Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-04-19

peared during the examination Of Chahers
upon charge Of publishing articles defama-
tory of her character, had become insane.
A dispatch from Yeddo. dated March 26,
announces that an attempt had been made,
by party of twelve persons, to assassinate
the MilSado of Japan. The efforts of the
would.be murderers proved unsuccessful.
The guards of the Mikado captured two of
the party, but the other ten escaped.
At recent Republican meeting in London
Dixie said he preferred to agitate peacefully
in Parliament, in order to keep the right of
public meeting intact, but it might come to
pass in England, as elsewhere, that men
should be driven, by deprivation Of the right
Of speech, to take up arms in defence OF
their opinions.
Queen Victoria has returned home from
her visit to Germany.
The London Telegram of a recent date says
Internationalism had been declared by "a Ger
man jury to be high treason against the Ger
man Empire.
The city of Antioch in Syria has been Wis
tied by an earthquake, causing terrible loss
of life. Dispatches state that one half the
! oity wac totally destroyed, and !, hnn persons
| lost their lives. Great distress prevailed in
that portion of the city not demolished. The
remaining inhabitants were sadly in need OF
assistance.
Bills Of indictment have been found by the
Grand Jury against the Tichborne claimant,
charging him with perjury and forgery, and
also one against Arthur O'Connor, the assail
ant of the Queen, charging him with misde'
meanor.
John Bright, in reply to an address from
some Republicans, declaring that he was
destined to be the first President of the Re
public of Great Britain, writes that he hopes
it will be a long time before the English
populace are called upon to decide between
a republic and monarchy. TheiI
ancestors settled matters for them at least
for the present. Posterity must decide II
in the future. Bright expresses doubt as
to whether the Republicans are his real
friends.
The Pope has refused to receive a sum OF
money offered him by the italian Govern
ment. In declining the gift, he declared
that when it became necessary for him tC
accept aims as a means of subsistence, hC
would only receive them from the Catholic
world.
General sherman and his suite a
ConstantiRople on the 9th.
A Matamoras dispatch of the Sth says th'
revolutionsts were then supposed to b.
within forty or fifty miles of that city.
A recent Paris dispatch to the Londol
Times says Thiers had abolished the passpor
system. Henceforth travellers will be regis
tered at the frontiers. No tax will be leyie'
therefor, nor will they be subjected to tn
Al ..,-sI 1.f1a 1uhf a in n
country.
Forty-seven thousand women OF Alsac
and Lorraine have addressed petition t
Bismark, in which they ask that their father
and sons may be exempt from service in tn
German army for a few years.
: The session of the German Parliament wa
opened at Berlin on the Sth. The Empero
was not present, and the speech from tn
throne was read by Bismark. The speec
enumerates the various subjects of legisli
, ton to be submitted to Parliament for th
regulation and development Of national il
I stitutions.
In the British House of Commons on tn
18th, John Bright took his seat for the fir
2 time since his protracted illness.
In the case of O'Connor tried for his a
sault upon the Queen, the jury was satisfe
as to the sanity of the prisoner, and brougl
in a verdict of guilty He was then sentence
t to be imprisoned twelve months at hard L
: Dor, and receive twenty lashes.
: The claimant of the Tichborne estates a
peared in the Criminal Court on the lot
5 and pleaded not guilty to the indictmel
? against him. A writ OF certiorari was issue
removing the case to the Court of Il
: Queens Bench, where the prisoner will
! tried in June. Meantime, he is recommittt
G to Newgate.