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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-05-03
NOTICE.
U. INTERNAL REVENUE
SPECIAL TAXES,
May,. 1876, to April 30, 1877.

The Revised Statntes OF the United States, Fec
lions $685. 3a37 323s and $780, require every person
engaged In any business, avocation, or employ
TO PROCURE AND PLACE CoNsPICUOUSLY
IN HIS ESTABLISHMENT OR PLACE or
BUsIAESS Stamp denoting the payment Of
said Special TAX for the Special Tax Year Begin
Mug May l, 1876, before commencing or. continu-
ing business after April 80, 1876.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-05-03
CHAS. 8. WATKINS,
& Stair Builder,

Shop and once, Main Street. bet tween Court and
WaahlngtOn, Ottumwa, lows.
Plans, Elevations and Details, with Specinca-
ous CT every description for Chtrches. School
Houses, villas, cottages. 4c., &C., furnished on
short notice
special attention given to Beautiful Designs for
Front Entrance Doors; also Stair building .
specially.
Jan S-dAwly.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-05-03
The Taxes Embraced Within the Provisions Of
the Law above Quoted are the Following. viz :

Any person. so liable, who shall fail to comply
with the foregoing requirements win be subject to
sevt-e penalties
Persons or firms liable to pay any OF the Specisl
Taxes named above must apply to John Lofiand,
Deputy Collector OF Intetnal Revenue, at Oska-
loosa. Iowa, and pay for and procure the Special
Tax Stamp or stamps they need, prior to May l.,
1876. and WITHOUT FURTIfkR NOTICE.
n. d. PRATT,
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
OFFICE or INTERNAL REVENUE,
Washington, ID. c. Feb. I, 1876. mare wit.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-05-03

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leficate attention, home and board, may call or
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JAMES HJS 20 .O0ms and parlOrA In calling y0
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always YRHH nc Invited. Call or write.
CHICAGO. Nov. 5. 1875. d&w1y
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-05-03

Parties wishing good Buckwheat
for seed, will find il to their interest
to call on Nick Baker. Apr 10 w2m
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-09

heritance depended upon the admission Of
this testimony.
Hetty Wilson-Was reared in Kentucky,
and was sold for division of m estate and
payment Of debts; was sold for no fault;
was young woman grown; was bought BY
trader, brought to New Orleans and
placed in the jail Of Mr.. Kniokerbocker,
then . trader; was sold to Mr.. Gsulon-Mr.
Emile Gaulon; worked for him ~ . seam
stress, cook and house servant; could turn
her hand to anything: saw Mr.. eau
Ion married to Mile. Pauline Dumou-
lin at the Church of St. Augustine, in this
city; went back homo with the married
couple, and lived with them; lived there st
the birth of Mile. Eloise Gaulon, and also
of Two other children, buried in tho family
burial place in St. Louis Cemetery No. !;
was with Mrs. Gaulon ct her death, and
have been here ever since the death of Mr..
Gaulon; did not know the child by any
marks, but by her hair, eyes and figure.
The other testimony was of the same
character. The jury withdrew and the
people shouted the verdict: "The Creole
child was born in honest wedlock. Lot her
have her good name and her inheritance"
Two days Afterwards the jury confirmed
the verdict and were discharged.
Meantime, on mention of the bonds,
Knick had left the courtroom with precipi-
tation. Counselor Courier accompanied
him in vehement defamation against such
rulings.
TO BE CONTINUED.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-09
AN ACT

10 provide for supplying the loss of the
Puonc records and other papers Consumed
~ t1e burning of the courthouse in tho
parish Of Rspides during the month Of
Nay. A. D. 1884, ''- ~
SECTION l. Be it enacted bv the sa,.4a
ana House Of Representatives of the STATE
VI LOUISIANA in General Assembly CON
Ven Hehheo, mat any person desiring to estsb-
or I .ny v 1sSa; OoId mortgage Judgment,
record or deposited in any ofice If ..;d
Pafsn OF kapides, and destroyed bv the
pufnng OF the courthouse in 1854 NAV
nave the same established bv ann,v;rS
70 70 the Judge Of the district bT na.
l 1: setting forth the content: and
; nScp OF the bond, deed, mortgage,
{aas .hS OF any writing whatsoever which
No. sno OF tney may wish to establish With
ae much specific certainty "a no.. III
wnlcn petition must be served ON the maker
y. Staet party OF parties in interest of the
sal0 maker or other party or parted in in.
sere:t residing In the parish Of Rspidas.
r r~. .ao saio party or parties in interest
n . out Of the State it shall be Get forth
inc Reet1oner under oath, and the iud9e
al 'h hoo olssl1ct court shall appoint curator
81 aoc 1or such person or persons. upon
be made. p0@'io" snau
A. DEC = Be it further enacted. ETC. That
me party defendant in all applications , ~
a. IS ntsa snail have the usual legal delay
:; answers he shall admit the petition or S enyy
II h.p partially OF wholly. and said denial shah
Dr e ceSsf t OATH .h +whsreuRon the Judge shall
S ZION OF jury. and upon hearing the the s eV;-
uaace snail decide and render iud0mert
estaDiisnlng or not, such deed. hond mo-t'
Egg. Judgment or other writing "a tRa sr;-
dence proves to have existed. % INC e'i-
IL &c ,Sc = Re i further enacted, etc., That
the slfeea asn OF r. applicant make oath to
psi%. faeie evidence 81 the e1i.t sns. % 20
other v wr;t; Dond: mortgage, Judgment or
denial andst " oats n may b 1e6utted By the
VI S,a 20 that The only issue to b. rsiseS sE1
or no,' o.ssence OF non-existence, reeisfrv
or instrr,1 ~ and date Of the document
sought to be estabiisheS = ''n'1ovefey and
ths . 80 :. re Il further enacted, etc., That
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-09
LAWS or the STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PUBLISHED BIZ AUTHORITY.
REGULAR SESSION OF 1876.
No. so.
AN ACT

AN ACT NO. So
| To establish board to audit outstanding
| obligations sgainst tho parish OF Caddc.
SEc11oM l. Be it enacted by the Senate and
| House of Representatives of the State Of
| Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That tho president Of the police jury Of
| Caddo parish, the mayor Of the city Of
| Shreveport, and Nathan Gregg, p. w. d.
Cumming and n. A. Walsh, citizens Of
| Caddo parish, b and they sre hereby con-
debtednass outstanding against the pariah
of Csddo previous to the first day Of Janu-
ary, 1876. Any three members of the board
shall constitute Q quorum for tho tFansao.
ton of business, and it shall b tho duty Of
said board to meet within thirty days after
the passage Of this act to organize, BY tho
election Of president and eecretary, and
the examination Of Ill claims submitted to
them, with view to determining the valid
ity OF invalidity Of same. The favorable
report Of said board ON any claim ehall b
sufficient authority for the police jury to
issue bonds therefor. In the event Of an
unfavorable report ON any claim, the holder
shall not be debarred of his right to appeal
to the courts to have his claim established.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc.. That
it ahall be the duty Of said board of audit,
by their president, to indorse each and
every bond issued for any claim approved
by them, thus: Approved BY board Of
audit, - - president." In the
event of . vacancy in the board the same
shall be filled by remaining members of the
board.
Sec g. Be it further enacted, etc., That
this cot shall take effect from and after it,
passage.
(Signed) E. d. ESTILETTE,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
(&igned) C. C. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved April 6. 1876.
(SiRned) WIN. p. KELLOGG,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy: .r
p. g. DEsLoNDE,
Secretary of State.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-09
Tho Cenfederates After Nlaier Merlin.
A Washington special to the Chioaoo
Inter. Ocean, SAYS:


General Custer is quite active in GIVING
the ex- Confedrates Of the House points on
his brother officers Of the army, and has in.
stigated an investigation OF General Mar.
Fill, who 10 major in Clusters reriment
and who is an excellent subject for 81. Con.
1ederates to work upon, from the fact that
ne mas been more Instrumental than anv
other man in putting down the Ku-Klur f.
S the south. The investigation Of Merrill has
begun, and as usual the ex-Confederatss
are giving the newspapers only informs.
ton concerning the evidence Of the 1 pro aa.
cut!on, and none Of the defense. Tia re-
ports concerning Merrill having reca;vsd
S2V,vOo for putting down the Ku.Klnr Il
south Caroline was investigated three years
ago under resolution of Senator R:vs-S
IN the senate, and he was acouitte6 All
the papers are ON file in the Office Of ths
Secretary Of the Senate today. Another Ss
statement concerning his receiving : hr;hs
while judge advocate Of q courtmsrti.i hsS
Also been fully explained, and the pspers
; :se On On n. e. IN ne War Department, show.
Of the charge.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-09

lFor the Sunday Republican,
A DREAM.


How soft and sweet the plaintive note
Rreahs from the bugie's bTasen throat!
The steady tramp Of armed men,
Sends echoes through the wooded glen.
r.r outstretche the white tents spread
Like tombstones DER the silent dead,
But locking on the plains below.
They seem like beds Of driv'n anew.
Like music rising from the ga,
Hank the thrilling reveille.
Now sGbres clash, now bayonets gleam-
OH 'tis not war; tie but dream.
New Orleans. April =, 1876.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-09

/
brain which filed his last days. It is Q
this boy that Swinburne asks for tidines i
this exceedingly beautiful greeting t
"Olivia Frances MADDOX Rossetti:"
Out Of the dark sweet sleep
Where no dreams laugh or weep,
Borne through bright gates Of birth
Into the dim sweet light
Where day s,in dreams Of night
! While heaven takes form on earth
| White rose Of spirit and flesh, red lily Of love-
| What note o song have We
Fit for the birds and thee,
Fair Nesting couched beneath the mother dove1
Nay, in some mole divine
| Small sreechless song Of thine
Some news too good for words,
| ght hore to have Of thee.
The oungeet of Gods BIRDS
If thy sweet sense might III itself with ours
Rre thine become the tongue Of mortal hours;
Ere thy lips le arm too soon
| Their soft, first human tue
Sweet, but less sweet than now,
And thy raised eyes to read
Glad aud good things indeed,
| But none 20 swett % thou:
What life and love ON earth
| Bring thee for gifts ut birth.
But none 20 good - thine who hast given us thee
HHsw , ore thy sense forget:
Now, s]eeping or awake,
II thou couldst tell, Or We
Ask and be heard of thee.
For loves undying sake,
From thy dumb lips divine and bright, mute
such news might touch bur ear,
That then would burn to hear
Too high message now for mans to reach.
Ere the gold hair Of corn
Had withered vast thou boru
The time that 6ut last year A.
Fell colder than a tear
On hearts and hopes turned sad
Even theirs whose lie spripe &c child. 1""A'
Filled thine with life and smiled,
But then wept blood for half their own withdrawn.
Mdeath and birth be one,
And set with rise Of sun.
And truth with dreams divine
Some word might come with thee
Firm over the still sea,
Cros ssd BY the crossing sails Of death and birth,
word OF some sweet new thing
Fit for such lips to bring,
Some word of love, some aftertheught of earth.
If love be strong as death,
By what SO natural breath
As thine could this be said?
By what 60 lovely way
Could love send word to saw
He lives and is not deadf
Such word alone we've fit for only thee,
II his and thine have met
Where spiri ts rise and Set
His whom We zee not thine whom scarce We zee.
His there newborn, ss thou
Newborn among us now;
bis here 70 fruitful s0uled
Now yelled and silent here,
Now dumb as thou, last year,
ghost of one year old
If nghts that change their sphere, in changing,
Some ray, might his not give
To thine who vast to live
And make thy present with his past life sweetf
Let dreams that laugh or weep,
Al glad snd al dreams sleep;
Truth more than dreams lie dear.
Let thoughts that change and az,
sweet thoughts ana swift, 70 by;
Moro than oil thought 10 here;
Moro than AL hepe can forge or memory feisn.
The life that in our eyes,
Made out Of loves life, lies,
And hoWer like fed with love for sun and rain
Twice royal in its root,
The sweet small olive shoot,
Here set in sacred earth;
Twice dowert with glorious Grace
From either heaven-bo race
First blended in its birth;
Fair god or &c MUS of % fair an hour,
For love Of either name
Twice drowned, with love and fame
Guard and be gracious to the fail. named flower
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-09


Mr.. Braxton-Then move the testimony
of Hetty Wilson, Mathilde Wilson, Hypo-
lite Gaulon and Jules Gracieuse be taken
de 6ene esse, to be read before the Jury i'm.
paneled in this case.
"Will the opposite counsel CONSENT"
Advocate Courrier-Never! never! will
relinquish NO right Of my client. l shall
reserve all rights of exception, appeal,
cross-question, Interpolation, toute chose.
Mr.. Braxton-You have them all. wish
the testimony spread on the record. If the
extract from the law be wrong it will be
stricken from the record and from the
memory of the jury.
Advocate Courrier-I shall consent IN
nothing.
Mr.. Braxton-Then, may it please the
court, will move that the defendant in
this case be required to bring into court the
United States securities whose ownership
depends upon the decision Of this suit, and
deposit them in the hands of the clerk of
the court or of any receiver your honor
may appoint. They are part. of the sue
cession as ito assets, and We demand on be-
half of the heir guarantees of their safety.
The Court-You can have such an order
upon formal application.
The clerk was then ordered to swear tho
witnesses. The people crowded around.
The negroes for the first time submitted to
tho responsibilities Of an oath in cause in
which the parties were not negroes, with
mingled feelings Of indignation against the
radical change Of social relations, and with
. humane interest in the cause Of the
orphan, whose title to good name and in.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-09

did not repress."
Attorney Allsop was on his feet instantly
with motions in arrest of judgment, for new
trial and bill Of exceptions. The judge
would grant the last only.
will yeur honor allow us to file testimony
to establish . clear character for my clients"
The court has NO objection and will hear
the evidence on motion for now trial"
Il am prepared to PROVE" said Allsop,
shat my client is . man of the highest
probity, Of the purest life, and of loyalty
conspicuous for its services to the Union.s
There had been several colored refugees
looking with interest upon tho scene One
of them stood near the bar.
II knows dat man."
"Where did you know hint"
I'm New Orleans. He used to 20 BY the
name of Mr.. Niggerbroker. Get the gentle
man to ask him one question. Didn't you
use to keep niger jail on Baronne streets"
This inquiry creating comic remark, it
was taken up in the bar, and ct the close OF
Allsop's eulogy the question was put to
him. The wary shyster evaded it, but the
indignation of the people at the possibility
OF his profession was 30 manifest that he
said' as the court and the public were
against him. he would seek his. rights
before some other tribunal. ALISON asked
the protection of the court. and the partv
quitted the courtroom under the protection
OF the officers. Allsop accompanied Knick
10 the carriage and exacted q good fee. He
then returned to the courtroom, and, under
permission to make personal statement.
declared that he had been perfectly
ignorant Of the infamous pursuits
OF his client or would never have
represented his interests. He was sat
isfed his honor was perfectly right, and
having Withdrawn his bill of exceptions.
directed the Withdrawal from tho suit of
Counselor Algernon Perkins Allsop to be
entered on the record. He then drew ON his
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-09
A POET TO A BABE.

Birth.eeng by Swinburne for Resetef'a
Child.
An exquisite poem by Mr.. Swinburne ID
published in the AthenGum for February
10. 1t is "birth-song," addressed to .
babe born last September to bis friends
Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Rossetti, and 10 not to
be fully understood without q few predatory
lines concerning young man of great
promise, who died in 1874, to whom the a.
lusions in the fifth and subsequent stanzas
refer. The youth, Oliver MADDOX Brown,
was the son of the pre-Rsphaelite painter
Of that name. He began to paint in water.
color when he was eight years old, exhib.
tied in 1869, when but fourteen, and, two
years after, began to write weird and
thoughtful rOmances, one of which was
published during his life, and others, mere
. memoir by w. M. Rossetti. OF ono of
these, 1.-The Dwsle Bluth," Il Devon
shire name for the deadly nightshade),
an English critic says: 1T reminds us
the Brontes, but of Emily rather
than of Charlotte. This resemblance 10
chiefly in the character of the incidents
and the description of scenery, while .
certain interpretive glance, certain mode
of tracing ont subtle analogies between the
outer life Of nature and the inner life of
man. recalls the still greater name of the
famous American romance writer. The very
way in which the Dwale Bluth clinRs to
the hair and poisons the wearer, seems to
show its relationship to the flowers in Rap
paccini's garden, or among Zenobia's tresses,
OF by the grave which Septimus had dug"
The extracts given bear out this comparison,
and indicate q mind which in the future.
had he lived, would have found something
better to do than to initiate. He died in
his twentieth year, simply worn out BY the
abnormal and unchecked activity Of his |
brain which filed his last days. It is OF |
this boy that Swinburne asks for tidings in
this exceedingly beautiful greeting to
OLIVIA Frances MADDOX Rossetti:"
Out Of the dark sweet sleep
Where no dreams laugh or Weep
Borne through bright gates Of birth
Into the dim sweet light
Where day sIin dreams OF night
While heaven takes form on earth
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-23
Arrest of q Rutland Woman for Ar
son at Bradford.

Early Monday morning, on complaint Of
Grand Juror Andrew Sargent, a warrant
was issued by Justice John B, Pickett for
the arrest of Mrs. Matte L. Stevens, wife
of N. b. Stevens, late proprietor of the
Marlboro hotel, Boston,. charging her
with arson or wilfully setting fire to the
Tfotter House in Bradford, on Sunday
morning last at about two O'Clock, and
placed the same In the hands OF County
Sheriff s. X. Berry, who served the same
at once. After some delay by defendants
counsel, the Gaze was called at IL o'clock,
when Grin Gambell, esq.,, appeared for the
state and Col. II. Farnam for the respond
ent. AT the request of defendants counsel
the case was adjourned until Tuesday, at
II o'clock. There is considerable excite
ment over the affair, especially so as the
respondent demands hearing, and moro
counsel are to be engaged.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-23
[From the Cincinnati Times.l
The Question of the Next Presidency
Settled.

This morning two gentlemen, enc a DEM
ocrat the other republican, were engaged
in that gentle and seductive game called
ten-pins, and it was proposed to roll to de-
eide the issue of the presidential campaign,
the country to be Immediately notified, so
as to avoid the necessity of an election and
all the attendant trouble and expense The
game was of that peculiar species called
'cooked hat" though why cooked hat we
were never able to discover. The demo-
crat took ball, struck an attitude and re-
marked:
"This is for Tilden," and sent it whiz-
z,ng down the alley, Carrying down two of
the three pins. "rhis is for Hendricks"
sending another, which took down one pin,
and "This is for REFORM" remarked he, as
he sent down the third ball, after the pins
had been reset the second time, and the ball
scooted along the gutter and went with q
dead thump against the cushion at the end
of the alley.
The republican then got into position
and shot a ball in for Hayes, which took
down every pin. The second ball, for
Wheeler, took down two pins.
This, of course, settled the matter of
the presidency for the next four years.
| Then the third ball was rolled, to decide
Sam Cary's chances. 1t went into the gut
| ter, didn't hit a pin, struck the corner
post, and caromed on the shins OF. the pin
boy, who set up howl of agony which 1t
! took dime to quiet.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-23
Marble Discovery.

Mr.. Hancy N. Reynolds, OF Wnirple
Hollow, in Rutland, living about one mile
north of the quarries in West Rutland,
while digging cellar under his house,
came upon a dark variegated marble of
very beautiful color and texture. Being
anxious 10 test the value of his discovery
he cut out a specimen about six inches
square and had it finished from the very
surface Of the rock, which is overlaid with
hard clay and gravel about five feet thick,
and, as the rock appeared, 80 the test Of
finishing proved the marble to be perfectly
sound and very desirable working mar
bic, receiving better finish than almost
any other American marble, from the fact
that the marble is pure and free from flint,
or any other foreign substance, and resem-
bling very closely in texture and suscept-
bility of receiving as fine finish as the best
of Italian marble.
This has been the great want Of the
trade, a fine, good working marble, of the
mourning veined class. There has already
been thrown upon the market different
kinds Of mourning or dark-vened marble,
which are beginning to attract unusual at
ten,ion on account Of their superior dura-
bility over the white marble, and the finish
er has avoided them as much as possible
and Introduced into trade the higher colored
marbles, which are more easily finished.
Yet, notwithstanding these efforts the
purchasers of monumental work have for
some time past directed their attention to
these darker and more durable grades of
marble, which for beauty of finish and du-
rabiliiy excel all other kinds of marble,
among which are the Columbian and dark
mourning vened marble of the Eureka and
the Sutherland Falls specimens. From
u close and minute examination of this
rock upon the farm of Mr.. Reynolds, and
of the specimens finished, l am satisfied
that marble possessing the highest excel
lence in the qualities heretofore named is
here found. Mr.. Reynolds has exposed
solne twenty feet in width of this beautiful
marble, consisting of some six layers,
about four feet thick, and each layer vary
ing in color, but similar in texture with
evidence also existing that there is also
large tract of land of several hundred feet
in width containing more or less of this
marble. The natural advantages for quar-
rying are excellent, being on the line of
the celebrated quarries, a short distance to
the north, and 1 am satisfied that with the
large demand for this class and color of
marble that money expended here will
give ample promise of return. A specimen
of this marble can be seen at the drug store
Of A. w. Higgins, in Rutland.