Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-24

For Congress, T. w. Davenport; for Gov.
ernor, Thomas f. Campbell, editor of the
Chaistian Messenger; Secretary of State
III. FL. Doughitt Treasurer, D. Beach
State Printer, William M. Hand, publisher
of the Mosntaineer; Superintendent of Pub.
lie instruction, M. NJ. Oglesby. The plat
form adopted asks for the building of the
Portland, Dallas & Salt Lake Road the i'm.
provement of rivers and harbors the com
pletion of roads already begun; favors the
proper encouragement Of transportation com
panies, corporations and persons engaged in
legitimate business, all under subjection to
law; that freights and fares should be fixed
by the Legislature considers personal charac
ter the criterion for fitness for Office that the
General Government should pay the losses
and damages of settlers by the Modoc war
fayors the Local Option and Civil Damage
i laws indorses the Granger efforts against ex.
tortions and monopolies, etc.
A DELEGATION of planters from the river
parishes bordering On the Uuachita and Red
Rivers, as well as from parishes bordering on
the Mississippi River, waited on Gov. Kel-
logg at New Orleans on the 10Th, stating that
their cattle and stock had all been drowned,
their lands and houses inundated, and them
selves and their laborers reduced to destitu-
tion by the unprecedented food. They asked
| that the United States military authorities be
requested to issue rations to the sufferers.
of the 10Th there was little change in the
condition of affairs Gov. Baxter still occupied
| st.. Johns College and was making prepara-
tions to sustain himself. Mr.. Brooks held the
State House with two pieces of artillery and
about 200 men. Brooks issued a proclama-
tion defining his position, and Baxter a
proclamation declaring martial law. The laG-
ter had surrounded the State House with a
Gordon of sentinels, and it was thought would
have 1900 men at his command by the fol-
lowing day. A later dispatch says that Gov.
Baxter's forces had just taken possession of
the telegraph office. The President had replied
to the demand of Gov. Baxter, asking for the
support Of the Government, that his call was
not made in conformity with the Constitution
and laws of the United States, and that he
could give no aid under the circumstances.
To Mr.. Brooks, who made similar demand,
he made reply declining to comply with, his
request, on the ground that his right to hold
the office had not been fully and finally de-
cided by the courts of Arkansas. The COM
manding officer at Little Rock had been in
structed to take no steps whatever to inter-
fere in the pending troubles, except to pre-
serve the public peace.
|. A COMMITTEE of citizens from New York
waited upon the President on the 18th, and
| presented to him petition signed by about
| $500 bankers, capitalists and merchants of
| that city, asking him to veto the Senate finance
bill, or any other bill tending to expand the
| currency. E<fEE <t
| Gev. w. B. WAsHBURN, of Massachusetts,,
was elected to the unexpired Senatorial term
| of the late Mr.. Sumner on the 18th. This re-
suit was reached on the thirty-thi ballot, as
follows: Whole number of votes cast,
267; necessary to choice, 134. Will
| lam B. Washburn received ISL; Curtis,
Ga; Dawes, 20; Adams, Is; Loring, 4; Banks.
4; Wendell Phillips, s. N. Clifford and J. G.
Whittier, each.
"A DISPATCH received from Raleigh, N. c.,
on the 18th reports severe and heavy rum
blings in Bald and Stone Mountains on the
previous day. The trembling of the earth
was felt more than 100 miles from the noun
tains. The shocks were more severe than be-
fore, and it was firmly believed by scientists
that an eruption was imminent.
A LITTLE Rock dispatch of the 18th reports
little change in the situation in Arkansas.
Both Governors were surrounded by bodies of
men armed to the teeth, but both evidently
considered discretion the better part of valor.
The Federal troops had been ordered to watch
events, taking sides with neither, but ready to
| prevent bloodshed. The Postmaster had de-
clined to deliver mail matter to either, but had
| telegraphed to Washington for instructions.
Judge Whylock, of the Circuit Court, had
overruled the motion to set aside the judg-
ment in the Brooks-Baxter case, and sustained
motion to correct the record so as to
show that the demurrer was submitted
without the knowledge of Baxter or
his attorneys. The bar held meeting
on the 17th and passed severe resolutions
against Whipple, Brooks attorney, for his
| on-professional conduct, and also against the
| court for its action in the absence of the Gov
ernor's counsel. The citizens of Little Rock
had issued proclamation reciting recent
| events and calling upon the citizens of the
| State to sustain Gov. Baxter. Late in the
evening the Postmasier-G General instructed the
Postmaster at Little Rock that letters adj
dressed to ssGovernor Baxter orr" ter,
| Governor of Arkansas should be delivered
| to Baxter; letters addressed to "Governor
Brooks or to Crooks, Governor of Arkan-
| sas, should be delivered to Brooks. He was
instructed to retain all communications ad-
| dressed to "the Governor of Arkansas" until
| further orders. Ss@ sA9 "a
+ A LATE Rio Janeiro dispatch says a
rupture had occurred between the Argentine
1 Republic and the Government at Montevideo,
because President Sarmiento had closed the
River Uruguay against vessels from Oriental
ports. Former reports that the Bishop of
Pernambueo had been rardoned are denied.
1 His sentence had been commuted to simple
Imprisonment. af isas
PRESIDENT GRANT has pardoned Leander
and Byron Fox, convicted last year of sending
j obscene books through the mails, and SEN
tenced to one years imprisonment and a fine of
$500 each. The President ordered their dis
charge on condition of their paying the fine
and costs. They claimed at the time that they
had bought the books as purely scientific
medical works, and were not aware OF their
containing anything that could be construed
into mere obscenity. ssa
THE Civil Service Commission, in a recent
report to the President, say: M
Regarded rs whole, the situation and pros
poets may be stated as favorable. To arrest the
now system now, when it has encountered all pos
sible obstacles, and has surmounted most of them.
but has net had time to develop the experience re-
quired to exhibit the best application OF its meth
ocs and full result of its influence, would be in
every way inconclusive and unfortunate. To car
ry on the reform for another year there is needed