Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-10-23
EPIToME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from T,lcmams of Accompanying Dates

dered ut Algeria, and the Carlist provlncial
authorities ut Durango have given public no.
tice that those wishing 10 lay down their arms
may do so The Turkish town Of Akhlolyl,
containing 500 inhabitants, has been
entirely destroyed by fire.. Henry
l.. Pierce in the Fourth and George
+. Hoar In the Ninth Massachusetts, Districts
have been rcnominatcd for Congress.
The convention Of Southern Republicans met
at Chattanooga on the 18th. About 200 dele
gates were present. A lettcr was read from
the Republican Congressional Committee.
Lewis Il. Parsons, Of Alabama, was chosen
permanent President A committee, con-
sisting Of one from each State, was APP
pointed to prepare an address upon the
condition Of affairs In the Southern States, and
like committee to gather and collect facts
and statistics in regard 10 the condition OF the
Southern States. Gov. Brooks, of Arkansas,
addressed the convention in the evening.
THURSDAY, Oct. 15.-Atty.- Gen. Will
Jams has replied to Gov. Brown, of Tennessee,
on the subject matter of his protest against
further arrests by United States Marshas un-
der the Enforcement act and his request that
the persons already arrested be turned over
to the State courts for trial. He claims that
the President is as much bound TO
enforce the act in question as any
other law of the United States, and de-
clines to accede to Gov. Browns request.
In the Chattanooga Convention, on the 14th,
the Committee on Outrages was enlarged and
continued indefinitely, with instructions to
report to Congress every three months. The
resolutions adopted declare that the Repub-
lican citizens Of the reconstructed Southern
States recognize the equality of all men be-
fore the law demand equal rights for all citi-
zens, secured by appropriate State and Fed
eral legislation; indorse the Executive in sus-
tanning law and order in all parts OF
the Union and putting down outrages,
and especially indorse his action in Louis
lana; indorse the Administration for its pros
ecution of the perpetrators of such outrages
in the Federal courts; deprecate drawing race
and color lines; recommend the appointment
OF none but honest and capable men to Fed
eral offices, and the removal of all others;
urge appropriations of public lands to pur-
poses of education in proportion to the
illiteracy of States; denounce the Asso-
ciated Press agents in the South for the al
legged partisan manner in which they perform
their duties. An address to the people of the
United States was also presented and adopted.
lin Indiana the Democrats have elected their
State ticket by from 10000 to 5000 majority.
The Congressional delegation stands eight
Democrats to five Republicans, as follows:
Republican-SiXth District, Milton s. Robin
son; Eighth, VI. G. Hunter; Ninth, T. J. Car
son; Eleventh, James l.. Evans; Thirteenth,
j. II. Baker. Democratic-FirstD District B.
S. Fuller; Second, j. d. Williams; Third VI.
G. Kerr; Fourth, j. d. New; Fifth, w. S.
Holman; Seventh, franklin Landers; Tenth,
VIM S. Raymond; Twelfth, Andrew II. Ham,
ilton. The Democrats elect their State ticket
in Ohio by about $1,000 majority, and carry
thirteen of the twenty Congressional dis
tricts.. The Congressman elected are as fol-
lows: Democratic-First District, Milton
saylor; Second, II. B. Banning; Third, j. s.
Savage; Fourth, J. A. acMahon; Fifth, A.. V.
Rice; Sixth, f. H. Hurd; Seventh, L. T. Neal;
Ninth, f. F. Poppleton Eleventh, J. L.
Vance; Twelfth, A. T. Walling; Thirteenth,
NJ. /. Southard; Fourteenth, J. P. Cowan;
Twentieth, II. B. Payne. Republican
Eighth, VIM. Lawrence; Tenth, Chas. Foster;
Fifteenth, n. II. Van Worries; Sixteenth, Lo-
renzo Danford; Seventeenth, L. d. Wood
worth; Eighteenth, James Monroe; Nine
teenth, J. A. Garfield. The Republicans have
carried Iowa by about 10000 majority, and
elected their Congressman in all the dis
tricts except the Third. This makes the
delegation us follows: Republican-First
District, G. w. McCrary; Second, j. Q.
Tufts; Fourth, II. O. Pratt; Fifth, James
Wilson; Sixth, f. 5. Sampson; Seventh,
j. A. Kasson; Eighth, j. w. McDill;
Ninth Addison Oliver Anti Monopoly -
Third, L. L. Ainsworth. The Republican
majority in Nebraska ranges from 10000 to
$1,000. Lorenzo Crounse, Republican, is re-
elected to Congress. The three West Vir
ginia Congressional districts elect the Demo-
cratic candidates, as follows: First, Benjamin
Wilson; Second, c. j. Faulkner; Third, f.
Hereford. In Dakota Kidder (Republican)
has about 1000 majority for Delegate to Con-
gress. The Legislature is Republican in
both branches In Arkansas the Democratic
Ticket is elected and the new State Constitu-
tion adopted by large majorities.
FRIDAY, Oct. 16.-A London dispatch
says England is about to withdraw her repre-
sentative from Rome. THE October re-
turns Of the Department of Agriculture
indicate an average condition OF the corn
crop Of Sc per cent, against SO per cent.
in September. DR.. j. G. Aver has heen
nominated for Congress by the Republicans
Of the Seventh Massachusetts District At
recent meeting in Chicago of the Western
Board of Railroad Commissioners a new
freight schedule to the East was adopted, to
go into effect on the 10th Of November, in
creasing the rates from Chicago to New
York five cents per hundred weight. 1t was
also determined to discontinue return passes
to stockholders; to pay no commissions to
agents for influence in the control of Eastern
ratfic, and to allow no passenger to carry
more than 100 pounds OF baggage -. The
statue Of Lincoln was unveiled at Spring
field, ILL.,, on the 18th, in the presence Of a
vast crowd Of people An Grafton was de-
liyered by Hon. r. j. Oglesby, the President
of the Monument Association, and poem
read, written by James JudsonlLord Abrief
address was also made by President Grant.
The reunion of the Army of the Tennessee was
held at Springfield on the 14th. Gen. w. T.
Sherman was elected President for the ensu-
ing year.
SATURDAY, Oct. ia Santander tele-
gram says dispatches have been received from
Madrid in relation to negotiations for the sur
render several Carlist battalons. Spain
has paid England $4,000 on account of the
Virginius butchery, Great Britain having made
this payment a condition precedent to the
recognition of Spain. The commissioners
appointed TO examine whether the deficiencies
in the construction of the Union Pacific
Railway have been supplied, and the road
completed as required by law, report that they
have found the road so completed, and have,
therefore, decided that the road, as built, is
frst-class railroad, fully complying with
its charter and with the requirements of the
law, and in accordance with the instructions
of the department furnished to them. This
report will require the approval of the Presi
dent and the formal acceptance of the
road as completed structure before
the patents will issue for the land-grant
ia late Indianapolis Qnd.) dispatch