Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-11-08

II. S. washington, the sixteenth day OF OCTOBER,
= 7i9 in the year Of our Lord one thousand eight
d sGisa hundred sixty-seven, and Of the independ
tence Of the United States the ninety-second
l1saotg has aslHf7sa n 80 ANDREW JOHNSON.
tary of State"
General News.
Secretary Welles was reported as being
seriously Ill on the 4th. 80 e1a E'.F
The receipts of internal revenue for the
week ending November I'd were $780,
$4,000. ar. .4xtgg 4fe
The resources of the National Banks OF
, the country amount to 1896, 100000,
! with undivided profits amounting to $685.
100000.
1t is said that none of the counterfeit
7-3O bonds bear date prior to the LIST of
August. Those holding bonds of q pre-
vious date are safe. 4
The statement of the Commissioners of
immigration shows that during the year
ending October 80, 2Os,428 immigrants
i have arrived at the port Of New York.
i"' Among the visitors to General Grant on
the Both ult., was the Governor of Borreo,
who is represented to- be an Amerit IN
named Torrey, originally from Roxbury,
Mass - g,tsef9 sqseA oslA 81
Intelligence has been received at Wash
. ington, from Commissioner Taylor that
the difficulties with the Indians are practi-
cally ended Treaties have been con-
cluded with nearly all the hostile tribes.
Jef.vDavis has indicated his readiness to
appear for trial on the 18th instant in &C
cordance with the letter of Chief Justice
Chase, but his counsel do not seem dispos-
ed to accede1to the arrangement. A spe.
cial to. the New York, World on the ID
says the case will be called at the session
of the court for this month, but there is
room to doubt if the trial is commenced.
q The Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia, on the Both ult., refused to grant
a writ of error for an appeal from the low
er Court from decision sustaining the
censtitutionality of the confscation laws.
The decision covered several cases where
property has been confscated for the life
estate in that District An effort will be
made to have the constitutionality of the
law tested in the United States Supreme
Court an 49, KY
The Treasury officials have caught two
of the gang of Belgian Franco counterfeit
,-ers who were instrumental in putting out
some Of the most dangerous counterfeits
on National Bank money that have yet
appeared. They were in Toronto on the
I'd, awaiting an order for their transfer to
New York under the terms of the extradi-
ton treaty. Another of this gang Is now
in, Jail in Brooklyn. The officials have
secured all their presses, plates, dies and
{, other implements. They alse announce
that they consider themselves doing well
in the matter of following up the parties
who put out the recent counterfeit seven
thirty notes. .3uasadaet3e spd aotlhs osia ,
49, EOreign InteIlixeneS.i,,sg
San Domingo has declared war against
Hayti. 0e@- - ..-,-l'3',' $40 ''s,.'si
Lord William Rose, the lcelebrated as
tronomer, died In London ON the 31st ult.,
in his 10th year. i1azz@o
srHantasAnns has beenetried Al Vera Cruz
and sentenced to. death He haspetitioned
the Supreme Government for mercy.
The period of the Paris Exposition has
been extended to Nov. nth, at reduced
prices. During the last week admission
Twill be free.iimmi5s OF bing Hoitdaits tsiosqs
A great fire fire took place at Aleppo, in
Syria, q few weeks age, which destroyed
800 shops and houses, and rendered 5000
families penniless. Total loss $500, 900.
A sad disaster, originating in an oexplo-
sion in fireworks mandatory, occurred
at Edinburgh recently Five persons were
killed, and seven more or less seriously in
jhred. HH b 81 Ii IIH9' /
A famine in ScandinayiaI is among, the
latest misfortunes reported from Europe
Badharvests last year causedsit; and the
people are asking for aid from the sur
rounding countries.
AIhe storm upon the Rio Grande is
reported as having been unprecedentedly
&c severe. sTwenty-sixi persons. were, killed
AT Matamoras, and i 800 houses and huts
blown down. Tie greatest distress pre-
By ageosent decree, all citizens of Mexi.
co are required to serve in the army five
years. The duty on foreign and native
cotton is reduced to so cents per LOO
pounds, when entered for consumption in
Mexico. -
Ten Of the prisonerswho took part in
Z the revolt at the penitentiary In Santiago
de Cuba were shot on the 23d ult. All the
Others implicated in the affair were sen
fenced to long terms Of imprisonment.
lIIOour Minister to France writes to the
Government at Washington that 1t the i'm
preston OF European statesmen that
general war in. Europe is inevitable, sanc
that the Roman question is only q pretex'
on the part Of Louis Napoleon to precipi-
tate it, ~ gss.la rr-,.s !
The trial of Allen and four other prison