Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-22
UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY p, 1872

will be a failure. eve must therefore
make efforts to prevent any angry recrim-
nation, il we are successful. The time is
possibly near when more dexterous negoti-
ators may settle all differences" The Daily
Telegraph asserts that 'the Treaty of Wash
ington is regarded by Americans as one un-
conditional surrender, and a hameful con-
fession on the part of England, if the indirect
claims are admitted, and the terms are such
as victor might impose. The pretentions
of the United States areintolerably absurd. "
A London special dispatch of the 18th says:
" Minister Schenck has communicated a note
to the English Government on the recent Ian
guage of Gladstone, which was deemed an
imputation on the good faith of the United
States. The note is regarded as a proper
assertion of the dignity of his Govern
ment, and will, it is likely, be answered
in the most friendly spirit, deprecat-
ing any diplomatic application to words
used in the heat of debate. The English
Government is anxious to avoid a misunder
standing with the authorities at Washington,
and a compromise is hoped for at an early
day."
A Paris dispatch of the 18th announces
the arrival In that city of Caleb Gushing, J.
Bancroft Davis, William NJ. Evarts and NJ. R.
Waite, and that they were in close consulta-
ton in regard to the business before the Ge
neva Board of Arbitration.
Messrs. Henry Clews & Co., of New York
city, received cable dispatches on the 18th,
confirming the recovery of American securi-
ties in the English market from the decline
in values occasioned by the recent panic,
and adding, also, that the violent denuncia-
tion of the American Government by the
English Ministry met with reprobation
throughout London financial circles, and
that a conciliatory feeling was manifested by
the public at large, showing itself in some
instances by demand for q change in the
Ministry.
In the British House of Lords on the 18th
a motion was adopted for the prolongation
Of the English case under the Treaty of
Washington, that the question might be laid
before Parliament.
General Sherman was presented to King
Victor Emmanuel, at Rome, on the 18th, and
met with cordial reception. The General,
accompanied by Lieutenant Grant, had an
audience with Prince Humbert. They were
most cordially received.
The Earl of Mayo, Governor General Of
India, was recently assaulted and mortally
wounded by Mahomedan convict. The
assassination caused intense excitement
in India.
Recent dispatches from Teheran state that
the famine in Persia continued with unabat-
ed fury, many persons dying daily.
A London dispatch of the 18th says Lord
Chief-Justice Cockburn, British member Of
the Geneva Board, approves of the Govern
ment's refusal to admit the claims for indi-
rect damages.
The London Ne,cs of the morning of the
14th has special dispatch from Rome,
which says General Sherman, at his re-
ception by the King of Italy, assured His
Majesty that the Alabama question would be
peacefully and finally settled by the Geneva
Tribunal of Arbitration"
The assassin of the Governor General of
India has been tried, convicted and sentenced
to be hanged.
The Paris Journal DIES Debats of the 18th,
commenting on the controversy over the
Alabama claims, declares that England and
America are both wrong, and fears pro-
tracted misunderstanding may lead to rup-
tura.