Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25
A Review.

tween the Village and Town Of Dodge
vile, we propose to review the meetings
and action of such meetings which has
given rise to the misunderstanding.
On Wednesday, August Sd, few Of
our citizens, knowing that the time for
the draft was rapidly approaching, and
feeling that if anything was to be done
it must be done quickly, called a meet
ing,which met at the Courthouse in the
evening, at which time they appointed
a committee of one to visit each school
district in the Town to ascertain as near
as possible the amount Of money which
could be raised by subscription, to pay
bounties to volunteers, it being the opin
ion that volunteers enough to ill the
quota Of this Town could be obtained
by paying a bounty Of 5000 each. The
committee were furnished with hand
bills announcing that general Town
meeting would be held on Saturday the
9th inst, at which they would report the
amount subscribed.
The meeting on Saturday was well at
tended, and persons seemed to take an
interest in the matter. The committee
reported that the sum of $1,000, or
thereabouts, had been promised. This
was doing well, but according to the
then prevailing opinion, our quota wo'd
be about eighty men, which would re-
quirc at least 81 900 more. 1t was
thought chat part of this sum might
be raised by subscription, and the def
cheney made up by tax. To effect this
another committee was appointed, con-
sisting of one man from each school
district with instructions to visit every
man in their respective districts liable
to draft, and request subscription of
not less than thirty dollars. This com
mittee were to report on Thursday fol-
lowing, at which meeting the Town was
much more largely represented than the
Village, the residents of the Town hay
ing the principal management.
At this meeting the question-What
was the most feasible plan to adopt to
raise the balance Of money needed to
clear our Town from draft, was gener-
ally considered. Considerable time was
thus occupied till late hour, when a
motion was made and carried, that the
subscriptions be dropped and Town
tax of $4,000 be levied as the most
equal and expedient means of raising
the necessary funds. This was decisive
action, but as it was generally conceded
that tax could not be made available
at the present time, it amounted to very
little. The meeting then adjourned
without taking any steps to have the
proposed tax levied and it was general
" understood that the matter of rails
ing fund had fell through, and the
whole thing complete failure. In
fact prominent citizens Of the Town ac-
knowledged that the affair was squashed
and advised the village to get set off in
to sub district, or in fact to take any
measures which they might think feast
bic to clear themselves from draft, as il
was apparent that every man must look
out for himself.
The citizens of the Village accord
ingly, seeing that it was apparently i'm
possible to raise money enough to clear
the whole town, Immediately set meas
ures on foot to set the Village off into
sub-district. They also appointed a
committee to go round the Village and
see what could be raised within the cor
poration as bounty fund. That COM
mittee have reported that about Sc 900
can be raised, and it being surmised that
the quota of the village will rot be
over 20 to %, and also that the Vii
lage will be set off from the Town
which is not certain until they hear
from Washington. They are offering
1925 bounty, and mastering men in, to
be credited to the Village of Dodge
.ille. We understand there arc about is