Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-07-07
A Baltimore court has Just decide

A Baltimore court has just decided
that no title can be legally acquired in prop
erty won in q rattle. This Is one OF the pleas
ant features of the gift enterprise business
The plaintiff in the case referred TO clearly
drew a sewingsmachine, but The law bad no
remedy for the winner as against the owner
of the rattle. IL is all Illegal and without the
province or protection OF law.
A Nashville dispatch of the Odd says
that General Fiske sent a corporal and squad
of soldiers TO Jackson county. Tennessee, 10
liberate colored boy about sixteen years OF
age whom a white man IN that county persists
i'm holding in slavery. This man MAINTAINS
that since the abolition of the Freedmens
Courts slavery has been restored IN Tennessee
In case progressing in the City Court
Mt Louisville, while man charged with steal,
ing two negroes was being tried, the counsel
| for the prosecution made a motion TO intro
| duce negro testimony, under the evil rights
\ bill but the Judge pro TEN, declined TO act IN
the premises in the absence OF the reBqISsI
| Judge. and postponed the matter until July
| 5th. The case caused great excitement, being
| fine first of the kind in that city, and will be
made thorough test. =
| A,letter dated Paris, June 9th, re-
| eeivedia New York city, says: S.fhe steamer
/ which ia about to leave st. NaZaire for MeXl
co, will carry out an autograph letter IRON
Emperor Napoleon Ill. to the emperor MAXI
III.
NAPOLEON demands that the Mexican custom
houses shall be placed under the French ad
| p,iuistration as a guarantee for the MeXIcal
loan converted into three per cents. III is als'
stated that in defanlt of the acceptance 0
this proposition by the Mexican Government
the French troops will be Immediately re
called. -. .. .- ..-.-., III -.-.t ..,-,
The Albany Knickerbockef says tina
Ketchum, who is now incarcerated at SIN
: | Sine nrison. does no manual work whatever
He ills the post os book -keeper in the shoe
shop attached to the prison; he eats with IN
| foreman. and has the very best OF fare; III
| friends are permitted to see him as often
| they like; he is allowed to writo and recelV
letters without restriction; he IS exempte
from the prison rule regarding silence on IN
pert of the prisoners, and, IN snort, ne J
treated as a guest rather than as crlmlna
|, But even this is not enough. 1t is undefstoo
that Governor Fenton has agreed to pafuO
him at an early day, and that he would haV
been pardOned by this time had 1t not Dee
: for the pnblic Indignation which the eoverho
called down upon his head by pardonlngBu Burr
ham and the other rascal who were released
, short time ago. .E...A ar3I--t -st'
The Canadian Finance Minister ha
presented his budget to Parliament. The e.
| penditures for- the past year amount I
sI2 100. 600, of which 500 600 was applied TO th
reduction of the public debt. o The expend
tures include all the charges incurred on az
eount of the Fenian raids. The customs hay
realized over million of dollars in excess
, the previous year. Imports excess ., 0OO, wv
exports excess 1900, 000.s The whole trade
the province has increased SIS ODO. Expense
. incurred in consequence of the Fenian raid
81 600. The Finance Minister alluded I
, | the Intellectual manner in which the Unite
States Government had dealt with the Fenian
hut said that the Fenian snake was not kllle'