Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-11-15
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General intelligence


The pretended extract from private let.
ter of Senator Summer in relation to his
marriage is q forgery.
The Governors of most Of the States have
appointed the 29th of November as q day
of Thanksgiving, in accordance with the
recommendation by the President.
The Heralds Washington special says that
it is the intention of Governor Swami to
call the Maryland Legislature together at
an early day, for the purpose Of impeaching
Judge Bond.
A thunderbolt from perfectly cloud
| less sky struck church and three dwell
ing houses at Rising Sun few days since.
Il killed girl and stripped al the cloth
ing from boy, whom, strange to say, it
only stunned
The Great Republic, the pioneer steam
ship Of the Pacific route between San Fran
cisco and Eastern Asia, was launched last
week. She measures 5000 tons burtheD,
and is the largest steamer ever built this
side Of the Atlantic.
The New York Times Washington special
says "Those who expect Mr.. johnson to
change his course, in view of the result of
the recent elections, will be disappointed.
He will leave the question to Southern poo-
pie, and if they adopt the Amendment he
will bow to the win of the people thus law
fully expressed"
The Government having determined to
perpetuate the last resting place Of our
brave soldiers to the utmost extent possible,
the War Department has called for Ats, 900
iron head blocks for the national cemete-
ries Each head block is to be nine inches
wide oy twelve long, with an inscription Of
the me, rank, regiment, army, company,
and corps of the sleeper beneath, with the
date Of his death.
The Washington National Republican Of
the 31st ult., contradicts a current state
ment that Cuba was about to buy from our
Government two monitors at the price Of
FL, 100000. It says ''The Government has
decided not to sell any Of that class Of
ships, whether they were built in the navy
yards by the Government contractors, or
outside by private contractors. We speak
by authority"
A new dodge in counterfeiting has just
been discovered by detective in the Treas
ury Department.. Fifty dollar United States
notes are being counterfeited, and the Wig
netfes Of the genuine two dollar notes,
which are the same in both, being the head
Of the first Secretary Of the Treasury, Alex-
ander Hamilton, neatly pasted on. The
work is so well done that the most expert
are liable to be deceived. The engraving
and printing Of the counterfeits is exceed
ingly well done.
On Friday, the 10Th ult., the official in
vestigation into the circumstances attending
the loss Of the Evening Star was concluded
and the report was forwarded to Washing
ton. From the report it appears that the
wreck was caused by an insuficiency of
crew. Her entire crew numbered only ten
men, four OF whom were detailed to guard
quartermasters' stores, leaving the effective
force only six. Attention is called 10 the
mournful fact that not q woman was saved,
though sixteen men came off in boats.
The losses Of vessels by wreck, fire, collis
ion, &C., during the month Of October Just
closed, was heavier than during any pre-
ceding month Of the year. There were
eighty-two vessels lost, and their aggregate
value was $5,513,000 Thus far during
1866 the marine losses Of American ship
ping Rave amounted to All vessels, valued
at $25, 1876, 500, a larger amount then during
the corresponding period of any previous
year. During the first ten months of 1866
the marine losses were $23, 285, 800, and
during the first ten months Of 1864 they
were $l6, 463, 400.
There is no longer any doubt of the fact
that Mr.. Campbell, our new Minister to the
Republic of Mexico, accompanied by Lieu
tenant General Sherman, will soon leave for
that country, with instructions from our
Government 10 re-establish the Republican
Government, with Juarez as President, in
its legitimate authority. In order to do
this, General Sherman is authorized to en-
ploy military force, If necessary. It is
evident that ''the Mexican Empire"
creation Of the French Emperor-is at an
end, and that the career of Maximilians the
Frenchman's tool, has closed.
The world is becoming bound in net
work Of telegraph wires. The Atlantic ca
bic is now in tolerable working order; the
lines from San Francisco to Russia, through
the snowy wilderness of Siberia and across
Behring's Straits, is rapidly approaching
completion; and now we are to have new
line Of communication between the old and
new worlds. This one will go uia Scotland,
the Farce islands, Iceland, Greenland, and
the coast of Labrador. It is to be known
as the North Atlantic Telegraph. Its
length will be 1880 rifles, divided as fol-
lows: From Scotland to the Farce Islands
$50 miles from Farce to Iceland, $40
miles; Iceland to Greenland, $50 miles
Greenland to Labrador, $40 miles. 1t is
claimed that this line will have great ad-
vantage over the present Atlantic cable in
that it has less unbroken sea communica-
tions.
Foreign News.
A French firm has offered $4,000, 900 for
the privilege of working the lately disoov-
cred guano deposits of Chill.
Since the reduction of one half in the