Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-24
General News.


'532@ qr,-------r,.}v3 ~ IN 10 ~, grr an
General News.
Teams are now crossing the StLawrence.
ON the ice at Ogdensburg.5 aoad 8. 1s5s.
There is a proposition to. divide Wash
ington Territory, and with a portion of
Oregon TO form q, new State on the Pacific.
1t is not expected that any material
changes viii be made IN the Tax bill in
view Of the possibility of the success of a
high tariff. The income tax will not be
modified at ALL
Greeley has had an interview with the
President in which he urged upon Mr.
johnson, the adoption of his, Mr.. Greeley,s,
peculiar political views. especially the am
nestY spd suffrage propositions. Without
SUCCESS of course. bra rsfs -, f;f2 e.,os
| The constitutional amendment was rati-
fed on the 10Th, by the Maine Senate, and
the lower Houses of the Indiana, Michigan,
and Minnesota Legislatures. Ii had pre-
viously been ratified by the other Houses
of Michigan and Maine.
The United States Supreme Court on
the 18th, pronounced against the consti-
nationality of all test oaths, including of
course the clause in the new Missouri
State Constitution which requires clergy
men to take the test oath of loyalty 81
The trial of Horace Greeley, the negro
| for the murder of Rhett, commenced on
the 18th under the new code. He had
good counsel, and the testimony was prin-
cipally given by negroes. His guilt seemed
plainly proven On the 18th he was con-
victed of murder, but John Bull, a negro,
his alleged accompHce, was acquitted.
The conservatory attached to the Exec
utive Mansion was badly damaged by fire,
on the 18TH atleast cne-third of the val
liable plants therein being destroyed. The
loss on the building is $4,000. The plants
| destroyed are of the rarest character and
foreign origin and cannot be replaced for
| years, nor at a cost of hundreds of thou
sands of dollars. u xvi 5.a
| A furious snow storm on the Goth visited
nearly every part Of the Northern States,
blockading railroad travel, and, in some
places, suspending it for several days.
Among the most notable detentions was
that of Madame Ristori, the actress, and her
troupe in special train on the Indian
apolis and Cincinnati railroad, where they
were snowbound for some time, even out
of reach of telegraph.
| A blow waAstruck at Morrnonism on the
| United States Senate, on the 3D. inst, by
Mr.. Howard, of Michigan, who offered a
number of stringent amendments to the
bill of Mr. Wade on Utah affairs. They
provide for the punishment Of the solemn
cation of matrimony by Mormon priests,
and for the punishment of any man who
shall claim as his wife any woman so mar
| ried to him. If the bill should pass with
the pending amendments, Mormonism will
not last long in Utah
The Presidents Washington evening
organ Of the 18th says of the Administra-
| ton. "If necessary its strong and iron
hand will be invoked to stay the course
and prevent the contamination of radical
| treason. The great oath of the President
| to protect and defend the Constitution will
not be forgotten, and the people who sus
tain him with their 500,000 majority of the
voting population North and South will
not forget him. Events have already
brought the Government to very verge Of
of another revolution. If the radical ma
jority in Congress pursues its reasonable
course much longer, the Government in
order to sustain itself, will have to arm its
supporters. At the call of the President
all his friends North and South, and the
Army and Navy,qwill respond. In such a
contest the issue cannot be doubtful Con-
gresham may be valiant fighters on the
floors of Congress, but when they come to
lead their cohorts into the field, it will be
another thing. The real armies and great
soldiers of the Republic win be found
fighting under the flag. We advise the
opposition of the determined and fixed fact
that Andrew johnson will serve out his
Congressional term of office"