Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-05

night. the lst inst. The cattle plague con-
Times 10 increase and The London COW
houses are decimated Donald Mckay, the
Boston ship builder, is in conference with
the English admiralty on the torpedo ques-
tion. Judah p Benjamin, the fugitive rebel
Secretary of War, is about to join the Lon
dOr bar.
The theatrical managers Of New J ork city
have united in resolution to withdraw their
advertisements from the Ter I'd in conse-
ouence of its grossly indecent attacks upon
Maretzek, the manager of the Italian opera.
The Wirz commission drags its slow length
along, and hardly that, but little being ac-
complished during the past week ON account
Of Wirz' illness, or that Of some Of the court
Letters, said TO have been captured in fac
rebel Adjutant's Office at Andersonville,
have been secured by the Government.
They not only condemn Wirz, but show the
completely Of high rebel officials in the
atrocities of that den.
The defense was endeavoring to prove thai
Wirz was sick and absent during large
portion of the time when the atrocities were
committed and he was not responsible for the
bad condition of the prison Subpenas have
been issued in behalf Of The defense for Gen.
Lee, Howell Cobb, ex-Goy Brown, Gen. Joe
Johnston and Robert Ould.
1t is understood that after the trial Of WirZ
is ended, and all the facts ascertained, there
will be an investigation of the Salisbury, and
ether prisons of the South, in which Union
prisoners we're confined and maltreated.
The N. Y. Tines of Sept. Goth says '.The
President has cleared his desk of al pardon
applications, he having granted nearly 800
pardons within the past three days. An in
spection of these lists shows the names to
belong almost entirely to the $50, 900 clause
with very few of political prominence.
The only case of pocket picking that has
came to light at the late Janesville wis. J
State Fair, was that of the GAINESVILLE Chief
of Police, who lost his purse. General Sher-
man was..the orator of the day.
The eleven-gun frst-class United States
gunboat "Galata" has been purchased by
the Hayden government.
The printers of Denver City presented
Hon Schuyler Colfax with gold compost
ton rule, Oh his recent visit to that city, he
being one Of the craft" May he always
kaen sstha ooldan rula -
Rev DR. Francis Wayland, who was more
than Il enty years President Of Brown Uni
yersity at Providence, was Frustrated by a
paralytic stroke on Tuesday, the 26th, and
died on Saturday afternoon, the Both inst,
aged sixty-nine years.
Bourcicault's sensation play of 'Arrahna
Pogue' has been withdrawn from the Eng
fish boards, owing TO the Fenian excitement
The Alabama convention has adjourned
SINE de- Seventeen of the delegates refused
to sign petition for the release of Jeff.
Davis.
The convention in Mississippi rejected a
resolution submitting the constitution it had
adopted to a popular vote.
Duke" Gwin and ex Gov Clarke of Mis-
sissippi, have crossed the Rio Grande into
Texas, surrendered themselves to our forces
and are now craving pardon.
Trains are now running through regularly
from ST. Louis to Kansas City.
The demand for all kinds of labor at St.
Paul, Minnesota, is far in excess of the sup
ply. The st. Paul and Winona Railway ad-
vertise FIR 500 men the Superior and st.
Paul Road 500, and the ST. Paul and Pacific
Road want men, horses, wagons aud carts
The Minnesota Valley and Central Road want
men to lay track, and carpenters are wanted
to complete two large hotels, which are com
menced, and several dwellings and blocks OF
stores in process of erection.
The Cuba brings very interesting news
from Europe The Fenian excitement grows
more and more intense. The English au-
thorities are moving vigorously in the matter
Irish People, the organ of the Fenians, was
placed in the hands of the police and several
inmates of the office arrested. A British
feet IL off Cape Clear, and project is under
consideration for laying torpedoes, in case OF
war, in the channels leading to British har-
bors...,. Another plot against the life of the
Emperor Napoleon has been discovered
Among the parties concerned in it was a
relative of 0rsini -. The cholera is on the
increase at Marseilles.
The official report of the trial of engines
between the WinooskI anu Algonquin awards
the superiority to the former vessel.
A fire at La Sale, Illinois, on Wednesday
night, destroyed the works of the Northern
Illinois Coal and Iron Company, causing a
loss of $4,000 to $1,000
Macmillan is to establish line of steam
ers between Vera Cruz and New Orleans.
Matamoras is besieged by the Liberal
forces under Gen. Escabado. The garrison
consisted of 1900 men, while the force Of
the Liberals was 900 or 3 900 men.
The liquor dealers of Indiana have formed
an association in opposition to the anti-license
people.
Two negro women and young man called
on the President on the 9th to intercede for
the pardon of their former master
On Friday, tho 22d, splendid mirage oc-
CURED on Lake Ontario, opposite Oswego.
While not sail was visible on the lake, nine
ships appeared elevated in the air, all under
sail and in motion.
An attempt WIS made ON Monday. the 18th,