Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-01-30
THE OLD WORLD.

| At Paris, on the Goth, United States Minis.
! ter Washburne, on behalf of the French resi-.
dents of Philadelphia, presented ex-President
Thiers with gold medal. In his speech Mr..
| Washburne alluded to the friendship OF
/ France for the United States during her armed
revolution, and eulogized the French people
who have taken up their residence in the
United States. Thiers expressed his thanks to
his countrymen in the United States for the
manifestations of their confidence in him, and
| declared that Republic was the only govern
ment possible in France; consequently the
| bond of friendship between the two nations
would be made stronger.
It was reported in London on the Goth that
| the King of the Ashantees had sent an embas-
sy to General Woolsley, asking for peace and
offering indemnity
In the French Assembly on the Goth, the
Duke de Cazes stated that the Government
was solicitous for the welfare and spiritual
independence of the Pope; but, at the same
time, sincerely desired to maintain relations of
harmony and friendship with Italy. The
Government would labor necessarily to pre-
vent misunderstanding with any power, for
peace was necessary to the prosperity of
France. The Duke said he made this state
ment with the full concurrence of President
MacMahon.
The German Reichstag has been convoked
for the 5th of February.
A. H. Hoffman, of Falersleben, the popu-
lar German poet died on the 21st, aged rs.
The marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh,
the second son of Queen Victoria, to the
Grand Duchess Marie was solemnized in st.
Petersburg, Russia, on the 23d. The day was
observed as holiday At London flags were
displayed from all public and many private
buildings, in honor of the event, and through
out England the bells were rung and mar
riages took place in nearly every church.
The British Parliament was dissolved by
royal decree on the 23d. Gladstone had issued
an address to his constituents at Greenwich,
asking for reelection and announcing that the
Queen had been pleased to accept the advice
of her Ministers to dissolve the present Parlia-
ment Immediately, and summon new one to
meet on the 5th of March, 1874.
Madame Parepa Rosa, the great songstress,
IL ~1 i, Tnndnn ON the ODD
The Carlists report that Santander and Por-
tugalete surrendered Internationally to their
forces on the 22d, and that the entire Segoyla
battalion, number of artillerymen and engi-
neers, 1900 Remington and 400 Minnie rifles,
and two cannons, fell into their hands.
A London telegram of the Goth states that
intelligence had just been received of the
death of DR.. Livingstone in the interior OF
Africa. He died of dysentery, in June last,
while travelling from Lake. Bembe to Unyan-
yembe. He had been travelling over par
TALLY submerged country, and after wading
four days through water was seized by the
illness, of which he died. His body had been
embalmed, and was being conveyed to En-
gland by way of Zanzibar.
The Rt. Hon. Benjamin Disraeli has issued
an address to his constituents in Buckingham
shire, condemning the course of the Govern
ment, and asking for reelection to Parlia-
ment. Mr.. Nolan, Secretary of the Irish Am
nesty Association, announces his intention of
contesting the election of Gladstone in Green
Wich.