Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-09-28
NEWS SUMMARY.

as pirate. the Snehahaoah "aS slil eoh-
tinaing her destruction of whaling vessels.
Last Sundays New York papers contain
on advertisement of great Fenian Mass
Meeting at Cooper Institute, delegations from
various cities being invited.
The steamer Lone Star was wrecked in Gal
weston Bay, on the 18th ultimo. No lives
were lost but the boat and cargo were en-
tirely destroyed
The WOODEN mills Of Bishop and Kelley on
Chestnut Hill near Philadelphia, were de-
siroyed by fire last Saturday night. Loss
about $4,000,
The Right Rev. Clement Smyth, the Ro-
atholic Bishop of Iowa, died at his
residence, Il Dubuque, last Saturday.
On Saturday morning, terrific accident
occurred, caused by the explosion OF one OF
the finest locomotives belonging to the Chi
cago & N. Western Co, near the corner OF
Jefferson and Hubbard streets, Chicago. The
body of the engineer was found hundred
feet off terribly torn woman ON tn side
walk, purchasing vegetables, bad her hand
and top OF her sculi blown off: little boy
three years old was scalded 50 he will not
survive and three or four others were Sc
riously injured. The fireman was blown over
a tall tres, bat Is net badly hurt. Four
houses had their freRts entirely demolished,
and the eagins was thrown three times its
length and made to turn a summersaut.
The Alabama state convention on Satur-
day passe The ordinance abolishing slavery
by vote Of SO to 8.
The steamer New York has just made the
trip from Aspinwall to New York in six days,
eleven hours and twenty minutes, the quick
est time on record. g
A train on the Rensselaer, & Saratoga Rail
road ran through draw into the Hudson
river ON Friday night. Fortunately there
were but few persons ON the train, and all
escaped unhurt
man named George B. Beach was shot in
the neck by his wife, at the door of the green
room in Woods Museum, last week, in Chi
cago. It appears that there had been some
disagreement between thetwo, in consequence
of which bill of divorce was pending Both
were employed in the theatre department.
Beach is recovering.
Brazil is making extensive preparations to
carry on the war against Paraguay, and is
adding rams and iron clads to her navy.
The funds stolen during the st. Adams
raid have been restored to the banks by the
Canadian authorities.
The trial Of the notorious guerilla Champ
Ferguson has closed, and the findings of the
Commission have been forwarded to General
Stoneman.
An officer connected with the Freedmen's
Bureau in Mississippi writes to Gen. Howard
that the militia organized in that State refuse
to serve under the Stars and Stripes. They
are compcse d exclusively of returned rebel
soldiers, and are doing everything in their
power TO elnbarrass the action of the Govern
met oihcials.
most interesting statement is brought by
Washington despatch concerning the foreign
rebel cotton loan, the holders of the bonds
and the amounts lost by each. The utter
impossibility of recovering anything from the
United States is sufficiently shown in the
correspondence attached to the list, between
Mr. Seward and Mr.. Adams. The heaviest
losers are Sir Henry DeHoughton, Bart,
el80,00O; Isaac Campbell Co., Gi5O,OOO
and Thos. Sterling Bigbee, 9l4O, 600 Joseph
Spence, the Liverpool correspondent of the
London Times loses $4,000; M. b. Sampson,
city ltor of the same paper, G15,O0O, and
John Thaddeus Delane, the "Thunderer
himself, e10,000. The amount invested by
the trio W. sufficiently account for the course
OF The Times during the rebellion. In the
.gs Post is explained, whose proprietor loses
G4,OO0 Laird, the rebel ram builder sinks
100000.
The Secretary of the Treasury has antici-
pated the payment of the $40 coupons due
in November. They will be paid on and af-
ter September 18th.
The Australasian has arrived from Europe.
The great fire at STEAMBOAT destroyed 1880
buildings and rendered %, 900 persons home
less The widow of the poet Thomas Moore
is dead. A royal marriage is Oh the tapis
between the son of the King of Italy and the
daughter of the Queen of Spain. England
is sending vessels of war to the Irish coast.
Cyrus w. Field was passenger by the Aus
tralasian, and speaks hopefully of the pros
poets of the cable
The details of tho organization at he rebel
steamboat burning gang show that JEFF. Davis
and his Cabinet had full cognizance, and were
active members of it,
The increase of the regular army will pro-
baby engross the attention of Congress at an
early day in the session. Its present maxi
mum force, if fully recruited, would be about
forty three thousand of all arms. General
Grant is understood TO favor an increase Of
forty regiments of the line.
The notorious John HI. Surratt. one of the
assassination conspirators, and son of Mrs
Surratt, who was executed. was recently seer
in Montreal, where he has been concealed
He is on the eve of leaving for Scotland.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company ha.
absorbed the Atlantic Company, by paying
81, 500, 600 for the ships and appurtenancei
of the latter. This consolidation forms the
laroest stosmSh;D oomnanv on this continent