn,
is going 70 ruin himself with sudden
wealth. lie has sued seven papers
in Tennessee for $4,000 libel each,
When he gets all the money he will
be worth $35O,0OO.
P. She has now got Judgment
for $27, 900 against one Of them, and
if he gets six moro he will have
3l89, 900.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16
The Legislature of Ohio are abou

The Legislature of Ohio are about
taking steps to erect = monument
costing $1,000 at the tomb of ex.
President William Henry Harrison.
The tomb is on the old homestead
at North Bend. The farm being now
the property of tho Hon. John Scott
Harrison, son of the deceased, who
gives 81 acres in perpctuity to the
State a. an enclosure for the tomb.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

Burlington had q fire on Sunday
morning, which consumed John
Waldhoff's saloen and Martin Shaef.
fer's shoe shop. Loss not stated.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16
st. Louis Market.

Ola IUUlH m8fK0Ce
st. Louie, Feb. IA.
WHEAT-No 3 red, 1888.
CORN-Steay at 40 for mixed on
track.
PR0vIsIONs
Firm hut quiet.
POKK-23.OO.
BULK MEATS-Rough sides 10;
dry salt hams, IL.
LIVE STOCK.
HOGS-Qaiet; no choice in mar.
ket; all grades range at 7.85a7.6O
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

The Wisconsin Assembly, by .
vote of 73 to 8, memorable Congress
in favor Of continuing the income
tax
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16
New System Of Rose Culture.

NOW 6yet0m OF AO00 CulCuf6.
Some French and Englieh Horti-
oulturists have been experimenting
for three or four years on . new sys.
tem vi VI ruse cuttuse, which may bu
briefly stated thuA1 "First prune
ont all the old wood; second shorten,
the new wood . very little, peg the
new wood dat down to the earth"
The rose IL thus allowed to bloom "a
tho raspberry bears- only on the
new wood, and that slightly pruned.
Az unlike tho common way a.
this ID, the effect Is said to be very
ane. The young shoots pegged 70
the ground produce : greater abun-
dance OF bloom, although, perhaps,
diminished ia sire. When q rose
stalk stands upright the stronger
tendency of the sap has the effect to
multiply the roses near the top
while, when trained upon the earth
the zap works more evenly through,
ont the length Of tho stalk. This il
shown both in bloom and in the
multitudinous upward shooting o'
stems from the main stalk. The eff
feot Of this new mode Of training
would, no doubt, be very fine
in covering sloping banks and
mounds, and also in the more rapid
production Of small roses for bon.
quets, &c. Its novelty will, nc
doubt, commend it to oil amateur
who have time and inclination to OK.
pertinent.
No plant requires CLOSER pruning
than the rose, the finest blooms are
always found upon the stalks which
shoot forth from the root showiae
the importance Of . severe QUITTING
away Of the old wood. The bush
should always be trimmed 20 % to
open its branches - much % pose
ible. for 1t likes the sun. The more
sunlight the rose recolvss, the more
rapid the growth and the more beau
tifal and numerous its dowers.-
Journal Of the Farm.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

s Hon. NJ. B. Mulkern Senator from
Dubuque county, died at his home, Of
Consumption, on the 9th inst. Mr..
Mulkern was . native of ireland and
at the time Of his death II years of
age. He was . lawyerby profession,
and stood high among his brethren.
He took his seat in the Senate Of the
State for the first time last winter,
and was distinguished for his bold
and Independent ideas. His health,
however, even then was 30 bad a. tn
make it impossible for him to be at
all times in his seat. He was, how
ever, present on many occasions
while important measures were PEN
ding, whom he ought, in Justice to
himself have been ct home receiv.
ing careful medical TREATMENT
His was heart overAowing with
the milk OF human kindness, and we
heartily endorse the following re.
marks concerning him, taken from
tho Dubuque Times:
Mr.. Mulkern was in many re-
spects . remarkable man. He was
endowed with . large amount OF
natural talent, and added to this
was . keenness of the peroeptive
faculties and an ability for 1T onoe
oomprehending all the grounds and
bearings of his subject, until he ar
rived at conclusion almost by in
tuition. And these conclusions were
in the main correct. No larger,
warmer, more sympathetic heart
ever throbbed in human bosom.
than pulsed in his. No man could
be possessed ofa more generous, un-
selfish, social nature. Faults he had,
but we believe these will be forgot
ten IN the remembrance of his many
other virtues. It is sufficient to say
that he dies regretted by all, and
that all irrespective of party, scot or
creed, the rich and the poor alike
will unite in paying respect to his
memory. He had but one bitter
enemy in the world and that enemy
was himself.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16
Hon. John King, the pioneer news
paper publisher of Iowa, died at
Dubuque, on yesterday.

B. F. Murray, of Madison Co., and
Sam. Clark Of the Gate City, are
mentioned ~ candidates for Lieut..
Governor.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

SLorED.-Isaac N. Conner, Of Mus
oatine county, has sloped for Texas,
and loft $1,000 Of debts unpaid.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Feb. II.
HOGS-Active at 7.l0a7.9O for
light shipping TO extra packing lots.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

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SALE AI1eosT.
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AT HIS STORE
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Opposite Tsylors Block
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AND NOW THAT
4. *
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$50 .
stock
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Shawls Cheap!
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

Lead has been found in Delaware
county, Iowa.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

sovereignty, HOio 70 0e8l WOUNDS, tc
bring hope to fresides, to reopen
profaned churches for prayer, and -
restore industry, concord and peace
Washington, Feb. IL.
The President stated this morning
to several Senators and others, that
be expected information from San
Domingo by Wednesday or Thurs
day next. The Nantucket which
was dispatched from Havana on
Thursday last, is expected 70 return
by that time. There is possibility
Of receiving information TO- morrow
by an English steamer which touches
at Havana on her homew ard voyage,
only three days from SAP Domingo
city.
The House Committee on Judici-
airy will take occasion to report a bill
for the apportionment of members of
Congress under the new census, on
Wednesday or Friday of this week.
The Committee seem to think they
can secure q majority in favor Of the
bill
The Democrats are again trying
to consume the forenoon hour BY
calling for the reading of bills and
measures presented for reference in
order TO r revent action on the N. Y.
Air Limo bill.
The friends Of Minister Bancroft
have just discovered that if the bill
prepared by the House Committee
On Forei On Affairs, to appoint q
Minister TO The German Empire is
passed it will legislate him ont of
office.
Secretary Fish, and Assistant Sec.
'esary Davis, who is Bancroft's
nephew, are working in order to
rave him, the present Minister, re-
aimed at Berlin.
The business Of the Senate is now !
o far behind, that Senator Morton
Introduced resolution to-day to
AVE . meeting ofthc Senate at II
'clock, hereafter. !
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16
The Jubilee
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,fs&N. X Esss Ne
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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-16

Paris, Feb. II.
NJ. Jules Favre and his colleagues
in office have resigned, and the pow
ers which formerly laid in their per.
sons now go to the hands of the ma
tional assembly. NJ. Favre has loft
the city and gone to Vol settles.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-01
OF CARONDELET STREET.

Levee stock is on steady rise. and is
now worth from s. 50M9 a share the
last being the price bid. Professor For.
shey, having been appointed one Of the
engineers, will set to work Monday with
jeff Thompson to reconstruct the Levers
and will begin at Bonnet Care. Holders
OF stock were jubilant yesterday. and but
few sales were made. The general on;n-
ion is that the stock will not stop short Of
SO, holder offering 20oO shares at this
prlce yesterday. The rise from point to
point beng gradual, is permanent, but the
paper is not yet to the highest figure to
which It's great merits entitle it.
Ahere was no unusual movement in
the gold market yesterday, the quotations
beng ia! at the highest figure, sales be-
ing made from ll4s as quotation to the
hl9hest amount. That the root of all
evil IS but 11444 in New York shows how
near our own rate is approximating to
their price.
Clty appropriation certificates are grow
ing better very fast and are now quoted
at S3!, and all the way from this down to
70 cents, the chief occupation of the
holder being to have his eye open on the
main chance.
A fall to ] has taken place in exchange
on New York, which may be had readily
at this price.
The flour market had thrown over Il
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-01

OF papers, but our paper goes to class o.
buyers that never read the Bulletin. AND
yet, the ''social tyranny" is so great that
merchants are afraid to advertise with US
because large class of their white Gus.
toners refuse to have anything to do with
man who, patronizes a Republican
paper. We have friends in bust.
ness in New Orleans who plainly
excuse themselves for not inserting their
advertisements in the REPUBLICAN, be-
cause they would thereby endanger their
custom from large number of very badly
instructed people. We know this to be q
fact. 1t is not stated here at present, nor
was it stated on previous occasion, in
order to brighten people into giving US
their patronage: hut the fact was merely
mentioned as one Of the arguments in
favor of our theory that the social tyranny
of the South was rot only alive and yiru-
lent, but that it was very stupid in its
action. Republicans are sensible enough
to patronize the paper that meets tie OBJ
lect OF their expenditure, whether it be Of
their way of thinking or not; but the
Democrats advertise, in many instances.
without sense, selecting the papers that
are without circulation as their means Of
communicating with the people In time
1t Will come our turn, and We can wait
for prejudice to earitself out.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-01
GENERAL CLASTON'S FAULT,

It IS no. reverent. We admit, to speal
disraragincl.: Of tie dead, but even th
grave can not exempt its silent occupan
from tia; Just censure which may be Q
! use 70 improve tbs mortal life OF ours
Our teX. is The late homicide of Genera
Clanton, about wAich the people Of Ala
ba1Da are weaving a very pernicious public
sympathy. General Clanton was accostet
! by a drunken man. and some expression
! Of defiance which the inebriate used wa!
! construed into 6 challenge to fight. tn,
gage Of battle was accepted at once
! and When lie drunken man ran off to pro
cure a gun, GeGeral Cl&nton stood ready
to shoot with him to the death lie lid
not have . 90 alter his arms, rs be car
RED them upon his person in the shape OF
a revolver. II the encounter that ensred
be paid for his willingness to demonstrate
lis courage with his life. The murderer
fed. and j, now being hunted by his own
brothers il or5!er 70 Lis surrender to the
officers Of justice.
Without entering into tie merits of the
controversy tha. viii arise between Mr.
Nelson ard the State, We may be permit
ted to make few reflections as to Gen
eral Clan.on that suggest themselves to US
in connection with his conduct in the
affair. II the first place, the presumption
Of wicheiness IS against him, fronl the
simple fact that he was armed, as no
gentleman should be, in the home of
his friends. He was armed in violation
of the law of the State, which denounces
a severe penalty against carrying con-
cealed weapons. He resented drunken
mans badinaga, which no reasonable man
should DO. b,- challenging him to mortal
combat on the spot. He made no effort,
as a reasonable man should have done. to
escape tie terrible alternative of killing
an intoxicated man or Of being killed.
He forgot himself and his own family,
and he forgot the family that he expected
to bereave. He forgot that society of
which he was, or ought to have been, an
exemplar He forgot al the teachings of
the Christian religion which counsel
peace under all circumstances.
If the great men Of the South, or at
least those men who are accepted as great
men in the South, will load themselves
down with arms, and then use them, as
General Clanton did, who is to blame if
needless Young men follow the baneful
What was General Clantons
long life Of accepted bravery worth, if it
did not raise him above the necessity of
his courage in the way
he did in his encounter with Mr.. Nelson
We submit these questions to the peo-
pie of Alabama, in the hope that it will
suggest a higher plane Of action to her
citizens. It is 10 honor to kill The
owest orders OF creation engage'in this
spirit of destruction, and since civiliza-
ion disclaims any design to initiate the
ashions of savage life, it certainly should |
hake off the habit that resents an Of |
ensive remark with instant death, and |
hat, too, to the least offending party.