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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-02-12

" r. (. 49,
Der Of tardlnesses ana absences, ana be.
SIDE there mas oeen tne usua! amount o.
colds ana coughs. toSetnef Win the oroi-
nary perioaic mterspeFson OF mumPs,
measles, aud cnicken-pcx, ana cases q 60.
verer illness that have necessarily detained
the pupil Ut home. Inc fault 81 taTdsncss
belongs TO The minority a. Will pc seen by
reference TO the large number not tardy.-
1T is the .fec that mar the record OF our
pupctuaiity. ! trust that the parents OF
these faidy children VIII give us such assis-
tance that the child shall heTeatter sbe in
season. Tor liis room. Inc teeehen ~
anxious 70 remedy this hnlts bnt thay cnn-
not fully succeed without tnc hesp ~ ars
cnts- The school p9Hongs ~ 0p4ce r.
haif-past eight CLOCK III tne mornang, anu
at one o'clock 10 tne afternoon Tor tho r.
ception u the pupils: me teachers have
been especially carly 10 tnelI rooms during
these shorter days o. winter 70 care for tho
pupils, and have kindly remained dnrlng
the intevDlsn0ny " one hopr wlth tue chlis
dfcn, iu order that there should Do . roass
enable degree Of quiet ana taaseec pooans
SHOULD NOV pe misuscd " saking s0cm ~ 9
Playground They have thus remained q
some personal sacrihce, sor scos1 dannef
- more inyiiing, " hSatkflssts aPpcssIe
than cold lunch, and the stomach per.
forms no small part IN the successful laDots
OF the school-room. Our afternoon ses-
sious now commence AZ haii-past ono ocieck
giving an intermisslon o. one hour and ?
hall, . sufficient time fdf the cnld. y. n0
living at great distance. to 60 home foe
his dinner and return ~ season q his room,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-02-12

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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-02-12
wAa.,s Tlac Matter ,


The Ottumwa COURIER fails to make
its appearance at this office. What's
the matter, Maj. Hamilton Did that lit.
tie political sermon which We In d spir-i
il Of pleasantly preached you IN the
Slavery House at Des Moines sour your
rollicking good -humor to such an ex-
tent q tOaw3pe- ont editorial c0urte-
sizes? II ID ID order for you to rise and
explain. Why 10 this thus? ~ :
The aboveswe clip from the Sigour-
ney Ne,cs. In reply we would say to
Bro. Ravens that The Daily COURIER il
mailed regnlGy and has been up to
this writing, to the Nescs every day.
If it don't come to hand Brother
Ravens, we must put our heads together
and learn why. 1t leaves the p. o.
here certain. We hops the COURIER
i not getting to be so popular as 10
tempt anybody on the route into cab
haging 1t. .Abont that little conyersa-
ton at Des Moines to which our
friend faoetiouslye refers in the absence
OF anything better, we certainly could
not be 80 foolish az to withdraw the
means of enlightcning our friend even
if we could be inveigled into the be.
lief that his pleasantries were realities.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10

A very readable paragraph might be
written upon the Presidents message,
noting some of the things it does not
contain. For instance, we miss the
scheme for grand Riparian Canal
along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts,
from the st. Croix to the Rio Grande,
to protect our timid shipping from the
the inclemencies of the open sea, and
to cost two or three hundred millions.
Grants failure to renew this recon-
mendation Of his, is the more remark
able IN view of his anxiety to give re-
muneratiye employment to idle labor.
From a Cesarian standpoint, this
would seem the very nick of time in
which to push through such gigantic
improvement, when, as Grant as
sures us, labor is Every cheap" Thus,
the Government could economic" at
the same time that it furnished work
for the idle millions.
Equally remarkable is the omission
Of any reference to the project of dig
cling an immense ditch or irrigating
canal from the Rocky Mountains to
the Missouri, for which the President
pleaded so persuasively one short year
ago. The need for the ditch remains
precisely the same now as then, while
it might possibly be utilized as chan
mel of cheap transportation in rivalry
of the Pacific Railroad, and would
afford winter work and rations for the
starving farmers of Kansas and Ne
braska, who have been eaten out by
the grasshoppers.
Santo Domingo, of which we had a
bare bubble in the last message, finally
and forever disappears from the pres
ent one, leaving no trace of the tena-
cious Judgment it once held in the Elk.
ecutive Uranium. Sic transit
Again: One year ago President
Grant closed his message to Congress
in these words:
suggest for your consideration the
enactment of a law, to better secure
the civil rights which freedom should
secure, but has not effectually secured
to the enfranchised slave.
Now he has not solitary word IN
favor of Civil Rights for the "enfran-
chised slave" Queer, is it not? Pass
ing queer. if the President believes half
his own long rigmarole about South
ern outrages." There is something of
an inconsistency here. But we give it
up, hoping that Grant now laughs as
heartily as any of US at these aban-
doned follies-rip-roaring and desert
canals, negro annexation, Civil Rights
and all
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10
THE ENFORCEMENT INFawy

Grant, IN his message to Congress,
takes a very singular view Of his duty
touching the enforcement act. He
pretends to imagine that If a negro is
coerced by his employer, or intimidated
by a mob into voting any ticket, or
prevented from voting, he must employ
the military power in the premises. But
the same thing may be done to white
voters by the Republican manufactu-
rers in the North, and Grant does not
care Continental The Cincinnati
Enquirer says:
The United States has no more
right TO send soldiers to take charge Of
the polls because a black man has been
illegally deprived by a mob Of his vote
than 1t has IN the case of a white man.
it would be a curious thing if soldiers
should be sent to regulate the Massa-
shusetts elections because some Demo-
cratic labOreTs might pretend thatthey
rad been compelled to vote the Repub-
Ican ticket or suffer discharge
at the hands of their en-
ployers. This principle would enable
the United States, by its soldiery, to
take care Of and regulate all the eiec-
tons, because there are always isolated
cases Of individual oppression. In
fact, no negro at the South dares to
vote the Democratic ticket except at
the risk Of his life. There is more ter
rorism in that respect than in any
other. But the redress Of these indi-
vidual cases of wrong-doing belongs
not to the Federal but TO the State
authorities, and it lies through the pro-
cess of criminal Indictment and pun
ishment."
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10

WE often sigh for the good old days
of our grandfathers and grandmothers,
and very often justly, but there are
cases in which the modern appears to
have improved upon the ancient. The
Cincinnati Gazette has been discussing
the social results of late dinners, and
contrasts the eleven o'clock forenoon
meal of England four hundred years
ago with the six O'Clock dinner of the
modern BritOn, IN such a way as to
certainly give the advantage to the
latter. That journal declares that d.
gestion, health and happiness are all
promoted by late and leisurely dining,
while the man who bolts his victuals
at two, that he may return to desk and
drudgery at three, invites the martyr
dom Of dyspepsia and the coach of the
undertaken. There is a good deal of
truth in the reasoningNof the Gazette.
The rapidity with which Americans
usually eat their meals astonishes Eng
lishmen who witness the habit. There
is no reason why merchants and pro-
fessional men should not work from
nine until FIVE and then abandon hard
labor for the day, and 90 home to
dinner which can be eaten leisurely and
quietly digested, instead of rushing
away at two to deyOur their food like
ostriches, in order that they may re-
turn to work until dusk. There can
be no question that such a course would
promote health, but the laboring classes
cannot adopt it. They should, how
ever, have ample time in which to eat
their meals in such way as to derive
the greatest benefit from them. This
is one of the reforms which sanitary as
sociations should interest themselves in
putting into operation.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10
REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER
OF THE CURRENCY.

The report of John Jay Knox,
Comptroller of the Currency, submit
ted to Congress with the Presidents
message, develops some curious facts
bearing on the financial problem. IN
der operation of the act of June 90,
1874, over twenty million dollars of
legal-tender notes were released from
the reserves of the banks. By that act
the amount Of the legal-tender notes
was fixed at $685., 100000, and the re-
lease Of this reserve practically added
more than twenty million to the circu-
lating medium. 1t had been locked up
in the bank vaults prior to the law of
June 20. If there was a pressing de-
mand for more money one would natural
ly expect to find this released reserveab-
sOrbed into the general circulation. But
this has not happened. On the contrary,
the banks have held a much larger sum
Of lawful money than at any time since
their organization, the total reserve in
their vaults at last accounts being more
than S94,000,O00 in excess of the
amount required by the law. This
shows that there is a redundancy of
currency, and it is the Comptroller's
opinion that it Will continue for some
time to come, an opinion based upon
the fact that, Notwithstanding the
amendment to the act releasing reserve
upon circulation, and the low rates of
interest that have prevailed at the COM
mercial centers during the past year,
the banks held, at the date Of the last
report, a larger amount of cash
than at any corresponding period for
the last fire gears The fact is that
there is more money than is needed or
can be used in the present condition of
business. No man who can give any
reasonable security for a loan need
want for money, nor is there the least
difficulty in realizing currency upon
any commodity that has a market
value. 1t is not more money we want,
but more stability, more confidence.
Capital lies idle in the banks because
it has lost faith in the dominant party,
and we can hope for little relief till the
closing Radical Congress has run its
course and done its worst. Then we
VIII know where we stand. There is
unquestionably an abundance of cur
rency for the depressed business Of to-
day, but it is badly distributed.
Whether it is In the nature Of things
to preserve a proper distribution IN
der any centralized, national system, is
one of the important questions in
finance which few writers or speakers
on the subject have yet ventured to
discuss.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10

THE Washington correspondent OF
the Cincinnati Times states that the
Republicans who have been ardent In
hationists denounce the President s
recommendations in relation TO the
finances, and Gen. Butler told the cor
respondent that to carry out the views
indicated by the President, would, in
his opinion, effectually destroy the Re-
publican party. There appears to be a
wide difference Of opinion among the
members Of Congress who have been
the staunchest supporters of the Ad-
m inistration. touching the financial
question. Some Of them are confident
that there viii be no legislation on this
subj5ct during the present session, but
leading infationists are reported as
Boosting that they can put an imitation
measure through by a two-thirds ma
jority.,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10

AFTER the almostlunanimous pass
age by the House last Tuesday, of a
bill forbidding Congressman to act as
attorneys for revenue officers and such,
Ben Butler doubtless rejoices that his
term expires 50 soon. His profits in
the Sanborn contracts, the moiety sys-
tenn and half a hundred other rascal
tiles, were pretty much all raked in
under the plea of attorneys fees.
After the passage of Tuesdays bill,
Butler VIII not want to be a Congress
man any more. If national Legislators
are to be thus hampered, he can dc
better skirmishing on the outside.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10

ONE Of the Immediately visible effects
Of thi years elections inthe Southis an
alarming migration of the negro West
ward-mainly into Texas. The fright
ened cOlored people may or may not
better their condition in Texas. Their
movement, however, is probably not a
thinking one at all. They simply in
blind fear flee from the wrath to come.
philadelphia Press.
Nonsense They did the same thing
last year, when there was no election.
Agents are in the South this year as
they were last, offering the negroes
"big wages" to go to Arkansas or Texas
and work in the cotton fields there.
That is the temptation; there is no
scare about it.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10
.H,nl,-Resf1fe,,t .l,otice.

State of Tennessee, Davidson COunty-Wm,
Fertress VS.. A. Beech.-Original Attach
ment-
TN THIS CAUSE 1T APPEARING TO NE
| that the defendant, a. Beech, is a nOn-resi-
dent of the State of Tennessee, so that the or
binary process of law cannot be served upon him,
and il further appearing that an attachment
has been issued at the instance of the plaintiff,
founded upon accounts due and unpaid, for sew
entv-five dollars, and has been returned levied
upon the goods ard chattels OF the defendant:
III is therefore ordered that publication be made
in the Union and American, newspaper pub
lished in Nashville, for four consecutive weeks,
requiring the said A. Beech to appear before me
at nv office on the 18th day of January, 1875,
at ~ O'Clock NJ. TO answer said complaint, or
the same viii be heard ex parte. Dec. 9, lsI4.
JNO. H. BASKETTE,
Justice of the Peace.
CO. d. 500 taxed in bill Of cost.
decIO OaW4t
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10

ELIAS II. ROBERTS, of New York,
a Republican by the way, is facetiOus
He wants two more amendments to.
the Federal Constitution-one forbid
ding Congress to make anything money
except coin, and the other fOrbidiing
the impairment of contracts. Both
these provisions exist in the body Of
the Constitution as it stands, though
they have not been respected for years.
What we need is not amendment Of the
Constitution, but amendment of the
administration under it, and the cleo
ton to Office Of men who viii respect
their oaths to obey it. Recent elections
indicate that the people have concluded
TO try this style of amendment.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10

GRANTS ominous allusion to the
possible need for intervention In Cuba,
leads the Cincinnati Gazette to suggest
that instruction prevails also In Spain.
and we might save both time and
trouble by settling the affairs of Spain
herself, when Cuba would, doubtless,
follow suit.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10

For the first time in the history of
this country the name of political
party has been introduced into the
message of a President of the United
States. Gen. Grant has the bad taste
and the public indecency to say, in his
late communication to Congress, that
under existing conditions the negro
votes the Republican ticket because he
knows his friends are of that party"
What language is that to be inserted
in Presidents message? "How dis
graceful" viii be the universal excla-
mation.-CiHcinHdti Enquirer.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10
VALUABLE PROPERTY
FOR SALE.

r WILL SELL UNDER A DECREE of the
/ Cbancery Court, in the case of Theodore
Swarfz. Tr., VS.. p. W. Maxey ct ais f., a valuable
piece OF property lying in the suburbs of Edge
field. on the west side Of the Gsllatin pike. The
propertv is well improved, has a fine residence,
ornsmented grounds, and contains % acres of
land For bOun iaries, refer TO deed of G. +.
HiIlmau TO II. c. jackson. The property was
bought bv H. G. JaskSOn, decd, Of G. Z. Hill
man, for the sum Of 600. The time of sale
Saturday, Dec. 10, 1874, at the Courthouse door,
I'm.
TERMS.-One-third cash; balance one and
two wears Notes, with approved security, re-
quirsd and lien retained.
ALEX. A. HALL, Special Commissioner,
noy2S I'd Office, % Union street.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10

Quite lively contest is in progress
over the Wisconsin Senatorship. a
letter, written by Gov. Washbun at
the time he wanted the Gubernatorial
nomination, pledging himself not to be
a candidate for Senator against either
Carpenter or Howard, is published.
The Governor seeks to interpret this
letter IN such manner as not to have
it appear inconsistent with his present
candidacy, but his opponents are press
ing him hard upon that point.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10

THERE is point in what the Cinein-
natl Enquirer says about bayonet rule.
Four thousand United States troops
are employed in the Southern States,
says that journal, to carry elections by
their presence, to intimidate white
men, to maintain a bayonet govern
menty to protect oarpet-bag thieves,
and, finally to establish a reign of ter
ror. It viii be the duty of the next
Congress to stipulate, when it appro-
PIRATES money for the army, that the
soldiers shall be placed where they can
prevent Indians from numbering the
whites 4 the West, instead Of being
IN the South where their only business
IS to assist in robbery and pillage.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10

THE sum loaned by the French
Rothschilds to the Spanish Republic
seems very large when stated as being
100000 reals. On learning that a
Spanish real, of the purest coinage, is
worth only twelve and a half cents,
the figures shrink to 3,750,000 In dol
lars. But Spanish coinage is some
times so base that real" is really
worth only five cents.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10
PUBLIC SALES.
FOR SALE

PURSUANT TO A DECREE OF THE
Chancery Court, entered at its present term
in Minute Book No 1, page 43S, will offer for
sale on the premises, at IL O'Clock on
Tuesday, the 29th Of December, 1874,
the valuable Warehouse, known as Nos. II and
Is South Market street, heretofore occupied by
Ewing & Co. The lot on which the warehouse
is situated fronts 80 feet o. Market street and
runs hack DDS feet 10 Front street. The large
warehouse situated thereon is new, and has all
the modern conveniences attached. Parties
desiring to inspect the property before the day
of sale can do 90 by calling on A G. Ewing,
whose Office is in the rear part of the building.
Terms made known on day of sale.
o. EWING, JR,
,yao0 .dz Suecial Commissioner
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10
Trustees Sale of Lots.

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST EX-
n ecuted by F. r. Cheathzm on the 10 thday Of
January, 1870, and registered in the Register
lie sale, at the Courteous in Nashville, on
Saturday, the I'd Day Of January, 1876,
beginning at u O'Clock, the following lots or
pieces OF land in the county of Davidson, near
the northern part Of the city Of Nashville, to-
wit:
Lots Nos I2s, 139, 40, IA, 142, I43, IA, I45,
I46 IA 10 81, IS, &C. 3S3, 3s4, 3l9 and $40 Of the
plan of lots laid of by D. T. MeGavOck and 9TH
ers, and registered in the Registers Office, in
Book No p, page 3.
TERMS-Cash, and lots free from the equity
OF redemption. b. F. CHEATHAM, Trustee.
Dec. ,ls74. dec2 Il
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10

OF Mr.. GladstOne's pamphlet on the
Vatican, the twenty-secOnd thousand was
published on the 21st ult. There is an
nounced for immediate issue peoples
edition, at sixpense, for general circulation.
A French translation, by Mr.. Oyer, will
shortly appear, and a German translation,
by a Munich professor, with Lord Acton's
letter appended, is to be published in Nord-
lingen Immediately.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10
i.NiON AND AMERICAN.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10. Isz4.

BEN BUTLER is reported to be on a
scalp hunt. He is said to be closely
watching Messrs. Foster, Garfield,
Blaine and Phelps, and is reported as
declaring that he viii have their scalps
before the session is over.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10

A LII MODERN IMPROVEMENT IN
"a business training. Rates reasonable. PEN
manshIp a Speciality. Those engaged in
business during the day can attend the evening
class, If they wish. For particulars, call at one
of the Colleges or address the Principal,
THOMAS TONEY, Nashville, Tenn,
Sept II, cod 1y or Lebanon, Tenn.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10

THE story started by the Washington
Star, and going the rounds, that old Lex
ington was found among condemned army
horses at Nashville, during the war, every
body here recognizes to be eanard.
Lexington was never stolen at all, and
never left his stable but twice since his
purchase by Mr.. Alexander in 1SJ6-Once
to the United States Fair, at st. Louis, in
1856, and again in 1864, when Mr.. Alex
ander removed all his stock from Ken
lucky to Sangamon county, Illinois, for
safety Lexington Gazette.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10
NOTICE

PEING DESTROYS OF CHANGING MY
IL business, offer my Restaurant, Bar and
Fixtures, all in complete running order, license
paid until the first Of next February, and pOr-
ton paid until September next. ANY party or
parties, wishing 10 embark in the business, will
GO well 70 call on me within the next twenty
days. The stand is the old stand formerly known
a the Riddleburger stand, corner Cherry and
Deaderiek streets W. h AMBROSE.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10
Gents Talmas and OyereOats.

NEW SUPPLY JUST RECEIvEDI ALI
n so, another invoice of those Grey Scotch
Melton Suits at $3.50, coat, pants and vest. Al
50, a large stock of Mems and Children's Cloth
ing Furnishing Goods, ETC., at prices adapted
to the stringency in the money market.
W1NSTEAD, SHIELDS & co.
nac n 1874 dec1O 3t
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10

The GGllatiH Examiner in its last
issue, speaks Of Col. r. A. Cox as hav-
ing withdrawn from the Congressional
race in the Fourth District. There
must be some mistake about this, as we
have private advices to the effect that
he is still on the track.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10
THE ILLUSTRATED RECORD
g and 81 Park Row, New York.

=. O. Box 2.1il-
TAKE NOTICE.-ANY of the s. Magazines
or papers will be sent with TIE RECORD for
$3.50 extra, - Magazines for $50, and 50 Mag
aEines for Sl.I5 Send ALL YOUR subscriptions
TRATED RECORD. dec9 Nv
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-10
Insolvent Notice.

HAVING SUGGESTED THE INSOLvEN-
Il CIV of the estate of l.. W. Sampson, decd, to
the Dickson County Court Clerk, and an order
having been made upon me by said Clerk, all
persons having claims against said estate are
notified to file them, properly authenticated,
with said Clerk, on or before the first Monday in
September, 1876, or they will be forever barred.
This Sth day of December, 1874.
G. W. BROWN,
Admir- Of l.. W. Sampson, deceased.
dec1O dltS7w3t