Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-04-25
TELEcRAPHIc SUMMARY,
GENERAL NEWS,

The fruit buds have not been so e1teh-
sivsly injured in Missouri as was reported
The democrats carried the municipai
election in Trenton, \ J., on the ioeh
The democratic msjority ler FlayOE IN
Albany, N Y, Is ss00a
The receints ofinternal revenue for the
y endioT ne nth, were 8, 'oe,siS. rs
RnfFslS enats have appeared in the north
ern pari Of Mississippi. doing great damage 70 the
One negro cut another nearly in two with
a knif. during fight in Holmes county, Miss, a few
days since.
Admiral Farragut was in Malta on the
1s,b and was received with great hOnors by the au-
The Paris Journal Des Debats, de-
cl,res thit there is no danger Of . war between
France and Germany
The Prince aud Princess Of Wales have
zone 90 a visit TO ireland, where preparations iOr
their reception ave been made on grahu = Ais'
The PENNSYLVANIA Legislature adjourned
siHe die on tie IAN, having OeeI III se9S4' a ~
Ist Of January
Hon. b W. Ever, Senator in the Cana
dian Parliament from NOva Scotia, died suddenly IN
Ottawa on the 18Th
There was an auction sale of southern
securities, In Charleston on the a h. me prices
showed an advance OF ten per cent
JndsOn 6, DOdd. wholesale dealers IN
ofee and spices in Indianapolis, fai ed on the iltn
Ijabllities sIU6,OO0; assets sGO,O95
The Virginia Convention has ordered
rned 900 copies in English, and 1000 in German,
Of the Ccnstitutioa Of the state
Robert Miller and his child, Josephine,
died from the effects d burns receivedf me barn ng
-of their tenement n New York, on the iSth-
Charles Dickens has accepted an invita-
,t,1 ~ la New York p 70 public dinner salui-
das HCrAcs e5ley presid's.
Hon. James NJ. Cook, formerly Bank
supe int d II snd State Corptroers OF NV horK'
died at Saratoga, On tue tst1.
Rev. DIR. Charles S. Robinson, of Brook
Ivn ssed On Saturday, 10 take charge Of the Amer
canCh lpeItt Psris. 49,
Charles Schade, a brakeman on the
,~tbvresteru road Is - severely hut the read
in Chicago, n Sunday. that he died soon after.
Montreal banks have transported $780,
O lin American silver to lessen the inconvenience
Cerssoned BY The excessive quantity In eircu ation
n A iourr5eyman named Clark was killed
bvIrStnif 2 while al work a field on his fathers
f:rm, near ~0rthingtOn, Iowa, on Saturday a''fr-
no n. -
Tine case of General Lorenzo Thomas
against Secretary Stanton for DAMAGES Tor causing me
ssrest Of The former viii probably come up IN May Tor
trial.
a reunion of the officers of the Army of
the Potomac is proposed TO be held at &c 'ysbuig
about the first Of Juys 10 celebrate the anniversary OF
the battle at that &C - go -rrH--- or.
= 4 Young man named George Noble.
bro her Of Genersl Lag. Nobl pre- ent 1lfrk d the
s,nreTe Couri OF Indiana. committed suc de on The
ISM at Cent rville shooting hims II In The head.
Registration in North Carolina ceased on
the IIth. The total registration N Wilmington for
Ave dsys Is whites 20, blacks 400; total, including
the former registration, whites 80 blacks 2,O'2
Henry Fitzpatrick, a negro. was hanged
a few nights ago in Maury county, T.nn:, ny moo
OF persons in disguise. lie was efargga win burning
tbe barn OF james Booker, near 60 umoia-
The naper recently established in New
Work called 'Every Afternoon" expired on the lth,
Jt 5itOr frankly avoSipgin the valedctory, that it
TOO much resembled an old fashioned weekly
d + 4obn II. Stevenson, of Clinton county,
Ohio was, on the l4ths robbed Of Ss,eUI, ny two
men, In Kentucky. Stevenson was looking Tor farm
20 invest his capital in, and is now left pennies
Mississippi papers state that the bodies
If two men we're found hanging TO tree near Her
pando few days since II is supposed that they
were horse thieves who had BEEN nung by the cizens
AWashiIs :on special says that General
Grsnt + so mAsf useriug fr0cps IS 40 virtually leu
,r.ifz. GaU merck as clmmaT der OF the Depart
enE Of the AJs tic. aud plEce lin without sny men
under his eOntol-
RepOrts to the General Land Office from
CIarlsville Arl-ans- s, shoS that curing February
SII aims sopri,inE 81 f9s acres wee alden 10 the
product force Of that state unoer tbs 1oms't=ad
The funeral of the late Thomas DARCY
MCGEE on Tuesdsy morning In Montreal was one Of
the most imposing ceremonies ever witnessed In Can
Ada. There were 5000 rsOus on the streets and
5000 in Irocession.
The Secretary of State has instructed
,ba limited States Consul General st Alexandra 70
f,~nisb ~ General Land Once with such Informal
ton as may be in his power 20 give rsstlve 70 the
system Of irrigation Of lands in the region Of the Nile
The Controller of the Currency has in
formation THAI 800 savings banks 10 the Nes England
hold 500 600 600 Of United States bonds and SO OOO
900 Of National Bank stock as Investments
A shooting affray occurred between
couple Of Memphis poll euen and some negroes, early
Tuesday morning, in which one Nero was brought
down and one policeman wounded The policemen
took the negroes for thieves, anu ordered teen to
hat 70 which they responded by firing on the officers
Returns from town elections 10 Eastern
New Jersey and Essex county, show thit the repu6-
cans have elect twenty chosen freeholders, and the
democrats fourteen The republicans gain one IN
Clinton. The democrats carry HOboken, Hudson
City and Bergen
The official report from the United
ssates Mint AZ Philadelphia shows the amount OF
money coined during the month Of March 70 be
1851 6o1 Of which there were gold coins 70 the
amount SOS ESQ; silver, S22 Cpl; and the balance
In copper coinage
At Salem. Ind, on Saturday night,
Young rufhan named Henry Clark, shot and fatally
sounded Sir George Fell an old and highly respect
ed citizen. Clark also shot and verely wounded
young man named Buena \ ista Dunhan. CIaTk was
srrested and put In jail.
Gen. Meade has issued very stringent
order intended prevent the usng Of any undue in
fuenees the coming election In his district, and to
lots As thew NAV choose. A,y attempt 70 INF EeaNe
voters win be summarily punished on conviction By
amiiilary Commission
On the 18th ult., severe shock of an
earthquake wssfslt Porto Csbelo, "a sing sea in
the barber that nCrtting ul1 &c DO. N the wsy
ofloading CT dIschargiDg for i've days Several small
vesseis cap lied bot no damage Ct serious nature
occurred On sh re. Suca shock had NOS been felt
there for twenty years
The appropriatiOn for defraying the ex-
epses OF COLLECTING revenue from customs is exhaust
ed and the Secretary will be unable 70 pay the saa
es Of collectors and their clerks until the appropHa
tinuIug tie treasury extens on are also exhausted
On Saturday night, in an affray on Cedar
street. Nashville, Henry Gsugheran was shot and
killed by Jack Cunningham Gaugheran was the ag-
gressor, having fred the first shot, hitting Cunning
ham In the left shoulder Cunningham Is from Mich
gan and Gaugheran was New Yorker. Both were
gamblers cav
There has been prepared at the General
Land Office, under instructions from the secretary
OF the Interior, patent in favor Of Robert Hyers
Delaware Indian lands. in Kansas, said lands
Ing to the Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern
Division. or It's assigns under the treaty Of May 5Oh
1870. and July "a, 1861 with the Delaware Indians
The Senate has confirmed the following
among other nominations: Commodore James Ian
man, TO be Rear Admiral on the active iisti MAJOR
corps; Alexander Spauldng. Collector OF Internal
Revenue for the Ell hih District Of New York, and
KilIian V Whaiey, Collector OF Customs for the Dis
triet OF BrazOs Santagos Texas, -.
The Collector. of Internal Revenue in
BrookIvn. 90 the 13th, sEized humber illicit dis
tillesies, on Little street lie was accompanied b.
fifty marines. While the seizures were making, a
great crowd OF and boys collected and assaulted
the officers with stones iniuring some Of them ssr-
ousiy. The police were called upon and quelied the
disturbance.