The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-05-19
News Items.

Ticcon, Is years old, has been crowned
civil Emperor of Japan. A fire at Jedd,
destroyed 80, 600 houses.
A rumor was prevalent in Europe that the
Pope mi ght be compelled to take refuge in
this country.
The river rose at least ten inches in the
twenty-iour hours ending Saturday. This
is an imp ;e"edented rise for the present high
stage of water.-Ra3ch Eye, 10Th.
CLEVELAND, Nav ll.-Bushnell, the ODE }
lin Rescuer, was today sentenced to go days
imprison nent in the county Jail and $500 fine
with costs. The Kentucky officers have
been arrested for kidnapping.
The Hanniba, AMI st. ,To r. r. took out
on the % ten coa"hcS full Of passengers
Pixies PeallerS. no doubt. The travel over
the road does not seem to dimi ,iSh yet. Til.
gold discoveries were godsend to the new
enterprise.
The project of bridging the British Chan
mel from Calais to Dover is seriously contem-
plated. The greatest depth o; water is 100
feet. A project for tunneling has been pre-
sented, the cost Of which is estimated at
100000, 900, or bout fourth the esti-
mated cost of bridge.
Oshkosh, Wis, was nearly I'll destroyed
by fire on the night of the 10th. Seventy
five buildings, including nearly all the bust
ness pieces on Main street. are in ruins
There is not 4 grocery or dry goods store
left Loss estimated at from 100000 to
5000, 900.
WAS uHGToN, May 12.-Instructions sent
to Utah place the military there at the dispo-
sal of the Governor exclusively for posse as
in Kansas Former instructions allowing
such discretion to the Judges and Marshal
arc revoked. Judge Cradlebaugh will not be
removed.
The various Religious and Benevolent So
c;eties held their Anniversaries in New York
last week A great falling off Of receipts
characterized the Treasurer's reports of the
several Boards The proceedings of the
Tract Society We're equally violent, unfair
and disgraceful, as those of last year.
The steamer Star Of the West, brought the
14th nearly million and a half of specie, and
$50 passengers. Mining and Agriculture
promising in California, and favorable wealth
er for both. She reports rumor that the
city of Mexico, all but the palace, had been
taken by the liberal party.
Crawford, the Judge who acquitted Sic'les,
is the same one who acquitted Herbert,
charged with shooting waiter at the Nation
al Hotel, Washington, and the same one
who let Brooks. off with a contemplate fine
for almost killing Charles Sumner The n.
Y. Tribune says at may now be regarded
as settled that while Mr.. Crawford is Judge,
no men Der Of Congress can be convicted OF
a criminal offence"
ACCIDENTAL SHoT.-Wm. A Woodward,
son of Mr.. w. E. Woodward, foreman in this
office, a lad in his seventeenth year, was ac-
cidentally shot by the discharg, of gun in
his own hands, Sunday evening last, near
the residence of Mr. Parker, ten miles north
of Monmouth, and instantly killed. He had
been out gunnirg, was returning alone about
dark, and as is supposed discharged the gun
while climbing fence. the charge of shot
entering the chest just below the heart and
lodging under the skin on the back.-Haaok
Eye.
Accounts from Venezuela to the 18th OF
April are not very favorable to the peace of
that Republic The instruction against the
established Government remains unchecked,
and is gaining ground. The quarrel is con
test between centralism and federaism-the
same which has played part in so many
South American Governments, which split
the Republic of Columbia into fragments,
and now threatens, in Venezuela, to carry
the disintegration still further The province
Of Coro has declared itself independent
Gen. Castro the Provisional President, and
the representative of contraism, have issued
a decree authorizing the Governors OF prov
inces, and even the chiefs of cantons, to
borrow money on the credit of the State, and
to seize horses and cattle for the use of the
army.
While this civil way is thus raging, the
canvass is going on for elections under the
new Constitution That Constitution has
adopted the principle of registration of
voters and of vote by ballot The President
md Vice President are to be chosen, without
any intervention Of electors, by direct vote
and a majority Of all the votes is required for
a choice. Considering, however, the condi-
ton of the country, it is doubtful if that
Constitution will ever go into effect The
Provisional Dictatorship so constantly resort
ed to, is the normal form of government for
those countries.
Mr. Harlan has been Intercepted by the
German Republicans, as Senator Grimes was,
and answers to the same effect. His letter
is long, but its conclusions are brief clear
and emphatic, viz: