Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-05-23
SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
General News.

The Commercial Bank of New Orleans
suspended on the nth.
General Hooker has been granted leave
of absence for one year from the first Of
June, owing to i'll health. General John
@. Robinson succeeds him in command of
the Department of the Lakes.
The Supreme Court has virtually de-
cided that Texas is State in the Union by
| granting an injunction to restrain the pay
ment of certain Texas bonds to the parties
to whom, it is alleged, they were sold dur
ing the rebellion by parties in armed hos
tility to the United States.
The Atlantic cable of 1866 has been rup-
tured by an iceberg near the coast of New
| foundland On the 9Th instant it was re-
ported that the iceberg had disappeared,
| but in passing over the cable of 1866 1t
seems that some damage must have been
done, for the signals through that cable be-
came imperfect, and have now ceased. The
| cable of 1865 however, is unimpaired, and
there is no reason to doubt that the injury
to the cable of 1866 will be repaired with
| out delay or any considerable expense.
The capacity Of the cable of 1865 exceeds
the requirements Of business, great as it is,
between this country and Europe.
On the 18th instant Jefferson Dav is
was brought before Judge Underwood,
and was admitted to bail in the sum
of $4,000 to appear for trial at the No
vember term of court. Horace Greeley,
Augustus Schell and John Minor Bolts are
among the names on his bond. There was
most hearty and forcible cheer when the
Judge directed the Marshal to release the
prisoner, and for moment or two there
was great struggle on the part of those
anxious to extend congratulations Itwas
understood that Judge Underwood had de-
termined not to accept bail, but to remand
Davis to Libby prison, and this change of
programme is attributed to the interven-.
ton of Horace Greeley. Davis took a
steamer for New York, thence Tor Canada,
where his children are. After seeing them
| he will return to Mississippi. His friends
announce that he will live as quietly and
secluded as possible during the summer
and fall.
The New York Central Park Commits
sioners have agreed to set apart a site for
a monument costing $4,000, to be erected
by the Seventh Regiment to the memory
of its members who persisted during the
rebellion. "-
A young woman named Alice c. Abbott
has been arrested in Boston on charge
of causing the death of her stepfather,
Washington Pickering, by poison. (.
The publishers of Missouri, outside
of St, Louis, held convention in that
city ON the 18th, to consider the gen.
eral interests of the press. About forty
delegates were present A permanent
State organization was effected and the
Convention adjourned to meet in st. Louis
year hence.
The President has appointed as Minis
ter to Berlin Hon. George Bancroft,
the historian, in place of Mr.. Motley.
The depredations of the Indians both
east and west of the Rocky Mountains, are
growing more frequent, and the indica-
tions are that a general war is inevitable.
Large numbers of Indians are said to be
gathering in the neighborhood of several
of the western forts, and troops are
being rapidly forwarded to the scene of
danger. i...t. j..
A new suspension bridge. is to be built
across Niagara river, just below the Falls,
for the convenience of visitors. 1t will be
considerable longer than the famous rail
road bridge. The directors are John I.
Bush, Alex. B. Williams, Hollis White,
Delos DeWolf and Vivius w. Smith.
In the Maryland Constitutional Conven-
ton, bill of rights has been reported,
which provides for the admission of ne
groes' testimony in the Courts of the
State.
The bank panic in New Orleans appears
to have subsidized. The banks successfully
the heavy run that was made
upon them. The report that the City Ma
tional Bank has suspended is contraditted |
Senator Wilson addressed public meet
ing in New Orleans last week, and was |
followed by colored clergyman. General |
Longstreet was one of the Vice Presidents
of the meeting. Some apprehension of a |
riot wns felt, and the military was kept |
under arms. s-- s....
General Sheridan has issued an order |
forbidding citizens of New Orleans from
carrying firearms, practice that has be-
come quite too common and dangerous in
hat city. f5 .3f.oa .rf .~e. m
! The ram Dunderberg, which is reported
% have been sold to the French Govern
nent for $4,000, 900, was the private prop
'rty of Mr.. Webb, the distinguished New
fork ship builder, 1t was constructed by
lin as an experiment, with the expectation
hat it would be purchased by the Govern
nent, but the purchase was never COM
,leted. eYto 91 os.t 9Gr
The Pittsburgh Commercial says num-
yer of wealthy American gentlemen, chief
y Pennsylvanians, have offered to under
axe the building of the ship canal con-
lecting the lakes with the St. Lawrence.
t will extend across Canadian territory
rom Lake Huron to Lake Ontario, and
will cost an enormous sum of money, but
he advantages to be derived therefrom,
nd the immense amount of freight that
will seek that channel of conveyance, will
ender it one of the most profitable under
akings ever attempted in America.
Gable dispatches state that the King of {