Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-09-05
General News summary.
THE OLD woRLD.

L
est punishment under the laws for their of
fense Before the verdict was rendered George
Bidwell and Mcdonnell stated that they were
the only guilty ones. and exonerated the Other
| two from all completely in the frauds.
Sir Samuel Baker and party have reached
Cairo, returning from their expedition into
Africa.
Vienna dispatch of the 26th says that, OF
$4,000 medals awarded exhibitors at the Expo
sition 400 go to America. There was much
dissatisfaction with the results of the Exposi
tion. 1t is charged that a nufaSer Of articles
which were never entered for competition re-
ceived medals, and that several firms which
had none of their goods on exhibition were
awarded diplomas through manipulations Of
the juries. The quantity of goods and speci
mems which will be returned home from the
American department is very small.
Carl Wilhelm, composer of the famous wal
song, "The Watch on the Rhine," died al
Schwalkelden on the Goth.
Madrid telegrams of the Goth state that the
Carlists, who were in large force and under
their favorite leaders, had been completely de-
feated near Estella, and had retired toward the
drawn from the neighborhood of Berga, hay
ing apparently abandoned the idea of its re-
duction. A Carlist force had entered the town
of Fraga, and the village of Tortella had been
entirely destroyed by the Insurgents in that
vicinity. Senor Emilio CASTELAR, had been
elected President of the Cortes by vote of
134 in his favor against 73 blanks. t
William Marsell, Postmaster-General of En-
gland, has rendered his resignation, but at the
solicitation of Mr.. Gladstone, will remain tenn
porarily in charge of the department.
A letter was recently received in New York
from the English Consul General at Pesth,
Hungary, stating that the cholera in the latter
city was far worse than publicly reported. The
average deaths had been 600 week in popu-
lation of less than 100000. The disease ap-
peared in virulent epidemic form.
A Vienna dispatch of the 2Sth says consid-
erable excitement had been created among
those interested in the affairs Of the Exposi-
ton by the refusal Of an English firm to ac-
cept medal of merit which was awarded by
the judges.
The German Government has ordered the
expulsion from that country of all emigration
agents who fail to prove that they are German
subjects.
NJ. Beule, Minister of the Interior, sent a
circular to the Projects of Departments of
France, directing them to prohibit demon
strations on the 4th of September, the annis
versary of the proclamation of the French
Republic.
At a meeting of the majority of the Spanish
Cortes on the 29th, it was resolved to suspend
the session of that body from the first of Sep
decided to pass a vote of confidence~in the
Ministry before taking a recess.
1t is reported that an insurrection recently
broke out in Khiva and Khokand during the
absence of General Kaufman General Veer-
effkin quelled the rebellion and destroyed the
city of Khiva. Khokand was quiet. The
Russians had executed six hundred leaders of
the late movement
1t is reported that all the young men sent
out by the Japanese Government throughout
Europe and America, with the view of apply
ing themselves to the study of different branch
es of science, have been ordered to return
home. The reason given for the recall is that
upon the return of students from Europe and
America they were unable to bear satisfactory
examination in the studies they were pursu-
ing, and the Japanese Government have re-
solved to send no more students abroad until
such time as they have undergone some three
or four years. tuition in home college, and
can submit to rigid examination in English,
French, or German.
TelegTams from the north of Spain on the
3Oth ult announce the defeat of the Carlists
under Saballs, after four hours fighting. On
the goth General Campas summoned the Car
tagena Insurgents to surrender. They an
swered by hosting black flag on their works.
A Madrid dispatch of the 31st ult says the
Carlists were again interrupting railway traffic
and destroying mails on the lines between
Madrid and the northern frontier. The Cortes
had, by vote of 119 nays against AZ yeas, re-
jected the proposition to grant amnesty to
Intransegante Insurgents.
A Bayonne dispatch Of the 1st says that the
Carlist troops had entered Cantaviza and were
threatening Caspa, in the province of Sara
gossa. The English residents of Cartagena
had all fed from that city in anticipation of
an attack from General Campos upon the In
surgents.
A colliery explosion at Sevazza, Wales, on
the 1st, caused the death of five men.
The London Globe, of the 1st, says the Min
istry had determined to submit statement OF
the Budget to Parliament early in the next
session, on basis of the abolition of the in
come tax, on which, if the House refuses to
sustain them, they will appeal to the country
THE NEW WORLD.
The Secretary of the Senate at Washington
has received a letter dated August IA, from
Senator Morton, instructing him to return to
the United States Treasury the Senator's in
creased compensation known as ''back pay"
Several German beer-sellers of Worcester,
who were on trial for violating the Massachu-
setts Liquor law, have escaped by the disa-
greement of the jury. Six stood for convic-
ton and six for acquittal.
A special dispatch to the Chicago Tribune of
the 27th states that Professor Ballene, from
France, crossed the Niagara River the day be-
fore, On a tight rope, 1,50Oft long, oppositethe
Clifton House, in sixteen minutes. Returning
to the center, he cast his cloak and balance
pole into the river, and then jumped off into
the water beneath, distance of 140 feet, dis
appearing for few seconds, after which he
rose to the surface, and was picked up by men
in waiting and went ashore in small boat.
General Butler opened the Gubernatorial
campaign by speech at Worcester, Mass, on
the evening of the 26th. His speech was at
tentiyely listened to by large audience.
Announcement is made of another general
reduction in railroad freights from the East
to the West. The new tariff is as follows:
From New York to Toledo, reduced from 5s
cents to 81 cents; Detroit, from 5S to 2S
Cleveland, from 45 to 20; Columbus, from &C
to 30. Cincinnati. from 20 to37; Indianapolis