Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-06-13
General News Summary.
THE OLD WORLD.

to the French army on the Sd, in which he
said: "The choice of the President of the Re-
public from your ranks shows the confidence
of the National Assembly in your LOYALTY"
The President also issued an order appointing
General L'Admirault, Military Governor of
Paris, to the command of the Army of Yer
sailles.
Dispatches to the London Times of the 4th
contradict tn report that there was less cor
diality in the relations between the French
and German Governments since the election of
MacMahon.
Urbano Rattazzi the italian statesman, died
at Frosinone on the morning of the 5th, aged
65. The Chamber of Deputies voted national
mourning for two weeks because Of his death.
The American Department of the Vienna Ex-
position was opened ON the morning of the
5th, and steam applied to the machinery. The
novelties surpass those from other countries.
President White, of Cornell University, and
Ex-Governor E. D. Morgan, of New York, are
Chairmen of the Bureaus of Education and
Commerce, respectively.
Prince jerome Napoleon had arrived in
Paris on the 5th, and his presence caused much
agitation in the lobbies of the National As
sembly.
The first reception of President MacMahon,
which took place on the evening of the 5th,
was brilliant affair.
In O circular letter addressed to the repre-
sentatives of France abroad, the Duke de
Broglie, French Minister of Foreign Affairs,
declares that the difference between the major
ity in the Assembly and Theirs was on his
of o;a ay,t
guarantees against revolution. The policy Of
the new Government, he continues, will be
moderate at home and pacific abroad. All
attempts at revolution will be vigorously
opposed without attacking existing institu-
tions
A special dispatch to the London Times
from Central Asia announces the arrival at
Kransordsk, on the 2Sth of May, of the South
Caspian detachment of the Russian expedition
against Khiva.
Pietri, formerly private Secretary of the EN-
peror Napoleon, denies the authenticity of the
appeal of the ex-Empress Eugenie to the
French people, published recently in the Lon
don papers.
Emperor William was seriously sick, and his
physicians advised him not to undertake
journey to Vienna.
News was received at Madrid on the 18th
that portion of General Velarde's troops in
Barcelona had mutinied, and he had saved
himself by fight, and subsequently resigned.
The Cortes on the 7th elected Senor Orenz
President Figueras announced to the COrtes
his determination to return to them the pow
ers with which the Assembly had invested him
as President of the Provisional Government of
Spain. He said that the conditions of the ten
ure of his grave responsibility had become
more difficult than heretofore. Senor Pi y
Margall was nominated to form new Cabinet.
On the sth the Cortes passed a resolution pro-
claiming Federal Republic, by a vote of 210
yeas against nays.
Prince Jerome Napoleon called upon Presi
dent MacMahon in Paris on the 18th, and left
his card The President returned message
acknowledging the courtesy with his compli-
ments.
A cable dispatch of the 7th says the cholera
had disappeared from the country adjacent to
the Danube.
Recent letters from Vienna report that the
following United States Commissions had been
assigned to arrange and supervise the exhibi-
ton in the American Department. Very few
of the exhibitors from this country were pres
ent: On Mining and Metallurgy-Howard
Painter. Agricultural. A. Warden. Food
e. M. Horsford. Iron and Steele. Men
denhall. Paper-G. w. Silcox. Machinery
C. A. Stanberry. Philosophical Instruments
R. R. Lines. Musical Instruments-N. M.
Lowe. Education-J. d. Philbrick.
A New York dispatch states that the Geneva
eward of 5,5OO,OO0 is to be paid September
IA of the present year.
The Alexandra Palace, near London-a
magnificent exhibition establishment named
in honor of the Princess of Wales-was de-
stroyed by fire on the 9th. Loss $3,000,000.
Several persons were injured.
At the municipal election in Lyons, France,
held under the act recently passed by the AS
sembly, 35 out of 36 Radical nominees were
chosen.
At secret session of the Spanish Cortes, on
the evening of the Sth, Senor Margall proposed
a new Ministry. After an excited discussion,
and amid much confusion, Margall announced
that he would withdraw his list of Ministers.
great uproar followed, and, after order was
restored, the Cortes appealed to Senior Figuer
as to remain in power with the old Cabinet,
and he finally consented to do so. A vote of
confidence in his Ministry was then adopted.