Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-04-03
POLITICAL.

CB General Wickham, one of Lees
ablest Brigadiers, has announced his inten-
ton of acting hereafter with the Republi-
cans. 30 aeis eai
\ eB Northampton, Mass, has put on its
jury list two colored men, one of whom
was slave five years ago, and at that time
unable to read and write. +, r. M r.. .s. i. "
eY The New York Sun asserts that
Admiral Farragut is q {" great personal
friend of Gen. Grant, and more out
spoken Radical than Gen. Grant is" a
rB The unlucky rooster, displayed by
the Boston Post, the day after the election
in New Hampshire, is called by the Low
ell Courier "the first blue bird of the
season" ela.4 aas ra
"a A onerarmed soldier, at the Soldiers,
Home at Albany, was lately set upon by a
gang of ruffians and beaten to death.
The ruffians seemed to be inspired by no
motive but hatred of soldiers. RI -
GY The Chicago Times puts down Mich
igan as doubtful State in next falls cleo
ton. 1t is doubtful whether it will give
Gen. Grant twenty-five thousand or forty
thousand ma jority .-DetroI Post.
w The New York Tribune of the
Both contains a letter writ ten by Thaddeus
Stevens, heartily endorsing Grant for
President, and saying that Wade is his
choice for Vice-P resi- ent e-r =
NY-A Democrat being told that Thomas
Jefferson and George Washington voted
with negroes, and believed in equal suf
frage, retorted, "Well, Washington and
Jefferson were gentlemen, and could afford
to vote with niggers; can't."-Detroit
Post. esae4' as'.tfatF17 is.fa aadsl Hon Nsai
Y A Washington dispatch says that
Chief Justice Chase is indignant at the
lrumors circulated, which affect his integri-
ty as man and politician. He pro-
nounces as false any statement that he has
abandoned any Of his principles. as'H p
pH- A Hartford letter-writer says that
Mr.. Henry Clay Dean has an immense
corporosity, and is about as long one way
as the other; wears a very dirty shirt and
a slouched hat, and carries a villalnous
cane, carved in imitation Of a great
snake, the head of which is covered with
copper"
{ az {" My Godl think of my being tried
before a nigger jury for horse stealing p
exclaimed Mortified Southern white
Democrat, alarmed at the proposition to
allow colored men to sit as jurors. Sure
enoughl there might be danger of con-
viction, and just think of the number of
villains whose occupation would thence be
gone! H
eY A Saratoga county Democrat has
lately been receiving a Republican paper
but it disturbed him so much that he or
dered it to be discontinued 1t still kept
coming, however, and on stating his grew
ances to some friends, one of them re-
marked: "They think they can make a
Republican of you" " Not by d.
sight, said he, "Mey'H find out they're cast
ing pearls before ssoinsh'9 DC or
rs We have from the Detroit Free
Press (cop.) an entertaining account of
what our " Radical lords" will do when
they come home from Washington. They
will, it says, pretend to be intensely
plain and Democratic !" and to accomplish
this they will "drink the meanest whisky
with, the lowest drunkardl" A better
definition of plain Democracy" could not
be given if volume were devoted TO the
task. IS Yrg ss4 tVgf -f'
II p s IA
e An ex- Confederate in note to an
Atlanta paper writes: Much has been
said regarding the mental capacity of Gen
eral Grant. It will be remembered, that
in 1864, when the Confederate Peace Com
missioners went through the lines at
Petersburg, Va, Mr.. Stephens, the Con-
federate Vice President, was one Of the
Commissioners. He visited General
Grants headquarters at City Point, and
wss IN company with the General several
days. Upon his return to Richmond, he
was asked all about General Grant, and
bis answer was, that General Grant was a.
man Of no ordinary ability. Now, who is
more capable of judging human nature
than Alexander 81. Stephens"