Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-09-13
The East.

A board Of officers of the United States
Army, has been ordered to assemble at West
Point on the 30th inst, to examine cadets
applying for admission to the military
school.
A terrible accident occurred ON the New
York Central Railroad, near Rochester, on
the evening of the 9Th, by which five per-
sons were instantly killed and thirty-fve
severely injured. TWAS caused by switch
being carelessly left open.
The Union League House, on Broad street,
Philadelphia, costing 100000, and owned
by $500 members, was partially destroyed
by fire on the morning Of the It'll. The cut
ting Of the water pipes showed co1elusively
that it was the work of an incendiary.
A heavy defalcation, amounting to not
less than $27, 900, from the funds of the
First National Bank at Greenfield, Massa-
chusetts, has lately been discovered. The
money was distracted at various perlodsfor
some time past, by l. G. Tenney, the teller
Of the bank.
Hon. George G. Fogg of Concord, N. H.,
editor Of the INDEPENDENT Democrat, and
late Minister to Switzerland, has been ap-
pointed to fill the vacancy in the U. S. Sen
ate caused by the resignation of Hon.
Daniel Clark. Hon. James W. Patterson,
now member Of the House, has already
been elected as Mr. Clark's successor for
the fall term.
prayer meeting was held in Philadel-
phia on Sunday evening, the I'd inst, under
the auspices Of leading spirits of the Con-
vention OF Southern Unionists. Addresses
were made by Senator Lane, of Indiana,
Senator Harris, of New York, Rev. Mr.
Conway, of New York, Hon. H.' Maynard,
of Tennessee, and Lieutenant Governor
Bross, of Illinois, offered prayer.
fire broke out on Sunday morning, the
I'd inst, in lumber yard connected with
the United States arsenal, in Watertown,
Massachusetts, which communicated to o
large brick building used for storage for
saltpetre, sulphur, and other gunpowder
material. A tremendous explosion followed,
which was felt sensibly eight or ten miles
distant. The building was nearly demol-
ished, as were some wooden buildings ad-
joining, and many dwellings were shaken,
and large quantity of window glass
broken in the vicinity. Three or four per-
sons were injured by the explosion, but
none fatally.
ID ,1nry M
marked at the recent Philadelphia Conven-
ton:
at had been said that he (Brownlow)
was afraid of negro suffrage. He never
had held doubtful position on any ques-
ton. Ra had no hesitation in saying he
was for negro suffrage. He would rather
be elected to an Office by loyal negroes than
disloyal whites. He would rather associate
with loyal negroes in private life than with
white rebels. He would rather be buried
in negro graveyard than in rebel grave
yard and if he had to go to hell or heaven
after death, he would rather go with negroes
than with rebels. He withheld his motion
to adj urn sine die"
Mr.. BIRD, Of Birmingham, has patented
the use of the neutral sulphate Of alumina
for purifying water. Its action depends up
on the presence of carbonate of lime in the
water to set free hydrated alumina, and as
carbonate of lime it is almost universally
applicable. The advantage Of the use of
this compound is, that beyond converting
carbonate into sulphate of lime it intro
duces no new salt, while the organic matter
is carried down with the by drated alumina.
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STEP a little ouer, and you may fall from
precipice thousand feet high.