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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-06-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Rock Island Hllinois) Union says
snow fell there on Saturday last.
Crops in Minnesota are said to prom
/ Use an abundant harvest.
The steamer Arizona, from Panama,
arrived at.New York "Wednesday, the Goth, with
100000 in treasure
A new hospital is to be erected in
Cincinnati at a cost of S5OO,OOO, to be paid for
| by the city. .-..- ....... ..s.
A Montreal dispatch says 5000 men
are to be kept on the frontier, and they will be
mostly regular troops.
The harvesting of the winter wheat
has commenced III southern Illinois and Mis-
souri,, and the yield is said TO be good, in
most localities. @ $1,000. @ 2
A st. Adams dispatch says the regu-
| lars Of Canada on the frontier were ordered
back to their barracks and six companies OF
volunteers were detached to guard 1t.
A train of 500 Mormons passed thro'
Quincy, H., on the 18th, route for Salt Lake
! City. The people filled eleven coaches, while
six were required to carry their baggage.
The last steamer from Peru brought
to Panama one hundred and eighty Spanish
subjects who had been compelled to leave the
country.
Foreign travel continues very large
from New York. Steamers that leave there
| are crowded, aud state rooms continue to be
! engaged long before the time of sailing.
The Morgue, or Home for unknown
dead, in contemplation for some months, was
opened on Tuesday, in the New Medical Col
| eye on Twentieth street, New York.
1t Is said that Mr.. Brown, previous
TO his retirement from the Canadian Cabinet,
/ introduced into that body the subject of an
nexatiOn to the United States. The measure
| however, did not meet with much favor.
! The Richmond Times says an order
has been issued at Washington. releasing the
notorious Dick Turner, the turnkey of Libby
/ prison, during the war, and who was distin-
\ guished for cruelty to Union prisoners. How
fast the President Is making treason odiousl'
1t is said that mutiny has been dis
1 covered IN preparation among the colored
sailors on board the United States receiving
ship, Vermont. now lying at the Brooklyn ma
Wy yard. The ring leaders have been arrested.
Il. ID. Ramsdell Il Co., Adrian, Mich.
| lgan, farmers and nurserymen have failed, and
maze an assignment to l.. q. Berry. Their
liah dities exceed $l00,0e0, and may reach
$4,000.
A binding for the United States
Mint at Carson City, Nevada, is to be erected
at once. Designs and instructions. for this
| building were sent to the Treasury Depart
ment ON Saturday. directed TO the superin-
tendent of the bnlding at Carson City.
+ A. Denver, Colorado, dispatch says
Chat immigration this season is unpreeedented
since 1861. Large trains, mostly. of farmers
and laborers, are arriving daily.--The crops
promise an extraordinary yield. Mining is
unusually active and encouraging.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-06-30

advertised to be held in this city, have been
indefinitely postponed, and members are now
coming over to JOIN the party advocating d.
rect assistance to men IN Ireland.
The House Committee on Foreign
Relations, on Saturday, took up the proposi-
ton to repeal the neutrality laws, and had
the Attorney General and the United States
Marshal of New York before them. The At
torney-General was of the opinion that the
present Law should not be interfcred with, and
should be enforced, OF we would hnd ourselves
in a sea OF trouble with foreign nations No
decision was reached, but it is safe to predict
that the Committee will report against the
repeal.
The subject of reconstructing the
Ievees on the Mississippi river is engaging the
favorable attention of Congress. Messrs. q.
J. Field and j. a. Strother, who have been
sent to Washington to represent tire state OF
Mississippi, state that nearly -three-end- a
half million acres of landof inexhaustlble fer
tiIitv will be reclaimed by this work. III rs the
intention of Congress, by an appropriation at
this session, to insure line OF permanent re-
pairs this year, and if this be done, the crops
of the bottoms specified may be estimated for
the next year at 800. 600 bales OF cotton, pro-
duct which will rapidly increase each succeed
ing wear Estimating cotton at 20 cents per
pound. this Yield would be an addition of s25 :
O0O, 600 national wealth, to say nothing OF corn
sd other articles on plantations. The sum
of 81. 600 600 would be sufficient, aud the pro-
duct of the tax on raw cotton alone, even at
present rates, in two years, would exceed the
whole sum for which an appropriation rs so
icited.
It appears from letter of the Score
fary OF the Treasury, addressed to the House
of Representatives, IN reply to resolution
/ from that body, that since the first of Janu-
aTv, $50 900 fen forty bonds were purchased
AZ rates ranging from 90i092l. These bonds
/ which have been cancelled may be regarded
/ as a, purchase on account OF the sinking fund,
or q RECEPTION OF so much OF the public debt
4 The bonds sold since January last were u
| 7G9. GOO for so, 46l $50. In addition TO THESE
/ Z. 9f7. 200 were exchanged for LILO notes
/ aud a small amount OF certificates OF lnde6t-
! edness previous to the first of January. The
notes and certificates being received by the
debartnls mt at the time the bonds were de-
/ liyercd butfOr lack Of time to make the nee
| esssry calculations n interest, and the proper
| entities upon the books, tho. account OF the
\ agent was not settled, and the amount OF
\ bonds delivered and notes receipted IN eX'
/ change, was not entered upon the public debt
| until February, and did not appear an the
published sta tement until the first of March
| 1t is also proper to remark that s3.747,OOO M
| 500 bonds, S3,717 900 of which were issued
under the act of March Sd, 1864, and which,
/ by the schedule, appears 10 have been sold N
/ January and February, were not entered as 9
| part of the public debt until March, and did
not appear upon the public statement until
| April first.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-06-30

had entered had reached her, of course:
but, as usual, she insisted on hearing
her condemnation from his own lips
Embroidered, hghtened, charmed with
his work seeing the instinct 4Of
success, which all artists feel ON con-
temptation of their finished labor
the young man Imprudently, and
perhaps harshly, told her the truth.
The rage of the lovely lady knew no
bounds. In her evaporation she ac-
cused him of every baseness under the
sun; he smiled in pity at the impotency
of her abuse. She threatened to break
off the marriages; he defied her. for he
had wisely told his fance the history of
his life. But it was not by SANDER that
she meant to destroy his happiness.
She calmed suddenly, and, with livid
smile, merely begged as the last favor,
to be allowed to look at his work The
prayer was granted-perhaps indeed.
| joyfully-the cloth was removed from
the lovely figure of Hebe, already on the
stretcher for conveyance to the Crystal
Palace, and while yet the sculptor was
preparing to point out the peculiar beau
| ties of the statue, the fend, bent on its
udu SGlZGu- Tue ncdVY mall
| let which lay close at the head, and, in
state of frenzy, had smashed the head
and bosom to atoms. The poor artist,
with q sob of anguish which will never
be forgotten by the friend who was
present at the scene, fell senseless to the
floor. He was unable to leave his bed
for some time, and one day last week
he escaped from the vigilant care by
which he was surrounded, and, in spite
of the utmost activity of pursuit, has
not since been heard of. The desper-
ate cause of all this misery rejoices in her
act and says she never yet resolved up
on a thing she failed to accomplish;
that from the. moment she entered the
studio she was resolved to break both
his heart and his statue at the same
time. and has succeeded IN her design
upon both.
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PEIsSONAI..

Hon. john A. Peters has been nomi-
mated for Congress in the Bangor, Me-, dis
tFict.
John Minor Bolts has accepted the
invitation to deliver the Grafton before the
city Government of Baltimore on the 4th OF
July,
Among the candidates for the United
States Senatorship in Pennsylvania are John
Hickman, Judge Kelley, Colonel Forney, Gov
ernOr Curtin, Simon Cameron.
Gen. Dodge has been nominated for
Congress in the fifth Iowa district. The con-
test was n very spirited one between him and
Hon. }. a. Kasson, the present representative
Of the district.
The Republican State Convention of
Vermont has nominated the following persons
for State officers: For Governor, Hon. Paul
Dillingham; of Waterbury; Lieutenant Gov
ernOr, Hon. a. u. Gardner of bennington;
both present incumbents.
Richard J. Hill, who sold $25, 900 or
$50 600 worth of government gnnpOwder from
the schooner OF which he had charge, is still
confined on the receiving ship Vermont. lie
was a gunner of Ellis Island, and was APP.
pointed from Maine IN 1861.
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Miscellaneous and News Items.

"A case of hydrophobia recent ly oc
Cured in Prescott, England, which was
cured by profuse salvation.
The biggest big tree yet discovered
in California is fifty two feet five inch
es in diameter, or over $50 feet I'D cir
conference. Only the stump is left.
1t is estimated that the new excise
law for the city of New York will secure
800, 600 more to the treasury than was
paid last year by the liquor sellers Oi
that city. ef
"A pleasure party at Jacksonville,
Fla, was turned into scene of weep
ing last week, by the capsizing of a
boat, and the drowning OF five ladies
and one gentleman.
The Germans of Cincinnati have
called a meeting to express regret al
Blinds failure to assassinate Bismark.
Their motto would have been "GO il
Blind. "''.<'
Capt. John Ericsson is to be paid
$13, 900 as his reward in full for plan
ming the United States war steamer
Princeton and experimenting the con
struction of the vessel.
The season ut Saratoga is fairly in
aagurated. The hotels-large and small
are in full blast. The ''Union, u
Clarendon" and American" have their
complement of guests-far exceeding
that of any previous year, ct this early
day in June. aa
The trial of Mrs. Haviland and DIR.
Baker, spiritual mediums, for the MUIR
der of three children of the former, at
Battle Greek, Michigan, last winter,
closed in the Circuit Court for Calhoun
County Thursday evening. A verdict
of guilty was rendered against both of
the accused parties, who were senten-
ced to solitary confinement in the State
prison for life. q
The daughter of wealthy citizen
in Jersey City last week made prepare
tions TO elope, and threw her dresses
out of the window where her ''yonng
man" stood in waiting to carry them
off. No sooner had he seized them,
however, than an officer seized him,
and instead of sleeping In bridal bed,
he occupied quarters in public insti-
tuition.
"A s'colored'' millionaire, announce
ed as the DIXIE de Bouton qui Perez,
is in Paris. He is the wealthiest of the
ex-Emperor Soulouqe's ebony courtiers.
His fortune is stated to be seven mil
lions; and a splendidly decorated and
furnished hotel has been prepared for
him in the Avenue de fImperatrice.
The work on the new Academy of
Music In New York city, has eommen-
ced. The walls were tested and found
to be perfectly sound They will not,
therefore, be taken down.. Fhe height
of the bnilding viii be reduced about
fifteen feet, and the upper gallery done
away with. 1t as thought the edifice
viii be ready for occupancy about the
LIST of November. Maretzek is already
preparing his wardrobe.
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SunerstltLen Versns Fact.-Among the


many instances of the peculiar tenacity with
which the mind clings to youth, Is perhaps
that related in history, of Ponce de Leon, an
early Spaniard ddVenturer. 1t seems lac was
so much infatuated with this hope, that ii
finally became belief with him that it was
attaipable. Under this impression history
speaks of him, as having embarked upon an
expedition through the beautiful and ever
blooming Floridas, with the idea of finding a
spring, the water of which he had taught
himself to believe would give him perpetual
youth.
In this matter of fact age, however, results
plainly discover that We must look to the
developments of science and chemistry for an
approximation toward this desired end, and if
it is to be regretted that the excellent and
unrivaled Bitters of DIR. RObackwas a century
or more TOO late to be ayailed of by this
eminent parsonage, it would not only have
saved this worthy Knight the expense of his
Quixotic expedition, but the benefit of this
valuable remedy would be manifested in the
improved physical and mental superiority OF
the Knights of Southern Chivalry."
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AIRS Wei. that Ends weiI.-Th,

ilton, c. W., municipal authorities
stumbled upon an awkward mistake on
the night of the 18th, in capturing, with
terrific pomp of tipstaves,a registering
party of railroad travellers in uniform,
declared to be Fenians. On investiga-
ton it turned out that the boys were
discharged soldiers of an Albany caval-
ny regiment, on their way home from
Texas. Greatly chagrined the Canucks
made handsome amends in bountiful
dinner at the railway hotel. Just as the
cOrks had been sufficiently started to
kindle the Iveliest good feeling, there
came a response to the appeal of our
soldiers to their friends for help, in the
shape Of a United States officer, the
commander of the revenue cutter on the
Niagara river, who had come to demand
the cause of the detention of the party.
He was accompanied by legal gentle
man, but neither the naval nor the legal
qualifications of the new corners were
needed, and the whole affair broke up
with the utmost good fellowship and
feeling.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-06-30
OBITUARY.

The mother of Senator Sumner died
at her residence in Boston, on the 18th, at the
age of 50 years.
James Humphrey, member of Con
gross from the third district of New York,
died Saturday at 10 O'Clock IN Brooklyn.
Gen. Lewis Cass died at his home in
Detroit, at four O'Clock Sunday morning, the
10th, aged So years.
Col. W. w. Seaton, well-known in
connection with the Washington National In
telhgenceT, died on the 10th, of a cancer, with
which disease he had been afflicted for several
months. He was aged about 81 years.
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Gen. Grants Son at West Point. !

Gen. Grants S0n at West Point.-A
West Point letter says : '"Fhe excite
ment next to that of the examination is
the late arrival of the son of Gen Grant.
The ladies that are here wish to maze
him the lion of the hour. In a few
days he is to undergo his preliminary
examination for admission. According
to the rules of, the academy, he must be
over Is and under q years of age
must be at least five feet in height and
free from any deformity, disease or in
trinity. He must be able to read
and write well, and perform with facil-
ity and accuracy the various operations
of the four ground rules of arithmetic,
of reduction, of simple and compound
proportion, and of vulgar fractions. -
All of which have to be studied under
standingly, not merely committed to
memory. If he fails in any of these
particulars he;will be reiected.n
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One hundred and twelve miles of the
Union Pacific Railroad has been completed,
and was examined by the Government COM
missioners. The TRACK is now being laid at
the rate of one and half miles per day
The road Is to be finished to Fort kearney,
two hundred miles from Omaha, by October.
The sale of the. Southwestern Pacific
Railroad TO Gen. Fremont was consummated
at st. Louis, on the 18th, by the approval OF
the contract of sale, and by the execution and
delivery of the deed to Gen. Fremont, and OF
the mortgage by Gen. Fremont to the state.
The first installment of the purchase money,
1926, 900, was paid to the Commissioners, who
on the 10th, delivered possession of the road
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-06-30
WASHINGTON NEWS.

The House Committee have decided
to report against constructing a drawbridge
across the Upper Mississippi.
DnriBg the past week, the Secretary
of the Treasury has authorized the following
Disbursements; Navy Department, SG02, 3Si;
Interior Department, Sl7S,9ll; War Depart
ment, $5lO,Oe0.
Records form the 4th Auditors Office
show that during the rebelliOa the naval fore e
OF the United States captured over fifteen hum
dred prizes, some of which were worth as high
as SEQ OO0, besides these, some important
captures otcorn, rice, and cotton, were made.
The following statement shows the
amount Of available funds in the possession OF
United States at the close of business Satur-
day; legal tenders $500, 900; national bank
notes. 81, 107, 2l0; fractional currency, mutila-
ted, mixed and finished, S9iS,Ol5; gold 1902,
600; silver, 3, 500; cents, $500.
Secretary mcCullOeh reports that the
total sales OF Government gold, since Jan.
amounts 10 $50 1864 GOO, on which ne received
premiums amounting to SIC, 39l, AIS. The
highest premium received was 4Oi, and the
lowest So. Riye-tWenties we're sold 10 the
amount of S22 769, 500.
The Secretary of War has sent Gen.
ingalls, ON an inspection tour for the quarter
masters department through Colorado, Mon
tana, Utah, Idaho and Oregon, with a view to
ascertain what changes are desirable in the
methods OF supplying the posts in that sec
tiOn.
A Washington dispatch says: Hag-
gerty arrived at the Metropolitan Hotel at an
early hour Saturday morning. The object of
his visit is TO induce the radical members of
both Houses, to give their support to the res
OnhOns repeating the neutrality laws. He
has had long conversation with Senators Viii
son, Nyes Wade and Stewart, Speaker COlfax,
and congressman Wilson, Grlnnell and Orth,
all or whom are said TO have expressed warm
sympathy With the cause he represented
Stephens has been visited by large number
of rank and file Of the Fenian organization
since the failure of the Canadian invasion
seheme.-The meeting Of the Sweeney circles,
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-On The 5tb. DR. Andrews made :

On the 9th, DIR. Andrews made @
second ascension from New York in his
Aereon. He started at quarter to six
p. m, AT first the rudder caught al d
the ship drifted at will for some time !;
but after getting above the tops of the
houses, the Doctor got control, and.
then took entire command. He states
that he went entirely against the wind
IN the same manner that bird will do
just by raising or lowering of the tail.
After travelling some forty miles in the
air, he landed at Jamaica, Long Is
land, with stronger conviction THAI
ever that the Aereon is soon to become
a flying fact. NV
"A meeting was held in New York,
on the 9th, to take steps for the forma-
ton of new party, having for its aim
and objects the doing away with all
seetionalism, North and South, and the
concentration of patriotic sentiment IN
an endeavOr for speedy restoration of
the Union. A series of resolutions. was
presented, reafirn1ing the doctrines Of
State sovereignty. 1t is styled the
Omitted States Democracy" -
"A beautiful piece of gray cornelian
has been received at the General Land
Office, weighing seventeen ounces. 1t
was picked up on one of the streets of
st. Croix, Wisconsin, and when found
presented q very rough appearance,
having lain on the street where it was
trampled under foot and ground be-
meath the wheels of vehicles the marks
of which it bears. It is intended to De
placed in the meteorological cabinet of
the General Land Office.
A rat hunt in Frazeysburgh, Mus
kinguni county, Ohio, continuing three
weeks, terminated last Saturday. -
The giale. community of the township,
divided into two parties, and devoted
their energies to the bloody work, with
the understanding that the company
killing the fewest number of the YER
min should pay for supper for BOTH
Saturday evening they counted "tails'
and the result was that 3, IFS rats had
been killed. Company No. l killed
1,478; while the other slaughtered
LOO. ... go.
Much interest has been created by
a recent discovery in the Valley of the
Mississippi, near New Orleans, of an
immense bed of pure rock salt. almost
as transparent as crystal, which lies
some thirty feet below the surface
Specimens of the salt have been receiv-
ed by the Smithsonian Institution. The
most singular fact in connection with
this valuable deposite has been the dis
cOvery of the remains of an elephant
twenty feet below the surface of the sur
face of the superintendent earth be-
meath which have been found basket
work formed of reeds. Photographic
representations of this ancient handi-
work are in possession of the institute.
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Heirs 10 Two Millions. THE Atlant

Heirs TO Two Millions. THE Atlanta
(Ga) New Era contains the subjoined
''Robert Bruce Blackburn, of Black
bnrnsboro', Scotland, one of the wealth
lest manufacturers in Europe, died a
few months since, leaving an estate es-
timtaed at over two millions of dollars.
The heirs at law, as. we understand from
parties conyersant with the history of
thefaniily, are the late John Blackburn,
of South Carolina, and aaother brother
who settled IN East Tennessee several
years since. John Blackburn's estate
is represented in part by Or. j. O. @.
Blackburn, of this city, and perhaps by
another brother somewhere in the West,
probably in Texas or Arkansas.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-06-30
EMIGRANT co
CASH CAPITAL $3.50 ono

Sells ocean passsge to and from Europe, sight
drafts on t3reat Britain, Germany AMI Sweden. The
company imports labOTers to the order OF American
employers, and manufacturers, mechanics, railroad
companies and farmers in Wisconsin, can, through
this company secure prompt supply of workmen.
The company also offers for sale cheap farms in the
State ofIowa, at from 50 90 to s. 90 per acre. For
particulars apply 10 c. +. J. MOLLER, General
Agent for Wisconsin, 406 East Water St. Milwaukee.
apr23w&cw4m
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Rev Mnsle.-AL H. N. Hemnsted's

New MusIe.-At Fl. n. Hempsted's
Piano WarerOOms and Music Publishing House
4l0 Main Street, Milwaukee, can be had all the
latest productions of Vocal and Instrumental
Music. Letters from the country promptly
answered, and orders filed on receipt of the
money.
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DIR. j. NNiIhnr. rEacnetie PhysinIrn W

DIR. j. Wilbur, Magnetic Physician vii
cure the sick at his residence. 56i Milwaukee Street
Milwaukee, Wis, until further notice. Also cure
at any distance by sending magnetiZed paper
Send handwriting, subscribed envelope. and four
red stamps. He will publish in the MILWAUKEE,
DAILY WISCONSIN,, each day for six months cures OF
different diseases.
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Spencerian Business College, Young's Block,
corner of Main aud Wisconsin Streets, Milwau-
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A GENTS WANTED TO SELL. THE

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