Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-04-15
The Petersburg (Va) Iron Works were
burned on the ID Loss $1Oo,O00.
The following is the public debt state


Total debt s., COS, ,947, ,937 2;
Total interest .... "A, ,730 273 0s
Total debt and interest. 2,o50, ,677, ,910 8:
Amount in the Treasury:
CON. '..'' @V1'fIo' 40 0e
Currency. MISUNDERSTANDING. 7,472, ,729 6s
Sinking fund bonds and accrued
Special fund bonds and accrued In
terest. Observation-Disclosures. 1918, ,665 ST
Total. Ss1s, lis, ,7s2 Sc
Debt less amount in Treasury ,562 1877 "a
Decrease in the month ........... So.1u6,349 a
Decrease since March 1, 1859 :. SSS, S,075, 1893 Ot
Bonds issued to Pacific Railroad
Companies, interest payable in
lawful money, amount out .,, u.,oo,
standing. =. =. . .......... S64, 45l S20 VI
Interest accruinp and not vet paid 1868 S27 81
Interest paid by United States.... $6,SS1, ,664
Interest paid by transportation OF :
Balance of interest paid by United .o.-ooo !
STATES. ....................... S4,ooi,u5o
The payments of the Treasury Depart
ment during March were: For civil ant
miscellaneous, $4O1s,S31 War, $4,151,
431; Navy, 1,S76,O3O; Interior Depart
ment, $6,5O9,S7S. Total, $16.556,17O
This announcement does not include tht
payment on account of interest and prin
cipal of the public debt.
A serious accident occurred to the west
ward bound passenger train on the Han
nibal & st. Joseph Railroad, about TWEEN
ty-four miles west of Quincy, Ill, on the
evening of the I'd, two passenger and one
sleeping cars being precipitated down q
steep embankmeng, and completely
wrecked. Twenty-Five or more passengers
were more or less hurt, and it was feared
several fatally so.
A. sharp shock of an earthquake oc
cured in San Francisco on the Sd. Nc
damage to life, limb or property. Intense
excitement for few minutes prevailed
The animals were terribly frightened.
A bad break occurred on the 4th in the
Erie Canal feeder bank, just south Of
Rochester, the water rushing from the
river into the feeder, and thence into the
canal with great violence. 1T would be
impossible to make repairs before the
water subsidized.
The Secretary of the Navy sent to the
House, on the 4th, all the information in
his possession relative to the Oneida dis
aster. The report says that the disaster
occurred through the bad navigation OF
the Bombay, and reckless disregard OF
human life and of the common obligations
of humanity.
A destructive fire occurred at Daven-
port, Iowa, on the 4th, whereby large
hotel (the Pennsylvania House) and
three spacious dwelling houses were en-
tirely consumed.
On the night of the I'd, train from
New Orleans ran through the trestle
twenty-five miles above Canton, Miss,
and the express and baggage cars. togeth-
er with a greater part of the mall were
burned.
Snow fell to the depth of about one
foot at Scranton, Pa, on the night of the
4th.
In the fire at Davenport on the 4th,
Claus Dehn, an omnibus driver for the
House, was burned to
death.
A strike among the miners in the Schuyl-
kill, Pennsylvania, region had become
general on the 9Th.
In the outskirts of Atlantic City, w. T.,
on the 31st ult., young man named Ir-
win was attacked by Indians, and fatally
wounded. After this attack a party of
citizens of Atlantic City set out to look
for prospecting parties, and returned on
the I'd with the bodies of five white men,
who had been killed by the Indians. -Four
other citizens were missing. A special
from Omaha, dated the 5th, says: "Great
activity prevails in military circles in con-
sequence of threatening indications of In
dian troubles. A company of infantry
and one of cavalry have been ordered to
South Pass, and one of infantry to Medi-
cine Bow, Union Pacific Railroad"
The Superintendent of the old Central
and Southern Superintendency, has re-
turned to Lawrence, Kansas, from trip
to the agency of the Cheyennes, about
100 miles from Camp Supply, and from a
general tour through his Superintendency
He reports that the Indians Of the Super
were peaceably disposed, and
there were no well founded fears of an
Indian war.
A passenger and freight train on the
Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad coilided
at point three miles west of Breckin.
ridge Station, on the evening of the 9th,
and the engineer of the freight train was
killed, and several passengers were badly
injured. The engines and cars were
wrecked.
The colored citizens of Chicago cele
brated, on the. 18th, the ratification of the
Fifteenth Amendment. A lengthy pro-
cession marched through the streets dur
ing the day, and mass meeting was held
in the evening, at which speeches were
made and resolutions adopted.
During March, 11,790 immigrants ar
rived at New York city, including $3.50
Germans.
On account of formidable aDd extended
of large bodies of Indians,
Governor Campbell, of Wyoming Terri
tory, has issued General Order No. 1, or
ganizing that Territory into three mill
tary districts.
The new postal treaty with the North
German Union, which takes effect July l,
reduces the single rates on prepaid letters
Uia England, to ten cents, and gig Bremen
or Hamburg, to cents; unprepaid letters
pay double rates Newspaper rates are
unchanged, but must be prepaid.