Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-11-22

public sentiment in that region as almost
universally in favor of annexation to the
United States. The progress of American
enterprisein the adjoining States and Ter
ritories presents marked contrast to the
condition of things in that tax-ridden coll
ony There is, no affinity between the
officers of the government and the people.
Business is depressed. It requires the ut
most efforts of the residents to exist. Vic
toria is almost deserted, nearly one-third of
the houses being untenanted. The move
ment of Canadian confederacy is regard
ed as utterly at variance with the true IN
terests of British Columbia, and few think
ing men in that region favor it.
Cruelty and bodily torture seem to be
the style in England just now. At the
Derby, County Police Court few days
since, "a gentlemanly looking man named
John Shaw, was examined on a charge
of ill-treating his servant, q girl of four
teen. The eVidence showed that, to punish
her for alleged lying, hestripped herto the
waist, made her lie on the floor, tied her
hands and feet, gagged her mouth, and
then proceededt to bastinade her feet with
wooden ladle and to horseWhip her back
and shoulders. He then took off all her
clothing and re- commenced his horsewhip-
PIPING until the clild was a mass OF bruises
and welts. He finished the delectable ex-
ercise by rubbing her with turpentine and
washing her with salt and water. A few
weeks ago the clergyman who tortured q
dog, was not even censured; the gentle
manly John Shaw was sentenced to SIX
months imprisonment. Sucha monster Is
worse than murderer, and ought, at least,
to be immured for the rest of his brutal
life. y sdt 10 a993au9T 10 bfeod 3dI "a
Religious and EducataonaI.o
Alumni of Dartmouth College
will meet in New York on Dec. l2.aq jon
j., Deacon Ezra yFarnsworth, Of Barton,
N. H., has,given $4,000 to the new Brad
ford Academy. 9"ih! t''f'
i The New York, Board of Education
asks $2,900,000 for the support Of public
schools for 1868. ''e'.n L H7s''o3ai o 9a'
T. La qBelchertown, Mass, infant, only
eighteen months old, knows iall the, letters
| of the alphabet. 90, e.. Jill, Nd.
in Otis, Mass, there are four churches,
three of which have been unoceupied by o
congregation for several years. ,4 s.,oil-,
1t is said, that Rev w. H Alger
will permanently succeed DIR. Bellows in
the Unitarian church, in New York city.
Grace Church, New York, is begging
| for a rector, offering $4,000 year salary,
and house, rent free /; three have already
| declined the. call.
/ The Williams College Juniors beat
the Seniors 81 to Q, on the I'd inst. The
new catalogue of the college contains the
names of 1872 students. t,,3,,t fl.... o,,:f
DIR. Dix, in his sermon at the Church
of the Redeemer, New York, on Sunday,
31st ult., repudiated the term meeting
house" as applied to church, and styles
its use as an aftront.uo9oa re yGua ba1am
Rev Theo. L. Cuyler suggests that on
| stormy Sundays every one should go to
the nearest church thus securing to every
pastor large audience even on the drear-
lest days, and to the people an opportunity
to hear other than their own preach
ers, and thus promoting spirit of Christ
ian harmony among different denomna-
lions. = 80
1.-THE University of Michigan, which is
just beginning its new college year, pre-
sents very healthy financial aspect. Its
total receipts for the past year were $751;
about $35, 900 for salaries-leave balance
| on hand of more than $4,000. The in
come of the University the coming year
will be about ST. 1000. ,,+s afa t.,.....
in Pennsylvania there is one church
to every 544 of the population; In New
York, one to every 1874; in California, one
to every 1897: in Massachusetts,, one to
752. The aggregate of persons in the
Union for whom there is no church accom-
mediation is 12,314,57O There is accom-
mediation for 10, 12S,751 and the whole
population is 3l,443, 321 therefore, where
there is room in the various houses of re-
ligious worship for 10 out of 81, as many
as 10 more have no place to hold public
worship in. gas.s 5o1 5yr s