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

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Vance, of North Carolina, was arrested in
Buncombe county, last Friday, by a de-
tachment of Kilpatrick's cavalry, by or
ders from Washington, whittier, it is said,
ee will be sent to stand his trial for treas
on.
| 1t was reported that another detachment
of cavalry was in pursuit Of Governor Ma
grath, of South Carolina
The rebel General Joe. Johnston is at
| Charlotte, North Carolina. 1t is said that
he has applied for permission to be allowed
to go to Canada, but was refused. ]
The pirate Semmes, with some of his
companions, is endeavoring to reach the
coast and make his escape out of the coun-
try by sea. .
| The Heralds Richmond correspondent
says, the news Of the capture of jeff. Da-
Wis was received there by the old residents
and the rebellion sympathizers with the
greatest establishment and the deepest sense
of the humiliation of their traitorous cause.
The Heralds correspondent says Gov
ernor Pierpont, of Virginia, has caused an
address to be issued to the voters of the
| first, second and seventh Congressional
districts of that State, on the subject of the
elections. The fourth Thursday in May
is the election day, but asthe districts above
named are not thoroughly organized, no
election can be held. By the laws of vir-
ginia the Executive is empowered to call a
special election to fill the vacancies, and
Pierpont therefore advises no polls to be
opened for members of Congress, either in
the counties already organized or in those
unorganized, assuring the people that as
soon AS the county officers in the morgan
lied counties are elected, he will order a
special election for the above named dis
tricts, when there will be fair opportuni-
ty to elect Representatives.
New York, May IL.
By way of Havana we learn that the
rebel leaders in Texas and Western Louis
inia were, ut the latest accounts, proclaim
| ing by public meetings and addresses, their
determination tocontinue the war notwith-
standing the failure of their cause East of
the Mississippi. r..
General Magruder made a speech on the
oath ult., in which he denied that he saw
nothing to discourage him for the rebels in
the military situation. He mysteriously
limited that they had neighbor near at
hand regarding whom he did not feel at
liberty to say anything further at that time.
Old Sterling Price, of Missouri, and Gen.
Hindman, of Arkansas, are both said to
be still alive and in Texas.
Tho ,,haI J,1oalyoJa ~,,nrar ond Mira IN
steamship Owl, Captain Moffit, arrived at
Havana from Galveston on the 9th inst,
and the steamship Imogene, from the same
place, with |, 900 bales of cotton, had reach
ed Matanzas.
New York, May IL.
The Times special says of the visit OF
| the military commission to the theater, it
was found that the assassin ran, after fall
! ing on the stage, to get out of the build
ing, a distance of ninety feet. The passage
was six feet wide and entirely unobstruct-
ed, and is on a level with the ground in
the rear of the building. So the assassin
had no steps to ascend or descend. There
is a narrow hall leading from the stage on
the south side of the theater on Tenth
street, which the building fronts. 1t was
at the front door of this hall that Booth
Spangler, and another man whose name is
not yet in evidence, were engaged in mys-
ferrous whisperiiTys and murmurings thai
attracted attention of Sergeant M. Dye, as
detailed by him in his testimony yester-
day. Everything remained undisturbed
in the inside of the building, just as it was
at the time of the assassination, except that
the chair in which Mr.. Lincoln sat when
he was shot has been taken away, aud the
blue flag which hung in front of the box
and in which Booths spur caught, has been
! removed. ~
New York, May II.
Key West advices are that the steamer
Columbia. which arrived there from Havana,
reported to our authorities that the pirate
Stonewal was hurriedly receiving men and
ammunition from the Owl and other Confed
crate blockade runners. Capt. Joha NJ
Moffet liad assumed command Of the Stone.