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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-09-11
POLITICAL ITEMS.

g An exchange says Seymour ought
to sleep well, he lies so easily lfe
eT The Pilgrim Fathers were the orig
inal carpet-baggers in this country. p. 30
e A Republican organization under
the name of " CarpetHBaggers," has heen
started in Cincinnati. -''i.
g A Minneapolis letter says: "The
people of Minnesota are good for 10000
majority for Grant and Colfax." ~
W An exchange asks If this is a
white mans government, why are the
Southern Democrats soliciting the colored
voters into their clubs?
gW .ThesCopperhead papers find fault
with General Grant because he don't
ing for him. Witness the Vermont elec-
ton. stgoSa aaaa2
H Seymour says that he issued 10000
commissions during the war A Ken
lucky rebel traitor says that he did no
more against the South than his position
made imperative. That is so. tgwa
W A Democratic exchange hits the
nail on the head when it says, Grant
hasn't the ghost of chance" That be-
longs to Seymour. Grant takes the sub
stance, Seymour the shadow.--HarJord
Post. han7
gg- Horatio Seymour has written letter
announcing the certain election of the
Democratic ticket. 1t is sad to see the
evidences Of his insanity manifesting
themselves so early in the campaign. Poor
man.--Erc1tange. ~.'@
g5g The Portland Press says that a vote
was taken on the train on the Portland
and Kennebec Railroad which carried Mr..
Pendleton's audience to that city, and that
q majority of three was found to favor
Grant and Colfax. ... -1is.
g5S A well-known Cincinnati Demo-
crat, who was a prominent Pendleton
"escort," has backed down in his ideas.
He made bet, recently, that Seymour
would carry Ohio--put up $25, and then
sued for it and got it back. .,,,, .5,l,
EW One of the compliments bestowed
by the Mobile Register upon the Northern
Democracy is, that a rebel soldier can talk
with Northern Democrat upon political
subjects with as much assurance of SYM
pathy and common aim and purpose, as he
could feel in talking with one of his old
comrades in arms. attf.
8 ,GY Senator Wilson addressed a large
mcetlng at w OrceSleI, mass, JIG OgHeT
night In his eloquent peroration the
Senator said the. cause was one which a
man could take into his closet, and with
open Bible and on bended knees, invoke
Gods blessing upon it, and such cause
would be sure to triumph and bless the
land
gW The NatiogGJ IntelLiges,cer says no
man in the country has performed SO
many somersaults as the Radical candidate
for the Presidency 1t. might be added
that he is very careless about them too.
Not a great while ago he performed one,
and landed his feet right in the stomach OF
"so-called Confederacy," knocking the
wind out of it,--Harttord Post. .syr
w If the people should elect Seymour,
it would be saying to the rebels: "We
are sorry we whipped you; and as proof
of our repentance, we have elected man
who was sorry all the time we were whip
ping you; to prove our sorrow we have
repudiated the leaderoof the armies by
whom you were whipped" Fellow-citi-
zens, are you quite ready to say that2 II
you are, then all the mean whites "don'l
i've down South. 49,. -. 4,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-09-11

a5g- The Boston Daily A0oertiser pub
fishes letter from literary gentleman Of
New York, who voted for Douglas and
Mcclellan, from which we take the follow
ing extract a8 3 aoilc lg
.l You pay small compliment to my sense
of patriotism in your assumption that l
am for Seymour. No; ] am a square out
and out Hiram Simpson man, and work
and talk for him every chance / get.
y \ \ I'm Grant Democrat, an l 1
believe there are enough just such in this
country to elect the staunch little man to
the position / know he will adorn as he
has all others in which he has been placed,
from the lanyard upwards" s9sh
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-09-11

"A lady parting from her husband a
few days since in the cars at Albany, was
overheard by the passengers to utter the
following paragraph, all in one breath
4" Good-by, viii, write to me every day,
won't you? I'll expect a letter three
times week any way. Take good care
of my Sunday School class, forTll want it
when I come back. II Miss Smith calls
don't give her more than fifty cents, for
we have to support orr own church, you
know. Don't forget to bring my silk
dress and my other shoes. Come as soon
as you can Good-by. Don't forget your
cane ard let your moustache grow"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-09-11
2'netry.
x X, =, siBABY POETR z.


Jt5I.xs, =. S5siB BABY POETRY z
I,lttl'N WRITTEN puRINfTHE JULY HEATED TERN.
II u a~ n DooD mornin. daddy, c9dS
- - ~ How do 90 do?
9I~ Raider hot wedder
L sink, don't 90?
'Momter up TO 30.
IT n T~ q r7- Makes fellow sweat, Z
I ID III 1 Hope it'll get cooler,
~. .F Amt done it yet
u sria,rs..t How's all the fotes, alH
sfa.sa1, BIZ Untles, aunts, and tozzens? -l.f
lioit tIr;st.4s 4.si Hope ems all well.
Got em-by de dozens.)
rC Nanny says Ise fat,
Il .a a s. III Toodent be much fatter
(Mighty sure o. dat.)
~ And dat's whats de matter.
Des III have to stop, .g
Often rasser lazy,
Fraid my baby talk
Make old daddy crazy.
Tell 90 what 90 do
Don't say can't,
a' s1E' Take me out November next,
artfa!4 doin to vote for Drant
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-11
RICHMOND. IND.
Republican Convention in Wayne
County, Indiana.

RICHMOND, IND. Feb. 8.-The
Wayne County Mass Convention for
the selection of delegates to the State
Nominating Convention met at Gen.
terville to-day. The attendance was
large and the enthusiasm great. The
Convention was composed of the best
men in the county and its proceed
ings were most harmonious. The
delegation selected represents the rad
ical Republican sentiment of the
county.
Resolutions favoring the nomina
tion of Hon. Conrad Baker for Gov.
ernor. and Barnabus G. Hobbs for
Superintendent of Public INSTRUCTION.
were passed. The Convention also
favored the course of Hons. Oliver
p. Morton and Geo w. Julian.
The effort to do away with the
popular vote nominating system
failed. rBa fsfH a1e1
The character of this Convention
shows that the Republicans of Wayne
County will work harmoniously and
vigorously for the success of the Re-
publican cause in the approaching
political campaign. : -Fe9E
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NEW YORK SPECIALS.
Alabama Election Returns-COnsti-
tuition Probably Defeated.

New YoRK, Feb. 10.-The World
has the following special from Monts
gonlcry, Ala, the 9th; q
Returns from seventeen counties,
among them seven of the heaviest ne
gro counties in the State. show 1000
less than the required half.
/ Information from North Alabama,
where the registered whites largely
outnumber the negroes, states that
the vote is very meagre, not an aggre-
gate of one hundred and fifty 10 the
whole State. ~ 49,
Up to date the Constitution is Ger.
tainly defeated
Efforts are ma king to have the polls
re opened, but it is understood here
from high authority it viii not be
done without orders from Washing
ton to that effect.
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CHICAGO. 0
The Weather-The Coolest Night OF
the season.

CHICAGO, February 10.-Dispatches
from different points in Illinois and
the West, indicate that last night was
the coolest OF the season. The Their.
mometer at s o'clock this morning
stood, at Rock Island, Illinois, twenty
eight degrees below zero; Dixon, 40
degrees below zero Freepert, twenty
eight degrees below zero; Cherry VAL
ley, 36 degrees below zero; Beloit,
Wisconsin, % degrees below zero
Des Moines, Iewa, "a degrees below
zero; Dubuque, p degrees below
zero; Muscatine, 81 degrees below.
zero; Keokuk. 10 degrees below zero.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-11

Especial to the Evansville Journal
INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 10. - Rev. j
Howard Nixon, Pastor of the First
.Presbyterian Church, has signified to
e the congregation his inability to con-
tinue his labors, on account of failing
health A meeting is to be held
Thursday night to. consider the mat
ter, but he will probably be granted a
six mouths leave of absence, and his
expenses paid. on, trip to Europe,
rather than final dismissal.
snb Rev. Edward p Ingersoll, Of San
Il duskys Ohio, has been, called to the
vacant pastorate of the Plymouth
Congregational Church of this city,
ESQ Rev. a. d. Wood, of the North
west Methodist Conference, and so
universally known over the State, has
been appointedE Chaplain zof the
Northern Penitentiary.
"a meeting of the stockholders of
the Vincennes Railroad has been
called for the 18th Of March, to vote
upon a proposed consolidation with
the, Cincinnati & Martiusyille road.
1t was decided on Saturday last, to
make nominations for township of
fices by primary election, in this town
ship, on the I'D inst. ea
Reserved seats for Ole Bulls con-
cert Thursday night, are going off rap
idly, and he viii undoubtedly have a
full house. ' IA la lasa
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-11
FOREIGN NE VS..
Late Havana NeWs-sSO War Immi-
nent Between 'Guatamaia and Mex
s icOs tal-Hs .-sisra

eai New YoRK, Feb. 1O.-A Havana
special to the Herald, dated Feb. 9th,
contains the following: The powder
that was shipped by the Hamburg
brig Frederick, supposed to have been
intended for Mexico, has been stopped
The subsidy to Spanish mail steam
ers plying between this port and Vera
Cruz is So, 900 per month. r .-e
.sgs. Imports at Havana arc made liable
to payment of dues IN advance. The
practice of requiring security there
for is abolished, but the Customs off :
cials9are made responsible for the
securities on hand until after ma
-turity. sss
a magistrate was. recently assassin
ated, near Bejuecal.
-ss Senior ose Friass Ddllers, brother
of Don Pascos, is dead. A
Latest advices-from Caracas, Vene-
zuela, are to the 23d ult. i5'i9 ?
In Aragua the insurrectionary
troubles were diminishing; but Gen.
Magnet, General Commander of the
national forces aud Minister of War,
had been killed in an action in
Cogedes.
General Gonzales Caddenas, revolt
ed, but was killed.
The general situation Of the Re
public was critical.
Panama letters of February lst.
state that dates from Guatamala, con-
tain an official denial, on the part of
the Minister of Foreign affairs, of the
reports that war was imminent be-
tween that country and Mexico.
Additional advices from Lima,
Peru, state that Causeco was on his
way to the capital, with the victo-
rious army of Arequipy. Balta had
already arrived, and announced his
determination to support General
Causeco, as the legal ruler. One
hundred Of Causeco's men had been
killed by the explosion of Prado's
powder magazine.
The United States steamer Nyaek,
with General Prado on board, bound
for Valparaiso, had not been heard
from, as she did not touch at any
Peruvian port.
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II faAuaaaq 9ha88Jr ltnaJet YtAd aIIIvaNAya TIT
EVANSVILLE. IND, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY IL 1853

ing the entire proceeding. Twenty
eight delegates and twenty-eight con-
tingents were appointed, Resolutions
in tayor of Conrad Baker for Govern :.
or, Hon. Isaac Jenkinson, of the Fort
Wayne Gazette, for Lieutenant Gov
ernory and, General Kimball, for
Treasurer, we're unanimously adopted.
and the delegates. instructed to cast
the vote of Allen County in their
favor I@s a @s
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-11
COLLINS asa
PATENT SUN BURNERS
AT REDTICED PRICES.
Important to all aoho use Kerosene 4"
or CnnL OIL.

IsnpOrtdnt to all aoho use Kerosene
or Coal oil.
KKAvING SOLD MORE THAN A
and knowing them TO give perfect satisfac-
ton, we take pleasure In recommending
them TO the public as possessing the fol-
lowing merits:
l. They are simple In construction, and
the draft so arranged as to prevent the
parts contiguous to the Oil nom beco ming
heated TO cause the generation OF gas.
Therefore, It is non-expIosive.
2. The Glass Chimney can be removed
b hand at the lower part wltaout burn
3. 1t saves one-thfrd the oil for the reason
cone. Therefore, you obtain the whole
light clear. white, and cheerful.
A. The Chimneys and Burners are much
more easily cleaned and kept clean than
the old style.
We have, also. the SOLAR BURNER,
aud a good supply pf Lamps and Lamp
stock, which we offer at reduced prices.
Eureka BAZAAR 70 Main Street
VICKERY BROS.
We have used the Bu-ner referred 70
above, and consider them far superior TO
any coal oil burner we have ever seen.
Jas. g. Jones, ltayhurst q Whitaker, JOS
Ihorbake, A. ". Colburn. j. W. Runciei
Fort Branch J. b. AhlerIug.J. ". Nexsens
r. Andrus, Pastor Trinity NJ. II. Churchi
j. 3. Likely, Pastor Ingle street M. T.
Church b. +. Rawlins. p. f.; Henry Ahl-
erlpg- SATURDAY MORNING.. Feb. 1.
VICKERY Bros: could I'LL Lilliput
volume in praise OF the sun Burner They
so far excel everything Of the klnd have
ever seen, that cOmpari8on Is useless.
Yours, &c, J. W. hUAClE.
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EUROPE.
BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.
Captain Mackay Captured at Cork.
ENGLAND.

80t ~ ENGLAND ~
LONDON, Feb. 10.-Captain Maekay
has been captured at Cork for plan )
ming the recent attack on MartelIo
Tower, at Duneannon, and was
brought up for examination on Satur-
day afternoon The evidence seemed
conclusive. He was fully committed
TOR trial. Mackay is described as a
very young man, having barely COM.
pleted his twenty first year. Several
ofthe rioters who attempted to rescue
Mackay from the custody of the po-s
lice. were also examined and com.
United. 1t seems that in the melee.
two of the police were dangerously.
-Hounded - q .z-----L- - N
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/ ALABA VI A.
The EIectiOn--The Constitution Be-
ss.s c a hind.

MONTGOMERY, February 8.-A dis
patch from North Alabama. just re-
ceived. says that section has gone
against the proposed Constitution
The vote here In the heavy negro
counties gives II, 900 against the Con-
stitution. The votes are to be count
ed
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we're discharged because they had ex-
pressed Republican sentiment, and he
hoped all appropriations for detectives
and spies at the Navy Yard would be
struck out. .,4e s.las 9f
y After further debate, the papers
we're referred to the the Naval Com
mittee. ~, ~ es..I. 49,. bs
The House adjourned.
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FORT WAYNE.
Proceedings or Allen County RepRb-
lican COnV. nttOn.

FoRT WAYNE. Ind, Feb. 9.-The
Republicans of Allen County met in
convention, at the Court House, in
this city, this afternoon, to appoint
delegates to the State and Congress
ional Conventions The meeting was
largely attended, aud the best of feel
ing and great enthusiasm existed dur
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-11
INDIANAPOLIS.

Resignation OF J. Howard Nixon,
Pastor Of the First Presbyterian
Chnrch-ReV. A. D. Wood Appoints
ed Chaplain Of the Northern Peni-
Misunderstanding Of the Stock
holders Of the Yincennes Railroad.
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a aae4s4meE EBF----@--s EHYFV
WASHINGTON, Feb! 10. q En- the Su-
preme Court to-day, Associate Justice
Nelson announced an elaborate opin-
ion In the case OF the State of Georgia
against Secretary Stanton, Gen. Grant
and Major General Pope, praying for
reasons set forth In the petition, that.
they may be restrained from doing
certain acts contemplated by the re :
construction laws The court dis.
missed the bill, for the reason that it
presents a political opinion, and
therefore does not properly fall under
its jurisdiction. This question, the
Justice said, was also applicable to a
similar. petition of the State of Mis-
sissippi. s.a
The committee on Reconstruc-
tion this morning resumed the exam
ination of Mr.. Stetson, correspondent
of the New York World, with refer
ence to his Conversations with the
President on the subject of the Stan
ton and Grant matter, and in connec-
ton with the President and Grant
correspondence which was referred
by the House to that Committee.
WAsHINGToN, February 9.-It was
generally expected that the Presi-
dents reply to General Grant would
be made public to night, but. Mr..
Johnson has decided to. withhold it
for the present, for reasons unknown
The entire diplomatic corps called
on Secretary Seward, last evening, the
new British Minister being present.
Your correspondent is authorized
to say that the printed account of a
supposed conversation between Sec
retary Seward and the British Minis
tern, Thornton, in which the latter is
represented as becoming indignant at
the former upon an allusion to the
settlement OF the Alabama claims, is
purely fictitious Nothing of the kind
ever occurred, and the intercourse of
Mr.. Thornton and our Administra-
tion thus far has been pleasant aud
courteous at all times.
The House Committee on Elections
expect to make a report this week.
probably on Tuesday, on the Ohio
contested election ease-@Delaao5 VS..
Morgan. It's now asserted by those
who should be advised, that the COM
mittee will report in favor of the. sit
i ting member, Mr. Morgan. :
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MIsCELLANEoUs.
Fire at Muscatlne, IOHa-Death OF
an Old Merchant In Philadelphia,
Lady Burned TO Death. ~ .frt

MONTGOMERY, Feb. 10.-0ut of
seventeen counties in Southern Ala
bama, embracing the. large negro
counties of the State. the Constitu-
ton is behind 300 votes. The high
country and Florida line of counties
viii make it at least 10000 behind
the election last Fall on the Couven-
ton. tfe-
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-11

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. l0.-John b.
Budd, one of our oldest merchants,
engaged in the New Orleans trade,
died last evening, aged IL .sa z
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MUscATINE, Iowa, Feb. 10.-The
large, high school building in this
city was totally destroyed by fire this
forenoon. The fire is supposed to
have originated from heated fur
mace. Loss, $4,000; fully insured.
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MILWAUKEE,, Feb. 10.-Weather
intensely cold; thermometer here, at
z A. N, 160 below zero ie if
At Winona, MINI, 35o below f,sa
At Madison, Wis, 24o below.
j Hastings and Wabash, Mimi, 34o
below ST. Paul, 400 below. fol
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BURLINGTON, Vt, February TO-
Miss Greenough, aged seventeen, was
burned to death, last night, by her
clothes taking Ere from the explosion
of Kerosene lamp.
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BosroN, February 1O.-The Yer
mont House, at Island Pond, Yer
mont, burned last night.
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WASHINGTON.

Elaborate opinion of Associate JUS
tice NclsOn-State of Georgia VS..
General Grant and others -Presi-
dents Reply to Gen. Grant With
held from fnblieati0R-SecPetary
keWard andAthe British Minister
s5 4 Sensation Story C0ntradfcted--
The DeianO MOrganos Contested
Election. Tsa8L
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The Constitution Probably
sheaa vun Defeated. aEuale /
Opinion of Justice Nelson.
State of Georgia VS.. Gen.
Grant and others.
News by Atlantic Cable.

Capture of Capt. Mackay.
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Report of the Weather.

oongresssonal Pr0ceedings
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For Commercial and Rioer Dispatches see
Fifth Page.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-11-06
Legal Advertisements.
NOTICE

4 BIJAH II. JOHNSON. Of the State OF Ill.
IA 1nois, will take notice that lafayette Bates
OF the county of Lyon in the State of Kansas,
did, on the 18th day of October, A. ID. 1858.
ME bis petition in the District Court within and
Iof the county OF Lyon and State of Kansas,
against the said Abijah FL. johnson, defendant.
setting forth that on the 22d day Of February.
ISot, the said defendant executed and deliver
ed TO the said plaintiff an instrument in writ
ing copy 0f which is set out in said petition
whereby said defendant beund himself unto
the said plaintiff in the sum Of i've hundred
dollars, conditioned that the said defendant
should. within sixty days thereafter, make TO
the said plaintiff good and sufficient deed for
about sixty-two AeFes Of the southwest frac.
f1onal quarter of section thirty-one, Of town.
Kansas; thatthe said description is incompiete,
and that the parties 10 said Instrument intend
ed that the premises TO be covered and affected
thereby should be sixfy-tWo acres of the en-.
tire west side Of the said described fractional
quarter section; that the said plaintiff has paid
the full consideration agreed upon for said
lands; that the time when the deed for the same
was to be due has elapsed, that the said de-
PENDANT has wholly neglected and, refused 70
make q deed therefor, as by said instrument he
scription in said instrument may be reformed
and made to conform to the intention Of the
parties as above set forth; and that the said
defendant may be decreed to convey the said
described premises to this plaintiff in accord.
ance with the terms and conditions Of the said
that he pay TO the said plaintiff the sum of one
hundred dollars his damages in said behalf
sustained. And the said Abiiah II. johnson u
hereby notified that he is required toansweR
said petition on sor before the 24th day Of De-
cenber,! 1885, or the same will be taken e
true and judgment rendered accordingly.
RCGGIES q PLUMB. =
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