Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-12-03
THE CHRONICLE.
r. CR OSBY -: :: +: Editor.
Thursday Morning Dec. 8.
Northern District 0. K.

I The returns frcIn our brave soldier
boys on the field Of battle, having all
come in, we are enabled to make the
pleasing announcement to our readers
at last, that W. L. LINCOLN, Esq, our
candidate for Assemblyman in the
Northern District Of this County, is cleo
ted by the handsome little majority Of
rs votes. We have also elected one OF
our Supervisors, Mr. VIRGIN, whose
majority is 81. The Board will now con
sist Of JAMES, VIRGIN and RICHARDSON,
two Republicans and one Democrat.
We are sorry to lose Joiner, but il
can't be helped now. The Union men
Of the district labored hard to elect
their candidates by the home vote, but
even as it is, we feel that We have ac-
complished good job Of work. Here
tofore this district has generally gone
Democratic by good majorities, and con
sequently been represented in the Leg
islaturc By that party. Our county
officers have also been divided between
the two parties-the Democrats having
the majority. Now We shall have a
Republican majority in the board for
the next two years. Good for the loyal
brave and true men Of Iowa County.
Mr. Lincoln is one Of those straight
forward honest business men-one cf
that class who are benefit and bless
ing to the community in which they
live.
James and Virgin are both we'll quail
fed for the position in which they have
been placed. This is what we call
doing woll-frst rate-bettert than many
Of the most sanguine expected.
?. s.-Sinco the above was put in type,
we have received the Mineral Point Tribune
from which we cut the following.
"a CLEAN SWEEP. Spencer (copperhead)
beat Lincoln (Union) On the home vote 81
bat the soldiers give Lincoln 157 majority,
which elects him, Virgin and Joiner fell
behind on the home vote, the formur 10 and
the latter &c. The soldiers give Virgin p
, majority, and Joiner 81, which elects them
both, making a clean thing Of it in Iowa
County"
All right. Glory enough for one day 5
work.
Noble, Grave and Patriotic.
We notice by the Grant Go. Herald,
that J. G. COVER ESQ, the editor, had
a son drafted. We make the following
extract from an article in his paper
speaking Of it:
The government wants men rather
than money, sinews rather than com
mutation fees. So we have answered
the many inquiries great many times.
$50 far as we are concerned, John
shall go" Were the government more
in want Of money than of men, we'd
answer, $50 far as we are concerned, the
/ $500 shall come and John may stay =
First God and country, then fanily
friends and property, ought to be the
motto Of all. We are patriot, union
man to all intents, and an abolitionist
and like all our class we feel pledged to
the extent of life, fortune and honor to
support the war, save the union and es
tablish liberty everywhere How Others
may feel and decide under like circum
stances we do not know. As for US any
sacrifice Of conviction Of right is too ex-
penslve for money to commute, and
rather than deprive the government ola
man justly clsimed we'd suffer to any
intensity. Government shall have it,
own and all we've got if necessary tc
save it from ruin.
We like the way Nr. c. talks, and
! if we had few more like him in the
country, we would sooner conquer a per
manent and lasting peace God and oul
country tirst, last, and all the time.
H. A. Reid, editor of the Beaver
Dam Citi@en, having been drafted, says
If [ am accepted by the examining
board, | expect to go, and we shall leave
/, the conduct Of the Citizen in other hands
less experienced, indeed, but earnes
and true, SO that it will still send fortF
its columns week by week, breathing
the very elements of loyalty and pat
riotism, liberty, humanity, and God'l
eternal Right.
Rev. Mr. Burdick, of Watertown
who has been grated into the army,
recently preached a sermon in his churcl
on Escaping the Draft. The plea Sc
r forth was to go into the army at once
and the Reverend gentleman, it is IN
g derstood, intends to practice what h
teaches.
E REcRUITs.-Some IS or 40 men for the q
| cavalry were forwarded to st. Louis las