Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-12-13

employed by all Of them and declarations.
are made that "no mercy shall be shown
The London Times says the rebels must be
g stamped out" like the cattle plague, which
was done by Strengthening the diseased cat
tie; the NeagS claims that the Government
must act promptly and with RELENTLESS
hand;" the Telegraph wants to use san iron
heel" and the Standard says the captured
Fenians s1should be left to the extreme
rigor of the law" while the organ of Earl
Derby announces positively that-no mercy
will be shown to those who are captured.
One Of the wealthiest citizens of Sehenee-
tady, New York, is to be prosecuted for set
ting fire to the freight house of the New
York Central Railroad, burnt there recently.
He had large amount Of yer-insured
goods in the. building. .slvis 5oog III h9m
Coal has at length been found on the Gov,
eminent reserve in Kansas. The vein was
struck at a depth of FIVE hundred and eighty
feet. s9f.ie st f..f.s.f ~
George Washington, q nephew of General
Washington, died suddenly few days since
in Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio, while
attending case he had in Court.
Secretary McCullooh has already COM
menoed reducing the quantity Of gold, IN
anticipation Of the action Of Congress. It
will be done gradually.
+ Ayoung man, named Livingston, recently
swindled u widow in New York out of three
thousand dollars After lodging about q
great deal, he went to Detroit and estab
lshed drug store with. the money. Last
week, q New Y rk detective, who had pa
tIeatly pursued him, caused his arrest. llaa
The noted guerrilla ss'Pud'' Diggs, who
| is charged with many murders committed in
West Tennessee and Southern Kentucky,
during and since the war, was captured last
week in Nashville g8 u II .ga
A report from Cairo, Illinois, saysthat in
the washed banks of ravine, which juts
into the Mississippi river few miles below
! Wolf Island, there was, q few days ago, dis
covered by Missouri hunter, a keg, which
the finder at first regarded as keg Of pow
der, but on attempting to remove it from its
resting place, he found it defed his efforts.
He thereupon employed Ratchet which he
carried in his belt, and, dashing in the
head Of the keg, was both astonished and
| gratified at shower of gold and silver
coin that fell with a musical jingle all
around him. The keg contained $50, 900 in
eagles, 1868 in half eagles, $3.50 in quarter
eagles, and $170 in silver. There was
nothing in or on the keg to indicate who
buried it there, OF when it was buried. From
was placed there at the outbreak of the re-
bellion.
| By recent collision on the Illinois Gem
trail railroad near Paxton, two passenger
cars were thrown from the track, but the
cars and passengers saved by the extreme
depth of the mud so says the telegraph.
A summary of President Johnson's Mes
sage was received by the Atlantic cable,
and published in London on the 4th It
had no effect upon the prices of English or
American securities.
A terrible accident occurred at GAINESVILLE,
Ohio, on the 4th inst, by The breaking of
large iron bridge across the MUakingum
river. A large number of lives are believed
to be lost.
Rumors are beginning to circulate again
Of change in the State Department. 1t is
now said that Hon. Reverdy johnson is
likely soon to take the portfolio Of Secre-
tary of State.
The inward passenger train on the Mem
phis and Charleston Railroad oollided with
a freight train near Corinth, On the Goth.
Henry Station, conductor, three white men,
and four negroes were killed instantly; the
baggage and express cars took fire, consum-
ing their contents, together with the mail
and bodies of the killed. Mr.. Jones, bag
gage master, was caught by the baggage.
Although unhurt, he was burned to death,
the passengers being unable to render him
any assistance, owing to the heat. Three
freight cars, second-class passenger car,
and two engines were destroyed. No pas
sengers were injured. The accident result
ed from Stations train running behind time.
The Republican majority in Michigan,
according to the official return, is 1851.
Admiral Goldsborough, now in the Med
iterranean, has been telegraphed to send a
vessel of his fleet expressly to bring surratt
to this country. M bae su5e es
1t is estimated that at least so, 900 persons
were in the procession which formed SO i'm
posing feature in the Reform demonstra-
ton which took place in London, Dec Sd.
Nearly all the trade societies were out in
full force, and marched to the place of
meeting. Forty seven of these organized
bodies, together with various members of
the Reform League, were in the line, which
was composed Of four grand divisions, I'M
der the guidance of marshals, and led by
bands of music, banners, society insignia,
etc. 1t was by far the largest and most
important affair of the kind that has ever
taken place in that country, notwithstand-
ing the very unpleasant state Of the wealth
err, 1t is fact worthy of notice that the
American "Stars and Stripes" waved above
the procession in many places, and was
frequently and loudly cheered.
Congressional.
The announcement that Mr.. ScIenck, of
Ohio, introduced a bill for the equalization
of bounties into the House of Representa-
tives was made in the report of the pro-
ceedings of that body on Monday This