The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-06-29
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New York, June 81,

declines 10 sign any more recommended
tons for pardons, as he SAYS that proper
| attention has not been accorded to the re-
Communications he has already made
lie hns recommended the pardon of men
like Mr.. Anderson, of the Tredegar iron
works, who have made large fortunes out
of the rebel government and who now de-
sire n pardon that they may enjoy the
fruits of their labors. President Johnson
does not realize the benefit to the Union
cause to he derived from the promiscuous
release of such men, whereat the Governor
is much exercised.
Mai. Gen. J. NJ. Schofield. accompanied
by Col. Whemylt, Col. Campbell, Major
Lord and Captain Winslow and his staff
arrived in Washington this morning from
Newbern. The General is understood to
he here by order of Gen. Grant, for con-
sultation concerning affairs i'm his depart
ment. and will probably return South i'm
few days. .. ..,
| The Times special says: Ex-senator
| Foote and c. J. Faulkner were the only
persons of note who applied for pardon
Yesterday. Ex-senator Foote'S applica-
ton is dated at Montreal.
The Herald's Richmond and Petersburg
correspondent says, General Terry, COM
manding at Richmond, has issued an order
announcing that slavery having ceased to
exist in Virginia. all the State and munic-
ipal laws restraining the personal liberty
of colored persons have become obsolete.
| and that hereafter the colorcd people will
enjoy the same personal liberty rs the
whites and be subject to only the same re-
straints and punshments. vacrancv.
however, will not be permitted on the part
Of the negroes any more than on that of
white citizens. The testimony of colornd
persons, he also states, will be received in
all cases before the military courts in his
department.
General Hartsuff, commanding mt Pc
tershurg, Virginia, has forbidden. in an
official order, the holding of any more
meetings by the planters to establish a
fixed price for the labor of the negroes or
to make distinctions preiudicial to their in
terosts, and no difference i'm the rate of
compensation for the same labor by whites
and blacks il to be allowed.
The Virginia Legislature adjourned sine
die on Friday evening last, after session
Of five days. Nearly all the measures re-
quired by Governor Pierpont to assist him
in the work Of reconstructing the State
government were passed, elicting little or
no debate i'm their passage. The most i'm
portant of these was that extending the
elective franchise to persons who were ex-
cluded from it by the Alexandria consti- |
tuition. These persons are those who have
voluntarily given aid and comfort to the
rebellion since the 1st of January, 1884,
The elections of members of Congress and |
Of the new Legislature is TO take place on
the 18th day of next October At this cleo
ton tho people are also to decide whether |
thn Legislature shall have power to repeal |
the constitutional provision which excludes |
from holding office all who have been ell |
gagged in the rebellion.
The Lincoln cavalry, who have rendered |
signal service in Custars division through
ont the war, and lately commanded by |
Col. w. A. Adams, is en- route for New |
York, to be paid and discharged from the
service, and will arrive there sometime to-
morrow.
The Herald's Havana correspondentsavs |
the British consul at Havana has made n |
rrr'i'tru rtr the sttrrerI,Iri uiuckauc
runner Wren, captured and run into Key
West by her crew.
General Breckenridge and his accompa-
nying fugitive rebels were still in Havana.
Some Of the wealthest sympathizers had
shown breckenridge great attention, and
offered to present him with house if he
would remain among them. 1t was ru-
mOred, however, that he intended to GO to
Spain.
Boston, June %.
The Boston Journal states that the South
Carolina delegation very mOdeStly ask
that the Government shall redeem Confed-
crate bonds, which amount, according to
their calculation, TO two hundred million
dollars.
New York, June %.
The Herald's Charleston correspondent
says: The private effects and papers of
jeff. Davis and Beauregard, recently cap
tured in Florida, had arrived in Charles
ton and been transmitted thence to Wash
ington. Among them is dispatch from
Gen. Beauregard to a member of the rebel |
Congress, dated Mt Charleston on the 18th |
of October, 1852, inquiring whether the bill |
for the execution OF Abolition prisoners.
meaning national soldiers, had yet become
a law, and urging its speedy passage if it
had not.
Union meetings were being held I'm va
rious parts Of South Carolina.
The captured rebel ex-Secretarv of the
Treasury Trenholm, had been committed
to Fort Pulaski. |
a difficulty recently occurred i'm Charles
ton between the white and colored troops.
but it was soon suppressed. A few on both
sides were wounded.
One of the HeraId's correspondents has
recently made a trip across South Carroll
ma, in the track of Sherman's march, and |
he describes the havoc and desoation as |
most complete. The route of the avenging
army is marked by chmneys, obliterated
railroads, and the country pretty we'll
cleaned Of animals, forage and surplus
property. The white people in the inte-
rior, while admitting that they are con-
strained for the present. still maintain and |
give expression to their secession heresy,
and entertain an intense hatred for the
Yankees and the negroes; notwithstanding
this the planters say that they will be bet
ter off without slavery.
There is considerable cotton scattered
throughout the State, but the greatest part
OF the crop has been destroyed.
The colored people Of Columbia have
held meetings and raised money for the
purpose of celebrating the Fourth of July
by giving dinner to the national soldiers
stationed there.
The Times special says, among the an