Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-09-08
FOREIGN INTELLIGRNCE.

A telegram from SanJander says "a, ,o0O men,
with Krupp and Placentia guns, will sail for
Cuba before Nov. l.
Belgrade adyices of the Doth ult. say the
diplomatic agents have handed the Servian
Premier joint note from their respective
Governments. They take the subject of me-
diation into their own hands and have in
structed their ambassadors how to proceed
to stop the hostilities. Russia is opposed to
the condition that Servia should first sue for
peace, and the Porte has abandoned its de-
mand to that effect.
Belgrade advices of the Both ult. report the
keenest anxiety to hear Of an armistice. The
Servians are becoming jealous and afraid of
the Russians The latter are exposing them
selves in the front of battle with great valor.
OF a company of sixty who fought at Alexi-
natz thirty were left dead on the field. A
Vienna dispatch of the Both ult says Monte
negro has absolved Servia from the agree
ment made at the beginning of the war that
neither should separately negotiate for peace.
Gladstone has written a letter rejecting
severely on the course of the British Govern
ment in regard to Turkish atrocities in Bull
garia.
The Spanish Government has ordered an
issue of indemnity bonds to owners of lib
Grated slaves in Porto Rico.
The Turkish Minister at Washington on
the 3lst ult. received the following dispatch
from Constantinople: "The cruel disease
from which the Sultan Mourad Khan has been
suffering ever since the tenth day of his ac-
ccssion to the throne, and which aggravation
has been continually increasing, having made
it manifestly impossible for him to take any
more the reins of empire, in virtue of the
Fetva rendered by His Highness, Cherkh VI
Islam, and conformably 20 the laws regulat-
ing the exercise of sovereignty in the En-
pire, His Majesty Sultan Hamid, prcsumptiye
heir imperial to the throne, has been pro-
claimed to-day Emperor of Turkey"
A number of failures in the iron trade were
announced in England on the 31st ult The
liabilities of the firm of Thomas Vaughan
& Co. are S5,OOOOOO.
Belgrade advices of the 3lst ult. report the
defeat and retreat of the Turks on the right
bank OF the river Morava. Surgeons in the
Servan army state that a large number Of
Servians wounded themselves to avoid going
into battle. The Prince of Montenegro is
said to be very anxious to treat for peace.
A 0onstantinople telegram Of the 1st says
the deposition of Sultan Murad occasioned
no disturbance or excitement. The new
Sultan was proclaimed on the 3lst ult. Alb
dul Hamid II. -
A London dispatch of the 1st says the new
American 1-2 per cent. funding loan is very
popular in England. Many of the banks are
selling consols and investing in the American
bonds.
The Belgrade correspondent of the London
Times says that the heavy mortality among
the Russian officers at the front gives rise to
painful rumors, and it is generally believed
all have not met death at the bands of the
Turks.
Alexinatz was attacked by the Turks on
the 1st and, it was reported on the Sd, after a
severe fight the town was captured. The
Servians became panic-stricken and whole
battalions fled, and the carnage was terrible
The Servians still held the fortress on the Sd
Advices from Dundee, Scotland, report
| great depression in trade there. The largest
works in the town has closed, throwing
nearly 1000 persons out of employment
The town of st. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Cana
da, was almost entirely destroyed by fire or
the afternoon of the Sd. Six hundred house;
were burned. Loss estimated at $4,000, 600
Belgrade sdvices of the 4th confirm the re
port of the crushing defeat and thorough
disorganization of the Servian army at Alex
inatz on the 1st after battle lasting clever
and half hours.
The ship Sonora, from San Francisco, ant
the Spanish steamer Vivar collided off Holy
head on the 4th and both vessels sunk. On,
life was lost. The aggregate loss is 81 900,
600.
The ambassadors of the powers made pro
posals for peace TO the Porte on the 4th, Tn,
British ambassador presented a demand fo
the conclusion Of a months armistice, to b,
followed by negotiations for peace. En-
glands declaration that if Turkeys refusa
led to armed foreign Intervention the Port
must not reckon on the British Government
caused much surprise. The new Sultan say
no halt will be published