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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1877-09-06

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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1877-09-06

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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-12
Colored ana Bald-Headed.

Years ago the then well known firm
Of w. Il Co., Boston, agents for pop
ular line of Australian packet ships
received q letter Of inquiry from Gin
cinnati. Correspondence followed
and second cabin passages were en-
gagged for Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hat
held, their son Joseph J. and Mis-
Blanche, who were politely urged Il
put In an appearance in Boston ON Of
before May 9Th, as "the good shit
Daniel Sharp, whereof Joseph d
Gushing 10 master for this presen
voyage" would sail on the day fol
lowing, weather permitting.
On the morning designated young
darkey exquisite, sporting q tall ha1
ana ivory-headed cane, sauntered In.
TO the elegantly appointed office and
demanded:
"Is dis yer de Office of w. & Co. p
"Yes, it 10, growled the senior w.,
from behind his desk, frownipg over
his gold-bowed spectacles at the in.
truder.
"Well, sab, me and my folks are
gwine out to Melbourne in your ship
Daniel Sharp, p
"Not II know it-you are not go
ing to do any SUCH"
'How 90, sab 2 Didn't I correspond
with you from Cincinnati, and engage
passage for my fodder and mudder
and Miss Blanche ?''
"Whatl Il your name Hatfield ?"
roarsd the dismsyed agent.
eyes, sab, my name 3 Hatfield,
and
"Why in the devil didn't you notify
me that you were colored 2"
"Why in de debbil didn't you mott
fy me dat you was baldheaded ?"
The pertinent rejoinder silenced old
W., and although two or three pas
sengers who preferred to have the
color line drawn outside Of ships
second cabin, gave up their berths
and were refunded their passage
money, the Hatfields compiacently
sailed 10 the Sharp.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-12

The attention Of all papers interest
ed In the circulation Of the Chicago
morning papers is invited to the
following table which shows the
amount of postage paid during the
fiscal year ending June 30th, 1877, by
the Tribune, Times and The Inter-
Ocean on their daily and toeekly eds
tions:
Daily. Weekly.
Chicago Tribune, $2,l45.38 &l,900.z -
Chicago Times, 2,2l7.92 2,368.O6
The Inter-O Ocean, 3,24O.38 SCALA
1t will be seen that the Inter- Ocean
pays on the circulation Of its daily
edition one-third more than the Tn
bune does on its daily edition, and
one thousand and twenty-five dollars
and fifty cents more than 10 paid ON
the daily Times. On its weekly edi-
ton, the Inter Ocean pays nearly
three times az much as the Tribune and
Times combined pay on their week
lies. When it is remembered that
both the Times and Tribune and heav-
Ter than the Znter.O Ocean, weighing
about ten pounds more ON every
thousand sheets, the difference in "a
vor of the Znter-O Ocean becomes more
marked. To make the comparison
more nearly correct ON circulation the
amount paid by the Times and Irs.
June should be reduced 10 per cent.
The figures of the table are official
and cannot be successfully denied.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-12
olimass Changed by Cultivation

There 10 . general belief through.
out our Western country that marked
changes in climate are conseq uent up
ON the settlement of a region, and
that, In fact, these changes become
perceptible within few years when.
ever Z railroad is laid through . new
country. Mr.. marlborough, an ex.
plorsr Of note, adds to the evidences
In favor Of this notion, by his obsery.
lions in Australia. Keeping sheep IL
NO longer SO profitable there as it used
to be, but ON the other hand large
tracts OF land that were worthless be.
fore, have latterly become fit for 40.
riculture. There is decided increase
Of forests and of moisture in parts OF
Australia, giving hope that eventual.
~ the whole interior desert NAV be
reclaimed. The direct effect of sheen.
raising has been to keep down the
tall grass which formerly Afforded
material for destructive fires. The
trees, young and old, had been peri
odically burnt by these fires, until the
country becoming almost treeless, ita
climate had been rendered arid and
it, soil sterile. If the facts IN Aus.
tralia can be established, they will o..
ford the most remarkable instance
yet recorded Of climate being modi-
Aed by the labors and surroundings
Of civilised man.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-12
A Sensible Xlexv.l

In the excess of talk about "civil,
service REFORM" only one principle
clearly exists namely, that an Official
is entitled to tenure until the expirA'
ton of his commission, unless re.
moved for malfeasance. If Mr.. Conk.
ling succeeds in persuading the Sen.
ate to establish this one principle,
Mr.. Hayes should regret 1t less than
anybody else; for, in addition to its
intrinsic justice, the existence of such
a precedent would save him many q
wasted hour Of worthless worry. In
fact, no matter what personal pique
may exist between Mr.. Hayes and
Mr.. Conkling, it is not creditable to
the former that Senator should have
to teach him to apply the only discov-
cradle principle of sscivil-service re-
form" to an administration which
has made "civil-service reform" its
chief hobby.-CAicogo Times.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-12
u the anjhal yet strcnuously
object to be run by the tail.


THE report of the Hon. Geo. w.
McCrary, Secretary of War, in PAM
phlet form, is before us. It 10 jus.
such carefully prepared and excel.
lent report IS we should expect from
Iowa's able representative In the Cab.
met.
The Secretary alludes to the fac,
that, under existing laws, only three
hundred ofRcers are allowed upon
the retired list at any one time. Thu
report shows that there are now fifty
seven officers, who upon examination
are pronounced unfit for duty and
cannot be retired because the author
lied number of three hundred are al
ready retired. The Secretary yer,
properly asks that the number of off
GERS that may be retired, be increased
Touching the Mexican difficulties
he says that the Mexican government,
is SO weak that our troops have beer
ordered to, and have frequently cross
ed the Mexican border after marau'
ders. This course was rendered nee
essary because it was absolutely the
only way in which their predatory ex'
cursions could be stopped.
/ He especially urges upon Congress
an appropriation to collect and pub
llish the war records Of the rebellion
The last Confederate Congress did NO,
seem to care about preserving thes,
records and SO cut down the Isua
appropriation. The Secretary ask
for liberal appropriation to contin
ne this work. The recommendation
contained in the report, are man,
and wise.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-12
WASHINGTON.
M'CRARY GIVES A DEMOCRATIC IioUsl
COMMITTEE A SET BACK. ~

M'CRARY GIVES A DEMOCRATIC HOUSE
COMMITTEE A SET BACK. "a
WASHINGTON, Dec. lO.-The Secy. of
War was before the committee on
military affairs again to-day. He
said that the order to Gen. Ord to
pursue Mexican raiders across the
Rio Grande on . fresh trail, was bas-
cd principally upon information Civ
en- In Q report by Lieut.. Col. Shaffer,
heretofore published.
On being asked what authority the
War Department had to make such
ORDERS he cited to orders given to
Col. Robert f. Lee, in 1860, to follow
Mexican depradatOrs into Mexico, ii
necessary, and that given by John G.
Calhoun, a. Secy. of War in 1917, to
Gen Gaines to pursue Seminole In
dams into Spanish territory,
was vigorously carried out by
Gen. Gaines successor, Gen. Andrew
Jackson.
Capt. Clause, oath infantry, station.
ed at TT. Brown. confirmed the state
mont that several large ranches in
Texas had been abandoned in conse.
quence Of danger toproperty and life
from Mexican raiders.
The President has nominated Geo
Fisher to be Surveyor of Customs fol
Cairo, Ill.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-12
The entire Republican delegation in

The entire Republican delegation in
Congress from New York State, ex.
cept Chittenden who was elected in
1872 as Liberal, have joined in q let
ter ssking the President not to again
send in the names Of Roosevelt for Col
lector and Prince for Naval officer OF
New York City, to which the Presi-
don't returned prompt refusal, and
again at once renominated them to
the Senate. This means that the Pres
ident and Secretary Evarts knows
more about the character and fitness
Of official appointments in New York
State, than it's entire republican dele
cation in Congress does. 1t means
farther that Ben Hill, Gordon, Ste
phens & Co., can get men appointed
in the South while Conkling, Town
send & Co., Of the great State of New
York cannot. 1t means that there
isn't Cancellation enough to go around
and that the Republicans of that State
are left out of the list.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-12
Nasty Rejoicss over tho New
RefoYmers.
From the Toledo Blatie,

Conover and Patterson hev come
over to us. Conover and Patterson
hev cast their lots with us, and hentz.
forth and forever will be found bat.
tin for purity and reform In the Dim.
ocratic ranks. It's an acquisition
Patterson is threatened, It is troo
with the Penitenshary, but wat NV
that? Whenever q Republican putt
hisself in danger NV the Penitenshary,
he jist becomes fit for the Dim0crisy,
A Republicans bein in danger NV the
Penitenshary, shows that he hez bin
contemplatin change in his politikle
afiiliashens, and hez bin preparin for
it. WELDON, Patterson and Conover
WELDON last recroots to the army nv
reform. I see the end. The House
is ours, the SENT 10 ours, and tho yoo-
serper stands alone. He her in hia
yooserpip hands the symbol nv pow
or, but its ez harmless o. sword nv
lath. We hev him and the party witch
forced him onto No. 81 tho Dimoc-
risy hev any ssnce, the Post OA9ses Il
ours In 1850.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-12

1t is significant fact experience
has demonstrated that when men fall
ont with their friends, with their par
ty, they seem to bear an especial spite,
~ > rule, against the friends from
whom they have estranged them
aslves. We must confess that the ru-
kt9g advisers Of the present admins
4radon, we fear are of the estranged
elias above referred to. The follow
aers q fhese men were fcv in 70 and
siucc, bst they were stubborn set OF
chaps and felt rsvengefully agrieved
because, as the tail Of the republican
elephant, they could not wag him.
They stand In the y. s. Senate to-day
lathe rstio Of one to thirty-ssYen.-
The Gzss0st solid to . man character
* ths stalwsrt republican party &
coaerssa elbows that ~ heaA and
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-12
.FlrzslMMoNs AGAIN..

The appointment Of Fitzsimmons as
United States Marshall for Georges
has shaken our faith in the President's
sincerity more than any other step he
has taken. We believed him mista.
ken before; now that word will not
express it.
Marshal Smyth was a Republican
and, therefore, his assuming to dis.
charge the duties Of the office was, OF
the Georgia Democratic papers ex-
press lt"an outrage on the people.
To relieve the people from this "out-
rage" the President promised Sena-
tors Gordon and Hill to remove
Smyth and appoint Democrat in his
stead. The two Senators named de-
cided, after much quarrelling, that
Huff, the present Mayor of the city
of Macon, was the man for the place.
The President instituted inquiries
among the Republicans of Georgia as
to the acceptability of Huff. He then
had q disposition to please them if a
Democrat could be found to do it.
The Republicans said, with great
unanimity, that, if they must have q
Democratic Marshal, they preferred
Huff to any other; that he was q
plain-spoken honest man, and not .
bitter partisan; that he accepted the
constitutional. amendments in good
faith, and would strive TO enforce
them impartially. When Gordon
heard this he withdrew his support
from Huff and gave it to Fitzsimmons
who was also an applicant. Fitzsim-
mons is Wade Hampton's nephew,
and believes the amendments wrong
in principle, and that they were
fraudulently foisted upon the people
of the South, and will not enforce
them. The Republicans of Georgia
protest against his appointment.
AT the request of Hill and Gordon,
the President sends in the name of
Fitzsimmons. Every Republican
member of the Judiciary Committee
of the Senate voted to report against
his confirmation. The report was
made. The Democrats, however, with
the aid Of Conover and Patterson, vo-
ted his confirmation, notwithstanding
the adverse report.
Because HUFF accepts of the new or
der of things, and is willing to enforce
the law in spirit and in letter, Hill
and Gordon desert him, and the Re-
publican President sanctions and con-
firms the step. Because the Republi-
cans Of Georgia say he is q fair man,
though a Democrat, Hill and Gordon
think he is not the man for the place,
and the Republican President chimes
in with them. Fitzsimmons is oppos-
ed to the constitutional amendments,
the magma charta of Southern Repub-
licans. Hill and Gordon say he is
preferable to Huff, and the Republican
President says amen.-Inter-O Ocean.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-12
NM clrcular.

THAT Circular.
This weeks Mt. Pleasant Journal
will publish the following letter ad-
dressed to the editor of that paper by
ex-senator Harlan, viz:
MT. PLEASANT, Iowa, Dec. Z, ~.
To the Editor Of the JoMrndl-MY
DEAR Sin: This morning / received
your note of the 9th inst, Informing
me that some of the newspapers Of
our state have published q statement
saying that I have issued q circular
against Senator Allison. You are
kind enough to add that although you
know this allegation to be untrue,
you call my attention to it, supposing
that may not have seen 1t.
Please accept my thanks for your
courtesy. have not seen any such
statement, and no averment could be
more false. / have not issued, au-
thorized or abetted in any method
whatever, the issuance Of any circu.
lar, letter or communication of any
character, against the Senator, and
have no reason for doing SO. l am
not a candidate for the Senatorial auc-
ccssion or any other public station
and have constantly been treated by
him with all the attention, courtesy,
consideration and respect which any
private citizen could expect or desire
from a public servant occupying his
eminent position.
Equally untrue is another state
ment to which my attention has been
called within the last few days, print
ed in the Daily Democrat, to the effect
that / have recently authorized the
publication of private letter, said ia
have been writtcn by me some time
in the year 1873, addressed to General
David, intended to reflect on the char
acter Of Senator Allison and others.
/ have not at any time authorized,
sanctioned, countenanced, been privy
to or consulted about the publication
Of any such letter, nor do I believe
that General David would so grossly
violate the confidence of a friend al
to do SO, nor that the letter, as printed
in the Daily Democrat, is correct
copy of any letter ever written by me
and addressed to General David OF
nybody else.
You are at liberty to make what.
ever use Of this note you may deem
the circumstances require. With
great respect, yours truly,
JAS. HARLAN.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-12
The east, o. represented In Coneres,

Tho east, - represented In Congress
seems, to . great extent, unit for
doubling the real value Of the large
indebtedness to it, by wiping out sill
vcI % money factor of this country.
Again the east 10 to very considera-
BILE extent, fayoring peace and quie,
for the sake Of the dollar in business
though that peace be obtained b!
the permission granted to the ex-reb
81 element Of the south to demand
and enforce perfect obedience of til,
republicans Of that section, upon pair
Of death for refusal. These are feat
nres that the major portion Of the re
publican party will never agree to
in our Judgment Opposition I,
them includes very broad and vita
principles, both Of them as broad Z.
any party in this nation ever stood
uUOn.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-12

About . dozen Texas Pacific Rail.
road Bills altogether, appropriating
from I'll, 600 to $685. 600 per mile each
In cash subsidies have already been
introduced into the Confederate
House, and one Of these days the
great reform democratic party
through its representatives. in Wash.
ington will be found led up by the
ear by Tom Scott, and voted for this
steal In some one Of its various shapes.
And this IL the great reform and
unterrifed democratic party which
has filled its belly with east wind and
howled 90 long and loud against vot-
ing away the peoples land, and the
peoples money to subsidize rascally
railroad swindles!
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-12

The Ottumwa COURIER complains
Of lot OF vinegar-jugs (not revenue
officers, who run around the country
and hunt mp alleged violations Of the
revenue law, and drum mp cases, put
parties to expense, have them arrest
cd, only to have the case thrown oul
Of court.
We had some knowledge of the &C
tions of some such parties, last year
I'D .1slt much - the COURIER did,
that II wSSs fraud. We want to see
the government s9.orce Us laws, Ou'
when these leeches dig ana delve-
not to punish offenders, Sut 70 MAKE
pitiable fee, then It 10 time ZONE ge'
striction was put upon it.-Oskalooso
Herald.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-12
g. Blll Curtis, Harper,s Meekl,
Here's Your Cancellation.
A special dispatch from Washing

A Especial dispatch from Washing
ton to the Chicago Tribune says:
The last issue of the Charleston Is.
O. Ne,os and Courier, has an edito
rial, warning the colored Republicans
of Charleston, not to support, at the
municipal election next week, the In
dependent ticket, composed of color
ed Republicans and Independent
white Democrats. The article which
causes considerable comment here,
SAYS:
Upon the colored people of Charles
ton will rest the responsibility for the
defeat of the Democratic ticket, or
the attempt to defeat it. The defeat
of the democratic tinket by the color
ed people will rekindle the angry
feelings that were fast dying out !; the
old color-line will be re.established,
and the whites will be pitted square
ly against the blacks. Does any col
ored man doubt the result of such a
contest, this State Government in cv-
cry department being controlled by
Democrats?
Those despots calling themselves
democrats, are nursing beneath their
feet, volcano that will one day over
whelm them, it may be, in blood.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-12
John P. Irish. late democratic 90,

John p. Irish, late democratic can
didate for Governor of Iowa, says in
his Iowa City Press, Of the message
on finances shat it is the voice of Til.
eden but the hand of Hayes" and
that eff President Tilden were in the
"office to which he was elected THU
message would differ only in supe'
"rior English and manlier method
Which we hope will have tenden-
cy to reconcile our friends Of the
democratic persuasion to Hayes adj
ministration.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-12

1873, are unquestionably payable in
coin, gold or silver. Admit, for the
purpose of what we have to say, that
this is correct, and that bonds issued
since are not 60 payable, though we,
in fact radically differ with him. We
have 500, 600 600 Of 6 per cent bonds
issued before '73. Let the govern
ment establish q system of savings
banks for the people through postofi-
ces or otherwise, and let the people
have chance to place their savings
in 1865 or 4 per cent. bonds of the
country, and remonetize silver and
enable the people to buy these bonds
with that kind of coin. This done, let
the government take up the per
cent. bonds with the money thus OBJ
tanned from the people by the sale Of
the new bonds. 1t is estimated that
there are over twice 500, 0OO, 600 now
deposited in savings banks. and since
savings banks are now suspending
rapidly, and their solvency rendered
doubtful, it would be very popular
with the people to invest in govern
ment bonds of small denominations
This course would, in three years, at
the outside, absorb the 500, 600 900 of
6 per cents. and reinvest it among our
oson people, in small bonds. We
would not need any syndicate to do
this, we think, nor be dependent on
the capitalists Of the world to fund
our Indebtedness. II, after silver is
remonetized and placed upon level
with gold, silver shall not be found
to equal gold according to the old rs-
ito, scale it up SO that it will equal it.
All this could be effected ut the pres
ent session Of Congress. Bonds in
the hands o. our own people would
keep at home the interest Maid ON
them and coin WGnid not have to be
exported SO largely, to Europe, to
pay interest.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-12

If the President vetoes the silver
bill, It win take two-thirds of both
Houses Of Congress to overcome the
veto and pass the bill in spite Of hii
sopposition. But If his veto could be
submitted to the popular vote of the
people Of his own state, or Of Illinois,
or Of the whole west nine-tenths
majority to overcome it could easily
be obtained. - Chicago Tribune,