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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-21

Old Greeley has had . stroke Of con-
science. He says in the last Tribune
|4Aat: .R ]
"we think it probable that G i
Grant will be shown as innocent OF ~
tAllectual wrong as ho was in the ] rs
case. There may Be people arolt a
him who viii not appear v6rywell;bu
we expect to see no stain remain on !.
personal integrity Of the Presiden..
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The flght over the rai,ro,d tax bill

The fight over the raiiroad tax bill
in the lower house OF the General As
sembly is now transferred to the news
papers. This subject will be pretty
we'll ventilated by the time II comes
up for action in the Senatc. The
Hawkeyc. of Burlington, comes down
upon ii. and the State Register sails In
on the defense. M
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-21

VIENNA. March 90

VIENNA, March 20.
The lower house of the Reichsrath
has appealed TO the Crown to strin-
gently apply the laws against the abase-
ment OF the pulpit.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-21

DR.. Prime, in his travels in ia
PAM" says:
Passing through . street and see
Ing some forty or Atty coppers hanging
on a. many nails at the front of the
shop (the copper coin has . hole in the
CENTER, / inquired what they wero for.
and was told they were placed. there
by the shopkeeper to save time and
trouble in answering the calls Of the
mendicants. When one came along
he simply took q copper and passed
on, never abusing the charity Of the
shopkeeper by taking two" 81 !,
Beggars in this country might. be
honest enough to take but one, but
they would be very sure to call around
often. 4 s5.fg
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-21

senator Wilson opened the campaign
In Connecticut ON Monday, at New
Haven, with rnusing speech. Every
allusion made to Grant was received
with deafening applause.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-21

Massachusetts holds her Republican
State Convention, April 10th, at which
time she will have heard the ju, liant
voices Of the Republicans of Nsw
Hampshire and Connecticut shouting
3 FER their Victories.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-21

The Hon. james F. Wilson, ofIowa,
delivered speech at Concord, New
Hampshire, Che ofhe" day to an im-
lnense crowd. The New York Times
declares it ..had the rare merits Of
candor, point, md Iogicai force" and
that ut would ~ a. excellent exercise
for any one ceateaplating attending
the Cincinnati Eovention to under
take to answer eluestions he sugges-
ted. II. 4 M
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-21
$500 800 steer Ssarkst.

CAieaes lsvs stock ssarisss.
ca ,cAoo, March 2Y
c.ttie Rgeeipts, 400: Best r1ei s
rairiy active; priee.' hrns se1eas
Hogs-Receipts 1896 mir1y 49,
steady, SA05@70; mostly 14.S1
Shcep-Active, drn1.
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Nov Ysrk nGafkst
New YoRK, AkrcA ~

Flour--Dnll. y. $50
wheat Firm; noninapy, sL@0sA
Corn Quiet e9@ e.
Oats Steady, 65@7 4
Pork-Better, $la
Lard Firm. 95 ~.
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These 90 vsrs paid by Con. ToWNsEnD-
Maych 2. l68 ....... u COX

AS Mr.. Stanton believed the whole
thiHHGi If &Sfx a anRh Ag
the balance, and Mr.. Trumbnll did not
receive it until April q, 1869, after Mr..
Stanton's death. On that day It was
paid by John Potts, the disbursing
clerk Of the War Department"
And now we submit that tho Hon
orable Lyman Trumbuli is not just
exactly yet ready for his ascension
robes. rs
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and which, he thinks, will pass the
Senate without material alterations. 1t
is perhaps the best that can be OBJ
tanned at this time, but is nevertheless
not just what it ought to be in our
opinion. 1t provides for sworn state
ment of all railroad property made by
an officer Of each company; this prop.
erty to include right Of way, road bed,
--isr4saEuss uBDDfZ,
station grounds, shops, buildings,
gravel beds, and all other property
real and personal exclusively used in
the operation of the railroad also the
number of miles Of railroad; the num-
Der Of engines, passenger, express,
baggage, freight and other cara, and
various other things we will not emu
merate. This return being made, the
Census Board then place value upon
all this property, and then, if we un-
derstand the bill Alright, they divide
the aggregate valuation Of all the
property, by the number of miles IN
length of the road, and SO fix the valua.
ton per mile. They then transmit to
the boards Of supervisors this valna-
ton per mile, accompanied by the
number of miles Of railroad in each
county. The difficulty we see in this
method is, that here, for instance, in
the city o" Ottumwa we get city as
sessmont upon only the aggregate rate
per miie vl.u1tion, while in fact we
have a large amount Of capital within
the city in depot houses and grounds.
and other improvements which escape,
to a very great extent, corporation
tax. To explain fully our meaning
we will say that, for instance, the OF
tumwa COURIER Office pays like other
property corporation tax for its full
assessed value because it is within the
city but, on the contrary, the depots
aud depot grounds Of the three rail-
roads to the city do not pay corpora.
ton tax according to their assessed
value, though also within the city, be.
cause their value is taken to help en-.
large the value Of each mile of the rail.
ways where there is nothing but the
road bed and right Of way; that ia, BY
this bill this city gets taxes only upon
the average value per mile of railways
according to the number of miles with
n her limits.
We make these remarks In NO sspirit
Of complaint and have not thought suf-
dciently to lay down good plan for
remedying the defect. but we will say
hat We could wish something might
be done to better the bill in hisregard.
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No man in Congress has made 90
much f,,.s about Civil Service ReN
ant, Imaginary corruption a. Senator
Lyman Trumbull. He even introduce
ed a bill lad winter msfing n a RI fal
ofiense for q mSmbef of Congress Ito
recommend one 81 his Constituent or
any otter man sfor an appointment.
Lyman Trumbull Is gold specialized
aristocrat, who evidently thinks that
the fine art Of getting and holding Office
ought to be confined to select cotorie
of fellows like himself, and that the
ordinary and common herd are good
enough only for voting purposes and
to be used to make the tcnureiof Sena-
tors Of the Lyman Trumbul sort
interminable, but that otherwise they
have no rights which gold specialized
and gold spooned Senatorial nabobs
are bound to respect. aa. So
The superabundance Of Senatorial
gas was considerably let out of Lyman
Trumbull when Conkling showed that
he had recommended 1O3 applicants
for Office during the three years Of
Grants Administration. 80, IS.
But discreditable as this was to an
snscl ike Trumbull, there was worse
ia store. ~
Itnow leaks ont that this self ga
imlnAculate and sanity ReforTner r.
been lagrantly violating not only v
| law hut common decency.
Msssems that pending the impea,I
,nsnttFial and while he was United
States Senator drawing his f,,e thous-
and dollars per amman, mileage and
other pcrquisitcs, that he allowed him
self to be seduced enough to accept .
fee of 10000 In case which had been,
and was likely to appear again before
the body Of which he was member.
But we win let the New National
Fra Of Washington, edited by Fred
Douglass tell the bslance,of the story
as follows:
During the impeachment trial d
Andrew johnson, and but 8 short time
before he would be required to decide
By his vote the guilt or nuoceuce Of hit
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-21
The state Capitol.

The Architects itemized estimate for
the new Capitol Of Iowa, stands - fol.
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aAxvsy. THE rIAsrsxsn.

! If Daniel had come to judgment, ii
one had risen from the dead and stepped
into the court room, greater sensation
could scarcely have been created than
A. j. Carney made when his name was
called. The Mayor Of the city of New
York is on trial for misdemeanor, :
not doing his duty in guarding
funds Of the city. Carney is one Of
men who, like Keyser and Woodws
and Tweed and Connolly, are charg
with getting these funds through the
criminal negligence of the Mayor
Carney had fled beyond the sea. The
Mayor and his counsel had no fear Of
the great plasterer ever coming back to
tell how he got his heaps Of gold. They
thought he was spending it in riotous
living In far country. .
Suddenly Andrew J. Garvey 10 call
ed. And the man, or his ghost-fOr
it is only the shadow Of him that ia
left,--stalks in. He takes the stand
The house is silent as the tomb. Law
yers whisper. The Mayor, for the first
time in his life, had no. joke ready. II
was little too solemn for that. Gar.
vey was asked to identity one of his
little bills for about half q million. and
to tell how he made II mp.
on the court house from May, 1869, up
70 the present time It was necessary
for me to have for finishing all the
plastering sll0, 800; that 10 for work
then due and in progress, covering
from the first of May and June, July
and August. 1870 ; on county buildings
/ required SIS, 100; on armories and
drill rooms, SIC, 600; that IL the money
/ required to pay me for material, IA
Dor, and my profits besides, besides
there was due me by outside parties
$l26, GOO that was expected to cover
up In my bills, and $1,000 cash for Mr..
Tweed at the Legislature all the bills
! received had about this proportion Of
increase.
@. You gave portion of the items
forming the foundation Of this bill as
part of other claims presented. Please
state the others.
A. Fifty thousand dollars in cash,
said to be for tho legislature, taken to
William III. Tweed, at Albany, by my
BROTHER Sixty thousand dollars for
working expenses for w. NJ. Tweed,
in 1869 and 1870, at Greenwich, Conn,
and for work on house at C0scobb,
done by his order for friend. About
5000 for work done for Mr.. e. A.
Woodward, at Greenwich, Conn, and
5000 for plastering house in Fifty
eth street for Mr.. Walter Roche. I
got IS per cent of the bill.
And that tells the whole story Of how
the money went
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fhe Akron, (O.) Beacon, says !:

"The Tribune never knew that thu
Administrations was corrupt until ii
editor was talked OF for President
And now it does not know it, but only
asserts it, inspite of proof piled upon
proof that the percentage of defalca-
tons has been far less under Gran,
than under his predecessor, and has
steadily increased, and the cost of it
collection has gradually grown ligll-
ter. If this is corruption the people
want four more years of IL under
Grant s
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-21

The railroad tariff bill regulating
rates to be charged for freights and
passengers is now one Of the remaining
questions not yet taken up and acted
upon in either branch of the General
Assembly. The demand for a bill of
this kind we know to be IA desideratnm
with the great mass of the people, es-
pecially with the producers of the
country; and we know, too, that the
great majority of.the people regard it
as question by no means difficult Of
solution; that is, that it is an easy mat
ter to frame and passa bill that shall
apply the remedy effsetuaily, and at
Same time do no injustice to the rail.
roads of the State. }N
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That paper also runs up Davis and
Parker with the following characteris-
tic and perspicuous proviso;
'Subiec. to the aggregated a"tion of
the inherent elements Of the new par
ty movement"
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Porter Clay Conservator Reform
Leader WEIGH, throws up the sponge
and says the New Hampshire election
indicates that the Democrats cannot
defeat Grant. That settles the mat
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NEW York, March 20.

The Irsbume's Washington special
says that = letter purporting to have
been written by Judge David Davis,
accepting the labor reform nomination
for the Presidency, was not written by
the Judge, but was the invention Of D
newspaper correspondent. Judge Da-
Wis is reported not to have accepted
the nomination at all, and disapproved
of several important planks in the plat
form Of the convention.
Horace r. Clark, President Of the
Union Pacific r. r., testified last night
before the Judiciary Committee, that
in his opinion that the corruption o
the bar was ms bad as the bench, and
that American securities abroad were
Office had been removed to Boston
from this city on account Of legislation.
In one instance fifty thousand dollars
was paid lawyer Fullerton Tor the set.
Element Of case. He didn't think
Judge Barnard got any Of that money
"A fire in the New York I've Works
vt Green Point, this morning, caused a
damage OF fifty thousand dollars.
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The telegraph, that very reliable
barometer Of American politics, has
announced that Gen. Grant has indica-
ted his preference for Hon. James f.
Wilson. Of Iowa, A. the candidate for
Vice President Every one who
knows Gen. Grant, and the feticent
character Of the man, knows that this
is caaard Of the frst water.
Mr.. Wilson islan able man, II ON the
best Of terms with the President, and
as has been heretofore shown, the Presi-
dent would give him any position with
In his gilt bnt Pres. Grant 10 too So
gacious TO indicate . preferences for
any one for the position Of Vice presi-
dent ! position entirely subject to the
willaof the sovereign people, Via
President Colfaxsnd Speaker Blaine
are both understood to have positively
declined to have their names used in
connection with, the Vice Presidency,
and everything goes, 1t this time, to
show that some eastern statesmen Of
note will receive the nomination for the
second place on The ticket. The re-
nomination Of Grant, and his triumph
ant reelection 10 . foregone conclusion
in the minds ofall wcll-informed men.
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west of the Missouri to the Sierra Ne.
vada, the eastern bordering mountains
of California, the season has been a.
remarkable for it's unusually heavy
snowfall, and throughout California
for its delugin9 rains. 1t lie probable,
however, that our deficiency in snow
and rain for the winter will be more
than supplied in the spring and sum-
mer.
The pioneer narrow guage railway,
the Denver Rio Grande line, has finish
ed grading and bridging Its second d.
vision Of forty-two miles from Colora-
do Springs to Pueblo, Colorado. Track
laying will be commenced immediate
w, and by the middle of April regular
trains will % running from Denver to
Pueblo, lib miles. The earnings over
the first division Of seventy-six miles,
for the week ending on the 29th Of
February, exclusive Of construction,
transportation, were $4ll 1878, which is
equal to the earnings Of many of the
western broad guagc roads, costing
twice as much.
Making dwarfs aud bcggars is a COM
mon thing in China. For the first a
child Of three or four years is taken,
and heavy porcelain vase 10 put over
him, SO that the head alone Is free
This is taken on evenings so that he
nlsy slsep, but It 10 put on again In the
morning. The child thus advances In
age In this infexible mould, until he
can no longer grow. Then the vase is
broken. The horrible sufEerings that
must be experienced IN this process are
even exceeded by the, prAetices Ia ccr-
tain establishments In Pekin, where
bn4gars voluntarily submit to having
their eyes taken out and their limbs
broken, in order to excite public COM
miseraton.
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faE 0TTUMWAC COURIER
4. 4 4. T WAsSsS. ssas.s.
NO CaAN0u ON THE EVE OF

Now at the opening Of quaarenial
battle for the Presidency when the
FIRST brilliant brush with the enemy
upon our ou.posts among the Granite
hills of New Hampshire, has resulted
rloriously Tor the Republican party
and triumphantly endorses Gen. Grants
Administration, how can it be possible
that it win be for the best to change the
General in Chief. The Convention
zwhich put in nomination the successful
ticket was very careful to conspicuous
lv announce their entire confidence in,
and fealty to, the Administration of
Grant; Their rallying cry was
Grant and victory; its inspiring power
swept the State with majority which
-astonished everybody.
The general results ofthe Administers
ton have been grand as both friend
aud enemy are driven to admit. The
ingenuity, cunning and personal malice,
of some few in the Republican ranks
have only been able to here and there
hatch mp some isolated SO called faults,
all of which, are based upon the films
lest foundations. Tho unering instincts
Of the people have lead them to the
.convictisA that the reius ofthe Govern
ment are in honest skillfll hands. The
onset has been made and the battle IL to
be waged at intervals Of short duration
from nc y on urtil tho closing scene In
early sisss. II Il idle to talk
now of a ca. !. 8 : no ers. Ambitious
men may desire il, siley may work and
plot for il, but if it were possible to
effect it by means Of skillful inanipula-
ton, it would be the weightiest and
most disastrous blow ever made upon
the great party of freedom during its
history; and why? The reason il
evident, the people have already
designated Grant a. the standard
bearer, and is 1t to. be supposed that In
the few brief months left, an entire
revolution can be made In public senti-
ament al the dictation Of mAlcontents :
Certainly it cannot be, it is the shecrest
folly to suppose It. Mol the rebel
democracy and their allies Of all grades
will fall before the rising and increase
ing power Of the popular will, and the
final triumph will be glorious no the
auguries of-the New Hampshire cleo
tion plainly Indicate.
We are driven to the conviction that
Uncover at this late hour. attempts to
distract and divide the hosts Of the
Republican party by demanding ol
laboring to name . new leader, has his
visual angle sadly distorted by sore.
headedness or be willhilly seeks the
success Of democracy out Of pure Gus.
Srf1nosa
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/ Y 4
Ofths Financial Condition Qft ctr
QfOetwmscd, IOscd, for tie Heu,, End
ing March 11th, 1872.
RtsuuRCEs.
Gem, tass: for Isss dsl,uq'ts si.A
/" : iNl " sSa
sss ss:l sss,' ,:s: ss'!se' .ne 'sa
Total taxes delinquent io.4si.7s
Cash II freasary S.eoe0
rstll resources is.z7ln
LIABILITIES.
Orders In circulation t7.411ie
Resources above present liabs sl9.Es q
/ also report the bonded debt Of the
city (not yet duel to bs y follows:
a z'ss s y ss;. ':s. ss..,.. ,ss s
rnt.i bonded debt - 3 AssU
Which being dedacted from the
amount Of resources over present lia-.
bilities ($12,275.66l leaves az net re-
sources over all liabilities $f,375.06.
The following property belohg ing 70
the city IL also reported !:
Z s.s IL s sras,s and spps.a,u, nj 8
.I.,os aud Ie,saer track e. 1900
SIS sSi q liz iea I'm hose fo envy o 10,
\ nrs sxiimspishsrs 0l0Q
s mo Fixtures soaeo
Total e4Sn.oo
REHABILITATION.
Rrsourcra.
raxes unpaid ~ eiotsi.s5
G SsA, "a AL lss.snry = Z '} Ssase
Psfsrnsi pfspsf,y i N t4sS ii isIIo VA N
- !. . s.. \. =.
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| IS.
The jackson, Mississippi Plot In
speaking of what arc termed, ~
Southern Democratic papers - .C1
pet aggers," says:
|M tn Cole hus gDgn,oGdt cieims to
MvoE imm hatiol to lie Sta but
oppdes Cad et- b kers trivinf Mere,
and efne9 CarpS sBa1 ers to51Inean
men he od telvc9 Thu is, sup
pose! men Fho lIvc some POLITICAL
opinions of their own, and are not
afraid to proclaim them, are Carpet
Baggers; while the immigrants, who
the Democrats would have come here,
If any Ut all, and be protected, must
be men without any politics at all, or.
If they have any, they must be Demo.
cratic. This is the distinction, when
Fanaly1od Asnd fetlacodA 10 eits lowest
quantity, which these Democratic
sheets make between immigrants and
Carpet Baggers., There is case in
Helena, Arkansas, related by the Cyar-
ton, of that place, which 10 In point,
where man by the name of Chester,
who had been in the county for many
years, was there, even during the war,
had been hardware merchant sold
spl0ws audswagons, and other farming
implements, and had done much good
in the county but having sold too
many goods on credit, and having met
with losses by fire, he failed in bust
ness, but managed in his reduced cir
curnstance, to buy q small piece of land,
and with . skillet aud few, pieces of
the, simplest articles Of furniture,
moved on his land, where, in his adj
vanced age, he was about to begin lite
anew; yet becaese he believed that q
negro had rights which white men
we're bound to respect, he was notified
Y his neighbour to leave, and. fearing
nat his life mig. be taken ii he re-
NAMED, be was E, nlled to quit the
locality and go nor. ~ , Mi. !
and old man, and = tasA.s s.544..l
and be Republican Or Democrat
without let o., hinderance from his
neighbor. That man. was an immi-
grant but having op1nfohs.o Of his own,
he was driven out Of the country and
yet the Desaocrnt aud that class Of
papers In the, South, talk Of lkvoring
immigration to, the South Why,
their course Is intended to drive away
Northern mem from the country and
prevent others coming here. Aslnan
who has no political opinions IL no
man 1T all; ana 10 oppose those coming
South who have political opinions, i
to oppose all Immigration to the State,
and that y what the Democratic pa
| pers are doing. III g sHS ts.sgs
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~ -
The Republican Convention of Des
Moines county called to send delegates
to Col. Tichenor's eth Of March Con-
vention, (Which is to send delegates to
the National Convention), met at Bur-
lington yesterday, and nominated the
following excellent delegation:
&c. M. Turner, NJ. II. jackson, J. J.
Gilbert, John Burg, J. F. Abrams, J. j.
Heider, J. Bennett, J. C. Stone, II. J.
Safer, James Macken, Henry Cameron,
w. p. Willard, and F. Heiser."
They resolved, among other things,
as follows:
''That the reduction of the public
debt, the lessening of taxation, the efi-
cient enforcement Of the laws, and r.
spect for the will Of the people, gives
all reasonable men continued conf
dence in our national administration,
and entities it to orr hearty support"
The Convention was harmonious
and unanimous, barring the harmless
buzzing ola few uninspired bufoons
Of the Abe Adams stripe.
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III ALBANY, March 20.
The Governor has signed the Eric
bill.
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Qfthe Financial Condition Of ths Ctr
QfOttxmscd, Iosca,. for The Hea,, End
ing March 11th, 1872.
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o. Eslis market.
ST. Lours, March 20.

ST.. Louis, March 20.
Flour-Qaiet.
Wheat Firmer; sample lots No. s
fall $l.N
Oafs-Dull, 36.
Rye-Quiet
2Barley-U Unchanged.
Pork-Firmer, $l2.
Bacon Held V higher no sales.
Lard Held $50 ".
4A&sN --s-------------
q. louis Live stseh Market.
ST.. LOUIS, March 20.
Hogs Unchanged.
~ TELEGRAPH.
New York Money Market.
NAw yoRK, March 20. ~.
GOLD sK.
z ~, ~. A -
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Maxw YarIe S4rcle MARKET.
orrumwA MARKETS.

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