Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1867-07-24
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known as the charms Of Cuba" and
wearing diamonds to the value of $780,
600.
1t is also reported that France, Aus
tria, and Prussia will make war on Next
co if she refuses to give up the body Of
Macmillan.
Some radical Cubans celebrated the
execution of Macmillan by dinner, at
which the Monroe doctrine was toasted.
The captain of the Mexican steamer
Tobasco, at Havana, say that Juarez will
erect monument over the remains Of
Macmillan.
1T is said that Gen. Sheridan will
soon issue an order removing all the dis
loyal office holders In Texas, from G ov.
Throckmorton down, and put loyal men
in their places. y3
"A train was captured by Indians near
| Fort Larned, on the 18th inst. A Catholic
Bishop six priests, who were with the
train en- route to Santa Fe, were killed
and scalped, and six Sisters of Charity
were carried away capti7es.
The Postoffice Department has made
arrangements by which an overland mail
will leave tie western end of the Kansas
Branch of the Pacific railroad 0io Santa
Fe and Arizona to San Francisco.
Cameron, the in amous rebel who
was pardoned BY the president, recently,
to add to his credibility as witness for
Surratt, has disappeared. The judiciary
Committee can find no clue to his where
| abouts. -,sa. .... .- fs5
1t is reported that while Santa Anna
was in Vera Cruz he exhibited letters,
porting to be written by President
johnson and Secretary Seward, indorsing
| him in strong terms as the proper man to
be made President or Dictator of Mexico,
and promising to support him by the aid,
comfort, and assistance of our Govern
ment These letters were, no doubt,
shameless forgeries. $500
Col. Shepard, Superintendent of the
Minnesota Central railroad, informs the
St. Paul Pioneer that the rails are laid
six miles south of Owatonna, and that.
track-laying is progressing northward
; from Cresco-on both ends at the rate of
a mile and half a day. There is no
doubt of a through railroad route from St.
Paul to Prairie du Chen before the close
of navigation.
| Charles H Merry, Esq, of Dunleith
the great elevator man Of that region.
} has, we learn from the Galena Gazette,
invented floating elevator for unloading
and re-loading barges of grain, which
will, it is claimed, greatly cheaper freight
rates, through saving Of expense Of man
ual labor and rapidity in re-shipping
grain, that will cause an almost univer-
sal desire in the valley of the Mississippi
to ship grain for the East s'la the river
and the ocean, and not by rail-
The St. Louis Democrat says Of the
artesian we'll that is being put down at
the Insane Asylum in that city:
| "It has now reached a depth of 2 ,038
feet, and salt water of fine flavor issues
from it. The calculation is that at the
depth OF 5000 feet pure drinking water
will be found Oil has been struck sew
eral times in sinking the well, but it was
not all we'll, and so the boring has pro-
ceeded toward the centre of gravity. It
will be the deepest well on the continent,
if not the greatest bore in the world
| Among the toilet articles which the
Sultan has brought with him into the
countries of the infdels is an immense
tank of Nile water His Highness is
forbidden to battle in any less sacred
water. The transportation of this tank
from Egypt to Paris must have cost some
body very pretty sum of money, An
other of the Sultan's accessories is a kind
f screen, which he uses at meals. It en-
ables him to see the other people at table
without being seen himself Tradition
directs that profane eyes shall not be able
to note either the appetite or the abstin-
ence of the Father of the Faithful
doubtless convenient regulation.
The HeraMs Washington special
says: "Mr Abbott, brother of the
historian, has preached proposition to
leading members of Congress for the an
nexation of Mexicoy W ich, he intimates,
meets with the appreciation of Juarez and
the chiefs of the Mexican Republican
party. The latter fear another foreign
Intervention on account Of Maximilian's
execution, or continuation of the in.
testine strife, and are satisfied with annex
alton, provided they themselves can be
secured in some good Government berths
and peace can be secured to the country.
Mr.. Abbott's propositions were received
with some hesitation by Messrs Sumner
and Banks, but with much favor by
Messrs. Howard, Cole, Chandler and
Others"
General Longstreet is savagely de-
nounced by some of the poorly recon
structed Southern papers for what they
call his surrender to the Republican par
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