Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-22


ton that the past week has witnessed
a singular revival of interest among
the State militia men. Missouri has
now an enrolment of about rs COM
panies of infantry and one company
of light artillery. An exchange of
the old muskets for breech-loaders
was effected with the general govern
ment several months ago, and with
these
TIE STATE TROOPS
are being armed. The force has been
increasing steadily and quietly all
the campaign, three new
having been mustered in |
very recently, the last only few days
since under the name Of the Daniel
G. Taylor guards, Mr.. Taylor having
been former Mayor of the city and |
now leading democrat. On the
streets, in the cars and everywhere,
people arc talking Of an irrepressible |
conflict with party and administra-
ton corrupt, INSCRIPTIONS, and des-
potic beyond endurance. There is
cipher communication between st. |
Louis and the national democratic |
headquarters in New York constant
ly, and the sentiment here is repeat
edly asked after. The city which
was
DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF
not much more than a decade ago is
to-day nearer to that condition than
it has been since the surrender of
Lee. 1t is known to a positive GER
tainty that from the custom-house in
this city spies and shadows sworn in
under the United States statutes as
deputy marshals are sent out daily to
dog the steps of prominent democrats
and overhcar their conversation.
Within the past week your cores
pendent has been repeatedly inform
ed by leading men here who have
been Jealous for Tildcn in the late
campaign that they have discovered
that every movement that they make
even in their business is being watch
ed. On pretense of preventing cleo
ton frauds, the republicans have
secured the appointment OF nearly
1000 United States deputy marshals.
and many of these are being retained
in service and
USED AS INFORMERS.
On the the other hand the democrat
ic leaders arc alive to the critical con-
dition Of affairs and there have been
several informal conferences ut which
the possibilities of the near future
have been talked over, and the future
course to be pursued by Missouri par
TALLY mapped out. just as one of
those little things which shows the
drift, ii is worthy of notice, perhaps,
to state that a liie-sized bust of Tilden
was mounted prominently this after
noon in front Of democratic news
paper Office, the Times, and q gray
militia shake placed upon it with the
insignia of the national guard on the
front, and underneath in large letters
the inscription. "Thc kind of n man
he will be if
THEY TRY To CoENT HIM Off,
Thousands came to look at the sig
niticant spectacle, but in all the war
talk there is not to be heard anywhere
the advocacy of the old doctrine of
secession. That is universally de-
nounced as settled issue. The sem
timent general with the democrats is
that if worst comes to worst it shall
be wholly fight for life or death in
side of the union for constitutional
rights,
UNDER THE OLD FLAG.
Perhaps the most notable event in
this connection is an order issued
within the past two days and sent to
every militia company in the state.
II appears simple enough, but its
meaning is nothing more nor less than
tc discipline and unity the various
commands, remind them of their al
legiance to democtatic state govern
ment, and dclicately notify them Of
the necessity to be prepared for SER
vice. Here where the attendant cir
cumstances areknown, the order pos
sesses far more importance than its
face hetrays. 1t Is as follows:
Headquarters State Of 1Hssaouyi,
Adjutant Generals Office, CITY Of
Jefferson. Nov Is. 1S76.-t.eneraI or
ders No. 5: Companies of the 0. M.
NJ, after having been properly or
ganized and furnished with arms and
equipments by the state. cannot vol
untorily disband. The disbandon-
ment of any organization and vaca-
ton of the commissions Of officers,
when necessary, will be only by direc-
tion of the commandcr-in-chief.
2. The bond accepted conditioned on
the preservation and safe keeping of
the ordnance aud ordnance stores is
sued to companies disbanded by prop
er authority, will be surrendered on
ly when the obligators shall have sub
mitted to the acting quartermaster
general such statement us shall war
rant a quietus by the state. By order
of the commander in chief.
G.. &. BINGHAM, Adj't Gen.
By w. #. MELBOURNE, Chief Clerk.
Incidents and events showing the
tideand the drift OF sentiment here
might he multiplied. There is no mis-
taking it. The gloomiest possible Wow
is taken Of the outcome in the south
ern states. Warned by the private
advices received here daily from Be-
gy, Broadhead, and Gibson, the Mis-
souri, democrats sent to New Orleans,
the st. Louis democrats have very
generally no other expectation than
that Tilden will be counted ont, but
have yet to find a leading man on Ell
ther side that anticipates
THE INAUGURATION OF GOV. HAYES
without trouble, and that of the most
serious kind. The drift of argument
among democrats is that, if violence
must come to assert the will Of the
people, wisdom and policy will die.
tate that the initiative steps be taken
outside Of the southern states, and in
that view it is felt that national re-
form may have to commence in
Missouri. A democratic administra-
ton exists throughout the state de-
partments and radiatcd through four
fifths of the counties. Tilden's ma
.iority is 10000. These
WENT TO WAR
with their next-door neighbors in
Missouri in 1861 and may do it in
1876 just as easily. The generals
then Oh either side are the leaders
now of their respective parties, only
that the confederate element and the
union democrats arc now shoulder TO
shoulder, allied and in perfect har-
mony, but so bitterly opposed to the
corrupt party in power as to feel that
the issue calls for desperate measures.
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A Statement.
New YORK, Nov. 20.-Thc Times
furnishes the following document to
the agent Of the Western Associated |
Press:
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Nov. 90. |