Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-04-15

! Wilmington, Del, on the 2d, negroes
voted for the first time in that State.
Colored votes were refused in two wards
| The National Executive Committee of
the colored men have issued proclama-
tion announcing the ratification of the Fif-
| teenth Amendment
| A Washington telegram of the 2d says
"The Presidents organ, the Chronicle of
| this city, is out to-day in opposition to
| the continuance of the, income tax, and
contests the ground taken by Secretary
Boutwell,, that the tax is indispensable to
maintain a proper standard of revenue.
| The article is understood to be the result
of an interview with the President on this
subject last evening. This matter is like
| ly to result in serious difference between
the President and Boutwell,"
Gov Davis of Texas, has ISSUED a proc
lamation calling session of the Legisla-
ture to meet at Austin, on the Goth inst.
The classification of State Senators pro-
vided for in the constitution of Missis-
sippi has been effected, half holding four
years and half two years. Six of the sew
en- Democrats and ten of the twenty-six
Republicans were chosen for four years.
A Hartford, Conn, telegram of the 4th
states that English, Democrat, for Gov
ernor, was no doubt elected. The Legis-
lature would be close. Hartford gives
Jewell 859 English, 3,407; and re-elects
Charles r. Chapman, Democrat, Mayor,
and the rest of the city ticket by 900 ma
jority. The Democrats have 4 majority
in the Council.
A Detroit, Mich, dispatch of the 4th
says: "Charter elections were held in
twenty-five cities in this State to-day. In
all of them straight party tickets were
run; but the results were more or less
affected by local issues. The Republicans
lose in Adrian, Port Huron and Lansing,
and gain in Saginaw City and Ann Arbor.
The returns have small political signiii-
cance. The colored men generally voted"
At the election in Cincinnati on the
4th, the Republicans elected their gene
raj city ticket and a majority of the City
Council. The Bible men carried the
School Board in the city, securing four
majority of the Board. In the election in
Cleveland the Democrats gained two
members of the Council. In Dayton,
Morrison, Democrat, was elected Mayor.
Governor Palmer, of Illinois, issued a
proclamation ON the 4th, declaring the
ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment
to the Federal Constitution. 1rf
A Hartford telegram of the 9TH says:
"Complete returns from the State except
two towns, which last year gave English
113 majority, foot up, English, 43,s43;
Jewell, 43,151. Baldwin, Republican, is
elected Senator in the Sixteenth District
by 26 majority, which makes the SenaCe
stand II Republicans to 10 Democrats"
The Republicans claimed majority of six
in the House.
A Toledo, Ohio, dispatch Of the 9Th
says: "Incomplete returns from. the dis
trict indicate the election of Mr.. Peck,
Republican, to Congress. The Republi-
cans also elected their city ticket here yes
terday. The colored men voted"
The Republican State Convention of
New York is called to meet at Rochester,
April 28, to nominate candidates for
Judges of the Court of Appeals.
The latest revised returns received in
Hartford, on the. 9th, give English S32
majority. Senate-1t Republicans, 10
Democrats. House-13 Republican ma
jority.
The Rhode Island State election, which
took place on the 9Th, resulted in the re-
election of the Republican State officers
The vote was light The returns On the
9th indicated, in the Senate, % Republi-
cans, Democrats, 1 Citizen, and 1 no
choice In the House, so Republicans,
IA Democrats, and no choice The Re-
publican majority in the State is about
1000. 0j
The Legislature of North Carolina has
adjourned sine de-
The remains of General Thomas ar
rived in Troy on the morning of the 18th.
The funeral train was met at Schenectady
by committee appointed by citizens of
Troy.
Captain John E. Blaine, of Pennsyl-
vania, brother of Speaker Blaine, has
been appointed Special Agent of the
| Treasury Department