Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-08-15
General News summary.
THE OLD WORLD.

the 5th. In her speech on the occasion the
Queen acknowledges her obligations to the
House of Commons for the provisions by
which she was enabled to promptly meet the
obligations imposed upon her by the award of
the Geneva arbitrators. She announced that
she was still occupied in giving effect to those
provisions in the Treaty of Washington which
relate to the British claims against the United
States, and to the interests of her possessions
in North America.
The German Government has directed its
representatives in Spain to cooperate with the
English and French representatives for the
protection of foreigners and their property,
even if force had to be employed.
Count de Chambord received the Count of
Paris at Vienna on the 5th.
A Parliamentary election at Greenwich,
England, to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Sir David Saloman, has resulted in a
Conservative triumph. This is the first in
stance, since 1852, of Conservative candi-
date being elected for the borough, and the
result is thought to indicate that the Con-
servatives will return to power after the ap-
preaching general election, with a working
majority.
The interview on the 5th between the
Counts de Chambord and de Paris was cordial,
and the political situation in France was not
alluded to.
Madrid advices on the 9th were to the effect
that the Insurgents at Cadiz had surrendered
to the National troops. The Government
troops had re-occupied Sorca. The Germans
had captured two Insurgent frigates in the
harbor of Malaga. The Insurgents had gain
ed possession of Orhuela, and threatened
Alicante. A powder magazine in Valencia
exploded on the 5th, killing many Insurgents
and wounding more.
Emigration from Russia to America is in
creasing. Four hundred Russians sailed on
the 9th on one steamer. The movement
threatens to depopulate some districts in
Russia.
A discussion in the British Cabinet on the
7th resulted in important changes in the Min
istry. A London telegram says: "The Mar
quis of Ripon and Messrs. Childers and Bax-
ter have resigned the two former for private
reasons. Gladstone, in addition to the Pre-
miership, assumes the Chancellorship of the
Exchequer, in lieu of Lowe, who assumes the
will succeed Lord Ripon as President of the
Council Arthur Peel becomes Liberal whip.
Other changes are expected in few days.
John Bright joins the Cabinet as Chancellor
of the Duchy of Lancaster"
A cable dispatch of the 7th says there had
been marked improvement in the appearance
of the crops, in France, and there was prom
ise of an abundant harvest of excellent quail
ity.
A Vienna dispatch of the 7th says that in his
late interview with the Count de Chambord the
Count de Paris acknowledged the former to
be the head of the House of Bourbon and of
the royal line of France. On the return visit
of Chambord to the Count de Paris, the latter
met Chambord at the door of his hotel and
escorted him within.
1t has been determined that Henri Rochefort
has recovered his health sufficiently to undergo
the fatigue of the voyage, and he has been
sent to New Caledonia to serve a sentence of
expatriation for life.
According to dispatch from Berlin of the
Sth, the cholera is prevalent in the barracks in
that city.
Madrid dispatches of the Sth announce that
Valencia has Internationally surrendered, and
General Campos has occupied the city. Car
tagena was expected to surrender speedily.
The third quarter of the last millard of the
war indemnity was paid by France on the 5th
instant.
London papers announce that Lord Freder
ick Charles Cavendish and Sir Arthur Welles-
ley Peel would assist Gladstone in administer
ing the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer.
A Vienna journal of the Sth reports that the
Count de Chambord had accepted the throne
of France, a formal tender of which had been
made him by deputation of Legitimists.
Cable dispatches of the 9th state that the
cholera had entirely disappeared from Vienna,
and that an inquiry by the authorities of Paris
showed there had been no case of that disease
in that city this year.
A dispatch from Barcelona on the 9th says
the Carlists were concentrating before Berga
preparatory to making an attack upon that
city. Bayonne telegram of the 10th says
the Carlists had surrounded Ogarzum, in the
Province of Guipuzcoa. The Republican
troops had retreated to Pampeluna, from
Elizonda, leaving the Carlists in possession of
Northern Navarro.
It seems that very few lives were lost in the
investment and defense of Valencia, three hun
dred killed and wounded covering the losses
on both sides; but the injury to the city and
commerce was very great. One hundred
houses were damaged by the bombardment.
The leaders of the Insurgents escaped to Car
tagena the night before the surrender.
A London dispatch of the 18th says it was
believed that it would not be necessary for
Mr.. Gladstone to be reelected to Parliament
in consequence of his assumption of the Chan
cellorship of the Exchequer. Mr.. Ayrton, late
Commissioner of Public Works, has become
Judge Advocate General, an office that had
been vacant for three years.
A recent Vienna telegram says many strang
ers were leaving that city, and the number of
visitors to the Exposition was decreasing
daily.
THE NEW WORLD.
The President reached Washington on the
5th, and Senator Morton had long consulta-
ton with him. A Cabinet meeting was held.
A large quantity of petroleum oil was burn