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The New York herald., 1871-12-07
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The Yoard met in their chamber. Is City Hail. pursuant to
Ppss ns"TnomAs Esq., President In the chair.
GSaaS so ssn Msss
The minutes OF meeting held December read ana
approved nv.o,
whereas the recommendations OF the Special Committee
appointed BY hls hoard to de, plan for the protection
that part OF the Fourth avenue north OF Forty,
commi,tse made to tae Board Al rs last meet.
Ing affect. varied ana extensive tina. an opgor
me subject to have paoic bearing bsors tue sald spec n
may Be eeesd aud ssr an Interchange
before the committee equitable sa gus, % ns ar
city. property owners ana tie Harlem Railroad Com
Resolved That report be referred back 20 the
%eeu and S' that srson be
otherwise to al paries ilerese 70 appear before the com
befor. recommending acon taken bx .hs Com
nue. above Forty second street to depth adm
ooovernx the tracks of the New York and Harlem Railroad
The President pu. the question whether the Board would
which was s decided adsS'i in the the Affirmative.
Resolved Tina is6ta street, from Eighth avenue Law
renee street. be regulated and GRADED tie co ana gns'
under the direction OF the Of Public Works.
Which laid over.
Ths. Ninety second street from The Eieht ave- r.
done unaer the Direction Of the Public
Works that the accompanying ordinance therefor be
Which was laid over.
Resolved That i2E,h street, from Manhattan street to the
stones SET and the where not already
under The direction OF the Commssoner Of Pubic m WORKS.
Which WAS lai over.
Resolved That Eighty street. Third to Fifth
s he w Soss oa
walks be laid where ere not now sa & ana res,d where M noss
g the grade she proposed nsw paysmso ader the drso
compsnying ordinance therefor DO adopStd.
Resolved That gas mains la amp posts erected and
street lamps lighted IN First avenue Forty seventh to
For.ynnth street. undas direction Of the Commissioner
Which was .S~. over
Resoysd That lamp be placed and lighted in front
q 70 l4S Thirl unue the direction OF The Commits
sioner of Public Works.
Which was laid over.
be discharged from further O. resolution Of the
Boaro OF Assistant Aldermen. as folows:
authorized and directed 10 raw his warrant in favor
James Mcnns for the of $780, to reimburse him for
foot Fy-hiri street East RIVER caused BY defective
singpece, said amount be charged the appropriation
The PsrsspFSS pa, he question Whether The Board would
agree with said motion to dlscharee the Committee.
Which WAS decided N the affirmative
And the paper was then aid over
e. to meet on Monday n'' 'A 'n'' '' two '''0'.
The PRESIDENT Put the question whether the Board would
Which decided in the Affirmative.
Alderman PLuEKIrr moved that the Board do now ad-
The PnEsDENr put the question whshsr the Board would
which was decided n the Affirmative
Whereupon President ed that the Board stood ad
Eu'''0 1'A' ~'''a' 1'-' ''' JOHN HARDY. Clerk
The New York herald., 1871-12-07

100 wFsT 10Th STA COMPETENT DREssMAKFR
wishes lev more engagemeLu By the day or week
thorough, upiers ants AL Kinds Of family sewing with
Without machine, uoweA Grover BAKERS Call
At basement dooT.
The New York herald., 1871-12-07

WANTEp-A POSITION AS HOusEKEEPER IN A
w hotel or boarding house wdower's family, by a
spectacle widow lady; furnish the highest city
TO character and capablitv; would take post
ton invalid thoroughly competent also
= good dressmakcr. Address W. Y, Herald odlco.
The New York herald., 1871-12-07

OFT WEST 4lsT ST., BETWEEN 9Th AND 9TH AVS.
81 ring lhe lnird be-A respectable young woman
gooh paln COOK respectable private family; no oplec
tons TO assist "A little with washing And iraning = - '
The New York herald., 1871-12-07

O.)s) EAST a7rH STA RFsPRCTApIR yorxa
- - womar ms plain cook, washer and ironer mskes
good bread Nscnu make UP W svle n,tsa
by band and machine objection 10 90 housrwort In
small priya'. family good refercnce from las, place
The New York herald., 1871-12-07
NEW YORK HERALD THURSDAY 1s-TRIPLE SHEET
SITUATIONS " aNrED-rE,rALEs.

co CLINTON PLACE 18th ST., THE FIRST PRIVATE
Op house from 9Th Elegant and fashionable French
done In NIL branches and charges are Tar
than other frat class reliable dres.maker In this city No
sign. Madame GkENIEk.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03

The agriculturists of Iowa are ex-
perimenting quite extensively in
tobacco growing this year and with
excellent success. A Mr.. G. D. john
son, of Chickasaw county, Iowa, has
fine field, the plants standing three
:eet high on the 18th instant. Sew
eral other farmers in the same neigh
borhood had equally vigorous fields,
and it was estimated that the CON-
bined crop of that county would
average fully two thousand pounds
per acre, which, at fifteen cents per
pound, would pay 5000 per acre. 1t
is believed that tobacco can be raised
in Iowa with full as much certainty
and success as in Connecticut or Mis-
souri,. The farmers have good roomy
barns, the land is rich, the climate is
favorable and labor is not dear. We
hope the experiment will be at
tempted in various partsof the State
and if perfect success does not attend
first efforts 'try, try again" ST.
Louis will be tho natural and mos,
favorable market for this Iowa to
bacco. Our dealers are liberal, higt
minded men, and buyers daily AS
semble ut our tobacco warehouses il
large numbers. We hope a larg,
part OF the present crop will find it
way here in due course of time
No. Democrat.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03
Vol. %, No. 16.

lie debt shall never be questioned
and prohibiting the United States
and the several States, from ever as
suming or paying the rebel debt, and
rendering it illegal and void.
In December, 1866, Congress pas.
sed over Johnson's veto an act estab.
fishing universal suffrage in this
District. n
II January, 1867, q bill was pas.
sed declaring that within no Terri
tory of the Uuited States should suf.
frage, be denied on account Of race,
color or former condition.
In February 1867, tho fifteenth
amendment, securing to colored men
the rights of suffrage, and forever
prohibiting its withdrawal, passed
both branches of Congress.
In March, 1859, o law was passed
striking the word t0hits from all the
ordinances Of this District, destroy
ing all discrimination against color
cd men in such laws or ordinances.
In May, 1870, the bill known as
the enforcement act became a law,
it's object being to protect colored
men in all the rights to which other
citizens are entitled.
In April, 1871, Congress passed
what is known as the Ku-Klux act,
giving the President power to pro-
tect the loyal people of the South
against organized bands of assassins
and rendering the people Of coun.
ty or city, under certain conditions,
responsible for the damages done
therein by these outlaws.
Such, briefly, are the leading meas
ures adopted BY Republican Con.
gress, and sanctioned and sustained
BY the Republican party, for securing
to the colored people Of the nation
the boon of liberty and the right of
equal American citizenship.
As "companion-piece" to this
long list Of acts in the interest of
justice and humanity, we ought per-
haps to publish the record Of the
Democratic party in behalf of slavery
wrong, and outrage.
But it can hardly be necessary, at |
least until the wounds inflicted upon
the backs Of the four millions of ex.
slaves have had time to heal. If COL
ored men bear no malice against their |
Democratic owners, they will not be
apt to forget who fastened and who
broke their chains.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.

Secretary Fish's brief sets forth
these claims thus
First. Claims belonging to the
United States.
Tho United States should be re-
imbursed for all the actual outlay
expended in the pursuit and capture
of the rebel cruisers.
They may also fairly claim as rep
resenting the community, to be re-
imbursed for the outlay caused by
the Increased premium and enhanced
freights resulting from the special
risks growing out of the operations
of the rebel cruisers fitted out in
English ports.
Second. Claims of Individuals.
The following is believed to be a
proximateIy complete statement of
the amount of claims thus presented
to the Department of State ofinjuries
com mitted by he rebel cruisers.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03
The way Of The Trasserssssr IL Hard.

We clip from the Council Bluis
Nonpareit the following decisions OH
the 7th day of Judge Loves United
States District Court, now in session
in that city:
The case OF the United States VS..
j. M. Herman, which has been be-
fore the Court for several days. was
submitted TO the jury yesterday
morning about 10 o'clock, under :he
able and explicit instructions Of the
Court, and about 4 o'clock p.m.s the
jury returned verdict in favor OF
the Government. This is an impor-
tant case, as it involves the forfeit
ure of defendant's brewery and oil
things connected Herewith.
The several cases OF the United
States VS.. j. M. Herman, for viola.
ton OF revenue laws, were, on mo.
ton of defendant, transferred to the
Central Division of tbs District OF
Iowa for trial.
The United States VS.. fifty cases OF
"W arner's Wine Of Life" ct al., was
tried by jury, and verdict rendered
in favor of the Governmet.
The case of the United Statee, VS..
J. j. Schlawig, charged with viola
ton of the revenue laws, was tried
by jury, and verdict rendered in ia
yOr of the Government:
The case of the United States vs..
five gallons Stoughton bitters, ct al. ),
WAS tried by jury, and verdict rem
dered in favor of the Government.
The case of the United States VS..
one barrel of sherry brandy, ct al,
was tried by jury, and verdict ren-
dered in favor of the Government
The case of the United States W.
John Krouse, charged with viola
ton of the revenue laws, was con-
| tinued.
The case of the United States VS..
P.D. Werner, charged with viola
tion of revenue laws, was continued.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03

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

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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03
rim voron OF Tuu PRrss.

Our Senator, whose earnest voice,
heard so often in every part of Iowa,
has done, perhaps, more than any
other man to make this leading Re-
publican State, and whose ability
make him eminent among the emf
nent of Washington, is not the prop
erty of any dsnotnination," but be-
longs TO lows, and We have no fear
that DR.. Newman or the whole
Methodist Church together can de.
feat h,m.-C Corydor Monitor.
The Alliaon papers are very bitter
in denouncing it as an unheard OF
thing in politics, and Senator Harlan
feels himself called upon to deny any
knowledge of it's having been writ.
ten. Why he should do 30 we can,
not imagine. The letter is exceed
ingly temperate in tone, and is just
such as one friend might write to an
other. 1t is outside Of our jurisdic-
tion, and we know very little about
the merits of the case, but if We were
citizen of Iowa the fact that all the
copperhead sheets favor Allison
would incline us to support his oppo-
nent. In doubtful cases 1t is safe
rule to go against the man whom
the Democracy tavor.-Peoria Oils
Transcript.
Without wishing to intermeddle in
the local affairs of the party in that
State we cannot, nevertheless, re-
frain from the expression Of the hope
that the national councils may not
be deprived of his sound judgment,
broad experience, sagacious states
nanship and great moral worth.
We allow that the party in Iowa
possesses many worthy and able
men, but we only express common
sentiment when we say that in the
interest of the country at largo no
one of them could fill the position
and supply the services of James
Harlan. The nation knows and ap-
preciates his great abilities and ster-
ling integrity. Let him be return
ed.-Little Rock (Ark.) Journal.
II the object OF the Dubuque Her.
aid, in publishing the clergyman's
letter, was to secure the defeat of it.
townsman, MIR. Allison, probably tina,
object has been accomplished anc
those Republicans who seized upor
it as q reason for opposing Mr.. Har
Ian will no doubt learn that legisi
mate efforts in behalf OF their own
men are more serviceable than the
adoption of weapons against another
which turn against those who WELD
them. That Mr.. Harlan is regular
in his attendance at a Methodist
church, or is a Methodist, or any
other Churchman, or no Churchman,
is no good reason why any one
should vote for him; but when enc
mics undertake to defeat him tor
such cause, they but aid his re-elec.
tion.-Lyons Mirror.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03

Tho Couzty Republican Convention for
the nemination q Senator, two Repre-
Jounty School Superintendent, one Coun-
" Supervisor, and q Coroner, will beheld
~ the Court House, In Ottumwa, Iowa,
& 1 o'clock, p. NJ, on the ~ '
9TH day of August, 1871.
lsech Township will be entitled to Eve
delegates.
j. II. MERRILL,
Chm'n Co. Cent. Com,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03

J. Wilkinson proposes in the Mary
land Farmer, plan for what he calls
. "symmetrizing rack and manger,"
which consists simply in placing the
feed box so high that the colt can
only reach the food by arching the
neck and raising the head nearly
as high as possible. By this means
he claims that great improvements
can be made in the style and sym.
metry of horses disigned for the
saddle. the coach, or the road.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03
THE NEW DEPARTURE a NEW
CRu10.

Under the above caption Brick
Pomeroy thus ventilates and (in his
opinlon) annihilates the New Depar-
ture. We clip from the New York
Democrat Of the 22d instant:
"And the catch-penny phrase of the
"new departure, created by bought
up politicians in Ohio and elsewhere,
will, if allowed TO take foothold in
the country, SO enlarge the area OF
the creed Of Republican Democracy,
10 make 1T include within its grants
and charters of civilized and legal
liberty the scourings Of the earth, and
lift the Patagonian 'and the Fegee
to an equality in all affairs Of life to
that race which claims connection
in blood and complexion with the
Apostles Of Christ, and all the great
men from Socrates down to even
Horace Greeley himself.
For our part, IN behalf of an out
ragged people, and an imposed upon
party. we lift the hand of resistance
to such perversion of the rights of
man. Democracy never was fought
for by the Greek, the Swiss, the En-
glish, or the American for purposes
as vile as these. Hypocrite be may
have been, bigoted he doubtless was,
but Cromwell in the deepest fury OF
his dismal prayers, never uttered an
appeal to Heaven to make the negro
the alder Of his ambition; nor did our
pure and glorious Washington, glow
ing with the lights of q hundred M
equal battles against tyranny in be-
half Of freedom, dream that this pec-
pie whom he delivered would attempt
TO prostitute the principles Of the
Democracy by which and for which
he fought, to ends so base as the De
mocraoy is called upon now not only
to submit to, but to admire and per.
petuate.
Let the "new departure" depart in
peace, for if it is kept alive better
far will it be for the country to have
all the dead issues Of the war revived
and even fought over for, than that
it should become the watch-word or
the key to the constitution OF the
land.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03
THE OTTUMWAOOUR
4 4. n n. HkRhIGSs HkHfET6s. }EDrroa.

The Muscatine journal gives an
account of two families, named
Heininger and Benninger, who came
TO have child christened, and after
the christening they stopped at a
brewery, and, on starting again, a
trace came loose and frightened the
team, when they ran away and
seriously injured five out of the
seven persons who were in the
wagon. The newly chrlstened baby,
it was thought, would die.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03

The Iowa Falls Sentinel we'll says:
"lt is a significant fact that all the
Democratic papers in in the hue
and cry and pile blow on blow with
more gusto than common, which is
unnecessary, for the reason that De-
mocracy in Iowa and elsew here has
always villitied Mr.. Harlan with its
utmost power of vituperation.'
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03

the" Heather Chinee" they we're
standing in two ranks reviewing our
long procession.
That other was tho very painful
event, though stubbornly true, that
Bro. Briggs, upon one occasion, on
inviting the party to ice cream, made
the very unaccountable mistake Of
naming that delectabie beverage,
champagne, - the treat, instead of
the cream. EXCURSION.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03
NAylRovs u. sRoAD GAUGES

IN. Il. CCmmorclAl List; lSCn july
The propriety of altering the width
Of the broad gauge lines of railway
to one moro likely to secure divi.
dends to the stockholders, seems to
be forcing itself on the minds of d.
rectors Of railroads, the question Of
the advantages of tho two gauges
having been apparently settled in
favor of the narrow, wherever expe-
rience has been had. A careful and
elaborate estimate Of the compare
tive cost Of one hundred miles of mar
raw gauge (three feet) track, and
the SAME length of wide gauge (four
feet eight and half inchee) makes
the former 81 ,635, 800, or SIG, 1898 per
mile, and the latter S2,5s8. 300, or
e25, 1888 per mile. This includes not
only tho entire cost of the road, with
siding, fencing and engineering. but
depots, shops, locomotives and cars
also, in short, it includes the compile
ted road and its equipments. II the
narrow gauge road were reduced
from three feet TO two and halt
(the Festining railway, in Wales, is
only two feet wide) its cost would be
materially reduced. The difference
between road costing $25, 900 q
milo and one equally able to do the
business costing only $4,000 mile,
is q point of no little Importance.
But 1t is not in the first cost alone,
that there is a difference in favor OF
the narrow gauge track q proper.
tionate difference runs through the
operating expenses. The reduction
of the gauge reduces the unproduc.
tive weight Of the trains; the rails,
instead Of being crushed, as they are
beneath heavy trains Of wide gauge
roads, are merely worn out; and
thus there is a material saving in the
wear and tear. The narrow gauge
locomotives would weigh only six
tons, instead Of fifteen; and the pas.
senger cars, carrying twelve persons
each, would weigh only two or three
tons, instead Of eight. This small
locomotive, with It's small train oi
cars, would not, Of course, carry Al
many passengers rs q train on the
wider road, but, in the case Of one
half the roads in the West, it could
easily be able to carry all the passen
gers needed to be transported. Since
it is admitted on behalf of the broad
gauges, that rs rule, they don'l
pay; it is claimed on behalf of the
narrow that they cannot help paying
if properly managed, allowing them
of course, to have the same chance
of traffic as the wider lines, the chan
ces would seem to be altogether il
favor of u universal adoption of tht
latter, soon or later.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03

Capt. s. w. Rathburn, of the Ma
rion Register, claims to be the cham.
pion native Iowa editor. He is 81
years of age, was born in Cedar
county, Iowa, and is good enough an
editor and man to have been born
anywhere he had desired.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03

The quarrel between Boutwell,
and i'leasanton has had the effect to
exhaust the supply of tobacco,
whisky and bcer stamps, on account
Of PleasAnion's refusal to make tho
now contract for stamps as ordered
by Boutwell,.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03

A Council Bluffs editor suggests
that the ladies do without corsets and
appropriate the money expended for
them in paying the National debt.
The ladies, no doubt, would agree to
this if gentlemen would leave of
drinking, chewing and smoking, as
the probationary period, then, would
not be very long.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03

David Armstrong, Of Buchanan
county, has been awarded the con-
tract for granite boulder stone, for
copings to the State Capitol, at 81
per foot.