Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-07-19
POLITICAL.

a Governor Throckmorton, of Texas,
in recent communication to the Governor
Of louisiana, directed it to Ellis Excel.
lency, or any other man, Governor of Lou
isiana." la{s i.1.t .Tt.gaz
G5B- In his Boston speech, the acting
President seems to have had an uncontrol-
liable propensity to use the phrase on this
occasion" 1t occurred seven times in O
speech of three minutes, being two and
half times each minute.
ey Garrett Davis got the floor in Con
gress, one day last week, about 8 o'clock,
and commenced like an October, rain,
when the galleries at once emptied, except
five strangers, and the Senators all left but
two, giving him for an hour and a half
the smallest audience ever given Senator
during a two.hours' speech. -.
GT A New York Times special says:
Pertinent to the impeachment question,
it may be said that Chief Justice Chase
has recently expressed the opinion very
positively that the Impeachment move
ment was great folly. He expresses no
opinion as to the facts developed, but sim
ply as to the policy of the movement.
Gg- In the Senate, last week, Senator
Howard denounced Macmillan as fellow
who ought to have been shot, and Senator
Chandler offered q resolution lnquiring
how many Mexicans had been shot by
Maximilian's decree of October 3D., 1865,
affirming that one thousand had been pu
to death after having surrendered as prison
ers of war
u5 Among dozen clerks, recently APP
pointed by Secretary McCulloch, is Aiken,
an army contractor of not very enviable
reputation, who appeared as Mrs. Surratt's
counsel at her trial, and with his partner
took from her, before she was led out to ex-
ecution, notes that covered all her estate 9.
There are hundreds of MANNED soldiers at
Washington clamoring in vain for work
OY~ The counsel for Surratt developed a
new feature of their case on the 18th, by
offering to prove by rebel Gen. Lee, who
claimed to have been in Canada about the
time of the assassination, that Surratt was
at Elmira, N. Y, on the 18th, 18th and
18th of April, 1865, as an agent for the
purpose of learning the number and condi-
ton Of the rebel prisoners confined there,
the strength Of the guard, approaches,
&c.,-in other words, that he was acting as
rebel spy--but the character OF the testi-
mony was faulty, and it was ruled out.
Taking their own statement of his case, it
would seem that he ought to have been
hung as q spy, even if, as they claim, he
had no immediate connection with the as
sassination.
GB- Sherman on his march toward At
lanta, constantly astonished the rebels by
the facility with which he restored the rail
road bridges they destroyed at his ap-
proach. They would annihilate bridge
just before he arrived, and the next morn
ing there it was again, just as it had been
before they touched it. At last light
dawned upon them. The original plans
for the bridges had all been furnished from
Cleveland, Ohio, and before Sherman start
ed he took these plans, had each bridge du-
plicated in all its timbers and iron work,
took the pieces shook" state on his
train, and so, when he found bridge gone,
he had nothing TO do but get its mate out
of the freight cars, bolt it together, and
put it up. This thing worried the rebels a
good deal when they found it out One
day they proposed to destroy the Dalton
tunnel, to hinder Sherman's march, but an
exasperated Confederate said: !" What in
the nations the usos That did old Sher-
man probably fetched another one along
with him from Cleveland !"
GE A despatch from Nashville, Tenn,
July 7, says; John Trimble, candidate for
Congress, and two candidates for the State
Legislature, Radicals, had an appointment
to speak, yesterday, al Franklin. A large
number of persons, and the Loyal League,
about eighty in number, attended, who pa
raded the streets with ban6s of music, and
armed, occasionally firing a salute. The
candidates were heard without Interrupt
ton The speaking continued until about
half past four p. m. subsequently, how
ever, Trimble, when not present, was de-
nounced on the public square, and one OF
the legislative candidates badgered for
something he had said. Much excitement
| arose. Symptoms of i'll feeling between
some whites and the colored leaguers were
developed. The leaguers retired in bad
humor to grove, where they were follow
ed by son of DIR. Cliffe, who, in concill-
atory address, advised them to dispense
They agreed to do this, and marched back
to their hall By this time night had seq
in, and after slowing away their regaliS
they left the hall and returned to the pub2
lie square, where collision Immediately
occurred 1t is alleged that they were fired
on by party of whites and colored Con;
seryatives, Cody, livery stable keeper
firing the first shot. The fire was instant
ly returned The affair lasted but a, few
moments-a half minute perhaps There
appeared to be a volley in the attack, and
a scattering reply, resulting in the death of
Cody, shot through the heart, the wound.
ing of eight whites, and eighteen blacks
three of the latter MORALLY. Some Of the
wounded blacks are Conservatives. The
black Radicals were much exasperated, and
threatened to renew the fight; but Dr.
Cliffe interposed, and prevailed upon them
to desist.