The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-10-27

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the attention Of the inquisitors to the |
resolution Of the late Democratic L
State Convention, which declares
that the proposition to extend suf- /
frage to women involves too many
social considerations to be summarily |
treated as . mere political question.
! We haSlS 4eceiyod the details of
tie terriA1 ~ sturlh which desolated
Cubo H. Vdek. From ten to TWEEN.
" thoaSkhsl peoplS we're killed or
dr0Wne Twelve Thousand head of
cattle were lost. Several ships were
wrecked, and 10 Mantanzas alono
ovse four hundred houses were des-
troyed.
Among the most horrible features
Of this calamity was the uprooting |
and sweeping away of cemetery, |
and the scattering of the corpses
through the adjacent country.
Worcester, Oct. %.
Benjamin Wisewell, an English
man twenty-fiveyear old, was stab
bed by his wife's brother, Francis
Doran, an Irishman, and died before
he could be reached by physician.
Both mon were drunk. AT thin honr,;
midnight, the murderer has not bsSn
arrested. TIE murder is saidsto be !
the result Of ! long standing quarrel,
as Doran attempted to kill Wisemanl
before. 80
Tribune,s cable from London has
authority for stating that negotia-
tions thus far ore proceeding satisfac-
tory. fgss rs ~ Is agss
Lord Granville has proposed q
meeting between There and Bis
marck, to which both assented. Bis
marck is to send Theirs . safe con-
duct, but no basis have been accept
ed or suggested. Granville expresses
himself gratified with the manner in
his,overtures have been received on
all hands, and by other neutral pow
ers % well as by the belligerents
but today as yesterday avoids ex-
pressing any confidence of their sue;
cess.
Nothing has been heard from Paris
but rumors of peace abound. 1t is
reported that the Empress is partici-
pating in the negotiations, and also
the Emperor, but it is believed that
nothing serious is proceeding except
from Granvllle's initiative.
Tours, Got. "a.
Some journals give particulars of
an alleged massacre Of the French
garrison which recently capitulated
at SCISSORS. Soldiers are said to have
been all shot in the woods near that
city, butchered In cold blood. The
Government has faith enough in the
story to make it subject Of official
inquiry with . view to retaliation.
The following news is made public
by the Ministry:
The Prussians who were preparing
to besiege Laferte and st. Aubin, sud-
denly retreated, leaving behind all
their utensils and quantities ofstores.
They went towards Laon. ltis said
o messenger arrived at the Germ an
camps, and his intelligence caused o
sudden departure.
Washington. Oct. "a.
The latest rumor here is that Sem
ator Morton has declined the English
Mission and thnt IL will be rendered
to Cresswell and if the lattor accepts
Col. Forney will be made Postmaster
London, Oct. "a. 3
Rainbeansc, who saved the Glars
life when an attempt was made to
assassinate him by Berexowski in
Paris, ON the 9th Of june, 1857, has
Just gone from Wilhelmshohe to St.
Petersburg on . secret mission from
Napoleon.
| Tours, Oct. "a.
News is received from Vordun that
the garrison made . sortie, beating
tho enemy from several Of their posi-.
tions, killing many, capturing two
m0rtars and twenty cannon.
| Advices from the invaded provin-
ces show that the Prussians continue
to shoot the Franc Tireurs who fall
Into their hands.
London. Oct. "a.
News from Tientsin, Oct. z, reoeiv-
ed say the Chinese army is in motion
and had already arrived at Taxi
The forts in thAt neighborhood have
been armed and provisioned.
The Catholic chapel ut Vatsadon
has been burned BY q mob of the
natives. M
New York, Oct. "a.
| A cAblo dispatch to tho Herald
dated London Oct. "a, says:
1t is stated on good authority that
the intervention Of England in favor
Of an armistice was induced by ap-
predension of the united designs on
the part of Russia and Prussia, to
form O close alliance. The fact that
Russia Is quietly and effectively
arming is well-known despite her Of
| fetal denials. England begins to see
how the utter prostration Of France
would deprive her, Of her only trong
Tally to be depended on for preserva-
tion against Russia's political
schemes.
In the East an uneasy feeling pre-
walls in financial circles. Il 10 antic-
ipated that should the Efforts of Eng
land fail, she will adopt other and
stronger measures to secure cessa-
ton Of the war.
| st. Louis, Oct. rs.
The population Of st. Louis county
outside the city is just completed.
II numbers "a, 377. The total popu-
lation of the county is 347 $40.
The report that Gallagher, the
pugilist is sick is now contradicted.
The fight will probably take place
November first.
st. Louis, Oct. Is.
II is asserted here that represen-
tative committee of Vanderbilt and
other eastern magnates have secured
a large tract of land opposite this
city in Illinois, with 3 Aiew Of estab.
fishing a monster stock yard, and
that negotiations are promising tor
. similar tract ofland on this side Of
the river. Some Eve hundred acres
Of land will be required for the opera.
tions of these gentlemen.
Cinoinnsti, Oct. Is.
The convention to consider the
propriety Of removing the national
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