Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-06-16

Eleven thousand eight hundred and
aigbtv-two acres of land were taken up I'm the
land Office in April for actual homestead set
tIements The cash sales amounted TO s32O,
GEO.
The bent and twisted rails from
Southern railroads, the result of Yankee raids
during the war are finding their way 10 NORTH
ern scrap heaps. cargo has arrived at
Somerset, near Boston.
IL is said the British minister has de-
mauded the surrender from our government
of the captured prisoners. Ii Is not probable
the request will be complied with, though the
government has not yet Declined.
The Arkansas Free Press, published
at Van Buren,. announces the deaIh o. o.. 1oiln !
Ross. for thirty years past the principal O,.i I
of the CherUkees. He was FAR advanced IN
life.
1t is reported that a number OF the
best citizens OF Allison township, Lawfen oe
oao,,tv Illinois i'm the neighborhOod OF Rus
sellyiiiel. have died after a brief sickness:
Tvnh0id pneumonia has prevailed 10 fatal
extent in that vicinity within the past few
months.
At Louisville, KY, on the list, the
Fpiscopal Church Convention elected the new
| ieorge d. Cummings, ID: d., OF chicago
Rish6p-veas %, nays /. The laity accepted
the nomination. His salary is fixed at S4,5Ot
Der annum; that of the retiring Bishop Smith
/ was 81, 600.
The Worcester Spy says that the non
car of the Adams Express Company winch
/ went through that city from New YORK TO Bos'
/ ton. on the night of May 18th. contained aboal
/ n, 600 600 Two trusty messengers anu ue
tectiye accompanied it. Two well-known Dur.
glars were known 10 be on the Talh' ou' i'uno
/ no chance for operations.
The banking house of Caldwell Broth
| ers al Newport, Kentucky, suspended on the
| san. About sec, 0n0 was deposited IN the m
/ stitution mostly belonging to poor cope
| illy able TO bear the loss. The house had Deer
doing business there for the last twelve years
The cause OF the failure Is ascribed to specu
latiOn in Whiskey.
The work on the Port Huron Il Lake
Michigan Railroad, commonly known as the
Grand Trunk extension. Is being pushed rap
idiy forward and a considerable amount oil
labor has been performed. Ii Is in cOntempla
/ ton to complete the road from Port huron u
ST. Joseph, the present season.
At the tobacco fair at Louisville, al
the tobaccO-grOwing states are represented
/ Over 500 hOgsheads are entered The cash
premiums amount to over u 800. The trst
/ premium hOgshead OF manufactured leaf
/ grown by Carpenter q Sturgeon, in Hart coun
| ty, Ky, sold for $3.50 per 100 pounds.
| Alexander Denistoun is suing in the
United States Circuit Court of New York, fol
/ the recovery of ten million dollars worth o.
/ cotton. seized ia Georgia by Government EN-
ployes. and sent to Simeon Draper, as Cotton
! Agent. He claims that when 1t was taken
/ Georgia was at peace, and the President haC
officially declared commerce to be restored
| The Battle Greek. (AIichigan,) Jour
! nal of MAY 3lst says: The work ON the Pen
/ insular railway, leading from Battle Creel
| to Lansing, has commenced IN sober earnest
1 The engineers are far on their way TOWARD
Lansing, at which city they are expected Il
arrive during the fore part OF the coming
| week.
The agent of the State of Alabaml
for the distribution of supplies to the desti
| tute says: Gentlemen of prominence sent
| MP the most earnest and touching appeals 10
an increased supply of food, and represent thu
| wretched and suffering condition OF theI
people. This restitution, which has so rap
idly increased since January, must contlnu'
| to increase, rather than diminish, until some
thing can be realized from the present grow
ing crops.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
| having adjourned without announcing its de
cisiOn, as requested by the Governor on TIA
eOnstltuiiOna1ity of the act of Congress dis
franchlsing deserters, the bill passed at tia
late session of the legislature, for carrying
into effect the law of Congress, has been ap
proved by the Governor, that immediate pre-
paration of records of certificates required b.
the act may be commenced, and time affOrde
for the correction of errors in the record.