Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-12-06
SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
Generala News.

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Prussia has agreed to join ina general
conference on the Papal question, !
The rebel ram Stonewall, which was
sold to the Japanese, has proved unfit fol
sea. |a az o. Iias H.
NJ It was denied in Florence on the 28th
that Italy had agreed to ageneral confer
ence. e as et EI t,s ~
On the Goth the Pacific Hotel ard sew
eral other buildings were burned in Kansas
City, Missouri. ~ sf ..n n' 5.',
The remains of Macmillan had arrived
at Havana on the 1st, on board the Austrian
frigate Navarro. f. Fg". ~"
The City Hotel at Macon, Mo, was
burned on the 25th ult,t Loss $4,000; in
sured for $1,000. ~ - tra + r
The schooner Hope, of Kenosha, Wis,
is given up as lost On the lakes, with all on
board-the captain and four hands,
Horatio Seymour says he will not be
candidate for the Presidency before the
next National Democratic Convention.
Fires in Chicago on the Goth ult. de-
stroyed property to the amount of $40 900.
Twenty families were rendered homeless.
Serious apprehensions Of further Fenian
demonstrations were entertained in Cork
and Manchester on the evening of the LIST.
\ By additional returns received at
Charleston, s. c., on the Goth ult, the de-
feat of the convention is rendered almost
certain. 0F Z ob s
Hunnicutt was arrested at Richmond on
the 27th ult, and held for trial in bonds of
$1,000, the Military Commissioners going
his bail - "o H"s - 81
An explosion of nitro-glycerine at Ber-
gen, New Jersey, on the 25th, caused the
loss Of nine lives; six persons were also
injured. :I.5dEti r
France and Austria are said to have con-
cluded treaty by which they stand
pledged to maintain the integrity of the
Ottoman Empire. s-,rH .a.aa,.r
Italy had not yet, on the, Both ult., &C
coded to the proposed conference, but had
sent an official note to France asking GER
tain explanations ~ a- r
I A soda mandatory was destroyed by
fire in Bloomington, ILL.,, on the afternoon
of the Goth, burning little child todeath.
Loss, $4,000; insured. =
A new Indictment has been found by the
Grand Jury, at Richmond, against JEFF.
Davis, upon substantially the same grounds
as that already pending. q~ -.
jeff Davis trial has been postponed I'M
til the 25th of next March. Judge Chase
had not arrived in Richmond up to the
morning of the Goth. ot : a~ -.
The Austrian Prime Minister has de-
clared that the maintenance of the tenn
poral power Of the Popeis necessary to
the peace of Europe. ~ u - s,.f5 '>E. .
A Fenian raid was made upon the Gov
eminent arsenal at Cork on the night of
the 28th ult., and several revolvers and
rifles were carried of. ~ '..t.
r~ Immense deposits of valuable phosphate
have been discovered on plantations hith-
erto" considered of little value, on the
banks of the Ashley river, few miles
above Charleston, s G. tt.
General Garibaldi had so far recovered
on the 26th as to be able to set out for his
no ne at Caprera, which the government
had given him permission to do. 'r...,i
During the present year, up to the 9th
ult., there have arrived at the port of New
York, 225,279 ,459 more
than had arrived last year at that time.
jeff Davis arrived in Washington on
the morning of the 30th ult., from Rich
mond, and remained but short time,
proceeding north on his way to Montreal.
Four counterfeiters, under Indictment
for counterfeiting and circulating National
Bank and postal currency, made their es-
cape from Albany, N. T., on the Goth ult.
A gang of horse thieves was recently
discovered in jackson county, Mo-, en-
bracing about 100 men. Up to the 9th
ult. five or six had been arrested and shot
p A funeral procession in honor of the Fe-
mans who were recently hung in Man
chester, came off in New York city on the
28th ult About 5000 were in the pro-
cession. 'a al I'otfs 'ti.f t' 81 lol
The funeral obsequies in Cork and Man
chester, on the 1st, Of Allen, Gould and
Larkin were very imposing. Good order
prevailed in both cities, and no disturb
ances occurred. - atal
One of the toilers of the steamship
Babilina exploded at Liverpool on the
Goth ult, killing thirty-threei persons,
wounding many others and completely de-
stroying the ship. t-as -.ss,< 81 o, a-r-t.'
The Alabama Reconstruction Conven-
ton, on the 30th ult, passed an ordinance
declaring the war debt of the State, and
all liabilities created directly or indirectly
in aid of the war, null and void, IT,, ~ =.
The Prussian Diet has declared that
liberty Of speech is guaranteed by the con-
stitution in that country. The discussion
arose from a deputy having been heavily
sentenced for words spoken in debate. ~
The new postal contract has been signed
by the Prussian government. By the terms
agreed upon, many additional facilities are
given to the public, and especial provision
is made for the transmission of merchan-
disc by mail. y st'."ss' = p '',..
Secret political societies are reported to
be very numerous and successful in G hina.
They are all hostile to the government, and
though frequently discovered and broken
up, they shortly reappear in new form
and in new place. r- -tv :. f.
The United States Judges for the Dis
trict of Washington have decided to