Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-12-17

the conduct of our Administration for discharg-
ing Gen. John B. Henderson,
ST. Louis specials of the 10th say that on
the preceding day Dst.-Atty. Dyer had secured
q capias fur the arrest of Gen. Babcock, which he
| turned over to Marshal Lefingwell for execu-
ton. 1t was reported later in the even
ing that he would be allowed to give
bail before Judge Blodgett in Chicago,
A Cabinet meeting WAS held at Washington on
the 10th, and the action of the President In re-
moving Gen. Henderson was unanimously lus-
tanned. The Military Court of Inquiry in Gen.
Babcock's case met on the 10th, and agreed to adj
journ from day to day until the result of the ST.
Louis trial was known.
George Reynolds was convicted at Salt
Lake, Utah, on the 10th, of polygamy, and re-
manded for sentence.
The Arkansas Legislature adjourned
sine die on the 10th.
In one Of the late storms on Lake Mich
igan the schooner Cornelius B. Windiate found
cred and sank with all on board-ten men.
The Kentucky State Grange has adopt
ed resolutions favoring Government aid to the
Texas Pacific Railroad.
A riot was reported in progress at Roll
ing Fork, Miss, on the 10th, between whites and
blacks, in which seven negroes were killed. No
whites had been hurt. The disturbance was said
to have originated in an attempt TO rescue col
ored man from arrest.
In letter signed by him as Governor
of Louisiana McEnery expresses his regret at
the action of Mcmillan in withdrawing his Gre
dentials as Senator from that State, and says he
is of opinion that Mcmillan has seriously erred
in the conclusions to which he has arrived.
On the 9th, in executive session, the
Senate confirmed a large number of Executive
nomination among others those of Mcssrs
Chandler, as Sec 'etary of the Interior; New, as
United States Treasurer; Pierrepont, as Attorney
General and Smith, as Commissioner of Indian
Affairs
The bill introduced in the Senate by
Mr.. Morton in regard to the counting Of votes for
President and Vice-Presdent is the same bill
which was reported to the Senate last February.
The Opinion NdtS0nGle, of Lima, Peru,
of recent date, says that while repairs were
being made on the San Andres Hospital. recent
ly, a wall on being thrown down was found to
be hol wv and filled with human remains Be-
tween 1000 and 5000 skeletons were discovered.
They appeared to be from $50 to 200 years old.
All appeared to have been clothed 1t was be-
lieved they were victims of the Inquisition.
On the 18th the Moody and Sankey
meetings in Philadelphia very largely at
tended. At the women's meeting in the after
noon there were 11,000 persons present and 800
visited the inquiry room.
The agricultural report for November
shows that the corn crop of 1875 was one-fourth
larger than that of 1874, and one of the largest
ever grown in the country. The same was true
of potatoes, both as regards quantity and quality
Tobacco also showed large increase of pro-
duction.
Indian Commissioner Smith took charge
of the Indian Bureau on the 18th.
Speaker Kerr was serenaded at his hotel
in Washington on the night of the 18th. He
made brief oratorical acknowledgment of the
compliment.
The House bill regulating postage on
printed matter, introduced on the 10th, provides
that postage on transient newspapers, pamphlets,
etc, on and after June 1875, shall be one cent for
each two ounces or fraction thereof. No change
is made on other mailable matter of the third
class.
A meeting of the Republican National
Committee has been called for the 18th of Janu-
airy next, and Washington designated as the
place. The object of the meeting is to determine
upon the Time ana pldCe TOT nOlulnS Tie hcpuDl
can National Nominating Convention.
James O. Broadhead, prominent
Democratic lawyer of st. Louis, has been ap
pointed to succeed Gen. Henderson as counsel
for the Government in conducting the whisky
trials at st. Louis He has accepted the posi-
ton.
The jury in the case of Burbach and
Reynolds, Milwaukee whisky rec ifiers, brought
in verdict of guilty on the evening the nth.
On the 18th, at Chicago, Gen. Babcock
gave bail in the sum of $4,000 for his appearance
for trial before the United States District Court
at ST. Louis.
Judge Bangs, of Lacon, ILL.,, has been
appointed to succeed j. d. Ward as United
States District-Attorney for the Northern Dis
trict of Illinois.
Gov. Irwin, of California, in his recent
message, urged that the State endeavor to bring
about such modification Of the treaty between
the United States and China as would result In
the restriction of Chinese immigration.
The ice, on the 10th, was ten inches
thick in some portions of the Erie Canal.
At a meeting in Boston, a few days ago,
several Methodist clergymen, under the lead of
Bishop Haven, resolved in favor of the renomina-
ton of President Grant as measure of public
safety A number of ministers of the same demon.
nation at Salt Lake City, Utah, have lately pro-
tested against the action the part of their Bos
ton brethren, and adopted resolution denounc-
inc the President for his course toward that Ter