Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-03-26

companies organizing at Sioux City aud
Yankton trespassing on the Sioux Indian
reservation, TO use the forces at their com
mand to burn the wagon trains, destroy
the outfit and arrest the leaders, con-
fining them at the nearest military post
in the Indian country. Should the miners
succeed in reaching the interior, these officers
are directed to send such force Of cavalry in
pursuit as will accomplish the purpose above
named. Gen. Sheridan adds that should
Congress open up the country for settlement
by extinguishing the treaty rights of the
Indians he will give a cordial support 10 the
settlement of the Black Hills.
SATURDAY, March 20LThe German
frigate Ariadne has been ordered TO swatow
to support the demand upon Spain for indem-
nifty for the plundering Of German bark....
The flood in the susquehanna River
continues, and Immense damage is
being done In many localities. At Port De-
posit, Md, the water is from five to fifteen
feet deep in the streets. :. The Democrats
have elected three and the Republicans two
members of the Executive Council in New
Hampshire. e. Tiburcio Vasquez, the no.
torious and desperate California bandit, was
hung at San Francisco on the 10Th. IA
water-spout at Fayetteville, Tenn, a few
evenings ago, caused an immense overflow Of
Morris Creek, and houses, furniture and live
stock were swept away, and over 100000
worth of property was destroyed. 1t is said
the water-spout continued half an hour, until
it fell congealed into large Jumps, which
knocked holes in the roofs of houses, and
many animals were killed. Another water
spout occurred near Lyncnburg, carrying
away two distiiieries, an immense amount Of
rails and many outhouses. "A San Francisco
dispatch says the crops are in splendid con-
dition and q large crop is certain, but if
copious rains fall within two weeks there will
be the largest harvest ever known there.
Bessie Turner began her evidence in the
Beecher trial on the 10TH According to her
statement Mr.. Tilton was addicted to sullen
moods, during which he would make himself
very disagreeablc to all in the house, especial
ly his wife, whom he would scold for hours at
a time. She (witness) never saw anything inn
proper take place between Mr.. Beecher and
Mrs. Tilton, and on his frequent visits to the
house she MRS. IT, treated him the same as
other gentlemen visitors Bessie repeated
the story OF having awakened one night and
found herself in Mr.. Tilton's bedroom alone
with him, whittier he had carried her while
she was asleep, and she Indignantly left
the apartment at once. She also repeated
conversations which she alleged Mr.. T. had
had with her regarding afinites. On one oc-
easion, when Mr.. Tilton was shaking his
clenched fist in his wife's face, witness inter-
fered in her behalf, and Mr.. T. ordered her,
with an oath, to leave the house, which she
refused to do, and he struck her (witness)
with his fist and knocked her down.
MONDAY, March 22.-The Government
of King Alphonso is reported to have adopted
an arbitrary policy toward the press. The
iberia has been suspended and all telegraphic
dispatches are detained and examined. -. A
Madrid dispatch says Gen. Campos has de-
feated the Carlists before Olot and entered the
town. Over 900 Carlists were captured. 49,.
John Mitchell died on the Goth at his resi-
dence in Tipperary. On the 2lst the Irish
men in London met in Hyde Park to the num-
ber Of $4,000, and adopted resolutions de-
manding the release Of the Fenian prisoners,
condemning the coercive laws in Ireland and
condoling with the family of John Mitchell. E.
The Postmaster-General has instructed Post
masters that on all mailable matter of the third
class (Which includes articles of merchandise
and transient newspapers and magazines)
postage must be prepaid at the rate of one
cent for each ounce or fraction thereof =.
Gen. Butler is said TO be of the opinion that
"the CivilRights bill does not give any right
to a colored man to go into a drinking saloon
without the leave of the proprietor" and that
" barber-shop is private business in which
the law does not interfere. "A New Orleans
dispatch says the Wheeler award has been re-
ceived by Gov. Kellogg, but has not been
officially published. 1t is understood,
however, that under this award the
House will be Conservative and the
Senate Republican, with a small Republican
majority on joint ballot. A destructive tor
nado passed through the central portion of
Georgia and adjoining counties in South
Carolina on the Goth. Residences and out
houses were demolished on many plantations
and much other damage was done to prop
erty, and several persons were killed and
many others injured s----
TUESDAY, March 23.-Madrid advices
state that Gen. Cabrera, in going over to
King Alphonso, took with him eight of the
Carlist chieftains. CASTELAR, has resigned his
professorship in the university in consequence
of the Government re-establishing in the
schools and colleges the textbooks pre-
scribed during Isabella's reign and otherwise
changing the mode of public instruction
-. The United States Senate has con-
firmed the nomination Of John Parker as
United States Marshal for the Western Dis
trict OF Michigan. The Elizabeth Life In
surance Company Of Elizabeth, N. j., has
failed. A resolution has been introduced
into the New Jersey Senate requesting the
Senators and Representatives in Congress from
that State to use their influence for the repeal
of the amendments to the Sundry Civil Ap
preparation bill doubling the rate Of postage
on transient newspapers, etc. The partial
restoration of the franlNing privilege is also
condemned granting free use of the mails
to a favored few at the expense Of the
many By recent tornado in the Qua
chita Valley, in Louisiana, the loss Of lifC
and destruction Of property were very great
Smithland was leveled to the ground, and a
Rays Point plantation buildings, fences
mules, horses and cattle were scattered fo
miles. The track of the tornado was 30'
yards wide aud extended for fifteen miles. =.
The South Carolina Legislature refused t,
adopt an address demanding the removal o
State Treasurer Cardoza. The vote il
the Senate was yeas IL, nays IS; House
yeas As, nays So. In her direct examination
on the 22d Bessie Turner corrected some o
her preyions statements regarding dates, an,
identified several letterswhich she had ne
ceived at different times from Mr.. Tiltol
while he was absent from home. She said Nj
and Mrs. Tilton sent her to boarding school
but nothing was ever said abou
her going away in. connection =, witt
the charges n against Mr.. sBeeehef
letter was then read, written by witness +
Mrs. Tilton in January, 1871, stating tha
Mrs. Morse had endeavored to procure he
to circulate stories LUXURIOUS to Mr.. Tilton
and alsosa second letter stating that tn
story that Mr.. Tilton carried her from her be-
was wicked lie, which second note witnes
said was written at the urgent solici
tation OF Mrs. Tilton. Witness wa