Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-02-03
rove of the substitution of the tax on

prove of the substitution of the tax on
sales.
Fire at East Saginaw, Michigan, 21st
loss $4,000; partially insured. AT
New York, 18th; loss, $640, 900. At
Cambridge, Mass. the Baptist Church
burned, Odd; loss $4,000. "a
The Columbian Marine Insurance
Company, of New York, has decided to
close up its business. Its liabilities are
said to be at least Sc, 600, 900. but its as
sets are also very large
National currency to the amount Of
3, 939, 800 was~issued during the week
ending the 10Th. The whole antennt
issuedu up to that time was s245, S66, :
510 -
The Assistant Commissioner of the
Freedmen's Bureau for Alabama, re-
ports that there is considerable suffer-
lug among the whites and blacks in the
vicinity of Montgomery. He had distrib-
uted stores among these, and established
school for the poor whites. The
citizens were doing all in their power
to assist the Commissioner.
A splendid propeller, called the Me-
teor, cleared from New York on the
Odd, but was afterward seized by the
United States Marshal on an order from
Judge Belts, which was granted on
representations of the Spanish consul
that the vessel was going to. sea IN the
service of Chill. Euta
The immense engine of the steam
cotton mills, of Utica. New York, fell to
pieces on the morning of the 23d. Its
original cost was $50, 1000, The effect
of its fall viii probably be to stop the
operations of the mill for the winter.
A disastrous ire occurred in Clean,
Cattaraugus county, n. Y, on Tuesday,
morning which destroyed the entire
business portion of the village. Not @
single store is left standing IN the town.
III. Ii. Phelps, law partner of Hon. w,
p. Angel, persisted in the flames. The
loss is estimated Mt half million dollars
mostly covered by insurance. The fire
originated In butchers shop owned by
Myers and Smith, aud is thought to be
the work of an incendiary. -Four acres
OF ground were burned over.
The suspension of business by the
Columbian Marine Insurance Company,
created great excitement, 10 New York
commercial circles. Many of the
stockholders propose to stand an assess
ment OF fifty per cent, if the directors
will resume business. A meeting of the
directors is to be held to consider the
matter.
The privateer Shenandoah is expect
Ell soon to, arrive in our ports.
Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas was mar
ried, ON the evening of the 23d, to Ma
ior Robert Williams of the Regular ar
my. The ceremony took place at hel
residence III Washington.
The Soldiers and Sailors Nationa
Convention, now iii session at Washing
ton. has adopted petition to Congress
asking that the pensions Of private sol
diers be raised TO fifteen dollars pei
month,
The Treasury Department, it is said
has discovered five counterfeit Interest
coupons which had been paid and re
turned.
Evidence is hunting up, preparatory
TO placing the pirate Semmes upon hi:
trial
The weather on the plains continue.
severe. Three trains are snow-bound
between Forts Union ard Cameron
and had suffered heavy loss III cattle
| The snow is three feet deep with heavy
crust. Nine men had been badly fro
zen.
4 meeting of the stockholders of the
Columbian Marine Insurance Company
was held Wednesday p. NJ, at which
action in regard to the late suspension
OF that institution was taken. 1t is esti
mated that theCOmpany's assets are suf
4 4. kr &C.
leave surplus of over a million of dol
lars; and it was unanimously resolved
to initiate measures for resuming bust
ness with a capital not exceeding 300
900 dollars.
A Washington special says the Con.
SUI at Manchester, England, under date
of Jan. 9th, informs the Department OF
State that the cattle disease had made
| frightful progress. The cases for the
week ending the date of his despatch,
being 1868, an increase of ], 437 upon
the returns of the previous week. He
reports that the authorities are making
every exertion possible to restrain the
plague, but without the slightest APP
pearance of success.
| The disease, he asserts, has been dis
covered to bear some striking analogies
to small pox, aud many experiments in
vaccination are being made. He says
many of the towns prohibit driving in
beeves for slaughter, and require that
they shall be killed where fed, and the
meat only brought to market. The
whole number of cases thus far reported
for England alone is 70, $40 and of this
number, 30, 422 have either died or
baen killed