The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
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Mediterranean until the cholera al, tn.
J. coast il somewhat abated., The French
and American ships ard officials have ex
changed many ,courtesies, and cor,ila
feeling is entertained and friendly attitude
always maintained between them.
A begins to be entertained that ty,.
election in Virginia will meet with some
difficulty by reason OF the law reo.iriha
the commissioners Of elections to be- an.
pointed by the State courts; which AS We;
have otbeen restqreti. j o5IsreT
I Officers who are just up from the ole
North State represent that there is no lon.
ger any necessity for a mounted patrol: in
TACT the presence of troops there at all i,
just little superfiuous.i The Tar peopI.
! devoting their undivided attentior, to t.1s
| prsdtetion or a living from their wreck ot
q State, anu have very little leisure for
sedition and that sort of thing.
Acting geoInmissionerrW Wilson. of thaEan-
! eral Land Office, i'm answer to inaliries AS
| to the right to take homesteads undo III.
congressional statutes. replies: That In.
act requires five years actual, continuous
residence and cultivation from date of en-
try before the Department can give fee
simple title by patent. ShouldA 4 party af..
ter entry abandon. otherwiseA-not meet
all requirements of the law, his claim
would be invalid, and the land World ra-
vert to the mass Of public dofnaif,. The
4th section Of thelaw declares that no lands
acquired under its provisions shah in anv
event becorue bic 10 the satisfaction Of
any debtor debts contracted prior to the
issue of the patent The law conditions
whilst the fee simple remains i'm the Uni
'eo States 1t must be quite apparent that
the taxing power could not be successfully
exerted in so far as taxing the land is con-
cerned. whatever might be the authorit,.
on which no opinion is expressed, to tax
improvements on the premises. g. ....
ihe lribune's special says, it is stated on
good authority that the regular sr,ny will
hereafter consist of 5O.eoO men: At least
5oo men, mostly discharged soldiers of the
volunteer army, are daily joining the reg
ular army, which in Il few imenths viii, be
to tlie maximum mentioned, .yr
p. p, z-eTTgre as New York, Sept %.
The South Carolina Reconstruction Con-
vention have resolved that the Union is
he hrst paramount consideration of the
= american people, and tiIf,t the authorized
Of that Sovereignty. within
he limits of the Constitution is the Federal
governments. They further conclcds hat
ne late war was not one or ar oppressed
people against tyranny, but it arose sim
'iy from an apprehension of part of tho
weaker section, of possible tyranny.
.lafr,s 90. .-.eo,gFt. New York, Sept. 80.
Inc lrlpunes special says: A telegram
ecelyed by the President to-day from
General Weitzel. now commanding in Tex
~ states that the notorious Duke Gwinn
ma Ex-Governor Clark. of Missouri. have
rossed the Rio Grande. surrendered them
q v,;ns;ns:,,, ,v;,ist,evs xzSzaraxx s,s,
7 -. 7'
M p-a.,;.,, , o,oona5 his 1as,, os
!, ,,o-ao,, :, ,.,,nlioa,ions he having granted
LII pai'.oi -l-. !. - -.
nearly LOU Wi'hin t.ie pas ''qs -,
an in,peeS,on .a,,,s;,a,,,t 70 Tho
.,oeo .ao aeo - 81 -. - .,,o,;,,col
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Ir'aii' M .. N"e' va 81.
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repei atiny "'i.i -, "',''> - +,
IN Europe ... Nav. yor,x se,t a.,
ri, ,s,,,, tod states Tra.s-
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fo. - "a. ., ,ho 1;,s,re,,,
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P'''' IT, srs, ,yas ,oken ON
easea III W. and ,mo ON Tho 9TH
,n'"''y ,n,' GU" =. - .,un E,n,;.b .e,,r.yars
~, ny l",, -, ,.,o,,.ro heou ,ractic;np
~" -. =, '..;r,;,sr o,,s for tho last p;,e
rr,,o,, go 18th committed for
ss"is'
Th. rn;,ad states ounboat Galatia, first
class of II guns has been sold by Acting
Roar Aam;ral.c q TT. Rell the commander
of Tho prooL l,p navy YARD. to the Haytieu
60, ca,,ar,,,or, far st5 ooO The Galatia will
he eouipped and receive her armament at
,h;s nor, The crew will comprise portion
~ ,ba old crew Of the Gs,atia on her pas
90 90 -, ,o 10 port an Prince.
The Mississippi rivers levees are wash
in, away and the stream threatens 10 Hood
The whole country adjacent to it.
The railroads of the State remain unre-
paired, and the whole country IL devasta-
ted. The social condition is no better and
the nt.ouie rctnain as IDLE and shitless Us
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