Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-07-01
General News.

0UuCA 1h MOVIES
Hon John P. Hale and family de-
part for. Spain ria Liverpool, in the
steamer which leaves Boston june 81.
Charles Walsh, Of Chicago, convict
ed Of conspiracy to release the rebel
prisoners at Camp Douglas. has been
pardoned by the President.
Fires are reported to be raging in
the woods of the upper peninsula of
Michigan, and seriously endangering a
number of villages. -.-uza-s-
A new process of photographing on
wood has been patented III Europe
Pictures can be transferred TO panels,
ceilings or any surface that may require
ornamentation. Graining can be multi
Piled and transferred to a surface with
accuracy.
A little Swedish girl, while walking
with herfather ON starry might, alb
Esorbed in the contemplation of the skies,
being asked of what she was thinking,
replied: IT was thinking If the wrong
side of heaven is SO glorious, what must
the right side ber'
The eldest son Of President Tyler
was Bobby" the eldest son of Presi-
dent Lincoln is "Bob," and the eldest
son.of PresidentI ohnsenis "Bob, too.
Three Prince Roberts in a quarter of a
century -' 'e' ~ eie'1
"A receipt has been found among
the captured archives of the State of
Tennessee, showing that Isham G.. Har-
ris deposited in London S43, 000in State
bonds, 10 his 1ndiuiduqt credit. a3 :.
When Benjamin parted with Davis,
he said, We're both going to the same
place. is.How is that? 2" asked Davis
'sWells' said Benjamin, ~ am going to
Europe. and you're golngsto yourrope.i'
The rebel prisoners at Point Look.
ouf, Md, erected flagstaff, few days
since. and 1h6fsted the United States
flag greeting it with. hearty cheers.
Egypt is waking up. A mobile man
of Alexandria has forty-four, steam en-
gines, which work twenty-five steam
plows and cultlyators on his estate. -l2e.'
in man there are but six ounces
weight of stomach to oneg hundred
pounds bf. body.snWe suppose that as
it is less it requires more looking after
than all the rest. % l.af.
F. "A stove for burning water as fuel
! is commended by the Scientific Aa,erf-
carr Setting the river on fire VII be
entirely practicable by-and-by. 20 =
General Butler says: 9@ >..
81 know from having seen the rolls
of 100, GOO of the rank and file of the
Confederate army, prisoners, that only
one IN eight was able to sign hisaame."
The official list of casualties in Cen
eral Grants campaign, commencing
with the crossing of the Rapidan in
May, 1864, and ending with the final
surrender of Lees amy, hes been
received atsthe War Department. The
casualties foot up nearly ninety thou
sand. ~
Tile suspension bridge at Nashville,
destroyed at the time the Union army
was preparing to occupy the city, is to
sand dollars of the capital stock has al
ready been subscribed, and the remains
ing So, 900 will soon be pledged:
Gen. Jackson's last dwelling place,
the Hermitage, is very much out of re-
pair In 1856 Tennessee purchased 1t
| for S48, 900, but Mrs. jackson has APP
pealed to President Johnson for perma-
nent home there. Her application was
referred to Gov. Brownlow.
-"Hangman" .Foote is finally on his
way to California, where he has children
residing. He goes overland, under the
protection of Mr.. Stewart, one of the
United States Senators from Nevada,
who, fortunately, proves to be son-in-
law tits to be hoped that this trucu-
lent, eccentric old man will now remain
in peace, and be heard of no more.
1t is proposed to erect magnif-
cent bridge over the Potomac at Wash
| ington as a monument TO the late Presi-
dent. It will be called the tLincoln
Bridge" and colossal statue of Mr..
Lincoln will be placed in the center or
at one end of the structure. eos
JEFF. Davis commission as a First
Lieutenant of Dragons, signed Andrew
Jackson, President, and Lewis Cass, Sec
rotary of War, and dated April 10, 1884,
/ to rank from March 4, 1943, nas fallen
| into the hands of a member of Gov.
Oglesby's staff. sr-
The Sachem's Head Hotel, at Gull
ford, CT, a favorite place of resort in
summer was entirely destroyed by fire
at 2 o'clock this morning. The flames,
when first discovered, were bursting
from the center of the building. The
loss is estimated at S25, 700; it was in
sured for SIS, 1000. ......4
The secretary of war directs that the
orders for mastering out of service i'm
mediateIy all regiments whose term Of
service expires before the LIST of Octo-
Der, shall not be held to apply to the
Veteran Reserve corps. Thus men in
that corps must serve out their full time,
though the regiments in which they
originally enlisted are to be mustered
out Immediately. -.-. @
Accounts from Rochefort, France,
State that the largest and swiftest steam
transport in the world is at present fit
ting out for sea in that port. Her di-
mansions will enable her to receive on
board and convey a small corps II drnaee.
tits expected that she will perform one
hundred leagues day, and by her ex-
traordinary speed render great service
when time is an object.
-AThe London Lancet, In noticing a
Y0urdar that oaourrod q faVv ronufIe