Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-24

| or no cotton on account OF the worms. The
corn prospects are good.
The Commissioner of the General
Land Office has received returns Of the sur
vey Of 9l.75l acres of land in Arrapahoe
county, Colorado.
The Postoffice Department is reopen
| ing most of the Offices in tine southern states.
some new Offices are being opened 10 meet
the increased demand for postal service
The Tarifa arrived at New York on
| Wednesday. She run down ffehch nsher-
man off New Foundland, but saved all the
crew except one
The ship Fillie, ofgNew York, for San
/ Frapeisco was burned at sea ON July list.
| The crew we're saved and bad landed st Per-
nambuco previous to July 18th.
Six hundred and forty persons were
registered in Charleston, s. g., on Wednes-
day, one hundred and sixty-twO OF whom were
/ whites.
The freshet in the northern part of
Newark, n. j., on Friday afternoon, destroyed
about one hundred thousand dollars worth of
property.
The bark Niagara carried away four
gates of lock No. Is of the Weland canal
Saturday morning. The damage will proba-
bly, be repaired by Thursday next.
A grain dealer at indianapolis, Ind,
estimates the wheat crop this year At IL
bushels per acre. The usual average yield
| is ~ to IL bushels.
Extensive frauds have been perpe-
trated at ST. Louis on the United States Pay
Department through forged soldiers dis
charge papers
The crop accounts from nearly every
district in the middle and upper sections Of
South Carolins, represent cotton and corn as
in fine condition.
The registration returns from forty
seven counties Of North Carolina give about
60, OOO voters, the majority of blacks being
6,67S.
The President has given orders for
the issuing of bonds to the Union Pacific
Railroad, for the 9th completed section Of "A
miles of road
Some discharged soldiers and sailors
of Philadelphia have called meeting for
Saturday next to express their condemnation
OF the President for removing stanton.
Intelligence from North Carolina
tates that the yield of corn will be insignifi-
cant-the floods having almost destroyed the
crops.
An interchange of salutes passed be-
tween Admiral Palmer and the officers of the
dag ship Susquehanna and Gen. Zeriga, at
Vera Cruz.
The Washington Intelligencer says
that the report that Postmaster General
Randall b d any intention OF resignlng Is un-
founded
The United States Railroad Commits,
siOners arrived a. Omaha. en- rOute west to
examine another section of the Union Pacific
Railroad extending forty miles west of jules
burg.
An Omaha dispatch says two telegraph
stations west of Fort Laramie were burned
by the Indians n few days ago. IL said that
the Indians are having everything their own
way on that route.
On the 81 instant, a child three
years old named Charles Cummings, went
to sleep upon a side track OF the Detroit aud
Milwaukee Railroad. 4 train coming along
it WAS instantly killed.
The Commissioners of Public Chair
ties of New York are about to erect a commo-
diOus building on Wards Island. for the re-
clamatiOn of drunkards.
The Herald's Washington special
saws that IL il stated that on Tuesday next
the President Hill peremptOrily dismiss Sec
rotary Stanton, unless, ia the interim, his
resignation - rendered.
The Liberal commander Oharan. who
was captured July 10th, in tine neighbOr-
hood of the City of Mexico was ordered to
be taken to AdalplAB and put to death IA the
very theatre of his crimes.
There are continued reports of In
dian Outrages IN Arizona. The Indians lately
made raid 10 the very edge OF PRESCOTT.
The citizens turned out, but the Indians es-
capped.
Only specimen copies of the new
fifteen cent piece have been printed. 1t APP
pears probable that the Secretary of the
Treasury will not authorize their issue until
after the mseting Of Congress.
4 remarkably close game of base
ball was played in New York. Wednesday, he
tween the Mutuals and Unions of MOrrlslana-
The latter were the winners by score OF
nine against eight.
A yonng man named George G.. Kel-
Iogg residing in Hartford, Ct, has been ar
rested for violating little girl named Hem
Man, nine years old, IN the town OF Collins
vile.
At a meeting of the Board of Trade
of Charleston, on Wednesday, a long letter
from Gen. Sickles was read, IN reply To a Ie-
cent demonstration of the Board concerning
Orders No. 10 and 80. Sickles uphOlds all the
provisions of those orders.
The Treasury has extended the priv
ilege of converting 1905 falling due on the
18TH into 5-2Os until the 18th of Beptember.
Those not then exchanged will be paid IN
currency at the Treasury aud Assistant Treas
uries of Boston, New York and Philadelphia.
As now arranged the Mexican Minis
try is as follows: Minister of Foreign Rela-
tiOns, Sebastian LsrdO de TsiadO; Minister
of the Treasury, Jose Msria 1glesias; Minis
ter Of War, Gen. Ignstian Mejia; Minister of
Justice, Jose Martinez de Castro.
The brig William Anderson has been
libelled at New Orleans, and the captain and
men in charge of the coolies held to bail in
the sum of 81 600 each. to answer for vio-
lating the law prohibiting the introduction OF
coolies into the United States.
Wednesday evening. IN New York,
/ T,sepb nnarny a Standard aetuated n ia
supposed 10y jealousy, stabbed Miss Emma
/ OIL to whom he was engaged to be married,
/ in the back, with intent to kill. 1t is thought
she will recover.
Wednesday afternoon, the bridge of
the HobOken ferry, at tue foot of Barclay
ST., NY, fell, in consequence OF a break IN the
| chain used for hOistlng and lowering. One
man was killed, and the GorOner's jury cen
sured The ferry company for gross negligence.
The Times Washington special says
that the latest rnmor Is, that the President
has been advised to resign by friends of the
| Administration, arguing that such stop
would lead to the disruption of the republican
party.
st. Georges Cathedral (Catholic)
was dedicated Sunday at Kenosha. Six thou
| sand people were present, a large number at
whom were from this city. Bishop Henni, OF
MilW aukee, conducted the ceremonies.
A confiagratiOn occurred at Burling.
| ton Iowa, Monday morning. Messrs. Jones Il
i Clifford packers, lose 800, 900 pounds of bulk
meats insured; and Cragin & Co, packers,
j lose poo 00U pounds Of meat, mostly shoulders
insured for $1,000.
Returns received by the Commits
| sioner of the General Land Office show an
| aggregate disposal OF 10, 52l acres of public
/ land during July at Iona, Mich, ST. Peters
Mimi, Stevens Point, Wis, and Brownsville,
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