Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-04-28
,.1scELLANEo IS.

tt is said that a proclamation OF am
nestv is to be issued by the PRESIDENT IN q 10"
days.
Several cargoes of struggled goods
have been captured by the Revenue olncerS
between Ogdensburg and Rouse's POINT
One thousand three hundred regulars
now constitute the entire force OF the depart
ment of Florida.
The Soldiers Rest, at Washington,
has. since April 1861, given aid and comfort 70
| 40 600 soldiers.
One hundred guns we're fred at Lawrence,
Kansas, in honor Of the passage OF the Ci'li
Rights bill over the Presidents Veto'
VIM. Grady was executed IN Eliza
abetb- n. J.. on the 18th, for the murder OF
Fergus Collins. He died nrIn, ane prOtes'ou
his Innocence to the last.
A correspondent states that Guam
trilI the guerrilla, has been living for some
| time in the Island of Cuba, earning a hVen-
/ hood as a farmer.
The United States bonded warehouse,
IN Greenwich street n. Y. is reported to have
bsen robbed on Saturday night, of silks to the
value of SIC, 600, belonging to A. 1. stewart
Information has been received that
Argnsta. Ga. is again united to Charleston,
| s. g.. by railroad, the completion OF the track
| laying having been finished on the oth INST.
One of the clerks of the Bank of
America. New York city, was robbed ON the
10th, ct the entrance Of the sub-treasury, OF
over s.. 600 in gold certificates.
The French Canadians in New York
have taken steps for the organization Of a So
ciety to favor the annexation OF CANADA 70 the
United States.
The first trotting match for a sweep
stake Of $500, came off at the Fasnion
Course. Long Island, on the 10th. Mr. Con-
rows bay mare, named Lady Jones, won the
heat and race in 3:Ol.
In Bangor, Me-, upon the reception
of the news Of the passage Of the Civil
RIGHTS bill a salute was fired. bells were
ring and flags we're hung ont. A salute was
also fired in Portland upon the reception OF
he news.
The New York Tribune signslizes it's 18th
anniversary by appearing in new and nuch
enlarged form. Its prOprIetors invited large
number of editors and friends to an elegant
entertainment at Delmonico's on the evening
of the 10th.
A Washington dispatch says that a
treaty with the Bots Foote Chippewas was
signed on Saturday last, By which they cede to
the United States their reservation, including
the Vermillion Lake Gold District.
Recent reports from the assassination
gas. represent DIR. Mudd as sullen and pray
ing for death. He is made to do the mental
work in the fort. at
Gov. Oglesby, OF Illinois, has issued
proclaim alton appointing the 18th inst, the
anniver sary of President Lincoln's death, as
day of fasting aud prayer, that the affection
NAV be sanctifed to the good of the nation.
The President has issued proclama-
ton to heads of departments, ordering that in
n, N nffia
ence shall be given to honorably discharge sol
diers when they have proper qualifications.
About seventy O'Mahoney Fenians ar
rived in Portland, Me-, from Boston, by the boat,
Sunday morning. About five hundred stands
of arms. with accoutrements and ammunition
also arrived from New York.
The Twelfth Annual Horse Fair for
Southern Michigan, open to all the West, is to
Ibe held at Adrian from the 18th to the 23d Of
June, inclusive. with very generous premium
list.
Six of the Alexandria robbers have
been convicted by a military commission and
sentenced to hard labor in the Albany jail. Jno..
Menken, five years; Lawler. two years; T.
Travers, Jas. Horsman and Gilbert simpson,
each six months.
Returns received at the General Land
Office show that, in the month Of February
last, 449I, 023 acres we're taken up st the Ore
homestead actual settlement, besides which q
number of cash sales were made.
At Detroit, on the 5th, in the case of |
the United States against George Z. Cleve- |
land, charged with neglect and misconduct |
while IN command of the propeller Pewabic, |
by which that boat was lost on Lake Huron,
a verdict Of scquittsl was broughtin.
A strike has occurred among the |
miners of the New Almadin quicksilver mines. |
The grievances complained of are being COM |
PEELED to lease houses and purchase supplies
sion of the mines, and viii allow no one to
work, but have committed no violence. 4
In a case, in the United States Dis
trict court in Alexandria, Va. involving the |
right OF a person, arrested under an order
from the Freedmen's Bureau, to release under |
the writ Of habeas corpus Judge Underwood |
decided that the Presidents Proclamation /
does not restore the writ.
Special mail agent Parker, who has
he supervision of the Virginia mail service,
reports most favorably ON the restoration of
he postal facilities in that quarter. COntrac-
ors are performing the services regularly, i
md with fidelity. The post offices are well at
ended to. and the people are generally highly
pleased with the mail arrangements.
During the month of March the POST
master General caused the following post |
offices to be re-opened: In Virgins, l04; in
North Carolina, SO; in West Virginia s; in
Georgia, 80; in Tennessee, %; in Missouri, 5;
IN Delaware, s; in Arkansas, IL; in Texas, 20;
in South Carolina, 40; in Louisiana, 8. Total,
266. The department has also in the same
time established 139 new offices; 36 have been
and the names of 25 changed.
Fenians are reported to be assembling
in considerable numbers on the frontier of |
Maine, and arms and ammunition are accumu-
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town hall IN Eastport, and are holding open /
sessions; meanwhile British war steamers are /
the hsrbor. Suspicious vessels have
made their appearance, and the greatest ex-
element prevai in the border towns in New
Brunswick. Sir. r. Bruce, British minister
at Washington, processes TO have information
that sn attack viii certainly be made on the
rontier by the Fenians.
The President has proclaimed the
reEty made between the United States and
he Winnebago Indians. This tribe convey TO
me government all their right, title and in
crest in their present reservation in the ter
.itory of Dakotah. In consideration of this
he United States cedes land to them in
and an agent TO subsist them for
me year in their new home. and furnishes
hem with saw and grist mills, agricultural
guns. horses, and whatever may
e necessary to their domestic comfort.
The War Department hes addressed a
sitter to the President of the senate in regard
D the improvement at the mouth Of Fox river,
Wisconsin. The Chief Engineer says it is safe |
nd secure hsrbor during the prevalence of I
inds and storms, and the industry of the .
ountry and the Commerce Of the Lakes would
9 greatly promoted by securing an increased