Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-04-01
POLITICAL.


Considerable excitement was created in
Richmond, Va, by the recent appoint
ment by Governor Walker, of a new Com
mon Council, which at once appointed II
K. Ellyson Mayor, ,and chose new Chief and
Captains of Police The new appointees
on the 18th took steps to enter upon
their offices, but were resisted by Mayor
Chahoon and his police organization,
the appointees under United States Mill
tary Government who claimed that they
were legally in possession of the city gov
ernment until their successors shall have
been elected by the people. Both Mayors
had interviews with Gen. Candy on the
18th. Mayor Ellyson's police had posses
sion of the city buildings, with the excep-
tion of the station houses.
A Richmond dispatch of the Goth says
that dense crowds of blacks had been
standing around Chahoon's headquarters
al! day. The streets were so blocked up
at night that Mayor Elyson sent force OF
men to clear them away. They were
fired upon by negroes, and Richard Rush,
member of the special force, was in
stantly killed, and Captain William Knox
wounded. The Ellyson Police then fired
on the crowd, who, after resisting the at
tack, were driven off. Governor Walker
had stated, in communication to Gen.
Candy, that Gas chief executive officer of
the State he will see its laws faithfully
performed, and when he finds the power
of the State inadequate, he will call In the
aid of the United States. He contends
that in a municipal difference in New
York neither General Candy nor any
military officer would have interfered, nor
should it be done in Virginia, a State that
stands on the same footing in the Union
with any other"
About 100 negroes registered at ST.
Louis, on the 21st, as voters, notwith-
standing the, ratification of the Fifteenth
Amendment had not been officially pro-
mulgated.
Gov. Stevenson has issued proclama-
ton, which orders an election in the
Third Congressional District of Kentucky,
on the 25th Of April, to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation of }. 5.
Golladay.
The Kentucky Legislature has adj
iourned to meet in January, 1871.
Affairs were quiet in Richmond on the
21st. In General Canby's reply to Gov
ernor Walkers letter, he says he concurs
fully in the Governors statement OF con-
stitutional and State laws in relation to
the employment of the military arm OF the
government against domestic violence,
but saws his instructions from the Presl-
dent and Secretary of War relate to ex-
ceptional cases. 1ah
+, The Republican Convention held at
Napoleon, Ohio, on the 22d, nominated
E. d. Peck, of Wood county, for Rep
resentative in Congress from the Tenth
district, to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Hon. Truman III. Hoag.
A Richmond telegram of the 2sd states
that the conflict between the rival Mayors
was at an end so far as force was con-
cerned, and the matter would be judicially
settled.
The case of Chahoon against Ellyson,
for the Mayoralty of !Richmond, was
heard on the 23d, by Judge Underwood.
During the argument the Judge expressed
an opinion that the enabling act was un-
constitutional
The Ohio State Central Republican
Committee have resolved to hold the next
State Convention on "Wednesday, the 10th
of August. 1 nc8 aa
After third trial, Lewiston, Me, sue
ceeded in choosing a Mayor, VIM. Ii. Ste
yens, the citizens nominee.
THERE is small greyhound at Green
field, who is very fond of dolls The little
girls in the family of his master some
times allowed him to carry their dolls
around the parlor in his mouth, and he
went through the operation wagging his
tail with great vigor One day, an older
sister made doll expressly for the grey
hound, and made him understand that il
was his own property. At once he ran
of and hid it where it could not be found
! 81 veral days after, seeing the children
! PLAYING with their dolls, he beggedto be
| let out of the house He went directlytc
a corner of the yard where he had buried
his doll like bone, dug it up, shook i
| free from dirt, and rejoined the group ii
the house with his pet in his mouth, AMI
his tail more active than ever.