Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-06-23

1eXpfeSSed LOT MS Sa1eCy, out ne is nnaly
heard of, and we find that he has been doing
good work, whipping the rebels and taking
from them 500 prisoners, besides 200
horses, and tearing up the railroad tract
He is now on his way to Marritta. A pri-
vate dispatch from Washington to the
Commercial, states that the enemy on the
119th inst captured an entire division from
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"a daring attempt was made to sieze the
California steamship Ocean Queen which
sailed for Aspinwall on May Is, from New
York She had on board 500 passengers,
besides 2l7 sailors in charge of Commander
Ammen, u. S. Navy Thirty Of the latter
had formed a plan to seize the ship, kill all
opposed to them, and run her on their own
account. Capt. .Tinklepaugh was prepared,
having expected the difficulty and when the
mutineers entered the chief cabin, pointed
his revolver at the leaders head, and warn
ed him back. The villain sprang forward,
and was instantly shot. The whole gang
rushed at the plain and the officers with
him, but the foremost man was killed, and
the rest fell back discouraged. They were
quickly disarmed and placedin irons. No
further trouble occurred, the remainder of
the mutineersG being sent to Aspinwall and
across the 1sthnus,f except eight who es-
capped, and one who was shot. 4eaHs9
Isl AT the General Conference Session
of the M. E. Church, it has been ordered
that in future the Lords Prayeris to be re-
cited after each opening prayer, at church
service, the congregation to join audiby in
the same with the minister Exchange. 81 i
The Rockford CIllinois) Democrat says:
" On Wednesday night last span Of horses
and a buggy were stolen from VIM. G.
Simmons of this city,and on Sunday right
last, another span ofhorses were stolen from
the barn Of Lewis Fabrick, OH the Big Boz
tom, with buggy from neighbor. The
business is getting 10 be an annoying and
expensive one, and if possible some meas
ures should be taken to stop It,"
1T is estimated that the receipts of the
Philadelphia Fair amount to 100000 per
day. To this may be added 100000 in
cash contributions, previously received,
making the total receipts already full $1,000
900 Twenty thousand persons were con-
gregated IN the building on Monday evening
The railroads are bringing thousands from
the interior by extra trains.
The Manitowoc Demokrat, a German
paper published in the northeast part Of
the State, raises the Fremont ticket. This
as yet is the only paper bold enough to
hoist the names of the Cleveland nominees
at its mast head.
There is to be an appropriate celebra-
ton at Galena, on the Fourth of July.
Andrew Johnson the Baltimore nomi-
nee for Vice President, who was in the u.
S. Senate at the time the Southern men,
bers deserted their posts and went home
to carry out their schemes of treason and
dis union, made use of the following strong
language, addressing himself to Jeff. Davis:
eff were the President would arrest you
as traitors, try you as traitors, and hang
you as traitors" &g A%H
An exchange thinks that Abraham
Lincoln is the s'fttest man to conduct
the great struggle to fitting close. .
The Convention at Baltimore believed
that old Abe should have some help in
the fitting close business, and so it
nominated gentleman whose profess
sion used to be fitting clothes.
General Sherman having asked the Su-
perintendent of construction train what
time it would take him to replace the bridge
near Resaca, and having been told that it
would take at least four days, replied: "Sir,
give you forty-eight hours, or a position
in the front ranks before the enemy !" The
bridge was completed in forty-eight hours.
Nearly half New York city is for
elgn born, and OF the inmates of It's hos
pitfalls, almshouses and prisons for 1868,
over three-quarters were foreigners, and
nearly two-thirds Irish alone.
TERRIBLE FAMINE AND GREAT Sur
ER1NG.-The famine at the Cape Verde
Islands continues to be terrible beyond
description. In two of the islands-St.
Jago and Brava-thousands of the in
habitants are living upon the barks and
roots of trees, and even vermin of every
kind were sought after and eagerly de-
voured. To add to the terrors of the
famine, diseases Of loathsome and in
fictitious character have broken out and
were rapidly decimating the population.
Hundreds were lying stark and dead on
the roads, in the streets, and in the fields,
and birds Of prey were reaping dismal
harvest from the unburicd bodies.