Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-26
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following 1aetS:
The breaking occurred about 1:23
o'clock D. M, where the water was 300
yards deer, and when over 1000 miles
of cable had been paid ont, in conse-
quence of its becoming injured by cha
fling on the stern of the ship, while re-
haulinga portion of it on board the
Great Eastern to remove another diff
Guilty in insulation which had been dis
covered. sr-e-
! After loosing it, it was grappledthree
times, being on one of the occasions
brought to within ], 200 yards of the wa
ters surface, but the weight was too much
for the graphing rope, which broke
each time and dropped the cable. The
last attempt to raise it was made on the
7th instant, when not meeting with sGc-
cess, a buoy was placed over the spot
where it was lost, and the Great East
ern sailed for England, and her consorts,
the Terrible and Galatia, for st.
Johns. where the latter arrived on last
Tuesday evening. ssaA&. sfe,fsg
New York, Aug. 19.-The property
of Shoyer and Ludwig of this city, has
been hbelled for coni5catIon. These
men are immensely rich, and did the
entire engraving of bank notes, bonds
and checks for the late rebel govern
.ment. This one righteous act points
quite plainly the intent of the govern
ment. srs
New YORK, Aug. 19.-No new deyel-
opnents of Importance IN the alleged
Ketchum gold check forgery case
were made yesterday, and the excite
ment regarding the matter IN financial
j. a11ota1
No traces of Edw. B. Ketchum have
yet been discovered. 1t is considered
almost certain that he has not gone to
Europe, and there is a strong belief that
he is still in the city,
A reward of So, 900 has been offered
for his arrest, by the Importers and
Traders National Bank.
The Times Washington special says:
Applications for pardon still pour In by
the hundreds. Every day about four
hundred are received. To-day, Govern
or Sharky sends them up from Missis-
sipi, Governor Pierpont from Virginia,
Governor Parsons from Alabama, and
Governor Holden from North Carolina.
From Georgia come fewer than from
any other of the southern States.
Gov. johnson does not believe In the
efficacy of pardons as strongly as some
of his brethren. He thinks reflection,
meditation and true repentance better
than amnesty oaths and lip service 10y
alty. Neither does he believe that the
appointment of provisional Governors
confers sovereignty powers, nor that 1t
aft all authorizes them to usurp the func-
tions conferred only by the constltu-
lions of the States.
A number more of the $4,000 class
of rebels were pardoned to-day.
Mai. John B. Castleman and Lieut..
VIM. Mumford, of the rebel army, who
were arrested last winter as spies within
our lines and confined at Indianapolis,
have been pardoned by the President,
to leave the country Immediately.
LAFAYETTE McMullen of Virginia, a
member of the rebel congress, arrived
here Yesterday, armed with a letter
from Gov. Pierpont to the Secretary of
War. recommending the withdrawal of
the colored troops from that state be-
cause they are obnoxious.
MIR. McMullen had an interview with
Sec. Stanton to-day. The order for
the withdrawal of the black troops has
not been issued.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.--An opinion
has been confidently expressed to-day
by parties competent to Judge, that the
Government will not undertake the trial
of Wertz, but will cause that person to
turn states evidence in the approaching
trial of JEFF. Davis, whereby it will be
proved that the rebel President was the
direct and prime instrument of cruel
ties practiced upon Union prisoners,
and the numberless other atrocities
which were from time to time commit
ted in defiance to the usages of warfare.
1t is known that Wertz has expressed
his desire to make some important rev.
Citations as to the extent that Davis was
implicated in the outrages of the South
ern prisons.
kilograms were received from Major
General Pope, to-day, at the Indian BIT
reau, containing communication from
General Sully, now conducting the mil =
itary expedition In Dakota, announcing
that there is no doubt but permanent
peace can now be secured by the Gov
eminent, with the Sioux and Cheyenne
tribes, on the Upper Missouri River
Endorsing this intelligence, and refer
ring it to Secretary Harlan, Gen. Pope
suggests that no civil or military person
in the section resided in by these In
dams, should be appointed commits
sioner for treating with them.
In addition to the above, Gen. Sully
remarks, that in that quarter, the inhab-
itants are apprehensive that the coming
winter will be one of great severity,
and it is feared that the troops will suf-
fer even more than they did last season,
and that all efforts, the present, season,
to raise garden vegetables for the use OF
the camps, were futile, by reason of the
ravages of insects.
DETROIT, Aug. 19.--Steamer Travel
Ter was burned ct Eagle Harbor, Lake
Superior, yesterday. No lives were lost.
The boat is a total loss and was val
ued at $4,000, insured for $780, 600.
New YORK, Aug. 19.--By the steamer
George Cromwell, we have New Or
leans advices to the 18th instant. ~
The Times Brownsville correspond
emit says the liberals had been steadily
successful in the State of San Luis,
driving the Imperial forces into the de-
fences of San Luis Potosi. The people
freed and assisted the guerrilles in every
way possible, showing themselves op-
posed to Macmillan. se-iE