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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-10

County, Ireland, twenty-five families, num-
bering over one hundred and twenty per-
SONS, old tenants mostly, holding under
middle men, and remarkable for industry,
sobriety and punctuality in the payment
of rent, have upon the death OF the per-
son on whose life their leases depended,
been turned out of house and home. One
morning, two bailiffs, a sheriff and eight
policemen, armed with rifles, unroofed the
cabins, and drove out the inhabitants to
take refuge in bitches, sheds and under
temporary structures. Into one old cow
Hhouse, on the land of neighboring gen.
tleman, there were huddled together four
teen persons of different ages and sexes.
This cruelty was practised because the
owner had determined that nobody should
live on the land. m Hnidf ssa, 81
The following statement shows the
number of Postoffices in operation in the
States and Territories Of tile United States
on the first of August: Alabama, 49,;
Alaska, 2 !; Arizona, IA; Arkansas, 334;
California, All; Colorado, 81; Connect
cut, 397; Dakota, 35; Delaware, So; Dis
trict of Columbia, 5; Florida, 1903; Georgia,
402 Idaho, 80; Illinois, 1875; Indiana,
1881 Indian Territory, 27; Iowa, 1,OS1 /;
Kentucky, S95; Kansas, 1856; Louisiana,
220; Maine, 807 Maryland, 4o6; Massa-
chusetts, 675; Michigan, 937; Minnesota,
sos; Mississippi, 1885, Missouri, LII
Montana, 50; Nebraska, 181; Nevada, AZ;
New Hampshire, 4O1 New Jersey, 5l4;l
New Mexico, Al New York, 2,602; North
Carolina, 725 !; Ohio, 1896; Oregon,s LA
Pennsylvania, 2,715; Rhode Island, 96; !;
South Carolina, sl30S; Tennessee, 754;
Texas, 499; Utah, 105; Vermont, $50;
Virginia, 945; Washington, So; West
Virginia, l561.;, Wisconsin, 1,021;' Wyom-
ing, 16 Total, 81 ,131. tii.,a Is
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-10

THE following physical phenomena were
exhibited before the American Science
Association in Boston:
Dr. Groux, native of Hamburg, and at
present practising physician at Brooklyn,
N. Y, was born without sternum or
breast bone Dr. j. Baxter Upham, OF
Boston, having been intimately acquainted
for many years with DR.. Groux, has de-
yised number of ingenious experiments
by which, in his case, the action OF the
heart is made to manifest itself both to
the eyes and ears Of persons situated at a
considerable distance. 1t should be borne
in mind that the action of the heart in DIR.
Groux is perfectly normal and healthy,
while the absence ofathe sternum renders
it possible to make certain studies of the
utmost Importance, which are impossible
.in,the case of the human being as ordina-
rily constructed DR.. Groux's case has
been treated of at length in various medi-
cal journals in Europe, but never before
has it been brought in such q striking
manner before so large an audience of sci
enti6c men,. The mechanism of the heart
is somewhat analogous to that of double.
action pump. In both cases the
machinery, however perfectly it may work,
makes some noise Dr. GrOux was able to
show three distinct motions and sounds
occurring successfully, and with a certain
rhythm, in every beat of the heart. DR..
Groux also exercised the power, rarely be-
slowed, and never used without great dam
ger, of stopping at will, during a short pc
riod, the action of his heart. This was
done. this evening to the satisfaction of
several medical men, one of whom was
listening with the stethoscope at the chest,
and two Others feeling at the wrists for
thepulse. ii For about 20 seconds the action
of the vital organ in the fraill chest of Dr..
Groux completely ceased. Some years ago
there existed an Individual who was wont
to experiment with himselfin this manners,
and who finally persisted through being
unable to resume the ordinary conditions
of human existence. DIR. Upham, SO far
from encouraging his friend, DIR. Groux,
in the repetition, of this perilous expert
ment, has earnestly entreated him never
to make the venture again. Some years
ago DR.. Groux, having made up his mind
to travel in various cities of Europe and
America, caused Rufus Choate, the re-
nowned lawyer, to draw UP will making
over his body, in the event of his death,
to the surgeons for dissection Portions
of his viii, which is a long document com
posed in Mr.. .Choate's happiest vein, were
read to the great delight of the audience
The original draft, in the inimitable hand
writing of Mr. Choate himself, was also
exhibited The experiments and explana-
tions specially relating to. DR.. Groux were
given with great clearness by that gentle
man, who is a regularly graduated physi-
clan. 1t is clearly of great advantage to-
science that this rare malformation occurs
in one who is so well qualified to observe
the obscure vital processes which it affords
an opportunity of enjoying. .- Erchaaage. {
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-10
Tomb Of Adam.

The tomb of Adam How touching it
was here in a land of strangers, far away
from home, and friends, and all who cared
for me, thus to cover the grave of blood
relation True, distant one, but still
relation. The nnerring instinct of nature
thrilled its recognition. The fountain OF
my filial affection was stirred to its pro-
foundest depths, and gave way to tumul-
.tuous emotion. | leaned upon apillar and
burst into tears I deem it no shame to
have wept over the grave of my poor dead
relative. Let him who would sneer at my
emotion close this volume here, for he will
find little to his taste in my journeyings
through Holy Land Noble old man--he
did not live to see me--he did not live to
see his child And I-I--alas | did not
live to see him. Weighed down by sorrow
and disappointment, he died before was
born--six thousand brief summers before
was born. But let us try to bear it with
fortitude., Let us trust that he is better
off where he is.-IMdrE Iboain. iillBaart
There are pear trees in garden in
the town of Elliott, Me-, from which fruit
was taken 140 wears ago.. 9a 40T
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-10
DOMESTIC

!, The headquarters of the Department. of
the Missouri viii be removed from Leave en-
worth to St. Louis the latter part of Sep
tember.) y aBni0dI .vbg9a es
q A Washington telegram. says. three
methods are now known by which the
lately discovered methods Of opening the
Dodd Combination Lock, can be defeated;
and General Spinner announces that when
certain changes are made in those now in
use, he,wil have full confidence in the
locks by which the public treasure is Sc
cured. IOuI 81 e.
J. Ross Browne, late Minister to c hina,
,contradicts :, the statement contained in
the Hong Kong telegram, that the Chi
nese Government had rejected the Bur-
lingame treaty. He says its ratification is
only deferred until the RETURN of the En-
bassy. sns iss & sss41 iT sa,sss.i l,,I-4.,..
1.-THE Assistant Treasurer at New York
has been directed to continue the purchase
of bonds and sale of gold during Septem-
ber'to the same extent as III August.
/. The miners Of the Delaware, Iacka-
wanna s. Western Railroad Company
voted on the 31st to Immediately resume
work. a 1'esi e l.taoi i9i' icsa
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-10
Horrible Case of Starvation.

] y Tue Cedar Rapids Iowa. CORRESPONDENT
Of the Dubuque Times, under date Of
August 28, gives the following account of
a horrible case'of abuse and starvation:
We CHANGED to come in possession Of
the facts of most terrible and unpre.
-cedented case of starving a human being
alive The victim of this inhuman cruelty
is lad of about seven or eight years of
age, and lives with his parents, in the
suburbs of the ordinarily quiet and orderly
town of Marion. 1t is asserted by a num-
ber of the neighbors that they have, at
different times, within the, last few weeks,
Visited tie house of the poor boy for the
purpose of ascertaining whether the re-
ports which their children were continual
ly giving were true or not. AS "a pretGXt
for these visits, they would take with them
some little delicacy for the afflicted boy, as a
means Of ascertaining whether the reports
SYhifI Il their children were continually
urging upon them, were correct. But
these attempts to get sight of the poor
child were mostly in vain, as he
was kept in an old garret and secured
with chain around his neck Imagine
what his sufferings must have been in this
condition during the recent hot weather.
Sufficient EVIDENCE, however, was gained
IN this way tor garrants an examination
-inte-the maferbt tha 6fiers of the law
and accordingly Sheriff Hayzlette, with a
number of citizens, proceeded to the house
to make Investigations and to see that
the parents were properly punished un-
less they would guarantee more humane
course of treatment to their boy in future.
This,yisit was made on last Thursday,
and, ,4althoughthe chapsfshad been re-
moved, the boy was found to. be nothing
but skin and bones. He confessed-as had
been stated by the neigbboring children
that fhe: had rbeen starved until, lie was
Obliged eat fiesJ1 Heswas also seen to
pick the rags from off his scanty garments
and eat them. -
He had been kept in this way secreted,
and, until recently, unknown to even his
nearest neighbors. For over six months
they have kept him in this condition, and
ap excuse for their brutal treat
ment, that he was subject tositsyhnd that
they were aaffaidhe fwonldsgetI away and
annoy his neighbors. But those who saw
and talked with him were convinced that
tie cause of the fits eifthenparentsss story
lis correct is the cOnseqqencn9f thestreat-
fneIft he receives 1t tKeif lhahds.l His en-
tire person showed unmistakable evidences
of efnef bead6 las we'll Is starvation, un- n
til life was almost gone. -
S ,o A few, days or weeks of similar treat
ment would. .hayeiput an end to his exist,
1ente, and the aim iof, the parents would
doubtless have been Accomplished The
ISherif ordered Ethat the boy Fas to be
well provided for and was to go un-
chained in the fdture.osss - feH aIs1
For obViousssreasops we suppress phee
names of the parents in this article.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-10
Sympathy with Sickness, and what
@'i la'7s tHoa Comes of 1t. .da .l.a14sas

! SUCH is the false interest created in d is
ease that many, in order to secure the
sympathy it is sure to awaken, will either
affect or, deliberately incur it. Others
again, if not willing to be sick patients or
to be classed among them, are at the same
timeiaverse to the reputation of posses
sing. robust health. There are many danes
and damsels we know of who would regard
themselves almost insulted, though in per
fect health, If they We're presumed to be
capable Of any ordinary act of physical
ylgor, say ascending a mountain, walking
mile or two, or eating a hearty dinner Of
beef and, pudding before witnesses In
fact there are some young ladies who have
been known to faint at the sight of roast
pig. Such is their 'delicacy of organiza-
ton that even the thought of dinner
upon. so gross dish is enough to exhaust
their. vitality, a7..aS ,faisl..d .iJ :
:, Thin waists, cramped feet and hands,
swhitened faces, sofas, lounges, and small
or peryerse, appetites, all owe their FASH
condolences to the false idea that there is
something loveable, in. disease or an ap-
proaeh to it. There can not be more dan
gerous or more mistaken notion In every
one naturally endowed with vigorous
faculties of body and mind, all derange-
ments pf, either must be regarded as acts
of disobedience. against the, law Of their
creation, and therefore as proofs of offense.
1t is moral duty to preserve the integrity
Of our bodies as it is of our souls; and
when,we fail to do it, from neglect or per-
verse act, we cannot be guiltless. Wethus
may grieve at and pity sickness, but it
should not eyoke,on sympathy. -
1t has been well remarked that with the
Increase of sentimental benevolence there
: is a. dirainution of the practical; and thus
1t happens that those who are robust of
body and strong of nerve are ordinarily
the most tender and helpful to, the afflict-
ed. They, on the contrary, are the least
regaralful of the sufferings of others, who
are themselves delicate and ailmg, and fnll
of morbid 4'ssympathy with sickness
Hd5ps9''s Bazari 7.isia i,.failsiE Efa
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-10
u. $. Revenue Stamps aud How, to. Use
9uiDiIUd IUl Them. iCUi iltl I

10 TH0UGHswe have for some time been
living under the rule of stamps, the ques-,
tien, lis sQneIof everyday ,askipgsy How
much of a stamp does this sNrequire?" The
following embraces the most general use,
of stamps as applied to manufacturers and
- Pertic9lsr classes of business that pay a
- 4Aaf notes and evidences lofsdebt4 five
cents on each~Sf0 if under 500, five
cents if oyer 800, fiye cents on each 800
orr pitt tbereof:l ,Alf. TeceAits tfor any
amount, without limit, over $50, Two cents;
if under $40, nothing Checks of any
& amount two cents, lAh deeds and deeds
Of trust, fifty cents on each $500>fn~ value
Of the property conveyed or, the amount
secured; when "a deed of trust is fully
stamped the note secured need not be; but
they should be indorsed to show the reason
Why SMortgagei bonds need not be
stamped. if stamps are affixed to the mort
! Ggagfa 5AA thesopprpisements,r ,estates, or
Tstrays, I've cehrs Oh each piece of paper
Affidavits OF every description are exempt
from STAMP duty. Acknowledgements to
RsAdeeds, etc, are also exempt. Contracts
and agreements, five cents for each sheet
rYoEpiece,of paper, except for rents or when
/. ifor rent, fifty lcerts for .each $500 Of rent
or less if over $500, fifty cents for each
additional 5000, or fractional part thereof
| Isiii excess of $500. Any person interested
can aifix and cancel stamps. s'.,sa4i.@ ioa
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-10

8 A COMPARATIVE statement of the NOR
tality of the cities of Boston, Cincinnati,
Chicago and st. Louis, from January Ito
July 1, 1860, based upon official figures,
shows that every eighty ninth person died
In Boston; every one hundred and fourth
in Cincinnati; every one hundred and
eleventh in Chicago, and every one hundred
and tenth in st. Louis. pIs ~ ser sl5. 4
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-10
VOL. VII,
Selected Miscellany.
MEMORY'S LDYL.

,ME1H HOft II IL.
The low brown house, 1 see it now =
Grandmother with her knitting,
A holy calm upon her brow,
In shaded porch was sitting.
All down the path the poppies famed,
Stiff box made green the border
And small blue violets, half ashamed,
Ell Grew low in sweet disorder. 49,
l had been reading in the porch, 'Sea ea
Aloud, in Revelation; . 5crsa :.
1t seemed like Sunday, and Ike church,
With two for congregation.
The birds called loud from ash and fir
Icoud not be unheeding,
fs' Isplucked' sprig of lavender 's-
81 SsSIo Keep the place in readings i4f+fa7 .47
5qIswandered down by balm and rue,
y''And clumps of China-aster;
20 ! thought4-well. Jack, thought OF yous u.
-sTsa With heart-beats. somewhat faster. ls +.
Do you remember how the vine I,
gS Grew close.p'er oil the arborY
1t was favorite haunt OF mine,
DEAR secluded harbor Z, v sr ~
SO in 1 stroIied and there you were; -
In all dreamer's giory
q At You remember? Tell it, sir y = g7-fs
,gH ArAgs dear, you end the story u
-. -- --Hedrth and Home.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-10

FROM twenty colleges, under the charge
Of the IetkodistT Church. not less than
four Rnndfed> STUDENTS are now taking
their diplomas Between one7tenth anti
one-fifth of these design to enter.the min
istrvs- At least one hundred Methodists
are graduating at other colleges, aof whom
a like proportion will enter the ministry
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-10

Walter @. Gresham has been appointed
by the President, Judge of the United
States Court for Indiana.
POLITLgAL.
Gen. Canby has issued an order altering
the time. of paying the sixmonths' inter
est on the. Virginia State debt, under the
Stay, laws to, the sSOth Of September. AL
executions already issued are stayed until
that time.
= The Supreme Court Of thesState of Ne
vada has decided that the telegraph is a
branch of commerce, and, therefore, under
the control of Congress, in the same man
ner as other kinds of commercial inter
course among the several States.
The New York Democratic State Con-
the 22d instant.
In the Republican Convention of Wis
consin on the list the following nomina,
tions were made: For Governor, Gen
Lucius Fairchild; Lieutenant Governor
T. G. Pound; Secretary of State, p. A
spenceI; treasurer, HeGry Metz 3
Attorney General Hoar has given his
opinion relative to affairs in Virginia, and
transmitted the same to Gen. Candy for
the latter's information and guidance. The
Attorney General holds that there is no
authority of law for administering the test
oath tostlie members eleetsof the Virginia
Legislature aszszsxesssssszs.ssasss.sss
The National Temperance Convention
assembled IN Chicage on the 1st A large
delegation was present. Hon. James Black
of Lancaster, Pa, was chosen President
J. "A Spencer, of Ohio, Secretary; Hon.
HGerritt Smith Treasu1er.
The Wisconsin Republican Convention
on the I'd completed their nominations
For Attorney sGmeralyy 81 s. Barlow ;
State Prison Commissionef. Geo. IF.
Wheeler; School Superintendent, A. j.
Craig
The Secretary of the State of Indiana
has forwarded to Washington certificate
of the ratification by Indiana Of the Fif-
tteefth Amendheht > 81 /
The news from the California election
on the I'd is to the effect that "the Demo-
cratic local tickets throughout the State
are generally elected by decided majorities,
The next Legislature will be emphatic
against the Fifteenth Anleildment. San
Francisco returns full Democratic Legis-
lative delegation. The vote of the city
was light. The count of straight tickets
for Mayor, last night, gave McCoppin,
Democrat, nearly 1,40e majority; but
the count of.scattered tickets at 8 o'clock
this evening, showsthat Selby, Independ-
ent, is about 1875 ahead, with prospect of
an increased majority"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-10

i Mr.. ROBERT AIHLs, of Reading Pa,
T5Hhasfon his premises curiosity rarely met
with, a duck having the feet of a chicken
'aoli the feet being without webs, and the
sijsh head graced with combs; the iother part
yoof the fowl is, like an ordinary duck !.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-10
: .1rsanqss ,1itlbe1l,fosM iIwaAGfse, Af has has
been elected Pfesfdentz ofs%Ae Nertbwest.r

FERN RailrOad saoi 81 las sssis iEa10
Secretary Rawlihs Isufereda relapse on
the night Of the I'd, andiwas insensible
for period of five hours, in consequence
Of aspllyxia. His physicians became
alarmedI and Telegraph hed Gen. Grant and
the Secretary g relatives that he could not
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-10
-DODGEVILLE. WIsCONsIN FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 1862

live long. On the Sd his case presented
more favorable symptoms.
President Grant arrived at Saratoga on
the evening Of the I'd.
Senator Fessenden, Of Maine. was In
Portland dangerously ill, on the Sd, and it
was feared he would not live through the
night.
The President on the I'd appointed j..
Bogles Postmaster ofeLouisville KY,
over Speed, suspended. s
Walter @. Gresham has been appointed
by the President, Judge of the United
States Court for Indiana.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-10

/ AWashington special says that at the
Cabinet meeting held on the 3lst, secreta-
ry Fish read atelegram received from Mr..
Burlingame, denyingSthe report that the
Chinese Government had rejected the
treaty with the United States.
Two men died of hydrophobia in New
York city on the 31st. One of them was
bitten three months before. 1,
The annual gathering of the American
Spiritual Association took place in Buffalo
on the 31st About two hundred dele
gates were in attendance. ~ :
A fire at Cape May on the 31st ult. de-
stroyed about 100000 worth of property,
including the Postofice, the United States
Hotel. McMakin'sl new Atlantic Hotel,
McConn's Hotel, American Row, and
many intervening stores and cottages.
On the night of 'tlM sOth uh the g hica-
go, Burlington 6 Quincy railroad freight
house at Quincy, lila was destroyed by.
fire. Twenty loaded freight cars were
also burned up. The loss was estimated at
100000.
The Kentucky State Sabbath School Con-
vention met in Covington, KY, on the S1st
ult. 1t was largely attended.
On the 1st Dexter trotted mile in
2:21sa, to road wagon, at the Prospect
Park grounds. He was driven by Mr..
Bonner himself.
On the evening of the 31st ult. ice
formed two inches thick on the telegraph
wires at Mount Washington, and the
tAermometer fell to~28 degrees "a few
flakes Of snew fell in New York city ION
the 1st There was slight frost and thin
ice on standing water throughout Dutchess
county, N. Y, on the morning of the 1st.
The following is the public debt state
ment as made on the 1st instant:
Debt bearing inter ooo-oo
est in COn .-.. ~, ,IUt ,Soo,ouV W
Debt bearing inter- os 400 -
aestin lawfal none y .bls ~, uOu W sss.sr.s--
Debt bearing no in ..o aooo-
tereSt.
Debt on which inter- = 4 ~
maturity. 4,64S 486 g.
Total debt principal outstanding. ,5oI S39OoO VI
Accrued interest to date and .cou-
%snt PSnst due not presented l.oepa sss14, roo 80
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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-12-03

GEN. WADE HAMPToN.-Here is q
photograph from a Northern paper of
Wade Hampton, the Murat of the
South:
"Rubens would have delighted to paint
this mans face. strongly marked face,
the face cf hero and a leader of men.
Standing over six feet, the figure athlet-
.ic and full, the shoulders ample and
worthy to carry a head which gives prom
ise of firm but quiet determination, in
brief the head of man who has best rep
resented the strength and intellect of
South Carolina in all the trying years of
her checkered history. The face is
bl oBzed with the smoke and dust of many
a hard fight; such a face as might be
deemed the Incarnation of war when
aroused. The eyes black and piercing,
the chin solid. the jaws of iron mould,
and surmounted by whiskers of the E0g-
lish guardsman fashion. The mans his
tory is a poem in itself We can call to
mind one man ike him in the chronicles
of the Anglo Saxon. That man was
james Graham, Viscount Dundee. Both
were rabreurs. Both alike fought gal
lantry for ike cause, the cause of blood
and birth, and both lost the great stakes
which they had cast headIong in the
fight. South Carelinians will tell you
with pride of his history, of the thirteen
acres of rose gardens, of his stables of
magnificent horses, the finest stables in all
the land of the sunny South, of his gen.
ius, his pride of race, his heroism and
selfsacrifce for the lost cause, of the
struggle which he made and of his manly
and digniied silence when the South
was overthrown, horse, foot, and artillery,
by the might of the North, and of his
wise counsel since then. Mr.. Hampton
wears gray pantaloons, and a dark frock
coat, is retiring in his peck-tie, and is
slightly inclined to corpulence