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

South are scenes Of blood being enacted on
an equally extensive scale. The Union men,
how they were hunted down IN
the earlier years of the war, are resolved
that their prosecutors shall not live with them
in peace ON any terms The surrendered
rebels, on the other hand, claim the protec-
ton of their parole, and protect themselves.
But as oil and water will not mix, even with
much shaking, 80 these two elements stand
out in unrelenting hostility. Murders are OF
daily occurrence, but they are not murders
by stealth or done for robbery. The ruling
passion is revenge" A lad of sixteen picks
out the man who dealt his father the fatal
blow, and shoots him. Returned Union SOL
diers take summary justice for outraged
wives or daughters. Old men sacrifice to the
names Of their slaughtered sons. For four
years has East Tennessee been ridden by re-
bel outlaws with deeds Of blood, until every
house can show the stains upon its door
posts.
The Consular reports to the State Depart
ment at Washington, give detailed accounts
Of the frightful ravages Of the cholera at the
East. At Constantinople the number OF VIC
tins has reached 10000, the death rate being
l 900 per day. barcelona. Spain, the rate
is twelve per day. In Italy the disease IS
very severe, half the cases being fatal.
The cholera has been SO virulent at Mar
seitles. France, that the railway passengers
from that city are not permitted to set foot at
Nice without the cars having undergone a
process Of fumigation.
The new ten-cent fractional currency is
circulating The pieces are little larger
than the old tens, and shorter than the TWEEN
ty-fye cent slips Upon the face is medal
lion head of Washington, with factory
chimney and ships rigging on either side,
and a figure '110'' in gilt in four places the
hack is of a red color, and the figures 10 in
large gilt. They are printed on bank note
naner. and promise to be more durable than
the present currency.
The Wirz trial was in hearing ON Friday,
and the testimony was of an unusually I'M
portant character DR.. Hopkins, surgeon,
at one time on duty at Andersonville, was on
the stand and read report or the condition
of the prison pen, and the causes and rene
dies for that condition, which he made out
while there A thrilling episode occurred IN
the court room, Incidental upon the identlfl-
cation of Wirz by an Indiana cavalryman as
the man who shot a comrade of his IN cold
blood. The effect upon Wirz vas such thai
it is expected he will not live to see the close
of the trial
In the Wirz trial on Saturday the testimony
for the government was closed, the judge
advocate, however, reserying the right tt
introduce further evidence hereafter.
The United States steamer Continental viii
leave New York on the 30th inst. with a car
90 of seven hundred women from the surplus
female population of Massachusetts, destined
for wives of the fortunate settlers Of Wash
ington Territory.
Horace Greeley left Chicago for ST. Pau
last Saturday.
The troops are withdrawn from Memphis
and the military post is abolished
A contract for carrying the mails from
Brashear City, La, to Galveston, Texas, ha
been awarded to George A. Fitch, editor o
the Kalamazoo mich. Telegraph
Provost Marshal General Fry concedes tina
Iowa furnished Is, 839 men for the war.
1t is now believed that the paper on which
the 500 counterfeit compound interest treas
ury notes were printed, was stolen from thu
| treasury department with the backs already
printed.
There are Indications that the military au
thorities intend shortly to abandon th'
defences of Washington south Of the Pc
tomac.
Kenneth Raynor, the well>known Unions
of North Carolina, writes that unless more
merciful treatment shall be extended to thu
1TGeuuleu VI tudG kltuN, oAA~ ~ $3.50 -
aud wreak bloody retaliation.
General Hobart, Democratic candidate fol
Governor of Wisconsin, has invited Fairchild
the Union nominee, to accompany him IN ms
canvass; but the latter has been compelled t.
decline the nomination in consequence of thu
requirements of his present position of Sec
rotary of State.
The New York Herald learns from reliable
sources that ..the Fenian organization in the
Northern States numbers 22l 900 en These
men are openly pledged to move any day OF
the great question of the liberation OF Ire
land, and to aid and assist in that noble un
dertaking."
The gold region in Minnesota, over which
so much excitement has sprung up, is located
near Vermillion Lake, 50 miles north Of the
point previously stated
General Sully's force has returned from
DEVILS Lake to Fort Rice Nothing was &C
complished by the expedition.
A meeting of Fenians was held in Jersey
City, last week, on which occasion one of the
| speakers stated that the movement was pro
crossing finely, and that engravers were al
ready at work on plates for bonds of thu
Irish Republic.
The Fenians are negotiating for the pur
I chase of eight ocean steamers, and it is stated
| large Quantities of arms have been purchased
of the Government by parties in their in
terest