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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-07-11
WASHINGTON.
TIE WHITE SULPHUR SWINGS MEET.

THE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS MEETING.
WASHINGTON, July ga gentleman
just arrived from White sulphur
Springs, says that the politicians in
tending visit there are making their
arrangements to 60 between the 25th
Of this month and the 10Th of August.
President Hayes has engaged q cot
tage from the 10Th of this month to
the 10Th of August. lie has notified
the proprietor, Col. Peyton. that he
intends to occupy it about the Goth of
this month. His friends here say il
may be even later. Sam Cox has en-
gagged rooms for the Goth Of July,
Fernando Wood for the 10th of July,
and Senator Randolph for the 10th OF
July. Gov. Walker, of Virginia, is
there. w. w. Corcoran and General
Joseph f. Johnston have engaged
quarters for the 18th inst. Milton
Sayer will not come until after the
Ohio convention of the 25th inst
Sergeant-at-Arms Thompson will
come at the same time. Morrison and
Blackburn have both promised te
come. Sam Randall has not as yet sig
nified his intention. The present indi.
cation are that about one hundred
democratic members of the next hous,
will be at White Sulphur between th'
25th Of July and the middle of Au
gust.
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IT Is we'll enough at this time I,

examine little into the rights of a
citizen of this republic. 1t is very
plain, to begin with, that every male
citizen twenty-one years of age, has a
right to vote he has q right to take
part in politics he has a right to at
tend political caucuses and be dele
gate to political conventions. These
are not only some of the many rights
that attach to the citizen of this coun-
try, but to q certain extent they are
duties which he owes to his country.
We know of no earthly power that
has any right to take from the citizen
his right to vote, save it be for crime
committed, by which he forfeits this
citizen prerogative. By the same
parity of reasoning, we know of no
earthly power which has right to
deny to any citizen the right to attend
caucuses or to be delegate to con-
ventions. We only enumeratc these
few rights pertaining to the citizen
because they are sufficient to eluci-
date our line Of argument.
1t is a right, too, of every citizen to
aspire to political position, and when
once attained the tenure of Office of
that citizen cannot be rightly abridg-
ed because Of his refusal to forego
the exercise of his rights as citizen,
so long as he faithfully and fully dis
charges the duties of his office by his
personal attention to it. 1t is true
that the officer may become so en-
crossed in the discharge of his polit.
ical rights and duties as to neglect
his official duties; then, of course, it
is fitting that the one should give way
to the other. For. example, in busi-
ness life, of course it would be
wrong and totally contrary to the
spirit Of our free institutions should
the merchant say to his clerk, you
must quit my employ or let your vot-
ing alone; or, to 60 further, you
must not attend caucuses or be del
egate to conventions. This would
render the capitalist perfectly odious,
and justly 80. If, however, this at
tcntion of the clerk to political affairs
was so great as to make it incompat-
ible with the proper and reasonable
performance of his duties to his en-
ployer, then it would be right that he
should be required to cease his ex-
treme political labors or his clerical
duties.
The point we have in view is, there
fore, we think, plain, viz: That every
citizen has certain clear, well defined
political rights, which we may well
call duties; that among these arc the
ones we have mentioned, to be exer-
cised subject to the circumstances
surrounding each citizen, as We have
partially exemplified. 1t is, there
fore unjust, it is foolish in this free
land of ours, to attempt to deny any
citizen the exercise and enjoyment of
these rights. A man holding an APP
pointive Office under this government
can be no less a citizen than he was
before he accepted such appointment.
His clear right to act in all political
relations can only be effected to such
extent as his political action will in
terfere with the discharge of his OFF,
cial duties. We trust that no man or
set of men in this land will ever at
tempt to raise up here race Of polit-
ical ennnchs to fill federal offices
with.
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The Tornado at Westfjeld.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, July "a tor
nado occurred at Wcstfield this after
noon. 1t came eastward through
Westfield. The track widened to
half a mile, telling trees. scattering
fences and dcmolishing buildings UNI
til its force was expended. 1t first
struck the walls of the Salmon Falls
Paper Company. The mill wss re-
building from the recent fire, which
fell, crushing in the engine house
containing two men, one of whom
was seriously hurt. Two men plow-
ing saw the storm coming, and at
tempted to reach barn near by
They and the horses were thrown to
the ground and wounded by flying
stones. When they recovered sight
the barn was gone. A family of six
persons in house heard the whirl-
ing noise, and knew nothing until
they found themselves on the floor,
several rods from the site of the house,
the rest of the building was destroy
ed. Two buildings and dozen barns
were blown down. The crops and
trees are very much injured. AT
Chicopee Falls the wind DESTROYED
several barns and sheds. and uproot-
ed many trees.
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TAKING TURKEY.
England, Germany, and
Russia Will Divide the
Spoil.
Indlscrimlnate hatchery I'm
Bulgaria and Clrcassla
THE SITUATION ON THE pANUBE.

THE SITUATION ON THE DANUBE.
LONDON, July 1.-THE military sit
uation now appears as follows: The
Turks have changed front and faced
to the westward since the Russians
have entered Bulgaria. The Russians
are deploying with their left flank
resting on the Danube, to face the
Turkish line from Rutschuk to Shum-
Ia. When this movement is complet-
ed q general battle may be expected,
unless the Turks fall back to the Bal
kans or the Russians mask the
whole quadrilatcral and turn it by
passing the Balkans. The Russian
forces coming through Dobrudscha
are fast approaching the rear of the
Turkish Rutschuk and Shumla line.
This column is too strong to be op-
posed by any force that can be de-
tached from the Turkish main body,
while the main body itself dare not
turn upon it without exposing its
rear to the Russian main army.
The garrisons of Silistria, Varna
and Kutendje number respectively
1900, 10000, and 10, GOO, which, which
operating on the flank or rear of the
Russian Dobrudscha force, could par
alyze its efforts to cooperate with the
army in Central Bulgaria. Besides the
garrisons Of these fortified places,
Sulieman Pasha . army, which is now
stated to be embarking at Autivany,
could be landed at Varna, which
would make the number of Turks on
the Russian left flank alone over so,
600. The Russian Dobrudscha force
is stated to number only 10000.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, July 8.-Redii
Pasha telegraphs from Shumla, under
date of Friday, as follows: "The Rus.
slams attempted, near Bahia redoubt
five hours march from Silistria, to
embark troops with artillery crossing
the Danube on 20 RATS lowed by ]
steamers. The Turks bombarded the
RATS which precipitstely turned back
One large raft.with troops and stores
and tugs was damaged. Mukhtal
Pasha telegraphs under date of July
9Th, that his army has arrived al
kerkpounar in a five hours march
from Kars. Communication with
kars has been restored, the Russians
who occupied positions near Hadji
Poll having retired beyond the for.
tress.
The Governor Of Erzeroum tele.
graphs under date of Thursday that
the Russians, after being dislodg ed al
Utsch Killer retreated TO Ipek and
Gnedik, where a battle is now pro.
ceeding.
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Sixteen wife heaters were arrested
in BROOKLYN In one day.
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Reliable Evidence.
CIV &c 50
Health, Strength
AID APPETITE.

NY daughter has received gres.
benefit tram the use 81 EEGrI.SE.
Her declining health WAS suutce
y great anxiety a. All her friends
\ lev bottles f NEGEIiNE 10
tered her health, strength sni
lsleiiIe.
y. II. Jli.DEN,
insurance and i:cal Eytaie Agt.,
No. ~ Sears Building,
Boston, Mass.
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ERzERoUM, July lO.-The Russians
have retired from the neighborhood
of Kars and are marching towards
Alexandra without fighting. Mukh-
tar Pashs has entered Kars.
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LONDON, july l0.-The street rab-
BILE in Constantinople comes from q
knowledge on the part of the Turks
that they have been betrayed. They
are especially angry at the English
for getting them into war and then
deserving them. tits predicted that
the war will terminate in three
months.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-26

Waco Examiner: A solemn religious
ceremony occurred at the lower ford on
the Brazos, Thursday, being the baptism,
by immersion, of the colored man Perry
Davis, who is sentenced to be hung on
the 3Oth instant. II was desired, both
by the condemned man and the au'
thorities, to have the ceremony con-
Quoted as quietly and privately as pos
sible, but by some means the news
leaked out when the event would take
place, and considerable crowd, mostly
colored people, gathered at the ford to
see the unusual sight of baptism un-
der such circumstances. Jailor Mc'fhee,
accompanied by several deputy sheriiis
and constables drove the prisoner from
the Jail in a wagon, arriving at the river
at about ten o'clock. Davis wore
shackles on his wrists and ankles,
and although his locomotion was
perfectly easy, these precautions,
together with the guards, ut
terly precluded aLy thought OF escape
that might otherwise have fitted
through his excited brain. Arriving at
the rivers edge the prisoner was as
sisted from the wagon and met by Rev;
Stephen Cobb, pastor of the colored
BAPTIST church, in this city, who is act,
ing in the capacity of Davis spiritual
adviser. The ceremony proceeded
quietly, and was soon over. The crowd
was very orderly and still, and more OF
less solemnity seemed to be felt by
most Of those who were looking on. On
coming out of the water the prisoner
appeared somewhat affected and gave
Tree vent to his emotions, expressing
ms gratitude that he had been able to
have the solemn ordinance administer
ed. The wagon was then driven rapid
~ to the jail on Franklin street, The
party went up stairs and the iron door
closed once more on Perry Davis, not t.
1e opened, (for him) until the CLOSING
seene ON Thursday, the Goth.
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mississippi.
What England Pays for Her india Pos
sessions,

Philadelphia Bulletin, The British
government has a fightlul task impos-
ed upon it by the increase OF the famine
in southern India. For at least year
it has been feeding literally millions OF
suffering people, and it was believed
that by this time the crisis would have
been passed by the occurrence of gener'
GUS rains. 1t is now almost certain that
there will be no relief of this kind, and
that preparations must be made Tor q
second year of nearly total drought,
There is direct assurance, therefore,
that for several months the horrors OF
famine must increase rather than dimin-
ish, and that the government enterprise
which brought into Madras, during the
past eight months, 100000 tons of rice
iol gratuitous distribution, will have to
display new energy, The problem, in
short is how to supply food gratis to
several millions of people for three or
four months and perhaps longer. The
solution of this problem will task the
energies and draw heavily upon the re-
sources of the British government,
which is now discovering that its
India empire is likely occasionally to
become a fearful burden.
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AT the foot of Lookout Mountain,
near Chattanooga, was fought many a
hard battle during the war, On that
same ground, nearly forty years ago a
victory was gained more glorious than
any gained by our armies. a remedy
was there discovered for liver diseases,
that excited the wonder of scientific
men and physicians. Purely vegeta'
BILE, it excelled in curative properties
the mineral drugs, such AS calomel,
and was as harmless to the system ana
almost as pleasant to the taste as colN
fee. This worldtfamous remedy Is Dr.
A. o. simmons Vegetable Liver Med
icine. manufactured by NJ. a. Thed
ford & Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. 1t is
for sale by all druggists, who have also
some trial packages which will be
given to all applicants free of charge
jun27.d&wl
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ln0 I.andlnE nlanllns llen.eolnnlIa

$40 headiHE olerhing WoHseoi malta
/ b. 'l Kahn a $3.50, imly piaim this
/ tgpliHllaal title, on Horount Of their
hhYlug the most extensive stock a
well made clothing In the olty of Da
''s, Aud h5 good a. Is kept IN GAlves-
ton, New Ofleans or amy other large
rlly, ana they ptup.sH 10 sell their
fonua aa cheap ~ tDt cheapest, and
guarantee better goods, lArgtst assofl-
menl best styles aud latest fashions.
a glance nt thpir stock vi convince
anyone ~ 10 the truth their assof-
Tons They also Keep u hrA.uass
stock Of mems mr. sning goods, oon.
alsllng 0f a compete stock OF meA's
hats which they make a speciality nr
also, the celebrated diamond ID shirts
which they Ouerat extreme luw figures,
They also keep on hand the most com.
pleleaud finest llneOf neck wear and
hosiery IN the city I'm view OF the
above stern facts, we. can cheemlly0
recommend all of our citizens ana the
puhllc generally, 10 call around and
examine their stock, and we feel con.
ildent that they VIII coincide with uin
and pronounce T.. NJ. Kahn d Bros.
the leading clothing hous,
DAllaa.
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one Hundred and seventy six Years
United Together.

Philip Tilzie, aged ninety and Ritu
Brown, aged eighyNsiy, both colored
were united in mahimony 10y Mayor
Carpenter At Fayotte, Mississippi on
August II, One hundred and seyonty-
six years before matrimonial bliss Is a
fact sufficiently remarkable to bcchron,
icled Hence this record, The Fa-
veto Chronicle noticing this reMarl-
able wedding, says This aged and iu-
teresting colored couple, o, they stood
united by their right hands during the
marriage ceremony were living proofs
that II is never too late to hope and
love, And as they have mutually
plighted their faith In one another.
have solemnly sworn to take each
other for better or for worse and
launched their little bark upon lilo's
tempestuous sea, may the rude storms
pass them by and the swling pillows
ne'cr rullle the even tenor Of their way,
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CONDENSED NEWS.

Nepotlsm on the other continent il
,.norl,d thus. "Ihe lShediye has iouT
XIII. sons in the cabinet lie lacks
conGdeuee In brothersoIn'law'
man named Cayill has accomplish
oil the feat of swimming across the
obonnel from France to England, IN
Twelve hours and five minutes
smallpox has broken out in Chicago,
Vbe sanitary authorities are determined
10 stamp out the plague and have or.
dered q wholesale vaccination Of the
citizens,
In tho last fiscal year the total reye'
nue of the United States amounted to
5000 100000. The expenditures Tor in,
,erest on the national debt were about
SoIOO0OOO, and for pensions SS3 2jO,-
900,
Americus, alias Monk Ferril, who
murdered and robbed u man, named
Caldwell, in Smith county, Tennessee
will not be hung on the 9th instant,
having gained respite, by appealing to
the supreme court.
On Wednesday, the Goth instant there
will be u convention Of scientific men
in Nashville and Tuesday, the 4th of
September the firemen Of the various
cities throughout the United States
will hold their annual convention.
The Chicago Times sees nothing but
clownish imper Thence in the remarks
of President Hayes, who, when intro.
ducing the members OF his cabinet, he
used the following language 1--WE have
with us some people who are associated
with me, and after weighing the ap,
plause as each name was pronounced
concluded, 81 don't see that you make
much difference in these people"
A Huntsville, Alabama, special to the
Nashville American, says w. j. Mccall
lev an old resident of Huntsville, was
seriously stabbed Tuesday, by John
Ford, his brotherin-law, They were
hayinga settlement of McCalley's wife's
property in the probate court when
McGallcy remarked that Ford had told
lie and thereupon Ford cut him three
times. The parties stand high in the
community. Ford has gone to the
country and has not yet been arrested
His friends promise to have him arrest,
ed and held for preliminary eXamiV
nation.
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Increase public confidence Ia couui.
yanoes Of that kind for ID Ihom
reetlessly risked his own life upon im,
perfect material and Workmanship
which had been specially prepared tor
The test what faith can the public rh.
lionolly place in articles manufactured
without 80 strong a reason Ton extreme
care The essential thing ior the be,
oTiIy Of human life In case OF fire Is not
conIriyanoes of ropes and pulhes and
patent ladders attached 10 buildings.
but a system Of construction that will
make the buildings themselves ncom.
buslible, There Is nothing impmctoa'
ble in that, and nothing practical and
certain ofsuooess in anything else.
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cheaper transportation 10 new Or
leans Than ~. Louis.

New Orleans Times: A very preva,
lent error is that which assumes the
cheaper rates Of transportation, and
greater celebrity to be from Northern
and Western Texas to ST. Louis, than
from the same points to New Orleans,
through Red River We have made
special inquiries in Dallas, and other
points of shipment in Texas, in order
to test the accuracy of these state
ments. A gentleman engaged in the
transportation business at Fort Worth
and Dallas, furnishes us with the fol-
lowing authentic statement of those
rates, which may be accepted as entire
ly reliable.
Rates to Dallas, Fort Worth, or any
other town in Western or Northern
Texas, On the line Of the road from st.
Louis
First class freight, per ton. .....,........S 80
Second class fret hit, per ton....,.,...,.. 30
Time-seven days.
FROM New Orleans to Dallas, via Red
First class freight, per ton. ,.........." 50
Second class freight, per tOn......,....... 70
Average time--when Red River is
navigable-six days.
Thus it will be seen that from all the
lower and distributing centres of Texas,
transportation can be effected at lower
rates and in less time to New Orleans
than ST. Louis
This assumes that Red River.is navi,
gable for the boats usually employed in
that navigation. 1t can be rendered
nayigable all the year round by the APP
plication of uncomfortable appropriaN
lions by the federal government. A few
thousand dollars expended in closing
the bayous, like Tones. which draw Oft
large portion of the stream, and in
deepening the navigation all the year
round.
Considering the facility with which
this can be done, the vast Importance
and value of the trade, the enormous
amount of produce that comes through
this river, congress cannot fail to per-
ceiye how much stronger is the claim
Of Red River for liberal share of the
appropriations for internal improves
ment than the many petty rivers and
lakes upon which so much public
money has been expended.
Louisiana and Texas have no greater
interest in any public Improvement
than in that Of Red River. When it
is remembered that one single company
has over sixteen steamboats, built for
this navigation, and that that company
has a contract for the transportation OF
1880 bales Of cotton, saying nothing
of the various other commodities and
the large up>freight, some idea may be
formed of the great Importance OF this
stream to producers and merchants, to
agriculture and commerce.
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A Card.

To all who are suffering from the err
rors and indiscretIons Of youth, nery-
one weakness, early decay,lcss Of man
hood. etc, 1 will send receipt that
w,ll cure you, free Of charge; This
sreat remedy was discovered oy q
missionary 10 South America: SEM pa,i
ssif addressed envelope to the rev
Ioseuh Inman, station d, Bible Home
New York City.-til septS3-eod'W'
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H0ullOn and Texas Central Railway.

The following Onlees and Agents have
been establishing hy this Company. where
Information mar be bad concerning not
only the II. a T. o. Hallway, but TEXAS gem
FI. MANcHEsTE H, Easisrn Passenger
Agent fi7 Broadw v, N. n.
Cen. ]. n. RIO y ERI60N, Pass. a lmnniTra.
ton AEsnl ~ =; inlS na, s5ess ~ Loais,1 70;
CLARK street, chicaso, III.
Nick HULMEs, Southeastern Aeent,No.
Burneft House, Cincinnafi, Ohio.
}. II. COFFIN, southern Passenger Agent,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Information may also be bad A. the neen-
Giles OF the N. X. at. Railway, IN New York,
Chicago, Cincinnati, Hannibal and ht-iouis
=. WALDO,
Gem pa. . Frsishf Al. Housson, rsxss
ssnfnspi, Hour'on. r-rs. isnsan
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COMMERCIAL.


The monetary market IL spmowha string
onl llr outside business, but there II nnplh
funds for Legitimate business and OommuT-
ciAl purposes
MGuLD- buying, large pieces o.; small OS,
Selling large ~ ; small W.
SlLNEN- Nominal,
TholeiH hul lttle gold or silver In market,
EXCHANGE Commercial, "a per cont,
disco INIT bank, par,
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uNAIN AkD mMEADSTUrFs.

WHEAT Receipts more liberal fully
equal TO the demand' No, 2reds u li&l 20
grades NHNc.
OATS Soc.
RYE--None offered.
BARLEY FEED-2,c.
tORN-leXds, IA snuCJ, lhHlOc.
HAYS ullslO % per ton; Hungarian and
Millet slUgl2,
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STATE OF TEXAS.

IL gives 10 the Passenger view OF the grand
est scenery, unest agricultural district END
great grazing grounds OF the West.
It's passenger and freight trains are sur
passed by none In the State. Pullman's
Palace Drawing Room aud sleeping Can
leave ". Louis daily via the NJ, X. 4 I. Ry
at . 4. m; Hannibal at 10 n. NJ. q, and sedalia
at SOB p. In, running through to Denlson
sherman, Dallas, Henrne, Austin and Hous-
at sherman With the Texas and Pacific rail-
way for the above named points.
The connections OF this Road with the NJ.
X. 4 a. at DcB.sOn for 81. Louis, Hannibal,
Chicago, Fort scott, Kansas City and all
points North and East; with the Texas 4 Pa
cihc at sherman for 1T. Louis, Cairo, Mem
phis, and all points East aud Southeast, and
1T Houston wflh the a., III. y =. a for Ban
Antonio, the a., II. q III. Tor Galvesion. the
Texas Il New Orleans Railway for Beaumont I,
Orange, etc, the Morgan and Mallory steam
shil Tor all points on the CUT and Atlantic
coasts, and the Liverpool 4 Texas steamship
pean cities are perfect, while It's freedom
from dust aud heat ON account OF the nature
of the soil and the open prairie country over
which II passes with It's cooling sea breeze,
pleasant scenery OF broad pTairies, beautiful
gruves, well cultivated fields Of cotton, corn,
small grain. and fruits, render IL especially
desirable aud advantageous TO travellers and
shippers IN preference TO others, t....
III Louis Express leaves Galveston daily
except saturday, nj 1s0 y. M, Houston nj
$50 y. m :, Hearne at rs D. M, Dallas 1875 q.
m. and benson At ll:15 a. IN.
Buy Tour Tickets and ship reur freight
,hV the
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Referring to the above, the under
signad desires TO return thanks to all
tbeir customers and friends anu The
public generally, for the liberal patron ~
age heretofore received, and trust I'D
future, by liberal and fair dealing 10
secure a continuation of the same
''' W. H. HOWELL.
July 3l-dlm.