Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-03-27
POLITICAL.

VIZ l. o NOuCuIu OtCttco"tUV PiCuSCS
Grant 5000 majority in New Hampshire
next fall. '
"a The Rochester Union (Dem) pro-
nounces New Hampshire 81 the meanest
State in the Union" 10 A'o'a 4a'tAa2 d e7s@
,W "A publisher of Democratic works
in New York announces two new books
by Brick Pomeroy, whom he designates
as the great Western humorist and
moyalistI
FeY The New York World says, by way
of explanation, that its friends in New
Hampshire were "overcome by superior
numbers That was mean in the Re-
publicans y II ~tFis 1fittsA
w John M. Higgins, a leading Demo-
crat of Portsmouth, Ohio, was recently
tried at that place for stuf1ng ballot box
at the election last fall. The jury was
out only twenty minutes, and returned a
verdict of guilty. ba.E aia $3.50 81.
gY The Des Moines Qowa) Register
says there is Democrat living in Saylor
township of that county, who says that
"the worst thing he has against Andy
johnson is, that he appointed that id
fool of a Nasty in Kentucky, Postmaster I"
"a The editor of the Lynchburg (Va.)
Neaos mildly and pleasant ly remarks that
the result Of the New Ham pshire election
is "rather incompatible with the idea
so seduousiy Intoxicated by the Demo
cratic press of an immense, revolution
in the popular mind against the Radical
party"
cE The Concord IN. H. Patriot, Dem
ocratic, in summing up the results of the
election, says: ".This result has disap-
pointed everybody. The Democrats con-
idently expected to reduce che Radical
majority to q small figure, and hoped
to win. To say that we are disappointed,
that our friends are disappointed, does not
begin to express their feelings"
nw The Chicago Times thinks that DO
litical consistency is quality not to be
expected in New York Journalism. Ger
tainly not. We get full supply of the
article from the Chicago Demo cratic Or
gan. The Times, a little over year ago,
came out strongly in favor of universal
negro suffrage as corner stone of the
Democratic platform. Since that time it
has been mainly occupied In denouncing
it. What is the use of consistency here
when there is such surplus of it there
Neao York Times
eY The Cleveland Herald says that city
is famous as Presidential slaughter-house.
The first victim was General Cass, who, in
answer to Gov. Woods question as to his
views on river and harbor Improvements,
replied that the "noise and confusion of
the occasion would prevent his giving
them" Next Gen. Scott uttered to crowd
his memorable tribute to the erich Irish
brogue and sweet German accent" Third,
Andrew johnson there reached the lowest
depth of his disgusting tour in 1866.
- The history of the Grant family Is
becoming pretty well known, but few
facts may be stated Ulysses was born in
Georgetown, Brown county, Ohio, and Or.
vile, in Point Pleasant, Clermont county,
Ohio. The parents now reside in Coving-
ton, Kentucky-the father being seventy
four years of age, and the mother about
sixty-seven. They have had three sons and
three daughters, two of whom are now
living. The remaining children are, the
General, the leather merchant, Mary (now
wife of the American Consul at Leipsic,
where she resides and Jennie, who lives
with her parents. Mr.. Grant, as might be
expected, is sound Republican, and says
that he supposes he shall have to vote for
Grant for President, though he is some
what prejudiced against the name.
az Mr.. Ross, of Illinois, on the 18th,
offered sixteen resolutions in Congress, in