The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-03-10
News of The Week.

Rev. T. Starr King, distinguished cler
gyman Of San Francisco, died in that cit.
on the 4th inst.
The New Orleans Era contains the fol
lowing item from Galveston: The Houston
News contains the rebel government adver
tisement announcing that the gunboats
Harriet Lane and Clifton, and the bark Ca
valo would DO sold at auction on the 10tl
Of February.
Dates from the Sabine Pass, state tina
the rebel Col. Griffin, with 800 men, held
the place, but that the men are unpaid
disconnected and deserving.
The Laboratory Of the Military Maya
zine at Quebec, Canada, was blown up on
the 4th inst, while cartridges were being
prepared, completely blowing up the build
ing, and shaking the whole upper town. :
10 or IL persons are missing.
The Reed House at Erie, Pa, was entire
" destroyed by fire on the 4th.
The Legislature Of Kansas adjourned on
tho LIST inst.
Counterfeit fvcs on the Valley Bank o
TIillsboro, N IT,. Eastern Bank Of Maine
and National Bank Of Patterson, N. Y, thu
latter altered from ones, have appeared.
Longstreet is now reported to be moving
for Georgia, ola Lynchburg, Va. Genera
Schuield, finding pursuit useless, is return.
ing to Knoxville, to await further orders
It ia presumed tat our East Tennessee
forces will be sent to reinforce the Army OF
the Cumberland. ..a....... ,.ss
General Sherman's army is nov supposed
to have moved southwark from Meridian, to
capture Mobile. Nothing recent or quite
positive has been heard from Sherman, how.
sSer, save through rebel sources. Latest
official advices placed portion Of his forces
at Selma, and portion at Meridian. ia
Richmond papers Of the ID are received.
They admit that fitzpatrick penetrated
within three miles Of the city, and relate
how narrowly Gen. Lee escaped capture
Gen. Wise also had narrow escape, being
1t the residence Of the Secretary of War,
fromRhence he reached the city.
Four hundred more Of our prisoners were
shipped the 29th of February for Americas,
Ga. Nearly 5000 have thus far been
sent. There are accommodations for 5000.
Fortv-six miles of the Mobile & Ohio R.
R. were destroyed by Gen. Shermon. The
Southern road was also deserted from Mer-
idian to jackson. gae ~ f..
Eight hundred negroes were carried off.
Rebel accounts of the battle at Alnestie,
Fla, show their force consisted Of eleven
regiments Of infantry, four battlions Of cav.
airy and three batteries of artillery, and
their loss was 800 killed and wounded.
Brittonrisi and Rodonnez, the delegation
appointed by the colored freedmen of Lou
isiana to await upon the President, presen.
ted their memorial March <th.. asking that
colored people in Louisiana, who were free
tefore the rebellion, may be :permltted to
vote in that State. The President received
the deputation cordially and replied that an
impression had gone abroad that he vas act
ing irresponsible in the elections in rebel
States, butt was wrong. He must finish
tho "big job on his hands of crushing the
rebellion, and in doing that if it became
necessary to prevent the rebels from voting
he should do 50: Il Tight to vot. was
necessary he should not hesitate. He saw
no reason why intelligent black men should
not vote; but this was not q military ques-
ton, and he would refer it to constitu-
tional convent ton in Louisiana.
A special to the Bulletin, from Washing
ton 4th. says intelligence has been received
that Sherman is back from his extended
reconnaissance, and did not 60 near Selma,
and never intended such thing. a5
State News.
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