Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-05-05
EPIToME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED rELEGRAPAIC NEWS.


26th. The leading Liberals supported the
| measure,
A RAaUsA (Austria) dispatch of the
28th says the garrison at Nissa were re-
duced to great extremities. The soldiers
and inhabitants were compelled TO subsist
on horse-flesh. -rF
COMPLAINTS having reached Washing
ton that at some of the Sub Treasures
fractional currency continued to be paid
out for legal-tender notes, and that at
others Ii was refused, Treasurer New
stated, on the 26th, that there was nothing
in the law which prohibited him from
paying out such currency not received in
exchange for silver, the same as previous
ly, and that it would be done in small
amounts at all Sub-Treasuries There
was about 100000 in fractional currency
on hand, in Washington, which could be
paid out. Mr.. New said, however, that
he would not allow it to be paid out in
large sums, but in a limited quantity.
The advices received in London on the
9th from Mesopotamia show that the
plague was rapidly increasing. Since the
previous report there had been 553 new
cases and 2S8 deaths.
THE recent New York Democratic State
Convention recognized the Tammany del
egates from New York city as Irregular, a"
and gave seats, without voice, to the anti
Tammany contestants. Delegates to the
National Convention were chosen, and
resolutions were adopted indorsing the adj
ministration of Gov. Tilden, and recon-
mending him as a candidate for the Pres.
idency of the United States.
THE Prussian Chamber of Deputies, on
the 2Sth ult., passed bill for the incorpora-
tion of the Duchy of Lauenburg with the
Kingdom of Prussia.
ACCORDING to Vienna specials of the 2Sth
ult., the Porte had sent a circular letter
to its representatives at the various Euro.
pean courts, demanding military assist.
ance in the suppression of the insurrec-
ticn, and citing as precedent the sup
preston of the Hungarian instruction by
Russia, in 1S49. A report prevailed that
Austria had ordered her army in Dalmatia
to be increased to 10000.
THE royal assent was given on the 9th
ult. TO the bill comforting upon Queen Vic
toria the title of Empress of India, and on
the 2Sth the Gazette contained proclama.
tion announcing its assumption by Her
Majesty.
I IT was announced on the 2sth ult thai
| fIa Of
that steamers had succeeded in effecting a
passage.
JUDGE CARTIER, of the Court of the
District of Columbia, granted writ Of
habeaS corpus on the 2Sth ult., in the case
of Hallett Kilbourne, the contumacious
witness, but remanded him to the custody
of the United States Marshal TO answer an
indictment. The prisoner then gave bail
and was released The action of the
Court was reported to the House, and the
matter was referred TO the Judiciary Com,
mite.
THE German Government, on the Goth
ult., published decree giving to the in
habitants of Alsace and Lorraine the
right of suffrage in cases where, electing
to retain the French nationality, they still
remained domiciled in those provinces.
JAMES MCCUNE reached Quincy, Ill.
on the Goth ult., direct from the Black
Hills. Mr.. McCune gives very discour
aging account of the condition of affairs
in the gold region. The price of neces
saries was very high, and gold very
scarce. lie believed that gold had no
been discovered in paying quantities and
did not believe it would be. While there
we're plenty of rumors of the finding of rich
lodes, no one had been found who had
picked up gold Of any great value. For
tunately game was abundant. The Chicago
Tribune published on the same day 6
letter from Custer City in which the
writer stated that gold abounded in tho
Black Hills but not in the vicinity oI
Custer City. On Rapid Creek miner:
were making about six dollars per day,
and would do better when the frost was
out of the ground. He believed there wa:
plenty of gold for those who had means tC
build sluices, but pan-work would not bC
profitable. Food was plenty and cheap
The Turks succeeded, on the Both ult
in revictualing Nissa after a desperate
engagement with the insurgents neal
Presjeka.
THE King of Dahomey refused lately
to pay fine imposed on him for NAL
treating British subject, and sent an in
/. solent message to the British commander
inviting him to visit Dahomey where hC
would be paid in powder and balls.
THE death of Hon. j. L. Graham, United
States Consul at Florence, Italy, occurred
on the 30th ult,
THE Centennial Commissioners hav,
decided to close the Exposition on Sun
days. The formal announcement ha
been made by the Director General tha
the Exposition will be opened to the pub
lie on Wednesday, May 10, at noon.
Dom PEDRO left San Francisco for Chi
cago on the morning of the Goth ult.
A MEXICO telegram of the Both ult an
nounces the unopposed occupation o
Camargo by Gen. Diaz, the leader OF tn
revolutionary movement.
FOURTEEN prisoners escaped from Cool
County Qll.) Jail on the morning of tn
Both ult. The turnkey was overpowereC
by prisoner, bound and gagged, and hi
keys taken from him. Some of the cell
and the outside door of the Jail were un
locked and the prisoners walked out un
molested.
) THE boilers Of ferry-boat-plying be
tween Rudesheim and Bingen, on tn
Rhine, exploded on the 1st killing thirt,
of the passengers.
THE General Conference of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church assembled in Bal
timore on the 1st. Bishop Ames mad
the welcoming address, and Bishop Jane
responded. Geo. w. Woodruff was chose
Secretary, and Rev. Israel Pershing, 0
Pittsburg, Assistant Secretary.