Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-08
EPIToME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from Y,lcgams Of Accompanying Dates


sity for the Government to sustain the report
Of the Louisiana Election Returning Board
at all hazards, and that its decision Is
right In law and in fact. BY arrange.
inents recently concluded between the
United States and Canada, on and after
Jan. 1, 1875, or as soon as the necessary
measures can be perfected, the domestic
mails of each country are to be transmitted
In closed pouches through the territory of
the other, free Of extra charge A Presby.
terian minister in Washington recently COM
mitted suicide, after being detected in the
theft of some books from a bookstore In that
city. The general term Of the City Court of
Brooklyn, Judges Nelson and Reynolds on the
bench, has given decision reversing the
order OF Judge McCue, which required
Mr.. Tilton to furnish Mr.. Beecher a bill of
particulars in the suit of the former against
the latter THE report that Gen.
Emory has been superseded by Gen. Terry Is
not confirmed and is probably incorrect.
Gen. Sheridan left Chicago on the evening of
the eth for New Orleans, under instructions,
1t Is said, to hold himself In readiness, in the
event of an uprising against the Kellogg
Government, to assume immediate command
of the Government forces and carry out in
structons confdentially sent him The
Mississippi Democratic State Convention has
been postponed from Jan. 3 to April T.
THURSDAY, Dec. BIN the Pacific
Mail investigation in New York on
the 30th the Secretary of the
Brooklyn Trust Company testified that John
q. Schumacher, Congressman for the Second
New York District, had received in payments
and credit the sum of S275,000 of the amount
disbursed by the agents of the Pacific Mail
Company. Rufus Hatch stated before the
committee that he wished to introduce GER
tain witnesses to show that Irwln's intention
in coming back from Europe was to break up
the Pacific Mail Company. A large number
of Freemasons in New York gave King
Kalakaua a reception on the night of the
30th ult....A party of Indians, belonging to
Spotted Tails band, have reported a gang
of twenty-one miners encamped in
the Black Hills. They were not
molested, but the fact of their
Intrusion was reported to Indian Agent How
ard. The Congressional subcommittee to
investigate Louisiana affairs held its first
session in New Orleans on the 90th. The
Vicksburg committee reached that place on
the 3Oth.-. .Ex-Gov Warmoth, after pre-
liminary examination on the charge of mur-
der for killing d. C.. Byerly, in New Orleans,
has been discharged from custody.
SATURDAY, Jan. 2.-Madrid DISPATCHES
of the 31st ult. announce the collapse of the
Spanish Republic and that Alphonso had
been proclaimed King of Spain by the army
and navy, and that the people had gladly
asquiesced in the movement The King
had announced his Cabinet, and had
telegraphed to the Pope asking his
blessing and promising like his an
eestors to defend the rights of the
Holy See. Gen. Campos had entered
Valencia at the head of the troops
that were sent to oppose him when he pro.
nounced ior Alphonso. The new Ministry
had telegraphed to Cuba directing the Cap.
tain-General to proclaim to the army there
the accession of King Alphonso. Dis
patches OF the 1st say that Gen. Dorregarav
had laid down his arms and that other promi.
nent Carlist leaders were about to give in
their adhesion to King Alphonso, and the
Spanish Ambassador at Paris had re-
signed and the Duke de Montpensier
and the Orleans Princes had congrat-
ulated Don Alphonso upon his accession TO
the Spanish throne. -. A Constantinople dis
patch of the 31st ult says 5000 persons had
perished from starvation in the city Of Adana
alone. Gov. Tilden, of New York, was
formally inaugurated on the 1st. The Con.
nectlcut Republican State Convention is to be
held on the Goth inst. Serious trouble
was anticipated at Vinita, 1. T., on
the LIST because of the Territorial
organization question, party of 200 Ross, or
Piu, lndians-who are opposed to the Terri
al
town. .Fabus Mckay Dunn (colorcd), As
sistant United States Appraiser at New Or
leans, was shot and almost instantly killed
on the evening of the 31st ult, while walking
on the streets of that city.
MONDAY, Jan. 4.-King Alphonso has
granted amnesty to all Carlists and has been
rendered the support of CASTELAR,, Martos,
Admiral Topete and other well known Repub
licans. The blessing Of the Pope asked for
by the King has been sent through
the Papal Nuncio in Madrid. Subpn
mas have been served on witnesses in
the Tilton-Beecher suit and a panel
OF oOO jurors drawn. In the Pacific Mail in
vestigation, on the I'd, Henry Clews, a Dl
rector, testified that no knowledge came
TO the Board OF Directors, as d Board, of
the money spent to procure the subsidy
until after 1t became a law, and when
they did learn the fact it was matter
OF surprise to them. A. l.. Phelps testified
that Stockwell told him that money was
being spent in Washington. Stockwell also
said he supposed Irwin would have to be sent
out of the country if an investigation into the
matter should be instituted. Phelps thought
this was in September, 1872. Capt. F. B.
r Ward. nrOmiuant nd Z
Detroit, died of apoplexy in that CITY
on the I'd, aged sixty-four. His es-
tate is estimated at $4,000, ,OOO
Late New Orleans dispatches saw two
Republican members of the Louisiana Legis
lature have been kidnapped by the Conserva.
tives to prevent their heing present at the
organization OF that body, GOV. Kellogg has
submitted letter to the Congressional In.
yestgating Committee proposing that they
decide the question of the disputed election
of 1872, and Offering to submit to whatever
verdict they may render.
TUESDAY Jan. ga Madrid telegram
says decree has been issued suspending the
jury system. The marriage of King Alphon-
SO with the daughter Of the Duke de Mont
pensier is favored by the Regency. The an
nual statement for 1874 shows n
balance in the Michigan State Treasury
Dec. 81, 1878, of S632 O6s69; receipts dur
ing 1874, s2,l52,Sl1 ,SS. Total, 81, ,7S4, $50. o.
Expenditures during 1874, sl,S91, ,794.51.
Balance, Dec. 81, 1874, S93,OS556. State
bonded debt Sl,52S, 900; non-interest. bearing
debit 81 l,5SS,0 ,0s5,64 .... Gen. Sheridan has is
sued an order at New Orleans stating
that under instructions from the President
he assumes control of the Department OF the
Gulf, consisting of the States of Louisiana,
Arkansas and Mississippi, and the Gulf posts
! as far eastward and embracing Fort JefTer-
son and Key West, Fla, excluding the posts
In Mobile Bay, which will hereafter consti-
). tute one of the departments Of the Military
Division OF the Missouri The General has
also sent dispatch to Secretary Belknap at
Washington, announcing "the existence
In this State of spirit of de-
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