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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-29
Do Your Flowing in the Fall.

No matter what the crop to be grown,
as a general rule, it will pay to plow in
The fall, for these important reasons:
l. 1t insures the destruction of many
insects, by turning up their beds to the
surface, and exposing them to the frosts
of autumn and winter. ..e.5.sr
g It enables the soil, by the decom-
position of otherwise valueless minerals.
and by the absorbtion Of fertilizing gases
from the air, to reinforce itself for the
better production of the crop to be grown.
3. 1t leaves the land in better condi-
tion, as a. general thing, than spring
plowing, which, after being done when
the soil is wet, renders heavy and
lumpy condition almost inevitable.
4. It saves time, enabling the farmer
to do his spring work when and as it
should be done. and thus ensuring better
returns for his labor.
This last reason is illustrated by the
failure Of many wheat and corn crops the
past season. BY the lateness ofthe plow-
ing, the planting was delayed until SO
late that the drouth prevented germina-
tion. One or two weeks earlier planting
might have insured fair crop, and pre-
vented that irregular, spotted appear
ance, which now marks so many fields.
/ Lands sandy and dry do not nee
essarily require fall blowing. Indeed
where the soil is very light, and liable
to blow Of in drifts in the winter, it
would be better to plow in the spring.
Such lands constitute the only exception,
however. .- Wis. Farmer.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-29
The New York drv goods trade is

The New York dry goods trace lS
at stand still, and importers are at a
loss to know what to do, whether to take
their goods out of bond or reship them
to Europe. The prices of many articles
place them beyond the reach OF con-
sumers, and the Presidential contest
will cut down the regular trade of the
country at least one half. A consider
able amount Of hosiery and gloves has
been reshipped to Europe by importing
iobbing houses.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-29

COBB, WILSON & SUDDUTH,

ssA..rq Formerly Cobb e. Sudduth)
AWYERS, Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin,
win attend to professional business and corrcspon
denee heretofore. VIII procure Pensions. obtain
Bounties from the State and Federal Government, and
prosecute claims against them upon any liberal terms.
Office opposite Court House, up stairs. 12y1
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-29
p. A. GRIFFITHS.

nEAEER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS,
~ Oils, Dye Stuffs, Perfuniery, Stationery, Cur
tlery, Schooi Books, &C., &c. sies H. 1 ~ - s+a
Having lately moved into New Store, and just
received "A large supply of the above articles, he
feels confident that he furnish his customers with
such, articles in his line they may wish, the best
of terms. .t... Is a.ss.ssa
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-29
JAMES JONES.

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, May be found at his Of
.J fee his shoe store opposite Lean, Thomas Cos
Store during all business hours ready to attend to s
business in his line n2Sy1
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-29
WHITNEY SMITH.

TRIMMER AND CURRIER, Mineral Point Wis.
Leather of all kinds also Hair for Plastering, al
ways on hand cheap for cash. Job Work done at short
notice and on moderate terms [n26.tfl
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-29

1.-The inhabitants of the moon, if the
moon be inhabited by beings whose or
ganization resembles our own, must be
capable of living with a very small guam
tity of atmospheric air and little water.
1t has been subject Of discussion wheth-
er or net she is furnished with an at.
mosphere. Reason and analogy decide
in the Affirmative, but it is less than a
mile high, and is never clouded, so that
the sun must shine for whole fortnight
without intermission on the same spot,
without having his heat materially mod
Grated either by the interposition of the
atmosphere, or by the evaporation of the
moisture. That there is very little
water in the moon beyond perhaps
springs and small yers, has been infer
red 'front.' two remarkable circumstances
the absence of clouds, and the irregular
appearance of the margin of the moon as
seen in solar eclipse, no part Off being
terminated by line sufficiently regular
to allow us to suppose it the surface of a
fuid.' edi .5as8-aa;y5se ~ s.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-29
M MiScellany
The Right sort of Religion.


We want religion that goes into
the family, and keeps the husband from
being spitefu1 when the dinner is late,
and keeps the dinner from being late
keeps the wife from fretting when the
husband tracks the newly-washed floor
with his muddy boots, and makes the
husband mindful of the scraper and the
deer-mat- keeps the mother patient
when the baby is cross, and keeps the
baby pleasant--amuses the children as
we'll as instructs them-wins as we'll as
goyerns-prejects the honey into the har-
vestmoon, and makes the happy hours
like the eastern fig tree, bearing in its
bosom at once the beauty of the tender
blossom and the glory of the ripened
fruit. We want religion that bears
not only on the '.sinfulncss of SIM but
on the rascality Of lying and stealing
a religion that banishes small measures
from the counters, small baskets from
the stalls, pebbles from the cotton bags,
clay from paper, and from sugar, chicory
from coffee, beet-jnice from vinegar.
alum from bread, lard from butter,
strycinine from wine,h and water from
milkscans. sr39
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-29
Professional 4 8usintss GarOs
S. w. REESE,

A TT0RNEY AT LAW. Land and Collecting Agent,
n Dodgeyie, Iowa County, Wis. iParticular- at :
tentfon given collecting andagencies and payment Of
taxes in Iowa County. Office in the Post Office Build
ng.r g. -. lnl-yLl
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-29

DooK, CARD AND JOB PRINTERS, ALSO PUB
ID fishers of the "DoDGEvILLE CHRONICLE, week iy
family newspaper, delivered by mail free in the Coun
ty, on receipt of the price, 81, so year.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-29

SOME MORE OF THE "DEvIL's" WORK
We have seen some awful typographical
errors in our day, but seldom any more
ludicrous than the following. The editor,
wanting line to fill a column, gave
sshoot Folly as She fies"-PorE.
In the hurry Of setting it up, the "devip
rendered it,
"shoot Polly as she fies-sov''
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-29
-Fraternal affection finds rare IL

-Fraternal affection finds rare H.
lustration in two brothers now residing
in Kennebunk, Me A few years ago
both started for California, but one was
taken sick on the Isthmus and returned
His brother weus on, and in short time
earned $4,000, when he also returned,
and gave half Of it to his brother. They
with their wives, live together, the lat
ter "takfng turns in presiding at the
table
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-29
SOLDIERS CLAIM AGENCY.

D0DGEyILLE, WIS.
<yoIects back pay for discharged Soldiers. Bounty
" Money and back pay for heirs of deceased Soldiers
Pension certificates procured, Bounty claims settled
Of prices estsblised BY Law.
- A2i-iys .ssr4trf SAMUEL w. REESE, Att y 8
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-29
G.. w, BURIAL, M. D.,
WRTGGLEsWORTH & co

TsHYsIcIAN AND SURGEON, Dodgcvilie, low
IL County Wisconsin,. nl-ly.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-29

- - N@
The religion that is to advance the
world will not put all the big straw
berries and peaches at the top, and all
bad ones at the bottom. 1t will not
offer more baskets of foreign winea than
the vineyards ever produced bottles
and more barrels of Genesee -four than
all the wheat fields of New York grow
and all her mills grind. 1t will not make
one-half of pair of shoes of good leath-
er. and the other Of poor leather, so that
the first shall rebound to the maker s
credit and the second to his cash. It
will not let piece of velvet that profess
ses to measure twelve yards come to an
untimely end in the tenth--or spool of
sewing silk that vouches for twenty yards
be nipped in the bud at fourteen and a.
half--nor the cotton thread spool break
to the yardstick fifty of the two hundred
yards of promise that was given to the
eye-nor all-wool delaines and all-Iinen
handkerchiefs be amalgamated with clan
destine cotton--nor coats made of old
woolen rags pressed together be sold to
the unsuspecting public for legal broad
cloth 1t does not put bricks worth only
five dollars per thousand into chimneys
it contracted to build of seven dollar
materials smuggle white pine into
floors that have paid for hard pihe--nor
daub ceilings that ought to be smoothly
plastcred--nor make window blinds with
Stats that cannot stand the wind, and
nninA that can not stand the Snn ana
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-29

The religion that is to sanctify the
world paws it's debts. 1t does not con
slider that forty cents returned for one
hundred cents gwen, is according to gos
pei, though It may be aceoFaing to Law.
1t looks on man who has failed in trade,
and who continues to live in luxury, as
thief. 1t looks upon man who promi7
ses topay fifty dollars on demand with
interest, and who neglects to pay II on
demand, with or without interest, as q
liar. ss u IS
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-29

not yet been, ascertained.. That there
are mountains and hills in the moon,
may be inferred with considerable GER
tainity from those parts which are sup
posed to be elevations casting shadow
opposite to the sun, as well as from the
Jagged appearance of the edge of the
moon when she is horned or gibbous
the valleys and cayernous parts are dis
tinguished by the shadows appearing
next to the sun. Some of the mountains
form elevated continuous ridges, others
are insulated and conical, having the
precise form of the terrestrial Volcano
The assertion is startling, but there are
lunar volcanoes in different stages; DR..
w Herschell saw three in a state Of
ignition at the same time they resem-
bic SMALL piece Of burning charcoal
covered by thin coat Of white ashes,
and he further noted a large portion of
burning matter, which he supposes was
more thanthree miles in diameter The
height of the lunar mountains was for
merly supposed to exceed very consider
ably that Of the mountains Of the earth,
but the laborious exertions of HerscheIl
and others have determined the fact,
that none of them exceeds five miles in
eight.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-01-01
The Trade of Human Hair.

1t will surprise our readers to know, for
yample, that the "false-hair merchants !"
t London import annually at present no
'ss than five tons of maiden locks! And a
writer goes on to say: i.;..a s.
''rhe light hair is exclusively German
,,roduct. 1t is collected by the agents of a
Dutch company, who visit England yearly
for orders. Until about fifty years ago,
light hair was esteemed above all others
One peculiar golden tint was so supremely
priced, that the dealers only produced it to
favorite customers, to whom it was sold al
eight shillings an ounce, or nearly double
the price of silver.
"But all this has passed away; the dark
brown hair of France now rules the market
1t is the opinion of those who have the best
right to offer one on such subject, that
the color of the hair of the English people
has deepened in tint within the last fifty
years, and that this change is owing to the
more frequent intermarriage since the Ma.
poleonic wars, with nations nearer to the
sunny south. Whether dark or light how.
ever, the hair purchased by the dealer is sc
closely scrutinized, that he can discriminate
between German and the Freuch article by
the smell; nay, he even claims the power
when his nose is in, of distinguishing ac.
curately between the English, the Welsh
the Irish, and the Scotch commodities.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-01-01
school for Oaicers Of Negro Isegi.
ments.

1t seems that there is great trouble in the
War Office and among the Administration
folks at Washington, owing to the scarcity
Of suitable white men for officers of negro
regiments. The supply, it appears, has OF
late fallen greatly below the demand. To
supply this pressing need and to qualify
men for the service in question, a Washing
ton dispatch states the Supervisory Com
mittee for recruiting colored regiments,
have established school formilitary tactics
in Philadelphia. Tuition is given gratuit-
ously, and students are allowed to remain
until qualified to pass an examination De-
fore the Examining Board.
Here is prospect Of a pretty snug Derth
for young gentlemen who aspire to be COM
manders Of negro troops, and who wish to
obtain military education at the public
expense. 1t seems they can stay as long as
they please, 50 they take care not to gel
qualified too soon.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-01-01

Grateful for their forbearance, kindness,
liberality and patronage, we tender to our
readers and friends the compliments Of the
season, and wish them all "a Happy New
Year!" To those who have private griefs
which time can only assuage, we would
say-Look forward with courage and hope,
and be of good cheer, for He who brings
round the seasons, each at the allotted time,
wiz take care of his earthly children.
We are all sharers in one great national
calamity, so vast that it seems, as it were,
to swallowup our individual sorrow. Yet,
like our fathers, we must rely on Him who
brought them through all their trials, and
made of them great and prosperous peo-
pie, with the best and the freest Govern
ment the world ever saw.
Looking upward, then, to this great tsource
of consolation, let us hope that this may bt
indeed Happy New Year, to our beloved
country, and that before its close, she may
rise, PhGnix-like from her ashes, into tn,
glory and brightness that once were hers
when the Constitution was respected owe
all our broad land, and the North and tn
South, the East and the West were alik
united in the maintenance and preservation
of the noble Union the fathers bequeathe,
us. Then, may all who live to witness il
hail the first day of January, 1866, and
with exultation and joy, wish each othel
"a Happy New Year."
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-01-01
Retrospect of the Wharf.-The Dead
of the Past.

At the beginning of new year, it is
natural to review the past. We cannot
avoid recurring to the breaches made in our
domestic or social circle. Nor can the
philanthropist or patriot stop here; but
must extend his retrospect to the ravages
disease or war has made in his State and
In the Union. Let us briefly glance at the
latter in this aspect. In doing this, the
mind naturally reverts to the beginning of
tie present fratricidal war, and takes in a
period of about two years and three-quar-
ters. During that space, we have been
happily free from the devouring pestilence,
except as ithas followed in the bloody track
of relentless war.
We have before us the synopsis of a
calculation Of the loss Of life on the Feder-
al side in this war, said to have been made
by EDWARD D. MANSFIELD, Commissioner
of Statistics for Ohio. We do not vouch
for the accuracy of the figures, but take
them as we find them. Mr.. MANSFIELD
gives the following table, as showing the
number Of Federal troops killed and wound
ed in the various engagements named:
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-01-01
John n. Morgan.

The following interesting bit OF news ap-
pears in the Cincinnati Times Of December
30th:
The ubiquitous guerrilla chief has, turned
up in Indiana, as O correspondent from
Crooked Creek, Steuben county, Ind, seems
to think. This correspondent, who is wo-
man, writes that on Sunday night previous
"a man came into their neighbOrhood, pre-
tending to be clock tinker. Hedidn't ap-
pear to understand the trade, however,
He said he was from Ypsilanti, where he
was employed in a jewelry store. He said
he was afraid that the officers would get
on his track, as he had slandered some one.
He seemed to be in constant fear, and at
times his mind appeared to wander. Our
correspondent thought it all deception. He
was dressed in good clothes, nearly new.
He was without an overcoat, and had no
money. He was very lame-said he had
|sprained his ankle. He conversed very
little, and would say nothing on the war
|qtlestion. He started whenever the name
of Morgan was mentioned. That was GER
tainly suspicious, as it would be so like
Morgani One evening il was mentioned
that the reward offered for Morgan was in
creased to $1,000, when the stranger man
started again, and remarked that he would
try his foot and see if he could walk. After
being gone about two hours he returned,
and said he could not stand walking. his
leg was so lame. He called his name West.
The lady who writes says she is suspicious
that it is, Morgan or one of his men. She
describes him as six feet in hight, about
fifty years of age, hair and whiskers little
gray--looked as If they had been dyed;
high forehead; little bald on the top Of
his head; eyes blue; light complexion; !;
rather spare. Will not some Of our enter
prising Government detectives, who want
glory and 5000, look into this?
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-01-01
saved by his watch.

David Camp, of Palmer. this county, who
belongs to Company +, $50 o; vi. IN a late
engagement in Tennessee, had minnie ball
shot into his watch. where it lodged. The
watch, containing the ball, is now at the
drug store of Buell. & Bro. 1t is a "hunter'
of good size. The ring at the time was ly-
ing on the back of the case; the ball struck
the ring spread it out, carrying it into the
watch, where it still encircles the ball =
The l'sworks' were, of course, completely
smashed up, and the case upon the other
side arrested the further progress of the
ball. rGtt 2fii
M Mr.. Camp now considers that watch as
rery valuable and with good reason. He
, sent it by express, to go to his father in Pal
r.--Mdyiettd Register. ajl1He - .t1t X
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-01-01
Bogus Union Conventions Down
~ n. South. ~ ~.

1t makes honest Union men indignant
when they read the resolutions of the con-
ventions in Louisiana and Florida which
are sought to be passed off as expressions
of revived Southern loyalty. The fact OF
the nigger being allowed to sit on terms OF
perfect equality with the white man in these
their real character. They are made up not
of Southern men, but of the cormorants
who follow in the wake of our armies, and
who seek by thus imposing on the admins
tration and the country to postpone or de-
feat all genuine expressions of Southern
feeling. and to maintain themselves in the
possessionof their ill-gotten gains. As long
as such men have the upper hand the loyal
sentiment of the recovered States will not
care to manifest itself-N. Y. Herald.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-01-01
FORESTS Raid ON COlIiersviIle,
r XXX Tenn.

A dispatch from Cairo states that the
rebel General FORREST made raid on the
Corinth railroad on Sunday, Dec.27, striking
it at Colliersville, about twenty-five miles
from Memphis, where the 95th Ohio was
stationed. FORREST had about two thou
sand men with him, a part of them being
conscripts from the very region through
which he had passed. He entered Golfers
vile without much opposition, there being
few Federal troops there. No further par
ticulars are given in the dispatch.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-01-01

President LINCOLN, according to the rad
ical Jacobin papers and letter writers, has
delivered himself over to their party "for
better or worse" A Washington dispatch
to the Cincinnati Gazette says that Mr.. LIN
coin heiother day in conversation with
several prominent Western men, including
the members from Missouri, assured them
that, the Schofield- Gamble difficulty should
be adjusted to the satisfaction of the Aboli-
tionists of that State.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-01-01
General Butler and the Exchange
of Prisoners.
The Richmond Enquirer of Dec. 2S, h,

The Richmond Enquirer of Dec. 2s, has
the following: ~.-e-, --s--
An attempt at an informal renewal of the
cartel has been made by the enemy, under
the immediate agency of General Butler,
who initiated his effort at City Point. Com
missioner Ould returned five hundred Fed
eral soldiers, but informed Commissioner
Hitchcock that the Confederate authorities
could hold no communication with General
Butler, and that there must be no further
effort at partial exchange. If the enemy
desires to renew the cartel, it must be done
upon fair terms, and through an agent not
outlawed and beyond the pale of military
responsibility. ,t,a.e9 f.5. ,siEa
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-01-01

&. GENERAL GRANT recently issued an order
to General GRANGER with this point:
''The Major General commanding directs
that youstop all saleso whisky in Nash
ville."
Thereupon General GRANGER issued an
order, Dec.23, forbidding all sales of whis-
ky in the city, either Wholesale or retail--a
violation Of the order to close place Of sale
with the Seizure and confiscation Of the
liquor.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-01-01
The bounty bin.

1t is announced from Washington that as
soon as Congress meets, bill will be intro
duced to extend the time for paying the
$500 bounty to new recruits for thirty or
sixty days, in accordance with the wish OF
Secretary STANTON. 1t is stated that the
bill stopping the, payment of the bounty
after the 9th of January, was passed at the
instance of Secretary CHASE, who alleged
that to continue the bounty would bank
rups the Government. The Minister Of Fl
nance begins TO seo breakers ahead.