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

A Madrid dlSpatcn OF the l0tn announces
that naval battle had been fought OF Car
tagena, between the Intransigente fleet and the
National squadron. The fight lasted two
hours, when the Insurgent vessels were COM
PEELED to haul off and return to Cartagena in
badly damaged condition, and with loss of
thirteen killed and forty-seven wounded.
Senor Mayer, member of the Junta, askilled.
A Washington dispatch of the 18th says that
the Civil Service Commission, in session in
that city, had recommended the appointments Of
E. o. Graves, for several years Chief Clerk of
the Treasury as Examiner in Chief. 1t would
be his duty to organize local boards
of examination for candidates for the civil
service. Subsequently the President had ap-
pointed him.
The Board of Equalization for the State of
Illinois had completed its labors on the 7th.
The estimated value of all lands in the State
of. Illinois, according to their opinion, was
81, ,245, ,76O, ,454.
A New York dispatch Of the 7th announces
the suspension of Wylie, Knevals & Co., su-
dealers.
Memphis telegram of the 7th says that,
on that day, more cases of yellow fever had
been developed than ever before. Over 600
persons were under treatment. The
deaths numbered forty-two. Among the
latter was Rev. Father Carey, of the Dom
inican priesthood. At Shreveport the inter-
ments were less numerous, probably because
the material with which to operate was less
abundant. The town had become almost de-
populated.
The New York State "Liberar' Conven-
ton met at Elmira, New York, on the
Sth, appointed Committee and
adopted resolutions congratulating the peo-
pie upon the growing disposition to oppose
any perversion of civil authority; reaffirming
the principles set fort at Cincinnati more than
a year ago; denouncing the Congressman who
voted for and retain the so-caled back pay,
and applauding those who returned it to the
Treasury; regretting the President should so
mistake the morality of the American charac-
ter and disregard the honor of the American
name as to officially sanction the bill, and
charging the Republican party with the re-
sponsibility of its passage, and demanding its
repeal regarding as of the highest importance
that lines of transportation between the East
and West be improved, SO that no interest can
justly complain of the facilities afforded; de-
ploring the corrupting influence of the great
corporations whereby agricultural interests are
crippled and the development of the country
retarded; asserting that the eternal policy
of the States and municipalities should not be
interfered with by the Federal authorities;
charging the Administration with being re-
sponsible for the recent disordered financial
condition of the country, and regarding as of
paramount Importance return to specie pay
ment. The Convention also resolved that the
thanks of all freemen are due to the tribunal
which has vindicated the right of local trial by
jury and the freedom of the press. A State
ticket was nominated as follows: Secretary of
State, Diedrich Willers; Comptroller, Nelson
| K. Hopkins; Attorney General, Daniel Pratt;
Treasurer, Thomas III. Raines; Canal Commits
sioner, James jackson; Engineer, Sylvanus H.
| Sweet; State Prison Inspector, M. K. Platt.
| A Washington dispatch of the Sth says that
the Germans of the District of Columbia, at
meeting held ON the preceding
! evening, had declared that they would
not support any man for office
whe pledged himself to adhere ''to the per-
nicious cause of so-called temperance.
| Benjamin Dean has been nominated for Con-
gress by the Democrats of the Third Massa-
| chusetts Congressional District.