Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-06-03

ans were not fred on until they crosse
the line" ra aa
The London papers of the 2Gth com
ment favorably on the proclamation c
President Grant in reference to the er
forcement of the neutrality laws.
Il A Toronto dispatch of the 26th say
the Fenian raid, as far as Pigeon Hill wa
concerned, was looked on as miserabl
failure. The Fenians were retreating
leaving their arms, baggage and wounde'
behind them. "The Fenian movement
looked upon as virtually collapsed. Strag
| Cling parties may give little trouble, bu
preparations are so complete that entir
defeat will attend any further attempts a
invasion"
| DOMESTIC.
Gold closed in New York on the 26tl
at 114zs.
| According to dispatch from Washing
ton, ID. c., on the Goth, the party of hos
tile Sioux who were in large force threat
ening the Government officials at Chey.
enne Agency had disbanded.
A call has been issued for convention
to be composed of delegates from all the
States and Territories, and from the Dis.
trict of Columbia, to assemble at Cincin-
natl, on the 25th day of October next, to
| consider the question of the removal OF
the National Capital, and to take such ac-
ton thereupon as shall be deemed wise
and proper.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has decided that, SO far as beer stamps are
concerned, there need be no other method
of cancellation used than hitherto prac-
tised.
President Grant issued a proclamation
on the 24th, setting forth that it had come
to his knowledge that sundry illegal mill
itary enterprises and expeditions were
being set on foot within the territory and
Jurisdiction Of the United States, with a
view to carry on the same from such ter
ritory and jurisdiction against the people
and district of the dominion of Canada, and
admonishing call good citizens of the
United States, and all persons within the
military jurisdiction of the United States,
against aiding, countenancing, abetting or
taking part in such Unlawful proceedings,
and I do hereby warn all persons
that by committing such illegal acts they
will forfeit all rights to the protection of
the government, or it's interference in
their behalf to rescue them from the con-
sequences of their own acts; and I do
hereby enjoin all officers in the service of
the United States to employ all their law
full authority and power to prevent and
defeat the aforesaid unlawful proceedings,
and to arrest and bring to justice all per-
sons who may be engaged therein"
The Fenian activity at the East con-
tinued on the 24th, and large numbers
were gathering in the different cities. A
Rutland, VT, dispatch of the 24th says:
"Vermont is again all excitement over a
projected Fenian raid on Canada.
The excitement runs higher than
at any time since the general raid of
1865. Irishmen in various parts of the
State are active, and are proceeding in
large numbers to St. Albans, where their
numbers are being augmented by hun
dreds from the East and West, and espe-
cially from towns along the shore of Lake
Champlain, in New York"
The St. Louis Republican newspaper
and job printing Office was destroyed by
fire on the night of the Oath. Loss $780,
900; insured for about 100000.
News was received in Chicago on the
oath, that the Indians who made the recent
attacks on white men along the line of
the Kansas Pacific Railroad, had crossed
the Union Pacific road, at Antelope Sta
ton, on their way North. Several par
ties of troops were in pursuit.
On the afternoon of the 23d, at Cairo,
ILL.,, lightning struck group of seven Sec
tion-men, at work on the railroad track,
instantly killing John Stafford, foreman,
and injuring B. Cushman, so that he
would probably die. Four others were
stunned, but not dangerously hurt. Only
one of the seven escaped uninjured.
During a severe storm of wind, rain
and hail at Cincinnati on the afternoon OF
the 23d, hail stones fell which measured
over one inch in diameter Shade trees
were blown down, and large destruction
of window glass is reported.
Counterfeit tens on the Central Ma
tional Bank, of Rome, N. Y, were in cir
culation in New York city on the 23d.
The Governor of Louisiana has issued
| a proclamation quarantining vessels from
Havana and other Infected ports after
June 5.
A Detroit dispatch of the 25th states
that the "Fenian movements in this vi
cinity are 80 quietly conducted that it is
impossible to obtain positively reliable in
telligence. A movement in some direction
is certainly on foot" Private intelli.
gence was received in Chicago on the
25th, stating that the men in charge ol
the force intended to demolish the British
expedition to the Red River were getting
on nicely, and would be heard from in
good time. There was also information
received direct from Riel, that he would
hold out until assistance from the Fenians
went to his rescue, and that the published
reports that he would evacuate the Terri
tory, were false and malicious inventions
of the enemy.
The New York Methodist of recen
date states that after eight years of un
ceasing effort, it has 81 the satisfaction o