Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-05-30
General News Summary.
THE OLD WORLD.

IHE OLD WORLD.
M. Louis Buffet has been reelected Presiden
of the French National Assembly, by vote Of
359 to 2S9 for his opponent, NJ. Martel
News from the Khivan seat of war, via st
Petersburg, Goth, says there was no truth il
the report that Khiva had been taken and the
Khan was a prisoner. There was much anx
iety in st. Petersburg concerning the ultimate
success of the expedition against Khiva. Two
of the columns had been delayed by heavy
snow storms, and the third, which formed the
advance, was still obstructed.
In the French Assembly on the 21st there
was an excited contest over the election Of
Vice-Presidents. NJ Martel 0he avowed sup
porter of President Thiers) was elected Fourtt
Vice-President on the third ballot, by vote
of $50 to 327. The election of M. Martel was
made test question, the Bonapartists, Legiti
mists and Orleanists being all combined
against him.
The garrison of Savahiya, Spain, surrender
ed to the attack of the Carlists under Dor
Alfonzo, on the 21st. The dispatch says thai
Notwithstanding the promise that the lives Of
the garrison should be spared, sixteen volun
teers (frst stated at 150) were massacred.
A telegram from Barcelona, 22d, says that
General Valarde has issued proclamation
calling all males between fourteen and sixteer
years of age into the Republican columns, and
threatening the infiction of heavy penalties
upon all municipalities attempting to thWart
its operation.
The Khedive Of Egypt arrived at Constants
nople on the 22d.
During debate in the French Assembly on
the 23d, NJ. Dufaure, Minister of Justice, de.
clared, on the part of the Government, that il
was now necessary to abandon a provisional
regime and acknowledge the Republic. Pres
iden Thiers then mounted the tribune and
attempted to speak, when instantly a storm of
objections and protestations came from the
Right and Right Center, which was met with
counter cries from the other side. A scene of
excitement and confusion followed which baf-
fes description. The President in vain attempt
ed to make himself heard; his voice was drowned
in the uproar. Finding that the House would
not hear him, Theirs descended from the tri-
bune and consulted with the Minister of JUS
tice. NJ. Dufaure took his place in the tribune
and, securing silence, said that he had been in
structed to formally notify the Assembly, in
accordance with the law adopted last session,
that the President desired to address the House
in person, and requested an adjournment until
the following day, when he would proceed to
deliver his speech. The Chamber accordingly
President Theirs and his Ministry have re
signed, and Marshal MacMahon has been elected
of thn ba
portant issue involved in the controversy
in the Assembly was on the definite
of the Republic, measure in
troduced by the Government and sustained by
the Liberals. The Right, or Conservative
side of the Assembly-consisting of Bona
partists, Orleanists and Legitimists-unitedi in
opposition to this movement, and when final
vote was reached on the Oath, the Left was
voted down by $50 to 344 and President
Thiers Immediately resigned, his resignation
being accepted, the vote being 36S for accept
ance to 339 against The vote by which Marshal
was chosen was 800. This change
in the Administration was accomplished with
out any disturbance, and was generally acqui-
esced in. MacMahon accepted the position of
President in the following words:
II will obey the will of the Assembly, the depos-
itory of national sovereignty. 1t. is heavy re-
sponsibility but, with Gods aid and the devotion
of the army, will continue the work Of iberating
the territory and restoring ORDER and will maintain
tranquility and the principles on which society
rests. To this pledge my word as an honest man
and a soldier"
The flfty-fourth birthday of Queen Victoria,
which occurred on the oath, was observed as a
in london, and was ushered in
by the firing of salutes and the ringing of
bells.
A cable dispatch of the Oath says the Carlists
denied the reported butchery of surrendered
but announced that they were held
subject to exchange for Carlists.
The following is the text of President Mac
Mahon's address to the Projects of Paris:
II have been called, through the confidence of
the National Assembly to the Presidency of the
Republic. No immediate change will be made in
the existing laws, regulations and institutions.
rely upon material order, and count upon your
vigilance and upon your patriotic assistance"
President MacMahon also sent a message to
the Assembly, containing the following:
II am animated by respect for your wishes, and
will always scrupulously execute them. The Ma
tional Assembly had two great tasks: the liberia
ton of the territory and the restoration of order.
The first was ably conducted by my predecessor,
with heroic patience. The country and
1 shall follow the foreign policy
of my predecessor. wish for peace and the reor-
ganzation of the army desiring only to restore our
strength and regain for France her rank among the
nations. The home policy will be resolutely con-
servative. The Administration must be imbued
with conservative spirit, appoint to Office respect
ors of law, defend society against faction, and
stand a sentinel to that your sovereign will
is obeyed in its integrity"
The new French Ministry is officially an
as follows: Minister of Foreign At
fairs, the Duke de Broglie; Minister of JUS
tice, Erroul; Minister of the Interior, Beule;
Minister of Finance, Pierre Magne; Minister
of War, General de Cissey; Minister of Marine,
Admiral D'Hornoy; Minister of Public In
struction and Worship, Balbie; Minister of
Public Works, De Seilligny; Minister of Agri-
culture and Commerce, Bovellerie
The King of the Belgians arrived in Vienna
on the Goth and was received by the Court with
fitting ceremonies.