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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-12-11
DODGEVILLE, WISCONSIN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER II, 1858

attack with the razor. Just then the door
was opened by one of those outside hay-
ing a pass key. A sudden cry issued from
the lips of the foremost of them, and the
heavy fall of something in the opposite
corner to where the door was caused me
to glance in that direction. "Great God p
exclaimed; there lay Archibald Earle
with wide cash in his throat, and the
blood running from it into pool upon the
floor, where lay the razor, the blade and
handle smeared with the crimson life-cur-
rent 4--.,
We lifted him from where he lay, N.Y.
self and one or two others, and PROCEEDED
to examine the wound and to staunch the
flow of blood. The cut was a deep and
wide one, but fortunately the carotid
artery had escaped all contact with the
razor. With proper care and nursing the
patient would recover.
He did recover, not only from the
wound, but likewise his reason; fore
gone conclusion with me from the mo-
ment | examined the cut, and saw that
there was every reason to hope for a con-
tinuance of his life. My own hands
trembled so from my recent exertions that
it was impossible for me to dress the
wound, but this was performed skillfully
and well by another. I have only to add
that my cousin Archibald has since re-
trieved his ill-fortune upon Wall street,
and is the devoted husband of a very
happy wife; not his former lady-love,
who so heartlessly Tilted him, but one pos
sessing equal charms of person, and, am
of opinion, more sterling qualities of heart.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-12-11
not serve against any Republican candi-
dates hereafter.

not serve against any Republican candi-
dates hereafter.
9 General Meade's annual report
states, in detail, the prominent events
which have occurred in his department.
He says, during the whole period of my
civil administration, extending over
space of eight months, there were tried by
Military Commission, in the States of
Georgia, Alabama and Florida, only thirty
two persons. OF these but fifteen were
convicted. -Four of these sentences were
disapproved of, eight others remitted, and
two were referred to the President of the
United States, and are still awaiting action
leaving but one person convicted and in
confinement for violation of civil law
and tried by a Military Commission, since
the cessation of military authority. This
simple statement of facts I deem a COM
plete refutation of the charges that the
military government was SO despotically
and arbitrarily exercised. With rights of
persons, SO with those of property. 1t was
my study and effors to see trusty guard
on the right of individuals, without refer
ence to any consideration but that of jus.
tice and law so far as could comprehend
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-12-11
POLITICAL ITEMS.

C5 Seymour and Blair medals now sell
in Philadelphia at eighteen cents per
pound.
w Andrew Johnson's native village,
in North Carolina, gave 240 majority for
Grant.
GB The South Carolina Grant ballots
had an eagle with carpet-bag in its talons
printed on them.
C5 Colfax carried his town, his county
and his State, while General Blair is beaten
his city, his county and his State.
gY A picture representing the scene of
Cussed be Canaan was presented that
eminent divine, Nasty, after his New Bed
ford lecture.
g5Y The Richmond Dispatch says that
the speaking of Mr.. Seymour was "a freak
of despair, and had no more influence
upon the result than does the beating of a
tom-tom over the bed Of dying Indian"
gY A little boy in Maine was told by a
lady friend that he must study hard at
school or he wouldn't be President of the
United States. "Yes, ma'am,'' he replied,
"but don't expect to be; I'm Domo-
crat"
gSg The Taunton (Mass.) Gazette says
that in Swansey there were eight men who
cast their votes for Grant and Colfax
whose united ages amount to 686 years
and six months, all hale and hearty vet
Grams in the cause.
gY At Weeping Water, Cass county,
Neb., owing to an oversight, no Demo
cratic votes were distributed, and the few
Democratic voters were obliged to get up
ticket. After exhausting an hour the
following ticket was produced:
For President"
Horatio Seymour
g Frank p. Blair"
And the Electors
-Four of the above votes were polled;
the remaining few Democrats went away
without voting, but they did not appear
to regret the failure of their ticket.
M Vice President Colfax writes to the
New York Tribune, denying again the
authorship of vile and scurrilous speech
against foreigners alleged to have been de-
livered by him in 1854 or 1866. In his
speeches just before the election, Mr. Col
fax denied that he had ever made such q
speech, and showed that ii had done duty
once before, being then attributed to Mr..
Wilson, Republican candidate for Con-
gress In Indiana. But as he had found
| the SANDER repeated in nearly hundred
Democratic papers in different parts OF
the Union, he takes this method OF making
| this denial still more generally known,
both in justice to himself and In the hope
| Of exposing thst old speeeh, 50 that II VIII
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Rnetry.
THE ALARMED SKIPPER.
BY J. 7. FIELDS.

MANY long, long year ago,
Nantuckets shippers had plan
VI hnding out, through Lying low"
How near New York their schooners ran.
They creased the lead before it fell,
And then by sounding through the night
knowing the soil that stuck 30 well,
They always guessed their reckoning right.
A skipper gray, whose eyes were dim,
Could tell, by tasting, just the spot,
And SO below he'd ''dowse the glim -
After, OF course, his " something hot"
Snug in his berth, at O'Clock,
This ancient skipper might be found;
NO matter how his craft would rock,
de siept-for skippers' maps are sound.
The watch on deck would now and then
Run down and wake him with the lead:
He'd up, and taste, and tell the men
How many miles they went ahead.
One night twas Jotham Marden's watch,
A curious wag-fhe peddler's SON
And so he mused (the wanton wretch),
Tonight I'll have bit of fun.
"We're all a set of stupid fools,
To think the skipper knows by tasting
What ground he's on-Nantucket's shoals
s Don't teach such stuff, with all their boast
ing -
And so he took the well-greased lead,
And rubbed it DER box of earth
That stood on deck-a parsnep-bed-
And then he sought the shippers berth.
ssWhere are we now, sir? Please to taste ~ q
The skipper yawned put out his tongue,
Then 0pe'd his eyes in wondrous haste, ss$1E
And next upon the floor he sprung Es@
The skipper stormed and tore his hair.
Thrust on his boots, and roared to Marden,
ssNantucket's sunk, and here we are,
Right over old Marin Hacket's garden!''
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1868-09-23

The party of great moral ideas and
of progress gives ballot and musket
to every negro in the South in order to
carry on the peace.
The Radicals offer every negro
down South forty acres and mule If he
will vote for Grant and Colfax, and yet
complain that the Democrats try to get
few negroes to vote for Seymour and
Blair.
The Triple power Of the Executive
Legislative and Judiciary has been to-
tally destroyed by the Radicals, and thC
whole government has been transformed
into despotism in Congrcss,with Gran
at the head of the army executing it
tyranical DEGREES.
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BENEzETTE, AUG, 80, 1868.


D. r. W.-Jfthis gentleman will give
me his attention fora few minutes, [
will set before him a few plain facts,
aud thereby give him an opportunity to
retract the base charges he brings "a
gainst the "Union League of Benczett"
In the first place, we do not require
of ony one al initiation fee of SO or
the one. tenth of it. All hcnorably dis
charged soldiers and sailors of the Unit
ed States are exempt from the payment
of an initiation fee. No soldier has
been refused admission into the League
We do not swear any one to vote for the
candidates of any political party. There
was no attempt on the part Of any men,
Der of the Union League, or any Repub-
lican, to prevent the occupation Of the
school house by the Democratic party.
We had occupied the school house on
two occasions, and felt it to be our duty
to quietly acquiesce in its occupation by
the Democracy for the same number Of
evenings, " Fair play is jewel" We
are conscious of having acted in nc un-
kind Or vindictive spirit, and were there
fore very much surprised to hear ofthcsc
unwarrantable reports of our conduct
Not only in the letter Of D. r. W., bu
a member of the Seymour & Blair Clu&
of this place, circulated the report
that they (thc Democracy had occupi
ed the schoolhousc in defiance Of tht
Union League. ! will frankly admit
Mr.. Editor, that | do not think there i
decent, respectable, law abiding citi
zen Of the Democratic party in this dis
trict who would endorse so base a cal
umny, or who would by such action in
vite strife between the two parties il
this district. No obstacle whatever ha
been thrown in the way of the meeting
of the Democratic Club, nor has tn
Union League of this place ever enter
tanned thought Of interfering in an
Much as we may differ in politics, we a
, should have a regard for the truth. u
will yield nothing, but are ever ready
allow others the privileges and blessing
we enjoy.
I hope Mr.. D. r. W. will have mai
hood enough to acknowledge the wror
he has committed.
A MEMBER or THE U. Il.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1868-09-23

I'm TIE DISTRICT COURT of thd Unit
cd States for the Western District Of
Pennsylvania, P. W. Barrett, bankrupt,
under the act of Congress of March 2nd,
1867, having applied for discharge from
all his debts, and other claims provabie
under said Act, by order of the Court, p,e-
tcc is hereby given, to all persons who
have proved their debts, and other persons
interested, to appear~on the 28th day of Oc-
tober, 1868, at 8 clock, A. NJ, before g.
f. Woodruff, Esq. Register, at the Hyde
House in Ridgway, Pa, o,show cause, If
any they have, why discharge should not
be granted to the said bankrupt. And fur
ther, notice is hereby given. that the sec
ond and third meetings of creditors of the
said bankrupt, required by the 27th and
2Sth scctione of said act, will be held before
the said Register, at the same time and
place. S. Z. MoCANDLESS'
Sep23, ,1SG8-2t Clerk.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1868-09-23
THE ISSUE.

Three weeks from to Cay the election
in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Iowa
will have been held, and we shall then
know whether those four States are in
favor of Republican form Of govern
ment under Democratic rule or tyranny
and despotism under Radical rule.
Democrats of Pennsylvania, are you
ready for the contest? ? Have you done
what aud all you could, thus far, for the
success of your principles, which en-
body the preservation of yonr country {?
Have you talked with your Republi-
can neighborS calmly, quietly, honestly ?
Have you aided in organizing the
party into clubs for effective aggression
Have you regularly attended the meet
ings of your club whore you have one
Last, though not least, have you made
up your mind to give the 18th day Of
October to your country, by going to
the polls earl y, and staying there until
the voting is done
Ifyou have done these things,all wi!
be well.
Ifyou have not, there yet remains
three weeks of time to do them in.
Then, fellow Democrats, 60 70 work
We say it now, and we believe it a
much as VIC do that an Omnipotelt Be
ing dwells above us, that if Democratic
success is not secured in the comm.
contest, it will be the last of America
freedom. We will be reduced to
condition worse than any monarchic'
government on the face of the earth.
To work, then, Democrats, what ha
not been done, see that it is done, an
that quickly. Everything depends upo
your efforts, See to it at once.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1868-09-23

For the last twenty months the ar
my and navy have cost the country two
hundred and fitty-nine million six hun
dred and forty,seven thousand dollars,
nearly thirteen thousand dollars month.
Isn't this rather heavy when we have
no commerce on the ocean for the navy
to protect, and no business for the army
but to uphold reconstruction and sup
port the newly acquired rights and dig
mites of the Southern negroes What
think you, good people ? Thirteer
millions a month to support reconstruct
ed States and negroes Is the game
worth the candle ? Turn out the Rad
icals-reduce the army-let the negroe
support themselves as the white men CO
and get rid Of debt and taxation, Chang
is the on'y remedy. let us have
change.
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The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1868-09-23

NTOTICE.-Thc several Courts Of Elk
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"a day Of November, 1868, being ihc first
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The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1868-09-23

nA.Gcreral Thomas, in command in
reconstructed Tennessee, (Brownlow's
heaven,) writes the Secretary of War
that he must have some cavalry to as
sist in carrying the election in that
State. He does not use this precise
language, but this is what he means,
He wants to defeat the people, so that
the Parson and his bummers can rob
and plunder them for an other year.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1868-09-23

I'm THE DISTRICT COURT of the United
1 States, for the Western District of Penn
sylvania. Frederick Rudolph, Bankrupt
under the Act of Congress of March md,
1867, having applied for discharge from
all his debts, and o,her claims provable un-
der said act, by order of the court, notice
is hereby given, to all persons who have
proved their debts, and other persons in
terested, to appear on the 28th day of Oc-
tober, 1868, at o'clock. A. NJ, before s.
E. Woodruff, Esq, Register, at the hyue
House, in Ridgway, Pa, to show cause, il
any they have, why a Discharge should not
be granted to the said bankrupt. And
further, notice is hereby given, that tht
second and third meetings of creditors o
creditors of said bankrupt, required by th'
! 9th and 2Sth sections of said Act, will b'
held before the said Register, at the SAM
time and place.
S. C. McCANDLESS,
Sep23d, 186S-ct Clerk
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1868-09-23

nsa.The ClearfeM Republican comes
20 us this week with another column
added to each page, being now a thirty
two column paper, and ranking in size
with the largest paper in the State
Goodlander gives the RAIDS some hard
hits through his paper, Our wish is
that his receipts may reward him for
his outlay.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1868-09-23
1trd,

On Friday morning, the 18th instant, in
Fox township, DAVID MEREDITH, senior,
ageI over 50 years. ~
EGgnnIr. Meredith was one of the pion-
GERS ofthe county, having settled here oven
fifty years ago. He was good and pcNc-
able citizen, member of the Advent
Church, and died leaving many friends il
this county and elsewhere. '
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FR ON BENEXETIE

( A Republican in Benezette sends US
the following, with The request that for
the sake OF justice, &C., that we will
give it place in our columns" Wheth-
CT what he states is true, we cannot say,
uor dove care, but as our columns are
always open to Republicans as well as
Democrats, we give the lcttcr.-EDIToR1
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1868-09-23

VNSTRAY.-Came to the residence of the
~ residence of the subscriber in Ben
zingcr township, AN OK, with white head,
high horns, or 8 years old, and feet
girth The owner of said OK is requested
to call, pay charges, and take him away,
otherwise he will be disposed of according
to law. JOHN TREEDLE.
Bcnzinecr, September %, lS6S-3t,
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rA-Come to the Democratic Meet
ing at this place on Friday night.
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LOOK UEHH!


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be obliged to take it.
sepl6:tf. JOHN WAFFLE.
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