The weekly Ottumwa courier., 1864-01-14
From Washington.
Correspondence Of the ottunwa courler.

with the last offast year. Then the rebels.
North and South, were jubilant now they
are sad. The southern rebels at that time
felt secure in their own strength, and the
strength ortheir friends in the North and
in Europe. .. .,.re.-, e.
Now they are hopeless a. home and abroad.
The Northern Traitors felt that one yAr
more would give them the control OF Con-
gress and another year morNnot only Of
Congress but also the whole Union. They
have now lost Congress, and have no
reasonable hope Of INSTALL ng one Of their
men in the Whise House IN March 1865
the whole concern being bankrupt North
and South.
This has been one Of the dullest Weeks
that Lever saw in Washington. Nearly all
the members Of Congress are gone and every
body else that can get away Still the
world is moving along There were speech.
es last night at the Union League room by
two Kentucky congressman, Anderson and
Smith. Anderson made speech that would
have been sscaled . radical speech in Miss
ouri. He charged slavery as the cause Of
the war, and said there was no peace for the
country until slavery was wiped out. He
said that he was raised "a q slave owner ann
was one yet, but that there could he Meth
er free speech nor peace until the institution
was crushed out that free speech had not
been allowed even in Kentucky. and could
not be while slavery existed. That he was
for peace when the rebellion and slavery
were destroyed, but opposed to rebels being
allowed to vote until they render 1t last a
seven years probation; he declared that
Kentucky was loyal and true that all that
Was needed in the State was for the true
Union men to he sustainedby the President
which bad not been done up to this time
He made . noble, manly old fashioned Ken.
lucky speech, and was followed by Smith.
Smith in the outset declared that he did mo-
expect to make speech, (Which was true
and would not attempt to do so, hut he
started out saying that his friend Anderson
had said that he made them an "offsho
speech, and he had done so and It is the
truth" He then went on to make = no
bic, manly speech, showing more of the
true OF ator than sny man that have heard
in Washington. His speech was cutting
yet dgnified. The whole Of his bitterness
eliminating against JEFF Davis and the
leaders Of the rebellion and the Northern
copperherds, said he" ,"wh,t business is it to
he Northern copperhe' ds what becomes ot
my slaves or anybody else slaves? 1t is
not their loss and besides large proper
ton of them. never saw = slave in their lives
and would be too poor to use one il they
Esd the chance. Yet they would rather
see this Government DESTROYED than see the
slaves Of the rebels made free" Altogether
they were two noble speeches, and coming
as they did from slave belders and members
of Congress from the State of Kentucky
a State that has show. 30 much love for
slaves, and especially who re present &c
wealthy and inflaeatial state, they mns
do much good. But strange to say ther,
has never single officer been appointed
in the State of Kentucky who en- dorses the
Presidents emancipation Proclamation NJ,
is it endorsed to-day by Gen Boyle who
has command Of the State. nor a single
provost marsha in the State, and no ne
gro troops have been allowed t. be recruited
in the State except in Anderson's District
and he cursed Sec. Stanton into the
authority to raise regiment IN his district
and tn 1t order will be rescinded expect
when M allery gets back
There issomeI strange state Of things
that has existed and does exist now, and
that is, the ease with which earnest and
4 true men can be dismissed from service
and from command, while it appears to be
impossible to move bad men from any
place. and especially when they have the
cont,ol of the army or army contracts. I,
! required but little effort t., remove Fremont
} from tht command in Missouri, and scarcely
these men had national reputation and
the whole loyal element Of the country to
back them. Yet this man Scofield who
never was in but one battle in his life-a
man that wears No 6 hat--and who is
copperhead in sentiments, could not be re
moved by the effort of the Union men o
Missouri with the Union League, backed
by the Union men of the nation to hell
them. But the President said that h,
could not be confirmed rs Maj Gen. if be
remained at st. Louis. 50 he ordered him
here, and he now says to the Missouri Sen
ators confirm Schofeld and will send hin
to the front. He says to the friends o
Rosecrans, conhrm Scofeld as Maj. Gene
raj, and will send Rosecrans to St. Louis
He says to the Kansas Senators confirm
Schofeld, and will give you few de
partment of Kansas and t6e Indian country
and he says to the friends of Gen. Curtis
confirm Schoield and will send Curtis to
Kansas, and he makes it a personal matte
that he shall be confirmed to all. Who ev
er heard of his using his infu .nce IN favo
of a radl cal But why complain, it is al
helping TO kill the accursed institution tha
made the war, and that in tho nature O
things must always war agains. free institu
tions. h fo Iowa.
CUMBERLAND, Nd. Jan. s-The garrison