Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-07-14
EPIToME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED TELEeRAPHc NEWS.

delphia and many other cities and towns
throughout the Union. At Philadelphia,
the military parade, under the command
Of Gov. Hartranft, began about eight
o'clock a. M, and after an hours march
through some of the principal streets of
the city, the troops were reviewed at the
grand stand at the State House by Gen.
Sherman. An immense crowd of people
had assembled in the square around Inde-
pendence Hall, anxious to be present at
the formal exercises Of the day. Among
the notables present at the stand were
Gen. Sherman, Gen Sheridan, Vice
President Ferry, Gov. Hayes, Gov.
Bagley, ex-Gov. NOyes, the Emperor
Dom Pedro, etc Gen. Hawley called
the people to order in few we'll
chosen remarks, and introduced Vice
President Ferry, who, in the absence of
President Grant, presided over the assem-
blage. After few eloquent remarks by
the presiding officer, and prayer by Rt.
Rev William Bacon Stevens, Oliver Wen
der Holmes hymn-"Welcome to all Ma
tlons''-was rendered by chorus of 800
voices. The original copy of the Declara-
ton OF Independence was then produced
by Mayor Stokely, to whom it
had been entrusted by President Grant
1t was received with tremendous
applause by the vast assemblage, and Mr..
Lee, grandson of Richard Henry Lee, was
introduced and read the same. Bayard
Taylor then recited the ode prepared by
himself for the occasion, after which the
Grafton of the day was delivered by VIM.
NJ. Evarts, of New York. The formal
exercises were then closed by the singing
of the doxology, the "Old Hundred
! psalm, in which the entire assemblage
joined. At night the State House was
brilliantly illuminated by the means of
calcium lights.
TELEGRAMs from Ragusa on the 9th
state that the Mussulmans in Herzegovina
had become panic stricken at the approach
of the Montenegrin army, and had taken
refuge in the fortresses and abandoned the
country. A correspondent of the London
Times telegraphed on the 9th that Turkish
reports of victories over the Servians were
entirely false. On the 9th, the Servians
had surrounded and almost cut to
pieces body of 2, 400 Turkish regulars, a
few only escaping by night. He adds that
all attempts of the Turkish army to cross
the frontier had been VIGOROUSLY repulsed.
A Vienna telegram of the same date says
the Catholics in Herzegovina had quilted
the insurgent camp, and several had
joined the Turks against Servia. Trouble
was reported in Athens, Greece, and a
state of siege had been proclaimed there.
IT was reported from Augusta, Me-, on
the 9th that there had been no special
change in Mr.. Blaine's condition since his
arrival at his home. The nervous prostra-
ton was still marked characteristic. He
was not able to leave his room, and was
almost entirely confined to his bed. His
physician thought it would be many weeks
before he would resume active work.
ACCORDING to Constantinople dispatches
of the 7th the Softas had demanded to be
armed and sent to the frontier. A Wen
ma dispatch to the London Times of the
7th announces the capture of the Turkish
town of Ampalanka by the Servians. The
latter were marching on Sophia, with a
view of cutting the railroad leading from
that point to COnstantinOple. The Turks
were concentrating large force there to
repel the anticipated attack. The dis
patch adds that in the recent engagement
at Salschar the Turks captured only the
outlying earthworks, leaving the main fort
with garrison Of 5000 men still in the
hands of the Servians. These were being
closely besieged. The insurrection in
Bulgaria was reported to have become
general.
A LEAvENwoRTH dispatch of the 7th
says Gen. Pope had issued an order di-
recting Gen. Miles, with six companies of
the Fifth Infantry, to report at once at the
scene of the Sioux war. The feeling over
the massacre of Gen. Custer and his men
was intense throughout the border States
and the Territories, and volunteers in large
numbers have been offered the Govern.
ment to avenge the slaughter. A New
York telegram of the 7th says Gen. Sher
man had stated to a reporter that the truth
was the army was unable to carry
out the purposes of the Govern
ment in the Indian country by
reason of its weakness A Washington
dispatch of the same date says it wa,
thought in the highest quarters there that
the troops in the West, near the scene OF
the operations against the Indians, were
numerically, as well as in every other re-
Spect, able to enforce the demands of the
Government upon the hostile tribes, and
to effect the proper chastisement upon
them.
Hon. LOT NJ. MORRILL, entered upon
his duties as Secretary of the Treasury on
the 7th. Gov. Connor, of Maine, on the
same day, rendered to Mr. Blaine the ap-
pointment of United States Senator, to fill
the vacancy caused by Mr.. Morrills resig,
nation.
DISPATCHES from Semlin IAN Austrian
frontier town. of the 9th, announce the
defeat of the Sevians under Gen. Olim.
pics. A Vienna telegram of the same
date states that the Servians had been de,
feated in every engagement so far, except
one. At Bielina, several thousand Ser.
vians were wounded. The Servian Min.
lister of War had taken personal command
of the army. A Belgrade dispatch to the
London Nesos of the 9th, says the ServianS
had fought ten engagements during the
preceding eight days and lost 5000 men.
, ANOTHER daring railroad robbery took
place in Western Missouri on the night Of
; the 7th. A train on the Missouri Pacific
Railroad was attacked and boarded by &
| gang Of robbers, near Otterville, and the
| express messenger was compelled to oper
the safes, from which the robbers obtained
about $16,OOO-$12,O 900 from the United
, States and a, 900 from the Adams EXPIRES,
Companies. All the robbers wore masks
, while on the train. Pursuit was at one,
, instituted after they had taken their de
parture.
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