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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-26
FEDERAL POLICY PUT IN PRAC-


The conduct of the Federal troops at and in
the vicinity Of Helena, exemplifes most wildly
the practical effects of the war policy of the
Lincoln government. The army of CURTIS is
conducting itself as a victorious conqueror,
%pilfsTing and robbing, and spprOpriating to
itself property of every species that may fall
within its grasp. Plantations are devastated,
aud everything movable either destroyed or
appropriated to army uses. Negroes who show
an u-nwillingness to leave their homes, are forced
to do so by reason of the fact that they are
robbed of every means Of subsistence, and are
under the necessity of either following the army
or starving.
The horrors which that section is now suffering
is only an ex~empGfcadon of what will be the
fate of our whole country in the event of its
~subjugatiOn. Every man viii not only be
robbed of his personal property, but his real
estate viii be confscated and divided out among
LTNCoLS's soldiery, or otherwise disposed of to
enable the North to pay her immense war debt
She is well aware of her inability ever to pay
this debt without impoverishing her " people
unless she can lay the South under heavy
contributions for that purpose.
The policy of the Lineolnites being thus
plainly developed and ~exemplifed whenever
they have the power, it must be plain to every
one that no greater calamity could befal the
country than its conquest and ~subjugation by
them. Devastation, ruin and crime follow their
footsteps, and nothing but the desOlating track
of the tornado is left in their rear. ImPOverish-
ment, humiliation and death attend their coming
and geing, and it were far better and wiser that
every Southern man spend his last dollar as
well as shed his last drop Of blood, in keeping
the d~astardly foe at bay and driving him from
cur soil, than that he be permitted to get a
permanent foothold upon our territory. Robbery
and probably death is our doom if we remain
inactive and rresolute and permit the enemy to
take possession Of our country. No worse fate
can befsn US if we perish in a noble, universal
and united.efort to drive him from our borders.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-10-23
TO BE CONTINUED.
The Battles Of Corinth and Hatchie

The crisis of the battle at Corinth was
Saturday forenoon, when the rebel Gen.
Rogers, with 1000 men, essayed to cap
ture our battery "Robinet" Once they
came forward and were repulsed. Again
they advance.
The 1000 men, masscd in a single
column, eight deep, moved forward in
silence, Gen, Rogers at the head, regard
less Of the shower Of bullets which
whistled about their ears and decimated
their ranks. The decisive moment-the
turning point Of the engagement had ar
rived Every battery bearing on the
column was double charged with grape
and canister, which burst over their de-
voted heads. Scores were killed at every
discharge, but they moved steadily on,
maintaining the silence of the grave.
AS fast as one soldier fell his comrade
behind stepped forward and took his
place. They charged up to the battery,
reserving their fire until they reached
the parapets. Twice repulsed, the third
time they reached The outer works and
planted their flag upon the escarpmcnt.
it was shot down and again planted,
but shot down again. They fred from
the parapet and through the enclosures,
and had partial possession Of the works.
But their triumph was of short duration
According to previous instructions, the
gunners fell back behind the works, and
battery civilians and battery "Rob-
inc" threw murderous fire. 1t was at
short range and the missels were aimed
with fearful accuracy No body of men
could stand that fire, and they re-
luctantly withdrew. This charge upon
the battery was magnificent but fool
hardy affair The intensity of the fight
may be judged from the fact that 260
dead bodies were found in and about
the trenches, within distance of fifty
feet of the works
Then came a splendid column by por-
ton of Colonel Movers brigade and
thew were routed and almost annihilated.
The attack upon the fort was twice repeat
cd and as oftoa repulsed. Col Rogers and
Col. Ross were killed, and several other
well-known and important field officers.
The fighting where Col. Mower made
his charge was for great portion of the
time hand to hand, and of the most
desperate character. AS they retreated
down the hill towards the timber, their
starting point, batteries, ,.Robinet" and
Williams played upon them with double
charges of grape and canister, and made
their retreat take the character of rout.
In the meantime skirmishing was going
on in front Of battery "Phillips, result
ING in sharp little fight, lasting fifteen
or twenty minutes, at the end Of which
time the rebels retreated.
Beatenateyery point, and disappointed
in their we'll conceived and nearly exc
cuted plan of capturing Corinth, gen
eral movement, as if retrcating, was
plainly pcrccptible along the entire rebel
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-10-23
DODGEVIILE WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1869.

during this liberty commotion, was shak-
ing and rattling in the church and out,
on week day and sabbath, this tempest
filled the atmosphere, and praying pco-
pie and swearing people were smltten.
In one church in that city, Juan was
told, the praying folk split into factions,
and hurled anathamas at each others
heads. SO desperate became this pray
ing fight that one party split entirely
away from the rest and built a church
Of their own. Every pot house and
groggely became a rendezvous for one
faction or another: should any one Of a
differant stripe unluckely stray on the
premises, oh his head-his heart-his
! liver and even common men, who, in
other times might be civil and good
natured, if they met in narrow lane
looked daggers and sometimes used them
on one another; why, it WAS hard to
tell, and they themselves were bothered
to know the why, but a liberty phrcnzy
had seized them, impellcd by it they
took different sides, one felt ugly to-
wards one another and must threaten and
fight Man is an anomoly, said Juan,
when his brain is turned by the whirl
of liberty, This tempest in a teapot
of Rhode Island war, did not last
long, and people settled down pretty
civily to treat each other some what
nationally once more, Juan being a
stranger, and, withall, a foreigner, did
not get much mixed up in this liberty
muss. 1t was to him, however, sort
Of theme to muse on, and for many
day and night visions Of liberty and
ante-iberty, Democracy and ante De
mocracy soyeregntyisms and republi-
canisns, came over his brain, and he
came to the conclusion that decent
batch Of good common sense is most
desirable commodity in all forms Of gov
crnmcnts, be they republics OF what
not
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-10-23

and the colony may settle, in the Ian
guage of the paper of permission from
this government, "at any point within
the tropics, even though it should be
the valley of the Nile. But no obiec-
ton is anticipated atChiriqui. Ofcourse
the colony is to be entirely in harmony
with existing law. 1t will plant a city
with municipal regulations under the
State authority.
The President has given Senator Pom
eroy letter, charging him to "maintain
the republic abroad, and the Secretary
of State has endorsed it in such manner
as to prevent any action on the part of
the colony which may involve our govern
ment in amy event. The expedition will
be supplied with provisions. furnished
by the government, which will be dealt
out as soldiers rations during the voy-
age and thereafter, until the first crop
shall have been gathered 1t is the in
tention to make the colony speedily
self-supporting. To this end agricul-
tural and mining impliments, with saw
mills and few domestic animals, will
be taken.
Two million acres of land have already
been negotiated for, and Senator Pome-
roy goes clothed with ample power to
negotiate for all that is needful. The gov
ernment will give to each adult unmar-
ried man 20 acres, to every family of
five persons forty acres, to every family
of over five persons eighty acres. Chiri
qua Loguon is where Columbus landed
on his second trip, and got gold by digg-
ing up Indian graves. Much gold is be-
lieved to be in the streams which take
their rise there
We do not want the contrabands in
the free States, and they cannot stay in
the South. We trust that Mr.. Pome-
roy's voyage will open up new land to
the black man where the oppressor will
follow him no more.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-10-23
What to do with the Contrabands

This is a matter that seems to puzzle
the government at present, and will be
likely to be puzzling matter for some
time to come. There is no body in the
free states, or, at any rate, but very
few, that want them to blend and mix
up in society here. There seems to be
no home for them in the South at pres
ent, and they are accommodating on the
hands of the governmental such numbers
that something must be done. The fol-
lowing is an outline of the Pomeroy
plan of South American Colonization,
but from late intimations, there seems
to be some difficulties in the way OF
that being successful:
It is Senator Pomeroy's intention to
90 with five hundred able bodied negroes
as the first colony, in first class steamer
sailing from this city between the 9th
and 10th Of October. A few women
will accompany the expedition, but none
with large families. The first colony
to go as pioneers to smooth the way for
Others. The expedition will land at
Chiriqui on the Isthmus, two hundred
miles north of Aspinwall and the Pan
anna Railroad. If no objection is made
by the Chiriqui government on arrival,
a landing will be made in Chiriqui La
COON, fine bay overlooking northward
with several rivers flowing into it from
the south.
IF objection be made on the part Of
the present administration Of the State
or if the coal and gold deposits, or the
commercial and agricultural resource:
do not prove as good as is promised, 3
second trial will be made on the perhap;
equally desirable shore of Honduras
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-10-23

line.-This was about half past twelve
on Saturday, and virtually the end of
the engagement here Our troops stood
in line in readiness to receive them at
every point, should they desire to renew
the attack 1t was thought that an at
tempt would be made to mass the rebel
troops at some other point, but this ex-
pectation was not to be realized The
enemy slowly took up his line Of retreat
in the direction of Chervalla.
A nights rest and bivouack refreshed
our wearied troops, and with the fresh
men to the number Of 5000, under Brig.
Gen. Mcpherson, which arrived from
Jackson during the night, at daylight
they started to pursue the retreating reb-
els. Gen. Rosencrans followed the rebel
army until near the Hatchie River, the
bridge over which stream Gen Hurlburt
had reached with his division from Boil
var, and destroyed, near Pocahontas-
The rebels found their retreat cut off in
that direction, and attempted to retreat
towards Cheyalla, when they met the ad-
vancing column of Rosencrans, There
was fighting all day Sunday and to-day,
and this evening we have the gratifying
intelligence from Gen. Rosencrans that
the enemy is utterly routed and de-
feated.
A large number Of his men, those
who escaped the casualties of Friday
and Saturday, are killed and wounded,
and we have more prisoners than we
can provide quarters for tits low esti-
mate to say that in the engagements here
and on the Hatchie, not less than 10000
rebels are killed and wounded. Prob
ably fully that number have been taken
prisoners.
An immense quantity Of artillery and
all of his baggage trains are in our pos
session, and we may safely count upon
the utter destruction Of the flower Of the
Southern army.
[ rode over the field very soon after
the battle closed, and can say with GER
tainty, that the rebels lost four to our one.
This is owing to the fact that we greatly
excelled them in artillery and position
They were compelled to meets cross fire,
come from any quarter Welost but very
few on Saturday. On Friday we lost
more, and this because it was necessary
to meet them to know their force and
position. God bless Gen. Rosencrans,
says this army, and the country will say
the same.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-10-23
Written for the Chronicle.
The Rangers Farewell.

Farewell dearest parents and friends for while,
The Of country hath called us from home
To defend the flag traitors attempt to destroy,
And bury foul treason for all time to come
The battle is raging brave soldiers falling fast,
And rivers of blood DER Southern soil flow,
The Southern rebellion has swept with one blast,
Many thousand brave patriots to pain, death and
But the great Union army is still marching on,
Under the prestige of victory the old banner waves
Baptised in the blood of many brave hearts,
In triumph its folds still shelter their graves
And should Dodgeye be forced to yield up to the foe
One true hcsrtcd Ranger in deaths cold embrace,
BE assured ths6 he fell while his comrades like he,
Were battling with rebels for Union and poace
And while we are absent from that we love,
Contcndng WITH traitors our foes in the North,
Our hearts will back to those dear ones at home,
Who await us to join thom ronnd the old homestead
hearth.
Fond parents and sisters, dear brothers and friends,
Await for the coming of peace once again,
And we will return singing new songs of joy,
Union and peace triumphant doth reign.
Camp Messmore, Oct. 9th 1862
RANGER.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-10-23
Juan's Twenty Years Experience
in America.
CHAPTER LII.

This matter of liberty war in
the State of Rhode Island, as Juan
learned afterwards, was something that
had been brewing for some time. The
version of it that Juan obtained runs
something on this wise When the
colony Of Rhode Island joined the
reyolutionists who had taken up arms
against Great Britain, that colony was
managing its political matters under a
charter granted by James the 1st to
Rhode Island and Providence Planta-
tions. This charter made soil the leg
islaturc, that is, that the number of
acres not the number Of people should
vote, and that if man had not acres
he could not have voice nor vote in any
public matters and, with this charter
as basis, Rhode Island was taken into
the order Of things which were inagu-
rated at the revolution. For some time
matters went smooth enough, but times
had changed and the circumstances of
the people had changed, and many ma
tives born in Rhode Island had no vote
in the clecting of legislatures though
some Of them possessed considerable
wealth. Murmurings against this state
|
of things were heard from time to
time, but still the old King James
charter held its ground and Rhode
Islands vote was a certain number Of
acres vote, and it was in the year 1912
that young DoRE, who was then mem
Der of the Rhode Island legislature,
raised his voice against it, he had many
sympathizers, and gathered around him
a good many followers, he was elected
governor by public aclamation. The
powers that were, that is, the number
of acre powers, had command and were
resolved to keep it, the popular soycr-
eighty with DoRE at its head, however,
wanted command, and took up arms to
Get it, hence the "DoRE war, as that
fzzle of a raid is called among Rhode
islanders. 1t may be well enough to
observe that popular sovereignty has
been made the law of that State since.
What bothered Juan was that there
should be fighting for liberty, in land,
that Of all others, according to his no
ton, people had the most and the best
liberty in the world, and Juan's philos
ophy ofliberty got good deal befoged,
and he almost came to the conclusion
that a great deal said about liberty is
mixed up with considerable fudge. What
is liberty What do politicians great
and small, legislatures great and small,
all manner of blabbers great and small
mean by liberty Juan was puzzled;
he had heard most laundering speeches
IN the old world where Royalty ruled,
about liberty; Daniel O'connell liberty,
Fargus O'conner liberty, Robert Owen
liberty, w. Cobbett liberty So drilled
had he been in his liberty philosophy
that, to his notion, to get away from
the shadow of Royalty especially to
get where Democracy was the reigning
element, that that would be liberty in
the acme Of its glory, and this was to
him the puzzle that in very few hours
of an existance in that land he found
people as violent, perhaps little more
murderously violent, about liberty than
he had ever seen people before. And all
manner Of people were violent; the very
Lusk and kernel of society in Providence
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-10-23

'PRING UP DE SUACKAssEs. At the
late Cross Keys battle, near Union
Church, Va, one of Gen. Fremont's
batteries Of eight Parrot guns, supported
by a squadron Of horse, commanded by
Major t. S. Richards of Reading, was
in sharp conflict with a battery Of the
enemy near at hand, and perfect storm
Of shot and shell we're flying. The com
mander of the battery rode suddenly up
to the cavalry, and exclaimed in loud,
excited tones, .'Pring up de shackasses
for Cots sake, hurry up de shackasses,
immediately" The necessity Of this
order, though not quite apparent to our
readers, will be more obvious when we
mention that the 'shackasses are mnles,
carrying mountain howitzers, which are
fred from the back Of that much abused
animal, and the immediate occasion for
the 'shackasses" was, that two regiments
Of rebel infantry were at the moment
discovered descending hill Immediately
behind our batteries. The "shackasses,
with the howitzers loaded with grape
and canister, were soon on the ground.
The mules squared themselves, as they
we'll knew how, for the shock. A ter
rife yolley was poured into the advan-
cling column, which Immediately broke
and retreated. Two hundred and sew
enty-eight dead bodies were found in
the ravine next day, piled closely to-
gether as they fell-the effect Of the
volley from the backs of the "shack-
asses"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-10-23
EYE AND EAR.

nE H0UGHMAN, 0culst and Aurist, the skillful
operator for all diseases of the Eye and Ear, will
xist Dodgovile Tuesday Oct 2Sth, and may be found
ID the principle Hotel for this day only Parties afiet
ed are invited TO call and have their cases examined
cases found incurable the parties will be SO inform
3D. and not encouraged when there no hope ofrelief
Nhile the persons calling for examination may rely
npon the Doctors opinion the Doctor will not re-
eeve any case which ornnot benefited. No charges
Ion Examination. c. t. H0UGHMAN NJ ID. 0. A.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-10-23
MASONIC.

~ OCULAR MEETINGS of Dodgcyille Lodge, No
Is ll9 of A. F.&A Nj, on the first and third Fri
Ian evenings Of each month at their Hall ON Iowa
street Transient brethren visiting Dodgeviile ar,
cordially invited to attend
HENRY DUNSrAN, Scc'y.
To Widows tears to orphans cry,
An wants our ready hands supply,
So far as power is given
The naked clothe, the prisoner tree,-
Such are the deeds sweet masonry
Revealed 10 us from heaven.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-10-23
SCHALr,S HOUSE,

ATo 2a7 4 200 Randolph Street, Chicago Illinois,
IN This house is centrally located in the business
part Of the cty near the Post oice the Court House,
and all the principle Rail Road pepots The accom-
aodatious are good, and cheaper than most OF the
lIotrls in This vicinity [nil-tfl
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-10-23

IMPORTANT ARREST OF A DOMESTIC
THIEF-A MosT ACCOMPLISHED SIX
YEARS OPERATOR. Ellen Wagner,
alias McNair, McNabb, Davis, Burns,
Smith, and dozen other aliases, was
arrested yesterday by Detective Farley,
Of this city, and Detective Frost, of
Brooklyn.
This is one Of the most important ar
rests that have been made in a.number
of years. The prisoner has been opera
ting in this city and in other cities, ,.inelu-
ding all the fashionable Watering places,
and several other states. Her method
was to answer advertisements in papers
where a domestic or housemaid of any
kind was required for service. After Sc
curing the place she would remain
long enough to discover the locality of
the silver ware, jewels, and other valu-
ables, and would then, with the aid of ac-
completes, "clean the house out"
She usually boarded at the most fash
ionable boarding houses, dressing in ell
egant style, and acting the lady in all
particulars. She is not above twenty
years of age, and is very highly accom-
plshed, having, during the six years
which she has devoted to crime, paid
particular attention to her education.
She is an accomplished pianist, and con-
verses readily upon all topics. When
arrested at her boarding house in Blees
ker street. the detectives ascertained
that she was in the habit of eating from
her own dishes, they being silver, and
that she used silver spoons, forks, nap
kin rings, baskets, &C., all her own prop
erty. Here she passed as the wife of
Lieut.. Col. Davis, of the Union army.
Whenan Observation-Disclosures which
attracted her attention, she would leave
her boarding house, stating that she
would be absent week or ten days,
She would then put on the garb of
domestic and make application for the
place, which she usually succeeded in
getting. Herappearance was prepossess-
ing and her manners engaging, so much
so that she has often made companion
in respectable and wealthy families.
Having succeeded in robbing the house
she would return to her boarding house,
and become Mrs. Lieut.. Col. Davis in
silks and jewels. About 500 worth of
the property was recovered. A large
quantity of the silver ware stolen by her
had been melted up and could not be
recovered. Several parties have ident-
fled some of the property recovered as
belonging to them, and others who have
suffered from her depr edations are re-
quested to call at Police Headquarters
to identify her and the remaining prop
erty. The police have been on her
track eighteen months, and Detectives
Farley and Frost are entitled to great
deal of credit for having made this
arrest.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-10-23
WISCONSIN HOTEL,
JOSEPH H0 CKING, PRorRl

j q f. L Ill ii y Y IA n U, IRoFkEioh'
aEIIIS HOTEL is n large stone buildings Anar
l well furnished to accommodate the tray ERaFeS.f
cling public The table viii be supplied with Egaiil
an the delicaces the market affords, served NAsll
nm in GOOD style BoARpERS ny TIE DAY or @IAA--SA'
MEEK furnished with all necessary conNenlences at
Trasonsahle rates. The Proprietor returns thanks t
tc pnbic for the patronage heretofore extended t.
.hin, and Respectfully requests continuance of the
same Good Sahling attached, and an attentive oslei
a,,va,s ON hand lnl6-yi-tfl
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-10-23

HAMMER AND CURRIER, Mineral Point, Wis,
Leather of all kinds also Hair or Plastering, nj.
NAYS ON hand cheap for cash. Job Work done at short
n"fcr and ON moderate terms Fn2G-tfl
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-10-23

aea- The rebel Gen. Lee, brags that
he and Stonewall Jackson turned Nc
Clellan's right wing" Out of this ar
rises a question which might afford some
light and easy employment to our de-
batting societies, namely,-"who turned
Santa Annals left leg"-which, as some
of our readers will recollect, is wooden
one
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r. ARUNDELL,

=, FNERAI, DEALER in stoves, Hardware, Tin,
Sheet-Iron and Copper ware %c'; iowa n'Iep,i
nosifr The cd Post Oaicc, Dodgeyille Wis lnl-yIl
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IT BEECH,
G.. w BURRALL, M. d.

souYSlCIAN AND SURGEON Dodgeyille, Wis
L noico nnnosite The old Post Onicc [nl-yll