Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-03-01
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.,--o.eryoir at Selma, Ohio, on Wednesday,
.Lo IN. They were attending school in the
,,icinify of the reservoir, and at noon all the
sebolars but two, twenty-seven in number,
vent on the ice to slide, when it broke with
them. the whole party drowned before help
could reach them. Later reports pro-
nounce this hoax.
The Gillian war with Spain begins to as
sumo an interesting phase. The combined
Peruvian and CHILEAN fleets are under orders
to commence hostilities against Spain. Chi
Ian iron-clads are off the coast of Cuba,
and rams are On the way from England.
Torpedoes and Internal machines have been
received at Callao. In the meantime, Spain
is white with rage, ard ortlers all the rest Of
the word to stand one side, under penalty Of
incurring her wrath, while she administers
punishment.
President johnson, On the 10th, received
a delegation of the Virginia Legislature, and
in his reply to them, stated thathe could not
be induced to treat the Southern States as
Territories, but should take every step ne
cessary to bring about practically a restora-
ton of the Union. He declared his deter
mination to avoid extreme measures.
Rumors of a contemplated resignation of
Secretary Stanton are again current at
Washington, and Gen. Steedman and Mont
gomery Blair are mentioned in connection
with the succession.
The House Military Committee has agreed
to report the bill creating the grade of Gen
eral, the pay being fixed at $50 per month
more than the Lieutenant-General.
John Kennedy has been convicted of hav-
ing been one of the murderers Of Patrick
Maloney, at the Sand Ridge, in the town Of
Cicero. Cook county, H. This is the same
murder for which Kennedy's associates,
Patrick Fleming and William Corbett, were
HANGED in Chicago last December. Kennedy
is sentenced to be hanged on the I'd of next
March.
Gen. Grant has ordered that transporta-
tion should not hereafter be furnished to
furloughed soldiers.
A man was arrested in New York on the
9Th, with six large boxes in his possession,
containing military equipments for the
Fenians Col O'Mahony claimed the prop
crty, and the prisoner was discharged.
The Cincinnati Commercial quotes Mr..
Seward as having "made the comprehensive
observation to gentleman, who asked him
how far he intended to permit the Fenian
foolery to 60: The most valuable lesson
taught us by England during the war Was
how to preserve strict neutrality"
The cattle plague is still on the increase
in England, the mortality for the week end
ing January 20, exceeding 10000.
Gen Auguste Rurlaze has been giving the
San Francisco folks novel balloon ascen-
sion He came to grief. He was carried
out over the bay, dropped into the water,
and swan to shore amid the cheers of the
brcathless thousands.
A Northern man, who recently purchased
n farm within eighty miles of Vicksburg,
was notified by mob to leave within FIVE
days He at once set his freedmen to work
building q small fort, on which he raised the
American flag. lie then armed his freed
men, and notified the mob that he was ready
TO leave if they were ready TO force him
away He had not been further molested
ut last accounts.
John ldinor Bolts is at the head of a
movement in Virginia for the removal of
Gov. Pierpont. TIC
Ex-Gov. Graham, Senator elect from North
Carolina, has come out in favor of negro
testimony.
= Trouble is likely to arise between France
and China, from the fact that the French
Catholic missionaries in China have been
driven from their missions contrary to treaty
provisions.
A woman named Susannah Abrams was
arrested on the 9th, in New York, by gov
eminent detectives, who found in her muff
the steel plate from which it is alleged, the
amount of over one hundred and forty thou
sand dollars in twenty-five cent fractional
currency has been printed.
The "trichina disease" has broken out
in Detroit. A young German lady died
there lately from eating pork, and post
mortem examination resulted in discovering
her flesh to be filled with animacul@.
Advices from Aspinwall are that Peru has
formed an alliance, offensive and defensive,
with Chill, and made common cause with
her against Spain. Two frigates and two
steam rcorvettes have left Peru to effect a
junction with the Gillian feet.
The national authorities take the ground
that blOckaderunning was component
part of the late rebellion, and have ordered
the conhscation of all property appertaining
thereto.
The National Democratic Executive Com
mittee has held a meeting in Washington,
but arrived at no definite policy to be here
after pursued by the party. A grand rally
to sustain the restoration policy of the
President is advertised to take place at the
National Capital n Washingtons birth day
The Northern Pacific Railroad Company
has notified the Government that it is about
to construct the line
The Legislature of Nebraska has formed
State Constitution, which is to be submit
led to the people on June ID
The West Virginia House has just passed
bill for the permanent location of the CAPT
tai at Buckhannon.
Lord Monck, the Canadian Governor Gen