Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-07-14
rbn claueland Herald of Inne 23.

The Cleveland Herald of June %,
saws '.The train on the Cleveland and Pitts
burg raib DAD which left Cleveland at 2:4O p. m.
on TUESDAY. ran into tornado seven miles
south OF Alliance. The engineer seeing large
trees being uprooted, and limbs flying before
the wind, stopped the train, and all on board
Thought it would certainly be blown from the
IA sck 40 great was the force of the tornado. -.
After waiting short time the storm abated,
and the train moved. During the storm ball
stones about the size OF q walnut fell WITH
great violence.
The Memphis Post says: ''fhe old
Tecumseh plantation, in the Mississippi river,
leased by a firm of Northern gentlemen, under
the style of Adams, Van Pelt & Co., was visit
ed last week by body of armed men with
their faces blackened, and robbed or SS.Dy0
and arms, and many valuables. They kliied
nearly all the stock. murdered i've. negro
hands, ana set the cotton gin and stables on
fire. which we're destroyed, and finally elefts
Planters and others of that neighbOrhood or
ganized a company and soon followed the
lmarauders, but, on eDcounteEing them they
proved too strong for the planters, ana the
latter were Obliged toretufn."
A brief address has been prepared by
the Democratic members of Congress, dated
July 4th, cordially approving the call Tor
/ National Union Convention, to be held IN Phll-
adeIphia in August next, and indorsing the
principles therein set forth. IL is signed by
/
| McDOugaI, and Wright, and Representatives
Niblack Thornton, Kerr, Shanklin, Grider,
| Noell Randall, Ross, Tabor, Humphrey, Ho'
gan, Rogers, Bergen, Goodyear, Mlnheldi
| toffr0th, ROusseau, johnson, Eldrldge, Daw-
1 son. Rsdford. Marshall, StrOuse, Ancona-
Hubbell. Ritter. Harding, of Kentucky, Gloss
brenner, Wright, Rogers, Mccullough
Trimble.
A correspondent writing from Gren-
ada Nississippi. SAWS there are more instances
of ontrages, bitterness and lawiessness IN thai
state than IN all the others combined thai
have been visited by Gen. Steedman on his
uresent tour An officer of tho Bureau was
recently called ont of his house and shot
through the head, by two persons whom the
authorities are unable to discover. IhC
iheadquarters at Meridian were broken opeI
aud also fired upon. A reign of terror II estab
ilished &c Grenada by GueriIlas OF the war
whose supposed leader II brother OF Gen
Forest, of the rebel service. There arc M
troOps whatever at Grenada and Gen. =. n
Wood does not appear to have done anything
more than offer "A ward for the arrest oil th'
officers murderers.
Flakes Galveston Bulletin extra oil
Sunday evening, 1st of July has dispatches re
ceiyed at Headquarters, General h. Wright, o
Galveston, from General Geo. w. Getty, com
manding at Brownsville, dated June 24th, II
the afternoon containing the following impor
tant news The right bank Ofthe Rio Grand'
is now in possession of tho RepnDlcan forces
of the Government OF Mexico. The battle DO
tween EscobedO and Meja, ON the 10th, nea
CamargO, resulted in tho capture of the traiI
OF merchandise. Bagdad was abandoned b!
the Imperiaists on the night of the 18th. Th'
city of kIatamoras capitnlated ON the 23d, tC
Puncelo, appointed by General Cavarajal-
General Mejia, with the Imperial troops EN-
barking between the hours of three and foul
O'Clock in the afternoon, under the protection
of the United States flag. Liberal terms were
granted to the Imperialists. The city wa:
given up without blOOdshed, pillage or plum
der, and is now under the command OF den
erai Jose dc La Gracia. There has been NJ
violation Of the neutrality laws. EscObedo
with his forces, said TO number 5000, entered
Matamoras about L O'Clock, June 9th. A
train said to contain specie from Monte
rey arrived at Matamoras, recently, under the
protection of an Imperial escort. The tTair
started back to Monterey under the Same
escort