Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-08-20

the tunnel near Harpersvllle, between th'
forces of the different roads, the Erie me1
attacking and driving their opponents
through the tunnel. A locomotive was
taken through, and came into collision
with another at the other end. The Ram
sev men then attacked the Erie men and
drove them back. Each party held pos
session of one end of the tunnel ON the
10th. In the skirmish several persons were
badlv hurt Governor Hoffman had been
appealed to, and had threatened, if the in
terruption to public travel continued, and
a riotwas imminent, that he would declare
the district affected to be in state of in
surrection. and would call out the militia
of the State, if necessary, to quell the dis
turbance.
Mr. Lemus, the Cuban Envoy at Wash
ington, argues that4the insurgents are now
entitled to claim belligerent rights, even
if they do not at present possess sea
port, for they have virtual control of the
| interior of the island; have established q
perfect form of republican, government
have maintained themselves as an indie.
pendent Power for nearly year, and are
continuing to gain strength every day.
The Susquehanna railroad war has re-
suited in the entire control of the road be-
ing assigned over by Robert II. Pruyn,
Charles Courier and James Fisk, Jr., the
contending claimants, to Gov. Hoffman,
who would appoint suitable person, to run
and operate the road until the whole
matter has reached a final decision in the
| courts.
The American Express Company's car
ON the New York Central railroad was
robbed on the morning of the 18th, be-
tween Fonda and Albany, by three men
who entered the car at the former place,
gagged and bound the messenger and bag
gageman, opened the safe, and robbed it
of an amount estimated at $4,000. The
men in the car made good resistance, and
were badly bruised about the face and
hands. The robbers stated that there
were eight persons in their party.
The National Irish immigration Con
vention, which was to have met in st.
Louis on Sept 1, has been postponed to
Oct 6, at the same place.
The official statement of receipts and
expenditures of the United States for the
quarter ending June 80, 1869, shows Re
ceipts, $159,SOO,O41.17; expenditures,
$115,299, 1880.
The Secretary of State has ordered
Marshal Barlow to transfer the custody OF
the Spanish gunboats to the commander
of the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The railroad depots in New York city
are crowded with freight for the West.
Most of the lines are taking it for eighteen
cents per 100 pounds to Chicago, and pro-
portional rates to other points, and fur
ther reduction in rates is threatened.
A dispatch from Memphis on the 18th
says the cotton prospects there were less
favorable. 1t is calculated that the yield
in that vicinity will not be larger than the
crop of last year. ~s.
A telegram from Santa Fe, received on
the 18th, reports that Governor Mitchell
had issued proclamation declaring all
Navajo and Gila Apache Indians outlaws
whenever found outside the limits of their
reservations, and authorizing citizens to
kill every such depredator.
Cincinnati has resolved to send a " COM
mercial party" to San Francisco. They
will leave Cincinnati September 1 and GO
hv wav of ST. Louis
The first bale of cotton of the new Ala
bama crop was received at Montgomery
on the 18th. 1t was classed as strict mid
ding, and sold at 58c
The trot for the $4,000 purse, over the
Buffalo Driving Park, was won by Gold
smith Maid in three straight heats, and is
the closest and best time said to have ever
been made in three successive heats, viz.
2:19A, 2191s and 2:19&.
United States Commissioner Shields has
decided that lottery ticket vendors, selling
as agents or dealers of other parties, are,
under the law, dealers, and as such must
pay the special tax.
The official statement shows that the
imports for the year ending June 30, gold
value, were: $437, ,02654; increase from
the previous year, $65,OOO,OOO Exports
mixed values, chiefly currency, $413,S69,
1872; decrease, $4O,0O0OOO. Re-exports,
gold values, $25,13O,167; increase, 3d.
100000.
Personal.