Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-01-24
POLITICAL.


.sy' The President Is fond Of old rye,
but has taken q sudden dislike to Meade
and Pop(e). g'1.uag4 ri .y=,aaH AZ st..
eW- In substituting Meade for Pope,
johnson thought he had got rid Of
Tartar. Instead Of that he has caught
one. ~.
aY. a new Republican paper. the
State Journal, has Just been started at
jackson, Miss. The editors are James
Dugan and Fl. j. Sanderson. .4 ala ~
e1 It Is said ct Washington that there
is no truth in the report that General
Grant urged Stanton to resign. or refuses
to recognize any Of his orders. r-
YES While Memminger was Financial
Secretary of the Confederate Treasury,
the joke went round that he had eaid the
debt amounted to $780, 0OO,0 600 or $780,.
600, 000--he forgot which. az m Il ta.d.
B- The only soldier on the Indiana
Democratic State ticket, Kise, owes his
rare fortune to the fact, stated in Con-
vention, that he travelled 500 miles TO vote
the Democratic ticket in 1854 ~ ,..-
esg The Columbus (Ohio) Journal con.
tains the following, without note. or
comment i" a"When did Horace Greeley
prove himself an ass ? When he COM
menced the Balaam (bail inn business
sS John Potts, chief clerk of the War
Department, announces that Secretary
Stanton has not drawn and does not con"
slider that he may draw his pay for the
time during which he was suspended from
Office. }E"t7i 1. t'''.fi
eY Edwin Booth is not very popular
in some parts Of the South, because the
people believe he was opposed to his
brothers assassination of President Lin
coin. 1t is well to be unpopular in such
sections.
esg The Blade says Vallandigham left
Columbus (Ohio) in high dudgeon. He
stopped his SD scription to the Statesman,
and didn't call on Judge Thurman, though
invited to jollifcation ct the residence of
that gentleman.
~ Jumpers Weekly says, keenly. that
the Democratic party in 1864 represented
the spirit of hatred of human gifts, under
the plea of State rights, and they maintain
now the State right to destroy the equal
rights Of citizens. 4 -Jarra
- The most noble citizens Of Aiken,
8. O., have called upon Mrs. Preston S.
Brooks for the cane presented her hus-
band in token Of his assault on Sumner,
with the intent to send it to Mrs. Sumner
inscribed, g Hit him again" ,rorrruercr
s| According TO Mr.. Pendleton's
words, the following is tie lofty aim of the
Democracy of Ohio, viz: {" to sustain the
supremacy Of our white race, and prevent
the Authorization Of our own State Of
Ohio from hybridation." We call that
stealing Nasby's thunder. .1gaT s,..
GT The Washington correspondent of
the Philadelphia Press writes that at an
interview OF Gen. Sherman, with the
President, recently, he told the Presi-
dent pretty bluntly that the officers Of
the army and navy would never consent
to allow the rebels to put their feet upon
the necks of loyal men," ~..'ei-ts''a ~ -
O. When Andy johnson puts Gen.
Grant INFO Jail for obeying law of Com
gress, am going down to Washington to
see the fun," said a brave boy in blue;
sand If should take my musket and
cartridge box along, you may know that I
think the war is not yet endsdl" So will
say every soldier IN the land. .-e
eB The Republican Stats Committee of
Alabama have issued an address in which
they say I" Let it be understood that zee
shall ratify. Conservatives may rave
and timid men recant; true men enough
remain. From all parts of the State the
indications are that we can poll larger
vote than at the last election 1s..s..
e Gen. Longstreet recently paid his
respects TO General Hancock in New Or
leans. The latter introduced his guests to
some friends, as follows; Ladies' and
gentlemen, allow me to introduce to you
a gallant gentleman to whom I am indebt-
ed for an ungracefal limp. and whom l
had the, misfortune 10 wing in the same
combat"
Us General Hancock, out of regard for
the feelings of the rebels in New Orleans,
has decided not to wear his uniform in that
city, and for this decision he is commend
ed by the Washington organ of the Presi-
dent as acting wisely, in not Irritating the
feelings of the rebel Louisianians. Hav-
ing changed his principles to suit the
rebels, why not change his coat T.
rs a Democrat in the New York Leg
islasure offered q resolution that the words
of President Lincoln, placed over the
Speakers chair ["I have the most solemn
oath registered in Heaven TO preserve,
protect, and defend the government. =
Lincoln. 1-be taken therefrom, end that
hewords of jackson be placed in Hen
thereof, viz: "By the Eternal, the Union
must and shall be preserved"