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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29
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The very best test Of . mans real
character is the life which he leads ;
and the best test of his duplicity is
shown in the variance between his
professions and his acts.
just now some men are doing their
utmost to curry favor with the work
ingmens movement by using any
amount of honied words in their be-
half. They 60 90 far - to plainly
show the cloven foot, viz: that their
unwonted love for the laborer means
II tickle you you tickle me-" They
say yoa'll find your chestnuts in our
camp; it is the democratic party that
has always been the laboring mans
friend, come among US, they cry, and
all your ills shall be cured, and you
shall reyel in the good things Of earth
Well, If the record of the democratic
party has any bright spots In it fol-
the poor man we have never been
able to find them. Please to look ovel
the past and present life Of these mel
who are SO loud just now in palsver
ing the workingmen. See how mxcl
they pay, and how well aud promptly
they pay their own laborers whel
they have any. Examine and zee i
they do not hire their help at the low
est possible figure, and if they dom
owe them from week to week, from
from month to month, and from yea
to year. A mans whining sympath!
for the poor laborer don't 60 very fal
when he lives and does business Q
the expense Of his laborers, keeping
them out of the moderate wages HI
agrees to pay them. In looking To-
friends, it is always we'll to look we'll
and discern pretended from rea
friends, and the best test, % WI
have said, to determine this matter, il
the deeds Of men; their constant life
work, and not their fitful, cunning
professions,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

VERY many southern Journals are
loud in their condemnation Of POST
master General Key for the tenor OF
his little speeches made ON the Presi-
Dental tour through New England.
AS q sample Of the many, we give
what Charleston Is. CO. NeWs says,
% follows: n aa,s a4
We would like to know who made Postmaster
General Key spokesman Cor the people of the
south, aAd authorized him 10 mike confession for
US. We are sick and tired ofth cringing attitude
which this self-appointed representative of South
erN sentiment assumes on all public occasions.
The people OF the South admit that they went to
war and got the worst of 1t. Bnt they have never
vet admitted that they did wrong in fighting for q
just cause. They fAiled in it, and they accept the
result like men. But they scorn TO go itine,a,ing
around the world slandering their own action and
sueing for clemency in self-abascment; and when
Judge Key undertakes hereafter 10 eat dirt for the
amusement Of his audience, We hope he will have
the honesty to do II for himself, and not attempt
TO give honor to the operation by forging the in
tlorsement Of the southern people.
Z The above is the almost universal
declaration of the South, viz: that to
rebel and try to destroy the Union is
not wrong.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

hackers is, that our bank notes shall
be retired by the issue Of say $780,
O0O, 600 greenbacks in their stead. Our
democratic friends said, in time Of
rebellion, that the issue Of greenbacks
was illegal; that they were unlawful,
worthless rags, snd would soon be Of
no more value than the wall paper
upon our houses. This was when the
nation was struggling for an existence
against the treason Of this same dem.
ocratic party. Now, when the party
which saved the Union is struggling
TO pay the honest debt Of the nation
made necessary by democratic
treason, that party has changed 1T
tune and now wants these same q cen
backs issued without limit. It wa
never claimed that the legal tender
could be rightfully issued except II
time Of war, as . war measure. TIL
democracy denied their legality ever
then. The Supreme Court of the U
8. has sustained the Republican par
TVS view that these greenbacks coult
only be issued in . great emergency
such as the rebellion created. Thi
highest court in the land has settlet
this question, and settled 1t rightful
ly. Besides, in the gloomiest days o
the war, Congress assured by law tn
creditors of the country, in order Il
(preserve its credit, that the legal ten
ders in circulation should never ex
coed $4OO,OO0OW Had they not take,
this step then, the country woul,
have been unable to maintain its cred
lie, and consequently the rebellion
would have succeeded. But to al
this, the party of rebellion gave n
heed. They never did heed either tn
maintenance of the Union or tn
credit of the nation.
Whipped in trying to destro
the country, they have ever since bee
trying to strike it down by destroy
lug its credit. 1t 10 singular how di1
ficult it 10 to please the party of tre'
son. In the nation's great peril frol
treason, greenbacks were illegal, .,
cording to democracy; now they 81
legal by the same authority, whe
they would virtually make thu natio
q repudiator.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

The British Government has pro-
vided by statute for complete sys-
tenn Of arbitration between employers
and the employed, extending even to
the fixing of wages. AS the term
arbitration" implies, all these mat
tiers in dispute between labor and
capital are, of course, to be adjusted
In this way only by the consent Of
both parties but the statutes provide
for the organization OF such tribunals,
and for carrying their decisions into
effect. 1t is something Of this sort
that the labor reformers demand in
this country, and with the example of
Great Britain before us, the subject is
certainly one deserving of fair con-
sideratiOn.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

RlCHafeNDs Ind, Aug. H.-Col.
HMloWaI reh0rts % follows at eight
O'Clock tbs nforning: Senator Nor
ten rested wen from midnirht till 4
O'clock; when he awoke his nosition
VA charged and he slept until day
light. He e gradually progressing
Doctor Bliss is greatly ENCOURAGED
with Senator Morton's condition Am.
ring the forenoon. At noon TO-DAY
DR.. Bliss, Col. Holloway and Gov.
Burbank, Join In pronouncinr the
Senators condition @ much improv-
Cd - they could reasonably anticipate
and with no new combination OF
symptoms Of . return of recent
alarming conditions, It lie now antici-
pated, they will remain unchanged.
The beliefs hourly growing stronger
thst the worst Is passed.
R1cHMoND, Ind, Aug. N.-An off,
cial bulletin from Gov. Burbank, this
hour, midnight reports Senator Nor
ton sleeping. DIR. Bliss has nothing
to communicate except . repetition
Of former occurrences that the pa.
tient is progressing very favorsbly
towards convalescence. At I .. M.
the Senator awoke from . refreshing
sleep. Rumors of the return of paini
Of the chest or any new danger are
entirely unfounded. - f35a
R1cHMoND, Ind, Aug. 2S.-Sincs
one O'Clock this morning, and up Il
3 .. M, Senator Morton has rested
comfortably. Gov. Burbank tele'
igraphed President Hayes - follows
Senator Morton il much better, thil
morning, and isimproving. We fee,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

bondholdcr has been receiving 6 per
cent. ANNUALLY in gold on every 81, 600
bond, for which he paid somewhere
between $500 and $500; while the
American bondholders, receiving
their 6 per cent. interest semi annual
ly in gold Immediately converted
their gold into greenbacks at q pre-
MUM of from II to 20 per cent. In q
season of financial embarrassment
Government stocks fell considerably
below par. Our banks, trust compa-
MES, savings institutions and capital
lists availed themselves of that oppor-
tunity 10 invest largely, realizing q
year or two afterwards, besides their
gold interest, from Is to 80 per cent.
profit. The stock of one of our city
banks rose full 100 per cent. in con-
sequence of the money made by that
institution by its large and lucky pur-
chases of Government skies. So far,
therefore, both the foreign and Amer
lean bondholders have been munifi-
Gently rewarded.
But this is not all. The bondhold-
ers have had a "good thing" in the
way of "usance.' I have not been
able to learn what proportion of our
national debt is held by Americans.
If we assume the amount thus held
to be one thousand million dollars,
and that the gold interest has during
the last twelve years averaged 8 per
cent, the bondholders who promptly
convert their gold interest into green.
backs have pocketed the handsome
sum of $5,400,OOO annually, making
in twelve years 1914, SOC, 900. The for.
eign bondholder who reinvested his
gold interest in American securities
was correspondingly benefited. In
view of these facts, will it be said
that we are dealing dishonesty, in.
equitably, or illiberally with the Gov.
eminent bondholders by maintaining
that they should be paid in exact &C.
cordance with the terms upon which
they loaned the Government theil
money? Nor should it be forgotten
that during these weary twelve year,
of financial arrangement that capita
which "toils not" has been squeezing
these gold premiums out Of labor
Yes, while capital "fares sumptuous
ly every day." millions of laborerl
have sweat upon land and sea to ap
pease class whose ceaseless cry /,
give I! give! Those onerous and re
morseless gold premiums, in the mem
orable words of President Jackson
make the rich richer, and the poo
poorer. Until l84O the United States
produced little or no silver. In 1916
in the infancy Of our mines, thei
product was estimated at 81. 1864 ster
ling. Thenceforward the develop
ments were rapid and rich; so mucl
SO that in 1873 the United States wa
the largest silver-producing countr,
in the world, as will be seen from tn,
| Col -s,< 90
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

LEW WALLACE wants to raise a
battalion of frontiersmen to fight the
Indians on their own ground and in
their own way. Lew Wallac has
one thing only in common with
your typical backwoodsman, and that
is long hair. But it takes something
besides bluster, bravado and long
hair to lick the Indians, as the coun-
try has had occasion to find out.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

Hon. JAMES +. WILSON, of Fairfield,
regarded generally as the ablest
among Iowa's public men, will deliv-
er his only speech of the campaign at
Ottumwa on the 9Th Of Sept. The
COURIER will publish the speech in
full, but the Central Committee
should be stirring around to make
the meeting worthy of the distin.
guished orator.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

A SPECIAL dispatch, which we copy
from the Cincinnati Times this morn.
ing, shows Civil Service Reform
Bristow in one of his truest lights
that of recommending two men fol
the same Office. General Harlan, OF
Kentucky, is shown to be guilty OF
the same hypocrisy and dishonesty
Register.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

WASHINGTON, Aug. Ex-senator
C0ckrell in . letter to the Treasury
Department regarding claims for the
use or occupation Of private property
By the union army, during the rebel.
lion, desires the Department to send
. good officer to Missouri to investi-
gate such claima.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

CHICAGO, Aug. ga mysterious
case of murder and suicide occurred
At late hour tonight. VIM. o. Sui
Ivan, aged 30, sexton Of st. Jarlach's
church, while visiting two young la
dies at 30 Smith street, shot Katie
Brannock, aged %, over the left ear,
killing her instantly. He immediate-
ly left the house and entered his room
shot himself fatally and died in few
minutes. The only witness of the
deed was friend Of both parties; he
heard no quarreling between the par
ties, and could give no reason for the
Act, and both parties were highly
respectable.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29
PAVING the p,u.,.

SCRANTON, Pa, Aug. 25.-Y ester
days meeting OF firemen and brake
men was held to raise funds to pay
the largo expenses of the late strike,
for bail, aid to families and men who
have lost their places by striking.
The results unknown, but it is be-
lieved that many of the men are dis
satisfied with the organizations, and
wont be bound by them.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

SAN Francisco, Aug. 28.-Justice
Field said to CaH reporter last ev-
ening, regarding an interview pub
lished In the Eschange to-day, that
he has declined to be interviewed,
but as to the dependence 10 be placed
on the article in the Erchdnge said III
do not care to discuss or comment up
ON that article or upon the way in
which it was obtained, and I will
simply state nothing have said to
any one here would justify an infer
ence derogatory to Judge Bradley.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29
The vvovk eta Tvaoon.

WATrRTowN, N Y, Aug. 27.-
stephen Barber and his wife were
shot by tramp at their residence in
Belmont, franklin county, last night.
Barber is dead and his wife is not ex-
pected to live. Robbery was the
object,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

One Of the latest and most notable
achievements OF Gen. Schurz was to
turn the penniless sister of the dead
hero, Gen. Meade from q clerical Of
fice In the Interior Department, out
of which she was making living.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29
rnvRLow WEEDS LETTER.

1t is not necessary to make any
apology for the great space which
Thurlow Weeds letter, on the neces-
sity of remonctizing silver, takes in
our columns. II is an unanswerable
argument from the Nestor of Ameri-
can Journalism, and all should read it.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

BIsHop ANDREWS, of the Methodist
Church, has returned to his home at
Des Moines, after an absence of two
years in Europe on clerical duty, and
was accorded public reception at
the residence of Hon. G. e. N0urse.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

The State Register must not censure
US too strongly for calling democratic
ideas by their right name or for rec.
ognizing 3 familiar friend in the
southern policy OF Mr.. Hayes. They
are so plainly democratic that q way
fariDg man though fool must recog-
nize them as old friends, and we are
glad to have such recruits in their
favor as Mr.. Russell of the Daven-
port Gazette and Mr.. Potter of the
Clinton Herald.-Des Moines Leader
Dem
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

THE one speech that the Hon. James
F. Wilson will deliver during the
present canvass will be made at OF
tumwa on the 9Th Of September
Register.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29
MARxHxa

In our local quotations we have lit
tie change to note and 1t prices given
the market 10 dull for many articles
Of produce, hay, straw, oats. There
10 good milling and shipping de-
mand for wheat, which 10 firm at
quotations.
Potatoes are plenty and, the mar
ketwell supplied with IN excellent
quality.
There is but little demand for to.
matoes q 5Oc per bushel, and for cab
pages the market IL very unreliable.
Oesa0wa 0roeesy Darkst.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

OnoAso, Aug. %.
by Telegraph
Wheat-weak and lower; 81 O6 for
Aug, and $3.50 Sept.
Corn-easier; 42c bid Sept, and
42Lc Oct.
Oats-steady; 23c cash, and 1890
Rye-5216 @53c.
Barley-6Shc.
Pork-weak and easy ct $l2 20 cash
and IL 30 Oct.
Lard-weak and lower IS 271k for
cash, and 8 321f Oct.
Whisky-@l %.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

We believe that it is generally ad-
mitted that ex-Alderman Brady will
be the Laboring Mems candidate for
Senator, this Fall.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29
GOLD FOR THE UNITED STATES.

LONDON, Aug. 2S.-American ca
giles to the amount of one hundred
and thirty thousand pounds sterling
were Withdrawn from the Bank OF
England, yesterday, for the United
States, despite the bank, yesterday,
began to charge one-half pence per
ounce more for eagles.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

MORTON is likely to recover, which
pleases decent people, generally, aud
only disgruntles Blue Jeans Williams
and his Friday, Dan Voorhees,.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

BUSINESS is gradually improving in
this city. The wholesale merchants
in nearly every department of trade
report that there is already, thus ear
ly in the season, gratifying
improvement over the past two or
three years. The general feeling is,
that, having excellent crops, and a
prospect for good prices for grain,
the commerce and industries Of the
country will ere long revive, and
"good times come again"
The New York Times has been in
terviewing business men of that city
% to the prospects of the Fall trade,
and reports the outlook on the whole,
as encouraging. Nobody looks for q
large business or great profits, but
there is general expectation OF
healthy activity and reasonable gains,
which finds justification in the i'm
provement already shown by COM
parison with a year ago. The long
continued hard times have fostcred
more conservative and healthy bust
ness habits, and there is q general
preparedness to build up again on a
sounder basis.--Chicago journal.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

In an article upon the prospects of
the crops and the supply of cereals
In England, the London Economist,
which is leading authority upon the
subject, says that the cessation of
shipments of grain from the South
of Russia may be considered absolute.
Now, for the five years ending with
1875 the average yearly value of
wheat exported from Russia to Eng
land was $40, OO0, 600 in gold, and up
to the outbl eak of tho present war
but little change in the aggregate
had been noticed. By far the larger
portion of this was always sent from
Odessa, which is now blockaded, and
If part of it continues to be sent to
Great Britain through Germany, the
expense of transit, and even the
change in the direction of trade itself,
will increase tho cost of delivery ;
and, owing to the vast drain Of pro-
duce created by the war, the produc-
ton of Russia herself will for the
next year or two be less than usual.
With this grain, however, Great Brit
ain cannot dispense. II is believed
that her own harvests will be rather
under than over the average, and q
great portion of the usual supplies
from Hungary will be naturally at.
tracted to the seat Of war. Egypt
may possibly send more than hereto.
fore, but that little will be buta drop
in the bucket TO fill the deficiency
It must be nearly, if not altogether
made good by the United States, and
thus, after all, the Turkish fleet, by
its blockade Of the ports Of the Black
Sea, will greatly contribute to an i'm
provement in the condition of oul
own Western farmers.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

all is quiet. A special correspondent
states that the Russian force before
Plrvna has strength of 5000 to
10000 men, and still is inferior in
number to the Pasha's army.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

Father Ives, of the Times, was APP
pointed one of the committee on res
olutions by the workingmen's meet
ing on the 18th. Father Ives name
10 not attached to the report of the
committee. What is the matter?
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29
If Senator Morton were to die and
4 Democrat be appOinted to serve out

. Democrat be appointed to serve out
his unexpired term, the Republican
majority In the Senate would be re-
duced to three, and this counting all
who by any reason can be claimed as
Republicans. The admission of But
Ter, from South Carolina and the two
Democratic claimants from Louis
lana, would then make the Senate q
tie. A step or two more, and the
"Solid South" will virtually control
the country.--Inter-O Ocean.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29
~ Louis QaFlket.
Or. LOUIS, Aug. %.

p Or. LOUIS, Aug. %. /
BY Telegraph
Wheat--better. No. 3 red Fall o..
1920 cash, l O9A Sept, and l 10 Oct.
No. 4 Fall 81 O3.
Corn-lowcr at $3.50 cash, and 80
Sept. f
Oats-quiet ct 26c. 6aa
Rye-5lRc.
Whisky-steady at 81 %.
Pork-dull at 4l2 rs. as!'a
Lard-nominal.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

In 1869 the u. 8. Supreme Court
held, in Hepburn and Griswold, by q
vote Of 5 to 3, that NO power existed
for the issuance Of legal tenders. In
that case the Court said:
Weare obliged to conclude that an oct making
mere promises 70 pay dollars, legal tesder In
payment Of debts previously contracted, Is not 9
means appropriate, plainly adapted. really calcu-
lated to carry into eject any express power vsss-
ed in Congress; that such an oct 10 Inconsistent
with the Conatitution and that itis prohibited ~
the Constitution. raE
Subsequently the Court was chang
ed by the appointment Of Judge
Strong in the place Of Judge Grier,
and the appointment Of Judge Brad
ley as an additional Judge, and the
previous decision was reversed by q
vote Of 8 to A. Judges Miller and
Bradley, were two Of the five Judges
composing the majority of the Court
In the last case. In the case OF Hep
burn, Judge Miller said
consideration were placed emphaticslly. by those
who enacted them. upon their necessity to The
further borrowing Of money and maintaining the
army and navy.
Judge Bradley, the new Judge,
whose vote decided the case, used this
language:
The power 10 make Treasury notes legal ten
der while mere Incidental one % that of issuing
the notes themselves, and 70 one Of the forms of
borrowing money, 10 nevertheless, power not to |
DC resorted to except extraordinary ssd press
ing occasions, such ~ war. or 0thsr pub,ic exi-
sencies CT great gravity and importance. and
sneald be no longer exerted than all the ciscum-
stances Of the Case demand,
The other Judges who affirmed the
cohstitntionality Of the law, placed
great stress on the condition of the
country at the time, the necessity for
money to carry on the Government.
ana held that, the necessity existing.
congress was the judge of the means
necessary to meet it.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

placed bafore the public with 20 mach un<iio-
putsd evidence OF ito great medical valus. q The
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29
ANOTHER BURNED BRIDGE.
rhe Omaha sr.dss casv.,ty

OMAHA, Aug. Plat the consulta-
ton yesterday between the Eupsrin-
PENDANTS of the Iowa roads, II was de-
cided to send al passengers and
freight of the C. b. & O., Chicago 4
Rock Island, and Kansas City 4 st.
10 roads via Plattsmouth, over the b.
Il NJ. The Nebraska Railway Co.,
and the n. w. business will be done
by Beloit. It 10 now proposed to put
in Howe truss over the break In the
bridge. II this can be done success-
fully, trains will be running inside
Of two months. The dsbris 3 being
rapidly cleared swsy.a .'s5s'i. rs'lsFi
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

New Yesk Republican oonvontjon.
New YORK, Aug. 28.-The Repub-
lican State Convention 10 called for
September 18th, ct Rochester.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29
Hon. Buren r. Sherman will speak
In this city Sept. 18th 1877.

The presidential party has at last
swung into the port of Washington
for which let us all be duly thankful.
Now let the jenkins who reported
those speeches be cremated and we
shall die contented.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29
THE BLOODY WORK AT scHIrKA.

LONDON, Aug. PA correspond
ent at Sistova telegraphs on Monday
as follows: Fighting is still going on
in front Of Schipka Pass. Radetsky