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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
4 6unkeu Britain War 6hip
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The beautiful English ship Eury-
dice, which went down with all lie
crew, last Spring-only two out of
$50 escaping-hAs been wrested from
the sea. Hawsers, seven and eight
inches in diameter, carried by four
vessels, were attached to the wreck
by divers, and then by pumping some
1900 tons of water into the four ves-
sells they sunk to the requisite depth
of five feet. A Popof' Ar-bag, On
immense turret ship, fastened by
wire cables, to act as . tug, and 40
tilla Of small craft, toek part in the
resurrection. Divers were sent down
to see that "all the elaborate arrange
ments Of jewel ropes and togglea
were in good trim," and then, ct the
signal, every hawser was drawn taut,
the pumps set to work to tighten the
raising vessels Of the water previous
ly pumped into them, and, 40 they
rose, the "great drowned ship" be-
gan 60 rise too, and finally . great
cheer announced the Eurydico free.
She had gone down Just an hours
distance from the land. Between
the decks lay the remains of the crew,
all strewed with sesweeds and shells.
The Eurydice was launched at Ports
mouth in 1843, and soon acquired the
reputation of being one of the swift
est cruiser in the navy. She had been
almost rebuilt in 1877, and was one
of the handsomest ships of the navy
Never before was 90 vast q weigh,
raised from such depth in the face
Of such difficulties Of situation and
tide. The work was accomplished
under the direction and management
of Admiral Foley.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
NUMBER 20.

representation, and might. if tolerat-
ed, at some future time furnish pre-
cedent for grave abuses. No associa-
ton partaking of q military nature
can lawfully exist except as author
lied by the COMMANDMENTS Chief
All organizations in the county of
Phillips purporting to be of a militia.
ry character or enrolled or Differed
in a military form other than State
Guards, duly mustered and reported,
will be Immediately disbanded.-
Three companies of State Guards
constituting the regular active mill
tia force Of the county being in the
judgment of the Commander-in-
Chief sufficient for the support of
civil authorities in any emergency,
no further enrolment of militia in
in any character will be made with
out orders from these headquarters.
By order of the Commander-in-C Chief.
(Signed) JAMES w. PoMERoY,
Adjutant Genera.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
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MEXICAN MATTERS.
General Ord's Latest Orders
Considerably More Bind
ing.
The Mexican Marauder Will Here.
after Receive Closer Attention.
And Will Feel the Strength of
Uncle Sans Protecting Arm.
oRD'S ORDER,
THE GOVERNMENTS POLICY.

| Special Dispatch to the Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 2l.-It i
stated upon apparently good autheri
ty that the Administration has settled
upon the following policy as regard
the Rio Grande border difficulties
with Mexico:
First--Raiders are to be pursued
with increased vigor when they re-
treat to Mexican soil, and punished
if caught. The troops engaged in
these pursuing sorties will be incrcas.
ed from time to time.
Second-The commanding officer
of the pursuing columns will not seek
q conflict with the Mexican regular
forces, but will not avoid one if such
forces interfere. He will, in the event
of such opposition, overcome it if pos
sible, and, after having exhausted all
reasonable measures to accomplish
the capture and punishment of ma
RAIDERS, return to the American bank
Of the river.
Third--Under no circumstances
will the pursuing forces be permitted
to exceed these instructions, and
while on Mexican soil they will strict
ly confine themselves to the single
object of their expedition. The ut
most care will be taken to give no Of
fense or cause of complaint to the
Mexican authorities or people that
may follow from the faithful and cir
cumspect execution of their duties.
Fourth-No offense is meant to the
Mexican Government, the design of
the United States being simply to
punish depredations upon the rights,
property and lives of its citizens.
Fifth-Nothing which may occur
on the south bank of the Rio Grande
as result of the execution Of this pol.
icy will be accepted by the Admins
tration as an immediate cause Of war
between the countries, but if the Mex
lean regular troops shall cross the
river in retaliation for these meas
ures, a casus belli may be construed
therefrom.
This is said to be an outline Of the
instructions to General Ord.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

The lunatics who fill the air with
cries of contraction, and would have
the people believe the hard times due
to a want of currency to do business
with, are recommended to study the
following paragraph from General
Durbin Wards Mansfield speech:
At the beginning of the late war
the whole paper currency was about
500, ,OOO, 900, and the coin in the cOun-
try was $255, 100000, a total of $457,-
0OO, 900, or about $l4.5O per capita.
The Treasury books now show in
greenbacks, bank notes and fractional
currency, 1854, 600, 900 outstanding in
paper currency, and $2O7 ,OO0, 600 in
coin in the Treasury, to say nothing
of gold and silver in the banks, in
private boards and in circulation
Taking the population at $4,000, 900,
the Treasury account alone gives $29.-
80 per capita. So that it will be seen
that, even deducting the halfper cent.
discount now on the greenback, the
purchasing power of the present vol
ume of currency, including coin and
paper, is greater than it ever was be-
fore i'm the history of this country.
speak not now of the irregular and
temporary issues of the war, but the
regular currency of peace. What the
country needs, therefore, is not SO
much an increase in the volume OF
currency as an assured confidence in
the stability of its volume"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

tanning, at all hazards, the principles
and integrity of the democratic party
of the nation, the majority of thai
convention bowed in cowardly sub
mission to q policy that Injuries oul
present prospect, and weakens conf.
dence in our future successes.
That convention was called to nom.
mate q democratic candidate for Con.
gress in the Sixth congressional dis.
trict of Iowa. Did it make q nomi.
nation? Has it given any valid reason
for failing to perform that duty?
The ticket fs blank and the reason
is withheld.
Again it says:
Sampson, Weaver, or take to the
woods. Wanted, nice shady grove
And still again:
Scene at the Ottumwa convention:
Wditer-s.Boiled crow; stewed crow;
baked crow; roasted crow; friccaseed
crow; broiled crow; fried crow; crow
soup; crow a la nationale?" Davis
county delegate-"Is this all the diet
you can furnish?" Wdier-tYess sir. y
Davis county delegate Then, by the
Eternal, I'll go hungry"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

Terrible Fighting at serajevo

VIENNA, Aug. 2O.-After a severe
engagement the Austrians occupied
Serajevo yesterday.
The official report of Gen. Philpo-
vich shows that the capture of Sera-
ievO was the result of combined ope-
rations of his own force and that of
Gen. Tegethofl. Gen. Tegethoff occu-
pied Nisoka on the 18th, capturing a
quantity of arms and ammunition, af-
ter an engagement in which he had
eighty-two wounded and four killed.
He Immediately advanced consider
able distance in the direction of Sera-
jevo. On Monday General Tegeth-
offs force formed in attacking col
umn against the northern side OF
Seraievo, and opened cannonade
against tho cnstio at q 80 ia tho NOR.
ming, the insurgent artillery replying
Mean while the force of Gen. Philipo.
vich, divided in two columns, was
favored by a thick fog in effecting 8
turning movement. A column di-
rected against the insurgent position
on the westward of Serajevo com.
menced an attack at 7 80, but the main
sho iu6ul CutS W Wlbu
difficulty from strong positions only
reached its appointed post on the
heights south of the city at 10 80
when the insurgents cannon were
silenced, and the Austrian infantry
advanced in swarms.
Gen. Philipovich says: "Fightine
of the most horrible kind ensued
which lasted until 10 80. The troops
we're fired upon from every doorway
and window; even women and the
sick and wounded insurgents in the
military hospitals participated in in.
credible scenes of the widest fanati-
cism. 1t was only owing to the good
discipline Of the troops that the towr
was not more seriously damaged. Al
it is, many houses were burned. Oul
losses, unfortunately, were not in
considerable"
The insurgents fed in all direc
tons, especially toward the Gorasds
and Rogatica.
At the close of the fighting the I'm
perial flag was hoisted and salntcG
amidst cheers of the Christian popu
lation.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

IN accepting the nomination OF
Vice President upon the democratic
ticket in 1876 the Hon. Thos. A. Her,-
bricks said:
"Gold and silver are the real stand
ard of values, and our national cur
rency will not be perfect medium
of exchange until it shall be converti-
BILE at the pleasure of the holder. The
determination of the democratic par
ty on this subject has now been dis
tinctly declared. There should be nc
hindrances put in the way of return
to specie payments.
This great political gymnast was
never excelled in acrobatic feats in
his line. Now he is Dan VOORHEES,
repudiationist.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
Two Letters worth Reading.

rEOM tne VuiC18O lrlDune.'
In March, 1861, Jesse ID. Bright, O
Indiana, addressed letter to Jeffer
son Davis, President of the Southern
Confederacy, for writing which, less
than a year subsequently, he was ex
PEELED from the Senate.
In December, 1860, few months
before the date of Bright's letter, Dar
VOORHEES, addressed a letter to South.
ern politicians: this letter was moi
found, however, till after the war
We compare the two letters:
"WAsH1NGToN, D. c., March l '61
"MY DEAR SIR: Allow me to in.
troduce to your acquaintance my
friend, Thomas Lincoln, of Texas.
He visits your capital mainly to dis
pose of what he regards q great i'm.
provement in firearms. / recommend
him to your favorable consideration
as a gentleman of the first respecta-
bility, and reliable in every respect.
Very truly yours, JESSE d. BRIGHT.
"To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President of the Confederation OF
States"
"INDIANAPoLIs, Dec. IL, 186O.-My
friend, Captain Francis A. Shoup, is
about visiting the South with his sis
ter on account of her health. / have
known Capt. Shoup since our boy
hood. We were schoolmates. He is
a graduate of West Point, and was in
the army as q Lieutenant four years.
No more honorable or upright gentle
man exists. On the disturbing ques-
tions of the day, his sentiments are
entirely with the South, and one of his
objects is a probable home in that Sec
tiOn.
II take this occasion to say that his
sentiments and my own are in close
harmony. ID. w. VOORHEES,"
Nothing followed Bright's letter;
but Capt. Shoup was appointed an Of
ficer in the rebel army, and served in
that capacity, Voorhees, recommend
alton being found ON file In the con-
federate archives. The writer of one
letter was expelled from the Senate;
the writer of the other is a member
of the Senate.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
Comments 6y The Democrat.

Toprevent other misunderstanding
1t may be well to say that in the Unit
ed States Congress there will be no
such things known as hard or soft
money democrats. The democracy
in Congress will be united in the pur-
pose to organize both bodies in the in
terest of the democratic party and
necessarily in the interest Of the coun-
try and no such terms as hard or soft
money will be permitted to interrupt
the harmony of their councils or the
potency of caucus nominations. The
democratic party of the United States
does not need to change its policy any
more than it has to change its name
For sharp practice, for "ways that
are dark and tricks that are vain, y
this Trimble- Weaver combination il
beyond question q slick one-the pas,
has fully established that fact; but tht
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
Railroad Items.

Poors "Railroad Manual" for 1878
contains the following interesting
compilation in its introduction
The number Of miles of railroad
opened during the year 1877 was g.
III, against 1857 for 1876, l,75S for
1875, and 2,305 for 1874. The largest
number of miles built has been in
New York and Pennsylvania, and in
narrow-gauge lines in Ohio, Iowa
and Texas. No new lines of any con-
siderable magnitude have been un-
dertaken.
The gross earnings of all the roads
whose operations have been reported
have equaled $472, 2,9O9, ,272, against
$497, ,257 ,959 for 1875, and $5O3, ,O65, sos
for 1875; 42,5S9,222 were from
freight and $3.50, ,O5O,O5O from passen-
gers. The net earnings have fallen
off SIS, 476,O55 as compared with 1876.
The ratio of net to gross earnings
was 36.l6 per cent.,as against 81 5 per
cent. for 1876, equal to an increase of
l.8 per cent. in operating expenses as
compared with the preceding year.
The decrease in the earnings from
freight has amounted to $lS,278, ,l54,
and in passenger traffic 5000, ,533, the
percentage of decrease being respect
ively 9.5 and 81 per cent.
The dividends have fallen of $9,-
4S3, 1856, and are less than for any year
since 1871. The total amount Of cap
ital stock on which dividends were
actually paid was $685., OBS, ,S96, giving
an average rate Of per cent. No
dividends were paid on any Of the
railroads in the States of Arkansas,
Colorado, Florida, Kansas, louisa ma,
Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ore
gOn, Texas and Vermont, nor except
ing on leased lines in Iowa aud Min
nesota. The decrease of business has
extended over all parts OF the coun.
try, and the reduction In the rates OF
transportation noted in 1876 has con-
tinued throughout 1877.
For each 100 miles of railroad in the
United States there are 22.S miles OF
second track, sidings, etc. 2l.l loco
motives, 1872 passenger cars, At bag.
gage, mail and express cars, and 1855
freight cars of all kinds. The capi.
tai stock aggregates $2,92l, ,5O7 for
CoSA AoO uuICo TIC Iuuucu tcDt FS,'
S48, ,3O8, the floating debt $300,O7S, and
the total cost Of construction and
equipment 81, 6,O96, 1893, equal to abou,
$6O, ,699 per mile of completed road
The gross earnings per mile were &c..
3SO.94 operating expenses (63.S5 pei
cent? $4,O74 net earnings $2,3O6.9O
Interest paid on bonds per mile Of
road, $l,24S.O4; dividends paid or
stock, $739.52. The ratio of Interest
paid to total funded debt was 4.3.
per cent. of dividends to the aggre
gate capital stock, 2.53 per cent. II
1871, with only two-thirds as many
miles Of railroad in operation, and
little more than one-half the capita
stock, the dividends aggregated $50,
456,6Sl, equaling 4.l9 per cent. of tn,
capital then invested. The number
Of miles operated last year was "a, ,ll2
and the capital invested 81, SOS, ,597, PAS
The dividends paid aggregated $5S,
558,3l2. The number Of miles O
railroad actually existing is 79,2OS
divided as follows: New Engian,
States, 5,S22; Middle States, 1876
Southern Statas, 1880; Wester
Estates, Al, ,224; Pacific States, a,l5G.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
Grow, Crow.

The Bloomfield Democrat of Au-
gust 22d is brim full of dissertations
on the Weaver crow. From its lead
ing editorial we clip the following:
In common with the democrats OF
Davis county and, we believe, a large
majority of the rank and file of the
democracy of the Sixth congression-
al district, we protest against the ac-
ton taken by the democratic congress
siOnal convention, which was held at
Ottumwa last Thursday.
It met for purpose and adjourned
without accomplishing that purpose.
It was a democratic convention and
did nothing to advance the organiza-
ton and the interests of the party;
but on the other hand, left the demo.
Gratis to wander like strays, without q
purpose, and powerless to accomplish
any good In the congressional contest
Instead Of standing by and main
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
THE LIME KILN CLUB.
Brother Gardner Answers Dennis
kearney.
Sha

FROM tue Detroit Free Press.
"Las' mite ez sat on de front doah
step mendin' de handle of one Of de
ole woman's fatirons," began Broth.
or Gardner, as the notes OF the trian.
gle died away. "long cum dat nigger
Thornapple Scott. He was putin
an blowin' an fannin' hisself wild
his hat, an de mint he cotched
sight of me he rushed in an called
out:
"Brudder Gardner, dis kentry am
all gwine to ruin Staryashun looks
de poor man squar' in de eye, dar am
no work fur de laborer. an dc tax
gatherer heb got US by de froat!'
81 looked up to see if dat niger
he'd gone crazy, an den l axed him to
look aroun' an see de new houses
gwine up in ebery direkshun. Taxed
him to disemember dat kaiiker was
only four and five cents yard, hut.
ter fifteen cents pound, f1Ouer low
'taters way down, an clothin' cheap
nutf to bust half de dealers, an he so,
down an replied:
Deed, sab, but dats dc fack-
dat's de fack.'
al axed him to look across de con.
er lot an see de droves of wOrkin
men gwine home to der families after
de labors of de day, an he looked an
replied
"'Deed, sab, but dey hez bin to
work, reckon
"I went inter de cabin an brought
out my tax receipts for de two vars
back an showed him dat de taxes 70,
dis var war five dollars less dan
las, an he hitched aroun' an said:
"Deed, sab, but de speeches of de-
pollytishuns an de facks in de case
doan hang togeder.'
"Den I stood him up sgin dc house
whar' 1 could look him squar' in Dc
eye, an l said: Thornapple Scott
You am good huff niger for com.
mon weather, but you'd better kivel
yer head wild blanket if a rain storm
comes up. You talk about de kentry
gwine to ruin, an yit You loaf aroun
an let yer wife an darters wash an
iron an support ye! You talk abou,
starvation lookin' de po' man in d.
face, an yit you hsvn't worked a day
fur six months! You talk about d,
tax gatherer, an yit you neber paiC
one cent of taxes in yer life Gs
home, nigger-skip outen dis localit,
afore some mule kicks ye tn death
1t am yu an de oder loafers an lazy
boneses who am all de time BLOWN
sich nonsense, while yer families an
diggin' inter hard work to keep We il
food an whisky !"
"Gem'len, dat niger skipped. IL
got six bricks handy for de mex pus
son dat comes talkin' dat way, n
matter what his color. l IL lookir
for signs, l IL. L liz lookin' for sign
dat some member of dis club am 81,
ting wid his feet hangin' off dr.
goOds box while he talks about star
vashun, ruined kentry, an so fortt
When diskiver Q sign you'll diskiy
er . vacancy in de club, an let n
Imam disreckolect II.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
Always Come Down That Way.
Cincinnati Times.

Mr.. Thurman's claim of consistency
in his support of unlimited printing
press moneyreminds usofthat unhap.
py individual who found some diff.
Guilty, owing to the cargo of whisky
aboard, in descending saloon stairs.
Finally missing step he rolled over
and over, landing in a sadly demoral-
lied condition amid a crowd of spec.
tators whose laughter was uncontroll.
able. "Whassamatter o. you?' said
the poor fellow, brushing the hair out
of his eyes. "Whasser laughin' at!
Think slipped, eh? Itsh damn lie.
l allus come down that way"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

A Washington dispatch to the In
ter Ocean says that the republican
campaign textbook, which has been
prepared under the direction of the
Congressional Committee, is now
ready for circulation. 1t contains a
great deal Of interesting and impor-
tant information bearing on the polit-
ical issues of the day, and pays espe-
cial attention to the greenback ques-
tion, giving the history of the green
back and all the financial legislation
for which the republican party is re-
sponsible. 1t has, also, chapters de-
voted to the records of the two parties
IN labor, the tariff, and other ques-
tions, and gives a resume of the war
claims that have been brought before
Congress. 1t is a volume of 70 pages,
concise and accurate, and should be
in the hands of every republican
speaker. Copies will be furnished by
the republican Congressional Com
mittee at Washington on application.
The committee have also prepared a
campaign document which contains
Thnrman's late speech in Ohio, placed
I'm position with his former utterances
on the currency question. This docu-
ment will be withheld, however, un.
til Secretary Sherman has had chance
at Thurman on the same subject.
Sherman is intending to speak al
Mansfield on the 18th or Goth of this
month.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

"Do you wish the Union preserved?'
shouted Judge Thurman at Hamilton,
Ohio. "If SO, support democracy"
The Judge should have stated it more
clearly. 1t should have been stated
thus: eff you want to preserve the
Union support those who endeavored
to destroy it," Allthe fighting Judge
Thurman ever did was to invite to his
home rebel officers who were prison.
ers of war during the rebellion and
entertain them time and again. He
was never known in those days to en-
tertain a Union officer or do anything
for a Union soldier.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

There appears to be a little hitch in
Marion county about the Nationals
and democrats agreeing concerning
their county tickets. The Knoxville
Journal says of it:
Democracy are trying to get the
G. B. county ticket to withdraw, and
the g. BIS are just as anxious to gel
the democratic ticket out of the way
They will patch up some sort of 9
compromise if possible. Their ago.
nizing contortions are laughable.-
There is agony in their position and
trouble ahead, fix it as they may.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

The democratic convention having
declined to endorse Weaver or to
make a nomination of their own,
Mr.. r. R. Townsend, democratic can
didate for Prosecuting Attorney, says
he feels just as free to vote for Samp-
son as for Weaver. OF course, as the
democratic party has no candidate for
Congress in the field, each member is
left free to use his individual Judgment
In making choice between the two
candidates-Albia Union.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
Another Jewel Of Consistency,
From the New York Tribune


The Greenbackers do pick up
queer men for leaders; there can be
NO doubt about that. In Maine the
chairman Of their State Committee IL
said to have accumulated . fortune of
$500, 600 by lending money at usual
rates of interest. The Augusta Jour
nal calls him the champion money.
lender of the Kennebec Valley" and
charges that he had almost completed
arrangements for starting q national
bank at Gardiner, two years ago
when he discovered that he could gel
q larger per cent. for his money Ia
other ways, and abandoned the prof.
ect. The Journal says he habitualiy
charges 8 and 10 per cent. interest
holds a large number of government
bonds, 10 . trustee of savings bank
and lives in the most elegant house in
the city of Gardiner yet this man
who has acquired . fortune by mon.
extending, signs . flaming circular
denouncing money -lenders and bond
holders. This seems to be one of thu
sublimest cases Of unadulterated
'cheek" on record.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
wARLIKE PREPARATIONS.

VIENNA, Aug. 23.-An imperial or
der names Gen. Philippovich as COM
mander in chief of the 18th corps !;
Grand Duke of Wurtemburg, COM
mander Of the 18th corps Gen. Ram.
berg, commander of the 9th corps !;
Gen. SzapAry, commander of the 3d
corps, and Gen. Beenert, commander
of the 4th. These corps, numbering
100000 men, form the second army.
This development of military forces
seems principally directed against
Servia and Montenegro, where par
ticipati0n in insurrection IL manifest.