The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-05-11

man progress thou art Immortal. Ese
General News.
! Mr. e. Hanse!l, one of Secre tary Seward.
attendants, who received severe wound in
the back, jnst below the right shoulde
blade. from the hands of the would .be-assas
sin, is recovering, and expects to be able t
move about in few:days.
Tho colorod people Of Washington hav,
organized an association. for the erection o
building to the memory Of President Lin
coin, to be devoted to "God, Litesature, Sci
ence and Art" and the education of colored
people as teachers and missionaries
They are coming at the Philadelphia
mint the new three cent pieces, which are
made Of nickel, and are little larger than the
five.cent silver pieces Of yore. The new
coins will soon be in circulation.
Among the incidents Of the Federal occu.
patton Of Petersburg, was the application Of
Roger. A. Pryor to Major General Warren
for an order upon the Commissary for ra.
tons.
Ayoung English woman Of twenty. two,
who had always been blind. had her eye.
sight given her recently by surgical oper.
alton that lasted four days. q
The United States Government has now
at its arsenals at least SOC, 900 guns which
are entirely new, after having been put in
the service. tH EF .rsH afy s~r
The crowd Of visitors to witness the dra.
perry, and other arrangements, at Indepen.
dence Hall, in Philadelphia. was SO great
that il was found necessary to leave it open
until Saturday. The scene has been photo.
graphed as memorial Of the Presidents
death. tr4gsj ,,G r a,3g ...- .,,,..,
Some of the New York Aldermen refused
to join q procession in which negroes were
allowed. Ifthe negroes had declined to pa.
rade with the Aldermen, it would not have
caused so much comment a. it did. ~
q Seven thousand six hundred and thirty
six full barrels of crude oil, and over thir.
teen thousand empty barrels. which fioated
away at the time of the food at Pittsburgh.
have heen collected by committee appoint.
ed at that time f. saug sa daiat
The residence of tie Governor Of Indiana,
at indianapolis, was sold on Thursday for
$42,50 A new mansion win be erected
tn ''e"'th,er and ~,nra agreeable loe.iior
In the funeral procession at New York,
on last Tuesday. was Mr.. George MUIR y,
who, sixty six years ago, when mere child,
walked in the funeral cortege Of Washing
ton. "#~
1t is proposed to buy Fo,d's Theatre, de-
stroy it, aud erect . monument there. To
ever open it as place of amusement again
world seem like sacr,lege. a.s wo asa
The cemetry at Richmond, Virginia, is
said to contain sixty thousand new graves.
Though he labored for more than year
10 capture Richmond, General Grant has
never entered the city. Ta#.< T'@
A dispatch from Robert Lincoln, states
that it was his mothers earnest request to
have the Oak Ridge Cemetry at Springfield
both the temporary and permanent burial
place of his father. 5. srt irtJ Nsas@
II is said that when President johnson
submitted Sherman's Memorandum Agree.
ment to the Cabinet. he said "Gentlemen
this propagation is not debateable, and I on.
ly submit it to ask you how it is 10 be Sc,
aside"
Hon. David Davis. of Bloomington, Judge
of the Supreme Court of the United States,
by request of Mrs. Lincoln and family. has
consented to take charge of Mr. Lincoln's
affairs and administer upon bis estate.
As Senator Sumner was returning to bis
rooms last Thursday night, he was shot q,
by some person who fed and was net recog.
nized How near the ball of the would be
assassin failed Of its object is not known
Next morning Mr.. Sumner received an an.
onymous letter. saying, "it is fortunate for
you that my aim was not good" "
It is reported that certain gentlemen oi
Rochester, New York. design to present u
General Sheridan, ave heavy silver or gold
forks, of five tines each. marked with the
letters "F. F. w." in memory of the Five
Forks, Virginia, or the First Families, Vir.
ginia, whose representa- tives were compelled
to skedaddle before bis victorious arms.
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