Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-13
TELEoRAPHIc SUMMARY.

Over twelve hundred Immigrants AZ
rived IN New York on the lst.
New wheat was received in Rich
mOnd, Va, on the lst--
Is Tho.remains of the rebel General A.
p Hill were taken to Richmond on the lst,
and inferred in Hollywood Cemetery.
Rear Admiral Geo. +. Pierson died,
in Portsmouth, n. H., on the list, aged sixty
eight.
Thaddeus Stevens declined the in
vitatiOn of the City Council of Baltimore Ia
become guest Of that city, Tor WaOt OF time
Two Italians were arrested in Boston
on the Let. charged with eOuDterfeiting U. s.
currency. Their names are Msrea aud Gragic.
The receipts OF internal revenue Sat
urday were SI,OOS.l17.79. Total for the fiscal
year, $685., S53, l94.SS.
Macmillan was shot by the Liberal
authorities on the 18Th Of June. The news
comes through official channels.
Several cases of cholera have occur
red in Memphis. some Of which have proved
fatal
The corner stone of the new Tam
many Hall in New York Wss laid ON tho 29th
with much ceremony
The receipts of internal revenue for
the Ist instant, were over two millions Of dol
lars.
The house Of John Rainer, in Al
banv. N Y, was entered by burglars Satur-
day night, and a trunk containing thousand
dollars, carried oil.
The general order closing the bar
rooms of Charleston WA enforced on the %
instant. No drinks could be obtained at the
hOtelE-
A dispatch has been received over
the cable from the Emperor Napoleon, asking
il the news of Maxlmiians death had been
confirmed. An affirmative reply was returned.
A young freedman, named Frank
smith, has applied to the Secretary of War
for a cadetship at Vest Point from the first
district of South Carolina.
The commanders have been directed
by general order Ia give orders for the APP
DToDFiate observance Of the 4th Of Jnly, by
the men under their commands.
Statistical reports received at the Ag-
ricultuIai Department up tO Saturday fully
confirm the previous Indication Of a superior
wheat crop, which now Is estimated at fully
zoo, 0U0, 900 bushels
A gas explosion at the Clarendon
Hotel IN Washington. Monday moTaing, oc-
casiuned by searching for leak with Ian
tzrn,-hatterei the walls, and severely injured
the engineer and tive watcbmen.
The fourth and last match between
Lady ThOrne and Dexter, for s2,OU0. two
mile heats, came on on Fashion Course Sat
urday. Dexter won an "A fine race, ia two
straight heats. Tune, Sol and 500
Tuesday forenoon Two separate
storms, in Washington. with Thunder and
lightning and hail, DAD much damage, blow
ing down walls Of buildings, upTooting trees.
unmOoTing vessels and damaging some Of
them considerably.
General Grant has order an inveRti-
s,alion, of the alleged OfIeuse Of selling liq-
nor Ia soldiers az Fort SedgWick should the
result Of the inquiry warrant, p court-msrtial
will be ordered FOR the trial for the offender.
The trial az ChauBcey +. Paige, at
La Porte Ind, for the murder of his wife
and her mother at Valparaiso la-s winter,
was concluded Tuesday. The iury returned
2 verdict Of guilty.
A Galveston dispatch sass that
Monterey letter, written pre- Vious to the
evacuation, SAYS the Emperor was stripped
entirely naked, aud EscObedO presented him
with a shirt tO cover his nakedness.
Adyices from Yokohama, Japan, says
that > clerk IN the employ of the Hong Kong
and Shanghai bank Was shot at by the ma
tives while at dinner, and narrowly escaped
assassination, having persisted in living ont
side Of foreigners limits.
A depIorahle account is given of the
Gestitution IN Wake &C. North Carolina. AT
least three hundred families baye not four
days supplies; some had not had any meat
for weeks, No bread for days nor flour for
months, and no sugar or coffee fJr years.
On Saturday morning, at Somerhall.
n J., Jacob Non Audsle, a shoemaker, cut
HaMHH
about II years old. He then knocked down
Mrs. Beard and attempted t. escape, but
was captured.
Lord MOnck was sworn into Office,
as the VicerOy OF the Dominion Of Canada,
on Monday, aud the day was observed a
holiday at Ottawa, Toronto, and otherWhere
IN the Dominion.
A fire on Saturday morning, burned
the st. Paul House In Minneapolis, Warmers
furniture and coffin warehouse, Lucus Bros.
tin ware, and other frame buildings on Hem
nepin avenue, next to the river. Loss Sl5,-
600; insurance $4,000. The buildings were
all old.
The Department of State learns from
the United States Consul at Palermo, June
6tn, that AsiatiC cholera has again broken
out on the south eide of sicily. Thirty to
forty deaths occur daily at Gengenti, IN a
population Of two thousand. Several other
places where cholera Is prevalent are mem
toned.
As notice Of the Treasury Department
relative to the conversion Is likely to lead 10
Misrepresentation, it Is deemed proper to say
7-30 notes bearing date OF August 18th, 1861
only should be forwarded to the Treasury
Department for conversion. The June and
July issues are not yet convertible.
During the week ending the 18th of
June, SlUO COO IN fractional currency were
shipped to the United States depository at
Louisville, and So, 200 to the Assistant Treas
urer at 81. Louis. The toJal shipment l. over
500, 600.
1t Is said that there will be new fea-
tnre IN the new union Cabinet of Canada
The Minister Of Finance, Minister OF Com
mckee, Minister of Internal Revenue and Re
ceiyeT General will form Committee of COun-
Gil to deliberate and decide on ali auestiOns
affecting the tarin, excise. currency, banking,
&c.
A report was current at Fort Harker
last week, that Gen. Gustav with a small
body Of cavalry had been OveTp1Wered by a
large force OF Indians, and that the General
was killed. THE report IL not well authenti-
Gated, but some credence is placed in il. on
account of so little having been heard of
CustaT's command for some time.
At meeting of the creditors of
Frazier, Trenholm 4 Co, held In Liverpool,
on the 18th, statement was read from which
il appears that the gross liabilities were
I2IS, 600, unsecured f5il 600, estimated as
sets f2S2 600. Mr.. PriOlean's private estates
after the payment of private claims, showed
$4,000 assets.
The Secretary of War has authorized
the issue Of one thousand bTeech-lOading