Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-05-13
= ~ DODGEyILLE, WISCONSIN, FRIDAY MAY 13, 1870.

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yately circulated through Salt Lake city
on the 30th. M
Parties who recently arrived at Sioux
City from Fort Sully report the Cheyenne
Agency in full possession of the Indians.
They attempted to land, but were ordered
| off by the savages, who fred over their
heads. Major Randall and comrades were
prisoners The savages had killed q large
number of cattle, the carcasses of which
were seen along the river banks and on
the sandbars. - ese s9a tss
The opinion Of the United States Naval
| Court at Yokohama, on the loss ssof the
Oneida, was forwarded to Congress on
the I'd, by the Navy Department. The
Court say the cause of the collision was
| altogether entirely due to the Bombay,
whose commanding officer is to blame be-
yond excuse. The conduct of the Bonn
bay after the collision, in passing out of
sight, in not communicating with the
Oneida, and disregarding her signals and
guns, was SO guilty and blameable, that
the Court can only speak of it as unparal-
leled in cruelty. bef ssTesss aa l.,
The following is the public debt state
ment for May: ilal s.i a5Ju
Outstanding $2,oJU 5tO, ,.Us95
Total interest oo'o@"' ''o~o
Total, including interest due and = -
unpaid. ..,.....,...'. 1900 'SS,oofAVoiao1"
Amount in the Treasury: s. .l,l
COIL 49, SllooSo, Sdouo
Sinking ndiGnsf fund and bonds IS
Other bonds. ........ ...,........ f,oo5,oeo.uo
Debt TStq IeHa in arsasnF amoans n treasury
Debt, less amount in Treasury on ~,
April 1........ ................ 243s. s.562, ,12774
Decrease during the month :. ~. S11, ,697, 80
Decrease since March 1870. II, ,464, ,1426a
The following amounts were paid from
the United States Treasury during the
month ending April 80, exclusive of pay
ments on account of interest or principal
of the public debt: ~ aSloa
Civil and miscellaneous. 81 695,6S2 SO
War ..................... 559l,L4a 10
Navy. iosi't4a "a ~
Interior l,OS4,4 IL
Total S12, 763,629 81
A Washington dispatch of the Sd says:
"Several Cubans, prominent in the in
surrectionary movement, lately made over
lures to the Spanish Minister here pre-
paratory to giving up the contest. The
most conciliatory disposition was shown
by the Minister"
The New York State Canal Board, on
the Sd, made the following reductions
from the rates of last year: On salt, 331s
per cent; on coal, 30 per cent; on wheat,
corn, and other grains, 33115 per cent; on
| flour, so per cent on bloom, pig end
scrap iron, rs per cent. Other reductions
would be made in the same ratio. M
The bridge of the Hamilton & Dayton
Railroad, at Cumminsville, Ohio, was
burned on the night of the 4th. 30 ri
| At meeting of the Commissioners in
connection with the proposed removal of
the National Capital, held in st. Louis on
the 4th, preliminary arrangements were
made for mass meeting to be held in that
city, at which measures will be taken to
agitate the question preparatory to hold
ing another National Convention at Gin
cinnati in October, the call for which has
already been prepared. Ex-United States
Senator John B. Henderson presided.
Much interest was manifested.
General Sherman received a dispatch
on the 4th from Sheridan, informing him
that the Indians had taken possession of
several small forts near Sully, and made
prisoners of the garrisons. General Sheri-
dan had again started for the front, and
this time would GO as far as Fort Sully.
There seemed to be no doubt but that the
Indians meant mischief
A San Francisco dispatch Of the 9th
says the latest intelligence from different
portions of the State confirm the fears OF
short crop. The drought had been more
serious than for many years. gsI,.5 4
Passengers arrived in New York city
on the morning of the 9th, in six days and
twenty-three hours from San Francisco,
the quickest time yet made across the
continent. -cNt e'! e''i41'
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