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

Inc receipts at the internal revenue bureau
during the month of December amount to
$40, 0o0, 900.
The Richmond Enquirer of Saturday ac
knowledges that the affairs Of the Confede-
racy are under cloud
Major Milford will soon visit Richmond to
confer with Commissioner 0uld, on the sub
jeet of further exchange of prisoners.
Investigations are going on in the War and
Navy Departments to ascertain the authors
of the . recent contraband publications re-
soecting the operations against Wilmington.
The people OF Missouri have voted in favor
of a new Constitutional Convention, to meet
on the eth of January. 1t will undoubtedly
adopt Free State Constitution.
Richmond papers say Gen. Davidson's ex-
petition from Baton Rouge has done insalcu-
able damage to the railroad, and destroyed
immense quantities of supplies.
The Richmond Dispatch of the oath says
Standwaite has clothed and armed his Indi-
ans, and is in the vicinity of Fort Smith, de-
stroying Yankee wagon trains.
Richmond papers claim that Union raiders
under Stoneman or Burbridge, who have done
so much damage and caused so much alarm
in Southwest Virginia, have returned TO East
Tennessee.
22d, announces that our forces occupied Pol
lard, Ala. burned the government railroad
buildings and retired They were pursued
so miles by Gen. Liddel.
The Heralfs Cincinnati correspondence
says Gen. Hooker is ia possession OF informa-
ton that a. band of rebels organized in Cana
da purpose making a raid on Chicago. The
General is prepared for their reception.
Gov Watts, of Alabama, has issued a stir
ring proclamation calling upon every body to
fly to Mobile. Another proclamation to mi
litia from Gen. Duff Green says the enemy
are within 90 miles of Mobile.
George E. Gordon, on trial for the murder
of Owen Thomson, New York cattle buyer,
was found guilty by jury on the 2Sd. The
murder was committed at the West Albany
cattle yards, on the evening of September l6.
Andrews Gordon Magrath has recently been
elected Governor of South Carolina. The
Richmond Wing says "He is in the prime of
life, and fully identified with State right
views of the South Carolina school of poll
tics.
The total amount of National Bank capital
authorized up to and including December "a,
is 1874, OH ,720 The amount of currency is
sued TO the National banks for the week end
ind Dec. oath, was 81, S26, $50, and the whole
amount 10 udGe Is St4,4lO,4ZO
A gentleman who left Mobile on the 5th
says two-thirds of the people are hoping for
the capture of the city. There are about
1000 troops at Mobile, all militia, except one
small brigade, and two iron clads, both defc-
lent in propelling power.
The st. Louis Republican learns by private
letter from Little Rock, that advices had
been received there reporting the death of
Sterling Price, from infammatory rheuma-
tism, contracted during the late INVASION
The rumor is doubted.
Gov. General Monck has issued proclama-
ton offering 5000 reward to any person who
will give such information as will lead to the
arrest of any of the persons engaged in the
st. Adams raid. Several have already been
reeaptured.
The rebel City Marshal of Atlanta re-
Gently returned to that town, and complains
bitterly of the conduct of Georgans, who
have been there and carried off from fifty
three hundred wagon loads per day of iron,
furniture, wagons, window blinds, door locks,
books, lumber, &c. These came from fifty
to one hundred miles in every direction.
The Richmond Wing of the Goth states
that Stoneman's command had captured Salt
vile, Southwest Virginia. The valuable salt
works which supply nearly the whole Confed-
eracy were situated there, and they have
been defended with great persstency by the
| rebels ever since the commencement of the
war.
Official information from Nashville states
that Hoods losses, from the 18th to the 23d
of December, were as follows: Killed, 1850;
wounded, 9,720; prisoners, $50, exclusive
| of the wounded. With the wounded the
prisoners amount to about $1,000. Forty
| MI 80 \
| eight guns from cavalry.
The Richmond Wing claims the rebels have
now in the field 46l 1854, larger force, it
| claims, than our Government has brought
| against them, and by which the COnfederacy
can be defended and the tide of invasion
rolled back. If these figures are correct, they
are anything but complimentary to Southern
| generalship.
A Montreal paper in speaking of the st.
| Adams raid case says that Judge Potter Con-
| sui General of Canda, is unwell and has gone
| to Wisconsin. Mr.. Thurston, Vice Consul
| General is likewise ill. 1t would certainly
be to the advantage of American interests at
| the present time if it had some person here
to advise with our government that uniform
action might be effected.
The rebel Lyons forces estimated at 1000
to 5000 cavalry, with six pieces of artillery
/ were making a raid on the Louisville & Nash
vile Railroad on the oath. They struck it at
| Elizabethtown and destroyed a few unimpor-
tant bridges over Bacon Greek. LaGrange's
brigade (Col Lairange, of the LIST. Wis. cav
alry) was reported as close upon Lyons rear.
A gentleman in high position in Colorado
| Territory writes in reference to the recent
| reported victory of Colonel Chivington over
the Indians, near Fort Lyon, in that Terrific
ry, in which 500 Indians are reported to have
been killed-that instead of being victory
| it was massacre of helpless savages, a large
| portion of whom were women and children.
| The men had previously surrendered most of
their firearms, which accounts for the small
loss experienced by Col. Chivingtcn's brave
command.
A few days after the news of the re-elec-
ton of Mr.. Lincoln arrived at Paris, Mr..
Dayton carried to NJ. Drouynde L'Huys dis
| patch from Mr.. Seward, and held with the
French Foreign Minister long conversation.
| What the nature of this conversation was
has not been made public, but since then the
tone of the official and semi-official press
| press of France has been entirely changed.
An order has evidently been issued to cease
the abuse of Mr.. Lincoln and the systematic
| lying about the Union cause which these
papers have been in the habit of indulging
| in. The Secessionists are very uneasy over
this marked change of tone.
| A letter from Quebec says that {, 900 of the
Provincial militia have been ordered to the
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