Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-12-12
General News Summary.
THE OLD WORLD.

ALondon dispatch of the LIST reports ter
Idle disaster at sea. On the morning of the
23d ult the steamship Vile de Havre, which
left New York November Is, for Havre, in
command of Captain Surmont, came in col
lision with the British ship Locherne, from
London for New York, and sunk shortly
after. Two hundred and twenty-six of the
passengers of the Vile du Hayre were lost.
The ship Trimontain (Which happened in the
neighborhood at the time of the accident),
saved eighty-seven of the passengers and
crew and took them to Cardiff. The Vile du
Havre was struck amidships by the Locherne,
and sunk in twelve minutes after the collision.
The Locherne Immediately lowered her boats,
which rendered all the service possible by
them. @ e
1t is reported that the Cardinals of the
Roman Catholic Church have agreed upon
Cardinal Pecci, Archbishop Of Perugia, Italy,
as the successor of Plus TX.
The United States steamer Juniata arrived
at Santiago on the Goth ult., and her COM
mander visited the 101 Virginius prisoners re-
manning there. He telegraphed Consul
General Hall, assuring him that no other
executions except the thirty-seven had occur
red, and that if the American Government de-
manded the surrender of the prisoners no diff
Guilty would be experienced in obtaining
them.
Archbishop Ledochowski has replied to the
demand of the German Government for his
resignation, refusing to comply, and declaring
that he is responsible only to the Pope.
The Bank of England has fixed the mini
mum rate of discount at five per cent.
A 4 .IoI,I l. .1H{ H.
5th says the bombardment of Cartagena. was
failure, and a regular siege was intended.
During the bombardment four hundred houses
had been destroyed.
The London Times of the 5th gave an official
list of the British subjects taken prisoners on
the steamer Vrginius and afterward executed
at Santiago de Cuba. Commenting on
the act, the Times says: "The British
Government, while demanding the surrender
of the survivors, must carefully avoid COM
mitting itself to the proposition that the seiz-
ure of the Virgnius was Illegal"
A London telegram of the morning of the
9th says the Spanish squadron had not been
seen in the vicinity of Cartagena for week
The insurgents, in its absence, had been able
to procure fresh supplies daily, and had cap
tured several provision boats.
Pourcet closed his argument for the prose-
cution in the Bazaine courtmartial, on the
9th. He demanded, first, the degradation of
Bazaine, and, second, his execution.
Bartholde has been appointed Minister at
Washington, according to an announcement
made in Paris on the 9th.
A special dispatch to the New York Herald
of the 9th states that Minister Sickles had
rendered his resignation as Minister, in conse-
quence of the disagreement about the Spanish
complications.
The crew of the Lock Erne, the vessel that
caused the sinking of the Vile du Havre,
reached Plymouth, England, on the 7th, have
ing been taken there by the ship that rescued
them from their vessel, which was disabled by
the collision. They report that the Captain and
his Second Mate betook themselves, after the
collision, to the Loeb Erne, and did nothing
to assist in the rescue of the sailors or pas
sengers,