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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

The government has ordered thor
ough investigation into the matter oi
the massacre Of defenseless Modocs
when they were disarmed prisoners -
This is right, and the white men who,
though having the benefit of a civilized
education who foil upon these defense.
less savages and cruelty butchered
them, II It be possible to identity them
should swing from the same gallows
with the guilty Modocs.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

The Oranges Of johnson county
have gone into the back-pay business.
Two Of them having passed resolu:
tions endorsing Congressman Wal.
den's disposition of his back pay.
The District or Council Grange ol
the county had previously passed res
olutions condemning the distribution
made by Congressman Walden.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

The Spanish government has Issued
decree ordering all sequestered es-
tates to be returned to their owners.-
This returns about one hundred estates
to naturalized American citizens.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

The Penitentiary report for June 10
as follows: Convicts received, %. In
confinement May 3lst, N9. Discharg-
cd, 13; sent to Insane Asylum, Ito
tai Il. In confinement juno 3Oth,
257. Receipts $3,S52.7l Expenditures,
SS,7l5.6l. OF the prisoners now In
confinement Dubuque county has 50;
Lee. rs; Clinton, 81: Polk, 10, or
nearly two.fifths Of the whole num-
her
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

From Review OF Atianis Address on seward
, f~aSafua ftay

ldS3US NJ. Niay.
Mr.. Adams may we'll despair Of pop-
ular support in his attempt To place
the laurels of Lincoln upon Seward s
brow, or To lower him hon tlIal high
place where his own cOuntrymen aud
All mankind have placed rim. Ste-
phen A. Douglas, the leader Of the De-
mocracy, after Mr. Clay's earlier iiays.
was admitted TO be the first stump or
ator of his time. In 1860 Lincoln. of
all the opposition, was chosen to cham-
pion our cause. He met Douglas upon
many a field before the whole people,
and ever came Off victor. The speech
es of the two were published and cir
culated by the Republicans rs CAM
paign document, but they were passed
in studied silence by the Democrats. -
TIE oration Of Lincoln. in the same
year before the Young Republicans Of
New York city was never equaled BY
Seward in large conception and forci-
BILE and logical utterance. His cele-
brated speech al Gettysburg ranks
with those of the great orators Of ali
ages, and will live when Stewards
studied rhetoric will have been forgot-
ten. Lincoln had great men In his
Cabinet: he was not only mastAr Of
them all, as Charles A. Dana admits,
but he was the master mind. Like
Cromwell and Napoleon, he grew In
rugged manhood in the world OF prf-
vacy and experience, and came into
great affairs with powers which schol-
arship and effete rhetoric can never
equal. These are the men whose deeds
shadow the imagination with divine
agency, and whom the philosophcr
loves to ocontemplateas as tho highest evo-
luton OF natures forces, and the most
glorions development of the human
mind. Lincoln's reticence Ia regard to
his policy It'll firmly seated in pow or
seems to other than, Mr.. Adams, mot
weakness, bu- wisdom, while Seward's s
oft-repeated assertions that there were
no dangers ahead proved that he was
himself ignorant Of the situation, or
that he little understood human nature
in his stereotyped false prophecies. ~
This vacillating In the State Depart
ment--the declaration Of tic blockade
when the ports should have been clos
cd TO foreign entry-his long opposi-
tion to emancipation-showed Sew
ard "not equal to the present." though
reaching forward into the FUTURE Of
a long and bloody war, which energy
and talent might have brought to 1
speedy end. The delivery Of Mason
and Slidell, caused by Lincoln, though
feebly claimed for Seward, was a nec-
essity, in which all at once acquiesced ;
but it is not in human nature to show
gratitude, even for benefits, followed
by such humiliation.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

A good many OF our exchanges are
already denouncing the postal card
system. 1t seems to US they are blow
ing hot and cold in very brief space
Of time. We think we had better give
them a decent trial before we pro.
nounce against them.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24
Saved Th rough Masonry.
We clip the following from the Port
land Arms.

lanu Afgus:: sta
A young Maine man, who is engaged
in tie ss-e.s.snereset travelling busi-
ness for Chicago house, was travel
ling out in the far West, when he was
naan rI1 piiy samnpiy informed him that
they were officers and wanted him. He
expostulated, explained, demanded ex-
plantations, &C., but all In vain. No
one on the train knew him, and there
were those who did know the officers
All that he could get out of them was
that he was the man they wanted. LIN
this way he was taken some ninety
miles into the interior. Upon arrival
he had no longer to remain in ignor-
ance of his supposed offense, the whole
village being out to welcome him with
such cries as "Here's the d--d horse
thief, caught at last. Let's string him
up"
The officers made some show of re-
sistance, but the excited mob took pos
session of their victim and marched
him into town, near the centre of which
moose was already strung over the
limb of tree. Onr friend thonght
il was all up with him sure. Expostu-
lation was received with derision.-
Everybody recognized him rs 3 noto-
rious horse-thief, whose depredations
had been continued and extensive
A hOrse-thicf in that section is "look-
ed upon as something worse than an
average murderer. There was not a
plying eye in the crowd, and the uni
versal howl was, "Lynch himt" He
tried to pray, but the commercial trav-
cling business had rnined him for
praying! While waiting under the
moose happy thought struck him -
His Masonry! He is Royal Arch
Mason! 81
In all that crowd there must be Ma
sons. He gave the grand hailing sig-
nal of distress. We are not at liberty
to explain how it was done, tor sever
al reasons, the chief Of which is, we
don't know. But he gave it, and in
an instant one of the foremost citizens
Of the town sprang TO his. side and
gave some more Masonic signals, and
the prisoner was quickly surrounded
by twenty or thirty determined men,
who held the crowd At bay with drawn
pistols. Our friend explained to the
leading man who he was. They Or
ganized committee of investigation,
telegraphed to Cairo and verified all
his statements, and the brutal mob
skunk away heartily ashamed. Our
friend was made as comfortable a.
possible by his Masonic friends, but
he says he never experienced such in.
tense anxiety as he did when he stood
under the moose. 4s
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24
I.nusisablc Railroad incident.

Now that the ministers OF the city
are away during vacation, we feel at
liberty to give the partilu lars of very
amnsin. aud laughable incident which
occurred some time last week on the
Illinois Central Railrosg west of Du-
bnque, the principle actors being a
conductor and a Clergyman residingin
Dubuque.
The train of cars on which the incl
dent occurred was coming along at the
rate Of about twenty miles an hour
Some fifty miles west of that point,
when the conductor came into one OF
the passenger coaches, he took a seat
by the side of a sober looking individ-
ual, with whom he soon fell to CONVEX
sing. The conductor very soon dis
covered that his fellow comrade was a
minister and he politely listened 10
quite an extensive and earnest sermon.
The minister seeing that his auditor
was inclined to pay more than usual
attention and manifest very earnest
heed to his advice and instructions, be
at once felt call TO make special and
earnest appeal to the gentlemanly con-
ductor, which also he did in the most
earnest and pathetic language, which
seemed to affect the auditor.
The conductor, who had not spoken
for some minutes, now looked up, and
with troubled countenance said -
"My friend, / will tell you the truth
! am in deep trouble, and know not
how to avoid the danger that seems
pending with such imminence."
Here the minister said: "That's
right, my dear sir. Go on, open your
heart to me. Tell me all of your
trouble and all will be WE'LL
"Well. sir" replied the conductor,
II will explain to you the nature OF
my trouble" Then lowering his voice
o. though to avoid being overheard, he
said 81 am conductor on this train
We are now running at the top Of our
speed. We are a half hour behind
time, and il we increase our speed the
engine must bust her boiler. Scarcely
quarter of a mile behind us is anoth-
er train, which Is also behind time, but
beings much faster train than this iii
We do not increase our speed she will
telescope our train. This, then, is my
trouble. 1t is only o question whether
We shall be telescoped or increase our
rate of speed and certainly explode the
engines boiler. Which shall we do?
is the question"
The minister sprang from his seat,
and throwing up his hands in the most
frantic manner, fairly yelled, "BUsT
HER BorLERi For GoD's SAKE RUST
HER BoILERV
The conductor vanished from the
car, and the minister, believing that
his last moments were drawing nigh,
fell upon his knees, and had just began
to say his prayer when the locomotive
whistled down brakes, and the train
gradually and quietly rolled up to the
station and came to a full stop. The
minister got Off the cars, and was not
inclined to resume his journey until
the Joke. was explained.
The Dubuque Telegraph is response
bic for the wicked story.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24
sc..ible Tnak.

The editor of the Bureau (lll.) Re-
publican writes the soundest kind Of
sense in reference to the hard timea
that are complained of at the West
The editor thinks that there are other
causes for the general complaint than
the exactions Of the railway monopo-
lists, and there 10 too much scheming
to get living without rendering an
equivalent in honorable labor. Our
boys are not learning useful trades !;
our farmers SONS are crowding into
the small towns and cities seeking at.
ter positions as clerks !; our girls refuse
to do housework, and so we are send
ing to Europe for workmen, and buy
ing of their artisans millions worth of
products aud manufactures that we
ought to make for ourselves. Though
our cropsof rascals is heavy, we do not
grow our hemp; though We arc over
rum with lads who deserve flagellation,
we import our willows. O1r women,
(unless greatly deceiyed,) shine In for
eign fabrics, and our men are dressed
in foreign clothes. We are like the
farmer who hires his neighbor's sons
to cut his wood, feed his stock and run
his errands, while his own boys loaf
around saloons and spend their time
in playing billiards and gambling, and
then wonder why, in spite of his best
efforts, he sinks annually deeper and
deeper into debt, till the sheriff cleans
him out, and he starts West to begiu
again. The time has come for us to
turn over new leaf. Our boys and
girls must be taught to love labor by
qualifying themselves to do it efficient.
". We must turn out fewer profes.
sionals, and more skilled artisans and
producers. We must grow and fAbri-
cate the immense quantity of articles
that we now annually import, and q
reduce the foreign debt that we have
SO long and go successfully augmented
year by year. We must qualify oui
clever boys to erect and run factories
saw-mills, rolling g-mills, ,machine-shops
tanneries, 10 open and work mines, i'm
prove and fashion implements, ani
double the products of the farms. /
we shall adopt this policy, and ther
take such measures as will correct th,
abuses growing out Of mammoth rail
way privileges, we ahall witness . tru,
development Of national prosperity
that will be as firm rs the everlasting
hills.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

They have apanorama Of Palestine
and the Holy Land" down East, and
the lecturer has queer way OF descri-
bing the scenes. Recently, at a coun-
try town, as he came to the scene rep
resenting Christ blessing little child
rem, some OF the boys and girls in the
audience made Gathering with: their
feet. Going on with his lecture. he
exclaimed: "And Christ said, Keep
still little children, you're making too
much blasted racket with ERE feet Of
your'n.' This quotation from the
scripture was novcl, mot to say amusing,
and its effect upon the audience can be
imagined
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

Ben Butler has plenty of brass per-
severance and ability, but in his WOO
ing Massachusetts, Republicans for tho
Goverorship he has scented entirely
the wrong game. 1t is q happy thing
for the reputation of the people of that
old Commonwealth that it is so. The
man who could vote sixty times In the
Chareston Convention for JEFF Davis,
may have sufficient of mulishness in
his composition to try to do most any
thing, but II Is wonder that his sense
don't direct him not to attempt to inn
pose himself upon the people Of the
old Bay State. o
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

The President OF the vicksburg
Common Council declared . motion
carried, aud fonr aldermen declared to
the contrary. and such was his obstin-
acy that they had to throw him out OF
the window.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

HE returned his back pay and met
his Creator with clear conscience, ,"is
the solemn conclusion Of an obituary
on deceased Western Congress
man.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

Through the laches Of the subordi-
mates of Gen. Howard while he was
in charge of the Freedmen's Bureau
and distributed millions Of dollars
there occurred deficit of some $11,-
600. The General must make this good !;
republican administration so holds
but democracy and some other evil
minded persons charge rascality upon
the General with great gusto.
Jacob Thompson as Secretary of the
Interior had chief clerk, who taking
Thompson for authority, stole $S21,-
600, and democracy were satisfied in
those, days with exculpating Thompson,
and simply discharging the clerk who
had been duped he said by the Secretary
of War. Stealing in aid of the rebel
lion was good democratic practice in
those days, and SO continued for many
years thereafter.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

Chicago printers are rapidly gaining
wealth by printing signs, "tor rent"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

The Shah of Persia is the standing
subject for the editorials and cores
pondence of two hemispheres. He is
making quite an elaborate tour of Eu-
rope and sends his regrets that he can
not visit this country. He is repre-
sented as a boor and visitor whom
his guests seem to tire of,and yet he is
reported to have kissed Queen yicto-
ria on meeting her and said that here
tofore he dated his years from his birth,
but that now he marked the time of
his life from the date of his meeting
with Her Majesty. He is last heard of
in Paris and pays the high compliment
upon that city of likening her to q
bride arrayed in her bridal robes. He
is the first Persian monarch who has
deigned to visit the barbarians of Eu-
roma
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

The University ofNew Orleans will
find great favor with the fair ones, in
asmuch 1t has established new degree
that of "Msid of Science"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

Gen. Mcclellan must still be in COM
mand of the democracy for his tactics
arejust what they are now using. The
word for months and months was Gall
quiet on the Potomac" now the word
is all quiet with the democracy. In
this county the stand still policy has
not only befallen them, but it has also
taken deep root in their next door
neighbors, the anti-monopolists dubbed
peoples party. The sound of prepar-
ations for the battle three weeks ago
was heard under cover quite extensive
ly, and a convention was to be called
of the dear people early in August,
but latterly all is quiet; it was merely
one of little Macs reviews.
1t is barely possible that the review
did not augur well for the cause and
SO action was deferred. We think nnr
friends have made mistake here, for
the reason that it is our opinion their
goods are perishable, and only adapt
ed to present use. Doubt not gentle
men; look not behind you. If you
hesitate all is lost, the moral effect is
gone, and desertions will be numerous.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

Senator Buckingham has had his
back pay put into the II. 8. Treasury
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

Col "A. B. Smedley is Master OF th
State Grange of Iowa, and is a gentle
tleman of culture, integrity and ability
In recent address made by him h,
made some most excellent remark,
which We deem it our duty to lay be
fore our readers, in these times whel
good men may be led astray by tht
great efforts made by bad men to thai
end. He said:
81 notice one leading paper of !
neighboring city is exceedingly anx
iOus for us to ride our way to success
on the hobby horse Of free trade--whilt
another is equally sure that We should
Incorporate in our platform the plank
Of high projections. Keep cool gentle.
men, don't fret yourselves we will at
tend to your case in due time, and pos.
sibly we may sometime have q word
to say on the currency question. But
just now we have our farms to i'm.
prove, families to support and educate
and We purpose to strike at those things
which press us the hardest. We must
first educate ourselves, and understAnd
just our relations to those great corpo-
rations. ] notice, too, that good
many political gentlemen are very su-
xious for us to take some political At.
titude. so they may know which way
to trim their sails. Some kindly sug.
gest we should start . People's party
of our own; others equally disinter.
ested (D 0nes propose some other
plan. We are not q political organi-
zation in any sense; we do not inquire
of any individual at our gates whether
he is Democrat or Republican Whig
or Free Soiler? Whether he is Metho.
dist, Baptist or Presbyterian? We only
ask Is he honest and true, ready to
work with earnestness and spirit 2 But
because we are patrons we are not the
less citizens, and that this Order will
largely influence legislation III the
next ten years there is no doubt. From
the Mississippi on the east to the Mis-.
souri on the west, in every township
band of brothers discussing, com.
pairing, studying, and aiding each 9th
or to understand the principles and
purposes of government, can hardly
fail of producing marked and intel.
iigent result.
LADY PATRONS.
"In no one direction and in no rcla-
tion to society is the order doing a
more important and fruitful work
than ip the education of woman.
Much as / love its beautiful and SYM
bolic ritual, as amply as / respect its
power to lift up class long needing
Its aid, yet in no one direction is il
more important than In its relation to
woman. 1t does not ask whether her
brain or intellect is greater or less
than mans. It simply asks--is she a
human soul ? answering that question
in the affirmative, it says whether as q
wife, mother, sister or friend, you
have equal responsibilities, rights and
duties with man in the duties of life
and we need and expect your sympa-
thy and aid. A woman may I'll the
highest place in our Order ii she be
elected thereto, and no place but she
may and does fill when she is compe-
tent and desires to-" III
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24


days many paragraphs headed "a
rough killed by policeman" 1t af
fords us intense satisfaction to chroni-
Gle that the police throughout the
country are not only waking up to the
situation, but are evidently beginning
to understand what is their duty.
A Lynn, Mass, lady sold rags to a
Salem buyer. A week aftcrward she
called'at his establishment and desired
to examine what she had sold. After
searching the loft diligently she found
her $1,000 in currency, and savings
bank books calling for S2,800. Moral
Never hide your valuabics ia rag bags.
A Paris journal lately perpetratcd
the following squib at the expense oi
| the French ministry: "a gentlemen
lately presented himself at the resi-.
dence Of a new minister. ~ wish tc
see Monster Y, il you please 'He
does not live here, just now he is in
stalled at Versailles tSincc when !?
Since he became member of the cab
inetv sAh, he has entered the new
cabinet! BE good enough to allow
me to sit down a moment. | will wait
Itill he goes out Of office.
| In Cedar Rapids, on Thurzday. the
preliminary examination of Masina,
arrested for numbering his wife, was
commenced. The information charges
that on the night of the 18th Of May
last he murdered his wife by shooting
her with a weapon charged with a
slug or irregular piece of lead.
| Mrs. Macarthur, Of Los Angeles
California, yesterday, (becansc hei
husband scolded her about the charac
ter of the breakfast), took a large dose
of strychnine. and before he could
prevent her. swa!lowe,lth whole dose
and soon died. An official inyestiga
ton Of the conduct of her husband j,
demanded.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-02-27
Fires and Loss Of Life.

Boston, Feb. PA six story brick build
ing corner Of Hanover aud Blackstone streets,
occupied By George a. Summolt, manutactur-
er of mattresses and bedding, and other parties,
was destroyed by fire this morning. Several
prrsoDs are reported to have been Killed BY
falling walls.
BosroN, Feb. 27.-Thc fire to-day in Som
metts mattress manuiactory proves to have
been very serious. \ large numbcr OF girls
employed by Somluett were ut work when the
f.c was discovered. One banned Mary Moore
jumped from third story window and received
probably fatal injuries. The walls fell about
an hour at or the fire broke out and several
firemen are known to have been killed and
wounded aud it is feared that there are
uumbc; more under the ruins and the fremen
are at wurk removing the debris.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 27.-The residence OF
Richard llIghman, in Montgomery county, ten
miles from this city. was burned this morning.
\ gas explo>lou set fire to the lower story.
The flames spread so rapidly that the inmates,
sixteen III number. had to fly in their night
clothing. Loss $50 900; no insurance.