Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-12-29

This virtually kills prior resolution that
the General Government should reimburse
the people for their loss...... Resolutions were
nassed in the South Carolina house on Mon
dav impeaching Gov. Scott and treasurer
Parker for manufacturing $6,O0O,O00 IN
fraudulent State bonds.
SEWARD is nominated for Vice-President
by Tallahassee, Florida, paper......Hon.
T. c. McCreery, late United States Senator
from Kentucky, has been nominated to sue
e.ed Hon. Garrett Davis...... Enoch Riley and
Johil Cotton, old residents ofTPineville,
Monroe county, Ala, had quarrel recently,
and settled it with shot guns, according to
the code. Both were killed at the first fire.
Washington.
Mr.. J. II. RILEY has been recognized by
the President as Consul General for the free
states of South Africa......T The Treasury De-
partment has received check from bank
ing house in Washington for between $4,000
and $11 900, that sum being an unexpended
balance in their hands of money received
from Seth Johnson, the treasury defaulter,
for speculation in bonds.
THE wool crop of the United States for the
year ending June /, 1870, according to the
census returns, amounted to 101, 284,678
pounds, including Al ,929, 647 from the North
western States ......A private letter from San
Domingo says the two years lease Of the
Bay of SANTANA having expired, the United
States flag has been hauled down.
AT his own request, and by direction of
the President, Brig. Gen. Benjamin w.
Brice, Paymaster General, is retired from
active service, and his name will be entered
on the list of retired officers of the grade to
which he now belongs. ..... Daniel W. Mann,
of Illinois, has been appointed Supervisor or
Internal Revenue in that State, vice r. j.
Sweet, appointed First Deputy Commits
sioner, and has taken the oath of office.
The French bark Costa RIGA was run into
on Sunday night by an unknown vessel, off
the Isle of Wight, and sunk, carrying down
seventeen of the crew. The unknown YES
sci hurried off and made no attempt to rem
der assistance......A public rejoicing took
place at Windsor, on Monday, over the con-
valesence of the Prince of Wales. A num-
Der of oxen and sheep were roasted, by order
of the town authorities, and general feast
was held, to which the poor and many other
persons were invited. ..... The Commissioners
held a formal meeting at Geneva, Switzer-
land, on Monday Havana letter to the
New York Herald states that visit to the
grave of Castanon, which is alleged to have
been desecrated by the students who were
brutally shot by volunteers, reveals the fact
that no dissertation whatever has been made.
The glass covering of the niche is not
broken, as was stated by the Spaniards, and
everything about the grave is in perfect or
Il how iat1 had oil
advices from India state that the river
| Gurnti rapidly rose, on the night of Sept. Is,
| and overfowed it's banks, the flood lasting
three days and nights, and swept away
about 5000 houses in the city and vicinity
of Jounpur, rendering 10000 people home
less.
The London Times of Tuesday publishes a
conservative leader on the subject of the
meeting of the Geneva Commission of Arbi-
traitors, in which it thanks President Grant
for having materially contributed to en-
| courage a feeling of brotherhood among the
| nations. .....A meeting Of the Erie Railroad
| Stockholders Protection Society was held in
| London on Tuesday. Raphael presided, and
| in the course of some remarks said the pres
| ent organization cannot long survive the fall
of it's twin sister, the Tammany Ring. An
avowed object of the Republican Legislature
Vi NEW IOIht uo Sdlu, ID W UICdh up tA0
present management of the Erie railroad.
Raphael warned the stockholders against
making any compromise whatever with Fisk
| or Gould. THE French Government re-
| fuses to sell the crown jewels to private par
ties......The Russian Academy of Sciences
has elected Gen. Won Moltke an honorary
member. .....A Madrid letter states that Gen.
| Sickles received secret orders to return to
Washington for consultation on important
| state matters......At Berlin, on the 18th, Min
lister Bancroft delivered to the Emperor of
Germany, who is the arbitrator in the mat
ter, the memorandum of the American Gov
ment with regard to the northwestern boun-
dairy question. 1.-The press of Lisbon show
| much anxiety over the largely-increased
| emigration of workmen to the United States,
and recommend remedial measures. 1.-THE
Sublime Porte and the Khedive of Egypt
have refused the purchase of the Suez canal,
which is offered for sale.