Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-09-06
General News Summary,
THE OLD WORLD.

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Henry M. Stanley has received letter
from Agnes Livingstone, dated at "Relley
Wemyss Bay, by Greenock, Aug. g." ir
which the daughter of the great discoverer
says II write to say that / received last
Saturday my fathers letters and the diary
which were entrusted to you by him.
wish also to express to you my heartfelt
gratitude for going in search of my father
and aiding him so nobly, and bringing the
long-looked for letters safely"
A Geneva (Switzerland) telegram Of the
23d says the report which had gained curren-
cy that the Board of Arbitration had award
ed lump sum of e4,o00,000 damages to the
United States was premature. The strictest
secrecy would be maintained until the de-
cislon of the Board is officially promulgated.
It was thought probable that the work Of the
Board will be completed before the 18th Of
September.
The elections for the Spanish Cortes took
place on the Gath and resulted in Minis
terlal triumph. No disorders occurred.
According to recent news from the Aus
tralian diamond fields, large numbers of the
precious stones continued to be found.
There was report in London on the 26th
that the ex-Empress Carlotta was dying. All
hope had been given up, and the last sacra-
ment had been administered.
The reports, on the Goth, OF the condition
of the cereals in France were favorable. The
crops are pronounced very good in forty-two
departments, good in thirty-seven, passable
in six, good in Corsica, and excellent in
Algeria.
A telegram dated Bombay, August 81, an
nounces that the cholera had appeared in
the valley of the Ashmere, and was raging
with great violence,
A London dispatch of the Goth says the
reported renewal of the riots at Belfast
on the Gath were untrue. On the contrary,
all was quiet there, and the reinforcements
of troops lately sent there were being sent
home.
A brilliant banquet was given at Berlin on
the evening of the Goth, in honor of Admiral
Alden, Of the United States Navy, by Hol
George Bancroft, American Minister.
A letter received in New York on the 27th,
0ia Cophenhagen, from r. w. Bryan, astron-
omer of the Polaris expedition, says the
health of all on board was good, and they
were confident of reaching the North Pole
soon.
Geneva (Switzerland) telegram Of the
27th says there was every reason to believe
that the Arbitrators had settled in principle
the question of indemnity, and had fixed ap-
proXimately the amount to be awarded for
vessels destroyed by the Confederate cruis.
ers. The total amount Of damages awarded
the United States would probably be be-
tween a3, 900 600 and e4,000OO0.
A dispatch from Oporto, Portugal, on the
2Sth, states that the steamship Perseverance
had gone ashore during a fog at the entrance
of the harbor, and was total loss. Thirty
persons were drowned.
A cable telegram of the Goth says the chol-
era was reported to be raging in India, and
the fatalities were enormous. Thousands
had died in the city of Lahore, and several in
other large cities.
A Vienna dispatch of the Goth says the ex-
empress CarloIta was fast sinking, Jnere
was no hopes whatever of her recovery.
President Theirs is said to have ordered the
prohibition in France of all demonstrations
On the 4th Of September, the anniversary of
.he establishment of the Republic.
Potter, Leverson & Co, London diamond
merchants, in a communication to the Lon
Ion Times of the Goth, state that a few
months ago an American came to that city
,he rough, paying nc attention whatever to
.he weight or quality of the stones. These,
they intimate, were used by the alleged dis
,overers of the diamond mines in Arizona
TO sustain their assertions.