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

/ MAJoRlrIEs IN 1861 Below we give
the vote in six States in the September
and October elections in 1868. Note
the fact that the majorities, in those
months were all increased in the Pres
;doot;al uofoe h, Nnvomher.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-10-10

In comparing these figures with
those Of this year, the opposition find
little consolation.
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A great hue and cry is raised be-
cause Gov. Geary has pardoned one
Yerkes out of the Pennsylvania Pcni-
tentiary. It is even made the subject
for cartoon in Frank Leslie. The
cause of this fuss is that while in du-
rance vile, and under duress Yerkes
made statement derogatory to the
character of Gen. Hartranft, Republi-
can candidate for Governor, and be-
cause since he has been released he has
made affidavit that his charges were
false, and instigated by Hartranft's
enemies. The exact place where thu
gazelle comes in in this nice little story
is that Colonel Alexander X. Mcclure
chairman Liberal State Committee wa'
on the petition, together with hundreds
Of other good citizens asking for tht
pardon of Yerkes.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-10-10

3 Frugality is founded on the princi-
pie that all riches have limits-Burke.
The wise and prudent conquer diff
ficulties by daring to attempt them
Rotpe.
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THAT of,n WIafu COW.


It was said, all over the country, in
the early part of the campaign, that
Greeley's old white cost and hat would
go far to kindle the fame Of enthusi-
asm, and that we would have another
sweeping revolution like that of 1840.
We never saw a more persistent, noisy
set Of enthusiasts than were the few
Greeley Republicans during the spring
and part of the summer. But all
would not do. "The old white coat
has drawn badly. Nast's caricaturcs,
with the Gratz Brown sppendage, has
made the old white coat Z subject Of
laughter and ridicule for all time. 1t
hereafter will only be suggestive Of
ierision, mingled with vein Of mirth,
when Greeley's excentricities Of dress
are mentioned. Mast has done Gree
ley brown, and set his everlasting seal
upon him; henceforth he will be tho
football Of satire from the highest to
the humblcst throughout the whole
country. We have no pleasure IN snch
> result; It Is : painful spectacle; and
yet, in our calm, dispassionate judg-
ment, the mantle Of ridicule and shame
falls deservedly, neritoriously, upon
the old, the successful and once great
" respected Journalist. His fate is
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-10-10

OFFTCE.-On the Corner Market and Sec.
sond Streets o u er the Post Offioe.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-10-10
From FridaY,s Daily

The latest dispatch to-day from
Georgia gives the xtobable majority
as about the same a. 6eymour's IN a6S,
Smith, the democratic Governor elect,
was before elected without opposition,
there being no opposing candidate.
This year this State has all along been
given over to the democracy, and no
effort has been made in consequence
by the Republicans. It is well that
democracy can have a state that they
can name as democratic in October,
whatever it may be in November.
Commencing with the spring cleo
tions, the states voting, have been roll
ing up the Republican column, until
blank dispair had settled down deep
upon democracy, in its last abasement.
They should have by this time little
oasis upon this desert waste, where
they can shed their tears, without
DIubherinp in th~ --'s r II - -
friends. If democracy is to show any
signs of life, the place for it is very
appropriately the old pro-slavery
heart.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-06-15

Congress has passed bill ameudat ory
of The bankrupt law. 1t allows all ex-
emptions allowed by any State law on
the first day Of January, 1871. This
will save to bankrupts in Virginia two
thousand dollars worth Of property. 1t
also exempts widows dover, or other
estate in lieu thereof if the State law
so provides; also life insurance to the
amount of five thousand dollars. The
time during which baukrrpts may be
dicharged upon payment Of fifty cent of
their Indebtedness is extonded until
July l, 1873; Judgments obtained against
persons or property before petitions in
bankruptcy are filed are to be first aud
FULLY satisfied. Changes in the method
OF appointing registrars. in the mattcr
OF murshals, fees aud other less por tan t
particulars, ara also made
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r UsAcoousTABLs IPHESoMEsA AT
"A TT.--The following story is told
of young lady and a gentleman at a
fashionable party in Nashville 7s.
The young man was handsome and
happy, the young lady afrsyed in
lavender, rose, &C., with gold powdered
hair flowingoverher swan -Iiksneck. Find
ing the heat of the room too tnuch for
them, they sought the cool shade of an
arbor, where they might listen to the
fountaiu's fall. TIE music rose and fell,
time few on silver pinions, aud after an
absence of at least an hour, our Young
friends re-entered the brilliantly illumi-
mated parlors. The lady passed on in
the dance, but the young man was
slightly taken aback by his next neigh
Dor informing him that round his neck
was the unmistakable print of two arms
in chalk and diamond dust, and on one
shoulder a quantity of yellow dust,
bloom Of youth, and yellow powder mix
el up generally. The lady's hair was
observed to be several shades paler.
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Extracts.


Oh, Absalom my soni my sonl
Lis fleece was white as snow;
I He stole pig end away he run
To the Bay of Biscay, o!
The boy stosd On the burning deck,
And smoked his pipe ofclay,
And bet his money on the bob tailed nag,
When the moon had gone away.
I'm lonsly since my mother died.
Tho ice is around her still
30 Ill peel bag Of ftaters, o!
ti With the sword Of Bunker Hill.
It is the hoit when from the buughs
kissed my Polly Ann.
So run, Elijah, and hufry mp Pomp,
Yes, or any other man.
Oh, what ats the Wild waves sayings
W. Icried the long night through.
And voice replied far up the height,
A litt'e more cider too.
The harp Of natures advent STRUNG
Is coming through the rye,
Then kiss me quick and go, my honey,
Said the spider to the fly.
My wittie's 6ti the dark btue sea,
With full Ave huhdred more,
And nty days are gliding swiftly by
To the old Kentucky shore.
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An OH lady who was in The hahi. q

An ofa lady who was in the habit of
declaring, after the occurrence Of any
event, that she had predicted it, was one
day cIeveily sold by her worthy
spouse, who, Ike many others we wot Of,
had got tired of hearing her eternal "I
told you SO" Rushing into the house,
breathless with oxci.meut, he dropped
into chair, elevated his hands, and
exclaimed: "Oh my dear, what do you
think. The COW has gono aud eaten up
our griadstoneP Tho old lady vas
ready, and, hardly waiting to hear the
last word, screamed out at the TOP of h or
lungs: 81 told you SO! You always
would let 1t stand out O. doors"
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A touching inciden. is reported fro,

A touching incident is reported from
Chattanooga. An utter st ranger called
on respectable farmer last week, aud
asked him if his house had not been
robbed during the war. The farmer re-
piled that it had. "I," said the strung.
or, "was one of the marauding party
that took it. I took little silver lock
et." "That locket," said the FINER,
bursting into tears, chad been worn by
my dear, dead child" "Here it is."
piled the stranger, visibly affected; "I
am rich let me make restitution; here
are $40 for your little son." He gave
the farmer $50 bill and re ceived $50
change He then wrung the farm or 5
hand warmly and lett. The farmer has
oinUc dri"d iiis Tears anu ioaduu MS slot-
gun. The $50 bill was bad.
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HAMMERS gp0N THE ROAD.
OF sANDED SUGAR.

My dear Horatio,-.I was lately read
ing my newspaper after break fast, and
came in the regular ordcr-~for should
be sorry to perform so important ccre-
mohy in disorderls manuer-upou IS
report concerning the sauding of sugar
The details were very unpleasant but
am not 81 sure, since we are told that
we must NIL eat our peek OF dirt, tEat it
is not as agreeable. to have it sweetcued
and TO consume it, as it were, surrep-
titiously. j went back to the table aud
looked in my cup, but I could see no
sand; and I inspected the sugar bowl,
but all looked fair The hue was not
as satisfactory, indeed, as that OF the
table cloth, bat saw no sand. Indeed
1t is not to be found in that kind OF
sugar. The adulteration is in the
brown, in the sugar that my poorer
neighboss buy Yof their cofFee and the
reporter tells me that there is an euor.
NOUS quantity of that sauded sugar al.
ways in the marked.
have my reasons for believing him
although, as 1 have told you. l do not
find them in my own sugar bowl. But
| observe that sugar of every kind is SO
profusely sanded that can readily be.
lieve it of this particular form. Ire
member that among the boys at school
there was a saying that you had better
bite Deacon Truss's candy carefully, or
you would break your sesth against a
boulder. He ssas TOT sfifewd merch.
ant To- feduce the bulk of the sugar
which he transformed into candy. so
that we consumed it iu the original
state' and consumed it at our peril. The
deacon did aoe see why he should lose
Secatse sin5ss people chose to sand the
sugar uhse tAey sold him, and even if
they put pebSfcg into 1t he ssoald show
them that it should not BE TO his injury.
Ihatassertion was fully vindicuted whep
ever boys toJth was bsoker.
What / mesns to ssy was that there
is great deal of fine manner which
must be taken carefully, as the boys bit
::h= a=n'..'s candy 1t NAV be sugar
but it may also be sanded, aud even
with grains Of the pebble size. II you
know Paliuurus, you know probably
what l mean. Lii msnner is wonder.
tuI. He pfobbabbiy early heard and
entirely misunderstood the re,uutk that
u'atiners make the man. He is all sui,lcs
aud suftncss aud smoothness: Il kind of
silk Or satin man. He is described by
all the adjectives that begin with II sibil
ant. aud ii bruad,idc of the words that
characterize his manners seems to be !,
s"iiey of misses. Painurus presses YOU,
hand IN both OF his, NE il nothing g,.te
'su tlissiul had ever beiallen him as
seeing yUu then aud there His vOice
has the toEe anA b general address the
character wMoh | have sometimes re
maSked ip pastors toward the luvellcst
ARD haost yoa+hial limbs of the aock
His Soise NJ very low, aud his empis,sis
is inecsssat anG lntense He strokes
your hand us he converses, and it IS
easy To Imagine HIM dlssolvlDg iu his
own emotion like u hump OF sugar in
warm Water.
Indeed, how often have been in
room when Palinurus entered, and fel,
as he appeared shat we were cup OF
very indifferent mixture to which the
sacoharine element was now added---the
lump Of sugar was dropped iu But
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The Aiken Tribune learns, from a
recent personal conference with some of
the members Of the Executive Committee
of the party, "that the Stste Republican
Convention for the nomination of State
ticket, and the ira nsaction of other busi-
ness incidental to the interests of the
Republican party in the approaching
campaign. will not be called until the
latter part of month of the August or
early in September. In deciding upon this
course the Executive Committee are
influenced by the very laudable desire
to avoid tho disturbance of the asricul.
turaf Interests OF the country which
canvass at any earlier day would inevi-
table occasion, and in this view the
committee will be sustained by the eoun-
try at large" This we regard as wise
conclusion, as there will be ample time,
from the first of September 10 the election,
to allow for what Will be necessarily, a
sharp campaign, and which will be in
the Republican party itself.
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A young lady, recently married to a
farmer, one day visited the COW house,
when she thus iuterrogated her milk
maid, by the by, Mary, which of these
COWS 'is 1t tina. gives the buttcr milk z"
Nm old lady of Bloomsburg, H., who
was rather short-sighted, took a box Of
new-patent pills, They cured her, but
turned out to be black beads with hole
10 them, and she is going to swallow a
etrlpg to string them
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Hon. A. H. Stephens, ID a lengthy
editorial in the Atlant. Sum- pitches
into August Belmont and his Democrat.
10 conductors FOR what he styles trying
to "hitch the Democratic car to the
Radical engine" at Cincinnati by working
up Charles Francis Adams as candi-
date to the Presidency, and comm ents,
in characteristic vein, against the
policy of giving up the "Jeffersouian
PLATFORM" or of Democrats voting for
any other than Democratic candidates.
lie trusts they will not, for moment.
entertain the idea of choosing between
Gen. Graft and Mr. Greeley. II is
true, he says, that Greeley went bail for
MIR. Davis, but Grant prevented the ar
rest of General Lee Besides, he adds,
if Mr.. Greeley has ever raised his voice
against either Of the reinforcement
acts" even the Infamous ku-klux act, he
is not aware Of it. He does not suggest
however, any practical way out of tribu-
lation for his brethren of the South.
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rible and inscriblsnnd inscfhtabls, blow
there n also thessimhltanaous, deeper
shau che nuubins sense1 os serraw,oi
iuanite and psrsasive aloua sAnd here
comrs my reversa6 brother ,iuso Ah;si
pulpit, and for anihouraIaboratesfrom
the tsxs .God islepsgsaayaem Of the
universe that 10 merely adsvilish, as If
from the heart of.theipure and oaorous
magnolia loathsome, dsudlys sbehpsut'
should uncoil and epeompass the garde d.
His theology is sab thick with angry
and poisonous thorns that sting us all
over. But his Hssis self.deuy yins it is
ascetio. No old saint of Tradition more
mortifes the flesh thanS he:I osasaiti kes
him up into tbe lfiglrmoubtaihs of am
bi,ion aud temptation, but in vai6-ip
vain. An anchorite whom tie demons
could not stir, thin, wasted, dry, with
strange study and1 endless vigil, he
comes from the psssionlsssr cell of his
library into the pulpit, and no demon
whom he has trigaaphantly despised is
more appalling than the demon that he
depicts God to be. Alas, Horatio, even
that sugar Of faith and self denial is
sanded! F11- 4
Or, again, the brother who is not dry,
nor ascetic, nor wasted, who refuses to
seclude himself from other men, and who
says truly that no man eau teach men
who does not know nlen--it is not easy to
describe what We feel about him /; but we
do feel it, and when he ascends the pulpit
stairs We know that it is not his place.
He is good fellow, VIC oil agree; he is
even ajollygood fellow ; he is kind heart
ed, indoleut, genial /; he loves good wine
and fat nreat-snd so may every healthy
man, ard DO shame to him, Do we ask
that minister shall be moukY Do
We require the modification ofevery
honest and necessary human appetite
Far from it. No men nore fatally
caricatured the Chris.ian character aud
life than che old saints. But a preacher
must be spiritually minded, or he can not
touch ns d"eply. ] his good brother is
Dot areprobate morc tha.a the other. He
focs not devote US to endless fire with the
other, and he proclaims that goodness is
Its own reward. He is sincere. But
somehow goodness seerns tuhave kind
OF pudding meaning in his mouth.
As l hear him m-excellcut, sincere
worthy mani can not rid mg mind of
Goldsmith's music,
"Allured tobrighter worlds and led theway.
Does he do that? am not condemn.
ing him, Horatio-for who am I? But
even this sugar is sauded Religion
is something more than arple-dnmp-
lipgs.
Now, my boy, if we have any sugar Of
any kiud to offer in the market, let US
slit out che sand as carefully as we can.
For these terrible reporters give the
world no peace. l. read yesterday
review ofthe new poem which we liked
so much. The critic said iu effect that
he had almost broken his teeth. There
is great deal of sand in this sugar, he
said. Sift. for your life, Horatio.
Your friend,
AN OLD BACHELOR.
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p& aAE ToUqHlEh 1kofDRSTs Asrn Daring.
lones Of themos treiuenaens anowsaesxns
esess witnessed hefe iastHintef, mfites
car NsHianndla6a aeorreeponaentys b
Ipeos sttdosG TI ~ laSY8 Il
her only sSh, bcs eg gaistech ynaas. ef
agsvhe tasds nepueiath atheh6sgning %
the woodworking wish several ether.
Unable to bear her anaiesies, the -ptos
mother faAhsa ont int5 Ma blindins
snowcdriG, hoping to.apd .her. .boy,aud
that her feeble arms might In some way
'helps hin ho1lswsFd. s$af Her sssrdgelinR
on for sssssaismiles she mes the party,
who were on their return. BY this time
she was utterly exhausted aud unable 70
retrace her steps. What was to be done !
She sankN down i'd the snow, worn out
with fatigue and hunger. The little
party sef.boys wefe quite esnnable to bear
her among them homeward, and to re-
main with her would have been certain
death 10 all3iIt Vas agreed that they
should coverher GO well possible and return
to the village for help, Hefgs6n, how
ever, nobly refused to leave his mother,
though to remain was in all probability
certain death. When the lads gave the
alarm in the village a number Of men at
the peril of their lives went out to resi-
cue the mother and her son. Their
efforts so f1d them. we're fo. several
days fruitless.s They we're finally. found
under clif, frosen to death and locked
in one another's arms. "In death tf;ey
were nosa divided" for theirs W was 81 a
's'losesse stronger chan saath .sezIt would
be dificult.JtO fad amore touohiug in
stance stance of self,saeri6cipg affection than
this this ones takea afareo from !.s.,he shor.lsnd
simple annals Of the poor"
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"No woman aia't gut 30 right TO ses
on jury, unlass she is man, aud every
lawyer knows il, aud I don't bsliave It
anyhow" was the conclusive arggment
of Wyoming statesman.
"My dear" sald hasbxua % tis bot.
ter half after 3 quarrel, "yom sill usyer
be permitted 70 go 20 hasTcn.s "Wby
nOty' because you will be wsusea az
a tormentor dowa bel,w." $40
Connecticut sheaid Be cssaissf eth
tho LATEST fisherman. Tm i99sxidaa'
in question is ''6stcenth snaau6maBt. :"
who ties his fsh-lius 70 his dag, aaa
when he gets bite, kicks bis deg
Eve was the only woman who 6epss
threatened % 50 aud live With ramsss.
Aud Adam wee tho only man wbo nsssr
tantalisea his wife about tho way tnUshsx
wol tc cook. -,
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Vat makes you dargS haasiiN IL
qairod : Doschnap q HE dxaAssr shO
was being kisssd Sy bee ssssi ssry
clamorousiy. -.
40, not much-sjast courtiag . little
--dat's ALL"
"Ghol da.'s all eh' ! thGusia you
vas 6ghtiu"
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A new boy in one of the Ridge6eld,
Conn, Sunday ohools, who was asked
who made the beautiful hills about him
replied that he did not know, as his pa
rents only moved into town the Friday
before
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y .e
The NoMrNArIoN op JuDes VIII.
LARD.-A movement Is ON fass fer Q
mass meeting Of RepabIisans favorable
to the eleeiirn Of Judge I'D willard
as Governor OF this Stata. "a @elE as.
touuoIi dIUSs;"ss @=T=ee. .A.-1 Ia III
last Tuesday eveoing, at Markot Hall, TO
consider the proposal, aud 10 cas- re-
solved that n,ass meeting Ss Eola a.
White Point Carbon, on lsonass essn-
ing, the 18th Instant. It is exfscssd
that Judge Willard and other veil
known speakers will be present 10 ad-
dress the meeting, and that the iafosaal
nomination already made siil be ratified.
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In the Superior Court in Boston de-
cision has been rendered which is Of in
terest to the managers of public convey.
ances. A man nam ed Standish took mas.
sage ut Fall River OH one of the boats
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SATURDAY MoRNING, u5NE Is. $50 !. .. -. !.

a 81 am for Grsps, We had one Andy,
Johnsop;I i Will noeyun The risk Of fgesting
another ii, and Horace Gsesly Is Iauusb.
Z want d man with ssctns decided prineis
piesg tarssIy nsverhad aby. Besides; h
codsidsrR RResly aseeeasions candidate.
I believe the ploste nominate him was
hstchea by Southern white rebels more
than q year ago, and has been ,msiuly y
.nufsed BY them. sdvise those who
mean tovoee FOR hfu ID fpd out what
aagseemeht has been made by Mrs Gree
ley'ss sffiendszwith sJeG IaDsvia and his
s.sf, as to Office and patronage; 4 am
perfectly certain that there 10 a distinct
mutual understanding, If not a positive
contract, between them. II Horace
Greedy enters tue white House. JeF.
Dasisswill be as truly part of the ad-
ministration as Seward was in Lincolu's
day. NoDnegros canuaqete-f Greeley
who yaluesshis lifc or property, or csaes
for his race. If, by frown of Providence,
he q is elected, Lshall advise every South
ern loyalist to load the revolvers that
Grants arrest of North Carolina Ku
Klux has allowed to be laid aside. If
he is elected, let the uegros live in squads
of fifty; whom no coward will dare shoot
down, and show no property after sunset.
Lonely men will be shot, and no black
man will own mule forty hours if any
rebel knows the fact For a loyal ad.
ministration to protect the negro, awe
the rebels, anc give the workingman
chance. Grants little fnger is worth
baker's dozen Of Gfeeleys4-- Wendell
Rdialips oes7 ao-d ssd ,yoa.5'avsG
..ry \ IL ..c.- c-.~..,;s, ~. 49,,
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inevitable, oVerhdeu tile comes in for
its share in the scene Jinks has been
indulsing too freely in ardent spirits.
A:s stree: corner his hat drons :".a
she gutter. Says Jinks, 81 know
sd pick YOU up I'll fail--If fall
yoAwont p-hio-me--hic up-Good
night And he walks of with a smile
of satisfaction, describing innumerable
zig zagS as'hs goes, leaving his ha. in the
gutter.
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lHo SELRT ToRaEs@--Mera shsn half sg,
this 'wofldris selfsfaicteds -.Pecpls ss;gs
evil sspifiss-gnlss hluaa dssilS=-ansa
imaginary evils, till they lash fhemss1Sas
into bong fde despair, Of this elaaa og
self.tormentors was the good kansss
kitchen maid, whom her mistress Souna
weeping bitterly in che kitchsn. T'ke
heated oven had cooled, che baedA Of
bread ready for baking vas illing tbo
pans from the '.high estate, 70 whi1h
yeast had raised il, and Betty aassobs
ing as If her heart would break
"What is the matter fn
"Why (sobs) just as I likd goe the
oven nice aud hot," "(aobs sgaia.1
WELL" said the mis1zazs, ca sa. .
"iid you burn yodrssif f'f
"No, ma'am, I happened 20 thtsks-<
(sobs) saf &iaaa
"Well, Betty" ~ s.
"That if should aysr gsE utasriadf :.
"You wouldat cry atthaG artaia-
ly." a,ss 4. E
"And should havs a nice lissts 90.
BY ~
"Well, woll." tE4 ,a{s
"And it shall just 80 alone, sboo-oo4s
aud 1 shall ges the oven hot, boo.o0,ni
AUD should leave IL, aud tkB 9iR
should crawl in, boo-oo-o woo.eo-oi Il
would burn i.seE to death boo-oo-os-
ow