The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-03-18
Te1egraphic Summary.
Chicago, March 10.

votion to Republican principals, they
should be endorsed for reappoint.
tncnt, Unless there shall be reasons
against such restoratiom
Last Saturday night L gang Of A or
0 fitch went to a house near Taylor
vile, Ind, took the man and tied him
in an out house after which the whole
party outraged his wife.
On Sunday night a portion of the
same party went to the house Of
man named Ballot, and bound him
AID outraged his wife, who was far
advanced In pregnancy.
Yesterday the first woman was
dying, and Mrs Ballou was In a low
state from mis.catfiaEo, The titi-
zens turned out in a body and secured
two Of the Williams. The leader is a
schoolmaster named Schooler, who
stood as nigh as any person in Bar
tholomew county, -..L,..,
Savannah, Ga, March IS.
An arrival here reports having fal.
en- in with wreck at sea with two
dead meh on board. .-
~ New York, March ID.
Mrs Lydia Beecher, mother of
Henry Ward Beecher, died at Brook
Ign this morning, aged so.
The Herald special from Havana
of 18th, via Key West of the 18th,
says the. insurgent leaders propose
concentrating their forces and estab-
fishing the seat of government at
Mayafol or some town in tho jurisdic-
tion ofSantiago,
Aid is soon expected from Yucatan
and other places. Sd has. !
Advices from Neuvitis to the 9th
inst, are received. t EW
The insurgent representatives in
tho assembly of the central depart
ment decreed the absolute abolition
of slavery. All patriots are, howev.
or, to be indemnlfied for losses of
slaves. The freedmen may become
soldiers; and in the country cultivate
land. to 5a4
An iron clad with Armstrong guns
on board for the insurgents has been
sighted eff Green Key, and Spanish
cruisers were Immediately sent in
search of her. as
The Governor has refused to pre-.
vent Cubans or Americans leaving
the country. t@t
The troops have committed many
outragcs on plantations in the neigh.
borhood of Neuvitas.
Louisville, March ID.
James Guthrie, late U S Senator Of
Kentucky, died at his residence in
this city at noon to day. Funeral
Monday 18th. M -...
n.u.~ Havana, IA.
The Diaro argues against the con
fiscation OF property of rebels.
The Insurgents have burned the
bridge and torn up the railroad be
tween San Marica and Sagua.
Memphis, ID.
The Appeals Little Rock specia
says that the 18th Amendment pass
cd the Senate by 10 to 3.
Washington, IS.
The sentence in case of Geo. L
: Sawyer, of the Navy, tried and con
victcd for using disrespectful Ian
guage to the President of the U S
was revoked on the recommendation
of the Secretary of the Navy.
The rush at the White House is Il
great as ever to day.
iIr Boutwell, was the recipient O
az Extensive levee at his Office to day
a Gambler of Senators and Represen
tatlves called on him,
Atlanta, Is.
The 10Th Amendment was made
special order for tomorrow. Ind
cations favor its passage.
Washington, Is.
Rob't \ Douglass, son of the lat
Senator, was appointed assistant pr
vatc Secretary Of the President.
Washington, Is.
Con Skinner, LIST Assistant Post
master General, received notice tina
} his place would soon be filled: hi
successor to be Mr. Earle, of Mary
land, the former partner of Postmas
ter Cresswcli.
Washington, Is.
The Senate Republican caucus nom
mated the following: John r. Frcnc
OF North Carolina, Sergeant at Arms
,, John A Morris, of Conn.,, Executiv
. clerk, and A McLapp, of the Buflal
Express, Public Printer.
New York, II.
} An Atlanta, Georgia, special give
the details Of the murder of DR. Dal
} den by the KuKlux. Immediatel
after shooting the editor of the Ku
klux paper at Warronton, he surrer
dcred himself to the civil authorities
; The Sheriff fearing him unsafe in iai
called on the better class of citizen
to act as posse, but they decline
: to act being overawed by band G
Kuklux numbering about 100 VIII
toook possession of the town and Dc
mapded the keys of the Jail. On tn
sheriff refusing to deliver them tn
keys, their demonstrations becam
so violent he was compelled to seel
for safety in fight.
AT midnight the band proceede,
to the jail and broke open the door
and fearing that Darden had pisto
they built a fire at the doorway an,
: smoked him out, he was then takel
in presence of his wife and children
and barbarously murdered, fifty ball
piercing his body.
The sheriff is now here asking 70
military protection for that count,
and his life. Since the assassination
OF the Sheriff of Richmond county a
the November election, this man i
the only Republican sheriff in tn
State.
Warren County is the headquarter
for the KuKlux for six counties, ant
1t is in this section that outrages ant
murders of Republicans have beer
the most frequent. Applications have
been repeatedly made by thu
civil authorities calling on the militia
ry tor protection in that section, bu'
withoutavail
W. Ii. Taylor, a prominent pro
duce merchant, and knowno on Chang,