The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-09

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Elizabeth rMc.Aistsr, Fairfield, 1ewa.
, New York. Feb. 3,


tesies AZ the hands Of their frionds.-
The, details Tor the reception on be.
half Of the city authorities, ,Tammany
Hall and the Irish societies, has been
arfanged.J The United Irishmen met
andsadopted resolutions denying the
right Of John Savage 10, tissue call
for q convention to make arrange.
ments toward Forming 1 union Of
Irish nationalities, ii,asmuOhs as here.
tofors he has been oinstrnspental in
keeping g-as-dirided," and dsclsrins
that "wssieoks nrou O'Donovan lRos.
So and his patriot br0thers - the
g men M M entitled to cal such = conven-
fti0s, ,sfo1ssxs2asa 0sng ~sss ~
ssAsa Aaai nl waLAisxvos, Feb. 5.
/ The subjectof'g grsutiaqsubsidies 20
|ste&pAbips and railroads swas upper
most in both Honpes of Congress TO-
day, and was debated iii che lower
bf4nchl with great Sig0f, sAhd voted
|aPon, hut nsthsi 61nats no conclusion
was. arrived sst.4 The, bill pending in
the House was tho ST. Uroix and
Bayfield, la6d grant stU faiiroads,
iw - ghsss besnaeoh9dered from
tin6 70 time siDee. the, LAST session.
The measure WAS mot deemed iulpor-
tsnt ii Itself only % furnishing q
pfeesdentfur the hctio0 ofths House
soa thetwssty thirty pending land
grant schemes which arc to 1ollow ID
in course, and the discusaica wa
more generally On the lana ssbsi-
dies iss6ed than on this btyt;oular
bile Eiaallysthesopuositiop o. the
measure moved thai ,the blu b re-
Committed TO The Commh4e1 on
Public Esnds, which 'was a1rssa to
bysa very decided anajodt1, and
yhieh action is equal to- IL hal de-
/ 1twasia afssrward stated thssissrss
killed by thc fs1endc of The Southern
sPac,6c Rail Road, " ho are dstermin-
ed that no bill Of that character shall
b6 passed until their measure is die
posed of.sn @ss&a $685. S1sst's
9s u begins to look ~ ifsnoss of the
Steamship, Rail Road, or, Telegraph
subsidy bills will 30 passed At this
'':fissi III Houss oomni.tes s d Foreign
affairs deeidedat their session TO- day,
To- pay 70 the owner Of the steamer
Meteor $500, 600, that being the diff
ference In the amount which he was
offered by = South American Govern.
lnent, near the cloes iofsthen war, and
what he can now obtain, the United
States having prevented him from
making the sale. = ? "f
? has ,tisUity ofMexico, Feb. 2.
. Lend0 de- Tcjada has resigned. No
successor has sIyet been appointed,
but it is believed that n. Romeo will
be called upon TO all the vacancy.
Thc prospects OF the reelection Of
President Juarex are Aattssipg. The
inteAisent and wealtAy favor, Lerdo
de Tejada. !, !: 49,.
The Americans throughout the
country ccmplsi6 of the opprssslon
Of tho local authorities. ssi4
4 Ths Mexlcans are excited over the
so-calIed aggressions Of the Lower
California Company y s'1'1 .
4 Rich places have been discovered
in Guerrero and Chihsahua.za
The command Of the Federal
army at San Louis Potosi has been
placed in the hands Of General Rocha,
Jnarisl. "
Rumors are current that The Juar-
lists have oflcred Disz the Ministry
of War; that Mariscal has been re-
called. and that Senor EstAuislas
Canedo has been appointed to sue.
coed him as Minister at Washington.
A most valuable concsssion has
been granted the Anton Lizardo
Railroad project of which General
Rosecrans is the head. y ~
The government has paid Minister Nel-
son the full amount demgnded by the
United States Governments for arms sto-
len from them and sold 10 the autAoritiss
Of Matamoros. 81. 80 z8gt