Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1875 — LATEST NEWS. [ARTICLE]

LATEST NEWS.

Destructive Swtiquak# is Mexico. An English Surveying Party Massacred. Tremendous Powder Explosion lev Clove* load, Ohio. Miscellaneous, Political and General Hews. VHH OLD WOBLD. Gen. Cabrera, a Carlist chieftain, has lately issued an address announcing hie recognition of Alphonso as King of Spain. A Carlist proclamation has also appeared denouncing Cabrera as a traitor. A surVeting party, commanded by a British Lieutenant and consisting of sixtythree Sepoys and coolies, has been massacred in Assam %y the natives. Kino Alphonso has demanded that Don Alphonso, brother of Don Carlos, be extradited from Germany and Austria. Sbbioos difficulties have arisen between the Indian Government and the King of Burmah in relation to boundaries and the latter’s claim to sovereignty over several independent mates, The King ha* occupied the disputed territory and refuses to withdraw, and British troops are moving upon British Burmah. On the 18th, in the German Lantag, the main sections of the bill withdrawing State grants from the recalcitrant Catholic Bishops were adopted. Germ ant has sent the frigate Ariadne to Swatow to support the demand upon Spain for Indemnity for the plundering of a German bark. Accobding to a Paris dispatch of the 20th the Government of King Alphonso had adopted an arbitrary policy toward the press. The newspaper Iberia had been suspended and all telegraphic dispatches were detained and examined. A Madrid telegram of the 31st announces the defeat of the Carllsts before Olot. Over 900 Corlists bad been captured. John Mitcbxl died on the 20tb. On the 31st the Irishmen in London met in Hyde Park to the number of 90,000, and adopted resolutions demanding the release of the Fenian prisoners, opposing the coercive laws in Ireland and condoling with the family of John Mitchel. According to a Madrid dispatch of tha 22d Gen. Cabrera, in going over to King Alphonso, took with him eight of the Carlist chieftains. Castelar had resigned his professorship iu the university & consequence of the Government re-establishing in the schools and colleges the text-books prescribed daring Isabella’s reign and otherwise changing the mode of public instruction.

THE NEW WORLD, On tbe night of the 11th of February an earthquake of more than ordinary severity occurred in Northern Mexico. The town of San Cristobel was entirely destroyed, and seventy dead bodies were taken from the ruins. At the late New Hampshire election Cheney (Rep.) received 39,385; Roberts (Dem.) 39,163, and White (Pro.) 754 votes. For Congressmen, Jones (Dem.) was elected in the First District, Bell (Dem.) in the Second, Blair (Rep.) in the Third. In the Beecher suit, on the 15th, John W. Harmon, Archibald Black and Jackson S. Schultz testified, and the deposition of J. H. Drake, now in Europe, was read. The two former testified to the effect that the original charge against Mr. Beecher,'as told them by Mr. Tilton, was that of improper proposals. The evidence of the two latter went to show that Mr. Moulton had denied that Mr. Beecher had violated the seventh commandment, and that he (Moulton) had asserted on more than one occasion that Mr. Beeeher was a pare man. Several witnesses testified on the 16th that Mr. Moulton had denied the truth of the charges against the defendant. Mr. Beach said it was not necessary to call so many witnesses, as Mr. Moulton did not deny having used the alleged expressions and Jndge Neilspn suggested that Mr. Shearman should limit his witnesses, which he promised to do. Thos. M. Cook, journalist, of Detroit, testified that he had several interviews with Mrs. Woodhull and Mr. Tilton prior to the publication of the Woodhull story, and that Mrs. W. had, in the presence of Mr. T., urged him to write np the Beecher scandal. On the cross-ex-amination witness said he had corresponded with Mr. Shearman relating to the trial, and had received $l5O to defray the expense of two trips to the city made in connection with the suit, and that he had been engaged as a sensational writer for New York papers. Rev. Samuel P. Halliday testified that in October, 1872, Mrs. Moulton had stated to him, in answer to a question, that she did not know why her name was mentioned in connection with the scandal. She said Mr. Beecher was her pastor and she believed in him.

Th* Austin Powder Company’s mills, miles south of Cleveland, exploded on the 18th, and the works, composed of ten or twelve buildings, were completely demolished. Three men were killed, the rest escaping with slight injuries* Great damage was done to houses hi the neighborhood, and buildings in Cleveland were considerably shaken, the damage in the city amounting to $25,000 to $30,000. Thb following were the yeas and nays in the Senate on the resolution to postpone till December next the question of the admission of P. B. 8. Pinchback as Senator from Louisiana: Teat— Alcorn, Allison, Boutwell. Brace, Burnside, Cameron (Pa.), Cameron (Wis.), Clayton, Conovsr, Cragin, Dawes, Dorsey, Ferry (Mich.), Frelinghnysen, Hamilton, Hamlin, Harvey, Howe, Ingalls, Jones (Nev.), McMillan, Mitchell. Morrill, (ST), Morrill (Vt.), Morton, Oglesby, Paddock, Patterson, Sargent, Sherman, Spencer, West; Windom—33. Wavs—Bayard, Bogy, Booth, Caper ton. Chrtstiancy, Cockrell, Cooper. Davis, Baton, Goldthwaite, Gordon, Hitchcock, Johnson, Johnston, Jones (Fla.), Kelly, Kernan. McCreery, McDonald, Maxey. Merrimon, Norwood, Randolph, Ransom, Sanlsbory, Stevenson, Thurman, Wallace, White, Wither*—#). Messrs. Edmunds and Robertson (did not respond when their names were called. Messrs. Anthony and Wright, who wonld have voted in the affirmative, were paired with Wadleigh and Deans, who wonMhave voted in the negative. Mr.' Logaa said he wonld withhold his vote, ss he did not desire to vote against til his friends, but he thought they were making s great mis-

take. When the name es Ferry (Conn-) was called Mr. Eaton announced that ilia colleague he He' with the of postponing the resolution. Disasters have been caused in some portions of the East by spring floods and ice gorges. Several bridges on the Susquehanna, Delaware, and other rivers have been carried awav, and serious dtmage to property is reported. At Port Jervis, N. Y., the lower portion of the eity was inundated to the depth of ten feet, some houses being submerged up to the second stories. Ho lives were lost. The oew railroad bridge across the Susquehanna at Pitts ton, Pa-, was carried away about ten minutes after a passenger train had passed over. At Germantown several small houses weoe destroyed. Danville and Wilkesbarre, Pa., and other towns in that and adjoining States suffered severely by the floods. The Judiciary Committee of the New York State Assembly reported adversely on the bill to allow wives to testify against their husbands in civil esses, and the report was adopted- This bill was intended, it is supposed, to allow Mr. Tilton to testify in the Beecher suit The old man under arrest In Arizona admits that he is John Bender, but says be did not commit tike Kansas murders with which he is charged, but that his son and daughter, John and Kate, did. Qm the 18th the President withdrew the nomination of ex-Congressman David P. Lowe, of Kansas, to he Commissioner of Pensions and nominated him for Chief Justice of Utah Territory, in place at Isaac C. Parker, of Missouri, who was subsequently nominated United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas. Henry B. Brown was nominated United States Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan. The evidence of Mr. Halliday in the Beecher case was continued on the 17th. He said Mr. Tilton had stated to him that the Woodhull scandal was entirely untrue, and that his wife was as pure as the light Mr. T. spoke of Beecher’s offense as being quite venial in its character Mrs. Lucy W. Mitchell, a nurse, who had been in attendance upon Mrs. Tilton, testified that Mr. Beecher was a frequent visitor at Mr. Tilton’s, and shtjhad never seen any Improprieties between him and Mrs. T. She was Mrs. T.’s house attendant at tbe time of her illness, when Tilton and Mr. Moulton were together in the house about the time the alleged letter of confession is supposed to have been written, and on the evening when the letter of retraction was furnished to Mr. Beecher, and her evidence was that Mrs. Tilton was very weak and ill on these occasions. Mr. Tilton had always treated his wife well so far as witness knew. Rev. John L. Gay, of Bloomington, Ind., testified to Tilton’s liberal doctrines on marriage and divorce as promulgated in a lecture at the State University, in that place, in 1863. James Taylor and Charles Forrester, of the New York Postofflce, testified on the 18th that Mrs. Woodhull’s Steinway Hall lecture in 1871 or 1873 was mailed in connection with copies of the Golden Age. Mr. Taylor talked with Mr. Tilton about it, and objected to the mailing of the speech in this manner, as it was not a supplement to the Golden Age, and afterward received a note from Mr. T., containing SIOO, to defray the extra postage. Mr. Halliday continued his testimony, and said Mr. Beecher had nothing to do with the decision by the church Deacons in October, 1872, that it was inexpedient to take any action on the scandal. Bessie Turner begun her evidence on the 19th. According to her statement Mr. Tilton was addicted to sullen moods, during which he would make himself disagreeable to all in the bouse, especially his wife, whom he would scold for hours at a time. She never saw anything improper between Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton, and on his frequent visits to the house Mrs. Tilton treated him the same as other gentlemen visitors. Bessie repeated the story of having awakened one night and found herself in Mr. Tilton’s bedroom alone with him, whither he had carried her while she was asleep, and she indignantly left the apartment at once. She also repeated convenations which she alleged Mr. T. had had with her regarding affinities. On one occasion, when Mr. Tilton was shaking his clenched fist in his wife’s face, witness interfered in her behalf, and Mr. T. ordered her, with an oath, to leave the house, which she refused to do, and he struck her (witness) with his fist and knocked her down. In the continuation of her direct examination on the 22d Bessie Turner corrected some of her statements regarding dates, and identified letters which she had received at different times from Mr. Tilton while he was absent from home. She said Mr. and Mrs. Tilton sent her to a boarding-school, but nothing was ever said about her going away in connection with the charges against Mr. Beecher. A letter was then read, written by witness to Mrs. Tilton in January, 1871, stating that Mrs. Morse had endeavored to induce her to circulate stories injurious to Mr. Tilton, and also a second letter stating that the story that Mr. Tilton carried her from her bed was a wicked lie, which second note she said was written at the urgent solicitation of Mrs. Tilton. Witness was crossexamined as to her statement before the Church Examining Committee and stated that she had made some mistakes in her story there which she herself had subsequently discovered. Bhe would have then told all she had sworn to on the trial had Bhe remembered it at the time. She could not be certain as to the exact dates of several occurrences sworn to. Up to the time the came on the stand she had told her story substantially to a stenographer, Mr. Shearman mid Judge Porter; this was some time during the week of her first evidence on the witness stand; had previously told some of the particulars to Mrs. Oyington.

Gen. Shqridan has issued instructions to Gen. Terry at Rt Paul and Gen. Ord at Omaha, directing them, in the event of the mining companies organizing at Sionx City and Yankton trespassing on the Sioux Indian reservation, to use the forces at their command to bum the wagon trains, destroy the outfit and arrest the leaders, confining them at the nearest military post in the Indian country. At Port Deposit, Md., on the 19th, the water was from five to fifteen feet deep in the streets. r .s Of the Executive Council in New Hampshire the Republicans have elected two and the Democrats three members. Vasqxjks, the notorious California bandit, was hung at San Jose on the 19th. _ Acogbjung to » San Francisco dispatch of

Urn 19th the crops wore in splendid condition and a large crop was sure, but if cbpious rains fell within two weeks there woUid be the largest harvest ever known. Asu iiwhlew nfeJM etteville, Tenn., caused an immense overflow of Morris Creek, and houses, furniture and live stock were swept away, and oyer SIOO,000 worth of property was destroyed. Tbe water-spout continued half an hour, until it fell congealed into immense lamps, which knocked holes in the roofs of houses mid killed many animals. Another water-spout occurred near Lynchburg, carrying away two distilleries and many outhouses. Postmasters have been oflMtaUy instructed that on all mailable matter of the third class, (which includes articles of merchandise and transient newspapers and magazines) postage must be prepaid at the rate of one cent for each ounce or fraction thereof. According to Gen. Butler, “the “CivilRights bill does not give any right to a colored man to go into a drinking-saloon without the leave of the proprietor,” and “ a bar-ber-shop is a private business in which the law does not interfere.” A New Orleans dispatch of the 21st says Gov. Kellogg had received the Wheeler award, but had not officially published it. It was understood, however, that tbe committee had decided that about eleven Conservative members not returned elected by the Returning Board were entitled to seats, and that about sir Conservatives whose election was claimed by tbe Conservative Committee are sot entitled to seats. Uader this award the House wBl be Democratic and the Senate Republican, with a small Republican majority on joint ballot. A tornado passed through portions of Georgia and South Carolina on the 20th. Residences and outhouses were demolished, and several persons were killed and others injured. John Parker has been confirmed as United States Marshal for the Western District of Michigan. The Elizabeth Life Insurance Company of Elizabeth, N. J., has failed. A resolution has been introduced into the New Jersey Senate requesting the Congressional delegation from that State to use their influence for the repeal of the amendments to the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill doubling the rate of postage on transient newspapers, etc. The partial restoration of the franking privilege was also condemned as granting free use of the mails to a favored few at the expense of the many. The Ouachita Valley, in Louisiana, haa been recently visited by a tornado which caused great loss of life and destruction of property. Smithland was leveled to the ground, and at Ray’s Point plantation buildings, fences, mules, horses and cattle were scattered for miles. The track of the tornado was 800 yards wide and extended for fifteen miles. On the 20th the South Carolina Legislature refused to adopt an address demanding the removal of State Treasurer Cardoza. The vote in the Senate was yeas 11, nays 18; House—yeas 45, nays 63. This was regarded as a vindication of Gov. Chambenain’s Administration and of the integrity of the present management of the State finances.

V. 8. SENATE-EXTRA SESSION. In the Senate, on the 16th, the report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for 1874 was presented, and 1,280 additional copies ordered printed.... Speeches were made for and against the resolution for the admission of Pinchbeck by Messrs. Howe, Logan, Morton, Edmunds and McDonald. The further consideration of the resolution was then, by a vote of 33 to 30, postponed until the second Monday in December next....A resolution was offered approving the President’s recent action in Louisiana. Objection being made to its present adoption, it was laid oyer... .Executive session and adjournment. In the Senate, on the 17th, a resolution was offered authorizing the Select Committee on the Civil Service to sit during the recess.... The Hawaiian reciprocity treaty was debated 1u executive session.... Adjourned. The civil-service resolution was called up in the Senate on fee 18th, and the point of order raised that its consideration was in the nature of legislative action, and that it was therefore out of order... .A resolution to adjourn sins die was submitted and laid over under the rules .... The Hawaiian treaty was ratified in executive session—sl to 13—after the adoption of an amendment providing that during its pendency the Hawaiian Oovernment shall not cede nor lease any port, bay or naval station to any foreign power except to the United States.... Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 19th, the resolution authorizing the Special Civil-Service Committee to sit during the recess was agreed t 0.:.. In executive session several Presidential appointments were confirmed ...Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 30th, a substitute for the Prelinghuysen resolution approving the course of the President in relation to affairs in Louisiana was offered. A resolution to postpone its consideration until December next was lost—--24 to 80. After remarks by Mr. Bayard, a motion to strike out the word -‘approved” was rejected—--16 to 23. Messrs. Reman and Baton opposed the resolution, when M*- Johnson obtained the floor, and yielded to a motion session.... Adjourned. * In the Senate, on the 22d, Mr. Johnson spoke in opposition to the resolution approving the President's course in Louisiana, insisting that it could not properly be considered because it was in the nature of legislation. The speech lasted two hours and attracted considerable attention. .. .Messrs. Bogy, Withers and Randolph also opposed the resolution.... Adjourned. THK JSARKETg. March 22, 1876. NiwToxi .—Cotton —l6Xol6c. flour—Good to choice, $5.1505.45; white wheat extra, $5,600 6.00. Wheat—So. 2 Chicago, $1.1601.17*; No. 2 Northwestern, [email protected]; No. 2 Milwaukee spring, $1.1801.20. Ay*—Western, 90096 c. Barley—sl.Bool.32*. Com—B4oßsc. Oats—Western, 67@n9c. Perk— New mess, f30.70Q2Q.75. Lard— Prime steam, 14014X©- Cheese —l2o 16c. Wool— Domestic fleece, 52@65c. Reeves—slo.oool3 00. Hoat —Dressed, Western, $9.2 0 9.50; live, f8.00Q8.50. Sheep- Live, £1.0058.00. CHioaoo.—Bseess—Choice, $5.9006.26; good, f5.40Q5.76; medium, $5.0006.25; butchers' stock, $3.7506.00; stock cattle; f3.50®4.50. Hogs— Live, good to choice, $7.5008.26. dressed, $55009.00. Bheev-QooC to choice, $5.8006.50. Buffer—Choice yellow, 27082 c. Eggs Fresh, 27029 c. Pork— Mess, new, J19.75Q19.eft. Lard— 513.60013.65. Cheese— New York Factory, 17Q17Xc: Western Factory, 1644017 c. flour—White winter extra, $4.5006.76; spring extra, $4.2504.75. Wheat —Spring, No. 2, 95MQ95HC. Com— No. 2, 66X066XC. Oats— No. 2, 53X053V4C. Aye-No. 2, 9509714 c. Barley —No. 2, sl-0801.14. Wool —Tub-washed, 45058 c; fleece, washed, 400 50c; fleece, unwash sd, 27037 c. Lumber — First clear, $152.00055.00: second clear, i $46,000 50.00: Common Boards, $11.00012.00; Fencing, |1&01)@13.0 0: “A” Shingles, $3.0003.25; Lath, CnronnrATX. —PTeur—ss.ooos.lo. Whea f — Red, $1.1001.12. Com—6Bo69c. Rye- $1.0901.10. Oats— s9o6oc. Barley -520.75021.00. Lard—l4ol4XC. St. Lome.—Cattle —Fair to choice, $5.5006.25. Hogs—Live, $6.0008.25. flour— XX Fall. $1,500 4.80. WAoof—No. 2 Red FWI, $1.1101.12. Corn -No. 2, 65066(4c. Oafs—No. 2,68060 c. Ays—No. 1/11.1001.03. Aarf#y-No. 3, sl.lß 01.20. Port-Mess, $30.37X020.50. Lard- 18* 013Rc. MrLWAtTKis. — flour —Spring XX, $44006.60. Wheat —Spring, No. I, fi6o96Xc; No. 2 98V4 ©96RC. com— No. 2,6654007 c. Oats -No. 2,

■MllifliA*: 1 #i /yauJM Tiff rlrtf TtfWt* ’ * 1 « Toledo. — Wheat—Kraber Mich., $1.17*®1.18; No. I red, $1.1**91.14. Corn-High Mixed, «9©B9*c. Oatj-fioTs, 58*®5»c. Bufvalo.— Beevet — *[email protected]. Sogt—Uee, 27.7508.*. Sheep —Live, $5.5006.70. Mast Lib**t*.— Cattle— Best, *55007.00; medium, $5.50@V75 Hop*—Yorkers, $7.50@7 JO; Philadelphia. $8.9009.25. SAeep-Best, $6,989 6.75; medium, *5.2595 00.