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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-27
An English War Vessel,
Sunk In the English
Channel.
And out Of Three Hundred
and Twenty Souls on
Board,
Only TIVE are Left to Tell The Sad
Story.
Three Molly Maguires Expiate
Their Crimes on the Scat
fold.
FOREIGN.
FAMINE IN CHINA.

SHANGHAI, Feb. II, The famine,
stretching all over the northern prov
iuces, is Of unparalleled Distress
Land taxation is virtually RENTED
throughout the provinces, but too
late for relief. The government re-
sources are exhausted, and utter de-
pletion of An enormous portion of the
empire is evident.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-27

LONDON, March 2a-The landing
of force on the Asiatic side of the
Sea of Marmora has unquestionably
been considered by government.
Railway material, to be laid or. par
allel line with the Bosphorsas, has
been purchased. Mortality among
Russians in Bulgaria is very great,
principally from fever. In Constan-
tinople the typhus is increasi ng.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-27
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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-27

eufrorY. "a. Feb. %, 1876.
: Then personally appeared the said George :.
OinsuloTc, and mnde oath That the foregoing state
ment by him subscribed Is true. Before me,
SETH j. THOMAS, Justice Of the Peace.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-27

LONDON, March 23.-Orders for
new torpedo vessels have been dis
tributed among the various manufac-
tories.
Government has purchased from
Sir William Armstrong A one hum
dred ton guns at q cost of $4,000
each, and is negotiating for a mum.
Der Of small weapons Identical with
those already in service. This firm
and also Whitworth & Go. have &C.
cepted large contracts for iron gun
carriages to be completed atan early
date. Woolwich arsenal is rapidly
wagons for transportation
service.
Several other contracts for army
stores are in course of completion,
notably one for large number of
pack saddles. Defrees and Co. are
executing large orders for hospital
wares.
: Shipbuilders, principally Of the
Thames, have undertaken a contract
for 5000 torpedo slnkers of an aver
ago weight OF LOO pounds. They
are being slowed away in various
parts of the Royal arsenal, Woolwich,
convenient for shipment to stations
at home and abroad.
Russians are having 100 torpedo
boats built on the model of one pur-
chased in England, but no part of the
order has come to this country as in
ter-national complications might him
der its fulfillment.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-03-09

nortapt laws of the United States. Gold
certificates were to issue only upon gold
deposits but in the second section the
! bonds were to sell for coin, and in the
first section they were to be redeemable
in coin of the present standard value.
The solemn assurance given by that
law to the public creditor was that the
bonds issued under it should be re-
deemed in gold and silver at the weight
and tineness then fixed by law. Upon
this subject | have no new opinion to
express.
In my letter accepting the st. Louis
nomination for Vice President l sald
gold and silver are the real standards OF
value, Indeed, would rejoice ii our
supply of the precious metals was sui,
ticient for the wants OF our trade ana
commerce, but we all know that it is
Insufficient, and we also have a paper
currency, and therefore | have opposed
the policy of a forced resumption OF
specie payments, based upon contrac-
ton, by withdrawing the Treasury notes
from circulation. The Treasury note
has been safe currency, and the ,peo~
pie have had confidence in it, and have
not asked for its rDiemptiGn. Whilst
it is a safe currency, it is also a cheap
currency in the Sc % that it does not
represent any int. est-bear1ng coilga-
tion of the govern ntnt: In that res,
pect, and in the respect that IT IL legal
tender, it is better currency than the
national bank note Because of these
views have urged the repeal not on; ly
of the resumption clause, but also of the
provisions that sought to substitute
bank notes for the outstanding Treasury
notes. No higher duty rests on the leg
islators of this country than the prompt
and final settlement of financial ques-
tions upon right and permanent basis.
From the farm and the shop and the
market place there comes the earnest
appeal for final decision, that as far as
may be finance may be taken from poll
les, so that under a stable adjustment
confidence and prosperity may return to
very interest.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-03-09
Some Facts About Silver.
IN. 0. Democrat

~ ". DCuUCTdt.J
Few persons seems to be aware OF tlie
fact that the old silver dolIar-the "dol
lar OF the daddies "-and the subsidiary
silver col MS of the United States, ISSUED
prior to April |, 1858, were Il full lega
tender for all debts, public and private
without any distinction. These subsi
diary coins consisted of the half dollar
quartel$dOllar, tWenty-cent piece, dime
and half dime. Prior to April /, 1858
$6S, S,679, SOY of half-dollars an enormous
sum OF smaller silver pieces had been
coined in the mints of the United States.
They are all invested to this day with
unlimited legal tender power, and the
government is compelled to receive
them in payment of its customs dues at
their nominal value.
The "dollar of the daddies contained
4124 grains of silver, and the subsidiary
coins their due proportion of this wei ght
of silver-the half-dollar 2064 grains,
the quarter dollar 103t, etc. But on
the 1st of April, 1853, Congress, owing
to the fact that, because OF the increased
value which silver had acquired, our
subsidiary coins could not be kept i'm
circulation, reduced the weight of these
coins and provided that they should no
longer be legal tender for more than
five dollars in any one payment.
No change, however, was made in the
old silver dollar" our dads legal dol
lar" That coin of 412A grains, nine
ten this fine, is still coin OF the stand
ard value of the United States, and was
and is a dollar with unlimited legal
power. But it's further coinage WIS
prohibited by the act of February 10,
1878, and what the Bland bill aims at is
the repeal of that act in so far as it de-
that old silver dollar" loved
better than ALL"
St. Landry democrat., 1878-03-09

term, his resignation Of, or removal
from his office. shall deliver up, with
ont delay, to his successor OF to a per-
! son duly authorized to receive the same,
! all the books, records, documents and
| writings appertaining to his office.
SEC. 2. BE 1t tn'ther enacted etc., That
every officer OF this State, and of
parishes, cities and towns thereof, who
withllolds or detains from his successor
or other person entitled by law thereto,
any OF the books, records, documents
or writings appcrtaining to his office
or shall mutilate, destroy or take away
the same from the building or office
where they have been usually kept,
shall, on conviction thereof, be i'm
prisoned in the Penitentiary not less
than one, nor more than ten years.
The provisions of this section shall ap-
ply 10 any person, or persons, who shall
have III his or her or their possession
such books, records, documents or writ
ings, and shall refuse to deliver the
same to the proper authority, or who
shall Wilfully mutilate, destroy, with
hold or detain the same, or aid in the
mutilation, destruction or detention OF
the same.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted etc., That
this act shall take effect from and after
its passage.
(Signed) LOUIS BUSH,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Signed) Louis A. Witt,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved February 16, 1878.
(Signed) FRANCIS T. NICHOLS,
Governor of the State OF louisiana
A true copy:
WILL. A. STRONG,
Secretary of State.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-03-09

mo. 25.l --.t. j.
An act to amend and re-enact section
twenty-six hundred and sixty-seven
(266O OF the Revised Statutes of 1870,
and to repeal all laws or parts of
laws in conflict with this act.
SECTION ]. Re 1t enacted By the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the State
OF Louisiana, in General AssembL con-
gehed, When two or mere persons,
some or all OF whom are minors, hold
property ln common, and it is the wish
OF any, one Of them, Or, OF q minor repre-
sentea ny his tutor or ,tutrix, to effect a
partition on the advice of a family
meeting, duly convened according to
law, to represent the minor or miners,
said property may be sold at private
sale for it's appraised value, said ap-
nralsement to be made and the terms
OF said sale to be fixed by the family
meeting, and said proceedings to be
homologated by the Judge of Probates
OF tie parish In which tho said minor
resides. ~7
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That
all laws or parts OF laws in conflict with
the provisions OF this act be and the
same are hereby repealed, aud that this
act take effect from and after it's pas.
sage. r..azssz-..-,, .-s-e. ~. =--.
(Signed) Louis BUsH,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives
lSignedl LOUIS A. WILTz,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
Al the Senate.
s4 Approved February 1e, 1878.
(Signed) FRANCIS T. NICHOLS,
Governor OF the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
:. WILL. A. STRONG, a7
secretary Of State. 4
St. Landry democrat., 1878-03-09
Laws of the State of Louisiana.
REGULAR SESSION. OF 1878.

mo. Al
An act to amend and re-enact an act
approved, March I'd, 1876, entitled "An
act' regulating the time of holding
the regular terms OF the District Court
OF the Eighth Judicial District, parish
OF Calcasieu.
SECTION /. Be 1t enacted by the Senate
0nd House Of Representatives of the State
OF Louisiana, IN General assembly con-
"ened' That an act regulating the time
OF holding the regular terms OF the
District Court of the Eighth Judicial
District, parish of Calcasieu. approved
March ed, 1876, be amended and re-
enacted SO as to read as follows, to-wlt !:
nat the regular terms of the District
Conrt OF the Eighth judicial District of
the State OF Louisiana, in and for the
parish of Calcaseu, shall commence on
the first Mondays at April and October"
SEC. 2. BE 1t .turther enacted, etc., That
all laws or parts of laws iu conflict with
this act be and they are repealed, and
that this act shall take effect from and
after its passage.
(Slgned) LOUIS BUSH,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Slgned) LOUIS A. Witt,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved February 1st, 1878.
(Signed FRANCIS T. NICHOLAS,
Governor of the State of Louisiana,
A true copy:
WILL A. STRONG.
Secretary of State.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-03-09

He CANE BAcK.-A story is told OF
Gov. Duval, of Florida, which will never
wear out. He was the son of a "poOr
white" in Virginia, stern, strong taci-
turn man, the boy, a hinge growth Of fit
teen. At the cabin fire, at bed time, ac-
cording to the custom of putting on back
log, the old man said. between whiffs of
his silent pipe: s5
"Tab, go ont and bring in that gum
back log and put it on the fire."
Tab went out and surveyed the log.
He knew that it was no use explaining
that it was too heavy, nor prudent for
him to return without having it on his
shoulder. His little sister passing, was
surprised that he requested her to bring
out the gun and poWeF-horn, as pos
sum or coon might have passed, or the
brother might have seen bear signs.
She bought the gum and Tab started.
He found the way through the woods
into Kentucky. This was about 1871.
After an absence OF eighteen years he
was elected to Congress. 4 man of inn
mense size and strength, he started for
Washington, going by. the way of his
old home, to see the folks, who had long
since given him up for dead. Entering
the little cabin door near bed time, he
saw the identical gum log. He shout
dered it, pulled the latch stringj and
with his load stood before the old man,
who sat, pipe in mouth, as quiet as usual.
Here is the gum backlog, father
Better late than ever-put it on the
fire and go to bed" was the reply. 4,
St. Landry democrat., 1878-03-09

Topp1NG CoTToN.-"If If a practice
sometimes fails and sometimes succeeds,
then we insist.that the error IS IN the
practice and not in the principle upon
which the practice is conducted"
l grant that to be true in mechanics,
but / deny that the failure to do good in
topping cotton is chargeable to the top
per. From over twenty years close OBJ
servation and practice am thoroughly
convinced that the good or bad results
from topping cotton are wholly depend
ent upon the season after the topping is
done. If the seasons after the cotton is
topped are propitious for rapid growth
Of the stalk it will cause the stalk to
fling out succors, and thereby sometimes
prove serious injury by shading and
rotting the bottom crop OF bolls. On
the other hand, should the season be
very hot and dry after the topping, the
fruit will hold on better, and therefore
be benefited by the topping. My ea~
perience is that two years out OF every
Ave the benefit derived from topping
was not much more than to pay for
time and labor of topping, and three
ont of every five was q loss instead OF
profit; hence, for the last ten years
have abandoned topping altogether. My
experiments were tried from the mid
die of July to the latter part Of August
Correspondent Southern Cultiyater
St. Landry democrat., 1878-03-09

Col. BUsH.-Some days ago the House
Of Representatives, passed resolution
allowing Col. Louis Bush, speaker of
the house, extra compensation as mem
ber ex-officio of the board of Liqui-
dation. The Col. declined to accept it.
This was no matter of surprise to those
who know him ; especially his old army
friends. He is above all things an earn
est man. He is not one of that numer-
GUS class that are eternally prating re-
form, but fail to practice it when the
opportunity presents itself. He always
means what he says. Louisiana has no
more worthy or devoted son than Louis
Bush. He has served her faithfully,
alike on the field and in the Legislature.
Our greatest regret is that there are not
more such as he in public life in the
State. @
St. Landry democrat., 1878-03-09

0PELoUsAs GREATEST NEED.-What
we want most in Opelousas now, is a
dog ordinance similar to the one in
force few years silce, when E. S.
Andrus was Constable. The census we
believe gives Opelousas population OF
800 souls. In the corporate limits, we
are satisfied there are over 500 dogs
that could be spared to the great relief
too of The inhabitants. They render
night hideous by their bowling, barking
and fighting. They are an absolute
nuisance and should either be gotten
rid of ut once, or made to yield a rev.
enue to the town. The town council at
its very first meeting should give this
m,stter its attention. Let an ordinance
be nh >ssed requiring every dog running
at large to wear stamped collar, not
rto cost le va than $1.00 and in default of
such collar. let the Constable be au-
thorized to sl.'oot him and haul him out
of town. Th,.re are many valuable
dogs IN the corp, aation; all such will be
Immediately pro tded with collars, and
therefore protected. For every one OF
such dogs there are at least five fstes,
cnrs and mongrels, not worth a dollar,
all Of whom could be shot and hauled
off. Gentlemen of the town council
give this matter your atte. .ntlOn ana RID
us of this intolerable nuia uiasanee. The
dog days will soon be ON us and one
rabid cur may do more damage in an
hour than the whole fraternity is worth.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-03-09

A strict Turk is obliged not only to
wash his head, face, neck, ears and feet,
but also his teeth at each of the five daily
calls to prayer, so he very soon wears
out his tooth brush, and those articles
are a., generally sold in packets of dozen.
Fhey arc made of olive stocks about ten
inches long and half an inch in diameter,
At one end for about half an inch they
are split In all directions, so as to form
brush closely resembling stenceling
brush. 1t is easy to see that they are
not calculated to endure hard wear,
The less particular Turks use ordinary
European tooth brushes. but as even the
most lax among them look on the pig
and all belonging to him as vile and un-
clean, they would as soon think of de-
fining their mouths with Russian bris
tie tooth brush as OF eating a pork chop
therefore, swears by the heads and souls
OF his father and mother that the hair Of
which bis tooth brushes are made grew
on the back OF the camel, the COW or the
horse. ~ '''o
St. Landry democrat., 1878-03-09

WHAT CAN Be DONE "A great many
| persons in this country out of employ
| ment are in the habit of asking what
| they can do to make living-how they
can go into business for themselves
without capitsl-how they can 20 to
farming without farm to go On-aLtl
if they are offered land for only the cost
of entering it how they are to get it,
stock it and work it without horses,
wagons, implements and years stock
of provisions. Probably the best way
to answer these questions is to cite facts,
showing what can be done by what has
been done. The Southern States have
produced some fine examples of indivi-
dual effort in the way OF lnakinga a living
under very adverse circumstances, and
it will not be unprotitable to mention a
few of them. The Newberry IS. ca
Herald says there are four widows in
that vicinity who have each ACCOMPLISHED
what many man would hardly dream
of doing. One while raising four chill
dren without assistance has managed to
make crop every year, keep out of
debt and pay cash down for all she buys.
Another has the proceeds OF one cotton
crop ahead and 5000 pounds of flour be-
sides-all the product of her own farm.
Another has labOred heroically On her
farm ever since the war and with the
assistance of her children, six in num-
Der, made a living and bought addition
al land for which she paid $1400. An
other has managed her own little farm
since the war and managed it so well as
to have reared several children, kept
out of debt and saved some money
which she loans out at interest. Hun
dreds of similar cases are to be found in
the Southern States-and in the Nor
thern States, too. When an American
woman has living to make she gen.
orally goes at it and succeeds. There
are no female tramps, they all belong to
the other sex.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-03-09
A Darkey's Discourse.

| Nv 'scourse dis mornin' will be from
| de fust varse of the twenty -fust chap
ter of de Rebelations.
| And [ saw a new heaven and new
yeth, for de fust heaven and de fust yeth
| was passed away, and dar was no mo- to
| see.
When | think, brudders and sisters, of
| lie recent risin' up of the workin' men
Of de country and 'mandin' livin' prices
| FOR dere labor, | feels swell in my bosom
| lie knowledge of what may come at any
time, not specially mentioned in de good
,Ook-for | saw a new heaven and d
new yeth, for the fust heaven and the
fust yeth was passed away. De time
I'M comm for which we've prayed. De
White folks trials and tribulations have
begun, and dc new heaven and dc new
velh is Deah. If could press upon de
minds of de listenin' congregashun de
fact dat dar salvation and dar future
pended on dar turnin' from dar ebil
ways and lookin' for dc Sabior, would
be willin' to leab dis land befo' my time,
and walk de golden streets of dc New
Jerusalem, Whar water melons and cat
fish are neversseen; but a niggah will
he q niggah. When de new yeth comes
stand, den we can sing 'Der'l be no
more sorrow dere.' Well own do rail-
roads we'll own de steamboats,; we'll
ib in the front part of de house and dc
white folks in de kitchen. Wen run
the banks and de postotfices, W har (bress
de Lord We can get letters ebery day,
and not be pendent on postmasters dat
yin you one ebery three or four months
while de white folks gets 'em ebery day
We'll run de hotels and get de best of
heefsteaks stead of liver and shank
DOnes-FOr | saw new heaven and
new yeth. Things is gwine to turn
and de top is gwine to be bottom. Bress
dc lamb. De great day am comm, and
it only mains for you cullud folks to be
Standin' and awaitin'. Keep on yo' ar
NOR of faith. Gird up yo' loins with
strength. Take de staff of righteousness
10 yo' hand and put on dc slippers of
holiness and march up de hill OF Zion to
lie new Jerusalem whar, restin' in de
shade OF de trees wid white folks keepin'
ie flies otf'n You, ynu can shout and
sing fOrever-FOr s4w new heaven
md new yeth. j." time 'proaches, my
hearers. We may s.,t all lib to see do
iew yeth but it W iie in de faith we
nay see de new h, ven. / now 'peals
20 you sinners in dls. room, u hose hearts
y hardened and whose neck is Sttftned
" oHE Vutit iS S&li;kt' bU tie
burden of sin hefo' it is too tatp Que
~" effort to put Oh d. robes; ,.t., nuu'
mort to sing de new song; one mo-
fort to pray de new prar so dat when
allied pom to quit de miserirs and de
rails and de goodnesses of dis life yO'
eet Will be planted on de rock and not
d de miah and glories of de- new heaven
vii descend, like fallin' snow, and wrap
'ou in an embrace as soft as chillun's
rms
wish to 'nounce festival for next
saturday night; and would also say dat
t some of the niggahs heab would
hange der clothes and not come into
lis house smellin' of de kitchen it would
'e mo- 'cepternate. After de hat is
assed and song sung, de congrega-
he!um will pass out and de elders will
main for business. For | saw a new
eaven and new yeth, for the de fust
eaven and de fust yeth had passed
way, and dar was no mo- to see.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-03-09

The New ORLEANS PAc1F1c RAIL
RoAD.-A bill has passed both houses of
the general assembly, and is now only
awaiting the Governors signature to
become a law, granting State aid to this
road. This we regard as the most inn
portant act of the present Legislature.
It ensures the speedy completion Of the
road and once completed we see no req
son why New Orleans should not soon
become. one Of the greatest com mercial
centres of the world. New Orleans now
has deep water navigation to the gulf.
This alone has already quatlrepled her
grain trade. The completion Of this
road to Marshall, Texas. win again
bring back that immense trade diverted
g 4 late years TO Galneston aud st. Ionis,
st. Landry will necessarily. be greatly
benefited by tbs early completion ~
this road. It will run through one of
Ihe Richest and most productive regions
OF our great parish and viii bring nec-
esssarily emigration and capital.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-03-09

MARDI-GRAs.-There was an unus.
nally large turn ont of mardi -4gras mask
ers last Tuesday. Our sister town
Washington was largely represented on
our streets, and everything went off
well. Our devil turned out in full cos
tune and seemed to enjoy himself huge
ly. Why don't Washington aud Ope-
lousas organize mystic krew of their
own. They could do it and afford at
home the diversion which so many of
their citizens annually go to New Or
leans to witness.