Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-11-08

The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette gives the following
statement, made before the Judiciary Com
mittee:
Appropriating public funds to personal
Use will hardly be considered an Executive
prerogatiye, even By those who claim o
wide range for Presidential action. a
transaction, in which Gov. johnson, of
Tennessee, originally figured as principal,
and which was contaminated by Mr.lJohn-
son, President, has been brought to light,
and will appear in the forthcoming testi
mony collected by the Judiciary Commit
tee It is, In substance, as follows
While Military Governor of Tennessee,
Mr.. johnson, acting under authority from
Washington, borrowed $4,000 from the
Union and the Planters banks at Nash
vile, receiving half the amount from each.
For this sum he gave the banks an order
on the United States, Endorsed as Military
Governor, and also individually as Andrew
johnson. The funds were to be used in
carrying on the Provisional Government
by meeting the wants of some Of the public
institutions. Subsequently, as the accounts
OF the Treasury Department. show, this
order was honored by The government,
and the SAC, COG paid over to Mr.. johnson.
For some reason, however, the banks did
0OL ODbdlu u EcbtltDl5ilt, anu MAEu I'LL
Johnson became Presidentthey came upon
him individually for the money they had
furnished, and for which theyihad the or
der upon the United States with his ippdi-
Vidual Endorsement.
Thus pressed 1t appears thaBh he tried to
compromise with the banks for $4,000
each but falling in this, he finally paid to
one $14, 600 and to the other 900, or
,$29, 600 of the 1000 received, and WHICH
the Treasury had reason TO suppose 1t had
paid in fi1l. The original orders were sen
around among the banks In a closed senFel
one with the apparent understanding that
whenever the President, should pay tn
amount which might be agreed upon
tho original order should be PLACED in hi
hands.
,agT That portion of this matter which hat
been made public is contained sinethere
port of the Committee ON Southern Rail
roads! .JfnT fact all the lmaterial facts, ex-
cept-~the absolute proof that the lauthori
ties here hepored drafts which they Nhpd
authorized, are found in the testimony OF
Michael Burns, ESD, President OF the
. Nash vile and Chattanooga Railroad abroad
% ar s Speaking Of The result oftae.ressnt
election In Virgini,s, the Chicago I1Sbuhe
Registered refused TO Vote, either for or
against, and one-tenth of the blacks also
failed to vote, being deferred blythe dis
loyal whites forWhom they were working.
Nevertheless the vote is larger by nearly
10000 than was ever cast within the pres
ent limits of Virginia. ITbe total vote
cast in Richmond in 1860, for President,
was 1856; the white vote cast for and
against the convention, In the same coup-
ty, at the recent election, was g. 92S; from
which it is reasonable to infer that not
many whites were disfrancbised under the
reconstruction registration. The Reptb-
licans have elected nearly two.thirds OF the
deiegatesto frame a new consiitution. Let
them use their power with moderation and
discretion, and not undertake to disfran-
chise or pefsecuse their opponents, and
Virginia will soon resume her old place
In the Union The 1basis Of equal rights
for all men is the platform that Wlll stand
the test of criticism and secure the future
peace and welfare Of the Old Dominion,
- Not many years since, in West Ply
,oontb n nsed to be the custom fos The school
master to board round among the families OF
his pfps go as 10 save expense. Some an1ss OF
rroi,rse the days did nc come out quite even
tbsre yyouId. be eight days and q half at one piace
and nine at another. One man, who was Notorious
for his meanness, just before the sehoolmaster be-
pan his dinner. said To him, I" Nh, suppose
yog5 tne + p ess ss % ha
icuate and I've calculated pretty close.g .ftat !
idont wish to be small about IL and You kfn.eat
1ustaboutas much as you would DO Tor ofdhlnary
r AN ancient rhyme divides female
beauty Into four orders, asifollows iBI9uIIM
Long and lazy.