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HE CHRONICLE.
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KX4 of lu or I wcnty
RATES OF ADVEUTItfINa.
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11 - .7 s,OO f 1 :i,00( ~1(T~18' 22 29 45
Z >..T, one dollar a line
b - n i ,inl fiftv rents for onrb additional Itm .
Advertiser* are allowed the privilege t chang
1-aded and kept inside, fifty for
■ t on usual rates.
Kofcsstonal $ business Curbs.
■ G W BURRALL. M. D.
■ nvjiin.w AM> SI’UtiEUN, Dodgeville, T'.wa
V County, Wisconsin. [nl-yi.J
J. II CLARY.
B TTOUNTV AT LAW, Mineral Point, Wis. Of
in Thomas’ Stone Block.
MATTHEW BISHOP
[ furtiidH'il bis bar with anew assortment ofllq
xxm> j|,. Uas also a good Billiard Table. Give lum
h
J R. ROBERTS.
l'l ISLK!. Heeds, Mortgages, Ae., drawn
with itniirac), at liis liotel on Main street,
Wis. [i)Bv4-tl j
R ARUNDBLL,
■iKNKUM, HK.M7KK ill stoves, Hardware, Tin,
Shirt-lion, and Copper ware, &C„ lowa (Street,
oj -itcthe "111 Post Olllee, Dodgeville, Wis. [ul-yl]
wIIITNEY SMITH.
: rfvWSKll AND tTBIiIKII. Minora! l*<dnt, Win.
■ 1,, at her of ;ill kinds, also Hair tor Blustering, l
vm s onh nl, cheap for cosh. Job \\ ork (lone at short
ift'cnml mi moderate forms. (n’io-tfj
S W. REESE.
M TTOIIMT \T I. VAV. Land and Collecting Agent,
Doilccville, lov.ii County, Mis. J’arlicnhir f.
tMlion given 1,, collecting andagencies .a ml payment of
sin lowa County. Office in the Cost Office Huild
■
L. M. STRONG,
ATTOUNTV AT I, AM', Notary Public, Land ami
[ Collecting Agent, llodgettue, M is. I'arlicnlar
‘iitiui given to the settlement of estates in the
Cfctitv Conn. Office in Court House. [Up Stairs.]
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■ soldiers claim agency.
l|l)(iKVir,l.K, wis.
Collect s I,iieU pay for discharged Soldiers, Bounty
Money and hack pay for heirs of deceased Soldiers,
■’eiei iii ivriillcatos procured, Bounty claims settled
■jaiivs estal.lised hv Law.
| nJl.ly ‘ BAHUKL W. RKESE, Att’y
SQUALL'S HOUSE,
Kt|- & dot) Randolph Street, Chicago Illinois.
llii< house is centrally located, in the husiness
■ city, mu the Cost Olliee, the Court House,
■l il' the principle Hail Itoad Depots, The nccoin-
are good, and cheaper than most of the
in this vicinity. [n4l-tf]
IISSTERM
■ODGEVILLE, - 1 - WIS.
TUB undersigned would respect fully ask a
Bun sll , :1I 'e of the public patronage. His table
Mtt..* "dl iilwav, he furnished in good taste and
ro "tn are large and airy, and in every
■■“• department the Intention will he to consult
of his patrons. Good stables
■tiVi l os U'‘ rs a ' WH . vs in readiness.
T the day or week furnished with all nec-
“'‘■"iiiKfsaiiil at reasonable rates.
Bf '"iScs have this bouse daily, north and south
JOHN 11. ROBERTS.
■ MASONIC.
B MEETINGS of Dodgevlllc Lodge, No
88n..,; ' M, on the first and third Kri
■H't. t,' p of (>l,c!l month, at their Hall on lowa
H . brethren visiting Ifodgeville, are
■ 11 fNUV Dukktan, Scc’y.
K ! I J?* s ,m ' s i° orphans’ cry,
fee c ‘" l,s °ur ready hands supply,
W rM" power is given;
I- ,h i,rißo,M ' r frw> >-
H ft .. , *l*° dwH '" weet masonry
■ li.ve.ded to u from heaven.
v I. O OP G. t.
•i. ■ a in,,! Ko * * i:l - InilepNtot Oi lier of
f ■ tliop, 1 u ‘■'■• '■y Monday evening in
7 ° M - ““•* of this
hi. 6 • wlage are ronMiiUy Invited to mot
J l: i . | iSO,W, 0,1.
L M. STRONG.
•'omuißKiinl Broker,
' n Bv The r. 8. GOVERNMENT.)
S ells Real Estate.
l, ! *"■' ; all Parts of the Slate.
’**,•*<** of ,
*ii;j eoii,,. tfaK ', and Collects Kents for ira-
J %urea Property.
Sells Bonds, Mortgages,
Sotes, &c, &c.
ALSO
lr ' 1 E tt s’ Cl AI MAGIS S T.
P*yfor Discharged Soldiers,
m, l\.,Ki P;t ' V f ° r lleirs of deceased Sol
f-tf. 1,. ertificates procured, at
S4‘ shcd by Law
rfcic. ° Ur t House, Dodgovjlle, 1 0 , T County.
THE PRICE OP VICTORY.
“A victory!—a victory!”
Is flashed across tho wires;
Sliced, speed the news from state to slate,
Light up the signal liresl
Let all tho bells from all tho towers
A joyous peal ring out;
Wo'vo gained a glorious victory,
And put the foe to rout!
A mother heard tho chiming bells;
Her joy was mixed with pain.
‘Tray God,” she said, “my gallant boy
lie not among the slain.”
Alas! for her! that very hour,
Outstretched In death ho lay;
The from his fair young face
Had scarcefy passed away.
His nerveless hand still grasped the sword
He never more might wield
His eyes were sealed in dreamless sleep
Upon the bloody field.
The chestnut curls his mother oft
Had stroked in fondest pride,
Neglected hung in clotted locks,
With deepest crimson dyed.
Aid many a mother’s heart shall ache,
Ami bleed with anguish sore,
When tidings come of him who marched
So blithely forth to war.
Oh! sad lor them—the stricken down
In manhood’s early dawn—
And sadder yet for loving hearts—
God comfort them that mourn.
Yes, victory has a fearful price
Our hearts may shrink to pay,
And tears will mingle with the joy
That greets a glorious day.
But ho who dies in Freedom’s cause,
We cannot count him lost;
A BATTLE WON FOB TRUTH AND RIGHT
IS WORTH THE BLOOD IT COST’!
Oh! mothers! count it something gained,
That they for whom you mourn,
Bequeath fair Freedom's heritage
To millions yet unborn;
And better than a thousand years
Of base, ignoble breath,
A patriot's fragrant memory,
A hero's early death!
Danger from Exposing the Limbs.
A distinguished physician, who died
some years since in Paris, said, ‘T be
lieve that during the twenty-six years I
have practiced my profession in this city,
twenty thousand children have been
carried to the cemeteries, a sacrifice to
the absurd custom of exposing their
arms naked." I have often thought
it a mother were anxious to show the
soft, white skin of her baby, and would
cut a round hole in the little thing’s
dress, just over the heart, and then
carry it about for observation by the
company, it would do very little harm.
Hut to expose a baby’s arms, members
so far removed from the heart, and with
such feeble circulation at best, is a most
pernicious practice. Put the bulb ol a
thermometer in a baby's mouth, and the
mercury rises to ninety degrees. Now
carry the same to its little hand; if the
arms be bare, and the evenings cold, the
mercury will sink to forty degrees. Of
course all the blood which flows thro’
those arms must fall to within thirty or
forty degrees below the temperature of
the heart. Need I say, when these cur
rents of blood flow back into the chest
the child's general vitality must be more
or less compromised? And need I add
that we ought not to be surprised at its
frequent and recurring affections of the
tongue, throat, or stomach? I have seen
more than one child with habitual cough
or hoarseness, or choking with mucus,
entirely or permanently relieved by sim
ply keeping its hands and arms warm.
Every observing and progressive physi
cian has daily opportunity to witness the
same cure.
*©„Medieine will never remedy had
habits. Indulgence of the appetite am
drugging have ruined the health and des
troyed the lives of more persons than
famine or pestilence. If } T ? U wl “ )C ‘
come regular in your habits, ea an
drink wholesome things, and rise am
retire very regular. Make lice ime o
water to purify the skin, ami w ion > ,(
take counsel of the best practical man
you know', and follow Natuie.
B@oThc editors of the Scientific Amer
ican have received froin_ ( aldorma •
piece of wood from a tree .*i UL 1 .
a meter, the annual rings upon w 1
dicatc the age of the tree to bo- 6000
years. This leaves the sap mg ol our
ancient friends, Nebuchai 11 ez -
Socrates, standing outm the cold, and
carries our mind back to a F
before Eve ate the stolen l IUI
apple-tree. __
A RoyaiT Pbintek -The Pnm'c
Frederick William of 1 rUS& b
Victoria’s son-in-law, ma p ' arl
trade, having learned[ the P^ ccor ‘ danC e
of the composing stu k n royal
with an old rule in the must
family, that each male member mut
know some handicraft.
BtßßOP^^^TTisdistiogui^
Bishop of tho M. B. the
moved from Illinois to Ihi - u j xve llin°'
Mger states that a
ou Mount Vernon sheet , r promi
chased and presented to ndistEpisco
nent members of the Me
pal Church in Philadelphia.
OAK AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO TUB INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE.
DODGE VILLE, W]SCONStN. THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1863.
Phrenological Character of Gen
Meade.
We take the following estimate of
Meade’s character from the Arner
teem Phrenological Journal. This es
timate, says that able journal for the
present month, was made from a photo
graphic likeness, taken June 2'Jth, two
days before the commencement of the
groat battle ol Gettysburg, in which he
so triumphantly made good the pro
phetic declarations of phrenological
science, in regard to what he would do;
]. _ The general physiognomical ex
pression is one of great intelligence;
the eyes being full and bright; the
the forehead well developed, both in
the perceptive and in the reflective re
gions ; and the nose ample and well
formed. The lines of the features are
deep and clearly defined, indicating a
strongly-marked mental constitution.
- The elevation of the crown of the
head indicates great decision. The dis
tance from the opening of the car to the
center of Firmness is unusually great.
Self-Esteem seems to be fully devel
oped.
■> Prudence , resulting from the com
bined action of Cautiousness and Sccre
tivcncss, is a prominent trait of charac
ter. He will be watchful, will restrain
prodcrly his impulses, and always act
with due discretion, without being in
any degree timid or hesitating.
4 An ample and comprehensive in
tellect insures sound judgment and well
considered plans, which will be carried
into execution with coolness and skill.
5 There is evidence of considerable
executiveness; but wo should have been
glad to see more breadth at the base of
the brain, a broader chest, a stronger
flow of arterial blood, and more vital
power generally. If he lacks anything
as a commander, it will be the fiery en
ergy and dash which often carry less
able men to victory.
He is inclined to be religious, with
out being superstitious or bigoted in
his’“opinions ; and is kind, generous, and
magnanimous. His social feelings, tho’
strong, are subordinated to his sense of
duty as a citizen and a soldier.
Had his education been so directed
as to lit him for those pursuits, he wo’d
have won distinction as a lawyer,a judge
or a statesman, for which his natural
abilities are admirably adapted.
At the head of an army his conduct
will bo dignified, manly, and independ
ent. There will be no bluster, no
pompous display, no acting for more ef
fect. If called upon to fight, he will
fight—coolly, unflinchingly, and per
sistently. He will not permit himself
to be tampered with or controlled with
in the sphere of his own proper office,
and will do what ho feels to bo his duty
regardless of consequences. If left free
to carry out his own purposes, ho will
not disappoint the hopes of the Govern
ment and the people.
Ills organization does not incline him
to become mixed up with party politics.
He is disposed to mind his own business,
and expects others to do the same.
To sum up, he is clear-headed, pru
dent, cool, firm, independent, brave,
persevering, and conscientious. His
organization, as we read it, declares him
to'be inch a man-
Baltimore to New York. —A dis
tinguished citizen of Baltimore writes to
a Democrat of New York that he is one
of those who helped to get up the roit
in New York, by talking about “illegal
arrests,” “freedom of speech,” “usurpa
tion and oppression, &c., and thus ad
vised him:
There is nothing left you now but tore
pent of your sins, take a musket and
don’t let the riot die out. Kill it with
•’•mipowder. And after you have put it
out in blood, resolve always to vote
against a Looofoco, even it he goes to
your Church and sings Psalms and
teaches in the Sunday-school Ihe
devil is only under the skin. Hr Le
a traitor as soon as opportunity oilers
And after that resolution, write an
apology to Gv Brad.ord for
all New York said about the Uth ol
April in Baltimore.
Yale College. —The draft in New
Haven raked the students of We ™
" 'ihe Professors were also victims to
, ht ". ““y J e r wero announced the
dgo.tancs on enjOUS ! „ the
,iot complain of being
slighted m this
agii.GoldYlelfcg in Richmond at
00 premium.
A RINGING SPEECH.
A Soldier gets after tho Rebel Sym
pathisers.
Major E. A. Calkins, of tlic Third
A\ isconsiu Cavalry, made a speech at
h ort Scott on the Fourth which has rare
ly been equaled in pith, point and elo
quence. J’ho main portions arc given
below. The sophistries of rebels and
“peace men” have seldom been more
wittily and mercilessly torn to tatters :
| Mr. President , and Ladies and Gen
iflemcu:—l supposed that our follow
citizens, the subjects of Jdf. Davis and
the “Wayward Sisters,” are celebrating,
as we are celebrating, with such facili
ties as they have for being jolly, this
same glorious anniversary. They prob
ably waste no powder on salutes to-day
—they can’t get enough to charge their
shot guns with for service. They are
probably short of whiskey, another main
element of southern enthusiasm, (laugh
ter). That is §SO a gallon among the
thirsty confederates. Other means of
enjoyment is doubtless wanting south of
that “belt of desolation,” which is the
boundary of rebeldom. But they are
doubtless doing the best they can under
the circumstances—and what a comment
ary is it on the fratricidal crime which
they are enacting. The great declara
tion enunciated 87 years ago to-day, de
clared all men free and equal. They
are fighting to perpetuate slavery over
one half of mankind within their bor
ders. It declared the right of the peo
ple to self-government. 'They arc fight
ing to establish a military despotism
and to rivet the chains which were im
posed on their people by force and fraud.
It denounced usurpation and tyranny.
They are fighting to sustain a usurpa
tion, the most flagrant in history, and a
tyranny such as never before oppressed
mankind. Jtdcclarcd that the governed
should choose their rulers—they are
makingwar on the rulers whom the gov
erned choose. These are some of the
monstrous anomalies for which this re
bellion is waged. And every word which
they speak in its defense is an uttered
outrage, and every gun which they have
fired was a wicked and murderous assault
upon the principles that day announced
—and a gross —oh how gross and un
pardonable insult to every sacred and
glorious memory linked in the undying
thought of a free people, with the day
we celebrate. Why do not the immortal
dead burst their cerements, why do not
their ashes speak, or their sanctified
spirits move with preternatural power
for the defeat and overthrow of organ
ized and armed revolt against the gov
ernment which they formed, and insti
tutions bequeathed to us as our priceless
inheritance ? (Applause.)
A WORD ABOUT THE GRUMBLERS.
There is a class scarcely less criminal,
at the bar ol“ their country and of his
tory, and not less miserevious in the ef
fect of their acts upon the great strug
gle for the preservation of the G overn -
ment, than rebels in arms. It consists of
those citizens of the North who, with,
perhaps, some sickly and morbid rem
nants of love for the Union, which all
once cherished, complain of the efforts
made to preserve the Union, as not in
proper form, or at the proper time, or
too violent, or too mild. ' I care not
whence that man comes, be he who he
may, or belong to what party he may, if
he seeks to embarrass the Government
by his complaints, or his inaction, or his
malevolent criticisms, or his opposition
to the means used, he might as well, so
far as the welfare of the country is con
cerned, shoulder his shot gun and join
the rebel army. Yes, better, far better.
For then, on the spot where he stood
among all his co-conspirators, a patriot
bullet might find him out, and end his
life and his power for evil together. —
(Applause.)
alarm about the constitution.
They talk about danger to their lib
erties —tliat their constitutional rights
are in jeopardy. What patriot will
whimper in our cars his complaints, that
his liberties are endangered, when trai
tors have armed to overthrow the very
government under which his liberties
are defined and secured ? What patri
ot will raise the cry that his constitu
tianal rights are assailed, when gigantic
rebellion is rampant against the consti
tution by virtue of which he has any
rights at all, and under which his rights
are protected ? Away with this solemn
farce ! Was firing on Fort Sumter, a
violation of the constitution ? Was the
establishment of a seperate and hostile
o-overnment within our boundaries; is
The assassination of your neighbors,
friends and relations a violation of the
constitution ? Oh, no ! they are only
slightly irregular proceedings —a little
‘'wayward,” that’s all! (Laughter.) But
if a treasonable publication is suppressed,
or a pestilent babbler of treasonable
sentiments is arrested, then the country
is ruined at once ! And the complaints
of these men come with such persistent
and “damnable iteration,” that one would
suppose our constitution had been bro
ken to pieces by the efforts to preserve
it, and that there was not a fragment
worth saving. This as President Lin
coln would say, “reminds me of a story.”
A veteran church sister was asked by
the presiding elder, “How many com
mandments are there?” “Nine,” was the
reply. “Sister Peabody,” says the elder,
reprovingly, “have you sat under the
preaching of the gospel eight and thirty
years, and don't know how many com
mandments there are?” “I know, El
der,” was the answer, “there used to be
ten, but 1 broke one ot ’em last week, and
there ainf hut nine left!" (Great laugh
ter.) And these fellows seem to imag
ine that shoving a rebel sympathiser in
to the guard house, has some effect on
the constitution, as Mrs. Peabody thought
her indiscretion had on the decalogue.
(Ilenewed laughter and applause.)
Why if the constitution is sc flimsy
that the very efforts to preserve it, will
destroy it—if it is the smoking flax,
which you spoil in trying to quench;
or a buble which bursts when you touch
it, or a gossamer thread, or a butterfly’s
wing,
“Or like flic* rainbow's lovely form
vanishing amid the storm,”
let's away with it; let us have a consti
tution of oak and hickory, (“that's it;”
“bully for you.”) with a foundation of
solid granite, and a spire of polished
steel, so that when we assemble about it
for its defense, it will not, if a soldier
rubs his blue coat against the corner,
tumble down on our heads, ((food.)
THE CONSTITUTION NOT VIOLATED.
But such talk is the merest balder
dash. That the constitution is in dan
ger —that one line or article has been
transgressed is a lie —and uttered by
aspiring demogogues, by partisan malig
nants, and by the tools ef faction, know
ing it to be a lie. The constitution has
not been violated, no rights have been
infringed, except the right to be a rebel
—a right which no man possesses. The
constitution, and the laws made under
it, are still our sword and shield ; every
battle fought, and gun fired by the army
of the Union, has been strictly on con
stitutional principles, except in eases
where our boys ran, as they have once
or twice, and that I am in a little doubt
about. (Laughter.) The constitution is
now our guide and watchword —it is what
we are fighting for ; it is our pillar of
cloud by day, and fire by night, to lead
us through this lied Sea of war, and
this wilderness of our trials ; it is still
unimpaired and our aegis, and so it will
remain till not a rebel on the broad con
tinent shall dispute its vitality, or deny
that it is in full force and effect. And
I am inclined to think that one clause
—that which confers on the executive
the pardoning power, they will be very
happy to use for their own benefit. (Ap
plause and laughter.
MORAL CHARACTER. OF REBEL SYMPA
THISERS.
No person has been wronged. The
wrong doer alone, has been disturbed in
his evil deeds. It is a just right and
necessity of war to confine or banish
the enemy’s friend in our midst, as
much as to kill the enemy himself
in battle. And in this case, under
the circumstances of war, oh, a thousand
times more so. Pur when we contem
plate the enormous wickedness of this
rebellion —the oceans of tears, the riv
ers of blood, the hell of suffering that
it has caused —what can we say of him,
who for love’s sake, or for hate, from
party feeling or personal regard, or spite,
or for any cause, has sympathy or ex
cuse for traitors? This say: thatnotthe
slaughter of the innocents, not the mas
sacre of St. Bartholomew, not the con
centrated crimes which have stained the
history of civilization, and which felons
of all degrees have expiated in prisons
and on scaffolds, equal in black intensity
the unmitigated and deep depravity of
the smoothest tongued miscreant, who
in his innermost thoughts—in the very
secret recess ot his heart of hearts, cher
ishes enmity, or disdain, or coldness or
lukewarmness, or aught but the most
vivid, burning and constant enthusiasm
for the success of our arms and the
triumph of our cause. (Prolonged ap
plause.)
the peace men.
And other men, doubtless hoping for
the blessing pronounced in the beati
tudes, have turned peace makers. Ido
not think they fill the bill. One who
thinks to restore peace between a man
fighting for his life and an angry grizzly
bear, would as much deserve to be
called one of “the children of God,”
( laughter) as does the vain and impotent
babbler who now talks of peace between
the defenders of the Union and its ene
mies. (Applause.) Peace ! Peace with
what ? Peace with rebels in anas against
Tonus fOatidoHarpeiyear
( if paid in advance.
the government? Peace with the assas
sins of your countrymen? Peace with
a vast butternut ragbag, (laughter) alivo
with traitors and bristling with arms, as
other ragbag's swarm with vermin and
are prickly with their stings? Man of
peace, you are encouraging, aiding and
abetting this war. Each cry for peace
at the North is worth to the rebels a
victory on the battle-field. (“That’s so,
and applause.) Man of peace, the con
tinuance of this war is your work. This
blood is shed by you. Your hands are
red-wet with the gore of your country
men. Those groans from desolated
hearths and broken homes, are the ech
oes of your stump speeches, your curb
stones harangues, your newspaper arti
cles. 0, father, in thy gray haired an
guish, mourning thy first born—thou
second Abraham, who consigned thy sou
to the sacrifice, and no Angel of the
Lord withheld thy hand—lift thy sunk
en eyes and ask some bolt red with un
common wrath, to strike this man of
peace dead ! Mother, the staff of thy
widowed age is no more. This man of
peace is guilty of his blood. In the
pangs of thy mortal grief, cans’t thou
not ask the widow’s God for vengeance
on his murderer? (Sensation.) And
thou, fair haired young bride, whose
bridal wreaths are turned to widow’s
weeds, this man of peace did kill thy
husband. O, raise those lily hands, and
that streaming face to Heaven, and im
precate some chosen and fated curse on
thy country’s foe and thine. (Prolonged
applause.)
FALSE PRETENCES.
But these men don’t want peace till
after the election. They want the war
to continue so that they can oppose it.
(Laughter.) The peace talk is a poli
tician's talk. They want something to
find fault with. They arc like the boy
that came into the house crying; “Son
ny,” said his mother, “what do you want,
do you want a piece of bread and but
ter ? “No, was the reply, “1 don’t
want any bread and butter, Ivc got the
belly ache, and that's what I want. ’*
(Great laughter.) I tell you, these men
want it. Why, make a peace, and you
destroy their capital. Cure the pain
caused by the abnormal irritation of tho
mucus membrane of the viscera, and
you rob them of their stock in trade.
(Renewed laughter.)
PEACE IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT THE EX
TERMINATION OF THE REBELS.
No man talks of peace, believing peace
to be possible, while there is a rebel in
arms against the Government. To end,
and to end forever rebellion to the Gov
ernment is the subject of this ivar.
“Like the I’ontic sea
Whose icy current and compulsive course
Ne’er knows retiring cbh
it cannot stay nor halt till that end is
accomplished. And to accomdlish it, if
necessary, the war must be one of ex
termination. Where there is a rebel
who will not submit, he must be killed,
if it includes them all. If necessary,
their cities must be depopulated, and
tboir land laid waste. Let no man’s
child live to become a rebel. Let tho
rebel father die, and let the rebel moth
er’s quickening womb be paralyzed, that
the seed of traitors may be exterminated
from the earth. When, and only when,
thro are no rebels left; when the race
is extinguished, and their principles for
gotten, may we have peace, substantial
peace, permanent peace, honorable peace-.
Then will this red deluge of war be ta
us the fructifyer of a more abounding
harvest of good, in established order,
in regulated liberty, in enlightened law,
and in all tho blessings of a free govern
ment; and to this will we emerge from
our terrible baptism of blood. (Pro
longed cheers and applause.)
Always was a Coward.
When the question ot tho emblems and
devices of our national arms was before the
old Congress, a member from the South
warmly opposed tho eagle as a monarchical
bird. The king of birds could not be a
suitable representative of a people whoso
institutions were founded in hostility to
kings. The late judge Thatcher, then a rep
resentative from Massachusetts, in reply,
proposed the goose, which ho said was a
a most humble and republican bird, and
would in other respects prove advantageous,
as the goslings would do to put on the tea
cent pieces.
The laugh which followed at the expense
of the Southerner, was more than he could
bear. He construed this good humored
irony into an insult, hnd sent a challenge;
The bearer delivered it to Mr. Thatcher,
who read and returned it to him, observing
that he should not accept it,
“What, will you be branded as a cow
ard?" “Yes, sir, if he pleases; I always
was a coward, and he knew it, or he never
would have challenged me."
The joke was too good to be resisted, even
hv the angry party, and the former cordial
intercourse was soon restored.
About 200 negro sailors sought and
received protection from British and French
ships of war at New York.
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