Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-01-07


there that the time for such proposition
had arrived 1t is believed that larger
number than ten thousand rebels would ex-
press wish to take the oath but for the in
tmidation of the more violent of their col
leagues.
The rebel salt works at West Bay, La,
were lately destroyed by our army in that
vicinity, all the abe-b bodied negroes joining
the army.
At Danville, Va, near the line of N. c.,
a five dollar gold piece was recently sold at
auction for one hundred and fifty dollars in
Confederate Script.
The duties on imports received at the port
of Boston for the year ending Dec. 81, 1868,
will amount to $6,963,973. The number of
foreign arrivals for the year amounts to s.
129, being 70 more than that Of the year
previous.
Gen. Gilmore sent his best respects to
the Charlestonians on Christmas morning
in the shape of more Greek fire, kindling
several fires in the city. He has also taken
a rebel battery on Stono inlet.
Gen. Banks forces in Texas have taken
possession of Indianola, on Matagorda Bay.
| Deserters from the North Carolina troops
almost universally ascribe their leaving to
knowledge of the Presidents amnesty
proclamation, which they say is much more
satisfactory to them than position in the
rebel army.
"What fall was there, my country"
Gen. Bragg is now said to be chief Of staff
to Gen. Joe johnson, his successor So
SAYS returned soldier from Chattanooga.
The ladies of the Soldiers Aid
Society Of Milwaukee intend holding a
Fair and Festivsl about the 22d of
February.
Prof Hoyt, Of the Farmer says that
the keeping of dogs in the U. S. costs
the enormous sum of 100000, to
say nothing OF the value OF sheep des-
troyed by them ever year.
SoRGUM.-We see by the Farmer,
that there is to be Convention of Sor-
gum growers, to be held in Madison. ON
the Sd and 4th of February next. 1t
should be generally attendedsb those
who feel an interest in raising our own
'sweetening" at home.
Over 100 Of the rebel prisoners at
Camp Douglas, Chicago, have enlisted in
the U. s. Navy. Several hundred more
have signifed their intention of doing
likewise. Sensible.
Chief Justice fancy is said to be
at the point of death. He is of that
class who dry up in their tracks. He
shrivels gradually, year by year, andis
apparently, the feeblest man on earth
who has breath in his body. He sits
doubled up, and his voice cannot pene-
trate three feet.
Gen. McClellan's report has been
transmitted to Congress. 1t covers near
seven thousand pages Of foolscap paper.
IMPORTANT CAprURE.-Among the recent
captures made in Arkansas lately, is the no.
torious IIurdy Lane, who boasts Of having
killed over one hundred Union citizens with
his own hands.
The negro schools in New Orleans
sustained by the Government are seven
in number, with % teachers and 1870
scholars The little darkies prove admi-
rable scholars.
The Freshmen of Yale had a meet
ing the other night, and seventy four
signed pledge to abstain from intoxi-
eating drinks during their college course.
An old woman in Kentucky crossed
a bridge that was marked as danger
GUS" without seeing the sign. On being
informed of the fact on the other side of
the river, she returned and Immediately
recrossed.
The army has lost one of its most
efficient and worthy officers, Maj Gen.
Buford, the hero of a hundred battles,
who died in Washington on the, 18th
inst, of typhoid fever. His funeral took
place on the Goth, eight Major Generals
acting as pail bearers.
Both wings Of the Capitol at Wash
ington are now connected by telegraph,
and an office is established in each for
the conveniences of the President and
members Of Congress. The American