Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-09-19
General News summary,
THE OLD WORLD.

BY an accident on the Southwestern Rail-
way, near Guiiford, England, on the 9th,
three persons were killed, and twenty in
jured. u"
Further changes have been made in the
Spanish Ministry: Senior Bergas, who was
first named for Minister of Justice, has
been appointed Minister of Public Works, in
stead of Senor Cervera, and Senor Debrio
has received the portfolio of the Minister of
Justice.
According to Madrid telegram of the 10th,
Salmeron has been elected President of the
Cortes by unanimous vote.
Dispatches received in London on the 18th
from British Consuls in France, Russia, Italy,
and Germany report that the cholera was in
creasing in those countries.
A dispatch from Ghent (Belgium) of the
18th says conference of European and
American Jurisconsults, which had been in
session in that city during the week, had or
ganized as permanent institute of interna-
tional law Three subjects had been dis
cussed, viz: International arbitration, the
three rules of the Washington Treaty, and
codifcation and adoption by treaty of regula-
tions relative to private property in time of
war. The conference appointed committee
to draw up and issue a manifesto, ard ad-
journed to meet in Geneva next year.
According to Madrid telegram OF the 12th
the situation there and throughout the coun-
try was improving. The Government is said
to be capable of putting $4,000 effective men
in the field. The command of the Army of
the North had been confded to General Seo-
bala General Furon will enter upon vigor-
GUS campaign in Catalonia with 10000 men,
The resources of the Northern provinces had
been exhausted by war and the exactions of
the Carlists. The Carlists keep to the noun
tains. Being without cavalry they do not dare
to descend to the plains in any considerable
number. Hr#.eF arE## rr
An express train which left Vittoria Spain,
on the morning of the 18th, for Madrid, while
going at full speed ran off the track. The
cars were badly wrecked, and seventeen per-
sons were killed and seventy wounded
Scarcely person on the train escaped unin-
jured.
A dispatch has been received at the Admi-
rally Office in London, from the commander
of the British steam -sloop Daphne, an
nouncing the capture, in the Indian
Ocean, near the Zychelle Islands, of a
slave ship, upon which there had been horrible
suffering. The smallpox had ragged in the
ship, and out of 800 slaves taken on board 250
had died. The remaining fifty were terribly
emaciated from disease and want
Dispatches from the frontier of Spain, on
the 14th, report that the Carlists had defeated
General Santapan Iona, between Sayas and
Vidarga. The Republicans suffered severely,
and lost two guns. The army of the North
was badly crippled by this reverse. The Car
lists were investing TOlosa.
Private dispatches from Madrid, on the 18TH
deny that the Republican forces under General
Iona had been defeated. On the contrary,
the engagement resulted in victory for the
Government troops. The Carlists were de-
feated with great slaughter. The leaders of
the Cartagena insurrectionists were endeavor-
ing to secure the cooperation of the Carlists
in their efforts to raise the seige of that city.
General Moriones had been appointed General
issimo of the armies of Spain.
The walls of building in Stonehouse,
Devonshire, England, fell, ON the 18th, killing
eight persons and injuring several others.
A dispatch from Havre announces the
death, near that city, Of the Duke de Riaus-
ores, the husband of Queen Christine of
Spain.
Dispatches from Australia report a great
fire in Auckland, New Zealand, by which for
ty-eight buildings were destroyed. Loss,
S3OO,00O.