Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-07-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
Cuban partisans in Washington, on th
18th, had advices from Nuevitas and Pu
; erto Principe, to the effect that the Span
iards had been reinforced at Nuevitas, ant
were thus enabled to retain possession 0
the railroad from that city to Puerto Prin
cipe, and give succor to the garrison O
the latter city, which was threated by tn,
Cubans under Quesada. In the Distric
of Puerto del Padre there had been sever
al skirmishes. The health of.the Cubar
army was good, and the soldiers were or
ganized. There was great anxiety tt
learn the views of the United States Gov
eminent, and the position it will occupy
in the contest. <. ,ssg yf vv
Young Benefits yacht Dauntless ar
rived at Queenstown on the 11th, in Il
days, II hours and 6 minutes from New
York.
A New York Herald special from Ha
vana, July 10, has advices from Mexico to
the Sd instant. On Saturday, July 8, the
Cabinet Ministers of President Juarez en-
tertained General Rosecrans at break
fast United States Minister Nelson had
entered upon his duties. On the 25th in
slant Minister Marriscat and Commission
er Placias will sail from Vera Cruz for
the United States. The elections in Mexi-
co have resulted in favor of the Govern
ment.
The members of the British Cabinet
resolved on the 10th that they would not
concur in any Of the amendments to the
Irish Church bill that will in any way
impair the principle of total disendow-
ment
1t was officially announced in Paris on
the 18th that the French Senate would be
convoked for August 2 !, that the session
of the Corps Legislatif would be i'm
mediately prorogued, and that the resig-
nations of the Ministers had been accepted,
but they would continue to hold Office
until their successors are appointed.
The American steamer Hero has been
detained by the authorities at Porto Rico
on suspicion of being employed by the
Cuban insurrectionists.
The British House of Lords finally
passed the Irish Church Bill on the 18th.
The principle of concurrent endowment
was carried as an amendment.
Advices from Rio Janeiro to the 10Th
ult. state that the allied forces had fought
a decisive battle with the Paraguayans,
and achieved complete victory.
A new Ministry has been formed in
Spain, with Gen. Prim as President of the
Council and Minister of War.
| In the British House of Commons, on
the 10Th, the amendment of the Lords,
respecting concurrent endowment was
defeated by q vote of 346 against 222,
making the Government majority 1874
The amendment in regard to the surplus
funds was also disagreed to by vote of
246 against 1854. The original date-Jan
1, 1871 for the dissolutioS of the legisla.
tive union between the Church of Eng
land and Ireland was agreed to without a
division.
The London Times of the 10Th states
that Gen. Prim and other Spanish states.
men are convinced that the separation of
Cuba from the mother country is only
question of time. The Times advises
Spain to sell the Island to the United
States, and regard herself fortunate that
she has, at present, anything left to SELL
The new ocean cable was spliced to the
shore end on. the 18th, and message was
sent over it to the Emperor Napoleon.
The laying of the shore end began on the
18th. The Brest cable, by its satisfactory
response to all tests, is thought to be the
best cable yet laid.
A. D. Bassett (colored), United States
Minister to Hayti, has arrived at Port au
Prince.
The London Times of the 10Th asserts
that if the House of Lords persist in their
opposition to the Irish Church bill as
passed by the Commons, collision must
ensue between the two bodies
Intelligence from Santiago de Cuba, 9Th
inst, reports fighting going on thirty miles
from that city. The patriots were
strongly reinforced. General Jordon had
joined the Cubans under General Figuere-
do, and commanded a large force. The
Spanish Governor of Baracoa was actively
burning property and killing all who fell
into bis hands.
DOMESTIC.
A dispatch from Houston, Texas, on the
10th, reports unprecedented floods in the
Colorado Valley. The water was all over
the country, in some places twenty feet
deep, and was still rising. Lagrange had
been evacuated. Columbus was deserted.
Houses were seen floating past Lagrange.
The water was in the tops of the trees on
the bottom lands.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
directed the A ssistant Treaeurar of Naw