The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-08-05
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Il The following is furnished us by
! the Franklin line OF telegraph:
/ Paris, July 2s--s:45 a. M.
! 10 the Hon. Secretary of State, 4
| Washington:
1 The Emperor OF France 10 the
President OF the United States,
1 Washington Il am highly
|gratified to inaugurate the new line
Of telegraph which nnites France
with the United States, by sending
to you the expression of my good
wishes for you, and for the pros
perity of the United States.
(Signed) NAPOLEON.
Washington, ID. G., July IS.
| The President Of the United States
to the Emperor of France: I cor
daily reciprocatc your good wishes,
and trust that the liberal policy of
the United States pursued through
| which this cablo has been landed,
may result in many such means OF
communication, especially between
this country and its earliest ally and
friend.
(Signsd) U. $. GRANT.
New York dispatches say:
One of the officers Of q Brooklyn
Bank and a son Of one Of its direc-
tors, decamped three weeks ago with
SAC, 900 in currency, bonds and certi-
| fed checks. He was arrested in that
city, and has returned bonds and
checks amounting to $35, 900.
The Herald's London special OF the
28th says:
Today the Harvard crew rowod
twice on the river Thames in their
American boat, and created favor.
able impression. The style Of row
ing was good, although the pace was
considered rather slow.
The Oxford crew called upon the
Harvards during the day and fixed
the race for August 23d, or one of
the following days. The members
of the Harvard crew will practice
daily till the race comes of.
Chicago dispatches say:
Several additional instances Of
swindles in Iowa lands have lately
come to light, and there is considera-
BILE excitement about the matter
Thousands of acres of these lands
have been sold within few months
past, and it is not known how many
of these cases are bogus.
A New York special says Commo-
dore Vanderbilt was yesterday re
ported sersously in, causing consid-
cradle excitement in Wall street.
Paris, July %.
1t is reported that Don Carlos has
ordered cessation of the movement
in his behalf His politicians are
much discouraged.
San francesca, .Iuly~2S.
The Committee Of Ways and
Means left for the East yesterday
Tho Conn,;ttoo after :. thorough in
vestigation, express satisfaction in
the management Of Fedcrat affairs
on this coast.
The representatives of the two
leading Chinese Companies OF this
city have accepted the invitation Of
tho Chicago commercial party to ac-
company them to Chicago as guests;
afterwards they will visit New York
and other eastern cities, thence pro-,
ceed TO the Southern States to give
their attention to the Chinese emf
grafton question.
N. Y. dispatches say:
An interesting letter relative to
the Cuban situation has come to
light. A Spanish gentleman went
out to Cuba several months ago to
claim an inheritance that had been
left him. lie says that at Neuvitas
he learned thet nine crcolcs were to
be presently shot. They passed near
him with firm step with heads
erect and with o look Of brave deter
mination. Arriving at the fatal spot
they seated themselves upoh bench
already prepared for them, and at
the sound of the voice of the officer
who gave the word to fire, cried out
aHurrah for Cuba" "Hurrah for
Cespedes.n After they had fallen,
the volunteers stuck bayonets iatO
their bodies.
At Gibiras he saw groupe of
armed men marching towards u
house OF modest appearance. Wish
ing to SEQ what was about to be done
he followed the soldiers who arrived
before the door, halted a while, aud
entered the latter, and cried out at
this moment: "Here is the Insur
recto! Here is the Marribia." :.What
do you wish p asked a young man
"if it is whom you search, am ut
your service, but do not frighten my
father and mother, without ccremo-
n.y." The volunteers SO: :zed the
speaker, and beating him along with
tho butts of their muskets, until they
got close to the cemetery, they there
ran him through with at least twen-
ty bayonets.
From Santiago de Cuba comes
news Of o thousand atrocities COM
mitted by the infamous Francisco
Peses. to whom the Government in
that part of the Island had entrust-
cd the direction of matters in Guam
atanamo and Caracoa. This bad man
wanting in every sentiment Of hu.
manity and every moral principle,
had been robbing and assassinating
every Cuban who was. believed to be
liberal. Whole. families in the vi
cinity Of Guantanamo had besn
murdered by this bandit. Young
and old persons had been butchered
by his knife, and his companions not
being satisfied with the villainies
committed here, passed on to Bara-
Goa, where aided bya few assassins,
they went from home to home
Hundreds of persons were in this
way murdered and with the full con-
sent of the authorities.
London, July 20.
The London Times yesterday has
an article on the. Chinese question iD
the United States. 1t thinks the
conflict Of the races in California
| cannot be solved by heavy duties on
! immigration, or by street 0utrages.
1t is impossible to suppose the Chi,
nese can be kept out of America
Inhcriling an ancient civilization aud
perfect economic methods, but desti-
| tute Of strength aud tOughness OF