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

President Theirs and his Ministry have re
signed, and Marshal MacMahon has been elected
President of the French Republic. The i'm
portant issue involved in the controversy
In the Assembly was on the definite
establishment of the Republic, measure in
troduced by the Government and sustained by
the Liberals The Right, or Conservative
side of the Assembly-conssting of Bona
partists Orleanists and Legitimists-unite In
opposition to this movement, and when a final
vote was reached on the oath, the Left was
voted down by 800 to 344, and President
Theirs Immediately resigned, his resignation
being accepted the vote being 36S for accept
ance to 339 against. The vote by which Marshal
MacMahon was chosen was 800. This change
in the Administration was accomplished with
out any disturbance, and was generally acqui
esced in. MacMahon accepted the position Of
President in the following words:
~ will obey the will Of the Assembly the depos-
itory of national sovereignty. 1t is a heavy re-
spOnsbity, but, with Gods aid and the devotion
OF the army, will continue the work OF liberating
the territory and restoring order, and will maintain
tranquility and the principles on which society
rests. To this pledge my word as an honest man
and a soldier"
cable dispatch of the oath says the Carlists
denied the reported butchery of surrendered
volunteers, but announced that they were held
subject to exchange for Carlists.
The following is the text of President Mac
Mahon's address to the Projects of Paris:
II have been called, through the confidence OF
the National Assembly, TO the Presidency Of the
Republic. No immediate change will be made in
the existing laws, regulations and institutions.
rely upon material order, and count upon your
vigilance and upon your patriotic assistance"
President MacMahon also sent message TO
the Assembly, containing the following:
~ am animated by respect for your wishes, and
will always scrupulously execute them. The Ma
lion of the territory and the restoration Of order
The first was ably conducted by my predecessor,
with heroic patience. The country and l
shall follow The foreign policy
of my predecessor. l wish for peace and the reor-
ganizalion Of the army, desiring only TO restore our
strength and regain for Frame her rank among the
nations. The home policy will be resolutely con-
seryative The Administration must be imbued
with conservative spirit appoint TO office respect
ors OF law, defend society against faction. and
stand as a sentinel to see that your sovereign will
II obeyed in its integrity
The new French Ministry is officially an
nounced as follows Minister of Foreign At
fairs, the Duke de Broglie Minister of JUS
tice, Erroul Minister of the Interior Beule;
Minister of Finance, Pierre Magne; Minister
of War, General de Cissey; Minister of Marine,
Admiral D'Homoy; Minister of Public In
struction and Worship, Balbie Minister of
Public Works, De Seilligny; Minister of Agri-
culture and Commerce, Bovellerie.
A fire in Berkeley Square, London, few
days ago, burned six persons to death, and six
others were injured by falling walls.
The Pope made a speech at Rome on the 27th,
in which he said he had ever prayed for France,
but that he would now pray with greater con-
fidence, for the election Of Marshal MacMahon
to the head of that country was guarantee of
order and justice to civilization, which was
menaced on all sides.
ExPresident Theirs took his seat in the
French Assembly on the 27th.
recent fire in Bedford, Canada, destroyed
the greater portion of the town.
Lieutenant Frederick Grant will, it is said,
accompany General Stanley on his Yellowstone
expedition through the Sioux country No
civilians or correspondents will accompany the
expedition, and the scientific corps has been
reduced to five men.
BY boiler explosion which occurred in a
crowded workshop in Belgium on the 2Sth,
fourteen persons were killed outright and
many injured, some of whom would die.