Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-10-25

GeneraI EnteHIigence.

The members of the New York Seventh
Regiment are now considering the proposed
trip to Paris. 1t will cost 100000.
A gold fever has broken out in the vicinity
of Washington; gold having been found on
both sides of the Potomac above George
town. r. ssg.s i
A counterfeit of the new five cent coin is
in circulation. It may be distinguished
from the genuine by the; softness of the
metal.
Land is being surveyed near Washington
for the erection of the new White House for
the President, and for an extensive new
National Park. 1a2 IaasuQa ;2a
The Government printing Office has ac-
ceded to the demand by the workmen for
the adoption of the eight hour system, and
work has been resumed.
A new association, called "The Sons Of
Africa" rival of " The Sons Of Arabia"
has been started It is intended to sustain
the Freedman's Bureau, and other matters
Of similar color. 4s
The object of the new secret order in the
South, "The Knights of Arabia . is sup
posed to be the conquest of Cuba, and it is
reported that expeditions will sail from New
York, New Orleans and Mobile, this month,
comprising in all 20, 900 men.
The cholera, which had suddenly sprung
up last week in the Western cities to q. NOR
tality of twenty five day, in Cincinnati
and Chicago, has almost as suddenly di-
minished. At the latest accounts the NOR
tality in those places was only four or five
day.
/ Counterfeit one dollar greenbacks are cir
culating now quite freely The paper is
browner, the engraving coarser, the green
tint lighter, and the bill generally has SO
faded an appearance that it would be easily
detected by comparing it with the genuine
bill. eaa
Secretary Seward has addressed the
United States District Attorneys in the
South, warning them against q scheme to
impose upon the freedmen by inducing
them to emigrate to Peru and other foreign
countries under false promises Of lettering
their condition.
1t is reported from Washing on-probably
not true--that Secretary Stanton has ten
dered his resignation, and that he viii be
sent to Spain as Minister of the United
States. Also, that Lieutenant General
Sherman, who is now in the far West, will
be requested to assume charge of the War
Department. ~ 0 m 4 2af ge'4
1t is now stated that G. G. Flint, the alb
sconding proprietor of the Old Dominion
newspaper, took $4,000 with him in his
flight, and that he has gone to Europe.
His brother, Fl. M. Flint, appears to have
been the perpetrator of the Philadelphia
Ledger hoax, in regard to certain questions
put by the President to the Attorney Gen
eral
The newspapers in various parts Of the
country are noting an immense increase in
marriages since the close Of the war, show
ing that nature is exerting her recuperative
power to make up for the ravages Of the
battlefield and hospital In Ohio, the in
crease in 1866 and 1866 over 1859 and 1860,
is IS per cent. Similar statistics compiled
elsewhere show similar results.
hitch has occurred in the eight hour
business at the Government printing Office
in Washington. The proprietors of private
establishments having demonstrated against
the adoption of the system, the authorities
here, in accordance with a previous ar
rangement with those parties, having gone
back to the old style Of reckoning the work
ing day.
No less than six serious steamship disas-
ters have been recorded within week.
Steamer Sheridan went ashore at Body
Island, coast of North Carolina; The Daniel
Webster was abandoned off Hatteras; the
Santiago de Cuba had her decks swept by
heavy sea, losing several passengers over
board; propeller Starlight went ashore on
Barnegat Shoals; the Andrew Johnson was
driven ashore on the North Carolina coast,
and last, and most fatal, the Evening Star
foundered at sea, and more than two hun
dred passengers were lost.
The Treasury Department still receives
considerable remlttancesr of . conscience
money. Recently the sum Of $500 was re-
ceived, inclosed in communication dated
Hudson City, New York, Oct. 8, 1866, in
which the writer stated that at time when
in the service, new recruit placed that
sum in his possession for safe-keeping, and
soon afterwards deserted. An order was
shortly afterward issued to the effect that
all money belonging to deserters should be
turned over to the Treasury; but the writer
says he was ashamed to turn the money
over to his commanding officer, and there
fore determined to retGin possession of it.
until the proper time came. He expresses
a hope that the Secretary of Treasury will
pardon his neglect, and not make the affair
public. He had served Three years in the
army, had two brothers IN the service, and
states his willingness to serve the Govern
ment again in case of emergency. Instead
of afixing his signature to the epistle, the
writer made four queer-looking hieroglyph-
les, bearing a quaint resemblance to pho
nograpic signs, but as yet no person has
succeeded in deciphering them.
Foreign News.
A fox chase was gotten up near Montreal
on the 18th, in which several Americans
participated. A Bostonian carried off the
brush.
Advices from Europe state that Russia is
preparing for war against Turkey, and that
there is a prospect of war between France