The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-10-10

lpdids duu bAAc GftsA III tAS = ItaSuiyJ
hat the debt of The United States, and
he reduction thereof has been shown
~ the present administration, and this
s the only statement Of the public debt
which embraces all the data. upon
which II is based, showing both the
,ssets and liabilities of the government.
An examination of these statements
will show the care and accuracy with
which they have been prepared, and
hat they are free from all errors, and
Is reliable as the science of accounts
san make them.
| am, very respectfully
WIN. A. RICHARDSON,
Acting Sec.'ry.
--A4s.--s.-s.uhs.--
From the Washington Chronicle.)
Desperate state Of Affairs in Portions
Of Alabama.
DEMoPoLIs, ALA, Sept. q, 1872.
To The Editor Of the Chronicle.
AS a Grant aud Wilson elector for
the 4fh. Alabama Congressional district,
comprising fourteen of the wealthiest
counties in Alabama, as the chairman
of the Fourth Republican Executive
Committee, as an ex-delegate to the
Philadelphia Convention, as an ex-
State Senator, and as a native Alabam-
ian, ] deem it my duty to inform the
public, as well as the Administration,
of the awful state Of affairs which ex-
lists in this portion of Alabama.
On the 2lst inst, In accordance with
a previous notice, proceeded to Liv-
ingston, Sumter county, Alabama, in
my buggy, pulled by two fine mules,
for the purpose of addressing the Re-
publicans Of said county. [ went In
the day time, by way of Belmount and
Bluff Port, two interior villages of
Sumter. These two little villages
were once flourishing and prosperous,
but the black deeds, such as whipping,
hanging and killing Of the colored peo-
pie, have caused ruin, waste and DESC
lation. The store houses have crum-
bled down, the dwelling houses unin-
habited and decaying, the fields, where
once were labor and cultivation, are
now grown up in weeds and broom
sage. arrived at Livingston precise
ly at il o'clock A. M. l found tre-
mendous assemblage.
Shortly after my arrival, Hon. Chas.
Hay, memberof Congress from the 4th
Alabama district, and WHO has been
renominated by the Republican Con-
yention, arrived. A short while after
my arrival, two men, one quite youth,
the other quite advanced in age, with
tremendous pistols buckled around
them, approached me and said: "Ill
bet you $40 that such a man can whip
you." informed him that / wasn't there
to fight, but belonged to the Republic
can party, which is the party of peace
and prosperity. Almost every white
man had pistols buckled around him.
l soon found that | could not speak
there. Some of those present, hearing
that had expressed the opinion that
! could not speak, insisted on my do
ing SO. assembled the stand and told
a good many humorous anecdotes and
stopped. l could not have spoken
there.
About 6 o'clock, p. NJ, began my
journey home, the same way I had
travelled in the morning. After pro-
ceeding about fourteen miles, color
ed man met me, very much excited,
and said, "Mars Will, a crowd of white
men have gone down the road to Dem.
opolis, armed" My family were i'll
and l had to go home If possihle. on
arTiyiug i'll Belu.0uptl drove q short
distance down the Mcdowell road to
see an old schoolmatc Of mine and as.
certain from him If he had seen OF
heard anything Of those men. Hi
said he had not. concluded to brave
the danger. A colored man let me-
have two pistols. INSTRUCTED my dri.
yer, as it was very dark--the moon no,
then being up--to drive very Glow, so
should any one be approaching us, we
could hear them and prepare to fight
/ passed through the .Bigbee swamp
safe, and woke up the ferryman to pn
rs across the Tombigbee river.
drove the buggy into the flat-boat my
self, my driver assisting the ferryman
Just as we got half way over the riv
er the flat boat ran aground on a sand
bar. | was sitting in the buggy hold
Voliey OF pietvi ssiUtg. One bal
struck my right hand mule; hearc
several hit the buggy; / was holding
TO my mules: one ball went through
my coat, just above my hip; I ther
Jumped out and told them to shoot mt
and not kill my mules. The ferrymar
abandoned his post and laid fat down
III the boat. went to his post Of din.
ty and endeayored to get fhe fat off,
the rascals shooting at me all the time
The moon was shining almost as bright
as day; | saw them and know some
OF them. This is no embellished tale,
The buggy with pistol holes through
1t; the mule shot; my coat perforated.
are all here to show for themselves
NOW, some one will say, why did thew
not get me IN the swamp? Had | not
gone down the Mcdowell road short
distance, and while there received a
warning, they would have gotten me,
Had those rascals not met, within
three or four hundred yards of me,
three men, they would have gotten me.
| heard since that there were only
four men who shot at me. Had L
known that while the shooting was
gong on, they would have had hard
nmc and very rough time. ] count
ea fourteen SLOTS. The ferrymen
counted seventeen. One OF the party
Said, NO damn Radical shall speak in
sumter county" This was the first
,ime had been in Sumter county
;ince the ltl of july, 1870. Icanvass-
"a my natiyc county (Marengo) in 1850
OF bell and Everett. My first vote
vas for them. did my duty as a
southern man in the Southern army.
After the war declared that 1 was a
sepublican. ! have advocated the va
ldlty Of the reconstruction acts of
congress. have been am advocate of
he amendments to the United States
constitution. [ have been strong
defender of President Grants admin
stration. For this am called trait.
\. am candidate for no office: ] |
ave asked no Office from the hands of
resident Grant. / support him be-
ause he IS the savior of our Union |
nd the defender Of the peoples rights.
Inc spirit of rebellion i'm Sumter
onnty to-day is worse than in $780,
ne monstrous prosecutions upon the
olored men--upon Republicans-are
great now as in 1871. The spirit of
is only waiting for the
lection of old Horace Greeley. Thank
cd II win have to wait some time on
lat- have heard of no Greeley cleo.
II being shot at or in the least mall
Gated. The Greeley elector for this
strict and !, the Grant elector, have
Ct several times. Whenever we Re-
iblieans speak we always invite the
emocrats to show up their hand.--
I've US fair vote in this district; put )
,Wn lawlessness and crime; let the ,