The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-08-21
I'LL IllSIH ] NNSlINI
Twenty-SeVen Thousand Deaths
THE NEW AMERICAN LOAN
The Cholera in Prussia.
Garibaldi's Death Denied.
Accusation Against Washburne
Denied.
appointment Of Arbitrator.
The Famine In Persia.

LONDON, August lo.-lne news ho"
-eceived from Persia entirely contra
!.c:s the recent statement OF the Per
sian Minister here, that the famine and
cholera were OF small extent. In
Isachsn, city with a population estin.-
s,ed at from two to five hundred thou
sand people, there has been already
,wentv.seven thousand deaths, and the
mortality has not yet diminished. This
terrible record is, however, eclipsed by
the accounts from the provinces, where
the c0ntagion has assumed alarming
r-oportions. In Mozeandeaux very
much larger per centage Of deaths have
laken place. Some accounts, indeed,
ssv that one,half the population has
prrishrd. Throughout the rice grow
Ing provinces there has been complete
failure of the crops owing to the dearth.
The American Loan.
LONDON, August l9.-The European
Syndicate to-day announces through
the press Of this city, Paris, Frank
fort Berlin and Amsterdam the opening
Of subscriptions for the five per cent
American loan on Tuesday next.
The Cholera.
BERLIN, August l9.-The ravages OF
the cholera are increasing. The official
order Of the Government Sanitary com
mittee will be intorced in the various
districts in which the epidemic has
made its appearance, and great exer-
tons are being made 10 arrest It's pro-
sress. The inhabitants OF the city are
apprehens We of its appearance here,
hut no case has vet been reported. 1t
!, hoped that the rigorous sanitary pre-
rautions which have been taken, will
secure the safety of the inhabitants
rom its attack.
The Assembly TO Remain at Yer
saiIIes.
MADRID, August l9.-Gomez Pultido
las been appointed Captain General Of
he ,land of Porto Rico, in the place
IT,, Gen. Baldrick, resigned.
Reports from Paris say it has been
iecided that the Assembly remain at
Versailles, but certain OF the govern
ment offices are, however, to be removed
20 Paris
The Crops-Herring Fishery.
LONDON, August l9.-The report that
aConierence of German Catholic Bish-
ors was held at Fulda on the Sd inst,
proves TO be incorrect. The meeting is
;oJe held in September.
The Scotch crops are all excellent.
Tie herring fishery on the coast OF
leland has been unusually successful
hi. year. This fact has caused much
'e,oiCing among the poor.
10 the House of Lords to-day, the
Lord Chancellor and Viscount Halifax
defended, in the most vigorous manner,
1e measures which have been passed
o!lhe Government during this session
q Parliament, especially those provId-
og Tor ballot elections, and for the reg
1.ttlon OF the army
10 the House OF Commons, Viscount
Lahe.d, Under Secretary Of Foreign
A1ars SAID that Mexico had repudiated
:ae treaty OF 1862, but that the Govern
@enl Of Great Britain had protested,
ADD that 1t was still in force.
The steamship Wisconsin, from New
i0fs, arrived at Queenstown and then
:.;;3:esfed TO Liverpool. The steamship
a,Yl'4ta, from New York, touched at
tynouth, and then proceeded to Ham
ol'g
GarIbaIdi's Death Denied.
florence, August 20.-The reported
'saia Of General Garibaldi is false.
lie General still lives in a critical con-
'"on aiCaprera, but the physicians In
A'sndance are bestowing the most con-
Ssntcare upon their patient, and it is
1oped that his illness will terminate ia
rJrablv.
AdsPach 4 from Caprera to-day reports
4N General Garibaldi's condition has
--'n improved, and his physicians e1-
Ne' themselves as confident OF his
,Pssdy recovery.
usati0n Against Minister Wash
burne Denied.
'EESAlLLEs, August 20.-The state
~'a''hat Paschal Grusset in his exam
=. ,4A''on before the court martial accused
D,'edStates Minister Washburne with
;NOo'ng and protecting Prussian' sub
"'' Is now contradicted. Grousset made
H.. assertion against Mr.. Washburne,
simply introduced his name in con-
Cao9 with the quarrel between the
,Mnnnnlsts and the Prussian authori-
r Arbitrator Appointed.
g. '1SsTA, August 2O.-M. Jacques
@enPdl' senior, Federal Councillor,
- oesn y appointed by the President Of
S.;,e eWlss Confederation to represent
tofiand IL. in the Council Of Arbitra-
under the treaty of Washington.