Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-05-10
Political Matters.

Gov. Hamilton Of Texas has ordered
State election under the new Constitution,
to tsk5 place Junea20. 80
The government, it is understood, fully
approves The course of Commodore Rodgers
at -ndmbardmehs Of Valparaiso by the
Spanish feet.
: The Tennessee Senate has passed the
franchise bill by Is to 6, and it is nov q
law. Itaenfranchises over nine-tenths Of
the people of Tennessee.
I Should the President approve the bill
which recently passed Congress, Colorado
will enter the Union as the thirty seventh
state. 1t is not certain that he will APP
prove it,. ..,~-- .---- .,--.,--. -
Gen. Cassius Fairehiid, ofMadison, Wis
has been appointed United States Marshal
for Wisconsin, by the President, vics D, G.
Jackson, removed, and his name is sent to
the Senate. 49, s-ls-J1 - - t-it'- ~
A law recently passed in Virginia requires
"foreign" insurance companies doing bust
ness in that State to deposit $40, 600 to $50,
600, according 10 their capital stock, with
| the State Treasurer, who is to see that the
companies make good their obligations.
The Democrats and Johnson men of the
Burnt district" in Indiana, have fused in
the nomination for Congressman, and will
hold a joint Convention on the 18th of May.
Judge Kigore is named as the probable
nominee to make the race against Julian.
The reason why Gen. Frank Blair was re-
jected by the Senate has mot :ranspired.
Much surprise is expressed at the result,
among others by Lieut.. Gen. Grant, who
says that to him the country is indebted,
more than to any other man, that Missouri
was prevented from seeding. we
The President has suspended the execu-
ton of the death sentence passed on the two
South Carolinians convicted by q military
commission of a murder in Charleston, also
of the execution of five rebel guerilla, con-
victed by court martial of numbering five
Urion soldiers. &c j -.
If you have Washington clerkship in
your eye, it viii be sanitary to consider
some curious figures which present them
selves in the Treasury Department. There
are nearly $4,000 applications on file for
clerkships About 30oSnew ones per week
are received. There are no vacancies
The force in the Department is being re-
auced nearly 100 per month. There are in
the Depart ment :, O67 males and 7l4females;
total, 2,78l clerks of all kinds.
The President has officially proclaimed
the Convention between the Empire of ia
pan and the Governments Of the United
States, Great Britain, France, and Holland,
providing for the payment TO these Govern
ments of the sum of So, 900, 900 for indemnity
and es penses. This Convention was made
in view of the hostile acts of the Prince of
Nagato and Smoo, which were assuming
such formidable proportions as TO make it
difficult for the Tycoon faithfully to observe
the treaties 1,->y : = L.J~-. -.--
The Committee on Reconstruction have
finally agreed upon q report, which was
presented to Congress on Monday. 1t in
cludes an amendment to the Constitution,
prohibiting any State from making laws to
abridge the privileges or immuniiies of citi-
zens OF the United States; apportioning re-
presentation according to numbers, exclud-
ing Indians; excluding persons voluntarily
aiding in the rebellion from voting for mem
bers of Congress or for Presidential electors
after 1870 /; and prohibiting payment Of any
part of tie rebel debt. Bills providing for
the admission Of Representatives FROM the
lately rebellious States, and excluding GER
tain designated classes Of leading rebels,
will also be reported.