Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-05

Il British Exchequer, presided at Pr1n-
ters' Benevolent Society's dinner, on
the 9TH inst. 81 "
The heat has been so intense in
England that Queen Victoria recently
had ice put Un the roof of her carriage.
The State census of the city of
Worcester, Mass, this year, shows a
population of 30, $50, against %, 284 in
1856, gain in ten years of 1864.
Not more than half a cranberry
crop is anticipated on the Cape, owing
to the recent ravages of the worms.
An African elephant has arrived in
London. Sphe animal is a yopngz male;
supposed to be five or SIX years old, and
was obtained By the geological. Society
from the Jardin des Plantes In exchange
for an Indian rhinoceros.
| One man was killed and three NOR
tally wounded the Oath inst, ON the I'M
ion Pacific railroad, by the coliding of
an engine with hand car, eight miles
below Lawrence. d l3at5 lEe
| -Vietor Emanuel is living near Flor
ence in morganatic marriage with bril-
liant court woman who has long been
his companion.
-SantigoA de- Cuba has. been lately
frightened by the occurrence of two
shocks of an earthquake, which. though
not very intense, were sufficient to alarm
the inhabitants, 81 --ar4ov.
"A despatch from st. Paul says that
camp of surrendered Indians have
been in starving condition for some
time near Fort Wadsworth, but an i'm
mense drove of buffalo coming in that
direction, they were enabled to kill 300
and obtain supplies.
France is suffering from an invasion
of catarpillars, which have beensvery
destructive tins year to the forests, es-
pecially those in the neighborhood of
Paris, while the beautiful walks of the
Champs Elysees are full of them.
Lord Brougham is very anxious TO
have the Cuban slave trade stopped
But he was not at all anxious to have
the rebels fail in their attempt to es-
tablish an empire with slavery as the
chief corner stone.
The income of pork packer in ST.
Louis, is S471, 600, and of a firm in the
same business in the same city, $780,
900. This beats petroleum. Every
thing that touches grease seems to thrive.
In Cuba the weather is excessively
hot and dry, and from all parts of the
country come reports of the drought
In Yaguagay no rain had fallen since the
9TH of June last, and great fears were en-
teltained for the corn, whilst even the
cane crop was likely to be prejudiced.
The summer river business at st.
Louis is unusually active. The Dis
patch says:-We see evidences of this
on every hand, in the daily increasing
animation on the river, the levee, and
/ the business streets, and the hurrying
TO and fro of multitudinous wagons and
drays laden with merchandise of every
description.
Daniel T. Fem, Deputy Z. S. Col
lector of Internal Revenue, at Chelsea,
Washtenaw county, Michigan, was ar
the other day for extortion. He is
charged with collecting an extra license
fee from pedlar, besides obtaining from
him quantity of cloth and ten dollars
in money. He denies the charges.
Gen. Sherman says: 81 always trav-
eled with a copy of the census, In my
saddle-bags. 1 could tell how many in
habitants, how many cultivated acres,
how many head of cattle and
horses, how many bushels of grain each
county possessed at that time, and so
approximate how many there would be
now, and how long it would subsist my
army" az
There are at present employed in
the Treasury Depari ment about LOGO
male clerks, messengers, laborers and
watchmen, OF which number at least 600
are disabled soldiers. About 500 female
refugees. the relatives of deceased SOL
diers, and others having special claims
upon the consideration of the govern
ment.
The Emperor of the French has
had printed sort of report, setting
forth what he proposes to do for Algeria.
Among the mea sures which his Majesty
recommends, is one of considerable i'm
portance to m1ratime commerce-name-
", that all custom duties shall be abol-
ished in Algeria, and that no other tax
es shall be imposed on commerce in the
lseaports of the colony than what are re-
quired for local purposes.
The exports from Honolulu to Cali
fornia for the first quarter of 1866 are
reported to have been two hundred and
eighty-fo thousand dollars, or at the
rate of over one million per annum. The
trade between San Francisco and the
Islands is increasing rapidly, and the
duties paid at the San Francisco Gus
tom House during 1866, on produce
from the Islands, will amount to nearly
half million of dollars. The exports
are mainly sugar, molasses and rice.
| "A notorious Australian bushranger,
named Daniel Morgan. has been am
pushed and killed. During a career of
several years of outlaw life, he has MUIR
dered three men In cold blood, shot at
and wounded many others out of mere
wantonness, robbed five mails, and COM
mitted other robberies innumerable.
His daring was astonishing, on one oc-
casion having stopped and robbed
dozen men, and yet he never had con-
federate or companion. His name was
a terror in Australia. and the police
were afraid to cope with him, even when
in strong force. s.,s
We are informed of the elopement
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