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Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-12-18
THE Cincinnati Commercial says

The growth of the Northwestern
States is attracting the attention Of
the politicians in and about Washing
ton. No one of them could give that
which he is pleased to regard as his
mind to any subject more interesting
to his kind. The politicians who
should especially yield consideration
to the growth Of the Northwest are
those who are identifying their fu-
ture with the solid South. The few
facts they are able just now to obtain
but feebly indicate the results of the
next census. The presidential elec-
tion of 1880 is the last in which the
South, as that expression ia habitual-
ly used, will have more than Que.
third of the electoral votes. There is
no sort of possibility that the South
can keep up with the North and West
and Pacific States combined. Iowa,
Nebraska, Wisconsin, Kansas and
Colorado will be enormously strong
er than Missouri, Arkansas, Texas
and Louislana-and Missouri and
Texas will not long be Southern
States except in geographical sense.
The tide of emigration pouring in.
to Texas will liberalize the State like
Missouri, aud Missouri will become
like Kansas. Then the Pacific States
are outgrowing the old Southern
States. The solidity of the South af-
ter the next census will not be OF
much importance, and the effort to
make the Southern Confederacy coe.
quail with the United States, in the
General Government, will be bbso.
lete.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-12-18

GEN. Tom EWING, keeping the but
tered side of his bread uppermost,
says, although an original greenback-
er, yet he declares that the greenback-
ers cannot rely upon him to remain
out of the democratic caucus, and to
favor third party in the. nomination
for the Speakership. He says that he
Is an out-and-out greenbacker, but
that he is q democrat and shall vote
with his party.
No, Tom Ewing would fall on his
knees and assert that he. never was q
greenbacker rather than break with
the democratic party. The fact is,
his soft-money was never anything
more than q democratic card played
for democratic success in Ohio. The
same card has been played here in
Iowa. It don't repeat well though,
we want our democratic friends to un.
dersta
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-12-18

s. M. CLARK, of the Gate City, now
in Washington, makes the following
perspective Of Senator Edmunds, of
VT. Mr.. Clark writes of the Senator
as he saw him making his argument
in the Senate upon his Electoral bill :
Mr.. Edmunds does not talk for the
galleries but for the Senate. Yet even
he has evident desire TO please be-
yond the few to whom his clear-cut
statements of law are addressed.
Dressed with scrupulous elegance, his
tall and slender form wrapped in
ministerial broadcloth, his long, bald
head smoothed to the configuration
Of thought, suggestion of the hawk
or the eagle in his look and the con.
formation of his face, his eye steely
yet piercing, slightly bending for
ward as he speaks to project clear
ness into his ideas, speaking in slow,
distinct modulatcd monotone with
perfect ease and self.containment,
and uttering un written sentences pol
ished and distinct as crystals and GO
ing straight to legal apprehension,
he ia every inch Senator.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-12-18
The Jury Absurdity.

Mr.. Justice Miller, before the N. Y.
State Association, thus expresses him
self on the value Of jury trials:
"If a cultivated Oriental wero told
for the first time that q nation, which
claims to be in advance of all others
in its love of justice and its methods
of enforcing it, required as one of its
fundamental principles of jurispru-
dence thateyery controversy between
individuals,and every charge of crime
against an offender, should be SUBJ
mitted to twelve men without learn
ing in the law, often without any 9TH
er learning, and that neither party to
the contest could prevail until ell the
twelve men were Of one opinion in
his favor, he would certainly be amaz.
cd at the proposition. Nor have the
European nations differed much with
him in their estimate of trial by jury.
1t has been well understood and re-
ceived the careful consideration of
continental jurists for great many
years, without being adopted by any
Of them, in the form that we have it
from England. Many attempts have
besn made to introduce it in some
modified shape, but think it safe to
say that it has not in it's essential An
glo-Saxon feature met the approval
of any people except those of tina,
race. In the days when kings exer
cised arbitrary power, the jury was,
among tho sturdy, liber,y-loving
Englishmen, valuable barrier
against oppression by the crown. Bu,
in this country, where the people are
sovereign, the jury is but too often
the mere reflection of popular i'm
pulse, and the safety of an innocent
man is more frequently found to de-
pend on the firmness of the judge
than the impartiality of the jury.
Still it is probably wise that no man
shall be convicted of an infamous
crime until twelve fsir-minded men
are convinced of his guilt l am al
go forced to admit, however, that even
in civil cases my experiment as a
Judge has been much more favorable
to jury trials thar it was as q practi.
toner. And am bound to say that
an intelligent and unprejudiced jury,
when such can be obtained, who are
instructed in the law with such clear
ness, precision and brevity as will
present their duty in bold relief, are
rarely mistaken in regard to facts
which they are called upon to fnd.''
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-12-18

.,BLAINE's speech Is commended
by praise from the entire press
Of the country, save that Of the
rock-rooted democratic stamp, and
q good share Of their natural
allies, the Nationals. There Il
no variance OF opinion among the re
publican journals as to 1t. They al
give 1t the highest praise and regard
itas having struck key note richly
betting the distinguished statesman
and of wonderful power in aid of the
republican cause.
The N. Y. Tribune says the address
was temperate, careful statement ol
the leading facts of the late elections
In some of the Southern States. Even
the N. Y. S,a, publishes it in full and
gives as reason for SO doing that 'it
is 30 good 1t Is worth it."
The N. Y. Times says "James g,
Blaine Is the hero of the hour In
Washington"
Everybody who gives an account
Of the debate refers to Roscoe Conk'
ling's inattention and Indifference
being seemingly engaged writing al
his desk all the time Blaine WA
speaking, while every other Senator
without q single exception, gave him
his undivided attention. So noticea
BILE was Conkling's attitude that II
was observed by, everybody.
1t is seldom that a gentleman whose
name Is prominent in presidential
mention hits 70 hard lick upon two
other gentlemen prominently named
In the same connection and at the
same time does It not himself, but the
two gentlemen do it for him, as wit
ness Thurman in his speech and Conk'
ling by his studied inattention.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-12-18

ELI PERKINS relates an interview
with ex-senator Cameron. Perkins
makes Cameron say that Wade
Hampton wantonly and deliberately
with his own hand shot and killed
James Cameron, q brother Of the Sen.
ator, while James was an unarmed
and defenceless prisoner of war. Fur
ther, Perkins reports Cameron to have
said that he has absolute proof Of the
killing by an eyewitness, Mr.. E. Nor
man Gunnison, editor of the N. Y.
Evening Record. We cannot give Gre
dence to that story on our present in
formation.
From an exchange we clip the fol-
lowing:
A soldier writes the Boston Post
to say that the story that Wade
Hampton shot Colonel James Came.
ron fbr0ther of ex-senator Simon
Cameronl while q prisoner In his
hands, Is not true, aseC Colonel Came
ron was killed at the head of his reg
iment during an engagement. The
charge against the rebels Wss that on
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-12-18
SPECIE PAYMEST.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l7.-The United
States Treasurer expects to have on
the lst of January, exclusive of all
demands $l35, ,00O 900 coin with which
to resume specie payment.
The Secretary Of the Treasury and
other Treasury officers were before
the ways and means committee this
morning and advocated the passage
Of a bill prepared at the Treasury
Department to prevent the evasion of
duties on sugar under the preeen,
color standard.
The Secretary of the Treasury sen,
the Senate to-day communication
In response 10 resolution Of Beck
adapted on 3rd instant. and regard
Ing silver coin. The Secretary trans
m,,s report made TO him on the
subject by the Treasurer and adds
"under existing law either gold coin
or standard silver dollars may
be used in payment of interest,"
Of the public debt. The law
does not direct which shall
be paid, but leaves this to the
discretion Of the department, to be
exercised upon consideration
OF public policy, and the prac.
tice Of allowing public creditor the
option of form aud denomination OF
money in which he shall be paid has
been observed. The manifest object
Of the act is to authorize the coinage
of the silver dollar and res, ore its ie-
gal tender character and when con-
strued In connection with tho re-
sumption act is that gold coins
and standard silver dollars shall be
maintained at par with each other,
and this object can best be obtained
by paying out such coin az may sub.
serve the convenience Of the person
to be paid and not to force upon him
either form Of money. ANY other
course would discriminate againet
the standard silver dollar and tend to
its depreciation.
Treasurer Gilfillap, In his repor,
Gays "no distinction has been made be.
tween gold and silver moneys in the
Treasury general coin account"
The total receipts of standard sill
YER dollars from the lst of July last
to Nov. 30th were $5,l78,3a5, ane mill
lion and half being on account OF
customs. These figures do not cover
silver certificates.
The treasurer has exchanged standard
silver dollars with ths public for
gold coin to the amount of 81, ,534.6S5.
The coin interest paid the current fis-
cal year amounts to $50, 345, ,224.
silver coins received the current fis.
cal year have not been specially ap.
piled to the payment of interest upon
bonds and notes Of the United States
except 20 far as fractional silver re.
ceived has been used In disburse.
ments for coin in interest in making
payments of fractional parts Of dol.
Afs.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-12-18
The general agreement in congress

The general agreement In congress
to impose no impediment to resump.
tion and allow it to take place on the
day appointed, may be taken as set
Element of that question. Those who
expect anything like monetar!
shock as result of resumption on the
lst Of January will be disappointed.
There will not be any conyulsion OF
other disturb bance about it. Business
will go on 40 usual, ana the change to
specie basis will be so gradual 80 to
be imperceptible. The permission to
pay duties in greenbacks will destroy
the demand for coin from importers,
and it is not probable that there will
be any considerable amount Of green
backs presented at the treasury for
redemption. In fact the country has
slread, glided so nearly up to the re-
notch that the formal ac-
complishment of the work on the lst
proximo will pass unnoticed.-St.
Louis Republican (Dem
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-12-18

JUDGE KELLEY has written friend
In Cincinnati an explanation Of Lis
silence on the question Of resumption
He says he is unwilling to share the
responsibility of any interference
with the law until 1t has been tried
because IL the Greenbackers modify
1t in the slightest degree, and it fails
the failure will be charged to them,
He expects to see it fail, and bring in.
creased suffering upon the people,
and when that happens there will be
popular uprising and clamor for the
despised greenbackers to take the
lead. The Judge proposes to wait
for the clsmor to call him to the front.
This is the attitude of all the soft
money agitators, and it is an uncom-
monty wise one. They will have a
chance to wait till their p tience
eclipses that Of the persecuted Job,
for the clamor they yearn for will no;
come.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-12-18
Yacob's Losing Deal.

"Yah vohl! Yaw vohl! Dad man
he svindle me, Shodge! S'heip me,
Mosesl He svindie mel" said the
excited descendant of Isaac to Judge
Morgan, yesterday morning.
"How did he do that, Mr.. Wolfiu-
ski 2" asked the court.
81 Will tell all aboud do pizness,
Shudge. You see dot felier, Mans
mann, Of Tenth avenue, come de
audra day to mein shtore, in Chataln
street, and he say to me, 'Yacob, git
me dot suit of cloes tor ocbtsene toll
lare, und, sacht Ich. 'Mansmann, dot
10 verth more as ochtsene tollare, but
du beist mein freeund, SO take IL along
mid you.' Veil, Shudge, dot Teller
he try on dem cloes, und dey vas a
leetier too loose in de pants back und
goat sleeves; 60, sacht Ich, Mans
mann, fix dem for you und / bring
dem bel your house on Tenth avenue
Veil, l do dis, und l 60 bel Mans
mann's sein house gestern aboud mid
dot suit of cloes, und he try dem on
und dey fit shust like glove. l tell
you he vas glead. I bet you! Und
sacht er bel mir, 'Yacob, you're a
pully poy, l bet you Take elm glass
bierv Den I say, 'Pizness first und
bier AFTER Den he pay for dot suit
O. cloes. Den we trink dree. four,
coople glass o. bier, yaw! Und
Mansmann sacht, you got blenty
dime, Yacob! Let US blay pingle.
Veil, We do dis? De limit was Elm
tollare game. can blay pinagle
pooto veil, l bet you! Never have i
see off mein life emmy man he beat
me square game. So l vas not
fraid for Mansmann. But, Shudge,
he don't blay q square game: I bet
ten tollare he don't blay square.
he beat me more as ochtsene dimes,
und vim back all dot money vot he
gift me for dot suit of cloes. Vat
shall I do now? He got dot suit o.
cloes und he got dot money for it too.
Och? Der svindler!" hisscd the irate
Hebrew to the innocent looking Mans
mann, who stood at the bar in the
guise Of prisoner.
"Well, Mr.. Wolflnski, didn't Mr..
Mansmann pay you SIS for the clothes
before you began to play?" said the
Judge.
"Yaw! Dot ist varel Dot ist SO
But he vim it all back und l got not
ing; NO cloes; no money !"
"Didn't you play to keep what you
won 2" said the court.
"Dot's SO! But I don't win some
dings!"
"That's it. You lost. Now think
you had botter 60 home or you'll lose
your Thanksgiving goose. Next
CASE"
Yacob stood like one in a dream
for . minute. But when he realized
that Mansmann was actually leaving
the Jefferson Market Court q free
man, possessed of q suit Of clothss
which had cost him nothing, he ex.
claimed bitterly: "Vell, s'help me
greecioue, don't can tink vas awake
Him got mein goods! Dots 80 Und
him got mein guelt! Dots SO
Yscob, dots besser you goin' home
uud ask your wife II you wasn't a
yackass nit long ears !"-New York
Herald.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-12-18

SENATOR CoNKLING's friends ex.
plain his apparent slight to Blaine
during the speech ofthe latter by say.
ing that the New York Senator was
correcting brief Of case which he
expected momentarily to be called in
the Supreme Coult. 1t is a peculiar
case, and one feature of the Southern
social situation. An Alabama dealer
had been sued by A. T. Stewart & Co.
for obtaining on false pretenses. The
dealer retaliated by bringing suit in
the State Court and obtaining yer.
dict. The case of Stewart & Co. will
come up for argument next Monday
before the Court. Conkling intend.
to show from the testimony taken in
the case how little protection North.
ern merchants have in their dealings
in certain portions of the South.
We are sorry to say that this expla.
nation does not appear to US to count
well. IfMr. Conkling was 80 pressed
it would have comported better with
the situation if his personal bust
ness as a lawyer had been done out.
side the Senate chamber.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-12-18

THE Chicago Journal alludes to the
Breathhitt county (Ky.) outrages and
defiance of the State courts and
reads an excellent lecture after this
fashion upon it:
It Is not often that the example OF
the Governor Of q Southern State can
be held up before the President of the
United States as worthy of specific
emulation. but In this case 1t is in Or
der to suggest to Mr.. Hayes that he
should be as vigorous and determined
in the punishment of bloody outlaw
ry In South Carolina and Louisiana as
Governor McCreary is In Furnishing
the same In Kentucky. The Presi-
dent has an advantage over the Gov
ernor, for the latter could not proceed
according to law. The law provides
that he shall act when and as called
upon by the Judge Of the county, but
in this case the Judge was one Of the
victims of the outlaws. Democrat
and strict constructionist though he
be, Governor McCreary meets the
emergency. In his letter to the Judge
Of the circuit which includes Breath
lit, he asks that officer to hold spe-
cial term of court there, promising
him full support of troops, adding:
"When courts are defied, law tram
pied under foot, faithful officer muir
dered, and the peace and safety of un-
offending citizens endangered, it Is
the duty of all who are intrusted with
the administration of justice and the
execution of the law to at least make
earnest efforts to punish the guilty
and restore confidence, peace and good
order"
President Hayes has as much cen.
troll over Federal troops as a Governor
has over the militia of his State, and
is equally bound to afford the United
States Courts, in case 1t Is required,
full protection in the administration
Of justice. II offer you all the mill
tary aid you may need" says Cover
nor McCreary to Judge Randall.
There would be q howl from every
democratic kennel and lair If Presi.
dent Hayes should be equally ener-
getic and resolute; but tits none the
less his duty to give each of the Unit
ed States Judges in q district where
blood has been shed in violation ol
national election laws, to understand,
not perhaps by q formal letter, but In
some perfectly plain way, that he will
be expected to bring the criminals
to justice, and will have "all the mill.
tary aid" he may need.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-12-18

In his charge to the Grand Jury q,
Toronto, Can, recently, Judge Nc
Kenzie said: "The people of this
country are law-abiding people,
moral and religio ls in their way, bnt
there are sources and places which
engender crime and give impetus and
vitality to Its commission. Gamb-
ling-houses, brothels, .ippling -houses,
drinking habits, fast living, false and
frivolous education, are some of the
sources leading to criminal misdeeds
and crime." His Lordship also finds
q fruitful source of crime in street.
ioafing. AL of these sources of crime
can be dried up by the police, except
""false and frivolous education" to do
away with which home-cffort 10 nec-
essary. This language will apply
very well to other places besides
Canada,
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-12-18
POSTAL SERVICE.
THE APPROPRIATION WILL BE
FORTHCOMING,
Special Dispstch to the Tribune

WARRINGTON, D. c., Dec. 14.-Tht
democrats Of the House Appropria'
tioEs Committee have been frighten.
ed into recommending an appropri.
alton Of $4O0, 900 to prevent the with.
drawai Of the postal cars. It was dis.
covered that Judge Key was in ear.
nest in his threat to withdraw the
cars. He had told the committee last
winter how much money was needed
to support the postal-car systen.-
They gave him one-half what he ask
ed, and called the other half q demo-
cratic economy. The sum appropria-
ted was sufficient only to support the
service for the first six months of the
year, as Judge Key had stated. It is
q misdemeanor for any Cabinet officer
to spend any money or No pledge the
faith Of the Government for any
money In the absence ct appropria-
ton. Accordingly Judge Key noti-
fed the House that he should with.
draw the postal cars unless an appro.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-12-18
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l6.-The yellow
fever committee have appointed Har-
ris, Matthews and Conover suh
committee TO visit Memphis during
the holiday recess, and Eustice, Lamar
and Paddock to visit New Orleans n,
the same time.
The Treasury department to stimu.
late sales contemplates fixing commits.
sions on subscriptions for the 4 pei
cent. consols. up 10 June 3Oth 1879, as
follows:
On subscriptions Of from one hum
dred thousand to one million dollars
b , pr cent.
From one million to ten millions
u of per cent. on amounts in excess
OF ten millions an additional commits.
sion Of lilo of per cent
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-12-18

Kansas officials find it poor policy
attempting to resist the orders of the
United States courts requiring them
to meet the unpaid interest on local
railroad Indebtedness. The commits.
sioners of Leavenworth and Douglas
counties, and the mayor and city
council of Leavenworth, tried to ex.
cuse their neglect to levy tax to
raise several hundred dollars back in
terest, as ordered to do year ago, be.
cause taxation was already excessive.
Judge Dillon would hardly listen to
such shallow pretense, and was dis
posed to punish them roundly fol-
their contempt, but finally let them
off on bonds of $4,000 apiece until
March, on their assurance that they
would get the Legislature to help
them to compromise the matter. II
they did not succeed, they were warn.
ed that the court would exert its ut.
most power to enforce obedience to its
orders.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-12-18

Hunters who go out into the coun-
try, discharging their blunderbusses
At random, probably do not know
that section $500 of the Code reads
as follows:
"Any person who knowingly dis
charges firearms of any description
within, or in the immediate vicinity
Of any inclosure where cattle, hogs or
sheep are being fed, for the purpose
Of fattening the same; or any person
who shall enter such enclosure with
fire-arme, or dog, unless such person
be the owner of said stock, or have
the control Of the same, or shall have
permission from such owner or the
person having control thereof to en-
ter said premises, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor."
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-12-18
ottumwa Markets.

Tho great interest seems TO center
In the hog market, and while prices
seem low the PROBABILITIES are that they
will not be higher, if 40 high, to-Laor-
row, with the present Indicate
from the east. Corn 10 low and those
people who have hogs that will bear
feeding, 1t seems to us that 1t would
be profitable to keep their hogs, at
least short time longer. So far In
the season Morrell & Go. have slaught.
cred 10000 head and Ladd q Co.
about $500. Morrell b Co. have
about $500 in their pens and Ladd &
Co. 700 head. The prices to-day
have been 1925, although Monday
forenoon they sold at - 80. We are
informed this evening that the pros
poets are favorable for still further
decline.
Our figures given below were care
fully corrected yesterday evening:
OttunWa Grv,cery laPkek
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-12-18
How the Chivairic South Caroi.ni-
ans Are Trying to Frighten the
Negroes Into the Democratic

negroes Into the Democratic
Party.
From the Charleston Is. C.) News and Courier.
Ifyou want a porter employ dem.
ocra,.
If you want waiter, employ a
democrat.
If you want driver, employ q
democrat.
Ii you want n tailor, employ dem.
ocrat.
IT you want plasterer, employ a
democrat.
Ifyou want wood cut. employ d
democrat.
IT. you want gardner, employ q
democrat.
If yon want shoemaker, employ q
democrat.
If you want beef, pork, mutton. etc
patronize democrat.
If you want whitewasher, emplo,
a democrat.
II you want servant, employ the
daughter of democrat
1fyou want q tinker, employ a dem
ocrat.
Ifyou want drsysge done, emplo,
a democrat.
If you want blacksmith, employ /
q democrat.
Ifyou want bricklayer, employ q
democrat.
If you want painting done, employ
a democrat.
Ifyou want carpenter, employ =
democrat.
Ii yeu want shaving or hair-cuttipa :
done, go to a democratic barber.
If you want a cook or washermo
man, employ the wife daughter OF
sister of democrat
Here is no prescription, but st i,
manifest preference.