Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-03-10

directly opposite to where Gen. Grant
was standing at the time of the accident.
The wound was carefully dressed by a
surgeon.
Fred DOUGLASS writes that an attempt
was made to assassinate him In Balti-
more last Sunday night.
The boiler of the locomotive Flying
Cloud. on the Michigan Central road,
exploded near Detroit on Tuesday, kill
ing the engineer, fireman and con-
ductor.
Late advices from Montana report the
Indians committing great depredatioDs.
Gov. Meagher called for 500 mounted
volunteers to march against them. e
The Malleable Iron works of Fox &
| Co. St. Louis, were burned out on the
26th. Loss about $4,000. Insured.
| The FIGURING mill of Obermyer & Co.. /,
and the Mission school house adjoining
il were burned on the morning of the
9th. Loss about $40, 0OO-Insured for
| 1000.
1T is reportd that the Western Union
& United States Telegraph lines have
been consolidated, thus making only
one company, with their lines running
TO all parts of the west aud through to
q
San Francisco.
The Office of the provost marshal, oil
Nashville, which has been in existence
since the war, was abolished on the
9th, by Gen. johnson, Provost Mar
shall General, In accordance with IL
structions from headquarters military
division of Tennessee.
In consequence of the turbulent dis
i position manifested by some portions
of the people in Washington, it has
extra police force at the capital during
the hours of session.
!, Tie Herald's Washington special also
says that some time ago board OF OH
GERS was appointed TO examine appli-
cants for the vacancies among officers
~ tha raol1Iar o-...s- So it .Ae-~a vaistr.
There were about four hundred and
fifty places, for which eight thousand
applications were made. Something
like $50 deserving soldiers, many of
whom had served years in the army,
passed examination before this board.
1t is stated however, that the real nOm-
ination for the places have been made
from among candidates presented by
congressman, and who have not passed
the board. These nominations were
sent TO the Senate yesterday for con-
firmation.
The latest Mexican news saws that ID.
Carlos Garcia CaDo, sentenced TO death
for revolt, had been executed.
, Macmillan s envoy is in Washington
seeking recognition, and enieavOring to
conciliate our public men. He will be
present at the reception OF the French
I minister.
The Macon (Georgia) Journal says
: the Nashville Il Chattanooga Railroad
? has brought suit against their late
President for permitting the use of the
, road by the late rebel government. Tie
, damages are S1,000.00
= The Rio Grande Courier states that
: Monterey has no Ffeech troops, and
only 500 Imperial Mexican troops
The city Is nearly deserted by its best
inhabitants, who had gone to Satillo,
where there was French force.
: The late rebsl General Cheathqm is
) shortly to be married to late .rekel
lady, and the late rebel Gea. ROrbert E.
Lee will ne present at the reconstructed
l marriage ceremony.
+. 4 terrific explosion occurred on the
/ evening of the 9th nit, at the furnace
OF j. * III. Meilley, in Middleton,
Pa, resulting in the complete
/ destruction Of the furnace, the death
: of five men, and the wounding OF six
others. Eight boilers were in the fur
i mace. One was raised through the
, building, carried five hundred yards
and lodged in the Pennsylvania canal
; The other boilers We're scattered in va
! fiOus directions, some of them passing
: through houses and other buildings
A portion OF one boiler was hurled
through a room in which two women
! were lying sick, but missed them. The
J bridge over the Union canal was car
-ried away. Many of the dwellings in
the vicinity were more or less shattered
| by the fragments, and the whole town
i shaken. The loss exceeds $50, 000.--
, The owners will rebuild Immediately,
and workmen are already at work re-
moving the debris.
u A record, kept by one of the officers
of the Redemption Division of the Treas
ury Department, shows that counter.
feIts from the fifty dollar issue down to
, the fifty cent note, amounting in the
aggregate to eighteen hundred dollars
and twenty-five cents, were detected
and marked 10y that office, last week.
AT the request OF Mrs. Lincoln. the
United States Treasurer has invested
the $4,000 appropriated by Congress,
in 500 government securities.
L The Royal assent has been given to
the bill suspending the writ of habeas
corpus in Ireland.
. Upwards of one hundred arrests were
made in Dublin, on the 18th inst, who
were principally strangers. Among
, others, Col. John William Byron, of
the Federal army. Many more arrests
were expected to take place.
Ii was reported that the Emperor OF
Austria, had expressed willingness to
furnish to the Emperor Macmillan,
any troops that he might require. on
condition that they were incorporated
into the Mexican army, and their ex
penses paid.
; Congressional Proceedings.
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