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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-07-27
The Dunderberg.

The great iron-clad ocean frigate, Dunder-
berg, was successfully launched at New
York on the 22d inst. She draws only
about fifteen feet Of water The Dundor-
berg or "Thundering Mountain" is the
greatest sea-going frigate in the world, and
within six months she viii be ready to make
her IS knots per hour and bid defiance to
heworld in arms. Her armament will con-
sist Of four fifteen inch Rodman, an5 from
twelve to fourteen eleven inch Dahlgreen
guns. The Dunder6erg is the embodiment
of the ideal Of the famous ship builder,
Webb. His plan is original and novel;
She will be floating fertilization. Her
easement sides, which are rapidly being
pierced for 21 guns, are three feet in thick
ness, and are iron-clad four and halfinch-
es. The ram is rot fastened to the bow, but
is part Of the ship itself.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-07-27
General News Items.

The last issue Of even-thirty bonds have
nearly all been taken, only about $15,000,
900 or $20,o0o,o0o remaining unsold. :.
1.-The nice little sum Of $3.50 was realized
for the Viroqua suffers at a festival held at
Sparta for that purpose ....... The new
three-cent pieces are composed Of seventy
four per cent. Of copper and twenty-six per
cent. nickel, which makes very hard alloy.
1t takes two hundred and fifty-four pieces
to makes pound, and they cost the govern
ment just half cent apiece.. Captain
Henry Wires, late rebel prison keeper at
Andersonville, is shortly to be put upon his
trial for cruelties and barbarities practiced
upon our prisoners confined at that place.
........ The national currency issued dur
ing the week ending July 22d, amounts to
$3.50, $50, making a total Of $157, 907, 665
now in circulation. $3.50. The Chicago Re
publican publishes the Cook county delin-
quent tax list occupying three pages and a
half Of that large sheet-a PLAT talk. $3.50.
-. The veteran third and forty-ffth regi-
ments arrived in Madison last Sunday, and
had glorious reception in the capitol park
....... So many blacklegs and scoundrels
Of every description have congregated at
Springfield, Illinois, to cheat and rob the
returning soldiers, that General Cook has
found it necessary to establish martial law
for the more prompt execution of the laws.
Peat of very excellent quality
has recently been discovered in the marshes
of Waukesha county. A fine bed OF
coal, four feet thick, has been found at Pom
tiac, Michigan, at depth of two hundred
and six feet.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-07-27
Home Again.

After an absence Of near one year in the
service Of Uncle Sam, W" return again
among you, kind friends, sound in body and
mind, and take our place with our partner,
Mr.. WRIGGLEswoRTH, who has so ably and
satisfactorily conducted the LITTLE CHRoNI-
Gle alone during our absence. We take
hold quite naturally, hardly realizing the
flight of time.
We find business in our village more
prosperous and healthy than when we left
The all-absorbing topic was, how were we
to fill our quota of men for the service and
avoid draft. The crops Of the country
were in great measure a failure, and
general uncertainty with regard to the
future pervading the minds of the commu-
nifty. But thanks to kind Providence,
since then the black clouds of war have
rolled away and heaven-born peace once
more spreads her angel wings over our fair
land But this is not ALL The bountiful
harvest now being rcaped down and stored
away, is an JUNCTION Of better tines in store
for our farmers and mechanics, and the
dawn of new era in the growth and pros
perity of our village.
We are heartily glad once more to greet
the patrons of the CHRONICLE, in town and
country, and intend the paper shall con-
tinue to be conducted in the same straight
forward manner that has always character
lied it since our connection with it as one
Of the proprietors. It is our intention to
enlarge the CHRONICLE to seven column
paper with the beginning Of the next vol
ume, if sufficient encouragement is held out,
for we are determined it shall not be behind
its competitors either in quantity or quality
of reading matter. In word it is the in
tention Of the proprietors to make it lice
home paper r. CROSBY.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-07-27

How TO GROW BEAUTIFUL.-Persons may
outgrow disease and become healthy by
proper attention to the laws of their phys
ical constitution. By moderate and daily
exercise,m men may become active and strong
in limb and muscle. But to grow beaut-
full, how? Age dims the lustre of the eye
and palcs the roses on beauty's cheek /;
while crows feet and wrinkles and burrows,
and lost teeth, and gray hairs, and bald
head, and lettering limbs and limping most
sadly mar the human form divine. But
dim as the eye is, paid and sunken as may
be the face Of beauty, and frai and feeble
that once strong, erect and manly body the
immortal soul, just Hedging its wings for
its home in heaven, may look out through
those faded windows as beautiful as the
dew drop Of summers morning, as melt
ing as the tears that glisten in affections
eye, by growing kindly,by cultiyatng sym
pathy with all human kind, by cherishing
forbearance toward the follies and foibles Of
our race, and feeding day by day on that
love to God and man which lifts us above
the brute and makes us akin to angels
Rural Nea0 Yor1cr
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-07-27
"Far-Fetched Dear-Bought."

Jay Cooks half sheet circular OF
"Facts and Figures" makes the follow
ing sensible remarks on the maxim at
the head Of this article
There is an inveterate opinion abroad
that the profits Of labor and the result
ing wealth Of nation can be realized
only through foreign trade that State
grows rich only upon the profits Of its
traffic with some other State, and the
greater the distance between them, the
better. The doctrine strengthens in
proportion to the size Of the community.
A nation must bring its wealth across
sea, and q tortiori, we must infer that
the only chance that the globe has for
growing rich all over, is by trade with
the moon, or some other outlying prov
ince Of the solar system.
The folly Of this doctrine has only to
be stated to be fully realized. Wealth
cannot be created by carrying property
around. All transportation oft beyond
the nearest attainable market, is waste
Of time, labor and machinery. It is the
business Of true Political Economy to
establish markets close by Production.
The Plow, Loom and Anvil should be
brought together. The blast furnace
should be moved up close to the barn
the cloth-mill should CHATTER within
hearing Of the reapers-the machine
shop should rattle its bread earning
song to the bread-supplying threshlng
machine. Ships are useful things to
bring tea and coffee across oceans-they
are awfully wasteful institutions to car
ry wheat to be exchanged for cloth and
iron. Farmers, insist on having the
swap made at your own doors You
command through Congress.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-07-27

A TRAVELLED RoosTER.-Wh the six
teenth regiment marched through town, a
little bantam rooster was observed perched
on the knapsack ofone Of the men. 1t was
carried from Madison in 1868, and taken in
to the ranks of the thirty-second regiment,
which it accompanied through the Missis-
sippi march to Meridian and back to Vicks-
burg, thence to Decatur, Alabama and on
the march to Atlanta, at whose capture he
was present, on the grand march through
Georgia, South Carolina, and North Caro-
lina to Raleigh. With the thirty-second it
went north to Washington, and with it
passed in the grand review. Subsequently
it was transferred to the sixteenth veterans
and is now mustered out and on its way
home The little fellow has been carried
on the knapsachs the entire rounds, and
been in all the battles and skirmishes in
which the thirty-second has PARTICIPATED
State Journal.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-07-27

not the case, he became morose and disord-
~ On the night of the murder, Julson had
secretly loaded his gun, and while the boat
was stopped at a wood yard. had Invested
himself of his coat and boots, and placed
himself outside the railing Of the boat
Capt. Cox was informed Of the fact Of Jul
sons refusal to leave his position, and went
to him, kindly informing him that he was
transgressing orders, and directed him to
get over the railing on the boat, when Jul
son said he would not do it, and immediat-
ely shot Captain Cox through the body
The murderer Immediately jumped into the
river, went under the boat, and vas seen no
more, though a good swimmer. Whether
drowned or not, the darkness Of the night
would not admit of ascertaining, though dill
ligent search was made.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-07-27

MILITARY HISTORY OF WIscoNsIN.-BY
E. B. Gunner. ESQ, Of Madison, Wis, in
one Volume Octave of over 700 pages
handsomely Illustrated by numerous Steel
Engravings of the most prominent men of
Nation and State.
The design of the author and publishers
is to give in this work complete history of
the part Wisconsin has borne in the great
war just closed, giving an account Of each
regiment, its organization, sketch of its
officers and a history Of its campaigns
gathering interesting incidents connected
with our soldiers, both dead and living, OF
their heroism and valor, and as nearly as
possible, list of the dead and wounded in
each regiment and battery, thus building a
monument to our fallen brave ones and the
honored living who have given their strength
and life for their country.
1t will also give an account of the action
of the State officers and legislature in their
successful endeayors to promote the inter
ests of the country in her great struggle.
The work will be issued during the coming
winter, and will be embellishad with new
Steel Engravings of our late President,
Abraham Lincoln, Lieut. Gen'l Grant, Mai.
Gen'l w. I. Sherman, Governors Of the
State and many of the most prominent mil
itary men of the State.
The book will be sold exclusively BY can
vassers- the publishers therefore desire TO
secure the services of good men in each
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-07-27

RUSSIAN ASNExATIoN- The Russian pa
pers generally ADMIT that their government
will sooner or later annex what yet remains
Of independent countries in Central Asia
Bokharr, Khokand and Khira. They don't
want, they say, any further ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Of their immense country; but they want
peace on their border, and as there is no
lasting peace possible with any Of these
barbarous tribes, Russia will have to an
mex all to them. These uncivilized tribes
are Of course at the mercy of Russia, and
England is, from geographical reasons, as
unable to sustain a war against Russia in
Central Asia, as France would be to sus-
tain war against the United States in
Mexico.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-07-27
NEW ADVERT ISEM ENTS
Proposed Constitutional Amend
nents
CHAPTER III.
AN ACT to extend the right of suffrage.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows;
Section l. The right of voting is hereby extended to
male persons Of fcan blood who shall have attained
the age Of twentyone years upwards, with the same
qualifications and rest lotions imposed upon other
voters in section of article suffrage in the
stituti,n.
Sec . This act, before it takes effect shall be sub
mitted the people, at general election to be held
the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday of
November, 1865, when, if such majority of votes is
required by the constitution be for it, it shall be
of force and effect under the requirements hereinafter
prescbed but such majority be not for it, it
shall have no force or effect
Sec g. The ballot to be used on this OCCASION shall
be for the affirmative, for extension Of Suffrage, for
the negative, for the extension Of suffrage, no. which
shall be the general ballot used at the said election
and deposited in the box; and all persons quail
fed by law to vote at any election in this state shall
be deemed voters on this question.
Sec A. These votes shall be counted aud returned by
the inspectors Of the election in all respects votes
for state officers counted and returned.
Sec 8. The officers designated by law TO canvass
the return Of votes for state officers shall the
return this question, at the place and under
the regulations and restrictions provided by
law for canvassng and declaring the returns of cleo
tions for state officers.
Sec g. Within three days after the determination Of
such canvass it shall be the duty of the to
certify the result Of the said canvass to the governor
who shall, thereupon, without delay, make procama
ton Of the result and publish the same, daily and
weekly, for two weeks, in all newspapers printed in
the state when if the result shall be in favor Of the
extension of suffrage, this act shall Immediately after
such publication, be Of force and eect but fnot III
favor Of it. then this act shall have force or effect
Sec 7. This act Immediately after its passage, shall
be published and least three months previously to
said general election the secretary Of state shall 5end
or cause to be SENT correct copy of TO every news
paper in the state, which newspaper, upon publication
Of the same shall be entitled TO pay Tor the same out
Of the state treasury at the paid for other legal
adyertisinp Approved April 10, 1865.
LUCIUS EAIRCHILD, Sec'y Of state.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-07-27
The State Fair to be at GAINESVILLE.
Important New Features.
STATE AGRICULTURAL Rooms,
MADISON, July IL, 1865.

MEssRs. EDITORS: After considera-
bic delay, unavoidable on the part Of the
Society, the Wisconsin State Fair for
1865 has been located at GAINESVILLE,
upon the grounds lately known as Camp
Treadway. These grounds are con
siderably nearer to the center of the
city than those occupied last year, being
less than half mile from the post Office
are easily accessible even in wet
weather, and in their natural beauty are
not surpassed by any in the United
States. They include as fine mile
track for trials Of speed as can be found
in any part Of the country, and are to
be well fitted up in every particular.
In view Of the facilities afforded by
the new race course, arrangements are
being made for magnificent contest
Of the fastest thoroughbred horses -
premiums large, and competition to the
world. 1t is also the purpose of the
society to institute a more thorough
trial Of agricultural implements and
machinery than has ever been made in
this state.
With unusually fine crops of every
sort, with peace restored to our long
distracted country, and with such a
programme as is about to be issued,
there would seem to be nothing what
ever in the way Of our holding the most
successful exhibition ever held in Wis
consin since the organization Of the state
agricultural society.
Very respectfully yours,
j. W. HoYT,
Sec'y W. S. A. s.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-07-27

ANOTHER MURDER.-A German wo-
man, the wife Of Jacob Burk hardt, pro
prietor Of the Prairie Saloon, in the
north west corner of the town Of Green
field, about FIVE miles south Of the city
of La Crosse, was murdered on Monday
afternoon, July 18th, at about three
o'clock, by a Bohemian named John
Rothbauer, who went to the house for
the avowed purpose Of killing another
woman who is enciente by the murderer.
The woman whose life the murderer
desired to destroy, was in the employ
of Mrs. Burk hardt, and the latter refus-
ed to allow Rothbauer to enter the
house During the altercation outside
of the door, Mrs. Burkhardt stood with
small child in her arms, demonstrating
against Rothbauer's murderous inten-
tons. Her little boy, aged twelve years
fearing that his mother might be injured
by Rothbauer's revolver, went into the
house and procured a shot gun, which
the murderer snatched out Of the boys
hands. Rothbauer fred his revolver at
the boys head, and the ball entered his
left cheek, without fatal injury. 1t is
believed he will recover. Rothbauer
then placed the muzzle of the gun near
the head Of Mrs. Burkhardt and fred
The skull was laid open, and the brains
entirely blown out Of her head. In the
mean time the women whom Rothbauer
first intended to kill had taken refuge
in the grain field behind the house
Mr. Burkhardt was, at the time in La
Crosse. The murderer escaped but was
castured by Sheriff Solberg, Tuesday
morning, at about one o'clock, near the
house Of Rothbauer's brother in Chip
munk Cooley, in the town of Hamburger
in Vernon County, where the Sheriff
was quietly awaiting his arrival.-La
Crosse Democrat.
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Plain Talk to the Saints.
j. w. HoYT,
Sec'y w. S. A. S.

On the 18th of June, Mr. Colfax made
a speech in the Mormon capital, in the
course Of which he said that he had no
disguise to make of his sentiments or his
principles that he didn't, or he wouldn' t
stand before them with forked tongue;
that, while friend to their industrial,
general and mining interests. and advo-
eating the rights that their general gov
ernment owed to them, he wished to tell
them frankly what this government had
a right to demand Of them, to vital
legiance to the Constitution, obedience
to the laws, and devotion to the Union
and the government? These territories
he termed, with their yet undeveloped
mineral wealth, the treasury Of the
world" ''And," he continued, "God
put this mineral into your mountains It
crops out everywhere in your midst. If
you don't develop it yourselves, or ex-
tend liberal encouragement to have it
done, take my word for it the tide OF an
immense emigration is bound to roll in
among you and take it to develop for
themselves. For here, from the Rocky
Mountains to the Pacific, will be the seat
Of a richer empire than Europe or old
Asia ever owned"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-07-27

SUDDEN DEATH.-Harrison Smith, a
well known citizen of Fennimorc, on LASS
Saturday morning, 18th inst, after eat
ing his breakfast as usual went to work
At night he did not return, and next
morning search was made for him, when
he was found in an almost insensible
condition, having lain there probably
from about 10 o'clock Saturday morn
ing, the night being very chilly. All he
said was to ask that his head be wet with
water. He died on Sunday night
Grant Co. Herald.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-07-27

OIL.-There seems to be no abate
ment Of the oil fever in this county,
Strong faith is entertained that oil exists
here in large quantities; and this faith,
we are glad to know, is not used to de-
lude unthinking or credulous men but
it is faith that leads to works The
enterprising and responsible company are
preparing to put the m after to the test
Immediately. The derricks are going
up; the engine and all needed machine
ry will soon be in operation. New dis
coveries are being made almost daily
Prairie du Chiep Union.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-07-27
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The Extension of Suffrage.

Elsewhere in to-days issue will be found
the law extending the right of suffrage to
persons of African blood, who shall have
attained the age of 81 years and upwards,
with the same restrictions snd qualifca-
tons now imposed upon other voters pro-
vidsd a majority of the votes cast at the
ne, general election on the subject, be in
favor of the measure.
Times have changed, and we hope we
have not gone through the last four years
of war without learning something. We
have at least learned that the negro has
been oppressed heretofore more than he will
be in the future. His condition is being
ameliorated. He is being assisted to step
up in the scale Of humanity. In fact, he
is assuming the place Of a man, and is in
future going to count as one man in the con-
duct of affairs in this nation. Therefore
the patriotic State of Wisconsin, the State
that has done so much towards freeing the
African race from bondage, should not re-
fuse to permit those negroes who may be
residents of this State, to exercise the right
of suffrage. Let her not set bad example
to her re organizing Sister States of the
South, who will without doubt allow them
this freeman's privilege
Formerly the free negroes enjoyed the
right of suffrage in most Of the States of
the Union. Though latterly the white man
has been grinding him down, and this priv
ilege has been denied, but as before stated,
times have changed.
Colored people voted in Pennsylvania till
1888; in Connecticut they voted till 1917.
In New York, originally, white and black
stood upon the same ground, the right to
vote in both being dependant upon prop
erty qualification. About the year 1926,
an amendment of the Constitution abolish
ed this property test as regards the white
man, but left it unrepeafed as regards the
blacks. Within the memory Of men now
living, negroes voted regularly in North
Carolina and in Tennessee. In the former
State, it is related that wealthy slave own
er secured his election to Congress by set
ting free considerable number ofhis slaves,
who went to the polls and voted for him in
body. In Maryland colored men voted
until the year 1888. And we have the au-
thority of Gen. CAN'T, of Arkansas, for
saying that ain every Southern State ex-
cept, tory and secession South Carolina, the
right of suffrage was originally held and ex-
ercised by all freemen.
The gu6 Union men Of the South are,
without exception, so far as we have been
able to ascertain, in favor of giving to the
black man precisely the rights possessed by
any other man. In this they show their
sense, for if they want peace and prospect
ty, they must look to it that all men have
their rights But it is well known that
there is still party at the South, and in
fact, at the North too, who are in favor OF
giving the negroes no more rights or privi-
leges than they possibly can. Therefore, we
say again, let not the State of Wisconsin SET
her Sister States Of the South bad exam
pie by refusing to allow the negroes to vote
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-07-27

A HORRIBLE DEEn.-Captain G. H. Cox,
of Mineral Point, formerly Provost Marshall
of this county, but for the last eight months
captain of Co.-50th Wis. Reg. was cruelty
murdered by one of his own men on the
18th inst, The murderer is said to be Ole
Julson, Norwegian who enlisted in Capt.
Cox's company from this town. The par
ticulars of this sad affair are given in a let
ter from DR.. Vivian, published in the Trib-
bune /:
Ole Julson, the murderer, had returned
but few days before from a thirty days
furlough, with the impression that he could
be discharged at the discretion of the CAP
ain. On being informed that such was
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-07-27
An escaped convict from the Stat

An escaped convict from the State
prison was shot Tuesday night in house
of ill-fame at Madison, while officers
were attempting to arrest him and an
accomplice. The ball took effect in the
brain, causing instant death. The two
had stolen several horses Of late. The
pair they had with them, they confess
ed, were stolen from Springfield, Hi
nois. They are farm team, one bay,
the other sorrel.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-07-27

Is THAT EQUALIrY-The negroes Of
the South are no longer slaves. Wheth-
er they vote OR not, under the Constitu-
ton they must hereafter be counted the
same as whites in apportioning repres-
entatives in Congress. The result will
be that while the Northern States will
have but one representative in Congress
to each 127.871 white inhabitants, many
Of the Southern States will have rep
resentative for less than half that num-
Der. In South Carolina each $500
whites will have member Of Congress,
in Mississippi each $4,000, in Louisiana
each $4,000, and SO on. Exclude the
colored race permanently from suffrage,
and political power in the South remains
concentrated in the hands Of the few
State Journal.