Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-03-01

held in New Orleans on the 10Th, and a reso-
luton was adopted calling a Committee of
the people of the State to meet in that city
on the 23d of April to adopt n platform of
principles for q reform party, and to nomi-
nate candidates for State officers.
Passengers from Mexico, who arrived at
Havana on the nth, state that the Govern
ment is certainly able to defeat the rcvolu-
tonists, and that the accession of Lerdo de
| Tejada to the Presidency is certain in case of
the downfall of Juarez.
The following Internal Revenue appoint
ments were made on the 10Th: Assistant
Assessors-John IT, Roesler, Third District
West Virginia John H. Warren, Sixth Dis
trict, Iowa. Appraisers-A. A. Anthony,
Second Iowa District; Thomas c. King, Six
teenth Kentucky District. Surveyors of
stilleries-Frederick w. Stocker, Seventh
Indiana District w. C. Strike, First Iowa
DIstr1cU; Louis j. Anderson, Third Ohio
District.
An ottawa (Canada) letter to the New
! York Express of the 20th says there is not a
word of truth in the statement that secret
treaty has been made between England and
the Dominion.
Attorney General O'Connor, Of Iowa, has
been appointed Solicitor for the State De-
partment at Washington, and has sent his
resignation to the Governor of Iowa.
! The Pennsylvania Democratic State Con-
vention will be held at Reading on May Both.
The Ohio Republican State Convention
takes place on the 27th of March.
Brigham Young is reported to be in failing
health.
Great excitement, caused by smallpox,
existed in Peoria, H., on the 10Th. The
City Board of Health met on the nth and
| suspended the public schools. Some oppo-
sition was made by the Board of School In
spectors, but public opinion was said to be
| decidedly in favor of the Board of Health.
Aldermen Whitaker and McCauly, of Chi
cagO, indicted for bribery, have been granted
n change of venue, and their cases were sent
to Lake County for trial.
A San Francisco dispatch of the 2Oth saws
passengers recently blockaded on the
Uninn Pacific Railroad generally denounce
the management of the road in bitter terms,
and many of them have united in a card for
publication. Mr.. Brewer, of New York, one
of the blockaded passengers arriving here
yesterday, died last night as the result of
fatigue and exposure"
A Salt Lake dispatch of the 10Th says
The Japanese Embassy hope to leave on
Wednesday morning. Judge Mexican, Major
Powell, the explorer, and other prominent
gentlemen will leave on the same train
The Grand Duke Alexis and his party left
New Orleans for Pensacola, Fla, on the
10Th.
The Galveston CTexas) Ners of the Goth
contains dispatch from Austin which says:
marshal Purnell went to Governor Davis
this morning and presented a cdpias from
the Federal Court, and asked if he would
submit to arrest. The Governor said: sir,
you will hear in a day or two from the De
partment OF Justice at Washington. You
will govern yourself accordingly Sir, you
may keep your capids. The National Gov
ernment will protect me- Thus the case
rests
\ Matamoras dispatch of the 21st says
eight thousand revolutionists attacked the !
city of San Luis Potosi on the 9th, driving
the Government forces within their bar
ricades, and cutting OFF reinforcements and /
supplies.
Foster, the car-hook murderer, has been |
sentenced to be hanged on March 22d. The |
prisoners counsel will bring the case before |
the Court of Appeals.
A passenger car on the Delaware Il Lacka- |
wanna road, near Binghamton, was thrown |
down an embankment, twenty-five feet, on |
the morning of the 2lst, by reason of
broken rail Several passengers were seri-
ously injured.
A State Convention OF those in favor of
woman sufirageis is called to meet at Kalama-
zoo, Mich, March IA.
The Ohio State Board of Agriculture have
decided to locate the Ohio State Fair for the
next two years at Mansfield. The fair will be
held from the I'd to the 9th of September.
Increased premiums are to be offered.
The Kansas Republican State Convention
was held at Lawrence on the 21st and APP
pointed delegates to the Philadelphia Con
vention, instructing them to vote for the re.
nomination of President Grant.
The National Labor Convention met at
Columbus, Ohio, on the 21st. Crede ntials
were reported from delegates representing
the States Of New York, Massachusetts, In
diana, Illinois, Kansas, Ohio, Connecticut,
Minnesota, West Virginia, Nebraska Penn
sylvania, Michigan, New Jersey, Mississippi
Maine, Iowa and Arkansas Edwin NJ.
of Massachusetts,, was chosen
permanent President of the Convention.
The Arkansas Liberal Republican State
Committee, appointed by the State Conven-
tion of October, 1869, met at Little Rock on
the 2lst, and appointed fifteen delegates to
the Cincinnati Convention, to be held on the
first Monday in May. resolution was
adopted to the effect that State Convention
would soon be called for the purpose of
candidates for State officers.
Hon. Charles Francis Adams arrived in
Washington on the 22d, being summoned
there by the State Department 1t is said
that ''upon the Alabama question he is very
reticent, but thinks it reasonable
that our claims should be submit
ted TO the Geneva Arbitration, which
could dispose of them according to
the evidence. England, he believes, is disin-
clined for war The excitement is one of
newspaper agitation, There is nothing
which warrants him in believing that the
Washington Treaty will be a failure. He
does not think Gladstone meant all that he
said in his hasty speech, and he subsequent
y took back much of what he said at first
On this question"
In the course of an address delivered in
New York on the evening of the ed, Vice
President Colfax, referring to the Alabama
claims, said England was bound by the
Treaty of Washington and the decision of
he Arbitrators, and would have to pay the 1
lebt in full.
The Republican State Convention of Indi
ina met at indianapolis on the 22d. The
following nominations were made For Gov.
,rnor, General Browne, of Randolph County;
Lieutenant-Goy Leonidas Sexton; Con
Large, Godlove S. Orth Secre-
,ary of State, w. w, Curry, of Vigo County; :
State Auditor, A. Wildman, of Howard !
county; State Treasurer, John B. Glover, of ,
lawrence County; Reporter of Supreme !
Court, James S, Black, of Marion I
county; Clerk of Supreme Court, Charles {
'chall, Of Clark County; Superintendent of {
public Instruction, B. w. Smith, of Marion q
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