The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-09-28
Washington, Sept. %.

trolled and in the interest OF copperheads.
......r-. .. Washington, Sept. %.
The Post office Department has issued n
circular giving notice that the penalties
fixed by law for conveying letters outside
the mails. when not enclosed i'm govern
meat stamped envelopes, will he rigidly
enforced in every instance where violations
are known to exist. Only letters in rela-
ton to cargo and freight of water craft or
other vehicles employed upon mail routes
may be lawfully carried not enclosed az
above. BY the terms of this order, unpaid
letters for delivery and those prepaid by
postage stamps cannot Inc carried outside
the mail by any of those conveyanccs with
out sHhjecting the captain. owner. driver
or other employees to penalty Of $3.50 for
each Offense.
The first session since the close Of the
war of the United States District Court.
Judge Underwood presiding. was held at
Alexandria, Va. to-day. District Attor-
ney Chandler made a very eloquent and
forcible speech, urging upon the court
liberal policy i'm treating the large number
Judge, before adjournment, made the fol-
lowing decision: That i'm all cases where
pardons have been granted and where the
amnesty oath has been taken. save as to
those under the Presidents proclamation.
all suits for property under the .copfisea-
ton law are dismissed upon payment of
the'costs. a large number of citizens in
T. TO-,
court and immediately came forward and
paid the costs that had accrued upon suits
begun against them.
The receipts of internal revenue to-day
were one million nine hundred thousand
one hundred and twenty dollars and ninety
eight cents.
Secretary Harlan left here yesterday for
Iowa, where he expects to remain for two
weeks. Dnring his absence Judge Otto.
Assistant Secretary. will discharge the dn-
ties Of the Office.
Some so or go Of the oldest cotton factory
houses of New Orleans have Just sent the
President memorial which states thot no
such difficulty exists; that confederate cot
ton NAV easily he distinguished from that
owned by private parties, and they protest
against the scheme proposed above rs
contrivance for the benefit Of irregular
spectators. These factories have large
claims upon planters for advances made
before the war. It is supposed the specu-
iators somat..mes get hold of cotton be
longing to these factories, and they natur-
ally wish to deprive the new corners of II.
and it is also suggested that they mayc'aim
ownership under the laws Of Louisiana.
and against the United States and the con-
| fiscation act.
| "a s}.. .a". New York. Sept. 26.
The steamer AIhambra brings Charles
ton dates to the 23d.
Gov. Perry has issued proclamation
ordering the commanders Of snh-distrirts
and all officers coming within the district
of Charleston. to assist in organizing =
militia force of police to act under orders
Of sub-district commanders Of the United
States. for the preservation Of order and
the arrest of lawless characters. Each
member Of the militia force is reqnir"d to
take the oath Of allegiance to the United
States. and shall bear n good character.
The South Carolina convention has re-
fused to allow negroes tnform !; part Of tho
basis Of representation.
A Northern mail was received by the
land route in Charleston, i'm seven DAYS
from New York, Boston and Cincinnati.
| Montgomery. Sept. Is.
An ordinance declaring the act of seces-
sion null and void was unanimously adopt
| L. Al. IT.
day, after having been debated the entire
day.
New York, Sept. q.
The Times Washington special SAYS
The Cabinet meeting to-day was rather
brief but was more fully attended ny the
Secretaries than has been the case for ST X
weeks, all the Secretaries being present
but Secretary Harlan, who has just left on
visit to Iowa.
Fourteen post offices were ro-opened in
the late rebellious States to-day, ten Of
which are in South Carolina, including
Abbeyville c. II. and Chester c.. H.
David Atwater, the quartermaster 'em-
ployee who purloined part of the Ander-
sonville records, has been sent to Auburn,
New York, State prison for Is months, by
order of Major General Anger.
The Heralds special says: 1t is current
~ reported that Gen. Ortega. who will be
constitutionally the successor Of President
Juarez in few mouths, had succeeded in
effecting very large loan from the Re-
publican government In Mexico, based on
security Of confiscated property. tits well
known that in San Francisco that several
hundred thousand dollars have recently
been subscribed, and it is thought here If
the loan is properly put before the public
it would gain very largely in AMOUNT
Since the loan was negotiated openly both
in Paris and London, the French or Brit
ish governments could not object to the
loan being taken in this country. The
Republicans want money rather than men.
In conformity with an act of July 18th,
1852, the Commissioner of Pensions has
appointed about 800 examining surgeons
for that bureau. SO located throughout the
whole country that any applicant for PEN
sions on physical grounds need not go
more than 20 miles at farthest tn receive a
proper examination of their bodily all
| ments.
| The Cork correspondent OF the New York
/ World furnishes some moro items and
speculations concerningithe spread of Fe-
nianism in Ireland. He estimates the
number enrolled now at 10000. and thinks
that the British troops in Ireland are So
cretly disaflected to large extent.