Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-02-23

James Beggs, of Covlngton, KY, late deputy
United States Marshal, has been arrested
and sent to jail at Louisville, on account OF
8 deficit of about $4,000 in his accounts
)lullIl washingten0 i
THE Presidents transniittsdTtb the Senate
on Wednesday information Furnished blythe
Secretary Of State in response to a resolution
of inquiry regarding the retention in Vene1
zuela of the Anaeri can steamers Hero, Dud7
ley Buck, Nutrfas, and San Fernando, the
property of the Venezuelan Steam Transport
tation Company, an. American corporation
1t appears that these vessels were seized last
fall; the first by the Venezuela government
troops, and the other three by the revolu-
tionists. Acting Secretary of State Davis
wrote NJ mister Pile on, the I'D of September,
demanding the immediate restitution of
the vessels Hero and Dudley Buck, and,
MISUNDERSTANDING of the seizure of the other
two, made al similar demand for further res
titdtion In reply,the Venezuela Minister
of, Foreign Affairs wrote to Mr.
Pile in November, diaavowing the acts, and
promising, upon proof, to make the neceSsa-
~ reparation.
UP to the 5th inst, the sums awarded to
Americans by the joint United States and
Mexican Commission amounted to S575,OOO.I
The amount claimed in the aggregate was
$11 800 900. Awards to Mexicans amounted
to only $4,000. The aggregate claimed was
$18 ,000, 000..... Thomas K. Cree. of Pitts
burgh, Pa, has been appointed Secretary OF
the Board of Indian Commissioners, 0ace
Vincent Collyer, resigned.
ANOTHER expedition under the command
of Commander Crossnan, will soon befitted
out by the Navy Department to survey the
Nicaragua route forsanwinter- oceanic canal.
.. Mrs. Admiral Dahlgren has laid Claim
before each House for the amount due from
the Government to her late husband for the
use of guns upon W hich he had q patent.
This claim was fully recogn ized abythe4Navy
Department, but previous to the Admirals
death he had made no collections. The
President has appointed Sayles J. Bowen,
ex-Mayor Of Washington, Minister to zEeua
DOR ASESEArs<kIF.
THE location of the new government
buildings in Chicago was decided upon on
Monday. The square purchased is two
blocks south of the former position on Dear
born street., The other sides of the square.
are Clark, Jackson and Adams. The price
agreed on is ST. $50 ,0O0.ii3H| t*-3t} lD4 81
f....-..EwT Foreign. 1T
= Mr.. DENN1soN, Speaker Of the English
House of Commons has resigned in conse-
quence of i'll health. .....T The French Ma
tional = Assembly, after an agitated
authorizing the prosecution Of pub
fishers of provincial papers which have.
lately contained articles insulting to the As
sembly.- o>tG III" : tfi' A5H" ~
THE steamer Coloradoj which sailed from
Al Ma VoH
just outside of the. Mersey was run into with
great violence by the Arabian, inward
bound. The Colorado,receiyed severe dam
ages, and was run ashore tosprevent her
sinking in deep water with all on board.
The Arabian, which was. comparatively UNI
injured, rescued all the passengers of the
Colorado except five in the ,steerage;swho, it
is supposed, jumped overheard in the panic
which followed, and were lost The pas
sengers were brought back to Liverpool......
A new company, which proposes to lay a
telegraph cable direct to New York, has 4
been registered in London. One OF the
features Of its prospectus is a, promise to-
fix the tolls on dispatches at twenty shil-
lings per ten words.....In the House Of
Commons on Thursday Mr.. Gladstone
moved vote of thanks to Right Hon.
John Evelyn Dennison, the retiring
speaker of the House, and also resolu-'
ton recommending an elevation to the
peerage. Mr.. Disraeli, who was present,
seconded both motions, and they were car
ried by reclamation ..... Minister 'Washburne
is about to return to the United States, on
temporary leave Ysf absence. tSecretary
Hoffman will actsas charge ddfdires during
Fl his absence.
In the English House of Commons on
Friday, Right Honorable Henry Bouverie
Brand, the Ministerial candidate, was elect
ed Speaker 7ithout opposition. zee. The Patrie
says The G. nnli tteesof tie Nationsf Assem-
sbly, which is nvestigating tHe@facts con-
nected with the capitulation Of the French
Notifications and armies during the recent
war, has obtained proof of Marshal Bazaine's
streachery to tho Republican, The difficulty
sabout the Alabama claims is said to have
depressed American securities in European
markets.
r "A. DISPATCH from Cork reports that at srd I
BILE stofna has prevailed for the past few days
on the southern coast of Ireland, and several
disasters, with serious loss of life, are re-
ported. Three vessels, whose names have
not been ascertained, foundered off BalIy-
cattan, village twenty miles southeast of
Cork, and their crews persisted.
On. the sth inst. Lord Mayo Governor
General of India, was stabbed by convict
at Port Blair, Andaman Islands, and
died soon. Upon receipt of the news in the
English House of Commons eulogies were
pronounced by Mr.. Gladstone ard Dissaeli, |
and by the Duke of Argyll in the. Housssof
Lords, referring in terms of tine highest
praise to the great publieservices Of the de-
ceased. ..... Caleb Gushing, j. Bancroft Davis,
William M. Evafts and NJ .4FR. Waite have
gaTrived AFFAIRS, and are in close consuita-
ton in regard to the business before the
aGeneva Beard of ArbitrationP Prayers
were offered on Sunday in all the churches
at Sheffield for the prevention of war be-
tween England and the United States ...... M.
Reuher, formerly Minister of State under
Napoleon, has been elected to the French
Assembly from the Island of Corsica.
T4EYBight Hon john sEvea yn Dennison,
late sneaker of theaHoasel dfsC COMMONS, lis
gazetted as Viscount Ossington. He ap-
peared in the House of Lords on Tuesday
evening, and theeoath having been admin
sistered he took his seat as a Peer. Minis
ter Jay of Austria, arrived at Rome on
Tuesday to meet Gen. Sherman, both of
whom were presented to Victor iEnm anuel, 1
who gave them cordial reception. Gee. The
Franco German Postal Convention has been
signed by the respective governments who
are parties thereto-...It is rumored that-an
interview between the Car and Emperor of
Brazilf has been ARRANGED to take}place at
Nice. kilograms fronns Bonn bay announce
that the assassination of the Earl of Mayo
causes an intense excitement in India In
Calcutta and Bombay, the murder was the
universal theme of conversation. All bust |