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

evening! Twelve armed ruffians known q
Kentucky guerriIlas, rode into Verona,
little town in Boone county, Kentucky,
miles from Covington. They were in hig
spirits, and began drinking freely, exhibit
ing plenty Of money. Towards night the
left, going in the direction Of Big Bon
Springs. After they were gone, a boy pickle
mp an envelope containing 1850. Othe
parties found $70o more, and 81 2 goo wort
Of z 80 bonds. Two arrests have been mad
Of suspected parties, and detectives are al
ter others. 7 37t"
FRoM THE VEST. g. Bennett, Sur
gecn Of the I'D IT,. 8. Volunteers, sends as
little paper called the Herald, which is pub
lished at Fort Kearney, Nebraska Territory
II gives an account q a brilliant little skir
mish which recently took place between
party OF Indians and Captain E. B. Mur
phys company of the 7th Iowa Cavalry
The redskins were deli ghtfu!'y wtaled. TIL
Sd United States Volunteers is composed
principally Of galvanized Johnnies, that i
to say, it was formed, so far as its private
are concerned, from rebel prisoners VIII,
took the oath of allegiance at Rock Islant
Barracks State Register, och. - "
CONTINENTAL MoyEY BRoUGHr TO LIGHT
The Cincinnati Gazette's Charleston cores
pondent writes: '''.
Amid the rubbish. our company found
handfuls and whole sheets OF the origina
Continental money that had been preserved
here Tor hundred years. to be exhumed by
a second revolution, at the very time wher
Confederate scrip was to be consigned to a
similar obscurity. We were thus enabled
to carry away, as relics. the obsolete cur.
rsncy oe two epochs hundred years apart
A convention of the commercial men oI
the Northwest is to be held in Detroit, on
the second Tuesday of July. to-, consider
questions pertaining to the great East and
West thoroughfares, the Canada reciprocity
treaty, etc. s,,-. .sos5 ..as, rr.s
The Government will pay out 800 .Ooo,.
300 TO discharged soldiers and others during
May. Debt certificates. to the. amount Of
forty million dollars were redeemed in April.
Hon, d. T! Patterson, " no has just been
elected United States Senator from Tennes-
see, is a son in. law of President Andrew
Johnson. or a. a.sasg 80 2#H.s 1a@o ,.
Now AND TnEy-Just before the last
Presidential election, Mr.. A. Belmont. chair.
nan of the National Democratic Committee.
made public offer to bet ten thousand dol
ars that If Mr. Lincoln should be re elected.
the war wonld or.last his second term
What does Mr.. B. think about the matter
now?-N Y Times. &Ld o. -.-waa
8 CARRIAGES AND HoRsrs rot PRESIDENT
JouNsoN-A number Of our most wealthy
md prominent down TOW n merchants have
united together and purchased carriage,
mounted, and pair Of blood.
I'd horses for presentation to President
Y. World. ''.' ~
We learn from Tennessee, Kentucky, Ark.
,nsas and Missouri that the bands Of guer.
-illas and shw hackers that have been in
testing those States, having heard Of the sur
render of Lee and Johnston, are rapidly
and surrendering, and there is
. prospect that peace will hereafter be
in those States, enabling the
p,ople to put IN seed and raise good crops
This year.
A shock Of an earthquake at the city Of
Mexico, on the 27th Of March. caused great
among the inhabitants. The
whole valley rests upon. a volcanic base that
has not much more st3bility than Maximil.
ian's throne. ..7 ra,ta.f fs va,
Nearly six thousand German emigrants
came west over the Pennsylvania Central
road in the last two months against five
thousand last year. -" 5.f
TRADE WITH RIcHMoND.-Orders have
been sent to the varions Custom Houses to
grant Gle arances to vessels bound with mer.
to Richmond II is known that
President Johnson has been desrous of ex.
tending facilities to all the ports Of the
South .'a4t
A REWARD FOR Hero. The Times
Washington special says: "a number o
leading citizens of New York. among whom
are Mescs'Tsyior, August Belmont, Thur.
low Weed. Marshal o. Roberts. and others,
have matc purse Of $1,000 for the soldier
the acting nurse who saved Sec.
retary Stewards life." s'"'1 x ~ ''..'s'
Gents IN ABUSD ,NcE.-For the first time
since the suspension Of specie payments,
the supply Of cents at the mint exceeds the
Though TIE coinage Of them went
on increasingly, and though two cent pieces
were made in large Numbers, the demand
until now, exceeded the supply, and at times
,he7 scarcity was such that articles never
dreamed of as currency were often used in
our markets. ut was no unusual thing for
onions, turnips and apples to be
used in making change. The scarcity no
doubt arose in part from boarding and spec.
ulating in cents, for the premium on them
was often as high as ten, and even twelve
per cent. The scarcity gave rise to the use
Of tickets or checks by shop.keepers, and
In some parts Of the city they are yet given
IS substitutes This need no longer be, for
we learn from an official source that cents
can now be obtained at the mint by any per.
son who wants them in exchange Tor Treas
uryf bille The three cent roinaoe (nev)