Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-03-06


that county went to Abbeville, the rebels
crowded around him, with threatening
demonstrations, and he concluded it I'M
safe to attempt an election.
w A special to the Chicago Tribune,
dated the I'd, says; "To sum up the situa-
ton tonight, the House is sound; the Sem
ate seems sound enough; the President is
in low spirits; the Democrats are aban-
doning him, and his administration is
rapidly becoming thoroughly disorgan.
lied. at the War Office all is peaceful"
NURSERY RHYMES FOR THE TIMES.
There was plebeian called Andy,
Who sometimes drank sugar and br-;
But the law he o'er-reached,
So he soon got impeached @
And that's what became of poor Andy.
There was an old fogy named Thomas,
Whom he the War Office did promise =
But said Stanton, "Ill stick ~
So out he did kick
This poor old Gd interim Thomasi
g Henry Clay Dean closed flowery
sentence the other night by asking any
Republican in the audience to get up and
say how he felt. A venerable farmer an
nounced himself as member of that party,
and to Deans question replied thus: /
don't exactly know, but it pears as if I
felt l ike a sound egg in bushel of rotten
ones"
~ This amusing episode of the i'm
parchment discussion in the House is mar
rated by correspondent: Mrs. Cobb
stood on a chair at one of the doors to the
House an watched the proceedings till
the close, over the heads of those who
crowded into the doorway. She remained
| very quiet and was absorbed in the scene.
As the vote was announced, she turned to
a gentleman standing near, and said, with
deep and unconscious sigh, so the poor
| old man is gone at last"
gY How do conservative soldiers
(if there be any such) like the following
Language of a Democratic orator in New
Hampshire the other day:
eff could have my way would place
| jeff Davis in Congress, where he right
fully belongs; then would go to Concord,
| take all those miserable battle, flags from
| the State House, and make bonfire of
them in the State House yard then
would go all through the North and de-
! stroy all the monuments and gravestones
| erected to the memory of soldiers; in
short, would put out Of sight every thing
which reminds us that we ever had a war
| with our Southern brethren. / do not
know as I would hang one-legged and
one.armed soldiers, but / would pray to
God to get them out of our way as soon
as possible"
g The National Lincoln Monument
Association, in their address to the public,
announce that the available funds of the
Association in January amounted to
| 1874, 000-$84,000 in cash contributions,
and $4,000 appropriated by the Illinois
Legislature 1t is desired to raise the
amount to 100000, before laying the
cornerstone, and an appeal is made to the
public to contribute the deficit of $4,000.
| We extract from the address:
"We want 100000 for this Monument.
| We believe that no less sum will enable
| US to erect such structure over the moul-
QoTlHS UOuv VI AUIdudlH LlHCOlH dS Will
| comport with the lastre of his virtues and
renown; the immortal acts to which he
placed his hand; or with the genius, CIV
ilization and dignity of the country, the
age and the epoch in which he lived"
sit only remains, then, for us to renew
our appeal for aid in behalf of this great
and patriotic enterprise and we do most
earnestly call upon all in this State, and in
other States, who love and venerate the
name and character of Lincoln, and who
approve of the proposed mode of express.
ing that veneration and love, to send in
their contributions, without delay, to the
Hon. Jas. Ell. Beveridge, Springfield, Iii
nois, the Treasurer of the Association, so
that by the 18th of April next the whole
$500, 900 may be in hand. 1t can easily be
done if every one whose heart is in SYM
pathy with the object will do what he
can. To all such persons we would say
Do not wait for others, but act at once-do
not wait till you can make large dona-
ton, but forward what you can aOao give,
however small the sum may be--the small
est donation, if freely given, is as worthy
of record as the largest-the very ocean is
filled with drops of water. The largest
portion of the funds already received has
come in the form of many small contribu-
tions."