Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-12-19
THE OLD WORLD.

1
London was visited by very heavy fog on
the 9th. At half-past three p. m. the density
of the fog was almost without precedent, and
all traffic ceased as it was impossible to trans
act business. The streets were filled with
men and boys bearing torches to light pedes
trians on their way.
| The Chief Director of the Transatlantic
| Steamship Company telegraphs concerning
| the lost steamship Vile du Havre disaster:
''The report of the crew of the Loeb Erne is
absolutely false. The steamer maneuvered
| correctly, and the officers and crew fully and
| nobly discharged all their duties, Captain Sur
mont especially. The Loeb Erne only was in
fault"
A Paris dispatch of the 9th says the resig-
nation of Minister Sickles was based on the
fact of the Washington Government negotiat-
ing directly with Spain, and overlooking him.
He claims that the Government failed to pro-
tect him.
The trial of Marshal Bazaine was concluded
at Versailles on the 10th. The judges de-
clared Bazaine guilty of sur1endering Metz,
and the army in the open field, without doing
what was demanded by honor and duty to
avoid it, and unanimously condemned him to
death, and degradation from his rank previous
to his execution. After judgment all the
members of the court signed an appeal for
mercy, which Duke d. Aumale Immediately
conveyed in person to President MacMahon.
Bazaine was greatly excited when he heard
the decision of the court.
The Captain General of Cuba issued proc
lamation on the 10th, in which he announced
his belief that amicable relations will remain
uninterrupted between Spain and the United
States.
The dense fog at London, which set in on
the 9th, continued on the 11th, and seriously
affected the business of the city and the nav
igation of the Thames. No vessels had ar
rived in two days. The fog had caused the
cattle show in Agricultural Hall to be fail
ure Some of the animals had died. and their
owners were withdrawing others. The fog
covered an area of fifty square miles, London
being the center.
According to special from Paris to the
London Daily Ne,os of the 18th, President
MacMahon intended to commute the sentence
of Marshal Bazaine to twenty years. seclusion..
On the evening of the 18th, Captain General
Jovellar issued an address to the inhabitants
of Cuba, in which he said:
1.-THE moment a treaty is signed between the
Governments of Spain and the United States, my
duty, although painful it may be, is to comply
faithfully with its terms. For this have received
final orders Failure to comply with the same
without the aid of Spain. In the meanwhile, obey
the law of necessity and the orders of the Govern
ment of the Spanish Republic Let us deliver up
the Virginius and the survivors of her passengers
and crew / have faith in the nobleness of your
procedures, in compliance with my word.
(Signed) JOAQUIN JOvELLAR.h
ATeheran, Persia, dispatch recen tly received
in London says that, as Baron Reuter- had not
begun internal improvements in Persia within
the time fixed, the Shah had declared the con-
tract void.
The French authorities have selected the
island of Sainte Marguerite, off Cannes, as the
place of confinement for Marshal Bazaine. In
a letter to his counsel the Marshal says he
''shoud not appeal against the sentence, not
wishing to prolong in the ears of the world
the spectacle of such painful struggle. My
conscience reproaches me with nothing. |
confidently await the justification which will
come with the lapse of time and the subsidence
of party passions"
According to special from Berlin, received
in London on the 18th, the commander of one
Spanish man of-war in the Sooloo Archipelago
and carried to Manila, writes home that him
self and the crew were sent to pris on and kept
there for two months, receiving very harsh
treatment at the hands of the Spanish officials.
The dispatch also says that the public feeling
in Germany was much excited over the seizure
of the vessels, and that the fullest satisfac-
tion for the insult to the German flag was de-
manded
great number of persons were drowned
in the London docks, and several other fatal
accidents occurred, during the recent three
days. fog in that city.
On the 18th, M. Dahierel, of the extreme
Right, presented petition to the French As
sembly for the restoration Of the Monarchy,
with 10000 signatures.
The Queen Dowager of Prussia is dead, aged
seventy.two years.
The bombardment of Cartagena was resum-
ed on the 18th with increased vigor.
DR.. G. Schenck has been elected President,
| and DR.. E. w. Elite, e-President, of the
Swiss Confederation.