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


dlateiy at Cairo for active Texan service.
The Herald's Washington special of tho
18th says, the grand jury of this district
has found atrue bill of indictment for treas
on against Jefferson Davis, the cllicf of tho
rebellion. He will be brought here and
put upon his trial as soon as the attendance
OF the witnesses for the prosecution can be
procured. er5r.-. g-s
The following is a synopsis of an impor-
tant order just received from the War De-
partnent relative to the mastering out and
discharge of volunteers. The several di-
visions of the various ARMY corps will bo
kept intact, and commanding Generals inn
mediately on receipt of orders directing
any portion of said forces to be mustered
out willorderthe same, if not already there,
W one OF the following rendezvous: First;
Troops of the middle military department
and of other armies or departments acting
therein, will rendezvous in the defences of
Washington, ID. c., Harpers Ferry and
Cumberland. Second-T'hose of the mill
tary division of the James, at Richmond
and Old Point Comfort. Va. Thiri-Those
OF the department of North Carolina, will
assemble at Newberne and Wilmington.
Fourth-The department of the South at
Charleston, s. c., and Savannah, Georgia.
Fifth-The military division west of the
Mississippi at Mobile and vicksburg. 9th
The military division of Missouri. at
Little Rock, st. Louis and Fort I.eaven+
worth, Kansas. Seventh-The department
of the Cumberland, at Nashville. Knox
vile and Memphis, Tenn. Eighth--The
department of Kentucky at Louisville
9tf-The middle department at Baltimore.
Special order will be givan from the Ad-
jutant Generals Office relative to troops
serving in the departments of the East,
Pennsylvania, the Northwest, New Mexi-
co and the Pacific, as the time for the dis
charge of said troops approaches.
In case OF one or more regiments of a di-
vision being mustered out, the division re-
naming in the field, the said regiment or
regiments will be mustered ont at the place
where found serving at the time, and then
sent to their several States. $500 ..r
The Adjutant General of the army will
designate the place and rendezvous i'm the
States to which regiments after being mus
tered out will be forwarded for payment.
Every regiment will be sent forward to
its State apd rendezvous as soon as the rolls
are complete, carrying with them their
arms, colors and necessary equippage.
On the arrival of the regiments in their
respective States, payment and supplies
will be issued by the respective supply de-
partments, on requisition and returns coun-
tersigned by the chief mastering officer or
his assistants.
Davis sits alone in his cell, save the
two guards who are not permitted to ad-
dress him on any subject whatever, and it
is understood he will be given no liberties.
The Herald's proposition to pay off our
National debt by individual subscriptions,
has been responded to Commodore Van
derbilt taking twenty-five shares, Robert
Bonner two, aud Henry A. Heiserssins
two. These shares are twenty thousand
dollars each. reg. "
The following is the letter of Sherman
complaining of the suppression of his off,
cial reports, already referred TO. 49,.
.. Camp near Alexandria, May II, '65.
DEAR BowMAN:-I am just arrived; all
my army will be in to-day. l have been
lost to the world, in the woods, for some
time, yet on arriving at the. settlements
found have made quite a stir among the
people ut home; and that the most sinister
motives have been ascribed to me. l have
made frequent reports of my official ac-
ton in all public matters, and all of them
have been carefully suppressed, while the
most ridiculous nonsense has been indus
triously spread abroad through all the
newspapers. Well, you know what i'm
portance l attach to such matters, and that
have been too long fighting with real
rebels, with muskets in their hands, to be
scared by mere non-combatants, no matter
how high their civil rank or station
1t is amusing to observe how brave and
firm some men become when all danger is
past. / have noticed on fields of battle
that brave men never insult the captured
CARDS always do. I cannot now recall the
Act but Shakespeare records how poor
Falstaff, the prince of towards and wits,
rising from a feigned death, stabbed again
the dead Percy and carried the carcass aloft
in triumph to prove his valor. So, now.
when the rebellion in our land is dead, ma
ny Falstaffs appear to furnish the evidence
of their valor, and seek to win applause
and appropriate honors for deeds they new
er done. ask no popularity, no reward,
but dare the War Department to publish
my official letters and reports. assert
tl,at my official reports have been purpose
ly suppressed, while all the power of the
press has been Indignantly turned upon
me. l do want peace, and security, and
the return of law and Justice from Maine,
to the Rio Grande, and if il does not exist
now substantially, it is for State reasons
beyond my comprehensions.
Ii may be thought strange that one who
has no fame but as a soldier should have
been so careful to try to restore the civil
power of the Government and the peac~fuf
jurisdiction of the Federal courts: but IL
is difficult To discover in that fact anv lust
cause of offence to an enlightened and FREQ
people; but when men chose to SANDER and
injure others, they can easily invent the
facts for the purpose, when the proposed
victim il far away engaged in publa SER:
vice of their own bidding. But tharc is n
consolation in Knowing that thonsfD truth
lies in the bottom of well, the Yankees
have perseverance enorgh TO get to that
bottom. $50
Yours, truly, au.
-...s.. W. 4. SHERMAN.
Cooperstown. Venango Co. Pm. -.
Mr.. Lambcrton, while digging n cellar,
discovered rock containing silver and lead