Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-09
EPIT0ME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from kilograms Of Accompanying Dates.

between Russia and Bokhara has been pub
lished. II gives the Khivan territory on the
right bank OF the Amadaria River TO Bokhara,
which, In return agrees TO abolish slavery and
establish mutual trading facilities with Rus
sia. =. The Secretary Of the Navy has received
dispatch from the Commander Of
the Osslpee, announcing that the Virgnlus
sunk on the night Of the 10th, of Whining
ton. IL seems the Ossipee, with the
Virglnius in tow, left the Dry Tor
tugas on the 10th. On the Goth q
strong gale commenced, and the Virginius be-
gan leaking badly. On Christmas Day her
condition was so critical that the Os-
sipee put into Frying Pan Shoals, of Cape
Fear, with her charge, and came to anchor
The next morning the Virginius signaled the
Ossipee she was sinking The crew were at
once transferred to the latter, the
hawser was cut, and the Virglnius went to the
bottom, leaving only portion of her main
mast above water....A Washington dispatch
states that Mr.. Gushing has been instructed,
after his arrival at Madrid, to give his attention
towards securing, upon the part of Spain,
policy Of political and administrative reforms
(among which is the abolition of slavery,
which shall tend towards the restoration of
peace In Cuba. The trunk lines of railways
between the East and West have issued a new
freight schedule, advancing the tariff on all
classes Of freight. The local division at Ind
annapolis of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers has issued a card in which they say they
are not willing to stand idle and see their good
name tarnished by the base representations of
those arrayed against them; that many acts Of
violence have been perpetrated which
they emphatically deprecate, no matter
by whom committed; that they
have endeavored to discover the
perpetrators, and can not. The perpetrators
do not belong to the Brotherhood, and 1t is
believed the outrages were committed by men
hired to blacken the good name of the men,
bers of the Brotherhood and weaken their
cause by carrying them on and charging them
to the strikers.
FRIDAY, January 2.-Six more Com
munists have been sentenced to death at Yer
sailles. Intelligence has been received in
London that the steamship Elbe, bound from
London for Hamburg, has been lost at sea, and
that thirty-two of those on board perished. :.
Advices from Spain relate that there is
q complete rupture between President
CASTELAR, and Salmcron, the Presi-
ucuJ VI Jut OOTlCL. 1H6 slJudJlOQ Is IegurQeQ
in Madrid as serious. The Government has
suppressed several newspapers of Federal
proclivties -. According to the news from
the Ashantee war, the British forces are driv-
ing the Ashantees before them, and have pen
etrated seventy miles into their country. -.
Captain General Jovellar has ordered a
strict inquiry into the circumstances connect
ed with the recent disappearance of Ralph
Keller, the New York Tribune correspondent
Keeler was on board of a Spanish steamer
bound for Havana, and on the arrival of the
steamer at that port, he was not to be found,
he having mysteriously disappeared during
the trip. The United States authorities
are charged by the Havana news
papers with having purposely sunk
the Virginius in order to avoid
turning her over to Spain. General B. J.
Sweet, Deputy Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue, died in Washington on the 1st, of pneu-
monia, aged forty one years. In pursuance
of orders from Washington large number of
workmen atthe Charlestown Mass. )navy-yards
had been discharged. "A New York dispatch
says the United States District Attorney states
that no further proceedings will be taken in
the case of the Virginius 1t is not likely that
the vessel will ever be raised, and it is deemed
requisite that the vessel should be produced
before she can be libeled. :. The latest news
indicates that the engineers strike is about
ended, the engineers resuming their places at
many points. The engineers ON the Pennsyl-
vania Road have decided to agree to the re-
duction of wages for the present, at least, and
hope to have the matter decided by arbitra-
ton. The State Central Committee of the
Anti-Monopolists of Iowa has called State
Convention to meet in Des Moines on the 25th
day of February 80. The Virginia Legislature
convened at Richmond on the 1st Kemper's
official majority for Governor is 27,239.
SATURDAY, January ga Berlin tele-
gram to the London Daily Telegraph says that
the German Government has absolutely re-
solved to abstain from any interference
with the inner ecclesiastical organization
of .dioceses during their struggle with
the Roman Church, and to confine its ac-
tion to vigorously repelling any encroachments
Of the Bishops upon State rights. No Off
cial information has been received in Washing
ton confrmatory of the report from Mad
rid respecting indemnity to be demanded by
the Spanish Government in the case
of the Virginius, nor is it considered
probable that any such claim will represented.
....T The number of deaths in New York city
in 1873 was 29,059, of which 1,169 were from
violent causes. The number of marriages reg
istered in the city during the year was 8,S65,
and the number of births 90 5S7. One thou |
sand wOrkmen have been recently discharged
from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. AT the re-
cent municipal election in Memphis, the Re-
publican ticket was successful by majorities |
of about 800 and upward. John Logue is the |
new Mayor.
MONDAY, January ga famine is pre- |
vailing in five districts of the Russian prov
ince Of Samara. Two votes were taken in |
the Spanish Cortes on the Sd in which a ma
jority of twenty was given against President |
CASTELAR,. As soon as the result was announced |
General Pavia sent an officer to the Chamber |
with letter demanding the dissolution of |
the Cortes. Senor Salmeron and others
urged CASTELAR, to continue in power, but |
their prayer was refused. A company
of the Municipal Guard then entered
the palace of the Cortes and expelled the
Deputies. General Pavia, with his staff, held |
q osition outside, with cannon pointed at the |
building. General Payia was subsequently |
arrested, and his forces disarmed. A new
Government was then formed, as follows;
President, ,Serrano; Minister of Foreign Affairs,
sagasta; Minister of War, Zavala; Minister of |
Justice, Figuerola; Minister of Agriculture,
Becerra; Minister of Finance, Echegarray;
Minister Of the Interior, Garcia Ruiz; Minister
of Marine, Topete. An attempt was recently
made to kill Judge s. T. Morris, an active
OF the corrupt Brooklyn On. W
City Ring, bV the agency of an Internal
machine that was sent to his house. The
Judge opened the box, but fortunately
the matches did not strike in such manner
as TO explode the torpedo contained in it,
IA New York telegram says the entire
number OF railroads which are in default is
more than ll5, representing an indebtedness on
their interest account of more than $27,OOO,-
700. alt has been decided by the United