Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1867-09-25
NEW S ITEMS.

in New York, on September 18th
Edwin Booth has made another re-
quest for the remains of his brother, J.
Wilkes Booth, and has been again refused.
The oil wells Of Canada are grad
ually drying up. Only one district is now
producing anything worth mentioning;
and It's supply is decreasing
| 1t IS stated from Washington as a
fact that, on the removal of Secretary
Stanton, the President offered the War
Office to General Mcclellan, who prompt
| ly declined it. .a.
A mob rescued two Fenian prisoners
from the hands of the police at Manches
ter, England, on September 10Th A
bloody fight ensued, in which there was
considerable blood spilled The prison
ers, at last accounts, were still at large.
Gen. Grant is said to have remarked
in conversation with q gentleman few
days since, that he did not desire to be
President He thinks that in that posi-
ton he would gain no new friends and
lose many old ones.
/ On the voyage of the Europe, with
Madame Ristoria and La Grange as pas
sengers, one of the seamen was washed
overheard. These two ladies, aided by
the gentlemen OF the troupe, got up an
lmpromptu musical entertainment. and
realized a sufficient amount to put the
sailors family beyond immediate want.
-Antietam National Cemetery was de-
/ dicated on September 18th President
johnson and party were present. Gov.
Swami delivered the welcoming address,
and Ex-Gov. Bradford the Grafton of the
Eday The corner stone was laid by the
Grand Master Of the Grand Lodge OF
Masons of Maryland. ea
Democratic leaders are understood to
be actively at work to pursuade Col Nc
Mynn that the conduct of Mr. Craig, in
getting nominated by the Republicans,
f was very base, and that he will be iusti,
fed in running on the Democratic ticket
;, for reelection as Superintendent of Pub
r lie Instruction. But the Milwaukee
r Setinel says 'Sthe Democrats will get no
r game by barking up that tree" per- e
e 1t is understood that Gen. Sheridan
: has leave of absence till the 1st of Nov
i ember, If he chooses to avail himself o.
, so much time. He is fully entitled tt
such an extra favor, for the reason, i
none other exists, that it appears on the
record in the War Department he has
had but twenty days leave in fourteen
years service.
The death of NJ T. Munson is an
nounced. He was the owner of Munsor
Hill, noted locality six mile from W. ash
r lngton, where the rebels had fortified in
the earl part, Of the war in such man
ner that their flags could be seen from
the dome of the Capitol. He was also
/ one OF the prominent Virginians who
+ voted for Lincoln in 1860; though warn.
ed that his life would be taken if he did
so. sa ges ..- ~.
: The Milwaukee Sentinel says-We
n were shown on Saturday by B. I. Wells
; Esq, of London, G. w, five dollar GOLD
; piece, coined at the u. S. mint in 1911
which has curious history. It was
part of the money paid to the troops in
the Tecumseh war ia 1914. AT one Of
the battles with that warrior it was lost
and has formed part of the earth from
: that time until last summer, when 1t was
plowed up by a farmer near London, and
by him presented to Mr.. Wells. .ssss
The late tipsy and brillians Senator
McDougal was the first man to detect
0 Andrew Johnson's drunkenness on the
4th of March, 1865, the day of his dis
graceful exhibition at his inauguration
McDougal himself we'll in liquor, listened
J, few minutes to the idiotic harangue,
t and turning to an eminent Senator, who
sat near him, remarked in a husky voice:
81 say-You; when talk in that way
you think--I'm drunk" -- -
Another veteran of the war of 1912
departed this life on Friday, in Albany
, John Schroeder, one of the last, if not
the last, survivor of the war who served
under Perry oG Lake Erie, expired on
Friday. He was born in Holland, nd
had been impressed by the British He
was a gunner on the flagship of the Am
erican feet at the time of the victory ON
Lake Erie, and there he lost his right arm.
He was very aged, but retained his men
tai faculties almost to the last, and was a
very devout and constant communicate of
the Episcopal Church.
Andrew Johnson's amnesty procla-
nation is bearing fruit. A Toronto dis
patch says that the Infamous DIR. Black
burn, the fendish traitor who attempted
t to introduce the yellow fever into the
Union army and Northern cities during
the war, awaiting himself Of the benefits
Of that proclamation, has left Canada for