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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-30
His Last Resting Place.

NEW ALBANY, Aug. 25.-Nearly all
the business houses were closed to-
day, and the greater part of the pop.
ulation took part in or witnessed the
ceremonies attending the funeral of
Speaker Kerr. Every organization
in the city was represented in the
grand procession; Government OH
Gals and members of the bar from
here and Louisville and jefferson
vile; a Congressional escort from
Washington, and other eminent indi-
viduals also joined in the pageant.
Many houses along the line Of march
were draped in black, and tolling
bells marked the PROCESS of the pro-
cession to the house where the SER
vices were performed by Rev. S.
Conn, of the First Presbyterian
church, his text being the 22nd chap
ter of Proverbs and first verse. Aft
er the sermon, the casket was borne
to the Northern Cemetery, where the
burial rites Of the Masonic fraternity
were recited by the officers Of his
lodge, and the procession disbanded.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-30
"The said Tilden's should be prompt.

"The said Tilden'' should be prompt
ly brought into Court and held re-
sponsible for the perjury. IT. as is
probable, the falsehood was in the
statement of his income tax, then he
is not liable to criminal prosecution,
thanks to the statute of Limitation.
There is no reason, however, why he
should not be compelled to pay his
back tax. He is liable for the tax on
the amount of income to which he now
owns up in excess Of the amount ac-
knowledged by him in December,
1868, namely sc, $50. The sum is small,
but it is sufficient to make its collec-
ton a binding duty. If picayune
cigar-vender should attempt a fraud
of that magnitude, he would be ma dc
to suffer the penalty of the law when
ever discovered, and no special len.
iency should be shown Tilden. Clear.
| ly he is very much out of place in try.
ing to play the role Of honesty and
reform. For the first time in the his
tory of the Republic self-convicte6
perjurer has had the effrontery to pu
himself forward as the leader of ore
form."-Chicogo Journal.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-30
IT SEEMS incredible that a man @

IT SEEMS incredible that man oc'
cupying the position that Samuel j
Tilden does, should be convicted OF
the heinous offense of perjury, and
that too, to deprive the government!
of its just dues in the hour of its ex
tremity. Nevertheless, the verdict oil
the public will be that he is guilty Of
that high crime, unless some better
explanation of the charge is made
than has yet appeared.
He swore in his income return Of
1862 that his total profits for that year
were only $7,1lS.
Recently, in answering in court thu
charge Of the Alton, Terre Haute &
st. Louis Railroad Company, that hi
had illegally withheld trust funds be-
longing to that company, be swors
that he had retained as fees from tina
company alone for 1862. $4,000.
The only explanation yet attempted
of this apparently crooked transac
ton, is that he, the said Samuel j
Tilden, had been employed for thi!
company for years prior to 1862, and
that the said fees Of $40, 600 not being
all earned although all received in
1862, should not have been returned
for that year.
The law, as decided time and time
again in the courts, required him to
return all the monies received from
all sources, from which he was enti-
tied to an allowance in 1862 of $1,000
for family expenses only. Mr.. Tilden
is reputed one of the best lawyers in
the country, and it won't do for him
to say that he didn't understand the
law.
The following, on this point from
yesterdays Chicago Tribune, would
seem to be pretty conclusive:
Mr.. Tilden's secretary says that "a
lawyer might work for a long time
before he got his fee, and conscien-
tious man would, of course, consider
the work he had done from year to
year as a case progressed, and that
the fee though received in one year
was not his income for that year /; it
had been, in fact, earned each year
during the progress of the case. That
was all there was about the matter"
If this is all that is to be said in ex-
PLANTATION Of Tilden's contradictory
statements, it had better not have
been said at all. The law required
him to return his actual income with
in the year,--that is, the money re-
ceived from all sources--and it had
been decided by the Courts ever and
over again that the law required just
this. Mr.. Tilden q lawyer himself,
could not have been ignorant of ii.
BesideSs if he had been earning this
fee Of $4,000 in previous years, did
he return any part of it as his income
before he received it? He could
scarcely have done this, as it was not
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-30
Boiler on q Steam.vessei Bursts at
Sea-TWo Men kIIlad.

New YORK, August 26.-The Pa
citic Mail steamship Colon, which
sailed from here Aug. Goth, for Aspin-
wall, returned to-day in a disabled
condition. After being two days out,
a terrific explosion took place follow
ed by Q great rush Of steam which
completely envelopcd the vessel, caus-
ing much excitement among the pas
sengers. After some time ii was die
covered that one Of the boilers had
burst and two men were killed, the
chief engineer and one Of the firemen.
Several passengers also were scalded.
The Colon hoisted signals of distress,
which were observed by the steamer
Ema, and the disabled vessel was
lowed into port. The explosion oc-
Cured at IL q. M, Sunday, during
religious service. The ship was three
days out from port. The force Of the
conclusion threw many persons or
their feet, and for time q scene OF
widest confusion prevailed. John
Bunting was the name of the engineer
killed, and John Farrell, aremsn.
Their bodies were buried at see, The
vessel was badly damaged. It win
take several days and perhaps weeks
to repair. Her passengers will leave
for Aspinwall next Monday.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-30

The Office Of Supervisor of Inter-
nal Revenue became extinct by act
of Congress from and after the 3Oth
of June last on account of the re.
duction of the force of the Treasury
department.
There were ten of them in the
United States, and their valuable pa.
pers and books are ordered to Wash.
ington, while the furniture of theil
offices is to be sold at auction.
The property belonging to thu
Office of the late Supervisor, j. NJ
Hedrick, of this supervisory district
will be sold on the 7th proximo, a
per notice found elsewhere in thi
paper.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-30
LEGAL.
0RlGlIAL NOTICE.

In the Circuit Court OF Wapello county, Iowa,
October Term, 1870.
X ATE L. CAMPBELL, Plaintiff VS.. VIM H. CAMP
BELL, Defendant
To William III Campbell, Defendant:
You are hereby notified that the petition Of Kate
I. Campbell (your wife). is now on file in the Of
flee of the Clerk of the Circuit Court Of Ware Ia
county, Iowa, in which she asks decree of d.
vorce against you and for cause she charges
abandonment; che also asks for the custody Of he,
child, and for such other relief as is equitab e;
and unless You appear and make defense to said
petition on or before noon Of the second day OF
the next term of said court, to be commenced on
the 23d day of October, 1875, default viii. be ta
and decree rendered as prayed.
WILLIAMS & MANNING,
s-l6 4w Attys for Petiiione
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-30
w. f. WEBSTER, Esq.
THE REBEL ROLL OF HOMO

I'VE W6O66 H066 VT n0NONs
Below we submit the names of tn
present members Of Congress, wit
the rank they bore in the rebel arm,
or in the rebel government:
SENATORS. $40
Goldthwaite, Alabama, Adiutan
General. ts4
Jones, Florida, Brigadier-G General
Gordon, Georgia, Major-Gereral.
Alcorn, Mississippi, Brigadier-Gen
eral.
Cockrell, Missouri, Major General
Ransom, North Carolina, Major
General.
Key, Tennessee, Lieutenant-C Col
onel.
Maxey, Texas, Major General.
Withers, Virginia, Colonel.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Williams, Alabama, Major.
Bradford, Alabama, Colonel.
Hayes, Alabama, Brigadier-Gener
al.
Hewitt, Alabama, Colonel.
Forney, Alabama, Brigadicr-Gen
eral.
Lewis, Alabama, Colonel.
Ganse, Arkansas, Colonel.
Slemmons, Arkansas, Brigadier
General.
Gunter, Arkansas, Colonel.
Smith, Georgia, Captain.
Hartridge, Georgia, Colonel.
Cook, Georgia, Major-General.
Hill, Georgia, Colonel of Recruits
Blackburn, Kentucky, Lieutenant,
Colonel.
Gibson, Louisiana, Brigadier-G b.
,ral.
Ellis, Louisiana, Captain.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-30
A "RAR" STORY.

The people of Lee county recently
had an old settlers reunion at Fort
Madison which was the largest and
most successful affair of the kind ever
held in the State, there being fully
five thousand people present, all of
whom were bounteously fed by the
hospitable people of that place in
their public park. ~
Hon. Charles Negus, the historian
of the aboriginees, told all he knew
about the first settlers of Iowa to-wit !:
the Indians, and what he dent know
on that subject would make very
small book.
Judge Daniel +. Miller, Hon. A. G.
Dodge and many other old timers
made timely speeches, but John Hiner,
all intelligent and thrifty colored
man of Keokuk, told the most inter-
esting "bar" story, and here it is from
the Keokuk Constitution:
John Hiner, of Keokuk, was first
called upon, being charged with set
Ting in Keokuk in 1850, giving SIC
for two bears, and after feeding them
six months, taking them to st. Louis
and selling them for S..
John acknowledged the "corn"-oi
rather the bears-and made speech
that for eloquence and interest, was
most remarkable. In the course OF
his speech he told the story of that
Speculation" Of his. He said he
bought the bears as stated and took
them to st. Louis-that was in the
days of slavery, when colored mar
had no rights that a white man wa!
bound to respect. On his arrival h
disembarked with the bears-fat one
they were-secured by ropes and lee
by John up the levee and toward thu
town. But mischievious boy (ant
all boys are mischievious) took it intt
his head to have some fun, so select
4 ing long stick, with his jack-knift
he sharpened one end to point anC
gave Messrs. Bruins few punches
which excited them somewhat ano
made them tear around like mad. o.
course John tried to quiet them, bu
the blasted boy wouldn't let him, who
renewing his attack, soon made thu
bearships unmanagable. They reared
and plunged around and finally
knocked over and demolished thu
J stand of wayside merchant woman
. This was bad. John was scared ant
SO was the woman, and SO were thu
boys and so were the bears; Joh1
was afraid the town authorities would
) take him and sell him for the dam
ages. The woman and the boys were
afraid OF the bears and the bears
were the most afraid of all, but they
couldn't tell why. Just then maj
came along and inquiring the caus,
of the excitement, and learning thu
facts, offered John IS for the bears
Afraid to stay and afraid to let tht
bears go, what was he to do! ''Ac
cepting the situation he accepted
. the offer, returned to the boat ant
departed from ST. Louis wiser ant
poorer man.
This story is told in Mr.. liners in
imitable style, drew from the audi
ence cheer after cheer, which made
the welkin ring. John closed by say,
ing that if that boy developed il
deviltry as he gave promise of he un
doubtly had become, before this time
a great lawyer-thc equal Of hi
highly distinguished friend, Da,
Miller, who had called him out.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-30
ORIGINAL NOTICE,

vs.. Wapello county, octo-
LII JOHNSTON. J Der Term, 1916.
To Lu Johnston
Yon are hereby notified that on or before the
lst day Of October 1876 the petition Of the plain.
the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Wapello county
Iowa. claiming Of you divorce for the reasons
sci forth in said petition, and for the possession
OF my child, Carroll b. Johnston, and that unless
you appear and make defense thereto on or before
noon Of the second day of the next term of the
circuit Court, to be begun and held at the Court
House In Ottumwa In said county and state on
the 23d day Of October. 1876. your default wi be
entered and decree rendered thereon as prayed
for by petitioner. w. II. q. JAOUES
S-N 4w Plaintiffs Atty.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-30
The Turks Victorious.

LONDON, Aug. 28.-The Standards
correspondent with the Turkish army
telegraphs to that paper under date
Of Nissa, Sunday afternoon, August
9th, as follows:
yesterdays and to-day's severe
fighting resulted in complete Turk
ish victory. The Servisns are every
where driven back, and their losses
must be very great"
NoTE.-This is later than any intel
ligence from Servian sources, which
claim victory on Thursday.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-30
Pitchers
Castoria,

MOWERS may have rest and their babies may
nave. health. II they will use Castoria for Wind
Collie, Worms, Feverishness, Sore Mou,h, Crouu.
OF stomach Complaints. 1t 10 entirely . vegeta-
Die preparation, and contains neither mineral,
morphine nor alcohol. 1t Is as pleasant to take
as honey, and neither gage nor gripes,
ID. y. Dimoch, Of Dupont, o., says:
81 am using Cas toria in my practice with the
most signal benefits and happy result .
This is what every one says Most nurses In
New York city use the Castoria. 1t IL prepared
BY Messrs. J. B. ROSE 4 Co., 46 Dey st New
York, successors to Samuel Pitcher, MD.
G-2s-w.chq
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-30

Dining with some friends last fall,
Immediately after his election, Gov.
Hayes protested against the intro.
duction Of champagne, in the follow.
ing language:
Gentlemen, I consider my election
to the Governorship worthy of a bet.
ter celebration. think it would be
well tor us all, instead of resorting to
this kind of conviviality, rather to
consider well what duties and re.
sponsibilities such an Office enjoins
upon me-"
And Gov. Hayes is the kind of a
man that the Prohibitionists are just
now organizing in Connecticut to de-
feat.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-30
PROOF OF WILL

Notice Is hereby given that on the 18th dsy
OF August, A. D.. 1876, there was opened and
and publicly read in the Office of the Clerk Of
the Circuit Court OF Wapello County, Iowa, an
instrument OF writing. purporting TO DO the last
will and testament Of Sarah Gondy, late OF said
County. deceased; and that the second day of the
next term Of said Court, commencing on the ed
day OF Ostober, A ID. 1915, has been set as the
day of final hearing and proof of said will at
which time all persons interested may appear
and show cause why the same should not be ad-
mitted to probate.
L. NJ. COOLEY, Clerk.
S-2S 3W- BY Geo. GYisWold, DENY
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-30

Levey, Louisiana, Colonel.
Lamar, Mississippi, Colonel.
Hooker, Mississippi, Colonel.
Franklin, Missouri, Captain.
Clark, Missouri, Brigadier- General.
Yeates, North Carolina, Major.
Waddell, North Carolina, Lieuten-
Colonel.
Davis, North Carolina, Captain.
Scales, North Carolina, Brigadier-
General.
Robbins, North Carolina, Colonel.
Vance, North Carolina, Brigadier-
General.
Dibrcll, Tennessee, Brigadier-Gen-
eral.
Whitthornc, Tennessee, Adjutant-
General.
Atkins, Tennessee, Colonel.
Young, Tennessee, Colonel.
Culbertson, Texas, Colonel.
Throckmorton, Texas, Brigadier.
General.
Douglas, Virginia, Major.
Cabell, Virginia, Colonel.
Tucker, Virginia, Captain.
Hunton, Virginia, Brigadier-Gen
eral.
Terry, Virginia, Brigadier-General
Faulkner, West Virginia, Ministel
to France.
Reagan, Texas, Brigadier-General
Goode, Virginia, Colonel.
| Hatch, Missouri, Colonel.
Singleton, Mississippi, Inspector
General.
House, Tennessee, Major.
Ex-aIEMBERs OF REBEL GOVERNMENT.
Stephens, Georgia, Vice-Presiden
/ Reagan, Texas, Postmaster-Genera
i Hill, Georgia, Senator.
\ Caperton, West Virginia, Senator
, Ashe, North Carolina, Senator.
House, Tennessee, Representative.
Goode, Virginia, Representative.
Smith, Georgia, Representative.
i Hatcher, Missouri, Representative
Il Singleton, Mississippi, Represent:
tive.
Caldwell, Alabama, Solicitor-Ger
4 eral.
Norwood, Georgia, State Lcgisls
ture.
- Chandler, Georgia, State Legislator
Tucker. Virginia, Attorney-Gencl
: al.
Culbcrston, Texas, State Legislature
Q Harris, Georgia, State Legislature
|, Slemmons, Arkansas, State Legisl'
u ture.
Gunter, Arkansas, State Ecgislatul
v Lamar, Mississippi, Minister
h Russia.
Dibrell, Texas, State Legislature.
Hunton, Virginia, State Legislator
! Faulkner, West Virginia, Minist'
g to France.
u Harris, Virginia, State Legislator
+ Maxey, Texas, Superintendent
Indian Affairs.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-30
passed by the Normal
institute, At Gddyvllle August
t 20$h 1870.

l. We, the teachers of Wapello
County, do hereby tender to Clay
Wood, our very efficient County
Superintendent, our heartfelt thanks,
for the great interest which he has
taken and is taking in the Education
al interests of our county, and which
during his administration, we think,
have been materially improved.
2. That we earnestly thank our in
structors for the very efficient manner
in which every department of our
Normal work has been conducted.
8. That we earnestly and unani-
mously petition our County Superin-
tendent to hold the next term Of the
Normal Institute, at Eddyviile.
4. That we request the publication
Of these resolutions.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-30
SOMETHING FOR SOLDIERS TO
REAn.

The proofs of Gov. Tilden's disloy-
atty to the Union in the dark days of
the rebellion, continue to accumulate
with every day. The reader knows
how desperately and deNtrously the
Democratic leaders have struggled to
evade Tildcn's responsibility for the
traitorous peace resolutions of 1864.
But there is no explanation or de-
NAL of the Tweddle Hall speech
possible. In the Democratic conven-
ton held at Tweddle Hall, Albany,
on Jan. 81 and Feb. l, 1861. Mr.. Til
den was member of the Tammany
delegation. That delegation intro
duced, By a unanimous cote, some res
olutions, of which this is one:
Resolced, That we will, by all le-
gitimate means, oppose, discountenance
and prevent any attempt on the part Of
the Republicans in poacer TO make any
armed aggression, under the plea Of
"entorctng the laacs," or preserving
the Tnion," upon the Southern States
While the resolution was pending,
Sam Tilden, the Democratic-C onfed-
crate candidate for President, made 8
speech in its support. Among othel
things ale declared that he for one
. acould resist under any and all cir
/. cumstances, the use of force to coerct
the South into the Union. First, be
cause it would be ineffective, and mex
, because it would lead to war of ex
termination among those who ar,
brethren-not by the ties Of countr,
alone, but Of Blood
u This is the report Of the Albany Al
las and argus, the official Democrat
paper of the state of New York. ]
is added that "Mr. Tilden's specc
was loudly applauded."
OF course it was, by that crowd.
l 1t is in order for Manton Marble t
. rise and explain these coppcrhead rt
> marks, or to invent some cork-legge
: apology for them. Marble is tryin
$ to make people believe that Tide
protested" against the peace-surrer
: der platform which he helped to dra'
at the Chicago convention on the BOT
. of August, 1864, but nobody has eve
seen the said protest in Tilden's hant
writing, nor do we believe that tn
. man who declared in Tweddle Ha
T. in 1861, that che would resist unde
= any and all circumstances" the coer
:. ton Of the South, ever proteste
against the peace-surrender platforl
:, of 1864. The brassy Hewitt and tn
: cunning Marble cannot remove tn
y brand Of traitor to the Union frol
e Sam Tilden's brow.-Chicago 1,1l
~ nDe
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-30
step Down and :out.

All things considered, would It not
be advisable for the National Demo-
cratic Committee to invite Mr.. TIL
DEN to step down and out, and then
substitute the name Of PETER COOPER
on the Presidential ticket? Though
q little wild on the currency question
Mr.. Cooper isan honest man, who has
not made his fortune by wrecking
dilapidated railroad companies, and
no investigation, however searching,
would show that he did not pay his
income tax during the War like an
honest man willing to bear his pro-
portion of the burden Of the great
struggle for national life. -Cincinnati
Commercial Independently
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-30

The Chicago Times is a great inde-
pendent journal. In fact, it is rep
resentative of its class, and is so free
and independent that but little regard
is paid to the truth, and, thanks to the
fact that there is substantially no law
against libel in this, country, it can
assail with impunity every laan, wo-
man and child in the land, provided
that sensations and scandals are Great
ed, and money is thereby brought in
to its Golfers.
1t assailed Tilden as being better
fitted for the penitentiary than the
Presidency, yet it now supports him.
1t showed Bristow up as swindler,
yet abused the Republican party for
not nominating him.
We clip below an editorial from its
issue of the Goth inst, wherein it is
shown that Bristow swindled the
government in mule contract, yet
that paper has the shamelessness to
say in the same article that it would
have supported him if he had been
nominated by the Republicans:
at is very easy to fasten stories of
the mules and railroad sort upon
men. 1t is remarkable that the jour-
nails which are just now enamored of
the ,"wrecking" romances and the
mule mud-throwing had no space
some time ago for a remarkably well
authenticated history of the Bristow
mule claim, in which that gentleman
was very disastrously involved. The
facts were simple and of record, and
though published were never denied
If denied the Times guarantees to
produce record which would leave
the ex-secretary in curious position
and relieve Belknap Of the isolation
he now enjoys of man fallen not
wholly by his own evil work. The
Bristow mule claim was originally
for $4,000; the persons who made the
claim never dreamed that the gov
ernment paid more or was aksed to
pay more. The record shows that
100000 were paid and Bristow was
the lawyer who put the claim through.
Mr.. Bristow can probably explain it.
OF that well and good. To deny
the changes on the charge from day
to day would be the business Of the
organ. The Times has long ago CIV
Ell the case, the facts, and the testi-
mony, and there the matter rests.
Public men are, of course, amenable
to censure, and there is no journal in
the country that speaks with the free.
dom and directness of the Times, but
there must be strong evidence before
the word is spoken, and there must be
something stronger than party differ.
ences to extract the expression. When
the st. Louis people were meeting for
the consideration Of candidate, the
Times, believing that Judge Davis
was the best man, most surely fitted
to restore republican government to
the country, urged him, knowing that
if elected by either party, he would
be greater than the party, and give us
real abiding reform. Second to
Davis, Tilden was conceded the brain
and nerve necessary to the work. Had
he been selected by the republican
party, or Davis, or Bristow, there
would have been no difficulty in sup
porting, as all three of them are men
so much stronger than their party
that they would have forced the will
of the people through the Gordon OF
corruption which the republican
leaders have maintained"
That's what we call fair sample oil
Independent Journalism.