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President JOhnsOn's PIan-The Plan Oi
Congress, and the Plan Demanded by
he FRI

Congress, and the Plan Demanded by
the Crisis
From the Herald,
President Johnson's plan of Southern restora-
ton, failing in the South, discarded by Con.
gress, and condemned in the North, is dead and
done for. In the outset, with its three condi-
tions precedent, viz, the recognition of the
supreme national sovereignty of the United
States the ratification of the Constitutional
amendment abolishing slavery, and the repu
| dation of the debts and obligations OF the Re-
bellion, it seemed to be a fair and promising
| programme. 1t started off handsomely, in the
absence of Congress, and under the stimulus of
Executive pardons, but the State reorganiza-
tions thus effected were slip-shod and TOO
loosely put together to pass an examination
under any test of the Constitution or the law of
nations. The civil rlGhts of the liberated blacks
ana the important question OF negro suffrage
and negro representation were meantime left
untouched; for the leading idea of Mr.. johnson
was to restore the disabled States as far as
possible, with their old State rights intact, as
before the war. #''
THIS was a grave mistake, and 1t was followed
too tar, as events have shown; but it could
have been easily repaired had the President adj
heIed TO his original declarations, that his pro-
vislonal work was subject to the approval or
rejection OF Congress. This was the rock upon
: | which he MISUNDERSTANDING an equal iuris.
diction with Congress, and the popular verdict
of the late Northern elections, in rejecting his
policy and his defense of the course he has pur-
i. sued in his conflict with Congress, amounts to
decree from the sovereign people taking this
It business from his hands and restoring IL abso-
o. lutely into the hands OF CONGRESS. Hence the
present views, inclinatioas, and purposes of the
/ President In this matter are important only SO
far as they are likely to operate in facilitating
D. or retardiDg settlement by Congress. u.l7
: The plan of CONGRESS, endorsed by all the
% Northern States, is that embodied in the pend
g ing Constitutional amendment II appears TO
r be, however, in the lace of these recent elec-
" be hopeless OF any voluntary ratification in that
81 quarter during the existing generation of lead
e ing Southern politicians. The especially Oh
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U=S3 " "A " " IL II " Il s.
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PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR NEW BUILD
lkGTON, ID. @. IlTT1-I -
Architects invited to prepare plans and specihta.
tons and estin res of cost iol new re proof buildings
lor The War DE partmen on the site pied by
& me War DeParment and adjacent vacant ground, in
The buildnes required should have superficial area
as large as the site selected will admit of Photo
Rraphs of site and all other Information ting to the
subject wi be furnished TO architects desiring To com
pete for the work upon application, personally or by
let er, 10 he undersigned ID MAJ. - .-- T.'I- -
premium of $4,000 for the first, OF $4,000 for the
second end OF $1,000 lor the third most acceptable
plans and specifications received, will be awarded
upon the approval OF the Hon. secretary Of War, by
he Board OfhceTs charged with he duty of select
ing site and preparing pans and specifications for the
buildings of tie War Department under act OF Congress
approved july 28 1866 r# l'T FtleI -.
The plans anu specifications must be sent to the office
OF Brevet Leuten mt 1 olope 7 j. TIeadwe Recorder
OF the BOfrd Ordnance Office, Wlnder's Building,
Washington D. before the lst day OF February,
1861 ! 1000. - M. ...... ...-'
1he Board will reserve the right to reject anv or all
plans submitted, should none be deemed suitable for
the purpose, well to retain any or all OF such
plans. ....
IL 20 lml IT ). TREADWELL,
Brevet ieutenan Z Colonel, U. s. A., Recorder.
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THE NEW YORK PRESS.
EDITORIAL OPINIONS OF THE LEADING
JOURNALS UPON CURRENT TOPICS.

COMPLIED EVERY DAY FOR EVENING rEIseRAPH.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-07-07

Parliament, and parliamentary gen.
eral in the time of the Protector, from
whom, perhaps, he received it.
''The further history of this sword
may as well be given here. From the
time of its presentation it continued in
the possession of the Grand Lodge, and
was borne by the Grand Sword Bearer,
or in the latter times the Grand Pursui-
want, IN all public professions. AT
length, in the conflagration, which, in
the year 1888, destroyed so large pOr-
ton of the city of Charleston, and with
other buildings the Masonic Hall, the
sword was with great difficulty saved,
with the loss of the hilt, the scabbard,
and small part of the blade. In the
confusion consequent on the fire, the
sword thus mutilated was mislaid, and
for long time was supposed to be lost.
In 1862 committee was appointed by
the Grand Lodge, to make every exer-
ton for its recovery, and at length In
the beginning of the year 1854. 1T was
accidentally found by the Grand Tyler in
an clubhouse on his premises, and was
by him restored to the Grand Lodge In
its mutilated condition. The lost piece
of the blade was ingeniOusly replaced
by cutler in the city of Charleston,
and, being sent to New York, was re-
turned with new hilt and velvet scab-
bard, and was used in its appropriate
place during the centennial ceremonies
of that year !"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-07-07
Another Aneedote of General Scott

The New York correspondents OF the
Boston Journal relates the following:
1.-THE term Fuss and Feathers APP
piled to the old chief, grew out OF moth
ing personal, for he was man whose
personal tastes were very simple. But
he was very exact in his discipline, and
he required every officer while on duty
to be dressed according to his rank in
the minutest thing. General Hapilton,
who was on his staff, related to me the
other day a very characteristic anecdOte.
The Generals headquarters in Mexico
comprised two rooms, one opening into
the other In the rear room General
Scott slept One night after the Gen
eral had retired one of the staff wanted
some water. 1t was in the front room.
The evening was warm and the hour
late, being near midnight. The officer
started to go in his shirt sleeves. He
was cautioned against the experiment as
a dangerous one, for If the General
caught him in his quarters with his coat
off he would punish him. The officer
said he would risk it; that the General
was asleep and he would make nonoise.
He opened the door softly and went on
tip-toe TO the water pitcher. He had no
time to drink before he heard the tlngle
of the bell and the sentinel outside OF
the door entered. Take this man to
the guard house, was the brief order,
and the coatless officer spent the night
on hard plank under guard.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-07-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Southern Pacific Railroad is
nearly completed to Marshall, Texas.
One thousand two hundred dogs
were killed in New York city last week.
Reports represent the weather in the
South as being excessively hot.
The Canadian volunteers have been
discharged with a cOmplim sntary order from
Gen. Napier. i-'
Two more cases of cholera were re-
ported in New York on Saturday, bat the pat
nents were said to be getting better.
The Connecticut Senate ratified the
constitutional amendment at midnight, Tues
day night. The House will cOncur.
Gen. Spear, the captured Fenian Off
Ger, now paroled at st. Albans, has been pre-
scented with an elegant suit of clothes and
SO IN money by his friends in that town.
1t is understood in Washington that
the widow of Gen. Iturbide has obtained
assurances from Napoleon that her child. now
IN the hands Macmillan, shall be restored to
her.
A Montreal dispatch states that a
skiTmish occurred Friday morning near Pig
con Hill between Fenian recOnnoiterinp mar
y and an outpost of British troops. The
were lost.
The Hon. john B. Alley has finally
succeeded IN concentrating a contract with
Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. bv
winch our fishermen are allowed to land and
dry their fish for so cents per ton. .-r-
The Union vote In Texas is larger
than was anticipated. Ii will probably be one
third OF the whole vote cast when the western
ana central counties are heard from. Travis
county, the seat OF government, excepting two
precincts TO bear from, gives Throekmorton
400, Pearce 326 for Representative. Hancock.
conservative. 275s and Gray, Union. 2I2. The
conservative vote Is solid for the amendments
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-07-07
CrOmweIl's SwOrd.

1t appears that at the capture oi
Columbia, s. c., by General Sherman'f
army, there was lost an article of great
antiquity, and highly treasured by
South Carolina Masons, as relic of a
great man and of the past. A South
Carolina paper says:
f'This was the famous sword of State,
called among our Masons the Cromwell
sword, and commonly believed among
them to have been once possessed by
the Lord Protector of England. We
draw attention to the fact of the loss,
and to the descriptive particulars which
follow, in the hope that, public atten-
tion being drawn to its history, it may
be recovered, drawn from some obscure
hiding place, aud restored to the Grand
Lodge of South Carolina, to which it
belonged.
"Ihis antique weapon was a subject
of peculiar interest as a relic, rather
than for its use and beauty. Its history
is given by Dalcho, in his Masonic
Reader. ia1
cit is large, once elegant, and curl
Gus two edged weapon, in rich velvet
scabbard, highly ornamented with Ma
sonic emblems, and with the arms of the
Grand Master. 1t has been presented
to the Grand Lodge by the Provincial
Grand Master, after the installation of
the grand officer, was given as a conse-
Grated sword, and received with rever-
emit assurances TO keep it safely, so far
as human effort could accord safety
The weapon had been long in the pos
session of the Grand Masters family, and
was said to have once belonged to
Oliver Cromwell, a legend TO which
some probability may be given from
the fact that the Provincial Grand Mas
ter was a descendant of Sir Edward
Leigh, who was a member of the Long
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-07-07

a bill amendatory of the Tariff ct.-The Pres
ident's message was received referring to ar
rests of Americans in Ireland.-Mr. Wilson
reported a bill to punish crimes relating to
ipublic securities and cnrrency.--The army
bill was then taken up. The amenament strik-
ing from the bill the proyiso that no money
should be paid to the Illinois Central Railroad
for transportation of troops, was aon-con-|
CURED in. After asking FOR a COMMITTEE OF
Conference on the disagreement, tho House
adjourned. M
TUEsDAY-In the Senate, q bill Great
ing the Office of Surveyor General of Idaho,
was passed.-The bill to amend Snd continue
in force the Freedmens Bureau, was taken
up, discussed and passed.
In the House, the bill to pay bounties to the
Iowa Graybeard regiment was passed.-The
Nitro Glycerine, Bill having been reported
back by the Conference Committee with
amendments, was passed.-A memorial was
presented from the Philadelphia Board OF
Trade, praying for the abolition of leg al re
strictions on commerce in money.-The Sem
ate bill to amend the act to aid in the con
struction ola railroad and telegraph line from
the Missouri River to the Pacific, was taken
up debated, and the bel! passed-yeas 90,
nays SO.
WRDNEsDAY-In the Senate, Mr.. An
thony introduced bill to establish certain
post routes between the United States and
Europe, and to regulate the transportation OF
| mails thereon. and reduce the expenses there
Of.-Mr. Wade reported a bill to repeal the
| act to retrOcede the county of Alexandria. In
| the District of Columbia, to the State of Nr-
ginia, the object of the bill being to restore
| Alexandria to the District of Columbia. y
| Messrs. sherman, Wilson and Yates were app
| pointed Committee of Conference on the
part of the Senate, on the Army Appropria-
| ton The bill to aid in the construction
! OF telegraph lines, and to secure to the Gov
| eminent the use of the same for postal. mill
tary and other purposes, after discussion was
postponed until Thnrsday.-The Senate con.
| Cured in the House amendment to the bill
regulating the transportation of nitro-glyce-
| rine.-- MIR. Morrill, called the bill to regu
late franchise in the District OF Columbia
After the rejection of several amendments
and pending the discussion, the Senate adj
journed. ,fat.v }.tLa1E. -L5z
La the HO Use, the tax bill was discussed a.
length. The amendments were all disposed
Of The House voted to insist ON its disagree
ments and asked for a Committee of Confer
rnce. The House then adjourned. Us
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-07-07
sketch of President Roberts.
n.y. YORK cor Of the Hartford Press.l


Whatever may be said of his lack OF
discretion, w. Il. Roberts, President
of the Fenian organization, has been
actuated by honest and CONSCIENTIOUS
motives. He BECAME interested and
took active part in the organization,
not to promote himself, but tc promote
the cause of Irish Independence. Mr..
Roberts is a fine, portly looking gentle
man. of sandy complexion, with heavy
beard, aud about forty-fye years of
age. He has long been engaged IN
mercantile pursuits, having acquired an
enyiable reputation and built up a
fonrishing business at No. 252 Bowery.
In past years he has been prominent
in various enterprises for amel1oratlng
the condition of the suffering poor OF
our city. Some five years ago, he, IN
conjunction with J. p. Beach Esq, OF
the New York Sun, and few others,
established the Working Woman's Pro-
tective Union, which has been produc-
tive of vast benefit to poor and needy
females in our midst. MIR. Roberts con-
tinues to be, along with Mr. Beach and
Judge Daley, one of the active support
ers and promoters of this beneficent in
stitution. He is worth some $50, 200,
owning, among other real estate, twelve
or fifteen building lots mp town. OWING
to his absence, his business has declin'
ed to some extent since he became prom
inentIy connected with the Fenian or
ganization, to which he sometime since
presented check of ten thousand dol
lars. He has persistently refused to ac
cept of any compensation for his ser
vices, expressing himself as willing anc
DESTROYS of devoting all his energies anC
| fortune to the cause of hish Indepen
4 1anoa
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-07-07
WASHINGTON NEWS

The receipts from Internal Revenue
sources for the week ending Saturday last
were 50, l23, 600. -
There is IN possession of the Treasury
a large box of Confederate Notes REPRESENTING
past yalue of S100, 900, in Confederate funds.
which are under advertisement as TO their
disposition. The probability is that they Will
be destroyed, as they are of no account what
ever, except perhaps as relics.
Some time since the President sent
again to the Senate the name of Foy, as Post
master Of st. Louis. IL was duly referred to
the postal committee, who have simply re-
ported It back to the Senate without any rec
OmmendatiOn- When the nomination was pre-
viOusly before them, it was reported on ad
yersely by the committee and rejected by the
Senate.
Headley, the historian is in Washing
ton, in connection with Gen. L. 9. Baker.
writing book upon the history Of the secret
service OF the G0Eernment during the war.
Gen. Baker having In his possession large
amount OF public documents that have never
been published.
The Senate IN executive session, Tues
day, confirmed, without opposition, the NOM
inatiOn of Gen. o. l.. Mann, to be Collector of
Internal Revenue at Chica go, vice Schneider.
removed. They also confirmed Thomas Orion
to be Assessor In the Sixth Illinois District
and n. ). Knapp TO be Collector in the Tenth
Illinois District; Daniel Mace, Postmaster.
Lafayette, Ind; Charles Mueller, of Ohio, to
be Consul at Amsterdam; Gen. III. ID. Strother.
otherwise known as Porte Crayon," to be
Consul at BuenOs Ayres, and Gen, G. NJ
Dodge, of IOWo, TO be Consul at Bremen.
The following statement of the
amount Of money due the government by the
principal postmasters of Virginia, at the time
of the breaking out OF the rebellion, is taken
from the official records: Richmond T. b.
Bigger, S23. SIS; Petersburg, VIM. E. Bass
1854; Norfolk, A. Nj. Vaughan, S.. 94S; Alex
andria, Turner w. Ashby, Sc, 27S; Lynchburg,
Robert III. Glass, S2,174; Charlottesville, ".
n. hebhnger, II ,S24; fredericksburg, Il. L.
Thet, 81, SS4; fltauntOn, Levi Stevenson. 81.
495; Winchester, G b. Graves, sI,479; Uni
yersity of Virginia, Vim. Baker, IS, 500. Total,
$50 S47
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-07-07
An unhappy Prussian in,

An unhappy Prussian inventor
most lucklessly announced just at the
present juncture his discovery of a new
explosive cartridge and terrible, explo-
sive bullet, two secrets which, it is said,
which will make the Prussian army in
vincible, and so determined is the Gov
eminent that the secret shall not es-
cape, that the man is guarded night and
day by squad of twelve soldiers; every
letter which he writes is inspected, and
he is not allowed to communicate orally
with any person, except in the presence
of his guard. Rather severe penalty
for genius
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-07-07
Better than 0M.-As the country grows

Better Than OII.-As the country grows
older and timber becomes scarce, atten-
ton has been seriously directed towards
a supply of fuel. This has been par
ticularly the case in the northwest,
where there are no deposits of coal. Lit
has long been known that there were
illimitable deposits of peat, but it has
lain unused for the want of practicable
machinery with. which to prepare it for
the purposes of commerce. Many ex-
periments have been made, but none
seemed to answer the desired end Re-
Gently, however, q machine has been
invented and patented which bids fair TO
supply the want. A company has been
formed and their machines are now be-
ing manufactured. The machine is call
ed the Rae Peat Machine. Col. j.. L.
BUTTRICK, OF Milwaukee, is one of the
owners of the patent, and has the ma
chimes for sale in this city. One of the
machines is in operation, and can be
seen at any time, at the Eagle Foundry,
corner of Second and Fowler streets.
We have seen the machine at work, and
it seems TO us to answer fully the pur-
poses for which it is intended. 1t
BfhnulaUeS perfectly the HOSJ nDfOuS
peat, and discharges it in a continuous
piece that can be cut into blocks, of any
desired length, suitable for drying.
The form of the manufactured peat is
that of an inverted u, so that it sheds
rain perfectly during the drying process.
Parties who have peat beds should ex-
anime this machine, for We believe
there il, more money in one of them on
a good bed, in section requiring fuel,
than in the average of flowing oil wells.
- MiHlCdukee Wisconsin,
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-07-07
$4,000
VALUABLE GIFTS
Will be presented to ticket holders.
Every Fourth Ticket draws Prize
Tickets One Dollar.
CATALOGUE OF GIFTS


The pOstronement of this enterprise has been
made imperative from several causes, the most
prominent Of which is that owing to the magnitude
of the undertaking, and the shore time allotted to
the prOprietors they find from Is O0Bto % OUO tick
cts hand, or ia the hands of our agents, which
have not been disposed of. The enterprise has in
volved an amount OF labor and expense which none
but those similarly eng aged can Comprehend. over
1900 have been expended by the prOprietors in
printing, advertising licenses, rents Office hell, and
Incidental expenses, which is a guarantee OF the
faith they have in the experiment OF distributing
nearly One Hundred Thousand do lars among those
who purchase tickets fer The Concert, Our enter
prise has met with unIaralelled success, far out
stripping any similar und rtaking ever before iuau
guraed in the Northwest. ct with this large
number of tickets in the hands of agents scattered
all through the States of Wisconsin Minnesota, and
Iowa, the proyrletors would as much dislike to hold
this number OF tickets aud come in as competitors
tor the Gifts to he distributed as would those who
have purchased their tickets.
1t is desirable that every I'll ket should be closed
out before the Concert thus guaranteeing to those
who have 20 freely and lavishly embarked in the
enterprise with us Fair and Honorable doaiing. to
the end that possible blame can be attached to
the prOprietors- Fair play anu Justice to Ticket
Holders is our aim, and we determined to so
conduct this enterprise that we may coma TO the
thou ands OF conhding men aud women through
out these STATE the second time and receive their
patronage in a similar but more ma nifcent enter
prise.
We have been requested by vfral Of our agents
to postpone Concert until after harvest, assur
ing that thousands would than pu chase tickets
who are unable to do so at present. The wish to
give all opportunity TO avail themselves of the
benefits presented 10y our enterprise, has been an
other inducements to make tho pOstpOnement. The
large fund which has accumulated from the sale OF
tickets has been securely invested until needed to
make the necessary purchases of goods to be dstrb
uted and not dollar of it will be misapprOpriated
Now let Our Agents, and all who receive this Cir
GUAR besir themselves and be ready to make their
reports by the lst of August, at the farthest that
we may have time to elo-e up our books, and be
prepared to make our distribution on the 9Th, as
there will positively be no further pOspOn amtni,
whether the tickets are all sold nos.
rs At he suggestion of several of most
prominent business men, We have deposited III the
First National Bank of Milwaukee, the money for
the cash prizes, subject to the order OF ticket hold
ers drawing nrlZaS
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-07-07
On Tour.-Yankee Robinson's great

VI HUHE, IdHhtt IUDIHbUH 8ItdI
show, comprising circus and menagerie is
now on tour through Wisconsin, and will
visit this place soon. 1t exhibits in Milwau-
kee on the Sd and 4th of July. The Chicago
journal says of it:
Nearly five thousand people crowded the
immense pavilion of "Yankee Robinson's'
great show, last night and half as many more
were turned away, unable to get within. Such
a sea of faces we have seldom, il ever seen at
any entertainment in Chicago. But what of
the performance Briefly, then, it is varied,
interesting and enjoyable throughout. The
collection of wild animals liz very fine, while
the equestrian performances are seldom
equaled All in all, Yankee Robinson's show
is the best of the kind that ever visited Chi
caRO.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-07-07
AMERICAN EMIGRANT co

Sells ocean passage TO and from Europe sight
drafts GREAT Britain, Germany and Sweden. The
company imports laborers to the order of American
employers and manufacturers, mechanics, railroad
companies and farmers in Wisconsin, eau, through
this company secure prompt supply of workmen.
The company also offers for sale cheap farms III the
State of Iowa, at from 50 TO S. co per For
particulars apply to c. #. j. MOLLER, General
Agen for Wisconsin, 4O6 East Water St., Milwaukee,.
apr23w&cw4m
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-07-07

We are not IN favor OF UNIVERSAL
boasting, "a system often employed by others)
of the celebrity of this or that medicine, and
we keep our praise until we have positive
knowledge of the value or virtue of an article.
If gives us pleasure, however, TO recommend
to our readers DIR. G. w. Roback's Stomach
Bitters, Blood Purifier and Blood Pills. The
Bitters we know from experience, give tone to
the stomach, aid digestion and reinyigorate
down constitutions. There can be no better
remedy for purifying the blood than the
Purifier and Blood Pills. a