The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1866-02-15

Horace Greeley mas been elected Presi'
dent ofthe American Institute. n =

A bill has been introduced in the Penn
sylvania Legislature to punish as an Of
/ Tense, the fraudulent publication of marr-
age notices.
The PENNSYLVANIA House has passed a
bill appropriating $500, 900 for the relief of
the Chambersbu"g sufferers,
The National Democratic Executive
Committee has held meeting in Wash
ington. but arrived at no definite policy to
be hereafter pursued by the party.
The Reconstruction Committee is MA
king Investigations relative To the pro-
curement of pardons tor leading rehels.
The reported attack upon independence,
Mo-, by bushwhackv~ : is reported to be
hoaN.
DIR. Helding, at st. Joseph, Mo-, has this
winter ampuIated three legs irOi;! luun
who were SO badly frozen as 10 require
this rigid remedy to save their lives, and
quite number have lost fingers; toes, a..
New York will have fewer inhabitants
next summer than now. Large Numbers of
families are engaging houses in the coun-
try in anticipation of the cholera.
NJ. Albert, IF the Provisional Cavern
ment of 1913. is coming to this country To
present the French gold medal to Mrs.
Lincoln.
Two of the robbers Of the Concord,
(Mass.,) National Bank have been arrest
ed and Sl96,0O OF the stolen funds rec.v-
cred.
a Presidential proclamation restoring
the writ of habeds corpus and declaring
the restoration of peace, lis among the
Washington rumors. ....
FrGen. Butler has closed negotiations for
valuable mill property On the Dutch Gap
Canal, and is about to erect extensive cot
ton factories thereon. .s .. 1920.
The merchants of Montreal, Quebec, st.
Johns, n. B., Halifax are about to
build line Of steamers between Canada
and the lower provinces.
Gen. Hooker has discontinued the null
tary districts of New Jersey, Rhode 'S!ai'd
Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont and Northern and West
ern New York.
The military Commission appointed to
investigate the Blsdad affair have report
ed, fixing the blame upon Gen. Crawford
and the United States soldiers who partici-
pated in it without orders.
On Saturday the committee appointed by
the Virginia Assembly waited upon the
President and presented him with an adj
dress, to which he replied.
The Texas State Convention organized
on the Sth inst. Among the features Ofthe
new Constitution will he the total
ABOLITION of slavery and granting
freedmen the right to testify, hold proper
ty, sue and be sued.
The telegraph reports IA terrible casualty
at Celina. Ohio. Twentv-seven children
just out of school, while playing upon the
ice in a reservoir, broke through and were
drowned. .
Gen. Grant has agreed to send ont mil
itary expedition in the spring to establish
military posts. and open road from Min
nesota to Montana.
The contest between the United States
steamer Winooski and Mr.. DckinsOn's
Algonquin. seems 10 have experienced Il
sudden termination by the failure Of the
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time,
In the House Saturday, Mr.. Rogers, of
New York gave notice Of bill to
peal all acts of Congress exempting United
States securities from taxation and equaIi
Zng bounties. Speeches on reconstruc-
ton We're made by Messrs. Ward, of New
York Stevens and Williams, OF Penn. AID
Delano of Ohio.
The Sandusky Register says the lowest
depth of depravitv we ever heard of being
reached is that of walking four miles on
the ice, after dark, and stealing cannon
balls to sell for old iron. This is no fiction
either. The cannon balls il the Fort on
Johnson's Island We're disappearing SO
rapidly of nights that it has been necessary
to lock them up.
Berlin correspondents to the New York
press, says that negotiations are now well
advanced between our own and the PruS-
sian Governments, which it is confidently
expected will RESULT in relieving German
born and American citizens from all dam
ger of arrest for military duty in their re-
turn to their native land.
A gentleman paid three hundred and
fifty dollars for special train to Portland
last Saturday, to catch the English steam
err. He arrived in time, tor the steamer
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Information reaches the State Depart
ment at washington that the cattle plague