Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-08-16

| and cut his head severely. Com modores
John L. Worden and George F. Emmons
are to be promoted to the rank Of R ear Adj
miral. ~m
Foreign. aaa
SEVENTEEN thousand emigrants sailed
from Liverpool for America during July.....
The Paris Temps doubts the genuineness of
the Livingstone letters sent by Stanley to
the Herald. 1t quotes the opinion of the
German geographer Kepert, who discovers
various geographical plumbers in the let
ters. He thinks part Of the narrative was
invented by Stanley, and hence the whole
is valueless, and hints that it is possible
Stanley never saw DR.. Livingstone.
The war in Central America is still pro-
crossing. The San Salvador troops have
captured and pillaged the city of Honduras,
and the British and Spanish Consuls have
asked for war vessels to protect the interests
of the subjects of those nations. ....Spain is
going to ask for a loan of $60,00O,00O to carry
on the in Cuba. The cholera has
broken out in Berlin..... William Bradford,
an American artist, has received q commits
sion from Queen Victoria and the Marquis
of Lorne to paint for them sever l pictures
representing scenes in the Arctic ocean.....
The American residents of Paris entertained
Stanley, the New York Herald correspond
emit, at a banq"et, on the let inst, at W hich
Minister Washburne presided. Mr.. Wash
burne, in proposing the toast of the evening,
traced the expedition of Stanley into Africa
rom it's origin to the discovery of DIR.
Livingstone, and said this achievement
added new honor to the American name,
already renowned for such enterprises.
The toast and speech received immense
cheers. Stanley, in responding, said such
honor as attached to the expedition belonged
to Mr.. Bennett. He entertained the COM
pany for some time with accounts of his
travels and adventures in Turkistan Russia,
the Crimea and Jerusalem"...The Mexican
Government has proclaimed general
amnesty, embracing all engaged in the re
cent revolution, and restoring them to their
civil and Political rights. Congress has also
ordered O. general election to occur shortly.
49,. The London journals comment to seine
extent upon Summers letter, an abstract of
which was telegraphed, and the prospects of
the Presidential canvass in the United
States. The Times expresses an opinion that
President Grant had been much injured by
the refusal of the Geneva Tribunal to enter
tain the indirect claims. The Daily SIM
says that the letter of Sumner cannot but
increase the chances of Greeley.
ONE of the leading members of the Inter-
national Society in Europe predicts its dis
solution at its next general congress, to be
held at the Hague in Septem ber...... Thanks
giving services for the great success of the
new French loan were held in the churches
throughout France on Sunday, the 4th of
August. The French National Assembly
has adjourned until November. $500. DR..
Houard has put in claim against Spain for
damages occasioned by his imprisonment.
The claim will come before the Spanish
American Commission, now sitting at Wash
ington City,. Late advlces from South
America report that the Indians, in large
numbers, are invading and ravaging the
Argentine provinces west of the Platte. Set
Elements have been plundered, houses burn
ed, and in some cases women and children
persisted in the flames. AT one place g
party of English residents defended them
selves six hours against horde of savages,
until the house they held was burned under
them. This invasion, it is said, will post
pone, if not prevent altogether, the threat
ened war between Argentine Confederation
and Brazil.....,A dispatch from Suez reports
that 1000 Egyptians have invaded Abyssinia
with a view to conquest, and that the
Abvssinians were marching to meet the
invaders The southern provinces of
France have been visited by heavy sreshets,
causing great destruction of property.
DURING storm on the English coast, on
the 9Th inst, six fishing vessels were cap
sized, and all on board persisted. ..... During
the Parliamentary elections in Quebec, |
Canada, on the 9Th inst, serious rot &C.
Cured between the English and French |
speaking people, in which one person was |
killed and three wounded by pistol shots. |
The frequency of railroad casualties in
England is causing much comment, and |
Parliament has been asked to inquire into
the management of the railroads, with rela-
ton to the safety of passengers...... Minister
Schenck, Gen. Sherman, and Explorer STAN
ley occupied seats in the visitors gallery of
the British Parliament, during the session
of the 9th inst......A Madrid newspaper,
speaking of the Cuban instruction, says
1860 rebels have been killed, and 10000
submitted TO the Spanish authorities. Ten
thousand horses, $4,000 arms, and 1000
swords have been captured. Constantine
pie advices Of the 24t ult state that the
Turkish authorities have ordered two agents
the British b e Socity to leave B3rrus
STA. Their books were seized, and the sale
of oil Protestant works nrohih itad The