Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-03-14

Inc efdnu jury III thO OOuhtJ VI
Down. Ireland. has adopted a resolution de-
noupcing in strong terms all party process
sions as dangerous to the public peace aud
ag ainst the law.
The Zollverin Convention assembled
on the I'd. Count Bismarck Was present,
and in brief speech welcomed the dele
gates. IL is given ont that the deliberations
of the convention will be exclusively con-
fined to commercial subjects.
Namyk Pasha, Governor of Bagdad,
has been called by the Sultan OF Turkey t.
take the place Of Mechimed Ruchdi Pashs al
/ the head of the war Office. Meantime Omar
Pasha has been appointed to act provisional
\ IL "a Minister Of War.
A delegation of working men from
Genoa wsited upon Admiral Fsrrsgnt last
week, and presented an address, saying the,
| desired TO pay him especial honor as a reDra'
| sentative Of q country which eympsthizes with
| Vienns's illustrated patriot, Mszzini.
A report has reached London from
the East that the United States have made
proposition TO the Turk sh government
offering to build port at Mofmorazzt, OF
/ the coast of Asistic Turkey, to be used a. a
station for The vessels of the American navy
/ but that the Porte had declined TO grant the
necessary concession for such purpose.
Saturday the Secretary OF State sent
/ q
| following answer was received this morning
BERLIN March, 1.-The treaty was signed
/ aud mailed on the 22d of February, via Eng
land. It provides that the emigT alton shall
be free and that naturalization changes IA
tienslity- Hasten the ratification.
(Signed BANCROFT.
The trial of General Maggie was re-
sumed at Sligo on the ID The day was con-
sumei ia unsuccessful Efforts to empanel q
Jury. Eighto Il aliens were subp9Daed; only
Elk replied to the Subpoena, and three of them
being militia men, were rejected. After
further Efforts u secure a mixed jury, the
trial was adjourned Previously, however,
a motion OF the defense to remove the tiial
TO tie Court OF Queens Bench was again
made, argued and granted. The result viii
be the tr insfer OF the lriai to another place
where mixed jlry can probably be obtaiaed
without difficulty.
George Francis Train is again ar
re sted. lie had advertised that ne would
lecture on the I'd at the BOiuuda in Dublin,
and was about procet ding 10 the hall when
he was taken intO custody. An audience #
five hundred people nad assembled, aud
when informed OF Trains detention were
very indignant, and demanded the return Of
their money az the door. At one time q
serious disturbance was threatened. hut the
crowd was finally dispersed, and all is now
quist 10 The Vicinity. l. is given ont that
Train WIS are sted this time on Al action for
deb,.
Dispatches from Amnesty Bay say
that letters from the British etptives have
been received st an advanced ost, having
been brought in secretly by nstiv- messen-
ger The letters are dated 1agOdia, FebTu-
arv 9TH. They show that the prisoners are
still ,nfiusd IN the fort of King Theodorus,
at MagOdia, carefully guarded. Though in
great fesr e ths vengeance of the king, they
were as well treated as their condition as
prisoners would permit. All we're alive and
IN iood health. The letters give intelligence
That thu kong Of Shao h~d left MlgOiia in
gre 81 rage against rbeOd1Tu-. Ii was be-
lieved that be would turn his arms against
the Abyssinian monarch as soon ~ the Bri-
Tish soldiers arrived. No knowledge as to
the plan of OpeT atoms or course Of policy OF
the king has yet been obtained.
Accounts from Crete to February Sth
describe ihe heroism Of COraka and his
troops, numbering, according to the Grand
Y zier's own estimate, upward of 600, WHO
attacked tue Turks nesr fortified Cemetery
outside the town Of Cszca, forcing them 10
fall back into tho citadel. A number were
drowned during the retreat and fifty killed
by the Cretan tn OPS One hundred were
wounded and forty taken prisoners. The
Turks, as usual attacked the non combat
ants. slayiug fifty after rObbing them of all
the vain Ables found in their possession. The
Turkish troops have been guilty Of similar
atrocities IN the vicinity Of Rbetime. The
provisional government has issued gnoIn ar
circalaT addressed 10 the Christian powers
declaring that the people are resolved TO re.
main faithful 30 their vow Of Union with
Greece.