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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-05-03
Eugenfe's --latest Within.

PARIS, March Is. - The fashionable
female world will be asteunded at the latest
within which has seized the beautiful EN-
press For some time, odd rumors have
been circulated, which are now thought to
have an origin in the far-reachiDg policy OF
the Emperor, rather than in any change OF
the Empress. Visitors admitted to the
privilege of seeing their Majesties in the
retirement of domestic life have expressed
their establishment at the simplicity of dress
adopted by Eugsnie. A plain dress withoul
trimming, and worn with only linen collar
and cuffs, was said to be her costume on
one occasion. In the reeent speech made
by the Emperor before the Corps Legislatif,
he declared himself tired of hearing about
more liberty for France. What France
wanted was not more liberty, but greater
simplicity, virtue and happiness. 70 this
speech Jules Eavre made a terrible reply.
He showed that under the Empire, virtue
and happiness were not to be found thai
idleness and luxury had taken their place
that vice and wantonness stalked boldly
abroad at midday in Paris, and were open
ly copied and countenanced by the leaders
Of Partisan aociety.
The effect OF this scathing rebuke hae
OSbu SontW udL iSubIdlJZS0 ny dH
which occurred the other day, and which
has been idustriously circulated. A depu
tation Of Lyons workmen waited upon Her
Majesty with sample Of antique and very
costly brocade, which she was requested to
bring into fashion. e'I am very sorry
cannot comply with your wishes" said the
Empress, with her peculiarly charming
smile, but there are many ladies whose
husbands could not afford them toilets as
expensive Ny own is among the number"
OF course, the deputation left puzzled, be-
wildered at the Emperor's overly, but com
pletely fascinated. / have not told you,
however, of the latest Imperial whim, which
has taken the direction of Sewing Machines
A few weeks ago the Empress issued an
order for several different kinds of Sewing
Machines--one Of which, o beautiful Gro
yer & Baker, captivated her fancy, and it
is said that she has not only become an ex-
pert operator herself, but that greatly to
the disgust of her ladies, she ordered sever
al more Of the same kind, and insists upon
an hours practice az cue Of the daily morn
ing recreations. A sort Of Court Society
has thus been formed, the substantial results
of which are to be given to the poor. The
news of this new whim Of the Empress has
been received with enthusiasm in fashiona-
bic quarters and an immense rush created
for the Grover & Baker Machines. 1t Is
to be hoped the new whim will last long
enough to cloths some Of the miserable poor
Of Paris.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-05-03
Congressional geoszags.

IN the Senate. on the 23d, The bill to reg
ulate inter State commerce and postal COM
munication was made the special order of
Friday 1.-THE house bill for the better or
ganizaiion Of the pay department of the
navy was passed......The Postofice appro-
. priation bill was considered, without action
......A resolution was adopted instructing
the Committee on Commerce to inquire into
the expectancy Of providing against the i'm
portation, transportation, or sale Of nitro
glycerine.
In the House, on the 22d, a resolution
was adopted to hold an evening session on
the Oath, for the purpose of allowing the
Pacific Railroad Committee an opportunity
to report ..... Resolutions were introduced,
but decided out Of order, relieving the Re-
construction Committee from further con-
sideration Of the representatives from Ten
nessee, and declaring that State entitled to
representation. ....Resolutions calling for
the speedy trial Of Jeff. Davis were referred,
after debate, to the Judiciary Committee.
TIE army bill was further considered.
In the Seiate, or the oath, the bill for
The relief Of certain naval contractors was
considered, amended, and postponed.......
Tho Senate refused to concur in the House
amendments to the ha5eas corpus bill, and
asked for Committee of Conference. .....
Tie bill for he admission Of Colorado came
up, the pentng question being the motion
to reccnsideI the vote rejecting the bill, and
vas discussed by Messrs. Nye, Doolittle,
Sumner, andothers. The question was not
decided. ......rhe printing deficiency bill
vas passed.
In the Hcae, on the oath, the Niagara
ship canal ill was discussed, without ac-
TOM. Consideration q the army bin was
resumed. Tie Goth section, providing for
e Provost Marshal Generals bureau, was
stricken OF, after 8 lengthy debate, in
which Gen. Fry and his deputies were Bit
teriy assailel By Roscoe ConAling Of New
York, and offended By Mr.. Blaine. Mr..
Woodbridge defended the loyalty Of West
Point officers No final action was taken On
the bill. 49,. The evening session was deVot-
ed to reports from the Pacific Railroad Com
mittee.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-05-03
Political MATTERS.

The Senate is acting upon the universal
suffrage bill for the District of Columbia
this week.
A Montreal despatch Of the goth says:
!" Mrs Jeff Davis has obtained permission,
and viii leave by the first train, to see her
husband
Messrs. Evarts, Clifford and Rousseau
have been retained by the Government for
the trial Of JEFF. Davis which is expected to
take place soon after Mr. Speeds return
from the West.
+ An English paper observes: "If some Of
the speeches Of our statesmen do not reach
down to posteriiy it win not be because they
are not long enough" The same remark is
applicable here.
1t is said the President has appointed
Wade Hampton, relative Of the South Car
DINA rebel General, Postmaster at Pitts
burg, Pa, removing the Radical incumbent
The editor of The Tsnnessean, a paper
published in the interest of the Freedmen 8
Bureau at Nashville, recently presented his
subscription list to President johnson, who,
observing Senator Summers name thereon
for SIS, wrote o subscription Of $25 there
under.
Clement G. Clay was released from Fort
ress Monroe on the 18th, by order Of the
President The conditions Of his release
were, that he should take the oath of allegi-
ance to the United States, and give his
parole Of honor to conduct himself rs loyal
citizen Of the same, and 10 report himself in
person at any time and place, to answer
any charges that may hereafter be prefer
red against him by the United States.
In the Tennessee Senate, .onsthe oath, a
bill passed lis FIRST reading, rendering the
mansion house at the hermitage (Jaekson's
residenoe), and zoo acres of ground ad-
Joining, on condition that the United States
Government would establish upon it a
branch of the West Point Military Acad-
envy. or some other public institution. The
remaining seres of the estate, about 5000,
are to be sold, and the proceeds to be APP
piled to the payment of bonds issued by
the State in payment for the whole prop
/ erty -Ft
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-05-03

The monster iron clad new vessel, DundeT-
berg, is now receiving the completing
touches of the mechanics, in the yard Of
Wm. H. Webb, her builder, at New York.
TAe Government has recently initiated to
the contractor the necessity Of completing
the vessel ct the earliest moment. The
Dunterberg has her masts, machinery, and
boilers ca board, and the snoke-stac is
set mp.
The AUstro-Prussian question was still
regarded as threatening. ali correspondence
between the two powers having failed to
bring about an amicable adjustment Of the
pending difficulties. Prussia stiIl continues
her warlike preparations. The London
Times, in an article upon the alteration, re-
marks that affairs between The two powers
present an aspect identical with that which
has always preceded the breaking out of
war between powerful nations.
The Montreal Gazette of April %, reports
that " Slayter, ore Of the physicians who
volunteered to attend the cholera patients
On The England, at Halifax, vas taken III
on Monday morning, and died Of that dis
ease On Tuesday night. Two ether doctors,
Carrie and Gossip, we're ATTACHED with the
disease, but have recovered. Eight Of the
passengers made their escape from the
quarantine ship, and, it is feared, may
spread the disease. Three cases Of cholera
have also been reported at Halifax"
The AJta Californian Of the 25th ult con
tains a statement from Charles 3. Brooks,
formerly Of st. Charles, ILL.,, exposing the
utter emptiness Of the Barbacoas gold
bubble. He went to that locality and found
only one paying gold claim. All else was a
gloomy and desolate waste, populated with
hungry and disappointed men. There was
neither a present nor prospect 70 this re
Gently famous new Pacific diggings, and MIR
Brooks wants everybody TO stay away.
In the examination Of Otto Buratenben
der, at New York, on the 25th, for the ship.
ment of nitro-gIycerine by Wells & Fargo'c
California Express, Alfred B. Nobel, the in.
ventor, was called for the defence. He
testified that he was the inventor Of tbs
practical adaptation Of nitro glycerine t.
blasting purposes. Nitroglycerine is only
explosive under certain conditions, as is the
case with many other substances not con
sidered explosive. Nitroglycerine is not
an infamable substance, for, if fire is set tt
it, it does not catch fire like turpentine OF
spirits, but goes out when the match is
Withdrawn. 1t does notrexplode blythe
mere applicationof fire., Its use in blasting
is only possible through the patent fuse, al
q shower Of sparks viii not explode it. The
application Of fire has been tried hundreds
Of times. It requires $50 degrees of hea!
in confined space before it explodes.
Conclusion will not explode it. We tried
throwing it from heights Of fifty feet, and il
would not explode. In Hamburg the ex
pertinent was tried Of throwing it up in &
rocket, and It's fell of more than Que thou.
sand feet did not explode it. We afterwara
exploded it, showing it to being pure nitro
rlycerine
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-05-03
Novelty I'm Marine ArcisitecGure~-A
Revolving Ship.
from the Baltimore sun, April 90

FIom the Baltimore sun, April 20
At the ship yard of Messrs. Brewster b
Potter, Canton, there is to be seen real
novelty 10 the way of marine architecture
1t is working model of revolving
vessel" so called, the !" hull " Of which ia
so constructed as to bear the Appearance
Of an immense hogshead, rather than that
Of anything designed TO be propelled ia
the water. IL is rather difficult to de.
scribe, from its singular peetiliari,ies.
The model is a cylinder ! 2 feet in diameter
and ii feet width Of beam. Through this
cylinder is shaft acting as an axle, upon
which the vessel rolls in the water, max
ing but little displacement and it is coz
tended that it will even pags over bars
where there is little or no water Outsids
of the cylinder or "hull =" are placed
paddles ct different points, which are 10
be protected by four keels going around.
The machinery is attached to the shaft
inside Of the cylinder; where also, are to
be placed cabins, etc. The idea of this
vessel is that instead Of displacing or rur-
ming through the water, she rolls over il,
making plane Of liquid surface. Tho
model has already been tried ia the river.
and to those interested in its operations
was deemed satisfactory. The inventor
Of this novel conception is Mr.. George T.
Snyder, Of Pennsylvania, who has OBJ
tanned patent, and ne appears sanguine
Of its success. To test its ultimate utility.
8 joint stock association is now FORMING
to build perfect boat 40 feet in diameter.
with corresponding width Of beam.
which it is supposed will Es capable of
attaining great speed ard carry large
number of passengers, with freight. It
may be added that the principle has re-
ceived the approval Of many engineers
and shipwrights. At any rate, the re-
volving vessel" is curiosity, in it's way.
50 --sD-e-es--
OEaCEEDANTs or HAH -Tx,rasr.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-05-03
HE FenEans.

Considerable excitement was caused at
Calais on the 23d, by an attempt Of two
supposed Fenians" 10 shoot the guard at
the bridge crossing TO ST. Stephens, who
refused to let them cross......A lot Of Spring
field rifles, destined for Fenian use, was
seized at 0swego on the 22d. t was said
they were 10 be used in a Fenian expedition
into Canada, the object Of which was to
capture Piotou and Belleyil!e, and to 8 raise
the green flag in a situation almost impreg-
nable."
The Fenians are very indignant at the or
der to abandon the expedition against New
Brunswick. One Vim. Il. Grace said TO
have been Captain Of the late PASSPORT ex-
petition, is particula rly disguised with
O'Mahony, when he considers an ''imhe-
cile aud frand," and says that the
Repetition would have been 9 sue
cess had Gen. KIlian been sustained"
He declares that the only hope Of sue
cess now IS in supporting Roberts
and Sweeny, wt1o are said TO have
selected 0gaensbufgh fer their base Of OPP
CREATIONS. Feni0ns are collecting there in
large numbers and artillery ana small arms
reach the place daily. The Fenian Senate
has closed its session, in New York, to pre-
pare for battis. and the Feniaa Sisterhood
call fer donations Of lint baldsges, etc.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-05-03
Southern News.

The suspension bridge ct Nashville,
Tenn, is nearly completed. It will cost
$4,000.
Among the contributions to the Southern
Relief fair in Baltimore was one Of $500
from ex- President Buchanan.
Large numbers of idle freedmen at New
bern and on Roanoke Island have been
notified hat they cannot have rations after
May next
In Hawkins county, Tennessee, on the
18th, four men were shot during theipreach-
ing OF the funeral sermon Of man named
Ellis, who had been rebel soldier.
Judge Hatch and Judge Williamson. Of
Iowa, who went to reside in Texas, have re-
turned to their old homes, and report it i'm
possible FOR Union men to live in Texas IN
der the present plan Demonstration.
At Brandenbarg, Kentucky, on the Goth,
an alteration between two brothers, Ken
erick and Allen stanfeld, respecting an old
partnership, the latter, having drawn pis'
toll, was instantly killed by the former.
The Charleston South CaroLa,on chroni-
Giles new phenomenon in that city, name
ly, demand on the part of The blacks for
higher wages. Thecolored stevedores are
unwilling to work unless paid So day. q
AT Memphis, on tily pight.sof the 1Ath,
the Delmonico House was entered by burg
lars, and the room Of Col Lycnrgus z. Stew
art-of Summer county, Tenn, was plumber
ed of notes Of hand, payable 10 himself, to
the amount of nearly $4,000.
A mob at Bowling Green, Ky, attempted
totake from the Sheriff a negro murderer,
with the intention Of hanging him, but
were prevented. The excitement was very
great, and the Sheriff had sent 10 Louisville
for assistance, and.a company Of soldiers
were sent ) his aid.
Montgomery Gala. papers received con-
tain accounts Of suffering and dessitution in
various counties Of the State. As many as
500 women have been seen at che time
around the Court. House or days when ra=
tions we're expected, having walked from
Is to 20 miles; and within 40 miles Of
Montgomery there are 100 destitute il ao-
tual want OF food to sustain life
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-05-03
Incidents and Accf<fev,. :.

a married lady in Mercer, Pa, commit
ted suicide by tying his feet together and
pitching into the cistern,
On Friday little bog in Cincinnati bit
his tongue nearly in two A doctor was
called in who sewed it up while the boy was
under the influence Of chloroform.
According TO the Oil City Register, the
total loss of the oil regions this season aris-
ing from IRE aud foods Is not less than i've
millions of dollars.
Two men, whose names are not gwen.
were bitten by q mad dog st Iowa City,
Iowa, last week, The dog was slain, and
the men viii probably die e that terrible
disease, hydrophobia
About week ago, the house Of German
living ten miles south OF Fond du Lac, Wis,
was destroyed by fire; his wife and brother
in-law were burned to death, and his son
was severely injured.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-05-03

DESCENDANTS OF HAx.--ZTieAins.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1866-02-10
CORN AND COTTON,


We commend to our readers the fol
lowing well-timed suggestions of the Au
gusta. Ca, Constituionalist
Many of our planters, if not the great
er portion, allured by the high prices o.
cotton. are about to give their chief atten'
ton to the culture of this staple, ignoring
to considerable degree, or wholly the
production of cereals. We cannot but
deem this course unwise. 1t will not do
in the experimental era in which we find
ourselves, to count too confidently upon a
certain yield of cotton. Many conditions
conspire to bring success in this kind Of
culture. and many conspire to insure dis
astrous failure. Labor may be delinquent
when most imperative-viz when the
grass is rank in the 6eld-and then the
crop is doomed. The seasons may not
be propitous and worms may sally forth
like guerrllas, bighting whatever they
touch, 1t is just as well to prepare
against any evil contingency, other than
take a gamblers hazard of fortuitous re-
suits. We are strongly Of the opinion
that while due portion of each planters
land should be given to cotton, an equally
judicious apportionment should be set
aside for corn If but small crop of
corn is raised in the South, we gravely
apprehend partial famine In 1867. Many
depend upon the West for corn in ex-
change for their cotton, but should the
cotton be short, how shall they be ena.
bled to purchase breadstuffs ? Specula'
tors control the corn as well as other
markets, and we need not hope for sue
cor from them any further than our abii-
ity to pay. Miserable indeed will be our
estate if such be the case, and the very
wretchedness of this condition will be ag-
gravated by the reflection that we will
have none to blame but our grasping
selves. Fervently do we pray that such
a consummation will never come, but its
very possibility should make us wise in
lime for preparation. We are in chad
streak of luck" and famine may be in the
of our future trials, if we do not
heed We call upon our worthy planters
to ponder this suggestion and act upon it
i 1t be deserving of consideration. We
know that many of them hold similar
opinions, and trust that all will be guided
BY spirit of justice-justice TO them
selves and justice to those dependent on
hem for supplies.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1866-02-10
Monday, 18th day February. I'D. 1866,
Trust Sale.

DY virtue of the provisions of Deed executed
ID by Robert N. Davis and wife to the under
signed, dated 23d day of May, A. d. 1861, and duly
recorded in pages COZ and COB book P, Of the rec
ords of the office Of the Probate Clerk of Madison
county, Mississippi | will sell. before the Court
house door, in the city OF Canton, county and state
last aforesaid, on
Monday, the 1871 day of february, A. ID. 1865,
between legal hours, to the highest bidder at pub
lie cutlery for cash the following real estate stu
ate in said county of Madison, viz: Northeast
quarter and North half of Southeast quarter, aid
twenty off the Southeast corner of Southeast
quarter of Section twenty-five, Township eight,
Range two East North half of Section thirty;
South west quarter Section thirty; Northwest quar-
ter Section twenty-nine Northeast quarter Sec
ton thirtytwo, Township eight, Range three East,
less twenty off the Northe east corner of West
half of said Northeast quarter of Section thirty.
two. containing by estimation one thousand and
forty acres, mors less with all and singular the
appurtenances tbereunto belonging.
The title is believed to be indisputable, but. act.
ing Trustee, shall only convey such as is vested
in me.
JOHN T. CAMERON, Trustee.
Dec, I6 1865 eStds.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1866-02-10
MUNICIPAL.

DY Ordinance passed by the Board of May,
ID OF and Selectmen of the city of Canton,
we hereby advertise and ask for sealed pro-
posals for the repair of the streets, culVerts,
bitches and street crossings in the city OF
Canton, and for the building of new bridg-
es and culverts, if the same should be deemed
necessary, and for the keeping of said streets,
culTerts, bridges, street crossings and bitches
in good repair for the term of one year from
the date of the contract. Said sealed propo-
sails to be acted upon under said ordinance
by said Board on the 18th day of February
1866. Parties wishing to take the contract
can see and examine said ordinance by CALL
ing upon S. F. Afford, Esq, Clerk of the
Board.
W. j. KENDALL, !
NJ. L. VIRDEN, Street Committee.
A. H. CAGE,
Feb 3, 1866. If
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1866-02-10

na- Gen. Fisk made a speech recently in
Cincinnati in which the following passage
occurred as reported;
Thirteen discharged colored soldiers stood
in the streets, in full sight of Henry Clay IS
monument, with their bodies lacerated, their
backs bleeding from the cruel lash, their
heads cut to the scalp, and one or two OF
them with their eyes put out and what fer,
do you suppose2 Simply for going to their
former masters, and asking for their wives
and children"
The Lexington Observer and Reporter de-
clares Gen. Fisk ian infamous liar" and of
the above it says;
Every statement is an unmitigated false
hood. We have made inquiries OF both white
and black, to ascertain if there was a single
grain of truth on which the structure of ma
licious calumuy could have been built. We
knew, of course, that it WAS impossible that
bleeding and manned discharged soldiers on
the streets of Lexington, where there was
then company of negro soldiers stationed,
without some commotion being excited Our
inquiries we're denoted as to whether there
was a single discharged soldier who had re-
ceiVed, not stripes and wounds, but any ILL
usage from his former owner. Not one was
known TO black or white"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1866-02-10
The Georgia Legislature ON Jefferson
Davis.

The following resolutions were passed BY
the Georgia legislature, on the 22d inst, ant
forwarded to the president:
Whereas, Jefferson Davis, former President
of the Confederate States, and others engag.
ed in the late war against the Federal gov.
eminent, are now in close confinement as
result of that disastrous war and, whereas,
the State of Georgia, as well as other South
ern States, have complied with all the re.
qurements made of them by His Excellency
Andrew Johnson, President of the United
States as conditions precedent to their read
mission into the Union Therefore, be it
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatves in General Assembly met, /.
That a brave people should ever be generous,
and an enlightened nation never know re-
venge.
O. That the peace of the country and the
preservation of the Constitution depend upon
the recognition Of the cardinal principle /!
"All Just powers of the Government are de-
rived from the consent of the governed"
That this consent, IN the southern states,
can be obtained by the exercise of spirit of
kindness and Cancellation.
3. That the promptness and aacrity of the
Southern States in resuming their places in
the Union of our fathers evinces good faith
on their part, and entities the people thereof
to the fullest clemency and the investiture of
all civil rights.
4. That while in exceptional cases the in-
Fiction of the death penalty as punishment
for treason, because necessary, as a national
policy, we believe that further efusion of
blood is unmerciful impoltic, and will only
be productive of greater antagonism between
the discordant sections of our common coun-
try.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1866-02-10

nfA. In the q. s. Senate on the 22d ult.,
memorial was presented from the Boston
Board of Trade asking for law to exempt
Northern creditors from the operations of the
Southern statutes of limitation. This is
clearly request that congress should pass
an unconstitutional Law, and it appropriate
ly Genes, Of course, from MASSACHUSETTS.