Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-08-02
SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
General Intelligence.

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The President has signed the bill for the
construction of bridges over the Mississippi
river
The bill for the equalization of bounties
was defeated in the Senate, on the Oath, by
a vote of % to a.
The Senate, on the 23d, confirmed the
nomination Of Henry Stanberry to be At
torney-General in place of Mr.. Speed, re-
signed.
The bill for the admission of Nebraska
passed the House ON the 9th, by 60 to 81.
1t is considered doubtful if the President
will approve it.
General Dix has been nominated by the
President as Minister to the Hague, but is
said to regard it as rather an insult than
compliment.
The President has signed the general Tel
egraph Bill, which gives all new companies
the right to run their lines over all postal
and military roads and all public lands, and
under all rivers, &c.
The President is said to have determined
to remove Isaac Newton, the present Com
missioner of Agriculture, and John Defrees,
the Superintendent of the Government
Printing Office. Numerous applications for
both vacancies have already been received.
The Secretary of War reports the number
of prisoners killed and died on both sides
during the war, as follows: Number of
Union prisoners, South, l26, $40; number
Of rebel prisoners, North, 100000; number
of Union prisoners died, 22,575; number of
rebel prisoners died, &c, 439.
The Senate. on the Goth, confirmed the
nomination of Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman to
be Lieutenant General of the Army of the
United States, vice Lieut. Ger. Grant, pro-
NOTED to be General of the army, and that
Of Rear Admiral David D. Porter, to be
Vice Admiral Of the navy, in place of Vice
Admiral Farragut, promoted to be Admiral.
Mr.. Harlan, on the 9th, in a brief but
courteous note to the President, resigned his
position as Secretary of the Interior Or
vile FL. Browning was nominated by the
President to the Senate as Secretary of the
Interior, to date from the first of September,
at which time Secretary Harlan's resigna-
ton is to take effect.
A. w. Randall, on the 25th, was confirmed
by the Senate as Postmaster General, and
Joseph Wilson as Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office. The nomination of Lieut.
Gen. Grant, to he General of the Army of
the United States, and Vice Admiral Farra-
gut, to be Admiral of the Navy, and without
the usual formality of a reference, were
unanimously confirmed.
The British Government has proposed to
the United States, through the Department
of State, reciprocity of agreement be-
tween the two countries, in substance as
follows: That England agrees to send
home to the United States all distressed
American seamen in British waters, the
United States to follow suit In order to
effect this consummation, Congressional ac-
ton will be necessary. sa3
The President received dispatch from
Nashville stating that the presiding officer of
the Tennessee Legislature will not sign the
constitutional amendment on the ground
that no constitutional quorum voted upon it.
1.-THE President informed several Con-
gressmen he should return the joint resolu-
ton admitting Tennessee, on the ground
that ne has nothing to do with it, and main
tains that no legal notification has been
made by the Tennessee Legislature of it's
ratification Of the constitutional amend
ment. 0
The reprimand which Speaker Colfax adj
miuistered to Gen. Rousseau on the Dist in
accordance with the order of the House, for
his assault upon Mr.. Grinnell, was of such
character, and SO brief, that, while it was
evidently satisfactory to those who had
voted to punish the aggressor, it reflected
much credit on the good taste and kind feel
ing of the Speaker, and called forth high
commentator from all parts of the House
Gen. Rousseau himself was detained scarcely
a minute in full view of the members and
spectators while the Speaker was executing
the order, and, when that was done, he
made respectful bow to the presiding off,
Ger and retired.
The report of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs says that the attempts of Spain on
the Southern Republics, and more recently
the bombardment of Valparaiso, are cases
in which disregard of strict neutrality
w0Tld hau aI h. 4.
proposed that modification of our statutes
shall absolve Great Britain from our recent
claims upon her. The United States have
carried out in good faith their too stringent
neutrality laws Great Britain has not re-
spotted her own less effective obligations.
The report concludes with an allusion to
the recent neutrality in the case of the Fe-
mans, and does not disguise the strong sym
patty of Americans with all suffering ma
tionalities. 1t declares, in behalf of Con-
gress and the American people, that England
owes reparation to Ireland.
The Committee ON the Judiciary have
made report in which they say it is noto-
rious that Jefferson Davis was guilty of the
crime of treason, according to the Consti-
tuition and laws of the United States; and
the committee are Of opinion that there are
no obstacles to speedy and impartial trial
which cannot be removed by legislation.
They say the evidence in possession of the
committee connecting JEFF. Davis with the
assassination of President Lincoln justifes