The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-04-28
News of the Week.

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Difficulties with the Sionx fndia,s the
a coming season are entertained Reliable
information has been received to the effect
that over 400 lod res of Sioux are within 20
miles Of Fort Union and GO lodges on Pow
der Creek, emptying into the Yellow Stone
The Sioux have been joined bv Assinni.
homes. Crows and Western S,otrx Indians,
who are preparing to attack Fort Union
and are DESTROYING steamers on the Upper
Missouri River Gen. Pope is understood
10 have or,iere strong sirc, into the In
dian COUNTRY, aud bloody Indian cam
paign is anticipated. o73v ysiH T7as W
. Information received here confirms the
suspicious of conspiracy in the North
western States, inang,rating armed resis-
lance to the Government Crawford coun-
,y is the headquarters Of gtng Of Butter
nuts who have been placed under martial
law, and others will son be PIT in the
same position In Ohio. Southern In LANA
snd Illinois these incipient leaders only
wait disaster to our national arms to give
the signal for revolt. ..ars
Five deserters Of the 4sth Virginia rebel
regiment, came into our lines. L,ngstrcet's
army isnt Orange G. H., and Lee's en-
tire force is not more than 5000 OF sc, 900.
The. rebels are very vigilant. They have
strictly forbidden their pickcts to hold COM
nnnication with our men. .
Governors Brough, Morton. Curtin, and
Yates had long interview with the Presi.
dent to day to urge upon him the necessity
Of calling out 100 s000 more men as reserve
for the defence of the States bordering ON
"a the Ohio river. &c. They claimed that il
s-thorzei they could raise that number for
that duty by volunteering The President
4; as things look now seems disposed to isSue
call for 100 900 troops to be raised IN the
western States fr- y-.fm.T ..Tz-a.f 3
.l..a All the sick in the army Of the potomac
have been sent and placed in the hospitals
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~ The reports that the rebels are in the
Slenan loah Valley or in the vicinity Of the
altimore & Ohio Railroad are without the
slightest truth 81 1es ~ o.
The New York Tribune learns that o
private letter has been received in New
York from Garibaldi, now IN London, which
mtimates that it is highly probable he will
visit this country soon
sat At the recent election Cor a State Con
vention to amend the Constitution and
u emancipate the slaves of Maryland, + there
we're 81 ,593 votes in favor of, and 1854
against the measure. The Governor has
in accor1anee with the wish of the people,
issued his proclamation coavening the Con-
vention a. Annapolis on the 9th Of this
month. 7aiaerT III v3aut4aa iar,.sus IS
The Methodist Episcopal General Con.
ference meets on the LIST Of May in Phila
delphia. Rev. W. y. Cowles, Of this city, is
Delegate from this conference. ,ia""I E.
John P. Kennedy, the friend of Henry
Clay, and the leader of the Wing party in
Maryland ia the days Of its glory, has pub
hshed letter in favor of emancipation and
in advocacy of the reelection of Mr.. Lin.
coin TO the Presidency. -
g, A vote was taken at the METROPOLITAN
Fair. IN New York, to decide whether Ger
tair. army sword should be given to Gen.
Grant or Gen. Mcclellan. Gen. Grant re
eeived 10000 majority out Of $4,000 cast
Goa Swift on the heels of the reverse TO the
q Union arms on Red River. comes the news
3 of another disaster vt Plymouth, N. G. The
place was .hsroicaly defended by Gen.
Weitzel and small force four DAYS. but
could not avoid final surrender to force
largely superior, under Gen. Hook. The
rebels claim to have taken $500 prisoners,
= 500 Of them negroes, 80 pieces of artillery,
10000 pounds Of meat, 1000 barrels OF
-four, and full garrison outfit. Reinforce.
men.s bad been urgently solicited but had
not been furnished. The rebels lost 1900
killed. The rebels are making desperate
efforts to hold North Carolina, and will be
g likely to gain other advantages soon unless
reinforcements are shortly sent there
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