Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-09-27
General News Summary,
THE OLD WORLD.

respective Governments, several OF the
counsel, twelve ladies and ten Journalists
were present at the final meeting Of the
Geneva Court OF Arbitration, on the 18th.
Count sclopis, President Of the Court, read
the agreements of the Arbitrators, concur
ring In the decision Of the Tribunal announc-
ing that tie sum awarded the United States
was S15, 600 in gold. Sir Alexander
Cockburn refused to sign the decision OF the
Tribunal. Count sclopls was applauded
when he concluded. After the adjournment
Of the Court twenty-five guns were fred In
honor Of closing its labors.
A cable dispatch OF the 14th contradlcts
the reported death Of General Albrecht, Of
the Russian army, and says his physicians
entertained hopes OF his recovery.
The London Times OF the 14th, In an edi-
torial on the result of the labors Of the Gen.
eva Tribunal, says; "While England has
been held responsible for the depredations Of
several Confederate cruisers, we yet retain
the conviction that, morally, she is not to
blame. The United States Government
claimed damages for losses caused by a
dozen vessels, but the Court of Arbitration
hold England liable, unanimously, only in
of belief in the genuineness of our neutral
ity during the war in the United
States, and disproves the flagrantly
unjust accusations of unfriendliness in the
American case presented at Geneva. We
cheerfully consent to pay the sum awarded
as tending to obviate similar difficulties In
the future"
A London dispatch of the 10th says Ed
mund About the well-known political
writer, had been arrested near Strasbourg,
in France, by the German authorities. 1t
was thought he had offended Germany in
some of his late writings.
Hon. Charles Sumner arrived in Liverpool
on the 18th. On receiving information of
his nomination by the Democrats and Liber-
ais of Massachusetts for Governor, he is
said to have announced that he would posi-
lively decline the nomination.
King Amadeus, in his speech on the recent
opening of the Spanish Cortes, declared that
the Government was determined to subdue
the rebellion in Cuba, and would send to the
Island all the additional troops required to
bring the war to a close.
The London journals of the 10th rejoice
over the conclusion of the Alabama Claims
| controversy, and express hopes that the foun-
dation has been laid for a permanent, good
understanding between the two nations
| The Standard, however, thinks the Trlbuna
should have awarded damages only for the
| depredations of the Alabama.
Berlin dispatch of the 18th says the Ger
man Government had issued a second circu
| lar, in still more threatening terms than the
original one, against emigrants, who, it de
| clares, would be treated as outlaws over
whom special surveillance and supervision
has been instituted. Despite the menaces oi
the Government, emigration from Germany
had been only slightly affected.
| A Paris dispatch of the 18th says Count
Remusat, Minister OF Foreign Affairs, had
asked for an explanation from the Prussiar
Government respecting the arrest of Edmund
About Much excitement had been caused by
| the arrest.
| A London telegram OF the nth states that
! Charles Francis Adams and Jacob Staempfl
have dissented from the judgment at Geneva
regarding the case of the Retribution. They
also dissent from the decision regarding the
indemnity to be paid to America for the cos
| of pursuit of the Alabama and other cuiser!
included in the Arbitration. The Tory jour
nails in London condemn in unmeasureC
terms the action of the Geneva Tribunal
the Advertiser, Herald and Standard com
menting on the same in bitter terms.
Three of the Communists, condemned fol
numbering hostages, were shot in Paris oil
the 18th.
Late dispatches announce that the choleri
was raging with great violence in some partI
OF Persia. In Bokhara, people were dying
at the rate of one thousand per day.
Edmund About, who has incurred the dis
pleasure of the German military athorties a
Strasbourg, will be tried by Court Martial il
that city.
Charles XIV, King of Sweden and Nor
way, died on the 18th at the age OF 46. Ht
assembled the throne on the death of Kins
Oscar, in 1859. His son, Prince Oscar, sue
ceeds him.
A special to the New York Herald of the
18th, says letters had been received from DIR
Livingstone, dated July l, 1872. He was
still at UDyanyembe, well, and waiting the
arrival of Stanley's second expedition.
The firm of John Fox & Co., of London
have been forced to suspend, owing to theil
connection with houses that have recently
failed in Baltimore. Their liabilities are
$500, 900.
L'Olive Deschamps, and De Awhile, the
Communists who were recently executed al
Satory, died bravely. Their last words were
''Vive la Republique! Down with traitorsr
A Paris dispatch OF the 10Th says the Ger
man authorities at Strasbourg had consent
ed to allow the wife of Edmund About tC
see him, but prohibited Others doing so. Hi'
case was being examined 1t would take 1
week.