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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01
Losses in the Russian Campaign.

A writer in the Washington CAroni-
Gle contends that Americans know moth
ing Of military disaster and proceeds
to fortify his assertion by a statement of
the losses suffered by the French in the
famous Russian campaign. The grand
army Of invasion consisted Of 301 ,976
men and 1O3,854 horses. During the
short campaign Of nineteen weeks and
two days, the losses of the French, pure
ly military, amounted to the enormous
number of 247,000 men and $4,000
horses These statistics are derived
from official statements Of the War Of
fee of Paris. But other French armies,
besides that under the immediate com
mand Of Bonaparte, entered Russia, and
took part in and prolonged the campaign.
The total force numbered CAT 900 men,
of whom 600, 900 were combatants. The
number of those who got out of Russia
was $4,000 The loss of the French,
then, during that brief campaign Of TWEEN
ty-fve weeks, was $4,000 men and 900
cannon,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01
Never tell a Lie.

How simply and beautifully has Add
el Kader, of Ghilol, impressed US with
a love Of truth in story of his child
hood. After stating the vision which
made him entreat of his mother to 90 to
Bagdad and devote himself to God, he
thus proceeds: [ informed her of what
[ had seen, and she wept; then taking
out eighty dinars, she told me, as I had
another brother, half Of that was all my
inheritance, and she made me swear
when she gave it to me, mecer to tell a
lie, and afterwards bade me farewell, ex-
claimlng-'Go, my son. I consign you
to God we shall not meet until the day
of judgement"
| went on till [ came near Hamandal,
when our kafilah was plundered by sixty
horsemen. One fellow asked me what
had got.
"Forty dinars," said I care sewed un-
der my garments"
The fellow laughed, thinking no doubt,
| was joking with him.
"What have you got?" said another.
gave him the same answer. When
they were dividing the spoil, I was
called to an eminence where the chief
stood.
"What property have you got, my lit
tie fellow ?" said he.
Il have told two of your people al
ready" said I. II have forty dinars
sewed in my garments
He ordered them to be ripped open,
and found my money.
"And how came you," said he, in sur
prise, ''to declare so openly what had
been SO carefully concealed" ?"
Because" | replied, Il will not be
false to my mother, to whom [ promised
I nerer aciU tell lie.
"Child, said the robber, ''hast thou
such a sense of duty to thy mother, al
thy years, and am insensible at my age
of the duty | owe to my God? Give
me thy hand, innocent boy" he contin-
ued, "that may swear repentance on it. .
He did SO. His followers were alike
struck with the scene.
"You have been onr leader in guilt, .
said they to their chief; "be the same
in the path Of virtue"
And they instantly, at his order, made
restitution of the spoil, and vowed re
pentance on his hand.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01
Names of the Months.

The names of the months were given
by the Romans as follows:
january was so called from Janus, an
ancient king Of Italy, who was deifed,
from the word Janarius.
February is derived from the Latin
word .tebruo, to purify; for in this month
the ancient Romans offered expiatory
sacrifices to purify the people,
March was anciently the first month
is named after Mars, the ancient god
of war
April is named after the word Aprilus,
or opening, because in April vegetables
open and bud.
May is derived from the word naqjores,
and was SO called by Romulus as mark
of respect to the senators.
June is named from the word iunaus,
OR the youngest.
July was named in honor of Julius
Caesar.
August was named in honor of Au-
gustus, by decree of the Roman Sen
ate.
September was named from the word
septcna, or seven, being the seven month
from March.
October from the word octo, or eight,
it being the eighth month,
November from the word novena nine,
it being the ninth month,
December was named from the word
deceno, ten, it being the tenth month
from March, which was anciently the
| first.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01
Harmony in Age,

All men whose cultivation keeps pace
with their years, grow "better looking
as they grow older. They need not re-
gret The roses of spring, for they are ex-
changed for the richer fruits of autumn,
which represent all the worthy labor
that has been expended in the years of
manhood while they grew and ripened
AS man lives on, all parts harmonic
more perfectly to produce unity and
wholeness. Not a gray hair can be
missed without disturbing the concord,
not wrinkle obliterated without destroy
ing some part of the beauty of age.
have seen some old people "got up" in
a manner to make them look actually
frightful, while, doubt not, they sup
posed themselves in condition to chal-
lenge admiration. 1t is quite amusing
tc see old fellows Of fifty or thereabouts
rejuvenated, as they believe, with wigs
on their heads and hair dye on their
whiskers, and playing the agreeable at
balls and parties, and in horse cars, to
girls whose mothers had resisted the
charms of their youth They think il
is all right, but the girls laugh at them
and call them old fools.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01
The Philosophy Of Happin ess.
BY REV. F. S. CASSADY.
"If solid happiness we prize,
Within our breast this jewell lies;
And they are fools who roam -

The secret Of all true happiness is the
right condition Of the moral affections.
Its whole philosophy is laid in the spir-
itual nature, the inner life Of man. It
is utterly impossible that real happiness
should have any other basis than that of
virtue and moral excellence. Let us
reason on this subject, and see whether
this is not So
Happiness is moral result. If
not, then it might, for example, exist
compatibly with a guilty conscience, the
very idea Of which is preposterous 1t
must, therefore, have moral basis /;
this being true, how unphilosophical in
men to seek it in wealth, or learning, or
fame, or power or any other worldly OBJ
ject, Of which in themselves considered.
we may predicate no naoraJ quality what
soever? Men have had all these, and
have thus exhausted all the resources of
this life to confer happiness and yet
they have lived and died without secu-
ring life's chief good. The WISE man.
whose experience tested all the capa-
bility of enjoyment there was in the var
led objects which men pursue in this
world, as proposed sources of happiness.
has written the true epitaph Of this world
in these words: "Vanity of vanities and
vexation of spirit" With no little ten
derness and beauty does Burns say
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01
eff happiness has not her seat
And center in the breast,
We may be wise, or rich, or great.
But never can be blest -

Every man is the architect of his own
happiness. In this respect, as in every
other, he makes his own fortune. 'sVir.
tue is happiness below" says Pope );
while the old proverb still holds, that
"to be good is to be happy" Now as
every man determines his own personal
relation to goodness and virtue; so he
determines the question of his happi-
ness. If happy, he must be SO ,ha.ough
and an himself; if not, he has not paid
the price of happiness by accepting its
conditions. DIR. Young unfolds the true
philosophy of it in the negative view
presented in the following lines =
What makes man wIetched? Happiness denied
No! 'fis happiness diadaine5
She comes too meanly dressd to win our smile;
Ara calls her name content, homely name!
Our flame is transport, and content our scorn.
Ambition turns, and shuts the door against her.
And weds a toll and tempest in her stead"
The idea of Paley on this subject is
very beautiful and true: He says, "If
happiness were an attainment of the mind,
to be acquired as a science or an art is
learned from the master, the teacher
might be justly considered as the vice
gerent of God, and no place could con-
tain the numbers that would flock to his
school but in this the ALMIGHTY has
delegated his power to every person on
ly respecting himself" Self-conquest,
by means of self-knowledge, self-re-
nouncement, and self-action, is the con-
dition of every mans happiness and to
the accomplishment of this result this
delegated power from the Almighty is
at once equal.
And how wise and rational is this
method of making men happy! How
impartial and worthy of the Infinite
Creator If certain and extrinsic cir
cumstances, which in given instances no
human effort could create, were necess-
airy to the condition of happiness, how
few could be happy? If contingent on
wealth, how many must never know any
thing of it? and what of merit could
attach to it? The same is true of world
ly fame, or of power, or of anything ex-
lternal to men; they cannot be the source
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01
Tattling;.

ut is a great thing to mind one own
business, said certain philosopher ;
and he was right til ''great thing
to let other peoples business alone, and
this is much implied by the maxim above
quoted. In our view, there is hardly a
class Of pests in modern socicty-and
they are numerous so superlatively
contemplate as that class known as tat
tiers, or meddlers in other peoples bus
mess. We don't admire a thief; we
have no affinity for gamblers; we abom-
mate drunkards, and have no respect
for misers; but either Of these are first
class gentlemen in comparison with the
inquisitive, jealous minded tattler, who
goes mousing about in garb of social
respectability, poking his nose or his
fingers into the affairs of his neighbors,
and seizing upon every trifing circum-
stance that comes within the wide swoop
of his remorseless curiosity, for the pur-
pose of making capital against those
whose character he cannot understand
because it IS pure and above impeach-
ment These mischief-making busy
bodies are simply an unmitigated NUS
ance, and should be frowned upon by all
sincere lovers Of social peace and happi-
ness. The man or woman who can find
no better employment than tattling, had
better jump into the nearest body of
water and become food for respect
able fishes. In that way, the fnny
tribe would gain little in their com
missary department, and society above
water would be immensely purified.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01
Too OLD TO PLANT TREES

Too OLD TO PLANT TREEs.-This is
the complaint Of many a man in middle
life, or when rounding over the hill Of
his pilgrimage. He thinks he shall new
er live to eat their fruit, so it will be Of
no use to plant. He's too old
What if you don't live, dear man,
that is no reason for not planting. Sup
pose your predecessors had refused to
plant those orchards from which you
annually gather apples and pears, what
would have been your lot now? Would
you bless or curse their memories, for
their selfsAness IF you indulge such
churlish disposition, it is doubtful
whether you will live very long to enjoy
anything such spirit sucks the foun-
tain Of life dry quite early. Each gen
Grafton receives dowry from the
preceding, and should hand over the
inheritance, much enlarged, to the fol-
lowing.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01
Mr.. WEBsTER's EYE.-The following


Mr.. WEBsTER's EYE.-The following
reference to Mr. Webster's eye occurs
in Professor Shedd's address before the
Massachusetts, Colonization Society:
"The tropical eye, when found in con-
junction with Caucasian features, is in
dicative of a very remarkable organiza-
ton. It shows that tremulous sensibil-
tiles are reposing upon base logic,
No one could fix his gaze for moment
upon that great Northern statesman,
without perceiying that this rare combi-
nation was the physical substrata of what
he was and what he did. That deep,
black iris, cinctured in a pearl-white
sclerotic, and, more than all, that fervid,
torrld glance and CLEAN, were the expo
nents and expression of a tropical ma
ture; while the thorough bred Saxonism
OF all the rest Of the physical structure
indicated the calm and massive strength
that underlay and supported all the pas
sion and all the fire. It was the union
Of two great human types in a single
personality. 1t was the whole torrid
zone upheld in the temperate
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01

THE BATTLE OF LIFE, in by far the
greatest number of cases, must neces-
sarily be fought up hill and to win it
without struggle were perhaps to
win it without honor. If there were
no difficulties, there would beno success
if nothing to struggle for, there would
be nothing to be achieved. Difficulties
may intimidate the weak, but they act
only as a wholesome stimulus to men OF
pluck and resolution. All the expe
rience Of life, serves to prove that the
impediments thrown in the way Of hu-
man advancement, may for the most
part be overcome by steady, good con-
duct, honest zeal, activity, perseverance
and, above all, by determined resols-
ton to surmount difficulties and stand
up manfully against misfortunes.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01

TRUE NoBILITY.-The day laborer
who earns, with horny hand and the
sweat of his brow, coarse food for wife
and children whom he loves, is raised
by this generous motive to true dignity
and though lacking the refnements of
life, is a nobler being than he who
thinks himself absolved by wealth from
serving others.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01

AN EDITOR SoLD-The editor Of an
English paper was recently presented
with a stone, upon which was carved the
following letters. The editor was in
formed that the stone was taken from an
old building, and he was sequested to
solve the inscription. It read:
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01
1T is GREAT EOR OUR COUNTRY TO DIE.
BY J. G. PERCIvAL.

BY J. G.. PERCTvAL.
o. it great for our country to die where ranks
contending;
aye
ending
Glory that never shall fade, never, 0! never away
is sweet for country to die-how softly reposes
Warrior youth his bier by the of his love
garlands of roses,
umphs above.
Not to the shades shall the youth descend who for
country hath perish'd;
HEBE awaits him in heaven, welcomes him there with
her smile
There, at the banquet divine the patriot spirit is cher
ish'd;
Gods love the young who ascend pure from the funer-
al pile.
Not to Elysian fields, blythe still, obivousrive.
Not to the lies of the blessd over the blue rolling sea-
But Olympian heights shall dwell the devoted for
ever;
There shall assemble the good there the wse valiant
and free.
o. them how great for country to die in the front
rank to perish,
Firm with breast to the foe, yictory's shout in
Long they statues shall CROWN in songs our memory
cherish;
We shall look forth from heaven pleased the sweet
music to hear.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01
Major Noah on Marriage.

The late veteran Of the press, NJ NJ.
Noah, held very racy pen, which threw
off sparkling paragraphs with as much
ease "as the lion shakes the dew-drops
from his name /" The following is one
of them:
"We like short courtships; and in this
Adam acted like sensible mamie fell
asleep bachelor, and awoke to find him
self a married man. lie appears to have
popped the question almost Immediately
after meeting Mdllc Eve, and she, with
out any Irritation or shyness, gave him
a kiss and herself. Of that first kiss in
this world we have had, however, our
own thoughts; and sometimes, in a po-
etical mood, have wished we were the
the man "what did it." But the deed
is done; the chance was Adams, and
he improved it, We like the notion of
getting married in garden. It is in
good taste. We like private wedding.
Adams was private. No enviotis beaux
were there no croaking old maids; no
chatting aunts and grumbling grand
mothers. The birds Of heaven were
minstrels, and the glad sky flung its light
upon the scene.
One thing about the first wedding
brings queer things to us, in spite Of its
Scriptural truth. Adam and his wife
were rather young to be married-some
two or three days old, according to the
sagest speculations of theologians-mere
babies-larger but not without
experimentation a without
pot or kettle-nothing but love and
Eden"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01
L. M. STRONG.

A TTORNEY At LAW, Notary Public, Land and
N Collecting Agent, Dodgcvie, Wis. Particular
attention given to the settlement of estates in the
County Court. Office in Court House. [Up Stairs.l
n2S-yl
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01
WHITNEY SMITH,

Leather of all kinds, also Hair for Plastering, al
wavs on hand cheap for cash. job Work done at short
notice and on moderate terms [n2G-tfl
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01
s. wv. REESE,

A TTORNEY At LAW. Land and Collecting Agent,
Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wis. Particular at
tention given collecting and agencies and payment
taxes in Iowa County. Office in the Post Office Build
ing. ni-Yll
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01

Eminent men were called to consult
upon the matter, and after an immense
amount of time consumed, they were in
formed that the stone was
"For Cattle to rub their tails against" !"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01

CORRUPT MEN.-None are so ready
TO charge corruption upon others, as
those who are corruptable themselves.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01
SOLDIERS CLAIM AGENCY.

DoDGEVILLE, WIS
(Nollects back pay for discharged Soldiers. Bounty
" Money and back pay for heirs of deceased Soldiers
Pension certificates procured Bounty claims settled
at prices establised by Law.
n24-ly SAMUEL w. REESE, Atty
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01
r ARUNDELL,

~ GENERAL DEALER in stoves, Hardware Tin
VI Sheet-(ron, and Copper ware, &c, Iowa Street
opposite the old Post Office, Dodgeyille Wis. nl-yi
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01

aea- Poor man he had no home
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01

MASONIC.
ID OCULAR MEETINGS of Dodgeville Lodge, 70
II ll9 of 4. +, & A. NJ, the first and third Fri
day evenings of each month, at their Hall on Iowa
treet. Transient brethren visiting Dodgeville, are
ordialy invited 10 attend
Henry DUNsTAN, Sec'y.
To widows tears TO orphans cry,
All wants our ready hands supply,
So far power is given
The naked clothe, the prisoner Free
Such the deeds sweet masonry
Revealed to us from heaven.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01

I. o. OF G.. T.
4 MICITIA LODGE No 16l, Independent Order of
n Good Tempars, meets every Monday evening in
B. H. Thomas Hall, at 10 o'clock. Members of this
order visiting this Village cordially invited to
with THOMAS LEWIS, w. G. I.
JAMES BATES, W. RS.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01
SCHATI,S HOUSE,

MO POT & 200 Randolph Street, Chicago Illinois.
~ This house is centrally located in the business
part of the city, the Post Office, the Court House,
and all the principle Rail Road Depots. The
modations are good, and cheaper than most of the
Hotels in this vicinity. [n4l-tfl
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01
j. r. ROBERTS

ATOTARY PUBLIC. Deeds, Mortgages, &c, drawn
~ with accuracy, at his Hotel Main Street
Dodgeve, Wis. lhoVf-uI
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-10-01
Drutessional 4 8usiness CarAs.
MATTHEW BISHOP.

was furnished his bar with new assortment OF liz
/ L uors. Hehas also good Billiard Iabie. ul'e mn
a call.
, 1863-01-27
An Anomalous Winter.


The memory Of the oldest inhabitant affords
no parallel to the extraordinary mildncss of
the present winter In Minnesota The line of
mean monthly temperature 50 far, runs very
far above TINT Of any winter ofWhich we have
thcrmometrical record, and the record goes
back for over thirty years. And the auoma-
lous warmth Of the season has brought an
equally exccp!ionab!e atm osphcric dampnessl
The steel blue skies whose serene and crystal
nesota Fjnters, have been wrapped III strange
and snllcn mist, and our winter could scarce
~ hare been moro opposite to Its usual char
acter 1t the geographical positions of Mime.
sofa and New England had been transposed.
In the rapid and frequent alterations Of
almost as unpleasant and unhealthy as that Of
Masenchnsctts or Ohio; and the light, dunk,
chilly drizzle, which freezes us 1t falls, into a
slippery yeneering Of polished ice on the
streets and sidewalks, in place ofthe slectand
SNOW and hafl Of Eastern climates, does not
give us much advantage in the comparison,
The reason Of this remarkable exception to
the prevailing law Of winter temperature in
Minnesota, is q curious study for the climat-
olngisr.
IT won1d seem probable that there Is some
occult law Of compensation at the bottom Of
Tie Northern belt ofAmerican States Is satIlict-
cd with this unusual mildness and dampness Of
the winter weather, our European antipodes
are suffering winter Of extraordinary seycri-
*ty and dFyness. :. - * !
A letter from st:.Petersburg says: tsIn the
memory Of man there has not been such a
winter as this in st. Petersburg twenty de-
grecs Of cold; the river and sea locked il ice
for a long time past, aud not q flake of snow!
Owing to the CLASSY frost, horses and pcdes-
TRANS cannot Keep footing upon either the
road or the payements. The air is extremely
dry; VIC breathe it with difficulty. Nervous
people are particularly affected BY it, accord
ingly, no one stirs out c1ccgt. on business;
literally none, even at the Nevikia perspcct-
i've, between two and four In the AFTERNOON,
where there is ordinarily great crowd.",
, 1863-01-27
All for Lovc-A Federal Officer
Scdnccd.
From fhe Tf1rn1r T11 TTorn151


Many Of our readers will doubtless rccollcct
Mr. J. j. searight, who, some time since,
was engaged In the grocery and provision
business In this place in partnership with
Mr. William 3. Harlow. It will also he re-
membered that. at the commencement Of
in this county forthe SGD regiment Illinois
volunteers, and received a 1teutcnant's
commission. He was generally esteemed
as IN excellent officer, and did his whole
duty In several of the sauguinary engage
Hcnts in the Southwest. In an unincky
but extremely beautiful, at her home near
Nashville, Tenncesee. Suffice it to saw thai
they met aud loved. All the time the Lieu
tenant could spare from his duties was spent
IN the society Of the charming secesh syreu,
and she as eagerly returned Ills burning pas
sion; Lieutenant scaright time and again Of
tered his resignat1on-he wished to leave the
tented field and dwell in the rosy bowers Of
loye--but, unlike his love, it was not accept
ed. Love nt length conquered aIl his scrupies
he deserted! and succeeded in escaping be-
yondthc Federal lines with the young lady. The
Southern belle who thus seduced the Lieut..
Is enormously wcalthy-being the possessor
Of an ample fortune In sterling gold They
also succeeded In running the blockade at
Charleston, and arrived ut Havana last Christ
mas day, when they were married, and arc
now living, It is said, in happiness and ele-
ounce.
Whether such man Is the more to be
blamed or piticd, We know not. Love has Sc
duced from honor and duty many wiser men
than Lieut. searigllt. It is resistless and
overwhelming sentiment, and the best Of NOR
tails commit fol1ies and cxtrayagancies, and
even crimes, wien involved in its silken
meshes.
Yes, It was love, II though Of tenderness,
Tried in temptation, strongest by distress,
Unmovcd BY absence, firm lit every cline.
And Jet. o more than all, unt.ied By time