Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-12-02

Our government, IL is stated, looks
with disfavor upon the reception of the
Shenandoah by the American consul at
Liverpool the procedure being calcula-
| ted to embarrass its action In the mat
ter.
The estimates of the. amount of appro-
priations required by the government
for the next fiscal year will aggregate
about S73, 600, 900, perhaps less.
The military districts of Iowa and Da-
kota have been consolidated into the
district of the upper Missouri, and placed
under the command of General Alfred
Sully.
A meeting of returned volunteers was
held at st. Louis on Tuesday, for the
purpose of endeavoring to secure from
Congress an equalization OF bounties.
Gen. Fremont was among the speakers
ON the occasion.
The steamer Deer Lodge, from st.
Louis to Omaha. with valuable cargo,
was snagged and sunk. near st. Joseph,
on Monday. The boat was valued at
500, 600, and insured for $4,000.
Governor Humphreys. of Mississippi.
telegraphed to the President, on the
18th, that the legislature had memorial.
lied for the withdrawal OF cOlored
troops, and was willing, in case they
were removed, tn allow freedmen to tes-
tjfy in courts. The President replied
that "the troops would be withdrawn
when peace and order could be MAIN
tanned without them"
Prussia has made complaint that
some of her subjects were enlisted in
Massachusetts regiments by means OF
fraud and compulsion and military
commission has been ordered to lnves-
tigate the matter
The Mexican minister at Washington
has received dispatches informing him
that Juarez is gaining strength. The
attack upon MatamoTas was small at
fair, being made under a misapprehen-
sion of orders. While the fight was IN
progress, the soldiers at Brownsville
cheered the republicans, whereupon an
imperial steamer fired four shots at
them. General Weitzel has ordered an
investigation of the affair.
An engine ON the Illinois Central
railroad exploded at Mason Thursday
morning. The engineer and fireman
we've severely injured, and two men
were killed by falling fragments.
During the last fiscal year the post
Office department paid all its expenses,
and accumulated surplus of over
S750,000.
General Scott is going to New Or
cans to spend the winter.
A Cuban named Jose Sarcia Otero,
was murdered in Brooklyn, on Wednes-
day night. and his body robbed OF S.
900 or 10, 900. The party suspected OF
having perpetrated the crime. is one
Jose Gonzales, who was IN company
with Otero when the latter was last seen
live. Gonzales has been arrested.
A very severe rain storm has prevailed
throughout California, during the past
week, and much damage has been done
by floods. The Central Pacific railroad
has suffered considerable injury. BY
the washing away of a warehouse at
Half Moon Bay, loss to the amount OF
Sl0U, 600 was sustained.
An investigation of cotton frauds In
Alabama shows that, of 90, 900 bales for
forfeited confederate cotton, nine
tenths, worth some SIS, 600, 900, has be-
come the pley of swlndlers, official and
hon official.
The canals of New York are to be
closed on the 18th proximO.
During the rebellion forty-six Ameri-
can whaleIs We're destroyed by rebel
pirate, the loss amounting to 81 $50
900.
1t is reported that Secretary Nc
Culloch, liz his report, will recommend
| q considerable increase in natioaal
banking capital; and will ask tor discre-
tiOnary power to retire legal-tenders
and compound interest notes by loan
OF money at per cent.
An official record of the war, com
| piled from orders, kilograms, dispatches,
reports, etc, is being prepared by
| the War Department, 1t will comprise
thirty volumes of eight hundred pages
each.
The rebel ram Stonewall has arrived
at Washington, and was examined
Saturday 10y the members OF the Craven
court martial.
Gen. Mcclellan has taken up his resi-
| dence at Dresden
The Wheeling Intelligencer of the
I'D says "a man named Husps, who
has recently been sinking an oil we'll on
HoTseneck, III Peasants county, West
Virginia, struck oil the other day at d
depth of thirty-three feet. The cost oi
boring the we'll Was $50. 1t is said to
be Northumberland well. "
The amount of stamps required on
the $50, 900, 900 mortgage of the Allan.
tic and Great Western Railway Com
paDy, as decided by the commissioner
oI internal revenue, is $50, 600.
| The expenditures OF the State gov
eminent of Iowa tor military purposes,
during the rebellion, were about 81 ,U0O,-
900.
A negro who brought suit against q
city railroad company in Cincinnati, fol
being elected from one OF its cars, has
recovered a verdict OF eight hundred
dollars damages.
An official analysis shows that it costs
the government $500, COO to kill male
Indian, and nearly $4,000, 900 to kill q
| squaw.
1t is reported that the Elliott-Davis
prize fight took place on Friday, neal
Leroy, New York, IN a private room
and that it ended in a draw, both par
ties claiming the victory in consequence
of foul blows.
| The rewards offered for the arrest Of
Jacob Thompson, Beverly Tucker.
George n. Sanders, William G.. Clery
and John III Surratt, have been revoked
Persons claiming share OF the rewards
offered for the apprehension OF Jeif
Davis and the assassination cOnspirator;
are required to file their claims and
4 Al. L. G..