Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-10-09

an army there ..The Ministers Of Great
Britain and France presented their credentials
TO President serrano, Of Spain, on the 4th....
The annual report Of the Commissioners OF
Pensions will show 83,640 pension certificates
issued the past fiscal year, Of which, how
ever, only 9,7S3 were original certificates.
On the Sd Henry Ward Beecher appeared
before the Grand Jury, in session at Brooklyn,
and secured the indictment of Theodore
libel and slander. II is said that when Mr.,
Beecher gave his testimony he declared that
the allegations of Tilton and Moulton with
reference to himself, Mrs. Tilton and another
lady were "atrocious falsehoods." In a letter
TO the press, published on the 4th Mr., Tilton
solemnly reaffirms the literal and absolute
truth of his charges against Beecher, and de-
mands immediate trial. He declares that this
tardy action by Mr.. Beecher and his friends
in prosecuting him for libel can be attributed
only to the fact that the verdict Of the com
mittee fails TO command popular credencc.
Mr.. Beecher preached to large congrega-
ton In Plymouth Church on the 4th
=. The State Executive Committee of the
Democratic and Conservative party of Ala
bama have issued an address in which they
deny the truth Of the charges made by Minis
ter Spencer, Congressman White, Hayes and
Pelham, and J. j. Martin as to outrages In
that State, and alleging that such charges
were made for the purpose OF inAu-
encing the elections in the North and
West, and to procure Federal troops to be
sent TO control the election in Alabama.
| The Railway Commissioners of the North.
| western States recently in session at Madison,
Wis, adopted form for reports so that the
railroad statistics of Illinois, Iowa, Mime.
sofa and Wisconsin will be collated and pub
lisbed in a uniform series Of tables The
| next meeting will be held at Springfield on
the 9th of December, when the consideration
of the subject OF legislation and classification
will be resumed.
TUESDAY, Oct. 6-The Catholic Vicar
of Posen, Germany having disobeyed an order
to leave the country within twelve hours,
had been forcibly elected. -" Barry Corn
WALL" the English author, died on the 5th....
The Sultan of Morocco has issued decree
prohibiting the export of cereals for three
years "A Santander dispatch says reports
have reached that city that mutiny has
broken out in the Carlist camp at Durango,
and that Don Carlos has been wounded in
the stomach by one of the mutineers. Don
Carlos wound is thought to be serious. A
Carlist force, 1000 strong, has attacked the
town of Vich, in Catalonia, and met de.
cided repulse, suffering heavy loss in
killed and wounded -. David Valentine &
Co. of New York, silk importers, have
failed, with liabilities of S500,000. Kup-
fer Il Silverman, dealers in woolen goods,
have suspended, and Clews " Co.,
bankers, have also stopped payment, hut ex-
pect to resume shortly. Congressional
nominations on the 5th; Peoples Party
First Illinois District, B. G. Caulfeld; Second
District, c. Fl. Harrison; Third District j. V
LeMoyne. Democratic-Fourth Arkansas
Thomas VI. Gunter; Twelfth Ohio, William
E. Fink The New York Timlee publishes q
dispatch from New Orleans stating that, upon
the arrival OF the United States troops al
Coushatta, some fifteen White Leaguers who
| were engaged in the recent murders at thai
| place left town and fed to Arkansas and
Texas. "A letter has been received al
the Postoffice Department in Washing
ton from a special agent sent to investigate
the murder of colored route agent in Ala
bama a little over a month ago, which
says: "The reign of terror existing in this
| country at present far exceeds anything o
the kind have ever seen. Armed bodies
men are riding over the country, and coloreC
people are afraid to go into the fields to saw
their crops from waste and ruin" This lette
is dated "In the Woods, near Livingston
Sumter County, Ala, Sept 80"