Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-08-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.


birthday of the First Napoleon, the EN-
peror ofthe French issued decree on the
18th, in which he grants full and complete
amnesty to press and political offenders, tt
persons convicted of evasions of taxes, tC
deserters from the army and navy, and te
sailors in the merchant marine who have
abandoned their ships. f ~-
Marshal Mel is dead, and cable tele
gram of the 18th states that his death has
SO afflicted the Emperor that he was com
PEELED to hastily leave Gallons camp when
the military tstes were in progress.
Senor Jose Manuel Macais has been
commissioned an agent of the Cuban Gov.
ernment to treat with the Spanish authori-
ties in reference to acknowledging the in
dependence of Cuba He left New York
city for Europe, gia Cuba, on the 18th.
Letters received at San Francisco from
President Juarez and the members of his
Cabinet express great satisfaction at the
proposed visit of Mr.. Seward and party to
the City of Mexico, and promise him a
generous reception. r..
A telegram from Havana ON the 18th
says plot to poison the bread intended
for the garrison at Matanzas had been dis
covered and the parties had been tried
and sentenced. Gen. Jordan says he was
not whipped by Va'mazeda in the late ac-
ton near Holquin; that the Spanish loss
in the battle was no killed and wounded
and 700 prisoners; and that the fight des-
troyed the army of Valmazeda and gave
the Cubans control of the entire Holquin
district.
Prince Arthur sailed for Halifax on the
18th. sff8 35
A Havana telegram of the 10Th says the
Governor of Espiritu Santo had ordered a
conscription, to include all men within his
jurisdiction, between the ages of 20and 55.
He had also prohibited the sale of groce,
ries and provisions for the interior, with q
view to cutting off one source of rebel sup
plies. Nearly 1900 men were obtained by
conscription in the jurisdiction of Trinidad.
They are employed in guarding the larger
estates in the interior. EG
An immense Orange demonstration was
made in Clones, Ireland, on the 10Th, in
which 10000 persons participated. Reso-
lutions were adopted denouncing the dis
establishment of the Irish Church and the
Party Procession act.
A serious riot happened in Sheffield,
England, on the 10Th, caused by locked out
miners, now on strike, sacking the
houses of unionists. The police finally
succeeded in dispensing the mob, and at
midnight the city was quiet.
Charles Moore, Member of Parliament
from Tipperary, is dead.
The Pope has decided to hold univer-
sal exhibition of Christian art next year.
Forged e5 Bank of England notes have
made their appearance in London, and
three of them have been paid into the
bank
Cuban advices on the 18th report that
the feeling of discomfort and insubordina-
tion among the slaves was increasing.
They were organizing and arming for the
purpose of joining the Cuban army, and
several contests had already taken place
between them and the Spanish troops, in
which the negroes were successful.
The Spanish Cortes has been announced
to meet on Sept. Is, in consequence of the
unsettled condition of governmental affairs.
Eighty Cubans, lately captured near
Puerto Principe, were executed in that
city by order of the Spanish officials.
DOMESTIC.
The Evansville and Cairo packet Cum
berland exploded her boilers, near Shaw
neetown, ILL.,, at o'clock on the morning
of the 18th. Eighteen or twenty lives
were lost. The boats books were blown
overheard, and the names of the missing
could not be ascertained. The boat is a
total loss +.. 'L
A Chinese immigration agent has made
contracts with a number of South Caro-
lima planters to furnish them with Chinese
laborers by the first of January next.
The tailor's strike in New York city
ended on the 18th. Thirty firms had signed
the new price list, and forty others had
agreed to pay it.
A train was thrown off the Schuylkill
& Susquehanna Railroad track, near Dau-
phine Narrows, on the 14th by coming in
contact with rock which had rolled ddown
the mountain. The engineer and fireman
were killed and several passengers slightly
injured. trfsT FfF
The National Labor Congress met at
Philadelphia on the 18th, Vice President
Lucker in the chair. The day was spent
in perfecting an organization, and listen
ing to eulogies on the life and character OF
its late President, Mr. VIM. H. Sylvis.
Susan B. Anthony appeared as delegate
but was ruled out of the convention.
Eight colored delegates, from the States
of Pennsylvania and Maryland, were ad-
mitted
The United States Treasurer received on
the 10th another coxAterfeit SO green
back of the twenty third series, letter G.
which, in its distinctive features, varied
materially from any other specimens yet
printed. The engraving is quite coarse,
and does not attempt to initiate the genu-
inc plate at all closely. The vignette OF
Lincoln is very indiferently engraved, and
the scroll-work around the medallion poor
ly initiated. e. ~-,..-. .-..
Gloomy reports respecting the corn, to-
bacco and other crops weresreceived from
Maryland, Virginia and Georgia on the
18th. In some portions of Maryland rain
had not fallen for nine weeks.
Gov. Baker, of Indiana, declines to send
delerateS to tho Ct o11ic Cnnuanfinn for