Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1879 — NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

FOHEIGN NEWS. A battle was recently fought between Montrncgrius and AU>ania»s,(wLicliißdescribed »h ouo of tho moot, sav:g», stubborn and bloody conflicts of modern times. Both eirtos fought with a ferocity unparalleled, aud left thousands of dead on the field. Tho Kashgar war has been ended, with a victory in favor of the Chinese. A new Ministry lias been formed in Bpaiu. The Captain General of Cuba has offered amnesty to all insurgents who will surrender. The general depression in Germany continues, and, indeed, appears to bo daily becoming more severe. There have been upward of 200 ar rests made in Mosjow and its neighborhood for supposed connection with tho at'empt upon the life of tho (’ z ir. France is ou the verge of a Governmental crisis. The Ministry and Chambers are tom by discordant and cent* nd ng facti an, and theso <1 ssensions extend to and aro partici pated in by all clas 'es of people. The Governor of St. Petersburg has ordered overy householder in that city to hereafter display at liis fiout door a red light bearing tho number of liis house. Destructive floods aro again reportod In Hungary. Destructive floods, caused by overflow of tho rivers, aro reported in Transylvania, in Southeastern Austria. Indictments have been returned against Killon, Daly and Davit', tho lush agitators, and they v ill bo tried for eediti >n at Dublin. Advices from Afghanistan report a battlo between a liody of Bi itish troops anil a largo number of Afghans, neat- CaLul, in which tho latter woro defeated with heavy loss. The British loss was eighteen killed and twenty-five wounded. An assassin made an unsuccessful attempt, at Calcutta, on the life of L ird Lytton, Viceroy of India, firing two shots at him. The political situation in Spain is extremely eeriou*. lu Berlin stock gambling has bpcome an irrepressible mania, and fortunes are won nd lost daily. It is stated that the prosecution against Davitt, Daly, and Kilien will not bo pressed. In Afghanistan the natives have again been defeated by the British; in South Africa, also, the natives have teen worsted in a series of encounters with the British troops: and in South America the Chilians have been disastrously defoafed by the Peruvians and Bolivians. Gortschakoff is said to have presented to tho Czar a programme of his future policy, which has for a basis friendly relations with Austria, Hungary and Germany. DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. Platt. The United States Hotel at Sharon BpriDgs, N. Y., was burned last wrok. L >ss 860,000. The door keeper of the Grand Opera House, New York, has been indicted by the Federal Grand Jury, in that city, for violation of the Civil Rights law, in refusing admission to the theater of a colored man. Sub-Treasurer Hillhouse and the bankers of New York aro strongly urging the removal of the mint from Philadelphia to that city. Bed Rock, a town of 1,000 inhabitants in the oil region of Pennsylvania, has been almost totally destroyed by f^je. The Eastern railroads are advancing the wages of their employes. Hon. Amos Tuck, ex-member of Congress from New Hampshire, is dead. West. There was an exciting scene, and almost a bloody tragedy, at Dos Pinos Indian Agency, m Colorado, on tho 6th of December. Twenty-five Ute savages presented themselves before the Adams Peace Commission to bear the demand for the surrender of the ringleaders in the Meeker massacre. A council was held in the agency bnildiDgs, at which Gens. Adams and Hatch stated their orders with great perspicuity and emphasis, the savages meeting' them with complaints and equivocations, in which Ouray, the supposed friendly chief, was not behind any of the others. At last, when the discussion had assumed aii aDgry phase, a “pipe of peace” was passed from one barbarian hind to another, untasted, and knives and revolvers appeared instanter. The white*, outnumbered five to one, seized their rifies and made ready for hoattliiiee, but, after a few momenta of silence, the negjtiatljna were returned. The Indiana

then presented their ultima l nm, which was to the effect that the savages to be surrendered by them should be taken to Washington for trial, the tribe fearing that justice would not be ’done near the scenes of their crimes. Gen. Hatch promised to communicate with Secretary Schurz regarding this proposition, and Onray agreed to bring in twelve of the more conspicuous participants in the White River massacre. The Indians were extremely arrogant in their demands. The action of Onray was a surprise to the Commissioners, who had reckoned all along on his cooperation in any step they might choose to take. Gen. Grant left Chicago after a six days’ sojourn, on the morning of Tuesday, 9th inst., and journeyed to Indianapolis, where he received a cordial reception. At Logansport a halt of an hour or so was made to give the people an opportunity of paying their reap to tne General. He was escorted to one of the hotels, and mounted upon a flimsy platform that had been hastily constructed. Of course all the local celobrities crowded on tho frail structure, and the result was a crash and a fall, just while the Mayor was in the midst of “ihe greatest e Tort of his life’’—the delivery of a long-winded reception speech. GeD. Grant was precipitated a couple of feet, but coolly picked himself up, looked around to see what had become of the man who was talking to him, and grimly remarked: “Well, tho platform’s gone, what shall 1 stand on?” Fortunately tho fall was slight, and the Mayor at once resumed. The invasion of the Indian Territory by squatters promises to be repeated in a few weeks, and the invading band seems likely this time to be a larger one than that receutlv expelled from the Territory by United States troops. It is reported from Bt. Louis that, about the first of February, nearly 4,000 men will start for the Territory in different parties, and from different points. The Grand Lodge of the lowa State Grange met at Des Moines last week. The following officers were elected for tho year: Worthy Master, E. N. Gates, Jasper; Overseer, J. E. Blackford, Kossuth; Lecturer, J. W. Murphy, Jasper; Chaplain, D. B. Clark, Pottawattamie; Steward, T. A. Giaque; Assistant Steward, Robert McCanl, Decatur; Treasurer, M. L. Devins, Polk; Secretary, W. L. Carpenter, Blackhawk; Gate-Keeper, C. H. A. Davis. Story. The Adams- Hatch Peace Commission ended its sittings at Los Pinos, Col., last wo k. It rccommenls, among other things, that the White River Agency be abolis’ ed, and the Utes of tho agency b<? distributed between Los Pinos and the Southern Agency; that the loss of property occasioned by the outbreak be paid for out of the Ute fund now on deposit at Washington, and the portion of tho reservation formerly occupied by the White Kiver Utes be ceded to tho Government. Five Chinamen were recently burned to death at Lovelocks, Nev. They were drunk with opium smoking. Cincinnati’s reception to Gen. Grant, though failing short of Chicago’s demonstration in the number of people participating and the splendor of the appointments, was, according to all accounts, a really creditable affair. The reception at the big Music Ha!, the entertainment at dinner of tho General and Mrs. Grant at the residence of Mr. Washington McLean, and tho banquet in the evening crowded the day as full of attractions and compliments as it could well hold. Gen. Grant left Cincinnati on the morning of Friday, tho 12th iush, and journeyed to Columbus, Ohio, where he was accorded a most enthusiastic reception, the day’s festivities winding up with a grand banquet. At 12 o’clock tho General bid the Columbians good-by, boarded a train and sped away toward tbe East. Ihe city of Pittsburgh was reached on the morning of Saturday, tbe 13rh, where another big reception was ten lered the distinguished traveler. At Plattsmouth, Neb., nine railroad laborers were buried beneath a bank of earth they woro excavating. Two were taken dead, and all the others were more or less in j ured. For the year ending on the 31st day of October last, the enormous amount of 115,710,000 bushe’s of grain were received and inspected at Chi :ago. Solatia. Ex-President Grant arrived at Louisville, Ky., on his travels, on the morning of tho 10th inst, and was accorded an enthusiastic reception. The city was gayly decorated with bunting and mottoes, and in the evening was brilliantly illuminated. The Governor of the State and the Mayor of the delivered addresses of welcom ■, and the ex-President responded briefly. The General gave a reception in iho parlors of the Louisville Hotel, and in the evening there was a grand ball at the Gault House, in which he participated The cotton crop of the South this year is estimated at 5,250,000 bales—the largest ever raised.

WASHINGTON NOTES Hon. A. M. Lay, Representative in Congress from the Seventh district of Missouri, dird suddenly at Washington last week, of paralysis. Senator Jones, of Nevada, is docketed for a big speech in opposition to the na-tional-banking system. The Cabinet, at a meeting held last week, concluded to grant the request of the U.es that the savages engaged in the White river massacre should be tried outside of Colorado. Gens. Adams and Hatch were at once notified of this decision, and ordered to communicate it to Ouray. The President has tendered to Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, a seat on the Bench of the Supreme Court whenever the resignation of Judge Hunt, of New York, shall create a vacancy. It is said there is no dout that Senator Edmunds will accept The House has passed the Pension bilL The appropriations for pensions amount to #32,404,000, an increase over the last of #3,038,000. Besides introducing resolutions of sympathy for the people of Ireland, members of the House of Representatives have subscribed several hundred dollars for their relief. The lottery men are represented at Washington by a strong and influential lobby, the object of which is to defeat the bill of the Postofflce Department relative to lotteries. POLITICAL POINTS. Nearly a thousand women cast their ballots for members of the School Committee at the election in Boston last week. Boston’s municipal election, has resulted in the re-election of Mayor Prince, Democrat. The Board of Aldermen stands nine Democrats to three Republicans, while the Republicans have ten majority in the Common Council. Th« Advisory Committee of the mu*

cus of Republican Benators,consisting of Messrs. Morrill, Conkling, Hamlin, McMillin, Booth, Kirkwood, Logan, and Carpenter, has decided to recommend that the party in the Senate commit itself to the policy of non-action in regard to any and all legislation affecting the currency, whether gold, greenbacks, or silver, daring the present session. The Chicago Tribtme, in a leading two-column editorial (doable-leaded) headed “President Hayes’ Idiotic Scheme,” makes a savage attack on the President’s legal-tender retiring policy, which, if carried out, tbe Tribune thinks, would “bring loss of confidence, panic, and ruin, on the country.” Regarding the reports ol the appointment of Senator Edmunds to the vacancy which might be created by the resignation of Judge Hunt, tbe latter gentleman is credited with saying that he did not expect to resign at present. Those who know Mr. Hunt’s physical condition best, however, say that ho never can return to service on tho Supreme Bench.

MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. The report to Congress of the national commission appointed to investigate whatever pertains t f the yellow fever ia Cuba makes public the startling fact that the fever prevail^at * *-ery point on tho island, so far as inquiries 1. ve expended. No place in Cuba seems to have been discovered which is exempt from the plague, its ravages depending mainly upon the number of unacclimatcd persona within tho influence of the infection. The National Board of Trade held its annual session at Washington last week. By the explosion of dynamite at Tangeer, Nova Scotia, Georgo Ferguson, his son James, and nephew, Joseph Ferguson, was instantly killed. Delegates to a convention called to organize the American Agricultural Society met in New'Yo:k city last week. There was a large attendance, and a variety of in’eresting topics were discussed, and a number of valuable papers read. Jobu MerrimaD, of Maryland, was elected permanent President of the society, aod a list of Vice Presidents, representing every State in the Union, was chosen. A Board of Directors, consisting of nineteen, five of them to serve for one year, seven for two years, aud seven for three years, was elected. Several of Ihe Canadian cities are afflicted with an epidemic of small-pox. The Western Union Telegraph Company refuses to deliver copies of the messages sent and received by Mr. Ingills during the late Senatorial canvass ip Kansas. At the International Dairy Fair, just held in New York, Illinois led all competitors in the display of butter, while Wisconsin made the finest display of cheese. A party of engineers have just left Now York for Mexico, to locate and superintend the construction of a railroad across the 1-th-mus of Tehuantepec. The promoters of this enterprise have formed a company, and hope by completing their work at an early day to defeat the canal project. Gen. Grant’s receptioa by the people of Pittsburgh was a big demonstration—only little less in the numbor of the people and tho length of the procession than the Chicago affair, but f.r exceeding it in gush and enthusiasm, according to all accounts. The notable feature of the Pittsburgh reception, and tho one most likely to be remembered and recalled, was the speech of Gen. Grant in reply to some remarks of Prof. Fulton, the spokesman of tbe principals of the public schools, who called upon him in a body. The General’s speech, which was much longer than usual, and which is apt to become as memorable in a certain sense as the famous Des Moines speech, was as follows: Gentlemen: There is r o int rest in our country which I feel deserves more to be fostered than tliat of ti e public school. Intelligence is the se" curitv of the republic, as ignorance is the upholder of monarchy. To insure ourselves against the disaslers of war, particularly of civil war, we want education diffused, that the minds of our youth may be sufficiently taught to read and to distinguish between right and wrong, and with such education universally diffused the republic can never be in danger. I only regret that tho statistics show in our country as much illiteracy as is shown. I was surprised at Some figures that I h ard repeated within a few days; but, when we consider the infancy of our public-schocl system, it is probably not so much to be wondered at. My hop) i»t'at the day will come, and that not far distant, when the school facilities tverywhere will be so that every child may have the opportunity of receiving a common-school education at the expense 6f the State, and, if it should be necessary, that there should be In every State of the Union a compulsory education. It would be impossible, I suppose, with our views of Biate rights (which I would separate altogether from State sovereignty)—lt would be impossible for the General Government to demand, a compulsory school system in the States. But the General Government, so long as it has public lands, might, if it chose, contribute public lands, or in any other way might contiibute to the support of the free schools in the country, and make any condition that the General Government thought advisable before a State could receive the benefit which the Oeneral Government was going to bestow, and in that way indirectly have a part in the compulsory education tha'. I sp ak of. Of course, you understand that I say the State could be the only authority to compel education within the State, but the General Government, giving its assistance, could come in on condition that the State afford the facilities which every child requires for a common-school education. Gentlemen, I hope your efforts here in Allegheny county will be imitated all over this broad land, and that in a few years we may see, if not a universal, at least a very general, attendance of the children upon our public schools. DOINGS IN CONGBESS. Immediately after the reading of the journal on Monday, Dec. 8, in the Senate, Mr. Voorhees offered a resolution declaring that the Senate had heard with deep regret the proposition of the President and the Secretary of the Treasury, in their messages, to inaugurate a new and uncalledfor financial agitation and the destruction of the most necessary currency now la circulation ; and that the interests of the country reqnlre the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver on conditions of exact equality, and that it Is the part of a wise financial policy to maintain the present volume of greenbacks in circulation, and to preserve their legal-tender quality unrestricted and unimpaired as to legal effect. Laid on the table, to be called, np hereafter. Messrs. Vest, Kirkwood and Walker were appointed to co-operate with the House committee, in arranging the funeral of Representative Lay. The Senate then adjourned as a mark of respect for the deceased. Billsjlntrodnced: By Mr. Paddock, improving the Missouri river; by Mr. Teller, removing the Ute Indians from Colorado: by Mr. Hoar, in regard to the Ponca Indians. Presidential appointments: Receivers of Public Moneys—F. J. Burton at East Saginaw. Mich.; George B. Folsom, Tavlor’s Falls, Minn.; Thomas H. Pressnell,Duluth, Minn.; Paul C. Sletten, Crookston, Minn.; Robert B. Harrington, Beatrice, Neb. Registers of the Land Office—Soren Ustoe, Fergus Falls, Minn.; Alexander I Backworth, North Platte, Neb In the House, Mr. Cla k, of Missouri, announced the death of his colleague Alfred M. Lay, and offered resolutions of respect, which were adopted, and Messrs. Clark Morrison, Hill, Bingham, Chalmers, Calkins, and Ryan were appointed a committee to arrange the sum ral. Adjourned. Mr. Bayard, from the Senate Finance Committee, on the 9th inst, recommended the indefinite postponement of bills for the interchange of subsidiary silver coin sad for the issue of #10,090,000 4-psr-osnt, bonds to psy arrears of pensions. Bo ordered, A eommanloetion from the Post-

master General, asking for an additional appropriation of #2.000,000 for inland mall transportation for the present year, was received. A report from Gen. Sheridan was lait before the Se ate in regard to stations for troops to prevent Indian raids. Mr. Davis’ (W. Va ) resolution calling for a statement of payments >ince the war on claims growing ont of the r be'lion was considered, bnt not decided. In executive s ssiou, Secretary McCrary was confirmed as United states Circuit Judge for the Eighth cbv cult,. Lncien B. Crooker and Alfred M. Jones were confirmed Collectors of Internal Revenue for the Second and Third district’ ofrillinois Iu the House, a constitutional amendment wa3 offered by Mr. Pound, of Wisconsin, providing that after the 4ih of March. 1885. the President and Vice Presi dent shall hold their offices for six years, and shall be ineligible for more than one term consecutively, and that members of Congress shall, be elected for three years. Tills ware introduced: By Mr. F, Wood (by request) to amend the law relating to internal revenue, proposing a drawback < n all manufactured tobacco of the taxes paid beyond the rate of 16 cents j>er pound prior to the Ist of May, 1879; also, exempting from import duty classical antiquities an t ancient -eotaa and medals; also, relating to ti.e treatyrfiaking power, making the consent of the House necessary to confirm treaties that effect the revenue: by Mr. Myers, to re iretbenati, n 1-bank circul tiou; lig Mr. N wb' rry, to authorize tbe issue of #50,000,000 gold and silver eeriificates, and to pr vide a redemption fund therefor; by Mr. Jones, < f exas, to repeal tbe Resumption act; by Mr. Price, of lowa, requiring n tioLal-bank reserves to hr in coin; by Mr. Wells, to abol’sh reports of Congressional debates. Two sets of resolutions were offered, by Messrs. Myers aud G.l’ette, sympathizing with the suffering in Ireland, and a joint resolution to adjourn from the lilth i®st. to the 6th of January. Mr. Warner offered a bill taxing legal-tender uotes. There were 2‘ifi bills Introduced In the House on that day. Mr. Davis’ resolution, calling for information in regard to war claims, was passed by the Senate on the Kith; also, the*jolnt resolution for a recess from Deo. 19 to Jan. 6; also, a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for Information in regard to the effect on the revenue of the repeal of the duty on tea and coffee in 1872. In executive pension, the nomination of Alexander Ramsey, of Minnesota, for Secretary of War, was conermed without, reference. Bills introduced : By Mr. Davis, of Illinois, to authorize Die erection of a statue to ex-Chief Justice Tom Mai shall; by Mr. Cockrell making St. Louis. Kansgs Citv and St. Joseph ports of entry. On motion of Mr. Ingalls, the bill for the relief of the C< ntral Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad Company was indefinitely postponed. Mr. Morrill offered a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for a talmlat d statement showing the to at amount or claims growing out of the late war pre ented to and rejected by the Treasury Department f;om March 4,1861, to March 4,1879, and also of all like claims now theie pending, 'ihe nomination of Charles Beardsley, of lowa, to be Fourth Auditor of Treasury, was confirmed: also Horatio G. S ckel, Pension Agent, Philadelphia; William H. Hays, . United States District Judge for Kentucky; Charles P. James, Associate Just ce of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia; Albert Johnson, Surveyor G neral for Colorado.... In the House, an amendntt nt to the constitution was introduced declaring that polygamy shall not exist in the United Stat s. Mr. Gillette introduced a bill eslablisliing a Government for the District of Columbia. Mr. Wait, from the Committee on ; Commerce, repotted a bill amending the Revised Statutes so as to allow any vessel not of the United States to unload at any port of delivery in a customs collection district after due entry of said vessel and cargo at'the port of entiy in said district. The House discussed the bill relative to tho publication of Supreme Court reports, and, after a good deal of talk, it was passed. Mr. Allison, from the Committee on Indian Affair , reported to the Senate, on the 11th inst.i the resolution that the Secretary of the Interior be authorized to negotiate, through a commission of five persons, with the Ute Indians for their removal from Colorado. The resolution passed, with an amendment by Mr. Cockrell that the Indians shall not be settled In tie Indian Territory. In executive session, John Hay, of Ohio, was confirmed as Assistant Secretary of State, and Henry Harmon, cf New Hampshire, as Deputy Seeoml Auditor of the Treasury. The President nominated ex-Represen- | tatfivo James B. Sener. of Virginia, to be Chief Jtutioe of Wyoming Territory. A memorial was pre sented, from a Commodore of the navy, | proposing the establishment of a confederacy of I all the Governments on this continent. The bill j appropriate g #200,000 for military posts on the Rio Grande was passed. The Senate I adjourned at 2 o’clock until Monday.... j In the House, the bill allowing for loss, by leakage j or casualty, of spirits withdrawn from distillery : warehouses for exportation was passed. The Invalid Pension Appropriation bill was reported and recommitted. It calls for #52.400,000, or #3.000.Ct0 more than last year. Mr. Townsend, of Illinois, offered a resoluiion calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for information as to the rn.mber of licensed dealers in leaf-tobacco, and the amount of internal revenue collected from them during the fiscal year ending June 5.0, 1879; and Mr. Manning called for information in re gard to fraudulent claims paid by tha treasury, Mr. Converse, from the Committee on Public Lancs, repor ed a bill amending an act to grant I a ditional rights to homestead settlers on public I lai ds within railroad limits. Under that act I homesteaders who occupied eighty acres were I auihorized to select eighty additional acres with- | out payment of registry fees. The present ■ bill simply provides that the registry fees j should he paid for. The bill was passed, i Mr. Shelley offered a preamble and resolution | reciting that a large number of citizens of certain I States have been induced through false represepta- : tions and machinations to leave their homes for the purpose of emigrating to other States, »Dd that, they have failed for want of funds to reach their destination, and are without food or proper clothing, and providing for the appointment of a select committee of five to invi 6tigate tho causes of such emigration, to sit during the recess, and report such measuren as the exigency may require. Bills were introduced in the House (the Senate not being in session) on the 12th inst.: By Mr. Gibson, for the appointment of an inter-oceanic commission to determine the best plan and route tor the establishment of a communication for j trade and commerce between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the isthmus of Darien ; by Mr. Gillette, in opposition to the retirement of greenbacks, an i in favor of substituting them for national-bank notes, and for the free coinage ot silver. Mr. Morton presented a memorial from sugar refiners for the re vision of the sugar tariff. Mr, Baker, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the Fortificition and Pensions Appropriation bills, and they were passed. The remainder of the sfssion was consumed upon private bills. Adjourned till Monday.