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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-06-13
The Westward ExOdus---Its Main
Spring.
BY PROF. J. d. BUTLER.

BY PROF. j. d. BUTLER.
LINCOLN, Nebraska, 1873.
THE West draws new settlers into its
capacious bosom by its fertility, its free
homesteads, and its infinite demand for
labor, whether skilled or unskilled. 1t
also drives them to take shelter under
its wings by competition.
New England once raised her own
breadstuffs, but she has long ceased so to
do. The produce of richer and cheaper
lands competed with her farmers, till it
proved more than match for their skill
and energy. Many of them then turned
to manufacturers, but still larger num-
Der were hence driven West. They made
their own some of the cheap acres there,
and enlisted in the ranks of the agricul-
tural army which had vanquished them.
Thus the West is constantly acting on
the East with an increasing weight, and
that of larger and longer lever. Here
is one secret of its rapid growth.
1t is forty years since the first white
families entered Iowa. But no more than
one-third its present population were born
within its limits; two-thirds have come in.
OF its twelve hundred thousand to-day,
about one-half were born in some more
eastern State. Foreign countries being
further than the Atlantic slope from the
West have hitherto felt its influence less
but even they were long since driven rs
well as drawn to send their sons thither
The influence exerted upon them has
been of the same nature with that which
has brought Westward so many from our
own East Hence one-sixth of the popu-
lation of Iowa has come into it from be-
yond the Atlantic.
Not one-sixth of the population of Ne
braska were born within its limits. More
than twenty-five thousand homesteaders
and pre-emptors have filed claims in the
land-office at Lincoln, capital not yet
six years old and within the last three
years, about three thousand settlers have
bought farms on the land grant to the
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad
ON ten years. credit and six per cent
interest," and, on contracts made since
1872, no installment Of the principal due
till the beginning of the fifth year-and
then only one-seventh.
The Westward tidal wave was never so
strong as to-day--but it will be stronger
tomorrow. The stronger it grows the
more strength it has to grow stronger.
Nor can it fail to wax still more mighty
till so many of the European millions
have migrated that the density of popula-
tion and the rate of wages shall have be-
come well-nigb equalized on both sides
of the Atlantic.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-06-13
NUMBER 40.

Fairchild, who told them that the Modoes were
all Hot Creeks, except Little John, and that
there were no charges against them. Fairchld
undertook to push on. to Boyle's Camp, and
the volunteers retired to the camp near Craw-
ley's. On the road he noticed two men ahead,
riding to Rocky Point, as if to intercept him.
When the team approached, one presented q
needle-gun at Fairchild and ordered him to
dismount. Every male Indian prisoner was
then deliberately shot and killed. The war
riors shot were unarmed. They were not
charged with murder. The news of this mas
sacre was received in San Francisco with sur
prise and indignation.
A New Orleans dispatch of the 9th says the
cholera was thought to be on the increase in
that city, though there was no marked in
crease in the mortality.
The recent Tennessee Industrial Exposition,
held at Nashville, is said to have been great
success.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-06-13
The Recent Domestic Tragedy In New
York.

NEW YORK, June 8.
THE following are the particulars of the
shooting of Mansfield T. Walworth the
author, who was son of the late Chan
cellor Walworth, by his son, Frank II.
Walworth, of Saratoga. 1t is to be re-
marked that Mr. Walworth and his family
have for some time been living separately
Mrs. Walworth and her son Frank re-
siding at Saratoga, and Mr.. Walworth
boarding in this city. The family is one
of the oldest and most respectable in New
York. 1t appears that serious quarrel
has divided the husband and father from
his wife and son, and the son claims that
his fathers repeated and persistent insult
ing and threatening letters to his mother
are what impelled him to the terrible deed:
Monday afternoon, about 8 O'Clock,
Frank III. Walworth arrived in this city
from Saratoga, and put up at the Sturte-
want House. He was assigned to room
No. 267. After cleaning himself from the
dust of travel, he went out and proceeded
to the house where his father was board
ing, in Fourth avenue, two doors north of
Fifty-fourth street. He inquired for Mr.
Walworth, and was informed that he was
not at home. He then left note, asking
his father to call at the Sturtevant House
ollO ScG ulIIl, DIS llc WduGCu W SCeGiO up
some family matters. When Mr.. Wal
worth reached his house, he received
note which his son had left, and
this morning left the house about 6
O'Clock to go and see him. At 6;15 Wal
worth entered the Sturtevant House, and
inquired of the night clerk for Frank H.
Walwo,th. The clerk sent little boy up
to his room with the card of Mr.. Wal
worth senior to ascertain if the son would
then see him. The boy soon returned
with the answer to show the gentleman
up. Walworth senior then went upstairs,
and in about fifteen or twenty minutes
afterward the sound of shots was heard
coming from the room by the chamber
maid, who ran down stairs and informed
the clerk. The clerk Immediately sent
out for an officer, but before he arrived
Frank Walworth walked down stairs with
his coat on his arm, and stated to the clerk
that he had shot his father, and asking
| where the nearest police station was.
After receiving the desired information,
he went to the telegraph Office, sent off a
dispatch to his uncle, telling him what he
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-06-13

had done and asking him to break the
news as gently as possible to his mother,
before she could lear of it in another way
He then proceeded to the Thirteenth
Street Police Station, and, walking up to
the desk, stated to Sergeant Mullen, who
was in charge that he had shot his father,
who was then lying dead in the Sturtevant
House, at the same time handing over his
revolver, which proved to be one of Colts
five-barreled The Sergeant examined the
chambers of the revolver and found that
four of them had recently been emptied of
their contents. He then asked the young
man why he committed the murder, and
the answer was Family troubles" He
was then taken back and locked up in one
of the cells, after which the Sergeant went
down to the Sturtevant House to ascertain
the truth or falsity of the statement made
by the prisoner The hotel clerk told him
that it was true, and showed him to the
room where the body of senior Walworth
had been found lying on the floor with
pool of blood about his head. Coroner
Young soon arrived and made an eXamina-
ton of the body and wounds. There were
four bullet-wounds-a wound in the left
side and one in the right side of the chest;
another in the left arm, and yet another in
buC Il2uU plUC VI bllC ldCC uCdI tllC Cdl Z.
There are marks of powder near this, so
that the weapon must have been close to
the flesh when it was discharged. The
moval of the body, which was subsequently
taken to the undertaker's at No. 60 Car
mine street DR.. Marsh will make post
mortem examination of the body at the
above place tomorrow morning, and the
inc will no ho1S ho 1ottar of thic
week.
The prisoner will remain at the station
house until after the inquest, and should
a verdict be rendered against him, he will
be sent to the Tombs He is but nineteen
years of age, and treats the affair very
lightly. He expresses no regret for the
murder, except in so far as the terrible
distress it will occasion his mother and
family. DR.. Marsh did not find any pistol
in the pockets of the deceased, but found
breast pocket.
The Tribune furnishes the following:
Mrs. Walworth, little more than three
years ago, inS tituted proceedings for di-
vorce and eventually obtained bill OF
separation on the ground of cruel treat
ment on the part of her husband. She
received the sympathy and support OF the
relatives of herself and husband and all
friends who were conversant with the facts
in the case. Since her separation from
him Walworth has annoyed her in various
ways, principally by writing her abusive
letters and occasionally threatening her
life. He has also reflected upon her char
acter, it is said, in an indirect way, in one
Of his works of fiction.
Mrs. Walworth is the daughter of Gen
eral Hardin, of Illinois, military man of
prominence in the Mexican war, he hav-
ing especially distinguished himself at
Buena Vista.
Frank Walworth, on commitment
made out by the Coroner, has been re-
moved to the Tombs.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-06-13
miscellaneous Read .lng.
IN THE Wiley.

BY NARY B. DODGE.
THERE Is light behind the mountain
Bright and cleart
What though within the valley
Shades appear
TO blot out every tender germ OF ',oneS
What though the weary feet in tdarkness oroneS
Faith holds horoscope
Foreteling true though hero the sun he set
de lives behind the meant IN glory vet
There is light behir 4 the mountainl
OF answering b (Is 10 eastward
ihat IN tne &est there shines as bright SUN
AS "hel1 nS a. morn the journey was begun.
l,, Ie light has but forerun
d iSE sE hng souls, which lost themselves in shade
nn' q ept till earnest time was overstayed.
In ere is light behind the mountalnl
Only we
Must wake and scale the summit
Steadily
IF down in valley damps we longer stay
And browse away another dreamful day,
The toll we but delay;
For who in fullnees greets the flaming West
Must stand upon the mountains mastered crest.
There is light behind the mountainl
Lifted eyes
Shall see the suns fond, lingering
Look, that lies
In benedictOn on the misty line.
One other look, which words may not define
A look of Love Divine
In holier blessing, waits to lead The way
Up from the valley to effulgent day.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-06-13
THE NEW WORLD.

Gold closed in New York on the 9th at
11S@11S1S.
Hon. John A. Bingham, of Ohio, has been
Long, resigned.
Mansfield T. Walworth, well-known writer,
author Of several works of fiction, was on the
morning of the Sd, shot and instantly killed by
his son, Frank 81. Walworth, aged nineteen, at
the Sturtevant House, New York. Young
Walworth, after committing the terrible deed,
at once delivered himself up to the police au-
thorities The deceased had been separated
from his wife for some three years, and the
son lived with his mother at Saratoga Springs
In extenuation of his crime, he says that his
father had sent them insulting letters, and had
threatened to shoot both his mother and him
self.
A meeting of Western Railroad Managers
was held in Chicago on the Sd, at which were
representatives of fifteen different railroads,
among them the Chicago & Northwestern,
the Milwaukee & St. Paul. Illinois Central,
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, st. Louis,
Vandalia & Terre Haute, Ohio d Mississippi,
Gilman, Clinton & Springfield, Chicago, Dan
vile 81 Vincennes, and the Chicago & Iowa.
After considerable discussion it was unani-
mously yresolved to cancel all outstanding passes
on the 30th of June, and to refuse to
issue any more after that date. This
order is absolute, except with regard to
the passage of employees over roads with
which they are connected, and except in cases
where roads are compelled by existing con-
tracts to grant passes. Clergymen are no
longer to be allowed half-fare tickets, and
railroad officers are no longer to exchange
passes with each other.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-06-13
The Beecher Trouble.
NEW YORK, May 80.

NEW YORK, May 30.
The custodian Of the covenant entered
into April g. 1879, by Henry Ward Beecher,
Theodore Tilton and Henry G. Bowen,
makes that instrument public this morn
ing, assigning as his reason therefor the
fact that Bowen has of late repeatedly de-
clared that he had never disavowed his
charges against Mr.. Beecher, but that he
yet insisted upon their truth. The dis
avowal, to which is attached the sigma
lures of the above-named, opens thus:
eve three men, earnestly desiring to
remove all causes of offense existing be-
tween us, real or fancied, and to make
Christian reparation for injuries done or
supposed to be done, and TO efface dis
turbed past and to provide concord, good
will and love for the future, do declare
and covenant"
Henry c. Bowen then disavows all the
charges and imputations attributed to him,
as made by him, against Beecher, and
declares, without reserve, that he knows
nothing which should prevent him from
extending to Beecher his most cordial
friendship, confidence and Christian fel-
lowship, regretting sincerely that he ever
made any imputations, charges or innuen-
does unfavorable to the Christian charac-
ter of Beecher, and promising never, in the
future, to recur to them by word or deed.
Theodore Tilton avows that he will
never again repeat, by word of mouth or
otherwise, any of the allegations, imputa-
tions or innuendoes contained in his letter
to Bowen, in which the latter is cited as
the author of said allegations, etc, against
the moral and Christian character of MIR.
Beecher.
Mr. Beecher, on his part, puts the past
forever out of sight and memory, and says:
II deeply regret the causes of suspicion,
jealousy and arrangement which have
come between us. 1t is a joy to me to
have my old regard for Henry G. Bowen
and Theodore Tilton restored, and happi-
ness to me to resume the old relations
of love, respect and reliance to each and
both of them. If / have said anything
injurious to the reputation of either, or
have detracted from their standing and
fame as Christian gentlemen and members
of my church, revoke it all, and heartily
covenant to repair and reinstate them to
the extent of my power''
The custodian Of the covenant says:
''The public can understand the brave
silence which the great preacher has kept
under the protracted storm of slander He
had covenanted to bury the past and to
maintain peace and brotherhood. The
document is given to the world to estop
and convict the principal offender against
truth, public decency and the rights OF
reputation
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-06-13
The Railroads and the New Illinois
Law.

A REPOTTER from the Inte7-OceG7a
called yesterday upon several prom
inent railway officials Of the different
roads centering in Chicago, and from them
learned that the steps which led to the
abolition of the pass system received Its
first momentus from clause in section s
of the act becoming a law on the lst
prox. This clause prohibits any dlscrlml
nation in regard to persons or treights, yet
allows the corporation to issue commuta-
ton, excursion or thousand-mile tickets,
as heretofore Railway companies can fix
upon any Communication, half-fare, excur-
sion, or other rates; but they must grant
no special rights to one individual not to
be enioyed by all. The pass system has
been a heavy burden upon the railway
companies, and it was with great alacrity
that they sought refuge behind the shell
tering clause of the new law and abol-
ished 1t.
This burden has been heavier upon some
roads than upon others. The Superlnten-
dent of the st. Louis Railway stated yes
terday that ten per cent OF their passenger
travel was composed of persons travelling
upon free passes. The location OF the
State capital upon this road increases the
E'dead head" travel to large per cent; but
each of the heads of the various roads Wis
tied state that large per cent. of their
ravel is also free.
The rumor that gained considerable Gre
dence in railway circles in regard to the
esnooling'' of the earnings of the Milwau-
1ree. ST. Paul 81 Chicago and Northwest
orn roads, it is claimed, has no signifi-
canoe. This question would be settled by
the Executive Board of the different roads
whose headquarters are in the city of New
Vork The officers of the Northwestern
Railway say that change of this impor
tance would involve a revolution in the
entire entire management of theroads interested
and no information having been received
from New York, the rumor is not needed
They state that had such change been ei
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-06-13

A SECOND SAM PATcH.-About two
o'clock Sunday afternoon a man named
George Watson, carpenter, was strolling
around the Passaic Falls half drunk, when
he suddenly took it into his head to outdo
Sam Patch's famous leap from the Falls.
So he deliberately climbed up on the iron
bridge which crosses the chasm, and be-
fore any one could prevent had jumped off
the dizzy height, and sped through dis
tance of fully eighty feet to the boiling
flood below A number of persons saw
the fearful leap and hurried to the spot,
expecting to see dead body floating on
the water, but to their astonishment Wat
son came up safely but soberly, and hastily
clambered upon the large square rock be-
low the bridge, where he sat covering and
shivering with alright at his foolhardi-
ness. He was too much unstrung to swim
across the basin to dry land. and so had to
try to Chamber up through the narrow crew
ice near by. A large crowd soon gathered,
with every appliance to extricate him
from his precarious situation. Watson
was completely exhausted when drawn
out by his friends.-Paters0n (N. J) Guar
diam.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-06-13

SOME time ago DR.. Mary E. Walker
made application for pension on ac-
count of disability incurred while per
forming duty as contract surgeon with
the Union forces in the Southwest during
the rebellion The disability of which
she complained was weakness of the eyes.
The case was investigated by the Commits
sioner of Pensions, who came to the con-
clusion that the disability was not con-
tracted while she was contract surgeon
in the army, and therefore rejected her
application.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-06-13
instances of canine s.

Remarkable instances of canine sa-
gacity'' are generally too much for us,
but here is one related by an Eastern
newspaper (which must, therefore, be
true), and which has the appearance OF
probability. "The other day." so begins
the newspaper, "a gentleman transacting
business in this village, left his horse at
tached to chaise tied under shed. Re
naming with the horse was coach-dog,
who took advantage of his masters ab-
sence to enjoy hasty nap in the vehicle
In the meantime, the horse somehow
broke away from his fastening, and started
off at a furious gallop. This awakened
the dog, who at once realizing the state OF
affairs, attempted to seize the reins with
his teeth, but was unable to do so owing
to their being covered by an overcoat
Fortunately, however, the reins fell from
the carriage on to the ground, when the
dog, with singular presence of mind,
leaped nimbly after them, caught them in
his mouth, reined the horse to stand
still, and held the reins firmly until he de-
livered them, with a graceful wag of the
tail, to stranger, whom, under ordinary
circumstances, he would not have al
lowed to approach his masters property"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-06-13

On the examination of samples Of green
tea, stored in bonded warehouses in Lon
don, it was found that this so-called tea
contained from forty to forty three per cent.
of iron and nineteen per cent. of silica, in
the form of fine sand. The above SUBJ
stances had been mixed with the leaves,
with a view to increase their weight and
bulk After the leaves were curled, they
became thickly covered with green pig
ment, and when infused in boiling water
a turbid solution was produced, offensive
to the smell and nauseous to the taste.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-06-13

THE murderer Lusignani, lately hung
in New Jersey, had some native wit, if he
did part his hair in the middle. Just be-
fore he was led out to execution, one OF
the priests said: 81 would willingly be in
your place; you will be in heaven SOON"
s'Weli, take my place" said the prisoner,
"I will get under the bed"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-06-13

They are making salt at Arkansas
City, in Sumner County, Kansas, and have
so far proved successful. Thirty barrels
a week is the average
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-06-13

"A highly trained nine of Western
baseball club are labelled poison" they
are such strict nine.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-06-13

SEE. in another column, the advertise
ment headed II utU help any man."
The Khedive has eighty children.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-05-21

A correspondent of the New York
Tribune, who was livingin the vicin-
ity of the Lava Beds at the time, and
was personally conversant with the
facts which ho narrates, makes public
a scrap of history which, If II is true,
and cannot be disproved, ought GER
taiIly not to be forgotten just at this
time. The indignation Of the nation
at the massacre of Gen. Canby end
his companions, while attending a
peace conference with the Modocs, IL
most just and natural but was equal
Indignation, or any indignation, ex-
pressed when, in 1852, forty Indians
Of this tribe, including their chief
were similarly murdered by the whites,
while gathered al q peace conference
TO which Captain Wright had invited
them ? II evidently makes a vast diff
ference with US who are tho murder
ers and who the victims. The present
Modoc chief has remembered but too
we'll this death Of his father twenty
years ago. The account is as follows
"The Modoc Indians occupied the
territory between Yreks and Surpriss
Valley, boipg about 100 miles LONG BY
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-05-21
Some Cockroaches.

"And so you loft the Juliana, because
of few cockroaches 7" exclaimed
Mr.. Whoppers. at'
"a few cookroaches - Indignantly
replied the spokesman OF the group;
Lord bless you what do you call a
few "a thousand now, or five hum
dred thousand p or five hundred
thousand million billion? Why, the
reaches were so thick that every step
you took up and down the deck you'd
kill dozen Of 'em. The captain and
mates had to fight their way forward
with trumpet, spy-glass, or marine
spikes, and when We relieved the
wheel, d man had to get in the fore
top, work his way t,aud come down
by the mizzen backstay. Not soul
had been below for three months, ex-
ccpt one poor fellow who tumbled
down the iorecaste hatch, head fore.
most, into tho cockroaches. Tho
cockroaches closed over him. Hs
struggled for moment, but 'twant
20 use lin five minutes his bones wero-
picked as clean as my knife blade. =
Wo worked round into Santa Cruz,
but the reaches on our yard arms be-
gan to ay off in clouds 10 the other
vessels in the roadstead, and the gov.
ernor pointed the guns OF the fort at
us, to clear out, which we did, out
then wo couldn't set rag Of sail, or
haul our yards rourd, for the reaches
were so thick they choked the blocks,
and devil brace or halyard could bo
made to run We hoated round for q
long time, all hands sleeping in tho
boats that we kept towing astern, un.
Ill go, tired, aud says /, Boys, lots
cut and run for the Grand Canary,
which we did one night Wereached
Grand Canary in safety, got across 10
Orrataro, in Tencritfe, and took ship
for Cadiz."
"Cadiz, my dear fellow !" exclaimed
Mr.. Whoppers, "you did wrong-you
ought TO have sailed for Rochelle, or
shipped at least, on wbaler. ] don't
know anybody better than you who
could have taken roach buck but
am much obliged to you for your
yarn. It's short and It encronchcs u
little on the fabulous, but it's tough,
and will do to string two or three TO
be continncd's' on" = From Nerer
Again, BY W. s, Mayo, W ID.
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