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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25
Mr.. Nasty has a Courch Trial.

Church az the Neao Dispensasdua,
March 10, 1864.-I had church trial
yesterda, which wuz interestin, inyolvin
ez 1t did a nice question. Fer the bene-
TT Nv uther branches Nv the Dimikratik
Zion | give the prints.
Bro. siples wuz arranged before the
church on chorge NV drinking with a
nigger-Bro. Podhammer bringing the
charge. Bro. Jones wuz eggsamined.
Saw Bro. Siples 60 into the "Union
ez it wuz" saloon, arm in arm with a
niger. Saw them 60 up to the bar and
efink whiskey together. Elder Pott,
Dekon Kit and Bro. Smith, and also
Bro. Brown who keeps the saloon, who
wuz playin quite game Nv seyen-up,
corroboratid Bro. Jones testimona-
Tha seed it. The wretched man had
nothing whatever tu say and ez the case
wuz clear, Wuz aboWt to pronounce
sentens NV excummunicashun agin him,
when thot struck me, '.Who paid for
the ticker ~ askt |, lookin joodeshil.
"The niger, Nv coarse" said Bro
Siples. "Brethern,' sed 7, "this fact
puts an entire new face on the matter
The niger, my brethren, wuz made for
the yoose Nv the white man, and fer no
other purpose. lCussed Be Kanun,
Servence, obey yoor master, ct settry }
In the Suthren Stats, whore the Dino
crazy rool, that is their normal condish-
un; but up here mizable fannattacysm
provence us from redoosin EN- to their
rightful strait. Wat shil we doc p
Plainely git all we kin out ev EN-. 1t
waz rite fur Bro. Siples to hev the
niger to pay fur his whiskey. wood
do it meself. Their IL but one dark Zee.
chure in it. Eff you walk arm in arm
with another, it is confeshunu Nv friend
ship, and equality. WY did 700 do this
Bro. Siples ?" II played seven-up for
drink with him, and bette him. wuz
afreed he would slip orr, and | wuz a
holdin onto him :"
Fright, Bro. Siples, right
''When you git white cat, save him, seve him,
When you git black cat, shave him to the tall
Case dismist. The church sustained
the decision and all Of them startid ou
immejitly in search Nv niger.
PETROLEUM Y. NAsDY,
Pastor uy sed Church, in charge
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25

A CARNIVAL OF FIREs.-The follow
ing is partial record flarge fires which
have occurred during July, and which,
in most cases, are believed to be Of in
cendiary origin:
July /, Louisville, hospital stores,
s1,O00,500; July |, Philadelphia, fac
tory, 3O,0OO July 4, New York, piano
factory, SIG, 900; July 4 Saratoga, water
cure establishment, s150,000; July 5,
Chicago, cooperage, s25, 900 July Z,
Chicago, fur store, $4,000; July 8,
Vassalboro, Me-, mills, $4,000; July 8,
Salmon Falls, N. H., mill, $50, 1000; July
II, New York, steamer John Porter,
$4,000; July 13, Waterford, Me-, rail-
road depot, $4,000 July 10, St Louis,
six steamers, 100000 July l6, Brook
Iyn, n. Y, warehouses, 100000 July
II, Lowell, Mass, tanneries, $4,000
july 20, Pennington, Conn, store and
barns. $4,000; July 22, Chicago, plan
inc mill, $4,000; Springfield, Mass,
stores, 500, 900; July %, Philadelphia,
wagon factory, $500, 900; July p, Def
ance, Ohio, woolen factory, 100000 ;
July %, Lockport, n. Y, machine shop,
s12, ,0Q0; July "a, Jamaica, L. l., hotel,
crops, woods, ETC., $4,000; July %,
Syracuse, Granger Block, $50, 900. Total
s4 ,567 900.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25
Religion not Gloom.

We are Of those who love religion
who wish to express it in our daily life (;
and, loving it as we do, we cannot push
it to one side as dark and solemn thing;
fit only to receive our tears ofrepentance,
and before which we must walk with
long drawn faces. We see in it the
glory, the sunshine of life. When it
springs within us, it does not consign
us to life of trembling suspense, pass
ed on the edge of the tomb; but our
souls, hitherto stumbling among the
tombs, cropping in dim caverns of the
earth. rise into the sunshine of Gods
love. This is the true life, and no one
can truly say he hves, unless, throwing
aside his grave-elothes, he walks forth
in this ligat. We hold that those who
live in earnest, must off necessity be re-
ligious. and that their religion will carry
ther above all sorrow and care. There
fore we do not like the fashionable SEN
timentalism which throws shadows uron
religion. We like soberness and rever-
ence, but also cheerfulness, triumph, ioy
and gladness.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25

The BRAVE Soul OF UNIog Sol
DIERs.--A correspondent gives an ac-
count Of the heroic fortitude of q young
boy who was wounded IN a recent charge
in Grants army lie was in hospital
at Washington. Through each heel,
between the tendons and the bone, there
was large hole, and both were full of
maggots, which had eaten their way
down under the bones Of his feet there
was also another wound in the feshy
part Of the left thigh, where the bali
carried away half pound of flesh and
muscle this was also full ofmaggots.--
Turpentine was used by the surgeon to
get rid Of the maggots, yet the brave lit
tie fellow bore the intense pain like .
martyr, and when asked if he did not
suffer said Yes I suffer very much but !,
am willing to be torn peicemeal, joint
by joint, while living, for my country
and for living;
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25
RATHER SEVERE ON THE GIRLS

RATHER SEVERE ON THE GIRLS
An exchange says:
"The number Of idle, useless girls in
all our large cities seems to be steadily
increasing. They lounge or sleep through
the mornings, parade tho street during
the afternoon, and assemble in frivolous
companies of their own and other sex to
pass away their evenings. What store
of unhappiness for themselves and others
are they laying up when real duties and
high responsibilities shall be thoughtly
assumed They are skilled in no do
mestic duties-nay, they despise them );
have no habit of industry nor taste for
the useful. What will they be as wives
and mothers? Also for the husbands
and children. and also for themselves
Who can wonder if domestic unhappi-
ness and domestic ruin follows"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25
THE BETTER LAND.


/ HEAR thee speak of the better land,
Thou call'st its children happy band
Mother, oh! where is that radient shore?
Shall we not seek if, and weep no more?
Is it where the flower of the orange blows
And the fire-aies dance through the myr-
tie boughs
Not there, not there, my child.
Is it where the feathery palm-trees rise,
And the date grows ripe under sunny
skies,
Or midst the green islands Of glittering
seas,
Where fragrant forests perfume the breze
And strange bright birds On their starry
wings,
Bear the rich hues of all glorious thingsS
Not there, not there, my child.
Is it far away in some region old,
Where the rivers wander DER the sands
ofgold,
Where the burning rays ofthe ruby shine
And the diamond lights up the secret
mine,
And the pearl CLEANS forth from the
coral strand,
Is it there, sweet mother, that better land?
Not there, not there, my child.
Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy,
Ear hath not heard its deep soHgs ofjoy,
Dreams cannot picture world so fair,
Sorrow and death may not enter there,
Time doth not breathe en- its faultess
bloom,
For beyond the clouds and beyond the
tomb,
1t is there, il is there, my child.
Hrs. Hemans.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25

WHY TIE DYING NEVER WEEP.
The reason the dying never weep is be-
cause the manufactures of tears have
stopped forever, every gland of the sys-
tenn has ceased its functions. In almost
all diseases the liver is the first that
stops work +; one by one the others fol-
low, and all the fountains of life are a6
length dried up--there is no secretion
anyway. So the eye in death weeps not
NOT that all affection is dead to the
heart, because there is not tear drop
in it any more than there is moisture on
the lip. It is striking characteristic
Of that terrible disease the cholera, that
the patient however suddenly seized,
never sheds tear, even though sur
rounded by weeping friends. The fea
ture Of the disease is the suspension of
the secretion in the system and the most
active excretory work, by which the
body is drained of it's fluids.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25

PERsEyERANCE.-In the afternoon of that
bloody day of Waterloo, as Wellington
threw himselfinto one of the hollow squares
of infantry he Observed to the officers,
''Hhis is hard pounding, gentlemen, but we
will pound the longest" Again heremark-
ed, Three times have saved this day by
perseverance,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25
Put a Good Face on It.

fyou wish to succeed in life, ifyou wish
to findsfriends, if you wish your relatives or
associates to enjoy your company, wear a
cheerful face everybody dislikes and shuns
a sad one, if it is habitually sad. Every
body but God grows weary Of being remind
ed Of sorrow, and the heart that is always
full of bitter waters will be left alone. Pre-
tend to be happy, if you can do no more.
Coax sunbeams to your eyes, smiles to your
lips. Speak hopeful words as often as you
can make fua, if you never feel it. Get tlt
name of being cheerful and it VIII be ;ssin-
crease to you. Wherever IT,, gs@ face
goes it is welcome; whates@ .the laughing
lips ask is apt to be granted. If you are
starving for want Of food for body or spirit
it is better to laugh than to cry as you tell
the tale
There was one once who, with a face like
a tombstone, told and told her want, and
met with repulse after repulse from those
whose faces fell at sight of her but at last
laughing in strange mirth at her own misery
she told it once again. Tears started in the
eyes Of her hearers, and instant relief was
given. Men are impatient of tears, and
women weary Of them. Don't give way to
them, no matter what the case may be; get
back the smiles as quickly as you can. Let
them be but "hollow smiles" if that's the
best you can do. Keep at that BY and
by you can do better. Never give up to
gloom it is wrong to those about you.
Sad faces add to the weight of trouble chat
| life lays upon every heart. WOE to US five
cannot look about US and see bravely cheer
full faces to encourage or hearts. Let US
be careful that each one ofus has one of these
faces.
A man who carries glad face does an
amount of good IN the world impossible to
compute, even if he be too poor to give one
cent in charity and q man whose face is
generally sad, does, every day Of his life,
more harm than can be recl,oned. This is
hard world, full of all manner of trouble :;
but every one of them can, for much of the
time, be wrestled out of sight, and every liy
ing man and woman, as soon as the first dis
tress is little past, can, at the very least,
assume cheerinlness. This is decent More
than this, It's piety, It's duty. Nobody has
any right to 60 about a perpetual damper
Of enjoyment. And no one has just reason
for habitual sadness till he has lost his soul.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25

UNHAPpINEss.-Oneh half Of the un-
happiness we have in this life exists be-
cause of too much seDsitiveness, and a
morbid disposition which allows trifes to
weigh heavily on our minds, A trihing
loss or inconvenience often causes more
annoyance than a much greater sorrow.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25

LIFE TIE WORLD OYER When
Peter Of Coronto was engaged on pic
ture for the Royal Palace Of Pitt, Fer
dinand IL particularly admired therep-
resentaion Of weeping child. "Has
your majesty" said the painter, "a mind
to see how easy it is to make the child
laugh?' And, suiting the action to the
word, the artist merely depressed tho
corner of the lips and the extremity Of
the eyebrows, when the little -prchin
seemed in danger Of bursting his sides
with laughter, who in a moment before
was breaking his heart with weeping.
IF this be true in the world Of living
men, slight, very slight are the causes
that make or break the happiness Of life.
The touch Of brush can dim heaven
with cloud, or brighten the prospect Of
the fair horizon.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25
AHssA conn. ALEX. WILSON. JAS. F. sUDDUTH.
COBB. WILSON & SUDDUTH,

(FOrmerIy Cobb Sudduth.l
Z AWEERS, Mineral Point. Iowa County, Wisconsin,
will attend 10 professional business aBd eorrespon
dence as heretofore VIII procure Pensions. obtain
Bountes 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, 1864-08-25

AN OLD ToMBsroNE.-The oldest
tombstone In the oldest burial ground of
Philadelphia-attached to the swedes'
Church in Swanson street-bears date
the 18th of November, l716, one hun
dred and forty-eight years ago, about
thlrty-four years after the landing of
Penn. The lettering is legible, but the
representation of an hour glass and Of
the head of a cherub, carved in the stone,
are very indist;nct. The stone contains
the following inscription: ''Here lieth
the body Of Mary wife of Andrew Rob
lnson, who dyed November ye y; 17l6
aged 65 years"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25

New WAY TO CLEAN oUT COUNTER
FELT MoEEY.-Nellie's Penfeld Extra
tells the following story;
We understand that in a certain town
not far from Penfeld, the inhabitans
were greatly annoyed by counterfeit mon
ey and certain minister adopted tho
following method to get it out Of circu-.
lation He gave notice that On the fol-
lowing Sabbath collection would be
taken for the soldiers relief fund and
that he could use spurious bank bills,
to good advantage; and all those hold
ing any were invited to donate literally.
The result was Sl7,37 good money and
1853 in bad bills. currency notes,
and bad pennies.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25

Among the births in the London
Times, mention is made of Mrs: Pig
and a Mrs Hogg, having each present
ed their lord and master With son.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25

An Irish witness in court f JUS
tice, being asked what kind Of "ear-
marks" the hog in qudstion had, replied,
'1Ie had no particular ear marks, &
cept very short tail
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25
p. A. GRIFFITHS.

nEALER IN DRUGS MEDICINES, PAINTS,
IL GiLs, DsFe Stsfo, Perfumery, Stationery, Cut
tlery, School Books, &C., &c.
Having lately moved into New Store, and just
received large supply of the above articles, he
fee confident that he furnish lis customers with
such articles in his line they may wish, the best
of terms.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25
Orofsssional 4 Business CarNs.
s. w. REESE.
G. w. BURIAL. II. D.,
J. Fl. CLARY,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Dodgeviie,, Iowa
K County NiscoasiE. My.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25
CROSBY & co.

A TToRNEY AT LAW, Mineral Point, Wis. OF
"A flee In Thomas Stone Block. lnl-yll
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25
SOLDIERS CLATM AGENCY.

DODGFyTLLE, - WIS
NolIects 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
vn24-ly s7s1 SAMUEL w. REESE, Atty
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25
+ JAMES JONES.

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, May be found at his of
- fee in his shoe opposite Lean, Thomas Cos
Store during all business hours ready attend to all
business in his line. n2syl
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-25
WHITNEY SMITH.

L Leather of AZ kinds, also Hair for Plastering, al
ways hand, cheap for cash Job Work done at short
notice and on moderate terms. n26-tfl
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-05-18
The BANNER.


The hammer is the universal emblem of
mechanics. With il are alike forged the
sword of contention and the plough share
OF peaceful agriculiure-lhe press of the
free, and the shacRles of the slave. The
eioquence OF the forum has moved the ar
mics of Gresce and Rome, 10 thousand
battle fields but the eloquencs OF the ham
mer has covered those fields without victory
or defeat. The Inspiration of song has
kindled high and noble aspirations in the
bosoms Of brave knighta and gentle damep
but the inspiration of the hammer has
shield, decided not only the fate OF chival-
ric combat, butihe fate of thrones, CROWNS,
and kingdoms. Tbs forging OF the thunder-
bolt was ascribed by The Creeks as the
highest act of Jove's omnipoience, and
their mythology beautifully sscrbes TO one
of their gods the task Of presiding at the
labors OF the forge. In ancient warfare, the
harime was powerful weapon, hsdepen-
dent OF the blade which il formed. Many
a stout skull was broken through the cap
anu uOluuSt Dy tue plOW VI fuic6u Wcdp>
on. The armies OF the crescent would have
subdued Europe TO the sway OF Mahomet
but % the plains Of France their progress
was arrested, and the brave and simple
warrior who saved Christendom from the
sway OF The 1usselman, was Mariel-'ihe
hammer The hammer, The savior and The
bulwafk of GhFistendom The hammer is
the wealth OF nations. By il are forged
the poaderous engine and the ,iny needle.
IL is an instrument Of the savage aud civil
ized It's merry clinks point out the abode
OF industry. Ii is domestic deity, presid.
ing over the grandeur Of the mos, wealthy
and ambitious, as the most humble and inn
poverished. MOI stick is shaped, not
house il raised, a ship floats, carriage
rolls, wheel spinns, an engine moves, a
pfeSs squeaks, a viol sings, spade delves,
or flag waves without the hammer. With
out the hammer, civilization would be un-
known. and Ihs human species be only as
defenceless brutes but in skiiful hands,
directed by wisdom, it is an instrument OF
power, of greatness, and trne glory.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-05-18
The New ApportiOumsnt.


The Bill 10 apportion the Stale into Seh-
atorial and Representative Districts, has fl
naly passed the Legislatures as a s.rict party
measure, in the shape indicated by The an
nexed table. 1t is, perhaps, one of the
most infamous "Gerrymandersn that ever
disgraced partisan legislation. It's trainers
appear TO have disrsgarded entirely the on
ly fair basis of all apporiionmenis-taxa5Ie
population and separate representation by
counties having the requisite raiio-and
10 have devoted themselves exclusively TO
The task of dieiriciing the State In such a
manner as 10 defeat the will OF the majoti-
ty Of The people and secure the return of
the largest number of Abolition Senators
and Members. A glaring example of the
manner in which Democratic majorilies
have been DISTINGUISHED, is found in the
making mp Of The 5th Senatorial Djs,rict-
The strong Democr ratio comfy of Montgon1-
cry is Joined TO the Abolition couRiies Of
Chester and Delaware, 10 form a double
District, with two Senators which is in 81
feet wiping oai Montgomery entirely, and
giving OUhu W OuCctCt dho DOiaWaiCs
This District has an aggregate of 81 ,653
taxsbIes and Lancaster county, with only
q, ,3l0 taxables, is also allowed two Sena-
tors. The gross injustice done TO Montgom>
cry will be apparent when We Stale that she
has l8 ,08 taxables-enough 10 eHii,le he:
10 separate Senatorial epTesenlation-
while Bucks, with only 1888 taxaoles, is
allowed 10 retain her Senator. The unfair
meas of this bill is even more apparent, in
the apporsionment OF Representatives
Montgomery loses one member Washing
ioa with a sufiicien, population 10 eniiIle
her alone 10 two Representatives. is joinsd
20 the sirong Abolition County OF Beaver.
and made district with three members.
which Beaver will of course elect. Phila-
delphia and Allegheny gaia q member
Lancaster, with taCO Senators, is allowed to
retain her four Representatives and four are
given to the Abolition counties of Law
renee, Mercer and Batter, united ia one Dis
irict. The inequalities OF the bill are too
mans and great 10 particularize. But, great
as they are. there is some comfort in the
recollection that there never yet was an al
tempt 10 defeat the win Of the people BY 8
legislative 'Gerrymander" thai did not COM
pielely fail Of It's object. The party thar
was guilty Of the fraud Of experiencing the
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-05-18
Change IN Color Of the Hair.

The changes produced by The disturban-
ces of the heart upon the cutaneous capil-
laries, are illustrated in q remarkable man.
ner in persons where the hair OF The head
has suddenly become while from disturb-
ance in the heart, caused by violent mental
excitement. A lady who was deeply g.ev>
ed on receiving tAe intelligence OF great
change in her worldly condition, and who
had very remarkable quantity of dark
hair, found on the following morning
the whole of the hair had become of a
silver white. Some striking instances OF
this kind are narrated by historians al
was struck" says Madame Csmpa, "wiih
the astonishing change misfortune had
wrought upon Marie An,oinete's features,
her whole head OF hair had turned almost
white during her transit from Varennss to
Paris" The Duchess Of Luxembourg,
" hen caugh, making her escape during the
terroEs of the French Revoluiion and put in
prison, the next morning il was observed
that her hair had become while Span
ish officer, distinguished for his bravery,
was in the Duke ot Alva's camp Al mid
night, the Provosi-MaTsnal, accompanied
by his guard and conlessor, awoke him
from his sleep, informing him thai, by or
der Of the Viceroy, he was 10 be immedi>
ately executed, and had only quarter of
an hour left 10 make his peace with Heav-
en-. After he had confessed, he said that he
was prepared for death, but declared his in-
nocense. The Provost Marshal al this mo
ment burst into fit oil laughter, end ;old
him that they merely wanted 10 Try his
courage. Placing his hand upon his heart,
and with CHASTITY paleness, he ordered The
Provost out OF hIs lent, observing iha, he
had "done him an evil office )" and the
next morning, 10 The wonder OF the whole
army, the hair of his head, from having
been OF deep black color, had become
perfeclIy white.