Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-06-13
General News summary
THE OLD WORLD.


The reconstruction of the French Cabinet
was completed on the Both by the appoint
ment of General Du Barrail as Minister Of
War, in place of General De Cissey. The As
sembly has voted to rebuild the Column Ven
dome
The Spanish Cortes assembled at Madrid on
the 31st and the session was formally opened
by Senior Figueras, President Of the Ministry,
with speech In which he maintained the right
Of the Spanish people to choose their own gov
ernment Senior Orense, Federal Republican,
was elected President Of the Cortes.
The capture of Tallefoo, in southwestern
China, is announced in a Shanghai dispatch Of
the Sd. 1t is also stated that the victorious
forces II upon their captives and massacred
thirty ousand The Sultan poisoned him
self rather than fall into the hands Of his
enemies.
The Government has recently been advised
by Minister DeTong that religious federation in
Japan had not been decreed The laws and
edicts against Christianity had not been abol-
ished, but orders had been issued for a return
Of the banished Christians to their homes, and
for the removal of offensive proclamations
against Christianity.
A dispatch from Berlin, on the Sd, says
Asiatic cholera had appeared in two villages
in West Prussia, having been communicated
from Russian Poland. A rigid quarantine Of
the infected districts had been established.
President MacM ahon issued proclamation
to the French army on the Sd, in which he
said "The choice Of the President of the Re-
public from your ranks shows the confidence
of the National Assembly in your loyalty"
The President also issued an order appointing
General LAdmirault, Military Governor Of
Paris, to the command Of the Army Of Ver-
sailles.
Dispatches to the London Times Of the 4th
contradict tn report that there was less cor
diality in the relations between the French
and German Governments since the election Of
MacMahon.
Both the Carlists and Republicans in Spain
have agreed to regard the Northern Railway,
held by the former, as neutral line. This al
lows travel and traffic not contraband of war to
be freely resumed.
According to the Vienna correspondent 'of
the London Times the second great settling day
on the Vienna Exchange proved better than
had been anticipated. The number Of insol-
vents was increased by about half hundred,
though there might have been among those
tolled out on the Sd a dozen who, couple of
weeks before, thought they had or were
thought to be worth a million. They were,
without exception, new men, who had been
brought to the surface by the tide of fortune.
There had been gambling on the most extend
ed scale. For months the Exchange had been
flooded with all sorts Of new stock, some of
which was utterly valueless, while the price
even of those stocks which had some value
was driven up to fabulous height
A strike was in progress on the 4th among
the employees of the Great Western Railway
Company in England. Some 500 Of the men
had quit work.
Urbano Rattazzi, the italian statesman, died
at Frosinone on the morning of the 5th, aged
65. The Chamber of Deputies voted national
mourning for two weeks because Of his death.
The American Department OF the Vienna Ex-
position was opened ga the morning OF the
5th, and steam applied to the machinery. The
novelties surpass those from other countries.
President White, Of Cornell University, and
Ex-Governor E. D. Morgan, of New York, are
Chairmen Of the Bureaus Of Education and
Commerce, respectively.
The ex-Empress Eugenie, of France, has
made an appeal to the people of France
in favor of the elevation of her son to the
throne.
Prince Jerome Napoleon had arrived in
Paris on the 5th, and his presence caused much
agitation in the lobbies of the National As
sembly.
The first reception of President MacMahon,
which took place on the evening Of the 9Th,
was a brilliant affair.