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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

The Omaha Herald is the leading
and mcanest democratic paper in Ne
braska. Not long ago it had the fol-
lowing Of Greeley when he was first
proposed as the democratic candidate
for President:
"a veteran rascal, scoundrel, a putty
faced ambling old sinner, and not only
an acrobat, but hell-born and rotten
not only an unmitigated falsifier, but
shad- -bellied and wicked Drained; not
merely false to friends, but false tc
truth; journcyman blackguard af
we'll as mallignhnt villiflcr; mad In
the vain pursuit of oflicc, and an ar
rant knayc as well an old rcprobats
and a profase old granny"
With all these good democratic
qualifications, our readers need not b,
informed by us that the Herald MAJ
is now tearing his shirt for Greeley.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

Brick Pomeroy in addressing the
Democratic Boilers Convention at Bal
timorc, said:
"He didn't believe in the cry oi
choosing between two republican evils
lie didn't want to have Greeley, whose
life is tainted with treason. Greeley
can never be president. True demo-
Gratis will not support him.
Brick is great blathcrskite, bu
wiclds as much or moro influence witt
the masses of the Democratic part!
than any other editor in tho United
States. And we wish our Democratic
friends who have sold out to Grccle,
so cheap, for the sake of Office, to re
member Bricks prediction. For jus
as sure as November comes, just s.
surc will Grant be re-elected Prcsidcn
Of the United States.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

Up A TREE.-From the. pictures in
the Greeley illustrated papers, and the
fulsome accounts in tho New York
Herald and Sun, one would suppose
that DR.. Greeley spent by far the
greater part of his time up tres. For
q fat, near-sighted man like Greeley,
this is very dangerous. If he must
chop down SO many trees each day,
why doesn't he stand ON the ground
and chop like other men? If lac
doesn't look out, he viii catch q fall
next Noyember.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

i The progress Of the Democratic
Eparty toward Greeley is thus calan-
&aercd by contemporary; January
The old idiot Greeley February, the
eccentric Greeley; March, Old Horace
EGreelcy; April, Horace Greeley; May,
e. Horace Greeley; June, Honest
Bncle Horace, our fun fledged candi-
late for President.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

Can any man point to chap In the
country who has been kicked out of
office by Grants administration for
worthlessncss orrascality like Callicott
and Ashley for instance, who is not
now a violent Liberal Reformer +"
training under Greeley and Boss "
Tweed? We pause for reply, only
don't all come at once,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

The young saphead who is now in
charge of Greeley's Tribune, says !:
"Therc is not one point in which
Republicans can refer to Grants Ad-
ministration with satisfaction"
Three months ago the same journal
said: "Upon Grants accession to the
Presidency great number of those
who had supported his election, with
some who had not, sought Office at
his hands, or expected him to bestow
it unasked. He was unable to crafty
their aspirations. Their lamentations,
mingled with the howls of the disap-
pointed, made up very doleful dis.
sonance, whereof the only meaning
deducible runs thus: General Gran,
is found wanting-his administration
is failure Failurep p how2 what
1 Have we not peace and plenty in tn,
land? Is not our flag displayed ani
respected on every sea? What for
cign foe molcsts or threatens MS
Who fears insurrection at home, or in
I vasion from abroad? Yes, Gen. Gran
has failed to crafty some eager aspi
& rations, and has thereby incurred som
intense hatrcds. These do not an
win not fail and his administratio
will prove at least equally vital. w
shall hear lamcntation after lament,
tion over his failures from those who's
wish is father to the thought but Il
American people let them pass unhcc,
ed. Their strong arm bore him tr
pmphantly through the war and in
ahe White House, and they still upho
ind sustain him; they never fail'
hnd they never will.n
You can now pay your money al
lake your choice between these tv
Statements of tho Greeley organ, whi
he insists is not an organ.
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TO BE ABOLISHED.


Contracts for insurance against acci
dental injuries.
Afiidavits.
All agreements or contracts, or re
newal of the same.
Appraisements, of value OF damage
or for any other purpose.
Assignments, of lease, mortgage
policy of insurance, or anything else
Bills of exchange, foreign, inland
letters of credit or anything Of tla
kind now taxed by stamps.
Bills of lading, and receipts, in tho
United States, or for anywhere else.
Bills of sale of any kind.
= Bonds of indemnification, of any
kind.
Bond-administrator or guardian. o,
anything that has the name Of bond in
it, and now taxed by stamp.
Brokers' notes.
Certificates of measurements of any.
thing.
Certificates of stock, profits damage
deposit, or any other kind of a certifi.
cate now taxed by stamp.
Charter, or its renewal, or charter
party of any kind.
All contracts of any kind.
Conveyance, any part ofthe work Of
conveying.
Endorsement of any negotiable OF
not negotiable instrument.
Entry, for consumption, warehouse.
ing OF withdrawal.
Gauger's returns.
Insurance policies, contracts, tickets,
renewals, etc. Iife, marine, inland and
fire.)
Lease. All though the lease list is
abolished.
Legal documents. Writs or other
process, confession Of Judgment, cog
novit, appeals, warrants, etc, letters OF
of administration, testamentary, etc.
Manifests at custom house, or any-
where else, or for any purpose.
Mortgage of any kind.
Passage ticket to any place in the
world.
Pawner's checks.
Power Of attorney, for any purpose.
Probate of will, Of any Kind.
Promissory note for anything.
Protest of any kind.
Quit-deed claim.
Receipt. Now generally exempt,
and If included in present law in any
case, will hereafter be exempt.
Sheriff7s returns.
Trust deed.
Warehouse receipt.
Warrant of attorney.
Weigher's return, of any charac-
ter.
RETAINED.
The fax on checks, drafts, end orders
is all OF schedule ID that is retained.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

The orange and lemon are, and will
probably continue to be, the more
profitable orchard trees in southern
California. Sixty trees are planted to
the acre. They come into bearing
slowly, but at ten years from the seed,
or eight years from planting out the
nursery trees, the lemon will bring
GOO and the orange LOCO to the tree !;
and / have seen 2,O0O lemons, or $500
oranges, on a single tree at fifteen years
of age. Now, lemons sell in San
Francisco at $50 and oranges at from
SIS to $35 per LOCO; and from the
tenth year OF a trees age, with good
culture, irrigation, and I'll climate
that is to say, almost anywhere in CAL
ifornia south of Stockton-thesc trees
are found, in practice, to yield, at the
very least, $40 clear profit per tree, or
5000 per acre. This is very low
statement--far below the present ac-
tlial yield Of Orange orchards in Los
Angeles aud San Bernardino. know
an orange orchard of nine acres near
Los Angeles which has brought its
owner 5000 per annum clear profit,
for several years past. One mans
labor sufiices to keep in perfect order
twenty acres of any of these fruits
But it should not be forgotten that all
these trees are the better for irrigation.
They grow better and faster, and bear
more regularly and ffecley; and the
orange and lemon particularly win, ]
am persuaded, bear but poorly with.
ont water though some people deny
this. The most skillfnl orchardists in
south California now irrigate once in
six weeks, and, of course, plow after
every irrigation. have no doubt that
the frequent blowing is great help to
the trees. There are people in Cali
fornia who imagine and assert that the
ground ought not to be plowed or
otherwise disturbed in this state
during the dry season; but such men
do not succeed i'm farming there or
elsewllere.-Chos. Nordkof, IN Har-
pesss NagAsae.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

The Detroit Free Press the leading
emocratic paper of Michigan, spits
the. Baltimore nomination and
eys the great object of the campaign
hould BIO the defeat Of Greeley who
Totally unfit for the Presidency.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

The Maine lnmbermen predict that
in five years hence, at the present rate
of destruction, the forests Of that State
viii be wholly cleared of timber. The
lumber crop, this year, is estimated at
zoe, Zoo, 600 feet. OF this amount, the
Penohscot lumbcrmen cut 225,OO0.O 600,
and the Kennebec men over 100000 :
600.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

Dennis Mahoncy, Of Dubuque, edi.
tor Telegraph, and the dirtiest rebel in
Iowa during the war, has finally es.
tablished his claim as the first journal.
ist in Iowa to favor Greeley for Presi.
dent.
Let 1t be recorded, and let Dennis be
rewarded when Greeley comes in.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

Considering Greeley as the regular
nominee of the Democratic National
Convention, the Aazeiger des Westeas
submits two very pertinent and point
cd suggestions: First, if the sagacity
and prescience of the Republican Is to
be relied on, regularly nominated
Democratic candidate for tho Presi-
dency has no chance of success; for
the Republican, since now some nine
moons wasted, has been instant in
season and out Of season asserting that
the odor of a Democratic nomination
would be fatal to any candidate
Second, if Mr.. Greeley is not "a liaI
land horse-thief," he will be com.
PEELED by force of his own arguments
and teachings to vote against himself
for he has repeatedly said that hi
would not support Democratic can
didate in any event. We think til
above a literal translation from tn
Anzeiger, and it seems to us that tn
editor of that paper has pretty clea
comprehension Of the situation.-Mt
| | Democrat.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

On the Goth ult., Mrs. Fidela Wells
of Nashua, tried to commit suicide
with an axe. She was prevented from
doing so, and has been sent to the Mt.
Pleasant Insane Asylum.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18


The Possum policy of the Mo. Re-
publican is dead. Horace Greeley and
D. Gratz Brown, are the candi-
dates of the Democratic party nomi-
mated in due form by the National
Convention Of the party. This being
done the party retains still its old or
ganization and appoints its National
Central Committee. The New York
World (Democratic), which opposed
the project Of running Greeley by the
Democrats, finally upon his nomina-
ton succumbed and then gives the fol-
lowing reason why il is better that
Greeley be duly nominated by the
Democracy. 1t says:
"To be sure, it is an absurd nomination
for Democratic National Convention
to make. But IL is better for the party
to elect and control him, than to elect
such Republican and leave him free"
So the leading Democratic paper OF
the country states why the Possum
policy was discarded and Greeley
squarely nominated by Democracy
to be, that by SO doing the Democratic
party could after they had elected him,
(should such an event occur), control
him and his administration. On the
other hand the Republican had given
the following reasons why it thought
the Possum policy should be adopted
showing that it would fight under {
mask:
| On the 4th. inst. it said:
Nominating Greeley at Baltimore
will be to belittle the force of th,
Cincinnati programme, since by tina
course, from being an insurgent move
, ment il bccOmcs Democratic as far a
. it can be made SO, and constitutes Mi
Greeley, instead of q revolutionis
and reformcr in his own party, littl
less than q desertes. The great valn
, of the Cincinnati Convention to th
country was, that it was a Republica
: movement, addressed to Republicans
We ought not TO weigh down il
8 movers and actors with obligations t
the Democracy as party"
cit is true that il that tickt
(Greelcy and Brown) shall be electe
it will be mainly the work Of tl
Democrats; but it is none the less trr
Y that its CHIEF merit in this contest, Al,
b dNtts good pyospects Qf success, rest q
y the fact that It is nota Democrat
y ficket.v
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

Eight hundred raro foreign ever
green's, the gift Of Mr.. Corcoran, the
Washington banker have been set out
at Mount Vernon.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

The Stamp Tax Repeal.
Below we give list Of instruments
heretofore requiring stamps, to be ex
emptcd therefrom, after the first day
of October next; as, also list or
which the stamp tax is yet retained
It viii be well for all to preserve tht
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

| hos double loaded editorial on the
nomination Of Greeley at Baltimore.
From this, ~ important news of the
! day, we shall quote someextracts. As
the entire editorial occupies column
and = third, 10 the Times small type
we cannot give " all TO the excludon
q other matter. we premise nowev-
cb " saying tnat among z. .lo A,elu. ~
ov1aa0 Jouln.as = ~ ~ ., ~
!. = .',s..,. NJ, -, -,.sh.ve r.v.- h.a i .,,r
s.saJ... = - Y,ntsc,.;.,, .ra n..r,a..
... s,...s.. - cnnanat,.s ,r,.,, ar..na..
@ 1.,,. =. s-~... ~. psl.,,,.-
s. '..s, 49,. =. .,e'o.''0'' J, &
.ne Mos. uess'ao'0 p.pSi - 'lc coun'
uy, ana ~ lss counsei we nave no
donpt, entnused nope into the rebels to
continue the war, and In this way was
! the indirect causs Of the death of tens
of thousands OF The noble men of the
country, who fought for national uni
ty, and universal liberty. The course
II talres now. we attributa to NO love
"' .,,.s 80
OF prlnclpie sucn tning' ~ mas NOT,
nor never had. But Storey is smart
.ror,h n sao that tb;a movemar+ ~
ono'en ~ '0S 1850 s i' -
II democracy nominating Greeley, is ut
terly futile 30 far as success is concern
y 4 Ia that a. evervhodv vii, learn IN the
- -. - 80 - - ! = -.
next four months, the bold hypocrisy
of the attempt, both as to Greeley
L. .4. -. .
Z s''lu nis suppot'els' 40 wv P"'en' "
I deceive the people, and an overwhelm-
ING defeat can bc the only result to Do.
:, scr.o,, s,,o,, . ,,ae... :. ....,-s.r...s
e1S1 uoloas 90 lliaAes Aopo-
less the unity OF the party In the future.
fWe say Il is not principle which actu.
[atas tha 1,,.ne. INIT r. +atoa ;ts ros;t;on
q ....s. a., ...s.s.... $50. - - -. :.
sionc, upon 'nc Juug'nen' ~ afrives a.,
as TO the success OF the movement. We
6haye not the slightest doubt, but If the
Tyu,es saw victnrv With Greo,ev as =
1gu.o neau' = Hvulu swallow MN on
Isight without . mariner. The Times
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

xnuP r. DnFoR1 Tn1 P1oPIn
are q . nj, and Anal, revsaw nv
,,fA : .rd - n,.scsica s AT a. sh.li Ia fnnnI mn.
rsn,+hu ~ inv ,,i,, - ~; vc,nies lat dna infamv
ia 81 hasna3 ~ - n mn memory. Int IL
,,ora ~ ho therehy led - d;ssrnst the
nr;rc;r1es ,,rIS - wh;ch I nrnved recrsant y
8. Ro,g,cs sS,,ssiss " I. 4. fa68 - s
n = - - sss
Horace Greeley In the Tribune, un-
der the head Of Ehndering Grant"
,June 1871
uw. rover trav, ~. ,,rc,. s,oto,.. ~
.H.v. - S ~ k.vPse ca; e
ty sfter they had been proved, but this
Mskss 1,ls n.t'e placSIca! sac n alneEonG I0s ,,
honor fbs;r Pres;dert Iii i ~ ma rns,re "a. ssr
| tha nhinnnv AZ i, ryh;ch n % has hesr a.
ma5e in victim .y,sdo;nn from S.a IL
,,., e,ss 80 ,5o,,II .rw tSrs Xe,sSs,ci G,cr ~ a
ens,ns,1ss r,e ,,,i.:r Shs ns.s - Sns,rss ~ j.,
fms.,.e ~ el,ct;on f,. @ onn1hs,. so. sr,y, = b
80. 'S' - q.
On the 9TH OF November 1850,
Horace Greeley in his 7sy0wne said:
ure AZ CO.. .n.u h.....
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

A SINGULAR MARRIAGE.--A curious
marriage has just taken place in one
of the Partisan churches. The bride
groom, while marrying his bride, was
utterly unable to give her his hand
The reason was that he had no left
(nor right cither) to extend to her.
1t was fortunate that it was not the
bride who was in this condition, as the
service would have had to be dis
pensed with ON account of the ring
formality.
The fact of the case was that the
brave General Sumpt, the bridegroom
had lost both his hands at the battle oi
Frnschwiller. He had been ordered
to carry a message Of the greatest i'm
mediate Importance to another part oi
the battle field, and just as he gathered
up the rcins of his horse in both hands
shell burst and deprived him of both
of them at the same instant. Since
then he has been made General and
Commander of the Hotel des Invalides
although this place had been formerly
abolished. 1t is said, however, that
some genius has made him a couple oil
iron hands, which serve so wen me-
chanically that he can write his name
with one of them. 1t doesn't make
much difference what member Of the
body is lost nowadays-sciencc can
supply 1t.
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Greeley and Gratz in Cincinnati.
lrrom the Cincinnati Times.l


The Greeley ratification meeting on
Saturday evening did not come up to
expectations. The Commercial saws
the movers had no reason to be asham-
ed OF II, but we suppose they were.
There were perhaps fifteen hundred
people present-the Commercial report
er makes his estimate at two thousand.
q large proportion ofwhom were DEM
ocrats and Republicans merely look
ing on. We are informed, that, after
listening to the sadly degenerate ora
tory of Cassins M. Clay, and q rabid
free trade harrangue from Brinkerhofl,
the audience gave three hearty cheers
for Grant and Wilson. In this city it
is no news to state, Greelcy's nomina-
tion is looked upon as failure and a
fraud from the first. lie cannot COM
mand the usual Democratic strength
in this county, and we presume the ad-
vcnturOns Young men--among whom
the eloquent ex-Mayor of the Clifton
Commune was the chosen chief-who
undertook to demonstrate what a pow
eri'ul disruption had been made in the
Republican ranks here, by the Greeley
Gratz nominations now see that they
have gone and done it--and they wish
they hadn't.
We can say TO our friends at dis
tance, what all candid persons here
admit, that the Greeley movement in
Cincinnati, where it began, is fiat
failure. The leading original Liberals,
Mathews, Hoadly, Stallo, &c, will
have nothing to do with it. The men
who are trying to run the deserted
machine are chiefly few tricky and
treacherous soreheads, with little in
iiuence and large hopes of Office by
means of Democratic votes. They are
looked upon henceforward as Demo-
rats--tulm-coats for reasons well m-
derstood.
Hamilton county Republicans will
be wide awake in due Time, aud they
will roll up a handsome majority for
Grant and Wilson. OF that our friends
everywhere may rest assured.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

TAIgkA1ex TRIUMPHANT.
The Baltimore Convention was own.
ed and substantially run by that Prince
Of American thieves Boss Tweed. No
Sixth Ward Caucus in the city Of New
York during the palmiest days Of the
brief era in which Tweed, Holman b
Co., stole over one hundred millions Of
money from the people Of New York
and for which crimes they now stand
indicted, was ever moro prompt and
suppliant to the distation Of the "Boss''
than was the recent Baltimore convo-
cation,
An intelligent and careful reader Of
the proceedings of the Convention
couldn't have failed to notice that HotF.
man who was Mayor and Governor
all during Tweod's reign Of plundcr
and by connivance made this stealing
easy and safe, was the chairman Of the
New York delegation and principal
manipulator Of the Convention. The
next most important man in that dele
cation, IL not in the Convention, was
Augustus Schell, the present Grand
Sachem of Tammany and who on that
account has been selected as chairmap
Of the Democratic National Committee.
Then we find on the Platform the
notorious dead beats, John Cochrane
and "Hank" Smith, who were the
Republican representatives Of the New
York Tribune, in the Tammany Ring,
and who were the chaps who expend-
ed the seventy-five thousand dollars Of
Tammany and Custom House slush
money to elect the eminent Reformer,
Reuben E. Fenton over Governor
Morgan
And then simultaneously with the
nomination Of Greeley, Tammany Hall
run banner across the street with the
announcement that Tdmsmany Hall
supports Greeley aud BROOM"
These evidences of the revival and
triumph of Tammany, with the election
Of Greeley, are patent to the common
est understanding and cannot be gain
said. Ii the installation of Boss "
Tweed as the Dictator ID American
politics the entertainment to which we
= 4. a L o.
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The Burlington lIowa) Gazette

The Burlington Qowa) Gazette
says:
Z aGensfSI Grant ones he. great
figure Of victory for the Uniony has
slowly dwindled to tho h0rse-fancier,
jock-eying with cigar in mouth, igno-
rant Of the fastening ruin Of the public
liberties"
The Gazette men could never be cx.
pected to do other than malign Grant.
They dubbed him in times ofrcbellion,
the great slaughterer, the stupid ass I
They did.not like his victories at vicks-
burg, and at Appomattox, and still
they hate him. They continue the
fight now, falsifying as usual. They
ignore the fact that during his admin-
istration over 5000, 900, 900 Of the pub
lie debt has been nquidatcd, that tho
expenses of the government have
been less per head than during Buc-
hanans administration, and that there
has been less per centage of loss in the
public funds than during the last ad.
ministration of Andrew jackson.
The Gazette would reinstate rebels and
the Tammany ring, and expect the
people to sanction its course in the
name Of reform. If honest deeds arc
expected rebels and scoundrels proved
such by their past deeds are not the
ones to apply to for them. As well
might the old revolutionary Fathers
have committed the government of the
new born republic into the hands OF
the Tories, as the men of this day to
expect to reform the country by the
elevation Of slaveocratic rebels and
Tammany rings. Professions are
trivial in comparison with the deeds
of men, in making up a diagnosis ol
character, and what they may be ex-
pected to do in the future.
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