Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1876 — NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

London telegram of the 7th says Cardin »1 Kfettkntaf had denied that he bad made overimi to tha Tattaaa In behalf of Engtleh § ritualists :Ta lte»* ftpain) tetter to the London MtofeyaHlrtiirtoa tha 7th, rays the recent MPPPM 01 tW ptri oi w Ministry. > Thaw waa a heavy know-fall In the SpanHh ItMavtaeea. Navarra and Gulouscoa. on the tth dtopatohrrf tha 7th say* the HP—nn Council as Antwerp had invited hto. JfHtler, U»a his tort an of the Dutch Ke[s pubifr, to agt-aod historical/»/* in honor of Hpt*|MtrMa as tha ctatoeath oantmry.

Tie British Parliament was -opened, at tha Mh, by the Queen \n person. Xdrd Calms, the Laid Chancellor, read tha ‘ A Madririffiopateh of the *th aays tha | Hnprovtooaa«f Biooay and Ksva. S. P. Weston, the America*? pedestrian, and Fvtktoa, the tnultoh Chamydon, completed a ; match ter a *BO oap, ou the 9th. The snatch was the greatest ammber «C miles la twenty- * tour bears ftrtdhs'waUMfi aixty-flve ratios in : fifteen heart ant. stopped. Weston was dtr : dared the winner at theonatch. . According to a IfwWtaye (Spain) fiispAfc-h I * toeWVth la Cart tots had aaanmed -the aCsadwagikiat the Jlphonslat poettKnrL at A Madrid dispatch of the lfito says the S Oa MW hit had seat to Its dlplaaiattorepreaetftaUresv broad an exhaustive v contMential Haul nihm open the condMion of Cuba. Ftt# dirculu'describe* the eaatsee ,, t>T fte Innuaecttou, toe tteracter of the '.enters and dbSTfefoms whMrcriti be introduced when it The #.6ry thMt a quadtily or gtnpowder Arid been discovered among the'coal on a •etenner at Antorcrp, Belgium, 'iSfronounced ruiflrae. SlrJohaCoterldge, nephewof the famous poet HT that Mine, and laltoly "editor of the UmiJU, died in Laartan, on the 11th. P«.T* aighty-slv yean old* - The 'Dutchnteamer Rotterdam, from New Tosh, reached Rotterdam on the 11th. Winsi lew, the Boot so forger, was ant on board.

'The President haa approved the act to -amend toar-e vised stabriesreUting to natar•■aXzation. "The act pwMta that an alien •may declare hit in tendon Ho become a citizen -of the United States before the Clerk of any 1 Circuit, District or Supreme Court of the Vreriitorfes, or a court of record having comv toon lavbjurisdiction, and legalizes all such - declarations heretofore made. Jefferson Daria has -written a letter to - Judge Lyons, of Richmond, Va., in which he dentes sthat Union prisoners at the South •daring the war werertreated with premedi-tated-neglect and eruetyy- He says: “Itisadt mittecklhat the prisoners in our hands were not aa riel provided for a*»we would like to have < had them. Can the other side say as much?” etc.' With regard to dL« question of amnesty he>saya he has no view of the future which makes it desirable to lam to he included loan • amnesty bill, and aide: “Viewed in toe ah- - street, or as a general question, I would be glad to see the repeal of all laws inflicting the penally of political disabilities oo classes of • people; that It might, as prescribed by the Constitution, be left to the courts to hear > and decide the cauee, and to affix the penalties according to pre-existing legislation.'" ’'The dwelling -banco of George Heindle, a • farmer residing near the village of Holloway- ‘ rille, Bureau County, HU, wa* destroyed: fey, dm on the night ofitfee 4th, and Mr. and Mrs. ! Heindle and two children perished in the n fames. ■ The oUestdaughter, about nineteen years of age, and sole survivor of the family, - made her escape by leaping from the roof of the house, but raved nothing but the night-

-clothes ike had on* 'Two female pedestrians—Miss Von HiUern • >(*German women), and Mrs. Marshall, of Chicago—hntahed *--eix days’ walking match at aa armory bnHdtag In Chicago, on the • evening of the t>th, the latter winning the con- • test* by about two miles. The distance ac- ■- eomplished by the Wanner was 2539-10 miles t. tarSSby her opponent. Both women were well exhausted by their lengthy tramp, the j winner being, if anything, the more used up *«K>f the two. \ Chief-Justice White, of Utah, in charging < the Grand Jury of the Territory on the 7th, s-eoacsrnlng polygamy,waid: “ We had better -look it squarely ia thrfface, distasteful as It umay be to some, ami govern ourselves by the flight of reason and manly discretion In deal- - lag with it Polygamy must be sup-,-pressed in this Territory. Mormonism • may * survive it, > «nC, relieved from it, .would stand unshsWkled ' and free as . -every other creed oemode of religions wor- • shielded and protected by the Cooslitiition of our common country; but if M«rtimmaiam cannot sever Itself from polygamy, •itwhl be to it the bridal«f death.” An.-tba-Sth,, a body «f masked men ap- . peered at the jail in Bloomington, Ind., overppwnred the Sheriff, taoured the keys, and whot and killed a prisoner jiam.d C. A. Mar -ahem. \Harahon . was. ensvicted of murder and- sentenced to- the Becitenttery for life, three years pgo, but the-Aupreme Court aegranted hlm-Mtew trial. Holbrook, s former special agent of the VPostofßoe Department* wa« before the House .OoflUntitFOi In 'Washington .on the 9th, and showing, a collusion of conrtractors with, clerks for the purpose of pro««adgg fraudulent contracts, alluding to parin tgiat cptmectioe. •A very.,destructive fire occurred in New tfnfk city go the evening of, the Bth Thirty Dttildiugs in the .block bounded by Grand, | groadwav and Creeby streets, ware-burned, Involving aloes,an buildings | Wdctetanhi of aboubd4,soo,oM- Three flre-oim-awre kitted and fear seriously injured by dalUl|g «v*U*. This ia the moetrCeatnictlve *re<in-tkat -rftjrfor HOeen years.

OTtttno Cjata brothers, on ttfal ct Cairo, R, of venue from Williamson fhHiti. wiirn fin tbr ifth rrrrHrl tr' 1 sentattdhfi tr) .the Ifhafe l^enltrsntiary for twenty yearn gaoh. Thqy were mm bars of tiK noto. riega jrang Of WUiamsan .County desperadoes, owe of. whoci (Mtedhall Crain) was ban**! at Marion, a tewjvesh* ago. Hentw C- Bowetl appeared .before the 17'iWeerif'Ply moefeh Church,-on the ekentog of the JOth, and read a statement iawbtek toe gll tried to unfairness and irregulSfMWomtV- *"•* said, as he wished |te aid tfcd - dMptotodM to make the examinedion titotoaajli stod conducive, he mould profppse the of three men within the whose deeldon the *< li ‘ thdr wit

not be withdrawn from the church and taken before strangers. They then adopted a resolution rafting upon Mr. Bowen to state any toota to hie poasesslon In support of the aitetatioes that he had made as to Mr. Beecher. Mr. Bowen then said that as the committee refused to give him toe necessary time to prepare a reply he must withdraw. He then read a paper, concluding with the statement that he was now ready when properly pat on trial before any proper tribunal, or before the; committee, but he must decline at tob notice and in this irregular way to answer too questions on this occasion. He again appealed to them while leaving the room to give him time to prepare a reply. The Bank of Commerce at New London, Cohn., was robbed oa the night of the Bth. On the 9th the bank officers were unable to open toe vault, and an expert was oallad In, who fnally succeeded in effecting an entrance, when it was discovered that the burglars had captured and carried of #21,000.

The’second trial of Piper, toe 'Boston belfry murderer, was concluded, on the 10th, by a verdict of “guilty ot murder in toe first dsgpes." > The names of the principal -officers elected by the Northwestern Dairymen's Association, recently in session it Fort Atkinson, Whu, are as follows; President, 8. Favllle, of 'Wisconsin;Secretary, R-'R. Stone, of Illinois; Assistant Secretary, W. ‘H. Btewart, of 11*1- ‘ mob; Treasurer, H. G. Drake, of Wisconsin-* A number el Vice-Presidents were also 1 chosen. Resolutions were adopted, Indorsing and commending the movement to secure the erection on the Centennial Exhibition Grounds, at Philadelphia, of a representative cheese factory and creamery, urging Northwestern manufacturers and dairymen tc at once make arrangements for exhibiting butter and cheese of their owe manufacture, and to aid fc-naising funds necessary for a creditable display, and Drovidiug for toe appointment of <e» committee to «ooperate with the Centennial Committee appointed by the American Dairymen’s Association and the Centennial Committee. The committee consists of H. C. Drake, Wisconsin; R. R. Stone, 'lllinois; I. H. Wafizer, '•lllinois, and H. Smith; Wisconsin. The burglar who robbed 4fce National Bank of Commerce at New tendon, Conn., has been discovered In the person of George C. Paeker,--«ne of the tellers Of 1 that institution, who haa made a confession. All the missing funds of the bank,amcnnting to #21,50U, have been recovered. Owen<Undaay, convicted-of 1 the murder of Francis-A. Colvin, was hanged at Syracuse, N. Y-, on the 11th. He persisted to the last in deriaring his innocence.

PEBSOKHi. Tho jury in the case of Landis, on trial for the murder at Vineland, K. J., some time ago, of the-editor Carruth, rendered a verdict on theeight of the sth, finding the defendant “notguilty on account Of insanity.” Edward 8. Stokes was before Judge Dyckman, at White Plains, FT. Y., on the sth, on a wait of habeas corpus, and a motion for his release, on the ground that he had been imprisoned ten months before receiving his final sentence, was denied, and he was remanded to serve out the remainder of his fldlltCD (jg, The trial of Gen. Babcock, on the charge of-complicity with the whisky frauds in St Louis, was begun in Chat city on the 7th. pleaded “not guQty,” and the court adjourned to the Bth. A motion for a new trial inithecaseof Mr. M4£ee was made on the life. Senator Christianey, of Michigan, was married in Washington, on the 7th, to Miss (Wllle Lugerbeel, lately a clerk in the Treasury Department The Senator is nearly afety-four years of age, and hb bride is represented to be nineteen. According to a Boston telegram of the Bth, {juite a sensation prevailed In Newburyport, Mass., caused by toe recent marriage of James Parton to his-.stepdaughter, which is forbidden by the lav/s of that State. The ■bridegroom learned this status on the morning after the wedding, and left, his home in charge of his wife and took rooms for him««}f at a boarding-keuse. A special act is to bo carried through'toe legislature legalizing the marriage. 'Messrs. Moody and- Sankey held their open-ang-revival meetingsn New York city on the •evening of the 7th,«t JJarnum’a Hippodrome. Every seat in the large hatl was occupied, fully 8,000 people being present. fferrin H. Sumner eras arrested in BrookiyiV'N. Y., on the Bth; charged with forgeries in California amounting to over #200,000. -On the evening of the 10th, at Anhhpolis, McL, Hon. Reverds Johnson was found dead iarthe grounds adjacent to the Governor’s residence. It is supposed that he stumbled audTell over some tec-ee pieces of coal lying on>ths sidewalk. JTisrhcad struck the edge of the projecting baaa-of the wall, producing afeaature of the skull. The medical opinion istoet the chief and fatal injury was a frac-tuse-ef the frontal bone, extending from near tbe-ouAer angle of toe right orbit upward and ’backward to the. coronal suture. Mr. Jobnecn would have -keen eighty years -old on toex£lstof May, next. =r- —; W.'R. Morrison, Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, sent a note on tbeihQth to Dr. J. P.dHambleton, Clerk of such Committee, in Which he said he had until recently wholly, disbelieved the charge that heifHambleton) bad named a son after J. Wilkesißooth; but that recent development, .which show such son to have been named tor recognized by toe name of John W. B. HanoUtkop, gave ah toast a semblance of truth to.the ebatge; and with but the slightest appearance of the truth of such a charge, it waa MnfAMorrtoon’a) duly to accept Hambleton’t assignation tendered some time before. At the mooting of Plymouth Church, on the evecfinffofi toe - lltb, at resolution waa adopted seferring the whole matter of toe insinuations or accusations of Mr. Bowen against Xc. Beecher back to (he Examining Committee, with instruction* to continue the investigation, and to summon Mr. Bowen before them. The committee decided to eate him to appear before them on the eventeg of the 23dL

NUWICAb. - A call has been Issued for a Greenback Conveotion In New fiaven., Conn., on the 22d last Its object, cs announced, is •*' to take such steps as may fee necessary tafcrce both political organizations es the States to recognize the voice of tfeejteople in tbe»comiug campaign.” The Michigan State Prohibition Convention, to choose! delegate* to the National Convention at Cleveland, has been called to m»et at Detroit on the 23d of March. The cosiest for the Mayorship of St- Louis, which had .been before the City Councillor several magths, was decided on the evening of the 9tii bf a vote of ten for James H. Britfoa, the parent Mayor, and sixteen for slenry Overatolz, the contestant Mr. Over-1 stelz was instafled at 9:30, and made an ad-' dm** to the Council, Mr. Britton has pubU*he.d« card in which be states that lie takes exception to the gption of the Council, and shall entutihue to perform the functions of his office uatfU the matter ia deeided by a proper tribunal. i—S Tlie followk'g sretb* yeas and nay* fa the Senate bn the p'aaaage of the Centennial Ap, proplation bill: :f~ ;: —’' —! r«M—AUlson, Anthony, Bayard, BootweU. Cameron (Pa.;, CapertPb, Clayton, ConkilngJ

MTtchßllTllwKU Ota), MorrUl Morton, Ogteaby, Paddock. P»tteraon.R,xn«riph. Ransom, RoborUoDrihrgen t, WaU*(e. Wtndom, .Vow—Alcorn, Coepwv Eaton, Goldthwalte. Hamilton, Howe, Kemaw *«,. MtCreery, Marrl mon, Stevenson, Wadlvlgb, Wbyte, Wilheni—lß. Metare. KnglUh. ’chrlitlancy, Sharmen, «ordon and Canriron Vwieconrin), who wonld have voted tor ttobUl, jte n pWred with Booth. Cockereil, Davie, No-, wood , ud gaulabnry, «ho wonld have voted ar 4 t nil it. Mr. Wright, who wa. abe«nt, would ’jave voted tor the bill bad he been present. «BN. BAMOOCK’R TRIAfr.

If. the case of Qen. Babcock, on trial at St, Lc,uls on the charge of complicity with toe Vbtoky frauds,* Jury was selected on the Bth, and IMst.-Atty Dyer delivered hit opening address, in which he said he proposed to prove that there was a (Jonapiracy to defraud the revenue; that Gen. Babcock was in correspondence with the conspirators during tha existence of the conspiracy, and that he received money directly from Joyce fowhls share in the proceeds of toe frauds. The evidence offered, the attorney said, would In-ft measure be circumstantial, but there would not be a link missing in the chain. Joseph M. Fftzroy, a clerk In the Revenue Collector’s office, was called to the witness stead, and, on being asked to -state what he knew about toe operations of Megrue, in HWI, objection was made, on the ground that the evidence would only be of a hearsay character, as witness did not enter toe Collector’s office until May, 1878., The Court decided that the witness might answer the question, with the understanding that the rulipg of the Court on it* competency would be given thereafter. The witness toon 'began to speak about Megrue, when defense again objected, and he was withdrawn, and a Mr. Thompson, distiller, was called-to the stand, and gave a history of his connection with the ring; explained how toe made crooked whisky, etc., etc., all of which had been stated numerous times before. During the examination of this witness the-defense objected to all questions not directly -relevant to toe indictment against the defendant, but Judge Dillon ruled that testimony to establish the existence of the Conspiracy might be given, and witness gave a toterhbly full account of the ring and its operations. Fltzroy was then recalled, and was asked if Megrue ever paid him any money, wheu objection was again raised, and the court ruled that evidence relating to the conspiracy in 1871 and 1872, might be received, and subsequently ruled out if found to be irrelevant to the case on trial.

SECOND DAY. Acting? under the advice of the court, given just before the adjournment the day before, the Government counsel passed over the conspiracy in'lß7l and 1872, and produced testimony to show the existence and operations of the whisky ring from 1573 to 1875. No direct eiridcnce was brought out against Gen. Babcock, the testimony being general in character, tending to show who were the conspirators, and the extent of the conspiracy Deputy-Collector FRsroy testified that he met wen. Babcock at the Lindell Hotel, in September last; was introduced to him by Wbb,-0. Avery; witness was then under indictment for complicity in the frauds. It jvas simply an Introduction; there was no conversation. Rcdoiph W. Ulrich; distiller, and John F. Siedentopf, his foreman, were sworn, and testified as to the manner of manufacturing and disposing of crooked whisky, the amount of money paid to revenue officers, and the way money was raised to buy off revenue agents, where irregularities were discovered by them. It was stated by toe defense that they had intended to have the personal attendance of President Grant os a witness, but this was not now thought to beetecessary, and a proposition was made and agreed to that the counsel on both sides-should arrange for the taking of the deposition of the President Suah-an arrangement was made, the deposition to be taken on the 12th before ChiefJuatice Waite, the proceedings to be conducted like an examination in open court both Bides to be represented by counsel.

THIRD »AY. Wm. J. Bassett a ganger in the ring, and AhJjXh M. Everest, collector for the same parities;: testified as to the whisky frauds to which they were parties. The latter testified that in BrBJS, either late in February or early in March, Joyce had sent Mm to the suto-Treas-srry with #I,OOO in small bills, to get two #SOO bills; when he returned Joyce put the #SOO bills-in two envelopes—one directed to W. O. Avery and the .other to Gen. O. E. Babcock, Washington, D. C., each envelope having “ jxwsonal” on the left-hand corner—and told >witneßS to put them in the letter-bu& which he did, Joyce watching him from tneteindow of his office; the envelopes had stamps •on'teem. On the cross*cxamination Everest said, at the time he returned with the two #SOO bills, the envelopes were lying on Joyeb’s desk; when he handed the bills to Jcyce, witness watched him closely; he (Jqyefc,' first took the two envelopes up and ihen..took the paper out of one of them and put.a.bill in; did not see him put the other kill icithe other envelope, and was not positive ike did put it in, nor did he know whioh envelope It was he saw the bell ,out in. On redirect examination the witness explained that Joyce was stanfllpg up at his desk when he put the mbnqy. in the envelope, and after placing one banknote in one of the envelopes he turned partially around, so that the witness saw only,part of the envelope, ahd did not see the otaier -bill put into it. H. iE. Alexander, teller in the sub-Treasury, testified, .is to giving two 6500-bills to a man whoin.be did not know, about a year ago, but .could not identify Everest as the man; rather thought he was not the man. Fateer? distiller, recounted the history of the Wihiaky conspiracy, but knew nothing in any *tqy<relating to Gen. Babcock.

FOURTH DAY. Maj. E.iß. Grimes, a Depot Quartermaster in the (United States army, stationed at St. Louis, testified that last tall, while in Bt. Louis, ,Gen. Babcock had said to him that he would probably want to send some letters or packages,tocough him (witneas) to other parties, and-that a short time after he received a letter &k}n*d« D. E. Babcock, enclosing one marked McDonald, with a request to deliver the same, wiuicft witnes* did. A few days later be received two other letters, at different times, addressed to McDonald, which he delivered, (fin the cross-examination witness stated (that, in a conversation between kiinaeif and McDonald, when he delivered the letters, toe latter had stated, in reply to a question, that, he did not believe Gea. Bahoock knew anything about the whisky riqg. On toe redirect oxamination witness said McDonald had also stated that he (McDonaidJJtnaw nothing aboubauch ring. B. H Eugelke, rectifier, testified as to the money raised by .distillers and rectifiers for revenue agents, ,and said he had seen, in whole or in part,, tgegrams. or what purported to be Megramc, in toe hands ot Joyce, informing him of. the .contemplated .visits of revenue agents. £L C. Rogers, of Internal Revenue, and ex-Comuuissiouer .of Internal Revenue Douglasr testified aa to the suspending of the orders made last winter for the transfer ot .internal Revenue £upervlsor- After the transfer had been .determined on Mr. Douglass had a con vernation with.defendant, the latter.calling witness’ at ten tom to the subject, and-caving the transfer war an unwise itaiaspre and would result in bringing such a strong pressure on the, President that .the order would have to be uncalled. Ihe-Presiden ifs revocation of the order was,(hen read, and wltness ldentifled telegrams twisting thereto received by him from Joyce and McDonald, and others sent by him to those parties.