Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-07-15
General News.

- The french IaQleS carry sWOTu
canes to protect themselves. American
ladies go armed with virtue.
THE CINCINNATI colored people. are
raising subscriptson to present Chief
Justice Chase with 9 silver pitcher.
The Presidents family, Including
his twosseeretaries, when all assembled
will number 10 persons. -
Capt. ID. Il. Bingham and5. FL. Lar-
combe have sent to the President a
protest against the appointment of
Judge Parsons as provisional Governor
of Alabama.
THE receipts from Internal Revenue
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1865,
are officially reported at $206, 81 $50, IS.
This does not include the tax on Ma
tional Bank currency.
William ID. Mann and Daniel Stratton,
ir., the two men charged with heavy.
fsWindling IN connection with the Uni
ted Service Petroleum Company. have
been locked mp, IN default of Sic, goo
bail each, to await the T, suit of legal
Iinvestigatlon-osa 81 vtns5a sssi 49,
"A public meeting, called by the
Mayor, was held in Quebec ON Saturday
hast, for the purposes, OF taking steps TO
alleviate the distress of the sufferers by
the recent destructive conaagration in
Champlain Ward, The losses amount
to about $3.50, 900, of which only about
500, 900 is covered by insurance.
q Stewart, the dry goods merchant.
returns an income this year of only three
hundred thousand dollars. The income
reported by him last year was one mil
| lion eight hundred Thousand dollars.
This shows the immense fluctuations to
which the dry goods business has been
subjected during few months past.
= Macmillan is evidently sick of his
Mexican Empire, and wants to go home.
He has sent an envoy to Europe, who
| has succeeded In effecting the restora-
ton of mis- Austrian title and posses
sions, abandoned ON the assumption of
the Mexican CROWN mo aa--sli'f7
The Nashville Union says the cap
tured archives of the State tell many a
tale of rebel villainy. GovernorHarr is
papers are full of the secret, history of
the rebellion. Among other papers on
| file, and endorsed by Harris. is propo-
s.tion to assassinate Governor Johnson,
| in Nashville
| in the United States there are fifty
three religions sects. Among them are
| ten different kinds of BaptistS, nine of
Methodists, thirteen of Presbyteriass,
and two of Quakers. The Baptists
humber l, 721, 1873 members or commu-
1 - hn ISf 4
| The number confessing the Roman
Catholic religion is 3, 1T, 40. 81
1.-The Quebec Ne IS has the follow
| ing: In November, 1773. a pedestrian
named Powell walked from London to
| York. $50 miles. in six days, and IN
1888, at the age of 81 years, he repeated
the same journey. In April, 1903.
Capt. Barely walked Thousand miles
In a thousand consecutive hours; and
this was beaten in 1911, by Thomas
Sendon, who walked 1, 100 miles in 1000
hours. 500
in the interval from 1850 70 1860,
the total free colored population of the
United States increased from 49,, 40 to
4S7, 070, or at the rate of II 80 per cent
in ten wears, showing an annual increase
of above one per cent. This result in
lcludes the number of slaves liberated
and those who have escaped from their
owners, together with the natural in
crease. &*t
The United States Senate has cho-
sen a printer for secretary; a printer
for sefgeant-at-arms; while printer
occupies the vice presidents chair. In
the House printer has been elected
clerk, printer postmaster, az d ON the
first Monday of December, 1868, the
House of Representatives chose PRINT
er for their foreman or speaker; and,
also, of the fourteen gentlemen who
had filed the Office of Mayor of WASH
Iington, six were printers, viz: Rapine,
Gales, Seaton, Weightman, Force and
| Towers. .s.. e.....s
General Grant recently received a
letter from an enterprising attache of a
leading New York journal, calling his
attention to the fact that he had written
up very fully and hatteringly his jonr-
new to Chicago and the ovations receiv-
ed in the trip, and stating that as he
the writer) was in straitened circum-
stances, and found living very expensive,
&C.. any donation that the General
might see fit to make as compensation
would be very gratefully received, and
he might reIy upon its being considered
lstrictly confidential The perusal of
the letter highly amused the General
About nine o'clock on Saturday
morning, New Haven train, travelling
! at a high rate of speed, was crossing
! the trestle work bridge, near fofkvhle,
at the same time that Harlem train
was crossing IN theS.other direction.
| The vibration and consequent heavy
strain upon the timber work caused the
bridge to settle, the sides of the cars of
| the two trains came In contact, and the
wood work of the Harlem car was ex-
tensively shattered Several of the
passengers were injured, but none
killed. eai q ~ eDS xTsys yirHifI 2
,e- Count Albert de Ravel has, accord
ing to a Paris correspondent of che Lon
Idon Athenmum,s been left $4,000
itS1O, O00) "a year aneeeentricuncle, ON
the condition., that, within two Years,
he shall marry a tall, slim lady, of thar
monious proportions, with long and
thick golden hair. She must have an
open forehead, blue eyes, a brilliant
white skin, well-made nose, a small
mouth, graceful limbs, and she is to be
full of grace; and her character lis to be
! SliohtIv shaded with n popfic laDU0ur.