Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-08

GENERAL NEWS.

called upOn Stanton on Saturday.
Fernando Wood has Published MS
suppressed speech.
Discounts on American invoices lhto
Canada are 2s per cent.
The Congressional Temperance Soel-
ETY. has organized sgaih.
There was a heavy snow storm in
Washington Wednesday.
Thomas F. Wilson has been recog-
nizsd as United States Vice Consul at Mon
trssl.
Gen. Darcy MCGEE has been unani-
rnously expelled from the st. Patrick's Society
Of Montreal.
J.H. Harvey. senior editor and pro
prietor Of the Louisville Democrat, tdied
Saturday morning.
The \. Y. Commercial says that 1t is
believed that the President viii veto the anti
contraction til.
The Maine legislature on "Wednesday,
by 100 to IS, voted TO repeal the state con-
stsbulaTy laws.
The celebrated Gaines will case came
mn AGAIN on new issues in the Supreme Court
to-day, and viii occupy several days.
Two illicit distilIeries some distance
from Wilmington. Del one a very large one,
have been seized and five men arrested.
Large quantities of grain are aTriv-
mo At New Orleans for foreign shipment.
Upwards Of 81. 600 bushels arrived Monday
Baker, defauIting teller of the Trades
mans Bank, has been held Tor trial IN the
United States supreme Court OF New York
Henry Ellie, the proprietor OF the
off enterprise OF Clark, Webster n Co., Ne"
York. has been arrested and hello for trial
The Canadians are discussing the la
msntabIs emigration from that country to
this, and enquiTiDg the cause.
The bonded warehouses of J. a.
N.tteson & CO., was destroyed by Ere last
night. Loss, about S2OO.OCO.
The patent Office has issued two
hundred and eighty patents for the week
ending January An.
One million Eve hundred and forty
nine Thousand emigTants have arrived in this
country since 1889.
Gen. Runkie, of the Freedman's
Bureau, had Ia with Stsnten on that
subject ON Saturday
The California Assembly refuse to
investigate the Senatorial alleged corruption,
which ends the mstter-
Three candidates for Governor Of
Georgia, under the new constitution, ii raw
fed, have been announced
A petition from the Louisiana Con-
vention requesting the removal Ct Hancock
has been received by Congress.
The President has psrdOned Godfrey
Munich, convicted in New Jersey IN 1866 OF
cOunterfeltins fractional currency.
The Rev. Geo. W. Brush, OF the Cen
tral Ohio conference, committed suicide by
hanging himself Saturday afternoon
A desperadO, named Manner, IN al
sfTr-v at SMYRNA. Tenn, was shot six times
with pistol and cut with al ak. He died.
The extensive linen mills of GOdeD-
ham < Worts. at stree isville, Canada, was
DESTROYED by FIRE Saturday night. Loss
500. OOI.
The Third National Bank az Nash
Vile has been designated a repository OF
public money and financial agent q The
United States.
Jim Creighton. who was arrested for
robbipg an express Office at Jackson, Tenn {,
some time since, broke jail at Louisvil Q on
Monday night
The official statement of the bTaUch
mint at sSsu FranciscO for 1867, shoSs that
the total deposits Of bullion were SIS, 5ut,-
900; coinage, SIS. 3Sj.UOe.
The ferry boat Niagara. Of the Va
vOnia line to jersey City, was burned MHBday
night while at her dONk undergoing repairs.
Loss $50, 0a0; no insurance.
The death IS announced of LOreIzD
ilTHUNE. lGEulUElN AUuFNA al dAtrs aAiA II -
y. L Lord. missionary Of tue American
Board. Just arrived from the Indies
The election of municipal officers
and cOuncilmen at Wheeling, Va, resulted
in favor Of the democrats By an average ma
jority OF 500-s gain over the previous year.
Russia thinks E United States and
the United States thinks Russia ought tn psy
the cos nf the cable dispatches (Sl0 GOO N
pOld) on the Alaska sale.
The Georgia convention on Saturday
voted $50 to each member out OF the SO Ou0
received yesterday; the balance Is reserved
for incidental expenses.
The sentence passed upon General
Esulz BY the court martial at Yicksburg for
the use OF disrespectful language 70 General
ORD. has been RENTED byGenerai Or mt, and
Kautz ordered 20 resume his duties.
4 special to the n. Y. Express says
there IL high authority for saying ihst the
Supreme Cont won't touch upon the cDnsti-
tutllnalitv Of the reconstruction acts IN the
decision q the McCsrdle case.
The habeas corpus case before Judge
Underwood OF Richmond, Va TO test the
cOustitutionality Of the reeunstruction act,
wac, to-day, adjourned until Wednesday.
The old meeting house in NewbuTy-
port, Mess, erected 10 lSO6, vas burned Sat
urday morning The bell v8s among the
oldest in the country, having been cast in
London in l7O5.
The Secretary of War, in a commu-
uicatiOn 70 the House, says that 10 Informs
tiOn has reached army headquarters that the
troops suffered from hunger or cold in
Alaska.
The election for Congressman in the
Eighth District OF Ohio, to I'll the vacancy
caused By the death Of Q. s. Hamilton re-
suited in the choice Of Gem John Beatty by
over one thousand majority.
Five men attacked the revenue off,
GERS in charge Of Weidel's distillery, on the
BaWsir road, Baltimore, Tuesday, and one
ofieer was badly hurt. The sssailants were
freiinto aud one named Hughes badly wound
ed All we're arrested and held for trial.
John ID. ChamDlin has brought suit
e the Circuit Court aasinst the North Mis-
souri, Railroad for SIS, zoo, the balance elaine d
70 be due him on three contracts for con-
structine the second and third divisions Of
said road.
Fractional currency issued for the
week wss s66I. 600; amount shipped, 1921 1855.
National bank notes issued, $50. 75o; amount
In circulation, s299 $50, 746. Fractional cur
rency redeemed aud destroyed for the week,
S524.2 45.
DIR. A. G.. Moore was shot at Balti-
more on Tuesday By Mrs. Edward A. Pollard,
but not dangerously. She was committed to
Jail. Moore was an intimate friend OF heT
husband, who has been absent come weeks,
and whose whereabouts she desired to learn
Of the doctor.
A daring attempt at highway robbery
occurred on the outskirts of Brooklyn Friday
night. Though the intended victim was shot
in the head aud badly wounded, no booty was
obtained.
Hon. Robert J. Walker has written
= long letter. which will soon be published