Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1878 — NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

FOREIGN NEWS. Things are getting exceedingly lively ou the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. Escobedo is organizing a strong force, and is giving the Lerdists a good deal of trouble. Recruiting for the revolutionary cause is being actively carried on in Texas, and squads of recruits pass over the nver every day. The steamship Idaho, of the Williams & Guion line, went on the rocks on the coast of Ireland, during a heavy fog, and in twenty minutes after striking foundered in deep water. Through the coolness and oourage of the officers every passenger and the entire crew were saved. The ship and cargo are a total loss. The passengers and crew lost all their baggage, the passengers saving only what they had on thoir persons. The Greeks are greatly dissatisfied with the prospect of an agreement between Bngland and Russia, because it is supposed the annexation of Thessaly to Greeoe will be thereby rendered impracticable. In Constantinople there is equal discontent, the Turks fearing that the terms of the settlement, while guarding English and Russian interests, will be net less injurious than the treaty of Ban Btefauo itself to the Turkish empire. The late attempt upon the life of the Emperor of Germany was attended by quite a chapter of fatalities. When the enraged pop-’, ulaco broke into the assassin Nobling’s apartment he fired upon them, severely wounding Holtfeur, an inn-keeper. The crowd, seeing him bleeding, supposed he was the assassiu, and fell upon him, and ho was so roughly handled before the people discovered their mistake that ho will probably die. Nobling, before ho wan seized, fired two bullets into his head, producing a mortal wound. He was immediately seized and placed in a prison van. While the van was passing rapidly through an archway at the entrance of the house, the driver struck liis head against the arch with such violence that his neck was dislocated, producing instant death. The Emperor, at last accounts, was recovering from his wounds, nearly all the shot having been extracted. In Germany an imperial decree has boon issued proclaiming a regency, and naming the Crown Prince, Frederick William, as Regent of the empire. A printer at Posen, Germany, has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for using offensive observations with regard to the Emperor. In Berlin a man was sentenced to two and a half years’ imprisonment for bewailing Nobeling’s failure to murder the Emperor. The Pope has sent an appeal to the powers to protect the interests of Roman Catholics while they are regulatiDg the affairs of Turkey. A cable dispatch says that the Loudon detectives have informed the Government that there is great agitation among the Socialists, and that infportant events are imminent^ The Colonel of tho gondormerio n.t Kief, Russia, who made himself promioent in the suppression of tho studeuts’ riot there some timo ago, has been assassinated. The Bulgarians throughout Roumelia are said to tc perpetrating horrible atrocities on the Mussulmans. Vera Sassulitch, who shot the St. Petersburg Prefect of Police, is imprisoned at Schulsselberg, on tho Nova. Another frightful coal-mine explosion lias occurred in England, causing tho death of about 250 miners. Tlio Evans colliery, at Hay dock, was the scene of the horror. DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. East. The extensive soap works of Colgate & Co., in Jersey City, havo been burned. Loss estimated at $150,000. William A. Bushnell, bookkeeper and confidential man of Butler, Stillman <k Hubbard, well-known New York lawyers, has proved a defaulter to the amount of $50,000. West. An uprising of the Bannock Indians in Idaho is reported. The four highwaymen who lately robbed a passenger train .on the Union Pacifio railroad in Utah have been arrested. There is no demand for the new silver dollar in California, where it is treated as a subsidiary coin. The banks refuse it, except as a special deposit. Chicago elevators contain 8(15,705 bushels of wheat; 1,971,789 bushels of oorn ; 240,453 bushels of oats ; 64,459 bushels of rye, and 294,950 bushels of barley, making a graud total of 3,435,856 bushels, against 5,805,486 bushels at this period last year. The people of Chicago are agitating tho question of an international exhibition at some time in the near future. A dispatch from Salt Lake, Utah, says news had been received there confirming the reports of an Indian outbreak at Camas prairie, Idaho. Three companies of infantry had left Vort Halo for the mono of the disturbances. Won tE. A horrible domestic tragedy was enacted at Amcricus, Ga., a few days ago. A man named Caldwell killed his wife, three children and wife’s sister with a smoothing iron. Failing to kill himself by leaping into a well and from the roof of his residence, he finally succeeded by throwing himself from the top of his gin-house. Two tramps were hanged by a mob last week at Mitchellville, Tenn., for outragng a respectable married woman. As Dr. William B. Archer, of Point Coupeo parish, La., was riding on horseback a few nights ago, he was fired upon and wounded by five negro men, who were concealed in a clump of treos. The would-be assassins were arrested, and an examination showed that they had formed a conspiracy against the lives of Dr. Archer and three other prominent citizens. The examination was conducted by a jury of twelve and it was decided to turn the prisoners over to the law. Accordingly a party marched off with them in the direction of the Court House, but before they had proceeded far they were intercepted by a mob and all five of the prisoners hung to the limb of a tree, WASHINGTON NOTES. In order to facilitate the circulation of tho nbw silver dollars, the Treasury Departr meat will, hereafter, foot the expense of thentransportation from the mints to the subtreasnrios. The President has made the following appointments : John 8. Witcher, of West Virginia, Pension Agent at Washington, D. C.; Daniel Wanu, Surveyor of Customs at Galena, 111. 5 Morris Marks, Collector of Internal Revenue in the First District of Louisiana ; Albert H. Leonard, United States District Attorney for Louisiana. Indian Agents—John How, of Montana, Western Shoshone Agency, Nevada •

Wyman Lincoln, of Wisconsin, Gros Ventres Agency, Montana ; William H. Whitemann, of Kansas, Ponca Agency, Indian Territory; John Pattee, of lowa, San Carlos Agency, Arizona. W. J. McDonald, for the past twelve years Chief Clerk of the Senate, is dead. Gen. John 0. Fremont has been appointed bj the President Governor of Arizona Territory. The Presidential Investigating Committee having asked Senator Stanley Matthews to appear before it and explain his correspondence with the witness Anderson, Mr. Matthews has addressed a letter to the committee declining to accept the invitation. He says: “I have just submitted the whole matter to the Senate, which, by the adoption of this resolu tion, has taken jurisdiction and entered upon the investigation requested. That body alone, as far as my conduct is concerned, is competent to render an effective judgment upon the question. So far, therefore, as yonr resolution invites me to submit to yonr oommittee explanations of my correspondence with Anderson in evidence before it, I oonsider that it would be improper for me, under the circumsl ances, to comply with it.”

POLITICAL POINTS. The Maine National Greenback Convention met at Lewiston, on June 5, 887 dele gates beiDg in attendance. James W. Smith was nominated for Governor. The resolutions indorse the Toledo platform and denounce “ the red flag of Communism imported from Europe.” . The National Greenback party of Miohigan held their State Convention at Grand Rapids on the sth inst. The following ticket was nominated : Qovernor, Henry S. Smith ; Lieutenant Governor, Lysander Woodward ; Secretary of State, Gaorge H. Bruce ; Auditor General, Levi Sparks ; Treasurer, Herman E. Goeschel; Attorney General, Frank Dumon ; Commissioner of the Land Office, John A. Elder ; Superintendent of Public Instruction, David Parsons ; Member of the State Board of Education, Arvine A. Sapp. The platform demands the unconditional repeal of the Resumption act, the issue of all paper money by the General Government, that no moie interest-bear-ing bpnds be issued, the repeal of tho National Banking law, and that all Government lands be reserved for actual settlers only. The Republicans of Indiana met in State Convention at Indianapolis on the sth inst. and nominated the following ticket: Secretary of State, Isaac S. Moore; Auditor, A. O. Miller; State Treasurer, George F. Herriott; Attorney General, D. P. Baldwin. A platform was reported and unanimously adopted, making the following declaration of principles: No abandonment or depreciation of the greenback currency ; a sound and stable currency of gold, silver and paper of the same value ; national legislation authorizing the receipt of greenbacks at par for tho payment of customs, and in tho purchase of Government bonds; opposition to further financial agitation, stability in our financial system hwing essential to business prosperity; equal ijgiiis before the law, and equal position under tho law, without regard to race, creed, condition or occupation; no exclusive privileges to individuals or classes, opposition to all subsidies. The platform denounces any attempt to oust President Hayes from office as revolutionary resistance to law, and pledges the Republicans of Indiana to support and maintain the President and tho lawfully constituted authorities of the Government in resisting the revolution at this the first opportunity presented. The result of the late Oregon election, which was for a time indoubt, has at last been ascertained. The Republicans elect the State officers, while the Democrats get the Congressman and Legislature.

MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Herald, who ran away to Europe to escape prosecution for fighting a duel with Mr. May, of Baltimore, telegraphs to the Baltimore Mun that he intends to return home about the middle of July, and, if public opinion deems it just that he should suffer legal penalties, he iB perfectly willing to bow to that decision, and submit to the laws of the land. France and Italy have accepted the invitation to take part in the international monetary conference proposed by our Government. The meeting of the conference is now assured. FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Monday, June 3. — Senate. —Mr. Edmunds moved to take up the bill relating to Presidential elections, and to provide for and regulate the counting of votes for President and Vice President and the decision of questions arising thereon. After a lively discussion the motion was defeated by a vote of 14 yeas to 27 nays. ... .The House joint resolution providing for the issuing of arms to the Territories was passed.... The Post-Route bill was under consideration in the Senate. The amendment of Mr. Hamlin restoring the franking privilege was rejected by a tie vote--29 to 29. House. —Bills were Introduced and referred: By Mr. McMahon, enlarging the powers of the accounting officers of the United States In regard to bounty claims; by Mr. Bland, authorizing the issue of $60,000,000 in United States treasury notes for the improvement of the Mississippi river, from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico; by Mr. Culberson, to restrain the Secretary of the Treasury from paying outstanding 6-20 bonds except in legaltender treasury notes; by Mr. Wright, of Pennsylvania, authorizing the issue of $400,*00,000 United States notes, to be known as ‘‘national money;” by Mr. Ellis, levying a tax of 15 cents per pound on tea... .The bill amending the internal-revenue laws was discussed....An evening session was held for the consideration of the Life-Saving bill. Tuesday, June L —Senate.—The select committee to inquire into and report on the condition of affairs between the United States and Mexico was continued until the next session, and authorized to si i during the vacation.... The House bill supplementary to the act of March 8, 1869, to carry into effect the convention between the United States and China, concluded at Shanghai on the Bth of November, 1868, and to give the Court of Claims Jurisdiction in certain cases, was passed.... The Senate Dill to provide for the construction, maintenance and operation of a military telegraph in Dakota and Montana Territories passed.... The Senate insisted upon its amendments to the Legislative, Judicial and Executive Appropriation bill, and a conference with the House was requested.... The Post-Route bill was discussed. House. —The Senate amendments to the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill were concurred in. ...Mr. Knott, the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, reported a bill for the relief of the purchasers of land sold for direct taxes in the insurrectionary States. Referred.... The following bills were passed : Fixing the election for Representatives to the next Congress from Colorado for the Tuesday after the first Monday in November; exempting municipal and county buildings, used as such, from levy and sale; providing for the appointment of a District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, and for a division of the district; providing for holding terms of the United States District and Circuit Courts at Fort Wayne, Ind., and Toledo, Ohio; attaching the Assistant Attorney General for the Postoffice Department to the Department of Justice; exempting the employes in the postal service from military and jury duty; Priding that the election for Representatives to the horty-sixth Congress from West Virginia be -* 11 ® second Tuesday of October; r xl ?r* ©lection for Representatives in Congress in North Carolina on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November; reorganizing the lifel aVln § JS rTlce -vJ? e Tarlff bm Mexican Award bill were debated. Wednesday, June s.—Senate.—Mr. Matthews, of Ohio, arose to a question of privilege, and made a personal explanation. He recited the testimony of Jameß E. Anderson before the Potter committee, and said that it affected not only his own reputation, but that of the Senate, ne knew of no frauds practiced in Louisiana, and no wrongs, except the one committed by Anderson, which Anderson acknowledged to him and professed repentance. Anderson,

in confessing a wrong act done, placed in his (Matthews-) hands certain papers as an evidence of his repentance, which he (Matthews) held, in order to prevent a public scandal. He said he had interested himself in Anderson’s appointment, because he (Anderson) bad devoted his time to advancing the Republican cause in Louisiana, and had incurred the hostility of the Democratic party. Xn conclusion Mr. Matthews moved the appointment of a special committee of seven, to take testimony touching the election held in Louisiana in IS7C. The motion was agreed t0....Mr. Thurman, from the Judiciary Committee, reported a bill creating a sinking fund for the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company.... The Post Route bill was then taken up, and there was a long debate on the amendments restoring the franking privilege and granting a subsidy for Brazilian mail service. Both amendments were flnauy adopted and the bill passed. House. —The Wood Tariff bill came up in the House, and a motion to strike out the enacting clause was carried by a vote of 134 yeas to 120 nays. This virtually kills the measure.... The Mexican Award bill waa passed as it same from the Senate. . .. The bill amending the revenue laws was taken up, and an amendment adopted reducing the tax on tobacco to 16 cents per pound. Thubsuay, June 6. —Senate.—Mr. Yoorhees addressed the Senate in favor of the early consideration of the bill to repeal the Resumption act.... The Army Appropriation hill occupied Ihe attention of the Senate during the greater portion of the day. The House clause fixiDg the strength of the army at 20,000 men was stricken out, and 26,000 substituted. The section in regard to the reorganization of the army was also stricken out, and au amendment adopted referring the question of reorganization to a commission of Senators, Representatives and army officers. House. —Mr. Tipton introduced a bill authorizing Ohio, Illinois and Indiana to prosecute suits against tho United States in the Supreme Ceurt.... The Senate amendments to the bill for printing the agricultural report of 1877 were concurred in, and the bill passed.... Conference committeos were appointed on the Legislative and Postoffice Appropriation bi 115.... The bills amending the Internal Revenue laws aud the Oeneral Deficiency bill were aiscussed. Fbidat, June 7. —Senate.—The Senate was engaged nearly ail day on the Army Appropriation bill, the subject of the transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Department being the bone of contention. It finally referred the matter to a commission of three Senators and four Representatives, to sit during the recess and report in January next. Hou^e. —The Committee on Appropriations reported the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill to the House, and the entire day was devoted to its consideration. * Saturday, June B.—Senate.—The Committee on Pensions made a report in favor of increasing the allowance of Gen. Shields to SIOO a month. .... The Texas Pacific Railroad' bill was postponed till the first Wednesday of the next session.... The bill appropriating $5,500,000 for the payment of the fisheries award was passed. ....Mr. Spencer introduced a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to investigate the charges of fraud, intimidation, etc., in connection with the last Presidential election in the States of Louisiana, Florida, South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi. Mr. Bayard objecting to Us consideration, Mr. Spencer gave notice that he would call the resolution up every day until a vote upon It Bhould be reached.... By a vote of yeas 65, nays 2, the bill was passed modifying the contract with Jameß B. Eads for the construction of the jetties at the South pass of the Mississippi river. Tho bill provides that the payments to Eads shall be advanced upon certain conditions, in monthly installments, not exceeding in the aggregate $500,000, and also provides for a commission of five army engineers to examino the^vork. House. — Mr. Cobb, from the Committee on Elections, reported a resolution in the contestedelection case of Tilman vs. Smalls, from the Fifth Congressional District of South Carolina, setting forth that there was not a fair, free and peaceful election in the district, and declaring the seat vacant. Mr. Wait submitted a minority resolution declaring Smalls, the sitting member, entitled to the seat. The reports were ordered printed.... The Deficiency Appropriation bill was passed.