The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-02-13
General News.

!. Joe Lane, in which the Senator .tf came
Hampshire told Lane that Zone would be
: the first thing tina. waStfaitors.
|. to suppress all Ndf. slemmer, the Com.
The wiS< Pickens, arrived in N York
mae.sfth inst. with about 20 prisoners Of
.Saf whom the rebels had captured at Pensa-
cola. From statement made by one OF
them it seems to be impossible to acquit
Commander Armstrong of the charge Of
treason.
The inmates of the House, at Washington,
were terribly frightened on the 18th by a
sound like the reverberations of a canon. -
The members rushed to their feet, and the
ladies hastily left the galleries. The Speak.
er quieted their fears, by saying something
had fallen on the roof. 1t was subsequently
ascertained that the wind had blown down
small derrick.
A terrific gale, accompanied by intense
cold and snow, visited Oswego, Ogdensburg,
Rochester and New York on the 7th-the
snow had obstructed the railroads.
The Governor of Massachusetts, has issued
orders for rigid scrutiny of all military
companies, more frequen. drills and thor
ough preparation for active service.
A gale at Baltimore, on the 9TH, unroofed
thirty houses, and doae great damage to
other property of the city. The tide lower
ed three feet
The Senate bill which passed the House
on the Tth, provides that there shall be no
extension Of any patent where the Commits
soner is satisfied that the net profits are
500, 900, and the Commissioner is author
lied to dispense with models when drawings
will be sufficient ..--
The U. S. Revenue Cutters, McClelland
and Washington, are now in possession of
the State authorities of Louisiana. -.
Rumor says Senators johnson and Wig
fall are making preparations for duel.
Col. Hayne and Lieut.. Hall left Washing
ton on the Sth for Charleston. They went
there together by agreement, and so return.
Lieut.. Hall takes out instructions to Major
Anderson to maintain his position, but to
make no aggressions unless assailed. He is
promised reinforcements, in case they can
be got to him.
The Vicksburg San says the South is ex-
tremely reasonable in her demands and
REASONABLE in her actions
Chief Justice Hall, of Nebraska, died at
his residence in Ralleview, on the lst inst.
Frank Blair says the secessionists have
distinguished themselves by selling empty
forts and full Sub-Treasuries, whence he ar.
CUES that they are better at stealing than
fighting.
The boiler in Wright's steam sawmll, at
Alexandria, near Leavenworth, Kansas, ex.
ploded on Friday, killing eight persons, in
Guiding the engineer and some well known
citizens.
xty-three free negroes, from North Car
DINA, arrived at GAINESVILLE on Thursday
They were from Edgecomb county, in the
old North State, and had been ordered to
leave by the whites of that section.
Mr.. Farmer, whose philanthropic efforts
during the hard times of 1857 are well re-
membered, has opened his free dining room
to the starving poor of New York.
A soldier of the war of 1912 committed
suicide in Mississippi a few days ago. He
was move to the sad act by grief for the
dissolution of the Union
An armed band, disguised, seized the
guard of Apalachicola Fla Jail, few
nights ago, and released a gang of thirteen
regulators.
The Japanese claims in New York have
been reduced down still further to the sum
of $4,000. The bills originally amounted
to some $4,000.
Twenty -four students "seceded' from st.
Joseph College, near Mobile, last week, and
went to the city to enlist with the State
troops.
A Frenchman in Detroit, Mich gan,
brought suit, the other day, against a voter
mary surgeon for $500 damages for spelling
his horses tail in cutting it off. .......
The Secretary of the Treasury acknowl-
edges the receipt, by mail, of seventy dollars
belonging to the Government" from some
person unknown. The samount has been
placed to the credit of the Treasurer of the
United States on the books of that office
The Measles are now prevailing in Eli
cottville, N. Y. to such an extent that all the
schools there have been closed
The mercury has been about 35 degrees
below zero ir the northern part of the State
of Maine-but nobody cares, for wood
doesn't cost anything up there.
The q. S. Senate has passed bill to pro.
vide Government for the Territory ofColo.
RADIO. This is the same Territory which last
week was called Idaho, that name having
been dropped, and Colorado adopted.
The failure Of the Farmers and Drovers'
Bank. of Waynesburgh, Pennsylvania, is re.
ported.
Recently, a woman obtained divorce in
Defiance county, IN Ohio, and married g
second husbsnd in the afternoon of the same
day. .....