Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-10-24

REPUBLICANS ndu OeGu SuCCtcS1ol O1 lliC StsttC
ticket, though the Legislature was extremely
doubtful, and its political complexion could
only be determined by the official count. The
election in Indiana, on the 14th, was for local
officers only, and passed off without excite
ment. 1t could scarcely be saidto have had
political significance. No returns had been re-
ceived at midnight of the 14th.
The election in Nebraska, on the 14th, passed
off quietly. At midnight scarcely any returns
had been received. The probability was that
the Republicans had elected their ticket
In the District of Columbia, the election for
members of the House of Delegates, on the
14th, resulted in the choice OF two Democrats
and twenty Republicans. ,,i.-.r
A Carlinsville Qll.) dispatch of the 14th
says the Board of Supervisors of Macoupin
County had been served with notice to appear
at Springfield, and show cause why they
should not be attached Cor contempt, for re-
fusing to include in the tax-leyy certain judg-
ments obtained in the United States Courts
against the county.
The President, on the 14th, issued the fol-
lowing
PROCLAMATION:
By the President of the United States of America:
The approaching close of another year brings
with it the occasion for renewed Thanksgiving and
acknowledgment to the Almighty Ruler of the
Universe for the unnumbered mercies which He
has bestowed upon us. Abundant harvests have
been among the rewards of industry with local ex-
CeptiOns; health has been among the blessings en-
joyed; tranquility at home and peace with other
nations have prevailed frugal industry Is regaining
its merited recognition, its meried reward. Grad
ualy, but under the providence of God surely as we
trust, the nation is recovering from the lingering
results of a dreadful civil strife; for these and
all the other mercies vOuchsafed, it becomes us as
people to return heartfelt and grateful acknOwl-
edeements and with our Thanksgiving we may
unite prayers for the cessation OF local and tenn
porary suffering. l therefore recommend that on
Thursday, the 9th day of November next, the
people meet in their respective places of worship
to make their acknowledgements to Almighty God
for His bounty and His protection and to offer to
Him prayers for their continuance.
In witness whereof, l have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States to
be affixed. Done q The city of Washington this
18th day of October, in the year of Lord 1873,
and of the independence of the United States the
ninety-seventh. @ ULYSSES s. GRANT.
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
A dispatch from New York of the 14th says
that on that day their had been another furry
in the stock market, and securities were
slaughtered in discouraging manner, the
losses being heavier and the feeling worse
than at any time since the panic. The great
decline was due to the straits to which brokers
are reduced by their inability to secure loans.
Prices fell from four to ten per cent, and
several failures had been announced. New
York Central had fallen to S2111, and this
was taken as sign of Vanderbilt's in
ability to bolster it up, it having always
no matter what the consequence
w TTxfo
of the stocks in whichVanderbilt Is interested,
fell to 491a, and Lake Shore to 593s. The
houses of Burger, Hurlburt & Livingston;
Gillespie, Trowbridge tz4Goa, ~ hittenore, and
VIM. Hoge & Co., had suspended
Publication was made in the New York
Evening Post, on the 14th, of a letter from
President Grant, in which he says of his letter
to Anthony and Clafiin:
"My whole object in my letter to Anthony and
C1afin was to restore confidence to the public
mind, and to give assurances that the Government
would give ali the aid in its power, keeping in
view, at the same time, the solvency of the Ma
tional Treasury alluded to the fact that ,OOO-
600 of reserve notes in the Treasury would be re-
garded as money in the Treasury for the purpose
of showing that the means are at hand to give
the relief that we promise. do not
believe the present panic will work to individuals
half the injury that It will work general good to the
country at large. Our monetary system Is crea-
ton of necessity. 1t has no elasticity, but in
other IL Is ae nest 1as @ an as o s
dollar. On the contrary it is seized and boarded
with the same avidity now that gold dollars have
been in former like adversities. The panic will
call attention to the defects in our monetary sys-
tenn, and will no doubt lead to legislation to re-
move the want of elasticity. The panic has
brought greenbacks about to par with silver.
wonder that silver is not already coming into the
market, to supply currency in the circulating me-
dunn. When it does come, and predict That II
soon will, we will have made one rapid stride to-
ward specie payments Currency will never go
below silver after that"
A dispatch from San Francisco of the 18th
says the troops under command Of Lieutenant
Schuyler had come up with the Apaches, I'M
der Delche, killed fourteen warriors and dis
persed the band.
A dispatch from Columbus Ohio, of the
18th, says the Legislature of that State had
been conceded to the Democrats by well-in-
formed Republicans. The prospects of Allen,
Democrat, for Governor, were more favorable
than on the preceding day, although it was
generally believed that Noyes had been elected
by reduced majority.
The latest returns from Pennsylvania, on
the 18th, indicated that Gordon's majority for
Judge of the Supreme Court would reach
about $4,000 Mackey had received about
$4,000 majority.
A San Francisco dispatch of the 18th says
that Mckinney, independent candidate for su-
preme Judge, had probably been elected.
The Sixth Congressional District Democratic
Convention of New York met in New York
City on the 18th, and nominated s. s. Cox
for Congress, in place of James Brooks, de-
ceased.
dispatch from Springfield, Dakota, of the
18th, says war party of 200 Sioux had at
tackled the Poncas on the morning Of that day.
The fight began on the bluffs back of the
Agency, and the Sioux were repulsed with
loss of four killed. Subsequently they re-
newed the attack, and fighting was going on at
the date of the dispatch. The Poncas had
four killed at that time.
An Albany, New York, special of the 18th
says that Charles FL. Phelps, Cashier of the
State Treasury Department, had been arrested
upon the charge of robbing the Treasury of
$3O0,O0O. g. = Il ~ 49, a = -
An Athens, Pa, dispatch of the 18th says
bold robbery had been perpetrated on the
First National Bank, of that place, on the
preceding night While Charles Hull, the
cashier, was working at the desk, about
1890 in the evening, five men came in, and
gagged and handcuffed him. The vault
doors and the inner safe being open, the
robbers secured everything therein and es-
capped The cashier was found on the floor
of the back office, the next morning, in state
of nervous exhaustion. The loss to the bank
was probably small, as it held but small
amount of currency The special deposits
taken would amount to about $50, 900, mostly
negotiable. Hw
Dispatches from Memphis, of the 18th, re-
port that the absence of frost and the prevail