Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-11-05
Weekly News Summary
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
A Lima letter of September 27th states
that there was great trepidation through
out South America on account of the tidal
waves and earthquakes, the people on the
coast retiring to the mountains 1.&
An immense demonstration in favor of
amnesty to the Fenians was held in Lon
don on the 23d. Professions were formed
and an immense mass meeting, number
ing $4,000, was held in Hyde Park, at
which speeches were made and resolu-
tions passed. The Government prepared
for disturbance, but the day closed
quietly
The ceremonies on the completion of
the Suez canal will commence on the 10th
and last until the Goth of November.
Earl Derby, of England, died on the
23d, after lingering illness, aged 70
years 3etf III LT>- et.
The decree of the Constituent Cortes,
establishing unrestricted liberty of religion
in the colonies of Cuba and Porto Rico,
was promulgated in Cuba on the 25th,
and has gone into effect as the law of the
land. One clause -ot the decree provides
that no person shall be prevented from
holding office under the government by
reason of his religious belief b rxgrf =
At amnesty meetings recently held in
the city of Cork and parish of Car
rigaline, Mr.. Gladstone was denounced for
his refusal to pardon the Fenians, and
resolutions were adopted declaring that
the Irish people will accept no legislative
measures for Ireland until the prisoners
are released. -----,
Austin Henry Layard, the author, has
been appointed Minister to Spain from
England
A Madrid telegram of the 25th says:
"The conviction is growing that in the
present state of parties the selection of a
King is impossible. The Cortes is as
much divided in opinion as the Cabinet,
and unless compromise is effected the es-
tablishment of monarchy will be hope
less"
A Havana telegram of the 2Sth states
that the insurgent Gen. Cavada had issued
an order to his troops to burn the sugar
cane fields as soon as the cane is dry.
Mr. Gladstone has written to the Dublin
Council, expressing his satisfactionat their
leagues in the Irish Church question, and
it is said his personal desire. was for the
release of the Fenian prisoners, but ques-
tions Of policy prevented.
A bottle recently found off Cornwall
states that the ship Weser foundered at
sea, July 1. She had BAG souls on board.
Dispatches from Madrid, received in
London on the evening of the 29th, in
dicate the election of the Duke of Genoa
as King of Spain.
The Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria,
was received at Constantinople by the
Sultan amid much enthusiasm.
DOMESTIC.
Gold closed in New York on the 29th at
12S5s.
A statement has been prepared at the
Treasury Department, which shows that
the amount of coupon bonds of the
United States, outstanding September 80,
1869, was 81, 1885,, ,440, 800; registered bonds
outstanding, SITS, 10000.
Receipts of fractional currency for the
week ending October 90, 81, ,397, 900; ship
ments, 81 1,432,97O; amount redeemed,
| $419,20O. National Bank circulation,
$299, ,732, ,745.
The total amount received by the Treas
ury up to recent date for the conscience
fund was II 1,399,1S1.
The jiry in the Brooks assassination
case, Philadelphia, have returned ver-
dict of guilty against Morrow and
Dougherty. Neil Mclaughlin has been
held in $4,000 bail to answer the same
charge.
The Governor of Kentucky has ap
pointed the 18th of November as a day of
public and general thanksgiving.
The Governors of Ohio and Wisconsin
have appointed November 1S as day of
thanksgiving.
The Secretary of the Treasury on the
25th authorized the Immediate payment of
the interest falling due on the 1st of No
vember.
A tank of carbolic acid in wood pre-
serving factory in New York city ex-
ploded on the 25th, and Martin Voorhies,
the patentee of the preserving process,
and Michael Grogan, laborer, were in
stantly killed. Their bodies were blown
| fifty feet in che air.
Returns have been received in New
York city from more than two-thirds o1
all the Presbyteries, ratifying the reunion
of the Presbyterian Churches by the re-
quired majority. The two general assem-.
blies will meet in Pittsburgh, November
| 10, to count the votes and declare the re.
suit.
The Erie Railroad strike has ended in
| the reinstatement of all the displaced
| men.
A poorly executed counterfeit of the
new twenty-five cent note has recently
made its appearance in New York city
1t is thought that but few have been circu
lated
The cotton case of the United States as
Vernon K. Stevenson has been decided ir
favor of the latter, on the ground that the
Confederate Government never owned the
| cotton, and that it could only be forfeited
| to the United States as a prize of war
| which it was not.
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