Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-08-24
General News Items.

....T The Chicago journal says that the
extreme wet weather this summer is caus-
ing the potatoes in the vicinity Of the city
to show evident signs orr
49, The Monitors, round dozen or more
Of them, mustered out Of active service, lie
drawn up in line at the Philadelphia navy
yard. The family will be held in grateful
remembrance for the services of few Of
them, including the first gallant conqueror
of the Merrimae.
49,. Salt is obtained in Arizona in beau
tful transparent crystals, and in large
quantities. The salt mountains are located
some sixty miles above Ell Dorado Canon,
up the Colorado, and are said to be great
curiosity and wonder to all travellers who
have visited them.
80. Rev Dr. Thomas j. Conant, who
has translated the Bible from the original
tongues for the Baptist union, has just I'm
ished the final revision Of the New Tesla
ment. The book will shortly be published
in elegant style, quarto form.
.Thirty-fiye tons Of mail matter are
daily received at the Postofice in New ork
City, and an equal amount is sent away,
making seventy tuns handled every "a
hours. The receipts in six months of 1865
amount to 5000 50.
IA. I, Stewart the New York mer
chant Prince, s building a residence on
Fifth Avenue to cost over 100000.
Hole in-the-eiay the great Chippewa
Chief, has a farm in Minnesota one mile
square, comfortable dwelling, a large
stock of cattle and horses, and an income OF
$4,000.
;. The old frigate Congress sunk in the
llerri0aac raid off Newport News, has been
successfully raised, and is to be taken to
the dry dock at Portsmouth Navy Yard.
The iron and copper on her are estimated
to be worth thirty thousand dollars.
st. Louis friends Of Gen. Sherman
have raised $50, 900 for the purpose of pur-
chasing him a residence in that city.
-. Queen Vic is stakeholder in Lon
don Company, which has struck lie in
Pennsylvania.
The charge against VERT, the An
Jacksonville jailor, is: Violation Of the laws
of war. There are five specifications, the
first Of which is very long, al Of which
completely cover the entire ground Of the
charges Of cruelty to our soldiers, and we
cannot see what chance there is Of his es-
Gaping the just penalty of his hellish
crimes. Let him swing we say, with JEFF
Davis and his satellites by his side, for he
was but patient tool in their hands.
49,. The receipts from the Custom de-
partment in July were 100000, and
those for August are expected to be larger
1.-THE crops in Canada. this year, will
be the largest ever harvested in that prov
ince.
The great iron bridge over the OHIO
river, Steubenville, connecting the Ohio and
Indiana railroads with the short line to
Pittshurg, viii be ready for trains to pass
over on the first day Of September next.
-. The Smithsonian Institute at Wash
ington, which was partially destroyed by
fire year or so ago, is now being recon
structcd.
=. 1864 bales of cotton arrived in No
bile Oh the LIST Of August.
49,. There was quite a severe shock of an
earthquakehecently on the lower MISSISSIPPI
pi. 1t was very sensibly felt at Cairo,
ILL.,, and on down the river as far as Mem
phis and Yicksburg.
1904 bales Of cotton arrived at Cairo
on the 10 and goth.