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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-03-23

New York. March 90.
The Herald's Mobile Bay correspondent
Of the 9th inst, SAYS /: Refugees who had
come into the Union lines from the city Of
Mobile, reported that rebel troops had been
going from there since the list of February,
some of them to South Carolina; but there
still remains AROUND the town about Is, 900.
Most of those however were citizens, and
many of them very young boys and old and
infirm men. The attack of the nationa
force was daily expected, and, in anticipa.
ton gift the women and children were be.
ing sent away. There was great distress
among the poor. Corn meal was selling at
$l5 per bushel; wheat -four So so per pound
and bacon $3.50 per pound. One dollar
greenbscks sold for $25 each in rebel notes
Twenty thousand bales Of cotton was piled
up in the depot of the Mobile and Ohio Rail
road. ready for trans portation INTO the int
terror, as soon. as the rebels should become
convinced oftheir Inability to hold the place
The citizens believed Gen. Maury, the rebe
commander, would burn the city if he was
compelled to abandon it.
A severe wind storm visited Mobile Bay
on the evening of the 9th inst; and contin-
ued nearly twenty four hours. Two trans
ports Of the national feet were driven ashore
and some damage was done to one or two
other vessels. a.
The Times correspondent gives details #
Sheridan's movements after leaving Colam-
bia. A movement was made northwartl
striking the Central Railroad at several
points where it was broken up. While on
the way Custer learned that Early with two
hundrad men, four hours before was flying
towards Richmond. This was the first
heard of him since at Way nesboro.
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Rebel Efforts to Raise Negroes
A short hut Severe Campaign,

New YoRK, March 20.-Files of late Rich
mond papers show, that efforts to raise ne.
gro regiments for the rebel armies have com
menced in earnest. The official order has
been issued and, a rendezvous for the reoep-
ton of recruits, slave and free, has been es-
tablished. All who are received will be
mustered in for the war. Gen. Lee, in .
letter written ON the 10th instant, on the
work ofraislng and organizing negro troops,
says he is anxious to witness their first ex-
pertinent in fighting for tNe rebel cause.
The Tri5une's Army Of the Potomac COR
respondent Of the l6th says all goes to show
we will have short but severe campaign
In few days series of contests will have
begun between the two great armies that
will cause profound excl tement all throu gh
the North. The Tribune also has assurances
from the highest quarter that Secretary Nc
Cullough will issue no more gold bearing
bonds and no addition will be made to the
volume of curren cy. nnga
The Tribune's Washington special says !:
Information from Sheridan tonight SAYS he
is still on the war path and will soon be
heard from again. inflcting much punish
ment on the rebels. Secretary Stanton, from
the front to-day, says Grant knows just what
Lee is about. a ara su'l a.o@ naTi t@
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Iowa Items.

The ALTON CoURIER.-This is the title of
a paper just started in Alton, Union county
by Robbins & Westover. 1t has one of the
best written "salutatories'' we have read fol
a long time. 1t is sound on the questions
OF the day and all right geographically
In addition to this we see that the Eddy
vile markets are to be regularly quoted -
We wish our namesake success, and shall
X with pleasure. ,a. - ,.eaa
The Adjutant Generals Office is to be re.
moved shortly from Davenport to Clinton.
1t IS regarded as better point on account
Of being in telegraphic communication with
the capital.
The Gate City announces the arrival o
Justice s. F. Miller. of the U. s. Suprem.
Court, at his home in Keokuks dicat
Bloomfield is about to have National
Bank. aa ? % r.a fh
The OskaJoosa Herald thinks that from
five to eight hundred people have joined the
church in that county this winter.
81 The high water has done a great deal Of
damage in Woodbury. and other counties,
as we learn from the Sioux City Journal.
The bridge across the West Fork is number.
ed among the things that soere. ..,
Mrs. John Stiers, of Centerville, fell down
during the "icy season" and broke her
arm, si Leases sar:E e .-.r'ag .-t.t
!. Five men, with their faces BACKED, lately
went to the residence of Mr. Chambers, near
Ottawa, Clark County, and appropriated all
the money they could find. after shooting
Mr.. G. in the arm. Such is the report
which we find in the Indianola Banner.
Daniel Pressnef of Mahaska County, lost
ten sheep few nights since. They were
killed by dogs. Doesn't Mr. Pressnell know
that, under the legislation of the State, sheep
have no rights which dog is bonnd to res
pect? ~ ,f.
: The Erpress states that Bedford is perma.
anently fixed as the seat of justice for Taylor
County. 1t is good town, and now thai
the vexed question Is settled, it will improve
rapidly. q ma =. nr~. .aa..gg5
The Desmoins Register says TIE Cops
were "scooped out" at the municipal cleo
ton. Htnag agv af.l at#sns nsEI.
At meeting the other evening in Keosau
qua, ninety dollars were raised for soldiers
families 'a,aa ag s 49, a.,5e
Martin Sullivan killed his mother at leo
mum, Appanoose county, by striking he
on the head with an axe, on the 9th ult
He is supposed to be insane. s5H
Ira G. Mitchell is about to retire from thu
Oskaloosa Waterman, and engage in tht
practice of law in that place. ~
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War Bulletin.
WAR DEPARTMENT., WAsHTxcroN.
b, -fs.on M March 10 1866. y(

WAR DEPARTMENT., WARRINGTON.
'raas5 raga March 10 1855.
To Major General Dix:
The subjoined dispatches have been re-
ceived at this Department, signed @. A..
Dana, Asst Sec. of War: i sa..f
ggaa,ii sb City Point, March Is.
The Richmond papers Of to-day are re.
ceived. The Confederate Congress- I'D
journed sine die at three o'clock to-day.
The President of the James River Canal
calls on the farmers of Virgins to aid in re-
pairing the canal. 70 lnai a.ai.'.3'.t
( The Augusta. Ga, papers say that A. H.
Stephens has been in Georgia for the past
ten days, and has not yet been heard from,
and they hope this silence will not continue.
Vigorous efforts are making at Richmond
for the organization Of oolorcd troops.
The following paragraphs are from the
Richmond Wing: -, $3.50
Mobile, March 4.-Thia city Is strongly
menaced. Gen. Maury issued . circular ad
vising the people to prepare for the expect.
ed attack. He urges tbs non-combatants to
leave.
The Exchanse Commissioner yesterday
evening received information Of the arrival
in the bay Of large number Of prisoners
from Ship Island and New Orleans. They
are expected here to-day. Maj. Cowell vii
effect some arrangements as will embrac.
al prisoners captured in this Department
Mobile, March 5.-One hundred and sew
enty six navy and army exchanged pris on
ers arrived here last night. +.
Mobile, March s--Trsnsports containing
1000 troops entered the bay yesterday
through Grants pass.
Mobile, March ll.-Fourteen vessels
more were added to the feet to day, making
twenty .one in sight Of this city. Grea,
activity prevails with the enemy in the low
er bay. There is every indication Of 81
early attack.
Macon, March 4.-The House OF Dele
gates have adopted resolution requesting
Congress to repeal the CONSUMPTION law ant
accept from the State under officers of theil
own choice, BY yeas el--nays 40.
Lynchburg papers Of Monday and Tues
day bring us some details Of tbs raid through
the upper country. which, il view Of tn.
fact that Sheridan has communicated will
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es at Kittanning and Oil city were inunda.
ted.
There is q tremendous freshet in the
Cumberland river. The Nashville Union
of the 9th, says thai the evening before the
river was raising at the rate Of two inches
an hour. and 'was then within six feet Of
the mark of the freshet Of December, 1847,
when the river reached Fifty feet above low
water mark
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MectiOl. e"
Since our Fairfield neighbors have agita
ted the subject of extending the Railroad
from Washington to tap the Burlington road
at that point, the Ottumwa people have be
stirred themselves, and Fairfield will not
''make the connection without q struy.
gle. ~ a5i ri ,gaasa ylg
A meeting was held at Ottumwa, and
Hon George Gilaspv and Dr. j. @. Hinsey
were delegated to represent the interests Of
Ottumwa in the proposed extension. These
gentlemen called on us few days ago. on
their return from conference with the
citizens of Davenport and Muscatine on the
subject aag 1sE rag
These gentlemen claim that although a
road to Ottumwa is longer than one to Fair
field, the advantage of Ostumwa in being At
the junction of the Des Moines Valley and
the Burlington roads, and also the prospec.
tive terminus of the North Missouri Road,
of which the proposed road would then be
an extension, would more than compensate
for the increased length to be built. The
arguments look reasonable and forcible.-
Ottumwa being at the junction Of two roads
and the most natural terminus Of a third,
would give commerce and travel much
easier and less embarrassing choice Of routes,
than to have to all be tributary to the Bur-
lington road, as would be the case at Fair
field.
Attic present, with the light we have on
the subject, we are disposed to think the
Ottumwa route the most favorable. but the
meeting soon to be held in the interest of
the Fairfield route at Brighton NAV give US
some further information. - Washington
Press. #r'a a1 -5 a.fa- .as .'sga
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A Proclamation.

BY the Presidsnt.cf the United States Of
q Anerica - sttasr Ola ~tn.
WHEREAS, Reliable information has been
received that hostile Indians within the
limits of the United States have been fur
nished arms and munitions of war by per-
sons dwelling in foreign territory, and are
thereby enabled to prosecute their savage
warfare upon the exposed and sparse set
Elements OF the frontier:
Now, therefore, be it known that 7, Abra-
ham Lincoln. President of the United States
Of America, do hereby proclaim and direct
that all persons engaged in that nefarious
traffic shall be arrested aud tried ny court
martial at the nearest military post, and il
convicted shall receive the punishment due
to their deserts.
IN witness whereof / have hereunto set
my hand add caused the seal of the u. S. ia
be affixed. Hr rae .er5
Done at the City of Washington this 17th
day of March, A. d. 1866. and of the indie
pendence of the u. 8. of America the
eighty ninth ASBAHAN LINCOLN.
w. H. SEWARD, q
Secretary OF State. srs
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SW EEP-STAKE
IHRESHINc MACHZ/KES,
Legal. NOTICE.

You a. hereby notified that the petition of James
Linn 10 now on fe In the Office Of the Clerk of the
District Court Of Wapello county, Iowa. in which
the west part Of Lot two in section twenty nine,
township seventy one, range twelve. Also that you
you ate mpted to convey said land to Thomas Coop
land, said Linn asks the correction Of the descrip-
ton In your deed and that the title of said land be
qnteted In petitioner. And unless you appear and
make defense TO said petition before noon OF
second day Of the next term Of said Court to be
commenced on the goth day Of May, 1865, default
will be taken and decree rendered In accord ant
with the prayer Of petitioner.
[Stamp.1 NJ. J. WILLIAMS,
March Q, 1e65-4w Atty for petitioner.
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LEGAL NOTICE

State OF Iowa, ~. 3, Rev. Stamp.
Wapello County. II, B., Mar. 81, rs
To William Briggs, George Briggs. James Napier
and Madison Napier:
sin-You are hereby notified that on or before
the 10th day Of April, 1865, there will be file In
the ONCE Of the Clerk Of tbs District Court Of said
county, the petition Of Samuel Burgess claiming to
be the owner Of the undivided one-seventh part OF
the North. East fractional quarter section three
u and the SESw Il Of sect. 50, "a, all In range
10 west, In Wapello and Mahasks counties, said
State and asking said court TO appoint referees
divide said lands above described ccording to the
rights and interest Of said petitioner said defend
aan therein respectively, aud praying partition OF
$helssRe. nd unless you appear AID answer and
defend sgsips the ses on or before the bssend day
Of the May Term 1865. Of said Court.to be held At
Ottumws, said county. CONNIE pcing on the 9ota day
Of May, 1865 default viii te taken against you and
the prayer OF said petition grant ed ~ - -
r Z. RIGHAM. ATTY
March -, is66Aw for pstitioasr.
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CHERRIES SALE.

SIIEINITT ~ OItLH1.
~ By virtue Of an Execution to me directed Is.
sued by the Clerk Of the District Court Of Keokuk
county, state Of Iowa Il have levied ppon and will
expose to public sale at the front of the
House in said county, the following described pi on
erty to-wit, situated In said County and State.
The North part Of the Northeast u 8 w X SWh
acres also the south 4 I the North east of the
" two range Q2l twelve CO., twenty acres ali in
Wapello county, Iowa.
Said sale will take place the (5th) fifth day OF
April 1865 between the hours Of O'Clock a. m and
p. M, commencing At 10 o'clock a. m. The said
property having been taken at the suit OF JIM Hall
vs. VIM Parker TO satisfy aid ution 1922 0O)
two hundred and nmety.two dollars Interest and
costs. f :!
SHERIFF. ohic9, 0ttumws, Iowa. March, 4, 1886. !.
g. A. DEKBY, Sheri u.
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r IST OF LETTERS Remainin,

AunC1aiped 70 The. Post Umce at UttumWa, IOWA
on the 22d day Of March, 1865.
''To obtain any Of these letters. the applicant
inust call for ADVERTISED LBTPERs, give the date Of
this list, and pay one cent for advertising.
''If not called for within month, they will be
sent to the Dead Letter once.
Letters not advertised until they have re-
mained In the office one week.
"Place the postage stamp on the upper right-band
corner, and leave space between the stamp and d-
rection for post-marking without interfering with
the writing.
an. B-A REQUEST for the RETURN OF a letter to
the writer, unclaimed within 80 days less. writ
ten or printed with the writer's name, Post once
and State the left hand end Of the envelope.
the t.ce side, Willie complied with at the usual
prepaid rate Of POSTAGE payable when the letter Is
de- ed IN he writer n-Sec Law of ISf2
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The mechanics of New York city are en-.
gagged in q movement to secure higher wa
ges. In the case of masons. plasterers,
stone cutters and carpenters they have al
ready succeeded.
THE PAYxRNr OF THE AHMY.-The Treas.
ury Is getting ready funds to pay off the
Shenandoah and Western armies. The
payment of the Army of the Potomac is
nearly completed. @
Sue Munday, the Kentucky desperate,
was hung at Louisville on the 14th inst,
The Republicans have carried New lamp
shire by 5000 majority, electing all three
of the members of Congress!
A dispatch from St. Paul saws: " The
snow is. three feet deep in the Upper Missis
sippi pineries. 1t is estimated that one hum
dred million feet of lumber viii be floated
down the Minnesota river to this place, and
there is plenty of snow on the head waters
of this river to insure high water"
The Legislature of Michigan have adopted
4 Joint resolution 10 submit to the people OF
the State, at the fall election Of 1866, the
question Of negro suffrage. .....-
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Lee Can't Make Head Against
I8r The Union Forces. 8l

New York, March 20.-The Tribune
says it has private in formation that Gen. Lee
has notified JEFF. Davis that II is impossible,
with the men at his command, to make
head against the Union forces now oonosn-
trating for his overthrow.
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Effective Force Of the Rebels.
Newbern. N. c., March 1S,

] ,..... Newbern, N. O., March 18.
| Parties who have arrived here from Gen.
Sherman's army say that we shall be able
to join hands with him tomorrow or next
day. One Of them says Sherman walks ov
er the course as fearfessly and unconcerned
as giant among pigmies, and the enemy
are so demoralzed and panic stricken that
it is doubtful whether they win make .
stand or not
l. In debate in the North Carolina Legis.
lature, few weeks since one member stated
that the entire effective force of the Coufed-
eracy numbers only $4,000 men, which
statement on being questioned was substan-
tiated by an official document from Rich.
mond.
The State authorities in N. c., Who allow
ed ne guerrillas to prowl W thin the borders
of the State, have repeatedly demonstrated
with the authorities at Richmond against
the inhuman treatment extended by the re-
bel government to prisoners of war.
The steamers daily ascend the Neuse RI
yer to Kingston with supplies for scho6eld
and Sherman's army.
LATER -. A. -
Lieut.. Knox, Chief Signal officer, just
from the front says that reports here brought
in from Goldsboro stating that the enemy
had evacuated that place and were moving
towards Virginia. 4.q .,.I a..s .ss
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40 Loan.

PHILADELPHIA, March 2l.-Jay Cooke re-
ports sales of the 80 loan to-day to the
amount Of $3,O75.4 400, The largest single
subscription from the West was from
Bridgeport. Ohio. for $500, and from the
East for 100000. From Baltimore there
were 2,156 individual subscriptions, for
sums of $50 and 800 each. XIII
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The colored citizens of Nashville celebra-
ted the ratification Of the Constitution of
Tennessee and the abolition of slavery on
the Goth. ~
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CHERIFF'S SALE.

CHERIFFS SALE.
~ BY virtue Of . sp ecixl Execution to me direct
ed, by the Clerk Of the District Court of Wapelo
county, State Of Iowa, commanding me to sell the
property hereinafter desc rbed. as by . decree of
said Court directed, win expose TO SALE At public
ction to the highest and best bidder for cash in
hand at the front door Of the Court House, In Wa
pello county, Iowa, the 18th day of April, 1865
between the hours OF o'clock N, and O'CLOCK r.
~, commencing at ~ o'clock ~, Of said day, the
following Real Estate. to-wit:
Lots No. eight is) and nine i9). in Hackworth's
subdivision Of Gilmore's subdivision Of the east
half Of the quarter Of section
(2 township seysptytwo (72), north of range four
teen (i4)'vsst, In wspello county, Iowa.
Taken ~ by special execution directed as the
property of George ID. Hackworth ct al, to satisfy
said execution In favor of Lovina Chandler, and
against said George ID. Hackworth ct al for the sum
Of one hundred and twenty nine dollars And twenty.
ave cents (tl29 26), and interest and costs.
Sherin's Office, 0ttumws, Iowa, March 16,1S65.
g.. A. DERBY, Sheriff
March 16, 1S65-2w Wspelo Co., low a.
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SEvEk-1HIRTY LOAN.

These Notes are issued under date Of Angus, 18th,
1854, and payable threeyears from that time, in
currency, or are convertible at the option Of the
ho der int
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u. S. 7-30 LOAN.

By authority Of the Secretary of the Treasury the
undersi gned has assumed the General Subscription
Agency for the sale Of United States Treasury Notes.
earl ng seve and threetenths per cent interest,
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CHERRIES SALE.
~ BY virtue of an Execution to me directed, Is.
sued by the Clerk Of the District Cou.t OF apollo
county, State of Iowa, have levied upon and III
expose to public sale at the front or of the Court
House in said county the E,!hwing descrihsi pro-
perty .o-wit, situated IN saii count and State:
Jefferson Carwile's und ivided Interest in his faith
er civilian Carwile's) estate, to-wi The norhe
quarter Of the north quarter OF section twenty
eight (28) and the north west quarter of the south
west quarter OF section twent y-sx (26), township
seventy one (7i), range fifteen Q5j, In wapeiio
county, Iowa. Said sale will take place on the 18th
day Of April, 1865, betw the hours of o'clock
N. and o CLOCK r. NJ, commencing at 10 O'Clock A.
n The said property having been taken at the suit
Of A. D. Long Jefferson CarSile, to satisfy sal
execution one hundred and eig ty-eight dollars ana
Sherifs ONCE, 0ttumwa Iowa, March Is, 1865.
G. A. DERBY, Sheriff
March l6, 1866 2w Wspello Co., 10 va.
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Best kind; suiky and Revolving Hay Rakes, &c.
In fact We will make II business to keen on hand
everything farmer IDS to Il II the soil We
proves not to he what we recommend n to he tbs
Machine is to be returned and we win refund the
money. We are agents for the celebrated
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Pn.srnge~s Arrived.

IN Sesmphip New RI, from Bremen and Son'haupson
Mr. Anna Drgrr Frilnun Phi 10 ~chsH, T. Ncsicrn ann
Miss Ida S3ndberger Mr. aud Ms 5. Lesy. MI and Mrs o.
feuil and family. f. Mes-r. Leuis Glatfer Mimi schmel
Lion Schcsin.r NJ. and Mr. Henry Prezteld-r. Albert
Aders, Mr. ard Mrs. Hermsnn Le;er Nr. snd AirL H. D.
broadway JOhu fly ~, A. g. Lampen. Il. 4. Ward = W OIL
Miss Anna Read Nj. aud Nrs seaer, Miss EhTasnu, j.
Ne lr tranz sruub, Mr. and Mrs Stroller Mrsscha baum
and family, T. +. Ahlsr f. buchanan, l. Ba T. hamp,
Mrs Anna Mrb'r, q Maidrd' A. Noni,. III. D. ppalmrnn.
A. Grupr Levy Cahn. Mrs. LIP us aud child H. Gam Hagen,
Blr and Mrs. L. CiTnahTrns and children. II. = We. {.
to'h Mrs f. Lehz and Miss o. DierkeG Nil Marie
oesh NJ. rnd Mr.. Herze and f1uy Miss Ella Sckroc.
der Louis krali, T. W. suchet r. and @. Mess. Mr. snl
Alr III geld Carl hene H. Hachnann Mr. and Mrs Msr.
seuhagen. Dlni- NOT H. HoT. August ksun. g. Morrcn-
Gro I'll debsand W. tatler Augus Lisberman. John Scbf
Lppert aud family, Wilhelm Schrmer Can Bsubauu) n.
Won Gaabcch iis. and Mrs o. Bernard Horace Henaush.
". A. Lsmpson Geo Lawrence Nj aud Mr.. A. Souucrne.
". Martha A. Gross AaTer Huber, g. Pabert aud family.
ami - ~ strerare
In steamship CITY Of onion from Livernool-Nr md N7s
S$' Miss Schcctlr MT Efoqu"t aud hid. Miss +. DAVIS
ond infant Mis- l.. Essry hr kv he aud wife MI. Mary
Stusi, Nlfc. Willaue hr. Barlow and chdre. Mr. Ste
yeus Mr. and Ns ri Ips. Iep, Rod, Mr. >turs. H. T..
Mlru. : ScnrcEcl T. brt0nr \. Tdyar, Mr. Bo21s Alr.
B4i-i q. OveTtcr. =. ~. Wellington ana lady Nr. Barb
M ). Medley r. O. hil,n the Rev. r. burrows, Mr..
Church. lisi n'er Capt Crtr.ry. WIFE, child mi nnns,
Nr Thompson. sud wife. D. l. lscofde, Mr. Morales D. r.
Pon1ro Mr.sr. Hiil. Cs,o N. Ecrl'. Span. Lott Fer
eu-ou Ny dsennn. Hsf A. Barry. Mrs. BuIrrw' J.. ley,
nnd VIE. G. = Booze. Mr. Stevenson, Capt. Grove.
ady AMI infant Ma Barber cLaouer, Barry aud Wrrl M
Bgt)kilon