The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-08-18
The Released Prisoners -GeAa.
APymour's Experiences.
irrom the Troy Times, Aug. IL


(rrom the Troy Times, Aug. ~
Gen. Seymour, recently exchanged at
Charleston with other Federal officers, ar.
rived in Troy last evening, and left this
morning for Williamsburg, Mass, where he
awaits orders from Washington. Gen. s. is
quite feeble from the effects Of confinement
and insufficient food. Up to the period when
he was transferred to Charleston, he suffer
ed great hardships, and was afforded hardly
sufficient food to maintain life. On the way
from Richmond to Charleston, himself and
associates were subjected to the most out
4rageous indignities, and were often confined
in common jails, along with the worst fell
Ions. AT Charleston, although they were
nominally placed under Are, they were de-
Gently treated, During the six weeks he
was there, only one shell came near them,
and that did no damage, The city is badly
cut up by the firing from, our batteries, and
as many as fifty shells day are hurled into
the secession hot-bed. Buildings on all
sides are torn to pieces, and the damage is
very great. From the wreck of matter
produced by our. firing, it would seem that
there will not be much of Charleston left if
the Smelling is continued at present. Gene.
raj Seymour is in good spirits, confident that
we are making steady progress in reducing
| the rebellion. and holding fast to the faith
that we shall destroy it altogether. So
20 General Seymour. was stationed at Char
lesion some two or three years before the
war commenced. He, therefore had many
influential acquaintances there, and to them
he was indebted for generous courtesies du
ring his late involuntary stay among them.
He conversed with them freely about the
war: He told them the North would never
yield; that the determination of the people
was to wipe out the rebellion and save the
Union, no matter what sacrifices the great
work should involve. Their chief hope was
based upon political reaction in the loyal
States, by which peace Democrat Should
be elected to succeed Mr.. Lincoln as Presi-
dent. He told them that event was not like.
" to occur; but If it did 1t would be the
result Of monstrous deception practiced
upon the people, and they would never sub
init to such peace as the South required !;
there would be general revolution and chaos
first When the intelligence came that
President Lincoln had made a callifor "five
hundred thousand more" they were much
depressed, and manifested unmistakable
indications of discouragement. We have
only got to press right onward against the
cohorts of treason, and spare not, and the
rebellion will inevitably collapse. and that
much sooner than many persons believe. ~
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;JEwETTIANA. colorado Jewett, the Sc
Gosh and-copperhead 60. between, lis at Nj
agara, letting the black cat out of the bag
The following is his Geographic dispatch,
dated Aug. 3D.: sr3, esaa saes bag
There is now going on a grand fraterni-
cation and reunion at the Clifton House, be-
tween the following parties Clay, Hal
combe, Sanders and other Confederates. and
Dean Richmond, Ben Wood, Butts of tho
Rochester Union, ex-Gov. Hunt. ex-Gov.
Weller of California, ex- Gov. Noble of Mich
igan, Rust Of Auburn, and Stewart of the
Nineteenth Ohio District, delegates to the
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Pennsylvania, twofrom Ohio, two from Miss
ouri, and five from Kentucky. The fratcr.
nization was complete, and most extraordi
nary results will follow. VIZ t.iia i. f,
l'pe5asas sseev gs4a VIM CORNELL. JEwETT.
Eas- From this il seems that Ben. Wood and
Butts of the Rochester Union, with three
malignant ex governors IAN ex-governor is
the most melancholy creature in the world, J
and some fifteen other disoyal persons, are
IN Canada Cor were on Fast Day,) holding
Illicit correspondence with the rebel enemies
of the Government rr
The nameless "two from Ohio are prob.
ably Vallandigham and Sam. Medary, re-
Gently bed fellows in mari yrdom. One of
the Missourians is doubtless Gen. Price of
the rebel army, Of Pea, Ridge reminicence,
who, we notice, is repor ted missing in DIX
lie. just now. The "three from ,Pennsvlva-
MA" of course in ,lade Woodward, who was
so eager to have JEFF Davis run his line just
north of the QuakerrCity, s4Geo Francis
Train, and the traitor who recently piloted
Early to rhambersburg, are likely enough
the other two. 1t will be exceedingly apro
pos il the 'five from Kentucky shall be Gel.
Wolford (now under arrest for disloval IAN
guage) and four others precisely like him.
Elk Governor Weller is the fellow who has
been 6ghting four years to- g,t'up a re.
beIlion to ally California with the seeded
States, and failing in that, to erecta separate
Pacific Empire. As the ingenious and COR
ceited Jewett remarks. "the fraternization
is complete" We should think. so /, Do
these peacemongers who go to Canada to see
how much they: can get for selling out their
country. reflect that they expose themselves
on returning to an arrest as spies for hold
ing correspondence with q public enemy r.
Rochsster Democrat. 4, PA. ,-..
The Fremont PLATFORM declares authori.
tatively that Slavery IS dead. The copper
neads, while positively endorsing this Plat.
form, declare that the Government is wag-
ing war for the abolition Of Slavery |! How
can that be? How can you abolish that