The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-06-01

ers MUST be made to feel the extreme rigor
of the low; not in spirit ofrevenge, but to
put the seal of infamy upon their conduct.
But the mercy extended to the great
mass of the misguided people, should be
used SO as to reerganize society upon aloy-.
al and frecdoni loving basis.V 1t is mani
testify for their good, and the good of man
kind that this should be done. ia
The power Of pardon and mercy is ade--
quate. to this end Such conditions, prece-
dent and subsequent, can legally and prop
erly be appended, as will bring society in
these States into perfect accord with the
wise and thoroughly tried principles Of our
Government. ~ , q -
1.-THE power of pardon be wisely used,
peace will be established upon sure and
permanent basis. ,'"'" .o'
t nl ia.tfa "' Cincinnati May 30.
Commercials Chattanooga dispatch says
southern papers have announced their in
tention to accept the new era in good faith
and stand by the Government i'm the task
of restoring order and industry. They
reprohate guerrilla warfare or acts against
individuals holding political opinions diff
fering from themselves, and lay aside ideas
heretofore animating them. ra1t.
John Bell is in Atlanta. E "& .af
Fast Tennessee and Georgia railroads
are being repaired. Only 20 miles remain
to connect with Bristol #.i@a ".a'
Ex-SecrcHary Mallory and Howell Cobb
passed Chattanooga yesterday for Knox
vile, under guard. .nns
Detachmcnts of Wilson's cavalry are
daily arrivinga at Ohattanoaga. 3'.s"
The Commercials Frankfort dispatches
says, recruiting is going on briskly among
slaves in Central Kentucky. A few months
more and negro enlistments will settle the
question Of slavery for kentucky, indie
pendent OF constitutional amendments.
The Gazette's Nashville dispatch says,
General Upton arrived with the archives
Of the State AMI Sii50, 900 in specie. 5dt
The Tennessee Senate passed the elective
franchise bill Yesterday by n vote of l5 to S.
The rebel Champ Ferguson has been cap
tured and is closely confined i'm irons at
| Nashville. HHar ~ I'D OH. " r." ..n
l. .s.uI --r.a s..a New York, May 80.
Tb" Herald announces the total amount
nf subscriptions to pay oft the National
debt this morning Ia he s2,375,O0D
tugoT .rn sst'| o New York, May 81.
An abstract of General Shcrman's report
conveying important points is published.
I Tt contains the following dispatch to Gen
eral Grant: ~.'. -aI.t -.. .... .1.
3 H'dq'r Military Division of thel
-.sF.c ..a mississippi. in the Field,
l.. .l Raleigh, n. C., April 18th, 1865. J
! GENERAL-Since You left me yesterday,
| I have seen the New York Times of the
9th, containing n budget of military news
authenticated by the signature of the Sec
rotary, OF War, which is grouped in such a
way AZ 20 give very erroneous impressions.
4, II embraces copy of the basis of agree
mcnt b,tweGrc myself and General John
atom, "f Aptil 18th, with comments, which
: t will be time enough to discuss two or
! three Years hence, after the Government
/ has eyper;mcnted a little more in the ma
chinerv ny which power rniiches the scat
tered people of the vast era of country
known as the South. But in the meantime
| do think that my rank, if not past SER
vices cntitlc mo at least to the respect of
Keeping secret what was known to none
but the cabinet, until further inquiry could
have been made instead of giving public
ity to documents never saw, and draw
ing differences wide of the truth.
/ mover saw or had furnished me q COW
! Of President Lincoln's dispatch to you of
4 81
nor did Mr.. Stanton or any human being
ever convey to me it's substance, or any
| thing like it. But, on the contrary. / had
seen General Weitzers invitation to tho
Virginia Legislature made in Mr.. Lin
coins very presence, and had failed to dis
cover any other official notice of plan Of
reconstruction, or any idea calculated to
! allay the fears of the people of the South
that after the destruction of the armies and
civil authorities thew would be left with
out any government at ALL We should
not drive 81 people into anarchy. and il is
simply impossible for our military power
to reach all the resources of their unhappy
country. Ri.
I confess did not want to break Gcner-
al Johnston's army into bands of armed
men, moving about without purpose and
capable only Of infinite mischief but Won
saw on your arrival that I had my army
so disposed that his escape was only possi-
bic in a disorganizcd shape: and as Won
did not choose to direct military operations
i'm this quarter, I inferred you were salts
! fed with the military situation. At all
events the instant learned what was prop
err enough, after the disapproval of the
| President. acted in such manner as to
compel the surrender of General John
ston's whole army on the same terms YOU
prescribed to General Lees army when
you had ii in your absolute power. .r,.
Mr.. Stanton, in stating that my orders to
General Stoneman were likely to result in
the escape of Mr.. Davis to Mexico and Eu-
rope. is i'm deep error. Stoneman was not
at Salisbury then, but had gone back to
Statesvile. Davis was beyond him. BY
turning toward me he was approaching
Davis, and had he joined me as ordered. I
would have had a mounted force greatly
needed for that and other purposes: but
now don't know that Mr.. Stanton wants
Davis caught. and as my official papers.
deemed sacred. are hastily published to
the world, it will be imprudent for me to
state what has been done in that respect.
AS the editor Of the Times has it, the con-
elusion may be logically and fairly drawn
from this singular document that am in
subordinate. can only deny the inten-
ton. i have never in my life questioned
or disobeyed an order, though many and