Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-09-16

Prince Imperial arrived in London on
| the 9Th.
Gable news on the 7th is to the effect
that continued preparations were being
made for the defense of Paris; the Prus-
sian advance was within sixty miles OF
that city every French town SO far
heard from had accepted the Republic joy
fully; General Trochu still insisted that
Paris was safe; the city was very quiet,
and as the enemy drew nearer the people
evinced firm determination to fight the
Prussians made a terrific assault ON the
Notifications of Mentmedy on the 9th,
but were repulsed with heavy loss, and
the bombardment was abandoned; the
siege of Strasbourg had produced terrible
| results-streets were strewn with the dead
and dying, and magnificent buildings were
| in ruins, while the suburbs suffered fear
fully; Savoy and Nice had demanded re-
annexation to Italy; the French Prince
Imperial had arrived at Hastings.
A Berlin telegram of the 7th says:
"The Russian Government is about to
propose congress of the great powers
| Prussia viii certainly decline"
A Brussels dispatch of the 7th states
that the Empress Eugene was the guest
of the Hoogven family, at the chateau OF
Messne, near Brussels.
According to the st. Petersburg Jour-
nal of the 7th the Czar Of Russia shares
every effort to localize and abridge the
war, but Intellectually, as Prussia repels
any intervention at all restraining its
freedom of action"
A London special of the 7th to the
New York Herald says: "The English
Government, IN conjunction with other
neutral powers, is about to make an ear.
nest appeal to Prussia to conclude peace
on the basis of the following propositions:
French territory. to be held inviolate
France to pay Germany the expenses OF
the war; a general disarmament OF
France; the destruction of all the forts
in Alsace and Lorraine. 1t is believed
that these terms will be acceptable to the
Republic"
| In an interview with Jules Favre, on
the 7th, Minister Washburne announced
that the United States had recognized the
Republic of France. Dispatches were
also received on the 9th, announcing that
the governments of England and Austria
had formally recognized the Republic.
Great crowds of Garde Mobile and citi-
zens, carrying French and American flags,
made demonstration before the Ameri-
can Legation, in Paris, on the 9Th, OF
gratitude for the recognition of the French
Republic by the United States.
The French Baltic feet has unanimous
ly accepted the new government.
Victor Hugo returned to Paris on the
9th, after an exile of twenty years. lie
met with grand ovation.
Marshal MacMahon died at Sedan, on
the Sth, from the effects of the terrible
cannon wounds from which he had been
suffering for week.
The headquarters Of the King of Prus'
sia were at Rheims On tie morning of the
Sth. A Berlin dispatch at midnight OF
the 7th states that the advance OF the
Prussian army had reached Laferte, forty
miles distant from Paris.
DOMESTIC.
Gold closed in New York On the St1
At 113zs.
/ A few days ago party of men rode up
| ~ a
living in johnson county, Ark, and call
ing him to the door, shot and killed him
His son-in- law, while attempting to es
cape, was likewise killed. They then FREQ
yolley into the house, dangerously
wounding Mrs. Glover and her little son
1 and then rode off. The affair caused grea'
excitement, and the citizens were hunting
the assassins.
| A dispatch was received at Washington
on the Sd from Minister Motley, announc
ing the surrender at Sedan of the En-
peror Napoleon and the entire French
army under MacMahon.
Chicago was visited by terrible fire OF
the 4th. a new and magnificent block o
buildings on the east side of Wabash ave
nue., between Washington and Madison
streets, one OF the finest business struc
lures in the city, erected about year ago
was entirely destroyed, together with {
large portion of the contents. The prin
cipal occupants of the buildings were
lV. Farwell & Co., Lyon 6 Healy, Smitl
g. Nixon, Latin, Butter & Co., Kirtlant
Ordway & Co. The loss on buildings ant
contents is stated at $2,5250O0; insurance
$1,559,000. 1t was believed on the morn
ing of the 5th that from ten to twent.
persons engaged in rescuing goods from
the burning building were caught by tn
falling walls and buried in the ruins.
kilograms received in New York o.
the 5th from all the principal cities of tn
Union state that the news of the surren
der of Napoleon and the capture of Mac
T Mahon's army caused intense excitemen
, among the Germans, and the event wa
celebrated by firing salutes, ringing bellI
, professions and other manifestions of JOY
] The New York Commercial Adoertsse
| of the 9th says President Grant had il
t structed Secretary Fish to issue procls
q nation recognizing the new French RI
public.
The losses by the recent great fire
f Chicago are stated as follows: ]. v. Fa
J. well & Co, 81 100000; insurance, $3.50
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