The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-05-25
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General Molineaux, of New York, took
formal possession on the 9th of May, and
found about one hundred thousand bales
of cotton, ten million dollars worth of ord
nance and other rebel stores, and forty-five
thousand dollars in bullion.
A part of JEFF. Davis specie train was
captured, and one hundred and eighty.five
dollars in gold secured.
The Savanna river has been opened and
railroad communication from Louisville,
Ky, to Charleston will soon be completed.
Washington special to the Times says
the delegation from North Caroline, now
in that city, assert that the party known
during the war as the conservative party
in that State, was in reality composed
mainly of Union men who were compelled
to assume the guise of opposition to the
ultra advocates of secession, and that two
years ago Governor Vance was elected to
his position as professed representative
of that party, but that he betrayed those
who placed him in power by becoming the
tool of JEFF. Davis. -.
The first step taken in North Carolina re-
construction will be the appointment of a
military Governor under whose call a
State Contention shall meet and devise
measures for the amendment of the State
Constitution, and the election of State Off
GERS and members of Congress.
General Sheridans new command vir-
tually snpercedes, General, Candy i'm the
command of the lmlitary division of the
Mississippi. General Candy has been as
signed to the command of tFrc Department
of the Gulf, which relieves General Banks,
who is ordered to report to the Adjutant
General Of the army. s sr;g ...lfat..aas -
The Department of the Gulf is consider
ably extended, and will hereafter include
several States heretofore included in other
departments. This action, so far as it re-
fers to General Banks is of n purely mill
tary character. and is not done as the re-
suit of the labors Of any investigation COM
mittee, or because of charges preferred, or
pressure brought to bear against General
Banks by the politicians now here. Those
parties have not had an interview with
General Grant, and he knows nothing of
their views or wishes. This change i'm the
several commands has been contemplated
for several weeks. F..l... ye,s
A Washington special to the World, of
the Dist, says, the detention of Jeff. Davis at
Fort Monroe isin the expectation that SOME
time will elnpse before all the evidence of
his completely i'll the assassination conspir-
acy is collected. He will in all probability
be indicted for treason by the grand jury
setting at Alexandria. ..
Special to Tribune, Washington, May 81,
says, Sheridan left for Texas last evening.
1t is understood he has authority to collect
such troops as may be available in the
Western Department and transfer them to
Galveston, and thence to march upon llir-
by Smiths forces. IIisentire cavalry force
passed by his window at Wizards yester-
day, as a tribute of respect to their depart
ing chiettain. On Saturday evening he
was screnaded, and when called upon for a
speech, merely said he had been SO long in
the service that he had had no time to make
a speecll-maker of himself, which he re-
GREETED for the sake of this occasion.
President Johnson, in granting a respite
to the Indiana conspirators, said it was on
ly carrying out purpose of Mr.. Lincoln,
and that it must not be taken rs a prece-
dent.
Frederick Seward has had his wounds
dressed again, without any apprehended
hemorrage. His condition is considered
favorable.
- General +. Blair is urged for place in
the cabinet, while his brother, Mohtgome-
~, is also urged for the War Department..
The Herald's Washington special of the
Dist says, the new amnesty proclamation
will apply to all who do not avail them
selves of President Lincoln $, and will be
more strict in its provisions.
.-t.-.a. Cincinnati, May %.
The Commercials Nashville dispatch re-
ports the capture of the rebel Governor
Harris, of Tennessee. ... .s-
Six hundred thousand dollars belonging
to the State Treasury, the State archives,
and all the State bonds have been captured.
The published correspondence between
Governor Brownlow and the Officials of
the Chattanooga railroad, shows the roll
ing stock of that road to be i'm good repair
at Augusta, including % locomotives. The
road to Atlanta will he completed about
the first of June.
An indianapolis dispatch says about thir-
ty Indiana regiments will be mustered out
within two weeks. ...
c-.t rnasE t.3- Fort Monroe, Nav. o.
20 Steamer Clyde has remained ut anchor
during the entire day in Hampton Roads,
and up to this hour, 4 p. m., jeff. Davis
and family have not been removed.
The rebel General Wheeler and staff.
composed ofthe following officers, Colonies
Johnson and Cilerex, Captain Ronkle, In
spector General, and Captains Hudson and
Ryan, We're removed from the Clyde this
morning to the gunboat Maumee, which
left for Fort Warren. ....
Alexander III. Stevens and Postmaster
General Regain were also removed from
the Clyde this p. IN. to the gunboat Tusca-
rora, which left for Fort Delaware.
1t is presumed that large numbers of col
ored servants accompanied the rebel pris-
oners since their capture, but an order re-
Gently issued reduces them to an exceed
ingly small number. The rest of the SER
wants have procured transportation to
Richmond.
at..r Huntsville, Ala, May 81.
Hon. Jerry Clemens, ex-United States
Senator from Alabama, died at his resi-
dence in this city this morning, at half-past
seven O'Clock, Of congestion of the lungs.
...e s... Cincinnati, May %.
The Madison House at Madison, Indiana. |
was destroyed by fire at noon to-day. The