Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-05-19

State Department IA message was received
from the President, accompanying, the treaty
| agreed upon by the Joint High Commission, when
the Senate went into executive session, and after
wards adjourned to the 18th.
In the Senate, on the 18th, attention was
called to the premature publication OF the treaty,
and spirited debate ensued OH the subject; an
investigation into the matter was ordered, and
Messrs; Carpenter, Conkling. Trumbull, Dayis Of
Kentucky, and Sumner were designated as the In
vestgatng Committee. Mr.. Cameron stated that
the Committee on Foreign Relations would not be
ready to report the treaty until II O'Clock the
18th. Adjourned to the 18th.
FOREIGN.
A Paris dispatch of the evening Of the
7th says firing had ceased, and quiet pre-
vailed between the lines, where, apparent.
ly, by mutual consent, the parties were
burying the dead and removing the
wounded. The Communists admit that
the Versailles forces were gaining ground.
A Kingston, Jamaica, dispatch of the
9th says denunciations of the administra-
ton of the Haytien Treasury had caused
the resignation of the whole Cabinet,
Even the President threatened to resign.
A decree issued by the Committee of
Public Safety in Paris on the 9th vests in
General Rossel the initiatory direction of
military operations.
The death penalty has been abolished in
Mexico.
President Thiers issued proclamation
to the people of Paris on the 9Th, in
which he says "The Germans declare
that they will mercilessly resume the war
unless the insurrection is at once sup
pressed" The proclamation closes as
follows: "Reunite and open the gates to
us. The work of the cannon will then
cease, and tranquility and abundance will
take its place, We are marching 10 de.
liver you, and will be among you in a few
days. You can aid U.S."
There was rumor at Berlin on the 9Th
that Napoleon had gone to Frame secretly,
relying upon disaffection in the army for
support in his attempt to regain the
| throne.
The London Times of the 9th, in an ar
ticle on the labors of the Joint High Com
mission, expresses the hope that the Con-
gress of the United States will be willing
to accept and approve the work of the
negotiators. The treaty, says the Times,
is as yet only provisional one, and must
be ratified by both Houses of Parliament
of which the Times seems to be entirely
confident.
A Versailles dispatch of the 9th an.
nounces the capture of Fort Issy by the
Versaillists. President Theirs had issued
circular exulting over the victory.
A New York telegram of the 9th states
that Calcutta correspondent reported
Secretary Seward as being seriously i'll in
India
A definite treaty of peace between
France and Germany was signed by the
official representatives of both Govern
ments on the 10th. A dispatch from
Frankfort to the Berlinl Prooinctdl Cores
po1dent says the negotiations thus com
pleted will result in effecting a real and
durable peace, and not merely in remov
ing temporary difficulties.
Extensive preparations were being made
on the 10th, by the Versaillists, for thu
bombardment of Paris.
By the terms of the final treaty between
France and Germany the Paris forts still
held by the German troops are to be i'm
mediately evacuated. The cities o
Nancy, Belfort snd Longwy are to b.
retained by the Germans until the con
ditions Of the treaty of peace are fulfilled
The treaty sbrogates the Commercial
treaty between France and Germany, an(
gives to Prussia control of railways in thu
ceded territory, in consideration of de
duction from the war indemnity of 1926,
100000 francs. One of the clauses of tn,
treaty provides for the acquisition b.
Prussia of the railway from Thionville t.
Luxembourg.
In the French Assembly, on the 1st
Theirs announced the signing of the de
finitive treaty of peace between Franc,
and Germany.
Recent special dispatches from Bombay
report famine in Persia from lack o
rain, and that thousands of the inhabitant
were dying.
The ship City of Quebec, from London
bound for Quebec, was wrecked at DeaC
Island on the night of the 8th. She i
total loss, and all the crew wer
drowned.
Gable dispatches of the 18th state tina
discouragement had been caused amonl
the Communists in Paris by the resigna
ton of General Rossel The Versaillis
troops had captured thes Convent of Iss,
at the point of the bayonet, though it wa
stoutly defended by the insurgents man.
of the enemy were killed and three gun
captured. A dispatch from Paris says tn
Communists claimed victories and denied
the reports of success for the Versaillists
The Committee of Public Safety haC
issued proclamation to the people, whicl
says: "The Republic and the Commun
have escaped mortal peril. Treason haC
penetrated our ranks, and bribes hat
been distributed. Rosseps surrender o
Issy was the first step of the drama; tn
opening of the gates of Paris was to fol
low. A majority of the guilty have beel
arrested, court martial is now sitting
and their punishment will be exemplary
A Halifax dispatch of the 18th say
"the local government papers denounc,
the Washington treaty as grossly unjust Il
the provinces. The government paper
give quasi approval, and want to awai
the text of the treaty" A Montreal dis
patch says the papers generally expires
themselves as satisfied with the treaty
saying that the terms are as good as coulC
be expected" The Toronto Globe of tn
18th waits for the full treaty, but says tn
terms, as now published, will never b.
sanctioned by the Canadian Parliament
The government organs were non-commit
tai. The New Brunswick House of AS
sembly was unanimous in condemning an
and all such measures as had yet bee
made public.
Sir John Frederick William Hersche
the only son of the great astronomer, an