Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-09-11


Interest paid by the United States 24,325396
Interest repaid by the transportation ,
Balance of interest paid by United
states. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. lo,5ooi 'o4
HON. MARSHALL JEWELL on the 1st took
the oath of Office and assumed the duties of
Postmaster General.
A WASHINGTON telegram of the 1st states
that a wu1l-czxc,utou counterfeit twenty-do1iar
note of the Merchants National Bank, of New
York, had been discovered by the Treasury
experts in package of National Bank notes
sent for redemption.
THE Attorney-G General on the 1st left Wash
ington to consult with the President in regard
to alleged Southern outrages.
A WoMAN's National Temperance Conven-
ton is to be held at Cleveland Ohio, in No
vember next-date not yet fixed upon.
AUGUST GARDNER, Frenchman, while
walking on the railroad track near Henry
Vile, Ind, on the evening of the Both ult., was
robbed of his money by couplt of foot-pads,
and then tied to the rail in such a manner that
when the cars came along both legs were cut
off above the knees He died on the morning
of the 31st ult.
THE Secretary of the Treasury on the 1st
called in for redemption $15,000,000 of $50
bonds of the third and foulth series of Feb.
25, 1862.
THE Ohio Republican State Convention met
at Columbus on the I'd, and placed in nomi-
nation the following ticket: For Secretary of
State, A. T. Wikoff; Supreme Judge, long
term, Luther Day; short term, W. W. john
son; School Commissioner, Thomas W.
Howe; Clerk of Supreme Court, Rodney
Foss: member of thu Board of Public Works,
Stephen r. Hosmer-all denominations eX-
cept Johnson, who il nominated for the un-
expired term of judge Stone, resigned. The
resolutions adopted reaffirm the princi-
Piles and policy of the Republican
party; demand thtt the equal civil and
political rights of all citizens be en-
forced by appropriate legislation; favor
tariff for revenue, with incidental protection
to aid and encourage American industry:
denounce all forms of open or covert repudia-
ton, and declare it 10 be the duty of the
National Government to adopt measures for
gradually restoring our paper money
to specie standard without shock to the
business interests of the country, after which
banking should be free declare in favor OF
National and State legislation to promote
cheap and prompt transportation; condemn
the recent alleged outrages and murders of
unoffending colored citizens in the South;
favor the restraint of intemperance and its
causes, to the full extent of the legislative,
judicial and police powers of the State.
- ba1d ot
jefferson City, Mo-, on the I'd, and nominated
William Gentry for Governor and FL. w.
Headlee for Lieutenant-Governor. Resolu-
tions were adopted-against any further in
crease of the State debt; declaring against
all combinations which tend to increase the
cost of TRANSPORTATION beyond a fair remuner-
alton to carriers, and that it is the duty of
the legislative branch of the Government to
subject the railroads to such wise and impair
tial enactments as will protect the people
from extortion without impairing the rights
or usefulness of such corporations; opposing
any further contraction of the national cur
rency as detrimental to the interests of the
producing classes.
On the 3Oth ult., according to Lexington
(Mo.) dispatch of the I'd, the James boys and
one of the Younger gang stopped and robbed
a stage full of passengers near North Lexing-
ton, realizing by the outrage about $500 in
chattels and money. They rode away in plain
view of hundreds of people who had got wind
of the affair and gathered on the bluffs to
witness it.
RESOLUTIONS were adopted on the I'd by
the Columbia g. CO. Board of Trade denounc-
ing the attempt of certain parties, and partic-
ularly of John j. Patterson, to create false
impression as to the relations which exist
between the white and colored people of that
State. They brand the statement that there