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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-14
Special telegram to the Louisville
Courier-J Jour1s0Ps Small Talk:

The whisky of Cincinnati manufhc-
ture remains firm, all Of it having been
frozen solid. Retail dealers ask eigh-
teen cents per cake. There 10 no de-
cline in strychnine. The Commercial
Of this morning viii publish a-double-
column advertisement announcing that
q Louisville firm has bought up all the
frozen article in the market. Cincin-
natl dealers discredit this anno,s,ce-
ment The editor Of the Enquirer has
secured free pass, and will leave for
Louisville immediately, taking with
him spacious demijohn.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-14

The Railroad Committee of the
House at Des Moines, have agreed
upon and introduced bill for the tax
alton of railroads. which we will lay
before our readers on Monday.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-14

Ottumwa is indebted to the State
Register for the following three line
advertisement AS the circulation of
that paper is large in this State our
people will be greatly obliged to it for
its delicate attentions. More false
hoods We're never before crowded into
three lines of nonpariel:
With 600 inhabitants, Ottuuiwa eau
boast OF but seventy Ave drinking saloons.
Where ia Its nineteenth century progress.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-14

The Gate CITY pitches into Sam Cald-
well, Of Wapello, because, as it charges,
he don't spell well.
We should like TO see Republican
member ofthe Legislature elected from
Lee county even II he couldn't spell
his own name, but we are afraid til
Cute CITY will hever alloy US tina
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-14

Keoknk, Burlington and nearly all
the river towns have building associa-
tions. who buy lots and build houses
both for sale and rent, and make money
and increase their population thereby.
CANT we have such an association? and
who will make move in the matter !!
An association with capital of &l0,o 900
could build cottages for rent and sale
and make good paving investment ol
..
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-14

The Indianapolis EreniAy, Joarad,
makes allusion to Missouri editor rs
"a diabolical slayer of steamboat
clerks. a humped-backed hollow-eyed,
hammer-headed hog, and miserable,
NANCY, bench-legged coyote" For
family reading there is nothing like n
lively evening newspaper.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-14
A Southern paper advertiscs as fol

lows:
WANTED, at this office, an able bod
led, hardrteatured, bad-tempercd, not
to-be-pus-oH, and-to-be-backed-down,
freckled faced young man, to collecl
for this paper; must furnish his own
horse, saddIe-bags, pistols, whiskey
bowie kniie and cow-hide. We viii
furnish the accounts. 10 such WI
promise constant and laborious EN-
Z pioYment.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-14

At st. Joseph, the other day, DEM
ocratic meeting, running dry, called on
worthy colored citizen who happen
cd to be present expecting little fun
1t his Expense. But Anderson Potts
proved too much for them. He made
. speech that for simple pith and point
beats Webster or Red Jacket He
said. . s. s. :. -, s7,-i-.--
GENTLEMEN: am not in the habit
nor am / qualified, to address public
meeting, but have ideas and viewsof
some Of the political questions of the
day. would not speak of them, but
you force me to. As some of you have
said, it is high time that we were up
and doing. II is high time that the
colored people were looking to their
interests. do not zee things exactly
as you do. You do not know color
ed man when You see him, except you
chance to run upon him just before an
election. Then you notice him, and
even would like to have him make q
speech at your gathering. After de-
claring in the great Declaration that
all men are equal, why did you oppose
making black men your equals at the
polls for almost ninety years ?and then
only admitted US because you were
forced to? Gentlemen, ] am Repub-
lican, and can never be anything else.
never can be Democrat and cannot
see how any colored man can vote with
his lifelong enemies. II you think to
catch colored man by shaking pos
sum at him, you are terribly mistaken.
We 60 the straight out-and-out Repub-
lican ticket"
After this speech some of the Demo
Gratis yelled, "Take him out!" "Shut
tho door on him r and Mr.. Potts left
his friends In their glory.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-14
orTUmWA wApF1Lo THURSDAY

- -
: rnvrrrmNvp rA~ma rsxxq
u CVUNxL xVWAs I0v
a q.
From the DAILY of Aarch Mn,
The Washington special to the Chi.
caro- Times. (Dem.) of Yesterday says
ssecret.rv Boutvell appeared to-da,
before the House COMMITTEES on Ex.
penditufes in the War Department
and te:tahen g g .he amounts re,
vau,. .s.o .,,gsn. % y ~ ISrs aMh 1a1a No,r TN I'M
sales 81 arms and ordnance stores. He
gave the amount ~ $S,2S0,093. The
clnerence oeIMcen q. 'nss ~ an; sam s9a IN ~
n.ncs nvsn. = s'ia ssvinrs Seen ~ rece;ved [ fron,
those sales--$9, $50 O73-he accounted
for by explaining That the balance was
not earriea INTO tne .seasuIy ausing
.;r.a w II. th.r sSe,, sn S ercess y ~ q tbe s,,,
returned; but Il would be necessary
to analyze the various amounts care
mliy e trace up lne ngures ana % sep.
81. s.fes a T - III I isst - asnsr - resr fso,, =
those paid III on account 81 subseuueni
sAles. a ,lssss 'sl,
pointed to investigate the sale Of arms
to France, met to-day and elected Sem
etos nsmIin q cnaarlnAn. 11cy Inen
Can , nrer = ch;ef ~ Snrdnsnce snd Ssn.
ators Sumner and Schurz to appear
and testify They desire TO learn from
Ar. summer the name q ma INFORMANT
e.ps.nssa sa ~ ;.UtJ. 4, .cuaIa..s ~ "a 81
onestion viii arise as to whether 4
committee can compel such disclose
ure, though possibly Mr.. Summer has
permlsslon g IusInsa y tae as,l name. n.,
st.T | t..t;tsad ~ tn-asr Il hasnre S : e',ss the -.
trcnchment committee general denial
of any interest of himself in the gcner-
al-order business g the New 19rk
IussV'naos u. ..,te ~ s;r - I w;th ~ M :. ss .hs
time had anv snch interest nnfil the
fact was made public by official inves
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Telggrapllie News!
NEW YORK.
New York. March s.

y
NEW YORK, March 9.
a oloek Q, Duilun,gs on osh .De,
tween 40 ana 4o stree's, Was burned
down. TINS morning. Loss s,o,VU.
Geo. ". Ierklhs, ~ sNe. purs, yes
terday, during NJ @ lnsaaliy, a.
eHip.eato Mi ne nlo'a,eI a,I si''cI,
lnaimiDg them WIN hrc shossl, anu
cutting them win razor. nc Was
secured by the neighoors ana sent 10
the hospital.
t y stated that tne rsc1h q tne
spanish Minister hoper's mas peen
made, ana nc VIII DC repiacee .! a., ma-
iiiffai foio VINO Is iu-4Aiiefican. Inc
movement y on the part u spain.
Mhish our gosernmeht luliy co.npse- u
ncnus anu y s,sa.ny prep.I ~ ioi .', env
breach, which @ Polo andoantsaly .,,s T. VIII
avv: - so ~ 49, ~ "a 80
sltlon as minister ~ " Wasnin&Ioh.
IN speecL, DFShIiaM staseu -. ~. "a I.
contreilef .'oMeiiey mas Hed Iion, 1Il Ane
city, ana ls conccdied SONIC Where
aproad. Inns step = sald 70 nave Deen
caused ny reason OF ureats. Sone oI
lne hlagl.es y ~ '"rn s''ases esi"ence
against MN.
Connoiless friends say he ~ only
out oi the clss % asoiss hseccts' VINO
want g get M money. .s. ss....
A rumor was currsnI ye7scLsal snat
one OF iWeeds DohusiAcn8 slase hocu 70
surrender MN.
harvey appearance as inior!heE, IN
ine HAN case creates pIuao0Ilu sensa-
Hall and his counsel. Garvey,s return
= uae " " - -. -. "t.a...as, fSass
'..,.s 1ta, G, 20 "isS ,fsnS.. h;..h;cS 80.
v.ai a,llue, =. 49,, ,,,,;.s 49,,
was pLvnas.a -. assyy ..v' ~:
w. a,.J ,-es...,,;n @ ~ :. come nm ~ his m.
s..ssar .an,,as Ha has hae, ~ ..on.
s...ass..a,s. :. i.,. -as,aawca fsr aEous !,
..sa,..h 'a' = ' ''>s''s q - s"s,s.s
% :. q a,,.,.,,s I,,...,..,u .,,n snrn IN
eo,.. :. : a'i'ks''s =.
:. Few knew that t;arvey wonld be .
witness until his name was called.
Counsel for Hall say they do not think
their case can be much affected BY
(rarvev,s testimony. will there fs Uen-
eral trepidation among the entire Tam
terday.
Every enoft Viii ~ nlssue ~ ny
ring 70 have Gasvey arfesseM On
new order, the oia order nsvin9 ~
pred by limftauon. lnls ufss&
states evidence 90 endan&efs tne saie.
" or Tweed, Connoney, cWeency, 30 -,
aii the rest tnat y q Deiieve0 sney Wii'
MI dee from the city. ysshs
- NEW okA,saIC1 2.
The court room was crowded this
morning. The people were an1tCus to
hear Garvey'e testimony In regard to
Halls case. After q long argument Of
Slaughter for the defence against the
admission of testimony as to the fraud
ulent character of Garveyis bill, Judge
Daley said he would admit the ques-
ton, and that witness might tell what
he knew about the claim down to the
time Of it's payment. Garyey, though
or inst nor honest. nxauQhter.) He
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-14

In the excitement of the moment, ,stung
by harsh and unjust words from the
press, made use Of language it were
better they had not spoken; yet these
men are entitled to the respect and
gratitude Of the people Of the State fol
the bold and determined stand they
have taken upon these expenditures
though in our opinion they PARTIAL,
erred. We honor them for their indie
pendence, and we hope they may sue
ceed upon the basis of the amendment
we have proposed.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-14

he handled this bill, and said he had
heard that there were some very infe-
rior stone in the foundation, and a. q
committee of investigation had been
appointed to examine into the matter
he thought probably that II would be
better to postpone the consideration OF
the bill for few days.
On motion of Mr.. Greene 1t was de-
ferred for one week.
Then came another special order in
shape Of a whiskey bill, and after being
discussed till the hour for adjournment
was recommittcd to the Committee or
the Suppression Of Intemperance.
Caro-.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1872-12-02

Msssrs J. LATHAn i o., Boston, Mass
have been troubled with piles anternal or
bleeding for many years. | nov feel myself
entirely cured By the use of less than half . bot
tie of Lathams oashartie Extract
W. ". KNIeHE,
Boston Transcript.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1872-12-02

sasg W aiAce Park NJ. D., OF salem, Mass, says !;
81 used the Extract frat IN Hy own family
and found IL to be the best remedy ] ever saw
for wast 1t il racamm ended and have since
used it largely in my own practice, it giving
M self and patients perfect satisfaction"
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1872-12-02
Ghe 99aile ats,'s,
The Most Needed Amendment
From the Richmond Wig. fDem }

EfoA tilc hiChInunQ W my. tDem.l r
. With respect to the amendment reauir-
ing direct vote for President, we do not
perceive wherein that will be an improve
ment. AT present the electors are mere
ciphers, and the vote is substantially for
the President, But if it be intended by
the proposed change that it shall be the
majority of the popular vote Of the whole
Union, and not of the States that shall
elect President, We doubt its wisdom.
We are 10th to surrender the original
foundations on which the Union was erect
ed. The States constituted the pillars Of
the edifce, and We would preserve them
intact forever But the real evil, apart
from reeligibiEity, is fraudulent election.
Our conviction is that so long as the secret
ballot exists, fraud cannot be prevented
The remedy is obvious: An amend
ment to the Constitution requiring every
voter to give his vote viva voce, or, if a
ballot be used, with his name on it and
delivered in person. The citizen, not en-
dowed with enough manhood to avow his
sentiments, is not worthy of the high priv
ilege Of voting, and should not be allowed
to exercise it. Recent events show the
importance of this change False count
ing OF ballots illustrates and perverts the
great object of popular government And
false counting cannet be prevented or cor
rected while ballots, untouched by a name,
are employed to express the popular will
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1872-12-02

CURES ALL CHRONIC AND SPECIAL. DIsEA
u SEES in & short time, either in Male or Female
charges low fees; uses Mercury.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1872-12-02
A Question for Bourbons.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer, DEM
1t is believed by some that if the Ma
tional Convention at Baltimore, instead of
fayoring and adopting the Liberal move
ment, had nominated an "old-hne Demo
crat, instead of Mr. Greeley, for Presi-
dent, there would have been very different
result. All such we would ike to explain
these facts: In 1868 Mr. Seymour, a
straight Democrat" of the most undoubt-
ed kind, carried eight States and received
80 Electoral votes. But the fifteenth
Amendment, making negroes voters, had
not been passed The vote was almost ex-
clusively among the whites In 1872, l.
100000, or very nearly that number, OF
negro votes were added to the poll and
yet Mr. Greedy carried seven States, with
"A Electoral votes In other words, the
Liberal movement, with 100000 negroes
against them that the Democrats had not
to encounter in 1868, did almost as well.
Gentlemen, how do you account for this
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1872-12-02

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Anew TESTIMONIALS.

BoSTos, j ana ), 1871.
Messys- J. LATHAM Co., Boston
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-04-11

The statistics of suicide show that
more men take their own lives than
women. Among the latter, suicide is
more frequent in youth than in maturer
years. The statistics further prove that
most men who commit self-murder are
single and most women married. In
Italy there are annually three suicides
in every 100000 inhabitants; in Austria,
five; in Belgium, six; in England.
seven in Prussia, twelve; in Denmark,
twenty-nine, and in Spain only two to
the same comparative number.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-04-11
FOR TIE BOYS AND GIRLS.
The Elves Mt Work.
BY FLORA L. BEST.

The Elves ut Work.
BY FLORA L. BEST.
''TinkIeI tinkIel" I"
List the sound of fairy hammers,
Waking sweet and silver clamorsl
Tell me, elves, what ye are doing
What bright tasks are ye pursuing
In your earth-homes. bleak and brown?
"'Tinklel tinkleP
Don't you know,
Meath the snow,
How we build secret stair,
That the flowers may reach the air;
How we strike the Erost-King down .?
Tear the jewels from his crown ?"
"Tinkle! tinkIeI"
Take me, elves, into your palace;
Let me drink from out the chalice
Of the snow-drop, white and airy;
Let me be, like ye, a fairy,
With heart that laughs at care!
''Tinklel tinklep
Small thy need
Thus to plead;
Vert thou born q child of air
0fthe sun and dew part.
Graded in the roses, heart,
We could lead thee anywhere.
I'VE are natures smallest creatures;
We've no power to change thy features;
We've no magic herb or potion
That can train thy cumbrous motion
Into airy, elfn rhyme.
'Tinkle tinkleP
Hark dost hear? ?
Blithe and clear
Comes the chime of hidden bells,
Swinging in the fairy cells;
Singing softly 1t is time
That the flowers begin to climb"
''Tinkle! tinklep'
I can hear them coming, coming;
Tiny feet and voices humming;
Shy1y creepeth Periwinkle,
Golden Dandelions twinkle.
Till the meadow lands are bright.
"Tinklsl tinkleP'
May-howers fair
Greet the air,
And the daisies, starry white,
Smile their welcome to the light.
"Tinklel tinkleP
Louder clang the fairy hammers;
Wilder wake their silver clamors;
Every band of ice is broken;
Every bursting bud hath spoken:
Telling to these souls of ours
How each spring
Doth but bring
Unto them a golden stair,
Reaching to the light and air
Bids them quit their darkened bowers,
Climbing upward into flowers.
Little Cor.poroL
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-04-11
Ten Years of Silence.
BY HOWARD GLYNDoN.

BY HOWARD GLYNDoN.
oh l it is not often 1 dare to think
Of the one bright spot in my buried past,
Standing out in such bright relief
From the dimming shadows by Memory cast
Twenty years old to-day All. we'll!
Ten have wrapped me in silence about
Since this terrible canker upon me fell,
And the music of my life went outl
Ten long years and never a sound
To startls the stiffness out of my life
Velvety muf1ed, its wheels go round,
Noiseless, forever in joy strife.
Once, / thought my mothers voice
Floated across the death-still blank
And my heart was astir-but it died away.
Poor heartl how it huttered. and hopeless sank !
Sometimes my little sister comes.
With plying look in her soft blue eyes,
Murmuring words that cannot hear.
H0w she stirs the olden memoriesl
She wonders to see the tears that fall,
Like Summer showers, upon her brow:
IT'S hard to think of what has been.
When life 10 so different for me now!
God of the Silenti 1 cry at the door,
That the path is too straight for my feet to
dread:
Yet know whose footsteps have gone before.
Though the human is stubborn of heart and
head.
Oh let the blessing of Patience come down
To ease my passionate soul of its pain
Let it shine on my brow like q martyrs crownl
Oh give me the sunshine after the rain
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-04-11
LOngingS.

The flowers languish for the blessed light.
For brilliant stars still languishes the nights To
The parched furrow languishes for rain;
The sick man longs for relief from pain ss.-
The orphan child longs for mothers breast:
The evening languishes for soothing rest :, - -.
The morn, impatient longs to see the sun 80
The soldier longs te see the battle won; :. .
The silent harp longs for the songs of Chords -
And thus languish for affections words, q
They are to what light is to the flowers. 2 > =
Ny heart refreshing, as soft rain the bowers.
They for nv hopes as the morning sun. -
As for the soldier is the battle won, =
AS is brilliant star in gloomy night. I - -
AS tc the wanderer his cottage light
A sweet repose for my prolonged unrest, .iuFT
And for my orphaned heart mothers breast;
For my souls sorrow a sweet htany, NW8D
And for its love heavenly harmony
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-04-11
EATON, OHIO, THURSDAY, APRIL Il,

the next morning, and never came came
dreadful Vincent meant she should do ;
and though pa pretended to be very
angry for whole week, but when he
saw how wretched it made me, he gave
in directly; and we had such a delight
full, delicious summer, without Aunt
Judith to interfere, and make us
wretched.
Sam Popzins wasn't married, at all :;
but he's going to be next fall, to my
dearest, sweetest friend, Belinda Pound
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-04-11

A RICH old noodle in New York ad-
vertises to give 800 prize for the best
four page tract showing the iniquity of
running street cars on the Sabbath day,
and riding in them, to church or other
wise. Somebody ought to cap that by
offering 5000 to the man who will write
q tract on the wickedness of driving
children to church.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-04-11
Common Things.

BIZ SAMUEL ". DUFF1ELD.
The bee from the clover bloom
Is ready to lift his wings;
Ifound him gathering honey
Out of the common things.
The bird to the maple bough
The twiGs and the stubble brings
He In building his love q cottage
Out of the common things.
The poet sits by himself
What do you think he sings7
Nothing He gets no music
Out Of the common thingsl
s-Scribner's for April.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-04-11
Peters Ride to the wedding.

Peter would ride to the wedding-he would.
So he mounted his ass-and his wife,
She was to ride behind if she could,
For" says Peter. the woman. she should
Follow, not lead through life"
He's mighty convenient, the ass, my dear,
And proper and safe-and now
You hold BY the tail, while hold by the ear,
And we'll ride to the kirk in time, never fear,
If the wind and the weather allow"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-04-11

Men are born with two eyes, but with
one tongue, in order that they may see
twice as much as they say.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-08-08
GEN. JOE JoHNsTON.

The views of no prominent Southern
man have been so persistently misrepre-
scented, says the st. Louis Times, as those
of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. It has been
claimed by the administration organs
throughout the country that be supports
Grant, and two or three bogus sfnterviews"
have been published to back up that i'm
preston. But the following emphatic let
ter from the distinguished commander; to
Col. ]. K. Ashby, of Bates county, Mis-
souri,, must effectually dissipate all doubts
as to where he stands:
CHARLESTON, VA, July 81, 1872.-Col.
j. K. Ashby, Papensyiile, Bates County,
Monty Dear Colonel: Your note of the
25th, via Charlottesville, is just received.
Assure all of our old comrades that You
communicate with in any way, that the
story ofthe Cincinnati Commercial is false.
l have had no consultation with w. S.
Robinson, of Charlottesville, on any sub
ject. Have never said anything favoring
Grants reelection. On the contrary, be-
ing a thorough Democrat, | would have
preferred Democratic candidate, but as
Horace Greeley is nominated by our party
l sincerely hope every Democratic and
Liberal Republican viii vote for him.
Being d;sfranchised take no pnblic part
in politics. To my friends do not hesitate
to express my feelings and opinions on po-
litical subjects. l think the overthrow of
the present administration necessary to any
hope of constitutional government, and feel
that the continuance of the Democratic
party is necessary.
Tell my war associates for me, that they
are the people love above all others in the
world, next to my wife. Truly your friend,
JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON.