Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-20


man was arrested.
The Navy Department has received
| from the commander of the United States
steamer Tacony, copy of his communica-
| ton to President Juarez, soliciting that the
| remains of Macmillan be delivered 20 the
captain Of the Austrian corvette Elizabeth, -
The request was not acceded 10, but the ON
cial reply is not furnished.
The office of the Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Company. at White Haven, Pa,
was robbed Tuesday night OF $4,000 IN
money and $4,000 IN government bonds 4,
which were placed there for safe keeping
Five thousand dollars rewards offered for
the arrest Of the thieves.
Representative Stevens presented to
the House two petitions, one signed by four
| thousand and the other by eight thousand
persons, asking Congress to pass laws secur-
| ing suffrage and establishing the national
military system without regard to race or
color, and excluding those who took part in
the rebellion.
The Fremont County, Iowa, Times
says that the train of Mr.. Lamerie, that left
| that town to cross the Plains some eS weeks
ago is reported to have been captured out
on the North Platte. All were killed, with
the exception of one squaw thst accompa-
MED the train. DIR. John Riggen was among
the number reported slain.
The liquor store and distillery of
Frederick Schroeder, 4O4 South street, Phila-
delphi. and several other buildings, were
burned on the 7th. Loss about $50, 600. The
clothing establishment of Rock, Hill ~ War
| son, on Chestnut street, was considerably
damaged by fire on the 9TH. Loss on stock
heavy, mostly by water.
A man named Ephraim @. Patterson,
| an ex-polieeman, was arrested in New York on
| the 9Th for presenting for payment two cOu-
pon bonds of the Milwaukee x st. Paul rail-
road which were portion of tho large amount
of property. valned at some $2O,OOo, stolen
from the safe of the MOntuak Insurance Com
psny in Brooklyn, in April Of last year.
4 is stated that the Navy Depart
ment. by order Of the President, has ordered
the United States war steamer Susquehanna,
| 10 proceed immediately TO a MeXlsan port 70
demand the surrender of Santa Anna, dead
or alive. and satisfaction for the outrage
committed on the American flag by his seiz-
uTe.
Tue Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chica-
GO and St I,ouis & Alton Railroad Companies
will. during the next season, commence the
erection OF a magnificent new nnion passeh-
Ger depot in Chicago. 1t will be built on the
corner of Madison and Canal streets, and 1t
is said will be the largest and handsomest
binding Of the kind in the world.
The United States Consul at Port
Louis MauFitius. reports TO the State De-
partment up TO May last, stating that great
havoc has been made by he yellow fever
Since February 10Th 10000 people died. The
inhabitants are panic-strieken, and leaving
the country by every opportunity. lt Is
feared that the colony viii be dspOpuated.
A convention of milIers and flour
merchants was held in st. Lnnls ON the 10th.
Delegates from Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois
~ The object of
the CONVENTION was TO form an association
for procuring statistics OF stocks OF Hour and
wheat in different parts OF the country, ana
other Information valuable to the trade, III
order to protect themselves against fal5o re-
ports.
Tuesday night, in Petersburg, Va,
about 200 negroes assembled at the cars
and rescued from the sheriff of NsnsemOnd
Co. a negro convicted of felony who was
being taken to the penitentiary there. They
made the sheriff produce the keys to the
handouts. and then made on with the prls-
ouer. The negro was rearfested by the po-
lice of Petersburg and placed IN tho peniten-
tlary.
The statement was recently made
that the military commission which con-
demned the assassination conspirators
united in a recommendation TO the President
that Mrs. Surratt be paTdoned- This IA III
psrt erroneous. A majority Of that commits
sion recommended that her sentence TO death
be committed. This paper has never been
seen by the President, nor had he heard of il
until recently through a newspaper.
The annual election of the board Of
directors- of the Western Union Telegraph
Cempanv was held in New York city on the
10Th About 500 000, coo IN stock was repre-
scented and the election Was unanimous. AT
a meeting Of the board in the evening, the
following officers were elected: VIM. Ofton,
Nfnn lon n
Green, I'd Vice President; Il. X. MeAlpine 90
Vice President; .. ii. Palmer, Secretary and
Treasurer.
The steamers Yellow Stone and G..
W. Graham Just returned from the Upper
Missouri and laid up at the lower end OF the
leyee in st. Houis, we're bnrned on the lOth
The Yellow Stone WAS valued at $50 OUOi III
sured for 500, 900. The Graham was valued
at s25, 600; insured for $4,000. A large
quantity of lumber and slaves lying on the
levee took fire, and considerable quantity
was destroyed. The origin Of the fire II not
known. - -s
A San Francisco dispatch says that
Capt. Turner. of the schooner Caroline Mills,
reports the search for the new island in the
Pacific unsuccessful The cruiser searched
thoroughly the locality assigned to the ls-
land, aud found the water discOlOred as 1t
from bark for 300 miles, but no aOundiDgs,
and believes that no land exists within 900
miles Of the locality The report that lac
had found TIM island and left four OF the
crew there was joke of has sailors.
Information has been received at the
Department Of the Interior showing that the
massacres at Fort Phil. Kearney was caused
hy a military order establishing military
posts without the consent of the Indians on
The Montana road, by Powder River and Big
Horn, aud the Cheyenne war grew out OF the
approach of our troops. The Indians, 1t Is
rs1a b1ah
wards destroyed, fearing they would be again
treated As they we're by Captain lrvington IN
December, 1866.
A convention of Catholics from all
parts of the province assembled in Toronto
on the 9th to consult as to the political action
| 70 be taken under the existing aspect of af-
| fairs. About $50 delegates were present
| They resolved TO aid the reform party of Up
| per Canada in the coming election. Letters
Published from Bishop Lyncn of Toronto, J.
NJ. BeaUcre, administrator of the Sandwich
| diocese, and other church authorities, dIsap-
prove az the convention, AMI call ON their
adheTents to give the coalition government n
trial before eondemning IL.
A treaty has Just been completed be-
| tween the POstOfhce Departments of England
and the United States, reducing the postage
| on single letters from twenty-fOur to twelve
cents and for other mailabie matter, such
ss n 3wspspers, maps. books. &c, Elk cents
per forty ounces. The details of the treaty
| are very elaborate, and embrace many im
4 pOrtant changes In existing relations. lt
was executed on the 9th ult., by Mr.. Kssson,
/ special commissioner on behalf of the United
/ States, and the Duke of MOntrose, POstmas-
ter General of Great Britain, and was finally
| approved by the President on the Sth INST
A San Francisco dispatch says thai
| the work on the Central Pacific Railroad is
| heiup nusha6 forWsr6 with energy and ls eX-