Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-10
Weekly News Summary.
FOREIGN.

The HAYES polar expedition has been
heard from at Ivightut, Greenland. All on
board were well. EnrT1
A Paris telegram of the 2Sth says the
alarming rumors recently set afoat con-
cerning the Emperors health were Off
cially denied.
A dispatch from Madrid on the 28th an
nounces the death of Escalante.. Polo,
leading Carlist, and his Secretary have
been sentenced to death.
Andrew White, an American, has been
released by the Cuban authorities, at the
request of Consul. Plumb.
A London telegram of the Both ult. says
"the reports from Paris of the. Emperor's
health continue reassuring. The -Indepen..
dence Beige asserts that the Emperor Ma
poleon is confined to his bed with chron-
ic malady, but that the present attack is
not of an alarming charactef."e
The Havana lDiario of August 30, in its
semilnonthly yreview ofcthee situation in
Cuba, regrets itsinability to publish fiat
tering notices Regarding the suppression
of the insurrection, bat reiterates the
statement that the Spaniards are COM
pletely in the ascendeney in seven juris-
dictions inlthe Eastern and Centraldepart-
mentsI oi91iI b4naixcgaGTF s~ssacf "
The London Pail Neil Gazette of the Both
ultarepcrts that in one large village in
Russia, seventeen hundred dpersons-mem-
bers of a n eW anatical sect--burned them
selves to death 81. '',f'
The Amer can legation at Paris contra
dict the report that conspiracy had been
discovered on board the United States
frigate Sabine. 4iI rao .!91s# .s..E
The ship laborers of Quebec were on" a
strike on the 31st llt., and shipping trade
was at a stand still. ,,la,r :, ,,.......,r
Havana journals ofAugust 81 give no
credence to the reports that the United
States Government has made propositions
to Spain for the separation of Cuba from
the mother country, and declare that if
any such proposals have been made they
can have but one possible result-refusal
A London telegram of the 31st ult says
the prospects were highly favorable for
large harvest in the British Isles, g No
where in Europe has there been such a
falling off in the price of cereals as in
England, and unless greater encourage
ment is given, it will be found, that the
foreign imports will be on a much smaller
scale after the subsidence of the effects of
the late rise"
Paris newspapers of the 3tst ult. assert
that Burlingame has received dispatch
from the Chinese Government, expressing
it's cordial recognition of the treaties, he
has concluded with America and different
European States.
A grand fete was given at the Crystal
Palace, London, on the night of the Both
ult., in honor'of the Harvard and Oxford
crews, by the London Rowing Club.
The Suez Canal is. completed. The
opening is expected ON the 18th of De-
cember. III. 49, f..g i,.-4. ogl
The Government organs at Madrid on
the 1st saythe reinforcements about. to
sail from Spain will be sufficient TO extin-
guish the instruction in Cuba. Count
Valmazeda has been appointed General-in-
Chief of the Spanish forces in Cuba. =
Notifications of a convention for laying
telegraph cable betweelt France and
South America have been exchanged
jeff Davis writes a, Montreal friend that
Ire. will probably continue to reside in
Great Britain the rest of his life. III =, =.
I. The Emperor Napoleon presided at the
Council of the Ministry on the 1st.,.,.'.''''a" ~"
!, A; London, telegram of the Sd says !
:" Public opinion continues .skeptical with
reference to Napoleon's health. The i'm
preston prevails that his recent condition
is concealed, and this is not likely to be
weakened till the Emperor himself is seen
driving in Paris" Ha9iz aaa sha.riaa
IA private, letter from Madrid, received
in Washington on the I'd, states that Gen.
Sickles had offered the United States as a
mediator between Spain and Cuba. The
impression among many Spanish states
men was that Cuba would eventually pass
from the possession of Spain. Se1 4e'r
10 The Madrid journals Of the I'd are de-
,spondent about Cuba, and demand sfuh
the island. M 4. li..9,,.' FIJI" - VI
The London Times Of the 2d contradicts
the story of China's rejection Of the Amer
ican treaty, and says that the delay in rat
flying is owing to Prince Kung's desire to
complete the negotiations with the Euro
pean powers. .saeio
The Empress Eugenie has returned to
Paris, having abandoned her Eastern
journey.