Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-06-09

The Tennessee Legislature has just
made another appropriation of S250,0O0 to aid
in the construction of the Knoxville and Ken
tucky railroad. This will complete the Knox
vile end to the state line.
An International Christian Conven-
ton is to be convened in Albany, N. Y, on the
LIST of June, (Friday next.) IL will be made
up of delegates from the different Christian
Associations in the United States and the
British Provinces. The session will continue
a week. Extensive preparations are making
in Albany for the occasion.
Gov. Parsons. of Alabama, has adj
dressed letter to Gen. Howard, urging the
necessity for the Bureau of Freedmen and
Refugees to increase its distribution OF ratlons.
He represents that there are 100000 persons,
white and black who have no means OF sup
port He saws that during the war Alabama
lost 40. 600 men, over one-half heads offamllles
and there are &C, 600 white widows and orphans.
The picture that he presents is truly awful
Active preparations are making for
the National Fair for the benefit of the sailors
and Soldiers Orphan Home. spacious
building is now in course OF erection at the
intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and sew
| enth street for the Fair Gen. Augur has de-
tailed a number OF soldiers, who, acting as
carpenters, commenced the building this
morning.
The Waukegan, Ill. Gazette, of the
10Th, says. "Mr. Harlay III. Hendee, OF Avon,
| informs us that the wolves still continue to
| trouble the fiocks in that town and IN the
northern portion of Fremont. With view to
put a stop to the depredatiOns OF these mis-
| cradle pests, he has succeeded In getting sub
scriptions from the farmers in the two towns
mentioned, guaranteeing SO for each OLD
wolf and s37 SO for each Young wolf, killed in
| either town, this offer OF bounty to hold good
| six months from this date"
The published statements in relation
to Dexter, cotton agent at Mobile, require
| correction. Dexter Was tried before military
\ commission and was fined two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars; but when the case
came before the President OF the united
States for his approval, General Butler, OF
Massachusetts, and Judge Peabody, OF New
York appearing as cOunsel-after careful IN
vestigation and an elaborate report by Judge
Advocate General Holt, the findings OF the
commission were disapprOved and Dexter was
discharged on the l4th day of April.
An Indian outbreak is reported in Ar
iona, between Forts Majors and Prescott
Five white men were prospecting and had a
camp there. While four were absent, the In
dams killed the other. The whites then went
out and killed nine Indians, including the
chief and several women and children. An
| alliance of Indians against the whites Is fear
ed, owing to the insnfficieney of troops sta
toned in tia at Territory. The only safety for
life and property on the river is the establish
ment of Indians on reserves, to accomplish
which troops will be absolutely necessary.
A st. Louis dispatch says that gen
teman just returned from the plains, reports
the Indians in the neighbOrhoOd of Ash Hol-
low are having considerable difficulty among
themselves. sAt grand pow-wow, three hun
dred young braves refused to yield to the old
er members of the tribe, who were going to
Fort Laramie to the great peace treaty, and
painted for the war.path whereupon the wise
heads surrounded the youngsters, XII ed their
horses, burned their tents, and killed one Of
two of the ringleaders. after which peace
reigned among the red men.
Gen. Sprague, Assistant Commissioner
of the Freedmens Bureau for Arkansas, has
forwarded to the Commission, under date OF
the 18th inst a communication from Capt
Abel, Superintendent of the Bureau in that
State, which says that freedmen are coming
ia almost daily from Texas. in destitute con
dition, and report that anarchy and despotism
reign there. Many were driven from theil
homes and families, and many have been shO
and hung, for expressing a desire to enjoy
their rights as freemen. Gen Sprague, il
concluding his letter, says, that it is very
probable that the report is exaggerated, and
, he is of that opinion, although Capt. Abel has
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