Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-12-13

! Congress, and of the Municipal Government
/ Of New York, and countless thousands oi
citizens formed the procession that followed
the remains to the grave. The ceremonies
were very solemn and impressive. s-r
/ At recent meeting of prominent educa
tors of the State of Ohio, it was decided to
take the proper steps for having the system
of education as praeticed in Ohio fully rep.
resented at the Vienna Exposition.
A bill has been passed by the Cherokee
National Council, banishing all white men
! from the nation.
The Maryland Electoral College, on the
4th, cast a unanimous vote for Hendricks,
of Indiana, for President. Suitable resolu-
tions were passed on the death of Horace
Greeley. The Electoral vote of Georgia is
as follows: For President-B. Gratz Brown,
s.; Horace Greeley, 8; Charles Jenkins,
Georgia, 2. For Vice-President-B. Gratz
Brown, 5; General A. H. Colquit, Iowa, s;
General n. P. Banks, Massachusetts, /.
The Secretary of State of Arkansas, on the
| 4th, declared the Grant electors elected by
majorities ranging from 5000 to 1000.
Judge Merrimon, who was defeated as the
Democratic candidate for Governor of North
Carolina,in September, has been chosen Uni
ted States Senator, in the place of Mr. Pool,
by the Legislature of that State.
Mr.. Spencer, Republican, has been re-elect-
ed United States Senator by the Legislature
of Alabama.
The President sent the following nomina-
tions to the Senate on the 5th: Ward Hunt,
of New York, Associate Justice of the Su-
preme Court; James L. Orr, of North Caro-
lima, for Minister to Russia S. F. Phillips,
Solicitor General, Vice Bristow; Lucien Haw-
ley, Supervisor of Internal Revenue, New
York; Brigadier General Irwin Mcdowell, to
be Major General; Fl. K. Knowles, Justice of
the Supreme Court of Montana Territory.
United States District Attorneys N. Tan
ster, for the Western District of Indiana;
VIM Patrick, Eastern District of Missouri; !;
VIM. Pound, Dakota Territory. United
States Marshal-J. H. Burdick, for Dakota
Territory.
The Protestant Episcopal Churches OF
Massachusetts recently held special con-
vention and elected Rev. Benz. 1. Hight, of
New York, Bishop, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Bishop Eastburn.
A terrible accident occurred on the Penn
syivania Central Railroad, near Miffiin, Pa, ,on
the evening of the 5th. The second section
of the Cincinnati express, bound east, ran
into car of the first section, and telescoped
the Pullman cars. The names of the killed
are Matthew Knowles and J. w. Bacon, of
Chicago, and w. W. Dantz, wife and child,
of Green Bay, Wis. Five other persons were
injured, but none seriously. Every person
H.. sy.s,,
The Republican State Convention Of New
Hampshire is to be held on the 14th of
January.
The New York Herald proposes press
fund for the endowment Of the children of
the late Mr.. Greeley, and offers 81 900 as it's
own subscription. .
A reception was given in New York on
the night of the 4th to the Hon E. B. Wash
burne, by the Union League.
Mrs. Greeley bequeathed to her husband
all her pictures and statuary, rare and val
liable collection, and instructed Ida Greeley
to appropriate 800 for the purchase of some
husband. It was also provided that in case
of Mr.. Grceley's dying, or marrying again,
Mrs. Greeley's real estate is not to be sold,
nor the principal of the property used by
either of the children, without the joint
consent of Ida Greeley and Judge Hart.
Mrs. Greeley had a policy of life insurance
on Mr. Greeley's life to the amount of $10,-
600 to $40, 900; also, it is stated some Tribune
shares and various other stocks, besides the
real estate.
The Missouri Electoral College voted as
follows: For President-B. Gratz Brown, 8;
Thomas A. Hendricks, 6; David Davis, l.
For -President-B. Gratz Brown, 6; Geo.
w. Julian, 5; John M. Palmer. 3; VIM. s.
Groesbeck, l. ~..
The horse distemper was spreading in st.
Louis on the 5th, and there were few stables
in the city which had not more or less cases,
although general business in the city was
not yet Interrupted. lea, 81 ea
The Tennessee Electoral College cast the
vote of the State for Governor Hendricks, of
Indiana, for President, and B. Gratz Brown
for 'Vice-President. Il
The Greeley Electors of Arkansas as
sembled on the 4th, and, claiming to be
elected, cast the vote of the State for B. Gratz
Brown for President, and General N. 7.
Banks, of Massachusetts,, for Vice President
They did this after being officially informed
by the Governor that, on a canvass of the
votes, the Grant Electors were elected. They
charge the latter result was reached through
fraud. They passed appropriate resolutions
on the death of Mr.. Greeley. Both sides in
the State claim the election of their ticket,
and will endeavor to install themselves in
Office.
Thos. A. johnson, Senior Justice of the
Supreme Court of New York, died at Corn
ing on the evening of the 5th.
Mr.. Greeley's daughters have stated that
they will not accept the proposed endow-
ment fund started for their benefit, as they
need no personal aid, but suggest, Indirect
ly, that the money be used for statue to
theirsfather's s memory, in which casesthey
VIII themselves contribute toward it.
On5the morning of the 9Th, Governor War
moth, of Louisiana, issued proclamation
enforcing thereport of the returning officers
appointed by him to canvass the votes cast
at the recent election. By their returns the
vote Republican, &C, 235; Democratic,
6S, 1859. In the Eighth District Court, in the
case of the s'Custom-House Returning Board
as. the Governors Returning Board" it was
decided by Judge Durell that large number
of voters had been illegally deprived OF the
franchise, and that ten thousand votes
which would have been cast Tor the
complainant were about to be suppressed by
an illegal board The Court therefore pro
hibited Governor Warmoth from exercising
any authority over the returns or papers of
the recent election, and drestraining him from
granting any certificates Of election whstev-
er. On the morning of the 9th two compa-
nies of the First Artillery of United States
troops, under directions of Deputy United