Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-04-05
THE OLD WORLD.

The London Daily Telegraph of the 22d
says Lord Granvllle's second note on the
Alabama claims was delivered to Minister
Schenck on the Goth. II does not recede
from the position taken in his first note, and
reiterates q reputation of the claims for In.
direct damages, but proposes that counter
cases on both sides be lodged with the Gene.
va Board of Arbtrators, on a prescribed
date, without prejudice to the position taken
on indirect damages.
A st. Petersburg correspondent says that
Catacazy was received there very coolly by
the Emperor and Gortschakoff. 1t is re-
ported that the ex-Minister was about to
quit official life, and betake himself to jour
nalism.
The Emperor William, of Germany, com
pleted his 18th year on the 22d. There was
no formal Court celebration OF the day, but
the Emperor received large number OF
persons, who presented their congratula-
tions. The city of Berlin was decorated
during the day, and was brilliantly illumi-
mated at night
A recent dispatch from Madrid says the
doors of the last Protestant Chapel in that
city had been closed.
At the investigation before the Committee
of the French Assembly, on the Goth, NJ.
Favre, in reply to a question as to whether
it was true, as was generally believed, that
the American Minister was entrusted with
the distribution of funds applied to and for
warded for the payment of the Prussian spies,
said: The American Minister was always
kindly disposed towards us. 1t was true,
however, that l have seen persons placed
under his patronage in very equivocal situa-
tions. That Mr.. Washburne was
in relation with Germans is certain. He re-
presented them in Paris. That culpable acts
Of complacency were the result, 1 have enter
tanned suspicious, but have never had
proofs"
Marshal Bazaine has received permission
TO publish pamphlet justifyng his conduct
at Metz.
A Berlin dispatch of the 26th announces
that the Emperor William had completely
recovered from his recent illness.
The past winter is said to have been one
of the most severe ever experienced on the
Chinese and Japan coasts.
At a meeting of Internationals in Madrid,
on the night of the 25th, there was much ex-
citement, and the proceedings were disorder
ly. A fight occurred, in which pistols were
used and one man shot. The troops dispersed
mob on the Goth in Grenada.
Macfarnes' extensive warehouse and ad-
joining buildings, in Glasgow, Scotland,
were destroyed by fire on the night of the
Goth. Loss 100000.
The Pope on the 26th gave long audience
to the Prince and Princess OF Wales. He
desired their Royal Highnesses to convey to
the Queen of England his thanks for her
constant evidences of sympathy, and praised
the people of Great Britain for their piety
An explosion occurred in the coal mine at
Atherton, near Bolton, England, on the 29th,
by which twenty-eight men were killed out
right. Eleven were rescued, but they were
fcrfully burnt, and nearly all would proba-
bly, die.
European mail advices state that the town
OF Schemakher, in the Caucasus, was almost
entirely destroyed by recent earthquake.
The number of persons killed was 1871, and
the destruction of property very large A
considerable portion of the country was
converted into a desert, and the inhabitants
are reduced to great misery by the destruc-
tion Of their crops.