Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-06
SUMMARY.


order of the President, superseded the
Provisional Governors of their respect
live States, and are now in fun possess
ion of the Offices to which they were
| elected. N
A men named Charles w. Newman,
residing in Jersey City, alleges that he
was seized on the streets of that place,
| on the night of the 22d, dragged into a
Fenian lodge room, charged with being
British spy, and put upon trial After
being subjected to various indignities,
he managed to make his escape.
| Vicksburg advices Of the 21st, state
i that great fears were entertained in the
azoo country of a negro insurrection.
People were reported flying from their
homes in terror.
A district Judge of Texas has decided
that transactions between indi-
viduals during rebellion were not ren-
dered invalid by Gen. Changers order
declaring unlawful the acts of seces-
sion.
In the week ending December Esd,
the Treasury Department redeemed
1858, 900 in outstanding certificates OF
indebtedness, and IS, $40, 798. So in
interest bearing notes.
Colonels J. L. Dana, A. III. Perry, Q.
Cord and Maj. nj. A. Mussa, have been
brevetted brigadier generals In the reg
ular army.
Gen. Thomas Kilby has been bre-
veted major general for gallant services
during the war.
/ A petition is being circulated In New
York, among the soldiers who enlisted
in the army before the passage OF
the law granting large bounties, asking
Congress to give them bOuntles IN
proportion to those given soldiers who
ENLISTED later in the war.
Commodore Winslow, the hero of the
Kearsarge, has been ordered to super
sede Rear Admiral Thatcher in command
of the Gulf Squadron. The squadron
i consists OF twenty vessels, carrying l3o
| guns.
1t is rumored again that Secretary
! Harlan is to resign, but this time Sen
ator Doolittle is announced as his sue
cessOr.
Ii is reported that recent intelligence
from the City of Mexico, represents a
remarkable growth of nationality in
hat city and the interior The French
are daily becoming more unpopular,
and officials are apprehensive and
uneasy. The withdrawal of the French
forces, would probably be followed by
the immediate downfall of Macmillan.
| W. j. Morris, a refugee, sends to
Congress claim for $500 taken from
him by guerrillas in Texas. The COM
NIT ee on claims have reported against
its allowance.
Secretary Stanton, In reply to a Sen
ate resolution, says that no one has
been employed 10y the War Department.,
v no has not taken the oath prescribed
by Congress, except the provisional
governors, and that these have been
paid ut the rate of So, 600 per annum.
The Chilian Government has pro-
tested against the decision of Spain, to
treat as pirates, all persons found on
board CHILEAN privateers, who are not
natives of that country.
Mrs. G. G. Clay has been interceding
with the President for the speedy trial
or release of her husband.
A new carpet has been procured for
the ,st room of the Presidents House,
and some improvements are being made
on the building.
The Times special says, the following
is full text of the amendment
to the constitution introduced in the
Senate, on the day of adjournment:
Paramount sovereignty shall reside
within the United States of America,
AID every citizen thereof, or any State
or Territory therein, shall be bound
AMI primarily owe faith, loyalty aud
allegiance to the United States, any
thing in the Constitution, law or ordi-
nance of any State to the contrary not
withstanding, and every State hereto
fore in the Union, or which may here
after be admitted as a member thereof,
shall forever remain part OF the Uni
| ted States, and shall not under any cir
cumstances whatever, have any right
to seced or withdraw therefrom.
Reports from Mexico state that the
outrages committed upon the people by
Maximilian's soldiers, and the anarchy
that everywhere prevails is terrible.
Money and other property of private
citizens is demanded, by the soldiers,
at the point of the bayonet, and death
follows refusal. Additional correspon-
dence had taken place between Gen.
Weitzel and Gen. Mejia, in relation to
grievances, the former claiming that the
latter had imprisoned innocent Ameri-
cans ON charge of their having aided
the Mexican Liberals, and stating that
if the outrage is repeated an apology
will not suffice. Mejia's complaint Is
that Weitzel's troops had aided the
Mexican republicans.
The Austrian reinforcements to Max
imilian's army are said to be anxious to
desert to our army.
Gen. Weitzel had demanded the
release of an American vessel seized by
Meiia. but it had not been returned.
The new five cent fractional currency
will be issued about the first of January.
Eighty thousand dollars worth of mu-
tilated currency is destroyed daily, and
fifty thousand dollars worth printed.
A list of the names of the officers and
soldiers, who fell in the late war of the
rebellion has been published; in this
list about 800 are the names of those
who fell iii the battles ofthe Wilderness
and Spottsylvania, and were buried on
the ground Headboards have been
erected at their graves, and, recently,
two cemeteries have been laid out aid
fenced Our dead, in many instances,
were buried close to the works of the
enemy, and so shallow was the covering
that, in few cases. it has been washed
off by the rains. Hundreds of graves
have no mark whatever to distinguish
them, aud are SO covered with foliage
that thax, aau ravar h.a fornd ,1placc