Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-10-15
EPIToME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED TELEeRApHIc NEWS.

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1T was reported on the 7th that the in.
habitants of AITan Valley had inaugufated
a general rising against the Carlists on &C
count Of the exactions OF the soldiery, and
that the latter had been compelled to take
refuge in the mountains. .. .r.-
THE epizootic in a mild form has
broken out among the horses in Cincin-
natl, Chicago, st. Louis and other West
ern cities.
MEMPHIS dispatches of the 9th report
serious disturbances as having occurred at
Friar's Point, Miss. 1t is stated that at
Conservative convention on the night of
the I'd Senator Alcorn severely criticised
the official conduct of Brown (coloreD,
Sheriff of the county, and the next day
Brown used severe language in reply,
when Alcorn threatened to shoot him.
Brown then summoned a number of ne
groes, who prepared to come 10 his as
sistance. On the 9th all the women and
children were sent from Friar's Point and
the place was attacked by force of 800
negroes, who were repulsed by white
forces under Gen. Chalmers. In the skir-
mish eight negroes and one white man
were wounded.
AT the recent election in Connecticut
the State Constitution was amended so as
to change the time of the State election
from the spring to the fall of the year and
to make the Governors term of office two
years.
THE failure for a large amount of
Brown, Stevens g. Williamson, heavy su-
gar-refners of Glasgow, Scotland, was an
nounced on the 9TH.
OWING to popular outcry the British
Admiralty on the 7th suspended the cir
cular of July 81, directing the surrender
of fugitive slaves found on British yes
sells.
THE hog-cholera was playing sad havoc
at Columbus, Ohio, and vicinity on the
7th. Six thousand hogs had already died
so far this month in franklin County.
PRESIDENT GRANT and party arrived at
Denver on the 9TH from Southern Colo
RADIO.
SPECIAL kilograms from Friar's Point,
Miss, on the 7th state that Gen. Chal-
mers was driving the colored forces under
Pease (colored) and vas determined to
capture him if possible. In the skirmish-
es which took place on the 5th white
man was fatally wounded and three ne
groes were killed and one wounded, prob.
ably fatally. Senator Alcorn on the 7th
sent dispatch to Atty. Gen. Pierrepont
stating that there was no question of poll
tics in these disturbances; the whites were
to a man for defense, and the negroes
who had been misled were fast being
reconciled He stated that his name had
been most ridiculously associated in the
matter.
THE Bishop of Berlin has been deposed
by the German Ecclesiastical Court.
A SPECIAL dispatch received in London
on the Sth states that the Servian Depu-
ties had rejected the motion for war by
vote Of 62 to 81.
IT was thought at Memphis on the 9Th
that the Friar's Point war was ended. A
Helena special of that date states that
Sheriff Brown was at that place and had
said he would not return to Friar's Point,
and that the negroes there threatened to
kin him if he did. Chalmers was still
seeking to effect his capture.
A BRUSSELS dispatch of the 9th an.
nounces that diplomatic relations between
Venezuela and Holland had been inter
rupted by the abrupt departure of the
Minister of the former power from the
Hague because of failure to agree in
certain pending negotiations.
THE Attorney General of Mississippi,
together with U. S. Senator Pease and L.
S. Attorney Wells, of the same State,
called on Atty.-Gen. Pierrepont, in Wash
ton, on the 9th, and assured him that if
there was no interference by the General
Government in Mississippi the result
would be the redemption of the State from
many serious difficulties now existing
AT Forest City, ILL.,, on the 9th, VIM.
Pemberton, who had been arrested on
charge of horse-stealing, was taken from
the hands of the officer by a crowd of men
and lynched.
THE members of the firm of Duncan,
Sherman & Co., the bankrupt bankers of
New York city, were arrested on the 9Th,
on complaint of John A. Roebling's Sons,
on charge of fraud. They were released
on bail of 5000 each. Mr.. Duncan has
withdrawn his offer to pay his creditors
33 per cent. in notes.
THE Prince of Wales left London on
his trip to India on the evening of the
18th.
NEWS was received in London on the
18th that Turkey and Servia had mutually
agreed to withdraw their troops from the
frontier.
THE steamer Biscay, while on her voy-
age from Cronstadt to Bremerhaven a few
days ago, stranded off Jutland. Eleven
persons were drowned.
A MONTREAL (Canada) gentleman prom
inently connected with the Guibord case
has stated that no day had been appointed
for the burial Of Guibord's remains, and
that if was possible it might be deferred
for considerable time.
MICHAEL CARNEY, the surviving princi-
pal in the fatal prize-hght near Boston,
and the seconds of the pugilists have
given themselves up to the police authori-
ties. A EHF FHH ea 4a
AN Augusta (Ga.) telegram of the 18th
announces the sudden and serious illness
of Alexander H. Stephens.