Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-05-08

well said he stood by this as legal and proper;
1t merely allowed him to see the records in
Assessors aud Collectors offices with refer
ence to persons who have withheld taxes due
to the Government, so as to avoid going after
those who have already paid their taxes. -.
Ernest Love, the alleged murderer Of the
Hamnet family at Homestead, Pa, has been
arrested at Allegheny, Pa. Gen. j. f.
Pagan, a Major-General in the Confederate
! army, on the lst assumed command Of Brooks
forces throughout Arkansas, and issued an
| address calling upon his old comrades to rally
to his standard. Both parties seemed to be
/ waiting for some definite news from washing
ton before precipitating events.
MONDAY, May 4.-Dispatches received
! In Madrid on the I'd confirm a previous report
that the Carlsts had been driven from Bilboa.
Dispatches from Carlist sources received on
the Sd, deny the correctness Of this report and
state that Portugalete was occupied by Serrano
on the 1st, and that he Immediately marched
toward Bilboa. A desperate battle be-
gan on the morning of the I'd, the
result of which had not been ascertained
on the Sd -. A decree has been issued by the
Spanish Government, calling for a levy Of all
persons liable to military duty over nineteen
years of age. .Ernzt Mintzing, alias Love,
the murderer of the Hamnet family
near Pittsburgh, Pa, who was ar
rested in Allegheny City on the night
of the 1st, has. made full confession
of the terrible crime, and says he murdered
the family with an AK, the object being to OBJ
tain possession of Hamnet's money, he sup
posing that a considerable sum was in the
house. He says he only got about fifteen
dollars. -. Ga the evening of the I'd, as the
employees in large paper mill (Con-
dits) in the village of Shawangunk
N. Y, were about leaving that estab-
lishment for the day, large rotary
boiler exploded, nearly demolishing the build
ing, ard burying many lab0rers in the ruins.
Seven persons were killed and three fatally
wounded. The explosion was terrific the
boiler, weighing five tons, being thrown 600
feet. Intense excitement prevailed, and
mob threatened to lynch the superinten-
dent on account of alleged criminal care
lessness in using a condemned boiler.
A report favoring Council Bluffs as the
legal terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad
has been agreed upon by the House Commit
tee on Pacific Railroads. IA Little Rock
(Ark.) special of the Sd says leading reform
Democrats Of that cityhad issued an address,
taking strong grounds in favor of Brooks. 1t
was thought this address would have dam
aging effect upon Baxter's cause. Brooks
army numbered three full regiments in the
field and several regiments in reserve, subject
to immediate orders.
TUESDAY, May 5.-Madrid dispatches
announce the occupation of Bilboa by Ser
rano. In the evening Madrid was brilliantly
Illuminated in honor of the deliverance
of that city. The main body of the Carlists
were retreatipg in the direction of Guipuzcoa,
but detached commands were surrendering in
hopes of amnesty. An attempt was made by
an insane priest on the 4th to assassinate
Senor ri Margall On the 9Th party of
men under Capt. Williams, of Baxter's forces,
arrested Judges Searl and Bennett, of the
Arkansas Supreme Court, and brought them
to Little Rock, where they were kept in
close confinement. 1t was said they were
detained TO prevent their holding q session
of the court until after the 5th. -. The New
Orleans Relief Committee reported Off
cially to the Governor, on the 4th, that up
to that date they had been distributing 10000
rations day to the suffering in the overflowed
portions of the State, and that, in their judg-
ment, $4,000 rations would be required daily
for the next sixty days. In response to the
application of railroads interested Messrs.
B. r. Curtis, Of Massachusetts, and Vim. NJ.
Evarts, of New York, have examined into the
new Railroad law of Wisconsin and give the
opinion that said law is unconstitutional.