Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-11-11

ished men, women and children before
Metz, by the Prussians, has been confirmed
by official communications published in
the Independence de MoseIle.
Brussels specials say Bazaine surrender
ed Metz by the express advice of Napoleon.
General Boyer, Marshall Bazaine's Aid-de-
Camp, says they capitulated to famine, and
denies that Bazaine is traitor
News received at Tours from Paris on
the goth ult. says the people were strong in
the determination to defend the city to the
last. Rumors of the capitulation of Ba-
zaine were circulated in Paris on the 9th,
and created intense agitation. According
to London dispatch of the I'd, refugees
from Paris say the Parisians were really
greatly discouraged at the state of anarchy
into which the war had thrown the coun-
try, and they longed for any event that
would bring the evil to an end.
The Prussians opened fire from their
heavy guns on New Breisach and Fort
Noire on the morning of the 3D.
The special correspondent of the New
York Tribune at Metz telegraphs on the
I'd: " l am informed from trustworthy
source that the Prussans found in the
magazines and arsenals of the forts stores
of all kinds, including provisions, sufficient
for the maintenance of the garrison until
March," A Tours telegram of the I'd says
a dispatch had been received there from
Arlon, Belgium, which announces that
Metz had not capitulated; that is, the gar
risons, forts and towns refused to agree to
the capitulation of Bazaine, and the Prus-
slams had resumed their positions around
the place.
The government at Tours has accepted
General Bourbaki's resignation.
1t is said that Garibaldi's expedition is
paralyzed by the jealousy of French Off
GERS.
The corpse of female, in jacket and red
flannel skirt, and wearing gold ear rings
and necklace. supposed to be victim of
the Cambria disaster, was washed ashore
at Rathlin Island on the 31st ult.
A Cabinet council at London, on the I'd,
resolved to grant pardon to O'Donovan
Rosa and other Fenian prisoners. 1t was
also stated in the council that the surren-
der of Metz was the result of an under
standing between Bazaine and Bismark in
favor of Napoleon, but that the Empress
gone to Wilhelmshohe to protest againstit.
Italy has been formally notified that
Austria will not interfere in the Roman
question. She suggests, however, that
conference of the powers be asked to adj
Just the guarantees which Italy shall offer
to the Pope.
The Empress Eugene left Wilhelmshohe
on the list.
A Versailles dispatch of the Sd says:
"In consequence of the terms proposed,
yesterday, by Thiers, and accepted to-day
by Bismark, the latter offers to the French
an armistice of twenty-five days to allow
general elections to be held throughout
France, the armistice to be based upon the
military status IN quo existing on the day
of the signature"
Extracts from the Journal 0ffcie of
Paris, of the 1st, indicate that the Paris
Government decided to accept an armistice,
and that Flourens, who awaited pretext
raised temporary riot The Journal Off,
cad says the Hotel de Vile was invaded,
and Committee of Public Safety pro-
claimed
A dispatch to the New York World on
the Sd says an armistice had been con-
cluded.
A London dispatch of the Sd says there
had been no disturbance at Metz since the
capitulation The reports of the refusal Of
the garrison and town to surrender had
their origin in a plot by the citizens and
those soldiers who were not satisfied with
the turn of affairs, to seize the arms in the
arsenals and make forcible resistance to
the entry of the Prussians. The consum !
nation of the design was prevented by the
Imperial Guard. e
The Journals of Tours declare that, the
more the facts in regard to the surrender
of Metz become known, the more it is evi-
dent that Bazaine's course was reasonable.
DOMESTIC.
Gold closed in New York on the Sd
at 11O1s.
Jersey City, N. J., has 81, 800 population,
an increase of 100 per cent. in two years.
The following banks have been author
lied to commence business: National
Bank of Pulaski, Tenn.-capital 100000 ;
Iowa National Bank, of Ottumwa, Iowa
capital 100000 The applications for the
First National Gold Bank, of San Fran
cisco Capital, $1OO,O00), has been approved.
An application has also been received from
Stockton, CAL, for National Gold Bank,
capital, 100000
A San Francisco dispatch of the 2sth
says the smallpox was raging at Salem,
Oregon. One member of the Legislature
had died, and two others were dangerously
i'll. The people were panic stricken.
Complete census returns from Baltimore
show the population Of the city to be 267,-
500.
Complete returns of the Marshal show
that the nineteen counties comprising
West Tennessee have a population of 367,.
302, against 3O4, 81 in 1860.
Gov Merrill, OF Iowa, has offered re.
ward of $500 for the arrest of the mer
who took William N. Lyon from the jail
in Corydon, Wayne county, and lynched
him, on the night of the 18th.