Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-05-02

ing the Louisiana difficulty will await the
arrival at New Orleans of Secretary Belknap,
who has been instructed to make quiet but
thorough investigation into Louisiana affairs,
consulting with General Emory, Governor Kel-
logg, the members of the Custom-House party,
and the Republicans of the opposition govern
ment who may be willing to give their views
1t will be the wish of the executive officials OF
| the Government that action in Louisiana mat
| ters be delayed until Belknap's return. Then,
with the Judgment of Belknap to guide them,
future disturbance or revolt may be met with
prompt and decided action, from which no ap-
peal will be considered.
| A Baton Rouge Qa.) dispatch of the 9th
says: GA detachment of 125 of the Metropoh
tan police, with Winchester rifles and one
piece of artillery, arrived here last evening
| from New Orleans and left this morning for
| Port Vincent, Livingstone parish, for the
purpose of installing the appointees of Kel-
logg They were met at HaTTold's ferry at
noon to-day by a committee of three persons
representing the Port Vincent party, and it is
presumed that matters win be adjusted with
out bloodshed.
| A Washington dispatch Of the Goth says that
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three Senators, out of 327 Senators, Members,
and Delegates have turned into the treasury
or donated in various ways their extra salary.
| Representatives Peters, of Maine, and S. s.
Cox, of New York, are the latest ones who
have refused the amount, accompanied by a
request that no public mention should be made
of it.
| F. L. Taintor, cashier of the Atlantic Ma
tional Bank of New York City, is a defaulter
to the amount of some 100000, which he con-
fesses to having lost in Wall street in stock
speculations. Taintor made no attempts to
escape, but was arrested and lodged in Ludlow
| Street Jail.
John J. Murphy was hanged at Stockton,
Cal, on the 25th, for the murder of Patrick
Murray five years ago.
Twenty-seven delegates from the various
| trades unions in the United States met in Sc
cret session in New York City on the 25th, and,
after discussion, resolved to postpone any at
| tempt to enforce the eight-hour rule till 1874.
The Memphis Life and General Insurance
Bank, D. B. Mallory, President, has suspend
ed, with liabilities of $25,OO0 which, it is said,
are fully secured by the assets.
The town of Mariana, Ark, was recently
nearly destroyed by fire.
| A Washington dispatch of the 2Sth says that
the Commissioners of Internal Revenue will
soon issue a circular requiring Collectors of
| Internal Revenue to make two returns during
the month of May, from the 1st to the 10Th
and from the 10Th to the 31st, in order that the
| liabilities for the new bonds may be de-
| termined.
A Charleston dispatch says that advices from
neighboring coast sections report disastrous
results to crops from the killing frost of the
| Goth. Much of the cotton will have to be re-
planted, and the injury to early vegetables is
irreparable. Frost so late in the season had
not occurred in that section for fifty years.
General Gillem has forwarded to General
Sherman full official report of the circum-
stances attending the murder of General Can
by. He SAYS that the night before the confer
ence the interpreter came to Gillems slck-bed
and called him to witness, in the presence OF
several Others that he had warned them all or
the danger of holding another parley with Cap
tain Jack away from protection OF troops
Gillem became satisfied from indications
coming under his observation that reac-
ton was intended, and he determined
next day to send a courier to General
Candy, with message instructing him to be
on his guard. Just as he was about to write
he heard firing, and moment afterward he
saw the assault and murder OF Candy ana
Thomas that had been committed, and that 1t
was then too late to save them.
An examination into the affairs of the At
Iantic National Bank showed that the actual
deficit, independent of the capital and surplus
amounted to S6O4,OOO. About $1S0,0O0 of
this amount could be traced to bad debts, for
which the cashier (Taintor) was not responsible.
About S42O 900 of losses were made by him in
his stock speculations. 1t was found that, be-
sides using the funds of the Bank for the pur-
poses of speculation, he had also "spouted'
1852 900 of private securities left for safe keep
ing in the Bank. Two tickets were also found
representing $4,000 of gold as assets. The
Bank is hopelessly bankrupt The stock
holders lose all their investment and surplus.
The depositors may receive 30 per cent, While
those who placed their securities in bank Tor
safe keeping have no redress. Taintor says
that the speculations entered into by him were
all on behalf of the Bank, and had they proved
successful the Bank would have had the entire
benefit
The Secretary of the Treasury has directed
the Assistant Treasurer at New York to sell
81, ,OOO, 900 in gold on the first, third, and fifth
Thursdays, and S1,OOO,OOO on the second and
fourth Thursdays, in all S6,000,0OO and to buy
$500, 900 on the first and $500,000 on the third
Wednesday of May in all 81, 100000 The Sec
retary has also directed the payment without
rebate on and after April Is, of interest due on
bonds May 1.
At Iowa City on the 20th, the building
known as Marke Hall caught fire and was
burned, the falling wall burying five persons
in the ruins, two of whom, Robert Love ana
George Andrews (colored), died soon after be-
ing taken out. Mr.. Hart, University law
student from Comanche, Iowa, it was thought
would not survive. The others had their
limbs broken, but were not otherwise serious !