The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-12-19
NorE. Refer to orr telegraph dis
patches of'to>day, for the solution OF
the above mystery.
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A gentle nan sitting in the gold rom
recently had p, 600 in stock taken from his
breast pocket bk A. teapeft thief
The Herald's Atlanta special saws that
there WAS great excitement in the convelt
ton to-day, while seats were being drawn
Mr.. Blount ayoessand charged thelssAjor-
tFNlasas assd ittsI Being lasfssfiijstess-s6 do
wrong to the people OF Georgia. Great cxl
citen.ei.t ensued. and although repeatedly
Gale d to order. be continued to assail the
convention III bitter terms. When silence
was restored MIR. Blount rendered his re-
signa,ion, declaring he would not serve in
stormy session. He xsslIa.Ses are very
insoient TO the whites. and fears are enter
,talped 1T. frAcas on the floor. Oh the last
vote to-day IL WAS seen that / de Extremists
held y majority Of twEnty. 49,
London, Dec. I3.
- daring attempt wsss lnssefe -tO-slAy to
rele'sse the recently arrested fehianACoL
Burke, who Was cnntined in sClerkenwell
prison. Powder was placed Beneath ono
OF the prison walls and xploded, it is sup
posed, tty Btrke's e.onfstierates. Burke
was.coniined in an inner cell and could
not escape by a breechs inSthe wall. He
has been removed to place OF greater SCI
citrity. The explosion was tremendous in
Fits effects the prison wall and neigl,bor-
ling buildings are mass OF ruins. Some
Ilives must have been lost. IL is wildly
rulnOred that as many as 90 persons have
| heen N lied, and some ladies ARE buried
in the feiins. 1t seems that during the
nloyniEk SOME repairs had been e, iniieft.-
| ed Oil the wall and later in the day soJAe
iunkHoEn men were seen 10 rOif Il barrel
I Which doubtless contained the powder UNI
asr the place where the repairs were being
made. Shortly after this the exviosion
The New York Worlds special
gays: The Senate refuses 10 sustain
lthe presidents suspension ofStantOn,
if this is printed. The president viii
issue IN order removing Stanton, and
force to rcsert nj The aaprense court.
Tho president isTreparing to voto on
the bill striking the word white out
of all the laws relating to.the District
of Columbia. Ills views on the sub.
Eect tInve been stated iu, his sforner
mess9ge.
schenectady, n. y. Dec H.
The hope Of theresumption OF nav
igation no longer exists, andiat least
ser, o1tsza H6no1 ice Eoanfl fof hs
season. between Syracuse and Troy.
The N. Y. Hcrald's London special
has the following particulars OF the
explosion at Clcrkenuell prison: None
Of the prisoners confined la the jail
git out. Tie street opposite the
prison is narrow, and built with
houses three stories hagh. Twenty
houses were almost entirely demol.
ished.- The sfiremen were immediate
lfy sn1nsaonsf and are now employed
In digging in theruinsf for dead bod
lies. Forty persons have been found
Ito be- dead; foar ha0e already died.-
The ruins Of the dwelling md prison
wall are guided by ! strong force oil
police. The street Highway has been
ripped up 10 considerable distance
lby tho explosion and the walls Of the
lil have fallen to some extent into
the interior of.the prison yard. No
dana done to the prison building.
The whole city Of London is terri
excited Tbefaet Of this sudden and
daring attempt, every body feels
alarmed, for serious reason that nn
orc can foretell where the next blow
Of this description may fall.
Col Burke IS not the man lately
/ sentenced to death, ia ireland, md
transferred to England after commu.
tation Of sentence. He is more than
ssspeetsd ef being an activcs Eenan
officer, or agent. He is vt present
charged siwiths having taken 4 prolni-