Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-06-07
THE OLD WORLD.

Recent letters from Aleppo give distress
ing picture Of the state Of affairs at Antioch.
The town was a mere heap Of ruins. Shocks
Of earthquake still continued, and the soil
was still qulvering with volcanic movements
air around. The people were afraid to ap-
proach the site TO remove the large number
Of unburied dead
Miss Nellie Grant was among the visitors
present in the gallery of the French Assem-
bly, during the debate on the 22d.
The Paris Gdulois of the oath publishes a
letter from the Emperor Napoleon, dated
Chiselhurst, 10th May, and addressed to the
Generals and Commandants of the French
army. In this communication the Emperor
makes the following Acknowledgements; Il
am responsible for Sedan. The army fought
herolcally with an enemy double its strength
After Ia, 900 had been killed or wounded,
. saw the contest was merely one of despera-
ton The army's honor having been saved
exercised my sovereign right, and unfurled
the flag of truce. 1t was impossible that
the immolation of 10000 men could save
Franee obeyed a cruel, inexorable neces-
sty. My heart was broken, but my con-
science was tranquil"
Perier, Boon and Baudin, the three who
were convicted Of participation in some of
the mest outrageous acts of the Commune,
were executed at Satory, France, on the 25th.
They exhibited no emotion whatever, and
died crying "ViUe Ia Commune"
Dispatches announcing the passage of the
supplemental article to the Treaty of Wash
ibgton were received in, London the Goth,
aud a cable dispatch says that, as result of
the news, American securities opened firmer
on the 9th, with an advance. The London
Times says: "The action Of the United States
Senate is important, as justifying England
in her position on the indirect claims.
America will find 1t hard to uphold demands
which she herself confesses are doubtful"
The Telegraph says "America has proved
that she prefers Justice to national vanity.
The love, honest dealing and mutual consid-
Grafton exhibited by beth England and
America promises we'll for the future of the
world" The Standard thinks 1t better to
moderate its congratulations and suspend
its opinion until it knows more of what the
article to be negotiated will commit England
to do or pay.
Miss Nellie Grant was guest of President
and Nine. Theirs, at Paris, on the 27th.
cable dispatch of the 27th announces
that heavy and destructive rains had been
prevailing in the vicinity of Prague, Bo-
hemia. Several villages and the growing
crops had been swept away. A number of
lives had been lost, but it is not stated ex-
actly how many.
| William Russell, eighth Duke of Bedford,
nephew of Earl Russell, died on the 27th, In
his sixtv-fourth year. Baron Ballings Bull
Il hatt WI
Bulwer, brother of Lord Lytton, died on the
Goth, aged sixty-eight years.
A lively sensation was created in the Brit
sh House of Parliament on the 23th, by q
bold protest from Tom Hughes against
horse-racing and the usual adjournment OF
Parliament for the Derby Day, which oc
Cured on the Goth. Mr.. Hughes, on rising tC
oppose the motion, was received with ironi
cal cheers and laughter He pointed to the
fact that the House adjourned ONLY t;.,- -,
I nOuie Oh ASSchSi"'' - ~ Fnr divine SiiiP
and now proposed to adjourn twenty-foui
hours for the d erby. The motion for ad
journment was carried-212 to So.
Lieutenant Frederick d. Grant, while il
Moscow, on the 18th of May, was presented
to the Gar Alexander, who happened to b,
in that city that day.
General Sickles, United States Minister t.
Spain, had an audience on the 2Sth will
King Apadeus.