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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-07-09
4 STUPID PRESIDENT.


The Nation has recently put forth an
extraordinary statement respecting Prcsl-
daHt Grant share in the revolution which
took place in the infringement OF the E-ie
Railway company IN the spring of 1873,
Tho statement is rs follow.
The president OF tIc United states was
cnt lied to no voice In is management. Yet
Notwithstanding these -cli-cyidcnt laCt-, the
president of the United states gave Gen.
Sickle, leave oi absence from hi,
post at Madrid To como homo aud
engage IN an effort to gain con-
troll OF this road. No, Only Aid he give Gen.
Sickies "a leave of ob~cucc to come, but on
hi arrt al Issued a prcpo,tcrou- order ava
thor lug an Inspection OF the books of'th'
/ Erie raiNv1y-au order 80 absurd that 1t Wa
nftoIward revoked 10y the eccrc,a.y Of th
1 treasury.
Tho order OF the president, in which h'
. undertook TO give Gen, Sickles auLLorIt!
= to take possession OF the books Of the
. Erie Railway company and inspect them
was based, "a. wo understand, upon an AS
sumption that the company had not paid
tue amount Of taxes due from them to the
internal revenue department. Upon thi-
assumption Gen. Grant signed this as.
t0ui,Alng mandate empowering the
minister 10 Madrid 10 brenl,
open the safe Of the company and take
possession Of its books. The president
hul'no moro right TO give such nm order
than ho had 60 order Gen. Sicile- 10 put
on the robes Of Archbishop MoCioskcy
and say mass ~ 81 Patrlck.s cathedral
The ono was just -, great violation Of
the Jaw and OF propriety 0s the Other
would have been. And yet the pres iden'
did not fear To give it his O ticial senctiol
and signature.
If ANYTHING Of t'ri. sort had beor
proven against Andrew johnson in III
impeachment trial, not all the ability aul
learning of Mr. Groesbeck, Judge Curtit
md Mr.. Evarts would have saved the nc
cu,cd pre-ideGt from conviction and pun
I-hmyut.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-07-09

THE MODOC MILITARY COZ RI
SAN FEANclsCo, JuIy 2.--The following
is received, dated Fl klamath, June 80 :
Saturday evening, Lieut. Col. lott,
FIr,t cavalry Mi II J. Curtiss, Judge
advocate; DR.. ID ) Balion, official re-
d rt.r, military commissioners arrived
| here from Ircks, ana tho prospects for
tho convention of the commission assumed
tangible ahnpe, Gen Davis, pursuant "
authority, hud already selected, though
! not announced tho members of the
cumnission, aud now tho official
orders are out. The tribunal
will be composed Of Lieutenant .Colopel
Elliott, First cavalry Captain John
Mendenhsll, battery q, Fourth artillery
Captain II. c. Hpsorouck light battery
, Sixth artillery Captain Robert Pollock
ca. ID, Tvcuiy-frst infantry and Second
Lieutenant George kingshury, command
ing Co. L. Twelfth infantry They vii
! assemble tomorrow morning at 10 O'CLOCK
O for the purpose Of organization, Mnioi
p Curtis, Judge advocate, has begun work
preliminary 20 the preparation Of his
cases, but he cannot possibly prepar,
thum for trial for several days, while the
( white witnesses are scattered about tn,
% frontier urj. u- rule. cHn Doe summoned
!, Mulularlous tochuicnItiys incidental t,
The arrangement If tho cases are dispose
'' r. Con Davis intends 20 leave on bis in
% timidatlrg expedition on Friday. Som'
" the troops as stated in previous tolc
grams. have already left here lar Warner
C1l Glen haw, troop 7, lat cavalry. ,
prisoner confined 10 the same guard hoHs
T. with Jack for lescrton IN the face Of n,
&. euaWv, is under sentence for seven year
" imprisonment az Alcutrosc, escaped las
~. night by boring ho,cs 20 the 0oor and ll-
giug his way 5gt.
q Davis endorses as correct ana truthful
!. tho interview with Bunker. the Balletir
9 spondent, heretofore called in ques
ton.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-07-09

The conductor and brakeman finally
brough, oruer Of chaos and quiet was re-
stored. ~ tho fret station "huriy old fell
| low with swollen Ups and a Bordolphiun
+ nose loft the ear, tho pcoco maker who
/ caught mouse under his cys was deeply
engaged with piece of ice trying TO take
I doNn tho swelling Innocent old lady
cause OF all tho trouble. surrounded with
friends, and smelling salts and soon every
thing resumed it, wanted quiotncss. At
10 Co. mq we landed At Troy, only Us hour.
from o. Loli+sni hero tor the present
We leave yolt. i. L. f. T.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-06-05


The Knoxville Democrat publishes q
call for q County Convention TO nomi
nate candidates for county offices in
Marion county. The call is exceed
ingIy broad in one sense" Farmers.
Grangers, mechanics and all who are in
sympathy with them. and opposed TO
all combinations OF rings. cliques, rail-
road or other monopolies, il says, viii
meet in mass convention, June l4th.
They are going in carly: some four
months before the election is a long
time to have county candidates in the
field. We cannot recall case in the
last ten years where this has been done
before. The thing bristes all over
with catch-penny dodge. The incu'
bators, however. have not, we fear
properly calculated on the fact that
some things often die under too early
and too long-contiuued nursing. II
that brat don't meet with disaster in
its birth. look out for its pining away
rapidly under the manipulation of sc
many nurses called in to care for it. L
however it exhibits activity, it will
prove that it is simply a dcmocrati,
| cat in meal tub.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-06-05
Cou,dnt Take the oa,,, or oatce


Samuel Sinnett, of Muscatine, on,
of the principal spokes of the new
party wheel that is proposed to be or
ganized in this State, is handled rather
roughly by a correspondent in latt
number of the Muscatine Journal
He says:
Why is it that the Iowa papers per.
sist in imputing to Samuel Cincinnati
us such selfish motives as wanting a,
office, when it is known in this local..
ty that he could not, or would no,
take the oath of Office { p for there j.
now in the Supervisors Office the oatl
that was written by the clerk for hin
to sign, when he was elected road
supervisor, and because he had te
swear 10 support the Constitution O.
the United States, he refused to sigr
it.
That was during the trying days o.
the war, when men like him were
known to be violent enemies to the
Government, and had at no time 9
word of encouragement for the Union
cause. Since that dark period in the
history of this nation, times have ma.
terially changed, and we have nc
doubt that he would now consent to
be a candidate for Governor in the
new party, and even would swear to
support the Constitution of the Uni.
ted States if elected to that office. /,
might not pay him to sacrifice SO
much principle for the sake of becom.
ing road supervisor, but he would
undoubtedly consent to undergo any
amount of punishment of mind in or
der to be Governor of the State of
1owa.-Cedar Rapids fepu1licaa.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-06-05
For the Courier.
m eCeRATInN DAY At ASHLAND.

De spite the fact that the weather
was ina 'uspieions, a successful decora.
ton of thtN soldiers graves was per-
formed at ur cemetery, Friday, in ac-
cordance wit. tshe national custom. AT
one o'clock. the bells were tolled long
and loud. and sOon goodly number
convened at the ". j.. Church. The
ceremonies the oh 'urcil were as fol-
lows: lst. Singing By choir, VIM. Fos-
Ter, leader; Miss EN-. Ma Foster, and
Miss Emma Allen pres. ding at the Or
gan 81. Opening pray yer by r. A.
Chapman. Singing, $50 to- the Grave
&c. 4th. Address by J. S. Gross. The
Marshal. w. j. Warren. and his assist.
ant, r. Dreamer, formed the pl ocession
in order, as follows: lst. Chaplain
and flag bearer. >. Soldiers. 3D.. Sing.
ers. 4th. Misses bearing wreaths and
boqnets. 9TH. Other ladies. 9Th. Gem
| tlemen.
On arriving at the Cemetery an ap.
propriate song was sung. SIN. Wright
designated the graves. Eulogistie
words were spoken by Bro. Light, our
Pastor. AT the conclusion of the cer-
emonies at the graves, Rev. Light of
fered prayer. The graves decorated
were as follows: Geo. d. Searle, Co
E, 18th Regt. ". Rev. s. Batemen
Captain of an Indiana Company. w
u. Hanks, Co. Filth Regt. I. V. Thos
/ A. Creamer. Go. f., 9TH l. Cavalry A
Roam, Co. l.. 18th Regt. l.. INIT. A
Huddleston, Co. T., llth Rcgt. Davii
Warren, Graybeard Rcgt. Wilbur N
Ping, Co. I, First Iowa Cav. i. F
Lyle, Co. l, IA Regt. I. Vol. Rober
Bartholomew, Co. l, l4th Init Also
James Acton. John Priest and DIR
Parker, veterans of the War of 1872
Tho whole affair was in the highcs
degree successful, aud impressive. Tit
songs were patriotic and reached thu
emotions. The addresses were clio
quent and relevant. The young, who
listened, could only imbibc some O
the spirit that had animated the breast!
of the silent, sleeping dead. TIT
wrcaths of innocent flowers, garlandet
and strewed by hands as fair, spoke
language of affection and purity.
need not pronounce an cncomium OF
Mr.. Gross address; it spoke for itself
G. WooD.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-06-05

The New York Economist of the
3lst ult. says:
"With view of ascertaining, as
nearly as possible, the preparations
made for the cotton crop of 1873, and
other conditions affecting the prospec-
tive supply, of that staple, The New
York bulletin recently addressed a
series OF inquiries to about a $50
southern cotton merchants and plant
ers, OF established reputation as au.
thorities on the cotton trade, and
places the result before its readers. A
summary Of the inquiries, in eight
states. shows according to the per-
centage Of increase, S,2ll,472 acres
planted, against 7,63l, 797 acres last
year, showing an average increase, for
the whole, of IL per cent, Or about
$4,000 acres. For Arkansas, Florida
and other minor states,no returns have
been received, but assuming the same
average increase to apply to those
state, we should have an average of
9,3l3,033, or an increase of $500
acres over last year. It is also shown
that there has been a large increase in
the use of fertilizers, and the reports
as to the supply of labor are satisfac-
tory. A majority Of the estimates
place the next cotton crop at 3,750,0O0
bales, and the very sanguine place it at
100000 bales"
There is also dull and weak feel
ing in wooden goods, and, unless some
event transpires to infuse strength in
to the market for wool, consumers of
that fabric also may look for lower
prices during the next few months.
The demand for carpeting was light
and, as will be seen by quotations in
an other column, prices were at re-
markably low range.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-06-05

Tho total loss by the late Boston
fire is $l,O25 600. The insurance on
the same is 1898, 800. The Insurance
Company losing the most is the
Liverpool, London, viz: $4,000.
Three others lose 100000 each, viz
The Royal Insurance Company,
Stearns Brothers Agency, and Ellizon,
Halls 4 Co. Companies. We notice
the North Missouri loses $500; the
North American Philadelphia, $4,000 ;
the american, Philadelphia, $4,000
The Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, $780,
600. The Hartford, Hartford, Conn.,.
$4,000. and the Phoenix, Hartford.
SIS 0D0
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-06-05

Delaware seems to be seriously con.
templating what she shall do with hcl
odious system of public whippings
with the cat O. nine tails, for crime.
Twice year, viz:in May and Novem-
Der, criminals arc lashed to a post, and
with barred backs, scourged in the
sight of a gaping crowd. Nothing bu,
the debasing influence of such an insti-
tuition as slavery would ever have per.
mitted this relic of barbarism to be so
long continued
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-06-05


What is 10 be done with Captain
Jack, Boston Bill and Schonschin,i is the
question. They are, it seems to us.
like any other murdercrs who. when
in Strengthened circumstances, have
surrendered. Any human being who
could have the fiendish cunning and
heartless barbarity to engage in a
peaceful conference and then take adj
vantage of the opportunity to murder
those who had done them no wrong,
are simply murdcrers of the worst
character, and we can sec no other
way than to punish them as such by
taking their lives. Peace and safety
from the cruelty of Indians demand
this, and we cannot entertain a doubt
but that such will be the result
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-06-05

We would naturally infer that the
New York Tribune keeps one cores
pendent continuously upon the track
of President Grant to dish up for its
democratic readers, manufactured sem
sational stories Of what the President
has done or is to do. These stories of
course are entirely devoid Of any good
thing done by the President, and are
chiefly tissue of falsehoods about
him. The latest story is that Grant
went to Harrisburg, Pa, at the dicta-
tion of Simon Cameron, and that ST.
mon was running him in his interest
for the removal of some officials in
Philadelphia.
This plcases ex rebels and sore-head-
cd disscnters, constitutional GROWERS
and pinch-faccd hypochondriacs, who
curse the whole world because they
| can't helm il.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-06-05

DoaFu lDFt.
Present, Sups. Garfield, Nelson and
Michael.
President Garfield in the chair.
Minutes of last days proceedings,
April term, 1873; also proceedings of
Auditor in vacation, were read and
approved.
James p. La Foe, ct al, present re-
tition praying the appointment of a
commissioner to view, and if deemed
expedient to open public highways of
width of 66 feet OH and along the
the following lines, to-wit: Com
ncncing at a point in the State road, at
a ineander post OH the section line be-
tween sections 32 and 33, and Oh the
bank of the Des Moincs River, thence
north on said section line, Ii chains to
the bank Of Sugar Creek, and to a
point marked by broken-top hickory
tree, Is inches in diameter. s % ].
then II 5215 G, Is chains to Cotton
wood SO inches in diameter, thence
north 79o G, 6 chains to the section
line between secs. SO and 90, thence
G l chain and 80 to corner So. 100
chains W of the a corner on said Sec
ton line, thence 26o 45 minutes W
l3 chains to intersection of Ottumwa
and Agency City road. And also,
commencing at point in the Ottum.
wa and Agency City road 8 oh. 80 l..
west of the ne corner NV Il sec. SO
thence west Ii chains to intcrscct the
said proposed road up Sugar Greek
thence north &c As minutes W along
the line of the above described road
to the intersection of the Ottumwa
and Agency City road.
And to vacate the present Ottumwa
and Agency City road between the
point where the first described road
would intersect it and the point where
the last described line or road be.
gins.
All the foregoing descriptions be.
ing in tp. u, range ID.
The law having been complied with
on motion Of Mr.. Michael, j.. S. Shep.
herd is hereby appointed as such COM
missioner to commence work OH Sat
urday, June 2lst. and report back
to the Auditor on or before the
2Sth day of June, 1878.
+. r. Buchanan presents a petition
praying the appointment of Com.
missioner to view and if deemed cx-
pcdient to locate. yacate, and relocate
certain roads as follows, to-wit: To
locate the road leading from the OF
tumwa and Eddyvillc road 10 the
Richmond and Chillicothe road, cross
ing the Des Moincs River at Ford's
Ferry, and change and relocate part
of said road as follows: Commencing
at a point on said Ferry road where il
strikes the south side OF the NV a, sw
4 sec. Is, town. ~, range Ia, thence
west to the sw corner OF said tract
shancn north to the said Chillicothe
and Richmond road and vacafe The
present location Of said road be-
tween said points.
The law having been complied with.
on motion of Mr.. Michael, Isaac Lo.
gan is hereby appointed such commits.
sioner, to commence work on Satur.
day, June 2lst, 1873, and report back
to the Auditor on or before the 2sth
day of June, 1878.
Frederic Herman ct al, file re-
monstrance against the location of the
road petitioned for by James P. La
Foe ct al, filed June Cd, 1873.
On motion the Board adjourned I'M
til tomorrow morning, at 8 o'clock.
WM.H. CALDWELL, Co., Aud.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-06-05

OF the twelve Senators who have re-
turned their back-pay, only one is a
Democrat.-EI.
This is bad look for the "reform
parties" Those Republicans who are
invited to join industrial" and "far-
mer" organizations to help the Demo-
Gratis into power, will see What q fine
promise of reform" is ofered.-Dav-
export Gazette.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-06-05
REryHsICaN SraTE CoNyENr!oN.
To be sseld al Des Mo.ues. June n5th.
OPTICS or REpurLIc,S STATE CENTRAL CON, |
DCBrDrE nril lIIu (

ttsFtcs or REpurLIc,N stats CENTRAL CON-
DuBuorE Apri! lGih,
A state Convention OF The Republican party OF
Iowa will he heii al hes Moines, WEDNESDAYS, Iune
2Slh next, commencing AZ eleven o'clock Ia the
morning, Tor the purpose OF nominating candi-
date Tor Governor. e candidate for Lieutanan,
governor. a candidate for supreme Judge, can
di'ata for superintendent of Public instruction
The ratio OF representation will be one delegate
tar each organized county in The state, and in
addition thereto one delegate FOR every two hun.
bred votes, or fraction owe: one hundred votes
cast for Josiah T. Young for secretary Of state at
The last general election.
JACOH RICH Chairman OF com.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-06-05
what iowa Needs.

The great need of Iowa at present is
a development of her resources and
increase OF population and wealth con-
sequent thereon, to be brought about
by encouraging manufactures here,
thus bringing the producer and con-
sumner side by side, and solving forev-
er this vexed question of transporta-
ton of bulky products of little value.
What are the facts? We export hides
and import leather, paying taxes both
ways. While flax is a cheap and
abundant product, we pay for its cult
walton at distance, burn the corn that
feeds the manufacturers, and import our
linseed oil. We export rags, waste
other valuable material, burn straw,
and import large quantities of paper,
We export wool and import its pro-
ducts, burning corn and paying freight
both ways. We export cattle and hogs
i'll large quantities, and import lard oil,
candles, glue, soap, hair, dried beef,
cured hams. canned meats, paying the
| freights both ways. With samples OF
| sugar and syrup before us that are
grown from our soil and manufactured
at u profit, we exhaust our soil to raise
wheat, giving one bushel for market
ing another, and buy the Cuban article,
supporting the luxury of the ship own.
or, the palace Of the importer, the rail-
way king, the army of middle-men,
great and small, while our lands we
know will produce sorghum and i'm.
phee, that we believe will make the
best of sugar, but are annually sold fol
unpaid taxes. We buy lime, cement
stucco, land-plastcr, fre-clay, fire,
brick, tile, and all kinds Of pottery and
earthcnware, with millions of dollars
worth under our feet. With all our
wealth of milk products we do moi
make the cheese we eat, and for lacl
of proper manipulation, much of the
so-called butter we ship, rates in mark
ct az an axle grease Of poor quality.
We import starch at heavy expense
use corn for fuel, and leave potatoes te
rot in the ground. We expcnd annu
Tally hundreds Of thousands of dollars
for canned fruits, vegetables anG
pickles, burning our corn to cook tina,
canned at Elgin, Boston Harbor and
Yarmouth. We buy Or cooperage
sash, doors, blinds, tubs, pals. baskets
and above all our agricultural nipple,
mcnts, at an enormous cost-pay the
attorneys for foreclosing mortgages tc
pay our indebtedness on all of them
and then utter pitiful walls about hard
times.
The panacea for all these ills is to bt
found in the tannerics, oil mills, paper
mills, meat-packing aud curing houses
| glue factories, sugar factories, cheese
factories, lime kilns, plaster mills, pot
| teries, candle factories, butter factories
manufacturers Of canned goods, pickles
wooden ware, cooperage, and the null
titude OF agricultural implements.
We want all these that We may ge
the articles we consume at less cost
that their producers may consume ou
surplus food of all kinds at better pri
i. ces to us and at less cost to them thar
1t must bear to others like them wht
use 1t at distance. Cannot this societ,
A do something for its consummation.-
!, Mdquoketd Escelstor.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-06-05

The Vienna Exposition is not likely
to be grand success. Financial troub-
lcs-tightness of the money market
the cxtravagant charges of hotel keep.
ers, bad weather, and the out-of-the.
way position of the Austrian capital,
all combine to make the attendance
thus far, exceedingly meager-not
much exceeding from day to day, the
attendance of State fair at the capt.
tai OF an average State of the Union.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-06-05
Post Office Changes fn Iowa, For la,
Week Ending May Gath. 1873.
WASHINGTON, D. ca
Nav 3lst. 1873. {

MAY DIST, 1919. \
EDITORS COURIER: The following
changes have occurred during the
week ending May 3lst:
From and after July 1st, Botavia,
Jefferson county,will be called Batavia,
and Jessup, Buchanan county, will be
spelled with one "S," only. The fol-
lowing changes take effect Immediately
Coldwater, Franklin county, Frank
Avery appointed, vice VIM. Vanstson,
resigned.
Roselle, Carroll county, established,
and James A. Coppcdge, appointed
Postmaster.
POTOMAC.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-06-05

The Omaha Herald has advices that
Gen. G. NJ. Dodge has resigned as
Chief Engineer Of the Texas & Pacific
Road, and that Gen. Geo. b. Mcclellan
has been appointed to the place. As
Mcclellan demonstrated during the
war that he could not be excelled as
diggist, we shall expcc. the road to
progress rapidly,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-06-05
Brick Pomeroy says in arraigning the

President for his policy in Louisiana.
"There has been little unpleasant
ness in Grant parish, where the ne
groes had driven out the whites and
ransackcd and plnndcrcd their homes.
and where q sheriff s posse in turn had
dislodged the negroes and regained
possession of their homes
Brick puts very mildly the inhuman
burning of some thirty colored men.
He would make an excellent journ-
alist to defend Captain Jack, and ought
now 10 indite an editorial on that little
unpleaaautness whexSin Captain lack
cn'iccd General Candy into friendly
conference and then cruelty murdered
him.