Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-10-24
General News Summary.
THE OLD WORLD.

A Paris dispatch of the 18th says that it
had been agreed between the Right and Left
| Centers, to submit proposition to the As
sembly, when it reconvenes, to prolong McMa-
hons tenure of office as President, and to ac-
company the proposition by plan for a de-
finite organization of the Republic. The
Bonapartists had organized for an appeal to
| the people. There were rumors atioat that
disagreements had arisen between the Govern
ment of France and Italy.
Late intelligence from Pekin, received from
San Francisco on the 18th, was to the effect
that twenty-seven villages had been swept
away by the waters of the Yungtino River,
and that great amount of human and animal
life had been lost by the disaster.
Intelligence reached New York on the 18th
that the Cuban insurgents under Gomez had
/ captured and sacked the town of Santa Cruz
del Sur, situated near Puerto Principe. Over
600 rifles and 5000 cartridges, besides large
quantities of clothing and provision, were Sc
| cured.
A dispatch from Paris, of the 18th, says
the Monarchial parties in France had come to
an absolute agreement. Chambord had made
concessions which were satisfactory to the
|
be submitted at the opening of the Assembly
The proclamation of hereditary constitutional
monarchy, the King promising liberty of con-
science and equality before the law as the
right of all. The Monarchists were confident
of majority in the Assembly. 1t is said that
416 deputies had pledged themselves to sup
port the restoration of royalty.
Ardervirike Castle, formerly the residence
of the Duke of Abercorn, was burned on the
10th. Many works of art, including numer-
Gus sketches by Landseer, were destroyed.
A st. Petersburg (Russia) dispatch of the
17th says the river Neva had overfowed its
banks and caused great damage in that city
and the adjoining country.
A Paris dispatch of the 18th says that
eighteen deputies in the Assembly from the
Department of the Seine had signed a mani
festo protesting against the restoration of
royalty.
A London dispatch of the 10th says the
Bank of England had fixed the rate of dis
count at seven per cent. This was in conse-
ouence of the continued large shipments of
| gold to America.
Dispatches from Copenhagen of the 18th
say that the Folketing, having rejected the
budget of the ministry, had been dissolved by
the King.
A Madrid dispatch of the 10Th says the Brit
ish dispatch boat from Cartagena had arrived
at Alicante with the news that the insur-
gent frigate Numancia had run into the
Fernando Ell Catolica and sunk her. 1t
was believed that all on board had
been lost. A later dispatch says
| Of tho rl,orc
of the insurgent Junta were on board the In
surgent fleet, and the belief was current at
| Cartagena that the Intransigente government
had escaped beyond the boundaries of Spain.
A Geneva dispatch of the 10th says that
| Bishop Mermillod, the expatriated prelate
from across the French frontier, had issued an
| interdict against three cures, recently chosen
bv the Old Catholics of Geneva, prohibiting
them from exercising their religious func-
tions Pere Hyacinthe, on the 10Th, preached
a powerful sermon, in which he denied Mer-
millod's authority to interpose his interdict
The wife of Father Hyacinthe had given birth
! to son.
A Madrid dispatch of the Goth says the In
transigente squadron, from Cartagena, had ar
| rived off the harbor of Valencia, followed and
closely watched by several British, French,
and Italian men-of-war. Contreras, who COM
manded, had sent boat ashore with de-
mand for money and provisions. To this de-
mand the authorities had declined to accede,
and preparations were making for the bonn
bardment of the port Several merchantmen
had already been captured, and Contreras had
threatened to sink the Spanish gunboat, LIE
Panto, lying in the harbor. The British Ad-
miral had demanded that ninety-six hours no-
tice be given before bombardment, and had
threatened, if shot was fired before the ex-
piration of that time, to open upon the squad
ron with the entire foreign fleet.
A dispatch from Edinburgh of the Goth an
nounced the death of Rev. Dr. Candish, the
great Scotch preacher.
The Gazetta d'Italia of the Goth, according
! to Rome dispatch of that date asserted that
the financial crisis in America had caused great
excitement at the Vatican. 1t had never been
kept secret that great part OF the money
received from Peters pence, and part of the
private property of the prelates, had been de-
posted in the American banks by Cardinal
Antonelli. The General of the Society of the
Jesuits had been on that day officiallynotifed
by the Roman Government that the order
must Immediately vacate the premises occu-
pied by them in Rome. Six converts had been
token possession of on that day by the au-
| thorities.
A late letter from Padong, Sumatra, says:
"The second expedition to Acheen willleave
in October, and will consist of a fleet of thirty
ships and steamers, and from $4,000 to $1,000
men. There will probably be hard fighting on
the first landing, and perhaps some heavy loss
of life, as in the first expedition, but the
Achinese will find out that they cannot stand
against the mitrailleuse and breech-loaders."
THE NEW WORLD.
Dispatches from Pennsylvania, of the 14th,
were to the effect that the Republicans had