Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-01
LTELEcRAPHIc SUMMARY.


Tor tne ensuing heeh a. NuSS
cent
The negotiations for the lease of Sa-
mana Bay are completed, aud VIII DC lala
before the Senate.
Gov. Brownlow has issued a procla-
,,,stio, declaring null aud void all registra-
ton in Shelby county.
In the Criminal Court at Washing
ton. the oath Of February was fixed for the
second trial Of SuTratt.
Water was successfully introduced
into the pipes Of the city water works at
Minneapolis Tuesday.
The Committee on Banking have
agreed to the bill prohibiting deposits by
government officers in any place where there
j. no assistant treasurer.
There is much suffering in St Louis
among the poor. The Mayor has thus lar
this season given relief TO II 600 persons
The Military Committee have IN
structed General Pile TO report bill TO the
house providing for the sale OF the arsenal
at st. Louie.
Great distress is reported among the
working classes Of Quebec. The Montreal
Board Of Trade meet to-day to devise means
Of relief for them
Adiutant General n. b. Baker, of
Iowa has been Te-sppOinted by Governor
Merrill to the Office which he has so ably
flied for the last eight years.
The California, Oregon and Marys-
vile railroad companies have consolidated,
and will hereafter be known a. the California
and Oregon railroad company. ....
Tx. O'COnnor, a school teacher IN
RichfieId Mimi WAS put OF the cars Tor
falling to pay the extra ten cents eXact"d TOT
not procuring ticket, aud frozen 70 death.
Work on the Union Pacific Railroad
Is being vigorously pushed and construction
trains nov run almost 10 the summit 81 the
Black Hills. Tue road viii be finished 10
Sauuder. by the last Of May.
Edwin Weed and Miles Murray,
gamblers. were arrested a. the supposed
robbers Of the Bank of the Republic, last
Wednesday. of 81. 600 in bonds, aud portion
OF the stolen properly recovered.
A special dispatch from Boston says:
Tvffr. McIuHfs 4 90 , extensive woul dealers
on Federal street, have suspended They
claim, however, tEat their suspension Is Only
Temporal
A meeting Of the Board of Trade OF
Denver On The I4th int. adopted resolution
To memaTialsz. Congress 10 grant 10 the
Kansas DraLca ct the Union PaClnc kailfohn
subsidies equa! 20 those extended 20 the
Omaha ROAD.
They had snow storm throughout
3}inehamtnE. All trains on the Eric road
were seriously delayed. Eight inches Tell ~
Troy. and the roads are much blocked Ia
New York the Gu nifty is not great
4 Col. White has challenged Butler,
ana demands repsTatiOu fo- being ordered
ont Of General isutleT's department during
tbewar The afTliF Is ssil pending. Col
White Ia one OF the republicans wac FcIdssd
TO hear General Butler speak.
Robert Stevens (culOTed) Of Charles
ton. &. a.. has entered sujt sEalhet the Rich
mOnd anu fredericksburg railroad company,
for requiring his wife To ride m second
class car when she bad first ciass ticket.
He lays damage at u 500.
\ FIRE Monday morning at 649 ana
G5I Broadway, \. ], owned by +. II. Amldois
halter and occupied by himself, }. DartGs,
trimmings store, and others, did consider able
damage. AmidOn'z loss Il $500; Dartos p,
$4,000; others, SS 90; fully insured.
La the United States Supreme Court
on Tuesday. Chief Justice Chase announced
that msi lrity Of the cOurr being OF the
oDiuion that the MeC8rdie case should be
advanced on the ciirEder- Ut D. ordered thal
IL be set for hearing on the FIRST Monday IN
March next
The bill introduced IN the Senate by
Mr.. Patterson of New Hampshire. 40 amend
the civil tenure act provides Tor eXte ndluE lis
agents OF the President and the ifp5rt
ments. except such a. are authorized by Tie
ststute=.
In the Supreme Court Tuesday, In
the case Of the Commonwealth Of Virgins
vs. The state of West Virginia, the Jnlet
Justice announced that she court vas equally
divided on tn demurrer and equlhy divided
also upon the oruer which should be Ii abe IN
cons equence of that division
A report in diplomatic circles says
that the British legation have positive INF r.
mati5n that Train was sent tu Ireland bY
persons in this country on purpose 90 1e ar
rested, with view TO making test gu stion
a. to the right Of Crest Britain 20 arrest
American citizens fer language not nsed
within the bounds Of the British dominion
WASHINGTON specials say thBt the
State Department will demand the instant
surrender % Train and all imprisoned Amer
lean citizens who have not absolutely VIOLA
ted FLglish laws on EUglisb soil. Ia - be-
iieved thar the English Government will
make immediate PREPARATION.
Attorney General Bra wster on Tues
dsy Sent 10 the PENNSYLVANIA senate a report
relative 10 the A. snd G. ". r setting
forth trat the company has viOlaJed its char
ter bv not completing the road TO Erie, and
that qua lrdTTdHfO will consequently lie.
The report vas referred 70 the RsilTosd
Committee.
The Frontier Index says that advicss
from Port Phil. Kearney are 10 the effect that
the Sioux sud Cheyenne Indians are becOm
inR very troublesome. The cavalry scouts
Of that post have recently had two lights
with them, killing several and capturing fifty
stolen government hOrsss and mules.
TIE steamer Marceila has arrived ct
New York fromVsss Cruz. she passed SissI on
the 18th inst. There we're four war schoon-
ere biOckadng the port The lighting be-
tween the rebels on shore and the national
war vessels continued. No communication
with the shore We allowed. The Mexican
Government rad chartered the American
steamer Georgia to convey troops, &c. 70
Yucatan.
The Roger Sherman watch was pre-
senied to Lieutenant General sherman Mon
dav night, at the residence OF Representative
GriswOld There was a large attendance.
senator Terry 90 behalf DR.. Charles Row
land Of BrOoklVB, made the presentation
speech. Gen. sherman, in reply, expressed
his thanks and promised to hand the watch
70 his son.
The defendants in the suit of Fisk &
Belden against the directors of the Chicago
& Rock leland railroad COMPANY appeared
before Judge CardczO in New York on Sat
urday. according to the order of the court;
after which Messrs. Tracy q Dawes were di-
rected to appear before the referee TO he APP
pointed Wednesday next, and undergo al
examination as to the deposition they made
of the proceeds of the 81 900, 90 of the new
stock.
The fifth annual report OF the Amer
lean Colonization Society was on Tuesday
presented 10 The board of directors. The
receipts the past year we're $50, lsg; disburse-
ments, over SsI 600 which compelled the
sale Of invested funds to meet the differ ence
to the amount Of $50 600; emigration during
the year, 653: applications for passage to Lii