Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-12-21
suwmARy or THE WEEK.

a,,e ,able in a roar, and in the midst of
an anecdote lost his speech--his right side
beips deadened. He was carried TO bed
and now lies in critical condition. calais
poor Yorick +" He was fellow Of in
finite Jest and humor." @
The two Lamars have been arrested at
Savannah, charged with attempting to bride
a United States Treasury Agent who had
charge Of captured cotton.
Between two and four thousand ne
eross have been executed in Jamaica, and
the land is said to be offensive with corpses.
1t il rumored that the Sixth United
States colored cavalry had mutinied at He-
lena, Ark, and killed their commanding
ofaeer, Colonel Bowen.
Fourteen thousand dollars have been
contributed for monument to the memory
Of Abraham lincoln, to be erected in Union
Square, New \ ork.
Senator Wilson, it is understood, will
shortly offer a resolution in Congress re-
ouestipc the Military Committee to examine
into the expediency of disbanding the regu-
lar.army and recognizing it upon the basis
of actual service during the war.
A FIRE at Old Town, Me-, on the 18th,
destroyed the mill property of Rufus Div
incl. Loss, $4,000.
Hon. David Blakely, Secretary of State
of Minnesota, has sold his paper, the g city
e and tab s,,fa roof
in "The Post" the new evening paper in
Chicago, whittier he has already removed.
Macmillan has placed $2,000,000 in the
hands of M.F. Maury, to aid in securing
immigration to Mexico.
In The snseuts at Martinique, between the
garrison and some Zouave regiments, en-
route for Mexico, nineteen persons were
killed and forty seriously wounded.
The Zouaves have arrived at the city of
Mexico--one entire regiment being under
arrest.
Another destructive fire occurred in Chi
cago on the morning Of the 10th cons uning
Lincoln Hall and other buildings. Loss
$4,000. rC
The ice commenced running in the Mis-
sissippi at St. Louis on Saturday. Four
steamers, the Eclipse, Handy, Montana and
Omaha were sunk during the breakup. Fif-
teen more were injured, only four escap-
Ing. Loss 1926, 600.
The steamer Peerless was burned in the
Ohio river on Saturday. Several valuable
horses and large and expensive quantity
Of freight was consumed. Loss 5000
Insurance $4,000 - = ~
: Official advices from Mexico to the 10th
state that the liberals under General ESQ.,
bedo occupied Monterey, bat were CON-
PEELED by two strong French columns to
evscuate. Subsequently Escobedo met and
defeated one of the columns.
Rumors ofnegro Instructions in Morgan,
Green, jackson and Walton counties, Ca,
are prevalent. Several negroes have been
arrested, and force of Union troops has
been sent to Wilkes county to suppress an
insurrection at that point.
JEFF DAVIS was recently visited by his old
Richmond pastor, who passed the entire
day with him in religious reading and con-
Vefsation. He also administered the sacra-
ment to him.
President O'Mahony's call for session
Of the Fenian congress on the 18th proximo
will soon be countermanded by President
Roberts. Senator Scanlon has issued card
denouncing 0Mahony. Since the com
mencement Of the imbroglo between the
Fenian Executive and Legislative Depart
msuts, about $1,000 has been received at
0'Maaony's headquarters, while a large
amount has also been received at the head
quarters of the senate. The Fenians of
Chica 90, it is announced, have offered to fit
outa hest of privateers sfor the Northern
lakes, whenever the vessels are desired. The
head directress of the Fenian Sisterh God
has issued acard calling for prompt contri-
buttons.
The Chinese Government has declined to
sccede TO q Russian request for permission
to build telegraph line from Kachta, in
Irkoutsk, to Pekin.
High military and naval officers believe
that war is much more likely with France
han with England. The French Ambas sa-
dor at Washington, after communicating
with our State Department on the Mexican
question, has dispatched q messenger to
Paris for definite instructions. 1t is rumor-
ed that, in case of formal appointment of
Minister to the Mexican Republic, the
French Legation will withdraw from Wash
ingtOn.
The st. Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago
Railroad is to be completed by Jan. l.
James Courtney, mail carrier, froze to
death near Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday,
the 18th inst
Navigation st Cairo and st. Louis has been
suspended by the flow of ice.
A mass convention of northwestern farm
era was held at Bloomington, ILL.,, on the
10th inst. Resolutions were adopted urgin G
the construction of canal around the Falls
Of Niagara; the requirement of the free
use of the ST. Lawrence channel; the secur-
ing Of cheap rates of transit for western
products, and the prosecution of internal
improvements.
over 1900 French troops landed at Vera
Cruz during the past month, and 5000 more
are said to be on the way......An American
steiner has arrived at Vera Cruz with II 600
Springfield muskets for the use of Maximi-
han When this vessel was at Havana, the
American Consul refused her permission TO
leave the har6or, but after consultation
with the English and French Consu's, he