The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-06-06
@@ ss.4 OTTUMWA IOWA, THURSDAY JUNE 6, 1867. i.

4 visits, on the 10th of November /
stationed detective police officer at
the front entrance, with instructions
to prevent Mrs. Cobb's entering.--
About II o'clock, as usual, she pre-
|sented herself, and was told that she
could not go in. She asked the off,
Ger by whose order he was acting,
and he replied, "By order of General
Baker" Mrs. Cobb replied; "WeA,
will see the President in ten min
utes." She went around to the rear
part of the house, entered the kitch
en-, went up to the Presidents private
room, and told him that Gen. Baker
had stationed a detective at the door
ito prevent her seeing him. The
President sent for the detective, aud
said: "Sir, by whose order do you
lpresume to guard my door?p The
detective replied aI am not guard
ling the doore l was sent here by
Gem Baker, to prevent Mrs. Cobb
from entering the house, The Pres
ident said II .Tell Gen. Baker-I want
to see him immediately According
lyhe started for my Office, but in the
meantime the President had sent his.
private messenger, who arrived first,
and in very excited manner inform
ed me the President wished to see
me ilnmediately;qf must drop all
business and comejat once. i went,
land entered tho Presidents private
room. II found him alone, pacing the
room very excitedly. Furiously, he
said to me-: elbow dare you place
detectives at my door? Il told him
that / supposed he desired Mrs. Cobb
and other females of like character.
to be kept from the house. 81 He an
swered: !" When / want your servi.
ces Twill send for you. Mrs. Cobb
has just as much right to come here
as any other person. This is not the
first time, sir, that you have interfer-
ed at the White House. Now, / want
it stopped" iH5a iis6H s
Still pacing the room he repeated
what he said concerning Mrs. Cobb
I--that she had as much right to visit
the White House as any other re-
spectacle person.. Walking up to
me like q pugiiist, he shook his fist
lin my face and said again: ii How
fdare you presume to exercise any
control over the management of the
! White House?"b then said: 'sNlr.
President, when such vile characters
can visit the White House at all times
of night and day; when she can pro-
cure pardons as she has done in the
case Of Capt. Howell, and deliver
them in person incomplete, or with
out being recorded when she boasts
lpublicly in the streets, hotels and sa-
looms of this city that she is q par.
don broker, and the President dare
not refuse any of her applications.
but she has the President OF the U.
S. in her power, / think it is high
time that somebody interfered. y
The President replied: GLOW dare
you talk to me in that way, sir p.
Now, sir, tell you once for all you
must not interfere with my business;
neither must you Interfere with any
person who has business at the Ex-
ecutive mansion" / started to leave
the room, when he followed me to
the door, and with his fists clenched,
said: "Now, recollect what ! have
told you. You can 60 and tell your
friend, Stanton, all have said."
/ With this I left the Presidential
mansion, and have never entered it
since. a
4
| In one Of my conversations with
the President, he repeatedly accused
me OF being q tool of the Radicals.
He said he had been informed that l
had been in the employ Of the Radi-
Gals, and had heard that l had de-
tailed detectives to watch the Presi-
dental mansion, with a view to as
certain and furnish a list OF promi
nent Copperheads and Rebels who
were visiting the White House. n
f. In Mrs. Cobb's testimony on
the trial, it will be noticed that she
Spans ~ having received q note at
the hotel, This note l ser.t her in
compliance with the Presidents re-
quest. 6as ...,a III
BoorH's DIARY. The country was
startled last winter BY Gen. Buffers
announcement that Judge Holt and
Bingham were guilty of hanging an
innocent woman, Mrs. Surratt, and
that it was done in part by such
means as suppressing Booths diary
and tearing out part of its con-
tents, de-, &c. All who know Judge
Holt and Bingham scorned the i'm
|putation; and the rebuke the latter
gave Butler in Congress will 60 down
as fine piece of fscathing satire. But
there were those who believed But
ler, and especially did rebels exult
over the disclosure. als sGs.li 3.s e.s
The diary is now in the hands of
Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, and the facts
about its suppression and mutilation
fully before the public, upon the tes-.
timony OF Colonel Congcr, who cap
tured Booth, Mr.. Stanton and Judge
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