Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-10-17

of deaths on the 18th up to 6 p. M, was forty
| five.
| Havana advices of the 9th say that the In
surgents, 1000 strong, had surprised the Span
ish column at Holquin. The Spanish loss was
| 125-killed, wounded and missing-among
whom was the Spanish Commander, who was
badly wounded. The Spaniards were subse-
quently reinforced, and the Insurgents driven
back to their camp. The Insurgents had also
attacked Santa Cruz del Sur, but had been re-
pulsed with loss of 13 killed.
| Advices from the City of Mexico of the I'd,
ma Havana 18th, say that Congress had de-
| creed the separation of Church and State; the
prohibiting or establishing of any religion;
marriage to be a civil contract; prohibiting
the holding of property by religious institu-
| tions, etc.
| A New York telegram of the 18th says that
George A. Clarke, Cashier and Ticket-seller of
the Union Pacific Railroad, had fled from the
city, and deficiency of $10 600 had been found
in his accounts. He is supposed to have used
the money for speculative purposes during
| the panic.
A Philadelphia dispatch of the 18th says
| that business matters were in very critical
condition. Several manufacturers have closed
entirely for want of funds, and others are at
tempting to reduce the wages of their en-
ployes. Should the reduction be insisted upon,
| general strike will be the consequence.
A Memphis dispatch of the 18th says that
the favorable change in the weather was hav-
ing good effect, and it was thought that the
epidemic would soon be abated.
Washington dispatch of the 18th says
the Comptroller of the Currency had issued a
call upon the National banks of the country
to report their condition at the close of busi-
ness on Friday, the.12th of September. This
is done to enable that officer to furnish COM
plete statistics of their condition just previous
to the beginning of the panic. The special
officer from the Comptroller's department
had reported that the proceedings taken by
the Union National Bank of Chicago to go
into voluntary liquidation were irregular in
form. The department, had therefore re-
| turned the papers to the bank, giving the in
stitution the choice of correcting them or
resuming. The Comptroller had received a
dispatch from the bank that it had decided
upon resumption.
The Supreme Court of the United States
met in their chamber on the 18th, and immedi-
ately adjourned to pay their annual visit to
the President Subsequently bar meeting
was held to take action concerning the death
of Chief-Justice Chase, and resolutions eulo-
| CYSTIC of the character of the deceased were
adopted
Washington telegram of the 18th says
the President had caused an order to be issued
from the War Department, giving full pardon
to all deserters who may return to duty on or
before the 1st of January next, and who may
serve faithfully during the remainder of their
term of enlistmant.
report of the great storm of August "a,
issued from the Signal Office, shows that
1,032 vessels, of which 425 were small fishing
schooners, are known to have been destroyed
during the Oath and 25th of August in the
neighb0rhood of the Gulf of st. Lawrence and
Atlantic shores of Novia Scotia, Cape Breton
and Newfoundland. In addition to this
large nnmber-over ninety vessels-had been
destroyed by the same storm in its course be-
fore reaching Nova Scotia, making total of
1 1,122 vessels destroyed within few days;
223 lives were definitely reported to be lost,
and the most moderate estimate of numerous
cases, in which whole crews are stated to have
been lost, had swelled the number to nearly
500, while if to this be added the loss of life
on land and in the earlier history of the cy--
clone, the grand total amounted to at least 600
lives. The records also show that about 900
buildings had been injured or totally destroyed
by this storm.
Dispatches from Oregon, of the 18th, say
that the election for Congressman had passed
off quietly. 1t was thought that Nesmith had
been elected by small majority.
"A San Francisco dispatch of the 18th says
that Delche, a notorious Apache chief, had
left the reservation with 1000 warriors, and
started in pursuit.
A Cincinnati dispatch of the 18th announced
that all the banks in that city had resumed
currency payments. There had been no run,
and the deposits had been liberal and beyond
expectation.
According to New York dispatch of the
18th, the Clearing House Association had ex-
tended the period for the maturity of the loan
certificates beyond November 10, if this form
of relief should then be found necessary. The
National Trust Company had resumed busi-
ness.
A dispatch from the Mayor of Memphis to
the Mayor of Cincinnati on the afternoon of
the 18th says the yellow fever had not abated
and that aid from abroad was wanted. Other
dispatches say that it was thought that the
disease had passed its worst, and that there
would be no more violent outbreaks. A dis
patch from Oweasville, Texas, says the yellow
fever had broken out in that vicinity.