Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-03-28
The South

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The trial of lFeniaul prisoners, for hlgf
treason, will commence on the 9th of Apri
next In Dublin a"i.i''2 L''d.D ''''
The population Of New Orleans Is statet
at 22B,000 Inhabitants, of whom IS, 900 ar
Foreigners, andT6f these $4,000 are French
The New Orleans papers say that thu
leIees both above and below that city ar
in great jeopardy from the height Of Of tn
river. H.. ........,, sr.,e...,.,
Alter untold rayages, the flood at TIN
South is now nearly abated. The loss OF
the Tennessee river alone will exceed two
million dollars mrGl o. b9aoqof1 sGW
Al fire in Howard s Row, # Memphis, OF
the 10Th, inyolved9a, loss of $780, one
half of which is covered by insurance il
Northern companies SHE bed .5rsd2 VI
~, The Maryland Legislature adjourned or
the 23d SINE DIE. The bill admitting negroes
to testify OIL the same footing as whites il
courts Of the State failed to pass ~
7 The streets OF Memphis must be horri
bic The Appeal says that a valuable COW
| was drowned In the mud at the corner O.
| Poplar and Orleans streets, on Saturday
I the 1ethHuyd dq9sob 10 GoiIom TO
1.-The loss by danlage and destruction 0
pnpertyin East Tennessee 10y theistecen
great flood is estimated at over two millioni
of dollars. The streams are still high, ,pu
the flood has subsidized agsob 6ng aaoqtz
|. A Joint resolution has, passed u botf
branches of the Louisiana Legislature
protesting against Federal legislation il
general and the reconstruction bill in par
ticular, and appfopriating ssO,o00to con
| test the eonstitutionality of the same be
fore the Supreme Court 40 as}'iniMo9
Z Mrs Carr, an old lady residing in Vance
burg, KY, was told, on,Saturday night, the
| 10th inst, that her son was in a room O.
the hotel (which was at that moment OF
fire. The sudden news had such an effec
upon her that she fell fainting to thu
ground and died in q few moments.
The Delaware Legislature adjourned OF
the 22d, Among the important Legislation
| has been the passage of bill to equalizt
punishment, regardless of color, the rejec
ton of the Constitutional Amendment
and the passage Of an amendatory schoo
law. uooa-i-o1 10 - H ~ "' L.,J2 1Ji
The ladies of 11atamoras, Texas, have pre-
sented General Griffin, by whose order the
funeral Of General Johnston was prohib
Lifted, with an oval leather medal, about five
inches long and three inches broad, bear
ing on one side the inscription :" The
memory of General Griffin will be EN-
balmed with that of Beast Butler and his
| spoons" The diverse side bears the date
OF presentation.
~ On the, 13th,r the steamer Mercury struck
a snag near Arkansas utof, and sunk tC
the, hurricane deck. Twenty-Five passer
gers were lost and those rescued suffered
untold horrors Some were badly frozen
from standing in the water, and the ruffiar
crew of the George D. Palmer plundered
first the wreck and then the Survivors
rifling the baggage and stealing even the
underclothes and shoes Of the ladies Two
hundred and twenty-five mules were
drowned by this accident One of the
most terrible features of the many terrorI
attending the wrecking of this steamer
was the following: Seven men had sue
ceeded in each clanbering on bale of cot
ton. AS they were struggling in the waite
and c1inging to this, floating down the river
| about daylight, it SO happened that they
all lodged against some drifts, and, hal
frozen, all they could do was to hold t.
their bales of cotton, and wait for succo
Ito come to them A short time after day
light the wind, blowing violently, blew
down tree, which, in its falling, killet
four of the seven, and their bodies passe(
out Of sight under the drift. .....% ~.