Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-03
THE OLD WORLD.

The steamer Calcutta, with the remains OF
DIR. Livingstone on board, arrived at Aden,
Arabia, on the Oath.
A Bayonne dispatch of the Gath says the
Carlists were throwing ncendiary shells into
Bilboa with terrible effect. Whole streets
were said to be in flames. The besiegers had
captured Abba, suburb on the left bank OF
the Nervione.
A Madrid dispatch of the Goth says des-
perate engagement was fought on the preced-
ing day between the Republicans and Carlists
before Bilboa. The battle lasted all day, ceas-
ing only at nightfall, when the Republican
army encamped in the positions wrested from
the Carlsts. The Republican loss IN killed
alone was 40. Marshal Serrano commanded
the National forces.
According to a special dispatch on the 10th
the remains of Dr. Livingstone had left Alden
in the mail steamer Maleva, for England.
They were incased in lead coffin and pre-
served in SALT
A Ma1rid dispatch of the 9th says the battle
on the Goth between the Republicans and the
Carlists lasted thirteen hours. The latest dis
patches from Serrano to the Ministry were very
hopeful. Sixteen heavy guns were In gooo
position for an attack on the 9th. Dispatches
from Carlist sources of the same date claim
successes for the Carlists in the two days
fighting.
The Home Minister said in Parliament on
the 9th, in reply to an interrogatory by Mr.
Anderson, that the Government had no inten-
ton of interfering to release the Fenian pris-
oners.
In the French Assembly, on the 9th, one OF
the Monarchical members moved that the AS
sembly take a vote on the LIST day of July
next to decide the future form of govern
ment for France. The motion caused great
excitement, and heated debate ensued. 1t
was rejected by $50 to 256 votes.
The annual race between the boat crews of
Oxford and Cambridge Universities came off
in London on the 2Sth. The Cambridge boat
came in four lengths ahead.
A Rome Qtaly) dispatch of the 2Sth says
that Victor Emmanuel had burned the addresses
sent to him by citizens of Trieste, which con-
tanned disloyal sentiments toward Austria.
He had forwarded note to the Austrian Gov
ernment formally disavowing any sympathy
with the address.
The steamer Maliva, with the remains of
Dr. Livingstone arrived off Suez, Egypt, ON
the night of the 28th.
The French Assembly adjourned on the
the Goth until May 12.
A Madrid dispatch of the goth says that
Marshal Serrano had finally won victory,
and that the Carlists had been driven beyond
Stanta Guiana. The losses in the battle on
the 2Sth were enormous. Rivera was mortal
ly wounded
The Ashantee troops were reviewed by the
Queen in Windsor Park On the Both. Her
Majesty made Sir Garnet Wolseley Knigl
Commander of the Order of the Bath, and
con ferred on Lord Clifford the Victoria Cross.
London dispatches of the morning of the
3lst ult. say that extensive strikes had oc'
CURED in the coal and iron districts of En-
gland.
A London dispatch announces the escape OF
Henri Rochefort and some of his comrades
from New Caledonia. They put to sea in an
open boat, and, after having been three days
out, were picked up by British sailing vessel
and carried to an Australian port.
According to Paris telegram of the 3Oth
Algeria had been declared in state of siege,
in order to restrain the violent abuse of the
radical journals of that colony.
On the night of the 30th dispatches were re-
ceived from Carlist sources claiming victory
in the recent battle before Bilboa. The Repub-
lican loss, according to this. authority, was
1900 killed and wounded; Carlist loss 1000.
Madrid dispatches of the same date insist that
the victory was with the Republicans and very
nearly reverse the figures.
A London dispatch of the morning of the
3lst ult. says the steamship Nile was lost on
her last voyage from Hong Kong to Yokohama
and all on board drowned. Among the lost
were the Japanese Commissioners to the
Vienna Exhibition.