Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-05-18
Weekly News Summary.
CONGRESSIONAL.

sion read. ResOluUOns were duOpteu lndl
the standing committees of the Senate be- and they
are hereby, reappointed for and during the pres
ent session and that the ,bst tb pr viii
dent be requested to furnish the Senate with
copy of all reports made by Hon. William
Whiting as Solicitor of the War Department, upon
any claims made by subjects of any foregn ma
ton for damages in consequence OF the war
against the rebeious States, from 1861 to 1857 in
elusive, which are supposed to be on file in the
State Department. "A 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 on the subject;
investigation into the matter was ordered, and
Messrs. Carpenter, Conkling, Trumbull, Davis OF
Kentucky, and Sumner were designated as the In
vestigating Committee. Mr.. Cameron stated that
ready to report the treaty until ii O'Clock on the
18th. Adjourned to the 18th.
FOREIGN.
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 a proclamation
to the people of Paris on the Sth, 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
u.s. The work of the cannon will then
cease, and tranquility and abundance will
take its place. We are marching to de-
liver you, and will be among you in few
days. You can aid u.s."
There was rumor at Berlin on the Sth
that Napoleon had gone to France secretly,
relying upon disaffection in the army for
support in his attempt to regain the
throne.
The London Times of the Sth, 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 Thiers 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 Beriini ProUincial Cores
pondent 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 the
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 of
Nancy, Belfort snd Longwy are to be
retained by the Germans until the con-
ditions of the treaty of peace are fulfilled.
The treaty abrogates the commercial
treaty between France and Germany, and
gives to Prussia control of railways in the
ceded territory, in consideration of a de-
/ IL &c
100000 francs. One of the clauses of the
treaty provides for the acquisition by
Prussia of the railway from Thionville to
Luxembourg.
In the French Assembly, on the list,
Theirs announced the signing of the de-
fnitive treaty of peace between France
and Germany.
Recent special dispatches from Bombay
report famine in Persia from lack OF
rain, and that thousands of the inhabitants
were dying.
The ship City of Quebec, from London,
bound for Quebec, was wrecked at Dead
Island on the night of the Sth. She is
drowned.
Gable dispatches of the 18th state that
discouragement had been caused among
the Communists 10 Paris by the resigna.
ton of General Rossel- The Versaillist
troops had captured the Convent of Issy
at the point of the bayonet, though it was
stoutly defended by the insurgents; many
of the enemy were killed and three guns
captured. A dispatch from Paris says the
Communists claimed victories and denied
the reports of success for the Versaillists
The Committee of Public Safety haC
issued proclamation to the people, which
says: The Republic and the Commun,
have escaped mortal peril. Treason hat
penetrated our ranks, and bribes hat
been distributed. RosseIs 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 t,
the provinces. The government paper
give a 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 coul,
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-commii
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
himself an astronomer of worldwide re
pute, died in London on the 18th, at tn
age of 70.