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Now York Market,
NEW YoRK, Jan. 10

New YORK, Jan. 10
Flour-DuIl, unchanged.
Wheat-Dull, lower, especia
common, offered Sl.54 in store, eho
Milwaukee sold $1.60 delivered.
Corn-Dull, lower 76a78.
Oats-Lower, 54a56a.
Pork-Heavy, new S14. 00a$14
old Sl3.00eSl3.25.
Lard-Qniet, 9aa.
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Tweed Fisk, &c.
NEW YoRK. Jan

NEW 1ORk, jan. ~.
A petition has been forwarded to
State Senate at Albany setting forth
that proofs are abundant that the
election of Tweed was was the result
OF fraud, and praying that his seat
may be declared vacant. Proofs of
enormous frauds accompany tie pc
titiOn.
The father Of James Fisk has gone
crazy, from the assassination of his
son.
The reports that there is unusual
activity at Brooklyn Navy Yard, are
untrue.
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A Clinton county man, having a
tootbache, determined to extract it
by tho Indian method. He vent to
the woods, bent over a sapling, tied
a string to his tooth, and the other
end to the bush, laid calmly down on
his back, and lot go. Tho last seen
of him he was climbing the tree to
find his gums
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Chicago, Jan. 10.
Flour-Quiet, steady.
Wheat-Regular, moderately
tive, closed steady $l.23 cash, $1.2
last half, $1.24a Feb'y.
Corn-Closed shade easier, 4ls
cash, All Feb'y.
Oats-Dull, 32a cash.
) Rye-Firm 573a8.
Barley-Steadier SO.
Provisions-Quiet.
Pork--Lower sales $3.50 sess
Feb'y; nominally $500 cash. !"
Lard--Quiet, held 81 cash.
Meats-Quiet, unchanged. y
Dressed Hogs-Firm, S5aS5.O5.
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MISSOURI.
ST.. iours. Jar

81. Louis, Jan. 10.
The Grand Duke Alexis accepted
an invitation from the Missouri Log
islature to visit Jefferson City, but
what particular day is not yet decid-
ed. Il is not yet known when the
Ducal party will leave for the plains,
or whether they viii 60 at all, as
the late snow storm has interfesed
somewhat with the contemplated
buffalo hnnt.
Twelve fine buildings 10 Holden,
Mo, burned last Saturday. Loss not
reported.
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OongresdonaI
HOUSE.
WAsHINnroN. Jan. 8,

WASHINGTON, Jan. s.
Bills were introduced prohibiting
states or municipalities from. collect
ing picotage or port charges, tor es-
tablishing = Southern Transportation
Company in New Mexico and Colo
RADIO, and Incorporating the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers.
sssENArE.
Mr.. Schurz had certain articles
from the New York Times read, max
ing charges against him. He said
he took notice of the articles as he
deemed the paper the Administers
tion organ in tho Metropolis, and
that it was part of the system Of
warfare against him and other Sem
ators.
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BIDS n
For Director and Steward Of Poor Farm
and County Physician.
BIDS

ZOE V1T06t0x ana o. SO0x H0SW
and County Physician.
Ata meeting Of the Board Of Su-
pervisors held January 2, 1872, the
following Resolutions were adopted
"Resolped by the Board of Supervi-
sors Of Wapello county, Iowa, that
bids be received at the Auditors of.
fee, for Steward and Director Of the
Poor Farm, until January 10th, 1872,
at one o'clock p. m. Said bids to
state at what price said bidders will
take the Poor Farm, free Of rent,
and clofhe and board the Paupers at
SO much per head per day ; said Stew
ard to furnish and stock said farm
without expense to the County, ex.
cepting furnishing the necessary
household and kitchen furniture for
the panpers the Steward to keep up
the repairs of said farm, excepting
the usual wear and tear.
Also. bids for County Physician
will be received up to the same time.
Said physician to furnish his own
medicines and attend to the paupers
at the Poor Farm, and the paupers
of Center Township and the prisoners
in the jail. The bids for Poor Farm
and Center To Snship and jail to be
separate bids.
Resolved, That the above resolution
be published in the Ottumwa Weekly
COURIER, the Ottumwa Weekly Dem
ocrat, and the Ottumwa Journal, pro-
vided the Journal will publish on
same terms ss the other two papers
named, WM H, CALDWELL,
Auditor.
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Julia, my DEAR" said old Protei
or IL, the other day to
young and pretty wife, awhcn i d
you will BIO rich ; but If you ever
tar forget me as to marry again,
will come from the grave to yo'
bridal couch, and put my cold ham
upon you." .Ah, do not fear, m
dear husband" replied she playful.
''.you vii! neveslivc to see that
~ am SO calighted to hear you So
50, my love- said the old man a
strac.ediy
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NEW YORK, Jan. 10. !
A special dispatch Of the 9Th states
that Gen. Sherman and Lients Grant
arrived a. Madrid on the 7th. They
were presented to King Amadeus
by the American charge dc affaires.
The King is reported as saying that
he was pleased TO see SO famous q rep.
resentative ofthe American Army as
Gen. Sherman. and that he always
entertained friendship and admira-
ton for the American people. He
desired the most cordial relations to
exist between Spain and America,
and as neighbors our interests only
lie on the preservation of peace, and
hoped that it might always exist be-
tween the two nations.
In the evening a banquet was CIV
en- at the u. s. legation, at which
were present Malcomoi, Minister of
Marine ; Topete, Minister for Col
onies De Bias, Foreign Minister,
and other noted persons. Toasts
were drank to the King, President
OT6uts hIlu Ll6 hTIutob huN ANnSiob VI
the u. s. and Spain, and were hap
PLY responded to. The utmost cor
diality and friendship marked the
sentiments of the speakers OF both
countries. Admiral Topete said he
hoped peace between Spain and the
us. might never be disturbed. De
Bias said no difficulty was known
here, between the two countries, but
that can be settled through the rep.
resentative of Spain at Washington.
The same dispatch says that the
excited feeling in Spain in regard to
the U. 3. has entirely Gained down,
and it is considered that the war
cloud has passed away.
The announcement of the recall of
Roberts, Spanish Minister at Wash
ington, and Of Gen. Valmaseid from
Havana, is premature, and has not
the slightest official confirmation.
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st. Louis Market.
ST. Louis, Jan. 10.

ST. Louis, Jan. 10.
Flour-Firm fair demand.
Wheat--Firm ; Nc. 2 spring liz.
No. Fall, 1.52a1.5S.
Corn-Easier No. 2 elevator A
433.
Oats-Lower, 36 track SO elev
tor.
Rye-Quiet.
Barley-Nothing doing.
Whisky-Steady, 80.
Pork-Weak nominal.
Meats - Quiet only order lc
selling.
Bacon-Nothing doing,
Lard-Dull sales quiet.
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KENTUCKY.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Jan. 10.
Gen. Fl. w. Halleck died at hi
residence in this city at 1926 las
night, of congestion of tho brain, 81
perindnced BY disease of the livaI
with which he has been afflicted SOD
time.
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OHIO.
CoIuMBus, Jan. 10

COLUMBUS, Jan. 10.
The. General Assembly in join
session at 1880 to-day, elected Johr
Sherman United States Senator b
receiving IS votes Geo. D. Morgan
SO votes; Jacob &, Cox, 5 votes
Robt. G.. Schenck, 1vote Aaron F
Perry. / vote.
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TO-
WAsnrNaroN. Jan.

WASHINGTON, Jau. b.
The War Department has no pre-
else information as to the condition
Of affairs at New Orleans, Nor has
it issued. any orders to the General
commanding that department.
General Emory t~elegraphs, in RES
ponse to the request Of the Secretary
Of War, that o.. s. troops had taken
no part in the recent arrests Of
State officials
An improbable story lie circulated
to-day that our vessels had been fired
into from Moro Castle, Havanan,
but no information was received up
to one O'Clock to-day in regard to it.
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special to ottumwa CouR1ER.

Special to Ottumwa COURIER.
Dies MONIES, H., Jan. 10, 1872.
The joint convention is countin
votes for Governor. Senatorial ca
Gus tonight. Harlan to all appea
ances will win his chances good |
nine in ten. HAMILTON.
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A dispatch went over the wires
here this morning, dated at Des
Moines late last night, which says
that
"Harlan's star seems to be ascend
ing beautifully, and his chances are
excellent"
We should not wonder at this, for
Harlan has been the "best abused"
man in the United States. Lying
and cheating won't always win, as
the Register will find 10 its sorrow.
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Fred Hawley is at San Bernardino,
California, and writes his friends
here that he is improving in health.
Ho says all the objection to that
country is that they have too much
fine weather there, and become u
feited with it SO much so indeed
that he begins to long Tor a snow
storm or some other kind of storm to
break in upon the monotony that
seems to pervade all nature there.
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90 REWARD.

l will pay the above reward tor
any information that will lead 10 the
arrest of Elmar Powell, Fl years old,
black hair, black eyes, smooth face,
about 3 feet 7 or s inches high, slim
build, weights from 100 to 135
pounds. Escaped from me on about
3 O'clock P. NJ, Jan. 9th, 1872, wear
ing dark clothes and cap.
S. A. SwIGGETT,
sheriff Wapello Co Iowa,
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A MoMENToUs QUESTION SETTLED.
"A number Of English Unitarians,
assembled in solemn conclave, recent.
~ passed a resolution nemine contra.
dtcente, declaring that this meeting
does not believe in the doctrine OF an
endless hell as taught in the Shorter
Catechism."
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DEATH ROLL OF 1871,

The mortality OF noted personages
in the U. s. in 1871 is above that OF
ordinary years. "Sf
There have died among public men
Thomas Ewing, John Covode, Judge
DEMO, Ex-Gov. Bigler, Of California /;
Ex-senator Howard, Of Michigan /;
G. L. Vallandigham, John Slidell and
James N. Mason, of rebel notoriety /;
zadoc Pratt, Of Prattsville and
Auditor General Stanton Of Pensyl-
vania.
Among u clergy, Bishop Clark
and Baker, of the Methodist, and
Davis of the Protestant Episcopal
Church !; Robert ]. breckenridge, of
the Presbyterian /; DR.. Il. r. Fitch,
of the Congregational DIR. Higbee,
of the Episcopal DR.. Garnett, of
of the Unitarian, and "Father" Tay.
Tor, of the Methodist church, have
passed away.
OF II military men the dead are
Gen. James Totten, Gen. Robert An.
dersoD, and Gen. T. j. Rodman. or
the dead in the naval service we
may mention Josiah Tatnall, whose
early fame was furnished by his ad.
hesion to the rebel cause.
Among the departed literary and
scientific celebrities we notice Geo.
Ticknor, Joseph G. Cogswell, Henry
u. T~uckerman, Alice and Phebe
Cary, William Chauvenet, Sidney E.
Morse, Charles Scribner, Horace
Webster, Samuel II. Taylor, and
Charles 81. Swetser.
Of the actors and musicians who
have died, James Hackett, Theo-
dore Hagan, Henry Steinway, Thos.
b. Chickering, Harry sanderson,
Peter Richings, and Carl Anshutz
are among the most notable.
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A Clinton county man, havinr

A Clinton county man, having a
toothache, determined to extract it
by the Indian method. He went to
the woods, bent over a sapling, tied
a string to his tooth, and the other
end to the bush, laid calmly down
on his back, and let 60. Tho last
seen Of him he was climbing the tree
to find his gums.
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NEW IOHk, JHU. o.
James Fisk, Jr.. was shot twice in
the breast by Edward Stokes, at the
Grand Central Hotel, twenty min
utes past four this evening. The af-
fair took place in the vestibule. Fisk
was assisted to q chair. 1t is thought
he cannot recover. Stokes was arres-
ted and conveyed to tho 10Th pro-
cinct station house. Fisk had just
alighted from his carriage and enter
ed the hotel when he was shot.
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THE oNn.rrRm pRrNcrPrr.s

The Senate of the United States is
made up Of what is supposed to be
the most enlightened statesmen of
our nation, and ordinarily there is no
reason to doubt this beng the fact.
But periodically, say once in every
four years, there are men belonging
70 that august body who oct more
the part Of third rate, or ward poll.
~ticians, than that of great statesmen.
This period generally recurs during
the last year ofthe presidential term.
and is supposed to have reference to
tho succession in the presidential
chair. About this time there are
generally a great many flaws to pick
inthe character of the individual who
may be lucky, or rather unlucky
enough to be President, BY those who
think that they could fill it a
great deal better. Mr.. Sumner is
one of these kind of individuals, and
just now he has discovered that no
person ought to be President more
than one term (if they do it will not
get round among all the great men
in the Senate before they die), and
hence Mr.; Sumner proposes to pass
an act ruling Gen. Grant down to one
term. The Chicago Post which has
heretofore advocated the one-term
principle, says:
1--WE have recently pointed out the
suspicious zeal which has with such
unparalleled suddenness overtaken
the advocates Of the one-term princi-
pie in Congress. A majority of its
supporters, certainly its proposer,
MI. Sumner, have been in Congress-
many years, and have never before
been afflicted with Mysteries because
of the danger to the country of a
second administration of the Presi-
dent. If ever q fever on this subject
would have been e~xcusable, it was
during the administration ofAndrew
Johnson; and yet when Senator
Wade introduced his well,remember.
ed one-term proposition, MI. Sumner
was as glum as an oyster, and MIR.
Trumbnll voted for the retention,
rather than the overthrow, of Mr..
johnson, at a time when his vote
might have rid the country of him
forever.
The ons-term principle is the cor
rect one. 1t was earnestly advoca.
ted in the columns Of this paper five
years ago but the transparent mo-
tives Of the action OF certain eminent
Senators on this subject who have
been in Congress some Of them twen-
|ty years, and who never thought of
being agitated thereupon until the
promise of Gen. Grants re.nomina-
ton seemed certain, puts them in an
absurd light before the country
Had Mr.. Summer introduced his
measure either earlier or later in
President Grants term, or at any
other juncture save when his hostiii.
ty to the President is the remark of
the country. it would have earned
for its originator the credit OF sin
cerity as we'll a. of wisdom
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The Gate CITY says the Register has
the Senatorial fever so bad that it
had to issue a paper on Monday, got
ten up on Sunday. A paper that has
been SO INSCRIPTIONS as it has, or as
sparing of the truth, would have no
seruples whatever IN breaking the
Sabbath.
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One of the boarders at the "Swlg-
gett' has concluded he did not like
his quarters and has removed
Sheriff S. will give $1,000 for his re-
turn. Here is u chance for some one
to make q raise.
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I.iyerpoel MEarket.
LIVERPOOL, Jan.

Red winter wheat twelve shiliisI
and one pence; white twelve ten; n
| spring eleven nine; No. 2 NsvI
four.
Corn--31s 3D..
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WAsHINaroN. jan. 10.

WASHINGTON, jan. III.
The exact terms offered by bank
crs in Europe. for the absorption of
six hundred millions new United
States loan has. not yet t%ranspired,
but the subject is before the Secreta
nv Of the Treasury.
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Tho Maryland Legislature, VIII;
convened on Wednesday. prcsons
one novelty not witnessed in IN
body for y~ears--the presence
thirteen Republican members.
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GOVERNORS MEssAGE.-We are in
receipt of Governor Merrill's Q
age, but as it is of unusual length we
shall not com mence the publication
of it until Thursday, and we will thus
be able to 10y it all before u read
ers in next weeks Weekly COURIER.
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RoBBERY.-On Saturday the North
Mo. r. R. Depot was robbed of
$1,000 in cash. A penitentiary grad
uade named Charles Howard, Of
Bloomfield, vas suspicioned of doing
the deed, and upon tracing the mat
ter up it was found that he had in
vested $50 of his iLl,gotten gains in
a new suit of clothes at Ssx's cloth
ing store and had then left for parts
unknown. Up to this date he has
not been caught. He is about % years
old, 5 #. 8 inches high, and has
black curly hair. He was a drum
mel for Stoves circus last summer.
and is an infamous scamp.
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sheriff Wanello Co. Iowa.

A grand Jal 4aese troupe is playing
at Keokuk, and one sawtelle is dong
the printers Of the State generally,
wherever he a get them to work
for him
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NEW York. Jan. 70 a, m

Fisk is sleeping soundly. The ball
has been found but not extracted
His surgeons feel confident that he
will live through the night, and think
favorable of an ultimate recovery.
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ST.. Louis, Jan. TO-
Hogs Receipts, 87:lo. East
4.00a4. So ; bulk sales 4.l5a4.25.
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Smallpox has made it's appearance
at Marshalitown, Iowa, and Omaha,
Neb, Look ont for ii in 0ttumwa
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Nrw YoRK. ian. q.

The Herdld's London dispatch OF
yesterday says that in consequence of
an understanding with the u. g.,
England and Germany for the sup
preston Of piracy on the Chinese
seas, the Spanish feet attacked Gila-
10, an Island in the Molncca groupe,
for the purpose of furnishing the pi-
ratical Sultan Ternate. Several forts
were demolished and bomb shells
struck Sultan's Palace. p
v. W. Borgart was yesterday ar
rested in Patterson, New Jersey, as
accessory to tho murder of r. r.
Burroughs. The girl Lizzie Gerra.
brant has made charges duplicating
Borgart in poisoning him. Prof.
Doremus has found arsenic in the
stomach Of Burroughs.
a Richmond dispatch states that
the Legislature has appointed . CON-
mittee to ascertain the amount of the
State debt, the character thereof and
the amount of bonds outstanding and
for what purpose they were made,
and also appointed a committee of
five to investigate the charges that
the funding bill was passed by the
last House Of Delegates through q
combination of spectators in Rich
mond, and an influential attorney Of
New York.
A New Orleans dispatch of last
night states that a regiment of feder-
al troops with cannon, were station
ed near the State house to repel a
threatened attack of o mob which
had gathered in Lafayette square
The State house was filed with arm
ed police, the militia are in the armo-
ries, and two hundred citizens were
mustered in to guard the government
Offices.
Stokes is still at the Toombs, and
is apparently cool and collected.
The Congressional Committee are
in session to-day. They received q
telegram from Washington notifying
them Of the passage ola resolution
in the Senate, authorizing them to
set during the session Of Congress.
The steamer Wesser, from Berlin,
is in quarantine, with email pos
aboard, Ef8
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From Daily Of the 9th.
FROM DIES MONIES.

Both Houses of the Legislature
were temporarily organized yester.
day and after . brief session ad-
journed until to-day.
The Republicans of each House
held caucuses for the nomination Of
permanent officers. The Senate
nominations are:
For Secretary, Hull, OF Van Bu-
rem first assistant, Vestal, Of Buena
Vista second assistant, Gardner, 81
Pottawattamie Engrossing Clerk,
Miss Richards, of Clay; Enrolling
Clerk, Stanley, of Linn ; Sergeant.
alarms, Hoofer, of Fayette; Door
keeper, Marshman, of Warren Post
master, Swain, of Greene; Assist
ant Postmaster, Edwards, of Fair
field. III; 4
In the House, Wilson, Of lama,
1or speaker Was nominated by aoel0
nation. The other nominations are
as follows: Chief Clerk, Safely, Of
Ottumwa; First Assistant, Van
Sternburg, Of Jackson ; Second As.
sistant, Copeland, OF Mills Engross-
ing Clerk, Miss Matte Lock, Of Bur-
ton ; Enrolling Clerk, Miss Laura
Berry, Of Story ; Sergeant.at. Arms,
Sherman, of Montgomery.
These nominees will be elected to-
day.
The friends of Senator Harlan are
confident Of his election, and posi-
bly, the caucus may be held tonight.
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The untimely death Of Jim Fisk is
another illustration of the swift and
sure punishment that inevitably fol-
lows a departure from the path of
rectitude. Wine and fast women has
wrought his ruin and death: No
man can openly disregard sentiments
OF morality and decency without
sooner Or later paying the penalty ;
and his death is but the result of do.
bauchery and crime. We do not in
any sense justify Stokes his murder
or, but on the contrary believe be
should be speedily tried and punish
ed, to the full extent Of the law but
because Fisk was thus ~ruthlessly cut
off in the prime Of his manhood, the
public should not overlook the fact
that he set at defiance all law, both
civil and divine, and his course should
be condemned by every man who re-
CARDS virtue and the s~anctity Of the
marriage tie.