Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-04-11
General News summary,
THE OLD WORLD.

Tho veteran historian Of France, Amadie
Simon Dominique Thierry, died at Paris on
The Goth, aged rs years.
A dispatch from Paris says that judgment
had been rendered in the Memphis & El
Psso Railroad case. The defendants are
pronounced guilty Of swindling, and SEN
fenced to various terms Of imprisonment.
Gen. Fremont is condemned IN contiandcidm
10 five years confinement. The other de-
PENDANTS who were present were arrested as
they we're leaving court.
The Republic was declared for by meet
ing of English workingmen held at Sheffield,
Few days ago. u.8.sas
NJ. Felix Pyat, an ex-Communist, has been
sentenced to death by court-martial sitting
at Versailles.
Advices from Barcelona, In Spain, show
that the partsaus of Don Carlos in that vi
cinity are rapidly gaining strength. They
recently captured the town of Berga, a
place of considerable Importance from q
STRAIT egic point OF view, taking about five
hundred prisoners. At other places in that
ncighborhood they are reported to have
gained some advantages.
According to London telegram of the
which the Carlists were victorious. The
Government troops retreated to Granollers
de Wallis, much demoralized, where they
we're captured by Saballs. The small garri-
son also surrendered.
Senor Olozaga has resigned as Spanish
Minister at Paris, because he disapproved Of
the insufficiently conservative policy pur-
sued by the Spanish Government.
Spanish advices Of the 3lst announce the
burning by the Carlists of the captured
town of Berga, who before applying the
torch saturated number of buildings with
petroleum. The town contained hospital
and several converts, and had over 6,000
population. The news created great ex.
citemenS in Barcelona, and reprisals were
threatened against the clergy and known
Carlist sympathizers. Ten thousand armed
citizens maintain order in the city of Malaga,
but refuse to admit regular troops or gov
erpment customs officers, nor will they'a al
low vessels conveying soldiers to other
points to remain in the port. They provide
for their expenses by taxing the wealthy
residents.
The Marquis Dechasseloup Lambat, an
eminent French statesman, is dead. He
was % years OF age.
Mrs. James Gordon Bennett died on the
3lst at Koenigstein, in SaxonY.
The populace of Barcelona, Spain, en-
ragged at the burning of Berga, and similar
acts OF the Carlists, have attacked several
Catholic churches, doing considerable dam
age.
NJ. Grevy, ON the I'd, resigned the Pr.si-
dency of the French Assembly, was again re-
elected by a vote $40 against PSI, but it was
thought would peremptorily decline to accept
the position.
A man named George Bidwell, alleged to be
implicated in the Bank of England frauds, has
been arrested in Edinburgh
A Madrid dispatch of the Sd says that Senor
CASTELAR, threatens to resign unless the Minis
try adopt more decisive and energetic policy.
His colleagues hesitate TO interfere in the con-
iisf between the people and municipality of
the capital. The popular leaders declare the
corporation responsible for future events.
The Carlists are reported TO have shot sixty
prisoners at Berga.
A Vienna dispatch of the Sd states that the
Emperor had given his sanction TO the Elec
tion Reform bill. The announcement was
made in the Reichrath and received with pro-
longed cheers.