Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-15
TELEcRAPHIc SUMMARY
GENERAL NEWS.

GENERAL NEWS.
The revision of the registration list
Of Texas ended on the Slst.
The receipts of internal revenue Tor
hat week have been Sl4, 9l8 S47; for fiscal year
to date, sll4, 754, SIS.
An authenticated rumOr prevails IN
,onera.-ionsI circles. that Mr. Adams has
resigned his position as minister 10 Eng
and.
The President has signed the cotton
tar bilI the bill for q commissioner to report
on whisky meters and that for the sale OF
! The treaty in regard to the sale of
the Danish West India Islands has been sent
10 Washington. 1t has been ratified by the
RIgsdsg and signed by the king.
The telegraph lines were worked
Saturday morning direct from San Francisco
TO Hearts Content. and message was sent
from London 10 California intwO minutes.
The President has approved OF the
bill providing that contracts tor stationeIy
tor the Executive departments shall not De
made for more than one year at time
"A Washington special has a report
that the President has determined, though
seward has not aquiesced, upon an impers-
tive demand on the British Government for
q settlement of the Alabama claims.
The President has approved of the
bin providing for distribution among the
people OF the south all the accumulated des-
ecated vegetables and preserved meats
which are not required for the use OF the
army.
Fractional currency issued for the
last week from the treasury. $3.50 600; amount
forwarded, $500, IS6, including $4,000 TO de-
pOsitOry at Cincinnati. National bank chr
Teney issued, $500, 100. Fractional currency
destroyed during the week, $3.50, los.
A report from Washington says that
the Secretary of the Treasury sold fifteen
million 10 40s during the last mouth; also
that the February statement OF the public
debt will show an increase of nearly twenty
million, owing 10 the inadequacy OF the rev
enue. -r
Late advices from Arizona state that
the Indians made 3 descent en- Bsale Spring
station and camp Williams. They shot or
carried on all the stock. The mail carrier,
with his escort and four men belonging TO
the railroad survey, were lost in the wilder
ness seven days, md came near starving.
a. -aH.s FUREIGN.
Alabama voted Tuesday on the ques-
ton of Tatifying the constitution.
REPORTS recaived from Morocco state
that a severe famine prevails in TangieTs and
Tetuan.
February ID being settling day at
Paris. rentes fell of, closing at a decline OF
five confines.
1t is reported that the Italian finance
minister VIII place4I 600, 600 lvres of the Ital-
ian loan 10 be negotiated on this market.
It is reported that the Pope is willing
Ia assume negotiations with the irperizi
government for a revision Of the eoncordat.
A corps, to be known as the Papal
Legion, has been organized ia Spain. les
object II to uphold the temporal power OF the
holy father.
In accordance with a request from
Lord Stanley, the Pasha of Egypt has recalled
tbs auxiliary troops Of Egyptians sent To iJin
thu British expedition.
The Nazaine newspaper asserts that
no negotiations for new convention on the
Roman question sre gong on between the
Frenee aud l. tlian governments
The Debate, a semi official Journal,
ssvs that Great Britain has requested the
European powers to stop removing fugIt.vs 5
from Candle.
Prince Joseph ColleredO. Mansfield
has been appointed President of the upper
house. Of ReiehsEath, and also placed at the
head Of the Supreme Court OF Justice IN Vi
emma.
The last dispatches from Abyssinia
are favorable, the army IL we'll supplied, aud
that the advance under General Napier has
reached the neiPbburhOOd Of Altoona.
Garibaldi has written an eloquent and
enthusiastic letter tO Admiral farragut. in
t9hich he congratulates the United ~ ates un
encouraging, BY the presence Of an American
fleet, the national aspirations OF Italy.
One of the gates of the city of Cork
was undermined Monday night and blown
III E.fr.r A. min
leading into the city were cut. The prompt
action Of the police prevented further de-
monstratiOn.
Letters from Killarney say tue clergy
of that town who refused to say masses for
the souls OF Allen, Lsrkin and Gould, who
we're executed at Manchester, have ceased to
receive any money for their support or that OF
the church.
Dispatches from Japan, via Hong
Kong, announce that the ports OF kiOgO and
Osaka were at the beginning Of the year
thrown Open to foreigners In accordance with
the convention made with the commissioners
of foreign powers.
The gale which passed over England
on Saturday last was very destructive TO lite
and property in London and Liverpool
ChimEeys and signs we're blown down and
houses unrOOfed. Many people were struck
by falling objects and seriously injured, aud
in some cases killed outright.
TIE Journals of Paris generally de-
plore the tone aud tendency of the deb tie IN
the Corps Legislatif on the bill for the regu-
lation of the press. They think that the OPP
position 10 The measure will cause it's With
drhwal BY the Government. and fear that the
final result will be the extinction of whatever
liberty the press OF the country may still
possess. .
Late dispatches received from Athens
give an &C sount OF smother battle between the
forks and CTetans, in which the latter were
successful. The ''SpakiOtean" mountaineeTs
we're the sttseking party. The Turks stood
their ground and the battle lasted all day.
The Turks ackn0Eledge loss of $50 killed.
Cretan loss not stated.
The Courier Franchise of Saturday
evening says that the presence OF Admire Al
Farragut at Naples is designed "a g counter
poiss 70 the French forces at Rome, and TO
sustain the Liberals OF Italy, with when Far
rsCut holds intimate relations. The Courier
SAYS that the Admiral has sent to Caprers q
promise Of his support, and only awaits the
reply of Gsribaldi.
THE EAST.
+ Fsnian circles in Boston have voted
to work on st. Patrick's day instead OF
marching in procession, and devote th5iI
earnings towards revolutionary purposes N