Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-06-14

THE OLD WORLD.
The trial of Chatau, for setting FIRE to the
Tuileries, terminated in Paris on the 29th,
with verdict of guilty, and the prisoner
was sentenced to be shot.
A Madrid dispatch of the 30th says
"The excitement over Serrano's generous
treatment of the insurgents is very reat,
and stormy scenes in the Cortes have served
to intensity it. 1t is probable that the Mar
shal, with other Ministers, who have accepted
positions in the rev Cabinet, will resign.
Should the King insist in making Serrano
Premier, as 1t is rumored he is disposed to
do in reward for his distinguished services
in quelling the Carlist insurrection, grave
consequences are feared"
A powder magazine exploded at Oswestry,
in Shropshire, England, on the 31st ult. Six
persons were instantly killed.
A Madrid dispatch of the 3lst nit. an
nounces the resignation of Serrano as Gen
eralissimo of the troops operating against
the Carlists in the Basque provinces, and the
appointment of Lieutenant General Eichque
as his successor.
The London Times Of the 30th ult. asserts
that there never had been any genuine agree
ment between England and America touch
ing indirect claims. 1t cannot help thinking
that If the official kilograms on the subject
had been communicated directly to the For
eign Ministers of either Government, instead
of being filtered through medium,
the chasm which separated them
would have been recognized long
ago. "With the correspondence be-
fore u.s." concludes the Times, "we must
consider the failure of arbitration inevitable.
We may thank the American Senate for this.
Had it accepted the supplemental article
without amendment, our position would
have been awkward"
The London Observer OF the I'd states that
the British Cabinet, the day before, had un-
der consideration the Treaty of Washington,
and the last communication from the Ameri-
can Government concerning the supplement
al article. "No solution" says the Observer,
''has yet been reached which is likely to rec
oncile the requirements Of the two Govern
ments with regard to the question. The
final decision of the American Government is
expected here within twentyfour hours"
The Radicals in the Spanish Cortes have
elected Cordova as their leader, in place of
Gorilla.
A recent dispatch from Trieste, Austria,
announces the death, in that city, of Charles
Lever, the Irish novelist, aged SO.
A recent dispatch from Worms states that
a collision had occurred between two pas
senger trains, between Basle and Mayence,
Germany Nine were killed and a number
injured.
Triestein Gerstaacker, the celebrated Ger.
man traveller and author, died at Vienna on
the Sd, aged 81.
According to recent accounts from Zanzi-
bar, fearful destruction was caused there
on the 18th of April by severe hurricane
Reports from the interior indicate that not
only had most of the cocoanut trees been
uprooted, but that all the cassava, the sweet
potatoes, Indian corn, rice, and other more
important crops, forming the property of
perhaps SOO,OOO people, and on which they
depended for mere subsistence had heen
utterly destroyed. A correspondent of the
London Times says utter ruin prevailed, and
famine, with all its attendant horrors and
dangers, was imminent
A Berlin dispatch of the 4th announces the
arrival in that city of General William T.
Sherman, and Lieutenant Frederick D.
Grant.
In the lower branch of the Spanish Cortes,
on the Sd, resolution was passed-140 to
valid the amnesty granted by
Serrano to the Carlists who voluntarily sur
rendered.
There has been great inundation of the
River Pc, near Ferrara, in Italy, causing a
widespread desolation and terrible suffer
ing. Immense tracts of country were under
water, and forty thousand people were
houseless.
Jan Rudolf Thornbecke, the eminent
statesman, and Minister of Holland, is dead.
In the British House of Lords, on the 4th,
Earl Russell moved an address to the Crown
requesting that it refuse to proceed with
the arbitration at Geneva unless the claims
for indirect damages are withdrawn by the
American Government. This provoked a
long and animated debate, in which the min
isterial speakers adhered to their position
that the differences between the two gov
ernments would yet be obviated by an
agreement to the supplemental article.