Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-09-18
POLITICAL ITEMS.
e Every member of both branches of
the rebel Congress was q Democrat

.
N Every member of both branches of
the rebel Congress was Democrat.
aY The savings banks of the State of
New York hold one-fftieth of the national
debt in the shape of bonds.
WY On the 7th inst. eighty-five work
men, all Republicans but two, and among
them four one-legged and three one armed
soldiers, were discharged from the Ports
mouth navy yard by the new Democratic
incumbents there.
ay Photographs are announced of
"Gov. Seymour at Home" Why not, as
we have got Shakespeare and his friends"
and .Irving and his friends" give us "Sey-
mour and his friends" with blazing
orphan asylum in the background.-Hart-
ford Post. 'a6a 701
gY Governor Curtin thinks that Penn
sylvania will give Grant heavier majori-
ty than was ever before cast for a Presi-
dental candidate, and that Seymour will
not get single Northern State if the tide
keeps on rising. He believes the vote OF
Vermont will be the keynote of the final
result. . .H a
GY Senator Fowler, of Tennessee,
who was one of the seven Senators who
voted to acquit President Johnson, and
whose position III politics las been doubt
full, has finally taken the stump for Grant
and Colfax, declaring, after viewing the
situation in Tennessee, that the election OF
Grant is essential in order to preserve
peace.
G A Richmond correspondent of the
Boston IrdoeIger writes: IF you fail to
elect General Grant you may prepare to
receive largely of the negro population,
1t will be impossible for them to live here
in peace / have already been told if Sey-
mour is elected will have to leave Rich
mond. Loyal men have not been so badly
used since the war as nows" g
g# In the Deluge in Vermont, the Dem
ocrats found Mount Ararat upon which
they could rest. That is the town of Gas
tenbury. It's but small and barren spot
of earth, as its vote indicates. The can
vass showed nineteen Democratic to one
Republican vote, and yet even here there
wasn't vitality enough among the Demo-
Gratis to elect anybody, for the sole Repub-
lican in the town was elected its Repre-
sentative to the Legislature. At6a'y
Journal.
gY Among the many good hits made
by the Hartford Post the following is the
latest and best: "The great reaction
so often referred to by our Democratic
orators and which was to have been Illus
trated by the falling off of Republican ma
jorities in the late election in Vermont,
proved somewhat like the cannon which
was exhibited before military committee
at Washington, by its inventor-a very
sanguine old man. From its very peculiar
construction, it was objected to by the
committee as likely to recoil badly when
fired. 'Oh! no, gentlemen said the old
man, mot so; if anything, it recoats Tee
tie dIe01.'"
gB The New York Sun, 5th inst, thus
resurrects the almost forgotten Pendleton
Escort: "This immaculate crowd OF
Western rpet-baggers carried out their
theory of reputation with a vengeance.
While at Masonic Hall they drank any
amount of whisky, but when the time for
leaving came their exchequer was ex-
hausted, and the bill was never paid.
Over $500 remains due. One of the pro-
prietors of the Masonic Hall is now after
Mr.. Pendleton with sharp stick, expect
ing that he will. foot the bill. 1t is GER
tainly hard on that particular proprietor,
who was most ardent Pendletonian, and
with Pendleton badge"
GY Richardson's new life of Grant con-
tains the following incident of camp life
in Virginia: One afternoon a long, gaunt
civilian, wearing garments of rusty black
and stove pipe hat, walking up in the,
rear of headquarters, was accosted by a
hostler:
Hostler (grufiy). "Keep out of here"
Visitor. "Isnt this General Grants
tent?"
Hostler. eyes"
Visitor (striding forward). "Wel, 1
reckon he will let me inside"
Hostler. "You will soon find out" +.
AS he neared the tent guard mistook
him for an agent of the Sanitary or Chris
tian Commission:
Guard. "No Sanitary folks allowed in
side p al
Visitor. az guess General Grant will see
me-"
Guard. "I can't let you pass, but I'll
send him your name. What is it 2"
Visitor. abraham Lincoln"
He was allowed to pass in.
A CELEBRATED naval officer tells the
following anecdote: On one of his cruises
the sailors saw comet, and were some
what surprised and alarmed at it's appear
ance. The hands met and appointed
committee to wait on the commander and
ask his opinion of it. They approached
him and said, We want you to enquire
about that thing up there" "Now, be-
fore answer you, first let me know what
you think it is. y Well, your honor, we
have talked it over, and think it is a star
sprung leak"
A MAN in Hudson City disputed the un-