Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-05-19
EPIToME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED rELEeaAPHlC NEWS.

cratic caucus of the Connecticut Legisla. |
ture nominated VIM. II. Barnum for
United States Senator, by vote of 100 to
IA for English.
THE Wisconsin State Greenback Con- |
vention was held at Madison on the 10th. |
Delegates to the indianapolis National |
Convention were selected and Presiden-
tial electors chosen. Resolutions were
adopted favoring an exclusive Govern |
ment currency, interconvertible into Gov
ernment bonds of long time and low inter-
est at the option of the holder; the repeal
of the Specie Resumption act; the with
drawal of National Bank circulation;
tariff for revenue only; free and non
sectarian public schools, and general
civil-service reform.
THE Greenback State Convention of
Iowa met at Des Moines on the 10th and
selected delegates to the Indianapolis
Convention Resolutions were adopted
favoring greenbacks; the withdrawal of
National Bank circulation; making the
National currency interconvertible into
bonds, ETC., etc. 1t was concluded that
the nomination of State ticket was un-
advisable at present, and the matter was
left to a committee with instruction to
call nominating convention in August,
if it was deemed advisable
IT was stated in the London Daily Tele-
graph of the 11th that the English Ambas-
sador at Constantinople had informed the
Government that the situation in Turkey
was extremely critical. A violent out
break, OF which Christians would become
victims, was likely to occur at any mo-
ment.
THE Prince OF Wales met with an en-
thusiastic reception on his arrival in
England, on the 10th, from his trip
through India.
A MEETING was held in Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, on the evening of the
10th, to consider the report recommend
ing the expulsion of Mr. Bowen, for pre-
varication and other such conduct" In
the course of the proceedings, Mr.. Beecher
made the assertion that all his troubles
with Mr.. Bowen grew out Of business
matters, wkereupon the latter said no man
but lunatic could imagine that he
(Bowen) could trump up charges against
| Mr.. Beecher. The latter exclaimed 81
am charged with a monstrous crime;"
and Mr.. Ward-editor of the Independent
added, land you are guilty of
it." A cry to "put him out" was then
raised, and he (Ward) was expelled from
the room. The motion for the expulsion
of Mr.. Bowen was then laid on the table
until the next meeting on the evening Of
the 18th.
GEORGE W. CHILDs, publisher of the
Philadelphia Public Ledger, gave a recep-
ton to President Grant and his party on
the evening of the 10TH which is said to
have been a magnificent affair. Dom
Pedro, the Emperor of Brazil, and the
Empress were among the guests of the oc-
casion.
CoNsTANTINoPLE dispatches of the 18th
state that a general panic prevailed in
that city. The Mahommedans were in
sulting and threatening all Greeks aud
Americans, bidding them prepare for i'm
mediate death. Travellers were leaving,
ard European residents were sending
away their families. A Salonica tele-
gram of the same date says the bodies Of
the murdered Consuls were still unburied,
the excitement of the Mahommedan pop
ulation being so great that it would be
dangerous to attempt funeral until the
arrival of troops and additional men-of-
war.
NJ. RIoARD, the French Minister of the
Interior, died at Paris on the 18th, of heart
disease.
THE Emperor and Empress of Brazil
left Philadelphia on the 10th for ST. Louis,
en- route for New Orleans,
THE ten days for which Winslow was
recommitted having expired, the applica-
tion for his release was renewed on the
18th. 1t was opposed by the Government,
and he was recommitted for ten days
longer The Attorney General said that
if Secretary Fish's answer to Lord Der
by's note had not then been received, the
Government would not raise any further
objection to his case.
ADvIcEs from Sclavonic sources state
that battle was fought ON the 18th, near
Besses, in which ZOO Turks and 100 in
surgents were killed. The Turks at Scu-
tari had a celebration over the murder OF
the German and French Consuls at Sa-
lonica.
THE United States Treasury Depart
ment paid out, up to the 18th inst, the
sum of S4, ,421 900 in the new silver coin,
in exchange for fractional currency.
THE New York EUening Post of the
18th states that the Rev. DR., Taylor had
peremptorily refused to hear Mr.. Bowen's
private story about Mr.. Beecher. Mr.
Taylor says; "a responsibility which
may be properly and constitutionally as.
sumed by mutual council should not be
laid upon any one man, and, therefore,
am constrained to decline the request
which has been made to me-"
A LONDON dispatch of the 18th states
that the British fleet in the Mediterranean
had been ordered to rendezvous immedi
ately at Smyrna, in view of the possible
Oriental difficulties. A Naples Telegram
7 of the same date says two more Italian
iron-clads under Vice-Admiral Viry, hat
, gone to Salonica.
A LARGELY-ATTENDED mass Meeting
was held in Philadelphia on the evening
of the 18th, at which speeches were mad,
! and resolutions passed denouncing the
, action of the Centennial Commissioners il
closing the Exposition buildings ON Sun
days. A Philadelphia telegram of tn
14th states that the Commissioners haC
. done away with the regulation requiring
fifty cent note or fifty cent silver piec
to secure admission.
Col. THOMPSON, the Mayor of Liver
i pool, Eng, is dead.
+ b. IL. CAMPBELL, United States Marsha
, at Chicago, has refunded to, Miss Adj
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