Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-08-22
General News summary.
THE OLD WORLD.

THE OLD WORLD.
The town of Christianople, on Kalmar
Sound, Sweden, has been entirely destroyed
by fire.
| Vienna advices of the 10Th state that the
medal for merit in Group 26, education, teach
| ing and instruction, has been awarded to
the collection of the periodical literature of
America.
The Pope, in recent allocution, denounces
the law enacted by the italian Parliament for
the disposal of church property and excommu-
nicates all concerned in the execution of the
law, or who purchase churches under it.
In the Spanish Cortes, on the 18th, a resotu-
| ton was adopted authorizing legal proceed
ings against nine members of that body i'm
plicated in the recent insurrectionary move
ments.
Cable dispatches of the 10Th state that the
wife of Don Carlos had joined her husband,
and would share his fortunes The field.
The Carlist troops were wildly enthusiastic
over the event. Contreras, with few follow
ers, had succeeded in re-entering Cartagena,
which was his last refuge. The Carlists had
laid siege to Bilboa.
According to Paris dispatch of the 13th
the members of the Right propose presenting
constitution to the Count de Chambord,
and if he accept they will proclaim him King
If he refuses Republic will be definitely es-
tablished.
The Shah of Persia sailed from Brindisi,
Italy, on the 18th, for Constantinople.
Madrid dispatch of the 18th says British
steamer recently succeeded in landing at Font
arabia 1900 rifles, 5000 pounds of ammuni-
ton, and forty horses for the Carlists. The
vessel was subsequently captured by Spanish
man. war, and towed into the harbor of San
Sebastian.
The Minister of State declared in the Span
ish Cortes, on the 18th, that he should demand
the extradition of insurgent refugees in for
eign countries.
The Carlists have captured the town of Ver-
CARA, and claim this to be the most important
success they have met with since the begin
ming of the campaign.
London dispatch of the 14th says it was
stated upon the highest authority that the
Count De Chambord had announced his reso-
luton to accept the constitution for France
prepared by members of the Right of the As
seinbly and himself, and will rule both "by
the will of God and the will of the people" :"
A proclamation of monarchy would be made
in about six weeks.
On the 18th the Carlists began their long
threatened attack on Berga. Six hours after
their batteries opened fire the city was burning
in several places.
The North German Gazette (Berlin) of the
18th emphatically denies late report in
IF into wifi
Bismarck, in which he is made to say that he
would extirpate the idea of God and substitute
that of the State. 1t declares that Bismarck
never used such language or advocated such a
sentiment
A Vienna telegram of the 18th states that
grand diplomas of honor had been awarded
to Americans, as follows: To the United
States Government for display of cotton and
products; to the National Bureau of Educa-
ton; to the State of Massachusetts,; to the city
of Boston, and to the Smithsonian Institute,
Washington. The latter four are for excel
lence in methods and progress of education
and schools.
Dispatches of the 18th from various places
in Germany state that the cholera was increas-
ing in virulence.
calling for so, 900 Of the reserves, so that the
Carlists and Republican insurgents may be
put down. A Madrid telegram of the 18th
says Caftagena was preparing for long strug-
gle. All males above sixteen years of age had
| been enrolled. The streets were almost de-
serted, and shops were closed. The insurgents
were issuing paper money.
Six hundred French Imperialists met at
Chiselhurst, England, on the 18th, and cele-
brated the fete day of the late Emperor.
Prince Louis Napoleon made speech, in the
course of which he said: "Planting myself
as an exile near the tomb of the Emperor, |
represent his teachings, which may be sum-
married. in the motto, Govern for the people,
by the people.'' The prince was loudly
cheered.
The health of the Emperor William is re-
ported to be precarious. A Berlin correspond
ent says his death is one of the events for
which it is well to be prepared.
A Madrid dispatch of the 18th says the In
surgents of Cartagena had released and armed
1880 convicts.
The fourth annual exhibition of the North
| ern Ohio Fair will begin at Cleveland, Septem-
Der 29, and continue five days.
The Madrid Epoca of the 18th alleges that
the French Government was secretly favoring
the operations of the Carlists in order to
strengthen the cause of the Count de Cham
bord. A dispatch from Carlist sources on the
18th states that the French Government had
taken the initiatory steps towards recognizing
the Carlists as belligerents, having issued or
ders permitting the transit of arms and muni
tions~of war between the two Custom-House
lines in the south of France.