The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18
THE NEWS.

"a The expectations Of some Of capturin,
. JEFF. Davis are not INDUCED in to any grea
, extent by intelligent army officers. Tn
Government is making every effort possibl
for his capture. and may succeed, but It j
thought it will be the result of accident an,
, the fidelity Of the contrabands, rather thai
any assistance which will be rendered b,
the native white population. i24t'
Il The trial Of the assassins and conspira
tors was resumed to-day in the large jail
adjoining the old penitentiary, where th'
prisoners are confined, assembling at clever
o'clock and remaining in session until three
o'clock. aeg 80 49, t.' -
Harold was arfaigned and considerable
testimony wss taken in the case, and graft.
flying progress made. Testimony has been
or win be offered showing that Harold wen,
ITO Canada and conferred with the rebels on
the assassination of Mr.. Lincoln, since
Booths return from there. Mrs. Suratt
who seems to have been one Of the chief
instisators and participants in It, is KEEP,
closely guarded, but is very defiant. Her
daughters do not seem to have been impli.
! Gated and will be Kept as witnesses. One Of
them il sick and reported to ha We poisoned
herself. Tu'au9 sf8 ~. a"a&3s.n J1'" p. 81
Tits positively known that Sur att is in
Canada. and there islittle doubt but he will
soon be taken. The commission sits with
closed doors, but it is believed the Secretary
of War will send an abstract Of the, trial to
Gen. Dix after the manne: of his War re
ports. Frederickson has undertaken the de-
fence of DR.. Mudd, who set Booths leg
Coxer who is charged with entertaining and
counseling Booth and Harold, and Jones,
charged with ferrying them &C, oss the river.
The Volunteer Cavalry whose term ex-
pires prior to October Let, win be mustered
out. The Paymaster General is ordered 10
make immediatepayment to the men dis.
charged la fsg3 6tgas yU gan.G .s saf
The Times Washington special says, the
Executive order OF the President, putting in
operation the suspended functions of Nation.
al government and in the State of Virginia
was substantially argued upon at the last
Cabinet meeting, held by Pres. Lincoln on
the day of hi. death, and at which Gen.
Grant was present. The great features are
that 1.-The State ofVirginia is not recognized
as ever having gono out Of the Union, that
the functions of the United States Govern
ment were simply suspended Within her
borders, and are now being put in operation
again; that no vestiges of confederate or
rebel State Government are recognized, and
that Gov. Pierpont and the loyal Legisla-
ture must be made the nucleus of the or
ganized State Government. .asry2slg 3oa
Washington, May 10.-Virginia has been
divided into four Districts, and the Secreta-
ry Of the Treasury has already appointed
the requisite number of assessors and coli
lectors. An order has been issued to mus.
ter out of service all soldiers whose term of
service expire on or before the 3lst inst. hs
ran GO, dHa New York, May 10. s.
The Herald's correspondent SAYS: Gener
al Steele's forces, after the capture of Mo-
bile, started on an expedition for the interi-
rior. TO assist in finishing up the work COM
menced by Wilson. They reached Selma
on transports on the eth ult. q rs
| Small parties Of rebels on the way up the
river fred on the boat, but were soon dis
persed 2.sii '.7A @.'
| They learned that vast quantities Of cot
| ton were stored at different places on the
route. ,... ada raaar...r iI- a9la .iI w
! On reaching Selma they were info, med of
the negotiations between Sherman and John
son, and further hostile operations were sus-
pended. 81 r9t rsE1 .a!t .Fs $50
The released Union prisoners from An
dcrsonville state that in and around the in
famous rebel prison pen at that place. there
are the graves of over nineteen thousand
national soldiers. t'ad Usnaag rt1.. 4
a'nat@ Can Davis Escapes
The "military situation topic upon
which editors have racked their fertile brains
almost as severely as our military leaders
during the past four years, is at last reduced
to very limited and gratifying proportions.
JEFF. Davis and half dozen of his accom-
plices includin /, Benjamin and Breckenridge.
on the 2sth ult., rode through Yorkvile, a
little town on the northern frontier of South
Carolina, pursued by Stoneman, who enter.
ed the same town the next morning. The
rebel chief 1t is reported, had received the
| cold shoulder from the inhabitants Of Greens.
boro and other towns in North Carolina,
who refused to grant him any hospitality,
lest they should be punished for harboring
public criminal Confederate bills were
pleasantly presented to the fugitive party,
and payment demanded in the spoons, su-
gar dishes and stolen goods with which they
were making off. This demand was de-
ciined with that nice sense of honor Of which
the chivalry alone are capable, not, of course,
because JEFF. Davis needed it for private
use, but because it belonged to the State of
Virginia.
Despite the manifestation on the part Of
lew North Carolinians, it is probable that
jeff. Davis will receive from the white
population on the remainder Of hls route
every facility for escape But the question
arises how long can tho rebel and assassin,
encountered BY q tram Of twelve wagons
filed with specie, protected by a thousand
cavalry and without railroads, on the north.
erni borders Of Georgia, evade being cap
tured by Stoneman's forces who are but one
day behind him. and are instructed to fight
TO the last man rather than let him escape.