Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-02-21
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General News.
1t is reported that Horace Gpelpywill
be offered the p ostmastetGeneralship.
Among the more recent pafd0ns issued
by the President isssaid to be. THAI of the
notorious Governor fletcher, of Virginia
I General j. j. Bartlett has been nonina-
ted by the President for United States
Minister to Stockholm, III place of Ma
ginnis, y rejected. sss esgsqs-s
A bill has passed both houses of Con-
gress, and received the approval of the
President, which prohibits the printing Of
professional cards ON notes or currency.
The reconsideration and passage through
the United States Senate, on the 18th, of
the bankrupt bill, by two majority, gives
new hope to the, friends Of that measure.
Sanford Conover, the detective who fab
.ricated the testimony complicating JEFF.
Davis with the LINCOLN assassination, has
been found guilty Of perjury on three in
dictments.i No
solomon Johnson, colored man, for
merlyI President Lincoln's barber has been
appointed a tirst-class clerk in the Treasu-
ry Department, with a desk in the Secreta-
RVS Office ar h'iei ,aa,t1oH a5es
The Wisconsin Legislature has ratified
the constitutional amendment Thus far
twenty States have ratified the amendment
and thirteen have refusedsO -Four more are
regarded as certain toratify itseon. m
+. Henry St. Marie, the witness, by whose
evidence the identity of Surratt the alleged
accomplice of Booth, Atzerot and Paine
was determined arrived at New York on
the 10th, in the steamer St Lawrence, and
went direct to- Washington by the evening
train. ~ q
/ notwithstanding Fred Westward has
returned to Washington from his secret
mission, and it is intimated that he. has
been successful in opening negotiations
which will result in the purchase of the
island of st. Thomas, in the West Indies,
fromth Danish Government. gBr5 -.
Isaac Newton, the. United States Com
missioner Of Agriculture. has issued cir
cular, inviting the cooperation ofthe peo-
pie in furtherance of the project Endorsed
by Congress, to collect and prepare suit
able specimens of the cereal productions
of the eyeral.States of the Union, for ex-
hibition at the Paris Exposition. 4a-<
The report of the. majority of the New
Orleans Riot Committee istpublished 1t
says In view of the facts proved, we are
constrained to say that the time has fully
arrived when Congress should intervene,
and should so legislate asito secure to the
people Of Louisiana a republican form of
government. tr4yT,r
General Grant, in circular just issued,
says: :" Hereafter, boys under the age of
twenty one will not be enlisted, except for
the purpose Of learning music, and then
only under authority from the Superin-
tendent of the Recruiting Service, or the
| Adjutant General of the army, after the
written consent of the parents, guardian,
or master has been obtained =" W
President johnson lately called on
George Peabody as private citizen, and
in conversation paid the latter high com
pliment for his munificent gift to the edu-
cational interests of the South. Mr.. Pea
body, in allusion to England, said there
was now more friendly feeling towards
the United States by the people and Gov
eminent of that country than ever before
Gen. Warren, in his report upon west
ern rivers, speaks as follows respecting the
bridging of the Mississippi: g. 1t is clearly
impressed upon my mind thatiti is impracti-
cable to locate and construct bridge that
shall meet the wants of railroad transit
and not Unnecessarily interfere with naviga-
ton, and there is general unanimity of
opinion to that effect, as far as l have
observed, among river men and railroad
engineers. A change is coming over water
transportation, to introduce barges towed
by steamers This must confine the freight
ing business to. more weighty articles,
cheaper its cost and throw the passenger
traffic and more valuable articles upon
railroad lines, The people Of this country
can neither afford the expense,of TRAVELLING
nor costly purchases, unless bulky products
are cheaply transported" 5na t1a1mos sd1
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