Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-08-02
The SOuth.


the 25th to the first Monday in November.
Mobile negroes. in common with those in
Galveston and New Orleans, have caught
the Liberia emigrating fever, and many
schemes for going are discussed.
There were twenty deaths from
cholera, and thirty-four new cases, among
the troops on Tybee from nine clock Mon
day morning to six o'clock on the Oath.
Recently at Memphis, girl aged IA was
frightened into commissions by seeing man
dressed as ghost. On the next day she
she still lay insensible.
An attempt was made ON the night of the
goth, to cut the levee, four miles below
Memphis, by unknown persons, who were
probably frightened away by passing
steamer.
Reports received at the Treasury depart
ment state that the southern Stetes are at
present flooded with counterfeit United
States notes, national bank notes and frac-
tional currency of every denomination.
Gov Brownlow has gone to Knoxville, to
the great relief of his enemies at Nashville.
He never travels without guard of several
men, on account of the vows which many
have taken to assassinate him.
The vote in the Tennessee House in rati-
flying the constitutional amendment was 43
to Is, two members being present under ar
rest, and refusing to answer to their names,
but they were counted to make up the quo
rum.
Two railway trains in Texas were lately
captured by the Indians. One of them was
compelled to corral for four days. Capt Ed
gar, in command, finally succeeded in
making treaty with his captors and his
train was saved
A man was arrested in Tyler county,
Texas, few days since, for numbering his
wife and three small children From the
evidence it appears that the man was labor
ing under an attack of insanity, and arising
about midnight, he took a Latchet and liter
ally chopped his wife and children to pieces
A terrible tornado visited Havre de Grace,
Md, on the 25th, totally destroying the
magnificent new bridge of the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Com
pany, spanning the Susquehanna river
there. Loss about 100000. The com
pany expect to rebuild the bridge in ninety
days.
A Labor Congress is to be held at Balti-
more on the 10th of Au gust next, which will
be attended by delegates from all the States,
including Oregon and California All the
various mechanical trades will be represent
ed, and the convention will doubtless be one
of the most important ever hold in this
country. As questions of the utmost i'm
portance to the labor interest will discussed.
the convention will probably last four or
five days.
tremendous freshet exists at present in
the Kentucky River, its banks being over
flowed, and in many places the crops, fences,
and even the trees have been carried away
by its mighty current. In Owen county the
residence of Mr.. NOEL was swept away in
the night, the house containing Mr.. Noell
and all his family, consisting of nine per-
sons, who were drowned, not one surviving
to tell the sad tale. None of the bodies have
thus far been recovered.
An extensive counterfeiting establishment
was broken up on the Oath about thirty
seven miles below Memphis. The rendez-
vous was cave, containing large room
about two hundred feet by sixty, the en-
trance to which was artfully concealed A
complete set of instruments and copper
plates, already engraved, Sc, were found
with about $4,000 worth of excellently
engraved greenbacks, of the denominations
of IS, los, Eos, and Sos, and So, 200 worth
of two-cent revenue stamps were found All
these bogus valuables were dangerous, and
could only be told from the genuine by ex-
perienced eyes, The counterfeiters, num-
bering thirteen, were arrested.