Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-07-23

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A rumor was current and general,
credited in New York city on the 18Th
that Colonel Ryan and his men had sue
ceeded in running the blockade off Gardi
ner's Island, and were on the way tt
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The Chinese Labor Convention, com
posed of delegates from the Southwest
assembled at Memphis, Tenn, on the 18th
and organized by choosing ex-Gov. Ishan
G.. Harris, of Tennessee, permanent Presi
dent, with long list of Vice-Presidents
and Secretaries @ fa
The great Decatur cotton case, involv
ing the value of 1900 bales of cotton, has
been decided against the Government 8,
! Memphis. Secretary Boutwell, will carry
the case up to higher court. -
Advices from General Carr's Indian
expedition state that on the 18th a large
village of Dog Soldiers, Cheyennes, were
taken by surprise, and fifty warriors, com
manded by Tall Bull, killed. Seventeen
women and children, among whom were
Tall Bulls wife and daughter, were taken
prisoners, and three hundred and fifty
horses and mules, eighty lodges, sixty
rifles and pistols, a number of robes and
camp equipage were captured. The In
dians held two white women, captured on
the Saline, as prisoners.
Arrangements have been concluded
between L. B. Boomer, of Chicago, and
the directors of the Leavenworth (Kansas)
Bridge Company, for the construction of
a bridge over the Missouri river at Leav-
enworth.
Attorney Gen. Hoar has decided that
the commencement of the main line of
the Pacific Railroad is at the Tooth me-
ridian of longitude west from Greenwich,
and terminates at the eastern boundary of
California.
A Washington telegram of the 14th
says: Government authorities here seem
quite determined not to permit the work
ing of the French cable until some pro-
visions for reciprocity are concluded by
the French Government. Secretary Fish
said, this morning, that the American end
of the cable must be buoyed until the as
sembling of Congress, unless the company
| would agree to favor reciprocity, and
abide by such legislation as Congress may
see proper to enact"
Several parties in New York city have
begun an ship, something like the Cali
fornia one, and promise 10 finish it in two
months. They propose to cross the Allan
tic in fifteen hours.
BY an accident on the Missouri & Bur.
lington Railroad, near Ottumwa, Iowa, on
the 14th, three children lost their lives
and considerable rolling stock was de-
stroyed.
A Colored State Educational Conven-
ton met at Louisville, KY, on the 14th.
About 200 delegates were in attendance
A special train with an excursion party
Of Eastern railroad men on the Kansas
Pacific Railroad broke through bridge,
on the 14th, about eighteen miles east of
Leavenworth, in consequence of the un-
precedented high water. The engineer
and fireman were instantly killed, the con
ductor and brakeman seriously, and sey-
eral passengers slightly, injured.
A terrible tornado swept over Lexing-
ton, Mo-, on the 18th, doing considerable
damage to property. The Caucasian
newspaper office was destroyed. a..
Arizona advices received on the 18th.
say that a portion of the Eighth Cavalry
attacked band of Indians near Wicken-
burg. Nine savages were killed, and one
soldier seriously injured.
The sale of lager beer in Boston was
generally resumed on the 10Th, the State
constabulary having evidently received
instructions to be less rigid in regard it.
The deliberations of the Chinese Labor
Convention at Memphis resulted in the
organization of the Mississippi Valley
Emigration Company, with capital
stock of $1,000,0O0, in 500 shares, and
$4,000 of the stock were subscribed on
the spot.
A telegram from Green River, received
in Om aha on the 10th, announces the re-
ceipt of intelligence from the Powell Ex-
pedition up to July 4, The party passed
the rapids, losing but one boat. All were
we'll. When last heard from they were at
Henry's Fork. ~
A passenger train on the Union Pacific
Railroad met with serious accident near
Antelope Station, on the 10Th. In conse-
quence of the washing away of an en-
bankment, the engine, tender, two bag
gage and three passenger cars were
thrown from the track and completely
broken up The fireman, Melvin Shears,
of Michigan, and a passenger, j ohm Dwyer,
of Emmittsburg, Md, were killed, and the
engineer and two passengers seriously in
jured.
Owing to the Importance of questions
involved in the Yerger case, Attorney
General Hoar has entered into a written
stipulation with Messrs. Phillips and Car
Isle, counsel for Yerger, whereby thele
questions will be brought before the Su-
preme Court in October next In the
meantime the application to Chief Justice
Chase is suspended without prejudice to
the petitioner, and the President agrees
that no sentence of the military Commits
sion will be carried into effect, save such
as NAV relate to the safe custody of the
prisoner.
A terrible accident occurred on the Erie
Railroad on the night of the 14th. The
NIGHT exnress train from New York city