The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-03-06
"Dr. lyes.o

ssDr. Ives"
The arrest Of - person who calls him sol
DR.. Ives," by the Secretary of War, calls at
tention to remarkable man, and afford.
sufficient apology for few words in relation
to his personal history. Tn, Secretary
makes mistake in saying that Dr.. Ives is
native Of a rebel State, unless tho city OF
New York be entitled, in his opinion, to tina,
designation. But New York Is loyal city
and we acquit Mr. Stanton Of any intention
Of alluding to it in disrespectful terms His
ignorance Of the personal history of The
Heralds co-resp ,nlent very naturally led
him to believe that the person in Question
must be native of Rebellion.
Malcom Ives, the soi-disant doctor who has
been arrested As . spy and sent 10 Fort Nc
Henry, is a son Of the Iate Dr.. Ives Of Park
place, in this city, where he was born, and
he was christened by DR.. Spring in the
Brick Church, Of which his parents were
members. After the death Of his father, his
mother married Professor Woods of .Anlo-
yer Theological Seminary, whom she sur.
wives. Malcolm engaged in mercantile pur-
suits. and at one tune was employed in the
banking house Of Charles McAllister, in
Philadelphia, . position which he left on ac-
count Of some difficulty With his employer,
and went to Europe. In Rome he became
a convert to Catholicism, and joined the
Catholic Church at the same time with .
Of General Scott. H. at ones be.
came very jealous rcligionist, entered the
College Of Propaganda, for the purpose Of
becoming priest, AMI was adopted into the
Of Cardinal Ac ion, whose favor
he gained, and by whose good offices hc was
enabl cd;to complete his theological eluca-
tion at Vienna. After being ordained a
priest, he was sent 10 the United States to
convert his countrym.n to ::the Catholic
Church, anil was sent out to preach in Mil.
waukec, where he officia ell fhr considcra.
ble time. and published work in.dcfense of
the Spanish Inquiaition. He had some diff.
ficulty with the Bishop Of his diocese, which
caused him to leave his charge, and he was
appointed Vicar. General Of the State Of Mis-
sissippi, but he was restive under the res.
traints Of his position, and came to New
York where he commenced his course as a
journalist by engaging in the editorial staff
Of The Journal Of Commerce, his Pro Slavery
principles naturally leading him in that di-
rcction. A difficulty" with the editor of
that paper led to his discharge, and his next
engagement on the press was on The N. Y.
Times, for which he wrote editorially. Be-
fore leaving The Journal of Commerce he had
married . young lady from Massachusetts,,
who was teacher in Mrs. Okilrs boarding
school, in Clinton place. She was a-protes-
tant, but, after her marriage, she became
convert to the Catholic faith, which her hus-
band had never abandoned, and, feeling
that she could rot remain tho wife of a
priest of that Chdrch, she left him, and went
to reside in the family of that other DR.. Ives
who was once the Episcopal Bishop Of North
Carolina, but who had also become mem
Der of the Church Though of the same
name, there is no relationship between thcm
Malcolm Ives was very strong partisan Of
the Democratic party and an active suppor
ter of President Buchanan, as he had been
of his immediate predecessor. and under
them he..held several profitable offices in the
Customhonse in this..city, beside some com.
missi"nerships OF street openings under
Mayor Wood. EJust before his term ofofficc
expired, however, Collector Schell, with
whom chad a difficulty" dismissed him.
but he has since been reappointed By Col
lector Barney, and, we believe. still hold )
his place. About three.years ago he left
Tho Times and has since been employed up
on The Herald. His brother, who gradu-
ated at West Point, and was Lieutenant
in the Engineer corps, made q survey for the
Pacific Railroad and reported in favor ofthe
Southern route. On the breaking out of
the rebellion he deserted and joined the reb-
els, and is now Captain Of Engineers in
the rebel army. He was in Charleston at
the time Of the bombardlnent Of Hilton
Head. He has another brother who was, or
Is, merchant in Boston, and another still,
formerly sailor, who held clerkship in
the Office ofth Street Commissioner In New
York.
Doctor Ives is . tall, slender, black eyed,
pale faced, Italian-looking person, of insinu-
ating, serpcntine address, Of considerable
learning. quick and impetuous IN his tenn
per, and prone to difficulties. What
amount Of treason he may have committed
we can not pretend to say, nor do we know
that he has committed any; we only know
that in politics he has been an ultra Pro-
Slavery Democrat, and at the same time, a
professed believer in the divinity Of monar,
chical institutions, and the friend and asso-
ciate Of Southern politicians. He has with.
in few months past been loud in tn, dec
laration Of secession principles.
Att training down east, after an order was
given to 'return ramrods." one of the SOL
diers broke from the line, and was of at full
split "Hello r. bawled the commanding off,
Ger, "whare are you goingv' "Down to
SQUIRE Muggins'c, to return the ramrod |