Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1875 — THE NEWB. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWB.

About 40,000 troops were massed in the vicinity of Taflala, Spain, on the 27th, under the personal leadership of King Alphonso, to attack the Carlists near Pampeluna. The Commissioner of Agriculture reports that the area visited by the grasshoppers in 1874 considerably exceeded 100,000 square miles and that between 75,000 and 100,000 people are suffering from the effects of such visitation. Another incendiary fire was started in the Navy Department building at Washington on the 26th. The fire was extinguished before it had gained much headway, and little damage was done. Mrs. Sartoris, ruse Nellie Grant, and her husband arrived in New York, from England, on the 27th. Tneodore F. Randolph (Dem.) has been elected United States Senator from New Jersey. King Kalakaua has reached San Francisco, en route for the Sandwich Islands. An unsuccessful attempt was recently made by four or five men to capture the James boys at their mother’s residence near Kearney Station, Mo. The assailants were driven off. A hand-grenade thrown into the house was cast upon the grate by Dr. Samuels, step-father of the James boys, and its explosion killed a lad ten years old and so injured the arm of Mrs. Samuels that amputation was necessary. It is asserted that the James beys were not at the house during the fight. The State Central Republican Committee, in session at Concord, N. H., on the 28th, telegraphed to the Republicans in Congress, advising them to stand firm for the Civil-Rights bill. A circular has been issued by the Mayor of Philadelphia urging renewed exertions for the discovery of Charley Ross. A reward of |S,(XK) is offer^MH Mr. Woodruff and Mrs. Bradsh^Btiave :: i testified in the Beecher-Tilton dH ‘l !*> evidence of the latter was The former corroborated Moult^wf v ;S||| port of the interview with Tracy he (Tracy) said lying was this case, and recommended that Tilton or Moulton be sent to Europe. Tilton was called on the 28th, and the question of his being permitted to testify was argued until the court adjourned. qp On the 27th the Illinois Houss of Representatives adopted a series of resolutions censuring the Administration for its conduct of Louisiana affairs and its maintenance of the Kellogg Government, and especially for the alleged military interference in the organization of the Legislature of that State. A Madrid telegram of the 29th says three important positions had been captured from the Carlists in the valley of Carascal, and that there had been a gradual advance all along the lines. Zaranz had been occupied by a Spanish battalion.

The Thomas Paine memonal building in Boston was dedicated on%he 29th. Late reports from Fort Sully, D. T., state that the recent cold weather there was the severest ever known in that country. The thermometer for several days ranged from thirty-eight to fortyfour below. Many cattle - and ponies were frozen to death. Russia has recognized King Alphonso. The American expedition to New Zealand made successful observations of the transit of Venus. The German party successfully observed the transit of Venus at the Auckland Islands. An understanding in relation to the indemnity to be paid on account of the Virginius affair has been reached by Mr Cushing and the Spanish Ministry. The Cuban insurgents have recently captured the town and fort of Jibara* A Republican Senatorial caucus was held on the 30th ult., at which it was resolved to support the President in his policy toward Louisiana. # Rev. Mr. Trask, the anti-tobacco apostle, died a few days ago. The Minnesota Legislature has adopted a resolution calling upon Hon. W. S. King to explain his connection with the Pacific Mail subsidy business or resign *is seat in Congress. The following is a statement of the condition of the public debt Feb. 1:

Six per cent, bonds $1,157,066,100 Five per cent, bonds 562,025,200 Total coin bonds $1,719,110,300 Lawfni money debt 14,678.900 Matured debt 11,343,260 Leeal-tender notea ... 388,072,147 Certificates of deposit. 45,406,000 Fractional currency.. 45,037,075 Coin certificates 24,6554900 Interest 21,9084225 Total debt t $2.269,209.306 Cash in TreasuryCoin $69,465,064 Currency 10,343,060 Special deposits held for the redemption of certificates of deposit, as provided by law 45,406,000 Total in Treasury $125,213,135 Debt less cash in Treasury $8,143,996,172 Increase during January 1,897,870 Bonds issued to the Pacific Bail way Companies, interest payable in lawful money, principal oatstanding $64,623,512 Interest accrued and not yet paid... 883,117 Interest paid bv the United states.. 264264,108 Interest repaid by the transportation of mails, etc .. 5,602,165 Balance of interest paid by United States 90,661,986 A National Convention of reformers was recently held in St. Louis to secure an amendment recognizing God and the Bible ip the Constitution. Speeches were made and resolutions adopted in keeping with the object of the gathering. Prince Bismarck has been directed by the Federal Council of Germany to conclude an extradition treaty with the United States.

B. G. Caulfield, the successor of the late Hon. John B. Rice, has taken his seat as member of Congress from the First Illinois District. Mr. Tilton was decided to be a competent witness, on the Ist, in the Beecher case, only being prohibited from disclosing confidential communications from his wife. While a messenger of the Southern Express Company was delivering a money package at the reputed office of W. R. Parker & Co., Memphis, on the Ist he was set upo4pby two white men* and three negroes, a rope thrown around his neck and a bag over his head, after which they succeeded in getting away with his sachel, in which were a great number of money packages. The Empress of China, overcome with. grief at the death at her husband, has committed suicide.

Several representative colored men have issued an address to Congress appealing for action in their behalf by “ enacting and providing for the enforcement of appropriate laws for the better protection of persons, property and political rights” in the South. The address claims that a wretched state of affairs in the South will grow out of the neglect of Congress to pass such laws before the adjournment of the present session. According to a Harrisburg telegram of the 2d, a difficulty of considerable proportions occuMMd during the preceding evening’s session of tSfo Pennsylvania House of RdprescEEives. During a discussion in a contested election case, Mr. Wolf (RepT came in contact with the er, who ordered his arrest, when the Republican members rushed to the defense of their colleague and wrested him from the hands of the Sergeant-at-Arms. In the midst of the commotion the Speaker fdionraed the House. Pistols were Hoping the difficulty. • y. . ■keridan has left New Orleans for Louis People’s Savings Insti’jglfetßL suspended in consequence of ffiiEHsconding of the Cashier with a large portion of the money belonging to