Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-08-02

diamonds in Baltimore stage, the other
| day.. Seyenty-four citizens of COrsicana,
Texas. were arrested on the 23d of July, for
alleged violation of the internal revenue
laws Warrants are out for $500 citizens of
| the district
Il wwN EWashingtMl. g.
W. IT is now announced that the new postal
cards will be ready for distribution in
September......T The distribution of the new
series of distilled spirit sta mps commenced
July 90. sosi2st So s1sss hHe-sssEsse seg
ABOUT twenty Indians headed by Mr..
Spotted Tail, arrived at Washington the
othersday, fer the purpose of interviewing
the President......A mong the rebel archives
recently purchased by the Government is
the report o Jacob Thorn pson, Confederate
agent in Can ada during the rebellion. This
report gives details of the plots formed by
rebel agents to burn Northern cities and
release rebel prisoners, with the names of
the persons prom inently conn ected there
with 49,. The Commission appointed for the
survey of the Northwestern boundary have
left Washington for the scene OF their
labors. The work of the Commission will
probably extend through two years.
RICHARD BEARDsLEY, the United States Con-
sui to Jerusalem, has been appointed Con-
sui General to Alexandria, vice Butler, re-
moved . Gen. Julius White, of Chicago, has
been appointed Minister to the Argentine
Republic. 49,. Under the new law, reducing
the number of Revenue Supervisors from
twenty five to ten, D. W. Mum is retained
for the States of 1llineis, Wisconsin land Mich
igan; S. T. Howell, for Ohio and Indiana /;
and S. W. Heddrick, for Iowa, Minnesota,
Nebraska, Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and
Colorado Marquis de Noailles, the new
French Minister, was introduced to the Pres
ident on July "a, and delivered his creden-
tials...... Pension Agent Collins has been di :
covered 20 be defaulter, and the Govern
ment has entered suit against his bon dsmen.
.."..Spotted Tail and his delegation of In
dians visited the Executive mansion on July
"a, and had an interview with President
Grant. sfas. "a Fires sag
sa Foreign. sss = e aa
MADRID has been thrown into asfever of
excitement by an attempt to assassinate the
King and Queen. On the night of the 10th
of July, while driving through the streets,
they were fired upon by party of five as
sassins, but luckily the bullets Of the would
be murderers missed their mark. One of
the attacking party was killed and two
arrested ..... The steamer Hibernlan has
sailed from Liverpool with q party of Eng
lish settlers-the pioneers of the projected
colony in Minnesota .....Capt. Burton, the
famous traveller and explorer, succeeds the
late Charles Lever as British Consul at
| Trieste. seasH A.
THE grave-diggers of Woolwch Cemetery
| Iondon) are on strike..... The cholera has
broken out in Moscow, Russia, in malig-
nant form, tho proportion of deaths to re-
coveries being eight to one. Thousands o.
the better class of citizens are fleeing to
Western Europe.....M Mr.. Warne, an English
correspondent at Geneva, was murdered and
robbed July Dr.. The Italians are rejoicing
heartily over the lucky escape Of Amadeus
from the Spanish assassins' bullets..... The
new French loan is issued at the official
rate of 85f 5c......Three of the would-be
assassins of the King and Queengof Spain
and twenty-seven accomplices7 have been
arrested. The escape OF the royal person
| ages was q very narrow one. One OF the
horses attach ed to the carriage received
seven pistol snots.
MARSHAL MCMAHON has signifed his will
ingness to accept the Presidency of the
French Republic in the event of the death
or resignation of Theirs .....T The cable an
nounces monetary crisis in Paris. Trade
| is stagnent, and thousand of shops are closed
| for rent. Japan is making rapid progress
in reaching the American grade of civiliza-
| ton. About three-fourths of the narrow
guage railroad from Yokoh anna to Yeddo, a
/ distance Of II miles, has been finished, and
has cost already over $4,000 a mile. No.
| body knows where the money has gone to,
and the railroad, like the New York court
| house, is waiting sfor fresh approximations.
......I It is thoughtthe par ties who attempted
to assassinate the King and Queen of Spain
were the hired instruments of political
conspiracy. The parties arrested are be-
lieved to be the men who assassinated Gen.
! Prm. -a z@.e sys Sc -a5sE es.E
THERE is a secret society in the City of
Mexico, composed of the worst class of Grim
mails, whose chief occupation is that of
kidnapping people. On July % Mexican
gentleman, Senior Cervantos, was found in
an almost dying condition, hid away by the
kidnappers. Three of the miscreants were
caught and sunlmarily executed. A few
days previous they seized Frenchman, and
tore out his eyes and tongue..-..The French
National Assembly, by vote of SIT to 233,
has adopted the first chapter of the bill
taxing raw materials. This is considered as
a complete triumph for Theirs. 1.-THE Ar
gentine Confederation has voted $4,000 900
for thr< iron-clad vessels, which have been
| ordered from the United States.
The court at Versailles engaged in trying
the Communists has sentenced awoman (the
cantiniere Guyard) to death. She will be
guillotined, it being thought too revolving
Isfor soldiers to shoot woman. - Stan ley,
the Herald correspondent, arrived at Paris,
July "a, and proceeded at once to London.
THE cholera is abating in st. Petersburg
and other Russian cities. Three more French
Communists were slaughtered at Satory,
on the 25th of July ...... Benito Juarez, Presl-
dent of the Mexican Republic, died at the
City of Mexico on the 18th of July, of apo
plexy. Lerdo de Tejeda, Chief of the Su-
preme Court, will succeed to the Presidency
until Congress shall order an election to fill
the vacancy. Tejeda has been looked upon
as a sympathizer with the revolutionists
during the late troubles, although he has
remained in the City of Mexico, taking no
active part with the Insurgents JuareS was
first elected in 1858, and held that Office,
with the varying fortunes attending all
rulers of that distracted country, up to the
time Of his death. kT6sEf1| IA
The Geneva Arbitration.
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