Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-12-13
SUMMARY OF THE WEEN'
General News.

rect.
Her Majesty's Theatre, London, was to-
tally destroyed by fire on the night of the
9th.
The anniversary of John Browns death
was. celebrated on the I'd, at Hamilton,
CIV.
There has been great destruction Of
property by late rains and foundations at
Vera Cruz. ra
The Constitutional Convention Of Lou
isiana has fixed the pay Of members at
S10aday. g asf lg1a9 III u-su
On the night of the 9th fire In Frank
fort, KY, destroyed property to the amount
Of $4,000. sd a:.hs
The italian Government has granted q
universal amnesty to the adherents of
Garibaldi -. ~
The Conference on the Roman question
is now announced to meet in Paris instead
of at Munich. 'a
A large soap and candle factory was de-
stroyed by fire in St. Louis on the 18th.
Loss $4,000.
BY the new contract for carrying the
mails across the Atlantic one penny per
letter is to be paid.
Cholera still continues at Havana.
There were from the 18th to the Goth ult.,
s52 cases and 486 deaths. aae
There is probability of war breaking
out between Mexico and Gu atemala in re-
gard to the boundary question.
1T is expected that Jamaica will soon be
in telegraph communication with the
United States by cable Ola Havana. o@
Two United States steamers, the De Sofa
and Monongahela, were lost in the hurri-
cane, several weeks ago, In the West In
dies. 49,. .ss.a er3
l. Attorney General Stanberry has given
an opinion that the title Of the Govern
ment to the grounds at Harper's Ferry is
perfect. zlgtaSle s#ea lHf
General Sheridan left Chicago for Cleves
land on the 9th. He was to remain in the
latter city few days, and then 60 to New
York.
Late Havana specials say that it is re-
ported that the islands of st. Martin and
st. Bartholomew are almost destroyed by
avolcano.
Thirty persons lost their lives by the
earthquake shock at st. Thomas. The
house of the u. s. Consul at Saba was de-
stroyed. Yn E
There is much distrust in English finan-
cial circles in consequence Of the reference
to the Alabama claims in the Presidents
message. =
The internal revenue receipts fer the
week ending December It'll were S6,672,-
$685. Total for the fiscal year to the 7th,
$91,793,617. g e q aes4T
Madame Miramon, widow of the Gen
eral shot at the same time as the Emperor
Macmillan, has arrived at Paris with her
two little children.
The Terre Haute Journal says that Hon.
Dan. w. Voorhees, has declared himself in
favor OF Gen. Frank p Blair, of Missouri,
for next President. CO... .as..,g y
@' Edwin A. Pollard is threatened with the
lockjaw, resulting from the wounds in
f1ieted by the young Wises in the recent
scrimmage in Baltimore. p az
A number of persons who had been
elected to Congress in Mexico are In
prison, and others are hiding from the
authorities from fear Of like fate.
Great Britain has declined to go into the
Conference on the Roman question, until
the basis likely to be agreed to by the
Great Powers had been previously sub
mitted.
There were Al shocks of earthquakes at
the island of st. Thomas on November
Goth. The inhabitants we're leaving the
Island as fast as they could be conveyed
away. r9a sa ~t
The public debt statement for November
shows the debt to be $2,639, 3S2, 572.6S
Amount in Treasury in coin and currency,
$13S, 176,820.93. Excess of debt, $2,5O1,-
205,751.75. ,...a 3
The ship Lord Brougham, which arrived
in New York on the 9th, reports the death
of seventy three passengers from cholera
on the passage. There had been no new
cases for eight days.
The bark Annie Vought and the schoon-
er Baltic were lost ON Lake Huron during
recent gale. The schooner Hope, of
Kenosha, which was reported lost, has
reached that port In safety. .,.,.. 4sle.
AsHavana letter gives rumor that ex-
Queen Christina and Don Romero Navarez
are urging the cession of the Island of
Cuba to the United States for considera-
ton of about $20O,OOO,0OO. 'eea
"A severe gale visited the eastern portion
of the State Of Michigan on the 9th, caus-
ing much damage. At Pontiac large
school house was blown down, seriously
iDjuring number of scholars.
A Florence dispatch of the 9Th says 1t
Is reported that General Garabaldi has
again disappeared from the Island of Ca
prara, and it is feared that another attempt
against Rome will be made by the Party
of Action. K,
General Hancock has revoked the order
providing for the revision of the jury
lists, and excluding all citizens not regis
tered under the Reconstruction acts. Trial
by jury will henceforth be regulated solely
by the civil laws. 9 r.E.
VIM. Hogan has been arrested in Biz
mingham for completely in Fenian opera
TONS 1t is alleged that he was the person
who furnished arms to the mob who rescued
the prisoners Kelly and Deagy from the
police in Manchester.
A circular has been issued mysteriously