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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19
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KITTY NEIL.
81 pErxls eLoaaxaE McAETnr.

RI DENNIS FLoREScE 1cAETHF'
All sweet Kitty Neil rise mp from your "nest'
Your neat little foot will be weary from spinning
Come trip down with IN the sycamore uee-
Half the parish is there; and the danceis beginning
Tho .n,, Is gons down but the full harvest moon
Shines swesty and cool On the dew Whitened valley
While all the air rings with the soft. loving things
Eaci little bird sings in the green shaded alley
tff WIN blush smile, Kitty up the while,
Her eye in glass; she bound her hair gIaneing
1 D g IT'S hard o refuse when young lover snes,
soshe couldn't but choose TOGO of 70 the dancing.
And now the green the Glad groups seen,
Each gay hearted lad with the Lass Of his choosing;
And Pat, without fail. leads Kitty Neil
E>nnehow, when he asked sho ne'sr tiot Of refusing
Now Felix Magee puts his pipes to his knee,
and with flourish 0 each couple in motion
With cheer and bound the lads patter the ground
The maids round just like swans the ocean.
r4r Cheek bright the ro5e--feet light as the does
Nov ooyly retiring boldly advancing;
Search world all round from the sky to the ground
Ne such sight can be found Irish lass dancing
Sweet Kate who conId view your eyes Of deep blue
BsaLnine bumidly thro' their dark lashes 80 mildly
Your 1arlynrnei arn hesving breast, rounded fn--
Nor feel his heart and his pulses throb wildly
Poor Pa feels his hsart as h9 gazes depart,
snbduel by the of painful YET sweet lova;
The sight leaves his sye, ss hs cries. with sigh
"Daace tghtt0r my heart IL lies andsS yoaT feet, oe p
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19
BABY'S GRAVE.
BT MARY L. MASTERS

It is inst outside Of my window,
| can see it where sit
With the dropping boHghs Of a willow-trss
Bonding over it.
Only baby's graye," they say,
A foot or so Of gfQund,
With the long grass waving in theSssezs,
And the tioWers growing round
And the marble stone at the head of it,
Like a sentinel it stands
Over The form that lies beneath,
With folded, sinless hands
DULY the baby All, yes, know,
bud of single spring
Withered by summeis scorching sun,
So pure, go fral thing.
But oh, the void that is in the house
The weary, waiting blight,
Since that ray of sunshine. SO golden fair.
Faded away in the night.
Aye me- | am weary and sad to night,
Aud | almost long 10 be
Where my heart lies buried, in baby's grave,
Under the Willowtree.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19

MADAME CLAUSE Of Paris, was recently
the victim of murderous assault by her
coaehman, who attacked her with cluo
while driving her home in the evening with
her children The life Of Madame Clause
was only saved by her false hair which pro-
tected her head
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19

THE FARMERS BAROMETER. fake COM
mon glass pickle-bottle -wide- mouthed; fill
it within three inches Of the top with wa
ter; then take Florence oil-hask, removing
the straw covering and cleansing the flask
thoroughly; plunge the neck Of the flask in
to the other BEETLE, as far rs it will go, and
the barometer is complete. In fine weather
the water will rise into the neck of the flask
even higher than the mouth of the other
bottle, but in wet and windy weather il viii
fall an inch below the mouth of the flask.
Before heavy gale Of wind, the water has
been seen TO leave the flask altogether al
least eight hours before the gale came TO its
height The in, ention was made by Ger
man, and communicated by him TO q London
journal.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19

PRFcocIous CHIcKEy ID. Breed, West
Attleboro, Mass, vouches fQr the statement
of g Subscriber" that a chicken Y weeks
and day old laid an egg. Subscriber
challenges the world for parallel Am.
Agrieuiturtst.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19

THE Central, published at Waussu, Wis
of the 9TH. says: Within the past week we
have seen straw berries in bloom, and some
almost matured. This is second crop, and
was never before known here even by the
oldest inhabitant y
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19

So our worthy president ''looked to-waras
us." and finished his brandy and water al a
gulp Then finding that the rain had given
over, we thanked him for his story, and all
adjourned to the bowling green.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19

LIEUTENANT MAURY, the rebel, has been
naturalized by the imperial authorities as a
Mexican citizen.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19

A GOOD story is told Of President Johnson
and tonguey Albany politician, named Sam
Tilden. who called Oil him recently Every
body who knows Sam Tilden knows that he
is an intolerable bore. President johnson
knew it wears ago. He therefore was dis
posed TO indulge him and let him run loose.
Tilden commenced by eomplimenting the
President upon returning to old Democratic
doctrines in his reconstruction policy, and
bringing back the party to the Jeferaonan
landmarks. He branehed off, elaborating
on his subject and illustrating it as only Sam
Tilden can He reminded the President that
this was a compensating world, and illustrat-
ed his point by calling attention to the fact
that while the peacock had magnificent
rainbow tail, the bird was good for nothing
to eat-that the elephant was colossal ami
NAL, but lacked the speed of the antelope.
The President, all the time, sat biting his lip,
wondering what the devil Tilden was driving
at Tilden continued: ''There, too, MIR.
President, is the poor, stupid oyster; what a
sweet morsel TO roll under your tongue, but
what a repulsive object TO look at. The
President here interfered, and taking the
spectacles from his nose, quantity observed !:
s'That there was one thing to be said in IA
vor of the oyster, and that was, It kneao whsn
to shut up"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19

A good story is told Of a prominent New
York banker and politician. He is a some
WHAT passionate man, and considerably pro-
fame. Once he had confidential clerk, at
whom he blazed away one morning at a fear
full rate. The man listened quietly till Bel
mont got through, and then said he would
not stay and be sworn at, though he was a
poor man. Belmont asked what he would
remain for, and let him tax as he pleased.
Aftes thinking Of the matter for short
time, the man said that if the salary we're
increased from s., 500 to $4,000, ne would
stand it. 'You shall have ii, d-n YOU -
said Belmont, and the tradition goes not only
that he gave the man the money, but never
cursed him again at all
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19

QuARRELLIsa If anything in The world
will make man feel badly, except pinching
his fingers in the crack of a door, it is, nm
questionably, a quarrel. No man ever fails
to think less of himself after it than before.
1t degrades him in the eyes of others, and
what is worse, blunts his sensibiities on
one hand, and increases the power of pas
sonate irritability on the other. The truth
is, the more peaceably and quietly we gel
on, the better for our neighbors In nine
cases out Of ten, the better course is, if q
man cheats you, quit dealing with him; il
he abuses you, quit his company; if he
SANDERS you, take care 10 live so that nc
one will believe him No matter who he is
or how he abuses you, the wisest way to to
let him alone for there is nothing better
than this COOL calm and quiet way of deal
ing with the wrongs We meet with.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19

A RESIDENT of Union county, H., has two
hundred acres of fine cotton, which he fears
viii be lost for want Of laborers to pick il, as
a large number of the inhabitants are at the
present time sick.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19

THF Cedar Falls Gazette chronicles a re-
markable Illustration Of the power Of instinct
in cattle, in the return to a farm in the vi
cinity of that town Of two steers sold from
said farm year ago, wintered in Palo Alto
county and thence taken westward with q
freight train for Colorado. Ii is supposed
that the steers gave out in the freight train,
were turned loose to die, and walked TO their
old home, distance of 600 miles.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19

TrMEL1Na PiGEoNs OF INDA.-It may
interest some of your readers to hear of a
very peculiar pigeon much valued by the
MussulInans Of this country. 1t is called
Lotaa in lindostanee and its popularity
consists of tunbling on the ground, instead
Of in the air When required to tumble,
they are taken in the hand, and the head
slightly rubbed or ''tillipped'' with the fin
ger and then they are put on the ground,
when they continue To tumble until taken
up. I have not seen them left on the ground
until their tnnblings are completed, being
invariably taken up after they have tnahled
about dozen times. ! should imagine that
they might injure or exhaust themselves, if
left longer. The pigeons are always white,
and though their wings are long and point
ed, but they seem to have small powers OF
flight. 1t is only lately have heard of
these pigeons, though seven years in India,
but on inquiry, they seera TO be not uncom
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19

PRINCE NAPOLEON has obtained perms-
sion, after much difficulty, TO place a steam
er of his own on the Lake Of Geneva.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19

How To ZEE MIsERABLR.-Selfish people
are generally fretftll and unhappy. for true
peace and Joy are found only in initiating
the character OF Christ who went about do
ing good. Charles Kingsley in one Of his
sermons, has some good thoughts on this
point Think about yourself; about what
You like, wnat you want, what respect peo-
pie ought TO pay you, what people think OF
You, and then to you, nothing will begpure,
You will spoil everything that you touch;
you vii make sin and misery for yourself
ont of everything that God sends you you
will be as wretched as you choose on earth
or in heaven either. In heaven either, |
say for that proud, greedy, selfish, self
seeking spirit W 1uid turn heaven into hell.
1t did turn heaven into he'll for the great
devil himself
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19

RELIEVED HUsBASD.--We extract the
following little sketch from Barry Grsy's
new book, 'Matrimonial Infelicties."
"M} wife has gone to visit her mother
am happy to be able to state that the chill
dren accompanied her Peace, quietness
and fenchy reign in my dwelling | come
and GO unquestioned. stay out late nights
without fear Of rebuke I lie abea Of mora
ings, and no one insists on my getting up
My friends pass the evening with me and
there will be none TO tell me the next day
that the window curtains are filled with to-
bacco smoke, and the parlor has the fra
GRANGE Of bar-room. If two or three
friends come home to dine with me, the cook
never asks why brought them, or complains
If n headache. What is more, she does not
insist on having new silk dress every week
or burst into tears if utter rude and naugh
ty words. The fact is if there be one thing
that | like more than another, ii is to have
my wife visit her mother"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19

Sand what became OF Tom asked one
Of the company.
"Weu, repiiad Mr.. Josh, "after having
been tried thrseftimes. and getting off upon
some law quihEe on each occasion e-who
had robbed the worth of thousands of
pounds and escaped-was executed at Not
tingham for stealing an old bride And
now I've done, gentleman all / looks to-
wards you,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19

"A stranger came to Albany TO buy grain
to stock a store in Massachusetts, where he
had been in business six or seven weeks,
having removed there from the State of Illi-
nois. He had about $1,000 in his pocket,
vas tempted to try his chances at throwing
dice, and kept on until he put mp $500 to
win back what he had LOST, and got nothing
Another $500 was up and nothing won
When he stopped he had Lost 81, 500. and
had $500 left. dreeny got $3.50 back by
an appeal to the police, and left town forth
with
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-19


Determining to have j. Out with the run
ners for deserving their posts, he hurried on
to the inn where they had met, and were 10
pass the night He knocked 81 tie door.
No answer Heknooked again louder No
answer He was not in the very best of
tempers as you may guess. So he gave the
door big kick. In it flew; and a sight
met his eye that fairly took away his breath
Tied into FIVE chairs hand and foot, trussed
up like 80 many Christmas turkeys, with five
gags in their five mouths, and their eyes
glaring at him owlishly, sat the real Mr.. Fra
ser, aud his four Bow street runners. Tom
Rocket had managed the business at the
bridge himself
Upon examining his pocket-book my "a
Their found all his documents, and paper on
which was written these words
By destroying these writings / could have
ruined you. In doing so, should have in
jared your client whom respect. For his
sake / keep my word, though you have play
ed me false. TON ROCKET
Here Mr. Josh paused, and smoked for
/ some time in silence;
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-29


alton of the apprehensions of fearful
outbreaks by them on Christmas day
which were entertained by the white
people. In Norfolk, Virginia, negro
attacked policeman with club, and
was shot; in Manchester, on the James
river, opposite Richmond, party Of
colorcd men surrounded the jail and
forced the release of two colored prison
ers, and in Alexandria negroes were en-
gagged in riotous proceedings, in which
several persons are reported to have
been shot; but there does not appear to
have been concert of action in these Sc
parate affairs. In Wilmington, North
Carolina, there were fights between the
whites and blacks, which assumed the
proportions ola riot calling into requisi-
ton the services ofthe police and troops,
who arrested about one hundred ne
groes; but the Geographic dispatches
state that there was no evidence of any
organized movement on the part of the
latter.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-29
TRIAL, OF DAVIS

The following are the resolutions in
troduced in the House of Representa-
tives on the Goth, in regard to trials fol
treason. They were offered by Mr.. Law
renee of Ohio, and on his own-motion
laid on the table and ordered to be prin-
ted for future action y
Resolved, That public Justice and ma
tional security demand that as soon as
1t may be practicable, Jefferson Davis, a
representative man of the rebellion.
should have fair and impartial trial i'm
the highest appropriate civil tribunal of
the country for treason most fragrant i'm
character by him committed, in order
That the Constitution and the laws NAV
be fuiiy vindicated, the truth clearly es-
tablished and affirmed, that treason is n
crime and that the offence may be made
infamous; and at the same time that
Inc question may be judicially settled,
|inally and forever, that no State, of its
'Wn Will, has the right to renounce its |
place in the Union.
Resotped, That public justice and ma
ional security demand that in case of |
he conviction of said Jefferson Davis.
he sentence 0fthe law should he carried
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-29


General Wade Hampton was in Mont.
gomery, Alabama, last week, and whils
present in the Legislature was iayiteJ
TO seat by that body. aI
The colored people of Cincinnati held
meeting in that city on the 2lst inst
and resolved to send John Jones. one of
their number, as a lobby member to
Congress. W
The safe of the Pulaski county trea
surer at Winnemack, Ohio, was broken
open on Sunday night and robbed of
ST 900. .','''>''' VI
Major General Buford of the lata
confederate army, was i'm Cincinnati op
Thursday of last week, on his wav to
Woodford county, Kentucky. "
One hundred and sixty petitions for
pardon were received on Tuesday from
citlzens of Alabama, among them All.
fred Iverson, exhibited States Senator
Senior Garcia, the Peruvian Minister
at Washington has been recalled. His
successor has not been announced.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-29
SPIRITUALISM.
REVELATIONS OF T.. A. SOTUERN

Mr.. E. A. Sothern, the actor, pub
fishes in the Scotch papers the folIowine
revelations of his experience as a
spiritual medium in New York:
There Is an article in the Spiritual
magazine in which am referred TO
should not dream of noticing anv article
in any such publication had not found
respectable and rational Journals sucb
as yours reproducing statements affect.
ing my credit and candor. | consider
il due to the conductors of the daily
press of these countries, rs we'll as To-
myself, to notice remarks on me and on
my conduct when / find them trans.
ferred to their columns. Had thew NOT
been cxcavated from the gloomy obscu.
rity of their original source they might
never have attracted my observation.
and certainly would never have oh,
tanned my notice.
Possibly it may be thought that am
doing this spiritual publication a service
by bringing it into notice. | do NOT
think so. When you prosecute pick
pocket you go before the bench as n |
matter of public duty; the pickpocket is |
certainly brought into public prOmi- |
hence for the time, but it is only that
ne may be the more effectually recog-
1ized, punished, and exposed. Nobody.
suspect, will be perverted to a belief
n spritualism by reading an exposition
" the misstatements of spiritual writer's.
Now for the article. The main count
n the indictment against me Is thus
tated:
a few years ago party of spiritualsts
u New York, composed chiefly ofactors
nd actresses, held regular sittings for
he production of spiritual phenomena.
Inc OF the members of this circle was
n actor named Stuart, who was recog~
lzed by all as most powerful medium. !
he manifestations witnessed at these l
'dnces were SO wonderful as to give TO S
re meetings the distinguished title of {
The Magic Circle" They created SO {
uch interest that ID was considered C
'ecial privilege to be admitted to this t
agile chamber. Mr.. Stuartsat that pc b
,d was better knewn as Stuart the t,
or magic worker, than Stu G.
{ the actor. il
The factor named Stuart" is now bet Il
known as 1.-THE actor NAMED SOth- II
A." Following sufficiently illustrious o'
used an assumed name pl
len entered on my profession, and I
~ resumed my own by the advice Of Ii,
friend. The party of spiritualistsn tn
not composed chiefly of factors and th
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-29
KENTUCKY.

l
| II will be remembered that the Con.
stitutional Amendment, abolishinl
slavery, was rejected by the Legislature
of Kentucky, on the ground that it was
a state affair; and that the National
Legislature had no control over the sub.
ject of slavery in the states. But more
than twO-thirds of the states-more than
the requisite Misunderstanding concurred
in the Congressional Constitutional
Amendment, it became the fundamental
law; SO that, although Kentucky and
Connecticut have refused to assent to its
adoption, they are both prohibited for
ever, by the action of the majority, from
reducing any human being, except for
crime, to involuntary servitude.
Throughout the American Republic, the
whole slave code has ceased to exist
The Louisville Journal of Saturday. i'm
an editorial article before us, exults over
this, and states that the adoption of the
amendment lifts great burden from the
shoulders of the citizens of Kentucky.
We quote the following from the Jour
nat.
The period of uncertainty, which has
forever closed, weighed like n mountain
upon them. The state laws protected
the master and military authorities to a
large extent, and the laws of Congress to |
some extent protected the slave. There
were constant collisions, theoretically |
and practically, and nobody knew what |
course to take, for every one seemed
about equally Blocked up. This was as
bad for the blacks us whites. The latter
were deferred from hiring the former
through fear of the penalties impending
over them for so doing, without the con-
sent of masters, by virtue of the power
If state laws. Slaves could not find en-
Dloyment consequently as free persons.
ma were not secure either as slaves or as
reed people. They were literally out
asts. They were deferred from hiring
themselves out lest their masters should /
lain and get their wages and citizens r
nd others were afraid TO employ them
est they should have to pay twice, to i
Ie master aud then to the slave, SUPER .
lded to which was the risk the EN-
oyer ran of prosecution in the state i
'urts for violation of the laws Thus, a
etween the dangerous Scylla on the /
he side and the fatal Charybdis on the @
her, master and slave, employer and a
nployed, were in danger of being n
,amped and going to the bottom. All Il
is is now mt an end The great load of 80
preston and doubt has been rolled Il
ray. The negroes are free, and white !"
sn are free too, and both may enter m
20 contracts without the fear of pains sp
d penalties. They may Snap their m
gers at the, Sheriff cor any other ri,
they fulfil the engage m
'nts they may make with each other ar
! go on their way rejoicing. We re- ,
It that the incubus that has paralyZed ter
energies Of Kentucky for several err
lrs past has relaxed its grasp, and her mr.,
Die and stalwart limbs at length are vii
enthralled. She is at last free from onj
torrents and tormentOrs. The laws Al
ich in other times and under different wa
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-29

General Crook has given orders, in
the case of two negroes recently sen.
fenced in the county court at Whining
ton, North Carolina, to be sold into
slavery for five years, for larceny, that
the sentence must not be carried into
execution, on the ground that no law
can be enforced which makes q distinc-
ton between white and black criminals.
The District Superintendent of the
Freedmen's Bureau has ordered revo-
cation OF sentence, in default of which
the members of the court are to be
placed under arrest.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-29

into effect, in order that the Constiti,.
tion and the laws may be fully vindica-
ted and faithfully executed. and rhe
truth clearly established that treason is
q crime, and that traitors should he
punished. N "
Resolved, That i'm like manner. and
for like reasons, such of the most cul-
pable of the chief instigators and con-
spirators of the rebellion as may be ne
cessary to satisfy the demands of public
justice, and furnish security for the flu
lure, and those criminally responsible
ior the murder and starvation of Union
prisoners OF war, should be tried and
punished for the high crimes of which
they have been guilty.
Resolved, That Justice should not foil
OF Its purpose, and that all who are
sination of the late President and the
great Offenders during the recent rebel
non guilty. or and responsible for the
oners OF war, as well as those guilty of
or responsible for other unparalleled
of the laws of warfare oro
amenable to and should be tried con.
vlcted and punished by a military tri-
Duhal authorized by law and sanctioned
by the common law of war and the
lsages of civilized nations whenever and
80 iar as may be necessary to secure the
ends ofjustice.
Resolved, That the committee OH the
judiciary be instructed to inquire what
if any, may he necessary TO
provide juries for trials for treason for
Trlts of error, and to carry into effect
he purposes Ofthe foregoing resolutions
ma that said committee report by bill |
" otherwise.