Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-12-12
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frigate Kron Prinz and the corvette Augusta
have been ordered to prepare for active SER
vice. In his reply to the demand of the
German Government for his resignation, Arch
bishop Ledoehowski refuses to comply, and
declares that he is responsible only
to the Pope. E. The President designates Sur
veyor H. Stephenson and Assistant Treasurer
VIM. E. Davis associate members of the Civil
Service Board in Cincinnati, and Assistant A.
G. Edwards and Deputy Surveyor II. p. Wy
man associate members Of the Board at st.
Louis, Charles Lyman, of the Treasury Board,
tobeChief Examiner ia st. Louis and Cincinnati.
49,. The President has sent the following nomi-
nations to the Senate: Marshal Jewell, Of
Connecticut, Minister to Russia; John A.
Bingham, of Ohio Minister to Japan; W. L.
Scruggs, of Georgia, Minister to the United
States of Colombia Geo. Williamson, of Lou
isiana Minister to the Central American
States; j. NJ Read, Jr,, Minister to Greece;
A. T. A. Torbet, of Delaware, Consul General
| at Paris.
FRIDAY, December 5.-A special dis
patch to the London Standard says the bonn
bardment of Cartagena is u failure, and reg
| ular siege is intended. In the bombardment
400 houses have been destroyed. The mini
mum rate of discount at the Bank of England
is fixed at five per cent. .. The Lon
don Times publishes an official list of
the British subjects taken prisoners
on the steamer Virginius and afterward
executed at Santiago de Cuba. The Times,
commenting on the act, says: "The British
Government, while demanding the surrender
of the survivors, must carefully avoid commit
| ifcalf to bn 4bn al;
of the Virginius was illegal .... Captain
General Jovelar, of Cuba, telegraphs
tc the Madrid Government re.
signing his position, and demanding that
another person be sent to the island who
can carry out the orders of the Govern
ment relating to the Virginius restitution
He declares that the impression produced
by the news of the arrangement which has
been entered into between Spain and the
| United States can be compared with that
produced in Spain by the treaty of Bayonne,
which led to the war of independence against
Napoleon. He begged to assure the Govern
ment that the immediate delivery of the Vir-
| ginius will instantaneously cause frightful
| commotion throughout the island, which will
| be sure to result in successive catastrophes
even if a man of the highest ability
should be in command. Chris. Rafferty,
has been for the third time sentenced
to death for the shooting of Chi
cago policeman. He is to be hung on the
Goth of December -. 1t was stated at a recent
meeting of the Missouri State Agricultural
Society, at st. Louis, that the Grange has
made comparatively more progress in Mis-
souri, than in any other State, 11OO Oranges
having been already formed, with member
ship of 10000.
| SATURDAY, December GA London dis
patch says the Spanish squadron had not
been seen in the vicinity of Cartagena for a
week. The insurgents, in its absence, had
been able to procure fresh supplies daily, and
| had captured several provision boats. -.
| The report Of the Department of Agriculture
| for November and December shows that the
average of tobacco in comparison with last
year is ninety-four. A falling off of 17,000,-
900 bushels in the potato crop is indicated.
The hay crop is 100000 tons less than last
year. "A Washington dispatch says our Gov
ernment is not so hopeful as it was some days
ago Of the ability of Spain to carry out its or
ders. The suggestion of a modification of
the protocol, that the Virginius may be de-
| liyered to q third party to await adjudication
does not meet with any official favor
SUNDAY, December 7.-Pourcet has
has closed his argument in the Bazaine court
martial. He demands, first, the degradation
of Bazaine, and, second, his execution. =. An
nouncement is made in Paris of the appoint
ment of Bartholde as French Minister to this
country. The opposition to the delivery of
the Virginius is said to be decreasing in Ha-
vana. 1t is reported in Washington that the
CASTELAR, Spanish Government has not asked
for modification of the protocol so that the
| Virginius might be placed in the custody of q
| third party to await adjudication. -. While
| fifteen men were recently descending the
slope of Honey Brook (Pa.) coal mine, the
staple ring of the car broke, and the car fell
| 10 yards. Two of the men were killed, two
were severely bruised Zone probably fatality
| and the Others more or less injured. :. Opera
tions are being actively pushed in all our navy
| yards. All the heavy ordnance which has been
stored in the arsenal at st. Louis since the war
Of the rebellion is being shipped to Pensacola,
| Fla. ....A Des Moines Qowa) dispatch
| says Adjutant-General Baker has returned
from visit to Osceola, Lyon and O'Brien
Counties, and states that the general reports
made through the press of the suffering there
are not exaggerated, and that many families
| there must be helped to food and fuel till
spring, when they will also require a supply of
seed for the land that they have broken. He
has full confidence in the local committee ap-
pointed to distribute the donations.
MONDAY, December S.-The crew Of the
| Loeb Erne, the vessel that caused the sinking
| of the Vile du Havre, have arrived at Ply
mouth, Eng, having been taken there by the
ship that rescued them from their vessel,
which was disabled by the collision. They re-
port that the Captain and his Second Mate
betook themselves, after the collision, to the
Loeb Erne, and did nothing to assist in the
rescue Of the sailors or passengers. =. "A spe-
cial dispatch to the London Daiy NelUs
from Madrid says great indignation is mani
Tested at President Grants message and Senor
Castelar's alleged pandering to the United
States. IA Washington special to the Chicago
Tribune says Minister Sickles had decided to
leave Madrid at an early day. This move
ment is said to be of his town free will, and
is not caused by any rupture or bad feeling
between our Government and that of Spain.
He has been ignored by his own Govern
ment during the recent difficulty, in man
ner which he is disposed to resent in the only
way possible-that is, by withdrawing from
his position as United States Minister to
Spain" General Burrel has left Havana for
Santiago dc Cuba to resume charge of that
department. Says Washington telegram