Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-01-13

| eel. III is pfODdUlo SHE VIII Ilou "e'ii; NJ"
ever, before the 18th inst. Her stores
are nearly all on board. Her crew Is
made up principally of sailors IN the
late flagship Delaware, OF the Aslatlc
squadron.
"A st. Louis dispatch gives the fol-
lowing statistics of that city for the past
wear. which show a large increase of
business over 1869. A few of the lead
ing articles are noticed, as follows: Re-
ceipts of wheat flour reduced to wheat,
13,709,930 bu; previous year, Il, 25l ,674
bu. Receipts of corn, 1905, 436 bu; ps ?
vious year, 2,395,713 bu. Receipts of
oats, 4,511 $40 bu; previous year, 3,461,-
944 bu. The products of iron furnaces
increased from $4,000 to 72.5OO tons.
The transactions of the Clearing House
were $774,S15;458, being an increase of
80 per cent over the previous year.
Taxable real estate in St. Louis, S217,-
355,6l9 personal property, $57, 777,120;
on which $5,017 ,432 taxes were collected.
There was also $5,443,125 internal rev.
enue collected. The collection at Gus
tom House, from all sources during the
year, were $2,O27 ,4S4. The railroad ton
mage of the year has been 1854 tons
from the West; S17,675 tons from the
East; 39O,67O tons shipped East. Total,
2,374 ,206 tons. The total receipts of
coal amount to %, Ats tons. Amount
of iron ore named the past year, $4,000
tons, about one-half the amount mined
during the previous ten years. The
year, 1,134, of which only ia were
frame, costing $780,, 525. The amount
of lead products in the State during the
year, 14,128,725 pounds. Amount of
flour received, | ,413, 1886 barrels. Amount
of timber received, 24O, 10000 feet, an
increase of Cd, 677, 4l4>over the previous
year.
The trustees of Plymouth Church,
Brooklyn, have again asked Mr.. Beecher
to accept $4,000 salary for the ensuing
year.
Official reports show that in Sweden
and Norway ninety seven out OF every
one hundred children between and Is
years attend school; a larger percentage
than anywhere else.
The Duke of Cambridge is about to
be succeeded by Lord Napier Magdala
as Commander-in-Chief of the army,
and Mr.. Cardwell by Lord Straithnairn
as Secretary of State. England is de-
termined to arm.
A dispatch from Iavre, dated the
Sd, reports Bourbaki marching on the
Germans, and Chausey, at Lemans, is
constantly pushing ahead. His troops
are in a flying column of ten thousand
men, end are marching toward Paris,
vio Charities.
The new Spanish Cabinet has been
completed, as follows: Serrano, Presi-
dent of the Council; Martos, Minister of
Foreign Affairs Montero Rios, Minister
of Justice; Beranger, Minister of Ma
rine; Sagusta, Minister of the Interior;
Ulloa, Minister of Public Works; Ayala,
Minister of Colonies.
The intensely cold weather causes
fearful mortality among the German
wounded. Nearly all the occupants Of
fifty-six carriages, filled with soldiers
wounded at the assault upon Belfort, OH
the Dist of December, were frozen to
death before the train reached Chate-
nos.
Dispatches from Versailles, received
here, state that the general evacuation
of the departments of East Paris, which
had been occupied by German troops,
still continues. 1t is thought that this
is being done in order to concentrate
Prussian strength around Versailles.
A dispatch from Bordeaux, dated
Jan. 3dsays. The engagements along the
Loire for week past have all been sue
cesses for the French. Near Lachatre
| 200 prisoners were taken by the
French A Prussian column recently
lost 300 men by drowning in an attempt
to cross the Loire on the ice.
-Advices from Santiago de Cuba,
dated the 23d, state that on the 18th,
three hundred insurgents, including
forty negresses, armed with cutlasses,
burned Socupa, fishing village, distant
five miles from that city, opposite the
the Moro fortress at the mouth Of the
harbor. They found the small detach-
ment of defenders to retreat, and killed
nine persons, including two women.
Minister Washburne, in dispatch
to the State Department, recently re-
ceived, gives it as his opinion that the
surrender Of Paris will not terminate
the war. The French have at no stage
of the struggle showed greater determi-
nation, and Washburne thinks that they
will not submit so long as they have any
men or money left.
The Prussians, on Wednesday, furi-
ously attacked Forts Rosny, Nugent and
Mont Akron. Some of their siege bat
teries were unmasked, and an attempt
made at a regular commandment of the
position, but the attack was repulsed,
with heavy loss. The morale of Paris is
exceedingly good.
-Bourbakis command is charged es-
pecially with the duty of revictualling
Paris, and has already on hand vast
amount Of live stock and provisions for
that purpose. At the proper moment
this army will make a desperate effort
to join Chaufeys forces and reunite the
Army of the Loire, which will then,
with great energy, push on for Paris.
THE following is official Gen. Faid-
herbe sends the following dispatch to
the Minister of War, under date of Jan.
3: ave have fought battle near Ba-
paume, which lasted from 8 a. m. to 6
p. m. on Monday. We have driven the
Prussians from all the positions and vii
lagos occupied by them. The enemys
losses are enormous. Ours are also Sc
rious."
More reliable information has been
received as to the movements of the
French Army of the North, under COM
mand of Gen. Faidherbe. 1t appears to