Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-06-01
LATE NEWS ITEMS.


Judge Colt of Hartford, Ct, has recov-
cred 100000 of the heirs of Samuel Colt
-. The Post Master General has gone
South to re-cstablish postal communication.
-. The subscriptions to the National loan
are increasing :. Yellow fever Blackburn
has been liberated By Canada Judge on
Sc, 900 bail. Hood and staff crossed the
Mississippi at Tunica Bend, the 18th INST.
The United States has presented its claims
to England for the damages done by the pi-
rate Alabama :. The Atlantic telegraph
cable will be finished in two weeks.
Franklin Webster, American consul, died
at Munich There is a political revolu-
ton at Cape Haytien.. Austria declines
the proposition of Prussia to treat with the
federal diet separately on the Schleswig
Hostein question. "A French paper IN
Mexico thinks war with the United States
inevitable, and that France, Austria and
Belgium will act together. The troubles
in the South American States continue.
Spain has made claims in Chill. The rule
of Macmillan in Mexico is unpopular
Events in the United States are watched
anxiously, and with much jealousy. An
American invasion is feared. The finances
are in deplorable condition. The French
Treasury supplies the deficiency and is
sending advances. The work of muster
ing out all regiments whose time expires
prior to Oct 1st, has begun in earnest, and
will be finished in ten days. Gov. Fenton
wants the regiments sent home to be paid
off. :. The rise in gold was caused by the
heavy demand for Europe. The shipments
by the Boston steamer, on Wednesday,
were $250,o00. The estimated shipments
by to-days steamer, from New York, are
$1,000, 600. The Secretary Of War re-
turns thanks to Col Pritchard, for the cap
ture Of jeff. Davis Z. The waterproof cloak
and shawl worn by JEFF. Davis at the time
of his capture, were yesterday formally pre-
sentcd to the Secretary of War by Colonel
Prtchard, and are to be sent to the great
Fair to be held in Chicago. !. !. Davis, Clay
& Co., are confined in Fortress Monroe
Mrs. Davis and Mrs Clay are on the steam
er Clyde, to be sent south again. There
are strict regulations respecting persons
visiting the parties. Davis sits solitary in
his cell, and no conversation is allowed with
him. The strictest regulations are enforced
at the fortress :. The rebel President, Vice
President, Secretary Of War, Post Master
General, Governors Ietcher, Vance, Harris,
Brown, and Watts, and all Of their Generals
are in our hands, except those west OF the
Mississippi. Breckenridge will be cap
turned soon, it is believed by the military
authorities Gov Vance claims that tho
arrested, he was not fugitive, as he had
offered to surrender himself before. Ex-
Governor Letcher has been captured.
Vice President Stephens and Postmaster
Regain have been placed in Fort Warren.
Gen. Johnston Informed Gen Scofeld, that
the rebel archives were at Charlotte, secre-
ted in a cellar, and they were found there
secreted in eighty three boxes, with large
number Of captured Union flags. +. Admi-
raj Stribling notified the Captain General Of
Cuba, that if the Stonewall was allowed to
90 to sea we should hold the Spanish au-
thorities responsible for her piracy -. The
rebel ram Stonewal, has at last SURRENDERED
to the Spanish authorities. 80. Seldom, reb-
el Elk Secretary Of War, has been arrested.
and is on board a gunboat in the James. -.
The Attorney General has decided that
the amnesty proclamation was specific
measure for the suppression of the rebel
lion, and as the rebellion is ended, the am
nesty is void It cannot restore citizen
ship, property, or vested rights, or extend
to the future, and the confscaton DEGREES
must therefore stand. A terrible rain
storm at Richmond last Sunday did much
damage. A similar storm passed over
johnson county, Kansas, Wednesday even
ing, blowing down houses and fences and
uprooting trees, and doing great inj ury
1t reached ST. Louis at midnight, destroy
ing much property in city and country, and
passed on to Sedalia, where it blew an en-
CINE and six cars from the track -. Last
Sunday night, railroad bridge gave way
near Petersburg, precipitating a train into
a chasm, killing two men, wounding four
teen and four missing. :. There has beer
fight on the battlefield of Palo Alto, be
tween Kirby Smiths troops, and q. S. for
ces under Col. F. H. Barrett. The rebels
fired shot through steamer, with The
French flag -. "A gold medal commemora
tive of the South American international
Congress, has been sent to the Presiden
by the President of Peru. ;. There was
grand torch light procession OF the troops
near Washington, Thursday evening
President Lineoln's death has revived the
democratic spirit in the large towns il
| FraDca The White house has beer