The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-03-26
New York, March. 20.

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The Herald's Washington special
Gays:
Various caucusses Of Radical Sena.
tors have been held to consult on the
cabinet Of Mr.. Wade. Tho follow-
ing is the programme: Scc'y Of
State, Henry Wilson, of Mass. or
Samuel C. Pomeroy, Kansas. Sec,y
Of Treasury Zachariah Chandler, 81
Mich. Sec'y Of interior, VIM. D.
Kelly Of Pa. or John Covods of Pa.
Sec'y Of War, f. M. Stanton. Sec'y
Of Navy Charles D. Drake Of Mo-
Post Moster General J. F. Farnes.
worth Of Ill. Attorney Gen. Geo. F
Edmunds Of Vermont. or Matt Car
penter Of Wisconsin.
Burling gton, Iowa, March 20.
Hon. John L. Corse, one of our old
est and most respected citizens, and
Mayor for ten years of this city, and
always identified with its interests,
and father Of Maj. Gen. John NJ. Corse,
died this morning.
San Francisco, March 20.
The Oregon Democratic State Con.
vention to-day unanimously nomina.
ted J. s. Smith for Congress, and
decided unanimously for Pendleton,
for President The platform is Con-
servative democratic.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, March 20.
The Board Of Trade of this city
have requested their delegates in the
Iowa Legislature to oppose anychange
of legislation passed this winter, IN
relation to the G.. r. /. d p. r. r.; oil.
so lnstructing them to procure pass
age by Legislature ofjoint resolution,
protesting against the building Of a
low bridge by the Union Pacific r.
Z. Co., across the Missouri River at
Council Bluffs, on account Of obstruc-
ting navigation and the damage from
ice gorges and overflow.
New Orleans, Mar. 20.
Street Commissioner Baker recent.
ly removed by Gen. Hancock, and re-
instated by Gen. Grant, is charged
by affidavit, sworn before us. Com.
missioner Weller with perjury, having
rendered volunteering aid to rebels
in arms by an engagement In the
manufacture of munitions of war for
their use, and having voluntarily per-
formed military services under the
so-called Confederate officers, and
afterwards taking the oath of Office
as register of voters in the first dis.
trlct of New Orleans, also having
been sworn before a notary, that he
was British subject to escape a
draft into the U. S. service, when he
was, in fact, q naturaliZed citizen of
the United States.
Memphis, March 20.
The election returns from Arkan.
sas are very meagre. The opponents
of the Constitution claim that it will
be defeated by at least $4,000 mai,
Monroe and Phillips counties are re.
ported to have given large majorities
in favor of the Constitution at Hele>
ma, Ark, yesterday.
Bart Turner, sheriff. attempted to
arrest q negro who had killed three
negroes recently in an adjacent coun-
ty, The negro drew his revolver and
shot the sheriff through the body,
knocking him off of a mule. The
negro then mounted Turner's mule
and fled to the hills.
The negroes around the polls get
ting up disturbances on the plea that
q negro had been, and enabled him
to reach the hills where he was found
BY posse, who had gone in pursuit.
On attempting to arrest him, he again
fired, wounding Mr.. Sebastian. Posse
held him at the bay until squad OF
soldiers arrived, who fired him woun-
ding him severely. In this condition
he was carried back to Helena. None
wounded or dead at last accounts.
Augusta, March 20.
Judge E. Starus, the distinguished
Jurist, and formerly Judge of the Su-
preme Court of Georgia, was killed
to-day, by tho accidental discharge
of q gun in his sons hands.
Washington MAR 10.
The amount Of national bank notes
in actual circulation up to Mar. 10th.
was s299, ,693,5 $40, ofthe following de-
nominations:
One dollar notes, 8431, ,O5O; two,
666'830; fives liz, 1863, ,583; tens 777,s
3O7,23 twenties, 436, ,733, ,25; fiities,
1877 ,595; hundreds, %, ,299, 700; five
hundreds, 5,944,5O0, one thousands,
3,019, 900.
New York, Mar. 10.
The libel suit of Mary Ann Baller
vs. Moses Beach, former proprietor Of
the New York Sun, for the sum Of
10000, resulted in q verdict in fa>
vor of Mr. Beach.