Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-12-05
EPIT0ME OF THE WEEK.


edochowski has been ordered TO resign with
IN week from notice. He has received let
Ter from the Pope exhortlng him TO flrmness,
..,The Igndldan newspaper at Madrid justl-
hes the execution of the Virglnius captives,
and cites as precedent for the action of the
Spanish authorities the circular issued by the
United States Government during the civil
war, declaring Confederate priyateers pirates.
80. Washington adyires indicate that war be,
tween Spain and the United States is immi-
ncnt, aud Secretary Fish Is reported as being
apprchensive TO such result. =. The Agricul-
tura Bureau has given some estimates, found.
cd upon partial returns, showing large fall.
ing on in ;he corn crop CT 1878 as compared
with previous years. The United States
Court, sitting at Philadelphia, has adjudged
Jay Cecke q Co. to be bankrupts, and made
f'n order for the appointment of Receiver,
etc. lngersoll and harrington, connected
with the "Ring" swindles In New York, have
been convicted on the charge Of forging GER
tain Endorsements on bills against the Treas
ury of New York City,. Charles T. Sher-
man, United States District Judge for
the Northern District of Ohio, has
resigned. Martin Walker, formerly a member
OF Congress, has been appointed to fill the
vacancy.... The Peoples Convention at New
Orleans appointed a committee "on the part
OF the people OF Louisiana to repair to Wash
ington and present their memorial for rc,iaf
from the Kellogg usurpatlon, and the restora-
ton of Louisiana to her rights aud liberties as
free State of the American Union. as puaran
teed by the Constitution of the United States,
FRIDAY, November %. - Cartagena was
bombarded eight hours on the 26th py the
land batteries. The town and the man of.war
Mendez MeneE replied with vigor. The ont.
lying fort Don Julian, was silenced by the fire
OF the besiegers. 1t was reported that its
commandant and several other officers
were killed -. News from Washington
Is to the effect that our Government has eS-
tended the time for a definite reply from
Spain TO the demands of our Government.
Negotiations were stu In progress, but the
prospect for an adjustment of the Virginius
difficulty was not so favorable as 1t was several
days before. Chris. Rafferty,, who some
time ago shot and killed Chicago
policeman, has had his third trial
for the offense, and has been for the
third time convicted of murder in the first de-
gree. ,EZ-United States Senator Richard
L
hohel in st. Louis, on the night of the 9th.
1.-The Georgia Convention of Grangers in
session at Atlanta adopted resolutions urging
the refunding of the cotton tax to legitimate
claimants, and the construction of the Allan
tic & Great Western Canal.
SATURDAY, November 29.-The Bank of
England has reduced its rate of interest TO six
per cent. The Hoosac tunnel has been
opened through the mountain, the two shafts
being brought together on Thanksgiving Day.
The event was duly celebrated. "A recent
Boston dispatch reports that a number of
Eastern mills were about ,resuming Inger-
soil and harrington, convicted in New York
of forgery, have been sentenced, the
former to five years hard labor in the State
prison, and the latter to eighteen months i'm
prisonment. One hundred tons of coal have
been sent by General Baker, of iowa, to the
suffering nomesteaders. They are greatly in
need of provisions. -. The Patrons of Hus-
bandry OF Alabama recently held a convention
at Montgomery and organizeda State Grange.
The convention was very large and every part
of the State was represented.
SUNDAY, November 9O.-It is said six
teen British subjects, forming part of the crew
of the Virginius, were shot at Santiago. .
News of the settlement of the Virginius ques-
ton between Spain and the United States, and
the terms upon which it is based, was received
in Havana with much excitement The mass
of the people were said to be opposed to
the surrender of the Virginius, or any
yielding to pretensions which might dis
honor the Spanish flag -. Tweed was taken to
Blackwells Island on Saturday. He was
asked the usual questions by the recording
clerk, to which he answered that he was aged
sixty-two, occupation Statesman" no re-
Igion; but, as his family are Protestants, he
was entered as Protestant. He was taken to
the bath, then had his head shaved, beard
taken OF, and was arrayed in full striped uni
form, He had two letters from
New York City physicians, recommend
ing that he be placed in the hospital, but, af
ter an examination by the Penitentiary physi-
clans, he was remanded to a common cell, like
all other felons. The jacket given him to
wear is knewn as the "larceny jacket" His
son stayed by him till he was led away to his
cell, when he and his friends left the island
THE Wisconsin State Grange is called to
meet at Fond du Lac ON the 2Oth of next Jan
uary.
MONDAY, December Three of
Tweed's lawyers, John Graham, Judge Fuller
ton, and Mr.. Bartlett, have been fined by
Judge Davis $3.50 each for handing him prior
to the trial a protest against his acting as
Judge in the case, on the ground of prejudice
against the accused. The junior members of
the counsel were let off with reprimand ..
Hon. Eugene Casserly, of Cal ifornia, has re-
sigued his seat in the United States Senate.
TUESDAY, December 2.-News is re.,
ceived of another terrible disaster at sea. The
steamship Vile du Hayre, which left New
York, November Is, for Hayre, came in col
lision with the British ship Locherne, from
London for New York, and sunk shortly after.
Two hundred and twenty-six of the passen-
gers of the Vile du Havre were lost The
Credit-Mobilier suit which was tried in Hart
ford, Conn, last October, has been recently
decided by United States Judges Hunt and
Shipman. The motion of defendants counsel
to dismiss the bill, involving a question of
Jurisdiction, was decided in favor of
the Government on the second point. The
Court sustains the demurrer, and dismisses
the bill as to parties who demurred. The
ground of the demurrer is that the damage to
the Government by the Credit-Moblier frauds
is too remote to be reached by the process pur-
sued, or by any other, and that the Govern
ment has at present no pecuniary interest to
be reached by the bill. The Court takes the
view that there is no trust anywhere raised In
behalf of the Government to be protected
The motion TO dissolve the injunction was
granted,
FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS-.