Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-04-11

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IL The Rhode Island State election, on the
Sd, resulted in the success of the Republi-
can ticket for State officers, members OF
Congress, and the State Legislature. The
vote was very light Gen. Burnside was
chosen Governor. The Senate will stand
%. Republicans to 6 Democrats; the
House, 60 Republicans and Democrats.
Foreign Intelligence. ~
Another crisis has occurred in the Ital
ian Cabinet, and. the, ministry have re-
signed ;u4 zav 50 .fF a@ soa'I a3
The Portuguese Government has pro-
posed the abolition of the penalty of death
for Communication into that of hard labor
for life. ,,........- .......
A telegram from London, on the 9Th,
announces that there is a general distrust
in political and financial matters all over
Europe.
The estimated income of the British
government for the. present year will ex-
ceed e69,000,000, and the estimated ex-
penditures are. G66,0O0,000. sss -ssa3
All hopes for the safety of DR.. Living
stone, the African explorer, are abandoned.
Later adyices from the Cape of Good Hope
confirm the report of his death.
Mexican news assume interest from the
fact that the Liberals have advanced upon
the city of Vera Cruz and demanded its
surrender, which was refused. Diaz is re-
ported to have partially occupied Puebla.
A war between Chill and Peru is among
the possibilities in South America. The
former, it is said will probably settle ami
cably with Spain. A village in Bolivia
has been visited by thunder storm, which
destroyed twenty houses and about one
hundred persons.
A dispatch from Dublin, on the 9th,
says GA desperate rebel, who was recent
ly taken prisoner in the fight near this city,
and who gave the name Mcclure, proves
on examination to be Colonel McIver, the
prominent Fenian agitator, and formerly
an officer in the United States service"
According to announcement, the Paris
Universal Exposition was duly opened on
the list, the Emperor and Empress, with
over one hundred thousand persons, being
present. None of the departments are
complete, and some Of them, especially the
| American, are in very unsatisfactory
| condition. ..1
| A revolution has taken place in Hayti,
of the most bloody kind. The loss on the
part of the revolutionists was very heavy,
and the streets of Port au Prince were lit
orally covered with the dead. Contradic-
tory reports of the same date March 29th)
are received as to whether the Geffard Gov
eminent or the insurgents held the victory.
The British Government is seriously con-
sidering the project of making the whole
project of making the whole telegraph sys-
tenn branch of the Post Office In Bel
GUM, where every Post Office has its wire,
a message of twenty words is sent to any
part of the kingdom for ten cents. In
Switzerland, under the same system, both
messages and money orders can be sent at
very low rates, and people send more mes.
| sages than letters.
Charles B. Norton, New York State
Commissioner to the Paris Exposition, is
authority for the statement that the subject
of holding the next great Worlds Fair in
Central Park, New York, is receiving much
attention, and that, through the efforts OF
Hon. Dudley S. Gregory, official action has
been taken by the American Institute in
reference to it, With the date for the
opening fixed for the 4th of July, 1S76-an
anniversary which, as the centenary of ou1
existence, will carry with it great prestige
we shall have ample time for prepare
| ton. i.4
The Russian Treaty is very persistently
pressed upon all Congressman who call at
the State Department. Mr.. Seward is very
| anxious to have it ratified. Within few
| days there has been large contribution OF
| facts from various sources concerning the
character of the Russian America terrific
ny, serving to show that comparatively
little has heretofore been known concern
ing it. In consequence of these new rev.
elations there is a better prospect than
there was a week ago for ratification OF
the pending treaty.
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