Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-07-16
DOMESTIC.

According to letter from New Orleans
on the 7th inst, heavy orders from France
for wheat were being received in that city
more than could be filled there. Orders
for 100000 bushels of No. 1 had been re-
ceived within few days.
Vincent Collyer reports from Leaven-
worth on the 7th that the Cheyennes and
Arapahoes, whom Gems Sheridan and
Custar defeated last winter, have retired
to their reservations, and that the Quaker
| agents are working successfully in their
! department A Lawrence dispatch of the
7th says the recent instructions of Gen
eral Sherman to consider all Indians hos
tile off their reservations, gives great sat
isfaction to the people of Kansas All is
now quiet on the border"
Washington dispatches of the 9Th state
that the iron-clad Centaur has been dis
patched to Santiago de Cuba to inquire
into the circumstances attending Speek-
mans execution. Within two weeks,
twenty of our war vessels will be availa-
BILE for service in Cuban waters.
A Leavenworth diapatch of the 9Th says
the reports of damages by floods in the
Republican, Saline and Solomon Valleys,
in Western Kansas, have been greatly ex-
aggerated. Corn is not injured at all, and
other crops not materially damaged. Very
| few lives were lost.
On the 9Th inst, during the celebration
at Elgin, ILL.,, the new iron bridge across
the Fox River, at that place, gave way
suddenly, precipitating large crowd of
men and women into the river. Many
were seriously injured. One Of the vic
tims-a little child-has since died.
| In relation to the reported loss of the
Powell Expedition, the Chicago Tribune
of the 9Th publishes the following tele-
gram from Mrs. J. w. Powell: =.
| va.1ga DETROIT, July 7.
There is one Of the name of John Sum-
ner in the Powell Expedition. My last
letterawas dated May 20. A letter was
published in your columns of May 80,
dated May 81. In the Omaha Republican
is statement from one William Riley,
that he had seen John Sumner in the
mountains, the sole survivor Of the party,
from whom he had CLEANED the facts OF
the loss. Sumner gave some names, but
had forgotten the rest, although he had
been with them two years. The story
seems to be imp obable. The John Sum-
ner of the expedition in such case
would, believe, have made his way or re-
ported to Chicago or Detroit Immediately
Sumner is a most reliable man and broth.
er in-law to William Byers, editor of the
Denver NeWs. MRS j. w. POWELL.
/ A telegram from Cheyenne on the 9Th
says: 1t is generally believed that the
Powell party are safe. Samuel Adams
with seven men, will start in boats fol
Breckenridge, Col, July 10, and descend
the Blue, Grand and Colorado rivers
through the Great Canon, his objective
point being the same as that of Major
Powell" t"A
George Abbott, member of the recent
ly Captured filibustering party, denounces
the whole Cuban expedition business as q
trick to extort or make money from the
wealthy Cubans and others who sympa
thize with the revolutionary cause. HI
alleges that the officers allowed such in
formation to be given as resulted in theil
capture.
| The Aerial Steam Navigating Company
of San Francisco, being so well satisfied
with recent experiments of the model all
steamer, have resolved to construct a ma
chine of sufficient capacity to carry pas
sengers
Two cases of cholera were reported in