Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-10-08
Weekly News Summary.
FOREIGN.

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A London dispatch of the 25th says thai
information received from reliable sources
in Madrid states that Gen. Sickles' note to
Serrano and the other Spanish Ministers
amounted to q simple declaration that the
United States Government may withdraw
it's offer of friendly mediation between
Spain and the Cuban insurgents, leaving
the responsibility, as well as the conse-
quences which may ensue, on Spain her
SELF f roa IL a-4a.rt
st. Thomas advices of September 18th
say there were three shocks of earthquake
on the previous day. The stores were
closed and business was suspended. No
lives were lost as far as known.
A Florence telegram of September 9th
announces that Mount Ktna was in state
of violent eruption. Streams of lava were
pouring from the crater in the Valduc.
A dispatch from st. John, N. F., Sep
tember 81, contains intelligence of the re-
turn of the expedition of Dr. Hayes and
Bradford, the artist, from the Arctic Re-
gions. They penetrated the middle ice, in
which the British whaler Alexandria was
crushed and lost. Her crew was saved.
The expedition was successful in every
object
A statement that Gen. Jordan had Of
fered to surrender himself and troops to
the Spanish authorities, on the payment to
him of a certain sum of money, is reiter-
ated in dispatch from Havana ON the
9th. I2<F0rl~ET
Reinforcements for the Spanish army in
Cuba sailed from Cadiz on the 2Sth.
Two-thirds of the town of Port Dal-
housie, Canada, was burned on the 20th.
Total loss, $4,000.
The King of Portugal has publicly con-
tradicted the rumor of his candidature for
the throne of Spain.
A New York telegram of the 28th says
that Senior Lemus, the Cuban Minister,
states that there is not single sentence in
the Cuban Constitution which contem-
plates anything but absolute and unequiv-
ocal freedom to the slaves of the island
A fire broke out among the shipping at
Bordeaux, France, on the morning of the
28th, and before it was subdued fifteen YES
sells laden with petroleum were consumed.
Ad7ices from Paraguay up to August
90 state that Lopez had been defeated in
two we're engagements, and had fled with
a remnant of his army. In the first en-
gagement. the Paraguayans lost 1000 in
killed, 800 prisoners and 10 cannon; in
the second bsttle they were utterly routed,
losing 25 cannon, and being compelled to
abandon all their steamers, which fell into
the hands of the Allies. The Provisional
Government of Asuncion had declared
Lopez an outlaw. News from Rio Janeiro
to September 7th fully confirms the flight
of Lopez.
The Prince and Princess of Wales ar
rived in Paris on the Goth ult., and were
received by the Emperor.
The mediation of the Great Powers of
Europe in the differences between Turkey
and Egypt has been successful.
1t was again reported in official circles
at Madrid on the Goth ult. that the recent
note of Gen. Sickles had been withdrawn.
The London Times Paris correspondent OF
the goth ult. asserts that "there is but
little hope of a compromise between Spain
and the Cubans The sentiments of both
parties are heard here. The Spanish
Government says, in so many words, Lay
down your arms, and send Deputies to the
Cortes. If you will be as Canada, we are
willing; if you desire independence, we
don't say no. The matter may be ar
ranged. But disarm. Spain's motto is
nothing but compulsion."
The great hippodrome in Paris was
destroyed by fire on the night of the goth
ult.
The Empress of the French left Paris
on the Both ult., on her Eastern tour.
According to a late census, the popula-
ton of Mexico is S,567, 900.
The first cargo of the new crop of Chi
nese tea arrived in London on the 1st.