The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-01-12

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discredit to its general character for
candor, fairness and intelligence by
quoting the horse Jockeys impotent
illumination.
The public debt statement Shows
. reduction during the year 1870 Of
$112,753, S6s. y tstt
The Rsgtasr saystIst ID newspa-
per circles,it isreported that $4,000
cash has been offered for the Burling-
ton Ha,okcys and refused.
O'Donovan Rosa aud other Fenians !
wsrs released u Chatham, England
on Saturday. They proceeded to
Liverpool to leave the country.
Very heavy migration Is in prog
ress from many Of the Southern
States to Texas. 5000 persons cross
cd the Mississippi 1t Memphis since |
Sept, Let, 1870.
The venerable Rev. VIM. Wisner,
D. D. one of tho most eminent and
successful ministers Of the Presbyte-
rian chnroh, died ct theresidence of
his son, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sat-
ardsy morning, aged 80.
8. W. Aorchead Esq formerly Of
the Mt. Pleaeant Press isssbout to
starta weekly paper 1t Batavia, to
DO called the Batavia Herald which
10 to be neutral ia politics and which
We wish abundant success.
The resolutions touching upon
San Domingo affairs, hang fire in the
Committee ON Foreign Affairs.-
If . failure is met with to-day to get
. report, then An attempt will be
made in open House to suspend the
rules and pass Morton's resolutions.
Tho American Merchants Union
Express Company advertise . reward
of "a, 900 for information which will
lead 70 the arrest and conviction Of
the party who robbed and attempted
70 murder their messenger while
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crossing the bridge at Albany, N.
X, last Friday evening. -
The Chicago Tribune says, editori-
ally, that the city Of Quincy, ILL.,, is
IN debt to the amount Of 81, 400, 600.
The annual interest ON this debt is.
about 80, 900, and that, unpaid
/ interest hos accrued on this. debt
| TO the amount Of over S2O0, 900. This
city has sboat 25,o 900 inhabitants, and
the assessed valuation is s25, 900 600.
Quincy is one of the most beautiful
cities In the country, but this immense
indebtedness must be a serious draw
back ON her future prosperity.
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i CANDIDATES. - The Muscatine
Journal nominates Schuyler Colfax,
the Indiana Warbler, for President
in 1862, and the Des Moines Register
wants Col. O. @. Carpenter, of the
"Big Sixth" for Iowa's next Gov
ernor. .
1t is said that the reason of the
strange disappearance of Sam.
Houston, in the early part Of his
public life, when he left q lovely
bride and the governorship of Ten
nessee, and exiled himself among the
Indians for many years, has lately
been revealed. He discovered, with
IN . few honrs after his marriage,
that his wife did not love him, but
had been urged into the match by an
ambitious family, while loving anoth-
er man. He ut once retired from the
house, and BY his subsequent exile
gave the lady q right to . divorce,
which she obatined. ass
A Bordeaux, Jan: g
Il = "Details of the lighting on Friday,
near Vendome have been received. -
1t appears that about IL o'clock in
/ the forenoon of that day the Ger
mans attacked the French under
Feneral gCurten, occupying the Dis
| trict Of Saint Cyr, Vile Porcher and
Vile Lhanve. The enemy were first
successful and drove the French TO
| Neuvilb. Gen. Curten then brought
up his supports, and after sharp
| fighting recaptured al the positions
previously taken by the Germans,
andrepalsed the enemy, driving them
beyond Saint Raumaine, at which
place the French retrenched them-
selves during the night. The Ger
man loss was considerable, the
Frsnch trifing.
q q so Omaha, Jan. 10.
The Missouri river is open at Fort
Bsnton, the river being entirely free
from ice at that point.
The contract forbnilding the bridge
across the Platte river opposite
Fremont, was let yesterday by the
County Commissioners for $50. 900,
to 8. Il. Smith 4 Co, Toledo, Ohio.
L Reports from Lincoln says Gov.
Batter holds the balance of power in |
the Legislature and that NO Senator
can DO elected, whose friends do not
pledge themselves that there shall be
no investigating committee appoint
ed,in regard 20 the school funds.
Weather extremity warm.
ess l2asa sAg Berlin, Jan. 9.
Gcn. Van Worder has been heay-
lily reinforced. The Prussians ia the |
Department of the Yorne arc con-
oentrating at Jorgny on the Paris
and Lyons railway, where reinforce
ments have arrived from Germany.
Fighting had taken place when Oar.
fontin was carried by storm. It is
described as being terrible on both
sides, and losses heavy.
ca Washington, Jan. 10.
The President today nomina ted
John q. Murphy, Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court, Montana Ter
ritory. ad