The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-08
Telegraphic Summary.

Dispatches yesterday give the fol.
lowing interesting items from San
Francisco: .,.
81 The Democratic State Convention
l,met at Sacramento to-day. J. Ii.
Crockett and w. L. Wallace were
nominated for Judges OF the Supreme
Court by acclamation.
-aI The Russian n-Amcrican Company
|eonmenced suit against Hiram Ket-
chum, Jr., Collector of Customs of
Sitka, for the Illegal seizure Of the
scompany's ship "Czar witch They
claim $500, 600 damages.
The California State Fair opens in
Sacramento Septembnr q; 5000, 900 in
pren.iums are offered.
r. 9Receut successful experiments have
been made in this city with working
the model of the aerial navigating
machine. 1t not only assembled into
the air but was propelled any requi-
red direction by machinery. A balloon
of capacity Of eight or ton persons is
being constructed for the purpose of
makinga trip to New York. Tho
inventor is confident the trip can be
made in one day.
The Chicago Republican has ad.
vices from many points iu Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Min.
nesota and Iowa, mostly from praeti-
cal farmers on the present condition
of crops. Corn seemed to have suf.
fered most in Illinois. The prospects
for wheat are generally reported
good except it is in danger of rust,
which has alreday appeared in many
localities Hay and oats appear very
good aIwost everywhere. In the low
bottom lauds corn suffered most, but
slnapy think that with warm weather
now and Il moderate fall season, a
fair: crop will be raised in most locali-
ties. The prospect as hownby these
/ dispatches is moro favorable than has
recently been supposed.
;, New York dispatches say the
Cuban expedition has ANONYMOUSLY
failed, the tug boats Coal, Mabie
and Chase have been captured in
Eong Island sound by Rev Cutters,
McCulloch and Campbell. The Chase
was seized off Gardner's Island and
tie others within l5 miles OF her,
while on their return to New York
in disgust. All the vessels were
brought to the Brooklyn Navy
Yards. The Coal had 115 men on
board !, Mabie % and Chase To-
Among those onthe Coal were Scnor
Alfero ard DIR. Bassora of the Cuban
Junta. The men were almost
exhausted from hunger and cold,
having been without food since last
Sunday, and been exposed on open
decks to the storms for several
days.
Col Byron aud Gsncral Spear and
their respective commands were not
all captured. and arc supposed to be
scattered about Long Island or on
Connecticut shore.
The prisoners are now receiving
government rations on tho receiving
ship aVermont." Thcy denounce
the leaders heartily. Ryan has es-
capped, or is in disguise among the
prisoners. Hg
The property mysteriously return
ed into the hands of the police by the
Owen bank burglars proves to be in
railroad bonds, miscellaneous securi-
ties and bank checks, the payment of
which has been stopped. No gov
ernment bonds were returned.
A serious revolt occurred in Sing
Sing prison yesterday morning.
Seven convicts boarded the sloop
Martha Elizabeth, lying at the dock,
and cutting the lines showed of. An
alarm was instantly given but the
vessel had got off. The conviets
were hosting sails when shower of
Bullets were sent after them, One,
named Drake, fell badly wounded.-
The rest retreatcd to the cabin when
the sails came down. A shall boat
was filled with officers, who put off
to the vessel and all the escaping
eonvicts were captured. Drake was
taken ~ tho HosPitei hh" p'oo"o.y
will die. The rest were placed in
irons.
f We laborers ~ Hoosaic Tunnel
Yesterday, were accidently pre-
eipitated eighty feet to the bottom
of the central shaft, killing two in-
tantly, and mortally wounding a
bird.
Yesterday morning Geo. Waters,
aged 6 years, the SOD of .. +. Wat
ers, and Herbert Croker, fell from .
raft upon which they were playing,
into the river, and before help could
reach them both were drowned.-
The bodies have not yet been recov-
cred. This accident occurred at Mus
catine.
The vengeance of history IN our
urgent day is dramatic and startling.
The whirligig of time is revolving
with lightning speed. The Cleveland
Leader pcrtinently recalls the fact
that ten years rgo Chas. I4angston, q
| coIored man of Obarlip. was tried be-