Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-10-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

The new Canadian Parliament will
meet on the 9th of November.
The new mayor and city council of
Nashville were installed on the 1st inst.
Heavy Chicago bills were on the N.
Y market Saturday, with good prospect Of
being discounted.
The receipts from internal revenue
on the let inst. we're S795, coo; aggregate re-
ceipts for September were sl3, OOO,O 0g. ,
The Board of Trade of Louisville
has sent 81. coo to the Howard Association OF
New Orleans, being part OF the first days
collections. y ~ l
A Washington special says that the
forthcoming statement of the public debt will
show a further reduction in the total, though
not 40 large as the last one.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
assured a committee of New York t0bac
not be interfered with.
The bank statement shows a decrease
in loans of S2,S75 ,3l6; increase in specie
1875, sos; increase in circulation of $50 S27;
decrease in deposits of 81 1874, 500: decrease
in legal tenders of 81, III $50.
The Farmers and Citizens Bank of
Williamsburg, New York. has been officially
declared dead by the Secretary of the Treas
ury, ana a receiver directed to wind up its
business.
The large mercantile house of Blu.
chanan, Hope & Co., in Hamilton. Canads,
stopped payment on Monday. The firms of
Adams and Charles Hope, Of Hamilton and
Isaac Buchanan, of Montreal, are not sf-
fected.
The Secretary of the Treasury re-
ceived notification from the executors 0fCap-
tain s. Fritz, late of San Francisco, that said
teststOr has left to the United States $40 000
in trust 10 be applied towards cancelling the
natl Onal debt.
Eleven Government vessels were sold
at auction on the LIST: Ship North Carolina
for $50. 600; steamer Rhode leland $40, 0G0
Augusta $40 900, Massachusetts, $50, 600 Pom
tic sl7 eco, Estella $1,000. Conewaugh az
coo, Tomsha $l3. OOe, Sonora $4,000, Osceola
$4,000.
The Kalamazoo National Horse Fair
commences Tuesday. A large number of the
best horses in the country have arrived. Over
two hundred entries have already been made.
Tbs association has made the most perfect
arrangements to insure success.
The Illinois State Fair, which opened
at Qaincy on the let, promises TO be great
success. The display IS the largest ever
msde, especially in stock, entries Of which are
without precedent. Nearly all the Depart
mehts are full, and articles are still arriving
The fractional currency received at
the treasury from the Printing Buresu for
the past week wss $500. eco; sent out. 1908 no;
national bank currency issued, S3S 125; frsc-
tionsl currency redeemed and DESTROYED.
s4c7. 200; internal revenue receipts, S2y502 O99:
for fiecal year TO date, $50 ,742, s62. -I
1t is reported that the Newfoundland
parliament is sbout to assemble, and reso-
luton viii be passed, asking admission into
the Canadian CONFEDERATION. 1t is also stated
that 40 the session soon to be held in Otta-
wa, resolutions would be passed, and sane.
tioned by the Imperial government, admitting
the Hudson Bay Comrany.
In the central part of Illinois there
has been no rain for many weeks. The con.
sequence is one of the most serious drouths
that has ever been known there. The
cisterns have al dried up, and many OF the
wells have given out There is much suffer
ing In some localities 10 consequence.
The following officers have been re
lieved from duty in the Freedmen's Bureau.
mustered out and honorably discharged from
the United States service. Brevet Lieut. Col
A. W. shs ffer, Breyet Major A.W. Bellenions ,
Captain James w. Trscv, Brevet- Major Geo
F. Henry and Second Lieutenant Isaac Por-
ter. sIa -rT r dH
The Navy Department will ineorpo-
rate limited number Of engineers into the
regular service. Persons who have served
less than two years daring the rebellion can
make application for elimination, stating
their age and forwarding letters of recon-
mendstion. The Board of Examination is in
session in Philadelphia. $50 -I
Gen. scott's viii. Just probsted, be-
queaths all bis property 20 his daughter. the
wife Of Col. Scott. His other daughter had
previously been given weary nearly an equal
proportion OF his effectp. His Pulaski
sword wss left to the West Point Academy,
son, Winfield Scott HeTit. aH4 $780,.
The Indiana State Fair ia in progress
at Terre Hsute during the present week. The
attendance IS large. IL is estimsted that
there were 10000 on the grounds Wednesday.
The number OF entries Is very isrge The
entries Of stock alone are larger than the en-
tire number ef entries last year. Financially
it is a complete success. g-
A branch. mint at Charlotte, N. c.,
is soon 20 be put ia full operation for assaying
purposes only. IL Is represented thar work
ing operations have been commenced in the
mines neglected during the war, and that the
receipts Of gold at this mint are on the in
crease, not only from localities in North Car
DINA, but from contiguous states.
The earnings of the Central Pacific
Railroad for September were se0O 400 in gold
ana the operating expenses $35, 762 leaving
q net profit of sl6l 638 This was with The
| track open to the summit of Sierra Neyadas
During this month thirty-fye miles will be
| added 70 the running portion. which will
bring it fairly into Salt Lake basin and mate
v rfallv add m afa rauapuae